[Southern Song Dynasty] Splendid mountains and rivers

On the Yanzhou official road, a group of chariots and horses slowly headed south.

It's the beginning of spring now, the ice and snow have melted a lot, and the official road is smooth all the way.Zhao Yuan and Zhong Yi rode a white horse and took a group of female relatives from Jianzhou to Bei'an Prefecture, Jizhou, and Yanzhou.On the way, Concubine Wang expressed her dissatisfaction with this, but was lightly and deftly uncovered by Zhao Yuan saying, "He is the one who saved me".

Was it the young man in front of him who rescued Rou Fu at the Liu Family Temple that day?

Immediately, Wang Guifei became very pleasant to Zhong Yi.

Due to the inconvenience of moving with the female relatives, when the two of them approached Yanjing City, it was already the season full of peach blossoms.Perhaps because of frequent wars, the originally prosperous city of Yanjing has shown signs of decline, and Song soldiers with spears on their backs can be seen everywhere on the street.Occasionally, two passers-by dressed as Liao people just hurried past with their heads down, not daring to make a sound.

Zhong Yile stopped his horse and said with a smile, "We're here."

"En." Zhao Yuan nodded, indicating that he already knew.

Zhong Yi suddenly turned his head and took a deep look at her, as if he wanted to imprint all of her appearance in his mind at this time.She had a premonition that something was wrong, and sure enough, she saw her general get off his horse, take half a step back, put on his armor neatly and salute, and said in his usual serious and rigid tone: "Your Majesty, welcome the Empress."

……Again.

Zhao Yuan glared at Zhong Yi resentfully, but he could only see the young man with his head bowed, the red tassels on his hat hanging down softly, and his long and thick eyelashes completely covering his eyes.

Well, there is nothing wrong with being careful.

Zhao Yuan also got off his horse, came to the carriage, and said softly: "Mother Concubine, we are here."

A hand slowly stretched out from the carriage. It was white and clean, and there was no trace of redness, swelling and festering, but it was no longer young.Zhao Yuan was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his arm, held that hand steadily, and watched Wang Guifei poking out half of her body reservedly and proudly. On the side of the neck, the expression is calm and indifferent.

"Rou Fu worked hard."

Wang Guifei smiled at Zhao Yuan restrainedly and calmly, supported Zhao Yuan's arm, and stepped out of the carriage gracefully.Immediately followed by Empress Shunde, Empress Maode... Zhao Yuan didn't pay attention, and suddenly there was a soft little thing beside her calf. Looking down, her youngest sister was pouting and hugging her calf, with tears in her eyes. Wang Wang looked at her.

"Sister Roufu, hug me." Little Diji opened her eyes with misty tears, and almost cried with her mouth pursed.

Concubine Wang pursed her lips and smiled reservedly, showing all the arrogance of a concubine to the officials who came to greet her.Zhao Yuan picked up the little Di Ji, and at the same time felt ashamed of himself for a long time.Such a complete aristocratic style, even if she was killed, she would not be able to do it.

Things are going well.

Zong Ze has been operating in Yanjing City for a long time, so when the concubines arrived in Yanjing, they immediately received the highest standard of courtesy.However, Zhao Yuan heard two pieces of news that terrified her.

The first one, Zong Ze was shot by an arrow half a month ago, and now he is dying in bed.

Second, when she secretly went to Shangjing to pick up Zhao You and Zhao Huan, Zhao Gou gathered all his cronies and ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Yanjing City.

how come? ...

Although she was surprised that Zhao Gou proclaimed himself emperor, she was not surprised at all.Ke Zongze...

Yan Yun has not recovered, Liao and Jin have not yet settled down, why can't General Zong die?

She clearly remembered that Zong Ze only...

"The general was hit by an arrow in his knee, and the poison was poisoned on the arrow. It has been extremely difficult to support him until now." That's what the imperial doctor Ling, who was suspected of being a quack doctor, said to her.At that time, she really hated herself. Why didn't she study medicine in her previous life? If she had studied medicine in her previous life, she might have been able to extend the life of General Zong for two more years in the Southern Song Dynasty, where medical standards were low.

But it was too late.

Zongze's left leg turned black from the knee down, and the toxin had spread to his heart.Every day he sleeps in a daze for eleven or twelve hours, and the first thing he says when he wakes up is always: "Keep the news of this old man's poisoning dead! Take down Yanyun! Take down Yanyun!"

Zhao Yuan stood outside the door of Zongze's room, and when he heard him exhausting all his strength and struggling to say the words "take down Yanyun", he couldn't hold back anymore, turned around and hugged Zhong Yi, and fell on his chest, Wept bitterly.

No one knows that in the original time and space, Zong Ze shouted "Cross the river" three times, and died with eternal regret.

Now... Now that Yanyun has not recovered from the Liao and Jin Dynasties, this general who has worked hard and fought all his life, once again...

Enough is enough.

"Di Ji."

Zhong Yi called her in a low voice, stretched out his hand to pat her on the back, but in the end he clenched his fist and put it on his lips and coughed lightly, "Emperor Ji can't. I..."

"Shut up." Zhao Yuan raised his head with red eyes, and gave him a hard look, "Ben Diji loves to hug you and cry, can't she?"

"Chen..." Zhong Yi's eyes were also slightly red, for Zongze and for her.

He turned his head away and said in a barely perceptible voice: "If the concubine does not abandon her, I will protect her from the wind and rain forever."

But not right now.

God knows how many pairs of eyes are staring around, and God knows how sharp the history pens of the officials are.If they made a half-step mistake, they would be impeached by Yushitai immediately, and what awaited them immediately would be overwhelming curses.

It's fine for him himself, but Di Ji, how can he endure these foul words?

"Emperor Ji." Zhong Yi softened his tone, and comforted him in a low voice, "I know that Di Ji is sad. But General Zong was injured this time, so he kept it from everyone, and even the minister never heard anything about it. Presumably In General Zong's heart, Yan Yun is the number one."

Zhao Yuan nodded, said with red eyes, "Not bad."

"Emperor Ji grieves Ruosi, but it doesn't help the matter, why not... huh?"

Zhao Yuan grabbed his collar, stared into his eyes, and said word by word: "Follow me."

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Zong Ze has been ill for half a month.

On the day when he led his troops to break through Jizhou, he was plotted against and hit by a cold arrow, and then he fell down suddenly.

No one knew that General Zong was injured, and everyone heard the news that General Zong was going back to Yanjing City to take over the central army and take charge of the entire battle.

What a good reason, what a good excuse!

Zongze suffered day by day, and he didn't tell anyone except the doctor order who detoxified him and the two closest soldiers.He was waiting, waiting for the moment when Yan Yun took back all of Song Tu, waiting for his lifelong wish to finally be fulfilled, waiting for...

"Report-"

A hurried voice with ecstasy came from afar.

"The two emperors welcome back! The kings welcome back! Confucianism and Wuzhou are restored!"

He heard a familiar and gentle voice, like the sounds of nature:

"General, it's me, Roufu."

"Father and Brother Huang are in Yanjing City at this moment, are you going to meet them? Uh... Sister, please see Brother Huang!"

Is the official here?

Zong Ze was a little apprehensive and anxious.He tried hard to open his eyes and get up, but he just moved his fingers in vain, and there was a sharp pain in his left knee, which was so painful.

He heard Roufu Diji say again: "Respectfully send off the emperor's brother and father... the night is already dark, you can wait for the general to sleep."

Well, is it late at night?

Zong Ze's spirit relaxed, and he fell into a deep darkness before falling into a deep sleep.

It didn't seem long, and it seemed that three days and two nights had passed, when he heard another urgent cry:

"Report-"

"The three prefectures of Xin, Wei, and Xiang--"

Well.

These kids are not bad.

Zongze thought about it with relief, and suddenly heard Roufu Diji muttering beside him: "Why is the general still awake? If you don't wake up again, this emperor Ji Ji and her son-in-law will go and beat down the entire Yanyun Sixteen States. Don’t leave it to him at all! Hmph!”

The last word 'hum' sounds childish.

Well, Di Ji is only 16 years old this year.

Zong Ze really wanted to laugh heartily, but the sharp pain in his left knee had gradually spread to his chest.He tried his best to shout "Take Yanyun down", and then fell into a deep sleep.

He is too tired.

The hard work of the whole winter, the constant battle for years...

"Report-"

"The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are all restored, the officials summoned, and the generals sacrificed to the heavens!"

The rumbling drums sounded, and the soldiers howled bravely, and the sound shook the sky.

It seems to be "The King of Qin Breaks the Battle" from the previous dynasty, and it seems to be a real battlefield, where bloody battles...

enough.he thinks.

Yan Yun has recovered, and the second emperor welcomes him back. He has no regrets anymore and can sleep peacefully.

One sleep is eternal sleep.

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"...the general is dead."

The imperial doctor Ling who looked more and more like a quack doctor said to Zhao Yuan tremblingly.

Zhao Yuan's eyes were red, and he fiddled with the sand table in front of him silently.Zong Ze took down most of Yanyun with his own hands, and almost wiped out all the Liao and Jin people in the east of Taihang Mountain.Of course, thanks to Zhong Yi’s fire that burned all the grass, the horses of the Jin people starved to death, and the horses of the Song people were about to faint from hunger.

The entire Yanyun Sixteen States were neatly divided into east and west halves by the Taihang Mountains.

To the east, there are vast and endless plains; to the west, there are rolling mountains.

It is already easy to take down the east side of Yanyun, but it will take a lot of time to take down the west side of Yanyun.

Because the entire Yandi was assimilated by the Liao Kingdom for hundreds of years.Among these lofty mountains, the army couldn't use it, even if they wanted to create a few incidents of acid disfigurement, they couldn't do it.

So, yes, she lied to Zong Ze.

She pretended to be Hongling's urgent envoy to send a message, pretending that a long time had passed, so long that Zongze thought that they had really won the entire Sixteen States of Yanyun, and only then, amidst the sound of drums shaking the sky, left with a smile on her face. go.

This is probably... the best ending.

This lifelong veteran of the army was buried forever on the vast land of Yanyun. Accompanied by eternal war songs and blood, he will sleep forever.

A piece of brocade robe appeared in her sight, followed by Zhao Gou's gentle but gloomy voice:

"Roufu is going to Beijing. It's been a hard journey. Why don't you sit with me for a while and have some refreshments?"