Chapter 69 The trick
?Yuwen Wen was very surprised that the little shady Wuming appeared in the lake. He was about to ask questions but saw the other party staggering towards the river, regardless of others' obstruction, and wading to the other side.
Looking up, the original tombs on the north bank of Zixudu had collapsed a lot, and even the small earth slope had collapsed. Some of the huts that were originally standing on the slope were gone. It seemed that this flood destroyed more than the stone bridges.
"No way... Could it be the old abbot's tomb..." Yuwen Wen looked at the mess in the distance and felt a little unbelievable. The water attack was so powerful.
The water level of Zixudu was still deep, so I was eager to pass the other side. Yuwen Wen signaled others to pull Wuming ashore to carefully ask what happened. Wuming said in a daze that what had just happened.
He was washed downhill by the sudden flood. When he selected the place where his master was buried, he chose the slope because there were already graves on the slope. The ground farther away from the shore was not convenient to occupy the land of the nearby villagers. Yang Ji, who helped at that time, also raised concerns about the water near the slope and was worried that the river water would submerge the tombs when the flood occurred.
The local villagers who led the way to survey the site explained that there was a dam upstream of Zixudu, so there had not been a flood in the past few decades. Yang Ji and Wuming saw that there was indeed a grave of ancestors in the village on the side of the earthen slope, and it was not easy to say anything more. Anyway, the address chosen was not low-lying, so they chose an auspicious day to preside over the burial.
"I heard the sound of water when I was in the thatched hut. As soon as I walked out, the big water had rushed to me and swept me away..." Wuming said with lingering fear. He was not choked by the big water. He came to the lake in a mess. In a panic, he saw someone in front of me and struggled to catch me without thinking that the person was Yuwen Wen.
Because he and Yuwen Wen were arrested in a hurry, Wuming felt quite guilty. He was about to bow and apologize but was helped up by Yuwen Wen: "Natural disaster. I won't blame you."
"The place where the earth slope collapsed was the master's tomb..." Wuming wanted to cry without tears. Who would have thought that Zixudu, who had not flooded for decades, had collapsed the dam. The surging water could actually flush all the earth slopes that were much higher than the water.
Yuwen Wen wanted to say something to comfort him, but he still couldn't say anything when he looked at the many collapsed slopes in the distance. Based on his judgment on the location of the visit to the cottage just now, the old abbot's tomb was mostly unsafe.
The dam collapsed and the dam was quite disturbed. Villagers from nearby villages also came to check the situation. Seeing that the burial place where our ancestors buried was destroyed, many people burst into tears. Wuming waited for the river to drop to his waist and couldn't wait to cross the river and run towards the slope.
The last thing I saw was a big gap. His master's tomb was gone for a long time, and there was no trace of half a coffin left. The tombstone was gone for a long time. There were five or six tombs here that had disappeared, leaving only the relatives crying.
"Why is this happening, why is this happening?" Wuming cried and used his hands to dig the soil. He hoped that his master's coffin would be buried very deeply so that it could be digged out again without being washed away, but everything was delusion.
He was an abandoned baby picked up by his master. If he hadn't had a master, he would have starved to death or had his life taken away by a wild dog. For more than ten years, his master had worked hard to raise him like his biological father. He recalled the scenes from childhood to adulthood and was heartbroken.
In order to protect the girl hiding in the Piqua Temple, the master was killed by Chen Jun and he himself was almost humiliated. Thanks to the donor Yuwen, donor Yang helped him survive and helped him bury his master here. Wuming decided to follow his son's practice of keeping his tomb for his father, and he didn't expect that his master would be in a few days.
While crying, he felt dizzy and then his eyes turned black and fainted on the ground. Yuwen Wen, who arrived, asked him to take him back to the city to recuperate. He thought that Wuming was so weak that he fell into the water. Now he has suffered such a big blow and has to take care of someone. He is afraid that no one will take care of him when he is sent to Niu Mufu Temple.
"Master Yang Zhuang, please make arrangements. Be careful when crossing the bridge." Yuwen Wen asked Yang Ji to take responsibility for this matter. The other party was familiar with some Buddhism, so it would be more convenient to persuade the little novice monks. Just now, the soldiers of Anzhou dragged a few tree trunks and tied up a simple bridge deck at the broken bridge. He walked through the river where the simple wooden bridge crossed.
Back on the south bank, a cavalry general stepped forward to ask about his well-being. Yuwen Wen was the second son of Yuwen Liang, the general manager of Anzhou, and the younger brother of their commander Yu Wenming. He just swept him away and scared everyone. Now, seeing the other party, he was relieved.
Yuwen Wen was so dazed by the flood that he turned to it until now that he remembered to ask who they were chasing just now. The general introduced him to the general: in the past few days, the Anzhou army was in the city of Jiangling, but he failed to find Liu Zhuang, the mastermind behind the palace transformation that night. He thought he had escaped from Jiangling that night. He didn't expect that the guards in the North Gate accidentally broke into Liu Zhuang and his group who were disguised and prepared to go out of the city when they found out the people in the city.
Suddenly the incident happened, the guards were suddenly attacked by their subordinates and suffered heavy losses and could not stop them. Fortunately, there were cavalry patrols outside the city to prevent accidents. When they saw someone forcibly leaving the city, they chased them. While chasing them, they came to the front and back of the Zixudu Stone Arch Bridge. Liuzhuang and others seemed to have arranged for someone to wait on the dike upstream of the stone bridge. Seeing that the pursuers were very anxious, they shot arrows to destroy the dike and release the water.
Their wishful thinking was that after the dam was destroyed, the flood washed away the stone bridge before they just crossed the bridge. The rushing water destroyed the stone arch bridge and the pursuers could not move forward. Unexpectedly, the raised bridge deck of the stone arch bridge blocked the road. They did not see that Yu Wen Wen and his party were going south and just about to cross the bridge.
The horse-drawn horse, who was shot by an arrow, rushed to the stone arch bridge, was stopped by them, and the bridge could not be crossed. The flood washed away the stone bridge, swept away Yuwen Wen and they also cut off their thoughts of escaping. Then the Anzhou cavalry followed him and caught turtles in a jar. Now Liu Zhuang and others have been captured alive.
"Liuzhuang..." Yuwen Wen thought for a while. Liuzhuang was the most determined pro-Yang faction among the ministers of Liang State. In history, Emperor Sui Yang Jian, married the Princess of Liang State as his second son, Yang Guang, King Jin, to his appointment to handle it.
He looked at the people tied up from afar but did not show "sarcasm" in front of him. He could not ignite the fighting spirit of the captives who were not fighting, but he was full of malice: Now you have no chance. First of all, Xiao is no longer under his control. Secondly, your head will be chopped down in public within a few days. Amitabha...
"Evil will be rewarded!" Yuwen Wen was very satisfied with the result. God blessed him to have a good ending after a thrilling journey. Because the stone arch bridge was washed away and the temporary wooden bridge built on the bridge was inconvenient to pass, the entourage stayed in the north did not lead the horse across the river so quickly. After he told the other party a few words, he escorted Yang Ji, Zhang Yu and others with Miss Xiao and the little shaman Wuming back to the city.
Although Wuming woke up, his forehead began to get hot. He was malnourished and naturally had poor resistance. Seeing the little shaman Yu Wen Wen, who was guarding the tomb for his master until he was floating, was about to say something, but he felt his nose itchy and then sneeze.
No, this will also lead to a hit? I'm in great health!
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In Jiangling City, a house near the east gate, Yuwen Wen and Xiao Jiuniang, who lowered their heads and silently talked, were "talking in detail". The two of them had changed their fit clothes when they returned to the city, but Xiao Jiuniang seemed to have regretted it.
"If the girl thinks I'm lying, then I'll take the gift to the palace to give the official gift." Yuwen Wen said unquestionably, claiming that he was too lazy to be gentle with "me".
"But... But if Aye doesn't agree..." Xiao Jiuniang's focus was obviously not that she was unwilling but that "Aye doesn't agree". Yuwen Wen heard the strange decision to pursue the victory.
"It is the official business of the government, I have decided to make this cheap prince consort!"
Xiao Jiuniang was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to look up. She felt that she was "shameless" to be a concubine for others, but she dared to meet Aye. Although she was not welcomed, it was considered a royal bloodline. If Aye knew about it, she wouldn't know what she would be angry.
She just kept twisting her hands and was in a mess. If she didn't follow Yuwen Wen, then Aye wouldn't know what kind of person his husband would be. Will that person treat him like Yuwen Wen?
While she was struggling, her hands were squeezing, but when she looked up, it was Yuwen Wen who came to her. When she was about to struggle, she was held in her arms by the other party: "Don't think so much when you go back with me."
"But..."
"No, but."
The two of them didn't say anything again, Xiao Jiuniang buried her cheeks in Yuwen Wen's arms and did not struggle anymore, and they fixed their bodies like sculptures. After a while, Yuwen Wen said softly: "It seems a bit hot in the room?"
Xiao Jiuniang turned red when she heard this: Could it be that she would imply to wear loose clothes and untied her belt...
Although she was willing to follow Yuwen Wen, she was really shy about doing things like men and women at this time. How could anyone outside the room see the movement in broad daylight?
Looking up, I saw that the other person's eyes were a little confused and my heart was bumped into me. I could not speak and didn't know where to put my hands. After a moment of confusion, my face became hot: "If so... I have to wait until night..."
"Night? What to do at night?" Yuwen Wen was a little puzzled.
Xiao Jiuniang was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to raise her head or take over the conversation. Seeing the other party's words, she forced herself to have nowhere to hide. She gritted her teeth and reached out to untire her clothes: "I'm wearing a loose clothes for the general."
"Touch my forehead." Yuwen Wen suddenly spoke, Xiao Jiuniang was stunned for a moment and then reached out and felt that the other person's forehead was hot.
"General, your forehead is hot...it's a fever!"
"Fever?" Yu Wenwen said that, touched his forehead with his hands, "How can he have a fever if he is just a little hot?"
Xiao Jiuniang recalled that after the two of them got ashore from the lake, Yuwen Wen waited for her to change clothes before changing, and she couldn't help but worry that it was a cold. Yuwen Wen didn't take it seriously when he heard this: "Calling in a cold? Just kidding, why is it so easy to get caught in my daily exercise?"
"Why don't you ask the doctor to come and have a look."
"Fuss, maybe the room is a little hot, so let's go outside." Yuwen Wen smiled and walked towards the door, but as soon as he took a few steps, he shook his body and then fell to the ground.
"General! What's wrong with you, General?" Xiao Jiuniang was shocked to help her. However, she was weak and unable to help her, and shouted outside the door: "Come on, General, faint!"
Chapter completed!