NABC Chapter 120 Letter Home
Chapter 120 Letter Home
"That's great. It's the safest way for Lord Li to go buy the medicine himself."
After everyone dispersed, Zhou Aoyang asked, "Where are you going to buy medicine?" Li Ziyan replied with a relaxed expression, "Just in Handan." Upon hearing this, Zhou Aoyang was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. He shouted excitedly, "Are you crazy?"
However, Li Ziyan just shook his head slightly, indicating that he was not crazy. Then, he said calmly and firmly: "No, I am very sober now. I know what you are worried about, so I will go alone this time. As for you, you need to stay here and help pay attention to the surroundings, especially the cunning and difficult Lu Wu. You must not take it lightly."
Zhou Aoyang quickly retorted: "No, you absolutely cannot take this risk!"
Li Ziyan looked at Zhou Aoyang, with a hint of doubt in his eyes, and asked softly: "I went to Handan Chi for a plan, why are you so excited?" Zhou Aoyang's heart was full of mixed feelings, and his thoughts were surging like a tide. In the previous life, Zhou Aoyang and Lin Muchen had sneaked into Handan Chi together, trying to destroy the enemy's nest in one fell swoop, but unfortunately the news leaked out, and they were besieged and captured.
At the critical moment, Li Ziyan stepped forward and broke into the Handan Chi camp late at night to rescue them. However, on the way to escape, Li Ziyan was unfortunately shot and injured. It was this fatal arrow that caused this veteran warrior to die young. This is why Zhou Aoyang was so worried. "It's just because Handan Chi is too dangerous."
"Brother Zi Yan, let me go with you to Handan Chi! How can I feel at ease if you go alone?" Zhou Aoyang said with a firm expression, showing that his attitude was extremely resolute.
Li Ziyan reached out his hand, gently patted Zhou Aoyang's shoulder, and said earnestly: "Since you call me brother, you should obey my arrangements. You stay here and repair this city for me with all your heart and soul, and I will be back soon. Besides, it may be difficult for you to deal with such a strong enemy like Lu Wu alone. In recent days, I believe you have also noticed that his scheming is no less than Qin Zhuoyuan's."
Zhou Aoyang knew it very well, but he still asked with some concern: "Is this really okay?" He hesitated for a moment and added, "Okay, if anything happens, you must notify me in time. When you come back from buying medicine, remember to send me a signal and I will come to pick you up."
Hearing Zhou Aoyang say this, Li Ziyan nodded happily, indicating that she understood. Then she reminded him with concern: "You must wear a mask during this period! After all, typhoid fever cannot be cured overnight. It would be bad if you accidentally infect others."
The next morning, Li Ziyan got up early, changed into the light casual clothes he had just made, and led a team of well-trained guards on the road to Handanchi. There were many twists and turns along the way, but they remained vigilant.
When they were about to reach the border of Handan-Chi, Li Ziyan signaled the team to stop and ordered all the guards to change into Handan-Chi clothing. In this way, they looked like a group of ordinary Handan-Chi residents and could more easily blend into the city without being discovered.
Li Ziyan had been away from Pingliang for more than half a month. "Miss, what's wrong with you?" Fuling found that Zhao Junning was in a daze again. "Nothing."
Fuling said, "Miss, you must be missing your uncle. He has been in Bingzhou for more than half a month and there is no letter yet."
Zhao Junning laughed softly, "Sangping City was breached, and as the Minister of Works, he was busy repairing the city walls and helping the refugees, so he had no time to write a letter."
Fuling also felt that what she said was a bit rude, "Fuling is wrong, I don't know when the son-in-law will come back?" Zhao Junning rubbed his head as he looked at the account book, "Maybe soon." Gancao walked slowly over with light steps and said softly, "Miss, Lord Lin Muchen wants to see you for something." Hearing this, Zhao Junning hurriedly got up and walked towards the lobby.
As soon as she entered the lobby, she saw Lin Muchen and Xu Wenhe, so she called out, "Brother Muchen, Wenhe."
When Lin Muchen saw Zhao Junning coming, he nodded and said, "Junning, we have been keeping a close eye on Zhuo Yuan as you said, but he did not have any abnormal behavior at first. However..." At this point, Lin Muchen suddenly paused, as if thinking about something.
Zhao Junning saw this and asked quickly, "But what? Tell me now!" Xu Wenhe at the side took over the conversation and said indignantly, "But today he did several strange and infuriating things. He kept talking about Bingzhou being close to the border, and Zi Yan is so smart. If there is really an invasion by foreign enemies, Your Majesty should not worry too much about the safety of Sangping City."
Hearing this, Zhao Junning couldn't help but feel a little confused. She didn't understand why Zhuo Yuan said that. At this time, Xu Wenhe continued, "We were all very curious about why he said that. Later, he actually said that Zi Yan was good at observing people's expressions and communicating with them, and he could persuade the people of Handan and Chi. This is clearly a hint that Zi Yan might betray his country and surrender to the enemy in Bingzhou! Isn't this equivalent to pushing Zi Yan into an abyss of no return?"
Zhao Junning frowned and looked worried when she heard this. Xu Wenhe continued to talk: "Not only that, Wang Luozhong even dared to advise His Majesty to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible! Originally, the civil and military ministers in the court were divided into three factions, supporting three princes to fight for the throne, but now the two powerful enemies, the King of Yue and the King of Qin, have gone to Bingzhou to guard the border, and the other princes have also become idle and stopped fighting. In this way, the person who Wang Luozhong mentioned as suitable to be appointed as the crown prince is naturally the current Crown Prince."
Hearing this, Zhao Junning's body couldn't help but tremble. Xu Wenhe noticed her worry and quickly comforted her: "But you don't have to worry too much. Zi Yan has Zhou Aoyang to assist him after all, and the King of Qin and Zi Yan have a deep friendship. They will definitely take care of each other. You can relax."
Zhao Junning nodded slowly, indicating that he understood. At this moment, he heard a burst of hurried footsteps approaching from afar, and then he saw a flying boat rushing into the mansion like a gust of wind, shouting loudly: "Here we come!"
Seeing this, Gancao hurried out to ask, "Why are you so flustered?" Feizhou excitedly took out a letter from his arms and shouted excitedly, "The letter is here, the letter from the young master is here!" Zhao Junning was delighted to hear that Li Ziyan had sent a letter, and hurried out. Seeing this, Feizhou quickly handed the letter to Zhao Junning.
Zhao Junning carefully stroked the thick letter, as if she could feel the warmth and care of the sender. She gently tore open the envelope, unfolded the letter, and saw the familiar handwriting:
My wife, Jun Ning, I am writing to you. Since we parted, I have arrived at Sangping City. It took more than half a month to get here from Pingliang. On the way, the scenery I saw was something I had never seen when we went to Liangzhou. The sunrise at Mingshan was the most beautiful. When I return, I will enjoy it with you. When we arrived at the bank of Bafeng River, the river was surging, the sun was setting in the west, and the water and sky were connected. The scenery was extremely spectacular and refreshing.
The people here are all friendly and kind, just like you, and they treat me very well. I am doing well here, and I have no worries about food and drink, but I can't sleep well, and I often wake up in the middle of the night, feeling empty and lonely. Madam, remember to eat on time and rest more. Now that life is going well, there is no need to overwork. I have another thing to tell you. The current county magistrate of Lucheng, Liangzhou, is named Zhang, and he is quite interesting. "
According to Lin Hai, he actually wanted to emulate me and be promoted directly to the seventh rank official based on his merits! After hearing this news, I was extremely happy. I never thought that I could become a role model for others to learn from!
Thinking back to when I first came to Sangping City, the scene is still fresh in my memory! At that time, the city lord fell in love with me at first sight and even almost married his daughter to me as his son-in-law! It is said that the lady is so beautiful that she is as beautiful as a fairy, but to me, no matter how beautiful she is, she can't be half as beautiful as you!
So I told them in the city that I was married, and showed them the purse my wife had given me. That time, those people finally gave up.
Okay, my lady, don't worry about me too much~ In addition, seeing the content on the other piece of paper, I think my lady has the same idea as me, thinking that Qin Zhuoyuan might play some tricks? But my lady can rest assured, my husband knows what's going on and naturally has a way to deal with it.
These things - the blueprints, maps, jade pendants and tokens - please keep them safe for me. I will tell you the details in detail when I come back. Zhao Junning carefully looked at the blueprints and maps in his hand, and carefully put away the wrapped jade pendants and tokens.