Leaning on the rail and smiling at Liu Niang

On the front foot, Zhao Shiqing received the official's order, hurriedly dressed and went to the palace, and on the back foot, Ping Jun rode his horse and rode to the general's mansion.

Sure enough, there were many more people in the general's mansion, and some important figures who had never shown up before also came to the Wang family's study.

As soon as Jun Ping stepped into the study door in Hufu, several pairs of eyes looked straight at him.

Ping Jun looked around for a week, stepped forward to salute the senior elders and said, "Ping Jun has seen Qian Ge and General Liu."

Mr. Qian Ge is the soul of the war faction. In the cabinet, he often quarreled with Wang Yong, the leader of peace. The white-faced, scholarly general next to him was General Liu, the deputy commander of the imperial guards guarding the capital.

Qian Ge was always the main supporter of the sage in the court, and General Liu was once a general promoted by the Wang family. Although the Wang family was weak, he had been in this position for nearly ten years and could not be promoted. Sheng, but at this time, this is already the most powerful person in the army that the Wang family can contact.

Elder Qian Ge and General Liu both nodded to Jun Ping with deep thoughts, and said in return: "My niece doesn't need to be too polite."

At this time, the army outside the city was besieging the city, but General Liu was sitting in the general's mansion with an ugly face. Ping Jun felt a little bit in his heart, knowing that the officials might still be unwilling to give up their idea of ​​peace.

Her face was as heavy as water, and she said to General Liu: "Uncle Liu, you are still here, has it come to this point, and the officials still haven't ordered a counterattack?"

General Liu's face became even more ugly when he heard Ping Jun's words. He hammered the coffee table heavily, mumbled a few bad words in his mouth, and cursed: "All my soldiers were thrown on the head by the Tartars. Now, there is still a sentence above, don't resist, don't provoke the tartars! I see that Zhou's surname is missing two ounces of meat!"

Originally, General Chi had brought [-] soldiers to stop the Tartars, but he didn't expect the [-] soldiers to be scattered by the [-] Tartar army. He had to flee back to Chang'an City in a panic.

In order to evade responsibility, General Chi not only exaggerated the number of Tartars, but also described them as evil spirits from hell, as if each had infinite power, so that five of Dachen's subjects could not defeat one Tartar.

The official family was fooled by his recently favored celestial master for a while, believing that there is indeed something mysterious about this tartar. In addition, the king of Thailand and the noble concubine are connected up and down, and the saints of the main combat faction are even more suspected by the official family disgusted.

So even if the Tartars have surrounded the city now, they only dare to close the city gates, thinking that by virtue of the city gates and the moat, they will stop the Tartars who are full of cavalry and have no siege weapons outside the city, and then send envoys to communicate with them. make peace.

General Liu's soldiers were behind the arrow stacks on the city gate, and the tartars who rode their horses to the base of the city wall and yelled at them hit their heads with stones and injured their heads. General Liu watched helplessly as his soldiers were smashed to pieces , but they could only ask someone to carry them down the city wall.

General Liu was so angry that he had a big quarrel with General Zhou, the commander of the imperial army. Holding his stomach full of anger, the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. He turned around and came to the general's mansion to talk to others, but happened to run into someone who was also talking about things in the mansion. Qian Ge is old.

Just now I had a few words with Elder Qian Ge, and Mr. Ping also came over.

Mr. Qian Ge and General Liu both loved and hated this aunt of the Wang family. What they loved was the talent of Pingjun, and she was probably not inferior to the eldest son of the Wang family. Da Chen's talent was wasted for nothing.

General Liu looked at Jun Ping and thought of the dead General Wang. He couldn't help feeling sad, and sobbed, "Poor my general! If my general is still here, how can we allow these little people to make trouble! But tens of thousands of tartars! They can even fight Come to Chang'an City!"

Hearing General Liu's words, Mr. Qian Ge also sighed heavily, shook his head and said, "What's the use of talking about it now? I can't even see the official face now. Even though there are thousands of ways, I can't help it." Do not go in front of the official house."

Ping Jun pursed his lips tightly, looked up at Wang Dingzhi, and Wang Dingzhi also looked over, the siblings exchanged a look, knowing in their hearts that the two big men in front of them were definitely not here to look for them. Those of the younger generation, these words are all for their aunt, the current queen.

Now that the officials are hiding in the palace and no one is seen, the eunuchs around them tell the cabinet the eunuchs. It just so happens that Wang Yong dominates the cabinet, so Elder Qian Ge can only avoid his edge.

At this time, Qian Ge always went to the General's Mansion, probably just because the official family couldn't get anywhere, so he wanted to get away from the saint's relationship.

But right now the army is in chaos, the general's mansion may not be able to deliver the news to the palace by itself.

Ping Jun bit his lips, and was about to politely reject the hints from the two big brothers, but saw another person came in outside, and said with a hearty smile: "You can't find it in the official's house, and you all ran to my natal house to find me? "

The sage had a clean face and didn't even have a hairpin on his head, so he entered the general's mansion Shi Shiran like this, which shocked Pingjun and his siblings a lot.

These days, the number of saints going out of the palace has really increased, and I don't know if there is any change in the palace.

This thought was in Mr. Ping's mind for a moment, and then he was forgotten. Now that the Tartars are besieging the city, it is better to postpone the matter in the palace.

The sage knew how old Qian Ge would go to the general's mansion to look for her, so he said with a smile, "I have something to do here, do you dare to gamble with me?"

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Zhao Shiqing was followed by a long line of people. His feet were a little soft, and he was half-supported and half-supported by a strong eunuch as he walked forward.

The city gate was already in front of his eyes, he swallowed, and recalled what the king of Thailand said to himself just now.

The King of Thailand leaned on the grand master's chair vainly, impatiently on his handsome face, he waved at Zhao Shiqing and said, "Ask those barbarians what they want, and send them away quickly."

Zhao Shiqing asked respectfully: "Your Highness, if you want to cede the land..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by King Tai: "Look at how much they want, and come back to discuss with my father."

Zhao Shiqing resigned, and was supported by several eunuchs. He led a group of low-level clerical officials, led by a general, and rode towards the gate of the city on horseback.

At this time, Zhao Shiqing's lips were a little pale, and he ended his memory in a trance, because a school captain said something at the gate of the city and signaled them to get off the horse.

Zhao Shiqing didn't know the reason, and got off the horse in a daze, but the eunuch who was helping him quarreled with the captain in a high-pitched voice: "I don't know whose order this captain is listening to! But there is an imperial decree from His Majesty! Hurry up and get out of the way!"

The captain who blocked the door and asked them to dismount did not appreciate it, and yelled and cursed: "Men, you are a pickle who interrupts your speech? Da Chen Yizhao is sold by you villains! Despicable villains! Bullying Your Majesty! You were bullied to your door! You are going to ask for peace! Can you be worthy of your ancestors?!"

This time, not only the eunuch was trembling with anger, but the general who saw him off also had a very ugly face, and argued: "How can we disobey His Majesty's will? Brother Qin, let's get out of the way quickly, if the nobles in the palace listen No, it won't do any good."

The Captain Qin looks young, but he has already been promoted to the rank of Captain. He doesn't give the general face like this, but the general talks to him in a good manner. He presumably is a son of an official with a bright future. Zhao Shiqing's chaotic mind He thought about the big family named Qin in this city, but only thought of Wang Dingzhi's wife, the Qin family.

Zhao Shiqing's mind cleared up a little bit, relying on the fact that his family and the Qin family were somewhat related by marriage, he wanted to reprimand the captain, but before he could say anything, another team rushed over, led by General Zhou, the commander of the forbidden army.

General Zhou stared and shouted at Colonel Qin, "Fuck you! Get them out of the city!"

Captain Qin wailed and wailed: "General Zhou!! The villain is wronging the country!! The villain is wronging the country!! I, Chen, am I going to perish in the hands of the villain!!!"

General Zhou was so angry that he flicked his horsewhip to the left and right: "Tie up this bastard!"

The soldiers around General Zhou swarmed up, overturned Captain Qin to the ground, and tied them up in a big way. The soldiers around Captain Qin wanted to resist, but General Zhou had a large number of people and tied them up one by two. Honestly.

Captain Qin's face was pressed to the ground at this time, his young face was covered with dust, he stared at Zhao Shiqing with resentment in his eyes, and shouted in his mouth: "Small traitor!! Terrible!"

Zhao Shiqing seemed to be taken aback, his body was stiff and unable to move.

Captain Qin yelled too loudly, the soldiers guarding the entire city gate looked down at this place silently, the surroundings were dead silent, only Captain Qin screamed tragically, General Zhou looked around, feeling something bad in his heart, Afraid of a mutiny, he gritted his teeth and gestured to his subordinates. Captain Qin was immediately stuffed with a large amount of debris into his mouth and dragged away.

With a dark face, General Zhou motioned to Zhao Shiqing, "Get on the horse."

Zhao Shiqing got on the horse once, but failed to climb up, and fell to the ground.

The eunuch beside him hurriedly helped him up, wiped off the ashes on his body, and sent him to the horse vigorously, leading his horse forward. Zhao Shiqing watched the city gate open in front of him in a daze. You can see the Tartar camp from afar.

His tongue tightened, and all kinds of regrets suddenly surged in his heart.

But it was too late, the eunuch led his horse and walked towards that side step by step. Behind him, the city gate was slowly closed under the watchful eyes of the silent soldiers.

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After Pingjun and Zhao Shiqing left, they didn't return home for three days.

There is no master in the mansion, and the backyard can still live an orderly life under the care of Xiaotao who stayed behind, but the front yard is already in full swing.I heard that there are maids quarreling every day, and some people try to escape, causing the housekeeper's twin ladies to get into trouble.

When Mr. Ping left here, he was afraid that Liu Niang would be worried, and wanted to tell Liu Niang not to worry too much about himself, so he sent someone to Liu Niang, and brought Mrs. Sun and her husband to the Zhao residence. Mother took care of her mother every day, but she didn't have much thought about it.

Mrs. Sun and Qin Dazhu lived in the inverted seat in the backyard, and lived with the groom and his family, but they found a good room facing the sun for them.

Originally, Liu Niang also wanted to take A Niang to Xiaoxiangyuan to live with her, but thinking that the Sun family has a husband after all, and Xiaoxiangyuan is also full of female relatives, it is really not easy for Qin Dazhu to come and go frequently.

Coupled with Mrs. Sun's insistence on living there, Liu Niang could only worry about asking the aunts who lived there to take care of her, and she often ran over there.

Running around like this every day, her heart is not so flustered, her mother needs her, and the younger brother or sister in her mother also needs her, Liu Niang must support herself, otherwise these people will be forced to die. What should I do?

However, even so, in the dead of night, Liu Niang still couldn't sleep the whole night. The Tartars had besieged the city for three days. Hearing that they were about to invade, Zhao Shiqing went to meet him on the first day. The tartars talked about it and haven't come back yet.

Liu Niang didn't care about that irrelevant person, but it always represented some bad news. When she closed her eyes every night, she would always have many inexplicable fantasies. Ping Jun held a sword, and the sword was stained with blood. , Ping Jun is surrounded by corpses...

Such thoughts are driving her crazy, and only the busyness of every day can calm her down a little.

On the morning of the fourth day, Liu Niang arrived at Mrs. Sun's place early with two huge dark circles under her eyes. Together with Qin Dazhu, she helped Mrs. Sun wash and tidy up, and then she found a feather duster and started cleaning for Mrs. Sun.

Sun held her stomach in her arms, silently watched Liu Niang's back turning back and forth, and whispered, "I have something on my mind."

Liu Niang's hands froze, she turned her back to Sun and said: "How could it not be, this is about to be destroyed, how can it be not worried."

Mrs. Sun shook her head, and asserted: "If this city is destroyed, what are we ordinary people, what can we worry about? The left and right are all matters from above, so how can we worry about it? Mother doesn't think so."

Liu Niang shrugged her shoulders, she turned around, looked at Sun with tears in her eyes, and said in a broken voice, "A Niang."

Mrs. Sun was startled, and just wanted to get out of bed holding her belly, Liu Niang hurriedly stepped forward and pressed her on the bed, and leaned carefully into Mrs. Sun's arms, crying: "Mother, don't you feel sorry for me?" Jun has been gone for three days, I can't take it anymore, if she has any good or bad, I don't want to live anymore."

Sun was taken aback, and said cautiously: "A person like the lady will definitely come back without incident. Son, son, rest assured."

But Liu Niang couldn't hold back her tears, she just wanted to vent in her mother's arms, she hugged Sun and cried bitterly: "As soon as I close my eyes, I can see, I can see the blood all over her body. Mother, what should I do, I want Jun Ping to live well, even if the city is destroyed, this big Chen is gone, it doesn't matter, I just want Jun Ping to live well."

Mrs. Sun's face was solemn, and she felt extremely uncomfortable, but she couldn't say any more comforting words. She could only stroke her daughter's back and listen to her suppressed cries.