Chapter 9 second quarter

"She said that even if she dies, I should bring her body to you." Di Qing slowly said to Ding Ning in the Chinese army tent, "She was born as a member of your Ding family, and died as a ghost of your Ding family. " Ding Ning smiled bitterly.For a general who just came back triumphantly, this kind of smile is really inappropriate: "But all I got was a soulless Princess Weiyang; and Xuehong, when you told her to go, she was already dead." He sighed, "For me...the person I really wanted was lost forever three years ago." He pressed his hand on the wound, coughed a few times, and his eyes became more desolate and lonely: "By the way, Wu'er is okay?"

"It's okay. She woke up yesterday. She is in good health and recovering quickly." Di Qing said, "My mother has asked someone to make chicken soup to replenish her body." Ding Ning sighed: "She is unfortunate enough, you will treat her well in the future, right?" Di Qing didn't hesitate: "Of course I will. Because she is my wife." There was a long silence in the account.I don't know what the two leaders are thinking about. "Do you know why Wu'er is still alive?" Ding Ning asked after a long time.Di Qing shook his head.He clearly saw Princess Pipa kill her with a single knife.

Ding Ning said: "That day I led troops to pursue the Khitan army, killing them so much that they threw away their helmets and armor. When I was approaching, Princess Pipa suddenly turned around and shot me with an arrow. I was caught off guard and the arrow hit the heart shield But looking down, the arrow has been folded off, and a scroll of silk is tied to the arrow!" He took out a piece of cloth from his pocket and spread it on the table: "Di Qing, look." On the silk was a letter in tall and elegant Chinese characters: "General Hushi Rong said: Gaochang and the Song Dynasty have been diplomatic relations for decades, and they are sincerely attached to each other, and they dare not disagree. This time they collaborated to cause chaos. It was a last resort. My father I have been imprisoned by the Khitan in Luopu, Gaochang dare not not give wings to the tiger. But the concubine is unwilling to be an enemy of the Celestial Dynasty, and when the opportunity arises, she will kill the wise king of Zuo to save my father. Now she is the wife of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Di , to show the sincerity of the concubine. The Gaochang pipa girl paused and wept."

Ding Ning said: "I immediately sent people to the valley to look for Miss Wu'er, and I found that she was not dead." After a pause, he looked at Di Qing, "In your opinion, what is said in the book is almost true?" After a long time, Di Qing said, "Eighty percent." Ding Ning nodded: "I think so too. King Gaochang has always been cautious and obedient, and he is not someone who plots rebellion." Di Qing said indifferently: "There is only one problem - why did she kill Princess Weiyang? At that time, she could have deliberately missed the arrow, but she shot two arrows in a row! Tell me, what is the reason?"

The faces of both of them changed a little.Killing Princess Weiyang really annoyed the two generals who held heavy soldiers.Ding Ning pondered, and drew the ink pen in his hand on the sheepskin map, and the blood-red arrow pointed directly at Gao Changguo: "Move the army and defeat Gaochang!" A blood-red arrow.The troop deployment route drawn out by the ink pen will be paved with blood step by step! "It's better to believe in something than nothing." Di Qing pondered, "I also think it's better to send troops." Ding Ning nodded. When Ding Ning walked into the west chamber, he couldn't help but gasped for breath!The fire in the room was raging, and people were sweating profusely from the roasting.

"Doctor, how is the princess's condition?" Ding Ning lifted the curtain and looked down at her expression.Her face was still pale and calm, without any anger.The imperial doctor wiped the sweat from his head, straightened his waist, and sighed: "The arrow injury is not serious. It's just that she was unconscious in the snow all night, and her body is so weak that the cold air invades the meridians of the lungs, I'm afraid, I'm afraid... ..." Ding Ning said in a deep voice, "It's okay to speak up." "I'm afraid that the Princess's feet are frozen and dead, and she will be useless when she wakes up." The imperial doctor trembled, while carefully removing her shoes and socks.

Her feet are not full, and her ankles are as slender as fine porcelain.But the imperial doctor tapped lightly with his finger, and the ankle made a crisp sound, as crisp as ice!This is beyond the capabilities of flesh and blood.Her feet have been frozen into ice in the ice and snow outside the Great Wall!Ding Ning lowered his head and said slowly, "Go out." He sat down by the bed and looked down at Princess Weiyang.his wife. "Wei Young. Wei Young." He called out in a low voice, as if he was afraid of waking her up, even though he knew she couldn't hear him. It seems that there is a tacit understanding, Princess Weiyang really slowly opened her eyes!Her clear eyes made Ding Ning's heart tremble.This time, what made his heart tremble was not her Bingmei-like smile, but entirely because of Wei Young's eyes.Weiyang's.

"Ding...Ning?" She moaned, her body seemed to be covered in ice and snow, but her legs seemed to be numb and heavy, as if she had lost consciousness.She tried to struggle to sit up, but couldn't.Shocked, she reached out to touch her right leg.Where the tentacles are, the skin is as cold as ice, and there is no feeling! She was stunned for a moment, and then gave another hard blow to her left leg without giving up, still like hitting dead wood.She stopped moving, leaned quietly on the head of the bed, and turned her face into the bed.After a long time, she asked, "Are my legs useless?"

Ding Ning didn't speak.When he does not speak, it is often the default. "I'm sorry." Princess Weiyang said in a low voice. "Why do you say sorry?" Ding Ning asked. "Because you will have to marry a crippled wife you don't love. This is not what you should bear." Princess Weiyang's voice trembled uncontrollably, "I'm sorry for causing you trouble. " "But all of this, is it something you should bear again?" Ding Ning couldn't bear it any longer, he grabbed her shoulders, turned her around, and saw the tears on her face.It was the first time he saw her tears.Even on the night she left Di Qing, when she covered her face with her hands and rushed into the snowstorm, no one saw a single tear from her.She was a very strong person.

Ding Ning raised his hand and wiped away the tears for her.His fingers were roughened by the sword, but his movements were very gentle. "Since we have drifted with the tide, let's get along well. We have plenty of time. Perhaps, one day, we will all understand that in addition to cherishing the memories of the past, today is still worth taking good care of." Princess Weiyang stared blankly Looking at the sky outside the window, thinking about the few words Ding Ning left behind when he left.She felt as if something was collapsing inside her. In the twilight, horns blew continuously outside the camp.

"Wu'er, are you better?" Mrs. Di asked as she walked into the room. "Mom, I'm here!" Suddenly a crisp voice sounded from outside the court.Wu'er was washing clothes profusely by the well, answering loudly.Mrs. Di sighed: "You...you can't rest for a moment." "Born to work hard!" Wu'er smiled, revealing a pair of white canine teeth, "Mother, don't worry, my body is very strong, and I'm completely healed now." "Okay, you shouldn't start working right away... This dress belongs to... Qing'er, right?" Mrs. Di smiled.Wu'er lowered her head shyly: "There are also some officials under him. They don't have families, so I just washed them for them. He... It's not easy for him to manage so many people, so I can only help him in this way." She Sincere and bright face, like a brilliant mountain flower. Mrs. Di stroked her hair caressingly: "Good boy, really good boy. Our Di family is blessed to have such a good wife as you. You are taking care of Qing'er, and my mother will close her eyes when she dies." Wu'er hugged her With her hand, she said softly: "Mother, you are still strong, don't say that." Mrs. Di nodded: "That's right, I still have to hold my grandson. Wu'er, Qing'er is busy with military affairs, so please be considerate of him." Wu'er rubbed his military uniform as hard as cowhide, and said in a low voice: "He...he is doing great things, of course I understand. Although he was arrested by Hu Man that night, he didn't take care of me, in fact, I... didn't care about me at all. Don't blame him. He is an upright hero, Wu'er... Wu'er can marry the Di family, also... also..." She smiled sweetly and lowered her head to wash the clothes. Outside the court, a person who was about to enter the door listened quietly, and tears gradually appeared in his eyes. "An indomitable hero?" He smiled wryly, "Di Qing, are you a hero?" The angel was terrified by this fright, and before the big wedding was held again, he hurried back to Beijing to report to the emperor.At the same time, a memorial about the rebellion and counter-rebellion was also sent to the capital. ※※※ When spring comes to the frontier, the pastures turn green and the grass stretches to the horizon. "What a big piece of grass!" Princess Weiyang exclaimed in surprise. Over the past month, her complexion has improved a lot, but her feet are still numb and stiff.Ding Ning couldn't see her bored in the room, so he took her out to play when he had time. "It's not the grass, it's the grassland." Ding Ning sat behind her and corrected with a smile.Princess Weiyang gently bit the little finger of her left hand, and suddenly said: "I really want to fly a big kite!" She turned her head, smiling brightly, "When will I fly a big kite on this grassland!" Ding Ning also laughed and shook his head: "Will Princess Weiyang speak like this? Before, before I met you, I heard that Princess Weiyang is a well-educated and very polite lady." Wei Young lowered her head and smiled lightly: "That was pretending for others to see. Now, I don't think it is necessary to pretend in front of you. We already know what kind of person the other party is, right?" She looked far and wide at the junction of the grassland and the blue sky: "It is my luck to meet you. I am really happy now." "That's not my luck." Ding Ning smiled, and galloped his horse to the depths of the grassland. The two rode together and had fun under the blue sky. At this time, I heard a mournful howl in the sky, and saw a vulture chasing a kite, and had already scratched off several of its feathers.The kite screamed shrilly, and flew crookedly, about to be caught by sharp claws.Princess Weiyang grabbed the bow on the side of the saddle and set an arrow to shoot the eagle.But when she pulled the bowstring, she had no strength in her arm, and the arrow fell to the ground less than three feet away. Afraid that she would be unhappy, Ding Ning circled behind her with his left hand, grasped the bow, held her hand with his right hand and stretched the bowstring. When he let go, there was a swish sound, and the vulture fell to the ground.Ding Ning let go of his hand with a smile, and was about to compliment her to make her happy, but Princess Weiyang sighed, and couldn't help asking softly: "What's wrong?" "I... I have become a useless person. Those martial arts are for nothing... I..." Her voice was slightly choked up, trembling in his arms, like a pigeon afraid of the cold, "I...how can I It’s like this? It’s better to die..." Ding Ning patted her on the shoulder and said softly, "Don't think too much about it, I'm still in charge of everything." "But... you will miss her, and I... I can't miss him either." Princess Weiyang tremblingly said. Ding Ning's eyes dimmed, and he reined in the horse silently.Wei Young knew that she had said the wrong thing, her heart ached for some reason, and she also stared at him unable to say anything. After a long time, he said: "Wei Young, do you know? I've been thinking... how unfair God is to us, taking away the ones we love separately; but how tolerant God is to us, allowing us to meet to each other." He sighed and looked deep into the white clouds in the sky: "Before, I never thought that I would accept a woman who is not Bingmei as my wife; but now, I can say that I am willing to stay with you forever. Weiyang, what about you?" Princess Weiyang's thin body trembled slightly, and after a long time, she gave a soft "hmm". She gently put her hand in Ding Ning's.It is also a pair of warm and strong hands.Today, under the blue sky and green grass, the hands they hold promise all the storms, honors and disgraces in this life. ——She has always been a double-faced woman, Weiyang is her, Xuehong is also her.Born in that family, she has always lived in contradictions, but now...she may have found the best way to unify the two. Princess Weiyang smiled slightly and said, "I'll sing a song for you." She moistened her throat, and then sang in a low voice: "Chang'an is full of moon, and there are thousands of households pounding clothes. The autumn wind blows endlessly, and it is always the love of jade. When will the barbarians be pacified, and the beloved will stop the expedition?" This is Li Taibai's "Midnight Song". Ding Ning smiled: "What? You want to go back to Jiangnan?" Wang Gu, the lord of Weiyang County, talked about it: "Are you really planning to attack Gaochang?" Ding Ning folded the grass branches one by one: "The final decision has not been made yet, but the army is ready." Princess Weiyang was silent for a moment, and suddenly said unexpectedly: "Actually, I think what Princess Pipa said is the truth." "Then how can she explain why she wants to kill you?" Ding Ning frowned, "If she hadn't really betrayed her, she should have let you go quietly!" "Because she's jealous of me..." Princess Weiyang said word by word, smiling at him, "Didn't you notice the way she looked at you? She adores you and likes you, of course she won't let anyone To be your wife. A daughter in the desert has clear grievances and grievances, and it is only natural for her to kill her rival with one arrow." "How do you know?" Ding Ning asked in surprise, he really couldn't think of such a weird reason. Princess Weiyang smiled sweetly and blinked at him: "Women have a natural intuition for women." "My intuition told me that she was hostile to me from the very beginning. Sure enough, she knocked out Wu'er first in the bridal chamber, and then pretended to be Wu'er to restrain me. However, it seems that she deliberately didn't have direct contact with you on the battlefield. The conflict, let Wu'er live again, which shows that she is sincerely cooperating with Da Song. Her hostility is only aimed at me alone." She looked sideways at the sky, with a smile on her lips. And talk. Ding Ning suddenly asked, "Then, are you implying that I don't need to use troops against Gaochang?" "This is a military matter, don't ask me, General Ding." She laughed. "It's nothing, you're not my 'outsider'." Ding Ning could actually joke. The two looked at each other and smiled, and a horse galloped across the grassland.Under the blue sky, a pair of white eagles flitted across the sky. Princess Weiyang leaned in Ding Ning's arms, looked at the rolling snow peaks of the Tianshan Mountains in the distance with a smile, and suddenly felt a tranquility and comfort that she had never had before. She was originally a yellow warbler under the willow leaves in the south of the Yangtze River, but now she has become a white eagle on the grassland.She has really grown. One month later, the news of the civil strife in Khitan came: King Zuo Xian was beheaded, and King Mu Zhe of the Northern Academy was proclaimed king.Afterwards, Gao Chang submitted a petition to Song Dynasty for surrender.Under the imperial decree, the frontier soldiers were ordered: General Hussars Ding Ning and Deputy Commander Di Qing had made great contributions to calming the chaos. At the same time, the princess of Weiyang was named Mrs. Qin, and the five sons of the Liu family were named Lord of Guangping County.