In the second year of Longsheng, Qing Feng was edicted into Chang'an, Qin was named the marquis, and the Yongshi woman was named the marquis, since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.

In the seventh year of Longsheng, Qingxia married Hu Benwei, the deputy commander of Hu Yanshou, and the emperor gave an edict to allow marriage, because the newlyweds had no relatives, so that the prince came to the main marriage.

――"Yongshi·The Biography of the Marquis of Cheng"

Time passed slowly, the lights were still on and off, Lu Yun was waiting anxiously, at this time, there was a light sigh in his ears, the platform shook slightly, the man seemed to be walking towards the room, Lu Yun was happy in his heart, but heard a woman say in surprise: "General Duan, is it really you?" Then Lu Yun felt that someone had stepped onto the platform, and listening to the footsteps, it seemed to be two people, and Lu Yun almost wanted to hug his head and cry.

At this time, he heard the man's voice say coldly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I haven't seen you for a long time, Lord Xiao, don't come unharmed." Lu Yun was shocked in his heart, and then he heard that the woman was actually Princess Lin Bi of Qi, that Lord Xiao is not the Chief Xiao who is following the princess's car today, I heard the guards of the King of Jiajun say that the Chief Xiao was originally from the Northern Han Dynasty, and he entered the palace with the princess Niangniang, and it is said that the martial arts are very clever, but he is not in charge of things, and he does not show his head much.

Lin Bi sighed and said, "Before I came, I knew that you would be like this, but do you resent me for not persevering until the army is defeated and killed?" ”

Duan Wushu said coldly: "In fact, everyone already knows that Jinyang is just a hard work, the lord of the country asks to surrender, but it has also fulfilled tens of millions of soldiers and civilians, and we as courtiers can only accept it, although in the blink of an eye, everyone is high-ranking officials, glorious and rich, forgetting the Qinzhou soldiers and civilians who have sacrificed for Sheji, this is also a human affection, not to mention that some people forget the old love, marry the enemy, and enjoy the honor of the princess." ”

Lin Bi didn't speak, just let out a long sigh, his voice was full of melancholy, and another man's voice sounded: "Duan Wuving, you are too much, do you know the hard work of Her Royal Highness the Princess, if there is no princess committed to marrying, the lord of the country can enjoy the glory in peace, and we people will also be uneasy, the princess is for my Northern Han Dynasty military and civilian ancestors, so she resolutely married, and General Long also had his last words before he died, how can you be so rude." ”

Duan Wu's voice became mocking and ridiculed, and he raised his voice: "Yes, I went to Qinzhou to worship the general, but I heard everyone singing slang songs, 'Princess Han in the past, Princess Qi now, looking at the old general from afar, Jiacheng is depressed. ’”

There was suddenly no sound on the stage, but Lu Yun could feel the stagnant atmosphere on it, so dull that he could almost breathe. However, he was very conflicted in his heart, obviously thinking that this General Duan was not so weak and kind, but hiding needles in the cotton, strong and decisive, but he felt that Princess Jiaping was not as bad as General Duan said. I can't help but listen attentively and wait for the next development. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a gust of wind blew, and the wind lantern on the platform suddenly flashed out, and the river surface was suddenly dark. Lu Yun looked back, only to see three people standing on the platform, Lin Bi was dressed in princess clothes, the bright yellow cloak was hunting, but the expression was melancholy and sentimental, behind her, it was really the emaciated and gloomy manager Xiao, and opposite the two, there was a middle-aged man in cloth clothes, with an elegant appearance, full of wind and frost, although he was just standing so casually, but his posture was straight, like a green pine and poplar, the expression on his face was cold and angry, and he was domineering, how could it be unimaginable that he would have such a gentle tone and tolerant attitude. Lu Yun didn't think much about it, there was not much time, he struggled to go upstream.

On the platform, Lin Bi's expression calmed down, and he said calmly: "What General Duan blames is that Lin Bi can make some things clear to you, although it is not necessary, but you are Ting Fei's confidant before his death, and I also treat you as my own person, so I don't want to hide it from you, yes, I, Lin Bi, do make compromises, marry and kill my husband and enemy, no matter how much this matter is covered up, it is useless." But I have never regretted it, when the country was ruined, I could kill myself, or I could swear to die and not marry, I believe that no one dares to force me to marry, but Lin Bi is not a person, I am the princess of the Northern Han Dynasty, the chief general of Daizhou, I am a small matter of death, but Dayong and the Northern Han Dynasty have a long-lasting hatred, which is difficult to resolve, do you also want my Northern Han people to suffer from rejection and humiliation like the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty? There is one thing you don't know, why Ting Fei promised to marry on the battlefield, not that he looked down on me Lin Bi, thinking that if he died, I would have no happiness at all, and he had to entrust it to others to rest assured, but he already knew that the Beihan Mansion was about to fall, and the only way to protect the people of the society was to surrender, and he may have seen through the meaning of Dayong's forced landing, and also saw through the ending that the king would eventually surrender, so he left me a letter to arrange the things after his death, and asked me not to give up my responsibilities for hatred, this marriage is Ting Fei's wish. ”

Duan Wushu said angrily: "I don't believe it, I don't believe that General Long will do this, what letter did he leave for you, show it to me." ”

Lin Bi smiled faintly, took out a yellowed mandarin duck purse from her arms, there were still unfading blood stains on it, and she handed the purse to Duan Wuving.

Duan Wuving's hands trembled, and he took the purse, he knew that this was a promise given by the woman to her lover, and Su Qing had also given it to him back then, but when she left it thirteen years ago, the purse was also thrown into the fire by her and burned. A lock of green silk is often placed in the purse to show the meaning of following the king for thousands of miles. He opened his purse, and sure enough, he saw a lock of green silk, and then he saw a white silk. took out the white silk and shook it open, and on it was a blood book, reinforced and iron, which was Long Tingfei's handwriting.

"Qing saw this book, Ting Fei has sacrificed his life for the country, although he has no hatred in death, he still thinks of the Han family, and there is no one behind him, only to entrust Yu Qing, Qing and endure humiliation, not for personal hatred and hatred, and cut off the righteousness of the monarch and ministers."

Duan Wuving's hand shook, the white silk fell to the ground, Lin Bi stepped forward to pick it up, looked at the white silk, a sad color flashed in his eyes, and said: "This blood book was secretly handed over to Lord Xiao by Ting Fei, and it was handed over to me at the right time. Ting Fei may have been deceived for a long time, but when he was in danger, he was clear-minded, and he had seen through everything. He is very aware of the dilemma that his uncle may face after surrendering, and the only way to solve this problem is marriage, and I, Lin Bi, am unfortunately the princess of the Northern Han Dynasty, my uncle's only pillar, if I don't marry into the royal family, it will be impossible to eliminate the hatred, I don't know if he is too ruthless, for the safety of the king, the continuation of the Northern Han Dynasty, he can't bear to ask me to marry another. Now that I think about it, when Tingfei killed himself, it was not because he refused to accept the humiliation of being captured, but for the sake of complete loyalty, he, he already knew that he had to die. ”

Duan Wushu raised his head and said sadly: "General! Then he said, "Your Highness, who else knows about this?" ”

Lin Bi shook his head and said: "This matter is related to Tingfei's reputation, except for me and Xiao Tong, no one else knows, I was going to burn the blood book, but I just thought that you might come back, so I left it to you to see, you are the only person left under Tingfei's four generals, if I can't get your understanding, I can't feel at ease, and Tingfei Quanxia is bound to be blind." ”

Duan Wushu said gloomily: "Your Highness has been wronged so much, but I have spoken out to blame, please forgive your Highness for my sins." ”

To his surprise, Lin Bi shook his head and said: "No, you are right, although I agreed to the marriage, it was for Tingfei's entrustment, for the peace of the Northern Han Dynasty, but if it weren't for Li Xian's affection, I wouldn't marry him, if I want to marry Lin Bi, the Dayong royal family is a good man, that is, I want to marry into the palace, and I can't miss the name of a concubine, I accept Li Xian, just because he is a hero who is not inferior to Tingfei, I have not been wronged over the years, Li Xian treats me with deep affection, I have never regretted it." ”

If she just said this, Duan Wushu would only sneer, but now that she said this, Duan Wushu was comforted in her heart, Lin Bi married into the royal family and relatives, it was already a foregone conclusion, and it was already a great luck in misfortune to be able to marry a good man and a hero.

Lin Bi took off the veil cover of the wind lantern, burned the blood book on the fire, and then said: "Invincible, the matter has come to this, there is no need to talk about it, now it is finally calm, His Majesty Dayong has not treated us badly, your talent and character, Ting Fei and I have always respected, why not do your best for the court, it can be regarded as living up to this life." In the past, my uncle wronged you, if you can pay homage to the Marquis of Dayong, I can feel a lot more at ease. ”

Duan Invincible's expression has returned to calm and easy-going, bowed down and said: "The princess is loved, Invincible understands, but Invincible has long been cold and discouraged, not to mention that the power and wealth are not what I want, along the way, I have seen the peace of the country and the people, and the invincible is already very satisfied, so I am ready to go back to Qinzhou, General Long committed suicide and martyrdom, General Su died in Yongdu, General Tan died on the battlefield, General Shi died unjustly and died, in the past, the generals of Qinzhou, only one invincible person remained, even if the invincible was cheeky, he did not want to serve Emperor Dayong. Invincible, no worries, not like a princess, still need to bear the honor and disgrace of thousands of soldiers and civilians, so invincible decided to return to Qinzhou to live in seclusion, this matter has not yet been officially approved by the Marquis of Chu, and the princess is still asked to intercede on behalf of the invincible. ”

Lin Bi sighed lightly, speaking of this, she naturally knew that Duan Invincible's mind could not be changed, in fact, she didn't want to stop Duan Invincible from going into hiding, she was just worried that Jiang Zhe would not let go, Jiang Zhe was very ruthless when facing the enemy, and would never give the enemy a way out, if Duan Invincible lived in seclusion in the countryside, it was very likely to be a hidden danger if he was not unified today, she didn't know if Jiang Zhe could let Duan Invincible go, if Duan Invincible waited until ten years later and came back, maybe he wouldn't be so troubled. But Lin Bi also knows that the pain of going to the country and leaving her hometown, she is in Chang'an, and she still often thinks of the night moon in Yanmen, not to mention that Duan Wushu is drifting to the sea.

In the end, she sighed lightly and said: "I will go and tell Jiang Hou about you, he should sell me a face, invincible, where are you going to live in seclusion in Qinzhou in the future?" ”

Duan Wushu said lightly: "There are too many people who know me in Qinzhou, I don't want to provoke right and wrong, when General Tan returned to his hometown in the past, I went to the funeral in person, it was a good place, I said that I would go there to live in seclusion one day, this time I met several old troops on the way, they have been disarmed and returned to the field, I mentioned that I thought of General Tan's hometown to live in peace, they have gone first, and now they must be overcoming obstacles and reorganizing the countryside. ”

Lin Bi sighed lightly again, her sigh in the past few years is not as much as it is today, after Tan Ji's death, although the Northern Han Dynasty also had a reward, but Tan Ji was not valued by the Northern Han Dynasty, his posthumous affairs can already be regarded as a depression, after the Northern Han Dynasty fell to the country, Dayong also pursued the generals who sacrificed for the country in the Northern Han Dynasty, but Tan Ji was ignored because he had killed in Zezhou. Presumably, Tan Ji's grave has long been taken care of, the generals who were once born and died for the Northern Han Dynasty are very desolate behind him, but the dead are gone, and those who come can be chased, there are not many people who care about this matter, after all, Tan Ji's personality is too extreme, and she can't imagine that Duan Wushu is still obsessed, how can she not feel guilty in her heart. Turning to leave, Lin Bi left a categorical sentence and said: "General Duan, don't worry, with me Lin Bi here, you can't make it difficult for you, in front of General Tan's tomb, every Qingming, please burn a stick of incense for me, it's Liu and I, Lin Bi, can't stand General Tan and you." ”

After a lot of hard work, Lu Yun finally arrived at the last water pavilion, in the fifth water pavilion, he soaked in the cold water for a long time, he was already paralyzed, this last section of the road, he could barely support it, looking at the similar pattern to the fifth water pavilion, he finally smiled, inside the sixth water pavilion, he saw the maid of Princess Qi, then this water pavilion must be Jiang Zhe's residence. Looking at the door that was not completely closed and the dim light that peeked through the crack in the door, he looked around vigilantly, but saw no guards, and climbed lightly onto the platform, and he walked on the ground, leaning against the crack in the door and looking inside.

The ground is covered with blankets and brocade felt, surrounded by a hanging veil curtain, sandalwood is fluttering, the chessboard and piano platform, full of books, separated by a splendid screen, and the back is faintly a brocade tent hanging low, this is a luxurious and comfortable living room, at a glance Lu Yun is sure that this must be Jiang Zhe's residence, but the interior is silent, and no one seems to be there. He originally felt that this water pavilion was not a little guarded, if he hid indoors, he should be able to wait until Jiang Zhe returned, and suddenly killed the killer, he couldn't help but be secretly happy, and then thought about it, if he entered the house like this, he would inevitably leave water marks, when Jiang Zhe returned, the guards would find out after a little inspection, but if they stayed on the platform outside the door, if there were patrolling guards passing by, I was afraid that they would see themselves at a glance, thinking of this, I couldn't help frowning.

At this time, Lu Yun's eyes flashed inadvertently, and he saw some clothes scattered on a spring stool behind the screen, his heart moved, took off the night clothes, wiped off the water marks on his body, stuffed the night clothes under the carpet at the door, and then walked indoors, picked out a shirt and put it on, this shirt is very inconspicuous, think about it for a while, no one will find out that it is lost. Then he turned to the back of the screen, dodged and hid under the bed, held the sharp knife, and waited for Jiang Zhe to return to bed.

After a short time, the door on the other side opened, and two people walked in, Lu Yun could only see the legs of the two people, the person in front was wearing a green robe, which seemed to be a subordinate outfit, but the person in the back was a green robe dragging the ground, and the clothes were luxurious, neither of them walked into the inner room behind the screen, the richly dressed person sat on the brocade pier, and said, "Has the princess finished talking to General Duan?" Lu Yun's heart trembled, knowing that this person was Jiang Zhe, his voice was elegant, his tone was gentle and casual, and he did not have the arrogant tone of a person who held great power. The other person said respectfully: "The princess has made a rumor that Lord Xiao wants to meet with you for a detailed discussion. This person's voice was cold and ruthless, but with a hint of gentleness, like a hint of harmony in the winter, Lu Yun guessed that this person must be the evil shadow Li Shun, and even slowed down his breathing, not daring to show a trace of sound.

The man stood up and said, "Princess Xiangzhao, let's go over, presumably General Duan has already made a decision." ”

At this time, someone outside the door said coldly: "No need, Marquis Jiang, I, Lin Bi, have already come." After that, the two pushed the door in, and just listening to the voice, Lu Yun knew that it was Lin Bi and Manager Xiao.

After the two sides greeted each other, Lin Bi said straight to the point: "Marquis Jiang, I want to ask you to open up and let General Duan go, I don't know what you think?" ”

Jiang Zhe said unhurriedly: "Your Royal Highness has old feelings, Zhe understands in his heart, but General Duan used to be a general of the Northern Han Dynasty, and His Royal Highness the Emperor and King Qi paid attention to him. ”

Lin Bi said coldly: "When you say that you are forced to leave Duan Invincible, in the end, you will only leave a person with a dead heart, and he will never surrender." ”

Jiang Zhe said indifferently: "I know this matter, the Qinzhou army is all General Long's generals, loyal to the Liu family, and has a deep enmity with Dayong, General Duan is a good and stubborn person, and he will never surrender, so I finally let him live, fortunately, he is also a man who keeps his promises, and he has lived up to the merciful intentions of my subordinates." ”

Lin Bi's tone was a little weaker, and said: "In this case, why do you have to embarrass him today, he will not be the enemy of Dayong, all he wants is to live in seclusion." ”

Jiang Zhe said with a smile: "If this is the case, I'm afraid it's a pity for General Duan's ability, if he is willing to surrender, he will be able to make a marquis and worship the prime minister, why not?" ”

Lin Bi said helplessly: "General Duan is a person who has no intention of making a name, he intends to live in seclusion in General Tan's hometown, if you don't worry, at most arrange some people to monitor him, he is now disheartened, even if you force him to stay in the court, it will not be useful." Ting Fei and the four generals under his command, now he is the only one still alive, it is impossible for him to surrender, you should know that the hatred between the military and the people in Qinzhou and Zezhou is not a matter of ten or eight years if you want to resolve it, since General Duan has no intention of being an enemy of Dayong, if you forcibly put him under house arrest, I am afraid that it will not be appropriate. ”

Jiang Zhe seemed to think for a long time, and finally said: "Since Her Royal Highness the princess eases his cheeks, I will indulge him again, but His Royal Highness wants to ensure that General Duan will not rebel." ”

Lin Bi said lightly: "We have all descended, will he still set up a rebel flag, he just wants to find a place to live, although his hometown is good, not his hometown, he ventured back this time, he must not have expected that after so many years, you still remember his existence." ”

Jiang Zhe sighed and said: "Loyal ministers and righteous people, forever remember the hearts of the people, how can I forget." General Duan thought of General Tan's hometown and lived in seclusion, which is also good, General Tan is depressed behind him, and it is best to have General Duan take care of his tomb. ”

Lin Bi said coldly when he heard this: "When General Tan was removed from the Spring and Autumn Festival of the Wumiao Festival, didn't you also approve of it, if you were willing to speak at the beginning, how could you come here." ”

Jiang Zhe said lightly: "General Tan has always been admired by me, although the Spring and Autumn sacrifices of those imperial courts are precious, but how can General Tan's surname be valued, rather than letting people worship him with hatred and disrespect, it is better to let him sleep in a quiet place." ”

Lin Biran was silent, she only felt that what this person said was very reasonable, it was too late, and since Duan Wuyi's matter had been resolved, she got up and said goodbye. Before leaving, Lin Bi suddenly asked: "Mr. Jiang, Nanchu Lu Can is your disciple, one day, the two countries will fight each other, how will you treat him?" Will it be like this? ”

Jiang Zhe seemed to hesitate for a moment, and said: "I naturally hope to save him, but my disciple is resolute, I am afraid that he will die, although I hope that he can at least go into hiding like General Duan, I am afraid it is impossible." He didn't reply positively, but the meaning was very clear, Lu Yun felt a chill in his heart, and he clenched the dagger even more. Lin Bi smiled slightly when she heard this, turned around and left.

Starting Point Chinese Network welcomes the majority of book friends to come and read, the latest, fastest and hottest serialized works starting point original!;