36. And smooth
Zhenshu looked back and saw Zhenyuan sitting on the bed and wrapping strips of cloth around her feet.
Outside, Zhao He squeezed on the stairs and shouted: "Second girl, go and help your mother get dressed and hand over things, the bandits are coming." ”
Wuling Mountain is tortuous and dangerous, and there are often bandits inside. But since Zhenshu was born to the present, because of the wind and rain, the country and the people are safe, and there has been no trouble for many years. But she reacted faster and was nimble than the others, and at this time she threw Zhen Yuan and ran to the avoidance, put a few Su packages on her back, and rushed out with Zhen Yi, who was not fully dressed, into her armpit.
Zhao He blocked the crowd on the stairs for her, protected her and threw her things in the car, and then protected her: "Second girl, I bother you to drag the lady and the eldest girl out again, the shape is urgent, don't delay any longer." ”
Outside, there were horse-drawn carts and horses pouring in from the road in Hui County, and carts and donkeys, and people were crowding and shouting. Zhao He and the coachman had to protect the two big cars from being crowded, and the matter of searching for people could only be Zhenshu. She squeezed into the inn, and saw that Su had already squeezed down the stairs, but Zhenyuan still didn't see a shadow, so she squeezed upstairs, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Zhenyuan hiding on the bed and wrapping her feet and crying. She went over and threw the foot-bound noodles, picked up Zhenyuan with one hand and yelled, "Hurry up!" ”
Zhenyuan has been wrapped in her feet for many years, her fingers are bent under the soles of her feet, and she cries and stuffs her feet into her shoes. It's just that if she doesn't wrap it, these big shoes won't be able to be stuffed in.
Zhen Shu angrily picked up two shoes and bowed down and said, "Climb up quickly, I'll carry you out." ”
Zhenyuan cried and cried that she was back, and the two of them were able to go out. I don't know what happened outside, and everyone rushed downstairs. Zhenshu also caused everyone to rush downstairs like a tide, and it was easy to go out before sending Zhenyuan into the car. Zhao He opened the road in front, the coachman drove, and the two big cars ran up.
Zhenshu faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart, and suddenly patted his head and said, "Oh no, my father is still in the inn." ”
Zhao He called the crowd in front of him, but did not hear Zhenshu's words. He drove the carriage and walked. Song Anrong had an unknown future and her daughter's reputation was damaged, so she drank a few more drinks last night, opened a single room, and is still lying on the bed. Zhenshu went to help him up and put on his coat, and the two hurried out of the inn. At this time, the people who came from the road around Huixian were all refugees with scorched black clothes and terrifying faces.
Song Anrong stopped someone and asked, "Old man, why are you in such a hurry?" ”
The man waved his hand and said, "I can't say it, I can't say it!" ”
Song Anrong and Zhenshu ran with him, only to hear the man say again: "The Tartars came from the west, burned, killed and looted, and overnight, Huixian County has become a scorched earth, I can't say it." ”
Song Anrong exclaimed: "We are here at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the inland Central Plains, and the Tartars are far away in the northwest, how can we get there?" ”
The man still waved his hand and said, "I can't mention it, I can't mention it." Old man, you also run quickly, the Tartar is still coming down, and you can only be safe when you run through Wuling Mountain. ”
Although Song Anrong was still skeptical, he and Zhenshu also ran with the crowd.
Along the way, they were all refugees, and they were all from Huixian.
Song Anrong inquired about many people halfway, and gradually learned the reason.
It turned out that a stream of tartars who did not know where they came last night suddenly poured into the territory of Hui County to make trouble, robbed people and goods, burned houses and set fire to houses, and burned down the farmland that was about to mature.
It was noon when they bypassed Wuling Mountain, Song Anrong and Zhenshu both had sore feet and leg pain, and they saw Zhao He and the coachman driving along the way, and the Su family was hiding in the shade under a big tree.
When the family gets together, they are all in shock. Zhen Yuan was missing a shoe halfway through, and at this time, the horrible deformed little foot shrank under the skirt and did not dare to show it.
Unlike these fleeing people, they are ready to go with their whole family. At this time, I just cleaned up a little, ate some dry food and continued on the road.
Su Shi said in the car: "God bless, let us all have to leave." I'll just say that this Caijia Temple is not a place to live people, and sure enough. ”
Song Anrong lost his horse, and at this time he walked with Zhenshu and the two, and when he heard this, he said: "Although we got away, we hurt Cai Genfa's family." ”
Su Shi replied: "If you don't sell with him, will he be able to escape, and his money will be able to escape?" ”
Song Anrong didn't want to quarrel with her in front of the child, so she stopped talking. Su Shi retreated from the catastrophe at this time, hugged Zhenyi and said, "My good girl, when we arrive in the capital, we will be happy." ”
Zhenyi turned around and smiled: "I want Sister Zhenyu's head like that, and my mother must prepare me for me to be happy." ”
Su said: "Place, buy it for you, in the future, we will live next door to the silver building, do you want anything?" ”
The case of Hui County being looted by the Tartars caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, and the emperor was furious. A swift Tartar like a whirlwind sneaked all the way into the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the state capitals knew nothing about the military equipment, and there was nothing to war. They spent one night looting people, gold, silver, and cloth in Hui County, and finally set fire to the fields. When he came, he only had a few cavalry, and when he went, he was a huge brigade. The armament of the state capitals is still unknown.
They come from nowhere and they go from nowhere they go. Overnight, it was as if it had fallen from the sky and disappeared out of thin air, and there was no place to follow.
Since Emperor Chengfeng's advent to the dynasty, it has been more than 20 years. Under his rule, the Great Calendar was peaceful and peaceful, and the river and sea feasts were rare and stable and prosperous. Because the DPRK and China spared no effort to carry out military and political affairs in the past few years, and now the soldiers are strong and the border defense is strictly prepared, and Yumen Juyan is still an important pass in the military tuntian. The Tartars are also only active in the north of Mobei and the Har and Lin area, and for more than ten years, there have been few violations on the border passes, let alone running so swaggering to the hinterland of the Central Plains, at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
Although this matter has passed, not only the princes and ministers of the court, but even the emperor is also cold. From Huixian all the way to the east, through the Wuling Mountains, the fast horse is the capital in less than a day. If these Tartars were a little more bold and the horses were a little faster, perhaps it would not be Hui County, but Wen County, which is closer to the capital, or the capital itself.
In the East Palace, the crown prince Li Xuze was drinking a bowl of bitter medicine in Liu Liangdi's arms. He took a sip, and Liu Liangdi gently simmered the corners of his lips with a handkerchief, so that the bitter medicine soup would not flow down the corners of his mouth and wet the clothes in front of his chest. He frowned and easily drank the bitter medicine, waved Liu Liangdi away, looked at Yu Yichen who was standing beside him and said, "So, in the end, it was Du Yu who snatched the gold mine blueprints?" ”
Yu Yichen said: "Yes." ”
He was wearing a dark red eunuch uniform with black edges, his waist was empty, his red clothes were lined with red lips, and his eyes were shining under his long eyebrows, although he was the same year, he was much younger than Li Xuze.
Li Xuze sighed and said, "The second brother has also changed now. ”
However, the temptation of a gold mine map made Li Xucheng show his feet, and when he really competed for the big treasure, would he pay it back?
Yu Yichen snuggled a pillow for him so that he could lie comfortably on the soft couch, and then said: "The situation was urgent, and because of Du Wu, the slave didn't dare to kill him ruthlessly. ”
Li Xuze nodded and said, "You did the right thing, and now we still have to rely on Du Wu to go further." His father was furious at the invasion of Hui County by the Tartars, and fainted on the spot that day. ”
Yu Yichen said: "King Ping has now gradually taken control of Liangzhou, and there is a problem with the saint's body, and now I am afraid that there will be no five or three years for us to do a good job, since the matter of Daxiahe has been known to the court, we should contact the officials of all factions, tell them to go up, and ask King Ping to return to Beijing to visit relatives." ”
He dared to come, so he went to find someone to kill him. He didn't dare to come, but his backing was obvious.
Yu Yichen saw that Li Xuze was faintly sleepy, so he leaned forward and knelt down on his knees and whispered in his ear: "Your Highness, the heir is still the top priority. ”
Li Xuze frowned and smiled bitterly: "I know! I know! I'll go to the Crown Princess tonight. ”
Yu Yichen called the prince and ordered some trivial things in front of the female official, seeing that Li Xuze was already asleep, he went out to the side hall to put down the dust and called Mei Fu to come over and explain a few words, and then he went to the residence of the princess Wang Ling of Yuying Pavilion.
Wang Ling was dressed in Suluo big sleeves, surrounded by a group of maids and maids, and was feeding the foot-long tarpon in the copper basin in the courtyard of Yuying Pavilion. She saw Yu Yichen coming in from a distance, and waved everyone away: "Everyone retreats to the door and guards." ”
Yu Yichen pursed his lips with a smile, and said softly from afar: "The crown princess now has the appearance of the mother of the country. ”
Wang Ling also smiled, stretched out his hand and asked him to help him into the hall, sat on a sandalwood circle chair where he often sits, stretched out his arm and said: "Rub it for me, two days ago, the saint in the palace was sick, and I knelt outside the Funing Hall for two hours." ”
Yu Yichen beckoned a little palace maid to take her feet over, bent her knees and half-knelt for Wang Ling and pressed her legs lightly and said, "Since it is kneeling, when it is a sore leg, why is it a sore hand?" ”
Wang Ling smiled, although he was still young, there were two deep grooves on his face from the middle to the chin, revealing some fierce intent. She said hatefully: "My Xiao Huan gave Liu Liangdi's cheap dog two days ago, and the palace maids around her kicked Xiao Huan and told me to beat the cane. Liu Liangdi told the prince, although the prince didn't say anything on his face, he must have been a little tired of me. ”
Yu Yichen smiled warmly: "So, first the dog eats the dog, and then the person bites the person?" ”
Wang Ling thought about it for a while, and smiled again: "Other dogs have seasons, but my Xiaohuan can ...... all year round."
If only Li Xuze also had the kung fu of that poodle, it would not be so thirsty that the women of the entire East Palace couldn't.
Yu Yichen saw that the palace maid brought the medicinal soup, took it and fed Wang Ling personally, and said softly: "Do you know about Du Yu, the former son of Du Guogong's mansion?" ”
Wang Ling said: "I know, I heard that he went to Liangzhou." ”
Yu Yichen said: "Exactly." But do you know why he got to where he is today? forced the traitor to the Jishi, went to prison, escaped from prison and was removed from the position of the son, and then fled to Liangzhou, do you know why this qiē happened? ”
Wang Ling said: "It is rumored that he is a wicked person who does all kinds of evil, since he is a wicked person, what reason is needed?" ”
Yu Yichen shook his head with a smile, stared at Wang Ling with long eyebrows and said, "Yes." Du Guogong married that lady, although he was not jealous, but he was very ambitious. She herself gave birth to a young son and coveted the position of the son of the world, so she tricked Du Yu to perform this big show. Do you think she has her wish fulfilled now? ”
Wang Ling said: "Since Du Yu's position as the son of the world is abolished, it is naturally her youngest son." ”
Yu Yichen finished feeding the decoction and wiped the corners of Wang Lingrun's lips, and pinched a green plum with both fingers for her to hold it, and then said: "Du Wu is in charge of the military power of the entire calendar, and everyone in the court must be afraid of him for three points." But now that a son who fled to Liangzhou and refused to come back has become a stain, his life is a little sad. Between the crown prince and King Ping, although he is willing to succeed King Ping, from now on, it will be difficult to say this, and the saint will be suspicious of him. As long as Du Yu does not return for a day, he will be like a thorn in his back for a day, and he will not be able to live in peace. ”
Wang Ling gradually understood what Yu Yichen meant, and defended: "It's Liu Liangdi who deceives people too much. ”
Yu Yichen still shook his head: "You are the future mother of the country, and you must protect the peace of the East Palace for the sake of the overall situation." Otherwise, what's the point of winning small profits but losing big treasures like the Fuji clan of the Gongfu of that country? ”
Wang Ling sat for a long time before she whispered: "I can bear it for you!" ”
Yu Yichen softly said a few words of comfort, and then he left Yuying Pavilion and went to the Qing Palace.