Book of Changes

Xie Qiulang felt that he was lying on an uneven ground, and the place next to the ground was hot. He slowly opened his eyes, and saw a kind-hearted old man sitting beside him looking at him. Seeing that he woke up, he hurriedly asked "Oh boy, you're awake, how are you? You've been sleeping until Gemao last night, which made me anxious."

Xie Qiulang took a deep breath and was about to speak, when the wound on his body hurt, "Hiss, thank you for saving my life, old man, may I ask where this is?"

"Hangzhou," the old man said, "Boy, you've been sleeping for so long, you're thirsty, do you want to drink some water?" As he spoke, he scooped up a bowl of water from the cauldron and handed it over.The bowl was old and worn out, the edge of the bowl looked like a saw, the water was a bit muddy, and there were still a few grains of sand on the bottom of the bowl.

Xie Qiulang thought for a moment about the smoldering throat he had already made, and took it anyway, thanked him, and took a sip.

The old man saw that Xie Qiulang's complexion was not very good, and thought he was worried about his body, "Don't worry, boy, the doctor said that it will only take ten days and a half, and you will be able to scatter in the ground."

Xie Qiulang was half guessed, and knew what the old man meant, but it was urgent and he couldn't stay to heal his wounds. Jie Shukang was not the first time to come to the bottom of the valley, but he knew that this was the last time.The flames soaring into the sky, the wheat field rolled by the fire, and the two corpses in Taniguchi.

Xie Shukang looked at the people who were rushing to put out the fire, and said to his subordinates kneeling on one knee behind him, "Those who came in, get rid of them. In addition, send an order to add cotton coats to the soldiers. The sky will finally change."

That subordinate didn't raise his head, and asked respectfully, "The second young master?"

"Take it back to Hangzhou, serve it with delicious food and drink, and send more people to guard it strictly. The second son of our family is not a house sparrow who can manage it. The other person will be disposed of without telling the second son."

Xie Shukang looked at the fire that had not been extinguished, and felt the sockets of his eyes getting hot. He blinked his eyes, looked up at the sky exposed from the mouth of the valley, and then lowered his head and covered his face with a low smile.

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Over there, Wang Lingshi was stunned by someone by the creek and was safely sent to the Yuan Mansion in Hangzhou overnight; here, Xie Qiulang was stabbed in the waist, grabbed a guard's plain knife, and rushed out abruptly, with his body on his body. I don't know how many injuries he suffered, if it wasn't for that Zhaoye jade lion who was so human and galloped all the way with Xie Qiulang on his back, I guess Xie Qiulang would have stayed here.

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"Second Young Master, can you arrange it?"

"If you go back to the master, everything will be arranged."

Yuan Heng drank the tea and said leisurely, "The tea from this capital is fragrant".

The butler walked forward with a smile, and flattered him, "When this matter is over, I'm afraid the master will miss the tea in Hangzhou."

"You have learned nothing from your master for so many years, but you have learned ten percent of it by flattering your beard." Yuan Heng was in a good mood, put down his teacup, and remembered something, "You will go buy the rare things I collected last time Get everything ready, and send it over when the second young master wakes up. Last time, due to compulsion, he didn't take good care of him, so he has to make a serious apology."

"Master, Mr. Xie is back," a servant came to report.

"Ask him to come in quickly." Yuan Heng said to the butler, "Go down and do your work first."

After saying "yes", the butler went out, just in time to meet Xie Shukang, and the two of them nodded at each other.Yuan Heng led Jie Shukang to the study room, and the two of them stayed in the study room for a full six hours, during which time they didn't order any tea, and even specially called their own soldiers to guard them.

At night, under the slightly dim candlelight, Yuan Heng leaned over and lay down on the map, pointing here for a while, drawing a line there for a while, and got up to look at the whole map again.The butler came in with a bowl of ginseng tea, "Master, would you like some ginger soup to refresh yourself?"

"Let's put it there." Yuan Heng didn't even raise his eyes to look at the butler, and took up a pen to mark something on the map.

The butler put the tea on the corner of the table on Yuan Heng's right, and said, "Master, Mr. Xie has passed a message that three people have escaped over there."

"It's just three pawns, it's nothing."Yuan Heng didn't care. "You told him to gather all our troops and prepare to send troops"

"Master, with 5 people, is it too ostentatious to march?" the butler said worriedly.

Yuan Heng sneered, and asked the housekeeper, "Who am I?"

"Master?" The butler was puzzled.

"I am the Jiedu envoy of Zhenjiang, and I have repelled pirates several times. In the future, I will also have the merits of being a dragon, and I will be appointed as a prince and minister. Then tell me, is it because you are too indecisive, or I have foresight?" Yuan Heng is confident explain.

"Of course the master is right. When the master is under one person and over ten thousand people, the younger ones will be more luxurious." The housekeeper said happily.

"I want the [-] troops to follow the Han River to the north and directly fight to Yongzhou. Yongzhou will be destroyed immediately. At that time, I will join forces with your lord. This Luojing is in my pocket." Yuan Heng seemed to have seen himself sealed off as a wolf. On the day of Juxu, I couldn't help but say, "My lord's painstaking efforts are not in vain. Also, the army organized by the imperial court is willing to follow the official to fight the world. Those who seek wealth and honor will stay and guard Hangzhou. Those who don't want to Don't force it either."

"Yes, the little one will give orders in a while, but master, you always say that my lord, who is this lord? Could it be that prince?" The butler couldn't help asking.

"Your mouth, I will cut you off sooner or later." Yuan Heng sat on the chair, took a sip of ginseng tea, and immediately felt full of energy.

The butler took advantage of the opportunity to walk behind Yuan Heng and beat Yuan Heng's back, "Master has been sitting at the desk all year round, and his waist is bad. What should I do if I lose my little one?"

"From now on, as an official, I will sit where my lord is sitting now." Yuan Heng said in a low voice.

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The next day, Wang Lingrang woke up, looked at the hollow and carved top of the bed, lifted the quilt and jumped off the bed.He was about to go outside, but was stopped by the guard at the door with a scabbard.Wang Lingrang couldn't make it through several attempts, so he could only give up, sitting on the stool alone and thinking with his eyes closed.

This is a woman in a bright yellow chest-length skirt came over and said in a low voice, "Young master is awake, why not have some breakfast. Our master heard that the young master likes tea, so he specially sent someone to buy the young master. The tea that I often drink in Luojing will scare you." After speaking, Wang Lingrang didn't wait for an answer, followed by a string of maidservants, who put the dishes on the table one by one, flying in the sky, swimming in the water, everything you want.Even when he was in the Wang family, he was not so extravagant.The dishes were all ready, and all the maids saluted, and left without saying a word, as if Wang Lingrang was some vicious bully.

As soon as the maid on the front foot left, the butler on the back foot came with a servant. "Second son, you are awake. Our master feels that the hospitality is not good enough. We have prepared a little gift, and hope that you will accept it with a smile." After speaking, the housekeeper motioned the servant to put down the gift and left.

Looking at the numerous guards outside, Wang Lingrang hated himself for giving up martial arts at the beginning, but now he is under the control of others and unable to escape.Also bored in his spare time, Wang Lingrang opened the gift and looked at it.First he opened a seemingly bulky box, and the smell of books came over his face as soon as he opened the box. Wang Lingrang took a few books to read, then put them back, sat at the table, turning the tea in the cup, thinking about something .