Chapter 88: Knowing the miserable situation in Kyoto, I wish my friend good health
Setting off again, the family found a suitable camping site before nightfall. Everyone had experience camping outdoors, so Li Yaoguang didn't need to tell them what to do and they just started working.

Yu Meixue asked Li Yaoguang for a defensive warning rope with a bell tied to it to circle the camp. The little guy brought the two little ones to pick up stones. After Cheng Su settled the guy who was still unconscious and shaking from time to time, he reached out to Li Yaoguang for tools to dig a smokeless stove. Yu Meixue, who had already picked up a bundle of dry firewood, dropped the firewood and hurriedly interrupted the work.

"Su Lang, your legs and feet are not in good condition, so you should go and take care of the injured. I will dig the stove."

"Meixue, I'm fine. You've worked hard along the way. I'll do the rough work."

"No, I'll do it."

"I'll come, I'll come."

Seeing that the couple was arguing, Li Yaoguang interrupted them and said, "Okay, stop arguing. Today we won't dig a stove, we'll just burn an open fire."

After hearing this, the couple was stunned. Yu Meixue, who had just realized what her niece had said, looked worried. "Guang'er, isn't it dangerous to light an open fire? What if we attract Hu Bing?"

Cheng Su also nodded in agreement, "That's right, I'm afraid those Hu soldiers ahead haven't run far, what if they see us..."

"Aunt and uncle, we have to light the fire no matter how dangerous it is tonight. Have you forgotten the tigers and wolves in the daytime? This is deep in the mountains and old forests. A fire can at least drive away the wild beasts. If you don't light it, I'm afraid I won't have a peaceful night."

To be honest, if possible, she wanted to take her family out of the mountains to find the official road, and continue to travel along the official road as her uncle said.

As for the self who vowed to go deep into the mountains and forests and thought he could handle anything? Ha! After actually encountering a tiger or a wolf and almost dying in its mouth and experiencing the bitter taste firsthand, Li Yaoguang just wanted to slap himself in the face.

Cheng Su and Yu Meixue just found her mumblings of frustration funny.

Yu Meixue came up and gently patted Li Yaoguang's shoulder, who accidentally expressed his regret, and comforted him, "Good boy, you have done very well. Your uncle and I are not as good as you. If it weren't for you, we might have been trapped in Laowo Mountain a long time ago, let alone the future."

"That's right, Guangjie, your aunt is absolutely right. We are so lucky to have you along the way. If it weren't for you, our family would have been gone long ago. And your uncle is also an inexperienced person. What I said before was wrong. It was all blind command. Just treat it as a fart. Ah! My dear child, if we hadn't entered the deep mountains, we would have encountered those Hu soldiers before. No matter which group it was, your aunt and I would not have been able to deal with it. Humans are much more terrifying than beasts, kid, you are right!"

Well, there are still people rushing to admit their mistakes and express regret, but Li Yaoguang knows in his heart that these are all the care and concern of his family.

She nodded, and was about to say that she didn't think much about it, when bursts of coughing suddenly came from the direction where someone was settled behind them, instantly interrupting their conversation.

Cheng Su did not dare to delay and quickly turned around and crawled over to check the situation. Li Yaoguang and Yu Meixue also quickly buried their heads in their own work. Although they did not go over, they kept their ears pricked up to listen to any movement.

"General Shen, you're awake. How are you? Are you feeling any discomfort?"

"Cough, cough, cough..." Shen Yue slowly stood up with the help of Cheng Su, feeling the numbness, swelling and tearing pain in the affected area. He responded to Cheng Su that nothing was wrong, but his mind kept recalling the scene he saw before he fainted.

Seeing this, Cheng Su thought to himself that this was not good.

Seeing the other party looking like he was reminiscing, thinking about how he was helped onto the mule's back and shook from time to time along the way, Cheng Su was worried that his niece might have discovered some flaws. So he quickly changed the subject. "By the way, General Shen, I haven't asked you why you appeared in the woods with those people at that time? Logically, shouldn't you have followed His Majesty to the south to pray for the gods, or led troops to fight on the front line? Why did you appear in this wilderness?"

Yes, the place where he should have been was the battlefield in Kyoto!

As Cheng Su's voice rang out, Shen Yue's thoughts couldn't help but return to Kyoto after the city was sealed off, and he recalled what happened after the city was sealed off.

"This is a long story. My benefactor is also a powerful official in the capital. To be honest with you, Yue and my father were ordered to guard the capital after Your Majesty went south. Two days after the city was sealed off, riots broke out in the capital. The palace was robbed one after another. Your Majesty's Nine Dragon Terrace and the Dragon Throne and other treasures were lost one after another..."

Cheng Su was happy to hear this, and secretly said "that's right", then he listened to Shen Yue continue to talk: "When we entered the palace to investigate clues, notes fell from the sky all over Kyoto, saying that the emperor was incompetent and the court was incompetent. A disaster fell from the sky, and the Hu soldiers approached the city, and the whole city was shocked... Seeing that the people in the city were in turmoil and the situation changed suddenly, my father discussed with Lord Liu who stayed behind, and could not bear the civil strife, so he opened the South Gate and let the people flee the capital. Unexpectedly, a day later, the Hu Di army came to the border and surrounded our Kyoto..."

Speaking of this, thinking of the chaos that day, Shen Yue still couldn't stop his heart palpitations until this moment.

Li Yaoguang, who was eavesdropping with her ears pricked up, was secretly glad. According to what this guy said, her stall mates, Xie Chatou's younger brother, as well as the older brother and his brothers and family, should have successfully escaped from the danger. If so, they would probably meet again in the future.

Just as I was thinking this, I heard Shen Yue continue to mutter about the dangerous situation in the area.

"Although our army closed the South Gate in time, and the whole army and the people fought together, my father even seized the opportunity and shot and killed the son of the deputy general of the Hu army. Unfortunately, we were no match for the cowards in the city. They betrayed the country and the city, and took advantage of the time when Yue and my father led the soldiers and the people to defend the city, to kill our soldiers and civilians and sneak open the city gate. Since then, Kyoto has fallen, and we are trapped in a bitter battle. If it weren't for my father and my family, who risked their lives to protect Yue out of the city and let Yue notify His Majesty to go south for help, Yue had a hard time escaping, and many groups of Hu soldiers were chasing him and swore to kill Yue. If it weren't for the sudden change of the benefactor, I'm afraid my life would be in danger."

As for the sudden change when he was rescued? Shen Yue was excited: "By the way, benefactor, was the sudden movement that day the reinforcements sent by His Majesty?"

Cheng Su laughed, shook his head and said he didn't know. Shen Yue fell silent for a moment, his expression solemn.

Cheng Su was also afraid that the other party would ask about the abnormality of that day, so he quickly changed the subject and comforted him, "General Shen, don't be sad. Everything is in the past. Since you are still alive, you have to look forward."

Although he was trying to persuade her, Cheng Su was actually in turmoil. Thinking of the lost capital and the soldiers and civilians who had died in vain, he could not help but feel sad.

The aunt and nephew who were eavesdropping not far away could not help but fall silent. For a moment, the whole camp fell silent, leaving only the crackling sound of the fire, and the dead silence and sadness spread silently.

Shen Yue couldn't bear to see his benefactor's family like this. He was also very sad and didn't know how to speak or comfort others. Besides, the incident had already happened and being sad and angry would not help. What he cared about was how to avenge his relatives and the people, recover the lost territory, and restore the glory of the Shen family army.

Before that, he would not say anything, and would just swallow his sorrow and wait for the future.

Not wanting to continue such a bitter topic, nor wanting to make his benefactor's family worried and sad, Shen Yue quickly changed the subject.

"It's over now, my benefactor, please don't be sad. Just wait for us to regroup and fight again. We will avenge our father and the dead souls and people who died in the battle and destroy the Hu bandits!"

"Yes, that's the truth, but..."

There was nothing to be said. Seeing that the benefactor was still talking about it, Shen Yue hurriedly interrupted and asked: "By the way, benefactor, I remember that the little brother in front was in danger, and Yue went to help, but he was struck by lightning and fainted for no reason. Yue saw a black..."