Meng Dong

Yan Hong suddenly felt that the autumn night was very cold, and it might be because the surrounding was suddenly empty, and that person left without looking back, leaving him here alone.

He strategized and firmly grasped the overall situation in his own hands. He had seen the situation clearly for a long time, and naturally he also saw today's results.From the moment he learned of Meng Dong's identity, he knew in his heart that this person would leave one day. If it was him, he would not give up easily, let alone Meng Dong. Even if they know that there is an abyss ahead, they will not hesitate, as long as they can realize their long-cherished wishes.

But he did not expect that when this day really came, he would feel so uncomfortable.

Just now he tried his best to persuade Meng Dong not to return to Beiliang, but after being rejected as expected, he had the urge to ask countless times in his heart, if it was for his own sake, would this man be willing to stay in Jiangling.

But he did not speak after all.He understands Meng Dong, people like them are born with a destiny and should not be bound by the love of their children.More importantly, he was afraid of humiliating himself.Although he could tell that after this period of time, he held a very heavy weight in Meng Dong's heart, otherwise that man would not have gone to the capital just before the plan that he painstakingly arranged was about to succeed, just to keep His own life, let alone the jade pendant left to him by his mother, was just to keep him safe.

Yan Hong subconsciously raised his hand to touch the jade pendant on his neck, the cool touch of the jade body made him sigh in his heart.He knew that he would be an extremely important existence to Meng Dong in this life, but compared with the blood feud that had been entangled in Meng Dong's heart for more than ten years and the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in Beiliang, he seemed too insignificant.

That person was destined to be a passer-by in his life, appeared, left a thick ink stroke, and then left without looking back.

Yan Hong understood all of Meng Dong's decisions, so he originally thought that he could accept the ending calmly and rationally, but now he realizes that he thinks highly of himself after all. Even he can't decide his own heart.

For the first time in his more than [-] years of life, he felt inexplicably boring, even though he knew that there was still a fierce battle waiting for him in Jiangling City, and the battle with Beiliang was actually just the beginning, and he had always been his only enemy. , are all Yan Tai who is far away in the capital.

But at this moment, he just wanted to sit here motionless, feeling that everything in the future suddenly became dull.

"My lord," Qingming walked over lightly, "everything on the boat was almost destroyed. I just found such a cloak with great difficulty. It finally dried up. It was cold in the night, and you just got caught in the rain again. Your clothes are not dry yet, so you can put on this cloak for the time being, and at least you can keep out the cold."

Mountain and Sanxi

Yan Hong stretched out his hand to take the cloak, brushed his fingers across the soft fabric, and said softly, "It would be great if this cloak was delivered just now."

"Huh?" Yan Hong's voice was too low, Qingming couldn't hear it clearly, and asked closer.

"He was still wearing wet clothes before he left, and it seems that his subordinates didn't care. He has suffered a lot in these years, and his body is very weak. After tossing around like this all night, he might catch a cold again. "Yan Hong shook his head with a smile, "But he is coquettish and unwilling to take medicine. After all, he is a dragon, even if he is reduced to this level, he still has arrogance."

Qingming heard Yan Hong's words clearly this time, and his face immediately became a little hesitant. He had just watched Meng Dong and a few men in black ride off the river in a boat, and since then, his prince has He has been sitting here motionless, looking at the river from a distance, not allowing anyone to disturb him.

In fact, even if it wasn't today, he could already see how important that Mr. Meng is to his lord.It's not that there are no other people in the palace, and his prince has always been a person who knows how to enjoy himself, and he is very happy all day long.But if compared with that Meng Gongzi, it is a completely different way of getting along.

Qingming once thought that this Mr. Meng might gradually become another owner of the palace. Anyway, the meaning of his prince should be that he has no plans to change.

Unexpectedly, there are so many secrets hidden behind this, and there is a huge secret hidden behind this Mr. Meng.

Qing Ming had no intention of finding out about Meng Dong, but she couldn't bear to see her prince like this.He hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "My lord, you just let Mr. Meng go?"

"If not?" Yan Hong finally stretched out his hand to put on the cloak, looked up at Qingming, "Let the guards take him down, tie him back to Jiangling, and never take a step out of the palace? To be honest, for a moment, I I did have such an idea. However, don’t do to others what you don’t want to be done to others, he has his own things to do, and even I have no reason to interfere.”

Qingming licked her lower lip, thinking that she should say something to comfort her prince, but Yan Hong waved his hand at him: "Go and see if Qingxin is back? Let's take a rest, we should set off later."

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a figure appeared in the night, and soon came to Yan Hong, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, I have brought reinforcements and cleaned up the river, and there is no one alive. Now Are you going back to Jiangling?"

Yan Hong nodded, "I can still arrive before dawn on my way back now, so I can have a hot breakfast by the way."

He threw the hem of the cloak behind him, stood up and glanced at the gradually dimming river not far away: "The sky will be fine tomorrow, let someone salvage the corpses in the river, it will be handled properly, and it will save a few days." On that day, they floated down the river and frightened the people downstream."

Qing Xin had no doubts about his decision, and nodded seriously: "Yes."

Qingming had already pulled the horse over, Yan Hong stretched out his hand to comfort Juechen, who was not very peaceful, moved his face towards it, and said something in its ear, then grabbed the rein tightly, and before getting on the horse, he suddenly turned his head He asked Qing Xin: "How is Jiangling's current situation, can it still hold on?"

"Probably because the one in the capital still cared about his reputation, so he didn't let the Chu army near Jiangling confront us directly, but kept spying around Jiangling. I guess they were waiting for an opportunity to justify their actions. So our main pressure right now is the frontal Northern Liang Army. The emperor of Liang Kingdom came this time with the determination to hit a single hit, and he almost mobilized all the military power that can be controlled in the Northern Liang Dynasty to gather nearly ten soldiers. Wan's army. Fortunately, Jiangling City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. After they attacked rashly and were repelled that day, they hesitated, so even though we were extremely inferior in numbers, Beiliang still didn't dare to attack easily." Qingxin said slowly.

Yan Hong carelessly scratched the horse's mane: "The emperor of Beiliang is really a waste, and I don't know how he climbed to the throne back then. If my [-] troops were in my hands now, they might have already reached Ningzhou City But he was guarding the city of Jiangling, and with such a great advantage, he didn’t dare to do anything.” When he said this, he suddenly chuckled, “It’s no wonder that after being emperor for so many years, he was still defeated by a young man who had just reached the crown. People play with applause."

Qingxin heard the deep meaning in his words, raised her hand to touch the tip of her nose, poked her head and looked around: "Where is that Mr. Meng, is he really gone?"

Qingming at the side heard the words, hurriedly raised her head to see the expression on her prince's face, and stretched out her hand to tug on Qingxin's sleeve, trying to make him shut up.But Qingxin didn't care about it, and didn't pay attention to the change in Yan Hong's face at all, and said to herself: "Speaking of which, Mr. Meng is really capable. If we didn't rely on him today, we wouldn't be able to do it." Well, they all died on the river. After all, no one thought that they rushed to die together. Speaking of which, my lord, you are willing to just let this man go, not to mention that keeping him by your side is of great benefit to us. Let’s just say that if he really kills Guo Gu and takes back the throne, he will be the emperor of Liang. At that time, if he leads an army to attack Jiangling City, you won’t be fascinated for a while, my lord. Will you hand over your lord's hard work?"

Yan Hong turned his head and took a look at Qing Xin, then suddenly pulled out his horsewhip, and lashed back at Qing Xin, but Qing Xin had anticipated his movement, and quickly dodged to the side, dodging this, and stood a few feet away, He couldn't stop saying: "My lord, you won't become angry from embarrassment. I'm just really curious. After all, such a peerless beauty is very hard to find. Even if you are really shaken, my lord, it's understandable. I just want to know. Let's Does the prince have the ability to be a foolish king?"

Yan Hong felt that his originally slightly better mood seemed to have turned worse. He clenched the rein tightly with his hands, and he didn't want to talk to this man anymore. The next moment he simply got on the horse and flicked the whip vigorously: "Go back to the city!" .”

Qingxin and the others were left in place by him, and he still shook his head: "Hey, speaking of which, I really look forward to that Mr. Meng can ascend the throne soon. I don't know how our prince will choose As he said, he turned his head and looked at Qingming beside him, "Hey, Qingming, you have been with the prince for the longest time, so what do you think our prince will choose?"

Qing Ming also got on the horse, looking down at Qing Xin with a bit of pity in her eyes: "According to what I know about the lord, if you talk a little more, the lord might choose to kill you first to give himself a quieter life." " After finishing speaking, he flicked his horsewhip and followed Yan Hong's figure.

This time, Yan Hong was uncharacteristically, rushing all the way without stopping, and finally arrived at Jiangling City before the sky gradually dawned.

Once Jiangling City was relaxed and leisurely, the gates of the city were already heavily guarded. Even Yan Hong and the others were interrogated outside the gates, and they were not released into the city until the badge of the palace was shown. .

The bustling streets and alleys on weekdays have completely quieted down. The people all know that Jiangling City is about to face a big battle. For their own safety, they are all hiding at home, and no one is willing to set foot on the streets unless necessary.But most of them are still very relieved about the defenders of Jiangling City. After all, this is not the first time Jiangling has faced a war, but they can always save the day.

Yan Hong handed the reins to Qing Ming, looked around, and said calmly: "Go back to your residence and rest for a while, the big battle is coming, there are still many things to do, wait for my orders at any time."

"Yes, my lord." Qingming hesitated for a moment, "Then you won't go back home?"

Yan Hong turned his head and glanced at the tower behind him. A tall and strong figure had been standing there since they entered the city, staring at Yan Hong intently.Yan Hong nodded towards the other party, then turned to Qing Ming and said, "General Gao probably has a lot to ask me, and I also need to communicate with them about the military situation. You go back to the mansion first, and report to my mother that you are safe, Although I think her old man should be very relieved of me."

After returning to Jiangling City, there was no need to worry about Yan Hong's safety, so Qingming took orders and brought the people from the palace back to the palace first, leaving only Qingxin to follow him up the city wall.

Gao Wu stood on the tower and watched Yan Hong walking towards him. As the sky was getting brighter, he could clearly see the blood stains on his body. Even if he didn't see it with his own eyes, he could still imagine what kind of fierce battle he went through last night.

After Qingxin got on the city wall, he stopped in his tracks consciously, and Yan Hong walked up to Gao Wu by himself: "The military situation is urgent, uncle has worked hard these days."

The distance between the two was already very close, and Gao Wu saw the wound on Yan Hong's left arm at a glance, and couldn't help frowning: "The prince is injured?"

Yan Hong lowered his head, glanced at his arm casually, and smiled softly: "It's because I haven't exercised my muscles and bones for too long, and I was injured because of my poor martial arts skills. I still need my uncle to teach me more."

Gao Wu stared at the nonchalant smile on Yan Hong's face, as if his memory came back, and he saw the figure of King Xiannan again.In his early years, he had been marching and fighting with Yanchang, the king of Xiannan County. Whenever the king was injured, he always had the same expression.In the past, they always thought that Yan Hong only inherited his father's appearance, but his conduct and ability were far worse.

It was only now that he was convinced of how much this young man had burdened himself over the years, and what a monstrous situation he had set up by himself.

Gao Wu felt a little helpless, but also a little proud. After all, he was the son of the old prince. Where they didn't know, he even behaved like the old prince.He has long been able to take charge of himself, and now, he can even take charge of the entire Jiangling City.

Gao Wu sighed softly, and said in a low voice: "Fortunately, we can prepare ahead of time with the prince's secret letter, otherwise the army of Beiliang might really take advantage of the loopholes on that day. He came here with the determination to break the boat, but if he is a little careless, Jiang Ling is really no match for him."

"I'm not good at marching and fighting, and I still need a few uncles to lead the army." Yan Hong covered his arms with his cloak, turned around and looked out of the city, "This time, we are not only going to war with Beiliang After last night, it is equivalent to tearing faces directly with the capital. My uncle used to worry about his reputation, fearing that he would be persecuted and persecuted Zhongliang, but now he may feel that getting rid of me and Jiangling City will cause future troubles. That's the top priority, so soon, Chu Jun and Liang Jun will join forces."

Gao Wu's face suddenly became serious, his brows were slightly frowned, and he looked towards the river: "This time Emperor Liang came with a hundred thousand troops, which is already a huge pressure for us. If Lian Chu If the army is mixed in, if you are attacked by the enemy..."

"Uncle," Yan Hong laughed, and pointed in one direction, "Although I'm not good at leading troops in battle, I also know that I can't fight unprepared. Doucheng tear his face apart?"

Gao Wu looked in the direction of his finger. On the originally empty and foggy river, many boat shadows suddenly appeared in the distance, which surprised him. He looked at Yan Hong in disbelief: "Is that the reinforcement the prince is looking for?"

Yan Hong nodded lightly, and said calmly: "My uncle thought that after getting rid of my father, no one would threaten his throne. But he forgot, even though my grandfather is the only one left under his knees. , but he is not the only one surnamed Yan in this world." He ran his fingers across the stone bricks on the city wall, and a mocking smile curled up on the corner of his lips, "The mountains in the southwest are dense and dense, and there is a lot of miasma. , I have the opportunity to change places, of course I am willing.”

Gao Wu hesitated: "The Southwest Wang Yancheng... I heard a little bit about him in the early years. I heard that this person is very scheming and quite ambitious. If the prince joins forces with him, he should be more cautious."

"I know what the King of Southwest wants, and he also knows what I want. Fortunately, what we want doesn't conflict, so we can cooperate. Otherwise, I really don't want to be an enemy of such a person. It's really troublesome." He raised his head He began to look towards the river, "If he wants the world, he can take it. Anyway, since Yan Tai poisoned my father, he is no longer qualified to sit on the throne. As long as he finally Just leave your life to me."

"In case the Southwest King wins the world, I'm afraid he won't be able to tolerate you any longer. You may have to hand over the military power of Jiangling at that time."

"Uncle, did you defend Jiangling City with my father for the military power and prosperity of Jiangling?" Yan Hong sighed softly. We have opened our gate facing Beiliang, and Beiliang tried countless times to open a gap in the state of Chu through Jiangling, so you and all the generals followed my father to this Jiangling, in order to protect the people of Jiangling and guard the country. The gate of Chu Kingdom. After the death of my father, although the situation has become much more stable, you and the generals have been reluctant to hand over the military power because you know that it is the last barrier for our mother and son. Without this military power, Yan Tai will definitely tolerate Not to let us down. It is because Yan Tai is a waste. If Jiangling is handed over to him, my father, Wang Quan, may not rest in peace. But the King of Southwest is not such a waste as Yan Tai. If he can let the people of Jiangling Living and working in peace and contentment can ensure the prosperity of our Chu country, so the military power should naturally be handed over to him. I am also happy to be at leisure, right?"

Yan Hong closed his eyes slightly, and then slowly opened them again: "When my father was alive, he had no interest in the throne of the country, and I followed him in this regard. My painstaking arrangements for so many years were not for that position. I just thought that throughout my father's life, grievances and grievances were clear and upright, he was worthy of heaven and earth, and he was worthy of the people of Chu State, but he ended up being poisoned and died young. As a son, I must give him back statement."

Gao Wu looked at Yan Hong, and he let out a long sigh after a long time: "My lord has indeed grown up. We have underestimated you for so many years. It is not that we have not suspected the cause of the old lord's death back then, but we have not found any real evidence. It's made you bear the burden of humiliation for so many years, and we old guys didn't help much."

Yan Hong laughed: "Uncle, please don't say such things. I may be fine with these schemes, but if you really go into battle and kill the enemy, you still have to rely on a few uncles. If you are 'old things', I will But I don’t have the confidence to defeat them.” He lowered his head and rubbed his fingers lightly, “Back then, Yan Tai bribed the servants in my mansion, and poisoned the wound medicine that my father often used, even the doctor in the mansion I couldn't see it, I just thought he was suffering from a sudden illness. But you also know my mother, in her eyes my father is omnipotent, you have to tell her that my father was killed by an enemy general while marching in the army , she may not have any reaction, but if you want to say that my father stayed in the mansion well and died suddenly, then she will not accept it."

After he finished speaking, he wiped his face: "It's not a matter of bearing humiliation. There are uncles in the army who sit in command and don't need to worry about it. I haven't done any hard work. After all, I've been eating, drinking and having fun for so many years, and I feel comfortable."

Gao Wu looked at him for a while, and a smile suddenly appeared on his dark face: "I just said that the son of the old prince, how could he be a waste material."

Yan Hong stretched out his arms lazily: "When all this is understood, I'd better be a good-for-nothing." He sneezed suddenly as he was speaking, and pointed to the city outside the city, which was getting closer and closer. Fleet, "When the Southwest King's people arrive, let them settle outside the city. I will go back home and change my clothes, and then I will go over and say hello to them."

Gao Wu nodded: "Leave the military affairs to us."

Yan Hong laughed and saluted Gao Wu: "Please trouble Uncle."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked down the tower.Qing Xin, who was guarding not far away, immediately followed, and the two went down the city wall side by side.Standing on the tower, Gao Wu looked at his figure as he walked further and further away, showing a rather gratified smile.

Qingxin followed Yan Hong down the city wall until Gao Wu's figure on the tower could no longer be seen, then said softly: "Just now, when the lord was talking to General Gao, my subordinate went around the city and asked about it by the way. Even though everything is going on as usual, and there are people taking care of daily affairs, but their Madam Su, who never shows her true face, has left Jiangling long ago."

The author has something to say:

I went out to do some errands in the morning, and I was delayed in coding, so I was a little late.

Before the two reunited, they probably just switched perspectives back and forth.Let's deal with the matters on both sides, and the reunion is not far away.

Try to be on time tomorrow.See you tomorrow.