Chapter 116:

In the second year of Zhaohua, Emperor Su Bai of the Ming Dynasty died of illness, the empress was buried, the eldest prince Su Xun became the throne, changed the name of the reign, and was called Emperor Mingde.
Su Xun was only two years old at the time, and the emperor was young. He was raised by the Queen Mother Xie in the harem. The Queen Mother appointed Xie Zichen and Zuo Xiang Wei Lan to serve in the government. They were named Super First-Rank officials. The two ministers were unparalleled in the limelight.
The first thing Su Xun did after he came to power was to bring the army under the name of Wei Xiong in Qingzhou back to the court, and the royal government allocated the military pay. After the army in Qingzhou was returned to the court, Wei Xiong immediately began to increase his troops. The plan has been expanded from 80,000 horses to 150,000.
As soon as the news of Wei Xiong's increase in troops was sent, Wei Lan went back and saw Xie Zichen reading a letter.
He furrowed his brows and seemed to be very distressed. Wei Lan took off his cloak and said with a smile: "What is it that makes us Lord Xie so sad? May I help Lord Xie share something?"
"The news from Di Jie," Xie Zichen looked up and said indifferently: "One is bad, one is worse, which one do you want to hear?"
"It's bad." Wei Lan took the tea from Yanmo and took a sip, feeling the heat filling her heart and lungs. Now it's just early spring, the winter snow has not melted, and it is always covered with chill.
"Rong Hua's health is deteriorating. He is contacting Di Jie's patriarchs, planning to count millions of troops, and come across the river to destroy Da Chu in one fell swoop."
Upon hearing this, Wei Lan's face became stiff.
Di Jie’s situation is much more complicated than that of Da Chu. Although it is a country in name, it actually manages many ethnic groups. Each nation is exceptionally brave and good at fighting, but has never been able to unite. That’s why Da Chu has been able to fight Di Jie for so many years. . Although Rong Hua was born in Di Jie, he was so cunning that he didn't want a northerner at all. If he wanted to unite Di Jie's various races, it was indeed not something Da Chu could resist.
However, this is not the worst news. Wei Lan held the tea bowl, her expression flat and said, "What about the worse news?"
"Rong Hua wrote to Huanheng and told him that you are a woman."
Wei Lan suddenly looked up, her expression shocked, Xie Zichen saw her expression and said calmly, "Don't worry, I have already stopped the letter."
"Where did you hear the news?" Wei Lan put down the tea bowl. Now that Rong Hua knew about it, he would definitely make good use of it. His letter was not delivered to Huanheng. It was delayed for a while and could not be delayed for a lifetime. If Huanheng did not give him the expected response, he would have to confirm whether Huanheng really got the news.
Now she wants to confirm the source and specific circumstances of Xie Zichen's news and make countermeasures early.
"It's Cui Jie."
"Cui Jie?" Wei Lan was stunned: "Rong Hua's first counselor Cui Jie?!"
"Yeah." Xie Zichen replied, "I rescued him back then and sent him to Di Jie."
"Your luck..." Wei Lan was a little hard to say: "It's a little too good."
"It's not good luck," Xie Zichen raised his hand and threw the letter in his hand into the brazier: "It's just a lifetime, the amazing character in the previous life, of course you must remember it."
Wei Lan: "..."
Suddenly I was envious of this kind of living a lifetime, and she really wanted to live a lifetime.
Seeing Wei Lan's expression of indescribable expression, Xie Zichen couldn't help but smile and beckoned to her. Wei Lan put down the tea bowl and walked to him. Xie Zichen reached out to her and said seriously: "Come, kiss. , I will tell you what you want to know."
"Tsk," Wei Lan said with a disgusting expression: "It's already time to say this. What's the point? When I met you, you said that. I will kiss as many as you want."
"At that time," Xie Zichen frowned, "I'm not happy if you ask to kiss me."
Wei Lan recalled the time when she felt that she was also romantic and suave, and couldn't help but said, "Is it so disgusting for you?"
"Actually, you did beg to kiss me at first, but I refused."
Wei Lan remembered it seriously, and then said: "No, I still remember the way you made your legs soft by my kiss! It's the peach blossom tree..."
Before she finished speaking, Xie Zichen pulled Wei Lan down and kissed her head on.
After such a long period of polishing, this person has long been familiar with her. He stretched her to lie flat on the ground and hung on her body in a few strokes, and said in a dumb voice: "Who kisses who is soft?"
Wei Lan chuckled, her voice hoarse, and everyone's heart was completely broken. She pushed him, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of amorous feelings: "Don't make trouble at this time, and finish talking about Di Jie first. Wei Xiong's army is still conscripting troops. If you want to start fighting, you have to wait until he finishes training. Just disband the army."
"If you don't tell me, I know," Xie Zichen lowered his head, went to kiss her earlobe, hoarsely said: "I have sent lobbyists to lobby and provoke among the various races. There are many conflicts of interest among these dozens of patriarchs, Rong Hua It’s just for them to negotiate a peace for a while, and now I let people deliberately pick things up, and it’s impossible for a while.
Wei Lan was felt by him, so she let it go. While feeling his movements, she said: "Since Rong Hua has already noticed my identity, I need to find a chance to let the whole world know that I am indeed. The man is."
"What are you going to do?" Xie Zichen lowered his head. Wei Lan tried his best to stay sensible and grabbed his hair: "Xie Zichen, can you do this after talking about the business?"
"Huh?" Xie Zichen raised his head and smiled brightly, with some teasing in his eyes: "What is necessary? The way Alan said serious things made Zai Xia very excited. Alan said, listen to Xia."
"Xie Zichen," Wei Lan looked at him like this wild wave, closed her eyes, gritted her teeth and said: "How did I think you were too reserved?!"
Xie Zichen laughed low, pressed on her, and continued: "How do you plan to let people know that you are a man? Mrs. Xie?"
"I plan to recruit my brother back."
"Wei Hua?" Xie Zichen frowned, "Are you going to let him go to court on your behalf?"
"It only needs to be proved once," Wei Lan gasped, "Everyone will no longer have doubts. I can say that what Rong Hua said at that time was what he used to provoke Huan Heng."
"Wei Hua is now Huanheng's favorite general. You may not be able to recall it easily."
Xie Zichen thought about it seriously. Wei Lan squeezed his hand and slowly said: "Wei Xiong has an army, and it is only a matter of time for me and Huanheng to tear our faces apart. Wei Xiong also needs help. I I plan to let my brother come back secretly."
"Also." Xie Zichen nodded and said: "Then call him back."
Wei Lan sent out the letter recalling Wei Hua that night, and sent it to Youzhou in an expedited two days. When Wei Hua got the letter, Lin Xia was squatting by the fire. Lin Xia is now a military doctor, and he and Wei Hua both declared that they were friends. They ate and lived together, as if they were really good brothers, no one doubted. When Lin Xia saw the letter from Shengjing, she knew that it was Wei Lan's letter. Looking at Wei Hua frowned, she couldn't help but say, "Is the son of the world in trouble?"
"She asked me to go back and help him," Wei Hua threw the letter into the brazier, feeling a little uneasy: "I'm afraid something happened. But now the war is tight, I'll go back..."
Wei Hua pursed his lips and raised his head to look at Lin Xia: "A temporary change will not be a good thing."
"I understand." Lin Xia nodded.
Youzhou borders Di Jie and Chen Guo at the same time, and small-scale battles often break out. In the past two years, Di Jie has gained a lot of peace because of his alliance with Di Jie, but Chen Guo has not been very safe. Now that Su Bai is new to the funeral, Chen Guo has gathered at the border when he gets the news, just like a fight. Huan Heng had already prepared for deployment. Wei Hua was the forward in this battle. It was already scheduled. Wei Lan asked him to sneak back, which means that Huan Heng might not find out until the battle. The striker is gone.
"Didn't Shi Zi specifically say what it was?" Lin Xia thought for a while and asked, Wei Hua nodded and said, "She didn't say it."
"That's not a rush," Lin Xia raised her head and looked out of the city: "After this battle is over, you and General Huan ask for a leave, let's go."
Lin Xia's statement was actually thought by Wei Hua, and he nodded and agreed.
Huan Heng is not a good man. In Wei Hua's mind, this is a man who has let down his sister. But I have to admit that Huanheng is a good general. He considers the life and death of every soldier, regards the Huan Family Army as his own brother, and the people as his family, so he has a lot of momentum in the north. Even Wei Hua can't help but praise him.
In these years in the north, Wei Hua had many brothers, even if it was his own sisters who passed letters, but he could not do so by putting so many brothers in danger for his own business. So he could only reply to the letter again, and after telling Wei Lan his thoughts, he went back to training.
The soldiers outside the city were getting more and more assembled. The next day the letter was sent out, the soldiers began to attack the city. The first battle in the first year of Zhaoxin took place in Tusu City.
Huan Heng took Wei Hua to the battlefield to fight, and did not return until midnight. Both Wei Hua and Huan Heng were soaked in blood. Huan Heng patted him, and said, "Take a bath, come back to drink."
Huan Heng has a habit of getting off the battlefield, his nerves collapsed and it is always difficult to fall asleep. The same was true for Wei Hua, so every time they finished the war, they often drank together. After drinking, when Lin Xia came to see Wei Hua, they went back to sleep.
Wei Hua nodded, went to take a shower, and when he returned to look for Huan Heng, he was sitting on the roof, wearing a white robe, and his hair tied with a headband. He looked like a wanderer, just like a teenager.
It's just that now he is tall and handsome, his brows are stiff and handsome, he has already lost his youthfulness, like a mature wild wolf galloping on the grassland.
Wei Hua jumped to the top of the building and came to Huan Heng's side. Huan Heng threw the wine jar to him, he took it and took a sip.
"Su Bai is dead," Huan Heng looked at the south and said calmly, "Wei Lan did it, right?"
Wei Hua didn't speak. He didn't like discussing Wei Lan with Huanheng, fearing that he would accidentally say something he shouldn't say. I don't know if it is because Huan Heng thinks he is a member of the Changxin Hou Mansion and always likes to talk to him about Wei Lan.
Huan Heng got used to Wei Hua's state of not speaking, and slowly said: "Wei Lan raises the soldiers from Qingzhou, so sooner or later they will not be able to raise them. Now that Su Bai is dead, she and Xie Zichen are in charge of government. The first order is to let the treasury go. Yang Qingzhou, Su Bai's death, she benefits the most."
"Yeah." Wei Hua responded and took another sip of wine.
"You said that one day, she will be separated from Xie Zichen?" Huan Heng looked at the lights in the distance, his eyes blurred: "The two of them are in charge of the government together. One day, their interests will violate each other. Will they?"
"What do you think?" Wei Hua asked, Huan Heng thought for a moment, and slowly said: "In the past, she once told me that I hope that one day, I can become the sword of the north. She guards the south. We stand shoulder to shoulder and recover. Han Dynasty Jiangshan."
"If Xie Zichen really loves her, he probably won't."
Huan Heng smiled bitterly: "After all, they have a common enemy. When there is a contradiction, it is good to keep facing the enemy."
"A Lan's heart," Huan Heng raised his hand and took a sip of the wine from the wine jar, and said with some emotion: "It can't be accommodated by a big Chu."
"Yeah." Wei Hua replied without saying much. Huan Heng thought for a while, then turned his head and said, "You said, when I destroy Chen Guo, how about I go back and ask your Majesty to add Jiuxi?"
Wei Hua stiffened.
Jiu Xi is nine musical instruments, originally used by the emperor to reward his ministers. According to the etiquette system, ministers of different grades can use different musical instruments, and Jiuxi is a special honor for courtiers. But the problem is that Cao Cao asked Emperor Han Xian to add nine tins back then, and Wang Mang and Sima Zhao also suffered. So when a courtier asked to add nine tins, in the hearts of everyone, it was not far from treason.
Huanheng wanted Jiuxi, not for the honor of a courtier, but for the power above everyone else.
"I can't always stay in the frontier," Huan Heng smiled, turning his head to Wei Hua: "These Shengjing borers live in Shengjing with the blood of my frontier man, so I should return no matter what. Shengjing, enjoy it, don't you think?"
"General," Wei Hua solemnly said, "That's not how you joke."
"Do you think I'm kidding?"
Huan Heng laughed: "Xie Zichen robbed my man, and still want to sit still in Shengjing, in front of him, the regent in secret?"
"General," Wei Hua said with a stiff face, "Wei Xiang is not anyone's."
Huan Heng did not speak, he took a sip of wine.
"A Hua," Huan Heng said slowly, "Do you know what I like best about you?"
"Ok?"
Wei Hua felt a bit in his heart, fearing that Huanheng could see something. However, Huan Heng didn't change his face and said indifferently: "Even if I treat you nicely, when I talk about Changxin Hou Mansion a little bit bad, you will stand up."
"General..." Wei Hua wanted to explain, but Huan Heng raised his hand and smiled: "You don't need to explain, I am not to blame you. This is how a courtier's loyalty should be. Even if you are no longer hers , And will not slander her. Those who bit their original masters after changing their masters are not as good as dogs."
Wei Hua didn't speak, he had some incomprehensible thoughts, and he dared not say much for a while. Huan Heng also saw his nervousness and comforted: "It's okay, don't be nervous. Someone is helping Wei Lan speak, actually..."
Huan Heng's smile was full of bitterness: "I am still, somewhat happy."
As the two talked, Lin Xia looked for it. Huan Heng looked at Lin Xia from a distance and said with a smile: "Your brother is looking for you again, I really envy him."
"What do you envy?"
"Someone is hanging on you," Huan Heng laughed out loud, "Where is it like me?"
As he said, his eyes were lonely: "After she is gone, no one cares about me anymore."
Everyone knows who she is, without words. Wei Hua pursed his lips, and finally said, "It's not that no one doesn't want to care about you, but the general doesn't want anyone to care about you."
"Yes," Huan Heng bent one foot, put his hand on his knee, and looked into the distance: "But besides her, who can really control me? Others are willing to control, I am not happy."
After Huan Heng finished speaking, he glanced at Lin Xia and waved to Wei Hua: "Go."
Wei Hua responded and jumped downstairs. Lin Xia looked at Wei Hua and frowned: "Drinking so much again?"
"Yeah." Wei Hua nodded, but said: "I'm not drunk, don't worry, I weighed and drank it."
The two babbled away, Huan Heng looked at their backs and slowly closed his eyes.
Two days later, Chen Guo launched a new round of offensive.
This time, they seemed to be determined to attack Tu Su City by force. After three consecutive days, they attacked one after another without a half-point pause.
Huan Heng did not leave the city, blindly let go. On the third day, seeing the other party's decay, Huan Heng rushed out with Wei Hua.
The so-called rush, decline, and exhaustion. Chen Guo’s soldiers and horses have already lost their vitality. Huan Heng led people to chase them out, and fled all the way to the west. Everyone chased the remnants and strangled them all the way. Wei Hua rushed as the vanguard. At the forefront, Huan Heng followed closely. It didn't take long before Huan Heng noticed that something was wrong. He looked up and found that Wei Hua had already rushed far away before he knew it. He subconsciously said, "Lin Hua, withdraw!"
Wei Hua couldn't hear it, Huan Heng gritted his teeth and said to the person next to him: "Take someone with you, I'll bring Lin Hua back!"
"General, this is too dangerous!" The guard was stunned, but Huan Heng had already rushed past.
The opponent also seemed to realize that Huanheng had discovered fraud and quickly besieged the team. The huge crowd cut the team into two. Wei Hua was trapped in the crowd. Only then did Huanheng notice that the soldiers were constantly replenished from the surrounding area. They It turned out to be chased into a valley, and the soldiers seemed to have been in ambush a long time ago.
In the past few days, although Chen Guo has been attacking constantly, the elite forces have not really gone into battle, just waiting for them to come out.
Huan Heng shook his heart and roared: "Lin Hua, go!"
Wei Hua finally heard Huan Heng's roar, and when he turned his head and noticed the form, he immediately asked the soldiers to make a pointed formation and directly broke through and rushed.
But the surrounding area was in turmoil, Wei Hua fought desperately, but countless people swarmed up.
Huan Heng drove away, directly over the crowd and rushed into the encirclement circle, heading for Wei Hua.
At this time, Wei Hua was surrounded by the crowd. He was a pioneer. Feather arrows shot at him densely. Wei Hua used a spear to cover it, but he was still accidentally stabbed into his body.
The blood splashed on Wei Hua's face. Wei Hua was picked off by the spear and rolled to the ground. At this moment, Huan Heng arrived and grabbed the others. When mentioned immediately, the commander broke through and shouted: " Follow me, kill and kill!"
Huan Heng had an amazing aura, his spear was like a dragon, and he led the soldiers to kill.
He has excellent riding skills. The soldiers on the other side tried to chop off his horse's legs several times, but he circumvented them, and then directly picked them up with a spear.
He led the elite troops to fight, and Wei Hua was tied to the horse by him, feeling the blood from the wound flowing on his face.
He didn't know how long it had passed, and he felt that the sky was getting darker, and Huan Heng ran all the way, and the sound of horses hoofs around was finally gone.
At this time, Huanheng and the rest of the troops had no idea where they went. Huan Heng stopped his horse, hugged Wei Hua, and said to everyone: "Hurry up to contact the people in the city and call Lin Xia over immediately. Wei Hua's injury can't be bumped anymore."
The soldiers responded, everyone started a fire on the spot, and some others went to fetch water.
Huan Heng placed Wei Hua on the ground. He had always taken care of his men in this way. Everyone was not surprised. Wei Hua was almost fainted in a daze. Seeing blood on his face, Huan Heng raised his hand to wipe the blood off his face.
However, after rubbing his sleeve for a while, he noticed something was wrong, and immediately raised his hand to touch where his neck and face meet.
At first it didn't feel too different to the touch, but Huan Heng was a person with extremely keen sense of touch. After a while, he noticed the unevenness. He was stunned, and then quickly tore the human skin mask.
Wei Hua's own face was exposed in the air. Huan Heng shuddered subconsciously as he looked at the face extremely similar to the person he was thinking about. "Alan..."
No one responded.
Within Shengjing, Wei Lan sighed as he looked at the report from afar and Wei Hua's reply.
"I know."
Xie Zichen stood behind her, frowning: "Will Wei Hua come back?"
"Brother also has his own life." Wei Lan smiled and said nonchalantly: "Don't worry about it for a while, Rong Hua is now being held back by your people and can't do big things for a while, so take this opportunity to take Chen Chen It’s fine if the country is resolved."
"Yeah." Xie Zichen replied and looked to the north: "After solving Chen Guo, should Huan Heng come back?"
"He never," Xie Zichen said slowly: "Not a person who just wants to nest in the border."
In his last life, he returned after destroying Chen and asked the emperor to add nine tins to him.
In this life, with the vengeance of taking his wife, he should come back sooner.