Chapter 183: The height of the temple (eleven)

The north wind was bitter, and the two ancient trees in the inner courtyard were wrapped in snow. The branches as thick as arms seemed to be unable to bear the heavy pressure and hung low. When a gust of wind came, the snow fell and piled up in the courtyard.

Shi Gao Luqi knelt in the courtyard. The snow under her knees had already melted, and the cold snow water soaked her dress. Hou Dayong carried his hands on his back and looked at the sky with a gloomy face. Endless snowflakes fell from the boundless sky. Hou Dayong reached out and several crystal clear hexagonal snowflakes fell in his palms, and in a blink of an eye it melted into water marks.

Since Shi Gao Yueming became pregnant, Shi Gao Luqi has dressed and washed Hou Dayong every day. Although the two did not have any further relationship, they were considered intimate. This was the first time that Shi Gao Luqi was punished. Shi Gao Yueming and Shi Gao Luqi promised not to use makeup skills. This time, they broke their promise. Shi Gao Yueming was seriously ill, so Shi Gao Luqi was punished alone.

Hou Dayong's face was as cold as ice, but when he saw Shi Gao Luqi's dress quickly wet, his heart still softened, "Get up, change the dress, and go to the main room to talk."

When Shi Gao Luqi knelt in the yard, her face looked extremely calm. When she got up, she gave a regular gift in front of Hou Dayong and turned to her room. When she approached the room, Shi Gao Luqi was crying like the river water that opened the gate, and instantly wet her chest. In order not to cry, she took a piece of clothing and put it in her mouth. After biting it hard, she let the tears rush.

After crying, Shi Gao Luqi put on makeup, changed into clean and dry clothes, and came to the hall.

The hall was empty, and there was a bowl of hot boiled water on the table, with yellow ginger grains floating on it. Shi Gao Luqi saw the ginger water, and tears burst out again. She turned and walked to the door, and only heard the Jieduan humming a soothing song in Xiaoqing's room. Shi Gao Luqi called out "Oh," and came to Xiaoqing's room in three steps and two steps. In the room, the servant girl Du Niang stood beside her lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head. The Jieduan hugged Xiaoqing, humming the nice little song she had never heard before while walking, while Xiaoqing slept in Yi's father's arms.

After Xiaoqing was born, most of the time, Shi Gao Luqi was the one who was in charge of Shi Gao Luqi. Seeing this, Shi Gao Luqi didn't care about being sad. After taking Xiaoqing, he gently placed it on the bed, covering it with a warm plush quilt. Xiaoqing cried twice, and soon calmed down.

Teacher Gao Luqi said to Du Niang, "Du Niang, don't do other things today. Just guard here. Look at the fragrance. When the ground is burned, you have to pick it up and urinate. It's cold in winter. Don't wet your little clean clothes." These things are usually managed by Teacher Gao Luqi. Teacher Gao Luqi has to go to the main hall to accept Hou Dayong's question, so he asked Du Niang to do these things.

Hou Dayong looked at Shi Gao Luqi's eyes slightly red, and wanted to go back and forth to cry. He thought to himself: Shi Gao Luqi is a very self-esteem woman.

After the two arrived at the main hall one after another, Hou Dayong looked at the teacher Gao Luqi, who was lowering his head, and asked, "Why did Yueming go out alone? Let's tell me the truth."

Shi Gao Luqi bit her lip and said, "I don't know."

Hou Dayong looked angry, glanced coldly, and said angrily: "Arrogant."

Shi Gao Luqi only felt that Hou Dayong's eyes were like a blade, or like a burning flame. Shi Gao Luqi's heart trembled suddenly, and she didn't dare to look at Hou Dayong. Shi Gao Luqi had never seen Hou Dayong get angry in the inner courtyard. Hou Dayong was a good man and a good father in his mind. Today, Shi Gao Luqi suddenly remembered that Hou Dayong was the overlord who was powerful in the northwest after all.

Master Gao Luqi stood up and was about to kneel down.

When Hou Dayong saw his teacher Gao Luqi's pitiful look, he felt a little embarrassed. Teacher Gao Luqi was only eighteen years old. If he was in another world, this age was just a flowery age. Hou Dayong remembered his daughter in another world, and should be about ten years old now, not much younger than Teacher Gao Luqi. Thinking of this, Hou Dayong slowed down and said, "Forget it, stop kneeling, Luqi, why is Yueming doing this?"

Hearing Hou Dayong called himself by his usual name, Shi Gao Luqi's tears flowed out from the corners of her eyes, and she choked for a while, saying, "Does the Jiedushi really know Yueming's thoughts? Yueming is the proud and noble swan of Juyanhai, and the Jiedushi is the White Wolf King galloping on the grassland. You two are a pair given by God."

Hou Dayong heard Shi Gao Yueming’s nonsense after his high fever, and already knew Yueming’s intentions in his heart. After listening to Shi Gao Luqi’s words, he felt even more depressed and said, “You say it directly, don’t go around the corner.”

Shi Gao Luqi raised her head, looked at Hou Dayong for a while, and suddenly sighed, "You men, you really don't understand women's thoughts."

This sentence was quite rude, and Hou Dayong was stunned. Since the Great Zhou Dynasty, no one has ever spoken to him in this sentence or tone. This is quite similar to the modern woman's way of scolding her lover.

Shi Gao Luqi no longer concealed it and said, "Yueming only has the Jiedushi in his heart, and is willing to grow old with the Jiedushi. However, there is a Fu Madam and countless other women around the Jiedushi. Therefore, Yueming is unwilling to go back to Daliang. This time she went out, although she did not tell me what to do, but I knew that she must have gone to inquire about the carriage. In the past few days, she often asked the soldiers about the journey to Helan Mountain and the price of renting a carriage."

Hou Dayong was anxious and angry, and suddenly stood up, "I'm confused, now it's the snowy moment, and taking a carriage to Helan Mountain is tantamount to seeking death." Hou Dayong slapped the table and said, "I must take Xiaoqing north to go out with you. Yueming's little daughter's character almost made a big mistake."

Hou Dayong walked back and forth in the main hall several times. When he thought that Shi Gao Yueming was going to take his daughter to Helan Mountain, he couldn't help but feel angry.

Shi Gao Luqi was a little afraid of Hou Dayong's angry look, but when he saw Hou Dayong getting angry, he felt that he was very masculine in his anger, which made people feel at ease. Shi Gao Luqi thought for a while and boldly advised: "It's time for this, Yueming has to go back to Daliang. The governor would better set up a separate yard for Yueming, as long as he doesn't have to see Fu Niang every day, Yueming may be able to accept this reality." Shi Gao Luqi added, "For Yueming and me, Daliang is a dangerous place."

Hou Dayong took a deep breath and waved his hand. "There is a can of medicinal wine in the west wing, which is a good medicine for the treatment of injuries. You pour a small bowl and apply it on your knees to avoid swelling."

Hou Dayong came to the study and sat for a long time. His teacher Gao Luqi's words were very ordinary, but Hou Dayong didn't know why, and suddenly he thought of a tragedy that happened before the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Before Taizu Guo Wei became emperor, he was the confidant general of Liu Zhiyuan, the first emperor of the Later Han Dynasty. Although Liu Zhiyuan had the will to be emperor, his fortune was not very good. He died after only about a year on the throne. He had a good relationship with Guo Wei and was suitable for family. When he died, he also trusted Guo Wei to control the military power of the Later Han Dynasty. He helped his eighteen-year-old son Liu Chengyou with Su Fengji, Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao and others.

Guo Wei was the Privy Councilor and the Jiedushi. He led his troops abroad to fight for many years. He did not have much time to go to the court and the royal family, nor did he do anything special.

However, the young emperor had extremely sharp conflicts with the three auxiliary ministers in the court. The young emperor planted soldiers in Guangzheng Hall despite his mother's dissuasion. When Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao and others came to Guangzheng Hall, the soldiers rushed forward and killed these ministers with high power.

The battle between a young king and a powerful minister is ordinary, but the young emperor Liu Chengyou is too vicious. After killing the powerful minister, he is still not satisfied and inexplicably cut the butcher knife at Guo Wei's family. The population of the Guo family in Beijing, including the infants, was not spared. The murdered included: Guo Wei's third wife, Zhang, and his son Qing Ge, Yi Ge, and his underage nephew Shoujun, Feng Chao, Ding Ge, and Chai Rong's original wife Liu. The eldest son Yi Ge, the second son who was not named.

Guo Jiong's father, Guo Xingjian, was a member of the Guo Wei tribe and an official of the Later Han Dynasty. He escaped by chance because he went out to do business, but saw through the world and no longer became an official. In Cangzhou, Guo Xingjian told Hou Dayong about this tragedy.

Guo Wei was leading heavy troops to fight against the Xiongnu at this time. When he heard this bad news, he could only lead his troops back to Daliang. The Later Han Dynasty was destroyed. Guo Wei thus established the Great Zhou Dynasty. All the children of Guo Wei were in the capital and were cleaned by Liu Chengyou. Only then did his adopted son Chai Rong have the opportunity to inherit the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

When Shi Gao Luqi mentioned the purchase of another property, this case suddenly appeared in Hou Dayong's mind. After it appeared, it lingered and entangled in Hou Dayong's heart. "After returning to Daliang, he was no longer a military governor who shocked the Hu clan, but just a man from Daliang. If all his family is concentrated in Daliang, if something unexpected happens, he will inevitably be cooked in one pot. Shi Gao Yueming will stay in Lingzhou. If something really happens, he can leave one more root for the Hou family."

After figuring this joint, Hou Dayong came to the bedroom and saw Shi Gao Yueming open his eyes, he said coldly: "Yueming, today's action is really neither kind, righteous, polite, wise, or trustworthy."

Shi Gao Yueming drank two bowls of the medicine prescribed by Han Qi. Shi Gao Luqi once a while later, he followed the method taught by Hou Dayong to compress Shi Gao Yueming cold compress. In the afternoon, Shi Gao Yueming's fever subsided. Hou Dayong sat in front of Shi Gao Yueming's bed and put a big hat on Shi Gao Yueming.

Looking at the somewhat confused Shi Gao Yueming, Hou Dayong snorted coldly and said, "What is unkind? It is to trap Hou Xiaoqing in a blizzard and be in danger of life at any time. This is called unkind. It is unrighteous to call Shi Gao Luqi a sister and hide it from Luqi when encountering major events. It is unrighteous. It is actually unrighteous to actually want to return to Helan Mountain privately with his husband on his back. If he returns to Helan Mountain privately, it angers the governor and brings military disasters to the tribe of the house, it is really unwise. You once said that you are together forever, but now it is nothing, and you can say that you don't believe it."

After Shi Gaoyueming's fever, his face was haggard, and his originally plump cheeks were slightly thinner. Hearing Hou Dayong's big hats on the ground, he was a little surprised, sad, and guilty.

Hou Dayong stared at Shi Gao Yueming with Ling Li's eyes. Shi Gao Yueming was not afraid, and used his beautiful sky blue eyes to meet Hou Dayong's gaze. The two looked at each other for a moment, and Hou Dayong suddenly smiled and said, "Yueming, your hair is as messy as a chicken coop."

As soon as this sentence came out, Shi Gaoyueming rushed into Hou Dayong's arms, "Woo, Woo" kept crying, and tears soon soaked Hou Dayong's chest.

"If you don't want to go to Daliang, just tell me clearly. Am I such an unreasonable person? You almost made a big mistake when doing this. How can Xiaoqing withstand the wind, frost, rain and snow in the Helan Mountains?"

Shi Gaoyueming was still sobbing in his arms.

"Yueming, if you do this, don't go to Helan Mountain. Just stay in Lingzhou. Xiaoqing, please stay by your side."

Hearing that the husband agreed not to go to Daliang, a glimmer flashed in Shi Gaoyueming's eyes. Then it dimmed again. Shi Gaoyueming pressed against Hou Dayong and said, "I can't bear to leave my husband. Daliang is thousands of miles away from Lingzhou. I don't know when I will see him when I leave."

Hou Dayong gently stroked the messy hair of his master Gao Yueming, "There is no good or bad in the world. There is a good or bad thing in the world. Ancient people have a poem that says that if the two loves last for a long time, it will not last day or night. Lingzhou and Daliang are from Daliang and a hundred heavenly troughs. If you want to meet, you can come and go. After I settle down in Daliang, I will buy a manor in the suburbs and move here."

Shi Gaoyueming nodded fiercely, and finally a happy smile appeared on his face.

Seeing Shi Gaoyueming crying and laughing, Hou Dayong sighed in his heart: It’s really not easy for women in this world.

Northwest, on December 16th, the north wind sang on the earth with snowflakes, frost, ice and rain. The world became gray and gray. A cavalry team braved the cold and left Lingzhou City and headed south along the Maling Water. The team was moving very fast. At the end of December, it had arrived at the far suburbs of Huan County.

An obese official was wearing armor, a leather hat on his head and a pair of deer-skin gloves on his hands. Despite this, he still hurried on the horse's back. This man was the imperial envoy Lu Dajiang who was ordered to pass the order.

Hou Dayong looked back at Lu Dajiang who was huddled on the horse and said intimately: Wu Dajiang was a civil servant, and it would be good to be able to march for five days.

Chai Rong mentioned in the imperial edict that he would take office as soon as possible. In order to show the rules of collecting the rules, Hou Dayong ordered the team to advance at the speed of the march, which caused trouble for the imperial envoy who sent the edict. He had never experienced such a long-distance marching, and his thighs were all worn out and his butt lost consciousness. However, Hou Dayong set the mileage every day, and he did not dare to disobey. He could only grit his teeth and hold on in front of the prime minister.

Hou Dayong looked at a lonely gray-white path in the distance. At the end of the path was a gray forest, and turned to the imperial envoy, "After passing this forest, you can see the city walls of Huanxian. We will set up camp in Huanxian tonight."

While talking, Hou Dayong raised his hand to brush the snow piled on his helmet. The iron helmet was colder than ice and snow at the tentacles. The black eagle military helmets were all added with plush underwear, which was comfortable and considerate on his head, and increased the protection ability. The previous helmets did not have an underwear, or just a layer of thin linen cloth. Every winter, the ears of the soldiers on duty would be frozen. After the Black Eagle Army moved to Fengzhou, plush underwear began to be added on the helmet, and no ears were frozen since then.

The imperial envoy breathed a sigh of relief, showed a flattering smile on his face, and said, "Mr. Hou. The Black Eagle Army is really well-known, and the officials admire it." (Note: In the Tang Dynasty, only the prime minister was called "Xianggong", but not as commonly used as it was later; the officials of the Secretariat and Menxia Province were called "Ge Lao" to each other; the assassination was respected as "Envoy"; the county magistrate was respected as "Mingfu"; the county magistrate was called "Shaofu". And they were often respected as "Minggong".)

Hou Dayong nodded and said, "After five days of walking, people were exhausted. Huanxian is a small county, and the winter supplies are quite scarce. We will not replenish food and grass in Huanxian. We will rest for one night and set off tomorrow morning. After passing Huanxian, our next stop is Qingzhou. The entire army in Qingzhou will rest for two days."

Five scouts of the personal guard suddenly rushed towards the brigade quickly. A scout rider held a yellow flag, the black eagle army scout flag, and the yellow flag meant that there was a situation ahead, but the situation was not serious. If the red flag was raised, it meant that there was an emergency.

The detective cavalry came to Hou Dayong's horse and saluted on the horse, saying, "There are two men and horses in front. Judging from the flag, it should be that the Huan County garrison was pursuing the bandits."

Hou Dayong waved his hand, and Luo Qingsong, the new deputy captain of the personal guard, rushed out with his subordinates. Fifty riders lined up in a line, holding all the bows and arrows in their hands. Soon after Luo Qingsong lined up, a sound of horse hooves came faintly on the other side of the woods. The sound became louder and louder and more than 20 riders rushed out of the gray woods, and more than 100 riders behind him were chasing him.

The cavalry did not expect that there were cavalry in front of him to block it, so he turned his head and ran to the west. More than twenty cavalry behind him followed closely, and more than twenty cavalry movements were neat, which seemed to have been cooperating for a long time.

Before Luo Qingsong became Hou Dayong's personal guard, he was the commander of the Lion Battalion. After serving as the trusted guard for two years, Luo Qingsong was released as the deputy commander of the guard. He had not led troops independently in the past two years, which made Luo Qingsong feel itchy. Thinking that after returning to Daliang, there were fewer opportunities to command combat fields, Luo Qingsong sighed from time to time that he had a rare opportunity. When he encountered a rare opportunity, Luo Qingsong naturally refused to let him go. When he saw him turn left, he led his personal guards to the west like arrows.

On the left side of Huan County is a gentle land, in summer it is green grassland, and in winter it is bare and desolate. After walking around this narrow flat land for only a hundred miles west, it enters the Qingshui River Basin. During the battle of Tongxin City, the commander of Qingzhou, Wu Songdan, followed this road to Tongxin City, which solved the trap of the Jiedushi Wang Yanchao.

More than twenty cavalrymen were very fast, and Luo Qingsong's troops had tried their best. Although they were not thrown away, it was extremely difficult to catch up. More than a hundred cavalrymen in Huan County were thrown behind from a distance.

More than twenty cavalry crossed Qingshui River and Wushaoling, and had already practiced the skill of the elite riding skills. The Dangxiang Jingqin could not do anything. Unexpectedly, outside Huanxian County, he could not get rid of the black-armored cavalry that suddenly arrived. After running two more miles, more than twenty cavalry rushed into a valley. The leader-like man shouted: "Get harder, after passing this valley, it is the Qinglong grassland."

Before he finished speaking, a loud drum sound suddenly broke out in the valley, and hundreds of infantrymen held infantry shields, firmly blocking the passage of the valley.
Chapter completed!