340 Weak heart
A burst of elegant tea fragrance penetrated the tip of Duanmu Fei's nose, she came back to her senses, squinted her eyes intoxicated, and couldn't wait to take the teacup, and said in her heart: The things here are really good things.
She drank tea and ate snacks, quite a feeling of a fairy.
Cen Yin also felt that the little girl was very "eating", and every time she watched her eat, it made her appetizing fingers move...... Feng Yan is really a blessing!
Cen Yin's eyes flashed, and he suddenly spoke: "Feng Gongzi just sent an excerpt to the emperor from Pu Guo a few days ago......"
Hearing Feng Yan's name, Duanmu was so weak that she almost didn't choke on the tea, and suddenly remembered that she hadn't started to make clothes for Feng Yan at all, and said in her heart: Otherwise, she still asked her sister to send the materials to the palace, and she quickly started to do it......
"The new king of Pu has not yet ascended the throne, and he may not be able to return until the end of the year." Cen Yin continued, his charming eyes looking at the blue sky outside the hall.
The sky was as blue as the sea, the sun was scorching, and there were no clouds.
However, at this moment, Puguo is not as calm as this blue sky.
On a street in Jinluo City, there was a strong smell of blood, and countless swords collided violently, and there were bursts of hoarse fighting and shouts, echoing in the air.
One by one, the silver knives swung fiercely, mercilessly slashing at the enemies in front of them, and pieces of blood flew in the air, as if even the air around them was dyed red!
"Kill! Kill! ”
The earth-shattering shouts continued, and hundreds of soldiers in silver and black armor waved their swords, guns, swords, and halberds in their hands, fighting each other.
The front ones fell, and the soldiers behind rushed forward like a tide, trampling the corpses on the ground under their feet, and only caring about swinging their swords at the enemy in front of them, and they were all red-eyed.
On the street, there were piles of corpses that had fallen to the ground, and the wounds were gushing blood, almost soaking the stone brick floor below, the blood condensed on the ground with the wind, the smell of blood in the air became stronger and stronger, and the corpses of soldiers kept falling to the ground......
The ordinary people of Puguo had long been frightened and hidden, and only those soldiers whose battle robes were red with blood were left on the street, and at a glance, the street had turned into a sea of blood.
No one noticed that two teenagers sat leisurely on the roof of a certain house, looking down at the battlefield in front of them.
"A long time ago, someone told me that since ancient times, the struggle for this supreme position has been accompanied by blood and killing......" The corners of Feng Yan's mouth hooked a sneering arc, as if he was talking to himself, as if sighing.
Unlike Dasheng, the princes each had a thousand private soldiers.
Since the mansion of the eldest prince Chi Deru went out of the water that night, the patriarch of the Gansong tribe led a group of personal soldiers to surround the mansion of the second prince Mu Nai the next day, and ordered the second prince to apologize for his crimes, but of course the second prince would not listen.
So the patriarch of the Gansong clan simply retaliated with a tooth for a tooth, and directly sent troops to pour hot oil on the second prince's mansion and set a fire.
This fire burned not only the main house of the Prince's Mansion, but also the entire Prince's Mansion in flames, and even burned to two or three families next door, killing and injuring dozens of people.
And that's just the beginning.
Since then, the two princes, who have long been incompatible, have completely torn their faces and put the battle between them on the bright side.
After the fire in the Second Prince's Mansion was extinguished, Mu Nai directly led his troops to the Tianyi Pavilion where the Gansong clan lived, intending to punish the Gansong clan patriarch as the new king.
However, it was the eldest prince Chi Deru and his private soldiers who came out of the mansion to confront Mu Nai, who in turn reprimanded Mu Nai for killing his brother.
The two sides confronted each other in the Tianyi Pavilion, the eldest prince Chi Deru relied on the Gansong clan to support him, and the second prince relied on himself to be the winner of the monarch selection ceremony and the new king of the whole country.
The two princes made such a big commotion that the whole city was shaken.
Queen Xu Jingsi was silent about this, and there seemed to be no intention of obstructing it, and the patriarchs of the Fu clan and the patriarchs of several tribes specially asked to meet the queen, wanting to ask the queen to come forward to preside over the overall situation and resolve the grievances between the two princes.
However, Xu Jingsi put forward a different view -
"Our Pu country has always respected the strong, so it's better to wait and see, whoever can win in this battle for the throne will be the new king of Pu country!"
Everyone thinks about it and thinks it is reasonable, the king of Pu should not only be outstanding in force, but also have the determination to fight for and defend the throne.
Whether it is the eldest prince or the second prince, if he can't even survive this level, he is not worthy of being the king of Puguo.
So, everyone acquiesced.
Next, the feud between the two princes intensified.
First using their private soldiers, and then using the power of other tribes, the eldest prince not only used the power of his mother tribe, the Gansong tribe, but also persuaded the Jilo and Keba tribes to join the battle; The second prince was not willing to sit still, and also borrowed the private soldiers of the Chengba clan and the two nobles of the court.
In less than half a month, the two sides fought each other from a small fight, which has risen to today's street fighting, with hundreds of dead and wounded, and rivers of blood.
Feng Yan looked at the bloody scene in front of him, calmly.
He has been training in the north for two years, and he has experienced countless battles with the Northern Yan people, and on the real battlefield, there are few scenes that are bloodier and more tragic than those in front of him.
To his surprise, Mu Jinfan, a person who had never been on the battlefield, was unusually calm.
"No matter who wins this battle, it will be a lose-lose situation." Mu Jinfan said indifferently, "Pu Guo will be even more chaotic in the future." ”
Mu Jinfan moved his gaze to the left and looked at a window not far away that had been pushed open by a gap, and a pair of frightened eyes could be faintly seen behind the window.
The two princes were red-eyed for the throne, but they never thought that the hearts of the people in Pu Country were now in turmoil.
"I'm afraid the Hemen people can't bear it." Feng Yan said as he raised his right hand casually, pinched a small pink flower floating in the wind in mid-air, and casually pinched it between his slender fingers and played with it.
Although this Hemen tribe is one of the ten tribes of Pu country, it has always been ambitious for many years, and it is also the right time for the first Pu King Hongma to subdue the Hemen tribe.
At that time, the patriarch of the Hemen tribe was attacked and killed by the Zhuxiao tribe, a small clan around him, and the new patriarch was undecided.
However, for decades, the people of the Hemen tribe have not really surrendered, and they have been preparing to move.
In the past few days, news has come from the dark guard that the patriarch of the Hemen clan is secretly provoking the other clans, meaning that the two princes are not up to the task.
The voices of the two teenagers were neither light nor heavy, and when the wind blew, the voices also dispersed with the wind.
At the same time, the battle below seems to be coming to an end.
There were only forty or fifty people left on the two sides at the moment, and most of them were soaked with blood, and they couldn't even tell whether it was the blood of the enemy or the blood of their own people, and they were all more or less wounded and embarrassed.
They were all like the end of the crossbow, not knowing when they would fall.
The heavy breathing of the soldiers echoed in the air, and the crushing of weapons had stopped, and each of them clutched the weapon in his hand, almost using all his strength, as if the weapon would be taken off at any time if there was any slackness.
A bearded middle-aged soldier in dark armor gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone withdraw!" ”
The dozens of Xuanjia soldiers behind him answered, retreating backwards and constantly retreating, staring at the silver-armored soldiers in front of them, and the other party was also retreating......
In a few moments, the street was deserted, except for the horrific corpse lying there silently, staring at the blue sky with cloudy eyes.
"Gah! Ga! ”
The rich smell of blood attracted flocks of vultures to hover in the sky and let out bursts of passionate calls, adding a bit of coldness to the originally warm weather, as if it had entered the cold autumn early.
The roof became empty at some point, and there was no trace of Feng Yan and Mu Jinfan, so the two went straight back to the post house.
Feng Yan and they have only been in Jinluo City for more than a month, perhaps because they have always been very friendly and firmly support all the decisions of Queen Xu Jingsi, making these Pu people feel that these Dasheng envoys are not outsiders, and no one cares what they are doing in the city.
The doors of the inn opened and closed, and after that, the surroundings returned to calm, including the entire city of Jinluo.
The two princes seemed to have stopped for a while after a defeat in the morning, and the streets and alleys were eerily quiet, except for the people who had come to clean up the battlefield to transport the piled corpses out of the city gates in flatbed wagons, even if the corpses were covered with thick tarpaulins, they could not stop the strong smell of blood and rotting corpses.
The people stayed at their homes one by one, lest they should be involved in the struggle for the throne, and the city was filled with a pre-tempestal tranquility, until days later the smell of blood did not seem to dissipate, and lingered in the air.
Under this seemingly calm sea, the dark tide has long been turbulent.
The Hemen tribe was ready to move, and quietly gathered troops, and the private soldiers of the two princes had already died in the battles between the two sides again and again, and the tribes they followed also suffered heavy losses in the pro-soldiers who brought the capital this time, with five or six percent dead and wounded.
Summer ends with August, and in early autumn, the air in the entire capital becomes more and more solemn, as if it is about to freeze, and there is a sense of impending wind and rain.
At this moment, in a certain temple in the palace, the atmosphere was very different.
The woman's coquettish laughter echoed through the room, as if the gentle spring breeze had lightened the air around her.
"It's been a good show these days, you sing and I appear, this play is really getting more and more exciting!" Xu Jingsi leaned lazily on a high-backed chair, stroked her palms and praised, she looked charming, her ten fingers were slender, and her fingertips were dyed with bright and bewitching red Kodan, "It's even more climactic than "Lying on Salary and Tasting Courage"! ”
In addition to Xu Jingsi in the hall, there were two men sitting by the window, one of them was sitting in a wheelchair, and the golden autumn sunlight gently sprinkled on the two of them through the window.
Now that the two princes are fighting in full swing, they have also involved other clans, so that the turmoil in Pu has suddenly appeared, but Xu Jingsi has no elbows, so he is also unscrupulous in summoning Wen Wuchen and Feng Yan.
Feng Yan seemed to mean something when he heard Xu Jingsi's words, put down the tea bowl in his hand, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Auntie, are they moving again?" ”
Xu Jingsi's right fingers casually rolled a wisp of green silk, and gave Feng Yan an appreciative look, "Early this morning, the prime minister, the generalissimo and several clan relatives of Pu came to the palace to find me, worried that if this continues, it will lead to chaos in Pu ......."
Facing several worried ministers of Pu Guo, Xu Jingsi said that she actually had the same worries, but at the same time she also had concerns:
First, Pu has always had a tradition of the strong being the king, and if he intervenes to stop it, no matter who is appointed as the new king, he will not be able to obey the people;
Second, by now, it is no longer a fight between the two, and several tribes such as Gansong, Jiluo, Keba and Chengba have been involved in this battle for the throne.
The ministers of Puguo also echoed it, fearing that if this continued, the civil strife would develop to the point where it could not be contained.
The corners of Xu Jingsi's red lips hooked, revealing a little bit of a smile, "I have already proposed that Chi Deru and Mu Nai can sit down face-to-face, and then discuss, hoping to 'turn the war into a jade silk', in fact, as long as someone is willing to take a step back, it will naturally be 'bright'." ”
The ministers of Pu did not have any other regulations for a while, and felt that this was not a bad solution, and in any case, the civil strife and turmoil in the country were caused by the competition between the two princes, and as long as this source was resolved, as the queen said, everything would be calmed down.
Xu Jingsi smiled, and there was a flash of imperative light in her charming and charming eyes.
As soon as the wind blows, a salty smell of milk tea wafts with the wind......
Xu Jingsi's nose tip moved slightly, she has been in Puguo for almost ten years, and she still doesn't like this kind of milk tea unique to Puguo.
Xu Jingsi subconsciously looked at Wen Wuchen, who was leisurely drinking milk tea by the window, his eyes showed a bit of suddenness, and the past flashed in front of him quickly.
He used to be the youngest champion in the history of Dasheng, and he was once praised by the first emperor with a sentence of "Gongzi is unparalleled, and the wind and moon are bright", however, who would have thought that he would fall into the clouds and fall into a bad situation? !
However, Wen Wuchen is always Wen Wuchen, no matter what happens, he is still so deep and peaceful, as if nothing can shake him.
Xu Jingsi's gaze slowly moved to the left, and then fell on Feng Yan, who was only separated from Wen Wuchen by a small square table, his eyes flashing slightly.
Ah Yan can be taught so well, not only because of An Ping's contributions, but also because of Wen Wuchen's careful teaching.
This time, thanks to Wen Wuchen's advice, the situation has come to this point step by step, only one step away......
"The arrow is on the string, and there is no room for them." Wen Wuchen said slowly, his warm voice was particularly clear in the rustling breeze, and there was a touch of sharpness.
Everything will go well.
Xu Jingsi said to himself in his heart, and the smile on his charming face deepened.
At this time, a woman in her early twenties with a round bun came in with a curtain, dressed in a collared robe of Pu Guo, with a gentle appearance, she was the dowry maid brought by Xu Jingsi from Dasheng.
"Queen," the woman curtsied at Xu Jingsi and said, "The longevity is good, isn't it ......?"
"Qiu Tang, send it quickly." Xu Jingsi said hurriedly, his smile becoming soft and kind with these words.
After a while, Qiu Tang brought another bridal maid to deliver three bowls of hot longevity noodles, and the longevity noodles served in a large bowl of white porcelain relief were also filled with pork, shiitake mushrooms and chopped green onions, and the tempting fragrance came with the heat.
Xu Jingsi looked at the bowl of longevity noodles that Qiu Tang presented to him, and said with a smile: "Ah Yan, today is your birthday. ”
Today is the ninth day of the ninth month of September, and it is Feng Yan's birthday.
Xu Jingsi specially called Feng Yan here today, also to celebrate his birthday.
Sixteen years, in the blink of an eye, Ah Yandu, who looked like a jade doll, was sixteen years old, from a weak child to the heroic teenager in front of him.
And it was the first time she had the opportunity to accompany him to eat a bowl of longevity noodles.
The white heat rose from the bowl, and her eyes were sour, and she felt that her eyes were slightly sore, and soon returned to normal, and a light smile of all kinds of amorous appeared on her face.
"Ah Yan, today my aunt and Brother Wen are all touched by your joy, eat a bowl of longevity noodles, and everyone will live a long life." Xu Jingsi urged with a smile.
Feng Yan had to take the lead in picking up the chopsticks, picked up a noodle at random, and was about to send it to his mouth, Xu Jingsi hurriedly stopped him, and said seriously: "Ah Yan, you have to clamp a long noodle and eat it from beginning to end." ”
Longevity noodles are also known as one noodle, the whole bowl has only one noodle, according to the custom, to eat a long noodle from the beginning to the end can not be broken, it is auspicious.
Feng Yan raised his eyebrows, seemingly a little helpless, but he still answered obediently, and found his face in the bowl with chopsticks.
It was rare to see Feng Yan's innocent appearance, and Wen Wuchen's gentle and elegant face was also dyed with a shallow smile.
He also lowered his head, picked up the chopsticks, and slowly picked the long noodles into his mouth......
The room was quiet, and the three of them were eating noodles quietly, their manners as elegant as a ruler, quiet and warm.
I don't know how long it took, Feng Yan swallowed the last mouthful of noodles, and was about to wipe the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.
Xu Jingsi's voice sounded in the hall again: "Ah Yan, wait a few days, and I will give you Pu Guo." ”
This birthday gift that is sixteen years late, does Ah Yan like it?
Xu Jingsi said casually, but the content of these words was shocking.
However, Qiu Tang on the side looked indifferent, as if he had not heard of it.
"Auntie...... I love it. Feng Yan looked at Xu Jingsi's eyes, smiling like a big boy who had won candy.
Xu Jingsi also smiled, smiling proudly, and it seemed that the depression of many years had been swept away at this moment.
After a while, Xu Jingsi stopped laughing and instructed Qiu Tang: "Go and bring Ah Yong." ”
Qiu Tang bent his knees to receive the order, hurried away, and hurried back, bringing back a seven or eight-year-old boy.
The young man was dressed in a blue robe, with wheat-colored skin and a young face that looked very delicate, a little deeper than Dashengren's facial features, but there was a subtle difference from the Pu people.
"Queen." The young man Ah Yong respectfully saluted Xu Jingsi.
Xu Jingsi instructed: "Ah Yong, you will follow Feng Gongzi in the future." ”
As she spoke, she looked at Feng Yan again, "Ah Yan, this is Qiu Tang's son Ah Yan, who is reliable, you have something to do, just tell him." After a pause, she added, "When you return to Beijing, you will also bring Ah Yong back with you." ”
Feng Yan didn't ask anything, got up and answered.
When he and Wen Wuchen left, there was a young man named Ah Yong beside him.
After they left, the hall was quiet, and the air seemed to be much colder.
Qiu Tang suddenly knelt on the ground with a "plop", and solemnly kowtowed to Xu Jingsi and said, "Thank you for the grace of the girl." ”
At this moment, Qiu Tang choked slightly, his eyes were red, and he couldn't help but change his name.
Ah Yong is not yet eight years old, what can a seven or eight-year-old child do for Feng Gongzi now?! The master gave Ah Yong to Feng Gongzi at this time, just so that when Feng Gongzi brought Ah Yong back to Dasheng in the future, Ah Yong would not be too unfamiliar.
Can my son return to his homeland...... For Qiu Tang, he also died without regrets.
Xu Jingsi sighed for a long time, his beautiful and charming face was stunned, and there was a trace of bitterness in his voice, "I didn't ...... protect you that day."
Back then, she brought the guards and maids of Pu from Dasheng and Qinpu Kingdom, and half of them died in the first year, and the rest of them also died after that, until she gradually gained a foothold in this harem, and she was finally able to protect them.
Qiu Tang is also one of them, that year, at a celebration banquet, Lang Rima feasted the ministers, wine pond meat forest.
After three rounds of drinking, those Pu men were ugly, and Qiu Tang was first couched by the drunken Lang Rimara...... Later, he was given to a military general.
He tried to stop it, but at that time, he was slight, and after Langima was drunk, his temperament was even more violent and reckless than usual, and he felt that he had challenged his dignity as a king, and the thunder was furious, and he kicked directly on his heart, kicking himself so much that he vomited blood and fainted.
When Xu Jingsi woke up, she saw two wedding maids crying around her.
In this faraway country, they only have each other.
If she wants to live, she has to make herself strong!
Qiu Tang became pregnant after that night, but she didn't know who the father of the child was, she cried, hesitated, and finally gave birth to the child.
They are isolated in Pu country, none of the Pu people are absolutely credible, and her children also have the blood of the Dasheng people in their bodies, at least they are loyal to Xu Jingsi and are also usable people.
The child was a slave from birth.
Because he didn't know who the child's father was, Xu Jingsi said that the child was from Dasheng, so he followed her surname Xu and named her Xu Yong.
The little Ah Xu is their only ray of light in a foreign land.
Ah Yong grew up little by little, and she also gained a firm foothold here, she already knew that there was no bad wine and wealth like Lang Rima, and there were many hidden dangers left by old injuries on his body, I am afraid that his life would not be long-term, but he still died a little earlier than she expected......
What she didn't expect was that Feng Yan would come to Pu Guo because of this.
Seeing her Ah Yan look so good, Xu Jingsi suddenly felt that everything she had endured and dormant over the years was valuable.
Her harmony is valuable!
This Pu country, she will definitely win it for Ah Yan.
People block killing, Buddha blocks killing Buddha!
Xu Jingsi's bewitching eyes flashed a sharp light, at this moment, she was like a manzhu sawa blooming on the other side of the Yellow Spring, dazzling and deadly.
However, Qiu Tang's eyes were full of longing when he looked at Xu Jingsi, as if he was looking at his own beliefs.
Here, Xu Jingsi is the belief of these subordinates.
"Begonia ......"
Xu Jingsi gave a few instructions, and after a while, two Puguo female slaves wearing frost-colored white robes came.
Xu Jingsi carelessly stroked his sleeves and ordered in Pu language: "The two of you each bring food boxes to the eldest prince and the second prince's mansion respectively, and say that I made some big cakes with my own hands, and invite the two princes to taste them." ”
Her red lips were slightly curled, her smile was charming and moving, and she was so beautiful that the two female slaves could hardly look at her, and they all accepted the order and hurried away.
Under the example of Queen Xu Jingsi, the prime minister, the generalissimo and other important ministers of Puguo also began to persuade the two princes to let them each make a move.
However, the two princes have fought to this point, at this moment, even if they are willing, the tribe that follows them will not be willing, everyone knows that once one of the princes ascends the throne, and when he sits on the throne, it will be time to settle the old score.
Then the other prince and his followers will die without a place to be buried, and how will they back down!
This is already destined to be a never-ending battle!