My country is dead again [Rebirth]

The Lezhou court has been shrouded in haze for several days because of Cangzhou’s withdrawal from the war. Xie Ruzhuo refused to negotiate with Pei Yuankai, bluntly saying that if Pei Yuankai does not want to defend Cangzhou, their court will send troops to defend it, so that Cangzhou will not really fall into Beidi hands.

But Sun Bingde and many civil servants behind him didn't think so. In fact, when Xie Ruzhuo wanted to move Pei Yuankai from the beginning, they had other thoughts.

Isn't the power that the emperor wants to remove the person they should win over?

In their hearts, there is no distinction between good and evil, loyal and traitorous forces in all parties, and everything is measured by interests. Traitors can be allies, and loyal ministers can also be enemies.

Therefore, Xie Ruzhuo knew that they wanted to take advantage of this matter to get on line with Pei Yuankai this time. If possible, let them go to negotiate. .

Sun Bingde had such a plan in the reorganization of the guards last time, but he and Du Ruo disturbed it. What the civil servants lack most now is the military power. They need it too much, and they will seize every opportunity to gather them. own military forces.

The Pei family in Cangzhou is indeed a very enviable sweet pastry. If most people don't have the courage, who would dare to say that they have never thought about swallowing the big pie of the Pei family, even Xie Ruzhuo thought so.

The emperor already had three major battalions and the Song family in Wanyang, Wu Xianrong and Qi Junmao were no longer in conflict with each other, and there were not many military forces that civil servants could attack, and Pei Yuankai was obviously the most suitable choice.

But because of this, Xie Ruzhuo will not let Sun Bingde succeed. If Pei Yuankai is inextricably linked with the civil servants, it will be difficult to move him. The civil servants will spare no effort to protect him, and he will give the civil officials Provide the support behind it, and the situation will be too uncontrollable.

Xie Ruzhuo thought about it for more than half an hour. When he came back to his senses, the shadow of the sun was fading to the west. He felt a little dull for some reason. He put down the finished playbook with a frown, and looked up to see He Xiaoman hurried in. , his heartbeat seemed to stop for a moment due to some strange feeling of falling, he suddenly remembered something, stood up abruptly, and asked, "Banban, where is Shen Ci?"

"Your Majesty, Shen Ci has returned to Nangu suddenly." He Xiaoman came here just for this matter, "No one will ask him what happened. When Yue Tingchuan found his servant, Shen Ci had already left the city. I can't even catch up."

"I was negligent." Xie Ruzhuo was so full of messy things these two days that he had no time to take care of other things, so he forgot the most important thing, "Let him go, I hope he didn't go late."

At this time, Shen Ci, who was rushing along the shortcut from Lezhou to Nangu, couldn't care about anything else. When Pei Yuankai retired from the battle, he wrote a letter back to Nangu, but he didn't receive a reply these days. After waiting for a few days, Pei Yuankai still didn't intend to fight, he knew that the incident in his previous life would come after all, he couldn't wait any longer, got on his horse in the three camps and rushed out of the city.

Now he thinks the same as Xie Ruzhuo, I hope he didn't go late.

It was already night when he arrived in Nangu, and he showed the badges of the three major battalions of the capital to the guards at the city gate. They thought it was something important in the capital and let him in. He rode to the gate of the master's house and saw that there were no lights. My heart sank, I opened the locked door with trembling hands, and called Master and Wife, but no one answered.

He rummaged through the objects in the room, and found that there was no discrepancy with what he thought. He punched the wall in frustration, and his finger bones turned blue and red. He gritted his teeth and did not stay any longer. Stay here and go back to Lezhou.

Shen Che was in the Cangzhou army in the old year. When his right leg was not injured, he lived with Ye Xinmei in Cangzhou for more than ten years. There he met his mother who was pregnant with him. Later, his mother died of illness, and Shen Che was also involved in a battle. His right leg was injured and he could no longer ride a horse, so he brought him and Ye Xinmei to Nangu to live a leisurely life in seclusion.

But Shen Che and Ye Xinmei still have deep feelings for Cangzhou. After all, they have stayed there for more than ten years, and they are very easy to get along with. Shen Che has many familiar colleagues in Cangzhou, and Ye Xinmei They also had a good time with the wives of the neighbors who were about the same age. When they left Cangzhou, they were reluctant to part with them, and they always mentioned those people when they were in Nangu.

Therefore, after Shen Ci took the post in the army, they would go to Cangzhou to stay for more than ten days every year. The old house they lived in was still there, and the military households often did not change, and the people living next to them were still the same In that group, they liked meeting old friends, so Shen Ci naturally wouldn't disagree with them going back, he was also happy if they were happy.

It's just that this time he regretted that he hadn't reminded his master and wife not to go to Cangzhou earlier. The retreat in Cangzhou didn't happen at this time in the previous life. In this life, the timing of many things happened sooner or later, and everything related to it was messed up.

Master and wife go to Cangzhou every year at an irregular time. Teacher's wife is in good health for a period of time, and if he doesn't go home, they will go, so he can't figure out where they will go to Cangzhou.

When he learned that Cangzhou had withdrawn from the war, his eyelids kept jumping. Many things will change in this life, but some things still follow the same trajectory as in the previous life in the dark. Arrived at the origin.

Every time he wrote a letter back, Master and Wife replied very quickly, but this time he didn't reply for a long time, and he had a premonition that the thing he least wanted to see in the previous life still happened.

He didn't rest on the way back and forth, and he didn't even eat a few bites. When he returned to Lezhou in the afternoon, he hadn't closed his eyes all day and all night. His eyes were pale blue, and he was dusty and dusty. He didn't even bother to go home and change clothes. Then he entered the palace to meet Xie Ruzhuo.

Hearing that Shen Ci had resigned from Nangu, Xie Ruzhuo also hadn't had a good night's sleep. He was so troubled by things in Japan, couldn't eat and sleep well, and was very haggard. Went to Shen Ci's arms, dragged him and asked, "Aren't uncle and aunt in Nangu?"

Shen Ci nodded, his exhausted face was full of regret and self-blame, his voice was hoarse because he hadn't drank water for a long time: "I beg your majesty to give me troops and horses, and allow me to save Cangzhou."

If it wasn't for Xie Ruzhuo holding his hand tightly, he would probably kneel down, Xie Ruzhuo nodded vigorously, and said, "Don't worry, I won't give up any inch of land in Cangzhou, and uncle and aunt will be fine, don't worry... "He didn't know what to say, Shen Ci was usually the one who comforted him, but now he was in a mess, "You, you drink saliva first, your voice is hoarse..."

Shen Ci was very obedient. He picked up Xie Ruzhuo's cold tea and drank it in one gulp. He looked at Xie Ruzhuo again with bloodshot eyes, and said quickly: "Pei Yuankai is ready to retreat and abandon the city. Liping County, the northernmost part of Cangzhou, bears the brunt. The second time is to play a big game, he will not care about the life and death of the people, he will only withdraw all his elite direct troops, and the only ones left in the city are the guards with mediocre combat power and the sergeants who are at home due to injuries and disabilities. , I can’t fight at all. If the court doesn’t save them, the entire Liping County will be massacred by Beidi people. Your Majesty, I admit that I have selfish intentions. My master and wife are there now. I have to save them. I can’t... We can't let Pei Yuankai kill them..."

Xie Ruzhuo hugged Shen Ci and patted him on the back, calming his trembling body a little, and said, "I know, I know... I will let you save them, and I will let you go."

"It's best to let me go now, I can't wait." Shen Ci gritted his teeth and said, "It will take a long time for Cangzhou's military newspaper to be delivered to the capital at the earliest. Maybe we know that Cangzhou is in danger, and it has been there for almost a day. If we rush to help again, it may be...it will be too late..."

"It won't be too late!" Xie Ruzhuo's eyes were red when Shen Ci said "too late", and his heart was hurting, "I promised, you go right away, you can bring as many people as you want."

Shen Ci still remained calm, shaking his head and said: "Ten thousand is enough, you can't march too much, or you will walk slowly."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Xie Ruzhuo immediately went to write the order for dispatching troops, and looked up at him worriedly after finishing writing, "But you promise me, don't take risks lightly, and don't act impulsively, the imperial court will send reinforcements there soon .”

"Well, remember."

Xie Ruzhuo heaved a sigh of relief, called for the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor to seal it, handed it to Shen Ci, squeezed Shen Ci's hand again, and said softly: "It will be fine."

Shen Ci knew that Xie Ruzhuo was worried about his appearance today, but he couldn't take it easy, so he could only touch Xie Ruzhuo's forehead apologetically, and caressed his eyebrows with his fingers.

Xie Ruzhuo blinked his eyebrows like soft feathers, and his messy thoughts calmed down a lot, and he promised: "Don't worry, the reinforcements will arrive soon, and you won't be kept waiting for too long ,I promise."

"Well, I believe everything you say." Shen Ci pressed a light kiss on his forehead, "Qingqi must also take care of herself."

After Shen Ci finished speaking, he walked out of Yongning Palace like a gust of wind holding the imperial decree. Xie Ruzhuo watched his back until he disappeared.

Many people in the court should have guessed Pei Yuankai's intentions. After the war, the court refused to negotiate, and he did not send a single soldier to the front line. He withdrew to Cangzhou and ignored everything behind. If the court really did not plan to sit down with him Let's talk about it, obviously he intends to abandon the city and let the court know that Cangzhou would have such a tragic ending without him.

In the previous life, they were really too late, and the imperial court was one step late in sending reinforcements. When Shen Ci rushed away, what he saw was a river of blood flowing all over the city, and his master and wife died without leaving him a word.

Xie Ruzhuo knew that Shen Ci was going crazy in pain because of this incident, and then he wanted Pei Yuankai to die at all costs, and personally sent his own father to die.

Pei Yuankai never fulfilled his father's responsibility, but he also killed Shen Ci's relatives who he regarded as his parents. He will always remember that Shen Ci spit out a large pool of blood because of the retrograde qi and blood, and then hugged him and cried bitterly. Such a powerful person There will also be times when no amount of comfort can hold back the grief.

Therefore, Xie Ruzhuo will not prevent Shen Ci from leaving Cangzhou. In this life, he also hopes that Shen Ci's master and wife will live a long life. Shen Ci will not experience such deep pain, and all regrets will be eliminated after rebirth.

The author has something to say: making up for regrets is always the greatest charm of rebirth in my heart w is also the original intention of writing this article w