The dream of a lonely hero

Yuanrong was filled with sadness and thought for a while,"Sister! Should we break up or continue?" She knew that we couldn't break up, so she still asked, hoping to get the words from her sister that we couldn't break up.

Yuan Chun pondered for a long time and said:"If you just broke up with him out of repayment of gratitude, if it's more than that, you can't say whether it's a break or a continuation. You know too little about Yan Yun! Men are afraid of making mistakes. A married woman is afraid of marrying the wrong man, but a younger sister must never be hasty!"

Yuan Rong said:"If this continues, there will be so many difficulties to overcome, I'm afraid I won't be able to get through them."

Yuan Chun knew her stubborn nature of overcoming difficulties and comforted her:"You can get through it! For now, don't think about this. It's better to try to get to know him better."

Yuan Rong said:"He and I will have to separate when we return to the capital. How can we get to know each other again?"

Yuan Chun said:"It's not difficult. Hu Zan, the prime minister, is familiar with most of the ministers in Liangjun Prince's palace, and it is not difficult to understand Yan Yun. Besides, after you separate in Kyoto, you will not be separated forever, and there will always be a chance to meet."

Yuan Chun persuaded her politely, feeling resentful. A little calmer, after Yuan Chun left, I was full of worries again, and needed medical treatment for my heart ailments. If I want to get out of the swamp of sorrow, I can only rely on myself. The process of pain and torture must be endured slowly, until one day I suddenly figure it out. This is another village where the willows are dark and the flowers are bright.

Yuan Chun and his party stayed in Guanghan Tower for another two days. Seeing that Yuan Rong's complexion had improved, they took the road back to Bianliang, Tokyo. After leaving for a few days, they returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion in Tokyo. It was already the moment of application (about 16:00 (more), Prime Minister Zhao Pu has retired from the court. Yuan Chun and his entourage met his father, Han Junwang Prime Minister Zhao Pu, in the back hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Father's love is like a mountain. Zhao Pu looked at his daughter who had been in the dust with a pair of eyes full of father's love. A look of guilt suddenly appeared on his weather-beaten face. His voice was a little hoarse and he said:"Chun'er, Ronger has suffered!" Yuan Chun The group has finished paying tribute to Zhao Pu. Yuan Chun presented Prince Liang's letter to Zhao Pu. Zhao Pu took the book and put it on the table, looking at the dull and resolute Yan Yun with a mixture of sadness and joy. Yan Yun felt very unnatural. moment. Zhao Pu smiled and said:"The county prince's palace is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. The hero Yan is indeed a skilled man and a brave man. His journey of thousands of miles has fulfilled his mission! Chun'er and Rong'er are safe and sound. Thank you for your hard work, hero Yan! I thank you with three hundred taels of gold, which is not disrespectful."!"

Zhao Pu is a very respectful corporal.

Yan Yuncheng was frightened and said:"Thank you so much for your kindness! I can't accept this silver. It's my duty to protect the two princesses from returning safely. It's my duty to protect the two princesses. It's my duty. How can I dare to take my husband's money?" Reward!"

A layer of frost formed on Zhao Pu's cheeks and disappeared in an instant. He smiled and said:"Haha! Sure enough, a strong man regards gold as dirt." Mi

Chao, the accompanying Zhangzhou Yamen servant, was very disappointed and thought that Yan Yun did not want a reward. His face will be full of displeasure as his reward will be affected. Zhao Pu's eyes were so sharp and sophisticated that he could see every expression of everyone present.

Zhao Pu looked at Mi Chao and Pei Ji and said,"These two are also outstanding officials under the king of the county. They have worked hard along the way. Each of them will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver."

Mi Chao hurriedly pulled Pei Ji next to him and kowtowed to thank him.. The maid Chunrong also received a reward. Yan Yun, Pei Ji, and Mi Chao completed the delivery and returned to Liangjun Prince's Mansion. The Zhao sisters met at their mother's place. When mother and daughter met, they inevitably exchanged greetings with tears in their eyes. After a while, they went back to their rooms to rest.

After dinner, in the Yin'an Hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhao Pu Bingzhu read the letters from Prince Liang. The main idea of ​​the letter is: whether the murder of the second princess Luanyunpo by thieves has anything to do with Prince Fang and the Crocodile Gang, he has sent his capable men to investigate secretly; Zhao Pu is asked to investigate thoroughly whether the suspicion of being a grass bandit in the Langya White Tiger Mountain is Zhao Guangmei's undercover.

Zhao Pu read the letter, stood up, lit a candle, and a layer of ash fell to the ground. He paced for a moment and then ordered Hu Zan to summon Li Ke, the military commander, to come to the palace. Hu Zan said:"Back to my husband, Li Kedu was summoned by the princess for questioning. The junior officials will go to summon him immediately."

After hearing this, Zhao Pu quickly ran to Bihe Pavilion, Zhao Yuanchun's residence.

In the Bihe Pavilion, Zhao Yuanchun was sitting in front of the desk, and Li Kedu was standing aside.

Zhao Yuanchun asked:"How long has Li Junsi been following the Prime Minister?"

Li Kedu said:"Back to the princess, the Prime Minister has been following him since he was the Secretary of the Jiedu Army in the Returned Army."

Zhao Yuanchun said:"It has been quite a few years. , how does the prime minister treat you?"

Li Kedu said:"The prime minister's kindness to me will be renewed again."

Zhao Yuanchun said:"Why did you have an affair with the Langya White Tiger Mountain bandits?"

Li Kedu knelt down in panic and said:" No - no."

Zhao Yuanchun said angrily:"You still deny it now! After being recruited, Langya White Tiger Mountain bandit Kou Wangrong reported to Prince Liang that there was someone there the night before I passed by Langya White Tiger Mountain. Shoot an arrow book to Baihu Mountain, you were the only one who left the inn that night."

Li Ke was trembling with sweat on his face, and said:"No - no."

At this moment, Zhao Pu slowly walked in. Li Ke all looked at Zhao Pu. Zhao Pu looked at him reproachfully and said:"You are so audacious! How dare you frame the princess! I will not let him go lightly until we investigate and find out the truth! If you don't retreat,"

Li Kedu pushed him out in a panic.

Father and daughter Zhao Pu and Zhao Yuanchun sat and talked. Zhao Pu asked with concern how Yuan Chun was rescued, and casually asked about the situation of Prince Liang of Zhangzhou. Yuan Chun gave a concise reply. Zhao Pu did not ask, and Yuan Chun did not answer. From her father's words and deeds, Yuanchun vaguely felt a sense of guilt that she had never felt before. She thought that it must be because of the hardships on this trip that her father felt sad. He consoled him:"Dad, don't be sad! I entrust you and your mother with your child." , isn't this a safe return home?"

Zhao Pu couldn't help but burst into tears and was speechless. He slowly walked out, walked to the door, and said in a hoarse voice:"Don't talk about those dangerous things to your mother."

Yuan. Chun Dao:"Don't worry, daddy! My daughter and sister have agreed not to tell their mother or anyone else."

Zhao Pu nodded slowly and walked out of the door, his steps slightly staggering. Yuan Chun looked at her father's background with moist eyes.

Yan Yun, Pei Ji, and Mi Chao returned to the Prince's Mansion of Liang County and met Prince Yu Anxi of the Prince's Mansion. An Xi arranged accommodation for Mi Chao. Yan Yun and Pei Ji returned to Liushuangyuan. Xiaosi Shiying, who was waiting for Yanyun, was as happy as if he were seeing a relative who was far away from him. He was busy serving tea and water. Shi Yan said with a smile:"Pei Ji! It's great this time. We will serve Captain Yan together. Captain Yan was a great hero in wiping out the bandits in Centipede Mountain!" Pei Ji smiled shyly.

Shi Yan begged:"Master Captain, please teach me and Pei Ji some martial arts skills when you have time. We will also be your helpers when you go into battle to kill the enemy in the future. If you are not here these days, I will read your books whenever I have free time." , I know a little bit about the art of war and tactics, I hope you can give me some advice!"

Yan Yun usually doesn't regard Shi Ying and Pei Ji as his servants. Hearing Shi Ying talk about them as adults, he felt uncomfortable and said,"As long as you don't call me an adult anymore. I'll just say it, 'Sir.'"

Shi Yan kowtowed excitedly, with a face full of joy, and said,"Thank you - thank you, big - big, not - thanks to the captain for teaching me." Pei Ji also kowtowed to thank him. Yan Yun saw that one of them liked to be active and the other liked to be quiet, and they were both hardworking and docile. He liked them in his heart and taught them some practical martial arts in his spare time. Three to five days passed in the blink of an eye, and Yan Yun planned to rush to Zhangzhou the next day to work for Prince Liang. At Shenshi (15:00), Yan Yun greeted Shi Ying and Pei Ji who were packing his luggage. The prince of the royal palace came to report, and the prince of Fangjun came to visit with Wang Jian. Yan Yun called him in.

Wang Jian was dressed in fashionable clothes. He stepped into the courtyard triumphantly and said with a smile:"Seventh brother, seventh brother, I have admired you for a long time! I miss you. I invite my seventh brother to have a drink in Fanlou tonight." Yan Yun welcomed him into the living room. After sitting down, Pei Ji quickly offered tea and water. Wang Jian had a chat with Yan Yun.

Wang Jian was ordered by Zhao Guangmei, the king of Fangjun, to inquire about Zhao Guangyi, the king of Liangjun in Zhangzhou. Yan Yun didn't have a good impression of him, and he knew what to say and what not to say. Wang Jian didn't get any valuable information, so he didn't even mention inviting Yan Yun to Fan Lou for a drink.

In the early morning of the next day, Yan Yun packed up his luggage and left the palace. He walked around the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time. He wanted to say goodbye to Yuan Rong and Yuan Chun, but he felt it was inappropriate. He stood there for a long time, unable to move forward, looking at the time. Early in the morning, I had to go to Tianhan Bridge to meet Mi Chao. We came to Tianhan Bridge and waited for a while. When Michao arrived, we rushed to Zhangzhou together.

Besides, Wang Jian went to Yanyun yesterday and found nothing. He angrily returned to Yin'an Hall, Prince Fang's Mansion, to return his orders to the Prince. Zhao Guangmei, the king of Fangjun, had an impetuous look on his face. He was like ants on a hot pot in the main hall, and he kept yelling:"Yao Shu is a waste of talent! Even a small official in the prime minister's palace dared to report to the Jin government to confer Zhao Guangyi as the king of the Jin Dynasty." , what happened to the official family! Actually - it was played accurately, it was played accurately!" On both sides of the main hall stood dumbfounded civil and military staff, civil servants"Second Place Prince's Palace Chief Shi""Magic Military Advisor" Li Mu, Jinshi Palace Sima"Little Chen Ping" Yan Ju, Sun Yu who joined the army of Prince Tanhua, Bo Zhangping, the leader of Jinshi, Yan Huaizhong of Prince Yishan, Wang Jixun, the Marquis of Prince Yu, Kong Mu Fan Deming; the military general's personal guard Wu Zhuangyuan"Sai Zhang Liao" Qiao Lian, Wu Jinshi"Tianmu Jiang" Yan Mi,"Sick and Filial Piety" Fan Tenghu,"Black Spirit Officer" Zhao Huailu,"Xiao Rengui" Zhao Qiong,"Big Sword General" Yan Zhong,"Golden-Headed White Ape" Wang Jian, etc. They are in the Forbidden Army and the Military Chief Division. The confidants of the Forbidden Army, Jin Qianzhi, Zuo Zhidu, Yuhou Yang Jun, and the military leader, Si Dujun Pan Yan. Wangfu Yishan and Yan Huaizhong were originally the judges of the left imperial ban and Hengfeng Army. As explained in the previous article, he worked in the Pingzhang Shifang under Tong Zhongshu. When the county king Zhao Guangmei inspected the Hengfeng Army in Bianting, he greatly assisted Zhao Guangmei in winning the so-called"Hengfeng Victory". Soon he was promoted by Zhao Guangmei to work in the Fangjun Prince's Mansion, which was highly appreciated by Zhao Guangmei. Pan Lin, the head of the military division, wanted to go further. He made good friends with Zhao Guangmei and married his daughter to Yan Huaizhong as his second wife. Yan Huaizhong was very sensible and immediately divorced his wife. Pan Yan's daughter became Yan Huaizhong's official wife.

Wang Jian was furious when he saw his master Lei Lei. Zhao Guangmei squeezed her way into the ranks of standing staff.

Angrily, Zhao Guangmei stamped her feet and beat her chest, shouting:"The officials are unfair, unfair! We are all brothers. He, Zhao Guangyi, can be crowned a prince, why can't I, why can't I! Didn't he come out of his mother's womb a few years earlier than me?"

Li Mu, the scrawny Prince's Chief of Staff and the"Magical Military Advisor" who was over forty years old, tried to say:"Your Highness, please calm down! The Prince of Liang County had made great achievements in suppressing the bandits in Zhangzhou. How could the Holy Spirit not reward him? Sun Yu, who was nearly forty years old and was a member of the" sick room" of the royal palace who joined the army, said sarcastically:"Hey!" Isn’t it Li Changshi, the head of the palace, Cao Chengquan? It was your attention to demote Zhao Guangyi to Zhangzhou. You didn't see the grass bandits in Centipede Mountain in Zhangzhou peeling off his skin. Instead, you killed all the grass bandits, so you are not rewarded! His Highness is very kind and kind to you, but you don’t want to repay him. How could you do such a thing, which makes His Highness feel so cold?"

Little Chen Ping" Yan Ju, the Sima of the Prince's Palace, who was nearly forty years old, also added insult to injury and shouted:"Sun Shenjun will also take care of Li Changshi's face. He will eat everything inside and outside. This is obviously ungrateful and betraying his master for glory!" Sun

Yu shook his head and said:"Yan Sima doesn't need to be so mean. Li Changshi has been ranked second in the rankings. He has a sharp ear and eyesight. He will not be able to bear the slightest advice. Such sarcasm makes him really embarrassed."

Yan Ju said:"He will still be ashamed!" His face is thicker than the walls of Tokyo, so shameless and shameless! Not to mention coming from second place in the rankings, even if a scoundrel in the market did something like this, a seller seeking glory, he would kill himself to apologize! On the plus side, he was still sanctimonious and acted as if nothing had happened, which really brought shame on all the scholars in the world."

Sun Yu and Yan Ju teased me with every word. Li Mu was so angry that his eyes almost burst out. His thin body was shaking non-stop, and he said incoherently:"You can kill people if you spurt them with blood. Not to be insulted!

Sun Yu was in high spirits and said:"Your Highness!" Li Mu has already brought it on himself. If he doesn't get rid of Li Mu, it will not serve as a warning to others. I hope His Highness will make a clear decision!"

Let us say that Sun Yu, the"sick son" who joined the army in the palace, asked Zhao Guangmei, the king of Fang County, to depose Li Mu, the chief minister of the palace. Wang Jixun, the Marquis of Yu in the palace, was in his thirties, with a gray complexion, a big mouth and thick lips, and a pair of cunning eyes. , sneered:"Hehe! Li Mu is not the only one who should be eliminated. How can you, Yan Sima and Sun Shenjun, get rid of your relationship? As the palace's think tank, everyone is wise after the fact. Why didn't you see through Li Mu's traitor at the beginning?

Yan Ju said angrily:"You are not a Jinshi, but you still dare to talk!" What were you doing back then?"

Wang Jixun said:"At the beginning, I had expected that Zhao Guangyi would make meritorious deeds and gain a salary and official position.

Yan Ju looked at him sideways and sneered:"Haha!" Why did you keep Zhuge Liang secretive about this beforehand? Are you also fulfilling Zhao Guangyi's glory today? Another bastard."

Wang Jixun said:"Did I get to say it in my turn at the beginning? 'Shenji strategist’、‘sick ovary’、‘Little Chen Ping is a Jinshi scholar, and he is profound and far-reaching. How dare I, a little Yu Hou, dare to do whatever he wants to do?"

Sun Yu originally wanted to move to Cao Li Mu, the head of the palace, but he didn't expect to see Wang Jixun halfway. A small official who was not a Jinshi like Wang Jixun was not worth bothering with. He said:"Why does Yan Sima have the same knowledge as Wang Jixun, who is not good at writing? Li Mu. Isn’t the matter of being ungrateful and selling out for glory yet finished? Please make a clear decision, Your Highness."

Zhao Guangmei shouted:"Old Li Mu, do you know your guilt?"

Li Mu kowtowed, tears streaming down his cheeks, and said,"Your Highness! The old man is wronged! Sun Yu and Yan Ju have ulterior motives. They have long had the ulterior motive to replace the old and the old, and to kill people with borrowed knives out of thin air. I hope Your Highness will make a clear decision! Zhao

Guangmei had no time to judge who was right and wrong, and said angrily:"You are wronged!" What about the lonely king? Is the lonely king unjust? The lonely king worked conscientiously and neglected food and sleep for the Song Dynasty. Zhao Guangyi, an ignorant, drunken and lustful man, was promoted to be a prince. He was promoted to a prince! But as for the lonely king, the macaque rides on the native ox, and he is still just a county king! He picked up the glass cup on the desk and smashed it into pieces. The maid gave her a cup of tea, and he slapped her several times. Still not relieved, he kicked her several times. She was beaten all over her face. He fell to the ground bleeding and couldn't get up. He cursed:"Damn little hooves! He dared to cheat his death." He quickly stepped forward and kicked him again. He was sweating profusely from his work. Another maid who was a little braver offered him a handkerchief. He wiped the sweat and shouted:"Shui Shui!"The maid, who had already known what had happened, hurriedly brought a cup of tea, drank it in one go, fell to the ground, and shouted,"Get out!"The maid hurriedly picked up the maid on the ground and exited.

Zhao Guangmei beat her chest and said in frustration:"Oh! I regret that I demoted Zhao Guangyi to the poor mountains and rivers of Zhangzhou."I regretted it too much and sighed.

Sun Yu, who joined the army, said:"Isn't it true! If he had been demoted to a wealthy state and county to kill his will, he would not have achieved the success of suppressing bandits today, let alone the title of prince he has today. well!"

Sima Yanju of the palace said:"That's right. He was originally demoted to Wuning——"

Wang Jixun, the Marquis of Prince Yu, said:"Yan Sima is really short-sighted! He was demoted to Xijing. Is Xijing not as rich and prosperous as Wuning? It is not far from Tokyo, and it is within the sight of His Highness. At the Tomb of Heroes in Wenwen Township, Zhao Guangyi will definitely be intoxicated by the spring breeze and unable to wake up. Prostitutes take concubines, sing and dance, and their ambitions have long been wiped out."

Yan Ju said angrily:"Wang Jixun's stubborn prisoner is just a little Yuhou who dares to insult this Sima. If he becomes the Sima of the royal palace, wouldn't even His Highness be the best? Don't take it seriously!"

Zhao Guangmei was too distraught to listen to his subordinates' criticisms of each other, and said angrily:"Come on! How troubled the lonely king is, and you still have the leisure to speak quickly!"

Wang Jixun said:"One of you How difficult it is for His Highness to read poetry and books but not know how to share his worries! He is a talented man, full of knowledge, and tireless in worrying about the country and serving the public; Zhao Guangyi has no money, wine, rice and rice bags, but he has a prosperous official career. Where is the justice of heaven! Alas! It’s all to blame that the junior officials were intimidated by the power of Yan Ju and Sun Yu and didn’t dare to remonstrate boldly."

Zhao Guangmei seemed to have met a close friend, with a look of relief on her face.

""Filial piety during illness" Fan Tenghu came out and said anxiously:"Tenghu is a rough man. He doesn't know what 'origin' is. What's the use of it? Now it's not the past!""