Fu Canglu

Chapter 340 Breaking the Ice
There is a lot of fog on the Qijiang River, and the fog in the upper reaches is heavy.

A huge shadow slowly broke through the fog in the river.

The dragon's head came out first, with a ferocious face, and then the dragon's claws scratched through the fog in the river, cut through the waves, and slowly brought out the whole body

It was a huge dragon boat, traveling southward from the upper reaches of the Qijiang River, while slowly turning its direction, and traveling toward the middle and lower reaches with the power of water.

"Do you know what's wrong?"

A voice came from behind.

The man in heavy armor bowed his head obediently, with his hands on his thighs, his waist straight, and he knelt on the futon in the high and wide hall of the dragon boat.

High carved beams, patterned walls, and gorgeous decorations in the lobby. In the main hall, sandalwood is wafting from the small red sandalwood incense burner, which is refreshing, and the inside of the burner is three feet of white snow.

The heavily armored man who was punished to kneel here heard the lazy voice behind him, and quickly straightened his back by three points, his upper body was as straight as a gun, and his kneeling posture was correct.

In his memory, when he made a mistake when he was a child, the teacher always punished him like this.

kneel.

There will be no more words.

His majesty was stubborn at first and refused to admit his mistake, and he refused to answer. He just gritted his teeth and maintained a kneeling posture. The posture was extremely standard, until his legs were numb and his whole body was numb, and he refused to say a word.

Within a year, three futons were smashed.

And often after kneeling for punishment, Yuan Tiangang would only ask him lightly if he knew his mistake.

There will be no more words.

Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing.

Later His Majesty figured it out a little bit, no matter whether he answered yes or no, he would be exempted from bearing the bitter fruit, and would no longer have to kneel on the ground to compete with the futon.

If His Royal Highness answered that he knew, Yuan Tiangang would let him get up, as if all this had never happened.

If His Majesty answered that he didn't know, Yuan Tiangang would point out his mistakes one by one, and what he said was always convincing, and his five bodies cast their eyes on him.

His Highness said seriously: "I don't know."

Yuan Tiangang said softly: "I have never punished you since I bestowed the word "No Regrets" after reaching the crown. Today I punished you to kneel down for a stick of incense."

His Highness lowered his eyebrows and turned his back to the teacher.

"You should just kneel." Yuan Tiangang said lightly, "Kneeling here is better than dying in Xiguan."

His Highness said in a low voice: "I don't understand what the teacher means."

Master Guoshi put his hands behind his back, and said in a faint voice, "You rushed from North Gusu Road to Qiliang Ferry to cross the river, but did you ever get permission from Lanling City?"

His Highness fell silent.

"Did you let His Majesty know that you borrowed the dragon boat with Miss Tang family?"

"You went to Xiguan alone, without a soldier or armor, did you ever do what I told you before, think twice before acting?"

"Do you think that Huan Tuqiong ordered the sword to be withdrawn because you sank the halberd first? Do you think that if you come alone, you are expressing your heart for Qi Liang? Do you think those people in Xiguan are willing to knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs? It's because of you In face?"

His Highness gritted his teeth.

Yuan Tiangang smiled, and asked jokingly, "Are you here to save people, or are you opening a market in Lanling City, where you buy one and get one free?"

Xiao Wuhui stopped talking.

"The mistakes you made in the past were mostly hotheaded, and you didn't think carefully, and you were punished to kneel to calm you down." Yuan Tiangang sneered: "If you don't know your mistakes this time, you can kneel here until you know your mistakes."

The hall was empty.

Only His Majesty is alone.

Outside the Dragon Boat Court, everyone heard Yuan Tiangang reprimanding His Royal Highness.

The Great Master of Qi and Liang seldom gets angry.

Plan and then move.

Yuan Tiangang is like a mountain, pressing in Lanling City, pressing in Qi Liang's heart and bones, his emotions and anger are invisible, and he has never made the slightest mistake. Every proposal, every strategy, is like an advance The prophets who foresee the future are so accurate that they are unbelievably accurate.

How can such a person get angry when he gets angry?

Only when a person finds out that things are out of his control, and things are beyond his expectations, will he get angry and get angry.

"You took His Majesty's military talisman and came here from North Gusu Road. You are so majestic."

"The whole Xiguan is silent in front of you alone. The faces of the three dogs of Xiguan were wiped out by you at Xidukou. They are really worthy of the title of 'Marquis of Fengsui' conferred on you."

The voice of reprimand in the hall continued.

"I rushed back from Tianjihai. I didn't even go back to Lanling City. I went all the way against the Qi River to the West Ferry. Do you know what will happen if I'm a little late?"

The young Confucian scholar was very angry.

"Xiguan will break through this ship without hesitation and raise the flag of Qiliang to fight. After today, the entire Central Plains will never be peaceful!"

"How can you take advantage of it? What kind of hero should you be?"

Yuan Tiangang's voice was full of anger, and after the anger, the silent emotions became more complicated, and the most mixed thing was disappointment.

Yi Xiaoxiao and others outside the hall were ordered not to enter by Yuan Tiangang.

Looking from a distance, the little Highness saw that the back of the heavily armored man kneeling on the futon was a bit lonely.

The man in heavy armor had a full of wind and frost between his brows and eyes, but he smiled at this moment.

He turned his back to Yuan Tiangang and said, "Teacher, I don't want to be a hero."

Master Guoshi suppressed the anger in his heart.

The man in heavy armor said softly: "But if I don't come, can commoner still live today?"

This sentence was thrown in the hall.

Yuan Tiangang was stunned.

His Highness was silent.

Xiao Buyi outside the hall pursed his lips and understood what His Highness meant, sweat began to seep from his forehead.

Tang Xiaoman beside him lowered his eyebrows and gently wiped the fine sweat off his cheeks with his red sleeve.

"Teacher, even the time for you to come to Qijiang River is so tight. If you step on the last time, the consequences will be unimaginable for a second at night. If there is no such boat, what will happen now?"

Yuan Tiangang was silent.

He no longer carried his hands on his back, but lowered his hands lightly, stretched out his index finger with one hand, and lightly tapped the handle of the lupine fan hidden in his sleeve.

His Highness smiled indifferently: "I've been used to kneeling since I was a child, and I can't count the mistakes I've made. It doesn't matter if I kneel for another day."

This man in heavy armor was kneeling straight from head to toe.

He said softly: "The word no regrets was given to me by you, Teacher."

"If I want to sit in Qiliang, do nothing, just watch these things happen, I can't do it."

"So I must come."

"I have considered all the consequences, and I think twice before I act. Even if I think about it a hundred times, the ending will not change."

"Even if I am wrong in the end, these mistakes are irreversible, and even cause war in the entire Central Plains, I will never regret it."

The man in heavy armor smiled easily and said: "Now the commoner is fine, and Qi Liang is fine, it's all thanks to the teacher. As for the 'wrong things' I did, I definitely don't think it's wrong, so teacher, don't worry about it." Thinking that I can obediently admit my mistake. If you don’t feel relieved and hate iron but steel, you can punish me, and I will admit it no matter how long you punish me.”

After these words were finished, there was silence in the hall.

Needle drop is audible.

Yuan Tiangang tapped the handle of the feather fan slowly, turned and left.

"Tamp the goods."

His Royal Highness and Xiao Buyi saw the teacher dropped this sentence angrily, and left the hall straight away, ignoring them all the way.

His highness, whose upper body was upright and kneeling on the futon, smiled lightly and shook his head.

Arriving at the bow of the dragon boat, the young Confucian scholar leaned on the railing and took a deep breath.

Yi Xiaoan who just woke up slowly opened his eyes.

She saw that the national teacher seemed to have lost his temper just now, but now his face is not smiling.

Lie on the railing, but suddenly laughed out of anger.

A very slight, very slight sound.

Yuan Tiangang repeated slightly annoyed: "It's really a hot commodity."

The corners of the lips are slightly warped.

flood city.

The December snow has finally passed.

The most difficult days flew away with the heavy snow.

At dawn on this day, people in Hongliu City opened their doors and looked at the somewhat glaring snow field. Compared with the north, the snow in the south was not as majestic or spectacular, and there was only a little sadness of Xiaojiabiyu.

Just recently.

The city lord's mansion of Hongliu City sent a soldier from the governor's department to do the rough and tiring work for these common people quite politely.

break the ice.

The snow-covered ground was covered with a layer of ice that was neither thick nor thin. It was still difficult for pedestrians to walk, and it was even more difficult for vehicles and horses to travel.

The ice-breaking team stood on both sides of the road, knocking on the ice with sharp-pointed and blunt-tailed iron picks, breaking a crack in an instant.

Break the ice.

Even though it is still winter, the whole city is as warm as spring.

At the port outside Hongliu City, there was a rather magnificent scene.

It was a hassle to park Baiqiang's dragon boat in Hongliu City when it returned to port, but this big ship attracted the attention of countless people when it returned to port.

There were several young figures standing on the huge dragon boat.

So everyone is empty.

The port of the flood city is unprecedentedly hot.

It has always been rumored in the world that the three princes of Qi Liang had disagreements with each other, which was an annoying matter in Lanling City.

Power tricks harming the country, brothers killing each other, this is what no one wants to see.

But today, the three Highnesses supported each other to disembark.

So all the rumors are self-defeating.

The city lord's mansion got the news, and the two god generals personally led the Hongliu city soldiers to meet them, but they were embarrassingly blocked outside the tight crowd.

No one sells the face of the City Lord's Mansion.

Also blocked out of the crowd were some Tang Sect disciples.

The Tang Sect has been open for more than a year. The reporter of the Tang Sect in Hongliu City was relieved to see that the eldest lady who had been missing for a short period of time in the crowd was safe and sound. It is very sweet to hold hands with the husband, and I can't help but feel deeply moved.

Iron picks were scattered here and there on the icy road.

The governor of the ice-breaking team threw the iron rod and squeezed into the crowd with difficulty along the first wave of people. It was fortunate to see this scene.

The bodies of the three Highnesses were covered with dust, their faces were tired, and they were not moving fast. The crowd made way for them, and they waved their hands gently.

No one knows what they went through.

It's just that the smiles when they look at each other will not fake.

The solid ice on the side of the road began to melt, and iron rods were inserted into half of the ice, melting slowly under the sun.

No one touched the iron rod, but the pointed end lost resistance, so it lost its balance and landed on the ice with a clatter.

All the ice in this world will melt.

Iron brazing is not necessarily the only thing that can break through the ice.

(End of this chapter)