Big Han Weiyang

Mountain rocks blocked the road between the middle belly of Yanmen County and the frontier fortress.

I sat up and asked the guard: "How long will it take to reopen?"

Han said to put on a fox fur for me.

"Going back to His Royal Highness, the villain is not too clear." The guard looked embarrassed and thought for a while, "According to a stonemason near the road, it will take at least ten days. And depending on the weather, it is probably going to snow , it will be more difficult to open."

I originally planned to return to Chang'an leisurely with more than ten days left in September.Didn't expect this to happen.I'm afraid that by the time the road is passable, October will be almost over.

The new year will be celebrated in October, and the vassal kings will return to Beijing, and they will also offer sacrifices to heaven and ancestors.At that time, I, the heir of the emperor, cannot be present. It is not a good thing for the court, for the hearts of the people, or for my own status.

"Go down." Han said to the guard when he saw that I had been silent for a long time.Then poured a cup of hot water.

"Your Highness, there is no hot tea here." He said apologetically.

The feeling of autumn is deep. I held the slightly hot lacquer cup and felt warmer.

Rusty bronze candlesticks flickered faintly.The broken lacquered wooden door that was not closed tightly concealed the dark night.

I took a sip of hot water to moisten my throat, and tapped the cup with my fingertips: "Han said, ask Sang Hongyang and Guo Sheren to investigate and see how damaged the road is. If more civilians are mobilized to dig , How much can the progress be accelerated."

"Yes, I'll go right away. Your Highness, please rest first. Everything will be clear tomorrow."

After putting down the cup, Han persuaded me to lie down.

The meticulous way he tucked in the quilt dispelled the cloud in my heart a little.

Han said he felt a little uncomfortable being watched by me.

"Han said, sometimes I really want to eunuch you. Let you be a eunuch and serve by my side for the rest of your life." I stared into his eyes and said in a flat tone.

Han said his hands trembled, his face turned blue and white, like a frightened little rabbit, his limp body curled up into a ball: "His Highness, is Your Highness serious?"

I smiled and said half-truthfully: "Look, since I have you, the court ladies and eunuchs around me have become decorations, and there is no use for them anymore. Why don't you just keep you by my side, and it will be better for the palace." Save money."

Han said that he was so excited that he didn't know what to say, but the blush spread from the base of his neck to his small earlobe.

I was a little tired, so I stopped teasing him: "You go."

"Yes, Your Highness." Han said he hurried out, walked halfway, then turned back and asked, "Your Highness, do you need to blow the lamp?"

"No need." With the help of candlelight, it's easier to think about some problems.

Liu Che and I corresponded every three days.Write one, send one.It takes more than three days for the courier to go back and forth, so the dates of the letter I sent and the reply letter I received from Liu Che were staggered.

Liu Che didn't know Liu Rong's real identity, and expressed his dissatisfaction with him many times in the letter, saying that I was too close to him.I reckoned that Liu Che must have planted someone in his entourage to inform him, but he didn't intend to hide it from me.

It's not that I can't find this person, but I'm not afraid of the shadow, so Liu Che can rest assured if he is left to inform Liu Che.

But my communication with Liu Che was cut off ten days ago.The news that Jingli sent me also became intermittent.I was a little worried, I didn't know what kind of wind and rain would blow in Jingdi's ears by those thoughtful people in Beijing when I was trapped.

When I woke up the next day, the candles on the bronze platform were dripping with tears.After all, the frontier fortress is not like Weiyang Palace, and even the window sills are twisted due to long-term use, unable to block the wind.

Although it is still a few days before winter, I decided to burn the kang tonight.

Han said that while serving me to get dressed, he told me the situation.It is said that there are two counties trapped by the road this time, with more than 3 people in [-] households.Including us in the camp, there are thirteen thousand soldiers.

If there are enough civilians, the road can be opened within seven days. However, the biggest problem now is that because this year is a famine year, Yanmen County has another county guard, and there is no time to mobilize grain. As a result, there is no grain in the county warehouse.

"How long can the quantity in the granary last?"

"If there is no war, it will be about a month. If there is a war, the horses need corn and oats, and the time will be shortened."

Li Danghu knocked on the door and came in. Hearing these words, he smiled and said: "Your Highness is too worried. This year, there has just been an autumn rain that lasted for more than ten days. The ground is not suitable for riding horses. It is not easy for the Huns to come. Besides In autumn and winter, the horses need to be fattened up, so why are the Huns willing to let the horses out?"

Feng Jing, the new county governor, has already started to deal with the matter of opening the way.I was worried, so I asked Sang Hongyang to help.In terms of coordinating personnel and managing money and food, Sang Hongyang, not to mention in the Taiwo Palace, even in the Weiyang Palace, few can compare with him.

Although Feng Jing is the prefect of one side, and I, the prince, have no room to intervene, but Sang Hongyang's ability makes him somewhat annoyed by my overreaching, but he can't criticize it.

Everything was arranged properly, and I had nothing to do in the afternoon, so I ordered a general to take me to the border to have a look.

The general's surname is Zhao, he is a school lieutenant, and he is considered to be a well-known relative of the Liu family.

Because border officers and soldiers often come in and out on this road, the road surface has already been compacted, but we didn't step on any muddy water.

The green hills on both sides overlap and stretch, and at the end, the mountainside is covered with clouds and mist, intertwined with the gray sky.

The majestic and majestic city tower in front, which is full of old ruins, is the front line of the northwest frontier.The banner of the big man is fluttering on it.

"Captain Zhao, is there anything worth seeing around here?" I broke the dullness.Captain Zhao was very silent all the way, he seemed to be a little hostile towards me.

"There are places worth seeing, but I don't know if His Royal Highness wants to see it," he said without waiting for my response, "Please follow me."

After all, he led the way ahead.Quite a bit of a military demeanor.

I didn't think it was disobedient to take Han Shuo and a few people to follow.

After passing several sentry posts, Xiaowei Zhao stepped onto a hill without saying a word, walked around the hill, and saw countless tombs under a row of pines and cypresses.

Captain Zhao said: "His Royal Highness, you have arrived."

Han Shuo and Gou Lihu were both taken aback.

"This is……"

Captain Zhao said coldly: "This is the soldier who died in the Yanmen battle for hundreds of years. He would rather not let his bones go back to his hometown, but would rather be buried here. He guarded the border with heroic spirits."

It's true that loyal bones are buried everywhere in the green hills.Although I vaguely guessed it, it would be a lie to say that I was not shocked or moved.

I go down.There are new and old tombs, some have no tombstones, just a pile of loess, and some have names engraved on them.I looked one by one, and there were county guards, generals, and ordinary soldiers buried here.

I approached a newly built tomb, on which was engraved the tomb of Zhidu, the governor of Yanmen County.

"... Zhidu?"

Captain Zhao said: "Over the past few years, the border has not been breached, and it is all the hard work of the county guard. Although he committed suicide because of the imperial decree, rather than dying in battle, we have decided to bury the county guard here on our own, and we look forward to His Royal Highness Don't blame it." He said the words of pleading guilty, but his tone was full of sarcasm.

No wonder I felt that many soldiers present at the reception banquet were slightly dissatisfied with me, so the root cause is here.Those officers and men are all the old troops of Zhidu.In their eyes, Zhidu was a good sheriff, but because of a letter complaining, he was bestowed to death by Emperor Jing, and they must have felt a little chilled.

Han said that he wanted to reprimand Captain Zhao, I stopped him, and said in a sad and gentle voice: "How can I blame you? I heard in Beijing that the Zhijun guard built Yanmen Pass by himself, not only keeping the Huns out of the country, but also actively The pursuit made the Huns flee. This made the widow admire him, and he always wanted to see this hero in person, but he went instead.”

Xiaowei Zhao looked a little weird, and sized me up carefully.

With a little anger, I continued: "I have been thinking about Zhidu's death, and it took me two days to understand. That letter was a method of killing people with a knife by the Huns, and the governor of Zhijun actually died under the trick of the Huns. "The implication is that you hated the wrong person, and you should seek revenge from the Huns.

I sighed, "If the widow could have come earlier, maybe he could have saved the life of the county guard, what a pity."

Captain Zhao was a little embarrassed after hearing this, but although he still didn't speak much after that, his attitude became much more attentive and kind.

I will spend the next ten days in Yanmen, and I don't know what will happen.It's better to ease the relationship with these border guards first.

This little awkwardness of a general is nothing, and I don't intend to mind it.