After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, everyone is drunk.

Zhu Di said to Song Zhong: "This time, Song Yan went to Kaiping to patrol the border, when will he return to Beijing?" ”

Song Zhong said: "Half a year at most, and three months at least." ”

Zhu Di said: "My subordinate guards are empty, who guards this huge palace?" ”

Song Zhong said with a smile: "King Yan can leave a thousand households to guard the palace. Moreover, the Beiping Metropolitan Division also has tens of thousands of military horses in the city, which should be safe. ”

Zhu Di said: "Then leave the thousand households in Yanshan to guard Qiu Fu." ”

Song Zhong said: "The humble duty is at the disposal of the prince. ”

Zhu Di pointed at Zhang Yu and said: "This king still wants to keep him, I don't know what the envoy wants?" ”

Song Zhong shook his head and said: "By no means, Zhang Yunai is the commander of the left guard of Yanshan, and he has a great responsibility, so he should act with the guard, and he can't stay in Beiping." ”

Zhang Yu said angrily: "There are four people in command of the left guard of Yanshan, there is no more than me, and no less than me, what are the important responsibilities?" ”

Song Zhong said: "The patrol is big, if the palace guards are like you and don't listen to the dispatch, how can I command these tens of thousands of troops?" ”

Zhu Di looked at Song Zhong and said coldly: "A lot of Qingye?" ”

Song Zhong stood up, gave a deep salute, and said: "If you can let it, you will let it, and if you can't let it, you don't dare to let it." ”

Zhu Di trembled with anger, and immediately shot the case, glaring at Song Zhong.

Zhang Xin, the commander of the Beiping Metropolitan Command, hurriedly got up and persuaded: "Lord Wang, Governor of Song, one of the two of you is the prince and the other is an envoy, you should be as close as you want." And take a break from the wrath of the thunder, and listen to the humble words. ”

Zhu Di and Song Zhong sat down angrily.

He poured Zhu Di a glass of wine and said: "I have just arrived at the humble post, thanks to the care of the prince, I am very grateful, and the humble post is the first to do it." With that, he drank all the wine in his glass.

Zhu Di's expression eased slightly, and he also drank the glass of wine in front of him.

Zhang Xin poured another glass of wine for Song Zhong and said: "Governor Song, you and I are both officials in Beijing, and now we are going to Beiping to serve together, which can be regarded as fate, I will give you a glass." With that, he drank another glass.

Song Zhong also drank the glass of wine in front of him.

Zhang Xin said to Zhu Di: "Prince, the governor of the Song Dynasty is ordered to patrol the border, the stakes are very high, the prince is the emperor's uncle, he should lead by example and share worries for the country, so he thinks that the prince should leave the deputy Qianhu Zhu Neng in Yanshan to guard the palace, and send Qiu Fu to Kaiping to serve." Of course, the safety of the palace cannot be ignored, and Zhang Yishi should be left to assist in handling general affairs. What does the prince think? ”

Zhu Di thought about it, although Qiu Fu was exchanged for Zhu Neng, but in the end, Zhang Yu was left, and it could be regarded as a final gain. Zhang Yu is brave and resourceful, but he can stand alone, and he is easy to discuss in case of trouble, so he nodded.

Zhang Xin said to Song Zhong again: "The prince is the chief of all the vassals, and the emperor is the closest relative. Now the court did not say that it would cut off the palace guards, but only transferred to assist the governor to patrol the border, according to reason, the prince still has the right to dispatch the officers and soldiers of the three guards, if there is no dispute, trouble to the emperor, I am afraid that the governor will be responsible. Therefore, please think twice. ”

Song Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Zhang Yu can stay, but Zhu Neng, as a deputy thousand households, can only leave eight hundred guards." ”

Zhu Di was angry again, and shouted: "Song Zhong, don't deceive people too much. ”

Seeing that it was about to make waves again, Xu Miaoyun walked over and said to Zhu Di: "The prince is angry, now this big tomorrow is still the world of the Zhu family, even if there is only one soldier left by the prince's side, no one dares to touch the king's hair, what is the difference between eight hundred and one thousand?" What do you think? ”

Everyone got up and hurriedly said yes.

Only then did Zhu Di suppress his anger, and the banquet broke up unhappily.

On the land of Yanbei in the depths of winter, the grass and trees are withered and yellow, and the cold wind is cold, which is like a slaughter. Mountains stretch in the distance, like gray dragons winding across the sky.

The sky was gloomy and cloudy, and a team of people galloped on this wasteland, revealing the vitality of the world.

Tana changed into a Mongolian dress, held little Bartel in her arms, and rode a red horse, her cheeks were red from the cold, but her heart was infinitely happy.

On her left is Xu Miaojin, riding a big green horse, only to see her dressed in a military uniform, just with softness, white and red, adding color, really like a begonia blooming, hibiscus blooming.

To Tana's right is Zhang Shixing, riding a black horse, with a majestic instrument and no squint.

They were followed by Zhang Yu, the political envoy of Beiping, and dozens of subordinates and guards.

Tana is here today to inspect the ten thousand households to which King Chungning belongs. Originally, Zhang Yu handed her a roster, indicating which people moved to Kaipingwei with her, most of them were captured by the fishing Erhai battle, and moved to settle in the Changping area, it has been ten years ago, I don't know if these people are willing to move outside the Saiwai again. But the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, since Zhang Yu is deeply favored by the emperor, in order to live up to the trust, he must also handle the big things properly. Therefore, as soon as Tana said that she would come to Changping for inspection, Zhang Yu would accompany her in person, regardless of the wind like a knife.

As for Xu Miaojin, she was entrusted by King Yan and his wife to serve Tana. Because Song Zhong transferred 15,000 guards from the palace to Kaipingwei, the military supplies and weapons, and the affairs were complicated, it must have been too late a year ago, so it was decided to start on January 20 of the next year.

During this period, Tana stayed in Yanwang's Mansion, accompanied by Xu Miaojin, firstly, she did fall in love with Tana, and secondly, she also shouldered the responsibility of secretly monitoring Tana's actions.

Zhang Shixing is even more responsible, Tana did not settle down in Kaipingwei for a day, and he did not complete his mission for a day. But there has always been a knot in his heart that has not been opened, whether the prince Zhu Biao was poisoned to death by Tana, this question has always haunted his chest, like a thousand years of cold ice, deep into the skin, so that when he saw Tana, he has always been respectful and cold as frost.

While they were running on the dirt road in the country, they saw a large herd of goats in the field in the distance, and a shepherd riding an old gray horse with a long lassoed pole was grazing the sheep.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed in the haze sky, and the black shadow circled down, and rushed straight towards the sheep, and it turned out to be a huge goshawk. The goshawk caught a lamb in the midst of the flock and was about to fly away. The man urged the horse forward, waved the long pole in his hand, and the set of horses actually caught the goshawk, and the goshawk fluttered its wings and struggled desperately, but it was tied tighter and tighter by the rope. Never move. The man jumped off his horse, rescued the lamb from the goshawk's talons, took out the knife he had with him, and wiped it off the goshawk's neck.

Tana saw it and shouted, "Stop." Then he turned his horse and ran towards the man, and the rest of the people followed.

When the man heard the sound, he turned around, and when he saw a large crowd approaching on horseback, he stopped and looked at the crowd in bewilderment.

When Tana saw that this man was about twenty years old, fat and large, with a round face, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and a Mongolian herdsman dressed as a herdsman, she asked, "Can you recognize this good man, who is his surname?" ”

The man looked Tana up and down for a long time and said, "The villain Arutai, but I don't know the origin of the lady, but I look familiar." ”

Tana smiled slightly: "I was originally Princess Tana, the daughter of Emperor Tianyuan, and now I am the Queen Mother of Zhongning of the Ming Dynasty, and the one in front of me is King Zhongning." The original Mongol people in your area were all subordinate to the king of Zhongning, and they moved to Kaipingwei with the prince to settle down after the year. ”

When Arutai heard this, he knelt down on one knee and said, "It turned out to be Princess Tana, and the villain had seen Tianyan in the fishing sea when he was young, so he felt familiar. Li Zheng had already informed the clan elders that he would leave after the New Year. ”

Tana asked, "Tell me back, what tribe are you from, the Warat (the people of the forest) or the Tatars (the people of the felt tent)?" ”

Arutai stood up and said respectfully, "The villain is from the Tatar department. ”

Tana said, "Very well, let the eagle go." ”

Arutai was stunned and said: "If the queen mother wants it, the villain will offer it." The little prince is growing his body, this eagle meat can strengthen the body after eating, nourish the liver and kidneys, is an excellent tonic, isn't it a pity to put it? ”

Tana said: "The one who can come out to hunt in this weather must be the mother eagle, maybe there is a baby eagle waiting to be fed in its nest, and I can't bear to compare my heart to my heart." ”

Arutai exclaimed: "The Queen Mother is really kind-hearted. Then take off the lasso and let the eagle go.

Tana said, "Take me to see where your village is." ”

Arutai bowed again and said, "Yes." Then he mounted his horse, and drove the flock, and went eastward. Tana and the others followed.

After walking for about ten miles, I came to the foot of a mountain, full of rocks, sparse trees, there was a small stream flowing by, the bank was full of ice ballast, and there was a stone village built by the mountain and the water. The group followed Arutai across a stone bridge and into the village. I saw that the houses were all made of stones, and there were no doors or windows, and a sheepskin was hung as a shield, and there were very few young and middle-aged people in the village, most of them were old people and children, and their clothes were ragged.

Arutai led Tana and the others to his house, drove the sheep into the pen, tied the horses, and welcomed them into the house.

The door of the house was very low, as high as a felt tent door, and Tana and the others lowered their heads and entered, only to see that the four corners of the room were very dark, and there was a fire in the middle, which flashed a little light, and an iron pot hung on it, and milk was boiling in it.

On the edge of the fire sat a couple of about forty years old, with dark faces and rough skin, and Arutai stepped forward to them and said, "Abba, Mama, the queen is coming home, hurry up and salute." So he knelt down with his parents and prostrated to Tana.

Tana stepped forward to help the family up one by one and introduced them to the visitors. The Arutai family wanted to salute again, but Zhang Yu held them up and said, "Now that you belong to the subordinates of King Zhongning, you don't have to salute me, the political envoy of Beiping, I can't control you for a few days." But no matter where you are in the future, it is enough to remember the four words of the Menghan family. ”

Arutai bowed and said, "Obey the master's instructions." ”

Arutai's mother brought goat's milk to everyone, and Tana took it, took a sip, and sat cross-legged by the fire, gossiping with the Arutai family. The rest of the people were disgusted with the wooden bowl and took it in their hands, and did not drink it.