Chang'an [Rebirth]

There are two things in the porcelain vase on the eagle's neck, an abbreviated map of the defense of mountains and seas, and a letter from Xianyi.

The news of the chaos in Chang'an city should not have reached Musang yet, but before Ruan Linshuang and Chai Zheng moved the priests all over Dajing, someone had already told King Keqin the news that "Chang'an will be in chaos". The fleet is ready to move, and it seems that as long as the authenticity is confirmed, they will come out in full force.

In recent years, Dajing has worked hard to develop the coastal defense force, but Mu Sang did not patronize the crowd with his hands drooping. When he lost a game, Mu Sang strengthened the protection of the helmsman. Not only that, but the warship is not alone now. One person can get involved.

Luo He went all out and studied nearly a hundred battles in Chai Yuandao's life, big and small, but unfortunately he was unlucky, this time it was not Chai Yuandao who came to him, but Chai Zheng, whom he had never fought against.

Xianyi also said in the letter that Musang "Garuda" will also be dispatched. This is the largest warship in Musang, and even the main ship used by the general is less than one-half of "Garuro". .

"Garuda" was built for the emperor's personal conquest. Although it is huge in size, its internal drive and fuel equipment are higher than the main ship. It is flexible and maneuverable. It runs faster than other ships when it is defeated. In addition , "Garuda Luo" is equipped with 150 crossbows and [-] guns on the side of the ship. The gaps between the gun bodies are all the machine-powered crossbows used to intercept and kill Chai Zheng in the Wolf Valley.

Xian Yi also used a more euphemistic wording, "When I was still in Musang, I saw such a powerful crossbow that tore up the escape boat of the Dajing Coastal Defense Force. Now the South Navy has a solid armored ship, and it may be able to resist it. .”

It's a pity that although the wording was tactful, it was too cautious. One could tell at a glance that Xian Yi, as an outsider, had something he couldn't say.

The wealth of the refugees is imminent. There are people who are greedy. The South China Sea has already won the battle and the peace has come down. Mu Sang has signed a surrender letter and pays tribute on time every year. Why bother to delay his own money for the broken ships in the South China Sea? Allocation, can half of the funds be used on the right path?Zhao Qian returned to the throne and the throne day by day.

Thinking to herself, Chai Zheng coughed twice, and Kuanyuan hurriedly refilled her with hot tea, for fear that the little father-in-law's cough would tear the wound again.

None of their rough people know how to fight, and this time is the most stressful time in their life. They have to send the little father-in-law safely to the land of two rivers, otherwise they can't do anything, and they just kowtow to death.

"Little Ruan..." Chai Zheng had just opened his mouth when he suddenly remembered that Ruan Linshuang had stayed in Chang'an.

Although there are many people on this boat, there are only a handful of people who can discuss it, but no wonder Kuanyuan them, the situation in Liangjiang is treacherous, and the bandits don't go to the front line, and they can't even read the defense map. almost,

She sighed softly again.

In her previous life, Chai Zheng was always alone, and there were at most Wang Wan and Zhang Fan who came and went in the wind and rain. Although these two were a little older, they were considered juniors. Sometimes strategic deployments or imperial court appointments often At that time, I didn't feel that there should be a confidant by my side, and she knew the second half of the first sentence when I said it.

Unaccustomed is a sudden thing.

Chai Zheng sighed again...Kuan Yuan was sitting next to him, neither standing nor standing, why did the little father-in-law see so many frustrations when he read the letter?

"How long do you think the rain will last?" Chai Zheng unfolded the defense map. The things that are only one foot square are quite finely made. Pei has practiced martial arts every year but not Chinese. His good painting makes Chai Zheng feel ashamed , and tucked the villain I drew under the table.

However, no matter how good Pei Niannian's paintings are, such things as defense maps need someone to teach them.

Although this picture looks small, it outlines the strengths and weaknesses of both the enemy and us. There are more than half of the contributions of General Xue, and a small part of the credit of Xianyi—King Keqin is Xianyi’s uncle after all. Back then, Xue Yu was a fierce general in Musang, Xue Yu didn't have many chances to fight him, and couldn't figure out the emperor's style, but Xianyi knew him very well.

Chai Zheng frowned slightly at first glance, even though Mu Sang hadn't made a move at this time, it was only at the ready stage, combined with the various possibilities given by Xian Yi, King Keqin should be a good attacker... No wonder he Focusing on cultivating Luo He these years, he is very tolerant of this "turtle general".

□□Thrusting, if there is a tough shield to cooperate with moving forward, it is the most stable and effective way of attack.

Kuanyuan felt that the little father-in-law might be perfunctory himself, so after asking a word, he stared at the defense map and remained silent for a long time. He didn't want to interrupt Chai Zheng's train of thought, but it was almost time to drink medicine, and Doctor Zhang told him However, when the young man is recovering from his injury, it is not advisable to expend too much effort and be forced to be the bad guy.

"It looks like the sky won't clear up for a while, but thunderstorms in summer are unpredictable, maybe it will be a sunny day after driving out of this section." Kuan Yuan smiled innocently until Chai Zheng's eyes fell on his face with resentment , the head of the family continued, "Young master, it's time for you to take your medicine. I'll go find Dr. Zhang."

Chai Zheng's room is covered very warmly, with almost no ventilation, and there is no condition for decoction, so although the stove is on, it is not used. The real decoction is in the room of Doctor Zhang and his young apprentice. When the decoction was delivered, Doctor Zhang also changed her dressing regularly, checked the degree of wound healing, and tried not to move Chai Zheng as much as possible.

But after boarding the boat, Gu Hensheng was very dizzy. A majestic martial arts master, he had vomited for several hours, and almost vomited his bile. Too busy to touch the ground.

When Kuanyuan found him, Zhang Xingzhong was actually decocting the medicine himself. His usually talkative and lively little apprentice was covered under the quilt, with his buttocks sticking out. When there was a thunderstorm, he shrank even more, and his whole body was about to arch went in.

Kuanyuan put away her umbrella and asked with a smile, "Are you afraid of thunder?"

"Don't blame him," said Zhang Xingzhong, who was pouring the medicine into a bowl when the medicine was nearly cooked. "His parents were killed by bandits during a thunderstorm."

"..." Kuanyuan shut up instantly, not knowing how to speak.

The young apprentice was from the Hunan-Hubei area, so the death of his parents was naturally not a match for Kuan Yuan, but his status as a bandit made Kuan Yuan feel ashamed for a while.

"Let's go, go and deliver medicine to Chai Zheng." Doctor Zhang glanced under the quilt, "Are you afraid of leaving you here alone?"

The little apprentice's voice was trembling, "I'm not afraid of thunder! I just miss my parents."

Zhang Xingzhong sighed, "Follow if you want. If you are alone enough, we will all be in the Chai Zheng room."

The little apprentice turned his face inward and stopped talking.

Seeing that Zhang Xingzhong was about to walk into the rain, Kuanyuan hurriedly put on an umbrella for him, and asked softly, "Are you really leaving the child here alone?"

Zhang Xingzhong didn't speak, but walked more hurriedly, and Kuanyuan had no choice but to follow closely to prevent the rain from blowing into the medicine.

There was another thunder explosion. Amidst the sound of rain and sea waves, Zhang Xingzhong's clothes were suddenly grabbed. The little apprentice shrank himself under the umbrella as much as possible. He was caught in the rain. Fortunately, the boat was not big, the deck was only a few meters long, and his hair was not wet yet. through.

Zhang Xingzhong ignored him and continued walking until he lowered his head and knocked on the door of Chai Zheng's room. Then he said to the apprentice behind him, "Change your shoes, dry your hair, and then come in."

Now it was the little apprentice's turn to be quiet.

Kuanyuan finally realized that she was the extra one, so she pulled a towel to cover the little apprentice's head, and said, "Come in."

Chai Zheng's eyes have not fully recovered, and there are signs of recurrence after the serious injury. She can't see things as clearly as before, and her eyes are still prone to fatigue. The fly-like deployment map is redrawn bit by bit.

Tell Xiao Ruan that this thing is naturally good-looking. In fact, the lens has a magnifying effect, and it is a bit cumbersome for Chai Zheng to wear it on the eyes, but it just comes in handy at this time.

As soon as Zhang Xingzhong came in, he saw her lying on the table, her face was pale, as if she was about to drain her blood, so she coughed twice and said, "Make a note and tell Miss Ruan later."

Chai Zheng quickly raised her head, squinted her eyes and looked at Dr. Zhang, "I have been asleep for four or five hours in a row, and I just woke up for a while. I only looked at the defense map for a while. There is no need to let Xiao Ruan know, right?"

"My lord, I'm just recording the facts. If you think this is not advisable, you should pay attention to it in the future." As he said, Zhang Xingzhong rolled up the defense map on the table and pushed the medicine over.

The doctor on this ship has the most power, and Chai Zheng can only submit. She has almost become a habit of drinking medicine in the past six months, and she finishes it in a few sips as if she can't taste the bitterness.

At the beginning Zhang Xingzhong said that the sense of taste recovered relatively quickly, but Chai Zheng can only taste a sharper taste so far. Her whole tongue is soaked in bitter medicine. Even the green tea is slightly bitter after passing through the root of the tongue.

Chai Zheng leaned back indifferently, leaning her back on the cabin, looking at the little apprentice in the corner with his head down, "Sir, did you quarrel with Asparagus?"

Asparagus is the name of the little apprentice, which was changed after being picked up by Zhang Xingzhong. His original name was cheap. Although he was easy to support, he also killed his parents.

"Am I quarreling with him?" Zhang Xingzhong snorted coldly, "He is a big kid, and he can piss off ten of me with one mouth, so I dare to quarrel with him."

The little apprentice still stood in the corner near the door, and did not refute.

"..." It seems that he should have said something that shouldn't be said, so it is reasonable for Zhang Xingzhong to be angry. The little apprentice also knows that he is wrong at this time, and he just needs a peacemaker.

Chai Zheng cleared his throat, and imitated Ruan Linshuang's expression, but Xiao Ruan's expression was calm, and when he came to Chai Zheng, his facial features were stiff.

She said, "Tell me, what happened?"

Zhang Xingzhong was reluctant to speak, he signaled Chai Zheng to lift off the clothes on the outside, and let him see if there was blood oozing from the wound on his back.

Although Chai Zheng has only learned the skin from Xiaoruan, not the essence, but she also has her own majesty. The little general has fought in the battlefield for many years, and he has a murderous spirit in his bones. All explained.

Just now when the thunder was the loudest, Zhang Xingzhong boiled water for him with Huoxiang leaves, let the little apprentice come out of the quilt, encountered fierce resistance, and during the struggle, Asparagus roared, "You are not my biological father, no You, I still grow up to this size!"

"You deceive the master and destroy the ancestors!" Chai Zheng slightly opened his eyes wide.

Fortunately, Dr. Zhang is gentle and gentle, and his temper is not particularly bad. Chai Zheng recalled all his two masters and one biological father. If he said such a thing, he would be thrown overboard at this time.

"But I know I was wrong." The little apprentice not only talked a lot and densely, but also had a very sweet mouth, "Master, I will definitely earn a lot of money in the future. Not only will I inherit your medical skills, expand your thatched cottage, and let you live without food and clothing for the rest of your life." worry."

Zhang Xingzhong sharpened his head to study medical skills, and what he wanted was to have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime. The little apprentice knew his mentality, but Zhang Xingzhong just sighed lightly, "I accept you as an apprentice because I hope you can support yourself. I know what I can do, I can save patients like my little father-in-law, and I won’t be afraid of starving to death in the future, but what about you?"

Asparagus is just a child, and there are tens of thousands of children like him in the world. Although he is smart, others can be smarter than him in order to survive. However, Wenzhu's parents were killed by bandits, and in order to survive, he might also become a bandit.

Chai Zheng has some headaches. Her master-student relationship is more complicated than that of Wenzhu. The former one left her a junior sister, who is on the shore of the Yellow Sea at this time, and it might end up there.

The latter one took revenge easily, thinking that there will be a coffin-holder in a hundred years. Although the old man had told him to stay in the capital to protect Xiao Ruan, Yuan Si did not nod in agreement. Instead, he took Chai Zheng away from the sedan chair. , his complexion was not right, Chai Zheng still remembers the saber energy enveloping Yuansi that day, even a master like Mei Xueyun did not dare to take it hard, the old man seemed really irritated.

"Alas." Chai Zheng heard the grievances and grievances of other masters and apprentices in his ears, but in his heart he was worried that his master was getting old and still tossing around.

"Master!" Wen Zhu suddenly knelt heavily on the ground, scaring Chai Zheng into a shudder, and there was another burst of thunder behind the little apprentice, but this time he just shrugged his shoulders and didn't tuck himself into the bed to hide Get up, "Although you are not my real father, you saved my life, raised me up, and taught me skills. It is my apprentice Sansheng's honor to have you as my teacher. If I say such things again in the future, you will directly expel me!" Leave the teacher's school and let me fend for myself, don't be soft-hearted."

At such a young age, her words are pleasant to listen to, but Chai Zheng doesn't persuade her, she is just a bystander, and the person Wenzhu will be with for half her life is Zhang Xingzhong, which has nothing to do with her.

Zhang Xingzhong finally spoke out after a while, "Get up, I came out hastily, the externally applied medicine and silver needles fell into my cabin, take an umbrella to get it... There is thunder outside, if you are afraid, call the brothers outside."

"Master, don't worry." Wenzhu stood up, "I know that I will have a family in the future, let the past storms pass, and with Master here, I won't be afraid."

"..." Chai Zheng felt that if he had to be half asparagus asparagus, he could become a jewel in the palm of his hand.

After drinking the medicine, she felt a little sleepy, but unfortunately there was everything in her dream, except Xiao Ruan, and Chai Zheng fell asleep on the desk for a while. Fortunately, the season went to summer, and even if it rained, it was not cold, and her desk was relatively Short, the bottom was originally a quilt for resting.

Zhang Xingzhong inspected the wound for her, and covered Chai Zheng with a thin blanket again, until they left, Kuan Yuan came in again to take a look, but Chai Zheng was still awake.

In her dream, there was a mirror-like sea at first, the waves were not big, and they only rushed up occasionally, and then the sea was ignited, the orange-red flames were endless, and hundreds of Dajing's ships sank in it.

In the end, there was only one huge golden ship left in the flames, and Yaoyao was standing on the bow. Her eyes were empty for some reason, and there were only two holes left. Blood flowed out from the eye sockets, and There was another person standing behind her. Chai Zheng couldn't see that person's face clearly, but he intuitively knew that this person was King Keqin.

Then came the huge waves, Chaizheng trembled all over, and the fires all around were extinguished. Ahead was a narrow and weedy road. At first, there was nothing on both sides of the road. Grave mounds, father, mother, Yaoyao, Xianyi, Yueqing, Yuansi... at the end is Chang'an City.

This Chang'an city looks like a huge tomb. Chai Zheng looked into it from a distance and saw Xiao Ruan sleeping in the middle wearing a red wedding dress.

Chai Zheng woke up suddenly, her eyes opened suddenly in the darkness, and she was nailed to the corner of the wall for a long time before slowly returning to her senses.

She has not had nightmares for many years, and now this dream is not scary, but it makes people feel an indescribable sense of powerlessness.

Chai Zheng didn't know how long she had been in a coma. It was already dark. In her room, only the eagle occasionally made a sound. When the eagle landed, Chai Zheng had fed it. He didn't fly around, he seemed to hear Chai Zheng woke up, so he took his foot and stepped on the palm of the little master.

The horses and birds raised at home are all about to become fine.

Chai Zheng's eyes are afraid of light and dark, she can't see anything under the sun, and it's not as good as before in the dark. She fumbled to light the lamp, and burned her fingertips... there was a tree beside the eagle. An old raven, the rain has stopped for a while, its feathers are fluffy and clean, and it still has a bit of the cold fragrance of snow mountains.

The old raven came in through the window. The eagle had been with it for a long time, and regarded it as its own kind, pecked open the plug in the window before letting it in.

"..." The child is too good at studying. If it weren't for the war-torn period, Chai Zheng would have wanted his eagle to take the Jinshi examination.

There is a small stick tied to the old man's feet, the content inside has been changed, but it is still a painting, which is a house, and a girl is standing in the house, looking to the south, and outside the house, there are layers upon layers. of thorns.

Chai Zheng laughed lightly, she flattened the paper, and put it between the pages of the book, the sense of loss that had just awakened from the nightmare suddenly fell to the ground, Xiao Ruan can protect herself well, she doesn't need these useless worries of her own.

Ruan Linshuang's safety is the greatest comfort to Chai Zheng, and Chai Zheng's safety is also the greatest comfort to Ruan Linshuang, even if they are separated temporarily, as long as they are safe, we will see each other again.

What's more, Chai Zheng is confident that soon, Xiao Ruan's name will be spread all over the country, and he doesn't have to sneak around on the shore of the Yellow Sea to know how earth-shattering Xiao Ruan is.

The gate of Chang'an city has been closed for several days, and Liu Chuan sneaked in almost at random. Ever since the concubine killed Mr. Chai, the city has been in chaos. People who have no home in Chang'an city have fled. A long time ago, an imperial city has become a dead city.

Chai Guogong's mansion is closely monitored, but the martial arts field is occupied by people under the banner of Chai Guogong. This group of people is not small and can form an offensive team, but the eldest princess is nowhere to be seen. Zhao Qian digs three feet, Neither Chai Zheng's body nor traces of his own sister were found.

For five or six days, Zhao Qian almost rummaged through the entire Chang'an city. None of the two people hanging in his heart were found, and the suburbs of Chang'an also suffered. Qian Neng further expanded the search area, and people with a radius of hundreds of miles would die.

Not only that, within these five days, Zhao Qian also used the pretense of comforting Chai Yuandao, and trampled down the entire threshold of Chai Guogong's mansion. Those who didn't know thought that the current emperor was really afraid of Chai Guogong, and he was so angry that he raised troops to surround the imperial city for his daughter. , but Ruan Linshuang knew that Zhao Qian went so hard because of the imperial edict.

Of course the edict is not in Duke Chai's mansion, as long as it falls into the palm of Zhao Qian, he will have no worries, even if the eldest princess is still living outside, and the name is not right, it will not cause too much trouble.

On the evening of the fifth day, Zhao Qian finally remembered that Ruan Linshuang was still in prison in his backyard, so he only took Li Duan into this seemingly isolated courtyard gate.

Li Duan was the waiter, waiting outside the courtyard gate as usual, and he wouldn't listen to half a sentence of what the people inside said he shouldn't.

Ruan Linshuang was sitting in the study, with a bowl of lotus seed and white fungus soup to cool off the heat.

The books she was reading were brought in by the crown prince from outside the palace. They were all insignificant things. Even Zhao Yan’s entry and exit from this place were strictly controlled. All the needles and threads used by the female reds were seized, and only these few idle books passed the inspection.

Zhao Qian stood outside the door calmly for a while. Yun Xiang had just come out of the kitchen with an apron on her body. Seeing the emperor standing in the courtyard, she hurriedly stuffed Xiao Lian into the kitchen, and then closed the door. He trotted over and knelt at Zhao Qian's feet.

She can deal with the current emperor, but Xiao Lian is an unrestrained reckless person, and she would be terrified when she hears the words she usually says. If she is so unruly in front of the emperor, Xiao Lian's life will be in jeopardy.

Zhao Qian looked back and lingered for a moment above Yunxiang's head——

This little court lady is not yet eighteen, she has been an imperial court lady for three or four years with trepidation, Li Duan is in charge of the entire harem, and occasionally when she is too busy, Rue Xiang will take care of things like serving tea, pouring water and cutting lanterns. No mistakes, it is indeed a rare cleverness.

But such a clever girl seemed useless by Ruan Linshuang's side. Except for what she ate for three meals a day, she basically found nothing useful. After a long time, Zhao Qian almost forgot that there was such a person. .

"Get up." Zhao Qian said.

Basically everyone in the palace, including the concubine, was afraid of the emperor. Zhao Qian didn't have a confidant around him, and maybe there was once.

Yun Xiang answered "Yes", stood up and still lowered her head, her eyes fell on the emperor's chest, not daring to look at his face.

Back then in Mobei, Zhao Qian was the oldest among the four, followed by Chai Yuandao, and Zhao Linlang was the youngest. Now it seems that Zhao Qian is pampered, but he is the youngest. He still looks like a handsome young man, but Gray hair quietly appeared on the temples, and wrinkles appeared on the eyes and lips. Zhao Qian did not lose his appearance because of this, but added a mature and stable imperial charm.