This is clearly a map.

Hua Jingping quickly glanced at the map, his eyes slightly condensed.

The little guy didn't speak, and silently continued to take out some small black and white chess pieces from the box, and the black and white chess pieces were gathered in a certain position on the map, with a city wall as the boundary, black and white, clearly distinguished.

The map and the chess pieces are combined to form a simple sand table.

The little guy's movements were skillful and smooth, without a trace of hesitation, as if he had practiced all this countless times, and all the layouts were clear to him.

After the little guy set up the map and chess pieces, he retreated with the empty box and stood outside the pavilion like a stone sculpture.

Feng Yan looked at this map with interest, and his slender fingers casually plucked a wisp of green silk that was blown by the wind, "This is Shuzhou Chuanzi City?" ”

He spoke in a questioning tone, but his expression was very certain.

Dong Qingda, who had been expressionless, heard the words "Chuanzicheng", and his eyes rippled slightly.

He finally moved, walked towards Feng Yan's side, then sat down on Heizi's side, pointed at Bai Zi and said to Feng Yan: "If you were to defend the city, what would you do?" ”

While speaking, Dong Qingda's pupils were full of light, as if the originally calm sea suddenly set off a high angry wave, pressing down towards Feng Yan, with a thunderous momentum.

At this moment, he seemed to have become the invincible general who had commanded thousands of troops on the battlefield, fierce and domineering.

Feng Yan looked at Dong Qingda calmly, the corners of his lips were always smiling, and he raised his hand at Dong Qingda, meaning, please.

Hua Jingping felt a little embarrassed in his heart: It seems that the battle of Chuanzicheng has become Dong Qingda's heart disease.

Five years ago, the southwest of the Faqiang State raided Dasheng, connected and captured the two cities, and the army attacked directly outside the city of Chuanzi, and the general who defended the city at that time was Dong Qingda.

In this battle, Dong Qingda was defeated, although he could also choose to win......

Hua Jingping and Feng Yan's eyes both fell on the Chuanzi River next to Chuanzi City, where there was a dam called Chuanziyan.

At that time, if Dong Qingda was willing to open the floodgates and release water and sacrifice the people of a city, he would be able to turn the tide of the war, but he didn't, he chose to defend to the death, and as a result, he was defeated, he couldn't wait for reinforcements, so he could only retreat to the northeast with the remnants of the army in a hurry.

When the military report reached the capital, the emperor was furious and immediately removed Dong Qingda from his post as the chief soldier and sent him to the capital......

This is the "general", even if there have been a hundred victories, it is not worth one defeat.

Dong Qingda's gaze moved down and fell on the map in front of him.

The sunspot is the Qiang army, and the white son is our army.

He pursed his thin lips, and there was an inexplicable bitterness on his broad face.

Over the years, he has rehearsed that battle countless times in his mind and on the map, and he knows every step taken by the Faqiang army at that time, and he has tried to imagine many possibilities, but in the end, the battle situation still came to the same end in different ways.

Is the gate of this Chuanziyan open, or not?

Dong Qingda raised his right hand and skillfully moved the sunspots on the map, and the sunspots approached Chuanzicheng in three directions......

There was silence in the pavilion, except for the sound of chess pieces moving on the map.

The air was uncomfortably quiet.

Outside the pavilion, two birds chased and flew by, and the blue sky was cloudless.

Hua Jingping raised his eyes and looked straight at the two birds that were fluttering their wings.

In the sky, the two birds chase each other, you advance and I retreat, you stop and disturb me, you run away and I chase......

The courtyard is full of spring breeze, the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, and the pavilion is full of murderous opportunities.

There seemed to be a faint coolness in the spring breeze that blew into the pavilion.

Is it going to rain? Hua Jingping thought in a daze, watching the two birds fold their wings and land steadily on the lilac branch, and a somewhat hoarse male voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "I lost." ”

The short three words seem to have traveled through thousands of years, revealing an endless vicissitudes and sighs.

Hua Jingping retracted his gaze and looked at Dong Qingda beside him.

In just a blink of an eye, Dong Qingda seemed to be a different person, his forehead and neck were sweating profusely, but his eyes were bright, his back was straight, and the whole person seemed to be several years younger all of a sudden.

On the map, the overall situation has been decided.

Baizi won a big victory.

Dong Qingda lost, this was the second battle he lost as a general, and he lost in the same place.

However, his mood was very different.

This time, he was very happy to lose.

It turns out that there is no endless road, and it turns out that the people of Dasheng Army and Chuanzi City still have this way of life, and it turns out that they can find another way like Feng Yan!

Dong Qingda stared at the map for a long time before he slowly moved his gaze up and looked at Feng Yan, his face was still so calm, but his heart was as shocked as lightning and thunder.

In fact, he used this game to challenge Feng Yan, not just to see if Feng Yan had the ability to lead the troops, but more importantly, he wanted to see what kind of person Feng Yan was......

Will he be unscrupulous for his goals, will he be bottomless in order to achieve his goals.

Dong Qingda's eyes became brighter and brighter.

Scholars, they should make meritorious contributions.

Of course, he is not willing to accept the status quo, but the bird chooses the good tree to perch, and the virtuous minister chooses the name of the master.

If Feng Yan is not a good master, he would rather be mediocre for the rest of his life......

Dong Qingda hooked his lips and smiled, and the haze that had been suppressed in his heart for several years was swept away.

This Dasheng is already rotten, and it is long overdue to inject a fresh blood, a more vigorous seed.

"Childe," Dong Qingda arched his hand at Feng Yan and asked, "What are your plans?" ”

Hua Jingping also smiled, he was naturally not surprised by this result.

The past few years have been enough for him to be completely convinced of Feng Yan's ability, as for Dong Qingda, as early as the moment he promised that he would quietly come to Qingzhou from Wanzhou, one of his feet had already stepped in.

Feng Yan casually played with a sunspot, which flipped between his fingers flexibly, and said casually: "The ninth ...... of September this year"

"......

Another gust of wind came from the north, blowing away the tail note of Feng Yan, and also blowing the flowers and trees swaying, startling the two birds perched on the branches to flap their wings and fly up again, flying high in the wind all the way......

Birds are flying, flowers are blooming, and as April comes to an end, spring is even stronger.

When the Holy Driver arrived in the capital, it was already April 27, and the first assistant of the cabinet, Duan Muxian, led the ministers to the south gate of the capital to welcome the emperor's return.

On this day, the capital was full of people, and the streets through which the holy car passed were all full of lights, and there was a lively and noisy scene, which attracted the emperor's dragon heart to be happy, and the fatigue of the road was swept away.

It has been more than half a year since he left the capital in late September last year, and after Duanmu Fei said goodbye to Hanxing, he couldn't wait to take the carriage back to Quanyu Street.

Duanmujun had already learned from Duanmuxian last night about his sister's return to Beijing today, and last night was a night of tossing and turning, and he sent someone to guard the city gate early in the morning, so as soon as the holy car arrived, she got the news as soon as possible and waited at the Yimen.

On this day, the main gate of Duanmu Mansion was rarely opened, and a group of maids and women welcomed the four girls back to the house.

"Quack!"

Duanmufei's carriage has not stopped, a little starling has been eager to fly out of the window, in this familiar environment, it looks very lively, flapping its wings for a while to stop on Duanmu's shoulder, a while and jumping on Wisteria's arm, and a while around Duanmuxuan, as if to greet, seem to be complaining, and seem to be coquettish.

Thinking about the fact that the little starling had the audacity to secretly follow Cen Yin and ran away, Duanmu Jun was angry and funny, but thinking that his sister had said in the letter that it was poisoned, he felt distressed and couldn't bear to be harsh.

"You bad bird." Duanmu whispered softly.

At the same time as the words fell, the curtain of the carriage was lifted from the inside, and Duanmu Fei bowed down from the carriage, thinking deeply.

"Bad! Bad! The little starling was aggrieved, flapped his wings fiercely twice in mid-air, screamed sharply and cruffily twice, and flew away in the direction of Zhanqing Courtyard with his wings flapped, leaving only a small black feather fluttering down.

Duanmu casually pinched the feather in mid-air in his hand, and looked at Duanmu with a scarlet face.

Originally, the sisters reunited after a long absence, and there was a sense of excitement, excitement, and a slight sense of sentimentality in their hearts.

The two sisters laughed out loud, and a warm atmosphere arose.

"Sister, I miss your cooking." Duanmu Fei affectionately held Duanmu Xuan's arm, and also followed the little starling in the direction of Zhanqing Courtyard.

Mama Zhang and a group of maids were busy, some of them packed up the carriages brought back by Duanmufei, some followed behind the sisters, and some ran ahead of the masters to report to Zhanqing Hospital......

The entire Duanmu Mansion seems to have been injected with the return of Duanmu Fei, and the whole Duanmu Mansion is full of vitality.

Duanmufei's mouth never stopped, talking about the scenery along the way, talking about the delicacies in various places, talking about various "anecdotes" of the royal family, talking about the shipwreck of Fenglingfang and the Bailan Army of the Jiangnan Rebellion......

It was more than an hour later that she bathed and changed her clothes and her hair was wringed dry by her sister's own hands.

She said something tasteful, and Jin Se immediately handed her a cup of flower tea that happened to be in the mouth, warm.

Luluo and Bichan have been tired all the way, and now they have gone down to rest.

Duanmujun felt a little emotional in his heart, and sighed: "It is said that Jiangnan is prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, who knew that such bandits were rampant......"

At the beginning, she was afraid that Duanmujun would worry about herself in the capital, so Duanmufei did not mention the matter of Bai Lanjun in the letter...... It is no wonder that the emperor hurriedly recruited Cen Gongzi to go to Jiangnan.

Duanmujun's eyes flashed, and he asked casually: "Has the Bailan Army been wiped out?" ”

"Of course." Duanmu Fei nodded as a matter of course, otherwise the emperor didn't know how long he would have to "lai" in Jiangnan!

Duanmu Jun hooked his lips slightly, and his eyes were sparkling, revealing a little ripple.

Yes, Cen Gongzi is out of the horse, and the Bailan Army is nothing!

Duanmu Fei also thought of Feng Yan and Cen Yin, her eyes flashed slightly, and she didn't pay attention to her sister's abnormality.

Mama Zhang clasped her palms together and bowed on the side, and said with emotion: "Fortunately, the Bodhisattva blesses." Four girls, you and Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess are really auspicious people! ”

Speaking of Hanxing, Duanmu Fei immediately remembered something she had forgotten to mention in the letter, and smiled mysteriously.

"Sister, this time I went to Jiangnan, and the emperor recruited two horses in a row!"

When she said this, not only Duanmujun, but even a few maids looked at her curiously, their eyes blazing.

Duanmu Jun thought about it, and with Wuyang's temper, I am afraid that even the emperor and the queen would not dare to set her marriage without authorization, so he said: "But the second princess and the third princess are married?" ”

Duanmu stretched out an index finger and shook it, smiling more mysteriously, "Half right, half wrong." ”

Her big eyes smiled like a crescent moon, with a touch of cunning, and as cute as a spring flower.

"The third princess married Zeng Yuanjie, the son of Gusu, in Jiangnan, and cousin Hanxing and cousin You were given marriage by the emperor."

These two news sounded like two thunderbolts on the ground, which shocked everyone in the room, and they didn't know whether to wonder why the marriage of the third princess was so urgent, or whether to be shocked that Hanxing and Li Tingyou were actually together.

Mama Zhang's mouth opened and closed, and she was the first to say: "This ...... What a joy it is! Kiss and kiss! ”

After a brief moment of surprise, Duanmu smiled, his bright and delicate face was filled with a bright smile like the sun, and his eyes were also shining.

"Great, Zhenzhen, I need to write to my grandfather, grandmother, and uncles!" Duanmu Jun stood up a little impatiently and muttered, "Cousin You will definitely be sloppy." ”

For Duanmujun's last sentence, everyone in this room thought it was true.

Li Tingyou looks polite and polite, and he looks like a person when he goes out to socialize, but in his bones, he is a rough man.

Thinking that the coquettish fourth princess and the "golden and jade" Li Tingyou became a pair, several maids felt a little indescribably complicated in their hearts.

The sisters went to the direction of the small study as they spoke, Duanmu Fei served the pen and ink to her sister with great interest, and while her sister was writing letters, she occasionally added fuel and vinegar, and while talking, the sisters wrote a piece of letter paper into three before stopping.

On the same day, the letter was sent from Duanmu Mansion to the post station.

As for Duanmufei, he was coaxed to sleep by Duanmujun, and it was not until dusk that he was woken up by Duanmujun.

There is also Duanmufei's dust-washing banquet tonight, Duanmujun picked out a pink skirt of cloud satin for Duanmufei, and matched her with jewelry, purses, etc., and commanded the maids to dress Duanmufei beautifully.

When the sun was halfway down, the sisters came out of the Zhanqing Courtyard and went to Yongxi Hall for dinner together.

Today's Yongxi Hall is very lively, the family is here, and even Yang Xuyao has come back with Duanmuqi.

When the Duanmujun and Duanmufei sisters arrived, Yang Xuyao was greeting Duanmuxian, respectful, and seemed to be extremely filial, which was very different from the gentleman who used to gallop on the streets of the capital and flirt with the people's daughters.

When he saw the two sisters coming, the smile on his face deepened, and he immediately greeted the two again, calling the eldest sister and the fourth sister affectionately, and being a little low.

Duanmu Qi frowned, and a pair of plain hands tightly pinched the handkerchief in his hand, not very happy.

After marriage, Duanmuqi mellowed a lot, and her life was quite comfortable.

Although the Yang family is down, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the family still has some industry after all, so they don't have to worry about eating and drinking.

Now that Duanmu is prosperous, the Yang family is declining, after Duanmuqi passed the door, in order to hug Duanmu's thighs, Yang Xuyao has always been considerate to her, and even her mother-in-law didn't dare to let her set up rules, Duanmuqi lived more freely than when she was in the boudoir.

But even so, Yang Xuyao's attitude towards her was not the same as that towards Duanmujun and Duanmufei at the moment, and there was a little groveling in his words and deeds.

Yang Xuyao didn't have a chance to say more to the sisters, Duanmuxian couldn't wait to intervene, beckoned the sisters to sit down, and let Duanmufei sit in the closest position to him.

"Four girls, you're emaciated!"

Duanmu Xiandu hadn't seen Duanmu Fei for more than half a year, and when he saw her come back at this moment, he felt comforted on the one hand, but distressed on the other hand.

Look, the chin of the four girls is a lot sharper.

Hey, this emperor is unreliable, and he has to take other people's granddaughters to the southern tour, and this time he will be there for more than half a year, and he is simply a faint king.

Duanmu Xian muttered a little rebellious in his heart.

Duanmu Fei smiled at his grandfather cutely, and boasted: "Grandfather, that's because I've grown taller!" She also deliberately stood up and let Duanmu Xian take a closer look. She's grown half an inch taller this time!

Looking at the little girl's skirt fluttering, Duanmu Xian's eyes narrowed with a smile, stroked his beard and nodded again and again, and sighed in his heart: My own four girls are really cute.

"Grandfather," Duanmu Fei sat back again, and said to Duanmu Xian with great interest, "I went to Jiangnan this time and harvested a lot, I brought my grandfather some Biluochun from Gusu, as well as arithmetic books I found from some bookstores, and there are also arithmetic scriptures from the West." I flipped through it a little, and there was some arithmetic in it that was similar to ours......"

As soon as the two ancestors and grandchildren talked about arithmetic, they were like a river.

The four girls in their own house are really filial. Duanmu Xian thought complacently in his heart, he only had these two hobbies in his life, or the four girls were worried about him wherever they went.

Tomorrow he has to go and show off in front of You Junji, this old guy has been muttering to him a few days ago why the emperor hasn't come back yet.

When he doesn't know? You Junji is thinking about his four girls and wants to live a chess addiction at home.

Hey, look at the four girls have lost weight, they have to take care of themselves, and they don't see guests. Duanmu Xian thought about it with some souls.

Duanmu Heng also looked at Duanmu Fei, but he sighed secretly in his heart: The fourth sister has been out for half a year, and her heart is even more wild...... She must have been lazy and hadn't studied for more than half a year.

Duanmu Fei was still in high spirits, but unconsciously, the hairs on the back of her neck stood upside down, like a man's back.

She didn't have to look at it to know that she was being targeted by her big brother again!

It's a painful feeling...... Ahem, it seems to be a little nostalgic.

The grandfather and grandson made an appointment to go to Duanmu Xian to study Western arithmetic tomorrow, and then, Duanmu Xian changed his words: "Four girls, is that kid Feng Yan good to you?" Did it you off? ”

The four girls haven't passed the door yet, if Feng Yan dares to bully the four girls, this marriage must be withdrawn.

Duanmuxian wrinkled his brows, and every time he thought that he hadn't picked a good marriage for the four girls, he was taken by the emperor first.

"......" Duanmu Fei shook his head honestly, and said in his heart: Feng Yan wants to make her angry, then there must be that time, he didn't stay in Gusu City for a few days at all......

There was silence all around.

The people in each room who were originally whispering to each other all looked at Duanmu Xian with different expressions.

Duanmuqi pursed her lips disdainfully, what does grandfather mean by this? This is a royal marriage, that is, Feng Yan is tired of Duanmufei, can this marriage be withdrawn? !

Xiao He heard the pity in Duanmu Xian's words, frowned, and lowered her eyes slightly, hiding the displeasure in her eyes.

The old lady's heart is really too strong, but it's just a girl!

But this girl doesn't know what luck she has taken, she is protected by Duanmu Xian in the house, and Cen Yin is her brother-in-law outside the house, even if the marriage is not good, she is still beautiful and decent.

There is also this girl's sister, who picks and chooses her age, but Zeng Shizi is wholeheartedly devoted to her, and she is Mrs. Shizi......

Pingping's surname is Duanmu, but his daughter is so miserable that she married a broken family like the Yang family!

Xiao He's eyes became more and more gloomy, her lips were tightly pursed into a straight line, and the surrounding voices could not reach her ears, until a grandmother came to ask Duanmu Xian if it was time to set the meal.

So, everyone got up one after another, and went to the main hall to eat with Duanmuxian and He's family.

Men and women divided into two tables, respectively, on the huge round table, the cook used 12 points of strength, trying her best, steamed oven meat, Sixi meatballs, shredded pork in Beijing sauce, sauerkraut white meat, Buddha jumping over the wall...... A total of four cold dishes, ten hot dishes, and a bowl of stewed pigeon soup with ginseng and red dates were made, which were full, and most of the dishes on the table looked like Duanmu Fei's favorite dishes.

Duanmuxian and Duanmujun both specially sent someone to the kitchen in advance to advise, and the kitchen did not dare to slack off, and used all the skills of housekeeping, and the table was full of fragrance, color, fragrance, and fragrance.

Eating without saying a word, no matter what everyone was thinking, this dinner was eaten quietly after all.

More than half an hour later, after the maids withdrew from the table, they neatly served hot tea and melon and fruit snacks to eliminate food.

Yang Xuyao pretended to take a sip of hot tea, and looked at Duanmu Xian without saying anything, "Grandfather ......"

Duanmu Xian raised his head from the teacup, looked at him, and didn't say anything, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Duanmu Fei at the other table, and winked twice quickly.

Could it be that the four girls know what Yang Xuyao wants to say? Duanmu Xian moved his eyebrows, but didn't the four girls just return to Beijing from Jiangnan?

Duanmuxian thought as he stood up and made a gesture to Yang Xuyao, motioning for him to follow him.

Yang Xuyao immediately got up and followed Duanmuxian out.

The two of them staggered past a thin woman in Tsing Yi, who was out of breath and gasped for breath outside the threshold, and then walked quickly into the house.

"Big girl," the woman in Tsing Yi walked to Duanmujun's side and said in a low voice, "There is a Zeng Gongzi who asks to see him." ”

It was the mother-in-law who deliberately lowered her voice, and the room was so big that the other people around heard it, and the room fell silent for a moment.

Who is Zeng Gongzi?!

Everyone looked at each other with different expressions, some puzzled, some surprised, and some curious...... There was also jealousy, Xiao He's body stiffened, and the teacup in his hand almost didn't slip.

However, most people didn't pay attention to Xiao He, and everyone's eyes were on Duanmujun, but they saw her looking frank and swaying.

Of course, Duanmu Jun knew that what this mother-in-law was talking about was Zeng Gongzi was Cen Yin, but she was numb to the bad ears and slurred speech of the subordinates in the house, so she got up and was about to go.

Duanmu Fei followed and stood up, looking like "she is my sister's little tail", but she was afraid that she would be caught by Duanmu Heng and ask her homework if she stayed.

Duanmu Fei followed Duanmu Jun like a shadow, ignoring the strangeness of the people in this room with a bit of speculation and inquiry.

After the sisters left the Yongxi Hall, they followed the mother-in-law who came to report from the inner courtyard to the Chaohui Hall in the outer courtyard, the sky outside was grayish-yellow, and the sunset was so set that only the last touch of orange in the western sky remained, and there was a hint of coolness in the evening breeze at dusk.

When Duanmu Fei saw the stunning young man in the royal blue brocade robe in the hall, he almost didn't fall down.

Duanmu glanced at his mother-in-law with strange eyes, and said in his heart: What Zeng Gongzi, obviously it is "Cen" Gongzi! It's so inarticulate to pass on a word, no wonder the three of them became tigers......

Cen Yin sat on the circle chair at the bottom of the head, and it was not only him who came, but also the gift he promised to bring to Duanmujun - a Buddha lamp.

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The fourth volume is almost over.