The Mute Wife Who Brings Prosperity-Chapter 793 - 753: When Has He Ever Been This Disgraced?
As soon as he saw Yun Feng and the others, Yun Shisan jumped up, "Where is Master Yun?"
Yun Feng glanced around to make sure no one was following, then handed the pass to Yun Shisan, "No time to waste, take this and leave the city immediately. You must deliver this batch of medicine to the military camp as fast as possible."
Yun Shisan tightly grasped the pass, asking once more, "Where is Master Yun?"
Yun Feng tilted his head, looking towards the direction of the inn where smoke was rising, pursing his lips, "I’ll go back to rescue him, the mission is critical, you must set off now."
Yun Shisan furrowed his brow tightly, and Yun Shiliu, sensing something amiss, pulled him, "Let’s hurry and go."
Then he said to Yun Feng, "The rest of the matters, we’ll leave to you all."
Yun Feng nodded, assigned ten unharmed disciples to them, pointed to Ye Rong and Xu Jia, and instructed, "These two were specifically entrusted by Master Yun for special attention. Just escort them into the military camp."
Yun Shiliu recognized Xu Jia at a glance, stunned, "Xu... Miss Xu, how come it’s you?"
"Let’s talk on the way!" Xu Jia replied, "The Bei Yan spies will catch up soon, we must leave immediately."
"Oh, okay." Yun Shiliu responded, dragging Yun Shisan towards the slop cart.
Yun Shisan gave Yun Feng a vicious glare, "If anything happens to Master Yun, I’ll poison you to death!"
Yun Feng’s face sank, but he said nothing.
The disciples helped push the slop cart forward.
The city gate guards, after checking the pass, knew they were delivering medicine and immediately opened the gates for them to pass.
With Yun Feng and several others covering the rear and dealing with the Bei Yan spies, Yun Shisan’s group had a much smoother journey.
When they arrived at the military camp, the sky was just breaking.
The group stood outside the Watchtower, and only after a body search and inspection could they be allowed to pass.
"What, a body search?" Ye Rong immediately jumped in anger, "What kind of broken rule is this?"
They could search him, but his senior sister was a lady, how could she be body-searched?
Yun Shisan also looked helplessly at the leading general, "Could you make an exception, we have a lady here, it might be inconvenient for her to be searched."
The bushy-bearded, tiger-eyed general glanced at Xu Jia, face full of displeasure, "No way, rules are rules, those who do not follow them are forbidden entry!"
The attitude was very firm.
Ye Rong snorted lightly, "What’s the big deal!"
He said as he stepped forward, spreading his arms, "Come on, come on, search me first, after I get inside and see Uncle Xu, he’ll come out to bring his daughter."
The individuals responsible for the search, hearing that the lady was the Marquis Zhenxi’s own daughter, hesitated, their expressions colorful, yet still didn’t dare let her in.
After Ye Rong was searched, he snorted and was the first to enter the camp, hurriedly asking around for Xu Guangfu’s tent and rushed over.
Outside were two soldiers in armor guarding it. Seeing an unknown person approaching, they quickly stretched out their hands to block him, "What is your business?"
Ye Rong, full of urgency, replied, "I’m Ye San from the Cloud General Mansion. I need to see the Marquis Zhenxi."
One of the soldiers immediately went inside to report.
Soon, Xu Guangfu walked out, momentarily stunned upon seeing Ye Rong’s face, then laughed heartily, "Dear nephew, how come you’re here?"
Ye Rong, seeing Xu Guangfu vibrant and not looking like he was afflicted with plague, immediately felt relieved, and with a smile responded, "Heard the plague at the Northern Border was severe, senior sister couldn’t rest easy, so we both came. But over there at the Watchtower, they require a body search to enter, and my senior sister was stopped outside. Could you go outside and let them make an exception? No matter what, she should at least see you."
Upon hearing Xu Jia was also here, Xu Guangfu’s face immediately fell, "A daughter, what is she doing running so far?"
Back when Xu Jia wanted to join the military camp, he was vehemently opposed, and later, couldn’t resist his daughter’s persistence, so he let her. That was the greatest concession he made as a father. Now with war at the Northern Border, coupled with rampant plague, and she audaciously running here, what if something happened?
Thinking of this, Xu Guangfu left Ye Rong behind and strode towards the Watchtower, immediately recognizing Xu Jia among the crowd. His face darkened considerably.
"Father." Xu Jia instantly knew her father was angry as soon as she saw his expression, but no matter how angry he was, she didn’t regret it.
"Why did you come here?" Xu Guangfu stood at the Watchtower entrance, brows slightly furrowed.
"Came to see you." Xu Jia smiled broadly, carefree.
"I order you to return immediately."
Xu Guangfu roared, "A battlefield is no place for a daughter!"
At this moment, Ye Rong, panting heavily, managed to catch up and emerged.
Xu Guangfu said to him, "You brought them back, so send them back safely; otherwise, I won’t let you off lightly!"
"Come on, Uncle, let Senior Sister come in, will you?" Ye Rong said, "We’ve been traveling for so long. Besides, I haven’t seen my father yet. Right, Uncle, how is my father? Was he affected by the plague?"
"Your father is fine," Xu Guangfu said. "He just took some people to clean up the battlefield. Now you can be at ease, right? Be obedient, go back first, and when the war is over, we can soon return triumphantly to the court."
Ye Rong wouldn’t leave, "I still want to see how the mechanical beast fights on the battlefield, Uncle, please make an exception for me. I’m really too curious."
"Nonsense!" Xu Guangfu said coldly, clearly unwilling to bargain, "Even if your father came, he wouldn’t agree to you staying. Without the court’s decree, you’re trespassing in the military camp — that’s a serious crime!"
"What’s happening?" At this moment, Lu Xingzhou’s voice came from behind. He was wearing the Red Gold Armor with Steel Stars, having removed the helmet clamped under his arm, his hair slightly disheveled, and his pupils had some red streaks, showing he has been working hard these days.
"Marquis." Xu Guangfu and the other soldiers saw him and hurriedly cupped their hands in salute.
Lu Xingzhou looked towards Yun Shisan and his group of people.
The slop cart had long been discarded. The boxes were carried in by manpower, all blocking the outside.
Lu Xingzhou instructed Xu Guangfu, "The infected people are waiting for this batch of medicine; take them to distribute it to various places immediately."
Xu Guangfu received the order and took Yun Shisan and his group to the isolation area.
After those people left, there were only Xu Jia, Ye Rong, and Lu Xingzhou outside the Watchtower.
"Marquis." Ye Rong looked at Lu Xingzhou earnestly, "Could you make an exception and let me and Senior Sister stay to help?"
"Did you come with the people of the Yun Family?" Lu Xingzhou noticed the Yun Family uniforms they wore.
"Yes." Ye Rong quickly nodded, "Both Senior Sister and I have mixed in the military camp; we can help." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Lu Xingzhou thought for a moment, "Ye San can stay, but Miss Xu cannot. You go back to Liangzhou City, find an inn to stay, and when the Yun Family disciples are done, I’ll have them find you and send you back to the capital."
Ye Rong heard this and wouldn’t comply, opened his mouth to say something but was pulled by Xu Jia, who nodded towards Lu Xingzhou, "Alright, I’ll go back to Liangzhou City."
She came to the Northern Border, firstly to see with her own eyes if her father was safe and sound, secondly, if she could stay to help, that would be best.
Since she had already seen Xu Guangfu safe and unharmed, she was entirely at ease. The military camp is a critical place; it’s not a place for a daughter to go in as she pleases; she understood these principles well, "The plague is fierce; I ask the Marquis to tell my father to take care of his health. My mother, sister-in-law, and I are waiting for him to triumphantly return to the capital."
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Ye Rong was left behind, Xu Jia returned to Liangzhou City; the inn she had previously stayed at was destroyed, no longer fit for habitation.
Xu Jia still wanted to see it personally.
She always remembered that Yun Huai hadn’t come out of there.
With such a big explosion, even if he had three heads and six arms, he couldn’t possibly be unscathed.
Thinking of this, Xu Jia felt somewhat heavy-hearted, always believing that her and Ye Rong’s involvement held them back.
The plague in the Northern Border hadn’t stopped, making many of the residents of Liangzhou City anxious, with many hiding at home, afraid to come out, fearing infection; thus, the streets were quite deserted.
Xu Jia finally found someone who knew the location of the inn from yesterday and was about to go check the scene when she ran into Yun Feng.
"Miss Xu, didn’t you leave the city?" Yun Feng was quite surprised to see her, "Why have you come back?"
"I’ve already seen my father." Xu Jia said, "It’s inconvenient to stay in the military camp, so I had to come back to wait. By the way, did you find Master Yun?"
"We found him." Yun Feng’s expression was gloomy, "The Master killed two Grandmasters of Bei Yan, severely wounded and comatose."
Xu Jia’s heart skipped a beat, "Where is he?"
"Currently at the inn," Yun Feng replied.
"Could you, take me to see him?" Xu Jia felt very uneasy.
Yun Feng took her to the inn where they lodged.
Yun Huai’s room was on the third floor.
As soon as the door was pushed open, a faint bloody smell wafted through.
Approaching closer, one could see on the gallnut wood-carved calabash-patterned canopy bed, the bean-green curtains were hooked up, revealing half of Yun Huai’s bloodless face, with the vermilion mole on his brow looking extremely poignant at the moment.
Xu Jia felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
He used to be a gentleman of Jianghu, a paragon of martial arts, elegant as jade, with high moral character, never had he been so wretched before?
