Chapter 15: The Covenant of Beauty

Snowflakes are flying all over the sky, and this is the first snow in Lin'an City in the winter of the fifth year of Jingding.

Snowflakes fall gently on the ground, like flocculents, like flowers, fluttering lightly in the breeze. There are still some differences between the snow in the south and the north, there is little wind to accompany it, there is no such rough momentum, but there is more graceful tenderness.

The snow of the northern country is as the poet wrote, the clouds and snow are thousands of miles away from the mountains, the Yellow River is full of ice, and the mountains are full of snow. The snow in the south is light and dawn, and the breeze surrounds the imperial tower.

Gradually, the snowflakes became bigger and denser, like a white gauze net, and a few meters away was already a haze, and like a continuous curtain, falling straight to the ground, and at the same time returning to the light. The snow covered the roofs, the streets, bent countless branches, the breeze blew all over the earth, the sky, swept away the black smoke and miasma, hid the appearance of all kinds of objects, pieces of snowflakes, gusts of breeze, fused together, making the heaven and earth white and pure.

After a while, the ground was completely covered in white, and the crooked branches were covered with traces of snow.

I stood on the top floor of the Ningqian Palace, silently watching the heavy snowfall. From the top of the palace, I had an unobstructed view of the snow, and although it was cloudy, I was not looking with my eyes, but feeling it with my heart.

It had never snowed in that city before, because my impression of snow was only from books, from movies and television.

"Brother, when are you going to take me to see the snow?" Le Lingshan usually likes to call me brother.

"Lingshan, if you like, let's go this winter."

"Words count."

"Of course, when did I lie to you?"

"Brother, I knew you were the best."

A few months ago, I made an appointment with Lingshan to go to the northeast to see the snow, and the scene was still so clear, as if it was just yesterday. It's snowing now, but where will the cedar be?

Vaguely, I stood in front of the window in a daze, letting the snowflakes fall on my face.

How are you doing now?

I hope you can be in a good mood every day.

I don't know how long it took, I heard Xiao Qi whisper behind me: "Official, this snow may not stop for a while, does the official family still want to go to Tongle Building?" ”

"Huh?" I came back to my senses from my contemplation and said, "Go, I have a golden mouth, how can I casually break my trust in others, so let's go." ”

Braving the heavy snow, I took Yuan Jian and Xiao Qi to Tongle Building.

The snow continued to fall along the way, turning from snowflakes to goose feathers, and a thin layer of snow had begun to accumulate in the shade of the ground.

The guests in Tongle Building are sparse, and there are obviously many fewer than usual.

The sudden heavy snow has caused inconvenience to road traffic, and this kind of weather is naturally the most relieved choice to choose at home.

Still in front of the window table, Fang Ling had already arrived first, sitting there waiting.

Yuan Jian and Xiao Qi sat in front of a table next to them, and I came to sit down opposite Fang Ling by myself.

"I thought you weren't coming." Fang Ling said with a smile.

"The beautiful woman has an appointment, why don't you come? What's more, as soon as my Chrysostom is opened, I will naturally not lose my trust in others. ”

Fang Ling looked around and scolded with a smile: "Childe, don't be open-mouthed, this Chrysostom is only limited to the emperor, and the rest of the people can't say that." ”

I smiled and said, "Do you think I look like the emperor?" ”

"Just you, the emperor? That girl can also be a queen. Fang Ling blurted out this sentence, and as soon as he finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong, and his face turned slightly red.

I laughed and said, "That's true." ”

Xia Ling's face became even more crimson, and he said a little angrily: "I kindly persuaded you, but you still said, and I will ignore you if you say it." ”

"Okay, don't say it, don't say it."

"It's pretty much the same, I've ordered the food and drinks, and Childe can tell me what you thought in detail last time."

"Well, in fact, everything has to be seen from the surface, this matter is that Qin Hui deceived Emperor Gaozong and persecuted Marshal Yue to death on trumped-up charges, however, a military general with such a high prestige as Yue Fei, if the emperor does not nod, Qin Hui has no right to convict him, let alone unwarranted? Emperor Gaozong is not a three-year-old child, so he will naturally have his own ideas. If you think about it in another direction, if Yue Fei led his troops to defeat the Jin State and welcomed back the two emperors of Huizong and Qinzong, then who should be the emperor? ”

"Naturally, it should be the restoration of Qinzong."

"That's right, so I think the last thing I want to see this happen is Emperor Gaozong, so of course Gaozong has to find a way to keep his position, and Qin Hui just figured out Emperor Gaozong's mind and created this unjust case."

This has been the consensus of most people in later generations, but it is difficult for people in this era of feudal monarchy to understand.

That Fang Ling seemed to understand a little: "Is the throne so attractive? I don't even care about the territory of family affection. ”

"Most people would think so."

"What about you, Childe? What would you do if you were an emperor? ”

"Well, hehe, you said I wasn't the emperor anymore, so I didn't think about it."

Fang Ling said angrily: "Hmph, pretend." ”

I hurriedly interrupted: "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables." ”

Fang Ling glared at me and said, "Childe's opinion is indeed different, quite surprising, but it is very reasonable, can you ask Childe's surname?" ”

"My name is Huyan Zhaoyu, the word Donghai."

Huyan Donghai plus Zhao Yu.

"It turned out to be Prince Huyan, and Prince Huyan's insight is really different from ordinary people, but these words need to be cautious, so as not to spread to the palace and attract death."

"Thank you, girl, for the reminder."

"No need to say thank you, Huyan Gongzi is extraordinary, I want to ask another question, I don't know if it's okay?"

"Absolutely."

"What does Gongzi Huyan think of the Mongols?"

I thought for a while and said: "Since Temujin unified Mongolia, it has gradually grown stronger, and has successively eliminated Jin, Western Xia, and Dali, and now this war has spread to the Jianghuai area. Its successor, Kublai Khan, is also very eloquent, and the ambition of the wolf son of the Song Dynasty has long been obvious, just wait for its internal affairs to be resolved, the Mongols will definitely wave their troops south again, and it will be three or four years, and then there will be a life-and-death battle. ”

Fang Ling pondered for a moment and said, "Then with the high opinion of the son, who wins and who loses?" ”

"I will win." I said firmly.

"Huh? Why is Gongzi so sure, thinking that the Mongols are extremely strong, and their combat effectiveness far exceeds that of my Great Song soldiers, and my Great Song Dynasty will definitely win? "Miss Fang didn't seem to agree with me.

I smiled and said, "Hehe, this, I will know when the time comes, and I can't leak the secret now." ”

"Hmph, pretending again, just forget it if you don't say it." Fang Ling pretended to be angry.

Fang Ling's angry demeanor was also very similar to Le Lingshan, and I couldn't help but feel a pain in my heart again.

In the past, every time Le Lingshan was angry, I would try to make it happy, but now it is no one else, and I am left with heartache alone.

Seeing that I was suddenly silent, Fang Ling's expression was melancholy, and he suddenly remembered something and said, "Did Childe think of your old friend again?" ”

I nodded silently and moved my eyes to the window, through which the snowflakes were faintly visible outside, and the snow continued to fall.

After a moment, Fang Ling broke the silence and said, "Is Childe willing to go out for a walk with me?" ”