[Southern Song Dynasty] Splendid mountains and rivers

The surrounding atmosphere suddenly cooled down.

Everyone present lowered their heads, staring at the tips of their toes, silent.In that battle that year, the sky was dark, the sun was dark, the sun was dark, the western army was wiped out, and the Chong family... except for the thirteen sons of the Chong family who sent troops to Yanzhou to the east, all died.

Just as Zhong Yi said, if he hadn't been in Yanzhou at that time, I am afraid that the Zhong clan would only be left with side branches outside the five clothes.

Zhong Yi tightly held the sword in his hand, the coldness in his eyes grew a bit more.The people around moved their toes to make way for him.He turned his head slowly and glanced at Zhao Yuan, with various emotions intertwined and surging in his eyes, which were dark and inexplicable.

Zhao Yuan walked up to him and whispered, "I'll go with you."

He clenched the long sword in his hand, his knuckles turned white slightly: "Okay."

The envoy from Xixia was an old man in his seventies.As soon as he saw Zhong Yi, he began to tell about Xixia's internal and external troubles with tears in his eyes.Now the King of Xixia is sympathetic to Major General Zhong who lost his life when he was young, and has spent a whole year of energy beheading the heads of these rebel leaders, and presenting them as gifts to Major General Zhong, hoping that the Major General will be satisfied...

Major General Zhong had a cold face, sitting on top without saying a word, his eyes were as deep as ink.

While wiping away his tears, the old envoy ordered his subordinates to present several boxes and opened them in front of Zhong Yi.There were several bloody human heads in the box, exuding a slight rotten smell, and most of the maidservants present screamed and fainted.

"Enough!" Zhong Yi stood up, then looked at Zhao Yuan worriedly.He worried that she would not be able to bear it.

But Zhao Yuan still stood calmly, without fainting or showing any signs of fear.

"Major General calm down..." The old envoy wiped away his tears again, and said hoarsely, "Our Majesty is grateful for the filial son of the Major General, and sent me this old bone specially, specially..."

"Enough, enough." Zhong Yi said two words slowly, and with a clang, he drew out the sword on his waist.

The old envoy turned a deaf ear, and was still chattering about how much their majesty loved the major general.

The snow-white long sword shone coldly, and chopped off the mahogany boxes one by one.Heads rolled to the ground, and one rolled to the old messenger's feet, which made him take two steps back in shock, looking as if he was about to faint.

"Nine years ago, the Song Dynasty won [-] consecutive victories. Xixia was defeated and entered Liao in a hurry. The Liao Emperor asked the Emperor to mediate the war. The Liao Emperor sent envoys to Bianliang to force the Song Dynasty to retreat, cede the land, and make peace with Xixia."

"Six years ago, the Kingdom of Jin invaded Liao, Xixia sent troops to Yinshan Mountain, the troops were defeated and fled."

"Four years ago, the Emperor of Liao fled westward, and the King of Xixia descended to Biao, tied up the Emperor of Liao with his own hands, and handed it over to the golden general."

"A year ago..."

Zhong Yi walked towards the Xixia envoy step by step, every step he took, the face of the Xixia envoy turned pale; every time he said a word, the Xixia envoy broke out in cold sweat.

"When the King of Xixia was young, in order to avoid the mother's arbitrariness, he asked the Emperor of Liao to give the princess his concubine. The Emperor of Liao agreed. But later... Heh, even the Emperor of Liao himself did not expect that this Liao's son-in-law and Xixia The king, will you go back on your word?"

"Ah……"

"Do you think I will believe what you just said, even a single word?"

The sharp long sword touched the Xixia envoy's throat, and his whole body glowed with a biting coldness, just like the cold and dark eyes of Major General Zhong, which made people feel chills all over his body.

"Then let me guess why the king of Xixia did this. An old man in his dying years, with a few bloody heads... He wouldn't think that if he could fool me, a stunned young man, so that Da Song and Xixia would be spared In the first battle, he should be the top choice; if he can't deceive me, he will die only half of the body, huh?"

The cold voice was like a demon from hell, full of bloodthirsty ferocity.Until then, he really looked like a young general who was on the bloody battlefield, not a lonely boy like a green pine.

"Am I guessing right? Xixia, the messenger."

The Xixia envoy staggered two steps in fright, tripped over a bloody human head, and shook like chaff.

"These heads are just death row prisoners, right?" He glanced at the heads on the ground, his smile became colder, "Would the King of Xixia be willing to kill people who can wipe out all the families?"

This time the Xixia envoy's face was really pale, as pale as death.

Zhong Yi looked at the Xixia envoy as if he was looking at a dead person.

general...

Zhao Yuan opened his mouth to shout, but stopped abruptly.She lowered her head sadly, feeling a little guilty.Last night, she also said that he has changed, but how has he changed... He is still the same as before, he takes everything on his own and doesn't talk about it, no matter how uncomfortable he feels, he insists on not saying it...

Presumably to him, the word Xixia, every word is stained with blood and tears?

She always thought that he had recovered.

But now it seems that these emotions were just suppressed too deeply by him, and he never expressed them.

"What else do the Xixia envoys have to say to this general?" He lowered his head and pointed his sharp sword point at the Xixia envoy's throat. General Ben is very satisfied with his gift, really...satisfied, satisfied, obtained, very satisfied."

He said the last few words very calmly, but the Xi Xia envoy's face turned even paler.

"roll."

The Xixia envoy "rolled" dragging his dying body.The maidservants were dizzy and weeping, so they had to bring Zhao Yuan to clean up the heads himself.Zhong Yi stood quietly, motionless, like a stone sculpture thousands of years ago, silencing all emotions.

"General."

A low call startled him, he turned his head, with a blank expression on his face, and said mockingly, "Even Di Ji saw it."

"Ai?"

"I never... never want you to see the side." He slowly closed his eyes, and smiled bitterly, "If you think I'm bored, or bloodthirsty, or... I don't blame you."

Zhao Yuan looked at him quietly for a moment, then stepped forward, wrapping his hands around his thin waist.

"Emperor Ji!..." Zhong Yi was startled, subconsciously wanting to break free.

"This is the other side of me that you have never seen, do you despise me?" She raised her head, with a hint of anger in her clear pupils.

"minister……"

"Here again. I said I don't like this, do you dislike me?"

"I... Yuan Yuan, I..." He murmured for a moment, his expression was slightly pained, and his voice was a little lower, "Don't do that, Yuan Yuan, my heart aches."

—Don't do that.

——I feel bad.

She clenched his armor bit by bit, curled the corners of her mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "My hands are stained with much more blood than you; I am also more cruel than you." Much more; I..."

"Don't say any more." He shook his head, gently but firmly pushed her away, "Don't say any more, Yuan Yuan."

Her hands froze in mid-air, and then slowly dropped down again.

"Do you know what the official called for me?" He lowered his head, looked into her eyes, and said word by word: "Jun Yan."

Jun Yan.

Jun Yan.

Jun...

She clenched her sleeves tightly, and then slowly loosened them, with a very faint smile on her lips: "Okay. I see, it's also very good."

"Just now, you were tired." Zhong Yi also showed a very faint smile, "In the future, I will leave it to the people of the Western Army to clean up the filth. Otherwise, I will have to trouble these boys for a while back."

"Ai?"

Zhong Yi pretended to smile lightly: "They will 'entertain' them well."

"Okay... okay." Zhao Yuan pulled the corner of his mouth, and his smile softened a little, "Then, shall we continue to discuss the method of marching and setting up formations, or go out for an outing?"

Zhong Yi let out a muffled laugh: "Well, let's go for an outing, and by the way, discuss the method of marching formation."

It is definitely not a pleasant thing to go outing when the ice has not melted and the snow has not melted.

But she knew that Zhong Yi was in a panic, and Zhong Yi knew it too.Wrapped in sable furs and weathering the chilly spring, the two each led a war horse and walked slowly along the river bank.In order to distract him, Zhao Yuan didn't mention the matter of Xixia, but instilled in him a lot of "heroic deeds" of the Mongols, such as slaughtering the city, such as being brave and good at fighting.Zhong Yizai listened carefully, and finally asked Zhao Yuan how he planned to deal with these "extremely powerful" Mongols.

"Just like the Kingdom of Jin, divide and dissolve." Zhao Yuan blurted out without thinking.

"Oh? Why?" Zhong Yi was curious.

Zhao Yuan explained: "The Mongols live by water and grass, and they have never been unified for thousands of years. If we hadn't met a powerful Khan... what we have to do now is to divide them into small tribes one after another. , live your own little life quietly, be content with a nomadic life, never, never be strong..."

"I thought Yuan Yuan would think about getting rid of this scourge completely."

"Impossible." Zhao Yuan shook his head, "Turkic, Wuhuan, Rouran, Donghu... Which of these scourges has been 'completely wiped out'? Moreover, the current national power of the Song Dynasty is still weak, swallowing up a Xixia , A Liao country, and it needs to be done every step of the way, let alone Mongolia? Ah... just now, I didn't mean to mention Xixia just now..."

"It's okay."

"Ai?"

He stopped, stretched out his hand to straighten the fluff on Zhao Yuan's collar, his dark eyes gradually revealed a bit of tenderness.

"It's okay."

If because of the matter just now, he wants to vent his anger on his most beloved woman, is that still a person?

Besides she...she's been...trying to appease him.

"I've always known that you are a calm and bold woman." He smiled slightly, looked at her, and said to her word for word, "But your appearance just now, um, Yuan Yuan, you really aren't afraid of that What's in the box?"

Zhao Yuan blinked, and lowered his head with some guilt: "Actually, I'm still scared."