Wrong Changhuan

On the day when General Lin Yun left Beijing, the emperor brought the crown prince and other civil and military officials to see him off in person, with great momentum.I saw Lin Yu'er following along.

She winked, and we walked to an obscure corner to say goodbye.

She said, this time our whole family will go to Yuancheng.You suggested that my father should go to Yuancheng as a resident?

I said yes.Do you blame me?

She shook her head and said, it is my father's long-cherished wish to protect the family and the country... I heard about you and the prince.

I said, you can go to Yuancheng with peace of mind, after a few days I have settled the affairs of the capital city and Jiangxia Palace, and I have made it clear to the Holy One, then I will go to Yuancheng to find you.At that time, I will go to General Lin's army to be a charge soldier, so don't dislike me.

She said, are you serious?

I nodded.

She said, then I will wait for you.

Then, she left.

I told my father what I wanted to do, but he didn't even agree to it, let alone the emperor.

Things remained deadlocked until three months later, on a winter day with the first snow, I received a letter from Yu'er.

The letter said that the queen mother in the palace sent someone to Yuancheng, and passed on the decree, saying that the harem should choose a female official close to her, and that she should enter the palace after the next year.

I was so angry that I went to question the prince.

The prince said, so what if I am the queen mother?The father also agreed.If I can't get her, don't even think about getting her.

It is not uncommon for important border ministers to send their daughters or sons to the capital, and there are many who are nominally female officials or accompanying the prince to study with them. This is a way for the emperor to control people's hearts.

However, I didn't expect this move.

General of the Lin family for three dynasties, loyal and good for generations.He didn't even escape this hurdle.I don't know if the people in that position are all so suspicious.

Then, regardless of everything, I only brought Uncle Zhong and a few hidden guards with me, and left the city overnight, heading north all the way.

This way, there were three assassins arranged by the prince, all of whom were escaped by me.

When they arrived at Yuancheng, it was already five days later, only Uncle Zhong and two other injured guards were left with him.

When Yu'er saw me, she was taken aback.

She said, why are you here?injured?Is it serious?

I said, I missed you, so I came.

She put medicine on the wound for me, her eyes were full of distress, and her movements were very light.

She said, if you came here so rashly, if the crown prince knew that you were not dead, he would not let you go easily and let you return to Beijing alive.

I said, I know, my bet is that he wants to kill me.If he doesn't kill, the plan will fail.

She asked, what plan?

I said that there were the bodies of Ju Murongji and several dark guards on the way.Although his face was somewhat blurred by the burns, all the evidence showed that Murong Ji was dead.

She said, are you pretending to be dead?

I said, if there was no Murong Ji in the world, but there was a handsome young man in a remote town on the border, would the girl be willing to go with this young man and live a simple life?

She asked, what about your dream?

I said it was just a stopgap measure.After a few years, when all the dust settles, it will not be too late for me to come out as a soldier.Who made this boy, apart from being handsome, still very young.

After hearing this, her eyes seemed to be in disbelief, but also full of expectation.

I gave her a concentric jade pendant, and she was very happy to see it.

I said, this is the gift I promised to give you on the night of the Lantern Festival.The material has been selected for a long time, and I drew the pattern myself. You see, the red heart jade inside can be taken out and put back.This ruby ​​is my heart.

She said, count your intentions.gift, I am very satisfied.

I said, Yuer, I love you.

That night, Yu'er did not leave.

She said, I gave myself to you, in this life, don't let me down.

I said, this life is worth living.

She said, if you betray me, I will never see you again in this life.I will abandon you, find someone who loves me to marry, and then give him a bunch of children, spend the rest of my life happily, and then completely forget about you.

I said no.If I fail you, then I will die badly.

When I was planning to take Yu'er away as soon as possible, Uncle Zhong said that he had received a letter from a spy in Northern Xinjiang.

The letter said that the crown prince knew that I was not dead, so he contacted the emperor of Northern Xinjiang, and presented a map of the defense of the city, and only asked that he could kill me when the city was broken.

I admit, I was surprised when I got the letter.

I didn't expect the prince to be so stupid as to take such a risky move.He actually did this treasonous thing.

Maybe I underestimated his madness and overestimated his IQ.

I didn't know he wanted to kill me so strongly.It is also possible that since childhood, there has never been something that he can't get.

The prince's move completely messed up my plans.I want to pour back the pot of water he muddied and pull him off the horse.This opportunity is really rare.

I didn't show the letter to Yu'er, nor did I tell General Lin Yun.

I just told her that the crown prince knew that I was not dead and that I was in Yuancheng.

I left Yuancheng with Yu'er as originally planned, but instead of going to the border town, I went to the nearest garrison.General Ruan Tong stationed there is a close friend of the father.I entrust Yu'er to him, I know that I can trust Ruan Tong, because his life was saved by his father.

And Ruan Tong also promised that if Yuancheng really needed emergency help, even if he disobeyed the military order and lost his official position, he would send troops.

Then, on the day when the Northern Xinjiang army attacked, I returned to Yuancheng.

I didn't expect that the army from Northern Xinjiang would reach Yuancheng at such a speed.What's more, it was the emperor of Beijiang who came here in person this time, bringing an army of [-].

I saw the heavy casualties of the defenders of Nan'an Yuancheng, and I also saw Lin Yun.

I said, the crown prince is collaborating with the enemy, and the defense plan of the defenders is in the hands of the emperor in the north.

Lin Yun said that he had already guessed it. Just now, the enemy army specially selected the weak areas in the city to make a surprise attack, killing many brothers.When did the little prince know?

I dare not look him in the eye.Those bloodshot eyes flashed the word loyalty and bravery.

But I know, no matter what, I need a defeat in Yuancheng to prove that the prince was indeed responsible for the deployment of the defense map.

I said not so long ago.

Next, I discussed with General Lin Yun, reset the defense, and strengthened the guard.

I said, light up the wolf smoke, General Ruan Tong's people will send troops when they see the wolf smoke.

Lin Yun did not refuse.

But three days later, there was no sign of anyone.

Lin Yun said that Ruan Tong's army would have arrived in a day and night if they had light cavalry that could not bear the heavy burden.Even if the army came, three days would be enough.

Chu Mu said that even if it was a desperate life, the city had to be defended.

I have nothing to say, I don't know why there are no reinforcements.

At night, Lin Yun sent more than a dozen messengers to different directions.

The next day, the dozens of corpses were thrown under the city gate.

The northern Xinjiang army cut off the water source.

Lin Yun said that if the water was cut off in the city, so many soldiers and people, including the existing water storage and well water, would last up to four days.

The northern Xinjiang army sent troops to attack the city day and night, and the defenders took turns to hold on, tired of coping.

The sixth day of the siege.

Lin Yun said, to break out at five o'clock tonight, the little prince will follow suit, let's escape, and take Old General Chu and his family with him.The people in the city have been notified.

Chu Mu said, I won't leave, I have guarded the city for half my life, even if I die, I should die here.It is my good fortune to be able to kill one more enemy soldier. If I die, I will be with my boss and second child, and I am not alone.

I said, I won't leave, I will accompany you to the bloody battle to the end.

Lin Yun said, you have never been on the battlefield, so it is better to go out here. We and the rest of the people in the city are still waiting for you to bring reinforcements back and forth to save the city.

I said, okay, then you wait for me.Yu'er is now in a safe place.Madam and Lin Xunlin, I will take it out safely.

But when breaking out at night, Mrs. Lin did not follow.

At the fifth watch, the sound of shouting and killing was all over the sky.Never in my life have I seen so much blood, never seen so many people die.

Those soldiers who broke through the siege clearly knew that rushing forward was a dead end, but they resolutely moved forward all the way without turning back.

I never thought about it, what is the belief that keeps them going?

But I know, I admire such a person, and I want to be such a person.

I watched the people around me fall down one after another. The enemy soldiers were red-eyed, whether they were soldiers in Nan'an or ordinary people.

The remaining two hidden guards were also killed in battle, and Uncle Zhong led me all the way out of the encirclement.During the scuffle, Lin Xun and Lin Jue and I got separated.

After staying away from the battlefield with some surviving people, I watched a piece of bloody smoke in the north usher in the morning glow and red sun.

I said, no, I'm going to save Lin Xun and the others.

Uncle Zhong stopped me and said, Young Master, in this situation, if they were still alive, they must have escaped. If they didn't escape, wouldn't it be useless to die if you went? Besides, what would you do to save them?

Uncle Zhong was right, I quickly regained my sanity, and I am going to rescue the soldiers.

We rode our horses to Ruan Tong's garrison, full of anger and unwillingness.

But I haven't seen Yu'er yet, I just reprimanded why I didn't send troops, but I saw that the person sitting in the big tent and waiting for me was my father.

My father said that it was my order not to send troops.

I asked, why?

Father said, for you.

I don't understand what he means.

The father said, do you know why the prince is so bold and collaborating with the enemy?He poisoned the saint, and now all the imperial guards in the imperial city belong to him.

I was shocked to hear this news.I haven't seen you for a few days, but the sky has changed.

I said, could it be...he wants to force the palace to usurp the throne?

Father said, what do you think?Who doesn't want to get that seat, who doesn't want to sit in it sooner.Now there are wars in the north and palace disasters in the south, you can only choose one.

I said, even so, Yuancheng still has to send troops to save it.General Lin Yun is still waiting for me, otherwise how would I face Yu'er...

Father Wang said, confused.

I said, give me military power.

Father Wang said, if you want to do something, can't you see the pros and cons clearly?Going south is your only option.I have secretly sent troops south, and it is time to go outside Beijing now.The barracks here are just an empty shell to deceive people.

I said, I don't believe it.

Father said, you can go and see for yourself.Lose a city, or lose the whole of Nan'an, you have no choice.

I stayed there and didn't speak for a long time.

I said, let me meet Yu'er, and I will go back to Beijing with you.

A soldier took me to a side tent, and I saw her tied up, so I untied her and took off the cotton cloth in her mouth.

She hurriedly asked me, what happened to Yuancheng?Has General Nguyen sent troops?How is my daddy?

I said, Yu'er, I'm sorry.

Afterwards, Lin Xun and Lin Teng also came to the side tent with embarrassed faces.

Yu'er let go of me, and hurriedly ran to Lin Xun.

She asked, Axun, what happened?How is Daddy?Where is mother?

Lin Xun cried, elder sister, the rescuers never arrived.My mother didn't leave, but my father said that if there were no more rescuers, the city would not survive for three days.Breaking through today, it was Uncle Chu who tried his best to rescue me and Ah Tzu...

Looking at the blood on his body, Lin Teng also cried, Eldest sister, Third Uncle Chu was stabbed more than ten times and bled a lot...but he gave the horse to me and my second brother...Eldest sister... .I am scared...

Lin Xun said, Daddy said that the young prince would bring his troops back.

Yu'er said, Aji, please send troops now to save my parents and the people in Yuancheng...

I don't know what to say.

I said, I'm sorry, Yu'er, the palace is in trouble now, the crown prince forced the palace, I have to go.

She just looked at me straight, quietly, as if looking at a stranger.

I've never seen that look.

She said, Murong Ji, I was blind and misread you.

When she needed me the most, when she was most helpless, I left her cruelly.

Sometimes I often fantasize that if I hadn't left at that time and stayed with her, would everything have been different?

When I rushed back to the capital and led the troops to attack the palace gate, there were dark clouds and snowflakes in the sky.

The northern battle report came, the city was lost and slaughtered, Lin Yun and more than [-] people in the army died in the battle, and none of them survived.

My heart was icy cold, looking at those who fell, dyed the white snow red.

Then, I put the knife on the prince's neck.

I asked, why?You are obviously the prince, why did you do this?

He said that if you have never sat in a seat where one person is under one person and over ten thousand people, you will not understand the feeling of worrying about gains and losses and trembling.

I said, you didn't sit in the position of prince for a day or two, why now?

He laughed hysterically and helplessly, and then wept.

He said, without you, how could the royal father think that I can't bear the responsibility, and how could he have the heart to destroy me?I don't agree...why say I'm not as good as you in everything?Since the position of the crown prince will not keep me, I will seize the position of the emperor...

I said, you lost.

He said, yes, I lost.how about you?

The moment he asked me, I didn't feel the slightest sense of triumph.

Yes, the prince is defeated, I am also defeated, the Holy One is also defeated, and the city is also defeated.

In this game of chess, there is no winner.

Later, the imperial doctor said that the Holy Majesty was seriously ill, and he was too weak to recover, and it might only be a few days.

The Holy Majesty called a group of important officials and confidants to the bedroom. As an emperor, he was already making arrangements for the funeral.

All the officials knelt on the ground, and the fourth prince and father were among them.

The Holy Majesty said that the prince rebelled, the crime should be punished, and the sentence should be executed.Right now, among my sons, there is only the fourth son of the emperor, but he is too young to bear the heavy responsibility of the country.After I die, let Murong Ji take over the throne...Ji'er, Nan'an Kingdom will be handed over to you from now on, don't let me down, let your ancestors down.

The ministers were astonished.Those elders, Xiangguo, and bachelors couldn't believe it.Again, this was beyond my expectation.

I looked at my father, as if he already knew all this.

I said, Your Majesty, although I want to help the world, I have no intention of being the throne.

The Holy Majesty said, Ji'er, how many people are desperate for this position, you should think about it again, even if it is for the people of Nan'an.

I said, no need, Uncle Huang, I've thought about it, let Ah Yuan sit, and I will help him well.

The Holy Majesty thought for a moment, but did not speak.

The Holy One said, Ji'er, get up.Yuan'er, come here and kowtow three times to your elder brother Ji.

The fourth son of the emperor, Murong Yuan, knelt down to me. That small body will bear the heavy burden of a country in the future.With a trace of reluctance, I lifted him up.

I still remember telling Yu'er that I want to be a great general who can help the world.This is also my truth.

I selfishly thought that if I didn't want the throne, I wouldn't have so many constraints. There might be a possibility between me and her.

The Holy Majesty said, Yuan'er, when your father is gone, Brother Ji will be your reliance. I want you to swear that no matter what happens, you will not suspect him or hurt his life.

Murong Yuan complied.

The Holy Majesty said, all the ministers have heard what you said just now, today in front of all the ministers, I appointed Murong Ji as the regent, waiting for me to assist Murong Yuan to ascend the throne.Before Murong Yuan was crowned, the regent's order was like the emperor's order.Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any objections?

No one answered, no one dared to object.

Three days later, the emperor collapsed and died, and his posthumous title was Renjing.

It was also on this day that I handed over the funeral ceremony in the palace to the minister. I walked to the general's mansion, waited for an afternoon, and met Lin Yu'er and Wen Wushuang who had returned to Beijing.

She looks a lot thinner than before.

And I shouldn't have said anything to her.

Lin Xun said, you still have the face to come here.

After finishing speaking, he beat me violently.I drank Uncle Zhong away, and let myself be beaten with bruised nose and swollen face, without fighting back.

Then, Wen Wushuang grabbed Lin Xun.

Until they all entered the mansion, from beginning to end, she didn't look at me.

I sent people to send the imperial edict and rewards for Lin Xun to inherit the title, but she ordered all the people to return and drove all the eunuchs who delivered the edict out of the house.

Above the court, Wen Wushuang resigned from the position of Hanlin Bachelor just obtained last year.

After the court was over, I tried my best to persuade him to stay, but he had decided to go.

He said, I am leaving the capital with Yu'er.

When I heard this, I was furious and grabbed his collar excitedly.

I asked, are you with her?Wen Wushuang, what do you want to do?

He said, when I found out about the accident in Yuancheng and rushed there immediately, you were going south to fight for your power.When she was most lonely and helpless, I was by her side.When she was sick, I took care of her.Murong Ji, it's because you don't cherish yourself, I gave you a chance...you ask me what I want to do?I like her, I love her.

I asked, what about her?does she love you

He said, Yu'er asked me to bring you something, she said, she doesn't want you anymore, so let me return the things to you.

Feeling ashamed, I let go of Wen Wushuang and fell to the ground without taking the jade pendant.

He said, Yu'er also said, your heart is the same as this jade pendant, you can rest assured that you can get it when you like it, and you can take it out when you don't like it.She doesn't want such a heart.

After a long time.

I asked, where to go?

He said, go back to her hometown in Jiangling, where there is the old residence of the Lin family.

I asked, when is the departure date?

He said tomorrow.

I said, Wen Wushuang, if you dare to marry her, I will destroy your Nine Patriarchs!

Wen Wushuang didn't say anything, seeing that I didn't take the jade pendant, he took it back.

Later, she really left.I rode behind slowly alone, and I didn't dare to get too close.

Until I was ten li away from the capital, Uncle Zhong chased me and stopped me.

He said, young master, you can't follow me anymore.

I said, Uncle Zhong, she doesn't want me anymore.

Then, I cried like a child, like someone snatched my most beloved toy, like someone took a knife and stabbed my heart fiercely, but it was so painful.

Later, I learned that she had been looking for someone at the border, and what she was looking for was a four-year-old child.I asked Uncle Zhong to send someone to help him find it.In the end, he found the only grandson of old general Chu Mu and the only bloodline of the Chu family in Xiaoguan.

Later, I heard that the Lin family had an additional Fourth Young Master named Lin Xiao.I know it's that kid.

After the autumn of the next year, I personally led an army of [-] to recover the Yuancheng.

In the third year, he led his army to attack the capital of northern Xinjiang again.The emperor of northern Xinjiang surrendered and promised to be a minister to Nan'an and pay tribute every year.I did not agree.

I said, the conditions are not enough, all the generals who fought in the battle of the wall, I want their lives to commemorate the dead General Lin Yun and all the dead soldiers and people.

Afterwards, the emperor of Northern Xinjiang committed suicide, the younger emperor succeeded to the throne, and the six generals were bestowed to death.

The national power of northern Xinjiang plummeted.

Without the scourge of the northern border, I took all my father's people under my command, and then sent him to Jiangxia to retire.Later, for some unknown reason, he was poisoned, so he went to Jiangdong, and I ignored him.

I have been diligently dealing with government affairs, as if only in this way, only by protecting these people, can I make up for my guilt...

Fortunately, the country has always been very peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

This was my dream, and now it is my atonement.

Murong Yuan is a diligent and studious child. I chose a teacher for him. On weekdays, I would personally teach him martial arts, riding and archery, and teach him the way of governing the country little by little.

But even so, after so many years, I can no longer find the same happiness as before.

Without Yu'er, even if Qi Ruyu has the word "Yu" in her name, even if all the wives left in the palace have her shadow, they are not her.

And Yu'er, whom I've always thought about, really abandoned me, found Wen Wushuang who loves her, and gave birth to his child.It fulfilled what she said to me that night.

And the oath I said at that time was just late, not late.