[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

I saw a woman standing at the door with a smile on her head. She was wearing a silver hat that shone gracefully. The inner layer was woven with cloth and iron wire to make a hat ring suitable for wearing on top. The crown was composed of hundreds of dried silver flowers. Surrounded by crowds, the top of the hat is in the middle, the silver fan is towering, and there are several phoenixes and butterflies around the clusters of flowers, flying or crouching, the shape is lifelike.The woman was about eighteen or nine years old, with a delicate complexion and bright eyes, she was a beautiful girl.Judging by her attire, she is definitely not a woman from the Han family.

"Xin Youduo, you came just in time! Hurry up and see how the Marshal is doing!" Niu Jizong yelled loudly in confusion.

Surprised by the roar, everyone immediately gave him a reproachful look.

Xin Youduo's eyes turned on everyone's face, walked to Li Lian's bed, and called out in a low voice: "Marshal! Marshal!" The tone was gentle, and He Xin next to him felt that she was calling him. Can't help but want to say yes.

Li Lian smiled weakly, and said in a low voice: "...you are here... this time... I will trouble you..." Although he didn't speak, he heard Dr. He's words clearly.

Unfortunately, it seemed easy for him to fight with Feng Zizhi just now, but in fact, the fever, cough, vomiting, abdominal pain and other symptoms brought about by the plague really tormented him, and now it is very hard for him to even say a word.

"Marshal, you should rest for a while!"

Xin Youduo put his finger on Li Lian's pulse door familiarly, pondered for a while, and when he was about to open his mouth to say something, Li Lian stopped him.

He glanced at Feng Zizhi, Feng Zizhi understood.

"The marshal needs to rest. There shouldn't be too many people in the room. Except for the lieutenant general and general Mingwei...the rest of the people should get out!" Feng Zizhi dismissed He Qi, the first department of Tiance House, Gao Kegong, etc. All the other generals "please" leave the room.

The other generals were not fools either. They stood far away and couldn't see Li Lian beckoning to Feng Zizhi. They only thought that Feng Zizhi was clearly guarding against them, and they were afraid that they would be harmful to the marshal if they knew about his illness, so they all raised their voices.

He Qi frowned slightly, although he felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about Feng Zizhi's not being a targetless person, he didn't say anything, and even took the initiative to let his two sons take the lead to leave.

He Cheng nodded, grabbed his younger brother, and was about to leave as soon as he moved, but found that he couldn't hold his younger brother.

He turned his head and saw that his younger brother was staring at the beautiful figure of the Miao girl.

Pulling harder, He Xin's feet seemed to take root on the ground, and they didn't move at all.

He Qi also saw his youngest son's embarrassing appearance, and while others were still focusing on Feng Zizhi, he quickly coughed twice.

He Xin's neck jerked back suddenly, even his brother's jerking and pulling couldn't attract his attention, but his father did it with a light cough.

Although the He family doesn't beat their children from morning to night like the Niu family, even in the middle of the night and early morning, but as a family of martial arts, the He family naturally has a set of rules for their children - copying the art of war.

It is similar to the Niu family's beating in the middle of the night, and it is also the most frenzied point. The He family will ask about the art of war in the middle of the night.Just imagine, in the dead of night, when everyone is sleeping soundly, a figure with long hair in white clothes (the servant is wearing obscene clothes) is standing beside his bed, quietly asking: "Master~~ Do you still remember so-and-so's servant?" What is a sentence?"

No matter how courageous "Young Master" Ren is, no matter how good his memory is, he must be scared and forgotten!

Seeing that the "young master" couldn't answer, the white-clothed ghost (the housekeeper) took out the four treasures of the study that had been prepared from behind his back in satisfaction, "Please, young master, copy the so-and-so art of war three hundred times." According to the rules of the He family, as long as the servants ask questions, they will fail. "Master", the servants can receive an extra month's money.Therefore, the servants racked their brains very hard and conspired to question the "young master".

It's not that the previous "young masters" didn't protest against the bedside questioning and endorsement in the middle of the night, but the "master" always euphemistically called it to exercise courage and response. On the battlefield, the enemy will not give you enough time to respond.Of course, it is not known whether there is any idea of ​​watching a movie.

When Li Lian officially adopted Li Lian, he came to learn from He Qi—how to make his son a success. He Qi shared the He family's parenting tradition without any secrets, which made Li Lian dumbfounded when he heard it for the first time, a bit disrespectful I wildly speculate that the reason why He Qi is so serious (prolonged facial paralysis) is the result of the He family's secret way of raising children (destroyed)?

Off topic.

I don't want to be on the battlefield in the middle of the night and have to challenge the night battle──copying the letter of congratulations on the art of war, and reluctantly following my brother to leave every step of the way.

Due to the "prestige" of Dongchang Changgong and He Qi's obvious acquiescence, the other arrogant and arrogant soldiers had no choice but to swallow their complaints and walk away angrily.

Seeing that the "idlers" in the room had finally left, leaving only Li Lian's confidantes or loyal supporters, Feng Zizhi asked Xin Youduo, "How is the Marshal?"

"The Marshal has my family's Holy Gu—Phoenix Gu, and the plague Gu of the Huns can't make a difference at all! It's just that the Marshal lost a lot of blood in his body earlier, and even the Phoenix Gu was dying, so the plague Gu can take advantage of it!"

Xin Youduo paused, and said confidently: "I will use the method of replenishing blood for the marshal later. As long as the Phoenix Gu in the Marshal's body is full of blood and regains his spirit, it will naturally solve the plague gu!" He will definitely eat the plague gu Not even a scum is left.

What he said was well-founded, He Qi and others nodded in unison, and their hearts were relieved.

However, "What Phoenix Gu? Why did he have Phoenix Gu in his body? Why didn't you tell me? What happened?" The first sentence is a question, the second sentence is a question to Xin Youduo, and the third and fourth sentences It is a strong dissatisfaction and condemnation against Li Lian.

Li Lian, who was in a weak state, yelled badly in his heart, and was unprepared for a while, but Xin Youduo quickly said it out.

Fell into rage and dissatisfaction, Feng Zizhi stood coldly with his hands behind his back. He was originally a slender and tall man. Standing like this, his eyes stared at him indifferently with frost, which made him even more imposing. Xin Youduo didn't dare to look directly at her.

Li Lian didn't dare to test his lover's anger at this moment, he lowered his eyes as if he was very tired and wanted to rest, but in fact he winked wildly at Xin Youduo from an angle that Feng Zizhi couldn't see.

"..." Xin Youduo looked at Li Lian blankly.

"Don't worry about him, tell me!" After sharing the same bed for more than ten years, Feng Zizhi still doesn't know Li Lian's tricks?He took a step forward, and the patterns on the navy-blue python gown with golden makeup and floral satin directly covered Li Lian's figure on the bed.

Xin Youduo's heart skipped a beat, and he looked in Li Lian's direction hesitantly.

Feng Zizhi raised the corners of his lips carelessly, and looked at Li Lian with a half-smile, "Don't worry, Marshal won't mind what you say. Marshal Yuan, tell me, yes, isn't it?"

"..."

Li Lian had no choice but to say: "...Xin Youduo...you just give a rough idea...that's fine." Don't be too detailed.

Xin Youduo opened his round eyes wide, looking at the current situation, it seems that the benefactor of the Marshal did not tell his lover what he experienced in Zhurong Temple, the benefactor of the Marshal probably does not want his benefactor to worry!

Do not worry!Marshal benefactor!I know what to do!

Xin Youduo tried to tell Li Lian with his eyes, but unfortunately Feng Zizhi's python robe completely blocked her eyes, and Li Lian couldn't receive it at all.

"The marshal is the great benefactor of our family. There was a drought that year, and there was no harvest in the mountains. I don't know how many people in the clan starved to death every day. The marshal not only opened the warehouse to release food, but also allowed us to take the fields to cultivate, which saved our lives in the southwest. The lives of 10 people from the clan. In order to express their gratitude to the marshal for his life, the patriarchs and elders of the various clans decided after discussion that we, the Miao people, would plant our sacred relic—Phoenix Gu on the marshal.” She had no clue A coy attitude, a generous way.

"Phoenix Gu is the most precious sacred object of our clan. The name of this Gu is Phoenix. Although it is not as good as the Nine Lives of the Civet, the Phoenix Nirvana is reborn from the ashes and dies in an instant. According to legend, the Phoenix Gu uses the spirit of the person who planted the Gu Blood is used as a guide, and it has the miraculous effect of healing the dead and leaving flesh and bones." Having said this, Xin Youduo puffed up his chest with a proud look on his face.

But the miraculous effect of the Phoenix Gu on life and death can only be successful if it is triggered by the Miao people who are good at Gu, so this is one of the reasons why the Miao people sent Xin Youduo, the daughter of the patriarch, to follow Li Lian.

What she said was reasonable, if it was true that the Phoenix Gu had such miraculous effects as she said, it would be like giving Li Lian a second life.

Li Lian tried his best to stretch out his arm, and raised his thumb to Xin Youduo behind Feng Zizhi's back to show his approval.

Feng Zizhi seemed to have eyes behind her back, her voice sank a few degrees, and she couldn't hear the joy or anger calling out: "Li Lian!"

The thumb retracted under the quilt in the blink of an eye, so fast that Xin Youduo wondered if he was dazzled just now.

Feng Zizhi was not so easily fooled by Xin Youduo.

He pointed straight to the point that Li Lian and Xin Youduo had been trying to avoid: "Back then Li Lian entered the mountain alone for seven days. What happened during these seven days? You told our family exactly what happened."

Li Lian and Xin Youduo both trembled and looked at Feng Zizhi in disbelief.

Seeing this, Feng Zizhi's beautiful black eyes flashed a glimmer of affirmation.

Li Lian kept the experience of those seven days secret all the time, and let him question him again and again, either lightly explaining him in a few words or talking about him from left to right.Seeing that Li Lian didn't have many wounds or scars on his body, he didn't pursue it any further out of trust and to leave some room for his lover.

Looking at it now, I should have made things clear at the beginning, otherwise there would be no worries today!

"...Marshal Zhai is kind-hearted. He couldn't bear the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in the Southwest. He spent seven days alone in persuading the patriarchs and elders of more than 500 tribes in the Southwest. He successfully changed their prejudice against the Han people and was willing to try to lead the people. Live down the mountain. Forgive Xin Youduo’s blunt statement, this is not an easy task, you must know that all those old men are also stubborn, rigid, and rude in speaking, the marshal has suffered a lot of grievances!” Xin Youduo pouted his lips slightly, and pointed He denied that anything special happened to Li Lian during those seven days.

This level of sloppy eyes dares to take out the axe! ?Even the servant in charge of emptying the toilet in the palace has a much higher rank than this!

Feng Zizhi's thin lips outlined a cold arc, and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up showed a sneer, which made people feel chills.

"Your mouth is really hard. Our family wants to see if your mouth can still be so hard under the torture of Dongchang!" He spoke in a cold tone, like counting nine winters, and it was extremely cold.

"Come on!"

With an order, four Dongchang Fanzi wearing pointed hats and white leather boots walked in outside the door.

Ran Feng was anxious, and opened his mouth to intercede for Xin Youduo.

People are brought by him anyway, and if they come in one piece, they should leave in one piece.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Niu Jizong covered his mouth and motioned him not to speak.

Gentlemen He Qi and Lin Han looked at Feng Zizhi disapprovingly.

Li Mingzhu rolled her eyes most directly, a scum who bullies girls!

"That's everything! I was young at the time, and I wasn't there! Do you want me to tell you what the Marshal ate and who he talked to in those seven days!? You beat me, and that's all I have Explain!" Xin Youduo glanced at the direction of the Marshal's benefactor, and said anxiously.

Even though she is a daughter of the Miao family, after so many years in the Tiance Mansion, she knows more or less about all kinds of terrifying tortures in Dongchang.

It's just that her voice is charming, and what she said still sounded very sweet, as if she was acting like a baby, and she couldn't hear any eagerness or fear at all.

Feng Zizhi was unmoved, his smooth and pale face looked very cold and lonely.

Xin Youduo gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and thought to himself: "Xin Youduo! Xin Youduo! You can't be afraid! You must never tell about the Marshal's benefactor! Central Plains people often say that something mighty can't be bent, you can't Make the Central Plains people look down on the Miao people!"

Feng Zizhi was not angry when she saw that she was not afraid of boiling water, she smiled, the corners of her eyes and brows were so delicate that she did not look like a real person, but the smile on her lips was chilling to the bone.

He will never really do anything to Xin Youduo, he just scares this little Miao girl verbally.

He Qi, Niu Jizong, Lin Han, and Li Mingzhu all knew this clearly, so they didn't say anything, while the others felt sorry for Li Lian's body, so they didn't dare to open their mouths to plead with Mr. Dongchangchang.

"In the past few years, the Tiance Mansion has been spending more and more on medicinal materials. It happened that this battle defeated the Xiongnu in one fell swoop, and they will have a long period of stability in the future. It seems that we should cut down the expenses and invest the money in other things. The place is up." Feng Zizhi's expression softened, and suddenly the topic changed, talking about a seemingly unrelated matter.

Although Li Lian has the right to establish a government, set up a Tiance Mansion, set up a banner, handle military and political affairs, act arbitrarily and hold great power, but after careful consideration by him, it is not easy to be self-sufficient with money.Therefore, the expenses of Tiance Mansion all went from the emperor's purse——Dongchang's account.

All the expenditures of Tiance Mansion are allocated by Dongchang, so Feng Zizhi knows all the accounts of Tiance Mansion well.Besides horse grass and equipment, the biggest expense of Tiance Mansion is medicine.

Xin Youduo's expression froze. As the military doctor of the Tiance Mansion, she reported a lot of poisons, medicines and expensive medicinal materials every month. First, they were used to refine her Miao unique healing medicines for the use of the soldiers of the Tiance Mansion; Raise her own "little pet".If Feng Zizhi cuts down on medicine expenses, the food and growth of her lovely little Guatai, Xiao Jishe, Xiaoxie, Xiaowu and Xiaozhu will definitely be greatly affected!

For the sake of her baby, Xin Youduo, who can't be subdued and works hard to protect the face of the Miao people, can't help but look pitifully at Dongchang Changgong, hoping that he will be merciful.

Feng Tieshixinxin Zizhi remained motionless and turned a blind eye.

Poor Xin Youduo had a bitter face, as if she was about to cry.

"Ahem... Yannian, please stop teasing her."

Although Li Lian was covered by Feng Zizhi's figure and couldn't see everyone's expressions, just based on his imagination, he knew that Xiao Xin Youduo had been teased miserably.

To Li Lian and Feng Zizhi, who are nearly thirty years old and weather-beaten, the talented Xin Youduo is indeed a child.

Feng Zizhi was not surprised by Li Lian's words, he didn't expect Xiao Miaonu to tell one, two, three, no matter how detailed she knew, she would not be more clear than the person involved.It's good if Xiao Miaonu can say it, and it's no big deal if she didn't say it, because his purpose is to let Li Lian speak out on her own initiative.

"When I entered Dashan on the first day, the patriarchs and elders of the Yi tribes were willing to sit in the same room with me because of my [-] shi of grain, but they were indifferent to my lobbying; on the second day, I tried my best to lobby some Pro-Han people and tribes with insufficient food reserves, but only a handful of tribes with serious famine showed goodwill to me; on the third day, I stepped up to persuade, and there were very few people who responded, not one in a hundred. Only four small tribes with less than a hundred people for The lives of the people are willing to support me. Those tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of large tribes are still hostile to the Han people and would rather die than surrender. The conflict between Han and barbarians has lasted for hundreds of years, and it is not enough for me to say a word or a little food It was easily untied." Li Lian said in a flat tone.

"On the fourth day, the longer the time dragged on, the more people in the Yi tribe starved to death. My [-] shi of food was just a drop in the bucket. They began to speak bad words to me, beat each other with swords, and discussed to imprison me in the mountains. , took the opportunity to attack the county seat, seize food, and save the tribe. When I was imprisoned in the stone chamber, a small tribe leader who was willing to support me told me about a traditional rule of the Yi people.”

Xin Youduo went on to say: "I, the barbarians, have practiced the art of Gu insects since I was a child. I have always respected, respected, and loved Gu. According to a rule shared by all the barbarians, no matter who it is, as long as he can break through the Zhurong Temple and get With the approval of the five ancestors of Snakes, Centipedes, Scorpions, Spiders and Toads, they can become the offerings of my hundreds of clans in the southwest, and allow us to do one thing for them.”

"The Temple of Zhurong is where the main hall of my Great Five Immortals Sect is located, and it is also the holy place for hundreds of families in the southwest. The statue of Zhurong and the Fifth Patriarch are enshrined in the temple. There are many organs in the temple, and the descendants of the Fifth Patriarch are scattered in every corner of the hall. Those who conduct the trial need to take off their weapons and armor, wear white robes, and walk barefoot through the organs and the encirclement of the five ancestors and descendants without hurting them at all. It is an extremely poisonous thing, and the usual practitioners have been bitten to death by them, poisoned to death, and swallowed their corpses before they even went to the hall to meet the Fifth Patriarch." No matter how good your martial arts are, in this dangerous environment If you are unarmed, you will end up with only one dead body.

"Even if the person who is trying to pass through the Zhurong Temple is able to pass through the Zhurong Temple with profound internal strength, lightness kung fu, or poison technique, as long as one of the five patriarchs does not recognize him, that person can only become the fifth patriarch's snack. That is to say, if you have worked so hard to break through deadly traps and dangerous poisons, and come to the Fifth Patriarch, as long as you meet the Fifth Patriarch just because you are unhappy, or you want to eat snacks on a whim, all your hard work will be in vain. .

"For thousands of years, there are only seven people who have been able to break through the Zhurong Temple, get the approval of the five ancestors of the two snakes, the centipede, the scorpion, the spider, and the toad. Only 40 years ago, a Zhou man surnamed Li with strong martial arts skills successfully broke into the palace and got the permission of the Fifth Patriarch. The other [-] people who tried to break into the palace died or were swallowed by the authorities before they could see the Fifth Patriarch. Into the belly, there are no bones."