A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Miss Shen also came forward, and the two of them walked out together. Gui'er asked her quietly, "Sister Feng Shu, is there any news from Jiangcheng?"

Miss Shen shook her head and said, "Since you reported the situation to us, we have reported it to the organization. They have been keeping a close eye on it, but Comrade Song Xichen's feedback is that everything is normal and the market is very calm."

From this point of view, it is possible that the Marshal is really ill. Another possibility is that there is some internal strife in the Marshal's Mansion, so it has not yet affected the outside world.

Ms. Shen said, "You must be careful and cautious when you return. If there is any situation, report it to the organization immediately."

Gui'er whispered, "Okay, I understand."

Afterwards, she took Sha Yanyao's car back to the Sha Mansion. As soon as she entered the mansion, the lady came out to greet her and said, "The luggage has been packed. Let's go now."

There was no time left for Guier to pack her luggage, so she had to take Dingxiang and Acheng with her.

After they got on the train, she asked Dingxiang to call Ah Cheng and asked them both, "My eldest brother said that something happened to our father. Have you heard any rumors in the mansion recently?"

Ding Xiang shook her head blankly and said, "Never. However, the maidservant beside Madam did tell me that during the New Year, Madam was very angry because the Marshal wanted to force Miss Taohua to marry her. Even after returning to Nanjing, she sighed all day and said that she didn't care. "

Gui'er asked Ah Cheng again: "Brother Ah Cheng, have you heard any news from Jiangcheng about our courtyard?"

Ah Cheng touched his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "I have kept in touch with my former brothers, but they haven't said anything. If something really big had happened in our hospital, they wouldn't necessarily have kept it from me. But recently, they've said that everything is going well, whether it's the mine or our young master's business, everything is doing well. They even said that Brother Qiang and his men found the address of the gold, silver and treasures that the Marshal brought back from Director Shen in Hong Kong. I heard that the Marshal entrusted these treasures to a British man for safekeeping, and that only with his handwritten letter of authorization can we get these jewels."

Gui'er thought about it and decided that it shouldn't be this matter.

She thought about it over and over but couldn't figure it out, so she could only wait until she returned to Jiangcheng to find out.

They took the train back to Fengcheng in a state of trepidation. When the train arrived at the station, it was already dark. Gui'er got off the train with Sha Yanyao and his wife, but did not see the convoy sent by the Marshal's Mansion to pick them up.

Gui'er was about to ask, but the lady and Sha Yanyao were already striding forward, so she had no choice but to follow closely behind.

After leaving the station, there was still no sign of the motorcade. The wife asked Sha Yanyao anxiously, "Yanyao, have you told them we're going back today?"

Sha Yanyao said, "I have said that, but I'm afraid they are busy with many things at the palace right now. I don't know if they can spare the time to come and pick us up. If not, we can find a donkey cart or a horse carriage to go back."

The lady was stunned: "This is so tiring and slow. We can go to Fengcheng City and find someone from the army to drive us back."

"Mother, if we take a small car without a military vehicle escort, it would be dangerous when we cross the mountains. It would be less noticeable to take a donkey or ox cart."

"Your father has been working hard to crack down on bandits in recent years. By now, Fengcheng and Jiangcheng should have been almost cleared out. How could there still be danger?" The lady looked at the donkey carts and horse carriages waiting for passengers outside the station with a look of disgust.

"There are basically no people who have established their own factions. We are only worried about sporadic bandits. They have guns and will move to another place after a few shots. The government can't do anything about them. We have many women, so we are worried that one of them will be careless."

After hearing this, the lady also hesitated. At this time, they had been standing at the station entrance for ten minutes. Because the lady was dressed luxuriously and the maid beside her was also dressed decently, it had attracted the attention of people around. Ah Cheng stood quietly beside Gui'er, one hand on his waist, and there was a gun in his waistband.

When everyone was a little hesitant, several cars came hurriedly from a distance and drove directly in front of them. Everyone saw that there was a large truck with a cloak behind it, and they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It was the military vehicle that usually escorted them when they came.

Sha Yanxiao got off the first car and hurriedly walked up to his wife, saying, "Mother, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I've been a little confused these past two days because of Dad's affairs. I'm late. Please get in the car quickly."

Sha Yanyao helped his wife get into the car, and the others also got in one after another and started heading towards Jiangcheng.

Gui'er and Sha Yanxiao were in the same car, and she couldn't help but ask, "Second brother, what happened to father?"

Sha Yanxiao said vaguely, "He...is seriously ill."

"What's the illness? Is it a sudden onset? He was fine when we left?"

"The Marshal died under the peony flowers, and even as a ghost he is still a romantic man." Dali suddenly said jokingly.

Gui'er was puzzled. Sha Yanxiao coughed and said awkwardly, "Let's go home first."

When they returned to Jiangcheng, it was already dark. The group returned to the Marshal's Mansion. This time, they did not go back to their respective homes, but went directly to the Marshal's main courtyard.

When they walked into the bedroom, the Marshal was lying on the bed with his eyes open. When he saw them come in, he turned his eyes towards them but did not move his head. He opened his mouth and moved it as if he wanted to say something, but saliva flowed out.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this. Sha Yanyao asked Sha Yanxiao in shock, "Brother, what's going on? Father, what is this disease?"

Sha Yanxiao stood by the bed with his hands on his hips, hesitant to speak, "I don't even know how to start..."

"Why can't you say it? What's wrong with your father? Tell me." The lady said eagerly, which was unusual.

"It happened last night in the Eighth Concubine's room. She tried to keep it a secret, but this morning two battalion commanders came looking for him and he couldn't avoid them. They found out and sent him to the hospital. He's still alive, but the doctor said he needs to recover slowly."

"Brother, what is "madness on the spur of the moment"? Gui'er vaguely remembered that she had seen this term before, but she couldn't remember it for a moment. Looking at the Marshal's appearance, he looked more like hemiplegia caused by a stroke.

Sha Yanxiao turned his face away in embarrassment, his expression very ugly.

"Isn't that little Eighth Concubine pregnant? Why did she seduce the Marshal to her room? Now she has hurt the Marshal like this. I'm going to tear her apart. Where is she?" the lady roared angrily.

When the lady called out like this, Gui'er suddenly remembered that she had never heard of this disease in this world, but she had seen it in novels in modern times. It seemed to refer to myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction or sudden death that occurred during sexual intercourse, collectively known as imminent stroke, which had a somewhat erotic and curious connotation.