This mountain is mine

Chapter 223

Yu Miaomiao was taken aback for a moment, her hands gripping the bed sheet tightly, feeling like it was finally here, she had never had such a complicated feeling about any astronomical phenomenon, she nodded: "I want to see it."

There were no candles in the house, only half of the moonlight came in through the window, Zhao Man was bathed in the moonlight, the moonlight softened his stern facial features, his eyes were as calm as water, without waves.

Yu Miaomiao also calmed down.

Zhao Man strode towards the bed, and said as he walked, "You can see it in the yard."

Walking over in two or three steps, he grabbed a piece of clothes for her to put on, and Yu Miaomiao also handed him his coat, it was still a bit chilly in the middle of the night.

Yu Miaomiao woke up a bit late, only to see a waning moon, most of the moonlight has been swallowed up, the swallowed place is not completely black, but slightly reddened, when the only remaining bright moonlight has disappeared Now, the light is getting dimmer, and the red color is more obvious, it's just a copper color, not the color of blood.

The moon was surrounded by a huge halo, and the entire moon ring more than doubled in size.

The cool breeze was blowing, the two watched quietly, Zhao Man stood behind Yu Miaomiao, passed his hands over her shoulders, hugged her in his arms, and maintained this position all the time.

"This is the blood moon." Zhao Man whispered.

Yu Miaomiao hummed, and leaned back, leaning almost all her strength on Zhao Man's body, staring at the sky, and sighed: "It's nothing to see."

"It's not very pretty."

Zhao Man withdrew his gaze, and he also felt that there was nothing to see. Although he also believed that the decline of a country had nothing to do with a moon, he was called the lone star of Tiansha from the day he was born. It's also a little irritating.

Yu Miaomiao turned her head and saw his serious expression, so she could guess that it was nothing more than the theory of fate.

She knows that he despises fate, but he has been living under this fate. Even Bi Kuo, who has a good relationship with Zhao Man, who dismisses fate, is the first one to think of it when he calculates the bleeding month. To Zhao Man.Zhao Man probably has this kind of mentality. Whether he believes it or not, I'm afraid they themselves can't tell the difference.

Yu Miaomiao's eyes dimmed, and she said softly, "It's the same as the moon's ups and downs, but it happens less frequently. All celestial phenomena and fate are used to deceive people."

Zhao Man really lowered his head when he heard the words, and when their eyes met, Yu Miaomiao knew she had guessed right. Although her voice was low, she said firmly: "Qilang, you have married a wife, and we will have a wife in the future. child."

Zhao Man's eyes softened, "It's only natural."

What no wife and no children, he wants to break this curse.

He lowered his head, and his loose hair also fell down, intertwined with Yu Miaomiao's loose hair, he reached out and stroked her hair a few times, suddenly his eyes flashed, and sadly found that the hair was actually intertwined .

After being rubbed by him a few times, it became tighter and tighter.

Zhao Man's eyes flashed, and he was about to speak when he suddenly heard a scream, which pierced the silent night.

Afterwards, the dogs in the village barked, and there was a lot of noise, followed by the sound of gongs and drums. The whole village seemed to be boiling, and the neighbors also moved.

Yu Miaomiao also heard the words "Blood Moon" and "A catastrophe is about to happen", and there were faint cries, and the fires in the village lit up the night a lot.

Yu Miaomiao had never seen such a bustling time except for the pear tree "Heavenly Auspiciousness" that went back to Yu's house last time. It was just that the former was happy, but this time it was sad.

At this time, there was movement in the front yard. Bi Kuo and several students lived in front of them, and they were also woken up by the noise. The reaction of the students was much smaller. Kuo's subtle influence did not light candles, beat gongs and drums like other people in the village did to drive away bad omens.

Grandpa and Doctor Qiu probably saw her and Zhao Man standing in the backyard, but did not come out.

It was only then that Yu Miaomiao truly realized that the blood moon was not a natural phenomenon for most people, and they couldn't explain how the moon turned red.

Yu Miaomiao also has no ability to tell them the scientific truth of this, the earth is round, it's just a lunar eclipse, it just reflects the sun's rays.

She and Zhao Man maintained the previous posture, staring at the sky quietly, the red moon did not last long, a corner of the red veil was quickly lifted, and when the moonlight poured out, the red light became more and more intense under the moonlight. Dim, it turned into a mass of black, and eventually the black was stripped away bit by bit, and became bright again.

A full moon hangs high in the sky, but the noise outside the courtyard is still there, crying and screaming, and there is no peace.

Only then did Yu Miaomiao blink and move, "Disappeared."

Zhao Man let out a "hmm" and looked away from the moon, but his arms tightened even more, and his jaw naturally arched on top of her head, "Go to sleep."

"It's so noisy outside, I can't sleep."

Yu Miaomiao felt that his head was getting bigger from the quarrel, and everyone in Liushutun, which is relatively stable, had such a reaction. I am afraid that those places most affected by the drought will be even more wailing.

"If you can't sleep in the middle of the night, then do something else." Zhao Man said very seriously, the chin that was originally resting on the top of Yu Miaomiao's head moved down, rubbed against someone on the neck, and suddenly swallowed Yu Miaomiao's earlobe.

Yu Miaomiao's body trembled suddenly, and she struggled for a while, now there were several hidden guards watching outside, she didn't want to perform in public, not to mention when it was, with such a commotion outside, how could she have any intentions.

Zhao Man raised his head, held her hand, and walked into the room. Yu Miaomiao suddenly felt a scalp pain. Then he looked at the lock of hair entangled between the two of them, and looked at the unnatural expression on Zhao Man's face. He glared at him angrily.

He really is a hair buster.No, no, it's her hair nemesis. During the days when her hands are inconvenient, she can also see that he can comb his hair well.

"I'll untie it first, don't move around."

Zhao Man simply picked her up, and Yu Miaomiao grabbed the black hair and stroked it with one hand, Zhao Man has already closed the door and closed the window, although the noise outside the house can still be heard, but Also much smaller.

"Bring the scissors from the bamboo basket over there." The solution couldn't be solved.

"Don't worry about it today, that's what it means to be a husband and wife." Zhao Man said confidently.

Yu Miaomiao was speechless.

Zhao Man put her on the bed, and the two of them were almost face-to-face: "This blood moon incident will continue for a while."

"Ah."

"So, sleep when it's time to sleep."

Yu Miaomiao nodded, Zhao Man continued to coax, "We've done everything we can to prepare, now we just watch other people make trouble."

"Well, then go to bed, and tomorrow I have to debug the spinning machine."

Zhao Man hooked his lips, with a straight face, "I'll undress you."

While speaking, he carefully and carefully took off Yu Miaomiao's clothes, carefully avoiding the dangling arms, Yu Miaomiao's body suddenly felt cold, and under Zhao Man's scorching gaze, he seemed to be burning again.

Zhao Man's voice was a little hoarse: "The children who should be born must be born, and there must be many more."

As he said that, he touched her belly reverently. Seeing him like this, Yu Miaomiao's heart felt hot.

She was worried before, but when she saw that Zhao Man was expecting a child, although she felt that the timing was not enough and dangers were everywhere, and she didn't know when there would be trouble, but she didn't avoid the day of conception anymore, and they didn't do less of what they should do. But there has been no movement.

Seeing her in a trance, Zhao Man grabbed her by the mouth fiercely, and went up to him. The commotion outside was not as important as his siege and childbirth, especially since he was considered childless. People, lacking in life, are always more difficult than ordinary people, but there is a saying that hard work can make up for one's weakness.

This night, apart from the upside down in this room, Yu Miaomiao fell asleep when it was about to dawn.

It's not so peaceful outside.

Liushutun and Fangling City saw a complete blood moon, although it happened at Zishi, but the people who called up the night were scared out of their wits when they saw it. Good sleep, the whole city is as bright as day.

The magistrates and magistrates wrote notes overnight, sent people to their superiors, and thought of ways to appease the people. They also had to worry about some unruly people who took advantage of the blood moon to make trouble. You know, the blood moon is a sign of weak righteousness and strong resentment in the world. If someone with a heart uses this as an excuse to gather refugees, it is not impossible to turn into a civil uprising.

For these joints, Liu Tingzhou, who has been a parent officer in Fangling for so many years, naturally knows and is vigilant, and he first thought of Zhao Man, the biggest thorn in Fangling.

Zhao Man's [-] soldiers and horses have not yet been found. If there are more refugees joining at this time, the matter will be out of control.

Fortunately, except for Zhao Man, most of the refugees in Fangling City have been properly resettled, only a few gathered in the houses provided by the government, and the number is not large. Liu Tingzhou sent people there and scattered them. As long as the disturbance does not happen in Fangling City, he, the magistrate, will have no influence.

Because Fangling is a place of exile, there is still a reliance. Like the frontier fortress, there is a garrison outside the city to guard it, so there is no need to worry too much.

In the rest of the places where the blood moon was seen, the people were terrified, and the government officials turned their backs on their backs. Although they did not have Zhao Man, the problem of refugees was a persistent problem.

Usually, these refugees are guaranteed not to starve to death, and after the disaster, they will be sent back to their hometowns, and that's it.But at this time, if they are forced to disperse by force, they are afraid that someone inside will instigate and take the opportunity to make trouble, but if they are allowed to gather together, there will always be hidden dangers.

In short, everyone is busy in their own way.

Besides Fangling, when Fangling's parents, Liu Tingzhou, had been busy for a day and night, barely arranged everything properly, and returned home exhausted physically and mentally, only to find that his son, who was supposed to be in the academy, was not in the academy.

Because of Liu Tingzhou's love for Aunt Yu, the conflict with Liu Siting, who was away from home, became more and more intense. Liu Yan was caught in the middle, and he simply lived in the academy and rarely went home. This time, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Liu Siting After another toss with Liu Tingzhou, Liu Yan followed him to Liushutun without Bi Kuo shouting.

Although Liu Tingzhou sent spies in Liushutun, he did not ask Liu Yan, and those spies did not report Liu Yan's whereabouts.

When he found out that Liu Yan was in Liushutun, he was shocked.

He doesn't have any feelings for his wife, but he really loves his son, and Liu Yan is his only heir.

At this time, he believed that it was Zhao Man's conspiracy, and clamped his son in an attempt to threaten him. He was sweating anxiously, and managed to stabilize himself, so he didn't go directly to Liushutun to ask for someone, but first asked Qiao's family. Heng is also in the hands of Zhao Man in Liushutun.

Qiao Kui is a warrior, but he doesn't have so many twists and turns: "It should be just a coincidence. They went to Liushutun very frequently during this period. They didn't do it on a whim. They said they were making a hydraulic yarn car. After all, it is calculated that the blood moon is there. It's difficult. Si Tianjian didn't even figure it out, otherwise the refugees should have been dispersed."

He didn't know that the drought has been severe in many places in the Song Dynasty recently, and Si Tianjian couldn't figure out when it would rain again to alleviate the drought. He had been reprimanded several times by the officials.So I just want to be a man with my tail between my legs, and let the officials find Taoist priests to pray for rain!
Some officials calculated the blood moon, but the blood moon is a bad omen. There are rumors that "the blood moon appears, and the country will decline", and no one dares to mention it in front of the officials.

Besides, things about celestial phenomena are always highly variable. If there is a report and the blood moon does not happen, then it is dissatisfaction with the official, saying that his management is not good, and that the old birthday star hangs himself and thinks his life is too long.But if it is not calculated in advance, it is only a limited ability, and it is not a capital offense.

Liu Tingzhou quickly figured out these joints, "Zhao Man may have a channel to get the news, and since Bi Kuo's father and brother previously served as Si Tianjian, it is possible that he can figure it out. Bi Kuo and Zhao Man are very close. This time it was Bi Kuo who took a few children to Liushutun."

Liu Tingzhou has already begun to doubt Bi Kuo.

Hearing what Liu Tingzhou said, Qiao Kui immediately glared angrily, and slapped the table, "Then just go and pick it up, I don't believe that Zhao Man dares to stop him, if he does, he will just find a reason to catch him."

Liu Tingzhou was a little hesitant, he was worried that if he angered Zhao Man, he would be killed and the net broken?Qiao Kui has a large group of sons, and he has only one single seedling.

But thinking that stretching out his head would be a stab, and shrinking his head would be a stab, he nodded hesitantly.

Naturally, the two didn't go there in person, but found an excuse and each sent a young man from their own family to Liushutun to pick them up.

The young servants of the two families were all ordered by their own adults, and they knew how powerful they were, and when they entered Zhao's house smoothly, they were all in vain.

It turned out that Bi Kuo took someone to debug the hydraulic spinning machine, and the workshop was located a little far away. Although the two boys were anxious, they didn't dare to delay. They had a serious discussion and decided that one would go back to report the news, and the other Stay here and wait for someone.

Liu and Qiao, who were waiting for news outside, naturally thought about it again, thinking that this was Zhao Man's evasive words, and each was anxious.

Yu Miaomiao felt a little funny seeing the two servants treating them so seriously.

It was true that she was trying to detain Liu Yan and Qiao Heng at first, but after being pointed out by Zhao Man, she could only sigh, it is not easy to be a kidnapper these days, she really cared about it and then she became confused.

The inconvenient communication is the key point. Taking Qinzhou's victory as an example, it has been a few days and no official news has been received.

Similarly, even if someone used this as a raft to instruct Liu and Qiao to do something to Zhao Man, the news of the blood moon did not come out so quickly. At most, Liu and Qiao had some doubts in private. As long as no evidence can be found, they will not do anything until they receive instructions.

If she blatantly detained their son during this period of time, it would be a handle.

Besides, if there are hidden guards, if there is a crisis, even if they are put back, they can still be caught.

Now she is really not worried, at least Liushutun should be calm for more than ten days, just waiting for the result of the court, who would dare to accuse Zhao Man of being the root of the trouble?

When it was almost dark, Bi Kuo came back with his students. Today was a critical time for them, and they lost their time because of their devotion, so they came back a bit late.

When Liu Yan and Qiao Heng got the news, they hurried home with the boy.

The message from the little servant of the Liu family was that Liu Siting was arguing to become a monk, which Liu Siting had said before.

When Liu Yan came back, he saw Liu Tingzhou anxiously walking up and down the house, but the house was calm, and my sister was relieved to stop making trouble.

On the contrary, Liu Tingzhou was relieved to see his son really came back, but at the same time worried.

He took Liu Yanzai and asked him carefully, but there was nothing abnormal.

Liu Tingzhou pondered for a moment, and finally he could only tell Liu Yan, "It's not peaceful these days, so you stay at home, don't run around, don't go to Liushutun."

Liu Yan thought that the hydraulic spinning wheel was the key moment. If it is completed, the spinning speed of the spinning wheel will be dozens of times faster and save manpower. He likes playing with these things the most. How could he not witness this great moment? ?
He has also seen some of the world with Liu Tingzhou, and he is not a nerd who knows nothing, so he said immediately: "Father, I know you are suspicious of Zhao Man, but my son doesn't think he has done anything wrong, let's not talk about those soldiers There is no evidence, there is no evidence for this blood moon incident, there is no news from the court, father, you first think of Zhao Man as a villain, and treat it as the root of the disaster, which is a big taboo."

Liu Tingzhou stared at Liu Yan's clear eyes, and was taken aback for a moment. Although his son was talented, he was still too simple and lacked experience.

As soon as the blood moon appeared, he suspected Zhao Man, and he believed that he was not the only one who suspected that the disaster of the blood moon was caused by Zhao Man. Zhao Man had a bad reputation and was a living target. This matter would definitely be detained by Zhao Man. Above all, as long as he is dead, the worrying missing fifty thousand soldiers will be solved.

Zhao Man is dead and has no heirs. No matter how loyal his soldiers are, they have no one to be loyal to, so they dispersed.

Now no one is doing anything to Zhao Man, but the officials want to suppress the sons who are alive and kicking in the court, and they haven't freed up their hands yet, and they didn't kill Zhao Man at the beginning, they were just sentenced to exile, knowing that Zhao Man's soldiers and horses are missing, they must I regretted it a long time ago, but I didn't find a reason.

The blood moon is a good excuse to push the boat forward. Killing a Zhao man can settle the matter of the blood moon. There must be someone who will raise this matter thoughtfully and put it in front of the officials.

I'm afraid Zhao Man himself knows the powerful relationship between them.

Liu Tingzhou took this opportunity to explain the in-depth analysis of this matter to Liu Yan carefully.

It wasn't until Liu Yan was dumbfounded, with a pensive expression on his face, that he really listened, that Liu Tingzhou was relieved, and said a few more words, "I'm afraid that Zhao Man will be caught in the net, so what do you do, don't let anyone catch your father and my weakness .”

Liu Yan nodded, feeling that Zhao Man was pitiful. During this period of time, he lived in Zhao's house and met Zhao Man a few times. He was cold-faced and not easy to deal with. After thinking about it, poor people also have something to hate. , not to mention that he really did treasonous things, and said in a nasty way: "Father, if he also guessed this kind of thing, how could he be unprepared? If you let me come back, can you also arrest me?"

Liu Tingzhou was taken aback, this is also the reason why he couldn't guess, is it because Zhao Man is confident, or he has nothing to do and just waits to die?
The father and son talked until late at night before they dispersed.

In the Qiao family, Qiao Kui is much simpler and more direct. He directly said to Qiao Heng: "Your boy, please be honest. You are not allowed to make friends with Zhao Man. If you run outside again, I will break your leg!"

Although it is simple, the effect is the same. Liu Yan and Qiao Heng did not return to Liushutun, and took the remaining students back to the academy the next day. The parents of the embarrassing parents felt that they were villains and jealous of gentlemen. Even if you doubt Zhao Man, you shouldn't doubt the teachers of the academy. The students are all protected by the academy, and even Zhang Jian can be released after the Zhang family committed a crime.

Fang Ling's heart was fluttering, so he didn't go into detail for the time being, but he said that Zhao Man's situation was really captured by Liu Tingzhou's words.

For another four days, the court received reports from all over the country in a hurry, and the blood moon appeared, and there was indeed a short-term panic in the court.

The emperor only accepted the letter of surrender from Tubo Zanpu Zansiluo two days ago. Qinzhou was victorious, Xixia was defeated, and could not recover in a short period of time. Seeing that a war suddenly disappeared so suddenly, he also had the help of Tubo to help him Guarding the northwest, the emperor couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the Manchu Dynasty also sang praises, saying that the Great Song Dynasty was the world's peace and prosperity, and even the unhappiness caused by the drought dissipated a lot.

But suddenly a blood moon ominous omen fell down and landed on the top of the emperor's head, which meant that he was inhumane and provoked anger and resentment. This huge gap made the emperor dizzy and almost spit out a mouthful of blood .

Anxious to prove that he is a benevolent emperor, he immediately thought of a scapegoat who could take the blame. He was the disaster star, he was exiled, and he could defeat him and the great Song Dynasty.

The emperor's eyes were gloomy, and Si Tianjian had a good understanding with the emperor, which proved that the place where the blood moon appeared happened to be in a drought-stricken area, and he especially pointed out that Fangling was also at the place where the blood moon appeared.

The emperor remained silent.

The prince and King Cheng looked at each other, and they had a rare tacit understanding. On this matter, the two reached an agreement at a glance, except for Zhao Man first.

King Cheng is even gearing up, he already has ironclad evidence, not only can he get rid of Zhao Man this time, but also made his father suspicious of the prince during his father's birthday last time, maybe he can kill two birds with one stone?
The prince smiled meaningfully, and he waited for King Cheng to jump first, and he would definitely tell him to jump up and fall down.

Bianjing is also full of hustle and bustle, no one noticed that a thin young man entered the city in a hurry.

Hurrying on the road without sleep, Yang Hao's face was full of fatigue, his eyes were bloodshot, but he was in much better spirits than the last time he rushed from Bianjing to Fangling City.

After entering the city, he found an inn, but he didn't go to rest immediately to relieve the rush of the journey, but insisted on going to check the news first.

All the way from Qinzhou to Bianjing, the story of the blood moon has been widely spread. Zhao Man said that he knew what to do when he entered the city, but the biggest thing was the blood moon. start.

(End of this chapter)