Jiaohua

Chapter 1520: Has Your Majesty Asked Madam Yan?

"Uu——!"

Zhan Ning's mount raised its hooves and stood up.

"It's right in front!" Zhan Ning pointed to the vast land in the moonlight in the distance with a smile, "Second Miss, do you see it? Zeyang Road!"

Xia Junnan and Xia Zhi also ran away with him.

Xia Junnan laughed loudly and passionately: "Finally I saw Pingyang Road!"

Xia Zhaoyi rode slowly on his horse, side by side with Xia Xingming and Xia Chuan, talking about military strategies and battle formations as they walked.

Hearing the voice in front, Xia Zhaoyi looked up. His vision was extremely wide, as if he could reach the end of the sky with one glance. Stars were scattered all over the sky, shining with the moonlight. The wind blew for tens of thousands of miles under the sky, and the long grass swayed, reaching deep into the sky. It was vast, magnificent and beautiful.

Xia Zhaoyi couldn't help but smile, and said slowly: "Zheyang Road."

"Second Miss, you've never been here before!" Xia Xingming said with a smile, "This place is so beautiful! You can't see such scenery in Jiangnan!"

"I've been here."

"The second young lady has been here?" Zhan Ning rode over. "When did the second young lady come?"

Xia Zhaoyi smiled brightly: "Before the road was built in Youzhou, Zhi Changle and I traveled through Youzhou from south to north to survey the terrain."

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Xia Xingming said angrily, "Such an important road, we actually forgot how it came about."

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "This is a good thing. Even you have forgotten about it, which shows that it is well hidden. In this way, it will be even less likely for the officials in Youzhou to find it."

Xia Xingming looked at the girl's bright eyes and suddenly felt his eyes and nose sore. He raised his hands and clasped his fists: "Second Miss, you are far-sighted and have a broad vision! This road is very well built. It takes more than 20 days to transport the baggage and food to the northern border! Even if we take the official road of Youzhou openly, it is not so fast! Second Miss, the front line in the north is too hard. This road can make the lives of the brothers on the front line much better!"

Xia Zhaoyi's expression turned serious, and he also raised his hand: "Uncle Xia, what I did is insignificant. Compared with you soldiers fighting hard on the front line in the northern border, what I did is not worth mentioning. For so many years, you have guarded the border with your lives and struggled to hold on. If it weren't for you, the butcher knives of the Northern Yuan barbarians would have swung all the way from Pingyang Road to the Central Plains. You are all great heroes!"

Xia Xingming suddenly cried. With red eyes, he sniffed and choked up, "Duke Ding's Mansion is so lucky to have you, the eldest and second young ladies! The Duke must be at peace in heaven!"

"Uncle Xia, don't cry!" Xia Zhaoyi smiled and patted his shoulder. "We are going to annihilate the enemy and take revenge, so we should be in high spirits. When the time comes, have someone bring a few boxes of firecrackers over, and we will set them off in front of the Beiyuan soldiers. We will just treat it as a holiday!"

"Okay," Xia Xingming cried and laughed, "Okay!"

Xia Zhaoyi turned to look at the deputy generals beside him and said, "You guys, come over and appease Uncle Xia. Zhan Ning, follow me and give the order to set up camp here."

Jian Jun was stunned: "Second Miss, are you here?"

"This is the perfect place. The scenery is pleasant, the sky is high and the clouds are vast. It's a good time and beautiful scenery that you can't miss."

After saying that, Xia Zhaoyi reined in his horse and left with Zhan Ning.

Jian Jun and the others were still a little hesitant, Xia Junnan said: "If the Second Miss thinks it's okay, then this place must be okay! Just be at ease!"

Jian Jun said: "But the terrain is flat, with Tian Dayao to the west and Song Zhiyi to the south. We are easily exposed and surrounded."

"What are you afraid of!" Xia Junnan raised his head, looking arrogant, "Whoever dares to come, I will kill him as a sacrifice!"

"Well said!" Xia Xingming calmed down and shouted, "If they dare to come, we will kill them!"

Zhan Ning looked at the movement behind him, then retracted his gaze to look at the girl, and said hesitantly: "Second Miss, I also think this place is not very appropriate. There are many troops nearby." Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "I just want to attract the army."

Zhan Ning was dumbfounded: "...what?"

Xia Zhaoyi raised his eyes to the stars in the sky: "Zhan Ning, when we met outside Wanshan Pass, there were only 1,300 Xia family soldiers left. Now more than half of the Xia family soldiers are the later surrendered soldiers from Huazhou and the new soldiers recruited one after another. After we go to the Northern Yuan Dynasty, we will face the Northern Yuan army, so we have to train in advance. Song Zhiyi's army is ready, and we don't have to provide food and grass or spend money to hire them to practice with us, how great."

"I see!" Zhan Ning nodded, "Indeed, all the training that Heng Xiang has done is not as good as a real battle."

"There won't be a fierce battle," Xia Zhaoyi smiled faintly, looking back at him, "We are not a siege army. We don't have ladders, marching towers, or catapults. I want to train them to be more mobile and adaptable. We will fight if we can, and run if we can't, and keep turning back to hit them while we run."

"Pfft!" Zhan Ning was touched by the lightness and playfulness in her tone and laughed, "Okay! Just do it like that, fight if you can, run if you can't, and harass her a few more times while running and cursing!"

At the same hour, but with a completely different weather in Yong'an, it was raining heavily.

Song Zhiyi was still reviewing memorials, but Tian Wu, who was sitting behind a small desk, could no longer resist his sleepiness and went to meet Duke Zhou.

Song Zhiyi was also very sleepy, but he was upset and didn't want to sleep.

Eunuch Qu came in with tea, and seeing Song Zhiyi rubbing his nose, he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, we will stop here today, and you can go back to the bedroom and rest first."

Song Zhiyi lowered his hand, glanced at him, and said indifferently: "No."

Eunuch Qu looked at the memorial he was reading, took a quick glance, then hastily looked away, saying in a low voice, "Your Majesty, are you still troubled by that witch?"

"It's the Battle of Mouye," Song Zhiyi said truthfully, "I don't know whether we should start a war or not."

Eunuch Qu said, "Prince Xunping must have always been in favor of war."

"Ah."

Eunuch Qu carefully looked at Song Zhiyi's eyebrows and said, "Then, has your majesty asked Madam Yan?"

When mentioning Yan Qinglin, Song Zhiyi frowned: "Why do you mention her for no reason!"

Eunuch Qu lowered his head hurriedly: "I dare not! I just feel that in the past, Madam Yan and Prince Xunping always made plans for Your Majesty, so..."

"Bang!" Song Zhiyi slammed his palm on the desk. "Enough! The past, the past. You are just a eunuch, why do you care about the past? I already have hundreds of officials around me, and I can accept good advice. What are you talking about the past? Shut up!"

Eunuch Qu was shocked and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die. I spoke without thinking and made you unhappy! Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. From now on, I will never mention it again!"

Song Zhiyi raised his hand and waved: "You can leave now."

"Yes! The old slave resigns!"

After walking out, Nei Shi Qu was sweating profusely and let out a long breath.

Song Zhiyi was not a tyrant and seldom punished them, but the emperor was the emperor after all. He could choose not to kill them, but he held the power to kill them.

Now it seems that he can no longer accept any benefits from Madam Yan.

Thank you for the reward for the spring promotion~~~ (づ￣3￣)づ╭