Volume 2: Ten Years of Life and Death [26] Besieged, exhausted, and silently killed
At this time, Jiang Jue and Jiang Cairen passed by the palace road alone, and they were really distressed to see Henghu kneeling in the heavy snow. She hurriedly stepped forward and squatted down to hold an umbrella for Henghu, her cold face faintly showed a hint of tenderness, and she asked softly, "What mistake did you make to kneel in this ice and snow for so long." You see, your hands are already red and swollen from the cold. With that, he took out the stove from his bosom and handed it to Henghu, "Take my stove and warm your hands." ”
Henghu saw that it was Jiang Cairen, and knew that although she had always had a cold face on weekdays, she didn't ask about the world like a born fairy, and even the maidservants were not allowed to be with her at all times, but she was the cleanest and kindest in her heart, so she didn't want her to get caught on fire, and hurriedly said: "Slaves, slaves and maids, see talents!" It's just that the slave maid made a mistake and annoyed Chong Yuan's mother, this stove is afraid that it is a talented person who loves it, and the slave and maid can't afford it. The weather is very cold, please go back to the palace quickly. ”
Jiang Jue had no choice but to sigh and said softly: "Okay, if I give you this stove, it will also hurt you." After a pause, he looked straight along the long palace road, and saw that the palace was stacked one after another, and the gloom was full of dome, and the building was still the building, and the sky was still the sky, and the heart was a little more boring, and the sorrow was hidden in the bottom of the heart, like the shrunken Su Mei who was beaten by the cold wind in the cold winter, although it was still proud of the frost, the texture of the petals had already been full of holes.
Looking at the distance where the world slowly merged into a line, the palace buildings gradually turned into inky black silhouettes under the oblique rays of the setting sun, Jiang Jue's clear and translucent eyes darkened imperceptibly, and she slowly spoke: "However, it doesn't hurt for me to accompany you here." ”
She stood up and stood silently, slender jade holding an umbrella to cover the snow for Heng Amber, and was speechless.
The sky is full of flowers, and there is little north wind, outlining Jiang Jue's delicate posture of holding an umbrella silently and peacefully.
There are shadows and shadows, and there seems to be loneliness like flowers growing on the long palace road.
On the first day, the new year, all things return to the yuan, and the mountains and rivers are new.
Feng Zhao often has a lot of snow in winter, from October to the beginning of spring in the next year, the heavy snow continues to fall, endures endlessly, and seems to be able to clean the air of pickling for a year.
Vast floods, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of acres of silver sea.
"Liangchen, if you are not in these days, the mistake of dreaming in the past will be committed again, and it seems that there is no longer such a precipitated heart as when you went south to play. But fortunately, Mei makeup is still with me, and every time I look at her back, I feel as comfortable as I look at you, and there are no nightmares to disturb me. I know how important plum makeup is to you, and I am very grateful that you are willing to keep her by my side. ”
"It's the end of the year, so you must be a little homesick. This morning, I cooked almond lotus seed soup for you, which is a good stomach warming and soothing food, I wanted you to taste it, but unfortunately I was afraid that it would freeze into ice slag when I sent it to Liangnan, so I had to give up. Therefore, you must return safely, and the first thing you will do when you return is to taste the soup that Miss Ben has made for you, otherwise, if you fail to make an appointment, I will be angry and will never pay attention to you again. ”
"The pear blossoms of the tree are pressed with new branches, and the fog is open and the two hold each other. The world is boundless, and all things are wearing spring clothes. Chu Changting thought, Jun Xiu Xiaokai walked smoothly, and the pen was like a cloud of smoke. At the end of the letter, there is still a row of small words written in Qiqi, "I hope you are well". She carefully put the letter into the envelope, then handed it to Mei Makeup, and said softly: "I'm tired of the girl." ”
Mei Makeup took the letter at the head of her head, and her eyes flashed with fine and complex emotions. Shen Liangchen has only been home for more than two months, but there are more than a dozen letters of correspondence between the two.
Chu Changting got up and leaned against the window, and through the carved window lattice, he could vaguely see the beautiful scenery of the heavy snow outside. She gently pushed open the window, and the sound of firecrackers in the streets and alleys came and went, and the smell of sulfur floated above the cool morning mist, and under the mist, the snow rolled down the ground.
"It's so lively." Although Chu Changting was in a deep boudoir, he could still feel the festive noise outside, and his sorrow couldn't help but be alleviated by this rendering, but when he thought that Shen Liangchen was still alone at the border, and there was no family or friends to celebrate the festival with him, his heart sank suddenly.
There is no wind and no snow in Liangnan, although it is the first month, it is still as warm as spring and summer, I don't know if the warm wind of the water town at this time can send him the hustle and bustle of the first day. Chu Changting thought about it, gloomy and sad.
Xun'er saw Chu Changting alone by the window and was sad, so she hurriedly took a big coat and put it on for her, and comforted: "Miss, don't freeze your body and make the general feel distressed." ”
Hearing this, Chu Changting hurriedly tightened the big coat on his body, then closed the window, turned back to Xun'er and smiled and said, "Let's go, presumably the uncles have come to pay New Year's greetings early in the morning." ”
Xun'er responded, and followed Chu Changting to the main hall. Along the way, she peeked at Chu Changting several times, but she didn't see a smile once. Xun'er sighed secretly, since Shen Liangchen left, Chu Changting smiled less and less, and he no longer had the leisure to wander all day long.
Instead, there are endless worries and worries day and night.
The worry of knowing the return date, and the endless missing, are the most painful.
At the same time, in Yuanye County, fifty kilometers away from Qingyi City, Su He took Tu Su wine to visit Shen Liangchen at the garrison of the Tianzhuo Golden Armor Army early in the morning. The soldiers guarding the camp had already recognized Su He, and after laughing and worshipping for a year, they let him in.
Shen Liangchen was still studying military affairs, and when he saw Su He coming, he was immediately happy, put away his scrolls and got up to greet the New Year. Su He also respectfully returned the New Year's salute, then put the wine on the table, and said with a smile: "Good day, now that the New Year is the New Year, the two armies are truce, so it must be okay to have a drink with Su." ”
"Where to speak, how can one cup be enough." Shen Liangchen smiled heartily and led Su He to take a seat. Su He naturally sat opposite him, and then took out Tu Su to pour wine for the two of them. After a glass of wine, the two chatted. After half an hour, he opened a new wine, Su He suddenly looked down when he poured the wine, and said in a low voice: "Brother Shen, I left home this time, firstly, I am worried that you have no relatives here and want to celebrate the New Year with you, and secondly, there is something important, I hope you will come up with a way to deal with it during the New Year's festival when the enemy army is slack." ”
Shen Liangchen also looked at the words when he heard this, drank all the wine in the cup, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”
"There's no food." Su He frowned, a trace of worry faintly appeared on his delicate face, and he suddenly remembered the emperor's edict sent by Mei Yan after Shen Chu and the others left, and he was even more worried that Tu Su's wine had no taste, "Nine of the ten cities in Liangnan suffered a great drought last year, but fortunately, we stored a lot of grain and grass in the past, which made thousands of people survive this pass, but I sent people to check on several important granaries a few days ago, and found that after this drought, there was not much grain left in the original storage." Besides, the two armies are fighting, and the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and you have always been backed by the abundant water and grass in Liangnan, I am afraid that this year's battle will not be completed. ”
Shen Liangchen's heart was empty, and he clenched the cup in his hand. He wrinkled his eyebrows and thought carefully, thinking that the military rations brought from Feng Zhao were still enough to support two months, but after these two months, it was still not the time to harvest the grain, so he was afraid that he could only ask for food from Feng Zhao. It's just that the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, and in March and April, there are often bandits in the dense forests of the Liudaoliang high mountains, and I am afraid that when the time comes, the grain transportation will have to be carefully planned.
"Then I'll report it on the same day, and take advantage of the Spring Festival in the past few days, when all forces are slacking off, to transport grain from Fengzhao, right?" Shen Liangchen looked at Su He, waiting for his reply.
Su He sighed softly: "It's the end of the year right now, I'm afraid that Fengzhao is also in short supply of grain and grass." Your family in Fengzhao should know better than me that Fengzhao has no harvest in winter, and it all depends on spring and autumn grain storage for the winter. Even though this year is a bumper year in the north and a bumper harvest of wheat in autumn, my fellow merchant who traveled north said that this year for some reason, ordinary people only have enough to eat for themselves, and although they can eat and wear, they have no surplus food. I'm afraid that the treasury is also in the same situation. ”
"Last month, I heard that there was a famine in the southeast, and the displaced people gathered to make trouble, and the imperial court sent officials to suppress and pacify them. Eighty percent of them brought the grain from the treasury, so Feng Zhao's food was also a little insufficient. Shen Liangchen frowned and muttered.
"Even if it is thriving today, but after all, it is difficult to quickly eradicate long-term diseases in the past, and the lack of treasury and food is the root of the disease left by the emperor, and now the emperor has been on the throne for three years, although he has turned the tide so that the people have no worries about food and clothing, but it is indeed not to the point where the treasury is full and can be supplied without worry. Over the years, the continuous war has consumed a lot, and it is really difficult to say. Su He said softly.
"I understand." Shen Liangchen took a sip of wine, hesitated for a while, and said, "If there is no perfect plan at the moment, I will report the situation to Feng Zhao first, and let the emperor decide." ”
Su He was stunned for a moment, he knew that Shen Liangchen had Yi Lunhuan's delicate and thoughtful mind in his heart, and he could turn evil into good fortune at any time, and naturally there would be a good prescription. But this time, Yi Lunhuan wanted Shen Liangchen to die on the battlefield, and what strategy would he consider for Shen Liangchen! Su He's hand hidden under the wide robe clenched into a fist, and he couldn't help but want to keep himself from losing his temper, he smiled hard and said, "Yes, the emperor must have a plan for both worlds." ”
After chatting with Shen Liangchen for a long time, Su He left the barracks, he raised his eyes, and the green mountains of Liangnan crashed into his eyes. The trees were still lush and green, but the sun was covered with black haze, and all the trees were pressed down by the clouds.
It would be great if people's hearts could be as evergreen as this tree.
It's a pity that that person's heart is not only a tree, not only a mountain, not only the vast earth, but also the sky, an endless sky. The gloom of the sky has arrived, and no matter how vigorous everything is, it will eventually be ruined by the sky.
Besiege it, deplete it, kill it silently.
Consume his hope with the gradually depleted food and grass, but I am afraid that he will be weakened by the delayed reinforcements in the future, and finally send him away logically.
Kill people quietly, leave no traces, and leave the image of a virtuous monarch for yourself.
Good city, good wrists, big ambitions, and deep thoughts.
Su He smiled hastily, a little mockery, a little sadness, and a little sadness in his laughter.
Many years ago, he watched Yi Lun Hwan push his sister to hell with his own hands, but he couldn't do anything about it.
Today, many years later, he is about to watch Yi Lunhuan personally push his best friend to Huangquan, but he is still powerless.
In front of the imperial power, what the Liangnan family, Qingyi Taishou, and the head of the Su family, all of them were blown away like ashes. In front of that thin and ruthless teenager, any calculation would seem so fragile and vulnerable. Now that all kinds of vital things on his body are in his hands, he gently flips his hand, and the Su family will never turn over.
"Ruthless, really ruthless." Su He stepped on the horse and glanced back at the tent, at the mouth of the tent, Shen Liangchen was tall and handsome, his eyes were shining with stars, and he was also looking at him quietly.
Seeing one side is missing. Su He hid the melancholy on his face and tried to smile at him, his clear eyes flickered with a slightly clear light, suppressing the sadness in his eyes, as bright as ever.