The old east wind comes to dream

Chapter 72

After seeing off Fu You and Lian Shengnan, Chu Lan sat in the study.

The arrangement of the study room was almost exactly the same as the room they had in Prince Yu's mansion, which made Chu Lan feel unreal.It seemed that Gu Zizhan was just going to go to the Yamen in Dali Temple now, and she was waiting in the mansion for her very ordinary day.It seemed that the next moment, that person would open the door and come in, bringing her the sweet-scented osmanthus cake bought at Rongqingzhai, while smiling and hugging her intimately.

Looking at the closed study door, Chu Lan unconsciously slowed down her breathing a lot, anticipation welling up in her heart.

And the next moment, she woke up again, and at this moment, the person she was missing would not come.

With a heavy heart, Chu Lan took a deep breath and leaned back in the chair.The heavy feeling brought by the Queen's words today, like the dark and sticky night outside the window, made her feel depressed and lonely.Once again, she deeply realized that Gu Zizhan was an endless bondage to her, and even more so, the only reliance in times of despair.

How is it possible? If those past events are really as the queen said, then the past 20 years have passed, are they all lies and jokes?

Could it be that she has always been a poor fool who was deceived by others!

Unable to bear it any longer, Chu Lan spread out the pen and paper, the tip of the pen trembled for a long time, ink marks fell on the white paper.Wiping the corners of her eyes lightly, Chu Lan took another piece of paper and wrote down:

"Everything is fine, only lovesickness."

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At the same time that Chu Lan wrote the reply, Gu Quan, who was in the royal palace of Ningling County, was also preparing to write a letter.At his feet, a pool of debris was scattered.

Emperor Tianshun is worthy of being the emperor for more than ten years. After he wrote a letter requesting the conquest on behalf of the Son of Heaven, even the East Palace could not sit still. However, Emperor Tianshun was still there, sitting on the throne and letting the courtiers fight with each other. His face was red, but he remained indifferent.

How could Gu Quan not understand that Emperor Tianshun's idea was a trick of dragging words.

No matter how bleak the battle report was and how brutal the Rong people were portrayed, Emperor Tianshun knew in his heart that at present, the Rong people were far more unbearable than Dazhao.

Not only the tens of thousands of soldiers under Jiubian Xiaoqiwei have gradually regained their strength, but also the more than [-] elites of the Zhenyuan and Pingyuan Second Armies are also brave troops who are seasoned in battle.Duan Wu, the Weiyuan General of the Zhenyuan Army, had a high prestige in the army, and this time he was even more resourceful. He defeated the attacking Rong army several times, making it difficult for them to move forward.

Now that the two armies have become a stalemate, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Rong people will start to be defeated due to their weak successors!

This will not work, absolutely not!

Gu Quan has spent all his money this time, and even sent his only useful son to the Rong tribe as a hostage. He will never allow his success to fall short at this time!The Rong clan must not be defeated, he has not dragged the two father and son into the water, if at this time Jokhang's army has the upper hand, I am afraid that his planning for so many years will be in vain.

Thinking of this, Gu Quan couldn't help but look at the secret letter at his feet that had been torn apart in his rage.Stepping on his feet fiercely, Gu Quan wished that this pile of torn papers was the unfilial son who ate everything else. He really regretted that he was blind and gave birth to a vicious wolf that turned against his master!

This secret letter was sent by the officers and guards of the private battalion who escaped at that time.The letter said that civil strife broke out in the private barracks, some thieves secretly recruited people, killed the chief officer, beheaded the general and captured the flag!Although they didn't know who was instigating these things, Gu Quan only took one look and immediately thought of Gu Zizhan, who had disappeared for a long time.

Who else but her!It was clear that Ziwei Xingjun was fine, but Gu Zizhan had disappeared out of thin air for so long. He sent people to Jiangnan to investigate several times but could not find any trace.Thinking about it, Zhang Ming, the governor of Fengdu, and the Jiangnan gang should have rebelled early in the morning.However, most of his attention was drawn away by the affairs of the northern border, and he failed to discover the undercurrents early in the morning, and gave up those forces that had been cultivated for many years in vain!

That being the case, he wanted to see how capable this so-called reincarnation of Mr. Ziwei Xing was!If the son is unfilial, don't blame the father for being unkind.He couldn't help laughing, Zhang Ming and those people, after so many years, how could they not have a handle in his hands?But some grass on the wall can't make a climate.

But Gu Quan also knew in his heart that the most important thing right now was the matter of the northern border.After all, Qiduo is just a reckless man, and he will only go on a rampage blindly in war. If he is allowed to toss on his own, it will definitely not be able to last for too long.

The private soldiers he raised in Jiangnan hadn't planned to be used this time. They were all raw soldiers who had never seen blood, and they were basically useless.Besides, the number of people is not too many for him, even if he is really bewitched by Gu Zizhan, it will be difficult to achieve success, and it will not hurt his bones.Moreover, Gu Quan did not believe that Gu Zizhan would be so stupid as to bring this matter to Emperor Tianshun.

After all, Gu Zizhan, who was covered in dirty water, knew better than him the ruthlessness of Emperor Tianshun.After all, from the very beginning, Gu Zizhan's brand of Gu Quan was imprinted on him. If Emperor Tianshun couldn't tolerate him, he wouldn't tolerate Gu Zizhan either.What's more, he believed that Gu Zizhan, like him, was ambitious.If she really didn't have ambitions, she wouldn't think of taking power from her father, and as long as she had ambitions, she wouldn't be so stupid as to hand a knife to someone who could put her to death with a single word.

It is said that the girl father Xiao, in this regard, this wolf cub is really his kind!

Finally temporarily suppressing the boredom in his heart, Gu Quan cleared his mind and continued to write letters on paper.

After finishing writing the letter to King Qiduo Khan of the Rong tribe, Gu Quan spread out the paper again, thought for a while, and began to write vigorously.

As the night wind blew the candles, one could vaguely see the indistinct handwriting on his letter, "Bingjia of the Rong tribe, if necessary, you can turn to surrender..." These words appeared indistinctly.

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Two days later, Gu Zizhan, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, received the first letter from Qing Yuan.

Seeing Chu Lan's familiar handwriting, Gu Zizhan couldn't help holding the letter and reading it over and over several times.

In Chu Lan's letter, she wrote the ins and outs of meeting Fu Wang, and Gu Zizhan was just like her, thinking that there was no need to do anything, just wait for Fu Wang to find him.Although her emperor's great-uncle usually does not show much interest in court affairs, but because of the great age difference with Tai/zu, she can be regarded as being raised by him since she was a child. / behind the ancestors.Moreover, there are many Tai/Zu brothers, and some of them are not quite/safe. Only King Fu retreated bravely after the situation stabilized and became a wealthy prince, and he has been stable until now.It can be seen that he will never be a mediocre person without vision.

Then he helped Chu Lan in this matter, and deliberately concealed the truth from Emperor Tianshun, so he must have known some inside information.

In this way, is he showing his favor with this move, or is there another conspiracy?But after all, Fu Wang has already actively involved himself in this game of chess.

Afterwards, Gu Zizhan picked up the small tube that was taken off from Qing Yuan's feet and used to hold letter paper to play with.When the bamboo tube was flipped, another note fell from it.

Gu Zizhan picked it up and opened it, and saw Chu Lan's line in small, hazy words.

"Everything is fine, only lovesickness."

In an instant, mist filled Gu Zizhan's eyes.

People who have always been stingy about talking about love can be so moving when they talk about lovesickness.

In this letter, Chu Lan did not mention the words she heard from the queen, because it involved a lot of the past, even though she was rationally clear that there was nothing wrong with it, but emotionally, she still felt a little bit a little bit. Can not accept.

So, Chu Lan simply continued to thank the guests behind closed doors, and just stayed in this Gu's house all day long.Only the letter sent back by Gu Zizhan can slow down her thoughts and give her a moment of peace of mind.Just looking at Qing Yuan who was showing dissatisfaction in her tiredness, Chu Lan couldn't bear it, but she still picked up a pen and wrote a reply, then stroked Qing Yuan's head, and fed her a few slices of fresh mutton to comfort her.

Soon, Gu Zizhan's second letter arrived again.

In this letter, Gu Zizhan told Chu Lan that the first batch of [-] soldiers of the Xiaofeng Battalion disguised as merchants, under the leadership of Duan Yong, went to the northern border on the same day she wrote this letter. go!

In the letter, Gu Zizhan spoke very excitedly, and Chu Lan also felt emotional.What they have been planning for so long finally kicked off.

It's not easy!

The more you know about the military formation, the more you understand the difficulty.

Not only the operating income of Bozhongtang, Cornucopia and Ririsheng in the past few years, but even Chu Lan's original dowry had been sold a lot in order to be able to afford the huge military expenditure.As for the manufacture of weapons and equipment, they were even more cautious, and it was only after several hardships that they were able to raise funds.Fortunately, when she and Gu Zizhan decided to establish a women's army, they went to find a cave, and brought in batches of equipment that could be used to forge weapons.Later, with the help of Zhang Ming, Gu Zizhan asked Zhang Guan to come forward and occupy a mine privately, and gradually he was able to forge the required weapons and armor.

Just pieced together like this bit by bit, finally we have the hard-won situation today.

As written in Gu Zizhan's letter, when the first team arrived at the northern border, the female soldiers of the Phoenix Nirvana Army would finally set off for the battlefield!

This women's army, which they have poured more effort into, is finally going to the battlefield in person, and the real swords and guns will see blood.

Chu Lan silently read Gu Zizhan's letter, and saw her writing word by word: "No matter how sharp a sword is in its sheath, it will always be covered with dust in the dark. Only when the sharp blade is out of the sheath and stained with blood can it live up to its sharpness, and not to lose its edge." For those years hammered and polished in the fire."

"The sages taught the Tao with etiquette, but after thousands of years, the etiquette has become superior. Ordinary people are often looked down upon by the powerful. Among them, the shackles of women are even worse! Born as a human being, there is a difference between men and women. There should be no distinction between superiors and inferiors, let alone showing one's own strength by oppressing the other."

Women, after all, have been restrained for too long, and the right to equal existence must always be fought for by themselves.And the first step is to let everyone see it.Let everyone know that there is such a group of women who do not want to be the bird in the cage, nor are they willing to spend their whole lives as others' vassals.There are thousands of women in the world with different personalities. They have the right to choose their own way of life.No one is ashamed of the world, no one is ashamed of the righteousness, no one is ashamed of the original heart, and no one has the right to point fingers.

It is conceivable that in the near future, when this group of women's soldiers appears in front of people, what kind of shock it will bring to the world!

They want everyone to know that being born as a woman is also worthy of all the glory in this world.

On the day when Gu Zizhan's second letter arrived, after Chu Lan read the letter, his heart was infected by the passion between the lines of Gu Zizhan's words, and he was full of thoughts for a while.

She picked up a pen and wanted to write a reply letter, but felt that no matter what kind of words, she could not clearly describe her mood at the moment.Gu Zizhan has been surprising her all the time, and it is precisely because of this man that he freed her from the so-called "law of heaven".It can be said that Chu Lan was the first woman whose independent consciousness was awakened by Gu Zizhan.Those resentment and bewilderment that only faintly existed in her heart, she found the first ray of light to clear away the haze from Gu Zizhan.

However, before she could write, there was an urgent knock on the door.

As soon as Chu Lan responded, Chunhui hurried in.

"Ma'am, Jingzhong, something serious happened!"