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Chapter 442 Jiang Jiang and Tang Tang

The war came to an end, and the siege of Guyuan ended in a loss for both sides.

On the Great Zhou side, 40,000 of the 90,000 Changyuan Iron Guards were killed, 30,000 were seriously injured, and only a quarter of the soldiers were able to fight. Nearly half of the 100,000 foreign tribes were also killed or wounded. Due to the death of the two leaders, they lifted the siege of Guyuan and evacuated towards Jincheng, Liangzhou.

The Changyuan Iron Guards were unable to fight again, and the foreign tribes, who had suffered less losses, could come back at any time after the command was clear. Everyone discussed and decided to abandon the Guyuan Xiaoguan defense line, which had been riddled with holes, and retreat to Lueyang County further behind for repairs.

The Changyuan Iron Guards were systematically gathering supplies from the city and loading them onto trucks for transport to Lueyang. The emperor issued an order to recruit all the people within a 20-li radius to work in the city and to follow the army to the rear of Yongzhou.

Although they don't have to march or fight, the Changyuan Iron Guards still have a lot to do today, such as burying the dead, collecting supplies, and leading the army back... But this has nothing to do with Tao Yunjiang for the time being.

Perhaps it was because she saw Fang Weihan coming that the seriously injured girl was unanimously asked by the Changyuan generals to take a day off. Their attitude was very firm, and Tao Yunjiang had no choice but to agree.

The girl lay on the table in a depressed mood, with a thick layer of gauze wrapped around her shoulder.

"They are doing this for your own good, so don't be ungrateful." Fang Weihan picked up a pill, "Ah, open your mouth."

The girl obediently opened her mouth and swallowed the pill in his hand in one gulp.

Tao Yunjiang closed her eyes for a while to digest the effects of the medicine. When she opened her eyes again, she found Fang Weihan looking at her without blinking.

She turned her eyes away a little uncomfortably, a slight blush covering her cheeks.

"What are you looking at me for?" Tao Yunjiang asked.

"Look at what the idiot who almost died on the battlefield looks like." Fang Weihan said.

Tao Yunjiang: "..."

She looked at Fang Weihan with a hint of resentment, her eyes wide open and her mouth puffed up, trying to get away with it by acting cute.

Fang Weihan remained unmoved, so Tao Yunjiang was the first to give in.

Every time he made this expression, Tao Yunjiang always felt like he was looking at a fool whom he was helpless against.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong... I shouldn't have taken the risk, I shouldn't have stayed behind, I shouldn't have ignored the moon and the reed flowers..." Tao Yunjiang pouted and said in a low voice.

Take risks? Stay behind? Don't look at the bright moon and reeds? These three sentences sound familiar.

Fang Weihan said seriously, "It's not that it's wrong to take risks and stay behind to watch the bright moon and reed flowers, but you shouldn't do this without a corresponding backup plan, understand?"

"Look at you, a disabled person who is seriously injured and exhausted, facing someone in full health, why did you go up to fight? Instead of running away, you rushed forward with your head held high? Is this something a normal person would do? Are you tired of living and looking for death..."

Tao Yunjiang rested her chin on her arm, secretly raised her eyes to look at him, her watery peach blossom eyes blinking.

"...I always feel that you lack a proper assessment of the gap between your own strength and that of the enemy. You always think, 'Ah, we Mingwu are like this. We just need to rush forward and attack hard.' But this is obviously completely wrong..."

Fang Weihan was tired of talking and stopped to take a breath. He noticed that Tao Yunjiang seemed a little distracted.

"Are you listening to me?" he asked suddenly.

"Ah! Yes, yes, yes." The girl was startled by the sudden question while in a daze, and nodded quickly like a chick pecking at rice.

"Then tell me what I just said?"

"You said..." Tao Yun pursed his lips and tried to recall, "You said that we Mingwu monks only need to attack and charge hard..."

She was hit on the forehead.

"Ah!" Tao Yunjiang screamed in pain.

Her right hand could not move due to a shoulder injury. She covered her head with one hand and looked at him with tears in her eyes, looking a little aggrieved.

"Wrong! Totally wrong! Classic mistake, classic zero!" Fang Weihan was furious.

"Don't be angry... You hit my head..." Tao Yunjiang whispered, "I am the master, and the apprentice cannot hit the master's head."

Fang Weihan bent his fingers and tapped again.

"I'm knocking." He laughed, "and you can't fight back."

Tao Yunjiang puffed up his lips and glared at him.

"Do you know why you can't fight back? It's because you attacked and charged so hard!" Fang Weihan emphasized again, "If you want to maintain your authority as my master in the future, don't do such stupid things again, understand?"

The sudden realization and aggrieved agreement that she should have ideally did not appear. Instead, the girl looked at him for a long time and burst out laughing.

"Don't treat me like a child." Tao Yunjiang said with a smile, his tone full of rare tenderness, "It's hard for you to go around in circles to persuade me."

"I understand the reason, don't worry."

The girl jumped off the chair and stood up.

"I'm Tao Yunjiang." She raised her snow-white chin and smiled confidently.

Before Fang Weihan could say anything, he heard Tao Yunjiang cry out in pain, her brows furrowed in pain.

"I pulled the wound..." She squatted down, holding her shoulder and said aggrievedly.

"..." Fang Weihan sighed, "Little Master, you succeeded in making me laugh."

"I wasn't trying to make you laugh, I really pulled the wound." Tao Yunjiang felt very wronged.

Fang Weihan walked forward and squatted, pressing his hands on Tao Yunjiang's shoulders and wrapping her wound with his blood.

Under the flushing of pure and strong blood, the pain in her shoulder was relieved a lot, and the girl's frown slowly relaxed.

"How did your cultivation suddenly reach the sixth level?" Tao Yunjiang asked curiously.

When I was at the fourth level, he was at the second level. When I was at the fifth level, he was at the fourth level. How come now that I am at the sixth level, he is also at the sixth level...

Those people always call themselves a rare Mingwu genius in a thousand years, so what is he?
Tao Yunjiang did not show any jealousy towards Fang Weihan. After all, she believed that all achievements were the result of hard work. Her good disciple's cultivation level increased so fast, he must have put in much more effort than ordinary people.

She just wasn't used to it. A disciple who usually needed her protection now had a cultivation level that was almost the same as hers. Would she be surpassed by him in a few days?

Once this thought came to her mind, the girl was shocked.

No, no, this stinky disciple always loves to talk to me and deceive me. In the past, I could resist him with my strength. If I am not as good as him in cultivation, I will definitely be bullied to death by him!
She made up her mind to practice hard after she recovered from her injuries.

"When I was in Changming City, I encountered a life-and-death crisis and made a breakthrough on the battlefield." Fang Weihan said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Tao Yunjiang could no longer sit still.

She grabbed Fang Weihan's arm and asked anxiously, "What's going on? What life-or-death crisis? How come I don't know about it?"

After asking, Tao Yunjiang realized belatedly that since he was still standing in front of him alive, it meant that the life-and-death crisis had passed. Wouldn't it be stupid for him to ask such a question?

"Um... I mean..." She suddenly had an idea and asked with an indignant expression:
"Well, didn't you say not to take risks? How come you can't even hold on!"

"I have a backup plan." Fang Weihan pinched her face and pulled it left and right, "It's different from your suicidal charge to die."

"Backhand?"

Yun Shu suddenly came alive. "Are you referring to me?" She pointed at herself and looked at Fang Weihan expectantly.

"What's your backup plan?" Tao Yunjiang asked unwillingly.

"A protective magic weapon, called something like Danshu Tieqi." Fang Weihan said.

"Tsk..." Yun Shu pouted, "You are just a vulgar mortal, how can you compare to me in the slightest. You ignored your greatest benefactor and praised a piece of broken iron. It's really like a dog biting Lu Dongbin."

Damn it, I did ask you this, but weren't you pretending to be dead every time?
A black line appeared on Fang Weihan's forehead, and he pretended not to see her.

"Oh." Tao Yunjiang lowered his head listlessly, but soon raised it again, "Speaking of this... where did Fang Tang get his cultivation?"

This is what makes Tao Yunjiang most incredible.

A princess who had no cultivation at all before could be on par with the strongest cultivator of the seventh level overnight. This is even more exaggerated than a fairy tale.

"The seal of the Xuan Yao Sword has been released, and the luck of the Great Zhou has been passed on to her. It seems to be Fang Qianyi's backup plan." Fang Weihan said.

"Humph……"

Tao Yunjiang snorted without comment.

"Although we have a more capable super fighter here, I still feel that she cannot be trusted."

"Based on what she did to you and Ling Wan before, she is a qualified emperor, but definitely not a partner who can stand by us."

"Even if...even if she saved Guyuan this time." Tao Yunjiang paused, then grabbed her ponytail and said a little irritably, "Oh, forget it, at most, I'll just obey her for the time being."

Fang Weihan didn't know how to explain the current relationship between Fang Tang and him. Perhaps it was Fang Tang's acting skills that were too superb, or perhaps the young master was a little slow in these matters. So far, Tao Yunjiang still hadn't noticed that Fang Tang's attitude towards him seemed to have undergone some subtle changes.

"Well... Fang Tang is actually not as bad as you think." He thought for a moment, "Maybe after the Battle of Changming, she has reformed herself?"

"Is this really the case..." Tao Yunjiang still expressed doubt.

There was a chaotic sound of footsteps coming from the gate of the courtyard.

"You guys leave." Fang Tang's voice came from outside.

"Yes." Everyone agreed in unison.

The door to the courtyard was pushed open and then gently closed. Fang Tang walked into the room step by step with light steps.

When she saw Tao Yunjiang and Fang Weihan in the room, she was slightly startled. Obviously, she didn't expect Tao Yunjiang to be awake.

"Your Majesty." Fang Weihan reacted quickly.

Tao Yunjiang hesitated for a moment and then followed suit.

"No need to be so polite." Fang Tang waved his hand and said with a smile, "We are all family here, there is no need for so many rules and regulations."

She walked over to the table and sat down, rolling up her sleeves and pouring herself a cup of tea.

"General Tao, how is your health?" Fang Tang asked while glancing at Fang Weihan casually.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I'm fine now." Tao Yunjiang said.

"That's good. General Tao is the pillar of the northwest of our Great Zhou. We must not lose him." Fang Tang said with a generous smile, "I just took a walk among the Iron Guards and heard about many of General Tao's deeds. I can't help but admire him."

"It's like the two swords combined under the Tiansheng Bridge. Now it has spread to the East through the mouths of the people. I'm sure it will be known to the world soon."

Fang Tang took a sip of tea gracefully and then put the cup down.

"I wonder...can I still call you Yun Jiang like before?"

"Of course." Tao Yunjiang agreed.

"How about you just call me sister as before? We are a family, there is no need to be bound by the rules of monarch and subject."

Fang Tang deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the three words "one family".

"This...is not appropriate." Tao Yunjiang frowned.

Tao Yunjiang is a person who takes gratitude and resentment very seriously. She will repay kindness and repay resentment. She is like this herself, let alone Fang Weihan. To this day, she still feels resentful about what Fang Tang did at that time.

Tao Yunjiang never cared about the twists and turns in officialdom. She was the totem of Changyuan and the leader of Qingming, and she preferred to speak her mind.

She glanced at Fang Weihan and finally made up her mind.

"Your Majesty," Tao Yunjiang said, "You have come all the way from Changming today. The Changyuan Iron Guards are grateful and will serve you loyally."

This sentence is very beautifully said. Changyuan Iron Guards can, which means that she can't.

Fang Weihan was a little surprised when she heard this, thinking, is this really something her little master would say? It seems that she must have learned something real from Xiao Jin.

If it was Tao Yunjiang before, he would most likely draw his sword and shout angrily: "You dog emperor, who needs your help!"

Fang Weihan felt somewhat relieved. He nodded slightly, remained silent, and turned his gaze to Fang Tang.

The expression of the girl in the golden-red dragon robe was still calm and composed, but if one looked carefully, one would surely notice that her shoulders were trembling slightly, and her breath was not as stable as before.

How could Fang Tang, who was particularly good at seeing through people's minds, not hear the hidden meaning in her words?
Is Tao Yunjiang a loyal minister of the Great Zhou?

Without a doubt, yes. If even the descendants of Lord Tao who defended Guyuan to the death were not considered loyal ministers of the Great Zhou, then there would probably be no one in the Great Zhou who could be called a loyal minister.

But even such a girl with excellent character and a hatred of evil showed complete distrust towards herself.

She... was doubting herself, but they had clearly had a great conversation at the palace dinner on New Year's Eve last year.

Come to think of it, it could only be because of that incident.

Fang Tang clenched his fists tightly, until his fingertips turned white. Something bitter flowed in his heart, like regret, or something else.

What she did before was so excessive that even Tao Yunjiang, who had the most gentle and kind temperament, was hostile to her. What about Xiao Jin? What about Xie Lingwan?
Then...what about the teacher?
Fang Tang suddenly felt a little scared. She didn't want to, and didn't dare to think about this matter. She would rather indulge in the teacher's tenderness and never wake up again.

But now, after hearing what Tao Yunjiang said, she suddenly realized that she could never see through the teacher's heart. What if the teacher was just forcing a smile? What if the teacher still had some grudges in his heart?
With so many chaotic thoughts in her mind, she began to worry about gains and losses.

The human heart is like a mirror, and a broken mirror cannot be mended.

She could pull out Xuan Yao, and use the burning sword to cut through the black clouds that destroyed the city, but she could not break the shackles in her heart.

If the teacher really didn't forgive her, what else could she do?

As Fang Tang thought about this, his face turned paler and paler.

Fang Weihan was drinking tea leisurely when he suddenly felt someone's eyes were on his face.

He turned his head and found that the little empress of the empire was looking at him with tears in her eyes and frowning eyebrows. The confident and generous expression of the past was gone, as if there was a thousand kinds of sorrow that could not be relieved.

Fang Weihan looked confused and had no idea what was going on.

(End of this chapter)