Flourishing of the Ming Dynasty Novel - Chapter 95

Chapter 95 Wake Up
Lu Zhen felt that he was still at the city wall of Guangling North City, and countless Meng people were rushing up like a tide, quickly surrounding the Ming army in the city. As they laughed crazily, these heroic soldiers fell one by one under their sabers.

Blood continuously flowed and soaked his feet. Lu Zhen wanted to shout loudly and fight those ferocious enemies to the death, but the people beside him firmly protected him, making him unable to move at all. All he saw were those familiar or unfamiliar people falling in front of him one by one.

Lin Lie, Dai Zhang, and Wang Bing … They shouted and killed each other. In the end, they were all killed and fell to the ground. In the end, even Chu Yunrong rushed forward with a knife in her hand. Lu Zhen wanted to tell her to stop, but that was just courting death, but he couldn’t make a sound at all. He could only watch helplessly as she was beheaded by someone.

Her beautiful and exquisite facial features flew up into the air together with her head. Her face, which had no trace of blood, seemed to be still smiling at Lu Zhen. This caused Lu Zhen’s heart to suddenly shrink. Fear, anger, helplessness … All sorts of emotions filled his heart, making him want to shout loudly.

Finally, the debris that was stuck in his throat and also in his heart suddenly dissipated, causing Lu Zhen to immediately shout, “Don’t …”

Then, he found himself in an endless darkness. There seemed to be a voice whispering his name in his ears. It was the familiar, gentle and tactful voice of a woman, “Lu Zhen …”

Was it Chu Yunrong’s voice? Was she still alive? At the same time, Lu Zhen suddenly understood that what happened just now was just a nightmare. Once this was confirmed, his consciousness quickly recovered. He felt a burst of dry throat and pain, and his body was extremely sore. However, his eyes slowly opened.

When he truly woke up, the first thing he wanted was a beautiful face filled with concern and even tears. That was Chu Yunrong who was watching him nervously. Only when she realized that Lu Zhen was staring at her like this did Chu Yunrong realize that something was wrong. Her eyes flashed, “You … you finally woke up.” Although he was a little shy, his tone was still filled with joy.

“I… Why am I here? How is the situation in the city?” Lu Zhen’s expression changed as he asked, “Dazi … Dazi, have you attacked the city?” He had already remembered that he had only lost consciousness after being shot by an arrow, which meant that the Meng people would probably launch a surprise attack afterwards.

Without his command and support in the middle, how could the civilians and sergeants deal with those wolf-like Dazi’s attacks? Thinking of this, Lu Zhen was even more nervous. He grabbed Chu Yunrong’s soft hand and asked anxiously, “Tell me, what happened to the city wall?”

Chu Yunrong’s heart skipped a beat when he suddenly grabbed her hand, and the blush on her face became even thicker. She wanted to pull her hand away, but with a slight force, she realized that Lu Zhen was holding it tightly and couldn’t pull it out. She stopped this action again and thought in her heart that she didn’t pull it out because she wasn’t as strong as the man in front of her. Of course, only the heavens knew what the truth was.

Seeing Lu Zhen’s nervous expression, Chu Yunrong felt both funny and distressed. He had been poisoned and fainted for this city, but when he woke up, he only cared about the safety of the city. For some reason, she was even a little jealous of all of this. But soon, she adjusted her mind, “You’ve been unconscious all day.”

“Ah? Did I faint for so long?” Lu Zhen was shocked, but he was still eager to know the safety of the city. “Tell me, did they block Dazi’s attack during this day?”

“If they hadn’t won, one day would have been enough for Dazi to kill everyone in the city. How could you still be lying here so peacefully?” Chu Yunrong rolled her eyes at the man in front of her with a little tenderness and helplessness. Didn’t he look smart before? Why did he become so stupid after waking up in the blink of an eye? He didn’t even understand such a simple question.

Lu Zhen was stunned for a moment before he woke up and laughed self-deprecatingly, “Looks like I did ask a stupid question …” It wasn’t until the stone in his heart landed that he felt his mouth dry and his throat burn, “Can you … bring me some water?”

“Oh!” Chu Yunrong’s face turned red again. Only then did she remember that Lu Zhen was still injured. How could she not have thought of this? He quickly got up, took a small bowl of water from the table in front of him, and carefully brought it to Lu Zhen’s hand.

Lu Zhen wasn’t courteous either. After taking it, he gulped down a mouthful. Only then did his throat feel much more comfortable. Then, he realized that he wasn’t in the study room where he used to sleep. This room was much more elegant than his own residence, and there was also a refreshing and pleasant smell of non-orchid and non-musk deer.

This is? Looking carefully, Lu Zhen was surprised to recognize that this was Chu Yunrong’s bedroom, and the bed he was lying on was also her bed. “Why am I here?” He asked in surprise.

His actions clearly fell into Chu Yunrong’s eyes, causing her to feel a burst of embarrassment. However, he said, “You were injured to save me, so I naturally have to take good care of you.”

After discovering the shyness of a woman, Lu Zhen could no longer pursue this matter. He could only laugh, “It’s only natural for me to save you. It’s really nothing.”

Originally, he meant that it was only natural for a man to save a woman, but when it fell into Chu Yunrong’s ears, it was a different feeling. These words seemed to imply that he was expressing his feelings towards her, which made her even more panicked.

In the past, she naturally did not have a good expression towards Lu Zhen, but since she knew that Lu Zhen was not Lu Zhen, her attitude had changed a little. After spending New Year’s Eve together, the relationship between the two of them became much closer. After witnessing Lu Zhen’s heroic actions, especially the manly style that dared to fight the enemy to the end, her heart strings were unconsciously moved by him.

This time, Chu Yunrong was even more grateful to Lu Zhen for saving her life. This mixed feelings of appreciation, gratitude, and ambiguity fermented. Even if she was held by him, she did not have the slightest intention of struggling. The atmosphere in the room had actually become somewhat charming.

A man and a woman looked at each other quietly like this. For a moment, they didn’t know what to say. However, the hearts of the two of them seemed to be slowly approaching at this moment. It was as if as long as there was an opportunity, the relationship between the two of them would have a further breakthrough.

But at this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and Cuimei’s voice sounded, “Miss, why hasn’t Uncle woken up yet? Is that doctor useful? This medicine … Ah, auntie … Master, wake up?” After saying those words, the little girl had just placed the tray with the bowl of soup on the table when she realized that her master had actually woken up and was looking at her. This caused her to be both shocked and panicked, and she almost pulled the tray on the ground.

Seeing her like this, Lu Zhen couldn’t help but laugh, “I’ve made you worry. I’ve indeed woken up.”

“That’s great …” Cuimei’s face was filled with joy. “You don’t know how worried Miss is on this day. She also …”

“Cuimei” Just as the little girl was so excited that she wanted to say everything, Miss Chu finally couldn’t help but raise her face and interrupt her words, “What are you chewing on this tongue for? Why don’t you bring the medicine over quickly?”

Only then did Cuimei realize that he had lost his composure. He stuck out his tongue and hurriedly agreed. He brought the medicine over and handed it over to Chu Yunrong. Chu Yunrong also took it habitually, and then used the spoon in the bowl to scoop up a mouthful of medicine and deliver it to Lu Zhen’s mouth. Evidently, this was how she fed Lu Zhen medicine …

Only when the spoon was delivered to his mouth did the three of them stare blankly, and then Chu Yunrong’s face turned red again. This time, it was much more popular than before, just like a cooked shrimp.

Lu Zhen stared blankly at the spoon beside his mouth, not knowing what to do. Did he drink the medicine with his hand, or did he refuse? Neither of these choices seemed to be so suitable.

“I… I didn’t see anything. Oh right, there’s still something burning in the kitchen. I have to go take a look.” After leaving this sentence, Cuimei hurriedly “escaped”.

Lu Zhen was in a dilemma until Chu Yunrong stuffed the bowl and spoon into his hand and let out a sigh of relief. Speaking of which, this person was indeed a bit embarrassing to the transmigrator. If it was anyone else, they would have pretended to enjoy the gentle service of a beauty without knowing anything. He had no choice. Who told him that Lu Zhen’s tutelage was very good? He didn’t spend so much effort on it.

After such a disturbance, the two of them became even more embarrassed. After finishing the bitter medicinal soup and washing his mouth with water, Lu Zhen said again, “Oh right, I still don’t know, how did the previous predicament get solved?”

This topic was finally no longer so awkward, and it also eased the strange atmosphere. Chu Yunrong only felt relieved and said, “After you were hit by the arrow, the Tartars directly attacked the city. Not only were our north city attacked by them, but also the west city … Fortunately, the Yellow Tiger General arrived with his army at the critical moment. He finally managed to preserve the city and defeat the tartartars at the same time …”

Hearing her words, Lu Zhen’s expression changed several times and he finally let out a sigh of relief, “I didn’t expect our luck to be so good. Oh right, what about General Huang Hu and the others? I must thank them for saving us.”

“They stayed outside the city and came to see you before. After dawn, we’ll send someone to invite them over.” At this moment, Chu Yunrong finally returned to her original appearance, and she no longer spoke shyly.