Harue Kagetsu - Chapter 126

Although the Jingzhou rebels suffered two consecutive defeats in Dangtu and Jiankang, the purpose of Li Mu’s battle at that time was to rush to rescue and save the city, so he did not pursue it fiercely. Although the rebels were defeated, they still retained their strength.

After Xu Mi fled to Xuancheng, he immediately regrouped, rallied his troops, and tried to counterattack.

Then, the battle that took place in the wild outside Xuancheng was the real contest between the two sides.

Xu Bi was defeated, and he fled along Jiangxi with the last remaining soldiers. The pressure on Jiankang was relieved immediately, and the court was able to put its focus back on the chaos of the Heavenly Teachers.

Soon, Piling was also taken back.

The capital and surrounding areas, where the situation was once in danger, was threatening like a dark cloud, and finally it was completely resolved. The evacuated people began to move back to Jiankang.

This news, along with the vivid descriptions of how Li Mu returned to Jiangdong from the distant Chang’an, turned the tide, saved the emperor and the capital from danger at the critical moment, also spread throughout Gyeonggi and Jingkou.

All the people in Jingkou danced and raised their hands to celebrate, and they were more deeply honored. These days, from morning to night, people from outside the manor came to inquire about whether Li Mu was coming back and when.

Everyone looked forward to seeing his face.

Luoshen even more so.

From the day she was intercepted by Gao Yin in the middle of the road and sent back to Jingkou to avoid chaos, to this day, more than two months have passed.

And separated from him, it has been more than half a year!

She missed him terribly.

Auntie should have given birth by now.

But before, perhaps because of the war, she never communicated with herself.

In the end, she gave birth to a younger brother or a younger sister for herself. What is the current situation? Luoshen still has no news at all.

And Aye, eldest brother and the others, Luoshen can imagine how difficult their situation was before Li Mu returned to the army, facing the double pressure from the rebels and the religious rebellion.

All of these made Luo Shen feel extremely concerned.

Therefore, as soon as the news that the Gyeonggi area has stabilized, Luoshen couldn’t wait any longer. He went to look for the Lu family today, and wanted to ask her to stay in the manor temporarily. He was going to leave for Jiankang. When he arrived, he saw Xie Sanniang was there. In front of Lu Shi.

Xie Sanniang seemed to be about to say goodbye when she got up, saw Luoshen coming, called her “Sister-in-law” and bowed to her with a very respectful attitude.

Luoshen remembered that when Jingkou was surrounded a few days ago, she and Shen shi and others helped a lot in the manor, smiling and letting her sit again.

Xie Sanniang declined with a smile, said that she had something to do, and withdrew.

Luoshen asked someone to send her out of the manor. Lu Shi immediately called Luoshen to sit beside him, and said with a smile, “Ami, do you know what Sanniang said to me just now?”

Since yesterday, after the news spread that Li Mu returned to the army and relieved the siege of Qu’A, Luo Shenzhi has been seeing the women from the neighborhood who used to communicate with A’s family here and ask her for news about Li Mu.

But Xie Sanniang didn’t seem to come here on purpose, she hesitated, knowing that she didn’t know.

“It’s a good thing.” Lu Shi seemed very happy.

“Sanniang said last time, she received a letter from Sun Fangzhi who asked your brother to bring her back. She has already decided that when Jiang Tao sends someone to pick up Shen, she will go with her.”

Lu Shi said with a smile: “She has a lifelong support, and I am relieved. When she gets married in the future, I will marry her like a daughter.”

When Luoshen heard this, he let out a sigh of relief. He was also sincerely happy for her, and he agreed that he wanted to go to Jiankang.

Lucy naturally agreed.

“Since the road is safe, you should go back earlier and bring more people with you. Although A’s family is at ease here, A’s family still lives in the village and will not return to the town for the time being.”

When Luoshen went back, he ordered people to pack up and plan to leave the next day.

By the end of the day, when all the packing was finished, Luoshen also rested early, wanting to recharge his energy and set off early tomorrow, but thinking that he would be able to go back, he couldn’t sleep.

Li Mu is also in Jiankang at the moment. The thought of seeing him when I go back makes me happy, even a little excited.

But on second thought, Xu Mi’s rebellion has not been completely quelled, and the heavenly teachers have just been driven out of the Gyeonggi area. Many counties in the southeastern hinterland are still in the hands of the religious rebellion, and the situation is still grim.

So she guessed again that he might not have stayed in Jiankang, but continued to work non-stop to quell the rebellion. Even if he returned to Jiankang, he might not be able to see his face.

A burst of anticipation, and a burst of disappointment. In the middle of the night, I still can’t sleep, and I can’t wait to leave tomorrow morning. I can’t wait to fly back to Jiankang to see what’s going on.

I really couldn’t sleep, so I put on my clothes and got up, lit the lamp, walked to the window sill, pushed open the window, and looked out.

It snowed a little yesterday. The snow on the ground had long since disappeared, and only a layer of residual snow remained between the gaps in the tile heads. Under the reflection of the moonlight, the residual snow was crystal clear, like white frost.

Her eyes turned to the tree next to the small building where she lived again, recalling the scene where he climbed the tree to see her that night, stared at the whirling tree shadow for a moment, and felt a cold wind blow, shivered.

She rubbed her hands and was about to close the window when her eyes suddenly stopped.

Just above the footpath leading out from the gate of the small building, stood a silhouette of a man.

I don’t know when that person came in, but he actually stood under the doorstep of the small building where he lived, turned his head slightly, and silently kept looking in his direction.

Luoshen’s hand on the window lattice suddenly stopped.

Even though the man’s face was hidden by the night, how could she not recognize the familiar outline drawn by the figure?

She guessed that he might be in Jiankang, and she guessed that he might leave Jiankang and go somewhere else to suppress the rebellion.

The only thing I didn’t expect was that, so quickly, almost immediately, he came to Jingkou to find himself!

In this late night with the icy coldness that is unique to southern winters, what other surprises are there, more unexpected than thinking of a person who suddenly appears in front of you?

The blood vessels in Luoshen’s body instantly heated up.

She screamed in surprise, leaned out of the window, waved vigorously at the man, then turned around and left the house, running down quickly.

Her feet landed on the wooden stairs, the stairs rattled, she ran to the door in one breath, pulled the latch, and opened the door.

Li Mu hurried up the steps and stood outside the door. Two eyes, shining in the night.

“Lang Jun!”

Luo Shen called out, and the whole person threw himself into his arms.

Li Mu opened his arms and hugged the soft body that had been thrown into his arms tightly.

At the moment when he hugged her, he felt a surge of blood in his chest.

As soon as Jiankang stabilized, he put down all the affairs that needed to be dealt with and rushed back to Jingkou where she was.

He had already learned from Gao Huan of the frightening experience she encountered in Jingkou a few days ago, and he couldn’t wait to see her face immediately.

But just a moment ago, when he finally came back and called to open the door of the manor, before reaching the small building where she lived, he hesitated again.

He was afraid that she would not be able to accept what had happened, that she would be devastated, but it was impossible to keep her secret.

This is another reason why he must come to Jingkou to meet her in person no matter what.

But at this moment, in the dark night around him, Li Mu heard the whispers of “Lang Jun” and “Lang Jun” full of surprises in his arms. All the longings and longings of her suddenly surged out.

He couldn’t bear it any longer, lowered his head and kissed her lips.

The maids downstairs were startled by the sound Luoshen made when he just went down the stairs.

After a long time, Li Mu finally let go of her, picked her up, carried her upstairs, and entered her house.

He put her on the bed and turned to light the lamp, but she grabbed his hand.

She coquettishly dragged him back, preventing him from leaving. She got up from the bed, knelt on his lap, wrapped her arms around his neck, and pressed her soft lips towards him again. .

Finally ending this sweet kiss full of lovesickness again, Li Mu was completely overwhelmed by her on the bed.

Luoshen was lying on his chest, his breath still lingering, his soft hands caressed his face, and complained coquettishly at him: “When did you come back? Why did you stand outside and not call the door? It just snowed yesterday. , it’s cold at night, and I’m not afraid of freezing…”

There was a bit of distress in his tone.

Li Mu let out a long breath, trying his best to calm down his rapid heartbeat caused by his little wife, whom he hadn’t seen for more than half a year, and was silent for a while.

He really couldn’t bear to let her know about it, but he couldn’t hide it.

“Oops, I forgot-“

She suddenly remembered.

“You’re so late, you must be hungry and tired. A’s family is fine. Don’t worry, she’s already asleep. It’s not too late for you to see her tomorrow morning. I’ll go get you something to eat first…”

She hurriedly got up from him and wanted to get out of bed to light the lamp, but he held her hand.

Li Mu stopped her, got out of bed, went to the lamp stand, lit the fire, turned around, and stared at her.

She was sitting on the edge of the bed, flushed with blush, her face was like a delicate flower, her bright eyes were reflected by the candlelight, and there was a happy smile on her lips.

Li Mu only felt that his mood was getting heavier and he didn’t know how to say that sentence.

Seeing that he kept looking at him like this, without saying a word, Luo Shen gradually felt that something was wrong, hesitated for a while, and said with a smile: “Why are you looking at me like this?”

Li Mu walked to her side, sat down, and said, “Ami, there is something, please listen, don’t be too sad. It doesn’t have to be like that…”

The smile on Luoshen’s lips froze: “What happened?”

Her face changed slightly: “Could it be that something happened to me, Aye?”

Li Mu shook his head: “Father-in-law is fine.”

“Is my brother bad?” she immediately asked.

Although the eldest brother has led troops for many years and has experienced many wars, on the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyes.

It was Li Mu’s tone that made her unable to stop thinking about it.

He shook his head again and said that Gao Yin was indeed injured when he was in Qu’a, but now he is fine.

His words, not only did not make Luo Shen feel relieved, on the contrary, he became more anxious.

She knew that Gao Huan was fine.

In this war, the men who were directly related to her and who were most likely to have an accident, Aye, Brother A, and Adi had nothing to do with it, but Li Mu just spoke to her in that tone.

Is it…

“Did my grandma have an accident?”

She opened her eyes wide, her face suddenly pale.

Li Mu nodded slowly and told her what he knew in a low voice.

Before Luoshen finished listening, the whole person froze, staring blankly at Li Mu, motionless.

Just today, when she was packing her luggage for tomorrow morning, she was still happily guessing whether A-Niang added a younger brother or a younger sister for her. Whether it is brother or sister, she will like it. According to the calculation of the day, it should be the full moon.

She imagined the cute appearance of the full moon baby, and wished to see it immediately, but she never dreamed that such an encounter would happen to A-Niang during the period of Jiankang’s emergency!

Tears quickly blurred his eyes.

“Ami, don’t be too sad. Although Shaw claimed that he killed and destroyed the body, I asked Li Xie that Shao was not seriously injured at the time. Based on her condition, it is difficult to handle the funeral like this. Clean. At that time, all possible places around were searched, three feet of ground were dug, and the nearby waters were also checked one by one, and there was no Long Princess, let alone not the slightest trace. , the eldest princess should still be alive, but was taken away… Don’t worry, I’m searching everywhere. I’ll definitely find it…”

She felt that Li Mu was holding herself in her arms, comforting her by her ear.

She knew he didn’t want to be too sad. In his arms, he closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, kept nodding, trying his best not to cry. Endured until the end, even both shoulders trembled.

Li Mu was afraid that when she was so sad, he was not by her side, so he had to tell her the bad news himself.

He hugged the trembling body in his arms tightly, and said in her ear, “Ami, cry out, it will be better if you cry. I’m here.”

Luoshen couldn’t hold back anymore, sobbed out, tears like water bursting from the bank, kept falling from his closed eyes.

Li Mu stopped talking and remained silent. He just kept holding her in his arms and patted her on the back lightly.

Luoshen cried for a long time, slowly opened his eyes that were already red from crying, looked up at him, and asked with sobs, “Just now you said that I, Aye, are fine. Isn’t he very bad?”

These days, the Gao Qiao that Li Mu saw did not fall down.

After waking up in the tent that day, he immediately returned to the affairs of the court.

Just before Li Mu came to Jingkou and went to say goodbye to him, he was still discussing with Feng Wei about the people’s relocation, and the documents before the case were piled up like a mountain.

But Li Mu had a feeling that his father-in-law was just holding on. After the emperor came back, he fell ill, and the situation in the court was still as severe as a mountain, and he couldn’t just fall down.

Still hesitating, Luoshen had already sat up from his arms, while wiping away the tears that kept rolling down his cheeks, he choked and said, “If you don’t tell me, I know it too. No one can compare to what happened to A-Niang. Aye blames himself more and feels more sad. I’m afraid he will really fall. I want to go back as soon as possible!”

…

Li Mu hugged her for a while, and when she gradually stopped crying, he took her to see the Lu family.

Lu stood up.

Li Mubai was also a mother whom he hadn’t seen for a long time, and told what happened to Jiankang. Before Lu Shi could feel the joy of his son’s return, he was very sad, soothed Luoshen, and even asked his son to send her back to Jiankang quickly.

Before dawn, Luoshen got into the carriage and rushed towards Jiankang.

On the evening of the third day, she finally returned home, got off the carriage, and when Gao Qi, who came out to greet her, saw her, she called out “Little Lady”, and her voice choked.

Luoshen suppressed the sadness in his heart, and asked his father’s body in the first sentence. He learned that he had been taking medicine recently, and he was going home today. At this moment, he was in the study and went over immediately. While walking, he said, “It’s so late, why don’t you persuade me, Aye, to rest?”

Gao Qi sighed: “Even if everyone wanted to stop, they couldn’t stop. The rebels fled, but I heard that they would fight back. Although Tianshijiao was kicked out of Qu’a and Piling, they were in other places. I heard that the day before yesterday, the prefect of another place was killed… Feng Shizhong and the others have been discussing matters in front of the husband at night, and it’s not long since they left…”

Luoshen asked Aju again, and learned that she was rescued at that time, and the imperial doctor did his best to treat her. Finally, she was not in danger, and she recovered a life. Although her body has not recovered and is still being raised, it is considered one of the many misfortunes. Fortunately, I finally felt a little better in my heart.

Before she got to the study, she heard a coughing sound coming from inside.

She pushed open the door and saw her father, with a dress draped over his shoulders, sitting behind the desk, coughing and reviewing the desk documents.

Luoshen stopped and looked, the circles of his eyes slowly turned red.

When Gao Qiao heard the door open, he raised his head and saw his daughter returning. He was covered in a goose-yellow thick satin cloak, and he was in a mess. He had obviously just returned overnight. He stood at the door, and looked at himself with red eyes.

He was startled, his lips subconsciously pulled slightly, as if he wanted to show his daughter a smile, but the smile was too condensed, and then he was overwhelmed by heavy sadness and self-blame.

He slowly put down the pen and said in a low voice, “Ami, you’re back… Aye, I’m sorry for your mother, and I’m sorry for you…”

Luo Shen couldn’t bear it any longer, walked quickly to his father, and said with tears in his eyes, “Aye! Don’t blame yourself. Lang Jun has already told me that A-Niang is a lucky person, she must still be there! Look, I will definitely be able to find Auntie back!”

A bitter smile appeared on Gao Qiao’s lips, and he nodded, “Yes. Aye thinks so too.”

“Aye, you have to take care of your body and wait for Auntie to come back.”

Gao Qiao smiled and said, “Aye knows. Look, didn’t I take all the medicine?”

There is an empty medicine bowl on the desk, and next to it is a pile of documents.

She took off her cloak.

“Aye, what else do you have to do with documents, leave it to me, you go to rest!”

Gao Qiao looked at Li Mu’s figure hidden in the night outside, and asked Luoshen to call him in.

Li Mu came in and wanted to salute Gao Qiao.

Gao Qiao waved his hand, stared at him, and said, “The chaos of the Heavenly Master’s teaching has caused the people to flee, and there is no peace in the sixteen counties in the southeast. “

“The country is still in trouble, and those who can bear it. Jingchen, I want you to go and settle it. Would you like to go?”