On the 26th day of the second year of the lunar month, Emperor Li Ang announced that he would "seal the seal" and no longer deal with any government affairs, and the emperor would re-"open the seal" after the New Year's Day ceremony on the first day of the first month.

The eunuchs of the inner palace are still as busy as ever, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the Daming Palace will hold a grand dance to drive away evil diseases and pray to the heavens, the number of dancers this year will increase to 1,200 people and thirty people, the most in the history of the Yamato Kaiyuan, the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the first month issued a decree, this year's magic instruments and drums and masks used in the dance are all new, and the original magic weapons are given to the people of Chang'an and Wannian counties as a reward to the mighty emperor, so many magic weapons must be prepared in such a short period of time, but it is really busy with the relevant bureaus and squares of the Inner Servant Province,

Not only the Chinese New Year's Eve dance, the emperor also decreed that the New Year's Day festival should also be held this year with a new atmosphere, the scene is of course grander than in previous years, more importantly, it is necessary to be new in the details, the dance and the court will have fixed ceremonies, the rules are numerous, strict, not a little chaotic, to make new ideas in this, how easy it is to talk,

When the eunuchs of the Inner Servant Province were anxious about this, Qiu Shiliang, the eunuch of the Inner Servant Province, suddenly threw away all the things, left the Daming Palace and returned to the Shence Left Army camp outside the Zuoyintai Gate.

The sky has just been dark, and the sky has snowflakes again, this is the eighth snow since the beginning of winter, Wu Chen came to Qiu Zhuang where Qiu Shiliang lived in the wind and snow, and when he was stripping and changing his shoes in the gatehouse, he asked Chang Xuanhua, the housekeeper and eunuch of Qiu Zhuang: "Did the lieutenant have dinner?" ”

Chang Xuanhua replied: "I only drank a small bowl of porridge and entered half a piece of bread." ”

Chang Xuanhua drew the size of the dough cake with his hand,

Wu Chen frowned, in his opinion, what is the difference between eating this little thing and not eating, he called Chang Xuanhua to his side, and explained a few words in his ear, Chang Xuanhua's face was happy, and he nodded excitedly,

Qiuzhuang is actually an independent courtyard in the camp of the left army, when it was first built, Wu Chen named it "Qiu Yuan", Qiu Shiliang was suspicious of swaggering and changed it to Qiuzhuang, whether it is from the inside or outside, Qiuzhuang is ordinary can no longer be ordinary, put it in Chang'an City, anyone who sees it will say that it is an ordinary well-off family's house,

But the difference between here and the outside is also very obvious, the security here is extremely tight, there are 630 people in the Golden Dragon Armor guarding the Son of Heaven, but there are 700 ironclad guards guarding Qiuzhuang, the camp of the Shence Army has been heavily guarded, and outsiders cannot approach, but in Qiuzhuang, even the general of the Shence Army is not allowed to approach without Qiu Shiliang's permission,

However, there are always exceptions to everything, and there is one person who can come and go freely and unimpeded, and this person is the judge Wu Chen.

Qiu Shiliang leaned back on the high-backed soft chair behind the public case, closing his eyes and recuperating, this chair was specially made by Wu Chen, the back of the chair can be freely adjusted inclination, you can sit on the chair when the angle is small, and you can rest when the angle is large,

There is a secret document on the public case, with circles and dots on it, outlining a lot of places, obviously Qiu Shiliang looked very carefully, this is an assassination list from Wu Chen's newspaper, the assassination target is the three swords and sixteen horizontal swords of the Baoli Society of the Thorn Horse Battalion, taking advantage of the change of the Daming Palace, Qiu Shiliang once forced the power of the Thorn Horse Battalion onto the cliff, but unfortunately at the last moment it was a poor force, so that the Thorn Horse Battalion got a respite,

Chopping the grass does not remove the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows, only two years, the remnants of the Thorn Horse Battalion are like the wild grass on the plain that was burned by wildfire but did not hurt the roots, carried through the cold winter and welcomed the spring breeze, they broke through the ground and thrived, and in the blink of an eye, they were full of green grass, they were already full-fledged, and they were no longer satisfied with the dark war of swords and swords, you came and went, and now it was time to tear their faces and fight to the death.

Wu Chen decided to strike first, using the contradictions within the Thorn Horse Battalion, and electing the most powerful Baoli Society to open the knife, Qiu Shi's conscience is very clear that once he approves this assassination plan, it means a full-scale declaration of war on the Thorn Horse Battalion, to this day, although the two families have been killed, but no one has pierced the last layer of window paper, the change of nectar, Qiu Shiliang is pursuing Li Xun, Zheng Zhu and other traitors who rebelled in the court, and killed the rebellious party who participated in the rebellion, and he never mentioned a word about the Thorn Horse Camp,

After so many years, it is really time to pierce the window paper, this determination is extremely difficult, Qiu Shiliang hid back in Qiuzhuang to make up his mind, just the moment Wu Chen pushed the door into the house, Qiu Shiliang finally drew a "quasi" word in his heart, he beckoned Wu Chen to sit next to the brazier to the fire, and the attendant sent tea and retreated,

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed."

Wu Chen stared at Qiu Shiliang with his eyes when he spoke, and he expressed his intentions directly, hoping to get a positive answer from Qiu Shiliang, Qiu Shiliang bowed slightly,

Wu Chen walked to the public case and took the secret report, and threw it into the brazier, and the lives of tens of thousands of people were turned into ashes in a pale yellow flame.

Chang Xuanhua walked in with two bowls of noodles, a bowl of red beef noodles and a bowl of egg noodles with clear soup and vegetables.

"I haven't eaten dinner yet, so it's okay to borrow a bowl of noodles."

Wu Chen picked up the clear soup noodles and handed them to Qiu Shiliang, Qiu Shiliang was slightly stunned or took it, Wu Chen picked up the beef noodles and snorted and ate them, if he could swallow this bowl of noodles in a few bites, but today he deliberately chewed and swallowed slowly in order to prevent Qiu Shiliang from putting down his chopsticks so early,

Qiu Shiliang grinned: "Don't wait for me, I promise to finish this bowl of noodles." Speaking of this, Qiu Shiliang lowered his head and pondered for a while, "I have already promised over there, and Beijing can only make a feint." ”

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Zhang Yingying's current identity is Wang Chun's goddaughter, according to the regulations, she can't enter and leave the Yingwang Mansion at will, but Princess Ying has specially explained that in addition to the inner court, she can walk around anywhere in the palace.

Zhang Yingying's favorite place to go is Wang Fuer's music workshop, although Wang Fuer is deeply favored by Li Yan, but she has no name in the palace, when Li Yan does not summon her, she can't even enter the inner court, Zhang Yingying is interested in Fuqin singing and dancing and quite spiritual, Wang Fuer recognized her as an apprentice as soon as she was happy, and taught her hand in hand,

On this day, Wang Fu'er was explaining to her the footwork skills of the palace dance, Li Yanhu sent someone to call, Wang Fu'er asked what was the matter, and the palace maid replied: "Several marquis in the court came to worship His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness stayed for a banquet, and invited the girl to sing and dance to cheer up." Wang Fu'er said to Zhang Yingying: "It seems that it can't be taught today, so you can come back tomorrow." ”

When Zhang Yingying was about to leave, Wu Zimei, the head of the music class, stopped her and said: "The day before yesterday, the girl told me to buy a few new pianos and practice them for the girls. ”

Zhang Yingying chuckled: "I'm still learning art myself, but I don't dare to pretend to be an expert." Wu Zimei stopped and said: "It's better to buy than to sell, who is going to fight for that money, I don't want to be looked down upon by him, take the second time to bluff me, you are from a young lady, go to that station, forgive him and dare to bluff me again." Zhang Yingying thought that she had nothing to do, so she just went out with her to play around, so she responded, and Woods called a carriage to cross the streets and alleys to the piano shop.

Zhang Yingying didn't say a word after entering the piano shop, just watched quietly on the side, listened quietly, the shopkeeper saw that she had a good temperament, but he didn't dare to underestimate her, but he didn't see her speak for a long time, so he was careless, just when he and Woods blew the sky, Zhang Yingying pointed out a few mistakes of him, and the bluffing shopkeeper was startled, and he didn't dare to fool Woods Mei,

After choosing the piano and making a fixed payment, Woods said, "It's still early, I want to visit a sister, can you go?" Zhang Yingying said with a smile: "If you take me there, I'll go, and I'll go back to let people see it, saying that you are hanging out and lazy." Wu Zimei hugged Zhang Yingying and said: "My son, no wonder the whole house doesn't hurt you, you are really a clever person." ”

Zhang Yingying suddenly became depressed when she heard this, Wu Zimei accidentally touched other people's sadness, and her heart became uneasy, she hugged Zhang Yingying and said comfortingly: "Destiny is like this, and it is also a helpless thing, fortunately, you still have a godfather, and Master Guan who loves you, is much luckier than these orphans in the music class." Zhang Yingying wiped away her tears and said with a smile: "There is more than enough than the top, I am very content." Woodsfield sighed,

The person Woods Beauty wanted to see was originally a sister who worshipped a master with her, and married a small school when she was young, and the school was very unhappy that day, and all the sisters made fun of her for being a flower inserted in cow dung, only Woods Beauty kept encouraging her to go away and fly high, and after ten years, this small school rose step by step, all the way to the general of the Zuo Shen Ce Army, and the sister who was originally ridiculed got rid of her lowly status, and became a dignified general's wife,

The two entered through the back door of the General's Mansion, and Wu Zimei took Zhang Yingying directly to the back hall living room, and when the housekeeper served tea, Wu Zimei asked, "Why don't you see her." ”

The housekeeper said: "The general is going out far away, and the lady is busy preparing for the packing." ”

Wu Zimei smiled: "Nonsense again, where else can you go for the New Year, the border army may have to go to war, and the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven will also go to war, besides, even if you are ordered to go to the war, do you have to pack up and ask your wife to do it yourself, are you all just taking silver and not working." Because of the frequent comings and goings, Woodsmei and the housekeeper are already very familiar, so they made this joke, and the housekeeper didn't care at all, but laughed,

She glanced outside, and then said to Woodsfield mysteriously: "The military order was given this morning, and when the general came back, he sighed for a long time, and his wife's eyes were swollen with tears. ”

Woods was surprised: "Could it be that the border pass is really going to war, these damn Hu people, the New Year will not make people stable." ”

Zhang Yingying interjected: "The Hu people in the north are not old. ”

The housekeeper looked at Zhang Yingying in surprise and asked Woodsmei: "Your daughter." ”

Wu Zimei snorted and said: "If I have such a daughter, I can wake up laughing when I fall asleep, don't guess, Miss Yingying is a real lady after Zhongliang." ”

The housekeeper listened to it and was in awe, and said: "It's different to listen to this conversation, Miss is right, the Hu people in the north are not modest, so the people who disturb them are not restless." ”

Woods Mist muttered: "So it's really a mess in the north, not Hedong and Zhenwu...... By the way, there is also Fengzhou, their border army is very capable of fighting, why, they are all defeated, and they actually want the prince's forbidden army to fight. ”

The housekeeper shook his head and said with a smile: "How can I know about military affairs." ”

After sitting for a while, Mrs. Lu sent a maid to invite Wu Zimei and Zhang Yingying in, Mrs. Lu and Wu Zimei were in the same year and month, but her face seemed to be six or seven years younger than Wu Zimei, at this moment her eyes were red and swollen, and there were tears on her cheeks. ”

Woodsmet lowered her voice and asked, "I'm really going to fight with the Hu people." ”

Mrs. Lu nodded, shook her head again, and said: "It's to fight, not with the Hu people, but with ......" Speaking of this, Mrs. Lu stopped abruptly, she glanced at Zhang Yingying, and asked Wu Zimei: "Is she your apprentice?" Woods laughed and said, "I don't have this blessing, I am a ......" Zhang Yingying interjected: "I am a disciple of Sister Fu'er." ”

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she pouted and said: "The little girl looks very clever, it turns out that she is also a fool, you are Wang Fu'er's disciple, that is my nephew, why don't you kneel when you see your uncle." Woodsmay was startled when she heard this, and hurried to explain,

Zhang Yingying took the first step, kowtowed to Mrs. Lu, and simply called "Uncle", Mrs. Lu was overjoyed when she heard this, Wu Zimei hurriedly helped Zhang Yingying up, and said to Mrs. Lu: "You don't want to beat her, she is from a young lady, even if you have achieved positive results now, you can't ruin her identity." Mrs. Lu was very satisfied with Zhang Yingying's performance just now, she took Zhang Yingying's hand and looked at it again, she liked it very much,

Zhang Yingying asked Mrs. Lu: "I have an uncle who is an official in Hedong, and this time I won't fight in Hedong." ”

Mrs. Lu asked, "Your uncle is an official in that state and county?" Zhang Yingying shook her head: "Originally, I was in Beijing, but later I said that I was promoted and left Taiyuan Mansion, and I don't know where I am now." ”

Mrs. Lu smiled: "As long as you are not in Taiyuan Mansion, you can rest assured." ”