Hot water was delivered to the room, and Xia Zhaoyi fell into a deep sleep on the soft couch.
The men filled the bathtub, and the fragrance of flowers filled the room, and she slept more and more soundly.
Seeing that Shen Lie had no intention of leaving, he just stood three steps away from the soft couch and looked down at the sleeping girl with her eyes closed. Wang Fengnian thought for a moment and asked a handyman to stay here and watch while he went downstairs to call someone. .
Apart from Xia Zhaoyi, there were only two women in the entire Qimotang. They were rough servants in the backyard, hired to wash, cook and do chores.
Wang Fengnian couldn't find any pretty and smart maids for a while, so he had to ask them to come up and take care of the bath.
Hearing the movement, Shen Lie looked sideways. Under the bright light, his nose was as straight as a knife, his skin was white and flawless, and his deep and indifferent eyes looked up and down at the two rough servants.
The two women hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze.
When Wang Fengnian was about to speak, Shen Lie said to the two servants: "Prepare a change of clothes for her and then wake her up. She does not need to serve her, let alone undressing and bathing her while she is sleeping." , she will be unhappy."
The two women said timidly: "Yes."
Shen Lie looked at Wang Fengnian, nodded lightly, and left.
Wang Fengnian looked at the door where Shen Lie left, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly felt complicated in his heart. In addition to being confused, he was also surprised.
The Shen Lie in the rumors is not like this at all.
After getting in touch with him for one day, except for his appearance, body and grace, he was completely different from those "rumored", "legends" and "said".
Wang Fengnian suddenly felt that he was too narrow-minded and should not just follow hearsay and follow what others said.
It was almost Zishi when Shen Lie returned to Qingyue Pavilion.
There were only two candles left in the surrounding houses, and a wild cat gave a gentle "meow" and passed by the branches.
The heavy sound of horse hooves caused a man waiting inside the gate to open the door immediately.
"Master!" The dark man stepped forward happily, watched Shen Lie dismount, and looked around, "Hey, Master, are you the only one?"
"Du Xuan and the others missed me, but they should be back soon."
"Well," the dark man took the reins from Shen Lie's hand and lowered his voice, "Master, Ping Yuefeng and Xu Li are here and have been waiting for you. They seemed to have something to do, but they didn't say anything."
Shen Lie was not surprised: "I asked them to come."
Before entering the mansion, Shen Lie paused and turned back with emotion to look at a mansion a hundred steps away.
It is also a house facing the street. The moonlight is pouring down, falling on the flowers, trees and grass branches. A breeze passes by, and the moonlight and dim light interweave on the treetops, coating them with a thin layer of white light.
The dark man followed his gaze, and Shen Lie looked away calmly and walked into the house.
Chen Yunqi pressed his back against the brick wall, his heart beating wildly, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
Did he see it? Didn't he see it?
It should be...no.
He shouldn't be able to see anything in such a narrow brick gap hidden behind the crabapple tree.
"Meow~"
The passing little wild cat walked past with light steps, cast a lazy glance at her, and left with his head held high.
Chen Yunqi looked at it and suddenly felt the corners of his eyes sore.
The refreshing evening breeze gradually faded away her cold sweat and the fear all over her body, and what followed was the girlish thoughts that she had hidden deep in her heart that she had never dared to touch.
She shouldn't have gone out on that snowy night last winter, shouldn't have gone in front of Tai'an Restaurant, by the Huimen River, or behind Xilong Ferry. She shouldn't have looked at him that way, and she shouldn't have stopped to look back and let her eyes be greedy.
One glance is startling, one glance is frightening.
It shocked her whole life.
Chen Yunqi closed his eyes, filled with bitterness.
ยท
In April, hundreds of flowers are blooming everywhere. Inside and outside the city, from the first light of day to the dusk, the fragrance of flowers is assiduous and lingers on your nose.
Hengxiang has been named the first of the three elegant cities a thousand years ago. It has been famous for its poetry and literature in all dynasties. No one has ever associated military affairs, attacks, and killings with Hengxiang.
Regardless of whether Hengxiang went north to reach Youzhou via the official road of Yuntian Mountain, or Hengxiang went south to Zhenzhou, which is a strip of water, both states were important military headquarters of the Daqian Dynasty. Both had military commanders' mansions and as many as 50,000 people. Therefore, Hengxiang, which is in the middle of the two, is well "protected". There are no strategic fortresses above, below, left or right. There are only two places, the Duwei Mansion in the south of the city and the Hengxiang Guard Station, to maintain public order on a daily basis or to guard against civil unrest. Leisurely "yamen".
Although after Li Ju abandoned Yong'an and left, the Chengnan Duweifu and Hengxiang Guards Station, which originally had less than 3,000 people in total, began to recruit troops frantically, but they did not have a military training system in the strict sense. There was no daily training. For training, they can only walk in the streets and alleys, and follow the power of subordinate officers to dominate the market. They can only bully the subordinates and oppress the people, and they have absolutely no power to resist foreign invasion.
The location, the people, and the fragrance are not occupied. The reason why it has been able to spend five years peacefully in the chaotic world of fragmentation is entirely due to the Dongping Academy that moved here in the 25th year of Xuanyan.
For Xia Zhaoyi and Shen Lie who wanted to defend the city, without a fortress or defensive stronghold, it would undoubtedly be even more difficult given the huge disparity in strength between the two sides.
In fact, Hengxiang doesn't even have a city wall.
Because Zhao Huien disappeared halfway, the entire Hengxiang government office was in chaos. Jian Jun and Xia Junnan occupied the Hengxiang government office and set it up as a temporary military aircraft camp.
A huge march map was glued to the vertical seat board. Hengxiang, which was in the plains, was faced with danger on almost all sides and had nowhere to defend.
Any veteran with more than ten years of combat experience will look at the map and shake his head and sigh. The terrain of Hengxiang should be set up as a strategic fortress or a logistics mobile base that can be abandoned at any time, rather than being treated as an object of protection.
According to the current estimated time, they still have two days to prepare.
There is a lot of manpower that can be mobilized. The soldiers and horses surrounding the Hengxiang Guards Station in front of Qu's Mansion yesterday were almost wiped out by them. The soldiers of the City Guards Mansion in the south of the city who were washing the ground and burying the corpses are now in great need of a large number of people who can express themselves. Chance.
Jian Jun believed that these people could be allowed to prepare defense fortifications together, no matter how simple they were, it was better than nothing.
Xia Junnan likes to fight guerrillas and believes that the top priority is that they should immediately detach themselves and use guerrilla methods to harass the opponents from the rear and flanks after they enter the territory of Hengxiang. If they can kill each one, they can make a big difference. Reduce the enemy's strength.
Jian Jun did not agree with his idea. If they wanted to fight guerrillas, they would set out from Hengxiang now. Once they left, the city's restraint on the capital's southern capital would be gone. These soldiers might not prepare any more defenses. They even had to be prepared for these soldiers and horses to join forces with Jiao Jinhu's soldiers and horses to attack them from a pincer.
This is the reason why Jian Jun showed no mercy to the Hengxiang guards in front of the Qu Mansion yesterday, because it is impossible for Xia's army to stay in Hengxiang for a long time. Once they leave, these soldiers will definitely counterattack and retaliate afterwards. According to Zhao Hui'en's motives, these soldiers will eventually become Jiao Jinhu's soldiers.
Xia Zhaoyi dismounted in front of the Governor's Yamen and walked around the front hall. When she heard the sound of their discussion in the back hall, she did not go in immediately, but stood outside and listened quietly for a while.
