It was half cold and half warm in Jin in February. There was still snow in the shadows of the mountains, but grasses were already growing and blooming in the sun. But most people had no time to pay attention to these things, because on the ridges and acres outside the city, people were working hard everywhere.
farming.
On this day, the weather was sunny. In the afternoon, the sun slanted westward and dyed a cloud red.
At this time, Bai Yousi entered the Liushou Mansion.
And when she saw her father, Bai Hengqiu, the British prince who stayed behind in Taiyuan, was playing chess and drinking tea in the pavilion in the backyard garden with his old friend Zhang Shijing, the new envoy of Fenyang Palace. He looked very happy.
"Father, you are in such a good mood." Bai Yousi seemed to appear out of thin air, leaning directly against a pillar in the garden with his sword in his hand. "Uncle Zhang is also very happy."
"Since I knew you left Dongdu, I have been thinking about when you can come, but it has been delayed all winter." The British male didn't even turn his head, he directly picked up the tea bowl and took a slight sip. He seemed to be complaining, but his expression was
easy.
It seemed as if he had already sensed his daughter's arrival.
Zhang Shijing raised his head after realizing it, and also laughed on the spot: "Niece Rang Xian is making a joke. It means that your father has become a stay-at-home officer in Taiyuan, so that I can be a palace envoy who can give up. Otherwise, I would have been impeached long ago."
"In this world, as long as you leave Dongdu and Jiangdu three hundred miles away, it is difficult to be impeached." Bai Yousi answered easily, with a double entendre. "What's more, there is a Hedong across the river from Dongdu, and there is a great master.
Be a barrier."
"Have you gone to see Old Master Zhang?" Bai Hengqiu put down his tea bowl and asked seriously.
Zhang Shijing also calmed down a little.
"It's not just Old Master Zhang." Bai Yousi's tone was calm, but his words were clear and powerful. "I also went to see the master, and I also went to Shu to meet the man who is said to be the twelfth one.
The great master was the owner of the lodge, and then he took a trip to the Xiling Mountains, climbed a snow-capped mountain, and then paid a visit to Master Zhang on the way back..."
At this point, Bai Yousi paused and added: "Master Jin Ge is in good health, as Zhang Xing said."
"Uncle, he is an old man who will live forever." Zhang Shijing twisted his beard and smiled, saying nothing, just looking at his best friend.
The British Duke did not mean to dismiss this close friend, but asked him face to face: "What Zhang Sanlang means is that the saint repeatedly abandoned the way of being a king, and finally abandoned the world and left, so that the world was in chaos and the people were in dire straits.
The true energy is replenished, and the practitioners up and down are once again able to ride on the wind of troubled times?"
"Yes." Bai Yousi asked his father seriously. "Does Father think so too?"
"Absolutely." Mr. Yingying responded calmly. "I am also a good practitioner, and I am not too bad. How could I not notice it? The vitality of the world is in turmoil, troubled times are about to arise, and the struggle between dragons and snakes is already a reality.
In fact, I'm afraid you don't know yet. In the Deposed Dragon Gang started by Zhang Sanlang and Li Shu, there have been several Condensing Pills. Looking at them individually, of course it's hard to say what they are, but in terms of
Looking at it together, he seems to be a hero who rises to the occasion..."
"That's it, I'm afraid it's not enough." Bai You thought for a moment and shook his head on the spot. "The Deposed Dragon Gang will undoubtedly be defeated, at least in the Eastern Territory..."
"What should I say?" Bai Hengqiu came to see his daughter with great interest.
"For one thing, practitioners started too late. Compared with the imperial court that has multiple masters and a great master, it is far behind. When Xiong Bonan really touches the status of a master, even Cao Zhongcheng will fight for his life.
...It’s not that the Grand Master cannot be dealt with, and the Grand Master who leaves the tower has an opportunity to take advantage of it, but it is definitely not something that a few condensed pills and Chengdan can deal with. When it reaches a certain level, Zhong Cheng abandons the tower and flies over, with the army behind him.
Swing it down, press it down with a palm from the front, and the only thing they can do is to scatter like birds and beasts."
Bai Yousi answered frankly.
"Secondly, in terms of geography, although Dongjing occupies the word "东", everyone knows that it is because Dongyi has never been unified. It is actually the whole world... This is like playing chess without taking up a corner.
We also have to occupy an edge, where can we move from the middle? Not to mention, Guanlong, Hebei, and Jiangdong, which have been in opposition for hundreds of years, have already formed a group and have the potential to make the first move."
"That's the truth." Zhang Shijing slapped her thigh violently.
Bai Hengqiu also nodded, but then asked with a smile: "Did you tell Zhang Sanlang about this?"
"No." Bai Yousi said.
"That's what needs to be said." The British Duke sighed while twisting his beard.
"There's no need to say it because Saburo originally told me these words." Bai Yousi smiled calmly.
Bai and Zhang were slightly startled.
Then Bai Hengqiu was the first to come to his senses and asked: "Then do you know that he robbed the queen?"
"I found out on the way." Bai Yousi narrated calmly. "But he won't do anything to Zhonggong. It's more like using this matter as a cover-up to provoke Liang Jun and act as a buffer."
"I also think he has something in his heart." Bai Hengqiu continued to sigh. "In that case, there is no need to let him stay in that mess in the East... Zhang Sanlang is a man of intelligence and talent, and he is indeed the same as Zhang Shizhao.
It's somewhat similar, but the temperament is really different. When he's on the other side, he looks more like Old Man Cao."
At this point, Bai Hengqiu sighed and finally stood up: "Sanniang, some of the words you say may sound like clichés, but they are the words from the bottom of my heart..."
"Isn't it natural for a father to say these things to his daughter?" Bai Yousi also walked out from the corridor. "But I don't know what the heartfelt words are?"
"I want to say that young people should not think too highly of themselves, especially not of a person's role in the general trend." Bai Hengqiu also walked out of the pavilion with his hands behind his hands and looked at his daughter with awe. "This is not just about ability.
It means that some things are difficult and wrong, so you should avoid them at the beginning, otherwise you will dive in. You think you can get out in time, you think you can move forward calmly, but you will often be overwhelmed by the situation.
The bondage is shaken by the people and things that I have experienced. When the time comes, let alone not being able to get out, and being completely defeated, even if I get out and get over it, I will still be heartbroken."
At this point, the British Duke turned to look at the palace ridge not far away, paused, and then added: "The human heart is made of flesh. The past is gone forever, but the old friends will always be in our hearts...
Under the general trend, it seems that one has many choices, but there is often only one way to go to the end, which wastes one's energy in vain."
Zhang Shijing also sighed, as if he had thought of something.
Bai Yousi was silent for a moment, nodded, and solemnly expressed her approval, but didn't ask any more questions... At her age, it would be strange if her father didn't tell some old and jealous stories about his early years.
Especially the second son of a big family. He had no restraints when he was young and spent half his life wandering. He only had his eldest daughter in his late twenties. Who knows if he can write a novel specifically.
"I will tell Sanlang." A thought flashed through Bai Yousi's mind, and then he immediately returned to the topic. "Father, do you have any explanation?"
Zhang Shijing, who was still sitting in the pavilion, remained silent, but his eyes became sharp, just staring at his old friend.
Bai Hengqiu brushed down his sleeves and asked seriously: "What do you want Sanniang to say to your father?"
"Father, are you going to rebel?" Bai Yousi made no secret of it.
"I want to see the situation." Bai Hengqiu was equally magnanimous.
Zhang Shijing, who was in the pavilion behind him, frowned slightly.
"What situation should we look at?" Bai Yousi held the long sword and asked, unable to wait. "Are we waiting for my father to take that step and become a great master, or are we waiting for Cao Zhongcheng to be tired of the current situation and his energy is wasted? Or are we waiting until Zhang Zhongcheng is exhausted?
The old master or my master is disturbed by worldly things and is willing to make a deal with you?"
"It's all okay." Bai Hengqiu thought for a while and simply responded. "Don't you think it's okay?"
"This kind of thing doesn't matter." Bai Yousi thought thoughtfully, and then asked seriously. "The key is what kind of world are you going to build if your father succeeds?"
"Which aspect?" The British gentleman was puzzled for a moment.
"Imitate the Wei Dynasty and continue to control Guanlong to suppress Hebei and Jiangdong?" Bai Yousi asked seriously.
"This is natural." The British public servant laughed. "Do you want me to control Hebei to suppress Guanlong and Jiangdong? Or should I control Jiangdong to suppress Hebei and Guanlong?"
This seems to be a natural answer.
"Can't we just look at it all?" Bai Yousi asked back.
"It's difficult." Bai Hengqiu was speechless for a moment. "We are from a famous family in Guanlong, our surname is Bai, and our relatives and friends are all from the Guanlong family, and there are many talented people. Do we have to put the cart before the horse? And if we use Guanlong people as the
Once the incident is accomplished, the rewards and rewards must also be explained..."
Zhang Shijing frowned again.
"But what should we do if people in Hebei and Jiangdong are dissatisfied?" Bai Yousi continued to ask.
"This is indeed a problem." Mr. Yingying did not avoid it. "It is not a bad idea for you and Zhang Sanlang to win over some people from Hebei, but in the end, Guanlong will be the main one... You cannot put the cart before the horse."
Bai Yousi didn't pay attention, and just continued to ask: "Is it still the land grant system?"
"Of course." The British father replied simply. "Some things are not wrong, so don't touch them."
Zhang Shijing frowned again and again.
"When this is done, will my father be the emperor?" Bai Yousi suddenly changed the subject.
The British father rarely felt a little embarrassed.
Zhang Shijing also laughed.
"Then one day, when my father transforms into a dragon and leaves, will I come to rule the world?" Bai Yousi spoke easily, as if he was asking a common question.
Zhang Shijing was stunned for a moment.
Bai Hengqiu hesitated for a while, and finally stood outside the pavilion and answered seriously: "If your brothers dare to fight with you, I'm afraid they won't even be able to save their lives... But Sanniang, since everything has been said today,
Now that I’ve got this job, I would like to ask you as a father, if you become the empress, what are you going to do?”
"I want Sanlang to be the prime minister..." Bai Yousi said thoughtfully.
"If you let him be the queen, he can do anything in the harem and do politics... Just let his surname be Zhang." The British father laughed in reply.
"Specifically, I want him to do some of the things he said, such as abolishing slavery..." Bai Yousi continued. "For example, I want to find a way to kill all the real dragons in the world and return to the earth to live in the world;
Let everyone in the world practice cultivation, and be granted land based on their cultivation; then expand the imperial examination, and use civil and military subjects to select scholars and appoint officials; or perhaps unify the four seas, and then conquer the Eastern Yi... What does father think?"
There was no celestial warning, the wind was light and the clouds were calm overhead, and the back garden was quiet. However, the British father was stunned for a moment and did not react for a moment.
On the other hand, Zhang Shijing, who was sitting in the pavilion behind him, reacted a little louder. After a moment, as he turned to look at the father and daughter, his sleeves directly messed up the chess pieces.
There was a roar.
Bai Hengqiu remained silent for several more breaths before slowly replying: "When I was young, I also had many ideas."
"What happened next?" Bai Yousi looked curious.
"As I got older, I became much more pragmatic." The British man replied sincerely. "Sisi... At your age, it's okay to have any ideas. I'm not going to advise you, because there will be people and things coming anyway in the future.
I'm spending time with you, but when trouble comes, I have to concentrate on making preparations. Even if you have ideas, you have to promise me and cooperate with my strategy...Zhang Xing has to do the same."
Bai Yousi did not reply directly, but calmly gave the words he had prepared: "The Grand Master is a tower of determination after all, so unless Master Zhang and Master give his father accurate words, Uncle Cao will never fall.
After all, my father can’t use a rough situation, can he?”
"Yes." The British father responded simply.
"Then I plan to go to the Sea of Bitterness first, and then go back to find Zhang Xing... I made an appointment with him to go to Dongyi, Beihuang, Nanling, and even Yaozu Island to take a walk and see the scenery.
, I also want to see the great governor of Dongyi, the old lady of Nanling, the island owner of Bei Yao Island, the great commander of Blackwater in the North, and even the retired leader of the True Fire Sect.
." Bai Yousi blurted out.
The British Duke was silent for a moment and reminded seriously: "If this is the case, it is absolutely impossible. But if you come too late, you will probably have to work hard to convince the public in the future. Besides, it's just a pill, it's just a master.
For my sake, if you want to make progress, you have to go back to the army or the mansion and do some things... Since ancient times, there have only been knights who condensed the elixir, and there are no knights who are masters."
"I understand, kid." Bai Yousi nodded, his expression as usual.
Then, she jumped out of thin air and disappeared into the backyard.
Bai Hengqiu stood there, silent for a long time. Zhang Shijing behind him wanted to speak several times, but finally fell silent, as if he had some concerns.
Bai Yousi left simply, but felt a little depressed in his heart.
This is not to say that her father's performance was too poor, or that there was some estrangement between the father and daughter, or any insurmountable rift, but that she sensed that her father was disapproving of her, and waited until she made it clear later.
Later, it became more perfunctory.
The truth is of course those truths, but I always feel that they are not sincere enough.
If I have to say anything, it is that this father is used to playing chess and being a father, which makes people unconvinced... Of course, he is his father.
Bai Yousi was not a god, so he said he wanted to leave, so he had dinner at the left-behind residence and rested all night. Early the next morning, he rode out of the city and headed north.
Her trip was actually an entrustment from Zhang Xing, who wanted her to come and see what the situation was like in the northern part of Jin after the siege of Yunnei.
However, just a few days later and just twenty miles past Loufan Pass, Bai Yousi encountered the Jie Dao in broad daylight.
It wasn't that they robbed her. There are no robbers who can rob Miss Bai these days. Instead, a group of homeless people in rags robbed a group of tall and wealthy people.
"We are the people who are inspected by Hong. The military affairs of the five counties east of the river in Jingantai are inspected. Boss Hong's people from the Polangdao are recognized by the left-behind government! We should also know his name here!"
There were about seven or eight people in this group of gangsters. Everyone had horses and leather armor. They were stopped at this time, but they didn't get angry. Instead, they looked a little irritable. The leader, a bearded man, actually took the initiative to sign up and tried to reconcile. It seemed like he was used to it.
This scene is so ordinary.
"Boss Hong, of course we all know, but at this point, even if the daughter who stayed behind in vain comes over, we will be robbed..." The commoner refugees in front of the horse did not give in, but tightened their hands.
Spears, wooden forks and fishing nets. "Hand over all the food, or we will see blood! This life is here, take it if you want, no one of us is loyal!"
The bearded leader of the group of high-rollers hesitated for a moment, and then answered seriously: "I'll give you half, and keep some dry food and mounts at home... Boss Hong asked us to go north just to see what's going on over there in Yunnei. For the folks in the countryside,
, there is only one barrier between us on weekdays, let’s not kill each other.”
The refugees below discussed for a while, and the older one nodded, and the two parties actually reached a deal. The high-rollers threw down some dry food, and the civilian-clothed refugees let go of the clamps, allowing the former to gallop away.
Bai Yousi watched this scene on one side of the mountain, turned back to the road, got on his horse, and just a little higher in the air, he started galloping like an empty saddle.
Seeing the horse coming again from a distance, the refugee bandits hurriedly closed the trap and tried to stop it again.
Unexpectedly, hundreds of steps away, the woman on horseback suddenly swung her sword towards the side of the mountain. Before the sword was unsheathed, a full four to five feet wide Zhenqi sword light appeared in the air, a very standard glow.
The true energy hit the loess mountain directly, causing smoke and dust to billow, and sand and gravel to fall. It also shocked the refugees, who were stunned and did not dare to move.
Then a man and a horse came to the front, and with another sword, they easily broke through the wooden obstacles and galloped directly past.
In a moment, Bai Yousi caught up with the group of high-rollers, and swung his third sword towards the field next to him. The seven or eight cavalrymen immediately stopped obediently on the side of the road, and even took the initiative to dismount and stand sideways.
"I'll ask, you guys answer." Bai Yousi asked right away, and then went directly to Lu Nuzui. "Why are there so many refugees? And they are robbing people on the road? Is northern Shanxi still so chaotic?"
"To be fair to the heroine, after the Wu tribe came, northern Shanxi has indeed been in chaos. Because of this, last year's spring plowing was delayed. Spring plowing was delayed, and there was not enough food. Naturally, there were refugees who abandoned their homes in search of food.
, and then it will be even more chaotic." The bearded leader replied simply. "This year's spring plowing will be even worse, and it is estimated that there will be more chaos in the future."
"The imperial court didn't release food?"
"No……"
"Why?"
"The heroine asked where and why?"
"I asked why there was no food?"
"I'm afraid there isn't much food here in Mayi County, so the government is unwilling to release it and doesn't dare to release it; in Dingxiang there is military ration, and there is less food, so they don't dare to release it..."
"You don't even have enough food?" Bai Yousi was puzzled.
"There are them in Taiyuan and Fenyang Palace, and also in Hedong." The bearded leader stretched out his fingers in front and behind each other. "They are all good in central and southern Shanxi, and they are also available in Youzhou."
Bai Yousi suddenly paused.
After a while, she slowly asked: "Then why Taiyuan and Fenyang Palace are not released? Taiyuan is under current management, right? Fenyang Palace is the closest, right?"
"Logically speaking, it should be because Fenyang Palace is a temporary palace and Taiyuan is a companion capital, so we don't dare to let it go. Not only do we not dare to let it go, we also have to seal the checkpoint to prevent the refugees from passing..."
"Is this the military order from the British Duke, Bai Liushou?" Bai Yousi narrowed his eyes and asked.
"Yes...but before Bai Liushou came, he still didn't dare to let go, and no one would let him go. The road had been blocked for a long time. It was blocked here and there in Youzhou, and people were killed...I heard from my eldest brother Hong,
It was Taiyuan Polangdao Hong Changya Hong Dianjian who said that the court had followed this rule since the late emperor. If there was any chaos, a large army would be sent to lock up the place and leave people to fend for themselves... At most the British would just follow the old rules."
Unexpectedly, the bearded leader actually defended the British Duke. "Taiyuan was originally in chaos, and it was the British Duke who cleaned it up. It was just that the north was too messy and there was no way to clean it up, so we had to lock it up like this. It is said that it was all caused by the emperor running away."
It’s troublesome, and the emperor’s uncle in Dongdu has a suspicious temper, and the British prince doesn’t dare to make decisions without authorization.”
Bai Yousi nodded, expressionless, and continued to ask: "What are you here for?"
"I'm not afraid of the heroine's jokes." The bearded leader was a little embarrassed. "Actually, it wasn't Boss Hong who sent us here to do anything, but I came here in his name without permission... Mainly because of the coldest time in the winter last year, Yun
There is a civil war, and we have also been robbers here, and we have some concerns... We just want to come over and see if there are any heroes who are particularly difficult, and bring them back to the south."
Bai Yousi nodded again, then pulled out the sword and illuminated the inscription on the sword, and the word "Yitian" was clearly visible.
The bearded leader suddenly felt guilty.
"Ask Hong Changya to take people to Fenyang Palace and tell him that Yitian Sword Bai Yousi will be here shortly." After saying this, the female knight abandoned her horse without saying a word and turned back along the way.
One day later, at night, in the Taiyuan Stay Mansion, under the three-hui golden pillar, the British Gongbai Hengqiu was playing chess alone again, and suddenly he stopped making moves and turned to look to the north, where his vision was completely blocked.
, then put away his hands and sat there waiting.
Sure enough, after a moment, his eldest daughter appeared in front of him again.
"What's wrong?" the British man asked in surprise. "Aren't you going to be a hero? Why did you go and come back?"
"I forgot to ask my father a question." Bai Yousi sighed, stopped at the threshold, and leaned against the door frame with his sword in his arms. "If you want to achieve great things, you have to win people's hearts, right?"
"Yes." Bai Hengqiu nodded without hesitation.
"Zhang Xing has a saying, which is called 'people-oriented in everything'...Does father think it makes sense?" Bai Yousi continued to ask.
"Yes." The British gentleman couldn't hide his emotion for a moment. "Yes... there is a truth. Zhang Sanlang likes to pretend to make some shocking words, but in fact they are all old sayings, said in a different way."
"Okay," Bai Yousi nodded repeatedly and continued to ask. "I dare to ask my father, no matter what the explanation is, who is considered a human being? Is it only about the Long clan? Or is it only those who use it?"
Bai Hengqiu wanted to speak immediately, but soon he realized that his daughter had gone to the sea of suffering and turned back so quickly, so he had seen something somewhere.
This made him hesitate.
Sure enough, seeing his father's hesitation, Bai Yousi unceremoniously revealed the truth: "I want to ask, are the people in northern Shanxi considered human beings? Do they count themselves as human beings?"
"Of course the people in northern Shanxi are human beings, but I don't want to be new or stand out." Mr. British carefully considered his words to answer. "I just follow the old rules."
"In the old days, cannibalism was the rule, and my father also ate it?" Bai Yousi asked with a frown. "The Wei Dynasty lost people's hearts because of this. My father knew this, but he still behaved like this?"
"If you want to do great things, you have to be careful... Where am I eating people?"
"So my father still thinks that those people in northern Shanxi are not human beings?" Bai Yousi suddenly laughed. "Even if my father originally thought that such behavior would hurt the people of the Wei Dynasty, he even sat back and watched northern Shanxi fall into chaos and took advantage of the opportunity.
To nourish the sick, even to build high walls and hoard food, but if you do this, don't you still not treat people as human beings?"
Bai Hengqiu was silent for a while, and then he slowly responded: "Sisi, you are angry now. No matter what, you think I am perfunctory... But I still want to say that some things are really difficult... Just
It seems that regarding the food problem, this year when northern Shanxi is in turmoil, you can still use the food from Fenyang Palace to save it, but next year the whole world will be short of food, and you should be able to think about it, what will you use to save it then?"
"I just don't want to see my father being a predator of the weak." Bai Yousi also stopped smiling and responded seriously. "When I came, I had already distributed grain in Fenyang Palace in your name."
"It can't be so fast." Bai Hengqiu came to see his daughter seriously. "You should have seen the food shortage in northern Shanxi on the way, so you came back directly to question me..."
"Father can think of everything and expect it, but he just doesn't want to do something." Bai Yousi shook his head expressionlessly. "But it doesn't matter. I'm going to Fenyang Palace now...does father want to stop me?"
Bai Hengqiu stared at his daughter blankly, exhaled a long breath, and then responded seriously: "Sisi, the world is in chaos, it is a foregone conclusion, and it may take ten or twenty years of chaos before the world can be re-established. During this period,
Doomed to suffer heavy casualties, doomed to be blind with swords, you will not be able to save many so-called innocent people. Not only that, but if you never change your mind and harden your heart, you will be burdened by it and it will be difficult to achieve great things. When the time comes, with your qualifications
, it will only make the troubled times more chaotic in vain."
Bai Yousi nodded: "What father said seems reasonable, but forgive me for not changing it today!"
After saying that, without waiting for a response, the female knight turned around, picked up her long sword, and strode out instead of leaping into the air.
Bai Hengqiu watched his daughter walk out step by step without moving. He waited for her daughter to disappear for a long time, but then suddenly remembered a face. Thinking that it was the thief who led his good daughter astray, he couldn't help but tremble with anger on the spot.
, directly lifted the chessboard from the air.
Under the three-hui golden pillar, black and white fell on the ground.
The poem says:
In the middle of the Qin Dynasty, the clouds were dusk, and the imperial state was covered with heavy snow.
Those who retreat from the court in the snow will be the noble princes.
They enjoy drinking and drinking during the day and cannot rest at midnight.
Little did he know that there were prisoners who were frozen to death in the Nexiang Prison.
PS: Warmly celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland with one more day! Thank you very much to Mr. Hanmen for the tea and lychees.
