The first favorite of rebirth

"Get up quickly!"

The sky had just been polished, and Jue Yun jumped out of the bed. He washed his hair in cold water, walked to the bed while wiping, put a cold hand into Pei Jiqing's collar, and said: "Get up soon, how do I remember, you haven't stayed in bed like this before."

"What time is it?"

Pei Jiqing rubbed her eyes and got up, only to realize that Jue Yun was about to leave for training on the school grounds, and she jumped up suddenly to make breakfast. Jue Yun said, "Go outside to eat", and dragged Pei Jiqing, who was still confused, out. the door.

The two walked around the street, only to find that the few shops in Dingzhou City were closed, and the streets were even more sparsely populated: this place has always belonged to the Liao Kingdom, and there have been wars all year round. After Zhou's army settled in, the Hu people who hadn't arrived or fled were even more frightened and didn't go out, so the streets were desolate.

"I just got my salary, so I wanted to treat you to breakfast." Jue Yun weighed the money in his hand, and said with some frustration, "Now it's all right, there's nowhere to spend money, let's go to the racecourse to eat steamed buns."

Pei Jiqing looked around, feeling a bit delicate, but after half a day's journey, Dingzhou was so far behind Jinzhou, it seemed that although the Liao people were good at opening up territories, they were still not good at governing the country.This war-torn border city has already lost people's hearts, and the imperial court did not manage and provide compensation. Therefore, not only is the law and order in Dingzhou chaotic, but even the streets and buildings still maintain the style of the previous dynasty.

No wonder the imperial court so readily agreed to Jue Yun's appointment as an official, no one wanted to give up this official post.

Not long after, Pei Jiqing and Jueyun arrived on the open pasture. Although Dingzhou is barren, it is vaster than Jinzhou. It is much more convenient for soldiers to practice riding and shooting here than in the Jinzhou school field, and the target can be drawn farther.Pei Jiqing was sitting on the grass, watching Jue Yun riding a white horse around obstacles, drawing his bow like a full moon, and hitting the bull's-eye with an arrow from afar.

He turned his head with a bow and waved his hands at Pei Jiqing. The topknot on his head was shaken and formed into a long ponytail, showing a youthful and heroic appearance.

Pei Jiqing was afraid that the soldiers would not trust the young lieutenant, but unexpectedly they listened to Jue Yun's words, and soon began to practice like Jue Yun. Jue Yun tied Yanyue's reins to a dry dwarf tree , broke a small stick and walked towards Pei Jiqing, pointing and saying: "Pei Qi, stand up."

Pei Jiqing smiled and stood up, Jueyun tapped his leg with a small stick, and said, "Take a step."

Pei Jiqing originally thought that Jue Yun was joking with him yesterday, but he didn't expect that he would really want to train with him, but he still squatted down and took a horse stance. Jue Yun corrected his movements, nodded and said: "Hold on for a while , I said stop and stand up."

"No, I'm dizzy." Rong Luan's body was already weak, and coupled with the sudden prison disaster after the coup d'etat, it would be difficult to recuperate after a few years, so Pei Jiqing felt a little dizzy after only standing there for a while. Standing up on Jueyun's shoulder, he said, "Master Lang, I'll rest for a while."

"Okay, take your time and add more time every day." Jueyun had no choice but to support Pei Jiqing to sit down. The two of them looked towards the blue sky. The soldiers had finished their morning exercises and started to cultivate nearby. wasteland.Before the three armies moved, food and grass came first. Xia Chengxi felt that Jinzhou was still a long way away, so he asked Jueyun to reclaim it first and plant some highland barley and wheat in case of emergencies. However, the land was very difficult to cultivate and the water source was difficult to find. De Jueyun also had a headache.

"What about Mr. Wolf and Mr. Dog?"

Before Jue Yun finished speaking, Xiao Wansheng's voice came from behind him. He was riding a tall horse and was well dressed, but his lips were chapped and peeled. It must be because he had stayed in the capital for a long time and was not used to the northern climate.

Pei Jiqing rubbed his eyes and stood up, Xiao Wansheng jumped off the horse, stretched out his hand to embrace Pei Jiqing's shoulder, but just as he touched Jue Yun's blocking arm, he withdrew his hand resentfully, and said, "Xiao Rong, what are you looking at?"

"Look at farming!" Jue Yun rushed to answer, "You don't have eyes? Can't you see?"

Xiao Wansheng and Jue Yun glared at each other before continuing: "Xiao Rong, you don't intend to settle down here and live here for the rest of your life."

"Of course not." Pei Jiqing shook his head and said, "Master Hou is here now, is he afraid that we will run away?"

"That's not true." Xiao Wansheng smiled and said, "I'm also betraying the old master, and I feel a little unhappy, so I came to the racetrack to take a look at you."

Looking at Xiao Wansheng's expression, Pei Jiqing felt that his words might be sincere, so he said: "Master Hou, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, if the regent treats Lord Hou sincerely, I will not I will open my mouth."

Xiao Wansheng said: "Then how did you treat me? If you show some sincerity, you should tell me where the Emperor Sword is hidden."

Pei Jiqing looked at the Tianzijian beside Jueyun, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Your Majesty has power, why don't you allow us to have a secret?"

Xiao Wansheng suddenly smiled, his expression was much more relaxed than before, Pei Jiqing was implying Xiao Wansheng: the little prince is helpless, but he has soldiers and horses in his hands, if he supports the little prince, he is controlling a prince; but if he supports the regent King, that is being controlled by others.

Xiao Wansheng readily understood, sat down against the dead tree, and said: "Life in the palace is not easy, the regent only chose a wife for me, and let me be a monk for three or four years, little emperor For the big wedding, the queen and the two noble concubines were chosen by the regent, and I don’t know how many years they will be vegetarians.”

Jue Yun raised his head and said, "Why do you have to be vegetarian when you get married?"

"You don't understand this. Being a vegetarian doesn't mean you need to eat." Xiao Wansheng drew his voice with great interest, and continued: "But the emperor is so vegetarian that it doesn't matter. I think he really has something like that. The problem...he doesn't lift..."

Jue Yun asked again: "What is 'not lifting'?"

"Stop talking!" Pei Jiqing quickly interrupted Xiao Wansheng's words, Xiao Wansheng rolled his eyes and said, "What are you calling, how old are you, and you still don't understand these..."

Pei Jiqing looked at him helplessly, and then asked: "What do you mean? The emperor has never favored concubines?"

"How is it possible." Xiao Wansheng said in a low voice, "I mean, the emperor couldn't give birth to a baby, and the doctor secretly invited a bunch of babies...Although I don't have a baby, I don't want to have a baby with that woman..."

Pei Jiqing suddenly understood that the little emperor did not have a child with the empress, perhaps it was to compete with the regent. It seemed that although the little emperor was young, he was by no means someone in the pool.

He suddenly thought of his previous speculation, so he asked: "Master Hou, did the regent send you to Mobei because the situation in the capital is stable, or did he want you to find the little prince?"

"All of them." Xiao Wansheng replied, turning his head to see Jue Yun looking at him, so he said: "Pity my little Highness, who sleeps with such a beautiful woman every day, but doesn't understand anything. Open meat...?"

Pei Jiqing hurriedly pulled Jue Yun over, changed the subject and said, "Look, there are sheep over there, let's go and have a look, you haven't seen sheep before, have you?"

Jue Yun said awkwardly: "What's so good about a sheep..."

Before Pei Jiqing and Jueyun passed by, two soldiers came on horseback, stopped beside Jueyun, and said: "Master Lang, the barbarians are grazing sheep on the wasteland we occupy, and we can't drive them away. .”

Xiao Wansheng impatiently said: "The troublemaker will be chopped down immediately."

"No." Jue Yun turned back and said: "General Xia said, we are the teachers of the Son of Heaven, how can we kill people casually, this place belongs to the Great Zhou, and the barbarians are also citizens of the Great Zhou, so we can't do anything casually."

After finishing speaking, he pulled the horse across and said, "I'll go with you, I can speak Khitan dialect."

There is indeed a large herd of sheep and cattle on the grassland. From a distance, it looks like a snow-white area, and the ground that the soldiers have worked so hard to reclaim is a mess. At the front, soldiers were not allowed to remove weeds.

The grassland was in a mess, the barbarians cursed people in Khitan dialect mixed with Mongolian dialect, and the soldiers echoed in miscellaneous dialects, mixed with "baa baa baa" from time to time... None of these three parties could understand anyone's words, but they could quarrel. It's hard to talk, Pei Jiqing stood by and watched, feeling dumbfounded.

"stop fighting!"

Jueyun rushed over and explained something in the unfamiliar Khitan dialect. The herdsmen in the lead were stunned for a moment, as if they didn't expect Jueyun to speak Khitan dialect, he was still swearing, and the series of swear words seemed to accuse Jueyun of leading people to reclaim wasteland ;Although the soldiers couldn't understand, they could feel that Jueyun was being scolded, so they also picked up their weapons and rushed over. Both sides stared, and they were about to strike.

"This is obviously finding fault." Xiao Wansheng said: "The grass is getting bigger, so it must be to drive the sheep here on purpose. It seems that although Dingzhou was captured, the Hu people are very dissatisfied. You don't kill the chicken to show the monkey, just kill it. I'm afraid it won't work."

"That's it." Jue Yun was silent for a moment, and said loudly: "If you don't want to stay in Dingzhou, you can come to our school's Wei's Mansion to collect money. I guarantee that no one will stop you from going to Liao Kingdom."

After Jue Yun finished speaking, he quickly repeated it in Khitan dialect.

There was sudden silence all around, and even Pei Jiqing didn't expect him to say such a thing. At this moment, a soldier came up, gently pulled Jue Yun's sleeve, and said, "Master Lang, there is no need for this." Discuss with General Xia?"

"No need." Jue Yun said: "I will use my own salary to pay for next year's salary. If I don't have enough this year, I will pay for it next year. Of course, those who want to stay can stay. I love the people like a son. Since Dingzhou is back in our hands, I definitely won't." Let everyone have nothing to eat."

After Jue Yun's words fell, the herdsmen began to greet and drive the flock back. It seemed that they had no intention of causing trouble. At this time, the post horse suddenly rushed over and handed a booklet to Xiao Wansheng.

Xiao Wansheng opened the notebook and said inexplicably: "The regent's decree is so strange, he actually sent me such a thing without saying anything other than asking about my health."

Pei Jiqing took the folder and said abruptly: "Master Hou, maybe this is not from the regent, but the emperor's own will."

"Decree?" Xiao Wansheng shook the folder and said, "There's nothing hidden in it, do you have to burn it to see it?"

"..."

Pei Jiqing thought for a moment, and said: "The emperor's decree has been read by the regent, so naturally he dare not take it with him. The Marquis also wrote a polite letter of condolences, sent it back as it was, and then handed another letter to the regent, and so on." After coming and going several times, the regent only thinks that it is a daily greeting, so he will not be overwhelmed."

"it is good."

Xiao Wansheng nodded, then got on the white horse, the herdsmen gradually dispersed, Jue Yun also took Pei Jiqing back to the Captain's Mansion, but there was a row of herdsmen in front of the Captain's Mansion, when they saw Jue Yun, they said He rushed over to Khitan's words and asked him for the money promised today.

Jueyun was upright at the beginning, but his hands were shaking at the end, when the last herdsman left, Jueyun's salary was running low, he looked at the empty purse and said dejectedly: "It's over, I don't have any money. gone."

Pei Jiqing was pouring hot water into the bucket, ready to take a bath and relax. As soon as he stepped into the bathtub, Jue Yun rushed over from the outside and sat on the bed with his arms folded. He was no longer as serious as he was during the day, but looked at Very lost, like a puppy with its tail hanging down.

"Don't be so sad." Pei Jiqing nestled in hot water, spread her long hair, and said, "If you don't have money, you will have nothing. Anyway, this city is dying, and there is no place to spend money."

"Maybe someone will come tomorrow." Jue Yun held his fingers and said angrily, "I thought someone would stay, but in the end even those herdsmen who are originally Han people followed!"

"They always think that they are from the Liao Kingdom. It is not easy for them to accept you suddenly." Pei Jiqing lay on the edge of the tub and poked him with wet fingers, "Come on, wipe my back." .”

"Actually, this is not the only thing." Jue Yun continued: "Those Liao people also said that there is no way to grow these lands..."

Jue Yun stood up holding the towel, and said, "Aren't you unhappy? I made this decision without discussing it with you. I don't know if it's right..."

"It doesn't matter if you don't discuss it with us. You are the master, so you have to make up your own mind." Although Pei Jiqing agreed with Jue Yun's actions, he actually blamed him for being impulsive, but he couldn't see Jue Yun's depression, so he said softly: "One Whether the idea is good or not is not known right away, just like those uncultivable wastelands, why don't you wait patiently for a few days?"

"Lord Lang!" At this moment, a soldier stood at the gate of the courtyard and knocked on the door, Jue Yun turned his head and shouted: "What's the matter?"

"A herdsman came to the barracks to look for you. He said he had something to do with reclamation and wanted to talk to you in person, so we brought him here." The soldier said, "Look, do you want to meet?"

Jue Yun looked at Pei Jiqing with some surprise, and excitedly said to the door: "Call him in!"