Chapter 4 The Two County Lords
Bai Yi realized at this time that he was wrong, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
The title of "Yining" made him suddenly think of the Ning concubine in the palace.
Is it true that as long as there is a character Ning in the name, the temperament will definitely go in the opposite direction?
"If you are in your thirties......" Bai Yi calculated in his heart, and said a little puzzled, "Why don't I seem to have heard of a prince with such a big daughter......"
"These two county lords are in a different situation." Zeng Jiuyan replied, "If you have to go back, the bloodline of the two of them is actually far before the two generations of Jianxi and Tianqi. ”
Bai Yi sat up straight and began to listen carefully to Zeng Jiuyan's story.
"I'm actually a little confused about how many years ago, but in short, a prince gave birth to two daughters. These two sisters don't like red makeup and love arms, and after their father's death, they pretended to have a serious illness that they couldn't see the wind, and they cultivated in the palace all day long, but in fact, they secretly pretended to be men and enlisted in the army, and they really let them get through the trick, and as a result, this army was four years.
"In the past four years, both of them have fought bravely, one has become a commander from an ordinary soldier, and the other has been incorporated into the pioneer battalion and become a general, which is very powerful. But because they have always refused to enter Beijing to receive rewards, they finally attracted the attention of the above, and at that time they were daughters and happened to be noticed by their colleagues, so the two sisters had to admit their identities, and when the news reached the capital, the court was shocked to realize that the two county lords were no longer in the palace. ”
Bai Yi laughed when he heard this, "Jingli's helper is hiding it beautifully. ”
Zeng Jiuyan nodded again and again, "Isn't it, although there are precedents for several women to go to the battlefield in Da Zhou, this is the first time in the royal family, so the inner court at that time reacted quite fiercely to this matter, but on the whole, they were more negative, and felt that these two people had ruined the royal family." Therefore, all the exploits of the war are used to offset it, and nothing happens.
"At that time, the era name was Ningkang, although Emperor Ning Kang could not make an explicit reward due to the family motto, but embedded the era name in the titles of these two county lords, respectively called 'Yining' and 'Yikang', this title can be passed down from generation to generation, and only to his daughter."
Zeng Jiuyan paused, "This Emperor Ning Kang is the fourth emperor of my Great Zhou, and it was almost after those two county lords that the women of the princely family began to loosen their restraints, and before that, women were not allowed to go to the horse farm to learn to ride and shoot." ”
Bai Yi nodded, "So the two county lords in Xuanqing Guan are the descendants of the two county lords back then?" ”
"Hmm." Zeng Jiuyan nodded, he leaned back with a little emotion, holding the side of the boat with one hand, and gently shaking the wine in the cup with the other, "The two county lords of the year mainly knew that their descendants were now meditating on the mountain and asking, and they talked about the rules of etiquette all day long, and they wanted to make everyone as pure as her, so those two old county lords were afraid that they would be so angry that they couldn't even hold down the coffin board." ”
Bai Yi let out a thoughtful laugh and did not answer.
The boat slowly rowed to the center of the lake, and the smoke and waves on all sides were faint, and the pedestrians on the lakebank and the mountains in the distance became distant.
Except for the boatman standing at the stern of the boat, there was no one else here, and the topic of the two unconsciously turned to the war in their home country, Zeng Jiuyan told Bai Yi about the return of Guanshan to the army in the north not long ago.
"A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find." Zeng Jiuyan said softly, "Don't look at the emperor's frequent beatings and scolding of civil officials, he has always cherished military generals, otherwise it would be impossible to condone General Shen Lao to stay in the general's mansion after returning to Beijing." It's just that now there are some things that have to be done by him, I heard my father say that the palace is actually very anxious, and he specially found an old person to go to the general's mansion to advise, but the specific effect is not clear. ”
"Yes," Bai Yi looked at Zeng Jiuyan, "this old general Shen...... Is it famous? ”
Zeng Jiuyan said with a smile, "You don't think it in the capital, but if you pass through Ruyang Pass and enter the boundary of the four northern states, then the three words Shenjichuan will be well-known." The troops of three states in the north were previously in the hands of General Shenlao, and if he had not pulled out a continuous and strong defensive line, Chang Sheng would not have been able to fight in the northernmost Jingzhou Mansion and the Arslan Division. ”
"So why did General Shen return to Beijing for?"
"I heard that he was sick, and the emperor authorized him to return to Beijing to recuperate for a period of time."
Bai Yi's gaze also became serious, "What is the disease?" ”
"I don't know," Zeng Jiuyan shook his head, "You are in the Tai Hospital, you should know better than me?" Before Zhang Shenxian said that he was evil, the bull-nosed old man looked at everyone evil, but he was thrown out of the house by General Shen. ”
Bai Yi pondered for a while, "I haven't heard that anyone in the Tai Hospital has taken over the general's mansion...... Or wait until I get back and look through the records. ”
"Hey, the old generals are old, and they still can't retreat......" Zeng Jiuyan folded his hands behind his head, he originally wanted to say something more, but he couldn't help but stop.
Speaking of this, both of them were not in the mood to fish in the middle of the lake, Zeng Jiuyan looked back at the boatman standing at the bow of the boat, "Uncle Meng, please come to the shore!" ”
"Ah...... Is this going back? ”
"No, this friend of mine wants to go to the medicine field of Xuanqingguan," Zeng Jiuyan replied, "I would like you to go to the west." ”
"Yao Tian," the boatman at the bow of the boat shook the oars, "Is this friend of the little marquis a doctor?" ”
“…… Sort of. Bai Yi replied softly.
The boat docked, Zeng Jiuyan and Bai Yi walked together into the dense mountain forest, the big trees here shade the sky and the sun, and the hugging trees can be seen everywhere, Bai Yi followed Zeng Jiuyan for a long time, and there was no flat land, seeing that he was about to go back to the original point, Bai Yi asked tentatively, "...... So, don't you know the way either? ”
Zeng Jiuyan crossed his waist, "The last time I came to Xuanqingguan was when I was seven or eight years old, my father brought me here, who has nothing to do to come here to find himself uncomfortable." ”
The two laughed together, Bai Yi looked at the jungle covering the sky on all sides, "I guess it should be this side,"
He pointed to the south, Zeng Jiuyan looked in the direction Bai Yi pointed, there was indeed a path there.
"Let's go."
After a while, the two of them saw a large paddy field enclosed with driftwood.
In April, the lotus root is still only bubbling with green flower buds, which looks a little like an involuted lotus leaf that has just been erected.
Zeng Jiuyan was stunned, "God, how do you know?" Have you been here? ”
"No," Bai Yi rolled up his sleeves and slowly approached the black boulder on the shore, he carefully held on to the branches on the side, "I also heard my father casually mention it a few days ago, saying that Lianzhi likes places near water." They need water, but they don't have much exposure to the sun, and I see that the further south you go, the more trees grow, and I guess they might dig a pond in this place to raise it. ”
Zeng Jiuyan suddenly realized, and also followed Bai Yi and approached.
Just as Bai Yi was about to walk to the nearest paddy field offshore, a vigilant female voice suddenly sounded behind the two, "What person?" ”
Zeng and Bai turned around at the same time, and saw a girl who looked like a maid standing on a high place, her eyebrows were upside down, and before the two could explain, she continued to ask, "My county lord's jade rabbit just ran over here, have you seen it?" ”
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