Chapter 20: The Legendary Pillar of the Nation
Xiao Yunyan has been back in Beijing for more than ten days, and almost for half a month, he will go to the palace every day to meet Emperor Liang and discuss the military situation. The matter of 200,000 military power has already settled. At that time, he had just walked on his front foot, and Luo Hong's back foot also quietly followed back to Beijing. Now there are only Helian Yi's master and servant left in the house, and the two of them have been revolving around Xiao Yunyan before, but now they are idle all of a sudden, and their lives are boring.
That night, the two were just about to fall asleep, when they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the yard, and He Lianyi seemed to be able to judge that it was Xiao Yunyan's horse just by the sound of horses' hooves. Hurriedly put on the outer robe that he had just taken off, and ran quickly to the courtyard.
Sure enough, when she went out, Xiao Yunyan was already waiting for her in the yard. Helian Yi rushed forward, "How is it?" β
"When I came, 200,000 troops were already on their way."
"Really?" Helian Yi was so excited that he got carried away.
"Of course it's true." Xiao Yunyan suddenly grabbed her hand and shouted softly: "Yi'er......"
"What's wrong?"
"Oh-nothing, I miss you every day in the capital, I just hope you can be by my side."
He Lianyi looked at Xiao Yunyan and was a little puzzled. She sensed that he seemed to have a full stomach to say, but for some reason he changed his mind again.
"What does Your Highness want to say?"
Xiao Yunyan smiled: "It's nothing, maybe you will know what I want to say in the future, and you will understand." By the way, the reason why it was so smooth this time was that Sihong also contributed a lot. β
"Sihong?"
"Yes, Sihong."
Helian Yi frowned, "I've heard a little about these four people, but I don't know why I always feel that these four people are a little weird. β
"What's weird?"
Helian Yi shook his head and said, "I really can't tell, but I always feel that something is wrong." β
Xiao Yunyan said: "Your doubts are also right, I sometimes can't see through these four people, from the very beginning they persuaded their father to delay the establishment of the crown prince, and they have not changed their tone until now." β
"Then it seems that they will not be on the side of King Yi or His Highness in the future?"
"Yes, for now, it seems that they are only loyal to their father. Therefore, the only people I can trust are you and my grandfather. β
"If that's all there is, that's a good thing."
Xiao Yunyan said after a long time: "By the way, there is another thing, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing." β
"What's the matter?"
"It's just that when I went back, my father asked Si Tianguan to combine the birthday of me and Miss Lu the next day, saying that it was a rare and good marriage......"
Helian Yi didn't seem to have imagined that this matter would evolve like this, "Then- should I congratulate Your Highness?" β
"Say what?" Xiao Yunyan glared at her with a gesture, "The eight characters are the eight characters of Miss Lu, when the time comes, we will steal the beams and change the pillars, and it must be you who will marry and enter the door." It's just that this wedding is not something I can do to the Lord. β
"This ......," Helian Yi was a little panicked.
"Don't worry, I have no children, and I am away all the year round, when the time comes, I will intercede in front of my father, let you stay with me first, and I can be sympathetic to my father."
"This, can His Royal Highness's father agree?"
"What if you don't agree, we are thousands of miles apart, where are the heirs. If you don't give birth to a concubine first, other concubines can't have children before their wives. I'm going to sword mountains and swords all day long, in case one day ......"
Before he finished speaking, Helian Yi knew that he didn't hold his mouth, so he hurriedly stopped him, "Your Highnessβ"
"This is also a fact, don't you think you escaped last time by narrowly escaping death?"
"Your Royal Highness is blessed with a great life, and it will come from the future, don't say those unlucky words in the future."
"Okay, listen to you." Xiao Yunyan said again: "It's just that I still remember one thing: my father asked me to send Miss Lu to Beijing, but I can't let this Miss Lu hide all the time, right?" β
"This can rest assured, with Lu Xiang's intelligence, he will definitely be able to resolve this matter easily, but he has to embarrass Miss Lu to live in a simple place."
Xiao Yunyan nodded, and said, "Oh, I'm going to Linqi tomorrow to take it away and see where the army is stationed." β
"Linqi? Does His Highness really want to station soldiers and horses in Linqi? β
"Only by stationing in Linqi is the fastest. I know you've been working hard day and night, and I want you to get what you want as soon as possible. β
"Of course, it is quick to use Linqi as a breakthrough, but the terrain of Linqi is too complicated, with the Wuyu clan in the east, Tang Hao in the west, and Guoyi in the west. If Your Highness garrisons here, he will be the target of public criticism if he is not careful. β
"That's why I'm going to take a trip myself, and maybe I can think of a countermeasure."
"I think it's hard. King Yi has been in the border area for so long, how can he not see through it. But the reason why he stationed a large number of soldiers and horses in Jingcheng in the first place was not to avoid that troubled place? β
"The sixth brother has always tried to fight steadily, I have always advocated surprise, it is not difficult to go and see it first."
"Your Highness, there is still Xihuan to the west of Tang Hao, if Your Highness really garrisons in Linqi, I am afraid that the surrounding countries will be frightened, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be self-defeating. Let's take our time, I'm really not in a hurry. β
"You're not in a hurry, I'm in a hurry, I just want your frowns to be untied as soon as possible. By the way, I'll be leaving early tomorrow morning, so you don't have to get up to see you off. β
Helian Yi suddenly seemed to think of something, and his eyes lit up, "Since Your Highness insists on going, then I also want to go for a walk with Your Highness." β
"You stay here and wait for my news, I don't want you to follow me around like this."
"Your Highness, don't forget, I fled all the way from Linqi to Chuanzhou, all the way to Sichuan, what haven't I experienced? What is that now? β
"But now it's different, you're by my side, how can I bear to let you suffer these things again."
"What kind of hardship can you endure with Your Highness?"
Xiao Yunyan suddenly had some doubts and looked at her, "Why do you insist on following me to Linqi?" β
Helian Yi was a little weak by his staring, and lowered his head and didn't dare to meet his gaze.
"Why? Tell me. β
"Yes - next to Linqi is Yangling, I want to go to Yangling."
"Yangling? Why go to Yangling? β
"Has Your Highness ever heard of Gongsun Zhi?"
"Of course, the world-famous Confucian. What's the matter, is he in Yangling? β
"Yes, since his father's accident, Helian Dingbang didn't dare to kill him because his reputation was too high, so he had to demote him to Yangling."
"I see."
"He is not the only one who was demoted to Yangling with him, there is another person."
"Who?"
"Fu Da wins."
"Fu Da Sheng?!" Xiao Yunyan was stunned inexplicably, Fu Dasheng was a more virtuous and respected general than Zhao Shu, but now he was too old. "I can't imagine that there are two big Buddhas hidden in a small border place. Gongsun Zhi, Fu Dasheng, this Wen Yiwu was once the pillar of your Great Xia Dynasty. β
"Yangling is surrounded by mountains to the north, and Guo Yi is blocked by Guo Yi to the south, and it is the safest for Helian Dingbang to place them there. He only hoped that the two of them would die here as soon as possible, and he would be able to rest easy. β
"And you want to meet the two of them?"
"Yes, the reason why I fled in Linqi was originally to flee to Guoyi and then to Yangling, who knows that the sky does not obey people's wishes. Gongsun Zhi used to be my teacher, and he is very old, and I am afraid that I will not be able to see him again in the future. β
Xiao Yunyan saw that she was so insistent, so she readily agreed, "Okay, I'll grant you this wish." When I was a child, I studied the art of war, and my teacher always mentioned Fu Da Sheng, if it goes well, maybe I can also touch your light, and I will win this Fu Da Victory. Then you go and have a good rest tonight, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning. β