But Wei Changying's desire to bully his younger brother again after several years of separation was put on hold - six days later, Huo County, the only road from Fengzhou to the imperial capital, was captured by refugees, the warehouses were looted, and all the officials below the county magistrate joined their families as refugees. Killed!
This news reached the court, and all the officials were furious!
Taibao Su Pingzhan was very happy at first. After all, this was a reasonable opportunity to increase troops and advance troops.
But he was not happy for two days. Considering that the official document from the imperial court ordering the Qingzhou Army to rush to aid Huoxian County was still on the way, the news that Qingzhou was rushed eight hundred miles away and even pigeon letters were used due to the obstruction of Huoxian County made Su Pingzhan almost want to vomit blood - Siam Luo attacks!
... More than ten years ago, in order to be granted a title, a brother of Su Pingzhan made up excuses and fought his way to the vicinity of the capital of Siam. He built dozens of temples along the way and killed Siam greatly. That time the Su family captured countless people. According to common sense, Siam had not recovered its national strength at this time and did not have the ability to invade the Wei Dynasty.
Of course, this is not possible, and it is based on the Wei Dynasty more than ten years ago.
Now this small country in southern Xinjiang is obviously seeing the internal and external troubles of the Wei Dynasty, and is taking advantage of it to rob it.
And I don’t know if I heard that the northern side of the Wei Dynasty was facing the Beirong army. Siam actually pressed the entire country’s troops this time. The Su family was caught off guard. Not only did they kill and injure many of their clan members who were guarding the border, they even lost several cities. Even Qingzhou's neighboring state and the most important town in southern Xinjiang, Zezhou City, was besieged!
Under this situation, even though the Grand Master racked his brains, Su Pingzhan did not hesitate to send out his trusted guards and mount his mounts overnight to recover the previous official document instructing the Qingzhou Army to exterminate the rebels in Huoxian County, and changed it to immediately Return to support Qingzhou!
As soon as the Qingzhou Army left, Wei Changfeng and his party, who had come to the imperial capital to welcome their bride, were extremely embarrassed and were blocked behind Huocheng.
This is not just because the private soldiers of the Wei family have been peaceful for a long time. Even if they train diligently, they will inevitably be in a hurry when they go into battle for the first time. It is also because Wei Changfeng came to Beijing to pick up his relatives. Even though he knew that there was unrest on the road, he brought many private soldiers with him... But, Who would have thought that a wedding would involve attacking a city? ?
It has always been known that if you want to succeed in attacking a city, you must have more people than the people defending the city.
But now who's private soldiers can compare with the number of refugees
Moreover, the lives of the refugees are as cheap as grass. The private soldiers carefully raised by the Wei family are very precious in comparison. As long as Wei Changfeng is not dizzy, he will never let the private soldiers without any siege equipment. Go down and attack Huocheng.
However, Huocheng is the only way to go. If you don't go from here, you will have to take a detour of nearly a thousand miles.
Being nearly a thousand miles away is still a small matter. The key is that Huo County can be occupied by refugees. If we take a detour, who knows if we will encounter similar things again? After all, civil unrest is everywhere now, and refugees are surging.
If we don’t go around that far, there is a small road in the middle. But the small roads are impassable for cars and horses, and even people have to be careful and go through several dangerous places to pass. In this kind of place, we can only send a few messenger servants to try. Even if we succeed, there are still hundreds of miles to go from Huoxian County to the imperial capital. This road may not be any more peaceful than Huoxian County.
Under such circumstances, no one dared to ask Wei Changfeng to walk on this path...
Therefore, Wei Changfeng could only stop awkwardly outside Huoxian County, facing a dilemma.
When the news reached the imperial capital, the temples of the Grand Master and others became much whiter. After discussion, Shen Xuan refused to let the remaining 20,000 Xiang soldiers go to the imperial capital on the grounds that there was no peace near the capital and he needed the Xiliang Army to assist the Yulin Army in guarding the capital. The Liang army recaptured Huoxian. Therefore, the Grand Master had no choice but to send someone to explain to Su Xiuqin and Princess Lingxian that because their daughter was old and their wedding date was fixed, the princess and her husband were wholeheartedly looking forward to their son-in-law coming to the imperial capital. Since they received the Wei family's welcoming procession, they have been blocked by refugees. After hearing the news, he rushed to every door almost every day, hoping to help Wei Changfeng pass through Huoxian County.
But now that the Shen family is holding back its troops, the Royal Guards have no hope at all - the Rong invaded the Holy Land in large numbers and the Emperor refused to call the Royal Guards to separate their troops. What's more, can the granddaughter's wedding be held as scheduled
Therefore, the princess and his wife were full of annoyance, but had no choice but to send someone to take a small road to deliver a message to Wei Changfeng, asking him to return to Fengzhou first. Wait until the passage in Huo County is opened before going to Beijing... The wedding date of both parties has been decided, and Su Nianchu is now considered a member of the Wei family. If Wei Changfeng is waiting under Huo County, there will be many refugees, so this son-in-law will have What are the advantages and disadvantages of this? Isn't Su Nianchu's life over
In the meantime, Princess Lingxian, hoping for the best, invited the Chief of Guard Ying to come to the house to speak, and mentioned that the Shen family still had 20,000 Xiliang troops in the capital. But Wei Changying had no choice. According to selfish reasons, of course she also hoped that her brother could start a family as soon as possible and start a family. However, although the Xiliang Army belonged to the Shen family, it was not her turn as a back-house woman to make the decision.
Besides, Mrs. Su also told her about not sending the Xiliang army to Huoxian County to quell the chaos. Now that the world is not peaceful, leaving an army in the capital will reassure the whole family. Moreover, attacking the city is not as good as defeating the enemy. Because of the tight terrain of Huoxian County, even if the city walls are not as high and thick as Yanzhou, and the trenches are not as deep and wide as Yanzhou, it is not that easy to defeat.
What if the Xiliang Army is trapped
Speaking of this, no matter how regretful Wei Changying felt, he could only say yes.
So the excitement of this reunion between siblings was ruined before it even started.
In this situation, the most embarrassing, helpless and aggrieved person was of course Su Nianchu. She was also nineteen. She had set a wedding date but was disturbed by the current situation. She could only continue to live in her parents' house, which was really embarrassing.
Although this cannot be said to be entirely the fault of the Wei family, Wei Changying still paid a special visit to her and gave her a pair of gold and jade mandarin duck bracelets that he had kept at the bottom of the box when he got married, saying that they were heirlooms of the Wei family: "I heard from my grandmother that my great-great-grandmother got a good piece of jade at that time and asked a craftsman to make it. It has been passed down from generation to generation in the Wei family since then. When I left the court, my grandmother pitied me for marrying far away and made an exception. Enter the dowry. Originally, I wanted to give it to you as a congratulatory gift, but now Changfeng is blocked by the refugees and can't come for a while, so just take it as a thought."
When Su Nian first saw these bracelets, the jade was as clear as moonlight and the craftsmanship was extraordinary. When placed in the brocade box, they had a faint feeling of jade light and gold, so she couldn't refuse them. But now that I heard it was an heirloom of the Wei family, I hesitated.
Wei Changying persuaded her, half forcing and half coaxing her to accept it. He comforted her with kind words and then left.
After she left, Princess Lingxian came to see her daughter. She saw the pair of bracelets and heard that they were heirlooms of the Wei family. However, because Mrs. Song doted on her granddaughter, she allowed her to take them out. Although Wei Changying could not bear to brush her elders However, she didn't want to take advantage of her mother's family, so she used Su Nianchu to pass by and return the things. The princess was very happy and put the bracelet on for her daughter with her own hands. She looked at the bright wrist that was the same color as jade and said: " There’s no need to take it off, just wear it like this.”
Su Nianchu was a little reluctant to part with it: "Sister, she said it was an heirloom of the Wei family."
"What does that have to do with it? You are not a careless person." Princess Lingxian was obviously very moved when she saw her daughter rubbing the bracelet. She pursed her lips and chuckled, "Although this thing is good, our family does not have it. But It's because it's an heirloom bracelet from the Wei family, and it was given by Mrs. Wei herself, so it deserves special attention. But Mrs. Wei said that your husband-in-law couldn't come to the imperial capital at the moment, so she sent the pair of bracelets in advance. I’m going to give you a thought. If you don’t wear it and hide it in a box, what’s the point of thinking about it?”
Su Nianchu thought about it too...
And when Wei Changying returned to Taifu's Mansion, before he sat down to take a sip of tea, he heard another bad news - Shen Shuguang was almost bitten by a mastiff!
Although the Taifu Mansion is such a large mansion, there are many guards, but in many cases the manpower is not as strong as the animals. Therefore, in order to keep an eye on the door, the outer courtyard also keeps more than a dozen exotic mastiff dogs, all of which have fierce and ferocious temperaments. I have never seen this kind of mastiff, Guard Chang Ying, but I have heard that every one of them is taller than Shen Shuguang when they are on all fours.
The mastiffs that go to guard the home are always trying to be fierce, and with the power of the Shen family, they don't have to worry about the consequences if something happens to someone. Therefore, speaking of children, even adults, it is not surprising that they are bitten to death by this kind of dog.
When Wei Changying heard the news, he was so frightened that he was out of his wits! Everyone is in bad condition!
The servant who came to report the news hurriedly said that someone happened to be passing by and rescued Shen Shuguang, and that the second grandson was very well now. After saying this several times, Wei Changying came back to his senses and ran to the upper room like crazy!
When they arrived at the upper room, they rushed in without being informed and saw a lot of people in the hall and several figures kneeling down below. But Wei Changying didn't care about it now. He glanced around and saw Shen Shuguang being held in his grandmother's arms with tears on his face, and the fear in his expression had not faded away.
Sensing her mother's arrival, Shen Shuguang's somewhat glazed eyes turned around, and he cried loudly. He broke away from his grandmother's arms and threw himself into his mother's arms. He tightly held the skirt of her skirt with his little hands and cried. The voice has changed.
Wei Changying felt distressed and angry at the same time. He hugged him first, and then gave Mrs. Su a hasty salute. He touched his son's body all over and found no scars, and then felt a little relieved. Looking at her son's overly frightened look in her arms, her previously active eyes were now full of fear, and she actually looked a bit sluggish. She didn't answer any questions, but just held her hand harder and harder - the feeling in her heart. Unable to suppress his anger, he hugged Shen Shuguang tightly, raised his eyes and asked: "Mom, what's going on? Aren't mastiffs always only in the outer courtyard? How could they almost bite Guang'er? Could it be that Guang'er ran away to the outer courtyard? ?”
When she went out, she originally put Shen Shuguang in the Jintong courtyard and was not allowed to leave the courtyard while being watched. But Mrs. Su thought that there was a small pool in Jintong Courtyard. Although it was not deep and the servants would definitely keep an eye on it, it was not safe enough. Therefore, he insisted that Wei Changying send Shen Shuguang to him when he went out. Although Shen Shuguang is naughty, because of his young age, he is still innocent in nature. He mainly behaves like a spoiled child when things happen, and he has not gotten into the habit of bossing around and forcing his subordinates. The servant in front of him is not crazy, he will take him to the outer courtyard.
How could it happen that I was almost bitten by a mastiff
Because he was worried about his son, Wei Changying was agitated at the moment, with an obvious questioning tone in his tone.
But at this moment, she had no intention to care about Mrs. Su's mood.
However, Mrs. Su was now considerate of her mood and did not scold her for questioning. Instead, she sighed and said, "Heng'er is such an evildoer! Fortunately, Zhu Lei passed by, otherwise..." At this point, she looked at her coldly. Under the eyes.
Following his mother-in-law's gaze, Wei Changying discovered that among the people kneeling in the hall, the one at the head was the biological mother of his youngest brother-in-law, Shen Lianheng, Miao. The one kneeling behind was Shen Lianheng, mother and son. He peeked at himself cautiously and cautiously. (To be continued)