Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

"Madam, the young master is not feeling well, so he won't come to dine in the evening."

Sun, who was teasing Xu's family and grandchildren with Mrs. Xie and Hua Lan in the front hall, her smile faltered, and then she pretended to be fine and said, "Okay, I understand. Let's go and ask the doctor."

Looking at the lady whose expression remained unchanged, Qingcao lowered his head and pursed his lips. This was different from what his young master said.

"Yes, madam."

When Qingcao turned around and was about to leave the front hall, Sun said again: "Wait a minute."

Qingcao was overjoyed when he heard: "When you go back, go to the kitchen and bring some food. Don't starve him."

"Oh yes, madam!"

Qingcao turned around and bowed before leaving the front hall.

"Mother, don't you go and see Xiao Wu?"

Listening to the eldest daughter-in-law's words, Ms. Sun snorted and said, "This brat has never been unwell in his whole life. He's just fooling around."

Mrs. Xie handed Hua Lan the son who followed her sister-in-law with her eyes and said, "Mother, don't you know that the Bai Gao warriors who fought with Xiao Wu are not ordinary people."

Hua Lan hugged her nephew and winked at Mr. Xie, then nodded and said, "Isn't it Xiao Wu who lost his strength?"

"If you want to lose strength, you won't feel uncomfortable after so many days."

Listening to Mrs. Sun's words, Ms. Xie said, "But our Xiao Wu is not an ordinary person."

Looking at Mrs. Sun who was deep in thought, Hua Lan and Mrs. Xie looked at each other proudly. Their brother-in-law and mother-in-law were silent, and it was hard for a sister-in-law to turn a blind eye.

After dinner, Sun and Xu Minghua were already lying on the bed.

suddenly

Mrs. Sun sat up and looked at her Marquis's confused eyes. Ms. Sun said, "I'm going to see Jing'er. Someone's here!"

"Just now you said he was a fool!"

Sun didn't say anything and put on her clothes under the service of the maid.

Putting on a heavy cloak, Sun followed the maid's lantern and walked towards Xu Zaijing's courtyard.

There happened to be two women on the road, working together to deliver a large basket of charcoal. When they saw Sun's lantern approaching, they quickly bowed and saluted.

Mrs. Sun waved her hand, and the female envoy beside her hurried up to help. Soon the group of people arrived at the door of the house.

Suddenly, I heard a voice coming from the bedroom,

"Someone has entered the yard."

"It's the nuns who are sending charcoal."

"Sir, are you done? Come down!"

"No, I can do it a few more times."

"But my hands and waist are sore."

"Hold on a little longer."

"Hey, this slave can't hold on any longer."

Mrs. Sun stopped at the door, listening to the sounds in the bedroom. The maids and mothers beside her all looked embarrassed.

With an angry look on her face, Ms. Sun pushed the door open and walked into the house.

"boom!"

"Who opened the door so loudly?"

Listening to Xu Zaijing's question, Qingcao said:

"Maybe the wind is strong. Master, come down!"

"Sir, I can't help you."

Hearing this, Mrs. Sun flicked her sleeves vigorously, kicked open Xu Zaijing's bedroom door and walked in:

"You little beast!"

"who?"

In the bedroom in sight,

Under candlelight,

Qingcao stood in the room with a flushed face, her hair on her forehead was wet with sweat. When she saw Mrs. Sun, she hurriedly knelt down and said, "Mother!"

Xu Zaijing released one of his fingers that was holding the beam and fell to the ground. He looked at Mrs. Sun with confusion: "Mother, why are you here?"

Sun glanced at Xu Zaijing and saw that his clothes were neat and not messy, and the same was true for the grass.

"What were you two doing just now?"

"Mother, my son is exercising!"

"Huh? What does Qingcao say?"

As soon as Xu Zaijing heard this, he understood that his mother might have misunderstood. He quickly jumped slightly and hooked one hand on the beam in the bedroom that was more than ten feet above the ground.

"grass!"

"oh!"

I saw Xu Zaijing hanging from the beam. The green grass acted as a counterweight to grab his curled up calves and his body was suspended in the air. Then Xu Zaijing relied on the index finger of his left hand to easily pull himself up, down, and up.

"Are you exercising?"

"Yes, mother."

"Didn't you say you were feeling unwell in the evening?"

Xu Zaijing said nonchalantly: "Didn't my son want to sweat? Mom, you see I sweat a little, but I actually feel better!"

"Hmph, let Xia's mother fall down next time. Go back!"

Mrs. Sun flicked her sleeves again and left the bedroom.

The personal maid beside her quickly followed behind her, closed the door, and pushed the grass she wanted to deliver into the house:

"Miss Qingcao, don't catch a cold."

Xu Zaijing in the room saw this scene and said: "Qingcao, go and customize some thick cowhide straps and some iron blocks. You are too light."

"Yes, sir."

"Look, the plan worked. Mother talked to me."

"Sir, you didn't say that at the beginning."

"sleep!"

On the second day,

It's still dark,

In the fortress that forms an angle with the newly built Yongle City of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

Thousands of Zhou's elite soldiers held torches and stood together according to their respective positions, camps, and camps.

As the war drum beat, the fortress gate opened, and the soldiers filed out.

On the mountain outside the city, the scouts of Bai Gao Kingdom who saw such movement quickly shook off the frost from their bodies.

After bursts of screaming whistles, the warning sound reached the military camp where the Bai Gao Kingdom envoy was located.

Subsequently, the military attention of the entire Baigao Kingdom was attracted by the unusual movements of the Zhou army in the fortress.

In the Dazhou area northeast of the fortress,

There were three knights stationed on a mountain with a broad view. Looking at the march of Da Zhou's elite soldiers in the distance like flaming pythons, one of them said in Da Zhou Mandarin:

"Bu Zhou Tianhuan is in the convoy and entered the military camp yesterday. In this way, I, Da Zhou, sent out troops to feint, which is considered as fulfilling the contract. The rest is up to you."

"drink!"

The other two knights did not speak, but gently pulled the reins of their horses and walked towards the tribe on the mountainside.

In the Baigao National Army stronghold, which was waiting in full formation,

As the powerful soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty came forward, Junzhai quickly sent two groups of soldiers to send the envoys' convoy out of Junzhai.

The two Li brothers, who were descendants of the Baigao royal family yesterday and were riding horses, had their upper bodies tied up and tied to the back of the carriage with ropes, and they followed with staggering steps.

Also receiving the same treatment as them were generals from the Bai Gao Kingdom's Li family such as Mi Mu, Me Mi, Lian Nu and other die-hard loyalists.

After all, being able to go on a mission to a foreign country, how could the people who were guarding the Prince of the Li family of the Baigao Kingdom not be diehard loyalists?

Mimu Tuoxia, who had a waist problem, couldn't stand, so she could only sit on the ground and be dragged away. Before she could go far, the clothes under her buttocks were already torn.

The others were injured and looked bad. Some were jumping on one leg, while others were just resigned to being dragged away.

Looking at the blood under Mi Mu Tuo Xia's buttocks, the Li brothers on the side looked at each other. One of them lowered his head and bit Mi Mu Tuo Xia's rope with his mouth to lift it up. The other man got under the rope. Use your shoulders to pull the rope up to Mimu's buttocks, so that it is Mimu's heels that are rubbed.

After walking not far, I felt blood on my tired shoulders and was out of breath.

"Change me."

Li Jinmei said,

Li Taotie shook his head:

"I can still hold on for a while."

On the side, Suo Shan, who was coughing up blood as he walked, said:

"Don't bother. Liang Yiren dares to abuse us like this. It only means that something big has happened in Xingqing Mansion. Ahem."

Lian Nubaili, who was jumping up and down, and Meimi Chusheng, whose back was in severe pain, were not stupid people. When they heard this, their hearts were shaken, and they both staggered and fell to the ground. When they wanted to stand up, they couldn't. Nothing can be done.

"Why, they can still do it"

I don't know who said half a sentence and then shut up.

"Taotie, put me down. Suo Shan is right. You should take care of yourselves first. I won't make it home alive, but I don't know what's going on with my family."

When the sky gets bright,

The convoy has traveled dozens of miles,

There were only a few people left who could follow the convoy.

At this time, it was Li Jinmei who was holding Mi Mu's rope.

Suddenly,

There was a sound of horse hoofbeats behind the motorcade, and Mimu Tuoxia closed her eyes and whispered weakly: "Two hundred people are riding up and down, and they are going very fast. It's time to be alert."

Some people in the convoy also looked back.

After dozens of breaths,

The cavalry behind him caught up.

Not two hundred cavalry, but one hundred capable cavalry with one person and three horses.

A quarter of an hour later, looking at Liang Yiren being escorted away, Yelv Falcon spit out and put the knife into its sheath.

Yeluying found the half-dead Bu Zhou Tianhuan, cut off his head and put it into the leather bag at his waist.

Later, Yeluying came to the Li brothers with a sword stained with blood.

"Brother Yelu, long time no see."

Yeluying cut off the rope on his body and said, "This also completes our fate in Bianjing."

Looking at the remaining half-dead generals of Bai Gao Kingdom, Ye Luying continued: "Don't go back to Xingqing Mansion. Empress Dowager Liang was assassinated when she left the palace. The Liang family believed that it was a conspiracy by several of your families. Therefore, your family has already The chickens and dogs that were killed were not left alive.”

Looking at the people looking at him in disbelief, Yeluying waved his sword.

Everyone in the Northern Liao Kingdom quickly collected the body of Pao Ze who was unlucky enough to die in battle, mounted their horses and left the place quickly.

"Don't follow us!"

Yelv Falcon stared at them and said.

As the Northern Liao people left this place,

The Li brothers were untying the attendants and robes while talking quickly to everyone in Bai Gao Mandarin.

Because everyone was tied up just now, they were not regarded as the biggest threat when they were attacked by Yelu's people. They actually survived longer than the soldiers who came to escort them.

"The Liang family has controlled the government for so many years."

"The two queens are from the Liang family"

"Is this a plan to alienate Northern Liao Kingdom?"

"If we hadn't been treated like pigs and dogs, I wouldn't have believed it."

"In this case, I can only vote for Dazhou!"

"No, I'm not leaving, I want to go back to Xingqing Mansion!"

"What Liang Yiren has done has explained everything."

“My family is still here, and I won’t go to Dazhou.”

Soon, the survivors were divided into two groups. Those who didn't believe it or those who were nostalgic were waiting in place.

The Li brothers, Lian Nubaili, Mimu Tuoxia, Meimi Chusheng and several other attendants chose to leave.

After making the decision, the Li brothers quickly collected the ownerless horses, water bags and fodder, helped the injured man onto the horse, and galloped away.

Arriving at a hidden spot overlooking the battlefield just now,

Li Jinmei was ordered by her mother Tuo Xia to stay behind and observe.

Then everyone fled eastward instead of southward.

Half an hour later, Li Jinmei, who had one person and two horses, followed the marks and caught up with several people who were resting in a secret place.

He took the water bag from the attendant's hand and drank some water before saying: "Those who didn't leave were all killed. They were killed by the Bai Gao Kingdom's cavalry."

Everyone looked sad when they heard the news. In this way, what the Beiliao people said was true.

"Let's go to Dazhou."

After looking at each other for a few times, everyone got on the horse one after another, and those who were injured and unable to control the horse were tied directly to the horse's back.

By the afternoon, several people had approached the border between the two countries.

Mimu Tuosha hugged the horse's neck, frowned in pain and looked at the surrounding environment and said: "Stop the horse!"

"What's wrong? Brother Tuoxia, does it hurt so much?"

"No, there must be scouts in this location and environment. It's probably the rocks on the side of the hill. Stop and wait for someone to come."

Before he finished speaking, a figure stood up on a hill. After disappearing, he quickly walked over on a horse.

"Put down your swords and arrows. We Bai. There are at least two scouts. It's useless for you to kill him. Help me up."

Mimu Tuosha said painfully.

Soon, the scouts who had appeared outside the Great Zhou Fortress looked surprised and asked, "What do you do?"

"Do you recognize me?"

Hearing the sound, the scout looked carefully: "General Mimu? What are you doing?"

After talking for a while, I realized that soldiers from a small tribe attached to several of their families had been sent out for more than half a month.

"Those who stayed behind have been killed, and our family members have also been killed. You can decide for yourself. Let's go!"

After saying that, everyone nodded towards the scout and continued walking towards the territory of Dazhou.

Seeing the tragic appearance of the young general of Bai Gao Kingdom whose name he had only heard of before, with great military achievements, the scout did not know what he thought of, and the scout rode away.

Soon, two scouts followed up: "General Mi Mu, this is medicine for wounds. Please leave quickly, we will be calling in two quarters of an hour."

"Thank you."

Outside the Great Zhou Fortress,

Several Zhou Dynasty scouts watched the people fleeing from the direction of Bai Gao Kingdom, as well as the Bai Gao Kingdom scouts who were chasing them behind them, and they all chose to sit back and watch.

Who knows if they are acting.

Soon, the Li brothers arrived outside the fortress, and Li Taotie shouted:

"I am a descendant of the Bai Gaoli family, and I have come here to defect to the Great Zhou Dynasty! Please ask the heavenly soldiers to block the pursuers behind you!"

"collapse!"

"collapse!"

The giant crossbow was launched, and the spear-thick crossbow arrows struck deeply in front of the pursuers, causing the horses to stand upright and neigh.

Looking at the Bai Gaoguo scout walking back from outside the fortress wall,

Outside the fortress, Da Zhou's scouts surrounded him.

Soon, the fortress lowered the hanging basket and lifted up the few people who had thrown their weapons.

Bianjing

New Year's Eve has passed,

Early in the New Year's Day,

There are more and more New Year greetings posts at the front door of the Xu family.

As usual, Xu Hou visited his old hometown in Bianjing and attended the first day of the Lunar New Year meeting with Gu Hou and Qi Guogong in Xingguofang.

The female family members and husbands went to the palace to pay New Year's greetings.

This year,

Zheng Xiao followed his father and brother to the palace early, but this year Bai Gao and the Bei Liao envoy were extraordinarily honest and did not cause any trouble.

Rongxian, on the other hand, came to the palace late on his sister's persuasion, so he was beaten after being dragged into the palace like last year.

outside the palace,

The wind blowing was still a bit cold. The fifth lady of the Zhang family, wearing cute ear protection, turned back from time to time to say hello to the familiar noble girl.

Rong Feiyan pretended to casually glance in the direction of the Xu family of Yongyi Marquis Mansion by adjusting her ear protection.

I happened to see Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye patting each other on the shoulders not far away, and I could hear their voices: "Brother Ye, have you done your homework?"

"There's still half a month until Lantern Festival, don't be in a hurry!"

Feeling Rong Feiyan's gaze, Xu Zaijing looked over and nodded.

Rong Feiyan’s elder brother Rong Xian quickly waved his arms in response,

"Hiss, oh, it hurts. Brother Jing must remember what happened last year, he is really emotional!"

Soon, the Queen's decree came from the palace, allowing everyone to enter the palace.

Enter the temple,

After Rong Feiyan greeted the queen and prince, she naturally stood behind her sister.

The palace was warm. Rong Feiyan took off her ear protection and handed it to the female officer next to Concubine Rong. It seemed that Concubine Rong asked a few words. Rong Feiyan nodded.

Concubine Rong pointed at Xu Zaijing, and Rong Feiyan could finally look at Xu Zaijing openly. When Hualan noticed the sight of the Rong sisters, she tugged on Xu Zaijing's clothes.

Xu Zaijing looked at Hua Lan questioningly, and then looked at Concubine Rong.

Seeing the eyes of Concubine Rong and Rong Feiyan, Xu Zaijing quickly bowed and saluted.

When the emperor and the senior officials returned to the palace, and the emperor's family of three accepted the crowd's call and knelt down, an internal official came to the palace panting.

The emperor didn't say anything, and everyone naturally left the palace.

Before he had gone far, an internal official shouted: "My lords, please stay and return to the palace."

The crowd leaving the palace separated, and the lords returned to the palace one after another.

Hualan, on the other hand, followed her mother-in-law and listened to the ladies exchanging various gossips about Bianjing.

On the way out of the palace,

Many distinguished disciples walking at the front were discussing what might happen.

Among a group of good friends, Liang Han said with great interest:

"Brothers, we don't know what's going on. We'll find out when the adults come home. Why don't we talk about something that can be settled?"

"Mukuro, tell me."

Zhang Jiasilang Zhang Fangling said.

"My brothers all have good horses at home, why don't we have a horse race around Bianjing?"

As soon as these words came out, Xu Zaijing seemed to hear his own Liju snort excitedly.

Several people looked at each other excitedly. Gu Tingye on the side imitated his father's tone and said: "Liang Han, you are such a fucking talent."

"Then it's settled?"

"good!"

After saying that, several people laughed.

After leaving the palace gate, beside the Xu family's carriage, the imperial city officials whom they had met in Chuzhou before were standing there talking affectionately to Qingyun.

There were three other people and two horses around.