Chapter 1 The White Horse
Updated: 2010-03-29
"I was angry and rushed to the crown. I leaned on the railings. I looked up and roared at the sky. I felt intense. Thirty fame, dust and soil, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon. Don't wait for the young man to turn white, and I was so sad. I drove a long cart to break through the Helan Mountains, and had ambition to eat the meat of the barbarians, laughed and talked about thirsty drinking the blood of the Huns. Wait for the beginning to clean up the old mountains and rivers and go to the sky."
Since Dong Zunhui reported to Chen De, the governor of Anxi, to be summoned to the court, Emperor Song Zhao Jing was in a surprisingly good mood. On this day, he took out the words "Manjianghong" written by Chen De in the Yangtze River boat to watch. This word just fits Zhao Jing's mood at this moment. After chanting it repeatedly, he slapped and sighed: "Wang Yi, Chen De resigned from Shuofang and asked to be granted Anxi, which is quite tactful. He can make such sentences, either a hero or a loyal person. After he enters the capital, he must take a good exam."
Before Wang Zhi answered, Zhao Jiong said again: "How strange, such a good word is missing two paragraphs. I wonder why?"
In the Chongwenguan Book Pavilion, Wang Fu stood by the side and replied with a wry smile: "This is my husband who also asked Chen De. He replied that he did not learn poetry and books when he was young, and he grew up with a military force. When he was interested, he chanted a few sentences. Although he had literary thoughts, there were many missing chapters. When he wanted to make up for it, he had no literary thoughts, so he had to put it aside." Such a crappy reason was difficult to win the trust, but Wang Fu and Chen De were together for a long time when he was in Jinling, and knew that he was indeed uninformed. As for the wonderful poems that he occasionally chanted.
, he could only explain it by "the article is natural, and he can get it by hand." In fact, Wang Shi has not yet figured out why a military man who is not even familiar with the rhythm of reading sentences has repeatedly written amazing poems. He almost suspected that Chen De had plagiarized the articles of other talented men. However, if someone had such talent, how could he be unknown and under the forest? In short, Chen De was like the sudden rise of the Anxi Army, shrouded in many mysteries.
"So that's it," Zhao Jing only found it interesting. In his opinion, poetry is the last part of the year, and Li Yu's poetry and books are ten times better than himself. What can he do? "It would be a pity not to learn poetry and books when he was young. Otherwise, it would be good to be a bachelor." Zhao Jing felt quite generous and asked again: "Since this boy was obedient and entered the court with the orders, how would he place his family and the people of Lanzhou? Is he calculating?"
Wang Lubing said: "According to news from Dong Zunhui, Chen De's family should meet him in Lanzhou and then enter Beijing together. The remaining subordinates will go to Hexi soon and present the city of Lanzhou to the court."
Zhao Jing smiled and said, "It's so good. If Chen De sent his family to Hexi, he would never want to leave Bianliang in his life. By the way, I asked you to choose a mansion for Chen De, have you done it?" He said, while concentrating on his mind, suddenly lifted up the mouse beard pen, and wrote the six words "Yan Yun's shame, not yet gone, the king's army has arrived, and he is happy" in the missing parts. He then connected the words and sentences and chanted them again, shaking his head and looking very beautiful.
"The Xiaguan arranged a mansion for Chen De next to the mansion of the Duke of Longxi County." Wang Wei said, while carefully observing Zhao Jing's face. He knew that for Zhao Jing, who was working hard to consolidate the court and the plan for the Northern Expedition every day, humiliating and teasing Li Yu in a variety of ways was a rare entertainment.
"No, not bad." Sure enough, Zhao Jiong looked at Wang Zhi with praise. This secret power was really intimate with him. He sighed happily: "Let's see how these two people meet each other again in a different place, how can the king and his ministers get along." Li Yu, who is far inferior to Chen De's status in the court, should be quite embarrassed. The more Zhao Jiong thinks, the more interesting he becomes. He actually forgot to maintain the unpredictability that the emperor should have. The corners of his mouth are touching upwards, and a smile emerges from the heart.
If Chen De was asked to explain, he would not hesitate to regard this as a sign of psychological perversion. For Zhao Jiong, I killed my brother and seized the throne and the country was not upright, and you are gentle and elegant in the Tang Dynasty, but what? Now you are just a slave who let me bully. What is recorded in history is the praise and respect for me and the contempt for you. In real history, Zhao Jiong, who has beautiful women in the world, wanted to rape Xiao Zhou Hou, which could only be understood as a pleasure for the conqueror. In this regard, Zhao Jiong and Temujin, who later generations, should have found many common languages.
Chen De sneezed without warning, and unfortunately, he squirted on Dong Zunhui's face, who was walking with his bridle.
It has been half a month since I arrived in Lanzhou. Chen De couldn't help feeling a little nervous. Looking back, the danger of leaving them, together with thousands of soldiers and families in an isolated city, should be self-evident. Why should he have taken all his life to seize Hexi? Is it really because of the temptation of power? Indeed, the critical opportunity of Guiyi Army and the Ganzhou Uighur tribes to capture Yumen Pass cannot be missed.
Once the Ganzhou Uighurs completely control the Guiyi army, it will be difficult for him to ascend to Hexi. However, is this a sufficient reason to keep the family members of the entire army in Lanzhou? Along the way, Chen De kept looking for excuses and explanations for himself in his heart, but he could not even pass the level of his own. He knew that although no one blamed him, what he did was more authentic than most so-called heroes in this world, but the debt of conscience was always owed. This is also the reason why Chen De had never liked the soldiers to be grateful for entering the court himself.
The road was quite peaceful, but it was boring. In addition, the way around me was even more boring, and the candy I left for Lingzhou inspection like a candy, so it was even more boring.
Dong Zunhui was embarrassed to escape the sudden attack, feeling both ashamed and annoyed. Since he was forced to dismount that day to surrender to Chen De, he was full of grief and anger. I thought that my old Dong was also a deputy inspector in front of the palace. If it weren't for offending Emperor Taizu for some trivial matters, he would have been appointed as the governor. Who would have thought that he would have been humiliated by Chen De, a junior.
He was not a person with open mind. He was getting farther and farther away from Hexi these days. Chen De only brought three hundred soldiers beside him, but he was two thousand elite soldiers on his side. After his courage came up, he repeatedly challenged Chen De, trying to find the place he had done that day.
Although he went to Beijing with Chen De this time, called escort, but in fact, he was surveillance, but he could not completely tear it apart. Dong Zunhui's eyes fell on Chen De's white horse, and suddenly a light of inspiration appeared. He sighed with regret: "Chen Jiedu rides on this white horse and the divine horse is extraordinary. Unfortunately, it is difficult to have perfect things in the world, just because people love the divine horse of the white horse. Most of these mounts have the worries of being flashy but not real."
Chen De glanced at him and sighed in his heart that this person was really a villain. He was provoked by Zhao Kuangyin with words and was exiled to the northwest for more than ten years. Isn’t this loss a big enough? Yes, he was used to being flattered by various vassals in the northwest, and probably did not regard the position of the Lingzhou inspection as a labourer.
Seeing that Dong Zunhui seemed to be still unsatisfied, Chen De rushed forward and said, "This is not the case. The white horse I ride is a wild horse caught by the soldiers on the frontier. Although it is not a matter of traveling thousands of miles a day, it is light and quick, but it is a good horse that can trust life and death."
Dong Zunhui said to himself: "Are you serious? I'm afraid it may not be."
Chen De didn't look at him, and turned to Zhang Zhongyao on the other side and said, "This white horse was born in the wild, and it is a place where tigers and wolves appear. Among the horses, it is the most conspicuous. If you don't have fast feet and lack strength, you may have been buried in a lion's mouth and wolves' kiss. If you look at people with a strong talent, you can make your mark without having to learn from those who are fucking and hiding their heads and tails."
Dong Zunhui was ridiculed by him, his face turned pale, and he sneered: "I don't know if the white horse is hindering the ruler, can Chen Jiedu believe it?" He made up his mind today and said less skeptical about Chen De's words. Chen De thought that it was indeed a villain who was difficult to deal with. He drove his horse forward on his own and was too lazy to pay attention to Dong Zunhui anymore.
Later, Zhang Zhongyao did not be polite to him and said in a deep voice: Our martial artists are the mounts of the enemy, not the master and servant, so how can they disturb them? However, the arrogant people who just want to ride on the back of this horse will one day be thrown to death." After that, he didn't care how he reacted, and urged the horse to follow Chen De.
Dong Zunhui was left in place, his face turned pale and said fiercely: "It's outrageous. I am a veteran of three dynasties. I served as the deputy inspector in front of the palace. Today I was humiliated by this villain." He pointed to Zhang Zhongyao's back and said to Lin Zhong: "When we arrive in Bianliang, we will be able to cure these indifferent things."
It was the time for autumn to be clear and the weeds that had grown wildly for a summer had begun to turn yellow. Under the sunset, waves were rising and falling with the wind, and the evening breeze brought the scent of wheat ears that were about to mature. "Lanzhou is approaching!" Chen De, who had escaped Dong Zunhui's entanglement, galloped happily, as if he saw Huang Wen's pretty figure standing under the city of Lanzhou.
Just when Chen De thought he was dazzled by his longing, Zhang Zhongyao said in his ear: "Lord, isn't that General Xiao waiting for him?"
Under the escort of one hundred soldiers led by Xiao Jiu, Huang Wen and Zhou Hou walked out of the carriage and stood beside the road and looked west. In order to avoid the burning gaze of idle people, both of them wore studs that looked like hats. The gauze hanging from the brim of the hat covered the whole body. The breeze blew gently, revealing the narrow-sleeved skirt of the beauty covered by the gauze, which was graceful and charming.
Note 1: One day, Genghis Khan asked Borchu what is the happiest thing in the world? Borchu replied: In the sunny spring, I stepped on a horse, and took an eagle on my arm to hunt, and watched the falcon capture the birds. Then Genghis Khan asked other soldiers with the same question. Their answers were either like Borchu, or associated with Borchu. Cheng Gus Khan said high, "I said no. The greatest happiness in life is to defeat the enemy. Chase to the end, seize his treasures, see his relatives sad, hear their crying, ride on their horses, take his wife and young to the back official
."Note 2: Dong Zunhui, the governor of Huanzhou, was Gao Huaide's nephew and a person Zhao Kuangyin met when he was young. His father was Zongben, who was once the governor of Suizhou. Zhao Kuangyin was a visiting Handong when he was a child and lived in the office of Zongben of Suizhou for several days. Zongben respected Zhao Kuangyin very much, but Dong Zunhui looked down on Zhao Kuangyin and often bullied Zhao Kuangyin on excuses. Once, Dong Zunhui asked Zhao Kuangyin: "I often see purple clouds like a cover above Suizhou City. I also encountered a black snake that was a hundred feet long, and suddenly turned into a giant dragon and flew into the air. What is this sign?" Zhao Kuangyin smiled and refused to answer.
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