History of Yongwu

Xuancheng North Gate

The sun was just right, and the westerly wind was blowing the flag on the top of the city. Qin Yu wrote his name on the letter of credence, stamped it with a gold seal and handed it to Hu Yantai. Hu Yantai was like him. We are in business.

"The letter of credence has been signed, and Xiao Wang will return to Huyan to report to the king."

"I don't know when we'll see you again after this farewell, I prepared a special glass of wine to see His Highness off." Qin Yu picked up the wine glass.

As a result, the wine glass was drained, and Hu Yantai looked at him, "As for the matter of the horses, the prince can send someone to the little palace in Huyan City at any time, and he will naturally prepare it for the prince." He then took out a delicate dagger from his bosom Pass it to the King of Jin, "Xiao Wang has always admired the demeanor of the prince, and the sword should be a hero. Let's make this thing the prince's acquaintance."

"There will be a period later!"

"There will be a period later!"

Hu Yantai smiled at him, with a strange smile, pulled his cloak, quickly left the tower, and rode out of the city.

Outskirts of Xuancheng

The horse's hooves sounded hurriedly, kicking up a cloud of dust, and Batu followed Hu Yantai, turning his head and asking, "Your Highness, why are you riding so fast? Is there anything urgent for the royal court?"

Hu Yantai didn't speak, just waved his horsewhip, and galloped faster to the north. After a while, Xuancheng had turned into a small shadow, and then slowed down.

"Hush!" Huyan Taylor turned around and looked south, barely able to see the shadow of King Jin at the top of the city.

You still didn't do anything!Brother Wen, I'm afraid that goodbye will be like swords and swords. I don't know if you will regret letting me go today in the future.

"Batu, let's go." He laughed loudly, clamped the horse's belly, pulled down the whip forcefully, and continued to accelerate towards the north, where everything started.

Upstairs

"My lord, if you don't give the order, they will run away," Wang Meng said anxiously.

The dust and smoke going north gradually dissipated, Hu Yantai was about to disappear from sight, Qin Yu looked ahead motionlessly, his lips were tightly pressed, and his face was expressionless.

After returning home last night, he immediately arranged for Wang Meng to ambush outside the city tomorrow, but at this moment he hesitated, not only because the covenant between the two countries is very important, but also deep down in his heart, Qin Yu still admires Hu Yantai very much. Extremely smart and ambitious, but still dare to show it to the world.He is different from himself!

"My lord, they have already run away, should we send someone to chase them?" Wang Meng asked standing behind him.

As if Qin Yu didn't hear his words, he pulled out the dagger that Hu Yantai gave him. The blade was well forged, and the sun shone, and it hurt his eyes.

"It really is a good knife!" Hanging the knife on his waist, Qin Yu turned and left the tower. "The alliance between the two countries is of great importance and cannot be easily broken. Let's let it go."

"Ah?" Wang Meng was taken aback for a moment, then bowed to accept the order "Yes"

Getting on his horse, Qin Yu was just about to leave when the postman knelt down in front of him, "My lord, the Huyan envoy left a letter in the posthouse" and presented the letter.

Thank you Brother Wen for not killing me, Hu Yantai.

Hahaha Qin Yu laughed, crushed the letter, and threw it away with his hands.

You are truly extraordinary!If it was me, I would never leave such a letter that makes people want to kill again. Brother Huyan, I have the right to pay back the benevolence of your thoughts that day!

in a few days

"Your Majesty, General Song Yi is here again to urge for military horses," Wang Meng said.

"Well." Qin Yu thought for a while and said to him, "It's been a while, and it's time to send someone to Hudi to bring the horse back."

"The two states agreed not to allow officials to intervene. Will the prince choose some horse merchants to come?" Wang Meng was very clever once.

"Horse merchant? I have someone to choose." Wang Meng lowered his head and did not make a sound. He vaguely knew the candidate that King Jin said.

really!Wang Meng didn't raise his head, and whispered, "My lord, are you being too hasty?"

The room was silent for a while, King Jin didn't make a sound, Wang Meng slightly raised his head and glanced at King Jin.

"That's right, choose a few more, such an important matter can't be entrusted to only one person, you can do it," Qin Yu said casually.

"Yes" Wang Meng took the order, and hurriedly backed out, regretting that he had to ask because of his tongue.

The next day, Wang Meng handed over the list of selected horse merchants to the King of Jin, and Feng Xuzhi was naturally in it, and the list was presented to the Queen of Jin. Except for changing a few people, everything was left to him.Wang Meng originally thought that King Jin would summon Feng Xuzhi alone, but he didn't.

In a few days, the caravan set off. Wang Meng wanted to arrange more strong guards in Feng Xuzhi's team. In case the bandits from Hudi appeared, there would be something wrong with this person. His heads would not be enough for King Jin to chop off.

This time the horse sale went smoothly. More than ten days later, the caravans came back from Hudi. To Wang Meng's surprise, Feng Xuzhi's caravan suffered the least loss. Report to King Jin.

Wangfu

"My lord, Mr. Feng is here," the servant stood at the door and whispered

"Come in, please." Qin Yu's voice was flat, and nothing unusual could be heard.

Feng Xuzhi stepped into the door, and Jin Wang was sitting on a chair by the window drinking tea, "See the prince"

"My lord heard from Wang Meng that you did the best on this trip, and it's a long way to go, thank you for your hard work," Qin Yu said with a smile.

"Don't dare, it's right to do things for the prince," Feng Xuzhi replied respectfully.

"Hehe, don't be nervous, sit down, I still have something to tell you." After Feng Xuzhi sat down, Qin Yu continued to ask, "Did anything special happen during your visit?"

"It's nothing special, thanks to the prince's blessing, the journey went smoothly, and with the help of His Highness Hu Yantai, the horse buying also went smoothly," Feng Xuzhong replied in a satisfactory manner.

Qin Yu nodded, and suddenly asked, "What do you think of Hu Yantai?"

Feng Xuzhi thought for a while and said, "I have only met His Highness Huyan a few times, but he knows how to communicate with Han people better than other barbarians."

"That's true. If you didn't know that he was born in Hudi, you would think he was a Han scholar with a family background." Qin Yu nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Do you think the other people in his family are comparable to other Hu people?" what is the difference?"

Feng Xuzhi shook his head, "I didn't notice it."

It seems that Hu Yantai wanted to Sinicize the Huren, but it was not something that could be done in a short while, which made him feel relieved and let go of his initial worries.

"You have done a good job in this matter. Wang Meng is busy with military affairs. This king has decided to entrust you with the purchase of military horses. What do you think?" Qin Yu relaxed on the chair, looked at him and asked.

"It's my honor!" Feng Xuzhi quickly stood up and saluted.

Qin Yu waved his hand and signaled him to sit down, "Your Majesty is worried about the frontier, if you do this well, you can also help me solve a troublesome matter."

"Dare to ask the prince, does the frontier refer to the barbarians? Didn't the prince sign a peace treaty with them?" Feng Xuzhi looked at him puzzled.

"Although a peace treaty has been signed, how can we just let go of the feud for many generations? You still need to be careful, and there is still a bright moon." Qin Yu replied casually, this is not a secret.

"Moon?"

Qin Yu found that every time Feng Xuzhi asked him a question, he would frown, adding a touch of interest to that gentle face.

"En." Qin Yu withdrew his thoughts and nodded.

Feng Xuzhi may have noticed that King Jin had been staring at him, lowered his head slightly, took a sip of tea, and asked, "I heard that Mingyue is ambitious, and the sons of Emperor Wu of Ming Dynasty are clamoring to attack Dayong. Is it easy for the prince to conquer Mingyue?" ?”

I don't know why Qin Yu is in a good mood, and he is willing to say a few more words to him, "Emperor Mingyue loves power and tactics, which leads to rivalry among the princes. The separatist rule of the vassal kings and nobles will not be a big climate. Once Dayong rectifies the country, it will not be difficult to capture Mingyue. As for Those princes, their clamor is only for the benefits they earn in the Mingyue Dynasty."

Feng Xuzhi nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Afterwards, they chatted for a long time, and it was not until dinner time that Feng Xuzhi left.

After that, Feng Xuzhi became an aide of King Jin, often going in and out of the palace, Qin Yu was always willing to let him say a few more words.

In November, Xuancheng is located in the north, and the weather has gradually turned cold since October. At this time, Xuancheng has entered the deep winter, and the cold wind is frightening.

Qin Yu nestled in the study, checking the official documents from all over the place. The door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and Feng Xuzhi's thin figure came in through the door.

"My lord, the matter has been settled. In three days, the newly purchased army horse will arrive in Xuancheng."

"Xuzhi, come to the inner room, it's a little cold." Qin Yu led him to the inner room, poured a cup of tea for him, turned around and saw Feng Xuzhi watching the endgame on the table, "Xuzhi also likes to study Chess game"

Feng Xuzhi took his tea, and replied with a smile, "I like to collect chess records since I was young, especially the chess master Huang Longshi's chess skills. It's just that I only collected twelve volumes, and the No. 13 volume is missing."

"Then you are lucky today, I have this volume, you are here later" Qin Yu smiled at him, and went to the opposite bookshelf to find the chess record.

Qin Yu rummaged through the bookshelf for a while before he found the chess record, and was about to hand it to Feng Xuzhi when he turned around and saw him looking down at a painting, which was the portrait of Shaoyun he had painted these years.

"Is it very similar to you? This is my old friend." Qin Yu stood behind Feng Xu and followed his gaze to look at the person in the painting.

From this point of view, the person in the painting has the same eyebrows and looks as when he was young, and the person in front of him is just like the person in the painting gazing deep in thought.Qin Yu looked at it for a while, and suddenly felt sad. Why did Shaoyun die, and why did you look so similar to him? He walked to the side and took out a painting to look at.

Feng Xuzhi also walked to the painting bucket, as if to prove something, he pulled out the painting scrolls inside to look at them one by one.

Qin Yu was startled, but didn't react, and said casually, "It's all, no matter how I draw it, it still doesn't look like it, the picture is different from the real person after all."

No matter how similar the person in the painting is to the person in front of him, it can't hide that Shaoyun is gone, and you are not him, Qin Yu shook his head, trying to pull himself away from the weird atmosphere.

Feng Xuzhi stared at him blankly. For a moment, Shaoyun's figure gradually overlapped with Feng Xuzhi's, making him unable to tell who was who. Qin Yu reached out to touch his temples, but when he stretched out his hand in the air, he suddenly woke up .

Secretly pinching himself, Qin Yu patted Feng Xuzhi's face with his outstretched hand, pretending to be nonchalant and saying, "What's the matter, are you scared?"

Feng Xuzhi didn't speak, turned around and sat back on the couch, Qin Yu looked at him, touched his nose, and didn't speak kindly, he felt that his behavior was a bit inappropriate and offended Feng Xuzhi.

"It's just that I didn't expect that my lord missed my old man so much." Feng Xuzhi sat down and waited for a while before he said leisurely.

Qin Yu didn't answer, handed him the chess record and sat across from him, all he could do was miss.

Qin Yu looked at him, Feng Xuzhi lowered his head and studied, thinking that Shaoyun couldn't understand Mr.'s explanation, but frowned and refused to admit defeat.

"Prince" Feng Xuzhi suddenly raised his head, and his eyes met. Qin Yu panicked and just wanted to dodge, but he heard him say, "This man is dead, so let him go as soon as possible."

Qin Yu looked at his solemn and slightly worried expression, and a trace of absurdity rose from his heart.

"Hahaha" He suddenly raised his head and laughed, put away his smile, Qin Yu looked at him and said solemnly, "This king said, I don't want to mourn, I don't want to let go, I just want to be like this."

I don't want to let go, so knowing that you appear, I can only trap myself in the past, suffering over and over again, and want to keep you by my side, knowing that all the scrolls are fake, but I have to keep drawing, Because this is the only thing I can have, let go, I have nothing.

As night fell, Feng Xuzhi bid farewell and went back.Qin Yu was still sitting on the couch by the window, and when he looked up again, Feng Xuzhi had already turned out of the courtyard gate, Qin Yu watched his figure disappear behind the wind and snow, like the door of Muhou's mansion that had been closed heavily back then, with a heavy sigh It was heard, wrapped in the wind and snow outside the window, and disappeared in an instant.

After that day, Qin Yu and Feng Xuzhi tacitly agreed, and didn't say a word except for business affairs, which seemed to be the case.

But every time he thinks about what happened that day, he feels bored in his heart. Qin Yu wants to send him away, but every time the words come to his lips, he makes excuses for himself and Feng Xuzhi.

In the midst of winter and deep moon, in a few days, Qin Yu will go to patrol the border cities as usual, because of Feng Xuzhi, Qin Yu is extremely disturbed, and left Xuancheng early this year to patrol the border.

朔城

Qin Yu had just returned to Xingyuan from the military camp, and was sitting by the stove in the house to warm up, while Wang Meng stood outside the door against the heavy snow.

"Prince" Wang Meng's usual voice came, but it was extremely noisy in his ears, "I will report something later"

"What are you shouting for! Come in" Qin Yu said lazily.

Wang Meng opened the curtain and walked into the house. He also stood by the stove and said, "My lord, Yang Canjun suddenly died of a serious illness."

"What! When did it happen?"

Wang Meng sighed and said, "Just yesterday"

"Hey, bury him well and settle down his family and children," Qin Yu ordered in a low voice.

"Yes" Wang Meng bowed slightly and said, "My lord, Yang Canjun passed away suddenly, who should take over the money and food in Xuancheng?"

Qin Yu leaned back on the soft couch again, as if he was extremely tired, and asked absently, "Do you have any candidates?"

"The general thinks that Mr. Feng is very good. He has never made a mistake in the matter of military horses in the past six months. He comes from a merchant background and is naturally familiar with the accounts. He is a good candidate."

"Are there any other candidates?" Qin Yu looked at him in surprise.

"This person is the most suitable, please also ask the prince to learn from him"

Naturally, Wang Meng could find a better candidate, but he understood the reason why King Jin didn't return to Xuancheng. The northern border patrol should have ended long ago, but King Jin checked the inside and outside of Shuocheng five times in a daze. General Song Yi, who is known for his rigor, began to beat his heart, thinking that he had made a big mistake, but he didn't know that King Jin just wanted to delay the time to go back.

"Let's see if there are other people." Qin Yu thought for a while and said.

Wang Meng looked at Qin Yu's appearance, wanted to leave but was worried, and said to him, "My lord will have a heartfelt message at the end, I don't know whether I should say it or not"

Seeing his worried look, Qin Yu nodded and said, "Go ahead."

Wang Meng hesitated for a moment, and said carefully, "My lord, except for my appearance, Mr. Feng is not bad, it's okay for my lord to stay by my side." At least it's better than loving a dead person.

Qin Yu glanced at him, and naturally understood the hint in his words, but he didn't speak, and continued to look down at the stove.

Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, Wang Meng thought he was worrying in vain again, so he quietly backed out, but just as he walked to the door, King Jin spoke with a little relief in his voice.

"When you return to Xuancheng in a few days, you tell Xuzhi to take over Yang Canjun's position."

"Yes" Wang Meng agreed, then gently closed the door and walked out.

He didn't understand many things, and he didn't need to understand many things. Standing by the window, Qin Yu looked up at the snowflakes falling from the sky. Could this be a new beginning?

Two days later, Qin Yu was about to return to Xuancheng. Thinking of seeing Feng Xuzhi again, he still had a hint of anticipation and nervousness in his heart. Maybe he finally had an idea, and he never bothered Song Yi and the battalion of soldiers again. Tonight, he went to bed early.

In the middle of the night, Qin Yu was asleep when he was suddenly awakened by a loud knock on the door. He sat up suddenly from the bed, and asked the shadow at the door, "Who is it?"

"The prince is me." Wang Meng's voice came from outside the door, "There will be an important military report at the end."

Qin Yu hurriedly put on some clothes and got up to open the door. He knew Wang Meng, and he would not wake himself up in the middle of the night unless there was something urgent.

"What's the matter!" He asked him as soon as he opened the door.

"My lord, we caught someone. We found it on him. Please take a look at him." Wang Meng handed the letter to Qin Yu with a gloomy expression.

Qin Yu hurried to the study room. Wang Meng held the lamp. He sat on a chair facing the light and stared at the letter in his hand.

His Royal Highness Prince Jin personally stated: Feng Xu was originally not a horse merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, but Mingyue planted spies around the prince, intending to provoke the prince to turn against Emperor Dayong.This person was originally Mingyue Prince Sima Shaojun.

After reading the letter, Qin Yu looked up at Wang Meng with cold eyes, "Where is he?"

"Bring it in," Wang Meng shouted outside.

The guards pushed in a man wearing a black night suit. Qin Yu looked at the man kneeling in the middle of the ground, and asked in a deep voice, "Who asked you to hand over the letter to me? What does he want?"

The man looked up at Qin Yu, and said with a sneer, "Those who kindly remind the lord, what the lord has to worry about is whether this matter is true or not."

Qin Yu still looked at him coldly, half-closed his eyes and calculated whether the letter was true or not, the man looked at him and said, "The other party already knew about the letter I delivered, the prince only needs to go back and look to know it is true." It's not true, but hurry up, before it's too late"

"Wang Meng, prepare your horse and go back to Xuancheng immediately." Qin Yu got up suddenly and strode out.

Xuancheng South Suburbs

It was snowing heavily, and people could not be seen clearly from a distance. Qin Yu was riding on the horse, pumping his battle horse desperately.Sima Shaojun and Mu Shaoyun have the same name, the same appearance, he is not a fool, he vaguely guessed the answer, but the answer is too scary, he needs to ask the truth.

"My lord, look, it's them." Wang Meng's voice woke him up from his guess.

Qin Yu looked into the distance, and a group of people in front of him was speeding south. The leader was Feng Xuzhi. Looking at the white figure of the other party, he suddenly felt trembling all over.

"Catch up with him, and don't let me let go of any of them," Qin Yu said gloomyly.

Feng Xuzhi found himself and sent people to stop him. Wang Meng led people to stop them. Qin Yu went around the crowd and chased Feng Xuzhi alone.

The sound of the wind rumbled past his ears, and he was getting closer and closer to Feng Xuzhi. Qin Yu saw him look back at him with frightened eyes.You will be scared too!

"Stop, stop for me, who are you, tell me clearly."

Qin Yu shouted angrily from behind, Feng Xuzhi seemed not to hear, galloped on the horse, jumped on the forehead, Qin Yu jumped forward with energy, and rushed forward.

The two of them rolled off their horses and fell into the snow. Feng Xuzhi had just stood firm when Qin Yu grabbed the hem of his clothes.

"Who the hell are you? What's your relationship with Mu Shaoyun?" Tell me who you are, and tell me that everything is just my imagination.

"Your Highness"

Familiar titles, even familiar expressions, these two words are not only the answer to everything, but also the end of everything.

Qin Yu felt that his whole body was cold, only one heart was still beating, as if all the blood in his whole body was flowing to that place, but only that place was extremely cold.

"Your Highness, there has never been a young prince of the Mu family, only me, Sima Shaojun, the prince of Mingyue."

Qin Yu carefully looked at his face, which was both familiar and unfamiliar, he didn't hear his words clearly, and he didn't even feel the knife blade piercing his abdomen.

In an instant, the world was spinning, and he felt himself fell to the ground, only the sound of the whistling wind and the sound of "Your Highness" could be heard.

When Wang Meng arrived, Qin Yu was lying on the ground with scarlet snow beneath him. He ran up to him and sniffed King Jin's breath.

"There is still help, come and help the prince get on the horse"

"General Wang, where are we going?"

"Go to Mount Qi." Wang Meng helped King Jin to mount his horse. King Jin was seriously injured. Only the expert on Mount Qi could save him. God bless him, he must be there.

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This chapter is a bit much