The Pearl of the Lady

Chapter 143 Sacrificial Battle
The string snapped, and suddenly broke, and it was slammed into the woman's hand, leaving a long red mark.

The woman clutched her chest, a wave of heart palpitations swept over her, and the servant girl hurried forward.

"Miss, are you okay, what's wrong with the strings?"

"It's okay, help me lie down for a while."

The servant girl supported her and lay on the couch. The woman curled up and touched under the pillow, but she found a volume of poetry. She didn't know what was written on the cover of the poem. The woman smiled and went to the couch. Shrunk in the middle, flipped through casually, but just saw——

Poor Wuding Riverside Bone is still a spring boudoir dream.

The woman froze in place as if struck by lightning, and the poem was thrown from her hand and dropped on the ground.

After Gu Song finished speaking, there was a moment of silence.

The three of them stood up, and Princess Hua'an's sleeve was brought to the plate on the table, and it was broken all over the floor, no one cared.

"You... what did you say?" Her voice trembled, but she stood up straight.

Gu Song's face was full of tears, and he couldn't even stand still, all relying on the two people next to him to hold up the "Eight hundred li urgent military report, the military information has already been reported to the palace, and the soldiers who sent the news are still waiting at the door."

"Tell him to come in." Princess Hua'an stood holding the table, and Ah Fu was shaking while supporting her mother. She tried her best to restrain herself. She probably didn't feel that she was shaking. More precisely, she was a little dazed. Can't believe this is true.

The soldier who came to pass the order ran on the horse for six days without resting at all. Every time he went to a post station, he changed horses and did not change people. , He almost rolled off the horse, his lips were covered with cracks, the boys carried him into the mansion, fed him a bowl of water, and then he struggled to make a sound.

Gu Song sent a message inside, and the servants outside hurriedly poured ginseng soup into his mouth, rubbed his numb hands and feet, and after working like this for a long time, the soldier was finally able to speak, although his legs and feet still couldn't move. He worked hard, and he was also helped in by someone holding his arm.

Princess Hua'an sat upright, but her lips were trembling. She couldn't open her mouth to ask no matter what. Gu Zhao held his wife's hand vigorously, not only giving her strength, but also drawing strength. He took a deep breath, "General Gu What's going on... exactly?"

The soldier saluted and reported with difficulty, his voice hoarse like weeping blood, "Many caravans have come from Liz recently. Liz itself is a vassal of our country, and there is no sign of rebellion. This is a normal business, and we can't interfere, Liz. A market was set up outside the city, and people from Liz kept coming. Later... we found out that these were their advance troops. It was General Gu who led the patrol when they suddenly attacked. Too many people came, he had to lead people to patrol every day, when the Liz people suddenly attacked, Gu Shen fell off his horse with an arrow..."

"Where are people? No matter what, Zi'er has to go home." Gu Zhao's voice trembled a little.

"At that time...it was too chaotic. In order to prevent the Liz people from entering the city, we had to close the city gate...Later, we have been searching with all our strength."

Gu Zhao was furious and stood up abruptly, the veins on his neck were visible, "So you left him outside, who gave you the courage."

When the soldier was assigned this task, he was ready to be angered. He knelt on the ground and didn't speak.

Princess Hua'an held Gu Zhao's hand, "Don't blame him. What's the use of arguing with him? You go to the palace. When a war breaks out, whoever made a mistake and whose responsibility must be clearly identified, and you must get it back."

Gu Zhao waved his hand to signal the soldiers to go down. He clenched his fists, took several deep breaths, and leaned over to hug Princess Hua'an.

Princess Hua'an leaned her head on his shoulder, nodded lightly, and said nothing.

Gu Zhao hurried into the palace.

Princess Hua'an sat blankly on the chair for a while, Ah Fu didn't dare to show tears in front of her mother, fearing to stimulate her emotions, wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and called softly "Mother..."

Princess Hua'an seemed to come back to her senses suddenly, and looked at Ah Fu, "What's wrong?"

Ah Fu wanted to pull out a consoling smile, but the corners of his mouth were disobedient, and he couldn't raise it no matter what, "Brother is probably fine, third brother won't get into trouble so easily, he is so good at kung fu, I went to the temple last time, little master He also said that the third brother will come back well, that little master is very clever, and the bracelet he gave saved my life." A Fu said incoherently.

However, Princess Hua'an drew strength from these words, as if she had caught hope, "Yes, yes, they didn't see Zi'er gone either, maybe she was just injured."

Ah Fu bit his lip and nodded, "Third brother is the most trustworthy, he said before that he would come back every two months."

The mother and daughter encouraged each other, and no one dared to think about the most terrifying ending. Princess Hua'an calmed down a bit, "This matter will not be that simple. There is no reason to lock the generals out of the city gate. This is because someone Guilty, maybe your brother discovered something, we can't mess up."

Princess Hua'an had her own guards. She ordered the soldiers to go to the border gate. She took a deep breath and said, "If you are alive, you must see people, if you die, you must see corpses."

My son cannot lie outside alone.

The palace is deep, and the lights in the main hall are not extinguished.

Wei Sheng slapped the brochure on the table fiercely, "Liz is crazy. How dare you offend me."

Wei Sheng's anger is mixed with sadness, and his heart is full of anger. Da Zhou is located in the prosperous area of ​​the Central Plains, and the surrounding small countries are not envious or jealous. He has been emperor for more than [-] years. Such invasions are not uncommon. Always greedy, like a dog with a halazi, if it is a little bit stronger, it will want to grab a piece of meat from Da Zhou.

What is sad is Gu Zixuan's sacrifice. He loves his younger sister very much. Ai Wu and Wu are very fond of the children of his younger sister's family. Gu Zixuan's paperwork for going to the border is still worn by him himself. Now that I think about it, I feel sad. It is better to let the children live in Chang'an City stay here.

Of course, anger is still the subject. After all, he is the emperor first, and then the uncle.

"Gu Guogong is here."

"Azhao." Wei Sheng stood up.

It was already late autumn, Gu Zhao didn't even wear a cloak, apparently forgot, his face was expressionless, but flames danced in his eyes.

"Give Gu Guogong a seat".Wei Sheng ordered to put the hot tea on his desk into Gu Zhao's hand.

"You all know the matter, and the military newspaper has been read just now, so please tell me what you think."

In fact, there are some ministers who don’t want to fight. Most of them are civil servants here, and their inner thoughts are different. War always costs money, and Liz is a small country. He can’t afford a big war. Judging from the situation, he just It's just looting, so some people think that it doesn't take too much effort to fight, some think that militarism should not be used, some think that a big country should focus on enlightenment, and some even feel guilty.

But none of them dared to say that Gu Guogong was sitting on it with a cold face. He had just died of a son.

Everyone looked at each other without speaking.

"They're all dumb, so don't ask you, you don't dare to ask you, but you can't speak."

"I think that the small country of Liz is nothing to be afraid of. It's not worthy of His Majesty's worries and troubles. He ordered the guards of the border town to disperse them."

"The minister thought that he could issue a letter of credence, and condemned the Lord Liz's restraint as unfavorable."

A sneer twitched at the corner of Gu Zhao's mouth, he was about to speak.

"I think it's inappropriate." The boy's voice was clear and clear, and he couldn't suppress his anger.

"Previous examples do not punish, future generations do not fear."

"Liz has issued a letter of credence earlier, acknowledging that she is a vassal state of our country. Now she is doing such a thing, but she is shameless and disloyal. If she is not severely punished, the surrounding vassal states will inevitably learn from her. There will be no more peace at the border."

"Every part of the border is my Da Zhou's territory, and the people in the border towns are also my Da Zhou's people. They are being bullied, how can we sit idly by."

"But Liz is far away, it is impossible to go deep, the threat is not great, and they are all cavalry units, it is inconvenient for us to send troops." A minister said.

"My ancestors of the Wei family have a saying that anyone who violates our Great Zhou will be punished no matter how far away." Wei Yi bowed on one knee and said, "My son is willing to be a pioneer, please allow me."

Wei Sheng looked at him with some pride in his eyes, and nodded, "The prince is right, Liz's offense this time cannot be easily let go." He glanced at Wei Yi, "As for the matter of leading troops to go out, let's discuss it later."

The ministers below stopped talking, and Gu Zhao put down the teacup. Although the teacup was hot, his hands were still cold, "The people of my Great Zhou cannot be bullied in vain, and the sons of my Great Zhou cannot die in vain."

A minister stood up and said, he was obviously prompted by others, and his hands were trembling when he stood up, "Gu Guogong, you shouldn't just care about the love and hatred of the family. When there is a war, the situation is bound to expand."

Gu Zhao reached out to grab the teacup, someone was faster than him, Wei Sheng picked up the teacup and threw it out, and the tea foam got on the man's head, "Shut up, if you say that, the people who were killed in the border town are nothing Alright," pointing at him and saying to the guard, "Put him down for me."

"Huh...huh..." The man was panting.

"Brother Mu Xin, are you feeling better? You haven't burned yet." The little boy asked with concern.

"It's okay, where are we going?"

"I don't know. I guess we are approaching the Heilan River. There are more small animals here. I saw a rabbit just now."

The man smiled and patted the child's head, "Brother will catch you a rabbit to eat later."

The little boy sucked his saliva, "No...forget it, brother is still injured, I'm not hungry."

"Brother Mu..." The person who spoke seemed very unaccustomed to this address, "should have avoided their vanguard."

The man named Mu Xin nodded, "Take a break and walk in this direction."

"Brother Muxin, have we avoided the Liz people? Can we go back to Dazhou?" the little boy asked.

Mu Xin nodded, knowing in his heart that their direction of progress was exactly the opposite of what this child thought, and they plunged headlong into the core area of ​​Liz's army.

(End of this chapter)