Lianhua

【One】

This winter in northern Xinjiang is doomed not to be smooth.

The wind was bitter, whistling from the direction of the grassland, and it seemed to have a bloody smell after a closer look.Faint, seeming like nothing.

Liu Hua stood on top of the city wall, subconsciously wrapping his cloak tightly against the cold wind.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him.

"Didn't I say that no one is allowed to come up? Bai Lian, you don't take my words to heart any more." Liu Hua didn't turn around, and said to the people behind him in a flat tone.

"Come on, you don't know me, your brother?" Bai Lian stretched out his neck and squinted his eyes towards the city with a blade of green grass in his mouth, as if he was looking for something strange. "I reckon that the imperial court has also received news of the Shu army's intruders. We are definitely going to fight them." Bai Lian paused, and suddenly hooked Liu Hua's neck, "Jimo, how about You don't want to send me to the battlefield this time, do you?"

"Aren't you here for military exploits?" Liu Hua glanced at Bai Lian, "If you don't go to the battlefield, how can you get military exploits?"

"Tsk, unilateral massacre is very boring." Bai Lian shook the hand that Liu Hua had patted, and smiled nonchalantly.

Liu Hua rolled up his sleeves, turned around and was about to go down the tower, Bai Lian took off the grass still dangling from his mouth, threw it casually, and followed Liu Hua unhurriedly.

"This time the Shu army came prepared, recruiting talents and promoting brave men in the army. It is said that the general this time is the son of Hou Zefeng, Dingyuan of the Shu Kingdom." Liu Hua turned around suddenly, facing Bai Lian Eye. "Back then you had a narrow victory against Zefeng. Although it was said that you killed Zefeng, you yourself were injured and almost went to hell."

Seeing Bai Lian rubbing his nose embarrassingly, Liu Hua sighed: "I want you to rest more, after all, it's less than a month since your last battle. Although it was just some grassland tribes coming to snatch But you have put in a lot of effort. Just look, there is no one in the army, so you have to take the lead."

"Tsk, isn't there still you who said this? Who doesn't know that His Majesty Liu Wang, who guards the city of Ying, is a god of killing?"

"The emperor has a decree, unless he gives an order, King Liu is not allowed to lead troops into battle."

"...Oh, I forgot. This emperor is real. Consolidating the imperial power is nothing like this. Besides you, I am a real military general and a few weak Confucians who are called military generals. What else are you fighting for? I'll forget it if I'm exhausted." Bai Lian muttered.

"Ah Lian, you don't want to fight?"

Bai Lian's eyes lit up, and he walked to Liu Hua's side in a few steps, his eyes full of sincerity revealing his inner thoughts of "If I say I don't fight, can I not fight?"

Liu Hua twitched the corners of his mouth calmly, hooked his legs, and watched Bai Lian rolling down the stairs with all kinds of howls with a blank face, and then passed by calmly, screaming in pain. Clamp the horse's belly and return home with the whip.

The brothers guarding the city gate kept their eyes open, and said that His Majesty Liu Wang and Lord Hou are really loyal people, and they still learn from each other to promote each other even on the steps.We admire you so much for serving our country so wholeheartedly!

【two】

In Prince Liu's mansion, after Li Ye announced the decree, he handed the roll of yellow silk to Liu Hua with a smile.After receiving it, Liu Hua got up and said, "Please trouble your father-in-law."Li Ye became more and more respectful, and kept saying that he didn't dare to take it seriously.While bowing and talking, Bai Lian skillfully put a red envelope into Li Ye's sleeve.Liu Hua is a vassal king, so naturally he doesn't need to give these things, so he just pretends that he didn't see anything at the moment.

Li Ye rolled up his sleeves after receiving the red letter, and he didn't show any dissatisfaction with Liu Hua's failure to express his dissatisfaction. Instead, the smile on his face became more respectful.His Majesty Liu Wang is a man who knows how to treat people. It would be good for both of them not to send it off, but it would be embarrassing to send it off.Just kidding, I am the person in front of the emperor, what is the purpose of receiving the red seal from the vassal king?Too long?

"Our family has brought all the decrees, and our family will definitely convey what the prince said, so our family will resign." Liu Hua nodded, and sent his personal guards to send Li Ye out.

"Tsk, stingy, this emperor is too stingy. Anyway, I won the battle, and the rewards are not much, and the title is not promoted. I heard that those who have done nothing in the south are equal to me. That's it. Cutting the feudal clan means cutting the feudal clan, how could it affect the innocent?" Bai Lian finished speaking with his mouth curled up, and poured the tea cup into a loud gurgling sound.

"When did you care about this? Besides, are you innocent?"

Bai Lian thought about it seriously, and she seemed to be quite innocent.Apart from going in and out of Prince Liu's Mansion from time to time, and exchanging feelings with Liu Hua, I didn't do much.

Regarding Bai Lian's thoughts, Liu Hua could only look at him like an idiot.

Thinking fruitlessly, Bai Lian shook his head, and wanted to pick up the teacup to pour, but found that his tea was gone, so he stretched out his hand and took Liuhua's teacup to pour.

"By the way, Jimo and you are the same. How many times has the emperor issued an edict to re-select a concubine for you? You are good, and you brought Miss Ling out to block the order. Poor girl Ling is alive and well, but every time you have to Because of you, "Mr. Gu Nian died to leave the old man, I will never marry another person in this life. Thank you for your majesty's concern. I am terrified." I don't know where Miss Ling is sneezing now."

"She just received a letter a few days ago, and she has a stable life with that merchant, and that merchant treats her very well."

"Does he dare not be nice to Miss Ling? If he dares, I will skin him."

"You don't need to do it, I will peel him off." Liu Hua said calmly, and turned a page of the book in his hand. I’ve mentioned it so many times, I’m sure I won’t bring it up again in the future.”

Bai Lian clapped his hands happily, he has a good relationship, and he comes here every year to talk about it, and he is almost bored to death.No matter how hard Bai Lian tried to restrain himself from this joy, it was useless, the corners of his mouth were still upturned.

As a result, before the music was over, Liu Hua spoke.

"Are you happy to lead the troops into battle after three months?"

"..."

"We are fully prepared. We have [-] cavalry and [-] infantry under our command. There is no shortage of weapons." Liu Hua glanced sideways at Bai Lian, "It seems that you are confident that you can win?"

"..."

"It is said that we will send 14 cavalry and [-] infantry today. Presumably in this way, it will be easy to fight against the [-] troops of the Shu Kingdom?"

"Come on, I'm going to recruit and train. You sit still, I'm leaving." Bai Lian drank the remaining tea in the teacup, stood up and smiled at Liu Hua who was holding the scroll with a blank expression, "Don't worry, I should I have passed you, going out on the battlefield, you will never die. I have been here for more than ten years, and this time is the same. Regardless of whether it is the son of Sawahiro in front of him or the Sawahiro who has come back alive, this time I can win the battle beautifully. " Bai Lian didn't wait for Liu Hua's answer after finishing speaking, and opened the door directly, stepping on the creaking sound of the wooden door and going away.

Liu Hua pressed his forehead and looked out the door. The winter sun was very pale, and he didn't feel any warmth when he looked at it. It shone on the man like that, as if he was about to become a fairy.The corners of Liu Hua's mouth curled up in a seemingly invisible arc, which finally covered the expressionless cold face with a layer of warmth.

【three】

It was three months before Liu Hua saw Bai Lian again.

Bai Lian was riding on the horse, not in the white clothes she usually wears, but in black armor.Behind him is an army of one hundred thousand.More than [-] people were silent under the city, so quiet that some residents on the outskirts of the city did not dare to come out to look around, but just opened a window in the house and peeked secretly.

Liu Hua held the wine bowl in his hand and raised it high: "I am the willow king of the state of Zhou, and I was ordered by the emperor to guard the city of Ying. The emperor originally wanted to make friends with his neighbors, but the state of Shu despised the prestige of the state of Zhou and raised troops to invade the border. Now that the war is raging, the emperor can't bear the suffering of the people, so he specially ordered Marquis Wuqing to send troops to conquer. The emperor is benevolent, the emperor's kindness is mighty, and this conquest will surely be a great victory. This wine is toast to everyone, and we are alone and equal." After finishing speaking, general The wine was drained in one gulp, and the bowl fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Bai Lian at the bottom took the wine from Liu Hua's personal guards, lifted the wine bowl upwards slightly, raised his head and drank it all, then threw the wine bowl like Liu Hua, then drew the long knife from his waist and pointed it towards the sky Hold high: "The emperor's grace is mighty! The triumphant song must be sung!"

"The emperor's grace is mighty! The song of victory must be sung!"

"The emperor's grace is mighty! The song of victory must be sung!"

"The emperor's grace is mighty! The song of victory must be sung!"

The blood of the soldiers was ignited for no reason, and they all raised their weapons and shouted. For a while, the voice seemed to shake the mountains and rivers, and the wilderness outside the city seemed even wider amidst the shouts.

Bai Lian narrowed his eyes and said a few words to Liu Hua, but was covered by shouts.

He raised the long knife again, and the silence was restored, then turned the horse's head and rode away.

The army behind him was accompanied by a hundred thousand troops, leaving only a piece of wind and sand everywhere, and the sky was full of dust.

Liu Hua turned and left when he saw only one shadow of more than one hundred thousand people left.

Back in the mansion, Liu Hua recalled what Bai Lian said just now, but he didn't hear it, but could see his words from the shape of his mouth: "Goodbye in triumph."

"Oh. Alright, then I will see you in triumph." Liu Hua sat until the hot tea became cold before he said such a sentence without thinking, causing all the servants beside him to look at each other knowingly.

"My lord is a bit strange. He seems to have a lot of things on his mind."

"My lord, are you frowning at me? Are you worried about the army going out?"

"Today's lord seems to be extraordinarily concerned about the country and the people! As a result, he is indeed a man of loyalty!"

In front of Liu Hua, the servants didn't dare to be presumptuous, they just used their eyes to communicate with each other spiritually, but whether they could communicate well, that's unknown.In short, everyone seems to have received the spiritual baptism from His Majesty Liu Wang invisibly, and they have developed their spiritual level to a higher level, and their admiration for His Majesty Liu Wang has become extraordinarily surging and helpless inhibition.

However, at this moment Liu Hua was silent.From the servants' point of view, Liu Hua was seriously studying the scroll in his hand, but only Liu Hua knew that his eyes stayed on the page and line in his hand, without moving at all.Now he is just very purely, distracted.Just, distracted.

[Four]

It has been about two months since the beginning of winter, and the battle is still not over.

There is still a lot of shouting and killing in northern Xinjiang, and the sound of the handover of weapons keeps reverberating.

Both sides were red-eyed, blood spattered continuously, and the smell of blood further stimulated the inherent bloodiness and murderous nature of human beings.The color of the land was dark red due to the infiltration of blood, and the dark red was as deep as black.

Compared with the dark red in northern Xinjiang, the capital of the Zhou Kingdom decorated to welcome the New Year is a festive bright red.

They beat you to death over there, but here they began to drink wine for fun and spend a good time together.Looking at the emperor's face flushed from drinking, Liu Hua suddenly felt ironic, and told him that he was unwell and stepped back before making any further gestures.When he left, the emperor looked at him with extremely cold eyes, but Liu Hua just wanted to laugh.

Give yourself a few weak scholars, send yourself to the northern border to defend the city, but don't let yourself lead the army to fight against the enemy.When he cut off the vassal, his face was full of red light, and he couldn't stop persuading him.When fighting, he would send troops to deliver food in a friendly manner, wishing to announce how kind and loving His Majesty the Emperor is.Such benevolence is not even given to a general.When fighting abroad, how important the position of a general is, Liu Hua doesn't believe that he doesn't know.Taking a step back, even if he didn't know, neither civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty knew?If Bai Lian hadn't come to defend the city with him against the decree back then, so that there was at least one general available here, otherwise what would happen now?All the people in the city go to Huangquan together?

Liu Hua didn't want to think about it anymore, it was useless to think about it.

The emperor can do whatever he wants.

Faced with the joy and joy of people coming and going in the capital city of Zhou, Liu Hua got on his horse and left the city without wanting to take another look.When entering the city, all the personal guards were sent back to Yingcheng by the emperor, and now going back alone, it feels... not bad?

When you come, you come in a hurry, but when you go back, you return slowly.

Liu Hua stopped all the way, and suddenly stopped at a tea shop by the side of the road.It was here that Bai Lian caught up with him when he was sent to Ying City.The man laughed flamboyantly, complaining that he didn't take him with him no matter how much he went out, and then for some reason, the two of them fought vigorously here in front of all the guards, and almost gave up the old woman's tea shop. Demolished.Liu Hua laughed inadvertently, he didn't expect that this shop was still there, it would be quite interesting to revisit the old place.

In recent years, there are fewer and fewer things that can be remembered, and it is a surprise to Liu Hua to suddenly recall all kinds of past events.

When I returned to Yingcheng, more than ten days had passed since the New Year's Eve, but the market in Yingcheng, immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year, was still bustling.Liu Hua didn't feel bored in Zhou's capital, but smiled happily and nodded to those who bowed to him.Most of the residents of Ying City recognized Liu Hua, but none of them bowed down, not disrespectful, on the contrary, they all respected and loved the prince, so they did not dare to disobey his will and make him unhappy.It is His Majesty Liu Wang's decision not to worship on festivals.

So the happy King Liu was even happier, and ordered some grain to be sent to every household.Now not only Liu Hua is happy, but the people are also happy.Seeing the smiles on the faces of the people, Liu Hua was about to give him more rewards, but he saw the wretched faces of the guards and servants who came out of the mansion.Oh forgot, the mansion drew a bunch of capable people to the battlefield, and the rest of these people would have enough food to move once, and they would probably ascend to heaven if they did it again, so it was a mistake.Mistake.

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