Wolf Dysprosium

"The Beirong people are now marching to the north of the Xingjiang River and intend to cross the river." Yue Lianlou said, "But the Xingjiang River is not frozen, and the Beirong people have no boats. They are now confronting each other on the bridge. The guards of Pingzhou City want to blow up the bridge. But news came from Liang Jing and he was not allowed to move."

Jin Yan was stunned for a moment.

To the north of Lie Xingjiang, there is a large piece of land in Dayu, but the Beirong people have already sent troops to Lie Xingjiang—that is, the territory of Dayu in the north has been completely occupied? !

"When did it happen?" Jin Yan immediately asked back, "The northern frontier guards have three commanders from the left, the middle, and the right. How did it get to the point of blowing up the bridge?"

The Northern Frontier Defense Force has three commanders from the left, middle and right and more than ten deputy commanders to protect the safety of Dayu's northern border.Among the three commanders, one is Jin Mingzhao's master, Jian Liangying, a famous general of Dayu.Jian Liangying is over [-] years old, but he is hale and hearty and strict in running the army. He has always been the reassurance of the northern border guards.

When Jin Mingzhao was transferred to the northern frontier defense force, it was the time when Mrs. Jian Liangying passed away and he fell ill in grief.But now that Jian Liangying has returned to the Northern Army, it is impossible for the Northern Army to drive straight in and reach Lie Xingjiang.

"After the death of General Zhongzhao, General Jian and Zhang Yue, the commander of the left, were transferred to Baiqueguan to fight against the Jin Qiang." Yue Lianlou explained, "When the northern army invaded, the northern frontier army had only the right commander Lu Yuan. "

Jin Yan's throat seemed to be strangled, making it difficult to speak.

This was an undoubted mistake in dispatching generals - two of the three commanders of the Northern Frontier Defense Army left, and the only remaining right commander, Lu Yuannian, was only in his 30s and was the youngest general with limited experience in facing the enemy. It is difficult to mobilize the two veterans from the left and middle.

Everything seems to have been carefully calculated: Jin Mingzhao fought against the enemy at Baiqueguan when the Jin Qiang violated the border; As a pledge, Da Yu was relieved that the Pingzhou League was successfully signed.

——After that, Jin Mingzhao died in the battle of Baique Pass. The imperial court thought that the northern border was safe and transferred the two commanders of the Northern Army to the northwest, and the Northern Rong "just" invaded again at this time. Xingjiang.

Lie Xingjiang was Liang Jing's last barrier.

"...Bei Rong's goal should not be Liang Jing. If Bei Rong Tianjun really invaded Liang Jing, the northern capital behind must be empty. He has just quelled the civil strife among the five major tribes, and he has Jin Qiang by his side. He will not take such a risk " Jin Yan's thoughts turned, "The five major tribes returned to their hearts again, and the Beirong needs to reassess the meritorious deeds of the tribal leaders, and divide the boundaries and forces of the tribes."

Yue Lianlou looked at him: "So?"

Jin Yan: "Bei Rong is targeting the twelve Jiangbei cities headed by Pingzhou City."

There are a large number of Beirong people living in Liexingjiangbei.The Twelve Cities of Jiangbei are the land of Dayu, but there are also many exotic customs of Beirong. The two places are engaged in business and marriage, and have close contacts.Ministers in the court of Dayu have long been admonishing, saying that the folk customs of the twelve cities in Jiangbei have changed, and the number of Han surnames has decreased, which is very dangerous.Now if Beirong gets the Twelve Cities in Jiangbei, it will be easy to manage.

"The imperial court is unwilling to continue the fight. There are Bei Rong and Jin Qiang, and Da Yu's troops are limited, so it is impossible to fight against the enemy at both ends." Jin Yan lowered his voice, "The northwest frontier defense army lost many troops, and my father died in battle. All of this will happen. Shake the morale of the army."

For the first time, curiosity appeared in Yue Lianlou's eyes.The Jin Ye in front of him was completely different from the young man who was thumping in the snow when they first met, as if he had been completely reborn.He asked, "What do you think the court will do?"

"...Cease land and seek peace." Jin Yan said calmly, "Using Lie Xingjiang as the boundary, draw a new borderline between Beirong and Dayu."

After he finished speaking, he panted a few times, his heart ached like a twist.

Being in Beirong and a slave, Jin Yan himself had very little information.However, in the few conversations with Helan Jinying, the other party revealed precious information intentionally or unintentionally, such as the fact that the general of the Northern Army Army could appear in Baique Pass.

It can be seen that it is no coincidence that the Northern Rong and Jin Qiang launched an attack at the same time. The two countries have secretly formed an alliance in order to swallow the territory of Dayu.

His hometown is in jeopardy.

He couldn't help but think of the team he saw on the day he and Ruan Buqi fled Yetai.General Hu and Helan Jinying went south to attack Dayu.But now that Beidu is full of joy, Helan Jinying and General Hu specially took their family to live in Beidu, obviously to celebrate.

He sat down staggeringly, with a depressed face.Yue Lianlou was restless and wanted to hug him, but this time Jin Yan didn't resist and curled up in his arms blankly.Yue Lianlou combed his hair with her fingers, and said in a low voice, "Jin Yan, listen up, the first good news is that we have found your mother's whereabouts."

Jin Yan almost jumped up: "Where is she!"

"Someone saw her at a station outside Fenghu City." Yue Lianlou said, "Emperor Concubine Shunyi is still in good spirits, and she is still accompanied by the original entourage of Jin's mansion. Queguan is facing the enemy, and the entire city of Fenghu City is sealed off. Whether she entered the city and how she entered the city are still being investigated."

Jin Yan has already breathed a sigh of relief.Learning of his mother's whereabouts was the only thing he felt genuinely happy during this long period of suffering.

"The second piece of good news is that someone in Liang Jing's royal family is looking for you through rivers and lakes."

"Who?"

"We can't say that." Yue Lianlou laughed, "After the news of General Jin Mingzhao's death reached the palace, this person has been looking for you."

Jin Yan recalled the people he knew in Liang Jingzhong, but he couldn't think of who it might be.But in his opinion, it was not good news that people in the palace were looking for him. When he thought of all the sufferings at home, what stirred up in his heart was not nostalgia, but resentment.

Yue Lianlou pointed to the young man standing aside: "The third piece of good news is related to him. His name is Chen Shuang, and he is your guard from Mingyetang. If you have to find the right opportunity to let your friends buy him, you can buy him." It's like buying Ruan Buqi."

Jin Yan nodded to Chen Shuang to express his gratitude, then turned his head to stare at Yue Lianlou, thought for a moment and asked, "How do you know that there is Ruan Buqi by my side? Do you also know that He Lansone bought her?"

Yue Lianlou still had a smile on his face, but frowned slightly.

"Since the last time we met, you haven't been to Yetai to look for me, but you seem to know my whereabouts clearly, and you are not surprised to see me in Beidu." Jin Yan said, "Is there any Mingye in Yetai?" Church people?"

Yue Lianlou remained silent, and Jin Yan said again: "I have been under surveillance in Liang Jing for ten years. Yue Lianlou, I hate the feeling of being watched all the time."

Yue Lianlou played with a pair of ruby ​​earrings in her hand, and said with a smile: "Look, look, you are making a fuss? Why did the hall master ask me to find you in this snowy and snowy place? With the sharp mind of a young general , without our help, I will be able to protect myself and return to Dayu."

Normally, Jin Yan would not understand the emotions hidden in these words.But after several months of observation in Yetai, he learned this skill without a teacher, and immediately understood that it was his blunt tone that displeased Yue Lianlou.Chen Shuang stood by the door without saying a word, while Yue Lianlou sat on the bed with a loose posture.Jin Yan's thoughts changed: Yue Lianlou's rank in Mingye Hall is not low, so he must be a powerful person.

His tone softened immediately: "Hero Yue..."

"Don't call me a hero, it's unbearable and unpleasant." Yue Lianlou picked out her ears and raised her head to listen carefully to the movement upstairs.

Chen Shuang quickly pulled Jin Yan up: "Someone is looking for you."

Jin Yan was confused and was pushed out of the door by Chen Shuang as he staggered.The door closed quietly behind him, as if it had never been opened.He stood there in the snow for a moment, bowed towards the room, and thanked in a low voice: "Thank you, Jin Yetang, for saving me from danger."

Just as he stood up straight, a "Jin Yan" came from above his head.

He Lansone directly climbed over the railing on the second floor and jumped into the yard, grabbing his shoulders: "Where have you been?"

Jin Yan rubbed his cold face without changing his expression: "Come to find the latrine."

He Lansone: "I'm with you."

Jin Yan was stunned, and He Lansone raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you going?"

"The latrine isn't here." Jin Yan smiled lazily, "Isn't it that I haven't found it after searching for a long time?"

He Lansone looked at the small courtyard, the footprints on the snow were messy, and he couldn't distinguish the traces of coming and going.He suddenly leaned over to Jin Yan, his tall nose moved, and he took a deep sniff of Jin Yan's body.

Jin Yan's whole body tensed in an instant, and He Lansone's breath hit his ears and temples, sore and itchy.

"You have that person on you..." He Lansone said, "...the smell. You came to him? Do you like him? You like the kind of man who is neither male nor female..."

Jin Yan was shocked by his dog's nose, and hurriedly fooled him: "You also have this smell, didn't he also run in front of you just now?"

He Lansone was dubious, picked up his skirt and smelled it.Afraid that he would ask again, Jin Yan hurriedly pushed him upstairs: "Let's go, let's go to the latrine. By the way, what do you and Balonger mean by Lema?"

"It's Gao Xin's words."

"Zhuo Zhuo doesn't understand?"

"We didn't teach her much Gao Xin, of course she doesn't understand."

"What is Lema?" Jin Yan was curious, "Beautiful jade? Pearl? Gem? Zhu Ye is so beautiful, what else in the world can match her?"

"In Gao Xin's words, Lema..." He Lansone pressed his palm on his chest, "it means heart."

Jin Yan was stunned for a moment.Outside the Huixin courtyard, countless silk ribbons are rolling and dancing in the moonlight and snow light, and the ringing of bells is the sound of wind after wave after wave.He thought about all the beautiful, precious, and valuable things in the world, and wanted to put them in the sense of "Lema".

But that turned out to be "heart".

***

Because of Balonger's wrong reminder and He Lansone's overly outspokenness, He Lan Jinying's love for Zhu Ye was announced to the world.

On the way back, Balonger repeatedly reminded He Lansone to be careful not to tell He Lan Jinying what happened tonight, especially where the news came from.

After the group agreed, Qi Qi looked down at Zhuo Zhuo.Zhuo Zhuo is the only and most uncontrollable loophole, Hunda'er and Du teach Zhuo Zhuo to lie: "Lema is the most delicious dried pear, remember?"

Zhuo Zhuo nodded repeatedly as he ate the honey fruit they bought.

While chewing the jerky that Zhu Ye sent, Jin Yan stared sideways at He Lansone.The snow in the northern capital is thick, and the halls are bright everywhere. The side face of He Lansone is as clear and neat as if it had been carved out by a knife.He turned his head to look at Jin Yan, asked in a low voice, "What are you looking at?", snatched the jerky from Jin Yan's hand, threw it into his mouth and ate it.

Jin Yan never thought that Helan Jinying had such a dark and sincere side.

According to Balonger, Zhu Ye was originally a wandering Le Ji, who stayed in Huixinyuan after coming to Beijing a few years ago.Last year, General Tiger asked Helan Jinying to come to Beijing to handle errands. Ba Longer and others were originally under General Tiger's command. After drinking and talking about women, they simply took him back to the heart courtyard to play.He got to know Zhu Ye because of this.

He Lansone had never heard these things from his eldest brother, but when he was drunk, He Lan Jinying briefly mentioned a few words to the brothers Balonger.In fact, Balonger didn't know the specific meaning of "Lema". He thought it was a lover or a lover, anyway, it probably had such an ambiguous meaning.

But "Lema" is the heart, where the bones and blood come from, and where the three souls and seven souls return.Jin Yan was dazed by the ancient romance of the Gaoxin people.

"Why are you still looking at me?" He Lansone approached and asked, with a bit of artificial ferocity.

Jin Yan: "Are you still going back to the Heart Institute tomorrow?"

He Lansone: "No!"

Jin Yan: "Okay."

In fact, he couldn't wait to know who He Lansone would call "Lema" in the future.

***

Yue Lianlou told Jin Yan to find a chance to buy Chen Shuang, but Jin Yan couldn't go out at all.He has been closely guarded by He Lansone all the time, and he just wanders around the house all day long, thinking about Bei Rong and Da Yu over and over in his mind. .

Qing Da'er and Du went back to Xin Yuan to listen to music and watch dances every night, but they never saw Yue Lian Lou again.Yue Lianlou just made friends with Zhu Ye, and occasionally danced a dance or two in Huixinyuan, and then disappeared for a while after sharing some money.

Jin Ye guessed that the tamer of the deer in Yuelianlou should be the real Gaoxin man Zhu Ye.

Several days passed like this.One late night, Jin Yan was awakened by a sound outside the house.

The entire northern capital was shrouded in a deafening sound of iron clashing.The sound is very rhythmic, one wave follows another, which makes the ears hurt.

He Lansone took Jin Yan up to the roof, and Jin Yan thought the time was out of order for a moment, but there was a lot of excitement in front of him.

The sleeping Beidu woke up.With Wangcheng as the center, all the avenues and alleys were lit with fire lamps.The streets are full of sleepless people, cheering and jumping.A high platform was built at intervals in the streets and alleys, and the torches of the message were lit on the platform, and the soldiers guarding the platform held up iron swords and knocked on the iron pillars of the fire platform.A huge sound surged like a wave.

"What's wrong!" Jin Yan was terrified.

He Lansone put his arm around his shoulders and whispered in his ear: "The great witch is performing a fire dance! Spring in the northern capital is here!"

As soon as the words fell, a bunch of golden-red fireworks suddenly shot up in the distant Wangcheng.

The fireworks shot into the black indigo sky at high speed, and exploded into a huge golden fireball.

Flames erupted from all the high platforms in the city at the same time, and the whole city was brightly lit up.The snow in the deep winter has been melted by the heat, and the streets and alleys are like a heavy rain. The shallow snow reflects the figures of people singing and dancing and the lights of the city.

The spring deduced by the shaman came to Beirong at this time of night.

The author has something to say:

Candied fruit, one refers to candied fruit, and there are also desserts made from fresh fruits that are patted flat and crushed, or sweetened, or added with pear water, rock sugar water and the like.Beirong doesn’t have sugar making skills (but there are natural sugars such as honey). Cane sugar and caramel can only be obtained by relying on Dayu’s trade. Very surprised.

Zhuo Zhuo: Ah, I’m so miserable, I’ll eat more!