Han Shizhong is newlywed Yan'er, and he is looking forward to inheriting the lineage, how he is willing to disobey his wife, and he is busy drinking wine to make amends, and everyone is silent. It's just that when pushing the cup and changing the lamp, everyone tacitly changed a few eyes.

Han Shizhong's face was silent, drinking with everyone one by one, thinking in his heart, among the four armies in Zhenbei, the first army in Zhenbei led by Xin Xingzong actually included the guards and honor guards of the marshal, and because it was the messenger of the arch guard in the rear, many people who were greedy for life and afraid of death were transferred into it, so although the first army was in front, it was not good to fight.

The Third Army of Zhenbei led by Bi Shengsuo and the Fourth Army of Zhenbei led by Feng Meisuo were mainly infantry troops, and 3,000 elite cavalry were in the tent of the Second Army of Zhenbei. Although he is usually arrogant, his heart is like a mirror, Hebei is a horse and a flat river, the most sharp cavalry gallops, as long as he holds the second army tightly in his hands, he will not be able to run away from future exploits. At present, the marshal suddenly recruited a Hu cavalry, which was enough to fight against the second army in Zhenbei, which inevitably made Han Shizhong suffer some gains and losses.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, compared with the hustle and bustle of Hema Province, the Daimyo Mansion inevitably looks a little deserted. The whole army of Hebei Xingying moved to Hejian Mansion, leaving hundreds of thousands of military families, most of them were ready to move to Hejian after the spring was warm, and the family members were not allowed to reunite this year, and they had to sell their houses and land after the year, and there seemed to be a sense of sadness wafting from the smoke of every household.

The crown prince Zhao Ke was tired from the journey, so he stayed in the daimyo to supervise the transfer of baggage, and waited until the river thawed in Kaichun before taking an official boat to the river. The Hebei camps that had already stepped down were all deployed, and the general of the Zuo Wei had just returned from the palace of the crown prince King Wei.

The wind is cold, Liu Yanqing rode a horse with a gloomy face in the middle of the guard guard of honor, Zhao Ke made friends with Qingliu scribes, a few years ago when he went to Beijing to meet His Majesty, Zhao Ke was still a little polite at that time, and now Liu Yanqing has lost his military power, and the prince is just a fool of him.

In front of his own house, the soldiers knelt under the horse as a stepping stone, Liu Yanqing had not yet dismounted, and a servant in the house ran over quickly, and whispered to Liu Yanqing: "The old man has sent someone to visit, and the eldest prince's study is receiving." ”

Liu Yanqing's face changed, he didn't care about asking more, and hurriedly came to the study, only to see a person dressed as a Taoist priest sitting opposite his eldest son Liu Guangshi. After Liu Yanqing lost power, he sent people to Prime Minister Cai Jing many times to ask for countermeasures, but Cai Jingjing ignored him. Tong Guan regarded him as nothing, and guarded Zhao Long with his heart and abdomen. Tong Guan himself took the troops of the Hebei battalion to the river, and in the river, he made a big move to strengthen the Zhenbei army of the descendant lineage, and suppressed the actions of the generals of Hebei, and some people returned to Liu Yanqing, but since he handed over the military power, he was helpless at this time.

The Taoist priest stood up and arched his hand, "Zhang Huaisu, a down-and-out savage, has seen General Liu. ”

Liu Yanqing was taken aback, this Zhang Huaisu is Cai Xiang's friend, his calligraphy is excellent, he can compare with Cai's beauty, and his Taoism is magical, and Shenxiao Yuqing Palace Lin Lingsu is a real person, Shenbaoguan Guo Jing is a real person, and is known as the three major immortal masters in the capital. His Majesty wanted to summon him several times to preside over the Taoist Temple in the White Jade Palace, but he rejected it on the grounds that his nature was indifferent and unaccustomed to restraint, but his reputation became higher and higher, and he faintly surpassed Zhang Guo and the others.

Such a famous figure actually came here, how could Liu Yanqing not be surprised, he hurriedly returned the salute with a straight face: "Zhang Zhenren Immortal is coming, and the cold house is shining." ”

Zhang Huaisu waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to be polite, and said with a smile: "The wild Taoist people are very quiet, and they want to travel to Mizhou and visit overseas immortal mountains, which coincides with their meeting and brings a word for Cai Gongxiang." Saying that, he sat down with Liu Yanqing, took out an orange from the table, patted it lightly, the orange peel actually fell off, and the middle was split into three neat petals, Zhang Huaisu smiled slightly, and gave it to Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangshi and his son in turn, leaving one petal for himself.

Zhang Zhenren was a little dizzy as if nothing had happened, took the orange petal and looked at it first, and then put it in his mouth, only to feel sweet and juicy, which was very different from the taste he usually eats. Liu Yanqing came back to his senses, and then said: "There is Lao Zhang Immortal Master, if Gong Xiang Cai has anything to say, I will listen to you." ”

"Cai Gongxiang said, it is inconvenient to travel in the middle of winter, and General Liu may wish to stay until the spring is in full bloom, and then go to Beijing, and the court must still rely on General Liu."

"This ......" Liu Yanqing hesitated for a moment, according to the imperial court system, the outgoing generals should leave the defense as soon as possible, but Liu's industry and ties in the Daimyo Mansion are really a lot, and he can't leave it with one foot, plus Tong Guan moved the Hebei camp to Hejian, and the Daimyo Mansion does not have his subordinate generals, Liu Yanqing stays for a while, and it is not considered a violation of the taboo of the imperial court, this he has already written to His Majesty, and has agreed with the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, just delay until the New Year and leave for Beijing. However, since it is the intention of Cai Gongxiang, Zhang Zhenren will pass the word, so it will be delayed for another two or three months.

Thinking of this, Liu Yanqing nodded and smiled: "Then the old man wants to thank Minister Cai for his compassion." ”

Refused Liu Yanqing's father and son's retention, Zhang Huaisu resigned, he did have something important to go to Mizhou, a batch of ordnance purchased by Mingjiao from the north needs to be inspected at sea, otherwise, Fang La, the leader of Mingjiao, will start an incident soon, and if there is a problem when the ship arrives in Yangzhou, it will be too late.

A carriage was already waiting at the corner of the alley, "See Left Protector." "A disciple dressed as a porter bowed and saluted." If you have to wait, let's go. The carriage bumped towards the east city gate, Zhang Huaisu sat down, took out an orange from his sleeve, peeled it and ate it. While eating the orange petals, he pondered, "Cai Jing, an old thief, what does this sentence for Liu Yanqing mean?" ”

After pondering for a while, he couldn't think of why, Zhang Huaisu secretly scolded the old thief for being treacherous, took out a letterhead from under the table in the carriage, and wrote a letter to Zhizhou Wu Chu. This secret letter was written with a potion, and the rest continued, and the handwriting in front gradually faded away, like a blank piece of paper.

“...... The difference between man and beast is in the gods. Man without faith is no different from beasts. From the ministers of the imperial court, down to the small people, they don't believe in the gods, and the world is declining, so the heavens are lost, fearless retribution, so they act perversely, unscrupulous, because of the continuous natural disasters, Di Yi invades, because the demons are illusions, and the fools can't distinguish them......"

Writing this, Zhang Huaisu remembered that he was exactly like this just now, and couldn't help but shake his head as if he was self-deprecating, those who have become big things are not informal, and Wu Chu, the governor of the state, and Lu Yuan, the general judge of Suzhou, are rare officials in the southeastern states and counties who sincerely serve Mingzun, and at this very time, it is necessary to stabilize his mind.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, the lanterns were put on, Kaifeng Mansion set up a theater shed for several miles on both sides of the royal street opposite the Xuanhe Building, the thaumaturgical ability of the Beijing division and the military states was presented, the scales were tangential, and the music was noisy for more than ten miles. In addition to the juju, miscellaneous plays, spitting fire and spraying water, monkey play, making bees, butterflies and ants and other common tricks, the most grand program of the Lantern Festival is naturally the lantern, the dynasty has been established for more than 100 years, this lantern is better than a year, to this day, the lantern is majestic and grand, has been known as the mountain of lights. The overlapping lanterns on the mountain, in addition to the images of the immortals and Buddhas such as Fulu Shouxing, Taishang Laojun and Manjushri Puxian, there are also craggy and strange stone lamps, and the waterfall lamps with gurgling water, competing for beauty.

Both sides of the royal street are full of tourists, even the royal family has set up a position on the Xuande Tower, and the officials and the harem concubines and princesses personally watch the prosperous scene of the lanterns. The flower market is full of colors, the prince and grandson, the red face and green temples, during the cruising period, the scoundrels in the market, groups of women from good families are also flirting, there are also dewy marriages that meet in Pingshui, and there are also those who swear to the sea and mountains under the moon in front of the lamp.

Li Ruobing was exiled to Qiongzhou, and his friends were still running around for him to be transferred back to Beijing as soon as possible, which made the atmosphere of Li Fuyuan a little more depressing. Li Ruoxu was impatient and bored, and went out of the house alone to visit the lamp market, there were two women in front of him who were stopped by three or five scoundrels and couldn't get out, Li Ruoxu was about to avoid it, and suddenly his eyes froze, and the woman who recognized the servant girl behind was the princess Zhao Huan, who had a relationship with each other, and immediately took off his robe, strode up, and greeted: "Sixteen cousins, let me find it!" ”

As soon as Zhao Huan looked up, she recognized that this was the young man who was walking with Zhao Xingde that day, she was quick-witted, and guessed Li Ruoxu's intention to break the siege, and immediately had a cold face, and warned the scoundrel in a loud voice: "My cousin came to look for me, if you don't want to be locked by the official, don't open it!" ”

Those scoundrels just bullied the lone woman with a thin face and weak strength, seeing that a family member came to visit, Li Ruoxu was dressed like a first-class son, and he didn't dare to entangle more, so he scattered and left, Li Ruoxu came to Zhao Huan at this time, fell to the ground first, and said in a low voice: "Xiaosheng Li Ruoxu is presumptuous, see the sixteenth princess." His eyes secretly glanced at Zhao Huan's feet, his heart jumped, and his face was feverish.

Zhao Huan didn't care how Li Ruoxu knew his identity, and said with a smile: "Li Gongzi doesn't have to be formal, Qingnu and I came out to see the lanterns, and we got separated from the guards. "Pulling the palace maid to celebrate the slave is blessed.

Li Ruoxu thought about the beautiful woman, just looking forward to staying by her side for a moment longer, Zhao Huan had the heart to know more about Zhao Xingde from Ruoxu, and the two of them wandered around in the crowded light market, guessing the lantern riddle until late at night, and the colorful Kong Ming lanterns began to rise in Bianjing City. Kong Ming lantern is also known as the wishing lantern, Li Ruoxu and Zhao Huan each bought a lamp, lit the lamp, watched it slowly rise into the sky, and gradually merged with the lights fluttering in the sky, and could no longer distinguish it.

It wasn't until the left armpit door of Xuanhe Building that he met Zhao Huan's guards. Zhao Huan said in a low voice: "Every New Year's Eve, this time is the happiest, thank you Li Gongzi." "Put on the golden peacock feather coat handed by the guard, and under the escort of the guard, he stepped into the door of his left armpit. Li Ruoxu's figure gradually disappeared behind the tall palace city, standing in front of the majestic Xuanhe Tower for a long time, his mood fluctuated, and he didn't feel wet and wet.