Lei Yue Longmen

Master Xu shook his head and sighed.He actually saw Cen Zhu wandering outside the tent.

"Master Cen, do you want to meet the eldest princess?"

Cen Zhu glanced at the big tent, and his expression was a little nervous for some reason, "I want to ask? Ask?, have you read the official document I delivered this afternoon?"

Master Xu said unexpectedly: "Princess? My lord? I'm busy with work, but Mr. Cen's food and grass report must be the top priority. Look at it."

Cen Zhu nodded, "That's good, that's good."

Master Xu wanted to say something else, but seeing her absent-minded look, he had no choice but to give up and continue shaking his head and walked away.

After a while, a herald came out and asked Cen Zhu to come in with a smile.

Cen Zhu's heart skipped a beat, as if the stone had fallen to the ground, or just lifted up.Take a deep breath, quickly lift the curtain and go in.Already ready to be reprimanded face to face, the first sentence of the clinker "Li Pingzhu" was to ask her to stand where she was and wait for a while.

After she finished reading all the official documents, "You said that the bandits who robbed the military rations in Pinghuling were all local refugees. Because they avoided the war, they had no choice but to fall into the mountains and become bandits?"

Cen Zhu nodded.He recounted what happened during the day at Pinghu Ridge.

"Eldest princess? Lord" listened to her very patiently, with a noncommittal tone: "I can't see it. As far as I know, the imperial court issued an order to secure the people a few months ago, and all officials and people in northern Xinjiang voluntarily surrendered , not only will not be held accountable, but will also distribute relief food. Since there is no food on the mountain, why don't you come down the mountain? Knowing that there is? The army food still has to be robbed. I would rather go up the mountain to escape the war than accept the imperial court. I think Mostly it is the remnant of being attached to the Tu family, who usually suffers from some small favors and favors, so he only recognizes the Tu family and not the imperial court." After saying that, he threw the official document on the table.

Cen Zhu didn't deny it, and said anxiously: "It is true that there are remnants of the Tu family among them. But I have visited, and most of the refugees have not actually seen the notice of Anmin from the imperial court, but were urged to go up the mountain by a few leaders, yes The imperial court has a misunderstanding. As long as they are appeased, they can be persuaded to surrender."

"How many are they?"

"About 3000 people. It's just the number of people on a mountain as far as I can see. According to the leader, there may be tens of thousands of people. Most of them have died of illness and hunger. If we don't save them, These [-] people will not make it through the middle of the month."

"Princess? Princess" stared at her, reading the meaning of pleading from her eyes.After thinking about it, "How about this, Gu Ming will send people to Pinghu Ridge for a field investigation? If it is true as you said, the refugees are? Bewitched by thieves, they have no choice but to fall into bandits, and the imperial court will naturally send troops to rescue them."

Cen Zhu was overjoyed when he heard that, "Thank you, Eldest Princess, for your understanding of righteousness."

"Don't be so busy thanking you. You left an army ration of one hundred shi without reporting it, disregarded the rules and regulations, and used it for private use. Do you know what the consequences are?"

Cen Zhu knew it was time to come or did he come? He lifted his robe and knelt down, raised his hands in front of his forehead, kowtowed and said, "I know my crime, and I am willing to bear all the responsibility for it."

"Bear all the responsibility for all the crimes, do you think you have the merit of raising food, so it is inconvenient to punish you?"

"I dare not."

"You don't dare, just look at how brave you are."

Sweat dripped from Cen Zhu's forehead. At this moment, he suddenly heard someone enter the camp and spoke a few secret words to the eldest princess. , and the merits of raising food, it will be worth it, and it will not be an example. As for the [-] shi of grain... just treat it as the relief food distributed by the imperial court in advance, and you will go to the military supply department later to make up a big seal." He hurried out.Apparently? What's the matter?

Cen Zhu was not at all lucky to have escaped the catastrophe. Hearing that the eldest princess did not return overnight, she seemed to have gone to a nearby town that had just surrendered to deal with urgent matters.She didn't know about it? Yes? No about the Pinghuling matter? There was a connection. The next morning, the "Eldest Princess" called her over again.

"Guxin has appointed a recruiting envoy to be responsible for the recruitment of Pinghu Ridge this time. They will set off in the afternoon, and Master Cen will lead the way."

The incident happened suddenly, and Cen Zhu didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly arranged for his subordinates to count the grain and load it into the truck. Since it was a call for safety, there must be enough grain. Fifty mule carts pulled five hundred shi of grain, and civilian husbands were also arranged. Driving away and guarding by sergeants is not a small project.It would be nice to finish it in one morning.

In the afternoon, I saw a little girl with a yellow complexion but a very distinctive appearance in the tent.He is about seventeen or eighteen years old. He wears a light blue men's suit with narrow sleeves and a scholar's hat, which is exactly the same as Mr. Xu's.

"Who are you??"

"Hai Yin Shu. An envoy appointed by the eldest princess."

Cen Zhu was very surprised. First, the envoy appointed by Li Pingzhu was so young. Second, the surname Hai was not common, and it was easy to remind people of the family of Queen Hai, the mother of Li Jingzhu.Could it be? A relative?

"Eldest princess? Where's the lord?"

"Going to camp."

The little girl didn't talk much, but her eyebrows were somewhat similar to Li Jingchen.This resemblance is different from the one brought out by Li Jingxuan's mother's beating. It is a kind of similarity in temperament and charm. Cen Zhu has an indescribable feeling in his heart. He always feels that he has seen her somewhere, but he can't put her in any place ?people.She thought she must have gone crazy, seeing a person and feeling similar to her.

The team departs immediately.To Cen Zhu's surprise, the little girl fell asleep leaning on the grain bag after getting into the car, and she didn't wake up until dusk came up.Cen Zhu originally wanted to chat with her, but seeing how sleepy she looked, he had no choice but to give up.The weather in September was cool in the evening, so Cen Zhu took off his cloak and covered her body.He was also lying beside him, with his hands behind his head, looking at the white clouds in the sky, his body swaying with the mule cart.

The little girl woke up suddenly, she rubbed her eyes and asked her, "Where are you?"

Cen Zhu turned his head and replied, "We're almost at Pinghu Ridge."

"Excuse me, I fell asleep." The little girl apologized slightly, "Is there something wrong on the road? Did it happen?"

"No? Yes, but you? Did you sleep well last night?"

"Well, it's my first time to come to the military camp, so I don't know it will be so noisy." The little girl observed the surrounding terrain, and found a stretch of green hills in front of her, she judged that it was the destination of this trip , "I see, let's camp at the bottom of the mountain tonight, and go up the mountain tomorrow morning."

"Alright."

The little girl lowered her head and found the cloak on her body, "This is...yours?"

"Ah."

"Thank you."

"No? What, it's windy at night, you wear it? Well, otherwise it will be bad if you feel cold."

"how about you?"

"Me? My bones are hard." Cen Zhuo said relaxedly. At this moment, the mule cart suddenly swayed, as if it had run over a rock. She lost her balance and suddenly moved forward.In desperation, she wanted to grab something, but her right hand was almost useless to her.Just when she thought she was about to fall, a soft hand hooked her waist in time, pulling back her lost center of gravity, "Be careful. Sit back, so you don't fall."

"No... nothing? It's okay." Cen Zhu looked embarrassed and broke out in a cold sweat.It felt like the little girl was very close to her, even though it was safe, she didn't let go of that hand. When she was talking, the heat was blowing against her ears, which was extremely uncomfortable.Cen Zhu became uncomfortable, stretched her waist subconsciously, and wanted to wring herself out of her arms quietly and calmly, but another block in the way made her efforts come to naught.

"There is a gravel road ahead, it's not smooth, Master Cen, please be careful."

Cen Zhu was so regretful that he wanted to take the same car with her, the little girl seemed to sense her discomfort, and after a short distance, she took her hand away from her waist and turned to look at the other person. ? side, can not help but raised the corners of his mouth.

It's all right for a night.On the second day, they climbed up the mountain early in the morning and quickly found the refugee camp in Pinghuling.However, they did not go up the mountain immediately. After some field visits, the little girl chose another mountain to open a porridge shop and a medical hut.He also announced to the refugees on the mountain that those who wanted to surrender could go to another mountain to get food and see a doctor, and they would be stationed there, waiting for further arrangements from the imperial court.

Cen Zhu asked: "Are you doing this to separate those who submit to you from those who don't?"

The little girl shook her head: "Not all of it." She gave an example, "In a bowl of clear water, if you drop a little ink, the ink will slowly fade into clear water. But a bowl of ink, no matter how much ink you drop in How much water, but in the end it will be ink."

"Right now refugees and disorderly people are mixed in a pot of porridge, and the two sides influence each other, just like a puddle of muddy water, which will only get muddier. If you find a clean container, slowly bring in the clear water, clear it first. After the turbidity, then the turbidity is easy to wash away."

"I understand. Are you? You want to use the refugees who submit to you to influence the refugees who do not want to submit."

The little girl nodded, "Whether the refugees on Pinghu Ridge can be recruited successfully will be related to whether the people in northern Xinjiang can sincerely submit to the imperial court. Therefore, this recruiting is very important. Otherwise, it will only arouse endless resistance The Tu family? The torment of northern Xinjiang is too deep, only 50 years?"

For some reason, when Cen Zhu heard her emotion, a feeling came up in his heart. It didn't seem like something that an inexperienced little girl could come up with, but rather like a scheming Politicians.

The facts are exactly as she expected, many refugees don't care who they belong to, as long as they can eat enough and have enough sense of security.First, a small number of refugees were attracted and resettled properly. Later, more and more people who wanted to surrender flocked to this mountain.The little girl took the opportunity to preach about the imperial court's security policy.In her words, the imperial court also needs to continuously inject "clear water" in order to dilute the power of turbid water.Otherwise, it's just "change the gourd and refill the muddy water".

Cen Zhu seldom admired anyone, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "You Hai family, are you all born like this?"

The little girl said "Huh?" and squinted at her.Cen Zhu suddenly felt a slip of the tongue, shut up and did not speak.

At night, after helping the refugees set up camp, Cen Zhu realized that the tents he had brought were not enough.So he left the last tent to the little girl, and he planned to sit by the campfire all night.

It is very cold at night on the mountain, even if there is an open fire, it may not be possible to survive.The little girl said: "You can sleep with me. I mean, we have to work all day tomorrow. If you are like this, you will easily get sick from the cold, which is not good for recruiting security."

However, Cen Zhu seemed a little less interested: "I snore while sleeping, aren't you afraid?"

The little girl shrugged her shoulders, "Your snoring can't be stronger than the mountain wind, right?" Obviously this reason is not valid.

"Besides, what does it matter if we are both 'men'? Is it possible that Mr. Cen has a ghost in his heart and is afraid of being with me?"

Cen Zhu stared at her in disbelief for a while, and the little girl's upright look was particularly worthy of a beating.She stood up suddenly, "Okay, it's better to obey than to be respectful, please."

As he spoke, he went to the tent to spread the mats, arrange the bedding, and took off his boots. The little girl watched the whole process, and she didn't mean to lend a hand at all.When she finished tidying up everything, the little girl smiled and said, "Master Cen is really virtuous, he knows how to tidy bedding better than the girl."

Cen Zhu almost vomited blood, put his hands on his hips and said, "Miss Hai, do you know how to say a sentence in "Mencius Li Loushang"?"

"I haven't read "Mencius", but I have read Liu Xiahui. I regard Mr. Cen as Liu Xiahui, but Mr. Cen told me about "Mencius", and Mr. Cen said that he has no ghosts in his heart?"

Cen Zhu choked, stepped on his boots angrily, and was about to go outside.

"If you dare to take a step out of this tent, I will call out that you are molesting me, and everyone in the world will know it. If you still want this reputation, you can do it yourself."

Cen Zhu gritted his teeth, turned around, and was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

"Lord Cen, I really do it for your own good. If you get sick from the cold and His Highness comes back, will you ask me to be blamed?"

Cen Zhu was stunned, "You...what are you talking about? You know me...we..."

But the little girl stopped talking, "It's getting late, let's rest." After finishing speaking, she blew out the candles and lay down on the mat with her clothes closed.Cen Zhu stood in the dark for a while, looked outside, then inside, and finally returned to the mat.There was so much confusion in her heart that she couldn't sleep at all, and could only?Li Jingchen, this is the first time she has heard from her in the past few months.The deliberately suppressed emotions finally swept over with the force of breaking the embankment, and he wanted to cry loudly to Changtian.

While curling up, one hand touched her face, and touched the wetness of the palm, "Why are you crying?"

Cen Zhu bounced away subconsciously, "No? No." He buried his face in the pillow.

A long sigh came from behind, "You still said no? No, cry again, and the water will flood the golden mountains."

Cen Zhu felt like hearing thunder, his brain exploded, he suddenly turned his head, and stared at the silhouette in the darkness in disbelief, "You...you are...?"

"Fool, you can't even recognize me." The shadow stared at her and smiled softly.

Cen Zhu seemed to be choked by someone, and his heart was about to jump out of his chest, "No...impossible?...Isn't it? Really..."

"Really? Really." Li Jingchen slowly approached her while half kneeling, his hand touched hers, and she obviously shivered.

His heart suddenly turned into the softest cotton wool, and he gently picked up the half-supported body in his arms, crossed his chin over her shoulder, and patted her back very lightly with his hand, "I'm back, Cen Zhu, I'm back!" Miss you very much."

The bony body instantly softened in her embrace, almost hugging her back impatiently.Her waist was tightly locked, and she was clasped to her body with such a force that she almost lost her center of gravity.She groaned, and there was a burst of pain in her back, but because of the sense of security and attachment brought by the pain, she easily forgave the other party's arrogance.

Cen Zhu hugged her tightly, as if he wanted to crush her flesh and blood into his body, so that they would never be separated.

"Is it really you?" Even the voice lost its usual calmness and became trembling and hoarse.

"Yes? Me. I'm back."

Her ribs twisted together like cogs with her ribs, but still not enough, "Okay, okay, stop crying. Tell me, do you miss me?"

The crown princess desperately wanted to hear the same thoughts from the other party's heart.That is? What she most wanted to hear during those lonely days.

But? Cen Zhu refused to say anything, just hugged her, weeping and crying.The Empress Dowager's eyes were also red, still? He patted her on the back very lightly, letting her relax slowly.

After a while, Cen Zhu sniffled and rubbed her face, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What is it on the face?"

"Human|leather mask, I made it according to the sound book."

"tear off."

"If you tear it off, you can't use it."

"tear off."

"..."

"Tear it up, what are you doing so fiercely?" The queen mother muttered like a little child who had done something wrong.Twist the hooked hand under the cheek twice, rubbing out a damaged edge, then pinch it with fingers, from bottom to top, and slowly peel off the whole face.

The direct contact between the skin and the air brought a pleasant refreshing feeling, and I couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Okay, now? 'Really' me, are you satisfied?"

The other party reached out and touched her face twice before confirming that she was? Really.The Crown Princess felt her thumb slid back and forth on the indentation on her cheek, kissed her palm fondly, and said humorously: "Yinshu's face is relatively narrow, and my face is inside. , it's almost squeezed out."

As soon as the words fell, two cool lips covered her mouth, blocking everything she could say.

The unexpected deep kiss grabbed all her attention.The Crown Princess was forced to face up to accept her punishment, in a way that made her physically and mentally tremble.Missing came in an unprecedented way, and her articulate, lips, throat, collarbone, spine, waist, and even her heart orifice collapsed one after another like a mountain.But she is content with such a defeat, like a fish swimming in the water, she accepts the moisture of the water with peace of mind, that is what she depends on for survival.

In the dead of night, even the mountain breeze stopped.There were bonfires, insects chirping, and footsteps of soldiers patrolling outside the tent?

Cen Zhu was wrapped in a great sense of happiness, staring at the person in front of him without blinking.I can't believe it. An hour ago, the empress dowager who was worried about being in dire straits is now snuggled into her arms, with her eyes closed and her breathing even.This is probably the best thing I have experienced in this half year, no, this half of my life?.So far, she still has an unrealistic feeling of stepping on cotton.Just want to speak to the long night? Laughing, she has never experienced such great joy and sorrow in her life, and she definitely does not want to experience it again.

"Have you seen enough? Have you?" The Crown Princess scolded her. Although she closed her eyes, she could feel that there was a smile in her brows and eyes.

"Not enough, never enough."

Cen Zhu looked at her obsessively, "Tell me quickly, how did you escape? You can't really fly away like Sun Monkey, did you?"

"You are the Sun Monkey." The crown princess pinched her nose, and touched the skin she had just peeled off from the side of the pillow, "Here, that's it? This is it."

"Actually, as early as early June, when I realized that Tu Yuanshan was against me, I sneaked out of the city."

"No, the news that you were detained was still circulating in July."

"Actually, the one who was detained was Zhenyinshu. She disguised herself as me and stayed in the city."

Cen Zhu suddenly realized, "You two are? Switched identities."

"Yes, originally I really wanted to enter the Northern Xinjiang to negotiate and buy more time for the court. But I'm not a fool, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains. I went to the tiger mountain. So I discussed this strategy with Mr. Gu (Mian) , use the 'false princess' to negotiate on my behalf in northern Xinjiang. It's just that the 'false princess' has a lot of loopholes, and I'm worried that I won't be able to hide it from Tu Yuanshan. I imitated my every move so vividly that it could be called fake. So we agreed with her. Clinker, after entering Pingyang City, we never saw Tu Yuanshan at all, and I realized that something was wrong , so I slipped out of the city first with the help of Neiying. While continuing to communicate with the city, I was inquiring about Tu Yuanshan's whereabouts. Until the Yinshu was detained, I knew that Beijiang would definitely turn against me, so I discussed with Mr. Gu to help The court won the battle."

Cen Zhu held her hand, "Then why didn't you tell me earlier? Even if you send me a message, I'm almost terrified by you. You don't know how I survived this half a year. "

"I'm sorry Cen Zhu, I miss you very much, I think about you every day."

Cen Zhu wet his eyes, buried his head in her arms, grievance welled up in his throat, "From now on, you will never abandon me again."