bestfiction Chapter 300 That’s the real “evidence”
Chapter 300 That’s the real “evidence”
There are indeed three major happy events for men in ancient times: meeting an old friend in a foreign place, passing the imperial examination, and the wedding night.
Unfortunately...
Chu Xi is not a "genuine" man, so the two happy events behind do not have much appeal to her.
"Are you looking forward to it?" Zhou Yichen raised his eyes and stared at Chu Xi. "After all, you proposed to marry her yourself. You must want to marry Miss Jiang as soon as possible, right?"
Even he only found out about this matter after the two families had finalized the marriage and exchanged engagement letters.
Before this, he didn't know that Qi Bai actually liked Jiang Zhenyao...
Chu Xi pursed her lips. This question was really difficult to answer.
She glanced at the other people around her who were still discussing animatedly, thought about it, and chose not to answer for the time being.
But Zhou Yichen didn't intend to give up just like that.
"I've always been curious about one thing. Why do you suddenly fall in love with Jiang Zhenyao? You don't have much in common with her. At most, you won her competition to recruit a son-in-law after returning from Yunzhou."
Chu Xi had a hard time saying, "......" No, can't we just skip this topic?
"Your Highness, don't worry. Although Jiang Zhenyao is the cousin of the Seventh Prince, I believe she is not a two-faced person..."
She paused and said, "Let's take a step back and say, even if we really get married in the future, she will never become the Seventh Prince's spy and leak our affairs to the Seventh Prince.
Zhou Yichen didn't like the way Qi Bai was protecting Jiang Zhenyao. His determined look made him feel irritated.
"Qibai, what makes you so sure? I believe you, but I... don't believe her."
"You know, it's not a pleasant feeling to trust someone and then be betrayed. The price is too high. I can't afford it."
Human nature cannot withstand the test and trust. He can turn his back to Qi Bai, but he will never turn his back to Jiang Zhenyao who is closely related to Zhou Jinye!
Moreover, he didn't want Qi Bai to marry Jiang Zhenyao.
Zhou Yichen couldn't explain the reason and could only attribute it all to the fact that Jiang Zhenyao's identity was too special and embarrassing.
According to their relationship, the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion and the Seventh Prince are in the same boat, but now they have made Jiang Zhenyao get engaged to him for nothing.
From then on, the relationship became complicated and tangled. He could lose anyone, but he could not lose Qi Bai!
Chu Xi, "......"
What do you want her to say?
Could it be that, according to the development of the plot, all the plots now seem to have been fast-forwarded, and she might not even live to see the day when she marries Jiang Zhenyao!
As others have said, the ancients were very cautious in preparing for their weddings. They needed to match horoscopes, choose an auspicious date, offer betrothal gifts, and go through a series of procedures.
Once everything is done and a wedding date is set, it will take at least half a year.
At that time, if she really died according to the plot, she would be gone from this world.
Naturally, the marriage ended in failure.
Chu Xi was too lazy to explain, she just smiled and said lightly, "It's okay, I'll keep an eye on her."
Zhou Yichen opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
He wanted to ask, why Qi Bai must marry Jiang Zhenyao.
But before I could say anything, I felt that my question was a bit unnecessary.
This marriage was arranged by Qi Bai himself. The two families had already exchanged engagement letters, so naturally he had to marry her.
The topic ended just like that, and everyone else's attention had long since shifted away from Chu Xi.
After finally escaping death, the Western Chu army outside the city temporarily ceased fighting. After laughing and joking, they were all tired.
The wounded stayed in the inn to rest, while the others found another place.
Chu Xi and Han Yaojun have special identities, and their clothes are still in the county magistrate's mansion, so they have to go there if they want to change into clean clothes.
Rong Qingzhu hadn't closed his eyes for two days, and there was an obvious dark shadow under his eyes.
An old military doctor saw that Rong Qingzhu almost dropped the medicine and his body was shaking, so he hurried forward to help him.
"Master Rong, you should go and rest first."
Rong Qingzhu pursed her lips and said, "Nothing, I just lost my balance for a moment."
The old military doctor sighed helplessly, "I know Lord Rong is sincere, but it's rare that there is a truce outside right now, and you haven't slept for two days and two nights. Take this opportunity to take a nap and recuperate, so that you can fight again later..."
"When you need help, you can help better, right?"
Rong Qingzhu was not stupid, so he naturally understood the meaning of the old military doctor's words.
He is not in a very good condition now, which is indeed because he has not closed his eyes and rested for a long time. Now he can find a place to take a nap.
"it is good."
In order to be able to continue helping later, Rong Qingzhu did not go to the county magistrate's mansion, but directly found a simple bed in the inn and lay down to sleep.
Tang Yuhuai had been rushing all the way here, non-stop day and night, so naturally he needed a good sleep.
Because my second uncle was seriously injured and fell into a coma, the arrow had been pulled out and the wound had been sutured.
But he was his second uncle after all, so Tang Yuhuai was worried, so he lay down beside Tang Juncheng's bed and slept, waiting for him to wake up.
During the short time that Chu Xi was away, Tang Yuhuai had already informed Han Yaojun of the entire situation.
As the journey of the 100,000-strong army was too long, there was a risk that Xi'an would be captured before they arrived. Tang Yuhuai discussed with the eldest prince about splitting the troops into two routes.
He led 10,000 cavalrymen to advance first, while the eldest prince was responsible for the defense and followed with 90,000 troops.
Tang Yuhuai had been ambushed in a canyon three or four hundred kilometers away from Xi'an. At that time, they were wearing the armor of the Western Chu soldiers and almost thought they were too late.
Later, after some investigation by Tang Yuhuai, he realized that there was something fishy going on and that the city of Xi'an might not have fallen yet.
Tang Yuhuai went to the mansion of the city's garrison alone. The garrison had been bribed and reached an agreement with the Eighth Prince. He turned a blind eye and allowed the Eighth Prince's men to do whatever they wanted.
He knew the situation was urgent and there was no time to lose, so he made a decision immediately.
They simply tied up the guard and held him hostage to order the other princes to mobilize the 30,000 troops in the city to surround the canyon.
There were actually only 5,000 troops ambushed in the canyon, but the problem was that the canyon had natural advantages.
If we fight them head-on, even if we don't lose half of our troops, at least one third will be lost.
Tang Yuhuai is going to bring people to provide support, so preserving strength is the most important thing.
The 30,000 soldiers defending the city surrounded the 5,000 people. The 5,000 people were forced to lay down their weapons and surrender, and no longer dared to attack Tang Yuhuai and others.
This matter will inevitably offend the guard.
However, the border was in danger and Tang Yuhuai could not care too much.
Of course, before leaving, he deliberately forced the guard to write a letter of denunciation, which contained details about how the Eighth Prince bribed him and asked him to pretend to be deaf and dumb and let five thousand soldiers ambush and block the attack.
Forced to press fingerprints.
In addition, they also took away the correspondence between him and the Eighth Prince’s legal advisor. That was real “evidence”!
Tang Yuhuai had a hunch that these things might come in handy later!