Spring and Autumn I Am King

ps: Chapter 2 is around 12 o'clock. Yesterday, I miscalculated the content. The third volume will end tomorrow o(nn)o

When the news of the enemy fleet attacking the Wenxian port reached the city, it immediately caused a little confusion.

Zhao Yang took the young men in the city to Zunguan, and now he doesn't know where he hit, and he can't defend in a short time. Therefore, only Zhao Guangde was left in Wen County with a group of guards composed of old and weak wounded soldiers, erectors, and untrained, even underage boys, and women and children in the whole city relied on them for protection.

For the first time, Zhao Guangde took on such a heavy responsibility, and he was relatively calm. He and the navy commander, Gu Cheng, deployed a certain defense on the river bank. The enemy ships were scattered, and the attack was not very sharp. , as long as you drive them into the water, you can win.

After he came over to inform Ji Ying of the matter, he put on a dazzling armor and rode on a red horse. Ji Ying could see that his dress was on par with Wu-shirt, but his temperament was more than one point worse.

"There is Guangde outside the city, but I will ask my cousin in the city!"

The number of enemies is unknown, but since they came from the water, there must be a small number. At this time, the most fearful thing is not to be attacked, but to mess up the city first, giving the enemy a chance to take advantage.

In the past year and a half, Ji Ying has been the hostess of Wen County. She nodded and watched Zhao Guangde take his soldiers out of the city to support the port, while she brought her maid and black clothes. The guards went to take all the noble families in the city to the palace of the Zhao family temple complex.

As night fell, the battle outside the city had already started, and almost all the female relatives of the doctors and scholars in the city were sitting in the hall, as well as a few respected old men and infant children. These women were the parents, wives and daughters of the doctors and retainers of the Zhao family. Their Kun, father and brothers either followed Zhao Wuxie to the east, or followed Zhao Yang to the west, or joined Zhao Guangde outside the city to defend against the enemy, or deployed manpower and supplies in the city.

Ji Ying sat on the main seat covered with snow leopard skin, and glanced at the people in the hall. The city defense and order were managed by a group of retainers who were proficient in this matter. Her task was to protect their families. , Who knows if the enemy's attack this time has internal response in the city? Family members are concentrated here, on the one hand, they can be assured of defending against the enemy, and on the one hand, they can let those who have evil intentions cast their arms against the mouse.

However, the current atmosphere is not very good.

The banquet in the hall has already begun. The musicians did not ring the chimes, but played the new song Turtle Although Longevity. The music can cover up the sound of fighting and distract attention, but it cannot dispel fear. The guests forced their faces to laugh, but they didn't mean it, as if they could turn into sad faces at any time. Their people are here, but their hearts are outside the city, at their families fighting on the battlefield, and at Zhao Guangde's thin riverside defense line.

After the war, I don't know how many people can, and more importantly, they are not around when the family is in danger, so contrary to the cheerful music, the atmosphere in the hall is dignified and everyone is worried.

Ji Ying knew very well that if her family was frustrated and disappointed, the doctors and retainers would not inspire the courage to defend the city, so she smiled and started to name one person after another, asking them to come forward and speak. They talked about the history of their clan as retainers of the Zhao family, about the phoenix objects in the cities they came to, the honors their husbands and children and grandchildren had won in battle, and even holding a newborn baby and asking the servants to give gifts, making the boy giggle straight. laugh.

These things were taught by her father's words and deeds since she was a child, and she didn't learn by herself, so the atmosphere in the hall relaxed, and she praised Ji Ying's erudition and strong knowledge, and she was about to catch up with Mrs. Xu Mu of that year.

But this did not affect the people closest to Ji Ying: she was surrounded by Zhao's female relatives: on the left was Zhao Yang's concubine Jin Juan, and the youngest daughter Zhao Jia. Jin Juan was relatively calm, but she was good at dealing with occasions. The moving little Zhao Jia was enough to make her devastated.

On the right is Zhao's daughter-in-law, Han Ji, and Bo Lu's son, Zhao Zhou, who is babbling. Han Ji, who is not only for her husband Dai Xiao, but also for her father Dai Xiao, is holding her son's little hand tightly, looking at Ji Ying's performance, in his eyes. There was a flash of jealousy and impatience.

"The enemy army may break through the city at any time, and you are still talking about your family's shortcomings here?"

Finally, she couldn't hold back, and said such a sentence. In an instant, the voice stopped, and everyone stared at Han Ji in surprise.

When the music stopped, when Ji Ying was not chatting with them, they seemed to hear the sounds of distant battles again in their ears: it was the humming of golden drums, the swaying and impact of armored weapons, the splashing of the clippers when they landed The splash of water was the crackling of the pine boards burning. In addition to all this, there were shrill cries of killing, and the cries of the dying.

Ji Ying's efforts were in vain, and everyone who had just forgotten about the war remembered that he was still in a dangerous room, and the house could collapse at any time, killing everyone! Their talk disappeared, and the hall fell into silence again.

Ji Ying glanced at Han Ji coldly, with the same smile, but lowered her voice: "Is my sister-in-law drunk? You are still serving filial piety!"

There is a low degree of alcohol in the hall. At this time, many people need to use the power of alcohol to make themselves forget their fears. Han Ji had indeed drank a lot, her face was flushed, and drunk beauties were the most attractive, but what she said was very unpleasant. Han Ji held up a glass of wine, took a sip as if in a demonstration, and responded with a smile. road:

"My father and my husband, Huang Quan, know this and will be considerate of the concubine."

Tears came out. When she was in the Han family, she was a shark pearl in the hands of her grandfather, father and brothers. Holding it in her hand was afraid of getting cold, and holding it in her mouth was afraid that it would melt. Zhao Wuxi stole everything, and he didn't get the power to manage internal affairs. Ji Ying, who had not been married for a long time, took what should belong to her!

She wiped away the cowardly tears, revealing a hint of sarcasm: "After all, in a few hours, I'm afraid I won't be able to drink if I want to."

Ji Ying's eyebrows were tightly together: "What do you mean by that?"

"In any battle, there is no one who is only victorious and undefeated. At this time last year, the Zhao family almost killed Fan and Zhongxing, and they fought Chaoge, Handan, and let the Han family's Pingyang and Shangdang fall. I would have thought that one day Wenxian will also fall. Being attacked?"

Han Ji sneered and pointed at the trembling crowd in the hall. In her eyes, they seemed to be chirping hens and chicks who only knew how to hide under their mother's wings.

"Sister-in-law, you made a blunder!" Ji Ying refuted her, glanced across the hall, and said with a smile, "I believe Guangde will protect Wenxian and ensure that the enemy will not enter the city."

"If Zhao Guangde can't repel the enemy army, Fan and Zhong Xing will end up, the family temple will be burned, the clan will be scattered, and the children will suffer, I'm afraid it will be repeated tonight!"

Han Ji was unwilling. Her dissatisfaction with the marriage after marrying the Zhao family, the resentment of Bo Lu and her father Han Geng towards Zhao Yang, Zhao Wuxi and their sons after the death, and even the jealousy of Ji Ying, were all in the Tonight, it broke out under the pull of fear and alcohol.

Like a prophecy, a maid hurriedly entered the hall and whispered something like this in Ji Ying's ear.

"What happened?" Everyone in the hall was not a fool, and they all realized that the situation was not good.

"I hope your daughter will tell you the truth!" They were eager to know the truth. Did the city fall? Or did Zhao Guangde die in battle? Even if you know it, it doesn't help.

The fact is that the fighting on the river bank is over. Zhao Guangde took out few people and was unable to stop him in the end. He was slightly injured, but he still endured the pain and commanded the remnants to withdraw from the city. The river bank was occupied by the enemy, and they began to carry boats. The keel of the city attacked the city gate, and the thumping sound that everyone heard and the vibration they felt came from this.

The situation is very bad, but Ji Ying can't tell the whole truth. People's hearts are pessimistic and fragile. She must appease them, even with white lies.

"The Zhao army was heroic and defeated the enemy many times, and Guangde was unscathed, but it was easier to fight in the city."

Even so, some people couldn't accept it. Soon, in the silent hall, an old woman covered her face and cried, followed by the cardamom girls from the doctor's family, and a few boys also cried. They smelled the smell of fear.

The situation got worse, even Jinjuan was a little helpless, Han Ji sneered, she had no plans to help, just wanted to watch the fun and see Ji Ying end like this.

"Don't be afraid! The city wall is still there!"

Ji Ying stood up at an unknown time, her red outfit was extremely eye-catching, and she could hear every word she said.

"The three-foot-high city walls are protected by moats and moats. There are enough bows and arrows in the treasury. There are also three trebuchets on each city wall, to ensure that the next generation cannot approach. The number of enemy troops is not large, not even enough to surround Wen County. One horn, let alone one night, even for a month, they can't take it down."

She was no longer afraid, but proudly announced loudly: "What's more, even if Wen County is besieged, my brother Wu Xie has already defeated the Qi army, and will return here soon!"

The chaotic hall has calmed down again. The gentleman of the Zhao family, who has won all battles, can stop the children from crying at night in the enemy realm, and can also make everyone in the Zhao family feel at ease. What's more, from the beginning of summer this year, the tall and mysterious trebuchet has become a the most loyal guardian of the city.

"You can just wait for your little brother to come and save him. Maybe he didn't come to Wenxian for emergency help, but went directly to Chaoge to see his wife and son, or even the news of his defeat of Qi is false. Yes, he is already dead in the East!" Han Ji was still sneering in a low voice, she pulled her son and prepared to leave here.

Ji Ying felt a pain in her heart by this sentence, but reached out to stop her: "Where is my sister-in-law going?"

"Get out of here and go somewhere safe."

"Where else in Wen County is safer than here?"

Han Ji was stunned for a moment, but still insisted: "It is safe to be around the bodyguards that Han sent to protect me. Maybe Zhao will not be able to hold on this time. I don't know if the difficulty of going to the palace will be repeated. At that time, no Know who will be the orphan of the Zhao family, the boy in Chaoge, or my son, the real eldest grandson of the Zhao family."

She lowered her head and looked at her son tenderly, imagining that if Wenxian fell, how would she escape from here under the **** of Han's Huben and the few remaining retainers of Bo Lu, who should she turn to? But he didn't know that his actions tonight had frightened him.

"I just take all this as my sister-in-law's nonsense after drinking. If you are tired, you can go to the back of the palace to rest, but no one is allowed to leave this place before the war is over! Zhao's female family members, even more so!" Ji Ying was very serious, She did not give an inch, and behind her, fifty Zhao soldiers in black stood by the door, like a rock, like a mountain, blocking anyone who wanted to leave.

"you"

Han Ji was speechless because she caught a glimpse of Ji Ying's slender and fair hand holding a sword, a real sword!

The sword is slender and long, and at a glance, it can be seen that it is not for men to kill enemies, but for women to defend themselves.

"You don't dare, you didn't even know what to do with raccoon slaves and young deer when you were young." Han Ji saw what Ji Ying wanted to do, her momentum subsided, and she whispered through gritted teeth.

"I have never wielded a sword, not because I didn't dare, but with good intentions, because my swordsmanship was not as good as my father's and Wu Xie's, and I was afraid of accidentally hurting innocent people, because I didn't want Ah Zhou to see a scene he shouldn't have seen."

Ji Ying saluted Han Ji, seemingly pleading, but with a commanding tone: "Compared with this, the responsibility of being the eldest daughter of the Zhao family is more important, if the enemy breaks into the city, this sword will be taken by me. Tools, if the enemy army does not enter the city, but someone leaves privately, spreading rumors makes people uneasy, regarded as an enemy spy, there is a rational officer outside the palace to bring military law to justice, and I will use family law to sanction inside the palace. Sister-in-law, please don’t embarrass Jiji win"

She is that kind of person, she is like a lazy female cat on weekdays, but once she shows her fangs, people realize that this is actually a tigress!

Han Ji finally softened, but she couldn't stay here any longer. She was like a hen drenched in soup, with her head drooping, and followed the maid to the room in the back of the palace.

And Ji Ying quietly put the sword behind him and said loudly to everyone in the hall: "Everyone in the city is responsible, the Ding women in the old city and those under 60, those over 14 are all on the city wall, we can be here. It is a great privilege to have nothing to do, everyone just needs to wait and wait for the reinforcements to arrive."

In order to appease the feast of everyone, Ji Ying lived alone on the high seat, as if she had become the heroine of Wen County.

The women and children in the hall cast a respectful look at Ji Ying, and the battlefield on the city wall was the sword, light, sword and shadow of men~www.wuxiahere.com~ The battle at the banquet was the spring breeze and drizzle of the heroine, which resolved the fear and enemies in their hearts. The topic changed, and they started talking about how Ji Ying was brave, how strong, how to inspire their morale, and was steadfast without a moment's doubt.

This is what Zhao Zhifu's daughter should look like!

"It's not like this" Ji Ying tried to make himself look like this, but no one could understand the pain in his heart.

The leopard skin under her body was soft and soft, but Ji Ying felt like she was sitting on pins and needles. Those natural spots seemed to have turned into poisonous stingers that devoured her.

It turns out that this seat is so difficult to sit in, this should not be her position, she hopes that her father can continue to exercise the power of the head of the family here, and also hopes that Wu Xian will inherit this position one day and issue orders on it, and she only needs to be silent on the side, smiling looking at them.

After all, she's just a little girl in her twenties

"Wu Xie, are you rushing here? When will you get there?" The shouts of killing from outside the city reached here through the night, and Ji Ying knew that this night would be very, very long.

(To be continued.)