Two years later, at the end of February of the tenth year, outside the city of Gusu, the Lingzhou Army, the king's tent.

"Your Highness, Wei Bingyue, the counselor general of Haixi Prefecture, led his troops to ask for a meeting." With this announcement, the people who were discussing in the king's tent fell silent. Everyone was standing in the tent, except for the young man in the middle. In the reaction of the generals around him, the young man felt the weight of the name "Wei Bingyue". So he smiled and said to his personal entourage Ren Jiaxu: "It's finally here, please." ”

Ren Jiaxu was ordered to go to Xuanwei Bingyue, but he didn't expect that the sound of dispute immediately came from outside the tent, first Ren Jiaxu said: "General Wei, you must go in empty-handed to meet His Highness." What took over his words was another voice: "This is a gift from the last general to His Royal Highness, if His Highness is to blame, we will bear it." Before he finished speaking, a figure appeared at the door of the tent.

The young man sitting in the tent, the fifth son of Emperor Jiahou, the fifth son of Emperor Jiahou, King Fengquan Shen Minghuang said, "Let General Wei come in." When Wei Bingyue walked in with another person, everyone in the room, more or less, was stunned. The two people who entered the door wore the same style of dark blue wide-sleeved fly-collar men's gown, not only clothes and shoes, but also the hair crown and hairstyle were almost identical, the only difference was that the taller one was obviously Wei Bingyue, and the one next to him who was a head shorter than him was a young girl!

Shen Minghuang is extremely tall, and Wei Bingyue looks about the same height as himself, but his shoulders are extremely broad, his skeleton is smaller, and he looks thinner, he is very handsome, and his skin is fair, but his face is sick, and his pale face makes him look like a jade mountain is about to tilt. Obviously, his eyebrows, nose, and chin are all man-like, but he has a pair of deer eyes, and his eyelashes are long and curly, surrounding his beautiful eyes like petals, and his eyes are even more charming than that of a woman. There was a small scar at the corner of his left eye, which hung there like a tear dripping from the corner of his eye, which not only did not damage his face, but also made it even more beautiful. And that woman is full of sword eyebrows and starry eyes in the heavenly court, and there is a deep beauty tip in her hair, and when she looks at it, it seems that the two of them have the wrong gender, Wei Bingyue is delicate and delicate, and the girl is full of bright and heroic eyes.

The two saluted Shen Minghuang at the same time, and Wei Bingyue said: "The last general, Wei Bingyue, will see His Royal Highness the King of Fengquan!" The Wei family army is late, please forgive your highness. Yes, he was late, and the king of Fengquan and the ten generals in the tent waited for him for two months.

Wei Bingyue looked at Shen Minghuang and felt strange in his heart, the emperor has a total of six sons, the second prince Baiquan Wang Shenmingbao and the fifth prince Fengquan Wang Shenminghuang, all of which were born by the former Empress Zhang, the sixth prince Qinghe Wang Shen Mingyuan was born by the Tang family, and the eldest prince, the third prince and the fourth prince were born by other concubines. But this military department has always been under the responsibility of the second prince, what did the fifth prince come to Gusu to make a fuss? Isn't he in charge of the Ministry of Rites? He's coming to negotiate with the pirates? Could it be that he had traveled all the way to exterminate the pirate, and he would still be responsible for protecting him?

Shen Minghuang also looked at Wei Bingyue, he was two months late, but he couldn't do anything to him, and he had to wait for him to come. Because this pirate has invaded the southeast coast for many years, he just grabbed some food and utensils, so he was not worried, but he didn't expect that last year, the Wei family army beat up the army of the Hays Kingdom and the Water Demon Country, so that they actually fled all the way east from the northern desert, fled to the sea, and colluded with the pirate leader Xiao Diao'er.

The pirates were familiar with the coast, and the Hayes and Water Demon soldiers were regular soldiers and carried weapons, so that the ordinary pirates turned into a big threat, and they harassed more than a dozen counties in Lingzhou County and Zhezhou County for a year, killing people and looting and setting fire to houses. And these two counties are coastal, there is no threat of neighboring countries around, so since the founding of Dayang one hundred and fifteen years, has been living a peaceful life, local generals, but do some maintenance of law and order, bandits and other small fights, and even the real battle is rarely fought, then the pirates are even more rampant, a while ago, actually dared to send troops to attack Kunning County, forced the county of Kunning County to defeat and commit suicide, they swaggered into the county, after robbing things, they also abused women, Kunning is a good land of fish and rice, made a miasma. That's not all, they even dare to occasionally send troops to harass Gusu Mansion, Yongyin Mansion and Qiantang Mansion, if they don't send troops to exterminate them, I'm afraid that in another half a year, they will dare to enter the capital Huadu and hit the feet of the Son of Heaven!

Therefore, at the end of last year, the agenda of this crackdown on bandits was put forward by the Ministry of War. However, although piracy is rampant, in the eyes of the adults in Huadu, it is not a big battle, so the second prince in charge of the military department, Baiquan Wang Shenming Fort, does not need to come. This little errand, under the efforts of King Fengquan Shen Minghuang, had a chance to fall into his hands.

This Wei family, since the founding of the country, has guarded Haixi Mansion, and the four northern countries of the Tyrant Kingdom, Xidi Country, Water Demon Country, and Haisi Country have fought for more than 100 years. The most famous of the Wei family, in addition to military exploits, is to be able to give birth to sons, Wei Shuping has fifteen sons, called "seven wolves and eight tigers" by the Haixi people, and this Wei Bingyue is the first tiger among the eight tigers.

The imperial court asked the Wei family to send someone to support Lingzhou, and Wei Shuping sent him over. Although he arrived late, among the people present, only he had fought with the Water Demon Army and the Hayes Army, and only the Wei Family Army had the strongest combat effectiveness, so Shen Minghuang had to wait until he arrived.

Shen Minghuang has come to Gusu Mansion from Huadu since the beginning of the fight, and the local generals all know that this King of Fengquan is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and he likes to be clean and the most courteous.

But Shen Minghuang knew that he had no connections in the military department, and the battle between the princes for the heirs was very fierce, even more lively than on the battlefield. He can come to Gusu this time, if he wants to win and go back to ask for credit in front of the emperor, he has to rely on this Wei Bingyue. Moreover, before he figured out the situation, it was not good for him to offend the Wei family first.

So he smiled and said, "It's okay, Haixi Mansion is the farthest away from here, and it is not easy to come all the way to support, but the war is urgent, and the imperial court has to transfer you to Gusu." ”

Wei Bingyue thought that he had to explain: "Your Highness, since we received the news at the end of last year, we have gathered soldiers and horses and prepared weapons, and we have encountered a cold winter that has not been encountered in ten years, and the water on the road has turned into ice, which is really difficult. It took a month to walk to the canal, and then to sit by boat for more than a month, all the way south, and then arrived in Gusu. Not with the intention of procrastinating for time. ”

What he said was indeed the truth, so Shen Minghuang nodded and said, "Well, General Wei has worked hard. If you can arrive, you will be able to set the sea god needle and exterminate the pirates, and you have a good chance of winning. ”

The generals were a little surprised to see that it was rare for him to speak so good-tempered to people, but they were not surprised after being surprised. There are nine chief soldiers guarding the border pass on the Dayang border, and the others are all promoted, only the post of the chief soldier of the Wei family is hereditary. Although the Wei family only guards the Haixi Mansion and has the smallest territory, the one mansion corresponds to the four countries, and the pressure is so great that it can be imagined. It was a bitter cold place, on the edge of the desert, and it did not rain all year round, and it died of thirst in summer and cold in winter. The seventh generation of Dayang Emperor Ken An'an handed over the place to the Wei family for defense, which shows that the Wei family's position in the emperor's heart is very strong.

But no matter what, he was always late, and Wei Bingyue also said with a smile: "The military order is like a mountain, and the last general eats the king's money, it is all right." Thank you for your forgiveness, and as an apology, there will be a gift for your Highness. Shen Minghuang and everyone were stunned for a moment, this Haixi Mansion eats up an unknown amount of silver, grain and grass in order to defend every year, what good things can this Wei Bingyue give away? Wei Bingyue said to the woman beside him: "Give the gift we brought to His Highness." ”

The girl nodded obediently, holding a small box in both hands, and took two steps forward to come to Shen Minghuang.

The box had been in her hand since she came in, but everyone only looked at Wei Bingyue and didn't notice her. Her fingers are slender and her wrists are snow-white, and against the background of her inky blue sleeves, it looks more like a white lotus root under a lotus leaf.

Before this pair of beautiful hands Shen Minghuang could appreciate it carefully, she saw her move quickly to put the box on the table, and opened the lid with a "pop".

Shen Minghuang smelled a smell of blood, and he just wanted to say "no", but it was too late, and a blood-stained human head in the box was displayed in front of him. Which of the generals in this tent has never been on the battlefield and killed anyone? But this is the first time I've seen a gift like this. Everyone knows that these five princes are in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and they hate people who don't know how to count etiquette, this Wei Bingyue is so reckless, and he doesn't know how he will be punished by the five princes if he gives gifts in this way.

Although Shen Minghuang was startled, the identity of the prince made him stiffen up and not exclaim. Just looked at Wei Bingyue with a puzzled gaze and said, "General Wei, what does this mean?" Wei Bingyue smiled and said: "Your Highness, when our ship went south through the canal and passed through the Yangtze River, we actually encountered river thieves and robbed the boat, and this is the head of the giant crocodile gang leader Meiyan River." ”

The giant crocodile gang has been rampant on the Yangtze River for decades, robbing ships coming and going, and occasionally even official ships dare to rob, but this time the Meiyan River is actually dizzy, and it dares to rob the boat transporting the Weijia army, and it is also tired of being idle.

The atmosphere in the tent finally relaxed, and when the giant crocodile gang met the Wei family army, didn't they tear the robe of Lord Yama and think that they were dying slowly? The generals present all laughed. Shen Minghuang hadn't heard such a funny thing for a long time.

Wei Bingyue said to the girl, "You go down first." For the first time since the woman entered the house, she opened her mouth, saluted Shen Minghuang and Wei Bingyue respectively, and said, "Yes." As soon as she finished speaking, and was about to leave, Shen Minghuang recognized her voice and said, "Stop." The girl stopped halfway, apparently, she had not encountered this battle and did not know what to do.

Shen Minghuang asked, "Whose girl are you?" What is your name? Wei Bingyue took two steps forward and opened his mouth to say: "My little sister has been arrogant since she was a child, it was I, the elder brother, who didn't teach well, and I just suddenly opened the box, which frightened His Highness, please punish Your Highness." As soon as he finished speaking, the quiet tent immediately boiled. The generals and officials talked a lot, the Haixi Wei family, the Haixi Wei family who only gave birth to a son, actually has a daughter?!

Shen Minghuang stared at the face of the little sister of the Wei family, and confirmed again and again that it was her! Wei Shuping's daughter? No wonder she couldn't be found in Bibo Mansion in Houwan County, who would have thought that she would be Wei Shuping's daughter? He stood up and didn't pay attention to Wei Bingyue, but looked at the little sister of the Wei family, and asked again: "Whose girl are you?" ”

Wei Bingyue and the little sister of the Wei family were stunned, but the fifth prince was standing in front of them, and the girl had to answer: "If you go back to Your Highness, the courtiers are the granddaughter of Wei Guan Ying, the general of Pingyuan, Haixi Mansion, the daughter of the general Wei Shuping, and the sister of the general Wei Bingyue, Wei Yangyang." "Luong? The windy one? Shen Minghuang looked at her. "Back to Your Highness, yes." She didn't dare to look up, just bowed her head to answer.

It's a good name, Shen Minghuang thought to himself, and he continued to stare at Wei Yangyang and asked, "Then do you recognize me?" Wei Yangyang shook his head: "Go back to Your Highness, I don't know." It's quite similar, if I hadn't seen her pungent appearance, I would have almost been deceived by her today. Shen Minghuang looked at her: "You raise your head, take a good look, you really don't know?" ”

Wei Yangyang had to raise her head, and what caught her eyes was a handsome face with slender eyes and a tall nose, and that person's eyes were staring at her face like hooks, she knew that this was the fifth prince Fengquan King, and she couldn't look at it for too long, so she quickly lowered her head and replied: "I don't know." At this moment, everyone could see that something was wrong with the two of them. Wei Bingyue said: "Your Highness, my little sister grew up in Haixi Mansion and has never been to Huadu, so I should have never seen Your Highness." Shen Minghuang nodded, and turned to look at Wei Bingyue: "Well, maybe I recognized the wrong person." ”

* Awarded June 16, 8 years, Bibo City. The day Wei Bingyue got engaged.

Shen Minghuang never expected that it would rain so heavily in the north, but he traveled in micro-suits and didn't bring anyone with him. "This official, are you in a hurry?" Shen Minghuang saw a girl who came out of nowhere, rushed over to him, and said as he walked: "I have an umbrella, I can give you a ride." There was no guard by his side, and he shouldn't have agreed to a stranger casually, but this girl had crooked eyebrows and a very good smile, and she was not tall, her cheeks were fleshy, and she was obviously not very old. With such a cute girl, how could she not be happy?

So he bowed his head to the girl and said, "I'm going to the Admiral's Palace." The girl raised her eyebrows: "Are you going to see Admiral Yuan?" The Admiral Yuan she said was Yuan Shukuo, the military attache in charge of Houwan County. Looking at her dress, it is obvious that she is an official woman, and it is not surprising that she knows the name of Admiral Yuan. So Shen Minghuang said: "Well, I'm in a hurry to see him." The girl didn't ask much, just raised the umbrella in her hand, covered the top of Shen Minghuang's head, and said, "Then let's go." It just so happened that I was going around there, too. ”

When she arrived at the gate of the Admiral's Mansion, the girl said, "I don't want to see Admiral Yuan, so I can only send you here and say goodbye." Shen Minghuang asked her rhetorically: "It's all here, why don't you go in with me?" Didn't you come to approach me? The girl asked suspiciously, "Approaching you?" Shen Minghuang nodded: "Yes, if you don't know my identity, why are you so enthusiastic to send me back?" It's already here, and if you don't go in, won't all your efforts be wasted? ”

The girl listened to him more and more disagreeable, and puffed out her cheeks angrily: "Hey, your identity, what is your identity?" I'll send you here after such a heavy rain, and you don't say thank you, and you dare to slander me? Are you all so rude? Shen Minghuang was born by the first queen, with a noble identity, from childhood to adulthood, although he was also reprimanded by his parents, but no one dared to say that he was "rude". His heart was on fire, but thinking that the other party sent him back, he still tried his best to ask calmly: "Whose girl are you?" ”

The girl was obviously not willing to answer his question: "What? You still want to threaten my whole family? Although we are located in the northern border, not as prosperous as Huadu, but in this Bibo City, there are also doctors who cure madness. After you see Admiral Yuan, hurry up and ask a doctor to take a look, don't delay your condition. "You!" Shen Minghuang wanted to reprimand her a few words, but she didn't expect her to turn around and leave after scolding, and in a blink of an eye, she disappeared into the heavy rain.

In the garden of the Admiral's Palace, there were twenty or thirty official women, some admiring the flowers and some the rain. Shen Minghuang stood behind the window, quietly admiring this scene of beauty after the rain. Although this Houwan County is the most bitter place in the world, with drought and little rain all year round, it is really a place of beauty, at least, these twenty or so girls in front of them can be regarded as beautiful women.

Shen Minghuang turned around and looked at Yuan Shukuo: "Uncle and grandpa, all the girls of Houwan age are here?" ”

That Yuan Shukuo was the cousin of his biological mother, Empress Zhang, and when he heard what he meant, he seemed to be not very satisfied, so he said: "Back to Your Highness, all the women who have not left the cabinet in the families of officials above the fifth rank in the whole territory of Houwan are here. “

I don't know if this is the first blind date that Shen Minghuang has experienced. No matter where he goes, the local officials always arrange for him to meet the local school-age official girl, after all, the identity of the fifth prince is the son-in-law of every official who has a daughter, and he doesn't want to miss it. What's more, his princess had just passed away not long ago, and the position of princess was vacant. Shen Minghuang thought to himself: It's all here, isn't she really here to participate in this blind date? Isn't she from Backbay County? Or does her father and brother's official position not even have the fifth grade? Perhaps, she really doesn't know her identity?

* Seeing her again today, Shen Minghuang figured out the truth, although Haixi Province is nominally under the jurisdiction of Houwan County, but the entire county seems to be a "convex" character, and all the other prefectures are in the box, only Haixi Mansion is the prominent place, which is specially used to confront the four countries in the north. Whether people from all countries in the north want to come to Dayang for trade or marriage, they must pass through Haixi Province, and they must get the customs clearance guide issued by Wei Jiafa to prove that they are not spies or soldiers of various countries, and the Houwan provinces are willing to let them in. And the general is outside, the king's order is not subject to it, and the war may be opened at any time, so the Wei family does not need to strictly follow the law, and when Yuan Shukuo called the women of the official families of various prefectures to come over, he naturally did not take Wei Shuping's daughter into account. After all, people may be fighting, can you tell them to stop fighting, stop for a while, go to Bibo City to go on a blind date with the five princes, and then go back to fight the enemy army?

Thinking of this, he also put his mind at ease, since he already knew the identity of this Wei Yangyang, he could naturally deal with her slowly and avenge that day. He said to Wei Bingyue: "General Wei, this gift is very popular with this king, you should go down and rest quickly." The Wei brothers and sisters saluted Shen Minghuang and prepared to retreat.

Shen Minghuang said: "Wait a minute, the military camp outside the city is full of soldiers, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for Sister Ling to live here, let's let her live in King Jiang's mansion." After hearing his words, the Wei brothers and sisters not only did not thank him, but also showed surprised expressions. King Jiang is the title of the fourth son of Emperor Yangwu, the grandfather, the fief is in Gusu Mansion, and he is already the fifth generation of Jiang Wangye so far.

But recently, Gusu has not been peaceful, so when Shen Minghuang came to supervise the war, he lived in Jiang Wangfu, and let the old Jiang Wang Ye move to Qiantang Mansion farther away first.

Wei Yangyang didn't know how to refuse him, and hurriedly looked at his brother. Wei Bingyue thought about it in his heart, what should he say so as not to anger the fifth prince, he hesitated and said, "Your Highness." Shen Minghuang could see that Wei Yangyang didn't want to leave her brother, so he said, "Oh, General Wei's face is pale, should he also have an injury that has not healed?" You brothers and sisters should live in it, there are medical officers and maids in the palace, and it is more convenient than the military camp. Wei Bingyue had to obey: "Yes."