fluttering night wind

The housekeeper led him to walk in the east garden, and he met a long-robed man with bushy eyebrows and big eyes on the way, he couldn't help but stop when he saw Bai Yansheng, and looked him up a bit.The steward introduced on his behalf that his name was Chu Huaijun, and he was a wealthy landowner in Youxu and Xuzhou. He owned several huge horse farms and paid tens of thousands of good horses to the imperial court every year.Bai Yansheng had heard of his name a long time ago. Although he was a commoner, he was very powerful in the north. Xianbei Han people dared not offend him. The racecourse was completely returned to Zhao, and some Han people who had escaped from the captives even went to his Wubao. After coming and going, the power grew like a snowball, so he gave his horse farm a quite quack name "Lengyue Mountain Villa".

How could Bai Yansheng, who Xie Kun wanted to treat with courtesy, dare to be negligent, so he bowed his hands and greeted him.

Chu Huaijun remained silent, his eyes opened like copper bells, and he looked at him in amazement.

Bai Yansheng was quite embarrassed, but also a little annoyed.Thanks to the reminder from the steward, Chu Huaijun slapped his head, clasped his hands together and said loudly: "It was General Bai. I didn't expect to be so young. He is really a hero. General Bai is a talented person, and he is really worthy of the jade-faced hell known as."

He spoke involuntarily, full of perfunctory meaning, Bai Yansheng smiled and said goodbye to him, and followed the housekeeper to Xie Kun's study, only to feel a pair of eyes staring at him from behind until he turned around In the corridor, the sight seems to still be lingering on his face.

Entering the Beiming Hall, looking around, Xie Kun, wearing regular clothes, was flicking incense ashes in front of the Jinbo Mountain stove. Cigarette smoke came out from the top of the copper stove, and the room smelled faintly of sinking water.Xie Kun is over [-] years old, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and half-white hair. At first glance, he looks like a saint in the portraits hanging in the school and temple.At this time, seeing the sound of Bai Yan coming in, his eyes were slightly relieved, and he said warmly: "Have you met Chu Huai Jun just now?"

Bai Yansheng nodded, and said: "It's the first time we meet, this person is not bad. What's the matter with him?"

Xie Kun covered the incense burner, clapped the incense ash on his hands, walked to the window, looked at the garden, and said: "He said, the racecourse has just been ransacked by Xianbei people, and even half of the [-] horses scheduled for this autumn may not be enough. gone."

Bai Yansheng snorted coldly, who knew whether he was robbed or made a deal, so he said: "Master Xie, this matter is strange." He told Xie Kun what he saw and heard during the past few days patrolling the border.

Xie Kun stroked his beard and said, "Yansheng, what do you think?"

Bai Yan said: "There is a severe drought in the north this year, and the grasslands are short of food. If there is any change in Xianbei, it should be in the late summer and early autumn. It should be reported that the border states and counties should immediately organize their military equipment. We can't wait any longer."

Xie Kun wore a brocade robe that had been washed and faded, with his back straight, he said: "Meng Ye took Xiangyang last year, and the upper reaches of the Changhe River fell into the hands of rebels. Now the prince is in charge of the country, and Duan Hui is reused. Sweeping out dissidents wantonly, Yang Nan was imprisoned, and he wanted to arrest Lu Che, but fortunately he ran fast and fled back to Zhongzhou." He turned around with a look of worry in his eyes, looked at Bai Yansheng, and said apologetically in his tone: "The country must itself. With the knowledge of Emperor Murongde of the Yan Kingdom, how could he give up such a good opportunity. Yansheng, when you first came to Xuzhou, before you had time to catch your breath, a fierce battle was imminent .”

Bai Yan's voice was calm, and he said: "Soldiers are weapons, and saints use them as a last resort. If the barbarian dares to lightly provoke, Yan Sheng will do his best to do what he does and stop what he should stop."

In the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Yuan was deeply jealous of warriors and hated military ties. When he spoke, he was young and energetic but not too arrogant. Xie Kun had been with him for more than half a year and knew that this young man would do what he said. For a moment, there was a look of praise, but he couldn't help feeling secretly sad.

Xie Kun and Bai Yansheng expected it right, but Xianbei was one step ahead of them.On the first day of August in the 15th year of Chongming, Emperor Murong De of Great Yan and Xianbei ordered General Xiao Yuanzao, the Great Conqueror General Xiao Yuanzao, to lead an army of 15 troops from Shangjing to take Youzhou and enter Xuzhou within ten days.The prefectures along Luzhou had already fortified the walls and cleared the fields, so the Hu people set fire to sweep them all the way. On August 5th, [-] forwards arrived at the foot of Pengcheng.

Pengcheng is the place where Xianbei must pass when going south to Yongjing, and it is also a place that military strategists must contend for. The city is strong and easy to defend but difficult to attack since ancient times.Even so, the sound of white geese was on the tower, and the dust in the north was flying, almost as high as the sky. The hoofbeats of the army were like rolling thunder, emptying the sky, and the ground trembled under their feet, and the solid stone city wall could not help but slightly Trembling, his expression changed a few times.

Xie Kun sat in the middle of the tower, fully armored, caught a glimpse of Bai Yansheng's face, and sighed in his heart, he was a young man, so he was afraid.

Sensing Xie Kun's gaze, Bai Yansheng felt ashamed, quickly restrained his expression, and looked forward.

But in the blink of an eye, the people in the front row had rushed to the edge of the moat, all black horses, the horseshoes were actually made of gold, the saddles were also yellow and orange to reflect the sunlight, the people on the horses were all black armor, the swords and halberds were bright, and they coughed Neither.The front row reined in the horses and the rear row came again, the sound of horns continued, but there was only the sound of iron hooves trampling the ground, without any disturbance.

"It's Emperor Yan's personal guard, followed by the Flying Tiger Battalion of General Zhu Guo." A soldier who was familiar with the military situation was like gold paper, panicked and trembled.Xie Kun's eyes swept over the city tower, and he knew that the army was timid after seeing this battle.

Brothers Meng Ziying and Sun Shuye stood a little further away from the city tower, so they didn't have to worry too much, and they were all amazed when they examined the enemy's formation. "I don't know who is the person who can lead this tiger and wolf teacher." Sun Shuye said.

Everyone watched the time for a meal, and 5 people had assembled and spread out on the plain north of Pengcheng, winding the sky in darkness.The cavalry in the army came and went, interspersed and driven, in an endless stream, and the horn sounded intermittently. The Xianbei people were still organizing the team. Sun Jiren asked strangely: "Don't you take advantage of the enemy coming from a long distance to wait for work? Wouldn't it be a waste to wait for them to organize the team?" Is it a good chance?"

Sun Shuye shook his head and said: "You see, although we are forming a team and the weather is severe, there is a gap to take advantage of. Xiao Yuanzao has fought in the north and south for many years. Don't you even understand this truth?"

Sun Jiren looked towards the center of the tower where Xie Kun and Bai Yansheng were, but there was no movement there either.

Mencius stared intently at the enemy's formation, and murmured, "I haven't seen the lord come out yet."

Everyone is curious.After another moment, there were no more wandering horses in the Xianbei army. At this time, the humming horn sounded again, and a banner about ten feet high was erected in the front row, with the word "Xu" written on it.

Sun Shuye was dumbfounded, and lost his voice: "No way."The Xianbei army was divided into two, and a group of horsemen and horses came out, rushed to the city, reined in the horse's head, and thrust the Zhangba spear into the ground. Name.Meng Ziying and the Sun brothers looked at each other in dismay: "It's him, this is really repaying the other person with the same way."

The person who came was none other than Daxia's former Youzhou garrison general, and now Dayan's vanguard general, Xu Kuang, Marquis of Annan.

The man opened his mouth full of air, and his voice spread for ten miles, and finally said: "Did Mr. Xie come here all right?"

Xie Kun's face was as heavy as water, he stood up from the commander's seat, and walked calmly towards the crenel of the city wall. The sound of white geese followed closely behind, and the guards quickly drew their bows and pointed them down.

Looking up across the moat, Xu Kuang saw an old man and a young man approaching the entrance of the city wall. The old man was bearded, graceful and solemn, comparable to the loyal and good-looking clay sculptures in the ancestral temple, and the young man was handsome and tall with piercing eyes. The heavenly soldiers and generals descended to earth, majestic and majestic.

Xie Kun cupped his hands at him and said: "The old man has always had no ambitions, and he just eats and waits to die, but the general has lost weight after picking up another high branch."

Xu Kuang stared at the tower, with infinite emotions in his eyes that were finally suppressed one by one, and said loudly: "The emperor of the Xia Dynasty is about to die, the crown prince is doing something wrong, he is trustworthy and treacherous, and he reprimands the loyal and good. He died unjustly. Xie Gong was born in a famous family, and he was very prestigious in the country, but he didn't think about the common people in the world, and he could not bear to see the people in the world burn, and the corpses were everywhere."

Seeing his face, Xie Kun knew that he was going to unfurl the banner of "Qing Jun's side", and said slowly: "According to what the general sees, how can we be considered for the sake of the common people in the world?"

Xu Kuang closed his eyes and opened them, seemingly insincerely speaking, but still shouted out the words he had prepared before: "I, Emperor Dayan, Murongde, is wise and martial, respectful to my lover, and you should return as soon as possible. Thank you for your heroism, and you are invincible in the world." , According to You and Xu Erzhou, pleading for the people's orders, abolishing the obscurity and establishing the light, is as easy as flipping the palm of your hand, this is the industry of Hengwen."

After he finished speaking, Xie Kun snorted coldly, and said: "Take a slant and act quickly, and don't worry about the confusion of losing the way. The general made a mistake, slandered the public opinion, stealing the palace ban, lightly discussing the court, and even fanned the same kind inside and outside. Fighting against each other. Hua and barbarians are different types, not above the clothes of a hundred generations, what will the general look like when he sees Pei Gong after a hundred years?"

Every time he said a word, it was as if he slapped Xu Kuang on the face, but Xu Kuang kept his head up, and he never gave up half a step. , I can’t tell Xie Gong.” Saying this, he galloped his horse back to his own position.Xie Kun also walked away from the city wall.

"This?" Mencius Ying thought, this is the end.

Sun Shuye smiled lightly, and said to the two people on the left and right: "Look, this scene of scolding, making trouble and hanging himself is about to be staged."

As soon as he finished speaking, he could only hear the sound of horns and drums in the formations of both sides. The front of the Xianbei camp slowly separated again, and a row of soldiers on horseback holding shields came out, and more than a dozen people approached the Xuzhou city wall. Everyone has a loud voice, a thick throat, and a sharp tongue. As soon as the sound of the horn and drum stopped, both sides began to curse at the top of their voices.One party scolded "traitor treason, dead without a whole body", one party scolded "old devil and clown, vulnerable to a single blow", one party scolded "bow your head to turn out stubborn people, willing to be lackeys, and blaspheme yourself", and one party scolded "vassal, fatuous and traitorous". Appearance, flattery is disgusting, flattery is embarrassing" and so on.

Xie Kun has been sitting still since he returned to his seat, his expression unchanged.Standing on the city wall, Bai Yansheng saw Meng Ziying looking at him from a distance, neither of them had ever seen such a formation, and it was expected that they had never heard as much swearing in their life as they did today, and the wind was in a mess for a while.

Sun Shuye watched coldly, and said: "This is how wars in the Southern Dynasties are. Three points are luck, three points are formation, three points are food, and only one point is martial arts. Speaking of this, it was created by Pei Xiu and Xie Kun. Xu Kuang was very interested. To lead this group of beasts to play with them." There was a lot of contempt in his words.

The two sides scolded each other for about a stick of incense, as if they had made an appointment, they both shut up and retreated to the formation.Then the Xianbei army rolled out several large carts to the front of the moat. When the carts stopped, a group of ragged Xia people, all old and weak, women and children, were driven out of the carts, their hands and feet were tied up, crying in panic.It turned out to be the people who were plundered by the Xianbei army all the way south.The barbarians drove them to the river and greeted them with knives and halberds, and they cried to the city: "Thank you, sir, save us", or shouted: "Daddy, brother, husband, son, you Surrender quickly."

Those people dragged their sons and daughters away from each other, and they couldn't tell whose parents were whose family members for a while, but hearing the familiar accent, the guards in the city were very nervous, for fear that their family members would be caught.At this time, someone among the Xianbei people shouted loudly: "Surrender to Emperor Yan, and you will be rewarded a lot. If you resist stubbornly, the family will rape first and then kill."

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier on the city wall suddenly shouted: "Mother, mother, don't kill my mother".As he said that, he even jumped down from the tens of feet of city wall with a knife, and instantly became a puddle of meat.

The morale of the army was shaken, but Xie Kun's face remained unchanged. With a wave of his hand, he saw a group of Xianbei prisoners led by his own soldiers to the city wall, standing on the crenel, lined up, old and young, soldiers and civilians, and began to use Xianbei Yu cried and shouted towards the city.

Bai Yansheng frowned and looked at Xie Kun, who was sitting like an old man.

Sun Shuye didn't want to look any further, and went down the tower. He was a civil servant, and he was like a military adviser. He always came and went freely.Meng Ziying gritted her teeth and watched, and after a while, all the women and children by the moat were slaughtered by the Yan army, and the blood stained the river, and the Xianbei people and captured soldiers on the city wall were all strangled by a rope. neck, one by one hanged outside the city wall.

It was only then that Meng Ziying realized what Sun Shuye meant by "swearing, making trouble, and hanging himself three times" before. She clenched her fist tightly with one hand, and suddenly kicked her foot and wanted to jump to the city wall, but Sun Jiren who was beside her quickly grabbed her arm. : "Ziying, don't make mistakes."

Meng Ziying looked back at him, her eyes were bloodshot.

Sun Jiren was taken aback by him, almost forgot what he wanted to say, and finally said: "Ziying, you want to capture Xu Kuang, right? But when the general dies, there is a deputy general, and when the marshal dies, there is a deputy marshal. To capture only one person is the courage of a man." What's the benefit? What's more, once you enter the enemy's line, how can you get out of your body? Even if you don't think about yourself, don't you think about General Bai?" He had never said so many things in one breath. After finishing speaking, I am in admiration.

When Meng Ziying heard this, her head turned cold, and she sighed and returned to her original position.

At this time, the Xianbei army retreated with gold, and the rear army turned into the front army, and retreated like a tide. They retreated for twenty miles, set up camp on the plain, lit a fire and cooked, and waited for the next day to attack the city.

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In the late autumn of the 14th year of Chongming, the red leaves on the treetops were all gone, the warm days were warm, and the fences were fragrant. Mencius sat on a lacquered chair in front of the window, holding a volume of Buddhist scriptures in his hand, and felt drowsy.

He has been imprisoned here for less than half a month since the Jingzhou incident was defeated. He sat idle all day long, ate and slept, and his complexion was better than usual.He took out a brush from the sea of ​​bamboo brushes engraved with the pattern of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, and raised his voice as usual: "Jing Yu, come to grind the ink", as soon as the words came out, it was known that the call was wrong.

The water droplets on the inkstone on the table are covered with a thin layer of dust. When the woman is often around, she wipes it every day, and the light can be used as a lesson.Thinking of a hut like a boat, spring like the sea, cuddling side by side, Yingxue reading, whispering after the fun, "I have told my parents about it, I should take it slowly", the two swallows are too harp, that is What a beauty.

He could only smile wryly.He cleared his throat with a cough, and said loudly out of the window: "If you don't come, you will have good friends. How long will the elder brother hang around outside?"

It's just that the breeze blows through the gap of soft smoke, and a handsome man in brocade clothes floats in from the yard. He doesn't touch the ground, his clothes are not stained with dust, he stands in the hall, and looks around casually.

Meng Ziqian's eyes showed yearning for Fushe, but he didn't go forward to greet him, he just sat in front of the window and said calmly: "Brother hasn't been here for more than ten years, can you still take advantage of your wishes? "

Meng Ziyou's face was bewildered for the first time, and then he raised his eyebrows, looked at him with piercing eyes, and said softly, "Fifth brother, how are you doing these days?"

Holding the Buddhist scriptures in his hand, Meng Ziqian said with a wry smile, "It doesn't matter if it's good or not? Who cares about these things? Congratulations to my eldest brother for becoming the heir of the king of Shu, but there are always many icing on the cake. It doesn't matter if I say this or not." .”

Mencius You heard the words and stepped forward a few steps, but hesitated to speak.Meng Ziqian finally said it on his behalf: "Brother took the time to come here, presumably not to talk nonsense, if you have received the order to kill the head to clean up the house, please show it, and Ziqian will die Rest in peace."

Mencius looked at this younger brother who was a direct relative, both confused and sad, as if he only knew that he had such a younger brother today.After pondering for a long time, Fang took out a gold medal from his sleeve and threw it on the ground, and said, "Fifth Brother, I promise you to fight me with a sword."

Meng Ziqian clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "It's not about killing yourself, it's not about killing yourself in fear of crime, it's about fighting in an upright manner. Should I thank you, Your Excellency?" go.Meng Ziyou felt a pain in his chest when he saw it. It took him a long time before he said slowly, "Fifth brother, are you blaming me? You have always had fun at your mother's lap, and it was my fault that the eldest brother cared too little for you. "

Meng Ziqian stared at him and said, "Brother, the last time I held your hem was when I was six years old, and the last time you came to my place was 18 years ago, because I got drunk during the Chinese New Year, and my mother was taking care of me, so you came to say goodbye , right in the courtyard, without stepping into the room. You taught Xiaojiu martial arts by hand, but you never taught me a single move. You don't know anything about me, brother, but I know your secret. "

At the beginning, Meng Ziyou had thousands of needles in his heart, but he was terrified and moved when he heard it later, and he said displeasedly, "Fifth brother, don't talk nonsense."

Meng Ziqian's cheeks were stained with two blushes. He was originally angry and imposing, but after blushing, he felt more beautiful and gentle. At this moment, he chuckled and said: "Brother, I know, this secret is related to Xiaojiu. You guys You are so brave, you dare to mess up the blood of the Meng family."

Mencius You flicked his robe sleeve slightly, and he was already in front of Meng Ziqian, he said condescendingly: "Go out with a boat." But he was speaking to Shen Yizhou who was waiting in the courtyard.Shen Yizhou responded, deliberately stepped on the rustling fallen leaves, walked out of the courtyard with heavy steps, his eyes changed, and the thunderous words "disrupted the blood of the Meng family" were all in his mind.

Meng Ziqian looked up at the expression of the son of the king of Shu, the rain was about to come and the wind filled the building, and his heart became more and more complacent, as if he had never had such a happy time in his life.Mencius leaned over to look at him, and said coldly, "You're out of your mind, where do you dare to spread the nonsense?"

Meng Ziqian wished he could clap his palms and laugh, corners of his mouth curled up, and he said, "Mrs. Ru, the son of the world, was Xiaojiu's maidservant. Is it really the eldest brother's child that Biyuan is pregnant with?"

There was a flash of relief in Meng Ziyou's eyes, but he still said solemnly: "What do you know? Just say it, don't you feel bored in the palace of hell?"

Meng Ziqian laughed even more happily: "I want to take the food and drink with me and tell the ancestors of the Meng family. Brother, now, is there any wine in the Hall of Yama?"

The sleeves of the white robe fluttered in the air, a small lotus flower flashed in front of his eyes, he was slapped heavily on both cheeks, his white jade-like face was bleeding, and thin lines of blood flowed from his mouth and nose. Coughing, leaning forward and backward, laughing and coughing: "Biyuan's parents and brothers died at the hands of Lao Liu, thanks to her being able to bear it, and she also left a seed for Lao Liu, repaying a grudge with virtue?"

Meng Ziyou's face was filled with anger, but he regained his composure in a blink of an eye. He looked at him strangely, and said, "I wanted her to give birth to Bi Yuan's child. So you know, the sixth child likes to play tricks like this." method, why are you still refusing to save Jing Yu?"

When he mentioned Jing Yu, a different expression flashed in Meng Ziqian's eyes, and the crazy look disappeared for a moment, and his eyes swept across the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table one by one, feeling desolate and lonely, and said: "I If you don't keep your mouth shut, how can you win the trust of Lao Liu and drag him into the water?"

Mencius looked at him with pity: "Jing Yu served you wholeheartedly, and was bullied by the sixth child but did not dare to disobey you. She suffered every day. But you even took advantage of her. Fifth brother, are you still human? What are you doing?" When did it become like this?"

Mencius muttered in his mouth: "There is a saying in the Buddhist scriptures: When you think of a beautiful woman, you will hide pus and blood, and after a hundred years, it will turn into bones." At the end of his speech, his eyes were blurred, and thick blood flowed from his seven orifices.

Mencius yelled inwardly that he was not good. He didn't expect him to commit suicide by taking poison. There were still too many questions that he didn't ask, so he pinched his chin with one hand and touched his big acupoint with the other. Mencius laughed and said, "No I used it, I just swallowed it when I was wiping my tears, my throat was sealed with blood, thank you for the two slaps on my face. You have always been innocent, how could my younger brother tolerate your sword. It is better for me to do it myself some."

The first brother died in his hands in the blink of an eye, and he didn't know how his mother would look for death and life after she found out. Rao Meng Ziyou was used to the scene of life and death, and his heart was desolate and disturbed, so he lost his mind for a while.At the moment of his hesitation, Meng Ziqian was already dying of anger. At the last moment before he died, his lips moved slightly, trying to say something, but when Meng Ziyou approached him, he had already congealed into a smile, which seemed to be a mockery.

He didn't hear Meng Ziqian's last words, which were: Brother, I finally lied to you once.

Shen Yizhou waited for Meng Ziyou to come out from the courtyard, and waited for a whole afternoon, he secretly cursed in his heart, did not know that the two brothers had so many beheadings to say.In the evening, Asuka went back to the forest, the wind was fierce, and the flesh cracked the bones, and only then did Mencius come out of it. Even if he killed his brother, he was still spotless, his beautiful eyebrows were frowned, and his face was speechless. Is it a sad or annoyed injury.Shen Yizhou was always close to him, watching his lips from a distance, and only heard him talking to himself: "It turns out that his study room is decorated exactly like Xiao Jiu's."

Shen Yizhou thought of the gossip he had just heard, his heart skipped a beat, he greeted him without changing his face, and said softly: "My lord, there is news from Qingzhou."

Meng Ziyou suddenly woke up from his dream, and asked as he walked, "Did Chen Yuanda take care of Lu Anchen?"

Shen Yizhou was half a step away from him, and said: "Yes, Lu Anchen died in battle, and six out of ten soldiers who were coerced by him to rebel surrendered and sent back to Jingzhou. There were still [-]% of Jingzhou soldiers. Chen Yuanda asked what to do , people cannot be sent back to Jingzhou."

Mencius pondered for a while and said, "Leave it to Chen Yuanda."

Shen Yizhou's feet paused for a moment, and Meng Ziyou stopped when he noticed it, and looked back at him sharply: "Why, do you see anything else?"

Shen Yizhou smiled awkwardly: "No. It's just that, General Chen has 13 troops in his hands, more than half of Xichuan's army strength. I'm afraid he will say something about being overwhelmed by the burden. The only one who died after all the hardships through the ages."

Mencius You recalled the deep resentment in the old man's words, and felt sad in his heart. He said softly, "Things go a thousand years quickly, but one death is too late. I know that he is afraid that his father will fear that he will hold the army for too long. Command, order him to attack Yongjing immediately, and you tell him, regardless of success or failure, I will always take care of his family."

He spoke sincerely, and Shen Yizhou knew it was true, but he was still terrified, imagining that if he had such a day, the feeling of being easily dusted into history.He knew that if there was such a day, he would have the same thoughts for him as Meng Ziqian and Chen Yuanda do today.

There is always love without hatred, and there is resentment, and it is more love than hatred...

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