Chapter 5 Heroes in Troubled Times

Since the fiasco of breaking the Six Han Baling, Er Zhurong has gradually earned a lot of popularity for himself by virtue of the serial number of the Six Towns Uprising. Although the people have not yet returned to the mansion, the instructions that show the emperor's grace have been transmitted to Jinyang.

"Erzhu Bodhi, you traitor, traitor, villain, I didn't expect you to betray your own sister, I don't have such an unrighteous brother as you" I saw the little woman glaring at the person who was led away with disdain

Looking closely, I saw that this woman was about ten years old, small, dressed in rags, skinny, but there was a particularly compelling heroic spirit in her eyebrows.

Along the way, Er Zhuyan was tied up with five flowers, and a handkerchief was stuffed in her mouth, in addition to the guards pulling the horse, she also had a rope on her hand that was dragged by Er Zhu Bodhi, in her heart, Er Zhu Yan complained a lot about Er Zhu Bodhi

Looking closely, Er Zhurong's dark cheeks seemed to be like a man-eating tiger, and along the way, Er Zhuyan could only silently act like a dumb person and didn't dare to look at Er Zhurong's eyes, at the same time, she also glared at Er Zhubo all the way, and wanted to scratch him to death with a claw.

"Who is this woman, looking at the general's face, presumably this girl must not be simple" He Bayue asked Erzhu Bodhi with a puzzled face, only to see him smile blankly

"You said this little girl, this is my sister Er Zhuyan, who has been deviant since she was a child, but it makes the general laugh."

"It's okay, it's just that this eldest lady is very different," He Batyue said with a smile

Seeing that these two people were laughing heartily, Er Zhuyan almost thought angrily, "Er Zhu Bodhi, let me go, otherwise I will definitely not be finished with you."

It's just that her hands are tied with hemp rope by Erzhu Bodhi, and the lethality she wants is not at all.

In the crowd of the brigade, these people are either neatly dressed or majestic, only the thin little girl in this crowd, Er Zhuyan, is out of place with the whole team, her clothes are tattered, and she is covered with gray stains, if she is not wearing a particularly large hat, she can definitely catch several lice.

The large procession was very slow, with Erzhurong riding a white BMW at the front, and Erzhu Bodhi, Erzhuyan and He Batyue at the back

After a short day of driving, he temporarily found an inn where he could stay, Er Zhurong still walked in front with a gloomy face, holding his wrist behind his back, obviously very angry.

The middle of the inn is very spacious, and there is a very wide path leading to the wings, but Er Zhuyan is so tied that it makes people a little suspicious. But offline is in troubled times, who really cares about human trafficking and other idle things, or this is a maid from a big family.

The candlelight spread on the floor in the direction of the open door, and everything around was very quiet. The guards had already chosen a place to stand, but at this moment, a roar came from inside the door, "Bring this disobedient girl in"

Er Zhurong's voice was very angry, and he could clearly feel it from the timbre, if this was the yamen, it was estimated that she would have been served by the great torture.

"Erzhu Bodhi, you dare, can you talk about righteousness" Hearing Erzhurong's such a majestic voice, Erzhuyan instinctively wanted to go in another direction, but the rope was still in Erzhu Bodhi's hand, and he could only follow the rope.

"Brother, brother, you can't be like this, brother, I'm your own sister" The more Er Zhuyan walked, the more bottomless she felt in her heart, and she didn't dare to be the same as before, as if she was coquettish. Er Zhu Yan, who realized the seriousness of the matter, immediately hugged Er Zhu Bodhi's thigh as straight as her thigh. Erzhu Bodhi was also somewhat immunized by Erzhu Yan: "Let go"

"No, don't let go, don't let go" Erzhu Yan grabbed Erzhu Bodhi's thigh tightly.

"Okay, this is what you don't let go," said Er Zhu Bodhi, dragging his legs with difficulty, and taking Er Zhu Yan, who was crawling on his legs, into Er Zhu Rong's room with difficulty.

Thinking that this girl has been running away for so long, he has been worried, what to say, Erzhu Bodhi is not willing to forgive her, and she has to remember this education fiercely.

Before he arrived at the door, he heard Er Zhurong's angry scream: "Er Zhuyan, aren't you enough to embarrass me?" Why don't you get in here."

"Let's go" said, Erzhu Bodhi pulled the rope gently, Erzhu Yan immediately stumbled and fell beside him, Erzhu Bodhi said very proudly, "I just heard someone say righteously, I am a traitor, a traitor, a villain, how can I admit it?"

"The villain" said, and she quickly stretched out two fingers and rubbed them straight

Suddenly, Erzhu Bodhi, whose eyes were aching, immediately felt that the whole world was dark. Her eyes were still full of tears, but she still didn't forget to stare at Er Zhu Yan tightly, and said angrily:

"Er Zhuyan, you, you will die ugly in a while, you wait for Qiao!" Before leaving, she didn't forget to deliberately fall into the well in her ear.

Saying that, Erzhu Bodhi walked to his father Erzhurong's side, bowed with his hands crossed, and said in a very gentle voice: "Father, Erzhuyan brought it to you" After speaking, he looked in the direction where Erzhuyan was standing, and saw his sister's hands folded and pitiful flattering. He pursed his lips and smiled mockingly, and then continued, "This girl has always been bold, and I ask my father to teach her a good lesson."

Saying that, Erzhu Bodhi slowly turned around and retreated, and when he left, he deliberately walked to Erzhuyan's side, tied the rope in her hand, and then said softly, "You will wait and see" after solving the show.

"Then you have to take a look" As soon as she untied the rope, Er Zhuyan immediately let go of her red little hand that was strangled, and did not forget to step on her brother's foot in retaliation.

"Come here," I heard Er Zhurong roar angrily.

As soon as "Abba" entered the room, Er Zhurong stared out of the door with a gloomy face, and Er Zhuyan cautiously probed in.

"Get in" When Er Zhurong saw such a dirty daughter, he suddenly became inexplicably angry.

"What are you doing in a daze, don't go in quickly" Erzhu Bodhi pushed her out angrily, signaling that she must go in now, and she has nothing to do now, she wants to go down and rest.

"Brother, don't go over!" I saw that Er Zhuyan was very nervous at this time, grabbing Er Zhu Bodhi's clothes, and didn't let him go to Er Zhurong's side for a single step.

"This will beg me, it's useless," he said, only to feel that his head sank and was ruthlessly pushed in by Erzhu Bodhi.

Er Zhuyan finished reading it angrily, and wanted to say something, planning to pretend to be stupid and run away as a "traitor"

"What are you muttering there" Er Zhurong slowly held the teacup, and squinted at Er Zhuyan, who was eccentric in the hall, with a good look of watching a good show.

"Ugh! It's nothing, Abba, if it's okay, my daughter will go down and rest" As soon as he stretched out his leg and took a step, he was reprimanded fiercely.

"Come back, did you let you go back?" only heard a thunderous roar, Er Zhuyan immediately looked at Er Zhurong as if she had hung a mask, with a courteous look, pinching her shoulders and beating her back, and serving tea and water.

"Abba, does your shoulder hurt, do you want to be thirsty or not, or Yan'er will pour you a cup of tea?"

On the battlefield, Er Zhurong, who wielded a silver sword and spear and killed all sides, in the clan, who had always been like deep water, couldn't help but face her with a serious face when facing her daughter's smiling face, but Er Zhuyan did go too far this time, so she must not be easily forgiven, otherwise after a few days, her troubled temper came up again.

"Did I let you move? Put down the tea" said, Er Zhurong looked unwilling to take care of her, pulled her away from his side, and stood upright in the middle of the hall. The teacup in his hand still has tea juice rippling out from time to time.

As she spoke, Er Zhuyan put down the teacup with an aggrieved face. "I didn't want you to have a cup of tea!"

"I've got it here," he said, and Erzhurong held the cup high so that she could see it clearly. Er Zhuyan knew the helplessness of the horse's fart on the horse's hooves, and immediately set her eyes on Er Zhuzhao who was standing next to Er Zhurong. Er Zhu Zhao knew that he was really powerless to spread his hands to Er Zhu Yan this time

Thinking of Er Zhu Zhao, who usually spoils him very much, is also very helpless at this time, Er Zhu Yan is inevitably a little lonely in her heart, like a frosted eggplant.

"Do you know it's wrong" Seeing that she lowered her head with a little sincerity and kept tugging her fingers, obviously recognizing the mistake.

"Got it" was obviously very low, Er Zhuyan didn't dare to look up at Er Zhurong, but she didn't know what to do, so she could only drag her fingers.

"Stand still!" As he spoke, Er Zhurong stretched out his hand, and the guard next to him handed over a very thick rattan.

"Abba" saw this, she quickly knew that she knelt down wrongly, Er Zhuyan thought about him, desperately trying to squeeze out a few tears, Er Zhurong is not better than Yeyena, as long as she cries and makes trouble, she will immediately soften her heart.

Usually, Er Zhuyan is the best at acting, but this time, no matter how she pinched her thighs, she couldn't shed tears, so she could only look at him with a blank eye, "It's useless to call anyone, ten times, not much, not a lot"

"My daughter knows it's wrong"

originally thought that if he found Er Zhuyan, he would definitely teach her a hard lesson, but seeing her so embarrassed, Er Zhurong couldn't bear to say anything.

"Uncle, Yan'er is just a little naughty, this stick is too heavy, no matter how Yan'er is also a girl, it's not good if the girl's body is scarred" Seeing that Er Zhurong was more serious this time, Er Zhuzhao immediately surrendered his hand and begged Er Zhurong not to reprimand him.

"Brother" Er Zhuyan looked at Er Zhuzhao with some guilt and gratitude.

"If my uncle really wants to fight, I, the elder brother, will be punished for my sister."

Speaking of which, Er Zhuyan is indeed very good at pretending to be sympathetic, every time she makes a mistake, as long as she looks at Er Zhurong aggrievedly, he can't fight anymore, "Seeing that you have suffered so much outside alone, I won't pursue it tonight, don't pretend if you can't cry, your legs should be pinched for a while." Get up! After speaking, Er Zhurong casually took this and threw the thorn strip on the ground.

"Come, come over and let Abba, I've lost weight recently, tell Abba, how you've been outside these days, and if there are any bad people bullying you" As he spoke, Er Zhurong stretched out a hand and motioned for her to come over.

"No" said, she snuggled in her father Er Zhurong's broad arms, for a while some grievances turned into tears, and kept convulsing, she ran away from home for so long, sometimes living a life without food, although there were some grievances along the way, but seeing her father's eyes full of distress, the tear glands couldn't help but keep chattering.

"Tell Abba, have you been bullied by others outside," he said, gently patting his daughter's back like when he was a child, signaling her not to cry.

"No" Although Er Zhuyan said forcibly, it can be seen that when a person comes out, he has not lived a good life for so long, otherwise he would not be so depressed.

"Okay, look at you, I'm crying and dirty my father's new clothes, why don't you go back and wash them quickly, you go back like this, your aunt should be sad again" Er Zhurong wiped her tears, waved her sleeves, and two soldiers walked in.

"You two take the young lady down"

"Abba" said, when she thought of returning home, Yeye's more real appearance, she would definitely lock her in the room and let her copy "Women's Training" and "Women's Ring", and she would find more than a dozen mothers-in-law to force her to embroider and paint, etc., when she thought of this, she was suddenly deflated, "Where is A-Niang, can you help me say that I don't want to copy books"

"If there is a disaster, you have to bear it, you also know the principles of your mother, even if it is a father, it is not something to be provoked" Er Zhurong whispered to Er Zhuyan

"Why doesn't my brother have to copy books and embroidery, and he can even go out to practice swords, Abba, I also want to practice swords, can you teach me" Er Zhuyan prayed to him with all her might.

"How can a girl practice swords, this is not a proper system" After speaking, Er Zhurong looked at Er Zhuyan with a shocked face and scolded her angrily.

Looking at the moonlit sky, Er Zhurong sighed casually.

The wind blows slightly cool at night, in Shuozhou, which is relatively war-torn, it is rare to have such a quiet night, although the second watch has passed, and it is rare that Er Zhurong has no sleepiness tonight.

"In the past, I went back, and the willows were still there. Now I think about it, the rain and snow are falling. The way is slow, thirsty and hungry. My heart is sad, I don't know how I mourn! Er Zhuyan walked through the corridor with the sound of melodious songs.

Passing by a room, the candle in the window was bright, and the door of the room was wide open. Faintly, I could hear the verses of Cao Aman singing from inside. Er Zhu Yan could hear that this was Er Zhu Bodhi's voice, and when she thought of his appearance just now, she was angry, and she couldn't wait to rush in to settle accounts with him at this time.

At this time, the little maid came out with his dirty clothes, and Er Zhuyan pretended to be casual and leaned against the door and window. The little maid bowed to her, said "Miss", and then walked out of the room.

After a while, the little guy was about to go in with a folded suit again.

"Miss, no, the eldest young master is taking a bath inside, you can't go in" As soon as the clothes were put away, Er Zhuyan rushed out.

"Er Zhu Yan" only heard an angry roar inside, if it wasn't for the clothes being snatched away by Er Zhu Yan, Er Zhu Bodhi would definitely rush out and repair Er Zhu Yan fiercely.

Along the way, it took about a month to return to Jinyang, as predicted by everything, back in the house, Ye Ye Na severely punished Er Zhu Yan for thinking about it behind closed doors for a whole month, and let her copy the "family motto" and "female ring" ten times, among them, Er Zhu Bodhi did not add oil and vinegar nonsense, not only that, in order to prevent Er Zhu Yan from leaving the house indiscriminately, Ye Yana also hired five embroidery girls who were stricter than before to force her to embroider silk silk all day long.

"This damn Erzhu Bodhi, I must make him look good" Erzhu Yan said resentfully, and before she could finish speaking, there was immediately a sound of pain from her being pricked by a needle.

"Miss, why do you always have trouble with the young master" Pu Juan asked her a little incomprehensibly.

"Then ask him what he did," the mother-in-law kept urging Er Zhuyan to finish the embroidery as soon as possible, and Er Zhuyan kept being pricked with needles and began to cry bitterly. "Suddenly I miss Ah Zhao! I really want to eat Xiao Wang's chestnut crisp," Er Zhuyan became more angry the more she thought about it.

Later, according to rumors, the rebel army captured the two towns of Wuchuan and Huaishuo. And the defeat of the Northern Wei official army led by Er Zhu Zhao in Baidao in Wuyuan, a rebel army raised by the Breaking Six Han Baling, under the defeat of the general Liu Han Peacock, gradually vulnerable. Although the Six Towns were occupied by more or less insurgent forces, a brief period of stability was finally restored.

In the spring of the first year of Xiaochang (525), the Northern Wei court saw that the war situation was too long and the soldiers and civilians were lacking, so they simply sent envoys to Rouran, wanting to form a hundred thousand troops borrowed by Anapu, the lord of Rouran, to attack Wuchuan and Woye, and the Rouran army joined, which was not conducive to the frequent battles of the rebels of the Six Towns Uprising.

Seeing that the war was imminent, the imperial court again invited Er Zhurong to come out of the mountain and quickly annihilate the rebel army with the power of thunder.

In June, more than 200,000 righteous troops crossed the Yellow River and moved south, but were flanked by the army of Wang Yuanyuan of Guangyang in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the whole army was defeated, and the general Peacock was defeated by the hussar general Er Zhuzhao. So he led an army of 10,000 people to surrender Erzhurong. And this first uprising, Poliu Han Baling, could only lead the remnants to Rouran in the end.

Later, it was said that his whereabouts were unknown, and it was suspected that he was killed by the nobles of Rouran, but in short, the Six Towns Uprising led by him ended in failure, and in this uprising, the Qihu Erzhurong quickly entered the political arena. Therefore, Erzhu Mansion was renamed from the original mansion to the "Great General's Mansion"

The autumn and winter seasons alternate, the crown of ten thousand trees falls, the people raise and rest in winter, it is difficult to transport, and the princes of all parties are in ruins, in order to fight again in the coming year. It is not suitable for war than the season, and it is a more pleasant season.

For such a weather can not make people happy, just like the character of people, it is too gloomy and uncertain. I saw that the snow that was like white paper just now suddenly moved, and the red plums that were still bones in the courtyard last night are blooming bright red today, especially in such a snowy day, which is becoming more and more gorgeous.

"Miss, Miss"

"I'm here" said, Er Zhuyan raised her hand in motion, and Pu Juan surrounded her for a long time before she saw her position.

A few days ago, the general's mansion came to Er Zhurong's family letter, and the return date was recently, and all the doors in the mansion couldn't help but get busy. Just yesterday, the envoy of the Son of Heaven entered the Erzhu Mansion early and was received by the eldest wife, Yeyana, and it is unknown what he said.

However, today's mansion is also really lively, and the hussar general Yu Changru's dowry was carried into the general's mansion early. Compared with the desertion of the backyard, the front hall is also very lively, and Er Zhurong is about to return, and there is an endless stream of visiting Magi to take the opportunity to visit.

It's just that this kind of liveliness, Erzhu Mansion has always forbidden the ladies and maids in the backyard to participate. The rest of the rooms in the house either stayed in the room with the lady to embroider or practiced the so-called piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

After lunch, Er Zhuyan, who had lifted the ban, went to the third sister Xiao Erzhu's room as usual, and saw that she was busy embroidering wedding dresses and wanted to come to the wedding soon. She didn't want to stay long, and she didn't want to listen to the poems of her second sister's "cloud", "ah" and "xi".

If you want to talk about the house, Erzhu Chaluo has always been lively, but this time he went on an expedition with the general Erzhurong, and the remaining Wen Chang and Wen Luo are still young, and there are very few people in this house who can talk to her.

Er Zhuyan was very bored lying on the stone wall alone, and she had nothing to do, so she had to go to the yard to count the flowers to relieve her boredom.

"Miss, why did you run to the Xiangyuan, it really makes Pu Juan easy to find" said, this maid immediately put on a white leather velvet cloak for Er Zhuyan, it is said that this is the last time Er Zhurong dabbled in shooting, this leather velvet is made of at least thirty pure white jade-faced fox furs, not to mention how envious the sisters in other doors are, but only Er Zhuyan was given.

While talking, Er Zhuyan reluctantly stepped back and said, "I just feel that the door is stuffy, so I came out for a walk" However, Pu Juan still took out something from behind her that Er Zhuyan refused very much.

"The young ladies in the other doors have been frozen in the cold winter and sealed in the room, but the young lady is still jumping around in the yard, if you are seen by others, it will be okay" said, Pu Juan took out a pu fan and stuffed it into Er Zhuyan's hand, although this pu fan is embroidered very beautifully with gold silk and jade thread, and the fan handle is long, which can be used as a screen. "Miss don't hurry up and cover it, your jade face can't be seen by outsiders"

Zhu Yan has always been not annoying Pu Juan very much, but she just thinks that she is the rigid rules in this house.

"Pu Juan" said, Er Zhuyan shook off her hand, and said very reluctantly, "Look here, there are only two people in the past, but you and me, I don't want it." ”

"No, Madame has regulations, all the young ladies in the house who have not come out of the cabinet must do this, the face is to be shown to the husband in the future, how can you let others steal it" After speaking, she immediately said to Er Zhuyan in a good voice, "Miss, you see, the ladies in the house have to be like this, you have to be patient"

"Why don't you bear it?" said Er Zhuyan angrily threw the pu fan to her. As she spoke, her fingers were pointing in the air, and she was very resistant, "Besides, I am the eldest lady in this house, who dares to look at me, I want to cover you"

"I'm a maid, facing the vulgar, it's okay to teach people to look at it, miss, don't be willful, don't cover it up quickly. If your jade face is looked at by that vulgar subordinate, you are nothing, but the subordinate will be wristed."

"Hahaha" Er Zhuyan had to smile bitterly twice, she looked at Pu Juan, thinking silently

"I think I finally know now why my aunt has to send Pujuan to be my personal maid, that look like only Ah Niang's words are congratulatory, but it is very annoying"

"I don't want it, it's just a fan to use in the summer, at most you can fan the wind, it's a complete burden to hold in the winter, I think it's better to give it to me, it's better to give me a male fan, at least it can be used as a weapon when it's in danger."

"When a weapon" Suddenly, Er Zhuyan was happy as if she had thought of something.

Er Zhuyan doesn't seem to like this very much, her appearance, like the young lady in other doors, doesn't look like a lady "Miss, what are you looking for?"

I saw that she was very bored to pick up the flowers of the plum blossoms that fell on the ground, pinched them in the palm of her hand, and spun them, "Wait for her to bloom", she pointed at the wall, and pointed to a bag of leafy ivy by the wall.

"Miss, I'm afraid you are confused, this flower is called "spring", that is, it will only bloom in spring" Er Zhuyan did not say much, Pu Juan looked at her with doubts, "Why does Miss have this question"

"It's going to be the New Year's Day soon, I don't know if my father can pay it back today" Er Zhuyan walked in the direction of the room with a little disappointment.

When the spring flowers bloom, it is hope. In the whole house, in the world of men, there is a vast and traceless sky outside the window, and women only have a small square courtyard, only where the sky is suitable, if you want to go out, unless there is a special festival, or the approval of the house. Er Zhuyan doesn't want to be such a woman, what she desires in her heart is to look at the wider sky outside like those men.