Watch the sea

When people from Yichong came to Yinghai, Xiao Gaomin, as the son of Marquis of Yong'an, of course wanted to take a look, and out of the host's way of hospitality, Su Lang naturally wanted to go too.So in the flower hall, only Xing Hun, who was left by Yan Zhe Feiqiang to grind the medicine, and Ye Shuli, who was sitting leisurely at the side, sipped tea and ate cakes.

Of course Lord Qianyong was not joking, the little worker he sent to the door was not in vain, Su Zhang took her to the pharmacy in the mansion to get some medicinal materials, and first let Xinghui wait in the flower hall.

Yan Zhefei came back not long after, and asked Su Zhang to bring Xinghui a mortar.Yan Zhefei sat down and sorted the herbs, and raised her chin to signal Xinghui: "Come grind the medicine."

Xinghui had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward to take the pestle.

Ye Shuli ate the last piece of pastry slowly, without the slightest intention to help Xinghui grind the medicine together. Instead, he looked at Xinghui gloatingly, with a word "should" written brightly on his face, and then folded the fan in his hand. After a show, he walked away in Xinghui's pitiful eyes.

At that time, Su Lang and Xiao Gaomin had already met Yi Chong in the main hall.

Yichong's military officer did not expect to meet their family's heir here, and was very surprised to see Xiao Gaomin, but the military situation was urgent, so after seeing the ceremony, he first talked to Su Lang about the business: "As expected, Dongying is much more greedy than the Beidi Thirteen Divisions, and the invasion of Yichong is probably out of ulterior motives. They are very close to the Westerners, and the Changzhou garrison intercepted a Dongying warship transporting armaments by chance, but In addition to the Western munitions, several Western military officers were also arrested, who belonged to the Western Navy Fleet."

Su Lang was not surprised after hearing this, and after a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice: "Compared with the twelve cities in the south of Dayin, the benefits that King Jing can promise are too insignificant. Kyushu is currently in civil strife, and taking advantage of the opportunity to hijack is not to be missed. With the garrison in Changzhou, Yichong is not easy to attack, they spend a lot of money running thousands of miles, and they want a quick victory, of course they will not use Yichong as a breakthrough, but there are many gaps along the East Sea of ​​Changzhou."

It is a big taboo to have a lack of morale in the army. Among the twelve military regions in Kyushu, the navy in the East China Sea is the most inconsistent.The coastal defense along the East China Sea has always been weak, and now the left division of the East China Sea Navy, led by Admiral Jiang Di, surrendered to King Jing, and now it is less than a hundred miles outside Yinghai City. They are no different from defending their homes and defending their country.

Along the East China Sea, only the main force of the right division of the naval army led by Qin Youfang was forced back to the defense by Su Lang not long ago. If the Dongying and Western Allied Forces turn north from Yichong to make a surprise attack at this time, Qin Youfang will be able to defend it. It's hard to say.

The military officer is familiar with the situation in the East China Sea, so he naturally knows what Su Lang is worried about, and he also heard what he said. After thinking about it, he said: "Yichong will pay close attention to Dongpu's movements. If there are any changes, we will intercept them first and cooperate with Ying Hai as much as possible. The meaning of the Marquis of Yong'an is that if there is an emergency, the garrison from Yichong will be dispatched to support along the East China Sea. But if such a time really happens, the twelve cities in the south of the Yangtze River will probably bleed a little even if they don't lose a piece of meat .”

"Bleeding is inevitable, but it can only be done first." Su Lang rubbed his eyebrows, stood up and said: "Then I will thank Yong'an Hou Mansion here first."

Xiao Gaomin was sitting on the sidelines admiring the pattern on the teacup in his hand. Hearing this, he laughed twice, and took the conversation without raising his head: "That's still polite, no need to thank me."

The military officer hurriedly said: "What the son said is that the word 'thank you' is not suitable. Lord Hou also said that since the Yi Chong Xiao family has promised His Majesty, they will definitely carry it out to the end. Please rest assured."

Su Lang nodded.

After finishing the business, the military officer looked at Xiao Gaomin, who was sitting by the side and was concentrating on studying the patterns of blue and white porcelain, and asked cautiously, "Is your son going back to Yichong, or staying in Yinghai for two days? Master Hou a few days ago Instead, I asked about the itinerary of the deceased son..."

"Are you asking about the itinerary or scolding me?" Xiao Gaomin glanced at him, put down the blue and white porcelain cup, stood up and brushed his sleeves, surprisingly easy to talk: "Back, can you not come back? People from Dongying have come to the house, I can't return anyway It's outside. I was going back to Yichong too, but I happened to pass by Yinghai and stopped for two days, I'll go back with you tomorrow."

When Ye Shuli came over, he happened to hear these words. Xiao Gaomin saw him and asked directly, "Go to Yichong or stay in Yinghai?"

Ye Shuli didn't answer, his eyes were fixed on Su Lang, he was silent for a while, then he walked up to pat him on the shoulder, and said solemnly: "I'll leave Xinghui to you."

The voice stopped, and he didn't continue with the following words - because there is no contingency and any accidents are allowed at all.

Su Lang also heard the second half of his hidden sentence, facing Ye Shuli's quiet gaze, he replied seriously: "Of course."

The young master of Lishan Mountain, who was arranged by a few words and a few words, is working bitterly under the hands of the master Qianyong at the moment. The maids and servants in the mansion are all watching, but Yan Zhefei doesn't call anyone. Dudu ordered Xinghui one.

When Su Lang came back, Xinghui had just finished grinding the third medicine.Su Lang met his pitiful eyes and sat down at the table, with an irrepressible smile on his lips, he knocked on the table in front of Xinghui, and deliberately asked: "Are you lazy?"

Xinghui immediately opened his eyes wide, and said aggrievedly: "Lazy? I do the work of three people by myself, and I'm still lazy!"

Su Lang took another medicine mortar, and couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard his words: "Then I will allow you to eat for the three of you tonight."

……

Yan Zhefei took a pair of herbs that Xinghui had ground today, boiled them into a bowl of thick black soup, and handed them over to the old man to be taken by Su Lang.

Yan Zhefei watched from the side with her hands behind her back, and when she finished a bowl of soup, she suddenly twitched the corner of her mouth and said to Su Lang: "You are bold, aren't you afraid of my tricks?"

Su Lang put down the medicine bowl, met her half-smiling eyes, and said lightly: "Because I know that the Landlord has no choice. What's more, if the Landlord wants to take someone's life, he still needs to do so much trouble in the medicine." Is it?"

Yan Zhefei was noncommittal and didn't say anything. She lowered her eyes and suppressed the faint smile on her lips, and suddenly covered her mouth and coughed lightly twice.

Standing by the side, Xinghui glanced inadvertently, wondering if it was the illusion of the light from the candles, but he saw a morbid paleness on Yan Zhefei's face, and a smear of crimson color on his lips seemed especially red , as if...stained with blood.

The night breeze blows quietly under the season, and the wind blows the candles. Before Xinghui can see the real thing, Yan Zhefei suddenly takes two steps forward, most of her face is blocked by the light and shadow, she opens her mouth to tell the attendant what to say. A doctor's order, the voice is clear, and there is no discomfort.

Probably he was wrong, Xinghui turned his eyes back, thinking so.

The bowl of medicine Yan Zhefei had really worked. That night, the old man coughed up a puddle of black blood. His pale sick face gradually turned rosy, and the withered and yellow spots on the back of his hands also faded a lot. It's just that people are still half-conscious.

Su Lang's hanging heart finally let go a little.

Yan Zhefei shook her head and said: "This is just the beginning, Yanxi Zhong's Gu poison is not that easy to get rid of, I'll go to Yingbei to have a look tomorrow."

Xinghui asked: "Do you need any more medicine? I'll grind it again."

"No, wait for someone first." Yan Zhefei smiled, and glanced at Xinghui: "Wait for Ye Jianwei to send me a helper."

Xinghui looked at her with some doubts.

"You can think of the Er Fei Medicine Sect, but will your father forget it?" Yan Zhefei said slowly: "As for grinding medicine, anyone can do it, but before your father comes, I will order you around first, and I won't let you go." It’s a good deal.”

"..."

Night fell quietly, and tonight was a rare peaceful night. Jiang Di's attacks for several days in a row did not gain much advantage from Yinghai City.

However, Su Lang did not heave a sigh of relief because of this rare chance to breathe, instead he was even more worried. Right now, the Ningzhou garrison was fighting with Dingguo Duke's heir Zhou Mincai in Dingkang, and he was blocked on the north bank of the Lanjiang River for a while.Behind Jiang Di, there are several aristocratic families from the Twelve Cities in the South of the Yangtze River as backup behind the scenes, and some time and energy are spent calmly and in Yinghai City.

Su Lang knew very well in his heart that Jiang Di could afford it, but Ying Hai couldn't continue to fight for a long time. He was not afraid of fighting Jiang Di, not to mention the current situation, even if there were more in the twelve cities in the south of the Yangtze River. He, Ying Haisu, could afford to use up the weeds standing behind Jiang Di.However, the Yichong frontline military situation sent by Yong'an Hou Mansion urgently sent by eight hundred miles today reminded him all the time that this civil strife should be over.

The Allied forces of Dongying and Western countries are eyeing up, and they don’t know when they will extend their greedy minions to Dayin Donghai. If Jiang Di and those Changzhou aristocratic families who defy the water and respect the king cannot be solved by then, Yinghai and even the whole Jiangnan will really become internal and external troubles. The consequences are unimaginable.

Su Lang rubbed the center of his brows, thought for a while, and thought about it.He just stood up and planned to go to the military camp outside the city, when Xie Ling followed Su Zhang and walked in.

"You have to put some pressure on Jiang Di, otherwise it will be very difficult to find those old foxes behind him." Su Lang raised his hand and poured Xie Kun a cup of herbal tea, saying so.

Xie Beng nodded, frowned and said, "I've read the battle report sent by Yichong. The Yinghai battlefield really can't be delayed any longer. Otherwise, once the Dongying people turn northward with the Western Allied Forces, Lao Qin alone might block it." Can't stop, Changzhou has to find a way to cut the mess quickly."

Su Lang: "Jiang Di can't wait to come and harass him every hour, but we have exchanged fire with him dozens of times these days, but there has never been a real tough battle. He didn't plan to attack by force at all. It was a war of attrition. He also knew that Yinghai had a deep foundation, and if he wasted it under normal circumstances, he would not get any benefits, but now Yinghai has a plague that cannot be cured. The plague in Yinghai City is completely fermented, and when Yinghai is caught in internal and external troubles, it will hit again, otherwise what will those nails in Yingbei do?"

Xie Ling recalled the few soldiers who were infected with the epidemic a few days ago, and nodded thoughtfully.

Su Lang smiled slightly, his eyes were deep, he put down his cup, and told Su Zhang: "Send someone to spread the news tonight, especially to Yingbei, and say that Duke Ying's mansion has invited a genius doctor to come over and find the doctor." The way to cure the epidemic must let Yingbei's nails also help us play a little role."

Xie Qin was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked: "Is there really a way?"

Su Lang nodded: "Didn't the Lord Qianyong come to Yinghai today? She is the miracle doctor Xinghui found."

There was no joy on Su Lang's face, he paused and continued: "But in this way, Jiang Di will definitely not be exhausted anymore, we will at least have a tough battle with him."

Xie Bong waved his hand and said loudly, "Then fight him! Are we still afraid that he will fail as a traitor!"

"No, then we will retreat directly to Yinghai City." Su Lang squinted his eyes, and said slowly: "Yinghai City must be taken to respect the king, but only with the left division of the Donghai Navy in Jiang Di's hand can we return to the city." Not enough. In the twelve cities in the south of the Yangtze River, I don’t know how many people quietly boarded King Jing’s thief boat, but if they want to take Yinghai, those old foxes who pretend to watch the fire and really turn against the water must do something for King Jing. Everyone knows that the Changzhou garrison and the Changzhou aristocratic families are in the same spirit, and it will be time to see which ones have changed."

Su Lang seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and smiled softly: "Aren't some people just afraid that they won't move? Otherwise, how can we catch them all at once... Hey, I've done your governor a big favor. When the matter in Changzhou is over, Remember to remind him to invite me to dinner."

His tone was understated, and there was also some faint smile, as if he was talking about something insignificant.Xie Ling responded to him with a smile, then turned his head and glanced casually at the Floating Cloud Ji Ji on the side of the white jade soldier rail. The golden mountains and rivers geographical patterns on the scabbard shone with a cold luster under the candlelight.In the day of June, Xie Yu suddenly shivered for no reason.

***

Summer nights are short, and the sky dawns within a few hours of closing your eyes. Xinghui and Su Lang woke up early in the morning and went to Yingbei with Yan Zhefei.

Yingbei is still under heavy military blockade, Su Lang intends to let the nails mixed in with the refugees help him spread the news to Jiang Di, so as soon as he arrived in Yingbei, he asked Su Zhang to withdraw half of the soldiers who closed the city, as if to tell everyone that Yingbei The Duke's Mansion really thought of a way to cure the plague.

Although Yingbei was plagued by plague and suffered serious disasters, it was considered to be well-organized. The affected refugees were separated according to the severity of their illness. Honey pills made from powdered medicinal materials such as fenugreek and turnip.

Yan Zhefei went directly to see the group of refugees who were most seriously ill. Su Lang took advantage of this gap to visit Yingbei City with Xinghui. Su Zhang just told him yesterday that there is a partner in Yingbei's nails. Dao Jing is a first-class expert, and if he wants to catch this person, Xinghui or him can only do it himself.

But the other party was obviously very obedient, Xinghui and Su Lang led people to investigate around, but there was no trace.But today is different from the past, they are not in a hurry, so they simply went back to Yan Zhefei's place and waited.

Before Su Lang left, he specially greeted Yan Zhefei, but to their surprise, this top nail never showed up.With Yan Zhefei's realm, if there is a Daoist realm that dangles in front of her, it is absolutely impossible to miss it.

That can only be that the other party never showed that they were around from the beginning to the end.

It's normal to see Su Lang and Xinghui, since the plague in Yingbei, they have been here quite often.This nail knows that the two of them belong to the same realm, and it is not surprising if they want to avoid them.

But Su Lang didn't intend to take the initiative to find this nail at all, so he deliberately walked around the city with Xinghui, just to leave Yan Zhefei here alone—because looking at the entire Dayin Kyushu, he had seen Jie Yan Zhefei behind the mask, or those who sense her realm and know that they can't get close, can count with two hands, which is not enough for mere ones in the Dao realm.

He only let Su Zhang release the news last night that Duke Ying's mansion has invited a miracle doctor who can cure the plague. All fools know that this miracle doctor must be Yan Zhefei who came to Yingbei today.There is no reason why this nail hidden in the dark can't take advantage of Su Lang and Xing Hun walking away to find out.

But the other party never showed up from the beginning to the end.

Su Lang and Xing Hui looked at each other and frowned slightly. He always felt that someone was ignored by him intentionally or unintentionally.

Yan Zhefei stayed in Yingbei for a day, and the effect was remarkable. In the evening, Su Zhang and the others had already distributed the first batch of medicine for dispelling Gu to the affected refugees.

And Jiang Di obviously also got sporadic news, but he was not sure about the situation in Yingbei City, so he chose to stay still.

The hours of day passed by in an instant.

At dusk, Yinghai City lost the bright lights of the past, only the candlelight and the torches for patrolling and defending against the enemy lit up one after another in the dense night.No one in the whole city sleeps peacefully, the gunpowder smoke of the day has not dissipated, and the alarm bell has sounded quietly at night, countless unknown dangers are lurking in the dark, waiting for the most appropriate and unexpected opportunity.

Yingbei, a sick man with a sallow complexion, walked silently through the quiet long street, and under the cover of night, stepped into a house where the candlelight had long been extinguished.

"The miracle doctor brought by Yingguo's mansion seems to have two brushes. Today's medicine has been changed to a different prescription, and those people in the city are really helpful after drinking it." He lowered his voice and said inside.

Most of the person sitting by the bed was covered in shadows, and he couldn't see his face clearly. He was slowly wiping something with his hands. , after all, that is... the Lord of Qianyong Realm."

"Refugee" didn't hear the last part of his sentence clearly, and asked with a frown, "What are you talking about? By the way, why didn't you go out today to see the way of that genius doctor?"

"It's nothing, the reason why I didn't go out," he said with a rising voice, seemed to be in a good mood: "I know she does have the ability to cure this plague."

"Refugees" was anxious when he heard the words: "Are you serious? Then what should we do!"

"What are you worried about? Just go and tell your Royal Highness King Jing. As for that miracle doctor..." He paused, his tone suddenly dropped, and he said extremely coldly: "I will kill her."

The moonlight slanted into the window lattice, illuminating what he was wiping, which was a sword.

The author says:

Ahhh I finally have winter vacation!