One Curtain Wind Moon Nine Heavens

Chapter 208
After all, it was too late, Lord Hou left yesterday morning.

In the early morning of that day, a personal guard broke through the siege and brought in the news that the princess was leading troops to rescue his father and brother, and told him to wait no matter what.

However, upon hearing this, Lord Hou smiled in relief, and closed his eyes after a long sigh.

Looking at the skinny father lying on the couch, no matter how the siblings yelled, they never opened their eyes and smiled kindly at them, and never heard their father praise them for a job well done.

It was still too late, and the brother and sister were sobbing.

At the same time, Lei Wenzhong and other generals who came to take over hurriedly rushed over. Hearing the crying of the two, especially seeing the "Eight Prince" crying bitterly on the couch, he was a little stunned.

But at this moment, it is impossible to get to the bottom of it. Marquis Dingyuan left, and a generation of famous generals fell.All the generals were dejected, and all knelt down to see him off for the last time.

……

Since the enemy army only retreated for a hundred miles, Jinxi was still in danger.Although there are generals such as Lei Wenzhong taking over, it is still difficult to safely send Marquis Dingyuan back to the capital.

In order to ensure the safety of their father's remains, the brothers and sisters of Beiyue discussed with the generals and waited for the troops of Daqi to completely withdraw from the border before setting off.

And Bei Yueli, he left the station without authorization, he should have been dealt with by military law.

But before the imperial decree was issued, Lei Wenzhong thought that his father was dead, so he was not detained, and he was free to deal with the funeral of Marquis Dingyuan.

As for the eighth prince, these days, all the generals in the camp including Yuan Xiong already know that she is neither the prince nor the princess, but Princess Anping.Because she presented a decree in public, on it was the prince's explanation of her identity.

Stamped with the emperor's seal, it proves that His Majesty is also aware of this matter.

Only by explaining clearly, can she put on filial piety in a fair and honest manner bearing the title of prince and princess.In the eyes of the generals, the tiger father has no dogs and daughters, but there are daughters. I believe that Marquis Dingyuan can feel at ease under the nine springs.

……

In the next few days, it snowed again, and it was getting bigger and bigger.

The third brother is outside preparing to escort his father's coffin back to the court, while You Changgeng, Luo Yan and others are counting the casualties of the soldiers.Lian Shang, Zhi Lan and the servant Beilin are all gone, the three of them mostly stay in the inner house on weekdays, and seldom take part in the fights.

With little actual combat experience, it is inevitable that you will be close to death on the battlefield.

Fortunately, when the soldiers participated in cleaning up the battlefield, they picked up the incomplete bones of their comrades one by one.It is impossible to transport them back to their hometowns, so they can only be burned centrally and their remains returned to their families.

This is the treatment of the soldiers of the Marquis Mansion. Ordinary soldiers are only registered on the roster. In the future, the imperial court will issue pensions to their families, that's all.

The soldiers and bodyguards of the Hou's Mansion also have another treatment, which is registered in the register and buried in the tomb with the lord.

When she was a child, her father told her that those who could be buried in Beiyue King's Mausoleum would bless her descendants with continuous incense, smooth and safe.

Now there is no king's tomb, and the guards still follow the ancient custom and are proud to record it in the tomb.

Lian Shang, Zhi Lan and Bei Lin had been with her for many years, and they suddenly disappeared. It would be a lie to say that they don't feel sorry for them, but she can only get used to it.In this battle, her star guards will die and walk away.She let go, fled to death, and announced to the outside world that they were dead.

The King of Daqi once threatened to humiliate her father's body before the battle. Those rats, they dared not breathe when their father was alive, but after his death they became rampant.

As a monarch, there is a price to pay for nonsense.

Qu Tinglan was not present when all this was done. She was seriously injured when she surrounded Lu Guogong's three-way army.

Before the war, she was sent to the rear to escort food and grass to save her life.

Qu Tinglan would not join the army for no reason, and when they met in Xishan, there was no excitement or joy in her eyes.It can be seen that she is not voluntary, and Qu Guangping is not like the kind of father who expects his daughter to make military achievements in exchange for the honor of his family for a lifetime.

Unless forced.

Yuan Zhao was dressed in plain white filial piety, standing on the porch at the door of the inner room watching the snow falling.It stands to reason that she sent people to burn half of Lu Guogong's food and grass, and when the winter snow invaded, how could the tens of thousands of troops survive the long winter month?
The retreat is a certainty, sooner or later.

"Princess, Zhu Shou brought it here." Ji Wu brought a person in.

Yuan Zhao heard the reputation, looked coldly at the middle-aged man with his head bowed in the snow, and asked slowly:
"Do you have something to explain to me?"

Before her father left for the expedition, Uncle Ji Wu reminded her that his father's life was not far away.If her father is dying, she accepts it calmly.But this is not the case, my father vomited blood before the battle!Are you going to vomit blood at the end of your life? !
Just because she's not a medical officer doesn't mean she's ignorant!My father's death must have been strange.

"Yes!" Zhu Shou trembled.

"Go up and talk."

If he says no, let him kneel there for an hour and a half as punishment.Even she can see that there is a problem, but as a disciple of the Poison Saint, he can't see it?

"Thank you, Princess!"

Zhu Shou stood up in frustration, went to the corridor, took a cup of hot tea from Ji Wu to warm his mind and said:
"Princess, Cao Min gave Hou Ye a detailed diagnosis and treatment. He has no injuries inside and outside. Although his lifespan is not long, it is far from the point of exhaustion of Qi and blood..."

Judging from Ji Wu's description and Hou Ye's physical symptoms, he suddenly suffered severe heart damage and lost his vitality.If he dies naturally, three heart-protecting pills are enough to see his children for the last time today.

To Zhu Shou's astonishment, even though he tried his best, he still couldn't stop the leaking energy from Master Hou's body.

"Caomin has never seen such symptoms. I wanted to write a letter for my children to treat, but unfortunately I couldn't get out..." Zhu Shou was heartbroken. Do not know at all,

"Until the early hours of yesterday, Master Hou suddenly came back to life, grabbed Cao Min's hand and stared at him as if he wanted to say something, but he only said one word: sword..."

Then he was exhausted, and the tiger's eyes were wide open, as if full of unwillingness.

sword?Yuan Zhao was stunned, and immediately remembered the weird sword that Emperor Feng Yuan made her swear by before leaving... Could it be that father's death was related to that sword?Or was it because of her blood oath that hastened her father's death? !

Thinking of this, she seemed to be swallowed up by strong regrets, a burst of hatred churned in her heart, and a fishy sweet gushed out of her throat...

"Princess?!" In a trance, I heard Uncle Ji's panicked voice, "What's wrong with the princess?! How did you vomit black blood?! When did you get hurt?!"

"Don't ask for now." Zhu Shou was very calm, and quickly took her pulse, "Hurry up and clean up the blood for the princess..."

The princess is a woman, Ji Wu hurriedly called Luo Yan and Wu Xi who were guarding outside to carry the princess into the inner room.

The princess suddenly passed out, and there was a commotion in the room.

When the people outside got the news, they came to inquire about the reason one by one.Yuan Zhao shook his head in a hazy state of consciousness, just as he was trying to see where he was, the confusion in front of him gradually dissipated.

But only saw the shadows of people, sometimes heard the mourning, sometimes fighting, and even saw the red-eyed black shadow standing on the mountain of corpses and shouting.

Those sounds and scenes are obviously close at hand, but they seem to come from ancient times.

Just when she saw that her scalp was numb, a golden light fell from the sky and landed in front of her eyes.After the brilliance dissipated, a golden long sword appeared in front of her.The hilt of the sword seemed familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before.

Until the long sword was put into the sheath, the lines on the sheath slowly appeared in front of my eyes.When she saw the two ancient characters in the middle of the lines clearly, she subconsciously read out:

"Imperial?"

(End of this chapter)