Distressed Concubine

185 Pregnancy 2
Nalan Ruixue looked at everything in front of her and remained silent, while Chen Fan and the others beside her could only smile weakly.

"Captain Su..."

After Yang Heng and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, they hesitated to speak.

"Let's go, go to the mountains to hunt for some wild animals, Zhou Kun, Chen Fan, take people to dig some wild vegetables." She got on her horse, followed by Yang Heng and Fang Shaokun.

Two hours later, Nalan Ruixue was sitting in front of the bonfire staring at the few fireworks in a daze. Su Zian walked in and handed him a piece of roasted rabbit meat. "Eat something."

She didn't seem to have eaten for a day. The food in the camp for more than half a month was very bad. He didn't expect that this girl would be like a soldier, eating bran porridge and pickles. She was not half superior. In fact, she could have asked for special... …

She looked back at Su Zian, smiled lightly for a moment, but did not take it.At this moment, she has taken off the unicorn mask, and is wearing a male human skin mask that resembles Ye Yun, so the lines of the face can still be seen, she is very sad, I don't know what I am worried about.

After looking around, Su Zian leaned forward and whispered, "What's the matter? Eat something."

She glanced down and frowned. "Keep away! I won't eat."

"Eat something, Cheng will feel bad if he's hungry." He moved a little closer, and in an instant, Nalan Ruixue didn't hold back her mouthful, and hurriedly turned her head to vomit.

The smell of oil made her feel extremely nauseous, her stomach was overwhelmed, and the sour water made her feel like a figurine.

Su Zian grasped her pulse almost at the same time, and it was too late when she wanted to pull her hand away.

Before he could get happy, she took the lead in saying coldly: "Don't tell him!"

"why?"

"No reason!" Her tone became even colder, and Su Zian's heart trembled when she heard it.

The hand slowly slid down her lower abdomen, the letter was almost a week late, if she guessed correctly, it should be the one in the mountains... But she never thought that the child would break in at this time, think about it halfway There is boundless guilt for the environment I stay in for a month.

But next... the situation will be even worse, how will she let him know?The success of the matter has reached the most critical moment, and she can't let his distress become the reason why so long efforts have failed.

Su Zian vaguely guessed the reason, and sighed slightly. "You should also know that it is difficult for your body to conceive. If this goes on, child..." He didn't continue, but she understood.

Her complexion paled for a moment, she gritted her teeth and said, "It's going to be fine!" Although she was cold, her body was still healthy in other respects, and she would take good care of "her"...

"I'll go and cook some medicinal food for you." Seeing her insistence, he didn't stop him. After all, what Chengtu has been doing all these years, they all understand that if the success falls short, the road ahead will be even more difficult. Although they can't bear it, they can only I can wrong her...

It's just... the pulse condition is really too weak, not to mention the cold body makes it difficult to conceive, and it's easy to miscarry. I eat porridge and wild vegetables every day. People can bear it, but children can't stand it.

But what Su Zian didn't know was that Nalan Ruixue's worries were not like this at all...

Facing the bonfire, her eyes became even more misty... In the future, do you really want to take your children to gamble?

Five fingers clasped tightly on her lower abdomen, she clenched it very tightly, very tightly...

The next day, before dawn, the sentinel in the front tent heard the sound of beacon fire: "Report...!"

"A large amount of grain was found in the back mountain! Hundreds of carts!"

A piece of news spread throughout the battalion as if it had spread its wings. Everyone was overjoyed, even Yang Heng and the others were extremely excited. down.

She flipped through the military book, and said indifferently: "If there is, there is, and it's not my army's food and grass. Why are you so excited?"

Several people looked at each other and said nothing.

She seemed to realize something, Rui Leng raised her eyes and said: "You pulled it back?"

There was still silence.

"Say! Did you pull it back!" The high-pitched voice made everyone tremble, and immediately fell to one knee.

Yang Heng clasped his fists: "The subordinates make their own claims! But... Captain Su, the court will cut off our army's food and grass. If this continues, the brothers will starve to death!"

They all knew where the food and grass came from, and the way they looked at each other after fighting with the Qinglong Department for more than half a month was already clear.When Jingnan fought Chen Fan two days ago, he shot Chen Fan off his horse and asked in surprise, "Why are you getting weaker and weaker recently?"

Everyone was ashamed, and no one was ashamed to speak.

"Wait! I'll go back and report to the lord." After finishing speaking, Jing Nan led his troops and left.

It just happened that yesterday I received an imperial edict from the imperial court to cut off the grain, and today the grain and grass appeared in the back mountain. It is self-evident who sent it.

"Crack!" Nalan Ruixue put the book on the wooden table and roared, "Are you crazy? Do you dare to take the enemy's food? Are you planning to treason or rebellion?"

Everyone's heart trembled and they were sweating coldly.

Yang Heng gritted his teeth and said, "Captain Su! The grain and grass that no one claimed belonged to the enemy!"

"Yes! Lieutenant Su, it's not written on the car that it was sent by the Qinglong Department! We just don't admit it." Chen Fan felt pain in his heart when he thought that the soldiers had not had enough to eat for more than half a month.

Fang Shaokun and Zhou Kun also echoed.

"Are you rebelling? How many lives of your ancestors can be copied? Don't know? If you pretend not to know, the emperor doesn't know? Why don't you know why our army is cut off!"

Nalan Ruixue kicked the stool away and slapped the wooden table with her palm. "Crack!" There was a cracking sound from the wooden table.

Yang Heng and the others knew that this was a sign of Captain Su's anger, and the resentment in their hearts was even stronger. "Lieutenant Su! You can't blame us for this. We have been working hard for half a month, but the regent is not a three-year-old child! It's not that he has never heard of his reputation. In front of the general's mansion, he can fight thousands of times by himself. People! Even the emperor can't beat him, so it's not our fault!"

"That's right! We are fighting with our lives in front, and the royal army is sitting in the city to plunder the people. The emperor does not punish them, but punishes us. Isn't it too stupid!"

Several people chattered, Nalan Ruixue sneered for a moment after listening. "So, are you planning to reverse?"

The sound as cold as a knife was like the dry bones of a barren mountain, and it made their backs feel cold.

Several people looked at each other... They just wanted to leave the food and grass, and the feeling of being hungry was really uncomfortable. Although they were already biased towards the Northern Army in their hearts, but treason... no one dared to go that far.

With a slight sigh, no one struggled anymore.

"Go! Burn it. The sooner the better, don't wait for the emperor's spies to bring the news of our army back to the court. You are all elites in Nantong. No one can take responsibility for treason and humiliation of the ancestors, let alone All relatives are still in the pass, so don't be too impulsive in the future."

Seeing them calm down, Nalan Ruixue breathed a sigh of relief and waved her hands away.

When the flames of grain and grass dyed the sky red, Fu Huying stared at the flames from top to bottom, his fingers curled up tighter and tighter... The dark red in his eyes was like a beast gradually waking up, just waiting to roar.

After the incident reached Nan Shijun's ears, he was slightly surprised, his dark eyes showed a deeper coldness, and he immediately arranged for Gu Baisheng to seal the city, preventing Fu Huying from entering the city to search for a grain.

After receiving Jing Nan's report, Bei Gongcheng nodded lightly under the surprised eyes of everyone. "Send it to the people in the city, there will always be someone willing to give it to them."

"Yes!"

Thousands of shi of grain were transported into the city, and soon, the salt that Xi Nan bought at a high price from the south was also transported back. When passing by, she received Bei Gongcheng's order to keep some of the people when she saw them.

The common people didn't dare to take it at first, after all, it was sent by the enemy, but there are always bold ones, and once they start, they can't hold back.Especially when I heard that in the hundreds of miles of land still under the control of the Northern Army, dozens of cities have never been short of food, and Beichang's army has still never entered the city, and I feel regretful.

By the time Gu Baisheng received the imperial decree, grain had been released in the north for three days. This gave Gu Baisheng, who had long been impatient, an excuse. The grain given by the court was getting less and less, and salt could not be bought at all. Already feeling weak and unable to eat.That night, he ordered the royal army to loot all the food and salt in the hands of the people.

The euphemistic name is to follow the imperial decree and cut off the food and grass for the tiger's camp.

However, there are always a small number of the royal army who work for tigers, and most of them are men from ordinary families. Seeing the houses with four walls, those children who are starved for food, and those old people who are dying, many people think of their poor homes.Still couldn't bear it, they took some symbolically, turned and left.

At night, in the high-rise building, Gu Baisheng led his cronies to drink and carnival. At the city gate in the distance, Liu Yuan and Zhao Yiming continued chatting with the soldiers surrounding the city.

"Major General Liu, why don't you go drink with General Gu and the others?"

Liu Yuan was silent, Zhao Yiming patted him on the shoulder, and said with a helpless smile: "Thinking of the reason for their carnival today, who can drink it?"

Zhao Yiming's words dimmed the expressions of everyone present.These days, the helpless and blank eyes of the common people make people feel more and more heartbroken, and they also see the eyes of the common people who are getting more and more resentful towards them...

No one can do anything about it. The duty of a soldier is to obey. If General Gu doesn't go out to fight, they can't go out without authorization. On the contrary, Major General Liu and Major General Zhao can lead some old troops to help out occasionally, and they have done their duty. This has been spread in private up.But without exception, no one went up to report.

Soldiers should fight on the battlefield!What is the difference between the common people who live in the city every day, and the robbers and bandits?
"Major General Liu, don't be depressed! Let's talk about how the regent fought wits with Captain Su!"

"Yes yes yes, I want to hear about outwitting Qing Zhoushan! I heard that Captain Su made the regent suffer a great loss that time!"

"But in the end, didn't the regent also take Chang Xipo?" Some people were dissatisfied and muttered.

"Hey! You are a soldier in Nantong, why are you standing on the regent's side!"

"Soldiers from Nantong? We don't look like soldiers from Nantong! What are we doing every day!" As long as Liu Yuan thinks that the entire Fuhu camp is still fighting hungry, he will be furious, get up violently, and throw the stones beside him Kick out.

"Yuan! Don't do this, it will make it difficult for General Gu!" Zhao Yiming comforted.

These words ignited Liu Yuan's even greater anger. "Difficult to do? I think he is very easy to do! If you don't go out to fight! Didn't you listen to his order today? Close the city! Don't you know why the city is closed? This is to starve Captain Su and the others alive Die outside! His fault!" Speaking of the atmosphere, he kicked away another stone!
All the soldiers bowed their heads sadly with their spears in their hands. They all knew it, but who could do anything about it?To meet such a general...to meet such...a country.Ugh……

Liu Yuan tugged at the sweat towel, and said angrily: "Never mind! I still have a few shi of food in stock, I'll send it to them at night first!"

After all, he was about to open the city gate, and Zhao Yiming immediately grabbed his back. "Yuan! If you do this, General Gu will convict you! There will be a real war in the future, and you will not be able to help Captain Su even if you want to!"

In fact, he also wants to go, but at this time, he can only hold his breath, otherwise he will not even have a backup in the future.

"General Liu, you can't go, let me go, I just want to do the same, what's wrong with me alone!" A soldier immediately got up and echoed.

(End of this chapter)