Hearing that Changji still hadn't woken up, Yuanxiang walked into the room and saw the man lying upright on the bed, with wounds all over his body and sunken cheeks. He couldn't help but ask: "Can you drink the decoction?"
The servant responsible for taking care of Changji nodded: "I can take the soup and medicine, and I barely managed to get a bowl of rice soup this morning... But for some reason, I haven't been able to wake up."
"It's been seven or eight days, right?" Yuan Xiang walked to the bedside, stretched out his hand to touch Chang Ji's forehead, and muttered: "There's no fever... The bleeding has stopped, and the injury has begun to heal. Why?"
Will you never wake up?"
Yuan Xiang said, sat down by the bed and asked, "What did the doctor say?"
The servant replied: "The doctor is at his wits' end at the moment. He only said that he would take good care of him first... He also tried acupuncture yesterday, but it still didn't work."
"Acupuncture won't work either..." Yuan Xiang said, turning to look at Changji with his eyes closed tightly. He didn't know what he thought of, but suddenly stretched out his hand and gave a thumbs up——
"……ah!"
A cry of pain suddenly sounded, Chang Ji opened his eyes suddenly, the corners of his mouth twitched in pain, and his eyes were angry: "...Cui Yuanxiang!"
Yuan Xiang's eyes lit up and he took back his hand: "Wake up!"
Changji was trembling slightly as he was pinched out with a crescent-shaped blood mark. He struggled to get up and beat the person, but the injury was too serious and he couldn't do it. He could only stare at Yuanxiang.
Yuan Xiang stretched out his hand to hold his trembling shoulders: "Don't be too excited, lie down quickly! Just wake up!"
Chang Ji gritted his teeth - if Cui Yuanxiang hadn't come over to watch his jokes every day... he would have "awakened" earlier!
When he fell to the ground injured that day, if he hadn't seen Cui Yuanxiang, he wouldn't have been so completely unconscious!
Changji was so angry that his eyes were red with anger: "Seeing me in this state and losing an arm, you must be satisfied now!"
Yuanxiang was stunned and looked at Changji: "You already know..."
Faintly, Yuan Xiang seemed to understand something - so Changji had woken up a long time ago, but he couldn't face the disability of his left arm, so he refused to open his eyes?
Yuan Xiang hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, we still have our right arm! No need to delay anything!"
"We martial arts practitioners have developed a skill, isn't it just to be useful at critical moments like this? This time you protected Prime Minister Wei and made such a contribution to Shuofang... Although it was injured, it is still an honor.
This!" Yuan Xiang said, giving a thumbs up.
Changji looked at his thick thumb, and his trembling heart began to feel severe pain again.
"Don't ever think that you are a useless person from now on!" Yuan Xiang patted his chest and said, "If Prime Minister Wei doesn't care about you, I will support you!"
Changji, whose neck was inconvenient to move, glanced at Yuanxiang and felt that the other person's nice words had bad intentions - he raised him? It would be extremely humiliating to let him be a cow or a horse, right?
"I, Cui Yuanxiang, have nothing else. I have been marching for many years, so I respect brave and loyal people." Yuanxiang sighed and said, "Changji, it was I who underestimated you in the past."
Changji looked on with cold eyes, acting, and acting, and if he wanted to show off, he should suppress his tricks first!
"I won't be able to see you again tomorrow." Yuanxiang didn't need Changji's response and said straight down: "I'm going to go with the Changjie envoy to find the governor of my family. You can take good care of your injuries."
"..." Changji's chest rose and fell for a while.
Show off to him that Changjie is going to see the governor of his family, right?
Changji was about to start this heart-wrenching battle with an exaggerated sentence: "As far as I know, my husband and Changjie have been getting along day and night and talking very happily during this period." However, the next moment, Yuanxiang has already gotten up.
Get out of body.
"I won't bother you to recover from your injuries. You should recover from your injuries earlier. When I come back one day, I will treat you to a drink and give you a celebration party!"
Changji was like a fighting cock that had just cocked its neck and spread its arms to fight, but suddenly it was in vain.
Yuanxiang walked a few steps, then turned back and added: "Let's go! You take good care of your injuries!"
"..." Changji's expression gradually became confused and dull.
"I'm finally willing to wake up." Wei Shuyi sighed as he walked in from the outside and stood beside the bed. Seeing Changji's expression, he couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong? Where is the discomfort?"
Changji said in a daze: "I thought Cui Yuanxiang would take the opportunity to humiliate and tease me... But unexpectedly, he didn't even mean to tease me at all this time."
Wei Shuyi bent down, patted his subordinate on the shoulder, and said: "You thought he would play tricks on you, but he never played tricks on you, and it went against what you wanted. Isn't this another more clever trick?
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The corner of Changji's mouth twitched: "..."
Wei Shuyi laughed, stopped joking, asked people to prepare rice for Changji, and asked about Changji's injury.
Finally, Changji, who had a worried face written all over his face, asked: "If Mr. Lang really feels that his subordinate has merit, can he agree to his request?"
Wei Shuyi said in a tone of no-nonsense acceptance: "Just say it."
Changji looked solemn: "Can you, Mr. Lang, try your best to occupy a place beside Changjie Envoy, so that your subordinates will not be too embarrassed to hold their heads high in front of Cui Yuanxiang the next day?"
"..." Wei Shuyi was silent for a moment.
In ancient times, there were parents who hoped that their children would succeed, but today there are those who are subordinates who hope that their master will favor them.
For a moment, Wei Shuyi couldn't tell who was working for whom.
His eyes fell on Chang Ji's immobile left arm. Wei Shuyi nodded almost indulgently: "Do your best."
Although he and Changji were injured on the same left arm, he was injured by an arrow, while Changji was injured by a knife. The blade of the knife broke the muscles and bones of the upper arm, and even two fingers were broken. When he was unconscious, his life was hanging by a thread.
This kind of kindness to protect the master made Changji very proud and proud.
"Then Sir, go quickly."
Faced with Chang Ji's sudden urging, Wei Shuyi raised his eyebrows in confusion.
Changji couldn't move, but his eyes showed urgency: "Isn't envoy Changjie about to leave? Lang Jun, hurry up and see him off!"
"..." Wei Shuyi smiled slightly and said "Okay", turned around and walked out.
"Mr. remember to change your clothes!" Changji's voice came from behind: "Light colors look better on me!"
In the dark robe, Governor Cui is already in the position of ruler, and Lang Jun cannot lose his advantage!
Changji tried his best to look at his husband's back. The look of hope in his eyes penetrated the air, as if it had taken on a real form, and was so intense that Wei Shuyi felt quite stressed.
Wei Shuyi did go to see Chang Suining off.
There were many people seeing him off, including Deputy Ambassador Xue Fucheng and others.
"On this New Year's Day, Prime Minister Wei will stay in Lingzhou to recuperate with peace of mind." After Chang Sui Ning talked to Wei Shuyi, he did not forget to tell Xue Fu and others: "Prime Minister Wei, please take care of me more."
Xue Fu and others agreed, and Jiang Tai promised: "In Changjie, just don't worry, in the end we will raise Prime Minister Wei to be fat and white!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this, Chang Sui Ning couldn't help but smile and looked at Wei Shuyi who looked a little helpless.
Seeing her, Wei Shuyi also had a smile in his eyes. He told her to be careful on the road, and handed over a round wooden box, saying: "Bring it with you on New Year's Eve, just to bring good luck."
There will be New Year's Eve in ten days, and Chang Suining is destined to spend this year's New Year's Eve on the march.
At the same time, a shocking change that has caused an uproar in the world is silently brewing and is about to sweep across the world.
The source of this storm was far beyond the expectations of the court and the emperor.
At this time, the emperor, the imperial court and all the forces were all focusing on Shannan West Road, which was the battle that occupied almost all the important battles of the imperial court.
The battle between the imperial court and Shannan West Road is currently in a stalemate.
On the other hand, Xiao Min was blocked everywhere on Lingnan Road.
There are many states in Lingnan Province. Facing Xiao Min, the new envoy of Lingnan Province, many states tried to stall or even resist.
There are many tribal forces gathered in the Lingnan area. They are dissatisfied with the imperial discipline and have been dissatisfied with the emperor for a long time. Facing Xiao Min who came with integrity, they even claimed that Xiao Min's secret decree of the emperor's appointment was a forgery.
They refused to recognize Xiao Min's identity and launched a fierce military resistance.
Xiao Min tried to use all easing measures to solve the problem, but failed repeatedly. As a last resort, he had to fight violence with violence and lost more than 5,000 troops before he could barely pacify the three states.
Now that Xiao Min has taken over the Guizhou area, he realizes that he can no longer continue to consume like this.
At the same time, he also saw clearly the fact that whether he could quell the rebellion of the states in Lingnan Province did not depend at all on what he, the new Jiedu Envoy, did—him coming with the emperor's order was the biggest original sin.
One is because of the people's hearts and minds in the place, and the other is because the influence of Prince Rong's Palace has penetrated into Lingnan Road. According to Xiao Min's knowledge, many people in Lingnan Road have secretly submitted to Prince Rong's Palace.
In these days, in addition to the dangers on the battlefield, Xiao Min also encountered several menacing assassinations, which he suspected were related to Prince Rong's Mansion.
Although he was able to deal with it without any danger because he had been prepared and on guard, Xiao Min knew that this siege against him would not stop easily.
And even if he did not give the assassin an opportunity, it was a fact that he was unable to move forward on Lingnan Road. He could not use his military force to crush all the seventy-two states on Lingnan Road, otherwise he would only end up wasting himself and his soldiers to death.
All.
Xiao Min looked towards Qianzhong Road, which is adjacent to Guizhou in the north direction.
In addition to Shannan West Road, the Jiedushi of Qianzhong Road had also surrendered to King Rong. Due to the geographical location, most of the forces that penetrated into Lingnan Road were branches extending from Qianzhong Road——
The Lingnan Province states dared to engage in such blatant confrontations, mostly because of the instigation and support of the Qianzhong Road, or in other words, the existence of the Qianzhong Road played a certain role in demonstrating.
If you want to quell the chaos on Lingnan Road, the best way is to start from the Central Guizhou Road and implement a strategy of removing fuel from the cauldron and frighten Lingnan Road——
But if he rashly launches troops on the Central Guizhou Road, he will definitely be surrounded and suppressed from all sides. It is really the best strategy to launch troops to attack directly...
Without troops, we can only outwit, but outwitness also needs a way to support it, and it cannot be achieved by imagination. However, Xiao Min was completely blind on the Qianzhong Road, and he had no way out.
The imagination is always full, but the reality is so difficult.
When Xiao Min was in trouble, a secret letter suddenly arrived.
Xiao Min showed his letter and was very surprised.
The secret letter came from Qianzhou, and the writer was a member of the Changsun family.
Changsun made it clear in the letter that he could help Xiao Min in his work in Lingnan and central Guizhou. He also stated that this was the instruction of the envoy Chang Jie.
Xiao Min came back to his senses and suddenly felt confident in his heart, and a plan emerged in his mind.
After setting the plan, Xiao Min stopped moving forward.
The accompanying imperial eunuch was very dissatisfied and repeatedly urged Xiao Min to quickly quell the rebellion on Lingnan Road. Seeing that Xiao Min ignored him, the imperial eunuch lost patience and threatened to report the matter to the capital to punish Xiao Min for delaying the military flight.
Unexpectedly, these words became his last words.
The eunuch could not react until he died... How could Xiao Min, who had always been calm and gentle, suddenly draw a sword on himself, the imperial envoy, in public?
Xiao Min's move was equivalent to declaring his separation from the imperial court.
However, after this move, Xiao Min made no other moves and seemed to be hesitating.
Seeing that the situation had changed, Li Cong sent a message to Prince Rong, suggesting that he could try to win over Xiao Min so that he could be used by Prince Rong's palace.
In addition, Li Cong apologized to King Rong in a letter for repeatedly failing to assassinate Xiao Min, and asked King Rong to punish him.
King Rong did not blame him, but praised Li Cong for knowing how to adjust the plan according to changes in the situation. This shows that he has a flexible structure, a clear mind, and knows what is maximizing interests.
King Rong encouraged Li Cong to persuade Xiao Min to surrender, and reminded Li Cong to pay more attention to the movements of Xiao Min's army. He also only gave Li Cong one month. If Xiao Min still refused to be used by Prince Rong's palace after one month, even if he mobilized heavy troops to attack
, it must also be removed.
In addition, King Rong reminded Li Cong that the time had come and another matter could be implemented.
Faced with Li Cong's secret solicitation, Xiao Min showed an indecisive attitude.
Due to the imperial envoy's action, the situation of Xiao Min and his army on Lingnan Road was temporarily relieved. At the same time, the plan he had finalized with the Changsun family was being carried out urgently and secretly.
The New Year is approaching, but the fighting on Shannan West Road has not stopped because of the New Year.
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, it was raining and snowing on the west road of Shannan, making the road slippery and difficult to travel. The imperial army, which was strictly ordered by the emperor to ask about the progress of the war, was forced to take a temporary rest.
In the military tent, the elderly Xuance Mansion veteran Chai Ting was reading the latest documents from the imperial court under the lamp.
Since the troops were sent to Shannanxi Road, the hearts of the people in the imperial court have been like a thin hair, always hanging on the edge of a knife. Letters were sent almost every day asking about the situation of the war.
However, it was a cold winter this year, and there was a lot of rain and snow in the west. The war was not progressing smoothly, and many soldiers fell ill due to the rapid march.
A strong wind rolled up a corner of the heavy tent, and the veteran with sparse and gray hair looked outside the tent where the wind and snow were howling, with a look of worry hidden in his eyes that were so old that they were somewhat cloudy.
At this time, a soldier came in and brought a secret letter.
Chai Ting took it and was slightly surprised when he saw the letter.
It is an autographed letter from King Rong Li Yin.
Li Yin personally came to Shannan West Road and invited him to meet and talk with him. The words in his letter were sincere and sincere...
While Chai Ting hesitated, his eyes fell on the signature at the end of the letter—Prince Uncle Xiao, Li Yin.
Looking at the three words "Prince Xiao", Chai Ting's old fingers clenched the edge of the letter paper.
The meeting place was twenty miles away from where the imperial army was encamped, in a pavilion for passers-by to rest next to the official road.
The snow had not stopped yet, so King Rong set up a stove in the pavilion to keep warm and make tea.