Cao Zheng and Cheng Yuan walked northwest, went east around Zhengzhou, and passed Zhongmu on February 19, which was already a stone's throw away from the capital. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the afternoon, after using the meal bread, Chengyuan stepped through the carriage and stepped on the stirrup, and then stepped on the horse steadily. After many days of practice, he was able to mount the horse without holding the reins.

"Sit up! 500 times! ”

Qiu Er's shouting sounded behind his ears, and Cheng Yuan stood up with two stirrups, looking like his whole body was crooked and swaying. Qiu Er shouted, the long whip in his hand shook, and hit the horse's neck with a "snap", and the car galloped away with the horse. Cheng Yuan sometimes felt the sound of the wind in his ears, Qiu Er's whip was like a flying dragon snake swimming around his body, sometimes it seemed like he was about to be whipped on his head, but he always avoided himself like a trick.

"I turned my back to him at this point, and I didn't see this guy's hand, and the whip looked like it was on him." Chengyuan had imagined Qiu Er as something like a "tentacle monster".

"That's not right! The feet can't be clamped, you have to rely on the hip force, and the feet are stained with the horse's belly again. ”

The whip in front of Cheng Yuan's eyes suddenly turned like a living thing, and the back of his hand was already cold. This is the first number of lashes I have received today, and I can't count them.

Two days ago, in order to escape the practice of calligraphy, Cheng Yuan went to learn riding with Qiu Feihu, and he persuaded Cao Zheng like this: "I am in the Central Plains, if I don't learn equestrianism, can An be a man?" ”

Cao Zheng, who had always maintained a lukewarm expression, actually nodded quickly, as if he was very impressed. However, Chengyuan miscalculated, and recognized a master like Qiu Dabeard, learning to ride a horse is really not fun at all.

"Can't bend your knees enough! Stand unsteadily! The ears, shoulders, hips, and ankles are not on one side! The longitudinal and ground wires are not straight enough! Want to eat again? ”

After finally adjusting the posture and essentials, Qiu Er suddenly slowed down the horse's speed and shouted: "Sit!" ”

Chengyuan bent his knees and sat on the horse as lightly as possible.

"You don't have enough force on your legs, and you want to make the two butt balls bloom after riding like this all day? This is the third time I've said it, and I have words first, where should I hit you? ”

"The back of the head ......" Cheng Yuan replied helplessly, and then his head was hit again, this time it was really a sharp pain. But under Qiu Er's strength, he didn't leave any serious injuries.

Chengyuan was still very excited when he first heard this essentials, and when Qiu Er told him the use of ankle flexion, he blurted out a strange sentence that made the other party jaw-dropping: "Hey, I understand!" The benefits of this ankle bone are comparable to the shock of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle! "Chengyuan is a greedy person, in addition to the initial training of equestrianism, he also listened to Qiu Er explain a lot of boxing, stick and other knowledge, whenever the car driving and rest the line, he will also practice seriously.

Of course, Chengyuan's approach is not unusual, most of the scholars before the Song Dynasty had to learn some articles and martial arts, like those lectures that Cao Zheng persuaded Shi Shouxin to specialize in, but it was a forward-looking view.

"Stand!" Qiu Er's command sounded again, and Chengyuan gradually became distracted, and his body movements became more beautiful. These movements are constantly repeated, and after all, you can still be proficient and finally handy.

There were other pedestrians on either side of them, and passers-by were shocked when they saw Chengyuan standing up and bending his knees. Chengyuan didn't think it was strange, but he didn't know that he was actually played by Qiu Er, these actions were not just the essentials of ordinary riding, but were added to the equestrian skills of cavalry and post riders......

"Two hundred and fifty-one...... Two hundred and fifty-two ...... Two hundred and fifty-three...... "Chengyuan's muscles around him were sore and unbearable, and he just hoped that this boring exercise would end quickly, but there was still half of the number of five hundred.

Just as his strength was about to reach the limit, he suddenly heard a voice not far away calling:

"It's Wangjing Huai! See you in Beijing, Daliang City is now! Bianliang is only five miles away! ”

This sudden voice was full of excitement, Chengyuan was practicing so that his legs and feet were weak, and he was almost frightened by his cold shout. He looked forward, and it turned out to be a small merchant with a loud voice, reminding the people next to him that the capital was coming.

Cao Zheng poked his head out and said, "Don't practice anymore, hurry back to the carriage!" ”

Cheng Yuan dismounted and squeezed into the carriage as if he had been amnestied, and his heart was strangely tight: "What? Why did you call me back in such a hurry? ”

"That big tree is only five miles away from the West Gate, so it is humane Wangjing Huai, the capital is coming, and you can't straddle the horse to attract attention."

Cao Zheng pointed to a group of people not far behind him and continued: "What's more, there are still them." ”

As soon as Chengyuan turned around, he saw that the first official over there was riding on a tall horse, wearing a purple robe official uniform from the third grade, and came over majestically under the banner of Kaifeng Yin, and the official was dragging a long string of tails behind him, and passers-by avoided it when they heard the sound of the gong that opened the way.

Cheng Yuan saw that the old locust tree really has a towering momentum, the branches facing west are very bald, and the trunk is slightly tilted back, looking like an old man with his head held high looking at the capital in the east, and it is indeed worthy of this name.

In the group of people behind, the person who opened the way calmly walked under the tree, but when Kaifeng Yin, who was riding in the middle, passed under the tree, he suddenly slowed down his horse, and the arrogance of Fang Cai instantly disappeared without a trace, and a string of tails behind him could not contain the momentum, which inevitably made the formation a little chaotic.

"What's wrong with them?" Dou Ranlan was confused, "This time I suddenly retracted my momentum, but it was like forgetting to pull out the peg when leading a donkey." ”

Wang Pu smiled and said: "That locust tree has some articles, when the Jin lord Shi Jingjiao fell under this tree, and soon all the rebels died of sorrow. Later, I led the troops to Gaozu to raise an incident, and the Liao lord Yelude stumbled under this tree before returning to the north, and died on the road soon after. However, Kaifeng Yin, as a royal clan, is afraid of this kind of prophecy? ”

After Cao Zheng looked at it coldly, he snorted and said: "That's the old yellow calendar, and now Kaifeng Yin has changed, this is the new Kaifeng Mansion Yin Houyi." ”

Wang Pu Daqi: "Hou Yi? He actually came? Did he fall from the sky? ”

At this time, Chengyuan recalled the history of Qianyou's early years:

Hou Yiben was a fierce general under Li Cunqing, and later from Shi Jingjiao, Tianfu broke the Fan Yanguang rebellion in three years, and made meritorious contributions, so as to move west to Qinzhou on behalf of the herdsmen. Soon after, the Liao master of the Central Plains captured the stone and noble, and in order to appease Hou Yi, Yelu Deguang promoted him to the envoy of the Fengxiang Festival. After the Liao lord retreated, Hou Yi sat on Yongqin, and naturally became a force that both Han and Shu had to strive for.

Hou Yi chose to communicate with Meng Shu secretly.

Of course, Liu Zhiyuan was shocked, if Hou Yi really gave up the land of Yongqin and led the Shu army to Longyou, then the Shu army would not only be able to leave the Meridian Valley and enter the pass. In this way, I am afraid that my own Han regime will have the risk of becoming "Xiang Chu's second". Therefore, he ordered Wang Jingchong to lead the most elite 8,000 forbidden troops to the west, not only decisively suppressed Hou Yi and made him turn to resist Shu, but also united with Zhao Kuangzan (Note 1), another Jingzhao Yin and Yongxing military envoy (the military and political chief who stayed in Chang'an), who stepped on two boats, and finally broke through Shu in the Meridian Valley.

Wang Jingchong knew that Hou Yi was not credible, so he wanted to kill him. Who knew that the cunning Hou Yi and Zhao Kuangzan ran back to Kaifeng with a smoke, and Hou Yi took advantage of the fact that Liu Zhiyuan was dead and the right and wrong were unclear to bribe the courtiers, accusing Wang Jingchong of being domineering, or having counter-intentions.

Originally, people with two hearts returned to Beijing and were entrusted with important tasks, but those who went to recover the chaos were suspected by the imperial court, and they were really forced to rebel in the end. The result of such a complete transposition of the host and the guest is simply the most absurd farce created by history.

Hou Yi is a "key gentleman", and his appearance means that there was another big chaos in the early years of the Later Han Dynasty, which is about to kick off.

However, Chengyuan was slightly relieved in his heart: Hou Yi came and did Kaifeng Yin as usual, so it proved that although his crossing had an impact, it had not yet caused a complete reversal of the wheel of history. Perhaps, as long as we work hard to correct the course of development, then we will still have a glimmer of hope of returning to the People's Republic of China in the 21st century.

"Hou Yi slowed down under the tree and walked cautiously, which shows that there are still ghosts in this person's heart." Wang Pu said casually, "Does Uncle think so?" ”

Cao Zheng shook his head, he greeted Qiu Er unhurriedly, and only after he gave way like other passers-by did he reply: "In this troubled world, who can protect himself from himself?" The high-ranking people pass by this tree, and they are afraid that they will all tremble. I heard that Hou Yi's Kaifeng Yin is a heavy bribe Shi and Yang's income, if people are keen on accumulating wealth and making money everywhere, it is just a clear proof that he has no ambition to look at the world. ”

After saying this, Cao Zheng patted Wang Pu on the back again: "You are extremely smart, but after all, the old man has lived a few years longer than you, and I am the one who has come over and can see these things better than you." ”

Wang Pu expected that Cao Zheng must have reminisced about the past and said this, and he was afraid of arousing the topic of the year, so he stopped talking.

Chengyuan nodded secretly: "Cao Zheng guessed correctly again, Hou Yi, the old turtle, lived from the Tang Dynasty to the Great Song Dynasty, martial arts in the early stage, and good dancing with long sleeves in the later stage, if someone fully understands his life and then writes a novel, it is definitely better than Li Zicheng, Zeng Guofan, and Hu Xueyan." ”

Dou Ranlanwo couldn't hear it clearly in the corner, so he only felt that once this ticket passed, it was very disturbing to the people, and he couldn't help but shake his head and said: "When I was in Tanzhou, the chief official of the capital city has always been honest in the city, and this Kaifeng Yin is quite big. ”

Chengyuan interjected: "This is a misreading by Brother Tai, at this time, it was early spring, but it snowed inexplicably, and Kaifeng Yin looked at things around Gyeonggi, as a matter of course." ”

"You guessed right," Wang Pu beside him smiled: "Hou Yi has just taken office, and at this time, he can be regarded as inspecting on behalf of the Son of Heaven." ”

Cheng Yuan remembered that since Zhengzhou had beaten himself that time, Wang Pu's communication with himself was quite natural, and there was not too much embarrassment. even helped himself circle some well-practiced words from time to time like Hu Tingshi. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The car drove for less than half an hour, and the west gate of Kaifeng City was already in front of him, and the city wall was so high that the Dou Dye Blue from Ma Chu smacked his tongue.

Chengyuan didn't think how tall the city wall was, he visually measured that the wall was about seven or eight meters high, converted to more than two zhang and two feet, the city wall of the ancient city in the past dynasties was always constantly increasing and reinforcing the height, the city wall of the Tang Dynasty would be higher than Sui, the Song Dynasty might be taller, and the city wall of the Ming Dynasty would eventually exceed three zhang, it was for Chengyuan, who had seen the Daming Mountain Customs four zhang and three feet high, although it was a lot higher than Dengzhou and Xuzhou, but the height of the Bianliang city wall was not remarkable.

However, he was shocked by its torn appearance, Chengyuan had never experienced war, and at this time he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Maybe all the city walls I have seen before are not real city walls!" They had no bare but occasionally bare rammed earth, no battlements that had been sparsely crumbled by cannon stones. The real city wall should be like this warrior, and he still stands proudly without his skin. ”

When facing the Shanhaiguan wall, Chengyuan just sighed: "How can such a high wall be broken by people?" Today, however, he felt the urge for tears to well-fall from his eyes. The soldiers on the city were lifting the bricks and stones at the battlements in order to add rammed earth to heighten, and Chengyuan felt that these caged Bianliang walls were like a mother who embraced the warriors in her arms, and the walls not only protected the warriors' bodies, but also guarded their hearts, and the sense of security she gave birth to was the pillar of the warriors' morale, and it was also the giant hammer that shattered the morale of the besieging enemy.

The towering walls resemble a warrior's mother, but at the same time a devouring demon who keeps out the raging enemies and besieges her warriors and people with them............

Note 1: Zhao Kuangzan is actually the Zhao Zan recorded in the history books, because the Kuang character in the "History of the Five Dynasties" wants to avoid the name of Emperor Taizu of the Great Song Dynasty, so it is like this.