Northeast of Bianliang, after crossing the Yellow River for hundreds of miles, is Huaizhou: the Heyang Jiedu Embassy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The info festival made Li Jixun not only govern Huaizhou, but also govern the three cities of Meng, Huai and Ze from south to north. He has been operating here for more than two years.

Li Jixun is forty-one years old, he is no longer young, but his experience in military and political affairs and combat formations has accumulated to the point of subversion of his life. He has seen the change of dynasties, defected to the Khitan rulers, served the Han dynasty, had great victories and defeats, and seen a lot of storms.

But now, he is facing the biggest hurdle in this life, the biggest wave of life and death.

Li Jixun has a square face, three vertical lines between his eyebrows, standing on the high city wall, holding the hilt of his sword in his left hand, looking at the thousands of troops and horses on the school field. The beard fluttered in the wind, and the armor glistened blindingly in the sun.

"Kill!" The city shouted in unison, and countless soldiers stabbed forward in unison.

The head of the sect on the earthen platform in front of him retracted his horse's steps, raised his cherry spear and stood up straight, and stabbed forward with a sudden stride, shouting violently: "Kill! The army repeated the boring movements again to the beat of the drums.

Farther away, the yellow dust was billowing, and a large group of horsemen were galloping, and the knights were screaming, and they were throwing arrows at the targets on the side of the road, and the horsemen swept by, and the targets were like reeds and shot into hedgehogs.

At this moment, a staff member walked quickly onto the city wall and whispered a few words in Li Jixun's ear. Li Jixun didn't say a word, pressed the sword and turned around and left, he got off the city wall and turned over his horse vigorously, and a small group of iron horsemen roared away.

On both sides of the street, a group of sturdy men brazenly "clang" banged on armor and weapons, and many houses were requisitioned into munitions depots.

There's nothing more to hide! No matter how much they tried to cover it up, they couldn't hide his attempt to reorganize the armament for war.

Walking to the door, Yang Ji, a close member of the ministry who had been with him for a long time, stepped forward and bowed: "Lord, all the prisoners in prisons all over Huaizhou have been released!" plus the strong men recruited, there were 10,000 troops. ”

Li Jixun nodded and walked straight into the lobby, where several people in armor and two people in robes stood up to worship.

"No courtesy." Li Jixun waved to a few people, turned his head and said, "Second brother, are you sure that Zezhou is also reversed?" ”

His eldest son Li Shouen said: "According to his father's order, my son sent a fast horse to Tokyo to urge reinforcements, but the main road to Tokyo was all guarded by Tian Chongjin's men and horses, and I don't know if the news has reached Bianliang!" ”

"Tian Chongjin suddenly attacked, sent troops to seize my Huaizhou, the army came so fast, nine times out of ten Zezhou Li Yun has surrendered Tian Chongjin." Li Jixun said in a deep voice.

The staff on the side said: "Envoy, the enemy army is very urgent, what should we do?" ”

His son Li Shouen hurriedly said: "Erchen will send more sentry horses to Bianliang to report the news, and ask the imperial court to send a large army to conquer." ”

Li Jixun was a little worried: "Far water can't solve the near fire, and Huaizhou is afraid that it won't be able to protect it." ”

Losing the city and losing the land is only a dead end for the magistrate, and he is the only one who dies if he can't defend the city and loses it, and if he abandons the city and flees, he will have to be beheaded all over the house.

Now that Tian Chongjin's army is coming from Zezhou like a sea of mountains, how can the small city of Huaizhou be defended by a small number of soldiers.

Li Jixun didn't want to surrender, but the Tang Dynasty was newly established, and officials everywhere had the intention of setting an example for hundreds of officials.

The big tent dispersed, and Li Jixun retreated into the back tent, only recruiting his son Li Shouen to come.

Li Jixun said: "Back then, my father fought the world with Zhao Jiong, Shi Shouxin, Hu Yanzan and others, and made great achievements, and now the Great Song Dynasty is dead, and my father is a party member in the Central Plains, and he has betrayed the Lord several times, this reputation has long been intolerable to the world.

Now we can no longer obey the orders of Tokyo, for my father thought about going north, defecting to my old master did not hide Epang, when Dane quelled the rebellion of the party, did not hide Epang wanted to take the opportunity to seize power, but unfortunately failed to succeed. In the end, he was chased all the way into the Liao realm by Tuoba Deming, and now he is serving in the Liao State, and I heard that the Emperor of the Liao State asked him to serve as the guard of Shuozhou Town. ”

Li Shouen said: "Father, but the Wuzang clan and my Tuoba clan have become mortal enemies, can he accept us if we defect to him?" ”

Li Jixun, a member of the party, decades ago the Great Zhou Emperor Chai Rong went west, Tuoba Jixun changed his Han surname to vote for the Great Zhou, and also took some opportunities to meet Zhao Jiong and others, and later supported Zhao Jiong to found the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Jixun said: "Try it, just in case, I must prepare with both hands, Huaizhou will kill me as soon as the court is broken to boost the morale of the army, I can't be a prisoner of the rebels, Tian Chongjin is arrogant, empty-eyed everything is not a master who can do things, and will be destroyed by the Tang Dynasty in the future, let's organize resistance now, continue to send people to Bianliang to urge reinforcements, and on the other hand, you will immediately go to Shuozhou in person and find the hidden Epang." ”

There is a saying that if you are not of my race, your heart will be different, and Li Jixun is no exception, in life and fame, he will not be martyred for the Han dynasty because of fame.

……

On the day when Lu Fei stayed in the Horse Mansion, the Huaizhou Army reported that Pegasus had entered Bianliang.

The Privy Council was in a mess, the people in the political hall were also at a loss, and the front division of the palace was even more leaderless, because Lu Fei, the actual decision-maker of the Tang Dynasty, was gone.

Xue Juzheng had no choice but to report this urgent report to the palace, the military situation was urgent, and Huaizhou was in danger.

Long live the palace, Zhou Wei also just heard the news of Tian Chongjin's army.

The spacious and empty dormitory, the building is old, old and quaint, and with the purple drapery, there is mystery and solemnity in the dark tone here. But it is also easy to cause people's emotions to be heavy. The surrounding palace maids stood quietly, not daring to make a sound.

Zhou Wei thought about it for a while, her thoughts couldn't concentrate at all, she seemed to see the scene of the Southern Tang Kingdom being broken by the Song army again, would Tian Chongjin fight until Bianliang.

Her mood is too good, not only because of politics. The words of the eunuch Zhou Jiuzhi just now were still in her ears: she said that she had just received the report, and Lu Dianshuai seemed to spend the night in the mansion of Shi Baoji, the former commander of the Imperial Palace.

Zhou Wei didn't quite understand Lu Fei's intention to do this.

Zhou Wei sat alone for a while, then didn't care, waved her hand to retreat from the officials, and said to the palace maid beside her: "I'm a little tired, I want to take a nap for a while, and wake me up in an hour." ”

"Whoa." Several palace maids bowed their knees.

When she got up and left her seat, she saw that all the civil and military officers were staring at her with a look full of expectation, she paused, and said: "The court has set up the Privy Council, the political affairs hall, and the front secretary of the palace to work together, you are all the pillars of the country, you can discuss what to do." ”

Leaving the Long Live Hall and coming to the Kunning Palace, after a short time, Zhou Wei fell asleep in a daze. Suddenly, the palace was miserable, and she still had a thought in her heart, was it in a dream at this time?

...... "Where is my head?" Suddenly, a voice said.

When Zhou Wei saw it, she was so frightened that she couldn't breathe, and saw a headless general in armor groping around beside the bed, and the blood on his neck was still gushing out. The blankets on the bed were splattered with blood. Zhou Wei wanted to call someone, but she couldn't make a sound, and she couldn't breathe with her mouth open.

Then I saw the white smoke at the gate of the palace, and a group of generals covered in blood stared at them with hateful eyes and floated in. They shed blood like soldiers from the underworld. There was another person in a dragon robe behind him, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but Zhou Wei didn't know why he was Tian Chongjin!

"Lao Tzu is here!" The dragon-robed man looked up and laughed.

Then Zhao Jiong and others also came, Zhao Jiong said: "Slut, you also have today, come here, arrest her back, let her live is better than death!" ”

Lu ...... Fly! Zhou Wei finally shouted, sat up suddenly, and her clothes were cold.

She opened her eyes suddenly, and the sun was shining in from the carved window from the westerly direction, and there was silence around her. Where did the miserable rain come from, and where did there be people? Zhou Wei sat on the bed, only to feel that her forehead was full of sweat, and her chest rose and fell.

At this time, I saw a palace maid walking in quickly: "Rear ......"

"What did I just shout?" Zhou Wei asked.

The palace maid was stunned, lowered her hand and bent down and said, "The slave didn't hear anything." ”

"I told you to tell the truth!" Zhou Wei said angrily.

The palace maid said: "Hou Hou didn't say anything, the slave just heard movement on the bed and came in to take a look." ”

Zhou Wei frowned and looked at her, and said, "I want to see General Lu immediately and ask someone to summon him into the palace!" ”

"Are you meeting you at the Kunning Palace?" Mushang Palace Road.

Zhou Wei groaned: "Go to Daqing Palace." ”

She instructed the palace maid to come in to serve and change clothes, and then put on a yellow-colored regular dress at random and got off, took a sedan chair through the Xuanyou Gate, and went to the Daqing Hall in the south. She waited in a study in the apse.

**

At noon, the loud bells and drums in the temple can be heard throughout the city.

In the quiet Lufu Garden, the curved wooden bridge at the exit of the back garden is like an artificial rainbow in the afterglow of the setting sun. The lake in the middle of the garden is sparkling with an orange sheen.

The atmosphere here is completely different from the outside, and there is no noise and strife in the market, as if isolated from the world. The family is dominated by Heiyun and Qiao Niang, and the relationship between the two of them is as good as glue and like sisters, and they are glued together all day long.

"Do you think Ah Lang will come back tonight?" Heiyun looked at himself in the copper realm and asked Qiao Niang next to him.

Qiao Niang muttered: "Who knows, if he didn't come back yesterday, he didn't know how to send someone to say hello, I guess I only need you and me to eat tonight." ”

"I eat every day, can you think of something else?" Black Cloud turned around and smiled.

Qiao Niang seemed to think of something, and blushed and said, "What can you think?" ”

Heiyun leaned over, stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, and whispered, "If Lu Lang doesn't come back, I'll go to your room at night." ”

Qiao Niang's face turned even redder, and she said shyly: "If you say this again, I'm going to be angry!" ”

Heiyun was not angry, and said kindly: "The man won't care about this kind of thing, last time I asked you to serve Lu Lang together, do you think he cares?" If we don't have fun in time, we won't be able to think about it when we suffer in the future. ”

"Why does my sister have this thought, isn't it good to live a peaceful life now?" Qiao Niang frowned.

Heiyun shook his head and sighed, "Remember what I told you before?" At that time, what do you want to be diligent and thrifty, I will tell you that what Ah Lang lacks in his position is not money, but how to maintain power. Am I right?

Was it useful for you to be so frugal before? Think about how more than two months ago, we both had to hide in the palace. In that case, no matter how much money Lu Fu accumulates, it is useless, Ah Lang fails in one step, and Wanguan's family fortune will be wiped out overnight. ”

Qiao Niang was said to be moved, what Heiyun said did make sense. Qiao Niang is now learning to dress well and eat well, and she is too lazy to save, but sometimes she still feels uncomfortable wasting money.

Now that Heiyun is so persuasive, Qiao Niang can also listen to it, and it seems right to have fun in time......

She sighed and said, "I really don't want to toss." If I can't rely on Ah Lang one day, I will follow him, so that I don't have to live and suffer again...... I don't want to go back to where I used to be. ”

"Ah Lang is also having fun in time." Heiyun persuaded with good words, "Do you remember the last time you accompanied him to the Yang Mansion?" It is estimated that he spent the night in Yang last night. ”

"So fast, haven't you passed the door yet?" Qiao Niang said.

Heiyun said: "Lu Lang will not be for the personal relationship of his children, the Yang family brothers have military power in their hands, and they are guarded in border towns such as Yanmen Pass, Lang Jun can marry the Yang family, it's not just that the two of us have one more sister." ”

Qiao Niang blushed and whispered, "But the kind of thing you said...... We both look the same, isn't that interesting? ”

Heiyun pressed her soft red lips to Qiao Niang's ears, and the tip of her tongue gently swept over her earlobe, and said softly: "It's more interesting than doing it yourself." ”

"Phew!" Qiao Niang gently pushed her, smiled in shame, and stared at Heiyun for a long time: "You are so good-looking, as beautiful as the clouds in the sky, the name Heiyun is appropriate." ”

"Do black clouds look good, too?"

“……”

At this moment, Su Niang walked to the door and said, "Two ladies, lunch is ready." ”

Qiao Niang was about to get up, Heiyun grabbed her with a smile on his face, and whispered: "But Ah Lang is still interesting, he just can't let go, we have to teach him." ”

Qiao Niang's face turned even redder, and she glanced at Su Niang outside the door with the corner of her eye, and then whispered shyly: "Don't say it, it's so embarrassing." ”

Heiyun grew up on the grassland since he was a child, and his temperament was open, so he grabbed her and said, "Do you want me to go to your room that night!" ”

Qiao Niang's face was red to the base of her neck, and she muttered, "Again, I didn't say that I wouldn't let you come." ”

Giggled, Heiyun laughed and trembled, then pulled her up and walked out, and asked Su Niang casually as she walked: "Are there any fresh dishes at noon?" I really want to take a sip of mare's milk wine. ”

**

Turning around the long corridor, Lu Fei's heart was still a little uneasy, how should he speak when he saw Yanqing?

"Have you seen Her Royal Highness the Princess? No, no, it seems to be a bit ironic. ”

"Mrs. Shi is polite, I am flying in Xialu, I heard that you are itchy and came to visit...... It's not appropriate, it's too raw, and the atmosphere is already very awkward, and this statement is even more embarrassing. ”

While walking, he was planning the opening remarks of meeting Yanqing for a while, and he didn't even pay much attention to the environment around him, and his steps became more and more messy, more and more urgent, and he didn't know why he was in such a hurry to see her.

The stone mansion is very large, much larger than Lu Fei's mansion, and the buildings inside are also extremely luxurious, carved beams and paintings everywhere, I saw that at the end of the corridor, a woman with a somewhat depressed expression was sitting there, her eyes were distracted and dull, Lu Fei recognized that it was the princess of Yanqing who he owed too much.

Looking at her back, there was only a distance of more than thirty steps between the two, Lu Fei took a deep breath and was about to rush over, but unexpectedly there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor behind him, he hurriedly looked back, it turned out to be the White Lady, behind her was followed by Shi Baoji and several generals of the front division of the palace, and even more strange was that even the eunuch Zhou Jiuzhi in the palace was among them.

Lu Fei looked at Yanqing's back, and then looked at the group of people who came in a hurry, and after thinking about it, he still greeted the White Lady.

As soon as they met, Zhou Jiuzhi said: "General Lu, our family is easy to find, so you are here." ”

Zhou Jiu was punished by Zhou Wei last time in front of the palace, and now he is much more honest.

Lu Fei felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly said, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhou Jiuzhi: "Huaizhou urgently, Tian Chongjin has raised troops, the queen summoned you to enter the palace immediately to discuss, the queen was already waiting in the Daqing Hall when the slave maid came." ”

Lu Fei turned his head to look at Yanqing, she was still sitting motionless, but he was sure that she had heard what everyone said just now, so Lu Fei deliberately raised his voice and said: "The military situation is urgent, the ministers are edicted, and they will enter the palace." ”

Lu Fei was about to leave, but Shi Baoji knelt down with a sad face, and said, "General Lu, the Tian thief has raised troops to rebel, is the matter of Weichen's envoy to Hebei stopped?" ”

Lu Fei Zhengse said: "This matter will not change, what are you panicking about, Tian Chongjin has not hit Bianliang yet, you still set off on time." ”

Shi Baoji panicked and muttered: "But, but he has already reversed, and Weichen is afraid that he will not return if he goes." ”

Lu Fei snorted and said: "You are very afraid, the two armies will not fight and do not kill, besides, if you really sacrifice your life for the court, the court will posthumously seal your descendants, so it is decided, Zhou Nei waiting, you will lead the way, please!" ”