Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 29 Double Flyers, Earth North, Sky South
Thousands of words, inexhaustible obsession and obsession, looking back at yesterday, can't finish expressing the sorrow of leaving.

Back then, in order to protect Xu Yanyan, Wang Yan rushed out of the reeds to evade Zhao Yingyuan's pursuers. Xu Yanyan hid in the reeds and witnessed him being shot down by an arrow. Wang Yan thought she was not in the south. On the way, why didn't she think that Wang Yan had already died at the hands of the bandits.

When Jiashen was in a state of calamity, the Chuang army rushed into the capital, and the father of the emperor died in Sheji. Xu Yanyan's father, Xu Zhi, as a minister of the country, wanted to hang himself to death, but because he couldn't bear to leave her behind, he took her all the way south. I don't want to be surrounded by the army in the unnamed village of Beizhili in the end, and die as a martyr for the country.

Xu Yanyan's mother died early, and she was brought up by her father since she was a child. Xu Zhi was the whole of her life, but at the age of 13, she really lost everything.

The pain of losing her father made her almost collapse. The great grief made her close her heart and cut off her connection with the whole world. She became withdrawn and silent. Find someone worthy of entrustment.

During the days when he was trapped in the camp, Wang Yan obeyed Xu Zhizhi's entrustment, loved and cared for her like a family member. At that time, there was a glimmer of light in her gloomy sky.

Xu Yanyan watched Wang Yan feed her water, feed her food, fight for her fellow camp rogues, and sleep with her in unclothed clothes. Xu Yanyan's gloomy world became brighter because of this meticulous care , She also slowly came out of the grief of losing her father.

Unknowingly, the girl's heart slowly opened, and she gradually developed a different kind of affection for Wang Yan, which was the love of each other.

Everything seems to be getting better slowly, but Chuangjun is not a place to stay for a long time after all. She is trapped in Chuangjun as a daughter, and the danger is self-evident, and Wang Yan is therefore worried all day long.

When Zhao Yingyuan's army was exhausted and looking for a ferry, she and Wang Yan found an opportunity to escape from the Chuangjun camp.

Standing by the canal, she thought that she could start a new life from now on, but things turned out against her will. After watching her father die for her, she watched another man fall into a near-death situation for her.

Xu Yanyan hid in the reeds, watching Wang Yan lead the pursuers away, her mind went blank, the only thing was the tears in her eyes, streaming down like broken threads.

After God took her father away, she took away another piece of light in her life, and plunged her into endless darkness again.

She stood alone by the river, holding the jade pendant Wang Yan gave her in her hand, looking around, feeling at a loss in her heart, she wanted to jump down, jump into the sparkling Grand Canal, end her life, and be with her beloved The people who went to Huangquan together.

The two men who love her the most are willing to give up their lives in order to live a good life with her. Her life already has a different meaning.

She stood by the river, from sunset to sunrise, and finally decided to follow Wang Yan's arrangement, go south to find Wang Yan's parents, and do something for Wang Yan.

Xu Yanyan went south along the canal by herself, and the hardships along the way can be imagined. She begged all the way, gritted her teeth and persisted, and finally fell outside Nanjing.

When she woke up, she was already in Meixiang Tower.

At this time, Hou Fangyu was forced out of Nanjing by Ruan Dacheng, and Li Xiangjun no longer saw guests. Li Zhenli urgently needed to find someone who could replace Li Xiangjun.

Xu Yanyan was born in a family of officials, with a scholarly family, and she has an elegant air that ordinary girls don't have. In addition, she is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, so she became the best candidate for Li Zhenli's training.

Xu Yanyan was alone and had no money, so she stayed behind.

Soon after, as the Qing army entered the customs, a large number of officials and gentry who were unwilling to serve as barbarians went south one after another. With their arrival, news of the Qingzhou Change began to spread in Nanjing.

Since ancient times, the place of fireworks has been the gathering place of information from all walks of life. Scholars from the north denounced the imperial court for not making progress, and sat and watched the failure of the Shandong rebel army. They told of the tragic battle of Qingzhou, and at the same time, they killed Wang Yan who vowed not to surrender. The news of the siege came out.

Xu Yanyan couldn't help but burst into tears!
The news that Wang Yan was still alive made Xu Yanyan cheer up again, but like today, she could only miss each other bitterly.

In the inner hall, Wang Yan met Xu Yanyan's eyes. Looking at her with tears streaming down her face, he felt guilty. He couldn't imagine how a little girl would travel thousands of miles to Nanjing alone, trapped in the land of fireworks.

The pain, the grievance, I am afraid that no one will know, Wang Yan's heart hurts so much that he almost suffocates.He couldn't bear it anymore, couldn't bear to see Xu Yanyan suffer any harm or wronged.

At this time, Wang Yan had not only the promise he made to Xu Zhi, but also his feelings for Xu Yanyan.

He walked over step by step and embraced her in his arms.

Ask the world, what is love, and teach life and death!

This hug seemed to last forever.

When the two met, although they didn't say a word, it was worth a thousand words. The grievance in Xu Yanyan's heart and the hardships she had suffered along the way, all followed Wang Yan's hug, turned into joy that comes when all hardships are gone.

"Brother Wang!"

"Yanyan!"

I don't know how long it took before the two separated in the soft call of the other party.

In the outer hall, Liu Shun and Qian Yifeng sat in the corner while waiting and chatting.Both of them were very excited about what happened today, but their feelings were not the same.

Liu Shun just felt that he had met the world today and that Mrs. Li's singing voice was moving. As for the poems, he had no feeling at all.

After all, Qian Yifeng is a scholar, and he usually yearns to fight with humanities. Today, Wang Yan's behavior has satisfied all his fantasies, and his admiration for Wang Yan has reached another level.

The two were talking about today's affairs, one said the song was beautiful, and the other said the words were excellent, before they knew it, it was midnight.

A burst of drowsiness struck, and the two saw that Wang Yan hadn't come out yet, so they thought very nastyly, maybe Mrs. Xu thought her son was a good-looking talent, so she might want to stay overnight.

Qian Yifeng had been in the army for a long time, and he had already been led astray by the old soldiers. Liu Shun just gave him a look, and he understood it.

Immediately the two got up together, ready to say goodbye and leave, and come back to pick up Wang Yan tomorrow morning.But at this moment, Wang Yan withdrew from the inner hall.

Just now, he and Xu Yanyan were talking about their respective experiences, telling about their longing for each other, and when the love was so strong, they forgot the time.

It was Xu Yanyan who reminded Wang Yan after seeing that it was getting late, which reminded him that Liu Shun and Qian Yifeng were still waiting outside.

Wang Yan saw that Xu Yanyan also needed to rest, so he agreed to meet again tomorrow, so he bid farewell and came out.

"Let's go back to the inn. Tomorrow, we will go find Mr. Zuo first, and then find a way to raise money!" Seeing that the two were about to leave, Wang Yan immediately greeted them and walked out.

After returning to the inn, the three of them hurriedly washed and rested, but they only slept for two hours, and the sky was already bright, so they hurriedly got up again.

Not long after, Chen Zilong came to the inn to wait, and everyone asked Xiaosi to go outside to buy some food, quickly deal with their hunger, and then went to Zuo Maodi's mansion.

It had been some time since Zuo Maodi returned to the imperial court. Before he returned to Nanjing, Chen Hongfan got the news that his vote to Qing had been revealed, so he abandoned his official position and fled north.

A small number of courtiers in the Hongguang court were wary of Chen Hongfan's return to the south alone, but he suffered from the lack of evidence and could not impeach him.

Zuo Maodi came back too hastily, and Chen Hongfan didn't get the news until he got to the bank of the Yangtze River. Therefore, although Chen Hongfan abandoned his official position and fled, he left too hastily and did not prepare in advance. As a result, he was delayed by the river for a day and was chased Take the Jinyiwei lock on the top.

After Zuo Maodi returned to Nanjing, the matter of Chen Hongfan's surrender to the Qing Dynasty was further confirmed, and after three joint trials, he was executed in the city.

As Zuo Maodi and other members of the Northern Mission returned to Nanjing, the collapse of the peace talks with the Qing court was completely confirmed. Zuo Maodi hurriedly wrote to the emperor, requesting a quick change of national policy to deal with the current situation.

Zuo Maodi has great ambitions, but the court has not developed in the direction he imagined. The emperor was overwhelmed by the case of the fake prince, and he has not come to court for many days, which makes Zuo Maodi, who is eager to speak, very depressed.

It was a coincidence that Wang Yan and the others came, the emperor did not go to court early today, and even though Zuo Maodi held the title of the right servant of the Ministry of War, in fact, when he was envoy to the Qing court in the north, his actual duties had already been replaced by others, so he happened to stay at home.

At this time, when he heard that the subordinates came to report that Chen Zilong and Wang Yan were visiting, Zuo Maodi was overjoyed and went to greet him personally.

"Lord Zuo!" Seeing that Zuo Maodi greeted him personally, a group of people hurriedly saluted.

"Brother Da Zun, Shi Heng." Zuo Maodi held the hands of the two of them personally, and led them towards the mansion, "Shi Heng is coming from afar, let's talk about it after entering."

A group of people followed Zuo Maodi to the living room and sat down. After the maid served tea, Zuo Maodi asked, "Isn't Shiheng stationed in Sizhou? Why did you suddenly come to Nanjing?"

"Wansheng came to Nanjing this time because he wanted to discuss something important with Mr. Zuo." Wang Yan said directly.

"Look for me to discuss?" The four towns in the north of the Yangtze River have become Tang Dynasty vassal towns. Wang Yan belongs to Gao Yuanzhao, a scholar of Xingping, and is not under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court. At that moment, Zuo Maodi asked with some doubts: "What's the matter? Shi Heng can just speak directly. "

"Your Excellency, you know that Li Chuang has been defeated and has retreated to Dengzhou area." Wang Yan didn't say what he wanted to discuss, but asked instead.

"Shiheng's news should have been more than half a month ago." Zuo Maodi nodded, "The latest report from the imperial court shows that the Chuang army was overtaken by Azig in the southwestern part of Henan Province, and they were defeated in several battles. The soldiers went south to Huguang."

Zuo Maodi was a minister in the court, and the news was much quicker and more comprehensive than Wang Yan's. After hearing the latest report, Wang Yan and Chen Zilong couldn't help being surprised.

The Chuang army defeated the Ming Dynasty, forced the late emperor to death, and seized half of the northern rivers and mountains. The Qing army also killed the Chuang army and was defeated. They chased Shaanxi from Beijing, and chased Henan from Shaanxi.

The strength shown by the Qing army made Wang Yan and Chen Zilong startled, even terrified.

(End of this chapter)