Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 123
The latest mansion newspaper was delivered to Luxi Academy, and Su Qi couldn't wait to read it over and over again, but this time, like the previous few times, there was still no news that Ding Guogong's injury had improved, so his expectations fell through again. , continue to fall back into great worry and tension.

But in half a month, Su Qi lost a lot of weight, looked haggard, his eyes were black and blue, he was in a trance all the time, he couldn't eat, he couldn't sleep well, let alone be able to study and go to class up.

Gu Yunji was worried, so he stroked his shoulder and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, sometimes no news is the best news. Although the mansion newspaper didn't mention Duke Ding's awakening, it didn't say that his injury was getting worse. Not too bad."

Cheng Yan also said: "That's right, Su Qi, Duke Ding is the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town. He will definitely give him the best wound medicine and invite the best military doctor. There won't be any major problems. Maybe at this moment he I've woken up, but the news hasn't come yet."

Su Qi's face was pale, and he tried to pull the corners of his mouth to squeeze out a smile: "You are right, I understand. It's just that my father is physically strong, and generally speaking, as long as the arrow doesn't hit the vital point, it won't hurt him so much. If it is heavy, it will not make him unconscious. I am worried that the arrow is poisoned..."

Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan were horrified when they heard the words, and immediately realized why Su Qi was so depressed during this time.The life and death of a father who is thousands of miles away is uncertain. If a son can still eat, sleep, talk and laugh as usual, then he is really heartless and inferior to animals.

Seeing the solemn expressions of the two, Su Qi pretended to be relaxed, and began to enlighten himself: "However, it is not a day or two since I knew that the Tatars would use poison. The medicine has been prepared."

At this moment, Su Qi's eyes were clearly flushed, and his voice was a little hoarse, but he was still forcing a smile, just to reassure Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, and not want them to worry too much because of him.

Hearing what he said, the two felt more and more sour in their hearts, and they could only follow him: "It must be like this, Duke Ding will recover soon."

As if feeling that he was losing his composure, Su Qi wiped away tears indiscriminately, turned his head to sort out his emotions, and changed the subject: "Speaking of which, it will be the Dragon Boat Festival in one month, we didn't have a holiday last year, this year you are going to How are you doing?"

Gu Yunji said: "This year is the imperial examination year, August is the provincial examination, next March is the general examination, and everyone has to go to the final examination. The academy will not be on holiday, but will be closed immediately when the Dragon Boat Festival arrives, and will reopen after the palace examination next year. Start the class. If we win Jinshi this time, we won’t come back to class again.”

Su Qi was taken aback when he heard the words: "That's right, this year is the imperial examination year, and you are all going to take the exam."

Seeing this, Gu Yunji sighed imperceptibly. In fact, this is something that Xu Chengyu and the academy gentlemen have repeatedly emphasized recently. It's just that Su Qi has been absent-minded and hasn't listened to the lectures, so he has no impression of it.

Cheng Yan said: "The township test has to be taken at the place where the household registration is located, so the two of us will naturally go back to Songjiang Mansion, what about you? Go back to the capital alone?"

"It doesn't matter if you go back or not, and it doesn't matter if you take the exam or not. Anyway, I won't pass the exam." Su Qi shrugged, his tone casual, "After I become a general, I will lead the army to fight sooner or later, and it is unlikely that I will become an official through the imperial examination As a pure civil servant, fame and fame are just icing on the cake for me, it doesn’t make much difference.”

"The reason why I can still be so leisurely now is that the imperial court doesn't need me. When my old man can no longer support me, I will naturally..."

As he spoke, Su Qi's voice stopped abruptly and fell silent.

Su Qi didn't expect that he would go back and forth again. Looking at Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan who were hesitant to speak in front of him, he suddenly felt that his chest was congested, and he smiled miserably at the two: "It's okay, don't look at it that way." Look at me, I'm fine. I've actually been prepared for something like this, and it's mostly like this in a family of generals."

His expression was open and natural, but Gu Yunji felt a little bit lost when he heard it. He didn't know whether the "preparation" he said was the death of the designated Duke, or the inevitable way for him to join the army, or both.

"Whether it's my grandfather, my father, or myself, we were born to be buried in the army for the rest of our lives. This is the fate of our Su family's children." Su Qi's tone was melancholy, and there was a bit of sadness in his eyes, "In the future, you will either die on the battlefield and sacrifice your life for the country; or you will be jealous of the king, and finally..."

In the end, the rabbit died and the dog cooked, and he died a bad death.Gu Yunji silently picked up Su Qi's unfinished words in his heart.

Perhaps this topic is a bit heavy, and Su Qi really couldn't continue talking, so he simply avoided talking about it, took a deep breath to restrain his exposed emotions, climbed up the shoulders of Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan from left to right, and his voice became brisk:
"All in all, you don't have to worry about me. I'm strong and I won't be defeated by these things. But you guys, the imperial examination is coming soon. You have to work hard and pass the provincial exam. I can wait in the capital. Look at you arranging flowers and wearing red, and parading through the streets on horseback!"

"At that time, I will be able to show off everywhere: Did you see, Xinke Jinshi Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, those are my best brothers! From now on, with them covering the court, I can walk sideways!"

Being ridiculed by him like this, the dignified atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan looked at each other and smiled, tacitly did not continue the previous topic.

In the middle of the night, when the whole academy was falling into a sweet dreamland, there was a sudden knock on the door of No. [-] Meizi House:

"Su Qi! Gu Yunji! Wake up! Open the door!"

Hearing the sound, Gu Yunji, who was in his sleep, was suddenly awakened, his mind was still a little confused, so he staggered out of bed and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, he was blinded by the lantern carried by the visitor. Gu Yunji rubbed his eyes, trying to adapt to the bright light: "... Teacher, and... Mr. Chu? Why are you here?"

Chu Jing was dressed in silver armor with a cold expression on his face. He glanced at him and looked up behind him: "Where's Su Qi?"

"Su Qi is inside... Hey, Mr. Chu!" Before Gu Yunji finished speaking, Chu Jing seemed to ignore others, stepped in rudely, and knocked him who was standing by the door. Reeling, almost lost his footing.

Gu Yunji was in a daze, and he grabbed Xu Chengyu to stabilize his body: "What's the matter, teacher? Why is it so urgent?"

Xu Chengyu frowned, and after supporting him, he followed Chu Jing and walked inside, as if he had no time to explain: "You will know soon."

Seeing Chu Jing in military uniform, Su Qi who had just put on his clothes and walked out of the room was caught off guard: "Lord Chu? Why are you here?"

Chu Jing looked Su Qi up and down, didn't even bother to exchange pleasantries, opened a golden scroll that he carried with him, and read directly: "Your Majesty's order——

A few days ago, the Tatars invaded our border and besieged Datong Town. The general Yang Mao died in battle.Chu Jing, the former commander of the Beijing Guard, is hereby specially appointed as the new commander-in-chief, Su Qi, the son of Ding Guogong Su Yuan, as the general, and will lead 12 guards from the Beijing camp to support them. "

(End of this chapter)