Marriage of the Di Daughter

A night in late spring and early summer should have been very beautiful. Having a good dream and waking up will bring new daylight and new vitality. However, this night, the night was extremely long. Everyone kept their eyes open, without any sleepiness, and were anxiously waiting for the good news that would arrive at an unknown time.

So is ginger pear.

The blackness of the sky gradually faded away, as if the water soaked in ink suddenly faded away the ink, and became clear and bright again. I do not know when, the moon disappeared. There was the sound of rooster crowing in the distance, and at the end of the gradually whitening sky, a morning glow was born.

A young servant came in from outside, panting, and said, "Retreat, push, King Cheng has retreated!"

Lu Shi hastily asked: "Really?"

"Really. Everyone came out of the house." The boy was also very happy. "The boy met the master on the road. The master said that everyone had worked hard all night. They had eaten and rested earlier, and there is nothing to do."

Jiang Li thought to herself, from this point of view, Yanjing City has been defended.

Mrs. Jiang also breathed a sigh of relief. She was old, and after a night of guarding, the nanny hurriedly took her to the house to rest. Lu Shi also stood up, Jiang Jingrui and Jiang Jingyou also stretched, only Jiang Youyao slept well, she didn't know anything, she just fell asleep when she was tired. And Jiang Bingji, who had no idea what happened.

Everyone seemed to feel tired at this time, and they wanted to go back to sleep one after another, even refusing to eat breakfast. Jiang Li sat up all night, and felt sore, but she was more energetic than them. When she returned to the yard, she ate some snacks and hot tea, took off her outer clothes, and lay down on the bed. He didn't fall asleep either, but kept thinking about Cheng Wang.

General Zhaode defended the city of Yanjing, but it is not yet known how much of King Cheng's army wasted. If this scourge is to be completely resolved, General Zhao De may chase them out of the city and wipe out all the rebels. Although King Cheng had many soldiers and horses, they were not as many as Yin Zhan's men. In the original plan to become king, there was no such a person as Yin Zhan. Even if there was one, I would never have imagined that after so many years, Yin Zhan's soldiers could still fight. The ghost place in the cloud did not kill Yin Zhan. His vigor seems to have intensified and become even more powerful.

In Jiang Li's heart, she was not worried that Yin Zhan would not be able to destroy King Cheng. She even had an intuition that the turmoil that King Cheng had planned for many years would be quelled by Yin Zhan very quickly. But Yin Zhan's return is really a good thing, a wolf left, and a tiger came behind. I'm afraid it's letting the tiger go back to the mountain this time, something she can think of, can't Emperor Hong Xiao think of it?

I don't know how Hong Xiaodi feels now.

...

How Hong Xiaodi feels now, no one can know for the time being. The emperor's heart is unpredictable, and no one dares to speculate.

In the palace, in the main hall, the Queen Mother was talking to Emperor Hong Xiao.

It was probably because the turmoil in Yanjing City was so great that even the Empress Dowager, who no longer cares about worldly affairs, left the Palace of Compassion and Ning frequently recently, stopped chanting scriptures, and even inquired about the news outside. Today is the same. Last night, the homes of countless people in Yanjing City were lit all night long, waiting for a result. Why not in the palace? Even the eunuchs and maids in the palace are more afraid than those ordinary people.

Although the common people were unarmed, it was impossible for those who became kings to actually massacre the city. Maybe some of them could escape, and those who were unlucky would lose their lives. However, those in the palace were different. I had never heard of a successful rebellion who was merciful and let the people in the palace go. After each rebellion, the real blood flowed into the palace, and almost no one survived.

This is the moment when life hangs in the balance, life and death are all in one thought. I heard that the Empress Dowager recited Buddhist scriptures in the Palace of Compassion and Ning last night, but they didn't know that countless eunuchs and maids were also praying secretly in their hearts, praying for a safe night.

It may be that God also has a benevolent heart and heard their prayers, which saved them from disaster.

"The King Cheng's men and horses have finally retreated," the Queen Mother said: "The heart of mourning the family has finally been put back in my stomach."

"I made Queen Mother worry last night." Emperor Hong Xiao said with a smile: "King Cheng's ability to retreat is also due to Queen Mother's contribution."

"The Ai family didn't do anything," the queen mother also laughed, "it was just copying the Buddhist scriptures. The Ai family knew in their hearts that this time it was thanks to King Xia. If he hadn't brought his troops back, King Cheng would not have done anything." Retreat so quickly."

"This time it is indeed the credit of General Zhaode." Whether it was intentional or not, Emperor Hong Xiao didn't call Yin Zhan "Xiajun King", he said: "Afterwards, I will reward him for his merits. He sighed again, "I heard that General Zhaode made a lot of military exploits back then. After so many years, he is still young. I heard that his two sons and daughters are also very outstanding. I have seen him before, but I have never seen him before." Children."

"The Ai family has also heard about this." The queen mother said: "When the emperor wants to reward his meritorious deeds, he might as well reward his sons and daughters instead of King Xia himself. His title is already high enough, and the gold and silver treasures will come back in those days." The late emperor also rewarded a lot."

"Empress Mother is thinking about it." Hong Xiaodi said: "We have to wait until the matter of King Cheng is completely resolved before making any plans."

The queen mother was silent for a while, and said: "Your Majesty intends to let King Xia take advantage of the victory to pursue?"

"Of course, General Zhaode thinks the same as I do. I also told General Zhaode. King Cheng is ambitious and has been planning for so many years, but I have forgotten that I am also guarding against him. If I want to sit in this position, I will not It's not as simple as he thought."

He said these words with a smile, but in the young emperor's eyes, there was already a murderous look and ambition, which made people feel cold.

The queen mother paused for a while before slowly saying: "The emperor has not been easy for so many years. After all, this position is not what Cheng Wang Nengxiao wanted, so he is asking for trouble. It's good for the emperor to do this, wait for Cheng After the matter of the king is over, the world will be at peace."

"It's also thanks to my mother," the emperor said with a smile, "It's my mother who recites scriptures and prays every day, so that God can bless Beiyan."

The queen mother smiled and said no more. Emperor Hong Xiao looked into the distance, the sky outside the palace was extraordinarily blue, it was a clear and clear day, everyone wanted to control the power of the world, picturesque country, murderous everywhere. One became king, is there anyone else?

Presumably there was no shortage, but he was right about one thing, if he could take care of one Chengwang, he would naturally be able to take care of the others as well. In the last play of the praying mantis catching the cicada and the oriole, no one knows who is the oriole and who is the cicada until the end.

...

On the afternoon of the second day after King Cheng withdrew, everyone had a good rest. When Jiang Li got up, it was almost evening. She just slept like this for a whole day, feeling drowsy, but she still remembered to ask the servant to deliver a letter to Ye Mingyu, asking about the situation on the other side of Ye Mingyu. In such a chaotic situation, Jiang Yuanbai would not let her go out at will.

The servant left quickly and came back quickly, Ye Mingyu didn't want to write a letter, so he sent a message to her, saying that everything in Ye Mansion was fine, Ye Shijie and Xue Huaiyuan were fine. Let Jiang Li stay in the mansion and not come out, take care of herself, if there is anything she can't cope with, ask someone to go to Ye's house and tell him, and he will come to protect Jiang Li.

Hearing that Ye Fu was fine, Jiang Li was relieved. Even if this day passed like this, it was considered safe and sound. On the fifth day, King Cheng's army did not continue to attack the city for the second time, but General Zhaode Yin Zhan led his troops to fight out.

Before the panic of the previous few days had dissipated, new worries arose. Tong'er and Bai Xue also looked preoccupied. When Bai Xue was making tea, she almost accidentally poured the tea on the table.

"What's wrong with Bai Xue?" Jiang Li asked with a smile, "Why are you so preoccupied?"

Bai Xue said: "The servant is worried about the parents at home. I don't know when this battle will be over, and I don't know if it will hurt the family."

"Isn't Zaohua Village far from Yanjing City? Even if there is going to be a war, it will not affect Zaohua Village for the time being." Tong'er replied: "Compared with Zaohua Village, you should worry about yourself first. General Zhaode After going out of the city like this, he wants to drive King Cheng out of Yanjing completely, but what if King Cheng makes a comeback?"

Jiang Li smiled and said: "I don't think he is just expelling them. I'm afraid he wants to wipe out the rebels and wipe them out completely."

Tong'er asked: "Really? That's a good thing, and the servants don't have to worry day and night. General Zhaode has done such a big thing, and he still has to go back to Yunzhong. The servants thought he would stay In Yanjing City, we have been preventing King Cheng from making a comeback."

"How come? The treasury may not be able to support so many soldiers." Jiang Li said, her heart suddenly moved, and Tong'er's words reminded her. As the saying goes, if the cunning rabbit dies, if the soldiers and horses of King Cheng are completely wiped out, it will be meaningless for Yin Zhan to stay in Yanjing City. But Yin Zhan still pursued the victory like this, or he was pure-minded, dedicated to the country, and didn't think too much. As long as he protected Yanjing, he would return to Yunzhong immediately. Either he was thinking too deeply, and he already had other plans. Even if King Cheng was cleaned up, he was sure that he would not return to Yunzhong and could stay.

Why?

A trace of uneasiness slowly emerged in Jiang Li's heart. The battle ahead is unclear, and they don't know what the final outcome will be. If they are not soldiers, they can only sit in the room, anxiously waiting for the outcome.

Mingyue walked in from the outside, looked at Jiang Li, hesitated for a moment before saying: "Girl... the prince of the county is here."

Yin Zhili? Why is he here?

Jiang Li frowned involuntarily. She always had a three-point smile when she saw people, but every time she saw Yin Zhili, she would resist a little, probably because she knew what the Jiang family and the Yin family were planning. She didn't want to obey, that's why.

When she walked out of the yard, she saw Yin Zhili coming behind the servant girl.

This time, even Yin Zhiqing didn't show up.

Jiang Li saluted him: "Young Master Yin."

"Miss Jiang, you don't have to be so polite to me." Yin Zhili was still dressed warmly in white, and he said: "I have met Mrs. Jiang just now. Today is according to my father's wishes, and I have a few words with Jiang Shoufu. I have said it, by the way Send something to Miss Jiang."

Jiang Li looked at him in surprise, strange men and women gave things privately, it was a bit out of the court.

Yin Zhili also seemed to understand that his words were a bit abrupt, so he smiled shyly, and said: "Actually, it's for you. She knows that I will come to Jiang's mansion today, so she asked me to give it to you. I wanted to give it to Mrs. Jiang." people, but Mrs. Jiang asked me to hand it over to you in person."

Mrs. Jiang still didn't give up her idea of ​​being with Yin Zhili, Jiang Li thought so in her heart. Seeing Yin Zhili took out a small box, he said: "I have seen it, and I think it is very suitable for Miss Jiang."

Jiang Li opened the box to look, and was stunned when she saw it. There was a fan in the box. She pulled out the fan to look. The surface of the fan was pure white, made of some kind of fabric, it was slightly shiny, and there was a pear flower embroidered on it. , it is very unique, and the embroidery is also very delicate. The color is clear and light, but the fan handle is made of jade, which feels cold to the touch. There are many fans who make such expensive and heart-warming ones, but very few. An ordinary girl would be happy if she got such a fan.

But Jiang Li didn't feel too happy. Although this fan was beautiful, it was still much inferior to Ji Heng's golden silk peony folding fan. Jiang Li felt strange. She didn't like too strong and bright colors at first, but after getting along with Ji Heng for a long time, she also got into Ji Heng's habits, and felt that this white and lovely color was too bland.

Yin Zhili didn't notice Jiang Li's thoughts, and still said with a smile: "It's going to be summer soon, this fan may be useful to Miss Jiang."

"Thank you, Lord Pingyang, for your kindness, and thank you Mr. Yin for sending me the fan." Jiang Li smiled and thanked.

Yin Zhili said: "As long as Miss Jiang likes it."

"I like it very much, thank you, and I will put it away properly." Jiang Li put the fan back into the box, closed the box again, and handed it to Bai Xue.

She said "she will keep it well" instead of using it. Yin Zhili's eyes paused for a moment, and then he said softly: "You're welcome. The city of Yanjing is not peaceful these days, and Miss Jiang should pay more attention. Bringing it to Huangzhou, in order to prevent the recurrence of the old things, it is better to be careful."

Jiang Li smiled and said: "I know, my father won't let me leave the mansion these days. Speaking of which, General Yin is now confronting King Cheng, so Mr. Yin doesn't have to go?"

Yin Zhili smiled bitterly: "I wanted to go with my father, but my father asked me to stay in Yanjing, saying that if there was any change in Yanjing, I would be able to handle it well."

Jiang Li: "It seems that Mr. Yin also understands the art of training soldiers?"

"As a general, I have to learn a little bit, not only for me, but also for my love."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "It's really admirable."

Yin Zhili said: "I think Miss Jiang has the style of a military teacher. Although she has no martial arts and is unarmed, she can win the battle thousands of miles away."

"Mr. Yin is talking about me? When did I do these things?"

Yin Zhili just laughed: "We have heard about those things in Tongxiang in Yunzhong. Zhiqing told me before that she wanted to see you very much. After seeing you last time, she said that you are different from what she imagined. Look It looks really quiet and gentle, not like such a decisive woman."

"When it comes to killing decisively, I don't want to fight with the axe. Why should Mr. Yin make fun of me?"

Her tone was unhurried, and when Yin Zhili was joking with her, Jiang Li didn't show any shyness, her generous and frank look made people feel very comfortable.

"I don't know what's going on with General Yin right now?"

"Miss Jiang, don't worry. Although King Cheng has been planning for many years, he is not from the army after all. Most of the soldiers are mobs. When it comes to forming troops, he is not my father's opponent. Therefore, King Cheng's rebellion will subside sooner or later, but It's just a matter of time. And I heard from my father's people that it will take less than a month to wipe out all the soldiers and horses of King Cheng."

He should have said this to comfort Jiang Li not to worry, but it made Jiang Li think of something else. She asked: "After the matter of King Cheng, will General Yin and you guys return to Yunzhong?"

Yin Zhili was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "This... I don't know yet."

She said she didn't know yet, but she didn't admit that she would go back to Yunzhong, Jiang Li felt concerned. She didn't say anything else, Yin Zhili said again: "When we met for the first time, Zhiqing saved a child. I thought it was Miss Jiang's younger brother, but I heard that Miss Jiang didn't have such an older brother."

"That was the child I saved when I was in Huangzhou." Jiang Li said: "His family members were all killed by thieves during the turmoil in Huangzhou. He was the only one left in the family. I thought he was lonely and helpless. I brought him back. Later, my friend was kind enough to accept him as an apprentice."

"Friend?" Yin Zhili said with a smile: "It must be the person who was with Su Guogong that day."

He knew Ji Heng's identity, presumably it was Yin Zhiqing who told him. Ji Heng and Yin Zhan are enemies, so Yin Zhili naturally doesn't have a good impression of Ji Heng, what do you mean by asking her now?

"Does Miss Jiang know Su Guogong very well?"

"Not very familiar." Jiang Li smiled, and blocked back directly, "If Mr. Yin wants to inquire about Mr. Su's news for the county magistrate, I'm really powerless, and I can't help you much."

Yin Zhili looked at Jiang Li in astonishment, probably he didn't expect Jiang Li to be so forthright, he was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, as if he was very helpless, and a little funny, "I didn't expect Miss Jiang to be so straightforward."

"The county owner is also very straightforward."

"Zhiqing has been living in the clouds before, innocent and innocent, ignorant of world affairs, Mr. Su is very outstanding, she just asked casually, there is no other meaning." Yin Zhili said.

"I know." Jiang Li smiled slightly, "I just said it casually, there is no other meaning, Mr. Yin, don't care."

Her tone is gentle, almost docile, but what she says is always stuffy, making people unable to get angry even when they are angry, and inexplicably embarrassing.

Yin Zhili stopped talking about Ji Heng with Jiang Li, and talked about other things instead. He asked about Jiang Li's past, but he thoughtfully skipped the not-so-good past, such as the part where she was sent to Qingcheng Mountain, and the part where Jiang Li was slandered and pushed Ji Shuran to have a miscarriage. All he talked about was good things.

It's just that Yin Zhili just doesn't know that Jiang Li is not the real Second Miss Jiang. Those good things are just Jiang Li's nonsense now. He listened carefully and did not doubt it.

He seemed like a really innocent person.

Jiang Li thought silently, and after talking for a while, Yin Zhili left.

Jiang Li didn't go to see Yin Zhili off, she was all about what Yin Zhan was going to do, and she didn't care about Yin Zhili. On the other hand, all the maids in the yard gathered around, and after looking at each other, Mingyue whispered: "Miss, this Mr. Yin, why did you come here to see you?"

Mingyue and Qingfeng were in the outer courtyard, not as closely as Tong'er and Baixue who followed Jiang Li, so they didn't know about Jiang Li and Ji Heng's affairs. In their eyes, this Mr. Yin is already an impeccable candidate. Compared with the marriage that was snatched away by Jiang Youyao and later occupied by Jiang Yu'ejiu, it is many times better. Not to mention anything else, the county king is much smarter than a marquis, and even though Zhou Yanbang is considered good, he really pales in comparison in front of that radiant, gentle and handsome elder son.

Tong'er said: "Go and go, he just came here to deliver things for the county master. The girl asked him about the war. Our girl is concerned about the people. He is the son of a general. Naturally, she knows how the situation is now. The girl just asked It's been a little longer, it's a waste of time. Don't talk nonsense, there is nothing special, and I didn't come to see the girl specially. Let's go, let's go." She waved her hand and pushed Mingyue and Qingfeng who were watching the excitement out. .

Jiang Li walked into the yard, Bai Xue closed the door, Tong'er pouted outside, and said: "It's really not a big deal to watch the excitement."

Her two maids, Bai Xue was originally the daughter of a farmer, and she didn't want other children to be slaves since childhood, knowing so many rules, Bai Xue is honest and responsible, Jiang Li's idea is her idea. Tong'er stayed with Jiang Li in Qingcheng Mountain for eight years, and she has long refused to accept discipline, but she is much more open-minded than the maids in this yard, and she is not too restrained in her approach to problems. Yin Zhili is certainly good, but if his girl doesn't like it, then forget it, the twisted melon is not sweet, if the girl really doesn't like it, can she still be tied to a sedan chair?

Bai Xue put the box in front of Jiang Li, and said, "Girl, this fan?"

Jiang Li originally wanted to have the fan put away, but for some reason, she changed her mind and said, "It's almost summer, so I put it on the table. When it gets hot, it will be ready for use." .”

Situ Jiuyue said that everything in the world generates and restrains each other, and even doctors know how to use poison to fight poison. If she can't even deal with a fan, it's really useless to grow so old.

She doesn't like Yin Zhili, but Ji Heng doesn't want it anymore, she simply lives on her own, who knows what will happen in the future, entanglement and entanglement are just adding to the troubles.

Life should be a quick knife to cut through the mess, and it is called happy love and hatred.

...

In the Duke's mansion, Ah Zhao was struggling to move his body.

Situ Jiuyue later gave him a wheelchair with several wheels on the top and bottom, and he could walk around with support. He still couldn't walk, but when he was free, he tried to push himself to the yard to bask in the sun.

He met Zhao Ke in the yard.

Ah Zhao knew Zhao Ke. Once Zhao Ke came to see him and said to him: "You are a lucky person. When you came out of the private prison that day, I was the brother who carried you out."

Ah Zhao thanked him.

He knew that the place where he lived was the Duke's Mansion, and the owner of the Duke's Mansion was called Su Guogong. He had heard Ji Heng's name before, and in his memory he was a cruel beauty, but Zhao Ke said that that day when the princess In the private prison of the mansion, it was Ji Heng who saw him and asked him to take him out.

Ji Heng is his savior, A Zhao does not deny this. Logically speaking, he used to hate such people in the past. He always felt that he should be with people who are upright. He always avoided people who played power and had deep scheming. But walking on the edge of life and death, many of Ah Zhao's thoughts changed. Shen Yurong seems to be a good person. Back then, he called each other "brother-in-law and brother-in-law" affectionately. Although he also disliked that Shen Yurong could not protect his sister well because of his lack of martial arts, but he had studied so many books, and Ah Zhao admired him in his heart.

But it is such a powerless scholar, familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, who seems gentle, courteous and thrifty, but he did something worse than a dog to his wife. It's a pity that he didn't kill his enemies with his own hands, and there was no chance. Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong had already been reported by the Jiang family and sentenced to pay for Xue Fangfei's life.

And Ji Heng... Ah Zhao thought to himself, he is a completely different person from Shen Yurong. Everyone fears the notoriety, but such a person saved himself from prison. What's the point of him saving himself? His legs are disabled, and he has no martial arts. Zhao Ke told him that Ji Heng rescued him at first, maybe to let him be a guard in the Duke's mansion, but now he can't be a guard. And the Duke of the State also seemed to have forgotten him. After Ah Zhao entered the mansion, he had never seen him.

But Ah Zhao still remembered the last time he saw Ji Heng, in the darkness of the cell, under the torture day after day, everyone was used to such darkness. At the beginning, he would cry and howl, but in the end, he lost all sanity, and even the will to survive was wiped out. Ah Zhao persisted, and when he thought he could not hold on any longer, one day, there was movement in the private prison, he thought it was Princess Yongning who brought people to torture them again, but the person who never thought of coming was not Princess Yongning, It was some strange men.

Two of the men got some orders and searched one by one in the cell, as if they were looking for someone. The remaining man walked casually. In such a terrifying scene like hell, he turned a blind eye and walked leisurely.

Ah Zhao didn't know what these people were here for, but he didn't want to miss any opportunity, even if it was to risk his life. You must know that if he wins the bet, he can go out to avenge his sister, and if he loses, it will only cost him his life. And staying here, sooner or later she will be killed by Princess Yongning who is tired of playing.

He dragged his two legs and climbed to the fence of the cell, just in time to see the man walking in front of him, so he stretched out his hand with difficulty and grabbed the corner of his clothes.

The man's boots stopped in front of him.

He saw a pair of extremely handsome and gorgeous eyes, and from those eyes, there was still a dismissive indifference, although he was still smiling.

Ah Zhao's heart turned cold, and he was a little desperate, but he still said what he wanted to say.

Then, he was saved.

Thinking about it now, since then, he has had an indescribable sense of fate.

The relationship between brother-in-law and brother-in-law can be said to be very good...