Although Duan Baiyue has been retreating in the tomb to heal his injuries, Duan Yao and Zhao Wu are there, and the Southwest Palace is as well-organized as usual—or Duan Yao is responsible for spreading insects all over the sky, and Zhao Wu follows behind to clean up the mess for him. As for the rest of the Southwest affairs, it was handled by several confidant officials, and everything was undisturbed.
On this day, Nan Moxie returned to the mansion to eat meat. Before he could wait enough for a stick of incense, he accidentally stepped on Duan Yao's red snake worm. After the shock and regret, the master resolutely patted his butt and returned to the back mountain. , leaving the mess to the rest.
Zhao Wu: "..."
Hua Tang asked, "Why don't I go to the woods to find another one? It hasn't been frozen yet, so there should be."
"I'll go." Zhao Wu had a headache, picked up his saber and said, "If that kid cries when he comes back, only you and Aunt Jin can coax him."
Huatang warned: "If you can find a worm nest, remember to pick a bigger one, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to coax it."
The dense forest is quite far from the Southwest Mansion, but red snakes and worms like to come and go at night to hunt for food, so the time is just right. Zhao Wu hung an oil lamp on the tree, then looked for a branch and planned to lie down and stare. About half an hour later, the insect did not wait, but there was a faint cry for help and a tiger roar in the distance.
Zhao Wu turned over and got down from the tree, and followed the sound.
In the woodland, a woman was covered in blood, holding a child in her arms, clenching a sword in her right hand, and confronting a huge tiger in front of her. The little baby seemed to be frightened, and the wow wow cry further stimulated the tiger, and it was about to pounce with a long whistle.
The woman closed her eyes and gritted her teeth, and stabbed with all her strength with a sword. She thought she had no way out, but was pulled away and fell into the grass next to her.
Zhao Wu put his sword into the sheath, knocked the tiger unconscious, and then stepped forward to support the mother and son.
"Thank you for this little brother." The woman's face was pale, and she couldn't even stand.
Seeing that she was seriously injured, Zhao Wu didn't have time to ask any more questions, so he returned to the palace behind his back.
"I'm back, I'm back!" Aunt Jin was standing in front of the door looking forward, and when she saw it from a distance, she hurriedly said happily, "Second Young Master is back!"
As soon as the words fell, a group of people rushed out of the room, including Duan Yao, who was tearful, Hua Tang, who had been with him, Nan Moxie, who was guilty so she came back to coax her apprentice, Duan Baiyue, who had a splitting headache, and a handful of others. Duan Yao is the maid and mother of Cheng Bao.
"Where's the red snake bug?" Aunt Jin asked immediately.
The rest of the people were silent. In this situation, shouldn't we first find out who the woman who came back for no reason was.
"Who is she?" Duan Yao asked, hiccups by the way.
"Rescue from the woods, a tiger went down the mountain for some reason and almost ate the mother and son. I was knocked unconscious." Zhao Wudao, "Send someone to drag them back to the mountain, lest they enter the town and hurt people. ."
"It's not a big deal, but I was frightened and suffered some skin injuries." Hua Tang tried the pulse on the woman's behalf, "Take it back to the guest room first, and I will treat her injuries."
Aunt Jin also hugged the little baby to coax her, and the rest went to help. When this happened, Duan Yao didn't have the heart to ask for any more red snake worms, so she squatted in the yard and dug a hole, ready to bury her beloved worm. Nan Moxie squatted beside him, his eyes were erratic, and he would arch his arms around him from time to time.
"I'll bring people back, are you alright?" Zhao Wu asked.
Duan Baiyue is puzzled: "This is your home, what is it to bring people back, you can demolish the house."
Zhao Wu also felt that it was funny that he was worried just now, so he scratched his head: "Then you can rest, I'll go back first."
"Xiaoyu." Duan Baiyue stopped him behind him, "Why don't I have a marriage for you next month?"
Caught off guard, Zhao Wu made a big blush.
"Being honest like this, it's also thanks to other girls who don't dislike it." Duan Baiyue shook his head with a smile, "If you don't have any opinions, this matter is settled."
In the guest room, Hua Tang healed the woman's wounds, and put the child who was full of rice cereal beside her before exiting the door gently.
Zhao Wu is waiting for her in the hospital: "How?"
"It's all trauma, it'll be dizzy if you bleed too much, and it will be fine after a few months." Hua Tang said, "I asked her, but she just said that she came here from an island, and her husband died unfortunately, and plans to go to Jindi. go to relatives."
"Yeah." Zhao Wu nodded, "After the injury is healed, see if there is a caravan of escorts heading to Jindi, and you can take her there together."
Hua Tang moved her muscles and bones, and then looked at him suspiciously: "What are you blushing?"
Zhao Wu: "..."
Duan Yao and Nan Moxie sat on the roof, propped their cheeks and sighed deeply.
Being so simple and honest can lead to a beautiful daughter-in-law, the other is simply shameful in comparison.
Getting married is naturally a big event, and for a while, the palace will be as lively as it can be. The woman would also come to help her after her trauma was healed. The aunts and grandmothers in the mansion took pity on her experience and persuaded them to stay, but the woman insisted on leaving, and she was stubborn.
On the day of the wedding, there were red lanterns everywhere in the southwest mansion. Nan Moxie sat on the chair of the master with a smile on his face and waited for tea. Although he had never taught Zhao Wu kung fu, he was of seniority, so of course he took advantage of it.
"Big brother." During the banquet, Zhao Wudao, "Thank you."
Duan Baiyue patted him with a smile: "If you become a relative, you will live a good life. If your father and aunt know about it, you will be very pleased." .
Not long after Zhao Wu got married, the tribes in Mobei led their troops southward, and the battle of the Northwest officially started. The emperor of Chu led his own expedition, and many sects in the rivers and lakes also joined forces to resist the enemy. As for the war in the southwest, it calmed down quietly.
The people in the south were all very surprised, and they bluffed for several months. No matter what they said, they had peace talks. The Chu Emperor did not even send a minister, and the war had already been put out. But at the same time, I am also very happy. After all, no one likes to fight to the door. It is more important to live in peace.
Since Qin Shaoyu was in the northwest, Zhao Wu naturally wanted to help. Inside the tomb, Nan Mo said wickedly: "It's obviously helping the Shadow Palace, but in fact, it's helping your sweetheart. Send a younger brother over there.
Duan Baiyue: "..."
But that afternoon, Aunt Jin happily ordered the cook in the house to make soup and medicine.
Because Hua Tang is pregnant.
"Yes." Nan Moxie sighed again after hearing the news, "At this speed, you are afraid that ten more Fire Cloud Lions won't be able to keep up."
Sitting in the ice room, Duan Baiyue felt that she might go crazy again.
Why is it that the masters of other families are afraid that their apprentices will be disturbed when exercising, yet they encounter such a chatter
The situation in the northwest was turbulent, and Chu Yuan’s first expedition in his own hands was a lot of things to learn. Fortunately, most of the people around him were able to help him, and he was able to get a chance to breathe.
The weather was just right this afternoon. In the Chu army camp, a woman in red was drying herbs. She was dressed in hot and enchanting clothes. She was obviously not from the Central Plains.
"Miss cinnabar." Chu Yuan stepped forward.
"Your Majesty." The woman turned around.
"Do you have time?" Chu Yuan said, "I have something I want to ask the girl for advice."
"Naturally." Zhu Sha washed his hands and let him into his tent, "What does the emperor want to know?"
"Girl is a wandering doctor in the desert, and she is proficient in voodoo methods. Have you ever heard of the golden silkworm thread?" Chu Yuan asked.
"Yeah." Zhu Sha nodded, "I've heard of it, but I'm not familiar with it, nor have I seen it before."
"It's okay." Chu Yuan said, "Just say what you know."
"The golden silkworm thread is a poison in the Miao region. It is extremely cunning. Once it penetrates into the blood, it is difficult to remove it." Cinnabar said, "Wake up once a year, after drinking enough blood, it will continue to sleep, and once it wakes up, it will be poisoned. People are like ten thousand ants eating their hearts, life is better than death."
Thinking of Duan Bai Yue's pale face that day, Chu Yuan involuntarily clenched his right hand.
"The growth rate of the golden silkworm thread is extremely slow. The first ten years may be nothing, but if you ignore it and let the Gu worm grow in the body, I am afraid that no one will be able to last for twenty years." Zhu Sha said, "Why did the emperor suddenly think of it? ask this?"
"Is there any medicine to solve it?" Chu Yuan's voice was a little hoarse.
"It is said that there is, Tianchensha." Cinnabar said, "But I haven't even seen the golden silkworm thread. Tianchensha is a legendary drug, and I don't know where it is. If the emperor wants to know more, Ye Gu The Lord may be able to help, but if he doesn’t even know it, he can only go to the Southwest Palace and ask, after all, it’s something that only exists in the south.”
"What if even the Southwest Palace can't do anything?" Chu Yuan continued to ask.
"Then we have to look further south." Zhu Sha said, "I once heard from an old man in the clan that there was an Emerald and Burmese country, also known as the Wu Kingdom, south of the Chu country. helpful."
Emerald Myanmar. Chu Yuan nodded: "Thank you girl."
After returning to the camp, Chu Yuan asked him a question just as Si Xi was tidying up his desk.
"The Emerald Kingdom?" Father Sixi shook his head, "It is said that it is very mysterious. The whole country lives in forests and swamps, and no one has ever seen it."
"Where can there be such a country." Chu Yuan laughed, "If you really let the people live in the swamp, I'm afraid that the country will be destroyed in three days."
Sixi Gong said: "Why did the emperor suddenly ask this?"
"Nothing." Chu Yuan asked, "Is there still wine?"
Father Sixi hurried down to get it.
As an emperor, Chu Yuan's life was really frugal, and he didn't bring any superfluous things when marching and fighting. If he had to say it was special, he only brought three altars of Feixia.
The wine is sweet, and you can sleep well after drinking it.
In the southwest mansion, Duan Baiyue also leaned against the window, raising his head to drink the snowy secluded in the cup.
In the next few months, battle reports continued to be sent to the palace.
The Chu army was on a tear, attacking the Kamo River first and then breaking through Yunhan Prefecture. A strange fire broke out in the rebel camp. That night, the sound of gunpowder explosions almost shook the sky.
Ten years of uninterrupted turmoil in the northwest since the first emperor of Chu finally won a great victory, and the Mobei tribe was completely expelled. The winding border line is like an iron border forged by thousands of Chu men with flesh and blood.
The Chu army returned with a mighty victory, and the southwest army also secretly turned back in batches. The people are saying that the emperor today is really amazing, and the first battle was so glorious.
Hua Tang successfully gave birth to a pair of twins, chubby, Duan Yao smiled and followed behind every day. Seeing Aunt Jin tremble with fear, she was afraid that he would send a worm to his nephew on a whim.
Duan Baiyue's internal injuries also gradually healed. Although the golden silkworm thread still cannot be eradicated, it has also temporarily dormant, and at least it will not have any effect for the rest of the year.
On the same day, another secret report came from the palace, saying that the emperor of Chu sent his envoys to the Emerald and Burmese country.
…
"Emeraldry?" Duan Baiyue wondered, "What are you going to do there?"
"Does that even need to be said?" Nan Moxie squinted.
"Master knows?" Duan Baiyue was still puzzled.
Nan Moxie reminded: "I heard that the lord of the Emerald and Burmese country was very tall and handsome."
Duan Baiyue: "..."
Nan Moxie sighed: "It looks like Pan An."
Duan Baiyue said: "Master has been reading a lot these days." He still knew about Pan An.
"Can't you take action?" Nan Moye asked again.
Duan Baiyue put down the letter in his hand: "For example?"
"At least you have to change into new clothes, find another painter, and send one of your portraits to the king's city." Nan Mo said evilly, "The painting looks better, and it doesn't look like you. After all, I haven't seen each other for so long. Emperor Chu should have forgotten what you look like."
Duan Baiyue called Duan Nian expressionlessly and dragged him out directly.
Nan Moxie sighed again and again. With this little promise, he didn't know whether he would drink the next cup of tea before he died next time.
When the bones of the two little babies grew solid, Zhao Wu came to Duan Baiyue to bid farewell.
Duan Baiyue sighed: "It seems that I still can't keep you."
"My heart is not here, and I will not be happy if I stay here." Zhao Wudao, "But the Chasing Shadow Palace is not far from the Southwest Mansion. If there is time in the future, Hua Tang and I will often come back with our son."
"During my retreat, you and your younger siblings took care of Yao'er." Duan Baiyue patted him, "Well, take care all the way."
"And Tianchensha." Zhao Wudao, "I will help you find it too."
Duan Baiyue smiled: "Thank you."
Hearing that Zhao Wu was leaving, Duan Yao was naturally reluctant, so he went to the back mountain to dig a pot of worms and gave it to Hua Tang.
…
Aunt Jin began to complain about Nan Moxie again, because it was Master Nan's disorderly teaching when he was a child. See what a broken habit this is.
A month later, the Southwest House secretly reported back, saying that the emperor of Chu had gone on a tour of Dayan City.
"Why don't you hurry up?" Nan Moxie urged against the door, "I'll watch Yao'er for you to save him trouble."
The Huoyun Lion has excellent leg strength, and an ordinary horse takes ten days to travel, but it only took five days to reach the gate of the city.
This time, Chu Yuan did not go south in a small way, and there were many people accompanying him. Naturally, he would not stay in an inn, but an inn.
It was Ye Chunyu Feifei, Chu Yuan was leaning against the table and flipping through a book when there was a slight sound from the window lattice.
The Yulin Army came after hearing the movement, but before entering the door, the father-in-law Sixi sent him back, and said not to disturb him again.
…
Chu Yuan was still looking at the book without raising his head: "Does the King of Southwest really like to look through windows so much?"
Duan Baiyue leaned against the window and smiled at his figure.