To Rule in a Turbulent World

Liangzhou, Prince Yan's Mansion.

"Swallow grass is like blue silk, Qin Sang has low green branches..."

"When you are nostalgic for the old days, when the concubine is heartbroken; if the spring breeze doesn't know each other, what will happen?"

"The meaning of this poem is the self-narrative of the land of Qin, thinking of the husband who was stationed in the land of Yan and defended the country..."

"There are six sentences in the whole poem." You Miao stood tall with her hands behind her back, walked past the students' desks holding a ruler, and said, "Although it is autumn now, it is not as bright and beautiful as the spring described in the poem. There is no 'spring breeze', only There is an 'autumn wind', which is another artistic conception."

Autumn in Liangzhou came very early, and there was already a little chill. The fallen leaves were flying in the courtyard, and the autumn wind blew up the gauze curtain, blowing into the school, and rolled in a few maple leaves. live.

"Little bastards, go back and memorize this poem," You Miao said, "I'm going to take the test in the next section, remember?"

"Remember!" The five and six-year-old children got up and dispersed.

Before noon, after the little prince and his companions had finished their classes, the bell rang in the mansion, and You Miao washed her hands and face, and walked through the courtyard corridor to the main hall.Liangzhou Prince's Mansion is located in Guazhou, which is the place where the commanders and envoys of the capital are stationed.You Miao traveled all over the world three months ago, and when she came here, it happened that the panchuan was exhausted, so she took the letter of the wandering scholar from Luoyang Taixue, the central capital, and went to the government to find an errand.

It just so happens that there is a lack of Mr. Kaimeng in Yanwang's mansion, so You Miao naturally enters the mansion to teach something about "the world is mysterious and yellow, the universe is prehistoric" and spend time with the children.

However, the situation in Liangzhou has been quite unstable over the past few years. After years of wars and turmoil, the country has first been unified, and the imperial court is trying its best to regain power, bringing the soldiers and horses guarding the four directions under the jurisdiction of Zhongdu.After the first battle of Zhuhu, the emperor granted the vassal, and in addition to the king of Liaodong, he was divided into three kings of Shu, Liang, and Yue to guard the frontier.The problems brought about by the closure of feudal vassals in all dynasties are exactly the same. The vassal kings not only defend the country, but also are prone to rebellion.

And the court has often heard in recent years that King Yan is recruiting troops and preparing for rebellion.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, Guazhou followed the annual regulations, and the people made cakes and prepared fruits to celebrate the festival. The guards inside and outside the mansion, and even in the city of Gua County, were also heavily guarded.

You Miao walked through the promenade and saw the martial arts in the mansion. Li Zhifeng, the deputy commander of the mansion guards, was standing in the courtyard, holding a long sword. One piece, three pieces... On the body of the sword, which is as thin as a cicada's wing, there are five or six maple leaves, neatly stacked in one place.

"The bright moonlight in front of the bed seems to be frost on the ground—" The children in the mansion seem to look like, imitating You Miao's demeanor when he was teaching, and then ran away with laughter.

Li Zhifeng was distracted for a moment, and when he turned his head, the fallen leaves fluttered.

You Miao stood on the corridor and smiled at Li Zhifeng.

In the autumn wind, You Miao was wearing a light blue robe and a jade pendant.Li Zhifeng was wearing a black martial arts robe, but in his thirties, the slim martial arts robe made his already straight martial arts figure even more upright, which can only be described as "a jade tree facing the wind" in the autumn wind.

"Mr. You." Li Zhifeng withdrew his sword and greeted You Miao.

"Commander Li." You Miao nodded as a salute. He was active in the mansion every day, and the two had many opportunities to meet.

You Miao often listens to the discussion among the people in the mansion. This man's martial arts are unfathomable, and he was hired by the King of Yan with a lot of money from the rivers and lakes.His duties are mainly to monitor the assassins in the mansion, and occasionally teach the little prince some basic skills.

On the first day of his arrival, he just stood still, and with a wooden sword, he defeated all the warriors in the palace. Since then, he has gained the utmost trust of King Yan.

The little prince Di Qing also followed You Miao.

You Miao and Li Zhifeng glanced at Di Qing, and they exchanged glances.

"The commander is going for lunch?" You Miao said.

"Have you rung the bell?" Li Zhifeng remembered it, so he made a gesture of "please".

"I'm hungry too." Di Qing said.

Li Zhifeng said: "Then, little prince, let's go together."

There are obviously many servants on patrol in the mansion. Yan Wang Di Rong is always suspicious, afraid that Zhao Chao, who is far away in the sky, will send an assassin to murder him, and sleeps at night wishing that Li Zhifeng would help him guard the gate.

"The roads in this house twist and turn," Li Zhifeng said with a frown, "it's easy to get lost every time."

"The winding path leads to seclusion." You Miao joked, "But there are always too many people."

In the hall, after Li Zhifeng and You Miao sat in the case respectively, Yan Wang Dirong came here with a heavy heart. He first asked his son about his studies, and then asked him about his martial arts practice.You Miao and Li Zhifeng talked one after another, and the King of Yan said: "You two are hardworking, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and there are more things to do. The house is short of manpower, and I will ask Mr. You to help me with some personal matters later."

"Naturally, I will obey the order of the prince." You Miao replied.

You Miao knew well that the King of Yan was planning the details of the army, and he had sent out his left and right arms. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, with a wave of arms, the 20 troops would go straight to the capital and pull Zhao Chao down from the throne.However, initiating a civil war at this time is simply putting the common people in danger. I just don't know how many people will be displaced under King Yan's emperor's dream, and their lives will be ruined.

King Yan took the little prince away after eating a little, leaving Li Zhifeng and You Miao sitting opposite each other.

"Sir, aren't you used to the food in the house?" Li Zhifeng said casually.

You Miao replied: "People in Jiangnan are used to eating rice, fish and shrimp, etc., and beef and mutton are too greasy."

Li Zhifeng nodded and said, "Being far away is no better than being at home."

You Miao asked: "Where is the commander from?"

Li Zhifeng said: "People outside the Great Wall have wandered in the Central Plains all their lives, and have also been to Jiangnan."

"I expect to be used to it." You Miao smiled, "Where do you like the most?"

"It's fine," Li Zhifeng said, "It's a good day, sir..."

You Miao ate half of her lunch, then covered the food box, stopped eating, tidied up her chopsticks, and looked at Li Zhifeng expectantly.

"Sir..." Li Zhifeng seemed to be hesitating.

You Miao suddenly found it funny, and said, "Commander, please, but it doesn't matter."

Li Zhifeng laughed at himself and said, "Don't call me the commander, just call me Zhifeng."

"Then you can call me Ziqian, and don't call me Mr." You Miao laughed.

Li Zhifeng nodded, thought for a while, and finally made up his mind, and said, "Tomorrow is the holiday, I wonder if sir...Ziqian...are you free? Let's go for a walk?"

You Miao was a little surprised, and said, "This... Let me take a look? The little prince's class tomorrow..."

Li Zhifeng also covered the food box, picked up the soup bowl, and without looking at You Miao, said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Di Qing said he has no class tomorrow."

You Miao said happily: "Then let's go out to relax, please lead me to walk around."

It is afternoon.

Di Qing followed Li Zhifeng to learn swordsmanship, and Li Zhifeng tapped his knee lightly with a wooden sword, telling him to hold on for a while.

"Master, are you going out to play with your husband tomorrow?" Di Qing asked.

Li Zhifeng did not answer.

"Can you take me there?" Di Qing asked again.

"No." Li Zhifeng said.

Di Qing: "Why?"

"I don't want to take you," Li Zhifeng said, "You only know how to disrupt the situation."

Di Qing stared at Li Zhifeng boredly, but didn't dare to speak nonsense. Li Zhifeng's sword is much stronger than You Miao's ruler. hands-on.

After You Miao assisted King Yan in handling the family affairs during the festival, she came to the corridor and sat down beside her, flipping through a few pages of account books to help King Yan reconcile the accounts.

"Master," Di Qing said while learning how to sword in the garden, "Mr. You is watching you!"

Li Zhifeng naturally knew that You Miao was coming, but he didn't turn his head, and said displeasedly: "Learn your sword." After he instructed Di Qing a few moves, he couldn't help but look at You Miao, only to see that You Miao didn't look up.

Di Qing seemed to understand everything, and whispered: "Now he looks up at you again!"

Li Zhifeng looked at Di Qing and made a "threatening" gesture, and Di Qing hurriedly practiced his sword pretendingly.

"Relax," Li Zhifeng said, "Your back shoulders are too tense. You have to lift weights as lightly as possible. This is also the case with martial arts and reading. If you are a master, you must do it with ease."

"Those who can teach apprentices don't necessarily have strong martial arts." With a smile, You Miao finally couldn't help speaking, and said, "Those who are good at martial arts don't necessarily know how to teach apprentices."

Li Zhifeng and Di Qing stopped at the same time, and Di Qing only asked Li Zhifeng to go and talk to You Miao for a while, so that he could be lazy for a while.

Li Zhifeng raised his eyebrows, meaning "So?".

"The commander is not only strong in martial arts," You Miao said with a smile, "and he can teach his apprentices. The little prince is much better at learning swords than when I first entered the mansion."

Li Zhifeng didn't speak, and turned his attention back to Di Qing, holding a wooden sword, motioning him to stand aside.

You Miao was about to look down at the account, but Li Zhifeng shook the wooden sword in his hand, and suddenly the maple leaves in the garden rolled up, flying in all directions under his vigor, Li Zhifeng turned around again, and the skirt of the martial robe fluttered, following a harmonious style The swordsmanship returned, and the maple leaves were gathered together again.

"Oh oh oh wow!" Di Qing had never seen such a miraculous skill, following Li Zhifeng through the flying leaves, he was really handsome and unrivaled in the world.

You Miao put down the ledger and looked at it seriously, her eyes full of admiration.

Li Zhifeng closed his eyes and looked at You Miao, who couldn't help but walked over.

"How did you use this formula?" You Miao asked curiously.

Li Zhifeng motioned You Miao to hold the wooden sword, and said: "Touching without touching, leaving without leaving, using softness to overcome rigidity, the way of martial arts in the world is nothing more than this."

You Miao was holding a wooden sword, and Li Zhifeng was behind him correcting his movements. Finally, Di Qing could be lazy, slipped aside, and looked at the two with a smile.You Miao was taught sword by Li Zhifeng, half hugged, suddenly felt embarrassed.

"Go on," You Miao said, "I won't bother you, master and apprentice."

You Miao blushed, put away the ledger, and left.

Li Zhifeng's face returned to serious, and he waved to Di Qing again, indicating to continue practicing sword.

At night, You Miao reconciled accounts, humming a song, holding a flower branch of hibiscus in her hand, moving horizontally and vertically, imitating Li Zhifeng's swordsmanship, and accidentally bumping into a person in the shadow in the corridor.

"Ah!" You Miao was startled.

Li Zhifeng was standing at the corner of the corridor, when You Miao blushed instantly and took half a step back.

"Fix your wrist, don't turn it over," Li Zhifeng said, "Exert strength from the tiger's mouth."

You Miao hurriedly nodded and looked at Li Zhifeng with a smile.

"Where did you come from, sir?" Li Zhifeng asked seriously again.

You Miao pointed behind her and said, "Study, is the commander going? The prince is reading the letter."

You Miao is sometimes like a child, when no one notices him, he likes to move here and poke there.

Li Zhifeng nodded, but did not move, staring at You Miao's handsome face.

The two were silent for a moment, and You Miao had nothing to say: "What is the commander doing?"

"Don't do anything." Li Zhifeng said, "Walk around casually, look at the moon, and take a look to see if there are any suspicious people, etc."

Li Zhifeng lives on the east side, and You Miao lives in the side courtyard. Li Zhifeng's room is far away from here, but You Miao always sees him walking around the side courtyard.

"It's getting late at night," You Miao said, "Commander, let's go back early and have a rest."

"Tomorrow is on leave," Li Zhifeng said, "Tonight is still on duty."

You Miao yawned tiredly, and nodded goodbye to Li Zhifeng.Li Zhifeng said again: "Sir, tomorrow..."

"I haven't forgotten," You Miao said, "I will come to you tomorrow morning."

You Miao walked away quickly, and Li Zhifeng watched his figure leave. Finally, he picked up the branch of hibiscus that had fallen aside, twirled it twice with his fingers, and looked at the flower.

King Yan came out to take a look, moved his shoulders, Li Zhifeng went into the study, closed the door behind him, left after half an hour, went back to the room to rest, put You Miao's hibiscus in the water bottle, and went to sleep I watched it a while ago.

In the early morning of the next day, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the mansion was busy with decorations for the festival.Today, the King of Yan will entertain all his confidantes and discuss matters behind closed doors to decide the final timing for raising troops.

Early in the morning, Li Zhifeng looked at himself in front of the mirror, and changed into a dark blue martial robe embroidered with gold thread.

"How is it?" Li Zhifeng turned around and asked.

Di Qing was playing with Li Zhifeng's longbow, looked up, and said pitifully, "Master, are you really not going to take me to play?"

Li Zhifeng: "No, I will take you next time."

Li Zhifeng put on his collar buttons and cuff buttons, and looked sideways at his own face in the mirror.

"Don't you wear some accessories?" Di Qing said again bored.

"That's right." Li Zhifeng replied, with a dagger pinned to his waist, I always thought it was too simple. Guazhou men are used to wearing one-sided shoulder pads and arm pads, left arm and right shoulder, for taming falcons. Li Zhifeng put on these two protective gear again, looking very chic, like a son of a nobleman.

"Can you?" Li Zhifeng asked again.

"It's pretty—" Di Qing couldn't follow anyway, and said, "Okay, master."

You Miao said outside: "Is the commander in?"

Li Zhifeng took a stride and said: "Yes!" Then he went to open the door, stepped out, and went outside the courtyard, only to see You Miao was also wearing a light blue martial robe today, silk satin, with a jade pendant around his waist, smiling but not smiling, Looking at Li Zhifeng.

"Sir, you came early." Li Zhifeng adjusted his cuffs and said.

"I woke up early, so I came early." You Miao laughed.

Both of them couldn't help laughing, as if separated by a hazy layer of gauze, neither of them knew what to say, so they could only talk nonsense.

"Please, sir." Li Zhifeng no longer cared about Di Qing, ready the horse and put on the saddle.

Seeing that there was only one horse, You Miao looked at Li Zhifeng, and Li Zhifeng asked, "Can you ride a horse, sir?"

"Uh..." You Miao said, "I haven't ridden alone. How do you know? Oh, I understand, Di Qing told you."

Li Zhifeng got on the horse first, stretched out his hand, and shook hands with You Miao. You Miao stepped on the stirrup and turned over, sitting firmly behind Li Zhifeng.

"It's very easy to get on the horse." Li Zhifeng said.

"In the past, someone used to ride a horse and take me to play." You Miao laughed and hugged Li Zhifeng's waist consciously.Li Zhifeng put another hand on the back of You Miao's hand on his waist, and shook it slightly, motioning for him to hold it steady.

"Drive!" Li Zhifeng took You Miao out of the city.

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, at dusk, every household lights up their lights in advance. This year Guazhou is a good year, and the incense table for offering sacrifices to the moon has been set up, full of melons and fruits.

"My lord, Commander Li and Mr. You are back." Jia Ding whispered to King Yan.

"Let Mr. take the children to eat the festive meal." Facing the crowd of guests, King Yan ordered, "Commander Li has worked so hard for him to guard the door of the hall for one more night. There are important things to discuss, and he will be given a drink later."

The servant went out and closed the door with his backhand.

When You Miao left the house, he took Li Zhifeng out with his arms around his waist, and when he came back, his clothes were covered in fine dry grass, and he was holding Li Zhifeng's left hand.

When the two entered the mansion, You Miao let go of her hand a little embarrassedly, and there was still a little red mark on Li Zhifeng's neck.

"Mister's ears are red." Li Zhifeng said.

"I want to take a bath." You Miao said with her ears still red.

"Let's go after dinner." Li Zhifeng said.

You Miao took off the jade pendant around her waist, thought for a while, and handed it to Li Zhifeng.

"Send me?" Li Zhifeng was a little surprised and asked.

You Miao didn't speak, and gave him the jade pendant, Li Zhifeng held it in his hand, and You Miao hurried away.

In the mid-autumn night, with festive lanterns like daylight, You Miao stood under the promenade full of lights, walked about ten steps, stood still suddenly, turned around, and looked at Li Zhifeng.

Li Zhifeng still looked at him from afar, holding the warm jade pendant in his hand, the soft texture of the jade pendant was like You Miao's skin, the two suddenly looked at each other and smiled.

"Mr. You!" Li Zhifeng said.

You Miao: "What?"

Li Zhifeng's face was also a little red, and he waved his hands, meaning to say something later, and turned around.

"At the end of autumn this year, the weapons and soldiers are ready, and the spies in the court have also sent news that the lonely dynasty Dawan bought [-] fine horses..."

Holding the cup, King Yan unfolded a map of the Central Plains in the hall with a dignified expression.Suddenly, the sound of killing came from outside the hall.

"who?!"

Everyone's tense strings stopped in an instant, and even Di Rong himself never expected that Zhao Chao would strike first?How long did he arrange it?Why no one noticed? !

"Water-"

"My lord—there are thieves—!"

In an instant, a group of masked guests rushed into the mansion and broke through the palace!

"Commander Li!" King Yan was calm and roared, "Where is Commander Li?"

"The last general is here." Li Zhifeng was calmer than King Yan, and immediately after the sound of the door opening, Li Zhifeng entered with a wooden sword.

King Yan immediately put away the map and said, "Don't leave this place! Outside! Are all the guards here? Why are you holding the wooden sword?"

"Because my daughter-in-law won't let me kill people indiscriminately." Li Zhifeng replied, "And after the age of 27, I won't use an iron sword anymore, and I can kill you with a branch of hibiscus."

Immediately, Li Zhifeng raised his sword.

King Yan's expression froze on his face for only a short moment, and then Li Zhifeng shot into the hall like a thunderbolt!

King Yan has been in the army for a long time, he hastily raised his sword to resist, but he couldn't catch Li Zhifeng's move!

The thunder flashed by, and all the ribs of the people in the hall were broken, all of them were hit by the sword that Li Zhifeng put into the sword with a thousand ton force, the corner of King Yan's mouth was bleeding, and he fell to the ground.

Just counting breaths, apart from Li Zhifeng, there was no one standing in the palace hall.

"You...you..." King Yan coughed violently, "Who sent you here...was it... Zhao Chao..."

Li Zhifeng lifted the jug and poured two glasses of wine.

The noise outside the hall gradually subsided, You Miao walked into the hall wearing a martial robe, and looked at Li Zhifeng.

Li Zhifeng raised his eyebrows, You Miao smiled, and said, "They're all arrested, Di Qing is fine, nothing happened."

You Miao looked around, glanced at King Yan, and smiled politely: "My lord, hello."

King Yan roared angrily: "You lackeys of Zhao Chao!"

You Miao stepped up to the main seat, picked up a cup, touched Li Zhifeng lightly, and each drank.That night, the palace fell, and the people sent by the capital to ambush outside the city took only an hour to control all the people in the palace.

"It turns out that you are leaving the city today...to arrange arrangements." King Yan finally understood, blood was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and he let out a wild laugh, "Okay...very good!"

The soldiers took off their masks, came in and dragged away the King Yan's followers.You Miao sat on the main couch, glanced at Li Zhifeng, motioned him to sit down, and Li Zhifeng also sat down.

"Okay, now read your crimes, King Yan," You Miao said, "Are you convinced?"

King Yan knelt on the ground and roared, "I don't accept it! I don't accept it—! What qualifications do you have to judge me...you, you...you are just relying on your own martial arts..."

Li Zhifeng looked at King Yan, smiled and said nothing.

In an instant, a title flashed in King Yan's mind.

Juggernaut.

No. [-] in the world after Nie Dan, King Quanrong who guards Liaodong, Shanado, the god of war in the world!

"You are... Xanadu?" King Yan's voice changed, and then, he was even more frightened, looking at You Miao.

You Miao laughed and said, "King Yan, I came here in person just to save your life. Otherwise, if you think about it, if you change someone else, I'm afraid you won't be able to see my third brother alive."

"King of Liaodong... You Miao?" King Yan finally understood, and under his calculations, his failure was already doomed.

"Read out your crimes," You Miao said, "You have killed enough people, I will write you the imperial decree, and I will only explain your first few crimes. Your wife and children are beyond punishment, and it belongs to King Shanada Apprentice, if he intercedes, His Majesty will be able to forgive you. Of course, if you don't know how to read, you can't blame me."

King Yan immediately softened and fell to the ground.

After a while, King Yan was also taken away, and the room was quiet.

"This couch is not bad." Li Zhifeng half leaned on King Yan's couch, put one foot on it, and said foolishly, "Let's make one ourselves when we go back, and rely on it day and night."

"Finally the show is over!" You Miao couldn't take it anymore. At the beginning, she said that she wanted to save King Yan's life, so she had to clean up the mess for Zhao Chao, and even went to Guazhou to be a teacher. Li Zhifeng seemed to like this day very much, watching it every day With You Miao.

You Miao took off his outer robe, the new robe was really uncomfortable to wear, Li Zhifeng said, "What's wrong?"

You Miao explained half of the solution, and said, "One more time, the one in the afternoon doesn't count, it's been three months!"

"Bring the door to me." Li Zhifeng ordered outside, and then said to You Miao: "You said this yourself, sir."

Immediately afterwards, You Miao threw herself into Li Zhifeng's arms, and Li Zhifeng turned over You Miao in his arms, and pressed him on the couch.

"Commander," You Miao whispered, "Be gentle, don't be so barbaric."

Li Zhifeng whispered in You Miao's ear, his breath teasing him: "I haven't settled with you for biting me in the afternoon, sir, you are insulting gentlemen."

The moonlight entered the hall and shone on the two of them.

The bright moon is thousands of miles away, reflecting the vast rivers and mountains, the moonlight spreads across Jiangnan and Saibei, Guazhou and Liaodong, thirty fame, dust flying, eight thousand miles, the clouds and the moon depend on each other.

——The Troubled Times is King·Fanwai·End——