"Is Lord Zhu serious?" She was half-convinced, and the painful and joyful upheaval in the dream clearly flashed Zhu Yue's face.

If Zhu Yue hadn't done this, how could his face appear in her dream?

Qin Liu looked back at the absurd dream suspiciously.

By the way, he should have a scar the size of a wine cup on his left chest near his shoulder!

In order to verify that he was not lying, Qin Liu began to strip Zhu Yue's clothes without saying a word.

Zhu Yue let her move, his face focused and calm.

Qin Liu saw that Zhu Yue had two long scars on his chest, but there was no scar the size of a wine cup on his left chest near his shoulder.

Qin Liu muttered to himself incredulously: "How is it possible? There should be a scar here! ”

Qin Liu pointed at Zhu Yue's left chest.

Zhu Yue closed his eyes, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"The emperor was assassinated by his chamberlain when he was ten years old, and the wound was in this position."

"You mean, the one who took away Miss Liu Xuejiang's chastity is the current emperor?"

"Yes. He is Jiro's biological father. Zhu Yue's voice was not high, but it was as if the evening drum and morning bell had struck Qin Liu's heart.

"You already know this, don't you? What is your role here? Qin Liu Qin Liu tried to stay calm, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a hint of ridicule.

Qin Liu felt that the current situation was very ironic.

Young men and women, lying within a stone's throw of each other, are as intimate as ordinary couples, but they are talking about dissociating relationships.

The key is that Zhu Yue and Liu Xuejiang once admired each other, and they also made love with a kiss and gave hostas privately for life.

How can he calmly treat the girl he loves being touched by others, and finally ending up in a situation where she is unmarried and pregnant, chased and killed, and flees for her life?

If she is Miss Liu Xuejiang, how sad should she be at this moment?

"I don't know." Zhu Yue's voice was almost inaudible, but it was so heavy that it made people seem to be out of breath.

Scold!

Push it off cleanly.

For some reason, Qin Liu had a grudge against Zhu Yue.

Speaking of which, there is no reason for this resentment.

The previous relationship between Zhu Yue and Miss Liu Xuejiang was actually broken as early as when Miss Liu Xuejiang returned the jasper hairpin in person.

And after he crossed over, his many entanglements with Zhu Yue had come to an end after he rejected his conditions last time.

Now that he is seriously injured and himself is in a desperate situation of isolation and waiting for death, it is really a superfluous act that he will not die if he does not do it!

Qin Liu was even thinking that if Zhu Yue hadn't appeared, would he have eaten Mongolian food and drank milk tea in the right-wing yurt!

The long time hiding under the snow cave was really boring, so Qin Liu changed the subject.

"Why did our Liu family lose so completely? My grandfather and uncle are not capable of resisting Liu Jin? ”

"Liu Jin, it's not your Liu family's enemy." Zhu Yue's tone became a lot more relaxed, and he was very depressed when he thought about the previous topic.

"What do you mean by that?"

Qin Liu was a little surprised, she had talked about this matter with Zhu Yue in the Xuanfu before, and later communicated with Yang Shen about this matter, and she had the impression that Liu Jin was the culprit who caused the death of their uncle, father, and elder brother, and was also the mastermind behind her exile to the grassland.

"I have been away from Beijing for many years, and I have paid little attention to the major affairs of the court. The last time I traded horses, the emperor personally came to the Xuanfu and talked with me all day and night, and I knew how bad the situation had been after the emperor ascended the throne. ”

Qin Liu pricked up his ears and waited for the following.

"A few days after Emperor Hongzhi's great trip, Dayan Khan took the opportunity to enter the Xuanfu of Kou Datong. The defenders of Xuanfu in Datong suffered a crushing defeat, killing thousands of people, creating the heaviest defeat in the battle against the Mongols since the Tumubao Incident, known as the 'Defeat of Yutailing' in history. ”

"The chief military officer Zhang Junzuo reported that the number of prisoners is increasing, and I am afraid that the troops will not be able to support it, so please send the Beijing army to respond, my grandfather was ordered to go to Xuanfu with a magic gun and a Beijing camp official army to recruit and suppress the thieves. That was the first time I was really involved in an actual war. Those who behead the first level will be given thirty taels of silver, and those who behead the first level or higher will be promoted to be pacified. ”

Qin Liu calculated, four years ago, Zhu Yue was only an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy, and he actually followed his grandfather to the front line.

"When I went to the battlefield, I realized that what I learned was too shallow, and what status could not protect me, only with the gun in my hand, the horse under my crotch, and the first step to cut and kill the enemy, I could survive."

"I killed a lot of captives, and I was seriously wounded, and I was transferred to Juyong Pass to recuperate and defend at the same time."

But at this time, I realized that no matter how well the boy practiced, there were mountains outside the mountains and heavens outside the sky. I even wondered if I died, who else would really remember me except my parents and sisters? What is the meaning of those confinements that protect one's self and take care of one's family? ”

"Taking advantage of my leisure, I carved the jasper hairpin and asked the little maid to give it to Ah Jiang."

Zhu Yue sneered in a low voice, "It's a pity that these things can't be hidden from my father." Ah Jiang was also invited back to my house by my sister and returned the jasper hairpin in person. ”

Qin Liu was a little sympathetic to Zhu Yue, and recalling these old things was probably like revealing his scars.

"At that time, the emperor happened to come to visit me as a companion in front of the bed, and Ah Jiang's words were heard clearly by him."

"The emperor said last time in Xuanfu that he had the intention of fulfilling the two of us at that time. It's just that he has just been in power, and he can't help himself with a lot of things, and he doesn't count what he says. As big as the lack of pay for the border army, the many fugitives from the military households, but he couldn't do anything, and as small as making a dragon robe, he had to be refuted by the civilian officials, saying that it cost a lot and was too extravagant. ”

Qin Liu had stayed in Shabaozi Town, and knew how poor the border army was, and it was common for the money to be not in place. She asked curiously, "Is there anything he said?" The border army is poor, and the people in the mainland are also shouting poverty, and the emperor said that he is too poor to make a dragon robe, so where has the wealth of the country and the people been safe and secure all these years? ”

Zhu Yue glanced at Qin Liu appreciatively, a smart talker who can always grasp the most core and critical issues.

"This question, Emperor Hongzhi also asked Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War. Liu Shangshu said that when Emperor Taizu was the emperor, the people gave a penny, and the court had to use it; Nowadays, the money taken from the people is several times that of the past, but the actual money that enters the imperial court is only two-thirds of the time. ”

"And where did all this money go?"

"Liu Shangshu said that it was all in the pocket of the eunuch guarding the town."

Qin Liu pursed his mouth: "This is true, as if civil and military officials are so honest that they can't be corrupt!" ”

Zhu Yue smiled happily.

"Do you know the 'opening of the middle of the law' in the fifth year of Hongzhi?"

Qin Liu shook his head.

"Since Emperor Taizu, our dynasty has implemented the policy of 'accepting grain and opening up China'. On the one hand, the border guards achieved self-sufficiency by developing the tuntian, and second, they met the needs of the army by distributing salt to civilian merchants, who transported grain to the border pass and exchanged grain for salt.

It's just that the military tun and salt politics have been implemented for more than 100 years, corruption breeds, and a large number of military tun fields have been swallowed up into private fields by border generals, and salt has also been exploited by the powerful and has become a tool for profit.

The root cause of the defeat at Yutailing was the lack of money in the border army and the stretching of combat effectiveness. If you can't even eat your stomach, who is willing to work for the court?! ”

(End of chapter)