It snowed heavily at some point, sprinkling the ground in torrents.
Lieutenant Wei and Lieutenant Wu came out of the small courtyard, unaware of it. They only felt cold, from the inside out. They had guessed countless times about the reason why the king had entered the palace to assassinate him, but they had never guessed such a truth.
They still remembered the first time they went to the royal residence, the king had introduced them to the royal concubine – the woman who was so stunningly beautiful that just by standing there she exuded the style of everyone, without the slightest haughty air of superiority, but instead smiling and leaving them to have lunch in the residence at noon.
It was only then that they realised that the Princess was such a woman, no wonder the King held her in his heart and smiled every time he spoke of her.
But such a woman had suffered the greatest misfortune in the world.
“Old Wu ……”
Lieutenant Wei’s voice drifted, “Do you think it’s worth it for us to stick around all these years?”
For such a person, they are far away from their families, staying here for more than ten years, unable to serve their elderly parents, unable to take care of their brothers and sisters at home, and more likely to die on the battlefield at any time, with their bodies wrapped in horse leather.
Lieutenant Wu did not say anything, but silently got on his horse and looked at the white night in the distance, “Maybe it will be worth it.”
Lieutenant Wei looked to him.
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Inside the workshop, Song San Xiao put the boiled chicken soup on the table, tugging his ears with his two hot hands, and said with a smile to Qi Ying, “Mother specially stewed the chicken soup for you, it smells delicious.”
Qi Ying looked overwhelmed, “You told mother not to bother, just make a random bite, it’s been so many days, I’m fine already.”
“That won’t do.”
Grandma Song lifted the curtain and came in, “A small birth is just like a menstrual period, you must nurse well.”
After saying that, seeing Song Sanxiao still standing, she glared at him, “Go and bring that dish over.”
Song Sanxiao happily responded and turned around and briskly went out to bring in the dishes.
Grandma Song had already set up the dishes and placed a bowl of chicken soup in front of Qi Ying, “Drink it while it’s hot, drink more.”
“Thank you, Mother.”
Although she had severed her relationship with Song Sanxiao, she was her son after all, and this call from Qi Ying to her mother was so heartfelt that she forgot about the Qi family’s enemies for the time being.
“I’ve made a deal with my family, and when the workshop opens, I’ll follow you to the county.”
Qi Ying was just about to refuse, but Song San Xiao was already busy speaking up, “That would be best, I can also leave the stall without worry.”
Song Sanxiao did not get annoyed and smiled at her.
After eating, Song Sanxiao brushed the dishes and a few people talked for a while, then Grandma Song stood up, “I have something to do this afternoon, I’ll go back early and come back tomorrow.”
“Mother, take care.”
Grandma Song smiled in response and instructed, “You too, rest more and don’t think about anything.”
“I know, don’t worry.”
Grandma Song gestured for Song San Xiao to escort herself out and instructed him a bunch more before she rode back in the carriage.
When the carriage was far away, Song Sanxiao hurriedly turned around and went back inside, although it was already after New Year, the weather was still cold.
Qi Ying was already lying down.
She slept for a while every day after lunch, so Song Sanxiao reached out and covered her with the blanket and lay down at the other end, letting out a light snore in a short while.
Qi Ying opened her eyes, sat up, reached out and nudged his acupuncture points, dressed and got out of bed, lifting the curtain to go out.
The Xiao family’s guards had not yet returned from escorting Song Si back to the capital, and Song Yi and the others had gone up to the mountains to train, so she and Song San Xiao were the only two people in the workshop.
She left the courtyard and walked quickly towards the hill where the Gu family’s 113 members were buried, half a year had passed and she was constantly thinking of coming to pay her respects to her father.
Master Chu stood on the hill and watched her actions clearly. Ever since she had taken these people up the hill to train, she had been keeping an eye on the movement of the workshop, and she had indeed seen Qi Ying sneaking out.
“Song San.”
Song San ran over in response, following his master’s gaze, and vaguely saw Qi Ying’s figure.
“Take two men and go around the back and scare her.”
Song San answered and ordered two men to follow the rope down the back of the hill and around to the foot of the hill over there, muttering a few words to the other two.
The other two got excited, they hadn’t done anything this exciting for a long time since they had been bought in.
“What if we accidentally hurt her?”
A few of them knew Qi Ying and knew that she was the eldest lady of the Wei Yuan Dart Board and had some skills, so if they were to face each other, would they hurt someone or not?
“Just have a lighter hand.”
Song San didn’t care much, since Master had told them to scare people, naturally they didn’t have to worry about it.
The other two nodded excitedly and found a place to hide.
On the hill, Qi Ying looked at the graves that all looked the same and bit her lip tightly, her father hadn’t brought so many people over in the first place, there should be others, and she couldn’t just worship them all.
A figure suddenly sprang out.
Qi Ying was unprepared and screamed in terror. As soon as the scream came out, she immediately covered her mouth and swallowed the rest of her scream, staring dead at the place where the man had just scurried up.
There was a sound of wind behind her, and she turned around sharply, but saw nothing.
“Who’s pretending to be a ghost here, come out!”
No one answered.
Qi Ying looked around warily and pretended to crouch down to pick up a stone, before her hand could touch it, another figure suddenly scurried past, this time she was on guard and quickly grabbed a handful of stones and raised them, then bullying her way up, before she could strike at that person, another person scurried out next to her and attacked her.
Qi Ying backed up quickly and tried to dodge, but she was kicked in the back and stumbled forward, before her hand could touch the ground.
“So you’re running?”
One of them couldn’t believe it, when they were beggars, they didn’t even dare to breathe a word when they saw this young lady, it was said that she was very strong in martial arts, none of the dart masters in the dart board was her match.
“She is afraid of alerting the master and does not dare to fight with us.”
Song San looked at Qi Ying’s back as she fled in haste, and then looked back at the hill ……
Qi Ying’s face was white as she ran back into the courtyard, turned and closed the door, leaning against it to catch her breath. It was true that she had had a miscarriage, and although she had been nursing for so many days, her body still had not recovered to its former state, and the martial arts skills of those people just now were not low, so if she really had to face them, she did not necessarily have a chance of winning.
The people in the workshop had all gone to the mountains to train, so how could those people be there? Could it be that Song Wangyue had guessed what she was up to and had someone guard the place on purpose?
No, it couldn’t be.
If Song Wan Yue knew that her father had brought his men over to kill the Gu family that night, how could she have let Song San Xiao break off relations with her family because of her? Could it be that there was some secret hidden under that mountain? The reason she had built the workshop here was to cover up the secret.
But the most important thing was that Song Wangyue would soon know about it, and she had to find a way to get around it.