Chapter 6: Lost
Yang Qingshan's body trembled, he had been on the battlefield for a long time, and he could think of the tragedy at that time, the uncle of the Xie family was tragically destroyed, Xie Zicheng was an official and a first-class general, brave and good at fighting, and died like this! His daughter is his favorite granddaughter-in-law, and she has always wanted to pick up the capital, why didn't she pick it up? He looked at the little boy beside him, and the little boy showed a look of horror on his face, such a thing was indeed terrifying for an eleven-year-old child.
The black-clothed man's voice choked and said: "Lugu Pass is the city gate that was opened from the inside, and the people who escaped by luck said that General Xie was patrolling the north city that night, but the south gate was opened, and the Beidi people lurking outside the city quickly entered the city and killed them by surprise." The princess broke through with her children and was chased by a group of masked men and was outnumbered...... No one was spared...... After the death of the princess, she was beheaded, and the bodies of the young master and the young lady were also ......" The man in black kowtowed vigorously and cried: "Master Hou, there is a spy in the army, you ...... You want to avenge the Xie family! ”
The little boy's voice trembled, and he said strongly: "How is Grandpa Xie?" ”
The man in black wiped his face and said: "Hou Ye besieged the city, Lugu Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he couldn't attack it for a long time, so he had to retreat, and the second master defended Beiyan Pass, and when he returned to Yuguan, Yuguan had already fought a few more battles with Beidi, and the third master defended Yuguan so that Yuguan could be preserved." The subordinates didn't dare to delay, so they came back directly to report the news, and when they left, Xie Houye told his subordinates that the second master, the third master and the eldest lady in Beijing still hoped that the Hou Ye would take care of one or two. He ...... "The man in black really couldn't go on, and Xie Yu's deep words were still in his ears that day: "Benhou is desperate to defend Yuguan and Northern Xinjiang, and I only ask Brother Qingshan to take care of our Xie orphans and keep a blood for my Xie family." ”
Yang Qingshan lit the secret letter in his hand with a candle. The Xie family in the capital only has the children of the second and third rooms, that is, Xie Yu's second brother and third brother, and Xie Yingping, the daughter who married Lian Kang, and the secret letter Xie Yu personally wrote, the letter said that the military mutiny came suddenly, and the death of Xie Zicheng's family was strange and conspiratorial. Did he discover something or think of something? The letter did not make it clear that after years of communication, he understood that Xie Yu must have found clues, so he let his people rush to report the news. He looked at the little boy beside him, and his brows furrowed again.
Footsteps came in a hurry outside the tent, and someone whispered: "Master Hou, Northern Xinjiang is urgent." ”
Yang Qingshan was slightly shocked, what happened? Someone came into the account and reported in a low voice: "Master Hou, something happened in Northern Xinjiang, Master Xie was assassinated, Beiyanguan and Yuguan were in an emergency, and Zhangziling was in an emergency." ”
Yang Qingshan's face changed, Xie Yu was assassinated? The urgency of these three places means that the children of the Xie family's house will not be able to hold it, and the person who came continued: "The news will reach the capital in a few days, and something is abnormal, please make arrangements as soon as possible." ”
Yang Qingshan slapped the table case heavily, this time it was a big incident. Who opened the city gate to frame the Xie family, and who assassinated Xie Yu, with the work of the old man, non-ordinary people can get close, how can they still be stabbed? The second master of the Xie family, the third master and the fourth master have extraordinary martial arts, and the 300,000 army can't hold the pass?
The person continued: "Beidi increased the army to attack the city, claiming to be 800,000, but in fact there were at least 500,000, the Xie family army died 50,000 in the battle of Lugu Pass, Beiyan Pass was the closest to the former enemy, the battle was the tightest, the 100,000 army was wounded 20,000, and the defenders of Yuguan and Zhangziling each had 100,000, when the subordinates came back, Xie Houye was transferring troops from the interior to prevent the surrounding counties and counties from being attacked. ”
The little boy suddenly asked, "Is the fifth uncle still in Yuguan?" ”
The person who came was slightly stunned, and then understood that he was asking the fifth master of the Xie family, Ziliang, and replied: "Back to the world, the fifth master is not in the pass, and after the Lugu Pass was lost, the Hou master sent him away." ”
The little boy nodded, turned to Yang Qingshan and said, "Grandpa, my grandson is unwell, I want to bother my grandfather to take my grandson back to the house, it's not early now, let's leave now, we should be able to get to the capital before dawn." ”
Yang Qingshan looked at the decisiveness on this childish little face, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he reached out to pat him on the head and said, "Jiulin is a smart child, let's go back to Beijing now." ”
This little boy is Yang Qingshan's grandson Yang Jiulin, after his father died in battle, Yang Qingshan languished for a long time, the eldest son is the prince of the Hou Mansion that he cultivated, and the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, Yang Qingshan was sad, and asked for the title of grandson, and after a hundred years, the title of Marquis of Anguo was inherited by Yang Jiulin. This child's performance at this time really did not disappoint him.
It was less than noon, and Lian Ruixue was endorsing a book in the house, and a maid ring came to inform her outside the door, saying that the grandmother of Anguohou Mansion had brought Xiao Shizi to see her, and asked her to go to the flower hall to meet guests. Lian Ruixue knew that this was the wife of Yang Kewei, the eldest son of the Yang family, the Marquis of Anguo, and his son Yang Jiulin. At the moment, I followed Yahuan to the flower hall.
A beautiful woman in the hall was holding hands with Xie Yingping and laughing, and when the little boy saw Lian Ruixue, a gentle smile appeared on his face, and he beckoned to her: "Ah Xue, are your injuries healed?" ”
Lian Ruixue smiled brightly, she is from the appearance association, whether it is Wei Peng or this Yang Jiulin, they are rare monsters, one handsome with arrogance, one handsome and gentle, this little kid is so eye-catching, and he can't be fascinated by these women in the capital when he grows up.
Xie Yingping took Yu's hand and walked towards the inner courtyard, while telling Ruixue and Jiulin to play in the courtyard and not to bully Jiulin. Lian Ruixue has a black line, is he so stubborn? Do you often bully Yang Jiulin? Yang Jiulin shook his head: "Aunt Ping, Ah Xue is still young, where is there bullying me." ”
Yu sighed: "It's a pity that our uncle went early, only Jiulin is the one, and there are no younger siblings to accompany him." ”
Xie Yingping patted her hand and persuaded: "I only have Xue'er!" Jiulin always takes Hou Ye with him, when there is nothing to do, you often come, they have played together since childhood, and they are no different from their own sisters. ”
Lian Ruixue looked at their backs as they entered the inner room, suddenly put away her smile, and said to Yang Jiulin: "You weren't in the camp with Grandpa Yang, why did you suddenly come back?" Don't tell me you're here to play with me. ”
Yang Jiulin was shocked by her performance, she didn't expect her to suddenly react so calmly, if it weren't for that little dumpling, she would have reacted. Lian Ruixue winked at him and said, "Scared you?" You are not Wei Peng, you are running around all day long, and it is natural that you will come back suddenly. ”
Her big round eyes were watery, revealing twelve points of agility, Yang Jiulin smiled unconsciously, reached out to rub her hair, and said with a smile: "Well, I want to take you to the camp." ”
Lian Ruixue suddenly put away her smile, stared straight at him, and took herself to the big camp, this must be an accident, otherwise what kind of big camp would you go to? She couldn't care less about the fact that she was only six years old, so she eased her mind and slowly asked, "Is there something wrong?" Why do you suddenly want to take me to the camp? ”
Yang Jiulin couldn't help but take a step back, her reaction was really not like Ruixue before. But the little person in front of her is clearly the same as before, and the harmless face of the human and animal is full of agility and alertness, could it be that she is precocious? Already guessed something was going to happen?
Lian Ruixue said softly: "Brother Jiulin, don't be afraid. The things I hurt were originally plotted, and I know in my heart that if you tell me the truth, I won't be afraid. ”
Yang Jiulin was really stunned, when she came to see her a few days ago, her pitiful appearance was really distressing, but it turned out that she understood everything in her heart. He also went to the banquet that day, if he didn't think that Wei Peng had been leading her to play, he wouldn't let her and Wan'er run out of his sight, one was the daughter of his third uncle, and the other was a little fan dough that he watched grow up, he would never let them have an accident in front of him, but something happened that day, Rui Xue woke up after a few days of coma, and almost died, he didn't dare to tell the adults, although Rui Xue was a little naughty, but she really wasn't the kind of skin to the point where she didn't know what to do, from childhood to adulthood, every time she played with older children, She will be very careful and careful, and she will never go where accidents can happen. How could he climb the rockery alone and fall down this time?
He took Lian Ruixue's hand and asked seriously: "Then let me ask you a question, if I want you to go with me, are you willing?" ”
Lian Ruixue's heart sank, this child is also very precocious, Xiao Zhengtai, who is only eleven years old, is so mature, but when he says this, it can only explain one problem, something happened to the Xie family, and he wants to take himself into hiding. Thoughts are racing in his head, is he hiding himself in the big camp? The Yang family is a courtier of the Great Jin Dynasty and holds military power, if something happens to the Xie family, they will not be implicated? In the novels and TV series I watched in the past, their situation may not be safe.
She shook her head slowly: "Brother Jiulin, I won't go with you, I want to accompany my mother, if there is really such a day, I will not affect all of you." ”
When Yu and Xie Yingping came out of the inner courtyard, Xie Yingping's face was pale, Lian Ruixue went up and took her hand, raised her face and asked, "Mother, your face is so bad, are you uncomfortable?"
Xie Yingping smiled reluctantly and said, "Mother is fine, let's go to the Hou Mansion to visit your second grandfather in the afternoon, after you recovered from your injuries, you haven't gone to his old man's house to say goodbye."