Chapter Thirty-Six: The General's Fame Meets Loneliness
He Bayue and his entourage, according to the initial agreement, led the Liang army to the Tiger Prison Pass, where Gao Huan, Hou Jing and others forced Chen Qingzhi and others to retreat one by one in the Tiger Prison Pass.
"Where are you going" Yuan Baoju glanced at Er Zhuyan, seeing that she was anxious at the moment, and looked restless. suddenly lost interest, presumably she was still worried about the war ahead, so she naturally looked anxious.
"I'm going to save people, Chen Qingzhi is very good, I'm afraid that Big Brother He Ba is not his opponent, I'm going to help" said, Er Zhuyan wanted to rush out and quickly catch up with He Bayue and the others.
"It's a good sentence Brother Heba, it's called very kind," he said, and the ingots torch walked to Er Zhuyan's side step by step, and then forced Er Zhuyan to retreat.
"What are you going to do, I'll tell you, don't think that if you saved me, I won't do anything to you, if you are like this, don't blame me for being a villain first and then a gentleman" After Er Zhuyan finished speaking, she raised her fan at the ingot torch.
Before Er Zhuyan could react, the Yuan Bao Torch had already pulled Er Zhuyan down with him, "The move is not right, what is the difference between you embroidering a pillow like this and the big girl" said, he grabbed Er Zhuyan's hand and taught her a set of unique martial arts suitable for fans, even when dealing with silver swords and halberds, it can also be applied.
"This is" After Er Zhuyan finished practicing, she flew the fan straight out, and she could even talk about tree scratches. Suddenly, she felt that the happiness she had never had before came in an instant.
"This is the Tai Chi method I got from a master by chance, this set of boxing methods is useless for me, I might as well give it to you" After speaking, Er Zhuyan still leaned on the Yuan Bao Torch, still a little unfinished, and the whole person was still immersed in the mystery of the new exercise just now.
Seeing this, Yuan Bao Ju deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Since you have learned, don't start with me."
"You are really, turning your face is like turning a book, you are really stingy" After saying that, Er Zhuyan quickly flew out in the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass without paying attention.
"Lord Wang, I'm afraid this is inappropriate" Yuan Song walked out slowly, he glanced at the Yuan Bao Torch, and instantly felt a little helpless.
After listening to this, Yuan Baoju took off his towel with a relieved face, and then slowly looked at the attendant Yuan Song, "Oh, tell me, where is the inappropriate?"
"The subordinates don't know, this person has tried to test the prince three times and twice, and he also tried to hurt the prince, the subordinates really don't know, why does the prince treat such a person differently, and his subordinates will kill him" Say it, Yuan Song just got up and wanted to chase after Er Zhu Yan and get rid of her quickly.
"Presumptuous" Yuan Bao Ju suddenly shouted angrily, which really scared Yuan Song, who was just about to get up, and the ghost guest went back. "This king's business, what else do you need to take care of, it's not that this king didn't warn you, this Zhuge Muqing, this king keeps it useful for himself, if you dare to act privately, this king will definitely want you to be full of nine clans, do you hear?" Yuan Bao Ju glanced at him angrily.
Yuan Song has never seen the Yuan Bao Torch so angry, he has been following the Yuan Bao Torch since he was ten years old, the Yuan Bao Torch is thoughtful, no matter what he does, he is at ease, but somehow, he is now more and more unpredictable Yuan Bao Ju's mind "Yes, his subordinates know"
Just when Gao Huan and others and Chen Qingzhi and others were inseparable, Er Zhuyan rode alone from the thousands of troops and quickly rode a horse and whipped, Hou Jing looked at Er Zhuyan riding a horse and whipping the appearance, far away, I felt that this person was very familiar, but I couldn't say the name, "Who is that" Hou Jing pointed to one of the lieutenants and asked.
"General Hui, that's Zhuge Muqing, the son of Taiyuan Wang Yi" The deputy general Zhuge Muqing came back, and he was immediately overjoyed, and the whole army immediately cheered
"Lord Mu Qing is back"
"Lord Mu Qing is back"
"Lord Mu Qing is back"
In the blink of an eye, Er Zhuyan had already ridden to the city, Hou Jing and others were waiting in the city, and in the original plan, Hou Jing and others were guarding here to prevent Chen Qingzhi from taking the opportunity to pass by, however, it seems that Chen Qingzhi did not choose this road "Open the city gate and fight the Liang army with me"
Seeing this, Hou Jing stretched out his hand, and then said to the soldiers guarding the city, "Wait, pick a small team of people, I'll go in person" After speaking, Hou Jing quickly got off the city wall and jumped on the horse, and quickly ran in the direction of Er Zhuyan.
"Young master, how is the battle ahead" Hou Jing rode his horse and quickly rushed to Er Zhuyan, his horse and Er Zhuyan's horse turned in a circle in place, Er Zhuyan saw this, and replied: "General He Ba has been trending the Liang army to the direction of the tiger prison, I'm afraid that General Gao Huan will not have enough manpower" After saying that, the horse turned around in the same place again, Hou Jing saw this, and immediately said: "The young master is injured, but he has fought with the Liang army"
"No problem" Er Zhuyan looked at the bloodstains on her body, which was obviously not hers, and then she looked at Hou Jing and said politely: "General Wanjing, wait for me to quickly support General Gao Huan" After speaking, Hou Jing looked at it and immediately raised the long sword in his hand.
"All the soldiers listen to the order, I will go to the Tiger Prison to support General Gao Huan as soon as possible, clean up the traitors, and make my Great Wei a hundred years of peace" After Hou Jing said loudly, he followed Er Zhuyan closely, and quickly rode his horse until he went towards the Tiger Prison Pass.
Along the way, Hou Jing and Zhu Yan drove side by side, followed by a large group of men, and when they arrived, the Liang army was in front of the Wei army stationed in the tiger prison. Although the Great Wei only gave Chen Qingzhi 5,000 men and horses on this trip, later Yuan Hao pleaded many times, and Emperor Liang agreed to 2,000 men, just this small 7,000 men and horses, in an instant, can make the garrison of the Great Wei officials unload their armor and flee, abandon the city to save their lives. When I saw its strength today, it was really able to defeat one person and a thousand troops.
In the battle of Tiger Prison, Chen Qingzhi was seriously injured, and he knew that he could not deal with the Wei army, so he led a group of wounded and sick people to flee south. Er Zhuyan Gao Huan and others chased all the way, and had already walked out of the tiger prison realm, Er Zhuyan and others captured Chen Qingzhi and others in their lives, but only Chen Qingzhi himself was not seen.
"Say, where did Chen Qingzhi go, why are you wearing his clothes" He Bayue put a long sword against the neck of the young general of the Liang army.
"You never want to know, now that you are out of the Yongzhou territory, you can no longer catch the general, the general is here, although my Liang is defeated, he is still glorious" After speaking, the young general planned to hang himself.
As soon as Er Zhuyan saw that the situation was wrong, she shouted: "Stop him, don't let him die" Unfortunately, it was too late, and the young general had already hanged himself to the ground.
"Young master, what should I do about this person" Hou Jing looked at Er Zhuyan and then at everyone.
"Alas, he is also a loyal and righteous person, so he should be buried" Er Zhuyan finished speaking, and the entourage slowly left, leaving a few people to bury the Nanliang soldiers who were killed all the way on the spot. After Er Zhuyan and the others left, in the surrounding haystacks, there were suddenly a few sounds of straw moving. I saw a man who was seriously injured crawling out slowly.
"General, you are seriously injured, you really can't fight anymore" The young general stopped Chen Qingzhi, who was seriously injured. Chen Qingzhi knew that the countless Southern Liang soldiers who had been harmed by this trip were in different places, and it was difficult to return home, and he was really uncomfortable in his heart, and he said to the soldiers:
"Chen is ashamed of everyone, I can't take you back to my hometown, but I am in a different place, Chen apologizes to everyone here" After speaking, Chen Qingzhi lowered his head in shame.
"The Great General"
"The Great General"
"The Great General"
Look at the Nanliang soldiers who came with them, covered with scars and tears. All the way from Nanliang, overcoming obstacles until breaking through Luoyang, the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, everything was originally like a bamboo, but who knew that all this was defeated by Er Zhurong. But it's really so-called, time also, luck also.
Chen Qingzhi was seriously injured and really couldn't march anymore, and the young generals beside him had to change into his clothes in order to save his life, and led the Wei army all the way to other places. So they knew that Chen Qingzhi was hidden, and Chen Qingzhi could only watch with his eyes as the seven thousand elite soldiers who followed him were left to seven, and in the end, he was the only one left. And he himself was seriously injured on this trip, and he couldn't take a step out of Dawei at all.
From a distance, he saw a figure approaching him straight, Chen Qing rushed all the way here, and at the same time he was seriously injured, so he naturally couldn't move, and after saying "help me", he fainted.
An old woman who was over half a hundred years old walked past the haystack with a hoe, and when she saw where Chen Qingzhi fell covered in blood, she shouted to her husband in front of her in a panic, "Old man, come and see, there is a person lying in this haystack."
Seeing this, the old man quickly dropped the basket and ran to the old woman, and immediately covered the old woman's mouth with his hand, "You old woman, what are you shouting, didn't you see that the officers and soldiers just left?" The old man looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he let go. Seeing Chen Qingzhi lying on the ground covered in blood, he looked at him on the ground, then kicked him with his foot, and saw that he could still move, which really scared the two of them.
"Old man, what are you going to do?" said the old woman, who grabbed the old man, and when she saw him behaving like this, the old woman's heart was about to burst out.
The old man slowly put his hand between Chen Qingzhi's snorts, and seeing that he was breathing, it could be regarded as a catastrophe. "Don't touch the old woman, I'll see if he can save him" Saying that, the old man wanted to help Chen Qingzhi up and take him home.
"Old man, this is a person who is wanted by the government, and he will definitely not be a good person, so let's leave it alone," said the old woman, who wanted to take the old man away. When the old man saw this, he immediately broke away from the old woman's hand, and said with tears in his eyes: "The government, the government, in addition to the damn government oppressing us all day and night, what has he done that is beneficial to the people, our children back then, if they were not caught to be soldiers, maybe they would be so old, and we would not have sent the white-haired people to the black-haired people, and we have never even seen his corpse in the future."
Chen Qingzhi woke up, it was already two months later, during this period, Er Zhurong quickly put down the rebellion, stabbed Yuan Hao, and welcomed Emperor Xiaozhuang into the court again.
Yuan Ziyou looked at Er Zhu Ying'e, who was about to give birth, so he coaxed and said: "Concubine Ai may be pregnant and stupid, and her memory is not good." You are about to give birth, and I have sent a messenger to your house to send an order, so that your mother-in-law will come and accompany you to give birth until the dragon is born. There is also good news for you, Zhu Guo will also come over at that time. ”
As soon as Er Zhu Ying'e heard that her father Er Zhurong would also come to the palace at that time, she asked Yuan Ziyou in surprise: "Really?" Thank you, Your Majesty. After saying that, Er Zhu Ying'e planned to salute Yuan Ziyou, thanking him for being able to think of letting Er Zhu Rong enter the palace to accompany her to give birth. Since the death of her mother Xu Yuan'er, she has only one relative in this world, Er Zhurong, and married to Luoyang, the mountains are high and the road is far away, and homesickness is inevitable. The thought of being able to reunite with her father's family on the day she gave birth really made her much happier.
Seeing this, Yuan Ziyou immediately reached out to help her, and then said to Erzhu Ying'e very gently: "You are pregnant and inconvenient to get up, so the etiquette is waived." It just so happens that there are still some things in the government of the Dynasty that I want to ask Zhu Guo for advice, if you have any family letters, just hand them to me together. ”
After Yuan Ziyou finished speaking, Erzhu Ying'e just thought that in a few days, it would be Er Zhurong's birthday, she prepared a birthday gift for Er Zhurong early, the birthday gift is a set of ancient jade from the South China Sea, some people say that this jade has the effect of immortality, for this reason, Erzhu Ying'e also took a lot of painstaking work to get it.
"The husband really has a heart, just right, the concubine also has a congratulatory gift to give to his father, Your Majesty, please wait for the concubine" After speaking, Erzhu Ying'e walked towards the inner court, Yuan Ziyou stood in the hall and waited for Erzhu Ying'e to come over, Yuan Ziyou knew that his plan had succeeded and looked at Gao Ziyi on the side, Gao Ziyi knew that as long as there was Erzhu Ying'e's handwriting, even if Erzhu Rong was cunning and suspicious, he would never suspect his own daughter, so let Erzhu Ying'e be a bait, and at that time, Erzhu Rongrong would definitely be able to take the bait.
For this scene, Yuan Ziyou also endured her for a long time, since Er Zhurong set aside the chaos to welcome them back to the palace anyway, Er Zhu Ying'e's temper skyrocketed, and the entire harem was eager to be shaved into a nunnery by her, and the emperor was a little closer to that woman, either by sinking into the pond or beaten to death by a stick.
Erzhu is in the same vein, and he is arrogant and domineering with the big backing of Erzhurong, and he does all kinds of evil. Just a few days ago, a courtier said that Shangshu Linger Zhu Shilong and the hussar general Er Zhu Zhao heard that the richest man in the capital, the Shi family, had a thousand-year-old blood coral, and he did not hesitate to falsely accuse the Shi family of being imprisoned and turn the Shi family's private property into his own industry. Such atrocities, the courtiers who have long been replaced are angry, but unfortunately, the courtiers are all Confucian scholars, and most of the military generals have surrendered to Er Zhu.
So, the eunuch Gao Ziyi thought that he could follow the example of the Eastern Han Dynasty's Ten Standing Servants of the Palace Gate to destroy He Jin. As long as he can lead Er Zhurong into the palace alone, he can be killed at that time. In this way, Erju will be chaotic.
"Yuanbao over there, but it's ready" Yuan Ziyou quietly looked at Gao Ziyi and asked him in a low voice
"The founding marquis is ready, as long as Er Zhurong comes," he said, Gao Ziyi gestured with his hand around his neck, and then said to Yuan Ziyou, "There must be no return for him"
"Okay, just act according to the original plan" As soon as Yuan Ziyou finished speaking, Erzhu Ying'e walked out with a wooden box, and Yuan Ziyou saw this and immediately walked to help him.
"Why is Concubine Ai holding such a heavy object, why don't you ask the attendant to help you carry it" Yuan Ziyou said, and the attendant who was following Er Zhu Ying'e at this moment immediately fell to the ground in fright, and a little cold sweat broke out on her forehead from time to time
"Your Majesty spares your life!"
"Your Majesty spares your life"
A group of attendants were instantly frightened as if they had lost their souls, for fear that Yuan Ziyu would become scapegoats if they didn't want to.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, it's the concubines who won't let them help" Seeing this, Erzhu Ying'e hurriedly stopped Yuan Ziyou, she glanced at the attendant, and then looked at Yuan Ziyou, although she knew that Yuan Ziyou was deliberately scaring the attendant to make her happy, but Erzhu Ying'e was still happy in her heart.
"Your Majesty" Erzhu Ying'e pulled the corner of Yuan Ziyou's clothes and said in extremely gentle language
"Okay, it's up to you," he said, Yuan Ziyou glanced at the attendants kneeling on the ground with his spare eyes, and then quickly walked to Erzhu Ying'e's side, supporting her with both hands. The eunuch Gao Ziyi took the wooden box that Erzhu Ying'e had brought over, and followed closely behind Emperor Xiaozhuang and Erzhu Ying'e.
"What kind of good things are in this box of the queen, so precious" Yuan Ziyou glanced at the wooden box, and then looked at Erzhu Ying'e.
"There is actually nothing in it, but I asked someone to leave a piece of jade that has opened in the South China Sea, and I heard that it has the effect of prolonging life," said Erzhu Ying'e slowly opened the wooden box, and Yuan Ziyou looked at it, it was indeed a piece of jade with good quality.
"Concubine Ai really has a heart" Yuan Ziyou finished reading, and then looked at Er Zhu Ying'e. "The filial piety of the concubine, visible to the sky, will bless the Lord Zhuguo for smooth and healthy health, and besides, the Lord Zhuguo is the pillar of my Great Wei, and my people of Great Wei are even more cordial congratulations to Lord Zhuguo"
Yuan Ziyou said this, although he smiled, but his eyes were already eager to crush Er Zhurong and the others with hatred. He looked at Erzhu Ying'e's face so happy, and couldn't help but walk forward, and then slowly hugged Erzhu Ying'e behind him, and then whispered a few words in her ear.
"Since it's almost the birthday of the Lord of the Zhu Kingdom, and the widow has nothing to give him, it is better for us Ying'e to personally repair a book and let the Lord of the Zhu Kingdom come to Beijing, if our children know that their grandfather has come to see him, they will be very happy" After Yuan Ziyou finished speaking, Erzhu Ying'e turned her head to look at him, and when she thought of this, she agreed without thinking about it.
"Okay, the concubine will repair a book, let Aman take it back to my father" After Erzhu Ying'e finished speaking, she walked to the desk, gently panned a few times with a ruler to press the paper steadily, and then she slowly picked up the brush, dipped it in ink a few times, and then raised her hand to write.
"My Father's Revelation"
After Erzhu Ying'e finished writing the envelope, she then took up the pen and wrote: "My father is above, I heard that my father has once again pacified the war, Erzhu Ying'e is overjoyed, the Great Wei Kingdom can be blessed by a father-like god of war, and Ying'e is proud to be born as her father's daughter." However, a few days ago, I heard rumors from the messenger that her father's old injuries had attacked, and her daughter was so anxious that she couldn't go to her father's side immediately. However, with the blessing of God, Ying'e is happy to have Lin'er, listening to the doctor's dictation, Lin'er should be born next month, Ying'e also hopes that her father can come to Luoyang in person, so that Ying'e can do her filial piety"
After Erzhu Ying'e finished writing the letter, she put the paper in the envelope, and then slowly pressed the ink and handed it to the attendants around Yuan Ziyou.
"I hope Your Majesty can help me deliver this envelope to my father."
"Okay, it's up to you," said Yuan Ziyou, who took the letter and the birthday salute prepared by Er Zhu Ying'e away in turn. After Yuan Ziyou got the letter, he then twisted his mouth and smiled, and the corners of his mouth revealed a little coldness. Then he slowly patted Erzhu Ying'e on the shoulder, and then said slowly: "Okay, I will go to the early dynasty first." You're heavy, you don't have to get up."
On the third day of the letter, Er Zhu Ying'e always had a feeling that she couldn't explain clearly, and she always felt that she would be unconsciously flustered and short of breath in the near future, and the doctor said that this was the rhythm that she might be about to give birth, but she herself couldn't tell where this feeling came from.
"Niangniang, what's wrong with you," Yan'er asked
"I don't know either, I always feel restless lately, my right eye is beating non-stop, I always feel that this is not a good sign, the imperial doctor has been here, Your Majesty has also come, although Your Majesty is always relieved that it is okay. But I could vaguely feel that he seemed to feel a lot more relieved. Yan'er, you say, isn't this a bad sign?"
Er Zhu Ying'e told the palace maid Yan'er about the boredom in her heart, and Yan'er could also feel that there were indeed many fresh faces in the Fu'an Palace recently. "Niangniang doesn't know, it was His Majesty who recently ordered that Niangniang is about to give birth, so no one will be allowed to come to see her, so as not to disturb Niangniang."
After Yan'er finished speaking, Erzhu Ying'e walked around the room alone, "Recently, the guards outside the palace have increased a lot, Your Majesty always says that he is busy with government affairs and it is inconvenient to come, and the Mangong told me that the emperor is afraid that someone will be unfavorable to the imperial heir, so he has added guards." I believed it, but it turned out that my father was beheaded because of a letter from home. In fact, this is what he has planned a long time ago. took advantage of my pregnancy to lure my father into the palace, and then he had already arranged for a candidate, and after entering the palace gate, he would kill my father, who had removed his armor. ”