Painting Doctor Jinhua

Chapter 201 Xiao Yun's Madness, Post-War Concerns

"Who is attacking here?"

The cry of the phoenix immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the city wall. As the arrow pierced his right palm, he held the arrow with his left hand, pulled it out and shot it at the attacker.

"what!"

A scream was heard, and Dugu Yongye immediately ordered people to catch the assassin.

Xiao Jinyu then turned her gaze to Fenghuang, but saw the blood gushing out of her right palm gradually turning black. She immediately strode over and used a silver needle to force out the poisonous blood.

"Brother Qing, it turns out you still remember me!"

When the boy saw her nervous look, a hint of joy appeared on his pale face.

"What are you talking about? Of course I will remember you. Even if you grow up and look different, I will still be able to recognize you!"

"Why did you block the arrow with your bare hands? Couldn't you just tell us to dodge?"

Fenghuang shook her head and asked seriously, "If Gao Changgong died, you would be very sad, right?"

Xiao Jinyu was stunned for a moment and didn't say anything. She saw that the boy's face had become thinner, and a sharp heroic spirit gradually emerged from his former gorgeousness. His facial features became more three-dimensional like sculptures. He must have gone through a lot of hardships in the past six months, and his previously fair skin had become a little darker.

"So, I didn't think too much about it, I just didn't want you to be sad!" He added again with a smile.

For some reason, Xiao Jinyu felt that Fenghuang's smile was a bit bitter. The thirteen-year-old boy already had a lot of worries!

Seeing that the poison was spreading very quickly, Xiao Jinyu asked Gao Changgong while applying silver needles:

"Chang Gong, is the bottle of medicine I gave you still there?"

Gao Changgong then remembered that during the peace talks in Yubi City, Xiao Jinyu had given him a bottle of medicine, which was originally intended for this young man. However, he had not been able to meet this young man in the past few months in Jinyang.

"exist!"

He responded and immediately handed the bottle of medicine to Xiao Jinyu. Xiao Jinyu poured out the pills and put them to Fenghuang's mouth.

"Phoenix, eat this, and from now on, unless it's a very special poison, nothing will hurt you!"

"it is good!"

Fenghuang swallowed the pill in Xiao Jinyu's hand without any hesitation.

Just after he swallowed the pill, his originally pale face gradually revealed a hint of blush, and the blood dripping from his palm also gradually turned red.

Xiao Jinyu immediately tore off the silk, applied the healing ointment on him, and finally wrapped the wound with the silk.

She performed all these movements smoothly and skillfully.

Dugu Yongye and Gao Xiaowan were both surprised when they saw it.

"I didn't expect Minister Xie's medical skills to be so superb..."

Dugu Yongye sighed and stopped talking. His eyes showed a hint of admiration for "Xie Zhen", as well as suspicion...

But he is a smart man. There is no need to dig into many things. Keeping a certain distance or mystery is good for both parties!

While he was thinking, a soldier came to report:

"Governor, the man has been caught!"

"Bring him here!" Dugu Yongye's expression became serious, and then he said, "No, the snow and wind on the tower are too strong. Bring him to the interrogation room and we will interrogate him ourselves!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers noticed the word "we", which meant that it was not just Dugu Yongye, but also several people on the city wall: Gao Xiaowan, Lanling King, Xie Zhen, Xie Yuxuan and even the young man who caught the arrow with his bare hands would participate.

When several people arrived at the interrogation room, they saw a disheveled man lying on the ground twitching, with black blood flowing from his mouth due to a poison arrow in his arm.

Although his face was extremely ugly, Gao Changgong still recognized him.

"Xiao Yun? Why are you here?"

"Don't let him die, cut off one of his arms!"

"No, no, don't cut my hand, I'm afraid of the pain!" The man suddenly roared, trembling, looking around, "Where is Xiao Jinyu, isn't she a miracle doctor? Let her save me, let her save me!"

Just as Xiao Jinyu was about to walk over, Fenghuang strode over and stepped on Xiao Yun's chest. At the same time, he grabbed a halberd and stabbed it hard into the arm that was hit by the arrow.

Blood spurted out and Xiao Yun let out a long scream.

Fenghuang took off the silk again and let the blood drops from her palm drip into Xiao Yun's mouth.

"Tell me, why are you here? Why do you want to assassinate Lanling King?"

After asking this question, Phoenix's foot had moved to another position and stepped on his broken arm.

"You shameless fellow, you wanted to molest my brother Qing, and today I am taking revenge for that!"

Xiao Yun grimaced in pain and could not utter a word. A soldier beside him knelt down and said, "I found this beggar in Luoyang City a month ago. I felt sorry for him and asked the city guard Duan to take him in and make him a city guard. I never thought he was an assassin. It was all my fault that I was careless and almost harmed Lanling King!"

The soldier was filled with guilt and trembling. He looked at King Lanling and then at Dugu Yongye.

"Duan Siwen again?" Dugu Yongye asked suspiciously.

The soldier lowered his head and did not answer.

At this time, Xiao Yun's screams finally stopped. Fenghuang picked him up again and asked sternly: "Tell me, if even one word you say is false, I will cut off your second arm!"

"It was Yuchi Jiong of Zhou. He, he wanted me to kill Lanling King and offered a reward of a thousand gold coins and ten thousand households..."

Before Xiao Yun finished speaking, he heard a snapping sound, which was the sound of a leg bone being broken.

Xiao Yun screamed like a pig being slaughtered again, and Xie Yuxuan couldn't help but sigh in her heart: How cruel! How cruel!

"Who gave you the face to meet Zhou's Grand Commander Yuchi Jiong when you are so cowardly? Do you think I am as stupid as you?"

Xiao Yun was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat. After a long while, he shivered and replied, "It was Mu Ti Po... General Mu sent me here. He gave me three choices: either kill Xie Zhen, kill Prince Lanling, or destroy the reputation of Princess Xiao Jinyu of Lanling..."

"Haha, I don't know any Xie Zhen, and I haven't seen Xiao Jinyu, so I can only attack Lanling King... Speaking of which, if it weren't for Lanling King Gao Changgong, Xiao Jinyu, that slave girl, should be mine, she should be mine..."

"You won't believe me, but I dreamed about her these past few days. I dreamed that she and I had sex several times and she was pregnant with me..."

Perhaps due to excessive excitement, Xiao Yun's face was distorted several times, but before he could finish his words, Phoenix pierced his throat with a halberd...

The last two words were stuck in his throat. Xiao Yun's eyes widened unwillingly, and his pupils expanded to the maximum until they were covered in deathly gray.

"Killing someone like you is just dirtying my hands!"

After Fenghuang said this, she looked at Xiao Jinyu, but saw that Xiao Jinyu looked thoughtful, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Should I have killed him? Do you have anything else to ask?" he asked apologetically.

"No, if he's dead, then he's dead! I just feel a little sad. It turns out there are people like this who never know their mistakes and never regret until they die!"

"Bury him if he's dead!"

……

Hongnong City, in Yuwencheng’s camp.

Wang Xiong's body had been covered with white cloth and put into the coffin. Yuchi Jiong, Yuwen Xian, Daxi Wu and other Northern Zhou generals all looked dejected.

Yuwen Xian wept as he looked at Wang Xiong's corpse. He said angrily, "Although our army suffered heavy casualties, the Qi army only has 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers. Our Zhou army still has the strength to fight against them. After dawn, we will fight a decisive battle with the Qi army!"

Da Xiwu advised, "No, the Luoyang army has already collapsed and morale is still low. If we don't return quickly at night, if the Qi army attacks tomorrow, I'm afraid we won't be able to return. I've been in the army for a long time and I can see the situation more clearly than young people like Yuwen Langjun who have never experienced anything. How can we send several battalions of Zhou army into danger under such circumstances?"

"We also ask the Grand Chancellor to withdraw our troops to preserve the strength of our Zhou Kingdom's troops!"

Different from the Baibao Xianbei guards of Qi who were only used for marching and fighting, the soldiers of Northern Zhou were not professional soldiers. They worked on the farms in peacetime and went to war in times of war. The 200,000 troops recruited for this expedition were the entire national strength of Zhou. If they were all killed here, then the Zhou would be doomed!

Yuwen Hu was angry and annoyed, but under Da Xiwu's advice, he had to retreat at night and returned empty-handed.

A campaign that had exhausted the entire country's strength came to an end, and Yuwen Hu's prestige was greatly reduced.

Some even sighed and said, "If they had listened to General Wei earlier and not rushed to attack Qi immediately after getting their mother, they would have fallen behind in morality and would not have ended up in such a disastrous defeat. I heard that Zhou lost half of its troops in this expedition!"

Yuwen Hu became even angrier when he heard the rumors, and secretly hated Wei Xiaokuan for being a bad-mouthed man. If it weren't for him, the Zhou army would never have been defeated!

……

At the same time, the story of King Lanling leading 500 elite cavalrymen to defeat the Zhou army of 100,000 and the song on Jinyong City has become a legend that people talk about with relish.

After the Zhou army retreated, the whole city of Luoyang was in an uproar. The people, who had been shrouded in fear for more than half a month, flocked to the streets, wanting to catch a glimpse of King Lanling's heroic figure, or to listen to a drum song that could destroy the enemy's morale and cheer for our soldiers!

Cheers echoed in every corner of the streets and alleys in Luoyang City.

Xiao Jinyu and Gao Changgong visited some injured soldiers, some of whom were soldiers led by Xie Yuxuan. Fortunately, there were not many casualties. Especially with the medical treatment given by Xiao Jinyu, many wounded soldiers were slowly recovering.

The soldiers were full of gratitude and respect for Xiao Jinyu, who was Xie Zhen's status. Some even sighed, "I thought that the children of the nobles were all high and mighty and would not take the lives of humble people like us seriously. I didn't expect that Minister Xie was so approachable."

"Yes! But the relationship between him and Lanling King seems to be very unusual..."

"What nonsense! Lanling Wang is also a god-like figure and a hero of the time. The two of them shine like the sun and the moon, so it is normal for them to admire each other..."

After these words were spoken, the soldiers who were discussing in private fell silent.

……

After learning the news that the Zhou army had retreated and the Qi army had won a great victory, Gao Zhan was so happy that he couldn't help but go to Luoyang in person to reward those who had made contributions!

After dealing with all the affairs in Jinyong City, Gao Changgong brought Xiao Jinyu to a mansion in Luoyang, which was also a temporary residence he bought and renamed it Lanling Prince's Mansion.

Xie Yuxuan, Gao Yanzong and others checked in and each found a room to rest.

Prince Lanling brought Xiao Jinyu to a warm room and watched the snow scene outside the window.

After two consecutive days of heavy snow, the weather finally cleared up. Looking out from the warm room, you can see the ice on the branches melting under the sunlight, like white clothes gradually fading and pearly rain falling.

Seeing Xiao Jinyu had nothing to do but read a medical book, with a focused look on what she was studying, Gao Changgong took a heater and placed it in front of her, and suddenly asked, "Ayu, since I've been with you, I seem to think about you a lot... I think more than before, and I seem to be different from before. Do you think I'm sick?"

"No, you are in very good health, you don't have any disease, don't scare yourself, even if you have some skin injuries on the battlefield, with the medicine I gave you, you will recover quickly..." At this point, Xiao Jinyu seemed to have not understood, looked at him and asked, "But what do you mean, what do you often think about?"

Gao Changgong blushed and stopped talking.

Xiao Jinyu understood immediately, and laughed in her heart. Suddenly she stood up, her expression serious, and said: "Chang Gong, it is not a good thing to be noisy in broad daylight. Don't learn from the emperor of your Qi country."

"..."

Gao Changgong was slightly stunned, and said with some disappointment: "Okay, then I will restrain myself!"

Xiao Jinyu glanced at his depressed expression and almost laughed out loud. After pacing a few steps in the warm room, she suddenly looked at him and said:

"It's too cold, and I'm a little tired, so I won't watch it!"

After a pause, she continued, "Chang Gong, carry me into the house!"

Gao Changgong couldn't help but smile, but seeing that she was serious and calm even when talking about such things, without any shyness, he sighed inwardly, picked her up without any hesitation, and strode into the bedroom.

……

Xie Yuxuan was just about to come to the warm room to find Xiao Jinyu to ask something, but when she saw Lu Yu hiding in a corner outside the warm room with a sly smile on his face, she walked up to ask what he was doing. Unexpectedly, when Lu Yu looked up and saw her, he suddenly covered her mouth and pushed her back before she could even ask.

Xie Yuxuan was furious and almost kicked him in a vital spot. He grimaced in pain but never uttered a scream.

"How cruel! I didn't even dare to scream. Forget it, I won't go in!"

"Tell me! What happened in there?"

Lu Yu finally endured the pain, pulled her away, and scolded her: "A short absence is better than a new love, don't you understand? You have grown up eating so much food for nothing!"

Xie Yuxuan glared again.

"Do you dare to say it again?"

"I dare not, I dare not, I'm leaving, leaving right away!"

After saying that, Lu Yu ran away, leaving Xie Yuxuan alone looking in the direction of the warm room in deep thought.

……

The weather was too cold, so Gao Changgong ordered people to fetch several buckets of hot water for her to bathe. But when he saw an arrow mark on her originally soft and smooth skin on her chest, he couldn't help feeling distressed.

After washing away all the fatigue in his body, he tore off the "mask" on her face, wrapped her tightly with thick quilt, held her in the warm couch, and slowly moved closer to her body and hugged her tightly.

"Is it still cold?"

"It's not cold, Chang Gong's body is very warm. A Yu also feels at ease being with you."

Gao Changgong smiled, then hugged her body and covered her cherry lips. At first he just touched her lightly, but later it became more and more uncontrollable.

When he kissed her arrow wound, he became very careful again. The icicles scattered outside were still melting bit by bit, making her feel as if her body was melting into the boundless sea of ​​clouds.

The joy of a long-awaited reunion is endless.

When the rain stopped and the sunset glowed on the window sill, Gao Changgong gently stroked her snow-white, pink cheek, kissed her delicate nose, and asked, "Are you tired?"

Xiao Jinyu really felt that her body was exhausted, and she could only lean softly on him, sighing: "Chang Gong really deserves to be called a military genius, he is tireless..."

Gao Changgong couldn't help but smile: "Then you take a rest for a while."

Xiao Jinyu looked at him.

"Chang Gong doesn't intend to let me go out and meet people?"

"You've been tired for so long. You saved everyone's lives. Who else do you want to meet? Just stay with me for the next two days."

"Two days?"

Gao Changgong couldn't help but smile when he saw a hint of panic in Xiao Jinyu's eyes, which were as clear as black jade.

"Ayu, come and talk to me!" He suddenly said seriously, "I want to talk to you more."

"Okay, what do you want to say?"

Gao Changgong hugged her tightly, looked into her eyes and said, "Ayu, if we have a child, we will withdraw from the court, okay? I don't want to see you get hurt for me anymore."

Xiao Jinyu sighed in her heart, and couldn't bear to offend him, so she nodded.

"However, this time, we will definitely be able to bring Lu Lingxuan to justice! When the time comes, we will retreat!"

Gao Changgong was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay!"

Xiao Jinyu suddenly looked at him, her eyes solemn as she said, "Chang Gong, there is one more thing you have to promise me!"

"you say!"

"If His Majesty asks you about breaking the formation in the battle of Mangshan in the future, and if he asks you why you were not afraid of thousands of enemy troops entering the enemy camp, just say it was for me!"

"I did it for you..."

Before Gao Changgong finished speaking, Xiao Jinyu interrupted him and said, "I am serious, Changgong, don't say that state affairs are your own family affairs. Although the world of Qi belongs to your Gao family, it is not your world, unless..."

The playful smile on Gao Changgong's lips suddenly froze, and he suddenly thought of what Gao Yanzong said, "Fourth sister-in-law seems to have the ability to predict future events." Could it be that A Yu had anticipated something again?

Because of the sentence "Family affairs are so intimate that they happen unconsciously", Gao Changgong in his previous life was feared by Gao Wei, and was given a cup of poisoned wine not long after. Although this may be one of the small reasons, Xiao Jinyu also has to try her best to eliminate or avoid all hidden dangers for him.

Unless... he really becomes the head of the Gao family in Northern Qi!