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Chapter 19: Ice and Fire

The news of the attack on Boyun Village reached Wancheng the next day. After hearing this, Ze Luo Lirong in the palace had almost no change in his expression. After saying a faint "Go down", he did not speak, and stood alone in the center of the hall. He was so scared that a group of servants stood beside him with their heads down, and they did not dare to let out the atmosphere. The entire Wen Mo Palace was so quiet that even the air was condensed.

I don’t know how long it took, but Basilron took back his eyes that had been looking at the south and finally spoke up with "Good luck".

This sound was like throwing a stone in a pool, constantly lingering in the hall. A man wearing a black round hat and a blue robe quickly ran to the distance from Zerolerong to stop at the distance of one arm, and kept bowing his head and bent down throughout the whole process, making people unable to see clearly. He spoke "Shanyu", which sounded like a ghost, and it was difficult to tell the difference between male and female.

"Currently Huangfu You"

"yes!"

The man named Qiyun took a short step back and then turned around and ran out of the palace. But Basilron returned to his previous state like a wooden man. The only difference was that his hands were extremely tightly held, and the sound of joint friction seemed to be heard.

Soon, a gray figure appeared at the gate of Wen Mo Palace. The man was wearing a gray robe from head to toe, making people unable to see his face clearly. It was the person who was talking to Zerolerong on the Lock Dragon Platform that day.

The man "Shanyu" said quietly, with a hoarse texture even better than before. The man in gray robe did not bow down like others, but was like saying hello to an ordinary person. Such a behavior was a great rebellious and unavoidable death penalty, but when he was placed on him, Basilron did not think he was disobedient.

"Down all!" With the order of Rollerrong, everyone in the hall withdrew silently, leaving only two people standing face to face.

Ze Luo Lirong took the lead and said, "Do you know about the matter of Puyun Village?"

"yes!"

"Our outpost was pulled out by the Liang people, and they even killed one of the orphan generals. But you didn't seem surprised at all?"

"Shanyu, the Paoyun Village has been more than two years since its establishment. The Liang Dynasty army has regarded it as a thorn in its side for more than two years. It is only a matter of time before it is removed. In addition, Chunyu Mao is stubborn and impulsive in encountering trouble, and dies at the hands of the Liang people."

"Is it okay if the Liang people killed the Gu Wen Mo Palace?" Ze Luo Lirong's tone had not changed, but his eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Shut the anger of Shanyu", the man in gray robe did not realize Zerolerong's anger, and it was not until this moment that he softened his tone, "You did not mean that. In fact, we did not suffer much loss from losing the Paoyun Village. The spy came to report that the Emperor of Liang was about to celebrate his birthday. He summoned Xiao Yunqi back to the capital, and the one who was traveling with him was also named Xuan Shaoning."

"Xuan Shaoning? Is it the one who killed Chunyu Mao?"

"That's right, he was originally a soldier under Song Mi, but now he is a centurion."

"When you killed Song Mi, wasn't this person also present? Or did you send him to the position of commander, and now you have gone a step further!" Ze Luo Lirong looked at Huangfu You with his eyes.

"Although I know that this person comes from Qingshan Academy, I didn't take him seriously when I planned to get rid of Song Mi. I didn't expect that he would cause so many storms. I really underestimated him. After all, he was a disciple taught by Shiraishi!"

"After such a profound lesson, Lord Huangfu is still a person who despises Qingshan Academy? No matter what, you can be considered brothers of the same school. Lord Huangfu shouldn't have been soft-hearted for a while, right?"

"The mind of the world is a good idea! Destroying Qingshan and destroying Liang Dynasty is the goal of the deep and profound heart for twenty years. Shanyu, please rest assured, and leave the task of eliminating Qingshan Academy to me!"

"The reason why I lifted you was to help me destroy Liang State. Lord Huangfu's ability and heart will naturally believe in it."

"Don't worry, the Tiansi plan has been brewing for a hundred years. Once it is started, it will never stop if it fails to achieve its goal!"

On the same day, King Yu held a celebration banquet at the General's Mansion, rewarding merits and doing things. The festive atmosphere formed a strong contrast with the gloom of Xiliang Imperial City.

The military discipline of King Yu was strict, and even at banquets did not include singing and dancing. The generals were attending according to the military rank. Xuan Shaoning was only the commander of the sergeant and had the lowest level of military rank, so he could only sit in the last seat.

King Yu, dressed in military uniform, smiled and raised his wine glass and said to everyone: "It depends on everyone who can take down the Paoyun Village in one fell swoop. I thank you here first! You can drink wine today, but you don't drink too much!" After that, he drank the wine in the glass in one go.

The generals all stood up and drank the wine together.

King Yu put down his wine glass and looked a little apologized, "All brothers who died in battle paid for three years; those who were injured paid for two years to comfort their families!"

"Thank you, General!"

"Ou Luyang's troops guard Ye Cangcheng, each person will be given a level of military merit; Yuan Yao, Geng Yan, Zhan Ting's troops will be on the Yongcheng, and Pei Zhenghao and Xiang Ang's troops will be given a level of military merit to block the northern army of Xiliang. Each person will be given a level of military merit; Xia Junmao's troops will be given a level of military merit as the pioneer and the concentration stone of this battle, each person will be given a level of military merit!"

Generals at all levels present could not hide their joy. According to the rank evaluation of the Xuanjia Army, every six first-level military merits, every three second-level military merits, and every two third-level military merits can be exchanged for military ranks and upgrades, which is the most inspiring reward measure for soldiers.

"General, the biggest contribution to the capture of Boyun Village this time is Xuan Shaoning. He thought of using the Ranma formation to attack Boyun Village at night, disrupting the enemy's formation and killing Chunyu Mao. He should be remembered as the first contribution!" Xia Junmao stood up and said to King Yu.

King Yu laughed and signaled Xia Junmao to sit down, "The performance of the Han Dao Guard in this battle is common, and Xuan Shaoning's wisdom and courage are the first heroes of this battle! Where is Xuan Shaoning?"

"The last one is here!" Xuan Shaoning heard the call out. When he took this step, Xuan Shaoning knew the honor and had been looking forward to it for a long time. When he was performing his salute, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly because of excitement. He did not dare to look up because he could feel countless eyes focused on him at this time.

"You can come up with a clever plan to defeat the more, kill the general of Xiliang, and help us seize the Puyun Village. This is yours!" King Yu looked at Xuan Shaoning with a fiery look, and he was not stingy in his words for his praise.

"I thought I could be promoted to the lieutenant of Xuan Shaoning!" Xia Junmao suggested in a timely manner.

When he heard that Xuan Shaoning was going to be promoted to two levels in a row and directly from the sergeant to the lieutenant, Ou Luyang's face turned dark and he took the opportunity to pick up food and winked at Yang Jing.

Yang Jing knew it and immediately stood up to express his opposition. "General, as a wedge to monitor my Daliang, the hearts of all the soldiers of Xuan armor have long been stingy. This time, under the general's planning and careful planning of Master Mo, it is my Daliang that he can remove him in one fell swoop. All the soldiers participating in this battle fought passionately, among which Chief Xuan performed the most dazzlingly and could indeed be a model for the entire army." After all, he praised everyone and lowered Xuan Shaoning's military achievements a lot. "But the last general thinks it is not appropriate to jump over the centurion and be promoted to the lieutenant. After all, the entire army has not yet had such a precedent, and military achievements should still be done one level after another. Moreover, with the ability of Chief Xuan, I think it will be possible to win military achievements again in a short time." After Yang Jing said that, he bowed slightly to Xuan Shaoning, extremely humble.

Pei Zhenghao didn't agree with it, "Don't be too rigid, it's unprecedented. Can't there be no future? The contribution of removing the Boyun Village is quite large. Even if you have real military achievements, you can convince the public even if you are promoted higher than the level."

"You can't say that. Commander Pei also started with the commander and came to his current position step by step. If the last general remembered correctly, Commander Pei had resisted the attack of the 100,000 Tang army with only tens of thousands of troops, and insisted on eight days to come to reinforcements to protect Minzhou City. I think everyone knows the importance of Minzhou City, but Commander Pei was only promoted to his current position, not to mention Commander Pei has the achievements of his ancestors!" Yang Jing's words sounded like praising Pei Zhenghao, but compared Pei Zhenghao and Xuan Shaoning. Who can't know that the meaning of Puhuan Village is obviously not as good as Minzhou City, and Xuan Shaoning, who has no background, is even more worth mentioning in front of Pei Ye's grandson Pei Zhenghao.

Xia Junmao first looked at Ou Luyang opposite him and found that the other party lowered his head to eat vegetables. Then he turned to Yang Jing and said, "What Yang Duwei said is also true. Commander Pei is indeed admirable! Finally, the general thought that as an inspiration for young people, this promotion would not cause criticism in the army. After all, Chief Xuan's contribution is obvious to all."

"It is normal for Xia Duwei to protect his subordinates. Since it is said that Commander Pei and Xiang Duwei tried their best to stop Xiliang reinforcements from coming to rescue; Commander Yuan, Geng Duwei and Zhan Duwei pretended to attack Yongcheng to cut off the connection between the Xiliang army and the Puyun Village. The contributions of these commanders were also quite great. Without them, I am afraid that Soldier Xuan would not be able to kill Chunyu Mao so easily?" Yang Jing always smiled intimately when he spoke, but this smile seemed extremely hypocritical to Xuan Shaoning.

"General!" Xuan Shaoning stood there for a long time, and he did not want verbal conflicts in this situation because of himself. He knew it was time for him to express his opinion. "Thank you, General, Xia Duwei's appreciation! When the last general first entered the Xuanjia Army, he said that he must take it step by step with his military merits. The position of the lieutenant was not competent!"

King Yu was generally quite pleased with Xuan Shaoning's knowledge, so he said: "Emperor Xia Duwei and Emper Yang are both for your own good. Since you have such ambition, you will be promoted to Centurion according to you!"

"General Thank you!"

Ou Luyang raised his wine glass and congratulated him: "Centurion Xuan is young and promising, and his future is bound to be limited! I only wish you this glass of wine to congratulate the Shaoning brothers!"

Other generals of all sizes also sent congratulations to Ou Luyang, and Xuan Shaoning gave them a favor one by one in a regular manner.

In the final reward details list, the division Gong Zhengyuan, who also performed well in the battle to block the northern army of Xiliang in this operation, was promoted to commander.

One month after the capture of Boyun Village, it was already the spring March of the 29th year of Liang Li. The early spring sunshine brushed across the land of Mobei, and the grassland also heard the call of the spring girl. The grass and wild flowers began to emerge from the soil, making the originally withered and yellow Mobei appear first. With the previous military achievements and the arrival of spring, Xuan Shaoning was in a very cheerful mood. The sky was blue, the white clouds were beautiful, and the grassland was green. Everything she saw was a state of mind.

One morning, Xuan Shaoning was about to train his soldiers. As soon as he stepped out of the barracks, he heard the sound of horse hooves gradually approaching in the distance, as if coming towards his own direction. As smoke and dust spread around him, a messenger jumped off the horse's back with a flag in his hand.

"See Centurion Xuan!" The visitor was the messenger beside King Yu. Over the past year, after experiencing the death of Song Mi and the Battle of Boyun Village, although the entire Xuanjia Army had not yet reached the point where everyone knew Xuan Shaoning, his name had spread throughout the military camp.

"What's the matter?" Xuan Shaoning asked.

"General, please come with me!"

"good!"

When Xuan Shaoning arrived at the General's Mansion, King Yu and Mo Chengfeng were already waiting in Longlu, so he whispered: "I will meet the general! Meet Master Mo!"

"Shaoning, I'm not looking for you this time for the military camp." King Yu admired Xuan Shaoning's ability, and because of Qingshan Academy, I don't know when he started to call his name privately, "but about returning to Beijing to celebrate his father's fiftieth birthday."

Now Emperor Heng of Liang ascended the throne at the age of 21 and has been in power for twenty-nine years. This year is his fifty-year birthday.

In fact, Xuan Shaoning also knew about this, but what he didn't understand was that there would naturally be a prince on the emperor's birthday. The ministers went to celebrate his birthday. What's the matter with him, a centurion?

King Yu obviously saw Xuan Shaoning's doubts and explained: "Although celebrating his father's birthday is a major event, it is also an opportunity for me to return to Beijing to report my work. Before, the father was very happy to win the Great Victory in Boyun Village and asked me to take the heroes to the capital together. The father wanted to reward him personally!"

"That is the emperor's order, and the last general will definitely obey the order!"

Looking at Xuan Shaoning's serious look, King Yu smiled, "There are only three of us here, so there is no need to be so restricted. I heard from Chengfeng that there are still a few classmates in the capital."

Mo Chengfeng also said, "That's right, after a year of separation, I can go back to see them, not to mention that the Master mentioned you in the letter!"

"Master? Really, Senior Brother Mo?" When the Master mentioned, Xuan Shaoning felt very complicated, and most of it was gratitude. After all, if Master Bai Shi did not have the same Master as Xuan Shaoning today, he would not have been like him.

King Yu smiled and said, "Has Chengfeng ever deceived you? You go back and prepare, and we will set off in ten days."

"yes!"

On this day, Xuan Shaoning and Shi Gong Zhengyuan, Huo Qing and Duan Lang were in Ling Tieying's private house in Yecangcheng. Although Ling Tieying was just a centurion, he had purchased a small one-on-one house in the south of Yecangcheng to accommodate his daughter and himself through years of accumulation.

"Here, come!" Ling Tieying brought up a plate of braised fish.

Huo Qing was the first to pick up the chopsticks and was about to start. Ling Feiyan patted his chopsticks and scolded him: "You are the most anxious!"

"Hehe, I saw that Dad Ling had made these fish all morning. I want to see if there is any mystery in the fish!" Huo Qing explained with a shy face.

"Don't underestimate these fish. These are Meiyu, a treasure in Mobei! They can only be found in the clear rivers on the grassland in early spring every year. They are very sensitive and extremely difficult to catch. These are the ones I just caught this morning!" Ling Tieying was very disdainful to Huo Qing so ignorant. "Don't look at the small fish, but its flesh is delicate, it can be said to melt in the mouth. Meiyuyu itself tastes very delicious, and it doesn't need to be specially cooked. You just need to sprinkle salt and boil it thoroughly in water."

This was the first time that the few people heard about it. Unexpectedly, the little fish on the plate, which was only as thick as a finger, had so much knowledge, and Huo Qing couldn't help swallowing.

Ling Tieying specially pushed the plate in the direction of Xuan Shaoning and Shi Gong Zhengyuan, and smiled and said, "You should eat more!"

Seeing this scene, Huo Qing was dissatisfied with "Dad Ling, you can't be so biased!"

"You, don't blame my father. Look, Zhengyuan is already the commander of the sergeant; Shaoning is even more the centurion, what about you?" Ling Feiyan squeezed at Huo Qing.

After being asked this, Huo Qing was speechless, and after thinking about it, he said, "Isn't that Duan Lang the same as me?"

Duan Lang was reluctant this time, "Hey, can you just get me wrong?"

Xuan Shaoning quickly comforted Huo Qing and said, "Okay, Dad Ling and Feiyan are also encouraging you. Look, you taste it first!" As he said that, he pushed the plate in front of Huo Qing again.

This time Huo Qing pushed the plate back to the center of the table and said seriously: "Today I was just to see Shaoning off. I can't proclaim my troops to seize the leader, otherwise..." He looked at Ling Feiyan next to him.

He didn't say anything, and looked at everyone with a smile and said, "It's rare to be able to return to the capital. Xiao Moyan and the others would be very happy if they knew you were back."

"Yes, this year, he and Yan Keran are not used to it, and we are not used to it! We can't go to the capital for the time being, and we all envy you so much!" Duan Lang said while fiddling with chopsticks.

"I don't know if I can see Luo Yao, Wantong and the others..." Ling Feiyan's unintentional words made Xuan Shaoning and Shi Gong Zhengyuan feel disturbed at the same time.

"It's not difficult to meet them after all, the key is to face the saint. This court is much more complicated than the military camp. Shaoning, you have to be very careful!" Ling Tieying reminded with concern.

Xuan Shaoning knew his intentions and said to Ling Tieying with a smile: "Dad Ling, I remember all your instructions. The fish is almost cold, let's eat it."

"Okay, I'll do it first!"

"Hey, didn't you say it just now, let Shaoning eat it first!"

"Haha, it's okay!"
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