The people outside Wangze Gate are boiling, and the grass is blooming in front of Parrot Island. The people who have returned thousands of miles are saying goodbye one by one.

Yue Yun led the cavalry of the Zhenguo Army to escort Zhao Xingde to Ezhou, and then received the people from the Ministry of War outside the city. According to the rules of the imperial court, military horses from other towns are not allowed to bring equipment into the city unless they are called. It was the people from the military department, not the Dali Temple or the Criminal Department, who came to hand over the handover, which reassured the officers who accompanied him a lot. Shi Zhouhe, the head of the military department, was a capable officer in his forties, kind and talkative, and when he was waiting for Zhao Xingde to say goodbye to everyone one by one, he became familiar with Ma Yuan and other officers. Zhou He inadvertently revealed that the imperial court wanted to enrich the defense of the Beijing Division, and rebuilt the new army in the newly restored Jianghuai area, and there was a shortage of officers on both sides. And Yue Yun will move to Doctor Zuowu, bring imperial equipment, and stay in Ezhou to serve.

Since the change of commander in Bianliang and the "loss of power" of Zhao Xingde for more than a month, many things have happened in the DPRK and China. Zhao Xingde is now an idle general of the Left Guard, and the detained envoy of the Xia State is no longer a thorn in the side of the imperial court. On the contrary, Chen Dong, Deng Su and other old people of the Li Society had no intention of putting Zhao Xingde to death, and even wanted to use him to detain the three towns of Henan. The Ministry of Officials has arranged a Wuchang Marquis Mansion on the Huanghu Mountainside, but before the end of the Song and Xia negotiations, without the permission of the Ministry of War, Zhao Xingde will not be able to step out of the "Wuchang Marquis Mansion".

"You have time to come and sit in the house," Zhao Xingde smiled: "Zhao will sweep the couch to greet him." ”

"Mr. Zhao......" Ma Yuan and many of the officers choked up a little.

Zhou He looked at this scene, his eyes moved slightly, and he turned his face to the side. The officers of the Baoyi Army who returned to the south must first report to the military department, and the military department is responsible for screening treachery and hypocrisy. As the officers were bidding farewell, more than a dozen hawkers surrounded and enthusiastically gathered around. It was Shangyuan on this day, and most of the hawkers were holding seasonal things such as palace flowers, incense sachets, and lanterns.

"Master Jun, do you want to buy flowers to wear?" "The military master will be sealed immediately, and he will return to his hometown in fine clothes, won't he have hairpins?" "On the night of Shangyuan, let's have two palace flowers, Master Jun, Sister Qiao'er likes it the most!" "Master Jun, buy a palace lantern and take it home!" "Master Jun, do you want to change to drink? I know every restaurant on this Nanchang Street well. ”

In addition to the hawkers, there are also many idle people in the market who gather around to watch the excitement. Here is the place where the traders gather, there are tens of thousands of shops along the Yangtze River outside the city, the goods from Gaizhou, Guangzhou, Jingxiang, Jianghuai, Liangzhejiang, Fujian are gathered here, since the imperial court officially confirmed Ezhou as the line, the shops here are even more prosperous, Nancao City claims that no matter what kind of goods, there is nothing that cannot be bought, there is nothing that cannot be sold, and no matter how many goods, it will be able to sell in one day. It is close to the dock and shops, as well as various inns and wines. Many hawkers shuttle through the splendid buildings lined up, or make their own small purchases, or seduce merchants for the big merchants. Whether it is Henan's seizure of the marshal or the court's grand ceremony, in addition to increasing the conversation after tea and dinner, it does not have much impact on the lives of these merchants and hawkers.

The sharp-eyed hawker saw that this line of wind and dust, I am afraid that it is the border army that has just returned from Jiangbei, and it will not die. Although this dynasty emphasizes literature over military force, since the release of military power with a glass of wine, the use of military generals has always been not thin, and this is especially true in eventful times. Under the enthusiastic clamor of the hawker, after a while, more than a dozen officers had already asked the hawker for the price.

"The Jingshi Dynasty is not in danger, but it is as full of flowers as Bianliang at the beginning," several officers frowned and reprimanded: "The country is in danger, and we warriors should not be content with ease and happiness." "The Liao people are invading Jingdong Road, but here in Ezhou, we are singing and dancing, how can we join the same stream?"

Since Ezhou advocated righteousness, it has become the center of the world's clean discussion. The hawkers didn't know the depths, and they didn't dare to refute it. It's not easy to mess with an uncle who is full of official words, maybe just find a reason to lift your stall. The dealers no longer dared to shout loudly, looking at this group of uncles with blank eyes, and some of the timid ones had quietly retreated, and the scene was suddenly a little cold. The officer who was about to buy something listened to the accusation of Pao Ze, and his face couldn't help but become embarrassed.

"People's hearts are beautiful and ugly, easy and evil, that's it, nothing about good or evil." Zhao Xingde shook his head and said: "We are also waiting for the bloody frontier to be safe for the family and the people, and the people are rich and happy." He stretched out his hand to beckon a few hawkers, and said with a smile, "These military masters are all strong men who have survived a hundred battles, and I want all these palace flowers, and I will temporarily put two big flowers on each of them, so that the world can know the glory of the soldiers!" ”

As soon as he said it, no one of the other officers objected, and they all gathered around to choose flowers, and the hawkers were also overjoyed, and there were more than 400 military masters here, which immediately attracted a large number of hawkers to rush forward. After a while, everyone, whether it was an officer of the Baoyi Army or a cavalryman of the Beiwei Battalion, was pulled by one or two peddlers to peddle it. Most of the officers chose seasonal hairpins such as moths, jade plums, and snow willows on their hats, some chose silk bead palace flowers, and some pinned large flowers to their chests. As the saying goes, people rely on clothes, and Buddhas rely on clothes. The officers were tall, and after the hairpin was covered with big flowers, they were all full of energy. Such a group of officers standing outside the Wangze Gate is very conspicuous, attracting the passers-by to look sideways, it is the Shangyuan Festival, many female dependents who go out of the city to play pass through the city gate, and are also attracted by this group of officers, some boldly come forward to watch, frequently send autumn waves, and some secretly glance at this side. Some of the officers, who had just been worried about the unpredictable future, have now put aside their worries for the time being, some are smiling and graceful, and some are puffing up their chests and belly and are triumphant. Even Yue Yun, who has always been quite fatherly and his face is as heavy as water, after being uncomfortable at first, a smile appeared on his face.

"It's not in vain to follow Zhao Hou this way," an officer sighed, "Throw a pen from Rong, happy!" ”

Zhou He nodded slightly, a strange color flashed in his eyes, and he whispered to his subordinates to take care of Zhao Xingde, walked quickly to a carriage outside the city gate, and said in a low voice: "The last general will see His Highness." He intuitively looked at the group of officers by the city gate through the bamboo curtain. The voice in the carriage trembled slightly: "General Zhou, the person among the people at the city gate, the one with the hairpin Yueji, but Mr. Zhao?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhou He's heart was strange, in order to prevent changes, the staff of the Ministry of War listed the exact date of Zhao Xingde's arrival in Ezhou as a military aircraft, and few people knew the inside story. "Could it be that His Highness can't get acquainted with General Zhao?" Zhou He had doubts in his heart, but he couldn't say them. There was a soft "oh-" in the carriage, and after Zhou He waited for a while, the person in the carriage said, "General Zhou has worked hard." ”

Zhou He didn't dare to say more, bowed his head and hugged his fists and said: "Where is the duty of humility." ”

"Thank you, General." The carriage drove away slowly.

Zhou He intuitively felt that a ray of gaze stayed on General Zhao at the city gate through the curtain of the car. He couldn't see it, inside the carriage, Zhao Huan pressed his hand to his chest, gasping slightly. "Is this true, I actually met him again." There were tears in her eyes, and it was easy to suppress the throbbing in her chest. Her mind was a little trance-like, in addition to Zhao Xingde, she also remembered many of Bianliang's past events in her mind, but it seemed to be blank, I don't know how long it took, the palace maid outside said: "Your Highness, Lingzhu Temple has arrived." ”

The carriage paused and stopped. Zhao Huan came back to his senses from the tide of thoughts and got out of the carriage. Lingzhu Temple is also known as "Filial Piety Temple", which is the place where the legendary filial son Mengzong cries his mother and weeps bamboo. After the Liao army invaded the south and Bianliang fell, most of Zhao Huan's relatives were taken captive by the Liao. Every solar term, Zhao Huan comes to this temple, may the gods and Buddhas bless them from danger as soon as possible. Her heart is pure, even if it is her brother Zhao Ke, who once imprisoned her in the cold palace, she also prays for him. However, in the Shangyuan season, she prayed for another person. And just outside Wangze Gate, she actually met that person.

"It's good to be safe," she stroked her reddening cheeks, "is this providence?" ”

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Luoyang, the founding Baoyi Marquis's Mansion was originally the garden of a Zhao county king, and after the county king was taken away by the Liao people, it became an "ownerless" thing. Xijing has always been a place for the eunuchs to retire in Tokyo, and there are many such gardens in Luoyang. After Cao Xi returned to the summer, Hao unceremoniously sold these gardens as official property. The merchants of the Song Kingdom did not dare to buy these gardens that originally belonged to high-ranking officials and nobles, and there were many beautiful gardens that no one cared about. Therefore, the Baggage Division only spent a small amount of money to purchase this mansion and handed it over to the Marching Division to house Zhao Xingde's family and clean it three days before Li Ruoxue's arrival. The people in the vicinity were talking about which new magnate had moved to a new home.

Today is the day Li Ruoxue arrived in Luoyang. In addition to the soldiers sent by the Luoyang regimental training envoy to maintain order, there was also a small group of Tiger Wing Army waiting on the east side of the gate. More than a dozen carriages were parked outside the mansion, and servants were busy carrying large and small bags of belongings into the mansion. There were several stewards standing in the courtyard, and they arranged to sort these items into categories and put them into each room according to the meaning of the "master". These stewards were not Mrs. Baoyihou who ran back and forth for instructions, but the Zhang family who was standing next to Li Ruoxue. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess personally explained these trivial matters, which was enough to make many people with a heart understand many things.

"Chen Zhong blamed me yesterday, saying that he should have moved in earlier."

While arranging Zhang Luo, the Zhang family said to Li Ruoxue: "How do their men's family know that these household things will be taken care of when they are put in." Besides, it's always troublesome to move things after they've been put away. Seeing Li Ruoxue's melancholy face, Zhang sighed, took Li Ruoxue's hand, and said in a low voice, "When Chen Zhong was serving in Beizhou, the husband and wife were separated from each other, and I also felt the same way as my sister. General Zhao will come back sooner or later, the more affectionate your husband and wife are, the more you must cherish your body, and the days of reunion will be long in the future. ”