Tyrant [Rebirth]

Contrary to Chu Shaoling's previous expectation, everyone did not live in Donghua Temple for a long time, and the emperor sent someone to pick up the queen mother on the seventh day.

Eunuch Zhang, who was in front of the emperor, bowed and said: "The Xiliang country on the border has invaded, and there have been some disturbances. The emperor is worried about the queen mother, the eldest prince and the fourth princess, so he asked the servants to bring three thousand forbidden troops to pick up the queen mother, the prince and the princess earlier. Go back to the palace."

The Queen Mother panicked, and quickly asked: "But something serious happened?! Please explain clearly."

Eunuch Zhang hurriedly said: "It's all right, it's...hey, the queen mother is really hard to be a slave, how can the slave know about the important affairs of the government? The slave only knows that the emperor has caused this small country to eat and sleep well these few days. It’s nothing serious, but in the end it’s not peaceful, the emperor remembers that the empress dowager is worried outside, so he rushed to get the servants to pick him up, and besides, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, so the empress can go back to the palace earlier so she can prepare for the festival and enjoy the moon.”

"There's a war in the frontier, how can the Ai family still have the heart to admire the moon, that's all, pack up your things." The Queen Mother thought about it but was still uneasy, "Yang'er is outside too! What did the emperor say?"

Eunuch Zhang bowed and agreed: "Don't worry, the queen mother, the emperor has also sent someone to deliver a message to the south. Fortunately, the fourth prince's errands are almost done, and he will be back in a short time. There will be no trouble."

The Empress Dowager calmed down a little, caressed her heart, and said: "That's good, go tell Ling'er and Fu Yi, get some good things, and let's go back to the palace immediately."

The attendants outside loaded the carts and harnessed the horses in a hurry. Chu Shaoling then went to the Empress Dowager to comfort her, but the Empress Dowager still sighed: "What's the use of mourning the family and worshiping the Buddha?" , why is it always not peaceful..."

Chu Shaoling said softly: "It has been almost 40 years since the first emperor conquered Liaoliang, and this case of Dizi has gradually become restless again. Every time it comes to autumn harvest and winter cold, he will always invade the border and wantonly burn, kill and loot. I don't know what's going on...Emperor Grandma, don't worry, Liaoliang is a small country, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

After hearing her grandson's comfort, the queen mother was still flustered, and said: "How do you know how powerful this small country is? When the first emperor conquered Liaoliang himself, it was also a loss of tens of thousands of horses. After half a year of wasting and fighting in that barren land, it was only then The one who subdued Xiliang."

Speaking of the past, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but sigh: "At that time, your father was only seven years old, and he still didn't understand anything. Several old princes were staring at the court. If it weren't for the old ministers who the late emperor relied on at the beginning , I don’t know what to do, back then Ai’s family was in fear every day in the harem, always afraid of a mistake, now thinking of those days when Ai’s family came here, my heart is still torn..."

Chu Shaoling smiled softly: "The imperial grandmother is an old man who has experienced great turmoil. Now this matter is nothing, just go back to the palace."

The queen mother was still worried, and said: "If it is not good after returning to the court, you are not allowed to fight! I know that children of your age are not afraid of the sky and the earth, and only want to fight!" The prince will be sent to the expedition to boost the morale of the three armies. Chu Shaoling chuckled when he heard this: "The emperor's grandmother is relieved. I can't hold my shoulders and lift my hands. What are you going to do?"

After comforting the Empress Dowager, Chu Shaoling returned to the Bodhi Garden. The palace people came in and out to pack their things, but Wei Ji was missing. Chu Shaoling called Wang Muhan to ask, Wang Muhan also looked ignorant, and said: "The servant saw it just now, so why don't you see it?" …Master Wei was still packing his little bundles in the lord’s room just now, and he couldn’t find them if he took a wrong look.”

Wang Muhan saw that Chu Shaoling's face was relaxed, and said quickly: "Master Wei probably has something to do, and he took advantage of the time when the prince went to see the queen mother, and he is the one who knows the rules best, so he will definitely be back soon."

Wang Muhan's analysis was reasonable, but Chu Shaoling couldn't help but worry, where did that stupid thing go? !I know it's a mess and I'm still wandering around.

When Chu Shaoling was about to send someone to look for it, Wei Ji came back. Chu Shaoling felt relieved, but he was still a little angry, but because of Wei Ji's small face, he didn't want to scold him in front of these people, and said: "Pack up your things. , let Wang Gonggong put it in my cage, and don't let anyone touch it for you."

Wei Ji didn't feel Chu Shaoling's anger at all, he didn't know why it was so beautiful, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he nodded and went to clean up.

After an hour, everyone finished cleaning up, Chu Shaoling helped the queen mother get into the car and settled down, then went to Fuyi's car behind to look around, told the palace servants who served Fuyi, and after everything was done properly, he turned around and got into his own car. car.

Chu Shaoling's car was at the back, and when Chu Shaoling got into the car, Wang Muhan, who was driving along with Chu Shaoling, shouted "Get up", and the eunuch in charge in front followed suit, and it went straight to the front one by one. After listening to it, he shouted: "Let's drive." Then a mighty motorcade slowly moved towards the imperial city.

Chu Shaoling got into the car and called Wei Ji in. Wei Ji was still beautiful, and from time to time he turned his head to purse his lips and smiled, Chu Shaoling laughed: "Just ran out to pick up something good, so happy?! "

Wei Ji smiled, just now he continued the letter saying that he would return to the palace immediately, Wei Ji immediately thought that he hadn't taken care of the money for the monk here this time.

Now it is getting more and more difficult for Wei Ji to leave the palace, even to go home, let alone come to Donghua Temple. The money for the sesame oil for the ever-burning lamps for Chu Shaoling cannot be short. All of Chu Shaoling's money went into Wei Ji's purse, and Wei Ji gave 200 taels of silver directly to the monk this time, in case he couldn't come for a while.

After giving the sesame oil money, Wei Ji went to worship again, and suddenly found that there was an identical lamp next to the ever-burning lamp he had lit for Chu Shaoling.

The rule of lighting lamps is that only one lamp can be lit on a stick. The great monk smiled lightly: "A benefactor with a dragon embroidered on his clothes came once and gave me 1 taels of sesame oil money, so that I can light one for a lifetime." The ever-burning lamp, I also specially instructed that these two lamps should be placed together, and they will accompany each other from life to life, Amitabha..."

Wei Ji's eyes turned red all of a sudden, Chu Shaoling knew about it, and ordered one for himself.

Chu Shaoling raised his hand and rubbed Wei Ji's head, and said, "What did you do just now?"

Wei Ji smiled and shook his head. Chu Shaoling was anxious just now, but now that he thinks about it, he knows what's going on, but he still likes to tease him: "What are you shaking your head for? Say, I haven't settled the score with you yet."

Wei Ji's heart was warm, Chu Shaoling stretched out his body and leaned on the soft pillow, pulled Wei Ji to let him rest on his pillow, and softly reprimanded him: "Next time, try running around and see how I torment you... Are you hungry? "

"No, I'm not hungry yet." Wei Ji lifted the curtain of the car and looked out. The imperial army guarded their convoy tightly. Wei Ji hadn't seen such a battle before, so he asked softly, "Your Highness , isn't Liaoliang far away from us, why are you still on guard?"

Chu Shaoling caressed Wei Ji's back, and said softly: "During Ruizong's time, he used to be with Beiyi, and the Beiyi assassins once infiltrated the imperial city and robbed the youngest prince at that time..."

Wei Ji had never heard of such a thing before, and he said dumbly, "Why didn't I know... what happened later?"

Chu Shaoling chuckled: "Later? The king of Beiyi used the young prince as a hostage to force Ruizong to retreat."

"I remember Ruizong's retreat to Beiyi, but..." Wei Ji was a little at a loss, "There was no kidnapping of the prince?"

Chu Shaoling sneered: "Of course you don't know, because it's hard to tell outsiders about what happened next... Ruizong didn't want to save the little prince at all, Ruizong said to the outside world that the young prince died suddenly, and the people kidnapped by Beiyi were just the prince's attendants , the fighting continues."

Wei Ji opened his eyes wide, how could this happen? !

Chu Shaoling lightly rubbed Wei Ji's back, and slowly said: "Generals have to believe it if they don't believe it. The Northern Yi invaded our territory and we cannot tolerate it. We have to sacrifice the young prince alone, even though... that person is Ruizong's direct brother."

Wei Ji murmured: "Then...how is the little prince?"

Chu Shaoling was silent for a moment, and said: "The king of Beiyi was furious when he found out, and tortured the young prince severely. After the young prince heard Ruizong's reply, he understood Ruizong's deep meaning, and resolutely gritted his teeth and said that he was just a bodyguard. The little prince was escorted to the front of the battle, the little prince was only a hundred feet away from Ruizong that day, he scolded Beiyi dogs to boost morale before the battle, and then... was killed by the Beiyi king."

"After the war was pacified, Emperor Ruizong arbitrarily conferred the title of the young prince who was sacrificed to the flag, promoted the eldest son of the young prince to the title of prince, and bestowed the title of tenth world. He only said to the outside world that Ruizong cherished his younger brother's early death... Such things, of course, cannot be let outsiders You know, how many generations have passed down, most of the people in the royal family don't know about this old incident, but when there is a war again, they must always protect the royal family and nobles, lest there will be another hijacking."

"It's unbelievable, don't you?" Chu Shaoling looked at Wei Ji and chuckled, "It's different from what you thought, isn't it?"

It was Wei Ji's first exposure to the secrets of the royal family, and he was shocked. From Chu Shaoling's few words, he could vaguely feel Ruizong's forbearance in making this decision back then, and the little prince's unafraid of life and death before the battle.

Wei Ji can understand the little prince, if one day he himself becomes a burden to Chu Shaoling, he will choose to kill himself so that Chu Shaoling has no worries, Wei Ji thought for a while and said: "The little prince is a loyal minister, Ruizong is a Mingjun, Ruizong... It is not easy to make this decision, it is not easy to exchange one's own brother for Limin Taiping and to be criticized by others."

Chu Shaoling nodded, thinking in his heart that I can't be Mingjun. If the same thing happened to Chu Shaoling, he would never make the same decision as Ruizong.

Chu Shaoling looked at Wei Ji who was still remembering the hero and smiled lightly, he couldn't possibly have the opportunity to make such a decision, how could he let Wei Ji leave his side and let others catch him.

Wei Ji was touched for a while, then recalled what happened this time, and asked softly: "Didn't Liao Liang be conquered by the late emperor himself, and he became a vassal? Why are you fighting again now?"

"Half of Liaoliang is in the desert. The land is barren, and there is nothing else to exchange for food. The harvest is just enough. If there are any natural or man-made disasters, they will not be able to support themselves at all." Chu Shaoling explained softly to Wei Ji, "I am a minister. It's just a temporary thing, if he is defeated, what can he do if he doesn't surrender? It's just that once he recovers, he will still do evil."

Wei Ji thought about what Zhang Lishan had told him about the national conditions of Liaoliang, and said: "General Zhang told his ministers before that the people of Liaoliang are tough, and women can go to battle to kill the enemy. They are very brave. Come to think of it. It is also forced, otherwise there is no way to eat.”

Chu Shaoling nodded and smiled lightly: "I heard that there was a queen in Liaoliang..."

Chu Shaoling and Wei Ji chatted about Liaoliang, thinking about this battle, the emperor didn't know if the main battle was the main battle, and if it was the main battle, should he find a way to push Chu Shaoruan or Chu Shaomo out? Going to war, in fact, Chu Shaoling would like Chu Shaoyang to go, but Chu Shaoyang is too young, it is not easy to manage...

What if the emperor is in peace?Chu Shaoling secretly planned in his heart, this time he had to go back and settle the matter of Fu Yi as soon as possible. If the emperor made peace, the matter of Wei Zhan and Fu Yi would be in doubt. Can't prevent.

While dealing with Wei Ji's occasional problems, Chu Shaoling was thinking about going back to the palace. When he came back to his senses, he saw that Wei Ji took a piece of paper and started drawing at some point. Chu Shaoling carefully looked at what Wei Ji had drawn on the paper. , was actually the boundary line between Da Chu and Liao Liang.

Wei Ji drew a circle on both sides of the frontier to represent their respective imperial capitals, and Chu State also drew several troops, each writing [-] troops, [-] troops, and [-] troops.

Chu Shaoling was slightly shocked, not to mention anything else, he couldn't draw the boundary line so clearly by himself, how did Wei Ji learn so much from Zhang Lishan?Or did the kid know it before?

Chu Shaoling remained calm, pointed to the ink marks representing the team and asked, "Why did you set up the eagle formation, and how did you determine the number of people?"

Wei Ji was stunned for a moment, and said: "There are not many places where Liaoliang meets our border, and the terrain suitable for fighting is not a plain, nor is it wide. When I saw the terrain of this place before, I remembered this place..."

Wei Ji drew a circle in the northwest direction, and continued: "This place has many mountains and valleys, but here... here, there is a flat and vast land, but because it is not a plain, you don't need to spread your wings too much, so use [-] troops are enough, the key is to use the eagle head to split the enemy's formation, and then gather here to hug, and then the eagle head will turn into eagle wings, and kill them together in the middle, so that you don't have to go deep into the hinterland of Liaoliang, which is far away from our border. It's not too far away, and if it goes well, it can eat up [-] troops from Liaoliang at one time."

After Wei Ji finished speaking, seeing that Chu Shaoling was silent, he raised his head to look at Chu Shaoling, and said, "I...you're talking nonsense."

Chu Shaoling leaned down and kissed Wei Ji's head, his eyes were full of joy: "When did you know so much? Quietly, you actually know this."

Wei Ji blushed, some of these military matters were taught by him in primary school, and some were taught by Zhang Lishan later, when he was learning, he thought that Chu Shaoling specially invited his master to give him, and he would be sorry for Chu Shaoling if he didn't study hard. If Chu Shaoling thinks of taking the exam one day, he must be able to answer well. Wei Ji studies seriously, just for the sake of getting a half-sentence of praise from Chu Shaoling one day.