Chapter 125 Chapter 23 Wanjin Family Letter

Chapter 23, Wan Jin's Family Letter, Part Four Huo Cong, Marquis of Wenxiang, was born in a humble family. In the 25th year of Taizu Wuwei, he was rescued by Sima Jiangzhe of Prince Yong's residence.At the beginning, he was not blindfolded and was a servant of Hanyuan.Empress Taizong bestowed Princess Changle of Ningguo with his hidden mansion, and Cong was still serving in Hanyuan. He secretly read philosophical manuscripts and books every day, and was observed by Princess Zhaohua. The princess of the book is taught by her teacher.Later, when Zhe returned from the army, he was delighted to try his articles, so he took them back to his sect.

Although Zhe is known as a talented man in the world, his articles are splendid, and he is the most famous in the world, but he dabbles a lot. He is cautious and strict, and only reads classics and history. ——"Yong History.Biography of Wenxiang Hou At the end of December in the twenty-seventh year of Dayong Wuwei, Zezhou camp was full of joy. After several years of stalemate, they finally won a victory. The purses are full, and the victory plus rewards make Zezhou soldiers feel proud. After Long Tingfei withdrew from Zezhou, King Li Xian of Qi ordered to set up camp on the border of Qinzhou before the snow fell. After 300,000 Yong troops and 200,000 civilians conscripted from Zezhou fought hard for a month, the Baili camp was built. , this time, the Yong army absolutely did not allow the Northern Han army to enter Zezhou again.As the New Year approached, although the Zezhou camp was heavily guarded, sergeants were still allowed to take turns out of the camp. Although there were no towns nearby, profit-seeking businessmen had already established a temporary market. Although the temporary houses were simple, they were very warm. , there are hotels, brothels, and casinos, and there are all kinds of goods for sale. King Qi is not opposed to the appearance of the market. After all, without these, winter will be sad, but for safety, he still sent troops to gather The city was controlled, so that the spies of the Northern Han Dynasty would not take the opportunity to inquire into the military situation.Although there was no military order issued, everyone knew that the attack on the Northern Han Dynasty in the next spring was a certainty.

In the camp of the Chinese Army, I leaned on the soft couch and looked at the letters from my family. This time the emperor sent someone to pass a decree to commend him, and he also brought letters from home. What, but the longing for Changle is already full of heart.So I opened Princess Changle's letter first. Princess Changle's letter was very long, and it actually filled seven sheets of silk. Judging from the old and new ink marks, it was not written at one time, but maybe it was written at will, writing a few lines every day, and then followed the messenger. "My concubine's itinerary is quite smooth, but Shen'er is occupied by Master Cizhen, and I hardly see her several times a day. Shen'er is already able to walk, but it won't be long. When your husband returns home, you should be able to see Shen'er walking alone.

... The third brother treats Lin'er quite coldly. Although the concubine is dissatisfied, the siblings haven't seen each other for many years, and the brother Wang is ordered to take the concubine back to Beijing.The concubine is worried, the third brother is powerful now, but he hates the sixth brother endlessly, and the concubine is afraid that the incident of the brothers crossing the wall will happen again. ... I got the emperor's secret letter, there are rumors in Beijing that Zezhou was defeated, and my concubine knew that her husband was in Zezhou. ... The prince welcomes you in the suburbs, and the ceremony is so solemn.The concubine feels ashamed physically and mentally. Although the prince is young, he is smart and kind. Roulan and the prince's childhood sweetheart are still as close as ever when they meet again. Although Lin'er is lonely and arrogant, the prince treats each other with sincerity. Lin'er is already a brother to the prince.The emperor's brother ordered Lin'er to accompany the prince to study, which caused quite a lot of criticism in Beijing.

... There is one thing that my concubine is worried about. Sima Xiuai, a noble daughter from former Shu, harmed a pregnant talented person. Although the queen stopped her, the talented person died after giving birth. The second prince is pitiful, and the birth mother is humble. The sister-in-law has ordered the second prince to worship Cheng Chongrong as his mother.However, Sima Xiumei murdered the prince and the prince's biological mother, the crime is not light, according to the laws and regulations of the country, he should be killed with a stick. But the brothers of the three kings came to intercede, saying that the guarding of Dongchuan needed the help of the family of the Shu Kingdom. The Sima family had made outstanding achievements.However, the mother and queen are hated by everyone, and the emperor's brother and son will not prosper. If they are so tolerant, there will be more troubles in the future.The concubine came to Beijing, and the mother and queen entrusted her to each other. The emperor's wife secretly conveyed the holy will.I'm afraid that the three kings will hate my concubine, who will be loved by my father and brother, and I will be safe.

... The concubine heard that the Southern Chu army was suppressing Jiameng Pass, and the emperor had sent the three princes back to Dongchuan. However, the concubine was uneasy. The husband’s previous letter mentioned Lu Can’s unfeeling. The art of war, I am afraid that Dongchuan will lose the enemy, and there is a rift between the three princes and the royal family. I see him thinking deeply, fearing that Dongchuan will change, military and state affairs, I should not be involved, but if Dongchuan is in chaos, the Northern Han Dynasty will be difficult. Rest, the concubine can't bear the king to stay for a long time, so she is really worried.

... Today, Hai Zhongying came to Beijing in secret, begging to see my concubine, and wishing to beg Zhou Shangyi as his wife. I had heard that the two were deeply in love, but Shangyi’s name was still in the palace register, and Haishi went to sea all year round. There was some hesitation in body and mind, so I didn't make it clear. Now Hai's sincerity, the concubine made the decision. The day before yesterday, I asked my mother-in-law, Empress Yi, to delete Duanniang's name, and the marriage is scheduled to be completed at the end of the year. The six sons took care of her, but the inner house still needed female officials, and the empress had already promoted a good person from the inner court to be a female official in the mansion. Although this was a great favor, the concubine didn't know what her husband wanted, so she didn't dare to agree.

... " After I read the letter, I sighed softly. Changle was thinking too much. She was worried that the emperor wanted to arrange personal surveillance by my side. In fact, there were at least a few hundred generals and maids in the princess's house, and they were all arranged by the empress herself before entering Beijing. Yes, I really don't know if I want to install a spy. Why do I need to intervene so clearly? Besides, the female officer chosen by the queen must be smart and capable, and it will definitely save Changle. Only benefits.Even if this person is responsible for surveillance, it doesn't matter, and I have nothing to hide. Besides, from the matter of Sima Xiumei, the emperor and the queen regard Changle as their right-hand man. In this way, It is unavoidable that there must be some secret message transmission, and it is even more desirable to have such a person who can leave a channel for message transmission.

I raised my pen and wrote a reply letter, asking Changle to preside over the marriage between Hai Zhongying and Zhou Shangyi on my behalf. In addition, the queen’s kindness must be accepted. As for the matter of King Qing, I didn’t mention it. I don’t want Changle to worry about military affairs. These things are natural The emperor has to worry about it, and I will not go to Dongchuan, just kidding, my reputation there is probably very bad, I have not forgotten about the King of Shu, but the Jinxiu League is developing well in Dongchuan and Shu, but some time ago There is no special information, it seems that I should urge Chen Zhen.

After writing the reply letter to Changle, I picked up Roulan's letter again. After opening it, I almost turned my nose when I read a few lines. The little girl actually said triumphantly in the letter that she had already complained to the queen. Said that I would not allow her to write to the prince, and the queen promised her to teach me a lesson when I returned to Beijing. Fortunately, the rest is all about boasting to me that the Supreme Emperor took her to go out to have fun in micro-clothes. It seems that the Supreme Emperor does not love Roulan in general.Describe the joy in it as if you were on the scene in person. Besides, it was the joy of the three children going to play together after the prince came back from the South Study Room.I feel a little sour in my heart, this little girl is always at home in every way, and seems to be born to restrain me, having such a good time, she still hasn't forgotten to file a complaint.

In the last part, there is a strange thing written. Roulan mentioned that she slipped to Hanyuan to play. Because it used to be my former residence, there are still many documents and precious books in it. Professionally protected and organized.Because Li Lin laughed at her for not knowing poetry after listening to the class for a few days, Rou Lan went to my study to find a rare book to embarrass Li Lin. Effective, Roulan entered secretly, after all, Hanyuan's defense could not be as tight as before.But Roulan discovered an interesting thing. There was a little boy who secretly read my anthology and book collection while no one was watching.Rou Lan originally wanted to send this little boy to Changle, but after a search, he found out that this little boy was called Huo Cong, and I brought him into Prince Yong's Mansion. Thinking, if this matter is known, Huo Cong will definitely be kicked out. Although she is naughty, she is soft-hearted and unwilling to tell the truth, so she forces Huo Cong to explain the article to him. According to Roulan, Huo Cong speaks better than others. I'm good, because she can understand. Seeing this, I couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Back then, I met Donghai and King Qing's subordinates and rescued an orphan. This child had a pair of stubborn eyes, but at that time I was all focused on seizing the heir, so I didn't pay attention to this at all. My child, I remember that later this child became a servant of Prince Yong’s Mansion, and because he was very good at taking care of the flowers and trees, once I saw him, I casually asked him to enter the Han Garden to serve the flowers and trees.But I haven't paid attention to this child, I didn't expect that he is still in Hanyuan, and according to Roulan, he is a studious child. I think I, Jiang Zhe, have the reputation of being a talented scholar, but my registered disciples are all military generals. Needless to say, Roulan, if she is interested in reading, why would I not teach her, Shen'er, even though she is young , but no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the seeds of reading. Now that I worship under Master Cizhen, I should have no problem becoming a martial arts master in the future. When it comes to articles, I don't have any extravagant hopes.After much deliberation, I have no successors who are full of knowledge. Thinking of this, my heart moved. I took out the letter to the princess and asked her to ask Huo Cong to teach her to read it. I decided in my heart that if Huo Cong is really good, I will accept it. If I don't like this disciple, then there's nothing wrong with cultivating a talent, right? Putting down the family letter, I took out the emperor's secret letter, which was exactly the current situation. There was no warning in advance when Nanchu sent troops this time. Thanks to the emperor's plundering of Jianye, although the courtiers of Nanchu treated Dayong very much. Afraid, but it is more fear than hatred. In fact, the government affairs of Nanchu are now in the hands of Shang Weijun. This person may wish to buy peace with gold and silver treasures. In addition to the compensation of one million taels of silver, all kinds of precious tributes will be sent, such as women's gold and silk. In the past few years, my business in Nanchu has tripled the tax collected by the government. Although there are Lu Can, Rong Yuan Such a general, but his military strength has hardly increased. This is also a helpless thing. The army needs such a huge amount of supplies and food. If you don’t have money, don’t even think about raising soldiers. But I still have to admire Lu Can. He has been in the army for the past two years. Farming in the middle of Shu, and doing smuggling business through the Yangtze River water transport and sea transport, the income was a lot of gold and silver, not only training an elite army, but also supporting Rong Yuan who guarded Jingxiang.Of course, not many people know about this matter. Lu Can is very strict, and Shang Weijun, the powerful minister of Southern Chu, is not very clear. After all, the Southern Chu army can be said to be the world of the Lu family. If Shang Weijun If the pressure was too tight, civil strife would have already broken out in Southern Chu before Dayong went south.As for me knowing about this matter, it is because Tianji Pavilion and Jinxiu League are both involved, but I don't want to stop this matter, not to mention that this business brings me millions of silver every year, and being able to control the financial resources of the Southern Chu army I am already very proud. As long as I need it, I can cut off the smuggling route of Nanchu at any time. In this way, the Nanchu army without money and food will be stretched. However, such a sharp weapon must be used at critical times. I don't want to use Southern Chu soldiers to suppress Dongchuan this time. After all, Dayong can't fight on both sides. Before the Northern Han Dynasty is peaceful, the hope of Southern Chu cannot be cut off. I went through the emperor's secret letter and the military information sent by the Ministry of War again, and suddenly I felt a strange feeling in my heart, how could it be such a coincidence, the Northern Han Dynasty was defeated, the Southern Chu raised troops, and King Qing's behavior was so weird, as far as I know Well, this King Qing has the ability to manage Dongchuan for many years, even when Fengyimen is in full swing, he can't do anything about him. How can such a person easily reveal his differences with the royal family? It doesn't matter if he hates King Qi, but he doesn't It should have changed when the king of Qi used troops in the Northern Han Dynasty. Although Sima Xiuai was a noble daughter of the former Shu, she made such a big mistake after the country was subjugated. The Sima family is also a matter of course. King Qing only needs to ask that Sima Xiumei's clansmen not be questioned, which is already a rare favor. A daughter should not let Sima make a decision to break with the Dayong court. Why do I think Qing Is Wang's approach a bit too arrogant?There must be a connection between these three things, but I can't think of it for a while. After thinking for a long time, I still felt clueless, so I put down the documents and walked out of the tent. At this time, it was almost dusk, and the air outside was very cold. It has been many years, but I am still not used to the cold in the Northland.The cold wind cleared my mind a lot, I simply didn't think about anything, just walked around aimlessly.As I was walking, I suddenly saw Xiao Shunzi walking into a small tent with his head down, and I was immediately curious. He has been missing for the past few days. I thought he was practicing some new moves, but unexpectedly, Here, I looked around, and it turns out that I have come to the place where important prisoners are imprisoned, but what is Xiao Shunzi doing here? Although I know that no evil is seen, I was really curious and deliberately walked to a place not far from that tent. Although the distance was still quite far, at least the guards around me couldn’t hear what was said inside, but I could Listen clearly, I put on an appearance of being lost in thought, as if I was still thinking about a battle strategy, but I put all my thoughts on my ears and listened carefully to the situation inside. Ling Duan was lying on the bed, his eyes were full of coldness and grief, he was the only survivor of the ghost rider beside the ghost-faced general, he still clearly remembered that at the last moment, the war horse was lost, only a few ghost riders remained Protecting the general against countless horses and sabers, the colleagues around him lost their lives one by one, and finally only the general and himself were left on the battlefield. In fact, Ling Duan still can't believe that he can survive to that time.Yong Jun shouted "Catch Tan Ji Alive" and surrounded him.The general protected himself behind him. Although he was able to temporarily protect the general's back, the general clearly received most of the attack. At that moment, Ling Duan realized that the general was desperately protecting him. Ling Duan felt grateful and ashamed. To defend desperately, unless I am dead, and not let anyone hurt the general's back, this is Ling Duan's only idea.The last general of Dayong seemed to see his weakness as a general, and turned to attack him fiercely. Just when his horse spear was about to stab his throat, the general blocked the fatal blow for himself with his arm.But in this way, the situation is even more dangerous, surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, with no horses seriously injured, how could there be any hope of surviving.But for a moment, he was stabbed and fell to the ground, while the general stood there motionless, Chang Ge turned into an iron wall, protecting himself from those red-eyed Yong Jun who took his own life.Even after he died, he still protected him with his body.Ling Duan, who couldn't move at all, just watched him so close, collecting countless lives, and watched him being surrounded and killed. From the beginning to the end, the general didn't say a word, but Ling Duan clearly saw that the general's eyes were full of tears. There was no encouragement, it was a look telling me to take care of myself.When Tan Ji fell to the ground, Ling Duan passed out. In fact, when Ling Duan woke up in Dayong's barracks, there was a tinge of joy in his heart amidst the grief and humiliation. He hadn't fully appreciated the beauty of life. After all, death was not what he hoped for, but what happened to him after being captured? what will happen?He will not hold grudges against those Dayong soldiers, because the general has long said that murderers will always be killed. Back then, he was a ghost rider. Even his two elder brothers died in battle, but Ling Duan would not resent Yong Jun, he only hated the sky, why the world is in chaos, and the lives of ordinary people like himself are as cheap as ants.Of course Ling Duan did not hate Yong Jun, but he would not be grateful to Yong Jun for saving him. If given the chance, Ling Duan still hoped to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy again. The general said that any hatred would be settled on the battlefield.But it's not so easy to escape. If he becomes a prisoner of war, he will be sent to hard labor even if he is not executed. How can it be possible to go back to the Northern Han Dynasty? Regardless of Ling Duan's thoughts, he did not live in this camp alone. All the prisoners were imprisoned in the barracks. No matter how high or low they were, there were twelve people in one tent. There were no beds and lights, and there were only a few prisoners with special identities. He has higher treatment, and Ling Duan received such treatment mostly because he is the ghost rider next to Tan Ji, but the other prisoner who lives with him is a bit strange, that person is a senior in the Quartz Camp, His name is Li Hu. Although this man is brave, he is reckless and has a low position. How could he be put in special custody?But this man is Shi Shi's subordinate, Tan Ji and Shi Shi are the most at odds, so Ling Duan is unwilling to talk to him, until this man comes back alive and triumphantly says that his supervisor Chu Xianghou of Dayong was hit by the water Although he did not succeed in taking that person's life, Li Hu was still very proud. Now Ling Duan understood, and looked at this idiot with sympathy, although he did not know exactly who this Chu Xianghou was What kind of character, but it is obvious that treating this kid is to make him look good, just like fattening a pig before butchering, but after thinking about it, he still didn't tell this weak guy that his future is bleak. A person's life is no longer his own, and it is useless to know it earlier, let him relax for a few more days. Just thinking wildly, someone came in at this time, this man was a young man in Tsing Yi, with a handsome appearance, with a bit of femininity, but his expression was as frosty, as lonely and pure as snowflakes in the cold sky, Ling Duan just took one look and then lay down again Go on, that person comes here often these days, it is strange to say, every time this person comes, he only asks how the two people are injured, and then leaves after saying a few gossips. Every time he came, he would bring good wound medicine and some exquisite food. Ling Duan found that since this man came here often, there seemed to be more sergeants imprisoning him, and their attitudes were also very respectful.From these Ling Duan, one can perceive the identity of this person must have a different response, but after asking the sergeants outside, they are all terrified, and no one is willing to talk about that person.However, although this person is kind, Ling Duan is not willing to approach him at all. Perhaps because of years of fighting in the battlefield, Ling Duan is very sensitive to danger. But he is a person who does not take human life seriously.As for Li Hu, he doesn't seem to like to see this person very much, not because he is so smart. Once Ling Duan heard Li Hu mutter something like "sissy", it seems that his rough temper has committed a crime, and he can't see it. This kind of person exists.Today this man came in a little differently from the past, his hands were empty and he didn't bring anything. Although he didn't speak, Ling Duan could feel the coldness coming from his body.Can't help but smile wryly in his heart, presumably this person is ready to tear off his mask today, and glanced at Li Hu sympathetically, Ling Duan could feel that this person's goal is not himself.