Chapter 1 The boy does not know sorrow

"The spring bridge looks at the water in the south, and the mountain is inverted. Qin Yuan fell flowers with zero dew and wetness, and Baling's new wine was thick. The green dragon is double-checked, and the danfeng is separated by nine layers. The parting place of the eternal pedestrians is unbearable to chant the sunset bell. ”

Dayong Longsheng seven years Jiashen, mid-spring, spring is melting, the wind and the sun are beautiful, the post road leading to Chang'an is like a stream of cars and horses, endless, more than 10 million merchants, since the first year of Longsheng after the unification of the north, it will negotiate peace with South Chu, the two sides draw the river and stop, although the undercurrent is turbulent, the two sides are not lax because of the surface of peace, but after all, it is still after seven years of peace, Dayong Dynasty is clear and clear, political and harmonious, the national strength is thriving, Chang'an is also more and more prosperous, especially in recent years Dayong is committed to the development of the Western Regions business road, In particular, the construction of several post roads has facilitated business travel in various places, and Chang'an has become the commercial center of the world.

In the endless stream of business travelers, there is an inconspicuous small caravan unhurriedly rushing the road, this caravan is temporarily composed of some small business travelers, the long road is long, plus Dayong unified the north soon, it is inevitable that there will be some bandits haunted, so go together, but also want to be safe. The head of this caravan is a merchant surnamed Song Jian, who is in his early forties and has been running businesses in the north and south of the river for many years, shrewd and capable, and has a bold temperament, so he was elected by everyone to be in charge. Seeing the faint willow color of Ba'an, he raised his whip and pointed ahead and said excitedly: "Guys, there is Baqiao in front, let's hurry up, we can rest in the stack before dusk today." "These business travelers are very excited, and they are all responding to the voice, they have a fixed cooperative business inn in Chang'an, as long as they arrive at the business inn, there will be someone to help them settle down, seeing that the destination is about to arrive, even the most calm people are inevitably a little excited. One of them, a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old boy, was most excited, staring at the smoke and dust in front of him with bright eyes.

Song Jian couldn't help but smile when he saw this, this young man was called Yunlu, not a business traveler, but met a traveler on the road, they were greedy for the journey that day, and met bandits on the way, although there were bodyguards and thugs in the caravan, but those bandits blocked the road with bows and arrows, and when they were in danger, this young man rode by to help them repel the bandits. Although this young man is not very old, his body like a milk tiger has infinite strength, and he can actually use a strong bow with three stones, and his archery skills are amazing, and he shoots several thieves with seven arrows in a row. After driving away the thief, everyone learned that this young man was going north to Chang'an to find relatives, so they took him with him at his request, anyway, it didn't take much to bring one more person, and this young man's archery skills could also come in handy. Along the way, the young man was very diligent and clever, and his temperament was cheerful and bright, although he only had more than a month, he had already become the most popular figure in the caravan.

However, Song Jian is a master of the world after all, he has already seen the unusual things about this young man, although this young man is quite smart and capable, and can bear hardships and stand hard work, but from the point of view that he often made some small mistakes at the beginning, it is obvious that he has not done these things, and although he has calluses on his hands and feet, it seems to be caused by martial arts, and although he is young, he is proficient in writing, although he is a chick who goes out for the first time, but he points out the scenery along the way for him along the way, just a few words, he knows, He could even ask some detailed questions in the end, if it weren't for the young age of this young man, he would have suspected that this young man was a secret spy sent by Nanchu to Dayong. But looking at this young man's curious expression, Song Jian smiled, Nan Chu is no longer a person, and he will not send such a child to inquire about the military situation, most of them are the children of a family who ran away from home, and seeing that this young man has made some achievements in both civil and military affairs, his family background must be extraordinary. However, they don't have to worry about these things, as long as this teenager is not a spy, it will not affect their business.

Looking at the scenery of Ba'an, Yun Lu was very happy in his heart, it was the joy of finally arriving at his destination after a long journey, but an indescribable emotion made him almost can't help but sigh. Growing up in the prosperous land of the south of the Yangtze River since childhood, he is used to seeing the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River where the grass grows and the warbler flies, all the way to the north, but he sees that the spring of the north is also beautiful, and there is a kind of vitality to work hard, the two places * or comparable, but compared with the scholars who sigh three times in the spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River and feel sad about the spring, he prefers those young heroes who gallop in the spring breeze in the north. Along the way, there are countless towns and villages, Yunlu always feels that these Dayong people are heroic and brave, maybe their lives are not as comfortable as those in Jiangnan, but they have a strong self-confidence and arrogance in their expressions. No wonder my father sighed every time, every time he mentioned the strong enemy in the north, he sighed, he was only in his thirties, but he was already full of hair. I used to wonder why I had one of the most powerful positions in Nanchu, and my father who didn't let the Yong people go south to herd horses by himself, but he was always worried in private, although Jiangnan was rich and comfortable, but the army and the people were greedy for security, and if it was against Dayong, who was a strong soldier, it would be a bitter battle. Thinking of the forbidden army in Jianye City, where the swords and guns have rusted, and then thinking about the garrisons and township corps training in Dayong that I saw along the way, these should only be the second- and third-rate military forces of Dayong, if the force is already above most of the army in Southern Chu. In comparison, probably only the army under the command of his father and General Rong, who guarded Jingxiang, and General Yu, who guarded Jiameng Pass, could fight against Dayong, and it is no wonder that although his father did not agree with the old fox, he always agreed on the matter of peace with Dayong.

Yunlu's real identity is Lu Yun, the eldest son of Lu Can, the general of Southern Chu, although Lu Can was naughty and mischievous, but he had no autonomy over marriage, he was ordered to get married at the age of eighteen, and gave birth to Lu Yun the next year, within 14 years, he already had three sons and a daughter, of course, Lu Can's favorite is the eldest son Lu Yun, Lu Yun's appearance and temperament and his father are almost out of the same mold, although he was born in the prosperous splendor, he is the favorite bow and sagre gun, almost just learned to walk with the family general to learn martial arts, In his early tens, he could shoot fierce beasts with arrows and pick out bandits, and he was a famous general.

With an identity like him, he shouldn't have sneaked to Dayong, but this time he ran away from home but assassinated a person, speaking of Lu Can from the first year of Longsheng (the eleventh year of Tongtai) Lu Can took advantage of the Dayong Northern Han Dynasty to fight, King Qing's rebellion had just been quelled, and the people of Dongchuan were in turmoil. Seeing that the villains who were vying for power and profit in the Southern Chu Dynasty could not shake Lu Can's position from the front, they attacked Lu Can from the side in every possible way, and the fact that Lu Can had been taught under Jiang Zhe became the best handle.

used to be the Hanlin of Southern Chu, but surrendered to Dayong, and married Princess Changle, who was the queen of Southern Chu, such an unfaithful and unrighteous Jiang Zhe has already become the target of attack by the Southern Chu government and the opposition. Although no one dared to reprimand Lu Can because of his merits in defending Sheji and the military power in his hands, he still continued to slander in secret, and even a madman once came to the door to submit a letter, advising Lu Can to "kill his relatives with righteousness". This situation lasted for a long time, even if Jiang Zhe was now an important minister of the Dayong court, a dignified county marquis, and a lieutenant of the horses, and was deeply respected by Emperor Yongdi Li Zhen, he could not eliminate the wind and waves of Nanchu's criticism of him. And Lu Yun can't understand why his father would rather be reprimanded by others than cut off his robe with that person, and even now, he still sends envoys to greet him every year, even if that person is in a high position in Dayongquan, he shouldn't be so aggrieved.

Strong dissatisfaction has been deposited in Lu Yun's heart, on this year's Spring Festival, Lu Yun followed his father into the palace to attend the banquet, but in the garden was surrounded by Shang Weijun's eldest grandson Shangwen with a few like-minded wealthy children, and insulted his father in front of him for fornicating with Dayong. When Lu Can questioned him, he was just silent, and was punished by Lu Can with family law, lying on the bed to recuperate from his injuries for half a month, and then being grounded and thinking about it behind closed doors. But Lu Yun was brave by nature, thinking that if he assassinated Jiang Zhe, then no one could blame his father. So he ran away from home while his father went to inspect the defense of the Yangtze River. He is young, and Lu Can is strict on weekdays, so not many people know him, and he has passed many checkpoints and went all the way north to Chang'an. Looking at Chang'an City in the distance, he was excited and panicked in his heart, how could he assassinate the traitorous thief under heavy escort and clear the stigma for his father, and he must not be known by others, that is, no matter how ignorant he is, he also knows what kind of storm will be set off by assassinating the dignified Da Yong Horse, the important minister of Emperor Yong, he doesn't want to affect his father, or follow the example of Nie Zheng in ancient times, and kill himself if the assassination is successful, so let Lu Yun disappear without a trace. Clenching his fists fiercely, Lu Yun rode his horse and followed the caravan towards Chang'an.

Just crossed the Baqiao, just when Lu Yun, who was full of murderous intentions, was also intoxicated in the bright spring light, suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, Lu Yun once watched when his father was training cavalry, and when he heard it, he knew that this was a well-trained cavalry galloping, and from the sound of neat and powerful horse hooves, it could be heard that this was a very elite cavalry, even the most elite cavalry under his father's command was nothing more than that, and he couldn't help but look back. Seeing a cavalry with uneven clothes and armor galloping in the distance, Lu Yun couldn't help but take a breath, this time the cavalry was violent, like a wolf and a tiger, although the clothes and armor were different, but they were all fine iron armor, just see their posture and know that this is a cavalry that has been tempered thousands of times. Lu Yun looked intently, and saw that the person at the front of the cavalry was holding the Fengxing flag, and the flame-like flag had a distinct word "forest" on it.

Lu Yun and the caravan retreated to the side of the road, almost in an instant, this cavalry had already galloped past the side, Lu Yun saw clearly, surrounded by everyone in the middle was a pair of young men and women, the man was wearing cyan casual clothes, about twenty-eight or nineteen years old, handsome in appearance, with some wind and frost on his face, but there was an elegant atmosphere between his eyebrows, and the woman was about twenty-five or six years old, wearing a fiery red suit, wearing a longbow and white feather arrows, delicate as a flower, momentum like fire, bright and charming with a sassy and heroic spirit. When the two sides passed by, the young man seemed to inadvertently turn his eyes and fell on Lu Yun, as if he was slightly stunned, Lu Yun's heart was shocked, the man's gaze was gentle and there was an indescribable majesty, and there was a hidden murderous aura on Zhou's body, which was the temperament of an outstanding general. It seemed that he felt the distraction of the man, and the woman also glanced at it, Lu Yun felt shocked again, the woman's momentum was even more domineering, it was the majesty of commanding thousands of troops.

In an instant, the cavalry was already far away, but Lu Yun was deeply shocked, could it be that Dayong's generals were like this, no wonder his father was worried because of this.

At this time, I heard the voice of my companions talking.

"It turns out that the lord of Hongxia County has also arrived in Chang'an, he must have come to celebrate his birthday, it has been several years since the death of the emperor, this time it is the emperor's forty-fifth birthday, the news from Chang'an said that he would celebrate in a big way, no wonder Daizhou also sent a messenger to celebrate his birthday."

Lu Yun thought in his heart who this Hongxia County Lord was, but he couldn't remember it for a while, and couldn't help but ask Song Jiandao: "Uncle Song, who is this Hongxia County Lord, why does he look so majestic?" ”

Song Jian said with a smile: "Xiaolu, you haven't been to Dayong, I don't know, this Dayong court is different from our Southern Chu, women can also go into battle to kill the enemy, the one who just passed was the Daizhou general Lin Tong, she was originally the Hongxia county lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, after Daizhou surrendered to Dayong, Emperor Yong was very courteous to the Lin family, and still retained her title as the county lord." This county lord is not simple, when he took the Daizhou army to defend Yanmen, fought to the last soldier, and did not retreat, after the death of General Lin Lao, she obeyed her father's order to vote for Dayong, now although the head of the Lin family is Lin Chengyi, the county marquis, but the Daizhou army and civilians only obey the orders of the Hongxia county lord. The person next to her must be General Wang Ji of the county horse, General Wang was originally from our Southern Chu, he was the door of the Marquis of Chu, followed the Marquis of Jiang to Dayong, and the lord of Hongxia fell in love at first sight in the East China Sea, but it is a pity that each is its master, and can only fold the wings of the mandarin duck. Later, Dayong and the Northern Han Dynasty fought, but the barbarians took the opportunity to invade Yanmen, the general Wang learned that his sweetheart was fighting to the death in Yanmen, so he abandoned everything and went to Daizhou and the county lord to live and die together, and later Lin Lao Marquis gave them a marriage before the decisive battle, originally General Wang was ready to die with the lord of Hongxia County, fortunately, Emperor Dayong was magnanimous and sent reinforcements in time, otherwise they would have died in Yanmen Pass. ”

Lu Yun heard it and said: "No wonder this kind of bearing, it turned out to be a famous general who resisted the barbarians, I heard that Dayong has sent troops to the barbarian grassland every year to fight and hunt, presumably it is the Hongxia County Lord and General Wang Ji who preside, no wonder they have such a strong domineering killing intention." ”

Song Jian nodded and said, "Speaking of which, there are a lot of female generals in Dayong." Not to mention others, Princess Jiaping, the eldest sister of the Hongxia County Lord, is a female middle school handsome man with the same name as Princess Changle of Ningguo, both of whom are literate and martial, and they are all characters who can shake the government and the opposition with one hand. At the beginning, Princess Jiaping cooperated with General Long and Dayong to fight, and beat Dayong's famous generals who were good at fighting, and Dayong's 400,000 army besieged her, and let Her Royal Highness the princess fight out of the siege. The people of Dayong said that the emperor was determined to surrender the Lin family, and he was so courteous to the Northern Han royal family, most of which was also in the face of Her Royal Highness the princess. Do you know, I heard that before General Long committed suicide, he entrusted the matter to His Royal Highness King Qi, and later the matter spread loudly, and His Royal Highness King Qi also admired Princess Jiaping very much, but Her Royal Highness the princess just refused to agree. It was this Prince of Qi who pursued hard for two or three years, and finally moved Her Royal Highness the princess and nodded to allow marriage. Three years ago, when Princess Jiaping and His Royal Highness King Qi got married, Emperor Yong gave the marriage, and the Emperor Taishang and the King of Yongding County were the original lords of the Northern Han Dynasty who personally officiated the marriage, which was a sensation in the grand occasion of the north and south of the river. Not to mention that all the important ministers of the Dayong royal family and the imperial court participated, it turned out that many important ministers and generals of the Northern Han Dynasty also came to attend the wedding banquet. The folk customs of the Northern Han Dynasty are so strong, after the Northern Han Dynasty destroyed the country, these people either disarmed and returned to the field, or abandoned the official and returned to seclusion, and they refused to bend their knees to serve the enemy, but after the wedding banquet, these people have rejoined the army. ”

Lu Yun's face was a little heavy, but he knew about it, when his father learned about it, he sighed, he didn't understand it that day, but now he figured it out when he heard Song Jian say this, the marriage of King Qi and Princess Jiaping represents the integration of Dayong and the upper echelons of the Northern Han Dynasty, Dayong's state affairs are prosperous, and it is naturally worse for Southern Chu, no wonder his father is worried. Moreover, His Royal Highness King Qi is already his father's fierce rival, and with this Princess Jiaping, his father is even more difficult, not to mention the general Pei Yunpei, who has been facing his father across the river for many years. Lu Yun didn't doubt Princess Jiaping's ability at all, not to mention that kind of rumors, when he saw that her youngest sister Lord Hongxia was so heroic, he knew that Princess Jiaping must be even better.

At this time, Song Jian said again: "Yunlu, if you go to Chang'an, you may also see another legendary figure, that is, Chenghou Su Qing, this Su general was originally from the Northern Han Dynasty, but she took refuge in Dayong in order to avenge her family, and she has been a spy in the Northern Han Dynasty for many years, and it is said that she has made countless miraculous achievements, but later her identity was revealed, and it turned out to be after the rebellion of Fengyimen, it is said that her master once chased and killed Emperor Dayong for hundreds of miles, and almost succeeded. After the spread of this matter, many people said that Emperor Yong was generous, and this General Su had to be cut to the people, who knew that the Son of Heaven was as big as the sea, Emperor Yongdi not only did not add guilt, but also gave her the position of marquis, and now this General Su is the deputy commander of the Tiger Guard, responsible for the responsibility of the Great Inner Guard, and has won the trust and reuse of the emperor and queen. You see, this Northern Han woman is really unusual, any of these three people can turn the world upside down, but they all voted for Dayong, so look at it, Dayong's Wenchen generals are even more amazing, if it weren't for our Nanchu and General Lu, I'm afraid that the Yongjun army would have crossed the river and gone south. ”

Lu Yun could only sigh deeply when he heard this, how heavy the burden on his father's shoulders was, and he had a deeper understanding, but there were still people who secretly slandered and accused him, and he was bound to kill Jiang Zhe, who had caused his father to suffer humiliation, no matter how high and powerful he was.

Just when Lu Yun secretly swore to himself, the sound of swift horses' hooves came from behind his ears again, and there was a crisp laughter like silver bells floating in the wind, Lu Yun couldn't help but look at the laughter, only to see seven horses galloping on another fork in the road, Lu Yun saw the knight above, resisted the urge to rub his eyes, he widened his eyes and looked carefully.

These seven horses are all one in a thousand miles, the knights in the front three are all teenagers, and the back four are the warriors who guard, obviously the return of the young man from a wealthy family in Chang'an.

Riding a white horse in the middle was a very beautiful young man, with willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, his muscles were as bright as snow, wearing a light yellow shirt, his spirit was flying, and the laughter Lu Yun heard was made by this young man in yellow. And the knight riding to the left of this young man was a handsome young man of sixteen or seventeen years old, although he was wearing a riding costume, he was elegant and elegant, even if he was galloping on horseback, he did not have a trace of domineering. The black-clothed boy on the other side of the yellow-clothed boy was very different, although he looked like he was only in his teens, his face was cold, cold and solemn, and there was a hint of murder between his eyebrows, which made people tremble at the sight.

Lu Yun's gaze was fixed on the young man in yellow, no matter what, he couldn't take it back, this young man was as dazzling as the brightest sunshine in spring, his laughter was so cheerful, he couldn't detect a trace of trouble and depression, as long as he saw him, he felt that the world was so wide, and life was so beautiful. is so bright and dazzling, Lu Yun can't help but feel a faint jealousy, he came with a grudge, and nine times out of ten he will bury his life here, but under the same sky, there is a young man of the same age as himself, such happiness and freedom.

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With the consent of the starting point, I lifted the ban early, although the public version of the update will not be five chapters a week, but I will maintain a certain frequency, but I have not yet decided what kind of law to follow, you can pay attention to the book review and other information.