"Sister Yuegui, don't bother with her." Xiang Hongyu gave Yunhe a hard look and said angrily: "You are sincere to others, but they treat your kindness as nothing. Such people deserve to be punished."
Mu Ying said with a serious expression: "Okay, Hongyu, you should stop saying a few words."
Xiang Hongyu said indifferently and stood there again, motionless. Yun He did not say anything further. Mu Ying, Bai Ruxue and Zheng Yuegui stayed for a while and then went their separate ways. left
…
In this way, the two girls continued to stand outside the Qianqing Palace in the cold wind. At first, they were both confident and confident, and they refused to accept the other. But at noon, both of them couldn't bear it anymore, and they only felt that their legs were numb. , my whole body was trembling uncontrollably. If I stood still, I might have to fall down.
It’s no wonder that they were forced to stand for a day. Not even men like them, let alone women, could withstand such a punishment. The original intention of Shao Yan’s reason for giving such heavy corporal punishment was that he wanted them both to be punished. You can have a longer memory, especially this girl Yun He. This girl used to be arrogant all day long in the palace because she was the queen's maid. Now that she is the goddaughter of the head of the country, she is even more arrogant.
Shao Yan just took this opportunity to teach her a lesson, but Xiang Hongyu suffered a lot. Even though this little girl was born into a noble family, she was still able to withstand these hardships. As dusk approached, Yun He really couldn't hold on any longer.' With a plop, she sat down on the ground. Fortunately, Bai Ruxue happened to be passing by with a group of imperial guards. Seeing this scene, she quickly asked the imperial guards to send Yun He to the Cao Mansion.
Xiang Hongyu persisted in standing until dark. When red lanterns were lit everywhere around the palace, she just dragged her tired body and limped back. Because her legs were numb, she couldn't stand it every time. You should hold your hand against the wall after taking a few steps, otherwise you may fall down accidentally.
Although the light was weak, it still illuminated the path under her feet. She climbed up the wall with one hand and pinched her sore waist with the other, and walked forward with difficulty. As she walked, she suddenly saw that there was something more in front of her body. A tall figure, she subconsciously turned her head slightly, but saw Shao Yan standing behind her smiling at her, she pouted and said: "You bad guy, should you be satisfied now? Everyone is like this, you Still there to gloat"
This girl has suffered such a big crime. If she doesn't complain at all in her heart, it is definitely impossible. Shao Yan walked over with a smile and said jokingly: "Haha, the little girl still has some skills, really. You do what you say, I like your enterprising spirit."
"What's the use of your hobby? My legs are almost broken." Xiang Hongyu took two steps forward and finally found a stone pier to sit down. She turned around and said, "Brother Shao Yan, I'm so big, how can I still..." I have never been bullied like this before. I helped you so much in the past, but you rewarded me like this. You, you are ungrateful."
This girl played all night last night and was forced to stand for another day. Her mental state was obviously worse than before. Every time she spoke, her little face turned red and white, and there were dark circles around her eyes. It was obviously caused by excessive exhaustion. , Shao Yan walked over and picked her up from the ground without any explanation.
Xiang Hongyu's face turned red, she struggled a few times instinctively, and said, "You, what are you going to do?"
"Nothing to do? I'll take you to bed," Shao Yan said generously.
"Ah?" Xiang Hongyu quickly curled up into a ball, kicked Shao Yan's arm with both legs, and said with a blushing face: "You, you bad guy"
Shao Yan chuckled and thought to himself, this girl must have had a misunderstanding. You called me a bad guy. Okay, then I will show you the bad guy. So he smiled evilly and said: "You, girl, do your work. Come on."
, come and sleep with me quickly.”
"I, I don't-" Xiang Hongyu was shy and anxious, but she could no longer exert any strength. In desperation, she bit Shao Yan's hand hard, and Shao Yan let out a sharp scream.
Bark, at first glance, there is an extra tooth mark on the hand, yes, it is another dog.
He laid Xiang Hongyu flat on the ground and walked forward without looking back, but he heard the girl's voice coming from behind him again: "You bad guy, where are you going?"
Shao Yan slowly turned sideways and said with a deliberately stern face: "Why do you ask this? Since I am a bad person, what am I going to do? Do I have to report it to you?"
Xiang Hongyu sat on the ground, her mood gradually calmed down. When she saw the tooth mark on the back of Shao Yan's hand, her face immediately turned red and she timidly said: "Brother Shao Yan, just..., I'm sorry, I'm not
On purpose, it was you—" Halfway through her words, she suddenly sat up straight and said confidently: "It's not all my fault. It's all your fault, you big bad guy. You bullied me first."
Shao Yan was angry and funny. He shook his head and sighed: "I saw that you had difficulty walking and you didn't sleep all night last night. I planned to take you to your sister's place to rest. Who knew you, a little girl, couldn't take a joke?"
When Xiang Hongyu heard what he said, she realized that she had bitten the wrong person too quickly. She couldn't help but blush and said with shame: "So that's it. I, I thought you would -"
"What can I do?" Shao Yan laughed generously, touched her little nose with his finger, and said: "I still have a lot of memorials to review, how can I have the time to think about those things? Besides, if I
If you really want to do this, can you still escape?"
"You, you are so bad." Upon hearing this, Xiang Hongyu's face turned red.
"Okay, it's getting late. I still have a lot of things to do. Do you decide to leave on your own, or do you want me to send someone to take you back?" Shao Yan asked
Xiang Hongyu pretended to be reserved, thought for a while and said: "My legs can't walk now. It's all caused by your own hands. I want you to carry me."
Shao Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he immediately leaned down. Xiang Hongyu was very happy and lay down. Since she couldn't use any strength, her whole body was pressed against Shao Yan's body. This girl was not old, but she was quite developed.
It's quite fast, especially the plump ones, which press against Shao Yan's body. They are warm, soft and very comfortable.
After sending the girl back, Shao Yan didn't waste a moment and immediately left the house and walked to the imperial study. Just when he passed the imperial garden, he accidentally found Zheng Yuegui sitting alone in the pavilion, looking up at the dark night sky.
Tonight, there was no moon in the sky, only a few stars. She quietly leaned her body against the stone table, dragging her chin with her hands. There was a bit of sadness on her pretty face, looking like she was worried.
Shao Yan didn't want to disturb her, but for some reason, after taking a few steps, his legs unexpectedly moved back. It happened that at this time, Zheng Yuegui also turned her eyes here. When she saw Shao Yan,
, the wrinkles on his face suddenly relaxed, and he stood up hurriedly and gave him a blessing.
Shao Yan came to her openly and asked casually: "Yuegui, why don't you rest at this late hour? Are you homesick?"
Zheng Yuegui was stunned for a moment, then nodded indifferently: "That's not entirely true. Since the death of her father and mother, Yuegui's only relatives in the palace are the emperor's brother and his wife. The emperor's brother pointed me out to others several times, which really hurt me.
But he is still my brother after all. If he says he doesn't miss him, he must be lying." After a pause, she turned back, looked at Shao Yan lovingly and said: "Your Majesty, if you rule the world in the future, what will you do?
Did you kill the royal brother?"
This issue is very long-term. Shao Yan really hasn't thought about it. He hesitated for a moment and said solemnly: "No, fundamentally speaking, Zheng Kai is not a wise emperor. At best, he is just a puppet emperor who is not really in power.
The perpetrator is Wang Boyan, and all bad things are caused by him alone. If possible, I hope to coexist peacefully with your brother. When the two countries are at war, the people who suffer the most are the people. Once the war breaks out, the people will be displaced.
I have been living a life of ups and downs for a long time, but looking at the current situation, I am afraid that this war is unavoidable."
Shao Yan gritted his teeth and said firmly: "Since it cannot be avoided, rather than letting traitors and traitors harm the people, it is better to end this fight as soon as possible, pacify the world as soon as possible, and restore peace and prosperity to all people in the world."
Zheng Yuegui listened to the sonorous and powerful words of his words, and couldn't help but said happily: "With the emperor's words, Yuegui can rest assured. Although the emperor is cowardly by nature, he is wholeheartedly good and has never done anything that hurts the people."
Shao Yan said: "I know all this. If Wang Boyan hadn't controlled the government with one hand, your imperial brother might have done something. Even if he did nothing, he wouldn't have ended up in this situation today. Don't worry, my sword will never
There has never been an unjust death.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zheng Yuegui said another blessing. She raised her head and looked directly at Shao Yan's face. She didn't speak for a long time. Shao Yan thought his face was dirty at first, so he wiped it again and again with his sleeves.
Zheng Yuegui couldn't help covering her lips and chuckled: "Your Majesty, I remember when we first met, I saw you dressed in strange clothes, and I almost thought you were the special envoy of the Western Chu Kingdom, but I didn't expect that you were from the Donglin Kingdom.
Prince"
Shao Yan's mind couldn't help but flash back to the scene when he had just traveled through time. At that time, he thought he had broken into a private garden, but unexpectedly it was the palace of Nanliang Kingdom. During this period, he accidentally met Zheng Yuegui, and led to
What followed was a long series of stories. Whenever he recalled these, he always felt that he was dreaming, and even suddenly forgot who he was. It was not until he stood in front of the bronze mirror that he realized - I have traveled through time.
Seeing that he was silent, Zheng Yuegui added: "By the way, Your Majesty, Master Han Yang asked you to find Master Wu Hai, do you have any clues?"
It's okay if Zheng Yuegui didn't ask. When she asked, Shao Yan got angry. Damn it, this old man actually gave me a difficult question. How can there be no sea in this world? I've been searching privately for more than half a year and still can't find it.
Man, if this old man didn't have peerless martial arts, I would really suspect that he has Alzheimer's disease
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty" Zheng Yuegui saw him mumbling to himself, but couldn't hear clearly what he was saying, so she called him twice softly next to him.
Shao Yan calmed down, shook his head and said: "Not yet, I have asked people to search and search throughout the Donglin Kingdom, but no such person can be found anywhere, and I don't know if it is the old man... Master, did he remember it wrong, or did he
This person is not in Donglin Country at all. I am going to wait until the world is stable and then search for it across the country."
"That's fine. The emperor is the king of a country, so he must take state affairs as his top priority," Zheng Yuegui said with a smile.
Seeing her clear eyes staring at him, Shao Yan was really not used to it for a moment, and then asked casually: "By the way, how is Xiaoxiang's injury? I asked someone to beat her twenty times today.
Daban is also out of helplessness."
"Xiang'er has violated palace rules and should be punished. Your Majesty, don't worry, she just suffered some skin trauma. I have already given her medicine and she will be fine in two days."
"Oh, that's good, that's good." Shao Yan paused for a moment, and then said: "There are still a lot of memorials in the imperial study. I will go there first, and you should go back and rest early."
"Yeah" Zheng Yuegui nodded.
Shao Yan strode towards the imperial study room...
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Time passed, and more than a month passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, Shao Yan personally inspected the soldiers' drills and deployments during the day, and was busy reviewing memorials at night, sometimes even until midnight, and had to meet with soldiers early in the morning.
Bai Ruxue practiced swordsmanship and strengthened his physical training, because he knew that there would be a fierce battle waiting for him in the near future, and he might one day personally command thousands of troops to fight the enemy.
At the same time, he ordered his capable generals Zhang Baihu, Wang Xin, Zhang Huaide, Chang Yixiao, Li Changsheng, Zhou Yanfo and others to lead their troops and try to expand the territory in all directions. The generals lived up to their expectations. In just over a month,
They captured more than a dozen cities in a row and recaptured half of the lost country from the Liang and Chu armies. Everywhere they went, they recruited local troops. Within a month, Donglin's troops had grown from the original ten.
The number of tens of thousands suddenly increased to more than 300,000, doubling the original number.
The continuous growth of Donglin State caused panic to General Qin Ling of Chu State and Jin Dingguo, commander of Liang State. Even the king of Chu State was worried about it. After discussion, the two countries decided to send 200,000 troops each to attack Donglin State.
Seeing that the 400,000 troops of Chu and Liang were about to invade the border, the peace ministers headed by Cao Kun petitioned the emperor to retreat to the island. However, most of the ministers such as Deng Bingtang firmly opposed it. Shao Yan made a decisive decision and adopted Deng Bingtang's war proposal.
He first ordered Zhou Yanfo and his 100,000 rebel troops to pretend to attack the invading army from the flanks. When the enemy was in disarray, Wang Xin and Zhang Baihu's main force launched a general attack from the front. His policy was to fight when he won.
, if you can’t win, withdraw.
Shao Yan knew very well that this method was more suitable for mountain warfare, also known as guerrilla warfare. Occasionally, he could get lucky and win a small victory by opportunism. However, once on the flat ground, it would be like a useless place for heroes. If not, he would be defeated by the enemy.
Army encirclement
In addition, fighting requires a huge amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, all three of which are indispensable. After days of fighting, although the Donglin troops achieved victory to a certain extent, they also paid a heavy price.
At that time, in order to protect the personal safety of tens of thousands of people nearby, all five thousand cavalry led by brothers Lu Jin, Lu Yin, and Lu Cai were killed in battle.
When attacking Gouzhuang City, General Zhang Shun was unfortunately hit on the head by a stone on the city wall, and later stopped breathing on the way back to the camp. In addition, there were Wen Zixiang, Zhang Dong, and Tao Wangzhou.
, Huang Enming, Zhao Qinghui, Huang Long, Zhou Yunjian, Deng Quan and other 16 soldiers were killed in battle
Even so, Donglin's soldiers took the restoration of the country as their own duty, and with Shao Yan as the core of their leadership, the team was still growing day by day. Wherever Donglin's army went, they were warmly welcomed by the local people.