It's easy to be a villain, but hard to be a princess

Han Zixiao arched his hands, "Han Zixiao, a businessman from the south of the Yangtze River, just overheard two brothers talking about the Northwest War. He was very curious, so he wanted to come over and have a chat. Please forgive me."

The older man pointed to the vacant seat opposite, "If Boss Han doesn't mind, sit down and drink together, and talk while drinking."

Han Zixiao cupped his hands again, "Then Han would be more respectful than obedient."

Han Zixiao took his seat and asked, "I don't know how to address you two?"

The older man said: "I'm Jiang Liao."

"Under Zhu Gao."

"Brother Jiang, Brother Zhu." Han Zixiao arched his hands and got straight to the point, "The two of you are familiar with the Northwest War, where did you find out about it?"

Jiang Liao said: "Familiarity is not counted. My former residence is in the northwest, and I go back and forth several times a year. After hearing a lot from others, I know a thing or two."

Han Zixiao said: "Mr. Han is very interested in the Northwest War, I wonder if it's convenient for Brother Jiang to tell you all about it?"

Jiang Liao drank a glass of wine, "If you want to talk about everything you know, it will take a long time to talk about it."

"As long as Brother Jiang doesn't find it troublesome, no matter how many Hans are willing to listen."

"No trouble, no trouble, leave me idle."

Han Zixiao was overjoyed, "Today, I have fate with the two brothers, so I must have a good drink. As for the money for the drinks, it will be on Han's head, how about it?"

Jiang Liao and Zhu Gao hurriedly said, "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders!"

Three people shared a table, talked and drank wine all afternoon.At the end, Zhu Gao got drunk and was supported by Jiang Liao to go home, while Han Zixiao listened to Jiang Liao talking about the Northwest War without drinking much wine.

After finally deciding to come to Sichuan, even if we can't get back to the past with him, it's good to see him often.But what he didn't expect was that he went to the northwest again, and he didn't know when he would come back from this trip.

Han Zixiao set up a shop in the bustling area of ​​Rongcheng, and opened the third branch of Yujingfang.On the day the silk shop opened, Liu Hao and Yuan Yisheng came to the door to send their congratulations.

After staying in Sichuan for two months, Han Zixiao was busy with the business in the shop every day, whenever he heard someone talking about the Northwest War, he would lean closer to listen, and when he heard that Chu Muqing was well, he breathed a sigh of relief.

On the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, Han Zixiao bought dozens of mooncakes from the most prestigious pastry shop in Rongcheng and brought them to the Shu Palace, and also brought some clothes made of brocade to Xiao Shizi.

Uncle Song distributed the mooncakes brought by Han Zixiao to the servants, and Han Zixiao played with Xiao Shizi in the courtyard with his arms in his arms.Xiao Shizi smiled happily, as if he didn't recognize Han Zixiao at all.

Han Zixiao teased the little prince, and suddenly thought of a question, "Uncle Song, why haven't you seen the princess?" Since he first came here at the beginning of the year, he hadn't seen the little prince's biological mother. Not at the mansion, but in the past two months in Rongcheng, Han Zixiao came to the Shu Palace more than once or twice, and never saw him once, so he was curious.

Song Bodao: "Isn't this prince's concubine you?"

Han Zixiao said: "I'm talking about Xiao Shizi's concubine mother."

"Xiao Shizi was adopted by the prince, and her biological mother, Lao Nu, has never seen her before."

Han Zixiao was stunned, unable to speak for a long time, "Then, my lord..."

"After the prince came to Shu, he never married again."

The blood in Han Zixiao's whole body boiled, it turned out that he did not marry again...

After being separated for two years, Chu Muqing was nearly [-] years old, but he didn't think about marrying another, but adopted a child. Does this mean that he plans not to marry someone else?

Han Zixiao's mind was full of Chu Muqing. He thought that he had already married her and gave birth to a small son. He didn't want to ruin his happy life, but when he heard that he did not marry another, Han Zixiao I couldn't stand it any longer.

Jiang Liao, whom he met last time, happened to be going back to the northwest, Han Zixiao handed over the newly opened shop in Rongcheng to Ye Qing, packed up a few clothes and some money, and set foot on the road to the northwest.

Without thinking too much, the only thing he wants to do now is to go to his side, no matter whether Chu Muqing hates him or blames him, they have missed too much, this time he can't miss it no matter what!

The climate in the northwest is harsh, with frequent sandstorms, and you can't see rivers and mountains after walking for dozens of miles.It is only a ten-day journey from Rongcheng to the northwest. Jiang Liao's hometown is a small county town on the border.

Go to the tea shop and restaurant, and you can hear someone talking about the war in the northwest.It was not far from where Chu Muqing was stationed, and it took him half a day to ride his horse. Han Zixiao wished he could go there directly, but if he trespassed on an important military site, he might be regarded as an enemy spy and shot to death by random arrows without seeing Chu Muqing.

Han Zixiao decided to calm down first, he was already very close to Chu Muqing on the left and right, and some things about him would be clear just by inquiring about him on the street.

Jiang Liao invited Han Zixiao to his home. Jiang Liao's parents, wife and daughter lived in Rongcheng, but his elder brother Jiang Yun ran a horse farm in the northwest.Jiang Liao came to the northwest a few times a year to buy horses from his elder brother and then drive them to Rongcheng to resell them.

Han Zixiao stayed at Jiang Yun's house, and helped him feed his horses every day, and occasionally went to a tea shop on the street to order a pot of hot tea, and sat there all afternoon, listening to people talking about the battle in the northwest.

"I heard that there was another battle yesterday, in the Valley of Haunting Souls. The enemy deliberately created an incident and threatened to bring our army in, and then attacked with chaotic rocks. But how clever the King of Shu was, how could he be deceived by them? He immediately ordered [-] soldiers The elite soldiers divided into two groups, and sneaked up on the enemy army ambushing on the Soul-hunting Valley. The two armies fought on the Valley of the Soul-hunting. can live."

After Han Zixiao finished listening, he hurriedly asked: "Then who will win this battle?"

"In my opinion, this battle is at best a tie. Although the king of Shu saw through the enemy's tricks early on, he failed to gain the upper hand in the battle in Soul-hunting Valley, so he had to withdraw his troops in the end."

Another person said: "I also heard that the withdrawal of troops yesterday was because the king of Shu was seriously injured."

Han Zixiao was startled, "The king of Shu is very skilled in martial arts, how could he be injured?"

"The leader of the enemy army sent several masters to deal with the King of Shu. No matter how powerful the King of Shu is, he couldn't deal with it." The man sighed, "Now I only hope that the King of Shu will be safe and sound."

"The auspicious people of the king of Shu have their own celestial features, so they will be safe and sound."

It was only half a day's journey away from him, but he couldn't get close. Han Zixiao felt like thousands of ants were biting his heart.Returning to Jiang Yunde's racecourse with a heavy heart, he saw more than a dozen soldiers in armor picking horses at the racecourse.Han Zixiao caught a glimpse of familiar figures among the dozen or so soldiers from a distance.

Han Zixiao ran over quickly, and Tie Feng, who was among the group of people, also happened to see him, and said in surprise, "Wang..."

Han Zixiao pulled him aside before he could call out the word wangfei, and hurriedly asked, "How is your lord's injury?"

"How does the princess know that the prince is injured?"

"I heard people say, tell me quickly, how is the prince?"

Tie Feng said: "My lord's injury is not serious, but the weapon was poisoned, and he is still unconscious."

"Have you found the antidote?"

"The military doctor has seen it. The poison in the prince's body can be cured, but it won't be cured for a while."

"Is there a way to take me to see him?"

Tie Feng wondered: "This is an important place for the military camp. Without the prince's permission, the humble position can't be the master."

Han Zixiao's eyes dimmed, and he let go of his hand.

Tie Feng pondered for a while, "There is a plan to let the princess enter the barracks."

Han Zixiao suddenly raised his head, "Let's listen."

"But this plan may wrong the princess."

"As long as I can see him, it doesn't matter if I feel wronged."

Tie Feng came out this time to buy horses to supplement the war horses, so Han Zixiao could just pretend to be a groom and follow them into the barracks.

Han Zixiao changed into coarse linen clothes and drove the horse with a long whip, and followed Tie Feng to the barracks.When we arrived at the barracks, it was already dark, and torches were lit everywhere in the barracks.

Tie Feng drove the horses to the stables. The stables were simple, and there were more than a dozen war horses in one stable.After handing over the bought horses to the steward of the stable, Tie Feng led Han Zixiao to his camp, turned over the armor for him to put on, and then led him to the main camp.