Yongkang twenty years, autumn.

Yongkang Emperor Xiao Daocheng and the crown prince Xiao Yu died violently, and Xiao Liling, the king of Chu, succeeded to the throne.

The following year, it was changed to Jiaping.

In the first year of Jiaping, in January, Xiao Liang broke through Lanzhou in the south of Shuozhou, and in February, the soldiers were on the verge of falling to Maguan.

"You can go back to Daizhou!" Gan Mingjue said.

Gan Mingcong has just returned from the palace.

In just five days, Xiao Liang connected the two prefectures of Lanzhou and Yizhou, bypassing Shuozhou, where Yuan Zhun was located, and Daizhou, where Wei Changhuai was located, and approaching the capital.

At this time, Gan Mingcong was in the capital, which was simply the greatest consolation for the new emperor and hundreds of officials.

However, Gan Mingjue asked him to return to Daizhou.

"If you go back to Daizhou, you can avoid all this, you just have to guard the northwest frontier, and I have me in the capital!"

He knew that his brother's arrangement was for his consideration, only for his mood, and he had always disliked these trade-offs, these exchanges.

But—

"I'm not leaving!" He replied in the bland, affirmative.

Gan Mingjue's eyes changed, and he asked, "What did Xiao Li summon you to the palace for?" ”

"Seal me as the general of the protector of the country and escort the holy car to the south!" He said disapprehantly.

"What do you mean?" Gan Mingjue's face also changed.

He grinned, like a precursor before every prank in his childhood: "I'm going back to Jiangnan!" Feel free to do so! ”

After speaking, regardless of Gan Mingjue's urgent shout, he left with a swagger.

Coming out of the palace, before going to Gan Mingjue's mansion, he took a detour to her husband's house, and from a distance, watching her and her husband return home together, he saw her with a light smile on her face, and heard her gently and gently describe to her husband the charm and affection of the West Lake willows.

Whether it's brother or Xiao Liang, their plan is big, there are thousands of ways to achieve it, and there are thousands of people who work hard for it; But her wish was small, and now, only he could help her make it happen.

In the first year of Jiaping, on February 17, Gan Mingcong, the general of the protector of the country, made a holy tour of the south.

In the same year, on the first day of the first month of March, Xiao Liang broke through the Fallen Horse Pass, entered the Beijing Division, ascended the Golden Palace, paid homage to the Taimiao, and proclaimed himself emperor in the south.

When he finally met Xiao Liang, it was already September 20 of the first year of Jiaping.

The green shirt is handsome, and it is still the same as in the old days.

"I thought I'd meet in front of the battle first!" He smiled, but his eyes couldn't help but bring ridicule and sharpness.

In the past six months or so, he has fought with the generals and generals under Xiao Liang, but he has not met Xiao Liang himself.

The man smiled, as gentle as ever: "I don't want to meet Mingcong on the battlefield!" ”

"And what is this?" Gan Mingcong clasped his hands and rested on the bookcase, raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Liang who suddenly appeared, and smiled, "Come to persuade him to surrender?" ”

Xiao Liang sighed softly and said, "Mingcong, why do you complain about me? ”

Gan Mingcong sneered and asked, "Is it fun to cheat death?" ”

Xiao Liang sighed: "I have been on the run for the first two years, and in the last three years, I have been collecting the Yan Nostalgic Department, until I have the support of the nobles of Longxi and get the jade seal and the talisman, I can appear as Xiao Liang, before that, I can't break through Zhao Bingyi's defense line to send you a message." ”

"When Xiao Liang is alive, Ming Jue and Gu Zhan will know that I am still alive!"

"It's just that because Guanzhong's side hasn't been properly arranged, Xiao Liang is Lin Zhizhi's matter is still hidden, otherwise the Lin family will be affected by nothing."

He paused, his tone still puzzled: "Mingcong, why do you blame me?" ”

He looked confused and innocent.

Gan Mingcong couldn't help but ask, "Do you remember that you have a sister?" ”

Xiao Liang was slightly stunned, and sadness appeared in his beautiful eyes: "Alan ......"

In the first year of his escape, his sister-in-law Yao Shujing was killed in the military rations case, his sister Lin Jialan was martyred, and later his adoptive father Lin Jingsheng was also assassinated.

"It's not Cousin Lan......" Gan Mingcong shook his head, at that time, he couldn't protect himself and couldn't do anything, how could he blame him for this?

Xiao Liang was slightly stunned again, his eyes were confused for a moment, and he asked uncertainly, "What are you talking about...... A-ro? ”

Gan Mingcong looked at him silently, with a strange stubbornness in his eyes.

"She was seven years old when I left...... Is she okay? His expression became more and more gentle with nostalgia.

"She's married...... Gan Mingcong said softly, "Her husband is a seventh-rank official in the Xiao Li Dynasty, and she has just returned to Yuhang, and she has returned to her hometown with her parents and brothers, and her husband-"

He looked at Xiao Liang lightly and said, "She has been looking forward to her eldest brother coming back safely......

Xiao Liang was puzzled: "Now that I'm back......"

Yes, he's back, not because she's looking forward to it, but it's supposed to be in her expectation, right?

Gan Mingcong looked at him in a daze, not understanding what he was resenting in his heart.

If it were her, she probably wouldn't be resentful at all, just happy......

"She's just settled down, and I haven't told her about your return yet......" Gan muttered.

Xiao Liang glanced at him in surprise, stopped talking, and finally just sighed softly: "Then I'll wait for you to tell her first......"

……

"Your Majesty still won't send troops today?" Bai Zi fell, Yuan Yan asked with a smile.

"It should not be sent!" Xie Youqing replied with some emotion, "This majesty is quite affectionate, and he still refuses to go to war with Gan Mingcong!" ”

"It's not necessarily a good thing to go to war head-on—" Yuan Yan said with a smile, "Even though Gan Mingcong has turned his back on the Gan clan, the Gan clan hasn't given up on him yet!" ”

"How long is that going to be delayed? Why don't we go back to Beijing for the New Year first? Xie Youqing said.

"It's coming!" He seemed to sigh with emotion, "People who are affectionate are easy to control......"

Bai Zi fell again, and he smiled slightly: "Lin Si's news, send it to Gan Mingcong!" ”

……

The horse's hooves landed heavily, knocking on the city gate, shattering Yuhang, who had not woken up in the morning.

The long knife was raised, splitting open the bronze wooden door, and he broke in with a messy step, and when he picked up the first person to greet him, he hissed and asked, "Where is she?" ”

On the banks of the water in late autumn, the Yangtze River rolls eastward, and the west wind is like a knife blowing on the face.

He stood by the river in a daze, not knowing where to look for her traces.

He turned his back on the family, gave up Daizhou, he protected Xiao Li, stopped Xiao Liang, he obviously did everything to protect her behind him, why did she disappear behind him? Not even a single corner of the garment remained......

He's really worked hard, but he's still ......

More and more people gathered behind him, some shouted "General Gan" at him, and some rushed to his side and said something.

Suddenly, he heard someone mention "Xiao Liang".

Xiao Liang!

He turned abruptly, pushed through the crowd, mounted his horse, and galloped.

Xiao Liang!

She hasn't seen her big brother yet!

The defense line along the river was wide open, and the northern army poured in like a tide.

In the first year of Jiaping, on the second day of October, Jinling City was broken.

On the third day of October, on the banks of the Qiantang River.

The autumn wind blows the corners of the robe to hunt, and the man in the dark clothes and jade belt is noble and handsome, and his delicate eyebrows are full of sorrow.

"I'm late......" he muttered.

"It's not that you're late!" Gan Mingcong said lightly, "You didn't come for her, why do you say it sooner or later?" ”

"She's been looking forward to you for so many years, and you don't know anything about ......" his voice gradually lowered, "Nobody cares...... "She didn't wait until she died, and she didn't wait for her brother......

Xiao Liang was silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh.

If there is an afterlife, may those she desires no longer bear her, and may those she waits for no longer forget to return......

"Your Majesty, Feng Wentong brought it!"

Xiao Liang didn't turn to look at the man.

The weak and shy girl in my memory was accused of fornication by her husband's family, and after two years of marriage, she died.

The person she wanted, the person she married, didn't protect her......

He looked at the cold and surging river and asked softly, "Did she sink here?" ”

The man behind him did not answer.

It doesn't matter if you don't answer or not.

"Since she is married to you, she always likes you, so you can go down and accompany her......"

The man was like a dead tree, and he didn't have the slightest struggle to sink into the water, and he suddenly felt a little stunned.

The person she married may have her in her heart, but unfortunately, it is limited to her......

If there is an afterlife, may those of them who owe her all repay it.

He turned his head to look at Gan Mingcong, the young man was dressed in white, sitting on the ground, holding a bamboo basket in his arms, always hanging his head, spilling the paper money in the bamboo basket to the river again and again, up and down, indescribably disheartened.

He couldn't help but ask, "You care about her so much, why did she marry someone else?" ”

The young man grabbed the paper money and paused, then spilled it out, looking at the river like snow.

"I just want to protect her...... She thanked me......"

That night, the ground was full of frost, and she bowed down, her eyes as bright as stars.

She said, thank you for protecting me......

……

After the unification of the north and the south, he still returned to Daizhou.

On the day he arrived in Daizhou, it coincided with the siege of the Rong people, and he climbed the city tower to look, but he did not see Yan Wangxi.

It wasn't until the Rong people retreated and he went out of Guancheng alone that he saw Yan Wangxi riding alone, coming leisurely from the twilight.

"I'm really back!" Yan Wangxi smiled, "Have you messed with the internal mess?" ”

He smiled and said, "Xiao Daocheng is dead, are you coming back?" ”

A trace of hesitation flashed in Yan Wangxi's eyes, and then he changed the topic with a smile: "Listen to Wei Changhuai, you escorted Xiao Li to Jiangnan, I guess, you must be protecting your sweetheart!" I like it so much, grab it! Why did another person come back in disgrace? ”

The smile in his eyes faded.

"She's ...... Dead"

Words are like light smoke, scattered into the wind, and are not seen.

……

I don't know if it was because he came back, or because it was already winter, the Rong people did not appear again.

On days when there was no war to fight, it was a little uncomfortable to be idle.

He was walking alone on the street when he suddenly remembered what Yan Wangxi had persuaded him.

This world is really not good, if he had taken her with him early, wouldn't she have died?

His gaze swept unintentionally from the crowd, and he suddenly froze.

After a moment of frustration, he frantically shook off the crowd and rushed over, grabbed the girl by the arm of a carriage.

The palm of his hand was slender and fragile, but it made his heart beat wildly.

The girl hurriedly turned around, her round eyes delicate and innocent.

He slowly let go of his hand, and a wave of disappointment welled up from the depths of his heart.

Disappointed and shocked, the girl in front of her was seven or eight points similar to her, but she didn't have her clarity and tranquility.

Even if it's similar, it's not her.

It's just that when he returned to the house, the girl he had mistaken during the day had already been sent to his room.

"Do you want someone to send it back?" The pro-soldier asked.

He looked at her familiar face and shook his head: "Stay!" ”

She glanced at him gratefully, stepped forward timidly, saluted him, and whispered, "Slave maid wait for the general to rest......

Her hand reached out to his front, trembling slightly.

Gan Mingcong was in a trance, suddenly grabbed her wrist, looked at her panicked eyes, and asked in a low voice, "What's your name?" ”

She trembled with fear: "Ah Duo, slave Ah Duo ......"

Gan Mingcong stared at her eyes for a while, lowered his gaze, pushed her back, and said softly: "I won't investigate who sent you, even if you stay, no one will hurt you anymore......"

At this time, the soldiers urgently reported: "General Wei has caught a Rong spy!" ”

Ah Duo instantly took a breath of cold air.

Gan Mingcong glanced at her and ordered: "Take care of her!" "Hurried away.

Wei Changhuai caught Yan Wangxi.

As soon as Yan Wangxi saw him, he opened his teeth and claws, and said fiercely: "Gan Mingcong, if you dare to touch my Ah Duo, I will tear you!" ”

As soon as Ah Duo was brought up, Yan Wangxi pounced on her, hugged the slender and petite girl into her arms, and whispered comforting words.

"Don't be afraid, Fumoncha is dead, and there will be no one to threaten your mother and daughter in the future...... I'll protect you...... No one can hurt you anymore......"

He watched quietly, quietly feeling the pain gradually diffusing from the bottom of his heart, to the internal organs, to the limbs......

Yan Wangxi took the head of King Rong as his name and surrendered to the new dynasty.

The envoy of the capital soon arrived in Daizhou with the holy decree and welcomed Yan Wangxi into the capital to face the saint.

When Yan Wangxi took his wife to the palace, he was so shocked that the new emperor almost lost his temper.

"Your Majesty feels the misfortune of the eldest princess, it is better to recognize Mrs. Yan as a righteous sister and give the title of county lord, which can also round the regrets in Your Majesty's heart!" Yuan Yan suggested with a smile.

After the imperial case, the young and handsome Son of Heaven looked slightly stunned, shook his head slightly, and sighed: "I have already been ashamed of her, if only because of her similar appearance, let a stranger replace her, wouldn't she ...... It's pathetic......"

Yuan Yan smiled, didn't persuade again, and asked instead, "Your Majesty can choose the era name?" ”

After the New Year, it will be changed to the yuan, and the first era name of the new emperor is of great significance.

Xiao Liang opened a notebook, circled one of them with a pen, and asked the Zhongshu Sheren to take it to Yuan Yan.

He spread the paper and picked up the pen again, and said while writing: "The mound and the princess temple by the West Lake have been built—"

"Taichang Shaoqing Yuan Yan presided over the Duanrou Princess Ceremony!"

After a pause in his hand, he sighed: "The big gift is set on the second day of the fourth month......

Yuan Yan bowed deeply: "The minister's decree!" ”

Walking out of the Zichen Hall with the holy decree in his hand, Yuan Yan opened it casually and took a look.

Duanrou, Bingxin Zhenjing said Duan, Shunde Lizhen said soft, it is a good beauty!

When Gan Mingcong broke into the prince's mansion at night, he asked people to find out about Lin Si, and he was rarely curious, so he went to see the woman.

Such an ordinary woman......

His gaze swept over another name other than him on the decree, and he subconsciously read it.

Lin Jiaruo......

I couldn't help but smile, this may be the only time his name and a woman appear on the decree at the same time!

And such an ordinary woman......

He looked up into the distance, and the clouds broke through the sunrise.

This chaos has been decided, and this winter will pass.

The new emperor is virtuous, and the world is peaceful.

It's boring......

……

On the first day of the first month, the new emperor ascended to the palace and changed the Yuan Linjia.

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It's all over! It's over!! This time it's really over, and it's over.

When writing the text, I often think that I want to write an extra for this supporting role, such as Sun Juan and Jiang Shao, such as Sun Jiao and Yu Hui, such as Lin Pingzhi and Song Tong, such as Yuan Zhi and A Wei, as well as Lin Jiaquan and Wei Qi, Xu Dan and Jian Lan, Wei Jiuniang and Xiao Huan, Lu Xingchen and Wu Yuelou... I want to write too much, all the characters in this book, even the last supporting role Ji Nan outside Ji Zhifan, I have conceived his own story for him, I really can't finish it, so it will come to an abrupt end!

Then I want to thank! It's just- all thanks, really, so many names won't let me type them one by one, right? I'm going out to a big dinner to celebrate! You know, I'm really grateful to see this! The first time I wrote such a long book, the first time I had readers, the first time I had a message, the first time I had a long review, from March to the end of December, a full 10 months, thank you for your company, thank you for liking, I hope you can see a familiar name in the next book~

The new book will be sent tomorrow, kneel and beg for collection and recommendation votes~

The first edition of the new book "The Son of Heaven Calls" is as follows:

"Your Majesty, the king of Jiangling County has a private outer room, and it is not a system!"

"Yo! Our family Yanagishita Megumi also has a heartwarming day, I don't know what kind of stunning person it is, call me to take a look! ”

Li Changye: The long night is lonely, I have no intention of sleeping, and the beauty is delayed~

Zhong Chichi: Summoned by the faint king, am I going? Or do you want to go? Or do you want to go?

The male and female protagonists of the new book are very different from this one, and you should remember one thing when you read it: I am a serious author!