Wei Lan Derivative · Houde · Ruhui

12

The horns whimpered in the early morning, and the cold air of the northern border in autumn seeped in along the corners of the military tents.A pair of warm hands tucked the quilt tightly for him, and leaned over to kiss him gently.

Pei Wende was vaguely conscious, and wanted to reach out, but found that he had no strength at all, and was only slightly moved by the tip of his middle finger.The man left without a sound at once, and after a while there was silence everywhere, and he fell into a deep sleep again.

It was gloomy outside the window when I woke up.In autumn in the north, there was a lot of rain and dew, and when he heard the rain falling, he didn't know what night it was or what night it was.

Zhu Houzhao walked back to the military tent stepping on the wet dead leaves, and saw the person on the bed gently opened his eyes.

"Wen De?" He called softly, hurriedly removed his armor, and walked to the bed in a few steps.

Pei Wende slept for too long and became dizzy, but he was more obedient than before.A pair of eyes couldn't catch the light, and a scattered net caught Zhu Houzhao in.

Zhu Houzhao personally brought water to feed him, and it was rare for him to lie in his arms without hesitation.

The emperor's eyes flickered suddenly.I don't know how to think about it, if I imprison him in the palace, pour sweat medicine on him every day, and force him to obey him obediently, his wish will be fulfilled.

At least this way, he won't have accidents one after another.

The only one who can hurt him is himself.And those hidden injuries can only be seen by oneself, and slowly appreciated by oneself.

You should let him have more injuries there, until he can't get off the dragon bed, so he has to stay by his side all the time.

There was a lump of numbness in Pei Wende's throat, and it hurt badly even after pouring cold water.After a long while, he was finally able to speak, but he was too dumb to make a sound.

"How dare you come here yourself?"

With fire in his eyes, Zhu Houzhao took a mouthful of water and forcefully fed it mouth to mouth, pushing him down on the bed.

"You dare to go missing with me without saying a word. You still question me because I didn't punish you? Pei Qing, did I spoil you too much to make you so courageous?"

When he said this, his lips did not leave his lips for a moment, and he was unwilling to let go of any soft entanglement.His voice was low, and the hot breath of his breath brushed past his ears.

Pei Wende wasn't quite sober at all, when he disturbed her, she hummed softly and fell into his arms.

Zhu Houzhao felt that spending a long time with him was not enough, he just kissed in disorder.

He whispered: "When Wang Xun said you were missing, I couldn't catch my breath."

The soreness invaded the bottom of his heart bit by bit along the blood vessels, Pei Wende was speechless for a while, buried his head, and pressed against his heart tightly.

There was still a little chill on his clothes, thinking that after the rain outside, the weather would turn cold.

Pei Wende stretched out his hand and hugged him comfortably: "Is it cold outside?"

Zhu Houzhao touched his forehead and smiled peacefully: "You hug me, and I won't be cold."

"Okay, I'll hold you."

The two chatted for a long time before Pei Wende came back to his senses. This feeling was like waking up from a century-old dream. His whole body was very relaxed, but his mind was still a little dazed.Zhu Houzhao went out to call people after he had wrapped him in a cloak.

Shen Qing came in with the meal, looked at Pei Wende and almost cried: "My lord, I thought you..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao glared back.

Shen Qing's eyes were full of tears, and Pei Wende couldn't laugh or cry: "It's not that easy to die. I went to Dayan Khan and heard a lot of news."

He only moved his wrist: "The sweat medicine didn't do anything to me, it will still beat you in two days."

But Shen Qing's eyes became even redder, and he rushed forward to hug him, crying like a ghost.Pei Wende sighed: "How old are you and still cry!"

Shen Qing sniffled: "My lord had red eye circles that day, what should I do if I cry a bit!"

Zhu Houzhao's teeth were sore, he kicked him without saying a word: "Go and get the food!"

Shen Qing hurriedly ran out.

Pei Wende looked at him with a sideways smile, then sat down together: "Is the emperor crying?"

"Yes." Zhu Houzhao was very straightforward, licking the back molars with the tip of his tongue and narrowing his eyes slightly: "Tell Pei Qing, how should I punish you for letting the emperor lose his face?"

Pei Wende leaned forward to kiss his eyes, the tip of his tongue curled slightly.

Zhu Houzhao twitched the corner of his mouth, held him down, and bit his slender neck, licking his slightly sliding Adam's apple.

Shen Qing who just opened the curtain almost dropped the bowl.In order to save his life, he yelled in his heart: "Old Chu! Bring the soup!"

Old Chu, who was feeding the horses in the distance, raised his head in a daze, and Wuyun stepped on the snow and stomped his hooves with a snort.

Shen Qing opened the curtain again and went in, and the two of them sat down quite well.But the familiar red marks on Pei Wende's neck were too eye-catching.Fortunately, after delivering the meal, Shen Qing ran out of the emperor's tent without stopping.

It was just simple porridge and vegetarian dishes, but Pei Wende felt that the rice on the table was very palatable.But when he looked up and saw Zhu Houzhao's smile that couldn't be hidden from the corners of his brows and eyes, he realized how caring this person was.

Not half an hour after the meal, another soup was brought in, Shen Qing wrinkled his nose with a bitter expression.

Pei Wende's eyes twitched: "You don't need to drink the medicine, I'm fine."

"For the sake of Daqing's hard work in making the medicine, it's better for you to drink it." Zhu Houzhao watched Shen Qing turn around and slip out with satisfaction, and sat next to him in person: "Otherwise, I can only use my method to make Pei Qing drink the medicine." gone."

Pei Wende smiled sheepishly, grabbed the medicine bowl and drank it all at once, and put it aside: "Your Majesty, I've finished drinking."

Zhu Houzhao still didn't let him go, and licked his lips lightly.

"Hey! Bitter..."

"No, sweet." Zhu Houzhao's eyes were filled with candlelight.

Pei Wende frowned... Why is Ah Zhao so clingy all of a sudden?

Before he had time to ask, someone outside the tent suddenly reported.

"Your majesty, ministers Wang Xun, Zhang Yong, and Jiang Bin have something to report."

Pei Wende's cheeks became hot immediately.It was only then that he realized in a daze that this was the emperor's camp, and the outside was where the discussion took place.

Zhu Houzhao patted him and walked out in person.The curtain swayed, Pei Wende lowered his breath, but still met the three people who came in from outside.

Zhang Yongshu turned a blind eye, Wang Xun was very entangled, Jiang Bin... seemed a little angry.

We all know that the imperial commander fell into a coma after returning from the enemy line, and the emperor personally carried him into his tent.The emperor and the imperial commander slept on the same bed and ate at the same table.It's no secret.But for Pei Wende who just woke up, he felt strangely awkward.

The words "Golden House Cangjiao" popped up in his mind out of time.

Zhu Houzhao watched the three of them look into the tent, and couldn't help clearing his throat.

From yesterday to today, they came and went to discuss matters two or three times, but at that time Pei Wende was not awake, and they had nothing to see.

But now Pei Wende woke up, and since Pei Wende woke up, the emperor forbade them to bother them during the meal.Now that the living person is in the account, you all have some inexplicable emotions.

After all, after waking up, everyone knew what the emperor and the imperial commander were doing together.

Even if they didn't do anything.

"What's the matter, dear friends?"

Zhang Yong, who was the first to react, said, "Your Majesty, the spies have come to report that the positions of Dayan Khan's other two battalions are basically confirmed. It is indeed the same as Mr. Pei said, but I am afraid that there are more troops. A conservative estimate is 5 Thousands of horses."

Jiang Bin said again: "However, the Lord personally won the battle, let alone losing Dayan Khan's [-] troops. If the deployment is proper, whether it is defense or active attack, the victory will be in the hands of my Daming."

Wang Xun then presented a brochure: "This is the battle plan drawn up by the minister, please read it to the emperor."

Zhu Houzhao spread out the booklet, walked to the sand table, and compared Wang Xun's strategy.Only a few points were clicked, and Wang Xun should modify it separately.

The three of them led the order to withdraw, only Jiang Bin paused.

"Master." He turned around and looked at him with a complicated expression: "After all, you are the emperor, so... I have thought about what the soldiers, officials and even future generations will say about you."

"What?" Zhu Houzhao looked up at him, puzzled.

"Your conquest was originally intended to encourage the sergeants, but now it seems... more... more like coming to rescue Mr. Pei yourself. This..."

"I came to save him personally." Zhu Houzhao looked indifferently. "But I also have to come to the border and win this battle myself. Why, can't I?"

"I don't mean that." Jiang Bin kowtowed.

Pei Wende listened in the inner tent.

"Don't you worry that your reputation, this victory...will be misrepresented as his intentions?"

"Don't worry." Zhu Houzhao gently put down his pen. "As long as I win the battle and save Pei Qing and come back, I will be satisfied. It doesn't matter if others say that I am messing around, but I have not lost."

When Zhu Houzhao returned to the inner tent, Pei Wende was sitting at the table thinking, not paying attention to him for a while.The emperor poured the tea by himself and sat on the side waiting for him.

After a while, Pei Wende came back to his senses: "Have you finished talking?"

"What are you thinking about?" Zhu Houzhao pushed him a glass of water.

"I was thinking about how to make you come back with a big victory." Pei Wende dipped his tea and sketched a picture on the table.

Zhu Houzhao didn't stop him, but just listened quietly.

"Winter is approaching, and Dayan Khan told me more than once that the Mongolian mothers and sisters are going to suffer from cold and starvation. He sent a large number of troops, and there must be insufficient food and grass. Zig did not hesitate to go out to save Dayan Khan. It can be seen that what he wants is A quick battle." Pei Wende analyzed carefully: "If they want to occupy the territory, they can't change the habit of living by aquatic plants. They can't afford it."

Zhu Houzhao took his fingers and wiped off the water stains: "So I asked them to strictly guard. We can afford it."

"But it doesn't cost too much." Pei Wende's ears were slightly red, and he pulled out his fingertips to tap a few places: "It is also good to send troops to harass from time to time, to disturb the morale of the soldiers."

"Yeah." Zhu Houzhao huddled together with him for some reason, put one hand on his waist again, seemed to be unintentional but pressed gently on purpose: "It's good to disturb the king's heart."

Pei Wende couldn't hear the meaning of his words, but said in a low voice: "It would be easier if we knew where their food and grass are. A surprise attack will make Dayan Khan panic."

Zhu Houzhao clasped his hand, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes: "Are you so familiar with the Mongolian prince?"

"When he was young, my father and I rescued him in the outskirts of Yingzhou." Pei Wende said helplessly, "What are you thinking!"

"I heard that Mr. Pei has been living in the prince's tent and doesn't go out very much."

Pei Wende wobbled unsteadily, was hugged by the emperor, and the two of them fell on the bed.Zhu Houzhao slowly stripped off his clothes, walked up and down with a pair of hot hands: "I have to make sure that I have not suffered a loss."

Pei Wende was pissed off by him, trembling violently, he just tore off his belt: "Speaking of this, does the emperor need to explain first, who is General Zhu Shou?" His eyes brightened. Shan, gritted his teeth a bit: "After thinking about it for a while, I have never heard of the name Zhu Shou. I am afraid that a certain general named Shou was lucky enough to be appreciated by the emperor and bestowed the country's surname?"

Zhu Houzhao was entangled with him, touched the ointment and went there, the smile in his eyes was even bigger, when he squeezed in, he bit Pei Wende's earlobe and whispered: "Your official Zhu Shou, have you met Pei Wende?" grown ups."

Pei Wende was so startled that his lower body hurt and he forgot to shout.

Zhu Houzhao was just making trouble with his hands, but he whispered in his ear: "The general is not accepted by the king's life. I have no choice but to make myself a general. Speaking of which, my rank is lower than yours."

"Azhao, you are really..." Pei Wende sighed, but he lost his soul.

"So, Junwei is not very useful here," Zhu Houzhao was familiar with the method of "lightly grasping, slowly twisting, wiping and picking again", which made Pei Wende unable to speak a word, and indulged in his softness leisurely, rampaging .

"...Then Pei Qing has to take over."

Drunken and gentle, it really makes people never want to leave.

In the middle of the night, Pei Wende was startled by a dream and called out "Azhao".

"I'm here."

The warm hand clenched his hand instantly, and the embrace also covered him.It was a familiar breath that instantly calmed his beating heart.

It took him a while to realize that he was already with Ah Zhao.Or when there was too much fuss in the first half of the night, when he passed out and was still emotional, he was even more in a trance at this moment.

His body was refreshed but sore everywhere, soberly reminding him that Zhu Houzhao was by his side.

...Although I really don't want to realize that he is there because of this.

"Have a nightmare?"

He stretched out his hand and rubbed it against his cheek, his palm was warm.

"Azhao, don't let anything happen to you..." Pei Wende stared at him fixedly, "I'm worried when I think of your conquest."

"Don't worry." Zhu Houzhao said softly, "Da Ming and I will be fine."

The two sides spent each other until the twelfth lunar month.Pei Wende and Wang Xun raided several times along the way, and after finding out a grain road, Zhang Yong led the army and set them on fire.

When the first snow fell in the north, Zhu Houzhao personally led the army to fight Dayan Khan.Dayan Khan saw at a glance the two horses, one white and one black, standing side by side, looking at him from a distance.

He said "benefactor" lightly, then raised his knife and rushed forward.

The falling snow is white, but it is blood-stained.

Pei Wende had one knife at a time, his eyes were cold and decisive, he shuttled through the enemy's formation like an invincible god.But at a high place, Zhu Hou responded with a sharp arrow, and his sharp eyes suddenly swept across, looking at the world with disdain.

At that time, the fatuous monarchs and courtiers who ruined the country they had heard in the rumors disappeared.Instead, there are calm and wise commanders who command well, and high-spirited soldiers who are not afraid of life and death.

They suddenly realized that this might be the original appearance of these two people.

There are always countless unknown people and things between them.

But I would like to fight for you in front of you.

I would like to protect you from behind.

So after that period of time, there was nothing but an energetic smile when I looked back.

In the final battle, Zhu Houzhao wiped out six out of ten Tatar soldiers and horses.Dayan Khan withdrew his troops and sent a peace agreement soon.

Although the Ming army suffered casualties, they were not many. Zhu Houzhao really won the battle.Amidst the news of the victory and the subsequent hustle and bustle of the common people to strengthen their military defenses, the spring day of the 13th year of Zhengde came quietly.

There is also a gift that comes with it.

"Hey, shortbread?" Shen Qing poked the food box, and slowly read the words on it: "Yongxiangzhai Chang'an Cake." He raised his head and said: "I've heard of this one, it's hard to buy! "

The members of the Xiao family laughed and said: "The girl bought it herself and sent it to the two masters, and I have another order." He took out the envelope from his arms and handed it to the emperor: "The girl said that the emperor or Master Pei must see it in person. .”

Zhu Houzhao frowned.

He opened the letter, but his eyes gradually became serious.

"...The battle of Yingzhou may not be in the interests of the Tatars, and the Autumn and Winter Raising Troops will put them at a disadvantage. After the concubine's investigation, it is feared that the Tatar caravan has colluded with the important ministers and relatives of the country. In addition, last year, in a place plagued by bandits, the only Huguang and Jiangxi are the worst. The concubine is investigating now, and the suspect is behind the government's troubles..."

Zhu Houzhao passed the letter to Pei Wende calmly, and only said to the Xiao clansman: "I know, go back and thank Huan Yun for me."

After the members of the Xiao clan left, Pei Wende's expression also sank.

"If what Master Xiao finds out is true..."

"... That's internal troubles and foreign troubles." Zhu Houzhao rubbed the center of his brows: "Collude with the Tatars... If my sons of the Zhu family did something, I... I feel chilling when I think about it."

"It's not surprising that officials and gangsters colluded." Pei Wende said in a low voice, "Mr. Yangming dealt with King Sun Hu last time? Why don't you tell him."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and personally wrote a letter to Wang Shouren.

"Why didn't the emperor issue an imperial edict?" Shen Qing asked Pei Wende while eating the cake.

"He suspects that there are things in it that Mr. Xiao has not found. If he makes an order rashly, Mr. Xiao will be in a very difficult situation when he is away."

Shen Qing turned his head and looked at him strangely.

"what happened?"

"My lord, your attitude towards Xiao Shanggong...is not appropriate." He approached and said, "After all, she has liked the emperor for so many years..."

Pei Wende looked at him helplessly: "Do you think the emperor can't control it or I can't?"

"Then under certain circumstances...the emperor really can't hold your lord and you can't..." After saying this, he took a piece of cake and ran out quickly.

In the middle of writing the letter, Zhu Houzhao saw Pei Wende rolling up his sleeves and chasing him out. Not long after, he heard the shout of "Daqing, stop!", and the corner of his mouth twitched.

The spring breeze is getting warmer, the river is rolling eastward, and the border is full of greenery and vitality.

In the evening, the two of them walked alone on the shallow grassland.Because I am going back to Beijing soon, it is rare to see the scenery of the northern border again.

Shen Qing rubbed his face and made a face at Pei Wende when he heard the two of them going out alone without their attendants.

Yulong and Wuyun Taxue were still gnawing grass, and the new seedlings were about to be bald.

The setting sun falls on the long river, and a winding golden belt falls on the lush grassland.

"How many heroes' blood has been soaked in this river. How many people have stayed here for thousands of years."

Zhu Houzhao tilted his head slightly, pointed to the long river at sunset and said slowly: "The rivers in this world all go east and flow into the East China Sea. It is rumored that there is a gate of ghosts in the depths of the East Sea, and the spirits of those soldiers can go along the river east , into the underworld through the gate of ghosts."

He whispered: "I am more willing to believe that they just walked a little longer and can still reunite with their relatives there, instead of lingering here and being lonely ghosts."

Pei Wende suddenly spoke softly.

"If that's the time, will you wait for me?"

"At that time?" Zhu Houzhao looked at him fixedly and smiled for a moment.

"I'm waiting for you."

He raised his hand to caress his cheek, the setting sun reflected in his eyes.

"Wait for as long as you want. After all, you will live a safe and worry-free life." He whispered, "This is what I promised you."

Pei Wende frowned: "No."

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to smile and said, "Okay, I will live a safe and secure life, and when the time comes, let's go to Huangquan together."

Pei Wende sighed in a low voice.

"I've already thought about it."

Zhu Houzhao looked at the Changhe from a distance, his eyes were long and indifferent.

"Since my emperor is doomed to be unfilial and have no successors, why don't I take the Zen position earlier and give it to those who can really be good emperors. Wende, sitting in this position is too tiring, I really don't want to be the emperor."

"The queen mother is very fond of Xing'er, the current son of King Xing. Although he doesn't like to talk, he can be seen to be extremely smart. I like him very much."

"I want to take him into the palace and teach him things early. Now the northern border is stable, and the Great Ming Dynasty is still stable. When the time is right, I will take the Zen seat," he gently kissed the corner of Pei Wende's eyes:

"Wait until I don't owe the country or the people. You and I... let's indulge in the mountains and rivers, the morning and evening. Wende, are you willing?"

He put his hand on Pei Wende's heart, and heard choked up in a trance:

"Azhao, how do you want me to repay your kindness?"

"Meeting your confidant in this life is enough to worth all of this."

In the late spring of the 13th year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao's class teacher returned to the court.Pei Wende's military exploits were outstanding, the courtiers and the queen mother did not say anything at all.

When the spring breeze passes by, the peach blossoms in Lianshan Temple are burning, flying and falling red.