[Southern Song Dynasty] Splendid mountains and rivers

These days, it's really a bit sad.

Zhao Yuan was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, even though his brain was in severe pain, his mind was still awake.True, she was woefully insomnia.Since the beginning of summer, she has seldom been able to sleep peacefully for a good night's sleep.First, the flood of the Yellow River caused disasters, then Zhao Gou and Zhao Ji secretly pinched each other, and then such a big change happened in Zhongyi's family...

She even felt that under such a highly tense nerve, she could still hold on without falling, which is really a rare thing.

The two rough glass lenses had already been taken away by Zhong Yi.Before leaving, he also carefully asked how to use the lens, probably because he wanted to find someone to make a shelf and then imitate it.But right now, there are no more than [-] glass craftsmen in the Song Dynasty, and half of them have been kidnapped by the Jin people.

Difficult, such as, climbing, day.

Zhao Yuan rubbed his eyebrows wearily, and suddenly understood the feelings of the three young wives of the Chong family who committed suicide.At that moment just now, she also really wanted to leave everything behind and rush to Naihe Bridge. After drinking the Wangchuan water, there was nothing left. think, don't... think...

The sky was twilight outside the window, and she finally fell asleep deeply.

This sleep lasted for two days and two nights.

After waking up, my body was sore and the pain was severe, and my mind was still dizzy and I couldn't think of anything.He drowsily went to take a hot bath and chewed some mint leaves, finally clearing up his mind.She sat in the room for a while, took the charcoal pencil for tracing eyebrows, and wrote down the important things at the moment stroke by stroke.

Huazhou must go again, no, twice.

Yanjing has to go back no matter what, whether it's for Zhong Yi, or for Zhao Ji and Zhao Gou.

Shangjing...

Her head started hurting again.That cheap imperial brother, Zhao Huan, never did a single normal thing from the beginning to the end.It is said that after Zhao Ji became "ill", he hurried back to visit him once, and then slipped back to Shangjing before Zhao Gou arrived.I don't know where he has the courage to stay in Shangjing for half a year.

Also, Yelu Dashi.

The charcoal pencil stopped firmly behind the four characters Yelu Dashi, and there was a slight tingling in his head.Unknowingly, she drew another line after Yelu Dashi's name, and wrote: Xixia.

If Zhong Yi wanted to erase the entire Xixia Kingdom from the map, she would support him no matter what.

The night before yesterday, he was coughing blood in her arms, and his appearance really frightened her.

And there is...

"Di Ji."

There was a sound of knocking on the door outside, and the young man's deep voice showed a bit of fatigue.

She put away the charcoal pencil, stuffed the note into her bosom again, rubbed it a few times, and said: "General, come in."

The door opened silently.

Zhong Yi stood quietly by the door, much thinner than before, with extremely complicated emotions surging in his dark eyes.

Zhao Yuan was slightly taken aback, then suddenly smiled: "Young General looks pretty good today."

Zhong Yi gave a low "huh" and frowned slightly, as if he was a little hesitant, and also seemed a little...painful.

"I thought of a way just now." She said to him, "If my prediction is correct, the Liao people have fled to the west of Xixia Kingdom."

Zhong Yi showed a slightly surprised expression, which soon disappeared into nothingness.He took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, walked towards Zhao Yuan step by step, and stretched out his hand to her: "Follow me."

Zhao Yuan was startled, slowly raised his hand, and put it in his palm.

The boy's hands were a little cold, but they were still as calm and powerful as ever.

She followed him through the long corridor, wordlessly led the horse, and walked slowly on the still bustling street.Zhong Yi's filial obedience was not removed, and passers-by saw him, but they just bowed respectfully, said "Mr. Shaolang" and then avoided.Zhong Yi seemed to be getting more and more dull today, and after slowly leading her to the outskirts of the city, he said in a low voice, "The Liao people have already handed me a letter."

Zhao Yuan let out a soft "噫".

"Just a few days ago." He said, and remained silent for a moment, looking back at Zhao Yuan who was dressed in plain clothes, with no powder on his face, and a faint blue color had already appeared under his eyes.The long ink-colored hair pouring like water is only tied loosely with a white jade hairpin, it is really very clean.

"Rou Fu..." He called her in a low voice, with pain and self-blame intertwined in his eyes, and his pace slowed down more and more.There is a stretch of rolling peaks outside the city, like a shadowy mountain thousands of miles away.He slowly led her over, and as far as the eye could see, there were tombs, big and small, with tombstones standing silently, and there were a few new ones that hadn't been erected for a long time.

He stopped, drew out his long sword with a choke, and said word by word: "Kneel down."

Oh……

Zhao Yuan smiled very lightly, took off the decorations and ribbons that represented Diji on his body, put them in the bag on the horse's back, and then quietly knelt down by Zhong Yi's side.

There was a cold light on the tip of the sword, and it touched the tip of her nose, trembling slightly.

"...Bold and reckless, offending the spirit of the ancestors... Today..."

Not only was his hand holding the sword a little unsteady, but even his voice was extremely hoarse.Zhao Yuan was even a little worried, if this continued, would he cough up blood again.

That night, she was really...offended.

As the only surviving heir of the family, it was only natural for him to regain some face for the spirit of the ancestors.

She understands his hard work and his helplessness, but... can she be a little faster?

The only time he knelt down twice in his life was in front of the ancestors of the Zhong family.

laugh.

A section of long, ink-like hair fell to the ground in an instant, and some blood streaked slightly from the snow-white neck.The long sword finally fell to the ground with a clang, and he supported her steadily, then knelt down straight in front of her, his voice was hoarse: "I offend the emperor, the crime should be punished."

Is it over?

She reached out to help him up, but found that his body was heavy. No matter how hard he pulled, he still knelt straight in front of her, his thin lips were tightly pressed, and his slender and strong knuckles trembled slightly, as if he wanted to push her away. Her wrist seemed to hold her tightly again, and after a long time, only a trembling sentence remained: "Please Diji... don't want to..."

this person...

She bent down and wanted to hug him, but he resolutely dodged away.

"The minister has not yet given up."

She stopped moving.

"Di Ji."

Zhong Yi opened his mouth with difficulty, his voice was much calmer than the previous few days.

"I need to keep filial piety for my father and brother for three years, and don't leave Shuozhou.

"Yeah." Although Da Song's etiquette system is very annoying, she has no way to change it for the time being, so she can only accept it.

"Emperor Concubine lied to my minister before." Zhong Yi suddenly smiled, but it was uglier than crying, "Emperor Concubine is only three years younger than my minister. By the day I get rid of my concubine, Di Concubine is already two years old." This is the first. Second, the minister is born as the son of a family, so he must..."

"enough."

She bent down, looked straight into his eyes, and asked bluntly, "Do you love me?"

"..."

It was the first time for Zhong Yi to hear such bold remarks, and he was speechless for a while.

"If you love me, the first reason is rejected; the second reason is not considered." She looked into his eyes quietly, trying to find some clues in those dark eyes, "in front of me In front of you, and in front of your deceased father, brother, grandfather, aunt and sister-in-law, tell me, do you have a little bit of me in your heart?"

He opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound.

How can you not love?

He had long regarded her... regarded her as... an existence that surpassed his life.

"If you don't talk, I'll take it as your acquiescence." She stood up, unconsciously drew circles on the ground with her toes, and said to him with her fingers, "First, I don't like my husband kneeling on me very much. The husband who doesn't like me belittles himself; the second, I don't like early marriage, not at all, it's just right to remarry in two years, unless you despise my old age; the third, I have worshiped since childhood Even if the two are in love, this Emperor Ji has always been bold and good at turning the sky..."

She counted one by one, and each one hit his heart hard.

"Unless you don't love me anymore, then I'll leave immediately and disappear from your sight from now on." She raised her head, took a deep breath, and also pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying, "Nuo, as long as you tell me that you don't like me anymore, you don't like me at all, and you hate me to the core, I will go back to Yanjing immediately, and I will never have any contact with you."

"I……"

He opened his mouth several times, but couldn't make a sound.

Every word Di Ji uttered was a stab in his heart.He was even annoyed at himself, why did he want to provoke Di Ji back then, even if he wanted to give up now, he couldn't let go at all.

If I had kept this intention silently in my heart from the beginning, wouldn't there be so many troubles now?

"Do you have the heart to see me being bullied?" Her voice gradually dropped, "Have the heart to let me marry someone I don't like, endure his blind eyes and abuse for a lifetime, and spend every night under his body ..."

"enough!"

He yelled in a low voice, his eyes slightly flushed.

How can you bear...

How can you bear it!

He wished he could take good care of her in his arms, love her, pet her and protect her for the rest of his life!

Zhong Yi raised his head and stared deeply at Di Ji, his reddish eye sockets were faintly wet.

Di Ji also looked at him quietly, some blood beads gradually oozed from her snow-white neck, which was ferocious and glaring.It was stabbed by him with a sword just now, although it only scratched the skin a little, it has completely hurt his eyes.

"Di Ji..."

"Hear me out."

She leaned over and sat beside him, looked at him, and said word by word:

"I will remove the scourges around the Song Dynasty one by one. Whether it is Jin, Liao, or Xixia."

"I promise you that there will be no more border dangers, no more sword troubles."

"Wait until then...you marry me, okay?"

The word "good" almost blurted out, but he swallowed it abruptly.

"You see, the Liao Kingdom can no longer hold back. As long as we have the right chips in our hands, they will definitely agree to send troops. On the night when the water of the Yellow River was diverted, you once told me that you must never leave. Now, you actually Are you going to break your promise?"

She sighed leisurely, got up and said: "Let's go back. Didn't you say that the Liao Kingdom has sent someone here? I want to see him."

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Since the Liao Emperor was captured by the Jin Emperor, the life of the ministers of the Liao Kingdom has become more and more difficult every day.

The first Liao envoy went to Yanyun, and signed a memorandum of cooperation with Li Gang and Li Xianggong with great humiliation. After returning, he was depressed for a while.Not long ago, I heard that Xixia was fighting with the Song Dynasty, and the Song people won miserably, but most of the main guards guarding the border fell.The ministers of the Liao Kingdom felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so they secretly sent envoys to Daizhou.

If this kind of thing is not handled properly, it will be a crime of privately collaborating with the enemy country.

Zhong Yi had always been mature and steady, so within three or two days, he issued more than a dozen memorials, clearing the way neatly.Even the most picky officials at Yushitai couldn't find any faults, which is really rare.

When the Liao envoy arrived, Zhong's family and family were withered, and only Zhong Yi was left alone to meet guests in front of the hall, which was quite desolate.

Zhong Yi could tell at a glance that the Liao envoy who came this time was not the same Liao envoy who went back to find Li Gang.

The Liao envoy last time spoke in a polite and official accent.But this time, this one simply stood in front of the hall, and immediately he was full of chilling intentions.Zhong Yi immediately concluded that this was a Liao general who had seen blood on the battlefield, and he might be a victorious general.

When asked his name, he couldn't help but froze for a moment.

The Liao envoy's name was Yelu Dashi.

Although Yelu Dashi was not well-known among the Song people, the Chong family had dozens of frictions with the Liao people, and he had also heard of Yelu Dashi's name.Especially when Zhao Yuan asked to be careful of Yelu Dashi earlier, he was very impressed with him.

Zhao Yuan dressed up as a clerk, and wrapped a layer of gauze around his neck, and stared at Yelu Dashi for a long time.

... It turns out that Yelu Dashi looks like this.

...It is not the same as what is drawn in the history books!

After many thoughts flashed through her mind in a mess, she slowly took a pen to record the conversation between the two.Although she has copied the thin gold script, the best one is written in small script with hairpin flowers.I am grateful to my parents in my previous life for forcing me to practice calligraphy diligently, otherwise I would definitely become semi-literate in the Song Dynasty.

"The general is a young talent, and even the clerk is a young talent." Yelu Dashi spoke substandard Bianliang Mandarin, with a very kind expression on his face.

Zhong Yi really didn't have the patience to play Tai Chi with him, so he simply asked directly: "I don't know why the Liao envoy came here this time?"

Yelu Dashi carefully considered his words, and after about half a quarter of an hour, he asked with some uncertainty: "I heard earlier that it was not Yue Fei who went east to Bei'an Prefecture to welcome back Emperor Jingkang, but the Chong family. A young man?"

Zhong Yi didn't answer, but waited for his next words.

"Now our Majesty is still in Beijing, suffering from severe cold." Yelu Dashi mentioned vaguely.

Before Major General Zhong could answer, the clerk beside him had already put down his pen, looked at the Liao man very seriously, and said very seriously: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Liao now?"

Yelu Dashi was taken aback for a moment, then slammed the table, furious.

"Are you so unruly in General Zhong's mansion!"

"I can take back Emperor Liao." The clerk turned a deaf ear, and his tone was soft, like a woman, "But as a bargaining chip in exchange, you need to join hands with Song Dynasty to encircle Xixia."

"What? You!..."

"Diji!..."

Yelu Dashi and Zhong Yi opened their mouths at the same time, and they were both startled.Yelu Dashi was shocked that there was actually a concubine in front of him; Zhong Yi was shocked that the concubine actually wanted to join hands with the Liao people to attack Xixia.

"I don't need you to send too many people, after all, the main battlefield is here." She played with the Langhao pen in her hand, and said seemingly casually, "But I heard that the Liao Kingdom is now in the west of Xixia, and it is still ready Sending troops to Dashi and Persia, I don’t know if there are fine blood horses in hand?”

As soon as the word "good-bred sweat-blooded horse" came out, Zhong Yi's whole body shook, and Yelu Dashi took two steps back in shock.

Yelu Dashi had heard before that there was an extremely powerful concubine in the Song Kingdom, and even the Minister of the Privy Council obeyed her.He originally thought that the rumors were just nonsense, but now it seems that this Empress in front of him is really not to be underestimated.

The whole country of Liao Kingdom has moved to the west of Xixia, and it is even preparing to send troops to Dashi and Persia. This is an extremely high-level secret, and even the Minister of Liao Kingdom may not know it. Can it not shock him!

He collected himself, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know if this Empress Dowager can be Emperor Song's master?"