Delong

Chapter 217 Walking in the Snow (16)

In February, Jin land is semi-cold and semi-warm. There is still snow in the shade of the mountain, but the grass has grown and bloomed in the sun, and most people have no time to pay attention to these things, because on the ridges outside the city, everyone is working hard. farming.

On this day, the weather was fine. In the afternoon, the sun slanted westward, dyeing a cloud red.

At this time, Bai Yousi entered the Left Behind Mansion.

And when she saw her father, Bai Hengqiu, the governor of Taiyuan, was playing chess and drinking tea with his old friend and new envoy of Fenyang Palace, Zhang Shijing, in the pavilion in the backyard garden, looking very happy.

"Father is very interested." Bai Yousi seemed to appear out of nowhere, leaning against a pillar in the garden with a sword in his hand, and said. "Uncle Zhang is also very comfortable."

"Ever since I knew you were leaving Dongdu, I've been thinking about when you could come, but it dragged on for a whole winter." Without turning his head, the British prince directly picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, seemingly complaining, but his expression easy.

It seemed that he had already noticed the arrival of his daughter.

Zhang Shijing raised her head after realizing it, and also laughed when she abandoned her son on the spot: "It's a joke for niece Xian, that is, your father became a stay-at-home in Taiyuan, so I can be a hand-off palace envoy, otherwise I would have been impeached long ago."

"In this world, as long as you are three hundred miles away from Dongdu and Jiangdu, it is difficult to be impeached." Bai Yousi answered easily, with a pun. "What's more, there is still a river east of Dongdu, and there is a great master as a barrier."

"Have you gone to see Old Master Zhang?" Bai Hengqiu put down the tea bowl and asked seriously.

Zhang Shijing also restrained herself a little.

"It's not just Old Master Zhang." Bai Yousi's tone was flat, but his words were clear and forceful. "I also went to see my master and his old man, and I also went to Shu, and met the owner of the hut who is said to be the most likely to become the No. 12 great master. Went to the snowy mountains, and when I came back, I stopped by Old Master Zhang..."

At this point, Bai Yousi paused, and added: "Master Jin Ge is in good health, just like what Zhang Xing said."

"Uncle, his old man is naturally from generation to generation." Zhang Shijing smiled with her beard, said nothing, and just looked at her best friend.

The Duke of England did not mean to dismiss this close friend, but asked face to face: "What Zhang Sanlang means is that the sage repeatedly destroyed and abandoned the way of being a king, and finally simply abandoned the world and left, so that the world was full of chaos and the people were in dire straits, so The true qi is refilled, and the practitioners who are up and down are riding the wind again?"

"Yes." Bai Yousi asked his father seriously. "Does your father feel the same way?"

"Almost." The British prince answered frankly. "I'm also a nonchalant practitioner, and it's not too bad. How can I not notice it? The vitality of the world is in turmoil, and troubled times are about to rise. It's already true that dragons and snakes are fighting each other. Actually, I'm afraid you don't know it yet. As far as Zhang Sanlang and Li Shu's gang of dethroning dragons are concerned, there have already been several condensed pills. Looking at them individually, it's hard to say what they are, but looking at them together, they seem to be heroes who have risen in time. It's..."

"That's it, I'm afraid it's not enough." Bai You thought for a while, then shook his head on the spot. "The Dragon Clan will definitely be defeated, at least in the Eastern Realm..."

"How do you say it?" Bai Hengqiu came to see his daughter with great interest.

"For one thing, practitioners got up too late. Compared with the imperial court that has many masters and great masters, it is too far behind. When Xiong Bonan touches the realm of masters, even Cao Zhongcheng will work hard. ... It's not that the grand master can't be dealt with, and the grand master who left the tower has an opportunity to take advantage of it, but it's definitely not something that a few condensed pills and Chengdan can deal with. When it really came to a certain point, Zhongcheng abandoned the tower and flew over, with the army behind him Swing, press down with a palm in front, the only thing they can do is to scatter."

Bai Yousi answered frankly.

"Secondly, in terms of geography, although Dongjing occupies the word Dong, everyone knows that it is because Dongyi has never been unified, and it is actually in the world... This is like playing chess, without taking a role." We also have to occupy a side, so how can anyone come from the middle? Not to mention, Guanlong, Hebei, and Jiangdong, the hundreds of years of confrontation, have already formed a group, and they have the momentum of being the first to move."

"That's the reason." Zhang Shijing patted his thigh violently.

Bai Hengqiu also nodded, but asked with a smile: "Then have you told Zhang Sanlang about this truth?"

"No." Bai Yousi said something.

"It should be said." The British Duke sighed for a moment.

"There's no need to say it because Saburo told me these words." Bai Yousi smiled lightly.

Bai and Zhang were slightly taken aback.

Then Bai Hengqiu was the first to come back to his senses, and asked back: "Then do you know that he robbed the queen?"

"I found out on the way." Bai Yousi calmly narrated. "But he won't do anything to Zhonggong. It's more like using this as a cover-up to provoke Liangjun and act as a buffer."

"I also think he has something in mind." Bai Hengqiu continued to sigh. "Since that's the case, there's no need for him to be stuck in the mess in the Eastern Territory... Zhang Sanlang has intelligence and intelligence. He is somewhat similar to Zhang Shizhao, but his temperament is really not the same. Like Old Man Cao."

At this point, Bai Hengqiu sighed, and finally stood up: "San Niang, some words sound like clichés, but they are words from the heart of my father..."

"Isn't it natural for a father to say these things to his daughter?" Bai Yousi also walked out from the pillar. "But I don't know what the words are from the bottom of my heart?"

"I want to say that young people should not think too highly of themselves, especially of a person's role in the general situation." Bai Hengqiu also walked out of the pavilion with his hands behind his back, looking at his daughter with awe. "This is not just about ability or incompetence, but that some things, once you know it is difficult and wrong, you should avoid it at the beginning. Otherwise, if you plunge into it, you think you can get out in time, and you think you can step over it frankly. , but they are often bound by the situation, shaken by the people and things they have experienced. When the time comes, let’s not say that we can’t get out and suffer a crushing defeat.

At this point, the British Duke turned his head to look at the roof of the palace not far away, paused, and then added: "People's hearts are made of flesh, the past is gone forever, but the old man always pays attention... the general trend Under the circumstances, it seems that I have a choice, but there is often only one way to go to the end, which wastes people's energy in vain."

Zhang Shijing also sighed, as if thinking of something.

Bai Yousi was silent for a moment, then nodded, but he solemnly expressed his approval, but didn't ask any more questions... At her father's age, it would be strange if there were no old stories about his early years.

Especially the second son of a big family, who had no restraints when he was young and spent half his life wandering around. Only at the age of 27 or [-] did he have his eldest daughter. God knows if he can write a novel specifically.

"I'll talk to Saburo." A thought flashed through Bai Yousi's mind, and then he immediately returned to the topic. "It's father here, do you have an explanation?"

Zhang Shijing, who was still sitting in the pavilion, remained silent, but his eyes became sharper, just staring at his old friend.

But Bai Hengqiu flicked his sleeves, and asked seriously: "What does Sanniang want to explain to my father?"

"Is father going to rebel?" Bai Yousi didn't hide anything.

"I want to see the situation." Bai Hengqiu was equally frank.

Zhang Shijing in the pavilion behind him frowned slightly.

"What situation do you want to see?" Bai Yousi couldn't ask in time while holding the long sword. "Should I wait for my father to take that step and become a grand master, or wait for Cao Zhongcheng to be exhausted by the current situation and drain his blood? Or wait until Old Master Zhang or my master are disturbed by vulgar things and are willing to make a deal with you?"

"Anything is fine." Bai Hengqiu thought about it for a while, and agreed. "You don't think so?"

"It doesn't matter about this kind of thing." Bai Yousi was thoughtful, and then asked seriously. "The key is if father succeeds, what kind of world do you plan to establish?"

"Which aspect?" The British prince was puzzled for a moment.

"Follow the example of Great Wei and continue to control Guanlong to suppress Hebei and Jiangdong?" Bai Yousi asked seriously.

"It's natural." The British prince smiled. "Should I control Hebei to suppress Guanlong and Jiangdong? Or control Jiangdong to suppress Hebei and Guanlong?"

This seems like an obvious answer.

"Can't we treat everything as a whole?" Bai Yousi asked rhetorically.

"Difficult." Bai Hengqiu was speechless for a moment. "We are from a famous family in Guanlong, our surname is Bai, and our relatives and friends are all from the Guanlong family, and there are many talented people. Do we have to put the cart before the horse? And if we use Guanlong people to start an incident, once the incident is completed, we will be rewarded for the merits and rewards." , I have to give an explanation..."

Zhang Shijing frowned again.

"But what if people in Hebei and Jiangdong are not convinced?" Bai Yousi continued to ask.

"This is indeed a problem." The British prince did not evade. "It's not bad for you and Zhang Sanlang to win over some people from Hebei, but after all, Guan Long must be the main one...you can't put the cart before the horse."

Bai Yousi didn't care too much, but continued to ask: "Is it still the land grant system?"

"Naturally." The British Duke replied simply. "Some things, if nothing goes wrong, don't touch it."

Zhang Shijing frowned again and again.

"Father will be the emperor after this is done?" Bai Yousi suddenly changed the topic.

It was rare for the British prince to feel a little embarrassed.

Zhang Shijing also laughed.

"Then one day, when my father turns into a dragon and leaves, will I come to sit in the world?" Bai Yousi spoke lightly, as if he was asking something commonplace.

Zhang Shijing was stunned for a moment.

And Bai Hengqiu hesitated for a while, and finally stood outside the pavilion, and answered seriously: "If your younger brothers dare to fight with you, I'm afraid they won't even be able to save their lives... But Sanniang, since we're done talking today Now that this is up, my father also wants to ask, if you become an empress, what are you going to do?"

"I want Saburo to be the prime minister..." Bai Yousi was thoughtful.

"If you let him be the queen, you can do anything in the harem...just don't use Zhang as your son's surname." The British Duke laughed.

"Specifically, I want him to do some of the things he said, such as the abolition of slavery..." Bai Yousi continued. "For example, try to kill all the real dragons in the world, and return to the common people; another example is to let everyone in the world practice, and grant land with cultivation; then expand the imperial examination, and use civil and military subjects to select scholars and officials; or unify the world, Conquering Dongyi again...what does father think?"

There was no celestial warning, the wind was light and the clouds were calm, and the back garden was quiet. However, the British Duke was stunned for a moment, but he didn't react for a while.

But Zhang Shijing, who was sitting withered in the pavilion behind him, reacted a little more—after a while, as he turned to look at the father and daughter, his sleeves directly messed up the chess pieces.

There was a crash.

Bai Hengqiu was silent for a few more breaths before slowly replying: "When I was young, I also had a lot of thoughts."

"What happened next?" Bai Yousi looked curious.

"Later, when I got old, I became more pragmatic." The British Duke replied earnestly. "Sisi... at your age, it's okay to have any ideas, and I'm not going to persuade you, because in the future, there will be people and things to spend time with you anyway. Make preparations, even if you have ideas, you must promise me and cooperate with my general plan... Zhang Xing has to do the same."

Bai Yousi did not reply directly, but calmly gave the words he had prepared long ago: "The Grand Master is a tower of determination, so unless Master Zhang and Master give father permission, then Uncle Cao will not fall for a day. After all, father can't play a rough situation, can he?"

"Yes." The British Duke simply responded.

"Then I'm going to go to the Sea of ​​​​Bitterness first, and then turn around to find Zhang Xing... I made an appointment with him to go to Dongyi, Beihuang, Nanling, and even the second Yaozu Island. Take a walk and have a look at the scenery , I also want to see the great governor of Dongyi, the old lady of Nanling, the island owner of Beiyao Island, the chief minister of Beidi Heishui, and even the demeanor of the retired leader of True Fire Sect " Bai Yousi blurted out.

The British Duke was silent for a while, and seriously reminded: "If this is the case, you must do it, but if you come late, I am afraid that you will have to spend a lot of effort if you want to convince the public in the future. Moreover, Cheng Dan is fine, you can touch the master. For sake, if you want to benefit again, you have to go back to the army and the mansion to do something...Since ancient times, there have only been knights who have condensed pills, and there are no knights who are masters."

"My child understands." Bai Yousi nodded, his expression normal.

Then, she jumped out of thin air and disappeared into the backyard.

Bai Hengqiu stood there without saying a word for a long time, Zhang Shijing behind him wanted to speak for a few times, but finally fell silent, as if he had some concerns.

Bai Yousi left simply, but felt a little depressed in his heart.

This is not to say that her father's performance is too bad, nor does it mean that there is any estrangement between the father and daughter, and there is an insurmountable rift, but that she has noticed that her father does not take her seriously, and she will express it clearly in the follow-up After that, it was obviously a little more perfunctory.

The truth is of course those truths, I always feel a little insincere.

If I have to say something, this father is used to playing chess and being a father, which makes people unconvinced... Of course, he is his father in the first place.

Bai Yousi was not a fairy, he said he wanted to leave, he ate dinner in the Liushou mansion, rested overnight, and the next morning, he rode out of the city and headed north.

In fact, she also accepted a commission from Zhang Xing during her trip. The other party wanted her to come and see how the situation in the northern part of Jindi was after the siege of Yunnei.

However, in just a few days, just after passing Loufan Pass for twenty miles, Bai Yousi met someone who robbed him in broad daylight.

It wasn't to rob her, the robbers who could rob Miss Bai haven't been born these days, but a group of ragged civilian refugees robbed a group of tall and powerful gangsters.

"We are the inspectors of Hong. The military affairs of the five counties east of Jing'an Taihe River are inspected, and Boss Hong of the Breaking Wave Saber is recognized by the left-behind mansion! This side should also know his name!"

There were about seven or eight people in that group of gangsters, everyone had horses and leather armor. They were stopped at this time, but they didn't get angry. Instead, they were a little irritable. The leader with a big beard actually took the initiative to sign up and tried to reconcile, which seems to be common. This scene is normal.

"Boss Hong, we naturally know, but it's all over. Even if Bai Liushou's own daughter comes over, we have to rob..." The civilian refugees in front of the horse did not back down, but clenched their hands spears, wooden forks and fishing nets. "Hand over all the food, or we'll see blood! You're dead, right here, take whatever you want, don't be arrogant!"

The bearded leader of the group of tycoons hesitated for a moment, and answered seriously: "We will share half of you, and keep some dry food and mounts for ourselves... Boss Hong asked us to go to the north to see the situation in Yunnei. , usually there is a pass, let's not kill each other."

The refugees below had a discussion, and the older one in the lead nodded. The two sides actually reached a deal.

After watching this scene on one side of the mountain, Bai Yousi turned around and came to the road, got on his horse, and after a little volley, he galloped like an empty saddle.

Seeing Yiqi coming again from a distance, those refugees and robbers hurriedly closed the clips, trying to stop them again.

Unexpectedly, after a distance of hundreds of steps, the woman on the horse suddenly swung her sword towards one side of the mountain. Before the sword was sheathed, it was already flying in the air, revealing a four or five feet wide sword light of true energy, a very standard glow The true energy hit the loess mountain directly, making smoke and dust billowing, sand and stones falling down, and the refugees were stunned and did not dare to move.

And one person and one horse came to the front, and with another sword, they easily broke through the wooden obstacle and galloped straight past.

In a short while, Bai Yousi caught up with the group of high-ranking guests, swung his third sword towards the field next to him, Qi Baqi immediately stopped obediently by the side of the road, and even got off his horse and stood on his side.

"I'll ask, you guys will answer." Bai Yousi immediately asked, and then went straight to Lu Nuzui. "Why are there so many refugees? And robbing them on the road? Is northern Shanxi still in such a mess?"

"To tell you the truth, after the arrival of the Wu people, northern Shanxi has indeed been in chaos. Because of this, spring plowing was delayed last year. Spring plowing was delayed, and there was not enough food. Naturally, there were refugees who abandoned their homes to look for food. , and then even more chaos." The bearded leader replied simply. "This year's spring plowing is even worse, and it is estimated that there will be more chaos in the future."

"Did the imperial court release food?"

"No……"

"why?"

"Where did the heroine ask why?"

"I asked why there was no food?"

"I'm afraid there is not much food in Mayi County, so the government is unwilling to release it, and dare not release it; there is military food in Dingxiang, and the food is also scarce, let alone release it..."

"No rich food?" Bai Yousi was puzzled.

"There are Taiyuan and Fenyang Palaces, and there are also Hedong." The bearded leader pointed to the front and the back respectively. "Jinzhong and Jinnan are all good, and Youzhou is also good."

Bai Yousi froze suddenly.

After a while, she slowly asked: "Then why don't Taiyuan and Fenyang Palace be released? Taiyuan is under current management, right? Fenyang Palace is the closest?"

"From a logical point of view, it should be because Fenyang Palace is a temporary palace and Taiyuan is the accompanying capital, so I dare not let it go. Not only did I not dare to let it go, but I also closed the checkpoint to prevent refugees from passing..."

"Is this the British Duke, that is, the military order of Bai Liushou?" Bai Yousi squinted his eyes and asked.

"Yes... But before Bai Liushou came, he still didn't dare to let him go, and no one let him go. The road was blocked long ago, it was blocked here, and Youzhou was also blocked there, and he even killed people... Listen to my big brother Hong, It’s Taiyuan’s Polang Dao, Hong Changyahong, who inspected and said that the imperial court has been governed by this rule since the first emperor, and if something goes wrong, send a large army to lock up the place and let people fend for themselves... The British Duke will follow the old rules at best.” Unexpectedly, the bearded leader actually defended the British government. "Taiyuan was originally a mess, and the British government cleaned it up. It was too messy in the north, and there was no way to clean it up, so it had to be locked up like this. It is said that the trouble was caused by the emperor's escape, and the emperor's uncle in Dongdu was suspicious again. Temperament, the British Duke dare not make decisions on his own."

Bai Yousi nodded, expressionless, and continued to ask: "What are you doing here?"

"I'm not afraid of the heroine's jokes." The bearded leader was a little embarrassed. "Actually, Boss Hong didn't send us here to do something, but I came here under his name without authorization... Mainly because when the winter was the coldest last year, there was chaos in the cloud, and we also did robbery here The bandits in the army, I was a little fussy... I just wanted to come over and see if there were any particularly difficult heroes, and bring them back to the south."

Bai Yousi nodded again, then drew out his sword, and lit up the inscription on the sword, the word Yitian could be clearly seen.

The bearded leader suddenly felt guilty.

"Let Hong Changya take someone to Fenyang Palace and tell him that Yitianjian Bai Yousi will be there later." After saying that, the female knight abandoned her horse without saying a word, and turned back on the way back and forth.

One day later, at night, Taiyuan stayed in the mansion, under the three-glorious golden pillar, the British Gong Bai Hengqiu was playing chess alone again, but suddenly he stopped playing chess, turned his head and looked towards the north where his vision was completely blocked , Then put your hands away, sit there and wait.

Sure enough, in a short while, his eldest daughter appeared in front of him again.

"What's the matter?" the British Duke inevitably asked in surprise. "Don't you want to be a hero? Why do you go and come back?"

"I forgot to ask my father a question." Bai Yousi sighed, stopped at the threshold, and leaned against the door frame with his long sword in his arms. "If you want to achieve great things, you should win people's hearts, right?"

"Yes." Bai Hengqiu nodded without hesitation.

"Zhang Xing has a saying called 'everything, people-oriented'... Does father think it makes sense?" Bai Yousi continued to ask.

"Yes." The British Duke couldn't hide his emotion for a while. "Yes... There is a reason. Zhang Sanlang likes to pretend to be terrified. In fact, they are all old sayings, and they are said in a different way."

"That's good," Bai Yousi nodded and continued to ask. "Dare to ask father, no matter what the saying is, who is considered a person? Only the Guanlong clan is considered a person? Or only the useful person is considered a person?"

Bai Hengqiu wanted to speak immediately, but soon he realized that his daughter went to the sea of ​​suffering and turned back so quickly, where did he see something.

This made him hesitate.

Sure enough, seeing his father's hesitation, Bai Yousi unceremoniously revealed the truth: "I want to ask, are ordinary people in northern Shanxi counted as human beings? Are they counted as capital?"

"Of course the people in northern Shanxi are human beings, but I don't want to be unconventional and stand out from the crowd." The British official answered carefully. "Just doing it according to the old rules."

"In the old days, it was the rule to eat people, so did my father?" Bai Yousi asked with a frown. "Big Wei loses people's hearts because of this, father knows this, or is he acting like this?"

"If you want to do great things, you should care about it... Where is it that I cannibalize people?"

"So father still thinks that those people in northern Shanxi are not human?" Bai Yousi suddenly laughed. "Even if my father originally thought that this kind of behavior would lose the hearts of the Great Wei, and even had the strategy of sitting on the sidelines and watching the chaos in the north of Shanxi, taking the opportunity to support the sick, and even building high walls and accumulating food, but he did it like this. Do you still not treat people as people?"

Bai Hengqiu was silent for a while, and then slowly responded after a while: "Sisi, you are so angry now, no matter how you think it's me being perfunctory... But I still have to say, some things are really difficult... just As for the food problem, you can still use the food from Fenyang Palace to rescue the turmoil in northern Shanxi this year, but next year the whole world will be short of food, so you should be able to think of it, what will you use to save it?"

"I just don't want to see my father being a man of the jungle." Bai Yousi also put away his smile and spoke seriously. "When I came, I had already distributed food in Fenyang Palace in your name."

"It can't be so fast." Bai Hengqiu looked at his daughter seriously. "You should have come back and questioned me when you saw the lack of food in Jinbei on the way..."

"Father can think of and predict everything, but he is unwilling to do some things." Bai Yousi shook his head expressionlessly. "But it doesn't matter, I'm going to Fenyang Palace now... Will father stop me?"

Bai Hengqiu stared blankly at his daughter, let out a long breath, and then responded seriously: "Sisi, the world is in chaos, it is a foregone conclusion, it may take ten or twenty years of chaos to reset the world, during this period, it is doomed There will be many deaths and injuries, and you will be doomed to have no eyes. You will not be able to save many so-called innocent people. Not only that, but if you have not been able to change your mind and harden your heart, you will be burdened by it, and it will be difficult to achieve great things. When the time comes, with your aptitude, It will only make the troubled world more chaotic in vain."

Bai Yousi nodded: "What father said seems to make sense, but forgive me for not being able to change it today!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the other party's response, the female knight turned around, took the long sword, and strode out instead of jumping into the air.

Bai Hengqiu watched his daughter go out step by step, never moving, and waited for a long time for her daughter to disappear, but suddenly remembered a face, thinking that it was that thief who led his good daughter away, couldn't help trembling on the spot , directly lifted the chessboard from the air.

Under the three-hui golden pillar, black and white fell all over the ground.

Poetry:

In the middle of the Qin Dynasty, the clouds and twilight covered Huangzhou with heavy snow.

Those who retreat from the court in the snow, Zhu Zi is the prince.

Drinking for pleasure during the day and no rest in the middle of the night.

Unexpectedly, there are prisoners frozen to death in the prison of Yan Township.

PS: Warmly celebrate the 25th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong plus one day!Thank you very much for the tea and lychees from the humble master.

(End of this chapter)