Chapter 1 Snowy Night
In the fifth year of the 48th Zhuluo Dynasty, the family of the emperor rebelled and rebelled, attacked the palace, and the capital was in chaos, and the Quartet had a wait-and-see attitude. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The emperor took the palace concubines to take refuge in Wangxiantai on the shore of the Zhonghai Sea, waiting for rescue, but the greatest guarantee of the royal family, the expeditionary force, had been personally sent by the emperor to the snowy region some time ago to put pressure on the Guigu family.
If there is no accident, the expeditionary force has reached the border of the snowy region at this time, and even if the royal letter eagle is used, so that they can get the news of Zhongdu within three days, they will not be able to fly back to Zhongdu to escort them.
However, in just half a day, the large camps in the suburbs of Zhongdu have been controlled by the Huangfu family, and only a small number of Praetorian Guards and Royal Secret Guards are struggling to support them.
In order to avoid falling into the hands of the Huangfu family, the emperor finally ordered Xuanhuang and Canggeng to burn Wangxiantai, and the queen Huangfu Xueru has been following the emperor's side, and went to Huangquan with him.
At that time, the imperial concubine Fu Shi, who had been favored for a long time, was nowhere to be found, and the world called the last imperial concubine of the Zhuluo Dynasty a demon concubine, which caused chaos in the world. Since then, the world has been divided into five parts, and it has entered a long period of melee between the five countries, which is known as the period of the five kingdoms in history.
Fifteen years after the ashes of Wangsendai in the middle capital, in the harsh winter wax moon season, the snow drifts in the northern country, and the thousands of miles are vast. Since Guigu Qianli became emperor fifteen years ago, declared the independence of the snow region, and established the Yanyun Kingdom, the capital was built in Yunzhou.
Beiping Town, a border town at the junction of Yanyun Kingdom and Zhaozhao Kingdom in the East and Wei Xingguo in Middle Earth, has always been only a merchant of north-south trade who will pass through here because of its remote terrain, barren land and sparse population. On both sides of Beiping Town are the Helan Mountains where the heavy troops of Yanyun Kingdom are stationed, so although Beiping Town belongs to Yanyun Kingdom, there are no heavy troops in the town to defend it, because if there is an army that dares to invade the town, the heavy troops of Yanyun Kingdom in Helan Mountain on both sides will immediately counterattack and form an encirclement. Therefore, the people of Beiping Town also live and work in peace and contentment.
Some people in the town have been worried that this kind of weather will cause the mountain roads around the town to be closed and become a lonely town, you must know that Beiping Town itself is not much food, especially in the homes of ordinary people, there is not much surplus food, if there is no merchant to barter because of the snow, I am afraid that most of the people will not be able to survive this winter.
On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the official office received an order from General Guigufeng of the Helan Mountain garrison to open a warehouse and distribute grain to every household, so that everyone could have a full stomach. Therefore, on this day, Beiping Town is very lively, and the only inn in the town that is still open for business has also welcomed guests who have not seen for many days.
The owner of the Yunlai Inn took the others to collect the food issued by the government, and only one person was left to watch the store. When the guests entered the door, the shopkeeper was on the counter worrying about the old mother and young brother at home, because he needed to be on duty, so he couldn't leave, and the family could only rely on the old mother and young brother to support each other to queue up to receive food.
Because of the cold weather, half of the door of the inn was hidden, and the other half was hung with thick cotton curtains, and suddenly a cold wind blew in with snowflakes, which froze the shopkeeper back to his senses, and looked up, only to see several strange guests walking in one after another.
The leader was a woman with a frosty face, who looked to be thirty or forty years old, she led the way to the door, and before she had time to say hello to the shopkeeper, she lifted the door curtain sideways, and a girl in a blue cotton coat and a beautiful woman walked in with another beautiful woman in a black cotton coat.
The shopkeeper didn't expect that the guests finally came, it was actually three women, and the shopkeeper couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, although he felt that women appeared in Beiping Town in this kind of weather and this kind of bad time, it was very strange, but today he was too worried about his family, so he didn't ask much, just greeted lazily, "Are a few guest officers sharpened or staying in the hotel?"
The older woman asked him for four rooms in the backyard, and asked the shopkeeper to make a hot meal and prepare hot water to deliver to the room, and the woman threw him the usual money, and the shopkeeper took them to the backyard to live. When the shopkeeper was about to go to the front yard to prepare meals and hot water, the woman who was called "Mama Lu" by the woman in Tsing Yi specially explained, "My man, a little boy, and a few guards are tying horses outside, please bring them in again." ”
The shopkeeper weighed the copper coin in his hand, his heart was full of joy, and he hurriedly went out. When he returned to the lobby of the inn, he happened to meet six big men holding a little boy with a few bags in his hands, and the shopkeeper estimated that the woman just now was talking about the two of them, so he took the initiative to meet them and take them to the backyard.
The shopkeeper saw the black-clothed woman with a big belly, and his face was pale, but he was afraid that he couldn't tell which one was whiter when he fell into the snowdrift. The shopkeeper was worried that she was hungry, so she hurriedly went to the kitchen to cook food, brought it into the room for them, and then slowly boiled hot water.
The sky is getting dark, and since there are no other guests staying at the inn recently, the shopkeeper has arranged for these guests to live in the most spacious and bright rooms in the backyard.
When the meal was brought into the room, Mama Lu was busy serving the woman in black to eat, and the woman in black drank a bowl of hot noodle soup before she regained her spirits, and insisted that Mama Lu also sit down to eat, "Mama, don't be polite to me, sit down and eat quickly, I'll eat slowly by myself." ”
Mama Lu still insisted, and the woman in black sighed slightly, "It's all because I have burdened you and trusted others." Almost died without a place to be buried. Mama Lu was worried that her master would remember the unpleasant past, so she quickly sat down to eat with chopsticks, and took care of the little boy sitting next to the woman in black while eating, "Young Master Long, which dish do you want to eat?"
The boy's name was North Shore Dragon, and the pregnant woman in black was named North Shore Kite. The North Shore Dragon seemed to be hungry and was desperately stuffing food into his mouth, and he tried to chew and swallow the food in his mouth before he spoke, "I like bacon and cabbage stew." Mama, you taste it, Sister Zheng, you also try it. As he spoke, he stood up and picked up the dishes and gave them to Mama Lu and the woman in black.
Bei'an Zheng touched Young Master Long's head lovingly, "I was hungry a few days ago, so I shouldn't eat too much at once today, I am only allowed to eat half a bowl of rice tonight, and then drink a bowl of soup, so be careful that my stomach is broken." ”
This Young Master Long listened to Bei'an Zheng's words very much, deliberately put down his chopsticks, and replied respectfully, "Yes, sister." The man sitting at the table next to him was the husband of Mama Lu, usually everyone called him Uncle Lu, he seemed to be hungry, drank two large bowls of broth in a row, and then ate a bowl full of rice, Mama Lu saw that he still wanted to continue to serve rice, remembered what Bei'an Zheng said, and quickly stopped, "Didn't you hear what Miss said? ”
Uncle Lu was simple, really put down the dishes and chopsticks, and went out to take care of the horses that were driving the car, he had to ask the shopkeeper to prepare some good grass and beans for the horses, just these few horses, if the horses were hungry, people would not be able to leave.
The girl dressed in Tsing Yi is the daughter of Mama Lu and Uncle Lu, her name is Pearl, she has a small appetite, she has already put down the dishes and chopsticks, and is taking care of the North Shore Zheng, "Miss, seeing that the day you gave birth is these few days, we have entered the territory of Yanyun Kingdom, and it has been snowing for the past few days, the traces we have walked have been covered with snow, and I heard that the roads before and after have been blocked by ice and snow, for the time being, we are not afraid of those people who are chasing behind, it is better for us to live here, there are doctors in the town, Midwife, when the time comes, after you give birth to the little master, take care of your body, and then we will set off?"
Mama Lu has always been worried about this, "Pearl is right, we didn't take any of the avenues at that time, we came here according to the mountain road you guided, and those people chasing behind must not have expected that we didn't choose any avenue, but went directly to Beiping Town through the mountains and forests, no matter which way they chased them, they wanted to touch here, normally they couldn't touch it for two or three months, and now it's when the snow is closing the mountain, it is estimated that they can't catch up for a year and a half." ”
Bei'an Zheng groaned while touching his stomach, "This is all thanks to the help of the map left by my mother and father, we were able to take a shortcut into Yanyun Kingdom." This place is very close to Helan Mountain, I heard that there is a garrison of Yanyun Kingdom in the mountain, and the current general happens to be a member of the Guigu family. Mama and Pearl are right, I'm just afraid that we will give birth in the next two days, and we won't be able to leave for the time being. Let's stay here. But it's not convenient to live here for production, and it's inconvenient for so many of us to go in and out, Mama, you take Uncle Lu out tomorrow to have a look, rent a yard, and we'll live. ”
Bei'an Zheng turned his head to the four big men sitting at another table and said, "Beiyi, tomorrow you take the tokens of the Bei'an family and Bei Er to Helan Mountain to meet General Guigu Feng, and ask him to help contact Guigu Yanli, if I am not mistaken, he should be the current Prince Ping of Yanyun Kingdom." And if he is willing to help, ask him to send a few men to protect us, and let him send a few men to find out if there are any pursuers behind, and if so, it is best to help us destroy them. Beisan and Beiyan can stay and take care of us. ”
Beiyi knew that when his master arrived in Yanyun Kingdom, he would be able to find the strength to protect them, so he respectfully responded, and after dinner, he went back to his room to rest and prepare for setting off for the next day.
Bei'an Zheng thought in his heart, now that she and her younger brother have been forced into Yanyun Country, fortunately, her father and mother have left a force in Yanyun Country, no matter what, they must try to find this force, otherwise she, the child in the womb, and her younger brother will all be in danger of their lives. Now the enemy is mainly caught off guard, and it happens to be winter, and when it comes to the spring of next year, I am afraid that they will continue to send killers to chase Yanyun Kingdom, and they will not be able to hide for a while, so they still have to plan in advance.
The four big men had been following the guards who were protecting the kite on the north bank, and they were ordered to rest with their fists in their hands. The shopkeeper happened to boil hot water, and came over to borrow them to carry the hot water, and helped clean up the table, and then held hot tea.
Mama Lu and Pearl have a room with the North Shore Kite, North Shore Long and Uncle Lu have a room, and the other four people have a room for each of the two people and settle down.
At the beginning of the unit, the sky was already as dark as a fight, and the innkeeper happily commanded the others to carry the grain distributed to them by the government back to the inn. The shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him and reported the guest's affairs. The shopkeeper was very surprised that in this kind of weather, the mountains had already been covered with heavy snow, and there were still customers walking in, and the owner of this group was actually a pregnant woman with a big belly and a little boy.
The innkeeper has encountered a lot of strange things in Beiping Town for so many years, and he didn't take it to heart. But he still went to see Mama Lu in person, and promised to let the long-term workers in the store help guide them to find the Chinese people tomorrow. The big families in Beiping Town basically do not live in the town permanently, and many ancestral houses are empty. In order to maintain the popularity of the house, some houses also rent out some yards by the side door or back door, so as not to dilapidated the house quickly.