In the North City, at the General's Mansion, that jade pendant is buried under the big locust tree!
If the Yutang in the dream refers to the present time.
So the jade pendant really hasn't broken yet!
"Where's Zhao Lin?!" He pushed aside the medic and shouted towards the door, "Zhao Lin!"
Zhao Lin, who had been waiting outside, rushed over upon hearing the commotion and saw Xiao Lin with disheveled hair, wearing only a thin undergarment, and with an unnatural flush on his cheeks.
Those eyes, however, were surprisingly bright.
Zhao Lin knelt on one knee and asked, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
"Prepare the horses!"
"I want to go back to the General's Mansion!"
Chapter 3
The villain is resurrected for the fourth time (03)
"You mean he's on his way here right now?" Yu Tang had just returned to the jade pendant when he heard Xiao Jin report Xiao Lin's actions.
Unable to contain his anxiety, he asked, "Can his current body withstand it? Besides, he has just captured the capital, and the situation is unstable. How could he be so impulsive?"
Yu Tang never expected that simply having a dream would elicit such a strong reaction from Xiao Lin.
"Master, put yourself in his shoes. Do you think you could bear to let your loved one be buried in the ground?"
Xiao Jin said: "For Xiao Lin right now, no matter how absurd something is, he wants to verify it personally, and he wants to do it as quickly as possible!"
Yu Tang paused for a moment, then sighed.
She prayed in her heart that Xiao Lin wouldn't come on horseback; it was the dead of winter, and she hoped they could take a carriage instead...
But it was clear that Xiao Lin couldn't wait that long.
He wanted to get to Beiyi City as quickly as possible.
Zhao Lin tried his best to stop him, but he couldn't.
They could only secretly arrange for a carriage to send Xiao Lin out of the city without telling anyone, and they also found two good horses.
He gave one horse to Xiao Lin and rode the other himself, protecting Xiao Lin the entire way to Bei Yi City.
The cold wind howled in my ears, stinging my cheeks, and the closer I got to the north, the cold penetrated deeper into my bones.
Along the way, it was clear that the trees around the pipeline were becoming increasingly desolate, their bareness making them appear even more dry and cold.
They traveled for two days without eating or drinking, until the horses were exhausted and collapsed, unwilling to go any further.
Xiao Lin dismounted and stopped at the post station. He sat by the fire and accepted the hot tea that Zhao Lin handed him.
"Your Majesty, why do you suddenly want to rush back to the General's Mansion?" Zhao Lin gave the soldiers at the post station enough money and had them guard outside. He sat opposite Xiao Lin and asked softly, "I know you are not an impulsive person. The capital is still in turmoil. It is really not appropriate for you to return to the Northern Territory at this critical juncture."
Xiao Lin fainted outside the Mingzheng Hall. Zhao Lin listened to the army doctor's words and felt heartbroken for Xiao Lin for a long time.
They also knew that Xiao Lin was deeply in love with General Yu. Otherwise, he wouldn't have worked himself to the bone and become so exhausted, yet still remembered his promise to the general to create a peaceful and prosperous world.
Therefore, he was very surprised that Xiao Lin would do something so illogical and irrational.
"Because I have to go and bring the general over."
Xiao Lin's body was already at its limit. He was holding a large bowl of hot tea, and his fingers, which he had taken off his gloves for, were covered in frostbite. He felt pain and itching when he moved them, and his cheeks were also abnormally flushed.
It was obvious that he had developed a high fever.
Zhao Lin felt a deep sadness just looking at it.
But Xiao Lin is the future king, and he cannot go against the other party's decision.
If they wouldn't listen to reason, then we could only follow Xiao Lin's lead and keep asking questions.
"What dream did Your Majesty have that made you think the General is still in the General's Mansion?"
Speaking of dreams, Xiao Lin's eyes trembled again. He took a sip of hot tea, but choked a little. It took him a while to calm down.
"It's a sweet dream..."
He was delirious with fever, but he was held together by sheer willpower. He said, "I dreamt that the general was inside the jade pendant I gave him."
"He told me to come to him."
The firewood inside the house crackled and popped as it burned.
Zhao Lin pursed his lips, and his tiger-like eyes welled up with tears.
He wanted to remind Xiao Lin that there were no ghosts or gods in this world, so how could General Yu be in the jade pendant?
How could such an absurd dream be taken seriously, to the point that Xiao Lin disregarded his health and desperately rushed to the Northern Border in this cold winter?
But he couldn't bear to shatter Xiao Lin's dream.
He didn't say anything more, but urged Xiao Lin to eat and go to sleep. He then took the medicine that the soldiers had bought, brewed it, and waited for Xiao Lin to wake up so that he could drink it.
After a short night's rest, Xiao Lin's complexion finally improved.
The fever hadn't completely subsided, and his face, hidden under his hood, was as pale as paper, bearing a heavy sickness, yet the smile in his eyes was undeniable.
He opened the door of the post station and said to Zhao Lin, "Let's go, the general is still waiting for me."
Xiao Lin arrived in Bei Yi City in just four days.
Late at night, the horse stopped in front of the mansion gate. Zhao Lin went up and knocked on the door. Xiao Si opened the door and saw the two of them. His eyes widened.
"Your Highness, General Zhao, why have you returned at this time?"
"Little Four..." Zhao Lin reminded him in a deep voice, "You should call His Majesty."
Xiao Si was stunned for a moment, then quickly knelt down: "This humble subject greets Your Majesty!"
News of Xiao Lin's ascension to the throne had not yet reached the Northern Border. Therefore, although Xiao Si knew that they had already marched to the capital.
Little did they know that Xiao Lin had already won, and that his title should be changed from "Your Highness" to "Your Majesty."
"No need for such formalities." Xiao Lin's eyes were bloodshot from the fever. He steadied himself by holding onto the doorframe and said in a hoarse voice, "Go find me a hoe and a shovel..."
After saying that, he quickly walked towards the courtyard where Yu Tang used to live.
Zhao Lin chased after him: "Your Majesty, what can I do for you?"
Xiao Lin staggered to the big locust tree and knelt down on the ground. Zhao Lin was so frightened that he also knelt down and tried to help Xiao Lin up, but Zhao Lin waved his hand away.
“Dig…” Xiao Lin’s gloved hands dug into the ground, his long hair sliding down his shoulders. He pulled out a dagger and stuck it into the ground, turning over the frozen, hard soil. Then, he used his other hand to dig harder, repeating, “Help me dig, dig quickly…”
"The jade pendant is right below here."
“The general is down there too.” Xiao Lin’s eyes were red, and disregarding the cold and hard soil, he stubbornly said, “It’s too cold and too dark down there. I can’t let him stay down there forever…”
Xiao Si came over with a hoe and a shovel, and this is what he saw.
"Your Majesty!" He put the things down and fell to the ground, saying, "What are you doing? Whatever is underground, General Zhao and I will dig it out for you. Why do you have to do it yourself?"
Xiao Lin picked up a hoe and broke up the clods of earth, but then suddenly remembered something and stopped.
Xiao Si broke the jade pendant with a hoe back then...
Therefore, he cannot use a hoe; he can only use a knife and a shovel!
The fever made my confused brain struggle to analyze the key points of the matter.
He knelt down again and said to the two people beside him, "You two also use shovels and knives to dig, not hoes! And the deeper you go, the less force you need to use, so as not to damage the jade pendant. Quick, let's dig together!"
Zhao Lin and Xiao Si exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing surprise and confusion.
But they could only follow Xiao Lin's orders and dig downwards with all their might.
After digging for more than an hour, Xiao Lin finally saw a corner of the jade pendant.
Like a drowning person finally grasping at a straw, Xiao Lin quickly took off his gloves, his frozen fingers trembling as he dug away the soil around the edges and held the jade pendant in his hands.
Tears fell on it, and the past events came vividly to mind.
After their marriage that day, Yu Tang went to the enemy camp and burned their supplies. He had been searching for his beloved for over a decade.
Even knowing that their beloved is dead, they still cling to the lie that "the jade will not break and the person will not die," and eke out a living in this world.
It wasn't until Xiao Si handed him the broken jade pendant that he suddenly realized his mistake and sighed at his own ridiculousness.
Finally, they chose to use a great fire to take him to see the general.
Now, if we start over and the jade isn't broken, can the general return?
Xiao Lin held the jade pendant in both hands, placed it on his chest, knelt on the ground, hunched over, head bowed, long hair covering his face.
He said, choking back tears.
"General, did you see that? The jade isn't broken..."
"The jade really didn't break..."
His voice should have sounded happy, but Zhao Lin and Xiao Si beside him could hear a deep-seated sorrow in it.
They heard Xiao Lin humbly asking the jade pendant that hadn't reacted at all.
So, where are you now?
Chapter 4
The villain is resurrected for the fourth time (04)
"Cough—" The damage caused by days of hardship and high fever finally erupted in Xiao Lin's body after the jade pendant was dug out.
He spat out half a mouthful of blood, which landed on the jade pendant, before collapsing to the ground and losing consciousness.
Zhao Lin quickly told Xiao Si to find the best doctor, and to make sure he kept quiet and didn't let anyone know.
She helped Xiao Lin to the bed, changed his clothes, covered him with several layers of quilts, and wanted to take the jade pendant from Xiao Lin's hand.
However, after several attempts, they were unable to pry the other person's fingers apart and had to give up.
When the doctor came to examine Xiao Lin, he prescribed medicine.
Xiao Si went to cook porridge, while Zhao Lin stayed in the outer room.