The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

During the Qingming Dynasty, the emperor would take a group of relatives and relatives to the Taimiao Imperial Mausoleum to worship the ancestors as usual, which is also a huge sacrifice in a year.However, Baiyu couldn't stand the exhaustion due to repeated wind and cold, and after weighing it, he still wrote a letter to the emperor to apologise, and did not return to Beijing to participate in the ceremony.

Two days after Qingming, Yuchi Yuanhe arrived at Baiyu's fief.Bai Yu had just recovered from his illness, and his spirit was still not in good spirits. Yuchi Yuanhe was concerned when he saw it: "Your Highness's wind and cold have been repeated for so long, isn't it healed?"

Bai Yu took a sip of tea and said, "It's healed, but my body is still a little weak. It's okay."

Yuchi Yuanhe breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "This time the general came, the emperor specially asked the general to bring a lot of supplements to His Highness, ginseng and snow clams are all excellent tributes."

Bai Yu nodded, paused his hands suddenly, and turned to look at Yuchi Yuanhe, "You just asked me, my illness has been repeated for so long and I still haven't recovered?"

Yuchi Yuanhe didn't understand, so he said, "Yes. What's the matter?"

In order to avoid the emperor's worry, Bai Yu's letter only said that he occasionally had a cold, and did not mention the recurrence of the illness.

"How do you know that my illness has been repeated for a long time?"

Yuchi Yuan said in congratulations: "The final general is what General Yan told the emperor."

Bai Yu frowned and said, "Is that what he said?"

"That's right, General Yan specifically told the emperor before he left for the expedition that His Highness has been ill for more than ten days, and probably won't be able to return to Beijing by Qingming..." Looking at Bai Yu's expression, Yuchi Yuanhe thought he had said something wrong, his voice Gradually it got smaller, "What's wrong, Your Highness? Did the last general say something wrong?"

Bai Yu peeled the tangerine in her hand in silence, her crow-wing-like eyelashes drooped slightly, casting a shadow.Yuchi Yuanhe's heart felt hot, like a rising tide, and he couldn't look away.

Bai Yu noticed something, raised his head to glance at him, and said, "General Yuchi, go and hand over the defense to General Meng."

Yuchi Yuanhe hurriedly restrained himself and retreated.

In the afternoon, Bai Yu went to see Ye Zhiyan in Ye Zhiyan's room. Ye Zhiyan was lying on the table reading a book. When he saw Bai Yu coming, he sat up straight and poured him a cup of tea.

"You memorized this book fluently when you were eight years old, do you still need to read it?" Bai Yu flipped through the "Spring and Autumn" in his hand, and said with a smile, "Oh, it's not reading, but dozing off, drooling It's in the book."

Ye Zhiyan rubbed his eyes and said embarrassedly: "I fell asleep inadvertently..."

Bai Yu looked at Chun and Jingming outside the window, and said, "Sitting in the palace all day long with nothing to do, it's really boring. Hey, I heard from Qiu Ye that there is a market at the Huanlang Snow Mountain on the border. Do you think so?" Come take a look with me?"

"Okay." Ye Zhiyan was also tired of staying in the room, and immediately agreed.

"Then let's go now." Bai Yu got up and said.

"Now? Your Highness doesn't need to make any preparations, just gather the guards and sergeants..."

"No need." Bai Yu interrupted him with a smile, "Just the two of us."

The border market is held at the beginning of the month and half of the month, and more than a hundred tribes of the twelve tribes from outside the customs come here to barter. There are also many Persian merchants who come from afar and set up various spices and dyes stalls beside the market. Not very prosperous.

Bai Yu and Ye Zhiyan each had a horse and did not bring any entourage and guards. Ye Zhiyan was a little worried and said, "Your Highness, this is the border of the Three Kingdoms. Merchants from various tribes come and go, fish and dragons are mixed, so it is not safe."

Bai Yu looked at him and said gently, "What, are you afraid? It's okay, nothing will happen."

Ye Zhiyan smiled, "I don't care, but His Highness's safety is extremely important."

Bai Yu pursed the corners of her lips and smiled lightly, "I don't know anything else, but you're really smart, aren't you?"

Ye Zhiyan said coyly: "It's worth not mentioning the three-legged cat's kung fu."

The market is at the foot of Huanlang Snow Mountain.Huanlang Snow Mountain is more than [-] feet high, and there are many people at the foot of the mountain. The ice and snow on the top of the mountain lie like a crouching dragon, and the sun shines on it, shining like dazzling crystals.

"What a beautiful snow-capped mountain!" Ye Zhiyan looked up at the foot of the mountain after shopping in the market, "When His Highness recovers, it would be nice to take some time to climb this snow-capped mountain."

Bai Yu said: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose the day. Let's go climbing now, how about?"

Ye Zhiyan was taken aback, "But the sun is almost setting now, so let's forget it."

Bai Yu refused to obey, and slapped Ye Zhiyan's ass with a whip.The horse neighed, and immediately ran towards the snow mountain with Ye Zhiyan on its back.

"Your Highness—!"

Bai Yu smiled and rode his horse to follow.

There were two forked roads ahead, Ye Zhiyan reined in the horse, stopped under a pine tree, and turned to wait for Baiyu.

"What does Your Highness want to do?" Ye Zhiyan naturally saw through it. Why did Bai Yu drag him out to play?

Bai Yu didn't answer, turned his head and looked back for a moment, signaled Ye Zhiyan to get off his horse, and dragged him to hide behind a tall pine tree not far away.

Although Ye Zhiyan didn't understand what he meant, he still squatted down quietly with him.

Soon there was a sound of hoofbeats from the direction they came, and the three horses galloped towards Bai Yu and Ye Zhiyan's mounts in front of the fork in the road. The three stopped their horses and looked around.

"them……"

Bai Yu heaved a sigh of relief and stood up, "There's no need to look for it, I'm here."

The three people following them were exactly three of the dozens of people sent by Yan Xun.

Gao Yi was startled when he saw Bai Yu at the first sight, he got off his horse, his face was full of embarrassment, "Your Highness, we..."

"You can pass on what you saw and heard today to your general." With a dull expression, Bai Yu pulled Ye Zhiyan onto his horse and returned the same way.

Bai Yu lost his appetite during dinner, so he went back to his room after a few mouthfuls. After a while, Ye Zhiyan brought a bowl of pine nut porridge to his room, and said with a smile, "This is what Master Cui Zheng asked me to bring. Your Highness's illness It’s just right, you can’t eat bad food.”

Bai Yu sighed, took a spoonful of the porridge and ate it.

Ye Zhiyan sat opposite him, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Actually, the general's actions are not completely unreasonable, he is worried about His Highness."

Bai Yu remained silent, and said for a while, "Worry about me, why did you sneak around?"

Ye Zhiyan didn't know how to answer, and after a while, Fang said: "Then, do you want your Highness to write a book and ask the general?"

Bai Yu shook his head and said, "Forget it. He's fighting at the border right now, and I don't want to distract him with these things. You're right, I still believe he only cares about me. I was thinking too much."

After receiving Gao Yi's letter, Yan Xun felt a "thump" in his heart, and put the letter back on the table stiffly, without saying a word.

"Is the general afraid that King Liang will think that Gao Yi and the others are ordered to monitor him?" Chunyu Xuan asked.

Yan Xun closed his eyes and sighed, "I knew it would happen. These idiots."

"Then why doesn't the general write a letter to explain to His Highness? If he misunderstands, he will be sad."

Yan Xun nodded, with a slight look of self-blame and helplessness.

Chunyu Xuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked: "But who is the person who made public what happened 20 years ago?"

Yan Xun didn't speak.

"Everyone said that the news came from the King of Liang. In fact, Mo Jiang thought so too. When the matter was exposed, there were only four people present. It is impossible for the emperor and Prime Minister Shen to say, but Nanny Feng wanted to say I can't say, then there is only King Liang." Chunyu Xuan looked at Yan Xun's expression, and said, "Even if it is King Liang, the last general is not incomprehensible - the first emperor wanted to make him the crown prince, but he was wrong. Yang Cuo... If it were any ordinary person, it would be hard to understand."

Yan Xunchang let out a sigh and said, "He's not an ordinary person. Yunhui, he doesn't want to be emperor at all. I understand him."

"Yes." Chunyu Yu said so, but he was a little scared for no reason, "If, the end will be if. If it is really King Liang, if he really has such thoughts... what will the general do?"

The sound of Sai Bei whimpering was somewhat sad, Yan Xun's voice was deep and deep, and the shadow of the candle flame shook his expression slightly.

"I don't know," he said.

Chunyu was startled, took a breath, lowered his head and stopped talking.

When night comes, dark clouds cover the bright moon and clear light, and even the dim starlight cannot be seen.A dilapidated hut, Zhu Sha, Cen An, and Yan Zun entered quietly, Yan Zun said: "Where did you find a good place, it's too dirty."

Weeds were scattered on the roof, thick dust and dense cobwebs were everywhere, and it was devastated.But Zhu Sha didn't care about wiping the chair with a silk cloth, and sat down, "To avoid people's eyes and ears, don't you come to the deep mountains and old forests? I don't care about a girl, you two can take care of it."

Cen An shook his head and said, "I dare not treat you as a girl."

Zhu Sha smiled and said: "Let's get down to business. Now everything is ready internally and externally, but what the Empress Dowager means is to wait, we still have to focus on military power. With military power in hand, everything is convenient."

"Aside from Yan Xun, among the generals in the court today, who else has soldiers and horses that can be mobilized at any time? Although I have the title of Great General, it is an empty title."

"Yan Xun has soldiers in his hand, but he is thousands of miles away at the border. Once something happens in Shangjing, he will be beyond his reach. Fortunately, he took away more than 30 main forces. If you have nothing in your hands, what are you going to use against us?"

Yan Zun said "tsk tsk" twice, and said, "I really admire you, you managed to make Xiao Qu and Nan Wu go south and transfer Yan Xun away."

Zhu Sha sneered and said: "Xiao Qu and Nan Wu have been wanting to raise troops for a long time. It's not difficult to stir up a little bit. It's just that there are still many ministers who are loyal to the emperor in the court. Don't tell others, the prime minister Shen Qing is the most difficult problem."

Cen An smiled softly, "Yes, Prime Minister Shen is the elder of the four dynasties. But the old minister is also 'old' when he is successful, and he is also 'old' when he is defeated. His health is getting worse...his enemy is time."

Zhu Sha nodded and said: "That's right. If there is no Shen Qing, I'd like to see who dares to take the lead against the Cen family. At that time, both internal and external efforts will be made to break through the Chongming Palace, and then take the late emperor's edict to bring King Liang back. There At that time, the Empress Dowager had a puppet emperor in her hands." She paused, looked at Yan Zun and smiled, "Naturally, your wish will come true."

Yan Zun listened quietly, thought for a while and said: "But Yan Xun still has more than 30 soldiers and horses in his hands, plus the garrisons in Cangzhou and Liangzhou, the total is no less than 50."

Cen An sneered, his eyes were cold, "Yan Xun? I don't think he will come back."