1215 Chapter 521 Cousin

The four high-headed horses headed southeast along the swamp, driving for nearly ten miles before they bypassed the swamp. There were several rolling mountains ahead, and a small village at the foot of the mountain with only a dozen tile-roofed houses.

Looking from a distance, you can feel a depressing atmosphere coming, the tile-roofed houses are dilapidated, the surrounding villages are overgrown with weeds, and even some arable land is deserted.

Guan Yubai got off the horse slowly, and pulled out a roll of kraft paper from the bag on the side of the horse. The kraft paper was part of the map after unfolding, but the map was still in the draft stage, and it was covered with traces of corrections.

A few days ago, Xiao Yi had ordered several teams to explore the surrounding terrain of Yanding City. This sketch was drawn based on the situation they had returned from the exploration combined with the original map.

After calling Yanding City, Guan Yubai immediately asked Xiao Yi for this sketch. After studying it carefully for a few days, he hurriedly started.

Every morning, he would come out with Xiao Si to compare and revise the sketches. Occasionally, Xiao Yi would come along when he had nothing to do, just like today.

Guan Yubai raised his eyes and looked around, observing the nearby scenery.

Xiao Yi also drove his horse and stopped beside Guan Yubai.

A grey eagle swirled in the sky above them, excitedly chasing the birds nearby.

"Ayi," Guan Yubai said, pointing to the small village in front of him, "I remember that the old map didn't seem to have this village, right?"

Xiao Yi nodded and said, "Xiao Bai, your memory is really good. This small village has only been here for more than ten years, so naturally it will not be on the old map." The vicissitudes of life that the King of Nan had perfected after he came to the Southern Border have already undergone many changes.

"This small village was flooded by the Yanlai River more than ten years ago and flooded a village downstream. Some of the villagers moved to other places, and some of them also moved here." After speaking, Xiao Yi pointed to the direction of the swamp, " There is also the swamp. According to the people of Yanding City, the swamp has spread around a lot in recent years. In the original map, there should be a meadow between this mountain and the swamp, but now it has been completely swallowed by the swamp. ."

Xiao Yi lowered his eyes and looked at the sketch in Guan Yubai's hand. Although it took a lot of manpower and time, it seems that the energy spent is not in vain.

Guan Yubai took out a charcoal pen, marked a few strokes on the kraft paper, and the four continued on their way.

Going around these mountains from the left, everyone passed through several small villages one after another. This time, the war in the Yanding City area will inevitably spread to these nearby villages. Some of the villages are already ten rooms and nine empty spaces, leaving only one or two old people in their twilight years, which makes people sigh.

Guan Yubai and Xiao Yi stopped their horses from time to time, compared the sketches, and recorded the areas that need to be revised...

Before I knew it, more than half a day had passed, and there were more and more records on the sketch, some were just a few strokes, some would write a long paragraph, and occasionally draw some pictures on it, including Lao Song, There are boulders, there are ancient wells...

It's been a slow journey.

Xiao Yi and Xiao Si are people who practice martial arts, but they are in good spirits, but Guan Yubai is different. He is already weaker than ordinary people, and he has been riding a horse for a long time, and his face has long been unable to hide his tiredness.

Of course Xiao Yi also noticed it and said, "That's it for today."

Guan Yubai looked at the sun, nodded in agreement, and said with a smile: "Well, let's go back first."

A map cannot be completed in one or two days. After returning, Guan Yubai will reorganize it.

Several people embarked on the reverse journey, and returned to Yanding City in about half an hour, when the scorching sun was shining at noon.

Xiao Hui swooped down from the sky and landed on a branch outside the room, lowering his head and pecking at his wings.

Xiao Yi raised his hand to it, motioned it to play by himself, and entered the study together with Guan Yubai.

After having lunch and resting for a while, Guan Yubai went straight to the inner room of the study separated by four partitions, and unfolded the large kraft paper hanging on the wall. The kraft paper was less than one-fifth completed. Map, Guan Yubai will improve the map here every day after he goes out, and Xiao Yi will sometimes watch it and help supplement it.

A map is slowly presented under Guan Yubai's pen.

Xiao Hui still hadn't walked away on the branch, it was curiously poking its head inside, flapping its wings occasionally, as if urging the people in the room to play with it. Xu Shi saw that no one paid any attention to him, he flapped his wings, flew into the house through the open window, and landed on the desk. Its golden eagle eyes looked coldly at the people in the study, and then looked down at the desk, as if it had found something interesting, raised its claws and fiddled with the ink on the table, and the splashed ink droplets landed on the snow-white Rice paper, extremely dazzling.

Xiao Yi only looked back and said cheerfully, "My little Hui is really good."

This show-off look makes Xiao Si speechless, is this connivance? This is absolutely indulgent!

"Master Shizi." Zhuzi came in and replied, "Second Master Fu is back, and I'm going to see you outside."

Xiao Yi smiled and said to Guan Yubai: "It seems that Xiaohezi has returned with a full load!" He instructed Zhuzi to let Fu Yunhe in, while he went to the outside.

Not long after, Fu Yunhe, who was dressed in military uniform, strode into the study room. After salutes Xiao Yi, he couldn't help but glance at Guan Yubai on the other side of the window. Then he said with a smile, "Brother, I'm back!" His young Jun's face was still stained with some dried blood, and with a smile, he said, "Brother, only a dozen soldiers of the Thousand God Arm Battalion I brought with me suffered minor injuries and no casualties. Twenty cartloads of grain and grass were collected, and all the soldiers in Nanliang who escorted the grain and grass were executed."

Fu Yunhe couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and he thought of something again, and added: "Brother, don't worry, the secret road by the swamp has never been exposed. We walked in the direction of Dengli City according to your instructions. Wuli, ambushed beside a fork in the road, made it with one blow!"

"Little Hezi, you did a great job!" Xiao Yi praised without hesitation, "Having these grains and grasses is simply a solution to our urgent needs!"

Although Luoyue City has sent two batches of grain and grass in succession these days, it can't bear the large number of people in the city. In addition, the massacre of Yanding City and its surrounding areas by the Nanliang Army has also destroyed most of the farmland in the countryside. Even if the war stops, Yanding City Both Yongjia City and Yongjia City will take a long time to recuperate.

The whole city is now living a life of frugal food and clothing, and now with these twenty carts of grain and grass, it can be slowed down.

At this time, Zhuzi stepped forward and said, "Master Shizi, Li Shoubei is here."

"Let him in."

After a while, Li Ghoubei walked in with great strides, his face unable to hide his joy. Fu Yunhe returned with a thousand soldiers of the God Arm Battalion, and brought back 20 carts full of grain and grass, which spread throughout the city in the blink of an eye.

This is great news!

For a time, Li Shoubei looked at Fu Yunhe with extremely warm and loving eyes, and Fu Yunhe shuddered inexplicably when he saw it.

After Li Shoubei greeted Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi ordered: "Li Shoubei, half of the twenty trucks of grain and grass captured this time will be sent to Yongjia City later, and the other half will be left to Yanding. city."

Li Shoubei solemnly clasped his fists and said, "The last commander will thank you for the people of Yanding City! The last commander will immediately send someone to distribute..." After that, he hurriedly withdrew.

There is no delay in the matter of food distribution. It seems that we will be busy until midnight tonight. Li Shoubei left in high spirits.

After Li Shoubei left, Fu Yunhe stretched lazily, "I'm exhausted! ... Brother, then I should go back to rest early today?"

"That won't do!"

Xiao Yi vetoed it, Fu Yunhe couldn't believe his ears and looked at Xiao Yi up and down. Doesn't that sound like what your big brother said?

Xiao Yi glared at Fu Yunhe, pointed at his right arm, and said angrily: "You, don't go to the military doctor!" Do you think he didn't see the circles of white cloth that were randomly bandaged on his upper arm?

Fu Yunhe scratched his head, then remembered, and smiled: "Big brother, it's just some flesh... Okay, I'll go to the military doctor."

Fu Yunhe was frightened by Xiao Yi's eyes, so he walked away in despair. As soon as he left the room, he yawned lazily, hesitating whether he should go against the yin or not, but he heard Bamboo say in the next moment, "Fu San Gongzi. , Lord Shizi said that you can think about it, should you go by yourself or he will bundle you up and send it to someone?"

Fu Yunhe laughed dryly: "Bamboo, you don't need to trouble Big Brother." After speaking, he hurriedly walked towards the gate of the garrison.

Who would have guessed that before taking a few steps, Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi were coming towards each other.

"Xiao Hezi, I've heard that you have done a great job this time!" Yu Xiufan patted Fu Yunhe's shoulder with a laugh, winked and said, "Xiao Hezi, you didn't say this time last time. When you come back, invite me and Xiaoxizi..."

Yu Xiufan said, his eyes fell on the wound under Fu Yunhe's shoulder, and he frowned, "Xiao Hezi, are you injured?!"

Fu Yunhe shrugged casually, "It's just a minor injury." He seemed to sense the torch-like gaze of the bamboo behind him, and hurriedly said, "I'm going to the wounded barracks to find a military doctor."

"Let me and Xiao Xizi accompany you." Yu Xiufan grabbed Fu Yunhe's uninjured right arm and hurried away. Chang Huaixi naturally followed.

Seeing that Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi left with Fu Yunhe, Zhuzi breathed a sigh of relief and ran into the study to report to Xiao Yi.

The three of Fu Yunhe quickly walked to the gate, and a few servants in the gatehouse immediately brought their horses.

They were about to get on their horses when they saw an unfamiliar male voice coming from the direction of the gate: "...this little brother, I saw a notice posted by Mr. Li on the notice board at the gate of the city... I have an ancestor in my family. The recipe that comes down will work as soon as you take it, and I have asked someone to help you write it down."

Fu Yunhe looked at the sound and saw a middle-aged man in his forties standing outside the door. His skin was tanned and rough. Obviously, he was relying on strength to make a living on weekdays.

"Brother, please, I'll find someone to help you register..." The concierge politely invited the middle-aged man into the mansion, and a servant led him away.

Fu Yunhe was perplexed and raised his eyebrows in confusion.

Seeing this, Yu Xiufan explained: "Xiao Hezi, you know that too? During these days, many people in the army have developed a disease of acclimatization, so the eldest brother specially ordered Mr. Li to post several notices in the city. Ask for a good recipe, if the recipe works, I will pay you a lot of money." After speaking, he glanced in the direction of the middle-aged man's departure, "The people who came to the garrison to offer recipes a few days ago are in an endless stream. I don't know if Big Brother has found the right recipe..."

Fu Yunhe's brows were raised even higher, "You said that it was the elder brother who gave the order?"

"Yeah." Yu Xiufan nodded as a matter of course.

While talking, the three of them rode out of the house.

Fu Yunhe, who was riding at the front, thought deeply and thought with great interest: I don't know what tricks eldest brother is playing? Grandpa Lin's medical skills are extraordinary, and the eldest brother has a genius doctor by his side, where do you need to ask for any prescriptions! ……Uh-huh! There may be another good show to watch!

Thinking about it, Fu Yunhe couldn't wait, he clamped the horse's belly and let the horse under his crotch speed up.

Yu Xiufan at the back chased after him and shouted, "Little Hezi, you are still injured, ride slower."

The three horses galloped past the street, but in just one cup of tea, they arrived at the wounded barracks.

Today's Wounded Barracks is very "lively". In addition to those soldiers who are not acclimatized to the soil and water, the wounded soldiers from the God Arm Battalion brought back by Fu Yunhe this time also came here to seek medical treatment for them. The house was crowded. Fortunately, the injuries were not serious, so it was enough to bandage the wounds.

However, when Fu Yunhe saw so many people, he couldn't help but want to retire, but there were two "yamen servants" beside him who forced him to escort him in.

The military doctors are already busy, all of them are not touching the ground, and they can't wait to give birth to three heads and six arms.

In the middle of a group of five men and three thick men, a honey-skinned, slender girl in Tsing Yi stood out from the crowd. At this moment, the girl was squatting on a straw mat, and she was focused on bandaging the wound of a soldier with an injured calf.

Fu Yunhe blinked, first surprised that Han Qixia was here, but then laughed again. Cousin Xia is now studying medicine with Mrs. Lin. If she is not here, where can she be!

Of course Yu Xiufan also saw Han Qixia, and tentatively said to Fu Yunhe, "Little Hezi, isn't this your cousin?"

Having said that, Yu Xiufan carefully observed Fu Yunhe's expression, and was extremely curious about Han Qixia's identity, as if a bug was scratching his heart. Since she is Fu Yunhe's cousin and the granddaughter of Grandpa Lin, the grandfather of the imperial concubine, how can this girl think that she is not an ordinary person? Why do you follow Mr. Lin's journey to practice medicine so casually? ...Wait a minute, so, Concubine Shi and the Fu family are still in-laws?

Thinking about it, Yu Xiufan looked at Chang Huaixi again, trying to find some resonance from him. Who knew that Chang Huaixi's face was indifferent, and his eyes were calm.

Hey, Xiao Xizi is just boring. Yu Xiufan looked at Chang Huaixi "sadly".

At this time, a tall and burly soldier walked by the three young masters, and a thin and sallow-faced soldier in the hall came over to greet him: "Lao Xu, aren't your wrists good? Why are you here again?"

The tall soldier known as Lao Xu confidently stretched out his right wrist wrapped in white cloth and said, "My sprain is still not healed. The military doctor asked me to change the dressing!"

"What are you pretending to be!" The skinny soldier curled his lips in disapproval, pressed his chin in the direction of Han Qixia, and said in a low voice, "I think you want Miss Han to give you medicine, right?"

"Hehehe..." Lao Xu scratched his head and smirked a few times without denying it.

The skinny soldier nudged Ding Lao Xu with his elbow, with an expression of "I can understand", and said, "Lao Xu, you have good eyesight. I also see that Miss Han is good-looking, kind-hearted, and down-to-earth. These days, she comes to the wounded barracks every day to help, no matter how dirty or tired she is, she has no complaints. Although her parents are dead, and there is no brother at home to help her, but according to my brother, this girl's family is the best..."

The skinny soldier was still talking nonstop, and Fu Yunhe's entire face was almost black when he heard it. His cousin was the eldest daughter of the dignified King Qi, the blood of the clan, how could they be picky!

"Cousin Xia!" Fu Yunhe didn't want to listen any more, he shouted casually, and walked towards Han Qixia with strides.

At this time, Han Qixia had just bandaged the wound on the wounded soldier's calf. As soon as she heard a familiar male voice calling her, she hurriedly stood up, followed the sound and looked at Fu Yunhe, who strode over the threshold, with a happy expression on her face and shouted. : "Cousin Crane, you're back."

For a time, many wounded soldiers and several military doctors in the hall all looked at Fu Yunhe, including the old Xu and the thin soldier who were talking just now. Most of these people knew Fu Yunhe, especially those soldiers from the God Arm Battalion, all clasped their fists together and said, "Xiaowei Fu!"

"You don't need to be more polite." Fu Yunhe waved his hand with a smile, his attitude was very casual and friendly.

The soldiers of the God Arm Battalion have also been with Fu Yunhe for a while. They know that this Captain Fu has an easy-going personality. When he is not on the battlefield on weekdays, he can drink, joke and eat meat with ordinary soldiers like them. The son of an aristocratic family looked virtuous. After they saluted, they just took care of their own chatting, and healing the wounds.

As for the old Xu and the skinny soldier, their expressions were a little embarrassed. Old Xu looked at Han Qixia strangely. Miss Han was actually Fu Xiaowei's cousin? In his own capacity, he might not be able to climb high... Thinking about it, he couldn't help but glance at Fu Yunhe, feeling a little uneasy: I don't know if Fu Xiaowei heard what he said just now.

Lao Xu rubbed his hair embarrassedly, and went to find another military doctor to change his medicine.

"Cousin He," Han Qixia walked over to Fu Yunhe. She wanted to greet him, but she saw the wound on his left arm and frowned, "Are you injured? Come here quickly! I'll help you heal the wound. ."

Han Qixia turned around and went to get the medicine box again, and greeted Fu Yunhe to go to the next penthouse, and Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi also followed.

The ear room was quiet, and there were a lot of medicinal materials, medicine boxes, cotton cloth, medicine rollers and other tools in it. Obviously, this ear room has been temporarily requisitioned by military doctors recently.

"Cousin Crane, sit down first." Han Qixia pointed to a chair by the window.

This penthouse was not big, and there were a lot of things on it. After adding four people, it seemed a little crowded. Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi simply stood by the door curtain.

"Miss Han, don't pay attention to us. Just help Xiaohezi with medicine, we can just wait here." Yu Xiufan said.

Han Qixia didn't show any courtesy to them, and got busy. She opened the medicine box, prepared cotton cloth strips, water, scissors, gold sore medicine, etc., then walked to Fu Yunhe and quickly removed the white cloth strips stained dark red with blood for him.

The wound had already stopped bleeding, and some gold sore medicine was smeared on it indiscriminately.

Han Qixia frowned slightly, and skillfully and earnestly helped him clean up the wound...

Seeing her serious expression, Fu Yunhe couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He had no words to say: "Cousin Xia, in fact, I just had some skin injuries, and the wounds have already scabbed over. Big brother insisted that I come to see a military doctor..."

Han Qixia raised her eyebrows and said lightly, "Cousin Crane, you didn't clean up the wound, did you just apply the medicine for the golden sore?"

"..." Fu Yunhe choked.

"Fortunately, the wound is not deep." Han Qixia continued, "Why are you still the same as when you were young? I remember one year when you, my second brother and Tian Si Gongzi sneaked out to play, and accidentally rolled down the hillside and were knocked over by a stone. I don't even talk about a big wound, and it was only in the middle of the night that I was discovered by Aunt Biao..."

Fu Yunhe pretended to laugh stupidly and said, "Cousin Xia, don't tell me about the old things."

Yu Xiufan silently sympathized with Fu Yunhe from the bottom of his heart, a younger sister who knew his own dark history and could exemplify it at any time, what a troublesome person!

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