Chapter 156 My Wife

Qichang is located in the southwest, and the humidity is a bit heavy at night. Shen Yu lies on a simple camp bed, unable to fall asleep with Xie Tingzhou's cloak as a pillow.

She feels that she is a little obsessed with the smell of Xie Tingzhou.

She has been sleeping like this for nearly a month since leaving Beijing. The cloak is either used as a pillow or hugged by her, and it is with her every night. Xie Tingzhou's smell has long disappeared, but she can smell it, not with her nose, but with her heart.

Shen Yu lay down for a while, got up from the bed, lit the light again, and spread paper and pen on the table.

When she picked up the pen, she didn't know what to write. Did she miss him? Did she say she was not used to him not being around? That would be a bit corny.

Shen Yu was not satisfied with the first article, so she tore off a piece and spread the paper again. This was the second letter she wrote to him since leaving Beijing.

In April, the garden was filled with the fragrance of crabapples.

Xie Tingzhou read her letter under the lamp.

"Tingzhou:"

Xie Tingzhou stared at the two words over and over again, as if he could see her calling him from the two words he was most familiar with.

She always called him His Highness, or called her Xie Tingzhou directly when she was unhappy.

Xie Tingzhou drank a sip of tea and continued to read the letter.

"We went south all the way. Today is March 25th. I led the troops to Qingzhou. The journey was safe. I had some disagreements with the deputy general in the army, but now they have been resolved.

The people in Qingzhou are suffering too much. Many people starved to death last winter. The fields were even more shocking. Starving people were everywhere and abandoned children were everywhere.

In the face of the huge disaster, I realized that their resistance seemed so insignificant, and I realized that I could do so little.

Do you think it's strange? I often dream of my father, but I have never dreamed of my brother.

Dad always said in my dreams that I could save more people, but I don't know what else I can do and how to save more people.

I dreamed of my dad again tonight. I woke up and couldn't fall asleep, so I got up and wrote this book.

In addition, I hope you will come into my dream. - Ayu"

Xie Tingzhou held the tea in his mouth and tasted her words several times in his thoughts.

The journey was long and the letters were slow. The letter from March did not reach him until April when the azaleas were in full bloom.

Calculated, she should have been in Qichang by now.

Xie Tingzhou spread out the paper and wrote.

"Ayu, my wife, I am writing to you."

He imagined her reaction when she saw the word "my wife". She should pace back and forth holding the letter, complaining in annoyance and coquettishness: "We haven't even got married yet, why do you call me my wife?"

But since he gave her the Phoenix, he had already regarded her as his only wife in this life.

"Everything is fine in the capital. Dahuang misses you so much that he can't eat. I took Dahuang to Qingpuju. His temperament is quite like you. He was afraid of Cang at first, but now, in just over 20 days, he can ride on Cang's head."

Xie Tingzhou paused, thinking of the bloody back when he first met her, and then she pulled her sleeves and called him dad, and then she knelt in the tent and said that this life was his.

Now she is riding on his head.

He continued to write.

"Fuyao has been released from prison. I went to the Jiaofangsi twice during this period. Changliu threatened to tell you that he wanted another pink tank for his turtle, so I sent him to the army to train with the soldiers.

Rather than let others instigate, I would rather confess myself. I went to the Jiaofangsi for official business, but I was not drunk and did not touch anyone. In fact, I did not even look at anyone. My wife can rest assured.

The pomegranate flowers in the other village are about to bloom. I miss you so much that I can't eat. I hope you will come back soon."

Every word is about trivial matters at home, but every word is about lovesickness.

Her letter was full of worries, but his reply was full of joy, hoping that she could get a moment of comfort and smell a little bit of home during the march.

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After staying at the foot of the Snipe Mountain for three days, Shen Yu finally waited for the person she was waiting for.

The man who came was a man in his thirties, with a strong back and strong waist. His lower body was extremely stable and his martial arts skills were not weak.

The rest of the people were cleared out of the tent, leaving only Shen Yu and the man.

"Uncle Shan." Shen Yu greeted him with a smile.

Qi Shan immediately knelt on one knee and wanted to call him "Miss", but it was inconvenient to speak because he was in the army.

Shen Yu raised his arm and stood up, "No need to be polite, just call me Shi Yu or Sir in the army."

Qi Shan was a member of the Gui family who became a bandit in the Hezi Mountain. He was dissatisfied with his father's decision, and the father and son were separated. He wandered all the way and finally found a job as a guard in the Lu family in Hezhou, using the pseudonym Qi Shan.

The Lu family treated him well, and he settled down in Hezhou, married a wife, and now the child in the family is three years old.

Shen Yu had received his guidance on basic skills when she was young, so she called him Uncle Shan

"Is my grandmother okay?" Shen Yu asked.

"Okay, I'm still strong," Qi Shan said with a smile as he opened the bundle, "The old lady's letter asked me to bring it along."

Shen Yu took the letter, opened it hastily, and after reading it carefully, a smile appeared on her face.

Grandmother said that she received the things sent by the King of Beilin, and she also sent a return gift, and she is on the way.

Shen Yu put away the letter and said seriously: "I think you also know the purpose of this trip."

Qi Shan's expression suddenly became solemn, "I probably know. I have always heard in Hezhou that the capital will send troops to suppress the bandits. I didn't expect that it was you who led the troops in the end."

Shen Yu said: "The reasons here are very complicated, and I won't explain to you in detail. The court wants me to suppress the bandits, but I want to give them a chance."

Qi Shan thought for a while and said: "Do you want me to persuade them to surrender?"

"You don't need to persuade him to surrender." Shen Yu looked at him and said, "I want you to go into the mountain tomorrow and ask your father to come down the mountain to see me."

Qi Shan said in embarrassment, "My father is stubborn by nature. When I left home, he told me to leave and never come back. Over the years, I have never replied to my letters, and all the things I sent were returned."

He said with some disappointment, "It may not be useful for me to persuade him, but I will try my best."

Shen Yu stuffed the letter into his sleeve, "He will come, because he has nowhere to go. You just need to tell him that the people who went to Beijing are gone, and I am his last chance."

Qi Shan raised his head to ask, but felt that this was not something he should ask about, so he nodded and agreed, "I will set off early tomorrow morning."

Shen Yu said, "Tomorrow at noon, ten miles east of the Snipe Mountain, I will not bring troops, and he will have to come alone. Otherwise, I will lead troops into the mountain the day after tomorrow."

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