Reincarnation of the powerful minister

When Su Yan woke up, it was already bright.

After getting enough sleep, he felt full of energy, and even the bruises all over his body didn't hurt so much.Even the clothes on his body have been soaked in water and dried in fire, and pressed on the stone bed all night, and they are already wrinkled badly.

He was alone in the cave.Su Yan rubbed his face, and just about to jump off the stone bed, Jing Hong came in with the leaf bowl in his hands. When he saw him for the first time, his cheeks were slightly flushed, and he lowered his head and said, "My lord, drink some water, and we'll set off."

Today is sunny, the rain from the night before has evaporated, so it must be hard to find clean water.Su Yan drank some water, looked at Jing Hongzhui's expression, and was a little worried: "Your injury..."

"It's okay, I still have the strength to take adults out of the valley."

Su Yan insisted on unwrapping the cloth strips wrapped around his waist, checked the wound, and found that the symptoms of inflammation became more obvious, and even began to ooze yellow-brown pus.

"Let's go, hurry up and find a doctor, if it's really not possible, it's better to find some disinfection tools and herbs."

The two walked out of the cave, followed the route Jing Hong chased just now, and climbed to the top of the valley.

——Originally the bodyguard wanted to go up with his family on his back, but Su Yan resolutely refused considering his lower back injury and blood loss.

"Don't memorize it. Don't be hugged by a princess... Uh, 'princess' is just a rhetorical term, it has nothing to do with me... Anyway, just give me a hand when I'm in trouble."

That being said, however, Su Yan still underestimated the difficulty of climbing the cliff and overestimated his own physical fitness, so he basically relied on Jing Hongzhui to support him throughout the whole process, and climbed up little by little with his stagnant and unsmooth lightness skills.

When they finally climbed to the top of the cliff, the two heaved a sigh of relief.

After resting for a while, the two walked upstream along the river, and found a part-time barefoot doctor and salaryman in a nearby village, and applied putritive and muscle-building herbs to Jing Hongchai's wound.

Of course, Su Yan once again emphasized his "disinfection" theory, first made tweezers from bamboo slices boiled in boiling water, and cleaned the sawdust and gravel in the wound.These sundries have been glued together with the flesh, and it is inevitable to peel off the glued flesh when taking them out. The excruciating pain is even worse than when the injury occurred.

The barefoot doctor spoke a strong local accent that the two of them could barely understand, and gestured to goug out the bad flesh from the festering place.

Su Yan looked at the other party's nails covered with old dirt, and decided to perform the surgery himself under the other party's dictation, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Jing Hongzhui was lying on the wooden bed, looking at him from the side, her expression was gentle, her eyes were full of pure trust, except for the occasional clenching of her teeth and throbbing veins on her forehead, she didn't show any signs of fear.

The wound was deeper than expected. Su Yan had not received formal medical training in his previous life, so he did not dare to deal with it in depth. He removed the debris, gouged out the necrotic tissue, washed the wound with spirits, and then applied it on the wound prepared by the barefoot doctor. Herbal ointment.

Then there are only daily dressing changes and resignation to fate.I hope the wound will not be infected by bacteria, Su Yan prayed to heaven in his heart.

The homemade penicillin that saved Shen Qi's life could be regarded as a short-lived miracle, it was only a little more advanced than the ancients using paste with long green hairs to apply to wounds.Before he established a strain cultivation laboratory and developed a refining method that could rely on the technological level of this era, he thought that he would never be able to produce a second copy of penicillin that could save lives.

The barefoot doctor admired Jing Hong's willpower very much, and after hearing from Su Yan that they fell into the valley while fleeing from the Tartars and lost their coils, not only did they not ask for medical fees, but they also presented a large package of herbal medicines.

Su Yan wanted to buy a horse, but the village was so poor that it didn't even have a donkey to pull a mill.They had no choice but to thank the Langzhong and walk to Hengliangzi Town, dozens of miles away.Fortunately, on the way, he met some salt dealers. Su Yan hesitated for a moment, and exchanged the only valuable fire scythe on his body for an old horse and a cowhide water bag filled with clean water.

Jing Hong hesitated after seeing him, and guessed that the fire scythe was not only an exquisite ornament, but also had other meanings, otherwise, according to Master Su's temperament, he would not even care about the priceless jade chess gift from King Yu, and just put it on the shelf after changing hands. Showing reluctance to a scythe.

"Subordinates go down and help the lord get it back?" He looked at the salt dealer in the distance and suggested to Su Yan.

Su Yan knew that this "take" would definitely not go the right way, so he shook his head and smiled wryly: "It's too embarrassing for you to do something sneaky. If it's gone, it's gone. It means that I have no fate with this thing. Let's go."

The two rode on the same horse, and they didn't dare to gallop in order to take care of Jing Hongchai's wound. They let the horse trot slowly and arrived at Hengliangzi Town before dark.

A stench could be smelled tens of feet away, the smell of rotting flesh and blood.Jing Hongchai tore off the few remaining fabrics from the hem of the clothes, covered the two people's mouths and noses layer by layer, and drove the horse into the town.

The town has become an empty ruin, and the corpses are everywhere, but they are nowhere to be found. They must have been disposed of by someone.

In the place where they fought fiercely, there were no bodies of dead Tatar cavalrymen and Jin Yiwei.The two carriages were also gone, and the ruts on the loess road had been washed away by the previous heavy rain, so it was impossible to tell where the carriages had been driven.

There were only large swaths of dark brown blood left everywhere, and there was an unpleasant stench in the sun.

The two turned around and found no more clues.Su Yan became dizzy and had to leave the town.

When he got to the windward place, Su Yan rolled off the saddle and retched while holding onto the tree.Jing Hong chased him with a pat on the back, opened the water bag, and fed him a few sips of water.

With great difficulty, Su Yan suppressed the feeling of nausea and vomiting, and gasped, "The Tartars will drive away the carriages, but they will not bury the corpses of the people. It should be done by our people. This area is ten miles away, and the population is not densely populated. The people live here for their livelihood. There is no time to worry about it, and there are only scattered merchants between the towns, so it can be speculated that only the Ming army can dispose of so many corpses within two days after the massacre of the town."

Jing Hong chased and said: "Perhaps the frontier army from the guard came in time and rescued Chu Yuan and the others. But there is another possibility..."

He didn't go on, but Su Yan understood the implication: there is another possibility that Chu Yuan and others were all killed by the Tatar cavalry, and the carriage was also taken away.The frontier army came a step late, and only had time to restrain the corpses everywhere to prevent the plague from breaking out.

The two were silent at the same time, and neither of them wanted the latter possibility to be a fact.

"Next, what are your plans?" Jing Hong asked.

Su Yan thought for a while, and his eyes lit up: "There is something that can indirectly confirm whether Chu Yuan and the others are still alive! Let's go to the place where I fell into the valley two days ago."

On the way, he explained his thoughts to Jing Hongzhui—if the frontier army arrived in time and Chu Yuan and others narrowly escaped death, they would definitely try their best to find his whereabouts.

The burden that Jing Hong was chasing after was lost there.There are important items such as the imperial decree, Shangfang sword, official seals, and appointment documents. Chu Yuan also knows that if he finds a package while searching nearby, he will definitely pick it up and keep it properly.

If the burden is missing, it is very likely that it was picked up by Chu Yuan.Of course, it is also possible that the burden rolled onto the river beach and was washed away by the flooded river.

But it's a clue anyway.Moreover, the edict and other things are too important, they have to look for them no matter what.

The two hurried to the bank of the river where they fell into the water.

Jing Hong chased Su Yan on the horse, and went down the steep slope by herself. After nearly half an hour, she came back and said to Su Yan: "I didn't find the bag, but I found a piece of cloth tied to a prominent branch. .”

Su Yan took the palm-wide crimson cloth strip, and after looking through it, he found that it matched the fabric of the coat that Chu Yuan was wearing two days ago.

There were some black stains on the cloth, he sniffed it and suspected it was charcoal powder.

"This should be the mark left by Chu Yuan. I guess he wrote something on the cloth to inform them where they were going, and maybe he also agreed on a meeting place, hoping we can see it when we look back for the burden. But after nightfall The heavy rain washed away the handwriting." Su Yan said.

Jing Hong chased and took the cloth strip, turned it over and over for a while, but couldn't make out what the original handwriting was, so she continued following his train of thought: "If Chu Yuan is rescued by the frontier army of the guard, can he use the order of the Jinyi guard?" If the card persuades them to come to look for the Lord, if no one is found down this steep slope, they should be able to consider that the Lord may be washed away by the river, and they will search downstream along the river bank."

"But when it rained heavily at night and the river swelled sharply, they couldn't find us for two days, and they might have mistakenly thought that we had been buried in the flood. Alas, they went downstream and we went upstream, but we didn't meet them, and I don't know if there was a fork in the road. Over the shoulder."

"Remote communication is too inconvenient these days." Su Yan sighed and said sincerely, "I really miss my old mate 8 that I have used for several years. With a phone in hand, I have everything in the world."

However, without wireless signal coverage, it would be useless even if the mobile phones in the entire electronic city traveled together.

Master Su is saying something he doesn't understand again, but it doesn't matter, he can probably guess two or three points of the meaning.It is said that the longer we get along, the more we can connect with each other, and every frown and smile can be vivid. One day, he and Mr. Su will have a tacit understanding, Jing Hong thinks back.

He suggested: "Your Excellency, you can go to Yan'an City first. After all, only Zhou Zhifu has seen Your Excellency. The officials of other prefectures have not seen the seal. I am afraid that they dare not believe it easily. When you arrive in Yan'an, send someone to pass the news to the other prefectures to find Chu Yuan."

"However, such a long-distance round trip is too time-consuming. It may take two or three months to see Chu Yuan. I am afraid that I will miss the errand entrusted by the emperor." Su Yan frowned and thought, and made a decision after a while, "We Don't go back to Yan'an, go to Lingzhou."

"Lingzhou? Continue to the northwest border?"

"Yes. I have explained the route of this trip to the Jinyi Guards. The last stop of the investigation is Lingzhou Qingshui Camp. If Chu Yuan still remembers me, if he still has a little confidence in the possibility of my survival, he should find it there Go. And Gao Shuo told me that Lingzhou has Beizhen Fusi’s dark sentry stronghold, and flying pigeons to send letters is faster than post station delivery. Going to Lingzhou, the only thing I am worried about is your injury.”

"Your Excellency also underestimates the martial arts of your subordinates too much. With the recovery of internal strength, the wound will heal soon." Jing Hong raised her eyebrows, and in order to relieve Su Yan's mood, she made a rare joke, "Your Excellency, rather than worry about my injury. , it’s better to worry about the issue of money. Even if adults are willing to do part-time jobs, such as washing dishes in restaurants, grinding beans for chariot shops, etc., there is not much money to be made in this poor country.”

Su · penniless · painting cakes to satisfy hunger · Yan: "...it is impossible to work part-time, and it is impossible to work part-time in this life."

Su Yan spread his hands in a gesture: "I don't have the principal to do business. It seems that only by selling the bodyguard, Jinlun, can I maintain my life like this."

Jing Hongzhui was amused by him, jumped on the horse, pulled Su Yan lightly onto the horse's back, stretched his arms forward from under his ribs, grabbed the rein, and almost wrapped him around his chest, " Don't worry, with me here, I will not make you suffer or suffer."

"Report to my lord, nothing was found."

"No human traces were found."

"Not on the north bank of the river."

"Neither on the South Shore."

"..."

In the past two days, as the soldiers reported back, Chu Yuan's brows became more and more wrinkled, and his charcoal-like complexion became even more ugly.

Thinking of the traces found on the steep slope at that time, many trees were broken along the way, and the blood spilled on the river beach stretched into the water, he had to consider the worst possibility—Master Su and Jing Hongzhui rolled down the steep slope together, He fell into the river in a coma, was washed away by the rapid current, and died at the bottom of the river.

Although Jing Hongzhui's martial arts are excellent, but he fought a fierce battle with the Tatar cavalry before, which consumed a lot of energy. He may have suffered serious injuries when he fell into the river valley, so he may not be able to protect Lord Su well.What's more, there was heavy rain and flood that night, and most of the entire river valley was submerged.

Chu Yuan tightly held the bundle he had found in his hand, and held the hard Shangfang sword through the fabric, thinking that if Master Su had any wrongdoing, even if he apologized with death in front of the emperor, he would not be able to make up for his mistakes.

Sheng Qianxing saw the pain and despair on his face, and comforted him: "Su Yushiji has his own aura, so nothing will happen to him. Let's continue to look for it."

Chu Yuan nodded silently.

Sheng Qianxing is the commander of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Command and Envoy Division. He was ordered by the governor Wei Quan to bring a thousand fine horses to protect Su Yan.It's a pity that this person was unlucky. When he arrived in Yan'an, he learned that Su Yan was going to various prisons; he asked the post station all the way to Pingliang, and found out that a person with a similar appearance had just left Lingwu prison, and he didn't know where he went; he thought Go to the nearest Qingpingyuan to try your luck, who would have missed it.

In the end, he had no choice but to go back and look for it again, but he accidentally bumped into and rescued Chu Yuan and others who were besieged by Tatar cavalry on the way.

Chu Yuan showed the Jinyiwei token, and Sheng Qianxing realized that this should be the Su Yushi and his party he wanted to protect.As a result, Su Yushi had just been chased by the tartars and disappeared into the valley, and he was still one step too late to catch up.

Frustrated, he and Chu Yuan could only search downstream along both sides of the river, but in the end they still found nothing.

Chu Yuan said: "If we can't find Mr. Su again today, we have to pass the news back to the capital and report it to Heaven."

Fearing that he would be punished, Sheng Qianxing wanted to procrastinate some more time, and advised him: "If you don't want to search for another two days, if you really can't find it, then report it?"

"Don't procrastinate any longer, or the crime will be added to the crime!" Chu Yuan told him, "Keep looking. I'll take my men to the nearest Jinyiwei station and report to Feige. Master Su's two servants will be left to you to take care of them. In case someone impersonates, they can tell the truth from the fake."

After he finished his explanation, he led the remaining eight Jinyi guards and galloped away.

Sheng Qianxing sighed helplessly, thinking that he would be very unlucky for this job.Originally, I thought I was a fat job, but I heard that Su Yushi was quite a favorite, if he took good care of him, I would say a few good words for him in the memorial later, maybe he might be promoted.Right now, the person has disappeared before seeing him, what if the holy dragon face is displeased and takes his anger out on him, what should I do?

Chu Yuan's secret fold and Gao Shuo's note arrived in the capital four days later, along with the pigeons.

At that time, Emperor Jinglong was listening to the government at Yumen.Below the jade steps, two officials from the Ministry of Industry are arguing endlessly over different methods of harnessing the Yellow River.

The urgent and confidential documents sent by Jin Yiwei have their own channel, and they can go directly to the imperial front at any time.Lan Xi received the secret document presented by a special person, and did not dare to delay for a moment, so she submitted it immediately.

The emperor took the secret folder, opened it and glanced at it, his expression suddenly changed, and he suddenly got up.

The two officials in the arena were arguing fiercely, one of them pointed at the other and scolded unceremoniously: "Cultivate yourself, govern your family, govern the country and the world, you Pan Jiao's own house is not neat, and your wife put on a cuckold, which made you mess up." Everyone in the capital knows it, what is the face of boasting in the court? Want to argue with the official about the way to control the river? Okay, let's first control your wife's flooded river!"

The official named Pan Jiao's face was as green as iron, and he was about to throw his fist recklessly, when he heard a bang on the jade steps!

The other courtiers were watching the play, they were startled by the sound, they couldn't help but turned their heads to look, only to see Emperor Jing Long suddenly got up and left his seat, his demeanor completely lost his usual grace, and the sleeves of his robe actually turned over the jade case in front of him .

The two officials who were quarreling thought it was their own disrespect in front of the imperial court, which caused Longyan to be furious, and they immediately fell to the ground to plead guilty.

The civil and military officials were shocked and knelt down, saying: "Your Majesty, calm down and take care of the dragon body."

There was a sound of "quiet anger" in the square.

Unexpectedly, the emperor didn't want to reprimand them at all, he didn't even pay them a second look, he just said "retire from the court", and left the Taihe gate in a hurry.

Holding the hem of her robe, Lan Xi trotted behind her, and heard the emperor say in an unprecedentedly anxious voice, "Immediately send an order to call the chief of Jinyiwei to come to the Hall of Supreme Harmony."

"Which leader is the emperor referring to?" Lan Xi asked carefully.

"Shen... No, ask the commander Xin Zhenhai to come over."

There were three people who were awarded the title of Jinyiwei Commander, but none of them were the official officials of the palm seal.Among them, Xin Zhenhai is the oldest one. He once played a role in pacifying Xinwang's rebellion, and acted quite calmly. However, Emperor Jinglong always felt that he was more than calm, lacked fortitude, and was not flexible enough to deal with difficult affairs. The actual management power of Jinyiwei was not handed over to him.The other two were vain titles inherited from their parents, and they were not seen by the emperor.

Lan Xi took the order and immediately ordered someone to do it.After chasing the emperor into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he wiped off his sweat, presented freshly brewed tea, and carefully asked: "My lord, what happened?"

The emperor didn't take the teacup, and threw him the secret bag tightly in his hand.

After Lan Xi browsed, he lost his voice and said, "Su Yan—Su Yushi was besieged by Tatar cavalry, fell into the valley and disappeared, and has not been found yet? Didn't the emperor issue a secret decree before, asking the governor Wei Quan to dispatch a team of envoys from the commander of the capital?" Did the thousand elite soldiers go to protect it?"

The emperor said in a deep voice: "Send it, but in the end, I lost him without even seeing Su Yan. These local guards and commanders are all useless. I still have to send Jin Yiwei to take over the entire Shaanxi Province." Si turn over and find him too!"