Ling Zhao immediately ordered the maids in the hall to bring the Tao Lian incense burner over, and he personally lit the spices he carried with him in the furnace. Immediately helped Emperor Chengde up, he took the brocade group and knelt behind him, took a little essence after cleaning his hands, and slowly rubbed the acupuncture points on his head for Emperor Chengde.

"What kind of incense is this, it smells good!" Emperor Chengde closed his eyes and praised.

"Erchen is made with Suhexiang plus Peilan, wormwood, and angelica, which has the effect of awakening the mind."

"Well, excellent! …… Zhao'er's technique is also stronger than that of the attendants in my palace, which makes me very comfortable......"

"If the father likes it, the sons can enter the palace every day to serve." Ling Zhao said with a smile.

"It's okay, from tomorrow onwards, you will come to the palace at noon every day, accompany me to look at the slashers in the imperial study, and deal with some affairs."

The smile on the corner of Ling Zhao's lips deepened a little, but he said: "Erchen will wait in the imperial study on time tomorrow, and when his father is tired of dealing with state affairs, he will perform guidance techniques for his father to relieve his fatigue." ”

"You are the smartest of my children, and your temperament is the most modest and calm, but you only let you be an idle prince and wronged you......"

"The father and the emperor have tormented his sons." Without waiting for Emperor Chengde to finish speaking, Ling Zhao knelt beside him with a panicked face, "My father and emperor are in charge of state affairs all night, my brother assists in government affairs, and the third brother guards the border. failed to share the worries of his father, and his sons were already confused and ashamed, how could they be wronged? ”

"Arise, what are you doing? You are my most beloved child, and I just want you to live the good life I have always wanted to live but have never lived, so I don't want you to worry about state affairs. Emperor Chengde leaned sideways and helped Ling Zhao up, and sighed: "Your brother is too unsuccessful, and I punished him for grounding him today." This year's cold winter has come early, and my body is also quite unwell, and now I need you to share my worries......"

"The son is willing to share the worries of his father. It's just that Erchen has never participated in political affairs, for fear of ......"

"Everything has a first time, you follow me to listen to it and see more, with your intelligence and talent, it will definitely not be difficult." Chengde Emperor Road.

Ling Zhao was no longer pretentious, and knelt down solemnly, "The sons and daughters will be diligent and knowledgeable, and try their best to share the worries of their father." ”

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At the end of the 37th year of Long He, the Nanyue Imperial Court officially submitted a declaration of war to Xili on the grounds that Xili had invaded the border of Anyuan.

The crown prince Ling Chong was punished and grounded in the East Palace for delaying military salaries, and the second prince Ling Zhao was in charge of government affairs. After Ling Zhao joined the government, the first decree he implemented was to stop banquets and drinks, stop gatherings, abstain from extravagance, and raise military salaries for the Zhenxi Army with the strength of the whole country.

Under the guarantee of sufficient grain, grass and ordnance, Ling Li led the Zhenxi Army to advance the battle line from Anyuan all the way to the west, and when the snow melted and the ice disappeared, it had crossed Wuhualing, Sangmu Town, and Xiqi Pass, and advanced the battle line to the Jinyintan guarded by the left dragon and tiger general of the Xili State.

Jinyintan is a tidal flat with abundant water and grass, which was originally the land of South Vietnam, and was occupied by the nomadic barbarians of Xili during the Tongping period of Emperor Duanming until now. Wushuti was originally stationed in the area of Guze Mountain on the border of Xili, but due to the heavy snowfall and famine, he learned that a large amount of grain and grass was transported through Caopozi Town in the west camp of Zhenxi, so he moved the garrison forward to Jinyintan, and sent a military force to rob the grain.

The Xili barbarians are good at riding horses and attacking quickly, and have a significant advantage in tidal flat operations. A group of brave generals such as Wu Shujie were even more convinced of victory with revenge, waiting to start a decisive battle with the South Vietnamese army.

The first encounter between the two armies was launched by the Storm Cavalry Regiment under the command of Wushu Jie, and he personally led more than 1,000 elite iron cavalry to rush to the big tent of the Zhenxi Army.

It was only when the Wushu barge returned to the Jinyintan Horse Farm with the victorious Windrush on their toes that they learned that their camp had already been attacked by the Zhenxi army. The camp of the Zhenxi Army they discovered was nothing more than a pseudo camp, and the real main force of the Zhenxi Army had already smashed into Jinyintan when they set off. It was also an elite raid, but Wushu Jie did not find the target, not to mention losing his camp, and the forage of the Jinyintan Horse Farm was also burned by the Zhenxi Army.

After that, Ling Li pursued again with great vigor, and recaptured Xifeng Sui, which was invaded by Xili, in one fell swoop, forcing Wushu to retreat to Guze Mountain on the border of Xili.

The first war between the two countries in a hundred years ended with a retreat of 380 miles with wounded soldiers and remnants. When the news was transmitted back to Yongding, the whole country cheered and rejoiced. Literati and writers also wrote and drummed one after another, and wrote the deeds of Ling Li leading the Zhenxi Army to bravely kill the enemy into poems, compiled them into scripts, and publicized them in a big way.

"Twice suffered the loss of the spies, and the vultures were so angry that he fell off the horse's back and broke his leg ......bone with a 'snap'," the storyteller stood on the podium and said with relish, as if he had witnessed it on the front line of Jinyintan.

"Why did you suffer the loss of the spies twice?" Someone in the audience asked.

"You don't know that, this judge. Last winter, the Wushu barbarians sent spies to Anyuan, and got the news that the Zhenxi Army had a large amount of grain and grass to transport grass and grass, which was really good news for the hungry and cold barbarians, and the Wushu barbarians hurriedly roared and sent an army of troops to attack and loot grain at night, and the whole army was wiped out under the encirclement and suppression of the Zhenxi Army......"

"You are making this nonsense, if General Ling annihilated so many enemies last year, why didn't the official newspaper publish it?" Some in the audience expressed doubts.

"Hehe, you should be a little old man, I made it up. In short, our Zhenxi general, that is really the first brave general with unparalleled wisdom since the dynasty! The storyteller gave a thumbs up, picked up a stack of papers and stood up, "Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't enjoy listening to it, I still have "General Zhenxi's Broken Captives" and "Zhenxi's General Wind and Snow Night Attack Map", you can buy it back and read it slowly, taste it slowly, and look at this heroic spirit, if it is posted at the door of the house, the evil ghosts will not dare to touch it......"

"I'll buy two!" Stopping in the audience to listen to Shu Mei for a long time, he was the first to find out the silver to buy a painting.

"Look, this young master really knows the goods!" The storyteller handed the painting in his hand to Shu Mei, who was dressed as a man, and praised it.

Shu Mei took the painting and unfolded it, Ling Li in the painting was dressed in silver-white armor, riding a war horse and galloping through the snow, and the flag behind him was flying, which was exactly the same as what she saw on the soil slope outside Caopozi Town that day, and she couldn't help but praise: "The painting is so good!" ”

When the onlookers heard this, they all paid for it. In a few moments, the storyteller's painting was sold out. Those who didn't buy it shook their heads and sighed with regret.

After everyone left, the storyteller finished cleaning up the folding fans, waking wood, handkerchiefs, teacups and other props on the stage, and saw that Shu Mei was still standing under the stage, so he smiled and said: "Thank you, master, for supporting today, if you haven't heard of it, the little old man will come back tomorrow......"

"Uncle, who painted this painting of you? It's very expressive. Shu Mei pointed to the "Zhenxi General Wind and Snow Night Attack Map" in his hand and asked.

"Well, this is my ...... My Saburo has nothing to do and is playing. ”

"Ling Lang has been to Anyuan? Have you seen General Ling? ”

"No, no, he just copied other people's paintings, and he earned money with pen and ink." The storyteller rolled up the package and put it on his back, stepped off the storyteller's desk, and prepared to leave.

"Copying? Does the old man know who drew the original painting? Shu Mei hurriedly chased after him.

"I don't know." The storyteller hurried down the alley, as if he didn't want to talk to Shu Mei anymore.

"Uncle, I'll come back tomorrow, if you can find Ling Lang and ask the author of this original painting, I'm willing to pay one tael, no, three taels of silver."

Hearing this, the storyteller stopped, turned around and looked at Shu Mei and smiled: "The master is very generous. But the little old man doesn't want to deceive you, this painting is now all over the street, someone originally saw it from Tianxianglou, as for who painted it, you can go to Tianxianglou to ask. ”

Tianxiang Building?!

Looking at the back of the storyteller, Shu Mei fell into deep thought.