a pillow in autumn

In the western frontier fortress, the night wind was fierce, and the bonfire was gradually extinguished. The soldiers on patrol whispered a few words when they were shifting, and then walked away.

Sitting alone in the tent, Zhou Mubai took out a letter from his arms, read the handwriting on the letter under the candle, it became more elegant and elegant, and he was extremely familiar.Suddenly I remembered the apricot flower paper I saw in the scroll not long after my wedding, "Thinking is like the late moon, and I can't send it if I want to send it."

My heart warmed, and then I sighed again.

The thin letter paper was still in his hand, Mubai took it into his mind and read it carefully, the letter described everything in the capital, Princess Min added a little princess for the second prince, and the fourth prince Zhou Muyi Yunzhou disaster relief, with mediocre achievements, only returned to Beijing Returning to life, Prince Bao has been sealed a few days ago.

The emperor intends to marry the daughter of Shaoqing from Taichang Temple to Prince Bao, but Zhou Muyi asks the queen to make things up for her. He also asks Duke Jingguo to help write a letter, wishing to marry the third lady of the Jiang family.However, the Jiang family's three generations of imperial merchants, according to the system, merchants are not affiliated with famous families, Zhou Lin has put this matter aside for the time being, fearing that good things will not come true.

I wrote several pages of disturbing current affairs, and only wrote a short poem at the end of the letter. "Deeper dew, make-up in front of the stage, water across the sky, swan geese return to the book late, the vastness of thousands of miles, don't bully each other, the night is cool and the west is cold, you can add clothes."

Three to five or seven words, as if it's hard to describe what's on your mind.

Zhou Mubai opened the letter, and her thoughts had already flown to Ruijing thousands of miles away. She was thinking of her wife, sitting alone in front of the dressing table. The night was so deep and the water was so cold. .There are frequent wars in the western frontier, she can't tell her to go home early, she can only say, Yehan adds clothes.

Zhou Mubai suddenly felt homesick.It's not Prince Rui's Mansion with double eaves and verandas, nor is it the other courtyard where he wants to live in Hezhou for more than half a year.Instead, there is a place for Shen Xianqian.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Deputy Dianjun asks to see you." The voice of the guard outside the door interrupted her thoughts.

It was already very late, Zhou Mubai couldn't help but paused, but still said: "Come in."

Shen Youtang lifted the curtain of the curtain and came in with a slight bend. Mu Bai said, "You still come to look for me so late at night, but what happened?" Bai Ming was startled for a moment, and immediately walked sideways around Shen Youtang and walked out of the camp.

Under the moonlight, a handsome and thin young man was standing a few steps away. Hearing the voice, he raised his head, his eyes met Zhou Mubai's bright eyes, and then he stuck out his tongue mischievously, and bowed to the end: "His Royal Highness, it's a pleasure to meet you!" It's a pleasure to meet you. My little brother Di Qingquan has long admired the Red Wing Army, so I'm here to pay you a visit."

Zhou Mubai had received Shen Youtang's warning in advance, and at this moment he couldn't help but gritted his teeth, pointed at the boy and said, "You!!! Why are you so nonsense!!!"

Di Qingquan raised his head and saw Zhou Mubai turned around and entered the big tent. Shen Youtang raised the curtain behind her and made a "please" gesture to the boy.

The young man grinned, and followed into the main tent, only to see Zhou Mubai come out again, and said to Shen Youtang: "Let someone set up a tent, right next to the big tent, and send another team to strengthen the patrol, except... She glared at the boy, and then said: "No one is allowed to enter except Di Qingquan! Those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law!"

"Yes!" Shen Youtang bowed his hands and took the order.Zhou Mubai turned back to the tent again.

"Brother Xiaobai..." Seeing that Zhou Mubai didn't speak, the boy went around to her, looked at her with a tiger face, and said with a smile: "You are becoming more and more like the emperor father, if you frown like this again, you will be ashamed." Getting old."

"Di'er!" Zhou Mubai drank sullenly, and then said angrily: "You are getting more and more courageous! You actually ran to the western frontier alone! From Ruijing to here, there are thousands of miles, so what happens? good!"

This boy is naturally the little princess Zhou Mudi, and now she pouted and said, "It's not that nothing happened."

"I'll send someone to take you back to the palace tomorrow!" Zhou Mubai said decisively.

"I won't go back!" Zhou Mudi was stubborn.

Zhou Mubai said fiercely with a sullen face: "Do you know where this is, not to mention that the battle is ahead, and the Tu clan may attack at any time. In this barracks, there are tens of thousands of horses, all of whom are seven-foot men, and you are a girl." How can you stay for so long, everyone?"

Zhou Mudi muttered softly: "You are not a girl."

"What are you talking about!!!" Zhou Mubai scratched his fists, his eyebrows were all knit together.

"Okay, okay. I haven't seen you for a long time. Why do you just scold me when we meet? You really look like the father." Mu Di couldn't help but pull her sleeves and act like a baby: "You don't even know how many people are in the palace?" Boring, you and the eldest brother have both come to Xizhen, the elder sister followed her brother-in-law and brought the baby back to Jingzhou to visit relatives, the second and fourth brother are in the sea and one is on the mountain, and there is only Zhou Muyu left in the palace. He eats, sleeps, eats and eats, the emperor did not make a mistake in naming him, the whole thing is a wooden fish!"

"So you slipped out?" Zhou Mubai rubbed his forehead and suddenly felt a headache, "The palace must have been turned upside down. The queen mother doesn't know how anxious she is going to be."

"She's not in a hurry." Zhou Mudi bit his lip and turned his head away, with tears slowly filling his eyes.

"Why are you not in a hurry!" Mubai looked at her, sighed for a while and said, "Let's rest tonight. I'll find a way to send you back tomorrow."

"I'm not going back!" Zhou Mudi yelled, "I won't go halfway if you send me back, even if you escort me back, I'm still going to die anyway!"

"Di'er!!!" Zhou Mubai's complexion changed, looking at Zhou Mudi, he saw her big eyes blinking slowly, and two crystal-like teardrops slid down her cheeks.Mu Bai's heart softened when he saw it, and he said softly: "But what happened? Someone in the palace bullied you?"

The candles reflected Zhou Mudi's thin figure, originally handsome and bright young man's robe was stained with the dust along the way, and it was still a little loose on her body, she sniffed, turned her head away, and refused to answer.

Mubai had nothing to do with her, he sighed and said: "The tent should be set up, you are tired all the way, go and rest first. I will send a fast horse to send the news back to Beijing tomorrow, lest father The queen mother is in a hurry, and then send someone to send a letter to the big emperor, is this the head office?"

Mu Di looked at her, the circles of his eyes were still red, and he smiled mischievously: "I knew Brother Xiaobai loved me, and he didn't want me to die."

"You still say!" Mu Bai raised his hand and pretended to hit her, she stuck out her tongue and ran out.

Zhou Mubai thought for a while, and sent someone to send Shen Yan and Shen Lan over, and asked about the passage on the way. The Shen brothers learned that Di Qingquan, who was traveling all the way, turned out to be the little princess, and they were all surprised from ear to ear.

"For today's plan, we all need to keep our mouths shut, and we must not let the army know that there is a princess in the camp." Shen Youtang who came together thought it over.

"General Wei must have met the little princess. You invite him to come tomorrow, and I will tell him personally." Zhou Mubai closed his eyes, as if helpless, and then arranged in a deep voice: "Send some qualified people back to the palace immediately. , and send two more people to deliver a letter to the prince."

"Yes!"

Ji Jun and Ye Jun are already in the shape of horns, riding fast horses alone, they will arrive in two days.On the fifth day, one of the two personal soldiers sent to Yejun to deliver the prince's letter came back alone. As soon as he arrived at the camp, he jumped off his horse and galloped back to the middle camp to report.

"Reporting to Your Highness," the soldier said with a military salute: "The last general and his companions rushed to Ye County to see His Highness the Crown Prince, only to hear that His Highness the Crown Prince led fifty thousand Xuanyi troops to attack Quyang City a few days ago. Today, the army has not yet returned, lest His Royal Highness worry about it, we two agreed that one of us will stay in Yejun with a letter to wait for His Highness the Crown Prince, and the other will return to the camp to report the matter first."

"Attack Quyang City?" Zhou Mubai and Wei Jinpeng looked at each other, and told the soldier to go down to rest first, and then came to the sand table.

There are thousands of miles of yellow sand outside the Great Wall, and an oasis is rare. Quyang City is a city that thrives on a piece of water and green land. People of various ethnic groups live in the city, and business travelers often stop and trade here. After changing hands, the Tu tribe finally occupied the city as a pivotal place for marching supplies.

"Why did the emperor suddenly attack Quyang City?" Zhou Mu raised his brows in puzzlement.

"There are only [-] troops stationed in Quyang City daily, but the square wall is the city and the curved water is the pool. If you stick to it behind closed doors, it is not difficult to last for several months. The Xuanyi Army is only seven or eight days away from Yejun to Quyang. But on the side of Quyang is the Rizhu tribe, which is one of the four major tribes of the Tu tribe. If Rizhu sends troops to rescue them, they can arrive within ten days. It is extremely convenient, so Quyang has been in the Tu tribe for so many years hand." Wei Jinpeng stroked the newly grown green mustache on his chin, and finally said: "Did His Highness receive some rumors that made him resolutely attack Quyang City?"

"I'm afraid the rumors he received were not true." Zhou Mubai frowned.

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

All the people looked at her, and she pondered for a moment, pointing to the Sui River in the sand table and asked, "If the river had not been crossed, how long would it take for the army to reach Quyang City from here?"

"The march will take more than ten days, but if it is the Tu Clan iron cavalry army, I am afraid it will arrive in ten days." Wei Jinpeng has come to his senses, and said in a deep voice: "Five days ago, the vanguard of the Tu Clan who led the troops to attack was exhausted by our army. Killing, the army did not kill the generals, His Highness is worried that they will lure the prince to attack Quyang, and then they will use the oriole to follow?"

"Maybe the Tu clan is going east and west, and at the same time joins the chain plan." Shen Youtang stared at the sand table for a while, then pointed to the location of Quyang City and said: "If we are unable to kill the vanguard army, it must be because we are not strong enough. We will besiege the city. Since we slaughtered the vanguard army, the Tu tribe will trick the Xuanyi army into Quyang, and then immediately turn around and besiege, and the Rizhu tribe will attack..."

He didn't say any more, but all the generals present understood that the crown prince was in danger.

"Shen Yan, pass on my orders!" Without much hesitation, Zhou Mubai said straightly, "Assemble the twelve guards of Prince Rui's residence immediately, after a stick of incense, follow me!"

Everyone was startled, Shen Yan looked solemn, paused for a moment, and then went out under orders.Wei Jinpeng immediately said: "Your Highness! The journey is long and difficult, Your Highness must not be in danger, the last general..."

"General Wei." Zhou Mubai interrupted him: "There is no room for loss in Ji County, General Wei must be stationed in the camp."

"Then we can't just bring twelve guards!" Zhang Minzhi said urgently.

"Rushing to help in the starry night, the most important thing is the speed, the march is quick and sensitive, and it is not easy for the enemy to detect." Zhou Mubai looked around at the generals and said: "Gu and Zhongerlang set off immediately, and they should be able to meet the crown prince before the army of the Tu clan. In order to kill the enemy, I will act cheaply, everyone, please stick to the city, don't worry."

"The last general/my minister begs to go with His Highness! I hope His Highness will agree!" Both Qiu Shude and Shen Youtang knelt and cupped their hands.

"Sure!" Zhou Mubai took the cloak and promised proudly.

The author has something to say: I am on a business trip today~ I will update it in advance. .Friends, just sprinkle some flowers~ Sprinkle some words are also fine~~How can you be so ruthless to the author~~~

Well, I made up the three-five-seven-sentence poem at random, so you can just take a look at it casually, please just laugh it off if it's mediocre or rhyme~