Pihanjin - Chapter 37

He is the father of your previous life, and you came into this world with the same blood as his. When you were young, he also hugged you and promised you to return home as soon as possible. You also mistaken the sound of passers-by stepping past the door as the sound of his horse’s hoofs, and you grabbed your mother’s hand. You rushed to the door to meet him, and returned disappointed. However, after many years, you, a young man, did not hesitate to pay him back with blood on his neck, and you also wanted to be the one who had to be with his father and son.

You refused to reconcile with this man, because he was everything to you and your mother, but when your mother and son needed him most, he left you in the boundless darkness behind him and went to the light by himself.

In front of Mu Fulan’s eyes, the scene of the boy’s blood splashing on the spiritual platform appeared again.

She closed her eyes and slowly closed her arms, hugging the little man who was sitting in her arms at the moment even tighter.

“Mother?”

A soft urging sound came from the ear.

She opened her eyes, lowered her head, and looked at Shang Xi’er’s curious eyes. She was about to speak when a notification came from outside the ship: “Master Weng! General Yuan is here!”

Mu Fulan lightly touched Xi’er’s head to show consolation, and then leaned out of the cabin to take a look.

The ferry was about to reach the shore. She saw Yuan Handing riding horses from the direction of the city. When he arrived at the ferry, he turned over and dismounted, as if he was going to Junshan by boat. Seeing the shadow of her boat, he stopped and waited on the shore.

There is a row of pallets on the shore of the ferry. When the boat docked, Xi’er went ashore and walked forward by herself.

In front of his feet, a board seemed to be loose, and one end was slightly tilted. Yuan Handing saw it, and immediately reached out to support him: “Be careful, young master!”

Xi’er herself has strode over that board. After standing still, he turned his head and glanced at Yuan Handing’s hand behind him that he had stretched out towards him that he had not had time to retract. He then glanced at his mother, hesitated, turned slowly to Yuan Handing, and showed him. With a smile on his face, he said, “Thank you General Yuan.”

Yuan Handing and the princess grew up together, and her appearance was deeply imprinted in his mind.

He still remembers the subtle feeling he had when he saw the child for the first time.

This child named Xi’er, with such a resemblance to Lord Weng, said that he was her biological son, and Yuan Handing would not doubt it at all.

Fate is so wonderful. On the child’s face, he vaguely seemed to see the shadow of Lord Weng, and Lord Weng loved the adopted son she brought back from outside. For Yuan Handing, the child was in his heart. an extraordinary position.

He subconsciously hoped that the young master could get closer to him.

But from the first day of his arrival, no matter how hard he tried to express his kindness to him, the young master’s attitude towards him was always polite and distant.

The little boy didn’t seem to like him.

This made Yuan Handing feel a little frustrated.

But today, things seem to be suddenly different.

At that moment, although the young master didn’t let him help him, he smiled at himself.

This is the first time the little boy smiled to himself.

Although he didn’t know what was going on, the young master’s change in his attitude made him sincerely happy.

Mu Fulan asked Yuan Handing what was going on.

Yuan Handing withdrew his gaze on Xi’er’s back, turned his head and said, “The Sanmiao people sent messengers, and the Tao was entrusted by the leader to come to our country of Changsha to seek assistance. Your Highness would like to discuss this matter with Lord Weng.”

Out of the boundaries of Changsha, extending to the southwest, between the large mountains and mountains and the raging rivers, there have been many ethnic groups living since ancient times. They live together as clans. , called the cave, the Zhai caves are scattered and endless, known as the 108 caves of the seventy-two villages.

They claimed to be descendants of the ancient Yan Emperor, but in the official texts of the imperial court, they had another title, and they were all called Southwest Barbarians.

After the Mu family ennobled Changsha, for two hundred years from the ancestors, they lived in peace with these Sanmiao people who lived in the south. When the relationship was the best, they taught them to grow mulberry, raise silkworms and reel silk, and sent doctors to help them. Healing disease. Many Sanmiao villages also regarded Changsha as the upper country, and sent messengers to offer tributes to express their gratitude and obedience to the Mu clan.

But after the rise of the Jiang Rong family, in the past ten years or so, such exchanges have never been seen again.

Jiang Rong nibbled and annexed the remaining villages and became the most powerful leader of Sanmiao. At the same time, the country of Changsha was suspected of the imperial court, and its national strength was declining day by day. Jiang Rong was very ambitious, intending to take the fertile Liancheng area in the south of Changsha as his own.

This situation did not stop completely until Mu Fulan was thirteen years old, after Changsha and Xie Changgeng signed a marriage contract.

In the past few years, Jiang Rong never dared to invade Changsha again, but the rest of the cave villages, due to Jiang Rong’s arrogance, also cut off their contacts with Changsha.

“Which caves did you come from? What did you send people to do?” Mu Fulan asked.

“It was sent by the Ran, Xiang, and Tian clans together. The messenger said that there was a drought last year, and this spring there is no green and yellow. Now, there is famine everywhere, and the people can only eat weeds and bark. Some time ago, Miasma started again, many people fell ill, and they were desperate, so they sent people over, hoping that His Royal Highness could help them to tide over the difficulties.”

Apart from Jiang Rong, these three clans used to be the most powerful villages in the Sanmiao area. Before Jiang Rong’s rise, although they had attacked each other for territorial disputes, they had always maintained a good relationship with the Mu clan. There have been discords several times, and it is necessary to rely on the Mu shi to mediate.

The news of the Sanmiao famine reached Changsha at the beginning of the year. Just a few days ago, out of some consideration, Mu Fulan had sent someone to Liancheng to find out the news and knew that the situation was true.

At that time, she had an idea. I didn’t expect such a coincidence, only a few days, the people of Sanshi came to the door by themselves.

When she returned to the palace, the messenger group had been sent to the post house for a temporary stay, and Mu Xuanqing was waiting for her.

Since she was rescued by Wang Mei’s “dream certificate” and obtained the Ru subway mine, Mu Xuanqing encountered an accident. Even if she made a decision, she had to discuss it with Wang Mei first.

He talked about the situation when he saw the messenger just now, and said: “Lu Xiang’s meaning is to find an excuse and send the person back, so there is no need to intervene.”

Lu Lin nodded: “Don’t look at them now asking for help and saying good things. When Jiang Rong attacked me in Liandi, the previous king also sent people over, hoping that the three clans would unite and send troops to fight with us. If they are willing to join me in Changsha If the Kuomintang and the Communists fight, the rest of the villages will follow. They are afraid of Jiang Rong, and none of them are willing to help. Now they are in trouble, and they think of us coming to ask for help. How can there be such a good thing in the world? Besides, our first priority is to expand and train our troops. The matter of the three seedlings has nothing to do with our country of Changsha.”

“Amei, what do you think?” Mu Xuanqing asked Mu Fulan.

If what she saw in her previous life and later was correct, she remembered that after Xie Changgeng became emperor, Jiang Rong had already unified the three seedlings by taking advantage of the right time and place.

Sanmiao has always been regarded as a place outside the barbarians. As long as there is no trouble, the imperial court will not interfere. At that time, Xie Changgeng, who had just ascended the throne, had too many things, and at first he let it go. Unexpectedly, Jiang Rong refused to accept the new dynasty, and he The title is Emperor, and he sends troops to attack the territory that originally belonged to Changsha. Naturally, Xie Changgeng could not tolerate this. At first, he sent troops to suppress the rebellion. However, the mountains and rivers were dangerous and the fortress was strong. It was very difficult to advance. City Walled, killed Jiang Rong. Afterwards, he gave various titles to the original leaders of the small and large Zhaidong, allowing them to set up their own territory and take charge of their own territory.

Mu Fulan said: “Prime Minister Lu is certainly right, but at this time, if we don’t help the three clans, sooner or later the land of Sanmiao will be occupied by Jiang Rong. Once Jiang Rong unites the three miao, who would dare to guarantee him Won’t you covet my country of Changsha again? I remember that when I was young, my father fought against Jiang Rong for a long time. When his power increases greatly, it will only become more difficult to deal with. Instead of being passive at all times, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity now. Support the three clans and help them get through the difficulties, at least, they won’t be annexed by Jiang Rong so quickly, and it is not a bad thing for our Changsha country to have them restrain Jiang Rong.”

Lu Lin hesitated and shook her head.

“What Lord Weng said is true, but Lord Weng is afraid that he forgot. Back then, the former kings also hoped that the three clans would remember their old feelings and join forces with me in Changsha, but they were afraid of Jiang Rong and refused to send troops. We have helped them now, who is it? Knowing that in the future, will they turn their faces and not recognize people again?”

Mu Fulan didn’t answer immediately, and asked Yuan Handing, who was beside him, “General Yuan, those of you who are in charge of the army, if you want to make the soldiers obedient, what else can you do other than be kind?”

Yuan Handing was startled, and then replied: “In addition to grace, there is also strict law.”

Mu Fulan nodded and looked at Lu Lin: “The Prime Minister heard what General Yuan’s military said, right? I have never commanded the army, but I have heard that the commander must use both grace and power in order to receive the soldiers obediently. Three So is Mrs.

“In the past, the leaders of the three clans were worried that our country of Changsha would not be able to defeat Jiang Rong. If we were to lose, we would be unable to protect ourselves. How can we protect them? No amount of grace is enough to make them work for us. It’s human nature. Now, what is the purpose of my Changsha country’s expansion of the army? Is it to seek peace of mind for the decoration? It is impossible to keep the expansion of the army concealed, and sooner or later there will be a battle. First support the three clans, and call them in future wars. Knowing that my Changsha country is enough to rely on, and using them, why is it difficult?”

Yuan Handing immediately said: “His Royal Highness, Lord Weng! Don’t worry about the two of you! I, Yuan Handing, would like to issue a military order here. “

There was a firm light in his eyes, and his voice was sonorous and powerful, full of confidence.

Mu Xuanqing came up, squeezed Yuan Handing’s arm, and then said to Lu Lin: “Prime Minister, you have heard what Wang Mei and Han Ding said. I decided to accept it. For the matter of borrowing grain to cross the wasteland, you have the Prime Minister.”

When Lu Lin reached middle age, she became more and more afraid of things. In addition, she was used to keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile for a long time. She was even more conservative. Seeing the three of them at this moment, they knew that it would be useless to oppose them. And thinking about it carefully, the words of Weng Zhu are indeed not unreasonable, so I have to nod.

“The minister takes the order, this is called the household official to do it together.”

After Lu Lin went, Mu Fulan said again: “Brother Wang, A-Brother Yuan, Prime Minister Lu was here just now, I still have something to say, so it’s inconvenient for me to say it directly. Now the forces are fighting, and the feudal lords are in civil war, but they just want to compete for territory. Expand our strength. We are located in a remote location, but in the future, depending on the situation, if we can destroy Jiang Rong, it is not impossible to take the vast land of the three seedlings to the south and use it for our Mu clan.”

“That’s why I persuaded Brother Wang to take advantage of this opportunity to be kind to the three clans. We will use both kindness and power. When we subdue them, the rest of the villages will naturally follow.”

Mu Xuanqing looked at Mu Fulan and was silent for a moment, the light in his eyes flickered, and his face gradually showed excitement.

“Amei, you woke me up! If my Mu clan can really reclaim the southern land, it will be even more powerful. He Chou can’t stand up, and He Chou can’t take revenge!”

Mu Fulan said: “In addition to expanding our strength, I also think about everything, we do our best, but Changsha is a lonely land except for the water. , we also have a room to retreat. This opportunity, like a godsend, cannot be missed.”

Yuan Handing nodded approvingly, and said to Mu Xuanqing: “Master Weng thought very carefully. In the land of Sanmiao, most of the fortresses are leaning against mountains and rivers. When I fought against Jiang Rong with the previous king, I had a deep understanding of this.”

Mu Fulan said: “Leave the food release to Prime Minister Lu, and I will deal with the miasma. I will call doctors today to prepare medicines and send them to Liancheng, and I will go there myself.”

Mu Xuanqing refused to let her go, saying that the place was remote and the miasma was dangerous, so it was enough to send someone else.

Mu Fulan smiled and said, “To be honest, Brother Wang, I happened to ask someone to investigate the situation a few days ago. The miasma is not serious, it only appeared in a few villages. It is not a big problem if it is dealt with in a timely manner, but If you don’t handle it properly, it will be a little tricky when the weather gets hotter. Don’t worry, Brother Wang, I have my senses.”

Hearing her firm tone, Mu Xuanqing had no choice but to say to Yuan Handing: “Handing, I’ll trouble you to go with Wang Mei. Remember, you must protect the lonely Wang Mei, and don’t let her make any mistakes.”

Yuan Handing responded respectfully: “Don’t worry, Your Highness, I will guarantee with my life!”

Mu Xuanqing was relieved and nodded, suddenly remembering Prince Qi, and asked about his condition.

Naturally, Mu Fulan didn’t mention that he deliberately pretended to be ill, but only said that there was no serious problem, and immediately repeated the suggestion that Zhao Xitai gave her.

Mu Xuanqing frowned: “King Qi is a good thing. In the early years, he and his father were old friends. Later, the border of Changsha was uneasy, and he was suspected by the court, and the situation was difficult. If he could care about his old friendship with his father at that time, Help, Amei, you probably won’t want to marry someone like Xie Changgeng. Now he wants to take advantage of the turbulent waters, so he needs me to send him money and food, right?”

He paused. “However, the situation is chaotic now and the form is unclear. Since Zhao Xitai said so, why not make a fool of yourself, and don’t have to offend him. I will reply in two days.”

Brother Wang’s decision was exactly what Mu Fulan thought. After the discussion was over, she came out and asked people to call all the princes in the city into the palace, together with several doctors and chiefs, and said that some villages in the Sanmiao land had a miasma, and asked them to go south with her decision.

The princess said, who dared not to obey, not to mention she went herself, everyone agreed in unison, and went back and prepared for it without mentioning.

During the rest of the day, Mu Fulan was busy preparing all kinds of medicines to be used. He ordered people to gather them and transport them by car and send them to Liancheng as soon as possible. He was busy and returned to his residence. .

Mu’s mother was waiting for her, and she came up to her and whispered, “Young master has already slept. Lord Weng, you are tired too. The bath water is ready. Lord Weng, hurry up and rest.”

Mu Fulan thanked Mu’s mother and told her to go to rest too. After bathing, she came to Xi’er’s bed gently and pulled the quilt for him. Suddenly, the little man on the pillow moved his eyelids a few times. ,open one’s eyes.

“Mother, are you back?”

He reached out and caught one of his mother’s soft hands.

It turned out to be pretending to be sleeping to deceive Mu’s mother.

Mu Fulan smiled and sat beside the bed. She was about to tell him that she was going to the south in the past two days, but she heard Xi’er say: “Mother, I heard from Sister Ru tonight that you are going to the south. It’s been treated. If you can bring me, let me go with you, okay?”

Mu Fulan wanted to keep him. After all, this time it was to practice medicine and nothing else. But at this moment, seeing him begging so much, thinking of this trip, including the back and forth on the road, even if the whole process is the fastest, it will take two months to come.

This is only the quickest estimate, and with the hot weather, it may take longer to end.

The incidence of miasma is related to damp-heat miasma. In many places of Sanmiao, the forests are deep, the trees are dark, the swamps are deep and the air is heavy, the weather is hot, the miasma is everywhere, the people suffer from famine, and their physiques are weak. , the pathology is not the same.

Liancheng is a city at the southern end of Changsha. The place is open and very safe. If you take Xi’er to the city, it is not impossible to keep him in the city.

“Mother! I promise to listen to you and not run around.” He continued to plead.

Mu Fulan hesitated, and finally nodded: “Okay, my mother will take you there. But you have to stay in the city and can’t go out.”

“Okay! I remembered it!”

Xi’er nodded happily.

Mu Fulan said softly: “Okay, go to sleep, my mother will accompany you.”

Xi’er hummed and closed her eyes obediently.

Mu Fulan was by his side, and after a while, seeing that he seemed to be asleep, he got up gently, and was about to turn off the lights and go to his bed, when he suddenly saw his eyelashes flutter, and slowly opened his eyes again.

“Mother…”

“When you came back during the day, you didn’t tell me who Xie Changgeng was? Was he a big bad guy?”

He looked at Mu Fulan and asked softly.

Mu Fulan was startled, but he didn’t expect him to remember this.

Her Xi’er has forgotten all the people and things in her previous life.

This is exactly Mu Fulan’s wish.

In her whole life, she didn’t want him to remember the past. Not at all.

She thought for a while, sat back, and said, “The person surnamed Xie, he is not a good person, but he is not a bad person, at least, not much worse than many people in this world. But Xi’er…”

She accentuated.

“Remember what your mother said, he is a very dangerous person. Whenever this person named Xie Changgeng appears in front of you, don’t approach him, let alone talk to him!”

Xi’er seemed to understand, she nodded, hesitated, and shook her head again.

“But I heard that the prince said, Mother, you were forced to marry him, and suffered great grievances. This man bullied Mother, didn’t he?”

“He bullied my mother, he’s a big bad guy!”

He said it word for word.

Mu Fulan saw that he clenched his two small fists tightly, as if sparks were faintly appearing in his eyes, she was startled, she held her small hand, spread out his clenched fist, put it back under the quilt, and said with a smile: ” That person didn’t bully her mother, and she won’t let others bully her. What you hear during the day is all about adults. You are still young and don’t understand many things. Just remember your mother’s words, don’t Think about it, okay?”

Xi’er was silent for a moment and said, “Okay.”

Mu Fulan smiled, touched his little face, and coaxed, “Go to sleep.”

Xier closed her eyes and fell asleep.