fluttering night wind

At the end of June in the fourth year of Jingning, the Great Xia Xuanwei General Bai Yansheng received a letter from the Shu Emperor, and selected [-] elite troops from Zhongzhou to set off from Xiangyang to hunt Jiangling.

General Fu Xishang of Yangzhou was fighting hard in Xiakou and had no time to divide his troops. During this trip to Jiangling, Bai Yansheng had already had a heart of not returning. Therefore, in the army, no one whose parents were over 8 years old, no only child in the family, no one who was married, no one from Zhongzhou 3 Out of [-] people, [-] were selected to leave Lu Zhe and Yang Nan to guard the rear of Xiangyang.Before leaving, Bai Yan warned in a dense voice: If there is any change in Xiangyang, don't worry about him, just go back to Zhongzhou, so that the green hills will be left without worrying about no firewood.

Lu Che and Yang Nandang sent Bai Yansheng away by the Han River. The two stood side by side. Lu Che looked up at the sky and said, "The wind is blowing. Don't blame General Bai. If I hear that you were arrested by Mencius You, Well, I can't be indifferent."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Nandang suddenly had an idea, grabbed his hem and said sharply, "What did you say?"

Lu Che was startled, blushed and said, "I said you're going to be...cough...that...banned..."

"The previous sentence!"

"Huh? Is it windy?"

"Yes", Yang Nandang raised his head to look at the city of Xiangyang, and said, "What kind of wind do you think this is?"

There are many swords and swords on the top of the city, clusters of banners and flags, and the corners of the flags flutter slightly. In the land of Jingxiang, the southeast wind is more common in spring and summer, but at this time the wind direction is northwest.Lu Che was also stunned for a moment, thinking he was dazzled.Yang Nandang has already jumped on his horse and greeted him: "Let's go back to the city."

The two drove back to the government office in the city, went into the backyard, and arrived at the courtyard where Meng Ziluan was imprisoned. The seventeenth girl was pinching flowers in the courtyard, and when she saw these two people rushing in without saying hello, she couldn't help sneering.

Yang Nandang retreated from the crowd, and went straight in: "Miss Meng, I have something to ask, please see that in the face of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xiangyang, you know everything without saying anything."

Meng Ziluan said coldly, "I told you earlier, there is no good fruit for you to offend the girl."

Lu Che chimed in and said, "Yes, yes, my aunt has a lot, so don't argue with him."

Yang Nandang glanced at him, and continued: "Young lady said that Mencius is going to attack Xiangyang with fire, but Xiangyang was flooded half a month ago."

Meng Ziluan said: "I know, you have also collected lamp oil from every household and rationed it every day. It is true that only the state officials are allowed to set fires and the people are not allowed to light lamps."

Yang Nan blushed slightly, and continued: "Our army is now stationed outside the city. If it is the southeast wind in this season, the fire will only force our army into Xiangyang City to defend. There is enough food and grass in the city, which can last for a year. But I look at the sky, and it seems that there will be a northwest wind tonight. If the fire starts from the north of the city, it will push our army towards the Han River. There is fire in front and water in the back, and the gods will not be able to save them."

Meng Ziluan clapped his hands and said, "So you are not stupid."

Hearing the sound of "Zheng", half of the rockery on the roadside had been cut off by Yang Nandang with his sword. His eyes were wide open and he was furious. Even Lu Che had never been so angry with him: "Is it true that there has been an attack in the north of Xiangyang city?" The enemy army is in ambush, and tonight there are still people pretending to attack the city, but when they see the fire, they will return to the army to cover up and kill them. They want to kill our army's corpses all over the field, and the blood is flowing in the river? You treat the hundreds of thousands of people in Xiangyang City as cooking Our army's firewood is on fire? Even insects and ants don't have such a way to kill!"

Meng Ziluan bowed his head when he heard this.

Yang Nandang pointed his sword at her and said, "Ms. Meng, you know the layout of Xiangyang very well. I think Mencius knows a little about how to set fire and how to dispatch troops. I just ask you, where did the fire start? Did you prepare the thunderbolt?" Where are the bombs, gunpowder, kerosene, etc.?"

Meng Ziluan looked up at him, and said calmly, "You already know, what can I do? The people of Xiangyang are enemies, and you still have to enter the city to fight the fire?"

"Whether you say it or not is your business, and whether you can save it or not is my business." He put the sword back into its sheath, and gave her a last cold look and said, "Xiangyang Xing is evil, please go ahead, girl. Tell your lord, in the right way." Those who serve as masters should not force the world with troops, and the things will be paid off easily.”

In order to strangle them, Mencius did not hesitate to use the people of Xiangyang as a backing. He hated him so much that he walked away, Lu Che touched his nose and followed suit.

Meng Ziluan was stunned for a moment, then softly shouted from behind: "Lei Zhen's golden body!"

Yang Nandang's eyes lit up, and he exchanged a glance with Lu Che.There is Leiyin Temple in the north of the city. In the temple there is a golden statue of Lei Zhen, which is as tall as nine people. If the golden statue is hollowed out when it is cast, it is afraid that the red cannon can be hidden.Yang Nandang felt a chill all over his body, it turned out that Meng Ziyou had already thought of today three or four years ago.No wonder Meng Ziying wanted to send his sister to deliver the letter. How could he endure the golden statue of Lei Zhen, the righteous man who saved Xiangyang City, and finally became the chief culprit who ruined the city.

"A Zhe, you go to inform the people and take refuge in the south of the city temporarily. I will go to Leiyin Temple to discuss with the abbot."

Ever since Bai Yansheng set off from Xiangyang City in command of the army, every day there were spies from Jiangling with spy intelligence.The Northern Army buried pots for cooking in the afternoon. On the first day, there were more than a thousand cooking stoves. After the second day, it was reduced to 4 cooking stoves. On the third day, there were only [-] cooking stoves left. After three days, the camp suddenly became empty. , The soldiers and horses were heavy, the blue sky and the day disappeared out of thin air, and the news was cut off.

Mencius You couldn't help being furious, so he sent his confidants to investigate closely, but before he could return, Cheng Lingxi from Xiakou sent someone to deliver the letter.Someone came to present documents and seals. There was a change in Dao Cheng Lingxi's family. He was about to resign and put down his pick. The king of Shu was asked to send a replacement to guard the city.Mencius turned pale with shock, and said, "Why is Lingxi like this? It's really ominous to change the commander just before the battle."

The visitor cried: "The general said that he does not want to be filial to the labor of dogs and horses. Zhengnai's home was robbed the day before yesterday, and his widowed mother was imprisoned by thieves. The general wanted to do harm to him, so he couldn't let him go. The spirit of washing is weak, and the prince loves him so much. High-ranking officials have generous salaries and orders to guard the gates of the country, but now because of the widowed mother, the square inch is chaotic, even if it is here, it may not be helpful, but I will report it later."

Mencius You is so clever, with a twitch between his eyebrows, he already knows the general idea.Then he said in a warm voice: "Hurry back to Xiakou to pass on my message. Mother and son are natural relatives. The relationship between the son and the son is shallow. It can't make the general use the world and show his power. Wait until the general meets the old woman, or he will be taught again. Xiakou, the horn of Jiangling, has a great relationship, Rong Ziyou and his staff discussed the replacement, and he will go to Xiakou to take up his post in one or two days, and I ask General Cheng to start well and end well, and Ziyou pays his respects on behalf of the emperor."

The visitor left with tears of gratitude.

Mencius You's face changed color, he sneered a few times, and went into the harem without saying a word.When he arrived in front of the Qingbo Hall of Ruoshui Palace, he was blocked by the guard Shen Junli. Mencius was furious and said angrily, "I am the Prime Minister of the country, the head of the Meng clan, and the majestic King of Shu. How dare you block me?"

Shen Junli saw that he was wearing a brocade robe with a sword, his complexion was unkind, and he was full of murderous aura. The young man was calm and composed, cupped his hands and said slowly: "Although the prince is close, he is the guard of the foreign vassal. , I will go crazy and dare not put it in."

Mencius looked at him with squinted eyes, and he looked back at him dignifiedly. The two were confronting each other when they suddenly heard Meng Ziying's voice from inside the hall: "What's the matter, my lord?"

Shen Junli then bowed his head to step aside, and Mencius walked in, and saw that he was indeed meditating on the futon on the ground, and only heard Ding Ning's sound of gold and stone, Mencius threw Jiang Xia's official seal on the bluestone floor tiles with a gloomy face.

There was no warmth in Meng Ziyou's voice: "It was you who asked Ziluan to deliver a message to Bai Yansheng, asking him to capture Cheng Lingxi's old mother and hide him, forcing General Cheng to surrender."

Meng Ziying frowned, still said calmly: "I don't know what the prince said."

Cheng Ling is filial to his mother. Cheng's mother now lives in Jiangxia County. Someone must go to pick up Cheng's mother at night and send it to Jiangdong.Then imitate Cheng's mother's handwriting, fraudulently repair a book, hold the book and enter Xiakou, and threaten Cheng Lingxi.Cheng Lingxi's loving relatives were arrested, and he could not do his best. He has defended himself so far and has not surrendered the city.

Mencius looked at him condescendingly, and asked in a clear voice, "Cheng Lingxi's old mother offended you?"

Meng Ziying shook his head.

"Cheng's mother has a high righteousness all her life, and her spirit is like a mountain. If she is imprisoned and used to persecute her son, she will be ashamed to live alone. If Cheng's mother dies, General Cheng blames himself too much, and has no intention of using the world. His martial arts to help the world and the people are also useless It's useless. You plan to kill two people, Bao, you are so poisonous."

Mencius Ying looked up at him intently, then suddenly smiled miserably, and said, "General Cheng's mother and son are pitiful, but aren't the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who lost innocent lives in Xiangyang City pitiful? Whose fault is it that Princess Shu and Taishou Liu died in the city?"

Mencius raised his right hand angrily, wanting to hit him, but suddenly felt a tight pain in his chest, and couldn't help but press his left chest.

Seeing this, Meng Ziying had a strange look in his eyes.

But in the blink of an eye, the King of Shu had returned to normal, and said: "What kind of tricks did you ask Ziluan to give, let me guess."

"You have always been able to explain the language, you have a bright heart, you are thoughtful, and you have a deep affection for Bai Yan's voice. You must have prepared three ways of life. Return to Xiangyang, return to Zhongzhou overnight, Xu Tu is aggressive, this is the next plan."

A few days ago, Shen Yizhou took advantage of the northwest wind to sneak back to Xiangyang and set fire to the city. Yang Nandang and Lu Che were already held back by Xiangyang, unable to take care of themselves. They dared not bring only 3 people to attack In Jiangling City, there is no one in Shu.

Mencius looked at him with a smile, only to hear him say again: "Just select elite soldiers today, day and night, and land and water, and attack Xiakou directly. This is a middle plan."

Xiangyang, Xiakou, and Jiangling City stand at the corners. If Xiangyang is lost, and if you want to attack Jiangling City, you can rely on Fu Xi who is fighting hard in Xiakou. Xiakou, when Jiangdonglou boats go up the river, Jiangling will be in danger.It's just that the guard Cheng Lingxi is both civil and military, loyal and brave, and has been personally promised by Mencius You to be a high-ranking official of the Marquis of Linchuan, so he will definitely fight the enemy to the death.Once the stalemate persists, the army will spend a lot of money outside, procrastinate for a long time, and there will be mistakes if there is no merit.

Mencius Ying was thoughtful, Mencius sneered a few times, and suddenly shouted: "Let that girl Li Xiangnan take Cheng's mother by force, and then bluff and spread rumors that Cheng Lingxi has defected to Xia's army, and I will send Jiangling City's troops to support Xiakou. .As long as they leave the city, Bai Yansheng's [-] ambush soldiers will attack them halfway, and then attack Jiangling with internal and external cooperation. This is the best plan!"

If Jiangling is defeated, Xiangyang and Xiakou may not want to fight or rush to help. In any case, if Fu Xi does not die of stupidity, he can take Xiakou by taking advantage of the chaos.At that time, Yang Nandang and Lu Zhe of Xiangyang, Bai Yansheng and Fu Xi of Jiangxia will advance side by side and encircle Jiangling, and the situation will be over.

There was hatred in his phoenix eyes, his teeth were chattering, wishing he could swallow the person in front of him alive.This person is his own flesh and blood, and he teaches with his own hands. He has the talent to control the sky and the sea, and he has the aura of dominating the past and the present. As long as he is willing, he can move the sun and the moon even if he is far away. Imprisoned in the room, he can also perform the art of mending the sky with economics, making immortal achievements and foundations, like searching for things from a bag.Now father, son, monarch and ministers are not in the same mind, they can't use it as a help to conquer the world, but they are hindered everywhere, so they are discouraged and said: "If you lose the nine counties of Jingxiang, you can only return to Xichuan. If you want to win the Central Plains at that time, it will be even more difficult. It's difficult. You are familiar with poetry and books, don't you hear that the Spring and Autumn Period is responsible for the commander? After a year of war, donate your flesh and blood to the grass and wild, how can you see the old people from the two rivers under the nine springs?"

Mencius challenged it with words: "I am for the world, how can I cherish the small people?"

Shen Junli only heard a clear whistle coming from the hall, and the wind was blowing under his feet, and he rushed into the hall with the posture of flying into the sea, with the double phoenix swords in his hands, he blocked the oncoming sword energy, and said anxiously: "How can the prince be so excited? ! Jiangling was besieged, and the monarch and his ministers were in disharmony, that's why we value the country!"

Mencius stepped back a few steps, holding the Qinggan sword upside down, his face pale.

The sleeve of Mencius Yingpao had been cut off by the sword energy, holding the half of the sleeve, he felt lost.This is the first time, he pointed his sword at him.

At this moment, someone outside said: "Your Majesty, Wang Ye, Xiakou is in a hurry!"

Mencius You's five fingers became claws, and he put the seal on the ground into his sleeve in the air, and without looking at it, he strode out of the hall.

Shen Junli heaved a sigh of relief, plopped and knelt on the ground, looking back at the emperor eagerly, but seeing Mencius sneered, he threw his sleeves in the tunnel and said, "The lonely shadow of the cold river is the ninth level, and it really lives up to its reputation."

Shen Junli said sadly: "Why did the prince anger His Majesty?"

But Mencius talked about him from left to right, and said, "Junli, you can go to the housekeeper of the palace and come to the palace. I have something to ask."

When Mencius left the harem, he saw Li Zhiyuan, the Shangshu who stayed behind in Yizhou, coming to welcome him. His heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "How did Xiyao come here? Could it be that something has changed in Sichuan?"

Li Zhiyuan saw that the King of Shu's face was pale, and his heart sank. He had already heard about it on the way here. Hearing about the incident in Xiangyang, for the sake of caution, he personally escorted the food and grass." He actually heard that Shen Huaixiu's death would hit the King of Shu too hard, so he came to support him.

Mencius breathed a sigh of relief, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I can rest assured that you Xiyao will guard the city and supervise the battle."

However, Li Zhiyuan's expression changed, and he said, "Does the lord want to rush to help Xiakou? Hearing what Li said, General Xuzhou intends to lure the lord out of the city. If the lord doesn't come out, Xiakou will be fine. Cheng Lingxi defends the city to the death and there is still a way out." , once the prince comes out, Jiangling will be in danger, and the Cheng family will not be able to save it."

Mencius breathed a sigh of relief, and said with great emotion: "Bai Yansheng and I have no enmity at all. Now that we know that there is a danger, we personally risk the arrows and arrows. Above all, we will eliminate hidden dangers for the country, and below, we will take care of our family's private interests. I hope that the world will be settled after one battle."

Li Zhiyuan frowned. It was rumored that Emperor Shu had an affair with General Xuzhou when he was young. It might not be such a simple matter, so he said: "Even if the prince killed this person, he is only a pawn in Jiangdong. That's why the state is important. You can't compete with stubborn stones for the weight of Mount Tai."

But Mencius gritted his teeth and said: "The new pine hates not being a thousand feet tall, and the evil bamboo should be chopped off ten thousand poles. If you don't kill this person, why do you hate him!"

Li Zhiyuan didn't know what kind of grievances there were between them, he just felt that the words were vague, and if he wanted to remonstrate, he was stopped by Meng Ziyou: "Xi Yao doesn't need to persuade me, I have made up my mind!"

That day, the gates of Jiangling City were opened, and the king of Shu, in golden armor and brocade robes, came out first, leading 20 elite soldiers to Xiakou for reinforcements.Shangshu Li Zhiyuan was ordered to guard the city, and he was sent away on the city wall. He saw the proud and lonely back of the king of Shu, which reminded him of the boy he met [-] years ago.

Guying on the cold river, if your soul has been fighting in longing and sorrow all your life, then you will only wander on the cold shore.

Mencius led his troops for a day and set up camp. On the first day, no one came to disturb him. On the second day, he continued to march until noon, but he saw mountains on both sides. In ambush, I heard the golden drum shaking in front of the mountain, erected countless flags and flags of the Xia army, and led the troops in front to kill all the officers and soldiers.Mencius ordered his troops to disperse to defend against the enemy. On both sides of the mountain were reeds as tall as a man. Hearing another cannon fire, wood and stones were thrown from the mountains on both sides. The generals came down and attacked from left to right.Mencius ordered that there should be no love for war, the rear army changed to the front army, and the horses were turned back.On the back road, another Biao army came out and surrounded the Shu soldiers all around.

So there was a fierce battle in front of the battle, and the blood flowed in the river, needless to say.Mencius You was in the midst of the rebellious army, looking around, but there was no sign of Bai Yansheng, so he gave a cold snort, and handed over the battlefield to his confidantes, and only took two or three people on Qingqi, fought a bloody road, and went back to Jiangling City.

Besides, the king of Shu led his troops out that day, and the next day an army of more than ten thousand officers suddenly appeared from the city of Jiangling. He rode out with a gun and came to the city. His face was like a crown of jade, his eyes were like shooting stars, and he said loudly: "I am the general of Xuzhou in Daxia, Bai Yansheng. One person, Qiu did nothing wrong."

Bai Yansheng was in Yongjing in the past, and was called by the emperor the "human appearance" in the army. Li Zhiyuan saw it on the city wall and was amazed. Wouldn't it be a good thing to surrender to His Majesty with a plan.

The general guarding the city was Meng Ziyou's confidant. Seeing Li Zhiyuan groaning silently, he remonstrated: "Shangshu, don't be confused by this man. The prince said that this man cannot stay under others for a long time, and there is absolutely no possibility of surrendering. Today All you need is deep ditches and high forts, avoiding the door and not going out, waiting for the time to be clear, the white geese will cry for a long time without success, and the troops will surely retreat."

Li Zhiyuan suddenly realized, nodded and said: "My concubine made a few mistakes. I acted according to the order of the prince." Then he went down the city wall.

Bai Yansheng ordered his subordinates to fight for a long time. Jiangling City had already received the order from the King of Shu, and no one was allowed to fight.So he retreated ten miles, with his back against the river, and set up camp in a meandering way.

In the evening, Li Zhiyuan went up to the city wall to watch again, but saw the camps lined up along the river, the weather was severe, the bonfires in the camps were raging, there was no chance of raiding and robbing the camps, so he sighed repeatedly.Just as he was about to go down the city wall, he suddenly heard the sound of a zither coming from inside the city, which was soft and quiet. After a while, there was also a corresponding Xiao sound outside the city, lingering until dawn.

In the early morning of the third day, the battle drums outside the city were beating, and Bai Yansheng led his troops to the city to fight again. He drew the shooting and sun bows, handed over the cloud-piercing arrows, and shot them up the tower, shouting: "Bai Yansheng, please brother Ziying!" Come to the city for a while."

Li Zhiyuan shook his head and said: "In Jiangling City, there is only the Son of Heaven, but I don't know that there are brothers of generals."

Bai Yansheng was silent for a while, then cupped his hands towards the city and said: "Someone has something to say, please go up to the city wall for a while, your lord."

Li Zhiyuan said: "The body of the son of heaven is a thousand pieces of gold, how can you see it when you want to see it?"

The sound of the white geese was silent again, so they had to turn their heads to signal, the battle drums were beating, and more than ten thousand elite soldiers came out from the camp, set up ladders, and attacked the gate of Jiangling city.

Li Zhiyuan hurriedly ordered his subordinates to meet the enemy, so arrows rained down on the city wall, and the sound of killing shook the sky.The south gate had just opened, and the north gate met the enemy again. There were also [-] people. The horns and horns were drumming, and the shouts shook the ground. The attack was very fierce.

Li Zhiyuan knew very well that Jiangling City was easy to defend but difficult to attack, the sound of white geese came from afar, and they were exhausted again and again.He was still thinking about it, only heard a clear whistle from the city, and walked around the city according to Yebai. The man on horseback found a slightly lower city wall, kicked his legs, jumped up on the horse's back, and flew onto the city wall , the silver gun goes up and down, like dancing pear flowers, rushing to the main building.

Li Zhiyuan was terrified, he turned around and ran away, suddenly two figures passed him, facing the sound of Bai Yan, but it was Meng Ziyou's Honglian and Baishu.The three of them wrestled together, swords and swords flashing, the soldiers on the parapet looked at each other, held their swords at each other, but they dared not pass them forward for fear of accidentally hurting their own people.

Hong Lian and Bai Shu gradually pushed Bai Yansheng to the wall, when suddenly a stray arrow shot from under the wall and brushed Bai Yansheng's arm, he dodged and fell down the wall again, Hong Lian and Bai Shu looked away, but did not chase after him.

Before the sound of Bai Yan fell to the ground, Zhao Yebai had rushed to pick him up, he landed on the horse, and still walked around the city, looking for opportunities to take advantage of.

At this moment, a few more riders came rushing from outside the city. The leader, with white horses and golden saddles and jade belts and brocade clothes, was Mencius who led the troops to Xiakou the day before yesterday and returned.

"Sound of white geese", only heard his long whistle, the sound spread for ten miles, shaking the sky.

Bai Yansheng looked back and saw that he did not go down to the city, but instead rode alone to a high hill by the river, so he also turned his horse's head and galloped there.The two riders met on the high hill, but saw lush shrubs, mixed peanut trees, soupy river water below the hillock, little sail shadows, and faint mountains on the other side.Both of them got off their horses and looked at each other.

Mencius saw that he was different from Yongjing back then. Although there were more traces of wind and frost on his face, he was more resolute and courageous, like a newly sharpened sword, clanging in the box, and full of vigor.

Bai Yansheng also remembered the demeanor of the heroes outside the city of Yongjing back then, and was deeply impressed. Now the hero is coming out again, with brilliance shining in his eyes, his sword is not old, and he smiles calmly.

Bai Yansheng then said: "Prince Meng rescued Xiakou and came back alone, why?"

Mencius nodded and said, "I'm returning for the general."

Bai Yan's voice was slightly startled, and he said: "Prince Meng is very predictable, he already guessed that I would take this opportunity to attack Jiangling City. But the price is too high for abandoning [-] elite soldiers as bait. If Xiakou made a loss, would he have to pay for it?" ?”

Mencius Youyun said calmly: "General Cheng is the pillar of the country, I believe he can defend it." Bai Yansheng blushed, thinking that Li Xiangnan had stolen Cheng's mother and threatened him, he couldn't help feeling guilty.But I heard Mencius say next: "If you don't die with one step, you can't be alone!"

Bai Yansheng could only smile wryly, and said: "Bai is very lucky! Prince Meng, please let me see Ziying."

Mencius also sneered, saying: "He is the son of heaven, how do you treat him once you see him?"

There was nostalgia in Bai Yan's voice, and he said softly: "I know Zi Ying's true heart, he must not want to be the emperor, why did Prince Meng persecute him? If I knew that today was the day, I should have taken him back on the river that day. "

But Mencius said: "Why can't he be the emperor? Since ancient times, there has been Taoism and no Taoism, and no virtue has given way to virtue. It's too much! Compared with Liu Xie, Ziying is good and who is bad. The world knows. Since you are his sworn brother , why don’t you want to see him make such a great achievement?”

Bai Yansheng said softly: "Prince Meng is the same as me. What I cherish is the carefree and graceful young man named Ziying, not the ninety-five-year-old who is sitting in the mountains and rivers. Losing Ziying, although thousands of miles away Jiangshan, what is so precious?"

Mencius felt dizzy for a moment, and couldn't help supporting the horse's back. The green grass and butterflies were flying under his feet, so he raised his head and pointed at Jiangling City, and said with a sneer, "You want to see Ziying, isn't he here?"

Bai Yan looked over, and at some point there was a huge blue umbrella on the city wall. One person was under the umbrella, and he couldn't see his figure clearly from a distance. There were several civil and military people lined up on both sides.He moved his lips slightly, wanting to say something, but remembered that he was too far away to hear him at all, so he turned his head and drew his sword in his hand, looked at Meng Ziyou and said, "Bai knows, if he doesn't pass the test of Prince Meng, You can’t talk to Ziying.”

Mencius said curiously: "A smart person is a wise man who retreats in the face of difficulties. Aren't you afraid of death?"

Bai Yansheng shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I'll never see Meng Ziying again in this life." As soon as he finished speaking, he stabbed out his sword first.

According to the king of Shu's order, Li Zhiyuan invited the emperor to stand in front of the two armies to help the army if he saw him return to Jiangling.At this time, the emperor was wearing a light fur coat, a golden chain mail coat, white as snow, a man of natural aptitude, and a beautiful appearance. , Gemao Day.As a result, the morale of the generals in the city was greatly boosted, and they all counted one as ten, and did their best.

Li Zhiyuan saw that the time was ripe, so he ordered to open the city to meet the enemy. Seeing that the two had fought for hundreds of rounds on the high hill, he ordered someone to bring elite soldiers to assist the King of Shu.

But Bai Shu cut off his words and said: "Li Shangshu, the emperor has ordered that before the winner is decided, no one person or one horse is allowed to disturb."

Li Zhiyuan's heart was full of turmoil, and he turned to look at the emperor. Could it be that the emperor wanted to use Bai Yansheng's hand to get rid of the king of Shu?Seeing that the emperor was expressionless, he knelt on the ground with a plop, and said tremblingly, "King of Shu, the eldest brother of the emperor, the stock of the country, may your majesty be more sympathetic and use it slowly to make great achievements."

Meng Ziying heard the sound of panic in his words, nodded slightly, and said to the left and right: "Go and get my precious qin, I will play the qin for the prince to cheer."

Qingshan was lucky enough to bury his loyal bones, the fighting was going on under the city, and the fighting on the hill was also fierce for a long time.Bai Yansheng and Mencius You both fought for hundreds of rounds, and they were evenly matched.Mencius You is the head of the Xichuan Huajian School. He has practiced the Hanjiang Guying Sword to the ninth level, and he has reached the realm of controlling the sword with Qi.Bai Yansheng's internal strength is not as good as the opponent's, but his ancestors were soldiers and horses for generations, specializing in actual combat, and when Mencius Ying was in the army, he often competed with him in Huajian School's martial arts, so he was very familiar with Mencius You's Cold River Guying Sword moves, although If you can't win for a while, you won't retreat from defeat.

Mencius saw that Bai Yansheng seemed to know every stance of the sword technique he was using very well, and whenever he avoided or blocked it, he bound his hands and feet. He knew that it was Ziying who turned his elbow outward and secretly passed on his own sword technique. As soon as the sword style changed, it became the "Qin Xin Sword Art" of Huajian School Lezong. There are nine styles of this sword art, and the "Baoqin Style" is the first one.As expected, Bai Yansheng hesitated in his swordsmanship, so he changed to "playing the zither" again, Bai Yansheng retreated three steps in a row, avoiding the sword edge, Mencius changed to "winding the string" again, at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of a zither coming from the sky, suppressing the clouds. Xianggu, the "string-changing pose" is affected by this, when the move is handed out, it is already old and its power is greatly reduced.Mencius knew why, hatred arose in his heart, and he changed into the "Qin-making style". Who knew that before his sword edge came out, the player who played the qin clanged three times, jade fingers icy strings, and the sad wind and flowing water made his true energy stagnate. But the shot has become a "starting style".

Mencius You changed the "qin making style", "playing the qin style", "winding the string style", "holding the qin style", "starting the hand style", "singing the string style", "evening the trivial style" and "the style of making the piano" in the tea time. Yin kneading style, "cracking piano style", the nine styles change one by one, every time before making a move, or handing out a move, there will always be the sound of the piano against it, disturbing the true energy and greatly reducing the power of the sword energy.

The sound of the qin is easy to sound but difficult to understand. Those who are not experienced in it don't know it, but those who are good at playing it can hear it.Boya didn't meet Ziqi, just like he didn't meet Wenjun, he swayed strings all day long, and he was always empty drums.

He raised his eyes to see the sound of white geese, the silly boy looked surprised, looked left and right, completely unaware of the reason, so he felt jealous and hated, the pine wind blew his belt, Shan Yuezhao played the piano, and waved his hand for me, as if listening to the pine trees in a thousand valleys, he was clearly My bosom friend!

Mencius You couldn't suppress the grief and indignation in his heart, mustered his true energy, and suddenly raised his head to the sky and yelled, his voice was shrill, like a beast.

The whistling sound came from across the sky, Meng Ziying's fingers were in pain, two strings were broken, the surface of the piano was cracked, and Honglian and Baizhu around her were all shuddering.

Li Zhiyuan could see clearly from the side. Twenty years ago, he had friendship with the king of Shu. When he was drunk, he saw an embroidered statue hidden in the sleeve of Mencius You, who never left his body for a moment. The embroidered portrait depicted a young boy playing the piano and playing. Who could His Majesty the Emperor be?He still remembers a poem inscribed next to the painting, "Looking for spring all day long, but not seeing spring. My sandals broke through the clouds at the top of the mountain. When I came back, I smiled and smelled the plum blossoms. Spring is already on the branches."

People say that the king of Shu is cold and heartless, and he has no ordinary feelings, not without holy feelings.

The sound of the zither was cut off, and the whistling stopped. Mencius vomited blood. Bai Yansheng saw that his breath was exhausted, and he raised his sword to attack. In the blink of an eye, he felt a numbness in his arm, and the sword in his hand had been blown away. Mencius You The Qinggan sword danced wildly like pear blossoms, covering his whole body, the white goose sounded neither hurried nor slow, and dodged to dodge, suddenly there was a loud "hum" in his head, his footwork was chaotic, his eyes were wide open, and he stood on the post.

Mencius You had blood on the corner of his mouth, squinting his eyes and sneering, he saw his left hand clawed straight into the middle of Bai Yansheng's chest, and blood gushed out like a tide.He only heard him say lightly: "Do you think that I can't hurt you because you have thoroughly studied our Meng family's martial arts? But you don't know, only this silk-wrapped spider hand, Xiao Jiu thought the moves were ugly when he was young, and he didn't want to hurt him at all. Learn. You can learn the skills that you can't learn from Xiaojiu."

Bai Yansheng vomited blood wildly, and felt a living thing moving in his chest, he touched his waist with his left hand and suddenly pulled out a dagger, swung it down with all his strength, immediately blood flowed like a gush, spraying two people all over their faces. body, Mencius stumbled, and the two were separated by several feet.Bai Yansheng struggled to pull out the severed hand from his chest, revealing a bloody hole, rolled his eyes, and fell backwards to the ground.

Meng Ziyou tapped his big acupoints on his body, the pain from the severed hand couldn't hide his satisfaction.So he raised his eyes and looked towards the city of Jiangling.At this sight, the liver and gallbladder were torn apart, and there was an exclamation from the top of the city, and someone fell down from the city wall like a butterfly.

(End of the upper part)

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The next episode is Qixi Festival

In August of the ninth year of Dacheng Xuanwu, a white horse was galloping like lightning on the embankment outside Jiangling City, chasing after the scenery. high.The white horse galloped up to a high hill by the river, and circled the hill for a circle. Immediately, the man was about [-] years old, wearing light fur, and looked like a gentle general.

The wanderer under the tree, the person crossing the water in Shatou, and the melodious singing from the passenger boat: At that time, farewell to the person you love, you know where the mountains and rivers are far away.Suddenly seeing the color of willows on the street, I regret to teach my husband and son-in-law to find a Marquis.

He stayed there for a while, and suddenly felt a slight coolness on his face. When he looked up, there was light rain falling from the sky.So he walked down the high hill slowly and went to a hidden villa on the outskirts of Jiangling.This villa is exquisitely designed, with streams in front and mountains behind, plum blossoms in spring and snow covered, orchids covered with frost in autumn, pine trees growing in empty valleys, and clouds reflecting Chengtang.After entering the door, there was a young servant to lead the horse, a graceful man in his early twenties with a brocade robe and a sword also came out to welcome him, his face was not friendly, but it was Shen Junli.

There are not many people who can work for the general Hussars to come in person. He frowned and asked: "It really is him?" Two or three people. I'm afraid the big team will arrive later."

Meng Ziying only felt that this person came strangely, and she made up her mind to chill him out, so after a full meal, she bathed and changed clothes surrounded by servants, burned incense and washed her hands, and then Shi Shi ran into the backyard. , It's Yuedu returning to the hall.

There are yellow flowers all over the ground, white willows in the courtyard, people in the corridor stepping on wooden clogs, wearing a Gejin Taoist robe, slovenly, the shadows come to the pool, and the flowers fall into the shirt, which is another kind of character.

He coughed lightly, and Emperor Xuanwu Bai Yansheng looked up, and saw him walking over in a deep crimson dress, his hair was draped over his shoulders, there was still moisture, his eyes looked like stars, and his face was as white as jade.When he was young, he liked to wear light-colored light fur shirts, which made people feel refreshed and calm, like sitting in the spring breeze.After reaching middle age, Majesty became increasingly restrained and temperamental, and he loved the strong and dark colors more, deep and solemn, but he hid all his thoughts under the flower skirt.

A couple forever.Bai Yansheng took Meng Ziying's hand and pulled it to the corridor.These two people, one occupying the east of the river, and the other devouring two rivers, have already made great achievements at such a young age, they are clearly enemies but not friends, but they don't know why they have a secret meeting by the bank of Jiangling city.

He only heard Bai Yan's voice softly said: "I'm late, Ziying was frightened in Qingzhou." He saw that he was still wearing several layers of shirts in midsummer and August, his palms were cold and sweatless, although he knew that it was Hanjiang Guying who had practiced to the ninth level. Because of his changed physique, he still expressed pity: "I originally wanted to go to Xichuan to look for you after a while, but I heard that your car was parked in Jiangling. I was worried that you were ill, so I came here in a hurry."

Meng Ziying glanced at him and thought, I'm sick, but it's just a heart disease.There was a smile in his words, but there was no smile in his eyes: "Your Majesty has repaired the military equipment of the [-] states in the east of the Yangtze River, and set up new beacons and beacons along the river. How dare Ziying be negligent. Is your majesty here to raise the teacher to ask the crime?"

Since Shen Junli and Xue Xueyi withdrew their troops from Xinting last month, Emperor Xuanwu has changed all the generals and generals of the Jiangdong water army for eight hundred miles in one month, and expanded the armaments along both sides of the river. Therefore, Emperor Tianning was stranded Jiangling City waited and watched the development of the situation, and did not suddenly enter Sichuan.One month later, Bai Yansheng returned from Youzhou and came to Jiangling City. Firstly, he apologized for breaking the contract on Qixi Festival, and secondly, because Mencius Ying didn't move, implying a strategy to go east.Emperor Xuanwu fought all his life, and although he had already taken down the two states of Qingxu and Xuzhou in the Central Plains, Jiangdong was the root, and he could not be fake, so he came to negotiate.

Bai Yansheng has a daughter, Bai Xiliu, and Meng Ziying has a son, Meng Changting. The two agreed three years ago to discuss the matter of getting married on the Qixi Festival of this year. It's really irritating to start a war.

The two of them hadn't seen each other for three or four years, but when they met, they couldn't say a few words from their hearts, they were wary of each other, and they felt lost for a while, relatively speechless.

At this time, Shen Junli said softly outside the courtyard: "I'm sorry to bother your Majesties, and there is an urgent report from Yizhou."

Bai Yansheng let go of his hand and nodded at him, Meng Ziying made a confession and then drifted away.When he went out, he saw Xue Xueyi and Shen Junli together. Mencius felt curious and said, "Didn't you enter Sichuan early?" At that time, when I heard that Emperor Xuanwu had come to Jiangling, I turned back again."

Who is troublesome, Meng Ziying glanced at Shen Junli, but the latter's red eyes showed dissatisfaction, so his brows were furrowed.Xue Xueyi is more experienced, fearing that he will be at odds with the emperor now, he hastened to say: "I'm afraid Xuanwu won't be able to leave for a while, Your Majesty still needs to make more preparations, what happened on Qixi Festival last month must never happen again."

What she said was reasonable, since the dragon boat had arrived at Chaisangkou, it would be impossible to hide it from the world, because