Taiyuan and Datong echo each other from afar, and each other is horns. The Tatars have attacked the border passes, mostly from the Xuanfu Datong, Taiyuan is close to the interior, not the main target of the attack, so the Taiyuan soldiers and horses have become an important force that can contain the Tatars, every time Datong is in danger, it is necessary to mobilize troops and horses from Taiyuan to rescue.

Yang Yiqing's army rushed to Datong, because the situation at the border pass was critical, the Taiyuan Wei commander led the army to help, and was injured by a stray arrow on the battle array, the illness was not too serious, but the wound suddenly deteriorated after returning to Taiyuan, and he couldn't imagine that the new Taiyuan Wei commander was this Zhang Yin Zhang.

The Guo family is very influential in the army, and it seems that this Zhang Yin is a cronie recommended by Guo Xun. Yang Ling hurriedly bowed his hand to him: "Long look up, Lord Zhang still has to run on the road on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, it's really hard."

Zhang Yin clasped his fists on the horse and saluted, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Lord Yang in person, the prestige of the adult, the lower officials have heard it for a long time, like thunder, and now it is really a blessing for three lives." To march into the army, it was originally to raise soldiers for a thousand years and use soldiers for a while, and it is also necessary to work harder at this time."

As he spoke, he gently swept over the people beside Yang Ling, and saw that Wu Han had taken a few more glances, and then moved his gaze back to Yang Ling as if nothing had happened. Yang Ling saw that he was elegant and elegant, his eyes were sharp, and his speech was neither humble nor arrogant, and he suddenly had a good impression in his heart.

The two sides talked a few words, and seeing that there were more and more pedestrians at the gate of the city, and some congestion, Guo Xun frowned slightly, and said to Yang Ling: "Don't bother Lord Yang, Brother Zhang is in a hurry to take office, so I will leave."

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Okay, you and I have time to talk again, congratulations to General Guo and Master Zhang!" ”

Zhang Yin smiled and said loudly: "Lord Yang, the next official is leaving!" ”

Yang Ling watched them leave the city on horseback, turned his head, and saw Han Youniang, Su San and several other women standing on the side with a smile, and when he saw him turn back, Han Youniang stepped forward and said happily: "Xianggong, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, my sisters and I are saying that Xianggong doesn't know when he will come back, I didn't expect you to come back so early."

Yang Ling turned over and dismounted, walked to her side, glanced at Su San and the others, and said with a smile: "Didn't you go to the temple fair?" What did you do at the gates of the city? ”

Han Youniang's face flushed, Su San and Xue Limei also looked a little embarrassed, Gao Wenxin covered his mouth behind and chuckled, Yang Ling didn't break it, and said with a smile: "Since you have met, let's go back together."

A few people's small sedan chair stopped aside, a few girls got on the sedan chair, Yang Ling couldn't ride a horse quickly, accompanied by the sedan chair all the way to watch the lively New Year's weather in Beijing, while talking with Han Youniang across the curtain, when the group was about to arrive at the edge of the West City, they saw a group of people surrounded by the roadside, and the people of the Terracotta Division had already surrounded them.

Yang Ling's subordinates passed through the robbery of the factory governor last time, but there was a stir, it was better to face the enemy, and dozens of people in the light and dark immediately protected the sedan chair and horses, isolated the people, and quietly reached into their arms, clenching the crossbow and short gun.

Wu Hanchao didn't look at the noise in front of him, he quickly scanned the surroundings and looked at the people on the side of the road while getting closer to Yang Ling. Yang Ling lifted his buttocks slightly, glanced at the crowd on the horse, and when he saw the people in the crowd, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, he beckoned Liu Biao, and said in a low voice: "Go, look what's going on."

Liu Biao understood, dismounted and threw the reins, squeezed into the pile of people to inspect the movement inside, only to see a tailor shop owner grabbed a forty-year-old man and shouted to the patrol of the Soldiers and Horses Division at the throat: "Hu Siye came just right, this person is so unreasonable, he came before, put a deposit of one or two silver, and said that he wanted me to make a good wool robe, and now he tried to fit the figure, but he deduced that he only bought the velvet coat at the beginning, and I took out the signing slip and he was torn to pieces, saying that I was relying on him."

Xiao Lao'er thought that he was unlucky, and he wanted to calm things down, but he explained that it was the New Year, I mistook his robe, and asked me to use this velvet robe to compensate, Xiao Lao'er has been open for 30 years, and has always been fair trade, Tong Su is not deceived, and the neighbors can testify, when have you deceived people? This man is really domineering."

There was also a scholar in his early twenties next to the forty-year-old man, his face flushed and pulled at his shirt, the man shook his hand and opened it, and saw that the officers and soldiers were not only not afraid, but were ashamed, he glanced at the head of the patrol team, and sneered: "You are not lying? You didn't deceive people, do you think I'm a liar? Let go! ”

He scolded, shook off the old judge's suspicious hand, dusted off his robe, and said slowly: "Do you know who I am? Uncle, I am the commander of the pro-army in front of the emperor, the admiral of the inner factory, and the mighty uncle Yang Ling."

The old tailor shuddered when he heard this, and the patrol leader who was called Hu Siye couldn't help but change his face, and there was silence all around, only to see the forty-year-old man continue for a long time: "Cousin, Hu Xunzhu, do you say that Uncle I seem to be a cheater?" ”

When he said this, he raised his eyelids, but when he raised his eyes, he just saw the crowd outside, under the escort of several tall horses, Yang Lingzheng looked at him with a pale face, and he couldn't help but tremble, and his expression suddenly became cramped.

Hu Xunzhu had a bitter face, nodded and said: "It's not like it, uncle, you are dignified, but Uncle Yang and Lord Yang's brother, where will you bully him a small clothing store owner, hehe, hehe."

After he finished speaking with a smiling face, he straightened up and shouted to the old tailor: "Old man Pei, it is obvious that you are old and faint, and you have misheard the order, Uncle Yang is a person with status, will he bother with you little tailor?" If you mistook the uncle's business, what did you say you should do? ”

The old tailor snorted: "Here, the little husband will take this robe to the uncle as an apology!" ”

What the old man said was really painful, but the factory guard really couldn't afford to provoke it.

As the saying goes, "there is Gu Rong in the north, there is a female Ge in the south", the best Lanzhou Rong can only be seen in the tribute of the palace, Yang Ling is now wearing this purple and red embroidered gold Gu suede, the top heavy silk for the lining of the big fuse, is the Zhengde Emperor just gave two days ago, worth a hundred taels of silver.

Although the old tailor's velvet is not a tribute, it is worth ten taels of silver, and even the rich and noble families often wear it for decades, and even pass it on to their descendants. This robe was sent out, and it was dried for months in vain.

Yang Quan stared at Yang Ling, his lips were pale, where did he dare to pick up the velvet robe. Liu Biao glanced back at Yang Ling, Yang Ling put down his anger and signaled to him, Liu Biao nodded, turned around and squeezed into the crowd, took out the silver ingots from his sleeve, stuffed them into the hands of the old tailor, and said with a smile: "How can Yang Mansion take advantage of you?" The third master originally wanted to make a regular clothes to wear, and he was not afraid of getting dirty and grinding, since he had used good materials, then we bought the same thing, this ingot of silver is full of ten taels, plus the one or two fixed silver, is it enough? ”

Tailor Pei was overjoyed, nodded busily and said: "Enough is enough, after deducting the materials and handwork, I have to find you five cents of silver."

Liu Biao said with a smile: "No need, it's not easy to celebrate the New Year, it's my third master to reward you."

As he spoke, he took the robe and said to Yang Quan, "Third Master, let's go home."

Yang Quan was stunned for a moment, hurriedly said "oh oh" twice, and obediently followed out of the crowd. Yang Ling's face sank like water, he glanced at him indifferently, shook the reins of the horse and went first, Yang Quan's face turned purple, Liu Biao did things exquisitely, although he knew that Yang Ling was extremely angry, Yang Quan's uncle and nephew were from the Yang family, no matter how far away they were, they were much closer than him, he knew that the two of them couldn't ride horses, so he hurriedly hired a sedan chair and carried the two of them.

Cheng Qiyun opened the sedan curtain, and when she saw this scene, her dark eyes rolled and she had a thoughtful expression.

Yang Ling returned to the mansion, entered the middle hall with a calm face, and untied the big one, Han Youniang knew that he was in a bad mood now, so she took it obediently, and secretly glanced at a few sisters, and everyone quietly went to the back house.

Yang Ling only wore an azure waist and arrow sleeves, entered the study in the middle hall, and as soon as he sat down, Yang Quan and Yang Yunlong followed in crampedly, Yang Quan said curtly: "Brother Ling."

Yang Yunlong also called timidly: "Uncle! ”

The house is full of couplets, blessing characters, and New Year paintings, and there is a joyful atmosphere, and the sound of firecrackers is heard from time to time in the village, and today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve

Thinking of this, Yang Ling just sighed, got up and said: "If you don't usually use it enough, the third brother and the young lady just say it, how can our family do that kind of thing that makes people poke their backbones?" ”

Yang Quan was shy and irritable, annoyed but didn't dare to attack, he only responded, Yang Ling glanced at Yang Yunlong, and said: "It's about to be the New Year, I have said hello to the officials, after fifteen, I will arrange an errand for Yunlong, you can write and calculate, don't play the brand of the Yang family, do it well with your ability, don't be too ambitious."

Yang Yunlong said diligently: "Thank you, uncle, as long as there is a guy who can gain a foothold in the capital, Yunlong will definitely not cause trouble for you."

Yang Ling snorted, looked at Yang Quan and said: "The yamen in the capital, even if it is a pawn, it is not so easy to be, the third brother, don't go back and I will help you find a proper seat."

Yang Quan was a little disappointed, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, he agreed, and seeing that Yang Ling didn't want to say anything to him anymore, he quit.

Yang Ling sat back on the chair, pinched his eyebrows and closed his eyes for a long time, Yang Quan didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, and his conduct was inferior, he really didn't want to talk to him, but the clan pro-law relationship was like an invisible net, that kind of silent pressure, so people couldn't even resist, so many winds and waves have come, and he didn't know what to do with such a little person who could be pinched to death at any time.

It turned out that he also wanted to arrange for him to work as the head of a prison in the Criminal Department, but this person was useless in this situation. Yang Ling sighed, didn't think about him for the time being, he carefully considered the matter of arranging for the emperor to go out of Beijing after the year, and then got up and walked to the back house.

Cheng Qiyun had a sweet smile on her face, greeted the three ladies and Gao Wenxin, and walked into the inner study, and the shallow smile on her face disappeared suddenly. She slumped over her shoulders a little tiredly, and paced slowly into her own dwelling.

Han Youniang and they are all girls of the same age, energetic, and speculative, she is more than ten years older than these girls, experience, age, make it difficult for her to be interested in the topics that the four girls are talking about, after walking in the city for a morning, Han Youniang They are still energetic, boring and boring but make her feel tired.

Cheng Qiyun was afraid of the cold, so Yang Ling specially instructed her to add two more braziers to her room, burning the brazier during the day, and burning the kang and the sandwich wall at night to make the room warm. At this time, it was just after noon, because tonight was Chinese New Year's Eve, and the brazier in the room was still burning, warm as a spring breeze.

Cheng Qiyun lazily took off her robes and jackets, changed into deerskin boots and embroidered shoes, and sat in front of the mirror prettyly.

She wore a narrow sleeved shirt, a moon-white long skirt that dragged the floor, and the crimson "chezi" in the shirt wrapped her plump breasts, her cleavage was deep, and her clothes were about to come out, outlining her seductive curves.

Cheng Qiyun sighed softly, her jade-like fingers gently stroked the soft and pink breasts, her body was still charming and charming, and her apricot eyes and starry eyes still had the charm of bewitching all beings, but how many years of youth could there be? After this day, he is a year older.

The joy of the family in Yang's mansion and the sound of firecrackers from time to time in the village made her feel lonely and empty, and everything she had longed for in the past seemed to have become tired, and now she just wanted to find someone to lean on, to let her curl up in a warm embrace and whisper something, but this simple request was not as easy as power and money.

Cheng Qiyun lazily slumped her shoulders, looked at herself in the mirror and sighed softly, and was about to go to the kang to rest, when Yang Ling's voice outside the door said, "Miss Cheng, have you rested?" ”

Cheng Qiyun was stunned, a trace of joy suddenly flashed in her eyes, the feeling of fatigue and soreness disappeared suddenly, and her expression suddenly returned to her eyebrows, she hurriedly said: "No, my lord, wait a minute, I'll come out." ”

Cheng Qiyun hurriedly picked up her clothes and put them on, still wearing the pair of soft-soled embroidered shoes, and hurriedly greeted her, Yang Ling was standing at the table with her hands and looking at Cheng Qiyun's graffiti paintings, and when she saw her open the curtain and came out, she smiled and said, "Tired, right?" I am also the most annoyed to go shopping, in summer it is better to fish under the willow tree, a rod into the water, lie on the mat and listen to the wind to sleep, in winter on the kang to read a good book, young ladies they are still young, it is difficult to go out, so I like to be lively, and not an outsider, you don't have to entertain them, you don't want to move to stay in the house."

Cheng Qiyun swept her hair and said: "It's hard to get out, how can I disturb everyone's interest?" My lord is extremely busy these days, and it's not easy to ask, but I heard that adults often go to the three factories and one guard and the twelve regiments and battalions, but they are still for the war in the north? ”

Yang Ling nodded and said: "Well, the stakes are very high, and only Wu Lao knows the details in the inner factory, and the others only know it, and they don't know why, hehe, I originally said that I had settled down in Beijing, and I would let you return to Jiangnan at the appointed time, but I first sought grain cultivation for the opening of the sea ban, and sought species for grain farming, and then bandits entered Beijing and border gangsters made trouble, this matter was put aside again and again, are you still used to living?" ”

Cheng Qiyun pursed her lips and smiled: "The northern wind is as cold as a knife, I was not used to it at the beginning, but now I feel that it has a different taste, it is as damp and cold as the inside and outside of the house in the south, and it is as warm as spring when I enter the house." My lord and lady are very considerate to me, and if I do this again, I will be happy to do my job."

Yang Lingwan said: "That's not possible, if you don't want to think about it, you have to do the big thing of lifting the sea ban first."

Cheng Qiyun's eyes lit up and asked, "Sure?" ”

Yang Ling said: "Well, it's just that I'm going to work hard for you, the sixth day of the first month, I want to leave Beijing and go north, you go south to Jinling at the same time, and start planning everything, in early February, you must bring people into Beijing, for those officials who represent the coastal eunuchs, I have already mastered some of their handles, and the emperor has nodded and agreed, and now the embarrassment is a group of old stubborn people who use the dignity of the Heavenly Empire as a shield, and they can't beat or scold, they can't be scolded, they have to bother you to become a girl to gag their mouths."

Cheng Qiyun sat down on the opposite side, and Ying Ying smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, Qiyun will not disgrace her mission, I will return to Jinling in the first month, and I will return to Beijing on time in February."

Yang Ling stroked the warm jade paperweight with his fingers, and said: "Okay, although you are a weak woman, you are a heroine among women, and you have never spoken to this official, you do things, I will definitely be trustworthy."

He pondered, got up and said, "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, come to the flower hall at dinner, the big guys are lively together, don't hide here."

Cheng Qiyun agreed with a smile, and when she saw him walk to the door, she suddenly asked: "My lord, your noble Qi Yang Sanye went to Beijing to take refuge, it seems that the adult is quite worried about how to settle him, why don't I take him to Jiangnan?" ”

Yang Ling hesitated and said: "This is really worrying, I won't hide it from you, he is not a person who has no learning skills, and he has all five poisons, although he is not a big scourge, but he is really annoying, he is not to catch up, and he is not to stay, relying on the blood of the clan, the official looked at this hob meat, it was actually a dog bite and a thorn, I don't know where to go, you dare to take this trouble with you?" ”

Cheng Qiyun listened to his self-deprecating tone, and couldn't help but smile and said: "You, it's okay to say that he is not angry, how can you still compare yourself to Cheng Hehe, I don't dare, but of course I have to ask you for a golden arrow first, Yang Sanye is your dearest, since ancient times, the most difficult thing is to have a relative, and the humble position is separated by a layer, as long as you can pull down your face, you are much better than you."

Yang Ling pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll hand over this trouble to you, you have to be strict and don't indulge, if I hear that he relies on my power to do evil, only you ask!" ”

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "Obey orders!" ”

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor is not in the court, but the princes and ministers follow the routine to enter the palace to visit, Yang Ling gathered in the warm hall at home, and they talked about the cards, and played until the afternoon, estimating that the ministers who should enter the palace have already been. Only then did he rush into the palace with his attendants to see the emperor.

Zhengde was busy all morning, and when he got up in the morning, he first went to the queen mother and the queen mother's bedroom to ask for peace and receive red envelopes. Then he returned to the Qianqing Palace to sit on the chair and accept a wave of imperial relatives and ministers of civil and military affairs to greet him and give red envelopes. He finished all the work that should be done, and at this time, he had just had lunch, and was reconciling and throwing arrows and pots in the hall, Liu Jin smiled and high-fived on the side.

Yang Ling entered the hall, stood aside and waited for Zhengde to throw the arrow in his hand, then he stepped forward to salute and congratulate Xinxi.

Zhengde called Yang Ling and Liu Jin into the inner study, and immediately asked impatiently, "Yang Shiyu, how are things prepared?" ”

Yang Ling said: "Everything is ready, just wait for a suitable opportunity, ask the emperor to decree, order the ministers to patrol the border, and then you can repair the plank road."

When he said this, he suddenly remembered something, and his face couldn't help but change.

Zhengde was also very clever, and when he saw his face stiffened, he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Yang Ling hesitated for a moment and asked: "Your Majesty, only the ministers, Jiao scholars, Yan Song of the household department, and Wu Jie of the inner factory know about your departure from Beijing, but there are still people in the inner court who have heard of it?" ”

Zhengde hesitated for a moment, and said with a dry smile: "Such an interesting thing, I stuffed it in my heart, it was really uncomfortable, so I mentioned it to the two girls Xie Yu and Sha Hua, but I only said that I wanted to go north and eventually go to Datong, and I never said anything to them, what's the problem?" ”

Yang Ling frowned and said: "The minister remembered one thing, the two hundred thieves of the Bazhou Green Forest were bewitched by the Maitreya Sect and suddenly entered Beijing, what was the original purpose, only a few leaders of the bandits knew, at present, we still don't know the details, what a big deal the emperor went out of Beijing, and the people who know it should not be too many."

He laughed dryly, pretending to joke and said: "The minister was put together by the Maitreya Sect, and the palpitations have not disappeared, I remember the first time I saw the girl who explained the language, the minister once saw her wearing a jade pendant carved with Maitreya Buddha, isn't it strange that the woman wears a Buddha statue?" Haha, of course, the minister may have thought too much, and it is a little ridiculous."

Zhengde was stunned for a moment, and said with a dumb smile: "You, you, it's really ridiculous, do you suspect that the two beauties of Xie Yu and Shahua are people from Maitreya?" How is that possible, besides, the man wears the Guanyin and the woman wears the Buddha, and the woman wears the Buddha, which precisely refers to the Maitreya Buddha, if so, it is considered a Maitreya disciple, and seven out of ten women in the world have to be beheaded. ”

Yang Ling was stunned when he heard it, and as soon as Zhengde said it, he remembered that he had heard the saying that the male and female admirers of Guanyin had heard before, but he remembered it after being reminded by Zhengde, and thought about the limited history he knew, although King Ning rebelled, he didn't hear anything related to Maitreya, so he thought he was suspicious?

Yang Ling said abruptly: "It's always good to be careful about this, and the minister was not suspicious about this, but when he met the emperor at that time, the two girls knew to avoid the side, and they were not suspected of being courteous by officials, and the reckless people knew the etiquette, so the ministers were a little strange."

Liu Jin laughed when he heard this, and said on the side: "Lord Yang, although they are from a reckless background, but before they were sent to Beijing, Ning Wangfu taught court etiquette for three months, and before entering the palace, the ceremonial supervisor sent someone to teach the practice for five days, it would be strange if these etiquettes were not known."

They were sent by King Ning, King Ning is the emperor's uncle, the Ming royal family, and the Maitreya sect is against our Ming Dynasty, there is no possibility of conspiracy between the two, not to mention that Prince Ning has always been the most loyal to the emperor? ”

Zhengde remembered that when King Ning was the first batch of vassal kings to send a congratulatory ceremony, he was the farthest away, and the gift he gave was the heaviest and most in line with his own wishes.

Yang Ling said: "Maybe the minister is suspicious, but for the sake of safety, when the minister determines the route of the trip, the way to go out of Beijing, and the time of leaving Beijing, I also ask the emperor not to mention it to anyone again, including the two girls."

Zhengde smiled helplessly: "According to you, according to you, as long as I can get out of Beijing, I will rely on you, right?" ”

Yang Ling saw that Zhengde didn't think so, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, you don't have any jokes, you must keep it if you promise." The emperor must go to Datong, it is to fulfill the responsibility of the son of heaven for the world, but the minister must fulfill the responsibility of the minister for the safety of the emperor! ”

Zhengde also became serious when he heard this, and said solemnly: "Okay, you can get out of your mouth, you can get into my ears, and you will be ashamed to explain the words", he glanced at Liu Jin and said: "It's Lao Liu, I won't tell him, how about this?" ”

(To be continued)