This morning, I got ready to go out early and planned to pick up someone.
Zheng Yuanniang and Liu Siniang must follow them. If you want to follow them, you can follow them.
Qingya asked in a low voice: "If anything happens, will it be inconvenient to bring these two ladies with me?"
Tongtong smiled and said: "Three or five people just want to assassinate you? They are not stupid!"
Qingya was puzzled, "Then why are you still..."
Tongtong smiled and said nothing, "Just prepare! It will be fine today!"
yes!
When they were about to go out, Tao Meizhi ran over first, "Princess, let me go with you."
Why?
Tao Meizhi held Tongtong's arm, smiled, and asked in a low voice: "Don't you want that Lu Qi? If you don't want it, I will pick it up."
Tongtong: "..." No, "Lu Qi is an official. You know this, right?"
Know! Know! "I don't care."
That's fine! As long as you're happy. She wanted to follow to pick up Lu Qi.
The four of them got into the carriage, followed by a group of female guards, and headed towards the west gate!
The boss of the biscuits stall threw the biscuits into the oven, opened the door curtain and went in. He said to a boy of 12 or 13 years old: "Get out of the city quickly... You can't do this job! The princess went out with hundreds of female guards.
...Go quickly!" Yes!
Carrying the basket, the boy took a shortcut through the alley and headed straight for the west gate.
Tongtong sat on the carriage, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and after leaving the city, she met five barbarians one after another, a bearded man leading a donkey slowly into the city, and two young men driving the carriage. They had many eyes.
After looking at Tongtong's face for a few times and then avoiding it, there came a pair of foreigners who looked like a father and son. The younger one supported the older one and walked leisurely.
Qing Ya sat on the carriage shaft and looked away. These five people all had a common feature, which was the waist knife hanging on their waist. They looked similar. It was easy to tell that they belonged to the same clan.
Coming from the same family, isn't it strange that the father and son at the back did not sit in the empty car in front?
Then the princess was right, and indeed someone had murderous intentions towards her.
I just know that few people can succeed.
After coming out, I successfully picked up several princes. The personal guards each brought together amounted to a thousand bodyguards. Three or five assassins wanted to get close? This is nothing more than a dream.
In a teahouse on the roadside, near the window on the second floor, there was a thin middle-aged man who looked down, then turned around and asked, "Take so many people with you?"
Cao Rongfa looked ashamed, "My nephew didn't find out clearly."
Uncle Cao shook his head, "No...it's because they are cautious enough! You see, before they were riding horses and arrogantly riding through the city, but now they are all in carriages. The carriages of the royal family are special. Not to mention ordinary bows and arrows, they are ordinary military heroes."
You can’t even ejaculate through it.”
Ah? Wouldn’t that be impossible?
Uncle Cao shook his head, "If assassination doesn't work, then try to use Ming's method." What is Ming's method?
"In the lean season, there are always some people who are restless and want to cause trouble... To counter the rebellion this year, you can lead your group of brothers to go out! Young people should experience and practice. If there are many responders, you can try to invite them
Princes! What's the use of paying homage to the dead souls when you come to the northwest? How can you convince the people if you don't take the lead? When the rebellion was suppressed, the two armies were fighting..." This is an opportunity!
Cao Rongfa responded, "I'm going to prepare now." But where would the rebellion start? Is this accurate?
You don’t have to worry about this. News will come after the Qingming Festival, so you just have to make arrangements. Yes!
Just as Cao Rongfa was about to go out, Uncle Cao stopped him again, "Before, you said that the eldest lady of the Yao family... came up with the murderous idea! Yao Changji didn't dare to do it?"
yes!
"This eldest lady from the Yao family is quite interesting." Uncle Cao knocked on the cup in his hand, "Well... you should send her some news from time to time. Don't underestimate the little girls, their thoughts... are poisonous."
Got it!
So, after Tongtong picked up the people and came back, Yao Shougu also received the news.
Someone hired a barbarian to assassinate the princess? Yao Shougu asked Xiao Tao: "Who did you listen to?"
I don’t know, I just heard someone say it through the flower wall when I was going out.
Yao Shougu cursed ‘idiot’!
What?
Nothing! The idea of assassination is so stinky, why not call the 'horse bandits' to intercept it?
I don't even think about it, the princess takes a female guard with her when she goes out.
If you bring female guards, it's amazing that the assassination of three or five people can be successful! I'm afraid they can't even get close to the princess!
Either, arrange enough people in the right place; or, you have to find a way to make people like the prince and princess alone.
Telling them to be alone? This is almost impossible! When they go out every day, they must bring guards. Even the princess, she will not take less than fifty people when she goes out. These are the words left by the Queen Mother, which were given to the county.
The princess just asked the princess to take these people with her wherever she went.
Therefore, unless there are more than fifty skilled players, they can hit the target with one hit.
But fifty or sixty people are a big group of people! If a large group of people is near Yinzhou, they will definitely pay attention. Moreover, they can't find that many people to assassinate.
What if we really find three or five people to assassinate him, but they fail to kill him, and instead they frighten him?
No! You can't do this. Looking at it, she immediately said: "Ask someone to prepare a car and go out of the house."
Leaving the house again? Taozi whispered: "This old man comes in and out too frequently."
"I just want to make clothes for the princess. I want to go to the jewelry shop to order some jade pieces to decorate the clothes. The master will have to polish them right now!"
Taozi didn't know what the lady was going to do, but she went anyway.
After they got on the carriage, Taozi said: "Everyone at the stable asked, saying that my wife likes to go out now."
Yao Shougu was very nervous, and she knew that doing this would expose her! What to do, "Go to Tuoba's house."
ah?
Xiaotao looked at her master, "Going to Tuoba's house?"
Um!
Xiaotao laughed immediately, "So the lady wants to meet the husband of Tuoba's family?"
That's right! It's not surprising that a little girl would run out eight times a day if she wants to see her favorite husband.
When she arrived at Tuoba Street, she asked Xiao Tao to go down and ask Li Rendan where Mr. Jun's home is.
Li Rendan?
OK!
Li Rendan is just the younger brother of the clan leader Li Renyan! We can only talk about the relationship within the clan. What does this mean? It means that the relationship between Li Rendan and Li Renyan should be outside the fifth server.
Xiaotao got advice from someone selling mutton on the roadside and found a small family home.
She knocked on the door, and someone answered inside. Li Rendan came out, was stunned when he saw Xiao Tao, and hurriedly raised his hands: "You are a young lady? What can I do for you?"
Xiaotao was a little disappointed, the husband's family seemed a little shabby.
But it makes sense to think about it, find someone from a poor family, and the family will give more to the wife when she is promoted. She immediately became enthusiastic again, pointing towards the entrance of the alley, "My wife is on the carriage, and I want to invite my husband.
Talk!"
Li Rendan was a little stunned, but said nothing and left directly: "Please lead the way, little lady."
Xiaotao looked back at the open door, but hesitated to speak.
Li Rendan explained: "On the one hand, the people living here are all tribesmen; on the other hand, they are really impoverished and have nothing to lose."
Xiao Tao understood that she was telling her to tell her wife after she returned home.
In fact, the husband didn't hide it. The clothes he wore were the same as the day he went to the other hospital. They should be the errand clothes he wore when he was on duty. The kind of clothes he was given twice every season.
When they arrived at the carriage, Yao Shougu called Li Rendan: "Get in the carriage! Let's go for an outing outside the city."
Li Rendan was stunned for a moment but got on the carriage.
On the carriage, when he was about to speak, Yao Shougu said "hiss".
Okay! No words for now. I really don’t know what to say to a strange little girl with a good background.
As soon as they left the city, the carriage stopped. Li Rendan got off the carriage first, and then stood by the carriage to help Shou Gu get out. Leaving the coachman and Xiao Tao where they were, the two of them walked away along the river embankment.
There are willow trees on the river bank, and when you look up, you can see wild flowers of all colors in bloom.
Yao Shougu stopped and looked at the handsome young man in front of her. She smiled and said, "I know Mr. Lang has great ambitions."
Li Rendan acquiesced. Isn't it because he associates with those young masters to be easily promoted? If not, he would not be qualified to attend such a banquet.
Yao Shougu chuckled lightly: "I am willing to help you accomplish your great cause."
Li Rendan: "?" What great cause?
Yao Shougu looked into the distance, "As long as the imperial court and Northwest turn against each other, the world will be in chaos. At that time, the imperial court, Northwest, Southwest, Jiaozhi, Liaodong, and the Western Regions... will be completely in chaos. There are many ambitious people.
Now, everyone wants to be the king and hegemony. Any disturbance cannot be settled in less than thirty to fifty years. This has always been the case in the years when dynasties changed. And this time is the opportunity for the young master!"
Li Rendan: "...????" Don't the imperial court understand this truth? Those young masters who dare to do this to the imperial court are thinking that the imperial court does not dare to cause chaos, and will definitely acquiesce in the northwest's independence, or, that the northwest will temporarily
The reality of not returning to the imperial court. After giving Northwest enough autonomy, should we slowly start plotting?
Thinking this way, it is actually feasible.
But what does this lady from the Yao family mean by this? I don’t quite understand. Why is this my chance? I want money but no money, and I want no one, so I can only rely on flattering others to look more respectable than others and calling them younger brothers.
My sister's life is just a little better.
My chance? What is my chance?
Also, what does it mean that the imperial court and Northwest are completely at odds with each other, and how can they be completely at odds with each other?
Yao Shougu laid out the plan, "They plan to assassinate the princess, the eldest prince and others, but they can't do it with just a few assassins. Unless there is a legitimate reason, they can be transferred out of Yinzhou and then killed!"
Li Rendan's eyes widened: You're crazy!
He didn't say anything, just listened quietly. It wasn't until the other party finished speaking that he said, "I'll take you back."
Yao Shougu coughed and was really tired after being out for half a day.
After sending the person back, Li Rendan went to Ganlu Temple, asked someone to send a message to Yao Changji, and explained the matter in the main hall: "...this lady of yours is really amazing! Look at me today.
For Brother Yao's sake, I just pretend I've never heard of it. But I still have to restrain this lady's words and deeds, otherwise, the Yao family will be in bad luck, and I'm afraid I won't be able to escape the blame."
Yao Changji secretly resented: Why did such an idiot appear at that time and mess up everything?
If this continues, this woman will no longer be able to stay.
He said, "I understand...just go back. Don't mention this to anyone!"
yes!
Li Rendan left, but as soon as he got home, the head of the family was sitting at home. He was immediately flattered and asked, "Why are you here?"
Li Renyan chuckled, "Let's take a look at you!" She then looked up and down this clan member, "I heard that the eldest lady of the Yao family is here to look for you?"
Li Rendan didn't know how to answer the call.
Li Renyan said: "If this lady is serious, I, as your elder brother, will definitely propose to you. You don't need to worry about the bride price, and you don't need to take care of the house. I will definitely arrange the marriage in a dignified manner for you."
Don't! If you have such an ignorant person, it will be a disaster for the whole family.
He quickly stopped and told the story in a low voice.
Li Renyan was stunned: "Is there such a thing?"
yes!
Li Renyan pondered, "Then you're sick! Don't go out. Keep this matter in your stomach and don't mention it to anyone."
yes!
Li Renyan left, and Li Rendan stood there for a long time unable to recover, but his heart started to panic for no reason.
On the day of Qingming, ritual music was played and a great ceremony was held!
But on this day, news came - there was a rebellion in Shazhou!
Shazhou is a gathering area for the Uighurs!
As soon as the sacrifice was over, the military tent in the Duke's Mansion was raised. The old Duke sat high in the main hall, with the commanders on the left and the military generals sitting in two rows.
The Crown Prince sat sideways, and Link Yong could only sit in the audience seat.
The eldest prince, the second prince, all the way to Tongtong, and so on.
Lin Keqin clicked on Shazhou, "The Uighurs moved here from the oasis! They originally occupied the earlier Gaochang Kingdom, which is rich in products, including wheat, white seeds, and even planting mulberry and raising silkworms. It produces white salt.
, red salt, iron ore and gold mines are all very easy to mine! However, this place is too close to the Turks! Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Uighurs have been part of the Turkic Khanate alliance. When the Central Plains dynasty flourished, they secretly colluded. When the Central Plains dynasty was scattered, they
A natural alliance. During the Tang Dynasty, the Uighurs did not submit to the Khitan. Now, with the establishment of the Chen Dynasty, the Uighurs are dissatisfied with moving eastward from the oasis and have the intention of rebelling and fleeing north. If we really ask the Uighurs to flee north, it will be difficult to maintain the contract between us and the Liao Kingdom.
The Liao Kingdom will definitely help the Uighurs get back the oasis land. Moreover, the place where the former Gaochang Kingdom was located is the only way to the Western Regions."
This is an important road connecting the Western Regions, and its military and economic value is immeasurable.
Lin Keyong then asked, "It is right to move them out, considering the overall situation; but to them, it is equivalent to taking away other people's property, how can others be convinced?"
"The ones who moved out were the nobles and their subordinates, leaving behind the other common people of the Uighurs!" Lin Keqin said, "The northwest has always advocated the mixing of tribes, which is also one of the reasons why the northwest has been relatively stable in the past twenty years. The Uighurs
Seventy people are still in the oasis! These seventy people did not get any benefit from the nobles when they were in the oasis! Those nobles just moved and their property was not confiscated. Of course, the right to mine and buy salt and iron was deprived.
"
Link nodded and asked, "Is there any compensation in Shazhou?"
"Yes! Shazhou has sandy land that can be planted. One hundred acres can be exchanged for two hundred acres!" Link said casually, "Even if you don't plant crops, as long as you plant trees, if you plant more than twenty acres of trees every year, you will be exempted from the tax per person."
Lin Yutong didn't know this! It turns out that there is a tree planting policy in the northwest.
She looked at the Fourth Master, who whispered: "If you cut down one tree, you must plant three more trees, otherwise you will be severely punished."
Then this must be what Taizu meant!
While there is still time to save, try to preserve water and soil as much as possible. This is the most precious resource left to future generations.
Fourth Master whispered, "Go and look at the surrounding cities. The vegetation coverage is extremely high, not inferior to the farming areas in the Central Plains."
Tongtong couldn't help but feel moved. It can be said that the Lin family has implemented some of Taizu's seemingly absurd ideas very well. In fact, planting trees is really not that complicated. For example, poplars, willows, and pomegranate trees can just be planted with stems.
To make it alive, cut off a branch, cut it into sections according to the bud points, insert it into the ground, pour a ladle of water into it, and it will come alive.
Based on this comparison, it is reasonable for the Lin family to restrict the Uighur nobles in this way.
Lin Ke didn't need to ask, Lin Keqin also said, "The Uighurs are not many in number, but they believe in Manichaeism...doctrine is more difficult. If there is any friction, it must arise from the doctrine. And the doctrine can bring each other together."
People from different tribes united."
The dissatisfaction of Buddhism and the dissatisfaction of other religions is the reason why there are rebellions in the northwest.
Tongtong frowned, how do you talk about faith? In a thousand years, it will still be an unsolvable problem.
This is where they differ from the people of the Central Plains.
How to solve this problem in the long term is something that needs to be considered in the future! Now, those who start a rebellion must first put down the rebellion.
As we were talking here, there was a noise outside, and someone came to ask for a fight.
The leader was Yao Changji, followed by young people in his late teens or early 18s.
As soon as they came in, they all knelt on one knee and said, "My lord, Shazhou is only three or four days' journey from Yinzhou. It's just a small group of rebels. We are willing to go out to quell the rebellion..." After saying this, he looked
Looking at the eldest prince, he said, "I just came back from the sacrifice, and the heroic spirit is not far away. We, the younger generation, were born in the northwest and grew up in the northwest, so we should protect the northwest. Lord, please protect the northwest! We are sincere!"
"My lord, protect the heart of the northwest, we are sincere!"
If one person says it, everyone will follow!
Lin Chongwei chuckled lightly, "Monkey cubs, okay! If you want to go, you can go. It's already a red butt, so it doesn't matter if you get a few more slaps."
He looked at the crowd and said, "What do you think?"
Yao Pinghai glanced at his son and then said: "You're not young anymore. It's not an option to just be reluctant to give up. Several major generals are guarding the border, but there are still such spoiled brats. Since you want to fight, then call him.
!”
Commander Zuo then said, "War is not a child's play, you need someone who can lead you. Where is Chongwen? His name is Chongwen..."
"Old Commander!" The eldest prince stood up, "You young generals are sincere in protecting the northwest, and we are also sincere in protecting the northwest! We are in the northwest, and we should protect the northwest together. Since you young generals have asked for a fight, today, our brothers also ask for a fight.
.We are willing to go together to suppress the rebellion in Shazhou!"
this?
Commander Zuo looked at Lin Chongwei. If one or two people were injured, how would he explain it?
Lin Chongwei looked at his eldest son, "What do you think?"
Lin Keqin glanced at Link Yong and chuckled, "You princes are brave and brave. I have heard about it for a long time. Since His Highness has asked you to fight, then you should accept it! The commander... also takes a second life." As he said,
His eyes moved to Ma Chaogui, then passed over Yu Wenheng, and then he said: "You have led the troops. This trip, Ma Chaogui will be in charge, and Yu Wenheng will be his deputy. He will gather 5,000 men and horses, and we will send out the troops today."
Ma Chaogui is the son of Commander Zuo and the nephew of the Crown Prince's wife. He was able to lead the army the year before last, but he has been recuperating since he was injured on the battlefield. He heard that there was a rebellion and wanted to return to the army, but he met so many people who wanted to fight. And then he was given the opportunity.
Such an appointment.
He was not allowed to bargain before the battle, so he had to accept the order, "Now order the troops and send them out in an hour."
Lin Chongwei threw the token out, and Ma Chaogui caught it, then turned and left.
The eldest prince stood up, bowed, and then left.
Tongtong stood up, fell at the end, and left quickly.
The troops will be sent out in an hour, so preparations must be made immediately.
Lin Keqin shouted: "Tongtong——"
Tongtong stopped, looked back at his uncle, and asked with his eyes: Is there anything else you want to tell me?
Just when Lin Keqin was about to speak, Link Yong waved his hand, "Go! Be careful."
Lin Keqin quickly glared at Link: Is this what a biological father should say?
Tongtong smiled, said nothing, turned around and ran away.
Link Yong withdrew his gaze and stood in the middle of the main hall: "Royal Guard of the Heart of the Northwest, sincerely!"
After saying that, he walked away slowly.
Zheng Yuanniang put on her riding attire, put on soft armor, held a long knife in her hand, and chased Tongtong out, "Princess, wait a moment!"
Lin Yutong looked at her, "What are you doing?"
Zheng Yuanniang had a solemn look on her face, "If we can't go together now, how can we go together in this life?"
But the battlefield is dangerous, and going here is even more dangerous. The situation in the northwest must be solved amidst danger.
Zheng Yuanniang nodded, "I know! But the more dangerous it is, the harder it is to avoid it! Princess, let me go! There is a first time for everything. If I don't go, how can I know that I can't do it?"
Liu Siniang felt that she was so unlucky that she just wanted to be alone. She felt that not causing trouble was the greatest support! Why did she have to go?
Thinking like this, I feel that Zheng Yuanniang is right. There are some things that cannot be avoided by hiding. If you hide this time, what about next time? What about next time?
She hesitated before following her, "If you don't feel like it's a burden to take me with you, I can go."
No! I can’t take you.
Tongtong whispered: "Now that we are leaving, I have something to entrust to you. You guys are in the house, please help me keep an eye on these three people."
who?
"Yao Shougu, fifth lady Meng, seventh lady Zhou..."
Do we need to keep an eye on the Duke's mansion? Is there anything that the Duke doesn't know about?
Zheng Yuanniang wanted to speak, but Tongtong added, "Ask them more, especially about religious matters. I'm afraid women know more about such things. The rebellion in front of us is just a trivial matter. The danger in the northwest lies in the different
The teachings! Most of the people who believe in them are incited by them. And who is hiding behind the teachings is the key. But this information cannot only be based on the news from the Duke’s office."
After saying that, he bowed his hands and said, "Please."
Zheng Yuanniang stopped insisting and said: "I will send the princess out."
good!
He got on his horse, holding a spear in his hand, and followed Han Siyuan on his horse.
After Cao Rongfa confirmed the expedition members one by one, he couldn't help but smile a little.
Beside the city gate, next to the small pulp water stalls, a middle-aged man sipped the physalis water with a happy smile in his eyes.
After his eyes met Li Renyan who was seeing him off, they separated as soon as they made a mistake.
One of them stood silently among the generals, looking at the young man with concern; the other drank the syrup, stood up, and limped slowly away.
Born in the northwest, grew up in the northwest, and protects the northwest?
Young people, the northwest is not your northwest, is it protected?!
