Chapter Dawn of the Empire 115 Sichuan and Three Gorges Flow-4

In Dunhuang, the snow in the inner garden has just melted. A few sparrows jumped and sought for food in the dead grass.

In the warm sunshine, Chen Xuan's three grandchildren were playing in the garden. They enthusiastically used dead branches to build a basket, sprinkle a little wheat, and then hid in the bushes not far away, waiting for the sparrow to fall into the trap. If they have good patience and luck, they can catch several sparrows at once. Catching birds, riding sheep, and throwing stone bullets are the games that children love to play. If they grow up, boys will start shooting archery, riding horses, and throwing stone locks. At that time, sparrows were also a good target for practicing archery.

In front of Hanguang Hall, Chen Xuan and Liu Yi stood on the steps, smiling as the children played happily. In order to protect the pigeons, the sparrows near Dunhuang were almost caught. The sparrows had no natural enemies. In spring and summer, they flew over the sky and covered the trees. However, the sparrows were delicious in meat, and there was a saying among the people that "it would rather eat half a pound from the sky than eight taels from the ground." The people did not mind sparrows noisy, but they should beware of them pecking at the crops during the harvest season.

"The situation in the country of Song is like the end of the game. There is no place to make a good move. He can survive because of conservativeness, but the chess player is unwilling to give up. You play one move, I play one move, and finally fills up all the eyes and loses all the losses. The South China Sea is very difficult to implement, but Zhao Ke used the right person. He was just inheriting the national policy set by Zhao You, hoping that all countries will come to the throne and support the scene after he ascended the throne. However, Chen Dong and Yue Fei were actually immigrated and settled in solid areas."

"This large area of ​​the South China Sea breeding has created an external force outside the chessboard out of thin air, and the whole plate is alive all at once. It alleviates the chronic disease of narrow people, and the poor people have a way to survive. The industry and commerce in the southeast and Guangnan areas have a prosperous future, and redundant officials have been cut and redundant soldiers have a place to go. If the Song State had no major twists and turns, the country's power would flourish, which was inevitable."

"It was because Chen Dong saw this that he let go of Luoyang and Fangzhou without discussing it, and only asked us to withdraw from Xiangyang. He had this confidence. Our dynasty would not suffer any loss when the conditions were issued. We need a navy to cut off the sea route between Sudan and Dashi princes, and the state of Song also wanted the navy to protect the settlement of the South China Sea that had been finally captured. Therefore, this transaction is beneficial to both sides. Zhao Xingde is also the only commander who can be accepted by both countries."

"It's rare for the Prime Minister to admire a junior so much." Chen Xuan smiled, "It's a terrifying thing to do. However, Xiangyang is a place that must be fought for by military strategists, and I'm not willing to give it back to the State of Song."

"Your Majesty, you might as well think about it from another perspective. What Song did for us in this transaction was to help us end the balance of power with Dashi on the battlefield. Whether between Liao and Song, we have been trying our best to maintain the balance of power. When we settle the war with Dashi, we can free up our hands and calmly deal with the exhausted Liao and Song. From this perspective, we actually took a big advantage. Compared with unifying the world, how can we make a small difference?

Chen Xuan listened to Liu Yi's words, nodded slightly, clenched his fists, and the cocoons left by holding swords and shooting arrows all year round were stacked. Although Chen Xuan had not been on the battlefield for a long time, Jiang Gui's nature was so harsh. He sighed: "It seems that I can only level the Western barbarians in sequence, and Liaoxia in the east can only be left to the prince."

"He asked Feng Yanlun to tell me," Liu Yi's appreciation gradually cooled down and he whispered, "I think these two conditions can be agreed. Chen Dong's abacus may not be successful. I want to see who can laugh at the end." Not far away, a few children shouted happily. For many families in Dunhuang, it was a sunny morning. However, in the distant river, many families were praying for their relatives. The snow melted, and spring plowing was about to come. Every family hoped that the war would end as soon as possible and that the relatives who went to fight would return soon.

In the south city of Ezhou, Shi Tingjian was standing outside a large mansion. He was cold and hungry. While he was resting with the wall, he suddenly heard a scream: "Bandit!" "Are there a traitor!" After a moment, someone rang a gong, and the sound of "bang", "bang", "bang", "bang", and "bang", and the dogs in the whole alley barked together.

Immediately afterwards, more shouts came from not far away: "Where are the robbers?" "Catch the robbers."

Shi Tingjian was immediately panicked, and he gathered his last strength and ran away desperately. He didn't know how far he ran, but no one chased after him. Cold sweat oozed out of his head, covered his wounds, held the mottled walls, and staggered towards the depths of the alley, but his eyes turned dark and fell to the ground.

When he woke up, he felt a split headache. As soon as he opened his eyes, he could hear the sound of surprise before he could see the figure clearly.

"I finally woke up!" He vaguely saw a small face.

"You saved me?" Shi Tingjian nodded and said hoarsely: "Thank you, thank you." Looking around, he realized that it was a boudoir, with the pillows and bedding with a faint fragrance. A little girl with two maids looked at her with wide eyes. Shi Tingjian was a little embarrassed and asked, "Did I faint? Where is this place?"

"This is the Xichun Tower in Dongqu. The young master fell next to my door. When I was pouring the toilet in the morning, I saw it. Miss Ji asked me to rescue the young master first, find the doctor to treat the wound, and fed some porridge. I asked me to wait here, and the gods and Buddhas will bless you. Three days and three nights, the young master has woken up!" "Xichun Tower, does Ji Xixi?" "It's good that the young master knows." The maid's face was full of joy, and it was clear that she was very happy. Shi Tingjian asked again, but he turned around and smiled, "I'll tell the girl first." He went out like a gust of wind.

"Dongqu Xichun Tower?" Shi Tingjian said silently, "Is it Ji Xixi?"

The gentry lingered in the songs and attracted a cup of wine. In modern times, there was also a "film list" action. The so-called flower list, the hosts and scholars were mostly famous scholars and talented men. They often won songs and selected prostitutions, and ranked them with the imperial examinations, and wrote poems or comments one by one, and then made them public, thinking that they were romantic and happy. The reason why Shi Tingjian knew Ji Xixi was because she was a prostitute in the flower list. Xichun Tower was for her value, and usually she was hidden in the deep pavilion. If the scholars didn't spend much money on the banquet, they could not call him out. But among the scholars, Ji Xixi often talked about Ji Xixi, guessing who could be her guest in the curtain. Thinking of this festival, Shi Tingjian couldn't help but shake his head.

He looked around and saw that the room was elegantly decorated, carved flowers and green gauze tents were hung on the bed, and the flowers and birds on the wall were not written by famous artists. Although the table table was clean, there was no luxurious utensils. I thought that this was the place where the girl lived, and she did not need to be decorated too gorgeously, and embellished the atmosphere of luxury. When Shi Tingjian was involved in the Shuzhou academic affairs case, he had a lot of dealings with the prostitute building, and knew that the so-called famous and sensuality was just a glamorous appearance, mostly a good woman who was good at buying and selling. After she was old and deteriorated, she would marry into a concubine and end up living alone. Whether it was a bad luck, she would die alone. Whether it was a piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or natural beauty, they were just tools for making money. Prostitute building could not live a life of a rich lady. Prostitute building just used them to make more money from her lover.

"Young Master is awake?" Shi Tingjian looked in the voice and saw a woman with a peach-faced cherry spring standing at the door.

Ji Xixi's eyes were circulating with a weak and slender figure, as they were their name. Shi Tingjian knew that she was a prostitute, but he couldn't help feeling pity. His eyes turned to the side. The maid followed Ji Xixi and grimaced at Shi Tingjian, happily saying, "Girl, this young master knows your name too." Ji Xixi's eyes were slightly dim. He walked up to the edge of the bed and asked, "I dare not delay the injuries on my young master, so I asked the doctor to come for treatment without authorization. The young master felt that it was healing?"

The fragrance on the nose was so strong that it was a bit thicker than the one on the bed. Shi Tingjian felt a sensation in his heart and secretly scolded himself for being a beast.

"Fortunately," he sat up and bowed, "Yuhang Shi Tingjian, Miss Ji's kindness for saving her life will be rewarded."

"You," Ji Xixi looked surprised, "Young Master Shi?"

She once heard Enke say that Shi Tingjian was the most valued student of Wu Shangshu. He took the lead in beating and killing the two prime ministers, taking the lead in overthrowing Shuzhou academicians, and taking the lead in inciting students from various states to write letters. They were all this person. Now it seems that Shi Tingjian's face was pale, and except for his sharp eyes and gentle appearance, he was no different from ordinary scholars. Yesterday, some people said that he was one of the masterminds of the rebellion. Without asking the name of the scholar, he was worried that he would have something to do and he did not expect anything to repay him. Unexpectedly, he confessed to him.

"Miss knows Shi?" Shi Tingjian frowned slightly, his tone was a little bitter, "Thank you for helping me, but I'm afraid I'll implicate the girl." He guessed that Ji Xixi knew about him from the sea captain's notice. After a little change, the Prime Minister's Guard actually fired fire at the crowd that day and mobilized a large army to enter the city. In most cases, Chen Dong made up his mind to kill the roots. This serious crime was a serious crime in harboring the court, and a prostitution could not be borne. Shi Tingjian said with a stern face: "Girl can lead to the court and ask Chen Dong to send someone to arrest me, so that he can get rid of the relationship." As soon as he said that, the little maid was so scared that she was so beautiful.

Ji Xixi looked at him deeply, opened Zhu Chun lightly, and whispered: "Young Master is so serious. The Prime Minister's Mansion has issued a key order the day before yesterday. Except for those murderers who were robbing, hurting, setting fires, and committing traitors in Ezhou, the students who wrote to the letter to speak will not be investigated. It was just that the Ministry of Justice investigated the mastermind behind the besieging Prime Minister's Mansion. The government did not say anything like arresting people except curfew." After saying that, she sighed softly. The curfew affected many business in Xichunlou. The maid's face was also very smelly these days. Fortunately, the maid Shuang'er's mouth was tight, and no one in the yard knew that Ji Xixi had hidden a man in the inner room.

Shi Tingjian was stunned. Unexpectedly, Chen Dong actually let the student in the imperial examination. After breathing a sigh of relief, he felt a little lost. He thought of Zhang Wei, and many people who died at the gate of the prime minister's mansion. Are these people dead in vain? How should their families be so sad? How would those academic officials who jointly impeached the prime minister and react? How would the mentor deal with Chen Dong's revenge?

Shi Tingjian was stunned. Ji Xixi sighed and told his maid Shuang'er to take good care of Mr. Shi, and then retreated.

"Girl, isn't Mr. Chen a good person?" Shuang'er sent to the door and said with a pout, "Mr. Shi asked Mr. Chen to send someone to arrest him. Is he a big villain?" Because Chen Dong married Li Shishi, although there are mixed praises and criticisms in the world, Chen Dong's reputation is very good in the minds of brothel women. Even Shuang'er, who was not familiar with human affairs, looked at him. Judging from his appearance, he really wanted to report to Shi Tingjian.

Ji Xixi frowned slightly, shook her head and said, "Don't talk nonsense, Mr. Shi is also a great person."

"Mr. Chen is a good person, and Mr. Shi is also a good person," Shuang'er murmured with confusion, "Why do good people need to catch good people?"

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