The lonely and cold snowy night, floating with gentle goose feathers, fell on the small world, piling up great affection.

People's qi and blood are hot, it is easy to get active, plus the hearts of the two people are boiling at this moment, they burn faster, a few steps down, Zhang Xun and the second lady both legs and feet are neat, and a few more steps, they have already come to each other's face.

"Why are you here?"

Zhang Xun blurted out a lot of questions, he looked at the clothes in his wife's arms, he has been a husband and wife for decades, and he already understands it, and maybe you don't know you better than the other party. She still feels sorry for him in the end, but he doesn't feel sorry for his lover.

"Seeing that Ah Lang didn't return late at night, I will look for it."

Although Zhang Xun's tone was a little reproachful, the second lady still replied. She pulled down the cotton hat on her head and was about to hand over the things in her hand, but Zhang Xun didn't take it, but turned her back and replied to the ink in the courtyard:

"Mr. Mo, forgive me, Neiko is stupid and uninvited, I sent her to come."

Mo Sheng is not a person who is ignorant of the world, this is not a worldly polite word, but a basic human sophistication. Although Mo Sheng looked at many clichés in this world, he had to be in it, hearing Zhang Xun's greeting, he walked forward quickly, and came to the two of them, who came as guests, he looked at Zhang Xun, the lady who came late at night, and bowed down after a little look.

"It turned out to be Mrs. Zhang, please forgive me for missing the distance."

The second lady hurriedly turned sideways to give this salute, nodded and bent down to return the salute, and replied:

"Mr. Mo blamed, the concubine took the liberty of bothering late at night, it really shouldn't be, it's just that Lord Zhang didn't return late at night, I think it must be that the government affairs have not been dealt with, I don't want to be quite snowy tonight, the concubine is afraid that the two adults will be cold at night, so she made her own opinion, and brought some cold things to send, and I hope Mr. Mo will forgive me for the abrupt and thoughtless places."

These words were clear, clear, generous and decent, and Mo Sheng also figured out the identity of this uninvited guest, it turned out to be a wife who was worried about her husband, and she was worried about her man being frozen on this snowy night, so she specially sent warmth. But the woman was only concerned about her sweetheart's feelings, but she completely forgot that she herself was suffering from the cold, and stood in the wind and snow for so long, so that she could put warm clothes on the person who caused her to suffer from the cold.

I don't know if it's cold, I don't know if I'm cold.

After the two sides gave courtesy, Mo Sheng, as the host, naturally wanted to invite the guests into the room, although his inner room was only one more top than the courtyard, but the etiquette could not be lost.

So the three of them walked into the hut in turn, and by the light, Mo Sheng looked at the second lady.

Ordinary official women are dressed, wearing a wrapped cotton robe, black hair, combed in an ordinary women's bun, and there are not many beads and hairpins, the eyebrows and eyes are good, the face is thin, looking thirty or forty years old, although not as rich and noble as many official women, but also sonorous, generous and decent, and gentle manners. Mo Sheng found an excuse, so he led Zhang Xun outside the courtyard, and the two of them began to talk with each other through the snow.

The second lady entered the so-called inner room, she looked at the food on the table that had been frozen and hard, and with just one glance, she saw the situation here, first, it was the sophisticated vision cultivated by many years of dealing with housework, and more importantly, Mo Sheng's residence was so clean, so clean that even the rats couldn't hide it, after all, it was such a broken nest, and the rats had to cry back when they came.

The second lady quickly put the warm robe in her arms on the ground, as for the warm robe that paid special attention to the neat at the beginning, where is it indecent at the moment, the second lady after freeing her hand cleaned up the wine and food on the table, and put it back into the lacquerware food box that Zhang Xun mentioned when he came, although he knew that there was no wine in the wine jug, but he still habitually shook it, and it was really empty, and the two of them had drunk more than two catties of wine into their stomachs. After vacating the table, the second lady picked up the warm robe again, put it on the table, looked around for a while, then walked to the corner of the wall, gathered the hay around the broken manger neatly, carried it to the ground where the two were sitting opposite each other, back and forth, collected the hay cleanly, and piled it neatly to the position where the two were going to sit.

After gathering the hay, the second lady also deliberately flattened the haystack on her man's side, and touched which piece was high and which one was low with her own hands, and after it was evenly and appropriate, she took out the wool felt blanket on the table and spread it on the hay, pulled it left and right, and tried to make it as comfortable and soft as possible. After laying this side, the second lady thought about it again, and spread the fox fur robe that was originally intended to cover Zhang Xun's legs on the haystack on Mo Sheng's side, and after it was also tidied up, it was difficult to distribute the remaining long warm robe.

Originally, she had calculated in her heart, and she brought a total of three warm robes and clothes with her, one planned to be spread on a chair, one draped over her body, and one on her legs. But he didn't think that Mo Sheng's place would be like this. In her imagination, the formal and rigorous stove hall has become a dilapidated courtyard, and the wool felt blanket prepared on the hardwood seats has to be spread on this down-to-earth haystack at the moment, and the fox coat has also become someone else's cushion, but who should leave the third long robe for her, she is really difficult, and the choice between left and right is not right. Out of his heart, he naturally wanted his man to wear it on his body, but he couldn't waste his thoughts in vain, but in this way, would that Mr. Mo have other opinions. But if she gave up the long robe to the so-called Mr. Beggar, she would be even more refusing, and she would have brought something with great difficulty, why should she give it to outsiders.

It's all to blame for that beggar-like Mr. Mo, I really don't understand why my husband attaches so much importance to him, and I have to talk to him endlessly on such a cold day, both of them are weirdos.

After thinking for a while, the second lady looked at the two people outside the courtyard who were holding branches on the snow, shook her head slightly, and really couldn't think of how to distribute it, so she simply refolded the long warm robe, put it on the side of the table, paused, and pulled a few inches in the direction of her husband, looking at it seemed to be still in the middle, and the few inches out were not very obvious, so she carried the food box and went out of the inner room. After walking a few steps, he turned back and pulled the lamp in the oil lamp on the table higher, and the room suddenly brightened up a lot, and it seemed to be much warmer.

The two people in the courtyard saw the second lady who came out, stopped talking, Mo Sheng didn't say much, said hello and returned to his broken house, Zhang Xun looked at his wife, his face was slightly red from the cold, and the hand holding the food box was also red, waved his hand, and the two of them walked out of the courtyard.

"I still have to discuss some things with Mr. Mo, you go back first, it's cold outside, don't worry about me anymore."

"Got it, you go, I'll go."

The second lady listened to her husband's slightly stiff words, answered and said no more, picked up the hat on the warm robe again, carried a yarn lamp in one hand, and a food box in the other, looked at her husband, turned around, and walked the way he came. As soon as he took two steps, he was stopped by Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun took a step forward, lowered his head and bent over, stretched out his hand to the hem of the second lady's warm robe, pulled a few dried grass leaves stuck to the warm robe into his hand, stood up straight, looked at the somewhat stunned lady, smiled slightly, opened his mouth and said:

"Go back, watch out on the road, walk slowly."

The second lady's face didn't know if it was freezing more at the moment, and it became more and more red.

Seeing his wife go away, Zhang Xun walked towards the dilapidated house, still holding the few dried grass leaves tightly in his hands.

Returning to the dilapidated house, Mo Sheng was still standing in a daze, Zhang Xun looked at the dilapidated house that had changed a lot at this time, and then looked at the haystack that looked much more comfortable and warm, and smiled, the two and a half hundred men were slightly embarrassed, and they really didn't know what to say. Mo Sheng, as the master, broke this delicate atmosphere, he laughed, stretched out his hand to ask Zhang Xun to sit down again, and the two men laughed involuntarily.

The soft and warm feeling underneath is of course much better than the cold and hard floor.

Mo Sheng thought of his wife for no reason, if Suiyang City could be defended, he should also go back to the family to take a look, he has been floating outside a lot all these years, he can really go back, he has to stay at home for a few more days.

That somewhat willful girl, since she became the mother of her own baby, the two have not whispered for a long time.

In March, Linghu Chao, together with the rebel generals Li Huaixian, Yang Chaozong, and Xie Yuan, led more than 40,000 troops to Yongqiu City, trying to capture Yongqiu City in one fell swoop. At this time, the defenders of Yongqiu City were only 2,000 people, and the opponent had 40,000 troops. Seeing this, I analyzed the situation with all the soldiers, and I thought that the enemy knew the reality of my city, and he must have the heart to despise me. After listening to my analysis, the officers and men felt that this move was feasible and very encouraged. So, I sent a thousand men to defend the city, and I personally led a thousand men, divided into several teams, and suddenly came out of the three gates of the city. Fortunately, when I was young, I also practiced archery on horseback, although I was not proficient, I only fought to the death, and with my soldiers, I rushed straight to the rebel formation. As I expected, although the enemy army was numerous, but I did not think that our side would do the opposite, the incident happened suddenly, frightened and helpless, after being rushed and killed by our army several times, the formation was already chaotic, and I was afraid of the invincible courage of General Nan, and fled in all directions and withdrew to the camp. ”

The two who sat down again began to talk again, and Zhang Xun continued to tell the story of the Yongqiu defensive battle.

The next day, Linghu Chao, who had suffered a loss, reorganized his team again, prepared to assemble to attack the city, and placed a hundred stone cannons around the city to start bombarding, and the city tower and the low wall on the city were all destroyed. The enemy was so strong that I had to defend to the death, so I ordered people to erect a wooden fence on the city, and while resisting the attack of the rebels, I ordered the craftsmen and the people to repair the city walls. The rebels took advantage of the power of the stone cannons to climb the city, and I used the method in the war book to pour the bundles of artemisia grass with grease, and set them on fire, and the rebel soldiers were afraid of being burned, so they stopped going to the city. In the days that followed, our strength was weak, and we could only wait until the rebels were slackening, and then we went out of the city to raid and harass, while defending to the death, while building the city walls, and taking advantage of the late night to sneak attack the enemy camp, exerting their bodies and minds, in order to survive in the cracks. In this way, all our generals took the lead, ate with armor, fought with wounds, and held on for more than 60 days at the expense of life and death, and there were more than 100 battles in large and small battles. Seeing that Yongqiu could not be taken in the short term, Ling Huchao and the others discussed withdrawing their troops. My spies learned that the thief army was going to retreat, and reported to me, after I discussed with the generals, I decided to lead the troops to pursue the victory, and sure enough, there were more than 2,000 rebels captured, and almost captured Linghu Chao alive, and the Yongqiu defenders watched the enemy rout, and their morale was greatly boosted, and their hearts were stronger. ”

With Zhang Xun's description, Mo Sheng became more and more interested in the process of Zhang Xun's defense of Yongqiu, Zhang Xun spoke, Mo Sheng asked, Mo Sheng also saw Zhang Xun's information a few days ago, although he knew that he was leading troops to defend the city, and he could do both offensive and defensive in the face of several times the enemy, and he was at ease, but he still didn't know the details of the specific battle.

"After that, Linghu Chao will definitely not give up, the situation in Yongqiu is dangerous, how did you manage to shake several times the stronger enemy without falling?"

The two talked to each other at the table, testing each other, Mo Sheng humbly asked Zhang Xun for advice, and Zhang Xun did not hide it, and told the story of this year's battle, from how to make a feud with Linghu Chao and kill the six captains who were ready to surrender to the enemy, until now they rushed to Suiyang, what battles they have gone through to defend Yongqiu, etc., concisely and eloquently.

"Yongqiu City is located in Luoyang to Jianghuai artery, has always been a business operation luxuriant, the land is wide and people are rich, the people have lived in peace for 100 years, the foundation is much more generous than my true source county, I am adjacent to the two counties of Linghu Chao, has always been familiar with each other, this person enters the door shade, the ancestors are also loyal and brave families, but they do not want to be tired of the grace of heaven Linghu Chao, in the face of traitors, do not want to serve the country greedy for life and fear of death, actually made a traitor who betrayed the glory of the traitor, I am ashamed that I have an old relationship with such people, and after taking Yongqiu, he will be executed all over the door, Since then, Ling Fox Chao has not only had a hatred for me to seize the city, but also a hatred for exterminating the clan. Although he wanted to eat my flesh raw, he knew that it was not easy to take Yongqiu by storming, so he came up with a plan to lure me down. The third time the soldiers came to the city, Ling Huchao really looked calm, greeted me in the city as we met before, and persuaded me with words that had been considered a long time ago, he said that now Li Tang is too busy to take care of himself, there are no soldiers to send, the world is going to do things, and he will stick to the dangerous city at his feet, who does he care? ”

"Oh, I don't know what Lord Zhang's answer is?"

Zhang Xun was not in a hurry, he habitually wanted to drink a drink, and after touching the air, he realized that there was no wine to drink, and the wine utensils were all packed up and taken away by his wife, so he had to retract his hand and continue to answer Mo Sheng's words.

"Ling Huchao persuaded me to be loyal to the ownerless, but I didn't know that in my heart, Li Tang is the world, and the world is Li Tang. He himself is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he has to insist on the word loyalty, which is really humiliating, so I borrowed his intention to reply, I have promised myself loyalty in my life, and what is the loyalty and righteousness in today's actions? Although I am old and weak, but the way of heaven is on my side, you and other thieves, there will be a king to exterminate them, although the body is dead, the infamy of the hundred generations cannot escape! "

Mo Sheng listened to Zhang Xun's words, and couldn't imagine that this gentleman with an elegant face could say such crazy and sharp words, not to mention that the fox tide fled in shame after hearing it, any traitor in the world who has surrendered to the enemy, after hearing this, I am afraid that he will not be able to sleep well.

In this way, Zhang Xun and Ling Huchao began to fight wits and courage, and in May, Zhang Xun and Ling Huchao attacked and defended each other in Yongqiu County for more than 40 days. Linghu Chao couldn't attack for a long time, so he could only continue to add troops and generals, and strive to take this very fatal Yongqiu county as soon as possible. After a few months of fighting, tens of thousands of people died on both sides, so that Fox Chao's hatred for Zhang Xun's annihilation had faded, and he only wanted to take Yongqiu quickly, so as to open the door to Jianghuai. If he can't take Yongqiu, his life on An Lushan's side will be even more difficult. Ling Huchao heard that An Lushan had also been in an unfavorable war recently, and it was difficult, which also caused An Lushan's temperament to be more irritable, and he killed people at every turn to vent his anger, even those henchmen were not less whipped by him, he surrendered, there was not much foundation, if it weren't for the old relationship with Yan Zhuang, it is estimated that these horses he buried would have been clicked ten times or eight times by An Lushan.

Zhang Xun didn't know the torment of Ling Fox Chao, his own life was already very sad, while holding on, while looking forward to the rescue of Datang, he waited, waited, waited, waited, did not wait for the banner of Li Tang's army, but waited for the loss of Chang'an.

The emperor fled!

This news is undoubtedly fatal, and what makes matters worse is that this thunderbolt-like news on a sunny day was not obtained first from his side, but was shouted by Ling Fox Chao, who was an opponent. Because Yongqiu had long lost contact with the outside world, Zhang Xun did not know the situation outside at that time, so after Hu Chao got this big news, he immediately sent a letter to Zhang Xun, saying that the overall situation was irretrievable, and it was better to surrender the Yan army as soon as possible to avoid more innocent casualties.

"Mr. Mo, I would like to ask, why did the good situation suddenly reverse, did you not say that An Lushan's army was blocked in Tongguan and could not advance, and the road back to Fanyang in the north was also cut off by Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi, all over the place are the troops of the imperial court, and they only occupy a few prefectures and counties such as Bianzhou and Zhengzhou. Under the encroachment, the defeat of An Lushan is irreversible, why is it that Chang'an was defeated and the emperor is gone! ”

"It's still the same sentence, soldiers and horses are alive, and people's hearts are stupid!"

"Oh, I don't know who the stupid man is talking about?"

"There are many stupid people, Wang Sili, Yang Guozhong, Ge Shuhan, and the stupidest Tang Emperor Li Longji!"

Mo Sheng's unceremonious words directly shocked Zhang Xun to the inside, and then he was furious. He stood up and glared at Mo Sheng in front of him with angry eyes. Although he himself often scolded Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong for those traitorous ministers and thieves, the emperor was not good, he was a serious Confucian student, and the first duty of a Confucian student was to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and Li Longji, as the co-master of the world, was naturally the first belief of their Confucian students. Although the Li Tang royal family claimed to be the Taoist Emperor Taishang Xuanyuan Laozi, but in their Confucianism, the emperor of the world is still the first. Now some people do not shy away from scolding their beliefs in front of him as stupid people, even if the emperor has a great fault, as a courtier, the first thing is to persuade, not to slander and abuse, suddenly someone dares to scold the emperor, this is undoubtedly a great disrespect to the Son of Heaven, is a rebellious word, but also in denying his Zhang Xun's beliefs, in the erasure of his heart, such a person, should raise three feet of Qingfeng, immediately under the sword.

Zhang Xun's hand had already grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist, his eyes were spewing fire, and he stared condescendingly at Mo Sheng at the table.

Mo Sheng saw Zhang Xun's actions in his eyes, he was not in a hurry, his sitting posture did not change much, his legs were still so crossed, he just raised his head, and his eyes clashed with Zhang Xun, one was on fire, and the other was as cold as ice. Mo Sheng's eyes were calm, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and the two of them just stared at each other for a long time.

The way home is always light and pleasant, and everyone has a strong feeling for home. The second lady who returned home at this moment didn't know that the two people in the broken house were tense, her world was free of wind and snow, and all that was rippling in her heart was spring flowers and autumn moons. Although she is over forty years old, she has been living a trivial life on weekdays, but the bending of her own Langjun is like a spoonful of honey added to the porridge, which is enough to make her sweet for a long time.

She didn't drink, but she felt a little drunk!