The general's wife is sick

When Nie Xudong forced the palace, Yan Bao woke up slowly on the bed of a simple farmer in Youzhou.

He opened his eyes and stared at the dimly lit room, momentarily unaware of where he was.

"Old man, old man, this kid is awake!"

The old voice was as rough as a stone mill that had been crushed for many years, Yan Bao turned his head, and through the dim light cast into the room from the window, he saw standing beside him was an old woman with a turban on her head .

"Old man..." Just as he opened his mouth, Yan Bao found that his voice was so hoarse, accompanied by a strong sense of pain, that he couldn't help coughing twice, and suddenly remembered something, Yan Bao stretched out his hand to cover his stomach .

"Don't be afraid, child, the child in your stomach is fine."

Seeing Yan Bao's uneasiness, the old woman hurriedly comforted him. Hearing his hoarse voice, she hurriedly poured him a glass of water from the enamel bowl on the table, "Drink some, you have been unconscious for two days and two nights, we invited the village The previous doctor, the doctor said that you were frightened and had to rest for a few days."

Hearing that the old woman said that the child in her womb was fine, Yan Bao's expression was relieved, and then he heard her say that he had been in a coma for two days, he couldn't help being very surprised, after careful consideration, he felt unbearable pain all over his body.

Yan Bao slowly stood up, drank water from the old woman's hand, his head was dizzy and his vision was dark for a long time due to his lethargy, and his throat was sore, which made it difficult for him to speak, "Excuse me, old people, why am I here? "

Yan Bao only remembered going back to the mansion from his mother, he and Nanny Lin were sitting in the carriage, suddenly the carriage bumped violently, and then he fell unconscious.

Fortunately, the child in his womb is fine, even though his whole body is in pain, Yan Bao still feels lucky to survive the catastrophe.

"You were lying in the woods. My wife and I went to collect firewood and found you. You were hugging your belly tightly, so we hurriedly called for a doctor's book." The old woman put down the porcelain bowl and helped him sit down.

At this time, the dark curtain was raised, and an old man entered from outside the door.

"Old woman... Yo, child, are you awake?"

Yan Bao nodded slightly, gratefully said, "Thank you two old people for saving your life, where is this place?"

"This is Youzhou." The old lady looked at him with a loving face, "Why did you fall alone in the woods, you are still pregnant, how dangerous it is."

"I don't know either. I'm obviously on my way home. I just remember that the carriage was hit and I'm here when I wake up." Yan Bao found out that his clothes had been changed at this time.

Seeing him staring blankly at her coarse clothes, the old woman said, "I changed them for you. Although your clothes are good, they have been torn by branches in the forest and are also dirty. You washed them yesterday and now they are out to dry." done."

As she spoke, she took out the folded clothes from the brown box beside her, with a look of shame on her face, "I'm old, my eyesight is bad, and your clothes are so expensive, and I don't have silk thread at home, so I didn't sew them for you. "

Yan Bao smiled and said, "You two saved me, I'm already very grateful, these clothes are trivial things, please bear this in mind."

"Do you remember where your home is?"

"Old man, I am from the capital. I don't know how to come to Youzhou. After I get better and go back to the house, the house will definitely thank you." He didn't know how he came to Youzhou, but the two old people's life-saving grace He is grateful.

"What are you talking about, are you hungry? You have been in a coma for two days and can't eat anything else. I'll make you some soft noodle soup."

The old woman and the old man opened the door curtain together and went out to the yard. This is an extremely simple home, a low and small earthen house, and the courtyard wall is just a wooden fence for a gentleman and not a villain. The old woman sighed, "This child is guarding against us. To be honest, there is no decent child with a painting on his back. I'm afraid it is a child from a brothel. After getting pregnant with someone, he ran away selfishly, fled here and was abandoned by others. Now it's just saying that. In order not to let us despise him."

The old man sighed, "Anyone who dislikes or dislikes it is a hard-working person. If our child is still there, he will be about the same age as him."

"Let's not talk about this, he must be hungry just after waking up, I'll go cook the noodles."

"You put some lard on it, the noodle soup will be delicious like that!"

The old woman glanced at him, "How many years have I been cooking, and I still need you to teach me."

"That is, that is!"

The relationship between the old couple is very good, one is angry and the other will give in, and neither of them takes it to heart when they quarrel in daily life.

In the same poorly lit kitchen, the old woman took some dried noodles and put them in the stove, and opened a small jar the size of a palm. There was a thin layer of lard in the bottom. Put the chopsticks into the stove, and the bottom of the jar is exposed at the bottom of the jar.

After Yan Bao ate, he knew that he was in a small village in Youzhou, which was close to the forest, because it was a bit out of the way, and only two old people lived there. He wanted to find out the way to the county town, because only the county town could rent a carriage.

"Don't dare!" The old woman persuaded him when she was packing the dishes, "I don't know why, a lot of soldiers came a few days ago, and they all seemed to be heading towards the capital, but who knows if these people have appeared in other places, You still have children, so what can you do if you bump into each other, let me tell you, you can stay here for a few days in peace, and when those soldiers are gone, it’s not too late for you to go back."

The old man also entered the room at this time and interjected, "What the old woman said is that it is very turbulent outside and there are many people. Although we are poor, we are not short of your food. You can live in peace for a few days."

"There are soldiers?" Yan Bao sat up straight immediately, "Why did soldiers suddenly appear?"

"Who knows, anyway, there are a lot of people, and the line is mighty and mighty going far away." The old woman told Yan Bao, remembering what he saw, "I went to the river to wash clothes, and I heard what the women in the village said, like If it's the capital who wants to rebel, they don't dare to say anything about the nobles."

Yan Bao clutched his stomach, it must be that King Rui rebelled, and that army must be General Cheng's coastal army.The current capital city must be very dangerous, and I don't know what's going on in the capital city because I appeared in Youzhou inexplicably.

In the suburbs of Beijing, due to the garrison of the Coastal Army, all the doors were closed. Originally, there were no people living here, and the mansion was so big that the purchases were enough for the people inside to carry them for ten days and a half months, but Xiong Zhengli was in a state of anxiety. .

Two days later, when the night came, the coastal army stationed had stabilized, and there were no longer many soldiers on the streets in the middle of the night.

On the top of the wall, Xiong Zhengli climbed down from the top of the wall along the corner of the house, and landed silently. Xiaoxin followed behind him. He couldn't rest assured of Yan Bao anyway. He was about to go to the outer house of the Earl of Ziyang's mansion in the dark. You can rest assured only when you see Yan Bao's safety with your own eyes.

There was no danger along the way, but was told by the servants of Earl Ziyang's mansion through the side door that Yan Bao had left two days ago, "Our young masters have always been back and forth in the same day, and have never stayed overnight in the mansion."

Xiong Zhengli's heart suddenly turned cold, Yan Bao disappeared!

Xiaoxin reached out and grabbed Xiong Zhengli's sleeve, "Young master, we can't stay outside for so long. If it's dawn, being discovered by the coastal army will cause trouble for the young master."

Xiong Zhengli's chest heaved violently, "He disappeared, and he disappeared with the child!"

Turning back abruptly, Xiong Zhengli stared at him viciously, "What do you want me to do!"

"Young master!" Xiaoxin held him back, "You mustn't be so loud."

He was so angry that Xiong Zhengli really didn't know what to do. He knew that he couldn't cause trouble for his elder brother at this juncture, but when Yan Bao disappeared, it was like a sea of ​​fire was burning in his heart, and the raging flames were about to consume his reason.

"Master, let's go back first, Mrs. Bao is auspicious, she will be safe and sound!"

Xiaoxin's words are consolation, but Xiong Zhengli needs such consolation at this moment. When facing the reality of powerlessness, only this kind of self-deception can prevent people from going into a state of madness.

"He'll be all right, he'll be all right!"

In the early morning of the second day, the gate of the Ji Mansion was knocked, the concierge cautiously asked who came, and the outsider claimed that he was a servant of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Ji Chengyue led Ji Qingyun and Ji Zhanpeng to stand inside, he hurriedly waved his hand, stepped back a few steps, and said to the two brothers, "The street is very chaotic now, there were still sounds of beating and killing yesterday, today a servant from the prime minister's mansion came to the mansion Come on, there's something weird about it!"

"Could it be that the prime minister's faction won?" Ji Qingyun asked. Although he was behind closed doors, he knew what it was like outside the mansion. Xiong Jinghai's men and King Rui's faction were fighting fiercely, and they were all separated by the high courtyard wall. The clash of swords and fierce voices could be heard from the street.

Ji Zhanpeng said, "Without knowing what's going on outside, this door cannot be opened!"

"Second brother, you used to be friends with King Rui, if King Rui really wins, you..."

"Brother, what is the meaning of this?" Ji Zhanpeng stared angrily, "You and I are officials of the imperial court, and it is our duty to be loyal to the emperor and love the country. King Rui rebelled, even if he succeeds in ascending to the throne in the future, it will be unfair!"

Ji Qingyun choked on his words, immediately flicked his sleeves, and said angrily, "You can be your loyal minister!"

After saying that, he flung his sleeves and left, Ji Chengyue had no choice but to order the porter to keep silent, pretending that there was no one in the house, at this moment he dared not offend any side, the situation was really embarrassing.

Ji Qingyun left the mansion through the side door, but the guard didn't want to open the door for him, so he put on a cold face and ordered, "Don't let me go, I'll sell you out when the street returns to calm! "

The servant had no choice but to watch Ji Qingyun cautiously go out from the side door.

Walking around from the street to the main entrance, there were messy and destroyed items everywhere on the street. It happened that the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion knocked on the door for a long time and no one answered and were about to leave. Ji Qingyun stopped him.

"Young master." Obviously this person knew Ji Qingyun.

"What is the prime minister's business?"

The servant took out a letter from his pocket, "You will know it at a glance."

Ji Qingyun froze for a moment, "Is this letter for me?"

The servant didn't say much, just repeated, "You can see it at a glance."

With this letter, Ji Qingyun was full of doubts. After returning to the room, he opened the letter...