Scorching

【Seventeen】Deep snow, deep wind, Huayin

After Yun Wei's funeral, Ye Kingdom entered a state of intense preparations for war again.

"Now Lu Moya has transferred almost all the available troops in his hands to the Luoran Pass guarded by the 'Beiling' army, which has about 42 troops, and our army has about 17 troops to mobilize, except for the troops guarding the border. , plus the 15 people already in Luoranguan, the total is 32, I wonder if you have any suggestions?" Leng Zhuo, Xia Rune, Lenghou, Mu Guogong and several old generals sat together, discussing countermeasures .

"Although there is a difference of [-], the Jing army's morale is not stable. As long as our army uses a little strategy, we can disturb them." An old general suggested.

"No. Lu Moya's army is extremely strict. Although the people he uses are young, they are extremely stable, and they will not be easily tricked." Xia Rune analyzed.During the period of his life in Yasukuni, he investigated and understood the civil and military officials and military forces of Yasukuni in great detail.

"Is it possible to use the formation?" Another old general suggested.

"Our country is not good at formations, but Yasukuni focuses on large formations. It is really not a wise move to compete with them." Mu Guogong said in a deep voice.

In an instant, everyone fell into silence.

"Salt." The silence was broken by Leng Hou, who smiled and said loudly, "If a person cannot take in enough salt, the body will become swollen and it will be inconvenient to move."

"Big brother mean...stealing salt?" Leng Ran guessed at the side, seeing Leng Hou nodding, Leng Ran looked at him admiringly again.

"This method is feasible, but Lu Moya can definitely buy salt from the city..." Leng Zhuo whispered, frowning in thought.

"Wenwen Pavilion has received news that the former Crown Prince of Yasukuni is not dead, he just kept his name incognito." Xia Ru'nei's sudden news undoubtedly provided another way for Leng Zhuo.

"Do you know where it is?" Leng Zhuo softened his voice instantly.

Xia Runie smiled at Leng Zhuo, and then said something that surprised everyone: "On the way to Weiwen Pavilion."

"Okay!" Leng Zhuo stood up in a good mood and gave orders, "Brother, send a letter to Mu Jin and son Shu Yuan to arrange for him to steal salt there; the third brother is going to organize the army and prepare to go out; The general is on standby, and when everything is ready, we will swallow Lu Moya's army in one go."

"It's all according to the king's order." Everyone bowed and saluted, and then dispersed.

"Nieer." Leng Zhuo took Xia Runie's left hand and called softly.

Xia Runie smiled lightly: "Understood, let's go." After finishing speaking, he left Leng Zhuo with a smile on his face, and went to the Weiwen Pavilion to wait for Prince Jinguo.

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The next day, after receiving a letter from Marquis Leng, Mu Jin and the others ordered Mu Feng and an unobtrusive general under Mu Jin to lead a dozen people to the Jing Army Camp to prepare to send If Jingjun's salt was smuggled out, if it didn't work, he would have to find a way to destroy the salt.Although this move is dangerous, for the country of Ye, if it is successful, it will surely destroy the enemy with greater confidence.

On the other side, after reaching an agreement with Prince Jing, Leng Zhuo personally led the army to go out. Xia Rune and several old generals accompanied him, while Mu Guogong, Leng Hou and Leng Ran stayed behind to preside over the overall situation.Leng Ning was also called back to the palace, because Qian Hui was about to give birth and had to be taken care of.All the hidden guards, including the snow traces who had escaped from the dead, were all left behind to guard the palace.Xia Runei even asked Zhuo Yifan to select a group of top killers to guard every corner of the palace.

The people who stole the salt chose to act in the middle of the night, and after buying off a fire-headed army, they sneaked into the camp quietly.Everyone had already put on the armor of the Jing army, and there was no hindrance to their actions for the time being.Everyone proceeded carefully to the granary according to the information provided by the fire-headed army.

The soldiers carefully killed a few Jing soldiers guarding outside the granary, and then took their positions, while Mu Feng led the others inside.Five or six soldiers took out a small bottle of oil that had been prepared, and carefully sprinkled it on the grain and salt bags.After sprinkling, Mu Feng nodded to the crowd, signaling them to go out first, while he took out the fire bag in his arms, blew sparks out, threw it casually on a pile of grain and grass, and ran out quickly.

But Lu Moya's shadow guards were not vegetarians either, and soon discovered something strange.When Mu Feng came out, everyone was supposed to leave along the planned path behind the Jing Army camp, but unfortunately they ran into three shadow guards.Mu Feng struggled to resist, but it was a pity that the martial arts of these shadow guards were too high. The salt stealing team was killed except for Mu Feng. When Mu Feng was in despair, son Shu Yuan and others came to support and rescued Mu Feng. wind.

But tonight, it happened to be the north wind, and the fire was getting stronger and stronger.

Although Lu Moya already knew about it, the fire was too large to be extinguished. "A bunch of trash." Under the dim light, Lu Moya's expression was gloomy.

The fire was extinguished overnight, leaving no food, grass or salt, and they were burned. In a fit of anger, Lu Moya killed the soldiers who were patrolling last night, and then sent people to the city to buy salt, but found that the salt in the city had already been sold out.

The Jing army had no salt, and its combat effectiveness dropped drastically.

So when Leng Zhuo led the army to press down on the border, the Jing army did not fight, and Lu Moya was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood.

But Lu Moya immediately dispatched troops the next day. Although the combat effectiveness of the soldiers was greatly reduced, the more than 40 horses were not easily destroyed.

However, things are not always as expected by Lu Moya.

The Jing army was mobilized under Lu Moya's torture, but it was not Leng Zhuo who greeted the army, but Prince Jing.

"Soldiers, stop working for the devil Lu Moya, put down your weapons, and you will not die." Prince Jingguo stood in front of the army, Langsheng said, the natural kingly temperament emanating from him, some When the soldiers saw him, they recognized his identity at a glance, immediately put down their weapons, knelt on the ground, and bowed to Prince Yasukuni; while the other soldiers had no intention of participating in the battle at all, and some soldiers were forcibly recruited by Lu Moya. In this situation, he put down his weapons and bowed down to Prince Jing.

"Lu Moya, let's capture it without a fight, Jingguo doesn't belong to you at all." Prince Jingguo walked up to Lu Moya who was stunned, and said disdainfully.

"I can let you die once, and then I can let you die a second time." Lu Moya said softly to Prince Yasukuni, but before Prince Yasukuni could refute, a puff of smoke filled the sky above Jingjun, and Lu Moya said viciously. Looking at his titular elder brother, "This country has left an empty shell. Now, I will give it back to you." After finishing speaking, he disappeared in the smoke.

There were screams in the smoke.When the smoke dissipated, Lu Moya had long since disappeared, but one-third of the soldiers in the Jing army had been killed. This reminded Leng Zhuo and the others of Lu Moya's shadow guards. There are quite a few such dead men that Ya Ya carefully cultivated.

Leng Zhuo turned his head and said to Mu Jin: "Heading order, Lu Moya is wanted." Then he steered the horse and walked to the side of Prince Yasukuni, "According to the agreement, I will support you to ascend the throne. I hope that our two countries can live in harmony in the future. It’s best not to have this happen again.”

"Emperor Yan, please rest assured." Prince Jingguo said, "It is enough for one Lu Moya to appear in my Lu family, I will retreat immediately." Leng Zhuo naturally saw the light shining in his eyes, but he did not point it out. During the war, the borders of the two countries increased their strength.

The Ye army defeated the Jing army, and Ye State established its dominant position in the world. The surrounding small countries handed over covenants one after another, expressing that they would depend on Ye State in the future.

Qinghua Palace.

"Now that the world has been settled, this king has decided to amnesty the world and celebrate with the whole country." The cold order gave this serious and solemn place a tinge of joy.

The officials saluted immediately: "Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty, this old minister has something to ask." Yun Songyan staggered out of the line, "This old minister is getting old, and the appointment has been made today. I hope that the old minister will allow the old minister to resign and enjoy the rest of his life."

"Prime Minister, you are..." Leng Zhuo frowned, "Princess Mingxia once asked me to take care of you on her behalf. If you do this, how can I make my promise come true?"

"Your Majesty, this imperial court should allow young people to shine. My old bones should also take a good rest. I believe the imperial concubine will agree." Yun Songyan's old voice came out slowly, and every sentence was heavy It hit Leng Zhuo and Xia Runie's heart hard.

"In that case, Prime Minister, take good care of yourself and speak up if you need anything." Leng Zhuo sighed deeply, and finally agreed.

"Thank you, my lord." Yun Songyan saluted, and then returned to the ranks.

Leng Zhuo collected his mood and was about to speak, but he heard the palace people outside the palace shout: "The eldest princess is here!"

Leng Zhuo frowned, but still got up and walked down to greet him.Leng Zhuo's father, that is, Leng Qianshu, broke a rule of the Qinghua Palace during his reign: the Qinghua Palace originally did not allow female family members to enter, but Leng Qianjing became the first person to enter the Qinghua Palace according to the former emperor's order. temple woman.

Leng Qianjing in formal attire walked in with graceful steps.

"Auntie Huang." The three brothers Leng Zhuo, Lenghou, and Leng Ran respectfully said, while the other courtiers bowed and saluted: "The eldest princess is a thousand years old."

"Your Majesty." Leng Qianjing slightly nodded at Leng Zhuo, the years had not left any marks on her face.

Leng Zhuo and Leng Qianjing walked side by side, Leng Zhuo sat on the dragon chair, and Leng Qianjing sat under Leng Zhuo's right hand.

Seeing this, Leng Zhuo didn't want to deal with it. It was better to briefly talk about the reconstruction after the war, and then ordered to "retire from the court".

"Wait a minute." Leng Qianjing said suddenly, "Prime Minister Yun, General Xia, you two, please stay."

Xia Runie had roughly guessed it since Leng Qianjing entered the palace, and it was completely expected that he was left behind; while Yun Songyan was left because he was an old minister and also an insider.

Leng Hou and Leng Ran, under the signal of Leng Zhuo's eyes, did not leave either. In an instant, there were only six of them left in the Qinghua Palace.

Seeing that the others had dispersed and there were no outsiders, Leng Qianjing said directly, "Xia Runie, I will ask you again, do you know the Xia family in Tuluo City?"

Xia Runie looked up at Leng Qianjing, and smiled lightly: "How could I not know? I am the heir of the Xia family, the only one who survived that tragedy."

"Good, good, good." Leng Qianjing said three "yes" in a row. From the first time she saw Xia Runie, she felt something was wrong and thought it was an illusion, but after such a long investigation, He also affirmed some thoughts in Leng Qianjing's mind, "Sure enough, it's the kind of vixen who seduced the king and tricked Yun Wei to die for you. What a good way."

"Leng Qianjing, pay attention to your words!" Xia Runie tore off the skin from his face, the face that was very similar to his father was full of anger.For Xia Runei, his father is his god, and no one can insult him, "You killed my whole family, and now you are insulting my father, do you think that what you have done is not enough? My father died first Under your ambush, dozens of members of my Xia family were wiped out by you again, even the people in the city. You will not be able to pay off these blood debts even if you kill you thousands of times!" Xia Runei became red with anger Face, he already hated Leng Qianjing deeply, if it wasn't for Leng Zhuo, he would have done it long ago, but today, Leng Qianjing went too far, Xia Runei couldn't restrain the anger in his heart anymore, and burst out.

"Are you blaming me?" Leng Qianjing's face was full of anger, "No matter how cruel I am, I can't compare to you who have climbed so high..."

"Enough!" A roar resounded through the Qinghua Palace, and he got up coldly, walked to Xia Rune's side, wiped away the tears from his eye sockets, then took Xia Rune's hand and interlocked his fingers, "Father Both Wang and Master once said to me that if you love someone, you should love him wholeheartedly. You love him as a person, not his background, not his past, and not his future.” Leng Zhuoju He clasped hands with Xia Runie's ten fingers, and looked at Leng Qianjing firmly: "I love him, and I only love him as a person, and nothing can change it."

"Zhuo'er!" Leng Qianjing looked at Leng Zhuo in disbelief. Leng Zhuo, who used to listen to her the most, disobeyed her for others today.

"Eldest princess, don't forget that you colluded with Lu Moya, which resulted in the death of this king, the palace almost fell, and Ye Kingdom was even taken by traitors. This king thinks you are an elder, and I don't want to pursue anything." Leng Zhuo suddenly changed his tone. , this is the first time he has used his identity to suppress someone, this person is still his most respected and loved one, "Please don't carry on the grievances of the previous generation to the next generation, don't forget, this is the Palace of Qinghua, and here is my position Highest!"

Everyone was stunned, including Xia Runie, who looked at Leng Zhuo with distress, he knew how much this man had done for him.

Leng Zhuo seemed to have sensed Xia Runie's gaze, turned his head, and gently stroked Xia Runie's cheek: "For my son, it's okay to give up this throne." After speaking, he made a gesture to take off the dragon robe on his body , but was grabbed by Xia Runie's hand: "I love you, but I don't want to be a sinner of Ye Kingdom." Two lines of tears slowly slid down Xia Runie's cheeks, and fell to the ground, but the pain was in the cold heart.

"Princess, don't obstruct it. The past is over, so don't embarrass these two children anymore. Now that you love them, let them love." Yun Songyan, who had been silent all along, said in a hoarse voice.His most beloved daughter is no longer here, so he doesn't want to see Leng Zhuo leave, let alone see Nangong Mo's favorite child also leave, this heart that is already riddled with holes can no longer stand the torment.

Leng Qianjing got up suddenly and walked down slowly. Leng Hou and Leng Ran came to support her, but she pushed them away: "You are all crazy, you are all crazy!!" Then she walked out of Qinghua Palace quickly.

No one chased her, Leng Zhuo didn't want to chase her, Xia Runie didn't know how to chase her, Yun Songyan didn't need to chase her, and Leng Hou and Leng Ran had no intention of chasing her.Today, too many things have happened, it is difficult to digest in a short while.

Leng Ran only knew a little bit about Leng Qianjing's past, never thought that the aunt he admired would lose her composure like this, and never thought that the aunt who had always been gentle would kill her family because of one person, let alone My elder brother will contradict my aunt for his lover.Leng Ran didn't understand, how deep was the love and hatred that made him, him, and them become like this?Leng Ran looked at Leng Zhuo and Xia Ruai, and seemed to suddenly understand what true love is.

But Leng Hou is not as difficult to accept as Leng Ran.As the eldest son of Leng, he naturally knows the secrets of the Leng family, and because Leng Qianjing is the most respected and beloved person of the three brothers, he has conducted a detailed investigation of Leng Qianjing, but he does not know that Xia Runei and Leng Qian Jing is really an old enemy.Leng Hou understands that Leng Zhuo values ​​family affection more than anyone else, and loves Leng Qianjing more than anyone else.However, Leng Qianjing insisted on exterminating all members of the Xia family, insisting on controlling Leng Zhuo, this was intolerable to Leng Zhuo.If it's anything else, not to mention Leng Zhuo, even Leng Hou and Leng Ran will definitely obey Leng Qianjing's words.

Leng Zhuo and Xia Ruai looked at each other affectionately. At this moment, it seemed as if time had been frozen. The love, touch and trust in the eyes of the two made others dare not look directly, for fear of being confused by these two people; but they couldn't help it. Just watch, that kind of love, anyone will yearn for and admire.