A carriage stopped outside the suburbs of Liangzhou City. The young man with a knife and jade walked off the carriage, carrying a pot of green ant wine he had just bought. He looked up and saw persimmon trees in groups of three or three scattered on the plain, clusters of bright yellow fell on the branches, barely making the barren northwest land with the word "harvest". The young man walked forward slowly, looking at the familiar persimmon trees from time to time. I remember that I often slipped out of the city and wandered around here, bored, and gave the persimmon trees many nicknames.

The nickname is the branch half inside and outside, which is slightly scattered, called Hang Armor. If you see it in the dusk, it is still a bit scary. If you haven't seen it for a few years, it has been raised a little bit. At a rough look, it is even more fruitful, full of golden and very happy. The nickname he gave it back then was the small yellow robe. The young man continued to move forward along a dry stream and finally came to a hut that was surrounded by no earth walls. Behind the house were a few strange crooked necks and elms.

There is no owner in the house.

The young man walked to a stump, squatted down and bent down to wipe the dust with his cuffs, then sat on his head and looked around. He gently placed the green ant wine on his robe and shouted with a loud voice: "Blind Lao Xu, bring you wine."

If it were at the end of Yonghui, there would definitely be a blind lame man who ran out quickly, took the wine pot from his hand, skillfully uncovered the mud seal, lowered his head and sniffed it hard, and then a big smile would appear on his vicissitudes of life, smiling like a persimmon tree in autumn. However, when the old man shared the drink with him, he would always get a cheaper and teach him a lesson. When he had some spare money, he could not

If you slap it at will, no matter how small the copper coins are, you have to save them one by one, so that you can marry a wife. The world is so big, and the matter of marrying a wife and having children is the biggest. At that time, Lao Xu always thought that there was a land called Yanzhi County in Youzhou, Beiliang, and the mother-in-law was the most beautiful. If you, Xiao Xu, could ask a young lady from Yanzhi County as your wife, and you would send a message to me, Lao Xu would go to your house for three days and three nights to drink.

I remember that time, after the old man said these words, he asked himself carefully, "It's such a great thing to have a wedding banquet, and if he is a blind man like him, would he be embarrassed to be a guest?" If Xu, your elders and in-laws in your family will dislike you, then Lao Xu will not join in the fun and just turn around and get two pots of affordable green ant wine.

A young man who often brought green ant wine or stole chickens and ducks to the old man, patted his chest and said that his family members were the most effective. If Lao Xu didn't go when he held a wedding banquet, he would be anxious and said that Lao Xu must sit on the main table.

At that time, the old man only thought that the young man who often chatted with him was a common young man in Beiliang. When he was young, he was like him, who had his feet on the ground, floating around and restless, so he heard that he would be invited to sit at the main table for a wedding banquet. He was happy, but he didn't think much about it. He wouldn't associate that young man with a very strong tone with that Qingliang Mountain. There were too many people named Xu in the world, right? At that time, young people always expressed their longing for outside Beiliang in chatting, thinking of being a heroic and righteous wanderer, and drinking with the best sword.

The strongest wine, find the most beautiful woman in the world, she must be more beautiful than the Rouge County Lady. The old man always sings opposite to the young man, telling him in the tone of an experienced person that he must not be so big. No matter how good the Central Plains are, it will not be home. At that time, the young man also sighed and said that he also understood this principle. The master who taught him to read and read at home once said, "Young people are not long after ten years. Old people are older, so they go far away." After hearing this, the old man smiled and said that your teacher has real knowledge, how can he teach you such a half-bucket apprentice.

Sometimes, while the two of them sat together, the blind man Lao Xu, who was older, would sit on the tree stump next to him, leaning on the crutch with both hands, and dozing off secretly in the sun.

Perhaps, many years ago, on the battlefield of the Western Barracks, there was a young soldier from an old-fashioned battalion with no lame legs and no blind eyes, but like this, he would doze under the sun, but the crutches in his hand were replaced with iron spears. Perhaps there was a big banner with Xu not far away, clamoring in the strong wind.

Now it is the beginning of autumn for three years of Xiangfu, and the blind old Xu has long died, so naturally there will be no more nagging.

The old man did not live until the day when the young man drank the wedding banquet.

The young man also promised that after the elderly died, he would carry a coffin for the elderly and attend the funeral.

But the young people didn't do it.

At that time, he was far away in Jiangnan.

He did not go to the tomb of the blind Lao Xu, but just poured the pot of green ant wine on the ground in front of the tree stump. When he bent down and poured the wine, he said softly: "Lao Xu, the wine was secretly bought by Xishi. Now the world is not peaceful and there is a war right away. Our Beiliang began to ban people from brewing wine privately, so this pot of wine is not cheap. If it weren't an acquaintance, the shop might not dare to sell it to me. The daughter of the boss's wife is now so lively. The girl changes her age. It's true. I heard that the girl now has a young foreign scholar who is teaching in a private school near her house. When I bought the wine, the boss's wife joked and said that I was late and her daughter had been waiting for several years. Look, I didn't brag about you back then, so I said that the girl had a good attitude, otherwise she wouldn't be able to pick me..."

Some regrets are like an old dog crawling on the corner of the street sobs alone, gently, stumbles his heart and lungs.

He left the wine pot on the stump and got up and left.

The carriage returns to Qingliang Mountain.

Nowadays, there are two places in the Northern Liang Palace that are famous all over the world. Wutong Courtyard is nicknamed Fengge, and the official residence of the deputy general in charge of Song Dongming, who was in charge of the mountain, is called Longmen.

As soon as he returned to Qingliang Mountain, a Longmen official rushed over and reported to him that he was the deputy manager who asked the adults to discuss important matters.

When he saw Song Dongming standing in front of the low official residence waiting, he knew that the news was good or bad, but it was definitely not a trivial matter. Otherwise, with the calmness of this old man, one of the former ministers, would never be unable to sit still.

Sure enough, when Song Dongming approached, he turned around and walked into the official residence in the center, and said in a slightly hurried tone: "The four news gathered together, which are related to Liuzhou, Central Plains, Beijing and Beimang, and the princes weighed the pros and cons of it."

Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Then let's talk about the news from Liuzhou first."

Song Dongming nodded and said, "An emergency intelligence came from Fengxiang Army Town, which is closest to the Western Regions. Cao Wei and Xie Xiqiu arbitrarily changed the established strategy of the Protectorate's Office and chose to take the initiative to attack, hoping to eat the cavalry of the Zhongtan tribe in one go in the Miyun Mountain Pass!"

Xu Fengnian's face was normal and said, "It should be that the monk soldiers from Mount Lantu did not set off with the Zhongtan cavalry."

Song Dongming said worriedly: "Even so, the difference in military strength between the two sides is still not big. Wouldn't it be against the original intention of Liuzhou to use troops?"

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "If we fail to completely wipe out the cavalry of the Dantan tribe in the Miyun Mountain Pass, then this battle will be meaningless. It can even be said that because of their greed for merit and recklessness, the entire Liuzhou fell into a huge passive state. However, since even Xie Xiqian was willing to accompany Cao Wei to take risks, I believe their vision."

Song Dongming sighed and smiled bitterly: "These two guys are really worry-free."

Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "If you win, you may have unexpected surprises."

Song Dongming knew it in his heart, "That's right, if the entire Zhongtan cavalry was wiped out, maybe Lantu Mountain would have to think about it again."

Xu Fengnian asked: "What's the news over the Central Plains? Is it because Wen Taiyi and Ma Zhongxian finally stopped hiding the issue of grain?"

Song Dongming smiled and said, "This is not important news."

Xu Fengnian was a little surprised, "There is any situation change more important than this?"

After Song Dongming and Xu Fengnian sat down in the meeting hall separately, the Deputy General of Beiliang Road, who had been nodded by the Ministry of Personnel of the Liyang court, had his eyes playful: "The Jing'an King Zhao Xun, who was originally loyal to the court, just surrendered to the two rebel princes."

Xu Fengnian was stunned on the spot.

Song Dongming sneered: "When you are waiting for a price, this move is so beautiful. I guess this vassal king who judges the situation will sell himself at a sky-high price."

Xu Fengnian felt absurd and frowned and said, "Can Zhao Bing and Chen Zhibao both want to push Zhao Xun to be the emperor?"

Song Dongming smiled and said, "The prince hit the nail on the head!"

Xu Fengnian fell into deep thought.

If Jing'an Road, which is located in the Central Plains, and Nanzhao, which was controlled by Chen Zhibao, would now be completely connected to the south of Guangling River, and half of the country left Yang, it would have been the hands of the Three Feudalists.

At this time, Zhao Bing, the king of Yan, who was the first to rise up and the most powerful, seemed to be the most qualified to ascend the throne and become emperor, and ruled with the orthodox Liyang, but in fact, it was the opposite. Zhao Bing was the most unsuitable to change the python robe into a dragon robe. No matter how unbearable Song Yushu said Emperor Liyang in the edict, the court and the country, especially the gentry headed by Jiangnan Road, still looked at Tai'an City. Zhao Bing was not suitable for being the first to be a leader, and Chen Zhibao, a foreigner with an injustice, was even more unsuitable. Then King Zhao Xun of Jing'an became the candidate for trouble. Zhao Heng and Zhao Xun, the father and son of Zhao Xun, was actually far more than Zhao Dun and Zhao Zhuan in the Liyang Dynasty that had not yet annexed the Central Plains.

One branch is more in line with the orthodox identity. After the old King of Jing'an, Zhao Heng, was "exiled" to Qingzhou after his failure to fight for the throne, there was no reason why he had such deep grudges. In the new Xiangfu Dynasty, there are probably few officials who know the secret of the early years. Before Zhao Zhuan's grandfather ascended the throne, because Prince Chun of his peers had no son, the clan mansion proposed to adopt Zhao Heng to Prince Chun's lineage. However, the process of Grandpa Zhao Zhuan's ascendance was more confusing than his son Zhao Dun. In short, Zhao Heng's identity became a confusing account that even the old people of the clan mansion could not be clear. But if it were to take out the old things at this time, it would be better to bring it up again, which was just right.

Xu Fengnian didn't feel any sour about Zhao Xun's step towards the sky, but he couldn't help laughing. He remembered the poor guy who was thrown into Chunshen Lake twice before and after, and he really put on a dragon throne on the dragon throne?

Xu Fengnian retracted his thoughts, "There is no matter how chaotic the Central Plains is. By the way, what's going on in Tai'an City?"

Song Dongming used his thumb and index finger to stroke a jade pendant hanging around his waist, and smiled and said, "The eunuchs in the seal and ribbon have all been dispatched and are rushing to our Beiliang post, leading a lot of freshly released imperial edicts."

Xu Fengnian wondered: "A lot of it?"

Song Dongming couldn't help laughing and said, "Otherwise, there would be no need for three or four eunuchs from the Seal and Ribbon Prison to take action. The most important of them is your title of Great Pillar Kingdom, and the chasing of generals from the Northern Liang border army such as Liu Jinu and Wang Lingbao. For example, Tai'an City posthumously named Liu Jinu as a first-class count and gave the title "Kejing". In addition, it is to give the identities of the two eunuchs carefully prepared for Lu Cheng, Yan Wang Chudong, the future royal palace. The reason why the eunuchs from the Seal and Ribbon Prison walked slowly was probably to wait for your marriage so that they could ask for a grand prize for three joys. From this, it can be seen that the sincerity of Tai'an City this time is really different from the previous two times."

Xu Fengnian fell into deep thought.

Song Dongming did not disturb the young vassal king's thoughts.

Song Dongming looked out the house quietly, and his thoughts were also graceful.

The biggest feeling of this second civil servant in Beiliangdao was that Lu Shengxiang soared into the sky in the Liyang temple. This person was definitely not the fact that this old man from Chunxuelou was so easy to be in the officialdom, but that he was too talented and had expected military achievements. However, the opportunity for Lu Shengxiang's rise is worthy of fun. I believe that Lu Shengxiang himself may not be as proud as he imagined in the officialdom in the capital. He may even be more on thin ice than when he was the commander of the Southern Expedition, and he was in a high position under the general trend. What if the general trend is gone? Can it be successful?

Retirement? The evil posthumous posthumous posthumous title of King Xu Xiao of Lao Liang and the old chief minister Zhang Julu's scout of the family and extermination of the clan are not the lessons of the past? When the two generations of Liyang emperors before Zi Zhao Zhuan today, the two dragon robes on each of them were wise and powerful, they could not deny the blood at their sleeves. The two emperors were indeed not innocent fools who killed innocent people, but once they wanted to kill people, they were always the ones who made the most contributions. Didn't Lu Shengxiang worry that he would become the sacrifice for Zhao Zhuan's new monarch to ascend the throne?

Song Dongming finally understood that it was not difficult to hang out in the officialdom of Liyang. Tai'an City could accommodate scholars like Long Huan Wen, a talented and virtuous scholars like Wen Shouren and Jin Lanting, and scholars like Sima Puhua who blindly practiced the public. However, they could not tolerate scholars who insisted that the people were noble and the king were light, and they could not tolerate those scholars who could not make contributions.

It is easy to be an official for the Zhao family, but it is not necessarily easy to do things for the people.

Many things, even the emperor, would be subject to various constraints. In the early years, the Blue-eyed Man governed the canal transportation and clerks, perhaps the former Emperor Zhao Dun wanted to do, but the complex forces that had accumulated over the Zhao Shi for a hundred years, or the upstarts who had recently entered the temple, each had their own desires and had their own selfish intentions. It was like a big net with deep entanglements, covering the map of the Central Plains. On this big net, there were various unimaginable complex situations, such as the struggle between the emperor's power, the struggle between the party, the struggle between the civil and military, the struggle between the gentry and the cold tribe, the struggle between the north and the south, the local areas of the capital, the struggle between the gentlemen and villains, the dispute between the high and the lower seats in each yamen, and the dispute between the internal and external disputes between the yamen.

Therefore, Song Dongming increasingly recognized Beiliang.

Here, doing things is relatively simple.

But at the same time, Song Dongming also knew that if the Xu family in Beiliang was no longer limited to the four prefectures of Beiliang Road in the future, it would also deteriorate rapidly.

For example, between him and Bai Yu, between the "informed relatives" of Lu Wang's family, between young people such as Xu Beizhi and Chen Xiliang and veterans of the border army, between Huang Shang and other outstanding people such as Huangfu Ping and Li Mofan, between the Northern Liang cavalry and infantry, between the various elite border troops, etc.

One day, conflicts will even occur between Xu Fengnian and "everyone".

At this moment, Song Dongming was filled with mixed feelings.

A voice rang in his ears, "Mr. Song, what's going on in Beimang?"

Song Dongming came back to his senses and smiled: "The Princess Beimang, whose pseudonym Fan Bainu, entered the pass from Jizhou, and moved to our Youzhou. He signed up for Huangfuping. Finally, under the 'escort' of the Tongguan Cavalry, he would arrive in Qingliang Mountain in about two days."

Xu Fengnian said in surprise: "What are she here to do?"

Song Dongming shook his head and said, "I can't guess either. But she had several entourages beside her, all of whom were Qiexue Wei from the Beiting King's tent."

Xu Fengnian laughed at himself: "When did Beiliang become so lively?"

Song Dongming was full of energy and showed his sharpness. He spread his palms and then clenched them tightly, "The world belongs to me, Beiliang, for a moment."

Xu Fengnian smiled for no reason, "Xu Xiao likes to hear such words when he is alive."

Song Dongming asked with a smile: "Does the prince not like it?"

Xu Fengnian smiled and said frankly: "There is no one in the world who doesn't like being flattered."

After saying this, Xu Fengnian looked a little lonely.

After Xu Xiao became famous, and as he gradually grew old, perhaps the only regret of the old man in his life was that he had not heard his son say a good thing.
Chapter completed!