The rise of the prince

Chapter 832 The woman at home + the woman's thoughts

The north wind blows the ground and the white grass turns, and Hu Tian snows in August.

The winter in the north came earlier, and the army went all the way south, but ran past the season, and after entering the border of Bazhou, it was obvious that the weather was getting warmer.

In September, the harsh winter in the south has not yet arrived, and the temperature drop is still lukewarm. The few who can notice the change are mostly early-rising hawkers.

Quiet, peaceful, and prosperous, it can be said that living in China (the country of the Central Plains) in the twelfth century was happy.

At the same time, other famous big cities in the world, like London, had a population of less than 5, and most of them were struggling with hunger and cold.

At the same time, the first Kaiyuan was already a large city with a population of 100 million, covering an area equivalent to a western district of Beijing in later generations.

There are no wars everywhere, prosperity and prosperity, no curfew, loose business management, loose laws, and very few prisoners are executed every year.

On the entire earth, there is no other place that is so prosperous, it is simply a beacon of civilization.

But this happiness is also dangerous.

Surrounded by enemies, after the emperor sold Yanyun sixteen prefectures, there was no danger in the north. The location of the capital made it possible for the enemy to bypass all the fortresses and kill the capital. Although the capital is surrounded by natural dangers, But now it is in the Little Ice Age, every winter the queen will freeze, and the ice is so strong that you can run a horse casually
Fortunately, now Li Xingzhou has solved part of the danger, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in the north have been taken back, and there are even stronger Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, Juyongguan, Datong Prefecture and other places.

But there are not many dangers left.
Li Xingzhou was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese Army, which was very large and could easily accommodate dozens of people. When he came here, he hated the slow and inconvenient movements, so he rode horses most of the time.

In fact, riding a horse is very tiring, a bit like riding a tractor on the bumpy roads in the countryside in later generations. The bumps are fine for a short time, but most people can't bear it for a long time.

Elderly people can't bear it at all, and the monthly march can wear down many people's bodies.

Like Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, the hero of a generation, died young, which made countless people sigh. If he hadn't died early, the Liao Kingdom would not be so arrogant, and the Sixteen States of Yanyun might have taken it back long ago.After all, he once broke through the Liao Kingdom in the north, conquered three passes and three states, and he also won consecutive battles against other countries.

Historians speculate that the main reason for his inability to carry his body is that he has been fighting in the north and south all the year round, and every time he has to go to the army to fight in person.

Zhongjun Xingyuan is not only the name of the central command organization of the army, but also specifically refers to the carriage. The carriage of the commander's office is much larger than the ordinary carriage, and the interior is equivalent to a small mobile house. Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.

If it is the emperor's personal conquest, it will be more particular.

This is still limited to road problems, if it is more exaggerated on the grassland.

For example, during Temujin’s expedition, the Xingyuan was directly the golden-roofed tent, which required dozens of horses to walk, and the inside was a miniature version of the palace, which could be enjoyed along the way with concubines and concubines.

When Li Xingzhou went north, he felt that his central army was too bulky and troublesome, so most of the time he rode on Meixue. adventure.

Now that he is triumphant, he naturally doesn't have to rush as much as when he went north. It is better to be comfortable in his exclusive camp than to ride a horse, and he is accompanied by a beautiful woman like Pu Chaling. mean.

Li Xingzhou glanced at the honest woman beside him, but his eyes were full of unwillingness, and he put his arms around her slender waist with a smirk: "Let me tell you a joke."

Pu Chaling did not dare to disobey, and nodded obediently. Li Xingzhou has been asking the maid who serves her to teach her to speak Chinese in the past few days. She already has a foundation and learns it quickly.

"It is said that there are three old men who are over a hundred years old discussing the secret of longevity together," Li Xingzhou said.

"Over a hundred years old? That's not an old fairy." Pu Chaling interrupted.

"Basically, then you will be three old gods discussing how to live a long life." He smiled, and Pu Chaling, who was somewhat resistant, also became interested. Appeal.

"The first person said, I live to be a hundred years old, because I laugh a lot."

"The second person said, I live to be a hundred years old because I like teleportation."

Pu Chaling listened curiously, but looked forward instead of him.

Seeing him not talking for a long time, she finally spoke: "What about the third one?"

Li Xingzhou chuckled: "The third one was full of embarrassment and whispered that I can live to be a hundred years old because my wife is ugly."

Pu Chaling didn't react at first, her pretty face was full of doubts, but after she reacted, her snow-white neck instantly turned pink, and subconsciously hit him angrily, and then realized that such an action was inappropriate from her standpoint, she was at a loss for what to do.

Li Xingzhou didn't care about it, sometimes he would tell some colorful jokes beforehand just to brighten the atmosphere, and he had already pulled Pu Chaling into his arms while talking about it.

"Oh, it seems that my life is going to be shortened." He said maliciously and looked down the gap of his collar.

Pu Chaling was helpless, ashamed and angry, and felt that he was ignorant.

The more powerful a person is, the more he is afraid of death, and the more he is in a high position, the more taboo he is to say that he is not dead.
But soon, she couldn't think anymore, and her mind became a mess.

Afterwards, Li Xingzhou leaned on Pu Chaling's smooth and white legs and suddenly wanted to smoke a cigarette.

The battle ahead has come to an end, it's time to think about the rear.

Jing Guo still has a lot of problems for him to solve.

But you can take a break for a while and wait until the next year to think about it.

The question to be considered at the moment is how to appease the women in the family.

Li Xingzhou thinks about it and feels that his life will be shortened in the future. Alas, who can understand this pain?

People say that when people reach middle age, they have to soak goji berries in a thermos.He's not yet middle-aged yet, so he's starting to think about whether he should order goji berries and ginseng to prevent problems before they happen.

Qiuyue and Yue'er have served him since childhood, and the two little girls have always centered on him. In their hearts, whatever they do is right, they don't care about outsiders or outside judgments.

So the two cute little girls can rest assured.

Yelu Yali can be regarded as a completely political marriage, and she shouldn't have too many opinions on this.

He Qian might complain directly to him, but complaints are complaints, she has always been straightforward, as long as she coaxes things well, the matter will pass.

The hardest part is Shiyu and Gillian.

A-Jiao seems to be gentle-tempered, well-educated, and she would rather be wronged than to speak out because of him, so she definitely won't say it directly, but there will definitely be small grievances.

I have a small temper in my heart, but I don't speak out for his sake. The best way is to prepare a small surprise, and then talk about it, and coax it well.

As for what would be a surprise for a talented girl like Gillian, it would naturally be a good poem or a good word. He had already started to search in his mind which love poem could coax Gillian well.

The poetic language is Xiao Aojiao, if you don’t say it, you must have a bad face, and you will show it directly, but it is difficult to deal with such a girl, and it is easy to say, as long as you understand that her Aojiao actually cares about yourself , follow this line of thought, say more pleasant words, don't feel nauseous, as long as you are thick-skinned enough, you can coax it well.

As for Qifang, he must be eccentric, the most difficult thing to deal with, why do you think of Fang?she is not her own woman
Li Xingzhou shook his head, driving those far-fetched thoughts out of his head, Kaiyuan is still far away.

The time to go back was not as urgent as when we came back. The army marched slowly, and the people from all the prefectures lined the road to welcome them, and the officials went out of the city to welcome the army.

And Li Xingzhou's reputation has reached an unprecedented height, which can be seen from the enthusiastic attitude of the people everywhere.

He also felt Pu Chaling's subconscious estrangement. Although she is always obedient under threats, but at night when he wants to get close, she will always feel a little uncomfortable, and she has to wake up at night, which is obviously resistance. .

So Li Xingzhou showed mercy and told her some ghost stories from Liaozhai during the day.

Pu Chaling was naive and didn't know what the intention was, and she was very curious about these bizarre ghost stories, so she listened carefully.

"In Jingguo, there is a place called Yangxin County. There is Caidian Village five or six miles outside the county seat. There is an old man in the village. The father and son opened a shop on the side of the road to let passing tourists stay.

Usually there are coachmen who haul things back and forth to make money, and they often live in his house.

One evening, four people came to stay in the store, but the old man's store was already full.

The four of them thought they had no other place to go, so they insisted on asking to stay.The old man Shen had no choice but to think of a place, but he was afraid that the guests would not be satisfied.

The guest said: "As long as there is a place with tiles to settle down, how dare you pick and choose."

It turned out that the old man's daughter-in-law had just died, and the corpse was parked in the house, and the son had gone out to buy a coffin and hadn't returned yet.The old man thinks that the house where the spirit bed is placed is very quiet, and he can let them stay overnight."

Li Xingzhou was talking about a story in Liaozhai called "Corpse Transformation". Even though he read it in classical Chinese when he was a child, his half-knowledge scared him half to death.

Pu Chaling didn't dare to catch her breath when she heard it, and was frightened to scream from time to time.

But this is just the beginning, the desired effect will be manifested at night.

Sure enough, when the army camped outside Yizhou City that night, Pu Chaling, who had been looking for excuses for the past few days, pulled his sleeve pitifully and begged him to stay, she dared not spend the night alone.

Li Xingzhou clicked his lips and teased with a smirk: "Master didn't want to, but you asked so actively, I can't refuse, who told me to be kind.

Well, if you beg me, I'll stay. "

Pu Chaling was so ashamed and annoyed, her face was blushing and she bit her lip without saying a word.

Knowing that she can't save face, Li Xingzhou is not a bad person, so he made a condition: "It's okay to stay, you have to take the initiative and be on top."

Life is so beautiful, calculating Jin Guo can bring him a great sense of accomplishment, and calculating the little girl is the same.

Pu Chaling was deeply entangled. On the one hand, she was very curious about the novel stories Li Xingzhou told, and on the other hand, she would be too scared to sleep alone at night after hearing it, curled up in Li Xingzhou's broad chest, and leaned against him to sleep peacefully.

It seems to be in a dilemma again, but people will always give herself a step down. In the end, she felt that it was not because she was not reserved enough, not firm enough, but because Li Xingzhou was too hateful, cunning and insidious, which made her unknowingly tricked and unable to parry .

As the army moved southward, it was getting closer and closer to the prosperous area of ​​Jingguo. The villages, towns and cities outside the window were getting bigger and more stylish every day.

Pu Chaling also looked out of the car window curiously. The unexpected prosperity of Jingguo opened her eyes, and the numerous villages and towns made her dizzy.

Pu Chaling seldom went out along the way. Even if she stayed overnight in the city, she tried to live in the camp of the Chinese army as much as possible. When she had to go out, she would try her best to wear a veil so that no one would recognize her.

Although Li Xingzhou was one of the most powerful people in the world at this time, she didn't feel that what happened to her was anything glorious.

The image of Li Xingzhou in her heart is also becoming more and more perfect. Many of her previous imaginations are false, such as five big and three thick, green face and fangs, who can eat children.

But there are also many truths, such as tall and mighty, outstanding force, murderous, bad temper, cold and ruthless
On the way from Huizhou to Zhongxing Mansion, she saw with her own eyes a large hill of heads piled up, just like the rumors, those were soldiers executed by Li Zhou.

Afterwards, because of her dedicated service, the villain finally agreed to her meeting with his younger sister. The two cried together, and Pu Chaling felt a little better when they learned that they had not been humiliated or abused in the prisoner-of-war camp.

But her sister's reaction made her sad.

After learning about her experience, the younger sister was not ashamed, instead she held her hand tightly like a life-saving straw, begging her to please Li Xingzhou, so that they could all survive, and said that Li Xingzhou is the most powerful person in the world today, please please He can get riches and glory.

Pu Chaling was very angry, but she didn't say anything face to face, but she felt a little more disappointed in her heart, and felt even more lonely
Everywhere they went, people would see them off. Li Xingzhou rode a horse across the city, proud of the spring breeze. He waved his hands, and the people in all directions would shout in response, and there were fiery gazes of admiration everywhere.

He is so good at fighting, and he has made great achievements. I am afraid that no one in the world would dare to face this young man's fighting spirit. Pu Chaling thought to herself, but this is the most difficult thing for her to let go of.

His feats, those reverences, were forged with the blood of her people.

In her eyes, no matter how good Li Xingzhou is, he is a butcher, an executioner, and a villain, but in the eyes of Jing Guo people, he is a hero, a hero.

So no matter how much she had to serve that wicked man, she kept telling herself that he was an enemy, an enemy!
The villain Li Xingzhou always used all kinds of tricks to beat her to death. She had no room to resist, and the opponent's methods were terrifying.

That villain was so bad, he threatened her relatives, threatened to send her back, told stories to frighten her, every time he bullied her so that she was powerless to fight back, and did all kinds of shameful and despicable things.

Seeing that face with a smirk, she couldn't help but tremble.After getting along for so many days, even if she didn't want to, she had to admit that Li Xingzhou was full of a charm that she had never seen before.

The soldiers were willing to die for him, the generals were centered on him, and she didn't understand what a woman is until she was captured
But even if there was a little wavering, she could always remind herself of her position in time. She was not a heartless person, unable to forget everything and live in a daze.

The scenery outside the window is getting more and more prosperous, more and more things that she has never seen before, the surrounding buildings, the towns stretching for more than ten miles, the people coming and going with smiles on their faces, living and working in peace and contentment, a scene that is unimaginable on the northern snowfields and grasslands .

She longed for such a place in her heart. When Emperor Taizu led them to fight westward from the snowy plains in eastern Liaodong, the main reason was that the snowy plains were bitterly cold and difficult to survive. want to have.

It's a pity that those dreams were ruined by Li Xingzhou.

At this moment, the villain lifted the curtain of the car and crawled in, and she subconsciously moved back.

"Do you want to go down for a walk, and be careful of getting sick every day when you are bored in the car." He asked.

"No!" Pu Chaling immediately replied in Chinese, she felt very ashamed, she didn't want to meet anyone, as the Queen of the Kingdom of Jin, she was reduced to such a fate, she was like a plaything.

She has dignity despite her compulsion.

The other party didn't force it, but just stretched out his hand to signal her to sit over.

Pu Chaling was unwilling to let him manipulate her, but she had to do so, otherwise she didn't know what kind of dirty tricks he would use to deal with her.

Li Xingzhou put his arms around her waist, and smiled maliciously: "You were so kind last night, didn't you call me a husband very nicely, why did you turn your face at dawn, women are really fickle."

Pu Chaling blushed instantly and argued, "You forced me to! You taught me how to bark!"

"Whoever shivered and told me not to leave, you must make it clear that I am so clean and self-sufficient, so don't slander people's innocence out of thin air."

"You..." Pu Chaling found that she couldn't tell no matter what, obviously he told the story first to scare himself, and when he closed his eyes at night, he saw the horrible ghosts he had mentioned, and he didn't dare to fall asleep alone.

He laughed out loud, and stopped talking.

"Now we have entered the boundary of Ningjiang Mansion, which is one of the few big mansions in our country, and there are few wealthy mansions in the north." Li Xingzhou introduced.

As he said that, he clenched his hands tightly, "I know your knot, but it's unnecessary."

(End of this chapter)