Chapter 245: Qi Shao's heart is broken
Qiantang Jiang's Wu Fort.
The climate of Qiantang is very good, the scenery is very beautiful, the people here speak softly, and even the autumn wind is gentle. Zhang Nuo, the Duke of Jin, didn't want to go back.
But if he likes it, he is still the Zhang family of Jinyang, the prince of the Jin dynasty, the minister of the auxiliary state, and the most prominent relative of Dachu.
Little prince, no, now he is the young emperor. The young emperor went out of Beijing, saying that he still trusted his cousin, and he was also pure filial piety to his mother. Although there will be a lot of pressure in terms of safety and cost to get him out of Beijing, when he arrives in Jiangnan, he will find that everything is worth it.
The first emperor and โกโก have all been to Jiangnan.
But at that time, Da Chu had not yet been established, just for the purpose of conquest.
Da Chu needs the emperor to go to Jiangnan again, as the new emperor, and come with the king's teacher.
Now that the north is not safe, the south is a more important reliance. The land of fish and rice, the land is rich, and the literati are numerous, what a beautiful place it is.
If the new emperor gains the support of the southern clan and the love of the southern people, he will have infinite benefits.
The Empress Dowager accepted the daughters of several major clans in the south to become female officials who served with her, which was a faint guarantee.
Although the Empress Dowager also asked the young concubine of the Jiang family to be her companion by name later, which was beyond his expectations, what Jiang Daoqi revealed to him afterwards was simply a surprise.
The remnants of the Yin Dynasty contacted the Southern Clan, and the rebels of the Yin Dynasty also began to run out of food.
The anti-thieves of the Yin Dynasty couldn't suppress the Hu people, and they already had the intention of faint infighting.
The contact person contacted by the Yin Dynasty anti-thieves in the south is the eldest son of the prince of the Yin Dynasty, who is now in Jiangnan.
The more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the city kings in Jingzhou who supported the three princes were the remnants of the Yin Dynasty, not the private soldiers of the former emperor.
Every time Jiang Daoqi said something, Zhang Nuo's face became a little grim. When it came to the end, it was even more solemn.
"What does Brother Jiang mean?"
"No matter how much I am greedy, I will not joke with the family's century-old reputation. Yin Siqi's side I stabilized first, Your Majesty will be in Qiantang in ten days, how to take over, how to wipe out this group of people, we still need to discuss a charter. Jiang Daoqi took the teacup and took a sip. What do you have to say, and can you give me some advice? โ
Zhang Nuo paced in the quiet room, and when he turned around and saw Jiang Daoqi with a smile on his face, he couldn't help but shake his head:
"I know that you already have a way, and you are hanging my appetite. Now you and I are in the same boat, what are you planning there, you lazy thing! Don't hurry up yet! โ
Jiang Daoqi put down the bowl and squinted his eyes.
"Yo, I don't know which adult said that he broke off with Jiang and was ashamed to be together, and now he asked me to come quickly?"
"That day Rien broke off his righteousness, and today he restores the old good, and there is no hindrance. You guy has been in trouble in order to revive the prestige of the Jiangnan clan, so I won't entangle you too much. I can't find a second daughter to marry the little emperor, if you don't think of a good way, your niece will wait to be a white-headed female official for the rest of her life. โ
"You ......"
"What's wrong with me?"
"You guy, if I don't care about the friendship of the past, I am bent on gaining power, you can still live!"
"Then thank you for sparing my father's life. But now I'm keeping you alive. โ
"You ......"
Zhang Nuo used to quarrel with Jiang Daoqi was normal, since Zhang Nuo went down to Jiangnan, he has seen him like an enemy every day, and he has even tried to regain the dominance of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.
He and the Queen Mother already carried the tiger talisman of the Chinese army, and at this point, even the young emperor could not control the Chinese army more justifiably than them. Now the Queen Mother has taken back the Tiger Talisman, but the command of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is still in his hands.
At the beginning, Jiang Daoqi imprisoned a subordinate minister, and wanted to replace the child, if Zhang Nuo was ruthless, he would take him down at that time, and let him taste the taste of house arrest, and the Jiang family did not dare to show their teeth. But considering Jiang Daoqi's temper that would rather die than be humiliated, Zhang Nuo still hesitated, but he was not allowed to leave Wubao and wait for the emperor to fall.
As it turned out, he was right not to imprison him.
Jiang Daoqi is always thinking about how to turn the tables and how to seize every opportunity.
Such a person is ambitious and dangerous, but when he is an ally, he is too caring and easy to use.
"What happens to you in the end depends on Your Majesty's choice. In the final analysis, it depends on the choice of the old guys in the DPRK and China. Do it beautifully, and my father-in-law can say a few kind words for you. โ
"Since the Lord of Jin Guo has said so, I will tell you. Here's the thing......"
Pengcheng Wei House.
Gu Qing stood on the bow of the painting boat, looking at the water that filled the lake, and wanted to jump down to see what would happen.
She is now an ethereal, and no one can see her. Her grandson Li Rui and her cousin Li Jun, who had already begun to grow a beard, dangled in front of her every day, but she couldn't touch or look at them, and she didn't dare to talk to them at the risk of being treated as a psychopath by her relatives and the emperor.
Pingping and Qinqin are very busy, in fact, most of the time they have to communicate with ministers, scholars, and all kinds of people who need to communicate, and they don't have much time to spend with her. More often than not, she is like a mascot or a spirit behind the two children, and she becomes overwhelmed.
She couldn't find a reason for her to cross again, and she didn't know why she did.
If she is here to be a primary school counselor, she is really unwilling.
"What did you say Grandma was doing at the bow of the boat?" Li Mei quietly bit her ears with Pingping, who was dressed as a palace maid. "Grandma wants to eat fish?"
"What nonsense, didn't the fairy say that he wasn't a tanuki!"
"But grandma watches us eat delicious food every day, and she can only watch it, which is too pitiful. Maybe she dislikes us and wants to go back to heaven? โ
"That's not good, she hasn't finished telling us about Journey to the West yet." Chu Chengping hurriedly shook his head. "These stories of the fairy aunt are very interesting, although she can't make any immortal methods, but the story is only half told and she left, it's really worrying!"
It's like the last Mulan, and he didn't know the result until a few years later.
Although it is even more uncomfortable to know, it is better to have a result than no result.
"Let's make Grandma laugh. She looks so depressed every day, and her life is too sad. Li Mei and Pingping put their heads on the head, "Look at this ......"
Chu Chengping listened to Li Mei's words, nodded frequently, and went to Li Rui again and told him to make some preparations.
Li Rui was ordered by the little emperor to do these brainless things, and thought that he and his sister had something new to play, so he could only shake his head and ask the palace people who served him to recruit him.
It's a pity that Grandma Hua is old, and she was a little tired from the Luoyang Rebellion last time, otherwise she would not have dared to be so naughty if she was brought here this time.
Even the fox and the fake tiger dare to do it!
At night, the two children mysteriously called out their subordinates and asked Gu Qing to come to the back room.
The owner of the Wei family probably believes in Buddhism, and the back room is a small Zen room, in which there are a few silver filigree futons, as well as an offering table and other things.
This is also the reason why the two children are sure that Gu Qing is an immortal, because she is unimpeded in any temple and Dao crown, and the small Buddha hall is also correct. Li Mei said that Zhang Xuan, the true person of Longhu Mountain, called this fairy aunt "Tianjun", and was very respectful, saying that she had rescued many people, so Chu Chengping and Li Mei respected her more and more.
Of course, this fairy will tell a lot of thought-provoking stories.
"What are you calling me to the temple for?" The second monk Gu Qing looked at the two children in confusion. They were all smiling expectantly, and Li Mei put her hands behind her back, as if she was hiding something.
"Grandma, do you want to eat meat?" Li Mei smiled and narrowed her eyes, tilted her head sideways and asked Gu Qing.
"Meat? I've almost forgotten what it is. Gu Qing shrugged his shoulders, "I'm a spirit body's 'mortal', I don't have this function." โ
"Grandma, sit down behind the offering table."
What are these two kids doing? God mysterious.
Gu Qing looked at their excited looks, and it was not good to dampen the enthusiasm of the children, so she had to sit behind the offering table.
Fortunately, there was nothing on the table. If there are incense candles and fruit offerings, it will be very stressful.
Li Mei took out a stack of papers from behind his back, glanced at Chu Chengping strangely, took out one, and lit it in front of the offering table.
Gu Qing's eyes widened, witnessing the miracle happening.
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The time of a stick of incense passed, and nothing happened.
"What's the situation? Is it because we don't write our names and can't get to grandma? Li Mei stared at the ashes in the basin and looked hard, then raised her head and asked Gu Qing: "Grandma, we have always called you grandma and auntie, what is your name!" โ
"My name is Gu Qing." Gu Qing almost forgot that his name was Gu Qing. I have always been called the old lady, Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Qiu, grandma, mother, fairy grandmother, Tianjun, aunt......
It's just that no one called Gu Qing.
"Pingping, go get a pen!" Li Mei crutched the little emperor, and Chu Chengping immediately ran out quickly and got a brush over.
Qinqin stretched out his tongue and licked it on the tip of the pen, wrote the words "Sacrifice to Gu Qing" on a plate of paper with green vegetables in front of him, then picked up the candle and burned it directly in the basin.
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Still nothing happened.
"What should I do, grandma still can't eat it!" Li Mei's tears were about to burst out, "Didn't you say that this is okay?" โ
"Isn't it like this when priests burn paper, cows, paper, and horses? Or does it have to be tied up? โ
"What the hell are you two talking about?" Gu Qing sat behind the offering table, feeling that the two children were stupid to burn something in the basin in front of her, so she simply stood up, walked in front of them, and pulled out a piece of drawing paper to look at.
On the thin piece of rice paper, a roast suckling pig is drawn.
Gu Qing was stunned for a moment, and then pulled out a few more from Li Mei's hand.
Her favorite gold and silver rolls.
They believe in the ducks that they can't eat in the mansion.
In the lotus pond, in the summer, the lotus pods are fished out by a small boat.
Cooked rice.
"You kid, you can't treat your grandmother as a lonely ghost!" Gu Qing knocked a chestnut on Li Mei's head, her face was full of smiles, but tears couldn't help but burst out of her eyes.
"Feelings, you let me sit behind the offering table to wait for the meal!"
"Grandma, why can't you eat it?"
"Eat your sister!" Gu Qing wiped away her tears with a smile, "If you can get it by burning it, then you can burn a beautiful man for me every Qingming Festival!" โ
"Huh?" Li Mei opened her mouth stupidly.
What do you eat her for?
Gu Qing didn't feel good after speaking, this kid still treats her as a fairy, and she is still at the level of a grandmother, it is too late to say this kind of thing, so she hurriedly made up for it.
"I mean, I'm not from here, so I can't get it no matter how much I burn it. I'm afraid that only those who are already dead need to be burned, right? โ
"But when sacrificing the land city god, it is also the palace that burns the paper!" Chu Chengping and Li Mei naturally did this after "researching"!
"Facts speak louder than words, I haven't received it now!"
Gu Qing was also entwined, and his attention was not on "The children want to cook something for you to eat" but on "On whether the people under the bottom of this kind of burning can receive it." โ
"Maybe it's because we didn't look for the palace people to draw it in a hurry?" Li Mei had a whim. "Look at those paper men and paper horses, as well as the houses and houses, they are all the same as the real thing!"
"Oh, my little ancestor, I don't dare to eat it if you burn it!" Gu Qing couldn't imagine what it would be like for a child to burn paper here, sitting behind the offering table and happily nibbling on the roast duck.
Although she is now a fantasy mess, she is sure that this is still the style of ancient wear, and she hasn't fallen into the chat!
She's not a female ghost!
"Ah, let's try again next time......"
Li Mei and Chu Chengping were disappointed and threw the paper into the offering basin and burned it.
It's a shame that the first attempt failed.
They thought it would happen.
"What are you burning this for me? I didn't feel hungry. Gu Qing pulled a futon funny and sat at the feet of the two children.
"Sit down, too, and we'll talk."
"Grandma seems to be in a very bad mood these days...... Li Mei said squirmingly, "Pingping said that you have been watching us eat, probably because you are hungry, feel inconvenient, and want to go back to heaven." โ
Chu Chengping nodded hurriedly on the side.
"Aunt Fairy, can you not go? We all thought it was good. Although everyone can't see you, we know that you are there, and when we see you there, our hearts are steady. โ
There are immortals, and no calamity will find them!
You see, as soon as the gods came, the sister-in-law returned to Chang'an, and the southern clans also expressed their desire to submit. The people are now amazed by their relatives and call them "Heavenly Khan......
Didn't all this start when Aunt Fairy came?
Even if he can live in the same room with his relatives every day, it is all the good luck brought by this fairy aunt!
"Yes, yes, grandma, the story you tell us is not a day in the sky, a year on earth! You can stay a little longer, but it's only a few days, ah no, dozens of work! โ
"Hmm. And the story of the monkey is not finished. Chu Chengping nodded seriously.
So that's it......
It turned out that they saw their loss in the painting boat, so they were so worried. He even did not hesitate to please himself by "burning sacrifices".
"I can't leave if I want to......" Gu Qing kept wiping the tears that came out, "I don't know how I got here......"
It feels so good to be needed!
It's just amazing.
She stood up and hugged her two children's shoulders weakly.
"Don't worry, as long as God doesn't suddenly change me away, I will always be with you." She cried and laughed and said, "Even if I leave, you must be good, always support each other, and always be like this." Maybe one day I'll come down and take a look? If I see you arguing, I'm going to smash your ass! โ
"The problem is grandma, now we can spank your ass, but you can't touch us......"
"When you are so warm, will you die if you don't complain?"
"What do you mean by complaining?"
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There's no atmosphere at all!
The next day, inside the courtyard.
Qi Shao, who received the letter from Qiantang, pinched the letter and considered the risk.
If the letter is true, you can give it a try. It's just that the soldiers are mobilized at this time......
If you follow the original route, and the supply along the way is supplied by the state capital along the road, tens of thousands of horses will naturally be able to support it.
But if you turn around and go that way......
Let's find out what I'm talking about first.
"Where is the king?" Qi Shao asked the leader of the Praetorian Guard scout camp.
"Captain Wang is in the front yard."
"Go and call Captain Wang."
"Yes."
After a while, a thin and capable man walked in.
"Wang Fang, you take fifty scouts and go to Jingnan to look carefully along the road from Jingnan to Huzhou, and see if there are any men and horses who look like the army scattered out of Jingnan. They may be caravans, or they may be mourners, they should take the main road, and it is not excluded that they may scatter and walk on the small road, and after getting the results, they will quickly return to Pengcheng to report. โ
Qi Shao looked at the map in his hand, connected it with a red pen on the path from Jingnan to Huzhou, and crossed it in several key positions.
"There are dark guards in these inns, and you can ask for help from them along the way. Find Yicheng and tell him 'Flying Dragon is in the sky'. โ
"Yes!"
"You have an important responsibility, and you can't do more. If there is no movement in Jingnan within five days, you will also lead the team back. We couldn't stay too long in Pengcheng. โ
"The last general understands!"
Qi Shao watched the leader of the scouts leave, shook the letter in his hand, and always felt that it was a little too surprising that it was smooth.
Could it be that there are lucky stars shining on this journey?
"Taifu Qi, Your Majesty is here."
"I'm going to pick it up."
Qi Shao had to explain the way of governing the country to the little emperor every day. Now Chu Chengping is studying "Han Feizi", so Qi Shao has been reading the works of various legalists for a while, hoping that it can be easy to understand.
Teaching His Majesty is more tiring than teaching his own brother.
Because there is an extra "why girl" around her.
Qi Shaoping retreated to serve the subordinates, leaving only the secret guards. Li Mei took off her crown with relief and sat down.
Qi Shao hadn't opened the book yet, and suddenly heard the little emperor ask:
"Taifu Qi, I heard that you studied under the Danqing family, You Shangongbi, isn't it?"
"Don't dare to be. The minister can only say that it can still be seen. "Qi Shao has indeed studied painting for a long time, and he is also very good at fine brushwork.
It's just a chat for self-amusement.
"I'm good at fine brushwork, that is, everything I draw is very similar, right?" Qinqin's eyes lit up, and he showed an appreciative expression of "you are so smart" to Chu Chengping.
Ping Ping blinked, understanding that Qinqin understood what he meant, and his heart was full of joy.
"If you want to paint a courtier, the minister can naturally draw a very similar one."
"Then I want you to paint a few pictures that are almost real, can I?"
"Your Majesty, what do you want to paint?"
He's so busy. It's too complicated, but I don't have that kind of effort.
"What do you think is good to draw? Draw fish? Pingping whispered to his kiss, "You seem to say that grandma likes to eat duck?" โ
"It's not me who said it, it's my eldest brother who said that grandma likes to eat ducks, and the family used to have a lot of ducks."
"Then a fish and a duck?"
"Let's have some greens." How greasy it is to eat meat.
"Or another drink?"
"Wait, wait......" Qi Shao, who was standing on the side, had better ears, and listened half of it in a daze.
"Your Majesty, are you going to open a restaurant with Miss Li? Or is it that the drunken sky tower has been burned and you want to rebuild one? Lord Li Guogong didn't talk to his ministers......"
Even if you open the base camp of the dark guard again, you don't need him to draw recipes, right?
Duck......
Fish......
What and what is this!
"Young Master Qi, please help me draw a picture of the feast. The dishes should be rich, there should be good wine and delicacies, and the cups, plates, and chopsticks should be exquisite. This painting is for sacrifice, so please make it more delicate. Chu Chengping put on the posture of an emperor, and said his request to Qi Shao in a tone that could not be refused.
Qi Shao was stunned.
Sacrifice to the deceased?
Isn't it His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
But it's already past the Midyear Festival now?
Your Majesty is not short of food down there, right?
"When will Your Majesty ask for it?"
"The sooner the better."
No matter how slow it is, who knows if Aunt Fairy will run away.
"Do you want to write a memorial message?"
"No...... Not. Just drop a 'sacrifice to Gu Qing'. โ
Hearing the words of the young emperor, Qi Shao could no longer calm down.
He cried out in grief, almost in his heart.
"You...... Who do you say? โ
The author has something to say: Little Theater:
Qi Shao: My bosom friend, my crush, my heart is broken...... Shattered......
Su Shi in another time and space: I always feel a chill in my back.