Jia Jirong was upset when he heard this, and blamed his father for many things, seeing that Ah Shen was born beautiful, and he was still as graceful as a girl in his thirties, so he thought about sending him to Thang Long Mansion to marry the new king Li Foma. Who knew that as soon as the words came out, Ah Shen couldn't afford to fall ill, and the matter dragged on.

Li Foma has been on the throne for a few years, and he has already set up seven queens in the palace, he is a lascivious person, and he is also keen on this matter, and he still asks from time to time for more than a year, and he does not give up.

Things came to this point, Li Fuma couldn't get married, but he offended Xu Ping on the other side to death. The Jiaguan Jinjue of the Jiaozhi Dynasty is a carrot in front of the donkey, and he can't eat it, but Xu Ping's soldiers and horses have really arrived at the door, and his father is still dreaming.

The more Jia Jirong thought about it, the more uncertain he became, and asked Jia Chenggui: "Daddy, it's already August, and if the Holy Lord wants to raise troops in winter, there should be movement." Do you have any news, will you go to Guangyuan Prefecture again this year? ”

Jia Chengrong's face darkened: "No, the Shenglong Mansion has sent a message that it will occupy the city this year." ”

"How's that going to work?" Jia Jirong was so anxious that he almost jumped up, "We are facing an army of five or six thousand, without the support of the Shenglong Mansion, we are the meat on the knife board!" When will the city be defeated, but at this time, the saint will watch our Jiatong be swallowed by the Great Song Dynasty? Without Jiadong, what can Thang Long Mansion please like? ”

Jia Chengrong was silent for a while.

He couldn't figure out this matter, so he ignored the big trouble in front of him and went to Zhancheng to play idle chess, I don't know what Li Foma thought. Champa and Cochin are feuds, a small fight in three years, and a big fight in five years. After the king of Cochin succeeded to the throne, he had to go to the city of Champa to take a turn.

It's normal for the father and son of the A family to not figure it out. Because things are different in the eyes of Lifmar. Last year, I suffered a loss in Guangyuan Prefecture. He desperately needed a big win in the other direction to cheer up, and Champa was a natural target for Cochin. As for the difficulties faced by Jiadong, how could it be that the Jia family would believe whatever Li Foma said. With the land of Yongzhou alone, tens of thousands of troops can be assembled on the border, and with this ability, the Great Song Dynasty has already leveled Jiaozhi.

Since the time of Taizong, Lingnan was included in the territory, and the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty never broke the idea of taking Jiaozhi counties and their places, including Zhenzong. It was also after the alliance with the Khitan Lanyuan that he turned conservative.

Jiatong felt that the sky was about to fall, but Li Foma was in Thang Long Mansion and just thought that they were bluffing and instigating the Northern Expedition to reap the benefits of it.

Jia Jirong had really seen the Song army assembling towards the border, and he was so anxious that the ants on the hot pot were circling around the house, and after a while, he made up his mind and said to Jia Chenggui: "Daddy, it can't go on like this!" Luzhou is less than fifty miles away from us, and Menzhou is less than thirty miles, and if the fight really starts, the Song army will arrive in one day. That's when Thang Long wanted to save us. Can we wait for reinforcements? Gotta think of something else! ”

"Something else? Could it be that you want to unite Guangyuan Prefecture? We only fought there last year with the Holy Lord, do you think they won't hold grudges? ”

"We local officials. It's a common thing to divide and merge! Today is the marriage of tomorrow, isn't this how it has been for thousands of years? Don't worry about that when your eyebrows are on fire! ”

The moon is full in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the water-like moonlight spreads on the ground outside, and through the window, the front of the bed is also decorated with silver and white, revealing a dreamlike color.

Ah Shen leaned against the head of the bed, quietly looking at the moonlight outside the window, his eyes were foggy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Xiaolan stood in front of the bed, excitedly talking about Jia Jirong's trip to Pingxiang that she heard from the outside, crackling and talking, and when she was happy, she couldn't help but turn around twice in place.

"Sister, it must be Xiaozhu who brought your letter, and Duan Guanren sent soldiers and horses to take you back!"

Ah Shen smiled and shook his head slightly: "His official position is low, but he thinks in his heart, where can he do it?" ”

Xiaolan said: "More than ten years ago, Duan Guanren made the county order, and now how can he manage one state or even several states, how can he not do it?" The officials of the imperial court are different from those local officials! ”

"It's been more than ten years, and he is still the magistrate, haven't you heard from people outside?"

"But people outside also said that his current county magistrate is different from the previous county order, and the official is much bigger! The place of management is also big, all the way to Langzhou! ”

Ah Shen just smiled and shook his head, not bothering to fight with a fifteen-year-old girl.

is like water, for more than ten years, Ah Shen has long been accustomed to waiting silently in a dark corner, the outside world is a story for her, even if she is the protagonist of that story, she just listens quietly.

Whether he can reunite with Duan Fang is no longer important to Ah Shen, Bi Yi has another world, and that world will not have so much helplessness. If she is concerned, she wants to see her daughter with her own eyes, and she doesn't know what she has grown up to become, whether she is like herself back then. She wants to tell her daughter in person, don't repeat her fate, do what you have to do, and don't chew the bitterness of the years in endless waiting.

Xiaolan was still chattering excitedly there, but Ah Shen didn't listen to it at all, looking at the bright moonlight outside the window, as if he had returned to the days of more than ten years ago.

At that time, Duan Fang was only twenty years old, gentle as a gentleman, and the two were in the courtyard, by the osmanthus tree, and worshiped the moon together. She wished him a day of success in the Toad Palace, and he wished her to never grow old like a fairy Chang'e. He said that one day he would be named on the gold list and take her to the Central Plains, away from the disturbances of Lingnan. She said that she would always maintain this face and accompany her to the end of the world.

More than ten years have passed, and I am not as old as I was back then, but my life has passed and I am terminally ill. Duan Fang didn't win the Toad Palace, he has been wandering in Lingnan, I don't know what it has become now.

"The brilliance is like water dyed with green silk, and the lonely shadow is like an idiot. The sky is wide and the stars are sparse and lonely, and the moon is bright and there are no tears and lovesickness. ”

That year, Duan Fang also wrote a poem, lamenting the lonely years of Fairy Chang'e in the Guanghan Palace. Now Ah Shen is lying on the hospital bed, looking at the moonlight like water, smiling and thanking Acacia is also a kind of happiness.

The same moon, the same world, some people are happy and some are sad.

After Menzhou, Huang Guanshou and his family are also admiring the moon.

The moonlight is as blurry as a dream, and the fragrance of osmanthus is intoxicating. The atmosphere was solemn.

Huang Guanshou raised his head. And he saw the mountains on the north. I saw the majestic Zhennanguan that was already level with the mountains. Seeing this Xiongguan, the wine in his mouth no longer tasted.

Huang Guanshou put down the wine glass in his hand and said to his father sitting on the main seat: "Daddy, the pass in front of our door has already been built, what should we do in Menzhou, we can't drag it out anymore!" ”

Huang Zhizhou said: "What did the people from Guangyuan Prefecture say yesterday? ”

"Hmph, what else can I say! It's nothing more than asking our Menzhou to guard the door for them, and not let the imperial court soldiers and horses come over. It's easy to say. There are more than 200 Tuding in Menzhou, and they are against the imperial army, and they can figure it out! ”

Huang Zhizhou sighed: "Yes, not to mention Pingxiangtong, it is the town on the opposite side, and there are now more than 500 imperial court soldiers and horses. Standing in the way? We are ants trying to get in the way of elephants! ”

Huang Guanshou was a little irritable: "The matter has been laid out, I really don't know what Daddy is still hesitating about!" Last time I went to Qianlongtong, I saw the promotion official, although he was young, he was very kind and easy to talk. Now he doesn't come to us. It's just that I hope we can take the initiative ourselves. If you miss the opportunity, mobilize your troops. But there is no friendship to talk about. A force as strong as Shangsizhou has not been cut off its head! ”

"You're still young, and you're prone to impulsiveness. Our Menzhou, sandwiched between Guangyuan Prefecture, Jiatong and the imperial court, is one step away, then it will be a catastrophe, how can we not be careful. ”

"But it's not a way to keep it on like this. It's already the Mid-Autumn Festival, the rain is less than a day, and the Xu Guanren have gathered so many soldiers and horses in Pingxiang, and it's not good to look there. Once he comes to the door, don't we have to be obedient? At that time, it became a time for us to ask for help, and it was difficult to have a good way out! ”

Huang Zhizhou frowned: "Wait for half a month, you have to make a decision as soon as you enter September." ”

"Why wait until September?"

"In September, there will be signs that all parties are going to move, and we will take care of it."

Huang Guanshou looked at his father, was silent for a while, and said, "Daddy still can't enter the foundation of Menzhou?" ”

Huang Zhizhou smiled bitterly: "This foundation has been passed down by our ancestors, and it has gone through many winds and waves before it reaches my hands, do you mean that you can put it down?" How do you know how hard it can be! ”

"But why should we hold on! As long as you command the soldiers and horses of the imperial court and rush out of Zhennan Pass to us, where can more than 200 Tian Zijia stop us! ”

"Of course, we can't hold it on our own, so we're waiting to see what happens to Jiaozhi now. If a large army can be sent there, it doesn't need much, just like last year's crusade against Guangyuan Prefecture, and Menzhou can still defend it. ”

Huang Guanshou just shook his head when he heard this, but he didn't expect that his father was still dreaming of having a toe. Is it that Thang Long Mansion really sent an army, and Menzhou will be able to defend it? It's useless if there are fewer people, and if there are too many people, Menzhou can't afford to raise them, is it worth it?

After drinking two glasses of stuffy wine, Huang Zhizhou asked his son, "What do you think in your heart?" ”

Huang Guanshou said: "My mind Daddy still doesn't understand? I went to the imperial court early and sacrificed Menzhou Lilisuo, we won't do it! From there, I heard that the local officials took the initiative to implement the law of bending and donated the manuscript to the imperial court, and they were compensated with a large amount of money. Coupled with our savings for many years, we will use this money to open some businesses in Taiping County and Yongzhou City, and ask a few supervisors to take care of it, and we will sit and eat interest, which is not much stronger than now! ”

Huang Zhizhou shook his head and said, "Business is so easy to do?" We natives, we don't know the treachery of merchants, one is not good, and we are deceived and ruined, which one to look for then? ”

"This is that Daddy doesn't understand the situation under the rule of the imperial court! We don't have to take care of the business ourselves, just find a veteran supervisor and pay more wages, and we will naturally sit and eat interest. If you don't worry, you can also invest money in other people's businesses, and you can get 10% of the capital in a year. ”

Huang Zhizhou looked at his son and asked, "Where did you hear all this?" ”

"Now Zuojiang Road is everywhere, do you still need to inquire about it? Now the two biggest rich people in Taiping, one Huang Tianbiao and one Shen Chengrong, turned out to be local officials who were not in our eyes, just because they followed Xu Guanren early, and now they have gold and silver mountains at home, food and clothing, and princes in general, where do small families like us dare to think! Daddy, how much oil and water is there in Menzhou after it has been scraped all over? It's better to just give it away, we get the money to go to Taiping and be a local tyrant, isn't it better than sitting here and worrying? (To be continued.) )