"Elder-in-law" migraine

Since that time, both the court and the harem seem to have lived a lot, especially the matter of enriching the harem for Duan Yixian has never been mentioned, because no matter what, it is Duan Yixian's private matter after all, as a minister It's a good thing to mention your worries, but it may not be a good thing if your worries touch His Majesty's bad luck. Even Ji Zhi never mentioned this matter again.

Although Lin Fan from the household department was dismissed by Duan Yixian and investigated, Ren Zhi still had a premonition that Lin Fan was definitely not the last instigator of this matter, but the matter was over after all, and he didn't want to ask any more questions. Most of the time in the Palace of Funing to accompany Duan Qingya, Duan Bingzheng, and His Majesty the Emperor, and spend each day at leisure.

Three years in Zhaoning passed like this without knowing it, and in a blink of an eye, Duan Qingya was able to walk successfully, and Duan Bingzheng was also specially arranged for the Taifu to teach him every day, and a special hour was set aside every day for him to instruct him in martial arts.

In the summer of the fourth year of Zhaoning, the new Turkic Khan Ashina Aji assembled hundreds of thousands of troops from his headquarters to invade the Zheng'an Dynasty. They crossed the border between the Turks and the Zheng'an Dynasty. Liangzhou, an important town in the north of the Zheng'an Dynasty.

The Zheng'an Dynasty fluctuated up and down. Although the war with the Turks was expected, it was unexpected that Ashina Aji's strategy of recuperation was so successful. In just one or two years, hundreds of thousands of troops could be easily gathered Offensive, and all the way south, caused great trouble to the Zheng'an Dynasty.

After the battle with Khitan the year before, the whole court couldn't agree more with Ren Zhi's strength, and someone immediately asked His Majesty to send elite soldiers to King Xiaoyao, who will go out to repel the Xiongnu and return with a big victory.

After reading the memorial, Duan Yixian was silent for a long time. He raised his head, looked at Ren Zhi who was teasing Ren Ping, and sighed in a low voice. If possible, he would rather Ren Zhi stay with Ren Ping and Duan Bingzheng as he is now. , You don’t have to fight for yourself on the battlefield, you don’t have to rush thousands of miles for yourself, and fight bloody battles.

But he had no choice, he was an emperor.In the whole court, there is no one who is more suitable to be the marshal of the army than Ren Zhi. In terms of official position, he is the Xiaoyao King, the younger brother of the current emperor. With his support, he will firstly increase the momentum of the three armies, and Ren Zhi himself may be more suitable for that battlefield than others.

It would be great if he wasn't his lover, he wouldn't have to have any entanglement and hesitation to wave a pen and let him go.But he is his lover, so he will feel distressed and worried, wishing to hide him from others to find out.

Ren Zhi looked back at Duan Yixian, lowered his head and whispered something in Ren Ping's ear, then ordered the little eunuch to take her out to play.He turned around, walked to Duan Yixian, stretched out his hand to open the memorial, closed it casually, and smiled at Duan Yixian, "Sooner or later, there will be a war. We said that day, I will help you guard the world earlier , you can safely hand it over to Zhi'er, and accompany me to roam the world."

Duan Yixian sighed, and shook his head lightly, "Probably because I am getting older, but my heart is not as firm as before. When I was young, I made you suffer a lot for me, and now I just want you to enjoy the happiness by my side .”

Ren Zhi couldn't help laughing, he stretched out his arms, and sat down next to Duan Yixian, "Your Majesty, you are the older one, not me. It's fine if I'm lazy, I just wait by your side before I arrive. I am at the age of enjoying the blessings of the old age. I have been idle for more than a year, and it is time to exercise my muscles and bones. And I am looking forward to the battle with Ashina Aji. I will use this battle to make Ashina Aji no longer Turn over, I want to make everyone who covets my Zheng'an feel terrified because of this battle."

Duan Yixian backhanded Ren Zhi into his arms, bent his head and kissed his lips.Ren Zhi raised his head, and the two exchanged a lingering kiss. Duan Yixian felt a little more comfortable in his heart. He pressed his forehead against Ren Zhi, and said slowly, "That's it, I will announce it to me tomorrow morning."

Ren Zhi leaned into his arms and nodded, "Okay."

In the early morning of the second day, Duan Yixian immediately announced his decision, appointed him as the marching marshal, and led the eight marching troops in charge of 30 troops, and divided the troops into nine groups to fight back against the Turks.Ren Zhisuo led the first army as the Chinese army, and went straight to Liangzhou. The other eighth army came out of other towns invaded by the Turks, and they were bound to drive the Turks to the north of the Great Wall, where they could no longer resist.

The Marshal of the March enjoys the right to make decisions and is in charge of all matters of the Nine Route Army. There is no need to ask for instructions in advance for any decision.

All the officials echoed and came forward to congratulate Ren Zhi on his return, but a thin figure stood up, and Ji Zhi knelt in front of Duan Yixian and said slowly, "Your Majesty, I would like to be sent by King Xiaoyao to join the army. Contribute a little bit of strength to this battle.”

Duan Yixian looked at Jizhi in surprise, then turned to Ren Zhi, with a slight smile on Ren Zhi's lips, he looked at Jizhi thoughtfully, and suddenly said, "Master Ji, you should think clearly, the border is bitterly cold, and there are endless wars , it’s no different than being in the courtyard in the middle of the capital, I’m worried that you, a scholar, are too weak to bear this kind of suffering.”

Ji Zhi hurriedly said, "It's the prince who spoiled Ji Zhi too much. Ji Zhi also learned some martial arts to strengthen his body since he was a child. Although he may not be able to catch up with a master like the prince, it is definitely important to protect himself on the battlefield." It's not a problem. I can guarantee that the soldiers of the three armies will suffer as much as I can. I will definitely not cause the prince to be distracted on the battlefield."

Duan Yixian looked down at Ren Zhi asking for his opinion, Ren Zhi shrugged his shoulders, and said with a smile, "In this case, I will not be polite. With Mr. Ji here, there is another person who can discuss with me. It's a good thing to think about it this way. From now on, Lord Lao Ji will help you a lot."

Ji Zhi nodded towards Ren Zhi, "My lord, you are being polite. Ji Zhi is extremely grateful for being able to go north with the army and do a little bit to regain the lost land and expel the aliens."

"Master Ji is devoted to the country. Such loyalty and courage are worthy of praise." Ren Zhi turned his head and stopped looking at Ji Zhi, and nodded at Duan Yixian, who understood, "If that's the case, then I will worship Ji Zhi." In order to join the army, follow the marching marshal, give advice on military affairs, and share the burden for King Xiaoyao."

Ji Zhi led the decree to thank En, stood up from the ground, and nodded towards Ren Zhi, with a smile on his lips that fulfilled his wish, Ren Zhi saw his expression in his eyes, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and said nothing again. say.

After the dynasty was over, Ren Zhi went back to the palace to bid farewell to the old lady.This battle is no better than the previous battle with Khitan, two months is enough to go back and forth.He led an army of 30 and rushed thousands of miles, facing the evenly matched Turkic people. It would not last for a year or so, and I am afraid that it would be impossible to completely expel the Turkic people.

He now has more worries, the old lady, Ren Ping, Zhi'er, and Duan Yixian.Everyone became his involvement, which made him reluctant to leave the capital, but also drove him to expel the Turks and take back every inch of land on the frontier, so that he could better protect them.

Ren Zhi was always like a young child in front of the old lady, chatting and laughing with her, but never mentioned the difficulties and dangers he would encounter in this expedition, nor when he could return. He just took the old lady's hand, stretched out his hand to stroke the gray hair hanging from her temples, and said with a smile, "I feel that your body is much better than when you were in the palace before, so I feel really relieved." Well, my son is finally competent."

The old lady patted his hand, let the green bamboo take the comb over, put Ren Zhi's hair back into a crown, and said with a smile, "My illness was caused by the stagnation in my heart back then. For me now, there is nothing to worry about. When I get depressed, my health will naturally recover. I have Ping'er now, and I'm still waiting for her to grow up, choose a good marriage for her, and watch her get married."

Ren Zhi nodded with a smile, "Okay, it's settled like this. In the future, Ping'er's life-long affairs will be left to you to decide, and I will let go of it." He looked at the old lady for a while, and sighed softly. With a sigh of relief, "That's how it is. I'll go back to the palace and look at Ping'er again. You take care of yourself. If you have anything to do, send someone to the palace. In addition, Fusheng will go out with me this time. Mr. Lin is pregnant. Let the old lady take care of it."

The old lady nodded, "You don't have to worry about these things, that child is more caring than you and Fu Sheng combined, just like my own daughter. I am a mother, so of course I will take good care of her."

Ren Zhi straightened up, wanted to turn around, but turned around and hugged the old lady gently, and finally turned around and left the house.

There seems to be no difference between the Palace of Funing and the past, but it can be noticed that everyone is busy. As another master of the Palace of Funing, when Ren Zhi goes out to fight, everyone in the Palace of Funing is busy, preparing for Ren Zhi. s things.Only in the sleeping hall, it is extraordinarily quiet.

Duan Yixian didn't review the memorial in his rare leisure time, and was leaning over the desk, watching Duan Qingya's little hand holding a pen and scribbling on the paper.Occasionally he didn't pay attention, even if Duan Qingya accidentally smeared ink on his hands, he didn't respond. He let him lean at the door of the hall, looking at the father and daughter, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, but he never went in.

Duan Qingya was the first to spot Ren Zhi's figure, dropped the pen, ran towards Ren Zhi with open arms, and called happily, "Daddy, Daddy."

Ren Zhi bent down and hugged Duan Qingya in his arms, listening to her babbling non-stop.Raising his head, he saw Duan Yixian standing in front of him, looking down at himself with deep meaning in his eyes.

Ren Zhi straightened up, hugged Duan Qingya with one hand, stretched out the other hand, wiped Duan Yixian's ink-smeared face, and asked with a smile, "What is Ping'er doing?"

Duan Qingya pointed at the pen and ink not far away with her little finger, "I'm drawing."

Ren Yi saw the piece of paper painted with ink at a glance, shook his head with a smile, looked at Duan Yixian's face again, and couldn't help but said, "You painted this on your father's face, right?"

Duan Qingya curled her lips and shook her head, "Father is not good, if you don't help Ping'er draw, Ping'er will paint on Father's face."

Ren Zhi couldn't help laughing, "In the whole world, you are probably the only one who dares to draw on your father's face."

Duan Yixian reached out and touched Duan Qingya's face, then looked at Ren Zhi, "Let Xiao Ping take her out to play, I want to stay with you alone."

Ren Zhi agreed, carried Duan Qingya out of the door, handed it over to Xiao Ping, turned around and returned to the hall, Duan Yixian had already lay down on the couch, lightly patted the place beside him, and said a little tiredly, "Come here , lie down with me."

Ren Zhi took off his coat, lay down beside Duan Yixian, turned over and pressed his face against his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat, slowly closed his eyes.Duan Yixian stretched out his hand and stroked Ren Zhiru's black hair, but he didn't say a word.

I don't know how long it took, when Ren Zhi felt that he was about to fall asleep, he heard Duan Yixian say, "Ren Zhi, how long have we known each other?"

Ren Zhi opened his eyes, looked at Duan Yixian's face, blinked and said, "It's been more than 20 years, I didn't expect time to pass so fast, in the blink of an eye, so many years have passed."

Duan Yixian sighed softly, "For more than 20 years. For more than 20 years, you have always been behind me. First, you helped me stay by my father's side, and then helped me win the throne. After that, I finally became the emperor. After losing this emperor, I thought I could stay with you well, but I didn't expect you to help me fight on the battlefield, but it seems that I have never done anything for you."

Ren Zhi raised his arms and looked at Duan Yixian's face, it was exhaustion that he had never seen before.Duan Yixian ascended the throne for four years, and he was far more scheming than when he was a prince. Ren Zhi suddenly stretched out his hand and untied Duan Yixian's hair. The ink-like black hair was mixed with white hair at some point. Ren Zhi never noticed the bundle of hair, but at this moment, the white hair seemed to grow into his heart, and each root was painful like a needle prick.

Duan Yixian took Ren Zhi's hand, put his hand on his lips and kissed it, and said softly, "Ren Zhi, this is the last time, after this battle is over, I will never ask you to run around for me again Toil, I will let you be at ease and worry-free for the rest of your life just like I promised you when I titled you that day."

Ren Zhi shook his head, but he didn't say anything after all, he put his face on Duan Yixian's chest again, and closed his eyes, he never cared about being carefree and carefree all his life, all he wanted was to be able to stay by his side, to be with him forever .

That night Duan Yixian hardly slept, he let him lie on his chest, and fell into a deep sleep unknowingly, the shallow breath spread to his ears, making Duan Yixian feel that his heart became soft because of it.

In the morning, when he got up in the morning, he hid the tenderness back in his heart, put away the smile on his face, and turned back into that aloof emperor again.

In the fourth year of Zhaoning, the Turkic army went south to invade. Xiaoyao Wang Duan took him as the marshal of the march, and he was in charge of the eight marching troops. He led an army of 30 to go north to resist the Turks.

Ren Zhi is wearing a silver bright armor, his crotch is all up and down, all in white, without a single hair, and he is a peerless horse Wuzhi who can travel thousands of miles a day.Fu Sheng rode another black horse with a black body like ink, with the sword Duan Yixian bestowed on Ren Zhi hung on his waist, walking on the right side of Ren Zhi.Brothers Feng Yan and Feng Ce each rode a horse and followed closely behind Ren Zhi.Then followed by the accompanying army Jizhi and other important positions in the army.

The 30 troops left the capital and were divided into nine groups. The marching commanders rushed to their own battlefields according to the prior arrangement. Ren Zhi personally led the Chinese army and went straight to Liangzhou City.

Liangzhou City is an important town that connects the Zheng'an Dynasty with other countries in the Western Regions. Since ancient times, it has been a fertile land full of people, and because it is the hub of trade with the Western Regions, it has also become an important military location that must be defended in all dynasties. .The failure of Liangzhou City meant that all the thirteen towns near the northwest fell into the hands of the Turks, which dealt a heavy blow to the Zheng'an Dynasty.

Ren Zhi flipped through the marching map. At this time, it was less than a hundred miles away from Liangzhou City. As a military fortress, Liangzhou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you want to take it by force, you will suffer heavy losses. The Turks struck again.Moreover, after the Turks left elite soldiers to garrison Liangzhou City, they sent the rest of the main force to continue southward. If they go all the way north, they will definitely meet the Turkic army head-on. Lost to the Turkic people?

Fu Sheng enters the big tent with a person behind him, who is the scout that Ren Zhi sent out before, the scout came to report that the Turkic army was stationed [-] miles ahead, if he continues to move forward, he will have a direct confrontation with the Turkic people in a few hours.

Ren Zhi nodded, ordered the scouts to probe again, lowered his head, and clicked on a location on the map, "The Turkic people are stationed here now, and we will definitely lose if we meet them head-on. Is there any other way?"

Several other people in the tent leaned their heads over, staring at the map in thought.After a while, Ji Zhi suddenly said, "Marshal, I have an idea."

Ren Zhi turned his head and looked at him, "Joining the army is what you say."

Ji Zhi nodded, walked to the map, and clicked on the location where the Turkic people were stationed, "The Turkic army is stationed here now, and there is a stream ahead. There must be grass for horses around the stream, so the Turkic people are here We stationed here. We took advantage of the night to go upstream and put poison on streams and pastures. At that time, both the Turkic soldiers and horses would be severely injured. When we attacked in one fell swoop, the Turkic people on this road would definitely be killed. Take it down."

Several people present looked down at the location Ji Zhi pointed on the map, and then looked up at Ren Zhi.Ren Zhi didn't move, just stared at Ji Zhi for a while, then slowly lowered his head, continued to look at the map, thought for a while, and said, "Master Ji is a scholar, he is well-informed, this It’s a good idea, and it’s bound to inflict serious damage on the Turks.”

At the end of the speech, he turned his head to look at Feng Yan, and ordered, "Go find a few brave and careful people with high martial arts skills, and tell them to go upstream when it gets dark, so that the Turkic people must not find their traces. "

Feng Yan led the order to go down.Ren Zhi turned his head to look at the other people in the tent, "It's getting late, everyone, go back to the tent and rest, tomorrow morning, there is still a tough battle."

Everyone retreated after hearing the words, Fu Sheng sat down by the side, raised his eyes and looked at Ren Zhi, "What were you thinking when you looked at that Ji Zhi just now?"

Ren Zhi curled his lips and stretched his waist, "I just want to know what kind of medicine is sold in this wisdom gourd. It is no longer a day or two for him to have contact with the Turkic people. He must have volunteered to join the army this time. It’s a plan, so I want to bring him with me to see what’s going on. But if he’s really the internal agent of the Turkic people, isn’t he afraid that he won’t be able to explain it if he came up with such an idea and caused harm to the Turkic people?”

Fu Sheng frowned, "From the beginning of the expedition, I have sent people to follow him all the time, in the name of protecting him, never leaving him. If he doesn't contact anyone, he should not dare to play any tricks."

Ren Zhi shook his head, "I sent people to watch him all the time in Beijing, but he still managed to find a way to contact the Turkic people. I have a feeling that he and Ashina Aji planned a huge conspiracy. The target is me, but I don’t know when he plans to do it, or has already started to do it.”

Fu Sheng sighed, reached out and patted his shoulder lightly, "With me here, I won't let anyone hurt you."

Ren Zhi curled the corners of his lips, "I'm afraid it's not that easy to hurt me, you'd better take care of yourself, I promised Lin Xian that I will take you back to Beijing unscathed, if you She won't hug your son for me if she's injured a little bit."

Fu Sheng couldn't help laughing, "I don't know when the two of you will reach such an agreement."

Ren Zhi squinted at him, "Do you think His Majesty summoned you into the palace to spy for a long time before leaving, I don't know?"

Fu Sheng shrugged his shoulders, "Holy fate is on his shoulders, and I hope the Marshal will support you."

Ren Zhi pushed him with a smile, and shook his head, "Forget it, it's getting late, let's go back to rest early, and there will be a big fight when you get up in the morning. You have been raised at home in Beijing, and you are afraid of your skills. It’s not as good as it used to be.”

Fusheng stood up and said, "No one can compare to the prince who is pampered. The prince has brought a child in the palace for a whole year. Don't be frightened when you return to the battlefield. However, you can follow me when the time comes. Will take good care of you."

The corner of Ren Zhi's mouth raised, he suddenly kicked towards Fu Sheng, in the blink of an eye, he had already made several consecutive attacks.Fu Sheng saw the tricks, and resolved Ren Zhi's attacks one by one. The two fought for a while before they stopped. Ren Zhi poured two cups of tea and handed Fu Sheng a cup, "Drink this cup of tea quickly and go back to sleep. Tomorrow We will fight side by side on the battlefield.”

Fu Sheng reached out to take the tea bowl, and raised it towards Ren Zhi, "Then I wish the Marshal a successful tomorrow."

Ren Zhi laughed, and the two drank tea instead of wine.Ren Zhi waved his hand towards Fu Sheng, "Go to sleep."

Fu Sheng nodded and went out of the tent.Ren Zhi lowered his head, took one last look at the map in front of him, lay down on the couch, turned off the lights and fell asleep.