Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

It was midnight, and the moonlight was like a silver gauze gently covering the silent earth. Huaian County stood in the night, and the outline of the city wall was outlined by the moonlight, forming a cold and hard silhouette.

“Dedede…”

A burst of hurried horse hoof sounds came from afar, attracting the attention of the guards on the city wall.

"Everyone, alert!"

The guards held torches in their left hands and placed their right hands on the hilts of their swords at their waists, concentrating their attention on the approaching figure until the man controlled his horse to stop in the open space in front of the city gate.

"Who are you? Tell me your name."

"Please inform that Zhaoping Marquis Cheng Wan is in urgent need of seeing General Gu Yan!"

Cheng Wan's words were simple and clear, but the information he revealed left the guards confused.

"Marquis Zhaoping? What Marquis Zhaoping? I've never heard of him?"

"The person below is a girl, right? How could a girl be a marquis? It's the middle of the night, could it be a lunatic running out from somewhere? And looking at the girl's appearance, she does seem to be a bit dirty and messy."

A guard frowned, squinted his eyes and looked at the people downstairs, hesitantly said: "I heard that when the emperor was in Liangzhou, he seemed to have appointed a girl as a female official. Later, this female official made some great contributions, and it seems that the emperor did indeed make her a marquis."

The guard turned his head to look at the centurion beside him and swallowed his saliva: "Boss, this man down there can't really be... the Marquis of Zhaoping who was personally conferred by the Emperor, right?"

"No... Impossible?" The centurion still found it hard to believe. "How can this man, who looks so dirty and disheveled, look like a marquis? And why is Marquis Zhaoping here instead of staying in the capital?"

"She seemed to have just said that she was here to see General Gu?"

From the time Cheng Wan announced his name to this moment, only a few words had passed, but Cheng Wan felt like a long time had passed.

"Master, they are suspicious of your identity."

"I have the Marquis's Golden Seal as proof! In addition, I am Cheng Daping's biological sister! My deceased child is General Gu's biological nephew! If you still don't believe me, if it's convenient for Master Shaoqing, you can ask Master Shaoqing to come and recognize us in person!"

The centurion was about to ask Cheng Wan if he had anything to prove his identity, and Cheng Wan took the initiative to explain how to prove his identity.

Deputy General Cheng?!

Young Captain?!

The centurion's pupils suddenly shrank, and he turned his head and quickly ordered his men around him: "Go to the county government office and report it quickly!"

"Yes!" The subordinate saluted with a fist, turned around and ran away.

"It is our duty. Please forgive me for not letting you enter the city. I have sent someone to report to the county government. Please wait a moment."

The centurion actually basically believed Cheng Wan's identity, but the war had just ended and it was the middle of the night, so he didn't dare to gamble his head on another possibility.

As for the Marquis's Golden Seal.

He had never seen the real Marquis's gold seal, so he couldn't tell whether it was real or fake.

And even if the Marquis's Golden Seal is real, the person who holds the Marquis's Golden Seal is not necessarily real.

Cheng Wan could naturally understand the centurion's caution, so even though she was extremely anxious, she still controlled her anxiety and thanked the centurion on the city wall loudly: "Thank you."

"Late night..."

Gu Yu hugged Cheng Wan's waist tightly, raised his mud-stained face, and his voice trembled.

Cheng Wan gently stroked Gu Yu's back: "Wait a little longer, we will be able to see your uncle soon."

In order to get to Gu Yan's place as soon as possible, Cheng Wan has tried his best.

After the rainstorm stopped, Cheng Wan first held Gu Yu and, under the guidance of Jin Jin, walked out of the danger zone with difficulty through the mud.

Then Cheng Wan held Gu Yu in his arms and carried the luggage on his back, and walked for two hours. Fortunately, he met a passerby driving a horse-drawn carriage.

Cheng Wan spent a large sum of money to buy a horse, and then brought Gu Yu to the gate of Huaian County at this hour.

Cheng Wan felt the pain on his back where the gravel hit him, and looked at his hands with cracked blood scabs. His face was calm, but his eyes were dark.

In order to see Gu Yan, she did what she could and gave what she could.

She hoped to see Gu Yan later, to see the living Gu Yan.

Cheng Wan closed his eyes and prayed to God in his heart: "Please favor me again, please..."

……

"drive!"

"drive!"

"Where are the people?! Where are the people?!"

Before the horse completely stopped, Cheng Daping impatiently slid off the horse's back, grabbed a guard's arm and asked sternly.

"Deputy General Cheng, we dare not open the city gate without permission, so the two of them are still outside the city gate."

Cheng Daping opened his mouth and was about to order the city gate to be opened, but suddenly he remembered something and ran up the city wall, panting heavily.

He couldn't give the order to open the city gates without seeing the people with his own eyes.

He cannot afford the consequences of an accident.

Cheng Daping lay on the city wall, looking down in the firelight and moonlight.

"Ah Wan! Ah Wan!"

Cheng Daping's second "Awan" had a tearful tone.

"Brother! It's me!"

With Jin Jin's reminder, Cheng Wan already knew that it was Cheng Daping who came.

Cheng Wan was very surprised to meet Cheng Daping here.

Cheng Wan had previously told the guard at the gate that she could let Shao Qing come to identify the person because she was only sure that if Shao Qing was alive, then Shao Qing must be with Gu Yan.

Cheng Wan really didn't expect that Cheng Daping was also in Huaian County.

"Open the city gate! Open the city gate quickly!"

Cheng Daping shouted loudly and ran down quickly.

The centurion and the other guards, shocked as the dust settled, hurriedly followed.

With a "clang" sound, the bolt was pulled out, followed by a "creaking" sound of friction. The heavy city gate slowly moved under the push of several guards until it was completely opened.

"Awan!"

"Big brother!"

After a year and a half, the brother and sister met suddenly without any preparation and were very excited.

But this is not the time to chat and reminisce.

"Brother, I want to see Gu Yan."

The smile on Cheng Daping's face suddenly froze. He quickly lowered his head as if escaping, clenched his hands into fists, and the joy and excitement of seeing his sister disappeared in an instant.

He was too embarrassed to see his sister.

"Brother, is Gu Yan alive?"

Cheng Wan clenched the reins tightly. The blood scab on the palm of her hand was stinging from the squeezing and rubbing, but Cheng Wan seemed to be completely unaware of the pain. She stared at Cheng Daping's head, and her eyes gradually turned red.

Cheng Daping's reaction couldn't help but make Cheng Wan think more.

"Alive," Cheng Daping raised his head: "He is still alive..."

After Cheng Wan gasped heavily, he exhaled a breath of foul air, his mouth stretched into a grin, but tears were glistening in his eyes.

He is still alive.

That's great.

"Brother, where is he? Take me and Sui Sui to see him!"

Gu Yu clutched Cheng Wan's clothes and looked at Cheng Daping with his round eyes, his eyes full of joy and anticipation.

Cheng Daping took a deep breath and said, "Follow me."