Jianye is Moling County in the Han Dynasty, belongs to Danyang County, Yangzhou - 16 years of Emperor Jian'an, Sun Quan moved the governance office from Jingkou to here, and changed its name to Jianye in the following year. However, Sun Quan moved to Hubei a few years later, changed his name to Wuchang, and then called the emperor there, although he moved back to Jianye in the autumn of the same year, and began to build the palace, but the Taichu Palace, Cangcheng, Xiyuan, etc. were all built magnificently, and the walls of the entire capital city could never be erected.

Jianye Outer City starts from Jilong Mountain and Zhoushan in the north, reaches Yanque Lake in the east, is near Shijin in the west, crosses the Qinhuai River in the south and reaches Changganli, covers a very broad area, but until the death of Wu, there are only low earthen walls around, and even part of the outer Guo is actually planted with bamboo as a fence. Not to mention that it has no spirit as the capital of a country, even the dock fort of the landowner in the countryside is very inferior.

So later, the last emperor Sun Hao lived very unhappily and insisted on moving the capital to Wuchang. But who would have thought that the common people were very satisfied with this semi-open city, and there was a folk rumor, saying: "I would rather drink Jianye water than eat Wuchang fish; Ning also Jianye died, not only Wuchangju. In the end, Sun Hao had to move back in disgrace.

After the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu, it was renamed "Jianye" - the meaning of Jianye is "to make meritorious contributions", and the other is to "build a foundation and establish a career", so it must be changed. Moreover, although the old Wu palace room has been preserved, all the outer Guo of the city has been demolished, so that the palace and the southeast Danyang county town form a model of twin cities. It wasn't until Sima Rui, the king of Langya, crossed to the south and settled in Jianye, that the bamboo fence was re-inserted.

Although the city wall is ugly, it has been the capital of a country for decades, and the Jin army has not been greatly damaged when it goes south, so that the population of Jianye City is gathered, the alleys and alleys in the city are criss-crossed, and the street market is also extremely prosperous, like the largest city in the southeast, and even compared with many famous cities in Zhongzhou - as long as it is not Luoyang, Chang'an, Xuchang and other capitals - it is not inferior.

On this day, the morning eclipse has passed, and suddenly I saw the original Dongwu Palace, and now the west gate of the shogunate of the great shogunate of Zhendong is wide open - still using the old name of Sun Wushi, called the White Tiger Gate - and then the banners are displayed, and the carriages (also mixed with a lot of ox carts) are on the road, and a huge team is out of the door, that is, to the west.

The procession passed through the bazaar, and the people stood by the roadside, looking at each other. In these years, when nobles travel, there is no tradition of "clean streets" where shops are on the board and residents are closed, as long as they don't get too close, they will let onlookers and even point to comments; And the people's daily entertainment life is poor, and watching the nobles travel in the queue from time to time has become a rare pastime - not just gossip. This custom has existed in the old days, and covers the whole country, not a unique tradition of the southerners - thinking that when Qin Shi Huang went out on patrol, Xiang Ji, Liu Ji and other grass people could also stand by the road to see the Western scenery, so there are also two famous sayings of "he can take his place" and "the husband should be like this".

At this moment, several Jiangnan scholars were standing in the crowd of people, their waists were straight, not like many low-level mud legs, bowing their backs, and saluting towards the queue. They pointed out the queue without scruples, judging their heads and saying very disrespectful words - of course, they were all the so-called "bird language" of the northerners, and most of the official family members couldn't understand it anyway.

One of them asked: "King Langya is lined up with a guard of honor, I don't know where I want to go?" But his friends, like him, are all white, and naturally no one can answer this question, but they all shook their heads: "Who can know about Beiling." Immediately, someone said hatefully: "It's all to blame Gu Yanxian (Gu Rong) for the old horseman, seduce Bei Ling Nan to come and rob us of fields, houses, and food, it's tolerable......" Before the bold guy finished speaking, he was covered by his friend: "Be careful!" The north can still say, the south thief can't be scolded. ”

Gu Rong and the others are all natives of Jiangdong, with extensive land, they are real landlords and landlords, and they can understand what we are saying, you don't want to die, you dare to accuse him so loudly?

The other person put up a canopy in his hand, looked at it for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "It's not the king of Langya, the five kings are out together today, this matter is not simple!" ”

——The one who moved to the south of the Yangtze River was not only Sima Rui, the king of Langya, but also Sima Yi, the king of Xiyang, Sima Zong, the king of Nanton, Sima You, the king of Runan, and Sima Hong, the king of Pengcheng, so it was called "five horses crossing the river" in later generations.

The taxi who asked the question earlier couldn't help but make a fuss: "Could it be that they can't run away if they want to?!" ”

Not long ago, news came to Jianye, saying that the thief Shi Le personally led hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers to camp in Gepi, intending to invade the south - and this time the target is not Jingxiang, it is our Jianye. Whether the battle on this front line was won or lost, and the battle report had not yet been transmitted, I suddenly saw that the five kings wanted to leave the city...... It's not going to be a big defeat, so those Beiling can't sit still and plan to run away, right?

Someone paused and scolded: "I insist, why don't you make Wang Jiangzhou (Wang Dun) resist the enemy, and send Ji Yangwei (Ji Zhan)?" How do the people know how to fight? "Everyone responded one after another, yes, such a rough matter as fighting should be handed over to Beiling, we are all weak and peaceful southerners, and we shouldn't be on the battlefield by nature!

Someone quietly shrank back, planning to hurry home to pack up, see that the situation is not good, let's also hurry down and run away, don't let the thieves kill into Jianye, when the time comes, the north and the south, the jade will be burned. Fortunately, there are still people who are more sober-minded, and they comfort everyone not to panic: "If Beiling wants to escape, or go out of the south gate to Wuzhong, or go out of the east gate to Jingkou, why go west?" "Isn't that against the rebels? How could the five kings have such courage?

But then some people put forward different opinions: "Or the thieves are still far away, so they want to take a boat from Shijin, first go west and then flee south, but it is not known...... "If you don't go, I will leave, my family has a big business, and it is more troublesome to clean up......

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The queue of the five kings went out of the west fence gate, and sure enough, they went straight to Shijin.

The so-called Stone Tsu is named because it is located under the Stone Castle. The stone city is said to have been built in the Warring States period of King Chu Wei seven years, and then destroyed, until Sun Quan moved the town here, only to rebuild on the stone mountain in the west of the city, the trenches are dense, in order to hold the Yangtze River danger, arch to protect the capital city construction.

It is said that the nearby mountains are all dirt mountains, and there are no stones on the mountains, but only this mountain has stones, so it is called Stone Mountain; The city built on the mountain is called the stone city; Then the Tsudo under the mountain is naturally called Ishitsu.

The vicinity of Shijin is different from the city, no longer allowing people to watch, and there are already three layers of palace guards outside the outer three layers of Jindu Tuantuan surrounded. When the procession of the five kings came to a halt by the dock, everyone got out of the wagons or ox carts—not only the five vassal kings, but also many officials of the royal palace and bureaucrats from the north.

- Sima Rui's henchmen, who can even be said to be the real ruler of Jianye City, Wang Dao Wang Maohong, and Gu Rong Gu Yanxian, who had just been quietly cursed, are also impressively listed.

The crowd gathered in groups of three or five and talked in low voices. It was not long before someone on the dock shouted, "It's coming!" Then I saw a huge building boat coming from the waves upstream. Both the vassal kings and the bureaucrats hurriedly tidied up their clothes, dusted off the dust, and then lined up to meet them according to their status.

As the boat approached the pier, the sails were lowered, and the speed gradually slowed down, and then slowly approached the riverbank. When the boat put down the pedal, he saw a brocade-clothed waiter supporting a noble lady with a pearl-haired hair, stepping on the pedal, and walking straight to the shore.

Sima Rui, the king of Langya, stood in front of the queue, and when he saw this noble lady, he couldn't help but burst into tears, hurriedly walked forward, and then took off his robe, and actually fell to the ground, saying: "Nephew welcomes uncle!" Seeing this, almost all the people in the back also bowed down, but there were only three who stood out: Sima Yi, the king of Xiyang, Sima Zong, the king of Nanton, and Sima You, the king of Runan.

The noble lady who got off the boat was naturally the princess Pei of Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea. The reason why Sima Rui knelt down was because he was a generation younger than Sima Yue, so he greeted his elder. And the king of Xiyang and the others are the same generation as Sima Yue, even if the title is lower - for example, the king of Xiyang is the new king of the county, and the king of Runan is a more noble vassal than the king of the East China Sea - there is no reason to kneel to greet his sister-in-law or younger siblings.

As for Sima Hong, the king of Pengcheng, he is a generation lower than Sima Rui, so he should naturally kneel, and he also calls Concubine Pei - "uncle and grandmother".

Seeing this, Concubine Pei couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly came over and supported her hands: "I'm just a widow's ear, why should the king make such a big gift?" ”

Sima Rui didn't dare to touch his aunt's hand, as soon as the other party was weak, he took advantage of the situation to get up, but his waist was still bowed, and his hands were still together: "The clan ceremony cannot be abolished, my uncle is an elder, and I should kneel down to greet him alone - they are all lonely and immoral, and they put my uncle in danger......" As he spoke, tears really fell, and he quickly raised his sleeves to wipe them.

Concubine Pei couldn't help but be gloomy, but she still had to fight her spirits and go to greet several other vassal kings, and then raised her hand: "Everyone, please get up." Sima Hong, Wang Dao, Gu Rong and others stood up one after another. Immediately, Concubine Pei turned sideways and greeted: "Wenyue, come here." Then he introduced to Sima Rui: "If there is no document to save me, I am afraid that I will bury my bones in the camp, and it will be difficult to meet the king again......"

Pei Gai kept a few steps behind Pei Shi, and when he heard the call, he hurriedly stepped on the pedal, came down to the ground, and then paid homage to Sima Rui. Sima Rui grabbed his shoulder and didn't let him kneel: "Lone has heard about it, Pei Qing is bold and wise, Si Neng can protect his uncle and aunt in the crowd of Hu, and he can come out of the tiger's den together and come to my Jiangdong." If Julu Chenggong has a son, he will be able to smile under the nine springs......"

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When they met with their relatives here and said goodbye to each other, Director Wang quietly stepped aside and stretched out his hand to greet a military official who had just come off the boat. When the military official came to him and bowed down, Director Wang lowered his voice and asked, "How is Shouchun?" ”

The news of Pei's aunt and nephew's arrival in Shouchun was sent to Jianye by clipper a few days ago, and there were twists and turns in the inside, and General Yangwei and the military Ji Siyuan of the capital governor south of Jingkou to Wuhu also wrote a long letter to narrate, not only that, but the letter also attached a military report from the Shouchun front. According to Ji Zhan, Shile's main force was still stationed in Gepi, and the construction of boats and boats in Huaibin seemed to have an attempt to invade the east through the waterway, so he had been on strict guard and built sixteen fortresses at Julingkou......

Sure enough, the thieves came over on a boat, and their general, according to Pei Gai, was Shi Le's nephew Shi Hu. Ji Zhan wrote in detail in the military newspaper, saying that there were about 3,000 people in Shihu's department, all of whom were elite Hu, and they were extremely brave in ten fighting ships and forty or fifty boats, so they broke seven forts in a row. Fortunately, he dispatched properly and hurriedly sent his generals to rescue, which stopped the enemy's momentum, and set up an ambush at the mouth of the giant spirit, defeated the enemy army, killed and injured many people, and Shi Hu was only spared......

And then it was discovered that it was estimated that Shi Hu was killed by our army, and after escaping back, he directly set fire to the shipyard and water village in Huaibin - "Pei Wenyo suddenly regretted that he could not capture Shi Huye, and then Zhan thought that this battle had greatly frustrated the thief's spirit, so that he did not dare to look at my Jiangdong with his eyes, and there was no need to kill him. And if you kill Shi Hu, you will have an insoluble enmity with Shi Le, and he will attack with all his might, which may not be the blessing of the country. ”

Shi Hu's bear child was indeed very brave, and luckily, he was killed out of the Jin army's heavy encirclement, and escaped safely to Huaibin, although Pei Gai regretted it, but it was also impossible to imagine - in fact, they crossed from Huaibin to the south bank, and then took a carriage to Shouchun, and by the time they arrived, the battle had been fought for several days. This is because the road is unfamiliar, and the second is because ...... Dignified Pei Wenyue, this is the first time in his life to drive in person......