"Sis, since you are here, why don't you just go back to Yizhou with me?" Cheng Jining held her arm and shook it, "Yizhou is not as prosperous and fun as the capital. If you come with me, I will have a companion."

Cheng Songan's heart was moved silently. Yizhou was a boring place for Cheng Jinning, but it was her unattainable dream. She really wanted to abandon everything and follow her back.

But she couldn't. Only if she stayed, Cheng Jining and the Cheng family would be safe.

Seeing her ugly face, Cheng Jining was indignant: "Sister, you can't bear to part with Cui Yuanqing? I don't agree! Humph, I thought he was a good person, who knew... If my father hadn't scolded me, I would have taken a sword and chopped them."

Cheng Songan shook his head. Meeting her expectant eyes, he felt a little reluctant. He patted her head and said gently, "I will definitely go to accompany you when I finish my work in Beijing."

No matter who led her out of the capital, it is better to send Cheng Jinning away as soon as possible.

Cheng Jining pouted and nodded.

Ming Zhan, who was standing by, suddenly glanced at Cheng Songan, tightened the sword in his hand, and hesitated to speak for several times. Finally, he couldn't help but said, "While it's still early, Miss Third should hurry to the next post station to stay overnight. My dozens of soldiers will escort you out of Hebei."

Cheng Songan looked at him gratefully. Ming Zhan was not only a majestic general, but also an upright knight.

Cheng Jining always listened to her sister, so she packed her luggage with Li Wenbin, said goodbye reluctantly, and continued to the next station.

Cheng Songan looked at their carriages and horses going away, and finally relaxed his breath. He felt his eye sockets burning, and shed two tears. He quickly wiped them away and said to Ming Zhan, "We should return to the city as soon as possible."

As soon as I said this, I realized my voice was very hoarse.

Ming Zhan saw that her face was abnormally red, and asked worriedly: "You don't look well, why don't you take a rest before leaving."

Cheng Songan slowly got on the horse and shook his head. If this place was in a town, it would be fine as he could find a clinic to see a doctor, but in the wilds of the mountains, once he rested, he might not be able to get up again.

She had first roasted herself over a fire and then poured herself with cold water last night, in order to prevent the illness from getting worse. She had to return to the city as soon as possible.

"No need, let's just walk slower." Cheng Songan said while trying to hold back a cough, but how could he hide a cough? Not long after, he fell on the horse's back and started coughing violently.

Ming Zhan couldn't persuade her, so he had to protect her horse. The two of them walked slowly in the direction they came from.

At first, Cheng Songan could still chat with him, but after a while, he felt severe pain all over his body, and the spring breeze felt like a knife cutting.

"Miss Cheng?"

The voice seemed to come from a very far place, Cheng Songan could not hear clearly, knowing that it was Ming Zhan calling her, so she nodded gently. But as soon as she nodded, she felt dizzy and fell off her horse.

"Miss Cheng!"

Ming Zhan screamed, jumped off his horse and caught her, and rolled half a circle on the ground with her in his arms. His back hit the rocks, but Cheng Songan was not hurt at all.

"How are you?" Ming Zhan hugged her and felt that her body temperature was incredibly high.

Cheng Songan struggled to open his eyelids: "It's Cheng Wanxin, it's her."

Ming Zhan was stunned, frowned and asked, "What?"

Cheng Songan no longer had the energy to say it a second time, and murmured, "Cold."

Ming Zhan heard it clearly now, and quickly took off his armor and put it on her. But the person in his arms was still trembling, and the whole person was hunched in pain.

This symptom looks very similar to high fever causing convulsions.

Ming Zhan took a deep breath, brushed away the loose hair in front of her forehead and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Cheng, I have to do this."

After saying that, he threw aside the armor that did not keep her warm, took off his inner outer robe and wrapped it around her. After hesitating for a moment, he hugged her tightly in his arms and rested his slightly cool forehead against hers.

Cheng Songan regained consciousness. Seeing him like this, he struggled to push him away, saying in a hoarse voice, "Young General Ming, please let me go. You are still negotiating marriage. If anyone sees you, your reputation will be ruined."

Ming Zhan was stunned. She was struggling for his reputation? He held her hand as she tried to push it away and said softly, "I'm just afraid that people will talk about you."

Cheng Songan's throat was sore and hoarse, and her words were unclear. She could only struggle to get out of Ming Zhan's arms.

Ming Zhan broke her arm last time, so he didn't dare to use force to hold her back this time. Cheng Songan struggled to get out of Ming Zhan's arms. As soon as she stood up, her eyes became blurry and she fainted.

But her mind became very clear. In her previous life, when she was bedridden, she listened to the maids talking about the war in the front, explaining how brave General Zhan was and how he died.

"Xiu Rong!" Cheng Songan yelled, and opened her eyes. She remembered, "Don't cross the Black Water River!"

Ming Zhan's hand, holding the kettle as he was bringing water to her, shook and some water spilled out. He quickly steadied himself and brought the water to her dry mouth again.

Cheng Songan took a sip and felt that the water was as cold as a knife cutting her throat, which made it even more painful to speak. She stared with misty eyes, tightly grasped Ming Zhan's sleeves with both hands, and said anxiously: "Did you hear me? Don't cross the Black Water River, beware of Hu Ai!"

"What?" Ming Zhan was a veteran of the battlefield and he never thought that his voice would tremble.

Cheng Songan's grandfather had led troops in the northwest, so it was not surprising that she knew about the Black Water River. However, Hu Ai was an unknown captain. If Ming Zhan had not fought with him, she would not have known of such a person. How did Cheng Songan know about him?

Seeing that he didn't answer, Cheng Songan frowned more seriously: "Hu Ai is pretending to be defeated just to lure you across the Black Water River. He set an ambush there. You must remember not to cross the Black Water River and beware of Hu Ai."

Ming Zhan asked hesitantly, "Miss Cheng, how do you know Hu Ai?"

Cheng Songan coughed violently twice, gasping for breath, and couldn't utter a word.

Ming Zhan patted her on the back and calmed her down. He stopped talking, tied her horse to his own, hugged her and said, "This is an emergency. I'm sorry."

Just as he was about to get on his horse, he saw a few horses galloping towards him in the distance, raising dust. The first person to arrive hurriedly stopped and looked at the scene in front of him. The two men were in disarray, Ming Zhan's outer robe was wrapped around Cheng Songan, and he was still in his arms. His mind seemed to explode, and he roared: "Ming Xiurong! You are shameless!"

The veins on Ming Zhan's forehead jumped, but he didn't explain, and just said coldly: "I don't need to explain to Minister Lu, but I will marry her."

The people behind him kept following him, and all Cheng Zhongwen heard was this. He didn't have time to say anything, so he just took his daughter in, took off his robe and wrapped her around him, and said to Lu Qingshan: "My daughter has a high fever and convulsions, it's not General Ming's frivolous behavior."

Lu Qingshan pretended not to hear it, jumped off his horse, and punched Ming Zhan in the face.

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