[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The fact that Xiao Jingyun, the eldest son of Duke Dingzhong of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Prince Burigude, the prince of Xitao Khalkha, were going to duel soon spread to the ears of all the participants in the paddock.No matter the representatives from the Central Army, Western Army, Jinyiwei, and Shuofang Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, or the players from the Mongolian Chahar Tribe, Xitao Tribe, and Horqin Tribe swarmed over.

Xiao Jingyun led several military officers of the Gongsheng Army, while Burigude led the warriors of the Khalkha tribe out of the woods and into the wilderness.

And this time, Prince Ying, who accompanied the driver to practice, and Jin Haochang, the heir son of Xining County Prince who has been serving as a proton in Beijing, also arrived with a few honorable children.Those young masters who were born with honorable backgrounds but had no achievements in civil and military science examinations also formed a representative team, which was Tu Yuanyi's order.In fact, Tu Yuanyi intends to stimulate the self-motivation of Xungui's children. The first thing is to let them recognize the reality. Most of their grades will be the worst. I hope they will realize their shame and be brave.

Before that, the Prince of England had been following Sun Yuanwang, Minister of the Ministry of War, to handle the government affairs of the Ministry of War. It was not until two days before the siege that Tu Yuanyi allowed him to let himself go.

When Prince Ying and others came, the Han and Mongolian warriors had already surrounded Xiao Jingyun and Bu Rigude in a circle, and the Han and Mongolian personnel were yelling at each other, and the scene was suddenly very lively.

There were originally scheduled three games for their competition: hand-to-hand combat, infantry shooting, and horse shooting.

At this time, Xiao Jingyun and Burigude were playing in full swing.Xiao Jingyun is naturally good at martial arts, but Buri Gude is taller and stronger than him, and he has extremely rich experience in fighting, fast, flexible and effective moves, and strong external strength.

Xiao Jingyun suffered a disadvantage when fighting him with bare hands, because he had to get close to him to injure him, and Burigude's advantage just happened to be at its best.

If it is a competition of swordsmanship and guns/skills, Buzhigude can't pass ten moves in his hands.

The Prince of England got off the horse, and everyone knew his identity, and they all bowed their hands to salute him.

All the honorable disciples can't help watching the game on the field, so it's not good to interrupt halfway at this time.

I saw the two fighting back and forth, Xiao Jingyun approached Buri Gude, just as he stretched out his hand, Buri Gude punched him in the waist and eyes like a wind and thunder.Xiao Jingyun also had to twist his body to dodge flexibly, but his one move made him old.

Xiao Jingyun had already fought with him sixteen or seven moves, but he didn't take him down with his bare hands. He also knew in his heart that Bu Rigude's foreign martial arts also had the style of actual combat decisive kills, which is very remarkable.In the difficult living environment of the Mongols in Mobei, there are many fighting wolves and bears. Burigude is even known as the number one warrior of the Khalkha tribe.

Brigude punched fiercely, Xiao Jingyun used his internal lightness kung fu and jumped away, Burigude said angrily: "What do you mean, Han, do you want to fight? Why are you always hiding from me?"

Mongolian warriors naturally fight head-to-head, or two men fight together to compete in Mongolian wrestling, where the Han people can dodge.

Xiao Jingyun also wanted to use the technique of capture to take him down, but it was not easy.

But the Han people present thought: If you punch me, it’s no wonder we don’t hide from you. Is it possible that you will be punched by you for life?

But the Mongolian man thought: The Han youth is afraid, the Han people are weak, they can't hold the prince's fist, they just know how to hide, or I, the Mongolian man, are the real warriors.

Xiao Jingyun also guessed that the Mongols would laugh at him, but he thought: If I lose the contest, I am the number one martial artist of the great Zhou Dynasty.Besides, if I lose, this barbarian will be more inseparable from Daiyu, and he will become a common tortoise among the Han and Mongolian people.

So he also displayed [-]% of his inner martial arts, and no longer expected to beat him with his outer martial arts.

At this moment, Xiao Jingyun approached with light footwork, and slapped Burigude on the shoulder, and he took three steps back in pain.Many Han warriors applauded in unison.

Xiao Jingyun bullied the opponent again, kicked Buri Gude in the chest with his legs, Buri Gude is also a real hero, he could not bear it, he quickly grabbed his leg with his sharp eyes, and then put his hands in front of Xiao Jingyun's change of move He grabbed Xiao Jingyun's belt as quickly as lightning, and threw him outward with force.

Bu Rigude wanted to throw the man on the grass, and then he would press Mount Tai to the top, hold his waist and eyes with one stroke, and twist his hands, and he would be able to subdue him, and the Han youth would lose this round.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Jingyun spun 1000 or [-] degrees with his strength, and then he was still standing when he landed.

The Mongolian warriors couldn't help but gasped, and thought to themselves: This young Han man's movements are so strange, if Burigude's fall falls on them, it will definitely hurt him a lot.

In fact, Xiao Jingyun also used all his strength, thinking to himself: These Mongols were not even able to completely subdue Emperor Taizong back then, so there really was something wrong.The Mongols are physically strong and skilled in bowing and horses. In fact, one person can beat two ordinary Han people.After all, there are only a few Han people with martial arts like me, but the Mongols grew up on horseback, and everyone is a good hunter. If they are united as in history, or seek to unite with the Houjin, it will be a lesson from the past when Yashan fell. Da Zhou must not forget the danger.As for the Great Zhou, they were in the bitter cold desert in the north, and the expedition was unfavorable. Even the saints could only intimidate and appease them.

Worrying about the great affairs of the society, Xiao Jingyun lost three points in his emotional struggle, and did not attack again for a while.

At this moment, the Prince of England took the opportunity to step forward and said: "You two, what is the so-called reason for this? Today, although our Hanmeng warriors are competing in shooting and encircling, it is a friendly match. Don't hurt yourself because of the emotional competition. It's good that Han Meng is kind."

Bu Rigude was hit by Xiao Jingyun's two moves. Although he is physically strong, he already suffered from mild to moderate internal injuries. Because Xiao Jingyun used his internal force, he might be so painful that he would not be able to sleep at night, but he still doesn't feel it. .

Bu Rigude said: "My lord, you don't need to say it, he killed my black eagle, I definitely can't forget it."

Jin Haochang, the prince's son of Xining County, came over and said, "Prince, don't get angry, how about I pay you a pair of jade claws Haidongqing?"

The domestication of Haidongqing came from outside the pass, and only Shuofang and Youliao learned this method in the Great Zhou Dynasty.The Prince's Mansion of Xining County raised several pairs of these birds of prey, and even paid tribute to Tu Yuanyi.

Khalkha is located in the northern desert of the Western Regions, close to General Yili's territory, but Haidongqing in Liaodong does not have it, so I can't help but feel a little moved.But it would be embarrassing to leave it like this, and Prince Ying wanted Xiao Jingyun to say soft words, but Xiao Jingyun had been offended on the dignity of a man, how could he say that kind of soft words?

Xiao Jingyun only said: "Since we are friends, I will show mercy."

Brigude was also annoyed: "Who wants you to show mercy?"

Although Bu Rigude has seen Xiao Jingyun's archery skills are excellent, his archery skills are also quite good.Xiao Jingyun interrupted him several times to shoot around, but Bu Rigude only said that he was in the light and he was in the dark, and he also had an element of luck.

The other party is a boy who looks fifteen or sixteen years old with thin skin, tender flesh, and looks like a girl. He looks weaker than him. Han people have always been cunning. I compete with him. He is as slippery as a fish, so he is not tough. Obviously strength less than.But Tangtang is just trying out his archery skills, as long as he draws a stronger bow than him, he can still overwhelm him, not to mention so many other Mongolian tribes are watching him.

Bu Rigude said: "Whoever asks you to give in, if you lose, the beauty will be mine!"

Bu Rigude said this not out of face, but when he saw Daiyu that day, he was really shocked.He swears that the Snow Mountain Goddess he fantasized about before is not as beautiful as her, let alone so intelligent.This made him think about his concubines, like local chickens and dogs. For a few days, Daiyu's beautiful image has been in his mind, and he doesn't think about food and drink, so he mentions it again and again.

Xiao Jingyun shouted angrily: "The thief dares to insult my wife again!"

Only then did Prince Ying and other honorable children realize that there might be other reasons for this matter, and the military officer bowed his head to report at that moment, so Prince Ying and others understood why Xiao Jingyun was so angry.

Han Jiaerlang generally can't stand this matter.It's just that Zhenyingjie will challenge the rude men from outside to guard the territory, while the incompetent men will go home and beat their wives in the den, blaming their wives for being unruly, and finding the illusion that they are strong from women.

The Prince of England still went to pull Prince Buzhigude aside, and persuaded: "Prince, although you are a guest, I still want to talk about you. You are also wrong about this matter. You should not always mention Prince Xiao. fiancée……"

Bu Rigude said: "I also really love that lady. If the Emperor of the Great Zhou married that lady to me as his concubine. I, the Khalkha tribe, and the Great Zhou forever... What's so good, isn't it a beautiful thing? "Although Bu Rigude can speak Chinese, he can't use idioms well.

The Prince of England thought to himself: What a barbarian without etiquette.

So he asked her to patiently explain to him a few words about the customs and taboos of the Han people. When Brigude was in a daze, the Prince of England still persuaded him: "In short, it is impossible for you to marry that lady. Brother can't do this kind of inhumane thing of seizing a minister's wife for you."

Bu Rigude was full of disappointment, while Jin Haochang and the others over there also persuaded Xiao Jingyun, in short, this matter should not be too rigid and spoil the emperor's important affairs.

The contest between the two continued.The next match is a foot shooting competition, one hundred steps away, each of them has ten arrows, it is still difficult to distinguish between them.

Bu Rigude has the arrow technique of hitting the center of the heart three times in a row, while Xiao Jingyun has the unique skill of shooting two arrows at once. This arrow technique was learned from his grandfather.

With the sound of horseshoes, Tu Yuanyi and other generals and ministers rushed over under the guard of Jin Yiwei, and immediately bowed down, while the Mongolian officials also covered their chests to pay tribute.

Tu Yuanyi smiled brightly and said: "Today was originally a shooting competition, and now people from various teams of Han and Mongolia gathered here to watch the two warriors of Han and Mongolia fight. It is also interesting. But who won?"

Originally, the Han and Mongolian sides were still a little worried. The Han officials were worried that the dispute would spoil Dazhou's policy of stabilizing the Mongolian tribes. The emperor was not happy, and the Mongolian tribes did not want to offend Dazhou at this time.The two parties still have to do business with each other, and in other people's territory, personal safety must also be considered.

But Tu Yuanyi didn't pursue it for a while when he came, instead, asking such a question made all Han and Mongolian officials heave a sigh of relief.

Prince Ying said with a smile: "Brother, Prince Xiao has not yet defeated Prince Burigude."

"It seems that Xiao Shizi still has a match!" Tu Yuanyi pulled the reins of the imperial horse, smiled and said to Prince Burigude: "The prince is a true Mongolian warrior! Jing Yun is the grandson of Xiao Lang, the general who conquered the North. Martial arts have also been taught by General Xiao. The prince can draw with him, but he has also won the admiration of my Han hero!"

The previous Marquis of Dingzhong went on an expedition to Liaodong when Gaozong first came to the throne. At that time, Hou Jin took advantage of the changing situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty to rob him and occupied the inherent Liaodong territory inherited from the former Ming Dynasty by the Great Zhou Dynasty. After years of hard work, Hou Jin was driven back out of Liaodong, where he re-garrisoned troops and fields.The name of General Zhengbei is also Weizhen Mobei.Gaozong later reused his companion Jia Daishan and other generals, which also meant to check and balance Xiao Lang.

The Mongols are warlike, but they also admire heroes. After hearing that Xiao Jingyun, who is excellent in martial arts and archery, is a hero, his resentment disappeared a lot.

The outcome has not yet been decided, and the Mongols' face has been saved. ——Brigude's internal injury is not obvious at this time, and no one else knows except that he himself has a faint pain.

Tu Yuanyi suddenly untied the golden dagger at his waist, and said to Bu Rigude: "Xiao Shizi killed the prince's black eagle, and I will use this golden dagger to compensate the prince, how about it?"

Bu Rigude also knew at this time that he could not beat Xiao Jingyun, because he was not good at hitting the target with two arrows at the same time.At this time, if you have the opportunity to step down, how can you refuse, and thanked you with your chest: "The dagger of His Majesty the Great Zhou Emperor is worth a hundred black eagles in the desert. Xiao Wang thanked His Majesty!"

Seeing Tu Yuanyi's style, the Han and Mongolian ministers all felt admiration in their hearts. Seeing this situation, the king of Xining also thought: the emperor is a real hero, and he really has the legacy of Taizong.An understatement resolved a dispute and convinced the hero, without losing the prestige of the Great Zhou.

Jin Shichao also saw that many of the military officers under Xiao Jingyun who were born as Jinshi respected the emperor, and there were Zhou Xianchuan and Lu Kun from the Kyoto Imperial Army who had to be used as generals. He couldn't help thinking: He should cooperate with Xichang's entry into the army.Jin Shichao also saw that Zhou Xianchuan and Wang Ziteng were still fine, they were not the emperor's confidantes, the emperor should not be the one who would kill a donkey for a general.

Tu Yuanyi came forward to quell the matter, Xiao Jingyun naturally had no objection, besides, he also took advantage of it, Bu Rigude's internal injury would still hurt for a few days.

Tu Yuanyi laughed again: "Seeing that the time has been delayed for so long, it seems that all the gentlemen are full of confidence in today's siege!"

The ministers were surprised: Oh, don't be at the bottom of the siege just because you joined in the fun, it would be a shame to throw it to grandma's house.So they left one after another, got on their horses and dispersed.

Xiao Jingyun was about to go forward to plead guilty, but he saw a few Jinyi guards rushing over, hurriedly dismounted, knelt down in front of Tu Yuanyi, and reported: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine and the eldest prince have been poisoned by snake poison!"

Tu Yuanyi was taken aback: "What?"

Tu Yuanyi didn't have time to inquire about the delay, so he rode his royal horse and galloped back to the golden tent.

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After seeing Tu Hui, the imperial physician also used some antidote/medicine, and cleaned the wound again.However, although the amount of snake venom flowing into Tu Hui's body was small, because he was emotionally unable to control himself before, he had been slowly recovering, and now he was unconscious for a while and couldn't wake up.

Xing Xiuyan's physique is different from ordinary people's. After drinking the poisonous blood, if others would have collapsed, but she was a little dizzy and nauseous.

She leaned on the couch and had already taken the medicine and vomited a lot, but Tu Hui was not out of danger, and she was also worried and couldn't fall asleep.If Tu Hui died because of saving her, it would definitely be a stain on her life.

Suddenly there was a noise and the sound of footsteps. After a while, the eunuch opened the curtain, and Tu Yuanyi came in hurriedly.

"Xiu Xiu!"

He sat on the side of the couch and shook her hand to show her, Xing Xiuyan hurriedly said: "I'm fine, the imperial doctor has seen it, you go and see the eldest prince! He is still in a coma!"

Tu Yuanyi was relieved when he saw that she was fine. Although he knew that the snake venom could not kill her for a while, but if it was a huge poison, he would still have to suffer a little bit at this time.

Tu Yuanyi ordered her to rest without delay, and rushed to see Tu Hui.

Tu Hui was much more serious, his face was pale with a trace of blackness, and his eyes were closed.

Although Tu Yuanyi is disgusted by the Yang family, he is also his own son.He was very happy when his fate of early death was changed back then, how could he do nothing now seeing him like this?

Immediately, someone prepared hot water, put him in the bath, took out the Baoyuan detoxification/pill containing the essence of Lingquan water, and fed him to eat.

He used his kung fu again to help Tu Hui dissipate the power of the medicine, and he used his kung fu to cause his eight meridians. After about an hour, Tu Hui's skin expelled the dirt from his body, and most of the poison art was also discharged.

After Tu Yuanyi received his meritorious service, he called the eunuch into the tent to carry him out of the tub and change to another tub to wash himself off.

Tu Yuanyi looked at this son, and his mood was quite complicated. The eunuch was washing the dirt on his body, and he was leaning on the edge of the bucket and supported by another eunuch.

Suddenly he heard a low groan/groan from him, his voice was like a mosquito, and he murmured intermittently: "I hope... we two... will never... be separated... You... don't... think of... him..."

The eunuchs of Tu Yuanyi were afraid that they still didn't hear clearly, but Tu Yuanyi's skills and hearing are naturally very good, so he repeated it together, and couldn't help being surprised.

Hui'er is only 12 years old, did he fall in love?He was afraid that his sons would be all lustful, so he wouldn't let them be with maids, so how could he get in touch with women?Could it be that he has someone in the palace?

Tu Yuanyi couldn't help feeling displeased, and ordered the eunuch to take good care of him, so he walked out of Tu Hui's tent and saw Tu Xian's cat outside the tent. Joy.

Tu Yuanyi yelled: "What are you doing here so sneakily?"

Tu Xian was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Father forgives the crime, but my son is really worried about the emperor's brother, but he wanted to disturb the father to treat his wounds, so he waited outside the tent."

Tu Yuanyi calmed down and said, "You can come and see him tomorrow."

Tu Xian said again: "I heard that the imperial concubine was also poisoned, is she okay? Erchen Yuan should also pay his respects to the empress, but I am afraid of disturbing her recuperation."

Tu Yuanyi said: "You don't have to go, let's spend time with your brother tomorrow."

Tu Xian lowered his head and said, "Yes!"

Tu Yuanyi turned and left, but on the way back to the golden tent, he became suspicious, why both Xiuxiu and Hui'er were poisoned.It was important for him to rush back to save people, and he didn't delay for a moment, but now thinking about it, he felt something was wrong.

In addition, when he detoxified Tu Hui, he also discovered that the snake venom was actually very poisonous. He had been to Shuofang twice and had never heard of such a poisonous snake in this area, which was also strange.

Tu Yuanyi detoxified Tu Hui, and it was time for the siege to end, so he had to finish the matter satisfactorily first.

In today's siege competition, each team of the Han and Mongolian side had their own achievements, and those who won would also lose. Generally speaking, the Mongolian tribes are good at taming falcons and have rich hunting experience, so they will not fall behind.The teams of Gongsheng Army and Shuofang Army were also among the best.Tu Yuanyi has his own encouragement and reward, and he will not describe them in detail.

The envoys of the various Mongolian ministries will also play in the paddock for two days. After cleaning up the dust for them, Tu Yuanyi will have an army review and exercise.

The next day, Xing Xiuyan already felt much better, and she also took Tu Yuanyi's medicine yesterday.Although this medicine is good, for mortals, the more you use, the better.Just like a cup, the amount of water that can be contained is fixed, beyond that amount, it is just overflowing and wasting.Tu Yuanyi only allowed her to take two pills for three months to keep her healthy.

Because Tu Yuanyi worked too hard yesterday, it was actually rare for him to enter the space. He had a seat all night and only came out at the beginning of Mao Shichu. This matter was covered up by Xing Xiuyan.Because he followed the path of being an outstanding person, his space skills were actually a bit tasteless. No matter how hard he tried, because he was a mortal, the progress of his cultivation was so slow that it was hard to notice.But it is useful to play a seat when he is too tired.

When Tu Yuanyi and Xing Xiuyan had breakfast, Xing Xiuyan said he was going to see Tu Hui, and Tu Yuanyi said: "He's fine, just lie down for a few days, you don't have to worry about it."

Xing Xiuyan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank God!"

Tu Yuanyi's majestic Danfeng eyes narrowed slightly when Xing Xiuyan didn't notice it: "You still care about Hui'er so much? When I came back yesterday, you only urged me to save him."

Xing Xiuyan knew him [-]% of the time, and he never pretended to be with him on important matters, so he smiled bitterly and said: "Yesterday the eldest prince really suffered for me, the snake was right at my feet, the eldest prince rushed over and caught the poisonous snake Throw it away, I was spared. If something happens to the eldest prince, what should I do? If the Empress does not strangle me to death, all the ministers will impeach me."

Tu Yuanyi said, "How does he work with you?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Ziyue and I went to the top of the hill and wanted to see the scene of the siege from a distance. It happened that the eldest prince also went up to watch it. He was still a child, and he thought he was going to die at the time. It was quite pitiful to think about it."

Tu Yuanyi's phoenix eyes closed, his expression was indifferent, and he said: "He has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to talk to him."

Xing Xiuyan has further ambitions at this time, the queen is the "mother queen", if she ascends to the position of queen, according to legal principles, all of Tu Yuanyi's children will be counted as her children.She doesn't have the heart to raise other people's children, and she certainly doesn't really care.

But at this moment, seeing Tu Yuanyi thinking like he never wanted her to be a "mother queen", how could she be happy?Because it can be seen that in his thinking, she is not a mother to the world, so it is taken for granted that Tu Hui has nothing to do with her.

Xing Xiuyan is actually a domineering person when it comes to love. If she doesn't want to be alone, she will naturally let him go. She doesn't care about anything, just like Zhao Jiahuan back then.But she had exchanged her sincerity for her sincerity, and at this moment he had no intention of planning for her at all. Could it be that she was going to be a concubine for the rest of her life?She also has a grudge.

I don't need to care about your child, but at this moment, if you don't have the heart to make me your queen, how can you love me?

I don't need to want it, but you can't refuse to give it. Attitude is very important.

Xing Xiuyan also has a temper, put down the bowl, and said in a cold tone: "I am not qualified to control your son, but I will repay my kindness, let alone just look at him."