Outside the city of Mayi, on both sides of the official road, thousands of soldiers lined up. Flags of all colors were waving in the wind, the soldiers were shining in armor, and the spears and halberds in their hands shone brightly in the sun.

At the very front of the line, under a large yellow satin rost, stood a man. This person is more than five feet tall, with bronze skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose and thick lips, a short beard under his chin, and a yellow dragon robe. He is the Tianxing Emperor Liu Wuzhou. About a month ago, Liu Wuzhou ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Mayi City, and changed his name to "Tianxing".

Behind Liu Wuzhou, there stood a military band of more than 100 people. Musicians hold cymbals, drums, cymbals, and wait quietly, ready to beat the military music. Liu Wuzhou spread out such a big pomp today to welcome a person. This person's name is Song Jingang, and he is a hero in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Song Jingang is a native of Shanggu County. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and he launched an uprising in his hometown of Shanggu and became the leader of the peasant rebel army, with more than 10,000 horses under his command. Song Jingang joined forces with Wei Dao'er, another rebel leader. However, Wei Dao'er was defeated by Dou Jiande. In order to rescue Wei Dao'er, Song Jingang fought with Dou Jiande, but he was also defeated and lost the place where he stood on the cone. So, he led his 4,000 men and horses to join Liu Wuzhou.

Liu Wuzhou heard that Song Jingang was brave and good at fighting and was a rare general, so he personally went out of the city for ten miles and lined up a welcome team to welcome Song Jingang who came to take refuge.

A horse galloped over, and when it came close, the scout immediately turned over and dismounted, ran to Liu Wuzhou, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, General Song has arrived." Liu Wuzhou nodded, waved his hand and said, "Got it, go down." ”

After the scout got up and left, Liu Wuzhou looked up and looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw a group of people and horses at the end of the official road, with flags waving, war horses neighing, and rolling up billowing smoke and dust.

The group approached. At the head of the procession, on top of a white horse, sat a general. This person has a strong physique, a resolute face, a helmet and armor all over his body, and a green dragon glaive knife in his hand, looking majestic.

The military band sounded the military music, and Liu Wuzhou walked out from under Luo Gai and greeted him with a smile. The general turned over and dismounted, handed over the big knife in his hand to his own soldiers, walked to Liu Wuzhou, knelt down on one knee, and clasped his fists with both hands: "Song Jingang, meet the emperor!" ”

"General Song doesn't have to be polite, please get up." Liu Wuzhou said happily and pulled Song Jingang up, grabbed one of the other party's hands, and patted the other hand lightly on the back of his hand, "I am waiting for the general here, and I have seen through the autumn water." Come, follow me into the city. ”

Song Jingang hesitated a little and said, "Your Majesty, it's better to follow on horseback if you don't have a general." However, Liu Wuzhou was unwilling to let go, and said with a smile: "No, let's take the jade chariot together." I still have a lot of confidants to talk to the general. Song Jingang had no choice but to follow the other party to the jade chariot parked next to the official road. The jade chariot carried the two of them and galloped towards Mayi City......

Song Jingang stayed in Mayi City. His men were incorporated into Liu Wuzhou's army, and he also became a general under Liu Wuzhou. Liu Wuzhou attached great importance to Song Jingang, not only named him the "King of Song", but also gave him half of his family property.

On this day, Song Jingang went to find Liu Wuzhou. After Liu Wuzhou ascended the throne, he changed the original Taishou Mansion of Mayi County into an imperial palace. However, the Taishou Mansion is only an official office, not a real imperial palace, and can only handle official business. Therefore, Liu Wuzhou still lives in his original mansion.

Liu's Mansion covers a large area. After entering the gate, there is a light wall. After bypassing the wall, through the courtyard, the hall is the hall. Song Jingang entered the hall, and the waiter who received him served him tea, and said, "The emperor is receiving distinguished guests in the west living room, please wait for King Song." ”

After the waiter retreated, Song Jingangku sat for a while, and when he saw that Liu Wuzhou had not come, he stood up and went to admire the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall. At this time, an elegant guqin sound floated over like a gossamer. Who plays the piano here? Song Jingang had nothing to do, and he also wanted to visit Liu's Mansion by the way, so he followed the sound of the piano and walked over.

The sound of the piano comes from the back hall, which is connected by a cloister between the front and back halls. Song Jingang walked through the cloister and came to the door of the back hall. Here, the sound of the piano vibrates in his ears clearly. Song Jingang is a rough martial artist who does not understand music at all, but he is still attracted by the sound of the piano. Then, even more appealing to him than the sound of the piano was the woman who played the piano.

Although Song Jingang could only see the silhouette of her sitting upright, he could guess that her figure must be very slim. Her clothes are delicate and luxurious, her black hair hangs down like a waterfall, her skin is like congealed cream, and her long eyelashes are clearly visible. Her side face alone is already breathtakingly beautiful.

The sound of the piano flowed from under her fingers like a murmuring stream. The woman suddenly opened her mouth and sang: "Mai Xiu gradually flies towards the pheasant, carries the locust to the void, and is in the ...... of the river" Her voice was clear and long, like a sad turn. Song Jingang didn't know what she was singing, but she could hear her sadness from the singing. Sure enough, tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes and condensed into a crystal clear teardrop, which slowly flowed down and hung on her cheeks......

When Song Jingang was stunned, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder: "King Song, what are you doing?" He was startled, turned his head and saw that Liu Wuzhou was standing in front of him. He hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister trespassed into the back hall, please ask the emperor to punish the crime!" ”

Liu Wuzhou pulled him up and said softly: "It's okay, it's okay." Here, I'll introduce you. He pulled Song Jingang into the house and came to the woman. When the woman heard the movement in the doorway, she stopped playing, stood up and wiped away the tears that hung from her cheeks.

Liu Wuzhou pointed at the woman with his finger and said to him with a smile: "King Song, this is Liu Ruolan, the sister-in-law." Then he pointed at Song Jingang, "Little sister, this is General Song." "Liu Ruolan is everyone's best girl, and she is generous. There was no sadness on her face, she smiled smartly, and said politely: "Ruolan has heard the name of General Song for a long time, this is polite." Song Jingang hurriedly clenched his fists and saluted: "I haven't seen Miss Liu." ”……

Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou returned to the front hall, and after the two finished chatting, Liu Wuzhou suddenly said: "King Song, you have already met the sister." I want to marry my sister to you, what do you think? When Song Jingang heard this, he was surprised, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to squeak: "Your Majesty, the minister has already married a wife......

Liu Wuzhou waved his hand unmindingly and said, "A vulgar village woman, just take a break." Seeing that Song Jingang was still hesitating, he said, "King Song, what I said, you go back and think about it carefully before replying." ”

At sunset, Song Jingang returned to his mansion. This mansion was also given to him by Liu Wuzhou. At night, he lay on the bed tossing and turning. He was not thinking about whether to divorce his wife and remarry, but was reminiscing about the scene during the day. Liu Ruolan made such an impression on him that her shadow couldn't be waved away in his mind for a long time.

Song Jingang was born in Caomang, and his wife was just an ordinary-looking village woman. Before that, he had little contact with the rich ladies in the courtyards of the deep mansions. When I saw Liu Ruolan today, her beautiful face and beautiful eyes made him unforgettable. When Liu Wuzhou said that he wanted to marry his sister to him, he was overjoyed, and he had already decided to divorce his wife and remarry. The reason why he behaved hesitantly was nothing more than to make himself look less like a negative man who likes the new and hated the old, and also left a little room for maneuver in his conscience.

At this moment, the thought that he was going to marry a beautiful woman made him feel so excited that he couldn't sleep.

"Why haven't you fallen asleep?" The wife who was lying next to him asked.

Song Jingang did not answer, but turned sideways and turned his back to his wife. The village woman never thought that the heart of the man next to her was no longer in her, but flew to another woman......

The next morning, before Song Jingang went out, his wife helped him get dressed as usual. Song Jingang glanced at her and said, "I won't be back at night." ”

"What, you're going to war?" The wife asked nonchalantly.

"No, not to go to war." Song Jingang said, "From now on, I won't go back to this home." ”

His wife looked at him in amazement, her face a little pale: "Husband, you... What do you mean by that? Song Jingang's face was indifferent: "The emperor wants to marry his sister Liu Ruolan to me, and I have decided to marry Liu Ruolan as my wife." I have written the letter of resignation, and I put it on the desk in the study. ”

When his wife heard this, she was so frightened that she couldn't speak. Song Jingang couldn't bear to look at his wife's shocked and painful face, and turned around to leave. His wife grabbed his sleeve and said in a trembling voice: "If you insist on marrying Liu Ruolan, I won't stop you." I would like to be small, just begging not to leave my husband! ”

Song Jingang turned around slowly, looked at her and said, "You and I have been married for ten years, how can I bear to do this to you?" This mansion is left to you, and the manor outside the city is also given to you, which should ensure that your livelihood is safe. One day, you can choose another lover and remarry. Song Jingang said, ruthlessly broke her hand, turned around and walked towards the gate. Behind him, his wife's heart-rending cry came: "Husband-!" Song Jingang was already iron-hearted, his steps were only slightly sluggish, and he still resolutely walked out of the ...... of the mansion.

Song Jingang moved into a new mansion. Although this mansion is not as big as the original one, it is still imposing enough. A few days later, Liu Wuzhou held a grand wedding for him. The civil and military officials in Mayi City, the royal family and nobles all came to participate. Song Jingang was dressed as a groom, led the team to welcome the relatives, carried Liu Ruolan's big sedan chair into the Song Mansion, and then married her.

After the bride was sent into the cave room, Song Jingang was thinking about Liu Ruolan and had no intention of greeting guests in the front hall. After he barely drank a few glasses of water and wine, he couldn't wait to come to the new house in the back. In addition to Liu Ruolan in the room, there is also a matchmaker and a girl. When the matchmaker saw him, she smiled: "General Song, congratulations!" ”

The matchmaker is temporarily found, in the room responsible for teaching the last number of rites, to the year of the green gourd is divided into two, the green gourd is extremely bitter, after pouring the wine taste more bitter, after the exchange of the green gourd husband and wife to drink, called He, meaning the same joys and sorrows. Each takes a strand of hair, cuts and wraps it around, and it is called knotted hair, which means that it will not swerve until death. At this point, the marriage ceremony was completed, the matchmaker and Yahuan went out, and only the husband and wife were left in the room.

Song Jingang saw that there was a red lacquered wooden plate on the table on the side, and there were two utensils in the wooden plate, one was a pine Ruyi carved with a boy and a girl, and the other was a happy scale engraved with double stars. It is unlucky to lift the newlywed's hijab by hand, and it must be picked up with a wishful or happy scale, as for which one to use, it depends on the newcomer's own preferences.

Song Jingang hesitated for a moment, picked up the wedding scale, and gently picked up the bride's red cloth hijab. Liu Ruolan put on new makeup today, and her appearance was a little better than that day. A fine hair is coiled on the top of the head and then hangs left and right, the goose egg face is white and flawless, the willow eyebrows are oblique, the contact lenses are clear, the nose is like a hanging gall, the mouth is like a red cherry, and the shy hanging head after the hijab is picked off is even more charming of the little daughter.

In the face of the beauty, Song Jingang only felt thirsty in his mouth, and he couldn't say anything for a while. He coughed dryly, sat down carefully on the side of the bed, and grabbed one of her hands with the courage to do so, but Liu Ruolan did not withdraw his hand. Her hand was like a soft wattle, Song Jingang put it in the palm of her hand and rubbed it gently, smiling: "Ruolan, I am older than you, and I am divorced and remarried, you won't feel wronged, right?" ”

Liu Ruolan glanced at him and said coquettishly: "The general's name is world-famous, Ruolan is already very honored to marry the general, how can she feel wronged?" Song Jingang was relieved when he heard this, and said, "That's good." I swear that I will treat you with all sincerity in the future! With that, he stretched out his arm to hold her, and Liu Ruolan obediently snuggled her head into his arms......

Song Jingang hugged the beauty, was satisfied, and naturally thanked Liu Wuzhou. At the time of the court discussion on this day, Song Jingang proposed to Liu Wuzhou the strategy of going south to capture Jinyang in order to map the world.

"Your Majesty, Jinyang is an important town in Hedong, and Jinyang has been captured, and Hedong can be flat. After that, Chang'an can be captured to the west, and Luoyang can be captured to the east. As long as Chang'an and Luoyang are captured, the world can be decided! …… If the emperor decides to go south, the ministers are willing to be the vanguard. ”

After Liu Wuzhou heard this, Long Yan was happy, stroked his beard and laughed: "Okay, what King Song said is exactly what I want." I decided to prepare my troops and horses, raise food and grass, and choose a day to go south......"