blue bird song

Chapter 69
The continuous autumn rain brings bursts of bone-chilling chill.In the west hall of Tanjiazhuang, an old man with a handsome appearance was sitting alone with an indifferent expression.He is about 60 years old, wearing a green cloth Taoist robe and green-soled court boots, free and easy.

Opposite him sat a middle-aged man with gorgeous clothes and strange appearance.He looks a bit feminine at first glance, but upon closer inspection, he looks like a man.After watching it many times, I realized that he was a eunuch.

Of these two people, the old man in Tsing Yi is Tan Xian, and the eunuch is Hu Yuan.

The rain outside became more and more urgent, mixed with the howling wind, it sounded a little scary.Hu Yuan became anxious, "Old Tan, give me an idea! I was tricked into coming here, but it's all because of you!"

Tan Xian didn't turn his head to look at him, and said indifferently: "If you have a brain, you will know that I will not write to you, and I will not invite you to Tanjiazhuang as a guest. My Tan family lives here, Xiang Youqing, how can I Make friends with eunuchs."

Hu Yuan's face was flushed, and he sneered again and again, "Although the eunuch is contemptuous, he has integrity! I, Hu Yuan, are not like you, jealous of the virtuous and capable, and secretly harming others!"

Tan Xian's tone was still light, "Yes, you will not harm people secretly, you are blatantly harming people. Since Emperor Yongle, eunuchs have become more and more important, and harming people is done openly, so there is no need to cover up .”

Hu Yuan slapped the table angrily and shouted: "You are talking nonsense!"

A dazzling flash of lightning flashed across the sky outside, followed by a loud thunder, which seemed to deafen the ears of the deaf.Afterwards, the sound of wind and rain became more urgent. What should have been a quiet and clear autumn night turned out to be lightning, thunder, and wind and rain.

"True evil!" Hu Yuan stopped losing his temper and murmured in a low voice.It was thunder and rain, not autumn at all, much less an autumn night.

Tan Xian shivered.Autumn is here, the weather is getting colder, the weather is getting colder and colder...

"When Shen Fu was imprisoned, I didn't think much about it." Hu Yuan suddenly said without thinking: "He can eat [-] empty wages, he is a bit courageous. He looks too ugly, he deserves to be arrested."

"But looking at it now, it's clearly..." Hu Yuan hesitated to speak.

Tan Xian was unmoved, his expression was still calm.However, there was an unconcealable sadness between his brows.

"Master, we have a visitor." The servant came in and reported respectfully.Although he was holding an umbrella, most of his body was already drenched by the rain, and he was very embarrassed.He was holding a tray in his hand, and in the tray was a poster, which was also wet by the rain and was not smooth anymore.

Tan Xian opened the poster and looked at it with a dazed expression. Hu Yuan came over carelessly, and when he saw the name on the sticker, his face turned pale.I always thought that the matter could be exposed, and I would never bring it up again in this life, but today, 20 years ago, the righteous master unexpectedly came to the door again.

"Please." Tan Xian said calmly.The servant got the order, bowed to salute, and withdrew.

Two figures appeared at the entrance of the hall.The man on the left is tall and burly, while the girl on the right is slim and graceful. Although she can't see her face clearly, she is known to be a beautiful woman just by her figure.

Tan Xian is old, and Hu Yuan is a eunuch, so he doesn't care about female sex.But when the girl walked over lightly and gradually saw her face clearly, her heart moved.This young girl's skin is more radiant than snow, she is a rare and good woman.

The tall and burly man also slowly approached, Tan Xian and Hu Yuan were surprised when they saw him.It's true that Marquis Wu Ding suffered a defeat, but he couldn't afford to look like this, it's really like mourning.

Another bright flash of lightning flashed outside, and the whole side hall was instantly bright as day.There are four people in the hall, four faces, but three of them are pale, looking very sad.

"Qi Baoshan's only daughter is my mother." Qing Que looked at the three people in front of her calmly, and simply announced, "I am the granddaughter of Qi Baoshan's direct relative, and I came to seek justice for him! Tan Xian, Zhao Yue, Hu Yuan , you owe me the Qi family, today you will pay me back the money with interest!"

Her voice was clear and sweet, but to my ears, it was more shocking than the thunder outside.Zhao Yue pressed his waist knife vigilantly, Hu Yuan shrank his neck, even Tan Xian, who was the calmest, felt fear in his heart.

"General Longhu has such an outstanding granddaughter. It's really gratifying." Tan Xian stroked his beard and sighed. "I feel sorry for them when both father and son died in battle. Now knowing that the Qi family has a queen, I feel inexplicably gratified."

Qi Baoshan is dead, his sons are also dead, who would have expected that his only daughter would give birth to a granddaughter, and this granddaughter would be forced to come to his house today.The daughter and granddaughter are all of foreign surnames, and the Qi family lost their son, and there is a day when they will make a comeback.God, this is God.

Hu Yuan is an eunuch, the most unscrupulous, flattering with flattery on his face, "Only a genius like General Dragon and Tiger can have a granddaughter as capable as you. General Qi, you are a heroine!"

Zhao Yue remained silent, keeping his hand on the handle of the waist knife.Tan Xian, Hu Yuan, both of you seem to be good at eloquence, I can't make it, you two come.Especially Tan Xian, don't you claim to be a resourceful person, quickly convince this girl in front of you.She's only so old, it's a piece of cake for you to fool her.

Qingque's waist knife was unsheathed, and the bright and dazzling sharp weapon was placed in front of the three of them, "Everyone tell me the truth of the year." It was completely commanding.

Tan Xian frowned, "How can you be so rude to the elders? Qi Qingque, I was the governor of military affairs back then, and I have nothing to be ashamed of for what I did!"

Qingque looked at him coldly, unmoved at all.

Tan Xian sighed, "Grandfather was so loyal and brave that he used [-] cavalry to fight against tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry. He killed countless enemies and died of exhaustion. He couldn't wait for reinforcements until they were all killed in battle! General Qi, there was a strong wind and sand that day. The two groups of people lost their way and did not arrive in time. This is God's will, not man-made."

Hu Yuan looked dejected, "Letting the eunuch supervise the army is simply nonsense! I don't know how to march and fight, what are you messing with? I don't understand military affairs. I don't know why the reinforcements didn't arrive back then, but the wind and sand really It's too big to go out."

Zhao Yue looked at Tan and Hu sharply, and said in a deep voice: Not long after I set off with my team, I encountered a big sandstorm!Can't see at all!Because I lost my way, I didn't arrive in time.General Qi, Master Tan is right, this is a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster. "

"The three of you are all lying!" Qing Que reprimanded coldly, "Why is it so windy and sandy that I can't see things, you think I'm an ignorant child? It's full of wind and sand! Did Lan Hou catch up to the last emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, killed tens of thousands of enemies, and captured countless slaves and livestock?"

The three men in the hall all turned pale.Zhao Yue clenched the handle of the knife even more, ready to fight with the knife at any time.

Qingque raised the sword in his hand and forced the three of them in. "When my grandfather was fighting bloody battles in the fishing sea, you were leisurely and carefree in the rear! When he was sleeping in the ground, you were high-ranking and rich! You three, step on me!" The bones of my grandfather climbed to the high position and have been enjoying the blessings for 20 years! Today I am here to collect debts, not only for my grandfather, but also for countless innocent souls by the seaside of Yuyuer!"

Zhao Yue's waist knife was out of its sheath, ready to fight to the death.Hu Yuan fumed in fright, "I don't understand anything, it's not me, it's not me." Tan Xian took two steps back calmly, reached out and pressed the hidden button on the bookcase.Forty or fifty black-clothed guards appeared in response, holding bright sharp knives and shouting to kill them.Hu Yuan was very happy, "Old Tan has a city mansion!" Xi Zizi watched from the side, waiting for the Tan family's guards to win a big victory.Seeing this, Zhao Yue was also planning in his mind, even if he combined the strength of the three of them, he couldn't persuade this girl, so it seemed that he couldn't be kind.That being the case, there is no other way but to end her, once and for all.Don't hesitate now, the saber technique is ruthless, every knife is as ruthless as a knife.

Qingque responded to the enemy with a knife, and let out wave after wave of long howls.This long howling sound was clear and far away, full of energy, even in times of lightning, thunder, and wind and rain, it could be heard far, far away.

A group of masked men in black with black face scarves rushed over quickly and fought with the Tan family's guards.This group of masked men in black attacked very viciously, silently, and all their tricks were fatal.

There are new bandits in Zhejiang, and even the Qiantang area is not stable anymore.No, the well-known Tan family village was washed with blood on a stormy night. The head of the Tan family, the prestigious Tan Xian, fell in a pool of blood.Hu Yuan, the army supervisor who recovered Hetao with him, and Zhao Yue, the commander-in-chief, happened to be here to reminisce about the old days, and unfortunately he was killed.

"How should I report such a major banditry?" Ning Guogong was in a terrible headache, "Three people died at once, all of them were prominent! A Qingliu celebrity, a commander-in-chief and lord, and a Guarding the eunuch, no matter which title is famous!"

Deng Qi grinned, "Death is like a lamp going out. What can we say? They are destined to be like this. Grandfather, we have just arrived in Zhejiang, and we haven't started to show our skills yet. It has nothing to do with us! Hurry up, we should The ones who are recruited are recruited, and the ones that should be exterminated are exterminated. When the news reaches the capital, we should stabilize the situation."

Ning Guogong glared at him, "It's easy to say!" Deng Qi didn't know if he had become more courageous or his emotions were really high, he was not afraid of being stared at by him, and continued to be silly.

"You're so stupid!" Ning Guogong couldn't see him like this, hating iron for being weak, "If you told me honestly back then, would you have made it to this point?"

What Ning Guogong said was nonsensical, but Deng Qi understood it completely, and pushed back without thinking, "If you really want to listen to my heart, you should ask me in private! You should ask me in front of grandma. Ask me, do you still want to hear the truth, is it possible?"

When the Qi family's father and son died in battle, the Xun family insisted on regretting the marriage, and the Sun family was unwilling to marry an orphan girl as the eldest daughter-in-law, and wanted to find another lady for Deng Qi.Ning Guogong and the Xun family had several disputes, but there was no result. Finally, Deng Qi was called over to inquire. Deng Qi said with a filial expression, "The grandson obeys the grandmother, and the grandson will marry whoever the grandmother asks the grandson to marry." With that, Duke Ning finally made up his mind.

Deng Qi said it smoothly, and blurted out a series of accusations, "I was young and ignorant at that time, and when you are old, you don't know what is good or bad! A promised marriage is a promised marriage. How can a woman's family suffer? , the reason why the husband will go back on his word? Breaking one's word, outrageous!"

"You bastard!" Duke Ning roared angrily, and swung his palm over.Not only did Deng Qi not hide, but he bravely went up to him, "Hit it, hit it harder! It's best to leave five slap marks, and when I see Niu Niu, I'll tell her where the injury came from!"

At the mention of Niuniu, Duke Ning Guo immediately lost his temper, withdrew his palms embarrassingly, and lowered his head pretending to read the official documents.Deng Qi straightened his neck and made a fuss, but he was not beaten in the end, and he was also surprised, so he was quiet for a while.

"Wait for Niu Niu to come back, take good care of her, and don't allow her to make her own decisions." After a while, Ning Guogong said in a muffled voice, "None of those people are easy to deal with. She is young and energetic, and she is too bold. This time she won by a narrow margin, and she must not be like this in the future. .”

"There's no future." Deng Qi's voice softened, "It's all solved in one pot, and there is no future."

Ning Guogong was silent for a long time, Fang whispered: "I hope so."

Since the order to appease and put forward that "those who return to the sincerity, the past will not be blamed", there has been an endless stream of refugees throwing away their guns and surrendering to the government.The government resettled these people in desolate wild lands, gave them household registration as good citizens, and allowed them to mine barren land and grow and eat by themselves.There were still a small number of people who came to surrender at the beginning, but gradually more and more people came to surrender.

Refugees, originally took risks because life was really difficult.The imperial court allowed them to have land to grow and food to eat, so they rebelled and made troubles.

No, they don't even ask for food, as long as they can eat bran and swallow vegetables, they can survive without starving, and they can live in peace.

While Ning Guogong ordered to appease, he divided his troops into two groups to attack the bandit leaders Cheng Lin and Ye Songpeng respectively.Before the battle, in order to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the refugees and divide them, Lord Ning Guo shot thousands of surrender posters to the refugee army, "Except for the bandit leaders, those who voluntarily surrender will not be blamed!" There is a room!"

Duke Ningguo governed the army strictly, with clear rewards and punishments, and the army he led had always only advanced, never retreated.There is only a brave charge, not fear of the enemy.In less than a month, all the cities of Taizhou were recovered, and the bandit leader fled into the mountains with his cronies.

Deng Qi and Qingque went into battle side by side, with flags unfurled, bright armor and high spirits.Deng Qi's saber technique has been passed down by Ning Guogong, he is very good at chopping up refugees with little martial arts, just like chopping vegetables.

But Qingque didn't kill people, and took great effort to capture them alive.Deng Qi was in a hurry, "Niuniu, this is a war!" He yelled at him, but Qingque still refused to kill, "These people are not invading wolves, tigers and leopards, they are also citizens of the Celestial Dynasty like us!"

Deng Qi was so angry.

After the troops were withdrawn, Lord Ning Guo knew about it, and he also put on a straight face, "The benevolence of a woman!" When he went to the battlefield, he wanted to kill people, whether he was a Mongol, a Jurchen, or a rebel?The appeasement order was issued earlier, and they were repeatedly advised to put down their guns and surrender. They are stubborn and seek their own death, but who is to blame?

"Compassion does not command soldiers." Ning Guogong patted Deng Qi on the shoulder, "Qi'er, Niu Niu is a girl, so it's better to sit at home and embroider. This is going to fight, she can't do it like this."

Deng Qi was thinking about the same thing as Ning Guogong, but when Ning Guogong said this, he jumped up, "Niu Niu is kind-hearted, she can do what she wants! Obsessed with profit, mercenary, Niuniu is not!"

Ning Guogong couldn't bear his noise, "It's done, I see, your daughter is right in everything she does." Deng Qi scratched his head, "No, she's wrong, I'll teach her!" Camp tents, blocking the blue sparrows to make sense.

Deng Qi talked dryly for a long time, Qing Que looked serious, "Although they can't be called unarmed civilians, they are weak and incompletely equipped. They are not equal opponents at all. Let me kill them, it's really bad go."

Deng Qi couldn't afford the case.

Ning Guogong decided that this time to suppress the bandits, Qingque would not be allowed to go to the battlefield again.

Unexpectedly, because of Qingque's extremely irrational behavior, the recruiting of refugees went more smoothly.The refugees who were captured by her not only wanted to join the army, but they also recruited more companions.

There is a strict distinction between military registration and civilian registration in this dynasty. Military registration is also called military household. They are not allowed to do business or take part in imperial examinations. They can only serve as sergeants for generations.There are many military households and servants, and their status is low, which is far worse than being a good citizen.Volunteering as a military household is really rare.

"We will follow General Qi and resist the invading wolves, tigers and leopards!" "We will be the frontier army, and we will be men who stand up to heaven and earth!" The refugees who surrendered were passionate.

Qingque quickly recruited a team of refugees who had defected.This team's combat effectiveness is not strong, but this team recognizes her, and only her.

While comforting and encouraging them, Ning Guogong secretly strengthened the surveillance, making sure that they are safe and secure, and dare not repeat it.The refugee first landed, this is the most important time not to be taken lightly.

The new emperor changed his year name to Hongzhi.In other words, this year is the 23rd year of Chengdai, and next year will be the first year of Hongzhi.The emperor was benevolent, filial and generous, and he was extremely concerned about his younger brother, King Jin, who was away in battle and was ill. He sent ten imperial doctors with superb medical skills from Beijing.After being recuperated by these imperial doctors, King Jin's health gradually improved, and by the time of winter, he had almost recovered.

Although he recovered, the weather turned cold and the roads were difficult to travel, but the imperial doctors did not allow King Jin to leave and return to the capital at this time, "His Royal Highness is a daughter of gold, please take care of yourself for a while. It will not be too late for you to return to Beijing when you are well. .”

King Jin often went out for a walk to relieve his sulking.Qing Que was strictly forbidden by Lord Ning Guo to go to the battlefield, and was only responsible for training recruits.On the spacious school field, the recruits were sweating on their foreheads, and they practiced charging in a uniform manner. King Jin watched it interestingly and watched from the sidelines.

He was dressed in a light and warm snow-white fur. Looking from a distance, he really looked like a fairy who had been relegated to the mortal world.Qingque looked at him from a distance, her heart was warm and soft.His eyes are so touching, even from such a distance, you can feel the sincerity.

After the training, the recruits were taken back to the barracks.King Jin should have come to see the military training, but after the training, he still stood still.

(End of this chapter)