Qingzhou trip

During the few days when Shahai City was besieged, the city changed from short-lived panic to overconfidence: Yun Fangjiang was the son-in-law of the Bai family who married into the family, and when he was guarding Shahai, the imperial court refused to pay more money to the soldiers. .Right now sitting in the city is His Royal Highness King Jin, who in the world doesn't know that her own brother will inherit the throne in the future?The imperial court will definitely send troops to come in the starry night.

Before the reinforcements arrived, people began to fear chaos again, and rumors spread in the city: Beixia people wanted King Jin to marry and marry, and the reinforcements were trapped by heavy snow.

Although it has not yet reached the time of shortage of food and clothing, it is hard to say whether the New Year can survive this predicament.Just when people's words became more and more rampant, Zhao Yifang, the appeasement envoy of the three states and Jin Wang, ordered the city to resume trading and making a living.King Jin even went to Stone Lane to drink a bowl of bone soup.

Livelihoods are released, and people will get together in groups of threes and threes after tentatively leaving their homes, and it is unpredictable whether the news is true or false.But the head hanging on the tower was real—five hundred soldiers surrounded the Beixia guest house, and everyone inside was shot into a sieve.That day, the transfer envoys and Chengxuan envoys abandoned their horses from outside King Jin's mansion in disregard of dignity and ran to dissuade them, but it was already too late when they arrived.

People from King Jin's Mansion collected the corpse, and the two adults ran to the tower with livid faces.After counting a bunch of envoys who would not be beheaded to King Jin, and after a long-term discussion, the personal guards of the palace had already sent the head of Li Jiyan, the fake envoy, and King Jin glanced at it, "Hang it up."

The two adults yelled "Think twice" again, saying that they must not provoke the enemy.When news is blocked, peace talks are the top priority.

It's useless to think about it, but it has become a topic of conversation in the city.The business in the "Purple Sparrow" building in the wine alley is very good. Although the wine has increased by ten cents and the dishes have been halved, it can't stop the panic-stricken people from gathering here.Sitting at home is also boring, but going out to this crowded place to have a drink and listen to a few words seems to be a little courageous enough.

Today it was reported that the fake envoy Li Jiyan, the clan from Beixia Luocao, dared to pretend to be his identity and break into the sea of ​​sand.

"My lords who can't complain, the Northern Xia people look similar. Li Jiyan and the Northern Xia envoy Li Jixin are cousins, and their looks are even more similar. They have all the talisman documents on their bodies, and the magistrate Xie at the gate of the city carefully inspected them that day. Who can blame this? Blame Li Jiyan for having the audacity to steal dragons for phoenixes." There are fair words, but more random guesses, "I think King Jin just didn't want to get married, so he ordered a killer to tear his face apart."

The Zhao family in Jiamaying talked about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust, and their calculations were extremely ruthless.They didn't care about the souls and common people, they deserved it right when they were furious.

No matter how desolate the dead one was, he was also from the Northern Xia clan.Isn't this nonsense?After killing people, those outside the city have even more reason not to retreat.Women are narrow-minded. Why did the imperial court send an embroidered pillow to deal with such a big market in the northwest?

When the scolding was everywhere, the shopkeeper of "Purple Sparrow", who was dialing the abacus, coughed heavily, and everyone lowered their voices.

"If killing that Xibei is useless, how can the outside of the city stop?" A woman who was drinking in the corner stepped on a stool and looked around the crowd, her eyes fell on the face of the loudest person just now, "You My aunt doesn't like to hear that women are narrow-minded. Just now I saw you playing Feipu very enthusiastically, so my aunt made a bet with you: If King Jin finally makes the Beixia people retreat, you will lose. Otherwise, my aunt will lose. "

The drinker and gambler saw the woman's half-hu and half-han, with an indescribably elegant and unrestrained beauty, and suddenly became excited, "Bet you to be a kid for me?"

The woman shook her head with a smile, "Look, that's all you can do. Bet big, just..." She looked at the man, "Bet on your mouth. I haven't seen your help in the bloody battle outside for a few days. You chew your tongue with a broken mouth. After this battle, my aunt will come looking for you and cut off your tongue." She patted a copper coin and went straight to the man, grabbed the skinny boy by the collar, "called What?"

"His name is Hu Quan." Someone booed.This is a well-known two-faced gambler in Shahai City, almost everyone knows him.

As soon as Hu Quan was mentioned, he knew that he had met a female trainer in the barracks. At this moment, he didn't feel that the person in front of him was so beautiful and delicious. When he reached out to grab her fingers, his throat was held by a dagger, "Why? What if you lose? ?” The chill pierced his neck, and he was still trembling and his mouth was stiff.

"Grandma has never lost before." The woman frowned suddenly, glanced at Hu Quan's wet buttocks, and threw him down, "Lu Xiangchun, the Baosheng Army, wants me to go to the North Tower."

"Chop Suey, my aunts don't care about making this bet." Lu Xiangchun walked out the door while counting the bad luck.

"Who can't you mess with? If you provoke a woman in the Baosheng Army, no matter how skinny you are, she's still the Baosheng Army." Zique's shopkeeper stared at Hu Quan and smiled, "Go back and change your pants."

Lu Xiangchun only came to drink when he was bored these few days.The Northern Xia cavalry outside the city were constantly harassed and their offensive weakened, and they even retreated five miles.The head hanging from the tower made Shahaicheng uneasy: Zou Shiyan and Master Liao seemed to be in a tight knot, and they had to persuade King Jin to take the initiative to negotiate peace.

Lu Xiangchun got angry after listening to it twice, and the two of them kept saying that "women's university should get married" and "discuss for the country", which was righteous.In fact, he was greedy for life and afraid of death, wishing that King Jin would take the blame.When she rushed out and yelled at the nerd, Xie Penglai and others forcibly pulled her down.

In the courtyard of King Jin's Mansion, she scolded more in anger, "You are a thief, you gave birth to such a thing that you are afraid of death. You shrink in your room when you are fighting desperately, and you come out to fight after seeing peace for two days. Marry If people and relatives work well, Northern Xia and Xiliao will be flattened. Before my aunt dies on the battlefield, I will cut off your dog-day's lifeblood, and you will be married to Beixia."

She scolded badly, and the face of being scolded became more and more unbearable.When Lu Xiangchun left, King Jin smiled at Zou and Liao with a teacup, "He is a straightforward person who only knows how to ride a horse and fight, but he doesn't know how to talk. Don't take offense, my lords."

Ask King Jin again if he wants peace talks, she just said, "wait for the will."

Asked her if she had a strategy to retreat, King Jin also said, "The major generals in the city are weak, so keep the strategy and don't fight."

In the end, she was forced to ask her why she had to kill Li Jiyan, even if it was a disguise, she had to wait for the two countries to discuss it before disposing of it.The tigress was like a reassuring Shahai Buddha, and she replied with a smile, "How about a horse thief entering the city and waiting for you and me to be dereliction of duty in the future?"

All in all, no war, no peace.But she came out of this extremely fast and extremely fast killing move.As soon as the head was hung, and his face softened again, Zou Shiyan suddenly had nothing to do with her.

He has testimonies in his hand: the kabuki from Huaxiang, Wu Zhaoli from Jiangying, and Fan Heng, the infatuated talent and member of the Ministry of Rites. Their testimonies together can write ten thousand words.In addition to Li Jiyan's death, Zou Shiyan had already determined that King Jin's throne could no longer be kept—lawless, heavenless, countryless, and homeless.If you go up, she can just wait and fall obediently.

But the news couldn't be sent out, and people outside couldn't get in.The imperial court is obviously waiting and watching. It doesn't know if the situation in Beixia will change or the military strength will last for a few days.He didn't dare to shake out the secret decree he held in his hand-"If there is a second heart, Zou Shiyan can replace him, and all the Luzhou states in the northwest will obey his orders."

The emperor in the Palace of Wende had unfathomable mind, and Zou Shiyan burst into tears after explaining and adding a secret decree before leaving, and vowed to live up to his high expectations.

But Zou Shiyan was afraid, the tigress acted perversely, and when he was waiting anxiously outside King Jin's mansion, his head fell to the ground.She didn't seem to be afraid at all that the Beixia people would make a comeback after being angered, nor did she seem to be afraid of offending the court and being charged with crimes.Li Jiyan could kill him, but couldn't he, Zou Shiyan?Thinking of this, he reached into the box to take the secret decree and withdrew it again.

Then wait until the truth comes out.Let's see how many pounds Zhao Yifang still has.After returning, Zou Shiyan gritted his teeth and swallowed a glass of bitter wine.

For the first time in her life, Zhao Yifang was truly in charge of her own affairs.In the past, she thought these four characters meant that she was like a grandmother who made decisions on the battlefield.Only now do I understand the difficulty of my grandmother: being alone is more like letting go on a precipice.

Li Suyue's letter was her consolation: the Baosheng army outside the city was divided into multiple groups to harass the northern Xia border village, and the Jiying village had been burned.The small army of the Baosheng army in Hezhen used the enemy's stone paint as a guide, and burned most of the enemy's supplies outside the city.The Deshun army also sent troops to the border village in the name of chasing down the horse bandits in Jiying village.

I don't know who was so courageous to stir up the Baosheng Army, Zhenrong Army and Deshun Army in the northwest into the battle.The silent enemy line has already revealed their cowardice: if this continues, there will be no hope of advancing, and there will be pursuers when retreating.

Therefore, the tug-of-war on the top of the city for many days finally saw the truth, and Sha Hai was able to breathe under the coercion.

Lu Xiangchun cursed out what was on her mind, she smiled and sent the two old children away and then rested on the couch.But her heart was still uneasy, she closed her eyes for a while, then Zhao Yifang opened them again, "Master Xie is still in the tower?"

Li Mo, who was busy drafting memorials outside, heard the words and replied, "Xie County Magistrate went to Shahai Publishing House after sending Miss Lu away, saying that the teaching for the children was delayed these days." Xie Penglai was also a school inspector. Responsibility, I have to go to the book club to give lectures every ten days.

Zhao Yifang didn't know how much courage she had absorbed from the quiet Xie Penglai.She is the most dazzling white light on the top of the city when the black clouds cover the formation, and she is the most stable figure when confusing words are everywhere.She is indispensable for cultivating inside and outside, so one can imagine how much amazement and joy she would cause the students when she stepped into the book club.Asking Xie Penglai to be a shrew is embarrassing for her.

If the crisis caused by the civil strife in Beixia can be calmed down, the letters of reckoning will fly from Beijing after that, the depth of the chaos will be unknown, and the uncle who saw the memorial in the Palace of Wende will not know how angry he is. How... these embarrassments will be even more difficult.Xie Penglai, Li Mei, Yun Bailu...these people will follow him on one seemingly difficult road after another.

No wonder my grandmother had to avoid disaster in Jibei for several years.The ambition was lost for a while, just to protect myself from becoming an adult earlier.

Can't we just throw these away?Wouldn't it be nice to stay away from home, be a rich woman, and live a pastoral life with the love of this life?Why is it so necessary to die or live?This idea suddenly flashed into Zhao Yifang's mind, she lightly clenched her fist and beat her forehead, and after only saying "um", she rolled over and fell into a deep sleep.

Xie Penglai finished today's "On Salt and Iron".After going back to the city tower for another round of investigation, she returned to Shahai City, but she still didn't go home.After entering the academy, he saw Toutuokong roasting a hare caught somewhere in the courtyard.

After taking a copy of "Illustrations of the Northwest Tranquil Boundary" from the academy, she sat quietly under the eaves, crushing pepper for nothing, "It's rare to see you for a while. Wait a little longer, you'll eat this rabbit's leg."

In fact, Xie Penglai never calmed down, all he thought about was Zou Shiyan and others' coercion and persuasion of King Jin.Even if there is nothing wrong with Shahai, the threats from the imperial court will never stop in the future.

"But I forgot to ask why you became a tutuo." Xie Penglai actually envied Kongxian to be detached from the world, traveling around the world, drinking and meat, but his mind was still as clear as before.

Kong Xian sprinkled the pepper powder on the roasted rabbit finely, with a smile on his face, "Firstly, it was to escape the debt of love, and then I don't know why, but I did it with my heart. After that, I remembered everything about the debt of love." not sure."

"What is a love debt?" Xie Penglai pondered in a low voice.

"Toutuo doesn't know anymore. Now I don't see the sun, and I don't know the spring every year." Kong Xian looked at Xie Penglai, "It's probably a debt if you lose people's hearts."

Xie Penglai smiled, "It's also a practice." Seeing that her palms were stained with ink at some point, she got up and went to the water tank in the yard to scoop up water to wash her hands.Crush the thin ice on the surface of the water, and reveal your own face on the swaying water.This strange appearance made Xie Penglai startled, and she straightened her hair on the temples facing the water mirror.

"How long will it last to turn the crescent eyebrows? In a moment, the crane's hair is as messy as silk." This poem suddenly popped up in her mind.

She couldn't survive the emptiness, but she really felt the sand sea passing by for more than a dozen years.After washing his hands, Xie Penglai picked up his book and was about to leave, Kong Xian asked, "Don't you want the rabbit's legs?"

Xie Penglai pursed his lips and smiled, "Human legs have grown hearts."

Kong Xian looked at Xie Penglai in surprise, and saw the female county magistrate smiled shyly, "You eat slowly."

When Xie Penglai walked to Prince Jin's mansion, the guards naturally recognized him, and Zhao Yifang also ordered Master Xie to come to the mansion without notification.She walked to King Jin's courtyard by her legs, and when she saw Li Mo's serious expression, she knew something was wrong, "Your Highness is angry?"

Li Mo shook his head, "I didn't wake up until it was dark, and I was stunned again, and I was still feverish. I was about to call the doctor."

Xie Penglai walked quickly into Zhao Yifang's inner room upon hearing this, only to see her frowning tightly, her face flushed red.When she stretched out her hand, her heart trembled.The trapped Zhao Yifang was in the nightmare of being hunted down, when she suddenly saw Xie Penglai in front of her, she whispered, "Thank you, master."

Xie Penglai's heart ached when he heard this, and he called out in a low voice, "Your Highness?"

Zhao Yifang finally woke up. She rubbed her eyes to make sure that it was Xie Penglai in front of her eyes. After regaining consciousness from the lingering dream, she complained, "I was killed if I came too late."

A majestic prince, afraid of acting like a baby, he also supports the face of the Zhao family in Jiamaying.But Zhao Yifang didn't know that Xie Penglai's blushing cheeks and misty eyes melted away, and she turned to pour a glass of water for her, "I'll come earlier next time."

"You always say good things to fool me." Zhao Yifang whitened her, but grabbed Xie Penglai's sleeve with her hand, "Thank you, master..." When she was in full swing and the Northwest was at peace, a marriage proposal was considered a big deal.At this time, he really said it, but it seemed that he was dragging Xie Penglai to escape on the Luotuo road.

Zhao Yifang hesitated, let go of her hands and bowed her head, "It's okay."

Xie Penglai's palms were sweating, and he stammered, "Your Majesty...have thought about it, if His Highness wants to relieve the siege of peace after the crisis in the sand sea is resolved, Xie...Xie is willing to—

Looking at King Jin's surprised eyes, Xie Penglai realized that his debts were so serious, "Xie is willing to marry His Highness."

This is not climbing high, nor is it showing color, she does not want Zhao Yifang to be forced by the court to make a marriage again in the future.

Zhao Yifang was stunned for a moment, and then her face turned cold, "But this king is not happy."

The author has something to say: Zhao Yifang: Oh, to prevent me from getting married?Shit love.

Xie Penglai: What kind of woman's heart is this?