There is no phoenix

In Gusu in early February, the peach and plum blossoms are in full bloom.

"Father, can we just stay here? We will live until the weather is hot, and we will go boating on the Suzhou Creek. We want to learn how to swim."

Taking the children out several times, Shui Xiao Shui Zhen Shui Ting would repeat this sentence.

Seeing the boatman skilfully shuttle across the river and lake waves, Shui Xiao was extremely envious.

The weather in Gusu this time is particularly good, almost every day is sunny and warm.In order not to disappoint the children, Shui Rong took the three children for a walk for four or five days, tasting all the delicacies of Suzhou.

But the children are still very obedient, and every afternoon, they ask Mr. Zhu to teach their homework very politely.

On February [-]th, Shui Rong took Daiyu and three children to visit Tiger Hill.

"Xiao'er, Zhen'er, Ting'er, do you know the most famous place in Gusu? That's Tiger Hill!" Shui Rong was still in the carriage and began to introduce the place to go today.

Shui Xiao said: "Mother, I know that the most famous places in Gusu Huqiu are Huqiu Pagoda and Jianchi! I read it in the book, but I don't know why these two names are chosen."

After a while, the whole family came to Huqiu.Shui Rong pointed to the front with a smile and said, "Look, does this sword pond look like a flat sword? It is said that there were three thousand swords of Bianzhu and Yuchang that were buried for Helu, king of Wu, and there were later." The name Jianchi', this Jianchi is the most mysterious place in Huqiu, and it is said that the opening of Helu's tomb, king of Wu, is also here."

Daiyu also pointed to the four thick and strong characters of "Huqiu Jianchi" and said: "Xiao'er, Zhen'er, Ting'er, you see, these words were written by Yan Kai, the only son of Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. The red font is 'Jianchi', which is said to have been written by Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there are four 'Fenghe Yunquan', which are said to have been written by Mi Fu, a famous calligrapher in the Song Dynasty."

Shui Xiao hurriedly said to Shui Rong: "Father, do people from other places come here?"

Shui Rong nodded and said: "Of course, if you don't come here in Gusu, then it's useless. Father and King will tell you again, your Uncle Liu has been here for several years. Not so outstanding, but after meditating here, everything becomes so outstanding, because this is also a good place to learn art."

Shui Rong led the family for an hour, smiled at Daiyu and said, "Dai'er, it's rare to visit for so many days this time, how about we return to the capital the day after tomorrow?"

Daiyu nodded and said, "It's been so long, if we leave the day after tomorrow, we can return to the capital before the first day of March."

"Father, shall we go to the place where we ate last time?" Shui Ting might be hungry, so he hurriedly reminded Shui Rong.

Daiyu smiled and said, "Ting'er, when will your mouth stop being greedy? Do you often go out to eat after you go back?"

Shui Zhen hurriedly said: "Concubine Mu, you haven't been there, so you don't know that the food in that place is really delicious, and we can still eat it on the boat."

Daiyu looked at Shui Rong and said, "Where is it? Brother Rong?"

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Shitang Street, I heard Liu Xianglian said it before, so this time I took their brothers there. Xianglian said that it is called Chuancai."

Shui Xiao said: "Concubine Mu, you can also see fish in the river while eating on the boat. If you eat it, you will definitely like it too."

Daiyu smiled and said: "Okay, since you all said so, let's go eat and go back. This time, you brothers have enough shopping, and you have tasted everything. After returning to the capital, you can study hard." Xi Wu, if you don't obey, we will only bring you Brother Lin here from now on."

It was past noon when Shui Rong Daiyu and his party came back to the old house of the Lin family.

Shui Rong was about to take a rest when Shui An came in and said, "My lord, someone from the capital has come and said there is something urgent to report!"

Shui Rong was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Quickly send it to the living room, I'll come over right away."

When Shui Rong saw the decree of Shuize brought by the express envoy from the capital, he was shocked, and immediately ordered Shui'an: "Shui'an, there is a war in the northwest, you go and clean it up, the two of us will return to Beijing immediately, and the princess and the child will also go together on the official boat." , we will go back to the capital on horseback after arriving in Yangzhou."

After hearing this, Shui'an went to tidy up.

An hour later, Daiyu and the girl had hurriedly packed up their simple luggage.Shui Rong said: "Dai'er, Shui'an and I will stop the official boat first, you and the children will come later!"

After Shui Rong finished speaking, he ordered a few guards, and then galloped to Suzhou Ferry.

Three days later, the official ship arrived in Yangzhou, Shui Rong and Shui An disembarked, and asked the four guards to protect Daiyu's mother and child, and said to Daiyu: "Dai'er, I must hurry back, this official ship will occasionally stop halfway, but It's safe, don't worry."

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Brother Rong, be careful in everything, children, you can rest assured!"

Shui Rong patted Shui Xiao on the shoulder again and said, "Xiao'er, your Uncle Liu and Uncle Feng and Uncle Zhang have already gone to fight in the northwest, and the father and king are going back to the capital to go to the northwest. You have to take care of your mother, concubine and younger brother!"

Shui Xiao nodded, and Shui Rong immediately said to Shui An: "Shui An, let's go!"

Just when Shui Rongshui'an hurried back to the capital, several families in the capital had already sent away the pillars of their families.

Among Liu Xianglian, Feng Ziying, Zhang Jian, Zhang Jun, and Tang Biao, Shui Yiyi is already six months pregnant, Tang Biao's wife Xiang'er is about to come to the market, Liu Xianglian has three children, and her aunt is not in good health. When the country is in trouble, silently pack up for her husband.

On February [-]th, the first batch of imperial conquest troops left the capital for the northwest.

Among the countless people who saw him off, Jia Zheng, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Xue, Baochai Yinger were also among them, because Jia Huan and Xue Pan were also going west.The difference is that Xue Pan followed Zhang Jun and his party to escort food and grass first, and Jia Huan left the capital with Feng Ziying and other 16 soldiers.

After Feng Ziying, King Zhongshun and other imperial troops left, Emperor Shuizawa asked Xining King and Nan'an King to go to the Dongcheng Barracks and Jingxi Barracks respectively to select elite soldiers and generals again, and at the same time set up a list to recruit recruits.All prisoners in the prison, if they can go to the west, as long as they make meritorious deeds, not only can they reduce their crimes, but they can also be rewarded for their merits like ordinary soldiers.If the sons of aristocratic families join the army, they can also be promoted and given positions first.

The will of the emperor undoubtedly gave many children from aristocratic families the motivation to serve the country. Many of them signed up for the army at the time, and many young people in the prisons of the Ministry of Criminal Justice also expressed their willingness to go west.

On February 23, the Western Expeditionary Army sent back a report, saying that the Western Expeditionary Army had passed Dunhuang and was heading for Yumen Pass, and could reach southern Xinjiang in two days.He also said that the battle ahead was very tragic, our side suffered a lot of casualties, and the areas invaded continued to increase. It was suggested that the imperial court should choose more doctors to treat wounds and send good medicine to the northwest.

At si o'clock on February 24th, Shui Rong and Shui An had already rushed back to the capital, and it was too late to go back to the Beijing Prince's Mansion, so they immediately went to see the emperor Shui Ze.

Mizusawa was overjoyed to see Shui Rong Feng Chen coming back.

Shui Rong saw the battle reports sent back by Feng Ziying and King Zhongshun, and hurriedly said: "Emperor Brother, don't worry, I'm going to prepare my luggage for the expedition. I don't know how the court's soldiers are preparing food and grass now?"

Mizusawa hurriedly said: "There is enough food and grass, and it has been transported to the northwest in batches. Yesterday afternoon, the princes of Nan'an and Xining said that they have selected 12 elite soldiers, and it is estimated that 15 can be collected tomorrow."

Shui Rong said: "The Turkic cavalry are very brave, there is no time to waste, my brother is going to check the deployment of the soldiers now, the emperor asked the doctor who has been selected to accompany the army to prepare the medicinal materials as soon as possible, if everything goes well, the younger brother will be ready tomorrow afternoon leave."

Shui Ze nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Rong, go back and tell Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang to take a rest. I will ask the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War to do other things for the Western Expedition tomorrow morning."

Shui Rong said: "Your Majesty, I still want to ask you to assign two important people!"

Mizusawa hurriedly said, "Who is it?"

Shui Rong said: "One is Guan Ling from Xiangyang, the one who was punished for drinking and fighting during the Mid-Autumn Festival to supervise the construction of the imperial tomb; the other is Qi Jianhui, the grandson of the Marquis of Xiangyang, who is now the spear instructor of the Imperial Forest Army."

Shui Ze said: "Okay, Brother Rong, I will give you a handbook right now, you can send someone to pick him up directly!"

Shui Rong was overjoyed and said: "Thank you, Brother Emperor, I'll go see Father Emperor first, and then go directly to Dongcheng and Jingxi Barracks to see!"

The water melted out, and he immediately said to Shui'an: "Go back to your residence and ask Chen Yejun to come out and wait for me outside the palace. You go back and make good arrangements for your home. We may leave the capital to march west tomorrow afternoon!"