Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 427
Chapter 427 A Brilliant Scheme
Da Feichuan.
After the first battle, the Tang and Tibetan barracks were abnormally quiet. For ten consecutive days, apart from daily drills and patrols, the two sides did not engage in any small-scale battles. There seemed to be some kind of mysterious tacit understanding between the two armies, and they were all secretly plotting against each other.
At night, in Qin Mubai’s room.
Li Xueyan, who was changing Qin Mubai’s dressing, trembled and her hands trembled. The bottle fell to the ground and shattered.
“Mubai, you! You’re too bold!” Li Xueyan looked at Qin Mubai with her’horrified ‘gaze and said, “Do you know the consequences of what you did?”
“Of course.” Qin Mubai smiled indifferently and lightly tapped on the armrest of the general’s chair with rhythmic fingers. “Isn’t it the sin of the Ten Evil Sins?” He said leisurely. “Sit down the clan together? I’m used to it!”
“You! … Are you used to it?!” Li Xueyan was stunned and speechless. “You are collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!” She said anxiously. “No, you are not! You must be joking, you must be teasing me!”
“It’s over. Even you don’t believe me. How am I going to lie to Hou Junji, Xue Wanjun, Gaer Qinling and Qizong Nongzan?” Qin Mubai shook his head, “No, I have to think of another way!”
“Mubai, what exactly are you trying to do?” Li Xueyan heaved a sigh of relief and carefully asked while cleaning up the broken bottles on the ground.
“I just want to keep you by my side and not marry to Tibet. By the way … kill Gaer Qinling and pacify the plateau.” Qin Mubai said with a smile.
“Not serious!” Li Xueyan blushed and lowered her head to curse.
“I’m really serious.” Qin Mubai said, “A few days ago, I caught a piece of work. It was actually sent by Tibet’s Zan Pu Qizong Nongzan. Guess what he said?”
Li Xueyan paused and raised her head to ask, “What did you say?”
“He told me that Gaer Qinling just wants to fight. Actually, Tibet’s Zan Pu doesn’t want to fight. He wants to ally with our Great Tang. Afterwards, they are still willing to accept the marriage.” Qin Mubai curled his lips and said, “Are you happy to hear this?”
“No!” Li Xueyan bit her lips and lowered her head. She slowly cleaned up the debris on the ground and said, “Before, I was a ghost. Now that I’ve awakened, how could I make the same mistake again?”
“You have a personality, that’s why you look like a princess!” Qin Mubai laughed out loud, “If your father heard this, he would definitely be happy to laugh out loud!”
Li Xueyan ignored Qin Mubai’s teasing and suddenly woke up, saying, “Mubai, this is a military matter, right? How can you tell me?”
“You’re smart and alert.” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “The reason I told you this is because … I want you to do me a big favor. Of course, keeping this important secret from anyone is a prerequisite.”
“Alright, tell me! If I can do it, I won’t refrain from going through fire and water!” Li Xueyan said seriously.
“It’s not that serious. What I want you to do is …” Qin Mubai smiled mysteriously and hesitated to say anything.
“What is it? Tell me?” Li Xueyan asked in confusion, “Are you trying to play tricks on me again?”
Qin Mubai took out three small brocade pouches, red, white, and black, and handed them to Li Xueyan. “There are three brocade pouches here. You mustn’t open them in advance. Remember-if Hou Junji, Xue Wanjun, and the others come to charge into the marshal tent one day and insist on meeting me, you can remove this red one.”
“What does this mean?” Li Xueyan asked in confusion, “Why don’t you pay attention to them yourself?”
“There’s no need to ask. Remember every word I say.” Qin Mubai’s expression suddenly became serious as he said, “On the thirteenth day of the ninth month, open this white brocade pouch again.”
“What about this black one? When will it be dismantled?” Li Xueyan asked nervously and curiously.
Qin Mubai was silent for a moment and said, “At the most critical moment.”
“How do I know … what is the most critical moment?”
“That’s right. Even your father was caught off guard. He was at a loss.”
“My father?”
“Don’t ask too much. If everything is clear, then it won’t be called a trick.” Qin Mubai smiled mysteriously.
“Alright, I’ll listen to you and stop asking.” Li Xueyan gritted her teeth and nodded seriously, “I believe you. This is enough.”
“Everything I said to you today, you can’t say to anyone, including your father.” Qin Mubai said, “Can you do it?”
“Yes!”
“Alright, that’s it.” Qin Mubai smiled and reached out to grab Li Xueyan’s shoulders, saying, “Xueyan, there are nearly 100,000 people in Dafeichuan now, but the one I trust the most is you …”
“I know what to do!” Li Xueyan stared at Qin Mubai with a strange light in her eyes as she nodded solemnly.
“Thank you.” Qin Mubai nodded seriously and smiled, “It’s getting late. Go back and rest!”
“Mm, your injuries aren’t healed yet. Please rest early.”
After saying that, Li Xueyan tidied up and left. Just as she walked out of Qin Mubai’s room and closed the door, she heard a miserable scream from inside. Then, the tables and chairs fell and the dishes shattered loudly.
“Ah!” Li Xueyan was shocked. She hurriedly turned around and pushed open the door to run into the room. When she saw it, she was dumbfounded!
Qin Mubai, who was dressed in pajamas, was lying on the ground, twitching violently as he spat out a puddle of dirty blood!
“Mubai, what’s wrong with you!!!” Li Xueyan scared the three souls out of their wits and ran to his side in a panic.
Qin Mubai was already covered in blood and his mouth stinked. He struggled to grab Li Xueyan’s hand and squeezed out a sentence with difficulty in his throat, “Block the news and stabilize the morale of the army!”
Soon after, he loosened his arms and stopped moving when his neck tilted!
Li Xueyan felt like a thunderclap. She was so scared that she forgot to cry. She stared blankly at Qin Mubai, who had collapsed to the ground, and her eyes went straight.
At this moment, Tantai Dandan, who was staying in the same courtyard, jumped into the room and cried out in shock, “Young Marshal, what’s wrong with you!-Someone, come quickly! Something happened to Young Marshal!”
“Don’t shout!” Li Xueyan, who looked like a puppet, suddenly remembered what Qin Mubai had just said. She suddenly became exceptionally calm. “Don’t mess with yourself, or else the morale of the army will inevitably shake. First, go invite the captain of the Young Marshal’s Personal Guards, General Zhang Tong, to tightly protect the mansion behind the tent. No one is allowed to enter or leave at will! Then secretly send a military doctor to treat him!”
Tantai Dandan looked at Li Xueyan in astonishment and decisively nodded, “Alright! You go find Zhang Tong, I’ll go find Su Lianqing!”
“Why are you looking for Su Lianqing?” Li Xueyan asked anxiously.
“Apparently, Young Marshal is poisoned!” Tantai Dandan hurriedly said as he walked out. “There’s no time to explain. Hurry up!”
Tantai Dandan formed a ghost and floated away.
Li Xueyan’s face was already like a piece of white paper. Although she tried her best to remain calm, she couldn’t help but shiver and shiver. She bent down and pulled Qin Mubai’s face over. She was facing his bloody face and muttered, “I would rather believe that you were using a bitter scheme than that you were really poisoned! Mubai, you must not be alright! Otherwise …”
Soon after, the camp behind the marshal tent was under secret martial law, and it was like an iron barrel.
Su Lianqing came and carefully inspected Qin Mubai for a while. With a grim expression, she cried out in shock, “This is bad!”
Li Xueyan, Tantai Shuangshuang and Zhang Tong were all shocked and asked, “What’s going on?”
“Qin Mubai is suffering from an extremely intense poison! His life is on the verge of death!” Su Lianqing anxiously stomped her feet and said, “Hateful this damn place, how can I find the ingredients to concoct the antidote for the time being!”
“Then what should we do?” Tantai Dandan hurriedly grabbed Su Lianqing’s hand. “Big Sister Su, you must think of a way!”
“No matter what, we must save Major Marshal’s life first!” Zhang Tong said resolutely, “Tell me what medicinal ingredients you want! Even if it’s the dragon liver and phoenix gall, I’ll take it!”
Li Xueyan stared at Su Lianqing in disbelief and muttered, “Really? Is this true? How can this be true?”
“What’s real? Are you scared silly? Are you devil-struck?” Su Lianqing said angrily, “Would I joke about this kind of thing? Don’t say it’s a matter of life and death. I don’t know how important he is right now.”
“Since when is it still noisy?” Zhang Tong shouted, “Su Lianqing, Major Marshal is also your great benefactor. No matter what, you must save him!”
Su Lianqing’s eyes lit up. She suddenly clapped her hands and said, “I can’t get the antidote for the time being, but there must be someone there!”
“Who?”
“It’s that Tibetan barbarian you secretly escorted to the rear camp!”
“Are you saying that he poisoned Major Marshal?” Zhang Tong gritted his teeth and said, “Leave it to me!”
“If he was the one who poisoned him, then there might not be an antidote on him.” Su Lianqing said decisively, “Send someone to fetch these medicinal ingredients for me first. Even if I can’t get rid of the poison on his body, I can still protect my heart meridians and protect my life!”
“Alright!-Everyone split up!” Zhang Tong said, “Remember, keep it a secret! Don’t let the news leak out, so as to avoid messing up the morale of the army and ruining the situation!”
…
Qin Mubai hadn’t appeared in the army all day. It was said that the military affairs were all handed over to Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun to take care of. The two of them were also at odds. They often had disputes or disagreements, and they were unable to meet Qin Mubai even if they wanted to comment on him face to face.
At first, everyone didn’t care, but after two or three days, Qin Mubai still didn’t show his face. He didn’t even give Hou Junji and Xue Wan any explanation.
The soldiers couldn’t sit still anymore. Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun brought Yuwen Hongtai and the others to charge into the rear camp of the marshal tent, insisting on seeing Qin Mubai. In the end, Qin Mubai’s personal guard, Baiji, mercilessly threw all of them out!
The crowd was even more suspicious-could it be that something unexpected had happened to Qin Mubai? !
That’s great! !
At this moment, the experienced Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun had reached a common understanding–to block the news and not cause any more trouble! Regardless of whether something unexpected happened to Qin Mubai, the first priority was to stabilize the morale of the army!
Thus, the second general announced that they had already met the commander-in-chief. Qin Mubai had come to recover from his injuries and was currently planning the next important military plan. Therefore, he did not want to be disturbed. Leisure military affairs, all handed over to hou, xue will be in charge of food. From today onwards, the battle-exempt token will be hanging high. No one is allowed to say anything about going out to battle, and they will be at ease waiting for the commander’s orders to act.
With Qin Mubai’s “disappearance”, Hou and Xue cooperated wholeheartedly. Although they didn’t even see Qin Mubai’s scaly claws like the others, the experience they had accumulated over the years was enough to allow them to cope with the situation before them.
For several days, Li Xueyan stayed in front of Qin Mubai’s bed to take care of her. That Tibetan refused to admit that he poisoned Qin Mubai, so he naturally didn’t hand over the antidote. Su Lianqing tried her best to suppress the poison Qin Mubai had been poisoned with and said, “He won’t die for a while, but no one knows how long he can last without the antidote.”
Li Xueyan found it hard to believe her eyes, but this was clearly the truth. Thinking back to the series of strange actions that Qin Mubai had handed her, she had every reason to suspect that Qin Mubai was just putting on a show. But … seeing him half dead on the bed, how could he not lose his heart?
“Mubai, Hou Junji and the others have already rushed into the handsome tent to see you. Should I open that red brocade pouch?” Although she knew that Qin Mubai would not answer, Li Xueyan still asked. After she finished asking, she took out the brocade pouch from her bosom and carefully opened it. Inside was an unfolded piece of paper, and there were nine words on the outermost layer–“No one else should look at Hou Junji for personal enlightenment.”
“Alright, I’ll listen to you, I won’t look! I promised you, I’ll listen to you!” Li Xueyan took a deep breath and nodded while gritting her teeth. “I’ll go find Hou Junji now!”
