Han Shizhong was newly married and looking forward to carrying on the family line. How could he disobey his beloved wife? He was busy buying wine to apologize, and everyone kept silent in understanding. But when changing glasses, everyone tacitly changed the number.

A look.

Han Shizhong had a calm expression on his face, drinking with everyone one cup after another, thinking that among the four Zhenbei armies, the First Zhenbei Army led by Xin Xingzong actually included the commander's guards and honor guards, and because it was in

Many people who were greedy for life and fearful of death were asked to be transferred to the rear guard missions. Therefore, although the bugle call of the First Army was in the front, it could not fight.

The Third Army of Zhenbei led by Bi Sheng and the Fourth Army of Zhenbei led by Feng Mei were mainly infantry. Three thousand elite cavalry were all in the tent of the Second Army of Zhenbei. Although he was usually careless, he felt like

Like a bright mirror, Hebei is a flat river, and the most advantageous cavalry is galloping. As long as he holds the Second Army tightly, his future achievements will not be lost. Now the commander suddenly recruited a Hu cavalry, which is enough to fight with the Zhenbei Second Army.

Xiang Kang inevitably made Han Shizhong worry about gains and losses.

On New Year's Eve, compared with the noisy and bustling Hejian Prefecture, Daming Prefecture seemed a little deserted. All the troops in Hebei Province moved to Hejian Prefecture, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of military families. Most of them were preparing to move again after the spring warmed up.

Going to Hejian, the family will not be reunited this New Year, and after the New Year, they will have to sell their houses and land. There seems to be a sense of sadness floating in the smoke from every household.

Prince Zhao Ke was tired from the journey, so he stayed in Daiming to supervise the transfer of baggage. He waited until the river thawed in the spring before taking an official ship to the river. The troops in Hebei who had resigned were all deployed, and General Zuo Wei had just returned from the residence of Prince Wei.

The wind was freezing, and Liu Yanqing was riding a horse with a gloomy face among the guards of honor. Zhao Ke made friends with all the scribes of the Qing Dynasty. A few years ago, when he came to Beijing to meet His Majesty, he met the prince. At that time, Zhao Ke was still somewhat polite. Now Liu

Yanqing has lost military power, and the prince is just treating him in vain.

When they arrived in front of their house, the soldiers knelt under their horses as stepping stones. Before Liu Yanqing could dismount, a servant from the house ran over quickly and whispered to Liu Yanqing: "The old prime minister sent someone to visit.

The eldest son is waiting in the study room."

Liu Yanqing's expression changed, and he didn't bother to ask any more questions. He hurried to the study and saw a man dressed as a Taoist sitting opposite his eldest son Liu Guangshi. After Liu Yanqing lost power, he sent people to Prime Minister Cai Jing many times to ask for advice, but Cai Jing didn't even bother.

Wen Buwen. Tong Guan regarded him as if he was nothing, and guarded Zhao Long with all his heart. Tong Guan himself led the troops of the Hebei camp to Hejian, where he vigorously strengthened the Zhenbei army of his direct line, suppressed and subdued the Hebei generals

Everyone reported his actions to Liu Yanqing, but since he had handed over military power, there was nothing he could do about it at this time.

The Taoist priest stood up, cupped his hands and said, "The down-and-out savage Zhang Huaisu has met Old General Liu."

Liu Yanqing was surprised. This piece of Huaisu is a good friend of Cai Xiang. His calligraphy is very good and can be compared with Cai. He also has magical Taoism. He is called the capital with the real Lin Lingsusu of Shenxiao Yuqing Palace and Guo Jing of Shenbaoguan.

The Three Great Immortal Masters. Your Majesty wanted to call him several times to preside over the Taoist Temple in the White Jade Palace, but he declined on the grounds that he was a loose nature and was not used to restraint. However, his reputation became higher and higher, and he was faintly surpassing Zhang Guo.

Liu Yanqing was surprised that such a famous figure actually came here. He quickly returned the courtesy and said seriously: "Zhang Zhenzhen's arrival has brought glory to the humble house."

Zhang Huaisu waved his hand, indicating that he did not need to be polite, and said with a smile: "The wild Taoist is very restless and wants to travel to Mizhou to search for overseas fairy mountains. It happened to be a meeting to bring a message to Mr. Cai." As he said this, he sat down with Liu Yanqing.

After sitting down, he took out an orange from the plate on the table and patted it gently. The peel of the orange fell off and the middle split into three neat petals. Zhang Huaisu smiled slightly and gave it to Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangshi and his son in turn.

, leave a petal for yourself.

Master Zhang acted as if nothing had happened. Both the Liu family and his son were a little dazzled. They took the orange segment and looked at it before putting it in their mouth. They felt it was sweet and juicy, which was very different from what they usually eat. Liu Yanqing replied

God came and said, "Thank you, Master Zhang. If Mr. Cai has anything to say, I will listen attentively."

"Mr. Cai Gong said that it is inconvenient to travel in the middle of winter, so General Liu might as well wait until spring comes when the flowers bloom before going to the capital. The court must still rely on General Liu."

"This..." Liu Yanqing hesitated for a moment. According to the court system, generals who resigned should leave the defense line as soon as possible. However, the Liu family had a lot of properties and ties in Daming Mansion, and he couldn't just throw them away.

In addition, Tong Guan moved the Hebei camp to Hejian, and there were no old generals under his command in Daming Mansion. Liu Yanqing's stay for a longer period of time would not violate the imperial taboo. He had already written to His Majesty and discussed this with the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.

It was agreed that we only need to delay the trip to Beijing after the new year. However, since it is the wish of Mr. Cai and Zhenren Zhang to send the message, then we can just delay it for another two or three months.

Thinking of this, Liu Yanqing nodded and said with a smile: "I would like to thank Mr. Cai for his consideration."

After declining Liu Yanqing and his son's offer to stay, Zhang Huaisu left. He did have important matters to go to Mizhou. A batch of ordnance purchased by the Mingjiao from the North needed to be inspected at sea. Otherwise, the leader of the Mingjiao, Fang La, was about to cause trouble. When the ship arrived in Yangzhou,

If a problem is discovered again, it will be too late.

A carriage was already waiting at the corner of the street. "See the guardian left." A disciple of the sect dressed as a porter bowed and saluted. "I'm waiting for you. Let's set off now." The carriage jolted towards the east city gate.

After Zhang Huaisu sat firmly, he took out an orange from his sleeve, peeled it and ate it. What he had just done was just a simple grafting technique, Li replaced the peach with stiffness. While eating the orange slices, he concentrated on thinking, "Cai Jing, this old thief, give it to Liu

What does Yanqing Dai mean by this sentence?"

After pondering for a moment, he could not figure out the reason. Zhang Huaisu secretly cursed the old thief for being treacherous, took out a piece of paper from under the table in the carriage, and wrote a letter to Wu Chu, the governor of the state. This secret letter was written with potion, and the rest of it was written with potion.

As he continues, the writing in front gradually disappears, like a blank piece of paper.

"...The difference between humans and beasts lies in the favor of the gods. If humans have no faith, how are they different from the beasts? From the officials of the imperial court to the common people, if they do not believe in the gods, the world will decline, so the good will of nature has been lost.

The fear of retribution is the reason for acting perversely and unscrupulously, the reason for the continuous natural disasters, the invasion of Di and Yi, the reason for the demons showing illusions, and the fool cannot distinguish them..."

Writing this, Zhang Huaisu remembered that he had just been like this, and couldn't help but shook his head mockingly. Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. Wu Chu, the governor of Hezhou, and Lu Yuan, the general magistrate of Suzhou, are rare officials among the southeastern counties who serve Mingzun sincerely.

, when this is an emergency, it is necessary to stabilize his mind.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, lanterns were put out, and the Kaifeng Mansion set up several miles of theater sheds on both sides of the imperial street opposite the Xuanhe Building in the Da Nei. The capital and various military prefectures presented miraculous magic, and a variety of songs and dances were presented.

The scales are intertwined, and the sound of music is noisy for more than ten miles. In addition to common tricks such as Cuju, Zaju, spitting fire and water, monkey plays, and summoning bees, butterflies, and ants, the Yuan Dynasty

The most grand program of the Lantern Festival is naturally the lanterns. For more than a hundred years since the founding of this dynasty, the lanterns have become better and better every year. To this day, the lanterns are so majestic and grand that they are known as Dengshan. There are many lanterns on the mountain, except for the stars of happiness, wealth and longevity.

, images of immortal Buddhas such as Taishang Laojun, Manjusri and Samantabhadra, as well as rugged stone lanterns and waterfall lanterns with gurgling water, all competing for their beauty.

Both sides of the imperial street were crowded with tourists. Even the royal family had set up a place in the Xuande Tower. The officials and their concubines and princesses personally watched the grand scene of the lanterns. The flower market was full of colorful lights.

During the period of traveling in twos and threes, there are beautiful women with green hair, scoundrels from the market, and small groups of young men who stop good families to tease them. There are also casual marriages that happen by chance, and there are also people who pledge each other in front of the lamp and under the moon.

Li Ruobing was exiled to Qiongzhou, and his friends were still running around for him to be transferred back to Beijing as soon as possible, which made the atmosphere in Li Mansion a little more depressing on Yuan Ye. Li Ruoxu was impatient and bored, and went out to visit the lantern market alone. Two women in front of him were beaten three times.

Five scoundrels stopped me and I couldn't escape.

Li Ruoxu was about to avoid him when his eyes suddenly focused and he recognized that the woman behind the maid was none other than the princess Zhao Huan, whom he had met once before. He immediately lifted up his robe, strode up to her, and greeted:

"Sixteenth cousin, make it easy for me to find you!"

When Zhao Huan raised his head and saw it, he recognized that this was the young man who was walking with Zhao Xingde that day. She was quick-thinking and guessed Li Ruoxu's intention to rescue the siege. She immediately gave a cold look on her pretty face and warned the rogue disciple loudly: "My cousin

Brother is here to find me. If you don’t want to be locked up by the prosecutor, why not get out of the way!"

Those scoundrels were just bullying the weak-faced and weak-minded woman. When he saw a family member coming to visit, Li Ruoxu dressed up like a gentleman from a high-class family and did not dare to pester her. He dispersed and walked away. Only then did Li Ruoxu come.

When he came to Zhao Huan, he fell to the ground and said in a low voice: "Little boy Li Ruoxu has taken the liberty of disrespecting the sixteenth princess." However, his eyes secretly glanced at Zhao Huan's feet, his heart skipped a beat, and his face became hot.

Zhao Huan didn't care how Li Ruoxu knew his identity, and said with a smile: "Young Master Li, there is no need to be polite. Qingnu and I went out to look at the lights and got separated from the guards. When we met these scoundrels, I would like to thank Young Master Li for saving us."

." He pulled the palace maid Qingnu to give him a blessing.

Li Ruoxu longed for the beauty and only wished to stay with her for a moment longer. Zhao Huan wanted to learn more about Zhao Xingde from Ruoxu. The two wandered around in the crowded lantern market, guessing lantern riddles until late at night.

, in the city of Bianjing, there began to be two and three

The two raised colorful Kongming lanterns. Kongming lanterns are also called wishing lanterns. Li Ruoxu and Zhao Huan each bought a lantern. After lighting the lanterns, they watched it slowly rise into the sky, gradually matching the dancing lights all over the sky.

They blend into one and can no longer be distinguished.

When we arrived at the left door of Xuanhe Building, we met Zhao Huan's bodyguard. Zhao Huan whispered: "On New Year's Eve, this is the happiest time. Thank you Mr. Li." He put on the gold silk that the bodyguard handed him.

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