The life in Yanjing City was fairly peaceful. The matter of King Xia in rebellion caused an uproar in the city of Yanjing. The people were only surprised that this brave and brave general was actually a rebel and thief, and they were embarrassed, but it was enough to talk about it for a few days. Some smart people are very worried and don't know when the war will end. Many more people have nothing to do with themselves. In Qingzhou, Yanjing City is still so far away. It is heard that Yin Zhili mainly leads troops to the south of Qingzhou, while Yanjing City is in the north. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the people naturally don't have a sense of crisis in their hearts, and even feel that Yin Zhili's threat is not as great as when he became a king.
However, the insider knew that it was not. Yin Zhan has been planning for this day for many years. To some extent, he actually has more bargaining chips than becoming a king. His soldiers and horses have not slackened for a day in the past few decades. And Yin Zhili was trained by Yin Zhan since he was a child. When he was gentle and elegant, he looked like a harmless young man. When he was a general, he had excellent tactics. And very clever, first surrounded from the south of Qingzhou. After so many years of peaceful life, the people of Beiyan had already neglected tactics, and were actually taken down by Yin Zhili several cities in a row, discarding their helmets and armor. After Yin Zhili entered the city, he did not let the soldiers burn, kill, or looting, nor did he bully the people. On the contrary, he was very reasonable and meant to behave in a benevolent manner. Therefore, the people in the city he conquered did not violently resist.
If Emperor Hong Xiao is a tyrant, I'm afraid that the people will open the city gates to welcome the rebels to enter the city in those dramas in the past. Fortunately, Emperor Hong Xiao was still a Mingjun, otherwise it would be possible to win without fighting with Yin Zhili's method.
The dynasty has been changed to the south of Qingzhou, the people are not very clear, but the courtiers in the ruling and opposition parties can't be more clear. Many courtiers had side cares in their hearts. Although the little prince had won the match against King Hecheng, Yin Zhili was not a king. Yin Zhili’s greatest reliance was the invincible Yin family soldier. Under Emperor Hong Xiao’s, the new generals were still immature, but there was a Jinwu army, which was unfortunately not used for many years, and the general Jinwu was dead, even though Su Guo Gong himself He took his life on the expedition, but he has never been on the battlefield, and the odds of winning are not yet known.
The courtiers are also miserable. This has always changed dynasties. Once the emperor and the courtier, no one wants to be the one who was sacrificed. Only after he left to become a king, another Yin Zhili came, which was really a headache.
Ye Shijie told Jiang Li about the affairs of North Korea. Some modest ministers chose the road of self-protection, except that they did not dare to take the lead, but Ye Shijie was a young man of the right age, passionate and outspoken, but he was more and more heavily relied on by Emperor Hong Xiao. Of course, he was so important that he could not get rid of Xue Huaiyuan's advice behind his back.
Ye Shijie said to Jiang Li: "Your dad... recently introduced me to the ministers he had made with him. From his appearance, it seems that he is planning to give in."
Jiang Li smiled and said, "At this time, for the Jiang family, being able to retreat is the best choice."
Ye Shijie nodded when he heard the words, "Yes."
Since Jiang Yuanbai had told Jiang Li last time about his intention to resign, he was really embarking on a concession. It's just that there are a lot of courtiers who have made friends with him, and there are also a lot of disciples in the court, and there are a lot of things that need to be dealt with at the moment. But he was always doing it one by one, especially, Jiang Li saw that Jiang Yuanbai meant to leave some contacts for Ye Shijie. After the Jiang Yuanbai brothers really resigned, many years later, maybe Ye Shijie could have a place in the court, and before a young age, when the Jiang family's children re-enter the government, they might be able to get Ye Shijie's care.
This is how the officialdom was. The predecessors planted trees and the descendants took advantage of the shade. Jiang Yuanbai did this, not necessarily because he liked Ye Shijie so much, but also to leave a way out for the Jiang family. But for Ye Shijie, there is nothing wrong with it. These contacts are in the hands of Jiang Yuanbai, a reminder of the Jiang family, but in Ye Shijie's hands, they can be icing on the cake. There is nothing wrong with a win-win situation.
"If your father resigns..." Ye Shijie said, "The Jiang family shouldn't stay in Yanjing City anymore. Where are you going?"
Jiang Yuanbai has also blocked many people's paths as the first assistant over the years. Although most of the people who have become kings and rightists have been cleaned up, it is inevitable that there will still be fish slipping through the net. It is inevitable that he would stay in Yanjing City after resignation. Jiang Li shook his head: "Father didn't tell me his plan."
"Listen to what you mean," Ye Shijie looked at her, "you don't plan to do this?"
"Your Majesty has given a marriage," Jiang Li smiled slightly, "Sooner or later I will be from the National Palace, where can I go?"
Ye Shijie stared at Jiang Li: "Have you thought of other options?"
"I haven't thought about other options." Jiang Li smiled.
She seemed to be serious and didn't make a joke, but Ye Shijie understood. He smiled and whispered: "Sometimes, I really envy him."
His voice was too low and Jiang Li did not hear clearly. When Jiang Li wanted to ask again, Ye Shijie had already turned aside. After talking to Ye Shijie for a while before Jiang Li left, Xiao Hong stood on the lantern and looked at Jiang Li. Ji Heng was not there. This noisy starling also looked a lot lonely. He went up to talk enthusiastically when he no longer met people. On the contrary, it was quieter than before.
In the huge Guogong Mansion, there was no longer the sound of Old General Ji practicing swords. Jiang Li walked into the flower garden, wondering if it was her illusion, and always felt that the bright flowers were also dimmed a lot. I wonder if this year's wind and snow are particularly devastating, or Jiang Li is thinking about things. She only felt that on that day’s New Year’s Eve, the incident of roasting venison with old generals Ji and Ji Heng was still close to her eyes, as if it was yesterday, but now it is not the same. This year’s New Year’s Eve is about the same. It's lively.
Xue Zhao was talking with Situ Jiuyue in the flower garden.
After Xue Zhao returned to Yanjing City, he probably realized that he is indeed no longer able to protect the people around him. So he followed Ye Mingyu to practice the whip technique, Situ Jiuyue gave him some poison, and those poisons were put on the whip, although it would not cause people to lose their lives instantly, but it would also make people suffer. Xue Zhao's whip technique is not very sophisticated now, and he might hurt himself during the practice. If he sees the poison that seals his throat, it is also very dangerous for him.
Situ Jiuyue and Xue Zhao get along very well. Ye Shijie didn't practice martial arts, and he had no interest in killing people. Xue Zhao couldn't say anything about the affairs of the court, so even though the two were about the same age, they really couldn't play together. Jiang Li walked to the flower garden and saw the shadows of Xue Zhao and Situ Jiuyue. Just about to say hello to them, he heard Xue Zhaodao: "Girl Jiuyue, you said... Brother-in-law is in Qingzhou, is there any danger?"
Situ Jiuyue's voice is flat and flat: "There is no place on the battlefield that is not dangerous."
"I'm very worried." Xue Zhao's voice was a little dull. "If my leg is not injured, it will be fine. I can follow along to Qingzhou."
"You go?" Situ Jiuyue said: "There are not one or two enemies on the battlefield. You have to face thousands of people. If the situation is not forced, no one will take the initiative to fight. Don't It's easy to say."
Xue Zhao looked at her: "September girl, when Molan was in turmoil, the war was also very tragic."
Situ was taken aback in September, and did not speak for a long while. Even if she talked about her past every time, she looked calm and calm, as if those things had passed for a long time, and she didn't care at all. But the fact is that whenever she thinks about it, she still has heart palpitations. She can only try not to think about it to make herself look like nothing has happened. It is so tragic to see the people I know with my own eyes, including the nanny who served her since childhood, to the parents and siblings, not one left.
"Of course." After a long time, Situ Jiuyue replied, "You can't imagine it at all."
"Then you... haven't you thought about revenge?" Xue Zhao asked.
Jiang Li, who was outside, was also slightly startled when she heard the words. Just like when she became Miss Jiang Er, the first thing she thought about was how to avenge Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong. What about Situ September? Have you never thought of revenge when you witnessed the death of your whole family
"Why?" Situ Jiuyue's voice became a little cold, she said: "One day, I will return to Molan and get back what should belong to me, but now I am weak and still have to Relying on others. But for ten, twenty or even thirty years, I can bear it. As long as I don’t die for a day, the heart of vengeance will never die. When I came to the Guogong Mansion, I promised to do something for Ji Heng. It’s because he made a deal with me, and when it comes to the past, he helps me kill Molan back."
Jiang Li was surprised, this time he really understood the origin of the relationship between Situ Jiuyue and Ji Heng. But Jiang Li always felt that Ji Heng's willingness to agree to Situ Jiuyue was not purely for the sake of trading, but to take advantage of Situ Jiuyue's abilities, but that he saw his own shadow from Situ Jiuyue. About some of the same illnesses are pitying each other. Ji Heng seemed to be passionate and ruthless, but if he really wanted to say he was ruthless, he was willing to help others at some point.
"What's your expression?" When Jiang Li was still thinking, Situ Jiuyue's voice came, and she said, "Do you think I am cruel, or do you think I am obsessed with revenge and despise me?"
"Why?" Xue Zhao said, "If someone hurts me or the people around me, I will take revenge for the people around me at all costs. If you do something wrong, you will have to pay the price. I think the girl in September does it. It’s quite right. If I were a girl in September, I would do the same. And the girl in September can see the pros and cons and judge the situation. I would rather stay for many years than make a move and make a decision. I admire this very much. Until September On the day that the girl returned to Molan, I wanted to come to my whip and practiced well, and I would go home with Miss Jiuyue."
"You?" Situ Jiuyue sneered, "What does the enemy in my family have to do with you, what are you going to do?"
"September girl is my friend." Xue Zhao said seriously: "My friend needs help, I naturally want to do it."
After a while, Situ Jiuyue's voice remembered, and she said: "It's better to take care of yourself. I don't want to take you with you, and I am afraid that you will be in danger."
Although I couldn't see Situ Jiuyue's face, I could hear her voice with a smile. Jiang Li leaned over and smiled slightly. In any case, something good has happened in the Guogong Mansion these days, right? She is also a girl, of course she can see Situ Jiuyue's thoughts, but she doesn't know when the idiot A Zhao will find out? But that's all, although these guessing processes are laborious, but when they think about it in the future, it might be an interesting memory, so let them explore it by themselves.
Jiang Li turned and walked away.
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This war lasted very long. January and two months have passed, the new year has also passed, and even the spring is almost over. The people of Beiyan finally realized that something was wrong. It seemed that he had only seen the real strength of King Xia. Several cities were lost from the south of Qingzhou, where Yin Zhili established himself as king, proclaiming himself King of Xia. The Yin Jiabing was very brave, but no matter how brave it was, there was still no way to cross the other side of the Yongding River in Qingzhou—the Jinwu Army was equally powerful and uncompromising.
Ji Heng learned to use political power and not to lead soldiers to fight, but the Jinwu Army he led was also very good. Different from the order of the Yin family soldiers, I heard that all the Jinwu soldiers were hard bones back then. After many years, the green-headed soldiers of that year are now also getting older, and the newly recruited soldiers will find it difficult to integrate into it for a while. It stands to reason. Such a Jinwu Army may have a name, but it is not as good as it used to be. Under such unfavorable preconditions, it was surprising that Ji Heng was able to do this so that Yin Jiabing could not go any further.
But precisely because of this, it is really difficult for the Jinwu Army to go forward and completely destroy all the Yin family soldiers.
The results of the battle ahead will be delivered to Jiang Li every day. Sometimes it is the Yin family's soldiers who have won, and sometimes it is Ji Heng who has won. The battle report was only a few lines, Jiang Li couldn't guess what Ji Heng was in from those lines, so he could only meditate in his mind. Sometimes Ji Heng got up and walked around, sometimes he was sitting in the tent drinking tea. In such a day-to-day consumption, Jiang Yuanbai also handled many things in the DPRK and planned to resign in a few days.
On the day he was going to resign, Jiang Li asked Jiang Yuanbo to take her into the palace.
"What are you doing in the palace?" Jiang Yuanbai frowned. Jiang Li is not a person who likes to enter the palace. In the palace, she does not know anyone now.
"I want to see your majesty." Jiang Li replied.
"you… "
"Father, don't worry. I saw your Majesty not for the Jiang family's business, but for the Guogong's affairs. Ji Heng once told me one thing and asked me to explain it to your Majesty in person. I think it's almost time now. … Father, I won’t cause trouble to the Jiang family."
Jiang Yuanbai looked at Jiang Li for a while, and he felt more and more powerless. He is about to resign, but Ji Heng is Hong Xiaodi's most trusted courtier. The imperial decree of marriage was almost a warning given to him by Emperor Hong Xiao. Jiang Yuanbo could not influence Jiang Li's marriage, nor could he influence Jiang Li. Even in a certain way, Jiang Li is now a member of the Guogong Mansion. Even the Ye family members have lived in the Guogong Mansion. What can he do? He can't interfere, and he doesn't dare to intervene in the country. The matter of the government.
Therefore, Jiang Yuanbai waved his hand and said in a fateful manner: "No matter, you can go if you want."
Jiang Li laughed: "Thank you father."
Suddenly seeing Jiang Li smile, Jiang Yuanbai was also startled. Since Ji Heng was on standby for the expedition, Jiang Yuanbai rarely saw Jiang Li smile easily. Most of the time, she looked at the sky in the yard in a daze, without thinking about it, but also knowing that she was thinking about Ji Heng. This daughter looks independent and generous, but when she likes someone, she is really like all girls who have a sweetheart.
Jiang Yuanbo couldn't help but tentatively said: "Xiao Li, if we resign, we will leave Yanjing..."
"Father, let me stay here and guard Jiang's house." Jiang Li replied.
Her eyes were still as clear and clean as they were back then, but Jiang Yuanbai caught a glimpse of her unshakable determination from this gentle word. He was silent for a while before saying: "You have to think about it."
"I already thought about it."
Jiang Yuanbo looked at Jiang Li fixedly, suddenly a little confused. Jiang Li's temperament made him think of Ye Zhenzhen who died young for a moment. Ye Zhenzhen died early that year, and later he married Ji Shuran, thinking that he was very happy, but Ye Zhenzhen rarely thought of it. But looking at Jiang Li's appearance, he thought that Ye Zhenzhen seemed to be so stubborn many years ago.
At that time, the old lady Jiang went to the Ye family to propose marriage. Although the Jiang family was an official family, the Ye family was not happy at first. What's afraid is that Ye Zhenzhen was wronged because of her business background. But Ye Zhenzhen herself saw Jiang Yuanbo in the backyard, and she turned around and told Mrs. Ye that she was going to marry.
After Ye Zhenzhen passed the door, she took the initiative to tell Jiang Yuanbai about the incident, and Jiang Yuanbai laughed at her stupidly. All women in the world will take Joe, for fear that others will put themselves down. Like a man, only three points have to be said, but Ye Zhenzhen never lied. She told Jiang Yuanbai directly that she really liked him very much.
Jiang Li and Ye Zhenzhen are not alike at all. She is more sensible and cunning, but now she and Ye Zhenzhen are very similar, both are the same frankness, and they don’t conceal their intentions, and they just say whatever they are. .
Is this a good thing? Jiang Yuanbai thought in a daze that the reason why Ye Zhenzhen could not die was because he was calculated by Ji Shuran. After all, it was because of herself. But Jiang Yuanbai also admitted that because of Ye Zhenzhen’s unreserved love, he actually had something in his heart. Some people don't look down on Ye Zhenzhen.
Where is Ji Heng? How would Ji Heng see Jiang Li expressing his heart so frankly? Would he look down on Jiangli and even disappoint Jiangli like himself
He looked at the daughter in front of him. The girl was slim, soft and moving, and the perseverance between her brows could not be shaken.
No matter, Jiang Yuanbai sighed in his heart, this is all fate. How fate is, how can he see it clearly when he is a mortal.
His back buckled slightly, and said, "Then just give it up as you think in your heart."
Jiang Li smiled: "Thank you father."