The bright moon hangs high.

A black figure walked quickly on the roof with its body bent, without making a sound.Marquis Wu and the patrols holding torches passed by the house under his feet several times, but no one found him.

The man in black jumped several streets towards the east, and finally turned into a courtyard.

This house is not big, except for the front hall, there are only a few wing rooms.

It was a cool time, and the windows of the room were almost all open. The man in black turned down from the roof and hung upside down on the eaves. Peeping inside, he quickly found his target.

It was a study room. An old man with a gray beard was sitting under the lamp reading a book. He leaned against the back of the chair and held the book far away. His eyes were narrowed and he was reading seriously.

The man in black hooked his legs to the beams under the eaves, and his whole body hung down, wanting to go down and get closer to the window.

Suddenly, the old man in the house put down his book and shouted, "Who is it?"

The man in black curled up and hugged the beams of the house and was about to turn over the eaves to escape. He had already jumped into the air, when suddenly a steel knife flew from the slanting stabs and blocked his way.

In order to avoid colliding with the tip of the knife, the man in black had to tap the edge of the eaves with his toes, so he failed to go up to the roof, turned somersault in the air, and fell back to the ground steadily.

The old man was already waiting for him in the courtyard, the moment the man in black landed his palm, the wind came towards him, the man in black was forced to take the move, both of them fought fast, and they passed more than ten moves in an instant.

The sound of fighting alarmed the servants, and several servants hurried over: "Master, are you all right, catch the thief! Catch the thief!"

Seeing that he was about to be surrounded, the man in black kicked away the old man's arm, turned around and threw a dart, stepped on the big tree behind him while the old man was dodging sideways, and used the power of the tree trunk to pounce on the eaves, hooking his hand Once on the roof, it disappeared from sight in a few clicks.

"Hurry up and chase!" The leader of the servants commanded the others.

"Oh, no need." The old man patted him on the shoulder, walked back and pulled out the dart shot on the pillar, and removed the envelope nailed by the dart.

"This man just wanted to lure me to chase him, and he left this letter because I was entangled. Didn't you go after him in his favor?"

"Then let him go like this?" The famous servant Ding looked unwillingly at the direction in which the man in black was escaping, and wanted to chase him and arrest him. When he turned around and saw that his master had opened the envelope, curiosity prevailed again.

"What was written in the letter? Do you know who he is?"

After reading the letter, the old man shook the letter paper, put the letter paper back into the envelope, and snorted coldly.

"It's interesting now."

At three o'clock in the morning, on the top of Xixiong Mountain, Qiao Wan was sitting in the pavilion, with Nanzhu and Luan Yu standing on her left and right.

In the middle of the stone table in front of him was a small stove with a teapot on it.Around them are several tea cups, tea bowls and saucers.

At this time, a white mist was faintly emerging from the spout of the pot. Qiao Wan opened the lid of the pot, scooped a small spoonful of salt into it from a small saucer, scooped out a ladle of water after the water boiled again, and then beat the pot with a bamboo tong. In the water, pour the ground tea powder into the center of the water.

She didn't bring Yin Sheng this time, but asked Yin Sheng to go to the capital with the army to find Yuexiu. Nan Zhu and Luan Yu were both boring gourds, and they stood here for more than half an hour without saying a word.

Nanzhu was charged with protecting Qiao Wan's safety. Seeing the sun rising, he finally asked, "Will he stop coming? It's too dangerous here, why don't we change places."

"The appointment is at the time of Si, and it's only the seven quarters of the hour. What's the rush?" Qiao Wan calmly put the bamboo clip aside, and put the lid on the teapot again.

"Blame me." Luan Yu showed a little annoyed look on his face, "That old man is very skilled, but he refuses to take the bait. I can't lure him out."

"I guessed that he wouldn't go with you, so I handed you the letter. It's okay, just wait. We are on other people's territory. If he wants to arrest me, no matter where he goes, it won't be safe. .”

Hearing what Qiao Wan said, Nan Zhu and Luan Yu once again entered a state of watching their eyes, nose, nose, nose, and heart, and kept silent.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and a bell to tell the time came from a distant city.

Qiao Wan opened the lid of the pot, and the tea in the pot was boiling. She poured back the water scooped out earlier, stirred it again with the bamboo tong, counted the bells silently in her heart, and put down the bamboo tong at the last chime.

Looking up, in front of her, an old man with gray beard stepped on the last step leading to the top of the mountain.

"General Hua came on time." Qiao Wan got up with a smile and asked Hua Ying to take a seat, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea in front of Hua Ying, "This year's Feng'an new tea, General Hua try it?"

"I thought you and Princess Leping would be busy enough just protecting themselves at this time, and you still have time to go to Feng'an to buy tea?"

According to the rules, Qiao Wan, as the princess, has a higher status than Huaying, so Huaying should ask her to sit first before sitting on her own.However, he didn't mean to abide by the etiquette at all, just sat down with such a big thorn, and spoke quite rudely.

Qiao Wan didn't take it seriously, and after Hua Ying was seated, she also sat back to her seat, still smiling: "I came from Yuanzhou, and I met a caravan on the way, and it happened to be tea. I thought that General Hua was out I have been in command of the army for many years, and I haven’t returned to my hometown for a long time, so I bought some Feng’an tea from them, I don’t know if it tastes the same as what General Hua drank in his hometown before.”

Hua Ying picked up the cup and took a small sip, the expression on her face was much more relaxed than when she first came.

"I have a heart." He put down the cup, tapped the stone table with his right index finger, glanced at Qiao Wan and said coldly, "You are so bold, you dare to come to Songren, Yinzhou County, with such two followers. If you bring a hundred or eighty soldiers to encircle the top of this mountain, you won't be able to fly even with wings."

"Since I have something to ask, I always have to show some sincerity. If I am afraid of such a scene, how can I convince General Hua that I have the ability to stabilize the world?" Qiao Wan said without rushing, but There is a certain courage to win.

Huaying looked at Qiao Wan for the first time since she was on the mountain, and laughed loudly: "You girl, you are interesting."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly restrained his expression again, and said seriously: "Xu Inspector was transferred to Yinzhou by bribing Grand Master Chen, and I have given Grand Master Chen a lot of gifts over the years, how do you know that I will help you?"

"I met General Hua in Beijing four years ago, but General Hua probably didn't know about it." Facing Huaying's puzzled expression, Qiao Wan explained.

"It was one night. I missed the time when the door of the workshop was locked due to something, so I found an inn in Chong'an Square. I stood in front of the window on the second floor of the inn and saw a wonton stall on the corner of the street. The mother-in-law who sold wontons There are three tables, and you are the only guest.

I'm curious, it's late autumn, and there are still pedestrians on the street. It should be a very enjoyable thing to have a bowl of hot wontons at night. How can the business be so deserted?

So I asked the waiter in the shop to inquire, and the waiter told me that my mother-in-law had set up a wonton stall here for many years. The business used to be very good, but it was because of illness in the past six months that the taste was affected. It can make do with it, but gradually it becomes less accurate. Every day it tastes delicious, it becomes difficult to eat every day, and there are fewer and fewer customers.

That's what the waiter in the shop said, but I see that you eat it seriously, as if it were some rare delicacy.So after you left, I also bought a bowl, it was really bad. "

When Qiao Wan said this, she wrinkled her nose slightly, as if she could still feel the salty taste.

"My mother-in-law not only has a bad sense of taste, but her eyes have also deteriorated rapidly in the past six months. I asked her why she came out to set up a stall with so few customers and almost no money."

"I have a son named Ah Heng who was conscripted into the army. He has been away for many years."

The mother-in-law who sold wontons said this to Qiao Wan that night.

"I used to live in the innermost alley at the east end of this street, but then it was demolished, and I had to move to the next alley. I have aged a lot these years, and my appearance is completely different from when I was young. I am afraid When Ah Heng came back, he couldn’t find a home and couldn’t recognize me, so he set up a wonton stall on this street corner. Ah Heng likes to eat my cooked wontons the most. If he comes back and smells the aroma of my cooked wontons, he will definitely recognize me. out of me."

Qiao Wan is very good at telling stories. When it should be dull, it will be dull, and when it should be ups and downs, it will be ups and downs. A few words brought the audience back to that cool night.

Huaying stared at the grass on one side in a daze without saying a word, Qiao Wan peeked at him and found that his eyes were slightly red.Standing behind Qiao Wan, Nan Zhu, who was always cold-hearted, even twitched his nose.

"It seems that you all know that her son is definitely gone without me telling you." Qiao Wan sighed slightly.

"After eating the wontons, I wanted to give her some more money, but she told me no, her son was paid by the army, and would be brought to her by someone every once in a while. I was surprised, did I think wrong So I asked her about her son's name and the year he was recruited, and I used a little bit of my personal power to ask the Ministry of Military Affairs for the archives of the conscription. After checking, her son was indeed on the death list.

Now that her son is dead, who has been sending her money all these years?And the money sent to her far exceeded the court's compensation standard.I am a person who likes to get to the bottom of things when I can’t figure it out, so I went to check the soldiers who died in the same batch as her son, and asked their relatives.General Hua, guess what I found? "

"So what if I sent it?" Hua Ying asked Qiao Wan without denying what she had done.

"A general who insisted on sending money to the relatives of soldiers who died in battle for 32 years out of his own pocket, I don't think he is the same as Xu Xiaowen, who only clings to power and is insatiable." After laying the groundwork for so long, Qiao Wan finally revealed herself. want to say.

"What difference can there be? It's all about greed." Hua Ying said, "Forget it, you girl have been telling me stories for so long, so let me tell you a story too."

"32 years ago, when I was just a boss, I had 17 small soldiers under my command. Later, when the remnants of the previous dynasty made trouble, Emperor Gaozu sent us to fight against the thieves. In the battle of Qiuheguan, we fell into an ambush by the enemy and died. Many brothers, all my soldiers died in battle, and the youngest among them was only [-] years old.

After the war, I waited for the imperial court to send pensions to their families, but I waited and waited and never got it.So I went to our centurion, he said he didn't know the reason, so I went to Xiaodutong again, he said wait, then I went to Dadutong again, Dadutong said to ask partial general...

They pushed one by one, and I didn't give up. I asked more and more until I asked our general. He stared at me, a little boy who didn't understand the rules, and said, "What pension?"They clearly fled the battle, the general did not blame it, it is an extrajudicial mercy, and then he will punish you together with the slapstick.

I saw my brothers fight to the last moment in front of me, some even died, but he said they were deserters.ha!It's ridiculous! "

When Huaying said this, she looked up to the sky and smiled, and a line of muddy tears rolled down the corner of her eyes.

Four years ago, Qiao Wan only found out that Hua Ying secretly sent money to those family members, but she really didn't know what he said.

"Your general back then, if I remember correctly, wasn't it..."

"Han Zhao, King of Zhengxi!" Huaying accepted Qiao Wan's words, gnashing her teeth, "Shortly after that, he was made king for his meritorious deeds in begging thieves. As for those little soldiers who died behind his illustrious military exploits, who will remember them?"

Qiao Wan remained silent. Once the generals are successful, history will only record the background boards of those outstanding generals and those defeated by him. As for the tens of thousands of soldiers who participated in the battle, those who really died for it How many people know it?

This problem cannot be solved as long as there is war. As for the embezzlement of pensions that Huaying said——

"General Hua, the king of Zhengxi committed crimes all these years, and was beheaded and killed by Princess Leping in Yuyi a few days ago..."

"The King Zhengxi died, and the King Zhengnan died." Hua Ying interrupted Qiao Wan, "This court has long been rotten to the core. From top to bottom, it only knows about fighting for power and profit. How can anyone really care about the suffering of the people?"

"General Hua's words are off the mark. Do you know why the current Holy Majesty is in such a poor health after only two years since he took the throne?"

Qiao Wan changed her previous gentle voice and said sharply, "That's because the Holy Majesty wants to revive the imperial court and return the world to a peaceful and prosperous world. You said that no one cares about the sufferings of the people, but do you know that our Majesty even goes to the market every time?" How many pennies are sold for chickens and rice? He will personally ask someone to intervene? He sent Princess Leping to Minzhou to solve the drought and flood disasters in Minzhou since ancient times, and just a few days ago, we just pacified King Zhengxi Chaos.

This world may be very dark, but His Majesty, Princess Leping, me, and thousands of people with the same ambition as us are working together to make it better.The reason why Your Majesty is here today is not because he doesn't want to compromise with Grand Master Chen and the others?Maybe His Majesty will not be able to bring down the big tree of the Chen family in his lifetime, but he has tried his best and even sacrificed his own life for this, and General Hua, are you only here to point fingers and show your advantage? "

Qiao Wan's words were impassioned, and she didn't even consider the taboo of bluntly speaking about the life expectancy of the emperor.Seeing that Huaying was deep in thought, she obviously listened to what she said just now, so she took a breath and said softly: "Since General Hua chose to come to see me alone today, I don't think he will come here specially to tell me the story. , You already have a tendency in your heart, why don't you listen to your inner voice?"

Huaying shook her head with a smile, stood up and said, "I have heard people say in the past that Princess Nankang can speak eloquently, and she is the sharpest, but seeing him today is really extraordinary. You are building a water conservancy project in Minzhou. I’ve heard about it a little bit, okay, I’ll believe it again this time, I hope you don’t forget what you said today.”

Qiao Wan also stood up, bowed his thanks and said, "Nankang is here to thank General Hua on behalf of His Majesty and Princess."

Huaying put away her previous arrogance, and clasped her fists in return: "We'll meet here at noon tomorrow, when someone will present Xu Xiaowen's head and Yinzhou governor's seal, farewell!"

After speaking, he left without looking back.

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