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Chapter 363: Ordinary Summer Days and Shocking Victory [Thank you all for your support! Goodbye! ]

Time flies
It's June
This morning,

It is the end of the Yin hour (after 4:30 in the morning)

The sky was hazy and the morning light was dim.

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

In order to let the cool night breeze into the house, the windows around the wooden house next to the racecourse were opened.

There was a lantern hanging in front of the wooden house, and moths were flying around the lantern.

In the distance, two men, one tall and one short, walked out of the corridor leading to the inner courtyard without lanterns.

After a while

Two figures came to the wooden house.

The snoring in the cabin stopped for a moment.

"squeaky"

Qingcao pushed the door open and entered the house.

The snoring continued.

Coming into the house from the cool outdoors, the grass felt a little stuffy.

Qingcao placed the exquisite gourd filled with warm water on the table. After glancing around the room, he walked to the side and walked out carrying a copper basin with burnt incense ashes.

The summer is hot.

There are many mosquitoes near the stables. It is difficult to fall asleep at night without lighting grass or incense to repel mosquitoes.

After pouring out the ashes, Qingcao returned to the house and replaced the mosquito repellent sachet in the house with a new one.

Finally, Qingcao moved a small stool out of the house.

Sitting outside in the cool air, in the view of the green grass, Qingyun was walking forward with a bow and arrow.

The young master of the family held a spear of astonishing length by its tail with one hand and held it horizontally.

Under the tip of the long spear, there was a stone lock that Qingyun and the personal soldiers of the Marquis' Mansion used to build up their strength.

Qingcao had wanted to help collect the long spear before. Although he had found a position near the back under the guidance of his own master, Qingcao still felt that he could not carry it and his shoulders were in great pain from the pressure.

"collapse!"

The bowstring of the strong bow vibrated, and a feathered arrow shot out.

Xu Zaijing used one hand to knock the incoming arrow aside with the handle of his spear.

After completing one action, Xu Zaijing quickly steadied himself and continued to hold the spear calmly.

The sky gradually brightened and the sun was shining in the east.

The racecourse slowly began to heat up.

A lot of arrows had already fallen around Xu Zaijing.

When Qingyun walked towards the wooden house while rubbing his arms, Xu Zaijing also put away his spear and shook his arms.

At this time, Yin Bo came out wearing cool summer clothes and holding a palm-leaf fan.

Looking at his apprentice and nephew, Uncle Yin asked, "How do you feel about practicing like this?"

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "Master, it does take some effort!"

Yin Bo smiled and nodded, then limped towards the stable, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan.

In the sealed bathroom in winter,

The windows were wide open.

Xu Zaijing, who was sweating all over, had a basin of cold water poured over his head.

Then, in three steps, five steps, two steps,

In less than half a quarter of an hour, Xu Zaijing was wearing new clothes and walking towards his mother's courtyard.

After dinner, Xu Zaijing returned to his yard, sat on an embroidered cushion, and let Qingcao tidy up his hair.

Finally, after everything was packed, Xu Zaijing rode out of the Xu family's gate with his brother on horseback.

On Quyuan Street, several large green cloth umbrellas block the morning sunlight.

Under the umbrella,

Shu Bo had already set up his stall, and with the help of a few boys, he was serving warm but not hot rice porridge and the accompanying spicy and crispy melon to the customers' table.

After nodding his head,
Xu Zaijing left Quyuan Street.

Because it is summer, the sun is very strong at noon, making people feel uneasy.

Therefore, farmers around Bian Jing had already set up their stalls early to sell their own fruits and vegetables.

On the way to Jiying Lane,

Xu Zaijing looked at the fruits displayed on the roadside. If they were of good quality, he would let Qingyun taste them. If they tasted good, he would also buy a few.

When we were almost at Sheng's house,
Looking at the melons on the street, Xu Zaijing gestured to Qingyun.

Qingyun came over, dismounted and tasted half of it, nodded approvingly, and when he was about to pay after picking a few, the stall owner refused to accept any.

It turned out to be one of the stalls that Xu Zaijing paid for after the Dragon Boat Festival.

Qingyun put the melons in the Xu family's carriage, said a few words to Qingcao, took the small copper coins strung with red thread, rode to the melon stand, bowed and said:
"Stall owner, my son appreciates your kindness, but he still needs to pay."

As he said this, he smiled and threw the money into the stall owner's hands.

Mao hour (six o'clock in the morning)

The Xu brothers entered the Sheng family's private school, while Qingcao went to the Sheng family's courtyard to ask for clean water to wash the fruits bought by Xu Zaijing.

It was now bright,

Xu Zaijing looked at Changbai's tired expression as he turned his head to greet him, and said in surprise: "Changbai, what's wrong with you?"

Changbai scratched the pimples on his face and shook his head.

Soon, Gu Tingye, Qi Heng and Chang Feng all arrived at the private school.

After the girls from the Sheng family paid their respects and arrived at the school, Rulan's eyes lit up when she saw the fruits that Qingcao had washed and placed on the scholar's desk.

Then, looking at Changbai's expression, he lowered his head and walked behind his desk.

On the path outside the school lecture hall,
Zhuang Xuejiu held up a folding fan to block the sunlight and walked leisurely from the courtyard where he lived.

Looking at all the students present, Zhuang Xuejiu nodded with satisfaction. Seeing the water beside the table and the fruits on the table, he was even more satisfied.

Sitting on the Arhat chair, Zhuang Xuejiao waved his folding fan and said, "Hand in all the homework from yesterday."

As Master Zhuang was praising or criticizing everyone's homework, the sun rose higher and the scorching summer sunlight shone directly into the courtyard.

Fortunately, the big tree in the yard had lush branches and leaves, which blocked a lot of sunlight, otherwise the wooden platform behind would not have been able to accommodate the maids and servants.

After finishing explaining Gu Tingye's homework, Master Zhuang waved his folding fan and said, "Take a break." Then he picked up the herbal tea on the table and took a sip.

The maids and servants in the school also hurried forward to serve tea to their young masters and ladies.

Qingcao poured tea at Xu Zaijing's table. As he drank the tea, Qingcao whispered, "Sir, I heard from Brother Hanniu that it seemed that the Fifth Miss went to see Brother Changbai last night and somehow rubbed open the window screen that Sister Yanghao had installed."

Xu Zaijing paused in drinking his tea.

"A lot of mosquitoes got into Chang Bo'er's room. Even though he lit some incense, they still disturbed him and he couldn't sleep well all night."

Xu Zaijing nodded, handed the teacup to Qingcao, and said, "No wonder Rulan is so honest today."

As the sun rises higher,

The maids lowered the veils on three sides of the lecture hall.

After a quarter of an hour's rest,

Mr. Zhuang prepared to continue his lectures.

At this time, Mother Liu and Caihuan led the maids to the outside of the lecture hall.

First, she bowed to Zhuang Xuejiu, and then said, "Xuejiu, my mistress sent me some ice and well water."

Zhuang Xuejiu waved his hand.

The maids of Wei Rui Xuan placed copper basins filled with ice cubes beside everyone.

At noon,
Shou'an Hall sent some ice cream again.

In the afternoon, new well water and a lot of saltpeter were delivered.

On the hottest afternoon, saltpeter was put into the well water, and with the help of folding fans, everyone was able to stay in the school at a bearable temperature.

The sun is setting,

It's time to go home from school.
After thanking Zhuang Xuejiu, everyone walked out of the lecture hall. Once outside the cool lecture hall, everyone started fanning themselves more frequently.

In such hot weather, the carriages of the Qi and Gu families were filled with ice cubes that the Sheng family had exchanged.

At the gate of Sheng family.

Qi Heng got into the carriage, lifted the curtain, looked at Xu Zaijing who was riding beside him, and said, "Brother Jing, are we going to have some cold drinks?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head and said, "I'm not going today. My mother told me yesterday to go home right after school."

Qi Heng looked puzzled: "Brother Jing, why is this happening?"

Gu Tingye, who was behind Xu Zaijing, rode up on horseback and said, "Brother Heng, don't you think about how much happened to Brother Jing in June in the past two years?"

Hearing this, Qi Heng was stunned for a moment, then blinked and said, "Second uncle is right, Jing'er, you should go home directly."

Xu Zaijing smiled and shook his head on the horse, tapped the horse's belly lightly and left the gate. The other members of the Xu family hurried to follow.

When I returned to Quyuan Street,
Entered the gate,

Xu Zaijing saw his mother standing at the second gate waiting for him.

Zai Zhang got off his horse and said, "Mother, I've said before that I promise Xiao Wu will go home right after school this month. Why are you still waiting here in such a hot day?"

Madam Sun said, "I will stand here. If you brothers don't come back after this hour, I will send someone to look for you."

Xu Zaijing stood beside his brother and scratched his head: "Mother, didn't I just go and have some cold drinks with Heng Ge'er and the others yesterday?"

Madam Sun didn't listen to Xu Zaijing's words. She turned around and walked towards the inner courtyard with the maids.

The two brothers were left standing at the door, looking at each other.

sunset,

The sky darkens,

Half an hour later than in winter,

At the Ansu Gate in the northwest of the outer city of Bianjing, the heavy city gate was slowly closed by the soldiers.

The sky gradually darkened.

Lanterns were lit on the Ansu Gate and braziers were lit under the city gate.

It was hot in the summer, so the soldiers guarding the city threw some grass to repel mosquitoes into the brazier and then immediately stayed away from it.

Without the sun,
It was still cool in Bianjing at night. When the soldiers standing on the city wall looked into the city, they could see many attics with lights on.

If they were close, the soldiers could vaguely hear the sounds of stringed instruments and wind wind music.

This night scene sometimes lasts until the next morning.

It is much cooler to do activities at night than during the day.

As the night deepens, the city becomes cooler, and some banquets and parties are reaching their climax.

suddenly,

The sound of horse hooves rumbled on the official road outside Ansu Gate.

"Urgent report! Urgent military intelligence report!"

A hoarse voice was heard at the entrance of Ansu Gate.

The soldiers guarding the city hurried forward with torches in hand.

The captain who led the defense of the city, along with his subordinates, looked at the token in the hand of the postman knight, whose face was covered with sweat, dust, white lips, and smelled of sweat, under the light of the fire.
Golden token.

This gave the captain a start, and he quickly shouted toward the wall: "Quick! Quick! Lower the hanging basket! The golden one!"

The comrades on the gate tower also heard this, and the hanging basket was quickly lowered.

The postman was pulled up quickly.

Entered the city of Bianjing,
An Su's disciples quickly changed the knight's horse.

Then, the post knight ran towards the inner city at a faster speed.
After the usual process outside the inner city walls,
The post knight ran towards the palace.

The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

bedroom
Candles were lit in the hall.

There were huge ice cubes placed in the ice jars around, emitting cold air.

The palace ladies standing beside Bingjian were each holding a large palm-leaf fan as tall as a person and fanning themselves gently.

The dragon bed was surrounded by thin, exquisite and breathable curtains.
bed,

The Emperor of the Great Zhou was holding a small palm-leaf fan in his hand and was fanning Zhao Fang who was beside him.

Looking at Zhao Fang's sleeping face in the candlelight, the Emperor of the Great Zhou had a doting smile on his face.

On the other side of the bed,
The queen whispered, "Your Majesty, you have been fanning for a long time, let me do it!"

The emperor shook his head and said, "I'm not tired."

The queen said softly, "You are waiting for news from the north. You haven't even had a nap at noon. Let me come."

The emperor felt the soreness in his elbows and wrists and nodded.

After handing over the exquisite palm leaf fan, the emperor continued to look at Zhao Fang and said, "I was at Rong Fei's place before, and heard from the female official in her palace who accompanied Miss Rong to the Xu family that many children from the Sun family went there that day."

The queen chuckled and said, "Well, there must be thirty or forty."

Hearing this number, the emperor couldn't help but laugh.

The Queen said, "I heard that it was quite a hassle when he got on the car to go home!"

"I hope that our Fang'er will also have so many children in the future!"

The queen at the side smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, it will be there."

The emperor nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, we have the Xu family's fifth son, that stinky boy, here."

He added: "I don't know if the gift sent by Prince Consort Lu's family has any effect."

As the emperor was talking, he became silent and fell asleep.

Seeing the emperor's expression, the queen stood up and handed the exquisite fan in her hand to the lady-in-waiting beside the bed, and said, "Let them use more force."

"Yes, ma'am."

Afterwards, the bedroom fell into silence.

I do not know how long it has been,

The bright lanterns shone on the window and moved quickly along the corridor outside the bedroom.

After a while of whispering,

The emperor's personal eunuch walked quickly into the hall.

After speaking a few words hurriedly to the Queen's capable female attendant, the two entered the bedroom together.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Hearing the call, Zhao Fang suddenly opened his eyes.

Looking at the eunuch beside the bed, Zhao Fang hurriedly helped to touch the emperor: "Father, father! The eunuch is here!"

The sleeping emperor suddenly opened his eyes: "Fang'er? What's wrong?"

The eunuch beside the bed said urgently: "Your Majesty, urgent news from the northwest, urgent news from Marquis Yongyi!"

Hearing this, the emperor stretched out his hand, shook the hand handed to him by the eunuch, and sat up suddenly.

Looking at the queen who had also woken up, the emperor waved his hand and said, "I'll go outside."

As he said this, the emperor put on his slippers and walked out with the eunuch.

"Is this good news?"

The emperor asked as he walked down the road.

The eunuch felt the emperor's trembling palm and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, it's good news!"

"I followed your Majesty's instructions and the messenger who brought the news was brought directly into the palace."

The emperor chuckled uncontrollably.

Coming to the hall nearby,
The postman, supported by a strong imperial guard, was drinking honey water.
After seeing the emperor, he suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, the victory report of the Marquis of Yongyi!"

"Say!"

"Your Majesty, Marquis Yongyi led the army, Generals Xu, Zhang, and Cao launched a surprise attack thousands of miles away! They destroyed the Black Stone City of Baigao Kingdom! They destroyed the Black Mountain Weifu Army of Baigao Kingdom! Fengzhou has been recaptured!"

"Fengzhou Beach has returned to the territory of our Great Zhou!"

(End of this chapter)