On the evening of this day, Yun Meng, who was bored, turned off the lights early, and lay on his back on the bed in a daze, totaling that Yin Yuan should have arrived in Shouchun, and may have fought with the enemy. Suddenly, I heard the sound of "Dangdangdang" knocking on the door gently, and then Qing Yao's voice came in a low voice, "Childe, childe." ”

Yun Meng hurriedly turned over and got out of bed, walked to the door, gently opened the door, and saw that it was Qing Yao standing outside the door with the help of the moonlight, Yun Meng looked left and right outside the door, but he didn't see the guard outside the door. At this time, Qing Yao laughed softly: "Childe, what are you looking at?" The people have long since been evacuated. ”

Yun Meng was slightly puzzled, and hurriedly let Qing Yao into the house. Qing Yao took out the fire sickle and wanted to light the lamp, Yun Meng stretched out his hand to stop it, but Qing Yao shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay." He asked Yun Meng again: "Childe, how many days are you doing?" ”

The lights came back on at this time, Yun Meng beckoned Qing Yao to sit down together, and looked at Qing Yao again with the help of the light, always feeling that something was wrong, it seemed that Qing Yao's eyes were always flickering, and he deliberately avoided looking at Yun Meng. Yun Meng looked displeased and asked, "Don't ask me first, tell me where you have been in the past few days?" Why can't I see you for many days? ”

Qing Yao paused, laughed dryly, and replied: "Childe is not angry, Qing Yao has only been infected with the wind cold for the past few days and has been bedridden, so he did not come to serve Childe." Then he coughed dryly.

Yun Meng heard that Qing Yao was sick, and asked with concern: "I also said why I can't see you these days, it turns out that you are sick, why are you better now?" Come, give me your hand. Saying that, Yun Meng stretched out his hand to pull Qing Yao, wanting to give him a pulse.

Qing Yao hurriedly stepped back, dodged Yun Meng, and said, "No need, no need, Qing Yao is all right." ”

Yun Meng shook his head, withdrew his hand, and said, "Qing Yao, you are honest, is something wrong?" Why do I always look weird when I see you? It seems to have something on the mind."

Qing Yao stuttered slightly and replied, "No, it's okay, it's okay." Then he settled down again, and then said: "Childe, you are too worried! Qing Yao is just recovering from a serious illness, and his body is still a little weak. Oh, by the way, Qing Yao forgot to talk to Childe for a while, Childe, do you know the news of Mr. Yin now? ”

As soon as Yun Meng heard Qing Yao mention Yin Yuan, he didn't care about asking Qing Yao for a while, and asked, "Qing Yao, is there any news from the former enemy, do you know?" ”

Qing Yao seemed to come back to his senses at this time, and replied fluently: "At dinner, I saw Yu Weng and Xu Hong settling down things, and I inadvertently heard a few words, as if Mr. Yin won the battle in the former enemy, and the Son of Heaven was very happy, and ordered the head of the family to go to Shouchun to reward the three armies on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and Yu Weng ordered Xu Hong to make arrangements first, and he would set off in the near future." ”

Yun Meng was also very happy when he heard that Yin Yuan had won the battle, and when he heard that the teacher was going to sacrifice the army on behalf of the Son of Heaven Qianshouchun, he was even more itchy. Qing Yao seemed to see Yun Meng's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Childe, do you want to go with you now?" ”

Yun Meng smiled bitterly and said, "I think, Qingyao, you also know. It's a pity that I want to think about it, the teacher has ordered me to think about it behind closed doors, how can I go with me again? ”

Qing Yao smiled again, and whispered in Yun Meng's ear: "Son, I also heard that the head of the family is extremely reluctant to go to Shouchun because of his previous suspicions with Mr. Yin. planned to excuse himself and let Xu Hong go to his old man's house on behalf of him, but I don't know if the court would agree. What Qing Yao wants to say is, if this is the case, why don't the prince go and ask the head of the family, so that he can allow you to go with Xu Hong? ”

Yun Meng suddenly came to his senses when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Is there really such a thing?" ”

Qing Yao nodded. Yun Meng thought about it but was in a difficult position, and said, "It's just that now I can't leave this house for half a step, how can I tell the teacher?" ”

Qing Yao thought for a while and said, "Childe, Qing Yao has a way. Childe might as well write a letter to the head of the family, and Qing Yao will see if he can ask Yu Weng to transfer it to the head of the family. As for the content of this letter, it should be short and concise, not too verbose, so that the head of the family can see the child's mind at a glance, and not make him disgusted. ”

Yun Meng nodded and said: "Your method is good, and I understand the meaning, but how can I be short and concise, and I can talk about the teacher?" Then he closed his eyes slightly and fell into thought.

Qing Yao waited for Yun Meng for a while, and saw that Yun Meng was still thinking, so he said: "Childe doesn't have to think too much, it only takes two sentences to rely on Qing Yao, the key is to let the head of the family know that Childe has already made a mistake." ”

Yun Mengjiang opened his eyes and asked suspiciously, "What, just two sentences?" Tell me about it. ”

Qing Yao cleared his throat and said, "Childe only needs to write it in his own handwriting, 'Even if there are all kinds of reasons, everything is to blame on Yun Meng. Yun Meng knew his mistake. That's it. ”

Yun Meng was still puzzled, and asked again: "Can this headless and tailless be useful?" ”

Qing Yao smiled: "Childe, you are really smart and confused for a while. Childe and think about it, why the head of the family just let Childe think about it behind closed doors, but there was no other punishment. It shows that the head of the family is not really angry, as long as the son can show his sincerity to the head of the family, it is enough, as for other explanations, Qingyao will ask Yu Weng to do it. ”

Yun Meng smiled bitterly and said, "Could it be that I'm really confused?" Anyway, I can't think of any other way, so I'll give it a try according to Qing Yao's method. ”

So Yun Meng wrote a note according to what Qing Yao said, put his name on it, and then handed it to Qing Yao. As for how Qing Yao took the note and went to find Yu Weng, I will not go into detail here.

Yun Meng waited in the room, worried in his heart, and didn't know if Qing Yao's method was feasible? Yun Meng stayed up almost all night, just waiting for news to come at dawn. Hearing the rooster crowing three times, the sky gradually brightened, Yun Meng thought to himself: "The teacher is used to getting up early, and now Yu Weng should also serve around the teacher, I don't know if Yu Weng handed over the note to the teacher?" But until it was close to noon, there was still no movement.

Just when Yun Meng was almost desperate, the door was pushed open at once, and then Qing Yao ran in happily and shouted to Yun Meng: "Childe, good news, good news!" ”

Yun Meng suddenly came to his senses, grabbed Qing Yao, and asked eagerly, "But the teacher agreed?" ”

Qing Yao nodded and replied: "Exactly, the master read the son's note, and Yu Weng helped with the good words, and the head of the family finally agreed to the child's request to go with Xu Hong." ”

The stone in Yun Meng's heart suddenly fell to the ground, he let out a sigh of relief, and his face was better. Qing Yao said again: "Childe, it's just that I don't have much time to prepare, Yu Weng told me that Xu Hong is going to leave this afternoon, and I have to clean up quickly." ”

Yun Meng asked, "Why is it so rushed?" Qing Yao just shook his head, but didn't answer.

So the master and servant didn't even bother to use lunch, and hurriedly packed up some things that they should have brought with them.

Sure enough, just after noon, a family member in the house came to spread the word, saying that the team was about to leave and asked the son to move outside the house. Yun Meng hurriedly took Qingyao's followers out of the mansion gate, and saw that dozens of big cars had been parked outside the mansion gate, covered with straw mats, and they couldn't see what they were carrying, but it was estimated that they were also rewarding the soldiers in front of them with wine and food.

Xu Hong was wearing a black armor and a black cloak standing next to the convoy, counting the goods, and the two teams of soldiers behind him were also wearing black helmets and black armor, each with serious expressions, like clay sculptures. Yun Meng muttered to himself in his heart, "Didn't you go to the front to reward the army, but why is it so positional?" ”

"Childe, are you all ready?" Yu Weng's voice came from behind Yun Meng, and Yun Meng hurriedly turned around and saw Yu Weng standing on the stone steps in front of the mansion with his hands behind his back.

Yun Meng walked up to Yu Weng, bowed down and said, "The old butler is good, thank you for your kind words for Yun Meng in front of the teacher." ”

Yu Weng smiled slightly and said, "The son doesn't have to be polite, the old man just has to do it." The head of the family has something to say to the old man and the son. ”

As soon as Yun Meng heard the teacher's instructions, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "If the teacher has any instructions, please tell the old housekeeper." ”

Yu Weng retracted his smile and said with a serious expression: "The head of the family only has four words to tell his son, that is, 'do it yourself'." ”

When Yun Meng heard these four words, although he was a little surprised, he could also understand what Huan Yuan was referring to, and he couldn't argue anything, so he bowed down to the gate of the General's Mansion and bowed.

At this time, everything was ready to stop, and Qing Yao told Yun Meng that the team was about to start and asked Yun Meng to get in the car. So Yun Meng once again saluted Weng Shi as a farewell.

Shouchun, located in the northwest of Jiankang, Binchanghuai, east of the river, south of Juze Shaobi. Since the beginning of the Yongjia Rebellion, the Central Plains Hu rode vertically and horizontally, burning, killing and looting, and the Han soldiers and people avoided the chaos and crossed south. After the Jin court moved the capital to Jiankang and the left side of the Anjiang River, Shouchun in Huainan became an important town for the confrontation between the north and the south, stationed heavy troops and built a strong city. The Huai River is more than 1,000 miles up and down, the area is vast, and Shouchun has become the center of gravity for the defense of Huainan because of its central location and the intersection of water and drought roads.

Shouchun is not far away from Jiankang Road, only more than 700 miles, and there is a waterway connection, Yunmeng they march unhurriedly, walk a waterway in the middle, and come to Shouchun after five days. It's just that Yun Meng found that Xu Hong was very strange along the way, and he never said a word to Yun Meng from beginning to end, and even if there was something, someone else brought him over. There were two breaks on the way, Yun Meng wanted to come forward to talk to him, but Xu Hong avoided it as if he had a premonition, so Yun Meng no longer contacted him.

In order not to disturb the people of Shouchun, Yin Yuan did not camp in the city, but stationed 150,000 troops outside the city of Shouchun. It is the middle of winter, although Shouchun is not in the north, but the southern winter is more humid and cold, cold to the bone, and close to the Huai River, the north wind whimpered, although the river surface is still not frozen, but there are occasional flows and drifts.

Yun Meng got out of the carriage, tightened his cotton robe, let out a white breath, rubbed his hands again, looked at this solemn world, and couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart. Think about yourself since childhood, lonely and helpless, although it is also the so-called ambition in the chest, but now it is empty-handed, nothing can be achieved, even if you are full of knowledge, what is the use? Yun Meng was thinking about it, and Qing Yao on the side gently pushed Yun Meng and said, "What is Childe thinking?" It's such a cold weather, let's go, there is a big camp ahead. ”