"Pit" you for three lives and three lives

Chapter 23

In October, the war in the north was initially decided.

Sure enough, Murong's wonderful Zaifu was defeated by a single blow under the advantage of having an army six times that of the enemy and the home field advantage of waiting for work.After this battle, Beiyan was defeated like a mountain.Seeing that the situation was unstoppable, Emperor Yan hurriedly led his troops to flee north and return to the old place of Longcheng.The clan and ministers who did not have time to escape were captured by the Northern Qin army and escorted to Chang'an.

Beiyan's more than [-] years of operation were destroyed in one fell swoop.

As for the Jiangbei gentry, they are still firmly rooted in their homeland—anyway, the dynasty of the barbarians in the north has always been like cutting leeks, and they have long been accustomed to it.Zhengshuo is in the south of the Yangtze River, and the old and new Hu people are the same to them, and loyalty and nostalgia do not matter.Anyway, if you don't offend me, I won't torture you. If you offend me, I won't torture you to death.Once the Ubud Gate is closed, those who should farm the land, and those who should train soldiers will train.Within the strong wall, it calls itself a system.Besides the strong wall, Hu Ren A had to beware of Hu Ren B, and he really didn't dare to provoke them.

For such a big change, Cui and Lu's family didn't say a word and didn't send a single soldier.After the two-phase killing of the Hu people on both sides was completed, an official of the Cui family was restored to his original post, and he was additionally given the post of prefect of Qi County.

This is the status quo of communication between Hu people and Jiangbei Gaomen.

At this time, it is also winter in the north.

Qingqi area is different from Jiangnan, the winter is not so cold, it is bitter and arrogant.The strong wind breaks the dead grass, the bare branches are cold and pointed to the sky, and even the banners on the top of the city are often frozen.

Cui Chen came back from hunting and rode his horse into the city.The soldiers behind him pushed the stacked wolf carcasses with a cart, blood dripping from the shaft of the cart turned into ice.In the bloody smell that seemed to be there, he pushed the stopper of the wine bag, took a sip of sake, and ordered: "Whoever reports that wolves attack people, let him bring the attacked one to collect the wolf meat."

One person led the way, and the others carried the wolf carcass down for tidying up.Cui Chen glanced at it and saw one of the wolves with fur like snow, he became interested before he knew it.He drove the horse over, turned over the wine bag, and the sake fell into the wolf's eyes lingeringly, washing away the blood stained on the surrounding fur.

The new animal hair in winter is dense and long, and it turns over when the wind blows.Cui Chen couldn't help thinking of the white fox fur that Ah Li was wearing that day, and of being humiliated at night on the Lantern Festival.It's rare that I didn't feel resentment, but a little funny.

He casually raised his finger and said, "I want the fur of this one. Share the rest with you."

Then he drove his horse away.

This year flies by.As if it was just a blink of an eye, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

It's hard to describe the chores.

Ever since the crown prince settled in the East Palace, Xie Lian went to Jiangbei, and Wei Lang followed Uncle Ah Li to travel around Shu, Wang Yan's study room became deserted.Although he couldn't stay, but he was too young, and his family didn't trust him to go out for a run.He also had no choice but to stay at home to study and practice calligraphy, anxiously waiting to grow up.

In October, when the news of Beiyan's defeat came, Xie Lian also sent a letter.According to his usual practice, he also came with a jar of fish.

Wang Yan was exhausted a long time ago, and when he returned to his study, he excitedly opened Xie Lian's letter.

Inside the envelope were two sheets of letterhead, each folded.Wang Yan was a little puzzled.He was not in a hurry to unfold it, and turned it over to look at it.I saw that Bo's card was signed in small letters: "Wang Lin personally signed".

Wang Yan: ...Dizzy eyes, it must be him.

Even so, he put this one aside first, and unfolded the one he was sure was written for him.
The letter first said that I hadn't seen her for two months and I missed him very much.A few days ago, people from Jianye came to talk about the current situation of him and Wei Lang, so they wrote to inquire.

Wang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, Xie Lian is still very normal.

The letter also said that the Beigu Mountain View and the Yangtze River Water View—four or six sentences, with opposite loops, used the standard parallel style that is popular nowadays.The writing is also worthy of the name of Xie Jiali, it is very gorgeous.When Wang Yan read it, he could feel the rushing of the mountains and the rushing of the river.Before I knew it, I was fascinated, and I wanted to see it with my own eyes.He couldn't finish reading.Seeing that Xie Lian wrote about the wonderful scenery of next spring and hoped to see it with him, I blurted out "Okay" - and then saw the word "youji" at the end of the letter.

——Xie Lian wrote in the style of "do me a favor": "Please pass on your trouble".

Wang Yan rushed to the ground.

This doll is not enlightened yet, but it can't hold back its intelligence.He immediately thought of the eight words subtly, "Cultivate the plank road brightly, cross the old warehouse secretly".

His elder sister is the Chencang, and he is the plank road.

Wang Yan knew that he should sternly reject it.

——This is private giving and receiving.And Xie Lian dragged him in very unkindly.If he turned it over, he was an accomplice.Helping outsiders ruin his sister's reputation.

But Xie Lian did it too openly.Wrong, but not nasty.After all, Xie Lian asked him to hand it over, not someone else.

What's more, just because men and women are different, even a letter cannot be communicated, Wang Yan is quite disapproving of this rule.In his heart, Xie Lian is Guangfeng Jiyue, and his sister Jiyue Guangfeng.The two are not vulgar people, and they have known each other since they were young. Could it be that because of this bullshit rule, they can't even have some clean friendship?

Therefore, Wang Yan is very entangled.

Stuck until he vomited blood, he finally decided to be a bad guy.It's not that he doesn't trust Xie Lian, it's really - that's his dear sister!
He still has to shut it down.If there is overreach, he and Xie Lian will have to fall out.Don't let the girl know, and don't get into his sister's eyes and ears.

So Wang Yan opened the letter.

The letter only wrote in everyday vernacular: "I went to Jingkou on the tenth day of August, my eldest brother reported his work, and I was among the overseas Chinese. It's been two months now. The customs in the north are simple, and the people are also vigorous. I don't see extravagance and femininity in Jianye. Yu Ridai Studying, running horses, or stepping mountains and rivers occasionally, farming also learned the method. So I can't be idle. In October, even in the rain, there is nothing to do, so I enjoy fishing. Fishing alone is enough for the whole day. Beigu The fish at the bottom of the mountain is fat, and you can get forty or fifty pieces in one catch. There is always a joy of harvest. Therefore, I think: fish is rice grown in fishing ponds? I should be diligent! Today I offer a jar of "rice" ——Naturally, it is what is planted on the fishing pond!"

Wang Yan hit the ground again.

What's up with this "occasional success, self-satisfied" style of writing!Are his sister and Xie Lian so familiar?

Of course, in the final analysis, this is just a greeting between friends—or a letter to exchange ideas between foodies, there is nothing wrong with it.

Wang Yan then folded the letter and sent it to his sister.

Ari was also very embarrassed when she received the letter - she really didn't expect that Xie Lian would write her a letter in such an aboveboard manner. Has this era been so open?

He looked at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan's face turned red, and he took the initiative to admit his mistake: "Uh... I have taken it apart."

Ali: ...

"It's my villainous heart. Sister is angry, just punish me. But if Ah Huo dares to write in the future... I, I will probably tear it down."

Ari felt relieved—it seemed that she was not out of touch with society. In this era, it is really not easy to communicate casually between men and women who are not relatives or relatives.

Although it is really depressing to be opened and read the letter, but thinking about Ah Yan's situation, he can only say: "Uh, I really... embarrass you."

Ah Li really wanted to say, if Xie Lian sends a letter next time, you can just return it.

But the words circled around his mouth, and finally he didn't say it.

——The life of an ancient lady is really boring.In this era, there are very few restrictions on women, but there are still many unwritten rules in daily communication.If you want to go out and travel like a man, you can't.Daily entertainment is even more scarce, there is no need to read novels, and I can't understand four of them.Ari doesn't like to play Shuanglu, go, or take flower lottery, so it's hard to get a letter... I really don't want to send it back.

Ari unfolded the letter and read it carefully.Can't help but smile knowingly.

It's just that I don't know if it's an illusion. When Xie Lian said that he was living in Jiangbei, the phrase "I can't be free", has a subtle and subtle sense of "only male colleagues around me" sent by a wanderer to a housewife.

Ari didn't think too deeply about it - the letter was really in Xie Lian's style, as she read it, she could almost imagine Xie Lian's sly smile.Such a Xie Lian, how can he be so tactful?

Because Xie Lian brought the bream, Ah Li also prepared some candied fruit for Wang Yan to send back as a gift.

——This kid never forgets etiquette.

Jingkou is so close that it takes only one day to travel there.

From then on, Xie Lian wrote letters from time to time.It's not every time I give it to Ali, it's more about discussing knowledge and exchanging ideas with Wang Yan.However, within ten and a half months, there must be one letter for Ari.

Wang Yan took it apart first.Later, I saw that what I talked about were daily trivial matters, just like chatting with friends, without exceeding the rules.I took it for granted, so I stopped thinking about Xie Lian's intentions.Only delivered on time.

He was still a child, so he didn't understand that a gentleman like Xie Lian saw the truth in the ordinary and trivial places.When he is surging and surging, he has reached the point of no return.

Ah Li and Xie Lian have such a steady flow of communication.

She knew that Xie Lian was a good match.It's just that every time I go back to the room, I see the mud tiger on the desk.The love affairs between the children in her heart became heavy like a huge rock, making her unable to think deeply.

Sometimes she patted the mud tiger's buttocks and heard it bark.There seemed to be a trace of grievance mixed in that cry.After listening for a long time, her mind was full of Sima Yu looking at her in the snow.

However, the past is like smoke, and it will dissipate one day.

——When people are alive, even if they look backward, they always have to move forward.

In the summer of this year, Ari Niang began to teach Ari the housekeeper.

Ari could feel the difference - last time she was just watching from the sidelines, and after watching for half a year, her mother handed over some matters such as cutting to her.This time, her mother asked her what she thought about everything, and even lectured her about everything.

At the beginning, Ari only felt that maybe she behaved well this time, and her mother had high expectations of her, so she restrained her a lot.

When the situation in Jiangbei became clear, her mother began to tell her about the emperor's family affairs intentionally or unintentionally.At this moment, Ahri sensed that something was wrong.

Her mother will not talk about royal gossip for no reason.I'm afraid I've noticed something, and I'm taking precautions.With her mother's calmness, she has already started to make preparations, so this matter is basically reliable.

However, the last time, she got engaged to Sima Yu in the autumn when she was 15 years old, and got married in the spring when she was 16 years old.After all, she is not even 12 years old now, the queen and her aunt are unlikely to be together!

Even though she comforted herself like this, Ari gradually became a little flustered.

She felt that if this was the case, she would be too unlucky.It's like a kid who just got a peerless secret book, thinking that he will soon be able to practice magic skills, and Xianyu turns over.As a result, just after leaving the cave, he met the leader of the Demon Cult and was knocked out with a sword.Her life in the past two weeks is like a novel that has been laid out layer by layer. It seems that it is getting better and better, with climaxes, and finally a meteorite falls from the sky-it is completely wiped out.

No such tricks!
Ah Li was depressed, but she also knew that it was useless to ask her A Niang about it.It's not her mother who can make decisions.

So when she received Xie Lian's letter again in the twelfth lunar month, she finally felt something was wrong.

She suddenly realized that her previous thinking was too simple.What she faced was actually a big problem.

——Before the engagement, she couldn't let Xie Lian develop any ambiguous feelings, otherwise, if something happened, she would be the one who harmed him.But if nothing happened with Xie Lian, why did Xie Lian take the lead in getting engaged to her?
Ali vomited blood.

At this time, there are also new changes in the DPRK and China.

——Although it was expected that there would be a war in Jiangbei this year, no one expected Beiyan to be so unlucky, and it only lasted for four short months.

Because the Empress Dowager's elder brother, Yu Ming, was guarding Xuzhou and was on the front line, often dealing with Hu people in Jiangbei, the emperor sent him to the court to report on his duties and elaborated on the situation in the north.

The Queen Mother's two elder brothers are both instant stars.Eldest brother Yu Lin, second brother Yu Ming.Back then, the late emperor died suddenly, and the crown prince was young.It was Yu Lin who advocated, saying that the country is in trouble, and there are strong enemies outside, and it is not suitable for a young master to come to court.In the end, the current emperor was established as the throne.At that time, Yu Lin assisted in the government, and Yu Ming was stationed in the north.It was also popular at the time.Later, Yu Lin was implicated by the harem and invited him to go out of town.The queen mother always hoped that Yu Ming could return to court.

But now Yu Ming really came back.

The queen mother was so happy that she often called the female family members into the palace to speak.

Among Yu Ming's several granddaughters, Yu Xiu was born the best, knowledgeable and sensible.It's the age to talk about others.The queen mother left her in the palace, trying to find a good marriage for her.

On the first day of this year, Ari Niang went to the palace for a pilgrimage, and the queen finally stopped asking about Ali.Yuan Ri's reward, the one who got an extra share was also replaced by Yu Xiu.

It seems that in Hualin Garden last year, Sima Yu's answer made Yu Xiu fall in love with her very much.And the queen mother also felt that the prince was filial and close to her, and had become sensible, so she could indeed be entrusted to her.He deliberately made the two into a pair.

When the noble ladies in Beijing discussed and Madam Yu acquiesced, Ah Li Niang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)