The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 18

After the court, Zhao Guangyi returned to the harem alone.

There is nothing richer than the emperor's house. Inside the palace, there are five steps to the first floor, and ten steps to a pavilion.Yesterday's night of wind and snow added a lot of cold and crisp broken jade to the palace, and how many Qionghua bloomed.

However, he had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery at the moment, and only lowered his head slightly, walking alone under the corridor.He walked for a long time accompanied by the bleak and chilling north wind, and seemed to stop in front of Kunning Palace unintentionally, and seemed to want to go here.

Seeing the official's arrival, the maids of Kunning Palace hurriedly separated the hatchback and bowed to salute.Immediately, a court lady was about to go in and tell the queen.Zhao Guangyi waved his hand to stop her, his eyes looked into the room through the slightly opened window, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth inadvertently.

I saw that Empress Fu was sitting upright behind the table, sometimes writing with a pen, sometimes thinking.She is no longer young this year, with slight wrinkles around her eyes and a little white hair on her temples, but her pair of clear water-like phoenix eyes and her occasional smile are as charming as they were back then.Even if she was only wearing an old plain cotton dress, it could not conceal her noble temperament and graceful manner at all.

Since the day when Zhao Guangyi married Fu Xinyu 30 years ago, it seemed that every time Zhao Guangyi saw her, she was always working hard for herself.No matter big or small, as long as she is there, Zhao Guangyi can always feel at ease.

"Squeak..." Zhao Guangyi gently pushed open the door, walked in, and slowly closed the door.His movements were very gentle, as if he was afraid that his voice would be too loud and disturb the queen's thoughts.

But the queen was still aware of it. She raised her head in doubt, and smiled when she saw that it was Zhao Guangyi who came, "The officials are here, why are they so light-handed? If you know it, a real dragon is coming. If you don't know, just treat it like a dragon." Here comes a raccoon slave."

Zhao Guangyi smiled and said, "Isn't I afraid of disturbing your thoughts?"

Fu Xinyu shook her head with a smile, stood up and helped Zhao Guangyi to sit down, her eyes only stayed on him for a moment, and she realized that he had something on her mind.Due to etiquette, Fu Xinyu was not in a hurry to point it out, she just watched him smile without saying a word, until Zhao Guangyi let out a long sigh, and then said: "Guanjia, there is something difficult to solve in the court?"

"I have kept everything from you these years, so it's okay to tell you about it." Zhao Guangyi thought for a moment, then told how Zhao Defang kept his capital and how Yun Zixiao argued with his tongue from beginning to end, and then he sighed: "Alas I think back then when Yun Yimo assisted Murong Yanyun to fight against the Song Dynasty. Although I was the King of Jin at that time, I always hoped that Yun Yimo could abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side to help me achieve great things. Unfortunately, Yun Yimo didn't know current affairs , and eventually perish. Now that his son ignores the past and goes to Song Dynasty, I should be very happy, but every time I think of his father's tragic death, I can't let go of my heart!"

After listening, Fu Xinyu thought for a moment, then lightly raised her red lips and said: "The officials, the ministers and concubines have a humble opinion, but I don't know if it is appropriate, I hope the officials will think about it."

"Oh, I don't know what advice Xin Ye has?"

"Officials, my concubine thinks it's better to send Yun Zixiao to the Daming Mansion. As Privy Councilor Cao said, the war in Hebei is tense now. If Yun Zixiao sincerely assists the official family, he will surely make great achievements by going here, and he will be sealed in the future." As a high-ranking official, he entered the court to share the worries of the officials. If he intends to misbehave, he can also use the hands of Khitan to get rid of this person, so as not to let the officials bear the name of negligence. I wonder what the officials think?"

Zhao Guangyi clapped his palms and said, "Haha, what Xin Ye said is exactly what I want, and I will send him to Hebei tomorrow. I hope he is sincerely helping the widow, otherwise it will be difficult for him to leave Daming alive!"

Fu Xinyi frowned slightly, and said: "Officials, my concubine thinks that Yun Zixiao is young after all, except for De Fang, he has no background in the court. If the official is always careful, he must be concerned about everything. It’s not a big deal. But Defang never intervened in the government in the past, but now he hastily escorted his cronies into the court, whether there is any intention in it, I hope the officials think twice.”

Zhao Guangyi nodded, and said: "Xin Ye's words are right, and I also find it strange that Defang behaves like this. But we watched Defang grow up, and we know better than anyone else how debauched he is. People like him Even if you covet the throne, it's just a scratch, and it's hard to move at all."

I don't know why, Fu Xinyi always has a faint worry, but she doesn't say it without grounds.Zhao Guangyi didn't take it seriously, and said: "Okay, don't work all day, go out with me for a walk. Don't you love the snow the most, and I will enjoy the snow in the palace with you."

Fu Xinyu hadn't recovered yet, but Zhao Guangyi took her hand and led her slowly out of Kunning Palace.

The next day, dawn.

Zhao Guangyi went to the court to deal with some important matters first, and ordered Xuan Yunzixiao to go to the palace.In the morning light, Yun Zixiao walked in slowly from outside the hall, and the morning sun reflected on his cool and handsome face, as if a fairy came lightly.His demeanor was more calm than yesterday, as if he had predicted that not only would Zhao Guangyi not order himself to be executed, but he would also be appointed to an important position.

Yun Zixiao walked under the golden palace, and bowed deeply, "I'm going down to Yun Zixiao, see Your Majesty!"

Zhao Guangyi looked at him, and smiled meaningfully, "Young Xia Yun, you told me yesterday that you can govern the country with literature, but you can be safe with martial arts. I don't know if you have the courage to go to Hebei to guard the border for me and resist the Liao army? "

Yun Zixiao said confidently: "Why don't you dare!"

Zhao Guangyi smiled, "That's very good!" He said to Xue Juzheng, the head of the civil servants: "Xue Qing's family, I will let you draw up the decree on my behalf."

Xue Juzheng bowed and said: "Thanks to the trust of the officials, I will do it now!"

Zhao Guangyi said to Li Tao, Shangshu of the Ministry of War: "Li Qing's family, the soldiers at the frontier are working hard. I intend to send people to reward the army. The money and food have been prepared. The queen also wrote a family letter yesterday. Why don't you send people to reward the army."

Li Tao hurriedly bowed and said: "Yes, the general will obey the order!"

Seeing that everything was well arranged, Zhao Guangyi waved to everyone, and then went back to the harem alone.As soon as Zhao Guangyi left, Zhao Defang breathed a sigh of relief, "Cousin, I really scared my brother to death just now. Fortunately, my cousin is well versed in the past, otherwise his life would be in danger!"

Yun Zixiao smiled, "If I'm not [-]% sure, how dare I bother my cousin to lead me to the palace."

Zhao Defang said worriedly: "But you shouldn't agree to go to defend the border! Although you have unique skills and extraordinary martial arts skills, but after all, you are only a member of the rivers and lakes. How can you put on your armor and fight in front of the two armies? Why don't I do it now? Go to the official, let him withdraw his order, and assign you another official position."

But Yun Zixiao didn't take it seriously, and said confidently: "Aren't they just a group of barbarians? What are you afraid of! If you dare to attack, I will fight for the Song Dynasty, and my cousin will wait for my victory!"

After a while, Yun Zixiao followed Zhao Defang back to Nanqing Palace.

As soon as the two of them stepped into the gate of Nanqing Palace, Murong Yunyao ran out happily.She looked at Yun Zixiao, then at Zhao Defang, and asked curiously: "Brother Yun, what kind of official did the emperor appoint you? With my brother's ability, you must be the first rank in the dynasty!"

Zhao Defang sighed when he heard the words: "Hey, he is still the first rank in the court. Long live not only did not give the cousin an official, but also ordered him to go to the border. The most annoying thing is that the cousin not only did not refuse, but also agreed with joy. I can't figure it out no matter what!"

Murong Yunyao reached out and touched Yun Zixiao's forehead, and said in surprise: "Brother Yun, you are neither sick nor crazy, how can you be so thoughtless? Don't even think about it, we are in the world What can people do on the battlefield? You don't want to learn from Murong Yanyun and lead people to use lightness kung fu to seize the city, do you?"

Yun Zixiao shook his head slightly, and said: "Who said that people in the Jianghu can't go to the battlefield? Since I won this opportunity today, don't give up easily. I will take this opportunity to show my ambitions and never teach the heroes of the world to laugh at me!"

Seeing his serious expression, Murong Yunyao couldn't help becoming worried, "Brother Yun, if you insist on going to the border, I won't stop you. But if you leave, what should I do? Where can I go alone? If you have someone Three long and two short, how can I live?"

Yun Zixiao resolutely said: "You must go, you must go! If you want to, you can stay in your cousin's Nanqing Palace and wait for me. If you don't want to wait for me, just go and go wherever you want!"

Murong Yunyao pursed her lips when she heard the words, with faint tears in her eyes, "Brother Yun, after my father died, I was alone and helpless, wandering alone in the rivers and lakes, and suffered all kinds of bullying. I didn't feel that I had found it until I met you." I have become someone I can rely on, but I didn't expect you to be so heartless!"

Seeing this, Zhao Defang couldn't bear it, cast a consoling look at Murong Yunyao, and then said to Yun Zixiao: "Cousin, Miss Murong is indeed very pitiful, why don't you take her away. With Miss Murong's intelligence and martial arts, I will surely I can help my cousin."

Yun Zixiao shook his head and sighed, "No, life and death are uncertain. If my sister suffers innocently, wouldn't it be Yun's fault? Therefore, no matter what, I will not take her with me!"

Zhao Defang felt that what Yun Zixiao said was reasonable, so he comforted Murong Yunyao and said, "Miss Murong, my cousin is also doing it for your own good, so just listen to my cousin and stay in Xiao Wang's Nanqing Palace. We listen to music and draw pictures every day." , Go shopping, don’t you feel free and easy?”

Seeing that Yun Zixiao had made up her mind to go, Murong Yunyao felt chills in her heart.With a cold snort, he turned his head and ran back to the room.Yun Zixiao, however, turned a blind eye to it, and still lowered his head to plan his mind.Zhao Defang couldn't stand it anymore, sighed leisurely, and then quickly chased after them. The figures of the two disappeared in an instant among the heavy buildings of the Nanqing Palace.

A few days later, Daming Mansion.

Daming Mansion is where the Hebei Dao system is located, and it is also a place that military strategists must contend for.Therefore, the city wall is extraordinarily majestic, like a continuous mountain range, and the city wall is extraordinarily deep, like a bottomless abyss.At this time, the clouds were gloomy, and there was only a faint ray of sunshine in the huge Daming Mansion, and the whole city was shrouded in a gloomy and desolate atmosphere. Anyone who saw it would feel an inexplicable depression in his heart.

At this moment, Yun Zixiao walked slowly into the Daming Mansion, and came to the mansion where Fu Zhaoxin was recruited on the North Road.He looked around and saw that although the mansion didn't occupy a very large area, it was well arranged. Before entering the mansion, he faintly felt an awe-inspiring murderous aura rising from the mansion and heading straight to the heavens!
Yun Zixiao frowned slightly, his face was even more gloomy than the sky at the moment, and when he was bowing his head to contemplate, he suddenly heard the guard at the door shouting majestically: "Who dares to stay in front of Mr. Fu's mansion, leave quickly! Otherwise, you will be arrested." Take it to the governor of Daming Prefecture and deal with it!"

"What a big tone! What qualifications do you have to bring this official to justice?" Yun Zixiao said angrily when he heard the words, and then respectfully took out the imperial decree from his bosom, and held it high above his head, "This is the official decree, please rest If you want to be presumptuous, if you haven’t reported it to your lord, come out and receive the order!”

The guard laughed and said: "Haha, you don't look like a court official, at most you are a poor scholar, you must have stolen this edict from someone else!"

Yun Zixiao said: "Stolen? Now that Song and Liao are fighting against each other, and when they are employing people, don't say that I didn't steal this imperial decree. Even if I stole it, it proves that I have real skills, and I am someone that Master Fu can trust." If you are not convinced, you can steal the imperial decree and show it to me!"

The guards in Guojiu's mansion, who always flaunt their might, were robbed by Yun Zixiao for a while, flushed with anger, and pulled out the saber at his waist to fight Yun Zixiao.Seeing this, Yun Zixiao showed a contemptuous smile at the corner of his mouth, and at the same time as the corner of his mouth raised, the Liuyun sword in his hand was already out of its sheath.

"I... I am the guard of Mr. Fu, do you want to rebel!" Seeing the coldness of the sword in Yun Zixiao's hand, the guard was already a little bit timid before he could do it.

Yun Zixiao said angrily: "You are just a little guard, but you are bullying others, and you dare to fight with the court order officer, you are really planning to rebel! I will teach you a lesson for Mr. Fu today!" He said Liu Yunjian He had to strike, only to see a slight flash of cold light, and the saber in the guard's hand was actually cut into three pieces.

The guard hurriedly threw away his saber and retreated towards the mansion, pointing at Yun Zixiao as he retreated, "You...you are really wrong, I'm going to ask Mr. Fu to see if he won't screw your head off!" He didn't say anything yet After that, the man had retreated to the door, tripped over the high threshold and fell to the ground.

Yun Zixiao snorted coldly, and was about to walk towards the mansion, but suddenly saw an imposing young man in purple robes walking out of the mansion.This person is slightly older than Yun Zixiao, with handsome features like a knife, and deep and sharp eyes. No matter who looks at him, he will be overwhelmed by the domineering look in his eyes.Such a person should be as cold as ice and as sharp as a sword, but his gestures give people a sense of unrestraint.

When the guard saw this person, he seemed to see a savior, and shouted for help: "General Yuwen, help! This kid wants to forcefully break into the capital, you must stop him!"

The purple-robed young man looked at the guards lying at his feet, and then at Yun Zixiao who was holding a long sword upside down, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is it! If you dare to take half a step forward, this general will definitely knock your head off!"

Yun Zixiao said coldly: "Before I answer, please tell me your name first."

The purple-robed young man smiled slightly when he heard the words, "What a big tone! But since you asked, this general will tell you, my surname is Yuwen and the double name is Yanyi!"

After Yun Zixiao heard the young man in purple robe finish his name, he gasped in his heart, "Your Excellency is the No. [-] Admiral at the Frontier Pass, Lord Fu Yanqing's adopted son Yuwen Yanyi!"

The young man in purple robe nodded slightly, "That's right, it's the general!"

Yun Zixiao said to Yuwen Yanyi: "General Yuwen, since you are known as the number one general at the border, you must be a reasonable person. Please take a look at the imperial decree in your hands first. We will talk about it later if you have something to say." The imperial decree in his hand was handed to Yuwen Yanyi with both hands.

Yuwen Yanyi took the imperial decree, looked at it very carefully, and then said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that the flood has washed into the Dragon King Temple, and the family does not recognize the family anymore! Since you are sent by the Holy One to assist the brother-in-law, you can do whatever you want. Let the general enter the mansion."

Yun Zixiao followed Yuwen Yanyi through two courtyards and came to the martial arts training ground in Fu Zhaoxin's mansion.In the flat and open martial arts arena, stood a man in his thirties. He was only wearing a close-fitting robe at the moment. He held a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand. He was aiming at the target a hundred paces away.

Seeing this, Yuwen Yanyi stretched out his hand to stop Yun Zixiao, and said in a low voice, "You and I are here later, Yixiong hates being disturbed when practicing arrows!"

Yun Zixiao nodded, and raised his eyes to look at Fu Zhaoxin in the martial arts arena.Seeing that he moved skillfully and looked good, as if he was a sharpshooter, Yun Zixiao had a look of expectation on his face.Suddenly seeing a sharp arrow shot out from Fu Zhaoxin's hand, Yun Zixiao thought that the arrow was bound to hit the bull's-eye, but the arrow was already shaking up and down not far from the bow, and fell lightly on the ground less than a few feet away, Yun Zixiao Ninja couldn't help laughing.

Fu Zhaoxin turned his head in displeasure when he heard the sound, and looked at Yuwen Yanyi and Yun Zixiao, "Brother, how many times have I told you, please don't disturb me when I'm practicing arrows for you. Also, those around you Who is it, if his strange laughter didn't bother me, the arrow would have hit me just now!"

Yun Zixiao said: "The general's practice of arrows is to kill the enemy and serve the country. How can you not allow others to disturb you? Besides, the general's arrows land first, and I laugh behind. What's the matter with laughter?"

Fu Zhaoxin said indignantly: "It's easy to say, shoot if you have the ability!" He said, handing the hard bow and arrow and the quiver behind his back to Yun Zixiao, "Boy, if you are good at archery, this general will definitely use it again. For you. If you are a trash who can only talk empty words, then you should know the end of laughing at this general!"

There was no change in Yun Zixiao's expression, he was neither eager to accept the arrow nor to refuse, his eyes looked at Yuwen Yanyi who was beside him intentionally or unconsciously.Fu Zhaoxin also looked at Yuwen Yanyi following Yun Zixiao's gaze, as if his every move was enough to affect everything in the field.

Seeing this, Yuwen Yanyi took two steps forward, took the hard bow for Yun Zixiao, and said lightly: "Brother Yi, this bow is already rotten, so why make things difficult for others?"

Fu Zhaoxin was startled, not understanding what Yuwen Yanyi meant, but Yun Zixiao laughed.I saw that Yuwen Yanyi pushed Mount Tai with the front and tucked the bowstring in the back. He easily pulled a hard bow like a full moon.

"Creak creak!" As the hard bow became more and more full, not to mention the bow string was about to break, even the bow arm could hardly support it.Fu Zhaoxin looked at Yuwen Yanyi with scorching eyes, not as if he was looking at his brother-in-law, as if he was looking at a martial god who descended from the sky.

"Crack!" The bow arm and string snapped at the same time, and Fu Zhaoxin exhaled in surprise.Yuwen Yanyi's expression was still extremely calm, it seemed that what was broken was not a hard bow of two loads, but a wooden chopstick that had long since rotted.

Yuwen Yanyi looked at Fu Zhaoxin, and said calmly: "Brother Yi, I said that this bow is already rotten, but you didn't believe it just now. How is it, right?"

Fu Zhaoxin looked at Yuwen Yanyi incredulously, and then gave Yun Zixiao an angry sideways glance, "Boy, what's your name? Why do you want to find General Ben?"

Yun Zixiao cupped his hands and said: "Under Yun Zixiao, I was ordered by the Holy Majesty to come to the border to assist the general in fighting against the Liao soldiers."

Fu Zhaoxin looked Yun Zixiao up and down, and said with a smile: "My surname Yun, you look like a literati, and you can also help the general resist the Liao army? Do you think that as long as you have a meal in front of the two armies, Can the enemy general be frightened and flee?"

Yun Zixiao smiled slightly, "Didn't you hear that people can't be judged by their appearance, and sea water can't be measured? Don't look at me who is born with gentleness, but not only is he not a rotten scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken, but when it comes to martial arts, I'm afraid there are not many people in the world. I can beat me. However, what the general said is true, just relying on his sharp tongue and full of tactics, he can indeed strategize and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away!"

Fu Zhaoxin smiled maliciously when he heard the words: "Haha, what a big tone! The general will wait and see, and I will appoint you as the secretary. You must not let the general down!"

(End of this chapter)