The Mongol soldiers outside Hejian Town originally planned to have Sun Zhouzuo as well, and they should be able to enter the city easily. I didn't want that after the bright and gorgeous fireworks bloomed, not only did the city gate not open, but the red-coated cannons rang out into the sky, and tens of thousands of rockets turned the entire neat army into a sea of fire. As soon as the morning dawned, the scorched smoke cleared, and the corpses were strewn everywhere outside the city, and broken sword banners were scattered everywhere.

Bing Lan was guarding in front of Xuan Nan's bed, in the blue-gray curtain, Xuan Nan

Lying quietly, motionless, with only a faint snort. The morning sun on the horizon rose, and a beam of light was projected in this silent hut, and Bing Lan couldn't help but cry like rain, putting Xuan Nan's cold hand on his burning face, and constantly rubbing it hot.

Your Majesty, you must get better. Because I'm really scared of losing you. Bing Lan said to herself.

Suddenly, a touch of cold roughness crossed his face, and his big hands with a little callouse moved his index finger slightly.

"Water...... Water ......", Xuan Nan opened his eyes in a daze.

"You...... You...... Awake...... I...... I'll go get you water. Bing Lan knocked down the tea bowl on the bed in shock, and the water spilled on the ground. turned around and hurriedly poured a bowl again, and clumsily fed him water, making Xuan Nan choke on a big mouthful, and patted him on the back in a hurry.

"Ahem......"

"I saw that the military doctor pinched and pricked the big hole on your body, and you didn't react at all, I'm afraid you won't wake up...... Woo woo woo ...... "Ice Blue cried even harder.

"Don't cry, don't cry, I won't be able to die for a while......" Xuan Nan comforted.

"When you didn't know anything, Sun Zhou instigated Qiu Tie and Li Fang to fight, and they almost had to meet each other, and he had to sacrifice the city to the Mongols...... It's scary...... I'm almost dying...... too" Bing Lan cried to herself, and then said with snot and tears: "Zhao Zilu is dead...... he is my little hair, I will never see him again...... Your Majesty, don't leave me alone here to fend for myself...... I can......'t do it, I knew I wasn't coming......" The exhaustion and grief of the past few days were vented, and she hugged Xuan Nan tightly and howled in pain.

"Zhao Qing? …… When was this? Xuan Nan asked. Hearing the news of Zhao Zilu's death, Xuan Nan recalled the scene of that day, and before he could return to the battle, the Mongols' arrows rained down.

"Yesterday. He was hit by twenty-six arrows and his wounds festered......" Ice Blue continued to cry.

Seeing Binglan's sorrow, Xuan Nan couldn't help but think of Wang Xi, he was also gone, sadness came from his heart, and tears poured out.

I don't know how long I cried, and the two hugged each other and fell asleep. When Xuan Nan woke up again, he only felt that his sideburns were cold.

When I opened my eyes, it turned out to be Binglan lying beside me, holding myself tightly. Her hair was in a messy bun, her face was covered with oil, swollen like two peaches, tears remained under her eyes, saliva from the corners of her mouth had wet the pillow, and there were dried blood stains on her robe.

What did she go through? Tired like this, sleeping so sweetly and peacefully, Xuan Nan wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, felt the warmth emanating from Binglan's body, and felt at ease. It's good to be alive.

The window was covered by a heavy curtain, and the sunlight penetrated through the gap between the curtain and the corner of the window.

When Xuan Nan pulled the quilt on Binglan's body, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, it turned out that his ribs were broken, and he was tied to a wooden shelf.

At this time, a knock suddenly sounded outside the door: "Girl, Imperial Doctor Wang has come to ask for a pulse." "It's Qiu Tie.

Xuan Nan had just woken up from the chaotic state, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.

Qiu Tie and Imperial Physician Wang outside the door knocked on the door a few times, but there was no response.

"Maybe Miss Huo is out?" Doctor Wang said.

"It's possible, don't delay your majesty's pulse." Qiu Railway.

Imperial Physician Wang nodded, pushed open the door, and walked straight to Xuan Nan's bed. As soon as the blue gray curtain was lifted, Bing Lan suddenly felt a light come in from his eyelids, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Xuan Nan beside him, turned his head and saw the two pairs of shocked and embarrassed eyes, sat up from the collapse suddenly, and squeezed out a stiff smile: "I...... I'll go...... Look...... What do horses eat today! With that, he quickly ran away.

Qiu Tie was holding the rice, and the imperial physician was holding the medicine, his eyes kicked the boss, and said, "The minister didn't see anything!" ”

"It's not what you think." Xuan Nan tried his best to explain, but he was already sweating profusely.

"Imperial Physician Wang, aren't you here to ask Your Majesty for a pulse?" Qiu Railway.

"Yes. The minister is here to ask for a pulse. I don't want Your Majesty to be awake. ”

Doctor Wang smiled bitterly, pretended to be calm and took out the pulse case, and after passing the pulse, he said: "Your Majesty has broken ribs, you must take good care of them and move less, otherwise it will wear out the organs." ”

"Oh." Xuan Nan replied.

"The minister went down to make a prescription first." After that, the imperial physician quickly put away the pulse case.

Xuan Nan raised his head, Qiu Tie was covering his mouth and snickering, only to realize the clue, and quickly pulled the sleeve of Imperial Physician Wang: "It's really not like this, I didn't move."

Imperial Physician Wang nodded seriously and said, "It involves the reputation of Your Majesty and Miss Huo, and the old minister will never spit out a word." When he finished speaking, he bowed and withdrew.

Eh, I can't wash it off by jumping into the Yellow River now, but I'm a little excited.

After the imperial physician left, Qiu Tie opened the wooden box he was carrying, and inside was a thick ledger and six opened letters.

"Your Majesty, last night Sun Zhou was going to commit treason and sacrifice the city, and the Mongols were almost about to come in at night, but the ministers and colleagues and Miss Huo discovered his attempt. Simply, in the battle last night, Hejian Town was saved, killing tens of thousands of enemies. These are the ledgers and letters that were found in Sun Yi's home. "Qiu Railway.

Xuan Nan took out the letter from the box and unfolded it, and it was full of Mongolian writing conditions. Not to mention the gold, silver and jade silk, the Mongols still want to crown him as the king of Chu, and one person is above ten thousand people. Then Xuan Nan opened the account book, which was densely filled with the names and amounts of bribes he had bribed officials and generals in Beijing.

"These bastards who eat inside and out!" Xuan Nan was angry and threw the ledger out. The custom of the dynasty has always been that of the military generals of the later Yangshi. Every time a new emperor ascends the throne, he has to do two things, one is amnesty for the world, and the other is a salary increase. The great Chu of the National Dynasty raised his parents, wife and children, and it was not difficult to raise four or five servants.

Qian Wei once said that teaching officials to be honest cannot only rely on the way of a saint, but also very important. Moreover, the officials are rich, and they do not think of squeezing the people's fat and ointment from the people. If the genius and the talented are busy making a living, who will protect the land and the people for you?

Xuan Nan thought that even if the country's finances were tight now, he never wanted to treat those civil and military generals who helped him manage the country. After all, if he wants to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, in addition to spending a lot of money to fight, he also needs a lot of talents to work together.

Throttling is a symptom rather than a root cause, and only open source is the right reason. I can only save some money for myself, promulgate and repeal one government decree after another, and look for ways to make money for the country without harming the people. But that's how those who treated him well...... Indeed, human greed is endless. Just like Sun Zhou, the official is not satisfied. If he doesn't rebel, he will be in this position, and he should remember his years of bitter cold at the border, and reward his children in his hometown with rich land and gold.

In that account book, there are countless familiar names written every day, reminding themselves to self-denial and diligence in government affairs, but behind the scenes, they accept bribes and corrupt the government.

Qiu Tie picked up the account book, patted the soil on it, knelt down, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty is angry." ”

Xuan Nan took a breath and said in his usual tone: "Take it, I haven't finished reading it yet......"

"Yes." Qiu Tie returned it to Xuan Nan.

Xuan Nan flipped through the pages one by one, and couldn't help but sigh: "How many years has the dynasty been, and it has come to this point." I originally thought that my enemies were the three feudatories, the Mongols, the traitors, and the Japanese ....... It turns out that my enemies are the people I look at every day, which of them is not the important ministers of the court that I rely on, and which one is not the elders who have assisted me since childhood......" After saying that, his eyes turned red, and he sniffed again, and said: "Anyway, men don't flick when they have tears, I am still the king of a country, I am really out of shape, and I can't laugh." ”

"I don't dare." Qiu Railway.

Xuan Nan suddenly turned to a page, looked at it carefully for a long time, put it on the tip of the pen and sniffed it for a while, put down the account book, the page was stuck in the binding line and the traces of the paper were torn off, and if you don't look carefully, you can't see anything abnormal at all.

"What's going on?" Xuan Nan asked.

"What ......" Qiu Tie was stunned for a moment, stopped kowtowing mechanically, raised his head and looked at Xuan Nan in surprise pointing at the tearing trace, panicking: "This ...... It's really not about the minister...... That's what the minister searched for......" After saying that, he slammed his head on the ground and rattled.

"Really?" Xuan Nan asked sharply.

At this time, Qiu Tie was already panicked, and defended again and again: "Your Majesty, if this matter is related to the minister, why did the minister hand over this account to you and burn it secretly, how would you ......know?"

But after a while, the door was slammed again, and Ice Blue walked in. This time, she had changed into clean clothes, her face was white and clear, and a wooden hairpin tied her hair neatly on the top of her head, smiling and heroic.

"The two generals, Han and Li, heard that you woke up and asked to be summoned." Ice Blue Road.

Xuan Nan nodded, and Bing Lan turned around and led Han and Li in. Han and Li walked in, knelt down and saluted, "Your Majesty bows to you." ”

"These false courtesies, no need." Xuan Nan leaned on the bed, saw Li Fang and Han Zhe leaning over the ground, their heads pressed against the ground, and said with a smile: "It is merit to capture the rebel and defend the city." Li Fang caught a glimpse of Qiu Tie already kneeling beside Xuan Nan's bed, and saw that the tears on his face had not disappeared, and said in his heart, I was the most fierce one who shouted to kill him at the beginning, this kid must cry to His Majesty with a handful of snot and tears to complain to me of being black, I must not ask him to calculate. So he wiped his tears and cried: "Your Majesty, the minister is really guilty, and the minister is stupid......"

"The minister worries about your safety day and night, and goes to your hospital every day to ask for peace. It's just that Lord Qiu doesn't want to see the minister, and he has to slander the minister and Sun Zhou in front of others. ”

"If you think the food of the firehead army is not in harmony, you will beat other people's military sticks......"

"He came to the camp from time to time to check the number of military horses, but the captain rode out of the city to check the military situation, and insisted that the number was wrong, and he would punish the horse officer."

“……”

Qiu Tie, who was listening on the side, listened to Li Fang slandering himself with oil and vinegar, and he didn't get angry, I haven't said you yet, you told me that I was strong! He stood up angrily, pointed at Li Fang's nose and said angrily: "Why do you need to be so yin and yang, you will join me when you return to Beijing!" ”

Xuan Nan could see the cause and effect at a glance, but Li Fang, as a veteran, had a lot of prestige in the army. Although Qiu Tie acted rudely, he was loyal. Han Zhe is old and serious, and he looks like he has nothing to do with himself.

So he pretended to be frightened and said, "It turns out that during my injury, you encountered so many things, and it was really dangerous. All of this is Sun Zhou's trouble! What a crime the three Aiqing have, please get up quickly. ”

Only then did the three of them get up.

"What is the status of casualties among the armies today?" Xuan Nan asked.

"Your Majesty, when you leave Beijing, General Zhao, General Li, and General Han each led 10,000 troops. After General Zhao was martyred, his ministers took charge of some affairs. The number of soldiers who broke through with you was 8,852 men. Of these, 379 were seriously wounded and died before entering the river. "Qiu Railway.

"The left army of the subordinate leader broke through the siege, and there are now nine thousand seven hundred and thirty-four horsemen." Han Zhedao.

"The subordinate army broke through again, and there are more than 7,000 people, and two red-coated cannons were damaged in battle." Li Fang said.

Xuan Nan nodded, and asked again: "After Sun Zhou and his comrades were captured, there were still 100,000 troops stationed in Hejian. After last night's battle to defend the city, I will not come again in the short term, I thought that Li Qing and his army would rest here for a period of time, and then go to Bianliang. Han Qing and Qiu Qing returned to Beijing immediately with the army, okay? ”

"Your ......Minister" Li Fang was about to receive the decree when Han Zhe interrupted: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the army led by General Li is small, and it is really meager to integrate the 100,000 troops left by Sun Zhou. I'm afraid of regeneration. ”

"What does Qiu Qing think?" Xuan Nan asked.

"It's better for the minister to stay with General Li. After the integration is completed, I will return to Jingshi and His Majesty. ”

Li Fang has always trusted Han Zhe, and if he is here, he can save a lot of effort. Immediately said: "The minister thinks this is good, but the minister is afraid that he is not capable enough to deal with it." ”

Unexpectedly, Xuan Nan smiled lightly and said, "Li Qing must not be presumptuous, I have other things to entrust to Han Qing." However, Li Qing, although Sun Zhou has been operating in the border for many years, has deep roots. But it is also his duty for the soldiers under him to obey orders, so don't overdo it. As for the wounded, when they are healed, Li Qing will bring them back to Bianliang and me to restore their lives. ”

"Yes. Obey the order. Han and Li said in unison.

"Your Majesty was witty, and the first time he led the troops, he almost retreated in the ambush several times. Even if you are an old prince, you may not be able to do better than you. Li Fang said.

"Five hundred and twenty-seven warriors are still lost in a foreign land...... I'm ashamed. However, it was too late to collect their bones and return to their hometowns for burial...... I only hope that in the future, our monarchs and ministers will be able to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun and teach those soldiers to sleep in the land of Dachu for a long time, which can be regarded as returning to the roots. When Xuan Nan said, he thought of Wang Xi and Zhao Zilu, and couldn't help but be emotional.

The words made a rough man like Han Lifang, who had experienced a hundred battles, couldn't help but moisten his eyes.

Xuan Nan stroked Han Zhe and Li Fang's shoulders and said, "I don't have anything else to explain." I just hope that you will wait for you to return to Bianliang as soon as possible, and when we meet the monarchs and ministers, we can drink and talk happily, and a total of great things!"

After the two of them left, Xuan Nan looked at Qiu Tie in front of him and sighed: "When I was unconscious, the mutiny of mutiny, the collaborator of the enemy......

If it weren't for Meng Huo's presence, you would have been beheaded by Han and Li last night. At that time, who will protect my safety? Who will protect Hejian Town? ”

"The minister knows that he is wrong." Qiu Tie lowered his head.

Xuan Nan propped himself up, trying to stand up and touch the armor beside the bed, but he couldn't reach it, he sighed and said, "Pierce my armor." ”

Qiu Tie raised his head in a daze, looked at Xuan Nan who was tied to a wooden frame, and asked, "Your Majesty, how do you wear armor?" ”

"Remove the wooden shelf and put it on."

Qiu Tie exclaimed: "How can this be unloaded? The medic said you had broken ribs and you had to be tied up. Besides, you've just woken up, and you're only temporarily alive, and you're still ...... Long walk ......"

The wooden frame turned around and asked the imperial physician to tie another one. Qiu Qing, you are so chattering about interrogating and investigating cases on weekdays? Xuan Nan said, taking care of himself and untying the bandages on his body.

Qiu Tie carefully pierced Xuan Nan's armor without saying a word.

Xuan Nan saw that Qiu Tie was silent, and said kindly: "I went to the alliance, I suffered a defeat and was seriously injured and unconscious, plus some people mutinied, some people collaborated with the enemy, and the news was transmitted back to the capital, wouldn't people be panicked, and I had to go back immediately." But before that, I must first appease the army, your account book, is really timely rain. ”

Qiu Tie continued to be silent.

Xuan Nan muttered in a low voice: "Are you so careful!" ”

The majestic military song sounded again, Xuan Nan was wearing armor, looking at the generals under Sun Zhou in the tent. Outside the big tent are the soldiers who blocked the Mongols yesterday.

At this time, Qiu Tie came from a distance, through the gap between the neatly arrayed squares, running profusely sweating, the sound of the armor on his body grinding against the saber clanged, he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, many letters and accounts have been searched from the rebellious Sun Zhou's house, ah......" As he spoke, the two young historians behind him carried a wooden box and ran quickly with small steps to keep up with Qiu Tie in front.

Sun Zhou has served as the chief soldier of Hejian for ten years, and which of the generals and colonels who serve here can be completely innocent...... The soldiers watched the people of the Imperial City Division pass by, all of them looked solemn, bowed their heads and said nothing, like dark clouds pressing down on the realm.

When Qiu Tie panted and walked into Xuan Nan's big tent, he put down the heavy box, and then opened it, revealing the yellowish ledgers and letters in front of everyone.

Xuan Nan endured the severe pain and walked to the camphor wooden box, picked up an account book, sat on the ground, did not look at it, and buried his head in it. The air around him froze for a long time, and the generals held their breath to watch Xuan Nan's strange behavior. When he raised his head again, his eyes turned red. He smashed the ledger in his hand into the camphor wood box in disgust, and choked up: "...... They are all brothers who are born and die,...... It's ......."

"Your Majesty, do you want to check the accounts?" Qiu Tie asked inexplicably.

However, Xuan Nan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, shook his head firmly, and said, "Sun Zhou, this guy actually used the death of his second uncle to slander me as an excuse for treason and rebellion. After all, the sudden death of the second uncle caused many rumors, and I was immersed in sadness at that time, and I did not explain it clearly to Qing and others, so that Qing and others were deceived by thieves, which was all my fault.

But six years ago, I was only thirteen years old, and I was just a child. You join the barracks, whether it is to protect your family and defend the country, or for fame and fortune. How can I bear to let Qing and others be implicated in the housework of our surname Wei...... The past, such as yesterday's death. Burn it...... Burn it...... I don't want to know ......"

"Your Majesty...... This ......" Before Qiu Tie could finish speaking, Xuan Nan had already thrown the burning candlestick into the box.

"All of you here are elders who died with the regent. I am young, and I will inevitably act poorly. If there's anything wrong, you elders must tell me........." Xuan Nan cried.

The flames swallowed up the stain of the generals, the hanging heart was gradually put down, and the guilt in the heart also gathered little by little, and they lowered their heads one after another, and some people even had tears in their eyes and secretly wiped their tears.

Yes, who wants to avenge the old prince...... They are uncles and nephews. If it is replaced by someone else, can the treason and rebellion not be wiped out? And His Majesty let us go like this, can it be a vicious person like Sun Zhou said? I can't help but be convinced by the young emperor's heart.