These days are sunny every day, and the sun rises brightly and flawlessly, as if it heralds a new future for the Song Empire.
On this morning, the rising general of the empire, Xing Yue Pengju, led his triumphant army and arrived at a garrison town ten miles outside Yingtian City.
His soldiers are the first escort team for the Ninth Prince's ascension to the throne.
As soon as Yue Pengju entered the city, he saw a restaurant in front of him making a lot of noise and being surrounded by people.
This man was the chief culprit of the looting. Yue Pengju was furious: "You don't want to provide every porridge and food for the people, and you don't want to kill the enemy, but you send troops to disturb the people. This is a disaster, kill him immediately!"
He immediately drew his sword and beheaded the culprit. The others were so frightened that they no longer dared to breathe a sigh of relief and were escorted away to the garrison camp.
The Song Army had a class law created by Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty. Any subordinate who disobeyed his superiors could be punished with death. Liu Guang indulged in military discipline, but when Yue Pengju brought up the class law, he was speechless. He could only frown and ordered the officer to Nine soldiers retreated.
Yue Pengju was very angry when he saw that he let the nine people go so easily, but he did not show it. Liu Guang laughed and said: "Brother Yue, you are still inexperienced. After a long time, you will know that the way to run an army is "Long soldiers', only by being indulgent to the soldiers in peacetime can they be effective in making them dedicated in wartime..."
Yue Pengju heard this kind of fallacy for the first time in his life and felt that the sun above his head was actually very dazzling. In fact, the "teachers of the King of Qin" seen along the way were basically the same. If they relied on them, they could completely drive away the golden thieves and restore the The rivers and mountains are really unimaginable.
In this way, the joy of the new emperor's accession to the throne could not hide the underlying uneasiness in his heart. It seemed that the closer he got to Yingtian, the more bad premonitions he had.
But at this moment, he suddenly thought of his sister, and his heart was so anxious that he could only wait to see her appear in front of him the next moment.
Hua Rong was patrolling the school grounds when she heard that Yue Peng had returned from a great victory.
She was so happy that she almost jumped up and followed the crowd to welcome him out. When Yue Pengju saw his sister in the crowd, he couldn't hide the joy on his face. Hua Rong quietly winked at him, and he understood that he was leading the group this time. This elite soldier is currently the most elite force in the imperial court and the most trusted by the Ninth Prince. They rushed back at this time to protect his smooth accession to the throne.
King Qin also followed Hua Rong in the crowd from a distance. When he saw Yue Pengju riding a tall horse in the distance, his spirit was flying, and everyone was paying attention, he realized so clearly that this was not the "boy with no hair", but He is the brightest general in the empire.
Hua Rong was faintly seen waving to the crowd in front, with bright fingers and a smile as bright as a flower. Her face was filled with the tenderness of a young girl's admiration.
Deputy Marshal Huang Qianshan had already sent orders to generals from all over the country to discuss matters and arrange the security work for the Nine Princes' enthronement. Yue Pengju was temporarily appointed as the Guard Infantry Company, in charge of city defense, with 1,000 soldiers under his command. Yue Pengju looked at his sister from a distance in the crowd, and did not even have time to say hello. , has already taken the order and left.
By the time everything was arranged, it was already the third update.
Then he hurried to Hua Rong's room. As soon as he knocked on the door, the door opened. Hua Rong smiled softly and said softly: "Pengju, come in."
He closed the door, stretched out his hand, and held her in his arms: "Sister..."
The warmth coming from her arms was reassuring, sweet, like an intoxicating spring breeze. She chuckled: "Pengju, you are finally back."
After a long time, he asked softly: "Sister, how are you these days?"
"It's okay. It's nothing serious. It's just that King Qin arrived at the military camp..."
Yue Pengju was very surprised: "He can actually stay in the military camp?"
"He has been here for so long and he still doesn't leave. Alas..." She thought of the day when King Qin broke in, and she was still frightened. Seeing her uneasy expression, Yue Pengju immediately said: "He bullied you again? I will drive him away tomorrow." "
She lay in his arms and closed her eyes: "He broke in one night and went out again."
Yue Pengju asked anxiously: "He hurt you again?"
"Not this time. However, I really don't want to see him."
That was his sister's nightmare, he understood.
"Sister, don't be afraid, I'm here."
"Well, I'm not afraid." She smiled sweetly: "Don't worry about King Qin for now. He likes to be in the military camp. When you go on an expedition, I will leave with you..."
"Sister, I can't leave you alone anymore, it's too dangerous."
"Yeah." She leaned in his arms and listened to his heart beating so strong, all her uneasiness disappeared.
"Sister, the Ninth Prince is about to ascend the throne."
"That's right. Pengju, do you think the Song Dynasty will really strengthen its troops and regain its fallen territory from now on?"
Yue Pengju thought of what he saw and heard along the way and sighed: "When civil servants don't love money and military officers are not afraid of death, then there will be hope."
Huarong lowered her voice: "Pengju, I don't know why, but I always feel that the Ninth Prince has changed."
"How has it changed?"
With the promise of the Ninth Prince that night, Hua Rong originally thought that all the 100 beauties would be let go. Unexpectedly, after asking around, he found that only a few of the robbed women were let go. According to Xu Caizhi, the remaining women were released because of their greed for wealth. , who stayed voluntarily. She didn’t know the truth. She only knew that Huang Qianshan was not punished in any way. On the contrary, the Ninth Prince seemed to think highly of him, and many important documents on his enthronement were written by him.
Even a few days ago, she quietly saw Huang Qianshan accompanying the Ninth Prince in the dark. The two talked very closely. Huang Qianshan seemed to have great rights and could freely enter and exit the Ninth Prince's palace.
Hua Rong was vaguely disappointed, so she told Yue Pengju all these things and King Qin's comments about the Ninth Prince. Deep down in her heart, she never wanted to mention these to anyone else. Only in front of Yue Pengju, Able to have no scruples.
Her voice was soft and inaudible: "If the Ninth Prince had sent troops to the Liu Family Temple, maybe he could have fought to the death."
"If that's the case, maybe he won't have a chance to ascend the throne!"
Hua Rong was shocked.
"Almost all of the 'King Qin's Men' I saw along the way were named 'King Qin', but in reality they were conserving their strength and fleeing to protect their property and family members. When the Jin army left Liujia Temple, there were only more than 80,000 people. And King Qin's army has more than 200,000 people, plus the 300,000 people in Kaifeng who are passionate, it is not impossible to fight against the Jin army! "
Yue Pengju was very angry, and Hua Rong finally understood that perhaps, politics was much more cruel than she imagined. She suddenly remembered the grief of the Ninth Prince that she had witnessed that day. Could it be that these were also fake
Yue Pengju thought for a long time and then said: "That's okay, sister, let's do our best first."
"That's all we have to do. If only the Ninth Prince can maintain his true character and work hard to govern, then there will be real hope for the Song Dynasty."
"I hope so."
Both siblings were in heavy moods, but their expectations for the Ninth Prince and the joy of reunion outweighed their inner worries. Hua Rong smiled slightly and straightened out her slightly disheveled hair: "Pengju, I'll make tea for you to drink. "
"OK."
She smiled and lit a small stove in the room, placed a small copper pot, filled it with water, took a plate of high-quality dragon and phoenix tea, placed it on the table next to her, pounded, crushed, sifted, and then sifted the tea powder. Add boiling water and use a bamboo wat to stir gently...
Yue Pengju saw her light figure and beautiful posture. The fragrance of tea slowly wafted in the room along with the boiling water. He grew up alone since childhood and had never enjoyed the warmth of family during his long military career. Now, the third I felt like home for once, and I felt an urgent excitement and desire in my heart. My eyes fell on her for a moment, but I felt that every move she made was so pleasing to the eye.
Hua Rong occasionally raised his head and saw his eyes filled with intoxication, and smiled softly: "Pengju, are you stupid?"
"Haha, sister, when did you learn to make tea?"
"I knew how to do it when I was at home. My father taught me. But what we drank at that time was loose tea, which was far inferior to the tea we have now. These teas were given by the Ninth Prince. I was impatient to make these when I was at home alone. It turned out that I just plan to wait for you to come back and cook it for you to drink..." She replied softly, and then explained the method of making tea to Yue Pengju. Yue Pengju listened with interest when he saw a small cup of tea and such knowledge.
When the tea water boils like fish eyes, Hua Rong scoops it out with a wooden spoon and puts it in a rose purple tea cup produced in Jun kiln. It is exactly one spoonful of water and one cup of tea.