a pillow in autumn

The night wind was stern, and the yellow sand danced to the ground.It was already dark, and the Tu clan army suspended their offensive.Zhou Mubai stood at the top of the city, pursed his lips and stared at Tu Jun for a while, and then assigned several fortifications before stepping down the tower.

Zhou Muchen stood by the city wall, the arrow wound on his arm was only sloppily bandaged, Zhou Mubai saw it, hurried over a few steps, and briefly described the situation above and below the city.Zhou Muchen nodded and said: "People are patrolling in shifts. The army is tired, hurry up and repair." Before he finished speaking, he swayed, and Zhou Mubai helped him up. Knowing that he was exhausted, he called two soldiers to help him go to the government office rest.

When Shen Youtang came in with the food, Zhou Mubai was sitting in front of the desk, falling asleep with his forehead propped on his arms.Youtang gently put the simple meal on the side of the table, thinking whether to let her rest for a while, or wake her up to eat while it is hot.

Suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside, and Zhou Mubai had already woken up before reaching the door, probably because his nerves had been tense and he was just asleep.

"Your Highness," the guard's voice came in: "The guards of the Eastern Palace have urgent matters to see you."

"Come in." Zhou Mubai rubbed his eyebrows to wake up.

A soldier came forward and knelt down, mournfully said: "Report to Prince Rui, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been poisoned."

Zhou Mubai immediately stood up from behind the case, and asked, "Poisoned? Where is the military doctor?"

"The military doctor is already in the room of His Royal Highness, treating His Highness. In the future, His Royal Highness will be invited to come over."

Zhou Mubai didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and walked out of the room quickly.

In the back hall of the Yamen Office, several lieutenants stood outside the door rubbing their hands and pacing. Seeing Zhou Mubai coming, they gave a military salute together.Zhou Mubai waved his hand, pushed open the door, and saw a bearded military doctor kneeling in front of the bed, administering needles to Zhou Muchen.

There are messy gauze on the ground, and the blood has gradually changed color.The sleeve on Zhou Muchen's arm was cut open, and the wound made by the arrow pile had been wiped clean, revealing some blackness faintly.

After the military doctor finished administering the needles, he turned around, before he kowtowed, he heard Prince Rui say: "I don't even need to be polite, how is your brother injured? How could you be poisoned?"

The military doctor pointed to Zhou Muchen's arm and said, "The arrow that pierced His Highness's arm must have been soaked in venom. According to Weichen's observation, it must be the unique snake venom outside the Western Regions."

"Is there a problem?" Zhou Mubai frowned.

"This poison is very poisonous and extremely poisonous. Fortunately, it was only a scratch, and His Royal Highness has always been strong, so he lasted for so long." The military doctor hesitated and said, "I have snake medicine in my army medicine box, which can be used to suspend the snake venom. , but it is necessary to find a few medicines that are suitable for the disease immediately, take it internally and apply it externally, so as to prevent the snake venom from invading the internal organs."

"There should be a medicine shop in the city, you write the prescription, and you will send people to find the medicine in isolation."

After all the arrangements were made, the sky gradually glowed with a white light like a fish maw, Zhou Mubai ate some food, squinted for a while in front of the case in the meeting hall, and then a deputy general came to answer.

After yesterday's battle, only less than [-] of the [-] Xuanyi troops remained, of which thousands were lightly injured.Zhou Mubai frowned, and the documents in front of the tent also came in, saying that the food in the camp could only last for more than ten days.

Zhou Mubai ordered that the daily rations of the entire army be reduced to two-thirds, and the wounded and unable to stand horses were slaughtered as military rations to save fodder.

She knew in her heart that she said it was borrowing money, but in fact it was no different from Ming Qiang.But I hope that in Ye County, General Meng Xiang can react and send troops to rescue earlier.

Zhou Mubai sighed, and Shen Youtang advised her to go back to the back hall to rest for a while, and when she walked to the door, she suddenly said, "There are so many arrows raining in the battle, why is only the emperor poisoned?"

Shen Youtang was startled, and lowered his hands and replied: "Snake venom is difficult to remove, perhaps it is because the two Highnesses are in important positions, that they shot arrows towards His Highness." He paused, lowered his eyebrows, "Besides, there are some soldiers among the sergeants People have been poisoned by snakes... but there is no medicine in the army..."

Zhou Mubai stopped, and Shen Youtang followed behind her. Seeing her grip on the door frame tightened, she immediately let go and strode away.

Shen Youtang originally thought that Zhou Mubai would go to the back hall to rest for a while, but she stepped out and went straight to the barracks. Knowing that she was going to visit the wounded, she hurriedly asked Shen Yan and Lan to accompany her around.

The sky was bright, and a round of red sun broke free from its shackles and appeared in the east. Shen Youtang stood in front of the government office, looked at Zhou Mubai's back, arched his hands, and bowed deeply.

Ever since Zhou Mubai led people to Quyang City, Zhou Mudi felt bored in every possible way in the camp, clamoring to slip away to play in Ji County every day, Wei Jinpeng had no choice but to let her two confidants and a few soldiers protect her into town.

The confidants and the soldiers all got the word, knowing that this is the son of the king of Jingzhong County, who came to the barracks to learn a lot, so they also sat on the saddle and waited on him thoughtfully.

Entering the city this day, Zhou Mudi wandered around the street twice, and there was nothing unusual, just feeling bored, a clever soldier came forward and said, there is a teahouse at the corner, with exquisite decoration, private rooms on the second floor A corridor is set up along the street for shade, so you can enjoy the scenery downstairs while drinking tea.Zhou Mudi clapped his hands and praised him for his cleverness, and the group went to the teahouse.

The autumn sun was a bit dazzling, Zhou Mudi sat alone under the corridor on the second floor, with a few plates of refreshments in front of him, and a few guards standing behind him.She twirled a piece of Ruyi sesame cold roll and took a small bite, thinking: "Although it is rough, the taste is unique. Bring Brother Xiaobai to try it some other day."

There is a half circle of orchid grass planted outside the railing in front of the corridor. The orchid grass is delicate and picky about the climate and soil, so it is quite rare in the western frontier.Although the orchid grass in front of me is not a famous species, it is rare to cultivate such a jade-like appearance, and it is also cute to look at.Zhou Mudi propped his chin up for a while, then heard Xiao Er calling out from outside the private room: "Guest officer, the gardener in the shop is here, can you let him come in and play with flowers and plants for a while?"

Zhou Mudi naturally didn't want to be disturbed by others, but he thought that he was a young man now, so he had to be bolder, so he raised his chin, the guard understood, and walked over to open the door.

The second brother came in with a young boy, seventeen or eighteen years old, carrying a flower pot and shovel, wearing a scholar's hat, handsome and fair.

Xiao Er asked Zhou Mudi to accompany her, Zhou Mudi agreed absent-mindedly, the guards surrounded her, the boy looked at it, and went forward to play with the bluegrass.

Zhou Mudi waited for a while, and when he saw that it was not finished, he got impatient and started to leave.Suddenly he heard the boy behind him saying: "Why are these orchids placed here?"

The second brother thought for a while and said, "Yesterday the proprietress invited a craftsman to repair the guardrail. There was no place to put the flowers and plants, so they moved them there."

The boy started to move the bluegrass down, but Xiao Er stopped him and said, "The proprietress said, the semi-circle around looks good, and the guest officials like it, so let's put it here."

The boy squinted at him, "Bluegrass likes shade, and it will wilt within two days if left under the sun. At that time, you will say that I am incompetent, and the flowers will be damaged. Or you can hire someone else." He packed up his things and walked out the door.

Xiaoer stomped his feet from behind and shouted: "Bai Mo! Bai Mo! Who else can grow orchids here except you!!"

The boy named Bai Mo didn't respond either, the sound of footsteps on the wooden stairs went away, Zhou Mudi was still in the corridor, saw him go down the stairs, walked around the corner of the street, and disappeared.

The days were ordinary, after staying in the camp for a few days, Zhou Mudi led the guards to go to the city of Ji County.Wei Jinpeng frowned when he heard the report from his subordinates, he really couldn't control her, not to mention the complicated affairs in the army, he didn't have much heart to serve the little princess.

When I went to the tea house again, I saw that the orchids in the corridor were drooping and lacking energy, and I played the reed flute with my fingers, and a plant of orchids swayed between her fingers for a moment, and then lowered its head droopingly.

The sky was getting dark, and the refreshments on the table were still there. Zhou Mudi was leaning against the wooden railing, playing with a flute in his hand.The body of the flute is emerald green, and there is a small piece of jade hanging on the tail of the flute. On the jade piece is engraved with the word "Mu" in ancient style. She holds the piece of jade and looks at the flowing clouds in the sky. Think about something.

The guard looked at the sky and stepped forward to ask her to go back to the camp. She responded lightly, sat for a while, then got up lazily and went downstairs.Men Ding led the horse over, Zhou Mudi stepped on the horse-mounting stone, several guards protected her and turned over, the group of people turned around the middle of the street, and saw a noisy circle of people.

Zhou Mudi didn't care to watch the excitement, so he rode his horse towards the city gate, and after walking a few steps, he heard a voice shouting: "I'm not your slave, why should I follow you!"

The voice was somewhat familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere before.Zhou Mudi listened for a while, then heard a vicious voice saying: "Who cares if you are a slave or not! If my master wants you to go, you will go!"

"Let me go!" The voice in front struggled, and there was the sound of fighting, and he yelled again: "Is there no law in Ji County?"

"Toast, don't eat fine wine!" A whip was pulled out with a crackling sound, and said in a vicious voice: "My master is Wang Fa!"

Some of the crowd of onlookers recognized that this was a bully in the city, and they gradually dispersed timidly.Sitting on horseback, Zhou Mudi saw a few big men standing in the middle of the street surrounded by a fair boy in the scattered crowd. The boy's body was already covered with several bloodstained wounds, and another whip hit him right in the face. There was a mottled mark on it, he raised his head stubbornly, and met Zhou Mudi's clear eyes.

The bluegrass is long, and the fragrance of Dongxuan.

That boy is Bai Mo.