Strange Tale of Qingluan

The battle was won, and that night, a celebration banquet was held in Like City. No matter the generals or soldiers, everyone could get some roasted meat and good wine. At the banquet, Jialing's battalion, namely Yingying, danced and sang to accompany the wine. .All the soldiers will play to their heart's content, only Ding Xuehou, Yi Yeqing and Su Zhongming remained calm and reserved at the banquet.

Su Zhongming was not good at drinking ancient wine, so he barely drank a few sips from a large bowl of wine.How nice it would be if there was beer - Su Zhongming thought so.At that time, Qianqin walked up to him with a bowl of wine and toasted him. Out of courtesy, he only took a sip in return.When Qian Qin saw that he drank so little, he couldn't help wondering, "General Su thinks the wine in his country is not palatable?"

Su Zhongming was afraid that he might misunderstand, so he quickly explained, "Of course not, it's just that I heard that drinking too much wine can easily hurt you, and soup is often used instead of good wine. Please forgive me."

Qianqin laughed a few times, and guessed wildly: "Is General Su trying to cultivate himself?" After saying that, he paid his respects a second time, and then Ding Xuehou once before returning to his seat.At the banquet, the celebration was in full swing. Suddenly, a military supervisor led a soldier with disheveled hair to Ding Xuehou and ordered him to kneel down. The lively atmosphere fell silent.

The soldiers put down their wine bowls one after another and looked over curiously. The superintendent knelt down on one knee and reported to Dingxuehou, "Marshal, it is clearly stipulated that women are not allowed to join the army! Now, in our army, there is such a bold The woman disguised herself as a man and sneaked in, fortunately, I found out, I hereby find out, and wait for the boss to deal with it!"

When Ding Xuehou heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, but did not speak.Su Zhongming was very interested, glanced at the soldier, and ordered her, "You, raise your head up." The bold woman raised her head immediately, and the face under the fire light surprised him immediately, and he walked to the seat and approached her , Surprised, "It's you?! The one who brought me water this morning."

No wonder at the time I thought she was too thin and tender, it turned out to be a woman! ——Su Zhongming thought to himself.The woman knelt on the ground and cupped her hands, "General, please punish her!" Su Zhongming looked at her carefully and felt that she was extremely calm, so he asked, "What's your name, why did you get mixed up in the army, don't you know that all those who join the army are men? "

"The daughter of the people, Yan Ying, took the risk to fulfill the agreement with my father. Please punish me, the general." Yan Ying summoned truthfully.Yi Yeqing on the seat stood up abruptly when he heard the words, and blurted out, "You are the daughter of the Yan family castle, Miss Yan?" Yan Ying replied, "Exactly. The old owner of the Yan family castle is the daughter of a commoner." Father."

Su Zhongming turned his head and looked at Yi Yeqing, wondering, "Yan Jiabao?" Yi Yeqing nodded, "Yan Jiabao was originally a Jianghu gang, and they have also started doing business over the years, often helping the weak and poor among the people." Su Zhongming Now that I understood, I asked Yan Ying again, "What agreement do you have with your father that you must disguise yourself as a man and join the army?"

Yan Ying told frankly, "My father is old and can no longer deal with the affairs of the Yan family castle, and the position of the owner of the castle has always been handed down to a man but not a woman. The women begged for an exception, but my father insisted on refusing, saying, 'Unless you can be like a man It’s the same as enlisting in the army as a soldier, training a man’s courage, you can do the great things that a man can do, and you will be recognized by the current king, and you will be an official in the court’, so the women of the people will take risks.”

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of applause from the seats, and Qianqin's voice also rose, "I never thought that there would be such a courageous woman in the Wen Kingdom who broke away from customs! This makes Jialing Kingdom jealous! "

Ding Xuehou, who had been silent all this time, listened for a long while, and finally said, "What do you want, to join the court as a military general?" Yan Ying replied, "As long as the general is willing to recommend civilian girls in front of His Majesty, when the civilian girls wish to continue As the owner of the castle, I will definitely lead the entire Yan family castle to serve the imperial court and never break my promise."

Ding Xuehou was still indifferent, and said indifferently: "Why do you make such a request, why do you..." When he saw Su Zhongming looking back at him coldly, he immediately closed his mouth.Su Zhongming said gently to the woman, "I think you are very interesting, so how about it, other than me, you can choose any one of our country's generals to compete. If you win, I promise you that I will definitely recommend you in front of Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, the woman immediately thanked Su Zhongming, got up, casually pointed at the seat, and hit Yi Yeqing.When the man came out, Su Zhongming stretched out his hand to stop him, and told him in a low voice, "Be gentle with girls, and show mercy." Yi Yeqing looked at him puzzledly, and when he blinked his eyes, he immediately understood. meaning.

He and Yan Ying picked up the long roller, walked to the open space together, and started to fight.Su Zhongming stood watching all the time, with arms in front of him, Ding Xuehou walked to his seat and stood beside him.Su Zhongming didn't turn his head back, but said in a low voice, "Get out! Those who are heartless, heartless and don't know how to respect their children, don't be with me!"

"..." Dingxuehou didn't dare to speak, he just stood beside him and watched with him.In the open space, the two of them went through several moves in succession. Just when the generals thought that Yi Yeqing was sure to win, the young man suddenly missed a move. The whole audience was shocked for a while, and everyone could only look at Yan Yeqing. Ying received the long roller, victorious.

Yan Ying walked up to Su Zhongming, knelt down on one knee, and said, "General, since the women of the people have won, I hope the general will not break his promise." Su Zhongming laughed heartily a few times, and told her, "Yan Ying, go back and follow the soldiers. Let’s drink and eat meat like you, celebrate your achievements, and spend this happy night first!”

Yan Ying took the order, turned around and walked back, drinking the wine and eating the meat just like those men, the soldiers didn't mind her being a daughter at all, and toasted to her as usual.

At dawn the next day, soldiers from Wen State left 2000 people in Like City, and wanted to set off to return to Wen State. Please thank King Wen for me, and please tell me that if there is no abnormal situation, our Jialing Kingdom will send envoys to Wen Kingdom to discuss the covenant."

After hearing this, Su Zhongming just bowed his hands to him, "Farewell, Commander! We will meet later!" Mounted his horse, rode to the front with Ding Xuehou, Yi Yeqing and others, led the army, and embarked on the road back to Wen Kingdom.

That Qianqin didn't go back to the city right away, but watched the large flag flying in the wind slowly go away, then raised his hand to call for a subordinate behind him, and told him, "Send someone to check on that General Su." His real identity." The subordinate was slightly taken aback, not knowing his intentions, and asked: "Your Highness, since he is a general, why does he have a real identity?"

Qian Qin turned around, walked into the city, and replied, "He came here as a general, but have you ever seen him leading troops to fight? I think he came all the way here to meet someone he likes." After falling, he repeated the order again, "Remember to check his real identity carefully."

The subordinate did not dare to disobey, and respectfully accepted the order, "Yes."

Six days later, Wen Guobing arrived in Xizhou with 2000 people and camped in the outskirts. Su Zhongming walked up and down in the camp for the third time, and then called the soldiers on duty.As soon as the soldier entered the camp, he asked respectfully, "What is your order, the general?" Su Zhongming sat in front of the case and gave the order, "Call Yan Ying."

The little soldier went to do it immediately, and after a while, Yan Ying was brought to Su Zhongming, and she bowed respectfully to Su Zhongming, "The general called the civilian girl, what do you want?" Su Zhongming opened his mouth and asked her, "Who did you give to the celebration banquet that day?" What are the benefits of supervising the army?" Yan Ying was stunned for a moment, knowing that this matter could not be concealed, she said truthfully: "The general is wise, the civilian girl has been in the army for nearly two years, and now she is lucky enough to meet all the generals, so I ask the supervising army to help me. Give him all your belongings."

Sure enough...it was a play directed and acted by myself, in order to promote her when the general returned to court—Su Zhongming thought so, took a paper, dipped it in ink, and wrote a letter. After the ink dries a little, he got up, Handed it to her, "After you return to Yanjiabao, give this letter to your father. My handwriting is a bit ugly, but he should understand it."

Yan Ying was puzzled, but still accepted the letter.Su Zhongming said to her again, "After he has read the letter, he should make you the new owner of the castle. You must remember to take this letter with you to the capital, and when you arrive in the capital, you will go to the Yicheng. There will naturally be a yellow card." The door officer will lead you into the palace city."

Yan Ying immediately thanked, "Thank you, General!" Then she asked curiously, "But how does the General know that this letter alone can make the girl's wish come true?" Su Zhongming smiled, "Because my official position is so great! …It’s so big that you can use Dingxuehou’s bag as a stool! It’s so big that you can order the prime minister at will.”

Yan Ying was startled by this remark, and blurted out, "I have always heard that the first-rank officials in the imperial court are the prime minister and the third prince, but I have never heard that there are other officials who are bigger than them." Su Zhongming held back a laugh , Seriously replied: "Yes! Of course I have, but there is an 'official' on top of my head that is bigger than me!"

"Who... is bigger than the general?" Yan Ying was shocked.But Su Zhongming said it easily, "It's a woman, that is, the woman who gave birth to the monarch." After hearing this, Yan Ying understood, and answered: "Queen Mother?" Look at her face, and call her queen mother kindly."

Yan Ying was stunned for a moment, and in an instant, Shuang softened and knelt down, with her handkerchiefs on the ground, trembling, "You...you...you are...you are..." Su Zhongming replied: "so you Don't worry! This letter will definitely help you a lot!" After revealing his identity, he told her again, "Also, remember not to expose my real identity. Now, you can go back to your own affairs. "

Yan Ying got up, bowed respectfully, lifted the curtain and went out.Ten days later, the reinforcements returned to Jinghongdu smoothly, attracting countless people from the capital to watch. When they arrived at Bingtun, they met a carriage just outside the gate.The carriage stopped in front of the gate, and the door opened in good time, and a woman stepped out.

All the generals got off their horses immediately, and respectfully called her the eldest princess, it was the eldest princess of Shengshi - Huirou.She stepped up to Ding Xuehou, and said softly to him, "I'm here to take you home." She shifted her gaze, and then turned to Su Zhongming, "Also, your majesty, go back quickly, the queen mother is sitting in the hall and is preparing to I want to scold you."

Su Zhongming let out an 'ah' sound, his face full of panic, and hurriedly mounted his horse again and pulled the rein.Dingxuehou turned his head and said to him, "Go back in a hurry, why didn't you say a word to me?" Su Zhongming was stunned for a moment, then said 'Bye bye', turned his horse and hurried back to Miyagi, after that , hurried back to the palace to change clothes.

He had just stepped into Zhu Zhen Palace, and was about to turn around and enter the dormitory, when he suddenly heard a calm voice asking, "Finally came back alive?" , Seeing that the person was the Empress Dowager Shi Chaojing, she said in amazement, "Empress Mother, I was about to change clothes and go to your place, why did you wait here so early?"

The Queen Mother didn't answer, but turned around, walked into the house, and ordered him, "Come in for Ai's family." Su Zhongming couldn't help but feel that there was a cloud hanging over Zhu Zhengong, and he followed Shi Chaojing into the house with fear in his heart. .As soon as Shi Chaojing sat down, he immediately gave a second order, blurting out two words, "Kneel down."

Su Zhongming refused to obey, looked at the floor, and found an excuse indiscriminately, "Mother...the place is a bit dirty, can I not kneel?" Just after the words fell, there was a loud thumping sound, which immediately made Su Zhongming's heart skip a beat. shock.Shi Chaojing said in a strict voice: "The Ai family told you to kneel, so you kneel!"