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Chapter 181 is out

It's winter, and there is no scenery of gauze skirts all over the streets in Chang'an City. After entering the wax moon, the first snow fell not too late, putting on a layer of silver armor for the majestic Chang'an. The snow scene of Taiji Palace has always been extremely beautiful, but unfortunately, few people are qualified to stand on the high place here and compose poems and lyrics.

The scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion or Shuhua Pavilion have this qualification, but now, the poetry is not very suitable for the situation, and the war in the northwest has begun. After fighting a battle first, after the soldiers came out of the Wolf Milk Mountain Canyon. The war letter written by several scholars was finally sent out, and it is estimated that it will be delivered to the hands of Meng Yuan people in half a month.

His Majesty's edict had been issued a month earlier and had been issued to the whole country. As expected, the people were not resistant to the imperial court's troops. Especially, when they learned that nearly 3,000 people in the city of Fangu had been brutally killed by the Mengyuan people, their anger could not be eliminated.

There are even ignorant and reckless men who privately blame His Majesty for this battle, why should it drag on for a year. In their eyes, it's like having a conflict with the next door, if you punch me, I will naturally fight back. They don't have to think about how much they need to prepare for this war.

In the eyes of the people, this battle was taken for granted. Not only to fight, but also to fight hard. The Meng Yuan barbarian killed 3,000 people in my Great Sui, so at least 30,000 people must be killed to come back.

Of course, no one doubts that this battle will be lost.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, the people who had only drunk Laba porridge got up early and put on thick cotton clothes to clear the snow. The snow fell intermittently for a day and a night, and when I went out, I realized that it was nearly a foot deep. According to the rules of Chang'an Mansion, after the snowfall, each household has to take care of cleaning in front of its own door, and then the yamen will have a special person to pull the snow away with a horse-drawn cart.

Not long after the gates were opened, the people were already pouring into the streets to clear the snow. They would rather sweep the streets first than sweep their yards first, because if someone else's house is already cleaned and there is snow in front of their own house, they will definitely be laughed at as lazy.

The bustle in the street was shattered by the sound of horses' hooves, and a dusty soldier rushed into the city gates, shouting loudly as he beat his horses, signaling the people to get out of the way.

"Military Emergency!"

The soldier had apparently arrived overnight, and the remnants of the snow could be seen on his body. A white horse had been smeared gray and black by muddy water, and the white air that came out of the horse's nose was full of fatigue. This is a soldier who came from the northwest of the Great Sui to report the news, and I don't know how much suffering Lu Dao has suffered along the way.

The people immediately moved out of the way and watched the soldier leave.

"Looks like the military situation is in a hurry?"

Someone speculated.

"It's not like good news, if you win, you should just shout the good news at the border gate, right?"

"You're going to fucking fart, can our border army of the Great Sui still lose? Besides, Li Yuanshan, the general of the Right Xiaowei, garrisoned the northwest, when have you ever heard that our soldiers have suffered losses? ”

"That's right!"

Amid the chatter of the people, the dirty man and the dirty horse disappeared from sight.

His Majesty the Emperor has moved back to the Taiji Palace from Changchun Garden, and lived in the Dongnuan Pavilion behind the Taiji Palace. It can be said that Emperor Yang Yi is the most diligent and the most disobedient emperor of the Great Sui, he rarely returns to the harem, and even rarely summons concubines to sleep in the Dongnuan Pavilion. The iron-mouthed and steel-toothed imperial historians don't want to find a little excuse for talking about the emperor's private life.

After the early dynasty, the emperor walked quickly back to the Dongnuan Pavilion. The soldiers sent by the northwest to report the news stood outside the door and waited, not having time to change their clothes. The soldier was carrying a package on his back, which, like the clothes on his body, was already dirty and could not be seen in its original color.

In the cold air of the early morning, he held an oiled paper bag in both hands and swallowed the steaming bun in a big gulp, which was specially given to him by the eunuch Su Buxing after he entered the palace. It seemed as if he hadn't eaten last night, and he didn't care about the hot bun at all, gobbling it up.

"Come in with me"

The Emperor paused as he approached, and waited for the soldier to swallow the last bite of the bun before he walked over. He stopped the soldier from saluting him and hurried into the East Warm Pavilion.

"Give him a cup of hot water!"

The emperor took off his boots and sat down on the clay kang, and ordered the waiting eunuch to pour the soldier a glass of water. The soldier first kowtowed to thanksgiving, and then poured water into his mouth in one gulp. There was something in his stomach, and the feeling of heat made him feel very comfortable. Coming galloping all the way from the northwest, he hardly stopped to rest except to change horses at the inn.

"How's the battle going in the Northwest?"

The emperor asked.

The soldier unwrapped his back and opened layer after layer, revealing a very clean wooden box with fire paint on it. He handed over the wooden box with both hands, Su Buxing stepped forward to take it, picked open the fire paint with a knife, and pulled out the military situation report inside and handed it to the emperor.

"Back to His Majesty, a month and a half ago, the tooth general Li Xiaozong was ordered to take 5,000 men and horses out of the Wolf Milk Mountain Canyon to explore the way for the army, and fought fiercely with the enemy general Mandu Wolf in Mandu Banner Nirvana City. Mandu Wolf actually ordered all the herdsmen to go to the battlefield and besiege Li Xiaozong. General Li fought a bloody battle, killing more than 10,000 enemies, but 5,000 men and horses were almost ...... However, the canyon was defended, and when he set off, the general Li Yuanshan had already led his troops through the Wolf Milk Mountain. ”

The emperor listened to the soldier while looking at the military situation, and when he heard that the five thousand elite soldiers under Li Xiaozong's command were not in battle, his face couldn't help but change.

"Hit Dongchu...... Five thousand elite soldiers can enter the country of Eastern Chu for thousands of miles in one go! ”

He sighed slightly: "Fight Meng Yuan, and only 5,000 people will be out of the canyon and the battle will be lost...... You go on, has Li Yuanshan taken Nirvana City? Mandu Latu's men and horses, have they arrived? ”

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Early in the morning, the Ouchi guards began to clean the courtyard themselves. There are many servants in the palace, but they are not allowed to move around freely in the Ouchi guards. Luo Weiran, who was dressed in a mink velvet, stepped on the snow and walked quickly into the back yard, and at the door, Hou Wenji, the envoy of the Qing Ya Town, was already standing there waiting.

"Your Majesty's will has come down?"

Hou Wenji asked.

Luo Weiran nodded and said: "Early this morning, Your Majesty sent someone to find me, and carefully inquired about the things that have been traced in the past six months, because there is really no person or thing to point out that the evidence is related to Buddhism, Your Majesty ordered him to be released from Lu for the time being, and this matter has finally come to an end." ”

"Your Majesty is in no mood to pay attention to this matter now, but...... If there was no war with Meng Yuan, maybe Fang Xie would have been released long ago. ”

Hou Wenji smiled and said: "Your Majesty has been paying attention to the war in the northwest all day long, where would you think that there is still a little guy in it." I don't know who is blowing the wind in His Majesty's ears, and His Majesty only remembered that there was still a trouble closed. ”

"It should be Dean Zhou."

Luo Weiran entered the room, took off the big hat and stood by the stove and rubbed his hands: "I heard that Dean Zhou entered the palace yesterday, or because it has dragged on long enough, so long that if Fang Xie does not appear in the Yanwu Academy again, no kind of lie can stop other people's speculation." In another twenty days, it will be the New Year, according to the rules, Fang Jie, the head of the martial arts academy is to represent the students of the martial arts academy to face the saint, and also appear at the celebration of the big banquet of the ministers under His Majesty, a sentence to practice in the back mountain is obviously inappropriate. ”

"Just let it out?"

Hou Wenji poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Luo Weiran: "Although I have expected it a long time ago, I am a little unwilling to do anything." ”

"For what?"

Luo Weiran asked.

Hou Wenji smiled and said: "I haven't found anything, there is no proof that he has no connection with the Buddha Sect, and there is no certificate that he has a connection with the Buddha Sect, so let it out...... I always felt that something was wrong. ”

Luo Weiran glanced at him and said, "Then you won't let it go." ”

Hou Wenji said: "What you said is a bit mixed with personal feelings, but it's also true, no matter what, he is also your nephew." ”

"Just let it go."

He rubbed his brows and said: "Because of the war in the northwest, the university scholar Niu Huilun made a statement to His Majesty, and on the first day of the Lunar New Year, let the students of the Yanwu Academy parade in red and hang colors to boost the morale of the people. This idea is very ranshy, but it is estimated that it will have some effect, at least let the people see that there are still so many available talents in the martial arts academy. ”

Luo Weiran nodded, not knowing what Lu Dao was for, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

"I heard...... There is an urgent report from the northwest. ”

He muttered softly.

"yes......"

Hou Wenji was silent for a while, patted Luo Weiran's shoulder and said, "After the New Year, I will go to the northwest." Everything in the capital is left to you, and the burden on your shoulders will be a lot heavier. ”

He looked at the heat rising from the cup, and there was no joy or sorrow in his eyes.

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This was the first time Fang Xie had seen a mirror in the secret prison of the Ouchi guard in so long, so he was startled when he saw the person in the bronze mirror.

"Is this me?"

He raised his hand and stroked the beard on his chin, then turned to look at the long hair behind him, which had reached his waist. The figure in the mirror is a little unfamiliar, and there is a big gap between it and the self in memory. Fang Xie got used to it for a while, and then he couldn't help but sigh and said, "The years are really a pig-killing knife." ”

Zhuo Buyi, who was looking at him with a smile on the side, picked up the scissors and handed them to Fang Jie: "The hair is too long, cut it." ”

Fang Xie didn't pick it up, but smiled and said, "Keep it, it's quite pleasing to the eye." But I can't keep my beard, otherwise I'm sorry for my title of beautiful man. ”

He picked up the razor, dipped it in some water, and began to shave in front of the bronze mirror. This is the first time that he has shaved in the back of this world, so his movements are a little jerky. I can't handle the angle strength well, and it's a bit hard to scrape. Qiu Yu, who was sitting on the side, stood up, walked up to him and took the razor, pinching Fang Jie's jaw with one hand and raising it, and gently scraping the knife over his cheek with the other.

"This pose ......"

Fang Xie turned his head to look at himself in the bronze mirror, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's like I've been molested." ”

Qiu Yu ignored his ridicule, but asked, "Have you thought about it?" appeared in front of the students of the Martial Arts Academy again, how to explain the disappearance for more than half a year. ”

"Explain the."

Fang Xie raised his chin and spoke cautiously, lest Qiu Yu's knife scratch his face: "I am the head of the Martial Arts Academy, can I explain it to them?" Again...... The old guy you smashed the table, he'll think of what to say. ”

"That old guy is right here."

A voice floated over at the door, startling Fang Jie.

He looked back, and then saw Luo Weiran and Dean Zhou, whom he had hated for a long time.

"I'm a little angry when you call me old guy."

Dean Zhou walked over slowly, looked at Fang Xie and said, "But there is one sentence that I like very much...... You are the number one in the martial arts academy, and you need to explain a fart to them when you have been missing for half a year and a year? ”

"You mean, the thing that locked me up for so long is like a fart, and you can release it if you want to?"

Fang Xie still raised his chin and asked, his eyes defiant.

Dean Zhou didn't get angry, but was silent for a while and said seriously, "What's wrong with the fart?" You are free to let it out, and can you take it back freely? ”

Fang Xie was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "It seems to make sense." ”

Dean Zhou hummed and said, "Very reasonable." ”

He dropped the package in his hand on the stone bed, pointed to it, and said, "A new dress." ”

"You want me to care about a new dress?"

Fang asked.

"What else do you want?"

Dean Zhou asked.

Fang Xie thought for a while, and then said seriously: "At the very least, you have to invite me to a meal in Keshengju, and then go to the red sleeves to invite everyone to dance a song of flowing flower water sleeves." ”