Qingchuan History

Chapter 804 The Emperor's Family

With the huge box lying across his chest, he couldn't see the way.Chunfeng quickly stepped forward and went to the residence together according to his dictation.

"This town is called Huama Town. Your Highness is currently in the easternmost road city." While walking, Ji Qi began to introduce.

"I know." Chunfeng nodded.

The northern border is the longest, with a total of five important towns, called Qibei Wubian.The defense system of each important city is divided into four levels: Town City, Road City, Acropolis, and Fort City—this is also the setting after Gu Xinglang ascended the throne, at the same time as the reorganization of the Imperial Army.

"Your Highness entered the barracks not much later than I did, so I came here this time to do my homework." Ji Qifang responded, "In short, Your Highness has doubts. If you ask anytime, I will answer as much as possible. There are still [-] original troops stationed in this city. , I will bring His Highness to meet his general later."

Heiyunqi currently has a total of [-], which of course cannot meet the needs of a road city.Before departure, Gu Xinglang gave an explanation, and said:
I wanted to arrange for you to go to Xuanfu Town, so I can take care of you with acquaintances.But since it is for experience, staying with acquaintances will drag each other down.

At that time, she was about to leave, and she didn't have time to ask and couldn't remember which acquaintance she was.Looking at it now, of course it was Ji Qi, this kid came from the westernmost road city in Xuanfu Town.

Presumably, in Gu Xinglang's impression, she and Ji have always been fighting each other like they bicker when they meet, and fight if they disagree.

She laughed silently, and the two had arrived in front of the residence.The door is pushed open, the room is clean and simple, but the windows are bright and clean.

"You won't give me the best house, will you?"

She stepped in and motioned Ji Qi to find a place to put the box.

Ji Qi seemed to have already thought about where to put it, so he went straight to put it, and replied, "It's the second best."

Seeing his accurate answers and his familiarity with the house, Chunfeng became more confident: "Who did you choose?"

Ji Qifang realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and bowed his head, "The minister is overstepping. Because His Royal Highness is coming, the men in the city don't know how to prepare, so they come to find the minister. His Highness is familiar with the minister." very,

"I want you to come here and choose at least one room for Your Highness. General Tan, who is the guard of the headquarters, originally wanted to reserve the best room for His Highness, but I said that His Highness has come to practice with all his heart, and he has not made any meritorious deeds or been formally appointed as a general." , definitely don’t want to show off, let alone live in the best house to show your dignity, so I suggested this one.”

Since we met, he has been very polite and especially talked about "His Royal Highness and ministers", Chunfeng has accepted everything according to the order, and now hearing that he is eloquent and there is no one around, he finally couldn't help laughing and said:
"You know me very well! 20 years of friendship is not in vain."

With that said, she walked over and patted him on the shoulder proudly.

The two of them used to be like this before, it was so common that it was like clapping your left hand with your right hand, but Ji Qi seemed to be on fire, his shoulders burned suddenly, and he dodged to dodge, "Your Highness." After standing still, he finished speaking,

"inappropriate."

Chunfeng blinked, "You don't have to do this."

This guy has changed his face since his father became an official. Before he went to the north, he was only a sign, but now he is even more reserved.

"This is in the army." Ji Qi explained in a sullen voice.

Chunfeng raised his eyebrows: "Don't soldiers drink and punch each other and slap each other's shoulders?"

Ji Qi raised his eyes: "His Royal Highness plans to drink with the soldiers, punch and pat each other on the shoulder?"

Gu Chunfeng looked at his appearance of seeing a ghost, the more funny he felt, but his expression became serious, "Since I joined the army and came to the frontier camp, I not only want to let go of the dignity of the princess, but also put aside the coquettishness of my daughter."

Seeing that Ji Qi's expression became more and more wrong with these words, she smiled:
"But don't worry, you won't really drink and play games with the soldiers. At most, you will pat each other on the shoulders when you are fighting or fighting side by side. That is also an act of friendship when the time comes." Saying this, looking out the door,
"So many girls entered the military camp for the first time. My sister-in-law said that I must proceed step by step."

Ji Qi breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty has also promulgated new regulations, all of which are for the protection of Heiyunqi; the five borders of Qibei are strictly governed, Your Highness can relax. As for patting the shoulders,"

Chunfeng didn't expect him to be concerned about this matter, so he couldn't make it through, he couldn't laugh or cry.

"There are many ways to express the friendship of comrades, not necessarily, physical touch." After he said this, his neck was a little red, because his skin had turned black after hundreds of days of guarding the border, it was hard to tell.

"Okay, I got it, I just don't take pictures! Would you like to see what's in the box, if you can use it, take some out first?"

The daily expenses, medicinal materials and supplements in that box are all precious and dazzling.

Ji Qi frowned again, he couldn't complain about his sister-in-law's generosity in front of Chunfeng, so he took out a lot and didn't know what to do, and finally decided to distribute it to the soldiers on this side and his own side.

There are some clothes on the bottom floor.

There are new ones and some old ones, one of which was a pale blue color, Chunfeng recognized it at a glance, stretched out his hand to pick it up, and said with a smile: "I also brought this one!"

He often wears this one, even she often sees it, so the eldest sister naturally thinks it is something he likes to wear, so she puts it in the box and sends it thousands of miles away.

Ji Qi snatched the clothes back, and said: "The material is really good, the more you wash it, the softer it becomes, and it's comfortable to wear next to your body; the thickness is also moderate, and you can wear it for three seasons."

I picked it myself, and Chunfeng was quite proud: "15 taels of silver is not in vain!"

At that time, I actually bought two pieces for 15 taels of silver, and the other was her dress.

Ji Qi's heart moved slightly, and Chunfeng turned around to open the box, and immediately took out a handful of light yellow, "Here, I brought it too!"

The goose yellow is newer than the cyan blue, probably because she is in the camp when she is not in the palace, and she rarely wears it; and he obviously wears it often, but he didn't bring it when he went north, and he didn't bring it on purpose.

But it was still sent by Chunyue.

"Will you wear armor when you go on patrol tomorrow?"

Ji Qi came back to his senses: "Don't bring it, just wear the weapon. It's just a parade, and go into battle lightly."

Chunfeng nodded: "Then I just wear this." Ruan Xueyin said that since she has joined the army as a woman, she doesn't need to deliberately conceal her features. Normally, she can wear a skirt if she wants to, "You too, so I wear your heavenly dress." The most comfortable robe on earth!"

On the second day when he got ready to set off, Ji Qi stared at the blue dress for a long time, picked it up and put it down again, put on another brand new one and took it off again, and finally put it on.

Going out of the room and waiting in line with all the soldiers, the pale yellow Gu Chunfeng soon appeared in the same warm yellow morning light. Behind him were nearly [-] girls, majestic and radiant, and directly drove the fifty soldiers in his team and the entire road city to this place. The soldiers on duty at that time were dumbfounded.

"Let's go!"

Chunfeng and Ji Qi saw the military salute, and then saluted the soldiers behind them.The female soldiers bowed their hands together to salute, so that the male soldiers also bowed their hands, and they were a little nervous.

The team left Lucheng and started westward. The prosperity of Huama Town exceeded Chunfeng's expectations.

In the past, chasing and burying Ah Mi, and then going to Fengting Pass, where disputes arose among the Three Kingdoms, she crossed the border at least twice.But I have never seen any border town so lively, and its houses seem to be more elegant than other places.

"It is indeed the most prosperous place among the five sides of Qibei. Taking advantage of the location, business is especially prosperous." Ji Qi wants to lead the way, and he is nearby.

Chunfeng looked at the street scene from a distance, "Business is booming, so there must be a lot of Wei people here?"

"A lot. Many of the Wei people who moved to Qibei these years originally made a living here."

"Moving to Qibei, that means returning to Qi?"

"That's right. I've been guarding the border for nearly a year, and I've also interacted with many people from Wei, many of whom plan to settle in Daqi." Ji Qi also looked at the distant market, "The whole Qingchuan, the farther south you go, the more abundant the water and soil, the possibility of living and working in peace and contentment is far better. Northland. In fact, ordinary people don’t care who is in charge, what they care about is where they can live better.”

Chunfeng was quite inspired, and said for a long time: "This is also the confidence of Brother Jiu to insist on completing the reunification through peaceful methods. I am Daqi, and I have a good land and a good foundation."

"It's also the reason why other countries want to conquer." Ji Qi said softly.

Chunfeng was silent for a moment: "Yes. They all want to snatch the good mountains and rivers and become kings themselves."

During the conversation, the team gradually drifted away, leaving the town, and driving into the edge of the vast and uninhabited border.Chunfeng looked around all the way, trying to make full use of the trip deliberately arranged by his brother, and get acquainted with the whole northern territory as soon as possible.Ji Qi should have been ordered by the emperor, and he has really worked hard for a year and has made great progress. He explained everything along the way, and everything was fine.

When passing through a pass, Chunfeng noticed the small path in the middle, and went straight to the depths, and couldn't help poking his neck to look.

Ji Qi noticed it, but didn't stop until Chunfeng reined in and said:
"What's in there?"

"A place where prisoners are exiled to serve their sentences."

Chunfeng was startled.It's not like he hasn't seen it all the way, but the expression on his face when he answered made people ask: "What exactly?"

"Plow the land and weave cloth to supply the frontier army."

It's very unusual, and this guy doesn't seem to be lying.What's wrong?

She reacted in the next moment. "I'll take a look."

"Don't go." This was the first time he spoke to her in a familiar tone after meeting.

Chunfeng turned directly to Chai Yiyao: "You guys go first, I'll come later!"

Xiaoyu and Zhuifeng, one white and one black, both tall and tall, quickly disappeared into the narrow pass.

After crossing the narrow road, the eyes widen again.It was severe winter, and Gu Chunfeng thought that there were no crops to grow, but he saw rows of green seedlings on the flat ground. In the farthest corner, there was a woman dressed in shabby clothes, her hands and feet were bound by shackles, and she was spinning by herself.

Gu Chunfeng didn't believe it, and subconsciously looked at Ji Qi.

Ji Qi nodded silently, and she turned back to look again. A six or seven-year-old boy appeared in her field of vision, with shackles on his hands and feet, bending over and pushing a cart full of sundries.

It was very difficult, he clenched his teeth, his face was ferocious.

Hideous froze at the moment of seeing Chunfeng.

Then dissipated, gradually hollow.

"Auntie." He called after a while.

The woman weaving was also stopped by the shout, and turned her head to look over.

If he hadn't seen it in person, even if he had seen it in person, Gu Chunfeng still didn't recognize that it was Tan Ying at the first time.

All the confirmation came from Gu Jiasheng's call and Ji Qi's nod.

She always remembered Tan Ying's smooth, long but plump face.

Looking at it from a distance now, I can only feel that the cheekbones are protruding, the face is longer, the eyes are sharper than before, and the young crops sweep across the ground like a sickle for mowing grass.

The other party just looked at her without saying hello.Chunfeng didn't know how to face her, so he turned his head to the child, pondered for a while and finally answered:

"Sound."

Gu Jiasheng collapsed in this familiar, unfamiliar, distant and intimate answer, and threw away the cart and ran over, stumbled because of the shackles, "Auntie! I beg Uncle Ninth! No, no, please Your Majesty! Let go! Let’s go home with my son and mother! It’s okay if you don’t go back to your grandparents! It’s also good to live in Huama Town! This ghost place,”

He looked back, beyond the young crops, there was a wilderness of huts, and the sound of locomotives made the place even more desolate.
"Sheng'er can't stay any longer!"

He has also lost a lot of weight, his originally inconspicuous cheekbones are protruding, his complexion is also yellow, red and purple in the cold winter season, which is a symptom of not being full and not wearing enough clothes.Chunfeng couldn't bear it, and wanted to reach out, but he couldn't.

At this moment, Tan Ying stood up, shackled, with the same posture as before, and walked to the front with a sound of every step.

"As a prisoner on death row, he will not be included in the royal family, and will no longer have the imperial surname, so he must call His Highness." Her voice was colder than Dong Han, and she was speaking directly to Gu Jia.

"The father conspired against him, and he has committed suicide! The child doesn't know why he should be tortured and died!" It must have been suppressed by his mother for more than a year, and he couldn't stop talking once he broke out. Gu Jiasheng pulled Chunfeng's skirt again ,
"Auntie, Auntie! Is Your Majesty really going to kill Shenger? Mother and Concubine said that because of Aunt Pei, no no, because His Royal Highness gave birth to Sister Jiayi, His Majesty pardoned the world, so the execution was suspended. We are still dying! Auntie, help Sheng'er, Sheng'er doesn't want to die!"

"Niezi!" An angry look appeared on Tan Ying's face like Dongshuang, "Naifu left a message: Winners and losers, even if you die without regrets, you must show courage when you die!"

Those were the last words entrusted by King Xin when he was drinking on the steps in front of Mingluan Hall.Gu Xinglang conveyed it without changing a word. 【1】

"But my boy has never had the heart to seek rebellion! I don't want to be a prince, and I don't want my father to be a king. My boy respects Uncle Ninth from the bottom of my heart! Uncle Ninth is a benevolent king who has never been implicated in Shangguan's family. How can he be so cruel and kill his relatives?" !"

Chunfeng looked at the child's face full of muddy tears, the tears mixed with dust, making him look dirty.

She took out her handkerchief, knelt down, wiped his tears little by little, and said softly:

"Sheng'er doesn't want to be the father's treason, and he doesn't want to be the crown prince. These aunts all know that. You can tell from that sound, if your father won back then, what would have happened to Uncle Jiu?"

Gu Jiasheng sucked her nose, her eyes were empty again.

"Your father's men started killing your ninth uncle at night from Qinan, and chased them all the way to dawn. Shen Ji rode alone to protect the lord and returned to the capital, and almost died. This is the reason. He should have other arrangements, among the courtiers, in the In the military camp, my aunt is stupid, so I don’t know until now; but he kidnapped Aunt Ninth and pierced his chest with a dagger, which is known all over the world. If Jing Tingge hadn’t forced him to fight with the country to save his senior sister, your Ninth Uncle would have lost his wife and children. There will be no Jiayi at all. Or if Jing Tingge doesn't make a move, your ninth uncle abdicates to protect his wife and children, and since his father killed them all night, will he spare their lives?"

The muddy tears were wiped away, but the boy's face was even more hollow.

"This punishment may not be Uncle Nine's original intention, but it is the emperor's family's reasoning. It is his mercy that he wishes to pardon him; it is only natural that he does not pardon him."

Chunfeng doesn't know when he will be dealt with again after the probation.For a while, she suspected that Gu Xinglang was going to pardon the world by taking advantage of his birth in Chao Dynasty, in order to let the two of them have the same size.

But she didn't say that.When she used this very "Ruan Xueyin" method of reasoning to persuade her nephew, she suddenly completely distinguished the two identities of Gu Chunfeng and Princess Daqi.

Then he suddenly understood how Gu Xinglang had been wandering and choosing between his original heart and the position of the monarch for many years, covering everything without being totally unrecognizable.

It's really difficult.Just like Ruan Xueyin, you have to withdraw yourself completely at certain moments and stand outside the picture scroll to make a decision.

She stuffed the silk handkerchief into the child's hand and got on the horse.

Ji Zimmer followed until the two cavalry were completely out of the narrow road, and they could see the vanguard from a distance. Fang said:

"Thinking that you will not bear it, at least you will ask the king to let the child out."

So advise her not to watch it.

Gu Chunfeng's mood was not calm, and he couldn't pick up his speed for a while, and the sound of horseshoes trampled slowly in the north wind for a long time. "Because of my reaction when my aunt had an accident in the past?"

Emotional and soft-hearted, full of spirit.

Ji Qi remained silent.

"She has completely changed her appearance. It's not just because of the Jingchai sarong." After a long time, Chunfeng said again, referring to Tan Ying, "I still remember the situation when she first married the fourth brother. The two of them entered the palace early in the morning on a spring day. Thanks."

The north wind dragged out the words and turned them into sighs,

"The emperor's house."

[1] 729 Dream Millennium
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