long friend

Xiao Yan reigned for 37 years, and died at the age of 59 due to illness, which is not a happy ending.He lived in Hualin Garden all the time in his last days. Before he died, besides Xiao Qichen, there was also Liu Wenyuan, the commander of the hidden guards, who entrusted him with a will.

In the edict, Xiao Yan entrusted the country to Xiao Qichen, who was just over 23 years old, on the grounds that "the youngest son has not heard of the accident." Chang'an.

Xiao Qichen's first imperial edict after ascension to the throne announced that from the second year onwards, the Yuan would be changed to Tianjia. The change of the year name indicated that Daliang had completed a quiet dynastic change.

The enthronement ceremony of the new emperor was kept simple according to Xiao Qichen's intention, and he only announced it to the north and south of the river before the court meeting, waiting for the congratulations of the subordinate countries.Afterwards, nothing seemed to happen, Xiao Qichen had stood beside the dragon chair for several days, but as soon as he sat on it, not many people felt uncomfortable.

Most of the official positions have not changed, except Chen Youyou who retired from old age and returned to his hometown.

Xiao Qichen didn't ask a single word, he directly approved his resignation and returned to the farm, and kindly asked the two young masters of the hidden guards to escort him back to his hometown.Half a month later, the two masters returned to their missions.

Liu Wenyuan walked into Taiji West Hall: "Your Majesty, the matter is over."

"Yeah." Xiao Qichen was lying on the table reading the memorial, without raising his head when he heard the words, "It's fine as long as it's clean. Such a traitor who seeks glory can't be kept alive. He was timid and fearful before, and he can be used by me. He only saved his life, remember to arrange for his relatives well... By the way, Master Liu, I will pass on what you said to Ayan."

A gratified smile appeared on Liu Wenyuan's face: "Yes, thank you Your Majesty."

Xiao Qichen was noncommittal, and looked at him with crooked lips: "Come on, it's just a matter of raising your hands, you and I each get what we need. Go down first, and I'll call you if there is anything to do."

He didn't know much about Liu Wenyuan's request, he didn't know how the other party found out the identity and whereabouts of Su Yan's brother, and he was not interested in the messy entanglements involved.Since Liu Wenyuan said that the mental method practiced by the dark guards would be harmful to the body, and only Su Jin could save their lives, then Xiao Qichen was naturally happy to do this favor.

He guessed that Liu Wenyuan must have something to do with someone who was in a high position during the Jianzhao period, and that's why he flirted with Xiao Yan in his later years.Otherwise, how could he be so determined to rely on a single internal skill.But the other party didn't want to say anything, so Xiao Qichen didn't ask any more questions, why bother to ask the bottom line about what you love and what I want.

The aspect was vacant, and finally Shi Yu wrote a letter recommending Xie Hui.

The prime minister went around and went around and fell on Xie's family, but Xie Hui, a bachelor, was unaware of this, and still kept silent about the matter of getting married and starting a family.

Xiao Qiping's reaction to Xiao Qichen's ascension to the throne was surprisingly flat, he had expected it a long time ago, and entered the palace to have an audience.The two exchanged pleasantries for a long time in the Tai Chi West Hall, and when they were saying goodbye, Xiao Qichen whispered a word of thanks.

The Empress Dowager had quarreled twice, but she felt that her youngest son was destined to belong to her, while Xiao Qichen was just a bastard who had lost his mother and concubine and came from a humble background.Her outburst had no effect on Xiao Qichen at all, on the contrary, Xiao Qiming, who was dragged by her to come here, began to feel scared, ran to Taiji West Hall every now and then, telling Xiao Qichen that he no longer wanted to live in Mingfu Palace.

There is another person... Xiao Qichen picked up a memorial, read the few words on it, and said to Kong Lun beside him: "God Bless, take a trip to Yuyang for me and see how brother Zhao Wang is doing."

Tianyou's voice "hmm" in the dark, and then fell silent again.

July has passed, and it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival again.

"What?! Say it again?!"

Su Yan blocked his ears, and his expression was very indifferent, as if the yelling person in front of him was a lunatic, and he didn't have the same knowledge as the other person: "Your Majesty passed away due to illness, and left a legacy to pass on to the Sixth Highness—My lord, you Did you hear me?"

"His succession to Xiao Qichen...? Hahaha!" Xiao Qiyu, with disheveled hair, looked up to the sky and laughed. I will give it to Xiao Qichen, he must have asked you to lie to me, you two are working together - he must want me to give up completely!"

Ignoring the chance to refute his nonsense, Su Yan said: "The imperial edict has already been issued, and the new emperor ascends the throne. The yuan will be changed in the first month of next year, and the world will be amnesty. The two armies ceased fighting a few days ago, and it was Huyantu who sold him a face. "

Xiao Qiyu raised his head in a daze, the last bit of hope in those eyes dimmed and extinguished: "He...father...how could it be!"

Su Yan: "The late emperor was old, and his old illness relapsed due to His Highness's urgent injury. Afterwards, there was no cure for medicine and stones. He died in Hualin Garden before June 25th."

"What..." Xiao Qiyu waved away the neatly piled dishes on the table on the couch, and said hoarsely, "Get out! Get out of here! Su Yan, when I go back to Jinling, you can't expect to have a better day!"

"Really? The prince must return to Jinling alive." After Su Yan finished speaking, he gave him a stingy sneer and walked away.

The sky was full of stars outside the camp, and all the soldiers lit a bonfire, and three or five gathered together to chat.Since Yan Nandu walked outside the gate of hell, his whole person is more cheerful than before, although he still looks weak like dying, but the light in his eyes is brighter.When he saw Su Yan coming out, he quickly said hello: "Ayan!"

Su Yan looked him up and down, saw the bandages protruding from the cloaked outer robe, and said with a smile, "Is the injury healed?"

"It's not very good, but it's more than enough to deal with the enemy." Yan Nandu crossed his arms around his chest, leaned back, and leaned on the weapon rack, "Is that guy inside messing with you again?"

Su Yan: "Well, I'm looking for life and death all day... If Ah Chen gives me a word, I'll throw him into the Turkic crowd tomorrow, and tell Huyantu that this is the prince of Daliang, and let him play with it."

When he said this, his expression was still serious, Yan Nandu couldn't help laughing, and applauded cheerfully: "Your Highness... Oh, it's His Majesty now, why keep him?"

Su Yan shook his head, indicating that he was not very clear.

Yan Nandu said again: "But he won't live long like that, don't take it to heart, take it back if you can, there is only one dead person left and right. At worst, tell Your Majesty that I did it."

Su Yan smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Nonsense, I will naturally take him back to Jinling."

The night wind blowing on the face was extremely cool, and it properly blew away the upset during the day.Su Yan patrolled around the camp, and climbed up to a high place. Yuyang City was within sight. It was occupied by the Turks at the moment, and the lights were brightly lit.

He's back here again.

In the past six months, Su Yan led the army to fight and wandered around Yuyang countless times, but he never really took back the city, let alone the Yunmen Pass that was captured on the first day of the first lunar month.He secretly vowed to attack Yuyang again before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and strive to plant the Soviet flag on the city tower again.

This is the eighth year he has officially joined the army, not too long but not too short, but it is enough for a young man who does not know the heights of the sky and the earth to become a general who knows how to judge the situation.Su Yan watched for a while, then walked down the high slope, and met Shen Chengjun head-on.

He looked very tired. Although it was not like when Xiao Yan was in power these days, he was always urging and withholding troops, but the pressure did not decrease.

Seeing that his complexion was not good, Su Yan touched Shen Chengjun's forehead, frowned and said: "Brother Chengjun, you are sick, you should rest early tonight, you'd better drink a bowl of medicine to sweat, tomorrow we have to discuss the siege of the city. "

"I'm fine." Shen Chengjun interrupted him simply, "there are about [-] troops in the camp, and the enemy's situation is unknown, but they should be exhausted by us. Xiao Qiwei is quite afraid, I think, you can talk to General Shang, before the battle, don't repeat the incident in Ye City."

A group of comrades who had lived and died together clamored for rebellion, which sounded like a fantasy, but actually happened.Of course Su Yan understood the importance of it, nodded and said: "I'll go and see later, General Shang doesn't need to get involved in this matter, his subordinates are quite critical, and it should be."

"No, Mingyu." Shen Chengjun suddenly said seriously, "The national calamity is at hand, since we are the soldiers of Daliang, no matter foreign army, Taiwan army, Xiao cavalry guard or Jinwu guard, we are obliged to do so, there is nothing to discuss."

Su Yan: "..."

Shen Chengjun calmed down, and said: "What's more, the Turkic army is going south, do you think Yanzhou can really take care of itself?"

After he finished speaking, he patted Su Yan on the shoulder and taught him a lesson calmly.When Su Zhi was forced to stay in Jinling at first, Shen Chengjun was actually a little worried about whether Su Yan would be able to take over this important task. Although he was not a few years older than Su Yan, he treated him as a child from the bottom of his heart.

But when Su Yan grew rapidly in one battle after another, it seemed that there was no such thing as Su Zhi, the backbone of the Xiaoqiguard for more than ten years. Not only was there nothing missing, but a stronger vitality burst out. , With boiling blood and bravery, he is not afraid of failure, even if he retreats three hundred miles all the way, he can still continue to advance north the next day.

Everyone thought that Su Yan's role as the commander-in-chief was only temporary, and that Su Zhi would come back sooner or later.Only Shen Chengjun was like a mirror in his heart. Su Zhi suffered too much damage in his early years, and he seemed desperate to fight. Now he is staying in Jinling, firstly because the emperor's fate is difficult to do, and secondly because he himself is powerless.

So he taught Su Yan the few years of experience he had gained and the long-term experience of being in the army for a long time. weakness.

"Mingyu is good at everything, but he is not very good at grasping the word 'humanity'." Shen Chengjun thought silently, followed Su Yan to the camp of the Chinese army, and laughed for a moment, "But the future will last forever, Lord Hou, you can rest assured Hand over Xiaoqiwei to him."

Five days later, the army assembled.

Holding the tiger talisman in his hand, Su Yan walked in the front in light armor.

He and Shang Lu didn't know what to say, and finally reached an agreement on the misty four words of family and country righteousness. When they were younger, they felt that this fake big empty slogan was not even a fart, and it was really great progress.Shang Lu took care of the discordant voices within the Yanzhou Army with a big knife, and cut off Xiao Jiujiu, who was turbulent in other people's minds, in a heartless way of killing chickens and monkeys.

So far, the armies of the four directions are united, and the Jinling court no longer has any reason to hinder them.Su Yan's report to Xiao Qichen only had one short word: "I'll see you in Jinling when I break through Yunmen Pass."

He wrote the memorial as a private letter, he didn't think there was anything, and naturally he didn't care what Xiao Qichen thought when he read it - the young emperor was blushing and stuttering in front of the unclear gazes of his ministers in the Tai Chi Hall , his mouth was dry for a while, and Shi Yu almost thought he was possessed by evil spirits.

The flames of battle in Yuyang were unprecedentedly fierce, but strangely, they did not spread to a wider area.

The reserve soldiers of the brave cavalry guards, who were driven to the shelves, were well-trained in outflanking, siege, and surprise attacks. Cooperating with the foreign troops from the seven counties, they vigorously displayed their fresh combat power, stepping forward step by step on the flesh and blood of their predecessors, from the beginning to the end. Never thought about regretting it.

All replacements are always full of pain and hope. Butterflies break out of their cocoons, phoenixes nirvana, so why not people?

On the first day of August, Yuyang City was recovered.

The army continued to march north. The Turkic people didn't know where the energy of these Han people came from. They were different from the group of old, weak, sick and disabled who fell into the water half a year ago.

Afterwards, Youzhou, Jizhong, all the way triumphantly, and finally in the golden autumn of October, when the northern region was blizzarded, Yunmen Pass finally returned to the control of the Nanliang army after three days of bloody battle.

Cheers from all over the world, the Turks pinched their noses and withdrew into the vastness outside the pass.

Huyantu was beaten by Su Yan this time without any strength to parry, and his shortcomings were immediately exposed in the evenly matched situation.This person learned the military books of the past dynasties when he was a hostage in Jinling, but in the end it was only superficial, not as good as what Su Yan had been obsessed with since he was a child. He returned to the royal court of Yinshan, and then sincerely wrote a letter of credence to Xiao Qichen.

He didn't ask for peace, but proclaimed himself a minister - Huyantu can bend and stretch, but he can be called a hero who understands current affairs.

But he was dead wrong again this time.

The new emperor of Nanliang is not like Xiao Yan, who can be satisfied with a little favor in front of him.Xiao Qichen happily agreed, and at the same time handed Su Yan a secret letter, asking him to leave the elite troops at Yunmen Pass when he returned triumphantly, and send troops there immediately after the celebration banquet in Jinling.

In Xiao Qichen's words: "Since the Turks have repeatedly torn up the peace treaty, this time our army should not take their claims of vassalage to heart, and fight as soon as it is necessary. Don't be polite."

Shen Chengjun was filled with emotion: "Your Majesty's move won my heart."

As for how Yan Nandu raided the Turkic royal court three times in one year, disturbing several tribes on the grassland, and mentioning that the "Xiao Qiwei" became terrified after hearing the news, that's all for later.

The army finally made a triumphant return, and it was already early winter in Jinling, and they greeted the returnees from afar with a light snow.

The two sides of Suzaku Street were crowded with people who came to celebrate. The flames of war had never spread to Jinling, but their faces were clearly filled with joy, and they were looking forward to it, waiting for the army to enter the city.

According to the original system, the army should go all the way from the Nanyuan garrison outside the city gate to the square in front of the Taiji Hall, accept the ceremony of rewarding the army in person from the emperor, and reward each other, and then return to the garrison to finish.Among the red tape, Tai Changqing brought people to take care of it, and they just need to follow the instructions without any mistakes.

Nanyuan was noisy. A group of young men who had just returned from the battlefield had never seen such a complicated battle in their life. They ordered and moved at a loss, making the entire station restless.

Shang Lu hadn't been back to Gyeonggi for many years, so he couldn't adapt to pulling Shen Chengjun to ask questions. The two inspected the attire of ordinary sergeants all the way to the handsome tent.

Because of the crowding around, Shen Chengjun didn't feel anything wrong when he was bumped into by a person, he just supported the daredevil.He was about to joke a few words, when he raised his eyes and saw the deity, he took a step back abruptly, kneeling on one knee involuntarily: "I bow to Your Majesty."

Shanglu on the side heard this, and looked at the man in shock.

His first impression of Xiao Qichen was that he was a rather thin young man, without the thoughtful look of the rumor center, and he didn't look dark or deep.

It was still early winter, but the new emperor was already dressed much thicker than their rough-skinned and thick-skinned generals. His facial features were so handsome that they were almost feminine. Hearing this, his eyes shone brightly, the corners of his lips curled up, and his short body lifted Shen Chengjun up. When he spoke, his voice was also gentle, like spring wind turning into rain, and it was very comfortable to the ear.

"What is General Shen doing? Get up quickly and keep your voice down so that no one else can hear...I came here secretly."

After saying that, Xiao Qichen turned to Shang Lu, looked around secretly, and said, "This must be General Shang, the commander of the Yanzhou Army, right? I have admired your name for a long time, and the Yanzhou Army has contributed a lot to recapturing Zhuojun this time."

He spoke in a soft and slow manner, with a bit of reservedness of a nobleman in Jinling City, Shang Lu did not dare to neglect, and quickly saluted: "Minister Shang Lu sees Your Majesty."

Xiao Qichen smiled at him again, looked around, saw no one noticed him, lowered his voice: "Where is Ayan?"

Shen Chengjun showed a helpless expression of "here it is again", sighed, and pointed in the direction of Dianjiangtai.Xiao Qichen happily patted him on the back, without any sense of inferiority at all, and then ran over there.

Shang Lu was dumbfounded, and it took him a while to hold back a sentence: "...Are you so familiar with His Majesty?"

"How can it be?" Shen Chengjun said meaningfully, "I am all under the honor of the handsome."

Shang Lu couldn't think of the relationship here, but felt that there was something in Shen Chengjun's words.But he soon had no time to think. Knowing that he was yelling to reorganize the army, Shang Lu and Shen Chengjun hurried forward.

On the commander's platform, Su Yan stood leaning on the flagpole of the military flag without standing.He seemed to be a little tired, looking down with drooping eyelids as he was busy going around. He had already entered the final stage, and when noon came, they could set off for Taicheng.

Thinking of this, Su Yan couldn't bear to miss three heartbeats. He has been so busy since he arrived in Jinling that he still has no time to write a letter with the people in the imperial city.He has a stomach full of questions, can't wait to meet someone, but is a little too close to home.

Su Yan sighed softly. He vaguely heard something announced by the messenger. He thought he was about to set off, so he quickly stood up straight, looked at the orderly army below, and cleared his throat.

At this moment, there was a sound of panicked footsteps from behind, and Su Yan was about to turn sideways to check what was going on, when suddenly a small wind blew by, and he was immediately knocked straight.

Su Yan was taken aback for a moment, before thinking about it, he raised his arms to hug the rushing person, and immediately smelled a familiar fragrance from the tip of his nose.He blankly let the man's hand around his waist tighten more and more, and saw the amazement and doubts of the soldiers on the stage over his shoulder, and was exposed by the sun after the first snow stopped, his mind went blank for a moment, and he didn't remember anything up.

The person who was stuffed around his neck turned his head, his cold lips softly pressed against his ears, and then he sneered: "What, you're stupid?"

A few simple words made Su Yan's nose sore suddenly. He hugged her more tightly, took a light breath, and said in a hoarse voice: "There is no such thing as you..."

Xiao Qichen's laughter spread into his mind against his skin, causing a tingling tremor.

Reason told Su Yan that he should let go, and then respectfully make up a big gift, this is the way to greet his majesty.But he couldn't bear it, his contradictory hands loosened and tightened again, wishing he could separate two of himself to deal with all this.

While Su Yan was struggling, Xiao Qichen leaned close to his ear, softly but firmly: "What's this, I miss you."

The erratic ending made an earth-shattering imprint on Su Yan's heart, and he instantly threw out the nonsense of "they all watched", "this action is not in accordance with the etiquette system", "no one has been so nonsense in the past and present", and thought reluctantly: "...Forget it, I'll just hug you for a while."

In an instant and eternity, a golden light leaked from the edge of the overlapping clouds.

It took a long time for Xiao Qichen to let go of Su Yan, and brushed Su Yan's shoulders without a trace, his eyes were full of affection, but he took a step back just right, maintaining the just intimacy between the monarch and his ministers: "The great general has returned from victory, thanks for your hard work."

At this moment, all the people around with surprised expressions came back to their senses, knelt on the ground one after another, and shouted long live.

The triumphant return of the army and the ascension of the new emperor can be regarded as some kind of consummation.