Dongyin

?The weather is getting colder and colder, and many soldiers are suffering from cold diseases. The army has not practiced for several days.This day, the wind has been raging continuously since the afternoon, and it didn't stop at dusk.Duan Yu was sitting in the tent reading a book, the cold wind was raging and his hands and feet were cold.At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside. When he went out of the camp to ask, he found out that there was something wrong with the granary.

Duan Yu hurried over, the commotion subsided.There were still two people standing in front of the camp, one was Ambassador Cang and the other was his guest Gou Yuan. When they saw him coming, they were startled. Gou Yuan stepped forward and said, "Why is Lord Hou here? The wind outside is so fierce." It's on."

Isn't that right, the wind blows straight to the back, like thousands of knives.Duan Yu remained calm and asked Ambassador Cang, "What's going on?"

"Returning to Lord Hou," Nacang Ambassador hurriedly said, "The wind almost knocked over the battalion. The soldiers were afraid that the food and grass would be blown away, so they made a lot of noise, but it's actually nothing."

Duan Yu had seen a few soldiers busy reinforcing the grain camp earlier, so he said nothing, "How long can this grain last?"

"About 20 days," Nacang Ambassador replied, seeing his brow furrowed, and added, "If you are more frugal, you can still last for a month."

Duan Yu pondered for a moment, then said, "There's no need to be frugal, the military resources will come down soon in the court." After that, he looked around, and saw the surrounding barracks shaking violently in the wind, as if they would be pulled up from the ground in the next second .

"Yes," Ambassador Cang quickly agreed.Seeing that there was nothing to do, Duan Yu wanted to go back. Seeing this, Gou Yuan hurriedly followed.

The two were one behind the other, before returning to the camp, they were stopped by an eager voice, "Master Hou!"

Gou Yuan heard the voice familiar, and happily said, "It's General Ma Rui!"

Duan Yu's footsteps stopped, and when he turned around, he saw a young general dismounted from his horse and unleashed his sword, galloped over, panting, "The general has seen Lord Hou."

Duan Yu saw that his face was weathered, and there were several cracks on his face. He must have been on the road for several days. "The general asked the camp to elaborate." So the three returned to the camp. How much money?"

"This..." Ma Rui looked distressed, and hesitated for a while, "Your Majesty thought that the war was protracted and the treasury was empty, so he didn't distribute the military salary, and said..."

Duan Yu's face darkened.

"It also said that if the war a year ago was fruitless, the army would be withdrawn and held accountable."

Although Duan Yu felt annoyed, he was quite skeptical, "Didn't you say that success or failure will be determined after these two months?"

"Your Majesty, I have said everything I need to say." Ma Rui sighed, "But your Majesty is now concerned with state affairs..."

"Where are Master Zhang and Master Liao?" Duan Yu interrupted him. No one else needs to tell what Duan Hong is like now.He just felt that if someone advises, Duan Hong will definitely listen, and she will not know how much Qi Guo has put in for this battle. Withdrawing the army at this time is not a waste of all previous efforts, it is simply muddled!

"Your Majesty doesn't know that since Princess Mingyan fell ill, His Majesty's temper has become increasingly irritable, and he frequently angered the courtiers and courtiers. Any carelessness is a death penalty." Ma Rui elaborated on what happened in the hall that day, and finally Sighed, "Nowadays, most of the ministers in the court are chilled, and they just let it go."

Mingyan Mingyan, it's Mingyan again!Compared with the anger when listening back, Duan Yu seemed much calmer this time.He let out a long sigh, waved his hand to signal Ma Rui to go down, remained silent for a long time, and finally made up his mind: this woman had to be removed.

Gou Yuan saw that his complexion was different, his brows and eyes were full of murderous intent, and he couldn't help guessing in his heart.

During this period of time, Yu calmed down and ordered the attendant, "This matter is of great importance, so we should inform the prime minister for discussion." The attendant rushed to the Xiangying, and came back after a while, saying that he was staying at home. As early as an hour ago, he set off and returned to Qi.

This incident was unexpected, Duan Yu was silent for a moment.

Gou Yuan sneered and said, "Oh, Prime Minister Su really knows how to choose the time, and come back at this time."

"Presumably he also heard about the absurd things in the court, so he couldn't sit still." Go back and take care of the future for Duan Hong?In a country, the people are the most important, followed by the country, and the emperor is the least.The majestic prime minister of a country actually disregarded the life and death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, Duan Yu was dumbfounded.In the past few months of getting along, Su Jiali often talked to him about military tactics, taught him everything he had, and praised him for his talent as a general.He always thought that he was different from Zhuang Ji, but he never thought that these two people were just foolish and loyal.

That's it.

Gou Yuan thought about it, and said, "Master Hou, now that the prime minister is returning home, you are the only one in charge of the Chinese army. This is a great opportunity."

"Oh?" Duan Yu stared at him pretending to be surprised, and said, "This Marquis is stupid, please tell me clearly."

"Your Majesty" Gou Yuan was overjoyed in his heart, and lowered his voice, "Your Majesty is incompetent, and it's because of a woman, right and wrong. The officers and men in the army have already harbored resentment towards her, and now she rewards her with gold for that Princess Mingyan." , but he refused to share with the expeditionary soldiers even a little bit. If this matter continues to spread, why should the Marquis worry about it?! His Majesty wants to withdraw the army, so why don’t the Marquis just come up with a plan..."

"Shut up!" As he spoke, Duan Yu became furious before he knew it.Gou Yuan's heart was shocked, and he saw the cold star in Duan Yu's eyes piercing him.

"Whether or not the Marquis wants to make a fuss, when and how to make a fuss, the Marquis has his own plans in mind, so you don't need to say more!"

"...Yes...Yes" Gou Yuan felt cold sweat in his heart, really puzzled.

"The order is passed on, the military funds allocated by the court are still on the way. From today on, the food in the army will be halved, and the soldiers only need to stay in the barracks to recuperate, and they don't need to practice." There are no winter clothes, and there are barracks.Without food and grass, and horses, he just wants to stay here, never die, and never retreat!

——Wait until the victory, and then talk about other things.

"Master, Your Majesty is here."

The incense room was quiet, a luxurious woman was kneeling on the futon, muttering something.There was no movement for a long time, and the slave had to raise his voice and repeat, the woman slowly opened her eyes, stretched out her hand and said, "Help me up." The slave hurriedly helped her sit on the sandalwood chair on the right wall.

As soon as he was seated, a young man in brocade clothes pushed the door open and came in.Facing the door was a golden Bodhisattva, she looked curiously, then took off the cloak, walked up to the concubine, made a big bow and said, "I have met the fifth aunt, I wish my aunt a happy life and good health. "

The concubine smiled and said, "Hong'er is here, come and sit."

Duan Hong sat down as he said.The concubine saw that her expression was unrestrained, as if there was something happy, so it was good, and it was much easier to talk.

"Why is Auntie here today? Isn't she cold to a cold Bodhisattva?" Duan Hong asked.

"You still said" said the concubine, "you rushed here a few days ago, but you have not been seen for the past two months. If you don't ask someone to invite you over, I'm afraid you will forget about my old bones."

"Where is the matter?" Duan Hong hurriedly apologized with a smile, "but the previous court was busy..."

"Are you really busy with affairs in the past?" The concubine suddenly looked at her with some speculation in her eyes.

Duan Hong was taken aback, she should have known that the concubine did not just want to see her, so she turned her head away and kept silent.

Seeing her like this, the concubine knew she was stubborn, so she sighed and said, "Forget it, go burn incense for your father."

Duan Hong was startled. She looked at the incense table and saw a memorial tablet under the Buddha.When Duan Chun just passed away, Duan Hong didn't even dare to face the tablet, and the palace officials seldom mentioned it because of her.Time flies, after many years, Duan Hong has gradually accepted it in his heart, but the incident happened suddenly, and she was suddenly stunned.Duan Hong looked at the concubine at a loss, but the latter just looked back at her encouragingly, and said softly, "Go."

Only then did Duan Hong get up hesitantly. The servant brought hot water, washed his hands, and dried them before walking to the gilded bronze tablet.The tablet is no more than one foot long, surrounded by relief sculptures of dragons and phoenixes, the base is a reduced emperor's throne climbing up the steps, and in the middle are several gold-hot Wei inscriptions, which say "Qi Wu Emperor Duan Chunzhi".

For some reason, Duan Hong felt inexplicably heavy.It took a long time before he took the incense that had already been lit in the slave's hand, and knelt down straight.A lot of words suddenly popped up in my mind, but none of them reached my lips.Just staring blankly for a long time, Duan Hong didn't speak until halfway through the burning of the incense, but said, "Father, my son is not filial." Insert in the oven.

Strange to say, as soon as the incense was put into the furnace, it suddenly stopped smoking.Duan Hong was horrified, and hurriedly said, "Father, this son-in-law is only promising in this life, you...you should be popular." After finishing speaking, he kowtowed three more times.

The cigarette curled up.Duan Hong's heart fell to the ground, and he got up and sat beside the concubine.Seeing that she was unhappy, the concubine recalled what happened just now, and said, "Hong'er, what did you do to make your father angry?"

Duan Hong didn't raise his head, and said sullenly, "I didn't!"

Seeing her like this, the concubine didn't say much, she just ordered the slave to say, "Go and bring the newly made plum cakes, so as to calm your majesty."

The slave went out in response, and the room became even quieter.After being silent for a while, the concubine suddenly sighed, "Your father was on the verge of failure because of a woman, so the wars have continued for decades, and the people have lived in dire straits. Although he passed away early, they are related by blood. Some of your habits really resemble him. "

I don't know if this is a compliment or a derogation, Duan Hong raised his heart, "Auntie?!"

"Listen to what I have to say," the concubine said, "what you say is a beauty, it's just an excuse. Your father's failure is not in the depths of love, but in paranoia. Hong'er, compared to him now, you have a history." Nothing less than that."

Duan Hong was speechless.

The concubine said again, "Recently, people inside and outside the palace are panicking. You should know why. But if you really want to do her best, you shouldn't push her to the point of public criticism like this." After finishing speaking, she saw Duan Hongpo didn't take it seriously, and sighed again, "Oh, I knew you wouldn't listen to it. Forget it, you can go back."

"Okay" Duan Hong seemed to be waiting for her words, he couldn't wait to get up and go out.

Concubine "Hong'er" stopped her again, she felt sad seeing her like this, she just said "...the 28th of this month is a good day for moving, when Siyou will move to the Princess Mansion, I also want to go out and live A paragraph."

What? !Duan Hong was shocked and stopped in his tracks.Why did the concubine move out? Did she dislike her? Chu Xiying was like this, even my aunt...why did everyone desperately want to stay away from her? What did she do wrong? !These questions popped up almost at the same time, but Duan Hong didn't ask anything.

"It's been a long time since I spent a New Year among the people, Hong'er..."

"...Okay" Duan Hong didn't even turn back, he just responded quickly and walked away.

But when Duan Hong returned to Wensi Hall, he saw Bai Yan playing in the inner hall.If she realized that she was back, she hurriedly stepped forward and said happily, "Your Majesty, the princess called my name just now."

"Really?" Duan Hong frowned. After these days of conditioning, Bai Yan's complexion has almost recovered, but her sanity is still like a child of a few years old.Duan Hong went to sit beside her and asked with a smile, "Who am I?"

Bai Yan just smiled and threw herself into her arms, but didn't answer.Duan Hong hugged her back with great effort, and asked again, "Who am I?"

"You are a thief."

"You are the thief." Duan Hong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he was depressed for a while, and then begged, "Quickly tell me who I am."

Bai Yan smiled sweetly, put her arms around her neck, and replied half-heartedly, "You are Hong'er."

"What about her?" Duan Hong pointed to Ruyi and asked.

"She is..." Bai Yan suddenly felt troubled, she frowned and looked at it for a while, then said cautiously, "She is Huayang."

Duan Hong was taken aback for a moment, and then exchanged a glance with Ruyi, lost in a daze.

Ruyi was also at a loss, and suddenly remembered something and said joyfully, "Your Majesty, it is a good thing that the princess can remember her old friends. The imperial doctor also said that letting the princess get in touch with the past will help her recover."

When Duan Hong heard what she said, he felt that it was a great joy, and hurriedly asked people to say, "Decide my order, go to Yuanyang Lake as soon as possible, and order Shan Jun to enter the palace."