Qichang is located in the southwest, and the humidity is a bit heavy at night. Shen Yu lay on a simple camp bed, unable to sleep with Xie Tingzhou's cloak on her pillow.
She felt that she was a little obsessed with the smell of Xie Tingzhou.
She has been sleeping like this for nearly a month since she left Beijing. The cloak is either pillowed or held by her, and it stays with her every night. The smell of Xie Tingzhou has long since disappeared, but she can smell it without using her nose. Be careful.
Shen Yu lay down for a while, got up from the bed, lit the lamp again, and put pen and paper on the table.
When I picked up the pen, I didn’t know what to write. Did I miss him? Are you saying you're not used to him not being around? That's a bit gross.
Shen Yu was not satisfied with the first letter, so Shen Yu tore up a piece and put it on paper again. This was the second letter she had written to him since leaving Beijing.
In the western moon, the garden is full of begonia flowers.
Xie Tingzhou read her letter under the lamp.
"Stop the boat:"
Xie Tingzhou stared at those two words over and over again, as if he could see her calling him in those two words he was most familiar with.
She always either calls him His Highness, or when she is unhappy, she calls her Xie Tingzhou.
Xie Tingzhou took a sip of tea and continued to read the letter.
"All the way south, today is March 25th. I led my troops to Qingzhou. The trip was uneventful. I had some disagreements with the lieutenant general, but now they have been resolved.
The people in Qingzhou are suffering so much. Many people starved to death last winter. The fields are even more shocking. Starving people are everywhere, and abandoned children can be seen everywhere.
In the face of the huge disaster, I realized how insignificant their resistance was, and how little I could do.
You say it's strange or not, but I often dream about my father, but I have never dreamed about my brother.
Dad always says in his dreams that I can save more people, but I don’t know what else I can do or how I can save more people.
Tonight, I dreamed of my father again. When I woke up, I couldn't fall asleep, so I put on my clothes and got up to write this book.
Also, I hope you come to sleep. ——Ayu"
Xie Tingzhou held tea in his mouth and read her words several times in his thoughts.
The road was long and the letters were slow. The letters on the road in March did not reach his hands until the western month when azaleas were blooming all over the fields.
All in all, she should have arrived in Qichang by now.
Xie Tingzhou spread out the paper and picked up the pen to write.
“A 妤妤弩子, 见字晤.”
He imagined her reaction when she saw the word "my wife". She would hold the letter and pace back and forth, complaining annoyingly and coquettishly: "We haven't even gotten married yet, so how can we call her my wife?"
But since he gave away the phoenix, he has regarded her as his only wife in this life.
"Everything is well in the capital. Dahuang misses you and can't eat. I took Dahuang to Qingpuju. His temperament is quite similar to yours. He was afraid of Cang at first, but now he has been able to ride on Cang's head in only twenty days. "
Xie Tingzhou paused, remembering the bloody figure from the back when they first met, and then her pulling up her sleeves and calling him daddy, and then her kneeling in the tent and saying that this life was his.
Now she is also riding on his head.
He continued to write.
"I helped Yaoji get out of prison. I went to the Jiaofang Department twice during this period. Changliu used this to threaten to tell you, just to get another pink tank for his turtle, so I sent him to the army. Train with soldiers.
Rather than being instigated, I should confess on my own that I went to the Jiaofang Office for official business, but I was not drunk and did not touch anyone. In fact, I did not even look at it, so my wife can rest assured.
The pomegranate flowers in the other village are about to bloom. I also miss you and can't eat, and I look forward to returning soon. "
Every word is about trivial matters at home, but every word is about lovesickness.
Her letter was full of worries, but his reply to her was full of joy. He only hoped that she could get a moment of comfort and smell a little bit of home during the march.
……
After staying at the foot of the Sandpiper Mountain for three days, the person Shen Yu was waiting for finally arrived.
The person who came was a man in his mid-thirties, with a strong back and strong waist. His lower body was extremely stable and his martial arts was not weak.
The rest of the people were cleared out of the tent, leaving only Shen Yu and the visitor.
"Uncle Shan." Shen Yu said hello with a smile.
Qishan immediately knelt down on one knee and wanted to call out "Miss", but was unable to do so because he was in the army.
Shen Yu raised his arm and stood up, "No need to be polite, just call me Shigure or Sir in the military."
Qi Shan is the family member of the ghost who fell into the trap of being a bandit in Sandie Mountain. He was dissatisfied with the decision made by his father, and the father and son separated. He wandered all the way, and finally found a job as a nursing home in the Lu family of Luozhou, under the pseudonym Qi Shan. .
The Lu family treated him well. He settled down in Luozhou and married a wife. Their son is now three years old.
Shen Yu received his guidance on basic skills when she was young, so she called him Uncle Shan.
"Is my grandmother okay?" Shen Yu asked.
"Okay, my body is still strong," Qi Shan said with a smile as he opened the bag. "The old lady asked me to bring you the letter along the way."
Shen Yu took the letter and hurriedly opened it. After reading it carefully, a smile appeared on her face.
Grandma said that she received something from King Beilin, and she also sent a gift in return and was on her way.
Shen Yu put away the letter and said seriously: "You must also know the purpose of this trip."
The expression on Qishan's face suddenly became solemn, "I guess I heard that Beijing was going to send troops to suppress the bandits when I was in Luozhou. I didn't expect that you would be the one to lead the troops in the end."
Shen Yu said: "The reasons here are very complicated. I won't explain it to you. The court wants me to suppress the bandits, but I want to give them a chance."
Qishan thought for a while and said, "Do you want me to persuade you to surrender?"
"There is no need for you to persuade me to surrender." Shen Yu looked at him and said, "I want you to go into the mountain tomorrow and have your father come down to see me."
Qi Shanwei said: "My father is stubborn by nature. When I left home, he told me to leave and never come back. Over the years, I have never replied to the letters I wrote, and all the things I sent were returned."
He said with some regret, "It may not be useful if I try to persuade you, but I will try my best."
Shen Yu stuffed the letter into her sleeve, "He will come, because he is desperate. You only need to tell him that the few people who entered Beijing are gone, and I am his last chance."
Qi Shan raised his head and wanted to ask, but felt that this was not something he should ask about. He nodded and said, "I will leave early tomorrow morning."
Shen Yu said: "Tomorrow at noon, we will be ten miles east of Sandpiper Mountain. If I don't lead an army, he will have to come alone. If not, I will lead an army into the mountain the day after tomorrow."
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