"The prime minister", the outpost that had explored the way in advance galloped back, and immediately saluted Ren De: "The first five miles is a place to rest and rest. It's all set up."
"Yeah", Ren Dejing sighed in secret, but with a calm face, he nodded slightly, and ordered to the guard next to him: "Everyone, let go and rest in front!"
He was a literati, and he was awarded an official through scientific examinations. Although he will have a chance of fate after entering the summer, he is now considered to be carrying a good martial arts. However, he does not know whether it is because of the psychological problem of riding a horse. The reason, but I still feel a little uncomfortable.
It’s just that this time to enter the Song Dynasty, the time is quite tight, and they can't tolerate their slow arrangement, and come slowly, and second, although they can respect their fathers and daughters and get the support of the party, they are already firmly established. However, the forces belonging to the line of the Lord of Xixia are still deeply ingrained. They resisted the court in the Xixia court and did not lose sight of them. Especially the king of Jin Cha, who holds the power of the army, has an ambiguous attitude, but intentionally or unintentionally. In the meantime, there was quite a bit of intention to return to the Gotei Hall, and Ren Dejing's trip to Song Dynasty meant that he had targeted Jin Wang Chage early in the morning, so once it was agreed, he would travel overnight, day and night. Fast horse, rushing along the road, did not dare to delay a little, for fear that it would give those political opponents a chance to stay behind.
Those who followed him along the road were only some of the master guards chosen by the Xixia Queens Party, so besides passing through the checkpoints or changing horses to deal with necessary things, the group of people all galloped on their own. Sometimes, if you miss the boarding house, you will eat and sleep on your own, and everything will be on your way first.
Ren Dejing relaxed his horse rein, walked slowly, raised his head, and looked around, a touch of sunset reflected the golden scaly rays of the water on the roadside, and the grass on both sides of the official road was especially green, and it was obviously not far away. In a small village, a few columns of smoke are rising, and the breath is full of the lazy and full of fun of summer.
Xixia and the Song Dynasty are not bordering today, so if they come here this time, they have to go around the place occupied by the Jurchen Jinren. Therefore, they have not stayed in the slightest in the past few days, and they have entered the Song Dynasty until now. After the environment, I finally had a little time to rest and relax.
Ren Dejing just believed in the horse and walked slowly, suddenly, from the bottom of his heart, there was a strange and inexplicable emotion.
"The minister did not dare to see Jiuquan County, I wish I could be born into Yumen Pass." I don't know why, what Ren Dingjing thought of was the two sentences in the Ban Chao's memorial. He looked around: "This is mine. My homeland is where my ancestors’ tombs live, and where my ancestors’ heroic spirits reside!"
Before Xiancheng returned to Xixia, Ren Dejing was originally one of the most traditional scholars under the rule of Song Dynasty.
His family was a first-class family, and there were a lot of fields, but the generation of his father who was worthy of respect, but because of several lawsuits, some of the doors have been ruined, but all hopes are poured into Rendejing. , So I devoted the whole family to study hard since childhood.
Ren Dejing can also be regarded as worthy of expectations. Zhongju, Deng's brother, was released as an official at a young age, and has served in prefectures and counties. Under the policy of the Youli literati of the Song Dynasty, his salary is already sufficient to support a large family. He is also like the thousands of literati in the Song Dynasty. He is good at piano, addicted to alcohol, and supports his parents. He is in love with the considerate and beautiful wife at home. He is as respectful as a guest. Ren Dejing once felt that life is the essence of life. Bliss, nothing is too much.
Ren Dejing did not lack patriotic blood. On that day, the Emperor Huizong mobilized the Western army to attack Liaoning, the western line was empty, and the Western Xia army divided in several ways. In one fell swoop, he was trapped in several cities in Xizhou. Later, the Song army regained the place where it was stationed on the border, but when confronted with the Xixia army, it was at an absolute disadvantage. When the border was uneasy and the people with the ability to move, many helped the old and the young to move to the inland. The officials in Bianzhou were all killed by the Xixia army. The officials in the DPRK and the central government all saw this as an official in the western border state as a lifelong fearsome journey. However, if they were respectful, they asked themselves that their parents had returned to old age, and they had no more concerns. These ten thousand horses stepped forward and voluntarily went to the prefecture over there to take up the post of Xi'an prefecture, right to know state affairs, and took his wife and newborn daughter to guard the border for the court.
Although Ren Dejing was not a martial artist, he had little effect on the battle between the Song Army and the Xixia Army. However, in the desolate land of Xi'an, he recruited the refugees and urged Nongsang. During the years, after the war-torn military, after the Xixia iron cavalry rampantly burned and looted, the desolate scenery of Yiyingfu County, Xi’an Prefecture, was governed to the best of its ability and provided a place for the Song Dynasty. The peaceful border also provided a stable rear for those frontier troops fighting against Xixia.
However, all the changes started from the dog official being ordered by the Privy Council to the investigation of military affairs in Xi'an Prefecture!
"Wan Tatsuo!" Ren Dejing muttered the name in his heart, clenching his teeth.
I don’t know if it’s because of the mountains of the Song Dynasty and the water of the Song Dynasty that it is especially easy for Ren Dejing to recall the past that he had passed before, and it was not until he remembered all this. I found that the hatred buried deep in my heart, after so many years, has not been half-faded, on the contrary, it is hundreds or thousands of times stronger than it was at the time.
He and Wan Chengmao are scholars of the same discipline. They met when they went to Beijing for the exam that day. During the days when the Beijing teacher was waiting for the exam, the two had nothing to do with the paper. They felt that they had similar ambitions. After that, this kind of relationship was added, and they became closer to each other. Although these two people have been put out of state and counties, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, they have not seen each other for many years, but they still exchange letters. Constantly, called brothers and sisters, quite affectionate.
It’s just that in comparison, Wan Tengmao is really more adept at running up and down than the Ren Dejing of the day. I don’t know how many times, so even though Ren Dejing is self-appointed as a border guardian, it can be regarded as a super move. The rank, but the promotion path of Wan Tengmao is quicker and smoother than him. This time Wan Tengmao was directly transferred back to Dali Temple in Jingzhong to serve as Dali Temple Cheng by the prefect of the prefecture and county. He lives in Yaojin. It is also in the center, and its status is far beyond what Ren Dejing can compare.
This time, Wan Tuomao was ordered to leave Beijing to investigate the military affairs of the border town. He happened to be able to go to Xi'an and meet Ren Dejing. At that time, Ren Dejing was also quite pleased. He consciously and Wan Tuomao can be regarded as family members. Fortunately, in the town here, there is not so much restraint, so I also brought Wan Tao back home and attracted his wife and daughter to meet, but unexpectedly, it was a disaster.
"Yu'er..." Ren Dejing muttered this silently for so many years, all the time, but there are names that I have not dared to touch for a long time. Many of the former spine-piercing feelings suddenly felt All this tumbling up, making Ren Dejing feel a bit hard to breathe for a while.
After suffering all the blows, he moved from the Song Dynasty to Xixia. His disposition changed drastically. He joined the rear party, attracted the forces and rejected dissidents. It can be regarded as reading the ups and downs of the world, but until now, he still does not understand. , How can there be such a shameless and dirty generation in this world, why would anyone grow such a heart.
On that day when he took Wan Tumo home, he still regarded Wan Tumo as a brother who can tell his concerns. After all, he has been on the northwest border for so many years, even though he is basically on the northwest border. The land has settled down to comfort the people, busy with official duties, and the days are very fulfilling, and there are wives and daughters in the home, and it is not lonely, and it has almost adapted to the high and wide environment of the northwest, but this is the border of Xi'an State. The land has itself been war for years, and it is inevitable that the culture will not be prosperous. Over the years, Ren Dejing has also tried very hard to rebuild the state and county schools. It is just that there are not many literati who are willing to come and teach, and the local people have just been here. Under his caress, he gradually resumed farming and production, and he did not have much interest in responding to Ren Tongjuan’s call to send his children to school. Therefore, even though Ren Dejing has managed this Xi'an state quite well over the years, However, he still feels depressed because he is under the rule of the land, almost completely invisible to a few literati. How can I say that for a literati who has a righteous background in the imperial examination, he talked about Fengyue with three or five Confucian scholars. Singing and complimenting is originally the most common part of life, but in these years there has been no literati confidant who can meet the needs of this Ren Tongjuan, so now I finally look at this. The scribes who can talk to come here, they can't help but feel more affectionate than before, not to mention that they were in the capital before, and they had already recounted the brotherhood.
It’s just that Ren Dejing didn’t expect that he was cited as a good friend of the family, and he was also very kind when he was in front of him. It seems that he really regarded him as a brother, and he would actually meet his wife after meeting his wife. Just coveted the beauty of his sweet wife, and not only did not feel a little ashamed of it, but gave birth to that full of poisonous schemes, trying to plot his brother's wife.
It’s a pity that Ren Dejing never had such a vigilance that day. Even on that day, his wife, based on female intuition, noticed that the eyes of her mate’s brother looking at her often contained something unusual. Emotions, and therefore, when he mentioned this matter to Ren Dejing several times in secret, Ren Dejing just felt that his wife was too sensitive. Instead, he said a few words about his wife and laughed at this matter. , I don't care about it at all.
It was also after Ren Dejing eagerly entertained Wan Cheng for more than ten days, and when he left, he went out of the city to send him off for dozens of miles. The two sides expressed their brotherhood, and they finally shed tears and left for less than half a month. They came from the capital. An order made Ren Dejing completely silly.
The edict that was written in the middle of Beijing clearly stated that Ren Dejing would be escorted back to Beijing immediately and listen to Hou Yousi's investigation.
It was not until a long time later that Ren Dejing knew that it was his brother. As soon as he returned to Beijing, he went to the emperor and impeached him. He was sent out of Beijing to investigate the border. He himself was the chief official of Dali Temple. He originally held the highest prison power in the country, and he now intends to use his position in the capital. All of a sudden, the Emperor Huizong, who was completely indifferent to border affairs, believed his statement and ordered Ren Dejing to dismiss the master of the capital and imprison him for investigation.
In such a blink of an eye, Ren Dejing was facing the situation of family destruction. At that time, he even couldn't even figure out what happened. He was escorted to the road in such a muddled manner, and he was so muddled. If it were not a coincidence, the situation in the world suddenly turbulent during that period of time. The western army that went north to attack the Liao was actually defeated by the remnant of the Liao army, the remnant of the Liao army, the Xixia army, and even the name at the time. The Jurchen tribes that belonged to the alliance with the Song State were all gazing at the sacred land of the Song State. The border affairs were so rotten that they were almost out of control. This led to the decomposition and reorganization of several major forces in the Song Dynasty. In this round of political turmoil, Yu Yu was also transferred from the center and reprimanded in other places. The deterioration of the situation in the western region also made the emperor of the dynasty notice Ren Dejing, a talented prisoner, and Ren Jun. Jing was able to escape from the imprisonment, was released from the imprisonment, and was reinstated by the official to return him to the precarious state of Xi'an, but he served as his clear sentence.
For the Great Song Dynasty, everything they could give to him seems to have been returned to him in the same way as before. Except for the empty talk of "satisfying sin and meritorious service", the original official position and the bestowal are still in place. The seal was returned to Ren Dejing as it was, and even in order to get this talented official back to the northwest border, he defended the border for the Song Dynasty. When the emperor of the Dynasty also personally summoned him, he was warm and relieved. There are still several criminal officials who have not yet cleared their crimes, and the Song court seems to be lenient enough.
But for Ren Dejing, all of this has no meaning anymore. He can no longer go back to his previous life, and he can no longer find all the things he had previously owned, the world that belonged to him, It has been torn to pieces, it is impossible to return to the previous appearance.
It was not until he was released from the imprisonment of Dali Temple that Ren Dejing knew that his wife, his most beloved wife, was less than ten days after he was sent to the imprisonment. Was forced to use all kinds of means by Wan Tengmao to force her husband to remarry, but he remembered the weak little woman who would even pierce her finger accidentally when doing needlework. But after waiting for the hopeless despair of washing his grievances, after reprimanding Wan Suo, he died so calmly.
If it weren't for a loyal old servant, Ren Dejing would have taken his daughter away from the mansion with foresight as early as when the accident happened.
Less than half a month after Ren Dejing returned to Xi’an, this re-employed and was defeated by the Western Xia Army in the Western Xia Army and the local elders of the Song Dynasty who had high hopes for Ren Tong. In this way, he secretly colluded with the Xixia army, led the Xixia army into the city, and offered the city thereafter, so as to pass the sentence from the Xi'an state in the Song Dynasty to become the governor of Xixia state under the jurisdiction of Xixia.
Although he had an early appointment with Xixia, he used not to hurt the elders in the city as a condition of surrendering the city, and Li Xixia also fulfilled his promise that day and had not raised a large army to massacre the city. However, those Western troops who defended the city must never stay. of.
A wry smile appeared at the corner of Ren Dejing's mouth.
He will never forget those who were cruelly crushed by Xixia sergeants, but he never asked for mercy until he died, and he cursed Xixia savage until his death, cursing him as a traitorous and rebellious man who betrayed his master and begged for glory. Yongshi Song, he will never forget the bloody spit that spit on his face, and the bloody saliva that was plucked out by Xixia's life, but he still stared at him with endless unwillingness and hatred. His eyes.
But what about this? !
As early as when he was just released from the imprisonment, as early as when he had just learned of everything that was happening in his house under the control of Wan Tao, he had already made up his mind in the tears of that night to At all costs, for his wife, for the husband who still only thinks about her until death, and still believes that her husband will one day help her get revenge for the wife who has brought her blood debts back.
And he knows very clearly that if he is still staying in the Song Dynasty court, if he still wants to follow the provisions written in the law as he did before, or according to the principles he originally thought to be justified. The program came to recover this blood debt from Wan Tuo, but it was definitely an impossible thing to accomplish.
He is a clean official and never takes any ill-gotten wealth. Therefore, he is not as rich as Wan Chengmao. He is not as rich as Wan Chengmao, who can search for unknowingly many rare things to curry favor with the dignitaries; he is pure and righteous. Self-defense, moreover, he asked to be released to the border of Xizhou, and interacted with officials from the DPRK and China. He always strictly abide by his duties, only to be in the court. For this reason, he did not have any meeting in the court. A friend who stood up and spoke for him at this time. On the contrary, Wan Chengmao has been going up and down the camp over the years, and he has already managed a network of human relations that he doesn’t know about including people. Don’t say he wants to fight such a mess. The reversal of the lawsuit was just as implicated by the turmoil of the Korean government and was temporarily let go of the official foreign office. The court has always had a big voice, complaining and complaining on behalf of Wan Hao, and even some officials voted for the emperor, openly. It is claimed that Wan Hao has a rare talent, and he must be transferred back as soon as possible.
In fact, when Ren Dejing was summoned by the emperor's official, he still had a glimmer of hope. He also hoped to use this extremely rare opportunity to speak directly to the emperor's official. In the orthodox concept that he upholds, the emperor caress the world, and he should always be selfless. The courtiers may inevitably have all kinds of selfishness. However, if the emperor's official family is not cheated by the treacherous generation, Sheng Cong will always be able to Acting in accordance with the principles, always able to uphold justice for the wronged ministers.
However, after he really got the chance to see him, Ren Dejing discovered that the emperor's official was only observing etiquette in accordance with the regulations, and he would not care what Ren Dejing wanted to say, even perhaps. He didn't know what he was saying to Ren Dejing, but just read it to Ren Dejing according to some things he thought he should say, and even he didn't have time to say anything at all. After the emperor had said what he had prepared, he drove away in a hurry, and even he ignored the impulse of the imperial court and the loud call from the emperor, but he failed to make the emperor official a little bit. He stayed in his footsteps, and he only learned from an insider afterwards that this was because a new batch of strange stones from Jiangnan were waiting for the emperor official to visit.
So Ren Dejing finally understood that the things that he had insisted on before, and the things that he thought were justified, turned out to be so ridiculous.
He has been familiar with Confucius and Mencius since he was a child, and he has searched for famous teachers. He regards the self-cultivation of traditional Confucian scholars and his family to govern the country and the world as his own responsibility. He uses the moral standards that a gentleman should possess to regulate his every word and every action, but now When he turned around, he suddenly discovered that everything he had insisted on for so many years that he believed to be justified was so absurd to the point of ridiculousness.
So from that time on, Ren Dejing had worked out a plan to return to Xi’an and sacrifice the city to Xixia, even though he knew that this was not in accordance with the principles of heaven and morality, and it would make it difficult for him to do so. He bears the immortality of immortality on his back, doing so will even shame his ancestors and ancestors, but he has decided to go on this path, and he also knows that he will never regret it.
This world is no longer the world he is familiar with!
Since between this world, only the treacherous young talents who are good at camping can get in the water, can they be invincible. Since between this world, the righteous gentleman can only struggle, and even have to face the destruction of his own family. If there is nowhere to sue your grievances, let yourself be a complete villain, a complete traitor!
For this reason, in the real resentment and anger of the great Song warriors facing those blood rivers, Ren Dejing was able to endure the trembling of the whole body, and was able to endure the almost unbearable withdrawal. The sabers on the waists of the Xixia warriors around him gave himself a happy impulse.
Conscience, axioms, justice, these things he once had, and even insisted on them for decades, but now he is determined to completely throw away these superfluous things, because now he understands that he can only leave behind Only with these can he achieve his goal, and he can have real success in this space between the earth and the world.
But did you really forget it? !