Volume 3 Mending the Cracks in the Sky Chapter 24 Turning Hands into Fire (1)
When outside Bianliang, several military horses of the Great Song Dynasty galloped across the country, wrestling around Bianliang, the center of the Great Song Dynasty.
In Bianliang City, these days are getting quieter and quieter. As if sinking to the bottom of the water, everything around is vague, and it has nothing to do with this prosperous city.
Bianliang Wenchen, there are still fewer feasts. Yan Wang Xiao Yan said that he couldn't stop asking the court to ask for the imperial driver's personal conquest, and it was no longer a copy a day. The merchant ships that sailed along the Yellow River and turned into the Bianhe water pass did not have a boat anchored for three or two days.
This is not without precedent, the spring water is soaring, and the Yellow River is collapsing. Where did the embankment break downstream? The water level plummeted, and the ships were cut off not once or twice in the history of the Great Song Dynasty.
From before and after the Yan War, all the resources of the imperial court were invested in a series of wars. There is only a little money for river control, which is allocated to Bianliang itself and the upstream river, for fear that the upstream breach will flood to Bianliang. As for the lower reaches of the Yellow River, it will stop for a few years. Now the imperial court has no heart to ask about this matter, just waiting for the local county to come up with the official document in case of a downstream breach. As for whether to deal with relief and when to carry out relief and repair the river, we have to wait for Bianliang to decide the outcome of this game.
Under such an inexplicable and gloomy atmosphere, time passed day by day. The people in the bureau only felt depressed and breathless.
Cai Jing has not gone to work in Dongfu these days. Instead, they stayed at home, and all the people in the family secretly gave their blades and quietly thickened several layers of courtyard walls. He even recruited hundreds of so-called strong men in the market to raise them in the outer courtyard, and they were only served with good wine and meat every day. The next day, a huge reward was urgently made. Counting on these so-called strong men to die in times of emergency. The outside world still showed peace and quiet, and even took the concubines and children out for a spring trip.
The princes of Dongfu only took turns to go straight, and when they went down, they rushed home like a fire burning their buttocks. The door is deeply locked, and outsiders are rare. There is only one He Li, who is also the leader of Kaifeng Mansion, who is strong and daring, often runs back and forth, and is also in the Kaifeng Mansion Festival Hall every day until late at night.
All the princes in power are waiting for news from Kansai and Hebei.
It's the last day or two. Xiao Yan is no longer on the table. It's just that there is no news in the Yanwang Mansion outside the Nanxun Gate. And the princes of the city. I was so nervous that I couldn't sleep all night. Cai Jing couldn't even put on an outward leisurely and elegant bearing, and he walked around the courtyard every day wrapped in a hood and on crutches. Just wait for how many urgent deliveries to Hebei and Kansai. I can send the news back as much as possible.
The days are hard. There will come an end. No matter how difficult it is, the sound asks. There will come a time.
On this day, several dusty people were not wearing the legendary clothes of the express delivery, but ordinary merchants. When it was almost twilight, he hurriedly entered from the west of Bianliang City. The city gate was slightly blocked, and everyone was so anxious that everyone was sweating profusely. But they didn't dare to make trouble by pressing themselves, and when they could pass, the rabbit was their grandson, and they ran fast in the direction of the state bridge.
Three or five miles west of the state bridge, Cai Xiangyi's confidant gave birth to someone, and he was sitting in a wine shop grinding his buttocks. These days, the birth of this family seems to have grown up here, sitting every day from dawn to closing at night. The location of this wine shop is excellent, it is stuck on the main road leading to the direction of the state bridge, sitting at the door, pedestrians can be seen at a glance.
Today is another day like this, and I see that I am going to go to the dinner market. The shopkeeper cautiously came over and sang a promise: "What do you use for Lang Jun's evening wine?" ”
This henchman works here every day, and he has long been impatient to come out of the birds. It's that you can talk about eating every day for a while. At that moment, he waved his hand and ordered: "Go to the main store to make the two corners of the eyebrows, and you can also drink the soup sheep in your store, and cut half of the front leg finely." The rest of the dishes, you look at the arrangement. ”
The shopkeeper should admit that the Cai family has a big table every day. His store is so good that it keeps turning over. That's how much business has been delayed. And this grandfather also has a bad taste, and he runs every day to buy a whole little wine for him, buy fresh food and fruits, and just run out for nothing. But this is a person in the Prime Minister's Mansion, what kind of card does he have, dare to put a false fart?
In the end, I had to ask diligently: "This table is moved very close to the door, and the people who come in and out are endless, for fear of disturbing Lang Jun's evening wine." Is it a little bit inward? ”
The Cai family smiled and waved him down: "What do you ............know?"
Before he could finish his sentence, his eyes were already round. There was a whoosh out the door, and a few horses were galloping towards the market. The subordinate waited so hard these days that he stopped the horse's head and said, "You birds, but you also know how to come back!" I'm waiting for you to see through the news, but I don't know where to go, and you know how important it is! ”
Immediately, the knight was sweating profusely, and just said in a low voice: "It's a big deal!" ”
The Cai family's descendants also changed color, and he naturally knew what kind of news his family was waiting for. This big thing is not good, and it makes his eyes dark. He was born in the family, and Cai Xiangfu is both prosperous and loss-oriented. If you fall in the Bianliang storm this time, I am afraid that the entire Cai Xiangfu will be rich for decades, and it will come to naught!
In a hurry, regardless of his own equestrian skills, he jumped on the horse like a miracle with a saddle, sat behind the knight, and hugged his waist: "Go to Fuzhong, go to Fuzhong!" ”
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Cai Jing hadn't slept for a few days, and his body was really a little unbearable, so he drank the soothing tea soup today and went to bed early. After a short time of closing his eyes, he was already awakened by the low voice of a call. When I opened my eyes, I saw my fifth son, Cai Ying, waiting by his couch with a worried face.
When Lao Cai Jing woke up, he still didn't decrease, and he sat up and stepped on the ground as soon as he turned over. The two bare feet just landed on the cold ground. Frightened, the maid who was waiting to dress next to her hurriedly knelt on the ground to put on Cai Jing's shoes and socks.
Cai Jing didn't care about it, and kicked the young maid who rushed over with one kick. He asked, "Where is the person?" ”
Cai Yan only said one sentence: "I am in a hurry to obey the power, and I have already entered the inner courtyard, and I am waiting under the porch to ............"
Before the words fell, Cai Jingwang was an eight-year-old man, wearing a middle single, barefoot, and went out quickly!
Cai Xiang, who has been in power for decades, actually has such a move today, which is really the first time in the world.
Cai Jing just went straight out of the dormitory and came to the porch under the stunned gaze of many maids in the inner house. And he saw several men waiting there in a sweat. Cai Jing is old, and the warm fragrance of nephrite is lively. There were twenty or thirty maids around the dormitory. Under the porch of the house, there are everywhere, all of them are only twenty-eight years old, and they are first-class. Several heralds were made an exception and dragged into the inner courtyard. Surrounded by so many maids like flowers. I also know that I can't get it from my own family. If you look at it more, I'm afraid it's all a sin. One by one, they hung their heads, and they didn't dare to raise their heads when they heard Cai Jing's voice running out.
What a character Cai Jing is. At a glance, you can see why these people are restrained. These people are all the characters in the original imperial class, and after Zhang Xian took charge of the imperial class, these people all gave the emperor a place to make room for Xiao Yan's henchmen. The characters in the royal class are straight, because many of them want to show their skills in the competition for Jin Mingchi, and make fun for the king. Although they have never experienced a battle, there are also some characters who have been working hard all year round and practicing various skills. Compared with a mess of other forbidden army officers and soldiers, it is more decent. After these people gave the retiring food, they secretly recruited Cai Jing and others, thinking that they would be used for running.
In the past, these people were naturally far from Cai Jing's status. But this time is the time to employ people. Cai Jing shouted: "Good man, just raise your head!" The maid in the old man's house, this is the matter, which one you like, the old man will urgently give a generous dowry, and reward you is, why bother to cower like this! Tell me quickly, what is the news of the West Road? ”
When the first Chuanqi finally dared to raise his head, he fell to the ground again: "Prime minister, we have arrived in Xijing." The Yao Gu Department of the Western Army is still in Pujin! It's just that three or two couriers were selected from the army, and the news was passed on as if flying, and the big thing was not good! ”
Cai Jing only felt dizzy, closed his eyes and leaned back, and Cai Jing hurriedly came to help. Cai Jing pushed her away and asked sharply, "How is it bad?" ”
The Chuanqi fell to the ground, didn't dare to look up, but said: "Originally, the fleet that arranged to send the Shenwu Changsheng Army to cross the Yellow River north should have gone to Pujindu to meet Yao Gu's department, but when Yao Gu led the army to arrive, there was no boat on Pujindu!" Now that the soldiers are tired and unwilling to move forward, Yao Gu is encouraging the army to march eastward, but he marches by land, but he doesn't know when he will arrive at Bianliang! ”
Hearing this news, Cai Ying, who was behind Cai Jing, was dumbfounded, and stretched out his hands weakly, for fear that his father would faint and fall to the ground.
But Cai Jing's expression didn't move at this time, and he asked coldly: "What about Xiao Yan's military horse who went to Hedong?" What's going on? ”
The Chuanqi said in a low voice: "Xijing reacted very slowly, and when Yao Gu came desperately, he thought about going to the north bank of Xiwodu to investigate. As a result, there was no news back for a day, and the princes of Xijing were so anxious that they just jumped to their feet. We can't wait, so we can only return first and return this important news to my husband. ”
Cai Yan was shocked, and Xiao Yanzhong's military horses were missing. A fleet was gone. Isn't it coming back to Bianliang? If this is the case, when contacting the Yongning Army from the northeast, while preparing to fight with Xiao Yan to break the net! The new army under Xiao Yan has already been arranged, and Chen Wupo was tied, which shook the morale of the army. If it is launched at this moment, even if Xiao Yan's Chinese army returns, this is no more than the night of the palace change, and even those former forbidden troops who were dismissed by Xiao Yan have contact arrangements. It may not be impossible to fight Xiao Yan to the death! Besides, isn't Xiao Yan's Chinese army brigade still in Bianliang City at this moment?
Cai Yan is Cai Jing's very valued son, and this time the matter of Bianliang is real, and the eldest son Cai You was sent out of Bianliang. His thoughts are indeed fast, and in addition to the natural hostility between the scholar and Xiao Yan, there is also an inexplicable hatred. (In the history without Xiao Yan, Emperor Mao married this guy............ )
I want to open my mouth right now, and say that my father will simply launch Bianliang Mancheng, and fight to the death with Xiao Yan!
Unexpectedly, Cai Jing had already said categorically: "Send people!" Send people! Go to find the princes of Dongfu, go to find He Li, go to discuss all the important people in this court battle, and tell them that this rebellion must not be launched! ”
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There was thunder of joy at Liyangjin, and the army was in high spirits. On the occasion of the westward march one after another.
Xiao Yan was in the flower hall of his mansion, scanning the surroundings.
Speaking of which, I have lived in many places in this era. From the deserted village to Guo Yaoshi's mansion, then to the camp of the Tongguan Army in Xiongzhou, then to Yanjing in Danzhou, and then back to Bianliang, before running a mansion and letting Zhao Ji go up. It's only been about two months since I moved here.
Running around, the seat is not warm. Even the people around you. They all followed themselves and wandered away.
Seeing that this Yanwang Mansion has become a pro here. I can't keep it again.
The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home. I really don't know when I'll be able to settle down. This day may still be far away, or maybe one day will be even more. He died and his reputation was shattered.
Not today, though. Not today!
Footsteps sparkled softly. Xiao Yan looked up and saw the little mute's pretty face.
Today, the little mute changed into a man's outfit and cleaned up neatly. It's like picking her up in the deserted village that day. It was half a tomboy.
But the little mute has grown up, even if he is dressed as a man, standing there, he is still slim. She also had a short sword at her waist, which made Xiao Yan's gaze shrink a little.
The little mute stood two steps away from Xiao Yan with his hands behind his back and stopped, looking at him with a smile. Xiao Yan beckoned, and when the little mute finished selling cuteness, he obediently came over and snuggled in Xiao Yan's arms.
Xiao Yan said in a low voice: "But I'm going to tire you again." ”
The little mute snorted: "What are you doing with these words, don't worry about me anyway." Tonight will always pass peacefully. I just believe in you............ No matter how dangerous it is, can it be compared to when you were in Yandi? I'll always accompany you all the way down. After this incident, we can go to Hedong to see Sister Guo, right? ”
Thinking of Guo Rong, Xiao Yan couldn't help but scratch her head, if this long-legged girl knew that she was fighting for life and death in Hedong, but she married the first beauty of the heavenly family in Bianliang, she didn't know what she was going to tear up when she met.
Guo Rong is good at everything, but her temperament is too strong.
Thinking of Maode from Guo Rong, this is also a troublesome thing. Originally, I wanted to be a signboard, but it turned out to be like this. These days, Maude is quietly in his own yard, barely making any movement. And he is absolutely not allowed to enter her inner courtyard. Today's events have passed, and I don't know what this emperor is going to hate herself.
In fact, Maude hates himself, but it doesn't matter. But what if she gets pregnant?
In short, if there are too many women, it is a mess.
Seeing Xiao Yan's uncertain expression, the little mute Bing Xue was smart, and he had been by Xiao Yan's side for a long time, how could he not know what he was thinking. first twisted Xiao Yan, and then said with a light smile: "Senior Sister and that emperor Ji have sent strong maids from the north to guard them, and they will all leave in a car when the time comes." But the emperor is also very obedient, and she will do whatever she says. In this way, how can I be bullied in the future? Not to mention that if Emperor Ji has Brother Xiao's species, I will have to serve her honestly when the time comes......"
Saying that, the little mute lowered his head and pretended to rub his eyes with tears in his eyes. Xiao Yan smiled and slapped her little buttocks: "Nonsense." ”
This slap made the little dumb and slender body jump, and he bit his lip with a red face and glanced back at Xiao Yan, the girl's style is infinite. But he didn't bother Xiao Yan anymore: "I'll go to the inner house inspection point to take care of it, just wait for the departure." Brother Xiao ............"
The little mute looked at Xiao Yan fixedly with big eyes, with infinite tenderness: "Being able to accompany you through hardships and dangers, instead of letting you face it alone, is the happiest thing in my life." ”
The fragrance of the little mute in the flower hall still lingered, but it was quiet again.
In Xiao Yan's independence hall, he didn't say a word for a long time. The sky gradually darkened, and the Yan King Zhijia gradually gathered outside the flower hall, silently waiting for Xiao Yan's order.
In the night, I saw Xiao Yan's figure standing tall in the flower hall, scattered around, like a sculpture-like armored tiger wolf.
And in Bianliang City, the lights are still on.
Xiao Yan's figure suddenly strode out, and the armor soldiers in the courtyard suddenly stood solemnly, and they heard the sound of armor metal colliding!
Xiao Yan ordered in a cold voice: "Prepare to act!" (To be continued......)
PS: You are enthusiastic, there is nothing to repay, only hard work can be coded!
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