Chapter 543: Separation and Journey

"I'm leaving tomorrow......"

"I'm leaving tomorrow, so I'm going to be separated for a few more months for this time......"

Du Xuan, who originally wanted to say something, saw Zhang Yue turn over and press it again, and when it came to his mouth, he was immediately pressed down by that kiss. In the past few days after the reunion of the husband and wife, almost every night has been lingering to the death, and the husband and wife have changed their previous temperance temperament, especially Zhang Yue. After experiencing the half-moon siege of Xinghe, he truly realized what life and death were. Under the dense and fierce rain of arrows like flying locusts, among the countless enemy troops like reptiles, what is indifferent and low-key is bullshit. Although there is no record of Zhu Di's failure in the Northern Expedition in history, as long as he fights, people will die, even if he is confident, he must grasp and cherish the moment in front of him to make life climb to the most intense time.

He asked her several times in a row, and then he fell on top of his wife in exhaustion, but he did not immediately call for someone to come in and clean up. Remembering that Du Juan mentioned that Zhang Qi's concubine had a new daughter, he kissed her lightly on the cheek, and then whispered: "I hope I can hear good news when I come back from the north, and I only hope that you can have another daughter as smart and clear as you." If so, she is the third among the girls, and her nickname can be called Sansan. ”

"You're still thinking about that name, and you're so lazy in naming it, is it called Four-Four when you're ranked fourth? If it weren't for the nickname you gave your son, he wouldn't be so lazy, eating, sleeping, sleeping and eating all day long, rarely lively, and even her mother-in-law muttered that this child is a lazy worm! ”

It was so easy to reunite for such a little time, Du Juan couldn't help but gently rub his lower abdomen, and then his face stiffened: "The old lady's seventieth birthday is on May 15, and the sixth day of June is the week of Xiao Jingguan, can you rush back then?" ”

May 15, June 6?

Zhang Yue was silent for a moment. This kind of ticket guarantee is easier said than done, not to mention that I don't know if the emperor will sweep all over the grassland when he fights, even according to the past practice, it is impossible for him to come back at this time. The first northern expedition was to return to Beijing in February and July, and the second northern expedition was to return to Beijing in February and August. This time, it was originally scheduled to be in the spring season of March, but in the end, it was changed to two months by the anxious emperor, and he was going to Kaiping to cooperate with Xing'an Bo Xu Heng to prepare for the transfer of military rations, how could he catch up with those two important days?

"I guess I can't come back. My grandmother's 70th birthday is like this, and my son's arrest will not be a second time, so I really give up my small family for everyone...... Forget it, it's better to be on those Tartars than for them to come back from the ashes, just think I'm doing good deeds for my children and grandchildren! ”

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue only felt panic in his chest, couldn't help but take a deep breath, and burst out with such words through gritted teeth. And Du Xuan, who was originally a little gloomy, couldn't help but be surprised when he heard him say this. It wasn't until Zhang Yue pricked her smooth chin with her beard that she exclaimed, and then she pulled her beard coldly.

"Ouch!"

"Ouch, what are you, you are so self-selling and boasting, I have never seen you so thick-skinned! With such a thick skin, it's really not easy for your beard to break out...... Those scars and bruises on this body are just right, don't forget the pain of the scars, you are a civil official, not to fight with people! Remember, be sure to come back in its entirety! ”

This banter suddenly turned into the last slightly trilled command, and Zhang Yue, who was originally provoked, couldn't help but stop moving. Nodding his head on his elbow, he buried his head in Du Juan's hair, bit the earlobe and whispered: "Don't worry, this time it's not my turn to be strong, I will come back safely." The family will all be handed over to you, your father and mother are here, and they will help you with everything, if they leave, as long as it is not a big deal, you will follow the long house, and you don't have to come out. And your father-in-law, you can go and see as much as you want. You bring back those manuscripts and tell him that I have read them all, but Lord Xia has already been imprisoned, please slow down and submit them again, not to the prince first...... Ahem, my father-in-law would never make such a mistake, but I was too worried. ”

Du Juan only felt that with the sound of the words, bursts of warm breath drilled down the ear holes, and there was a more stinging heat between the itches. Even so, she secretly gritted her teeth and asked, "What else?" ”

"And ......" Zhang Yue naturally knew what Du Juan wanted to ask, however, the previous thing was that his wife, the housewife, nodded, but now it is not appropriate to mention it at this time, and at the moment he pretended to cough and simply bit the earlobe gently, "Also, hurry up and find another son-in-law for my father-in-law, and when I come back, I hope to see them do a happy event!" Oh, since my father-in-law said that he still wants another grandson, we still have to work hard, and we have to count on them too early! ”

successfully diverted the topic, and there was another beautiful scenery in the house. Even though these incessant voices were heard clearly by the three people in the West House, even though they were separated from a hall. While they had to prick up their ears to see if there were any orders inside, while they were still thinking about their own affairs, and the room was warm again, and after a while they were red-faced.

In any case, the days of the concubine's unknown life are almost over.

Early the next morning, there was far more than one person who yawned and never slept enough. Since Du Juan is about to leave for Beijing today, and Zhang Yue is also preparing to set off to Kaiping, he has already packed his bags and is preparing to go on the road at this time. Zhang Yue first helped Du Juan into the carriage, and after instructing him for a while, he turned around, and saw that Lingxi Amber and Qiu Zhen each went out with a big burden, and he stepped forward again.

"Now that the war is about to start, the road is full of civilians transporting military rations, you all be careful, don't come out of the carriage if you have nothing to do. Also, although the coachman was borrowed from the British government, he walked more slowly. All in all, safety comes first, and everything else can be left behind. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yue had said this, Lingxi instructed her one by one from the autumn scar amber, and when she got to herself, she hurriedly smiled and said: "This time I went on the road with the aunt of Wu'anhou and the eldest lady, there are fifty or sixty guards in total, and nothing will happen." Young master, you will put ten thousand hearts......" As she was talking, she found that Peng Shisan on the other side looked over, and the remaining half of the words only felt that she had forgotten all of a sudden, and she was busy coughing and confused.

Zhang Yue has always been a person who is good at observing words and feelings, where can he not see the reason for Lingxi's stagnation, and he didn't break it at the moment, and sent the three of them to the carriage with a smile. Autumn Scar was the last one, and one foot stepped on the board, but she still looked back, and her eyes were full of inseparable. It wasn't until Zhang Yue nodded at her with a smile that she got into the car.

The curtain was lowered here, and the daughter-in-law of Cui's mother and Lian Sheng and Lian Hu also got into another carriage, and the rest of the people also got on the horse. Turning over and jumping on horseback, Zhang Yue looked at the courtyard where he had lived for several months, and then glanced at the shops on this street that had not yet opened, and let out a long breath. He had already said goodbye to his eldest sister Zhang Qing yesterday, and he didn't plan to send his family to Changping Gate, the south gate. He understands very well that he must say goodbye to him for a thousand miles, and it is enough to leave him at the door of his house.

Seeing that the guards were all looking at him, he nodded and said, "It's not too early, let's go!" ”

With this command, a group of guards gradually walked out with two carriages in their circles. Zhang Yue stood in place and watched for a while, then squinted his eyes, and with a wave of his horsewhip, he turned around and galloped towards the Guangling Gate of the North Gate on the other side. In addition to the entourage of guards, he also had to bring one hundred and fifty elite cavalry with him on this trip to Kaiping, but the road was much farther than the previous trip to Xinghe. After all, compared to Xinghe, which is less than 100 miles away, Kaiping is really lonely.

Out of the Great Wall, Zhang Yue along the road in Xi Ning Station, Ming Anyi and Wei Yu Station and Huanzhou Station for a little consolidation, on the road for four days before arriving at Kaiping. Although he thought in advance that this was a ruined city, after all, the three words Yuan Shangdu were really thunderous, so at first glance, he really couldn't connect the vision with the magnificent capital.

Kaiping Yuan Shangdu, in the past there was a gorgeous marble ear (palace), the houses in the interior are painted with gold, painted all kinds of birds, beasts, flowers and trees, extremely ingenious and luxurious pleasing to the eye, it is the capital of the Yuan Dynasty and the temporary national capital. However, these once prosperous and magnificent palaces of the Yuan Shangdu are now barren and broken, scattered among the barren smoke and weeds. There were not many buildings in the city, and the most were countless tents, and the few stone houses and mud houses were reserved for high-ranking officers.

At the beginning, a fire of the Red Turban Army burned the entire Kaiping to ruins, although Emperor Yuan Shun had resisted here for a while, but in the end it was broken twice by the Ming army. In the 30th year of Hongwu, in order to prepare for the border had repaired the city and set up Kaiping Wei, but when Jing was difficult, Kaiping Wei commanded Guo Liangju to surrender Zhu Di with the whole army, and then made countless meritorious contributions in the southern and northern wars, and was awarded the title of Anhou, but this Kaiping Wei was abandoned, and it was not repaired and reset until the fourth year of Yongle, but it was more decayed than before. It's just that, compared to Xinghe, there is only one earthen fort left, at least the place here is more open, and there are 5,000 garrisons.

"Kaiping is not as good as before. Before Hongwu rebuilt Kaiping Wei in 30 years, there were five guards on the left, center, right, front and rear of Kaiping, and there were no Tartars who dared to provoke in the entire Northern Parallel Division, but now there is only a lone Kaiping Guard. Look at the post stations when we came, if it weren't for the army's northern expedition, none of the post guards in them would have run out a long time ago! ”

When Peng Shisan followed Zhang Fu to Xuanfu to train troops before, he had been ordered to come to Kaiping once, and now that he was revisiting his hometown, he felt that the broken city wall was not a good sign. Seeing that Zhang Yue's brows were furrowing more and more, he knew that Zhang Yue was in the military department and would not know this, so he sighed again in his heart.

Chengping has been peaceful for a long time, since the five major tunwei were revoked, Kaipingwei was difficult to support alone, and there was no tuntian for a long time, and the grain was transferred by the Beijing division. If there is no further expedition to the north in the future, this Kaiping abandonment must be ironclad!