Chang'an, Xie Fu

Old Madam Xie looked at General Song who strode into the door, and hurriedly got up with a dragon head cane: "You are here, sit down quickly." ”

Old General Song went over and gave a slight salute: "Old sister-in-law." ”

Then he lifted his clothes and sat down.

Mrs. Xie waited for General Song to sit down, and hurriedly called someone to serve tea, and asked General Song again: "Your Majesty really intends to cede Yanzhou?" ”

Hearing Mrs. Xie ask, the old general Song sighed, and the old tears in the tiger's eyes: "I'm afraid it's true, old sister-in-law, I can't stand you, I can't help you." ”

"That's what you said?" Old Madam Xie put her crutches on the ground and said: "What are you crying about, why do you can't stand me, what does Your Majesty want to cut Yanzhou to do with you, what do you do to take things on yourself?" ”

The old general Song wiped a handful of tears, sat down and sighed: "Your Majesty asked me to enter the palace to discuss the matter of Yanzhou, I, I can't call Beiliang to retreat, His Majesty listened to the words of the surname Ding, and actually wanted to cede Yanzhou in order to seek peace, old sister-in-law, if I had a little ability to think of a way to call Beiliang to retreat, it would not be like this, when Brother Xie died in Yanzhou, he would rather die than fight to protect the people of Yanzhou, which in exchange for Yanzhou's peaceful days in recent decades, but now, now His Majesty wants to cede Yanzhou, and the old brother is really just, It's really in vain. ”

Old Mrs. Xie couldn't help but hold on when she thought of her deceased husband, her back was bent down, and her hand on crutches trembled a little: "The old man's bones are still in Yanzhou, back then, when he was left with no bones, he couldn't even find his body, and all these years we wanted to worship him and ran to Yanzhou." If Yanzhou is ceded out, we won't even have a thought. ”

Old General Song smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Old sister-in-law, this is also no way, today's Majesty has a soft temperament and softer ears, so he likes to listen to the words of those favored ministers, like us, the old courtiers are not welcomed, where is Your Majesty willing to listen to us say such a word." ”

When he said this, a person as strong as Mrs. Xie couldn't help crying: "What should I do with that old man? What should I do? ”

When she was lamenting repeatedly, she saw Qi Tong lock in the door, and as soon as she came in, she was anxious to see Old Madam Xie with tears in her eyes. A few steps over to support Mrs. Xie: "Grandma." What's wrong with you? Whoever bullies you, you sue me, and I will beat him up for you. ”

As he spoke, Qi Tongsuo glared at General Song.

The frightened old general Song hurriedly waved his hand: "Dingguo's daughter-in-law." The old man didn't say anything. Don't say hello to the old man. ”

Old Madam Xie grabbed the hand of Qi Copper Lock: "This is Old General Song." You call Grandpa Song. ”

When Qi Tongsuo heard this, he hurriedly shouted Grandpa Song, and the old general Song immediately agreed.

After Qi Tongsuo finished shouting to General Song, he turned back to care about Mrs. Xie: "Grandma." What the hell is going on? ”

Old Madam Xie sighed and squeezed Qi Tongsuo's hand: "Your grandfather Song came to mention the matter of His Majesty's intention to cede Yanzhou, grandma thought that your grandfather's bones were buried on the land of Yanzhou, if Yanzhou is gone, grandma will not even have a thought in the future, this heart is sad, and she can't help but shed a few tears." ”

"Yanzhou?" Qi Tongsuo exclaimed: "I also heard people mention this matter outside, and I thought it should be someone else's nonsense, but it turned out to be true." ”

While shouting, Qi Tongsuo was shocked again: "This can't be done, my eldest sister's family is still in Yanzhou, and my Qi family's old house is also in Yanzhou, if Yanzhou is gone, won't I even have a home." ”

That's right, isn't Zhenting Mansion in Yanzhou, although it is in the south of Yanzhou, it is far from Beiliang, but in the end it is also the land of Yanzhou, in case Emperor Chengping cedes the entire Yanzhou, then it really includes Zhenting Mansion, and when the time comes, the old house of the Qi family has also become the Beiliang, thinking about it this way, Qi Tongsuo is not a taste in his heart.

"yes." Old Madam Xie sighed again: "If you really cede it, I don't know how many people will be displaced, our people in Dazhou have always been ambitious, I'm afraid that I'd rather be an exile than go to Beiliang to flatter." ”

Old General Song's face was also extremely unpleasant, he looked at Mrs. Xie, and then at Qi Tongsuo: "Who told us that the Great Zhou Army is lax, and it has never been able to withstand the consumption of war, otherwise, don't look at my age, but I can also lead troops to fight, I don't believe that I can't go back to Yanzhou if I give up this life." ”

"When you're old, what can you do when you're old." Old Madam Xie persuaded in a low voice: "Don't talk about these things in front of me, Your Majesty has already made up your mind about this matter, and we can't do anything about it." ”

The old general Song sighed for a while, but he was helpless, and persuaded the old lady Xie a few words before saying goodbye and leaving.

As soon as General Song left, Qi Tongsuo saw that Mrs. Xie's face was not good-looking, so he persuaded her to go back to the house to rest for a while, but Mrs. Xie only said no, and Qi Tongsuo persuaded her for a while before helping her up and slowly helping her to the house to rest.

Qi Tong watched Old Madam Xie lie on the bed, covered her with a thin quilt, and stood by for a while before leaving.

However, she didn't expect her to walk on the front foot, and Mrs. Xie would get up on the back foot.

The old lady got up, didn't call the girl, opened the cage herself, took out the big clothes that she hadn't worn for many years, and combed her hair herself, and wore a heavy crown on her head.

After some grooming, the old lady became more majestic and wealthy.

She took the faucet crutches and went out, and called the housekeeper out in a few voices, and told him to prepare the car, and the old lady got into the car and shouted: "Go to the palace." ”

The car left Xie Mansion after a while, the car left on the front foot, and a girl hurriedly ran to find the copper lock.

It happened that Qi Tongsuo had just fallen asleep, and when he saw that the girl said that the old lady's face was very ugly, she asked someone to prepare a car to go out, I was afraid that something would happen, Qi Tongsuo got up immediately, and went to Xie Dingguo without even changing his clothes.

Dragged Xie Dingguo, who was practicing swords in the backyard, Qi Tongsuo pulled him to run to the front stable, picked two horses and put Xie Dingguo on the horse, she herself turned over on the horse, and after a few whips, the horse jumped out of the gate of Xie's house.

Xie Dingguo sat on the horse and tried to stabilize his figure, and asked Qi Tongsuo loudly: "Where are we going?" ”

"Go to the palace." Qi Tongsuo shouted, and urged Xie Dingguo: "You should hurry up." ”

Xie Dingguo saw that Qi Tongsuo was in such a hurry, and he didn't dare to ask what he was going to do in the palace, so he drove his horse and told him to run quickly.

It's just that the more urgent this is, the more mistakes go wrong, when the two of them ran to Qinglong Street, it happened that the first family married a daughter-in-law set up a flowing water seat on the street, squeezing more than half of the entire street, and the other half had a lot of people watching the excitement, so Xie Dingguo and Qi Tongsuo spent a long time squeezing through.

As soon as they got out of Qinglong Street, the two of them urged the horses to run more and more.

At this time, Mrs. Xie got down from the carriage and waved to the coachman to leave, but the coachman was just not happy and said that he would wait for the old lady to come out of the palace and go together, but Mrs. Xie became angry.

These old ladies rarely get angry with their self-cultivation, and the people of the Xie family have forgotten what it is like for the old lady to be angry, and they all think that the old lady has a good temper, and they have become bolder.

But this time, Mrs. Xie was angry, which really scared the coachman.

Old Madam Xie's face turned purple, and she knocked the cane in her hand on the coachman: "If I tell you to go back, hurry back, what are you doing grinding and grinding?" The old body is so old, can it be lost in the palace? Go back quickly, or the old body will break your dog's leg. ”

The coachman was beaten and scolded again, full of grievances, he opened his mouth and wanted to say something but couldn't say it, so he had to leave with red eyes.

The coachman left, Mrs. Xie finally breathed a sigh of relief, she took a long breath and spit it out, pinched the dragon head in her hand, took a few steps to the palace gate, knelt down in front of the palace gate, and said loudly in her throat: "The wife of the general of the imperial seal and protector, Xie Men Cheng, asks to see His Majesty, although I am old, but a loyal and patriotic heart is not reduced, I am willing to share the worries of the Lord and take my Xie family to Yanzhou to fight to the death with Beiliang, and ask for His Majesty's permission." ”

The palace door was closed, and there was not a single repercussion.

At this time, it was noon, the big sun hung in the sky, exuding a warm light, the ground was white, there were no trees on the land in front of the palace gate, the dry ground was hot, and almost all the eggs could be boiled.

The old lady knelt there, her knees were hot and painful, but she didn't move at all.

She knelt in the sun in a heavy coat, and in a moment she was sweating, and the sweat fell down her old body, wetting the sweat on the ground where she was kneeling, and then the sun shone on it, and it was dry after a while.

Mrs. Xie was dizzy by the sun's eyes, shook twice and tried to kneel, and shouted loudly: "Xie Men Cheng asks to see His Majesty, I am willing to lead my Xie Men to go up to Yanzhou to garrison, ask Your Majesty to be allowed, Xie Men Cheng would rather die to guard Yanzhou, not let Beiliang take away the land of Da Zhou, Xie Men Cheng asks to see His Majesty...... Long live my Lord......"

The palace door creaked open, Liu Rui went out with a bitter face, and when he saw the old lady Xie kneeling in the sun, he immediately became anxious, and hurried over to help the old lady get up: "Hey, what are you doing, how old are you still tossing so much, if you want me to say, you should be very happy to live and enjoy Qingfu, waiting to hold your grandson, what to do with such a toss, Yanzhou or something, just let those adults in the court bother, you are old, just stop and stop, don't be embarrassed." ”

Mrs. Xie shook her hand and shook off Liu Rui: "What does it mean to stop, at the beginning, my husband fought hard to protect Yanzhou, and he couldn't even find a single corpse until he died, and now whoever wants to take Yanzhou is the life of my old Xie family, and the life of the old body, Yanzhou cannot be ceded, and must not be ceded." ”

Mrs. Xie knelt very stubbornly, didn't look at Liu Rui, and said in a firm tone: "Yanzhou lost an inch of land is not worthy of Emperor Wenzong, sorry for the ancestors, in the early years, my old man told me before the expedition, as the general of the Great Zhou, it is necessary to guard every inch of the Great Zhou, if you can't do it, then, you will have no shame to survive, my old man said so, and he did this, and now Yanzhou is lost, how to tell me, how to see my old man after a hundred years." ”

"Although I am old, I am physically strong and can lead troops to fight, and I don't ask Your Majesty to send troops, but only ask Your Majesty to give me an order to take my grandchildren and granddaughters-in-law and my own soldiers raised by the Xie family to Yanzhou to fight." Mrs. Xie's tone was very firm, and Liu Rui was full of excitement when she said it.

Liu Rui looked at Old Madam Xie, and thought about the words of Emperor Chengping before he came out just now, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet: "Old Madam, Your Majesty has already made up your mind there, not who can influence it, Old Madam, you are kneeling here in vain, not only can you not make Your Majesty change your mind, but you will damage yourself, so what's the pain." (To be continued.) )