Shen Zhixi slept in Shanglin Yuan all night, and learned that Gu Yuan had entered the palace as soon as it was dawn.

"What did he do in the palace?" Shen Zhixi yawned.

Ming Qing said nervously: "The horse should go out with the army!" ”

Shen Zhixi was taken aback, "For such a big matter, why can't he say anything to me?" ”

As he spoke, he got up and got out of bed.

Ming Qing hurriedly supported her: "Your Highness, don't worry too much, don't be a horse...... When Lord Gu left, he said that he would not die, so that His Highness could rest assured. ”

"Isn't this nonsense? What else did he say? ”

"He said that His Highness should take care of himself and wait for his good news." Ming Qing thought for a moment and said, "He also said, don't pay attention to the eyes of others, just be yourself, just treat those officials as if they were barking wildly." ”

Shen Zhixi couldn't help but smile, his ability to hurt people is indeed not far behind.

After a long time, she whispered, "I'm waiting for him to come home." ”

"I've been waiting for him all my life, and it's okay to wait another life."

"Ah Yuan, come back alive, no matter if you can win this battle or not."

On April 18 of the third year of Jinghe, Gu Yuan led 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry to the front line of Liaodong day and night with the post of Zuo Du Governor of Jiliao, and arrived in Shenyang City the next day.

Fortunately, the situation in Liaodong is not too chaotic, and Tieling City is still holding on.

When Gu Yuan arrived in Shenyang City, he went to see Lin Puyang, the governor of Liaodong.

He and Lin Puyang originally knew each other.

At the end of the twenty-third year of Zhenyuan, Gu Yuan, the chief soldier of Liaodong, rescued Shen Zhixi, who was still the princess of Zhaoyang at that time, in Liaodong.

His immediate boss is Lin Puyang, the envoy of the Pingliao Festival.

With the drastic implementation of the feudal decree in the following year, the festival of separating the feudal towns as one of the troubled parties completely ceased to exist in Dazhao, and Lin Puyang's official position also became the governor of Liaodong.

Over the years, Lin Puyang's official rank has changed and changed, but Gu Yuan has called him "Uncle Shi" as he did at the beginning.

Gu Yuan rushed to the governor's yamen with the holy decree, Lin Puyang raised his head from the stacked battle reports, and said in a trembling voice: "The governor of Liaodong and the governor of the capital know Lin Puyang, welcome the prince!" ”

Gu Yuan recited the holy decree and handed it over to Tan Daochang, the chief soldier of Liaodong who was temporarily appointed by the imperial court.

Tan Daochang accepted the order, and Lin Puyang instructed him to rebrew a pot of Biluochun.

"This tea is drunk." Lin Puyang said.

"It's good that people's hearts haven't changed." Gu Yuan looked at Tan Daochang's figure and said lightly.

"Nephew, I didn't expect you to come." Lin Puyang's eyes were tired, and his voice was a little weak.

The implication was that he didn't think that the imperial court would send troops for a few isolated cities.

A few years ago, the Lord and the faction had always had the upper hand, and even two of the three elders of the cabinet handed Shen Heng a secret fold, saying that peace is precious.

If it weren't for Yang Yi and Shen Zhixi trying their best to ask Shen Heng to send troops, Shenyang City would probably be the next Weiyuan Fort.

And Lin Puyang's ending is afraid that it will not be better than Yang Su.

"Uncle Shi is serious. This time, in addition to the 3,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry and the 30,000 defenders in Shenyang City, there are also more than 20,000 people in the 12th battalion of the Beijing Division, which shows the determination of the imperial court to resist the northern departure. Gu Yuan sighed and asked again, "How sure is Uncle Shi in this battle?" ”

Lin Puyang's eyes were firm and said: "The minister made a military order on the spot, if this battle fails, the minister will be at the disposal of the saint." ”

When Gu Yuan heard him say this, he knew that he was prepared.

"There are five gates on all sides of Shenyang City, and the two gates in the south are important passages for transporting supplies, but based on the sphere of influence that the army in the north can control, if you want to cut off these two passages, you need to capture the west gate first." Lin Puyang spread out the marching map, and after analyzing it, he didn't forget to ask him, "What do you think?" ”

Gu Yuan took the saber from Lin Puyang's hand, "The east of the city is the Liao River, and the North Lishui Army has always been weak, but it is still necessary to prevent them from sneaking attack." The north of the city is a frontal battlefield, with 5,000 heavy cavalry and 10,000 infantry, and three red cannons in the west and north of the city. ”

Lin Puyang nodded: "The Hongyi cannon has been prepared." ”

"As for the west of the city, the Beili army will definitely concentrate their forces to capture it, but the premise is that there are no worries, that is, they will not easily attack the west of the city before the north of the city is lost." Speaking of this, Gu Yuan hooked his lips and smiled, "Unless Li Xuanyi is a fool, he is willing to fight on two fronts." ”

Lin Puyang frowned, "Li Xuanyi is not a fool, and he is not very smart. His arrangement of troops was explained to him by Yelu Chucai in advance, and once he got out of Yelu Chucai's layout, he estimated that the whole army would be annihilated. ”

"So before I came, I chose a feng shui treasure for him to bury his bones." Gu Yuan chuckled and pointed at an inconspicuous place on the map with his saber.

"Sanqiling in the west of the city is the most suitable for burying an ambush."

Li Xuanyi didn't know at this time that Gu Yuan was rushing to the front line to command him, and he was sulking in the camp.

Yelu Chucai's clever plan to be sent urgently from the capital eight hundred miles ago was put on the imperial case.

Pingzhang political affairs Yelu Hongji and others knelt in front of him.

Suddenly, the young emperor smashed Yelu Chucai's fold in front of Yelu Hongji: "See for yourself, what is your uncle's idea?" ”

Yelu Hongji was stunned on the spot, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "The minister is ignorant, please make it clear to Your Majesty!" ”

"Okay, then I'll tell you!" Li Xuanyi was so angry that he smashed the inkstone down, "Shenyang City is right in front of him, he came up with the idea to let me capture Tieling first!" What is this like? ”

The Chinese book on one side made Murong Yanjin finally interject a sentence: "Your Majesty, what the right minister said is reasonable, if you bypass Tieling and attack Shenyang directly, you will inevitably be attacked by the Zhao army from both sides......"

"He just wants to make a name for himself!" The little emperor shouted angrily, interrupting Murong Yanjin's defense.

All were silent.

It's all said and done, and how to fight this battle is just a matter of Li Xuanyi's words.

Leave it to fate.

That night, Li Xuanyi ordered to gather troops and besiege Shenyang City.

The end of the war is on the verge of breaking out.

Yelu Hongji and the others took the order and left, and Murong Yanjin was just about to retreat, when he heard the little emperor call him in a low voice, "Uncle." ”

Murong Yanjin had no choice but to turn back again, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

"Do you think this battle can be won?"

This was a very sensitive question, and Murong Yanjin did not answer.

Li Xuanyi waited for a while, a little disappointed: "Uncle, to tell you the truth, I won't add to today's crime." ”

Murong Yanjin was silent for a moment, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the great departure from the country is in full swing, like a young man, the Central Plains Dynasty is already in the twilight, and its strength is still not to be underestimated, and in the opinion of the ministers, the two camps are evenly matched, so this problem ...... I really don't know. ”

"Then you told me that the battle report that Wen Chongren led his troops to attack Mobei is true or false?"

Murong Yanjin sighed faintly: "The battle situation is true, so the right minister will choose to attack Tieling and stick to Liaobei." ”

Li Xuanyi was stunned for a moment, and the music fold in his hand fell to the ground: "What...... ...... way"

Relieved, Li Xuanyi pushed away Murong Yanjin's hand and muttered, "Wealth is in danger." ”

——

The lights in the city of Yandu are faint.

The green lights in Tanzhe Temple stretch.

In front of the Buddhist shrine in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Shen Zhixi and Ming Qing met for the first time the Zen Master Yunshen, who saw the beginning and the end of the dragon.

In her previous life, she had never seen Yun Shen when she went to the temple to pray for blessings, and she always felt that Yun Shen was deliberately avoiding her.

Thinking about it now, he may have foreseen the outcome of her previous life, and the evasion again and again is more like a silent reminder.

Zen Master Yun Shen was not surprised to see her coming, but smiled indifferently: "The old man knows the intention of the female benefactor. The Buddha said that all appearances are false, all dharmas have no self, no one has no appearance, and there are no sentient beings. ”

Mingqing heard it in a fog, is His Highness talking to this old monk about the code?

"The Zen master has already comprehended the appearance of all beings, and he is a monk who has attained the Tao outside the threshold of the red dust, and he is naturally different from ordinary people like us." Shen Zhixi said softly, "But does the Zen master know what it feels like to grow old with a person and spend every time with him?" ”

Yun Shen smiled but didn't answer, as if he knew it in his heart.

"I told Qingqing that I have been waiting for him for a lifetime, and it doesn't hurt to wait for another lifetime." Shen Zhixi smiled, "I say this because I believe him." ”

"I am compassionate." Yun Shen recited the Buddha name in a low voice, and then said slowly, "Your earthly fate with him has just begun, and with thousands of years of luck, he will naturally not have an accident." ”

"In that case, thank you to the Zen master."

These days, Shen Zhixi always feels very impetuous, so she temporarily stayed in the temple with Ming Qing.

Listening to the wind chimes under the eaves rising from the wind, tinkling in the meager years, her mood also calmed down.

Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform. There was nothing in the first place, where to stir up dust.

In the second half of the night, Yao Xi sent Xiao Shami to look for her.

Shen Zhixi looked at Ming Qing, who was sleeping beside her, and tiptoed up.

When he arrived at the dark room of the Buddhist hall, Yao Xi didn't say much, but just raised his hand and pointed to the old chessboard on the table.

Shen Zhixi understood, and took out two chess boxes and a pot of wine from under the table.

Yao Xi greeted with a smile: "Come and have a drink with the old man." ”

Shen Zhixi shook her head: "I can't drink, Mr. knows, I drank at your place last time, and when I went back, I almost killed Shen Ying." ”

Yao Xi looked innocent: "Little girl, don't you think this has anything to do with the old man?" ”

Shen Zhixi smiled: "It's not me, it's Ah Yuan." ”

Yao Xi nodded: "I knew it was him." ”

Shen Zhixi dispelled the topic with a smile: "I don't know what Mr. is looking for me tonight?" ”

Yao Xi replied with a puzzling sentence: "Wait." ”

"What are you waiting for?"

"Wait until the light comes."

At the same time, Yang House.

The old man, known as "the first person in a hundred years", stared at the chess game on the desk with almost the same layout as Yao Xi for a long time, and muttered to himself: "Yelu Chucai, this game of chess, which has been played for fifty years, is coming to an end......

From the seven years of Jiading to the three years of the Northern Expedition to Jinghe, fifty-three years.

At the beginning, the four teenagers had promised to be of one heart and one mind, and they would never lose each other.

But in the end, they reneged on their oath and turned to the opposing side.

Yelu Chucai, Yao Xi, Shen Yuan.

and Yang Yi, who has never forgotten his original intention.