Chang'an Youth Tour

Yan Junyu was very happy to return to the palace after the Chinese New Year.He played at home for a while, and spent a good year with Madam Yan every day, but when he returned to the palace, the situation was not very good.First of all, Luo Heng, not only did not rest after the new year, but he became emaciated a lot. He was obviously plotting against the people of Xirong, especially after a while in the tea house, the situation in Beijing and China was calm on the surface, but in fact it was undercurrent.Even Yan Junyu knew that it was time to keep the East Palace and not let Emperor Qingde attack the crown prince.As long as Xiao Jingyan succeeds to the throne smoothly, no matter how strong Xi Rong is, he will not be afraid.

"As far as I'm concerned, the older princes can make some arrangements. No matter how active the Holy One is, there's nothing he can do about it. Xi Rong is staring at him, and even if he counts him, he won't set up a young emperor." Yun Lan was always ruthless thought.

From what Luo Heng meant, this plan was also taken into consideration.He was determined to be Luo Shensi, who had done all the calculations, and spent the whole day either reading history books or reading old books found in the warehouse, and he was exhausted physically and mentally.

But he did the hard work on his own initiative, so that's fine, at most Li Jieyuan's face turned ugly.Rong Hao's situation was even worse, he was already on the edge of the position, and for some reason he lost his mind, he seemed to be afraid of something, and he seemed to be hiding from others.Yan Junyu also heard some gossip, and even Nie Biao made fun of him.

Well, it will be spring hunting soon.According to the ancient system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, hunting in four seasons, hunting in spring is hunting, hunting in summer is seedlings, hunting in autumn is hunting, and hunting in winter is hunting.Hunting in autumn and winter is the grand event, and Yan Junyu didn't catch up.Although the spring search was not as grand as those two games, the emperor had to offer sacrifices to the heavens to reopen the hunting grounds. Now that Emperor Qingde was ill, it was natural that the East Palace would do it for him.

Yan Junyu's skills are much better now, even his riding skills are superb, and together with Wei Ru, he is eager to try hunting, and started to repair his bow and arrow three days in advance.

Speaking of hunting, in fact, His Highness the Crown Prince would not let him go.At that time, Yan Junyu was playing with Wei Ru in Sihongtang, and now that Luo Heng has passed the light, he watched them reenact how Meng Cang beat Yanbei—a large part of the reason why Meng Cang went back was because of Yu Yan Ran seriously injured Tie Le, the second son of King Xi Rong Bei.Although they all felt that Helian was an ambitious wolf, Meng Cang was the justifiable Black Wolf King. His mother was the Dayan clan of Chayunshuo, king of Xirong, and the princess of the Tianshan tribe. Needless to say, the land is tough and brave, and there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers.It is the most throat of Chayunshuo's territory, and it is because of them and the king of the north guarding the rear that Chayunshuo dares to fight south and north and expand wildly.

This is also the reason why Rong Hao wanted Helian to leave the Xirong camp. Not only was Meng Cang's mother clan strong, but also the King of the South Court of Xirong and the King of the North Court all supported him.It goes without saying how loyal Hu Lishe is, the King of the North is Cha Yunshuo's sworn brother, Tie Le and his generation of young Xirong generals all hunted and fought with Meng Cang and grew up together, they are stronger than brothers Dear friendship.

The secret report of the Eastern Palace, the nomadic tribe of the Xirong people, directly called Meng Cang "Muqin Linsang", which means the son of God in the Xirong dialect. From east to west, the whole Xirong is rumored that he is brave and good at fighting, like a god. Prince, the unsuspecting heir to the throne.

Although Mengcang valued Helian, the Kings of the North and the South who really controlled the military power in Xirong both regarded him as an enemy. Helian had no mother to rely on, and he didn't have an army in his hands. He was really seeking skin from a tiger.In contrast, it is a good choice to defect to Da Zhou. With his ability, he is just around the corner.

It's a pity that Helian never sees the beginning and the end all day long, and doesn't know what he is busy with. His recruitment fails again and again, which is really frustrating.

This time Tie Le was injured, which completely angered Meng Cang, and he didn't care about the marriage, he hurried back to Xirong years ago, Emperor Qingde didn't dare to stay, he just vented his anger on the East Palace.Sure enough, as soon as Meng Cang went back, the frontier situation took a turn for the worse. Yu Yanran's art of war Yan Junyu had also seen it before.Not only was Baichang City taken back, but at the same time, Meng Cang went straight to Youzhou from the middle line. Fortunately, Youzhou Mu's military tactics were the same as Ao Zhong's, and he was the most calm. Man Tian immediately gave up Yanzhou and retreated to the main city, so that Kuang Tianrui did not fall into Meng Cang's hands. In this way, there were hundreds of casualties.

Yu Yanran was still bold, under such circumstances, the battle report was sent to the East Palace every day, Yan Junyu kept silent, and went over to read it all.The last two urgent reports, which were sent within an hour, still smelled of blood and gunpowder smoke. It was said that after Xirong recaptured Baichang, they had entered another [-] miles and could already see Suiye City.

Only then did Dong Gong receive the news that Yu Yanran had been injured during the cover retreat and had been hit by an arrow on her shoulder blade.Meng Cang seems to be determined to avenge Tie Le, eyeing Yan Bei covetously.

Even if Yan Junyu was daring, he couldn't help but panic at this moment.He wasn't like Rong Hao Luoheng and the others who were in touch with political affairs, but just revisiting Mengcang's battle situation every day, he already felt terrified.

Meng Cang's talent is too high, in fact, anyone can read military books, after fighting a few battles, it all depends on talent.The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, how to make the correct decision at the critical moment is the ability that generals must possess.And how to have a bird's-eye view of the battle situation when you are in the middle of the game is the ability of a person who commands a thousand troops.

Every time Yan Junyu repeated the game, his heart sank even more.He asked himself, even if he was in Mengcang's position, he would never be able to make an excellent judgment like him, and even with Wei Ru as the striker, Luo Heng was no match for Mengcang when analyzing the situation.This is an ability that can only be honed by being on the battlefield again and again. Meng Cang is older than him and has fought more battles than him. The most terrible thing is that now he is honing on the front line every day. The style will be figured out by him.It must be Yanbei who showed his cowardice first, and then the Marquis of Jingbei in the west. Although Youzhou Mu is experienced and calm, as long as his wings are stretched, he will definitely show his flaws.

And I can only follow Meng Cang's footprints on the sand table, and can't do anything.

The atmosphere in the East Palace was so dull, in Yun Lan's words: "If His Highness hadn't been sitting here, you would have been frightened by Meng Cang long ago."

The existence of His Highness the Crown Prince really gave everyone a lot of confidence. His calmness in the face of the battle report alone made people feel at ease. Yan Junyu knew that he was not pretending to be calm. After all, when the news of Yu Yanran's injury came, he was still a little bit Moved, he said indifferently: "That's fine, he's been trying to be brave all day long, so it's a good thing he got hurt."

But there was no news from Ao Ji, not even a word of safety, which was really frustrating.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see Yan Junyu's depression, even Nie Biao knows it, and even teased him: "Yan Junyu, don't be so sad, two days of spring hunting, two days of fun, give me a mule Come and have a drink."

But Xiao Jingyan did not indulge him this time. On the night when the decree of Spring Hunting came down on behalf of the Son of Heaven, he read the letter in Sihong Hall, and suddenly said: "Xiaoyan stay in the East Palace for the next two days, the hunting ground is not fun."

Yan Junyu was shocked immediately, and just about to refute, Luo Heng said, "Spring hunting and offering sacrifices to the heavens are as important as gold and jade. It's good to let Xiaoyan go to see the world. It's not a problem to be bored in the palace all the time."

Since he entered the Eastern Palace, he has almost never had a disagreement with the crown prince, which once made Wei Ru very puzzled, "He and His Royal Highness always have the same opinion, so why invite him to be a counselor?" Yan Junyu also taught him " Many of us have the same opinion, but I will become a general in the future, and I still want to use you as a vanguard."

But in Yun Lan's words, it's because the prince's master, Ye Xiang, is a giant in Taoism, and it just so happens that Luo Heng's background is also close to Taoism, so it's easy to be similar.

He and Xiao Jingyan go back and forth all day long, just like the "shooting" game Rong Hao said, every sentence is full of allusions, Yan Junyu has long been used to it, and doesn't ask about the meaning behind it.All I know is that Luo Heng's words are still very important, because after he finished speaking, His Highness the Crown Prince raised his eyes and glanced at him, but did not reply, and then glanced at Yan Junyu again.

Yan Junyu immediately looked obedient, he had already turned into a youthful appearance, and his stature had also caught up with Rong Hao, but it was still soft to pretend to be obedient, especially his eyes were trying not to move around, looking dull , It's really annoying and funny.

"Okay." His Royal Highness is rare to be merciful: "But Xiaoyan must be obedient, not run around, and follow Yunlan."

"Yunlan?" Yan Junyu was very surprised: "Is she going to the hunting ground too?"

"The East Palace is driving, what's so strange about the female officer following? It's just that I was too lazy to go before." Yun Lan seemed to have other thoughts: "I don't know if that Chang Xintang will go?"

Changxintang is the name of the Crown Princess's study room. Compared with the female officials, it is natural for the Crown Princess to hunt. After all, there was a precedent back then. It is said that in the first year of Qingde, Emperor Qingde hunted, and Empress Ming Yi accompanied him. , also shot a fierce tiger, and the folks also compiled the Northern Opera "Guanyin Tiger".Later, the emperor and empress were separated, and it was listed as a banned song, and many people were arrested for it. It can be seen that Emperor Qingde's character is capricious.

The crown princess's riding skills are superb, and Yan Junyu has also seen it before.But Xiao Jingyan didn't seem to be interested, he just said: "Chunshou doesn't have any good prey, so don't call her."

It was already mid-moon when the discussion was over. Yan Junyu took a bath and ran to Sihong Hall before going to bed. Seeing that Luo Heng was still reading, she leaned over and stayed by the side for a while. Luo Heng laughed: "Come to stop me again. the light?"

Yan Junyu just smiled and didn't say thank you. Seeing him like this, Luo Heng rubbed his head twice, Yan Junyu didn't hide, and asked him: "Are you going tomorrow?"

"My identity can't go, and I can't ride a horse."

"You don't know how to ride a horse? Then you have never hunted before?" Yan Junyu suddenly looked regretful.

In his opinion, riding and archery, hunting and fighting are all very interesting things.It's a pity that Luo Heng didn't have these things because of his health.Luo Heng himself didn't mind, but asked him with a smile: "By the way, I heard that there is a kind of phoenix bird in the royal hunting ground. Its wings are red, but its tail is green. It flies in groups every time. Is it true? ?”

"Red wings and green tail? Pheasant? I've never seen one. If I see one, I'll bring you two and bring it back for you to play with."

"Okay." Luo Heng smiled a little tiredly: "It may rain the day after tomorrow, Xiaoyan remember to change into a pair of boots that are not afraid of mud."

"it is good."

The scene of spring hunting and offering sacrifices to heaven is still big, with the emperor's guard of honor, and all the officials see them off in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, some follow, and some stop at the gate of the palace.It was a sunny morning and the snow had not cleared. His Highness the Crown Prince wore a black Hu suit. Although it was not a dress for worshiping the heavens, it was considered a bold act of etiquette.The clothes were darkly embroidered with dragon patterns, and she didn't wear a heavy crown. You could see that her hair was jet-black, her complexion was like a moon, and she was handsome and tall, like a sharp sword out of its sheath.The horse he was riding was also spirited, and the guard of honor in the East Palace next to him was brilliantly embroidered. In Yan Junyu's opinion, he was much more majestic than that son of god from Xirong.

It was only fifty miles to the hunting ground by horseback riding, and it was already dusk when we drove there. Yan Junyu was quite skilled in riding, and the bumpy mountain roads did not feel hard. He handed the little dragon flag to Nie Biao this time, and he was very happy. Gun, talking to Yun Lan behind Xiao Jingyan for a while, and running to the front to see Rong Hao.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could see clearly, but pretended not to know.When he was about to reach the hunting ground, he called, "Xiaoyan, come here."

Yan Junyu flattered and passed by, his horse was still Ao Ji's, which was not inferior to Xiao Jingyan's, and he deliberately left the horse of His Highness the Crown Prince, causing Yun Lan to call out in warning: " Xiaoyan!"

There were too many people, and I couldn't say anything in private. Yan Junyu also knew that he must ask himself if he was tired. He was using a leopard tail gun to pick a branch by the side of the road, when he heard Xiao Jingyan ask: "Xiaoyan, do you still remember?" last time?"

"Which last time?" Yan Junyu held a grudge: "The time you came back overnight to beat me?"

Xiao Jingyan couldn't help laughing.

"The first time Xiaoyan hunted with me." He smiled and turned his face to let Yan Junyu see: "This time Xiaoyan doesn't have to chase after me and watch me secretly."

Yan Junyu didn't expect him to remember all of this, and remembered when he was like a goose, his ears turned red, and he ran away in a hurry.

In fact, this hunting is quite fun, one is that Yun Lan rarely came out of the palace, Wei Ru was there, and several other young princes also followed to watch the fun, among them was the seventh prince Xiao Xu who had bullied him, Master Junyu has a lot of them, so I don't remember hating him for a long time.What really made people uncomfortable was Hu Lishe, the great king of Xirongnan.

He told Helian that he was staying in Beijing to wait for the Holy Majesty to return the tribute to Xirong. In fact, Meng Cang was going to take him away when he left, but he insisted on staying and staring at Helian.It was also at that time that Helian and Rong Hao had a bit of an affair, which made him very worried, fearing that Helian would reveal Xirong's secret.Talking about being a hostage is actually empty talk. The frontier was beaten like that by Meng Cang, and it was too late for Emperor Qingde to treat them well. How could he be a hostage?

Helian originally wanted to come and see this hunting, but upon hearing about it, Hu Lishe wanted to come immediately.After talking to the Ministry of Rites, Emperor Qingde quickly agreed. Mengcang was showing off his power in the frontier, and Hu Lishe was also very proud. He deliberately brought a whole team of Xirong, with 50 people. It is said that they are all first-class hunters in Xirong. , intending to compare the East Palace.

Xirong and Donggong had competed in hunting before, with Ao Ji and Yu Yanran at that time, although Xirong also had Meng Cang, they were still not rivals.Yan Junyu's horse was won by Ao Ji at that time, and now only Rong Hao and Yan Junyu are left in the East Palace, no wonder Hu Lishe wants to stand up.

Yan Junyu didn't like this bearded and blue-eyed Xirong man at all. Hu Lishe was very arrogant, deliberately rode his horse and walked in the front of the team, and spoke loudly to his soldiers in Xirong dialect that others could not understand, as if mocking People in Dazhou are weak, especially they are very unkind to Rong Hao.Yan Junyu listened to Yu Yanran talking about beauty tricks every day, and had great hopes for Helian, but who knew that Helian himself rode a horse well, but he didn't lend a hand at all, and let them laugh at Xiaohao.

It was really miserable for Rong Hao, he was not good at riding at first, but recently he worked hard, half of his life was lost when he arrived in the paddock.After entering the tent early, Yan Junyu was worried and afraid of disturbing his rest, and Yun Lan didn't care about him at all, she just waited on His Highness the Crown Prince in the main tent, and when she asked her, she just said, "I'll be fine tomorrow."

But hunting is still fun, there are tents of different sizes in the night, among which the main tent of His Royal Highness is the most gorgeous.Hulishe deliberately showed off, and set up a big tent at the other end of the camp. It was full of teeth and claws. The tent door was made of two complete pieces of bear skin, and there was a bear head hanging on it, which was bigger than the table. It was like a savage. scary.

No wonder the people of Xirong ridiculed that the people of Dazhou would only enjoy it. This hunting was indeed a bit too extravagant. Not to mention, it was just the ostentation of the Eastern Palace, not to mention the small half of the guards, and half of the palace was moved from the palace. Come here, the bookshelves and tables in the main tent are all available, the carpet embroidered with golden dragons on the floor, and a tent is specially for the imperial dining room.The tents of those courtiers were also very gorgeous and comfortable, and they even got together to play the piano and write poems at night.

The dishes for the dinner were not much different from those in the palace. The servants tried the dishes, and Yun Lan served by the side, and also invited some close officials.Yan Junyu finished eating early, and wanted to see if there was the phoenix bird that Luo Heng was talking about, so she came out to have a look.Next to the prince's main tent is the tent of the servants in the palace. There has always been a tradition of servants supervising the army in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Xuan Tongfu was clearly present for this hunt. Emperor Qingde also sent two servants, Duan Changfu, the chief servant. His two disciples, the chubby Pang Jing and Suzaku, especially Suzaku, are Emperor Qingde's confidants now.Not only is it monitoring the prince, but it can also be seen that Emperor Qingde and Xuan Tongfu are indeed separated.

Xuan Tongfu intentionally drew a clear line with Donggong and closed the tent early.Yan Junyu originally thought that Rong Hao had also fallen asleep, but saw a white figure coming out of the tent in the twilight, it was Rong Hao or someone else.

I have taught him earlier that when he sneaks out at night, he must wear black clothes. He always likes the white fox cloak, and even got a collar for Yan Junyu. When he came out, Yan Junyu didn't wear it easily, since he wasn't afraid of the cold anyway.

When he saw Rong Hao sneaking around, he must be doing something bad, so he didn't call him, but quietly followed behind, ready to see what he was going to do.I saw Rong Hao circling left and right, reaching the edge of the Xirong people's tent, stretching out a hand, grabbing him, and pressing him against the cowhide tent.

Yan Junyu was quick-witted, and when he saw the dots of hair, he guessed that it was Helian.

Helian didn't care about Rong Hao during the day, but his tone was very friendly, as if he was extremely familiar, and he joked as soon as he opened his mouth: "I heard that Master Rong is retiring recently?"

This is the gossip that Yan Junyu heard, and Nie Biao also joked about it, but Donggong didn't seem to take it seriously, and even Yunlan didn't joke about it.

Sure enough, Rong Hao scolded him: "Nonsense."

"Of course I know it's nonsense." There was a smile in Helian's voice, but it made people feel unhappy: "Master Rong is best at fishing with fake bait..."

These words were harsh, Yan Junyu knew that Rong Hao would be angry, and sure enough, he only heard the sound of Rong Hao about to hit someone, and then the sound of Rong Hao being pressed on the tent.

"Where did I go wrong? Master Rong wants benefits but refuses to pay the price. It's really funny."

"You don't have the same two ends? Letting Meng Cang go and keeping Hu Lishe behind is not trying to win him over? It's a pity that Meng Cang is the one with the real foundation, and your ambition is nothing more than a dream. No matter the price, you will be tempted!"

Yan Junyu nodded silently when he heard this, Rong Hao is a man who can't fight, and he is still very good at cursing, every word hits Helian's sore spot, no matter how good-tempered Helian is, he is probably going to be angry.

But Helian was not angry, just sneered.

"Master Rong hasn't tried it, how do you know it can't be exchanged? However, it's getting late now, so it's useless to say these things."

After Helian finished speaking, he didn't give Rong Hao another chance to hit someone, so he just left.

Yan Junyu waited for a long time, but did not see Rong Hao coming back, so he was probably very sad too.Yan Junyuxue's strategy was still useful, he felt that he should understand the meaning of this conversation.In fact, it was Nie Biao who came from an ordinary background, so he took the rumor as a matter of business, saying that Rong Hao was going to resign Miss He's marriage. In fact, how could a princely marriage be so easy?Among other things, Rong Hao is the second son of King Pingxi, although he is not the eldest son, the matter of engagement has also been entered into the ancestral hall and reported to Emperor Qingde.If he really wants to retire, he must tell His Highness the Crown Prince first. He said that he wanted to retire, and rumors can only deceive outsiders who don't understand the power field.

Helian is really smart, he exposed it right away, no wonder Rong Hao was so angry that he wanted to beat him.Rong Hao's most fatal weakness is this. In Yun Lan's words, he is constantly called out, and he suffers from it. He blames him for not being cruel enough. He always thinks about making big gains with his small ones. The courage of a martyr to break his wrist.But his ability is enough to deal with most people, except Helian's opponent.

I just don't know what Helian's attitude towards Rong Hao is, why do you say it's getting late?What happened to them didn't happen overnight, why is it too late?

Yan Junyu couldn't figure it out until the next day, and didn't know what Helian was talking about.