And in March of the 11th year, in the officer's garden on the bank of the Weishui River, the most beautiful scenery of the Shuangzhi Garden was full of Su Guard sergeants. These sergeants, wearing gray-black disc inverted helmets, black infantry armor, and a red cloth coat that only the guards can only have, surrounded the entire Shuangzhi Garden with three layers inside and three layers outside.

With a sharp gaze and a posture of clutching the handle of the horizontal knife, the sassy sergeant told the other "tourists" who were playing in the officer's garden that this place had been packed, so please do not approach without permission, otherwise the bright horizontal knife will definitely make you return with a full load.

The people who were playing in the officer's garden were either the officers of Beifu or the people related to them, and they knew who would be able to send the guards out, so they all consciously avoided them, and even sat next to them honestly and spoke in an octave lower voice.

In the Shuangzhi Garden, which is fenced by a wooden fence, it is Zeng Hua's family who sit and play.

Several of Zeng Hua's wives and concubines sat around, and the children who were spreading joy everywhere sprinkled the laughter like silver bells all over the garden. In addition to Zeng Wen, Zeng Min and Zeng Hui, who can run around, there are also Zeng Qiang and Zeng who can just walk. One of them was the daughter of Zhenxiu and the son of Yu, and they were struggling to run behind their brothers and sisters, so frightened that the nurses and maids who followed behind were in a hurry.

Fan Min and Princess Guiyang sat in the middle, Xu and Yu sat on the left, while Zhenxiu, Hu Lumi, Dou Xuan, and Wu Luolan Yun sat on the right, forming a big ***. Fan Min and Princess Guiyang sometimes whispered a few words to each other, and sometimes whispered a few words to Xu and Zhenxiu and others on the left and right, while Xu, Yu, Zhenxiu, Hu Lu and others sometimes said a few words to Fan Min and Princess Guiyang in the middle. From time to time, I would talk to other people around me.

Their topic centered on the children who were wandering in the garden, sometimes whispering, sometimes laughing heartily, and they were very happy. But under the peach blossom tree in the distance next to him, Murong Yun sat alone.

In the months since Murong Yun got married, she has always been lukewarm with Fan Min and others, and with a pride in her bones, others always feel that they can't have a deep friendship with her. And she always "detached from the masses" consciously or unconsciously. Alone in the midst of all.

Zeng Hua, who saw it in his eyes, knew it in his heart. Although Fan Min and the others are not jealous women, Murong Yun's extraordinary appearance will always make any woman who lives with her involuntarily have a more or less jealousy, so in addition to being a side branch of Murong Yuan's Tuguhun Zhenxiu and Murong Yun, Zeng Huadi's other wives and concubines always maintain a detached attitude towards Murong Yun. But compared to the devout saint Zhenxiu, Murong Yun, who believes in Buddhism, is an out-and-out infidel, which makes Zhenxiu, who wants to get close to Murong Yun, have a little more scruples and helplessness.

It was in this very embarrassing and strange situation that Murong Yun spent every day in Zengfu quietly and elegantly. She didn't complain about anyone or anything, she just looked at these things lightly, and then sat down faintly and forgot about them.

After chatting with Fan Min and the others for a while, Zeng Hua found an excuse and slowly paced under the peach tree, next to Murong Yun.

The wind blew, and dozens of pink peach blossoms quietly floated down, circling around Murong Yun who was sitting there.

"Yun'er, are you enjoying the flowers?" Zeng Hua asked softly.

"Yes, husband. This flower is blooming so beautifully. I have never seen such beautiful flowers in Pingzhou. Murong Yun turned his head. Seeing Zeng Hua standing beside him, he smiled politely, gave a gentle salute and replied.

Zeng Hua held Murong Yun's hand. Sit together on a mat spread on the grass.

"Yun'er, why do you like this peach blossom so much?" Zeng Hua took Murong Yun's hand and asked pityingly.

"Life for decades is like a dream; Life is like a flower blooming, and the flower falls after death. Murong Yun closed his eyes and said slowly, "I really didn't expect that the flowers were so beautiful, the flowers blooming and blooming is a kind of brilliant beauty, and the passing of flowers is a poignant beauty." She slowly reminisced.

When the fourth brother (Murong Ke) returned from Chang'an to tell the scene of getting together with her husband here, and sang this song of her husband, the concubine was deeply fascinated. And the fourth brother also told me that Fujun is the one who wrote about the eastward flow of a river of spring water. At that time, the concubine was there thinking, what kind of person is the husband? Murong Yun opened his eyes, stretched out his soft flower and grabbed a petal, and recalled softly.

"The husband defeated the Yan army in the first battle of Weichang, and I saw that the imperial brother, no, the third brother (Murong Jun), smashed all the glaze and celadon produced in Beifu in the study. These are his most cherished treasures, and I have never seen the third brother, who has always been strict and cautious, so angry and gaffe. At that time, I was thinking, what kind of person is Fujun, who will make the fourth brother, who has always been able to fight well, vomit blood and return, and even the fifth brother (Murong Chui) of the three armies of Yongguan was captured. At that time, in the heart of the concubine's body, the husband was a big man with a length of eight feet and two inches and a burly appearance. Speaking of this, Murong Yun glanced at Zeng Hua and saw that Zeng Hua was staring at him, his face suddenly became hot, and two blush flew up his face.

"Later, after hearing the fourth brother's narration, the concubine was puzzled, how could a majestic hero write such euphemistic and profound poems?" Murong Yun lowered his head and continued.

"That day, the third brother, the fourth brother, and the fifth brother were all drunk in the banquet, and the fifth brother even cried, and the fourth brother took my hand with tears and said, although Zeng Zhenbei is a hero for a while, and he is matching you, but he still suffers you." Murong Yun couldn't help but bow his head when he said this, thinking that he recalled the melancholy scene of the three brothers who had always regarded her as the pearl of his palm when he got married and left Youzhou.

Zeng Hua knew in his heart, and he had heard Murong Ke mention that Murong Yun's family background was very good, his father and three brothers were heroes, and as the youngest girl in the family, she was not only loved by her father and brother, but also infected with her father's heroism. Therefore, in her mind, her husband must be a hero who can be compared to her father and brother.

"Yun'er," Zeng Hua couldn't help but grab Murong Yun's little hand that Murong Yun had broken free just now, and then said with deep concern: "Don't think about it so much, Chang'an is also your home." ”

"I understand. Husband. I know that my husband cares about me very much, but my husband is a hero, and he will never revolve around the family, you still have your world. Murong Yun said quietly.

"Many

Monarch! Murong Yun said suddenly.

"Why thank me?" Zeng Hua asked a little strangely. Although he is very good to Murong Yun, he is the same to every wife and concubine.

"Thank you Fujun for asking Chang'an University Hall to hire Dao'an monks and others to give lectures, so that he can teach Buddhism and morality for Chang'an University Hall." Murong Yun said.

It turned out that this was the case, Zeng Hua understood. Although Dao'an and Fahe and other senior monks successfully opened the Buddhist school of Zunshan Temple and the Buddhist school of Changxing Temple, they only enrolled more than 100 people. Half of this is admired by people from Jingxiang and other places who admire Dao'an monks. Compared with the tens of thousands of people who applied for the examination in Chang'an University, it is really too big a difference.

Zeng Hua saw this scene. Knowing that Buddhism had been squeezed out to a certain extent by himself, he asked to add "Buddhism" and "Taoism" on the basis of "metaphysics" as the "honorary president" of Chang'an University, and hired Daoan and other Buddhist masters to give lectures. Zeng Hua has always demanded that Chang'an University focus on academics, embrace all rivers, and not be influenced by religion and politics, even the Holy Religion. Therefore, if you do this for academic purposes, no one else can refute it. But for Daoan and others. But it was tantamount to opening one more door, and many monks were full of tears and excited.

Zeng Hua didn't want to say anything, just nodded, and held Murong Yun's hand more forcefully and warmly. At this time, Murong Yun suddenly covered his chest and retched a few times, Zeng Hua's face was shocked, and he hurriedly supported Murong Yun. Caressing her back.

Seeing Murong Yun's appearance of wanting to speak but stopping. and her blushing face, Zeng Hua's heart moved, and he immediately understood three points. It's good. When she has a child, she may not be so lonely and lonely. Zeng Hua helped Murong Yun sit down, but secretly sighed in his heart, maybe it was this loneliness and loneliness that made Murong Yun so graceful, and maybe it was that faint sadness that made her so beautiful.

Zeng Hua held Murong Yun's hand and sat there quietly together, watching countless peach blossoms flutter in the spring breeze.

In mid-May, in the east of Chang'an, Zeng Hua sent Liu Xibeqi, Liu Weichen, and Liu Pingchang to Yunzhong to take office. Originally, these three people should have gone to Yunzhong to take up a job a long time ago, but since the second half of last year, Liu Wuhuan has been seriously ill, so the three of them have been serving beside them and dare not leave Chang'an. In February of this year, Liu Wuhuan finally passed away, Liu Xi Beqi and others are not the people of the Central Plains, so naturally they will not abide by the system for three years, but they are all saints, and in the end, they will follow the doctrine in March, and they can leave to take up their posts in the clouds in May.

Liu Xi Beqi and the three of them also wore a white belt, and the mounts behind them all had an extra horse, on which were a set of armor and weapons, all of which were Beifu boutiques gifted by Zeng Hua.

"The three of them are going to the clouds, it is a good time to make meritorious contributions, and please don't let down the last wishes of Lord Liu and make new contributions!" Zeng Hua raised his wine glass and said loudly.

The complicated look in Liu Xibeqi's eyes flashed, he raised the wine glass in his hand very respectfully, bowed his head to Zeng Hua and said: "Thank you General, we will definitely not live up to the great general's expectations, nor will we live up to my father's wishes!" ”

"Good!" Zeng Hua shouted loudly, and then drank with the three of them.

After dropping the wine glass, Zeng Hua shook the hands of Liu Xibeqi, Liu Weichen, and Liu Pingchang one by one, and said with a smile: "The three of you are all good sons, I believe you will definitely do something." In order to give you a great deed, I give you three sets of armor, and please make good use of it! ”

The three sets of armor that Zeng Hua gave to the Liu brothers were the expensive Mingguang Mountain Wenyu Scale Armor, which was the standard general armor of Beifu, and Zeng Hua personally ordered it, and the Xianyang Arsenal was carefully built, so Liu Xibeqi and others understood the value of these three sets of armor very well, and also understood Zeng Hua's expectations for themselves. They also knew in their hearts that Zeng Hua valued and cared about their local family, since their father's generation, Zeng Hua had placed too much kindness on the Tiefu Liu family, how could the three of them repay Zeng Hua in addition to knowing how to repay their kindness?

Liu Xi Beqi and the three of them took a deep look at Zeng Hua, knelt on one knee together, and then hugged their fists and said, "Thank you, General!" ”

The three of them rolled over their horses and quickly disappeared into the whirring wind.

"My lord, are you really so relieved to let them go to the clouds?" Park, who had been silent next to him, suddenly asked.

"What's upset? More than half of the residents in the clouds are the remnants of the Bai Department and the Dugu Department of the original Tuoba Alliance, and they have always been at odds with the Tiefu Department to which Liu Xi Beqi originally belonged, and the three of them just want to do everything with half the effort. If they are really rebellious, it is more dangerous to keep them around, and it would be a pity if they are not rebellious. As long as we're strong enough, they won't make a big fuss! Zeng Hua replied confidently.

"Liu Xibeqi was appointed as the lieutenant of Yunzhong County, Liu Weichen was appointed as the governor of the Shuozhou Governor's Mansion, and Liu Pingchang was appointed as the commander of Sima Du of Yunzhong County. Park nodded in reply.

"What Mr. Su Chang is worried about is that it is better to worry more about something, and I will pay attention to the good students of the Horse Exploration Division and the Detective Riding Department." Zeng Hua looked at the distance and said calmly.

At the beginning of June of the 11th year of Yonghe, Yao Xiang, who had been wandering at the junction of Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou and Yanzhou, defeated 20,000 soldiers and horses of General Wei, Qingzhou Thorn History, and Qi Gongduan Shrine with 4,000 people, and grabbed Lu County, which originally belonged to Qi State, and finally had a fixed territory.

On June 26, the queen of Liang Guo colluded with the Song brothers, and then secretly cooperated with Zhao Chang and Zhang Tao, first invited Zhang Guan into the palace in the name of sealing the banquet, and then ambushed the soldiers and beheaded Zhang Guan into meat paste.

When Gu Cheng and Guan Wei heard the murder, they hurriedly saved Zhang Guan's son Zhang Sheng and fled back to the Cangsonghe Prefecture military camp.

On the second day, Empress Ma sent a message to Liangzhou in the name of Zhang Xuanliang, the king of Liang, announcing that Zhang Guan was a rebellious minister and thief, and he had been ambushed, and the rest of the party should immediately return to Guzang anyway, otherwise the army and the people could ask for it.

And Gu Cheng, Guan Wei and others supported Zhang Sheng's successor to the historical position of Hezhou Thorn, announced that Gu Zang's royal order was a chaotic order, and asked Liangzhou to raise troops and clear the monarch's side.

So Liangzhou was even more chaotic.

Zeng Hua, who received the information, knew that the opportunity had come, and the time was finally ripe to crusade against Liangzhou