Chapter 12: The Hero's Anger Turns Red
I looked at Yan Yong's back, slowly disappearing into the night, for some reason, I always felt that he and Yan Liduo, there will be a day when the soldiers meet, I don't want to see such an ending, but I don't know, how to adjust the relationship between them.
Does Sticky Han know that he has been put on the spot? What is the reason why Jin Wushu stopped Yan Liduo from saving Yan Yong? Who are they in Wan Yanyong's mouth? Why did he adopt this child, who was picked up from the enemy battlefield......
I began to realize that although the Kingdom of Jin was a nomadic people, there were many calculations in the royal family, and without the protection of my father when I was in Lin'an before, I could only go on my own tentatively.
When I returned to King Liang's camp, I didn't leave yet, but I'm sure that something must have happened during the time I left, because the two of them lost their previous momentum, and they fought against each other for their own battalions across the scattered sand fortress on the table.
By the time he returned his gaze to the battlefield, he had already cut off the waterways and captured his last territory, annihilating his entire army.
The corners of Liduo's mouth raised an arc: "Fourth, father, I named your third brother "Lu", in fact, it is not to say that this king is thin and tired, but to tell this king that when a man fights, he must have the ability to destroy thousands of horses and flood thousands of armies, it seems that back then, the lesson of the fiasco with Han Shizhong and Huang Tiandang has been forgotten by you. β
Yu Liduo's expression gradually became heavy, he looked at Jin Wushu and said: "Wushu, the third brother begs you, don't be embarrassed for Wulu anymore, although his father died at your hands, but on the battlefield, you live and die, this point, Wulu understands." β
"Even if your identity is a fake son, but your biological father is a hero who galloped across the battlefield with Emperor Taizu, how can he ...... with you?"
"Vultureβ" Orido interrupted him wearily, stopping him from going on.
"Okay...... "Jin Wushu gritted his teeth and swallowed the words.
"Since the third brother has made up his mind, I have broken this thought, I hope that one day, when I die in the hands of that wolf cub, you, the elder brother, can have a trace of guilt in your heart."
Ignoring his words, I turned to walk towards me, I leaned over him slightly, and whispered, "Yong'er, I've returned to the army." β
"When I saw you return, I knew that Ulu would be fine."
He nodded, and the confidence that came from somewhere made me feel that this sentence was more like he casually said it perfunctory, as if he didn't care about what Wan Yanyong did.
He took my hand and said softly and dotingly: "All right, madam, let's go home." β
The wrist that was being held suddenly felt a sharp pain, I snorted softly, and Liduo quickly let go of my hand.
He carefully rolled up my sleeve, only to see that there was a heavy bruise on my left wrist, because I was only thinking about Yan Yong's affairs, so I didn't pay much attention to it, but at this moment, even I felt terrible.
Liduo's expression froze, he smiled, and the next moment, he turned around and picked up the knife and rushed out, this series of actions changed so quickly that I didn't even have time to react, let alone stop him.
That was the first time that Liduo was angry, because in everyone's impression, His Royal Highness King Lu has always been kind to others, forgiving and gentle, so the angry appearance of Liduo made everyone feel afraid, and they all avoided it from afar, for fear that if they got closer, there would be a disaster of blood and light.
Jin Wuxuan came to me and sighed after the operation: "The hero is angry, you are also quite capable, this king is so big, I have never seen the third brother, because of something and thunderous, it is really sad to pass the beauty pass!" β
I don't know if he is praising me or slandering Liduo, but he does tell the truth, but Yong'er's incident has had too many coincidences and misunderstandings from beginning to end, in fact, Mu Han didn't know that Xianbao's injury was caused by himself; Like my original thoughts, I thought that the injury was just a small fight between the children; And it was indeed true that Jin Wushu and Yan Liduo were discussing military affairs, but after suddenly hearing the news that Yan Yong was captured by Sticky Han, he decided to use Sticky Han to untie the knot that he had been unable to untie in his heart.
Therefore, when Liduo took the knife and broke into the camp of Sticky Han in anger, the two of them were more reasonable than the other, and made a lot of noise, and even the Minister of State did not persuade him, I later learned about the scene from the mouth of the guards who were present at the time, and Sticky Han roared angrily: "My son's account has not been settled with your son, what qualifications do you have to shout with Lao Tzu here!" β
Liduo didn't show weakness, picked up the knife and pointed at Sticky Han and said: "What happened to Yong'er, you go to Yong'er to count, what is it to bully the princess, I call you big brother, because I respect you for Liduo, but if in your heart, you can't put Princess Hanyi and me in the same position, I will draw a line with you, and the identity of the wheel, although I am not as good as you as a false son, but don't forget, my father, but Emperor Taizu!" β
"Just for that woman, you ......"
"What a woman!" Oriduo was even more angry: "That's my wife, wife! β
"If it weren't for Lao Tzu, she wouldn't have appeared in Dajin!"
"Then I'll thank you eldest brother, I'll leave the words here today, if I hadn't met Princess Hanyi, this life would have passed like this, but sticky Han, you listen to me, my mother Tanqu died in jealousy and intrigue between women, so I will never treat women like you with three wives and four concubines, indulging in lust. If I marry, I will only marry one, and I will only be good to her wholeheartedly, Song Yan's death, I have already let go, but you listen to me clearly, I understand! From now on, if you let her suffer the slightest more harm, I will fight with you! β
If it weren't for this time, Wanyan Xianbao woke up from a coma and explained the beginning and end of the matter, I estimate that in the end, even Wanyan and the Empress Dowager Pucha could be alarmed, firstly, because there are too many people involved in this matter, if it makes Sagai and Aguta, the children of these two brothers turn against each other, and the court of the Jin Kingdom will set off a lot of waves. There will be many complaints, among which the national teacher Yuwen Xuzhong has the strongest response.
Wan Yan Xianbao opened his weak eyes, but saw that the house was full of messes, he was stunned, and said with a sigh of relief: "What happened...... Why is the third uncle here? β
Hearing this, Mu Han immediately put aside the people and things in front of him, excitedly rushed to Wanyan Xiebao's side, and said four words: "Thank you...... Shaman. β
I always feel that as a nomadic Jurchen, they seem to be more emotional than us Han people, which is a yard to yard thinking, so I think that even if Yong'er really hurt Yan Xianbao and beat him to death, between Liduo and Mu Han, they will not turn against each other because of this.
It's just that I only feel a little bit of this northern feeling, but I can't understand it.
After that, there is nothing to talk about, it is estimated that at that time, the hearts of Liduo and Sticky Han were very embarrassed, I later reflected on myself, in fact, Sticky Han saw me at the moment, but also understood, I have nothing to do with this matter, but he is a person who eats soft and does not eat hard, if I talk to him with good words, there will be no many things later, but my attitude towards his speech is extremely arrogant, unreasonable, he is a commander of the first army, and he was swept away by a woman, no wonder it will arouse his anger.
But there is another point that I have never mentioned to anyone, in fact, in my heart, I have always been afraid of sticky Han, so I will use that unreasonable attitude to disguise my fear of him.
But where this sense of fear comes from, I can't say it myself, if it is because of his performance in attacking the Song Dynasty and treating the prisoners of war of the Song Dynasty, he was fierce and brutal, which left a psychological shadow on me, but this is the common characteristic of almost all Jurchens, such as my husband Liduo, words and deeds, full of gentlemanly style, I have never seen a second one in the Jin Kingdom, even believe in karma, known as the "Bodhisattva Prince", and I can talk about the golden vulture with me, I also did a lot of things that I couldn't forgive.
But in the story I have told, about their deeds before I came to the Kingdom of Jin, as well as the aunts and sisters who were locked up in the laundry and forced to marry other ministers of the Kingdom of Jin, as slaves and concubines, I chose to ignore their existence, in fact, I did have this idea, and lived in the Kingdom of Jin for so many years, because only in this way can I live a relatively easy life, and the guilt in my heart will be a little less, and for those people and things that I cannot retaliate against, I have no other choice but to let go.
After this incident came to an end, I ushered in another thing that distressed me, that is, I really realized that my body had a tendency to be out of shape, so I said to Liuyun before that I was going on a hunger strike, and I seriously implemented it, of course, I did all this behind my back, and Liuyun and Liduo didn't know it.
During that time, I had an anorexia mood towards almost all the meat and fishy food, and even when I smelled the meat, I wanted to vomit.
I also offended Zhulan once again, and on that day, she sent someone to bring me the barbecue that she had made herself, but I was so distraught that I was tortured by the diet that was close to a hunger strike, and I told the maid who served the meat to get out of the way, so this matter was firmly recorded by Zhulan.
A few days later, she came to me with a jar of wine, but I still didn't realize that the maid who served the meat was from Zhulan, so I didn't associate her presence with it.
"Zhulan offended Princess Hanyi a lot before, and I hope that the princess can ignore her past suspicions."
"Don't dare to be, what are you making trouble about?"
I asked solemnly, reluctant to play a pantomime with her.
"The princess laughed, a few days ago, Zhulan sent someone to send the princess the game she had hunted with her own hands, but she didn't want the princess to be disgusted, it was really sinful."
"I ......"
I realized that what I had done was wrong and wanted to explain it to her, but she stopped me.
"It's nothing, it's just that Zhulan is willing to be cheap and enthusiastic to face coldly, or maybe the princess thinks that I admire the prince and hinder your eyes, so I don't want to see Zhulan so much."
I deliberately ignored the first half of her sentence, but the second half of the sentence listened to my heart, she put the bowl in front of me, filled me with wine, and said: "Zhulan said that Zhulan laughed, today Zhulan visited the princess, just to make amends to the princess, I want to come to the game is not very suitable for the princess's appetite, this wine, is the prime minister to Zhulan, the identity of the person who made this wine is a mystery, now there is only this altar left in this world, I hope to be able to the princess's mind, I don't know if the princess can appreciate the face, drink this bowl?" β
In the bowl of wine, a bow hung on the wall behind me, I looked at Zhulan, and there was no movement.
"Princess, aren't you afraid that I will be poisoned?"
"What do you say?"
She smiled awkwardly: "It seems that the princess is not a cool person either." β
I said in one word: "Okay, Zhulan, you are not the kind of person who has nothing to do, it is indeed my Hanyi who is at fault first, this palace has been disordered in the past few days, so he is short-tempered, it is really unintentional to offend you, this palace should punish himself for three bowls, but this wine is drunk, and there are some words, Hanyi also has to say." β
"I want to hear about it."
I looked at Zhulan and said sincerely, "You and I, let's serve a husband together." β
"You...... What did you say? She looked at me incredulously.
"What, do you think this palace is too refreshing? Hongu is serious. I said.
"Bengong was born in the royal family, and since he was a child, he was educated by three from four virtues and Zhu Zi's science, and there is still a lot of room for people, but what this palace wants to tell Princess Zhulan is that if this palace does not have the right to choose her husband with your country, this palace will definitely marry a man who loves you deeply, not her own deep love, Han Yi can persuade the prince to marry you, but it can't change the prince's mind."
She looked at me, and I stopped talking, I picked up the wine bowl and said to her: "Hanyi drinks three bowls by herself, and after drinking three bowls, I hope Princess Zhulan can give the palace an answer." β
However, just as the wine was about to touch my lips, Zhulan suddenly got up and knocked off my bowl, and the wine spilled on the ground making a "Sisi" sound, and she looked at the scene in front of her with rapid breathing, but she didn't expect that I would behave so calmly, as if I already knew her thoughts.
"You're really...... Still can't get started. β
"You already knew?"
I don't know if it was because of the nervousness and excitement, her eyes glistened with tears.
I said lightly: "Yes, this palace has known for a long time. β
"If I hadn't spilled the wine, you would ......"
"Hongu will still drink it."
"Why ......"
I didn't answer her words directly, and carefully stroked the wine jar: "This jar of wine, but this palace is brewed by his own hands, you see, the bottom of this jar is still printed with my word 'Han Yi'." β
"What?" Zhulan was dumbfounded.
I raised my eyes and smiled at her: "I think you should not know the preciousness of this wine, it is Puzhong wine, the palace in the brewing of this altar of the batch of wine, but also added a few flavors from the Dongying tribute to the medicinal materials, in order to please the ancestors, all day long, how to grind those medicinal materials into powder, and do not hurt its medicinal properties, I don't know how much thought, but unfortunately, after the wine is brewed, the ancestors have not taken a sip, and they were robbed by you, the prime minister rewarded you with this wine, I don't know if you are illiterate, or really too much love for Princess Zhulan. β
I picked up the wine jar and sniffed the wine gently: "Your poison is not a vulgar thing, it's not a waste of my wine, it's just this poison, you are still not ruthless enough, at most, this palace will be temporarily blinded by you, toss for a few days, and it will be fine." β
There's a lot of information hidden in my words, but I guess she can't hear it.
"I want you to die, it's my Zhulan's meaning, it has nothing to do with my uncle, if you are angry, just ask me for revenge!"
"Do you see that this palace looks like an annoyed person, talking to you calmly, but always causing you to misunderstand like this." I was a little dazzled by hunger, and my tone was very helpless.
Hearing this, she sighed desperately and nodded angrily: "Okay...... I, Zhulan, am a princess, and if I really compare my scheming with you, I will definitely not be your opponent, and you tolerate me so much, I don't know if you are doing it sincerely, or if you are deliberately humiliating me. β
"You're still young, I can't bear to do it to you." I laughed.
"Heh, then thank you for the mercy of the princess's subordinates, from now on, if I see you again, I will definitely go around the road."
She shook off and was about to leave, I hurriedly grabbed her arm and persuaded: "Why bother, if you want, what Bengong said before is true." β
But she broke free of my hand, and took a few more steps, until she was about to step out of the tent door, when she turned her face to me and said:
"No need, I won't mistake myself in a man's body, when Brother Zong Yao didn't marry you, I would still give my sincerity, now that he has married you and is still so affectionate to you, I will completely abandon this thought, I am also a proud person."
That incident, on the contrary, made me have a little admiration for Zhulan in my heart, she is also a woman with a temperament, but she was spoiled by the ministers of the country and the brothers Jin Wushu and Sticky Han, so her temperament is so flamboyant and domineering.
So much so that she wanted me to die, so she personally held the poisoned wine for me to drink, without considering any consequences, and the childish character of the truth, so that I couldn't even bear to fight back against her ruthlessness.
That night, I had a strange dream, in which I was in a place where the moon and stars could not be seen, the smoke was everywhere, the sound of bells was faintly heard in the distance, and my feet involuntarily walked forward.
The sound of the bell became louder and louder, and in the thick fog, a figure appeared in front of my eyes, and when I approached, I could see clearly, the man had a ring of bells wrapped around his waist, and held a copper drum in his hand, and the color of his clothes was very exaggerated and weird, and he turned his back to me, moving around like a phantom, and when he turned around, a face with a strange mask kept approaching me, and finally saidβ
"I'm back......"
When I woke up from my bed, I saw through the screen that the candlelight in the outer tent was unusually bright, so I put on a dress with sleepy eyes and went away in search of the light.
I turned around and went to boil him a bowl of soothing soup, and when I came back, his hands were already on his head, and his eyes were closed, I don't know if he was resting or really asleep.
I lifted my toes and approached him gently, but the subtle sound was still noticed by him, and he opened his eyes casually, but I did not expect to appear in front of him, yawning, and forcing my spirits to say to me, "Madame, why is she awake?" β
He hurriedly picked up the books piled up on the desk, put them all on the ground, and made room for the tray in my hand: "Madame sit." β
So I bent down and put the soothing soup in front of Shen Liduo, his loose hair, there were still braided marks, it looked like a wilted lion, this appearance, made me feel a little distressed.
"Two days ago, Li Renxiao, the emperor of Western Xia, sent someone to intercept the grain and grass handed over in the border area of Dajin, this matter shocked the government and the opposition, the Jurchen and the party, there is about to be a war, Mrs. look, this is the military map drawn by this king, the attack and defense of Western Xia."
I hesitated for a moment, and finally didn't pick up the drawings he brought to me, picked up the bowl of soothing soup and said to him: "It's late at night, I'm not interested, hurry up and drink this soup, don't let it get cold." β
But he didn't stretch out his hand, and said to me with a smile: "This king's hand is a little sore. β
I heard what he meant, so I fed him one bite at a time, and in the process, except when he drank the soup, his mouth could open and close, and his body never moved, and he kept watching me quietly, making me cry and laugh.
"Ripples." He called me.
"Huh?"
"Nothing, just trying to call you."
My face was slightly embarrassed: "Dengzi ......"
"Why do you think that this king is praising this king for not abandoning his wife?"
He laughed loudly and gradually returned to his serious tone: "This matter happened in the fief of this king, so if there is a war with Western Xia this time, this king will be the commander of the army." β
I kept my head down and didn't speak.
He rubbed his forehead: "Sticky Han, Zhu Libu, Jin Wushu, and this king, they are all people who have already been crowned kings, but they all stayed in Huining, and they have not returned to the fiefdom for a long time, Wanyan Zongpan has taken advantage of this mess and began to make trouble for the emperor in the court, which is really a headache for this king......
"Lord Wang, go to sleep first, don't think about this." I said.
"Let's take it one step at a time." He moved his muscles and stretched.
"Madame, go in first, this king is worried that if the candle is extinguished now, the light will dim, and you will not be able to see the surrounding things clearly."