Qinwang Mansion in Xining Prefecture, although it is not as luxurious and luxurious as Taishang Mansion, but it is also peach and plum Fangfei, and the scenery is pleasant.

Zhu Xiuniang sat in the chic courtyard, listening to Xiao Zhao Xi's recitation of poems, today is a monthly break, Xiao Zhao Xi did not go to the home school to study, and Xiao Anping was also taken out of the house by Song Qing to live.

Xiao Zhao Xi is reciting Shao Yong's Guansheng Huayin at the moment:

Five generations have been chaotic, once Yunkai sees the sky again. The grass and trees are new rain and dew for a hundred years, and the cars and books are thousands of miles old......

Zhu Xiuniang listened, and suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and said, "Xi'er, my mother will take you out for a while." ”

Xiao Zhao Xi immediately stopped reciting and said curiously: "Where does my mother want to take Xi'er to visit the door?" ”

Zhu Xiuniang said: "Mother will take you to see the emperor's father-in-law." ”

"The Imperial Father?" Xiao Zhao Xi naturally knew who the imperial grandfather was, that is, the imperial grandfather, although he heard that the imperial grandfather had seen him before and rewarded him with a lot of things, but he was not impressed, after all, he was too young at that time.

"The Imperial Father-in-law has come to Xining?" Xiao Zhao Xi blinked his big black grape-like eyes and asked in wonder, shouldn't the imperial prince be in Tokyo City, Kaifeng Mansion?

Zhu Xiuniang was slightly silent when she heard this, and then said with a smile: "Yes, the imperial father-in-law was sent here by your father, and he will live permanently in the future." ”

Xiao Zhao Xi was stunned, he had already studied history at this time, and he knew some things about the rise and fall, and the origin of this dynasty, he couldn't help but think about it for a while.

Zhu Xiuniang said again: "When you meet the princess for a while, remember to recite poems to the princess, um...... Just memorize this song to watch the flowers! ”

Xiao Zhao Xi nodded subconsciously, and then was led into the room by the maid to change clothes.

Zhu Xiuniang sat in the courtyard, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, and her expression was bright.

After a while, he packed up his belongings, escorted them by the guards, went out of the sedan chair, and went straight to Taishang Mansion.

Shen Fei was in charge of the Taishang Mansion at the moment, and Zhao Ta did not take him to Tokyo, but stayed in Xining to protect the safety of the Qin Wangfu and the Taishang Mansion.

At this time, he was no longer the young and hot-blooded boy he used to be, he had already left a short mustache, his eyes were bright, and he was observing the movements around him.

The people in the Taishang Mansion can't go out, even if it's an ant, they can't climb out of one, he has a three-level order, once there is something in the two mansions, he can mobilize the direct guards, the city officials and the army.

Shen Fei stood up from under the pergola, the location of Taishang Mansion was remote, there were no shops and houses around, and there were only two kinds of people who came over, one was to send daily ingredients, and the other was to pick up garbage and sundries and transport them away.

Shen Fei looked at the sedan car, he knew the model, and he also knew the special logo on it, not to mention the guards who followed behind, this was the car of the Qin Wangfu.

Shen Fei thought a little and greeted him, and a woman got out of the car in front of him, looked at him and said, "It turned out to be General Shen." ”

Shen Fei nodded, the woman was the eldest girl next to Concubine Zhu, Hexiang, this should be Concubine Zhu, and the second prince should also be in the car, he said, "Is Niangniang here?" ”

Hexiang said: "Niangniang wants to visit the Emperor Taishang, bring the Second Highness with her, and bother General Shen to come in and report it." ”

Shen Fei frowned: "When the Taishang Emperor's car drove to Xining, the escort general once carried His Majesty's handwritten edict, which stated that except for the daily miscellaneous servants, no one else was allowed to enter the Taishang Mansion. ”

Hexiang said with a smile: "Niangniang is not a bystander, not to mention that she still has the Second Highness, does the emperor and grandson want to visit the emperor's father-in-law, and General Shen will not let him go?" ”

"This ......" Shen Fei's head suddenly grew when he heard this, although he thought that guarding this Taishang Mansion would encounter some rights and wrongs, but he never expected that it would come from the palace.

"But Your Majesty has an oracle." Shen Fei had no choice but to say.

"Your Majesty's holy edict is true, but it will not include Niangniang and His Royal Highness, right? What's more, Emperor Ji is also in the city, if Emperor Ji also comes to visit, wouldn't General Shen have to stop him? ”

Shen Fei had an even more headache when he heard it, Emperor Maode was indeed in Xining, he had forgotten this stubble a little, if Emperor Ji came, I am afraid it would be difficult to stop him, but I wish Concubine and His Royal Highness ...... He couldn't help but stand there silent.

At this time, the curtain of the sedan chair was opened, Zhu Xiuniang led Xiao Zhao Xi down, Zhu Xiuniang looked at Shen Fei, and said lightly: "It's the emperor who can visit, can't the emperor and grandson visit?" ”

Shen Fei smiled bitterly, bowed his head and saluted: "Niangniang misunderstood the minister, where does the minister mean this......"

Zhu Xiuniang said: "Then General Shen didn't go in to report, but stopped in front of the door, what does it mean?" ”

Shen Fei couldn't answer, so he just continued to laugh and keep silent.

Zhu Xiuniang saw that he didn't speak, so she didn't look at it anymore, but glanced at the door of the mansion: "If you don't report it, the palace will enter by itself." ”

"Niangniang......" Shen Fei saw that she wanted to break in, so he had no choice but to speak: "Your Majesty's edict says ......"

Zhu Xiuniang led Xiao Zhao Xi up the steps and interrupted him: "The order should not be given to his daughter-in-law and grandson, the grandson wants to see his father-in-law, won't he let him?" ”

"But, mother, ......"

"I think who dares to stop our mother and grandson today, and prevent the emperor from visiting the emperor." Zhu Xiuniang led Xiao Zhao Xi to the top of the steps and walked to the vermilion gate, the soldiers on both sides of the guard stared at each other, no one dared to speak or stretched out their hands to stop them, and they all looked at Shen Fei.

Shen Fei was helpless, after all, Zhao Tan's previous order was vague, in fact, he had a lot of doubts in his heart after receiving the order, usually His Majesty explained that things to him were concise, simple and clear, and he knew what was going on and how to do it at a glance.

But this time he said a lot of words, and in fact, there were some things that were not too clear, if he didn't recognize Zhao Ta's handwriting, he almost suspected that they were all fake.

This Taishangfu only says that outsiders are forbidden to enter and exit, violators are questioned, and those who do not accept are executed on the spot, but the word "outsider" has two meanings, one refers to everyone except for necessity, and the other refers to everyone except for family members.

This is a little unclear, Shen Fei saw that the guards brought by Zhu Xiuniang had already pushed open the door of the mansion, and hurriedly waved his hand to the soldiers on the steps, signaling that he didn't need to care, but he secretly thought in his heart, he would quickly write a letter to His Majesty to know, and explain the matter of Concubine Zhu and His Royal Highness coming over today, and then ask what kind of outsider it was, so as to save himself from doing something wrong and causing any trouble.

Zhu Xiuniang and Xiao Zhao Xi stepped into the house, and the maid Hexiang also followed, and the first few guards opened the way, and when they saw that a eunuch came to inquire, they said that Concubine Niangniang and His Royal Highness came to visit the emperor, and the eunuch hurriedly trotted to deliver the letter when he heard the words.

The group walked in at this time, and Xiao Zhao Xi looked around and wondered: "How can the layout of the emperor's mansion be different from that of the house, it looks much better." ”

A trace of sadness flashed in Zhu Xiuniang's eyes: "This is the style of the Tokyo mansion, and the Qin Mansion in Tokyo is also so gorgeous and atmospheric." ”

"Tokyo Qinwang Mansion?" Xiao Zhao Xi scratched his head, he knew that he was born in Tokyo, but it was also because he was too young at that time, so he had no impression of that home in Tokyo for a long time.

"It's the ...... of King Qin's Mansion in Tokyo" Zhu Xiuniang sighed: "When my mother was young, your grandfather's mansion was even more luxurious, magnificent, and ...... than this."

As she spoke, Zhu Xiuniang stopped talking and stopped talking.

"Grandpa's house?" Xiao Zhao Xi was stunned, he knew what his grandfather meant, because the eldest brother Zhao Yi had a grandfather, and he lived in the city now, and the third brother Zhao Yi also had a grandfather, who also lived in the city, but he had never heard his mother mention his grandfather.

"Where's my grandfather's house? Why did the child never see his grandfather? He asked as he pulled the corner of Zhu Xiuniang's clothes.

Zhu Xiuniang's body trembled, and she said slowly: "Grandpa's home is in Jiangnan, and Xi'er can go over there to see it when he grows up in the future, as for your grandfather...... It's been years since he died. ”

"I see." Xiao Zhao Xi nodded and said, "I said why the eldest brother and the third brother have grandfathers, but the children don't." ”

Zhu Xiuniang bit her lip, closed her phoenix eyes slightly, and then opened her eyes and smiled: "But Xi'er still has a father-in-law, right?" Isn't this just coming to visit my father-in-law, remember that the etiquette is indispensable for a while. ”

Xiao Zhao Xi said: "The child knows. ”

At this moment, the eunuch who had just gone to deliver the word ran back out of breath, followed by several palace maids, and said before he got close: "Too, the emperor, please wish the concubine Niangniang and the second highness to come and meet." ”

Zhu Xiuniang smiled when she heard this: "Lead the way ahead!" ”

A moment later, in the lobby, Emperor Daojun was dressed in a costume, looking at Xiao Zhao Xi in front of him reciting poems, and what he recited was:

Five generations have been chaotic, once Yunkai sees the sky again.

The grass and trees are a hundred years of new rain and dew, and the cars and books are thousands of miles old.

Ordinary alleys are strange Chen Luoqi, and several buildings play orchestras.

People are happy and peaceful, and the warblers sleep for infinite days.

Emperor Daojun was stupid when he heard it, and he couldn't help but think of the past for a while, and when he thought of the present, he burst into tears and covered his face with his sleeves......

In Zhending City, the army has been stationed in the land of the two provinces for more than seven days, and there is almost no rest.

Zhao Tan ignored the invitation sent by the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, but prepared troops and horses, and decided to send troops north within three days to recover Yandi.

At this time, he had just finished discussing things with the generals, and all kinds of military affairs were assigned, and then Yue Fei and Liu Qi were left to drink tea in the back hall.

Just after drinking a cup, Bai Ba came in outside: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report in Xining." ”

"Xining Urgent?" Zhao Ta raised his eyebrows: "Who sent it?" ”

"It was sent by Shen Fei." Bai Ba presented the secret letter with both hands.

"It's Ah Fei here......" Zhao Ta took the letter and thought about it, then opened it and watched it.

After reading it, he narrowed his eyes and said, "Take pen and ink." ”

Bai Ba immediately prepared the four treasures of the study, Zhao Ta came to the table and lightly wrote a few lines on the paper, which read: Except for necessary people, other outsiders are forbidden to enter, and those who are found guilty will be beheaded on the spot.

Then blow dry the ink, fold it up, put it in the leather envelope and hand it to Bai Ba: "Call someone to take it back." ”

Bai Ba said yes, took the letter and went out, Zhao Ta went back to sit down.

The words on the letter are almost the same as the content of the last edict about the protection of Taishang Mansion, and there is no change, as for what Shen Fei asked in the letter, he did not answer anything.

"Come on, come on, Peng Ju swings the chessboard, and the next game of chess is happy." Zhao Qi looked at Yue Fei and Liu Qidao.

"Your Majesty, what kind of chess are you playing?" Both of them wondered in their hearts, why did they suddenly remember to play chess?

"Of course, it's the next big game!" Zhao Ta looked at the two of them with a smile......

Two days later, the army began to start, from Zhending Mansion to Hejian Mansion, nearly 300,000 military horses rushed to Yandi like fans.

In the following month, the army advanced with difficulty, recovered several eastern and western states, and finally approached Yanjing.

The resistance of the Jurchens along the way was extremely fierce, and the Great Qin army paid the price of blood and lives for every step forward, but this was already a huge victory, thinking that the previous Western Army still had the forbidden army, let alone advancing, it was simply a defeat at the touch of a button, and it retreated thousands of miles.

It was dusk, Yanjing City was like an ancient beast under the illumination of the setting sun, this ancient city was war-torn, especially in recent years, it has been devastated, and the speed of repair can not catch up with the speed of destruction.

The bricks of this kind of Xiongcheng are all special, the original Liao State is stable, when all parties are operating normally, they can also maintain the maintenance of the city walls in various places in an orderly manner, but the war for many years, many official workshops have long been abandoned, and the craftsmen have run away without a trace, the Great Song Dynasty took over, and all the wastes are waiting to be revived, and the matter has just begun, and the Jurchens will call again, and everything will be rotten again.

The Jurchens did not build either, because they had to continue to fight south, and the city was so dilapidated a little bit, although it still looked majestic at the moment, but the defense was not as strong as before.

Zhao Ta stood outside the tent, watching the huge rouge-colored sunset, and stood still for a long time until Yue Fei came over: "Senior brother, the meal has been prepared, please go back to the camp to eat." ”

Zhao Ta nodded, now he has a large number of soldiers and generals, and almost all the talents in the world are around him, this time the Northern Expedition is bound to hit the white mountains and black waters, and go straight to the Yellow Dragon.

After dinner, discuss the siege of the city.

Wang Yan preemptively said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead people to attack the two gates of Anton and Yingchun in the east of Yanjing. ”

Zhao Ta looked at the stabbing words on his face that served the country with a bare heart and swore to kill the gold thief, nodded, and there were Luda, Qin Ming, Suo Chao, and Li Kui who said in unison that they were willing to go together.

Zhao Ta promised: "The two gates of Anton and Yingchun are the most dangerous, the water in the moat is too deep, and the Hong Kong fork is not geographically advantageous, so you must be careful when attacking the city." Several people saluted and said yes.

There were also Liu Qi, Yue Fei, and Han Shizhong who asked for orders to attack the two gates of Kaiyang and Danfeng in the south, and Zhao Ta admonished and nodded in the same way.

Then the brothers Wu Jue and Wu Lan, the brothers Zhiwu, Zhigang and Chong Yanchong, asked for orders to attack the Xianxi Gate and the Qing Jin Gate in the west, and Zhao Ta also agreed.

In the end, only the Tongtian Gate and Gongchen Gate in the north remained, and Li Yanxian said: "Your Majesty, the two ministers in the north will take Hu Yanzhuo, Hua Rong, Guo Sheng, and Huang Xin to fight. ”

Zhao Ta said: "You don't have to go, ask Zhang Xian to take the four of them to fight in the north, you are the governor of the whole situation, watch the Quartet, dispatch those who need help, and rescue those with large casualties." ”

Li Yanxian received the order, and then discussed a specific siege plan, which was not dispersed until a long time.

At this time, the guard of Yanjing City was Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Zonghan retreated to Zhongjing, and Wanyan Zongbi had already returned to Shangjing.

There are not many soldiers in Yanjing City now, only more than 30,000, but Wanyan Yinshu can order the defenders in the city to drive all the Yanjing men to the city three days ago, and the army and civilians are mixed, but there are enough 100,000.

He also discussed the same matter in the palace that night, but unfortunately there were not many generals under him, and he couldn't come up with any good countermeasures, so he had no other way but to defend the city, but it was half an hour, and it ended in a hurry.

Then the night passed, and the next morning, Zhao Ta passed a military order to attack Yanjing!

(End of chapter)