In just half a day, the white flags were hung from house to house in the feudal city, and the soldiers and the people were wrapped with white yarn on their left arms. What made Xuan Shaoning relieved was that after timely treatment, more people and soldiers of the Guangyuan Army were detoxified, and the wounded soldiers of the Xuanjia Army were gradually recovering, and the injuries of Ling Feiyan, Si Heng and others were also significantly improved, and there was no danger of life.

Two days later, letters of commendation and condolence from the capital arrived at the same time in the feudal residence, in addition to General Yang Zhong, the son of the old general Yang Jie, who was originally stationed in Dasanguan. Geng Yan led the soldiers of the two armies to greet him, and they all said that the boy had tears and did not flick but did not reach the sad place, and General Yang Zhong knelt on the ground and cried bitterly when he saw his father's body, which moved everyone.

The herald walked over to Yang Zhong, picked him up, and comforted him softly: "General Yang, please mourn!" The old general did his best to keep the fiefdom city, and General Yang had to shoulder this burden on his shoulders as a general. ”

Yang Zhong let go of the hand holding his father's palm and said, "There is Lord Lao Zhang." The herald said loudly to the soldiers of the two armies: "The saint heard the tragedy of the battle of the feudal residence, and knows the killing power of the soldiers of the two armies to defend the country. There is a decree in the saint: give the old general Yang Jie the title of General Zhuguo, send him back to his homeland for burial, promote General Yang Zhong to lead the Guangyuan Army, and return to the German general; Geng Yan commanded the rescue meritorious, Feng Zhenyuan general, the rest of the generals were promoted according to their military ranks, all the soldiers who died in the battle were transcribed their names and surnames, and they were commended in the township of Chuanwen, and their families were exempted from three years of conscription, and all other soldiers were rewarded according to military merits! ”

After the herald finished speaking, the scene was still quiet and there was no joy after receiving the commendation, he was obviously a little embarrassed and cramped, Geng Yan stood up in time to relieve the siege: "General Yang is sad, the old general's body can not be delayed any longer, it is better for General Yang to send the old general back to his homeland first, and the city will be handed over to me for the time being, does Lord Zhang think so?" ”

"What Commander Geng said is that General Yang can understand it very well under his state of mind, so it depends on what Commander Geng said."

"Thank you for your understanding." Yang Zhong can't stop giving steps at this moment, "The feudal war has just ended, forgive me for not being able to entertain Master Zhang well", without waiting for the herald to speak, Yang Zhong said to Geng Yan again: "Today I plan to leave to send my father back to my homeland, and I will return in seven days, and there will be Brother Lao Geng during this time." ”

"It's serious, you just have to go with peace of mind, I'm here in the closure, rest assured!" The two looked at each other with fiery eyes, not paying the slightest attention to the herald, causing him to pout.

"Without further ado, I'm off at this!" After Yang Zhong hugged Geng Yan deeply, he turned around to collect his father's body, and until he mounted his horse and led the hearse to slowly leave the feudal city, he ignored the herald.

Seeing Yang Zhong go away, Geng Yan put on a smile and apologized: "Lord Zhang, don't go to your heart, the feudal house will be messy after the war, why don't you send someone to escort your lord back to Beijing first?" ”

"Commander Geng is polite, the envoy here should have told the Holy Lord the truth!" After the herald finished speaking, he threw off his sleeves and rode on the horse without looking back, Geng Yan immediately ordered someone to carry the goods and then followed, until their figures completely disappeared into the desert, and then he ordered, "Gather the general's mansion!" ”

"The Holy Edict is now in my hands, and the Holy Lord has greatly praised this battle of feudalism, and for this reason, all of you here have been promoted." Geng Yan held the edict in both hands and said solemnly: "Gu Junyuan and An Haoran, the captains of the Guangyuan Army, were promoted to lieutenants of Zhiguo; Xuanjia Military Academy Captain Fang Qi was promoted to Xuanjie Deputy Lieutenant; Captain Xuan Shaoning was promoted to lieutenant; Centurion Si Heng and Shi Gong Zhengyuan were promoted to Renyong Lieutenant; Cao Tie, Xie Yi, and Ling Feiyan, who performed heroically in this battle, were promoted to captains."

The battle was heroic, the reward was powerful, every hot-blooded man couldn't ask for it, and everyone in the general's mansion was excited for a while. Xuan Shaoning first discovered the highlight of the edict: "Scarlet Yan has been promoted to Wu Chang!" He didn't say anything, as soon as he said it, everyone reacted, Daliang has never had a precedent for a woman to hold a military rank, even if it is just a rankless captain, but this time Emperor Liang actually allowed Ling Feiyan to serve as a captain, which cannot but be said to be a miracle.

"Sure enough, Shaoning is still very responsive, that's right, this time the Holy Lord's edict does make it clear that Ling Scarlet Yan is the head of the army, this is the result of King Yu's hard work, but it is a precedent since the founding of my Great Liang!" Geng Yan couldn't hide the joy in his heart.

"As far as Scarlet Yan's martial arts and courage are concerned, where is it limited to the mere military chief!" Si Heng said with great appreciation: "Women don't let me have eyebrows, this time I can see it, and the scarlet face is not inferior to a man!" ”

"The excitement in Captain Si's eyes when he praised Ling Wu Chang was about to overflow, it seems that every word is sincere!" Gu Junyuan quipped, and Fang Qi immediately took over the conversation, "Si Heng has never praised anyone so bluntly, and it's the first time I've seen it, is it possible?" ”

"Could it be that the captain of the division has a heart?" An Haoran was not to be outdone, "It is also a beautiful talk that a battle can achieve a marriage!" ”

"Oh, you're talking nonsense! I...... I'm just happy for Scarlet Face...... Isn't Shao Ning also ...... Do you mean the same thing? Si Heng instantly blushed to the base of his neck, and began to stutter when he spoke.

"Scarlet has a strong temperament, but it also doesn't lose the tenderness of a woman, you have to treat her well." Xuan Shaoning said with a smile.

"You! Xuan Shaoning, you ......."

A group of people made fun of Si Heng, and the cheerful atmosphere gently brushed the pain caused by the sacrifice of Yang Jie and the soldiers of the two armies not long ago.

In the days that followed, the city began to be rebuilt, with soldiers and civilians working together to build collapsed houses, ruined walls, sweep the chaotic streets, and bury relatives and comrades. When the sunset rose into the sky, Xuan Shaoning stepped on the city wall alone to look farther north, this was the first time he carefully observed the northern wasteland, the plain outside the city was a flat river, but because of the scarcity of annual rainfall and overgrazing in the past, it became a desert today, the wind swept up the yellow sand and diluted the original red of the sunset, and the farther distance is the territory of the Donghu people, beyond the sight.

At the end of the summer of the 30th year of the Liang calendar, Xuan Shaoning was about to turn eighteen, and at such an age, he could become the captain of the imperial insult from the eighth rank was already a leader among his peers.

"Brother Xuan"

A soft cry made Xuan Shaoning retract his elegant thoughts and distant eyes, "Rouge is you."

"I'm here to tell you that I've succeeded in convincing Commander Geng!"

Looking at Rouge's bright eyes, Xuan Shaoning was dull for a while and finally remembered what he had said before about Rouge joining the Xuanjia Army, so he had to change his expression to apologies, "I'm really sorry for you, I actually forgot about this." ”

"Brother Xuan has been too busy these days, there are so many things that need to be done by you, so naturally I can't trouble you anymore for this little thing!" Rouge was not angry at all, but comforted Xuan Shaoning, "Commander Geng is really as good as you say, I only mentioned one sentence, and he agreed." ”

"The poisoning of the feudal city this time is all up to you, how could the commander Aicai not agree? It's just because of your woman. ”

"What's wrong with the woman? Women can't defend their families and the country? Should a woman wait for someone to come to her rescue? Sister Ling is not also a woman, she has not become a captain, the first female commander in your Xuanjia Army! ”

"Sister Rouge said it so well!" Before anyone arrived, the sound came first, Xuan Shaoning was too familiar with this voice, Ling Feiyan walked over with a heroic posture, and she followed Si Heng. "I don't just want to be a captain, I'm also a general! When I was in the academy, the master said that women can make contributions if they don't lose to their children! Sister Rouge, with you, our Xuanjia Army will have no worries! ”

"Scarlet Yan, we have always known your ambitions, everything is difficult at the beginning, with this good start, your ambitions will eventually have a chance to be realized!" Xuan Shaoning has always had a respect for Ling Feiyan, a woman who does not like red clothes and loves arms.

"Shao Ning is right, I saw that Scarlet Yan was by no means an ordinary woman, so I chose to fight side by side with her!" Si Heng immediately took over the conversation and praised him, but unfortunately he didn't appreciate it at all.

"So you're discerning? And say we fight side by side? If it weren't for your inferior skills, I wouldn't have rescued you! Ling Feiyan's honest words made Rouge snicker, making Si Heng lose face.

"How do you speak? At that time, the situation was urgent, and if that man was allowed to continue to slaughter my robes, it would inevitably shake the morale of the army, and I had to stand up and stop his fierce offensive before I put my personal life and death on the line! ”

"Hero? If Zheng Yuan or Shao Ning did this, I would agree with your explanation, but if it were you, it would be a different matter. ”

"You look down on people!"

"I don't know who it is, I cry when I apply the medicine, and I feel bitter when I take the medicine!" Ling Scarlet glanced at it defiantly, pulled up the rouge and said, "Let's go, men love to brag!" ”

"Hey, you!"

"Okay, the scarlet face is the knife mouth tofu heart" Xuan Shaoning grabbed Si Heng's shoulder and said comfortingly: "When she was in the academy, she often squeezed us, and she will run on it shows that she values this person!" ”

Si Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "Really? ”

"It's true!" Xuan Shaoning smiled and pulled Si Heng away from the city wall and returned to the general's mansion.

The purple is faint and the rivers are shaking

It's too slight, and it's broken

A group of children in Jingshi were playing with each other naughtily, muttering such a nursery rhyme with the flow of people, Cai Yan, who had just walked out of Leng Yuezhai, keenly captured this nursery rhyme, and immediately went home after tasting it for a while.

"Oh? There are such nursery rhymes? King Yu asked Mo Chengfeng, who was standing in front of him.

"That's right, now it's all spread in the capital, and some good people are still dismantling the meaning of this," Mo Chengfeng replied: "The words of this nursery rhyme are not profound, and it is not difficult for scholars to guess what it means." ”

"This is a letter sent back by Geng Yan from the feudal residence, you can take a look." King Yu handed over a stack of manuscripts to Mo Chengfeng, and after he opened them, he quickly browsed them, and his face became more and more solemn with the content of the manuscript.

"Your Highness, this?"

"Master Mo, what do you think of this nursery rhyme?"

"The target is the East Palace! Your Highness, what are you going to do with this letter? ”

"If my father sees it, I'm afraid that the prince's crime of fornicating with Donghu will be confirmed."

"If you don't hand it over to the Holy One, I'm afraid that Your Highness will not be implicated."

"I can't make up my mind for a while."

"This matter is not trivial, once it is made public, His Highness will be implicated, and then the princelings will inevitably attack it en masse, Your Highness, you will be caught in the whirlpool!"

"Your Highness!" Uncle Zhang's voice sounded at the right time, "The father-in-law in the palace is here, and the Holy Lord has summoned you to the palace!" ”

Before leaving, King Yu said to Mo Chengfeng: "Lord Mo, please submit the letter to Dali Temple immediately!" ”

When King Yu stepped into the Qinzheng Palace, he saw two acquaintances again: King Ling and Cai Quan.

"Sons and daughters participate in the emperor!"

"King Yu, get up, I came to you today, first of all, the Xuanjia army under your command is to show off my Liang this time, and the siege of Jucheng has also exterminated the rebellious army in Donghu, this is the first achievement!"

"Guarding the frontier is the responsibility of the Xuanjia Army, my father has rewarded the soldiers of the two armies, and my sons thank my father for the soldiers!" King Yu, who had just gotten up, was about to kneel down again, but heard King Ling say: "Father, the fourth brother not only led the troops to fight, but also helped his sons solve the case of greedy ink and stones!" ”

King Yu became alert at this moment, and after thanking him, he stood aside silently and did not speak, and Emperor Liang said: "King Ling has made his words clear. ”

"Yes! Back to his father, the fourth brother captured a Donghu general in the feud has been sent to Dali Temple, and the son has interrogated this person with Lord Lin, this person confessed that the weapon forging stone used in the Donghu turmoil is indeed from my Liang, and it is the stone lost in Pingzhou! When King Ling said this, he paused, peeked at King Yu, and continued: "And the motive for the siege of Donghu this time is even more sinister!" ”

"Oh? His Royal Highness the King of Ling, let's talk about it, what is Donghu's intention? Cai Quan, who was on the side, said.

"Father, Cai Xiang, according to the interrogation of his son, this Donghu rebel was captured when he sneaked into the Fengju City General's Mansion and was captured when he was stealing important items intercepted by the fourth brother, right, fourth brother?"

King Ling pointed the blade of the sword at him, and King Yu spoke: "Back to my father, what the seventh brother said is true, the Donghu rebels did come for a purpose, and as for the objects, they are some letters that our army Xuanxiao found in the military tent when he was fighting against the Donghu general. ”

"Oh? What kind of letters led the Donghu rebels to take them back? Emperor Liang asked.

"The letter has been presented to Dali Temple, and Lord Lin should have seen it at this moment."

"Haven't you seen it yourself?"

"Erchen doesn't dare to look at it without permission!"

"Isn't the fourth brother curious about the contents of the letter?"

"Erchen leads the troops to fight, just to win!"

"Spread my will, and immediately let Lin Kun bring those letters into the palace to see me!" Emperor Liang ended the question of his two sons in time, "Has King Yu heard of a nursery rhyme that has been circulating in the capital recently?" ”

"Erchen has heard a little."

"Can you guess the meaning?"

"Erchen is stupid!"

"Your Majesty, the old man has a shallow knowledge, so it's better to let the old man explain it." Cai Quan said humbly.

"Cai Xiang is too modest."

Emperor Liang's words were considered to agree to Cai Quan's request, and Cai Quan began to analyze: "Ziwei has always been referred to by Emperor Xing, there is no doubt that it is the saint, and Taiwei refers to the prince, and the nursery rhyme refers to the saint If he can't control the situation, the Liang will be in danger, which is true, my Liang is as strong as today depends on the hard work of the saint!" ”

"How do you disassemble the second half of the sentence?"

"Holy Lord, please forgive the old man for his capital crime!"

"Cai Xiang just has to say, there is no one else here!"

"Yes! The second half of this sentence is vicious with malicious intentions, and it is said that if the prince is removed, he will be wiped out! ”

Ahh The prince brushed his nose with the messy hair scattered on his face, glanced at the food on the table with disgust, and was angry, waved his hand to overturn the table, and spilled the dishes on the table.

"Get out! Get out of here! ”

Carefully serving the moody prince, the slaves and maids were already worried, and the two maidservants were so frightened that they crawled out of the hall. This not small movement could not escape the eyes of the crown princess at all, she immediately ran over, and as she ran, the steps on her head trembled in panic.

"Your Highness! If you don't like it, I'll make it happen! The crown princess held her husband, the prince of the East Palace, who was now disheveled and disheveled, "My father punished us for thinking about it in the palace, and it would be very bad if you spread it to your father's ears like this!" ”

"Does my father still care about me? How many days have it been, neither let me go out nor have any will to come down, am I still the prince of Daliang? Say, "Am I still?" ”

"Why not! As long as your father does not issue an order to deprive you of the title of crown prince for a day, you will be the crown prince of the dynasty! Your Highness, at this time, you should be calm and behave to satisfy your father, instead of venting your emotions like you are now! ”

"I can't do this, I can't do that, my prince is simply a puppet, it's better to let my father demote me to a commoner!"

"Your Highness! Hugh is talking nonsense! ”

The crown princess's loud roar directly suppressed the prince, restrained her emotions and looked at the woman beside her in surprise and dementia, she has also lost a lot these days, the original graceful and luxurious clothes have been replaced by today's plain clothes, the original face with light makeup and heavy makeup is always suitable at the moment, and the original towering and decorated with countless golden hairpins has been replaced with a bun. The prince stretched out his hand to touch her face with some distress, it was not as delicate as before, but there was fire in her eyes, she was a dignified princess.

"Xiru, I owe you a debt...... the prince's tone became rare gentle, "The whole house depends on you to take care of it, but I can't repay you anything." ”

The originally angry crown princess faintly began to burst into tears, "Your Highness, you are Xiru's heaven and Xiru's earth, and everything Xiru does is for Your Highness." If Your Highness truly cherishes Xiru's dedication, then don't give up at this moment, okay, promise me? ”

The prince nodded and said, "I will change, I will never give up, and I will never let those villains succeed!" Xiru, I will do whatever you say, and strive to let my father see my repentance as soon as possible, this palace is the prince of Daliang! ”

Finally, the crown princess couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes, she threw herself into the prince's arms and said, "This is His Royal Highness the prince in Xiru's heart!" ”

The crown prince hugged the crown princess, stroked her back, and then said: "Come on, this palace wants to write a letter of repentance and present it to my father!" ”