The general went out again at night + extra episode

"Xueqin." Xia Qingshu let go of her vigilance, and smiled apologetically, "It's so late, why are you looking for me?"

"Come and see you, since you came back from Nanjing, I feel that something is wrong with you, it seems that you have no energy during the day..."

Xia Qingshu denied it flatly: "There is nothing wrong." After a pause, she added: "It's just that I didn't sleep well at night, so I don't have energy during the day."

"Coincidentally, I brought you some sleeping pills. You will be able to sleep well tonight after taking them later."

"Thank you."

"Then I'll go first." Jiang Xueqin walked to the door and turned back: "By the way, are you free tomorrow? Do you remember the box that the tree coffin man is holding? I know how to open it. I will take it with me tomorrow." Take a look."

Xia Qingshu thought for a while, and said: "Yesterday, a few Tatar royal families and important officials were captured, and there will be a trial tomorrow morning. I should be free in the afternoon. Can we make an appointment at Weishi?"

"Yes." Before leaving, Jiang Xueqin added: "Remember to take tranquilizers."

"Yes, you should rest early."

After Jiang Xueqin left, Xia Qingshu picked up the medicine bottle, pursed her lips and looked at it for a long time, but finally put it away silently and did not take it.

***

"Suxi, how far is it from the northern military camp?" The wind and sand got bigger as we went north, Ji Qianyao tightened his clothes, reined in his horse and looked forward.

Su Jin stayed in Nanjing City to handle chores, and Ji Qianyao brought Su Xi here.Suxi is from the north, and she is very familiar with the northern region. After a little calculation, she said: "My master, there are still 140 miles."

"Non-stop day and night, how long will it take to arrive quickly?"

"It will arrive around tomorrow's time."

"Okay, let's go on the notice, don't stay tonight, and drive all night."

"Yes!"

Ji Qianyao didn't close her eyes for several days and nights in a thousand miles. She kept on driving day and night, just wanting to get to Xia Qingshu's side as soon as possible.

Xia Qingshu didn't know about this.She hadn't closed her eyes for a few days, her head was swollen, and she fought against the Tatars yesterday, and she used up a lot of strength, and now her whole body is sore and uncomfortable.

She rested her arms behind her head, and looked at the top of the camp with her eyes absent-mindedly, and those past events were still flashing through her mind.

A colorless and odorless smoke drifted in through the gap under the camp tent.The two squatted outside the tent, one holding an incense burner, and the other holding a cattail fan, which fanned the smoke from the incense burner into the air.

Xia Qingshu's eyelids became heavy, and her thoughts began to wander. Unknowingly, her upper and lower eyelids touched, and she closed them.It didn't take long before the snoring sounded everywhere in the tent.

Outside the curtain, Jiang Xueqin and Liu Yan heard Xia Qingshu's snoring, smiled in satisfaction, and then tiptoed away with the incense burner and cattail fan.

Xia Qingshu slept very deeply and had no dreams until dawn.

Waking up in a daze, Xia Qingshu stretched her waist, turned her head to look at the sky outside the window, she realized that the time was wrong, and hurriedly called Liu Yan.

"What time is it now?"

"Sishi." Liu Yan replied.

Xia Qingshu was shocked: "It's time! Why didn't you ask me to get up?" She hurriedly lifted off the quilt and put on her clothes.

"The general can't sleep well. If things go on like this, his body will definitely be damaged. Seeing that the general slept soundly this morning, how can I have the heart to call you?" Liu Yan explained with a smile.

"You! Confused! The imperial court wants to report, and I need to interrogate those captives today. I slept late in the morning and had an appointment with Dr. Jiang in the afternoon. The interrogation can only be held in the evening, and it dragged on until late at night. I have nothing to do Time to rest."

"Don't worry, general. I have already interrogated those prisoners, and I have recorded their statements. I have written the report, and the general can read it." Not long after the prisoners were interrogated, Liu Yan carried the report with him.

"So you made all the arrangements, last night must have been tricked by you!" Xia Qingshu suddenly realized.After a deep sleep, her energy and spirit recovered a lot, her head became more relaxed, and her mood became more comfortable.

It's just that she got up too late, she just ate something to relax, and in the blink of an eye, it was too late, and she hurried to the appointment.

Jiang Xueqin's residence was located in the northeast corner of the barracks. When Xia Qingshu arrived, she was cutting a flower from a tree with red flowers.If Xia Qingshu remembered correctly, this small tree should be called Flaming Wood. Doctor Jiang mentioned it in his letter. It has obovate leaves and fiery red flowers. It is the sapling that grew out of the corpse of the tree coffin man after it decomposed.

Xia Qingshu looked at the sapling again, imagining in her mind the scene of a corpse slowly disappearing and transforming into a small sapling. Suddenly, she shivered and her palms broke out in cold sweat. This was too unbelievable.

After regaining consciousness, Xia Qingshu walked towards the square table where the boxes were placed, took advantage of the opportunity and sat on the round stool beside the table, picked up the small brown box and looked around.

"Didn't you say that it was already opened, why is it still closed now?" Xia Qingshu broke it hard and found that he still couldn't open it.

"Don't worry, I didn't want to tell you how to open it, so I closed it again. The secret lies in this flower."

"This red flower?" Xia Qingshu picked up the red flower that Jiang Xueqin put on the table, looked at it in front of her eyes, but didn't find anything special, "Is this flower a key?"

"Yes." Jiang Xueqin smiled deeply, took a small spoon, scraped the anthers of the safflower, and got a lot of pollen.Then she turned the box upside down and poured the pollen into the keyhole.Then, there was only a sound of "click--", and the tightly closed box popped open automatically!