Chapter 198

In the next few days, outside the city gate of Huangzhou, King Cheng's soldiers and horses launched several more military attacks. However, Huangzhou's terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. For those people, it is not an easy task. In addition, the city defenders defended the city several times, which greatly damaged the morale of King Cheng's soldiers and horses, and they were not as ferocious as they were in the night attack on the first day.

The people of Huangzhou still lived their lives tremblingly, but the smooth defense of the city by the city defenders gradually gave them confidence. In addition to repairing the house that was burned that night, I am gradually trying to restore my previous life. The city garrison is still patrolling the streets every day to see if any assassins have slipped through the net. One day in the province, they will start to make trouble again, causing chaos among the people.

When the military affairs were not so tense, Ji Heng and Lu Ji would not have grandpa not in the house. This morning, the rain that had been falling for several days stopped, except for the warm sun. Wen Renyao taught Lin Yao to read the words on his divination plate in the courtyard. Wen Renyao and Jiang Li took care of the burial of Lin Yao's parents, brothers and sisters. Lin Yao had no other merits, so he just stayed here. Of course, even if he didn't say it, Jiang Li wouldn't leave him alone in his original house.

Lu Ji walked in from the outside and said, "Concubine Liu is bestowed to death."

Jiang Li just got up and went to the hall, and that's what she heard, Ji Heng sat on a chair and drank tea.

"Is he dead?" Jiang Li came out, sat down on the chair, and asked, "Did King Cheng send anyone to rescue him?"

"No." Lu Ji shrugged.

"The emperor's attempt to lure the snake out of the cave has failed." Jiang Li said.

Hearing this, Ji Heng laughed, "Not necessarily."

Jiang Li looked at him, and Lu Ji explained: "King Cheng is selfish by nature, and His Majesty may not know about it. It is too dangerous to go to the palace to rescue Concubine Liu, and it will disrupt his original plan. Once something happens For one thing, Concubine Liu must be sacrificed. If the emperor really wants to lure the snake out of the hole, there must be other ways. It is precisely because the emperor understands the nature of becoming a king that he directly kills Concubine Liu. Concubine Liu cannot escape death, so it is better to give it to the people earlier An explanation."

"I see." Jiang Li nodded. Her understanding of Emperor Hong Xiao was limited to what she knew from Shen Yurong in her previous life, and what her father told him. In this life, I have seen Emperor Hong Xiao's face, which is also very few. I only know that the emperor still has a lot of bargaining chips in his hands, but Jiang Li is not very clear about the relationship with King Cheng.

"Also, His Majesty has sent General Wuwei to Huangzhou."

Jiang Li said: "This is good news."

Once General Wuwei came, Huangzhou City was saved.

Lu Ji glanced at Jiheng, and then said: "General Zhaode is also on his way back to Beijing."

His tone was so strange that Jiang Li also looked at Ji Heng. Ji Heng's expression didn't change, he just said: "King Cheng is going to Yanjing."

Jiang Li thought for a while and asked, "King Cheng can't beat General Zhaode, can he?"

Ji Heng smiled slightly and said, "A wolf and a tiger, do you think the wolf killed the tiger, or the tiger ate the wolf?"

What he said was an understatement, but it made Jiang Li feel cold. On the surface, Ji Heng's words meant that King Cheng lost to General Zhaode, but when he looked deeper into the meaning of the words, it was different. King Cheng has been preparing for this moment for many years, so that Emperor Hong Xiao didn't dare to touch him easily before. However, in Ji Heng's words, there is a huge gap between King Cheng and General Zhaode. If General Zhaode is really so powerful, that is to say, he is more powerful than Cheng, then when did General Zhaode start preparing?

Except for the sudden transfer of General Zhaode to the northwest by the late Emperor, there seemed to be nothing special between the late Emperor and General Zhaode. Is General Zhaode a threat to Emperor Hong Xiao's throne? If Emperor Hong Xiao knew, he probably wouldn't let General Zhaode return to Beijing.

Jiang Li always thought that the matter of Yin Zhan might involve a big royal secret. But at least for now, she can only glimpse the tip of the iceberg. Moreover, both Ji Heng and Old General Ji had reminded her not to interfere in this matter. Jiang Li didn't mean to meddle in her own business, but her instinct told herself that she had to take care of this matter if she didn't want to, because the Jiang family was also involved.

She had to protect the Jiang family, herself, Xue Huaiyuan and her performance. Otherwise, if you make a mistake, you will lose everything.

While thinking about this, Ji Heng stood up and walked outside. Lu Ji asked him, "Where is your lord going?"

"Go for a walk." He walked to the door, paused, and asked Jiang Li, "Together?"

Jiangli stood up: "Okay."

The sun was still as bright as before, but the queen mother was even brighter after the rain. The streets of the city were littered with stones and fallen wooden beams from houses. Some have been patched up and are still inhabited. Some repairs were not good, so people found some thatch and built a thatched house on one side. There are still coffins on the ground that have not yet been buried. Some monks sit beside the coffins and recite sutras.

The children didn't know what happened, and they didn't know the cruelty of war. Taking advantage of my parents not paying attention, I played games with my playmates and laughed happily. But the parents knew that the future would not be peaceful, and they all had worried faces.

Most of the shops on the street are closed. Very few are still open, and there is a refreshment shop in front that is still open. The beam of the door had been burnt black, but it was still left alone. There are fewer tables and chairs than before, and an old couple is busy.

It's just that in the past few days, who has the mind to sit here and have tea and snacks, so there is no one at the table in the thatched shed that was built. Even if there were, it was a woman who came in a hurry, took out a few copper coins from her sleeve, bought a bag, and left in a hurry.

At this juncture, the streets are extremely unsafe. Although living at home may not be very good, it is still much better than wandering on the streets. Who knows if those vicious assassins will suddenly jump out and take people's lives.

Jiang Li stopped in the refreshment shop and said, "I'm going to buy something."

The maidservant who was invited temporarily had already left, and the situation of Ji Heng and the others was really not suitable for outsiders to be present. So there was no one to serve Jiang Li, but fortunately Jiang Li was not really a pampered young lady, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He also helped clean up the house. As for the food, Wen Ji bought it from outside, because it was like this in the city, so of course it would not be very tasty, it was just to fill his stomach.

Jiang Li wanted to buy some refreshments, not for herself, but for Lin Yao. Although the little guy is accompanied by someone every day, he often has nightmares at night, dreaming of the tragic death of his family and crying non-stop. Wen Renyao was also helpless. Children like sweet food, so if you buy some back, Lin Yao will like it.

When the old couple saw Jiang Li coming, they asked Jiang Li what he needed. Jiang Li chose some, and while the old man was wrapping them up, she asked the woman, "Ma'am, it's all like this in the city, why do you still open a shop?"

The aunt smiled and said: "This store is an old store, left by our fathers. We live and eat in the store. Even if a war breaks out, we have no other place to go. Besides, those soldiers If you really go to the city, hiding in the courtyard is the same as being on the street. As long as you live, you will live a good day, and people of our age will not be afraid of anything."

When she was talking, the old man had already wrapped the pastry and handed it to Jiangli. Jiang Li wanted to pay the money, but suddenly remembered that she changed her clothes today and left her purse behind. She thought for a while, and was about to take off the bracelet in her hand when a slender hand stretched out, holding a silver ingot, and placed it in front of the old woman.

"This..." The old woman was taken aback, and said, "It doesn't take so much. We don't have any extra coppers..."

"No need."

Jiang Li looked back and saw that Ji Heng had walked to her side at some point. Probably because he had waited for her for a long time, saw her predicament again, and came here specially to relieve her predicament.

"Little girl," the old woman immediately thanked, "Your husband is really a good man."

Jiang Li blushed, and was about to distinguish, but Ji Heng dragged her away.

Jiang Li was still holding the sweet-smelling oil paper bag in her arms. After thinking for a while, she still raised her head to look at Ji Heng, and saw that Ji Heng was walking forward at a leisurely pace .

"Did you just hear..."

"What?" He looked sideways at Jiang Li, his eyes full of amusement.

"This aunt said that you are a good person." Jiang Li replied without changing her face: "Didn't you say that I am the only one in the world who thinks you are a good person, now you can say that there are two people."

Ji Heng was taken aback, probably not expecting what she was going to say. But he quickly reacted and said, "I don't mind letting her take back her words."

The words were so cool that Jiang Li was speechless. Only then did she realize that Ji Heng was holding her sleeve, but their sleeves were wide, and from a distance, it looked like he was holding her hand. Jiang Li felt inexplicably uncomfortable. She didn't know whether Ji Heng deliberately kept a distance because he hated others approaching her, or because he respected the girl's family.

Jiang Li secretly tried to pull her sleeves out of his hands, but unfortunately she couldn't succeed, and because of too much movement, she staggered and almost tripped, and was helped by Ji Heng.

"Walk carefully." He said with a smile.

Jiang Li had to give up.

The two of them were walking on the streets outside Huangzhou City. It was time for such chaos. There were not many people who dared to walk on the streets so swaggeringly during the day. In addition, Ji Heng's appearance is too grand, which immediately attracted the attention of many people. People hid behind the windows and behind the gates of the house, watching them secretly. Especially the young girls, seeing Ji Heng's extraordinary demeanor, had already looked at him secretly. By the way, even Jiang Li, who was led by Jiheng, couldn't stop watching.

Jiang Li really can't laugh or cry, she really doesn't like this kind of appreciation that is treated as a novelty.

Jiang Li said: "Grandpa, I think we should go back. Or if you go shopping alone, I will go back first."

"You should have gotten used to it when you were Xue Fangfei." Ji Heng reminded slowly.

Jiang Li choked. It's true, when she first married and came to Yanjing City, she was gorgeous, and she was scrutinized wherever she went. It was uncomfortable at first, but then I got used to it. But now she is no longer Xue Fangfei. Jiang Li said: "The past is the past, and the present is the present. I am no longer Xue Fangfei."

Ji Heng: "Then you should get used to it."

Jiang Li asked: "Why?"

"I don't like being around Gray Mouse," he replied quite simply. "If you're not good-looking, don't stand in front of me."

Jiang Li remembered, by the way, this man is a man who loves beauty and hates ugliness. She suddenly caught the loophole in Ji Heng's words just now, and she was so narrow-minded, she raised her head and asked Ji Heng: "What does the Lord mean, I still look good now?"

The joy and triumph in her voice couldn't be hidden, and Ji Heng couldn't help turning her head to look at her. The girl raised her head, her eyes were clear with a smile, and the girl's unique heartiness and courage were reflected in it, making her like a newborn pear blossom, white and lovely, pure and pure, which made people laugh along with her.

Ji Heng's heart skipped a beat.

From a gentle but indifferent, cunning and lonely girl to now, she has always liked to laugh, but this is a different person from Jiang Li when we first met. But maybe this is her real appearance. In the past years, when Xue Fangfei was a girl, she was like this when she never met Shen Yurong.

It's hard to imagine that she later became a boring woman, busy with trivial matters all day long. Putting away her aura and intelligence, she is no different from those beautiful official wives in Yanjing City. Shen Yurong turned a soft, lovely, hearty and moving pear blossom into a piranha that fights in the dark flower garden all day long. This is really a waste of nature.

He has never been a person who cherishes beauty and beauty, and has seen many beautiful women in the world. He was once scolded as hard-hearted and ruthless, but at this moment, he also felt that the sun was soft and soft, and she had a cute smile. I only hope that this smile can last for a long time. A young girl has the courage to put all her eggs in one basket and the good luck favored by God.

He approached Jiang Li and said softly, "Yes."

Jiang Li was stunned.

All the words that were planned to confront him and tease him stopped abruptly. The smile on the corner of the young man's mouth was gentle, and in the amber eyes, there was no deep or shallow affection and hypocrisy, just like the sunlight at this moment, warm and bright.

She was suddenly speechless, and her cheeks slowly flushed red.

The deer that had been silent suddenly stood up slowly again, slowly raised its legs, walked tentatively, then jumped up and down, running back and forth in her heart, trampling her heart into a mess.

Jiang Li could almost hear her own heartbeat.

She has actually forgotten what kind of mood she had when she fell in love with Shen Yurong at the beginning. After all, it has been a long time, but now, at this moment, she knows that she may be slightly, slightly, attracted to the man in front of her. .

This is not a good thing, Jiang Li was at a loss for what to do. But the instigator seemed unaware, stood up straight, and walked forward.

The sun shines on his tall back, dyeing others golden.

Jiang Li knew that something was wrong.

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