Chapter 1287: Rejoice

When Yun Zheng woke up, Miaoyin was sleeping soundly on the edge of the bed.

Looking at Miaoyin's red eyes, Yun Zheng felt a surge of regret in his heart and slowly extended his hand.

Just as his hand was about to fall on Miaoyin's cheek, Miaoyin suddenly woke up.

"you're awake?"

Miaoyin grabbed Yun Zheng's hand and her eyes instantly became moist.

"sorry that I had you worried……"

Yun Zheng apologized and held Miaoyin's hand tightly.

"Don't say stupid things."

Miaoyin comforted her softly, "Don't worry, I have asked carefully. Although the river is turbulent, Jiayao was not injured before she fell into the river. She is so good at martial arts, she should be fine."

"I know."

Yun Zheng forced a smile, "I'm not angry at her, I'm angry at myself..."

He felt that he was too careless.

In fact, there had been something strange about Jiayao for a long time, but he was immersed in the gentle world that Jiayao had deliberately created and did not think about Jiayao's strangeness.

If he had noticed Jia Yao's abnormality earlier, perhaps things would not have turned out like this.

"It's not your fault."

Miaoyin shook her head gently, "Jiayao acted so well, we were all fooled by her! Have you forgotten that when she surrendered to you, she pretended to have amnesia? At that time, you had so many doubts about her, but she fooled you all..."

Jia Yao really acted very well.

Just as she once said, she could pretend nothing had happened so that Yun Zheng wouldn't notice anything unusual.

In fact, she did it.

Yun Zheng sighed softly and remained silent for a long time.

Miaoyin opened her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.

Yun Zheng noticed her strangeness and forced a smile, "Just say whatever you want to say! Is there anything you can't say to me?"

"Shen Kuan is seriously injured. He will probably need a long time to recover."

Miaoyin replied: "More than 200 of his personal guards were killed in the battle, and more than 300 were seriously injured. Almost all of the survivors were injured, but the enemy's casualties were three times theirs..."

never mind!

Let’s not tell him the news of Jiayao’s pregnancy for now!

Let's wait until he recovers first.

Yun Zheng's heart tightened: "Such a large number of casualties?"

Although his personal guards are not as elite as the Blood-Cloaked Army and the Eighteen Ghost Riders, they are still the elite among the elite!

So many people were killed or injured in this battle?

Miaoyin sighed and replied, "The enemy is the Lishan Iron Cavalry. They are all elite soldiers who have survived many battles with Gao Quan. Moreover, in order to capture Jiayao, each of them is fearless..."

To be honest, the casualties suffered by Shen Kuan and his men were relatively small.

The main reason was that the enemy was only interested in capturing Jia Yao alive and had no intention of engaging with them.

Later, Jia Yao took the initiative to jump into the river, causing the enemy to lose their target. The enemy's morale dropped sharply, and their reinforcements also arrived, which gave Shen Kuan and his men a chance to catch their breath.

If all the enemy troops were determined to die and fought to the death with them, their casualties would be even greater.

You know, they intercepted twice as many enemy troops.

They fought with one thousand men against two thousand men, and inflicted three times as many casualties on the enemy as their own. They did not disgrace the name of the Royal Guards, nor did they bring shame to Yun Zheng.

Hearing Miaoyin's words, Yun Zheng looked gloomy again.

Unexpectedly, Wang Chi surrendered, but they were bitten badly by Gao Quan.

This Gao Quan is really cruel.

In order to capture Jia Yao alive, he even served as bait.

"Gao Quan... is he still alive?"

Yun Zheng asked in a cold voice.

Miaoyin shook her head slightly: "Gao Quan committed suicide when the army was defeated. Upon learning that Jia Yao had fallen into the river, Shen Kuan was furious and ordered his men to kill all the more than 13,000 captives..."

Speaking of this, Miaoyin couldn't help sighing.

In her opinion, what Shen Kuan did was indeed not a good thing.

Even if he wanted to kill the prisoners, he could have done it another way.

For example, report this matter to Yun Zheng and ask Yun Zheng to force Wang Chi to issue an order to kill those soldiers who disobey the order.

In this way, everyone's anger can be vented and Wang Chi's prestige can be undermined.

This is a double win.

But she also understood Shen Kuan.

Since Shen Kuan became the commander of Yun Zheng's personal guards, the personal guards have never suffered such heavy casualties.

Moreover, Jiayao also jumped into the river.

It was understandable that Shen Kuan issued such an order in a rage.

Shen Kuan is the commander of Yun Zheng's personal guards. Once he gives an order, it is difficult for others to disobey.

Besides, I guess many people have the same idea.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Shen Kuan has the idea of ​​taking the blame for Yun Zheng.

Shen Kuan has been with Yun Zheng for such a long time, and he knows Yun Zheng's feelings for Jia Yao best.

Perhaps, he thought that Yun Zheng would kill the captives in a rage, so he wanted him to give such an order so as not to damage Yun Zheng's reputation.

As for what exactly happened, we will only know after meeting Shen Kuan.

Yun Zheng didn't say much, but just asked Miaoyin: "Did you send a doctor?"

Miaoyin nodded gently: "I have ordered people to send a hundred doctors over overnight. They also captured some local doctors to help treat the wounded, but the remains of the fallen soldiers cannot be brought back to Shuobei for burial..."

If it was winter, they could also transport the remains of the fallen soldiers back to Shuobei for burial.

But it is definitely impossible to do this at this time.

Yun Zheng thought for a moment, "All the fallen soldiers should be buried on the spot, and a Daqian Martyrs' Shrine should be built in Hukou!"

"it is good!"

Miaoyin agreed, "By the way, when they learned that you were vomiting blood and unconscious, Wang Qi and the others came to visit you, but I sent them away. Do you want to meet them to calm the troops?"

"Being not."

Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "Give them orders and tell them to do their respective duties and finalize the number of tribute items with the king as soon as possible!"

"All the troops in Hukou and Shangqing Road will be temporarily under the command of Pang Jinjiu!"

"Tell Pang Jinjiu that if he can't find Jiayao within three days, then... stop looking..."

Stop looking for it?

Miaoyin’s eyes suddenly widened and she stared at Yun Zheng blankly.

Is he willing to give up his Miss Zaza?

"It's her own choice!"

Yun Zheng gently patted Miaoyin's hand and sighed softly: "I believe she is still alive! If she cannot be found within three days, it means that she does not want to show up for the time being and needs to be alone to rest..."

He suspected that Jia Yao might be suffering from severe depression.

But Jia Yao is too good at hiding.

None of them had noticed this before.

If we think back to Jiayao's various abnormal behaviors, we can probably see something.

"Now that you say that, there is something I must tell you."

Miaoyin stared into Yun Zheng's eyes and said seriously, "After you fell unconscious, Qiqige told me that Jiayao... was pregnant. If she hadn't been pregnant, Jiayao probably wouldn't have jumped into the river, but would have fought the enemy to the death..."

Is Jia Yao pregnant?

Yun Zheng's expression suddenly changed.

Was she conceived when they were in Lou Chong?

Suddenly, Yun Zheng was very glad.

I am glad that I didn't resist Jia Yao's temptation when I was in Lou Chong.

Otherwise, what we would have received now would be the news of Jia Yao’s death.

After a long silence, Yun Zheng closed his eyes with a tired look on his face: "Just follow the instructions I just gave you..."