When the scholar surnamed Qi left quickly, Ji Yuan had already gone away, and he made some moves on the two ordinary copper coins he left, which is not an exaggeration, but maybe he can help the scholar at a critical moment, looking at his appearance, this person is quite ambitious, and he should be able to feel special at the moment of contact with the copper coin, taking away the copper coin is considered a good fate, and no matter how heavy the favor is, there is no need.

Ji Yuan shuttled through the streets of Gyeonggi City, and from time to time he could see posted notices, some of which were surrounded by people, and some people read the contents for everyone. Ji Yuan once stopped to listen, and roughly understood that there were not only the recruitment of wise men to serve in the army, but also the various words of encouragement and declarations posted by the imperial court to protect the family and defend the country, which were used to boost the hearts of the people.

However, in Ji Yuan's view, the hearts of the people don't need to be uplifted at all, and the people's mood is more angry than many people in the court imagined, almost everyone supports it, not to mention, and there are many people who want to go to the front line.

After wandering around the city for half a day, Ji Yuan still went to Yin's mansion.

In front of the Yin Mansion on Rong'an Street, there are now eight soldiers with swords standing guard, but these armor soldiers should not belong to the forbidden army, they should be the guards of the Yin Mansion itself, because most of them recognize Ji Yuan, of course, they also recognize Ji Yuan.

That's why Ji Yuan arrived in front of the Yin Mansion, and someone among the guards immediately recognized Ji Yuan, and hurriedly went down the steps to meet Ji Yuan.

"Mr. Ji, are you here?"

The voice of the leading armor soldier Ji Yuan was very familiar, and he knew his name as soon as he heard it, and when he saw him clasping his fists and bowing down, Ji Yuan also bowed slightly in return.

"Yes, Steward Zhao, Ji came to disturb, are Master Yin and Qing'er there?"

At this juncture, Yin Zhaoxian and Yin Qing are both busy people, and they must all be busy handling government affairs in their official offices, but Ji Yuan still asked.

The armor received the salute and stood up, shaking his head.

"Xiangye and Shangshu are all in the official office, sometimes they won't return to the house for three or five days, and they live in the official office, even if they come back, they are relatively late, and the second son is out in the army......"

As he spoke, the armor remembered the key and hurriedly invited him.

"Mr. Ji, please come in, I will definitely go to the official office to inform Master Xiangye and Master Shangshu after I report to the old lady and Her Royal Highness the princess. ”

"Good. ”

Ji Yuan nodded and didn't say anything, and entered the Yin Mansion with the armor.

On the same day, Yin Zhaoxian and Yin Qing did not go home immediately after learning of Ji Yuan's visit, but returned home during the normal "off-work" time after handling urgent matters as much as possible.

Not long after Yin Qing and Yin Zhaoxian entered the house, Yin Chi and Yin Dian, the two children, rushed out and shouted sweetly at Yin Zhaoxian and Yin Qing.

"Daddy, Grandpa, are you back?" "Daddy, Grandpa!"

"Oops. "Good boy!"

Yin Zhao looked up first, only to see his daughter-in-law come out, and hurriedly asked.

"Where's Mr. Ji?"

Princess Changping, who is in her thirties, is still as well-maintained as a young woman, but after she greeted her father-in-law and father-in-law, before she could speak, the two children Yin Chi and Yin Dian scrambled to speak.

"Mr. Ji has had dinner in the house, and he said that he wants to go to the most suitable place in the capital to see the stars to enjoy the moon and stargazing!"

"Yes, yes, it's a pity that Mr. Ji won't let us follow, grandpa, daddy, do you know where it is?"

Princess Chang Ping rubbed the shoulders of the two children and said to Yin Zhaoxian and Yin Qing with a smile.

"Okay, your grandfather and father are tired, let them rest first, Xiangye, Xianggong, go to the dining hall to eat, it's ready, it'll be dark in a while." ”

Princess Changping is so smart, she naturally knows that her father-in-law and father-in-law will definitely go to Mr. Ji, and the most suitable place for stargazing in the capital is the Dafa platform that will only be used when major sacrifices are needed, which is the main platform that Emperor Yuande built in order to hold a water and land festival.

"Okay, Qing'er, let's go to dinner. ”

Yin Zhaoxian is almost seventy years old, and he walks in a hurry, and he does not have the rickety appearance that an old man of his age should have, Yin Qing and Princess Changping followed with their children behind.

......

At that time, the great Dharma platform of the water and land festival was not not magnificent, and even today's Ji Yuan seems to think that this Dharma platform is a big project, and it was indeed a waste of money back then.

However, after that water and land puja, this Dharma platform has also become a somewhat special place, because in the past, the dragons thundered and slashed demons on it, and now it is a place where the royal family sacrifices for many years, which makes this Dharma platform somewhat miraculous.

At this moment, Ji Yuan is standing on the Dharma platform with his hands behind his back, looking at the bright moon in the sky, but the stars of the moon are not rare today, but perhaps because of the psychological effect after seeing the golden crow, Ji Yuan always feels that there is a silver toad squatting in this round of Haoyue.

Of course, the area of the Dharma platform that could be used as the main venue of the water and land festival was not small, and Ji Yuan stood on it alone, and it seemed that it was very empty, and there was a sound of footsteps coming from behind, Ji Yuan looked back, and it was not the Yin family father and son who came, but the words.

"Lord Taichang, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come to harm?"

At the beginning, even when Yin Zhao pretended to be sick, although Ji Yuan was in Yin's Mansion and Yanchang had been to Yin's Mansion a few times, he had never met Ji Yuan, let alone knew that Ji Yuan was there, so he really hadn't seen Ji Yuan for a long time.

Suddenly, he saw a person standing on the Dharma platform, and when he heard such words, Yan Chang was slightly stunned, and then this situation suddenly reminded him of the time when he saw the immortal dancing under the moon and giving moon cakes, and he immediately became excited.

"Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji! It's you! Mr., I haven't seen you for many years, and you are always polite!"

Yan often bowed to the governor and bowed, then approached quickly, walked not far from Ji Yuan, stopped and bowed again, and Ji Yuan returned the salute.

"Lord Yan doesn't need to be polite. ”

Today's words have long been gray, with more white hair and less black hair, but people are still very energetic, at least not to the point of showing their old age.

"Yan came here to watch the appearance of the stars, I didn't expect to meet Mr. Ji, after many years, Mr. is still the same, very lucky!"

Ji Yuan smiled, raised his head and continued to look at the sky.

"Lord Yan, are you stargazing to see Dazhen's national fortunes, are you worried about the war ahead?"

Stargazing is an old profession, and he has been valued by the emperor since the end of the Yuande Emperor era, and now the new emperor still values him very much, and he is a real old minister of the Three Dynasties like Yin Zhaoxian.

Listening to Ji Yuan's words, he often looked up at the stars while stroking his beard.

"What Mr. said is extremely true, but Yan is not worried about the war ahead, although I have occasional defeats in front of the soldiers, but I am a rich country rich and strong and strong officials, the stars are strong and powerful, the star of Ziwei Emperor is shining, and the ancestor Yue thief can only be quick for a while, Yan is more concerned about the changes in the country heralded by the stars after this war. ”

Ji Yuan lowered his head and looked at Yan Chang again.

"Does Lord Yan have a conclusion?"

Yan Chang also lowered his head, looked at Ji Yuan and smiled.

"Seeing that Mr. is here now, Yan feels that the result is self-evident, and my chastity will be ......."

The words were categorical, and before the last word was spoken, Ji Yuan directly raised his hand to stop him.

"It's too common to say it, unless the emperor asks, although it's not a heavenly opportunity, but you still have to be cautious. ”

"Yes, Yan Mou knows!"

After finishing speaking, Ji Yuan continued to look up at the moon, and he was not a big talker, and he also looked up at the stars after a while, when Yin Zhaoxian and Yin Qing stepped step by step on this high platform, they saw the backs of the two looking up in the distance.

The footsteps approached, and Ji Yuan and Yan Chang lowered their heads and turned around one after another.

"Yin Xiang, Yin Shangshu!"

Yan Chang hurriedly saluted the two court officials, but he was not too surprised that they were here, and the latter two didn't seem to be too surprised that Yan Chang was here, and approached while arching his hands.

"Mr. Ji, Lord Yan!" "Lord Yan is also here!"

"Master Yin, Qing'er, come and sit, although Ji is not an official of the imperial court, today I am also interested in listening to the three of you court officials talk about current state affairs. ”

Ji Yuan smiled and returned the salute, and then waved his sleeves, and a futon and table appeared in front of him.

The three of them were not polite, and sat down directly on the nearby futon, Yin Qing directly lifted the teapot on the table to pour tea for everyone, and said in his mouth.

"In this way, naturally we can't help but advance the war, Zu Yue's army is indeed unexpected, but for my Dazhen, it may not be a good thing, the so-called righteousness is all in my ......"

......

At this moment, in the far south of Qizhou, the army belonging to the division of King Dazhen is encamped in a forest of military tents, and all departments and teams are sleeping and patrolling in a very orderly manner, with five steps, one post and one sentry in ten steps on the periphery.

In a large military tent in the camp, under the light of an oil lamp, Yin Chong did not take off his armor, so he sat in front of the desk and read the book in his hand by the light.

The early winter in Qizhou was already very cold, and as a general, Yin Chong naturally had a brazier for heating in his account, and the charcoal in it reflected a red light, adding a little more light to the account.

In the military tent, there are two black halberds on the left weapon rack, which are very heavy just by looking at it, and on the right weapon rack is a stainless steel long sword, and the scabbard is carved with a dragon and phoenix, which is a personal gift from the current emperor Yang Sheng before Yin Chong's expedition.

"Uh......h Woo......"

A black wind blew in the night, blowing the curtain of the tent gently swinging, and the flames of the oil lamp in the tent were a little fluttering, Yin Zhong raised his head, the wind had passed, and picked up the iron pick and picked the wick of the oil lamp, wanting to make the light brighter.

When the light was restored, Yin Chong's movements paused slightly, frowned and raised his head, there was actually one more person in front of the case, and it was a gray-haired rickety old woman, but he couldn't hear any footsteps just now.

"Are you a demon or a ghost?"

Yin Chong's voice was steady, without any ups and downs.

"The general is really a dragon and phoenix among people, and since he knows that I am not a human, he is not afraid at all!"

The old woman's eyes were full of appreciation when she looked at Yin Chong, and she saw Yin Chong's posture and response, which showed the demeanor of a general.