At dawn, the sun rises in the east as usual, and the soft light pierces the last darkness before dawn and shines on the iron walls of Jinyang. Soon, the sky was filled with layers of bright morning glow, gorgeous and colorful. In the woods outside the city, there were already bursts of crisp birdsong, and I don't know how many early insects had been eaten.

It was still early, and there were already some people waiting to enter the city under the main gate of Dongcheng. On the city tower, the young captain on duty rubbed his eyes, swept around the crowd waiting in order, showed a satisfied look, yawned, and beckoned his subordinates: "Prepare to open the door!" ”

"There is a situation!" At this time, the sentry above the tower shouted a warning.

"What's going on?"

"Look, Captain!" The sentinel pointed to the east.

Running up the tower in a few steps, the captain looked into the distance to check the situation, and soon, his expression changed. To the east of the city, the field of vision is very wide, and although it is far away, it can be clearly seen that there is an army marching towards Jinyang City in a neat formation.

"Report it now!" Seeing this, the captain decisively ordered: "Be on guard!" ”

The guards above the city suddenly unsheathed their swords and wound their arrows. The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the people below also sensed that the situation was wrong, and dispersed in an uproar, lest they avoid it.

As the army approached, the captain of the gate was puzzled. The army outside the city was only about 200 people, all of whom were dressed in Hedong military clothes, clearly their own people, and they did not carry weapons. Suppressing the suspicion in his heart, the captain shouted loudly: "Stop! Who are you? ”

It was Zhang Yanwei who took the lead below, and when he heard the question, he went out directly, raised his head and shouted: "This will be Zhang Yanwei, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Longqi Army, and I will enter the city and ask to see the king of Beiping." ”

Hearing his words, the captain's face was suspicious, and he groaned slightly, and replied: "If General Zhang enters the city, there is nothing to do, but the soldiers you lead, please forgive me for not daring to let him go." And please disperse the general! ”

Hearing such an answer, Zhang Yanwei's face suddenly changed slightly, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart: Didn't you say that everything was arranged!

With some irritability in his heart, Zhang Yanwei couldn't help but pull his throat and continued: "We really have something important!" Brethren in the city, please let the city go! Delayed the big thing, I'm afraid you can't afford it! ”

The captain on the tower was quite loyal to his duties, and his tone became tougher, and he said coldly: "Please forgive General Zhang, where the duty lies, don't dare to open lightly!" Please stop the general and dismiss everyone, otherwise you will be humbled and humble! ”

Obviously, the captain of the city gate had already determined that Zhang Yanwei and the others were different, and after the warning, he immediately asked his archers to pull up the bow and aim at Zhang Yanwei and the others. When Zhang Yanwei saw this, he suddenly scolded in his heart: What did you do? It's not even a good arrangement for a "door"!

"Let them into town!" As the city tower was facing each other tensely, a lazy voice rang in the captain's ears.

Turning his head, it was the battalion commander who came in person, and the captain was very shocked and confirmed to him: "What did you say?" ”

"I said open the door and let them into town!" The battalion commander said it again, and this time it was clearly in the ears of the captain.

The captain's face changed, and he pointed to the city: "But they-"

In the face of his subordinates' doubts, the battalion commander did not listen to his verbosity at all, and interrupted him forcefully: "The matter above, you can allow a small captain to be here to do it?" They didn't have any weapons, so what would happen to them if they were allowed into the city? Open the door! ”

With a dull sound of opening the door, the heavy city gate finally opened, and Zhang Yanwei, who had been holding his breath under the city, didn't care much, and immediately led people into and ran directly to the Beiping Palace.

......

In the backyard of the palace, where the main mother Li lived, the mother and son were having breakfast, and Liu Chengyou came to eat every day. The third brother Liu Chengxun was also there, but the eldest Liu Chengxun didn't come, probably because he had been too busy in recent days.

"Erlang, eat an egg." Li Shi's face was full of kindness, and he personally peeled an egg for Liu Chengyou and gently put it on the plate in front of him.

"Thank you, Auntie!" Liu Chengyou took a sip of millet porridge and said in an urn voice.

"You, although simplicity is a virtue, don't be too yourself. You are still young, and your father and brother will work on important military and political affairs, so don't work too hard. During this time, I saw that you have lost so much weight! The kind gaze fell on Liu Chengyou, and Li whispered softly.

In Liu Chengyou's impression, Li has always been a very wise and rational woman. 's thoughtful personality made Liu Chengyou think more sensitively about Li's words. "Let my father and brother do the work", isn't this a hint to himself?

raised his eyes to look at Li, but met the concerned gaze in his mother's eyes, that should not be fake. Breathing a sigh of relief gently, Liu Chengyou nodded at the Li family: "It's the son's sin to let my mother worry." I'll pay attention. ”

With the wisdom of the Li family, where could he not see Liu Chengyou's perfunctory meaning, but he sighed a little helplessly: "Eat eggs!" It's getting cold. ”

The peeled egg is between two fingers, tender and smooth, and there are a few wisps of hot air. The egg is a pigeon's egg, this thing, nourishing the kidneys and improving the essence.....

"I want it too!" The third brother on the other side, Liu Chengxun, couldn't help but open his mouth to the Li family, looking at the Li family with a blank eye, looking like he needed love. Li Shi will not favor one over the other, laughing and scolding, picking up an egg and moving his hands.

"Second brother, when are you going to take me to the barracks!" Liu Chengxun is still young, but he is the most lively of the three brothers, and he can't sit still at this time, looking at Liu Chengyou expectantly.

"With my father's permission, I'll take you there!" Liu Chengyou replied lightly.

When Liu Chengxun heard this, his little face suddenly became bitter, and he stuck out his tongue at Liu Chengyou, muttering: "Forget it, it's better to sneak out......"

"What did you say!" His words were in his ears, but the Li family next to him was slightly wide-eyed, staring at him with disgust.

"No, nothing!" Liu Chengxun immediately shook his head and smiled wryly.

Liu Chengyou looked at the third brother, a thirteen-year-old young man, full of childishness, with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain, a great body, and a good seedling of a military general. Looking at this young man, Liu Chengyou's thoughts couldn't help but drift away.

He vaguely remembered that there was a record in the history books, to the effect that Guo Wei led the Ye army south to the "Qing monarch's side", and the hidden emperor collapsed in the suburbs of Beijing. The queen mother refused to be sick with her younger brother, and waited for her to pay respects, and sure enough, she proposed to establish Liu Yun, who was Liu Zhiyuan's adopted son. Subsequently, Liu Yun was abolished and killed. Liu Chengxun also died the next year, but he did not explain whether he died of illness or any other reason.

At this time, looking at the young man in front of him, Liu Chengyou's heart was a little colder.

Thoughts fluttered, and suddenly there was a noise from outside the palace, even in the deep courtyard of the palace, you could vaguely hear some "King of Beiping" chanting.

Everyone in the hall immediately looked at each other, and Li's phoenix eyebrows condensed, and he ordered to an inner courtyard steward who was waiting: "Go and ask, what's going on!" ”

Liu Chengyou put down the chopsticks in his hand, picked up a silk handkerchief, wiped his mouth, and looked very calm.

Before that, the steward who had gone out to listen hurriedly returned and reported nervously: "Madam, a large number of soldiers and civilians have gathered outside the palace, and they are clamoring to meet the king!" ”

"Is there such a thing? I'm going to check it out! When Liu Chengxun heard this, he was interested and excitedly said that he wanted to join in the fun.

"You stay here for me! Don't go anywhere! As a result, he was suppressed by Lee's words.

Liu Chengyou did not hurry, got up and saluted the Li family and retired, to see the situation. And paying attention to the calm performance of the second son, the contemplation between Li's eyebrows gradually dissipated, looked out of the hall, and sighed softly.

turned his face and began to teach the restless third son.