fluttering night wind

In the north of Youzhou City, there is a stone city with a radius of tens of miles, named Floating Water City, which was built by Murong De after the Luoyi War ten years ago.On the morning of the second day of February, it was freezing cold, and the soldiers upstairs were awakened by a dull earthquake in their sleep.He got up, rubbed his eyes and looked north, his mouth could no longer close.

Regent Xiao Yu was in Youzhou City to prepare matters related to the stopping and raising of the emperor's coffin.Suddenly someone came to report that General Dugu and General Yuwen came from Shengle City to attend the funeral.Xiao Yu frowned upon hearing the news and said, "Didn't you tell them not to come? How many people did they bring?" The sentinel who reported the message was speechless and couldn't make a sound for a while.Xiao Yu turned around and went to sort out the general affairs at hand, and said casually: "If there are less than 300 people, you should serve them with wine and food. If you have more than 300 people, you should treat them with bows and horses."

The sentinel regained his strength and shouted: "Three, 3 people! Thirty thousand cavalry are here!"

Xiao Yu was taken aback for a moment, then turned around and sneered, "Emperor Daxing's body is still alive, are they planning to rebel?"

The news of Beiyan's [-] cavalry entering Yanmen Pass reached Xuzhou in no time.Pei Lie sent letters back to Beijing three times in one day to ask for a fight.

After the morning court that day, Prime Minister Sun Shuye entered the palace to have an audience.The palace supervisor told him that the emperor was not in the Imperial Study Room and Ganlu Palace, but went to Changchun Palace.Sun Shuye searched in his mind for a long time before he remembered that Changchun Palace used to be the bedroom of Princess Huayang.Ever since Liu Jieyou and Qin Beiyan, Changchun Palace has been dusty for 20 years.

The flowers and trees in the courtyard have not been pruned for a long time, and they are all overgrown. After the heavy snowfall, it is even more bleak and deserted.The glazed tiles of the palace have long since peeled off, and the jade steps are also dilapidated.There is a pavilion on the Yudai River, and the roof has collapsed in half.The emperor was sitting in the pavilion in his great cloak.

When Bai Yansheng saw Sun Shuye, he immediately got up and swept the snow off the stone bench, took off the cloak and spread it on the bench.After Sun Shuye's big gift, he said with a smile: "I dare not." Bai Yansheng knew that he had a cough and could not catch cold, so he took his hand and pressed his shoulder to force him to sit down, saying: "Why don't you dare? It must not be violated." The two sat down, and Bai Yansheng saw that he was holding a roll of urgent documents in his hand, and laughed loudly: "That kid Pei Lie is eager to make meritorious service, so he went to you." Sun Shuye smiled and said "It's a good day when the dragon raises its head on the second day of February." Bai Yan looked at the boundless snow scene and said softly, "Murongde, is he really dead?"

After he finished saying this, he and Sun Shuye laughed tacitly at the same time. The laughter alarmed the snowbirds on the treetops in the distance, and the snow fell down. "People are old and treacherous, horses are old and slippery, rabbits are old and eagles are hard to catch. Murong De's trick of getting rid of the shell is not bad, at least it has fooled a lot of people." Sun Shuye shook his head.

Bai Yansheng sighed: "In life, love is the only thing that dies. Murong De can bear love." He also sighed when he thought of the grievances between Murong De and his deceased mother.

How happy is life, what fear is there in death, pity me, the world, there are so many sorrows.Sun Shuye stared quietly at the Ninth Five-Year Lord, and said, "Why did Your Majesty come to Changchun Palace?" Bai Yansheng looked up at the sky, and said in a deep voice: "Because I received a letter from Xiao Yu and knew the news of Princess Huayang's death, my heart is deeply saddened. , came here unknowingly."

On that day 20 years ago, the spring day was warm, the fragrance of flowers followed the wind, and the clear water and white sand outside the pavilion trickled.The woman said: "Looking at Cangshan Mountain, there is one third of the world. The general should think about it.She also said: General, you are a smart person, it is best to be in love with each other, and everything else is trivial.The little prince who looked like a dough ball was sitting on her lap, even though he was an aunt and nephew, he loved mother and child.Liu Polu, who was only five years old, said in a milky voice: General Bai, please do your duty faithfully, Gu will definitely accept good advice and clarify the government. (Chapter 39)

Bai Yansheng's eyes were red: "I promised to take care of Liu Polu, but I failed. Princess Huayang was disappointed in me because of this. Their aunt and nephew treated me as much as a mountain, but they both died because of me."

Sun Shuye thought to himself, life is like participating in a business without seeing each other, but I wonder if you will shed tears for me on the day I die?He thought so in his heart, but he said on his mouth: "The world is difficult, family and country affairs are important, and it is important for Your Majesty to take care of the dragon's body."

When the imperial envoy brought the emperor's echo back to Pengcheng, all the generals in Xuzhou were gathering in the general's mansion and gearing up.After reading the imperial edict, Pei Lie raised his head and said to the crowd: "Your Majesty's will: sit in Pengcheng and only do the defense. Taking advantage of people's danger in the country's mourning is also a teacher of injustice. Gentlemen, if the Hulu dare to violate the border, they will never come back. "

When everyone heard that the emperor did not allow troops to be dispatched, they were greatly disappointed and left one after another.When Lieutenant General Yan Bailu was about to leave, he saw a smile on the corner of Pei Lie's mouth and wondered, "Did the general know this would happen?" Pei Lie nodded.Yan Bailu asked: "Then why are you laughing?" Pei Lie stretched his arms and stretched his muscles and bones, his eyes widened, and he said with a smile: "I was thinking, this news reached brother Ziying, um, to Yizhou's ears, and then What should it look like?"

In Jinguan City thousands of miles away, Li Zhiyuan was surrounded by military generals after the imperial court.The crowd chattered and said: "Murong De's new funeral, Xiao Yu can't take care of himself because of the chaos in Beiyan, it's a good opportunity to go down to the river to attack the Bai family. The secret is not to be missed. When the King of Shu was alive, he said that the sound of the white geese can't be stopped if you don't kill it." In the future." "The records of all the generals are suppressed in the Ministry of War, and Li Lingjun is invited to enter the palace to fight for us."

Li Zhiyuan just smiled wryly.Isn't it obvious that you don't send it?While coping perfunctorily, he left the forbidden palace.In front of Shangshutai, I saw a white-robed general standing under the cypress tree in the courtyard, with his hands behind his back and his back straight.Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man turned around. He was young and weak, but he was full of heroism, and his momentum was close to that of Meng Ziyou back then.

It was easy for others to say, but Shen Junli couldn't deal with it like an ordinary person.Li Zhiyuan stepped forward bravely, bowed and said: "The general of the hussars is here, and Li is far away to welcome you." Shen Junli was a set of big gifts, with comprehensive etiquette, and said: "I seldom come to say hello, Li Lingjun is fine. "After the two exchanged pleasantries, they entered the room and divided the guests and the host to sit down, and their own servants came to serve tea.

Li Zhiyuan expected that he would come here to attack Bai Yansheng, Shen Junli put down the teacup and said straight to the point: "Li Lingjun, we Ming people don't speak dark words. In the past, when the Three Kingdoms were fighting each other, any rash action by one side would lead to the siege of the other two. But Now that the Northern Yan Dynasty is in chaos and the balance of power has changed, it is a good opportunity for us to take advantage of the victory and pursue it to unify China. The King of Shu left a message at the end of his life, and we must make it our business to bring back the thieves. Bao, indulging in pleasure, is nothing more than a strong feudal clan. Why doesn't Li Lingjun speak to His Majesty?"

Li Zhiyuan looked at him sadly, and sighed: "The general thinks that I cherish the feathers and don't want to speak up? The ancient Han Fei wrote "Say It's Difficult." As the general and your majesty are close, you can't listen to it, how about Li?" There is a saying in "Speaking of Difficulties": Husbands and dragons are insects, and they are soft and can be used for sex; however, there is an inverse scale diameter ruler under their throats. , People who have babies will kill people.The sound of white geese can be regarded as the emperor's rebellion.

The expression on Shen Junli's face changed, and he remained silent for a while.Li Zhiyuan waited for a while, knowing that he couldn't stay out of the matter with emotion and reason, and sighed: "Since all the generals have the heart to serve the country, it is really a blessing for the country, Li should go and try again." Shen Junli stood up and clasped his fists and said : "Thank you Li Lingjun."

The next day Li Zhiyuan was free to enter the Changle Palace to have an audience. At that time, Meng Ziying was playing the piano on the piano platform.It is said to be Qintai, but it is actually a water pavilion built near the water, which is similar to the Furong Pavilion in Yizhou Wangfu in the past.Outside the pavilion, the water smoke is condensed and green, and the flowers are fragrant in a garden. Inside the pavilion, the bead foil hangs down, and the voice of singing is fanning.The emperor was sitting in the hall and playing the piano to amuse himself. A group of royal palace people in full makeup and costumes danced along with him.Agarwood is fried for the courtyard, and Yuye Qiongsu is used for birthday cups.Seeing these scenes, Li Zhiyuan was shocked.

After the song is over, the palace people retreat.Meng Ziying stood up, and accidentally saw Shang Shuling standing in front of the hall, hurriedly ordered people to come in and asked with a smile: "Li Lingjun, I made a new song, I don't know how you feel after listening to it?" Li Zhiyuan sat upright on the spring stool , said: "This song should only be in the sky, it is rare in the world. But I don't know what it has a good name for?" Mencius smiled slightly: "It's called "Song of No Worry"."

Li Zhiyuan was taken aback, and thought to himself how many people there are in Wuyou in ancient times, and the emperor's self-proclaimed "Son of Wuyou" is not a good omen.If the customs are too extravagant, there must be the tragedy of war, and it will be a warning for thousands of years.

At this time, someone from the palace brought tender tea simmered in snow water from Qingcheng, which was served in a Tianmujian cup with purple gold oil drops.Li Zhiyuan took a few sips, revealing a delicate silver triangular lotus at the bottom of the cup.

What an expensive tea!He drank half a day's ration of Yizhou City in one gulp.

Meng Ziying was very particular since she was a child, because she saw the expression of hesitation in the old man's writing, she was afraid that he would preach and make noise, so she quickly changed the subject and said, "Why is Li Lingjun here?" Li Zhiyuan put down the teacup, and said, "It's for Beiyan. The court situation. Since Xiao Yu was crowned king in the last years of Jingning, and his power has been poured into the court, it has already caused dissatisfaction among the officials. This time, Dugu and Yuwen took advantage of the funeral to lead troops to fight with Xiao Yu. When two tigers fight, one must be injured. It can be said that Yan's national power has been greatly weakened." He was afraid that Mencius would be disgusted by talking about the crusade against Jiangdong, so he started with Beiyan.

Mencius nodded with a smile, and said: "In ancient times, the British Lord built the foundation of the past, and his descendants destroyed it innumerably. How can Beiyan be the only one?"

Seeing that the emperor was in good spirits, Li Zhiyuan echoed a few more words, and suddenly changed the subject, saying: "When the late king was alive, he once said that he should give both kindness and power, and use the barbarians to control the barbarians. The Northern Yan is in chaos, and the Southern Dynasty may not be able to be good alone. Unreconciled, catastrophes are frequent, the weather is inconsistent, and the location is endless..."

When Meng Ziying heard this, his face changed, and he said coldly, "It turns out that Li Lingjun entered the palace today to urge the battle."

Seeing the emperor's reaction like this, Li Zhiyuan felt cold, but out of the feelings of a veteran, he still wanted to fight with all his strength: "God will not take it, but you will be blamed instead. I am afraid that I will miss this opportunity. When the civil strife in Beiyan is settled, Bai Yansheng If we marry him again, it will be very difficult to shake Jiangdong."

Mencius's face was as cold as frost: "The army marched eastward, and the people were mobilized. The people are miserable. Yizhou is small and the people are hopeless, and they are still afraid of self-defense. How can they attack people? The brother Bai Yansheng got on his horse and Heng Shuo got off his horse to write poems. It's not you Waiting for the enemy. How can I take it lightly? From my point of view, not only will the teacher be lost, but the country will almost be destroyed."

Li Zhiyuan couldn't help but take a breath for the king of a country to overwhelm others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige.The sound of white geese is not only the emperor's rebellion, it is the blood of the emperor's heart, more dear than his own father.He also has an upright temperament in his bones, and when he is strong, he will be strong. He immediately got up from the spring stool and knelt down: "Why is your majesty afraid of the sound of white geese like a tiger? Retire. Besides, Xichuan is rich and rich, and the scholars and horses are full, and they are successful in funerals. How can you be the master of the country?"

"Li Zhiyuan!" Meng Ziying raised her voice and snorted coldly: "You think you are an old minister of the King of Shu, so I dare not deal with you?" He kowtowed on the ground, there was a thud, and he confessed his crime.Mencius Ying regretted it as soon as she said it, and quickly helped him up and said softly: "I said the wrong thing. Bai Yansheng is good at using troops. Pei Lie sits in Pengcheng and controls 20 troops. He can attack the barbarians in the north and rescue Jiangdong in the south." .The former kings used to go to the east in the past, and they always invited Yan to join forces, leaving the strong and joining the weak. Today, the northern border is in turmoil, and the Bai family cannot be unprepared. From what I see, we must use our troops carefully, protect the environment and the people, and wait for the right time. "

Speaking of this, it is impossible to shake the emperor's mind.Li Zhiyuan could only wipe away his old tears and quit Qintai.Walking out of the water pavilion, seeing Hushi General Shen Junli in front of the white jade steps in the corridor, he sighed again and again.There was too much movement just now, and Shen Junli also heard it outside, and stepped forward to comfort him: "Li Lingjun has worked hard, and Shen is very grateful." He went out of the palace without looking back, his back was stooped and his feet were staggering, his nose was sour.

Shen Junli stood silently outside the piano platform, not moving.

In February of this year, under the appeasement and appeasement of Bai Yansheng and Meng Ziying, Xiao Yu took down all the Dugu and Yuwen troops who would invade Youzhou in lightning speed.In March, Xiao Yu escorted Daxing Emperor Lingjia back to Yanjing Shengle.

Fifteen miles outside Shengle City, I met the prince Murong Yan, his wife and the ministers in Beijing who received the spirit.Xiao Yu read out the imperial edict of Daxing Emperor, ordering Murong Yan to be the emperor in front of the coffin. The last few words of the edict read: "If there is a young master in future generations, the minister of the first committee of court affairs, the mother will not bother to come to the court."

Xiao Yu glanced at Xiao Danyue who was kneeling behind Murong Yan with the end of her eyes, the golden steps on the woman's hair crown swayed gently in the cold wind.

After the edict was read out, Murong Yan squeezed out a few tears and wailed for a while supporting the coffin.Xiao Yu watched coldly.After crying, Murong Yan turned to Xiao Yu, choked with sobs and said: "The Regent has made great achievements in suppressing the rebellion and protecting the spirit, what kind of reward do you want?" Xiao Yu pointed to Lord Hegu and Lord Tuoba who were kneeling in the front row, and said sharply: "Tied! "

He gave an order, and before the new emperor Murong Yan could react, the soldiers behind him rushed up and tied them up.Today, to welcome the coffin of Emperor Daxing, the two of them brought not many retainers, and they were already under the control of Xiao Yu's people.Tuoba struggled and refused to accept: "What is my crime?" Xiao Yu sneered: "Coercion and rebellion, the heart is not pure, the rebellion has been revealed, must be punished!"

As soon as his words came out, all the officials and workers outside Shengle City were terrified. In addition to the three Zhu Kingdom generals who had been executed before, five of the six Zhu Kingdoms had gone, and only the Xiao family dominated.Even Emperor Murong Yan shrank his neck in fright.Mr. Hegu is old and still calm. He raised his head to look at the new emperor and said: "Beiyan's laws and regulations, threats are not asked. The old minister only asks His Majesty's wishes."

Murong Yan glanced at Xiao Danyue, who didn't say a word, Murong Yan pleaded with Xiao Yu tremblingly: "Regent, I know that you were shocked in Youzhou earlier. Please look at it for my sake, Forgive the two adults. The two adults have also advised and remonstrated many times, but the rebellious ministers are bold and black-hearted, and they are determined to go their own way, which has nothing to do with the two adults."

Xiao Yu didn't even look at the emperor, with his nostrils upturned, as if he was endorsing the words: "The power of the regent king is not for the sake of the state, so it should be less suppressed. Lord Hegu, is this a flattery you are making to His Majesty? Postscript, even though you are in Shengle, why did your trilogy go to Youzhou? You two don’t understand the truth that the son Guisheng connived at the regicide and committed the same crime as the regicide without reporting it?”

The two were immediately pulled aside by the heavily armed soldiers, and the two heads fell to the ground immediately.

The cold wind outside Shengle City is piercing, and the palace walls are ten thousand ren high, and they are as strong as swords and axes.What is harder than the palace wall is the roar of "long live, long live, long live" everywhere.

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