Fenghou

Chapter 106 Poems
There was something urgent at home today, I didn't have time to update the evening chapter, I just got home, please forgive me!

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As night fell, Lu Yihao returned to the mansion. He went to appease and persuade the Tai students. He was busy all afternoon, and when the Tai students and the people dispersed, he returned to the mansion exhausted.

As soon as he sat down in the study, the housekeeper sent a letter and a wooden box, "Master, Chen Qing has already left Lin'an before dark. These are the letters and items forwarded by his friend."

Lu Yihao nodded. He knew that Chen Qing had to leave Lin'an before dark, and he was basically escorted away.

After he finished reading the letter, he looked at the wooden box again, couldn't help laughing, and told the maid: "Go and call the embroidery lady!"

After a while, Lu Xiu hurried to her grandfather's study, she was very worried about Chen Qing's situation.

Lu Yihao saw the worry in his granddaughter's eyes, so he smiled and said: "The emperor has released General Chen. He was escorted away, so he couldn't come to see me. Before he left, he wrote a letter to me. In addition, he sent this The wooden box for you, I don’t know what it is?”

Lu Xiu finally lost her heart. She heard that Chen Qing actually gave her an item. She was both happy and a little shy in her heart. Her beautiful eyes turned and her eyes fell on the wooden box.

The five characters of "Zan Lvxiu girl" are vigorously written.

Lu Xiu bit her lip, and under the smiling gaze of her grandfather, she mustered up the courage to pick up the wooden box.

"Aren't you going to open it?"

Lu Yihao smiled and said, "I'm also curious about what's inside?"

Lu Xiu shyly opened the wooden box, and there was a booklet inside.

"Ah! It's Yi An's anthology, it seems to be written by Mr. Yi An himself."

Lu Xiu turned a page and found that there were a few lines written inside, so she was so frightened that she quickly closed it.

"Grandfather, it is a collection of poems and essays presented to General Chen by Mr. Yi An."

Lu Yihao nodded, "I've also heard that General Chen subsidized her with a large sum of money. Li Qingzhao has really been down and out these past few years. Unexpectedly, he still has a heart of compassion."

Lu Xiu pouted dissatisfiedly: "Grandfather, this can't be called pity for fragrance and jade! It's about cherishing literary talents!"

Lu Yihao laughed, "Li Qingzhao is in his [-]s or [-]s. It's really inappropriate to use pity and pity for jade. It's my grandfather who said it wrong."

"Grandfather, will Jin Guohui let General Chen go? Will he be in danger on the way?" Lu Xiu bit her lip and asked worriedly.

Lu Yihao pondered for a moment and said: "It is indeed possible, but he should be prepared. With his martial arts and intelligence, it is unlikely that Jin Bing will succeed, so don't worry too much."

Lu Yihao was also a little worried, but the matter had come to this point, he had tried his best, and there was nothing he could do for the rest.

Lu Xiu returned to her small building and opened the collection of poems and essays copied by Li Qingzhao.

A few lines were written on the second page.

'There are trees on the mountain with thick branches, spring flowers bloom, and luxuriant branches and leaves'.

These four sentences are a bit confusing, but Lu Xiu repeatedly recited them, and her beautiful eyes like black jewels gradually lit up.

She picked up a pen and wrote a poem on paper:

He Xixi tonight, rushing in the boat.

What day is today, I have to be in the same boat with the prince.

To be ashamed and disgusting, not to be ashamed.

I was so upset that I learned of the prince.

There are wood in the mountains and branches in the wood, and the heart is happy and the king does not know.

Lu Xiu read the last two sentences, thinking of the words "there are trees on the mountain with thick branches", she couldn't help covering her mouth and giggling for a while.

The thousand-stone passenger boat went northward along the canal without mooring at night. The eight boatmen were divided into two shifts, one to sleep and the other to rock the boat at night.

Chen Qing stood on the deck, looking at the dark houses on both sides of the river, everything was silent, only the sound of paddling water was heard.

It was dozens of miles away from Lin'an, and Chen Qing's heart gradually calmed down. Although this encounter only lasted three days, it had a huge impact on Chen Qing. Fear, and the courtiers betrayed the anti-gold generals for their own benefit.

What made Chen Qing feel even more chilling was the hypocrisy of the emperor Zhao Gou. Does he really care about the Queen Mother?In fact, otherwise, he knew very well that he would not be able to return to the Queen Mother. What Zhao Gou really cared about was the truce, peace negotiation, and flattering the Kingdom of Jin by betraying himself.

He was using this matter to express his position to Wan Yanchang, as long as Jin Guo is willing to negotiate a peace, everything can be discussed.

Fortunately, Zhao Gou was a monarch after all, and he didn't dare to go too far. After hundreds of thousands of people loudly opposed it, and after the court officials quickly changed their positions, he also had to give in and compromise.

Chen Qing looked at the silver medal in his hand. It was a medal or pennant similar to later generations. Under the moonlight, the four characters of "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" on the silver medal were particularly dazzling.

This is his commendation for defeating Wanyan Huonu and dedicating the Golden Buddha of Shenzong to the emperor. Unfortunately, on the one hand, he is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and on the other hand, he is handing him over to the Kingdom of Jin in exchange for the queen mother. Putting this matter together is too absurd and ironic.

A sneer of sarcasm appeared on the corner of Chen Qing's mouth, and he threw the silver medal into the water, and the four characters of "loyalty to the monarch and patriotism" were also submerged by the river.

The passenger ship has two cabins, one is the owner's cabin, and the other is the attendant cabin. The three servants of Huyan Mansion live in the attendant cabin.

The martial arts of these three servants are really good, and their names are also interesting. They are called Huyanjia, Huyanyi and Huyanding respectively. The Song Dynasty strictly prohibited slavery, but the rich and powerful families had their own ways of working around it. For example, maids must go home after they reach the age of eighteen. Marriage, this is the law of the Song Dynasty.

In order to fight against this rule, the mistress recognized the servant girl as a goddaughter, and her status changed from a servant girl to a foster daughter, so she was not restricted by the law, but the adoptive daughter still did the work of a maidservant at home.

The same goes for the three generals of the Huyan family. He was obviously a domestic slave brought up by his master, but when he turned eighteen, he signed an external employment contract with his master. They became warriors hired by the mansion. A legitimate trade to make money.

When Chen Qing returned to the cabin, the boss Hu Yanjia clasped his fists at the door and said, "General Chen, please rest early! We will keep watch at night, there will be no problem."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "There is a horse riding team following us on the west bank, have you noticed?"

Hu Yanjia was startled, "Humble job didn't find out!"

"They followed us, about [-] steps away from the boat, and the number of them was about [-] to [-] people. In addition, the lanterns hung on this boat are a bit strange and different. Ask them why, and tell me tomorrow morning .”

"The villain obeys the order!"

Hu Yanjia went down, Chen Qing snorted, he knew that Zhao Gou would not let him go so easily, did he want Jin Bing to take his head halfway?
At dawn the next day, when Chen Qinggang came out of the cabin, Hu Yanjia stepped forward and clasped his fists and said in a low voice, "The villain went to ask the boss of the ship, and he said that they are official ships, and the lanterns are special official ship lanterns, which are different from civilian ships. When a civilian ship encounters this kind of official ship lantern at night, it must pull aside to dodge."

After a pause, Hu Yanjia said again: "Why don't the villains ask him to replace the lanterns with ordinary civilian boat lanterns!"

"Don't worry about them, let them go."

Chen Qing knew very well that the reason why the people on the shore could follow him all the time was because of these special lanterns.

"Someone must attack the general on the way, why don't we go by land!" Hu Yanjia was very worried.

Chen Qing waved his hand, "Don't worry for now, the other party is not so quick to attack, I want to see where these people are ghosts?"

After the passenger ship arrived at the Suzhou section, the number of ships in the canal became more and more dense, and it was not convenient to sail at night.

That night, the passenger ship arrived at the boundary of Changzhou. As usual, after two watch shifts, the boatmen all fell asleep.

Around four o'clock, Hu Yanyi was awakened by urinating, and got up to go to the side of the boat for convenience.

He trembled, and when he turned around to go back to the cabin, he unexpectedly found a gray figure walking quickly along the bedboard to the shore. The figure seemed to be the boatman on duty tonight.

Hu Yanyi instinctively touched his back, the knife was hanging on his buttocks, he was vigilant, seeing that the opponent's figure was about to disappear, he didn't have time to wake up his companions, and jumped after him.

There are forests on the shore in this area, and the other side of the forest is endless farmland.

Hu Yanyi sprinted in the woods, the branches on the ground were trampled!Click!After a while, he heard someone talking from the left, and he tiptoed to the west, pushing aside a branch, and saw a group of people.

The boatman just now was talking to this group of people, the leader of whom was a tall, thin, pale young man.

At this moment, Hu Yanyi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder. When he turned his head, an arrow shot through his left shoulder.

Hu Yanyi was terrified, he rolled forward and drew his sword in his hand, only to realize that there were five knights behind him, armed with spears and bows, they had surrounded him.

Although they were wearing Han warrior uniforms, they looked fierce, and the Jurchens were clearly in their eyebrows.

Hu Yanyi knew something was wrong, he rushed to the left and rushed towards the Jurchen cavalry on the far left. As soon as the Jurchen cavalry urged their horses, they rushed forward with a spear in their hands, and stabbed at him fiercely.

Hu Yanyi dodged the spear and slashed at the horse's leg. The horse's front hooves were raised high and it roared loudly.

At this moment, two arrows 'swish' shot, Hu Yanyi dodged one arrow, the other hit his back heart, Huyan Yi screamed heart-piercingly, knelt down on one knee, and for a while The strong wind passed by him, and with a flash of cold light, Hu Yanyi's head flew a foot away.

(End of this chapter)