CH 12

Yongle Lane Courtyard.

Lin Xuan poured some water on the newly planted vegetables and fruits behind the yard, went back to the pond in front of the yard, and sat under the willow tree to fish.

The pure natural and pollution-free fresh fish soup was the most delicious!

In fact, some of the fish in this pond were sent by the sign-in system, so he had to catch them before he could eat them.

The new vegetables and fruits behind the courtyard were also high-quality seeds randomly given by the sign-in system, so they need to be planted and matured before they could be eaten. Fortunately, they all tasted good.

Regarding the fact that Zhao Yuehan hadn’t visited him for more than half a month, Lin Xuan didn’t panic at all.

If Zhao Yuehan wanted to report him, someone should have arrested him that day.

If no one came, it meant that Zhao Yuehan was considering his plan, and there was possibility of reporting him.

Because doing so would prove that Zhao Yuehan had concealed from the Great Qian court and committed the crime of deceiving the Empress. Even if he reported meritorious service, he would definitely be implicated.

However, Zhao Yuehan was just a small official in the Ministry of Commerce, and people in the Ministry of Commerce were soft-spoken. If he wanted to escape with him and do such a thing, he must be more cautious.

Otherwise, if the remnants of the previous dynasty dared to flee privately, they would be arrested as soon as they left the Tiandu area, and they would be implicated if they were caught.

Besides, what he said that day was too shocking to Zhao Yuehan.

The Empress Dowager was dying. The Emperor of Wei Kingdom was dying; no one would believe it.

If he hadn’t participated in the planning of making the game, and the background of this world was exactly the same as in the game, he wouldn’t dare to be so sure.

Calculating according to the time, the first one to die should be the Emperor of Wei, and within a month after the news came, it would be the Empress Dowager Li Ningyan.

He believed that with Zhao Yuehan’s intelligence and wisdom, upon hearing the news of Emperor Wei’s death, he would come to him as soon as possible.

At that time, with the help of Zhao Yuehan, who was in charge of sea transportation, the plan to leave kingdom and travel to Nanyang would go further.

“A big fish, I have good luck for dinner!”

When a big carp was caught, Lin Xuan unhooked the fish, put it into a fishing net, and kept it in the water first.

“Brother Lin, Brother Lin!”

He was thinking about when Zhao Yuehan would come, but he didn’t expect him to come at this time.

But, when Lin Xuan was at home, the door was usually unlocked, so Zhao Yuehan walked in directly.

After all, this was Yongle Lane, where either the remnants of the nobles from the previous dynasty or the remnants of the nobles from the Sixteen Kingdoms lived. It was too late for others to hide, and there were not many people who wanted to get close.

Even if it was for business, small businessmen and hawkers would rather stand at the door than come in half a step.

“Okay?”

Lin Xuan put down the fishing rod, and unexpectedly found that the old servant Li Mu was still supporting an old lady toward the small courtyard.

There were servants dressed as guards outside, watching the old lady enter the small courtyard, and then went to find a shady place to rest.

This looked very down-to-earth, and it wouldn’t make people around wonder what the origin of the person who just entered the small courtyard was.

“Brother Zhao!” Lin Xuan hurriedly walked over, “Old madam, are you here too? Please hurry!”

“Yeah, my son said that I should go out for a walk more to relax when I get sick, so he brought me here. It won’t cause you any trouble, right?”

The old lady said with a smile.

Since the last time she fainted, she felt that her body was getting worse.

Symptoms such as chest tightness, palpitation, physical fatigue, and dark eyes had became more and more serious.

If it wasn’t for the medical sage who didn’t follow her arrangement to leave and came back to help her recuperate, I’m afraid the situation would have gotten worse.

…

“How much time do I have?”

That day, the Empress Dowager Li Ningyan, who was in better health, looked at the medical sage standing beside her and asked.

Hearing that, the medical sage was going to kneel down, and his body was trembling.

“You don’t need to kneel, it’s okay for you to speak up, I will forgive you for your innocence.”

“Thank you Empress Dowager for your kindness.” The medical sage said again and again, “Empress Dowager, if you rest in peace, you still have three months left. If you deal with government affairs again, it may be difficult for you to survive for a month. Please take care of your health, Empress Dowager…”

…

“No trouble, no trouble!” Lin Xuan said with a smile, “It’s better to say that you came at the right time. I just caught a big fish. You are lucky. There is wind and coolness under the grape trellis. You can sit there and rest first.”

There was a grape trellis in the courtyard, which was growing luxuriantly, blocking the sun just right, and inviting a cool breeze. It was very comfortable to sit there.

The old servant Li Mu helped the old lady go there, leaving Zhao Yuehan standing near Lin Xuan.

“Brother Zhao, why is the old lady’s complexion so bad? She wasn’t like this when she came last time.”

Lin Xuan went to pick up the harvested fish under the willow tree and walked towards the back kitchen.

“Brother Lin, to be honest, I told my mother what you said.” Zhao Yuehan frowned, and said very sincerely, “My mother was also so frightened that she passed out on the spot. It was my fault.”

“This……”

Lin Xuan was taken aback when he heard this.

He was negligent. If he wanted to run away with Zhao Yuehan, he would have to take his family with him. With Zhao Yuehan’s filial piety, how could he let go of his mother?

But, if he wanted to take the old madam with him, he would have to tell the old madam about the plan, because according to Zhao Yuehan, most of the Zhao family was still managed by the old madam, which was very hard work.

Hearing Zhao Yuehan suddenly mention the important matter of running away, she got sick?

“Brother Zhao, this is my omission. You should think it over before discussing it with other people. I didn’t expect it to involve the old lady.”

“However, you don’t have to worry. I’ll show the old lady later. As long as there is still a breath, I should be able to cure it.”

Lin Xuan carried the fish into the back kitchen, made a grilled carp, and made the extra crucian carp into carp soup.

Crucian carp soup was mainly for the old lady, and a little Chinese medicine would be added at that time to supplement the old lady.

She can really be cured…

Hearing what Lin Xuan said, Zhao Yuehan’s eyes lit up, and he followed calmly to the backyard.

Even if there was a glimmer of hope, she didn’t want to give up.

Lin Xuan was dealing with the fish he caught in the morning, and he was skillful. Seeing Zhao Yuehan follow him, he killed the fish and said, “Brother Zhao, do you want to say that the emperor of Wei is dead?”

Zhao Yuehan didn’t expect that Lin Xuan knew what she wanted to say. “That’s right, it’s almost the same as Brother Lin expected. Wei Kingdom sent 300,000 troops to invade Great Qian, and the commander of the rear army, Wei Ziling, killed the Emperor of Wei Kingdom on the day he dispatched troops. Now he is facing off against the former army commander Fang Wenyi and the central army commander Lan Xiang in Daliang, and his defeat is imminent.”

“The Empress took this opportunity to let the King of Beijiang and the Northwest Army attack, and seize the land of one state and three counties in Wei Kingdom, and grasp a complete victory.”

“Now, the new emperor of the Wei Kingdom has sent envoys to Tiandu, intending to seek peace.”

Zhao Yuehan told all the recent reports on the front line.

It was hard to imagine that Lin Xuan, who was only a little older than her, could find out the general situation of the world with just a little news in this small courtyard in Yongle Lane.

This made Zhao Yuehan admire Lin Xuan’s wisdom even more.

If it could be used in Great Qian, the future of Great Qian would definitely be bright, including winning Nanyang, which Lin Xuan had been thinking about. It might not be impossible.

Lin Xuan gutted the crucian carp and carp in front of him and rinsed them with well water again and again.

“So, you should believe what I say?”

“Hmm!”

Mentioning this, Zhao Yuehan’s expression was a little unnatural.

In other words, her Empress Dowager life was not long, and she could only hope that Lin Xuan could really save her.

“Brother Zhao, the plan to run away with me must be stepped up. To be honest, the remnants of us nobles from the previous dynasty are all fish on the chopping board. After this period of time, they can just kill us easily!”

Lin Xuan picked up the knife on the side, slashed it down, wiped it, and cut off the carp’s head.

It just so happened that the old servant Li Mu came over at that time. Seeing this scene, he almost drew his sword.