Volume 3 Chapter 56 (1/2)
Gu Fang Bu Zi Shang Vol03 Ch56
When horses were fattened, sheep flocks were also doing well The rainwater this year was decent, and the grass on the plains grew non-stop The sheep, cattle and horses did not lack food so herding was comfortably done, as any random place would do
Ze Yin was aand unafraid of hardshi+p He led Weiting grow food and look after the livestock, while Yangfeng weaved so her free time They were self-sufficient and life was laid-back
“Changxiao can walk now”
“Walk? I reckon he could run the ; you have no idea how hard it is to catch him”
Pingting had given this child the right nah
Yangfeng was delighted at the sight of hioodabout?”
Pingting scooped tottering Changxiao and pointed at his nose, blah; no need to run How many times do you need to fall to feel pain?”
Ze Qing tugged at the corners of Pingting’s clothing “Carry”
Yangfeng hurriedly pulled her son to one side, holding back her laughter “You’re still young and shouldn’t haul Changxiao at your pace What if you drop hi “I reckon you ought to let Changxiao and Qing’er becoxiao”
“Why bother? They’re always together and look like actual brothers to anyone”
“How could they possibly look like actual brothers? Qing’er looks plain silly while Changxiao was born with a hint of dominance Look at those eyes and that nose; he’s literally a tiny…” The title, the Duke of Zhen-Bei was stuck in Yangfeng’s throat, leaving her sentence suddenly cut by a lack of voice She knew she had said the wrong thing Her heart was uneasy as she raised her eyes to look at Pingting
Pingting had been teasing her son when her face had paled It was a long time before she smiled bitterly, “Not just his eyes and nose, but his expression too” She poked at her son’s tender nose, unsatisfied as she whispered, “What’s wrong with looking like Mother? Why must you look like that person?”
My son, do you know of the Duke of Zhen-Bei?
The Duke of Zhen-Bei’s name is Chu Beijie
He could wield a heavy sword, capture the eneeneral’s head from the middle of thousands of soldiers, and held the power and influence to conquer the world Those will ill intentions would shi+ver in his presence
He was intelligent, courageous, and dauntless -an unchallenged faeneral on the battlefields
He should be in the Dong Lin Royal Residence, right? When auturand celebration in honour of his birth
The sixth, I remember
His birthday was the sixth
Yun Chang’s ar Lin Royal House awake fro Lin ithout Chu Beijie The Queen of Chu Beijie i of co He Xia
But the ene the troops to attack was He Xia Whether it was the Queen of Dong Lin or Chen Mu in charge, both knew that it was a ith no hope
When He Xia arrived at Dong Lin’s borders, he ienerals and threw out their first task
“The report of returning spiesLin’s reinforceround First conquer Yan Lin City Which one aain this first victory?” When He Xia finished speaking, he senerals around him
Military generals fought for reward, so who didn’t want the first victory? Several of the younger officials seeer, but Gui Yan opened his mouth the quickest and stood out fro to help Prince Consort capture Yan Lin City”
He Xia see expected that he would be the one He listened with his head slightly inclined before gently asking, “Does Junior General Gui knoho is currently guarding Yan Lin City?”
“Yes, it’s one of Chu Beijie’s ex-subordinates, Luoshang”
“Yes” He Xia nodded briskly, his expression inscrutable “Luoshang is a eneral fully tuned by Chu Beijie He’s a very fierce defender and has a significant ai out the Weibei Regiood too…”
“No need” Gui Yan flatly refused, his voice quite proud “I have already sent xiao ar troops at Yan Lin City, enough for a siege He’s , not a Chu Beijie, so what need is there for my second uncle to attack?”
Gui Changning deliberately agreed with a few grunts before raising his coarse voice to speak “Such overkill, like killing chicken with a cattle gun There’s no need for two of iments to attack a tiny city like that, elsewise the ar Lin will mock Prince Consort”
He Xia saw the uncle and nephew echoed each other but didn’t appear angry He only agreed, “Fine then I’ll just wait to celebrate for Junior General’s good news”
Gui Yan gained a chance of meritorious service He res and couldn’t help be a little estured and said, “Prince Consort, before I lead the army to attack the city, I have a small request”
He Xia asked, “What request?”
“In the case that so unexpected happens and reinforcements needs to be sent from the main camp, please let my second uncle lead them, Prince Consort”
He was young and fit so his request was full ofWith this, he was obviously worried that theto harenerals either
The rest of the generals had long been impressed by He Xia’s famous demeanour and were not particularly pleased towards the Gui family that opposed He Xia at any chance in the courts Listening to this, each and every eye narrowed in study at Gui Yan, a person who had shot up to the rank of a Junior General thanks to his family
He Xia’s broad-mindedness was unexpected by all He pondered and said, “Such a small request, I’ll promise you that much”
Gui Yan easily received He Xia’s promise and couldn’t help feel a little bewildered When the rest of the generals finished discussingleft together Gui Changning , “I didn’t expect him to be so easy to talk to No, to such a tiny city like Yan Lin… the Yongxiao regih What need is there for reinforcements? All he’s done is ood show for everyone to see and bring glory to our Gui family for once”
“Of course” Gui Yan chuckled After thinking for a ed to stern “I’le if Second Uncle, I will lead the troops away, but you must be more careful back here You mustn’t…”
“Drink alcohol right” Gui Changning angrily looked at him, “Am I that untrustworthy? I pro everyone down Don’t worry!”
The next day, when the sky had yet to lighten, Gui Yan led the ariment, towards Yan Lin City
Gui Changning was rather worried as they were family after all He personally sent hi is a person who trained under Chu Beijie In case of an abnormal situation, don’t try to be brave and ier to report to me”
Gui Yan nodded, a confident s face “And when successful, I’ll ier to report to Second Uncle too”
Gui Changning laughed “Go, I’ll be waiting for your good news”
Before dawn, the sky was darker than night Gui Changning watched Gui Yan and his horse disappear beforeback to the camp
The caiments were still at rest while a few tiny squads were on patrol
Gui Changning thought there wasn’tfor the news from Yan Lin City, so he went back to catch up on soh the barracks of his trusted troops until he stepped into his ar his heavy ar his mouth to yawn
A hand ca his mouth
“Mmfmm…”
Gui Changning widened his eyes He too could be considered a seasoned veteran of the battlefield He stretched a hand to touch his waistHe had yet to touch his sword’s hilt when the back of his head was thumped once The culprit had knocked his head hard and he was quite strong, causing Gui Changning to jolt twice before collapsing onto the ground, unconscious
Once he had fallen, the attacker revealed himself He was dressed in black, his face covered with black cloth, only revealing a pair of eyes flickering in the di on the ground, his eyes un’s breathing before pulling out a few bottles of decently aged wine Gui Changning had carefully hidden After taking out a bag of sedatives from his sleeve, he poured it into the wine bottle and shook it, letting the sedatives mix into the alcohol
“This cup is dedicated to your brother, Yun Chang’s Sir Senior Official” The culprit murhest ranked advisor in the caiments
He Xia helped the unconscious Gui Changqing up, tilted the bottle and forcefully pried his mouth open He detested the Gui to no end and showed nowith around nine bottles before putting hi in a waltz
Bada, bada, bada bump!
“Please send reinforcements!”
By noon, a fast horse galloped inside fro’s military uniform and drenched in blood When he reached the camp entrance, he raised his head and howled, “Please send reinforcements! General Gui Yan pleads for reinforcee on quick…”
The guarding tent all knew that he was one of Gui Yan’s trusted guards and were surprised They hurriedly opening the entrance to let hih
When the rest of the generals heard the news, they all hurried to the advisory tent
“Please send reinforcements! Please send reinforcee hurled inside He fell with a thud theheavily as he reported
“Prince Consort,Lin army outside Yan Lin city The situation is critical; Can Prince Consort send in reinforcements!”
He Xia guessed that o, yet his face revealed surprise He took two steps forward, urging the manservant with his question, “How could this be?”
“It’s an ambush!+ General Gui Yan had only just led us nearby Yan Lin City when two sets of Dong Lin troops charged toward us in unison, causing my army to be attacked from both the front and rear”
“Ambush? Whose troops?”
“The a”
“What is the current situation of the battle?”
“Dong Lin had set up landmines and has more people than h, so casualties are dangerously nuht a bloody battle to a te brothers to Heng Lian Mountain’s valley Right now they are fiercely defending the valley’sback theon and our brothers can’t put up against themso please send in reinforcements!”
Now that the first troops sent against Dong Lin ended in arim
“Iht there and scanned the people in the tent, “H?”
Quite a few generals already noticed Gui Changning was absent Now that He Xia asked, they beckoned the soldiers to look for hi come yet?”
A soldier who just ca’s tent replied, “General Gui is dead drunk and won’t wake no matter how much I call”
Gui Changning was an alcoholic and notoriously fa to the soldier’s words made the crowd frown
“Let’s go see”
He Xia led the crowd of generals to General Gui Changning’s tent When he pushed open the cloth door, a huge whiff of alcohol was caught in their nose
They saw bottles here and there, all of which were e’s body was enveloped in the scent of alcohol His limbs were sprawled over the bed, his snores like thunder
The manservants beside him were drenched in cold sweet and constantly used white cloth to wipe his square face Their voices were anxious, “General, General, wake up! General Gui Yan needs reinforcements!”
He Xia lowered his voice, “I promised General Gui Yan if he needed reinforce could lead the’s man servants, “Hurry up, splash him with cold water and use any plan possible to wake him!”