[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Ouyang Lei and Chunyu Bai wanted to go south to bring back the empress, and it would be cheap to do so after winning the emperor's gold medal. Tu Yuanyi was afraid that there would be any accidents, and the priority was to bring back his wife safely.

Because Er Xia has made great achievements in Ping'an Prefecture and is highly skilled in martial arts, Er Xia's current military rank has changed from the sixth-rank school captain to the third rank to the fifth-rank martial arts general, and he is the instructor in the Forbidden Army.

This is already the grace of the heavens. It has only been two years since he became a sixth-rank official for nothing, and even crossed the fifth-rank hurdle in one fell swoop.However, fifth-rank officials are nothing in the capital, and they are not as lucky as Xing Zhong, who can still have an imperial residence.The second hero has no wife and family, and the closest relatives are his junior sister and cousin. Anyway, the Xiao family is very big, and they have been living here.

The second hero hastily cleaned up and saluted. The second hero knew that Daiyu was the queen and shed tears every day, so he told her the purpose of this trip.

When Daiyu heard the news that Xing Xiuyan was still alive, she couldn't help crying with joy. She went back to her house and packed several large boxes of good things for them to take to the south for Xing Xiuyan to use along the way.

The second hero couldn't help smiling bitterly, and it was Xiao Jingyun who persuaded: "Lady, the saint means to let the two uncles pick up the empress as soon as possible. If the uncles bring so many things, don't delay the trip. Wuchang is also a thousand-year-old city full of merchants. As long as you bring What can’t you buy if you get a silver ticket?”

Daiyu had no choice but to ask them to bring a letter. In addition to writing her thoughts, the letter also talked about the life details of the two princes and a princess who had already turned one year old, including that they could talk and could call her "Aunt Lin". "Are.Princes and princesses will also say "Father Emperor", but they will cry when they mention "Mother Queen". Mrs. Cheng Engong and several aunts have lied to them, saying that Mother Queen will go to a distant place to buy delicious and fun things for them, as long as they are obedient , the queen mother will be back soon.

The second hero rode an Arabian horse to the south, and when he arrived in Huguang, he had a status, so there were local officials preparing boats, and they went all the way down the Han River.

When they arrived in Wuchang, according to the assumption, Chen Gongzi, Xing Xiuyan and others should have returned from Sichuan, but there was no news.

They also wanted to set off to search in the middle of Sichuan, but they were afraid that they would miss each other. After all, the Yangtze River is busy, and it is impossible for them to keep an eye on every boat.

At the same time, Tu Yuanyi received a memorial from Xu Chang, the Governor of Sichuan. The White Lotus Rebellion broke out in Sichuan, and the refugees fled everywhere, which was out of control.

Tu Yuanyi Longyan was furious, and threw down the memorial: "Li Ji, I am really sorry!"

To say that this Li Ji can be regarded as a descendant of Zhongliang from a famous family, his ancestor was the well-known Li Dingguo.In this changed time and space, after the Tu family defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Guanzhong, the young Li Dingguo surrendered to the Tu family.

Afterwards, this young genius followed Tai/zu and Taizong to the Central Plains, made great achievements, was favored by two generations of emperors, and was later named Duke of Yasukuni.His age is much younger than the "Four Kings and Eight Dukes".

Although the Li family was downgraded to the rank of nobility, they have been guarding Sichuan. Li Ji is the great-grandson of Li Dingguo.

However, a hundred years have passed, and the Li family has been passed down for three generations. How is it different from the big families in the south of the Yangtze River who invaded the land?Just like the Jia family, the Second Duke of Rong Ning was not a loyal minister and general?

In Tu Yuanyi's previous life, news of the White Lotus Rebellion came last year. At that time, it happened that the Zhou family's navy in Taiwan defeated the navy of Nan'an County King Huo's family.At the beginning, Da Zhou chose to "make peace" to settle the matter peacefully because there were other places in the country that were not at peace.In this life, he has changed the governor of Sichuan, and he also beat Li Ji after stabilizing the south of the Yangtze River. There was no news of the White Lotus Sect's chaos last year, so he thought the butterfly would be gone.However, he suddenly discovered that there seems to be an irresistible force in everything, and it is not possible to turn things around by changing some of his loyal courtiers.When facing this kind of power, the emperor with stunning talents is nothing more than a small existence.If Xing Xiuyan was by his side, he would tell him that this is the law of historical development of materialism, that the feudal dynasty ruled by literati cannot resist, and any strong feudal dynasty will eventually end if it sticks to the weak and sticks to its laurels.

Tu Yuanyi in his previous life would be much more unlucky. The country he took over was a mess: Not only were powerful enemies staring at him, but northern Xinjiang, Jiangnan, Fujian, and Sichuan were restless everywhere. This kind of "zongzi" in Qianzhuang.He was able to survive for more than 20 years, and he did not lose the country until [-] years after his son succeeded to the throne, which is enough to prove that he has done a good job.

Tu Yuanyi got angry, and couldn't help thinking that Xing Xiuyan should have entered Shuzhong before. At this time, he wondered if he had returned to Wuchang safely.

But this is not modern times. No matter how anxious he is, Wuchang will not arrive in Kyoto in ten and a half months.

At that moment, he announced that the important officials of the court and central government would come to the imperial study to discuss matters, and finally set the general direction of "emphasizing both suppression and appeasement".However, food and grass and army transfer are not a matter of overnight, and the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War need to draft regulations.

Four days later, Tu Yuanyi received another message from the second hero from Wuchang, saying that the queen had not returned to Wuchang from Shu.Tu Yuanyi was even more disturbed, so he transferred four school captains who were originally from Wu Jinshi, who were originally from Sichuan, to Wuchang to assist the second hero.

The Erxia and the four school lieutenants also recruited a lot of people in Wuchang, and together they went to Shu to find the queen. If they were one step ahead, they might be able to meet Xin Xiuyan and his group near the road from Luzhou to Chengdu.

But when they entered Shu, Xin Xiuyan had brought more than 700 people to the vicinity of Mabian, which happened to be in the southwest, a dead corner. It was not until a year later that they discovered that the queen had become a member of a group of "rebels". The "bandit leader" wanted to poke his own eyes blind.

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Having said that, out of strategic development needs, the committee headed by Xin Xiuyan decided on the relocation plan.After agreeing on the steps, discipline, and division of labor at the committee, act immediately.For example, to escort the existing strategic materials such as grain, grass and quilts, and lack of means of transportation, the artisans in the team have to work overtime to make them, and ordinary people have to help cut down trees.On the other hand, when migrating along the way, you may encounter enemies on the road. The combat company has to work overtime for training, and the logistics troops have to rush to manufacture bone arrows and other weapons suitable for long-range attacks.

Xin Xiuyan, however, saw a bamboo forest near the village, and suddenly thought of watching "House of Flying Daggers" in modern times, in which the imperial court arresters threw bamboo javelins to chase and kill Zhang Ziyi. The lethality of such intensive throwing was not small.Therefore, she personally brought the guard platoon and the strengthened women's army to chop bamboo. Most of these were peasant girls, so it was no problem to chop bamboo.

When the male soldiers in training saw their celestial battalion commander in a hurry, they inevitably stretched their necks to look at them, but they were often kicked in the ass by their company commanders and platoon leaders, who scolded them: "What are you looking at! Learn from battalion commanders!" Has she mastered the peerless swordsmanship of the old man?"

The so-called "battalion commander's peerless swordsmanship of her old man" really makes people laugh, but in fact Xin Xiuyan only knows "snake poking swordsmanship".It's just like Guo Jing can only do one trick "The Dragon Has Regrets" and Liang Ziweng can't do anything about him, Xin Xiuyan can beat the entire army with only one trick.

Xin Xiuyan didn't hide her secrets, and let the whole army learn this move. Of course, there are countless changes in this move, such as the change of attack angle, and the difference between standing and sitting.

The scolded and beaten soldiers murmured in their hearts: "Didn't the battalion commander say that the leader should 'conquer people with virtue'?" They dared not say it, but the company commanders and platoon leaders themselves peeked, so the soldiers He secretly laughed at his leader: "Toad/toad want to eat swan meat, so the battalion commander won't take a liking to them, hum!"

Then, the soldiers practiced the "Peerless Swordsmanship" with special energy after the battalion commander and the women's army went down the mountain. With beautiful women, no matter how hard or tiring the military training is, it will not matter!Although the Sichuan army is hot, but the temperament can not be pure and honest.

Xin Xiuyan made the first batch of javelins, went to the training ground converted from the sun-drying field in the village, made a few grass figurines, and took a test shot herself.

Xin Xiuyan is now a girl with strange powers. It is not difficult to throw the javelin, but the accuracy is still not satisfactory, and it cannot be as lethal as in the movie "House of Flying Daggers".

Duan Zhi watched from the side, and said with a smile: "Does the battalion commander want to train the brothers to throw this thing? Well, it can strengthen the medium-range attack ability. The thing is also very cheap, but it is also feasible."

They have known each other for a while, and Xin Xiuyan felt that the old fox Duan Zhi's smile was very layered, so she couldn't help squinting her eyes suspiciously.

Xin Xiuyan thought about it deeply, and said: "It's still not as good as bows and arrows. Bows and arrows are easier to attack at such a distance. Moreover, it is more troublesome for a soldier to carry two javelins, but it is not difficult to carry twenty arrows. "And the range and aim of the bow are easier to control than the javelin.

Duan Zhi chuckled, and Xin Xiuyan said dissatisfiedly: "Old Duan, has anyone ever told you that when you smile, people want to beat you up?"

Duan Zhi said: "Battle Commander, how can you humiliate your subordinates?"

Xin Xiuyan snorted, but after leading people to cut down so many bamboos and they can't use them, she would lose face, wouldn't it be a joke for Duan Zhi?

Lao Mouzi's "House of Flying Daggers" misled her!Of course, movies are based on visual effects, without considering the reality. She is also stupid for taking romantic movies that pursue color vision seriously.

Xin Xiuyan thought for a long time, snapped her fingers, and said, "We can practice mandarin duck formation!"

Duan Zhi was surprised: "The battalion commander is referring to the mandarin duck formation of Qi's army in the previous Ming Dynasty?"

Xin Xiuyan nodded: "Yes!"

Duan Zhi said: "But the method of Qi's army's training has long been lost."

"Who said that? How can this kind of national treasure be lost? I just know one thing. If we study and practice slowly, we can always inherit some of Qi Jiguang's skills." At this time, Xin Xiuyan could really remember many historical materials clearly, including Various discussions on modern web forums.

Duan Zhi's eyes flashed brightly, and he said: "Battle Commander, military training is not something that happens overnight, let's move first. The location of this village is really unfavorable."

Just as they were talking, a soldier guarding the warehouse came to report that Commander Wang was leading someone to break into the warehouse. Xin Xiuyan and Duan Zhi were also taken aback.

She hurriedly called Xu Changgui, the commander of the third company, to lead someone to follow her. Naturally, the guard platoon and the women's army reinforcement platoon followed her all the way. There were more than 300 sojourners led by Commander Wang, so she couldn't afford to suffer.

When he arrived at the gate of the public warehouse of the Datong Army, Chen Yi had already confronted the logistics soldiers and Commander Wang.The people led by Wang moved out food, cloth, salt and other supplies from the warehouse, but Chen Yi's people blocked their way.Even though Chen Yi was a wealthy son from a businessman background, he clearly knew the significance of these supplies to the "Great Harmony Army".

Commander Wang said, "How dare you stop me?"

Chen Yidao: "Commander Wang brought the brothers from the sect to this place, and we did what the landlords should do. At this time, it would be too much for you to bring people into our warehouse to rob."

Commander Wang stared at him and said, "You are a white-faced scholar, how dare you teach me a lesson? I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice!"

Suddenly a woman's voice sounded: "Really? Commander Wang has eaten so much salt, no wonder I look at Commander Wang like a salted fish!"

Commander Wang was furious, and saw Xin Xiuyan rushing over with a group, all of them showed anger on their faces.

Although Xin Xiuyan was stunning in appearance, she couldn't arouse a trace of tenderness from Commander Wang at this moment.

Commander Wang said: "You stinky bitch, sooner or later I will deal with you!"

Xin Xiuyan said: "Why wait sooner or later, it can be done now!"

Commander Wang knew that there were a lot of them, so he said, "This commander intends to leave this place, and he is a friend of the church, can't he borrow food?"

Xin Xiuyan laughed wildly, which was very suitable for the identity of a gangster boss. Whenever a person regards killing as a normal thing, he always has a murderous aura in his body.

Commander Wang asked cooperatively: "Stinky bitch! What are you laughing at?"

Xin Xiuyan said: "Borrowing food? I'm sorry, my aunt doesn't want to borrow it. My aunt and Commander Wang don't have such a good personal relationship. I've done my fellowship by entertaining you for a few days. If you want to go, please go! You want to take away the money from the brothers." Things, first ask my knife if I agree or not!"

Commander Wang said: "You have missed the important military affairs in this command, can you afford it?"

Xin Xiuyan said: "Is Commander Wang going to a life-and-death battle with the Jiannan Road Jiedu Envoy? What important military affairs? Who is a three-year-old child? Isn't he just beaten by the officers and soldiers, and now he has no money or food? Can't beat the officers and soldiers, come to me to fight in the nest? The kind of man I hate the most in my life is the nest! Obviously he is completely soft, with green onions in the pig's nose, what does he look like for his aunt Woolen cloth?"

Chen Yi coughed, turned his head away, and thought to himself: What kind of woman did he save back then? This scolding is too poignant.Too venomous!

Commander Wang drew out his knife, pointed at Xin Xiuyan, and scolded: "Stinky bitch, you don't want to drink a toast!"

Xin Xiuyan sneered: "Do you have any wine? A group of people eating rice!"

Commander Wang couldn't believe that he couldn't hold such a beautiful girl, so he rushed forward a few steps and wanted to hijack her. Xin Xiuyan used the "snake poking sword technique" again, seeing Commander Wang's arm as a snake, and with one move The quick sword stabbed Commander Wang's wrist.

With a bang, the knife in Commander Wang's hand fell to the ground, and his wrist was pierced, dripping with blood, and he howled and shouted.That hand was useless, and all the subordinates under Commander Wang were shocked.

Xin Xiuyan put her sword on Commander Wang's neck, and said loudly: "Put everything back, otherwise, your commanders will fall to the ground!"

The people led by Wang were either carrying or carrying things. At this time, the morale of the "fighting generals" was taken away, and some people were kidnapped, so they had to put back bags and boxes.

Xin Xiuyan asked Leader Wang to be kidnapped and said to the people present: "I understand everyone's fear of starvation, but can robbing solve the problem? Moreover, it is robbing the belongings of fellow students. It is so immoral, you Are you still worthy of the White Lotus Sect?"

A leader of Commander Wang said: "Commander Yan, since you are a brother of the same sect, if you watched us starve to death and didn't borrow food, are you worthy of the White Lotus Sect?"

Xin Xiuyan said: "You are not borrowing food, but grabbing food! Although we are poor, when you come, we will save food from our teeth to entertain you, right?"

This point cannot be refuted, and another leader said: "Although that is the case, we have no choice but to see that there is no end to this meal."

Xin Xiuyan said: "It's a last resort? There are many people suffering in this world, otherwise everyone would not believe in the White Lotus Sect. Do you remember what you hoped for when you believed in the White Lotus Sect? It is to have enough food, and to stop being bullied by corrupt officials and bullies. We can plant our own land, and our wives and children are hot on the kiln! If the White Lotus Sect has no morals and the members bully each other, can the White Lotus Sect have the pure land you hoped for?"

Xin Xiuyan didn't expect that she could make people be kind with just a few words, otherwise there would be no evil people in the world, but this is more than 300 lives, so they can't be killed just because they disagree with each other.

Xin Xiuyan said: "I don't intend to embarrass everyone, there are two ways for you now. One is that you stay and join us, and you must observe our military discipline. But those who join us are equal to our original brothers, and they have food to eat." If you have no food, you will go hungry together. Second, if you leave voluntarily, I don’t care what you do in the future. For the sake of my classmates, I can subsidize three catties of brown rice for each of you.”

The people commanded by Wang whispered to each other, some wanted to stay, some wanted to leave, each accounted for half.At that moment, the number of people was counted again, and rice was distributed to those who wanted to leave.

In the end, Xin Xiuyan let Commander Wang go back, Xu Changgui and others thought she was too kind, but Duan Zhi smiled.

Xu Changgui was originally acquainted with Duan Zhi, so he was appointed as the company commander of the third company. He couldn't help asking: "Military teacher, is there anything wrong with what I said?"

Duan Zhi smiled and said: "That's right! Next time, if the battalion commander acts like a good person again, you have to persuade her well."

Xu Changgui said hello, feeling that he had a heavy responsibility, Xin Xiuyan dismissed everyone from the meeting.

Seeing Duan Zhi peeking at her again, Xin Xiuyan couldn't help but say, "What's the matter?"

Duan Zhi said: "It's nothing, I just think the battalion commander looks like a person."

Xin Xiuyan thought to herself: Does he know Yuanren's relatives?

She couldn't help getting nervous and asked, "Who is it like?"

"Zhu Yuanzhang."

Xin Xiuyan said angrily: "Where does it look like? I am a standard beauty with an oval face, not a big head and a square face!"

As the leader of a rebel army, he must be ruthless when he should be ruthless, but he must be moral, otherwise he will be just Chen Youliang and his like.

Duan Zhi secretly said: I obviously mean that the brain and chest are like this when you started, but you only pay attention to the face, after all, you are still a woman.

Duan Zhi's eyes flashed, and he said, "Do you know that Zhu Yuanzhang has a big head and a square face?"

Xin Xiuyan said: "Is it true that the face is full of pockmarks? There are more than a dozen portraits of emperors in the Ming Dynasty, with big heads and square faces. They are all inherited from the same strain, and the inheritance is very strong."

Duan Zhi was shocked: "Have you seen portraits of more than a dozen emperors of the Ming Dynasty?"

Xin Xiuyan couldn't help being surprised, she said that she slipped her tongue, it is easy to see this kind of portrait in modern times, but in ancient times, it was difficult for ordinary people to see.

"Uh... It seems that when I was a child, I read an isolated book of unofficial history, and there was a portrait of the former Ming emperor in it."

Duan Zhi was suspicious, and Xin Xiuyan hurriedly escaped.

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Three days later, when everything was fully prepared, Xin Xiuyan led nearly 100 (more than [-] newly added) men, women and children, and set off to the southwest in an organized and orderly manner, pulling mountains and rivers, all the way through wind and rain.Four days later, I finally arrived at Zhangjia Village near Mabian.

Zhangjia Village used to be considered a large village, with about [-] households, thousands of acres of fertile land, and a lot of mountainous land nearby, but almost all of them belonged to the big households in the original village.Now Dahu was wiped out by the White Lotus Sect, but Tian remained.

Then, the committee headed by Xin Xiuyan led everyone to carry out production activities in a hurry and planted the last season of corn.In the [-]th century, corn was first introduced to China, and there was a lot of corn in the looted grain.

After sowing, part of the logistics company managed the cornfields, and the three combat companies took turns hunting, building houses, and defending.The women of the Detachment of Women worked hard to sew winter clothes and dry meat.

Xin Xiuyan felt that she was not in the era of fiction, but in the 60s and [-]s."Communism" in this difficult period is still very useful, and most of the current peasants are still very simple.

Sichuan has an advantage over other places. There is an ancient and unique method of making salt—well salt.Dazhou also changed the strict control of the previous dynasty on this aspect, and allowed the people to mine by themselves. In the past, people in big villages like Zhangjiacun did this.As long as there is salt, these people could survive in ancient times even if they did not communicate with the outside world.

Xin Xiuyan's luck is not bad. In such a large-scale collective production, more than 900 people did not suffer from hunger or cold this winter.

Occasionally, I also encountered a small group of bandits, but they were not their opponents, and they were either eliminated or absorbed.

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Another new year is coming, seeing that the weather will be warm tomorrow, I'm afraid it will snow heavily in two days.Cheng'en's mansion was busy, packing up and saluting. In order to help Xing Li take care of so many children, Su Fu'er was afraid that the motherless prince and princess would be bullied. Now she had to live in Chengyin's mansion. Lin Daiyu also came these two days stay.

Su Fuer has been busy for quite a while, including packing the annual gifts for the princes and princesses from Cheng'en Gongfu, and returning to a "Children's Paradise". Just feel warm and harmonious.

Daiyu was sitting on the cushion, and several dolls carved in powder and jade looked at her with beautiful childlike eyes like crystal grapes.

A little girl with picturesque eyes said, "Aunt Lin, do you want to see Yuanyuan?"

But Daiyu understood what the little girl said, and the little girl was reluctant to part with her.

She hugged her and said: "After Yuanyuan returns to the palace, your father and grandfather will love her." The queen has not returned, but Daiyu is not a married woman who is allowed to enter the palace.

A male bun said: "Tie Zhu misses his father!"

Another male bun said: "Dazhu also wants his father..."

Su Fuer walked over and took a pair of buns, and said, "You are all saints' darlings..."

Yuanyuan suddenly burst into tears, shouting: "Yuanyuan wants her mother... Auntie said that the mother came back..."

Lin Daiyu had indeed told several children that their mother's queen was coming back soon, but she did not expect that there would be a sudden change.

Lin Daiyu coaxed again: "The empress will come back, Yuanyuan is so cute, why is the empress not willing to come back?"

Tie Zhu and Da Zhu felt sorry for each other, and they couldn't help looking at a portrait hanging on the wall, which was painted and sent by their father.The child's watery eyes were like a lost and wronged pet, his mouth was slightly flattened, and tears fell instantly.

I heard my father say that my mother is unparalleled in beauty, her mother is beautiful in the world, and has a beautiful mind; I heard Aunt Lin say that my mother is kind and tolerant; I heard Aunt Su say that my mother is extremely smart, loving and righteous; I heard Aunt Shi say that my mother is hearty. Generous, heroine.

Every child dreams in his heart how his mother is such a great woman who is unparalleled in the world, and each relative of the three dolls satisfies their pure fantasy.

The eldest child, Yu Nu, stopped playing with Su Fuer's son Shi Shi, and came to hug Tie Zhu and said, "Sister Empress is back, dance sword!"

After all, Yu Nu is one year older and has some memories, but Su Fuer said: "Yu Nu, don't be naughty with the princes."

But Yu Nu said: "Yu Nu wants to enter the palace, Yu Nu wants to be hugged by a saint!"

But Da Zhu argued: "Father hugs Da Zhu!"

"Yu Nu wants to hug too."

"Tie Zhu wants Father the Emperor."

The three children again argued over the ownership of Tu Yuanyi, Tu Yuanyuan cried, and the three had no choice but to give up Tu Yuanyi to their sister/niece.