Amazing talent through time travel

Chapter 20 Banquet in Qionglin, the border falls

On the second day of the release of the list, the Golden Palace passed on the group of people.

The emperor summoned the newly admitted Jinshi.The admitted Jinshi wear official uniforms and three-branched nine-leaf crowns on their heads. They stand in front of the Danfeng Gate and wait for the call.This is the "Golden Palace Biography"

Qingli got up at dawn, and then, being dragged by Liu Guang and Yucai to freshen up and dress, she came to Danfeng's gate.

"Chuanlu" means calling by name one by one, and entering the palace to meet the emperor.

After the Jinshi who passed the examination was summoned by the emperor, the officials of the Ministry of Rituals held the "imperial" "Yellow List" with the name and rank of the Jinshi written on it, first placed it in the Dragon Pavilion in front of the Meridian Gate, and then led by drums and music guards, carried it out. , Exiting the left gate of Chang'an, Zhang hangs in the temporary "Dragon Pendant", and the top-ranked champion of the new department leads all Jinshi to watch the list.Three days later, Huang Bang took back the cabinet and sealed it.Afterwards, the governor of the capital inserted golden flowers for the champions, second places, and flower hunters of Xinzhong, put them on red silk, and took them to the Yamen of Shuntian Prefecture in the north of the city with a guard of honor to have a banquet to thank the emperor for his kindness.After all the ceremonies are completed, the number one scholar will be awarded to the Hanlin Academy for editing, and the second place and Tanhua will be awarded to the Imperial Academy for editing.

After the etiquette of Chuanlu was completed, it was time to parade through the streets. Qingli changed into the golden flower black gauze hat bestowed by the emperor, wore a big red python robe, held a hand-picked imperial edict in his hand, and straddled a golden saddle and red mane horse. Exploring the flowers, shouting and embracing, the flags and drums open the way, the cheers are thunderous, the cannons are shaking the sky, and the streets are decorated with lights and festoons.There are huge crowds of people everywhere, the momentum is extraordinary, and the excitement is abnormal.

It's really a horseshoe disease in the spring breeze, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.

Qingli was riding on the horse, looking at the grand scene, but suddenly thought of Yunqi, I don't know how he is at the border, it seems that he has not received any news from him recently, the original appointment to see Chang'an flowers together, now, as expected There was only him alone, Qingli felt a little disappointed, and the bustling streets all lost their color.

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Border pass

Fighting and fighting, the wind blows, how vast the world is, and the blood is reflected in the mountains and rivers.

"No, General, you retreat first!" Lieutenant General Zhang slashed at an enemy soldier with his knife, and the bright red blood sprayed on his face, blurring his vision, but it was too late to wipe it away, "General, retreat quickly!" Let's keep the green hills, so we don't have to worry about running out of firewood." General Zhang turned his head and shouted, his voice was sad and sharp.

Yun Qi didn't care about it, he pinched the horse's belly, "Drive!", rushed to the front, and started fighting with the enemy.

General Zhang's eyes were red, but he was even more powerful. He also rushed forward, raised his long knife, and shouted, "Brothers, kill!"

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Originally, the situation on the front line was very good. Almost all the soldiers thought it was coming to an end. Some even got married and were still thinking about disarming their armor and returning to the fields, so that they could live a life of men farming and women weaving together with their wives, virtuous wives and filial sons.However, the beautiful phantom is a castle in the air after all, and it collapsed after the nightmare came.

Qiangyue's soldiers suddenly seemed to know all their movements, and all the prior arrangements were broken one by one.Overnight, almost all the food and grass were burned, and the morale of the army was shaken. Qiang Yue took advantage of the chaos to counterattack and accurately attacked every weak point of the Chu army. The speed is fast, the army is integrated, and troops are sent to fight, but the situation is still grim.

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Yun Qi bent down, dodged an arrow, and cut off the head of an enemy soldier with his backhand. The blood sprayed on his battle armor, but was covered by fresh blood in an instant.Yun Qi's face is cold and stern, the flames of war on the frontier have completely polished him into a Shura on the battlefield, probably because he was widowed since he was a child, Yun Qi is really a little cold, only Qing Li, only Qing Li makes him feel warm in his life of ice and snow Ruchun, thinking of Qingli, Yun Qi evoked a wry smile, but the movements of his hands were even more ruthless, Qingli, tomorrow should be the Golden Palace Chuanlu, the spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, seeing all the flowers in Chang'an in a day, after all, he has no Going to this appointment, I just don't know when the next time we will go for a walk together to see all the flowers in Chang'an.As for now, Yun Qi narrowed his eyes, he is not a passionate person, but he is a mortal with flesh and blood after all, no matter how indifferent his heart can be warmed up, besides Yun Qi is not a cold-blooded person at all.By his side, those who fought side by side with him, got along day and night, and shared life and death, he didn't want to give up.

Man is too small to hold the whole world in his arms, so he always tries his best to keep what he has, even a little bit.

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The war lasted from midnight to the dusk of the next day. The army of the Great Chu Dynasty finally broke through the encirclement and withdrew to Pingcheng, east of Jiayuguan.

Jiayuguan, lost.

The setting sun is like blood, dyeing the clouds in the sky red. The huge Jiayuguan Pass is full of corpses. The air is filled with the smell of blood, and the blood soaks the ground. , glowing with mournful flames.

Don't you see Qinghaitou, the bones of the past have never been harvested, the new ghosts bother the wronged old ghosts cry, the sky is cloudy and rainy and the sound is chirping.

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Beijing,

It is still peace and tranquility through singing and dancing.

In the Royal Qionglin Garden, a grand Qionglin Banquet is being held, celebrating that all the talents from all over the world have entered the emperor's trap.

Qingli sat at the lower right of the emperor, the No. 1 seat of the Xinke Jinshi seat, next to Su Xie.

Qingli held the wine glass, a little absent-minded, for some reason, he always had some bad premonition these two days, as if something bad was about to happen.

Qingli was wandering in the sky, suddenly felt that Su Xie next to him touched him with her arm, looked up, but saw the emperor staring at him with a smile on his face, "Qingli, you are the champion of this year, why don't you let me go?" You start by writing a persuasive poem to cheer you up."

Qingli had no choice but to stand up, "I have little talent and little learning, so I dared to do something about it."

"There is no fixed shadow in the daytime, and there is no fixed wave in the Qingjiang River.

People don't live a hundred years, how about a hundred years.

There is fine wine in the hall, and clear songs in the hall.

Advise the king to sing golden songs, don't call Zhu Yanfeng.

The pines and cypresses are luxuriant every year, and the hills are increasing day by day.

Look at Zhongnan Mountain, the eternal Qing'e'e'

Qing Li recited the complete poem, and said with a respectful smile, "It's just throwing bricks to attract jade, and I'm waiting for you to sprinkle the Panjiang River, the land and the sea."

This is not a clumsy work, the few Hanlin scholars below couldn't sit still and applauded one after another.

"Aiqing returns to your seat." The emperor's voice was gentle.

In Qionglin Garden, a wave suddenly set off. All Jinshi are outstanding scholars from all over the world. Qingli’s poem aroused the pride and enthusiasm of scholars. Everyone wrote poems one after another. There was a special servant to record the poems. A few days later, The anthology of Qionglin's anthology every three years will come out.

The banquet is still going on, and the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.

Suddenly, a man with the appearance of a eunuch trotted all the way, walked around to the emperor from the side path, and said a few words into the emperor's ear. It sounded, "My lords, continue to have a banquet. I will take a step first. Prime Minister, follow me to the imperial study."

Everyone was a little astonished, such a situation had never happened before, the emperor left early at the Qionglin imperial banquet.Although everyone was a little surprised, they still got up and knelt down to salute, "I will send you off to the emperor, long live the emperor!"

After the emperor and Yan Xiang left, everyone just got up, and the banquet continued, but the emperor was not there, everyone seemed a little disappointed, but they were more lively, toasting each other, many people came to ask Qingli about the emperor's departure The reason, Qingli was a little helpless, but she still replied one by one in a gentle manner, expressing that she didn't know why.

Qingli intuited that this matter was unusual, and had a vague premonition, feeling a little uneasy, so he left after a while, and the banquet was still going on, but the two main protagonists were missing, and he suddenly became pale, and everyone dispersed after a while .

Qingli didn't know what happened afterward, at this time Qingli was on his way back to Yan's house,

Returning to Chang'an Pavilion in a hurry, Qingli turned around and told Yu Cheng, "Ah Cheng, go find the waiter in father's study and tell him, if father comes back, remember to notify me."

"Yes, I'll go now, little one." Seeing Qingli's solemn expression, Yu Cheng didn't dare to delay, so he quickly turned around and left.

Qingli sat on the low couch, from the setting sun to the bright moon rising in the east, there was no news of Yan Xiang's return. The cold and silent moonlight cast a clear glow, and the flickering lights reflected the warm yellow of the room.

"Master, it's late, and the master hasn't come back yet, why don't you go to bed first." Liu Guang walked in, a little worried, "You may as well attend tomorrow morning, and you will always know what happened tomorrow."

"Well," Qingli turned her head, looked at Liu Guang, and smiled, "I see. Let's rest now, sister Liu Guang should also rest earlier."

"Well, Liu Guang will back away now." Liu Guang said, closing the window and backing out.

Qingli blew out the candle, took off his coat, and lay on the bed. The moonlight shining through the carved window and the window paper was reflected in Qingli's eyes, as if it shattered the starlight in the sky, and he had no sleep all night.

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The next day,

Yanxiang has not returned yet.

Qingli changed into court clothes, took the elephant wat, and went to court, walked through the Danfeng Gate, someone hurried to catch up behind him, Qingli turned around, but it was Su Xie.

"Qingli," Su Xie smiled, "I'm really not used to going to court on the first day."

"Axie, you'll be fine slowly." Qingli said with a smile, "Since I chose this path, I can only go down."

"Yes," Su Xie was disappointed, "Qingli, have you heard that there seems to be something wrong with the front line. Several princes and ministers entered the palace overnight."

Qingli was a little stunned, what happened to the front line?What about him?

Qingli asked eagerly, "Does Axie know what's going on?"

Su Xie saw that there was something wrong with Qingli's mood, so she comforted her softly, "It's okay, I don't know too well, I will explain it later, don't worry."

Qingli was a little disoriented, but still nodded, and replied, "Yes."

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On the solemn golden palace, all the officials stood in their own positions, either standing still and waiting for the emperor to visit, or discussing current affairs with the people around them in twos and threes.

"The emperor is here!" The high-pitched voice of the father-in-law who sang the salute sounded, and the officials quickly lined up in two rows, standing in line according to civil and military ranks.Holding an elephant wat, they knelt down in unison and sang: "I respectfully greet Sheng An, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Everyone loves you." The emperor walked to the dragon chair and sat down. Yan Xiang and the second prince came out behind the emperor. Yan Xiang had a gentle face, but he couldn't hide his tiredness. He went straight to the top of the hundred officials and stood up.The second prince still had that lazy look, as soon as he entered the palace, he smiled at Qingli, Qingli bowed his head to avoid it, Su Xie stood behind Qingqing, a trace of bitterness flashed in his eyes.

"Start playing if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do!" The eunuch who was in charge of rituals continued to sing.

All the officials present knew that something had happened on the front line, and there was silence below.

The emperor was not annoyed, and just issued an order leisurely, "Give a seat to Prime Minister Yan, General Li, and tell everyone about the current situation."

A young eunuch moved Yan Xin a pear flower chair, Yan Xin didn't refuse, and sat down safely.

"Yes." General Li walked out of the queue, "Everyone knows that last year, the Qiang and Yue troops attacked our border, and Jiayuguan was almost lost. Fortunately, His Majesty Shengming sent troops to resist, and after a fierce battle, our Great Chu border was preserved. There was a faint tendency to counterattack. Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly reversed. With the help of the Qiang and Yue soldiers, they broke through the weak areas of our army one after another, and found the exact location where our army's food and grass were stored. On the [-]th, Jiayuguan fell, our army has retreated to Pingcheng, the border is in danger!"

"Well, you enter first." The emperor waved his hands in a voice, "Do you have anything to say, all my loves?"

"Your Majesty!" Doctor Yushi quickly stepped forward and knelt down, "I believe that there must be traitors in the army, please investigate clearly!"

"Well, you step back first, what else?" The emperor couldn't deny it.

"Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to send troops to support!" A general stood up.

"Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince's lax management of the army has led to the existence of traitors in the army, which in turn caused our army to lose Jiayuguan. We should be punished!"

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"Emperor," is

Prime Minister Yan said, "I believe that the most urgent task is to solve the problem of food and grass. You can choose to send one person to be the supervisor, responsible for leading an excellent army, escorting food and grass to the frontier, and then fighting with the army to help the fourth prince get rid of the spies."

"The minister seconded the proposal, and can send several generals to assist in supervising the army." A minister stood up.

"The minister waits for a second opinion!" A large group of people knelt down in the dark.

"Then who is the candidate?" The emperor's voice could not hear any anger or anger, "Do you have any self-recommendations among the lovers?"

There was silence below.

"No?" asked the emperor again.

"The subject is willing to go." A clear voice sounded.