long friend

"Sixth Brother! Sixth Brother, please go slower!" Xiao Qiyu hurriedly followed, and took Xiao Qichen's hand, "You were thinking the same way just now, right now, you should pursue as soon as possible to deal with the Turks..."

Xiao Qichen's mind was filled with a mess of "Liu Shi", "bed-ridden" and "sober", and he couldn't hear Xiao Qiyu's words clearly, so he perfunctorily said a few words, "Brother Emperor, you first Let me go, let's talk about anything later. If you want to make military exploits, go to Emperor Father, he will agree...Leave."

He was not sober, and what he wanted to say came out in a daze. Xiao Qiyu raised his brows when he heard it: "You guessed what I was thinking? Chen, you are so smart."

This person is conceited by nature, good at calculating but doesn't know much about long-term planning. To put it bluntly, he is smart and doesn't need to be used for business.When calculating, he is serious, but he can still praise others sincerely.

Probably in Xiao Qiyu's eyes, Xiao Qichen did not pose a threat to the throne at all, so he was confident.

Xiao Qichen was insensitive to his compliment, and waved his hand as an excuse to walk away because he was too sleepy.Xiao Qiyu asked if it was because of Su Yan, he nodded weakly.

A strange smile appeared on his face, Xiao Qiyu said: "Then you don't have to force yourself as a brother. You and Su Yan have woken up, it shouldn't be a big deal, take care of yourself."

In normal times, Xiao Qichen would definitely be able to hear the inappropriateness in his words.But he was too messed up, so he only bowed politely to Xiao Qiyu, turned around and left.

Liu Shi, Xiao Qichen clearly remembered that he and Su Yan heard Mrs. Cao say in the Pingyuan Hou Mansion that Su Zhi's elder brother was hurt by the loss, and then died straight away.He didn't know what these two words meant, and he didn't face them directly, but when Xiao Qiyu said that Su Yan was injured, Xiao Qichen felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and instantly lost his five senses.

With lingering fear in his heart, he took several deep breaths on the spot, and only then regained his sanity briefly.

After taking two steps, Xiao Qichen suddenly shouted: "God bless!"

The dark guard who was far behind heard the words, bowed and saluted, Xiao Qichen bit his fingertips and said: "Can you go to Yanmen Pass for me? It's cold, I'm afraid Su Yan will be seriously injured... "

Tianyou said: "The humble official understands, Your Highness does not need to say more."

Although he doesn't talk much, he does things very firmly.Xiao Qichen thought that he was just following orders to guard him, but he didn't expect Tianyou to say such words, he was very moved for a moment, and said: "I will leave this matter to you, thank you."

Tianyou seemed to have never heard these two words from anyone else in his life. After a while, he smiled shyly at Xiao Qichen, followed behind him with red ears, and said nothing.

It was a question of war or peace, and the Tai Chi Hall began to quarrel again.This group of grown-ups forgot about the pain when their scars healed, and quickly forgot about the nervousness of almost approaching the city. Sometimes they pointed their finger at Su Yan, who was not in the court, and sometimes at the militant Xiao Qiyu. They quarreled for three days, but also There was no result.

God bless the burden on the other side, and when they arrived at Yanmen Pass, there was already the chill of autumn.

This time, Xiao Qichen sent a letter to Su Yan in advance, and just as Tianyou stepped into Guangwu City, someone greeted him, and said kindly, "But it's from His Highness Six? Young Master has been waiting for a long time."

Tianyou responded vaguely, and followed the soldier into Guangwu City.There were a lot fewer people in the city than when they came last time, the soldier said patiently: "In the previous tough battle, the young master evacuated the people, and only recently did some people come back. Although they escaped... this is home after all. Brother, you Where is home?"

"Jinling." Tianyou said immediately, regretted after finishing speaking, and added, "I don't know... I am in Jinling if I remember."

The soldier smiled: "It doesn't matter, there is no king in the world, I think you are also like a southerner, brother."

They had arrived at the camp while they were talking.Because the schoolyard camp that was burned down in the Turkic World War I was quickly rebuilt, the tents of the Chinese army were simpler and smaller than before. When Tianyou entered, Su Yan was sitting on the side of the table in the middle, holding a letter intently. Studying the battle report carefully, Yan Nandu was drinking tea next to him, and when he saw him coming, he smiled at him first.

Tianyou stood aside cautiously, and the soldiers who brought him in left. Although there were people he had met in the tent, he didn't know anyone well. The things Xiao Qichen gave him to prepare were placed at his feet, heavy.

Finally, after a while, Yan Nandu couldn't stand it anymore, and directly took the battle report in Su Yan's hand: "Your Highness's guard is here."

Su Yan raised his head in confusion, and saw that it was Tianyou who wanted to stand up, but just as he straightened up, he said "Ouch", had to sit down, and apologized to him: "Forgive me, I still have injuries, so I won't get up to pick you up."

Tianyou waved his hand, and asked curiously, "What's wrong with Young Master?"

"The injury is in the lower back, and I can't use my strength." Su Yan gestured on Yan Nandu's body to let Tianyou know the exact position, "But don't tell Qichen when you report back, I'm afraid he's thinking about it. He didn't go up After the battlefield, it’s actually okay not to know, he may think that my life is not long.”

Tianyou nodded. After Su Yan mentioned Xiao Qichen, he found a way to speak. He squatted down and took out everything in the bag. Winter clothes and Jinchuang medicine were necessary, and there were some fragments of military supplies left. It's almost between "it's useless to accept it" and "I don't feel sorry if I don't accept it".

He didn't know that it was prepared by Tianyou on his own, and he thought that Xiao Qichen couldn't let go of his heart, and that kind of weird pleasure haunted him repeatedly.Until Tianyou left the next day, Su Yan didn't hold back a word.

"Let's go." Yan Nandu said, "I thought you were going to write a letter from home and ask someone to take it back."

"I don't know what to write." Su Yan said honestly, "A Chen persuaded me to write a letter to Rong Niang before, but I left it for her before I left, and asked her to take care of herself. It's useless to say more .”

Yan Nandu had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running. Hearing this, he immediately felt that this person was really embarrassing. How could his wife be pregnant with a child, but he was still here "it's useless to say more"?

He immediately patted Su Yan on the shoulder, and asked earnestly, "Your marriage...how could your father-in-law and mother-in-law agree?"

Su Yan looked at him seriously, his expression seemed to imply silently, "Say one more word of military service".

After seeing this, Yan Nandu shook his head helplessly, left a sigh, and walked away with his hands behind his back.

The frontier is bitterly cold, and the Turks are determined to break through this time.Hu Yantu suffered a great loss at Yanmen Pass and did not dare to attack by force. He found out that Shen Chengjun was the only one guarding Youzhou, so he transferred all his troops to attack Youzhou.

In winter, the dark clouds pressed down on the city, and one after another, military emergency reports from Yunmenguan flew into Jinling City like snowflakes, and the general Su Zhi, who had been bedridden for half a year, actually got up.

When it was first sent to Xuzhou, the military doctor checked it, and later Xiao Yan sent the imperial doctor to see it, and the conclusion was similar, the bone was broken, and it was inseparable from the four words of dressing and resting.He was bored with raising him, and was furious at the news that Su Yan had almost lost Yanmen Pass. After a period of quiet recuperation, he finally gradually improved.

When Su Zhi went to court at the Taiji Hall, all the adults of the Lord and Peace Faction were first shocked - the generals always save money and have to fight, this time one-third of the officials in the Taiji Hall have changed their blood. Those who were sent to prison were sent to prison, and the accumulated and withheld military pay was also distributed to the Xiaoqiguards.In this case, this person will never let go of the truce.

Sure enough, Su Zhi was given a seat and did not sit down. He said directly: "Your Majesty, please be in command. If there are foreign troops from the four states and seven counties in the northern border who return to the command, I will return to your Majesty's Yinshan court!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a lot of discussion in the Tai Chi Hall.

Zhong Mi scolded: "Four prefectures and seven counties! Su Zhi, I think you want to rebel!"

There are twenty prefectures in Nanliang, and there are only six prefectures and twelve counties in the strategic towns garrisoned by foreign troops.As soon as Su Zhi asked, it was the most elite cavalry and most of the troops in the country. For the rest of the important towns, Minzhou had been fighting against pirates and mountain bandits. guard all the year round...

"Why don't you move all the troops of the whole country to the north?!" Zhong Mi was so angry that his gray beard trembled, "Even though your father did mobilize a lot of troops when he was reappointed to take back Luozhou and Youzhou, it is still the same as what you can do now." Than? Now that Yanmen Pass has finally been brought back, it should be recuperated..."

Su Zhi sneered and said, "Lord Sikong, if you continue to rest, Huyantu will hit your door."

Zhong Mi was so blocked by his words that his face was flushed, and when Wang Di saw it, he couldn't help smoothing things over and said: "The general's words are wrong, Youzhou is thousands of miles away from Jinling, and they can't even attack Yunmen Pass... "

"Oh? Lord Sima, I remember that you were the one who swore that the Turks would not be able to defeat the Yangtze River. Later, when the water war was in full swing, you were the first to persuade His Majesty to move the capital to Lin'an and rule the Yangtze River...was it you?"

Wang Di's long speech was cut off on his own, and the entire Tai Chi Hall fell into an eerie silence.The emperor's face was as usual, but the hand on the dragon chair had been quietly clenched.

This is Xiao Yan's scar. When he succeeded to the throne, he was not accepted by the government, the morale of the army was low, and the Turks almost hit Jinling.Although it was true that the Marquis of Pingyuan turned the tide back then, Su Zhi’s eldest brother died in the battle of Youzhou, and his father fell ill from overwork and his old injury relapsed after the situation settled down, and he died soon after, but this does not mean that he is qualified to take credit for it .

After 30 years, no one dared to mention this matter again in the court.

Xiao Yan's face became more and more gloomy, this change was caught by Xiao Qichen who was at the bottom, he quickly grabbed Xiao Qiyu who wanted to refute Su Zhi, and he came out and said: "General, today's Daliang is not what it was 30 years ago , I also hope that the general will respect himself."

His voice was not loud, but it pierced his ears like thunder. Su Zhi immediately noticed the bold remarks just now, took a step back and compromised: "Your Majesty has offended me, please forgive me."

Xiao Yan smiled but didn't smile, and said after a while: "Aiqing is telling the truth, there is no need to make a fuss like this. But Aiqing's injury has not recovered, I am really worried. Youzhou is as solid as gold, and Yanmen is not in serious trouble. At that time, I think it's better to temporarily hand over Xiaoqiwei to Su Yan and let him exercise, what do you think, Aiqing?"

The meaning behind the words couldn't be clearer, Su Zhi suddenly restrained himself, and the others didn't dare to say anything, Xiao Yan snorted coldly: "Let's stop here today. Qiyu, you stay."

No one on the left or right knew what Xiao Yan said to Xiao Qiyu that day.His Royal Highness King Zhao had been depressed for a year and a half, and when he came out of the West Hall again, there was a smile on his face.

Su Zhi had been the General of the Fuguo for nearly 20 years. Once he was dismissed from office, Xiao Yan asked him to rest at home and was not allowed to leave Jinling even if the sky fell. It was like house arrest.What he said couldn't make any emperor not feel suspicious. Today's [-] troops went north to attack the Turkic royal court. After the battle, if they really turned around and rebelled, who would stop it?

The military power and the tiger talisman were handed over to Su Yan, pushing him to the opposite of his father, and also making him the youngest general in Nanliang's nearly [-]-year history.

Xiao Qichen didn't know how Su Yan's reaction would be.

He couldn't see the situation clearly. Right now, the imperial court is corrupt and the enemy is taking advantage of the troubled waters. At this juncture, the general's words angered the Holy Majesty... It is obviously not difficult to understand, but once he starts to think, there are stumbling blocks everywhere. Start looking for another kind of reconciliation.

Xiao Qiyu's hint at the beginning is still vivid in his memory. He stayed behind closed doors, thought for three days in Chenglan Hall, and finally went to Zhao Wang's Mansion.

Since Xiao Qiyu sealed the king's mansion, Xiao Qichen only paid a few symbolic visits during the New Year's Eve. This time, even the servants in Zhao Wang's mansion didn't know him, and they took him all the way to the reception hall worriedly.

Zhao Wang's mansion is not gorgeous, it is probably for show to Xiao Yan.Xiao Qichen didn't sit down, he stood in the middle and stared at a splashed ink landscape hanging directly opposite.

In this painting, there are three thousand miles of mountains and rivers and a lone boat. The river is full of soup, and there is no one inhabited except the fisherman sitting in the boat.It seemed that there was eternal loneliness, and there was only one person left in the world. Xiao Qichen frowned, and from the painting, he could clearly see a trace of fear that enveloped him a long time ago.

It was in the Golden Luan Hall, and he sat tremblingly on the dragon chair, almost trapped in the formation by boundless loneliness.

Xiao Qiyu doesn't look like a person with this kind of leisure and elegance, there is something hidden in this painting...

"Looking at the painting?" Xiao Qiyu came here at some unknown time, and after meeting Xiao Qichen, he sized up the painting with his gaze, and said with a smile, "It's a clumsy work from a few years ago, and my sixth brother can actually read it with gusto."

Clumsy work?

Xiao Qichen's eyes fell on the bright red seal and signature, the words "Tongning 25 years" seemed to be Xiao Qiyu's handwriting - Xiao Qiping was blind that year, he and Su Yan were forced to separate, everything was very clear.

Xiao Qichen buried his frustration without any trace, nodded and said: "I can't see that Brother Huang... is quite knowledgeable about Danqing."

"It's just a small fight." Xiao Qiyu sat down, and said casually, "Sit down, it's rare for you to come here. Did you finally listen to what the emperor said last time? Ah Chen, our brothers have not been good for so many years Have you talked once?"

Xiao Qichen said nothing, just looked at him and smiled.

Xiao Qiyu didn't care. After taking a sip of tea, he said to himself: "When I was painting this painting, Wanqing told me that everything was ready. I wondered, if Qiping was gone, would Father be able to pay attention to it?" And me?"

"Then you realize it's not a good feeling, it's so lonely."

Hearing this, Xiao Qiyu smiled bitterly, and it was fleeting. He looked at Xiao Qichen: "So I always feel that it's fortunate that the empress didn't adopt you as an adopted son because she didn't like you, otherwise...you are smart, and you can bear it. If you really become the queen's adopted son, your father will definitely think highly of you, and then you will be much more difficult than Qiping."

Xiao Qichen stood still: "Brother Huang, are you flattering me, or looking down on Brother Ping?"

"Qiping is good at everything, except that he is a little weak in the world. He has no doubts about employing people. It took so many years for Wan Qing's identity to be found out, which shows how much he trusts her. When I sent her to the palace, I naturally used some tricks Let her look innocent, but for Qiping, it is not difficult to find out, he just refuses - so he didn't have this life. I watched him step by step to where he is today, but in my heart Not necessarily happy."

Xiao Qichen sneered: "Unhappy? You're going to die laughing then."

"You don't understand, Qichen. To me, he is my only opponent, but he doesn't want to deal with me head-on. Do you know that feeling? In the end, it was Xiao Qiping who looked down on me at all. Everyone thought he was kind Docile, humble and polite. In fact, he is more proud than anyone else. " Xiao Qiyu said in a deep voice, not knowing what he was thinking.

He remembered Xiao Qiping's occasional hatred, but he had no words to refute Xiao Qiyu.

"It seems that I ruined his life, but did I get any advantage?" Xiao Qiyu asked back, "What advantage did you take? No, you and I are still dispensable sons in the eyes of my father, not as good as A disabled person is not even as good as that boy who can't speak or walk - he would rather give the throne to Xiao Qiming in a hundred years than give it to us!"

He stared at Xiao Qichen almost fanatically, and after a long time, he saw a trace of emotional fluctuations on his face.

Xiao Qichen seemed to smile, but frowned again.Xiao Qiyu didn't like this feeling very much. Logically speaking, Xiao Qichen was still at the age where his emotions were exposed and everything was written on his face. How deep could he be?

He never saw through.

In his silence, Xiao Qichen said calmly: "What exactly do you want?"

The author has something to say: This garrison system draws on the military system of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (more inclined to the Eastern Jin-Southern Dynasties)

Then those twenty states are counted on the map... there may be omissions, forgive me

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