fluttering night wind

Pei Shao was on duty in the Gyeonggi Battalion that day, and in the evening when the Imperial Forest Army was retiring for practice, the commander of Ning Wang's residence sent a message saying that Bai Yanxing invited him to sit in the Qingshang Pavilion.Pei Shao didn't want to go back to Yongjing, and was stuck on by his old friend like a dog's skin plaster. He had a small feast for three days and a big feast for five days. He wanted to refuse but was afraid that wild geese would be entangled even more, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go.

In the midst of the establishment of a country and the turbulent times, although it was won by force, it also attached great importance to the education of etiquette and music.The so-called gentleman does not withdraw the instrument for no reason.I don't know when, in the most populous cities in the south of the Yangtze River, there have been some unique Qinguan music halls, and they have spread from south to north, especially Qingshangguan.

When Pei Shao arrived in the hall, he saw that the owner had already descended the steps in the corridor and waited.The owner of this museum, Qu Chengfeng, is also an old acquaintance.He was the one who took Pei Shao's mother all the way south and found Linxi to join Bai Yansheng.Seeing Qu Cheng's organ skills and outstanding talents, Bai Yansheng entrusted him to run around the south of the Yangtze River, and gradually established a series of "Qingshang Pavilion", named Qinlou Chu Pavilion, which was really for him to inquire about news.

Qu Chengfeng was in his [-]s, dressed in cloth and keg scarves, and wanted to go forward to salute, Pei Shao hurried forward a few steps to stop him from kneeling: "The owner of the music hall has a great kindness with the Pei family, so Pei Shao should kowtow. " Qu Chengfeng hastily pulled him up, the two had been teachers and friends before, and now they looked at each other and smiled, deeply moved.Pei Shaoyin asked: "Where is the prince?" Before Qu Chengfeng could answer, a delicate voice said in the hall: "Third Uncle has gone back, Brother Shao, it's me."

Pei Shao paused, but quickened his pace when he came back to his senses. When he entered the room, he saw Bai Xiliu sitting in the hall, accompanied by a young man.He frowned unconsciously and said: "It's getting late, how did the princess leave the palace? Does the queen know?" Bai Xiliu took out a shiny gold medal from his pocket, almost blinding everyone's eyes.She said triumphantly: "It's not easy to go out of the palace." Pei Shao had seen this gold medal before. On the front was the word "Wu De" in clerical script, and on the back was "As I come in person", which is the seal certificate bestowed by the emperor to his daughter.

Pei Shao knew that she must have lied to the queen to leave the palace privately, and she dared to pull the banner of the Ning Palace, he just didn't know the seriousness.He stepped forward and pulled Bai Xiliu's sleeve, and said: "Princess, I have warned you all the way, you need to be careful when you return to the palace, this place is no better than Luoyi. Princess, hurry back to the palace, there may be accidents if you are late. "Bai Xiliu looked up at him, her eyes were shining brightly, pretending to be innocent and cute: "Brother Shao, you are going to practice the navy by the river the day after tomorrow, aren't you? Can you take me with you?" Pei Shao was startled. , let go of his hand involuntarily, and said with a terrible headache: "Princess, I can't decide this kind of thing. The princess should ask Her Royal Highness the Queen."

Bai Xiliu pouted and said: "The queen mother will definitely say that she must listen to the opinions of the generals of the commanding army. When the time comes, she will call you to the imperial court for consultation. If you don't agree, it will be useless."

Pei Shao said sternly: "If the empress asks this question, I will certainly not agree. The cold water hurts the bones, and the sword and halberd are ruthless. I can't put golden branches and jade leaves in danger."

Bai Xiliu knew that he was more stubborn than his elder brother Pei Lie, so if he said no, he couldn't do it, so he flipped the table angrily, jumped up and said, "Do you have to drive me crazy? Pei Shao, let me tell you, don't let I will go, I will go too! I have a gold medal, if I come here in person!"

The movement was too loud, which disturbed Qu Chengfeng outside, and he hurried in to fight.There was leftovers all over the floor, the musicians who were serving were scared and hid behind the pillars, one big and one small in the hall looked at each other with blushing faces and burst out laughing unconsciously.Qu Chengfeng Shi Shiran walked between the two of them, made a bow, and said softly: "Princess, General, both of you take a step back, okay?"

Pei Shao said: "Okay!" Bai Xiliu said: "Not good!"

Qu Chengfeng endured the hard work with a smile, and continued: "I'll make a gamble, you two play a small game, whoever wins can listen to whoever wins, and it won't hurt the friendship, okay?"

Both of them shot their gazes at him, Pei Shao still had a rigid face, Bai Xiliu tilted his head and asked curiously: "Shooting or hiding the hook?" "Neither." Qu Chengfeng ordered the little musician named Wang Qian, From the back hall, he brought a small light bow inlaid with precious stones, and two five-color feather arrows, and said, "You two come with me."

The three of them walked out of the bright hall and stood under the porch. The sky was dark, dotted with light clouds, and the garden was full of bright lights.Qu Chengfeng pointed to the lantern hanging on a branch of a big tree in the garden, and said: "Whoever can shoot out the lantern will win."

A little yellow fire in the dark is easy to recognize.When Pei Shao and Bai Xiliu first heard about it, they thought it was too simple.Just at this time, when the autumn wind suddenly picked up, the flames in the wind lamp fluttered wildly, casting countless light and shadows on the paper lamp shell, intertwined and chaotic, like living things.The two sighed at the same time, it seemed that they had to wait for the wind to stop.Unexpectedly, Qu Chengfeng seemed to have read the minds of the two of them, seemingly unintentionally said: "Wang Qian, you go and get a stick of incense. The two of you are limited to this, whoever shoots it first wins."

When more than half of the incense sticks were burned, the wind hadn't stopped, and it was getting stronger and stronger.The two of them waited bored, Pei Shao reached out to take the small light bow, put on an arrow, glanced at the wind lantern several times, raised it and put it down, and finally said helplessly: "I admit defeat." Qu Chengfeng took the bow and arrow, He pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Even General Pei, who is skilled in archery and horses, has conceded defeat, and the princess is fine..."

"Humph—" Bai Xiliu let out a sound from his nose, took the bow and arrow from Qu Chengfeng's hand, his feet were level with his shoulders, and the bow was full of strings, one arrow was shot, and the candle in the wind lantern echoed And off.Hanging her bow on her wrist, she clasped her fists towards Qu Chengfeng and Pei Shao and said, "Thank you, I would like to admit defeat!"

Pei Shao's face was extremely ugly, and he reluctantly said: "Princess, I have lost. As long as the queen agrees, the princess will not hesitate to give me advice on the naval drills in the future."

Wang Qian had brought the princess's cloak, Bai Xiliu draped it casually on her body, said with a smile, "Brother Shao, I won't make trouble for you, don't worry."

The matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more.Pei Shao sent Bai Xiliu back to the palace, and Qu Chengfeng saw him off all the way.Passing by a courtyard, he saw a commotion in the open pavilion opposite the pool, surrounded by a frivolous young man in fur horse.Bai Xiliu asked: "Whose family's unworthy son is that?" Qu Chengfeng knew it at a glance, and replied: "That is Xie Xuan, the son of Grand Tutor Xie. He often gets drunk and vomits in the restaurant. I can't persuade you."

Unexpectedly, Wang Xie Gaomen also came out of the gentle scum.Bai Xiliu raised her eyebrows, and said a few words to Wang Qian who was beside her.Pei Shao was amused and annoyed at the side listening, but she had so many tricks to play tricks on people, and she would make a fool of herself whenever she got the chance.

"The living dead are the living dead, and it is a good cause to die while living. The silence in the tomb is really quiet, separating the mortal world from the world."

When Wang Qian rushed to the opposite water pavilion, he saw three or four maidservants pulling a young man who was stumbling around and smelling like alcohol, one woman held a spit pot, one woman pinched a scented handkerchief, one woman played a fan, and one woman smoked incense.Holding the wine glass in his hand, the young master leaned on the railing, spit marks every step, making the tidy courtyard dirty, everyone covered their noses and laughed.Wang Qian quickly went up to help him, but the young master fell down in front of him, bowed his head and vomited loudly, Wang Qian hastily and quietly put the things in his sleeves on the ground.

After the young master vomited, he helped Wang Qian to get up, and everyone came up to serve him with lamps and candles, when suddenly someone shouted.Everyone looked among the filth on the ground, only to see something the size of a pig's liver mixed with the ground.Wang Qian grabbed the other party's arm and said painfully: "My lord, drinking alcohol hurts your body. Ordinary people have five internal organs, so how can you survive if you vomit all your entrails after drinking?"

At this time, a dark cloud drifted over, covering the bright moon, and the courtyard was dim.When he spoke, everyone around him believed it, and scattered in all directions with screams.

Unexpectedly, the son raised his head, looked straight at him, his eyes were like water, and said with a chuckle: "Tang Sanzang (dirty) can still live in this world, let alone I have four dirty?"

The dark clouds dissipated suddenly, the wind came under the willows, and the moon rose in Tongjian.Between the two of them, Wang Qian could only feel his heart beating loudly, as if something in his chest fell off the cliff like snow splashing thunder and anger.

It is said that Xie Xuan, the son of Xie Lang, the prince's grandson, was conceited of his talents, he was overbearing, and he was not tolerated by the public. He often poured wine to pour out his grievances.It was only later that Wang Qian learned that the so-called fur horse was rather pure and insane. It was not crazy, but also infatuated.

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In the Queen's Fengyi Palace, there is a mica screen.

Xie Hou sat behind the screen, but on the other side of the screen was a young man.This man was only in his early twenties, dressed in a brocade robe and jade belt, and dressed as a scholar.He behaved carelessly, disregarding that there was only a screen away from the queen, he crossed his legs on the chair, picked out a few orange-red oranges from the small table in front of him, and threw them alternately for fun.

"Respect the sky and protect the people, enrich the country and strengthen the army. It is necessary to practice kingship and domineering. It is well said." The former solves the problem of the legitimacy of the regime, and the latter solves the problem of the continuity of the regime.The man continued: "Sister, I said earlier that Liu Xuanzong is a pedantic literati and cannot be the emperor's teacher. The little prince is early wisdom, such a good qualification is really a waste."

In today's world, the three countries are evenly matched, no matter which country has the ability to completely defeat the other country, if one party acts rashly, it will instead lead to the formation of a solid alliance between the other two parties.However, the balanced situation of the three parties will not last for too long. As long as one country's national strength has increased significantly, the pace of the unification of the world will be accelerated.The growth of national power depends on a wise monarch.The emperors of the Three Kingdoms were all inexhaustible talents, and the rise and fall of the country rested on the deputy Chu.King Lai of the Kingdom, among the Three Kingdoms, the princes of Shu and Yan have grown up, but Axue is young, so Empress Xie is very concerned about the prince's education.

Empress Xie frowned, and said in a low voice: "Xie Xuan, are you sober?! Master Liu is a well-learned Confucian, with a good character, enough to be a teacher for all generations."

The orange fell to the ground and rolled all the way on the lotus floor tiles until it reached the side door.Hearing the movement in the side hall, the little prince leaned on the door frame and poked his head out. Xie Xuan beamed at him with joy and said, "Axue, come and play." The little prince shook his head and said solemnly: "Mr. It’s not finished yet.” Then he shrank his head back.

Xie Xuan felt bored, and said dejectedly, "Reporting to Your Highness, I didn't drink yesterday. If you have any orders, just say it."

Empress Xie said solemnly: "Your Majesty entrusted me with the affairs of the palace and the education of the prince. I have already discussed with Grand Tutor Xie. From now on, you will be granted the title of Hanlin Bachelor, and you will be a lecturer in the palace."

Xie Xuan muttered as if a catastrophe was imminent: "It's over, it's a bad year, it seems that today I must not get drunk."

They were talking in the palace, and a group of wives from inside and outside gathered on the water pavilion outside the palace.Today is October [-]st, the empress presented the winter clothes and brocade jackets to the ministers and workers in Yongjing in the morning on behalf of the emperor, and some of them brought charcoal to the stove, so these ordered wives came to the palace to thank them for their kindness.

At this time, the queen has something to do and hasn't shown up yet. The women are wearing big clothes and wearing phoenix crowns, sitting around in the water pavilion.Although it was late autumn, the sun shone warmly on the water, and the sky was high and the clouds were light, not very chilling.

"I heard that General Pei practiced the navy a few days ago, and the princess followed him, and brought a monster to watch the battle, which frightened the soldiers." Your princess would go to that kind of place." One of the women had delicate temple hair and a leisurely manner, combing the tassels on her clothes with her long nails, and said with a soft smile, "Isn't it my own?"

This person is the wife of General Zhengxi Yu Desheng, the Liu family of Hedong, who is the second rank imperial order.As soon as she spoke, the rest of them snickered and echoed maliciously.Mrs. Liu asked again, "What kind of monster?" The person who was chattering earlier replied, "I heard that it is a kind of livestock in the Western Regions, called a camel. The princess brought it back from Luoyi all the way, and brought it to the river when the navy was practicing." While eating aquatic plants. The animal was frightened and ran for more than a dozen miles. When fishermen by the river saw it, they thought it was the essence of water coming out of the water, and killed it with a harpoon. The princess cried to death when she found out."

Everyone sighed, and one person asked curiously: "Is this thing valuable?" "It's not worth it, but it's worth the price of ten servants, just for the sake of rarity. Our princess is also a living treasure." When the man said this, he suddenly made a fool of himself Like pause.Everyone urged her to speak quickly, so she smiled and said, "My master was in the navy at that time, and saw the princess crying by the river, and wiped away her tears and said to the fishermen who were half-deadly frightened: "Xiangzi followed me!" I have worked hard for three years, and camel meat is the best delicacy in the world, especially hump meat. I will give this to you, and use your five internal organs to worship it."

When the autumn wind blew, everyone was petrified for a while, and after a long while, there was a burst of laughter, everyone staggered to and fro, and tears flowed horizontally. "This is really wine and meat, the Buddha kept it in his heart." Princess Ning smiled and covered her face.

Everyone made fun of this golden branch and jade leaf to their heart's content. After this verse was over, someone suddenly asked in a low voice: "I heard rumors in the palace that His Majesty will be drafted next year." "Your Majesty has been in the middle palace for four years, and she has only one son. She lives apart from His Majesty in two places, and is always lonely on the pillow. Even though she is as precious as the sky, she is also deeply sad. Otherwise, how can a bearded girl take advantage of the loopholes?" .”

It's really heartbreaking words.Concubine Ning heard this and wanted to say a few words for the queen, when she suddenly heard General Zhengxi's wife Liu Shi asking her: "Ayan, is this really the case?" She and Concubine Ning had handkerchiefs since childhood unusual.

Concubine Ning Su's eyelids twitched slightly, then she raised her head and said wanly: "Yes, I heard that she has this intention." Seeing the joy on everyone's faces, Su slandered in her heart: "It's really muddled and covered with oil. Eyes of mind. You have to hit a few nails before you know that the emperor has no intention of looking forward to it, and there are no lucky ones in the six palaces."

For the end-of-the-year ceremony, Bai Yansheng returned to Yongjing from the north dozens of days before the winter solstice.After the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was held in the southern suburb of Yuanqiu in the second year of Xuanwu, the emperor issued an edict, and the three-year-old family in this dynasty became a custom, referred to as the Southern Suburb Grand Ceremony.

At this time, there was little rain in winter and the river flow slowed down. Pei Shao led troops to dredge the Yangtze River, built fortifications and drilled the navy.The sound of white geese went to the riverside, but they were not in a hurry to return to the palace, and the imperial driver stayed in the new pavilion.When Pei Shao rushed to the top of Xinting Mountain, he saw the emperor was talking to a lieutenant general surnamed Chu, with syllables like "Princess Wu De Chang" leaking out of his words.

When he arrived at the Imperial Palace anxiously, Bai Yansheng first asked about the situation of the navy drill, and after getting a satisfactory answer, he said seemingly unintentionally: "Has Liu also been to Xinting?"

"Yes." Pei Shao sweated on his forehead.Unexpectedly, the emperor didn't mean to blame, but laughed loudly and said: "I, Bai Yansheng, actually gave birth to a half-baby, and I dare not go on the boat to watch the navy drill, what kind of a man is I to watch from the sidelines!"

All the soldiers did not expect the emperor to react in this way, and they were all silent.Pei Shao wiped his sweat and said, "It's my fault. I thought the river was dangerous and the sword had no eyes, so I tried my best to prevent the princess from boarding the boat to watch the battle." Bai Yansheng turned to him and said, "Did Ah Liu say anything?" The princess reported her words and deeds one by one, omitting the incident about Luotuo Xiangzi.When Bai Yansheng heard him talk about "water mines", he asked him to explain in detail.

Pei Shao lowered his voice and said: "The princess said that you can use iron shells to store explosives and ignition devices, store them in wooden boxes coated with tung oil or putty, add iron anchors to fix them, and wrap the lead wires with casings. Attack and seal off the river. The minister is preparing to hand over the paperwork to the Ministry of Industry for assistance in trial production."

Bai Yansheng looked at the sky with both eyes, and said in a rambling voice: "No need. You are fully responsible for this matter, and don't leak the news. If you can successfully trial-produce before the next spring flood, it will be considered a great achievement for you."

Pei Shao said generously: "The last general takes orders!"

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