After the army outside the south gate captured Xiao Diao'er, they began to eat, clean up the battlefield, and take prisoners, and the people near the city gate also came to help collect the corpses, clean up, and clean the warship. It took two days to clean up.

On the morning of July 25, in order to prevent a sneak attack by the remnants of the enemy, the army remained outside the city, and the generals rode into the city. By this time, the people of the whole city had already known about the great victory ahead, and they all went out of their homes to celebrate the victory.

People took the best food in the house and stuffed it into the hands of the generals. There was also a bold girl, holding a sachet and throwing it at Wei Bingyue.

Wei Yangyang sat in the carriage and saw this scene and giggled. Shen Minghuang asked, "What are you laughing at?" Wei Yangyang pointed at Wei Bingyue and said, "Your Highness, do you see that there is a small scar under the corner of my brother's left eye?" Shen Minghuang raised his eyebrows: "That's a scar?" I thought it was a tear mole. Wei Yangyang shook his head: "He fought against the enemy, and his face was never injured. But in the battle of Sanliying, when we returned to the city victoriously, we were also thrown on him by the girls with things. As a result, a girl's sachet happened to hit him in the face, breaking his face, leaving the wound. When she finished speaking, there was another burst of laughter. Shen Minghuang also felt funny, this Wei Bingyue's affairs were one after another.

And Wang Chengdan and the others were finally able to enter the city, and when they rushed all the way to the south city gate, they saw such a scene. Wei Bingyue, An Luo and other generals rode tall horses, accepting the cheers and gifts of the people, while they stood on the side of the road, but they trembled. At night, the people of the whole city spontaneously set off fireworks, and the entire West Lake was covered by gorgeous fireworks, and the lake surface was sparkling, which was very beautiful.

Shen Minghuang and them temporarily live in Qiantang Mansion. Wang Chengdan knelt in front of him: "The minister is dead, and he didn't even realize that the pirates were coming to Qiantang, putting His Highness in danger." Shen Minghuang smiled: "Mr. Wang, excuse me." General Wei had just rescued Miss Wei and me from the Qiantang River when he received news of an attack by pirates. We didn't have time to discuss with you, so we had to take the tiger talisman and transfer the Wei family army back first. Fortunately, although the Qiantang Sailors of the guerrilla attack were small, they were also very effective, which was able to wipe out all the pirates. But we were too few of us, and in a hurry, we still let the water demons and the Hayes army escape, hey, it's a pity. His acting skills are very good, and he still shows a look of regret as he speaks.

When Wang Chengdan heard this, he was relieved. Come to think of it, it is indeed a hasty battle, otherwise, it would not only fight the pirate ship, but not capture the most water demon army. Moreover, Xiao Diao'er is dead, and there is no proof of death. But Shen Minghuang pretended not to know, and politely praised him a few words, praising him for leading the troops well, and after he returned to Huadu, he would help them with the good words of the local generals in front of the emperor.

In the evening, Shen Minghuang took the generals to meet with Jiang Wangye, and the two sides drank and talked happily. Jiang Wangye is very happy, he has lived in Qiantang for half a year, and he can finally return to Gusu. Wei Bingyue cautiously apologized: "Lord Jiang, I'm really sorry, my little sister was rude, I cut down four of your bamboos and used them to make Jiaolong." Prince Jiang was half drunk, waved his hand, and didn't care: "If you cut it, you will cut it, if you can win, even if you cut all the bamboos in the palace, it will be worth it." Wei Bingyue was relieved.

The crowd had almost drunk it, and they all dispersed. Now that the pirates have been exterminated, the Wei family army can't stay longer, and they must go home. Later, the local generals were responsible for the elimination of the remaining bandits. Wei Bingyue walked back to his room, took out a green brocade from his arms, and stroked it gently. The two big red peony flowers on the brocade were embroidered by Miao Bilin herself.

Shen Minghuang has always been very measured in drinking and does not get drunk so as not to be rude. As he passed through the garden, he saw Wei Yangyang standing under the fireworks, but he didn't look at the sky. She held something in her hand, stroked it repeatedly, and then folded her hands together as if she were muttering something. Shen Minghuang didn't know what this ritual was, and he asked, "Who are you worshipping?" ”

Hearing his voice, Wei Yangyang was startled. Everyone was drinking to celebrate, and she thought there was no one at this time, so she ran into the garden. She turned around and hurriedly explained: "I'm not worshipping, I know that worship is not allowed in this palace, in the palace, and in the palace. ”

Seeing the rare panic on her face, Shen Minghuang asked again: "Then what are you doing?" Take out what you have in your hand and show it to me. She had to stretch out her right hand, and in her white palm was a huge blue jade bead, but it was stained with blood, and under the light of the fireworks, it emitted a strange light. Wei Yangyang explained: "We Haixi people have a custom. If, if you want to communicate with a deceased loved one, you have to smear his relics with your own blood. I thought, my thirteenth uncle has never been to Qiantang, and he must like to see the brilliant fireworks in the city, so he pricked his fingers, go, go,"

Shen Minghuang interrupted her: "This blue bead is the token of the previous generation of Blue Flag Owners, isn't it?" Wei Yangyang nodded: "Yes, I heard this method, I don't know if it's accurate." There is no one tonight, so give it a try. Today's victory is a great victory, and I want to tell my thirteenth uncle the good news. Shen Minghuang looked at her, and his voice gradually softened: "Every deceased relative will become a star in the sky, tonight the rain stops, the moon also comes out, and the moon will tell your uncle about the beautiful scenery of Qiantang Mansion." Wei Yangyang was not a child anymore, and she also knew that Shen Minghuang was comforting her, so she raised her head and smiled: "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

Shen Minghuang said: "You haven't eaten yet, it's very cool in the garden at this time, how about sitting here and having two drinks?" ”

When Wei Yangyang heard the drink, he came to his senses, and jumped from the flowers to the cloister in one step: "Okay." When the attendant heard the order, he served the food and drink, and the two sat down at the stone table in the garden pavilion. Shen Minghuang raised his hand to signal her: "I have an average amount of alcohol, and I have already had a drink with Prince Jiang just now, so I can't drink more, you can do it yourself." ”

Wei Yangyang was not polite at all when he heard him say this, reached out and took the wine jar, and knocked on the mud seal on it with his hand, but the mud seal was not opened. Shen Minghuang looked at the small hammer on the table and teased her, "You don't use tools, how can you open it?" Wei Yangyang obviously didn't notice that when the maid brought the wine just now, she also sent a small hammer up. She heard Shen Minghuang's tone as if he was making fun of her, how could she admit defeat?

She walked to the pillar of the pavilion and smashed the jar against the pillar, and with a "bang", the upper part of the jar was shattered. She held up half of the wine jar and smug: "Isn't this okay?" Shen Minghuang was stunned by her again, only to feel that she was violent, he said: "This is thirty-year-old rice wine." Wei Yangyang asked rhetorically: "Isn't wine for people to drink?" Anyway, I can drink it. She knew that Shen Minghuang couldn't drink more, so she raised the wine jar and drank it to her mouth.

After she finished drinking, she ate a few bites of food, thinking of the beautiful battle she fought today, her heart suddenly became arrogant, and she said: "Your Highness, it's so boring to only drink, can I dance the sword to help the fun?" Shen Minghuang nodded. Wei Yangyang is impatient, and he says that he will do what he does. She immediately went to find an arrow, stood under the wisteria trellis, picked up a jar of rice wine, held the jar in her left hand, and held a sword in her right hand, and danced the sword while drinking.

Shen Minghuang has seen too many performances of sword dancers in Huadu. But they learn to dance swords to please others, so they focus on beauty, and every move and style is carefully rehearsed. And Wei Yangyang learned sword moves to kill people, not to show people, so there was no feminine and chic at all, but there was a sense of bloody oppression. She did whatever she wanted, flashing and moving, and recruited the style of the sword dance, as if she alone could defeat thousands of troops, and against the backdrop of the blooming wisteria flowers, there was a kind of arrogance that did not allow men. When she was tired of dancing, she ran back and ate happily.

She was a little afraid of Shen Minghuang on weekdays, but today she saw that the other party was in a good mood today, so she boldly asked: "Your Highness has lived in the palace since she was a child, so there should be no worries, right?" And don't worry that people will attack the city, and there are a lot of delicious and fun flowers. She has lived in the barracks since she was a child, and she has not been in contact with anyone other than soldiers and enemy soldiers. In order to prevent the enemy from raiding, the blue battalion had to change places every few days, and there was no fixed place to live all year round. So in her heart, no one will attack the city, and she can eat and sleep quietly, which is the best thing in the world.

Listening to her childish words, Shen Minghuang couldn't help laughing: "Do you think the prince can eat and drink well every day?" ”

He sighed and said, "From the day I was born, I was the concubine born to the former queen. Every word and deed is constrained, when to laugh, when to speak, how to kneel, how to salute, all are watched, and there is no room for error. Since I was three years old, I have been taught to write, draw, read, and practice martial arts by the best masters in Dayang. Not only the art of war you read, but also the subset of scripture and history, and the way of governing the country, I have to learn them all, and I will learn them for five to seven hours a day. I can't run out by myself like you, every time I go out, there are at least five people around me, some of whom comb my hair and arrange my clothes; There are those with tea stoves; There are those with medicine chests; There are those with snacks and snacks; There are those who hold a change of clothes. I'm afraid I'll be sick, hungry, drenched, or dirty. Do you like this kind of life? ”

Wei Yangyang didn't expect that being a prince would be so miserable, she put down the mulberries she was about to eat, and asked in disbelief: "Even, even laughing, someone cares?" ”

Shen Minghuang nodded lightly: "Well, treat your subordinates too seriously to make it difficult for people to get close; And I can't be too lenient, so that people dare not respect me, how to laugh, when to laugh, there are restrictions. When I came here, no one dared to care about me, so I could relax, walk, sit and lie down, which was already very unruly. Wei Yang said: "Huh? I've always felt that His Royal Highness has a standing statue and a sitting statue, which is already very good, but this is still called unruly? ”

Shen Minghuang smiled: "I still envy you, you can sing if you want to sing, and you can roar when you want." Seeing him teasing himself, Wei Yangyang was a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the topic: "But, Your Highness is also good as a prince, even if you can't do anything casually, no one dares to mess with it." Your Highness must not have anything to worry about, right? Shen Minghuang wiped his hands with a handkerchief and said, "In life, how can there be no worries?" ”

Wei Yangyang was even more surprised: "His Royal Highness is the prince, one person is above ten thousand people, you can marry whoever you want, you can kill whoever you want, what else can you worry about?" Shen Minghuang was so angry with her that he laughed and said, "Dayang has a law, and I can't kill people casually based on my mood." As for my marriage, naturally, like ordinary people, it is my father, the queen and the queen who are in charge. Even if it is my sweetheart, if she is not suitable to be a princess, I will not be able to marry her. ”

Wei Yangyang was even more surprised: "Even His Royal Highness can't marry his sweetheart?" That, that's not as good as my starling. He will be able to marry his sweetheart. Shen Minghuang said: "Yes." My princess, who died young, was not my favorite, but I had to marry her, and I had to be polite to her. ”

Wei Yangyang asked tentatively: "Then, Your Highness's sweetheart, what should I do?" Shen Minghuang said calmly: "She was promised to someone else by her family, and later, she refused to marry, so she invited herself to become a monk and took her hair to practice. "Ah," Wei Yang cried out in shock. She thought to herself: It turns out that you are a prince, and there is a day when you can't love, so it's not as good as my starling, at least, my starling brother and sister-in-law can be buried together after death.

She looked at Shen Minghuang and suddenly felt that this fifth prince didn't seem to be so enviable. She wanted to say a few words to comfort the other party, but the last thing she could do was comfort people, so she had to find something to say: "Then, if Your Highness is in a bad mood, you can go to the market." I heard that the merchant shop in Huadu City is very lively, and everything in the world is sold there. Unfortunately, when we returned to Haixi, we only passed through Huadu and could not go into the city to see. When I go back, I guess my family won't allow me to go out anymore. She was trying to persuade others, but she felt even more pitiful when she said it. In my lifetime, I can't go to Huadu to take a look and see what the most prosperous and majestic city in the world looks like.

Shen Minghuang saw that she was a little depressed and said, "No, in the future, you will have the opportunity to come to Huadu." If you are not allowed to come to your house, you may come to me secretly. I'll take you to the Merchants' Place. As he spoke, he took down a purple bracelet from his right hand and handed it to Wei Yangyang, with affection between his eyebrows: "No matter when you come to Huadu, you can take this string of purple beads to Fengquan Mansion to find me." I will keep my promise. ”

He looked at each other like hooks, obviously showing his heart. But Wei Yangyang didn't understand this, she looked at the bracelet in her hand, and saw that it was made of eighteen lilac pearls, all of which were the same size, smooth and round. Although she doesn't know about jewelry, she also knows that this bracelet is very rare. She touched one of the pearls and said, "This thing is very expensive, I can't take it, my father will teach me a lesson." Moreover, I am on the battlefield every day, what if I break it again? Give it to me, it's simply, violent, tyrannical. ”

Shen Minghuang grabbed her hand, put it on her, and said, "This is the token of King Fengquan, which I have been wearing on my hand since I was a child. Take it, as a reward for this victory, I will take you to the shopping mall once. After I finish my promise, you will pay me back, so it won't be considered a private gift, right? He thought for a moment, and then commanded, "Don't wear it normally, lest it be broken or lost." It's best to find a box to put away, and then take it out when you want to come to me to fulfill my promise. But you have to keep it well, or I won't admit it. Hearing him say this, Wei Yangyang hurriedly and cautiously agreed: "Well, such expensive jewelry, I'll put it away when I go back." ”

On July 30, the Wei Jiajun returned to Haixi from Qiantang Prefecture. Because Qiantang is also close to the canal, you can take a boat directly outside the city and do not need to go back to Gusu. Shen Minghuang went to see them off. After half a year away from home, everyone was happy and could finally go home and reunite with their loved ones. Both sides of the canal were also surrounded by people, and when the people of Qiantang Mansion heard that the Weijia Army was leaving, everyone ran out, vying to watch the demeanor of the first Shenwu army in Dayang. At this moment, the south of the Yangtze River is the season when the flowers are in full bloom, and the soldiers in armor and the flowers on the shore reflect each other, which is quite a sense of national peace and security.

After several months of practice, Wei Yangyang has become very proficient in getting on and off the boat. She stepped onto the boat in three steps and two steps along the gangplank, and took a closer look at the beautiful scenery on the shore. Thinking of saying goodbye to this splendid Jiangnan and returning to the desert, she was a little reluctant in her heart. But she has never been trouble-seeking, thinking that she has finally traveled so far to see the customs and customs that are completely different from Haixi, and many people have never been out of Haixi in their lives, isn't she already very lucky? Thinking of this, she was happy again. Because she didn't have to fight, she was only wearing men's clothes and no armor, and she had a branch of osmanthus that Wei Bingyue had just picked for her in the morning, which made her full of fragrance. She smiled and joined Wei Bingyue and saluted Shen Minghuang and everyone on the shore.

Qiantang and Haixi are far apart, and for many people, today is the last time they will see each other in this life. But Wei Bingyue was very heroic, he arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, generals, the safety of the family and country is the wish of the generals." The Blue Battalion of our Weijia Army left one hundred and forty-four corpses on the banks of the Qiantang River, and they will definitely stay here for me to protect the people of Qiantang. We'll see you later! With that, the boat set off and sailed north.