The Fulang's Modern Young Husband Chapter 438 Part 3

Lu Zhengren also knew that in his current state, he could no longer lead the army. He truly did not think much of the several deputy generals and his son under his command. A kingdom cannot go a day without a ruler, and an army cannot go a day without a general. And now, thinking about it, the man was a civil official—guarding Hezhou well would have been enough. Why did he have to come running over here? What for?

Was he trying to die faster?

Lu Zhengren calmed down and realized he had misjudged the man.

The Fulang's Modern Young Husband Chapter 438 Part 2

Xia Jinghong was overjoyed, unable to sit still, pacing back and forth before the imperial desk, his face full of excitement. After three months of anxiety and worry, with Jizhou constantly sending "bad news," a good report had finally come.

The entire court was stunned, then overjoyed, their expressions excited.

The Left Chancellor was especially delighted.

Everyone began offering congratulations.

"Your Majesty, Heaven favors our Da Xia!"

"Yes! Yes!"

The Fulang's Modern Young Husband Chapter 438 Part 1

Chapter 438

Lu Zhengren sent letter after letter requesting reinforcements.

But there were no soldiers left in the capital.

The ministers discussed and debated but couldn't reach any conclusion.

No soldiers left? Then conscript!

Easier said than done. They'd just conscripted the year before last—conscript again now, and what, were they afraid the common people wouldn't rebel? Did they want internal turmoil on top of external threats?

The Fulang's Modern Young Husband Chapter 437 Part 4

Seeing Fang Zichen finish off the enemy, Magistrate Tang hurriedly ordered the gate opened and came down to welcome them. Fang Zichen flashed his waist token, and Magistrate Tang dropped to his knees, trembling. "Th-this humble official greets Lord Fang."

Fang Zichen glanced at him. "Take these people into the city."

"Yes."

"Guard Xingping County well for me. Guard the people inside. If anything goes wrong, you will answer for it."

Magistrate Tang said in terror, "Yes."

The Fulang's Modern Young Husband Chapter 437 Part 3

Everything was arranged properly. With Zhao Ger around, there was nothing to worry about. In the middle of the eleventh lunar month, at first light, Fang Zichen took his son and led the imperial guards on horseback to Bei'an County.

After a night of tender intimacy, Zhao Ger hadn't been able to get up that morning. Lin Xiaoxia called softly from outside. Fang Zichen woke but didn't move. Seeing Zhao Ger sleeping soundly, he tucked the blanket around him and, by the dim yellow morning light from the window, gazed at him fixedly for a good while, his eyes focused, his gaze tracing inch by inch over his brows, eyes, and the tip of his nose.

The Fulang's Modern Young Husband Chapter 437 Part 2

The walls outside the yamen were covered with drawings.

There were corpses abandoned by the roadside, rotting and covered in flies. There were people holding children, sitting under trees, their eyes full of bewilderment and helplessness.

There were villages that had met disaster, burned to ruins.

There were men lying on the ground being savagely cut down by enemy soldiers, the enemy surrounding them laughing—but now, in the eyes of the common people around, those faces looked as hideous as demons from hell.

The Fulang's Modern Young Husband Chapter 437 Part 1

Chapter 437

Fang Zichen couldn't sleep or eat properly, living in constant anxiety. Even in the dead of winter, he felt hot, coughing constantly while fanning himself without pause.

Zhao Ger saw the blisters on his mouth. Since returning from Jizhou, Fang Zichen had fallen ill. He rarely got sick, but he'd been running nonstop since coming back from the south—his body simply couldn't take it anymore. Even Xiao Feng stayed shut in his room, not coming out. Dragging his sick body, Fang Zichen summoned a dozen county magistrates overnight, gave a pile of instructions, and assigned all the Qin family soldiers he'd brought back to Yang Mingyi.