The Favoured Medical Princess: 495 Good Son-in-law

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It was already more than half an hour later when Mrs. Qiao returned to Qiao's house. Her two children were waiting for her in the main hall. When they saw her return, they both eagerly greeted her. .

Qiao Shenyu wore a lake-colored gold-woven brocade robe, with black hair tied high with a white jade button, and he carried a majestic appearance; Qiao Ruolan wore a crimson poppy bright satin pink and purple trimmed skirt. She has a long beard, and the pomegranate beads on her temples tremble slightly as she walks, elegant and beautiful.

Every time she looks at these outstanding children, Mrs. Qiao feels comforted. With her husband so useless, the only thing she could rely on was her children.

"Mother," Qiao Shenyu saluted and asked impatiently, "Uncle, what did he say?" He stared at Mrs. Qiao with burning eyes.

Mrs. Qiao glanced at Qiao Shenyu, but did not answer immediately. She walked in and sat down on the imperial chair at the top. Then she nodded slowly and said: "I will go out personally, can your uncle not agree? ”

"That's natural." Qiao Shenyu rubbed Mrs. Qiao's shoulders diligently, "Uncle, he has always been closest to you, mother."

Mrs. Qiao patted her son's hand and said earnestly: "Brother Yu, the last time the matter of appeasing the people in the southwest made your uncle unhappy, this time I had to talk hard to get your uncle to nod in agreement. Brother Yu, you have to live up to your expectations on this errand. Let your uncle see what you are capable of!"

"Mom, don't worry." Qiao Shenyu held his head high confidently, "Can you still not trust your son?"

Mrs. Qiao looked at her son with a smile and a very loving expression: "Brother Yu, mother is waiting for you to earn military merit and come back." Step on that Tian Detao hard!

Qiao Shenyu was in high spirits, as if he had already seen the day when he would return to his hometown in glorious clothes. He cupped his fists and said, "Mother, I will go down and get ready first."

Qiao Shenyu quickly withdrew, and Qiao Ruolan on the side had been holding back for a while.

Seeing her brother walking away, she bit her lower lip and asked anxiously: "Mother, did he... did he..." She twisted the veil nervously, her face was filled with peach blossoms, her eyes were shining, and her lips were The affectionate look on her face clearly shows that she has moved her heart.

Hey, Mrs. Qiao sighed secretly in her heart, my family has a daughter who has just grown up, and it seems that her daughter is really attracted to An Yihou.

Mrs. Qiao hesitated for a moment, then replied: "I asked your uncle, Marquis An Yi has not married yet." Even if she wanted to hide this matter, she probably couldn't.

Hearing this, Qiao Ruolan was ecstatic, a dazzling brilliance bloomed in her eyes, the corners of her mouth could not help but curl up, her heartbeat was beating like a deer, and her thoughts were racing.

"Sister Lan," Mrs. Qiao frowned and persuaded softly, "Listen to me, it's really inappropriate for me to see this An Yihou. Although he has a high and powerful position, he has a weak body at first glance. Not good..." There will be a lot less fun in the boudoir in the future, not to mention, if you die young, no matter how beautiful you were during your lifetime, what will happen if you leave orphans and widows? ! "Sister Lan, I'm doing this for your own good. I've already inquired about it. Mr. Fu has made great achievements this time and is the emperor's nephew. His future will be limitless, and he will be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister just around the corner..."

Before Mrs. Qiao finished speaking, Qiao Ruolan stood up in a hurry, with a hint of impatience on her face, and said: "Mom, brother will leave in a few days. You must be busy with trivial matters. I have to prepare a lot of things for my brother, so my daughter won’t bother you anymore.” After saying that, Qiao Ruolan left without looking back.

Mrs. Qiao's eyes widened in disbelief, and a fire rushed straight to her forehead. If someone else dared to do this to her, Mrs. Qiao would have turned against her long ago. It just happened to be my own daughter!

My daughter has been obedient since she was a child and has outstanding academic skills, so she has never let herself worry about it. I didn’t expect that mother and daughter would have such a big difference in marriage!

Mrs. Qiao’s chest heaved violently, and she couldn’t help complaining to Aunt Hu on the side: “The old saying is true, children are debts, and they will come without debts!”

Nanny Hu quickly consoled her: "Madam, Mr. An Yi is the girl's savior. No wonder she..."

Mrs. Qiao was originally quite grateful to An Yihou, but this gratitude disappeared long ago due to Qiao Ruolan's obsessiveness. She said coldly: "I don't know what kind of poison An Yihou has cast on Sister Lan. ." My daughter was really fascinated by him!

Nanny Hu smiled apologetically, but did not dare to agree.

Mrs. Qiao pinched the handkerchief, frowned and said, "No, I have to settle Sister Lan's marriage quickly!"

Aunt Hu reminded: "Madam, the war ahead is not over yet, and I don't know when Master Fu will come back..."

After Grandma Hu mentioned this, Mrs. Qiao couldn't help but become annoyed and said, "I should have asked the prince just now when the third young master Fu will come back." The third young master Fu is such a good son-in-law, and he cannot let Xiao Fei was snatched away.

However, this matter will have to wait until Fu Yunhe comes back before anything can be done. At the moment, she still has to help her son prepare his luggage for going out.

Mrs. Qiao personally took people to Qiao Shenyu's place, helped organize things, and ordered the maid and mother-in-law to prepare this and that. After working for nearly an hour, she sorted out all these trivial matters.

When she returned to her room, drank hot tea and took a breath, she remembered to tell Qiao Xingyao that her son was going to Huiling City.

"Zisu, go see if the master is back?" Mrs. Qiao turned around and ordered.

The round-faced maid in a blue-green gown shrank immediately, her eyes flickered, and she knelt down and said: "Madam, Master... Master went to Aunt Yu's place." That Aunt Yu was the one Qiao Xingyao raised in Jinyu Lane. Qiao Xingyao's outer room has been deeply favored by Qiao Xingyao since he came here. He spends more than half of the month sleeping at Aunt Yu's place.

"This fox!" Mrs. Qiao threw the tea cup out of her hand, the porcelain pieces flew and the hot tea spilled all over the floor...

Let’s not mention Qiao Zhai’s frivolous behavior for the moment.

Since the great victory came from the front, there were many families who wanted to send their children to Huiling City to gain military merit. For a time, all the mansions in Luoyue City were busy with people, exchanging favors through connections, and it was very lively... …

When Qiao Shenyu arrived at the Luo Yuecheng camp three days later, he saw two familiar faces in the accompanying team.

Qiao Shenyu's expression froze for a moment, and he greeted the two of them calmly: "Master Yu, Master Chang!"

One of those two people is Yu Xiufan, the fourth son of General Yu's Mansion, and the other is Chang Huaixi, the fifth son of General Chang's Mansion. Obviously, these two people want to go to Huiling City to gain military merit. How shameless! I can never be compared with them!

Qiao Shenyu secretly swore in his heart.

Not to mention what everyone thinks in their hearts, but on the surface they are all in harmony.

Not long after, Lieutenant Li arrived and saw that there were three or four more carriages in the team and they were all the personal belongings of these young masters. He immediately became angry and ordered each person to only bring one parcel of luggage, otherwise they would not go. .

So, all the carriages were left behind, and the three of them only took a few changes of clothes and hurriedly set off on the road.

Li Xiaowei led the baggage battalion and set off in a mighty manner.

When they arrived at Huiling City, several days had passed. The journey was tiring, and Qiao Shenyu thought they could finally take a good rest. Unexpectedly, Lieutenant Li got Xiao Yi's military order from Situ's garrison and asked for it again. Rushing to Yanding City, Qiao Shenyu could only follow them non-stop.

The group of people finally arrived at Yanding City when the sun set the next day.

As soon as he heard that they were here to deliver food and grass, the city gate guards checked the tokens and immediately opened the city gate to welcome them.

"Li Xiaowei," Shouzheng said excitedly, "I have been waiting for you for so long. After those **** Nanliang people took over Yanding City, they slaughtered the city and looted it. Now the people in the city I’m waiting for this batch of food and grass you brought as an emergency..."

In those dark days, the people were miserable. Although the prince ordered people to send some food and grass after he captured Yanding City, the food and grass were all from the Southern Xinjiang Army and Huiling City. The savings from hard food can only last a few days... Fortunately, food and grass finally arrived! Seeing these provisions, Shouzheng felt happy in his heart. Yanding City finally survived!

Business matters, Lieutenant Li and Shouzheng entered the city without saying a few words. Qiao Shenyu followed behind Colonel Lieutenant Li, looking around casually. Yanding City was depressed and silent, exuding a lifeless atmosphere. Feel.

Yesterday, Qiao Shenyu saw that Huiling City was heavily guarded except for entering and leaving the city, and other affairs in the city were in order. He thought that Yanding City was similar, but he did not expect that Yanding City turned out to be in such a depressed state, with nine rooms out of ten. It was empty, and many houses had broken walls and tiles. There were dark red blood stains on the walls and on the ground. The faint smell of blood lingered on the tip of the nose.

Qiao Shenyu coughed uncomfortably and adjusted his posture slightly on the horse, feeling as if he was sitting on pins and needles. If it weren't for the military merit, he would not be able to stay any longer.

The group of people quickly arrived outside the garrison mansion. The soldiers were waiting outside the mansion, while Lieutenant Li and the three young masters were welcomed into the garrison mansion.

I can finally rest. Qiao Shenyu yawned lazily and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Captain Li, the prince is waiting for you in the study. Please come with me." A soldier hurriedly led Colonel Li to the outer study.

Qiao Shenyu thought about how he was also Xiao Yi’s cousin, so he wanted to follow him and say hello. Unexpectedly, a man who looked like Mr. Qian stopped him, cupped his fists and said: "Mr. Qiao, Mr. Chang, Mr. Yu , Yanding City is now in ruins and waiting to be renovated. It is the time when manpower is needed. When the prince learned that the three young masters were coming, he specially ordered to come down to deliver military orders to them."

Qiao Shenyu was startled. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi's military order came before he even took a breath. Isn't this too hasty? Although he came here to gain military glory, he also wanted to rest for a few days after traveling all the way...

Yu Xiufan couldn't wait to ask: "Brother...well, I mean, I wonder what the prince's orders are?"

Chang Huaixi glanced at Yu Xiufan quickly and remained calm. He also grew up in Luoyue City, so he naturally knew that many famous dandies like Yu Xiufan used to hang out with the prince, calling him brothers and brothers, and following the prince's lead. And this Qiao Shenyu is Xiao Yi's cousin, which means that he is the only one among the three who has no relationship with the prince.

Mr. Jing Qian said sternly: "Young masters, when we attacked the city that day, our army and the people of Nanliang suffered casualties. Many corpses were scattered outside the city. If not dealt with in time, the decomposition of the corpses would easily pollute the water source. , and led to the epidemic. The prince has ordered all the soldiers and the people of the city to search the city for several days, and basically cleaned up and burned all the corpses in the city. Now the corpses outside the city are being cleaned up, and this matter has bothered the three young masters. ."

Clean and burn bodies? !

The corner of Yu Xiufan's mouth twitched, and his handsome face almost collapsed, thinking: Brother is really unkind! ...I have no choice but to do my brother's order no matter how miserable it is... In fact, although burning corpses is a bit disgusting, it is an easy job. Yu Xiufan felt a little scared in his heart and could only keep comforting himself.

Chang Huaixi's face didn't look good either. A stale breath filled his chest, and he almost blurted out: Why? !

My family is a third-generation general, and I have served under the old prince since my grandfather's generation. Could it be that the prince wanted to deliberately humiliate himself by giving him such a despicable job?

Chang Huaixi clenched his fists, but said nothing after all, observing Yu Xiufan and Qiao Shenyu without leaving any trace.

Qiao Shenyu’s entire face froze, and he couldn’t believe his ears. His face turned pale and blue, blue and white again, and he could not hide the disgust in his eyes.

"Brother," Qiao Shenyu clasped his fists and said to Mr. Qian, "can you let me meet Yi... the Crown Prince first?" He thought about waiting to meet Xiao Yi and then asking him to change his job. that is!

Who would have thought that Mr. Jing Qian, who was so pleasant just now, would suddenly change his face. His thin single-lidded eyes were filled with murderous intent, and the temperature around him suddenly dropped.

"Mr. Qiao," Mr. Jing Qian's voice was so cold that he almost dropped ice, "What I just said is the military order of the Crown Prince! Is it possible that Mr. Qiao wants to disobey the military order?"

Disobey military orders? ! Qiao Shenyu's pupils suddenly shrank, and he resisted the military order. Last time, because of the incident of appeasing the people in the southwest, he received a total of thirty military sticks. He was beaten until his skin and flesh were torn, and he lay on the couch for more than a month.

Qiao Shenyu laughed with fear, and quickly changed his words: "How could it be?! How could I disobey military orders?"

Yu Xiufan secretly suppressed a smile and saw that although Mr. Qiao was the cousin of his eldest brother Xiao Yi, he didn't know much about his eldest brother's character. Although the eldest brother usually liked to play around, but when he did serious business, But he said the same thing. But Qiao Shenyu insisted on hitting the knife edge! How pitiful!

Chang Huaixi half-closed his eyes, a flash of anger flashed in his eyes. The prince probably wanted to give them a blow, right? Huh, just take advantage of it yourself!

Jing Chang ignored Qiao Shenyu and said directly: "You three gentlemen, please come down with me..."

Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi followed one after another. Although Qiao Shenyu was unwilling to give up, he still took this step.

Mr. Jing Qian personally led the three of them out of the city from the south gate. At this time, the sky was already dim, with only a hint of red remaining in the western sky.

A huge wooden platform has been built in an open space outside the city.

From a distance, I happened to see a group of five soldiers escorting this carriage coming here. As the group got closer and closer, they could vaguely see that the carriage was filled with corpses, and a strong smell of corpses wafted over...

As soon as the cool night breeze blows, the stench comes oncoming and permeates the surroundings, making people sick.

Qiao Shenyu's face was as pale as paper, his stomach was churning, and he almost vomited it out.

"Da da da..."

Everything was silent except for the sound of horse hooves and rolling wheels as the carriage moved forward, which became louder and louder.

The soldiers stopped in front of Mr. Qian and the others, and the team leader stepped forward and reported: "To Mr. Qian, the corpses within a radius of one mile have been cleaned up. Are you..."

While speaking, the carriage stopped at the rear, and you could clearly see the horrific corpses piled on top of it, dripping with blood. It was hot in southern Xinjiang, and most of the corpses had rotted. You could clearly see the clothes and flesh. Countless white maggots were squirming around, and flies gathered all around, making a "buzzing" sound.

Qiao Shenyu's ears were buzzing and he couldn't hear anything.

"Ugh——"

He could no longer suppress his nausea, turned around and vomited crazily into the grass beside him...

Watching Qiao Shenyu vomiting wildly, Chang Huaixi had a flash of contempt in his eyes and suppressed the nausea in his heart.

"Ugh... vomit..."

For a while, the sound of Qiao Shenyu's vomiting could not be heard in the air.

After a while, Xiao Yi, who was guarding the mansion, learned what happened at the city gate.

"...That Mr. Qiao is not even as good as a woman or a child." Mr. Jing Qian said, "I guess he won't be able to survive for a few more days before he comes to say goodbye to you." In the past few days, Yanding City has been But there are many old and weak women and children helping to clean up the corpses in the city. Who is as delicate as Mr. Qiao? "The other two young masters seem to be fine for the time being." But I don't know what will happen if they actually do it.

Xiao Yi curled up into a half-smile, walked to the window, and looked toward the southern sky.

With his distance and angle, he couldn't see outside the city gate, but he could see the billowing white smoke rising crazily into the night sky...

Presumably the burning of corpses started again outside the city...

Since he settled in Yanding City, corpses have been burned basically at this time every night. Thousands of corpses have been found. Most of them cannot be identified, and there is no time to identify them. The corpses must be burned as soon as possible. Incinerate!

This is war, cruel and helpless.

Xiao Yi raised his head and stared at the night sky for a while, then said: "Ignore them, even if anyone wants to go back, they have to finish their work for me!"

As soon as Qiao Shenyu, Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi arrived, Xiao Yi got the news. Obviously, these three people were sent here by their families to earn some military merit.

Of course Xiao Yi understands that this kind of thing cannot be avoided, but if you want military merit, you have to pay something. Whether it is Yu Xiufan, Qiao Shenyu or Chang Huaixi, as long as they have the ability, he will not refuse anyone who comes!

There are many things waiting for people to do in this city.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Mr. Jing Qian clasped his fists to accept the order and stepped back respectfully.

After Xiao Yi stood quietly by the window for a while, he turned around and sat down behind the desk to handle official duties.

Every time a city is recovered from the enemy, it does not represent the end, but a arduous beginning.

The original prefect and garrison of Yanding City had already sacrificed their lives when the city was destroyed. Xiao Yi recently promoted a meritorious and meritorious general of the fifth rank under his command to serve as the garrison of Yanding City, but the position of the prefect But we need to wait for the court's approval, and it may take some time for the new prefect to take office. Nowadays, all the trivial matters in the city need to be temporarily handled by him.

Repairing the city wall, reorganizing the household registration fields, counting the grain and grass in the warehouse, re-appointing officials from the two cities, dealing with the troops surrendered by Nanliang... Xiao Yi was so busy with all the large and small matters that he could only comfort himself and wait for Xiaobai to come. alright.

This night, after Xiao Yi finished his work, it was already the second watch.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhuzi who was guarding outside the study finally couldn't help but go into the room and persuade him: "Master, it's time for you to rest..." After saying that, he added, "If you are tired, If you lose your health, the Crown Princess will be worried."

Xiao Yi ignored him and wrote furiously, writing two full sheets of paper in one go. Then he stopped writing, handed it to the bamboo and said, "Go and send it to the Crown Princess!" A pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes glowed in the candlelight. Shiny in the middle.

Zhuzi didn't need to read the letter to guess that his crown prince was probably acting coquettishly with the crown prince in the letter again. He took the letter, responded with a smile, and walked briskly down.

Thinking of his stinky girl, Xiao Yi had a good night's sleep. Early the next morning, as usual, he danced after hearing the chicken dance, performed a set of punches, took a bath and changed clothes, and then showed up at Chenshi.

Following that, he inspected the defense of Yanding City surrounded by a group of generals.

After several days of repairs, many gaps in the city wall have been repaired. There is a significant difference in the color of the old and new stone bricks, just like a piece of clothing that has been repaired repeatedly, revealing a sense of vicissitudes of life after a disaster. feel.

Everyone walked along the city wall. After a while, they saw many guards in armor repairing the city wall. Some were laying bricks and some were laying mud. Some people also came to help, making clanging sounds from time to time. Knocking sound.

As Li Shoubei walked, he reported: "Your Majesty, when we attacked the city that day, the catapults destroyed a lot of the city walls. It took several days to repair them, but at least half of them didn't have time to repair. I'm afraid we need to add more manpower. As for bricks, I plan to find a few unoccupied houses in the city and tear down their walls first for emergency use."

Xiao Yi looked at Mr. Jing Qian: "Can you mobilize manpower over there?"

Mr. Jing Qian hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the bodies have been almost cleaned up. In two days, one or two hundred people can be dispatched to repair the city wall."

Li Shoubei pondered for a moment and then said: "In this case, the city wall should be repaired within five days."

As he spoke, the city gate appeared in everyone's sight, and they saw two long teams lined up near the city gate. The people were all in ragged clothes and stooped. At a glance, most of them were The old, weak and disabled.

Seeing Xiao Yi's eyes looking in that direction, Li Shoubei explained: "Master, the grain and grass were delivered yesterday, so the general immediately ordered people to start distributing rice after counting."

At the beginning, the Nanliang people massacred the city in Yanding for three days. They burned, killed, and looted. They committed all kinds of evil and killed most of the young and middle-aged people in the city, leaving only the old, weak, and disabled to be driven by them. Many women in the city also He suffered inhumane injuries, could not bear the humiliation, and committed suicide.

Every time they see these poor people, the soldiers are filled with indignation and empathize with them.

General Zheng, who had a big beard, said angrily: "Those Nanliang people are still too cheap!"

"That's right!" Fu Yunhe said sadly, "If we hadn't had too few divine arm crossbows, we wouldn't have let that Ikaro escape that day!...Brother, this divine arm crossbow is really a magic weapon. Let's prepare more sharp weapons." As he said that, he looked at Xiao Yi with burning eyes.

In the two battles to recapture Yanding City and Yongjia City, the Divine Arm Battalion and the Divine Arm Crossbow played a huge role that cannot be ignored. Xiao Yi also wants to expand his staff, but the problem is that he has no money! This 3,000-strong Divine Arm Battalion almost used up all the food in the stinky girl's fiefdom.

Unfortunately, the soldiers did not know this. They all saw the power of the divine arm crossbow, so when Fu Yunhe said this, he responded repeatedly.

"If we form two more Divine Arm battalions, we will definitely beat the **** out of those **** Nanliang dogs!" General Zheng said, his voice rising unconsciously, and his eyes happened to meet a three or four-year-old boy in front of him. child.

The boy's black eyes were round and his mouth was slightly open, as if he was frightened. In the blink of an eye, his eyes were filled with tears...

The old woman holding the boy's right hand immediately noticed something strange about the child, looked down at her, and asked worriedly: "Heizi, what's wrong with you?"

The boy's other hand tightly held the skirt of the old woman's skirt, and his lips were deflated, as if he was about to cry in the next moment.

Zheng Shenjiang's whole body was stiff, and he did nothing well at all.

Fu Yunhe on the side worked hard to suppress his laughter and winked at Zheng Shenjiang rudely, as if to say, who told you to look so fierce and scare people outside?