How many buildings are in the mist

A few days later, the imperial court granted Xie Yan's request and resent a temporary prefect to Guangling.Xie Yan stayed in Guangling and waited until the old man came, and handed over the affairs of the city one by one, and then returned across the river alone.No one greeted her at the ferry, because the imperial court had issued an order early in the morning, planning to hold a large-scale celebration ceremony after the rebellion was completely suppressed, and at the same time reward those who had made meritorious deeds. Before that, no ceremony would be held for anyone.

This proposal was originally Feng Zihuan's idea, and of course it was revised after Cui Yi and Feng Zizhang's persuasion.At first, Feng Zihuan thought it was best not to make trouble, because in the end it was still a group of noble clans fighting against noble clans, and if they didn't do it, they would feel that they deserved rewards for their meritorious deeds, ruining the achievements of previous reforms; , then give rewards on the front line to boost the morale of the army and destroy the morale of the rebels, but she just doesn't want to give privileges such as land titles.Both Cui Yi and Feng Zizhang felt that if you were so reluctant, it would be better not to let it go at all. We will decide on the situation after the war is over.During the discussion, no matter how careful the two of them were, Feng Zihuan still talked about this matter and lost his temper.From wanting to award rewards but having to award rewards to arguing about the difficulty of reform and the hateful rebels, then losing their temper, and finally shifting to the current military situation, demanding that the rebels be eliminated as soon as possible, at any cost.

When Feng Zizhang and Cui Yi stepped out of the hall, they looked at each other and sighed.Cui Yi asked: "Does Your Highness think His Majesty's current situation is serious?"

Feng Zizhang said: "Cui Xiang sees that the clothes my sister is wearing are already in the twelfth lunar month, and she is still wearing autumn clothes."

Cui Yi shook her head helplessly, and asked if there was a solution. Feng Zizhang turned his eyes to the distance and added: "Of course there is, but I don't know if my sister is willing to try it. I guess she is not. We Maybe I can only hope that the matter will end soon, and let’s talk about it when everything is calm. Cui Xiang, how is Zhonglang recovering from his injuries these days? If she doesn’t come to the palace, I won’t be able to see her, and I don’t have time to visit. I’m really ashamed .”

"Your Highness is serious. Xuan Ji is fine. Your Majesty is overly concerned, and the medicines and herbs he rewarded are like hills, and they are almost unbearable. I rub and drink medicines according to the rules every day, and I get better very quickly." Feng Zizhang said "Oh". , and do not intend to continue to ask.She was still planning to wait for Xie Yan to come back and the two of them would visit together.But not today, today she needs to have a talk with Xie Yan—at least talk about this matter first, if Cui Xuanji may play a role in helping her sister get rid of her serious illness, how should we help?She needs Cui Xuanji to give Feng Zihuan a gentle knife when necessary, instead of fighting Feng Zihuan head-on.But seeing that Cui Xuanji hadn't entered the palace once after returning, she suspected that something happened between these two people.

Whether public or private, she felt that this was not a good thing.

It's afternoon when the work is done.Feng Zizhang stepped out of the official office, but Xie Yan was already waiting for her in the bullock cart.The winter curtains were lowered and tied around the railings, which naturally blocked other people's eyes.As soon as she got in the car, she smiled when she saw Xie Yan, and calmly let Xie Yan take her by the hand and lead her over and into his arms.

"Let me see, is there any damage?" She stretched out her hand to caress Xie Yan's cheek, Xie Yan said with a smile: "'Touch' is broken? I'm not made of porcelain. There is no injury on my face, and I haven't rubbed it. What are you rubbing?"

"What about elsewhere?"

"Elsewhere? We have to go back and check elsewhere."

Taking advantage of the situation, she twisted Xie Yan's ear, her hands were weak, so Xie Yan pretended to cry out the pain.But she even felt kind and missed the guy's yelling and hurting voice, so she let go of her hand and kissed that fair face.

"Oh!" Xie Yan wanted to kiss back, but she pushed him back.Xie Yan knew that she had always been like this—she was only allowed to mess around with herself when she was outside, and no one else was allowed to be unrestrained—so he just put his arms around her and asked, "How is the battle going now, Mr. Zuo Servant?"

She held Xie Yan's hand on her shoulder, and said while whirling, "Dongyang and Yongjia have basically recovered. After the defeat of Dongyang, the rebels who retreated to Yongjia were just food and drink. They didn't fight. Although the territory is vast, they couldn't occupy it." Now that the important Wubao stronghold has been pulled out, it will naturally disintegrate. Your uncle is quickly sweeping up the remnants of the rebels and checking the damage in various places. The situation in Xunyang is a bit more complicated. The rebels in Wuchang are well prepared. Although there are no ships, the defense line is very solid, and it has been occupying the main waterways, making it impossible to attack for a long time. With the help of Yu Zhanggong, He Quan can only do it step by step. They have been fighting a war of attrition. I hope they can rely on food supplies this winter. Let’s make some progress.”

At the gate of the house, Xie Yan led her out of the car, and the two walked in together. The servants in the palace saw Mr. Neishi come back, and they all congratulated happily.Xie Yan responded, and then asked, "Where's Cui Xuance?"

"You big cousin, you have been holding back the main force of the rebel army. The court received his report yesterday, saying that after several small-scale battles, the front line has been pushed forward fifty miles, and it is going to be a big battle in the next few days to try to recover The eastern part of Padang County. Sure enough, a good general who has experienced battles. It is..."

The two had already sat down in the study, and Huiyu brought over the brazier and the stove, and wanted to have a few words with Xie Yan, but seeing Feng Zizhang hesitated to speak, they stopped after a few pleasantries.Xie Yan got up to send Huiyu away, closed the door, and asked, "What is it?"

She then told Xie Yan about Feng Zihuan's reluctance to enshrine and reward the family, "My sister is simply obsessed with this matter, paranoid to death. It is not beneficial to do so, and it is useless. If you don't listen to persuasion, you won't do it at all." I can’t listen to it. In the past, Cui Xiang and I could find a way to interrupt, but now we can’t talk to her at all.”

"Let her go." Xie Yan said, "It's not been a day or two since His Majesty insisted on going his own way, don't you know?"

Suddenly hearing soft rustling sounds from outside, Feng Zizhang raised his hand and knocked the door open with his internal force. It was snowing outside, and the scenery in the courtyard was beautiful and quiet.She looked at the green pines that were gradually covered by snow, and said, "Of course I know that my sister has this temper, but, look, if she hadn't been too persistent in the reform, the rebellion might not have spread so widely and seriously. Now think about it The eldest sister and the third sister must have seen the dislike of the royal family for the imperial government's policies, so they raised their troops at this time. Guess what news Gongsun Man sent the day before yesterday?"

Xie Yan blinked and shook his head.

"She found out that the several assassinations that prompted Cui Xuanji to become an official in the palace three years ago were invited by the elder sister. Later, Chu Jin was also the same. That is to say, since at least three years ago, the elder sister and the others have been here. Prepared. Wanting to forcibly confiscate the land to release the population and arouse the resentment of the family, it has become a godsend opportunity for them."

"Rebellious ministers and thieves want to cause chaos in the world and scramble for power and profit. No one can stop it. Don't be harsh on yourself." Xie Yan said, putting the stove closer for her, "In the long run, what His Majesty is going to do is beneficial to the country. "

Feng Zizhang put his hands together on the stove, and pulled Xie Yan's hand over to keep warm together, "I know. In fact, when the war started, regardless of the casualties of the Li people, I thought it was a good thing to fight. Because it might make my sister understand What she wants to insist on has caused too much opposition, so she should be careful and take her time. But now that my sister is like this, I feel that I am wrong."

Xie Yan put his hands on hers, and listened for a while, and after confirming that there was no one around, he asked: "Could it be as you guessed, your majesty's cycle is approaching? I think your majesty has been taking some refreshing medicine since spring." Drinks, I heard from Cui Xuanji that she paid more attention to meals, it seems to be useless. Your family has no other way of restraint?"

Feng Zizhang sighed: "Yes, there is. It's just that it can't be used without the other party's knowledge."

"Ah? What's the solution?"

"Using silver needles to pierce the seventeen acupuncture points on the body, according to the order, needs to be pierced with internal force. The deeper the skill of the practitioner, the greater the force required. But it can't be pierced too deep."

"That's enough trouble."

"Trouble? That's not it. The most troublesome thing is that this acupuncture method is the last resort. It can only be used when the practitioner is insane. It is useless to stab it on weekdays."

"Then what do we do on weekdays? Just rely on the practitioners to suppress it?" Feng Zizhang nodded.Xie Yan said, "That's not the end."

"It can also be relieved by practicing, dissipating some of the excess power, so that the heat will not overflow."

"In your opinion, Your Majesty now?"

"I heard that my sister has been practicing in the martial arts training ground in the palace, but I don't know if her practice is useful. Her skill is far superior to mine, and I can't tell."

Xie Yan thought for a while, then asked again: "You said that His Majesty may have already practiced the fourth level, how good is the fourth level?"

Feng Zizhang smiled bitterly and said: "I only practiced to the second level, and I'm not very good at it. It's easy to open the door with one hand. As for my sister, I think she might be able to open the door with a wave of her hand. Don't the palace often bring some stones in? Break it with bare hands." Stone is probably fine."

Xie Yan took a deep breath, "If that's the case, the number one martial artist in the world must be Your Majesty."

"So," Feng Zizhang looked at her seriously, "If it were you, do you think you can beat my sister?"

"Difficult. After all, your Majesty's skills are there. If I go up like this, I can only escape around with speed. What do you think?"

"I just think that in case of an emergency, you, me, plus Cui Xuanji, the three of us together can always save my sister."

"Zizhang, I said something inappropriate," Xie Yan said seriously, "If you have considered this point, have you considered it further? If you can't save it, what should you do?"

Feng Zizhang understood that Xie Yan was saying that if Feng Zihuan went mad and there was no cure, would he consider giving up on Feng Zihuan and immediately changing Fengxu, "You said just now that she is 'No. Sometimes, it’s not about being able to save, it’s about having to save. Saving my sister is not just for her. Think about it, if she goes crazy, if no one can stop her, she will soon become a killing machine with amazing lethality but losing her mind? No one can be an exception .She is dangerous, everyone is dangerous."

"Tut tsk tsk, it's terrible. Let's find time to meet Cui Xuanji. She has practiced martial arts with His Majesty before, and she understands His Majesty's moves. Together, we can know ourselves and our enemies." Feng Zizhang nodded, and asked her in Guangling happened.Xie Yan came along one by one, and Cui Xuanji inevitably came up as he talked.Cui Xuanji, who was also admiring the snow in Jiankang City, sneezed several times.The servants were afraid that she would catch a cold, so they knew that they could not persuade her to go back to the house, so they brought three more braziers. Anyway, the emperor gave a lot of charcoal.

Moreover, the emperor specially asked the imperial doctor to bring a message, telling Cui Xuanji to raise him at home before returning to the palace.The servants saw that the eldest lady was actively cooperating with the treatment as before, and thought that she was still in a hurry to go back to the palace as before.Cui Yi thought the same way, although seeing Cui Xuanji's expression, she always felt a little strange.

Only Cui Xuanji knew that she didn't want to go back to the palace.

She originally thought that she would die in Guangling, just like Jiang Yuan did back then, because the reinforcements did not come for a long time, the whole army was wiped out here.It's just that when she took the lead in guarding Wengcheng, she thought that even if she died, she would have to kill Murong Hu to die, otherwise Jiankang would be in danger.Let the Yan army be leaderless, and the court may still have a chance.But she was lucky, maybe that mutton fat jade also protected her and let her come back alive.

Jiang Yuan was shot to death at the gate of Urn City by random arrows. When she stood there, she was still thinking in her trance because of extreme exhaustion, Your Majesty, if I die here for your world and ambition, you will remember me what?Will you remember the way I gave you good or bad ideas, or the moves I used when I competed with you, or the jokes I told you, or the truth I told you?

I don't want you to remember anything else, you just want you to remember my eyes.If I am going to die, I don't want you to love me, and I don't want you to remember my love for you. I just want you to remember my eyes and the way they look at you with a smile.Even if you don't understand, how much love is hidden in that smile.

However, escaping from the dead is like living again, the difference from reincarnation is that it still carries the previous memory.When she was in Guangling, one day she had a dream. First, she dreamed that Feng Zihuan was walking hurriedly along the corridor of an old big house.She wanted to call Feng Zihuan, but instead of calling "Your Majesty", she opened her mouth and called "Zihuan", but Feng Zihuan continued walking as if she didn't hear her, without looking at her.She wanted to catch up, but she didn't leave when she saw this.Not long after, Feng Zihuan's figure disappeared at the stairs at the end of the corridor. She stood there alone, not knowing where she should go.After a while, it started to rain, and the window of the attic of the house opened. She saw Feng Zihuan hugging this person tightly, and she knew that person was Zhu Xianzhi.

When she woke up, it was also raining in Guangling. The wound on her left side was hot and painful, and the pillow was wet with tears all over her face.

She felt that her love brought only harm to Feng Zihuan.It doesn't matter to herself, she just doesn't want Feng Zihuan to be caught between his love for Zhu Xianzhi and his feelings for himself.If Feng Zihuan could only put down Zhu Xianzhi in his heart, and he tried to force his way in, there would be no result.She watched helplessly as Feng Zihuan tried to restrain herself, but she wanted to restrain herself; she wanted to care for her, but she couldn't understand that it was herself, not others, that made Feng Zihuan suffer and embarrass herself, even if she All I want to do is love her.

She said to herself in her heart: Don't you want to be a brachius?It's impossible to be loved by her, because her thighs don't need to be so close, it's even better to be farther away.If you love her, you should make her happy.Make her free, make her wishes come true, make her happy, but never make her miserable.

Your Majesty, it may be time for me to leave.Maybe the rebellion subsides, and I will ask the outer town of Guangling, or somewhere else.I will cut a piece of my heart and leave it here for you, and leave you.

These days, the emperor did not summon her, and she did not take the initiative to enter the palace to have an audience.Enjoy the rare quietness of your own home.The injury to the right leg healed quickly, because only the right leg received the best treatment in order to continue to move in the front line.Now, she can barely walk.Seeing this, the subordinates often dissuade them, although the dissuasion is ineffective.In the evening, when Cui Yi came back, the two had dinner together.After eating and taking a break to chat, she will also ask about the current situation.Cui Yi said that Zhu's father and son were tortured in prison.But nothing. "I always think it's a bit weird." Cui Yi said, Cui Xuanji asked what was wrong, Cui Yi shook her head, "I can't tell. I just think Zhu Shijing is actually very scheming. I can't believe that such a little thing was ambushed. He is still in prison and laughing at the court."

Cui Xuanji thought about what he saw and heard in Guangling, and he didn't think there was anything strange about it.The new year is approaching, and the imperial court plans to celebrate it in order to boost the morale of the army.