At the end of spring, even in the bitter cold northwest, there is a scene of grass growing warblers flying on the West River Plain.

Xiheyuan encompassed the entire Xihe Prefecture and the small half of Shaanxi, with a vast area, and a series of major battles between the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army were carried out here, and nearly 100,000 people died on this land.

In the spring of the third year of Jianwen, the spring breeze on the West River Plains seemed to carry a smell of blood that had not completely dissipated.

The group walked out of the Xiwu Gate in the central capital in the early morning with a warm spring breeze and entered the vast Xiheyuan.

There were about thirty or so people in the group, most of them well-dressed and sturdy men, who rode on horseback, guarding the inconspicuous wide carriage in the middle.

The interior of the carriage is extremely incommensurate with the outer second, in the northwest where the wealthy lords and families have taken away their families, it can be called a first-class luxury, gold and jade for the decoration, brocade lining is just ordinary, the various designs are extremely ingenious, all kinds of functions are complete, not only will not make people feel crowded, and there is not much bumpy feeling in the carriage, the so-called imperial car is nothing more than that.

There were only two men and a woman in the carriage, the woman was heavy, burying herself in a pile of luxurious furs, and the man sat behind the small case, sipping tea while flipping through the scrolls, but he looked leisurely.

The woman lifted the curtain and looked at the scenery for a while, then turned her gaze back to the carriage, seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the man's dullness, stretched out her toes without embroidered shoes and nodded at the man, "It's hard to come out and relax, you are still holding the book, do you want to take the top prize?"

The man reluctantly put down the scroll in his hand, patted away the woman's delicate feet that were constantly messing around, and said with a smile: "Champion Gong is good, ride a horse to Kyoto, but unfortunately I don't have that blessing in my life." ”

The woman moved to the man's side, rested her chin on his shoulder, and exhaled, "What book are you reading?"

The man closed the scroll and said, "The ninth volume of Zhang Wenzheng's public collection is on current politics. ”

The woman wrinkled her nose, "Why don't you read the script?"

The man pinched her nose and said with a smile: "Eunuch." ”

The woman was stunned and asked, "What do you mean?"

The man said softly, "It's just that there's no more below." ”

It took three hours before the carriage came to a stop.

The man got out of the car first, and then personally helped the woman with limited mobility to get out of the car.

At this time, the sun is just right, not far away is a small blue lake, the lake has thawed, only a little thin ice remains, the spring breeze blows, the lake surface wrinkles ripples, sparkling in the sun,

The man waved his hand, and more than thirty sturdy men quietly retreated, and then began to scatter and patrol.

The woman snuggled up to the man's body and said softly, "Xiao Yu, let's go over and take a walk." ”

This pair of men and women are Xiao Yu and Lin Yinping, who have included the entire northwest and grassland. After the war ended, Lin Han went to the grassland to pacify the grassland Zhutaiji, Xu Lin guarded Shaanzhou and confronted the army of the Eastern Capital that occupied the first line of the north, Lan Yu re-went to Shuzhou to stabilize the situation, Wei Ban returned to Xiliangzhou to rectify military affairs and spring ploughing matters in the army, Min Xing was sent to Hanoi Prefecture to take charge of the northwest Ma Zheng, Xiao Jin reopened the Wang Prime Minister's Mansion in the central capital, and the prime minister post-war pension, resettlement, inventory, reconstruction and spring ploughing in various places and many other matters.

The husband and wife rarely had a moment of leisure, so they took this opportunity to be elegant and elegant, and learned from Jiangnan scholars to go on a tour.

On the occasion of the green season of wicker budding, there should be many young men and women to go out to play, and the children will also fly kites happily, but after a big war, there is silence on the West River Plain, and it cannot be said that every family is vegetarian, ten rooms and nine emptiness, and it is also shrouded in a gloomy cloud. So Xiao Yu and Lin Yinping didn't go to those populated places, but came here to revisit.

This blue Xiaohu is the place where Xiao Yu and Lin Yinping first met, and this time they revisited, it was still as quiet and unoccupied as before, and it seemed that even the repeated battles and the sound of horses' hooves could not disturb the peace here.

The two walked slowly to the shore, Lin Yinping pointed to a shallow depression, and some girls said happily: "I was squatting there back then." Then she pointed to a place not far away, "That's where you're standing." ”

Saying this, Lin Yinping subconsciously touched his lower abdomen, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that I can't squat now." ”

Xiao Yu hugged her lightly and said with a smile: "Wait until next year, let's come again." ”

Lin Yinping snorted, his face full of gentleness.

Then the two walked slowly along the shore of the lake, deeper and deeper, until they met another group of people in a narrow way.

Xiao Yu didn't feel too surprised, after all, he only brought more than thirty followers, and this lake is so big, it is naturally impossible to completely block it, but this place is so remote, it is rare to meet people who are also outing.

The reason why Xiao Yu thinks that they are also people who go out is because most of the people in this group are young men and women, in pairs, and most of them have intimate expressions, and you can see at a glance that sweet and sour taste that makes people feel refreshed.

At a glance, Xiao Yu and Lin Yinping, who knew that they were husband and wife, naturally integrated into this group of men and women and walked together. When Xiao Yu was introduced, he claimed that his surname was Xiao Mingyu, he was from the Eastern Capital, his wife's surname was Fu, and he was a person from Jiangnan. This group of men and women was originally from the Northland, but because of the war in the North, they moved to Xiliangzhou, but they never thought that the northwest would also be followed by war, although Xiliangzhou did not suffer from the war, but it was also panicked, until the war subsided, it was not calm again, and now they are all students of Xixiang Academy, with the study of the great Confucian Wang Kaizhi. This time, because the teacher once said that reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles, I took advantage of the early spring to wander away from the northwest of Guanwai and take a look at the customs of the high sky and the wide wilderness.

Wang Kaizhi's name, Xiao Yu naturally knows, speaking of which he is still Xiao Yu's elder, and even the two had a grudge that was not big or small. As for Xixiang Academy, Xiao Yu also knew that Xiao Jin had mentioned it to him, but Xiao Yu didn't care about it at that time, but he didn't expect Xiao Jin to let Wang Kaizhi be the master of the academy.

The leader of this group of men and women is a child of a family who is extremely outstanding in appearance and talent, he is already in the age of the crown, well-informed, and quite talkative, along the way chatted with Xiao Yu about the customs and customs of various places, the interesting stories of the north and south of the river, and in the face of Xiao Yu's knowledge that has traveled most of the world, he can pick up the conversation every time. This insight, if it is an old man, Xiao Yu will not be surprised, and it is especially rare for a young man in his twenties.

Several women are not in good health, and Lin Yinping is a double person, so they stop and rest all the way, at noon, everyone rests on a flat land by the lake, the women take out some snacks from their baggage to share with each other, and the men gather together, looking at the lake, thinking about making a few masterpieces.

Now that he has arrived in the northwest, he can't avoid the topic of the king of the northwest no matter what, and the previous war has made the men talk about it a lot, and the generals who emerged in this war have been expelled from the seat. In the northwest, the first recommendation is the metropolitan governor Xu Lin, although he was defeated by the hands of Xiao Yu, the king of the northwest, but after all, the veteran generals, in this northwest war, the building was tilted, and the tide was turned around, worthy of the name of the first military general in the northwest. And Lan Yu is a well-deserved second person, from literature to martial arts, a typical image of a Confucian general who strategizes thousands of miles away, and Xu Lin joined forces to defeat the Northeast Army, no matter which aspect, it is more in line with the preferences of scholars, if it is not for the bad deeds of sacrificing the city back then, I am afraid it will overpower Xu Lin. The third person is Wei Ban, who is good at using strange soldiers, and there will be some arguments in the future, some people say that it should be Lin Han who suppressed the barbarians in Nanzhong, and some people say that it should be Han Xiong who broke the Huzhou army. But one thing is the same, that is, Min Xing was a big disappointment in this battle.

Seeing that Xiao Yu was silent, the son surnamed Han at the head asked with a smile, "Brother Xiao, what do you think?" ”

Xiao Yu said with a smile: "In my opinion, there is nothing to divide in the northwest, most of it is due to the current situation. However, the new governor of the Northeast is reckless, but it is eye-catching in the use of troops, first defeated Qin Zheng, and then conquered Shaanxi, if there is no him, the Northeast Army will not have the opportunity to come to the capital of the city, if it is not for Xiao Lie's last observance, the Northeast Army may not be so embarrassed. ”