The peaks are like gatherings, and the waves are like fury.
Wasion.
Looking out from the city wall of the Tianji Palace, in the distance, there are many mountains and mountains, the loess road extends, and the beacon towers are built along the mountain peaks. It was afternoon and Lou Shuwan was so tired that she almost fainted. She supported the parapet above the palace city and walked slowly while watching the scenery.
In the past few days, Lou Shuwan has hardly stopped in her busy schedule, running around to sort out the situation, strengthen defense, visit and lobby every important participant in the King Jin's forces, or make a statement about her power or strength. It was a threat of swords and guns, especially in the past few days, when she came back from other places, and continued to connect in private, day and night, almost never slept, and today she finally settled on the most critical matters in the courtroom.
This matter will determine the fate of everyone. She didn't know whether this decision was right or wrong. At this moment, Miyagi was still discussing the urgent follow-up situation. But things that belonged to women: private intrigues, threats, intrigues... that's it.
Looking back, the Tianji Palace is majestic, majestic and extravagant. This is the result of the Tiger King's great construction at a time when he is invincible. Now the Tiger King has died in an insignificant dark room. It seems to be telling her that every powerful character is actually just an ordinary person. The heaven and the earth all work together from time to time, and it is not free to transport heroes. At this time, the people who control the Tianji Palace and the Weisheng may also be in the next moment. As for overturning.
The Jurchen is here, and it is difficult to turn around. The first battle started in Daming Mansion in the east. Li Xizhi was eliminated immediately. Then the 300,000 main force of the Jurchen East Route Army arrived in Daming Mansion. , Zhu Biao led the black flag to try to attack Jurchen's southern crossing of the Yellow River, but fled after unsuccessful. North of Yanmen Pass, Zonghan's army, which was even more difficult to deal with, slowly came.
Wang Juyun has already taken a fighting stance. No one can guess what Wang Shangshu, who was originally from the Yongle Dynasty, was thinking. However, the next decision was made by King Jin.
So there are two options: one, although Tian Hu was killed with the help of the Huaxia Army, and later, according to the exposed list, a large number of Han officials who tended to be Jurchen were cleaned up. of. If Zong Han wants to kill him, he can kill him. If he wants to cross the road, he can let him cross. When the army crosses the Yellow River, the King Jin's forces revolt on the spot to cut off the way back, which is a relatively easy decision.
Second, do not underestimate the wisdom of the Jurchen founders like Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiyin, take advantage of the fact that they still have the right to choose, explain what they should say, cooperate with the allies that still exist on the north bank of the Yellow River, clean up their internal thinking, and rely on their jurisdiction. The rough terrain of the region, fighting the toughest battle. At least, create the biggest trouble for Jurchen, and then if you can't resist it, then go to the mountains, move deeper into the mountains, or even turn to the northwest. In this way, the King of Jin may still become a member of the Yellow River because of his current power. The core and leader of the northern rebels. If one day, Wu Dynasty and Heiqi can really defeat Jurchen, the lineage of King Jin will create a career that will last forever.
She chose the second way. Perhaps it was also because she was used to seeing cruelty and no longer had any illusions. She didn't think the first way was real. First, people like Zong Han and Xi Yin would never let King Jin survive behind their back. Second, Even if the momentary Xu and Wei Snake are really let go, when the Guangwu Army, Huaxia Army, Wang Juyun and other forces are cleaned up on the north bank of the Yellow River, the spirit inside the King of Jin will also be swept away. The so-called revolt in the future will always be does not appear.
Before the Jurchens express their opinions, this kind of thinking seems too bold and crazy to many people in the Jinwang system. Therefore, it is really too difficult to persuade them one by one. But she still did it.
The afternoon sun was warm, and suddenly, she felt that she had become a moth, hiding all the time when she could. This time, the light was too intense, and she flew towards the sun...
Too many people to die...
Thinking like this, she slowly walked down from the palace city, and a figure came over from a distance, but it was Yu Yulin who was supposed to be in charge of the affairs inside. Lou Shuwan stopped and saw that he was approaching, and her eyes were filled with confusion. There was a hint of seriousness oozing from it.
"After arguing for a day, the discussion was temporarily suspended. King Jin asked everyone to eat something, and we will continue later."
"Then what are you doing?"
"King Jin asked me to come and see you. You haven't slept for two days. Go to the palace to rest first?"
"You don't have to worry about me. My business has been done. How to send troops and fight is your men's business. Go, don't let things change."
"...Okay." Yu Yulin hesitated, but finally nodded and threw his hands. Lou Shuwan watched him turn around, and just said, "I can't sleep... I can't sleep in the palace. I'll go outside and have a rest later."
"Yeah." Yu Yulin nodded, "Take care of your health." Then she walked over to the main hall, Lou Shuwan sat on the steps at the foot of the palace wall for a while, and then let the accompanying attendants bring a carriage and leave the Tianji Palace.
Yu Yulin's business outside is very close to the Tianji Palace. In the past, Lou Shuwan was going to enter the palace, and often came here to rest for a while. In the era of Tiger King, although Lou Shuwan managed various things, as a woman, her identity was actually It is not official. It is rumored that she is the mistress of the Tiger King, but outside of business, the place where Lou Shuwan lives is actually quite far from Miyagi. After killing Tian Hu, Lou Shuwan became one of the actual rulers of King Jin's power. Even if she wanted to live in Tianji Palace, Tian Shi would not have any opinion, but Lou Shuwan lived with the almost half-crazy Lou Shuheng. , she didn't want Lou Shuheng to be close to the core of Wasion, so she simply moved to the outskirts of the city.
Although Lou Shuwan wanted to live in Wasion City at this time, and wanted to do ten or eight splendid other businesses, it was simple, but she was so engrossed in common affairs that she had almost no interest in these things, and when she entered the city , occasionally only settled on Yulin's side. She is a woman, and it was rumored in the early years that she was Tian Hu's mistress. Now, even if she covers the sky with one hand, Lou Shuwan doesn't mind people misunderstanding that she is Yu Yulin's lover. If someone misunderstands her like this, it will only save her a lot of trouble.
The carriage went in through the back door of this other business, and when I got off the car, I found that the front was quite lively. It was probably Yu Yulin's cousin Yu Bin who had called a group of prominent scholars to gather here. Lou Shuwan had also participated in these gatherings, and she didn't care, she waved her hand to tell the steward not to make a sound, and went to the small courtyard dedicated to the rear to rest.
I slept not long this time. Although the direction of the major event has been set, what I faced next is more like a Yellow Spring Avenue. Death might be imminent, her mind was buzzing, and she could see many pictures from the past. This picture came from Ning Yi's Yongle Dynasty entering Hangzhou City, subverting all her past lives, and Ning Yi was deeply involved in it. Opening a path from a prisoner, the scholar refused to hold back. No matter how small his hopes were, he only made the right choice. She always saw him... He walked into the door of Lou's house, stretched out his hand, and pulled the crossbow. Then he crossed the hall and overturned the table with one hand...
Now she is walking down this narrow road. Over the years, sometimes she felt that her heart had already died, but at this moment, she thought of the figure, the culprit and the original intention of her many decisions. This time, she might be dying. When all this was so real, she suddenly realized that she regretted that... it was impossible to see him again...
There was a buzzing sound in her head, her body's fatigue only recovered a little, and she couldn't sleep anymore. She had someone wash her face with water, walk in the yard, and then went out to the next yard. The waitress followed behind, and everything was quiet. There were not many people in the backyard of the general's Bieye. She stopped and walked in a courtyard. In the center of the courtyard was a huge luan tree. Its leaves turned yellow in late autumn, like a lantern. The fruit fell to the ground.
"Miss Lou." Someone called her at the gate of the courtyard, awakening her from being absent-minded under the tree. Lou Shuwan turned her head and looked at it. It was a green-robed man in his early forties. He looked elegant and looked a little serious. Lou Shuwan handed over subconsciously: "Master Zeng, I never expected to meet you here."
"I didn't expect Miss Lou to be here at the moment." That Master Zeng's name was Zeng Yuhuai, who was a well-known scholar under the influence of King Jin. Lou Shuwan had some contact with him, but he was not familiar with him. Zeng Yuhuai was a very serious Confucian, and at this time he cupped his hands to say hello, and there was no kindness in his eyes. Lou Shuwan has a high position and authority, and she usually has relatively gentle ways of contacting these scholars, but at this time, she could not get out of her dull thinking.
"Lady Lou is always haunting the mansion of adults, which hurts her reputation. Zeng thought that she should pay attention to one or two things."
That Zeng Yuhuai folded his hands and said these words seriously. Unexpectedly, the other party opened his mouth to criticize. Lou Shuwan hesitated slightly, and then smiled: "Master is right, the little girl will pay attention. However, the sage said that the gentleman is magnanimous. , the matter between me and General Yu, in fact... has nothing to do with others."
With sharp teeth and sharp lips, she was sarcastic and refuted, but Zeng Yuhuai still handed over: "Rumors hurt people, reputation matters, it is better to pay attention."
This person is so annoying, Lou Shuwan still smiled, and was about to speak, but she heard the other person continue: "Miss Lou has done her best for the country and the people these years, and she really shouldn't be hurt by rumors."
"Uh..." Lou Shuwan was stunned, "Zeng..."
Zeng Yuhuai's face was still serious, but his eyes were clear, and he was not pretending to say: "Although those who do big things are informal, there are some things that are not fair in the world. Zeng had misunderstood Miss Lou in his early years, and he saw what she did in recent years. Only then did I realize how shallow Zeng’s past with the world was. Over the years, King Jin’s subordinates have been able to support the development to this day, thanks to the support of the girl from the back. Now Wasion goods are available in all directions. Since these days, people from the east and the north have gone to the mountains. Coming here, it just proves that what Miss Lou has done over the years is rare."
Lou Shuwan thought for a while: "Actually... Thousands of sails pass by the side of the sinking boat, and there are thousands of trees in front of the sick tree. What is it that Master Zeng saw?"
"Zeng Mou has already learned the news that King Jin is willing to send troops, and this is also what Zeng Mou wants to thank Miss Lou." Zeng Yuhuai bowed his hands deeply, "As a woman, it is a great merit to protect the country and the people, and today I am going to go down. The overthrow is imminent, between right and wrong, Lou girl can run through it and choose Dajie Avenue. No matter what happens next, the hundreds of millions of Han people under the king of Jin owe Lou girl a thank you."
"Uh..." The other party spoke in such a serious manner, but Lou Shuwan had nothing to answer.
The strange scholar's words continued: "... In fact, a few years ago, Zeng gradually noticed the extraordinaryness of Miss Lou. They met several times and did not have a deep discussion, but Zeng noticed that Miss Lou seemed to be hurt, so he didn't stick to the details. Even if he did a lot of things, he didn't want others to know about it. Zeng was deeply involved in it, and he gradually fell in love with Lou girl... "
"… "
"Miss Lou must not know about these things, and Zeng also knew that she spoke at this time, which is a bit presumptuous, but since the afternoon, knowing what Miss Lou has been doing these days, her heart is agitated, and it is hard to restrain... Miss Lou, Zeng knows... Meng Lang is gone, but the Jurchen is coming, Miss Lou... I don't know if Miss Lou is willing to... "
Zeng Yuhuai had a serious face, and he was indeed a cultivated scholar in the past. At this time, it was more like he was calmly expressing his feelings. Lou Shuwan has never encountered such a thing. She was shy in her early years and had contacts with many scholars in the city of Hangzhou. The Confucian scholar who was calm and self-controlled on weekdays seemed to be frivolous and frivolous in private. On Tian Hu's side, Lou Shuwan's status is not low, and if she wants to face her, she will naturally not be less interested, but she has lost interest in these things, and she is like a black widow on weekdays, so naturally she doesn't have many peach blossoms.
The middle-aged Confucian scholar in front of him was different. He praised in a serious manner, stated in a serious manner, and said that I have a crush on you. All of this was extremely strange, but he was not excited, he just seemed solemn. The Jurchen was about to kill him, so the expression of this feeling became solemn. At this moment, the thirty-six-year-old Lou Shuwan was standing under the tree with yellow leaves. The floor was covered with lanterns. She folded her hands and gave a slight salute.
"Master Zeng, I'm sorry...Shu Wan..." She thought for a moment, "With Xu Guo, it is difficult to Xu Jun..." She said in her heart: I am telling a lie.
Zeng Yuhuai's words stopped: "Well, Zeng Meng Lang... Zeng has decided that he will go to the army tomorrow, I hope it is possible, go north with the army, the Jurchen will come, tomorrow... If you don't die... Miss Lou, Hope to see you again."
Lou Shuwan stood there in silence, watching the other person's eyes become clear, but there was nothing left to say. After Zeng Yuhuai finished speaking, she turned to leave, Lou Shuwan stood under the tree, and the setting sun filled with the incomparably magnificent rays of light. the whole sky. She didn't like Zeng Yuhuai, let alone love, but at this moment, the buzzing voice stopped in her mind.
She got into the carriage, walked slowly through the market, through the crowded city, and returned to her home in the suburbs. It was already night, and the evening wind was blowing, and it crossed the fields outside and came to the yard here. . Lou Shuwan walked over from the courtyard and saw everything around her, the blue slate, the red walls and grey tiles, the carvings and picture scrolls on the walls, and the weeds under the courtyard corridor. She walked to the garden and stopped, only a few flowers were still blooming in late autumn, all kinds of plants were lush, and the garden was also taken care of every day. She didn't need these, and she would never look at them in the past, but these things, It has always existed.
Lou Shuwan sat by the flower bed and watched these quietly. The servants lit lanterns on the eaves of the surrounding Langyuan, and the light of the moon shone down, reflecting the pool water in the center of the garden, and sparkling in the night wind. After a while, Lou Shuheng, who looked drunk after drinking, walked past the other side. He walked to the pavilion above the pool and saw Lou Shuwan.
"It's going to be a war." After a while, Lou Shuheng said this. Lou Shuwan kept looking at him, but he didn't respond much. Lou Shuheng said again, "The Jurchen is coming, it's going to be a war... crazy."
"There's a war..."
"There's a war..."
There was silence in the courtyard for a long time, Lou Shuheng rolled around in the pavilion, and then sat up against the pillar, murmuring in his mouth. Since coming to Tiger King's site, the Central Plains have always been unstable, but because Lou Shuwan climbed extremely fast, the only war the two brothers and sisters experienced was actually the uprising in Yongle Dynasty and the subsequent migration. Lou Shuheng's In my heart, I still fear it.
At some point, Lou Shuwan got up and walked over. She sat down on the seat in the pavilion, very close to Lou Shuheng, and looked at him like that. Lou's family is now only their brother and sister, Lou Shuheng is useless, Lou Shuwan originally expected him to play with women, at least to leave a little blood for the Lou family, but it turns out that long-term indulgence has made him lose this ability. It was the only time the two of them had been together so peacefully in a while.
"Brother, how old is it?"
"… what?"
"Do you miss Hangzhou? I've been thinking about it, but I can't remember it, until today..." Lou Shuwan said in a low voice, under the moonlight, the corners of her eyes looked a little red, but it might be an illusion under the moonlight.
"… "
"...Yeah, the Jurchen is coming...something happened, brother, we suddenly felt..." Her voice paused, "...we're living, it's so frivolous..."
"Ah?" Lou Shuheng's voice came from his throat, but he couldn't understand.
"...you, me, eldest brother, I think of the past... we are all too frivolous...too frivolous." She closed her eyes and cried in a low voice, thinking of all the happiness in the past, all the things they faced hastily, No matter whether she is happy or happy, she lingers in all kinds of desires, until she is thirty-six years old, the Confucian man bows and salutes her earnestly, he said, do what you do for the country and the people , I like you... I've made a decision to go north... She doesn't like him. However, those things that kept ringing in my head stopped...
If the self and brother at that time could treat the world more solemnly, should all this have a different ending
She sat in the gazebo and looked at Lou Shuwan in another world. The moonlight is shining down, illuminating the mountains and mountains, and the rivers of thousands of miles are filled with gunpowder smoke.
With the unspeakable power of time, he pushed the mountain-like memory in front of her, crushing her past. But when I opened my eyes, the road was over.
She thought of Ning Yi.
I haven't avenged you yet...
And here comes the virgin...