Chapter 35: form an alliance

I called Yuxi into the house and gave her a crystal-clear, flawless carved Kirin tourmaline bottle.
"Kirin bottle, meaning peace and mighty power, you hand me over to Wyenne, and hope that God ’s blessing will be safe and you will return home soon.
I caressed the bottle and smiled slightly. Yuxi took the jade bottle gratefully and bowed down. "Thank you Princess." I shook her hand and said word by word, "Tell Wyan, I'm waiting for them to return safely in Beijing."
Xiao Yun's promise, I was still not assured. Before the two armies, everything may happen. A thousand miles away, I don't know if I can protect him thoroughly. Zi Xi is a man who is like water, but in his bones there is a ruthless decision. He is afraid that he will have the determination to die. I secretly ordered Pang Gui to follow Zizhen Nanzheng as a guard to protect him personally, while entrusting Zi Xuan to Song Huaien, he must bring Zi Zi to return to see me safely.
Apart from Xiao Yan's pet, I still have to hold my own strength after all. As a woman, I can't open a territory in person before Leaping Horses, nor can I stand on the court and talk about military affairs. Once upon a time, I thought that without the protection of my family, I had nothing. Now I understand that the treasures given to me by the family are not glory and wealth, but the innate wisdom and courage that allowed me to conquer the most powerful men in the world and the most loyal warriors in the world.
Men conquered the world, women conquered men, and ancient and modern times, this is the law of justice. Today's Wang Ye is no longer yesterday's tender girl. I want people in the world to dare not to belittle me, no one can manipulate my destiny.
The day of the South Expedition was imminent, and after the Lantern Festival feast, I never set foot in Jinglin Palace, nor did I see Ziyi again. Although Jin'er reunited with me after a long absence, I only met in a hurry that day, and afterwards everything happened. I didn't have the heart to tell her the old, or maybe I hadn't figured out how to face her. Today, she is the son-in-law of his daughter-in-law, the mother of his daughter ... not the little girl who accompanied me in the past.
That night, someone from the palace said that Jinger had a fever and cough again. I was busy visiting the palace and kept him asleep before leaving the Qianyuan Hall.
Just stepping down the jade steps in front of the palace, I heard the guard yell, "Who!"
The left and right attendants immediately surrounded me in the middle, and the candlelight was bright, but seeing a dark shadow under the eaves of the palace, surrounded by the embargoed guards, the sword was cold.
"The princess saves me, I want to see the princess!" The panic-screaming voice suddenly sounded, but it was Jiner's voice.
I drank the guard and leaped forward, and it turned out that Jin'er was caught by the guard's sword around his neck, and howling fell to the ground.
"How are you?" I was surprised for a moment. Her face was pale, and her tears crisscrossed. "Slave wanted to see the princess and didn't want to be known by the uncle, so she waited quietly ..."
I frowned and sighed, so that A Yue lifted her up, "Ms. Su will be in trouble in the future, and the life of the palace will be immediately ... Always, you follow me."
I led her and the bellied maid to avoid the temple, and I guessed in my heart that she must beg me for Zi Nan's conquest. Withdrawing from the left and right guards, I sat down calmly and said lightly, "Mrs. Su, please tell me something."
Jin'er suddenly fell to his knees, and wept loudly, "Country master, Jin'er, please be merciful, Lord Wang, don't let Uncle Huang go, don't let him die!"
"Stop!" I didn't expect her to be so veiled, so she intercepted her, "What is this, Uncle Huang is on his way out, why not talk nonsense!"
"This is going to go, where can he come back!" Jin'er fluttered to my feet desperately, and Qiran looked at me, "Guest, don't you have a trace of compassion?"
I was anxious and trembled, and forgot how to refute. I just shouted, "Jiner, are you crazy?"
She grabbed me by the sleeve and couldn't weep. "Don't the county owner care about the past ..."
I buzzed in my ears, only felt the blood rushing upwards, and I slap in my face if I didn't want to, and raised my hand, "Stop me!"
Jin'er fell to the ground, half of his cheeks flushed, and stared at me without crying.
"Mrs. Su, listen carefully!" I stared at her eyes, saying one word at a time. "The uncle's departure is to seek rebellion against the will, and he will prevail and return in peace. He will never die before him."
I stared at her horrified face, "But if you just spread the word, you will immediately kill him!"
Jin'er slumped on the ground, trembling all over her body, and couldn't change the tone. "Jin'er's guilt is Jiner's reckless ignorance ... please the county master ..."
I cut off her words again, "Jiner, you have to remember two things, and you are not allowed to mention the past four points in the past, one of them; the other is that I am already the princess of Yuzhang. Called the county owner. "
She no longer spoke, only staring at me momentarily, her eyes faintly changing. I sighed, and didn't want to say any more, waved her back. She slowly stepped back to the door, suddenly turned, and looked at me coldly, "Prince, why don't you want to bring up the past, can you wish to leave everything in the past?"
I closed my eyes, only felt deeply exhausted, and didn't even want to look at her again. "Ayue, send Mrs. Su back. Without my order in the future, I can't take a half step out of Jinglin Palace."
Jin'er suddenly laughed and broke away from Ayue, "The princess is assured that Jin'er will not cause you any more trouble!"
I froze indifferently and turned away from the temple.
"Even if Jiner betrayed the princess ..." Jiner was dragged away by the palace man and smiled sorrowfully. "But uncle Huang is definitely not sorry for you!"
On the twenty-first day of the first month, at noon, Ziyi led a crowd of Wudemen and went on a journey.
Xiao Yi led a hundred officials to the city head, far away. In the tribute to the sacrifice, Xiao Xuan lifted the wine bottle upright, sacrifice to the sky, sacrifice the earth after the sacrifice, and spilled the wine to the four sides.
I stood behind him, and looked down from the high city head. The silver helmet and snow armor were not dusty, and stood out in the army formation. It was like the thin snow falling on the shield, and in the blink of an eye, the army was like a black iron tide. Oblivion, gradually disappeared.
He never looked back at the city, and that lonely figure disappeared in my eyes absolutely.
In the blink of an eye in March, the continuous rain and rain in the early spring lasted more than ten days.
The entire capital city was shrouded in endless storms, and the palace became colder all day long. Every spring and autumn in Beijing, there are always ten days and a half of rain and rain, which makes people feel gloomy. A few days ago, it became cold again. I thought it was a small cricket, but unexpectedly lingering on the sick bed, it was a few days when I lay. Since the serious illness two years ago, I have not been able to recover. Regardless, the recuperation is still weak. The Taiyi doctor has determined that my body still cannot bear the burden of fertility, and the medicine has not been interrupted for a day.
He woke up in the afternoon and leaned dimly on the soft couch. His chest was choked for a while, and his mouth was coughing. Suddenly, a large, warm hand rested on my back and patted it gently. I reluctantly smiled, held up his hand, leaned in his arms, and his cold body was suddenly surrounded by thick warmth.
"Are you better?" He stroked my long hair with pity. I nodded, seeing his face tired, with red silk in his eyes, and he couldn't bear it for a while. "You go on your own, don't worry about me. If you miss something, you have to stay in the middle of the night."
"Those trivial matters, it's you who can make you feel relieved." He sighed and held me up. The news that the Nanzheng Army was blocked in Yulingji recently is disturbing and anxious. He has never slept well for several days. I was trying to ask him if he could make progress today, but he heard the news from the curtain, "Master Qilu, your adults are waiting in the house."
"I see." Xiao Min replied lightly, but remained indifferent. I watched the torrential rain and storm outside the curtain, "Is it still dead on the south side?"
"These things don't require you to think wildly, and you're so restless." Xiao Yan smiled, helped me to gather scattered hair, straightened up and left. I looked at him in the back, his thoughts were confused, and for a long time, he hesitated when he reached the lips. The elder brother's letter was still under the pillow, and he took it out and read it again. A thin piece of the letter, pinched in his hand, weighed more than a thousand pounds.
The South Expeditionary Army went south all the way, reaching the Yulingji, but encountered heavy rains and the river soared. The previously prepared boats could not cross the rapid river. When Yuling Shou abandoned the city and fled south, he had predicted that the rainy season would be approaching, and even the tall trees along the coast were cut down. This prevented our army from building ships to cross the river and was trapped in Yulingji for many days. Hu Guanglie's 100,000 striker has been facing the enemy for a long time. If Yulingji can't cross the river, the only way is to bypass Luzhou. Luzhou is the land of King Jin'an. The terrain is steep and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If King Jin'an opened the city and tried to forcibly attack the city, it would be more difficult than crossing the river. The King of Jin'an and the King of Jianzhang even had an in-law alliance. On the one hand, they falsely appeared on the court, denouncing their opponents, and claiming loyalty; on the other hand, they held Luzhou and refused to open the city.
The elder brother stated in the letter that the Chuyang dyke, which had been delayed for many years, had several difficulties after he arrived, and the construction was finally completed. Once the Chuyang embankment is completed, the floods that have been inflicted on the downstream for many years have almost solved most of the problems. This embankment is not only the hard work of his brother, but also the investment of countless financial resources, which took thousands of rivers and labors.
However, I also know that it is the that is rushing to work day after day, and the three guiding sub-canals have to be completed in the future, so that the upstream river water surges in rain and cannot be flooded. The river water has risen to an unprecedented level, preventing the army from crossing the river.
The heavy rains in the past few days have no tendency to stop. The only way to do it today is to destroy the embankment and release the flood, so that the river can fall down. Dikes are difficult to build, and it is even more difficult to destroy them. Once the dikes are destroyed, it means that nearly three hundred miles of plains on both sides of Chuyang will be flooded. Thousands of people will be extinct. The crops will be destroyed and abandoned, and their homes will no longer ... It shuddered me. Currently Song Huaien and his sons are trapped in Yulingji, and they played Xiao Yan a few days ago, demanding that the levee be destroyed immediately and the army be crossed. When my brother learned of this, he urgently wrote to the court and repaired it to me, asking that the embankment could not be destroyed anyway, and he must be given some time to complete the guide channel.
However, we do not know how long it will take for the three guide channels, and we will not know if the Southward striker can wait that long.
Xiao Zhe was in a dilemma. The lone forward who was trapped in Jiangnan's 100,000 forwards was the same soldier with whom he had been born and died for many years. If the backup could not be reached, they would be trapped in despair. Xiao Zhan could not give up the 100,000 soldiers regardless of life and death; However, for the crimes of the people on both sides of Chuyang, if the cost of living is ruined and their homes are abandoned, such a war will be accompanied by eternal stigma.
We are all struggling and struggling, whether the battle ahead and the lives of the people on the banks of the river are important? In order to conquer power, is it worth the life of innocent people to win a war in the same room?
And once his brother's hard work is destroyed, it is a disaster to cure the river, which makes him feel embarrassed, and how can he bear this ancient infamy?
I coughed for a long night at night, and easily rested. I just closed my eyes and fell asleep ... I heard a rapid pace, and the voice of the night guard came low, "Master Qilu, Bianguan urgent news, One hundred thousand in a hurry! "
I opened my eyes arrogantly, but saw that Xiao Yan had already turned up and sat up, getting out of bed, "Come up!"
The light outside the hall immediately became large, and the attendant hurried in, kneeling outside the curtain. "Bian Guan Huo Lai passed the book, please Wang Ye."
Xiao Yan took the brightly-painted letter and frowned. The room was silent, with suffocating tension. I leaned forward and lifted the bed curtain, but under the bright candle, Xiao Yan's face was gradually dignified, as if covered with frost, his whole body seemed to have a strong murderous spirit spreading out, which made my heart tighten suddenly.
The night was raining, the sky was still dark, and the sound of wind and rain was cool.
"What's up north?" I couldn't help asking. Xiao Zheng looked back at me, his face calmed down, and he took the robe straight and put it on, "It's not a big deal, the hour is still early, you can sleep again."
I looked at his stern face, and suddenly realized that he seemed to be thinner these days, and his brows became deeper and darker. Nuo Dajiangshan pressed on his shoulder as much as possible, even those who were cast iron would be tired. For a moment, my heart was sour, and I couldn't help sighing, "Is it necessary to be so anxious, this is the third change, and it's not too late to discuss it in the early days."
My heart trembled, "Turks?"
"Slightly southern Turks are not a problem." Xiao Yan snorted coldly. "Hatefully, the south dared to collude with foreigners!"
Just a few days ago, the five thousand cavalry soldiers of South Turkia raided Wucheng, and the looting of cattle and sheep was innumerable. Bian Guanshou chased troops and expelled the Turkic cavalry from Wucheng. However, he was intercepted by the Turkic army in Firethorn Valley and returned without success. The king of Southern Turkic led a 100,000 iron rider, and the soldiers came under the city, staring at each other, threatening Yixue's shame. The border guard will ask for help from Ningshuo, and half of Ningshuo's garrison has dispatched Nanzheng and is stationed in a large town around the Beijing plane. Now the military is empty, and it is not difficult to resist only 100,000 cavalry of Turks, but there must be reinforcements behind South Turks. If they join forces with the North Turkistan to invade the south, I am afraid the border situation is at stake.
In that year, Xiao Yu served as the defender of the Northern Territory. After several battles, he eventually expelled the Turks from the border and withdrew Mobei. The old Turkic king was dead and died shortly afterwards. This caused the royal family to fight for the position and split Turkic into two. Turks have a weak potential and have traveled far to the north, and have since severed ties with the Central Plains. South Turks have suffered severe injuries and their vitality has been severely damaged. They have not dared to cross the northern half of Mobe for many years. In the following years, the Central Plains royal family was turbulent and civil strife was frequent. Xiao Xun was busy fighting for power and had no time to visit the north. He gave Southern Turkistan a respite and waited for the opportunity to annex the weak tribe of Mobei.
However, the worse news was that our soldiers sneaked into the enemy camp and found that there was an envoy of the Southern Clan under the Turk King's tent. Instead of assisting Turkmen with heavy money, he made an agreement with Turk and was dragged by the Southern Clan. Living in the south to conquer forces, Turks took the opportunity to invade northward, forming a trend of north-south pinch on the Central Plains. The Southern Clan's move clearly led the wolves into the room. In order to fight for power, he split the country and gave up the northern frontier to the foreign invaders.
The rain water flows down from the eaves, the rain curtain is woven outside the curtain, and the sky is dark.
I stood under the window, covered in wind, still feeling cold and cold. South Turkic, South Turkic ... 恍惚 was like returning to the savage north, and the figure of Xiao Suo in white appeared faintly.
A Yue stepped forward, lowered the curtain gently, and smiled, "The wind is strong by the window, and the princess should go back to the room and rest."
I withdrew my thoughts from myself and looked back at her, "Ayue, are you the Wujiang Renshi?"
"Slaves grew up in Wujiang as a child, and then moved to Beijing with her family," she answered with a smile.
Before I returned to the case, I groaned, "Wujiang is close to Chuyang. The water and soil in this area are fertile, can people ’s livelihood be rich?"
A Yue hesitated, "Speaking of water and soil, it's very good, but the floods have caused disasters in recent years. Most of the wealthy people have migrated, leaving only ordinary people. Not only do they suffer from floods, they also have to be exploited by corrupt officials." The bitterness of her hometown, she said more and more embarrassed. "It was easy to escape natural disasters, but not human disasters. It is called water treatment every year. I do n’t know how much money to plunder. The old folks said that human disasters are worse than water ..."
Southern officials have heard of corruption, and hearing her say it still makes me sad. Human disaster is fiercer than water. Nowadays, civil disturbances in the south and foreign invaders invade the north.
I used to wonder if it was worth the heavy price for a war in the same room. However, at the moment of the Turkic invasion, this war is no longer a fight with the same room, but a battle between the powerful foreign robbers and the invaders. Rather than the cost of territorial loss and the overthrow of society, we would rather choose another sacrifice.
Xiao Yuan decided to give his brother another half a month, and ordered Song Huaien to rush to Chuyang to repair the channel. If the channel was not completed after half a month, Song Huaien immediately destroyed the embankment; if anyone dares to disobey, the military law will dispose of it.
A few days later, the ambassador of the Southern Clan entered Beijing with arrogance and demanded peace, but the situation was threatened.
The court officials in the Taihua Palace were solemn. I hugged the little emperor and sat behind the curtain.
The ambassador went up to the temple, presenting the name of the southern princes, and asked to separate the rivers. Zilu Nan was the emperor. This man's words are proud, his tongue blooms, and his tongue is as powerful as he can say. Within ten days, if the imperial court did not retreat, the northern border was incapable of defending the enemy, and the Turkic Iron Rider would drive straight in. The ministers heard the indignation and argued in court, angrily reprimanding the southern princes as national thieves.
Xiao Zheng picked up the shochu presented by his inner servant, and did not even look at it, throwing his hands under the steps. Everyone in the court was shocked, and then stood in silence.
"Go back and tell the kings." Xiao Chen smiled proudly, "When I settle down, it will be the time when Jiangnan's inverse party will fall!"
There was a moment of silence under the order, and all the ministers shouted and shouted, "Long live my emperor!" From the back of the curtain, I saw Xiao Yan standing upright like a mountain. I couldn't help shaking my heart. He was shouldering all these miles of mountains and rivers, and no one could shake even the storm.
In the past few days, fighting in the northern border has been in full swing, and the Turkic cavalry has stormed for days, burning and looting the territory, supporting soldiers and horses have been under pressure one after another, and the siege soldiers have fought hard and suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, Tang Jing has led 100,000 reinforcements to the north, and will soon arrive in Ningshuo. Both sides, north and south, were at a deadlock at the same time, and the battle report was delivered like a snow flake. I was looking forward to the news of my brother from the south, but I hoped that it would fail.
It is already deeper. I sat in front of the mirror, held the glass comb and slowly combed my long hair, thinking for a moment.
There is not much time left in half a month. There are more than ten days left in this area. We, Yu Brother, Yu Chuyang people on both sides of the strait, defend the army in the north, and strike forward in the south. However, my brother did not return any news, and I do n’t know if the drainage channel can be completed on schedule ... Thinking about the consequences of the bank's destruction, the haze in my heart became stronger, and I tried hard to break the glass comb into two pieces. The ominous feeling suddenly surged, and I could no longer suppress the fear in my heart. I suddenly swept my sleeves and swept all the beads in front of me.
"Ama!" Xiao Yan heard the sound, lost his hand, and rushed to open my palm, only to realize that the cracked surface of the broken comb had cut his palm into a shallow bloodstain. I turned and flew into his arms without saying a word, and my body shook slightly.
He sighed in silence, only wiped the blood on my palm with his cuff, and the plain silk robe was stained with red. Hearing his steady and strong heartbeat, the fear in my heart gradually calmed down and murmured, "When will this battle be finished, and when will there be peace?" He leaned down and kissed my forehead gently, with a trace of tired sigh "I believe there will be Xircom soon."
Xiao Zheng was sure to say that although there was no long-awaited message from me the next day, an unexpected accident happened.
The Turkic envoy quietly entered the DPRK and asked to see the regent king Xiao Yan. This person came very secretly, bypassing the northern border and entering from the northwest. The group disguised themselves as businessmen in the Western Regions and was not seen until after entering the customs. Originally thought to be a Turkic spy, the head of the person claimed to be the prince's emissary and asked to see the regent king. The local official really found a secret letter from the Turkic Prince from him, and immediately ordered him to be escorted to Beijing.
The Turk Prince Prince stated in a secret letter that he had an alliance with Xiao Ye that day, and now he has made his wings, and the Turk King ’s invasion is the opportunity to seize the position. Suffering from his weak strength, he did not dare to rush into trouble. He was willing to borrow 100,000 troops from the Central Plains. After the agreement was reached, he would immediately withdraw his troops from the North Border, give away the fertile fields south of the Luan River, and pay tribute to cattle and sheep.
In the hall of Chongji, the Turkic envoys not only brought the prince's letter as a witness, but also presented a special gift. The tall and thick Turkic princes set aside their hands and confessed in fluent Mandarin, "This is a gift that the prince of the evil king has made for Princess Yuzhang."
The box was enshrined in front of me, and I looked up at Xiao Yan, but he looked expressionless and nodded slightly.
I slowly opened the box. Inside it was a strange white and white flower. It had been picked for a long time, but it was still fresh and shiny.
"This is a wonderful flower produced on Huo Dufeng, a country that does not endure the snow, and is undefeated by the frost. It blooms once in a hundred years. It is a holy product for the world to avoid poison and heal. It is said that this thing should have been presented two years ago. , Belated for late, I hope the princess forgive me. "
He Lanzhen still remembers that palm, and even in such a hidden way, he paid for the injury that day. There was a glimmer of light flowing in the flower stamen. I opened the closed petals and saw a bright pearl hidden in it. At the time of the big wedding, it was like my sister gave me the mysterious pearl and phoenix, and there was only one in the world. The was pulled by me to assassinate He Lanzhen. Attempt was missed and has never disappeared.
Now, Xuanzhu returns, it seems like an old man.