After the big exam, the major restaurants in Bianliang were brightly lit, and even the always elegant Changle Building was hung with red candles.

Ning Er accompanied Yang Lin with a smile, pouring wine and cloth for him like a little maid, how could there be a shadow of a cold and glamorous Oiran who pressed Bianliang.

Liu Qingshui and the others were dumbfounded, and then they were also relieved, and drank wine with a smile.

Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamations outside, and everyone crowded into the street to look.

Yang Lin and the others also stood up and ran to the railing, only to see a fire in the direction of the imperial city, and the flames were particularly clear in this dark night.

Liu Qingshui woke up violently, and there was no sense of alcohol all over his body, and he said in a deep voice: "Damn, it's gone, look at the direction, it's the palace view Taiyi Palace, our Imperial City Division has the responsibility of being responsible for the safety of the palace, this wine can't be eaten, brothers, go!" ”

Yang Lin turned his head and saw Ning Er's panicked face, and comforted with a smile: "What are you afraid of, stay in the building and don't move around, and when I am released from the Jinshi in a few days, I will take you out of here." ”

After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, and Ning Er tugged at his sleeve: "Where is Da Lang?" ”

"I'm going to put out the fire with them."

Yang Lin left after speaking, and found that Ning Er did not let go, and dragged his sleeve tightly.

Since Ning'er arrived in Bianliang, she has rarely seen Yang Lin, and how can she let him go when she sees him today. But Yang Lin didn't realize it at all, and still wanted to put out the fire, the beauty was angry in her heart and didn't dare to be coquettish, after Yang Lin realized it, she was suddenly a little emotional.

"That's it, I'll accompany you tonight, go talk to Yang San, let him go back to the house by himself, and pick me up tomorrow."

Ning Er burst into tears and smiled, her eyes shining with joy like stars, and she said softly: "I'm going to wash Da Lang's feet, and I'll have a good rest after three days of the exam." ”

Outside the Taiyi Palace, the flames soared into the sky, the smoke billowed out, and the heat wave came to the face.

In the imperial city, Zhao Ji climbed high and looked, and the eunuch Yang Jian behind him said: "The official family, it has been ascertained, it is the Taiyi Palace that is on fire, and there is already smoke and dust here, so the official family should go into the palace to rest." ”

Zhao Ji was wearing a red dragon robe, his long hair was tied with a hosta, and he twisted his eyebrows and said: "A fire from the sky, don't burn elsewhere, just burn Taiyi Palace, is it a warning from heaven to me?" ”

Yang Jian's eyes rolled, his eyebrows lowered and he didn't say anything, his eyes squinted and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In the early morning of the next day, the fire had been extinguished, and Liu Qingshui and others were blackened by smoke and fell asleep on the grass outside the palace.

When Zhao Ji led the hundred officials to come, he happened to see this scene, and Liu Qingshui hurriedly got up to greet him.

Zhao Ji saw that his brother-in-law was working so hard, and Liu Guifei was his beloved concubine, he was overjoyed and said: "The palace is on fire, and the Imperial City Department has the unshirkable responsibility to remove the official position of the Imperial City Division and demote it to the Imperial City Division." Liu Qingshui has made meritorious contributions to fighting fires, and has been promoted to the Imperial City Division, allowing you to go straight to Wenxiang! ”

Originally, there were ten persons in charge of the Imperial City Division, called "Doing the Official Affairs of the Imperial City Division", but this time he was demoted and promoted his brother-in-law to the head of the Imperial City Division.

The officials behind him were secretive, and none of them came forward to question it, Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne from King Duan, and he was not the first prince in line. It was the Empress Dowager Xiang who forcibly made him the emperor in order to deal with the prime minister Zhang Dian and Concubine Zhu, but after the pro-government, the contradiction between Zhao Ji and the Empress Dowager Xiang came out.

Zhao Ji intends to revive his father's and brother's last wishes and continue to implement changes, but the Empress Dowager Xiang is a firm conservative.

Now Zhao Ji has taken advantage of the topic to play and placed his brother-in-law in the most important imperial city division for the Ouchi Palace, which can be described as well-intentioned, if anyone jumps out to oppose it at this time, it will inevitably leave an impression of disloyalty in the emperor's heart.

Liu Qingshui didn't know what to do, and when he heard that such a good thing was coming, he knelt down happily and said: "The minister went to the soup for the official family, and he will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations." ”

Zhao Ji looked at him with dust on his face and said with a smile: "Get up quickly, go back and rest for a few days, and then go to the palace to see me." ”

Liu Qingshui endured the ecstasy in his heart, and walked out of the palace step by step, Zhao Ji was outside the ashes and ruins of Taiyi Palace, facing the hundred officials with his hands behind his back, and asked: "Taiyi Palace suddenly fell on fire, what do you think?" ”

In the imperial history, Cheng Shi Gongbi heard the words and said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard the report of the northwest battle yesterday, Tong Guan and Wang Hou led the troops to fight a decisive battle with Hehuang Tubo. The minister thought that this was a warning from heaven, and I feared that the war would be unexpected..."

When Cai Jing heard this, he was stunned by his remarks, isn't this guy a fool?

As soon as he wanted to refute it, he saw Zhao Ji with a worried face, and said: "Qing's words are very reasonable, and they coincide with me, no wonder I have always been unpeaceful these days, it turned out to be a warning from God and my ancestors."

Cai Jing took a step and quietly retreated, his eyelids pretending to be dead.

Tong Guan, Tong Guan, it's not that Cai doesn't help you, it's actually an official... Alas.

In this way, a fast horse set off from Bianliang and went straight to the front line of Hehuang.

The clear sky in the northwest is really high and cloudy, so open and good, Rao is spring is also a killing atmosphere, it is the place where the soldiers conquer.

Dozens of knights were surrounding Tong Guan and a few people, preparing to participate in the grand military meeting before the decisive battle, at this moment, Tong Guan was only full of spirit in his heart.

Tong Guan is not an excellent conductor, but he is a eunuch with some military knowledge, as long as he does not make big mistakes, he can't meet the famous generals among the barbarians, with the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty and the courage of the border soldiers, he is enough to win the battle with a half-hung general.

First of all, there are people in the court, there is enough money and food, and the combat effectiveness of the army of the Song Dynasty is very strong.

Not surprisingly, this decisive battle is the beginning of Tong Guanfei's Huang Tengda.

He has already begun to imagine what he will look like after returning to the dynasty after victory, and the officials and the ministers of civil and military affairs will inevitably look at him with admiration.

Wang Hou saw that he was smiling, but he didn't speak, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and coughed lightly: "Tong Shuai, give the order!" ”

Tong Guan woke up from his dream, and was about to give the order to go out as soon as he raised his robe, when a stagecoach broke in in the quiet barracks, and the knight on horseback shouted: "There is a decree in the holy, there is a decree in the holy!" ”

All the soldiers looked sideways, and the post man came to the point of the general's platform, and fell off the horse tiredly.

Tong Guan stepped forward and took out the edict in the bamboo tube behind him, Wang Hou stood next to him, quietly looked sideways, and his face changed greatly.

Everyone else doesn't know what's going on, victory is just around the corner, and at this time, the imperial court came to the holy decree, is it to reward the three armies?

Tong Guan's face was cloudy, and suddenly, he remembered Yang Lin's warning before the expedition.

"Since the expedition is set out, the purpose is to win the battle, no matter what happens in the DPRK, Tong Shuai should put the battle situation first. After all, you are on the front line, and the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China do not know the situation on the battlefield as well as you. Tong Shuai only needs to remember one thing, winning the battle is the greatest credit, and the official family will reward and reuse. Even if he slightly disobeys the will of the official family and makes him unhappy now, when he needs to fight in the future, the official family will still choose people from among the generals who won the battle. ”

"How big the obstacle is for Tong Shuai to go out to take command, how deep the water behind this matter is, those turban civil officials in the court are not the gentlemen they claim to be showing. What kind of goods are they, I don't think I need to tell Tong Shuai below. ”

I didn't care about these words at the time, but now I think that this young man's eyes are so vicious. The fire in Taiyi Palace has a bird relationship with the front-line war, this group of civilian officials who should be killed!

Yang Wenyuan is right, winning the battle is the biggest bargaining chip, Tong Guan's heart was horizontal, he put the edict back in his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has come to encourage us to fight bravely to kill the enemy, and the reward for victory in the future is indispensable." ”

The three armies cheered together, only Wang Hou, who saw the edict, slowly showed a trace of respect in his eyes.

"Generals obey orders!"

With a shout, the three armies tensed, and they all raised their heads and raised their chests.

Tong Guan was full of spirit, he only felt that he had lived for fifty years, and today was the most alive day, he pulled his throat, and his voice was thick:

"Gao Yongnian!"

"The end will be."

"You led 20,000 soldiers and horses from the Han Dynasty to march from Jingyu Pass, from Lanzhou and Minzhou, to Huangzhou City."

"Wang Hou!"

"The end will be."

"Before the whole army! Except for Ben Shuai, no one else is restrained from you. You but lead the department, after conquering Bajin City, the remaining troops will guard the main cities along the way, go straight to Huangzhou, and meet Gao Yongnian outside Huangzhou City! ”

Tong Guan has completely abandoned the negative emotions brought about by the emperor's edict, and lifted his spirits and said: "A certain self-led Chinese army, three ways together, and you and others to level the river and Tubo. ”