The fire was raging, and the smoke billowed.
Looking at the fire, the entire post house has been burned to the ground, and some people are screaming and roaring in the fire, sad and hysterical.
Yaoying felt dizzy when she remembered Xie Qing and the other soldiers who stayed in the post house, and a layer of cold sweat oozes from her back.
The night wind blew, and her body shivered slightly.
A voice sounded in my ear: "The people in the post house have left the city, and the fire was set to warn us that someone was attacking at night."
Indifferent without a trace of fireworks, there is a calmness that can soothe people's hearts.
Yaoying's heart was suddenly relieved, and she let out a breath. She believed in Sultan Gu, he didn't talk much, and since he said that, she must be 70% sure.
There must be some secret code of agreement between him and his personal soldiers.
Yao Ying slowly came back to her senses, "The people who attacked at night are coming for us? Did Yuchi Damo leak the news?"
Sultan shook his head.
A bright light flashed in her mind, and Yao Ying was shocked, "They are here for Jin Bo! Could it be that Haidu A Ling has come to Gaochang?"
Yuchi Bodhidharma only knew that they were the messengers sent by Tamara, but he did not know their identities. He was a slick person, able to bend and stretch. Jia, at least they won't kill them before the secret meeting, the night raider should have another master.
Yaoying can only think of Haidu Aling.
Sultan Gudao: "It's not necessarily that he did it himself."
Yaoying nodded, thinking of the domineering guards beside Jin Bo, a thought came up quickly, and said, "Maybe when Jin Bo leaves, Haidu Aling has already arranged a killer by his side, and when Jin Bo arrives After Gaochang, the killer immediately started, and Haidu Aling people in Beirong can not only clear the suspicion, but also put the blame on Yuchi Damo."
Wakhan Khan attaches great importance to the honor of the descendants of the wolf clan, and does not want to hurt people behind his back. Haidu Aling has no such taboo, not to mention Jinbo and the others have set traps to kill him several times. Died at the hands of several brothers.
Yao Ying's eyes flashed a hint of horror, and she muttered: "If Haidu Aling arranges killers beside every prince..."
The princes used reinforcements to get rid of Haidu Aling without the knowledge of Wakhan Khan. Haidu Aling decided to stay in Beirong and secretly sent killers to lurk around the princes.
In this way, he not only eliminated his opponent without knowing it, but also forced people like Yuchi Bodhidharma to join forces with him. When Wakhan Khan reacted, he was powerless to save.
The more Yaoying thought about it, the more her heart skipped a beat.
Haidu Aling is very ambitious, and once he replaces Wakhan as the new North Rong Khan, he will surely lead his army to the Central Plains. I hope Xie Qing remembers her instructions and rescues Jin Bo. Although Jin Bo is stupid, he is Wakhan's parent and son. Maybe it will come in handy.
Sultan Gu turned his horse's head and led Yaoying through the empty alleys. He was very responsive and could always avoid the patrolling guards.
There was a loud burning sound in the direction of the post house. The flames illuminated half of the sky. The snow on the roof and the roof tiles covered a layer of dark red light. Yaoying seemed to be able to feel the burning flames in the distance, and her cheeks were roasted. hot.
While worrying about Xie Qing's safety, she wondered whether Haidu Aling might have other conspiracies, and she was in a trance.
They stopped in front of a secluded house with two lamps on the porch.
The lights flickered, and a man stood in the shadow under the hood. Hearing the clatter of the horse's hoofs, the man quickly greeted him. He was one of the personal soldiers who stayed behind the post house.
The personal soldiers first saluted respectfully and whispered a few words in Sanskrit.
Sultan Gu hummed and dismounted first.
Yaoying shared a horse with him. When he moved, her back suddenly became empty, her body swayed, and she fell down.
The soldiers opened their mouths.
Yaoying was groggy and weak, trying to struggle to stabilize her figure, but she had already fallen, and she thought in a daze: This place is thick with snow, it shouldn't hurt to fall, right
Her arms suddenly tightened, and a pair of holstered hands tightly held her shoulders to stop her from falling.
Yaoying felt that Sultan Gu's thin and strong fingers were holding her shoulders, her chin was on the top of her head, and there was a cold medicinal smell on his body.
The next moment, she threw herself into his arms.
Sultan Gu thought her feet slipped again, helped her stand firm, and immediately retracted the arms that were on her shoulders, she followed his movements and fell forward again, leaning her body against his arms, struggling For the sake of getting up, it was soft and weak, weak and boneless.
Sultan Gu frowned slightly, looked down at Yaoying, and met her reddish eyes.
Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes were hazy, her shoulders trembled slightly, like a pear blossom with rain in spring, I felt pity for her.
The soldiers looked at Yaoying, dumbfounded: "Prince Regent... Princess Wen Zhao..."
Sultan Gudaheng hugged Yaoying, turned and walked into the courtyard.
"She's sick."
He thought it was another temptation.
The personal soldiers stayed for a while, and Sultan Gu was hurriedly admitted to the hospital with Yaoying in his arms. The personal soldiers hurriedly woke up, followed the porch with their horses, turned around and locked the door, followed the main house, thought for a while, but did not follow the inner room, standing outside the screen with their hands down and waiting.
Sultan Gu walked quickly into the inner room of the south house, put down Yaoying, lowered her eyes, gently pulled open the sleeves of her wrists, and put her fingers on the exposed snow-white wrists.
Yaoying's body was hot and cold for a while, and she shivered slightly.
Sultan Gu looked at the fine beads of sweat on her forehead, retracted her fingers, got up, walked around the screen to the outside, and asked the personal soldiers: "Everyone left the city?"
The personal soldiers clasped their fists and replied: "Back to the regent, just now in the post house, the guards of the little prince Jinbo and the dance girl suddenly assassinated the little prince. The centurion followed the general's instructions and protected the little prince and escaped. Afraid that there will be killers in the city, I went out of the city first. Only my subordinates and Alan Ruo were ordered to wait here for the regent."
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Before entering the city, Sultan Gu had instructed that if things change, everyone should withdraw from Gaochang King City first. If the city is under martial law and there is nowhere to go, they can meet in the courtyard. Alan Ruo is the one who guards the courtyard.
After the Sudanese and the ancients left tonight, the dancing girl in the post house hall suddenly shook her arms, slipped a bright dagger from her sleeves, and rushed towards the drunk Jin Bo. Jin Bo's guards reacted and drew their swords to greet him. Immediately, blood splattered all over the place, swords and swords were all over the place, and Hu Shang, who was watching the singing and dancing, was so frightened that he ran away, screaming, shouting, cursing, roaring, and making a mess.
Seeing that Jin Bo was about to die tragically under Hu Ji's sword, Xie Qing immediately pulled out his saber and rushed out, saving Jin Bo. Xie Chong and the other guards helped to subdue the Hu Ji.
Jin Bo almost splattered blood on the spot, and he was still terrified, but he didn't wake up from the wine. He held on to Xie Qing's hand and shouted, "Thank you for this brave man who came to the rescue!"
Xie Qing shook off Jin Bo with a sullen face, and the guards next to him laughed.
At this moment, another accident happened, Jin Bo's guard actually slashed at his master!
Everyone on the field was stunned, and then several Beirong guards burst out. While everyone was in a daze, they raised their swords and killed their companions around them.
Jin Bo was slashed and blood spurted out. This time, he was completely sober and screamed in fright.
At this time, there was the sound of horses' hoofs stepping outside the post house, and the bowstring vibrated.
The Hu merchants had already fled in all directions.
Xie Qing and the others looked at each other, suspecting that the guards around Jin Bo might have betrayed him, and they still had helpers. The post house was not a place to stay for a long time.
The personal soldiers stayed and reminded the people on the royal court's side to escape from the city, and set fire to the post house to warn the people of Sudan, lest they fall into the trap of their opponents when they return.
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Only one oil lamp was lit in the main house, and the light was dim, and the pattern on the screen could not be seen clearly.
Sultan Gu listened to the personal soldiers briefly explain what happened tonight, and asked: "Is there a maid in the courtyard?"
The soldier was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Alan Ruo has been guarding this yard. Apart from him, there are only a few horses, two camels, and no one else."
Sultan was silent for a moment, "Bring some hot water here."
After speaking, he turned around the screen and walked into the inner room.
The soldiers were stunned and reacted: Princess Wenzhao was ill and needed someone to take care of her, but all her people had just fled the city while the chaos was running, so the regent asked if there were any maids.
He went to Alan Ruo for a pot of hot water and sent it to the main house.
"Prince Regent... I just asked Alan Ruo. The fire in the post house has been put out. I don't know what's going on in the palace. Just now, the guards went door to door to issue a warning. will be arrested and locked up.”
In other words, Li Yaoying had to get through tonight, in the middle of the night, not to mention asking her husband to find a maid, as long as the door was locked, the guards might follow the sound.
Sultan Gu hummed and took the copper pot: "Go find some clean clothes."
The soldier said: "Prince Regent, there are clothes in the mansion, but they are all men's."
Sultan had already turned and entered the inner room, and a hoarse voice came out through the screen: "Bring it."
The personal soldiers should have found some clothes, clean bedding towels, burned several large buckets of hot water, and carried them to the main house with Alan Ruo, and carried them into the inner room.
Behind the screen, a star-like light flickered gently.
Sultan Gu stood in front of the bed, with a tall and straight figure. The bed was densely surrounded, and it was impossible to see Princess Zhao's situation on the couch, but the slender and slender figure of the woman on the bed could be vaguely seen, and the weak breathing sound came out intermittently.
Alan Ruo couldn't help but looked up at the bed, and a cold gaze swept over.
Sultan Gu glanced at him.
There seemed to be a basin of snow water pouring down his head, and Alan Ruo shuddered, hurriedly buried his head, and retreated with his personal soldiers.
The door was closed from the outside.
Inside the room, Sultan turned around, faced the bed, and raised his hand to close the bed.
The dim light fell in front of the bed, Yaoying lay sideways on the pillow, clasped her arms tightly, curled up into a small ball, her collar was scattered, revealing a trace of snow, and the innermost clothes were soaked with sweat, revealing The skin was snow-colored, and the hair on the temples was also sweaty, and the hair was sticking to the cheeks, and it was wet.
She was dimly conscious, felt the light, opened her eyes, her thick eyelashes trembled, and said weakly, "I'm causing trouble for General Su... I've made an old problem, so I'm fine."
Even at this time, her voice was still soft and calm, dignified and calm.
"Did the princess forget to take her medicine?"
Sultan asked.
Yaoying shook her head on the pillow, "It's not yet... I've calculated... "
She was born with deficiencies, and she took gel pills every month. She remembered the last day she took the medicine very clearly. She was on her way to Gaochang, and it was only ten days away from now. Tonight, she felt dizzy and feverish all the time. She thought she was guilty of being a thief, but she didn't expect to have an old illness.
Sultan then asked, "Does the princess have any pills on her body?"
Yaoying clasped her arms tightly, her body trembled slightly, and she didn't speak.
Sultan leaned over to sit in front of the couch and said, "Princess has always been cautious, so she must be carrying pills."
Yaoying was silent.
Sultan asked: "Is the princess afraid that no one will look after the medicine?"
Yaoying's heart trembled, she raised her eyes and looked at Sultan Gu.
Four eyes met, his eyes were deep and quiet, as if overlooking her from the clouds, as if he could see through all her thoughts.
A faint smile appeared on Yaoying's pale face, and she said softly, "It's alright, I'll just sleep... I'll be fine after I get through tonight."
Sultan looked down at her: "I know a little about medicine, the princess doesn't have to hide it."
Yaoying was startled.
Sultan Gu said calmly: "Although there are differences between men and women, as far as I am concerned, the princess is just a patient. I am a disciple of Shimen. I can take care of the princess. The princess doesn't have to be embarrassed, just take medicine."
His tone was cold, and every word he said came out of his mouth, like a secluded spring flowing across a rocky beach, cold and cold.
There is a kind of coercion, gentle, and powerful, which makes people a little breathless.
Yaoying felt uncomfortable all over, her eyes were sore, she clenched her arms tightly, and gave a low hum.
Sultan asked, "Where are the pills?"
Yaoying let go of her hand, groped for a while while trembling, and found a small jade bottle.
Sultan Gu took the jade bottle from her finger, poured out a pill, raised her chin with his finger, and fed it to her.
After the pill entered her stomach, Yaoying's body gradually became hot.
She was soaking wet and had to change into dry clothes, struggling to get up: "General, please help me..."
Sultan Gu helped her up, helped her to the wooden barrel, made her lean on it and stood up, turned and stepped out.
After a few footsteps, he stopped and stood in front of the door with his back to the screen, his posture straight.
Yaoying couldn't see the outside, so she didn't care about being ashamed, took off her clothes, twisted the handkerchief laboriously, and wiped her body.
There was a charcoal fire in the house, she was dizzy, top-heavy, and her whole body was limp. Just a few movements of rubbing her body made her panting. Now Xie Qing is not around, Sultan is a man again... She bit the tip of her tongue, forced herself to wake up, hurriedly changed into the clothes on the screen next to her, turned around and walked back.
Taking one step out, the feet were soft, and the whole person fell to the ground softly.
With a heavy thud, Sultan Guhoran, who was standing by the door, turned around, and when he walked to the screen, he paused, "Princess?"
Yaoying fell to the ground, pain all over her body, gritted her teeth, and wanted to stand up by herself, her palms just propped up on the ground, only to feel the world spinning in front of her eyes, and a burst of nausea in her belly. She had no choice but to agree softly.
The footsteps were light, the figure in front of the screen swayed slightly, and a pair of soap leather boots approached her little by little.
Sultan Gu leaned over, picked up Yaoying, and sent it to the bed.
Yaoying was exhausted, her whole body was sore, and she said thank you in a low voice. As soon as her head touched the pillow, her eyes were closed and her eyelashes trembled slightly.
Sultan put her down, his eyes swept away from her scattered clothes, pulled the quilt to cover her, pulled up her hand, gently rolled up her sleeves, and touched the pulse with her fingers.
She took the medicine and her pulse became calmer, but she still had to get through tonight's powder medicine.
A person like her who has been taking medicine for many years will be hot and cold all over her body when she disperses the medicine, so she must rest in bed and wait for the medicine to dissipate.
Sultan Gu let go of Yaoying's hand.
Her palms were hot and slightly sweaty, but her fingers were cold.
Sultan Gu paused, took Yaoying's hand and put it back under the quilt, pulled over the quilt to cover it, and pressed his fingers on the corner of the quilt again for fear of the wind leaking in.
He got up and put down the bed tent.
There were several knocks on the door, and the personal soldiers brought two bowls of hot plain soup cakes and said, "Prince Regent, there are only some wound medicines in the mansion, and there are no other medicinal materials."
As he spoke, he tiptoed and looked inside.
The screen was blocked, and nothing could be seen.
The soldier was silent for a while, then said angrily, "Prince Regent... I've never heard of the princess getting sick... Not once..."
After Princess Wenzhao came to the royal court, he was responsible for guarding the princess. From the palace to the Buddhist temple, he followed the princess. The princess was always in high spirits, bright and moving. Only these two days, she looked a little haggard. , I did not expect that the princess was ill.
Sultan Gu took the vegetarian soup cake without saying a word.
Of course, the royal guards didn't know about Li Yaoying's illness, and even the personal soldiers around her didn't know.
The only person who knew that she had to take medicine every month might be Xie Qing.
Beauty and weakness can win love and affection, but not respect and awe.
In this extraterritorial place far away from the Central Plains, the name of Princess Wei is like a phantom mirage, which will eventually fade away. If Li Yaoying is weak and timid, a small personal soldier will not hesitate to betray her.
So she didn't dare to be cowardly.
She must always be calm and rational, always determined, and always have a clear goal, so that she can truly subdue her subordinates and gain their loyalty.
Now, her personal soldiers, the newly established caravan, are all loyal to her Li Yaoying, not Princess Wei.
She walked step by step, going through hardships.
The author has something to say: I have no fever after taking the temperature for three days~(＾－＾)V
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The second watch will be very late, everyone can watch the second watch tomorrow morning.