0193 Bosom friend is difficult

The girl in front of her gently stroked the parrot's feathers, and when she saw the little soldier in front of her staring at her stupidly, she couldn't help but smile and said, "The princess will pass through the door in a while, don't run around, if you step on the princess's skirt, you won't be scolded."

After she finished smiling, she turned around and walked towards the West Chamber. The palace building is splendid, luxurious and magnificent, the corridors are connected, the houses are scattered, the front hall and the back sleep, the palace is profound. There are dozens of buildings in this west chamber hall, which is the residence of the servants of the subordinates, and it is naturally unguarded.

Zhengde raised his hand and said "hey", and saw that the pretty girl had raised her legs and crossed the high threshold, and hurriedly chased after her. The guards on the left and right glanced at each other, and the emperor had taken a fancy to this pretty girl in his heart, and he was a little embarrassed for a while. The emperor chases women, how can they chase too close, but after all, this is not the palace inside, in case the emperor has a mistake, how can it be born?

A few guards had no choice but to stubbornly go up far away. Fortunately, this is the residence of the people, the care is not strict, many generals who have come to the palace today, the servants of the adults, and the soldiers are still entering the palace for the first time, and they feel rare everywhere, and occasionally some people run into this side hall to see a novelty, plus the princess and concubine, the servants are all outside the room, and there are few people in the side hall, and they smoothly walked into the courtyard of the right cross courtyard.

Zhengde hurriedly chased behind, only to see that the girl was light, and when she walked to a house, an old woman came out of the door and picked a bunch of dried vegetables from behind the door frame, and the girl called in a coquettish voice: "Mother, I'm back."

The kind-eyed old lady looked up and saw her daughter, and a smile suddenly appeared on her face, and she said, "Good girl, has the mother rewarded the parrot again?" Hurry up and send it to the warm house, don't freeze it, my mother will make some pork stew and dried vegetables, and remember to beckon your father to come back for dinner for a while."

The girl said yes crisply, turned to a low warm cellar next to it, opened the door and walked in, and the old lady also carried the dried vegetables back to the house. Zhengde paused: "Good girl? Mother? She's not Tang Yixian? ”

Zhengde thought about it carefully, although he thought of this girl in his heart, he was just a hazy and beautiful figure in his heart, with a hint of warmth and sadness, but when he saw her, Zhengde clearly remembered her appearance, age, figure, appearance, voice, and the beautiful mole on her lips, how could there be such a coincidence in the world?

Zhengde pulled his feet and chased after him, and also dodged into the conservatory, and the guards glanced at each other, and they scattered in tacit understanding, surrounding the conservatory. The girl entered the conservatory, opened a bamboo cage on tiptoe, put the parrot in it, and buckled the cage cover, heard the door squeak, turned her head to look, and couldn't help but wonder: "It's you?" What are you chasing me for? ”

Zhengde's breathing was a little short, he calmed down, and said with a blushing face: "Miss Tang, you may not remember me, but Yang Ling, you should always remember, right?" He has been sending people to find you, why did you change your name to the Daiwang Mansion? ”

The girl wears plain clothes and light makeup, which makes her more charming. She leaned beside a row of bamboo cages, brushing her sideburns with one hand, her eyes rolled, and she smiled: "Yang Ling? You said Lord Yang, the commander of the inner factory? I know, Datong sings the drama of Taoism and sings his story into a song, I naturally heard it, and he looked for me."

When the girl said this, her pretty face suddenly changed, and she walked up to him and said hurriedly, "Do you recognize me?" Do you know my name? Tell me, who am I? What is General Yang asking me to do? ”

Zhengde was stunned and said, "Don't you know your name?" ”

The girl gave him a blank look, and said anxiously, "I know I still ask you?" I was rescued by the princess, and when she said that she found me, I was lying by the river with my face covered in blood, and I didn't remember anything when I woke up, and I didn't know who I was, and whether there were any parents and brothers and sisters at home, and you said that my surname was Tang? ”

Speaking of which, her voice trembled slightly, although Liu Liang and his wife treated her like their own daughter, and it was their surname to find their blood relatives, everyone said that her origin was unknown, and now that she had the opportunity to know her origin, how could she not be agitated and excited.

Zhengde muttered, "Lost soul? He suddenly understood, when Yang Ling reported to him, he said that he had found bloody knife handles and stones on the cliff, and there were still hair and blood on them, presumably Tang Yixian was hit the head and fell into the water again, so he got the disease of losing his soul.

Emperor Zhengde knew that the girl in front of him was really Tang Yixian, and he couldn't help but be excited, he grabbed Tang Yixian's wrist and said: "Then it won't be wrong, you are really Tang Yixian, you are Tang Yixian, you are you."

Zhengde suddenly choked when he said this, now he is no longer as ignorant of world affairs as he was when he was the prince, and he also knows that the Qinglou woman is a lowly person, and her status is very low, saying it may make Tang Yixian ashamed and ashamed, he choked and said without hesitation: "You are the sister of General Yang Ling Yang."

Tang Yixian's cherry mouth opened widely, her two bright eyes were straight, she looked at Zhengde for a long time, the joy in her eyes suddenly faded away, she suddenly broke free of Zhengde's hand, took two steps back, picked up a bamboo hook used to hang the birdcage, and stared at Zhengde vigilantly: "What are you talking about?" Are you trying to lie to me? ”

"Gah! I lied to you? Zhengde was a little flustered in his heart: "Don't I have the talent to lie like this?" ”

Tang Yixian sneered, Xiao Yao's nose curled, and he said proudly as if he had seen through his tricks: "Lord Yang's surname is Yang, but you just said that my surname is Tang, isn't this nonsense?" You big liar who sees it."

Tang Yixian said angrily, picked up the stick and "whew", and pumped it on Zhengde's thigh, Zhengde ouched, jumped high, covered his thighs and jumped straight in place, Tang Yixian couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw it, and then he put his pretty face on a board and hummed: "Stinky boy, get out of here, you can think of such an indiscriminate way to deceive the girl, but Tang Yixian, your name is better than Liu Liangnu, hehe."

The two guards outside the door heard an exclamation from the emperor, and immediately like a wild cat that had stepped on its tail, they suddenly opened the door and rushed in at the same time, crowded at the door and shouted: "Captain Huanghuang, what's wrong?" ”

Zhengde shouted angrily: "Get out of here, it's none of your business!" ”

As soon as the two guards saw the situation, they knew that the emperor was frustrated, and this matter did hurt the face of the first man in the world.

Tang Yixian sighed disdainfully: "Yo ho er, dare to love you at a young age, you are still a school official, this is the palace of the king, you can't be presumptuous, this girl shouted, you stinky boy has to go to prison, get out quickly!" ”

Zhengde said with a bitter face: "Miss Tang, I didn't lie to you, you are your cousin of Lord Yang, so naturally you are not the same surname as him."

"Huh?" Tang Yixian stared at him, looked at him in disbelief for a long time, slowly put down the bamboo stick in his hand, and said authentically: "What you said is true?" I'm the cousin of General Yang Lingyang, the commander of the inner factory? ”

Zhengde chicken nodded like a peck of rice: "Exactly, exactly, do you think, this is the palace, do I dare to talk nonsense?" Even if I lie to you, Lord Yang will come out to see you in a while, he will never help me lie to you, right? ”

Tang Yixian stood there, his eyes drifting into the air, and he didn't know what to mutter, and it took a long time before he threw the stick in his hand, and cheered: "Quick, you take me to see my cousin, it turns out that I have such a majestic general's cousin."

Tang Yixian rushed over diligently, Zhengde was startled, if she was allowed to see Yang Ling now, she promised to wear the state immediately, although with the power of the emperor, there was no woman he wanted who could not be invited into the palace, but he didn't want to make Tang Yixian a little unhappy, not to mention that he would rather Tang Yixian call him around, than she would be respectful and similar to other women.

Zhengde hurriedly persuaded: "Lord Yang should now be attending the ceremony of the princess on behalf of the king in the Yin'an Palace, at this time, I lost my etiquette in front of the prince, and General Yang will also be punished, I am his personal soldier, I will go to see him when I leave, you have been separated for so long, it is not bad for this moment."

Tang Yixian was full of joy, nodded incessantly, and asked again with a smile: "Mmmmmm, what you said is right, by the way, Captain Huang, where is my father?" What do they do? I heard that my cousin is from Xuanfu, and his family is poor, so my father and mother should also be ordinary people, right? ”

"Ah this, Lingzun Lingtang has long been in the years of war and chaos, and you are the only one in the Tang family now, and it was Lord Yang who brought you up", Zhengde said and secretly wiped his sweat.

"Oh", Tang Yixian was slightly disappointed, but he really didn't have any impression of his father and mother in his memory, and he couldn't talk about being sad, "I grew up in my cousin's house?" By the way, why am I injured, you are my cousin's personal soldier, you know? ”

"Ahem, ahem, that's a long story."

Zhengde's words were spitting everywhere, and the lies were getting bigger and bigger, and he suddenly realized that he was quite talented in.

After chatting happily for a long time, Tang Yixian suddenly said reluctantly: "Alas, when I see my cousin, I will accompany him back to Beijing, my father and mother treat me so well"

Zhengde saw her lost appearance, his heart softened, and he hurriedly coaxed: "Lord Yang is also very good to you, as long as you say it, he will definitely allow you to take the Liu couple back to Beijing."

"Really?" Tang Yixian said happily: "That's good, my father and mother treat me like my own daughter, I really can't bear to be separated from them." Alas, it's just that these birds have been with me for so long, and they are all mother's hearts, and I will never see them again."

Tang Yixian looked at the various bird cages with a little sentimentality, and the birds in them were jumping and singing happily.

Zhengde watched obsessively as she walked past the hanging birdcages, sometimes pursing her lips and singing, making a sound as melodious as the bird, causing the birds to jump and cry. There were two smears of blush on her cheeks, pink cheeks and jade skin, and the autumn water was a god, indescribably moving.

"Hey, Captain Huang, help me bring the water", Zhengde was like Feng Lunyin, hurriedly rolled up his sleeves, ran to the corner of the wall to pick up a big bucket, and sent it to Tang Yixian.

Tang Yixian turned his head and saw it, and couldn't help but laugh and said: "Look at you stupid, I really don't know which tendon is wrong with my cousin, using you stupid guy as a guard, these birds can't drink a scoop of water in total, why did you bring the whole bucket over?" ”

Zhengde smirked twice, only feeling that this girl's light anger was also unique, and a wave of love sprouted in his heart. He simply lives in a woman's nest in the forbidden garden of the palace, and even has beautiful palace maids to serve him when he is out of courtesy. In addition to the eunuchs, the most common ones who grew up were women, and the eunuchs and women surrounded him like clothes he wore every day, and he was also used to treating these people as an ornament.

But Tang Yixian gave him a completely different feeling, in front of her, he didn't do anything, he was relaxed. In the courtyard of the deep palace, he is always playful on the surface, but as he grows older, he often feels very depressed and lonely.

Whenever an eagle or a wild goose flew in the air, he would look up at the sky with his hands held high and his eyes far away, looking enviously, until he was gone. The long river falls, and the desert is poor in autumn,...... In that magnificent house, full of taboos and etiquette, the emperor is not as good as a free bird.

Tang Yixian looked at his clumsy appearance and smiled: "Looking at your appearance, why do you seem to do nothing?" ”

Zhengde couldn't help but reply: "Yes, I have lived in a big house since I was a child, and I am not allowed to go anywhere, I am locked up there all day, and there are many rules, until I meet Lord Yang, I can come out to see and see."

"Oh? It sounds like you're still a child of a big family", Tang Yixian's delicate eyebrows frowned slightly, and he held his head thoughtfully: "I remember that when I was a child, I also lived in a big house, and I wasn't allowed to go anywhere all day, I was locked up there every day, I could only look up at the sky, and everyone was stupid." Strange, how could I feel this way? ”

Zhengde's eyes lit up and said, "Really? So you're as miserable as me? But I am much more pitiful than you, not only do they not allow me to go out, but they also ask me to learn this and that every day, whether I like it or not, they force me to learn."

Tang Yixian suddenly clapped his hands and shouted: "I remember, I am too, I am too, I have to learn everything, how to eat, how to dress, how to walk, I am at the mercy of people like a puppet, and I have to learn a lot of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, I am so annoying, I don't want to take the top prize, my head hurts again, I can only think of these."

Zhengde said excitedly: "Yes, so am I, I don't want to take the top prize, what do I do to learn so much, I have a headache to death", the more he said, the more speculative he was, only to feel that the world's bosom friend, the only fairy girl's ear. Thinking about the suffering of a dignified son of heaven, it is similar to the Qinglou's cultivation of a girl who entertains people with sex, and I feel ridiculous in my heart.

Tang Yixian smiled when he heard this, glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Lazy guy, I'm a woman, of course I don't need to take the top exam, you are a man, you should study hard, look, don't study hard, now you can only be a guard."

Zhengde laughed dryly, touched his nose and said: "It's better this way, free and easy, what's so good about being the champion?" There are so many rules, so many etiquette, alas, you don't know, you have to say insincere things to many people all day long, do insincere things, fake and fake, even if you are unhappy, you have to smirk."

Tang Yixian was surprised: "Really, I also remembered what you said, as if I am like this", she thought for a while, and suddenly changed color and said: "Why are there these things?" Is my cousin treating me badly? ”

Zhengde hurriedly said: "No, no, Lord Yang loves you very much, these things must have been when you were very young, when you were in your own home."

Tang Yixian thought about it sideways, and said with satisfaction: "Well, it makes sense, it seems to be a matter of being very young, by the way, you tell me first, how old my cousin is and what he looks like, I seem to have some impressions." ”

"Lord Yang?" Zhengde straightened his chest, pulled the placket, and said: "He is young and weak, handsome and extraordinary, graceful, and the jade tree is in the wind, basically if you look at my appearance, you can roughly imagine seven or eight points." Lord Yang is the minister of the humerus beside the emperor, strategizing, scheming, not surprised by changes, and quite a general's demeanor."

Yang Ling Yang Daqincha, who is "strategic, resourceful, not alarmed, and quite a general" in Zhengde's mouth, was pulled by Yang Tinghe, Hu Zan and Wang Yixiao, the governor of Xuanfu who was originally unknown, and the dispute was embarrassing. Yang Yiqing, the chief of the trilateral system, stood aside, full of embarrassment, and didn't know who to persuade in this fight.

Zhang Yong also knows how to punch and kick, and he didn't know who kicked him in the chaos, and he wanted to go up to take revenge, but he was stopped by the acting prince, so he had to stand aside angrily with his torn jade belt.

Yang Ling is young and healthy, plus these people have learned kung fu with Wu Hanchao, there are famous teachers to guide them, and some ordinary skills are still available, if you really want to do it, these three civil officials are really not opponents, but the youngest of these three people is also forty-five or sixteen, how can he really do it.

Yang Tinghe was stunned by him with a Liu big stick last time he broke the horse's legs, accompanied the two old masters all the way back to the capital in a sad and panicked manner, and was reprimanded by the three generations of old, middle-aged and young mothers of the world, with a stomach of anger to the military department to receive the customs clearance espionage, and when passing through Xuanfu, he also brought Wang Yixiao, the governor of Xuanfu.

He first secretly met with the acting king, explaining the truth about the emperor's secret coming to Datong, and wanted to gather the strength of all officials to suppress Yang Ling's arrogance. Zhengde can come to Datong, all because of Yang Ling's support, if he also changes his mind, he is willing to persuade the emperor to return to Beijing, and Yang Tinghe, who broke the horse's legs, is too lazy to bother with him.

Unexpectedly, after Yang Ting and bitter mother-in-law explained their intentions, Zhang Yong stepped forward, the left sentence was that the emperor had a decree, and the slaves did not dare to disobey, and the right sentence led the shore of the land, it was not the king's land, the emperor patrolled the country, it was justified, and he was accompanied by a smile on his face, but he pushed everything to the emperor, but he didn't let go.

Wang Yixiao, the governor of Xuanfu, didn't fight when he heard the anger, he was not in the capital, Zhang Yong was the governor of the Beijing camp for only a few months, and he was not as domineering as Liu Jin, relatively low-key, Wang Yixiao didn't know how powerful he was, and rushed forward and shouted: "The courtiers are directly admonishing the country, what are you talking about?" ”

Bang an old punch in Zhang Yong's face, Zhang Yong was unwilling to give up, the two suddenly scuffled, Yang Ling originally wanted to calm things down, but he and Yang Tinghe and others stepped forward to persuade each other, each other was angry in their hearts, and they didn't say a few words, and the one who persuaded also joined the battle group.

The acting king was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, he had heard that the officials of the Beijing division were used to saying things to the old man Hongzhi, and he staged a full martial arts in the imperial court at every turn, Li Dongyang also once won the warrior golden gourd, and chased Shouning Hou on the Golden Palace.

The acting king shouted loudly and said: "How can this be reasonable, all of them will be stopped by this king, you are all members of the first and second grades of the imperial court, what kind of system is it to fight here?" ”

Wang Yixiao, the governor of Xuanfu, bowed his hand to the acting king and said: "Lord, the emperor has inherited the unification at the beginning and the holy heir has not given birth, how can the rest of the ten thousand gold be easily involved?" Yang Ling kept saying that he was the sheji of the country, but he regarded the emperor as a pawn and brought it to this place of swords and guns rashly. How can the lower officials not be worried? ”

Hu Zan said that he was forced by the emperor and Yang Ling, and had to acquiesce in the matter of the emperor's luck, but he has always been extremely opposed to this in his heart, and now that he has Yang Ting and this backer, he naturally wants to persuade the emperor to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

He shook the crumpled official robe, and did not pick up the hat wings that were pulled off and thrown on the ground, but only took one side of the official hat and wings to the acting king: "Please also ask the prince to be the master of this matter, the emperor is the supreme in the world, and he should worship the right learning, the general word, the correct name, the abstinence of traveling, the villain, and the establishment of the second prince, the six in parallel, can be eliminated, can be changed, the noble body is lightly involved in danger, it is better to respect frugality, raise benevolence, and rule by hanging the arch." ”

The status of the acting king here is the highest, but he speaks the most scruples, but it is not as straightforward as these foreign ministers, he is a member of the royal family, and if he interferes too much, he will inevitably be tabooed by the emperor, if he ignores it, the emperor really has something on his ground, then he is too late to cry.

The acting king coughed twice, and was about to take some mild words to persuade the two Qincha, Yang Ling had already sneered: "Cultivate benevolence? How to cultivate benevolence? Like Liu Adou, he is happy to raise benevolence? Raise benevolence like Empress Li? These two nests of waste and benevolence have all perished!

The captives are on the side, can the Son of Heaven not know soldiers and martial arts? The Tartar Emperor is just outside the Great Wall, galloping horses and archery to lead the army to fight, our Son of Heaven is still in Datong City, you are trembling, loyal or doting? ”

Wang Yixiao resigned: "I am the Ming Dynasty and the people are safe, singing and dancing, some Hu people who are not engaged in farming, even crossing the border is a big trouble, this is the disease of scabies, why should the emperor go to the border in order to form an alliance?" ”

Hu Zan and Yang Tinghe both had hot faces when they said this, and they felt a little sorry, Yang Ling laughed when he heard it, and said, "Scabies? Don't talk about it far away, let's just say that in recent years, in the seventh year of Hongzhi, the Tatars disturbed the Xuanfu, besieged Chicheng, killed the people, and the whole town of Fengyi Town was slaughtered.

In the eighth year of Hongzhi, the Tatars attacked Yingzhou, captured more than 300 people of Ding Zhuang, and in the ninth year of Hongzhi, attacked Jizhou, destroyed crops and forests outside the city, and plundered 900 women. In the past ten years, it invaded Suzhou and Ganzhou, plundered thousands of mules, horses, cattle and sheep, abducted more than 500 strong women, and killed nearly 3,000 old and young people. In the same year, it plundered Ulzhou and destroyed more than 1,000 villages. There are countless refugees. ”

"Twelve Years"

"Thirteen Years"

Wang Yixiao's face changed greatly, sweat trickled down, Tatar Koubian, is coming every year, and every year is becoming more and more fierce, the captive cattle and horses and women are also more and more year by year, the number of officers and soldiers killed also ranges from hundreds to thousands, tens of thousands, seeing that the Tatar forces are getting stronger and stronger, if you open your eyes and talk nonsense, and say that they are just a disease of scabies, how can you say the past?

"In the seventeenth year, the Tatars attacked Wanquanwei, Baiyangkou, Ningwuguan, Huamachi and other places, the soldiers died more than thousands, and the Tartars attacked Datong and Xuanfu, and the vanguard rushed into the vicinity of Gyeonggi, killing and plundering countless cattle and sheep of the people. And this year, there are 70,000 iron horsemen and a large-scale invasion, Governor Wang, you turn a blind eye to these things, isn't it a disaster for the country and the people? ”

Yang Yiqing saw that Hu Zan and the others were pale, so he sighed and said: "Lord Yang, the scholars and others mean that the emperor is the lord of the temple community, and the conquest is light, and the community is important, and it is always inappropriate to drive the expedition in person. ”

Yang Ling knew that this Yang General System was in favor of the emperor coming forward to form an alliance with Duoyan Sanwei to divide and disintegrate the Tatar forces, and he could also see the benefits of this in the long run.

In particular, Yang Yiqing made a desperate move, and sent a lone army to return the other way, the Tartars have no strong walls to defend, no millions of soldiers to fear, once they are invaded into the undefended home, the disaster is more far-reaching than the people of the Ming Dynasty.

He dragged Boyan at the border pass, consumed his money, food, soldiers and horses, and divided the relationship between Boyan and Huosieve according to his own strategy, and the Tatar regime was even worse, and his vitality was definitely damaged after this battle. At this time, it is especially important to form an alliance with the Duoyan Sanwei, with their coercion and cooperation, the Tatars will gradually decline, without the opportunity and time to repair their vitality, the far-reaching significance of which is really a great temptation, and this risk is worth taking.

From this point of view, Yang Yiqing is on his side, but he is a member of Li Dongyang's line, and now Yang Tinghe is representing the three bachelors to persuade the emperor to return to Beijing, and it is inconvenient for him to publicly express his personal attitude.

Thinking of this, Yang Ling softened his tone, as if he was talking to Yang Yiqing, but in fact, he was complaining to Yang Tinghe and others: "Lord, my lords, I have already explained in detail the importance of the emperor's coming, the emperor is sixteen years old, and he can become a famous monarch through the ages with a lot of experience."

But if you are a gentleman, who is afraid of war? Han Gaozu drove his personal expedition to quell the rebellion of Chen Feng and Yingbu, Tang Taizong's imperial driving personally conquered Goryeo, and Hongwu captured Zhang Shicheng and destroyed Chen Youliang in this dynasty, which time was not the imperial driving personal expedition? Emperor Yongle personally conquered Mobei five times, not to mention it.

If today's son is in person, he just shows his sincerity to Duoyan Sanwei, not to mention his talent? If the officers and soldiers are proud of the Great Wall, and the emperor is hidden in the Forbidden City, how can the hero of the world live up to his name? ”

He breathed a sigh of relief and said sincerely: "The prince and the adults are worried about the emperor's safety, and the lower officials know it well, and when they can wait for Huadang to reply to the letter, they will personally go to Baishan Mountain to explore the terrain, properly place troops, and ensure the emperor's safety.

After Yang Ling finished speaking, Xiang Acting Wang, Yang Tinghe and others solemnly took a deep look, several people looked at each other after listening, Yang Yiqing and Hu Zan moved, Yang Tinghe looked hesitant, and the acting king was thoughtful, leaving Wang Yixiao still glaring angrily.

The emperor and Duoyan Sanwei will be allied, if he leads an army of 100,000 people, he is only more than ten miles away from Datong, he is naturally not afraid of the Tatar attack, and the difficulty is that the border generals have repeatedly lost trust in Duoyan Sanwei, and the reputation of Daming in the eyes of Duoyan Sanwei has almost disappeared.

If the army is gathered, how dare Huadang and the leaders of the tribes come to see him? To Duoyan Sanwei also bring tens of thousands of horses, firstly, they do not have so many elite soldiers, and secondly, it is bound to be difficult to hide from the Tatar ears and eyes along the way, so there will not be too many soldiers to bring, and the Ming army can send 5,000 officers and soldiers to climb the mountain is the limit, no wonder they are so worried.

A needle in the hall can be heard falling on the ground, Yang Tinghe groaned for a long time, and suddenly shouted with disgust: "Yang Ling, if the emperor has a little mistake, don't blame this official for not talking about personal friendship, please ask Yi to destroy your nine clans!" ”

This sentence was full of emotion, but the meaning of the words seemed to be agreeing to the emperor's trip to Datong, Yang Ling was relieved when he heard it, and his face couldn't help but show joy. At this moment, a soft voice outside called: "Lord, the auspicious time has come, please go to the Yin'an Hall to salute."

(To be continued)