The Grandmaster Strategist Chapter 23: Wanjin Family Letters
Hou Huo Cong, Wenxiang Hou, was born in a humble background. Taizu Wuwei twenty-five years ago, he rescued Sima Jiangzhe into the palace for Emperor Yong’s residence. He was not blindfolded at first, and was a servant of Hanyuan. Later Emperor Taizong gave Ningguo Changle Princess with a hidden residence. Cong still served in the cold garden. He read philosophical manuscripts daily and was inspected by Princess Zhaohua. The princess passed the book and taught for her extended teacher. Later, Zhe returned from the army, tried his article and was pleased, but returned to the door.
Although Zhe is known as a genius in the world, his articles are beautiful, he is the best in the world, but he dabbles, Cong is rigorous, and he only reads the history of the scriptures.
——”The Biography of Yongshiwen Township Marquis”
At the end of December 27 of the Great Yongwuwei, Zezhou Camp was full of joy. After several years of stalemate, a victory was finally achieved. The lieutenants and soldiers were all smiling, not to mention the emperor’s decree to reward the three armies. The pockets of the sergeants are full, and the victory plus the rewards make Zezhou soldiers exasperated.
After Long Tingfei withdrew from Zezhou, Emperor Li Xian of Qi ordered to camp at the border of Qinzhou before the snow fell. After 300,000 Yongjun and 200,000 minpi recruited from Zezhou, they fought hard in January and built Baili Yingpan, this time, the Yong Army absolutely did not allow the North Han Army to enter Zezhou again. As the New Year approaches, Zezhou Camp is tightly guarded, but still allows sergeants to leave the camp in rotation. Although there are no towns nearby, profit-seeking businessmen have long established temporary markets. The temporary houses are simple but warm. There are all kinds of hotels, brothels, and casinos, as well as a variety of goods for sale. King Qi is not opposed to the appearance of the market. After all, without these, the winter will be sad, but for safety, he still sent troops to gather. The city was controlled so that the spies of the Northern Han Dynasty would not take the opportunity to enter the military situation. Although no military order was issued, everyone knew that the attack on the Northern Han Dynasty in the next spring was already a certainty.
In the army camp, I leaned on the soft couch and looked at the letter from my family. This time the emperor sent someone to pass on the decree and awards. I also brought the letter from the family. Changle and Roulan have letters, although I really want to see it. What did Roulan write, but the longing for Chang Le was already full of thoughts. So I opened the letter from Princess Changle first.
Princess Changle’s letter is very long, and it is actually filled with seven pieces of silk. From the perspective of the old and new inks, it is not written all at once. It may be written at random, writing a few lines every day, and then following the messenger Come.
“The journey of my concubine is quite smooth. Only Shen’er is occupied by Master Cizhen. It is difficult to see her many times all day long. Shen’er can walk, but it can’t be long. When the husband returns, he should be able to see Shen’er walking alone.
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The brothers of the three kings were very cold to Lin’er. Although the concubine was dissatisfied, the brother and sister had not seen him for many years. Brother Wang was ordered to pick up the concubine and return to Beijing. It was inconvenient to persuade Lin’er and Roulan to stay close. The concubine is worried. The three kings are now in power, but he hates the sixth kings, and the concubine fears that the brothers will repeat the wall.
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According to the emperor’s secret letter, there are rumors in Beijing that Zezhou was defeated, and the concubine knew that there was a husband in Zezhou. This would not be the case. However, the rumors passed and the people were panic. The concubine had to slow down his schedule and meet local officials along the way. Dependents.
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The prince’s suburbs welcome, the ceremony is heavy. The concubine was ashamed of his body and mind. Although the prince was young, he was smart and kind. Roulan and the prince were childhood sweethearts, seeing each other as close together as before. Although Lin’er was aloof, the prince treats each other with sincerity. The emperor’s brother ordered Lin’er to accompany the prince to read, and there was a lot of criticism in Beijing.
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One thing, the concubine was uneasy, Sima Xiu, the former noble daughter of Shu, murdered a talented woman who was pregnant. Although she had to be stopped by the queen, she died after childbirth. The second prince was pitiful, and the mother was humble and innocently victimized. Fortunately, Cheng was full of justice. Save, the emperor’s sister-in-law has asked the second prince to worship Cheng as her mother. However, Sima Xiu murdered the prince and killed the prince’s biological mother. His crime was not light, and he should be killed in accordance with national laws and palace regulations.
However, the brothers of the three kings came to intercede, saying that the guarding of Dongchuan needs the help of the Shu family. Sima’s achievements are remarkable. If his daughter is killed, he fears that Dongchuan will cause chaos, and the emperor’s wife has to pardon his death. However, everyone hates the mother, and the emperor’s brothers do not prosper. If this is tolerated, there will be more troubles. When the concubine arrives in Beijing, the mother’s queen trusts, the emperor’s wife secretly transmits the holy will, the concubine body is killed and repaired in the cold palace that night, although it is the emperor’s fate, the concubine body is still uneasy. For fear that the brothers of the three kings will hate the concubine body, and the concubine body will be loved by the father and brother.
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The concubine heard that the southern Chu army was pressing Jia Mengguan, and the emperor brother had sent the three kings back to Dongchuan, but the concubine was uneasy. The husband’s previous letter mentioned Lu Can’s unfeeling affairs. The husband taught the art of war, and the concubine was afraid that Dongchuan would be defeated, and the rift between the three kings and the royal family was still there. The concubine saw that his mind was deep and feared that Dongchuan would change, and the military affairs would be a major matter. The Han war was difficult, and the concubine couldn’t bear to fight for a long time, so she was really worried.
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Today Hai Zhongying entered Beijing secretly, begging to see her concubine, and wishing Zhou Shangyi to be his wife. The concubine had heard that the two of them had fallen in love, but the name of Shangyi was still in the palace roster. Hai’s family went to sea all the year round. Parting, my concubine hesitated physically and mentally, so I didn’t mention this matter. Today, Hai’s is sincere, and the concubine is the master of it. The day before yesterday, I asked the mother to make a decree and eliminate Duanniang’s name. The marriage is scheduled at the end of the year. The general manager and the little six sons looked after. The inner house still needs a female officer. The queen has been promoted from the inner court to a female official in the house. Although this is a special favor, the concubine does not know what her husband wants, and dare not answer.
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I finished reading the letter and sighed slightly. Chang Le was thinking a little bit more. She was worried that the emperor wanted to arrange personal surveillance by my side. In fact, there were at least a few hundred maids in the princess mansion, and they were all before entering Beijing. The queen personally arranged it. It’s unknowingly wanting to install a spy. Why do you want to intervene so clearly? Besides, the female officials chosen by the queen must be shrewd and capable, and it will surely make Changle take a little less thought and keep such a person right. For me, only good. Even if this person is responsible for surveillance, it doesn’t matter. I don’t have anything to hide. Besides, judging from Sima Xiu’s affairs, the emperor and the empress regard Changle as their right-hand men. In this way, It is inevitable that some secret message transmission is necessary. It is even more desirable to have such a person to leave a channel for message transmission.
I lifted my pen and wrote a reply, asking Changle to preside over the marriage of Hai Zhongying and Zhou Shangyi on my behalf. In addition, the queen’s kindness must be accepted. As for King Qing, I didn’t mention it. I don’t want Changle to worry about military affairs. Naturally, the emperor has to worry about these things, and I will not go to Dongchuan to make a joke. My reputation there is very poor. I have not forgotten about the king of Shu, but the Splendid Alliance has developed well in Dongchuan. However, there was no special information coming in some time ago. It seems that I should urge Chen Zhen.
After writing my reply to Changle, I picked up the soft blue letter again. After opening it, I almost crooked my nose just after reading a few lines. The little girl actually said in the letter triumphantly that she had already asked The queen filed a complaint, saying that I would not allow her to write to the prince, and the queen promised to teach me a lesson when I returned to Beijing.
Fortunately, the next thing is to boast to me that the Emperor took her clothes out to have fun. It seems that the Emperor is not an ordinary pet to Roulan. The joy is described as being on the scene, other than that, after the prince comes back from the South Study, the three children will play together. I feel a little bit sour in my heart, this little girl is always like a fish in water, and it seems that she was born to kill me, having fun so much, she has not forgotten to complain.
The last part of the writing is a somewhat weird thing. Roulan mentioned that she slipped to the cold garden to play. Because it was my former residence, there are still many documents and precious books in it for several years. They are all protected and organized by dedicated personnel. Because Li Lin laughed at her for not knowing poetry after a few days of class, Roulan was angrily thinking of finding a rare book in my study to embarrass Li Lin, because I have not returned to Beijing, so the cold garden ban is still Effectively, Roulan sneaked in. After all, Hanyuan’s defense could not be as tight as before. But Roulan discovered an interesting thing. A little boy took a peek at my anthology and book collection while no one was seeing it. Roulan wanted to send this little boy to Changle, but after checking it, he knew that this little boy was called Huo Cong, who was originally brought into Yongwang Mansion. I have been in the cold garden to arrange flowers and trees for these two or three years. Roulan thought about it. I thought, if this matter was known, Huo Cong would definitely be kicked out. Although she was naughty, she was soft-hearted and unwilling to inform him, so she forced Huo Cong to explain the article to him. According to Roulan, Huo Cong speaks better. I am good, because she can understand it.
Seeing this, I couldn’t help but fall into contemplation. Back then, I met Donghai and King Qing’s subordinates and rescued an orphan. This child had a pair of stubborn eyes, but I was single-minded at the time. I didn’t pay attention to this child. I remember that later this child became a servant of the Emperor Yong’s Mansion, and because he was very good at handling flowers and trees, I saw him once and let him enter the cold garden to serve the flowers and trees casually. But I have not paid attention to this child. I never thought that he was still in the cold garden, and from Roulan’s words, he was an educated child.
I think Jiang Zhe has the reputation of being a talented man, but several of my registered disciples are all military commanders. Needless to say, Roulan. If she is interested in reading, would I not teach her, Shen’er, Although he is young, he doesn’t look like the seed of reading. Now he is worshipped by Master Cizhen, and there should be no problem in becoming a master of martial arts in the future. When it comes to articles, I don’t have any extravagant hopes. After thinking about it, I don’t even have a successor to my economy. Thinking of this, I moved in my heart and took out the letter to the princess, asking her to ask Xixi to teach Huo Cong to read it. If Huo Cong is really good, I will accept it. If I don’t like this disciple, there’s nothing wrong with cultivating a talent, right?
Putting down the family letter, I took out the emperor’s secret letter again. The situation mentioned above is exactly the current situation. This time Nan Chu sent troops without warning beforehand. Thanks to the emperor’s looting of Jianye. Dayong is very jealous, but he is more fearful than hatred. In fact, Nan Chu’s government affairs are now in the hands of Shang Weijun. This person is afraid to buy peace with gold and silver treasures. In the past few years, Nan Chu has been apart from routine every year. In addition to the five million taels of silver indemnity, there are also various precious tributes, women’s gold silk, my business in Nanchu in the past few years has been taxed by the government has tripled, although there is still Lu Can A military commander like Rong Yuan, but his military strength has hardly increased. This is also impossible. The army needs such a huge amount of food and food. If you don’t have money, you don’t want to raise soldiers. But I still want to admire Lu Can. After two years of farming in Shuzhong, and doing smuggling business through the Yangtze River water transport and shipping, he earned a lot of gold and silver. Not only did he train a good soldier, he could also support Rongyuan who guarded Jingxiang. Of course, not many people know about this matter. Lu Can did it very closely. Even the power minister of Nan Chu, Shang Weijun, is not very clear. After all, the Nanchu army can be said to belong to the Lu family. If Shang Weijun is The pressure was too tight, I was afraid that civil strife had already begun in Nanchu before Dayong went south. As for my knowledge of this incident, it is really because both Tianji Pavilion and Splendid Alliance are involved, but I don’t want to stop this incident. Not to mention that this business brings me millions of silver every year, so I can control the financial resources of the Southern Chu army. I’m very proud of it. I can cut off Nanchu’s smuggling route at any time as long as I need it. This way, the Nanchu army without money and food will be stretched out, but such a weapon is naturally to be used at a critical time. I didn’t want to use the Southern Chu army to suppress Dongchuan this time. After all, Dayong could not fight on both sides. Before the Northern Han Dynasty was settled, Nan Chu’s hope could not be cut off.
Reading through the emperor’s secret book and the military information transferred from the Ministry of War again, I suddenly felt a strange feeling in my heart, how could it be so coincidental, the Northern Han Dynasty was newly defeated, the Southern Chu was rejuvenated, and the King Qing’s behavior was so strange. I know that King Qing has the ability to operate in Dongchuan for many years, and even when Fengyimen is in full swing, he can’t do anything to him. How can such a person easily reveal disagreements with the royal family? It doesn’t matter if he hates King Qi. However, it shouldn’t have been changed when King Qi used his army in the Northern Han Dynasty. A Sima Xiu-mei, although a former noble daughter of Shu, made such a big mistake after the country’s subjugation. It stands to reason, let alone kill with a death rod. It is a matter of course to ask the Sima clan for sins. King Qing only needs to ask not to ask Sima Xiumei’s tribesmen. It is already a rare favor. A daughter should not let the Sima clan make a decision to break with the Dayong court. Why I think King Qing’s approach is a bit too arrogant? There must be a connection between these three things, but I can’t think of it for a while.
After thinking for a long time, I still felt that I didn’t have a clue, so I put down my paperwork and went out of the account. It was almost dusk. The air outside was very cold and the air-conditioning was blowing. I fought a cold war. The climate in this Northland is really difficult, although It has been many years since I left Nanchu, but I am still not used to the cold in the north. The cold wind cleared my mind a lot. I didn’t want anything at all, so I walked around aimlessly. As I walked, I suddenly saw Xiao Shunzi bowing his head into a small camp, and suddenly felt curiosity. He has always disappeared these few days. I thought he was practicing some new tricks, but I didn’t expect it. Here, I looked around, but it turned out that I went to the place where the important prisoners were imprisoned, but what did Xiao Shunzi do here?
Although I know don’t be polite, I’m really curious, and deliberately walked to a place not far from the camp, although the distance is still quite far, at least the guards around me can’t hear what’s inside. But I can hear you clearly. I put on a pensive appearance, as if I was still considering strategies, but my mind was all used in my ears, listening carefully to the situation inside.
Ling Duan was lying on the bed, eyes full of coldness and sorrow. He was the only survivor of the Ghost Cavalry next to General Ghost Face. He still clearly remembers that at the last moment, the horse was lost, only a few remained. The ghost rider guarded the general against countless horses and sabers. The colleagues around him lost their lives one by one. Finally, only the general and himself were left on the battlefield. In fact, Ling Duan could not believe that he could survive. that time. Yong Jun shouted “Taking Tan Ji alive” and surrounded him. The general protected himself behind him. Although he was able to temporarily protect the general’s back, the general clearly took over most of the offensive. At that moment, Ling Duan realized that the general was desperately protecting himself. He was grateful to the ashamed Ling Duan. Being able to defend desperately, unless I die, can’t let anyone hurt the general’s back, this is Ling Duan’s only idea. The last Da Yong’s general seemed to see that he was the general’s weakness, and turned to attack himself. Just as his horse was about to pierce his throat, the general used his arm to block the fatal blow for himself. But in this way, the situation is even more sinister. In the encirclement of the army, there is no hope of survival. But for a moment, he was stabbed to the ground, and the general stood there motionless, Chang Ge turned into a copper wall and iron wall, protecting himself from the red-eyed Yong Jun taking his own life. Even after he died, he still protected him with his body. Ling Duan, who couldn’t move, watched him flying so close, collecting countless lives, watching him being besieged and killed, from beginning to end, the general did not say a word, but Ling Duan clearly saw the general’s eyes full of To encourage, that is to make yourself take care of the eyes. When Tan Ji fell to the ground, Ling Duan fainted.
In fact, when Ling Duan woke up in Dayong’s barracks, there was also a hint of joy in the center of grief and humiliation. He had not yet fully appreciated the beauty of life. After all, death was not what he wanted, but after being captured What will happen to his fate? He will not hold a grudge against those Da Yong soldiers, because the general has long said that murderers are always killed. As a ghost rider, he had countless souls under his long battle. Today, although the general and his colleagues died in the hands of the Yong army, Even his two elder brothers were killed in battle, but Ling Duan would not resent the Yongjun. He only hated the heavens. Why would the world be chaotic, so that the lives of these people like himself should be as low as ants. Of course, Ling Duan didn’t hate the Yong Army, but he wouldn’t be grateful to the Yong Army for saving him. If he had a chance, Ling Duan still hoped to go back to the battlefield and kill the enemy. The general said that he had any hatred, but he ended up on the battlefield. But how can it be so easy to escape? If you become a prisoner of war, you will be sent to hard labor if you don’t want to die. How can you return to the Northern Han Dynasty?
Not to mention what Ling Duan thought, this camp was not inhabited by him alone. All the prisoners were imprisoned in the barracks. Regardless of their superiors and inferiority, there were twelve people in a camp. There were no beds and lights, only a few identities were compared. Special prisoners have higher treatment, and Ling Duan gets this treatment mostly because he is the ghost rider next to Tan Ji, but the other prisoner who lives with him is a bit strange. That person is a member of the quartz camp. What a long, he is called Li Hu. Although this man is brave, but has a reckless temper and a low position, how can he be put in special detention? But this person is a subordinate of Quartz. Tan Ji and Quartz are the most incompatible, so Ling Duan is unwilling to pay attention to him, until this person turns alive and said triumphantly that Chu Xianghou, his army supervising army, hit the water. Here, although he did not succeed in taking the man’s life, Li Hu was still very proud. Ling Duan could understand now, and looked at this fool with sympathy, although he was not very sure that this Chu Xianghou was What kind of character, but it is clear that healing this kid is to make him look good, just like fattening up before killing a pig, but after thinking about it~ IndoMTL.com~ He still didn’t tell this guy with a lack of roots in the future. , After all, the fate of these people is no longer his own. Knowing it a long time ago is useless, let him feel comfortable for a few more days.
Thinking wildly, at this moment someone came in. This man was a young man in Tsing Yi, with a beautiful appearance, a bit of feminine, but a look like frost, as lonely as the snow in the cold, Ling Duan only glanced at it. He lay down again. That person often came these days, which is strange to say. Every time this person comes, he only asks the two of them about their injuries, and then leaves after a few gossips. Although the attitude is cold, there is no trace of contempt. He knew that every time he came, he would bring good medicine and some exquisite food. Ling Duan realized that since this person came often, there seemed to be more sergeants imprisoning him, and his attitude was very respectful. From these Ling Duan, it can be seen that the identity of this person must be different, but the sergeants outside have been chilling, and no one will talk about that person. However, although this person is kind, Ling Duan is not willing to approach him at all. Perhaps it is because of years of battle on the battlefield. Ling Duan is very sensitive to danger. He can feel that although the person is elegant in appearance and has no murderous expression in his face, he is still in his bones. But he is a person who doesn’t take human life in his eyes. As for Li Hu, he doesn’t seem to like seeing this person very much. It’s not that he is so smart. Once Ling Duan heard Li Hu muttering something like “sissy”. It seems that he was guilty of his rude temperament. This kind of person exists. Today, this person came in but was a little different from the past. His hands were empty and he didn’t bring anything. Although he didn’t speak, Ling Duan could find that his body was exuding coldness from his bones. I couldn’t help but smile, presumably this person was ready to tear off his mask today, and he glanced sympathetically at Li Hu, Ling Duan could feel that this person’s goal was not himself.