Chapter 4: Changes (eight times) As the body in her arms gradually became colder, Xuzi's heart sank little by little. "Erya! Erya, don't sleep, I'll order the general right now!" he shouted loudly. I shouted, hoping to wake up those reluctant eyes, but the person in my arms never responded.
"Erya, wait a minute, I haven't started to order generals yet?" Li Xu couldn't bear it anymore and sobbed against his wife's face. He was granted the title of Marquis before he was thirty. He became an invincible general among a million troops and was rich. A life with a caring wife, and a child about to be born. Happiness was once so close to him, almost within his reach. But the moment he stretched out his finger, everything suddenly shattered, leaving blood dripping all over his body.
There was a loud thunder outside the curtain, and God seemed to be angry, trying to split the dirty world in front of him into dust. After the lightning passed, the dirty world remained the same, only the muddy water flowing on the ground became a little redder, like a human being. The blood dripping from my heart
Li Xu pinched his thigh hard, hoping that what was happening in front of him was not the truth. The severe pain told him clearly that he was not in a dream at this moment. "Tell me, tell me, what on earth are you going to do!" He stood up and said to him. He yelled at the master in the shadows, but the only one who answered him was Xiao Xiao Fengyu
There may be gods in this world, but they are all asleep. They don't want to care about the sorrows in the world, and they can't care about them.
I don't know how long it took, Li Xu slowly calmed down, knelt down again, and gently pulled his wife's clothes flat with his hands. He remembered that Erya was a clean person. Although she didn't like luxury, she usually wore the clothes she wore. She would tidy up everything she wore on her head and on her head. She liked a pair of ebony pearls, which was a gift from a merchant outside the Great Wall. Since there was only one pair, she used some tricks to keep her from fighting. She used her fingers to gather her hair, wiped the water on her chest, and put it back into the ends of her hair. Because she had been holding the reins for a long time, her palms were stained, and Asahi stained them with the corners of her clothes. The water helped her wash cleanly, and gently put it back on her swollen belly. Her face was vaguely stained with tears, as if the petals had been knocked down by the cold rain. Xuzi lowered her head and kissed her gently with her lips, just like... One sunny morning, he used this method to wake up Erya
After finishing all this, he closed the gauze curtain on Hu's bed, turned around and walked to the center of the military tent. "Erya, I'm going to gather the generals. You listen quietly and don't be discovered!" At the moment he turned back, Xu Zi thought in his heart. Then he straightened up and walked quickly behind the handsome case. "Bang the drum!" he yelled with all his strength, and his voice penetrated the wind and rain and spread far away.
"Boom - boom - boom!" The low drum sound penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks, and exploded "Boom - boom boom - boom!" In the sky, countless lightning bolts echoed the sound of the drums, followed closely by the sound of wind and rain. , the sound of horse hooves and the sound of horns sounded at the same time, like a majestic breaking music. After all the sounds fell, the world slowly returned to silence. Only the patter of rain diluted and washed the red blood, and slowly turned into nothingness
After the rain cleared, several small boats quickly rushed to Yangzhou City along the official road that had just been opened a few days ago. The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty had just eaten a few cups of fresh baked goods and was preparing to take a nap at noon. Suddenly he heard the noise outside the palace and said impatiently. He waved his hand and scolded: "Didn't I say that if you have anything to do, go to Pei Ju and Yu Shiji first? Why did you send the memorial to me again to drag this reckless guy to the gate of the palace and slap him with twenty boards, so as to save him from having to deal with it next time?" Don’t have a long memory!”
"Yes!" the imperial guards agreed and hurried out. The noise suddenly stopped. After a moment, a vague ancient music came from the depths of the imperial garden, which made people's minds clear.
"Who is playing the piano over there? He seems to be very skilled in it?" Yang Guang leaned his body on the brocade and asked in a daze.
"It's Ji'er. Among our children, she is the only one who loves these!" Xiao Hou, who was rubbing her husband's shoulders, listened and answered with a smile.
"Well, the fingering is good, and the key is Guanglingsan. This score is not suitable for her! It's too sad and lacks vitality!" Yang Guang listened for another moment and commented in a low voice that he was very accomplished in chess, calligraphy and painting, basically
In his opinion, the sound of the piano must be suitable for the surrounding environment. To play a swan song under such bright sunlight is obviously not a good match. No wonder it always sounds strange.
I feel like it’s a bit lacking in artistic conception, and it’s hard to resonate with people!
"Children, don't you just like to pretend to have gone through many vicissitudes of life!" Empress Xiao pursed her lips and interrupted with a smile, "Let her go as she pleases. Our daughter does not expect to have any achievements better than those of others."
A world-famous luthier!"
"That's right. How can our daughter play the piano for others? But when I heard the sound of the piano, I remembered one thing. Ji'er is thirteen this year?" Yang Guang resisted the waves of sleepiness and spoke one sentence at a time.
ask
"I will be fourteen after the new year. When I was as old as she was, I had already paid homage to His Majesty!" Empress Xiao knew what her husband was thinking, and responded with a smile. Those years of sharing joys and sorrows are like a jar of old wine, time is spent.
The longer it is, the warmer the aftertaste is.
"I, I do have a good person in my heart. He came from a humble background, but he is not like those guys in Jiangdu who know both coldness and warmth. They are all wolf-hearted!" Yang Guang yawned and said coquettishly, "He will open up the river for me."
Now, let's wait for the weather to cool down and then we can return to Luoyang safely. I don't know how to reward him for such a great contribution. What do you think of marrying Ji'er to him?"
"The person Your Majesty likes must be right!" Seeing that Yang Guang was too sleepy to open his eyes, Empress Xiao stopped what she was doing and smiled perfunctorily.
She understood who her husband wanted to be Jackie Chan's son-in-law. Recently, almost everyone in Dongdu was talking about that name. He led four thousand cavalry to fight thousands of miles, and defeated tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Wagang, so that they did not dare to turn back.
Black Flag, such a young hero, is indeed worthy of his Ji'er. It's just that this person is a little too courageous. He first opened the Guancheng warehouse without permission, and then unceremoniously distributed the land snatched from the bandits to the meritorious ones.
It had only been a few days since the county soldiers' canal and official roads were re-connected. Two large baskets of papers had been sent to impeach him from various places. If His Majesty hadn't given instructions earlier, the relevant papers had been ignored and the courtiers didn't even know they were going to cause trouble.
What kind of monster is coming!
"If you have time, go and ask Jill what she means!" Yang Guang turned over and his breathing slowly became even. After all, he was no longer young. He couldn't overcome the alcohol, and his face and neck were as swollen as boils.
Ripe shrimps are as red as
"Yes!" Empress Xiao agreed softly, and then sighed softly. The man in front of her was a dutiful father and a husband who knew the warmth and warmth. Although he may not be a good emperor, how can there be a perfect man in the world? For women,
, knowing how to appreciate and pity yourself is the most important thing, everything else can come second.
Yang Guang, who was on the bed, seemed to be fast asleep, so he didn't hear his wife's sigh at all. After a while, a light snoring started to sound, rising and falling, which made people feel upset.
Empress Xiao slowly stood up and tiptoed to cover her husband with the brocade quilt. Although it was already early summer, the wind outside the curtain was still slightly chilly. Her husband's body bones were not as good as before, and a small amount of wind chill was enough to knock him down. He concentrated on it.
After pondering Yang Guang's sleeping form for a moment, she gently walked towards the door of the palace. Several eunuchs who had been waiting there hurried forward and held up a big yellow umbrella with all their hands and feet.
"Do you want to go to the garden?" a palace maid asked in a low voice.
"No!" Empress Xiao shook her head, "Where did the messenger just come from, and where did the guards take him?"
"He came from Henan. He seemed to be in a hurry. Seeing that His Majesty was impatient, Commander Dugu took him to the court room to meet Lord Yu!" Several eunuchs did their duty, and after a little thought, they gave an accurate answer.
s answer
"Then let's go see Mr. Yu and see what happened?" Empress Xiao thought for a while and decided that she knew that Yu Shiji and Pei Ju liked to report good news but not bad news. The country was in danger right now, and they could no longer leave it to them.
Naughty temper
As if she had a telepathic connection, before Queen Xiao could take a step forward, there was a rush of footsteps on the brick corridor leading to the front hall. Two officials with gauze hats tilted and disheveled clothes seemed to have lost their souls, stumbling and embarrassed.
"Aren't those Mr. Yu and Mr. Pei?" The eunuch on duty had good eyesight and recognized the identity of the people from a distance.
"Give the two adults a parasol!" Empress Xiao blocked the door of the dormitory with her body and ordered in a low voice. Judging from the demeanor of the two ministers, I'm afraid something earth-shattering happened outside, but her husband had just gone to bed.
, doesn’t like others to disturb him at this time.
Yu Shiji and Pei Ju also knew that they came at the wrong time, so they did not dare to rush directly into the bedroom and bowed to Empress Xiao from a distance. While panting, they shouted in a low voice: "I have seen the queen! Henan, Henan is out
It’s a big deal!”
"You two adults don't need to be more polite. What happened to make you so panicked? Can't you just let it go and tell your majesty tomorrow?" Empress Xiao asked with a straight face in a low voice.
"Li Zhongjian defeated the main force of Li Mi's Wagang Army five days ago and beheaded more than 20,000 people!" Yu Shiji took a few breaths and replied with a forced smile, "So the two of us wanted to tell His Majesty this happy event. We forgot for a moment that His Majesty had
Napping habit!”
"That's a good thing!" Queen Xiao's brows twitched, and her voice rose a little higher unconsciously. She quickly glanced back into the room, and through the sparse bead curtains, she saw her husband still sleeping soundly, hesitating.
After a while, he pretended to be very happy and ordered: "You two wait a little longer. When His Majesty wakes up, I will tell him that what he wants to know most these days is the outcome of the battle between General Li and the Wagang bandits. He will definitely call
Just ask for the details!"
"Yes, yes, but some accidents happened after this battle!" Yu Shiji began to stutter, and the expression on his face looked very embarrassed. Reporting good news and then worrying was his favorite method to deal with Yang Guang. He changed
After the target, the effect was vastly different.
In order to prevent Empress Xiao from misunderstanding that they were deliberately fooling him, Pei Ju, another person in charge of government affairs, quickly took over the conversation and said, "The two urgent reports arrived at the same time, so we can only report the omissions together."
, please forgive me the Queen!"
"Say, is there anything else? Is General Li injured?" An ominous premonition suddenly surged into Queen Xiao's heart. She suppressed the tension in her heart and asked with a trembling voice.
"No, he's not injured!" Pei Ju had beads of sweat rolling on his forehead. He really didn't know how to express himself so that the news wouldn't sound too shocking. "Li, there was some misunderstanding between General Li and Dongdu.
There is no pursuit of the Wagang people..."
"When Your Majesty wakes up, just ask him to write a letter in his own hand to mediate. It's just a few warehouses of grain. Master Duan and the others are the same. They have to make people work hard and not feed them enough!" Queen Xiao shook her head with a smile.
Said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone
Only a lunatic would do such a boring thing to lose a general because of a few jealous left-behind officials. Pei and Yu are both veteran ministers with many years of experience in assisting the government, but they can tolerate the shame of some people and not deal with it.
No wonder the world has become more and more chaotic in recent years. The pillar ministers all look like this. How can it be surprising that they can manage the country well?
"No, it's not that simple!" Pei Ju, who had always been calm, was so anxious that he stamped his feet. Empress Xiao was smart and not as easy to fool as Yang Guang, so many of the speeches specially prepared for Yang Guang were useless at this moment.
"Does Dongdu still dare to disobey His Majesty's will?" Queen Xiao was annoyed by Pei Ju's hesitant look, and anger gradually came out of her voice when she asked.
"No, it's not a violation!" Pei Ju lowered his head, not daring to meet the aggressive eyes in front of him. He muttered nonsense several times. He finally got his mind together and whispered in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Mr. Rong, finish what you said! Dongdu Na
Bian misunderstood that General Li and Li Yuan's uncle and nephew had colluded to rebel, so he opened the defense line in Hulao and Xingyang, and put Xu Zeimao Gong behind General Li. General Li had just finished a battle with the main force of Wagang and found that he was
He was betrayed by someone else, and he behaved in a rage and was surrendered by Zhai and Xu Maogong..."
"What was the final result? Didn't General Li bring the cavalry? He made up his mind to rush back, how could the thieves stop him?" The afternoon sun suddenly became a bit dazzling, and Queen Xiao swayed back and forth, holding on to her body.
The palace maid's shoulders barely managed to stand firm. Her husband had just mentioned this young man to her. She didn't expect that he would follow in the footsteps of old General Zhang Xutuo so quickly. But this man is obviously very cautious in his military use. How could he suddenly have such a violent temper?
Change?
A woman's intuition told her that there must be a hidden secret, but expecting Pei Ju and Yu Shiji to tell the truth was tantamount to talking nonsense. Suppressing her suffocating heartbeat, Empress Xiao continued to ask: "He did not tell Guan Cheng and Hulao
Are you asking for help? Wang Bian and Pei Renji didn’t respond after asking for help.”
"It was the decree from Dongdu that ordered Wang Bian and Pei Renji to stay put and be ready to capture General Li at any time. So General Li did not break out towards Xingyang, but sent the county soldiers away first, and then led his soldiers directly
Rushing to the Yellow River ferry, he was entangled by rogue bandits at the ferry. The two sides fought fiercely for a day and night. According to Wang Bian, who was left to guard the city, General Li was defeated in the end. He refused to be humiliated by the enemy and jumped into the Yellow River with his men and horses.
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Wherever he could be confused, Pei Ju tried his best to tell him that according to the messenger, it was Dongdu who sent Duan Da, Liu Changgong and other important ministers leading tens of thousands of troops to block Li Xu's retreat, and the Wagang army took advantage of the situation to fight back.
The soldiers and horses formed a siege on General Li. Seeing that the situation was over, General Li did not want to let the county soldiers die in vain, so he took the initiative to give orders to the commanders of the county soldiers, asking them to lead the county soldiers back to their hometowns through the defense lines of Duan Da and others.
Subsequently, four thousand Boling cavalry were outnumbered and were strangled by two Wagang armies on the south bank of the Yellow River.
But these words cannot be told truthfully to His Majesty the Emperor, otherwise I don’t know how many people will lose their heads. We have already passed away, and we cannot destroy more pillars of the country because of a loser who may no longer be alive.
"Oh God!" Empress Xiao couldn't hold on any longer, and her whole body softened. According to her husband, that young man was the last pillar of the Sui Dynasty. Although his surname was also Li, he probably corresponded to the folk song of Peach and Plum.
But the couple tried not to think about the bad side, and pinned their hopes for the revival of the imperial court on this unique warrior sent by God. They never expected that the people who stayed in the Eastern Capital would be so smart that they would destroy the Great Wall.
"Has anyone seen the body? Or is the Wagang Army asking for ransom with the body? I'll tell you how much it will cost. Just send someone to come and take care of it!" Being supported by two palace maids, Queen Xiao still felt weak in her legs and feet.
Tears, she asked incoherently
"No body has been found so far. It rained too much in those two days and it was probably washed away by the river! Other news is not accurate. I have ordered local officials and supervisors to write a detailed memorial again to explain the cause and the cause of the incident.
The final outcome is written clearly, and no one is allowed to deliberately conceal it! I have discussed General Li’s death and will follow General Zhang’s example and never treat his family badly!" For fear of implicating himself, Yu
