A corner of Lin'an City, in the house of Princess Red Butterfly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On the clean, mahogany floor, two girls lay there, whispering.

The weather was already a little stuffy, and the two girls, both wearing half-arm silk shorts and tight trousers, had been driven out by them.

The starlight in the garden is shining in the night sky outside the window, and the sound of flowing water in the garden is soft and slow. Looking at the two girls lying on the floor, one of them touched the other with his shoulder, and I don't know what to say, and the girl with a red butterfly in her hair clenched her pink fist in shame and made a gesture of wanting to beat her companion.

After knowing for the first time that her father had sent someone to tell the matchmaker, Princess Baotong ran here. Now, Miss Lu has been picked up by her father to Linghai, and only the two of them are left among the three partners. Although they moved to Lin'an, they are not very familiar with Lin'an, even Princess Baotong, who used to live in the capital for a long time.

"From now on, you will be a member of the Ning family." Princess Baotong made a rather regretful look, and also held a small pink fist, "It's hateful, why didn't my father marry me to Ning Gongzi, I'm his daughter." ”

Red Butterfly was shy and almost said the words "let it be given to you", but after all, she was reluctant to say it, even if it was just a joke.

The two girls spoke here for a long time until midnight. When Red Butterfly's mother, Concubine Zhen, came in, the two of them were already asleep, and even after falling asleep, they still kept talking to each other face to face. The woman couldn't help but shake her head funny, fortunately in this weather, she didn't have to worry much about them getting cold, so she asked someone to bring a blanket, cover them, and change the sandalwood.

Walking out of the courtyard and outside, the woman looked up at the starry night sky. The moonlight is not bright tonight, so it looks like a sea of stars. The rockery in the garden rises and falls, spreading out in a secluded and secluded manner. The sound of the husband beating the watch came from farther away, accompanied by the call of "the weather is dry, be careful of the fire candle".

Before Princess Baotong came here and told Red Butterfly about the fact that the current saint wanted to marry Red Butterfly to Ning Jiang, the woman already knew about it.

It's just because she was originally consulted. Of course, although she is the woman of the first emperor, in this situation, even if others don't ask for her opinion, she can't do anything.

She knew that her daughter liked that Ning Gongzi, but that Ning Gongzi seemed to be a figure who couldn't see the end of the dragon, what kind of person he was, in fact, she couldn't figure it out.

When the woman was elected to the palace, she was only thirteen years old, and it didn't take long for her to give birth to a red butterfly, and now she is only in her twenties. When I was a child, I was in a wealthy family, and as soon as I grew up, I entered the deep palace, and I took my daughter to Beijing by the first emperor. She is accustomed to following the crowd, and in the face of the rapid changes in the current era, she is more at a loss and does not know what she should do.

Despite this, the woman hopes that she can at least be strong in front of her daughter.

And if a daughter can marry a man she likes and can protect her, it will undoubtedly be a lucky thing. Don't say that this is the current situation, even in the previous peaceful days, it was difficult for the vast majority of princesses to marry into the family of the person they really liked.

She was like this, with an arm silk draped on her arm, looking up at the night sky, the fragrance of flowers overflowing, and the stars shifting.

The next day, the weather became hotter and drier. Although it has not really entered the summer, it is the south of the Yangtze River, which is originally hotter than the north, at this time, the first heat flow between heaven and earth is coming, and people who are accustomed to the spring weather only feel that they can sweat when they move casually.

In the afternoon, the phoenix came, and Princess Baotong came to look for the red butterfly again. She walked back and forth in the doorway for a few steps, and then entered the mansion head-on. After a while, her companion stood in front of her in a daze, pale and sluggish, Princess Baotong wanted to say something comforting, but she didn't know how to say it, and the two girls were relatively speechless for a while.

After dusk, the sweltering heat of the day began to slowly subside a lot. Red Butterfly practiced swords alone in the garden, the sword light kept flying, and she followed the sword light, her figure became faster and faster, more and more urgent, shuttling in the forest.

Her mother, Concubine Zhen, stood under the eaves in the distance, looking at her daughter distressedly. Since Bao Tong left in the afternoon, her daughter has been silent all of a sudden, and has not said anything, but she has been practicing her sword there alone, and has not gone to eat until now.

Concubine Zhen didn't know what her daughter's strength was in swordsmanship.

Every martial arts master who has been invited with a lot of money has said that Red Butterfly is talented in martial arts, regardless of the practical application experience, her internal strength and swordsmanship have reached the level of a first-class martial artist in the rivers and lakes. Concubine Zhen couldn't tell whether this was the true words of those people, or because Red Butterfly was a princess after all, the daughter of the first emperor, so they deliberately said some flattering and elevated words.

But no matter what, as a traditional woman from a wealthy family, Concubine Zhen naturally does not want her daughter to practice martial arts, but hopes that she can marry a good husband and a good family.

It's just that now, maybe this kid is concentrating on sword training, which is also a good thing for her...... But was she really focused?

Concubine Zhen sighed softly.

The matter in the princess's mansion is just a small episode for the whole situation.

Soon, in addition to Princess Baotong, she also came to play from time to time, whether it was the Son of Heaven or the ministers of the court, they had forgotten about this side.

The so-called princess, although her status is noble, is often just a vassal of the imperial power, not to mention that she is not the daughter of today's son. When she is older, arranging a family affair and finding a family member to marry, for the ministers of the court, it is already an obligation.

At this moment, the new Lin'an Dynasty is in a period of new soaring, with the surrender of the Mingshan Red Turban Army and the Broken Grain Army, as well as the continuous recovery of Bafan Town, all kinds of righteous armies, also accepted the imperial court recruitment, was incorporated into the official army, the imperial court is so powerful, there is no other for a while. Everyone is planning to stick to the long river, the North is set in the Central Plains, and the prestige of Song Hong, the son of heaven, has also been pushed to the top, and almost everyone believes that this is a master of Zhongxing who will revive China.

However, since Fang entered April, a sudden disaster shattered everyone's confidence, and suddenly the entire Lin'an New Dynasty fell from the clouds that were about to soar again, facing a catastrophe that would collapse at any time.

The barbarian army gathered more than 2,000 warships from the sea, went up the long river, and broke the Zhou Dynasty's naval divisions, and the Zhou Dynasty's naval divisions all collapsed, and in just ten days, all the warships were destroyed, and tens of thousands of casualties were killed.

This water battle stunned all the people in the entire Lin'an Dynasty.

The Great Zhou Dynasty did not pay enough attention to the training of sailors, and the training of the navy army was not very strong. But no matter what, the accumulation over the years, it stands to reason that it is far from being comparable to the barbarians living in Yinchuan in the north. In everyone's perception, it is not the difference between strong and weak, it is the difference between having and not being.

But no one thought that the barbarian Hu living in Saibei would suddenly have an extra sailor who was far superior to the Huaxia side. This naval division, mainly composed of Northern Luo and Silla people, has a variety of warships, and the design is also more ingenious. Most of the Great Zhou sailors are good-looking, although the hull of the ship is all beautiful, but in fact, they have never experienced a real water war before.

In addition, the arrival of the enemy ships was too sudden and unexpected, and their own side was already in chaos before they could go into battle, and the training, which was not good in the first place, was useless in a mess of panic, and was finally completely annihilated.

The total annihilation of the entire naval division means that the Yangtze River has been owned by the enemy. Not to mention the recovery of the Central Plains, all the states and capitals in the south are also facing the danger of being attacked by the barbarian army at any time, and the people of the entire Southern Dynasty are panicking. And their worries are not groundless, "Tiger Zun" fiercely investigated the leopard king, one of the three major generals under the assassination seat, gathered thousands of ships to transport troops, transported 200,000 barbarian troops, and took Xizhou as a breakthrough to go south, and fiercely flanked the enemy Lie and the witch Xiao Gu.

At the same time, Lu Wenjin, under the throne of the Divine Book Sect, led many warships to constantly harass up and down the long river and in the coastal seas, which made the Chinese officers and soldiers exhausted. Subsequently, the Leopard King Cha cut took turns to defeat 300,000 Xizhou soldiers, 200,000 Lianzhou soldiers, and 300,000 Hezhou soldiers.

In those days, in addition to concentrating on martial arts training in his princess's mansion, he didn't want to think about other red butterflies, although he also felt the uneasy emotions outside, but he didn't take it to heart.

These days, in her heart, the world was originally gray, and she felt that her life had fallen to the lowest point in her life, and no matter how bad it was, it wouldn't get worse anyway.

Until that day, there was a commotion outside, and the commotion continued to expand. It didn't take long for the mother to rush in: "Red butterfly, red butterfly ......"

Red Butterfly stopped practicing her sword and looked back at the panicked mother: "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

"Red Butterfly, pack up your things, we're leaving!" Concubine Zhen said anxiously, and didn't let her daughter ask too much. Almost casually, the two got into the carriage, and the guards in the palace protected them and headed for the south gate.

Red Butterfly was in the carriage, looking out the window, only to see chaos on the streets, crowded carriages and blocked roads. She couldn't help it and asked, "Mother, what's going on?" ”

Concubine Zhen's face was pale: "Son of Heaven Nan Hunting, I'm ...... Let's keep up. ”

The Son of Heaven South Hunting? At this moment, the red butterfly is also a little confused.

Although she doesn't care much about the outside world, some time ago, everyone vowed to go north to recover the Central Plains, why did she suddenly "hunt south"?

Concubine Zhen also kept wiping her sweat, the news of the Son of Heaven's southern hunt was too sudden, and before that, there was no news at all. Until Baotong hurriedly sent the palace maid to inform them, the Son of Heaven's royal car had already left the city, and at this time, the news of Lin'an being abandoned, all at once spread throughout the city, I don't know how many princes and nobles were also in a hurry, rushed out of the city, trying to keep up with the "South Hunt" of the Son of Heaven and high-ranking officials, under such a chicken, flying and dog jumping, the entire Lin'an City, immediately shrouded in an atmosphere of fear.

Princess Baotong herself only got the news of "Nan Hunting" when she was about to leave the palace, and when she sent the palace maid to inform her, there was a delay on the road for a while. By the time Concubine Zhen and Red Butterfly's mother and daughter learned the news, Beijing was already in chaos. The only fortunate thing is that because the princess's mansion had encountered assassins a few days ago, just in case, the imperial court sent two Ouchi guards and a group of masters to protect them.

These two Ouchi guards, both of whom have quasi-grandmaster-level strength, forcibly opened the way for them at this moment, and finally escorted them out of the south gate. And at this time, the royal drive of the Son of Heaven has also gone far away.

At this time, there was panic everywhere, and no one knew what the whole situation was. The same can be said of the two Ouchi masters, who can only take more than twenty guards to protect them and the two maids who serve them to the south. As for the other maids and maids who came out of the house, they could only give some silver taels and dismiss them all, but in fact, they couldn't take care of it.

They first went to the direction of Chuzhou along the official road, and then heard that the imperial drive of the Son of Heaven was going in the direction of Raozhou, so they changed the route halfway. Fang Zi passed through a county town, and there were people fleeing to this side in front, looking for someone to ask, only to know that there was a war ahead, and the officers and troops were defeated. They were surprised that the barbarians would appear here so soon.

In desperation, they were afraid of running into the barbarian army, so they could only quickly change their route. On the way, I met a group of rogues who came out of nowhere, but fortunately, the strength of the two masters was really good, and after killing more than ten people in a row, the rest dispersed in a hurry. However, in a panic, they strayed into a mountain with no main road, and finally had to abandon the carriage.

At this time, Red Butterfly herself is better, after all, she has already started to practice martial arts, although she has not really fought with anyone, but the speed of cultivation is quite amazing, and she already has first-class strength of internal strength. Although since the great prosperity of Xuanqi, the first-class can no longer be regarded as a "master", but at least it can no longer be regarded as an ordinary person, relying on internal force, it can still be supported along the way.

How did Concubine Zhen and the two maids who served their mother and daughter get to the mountains? can only rely on the backs of those guards to cross the mountains and mountains.

On that day, it rained in the air, and the exhausted people had to take refuge in a deserted temple. One of the Ouchi masters, with a few guards, braved the rain to go outside the mountain to find out the news. In the evening, the men rushed back.

The Ouchi guards who stayed behind got out of the way, let them under the eaves, and asked, "Brother Hong Lin, how is the situation?" ”

The returning Ouchi guard said in a low voice: "The situation is not good, along the way, I'm afraid someone is following us, these people are unknown, and I don't know what the road is!" (To be continued.) )