In February of the third year of Xuanhe, the weather in Tokyo was different from previous years and still a bit cold.
As soon as the northwest wind blows, the sky is covered with dense clouds, and a heavy, gloomy snow falls on the ground.
The splendid palace city everywhere suddenly turned into a jade pavilion. The city of Tokyo was covered with snow, and thousands of trees were blooming with silver flowers. People lost their way, and refugees who had nowhere to hide passed out in the imperial streets due to cold and hunger. above.
Emperor Daojun was admiring the snow in Yanfu Palace. He was accompanied by his young concubines Yiyuan. These women were beautiful and fragrant. They were wearing light fur fur coats and brocade robes. They were playing in the snow on Shengping Tower. scene.
When the women saw the goose feathers of snow flying in the air, like pear blossoms raining in March, and like silver butterflies flying in the sky, they laughed, lightly stretched their sleeves, and waving their jade hands in the air to catch the snowflakes.
Emperor Daojun was also very excited, catching snowflakes in the air with his hands, feeling as if he was twenty years younger.
"He's caught, he's caught! His Majesty has caught him!" Wanyi screamed, and more than a dozen women gathered around to take a look.
Emperor Daojun stretched out his hand proudly, holding a snowflake in his palm, sparkling with crystal light.
"It's so beautiful! The snowflakes Your Majesty caught are big and beautiful, and they are six-pointed ones!" The concubines all praised in admiration.
After a while, half of the snowflakes in Emperor Daojun's hand melted away.
"It's such a pity that the snowflakes melted away before I could see it!" The woman standing at the back didn't wait to see it clearly, and the snowflakes melted away.
Emperor Daojun smiled and said: "My beloved concubines, I want to watch you compete in catching snowflakes. To see who catches the biggest and brightest snowflakes, I will definitely give you a heavy reward."
After hearing this, the concubines became excited for a moment, spread their skirts and sleeves, and fluttered around. For a while, butterflies danced wildly on the flat floor, which made the Taojun and Emperor burst into laughter.
The emperors and concubines were having a good time, and little Concubine Wu Xian came up and said: "The auspicious snow falling from the sky is an auspicious sign of a good year. Why don't your majesty arrange a banquet to enjoy the snow, and entertain with music and dance?"
Emperor Daojun nodded: "My beloved concubine's performance is exactly what I want!"
Then he ordered the imperial dining room and the teaching hall to prepare. Soon the servants led the Emperor Daojun to Paiyun Pavilion. The concubines were already waiting there.
Liu Yu, the chief music officer, ordered the geishas from the teaching department to sing "Spring Snow" first, dubbing it with four major music, and the dancers danced.
In the carved corridors of the palace, the singing was as melodious as orioles singing willows. Between the jade towers and the beautiful buildings, silk and bamboo curled up, and the lingering sound echoed through the beams. They danced for half an hour. After the dance with ninety-three changes was completed, the music conductor patted the boundary. Just stopped.
Emperor Daojun was watching the excitement. When he saw that the dancers had stopped dancing, he felt as if something had been lost. He turned to Concubine Wu Xian and said, "I heard that during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Concubine Yang stole Prince Ning's jade flute and played it for Xuanzong on the upper floor of Qinghua Palace. Liangzhou song, the flute sound is extremely beautiful, can my beloved concubine play it for me?"
Little Concubine Wu was originally versatile and good at singing, dancing and music. After hearing this, she moved the golden lotus gently and stepped forward and said: "I'm afraid I'm not good at playing, but I hope your majesty will forgive me."
Emperor Daojun shook his head and said: "There is no need to be humble if you love my concubine. I just want to listen to the flute."
Concubine Wu Xian took the flute, came back and stood at the right hand of Emperor Daojun. With her jade fingers like bamboo shoots and spring onions, she skillfully held the jade flute and played a song from Liangzhou.
The sound of the flute is clear and melodious, lingering and pathos, lingering between the palaces. It may be as clear and bright as the chirping of birds in the mountains, or as high-pitched and heroic as the sound of broken jade and cracked silk. The lingering sound is intoxicating.
After the little Concubine Wu Xian finished playing the Liangzhou song, Emperor Daojun couldn't help but praise: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has Concubine Yang, and I have Concubine Wu Xian!"
Little Concubine Wu Xian was so flattered that she swayed her waist in a charming manner and lifted up her dress. A palace maid had already put down the brocade rug next to her. Little Concubine Wu Xian knelt on the brocade rug and said in a sweet voice: "What talents do you have that are worthy of Your Majesty's praise?"
Huizong looked at the little Concubine Wu again. She was really charming and beautiful. She hurriedly lowered herself to the throne, held her hands with her, and said: "My beloved concubine, she is free from the ceremony!"
Little Concubine Wu Xian stood up weakly and cuddled tightly beside Emperor Daojun. Emperor Daojun was about to continue having fun when suddenly the palace official on duty came in a hurry to report: "I am reporting to the officials that the former has been sent to the south of the Yangtze River to recruit Fang La to surrender." The envoy Zhang Zhong was beheaded by the traitor chief, and the deputy envoy Bi Cheng is waiting outside the palace gate to be summoned."
Emperor Daojun was shocked when he heard this, and immediately suppressed his smile. Jie Fang fell to the ground with a "slap", and after a while he said: "Preach my will, come here after it is completed!"
The deputy envoy Bicheng was led over. With tears on his face, he fell on the ground and cried: "The officials and ministers have received the order to leave the capital. They did not dare to neglect along the way. They were hungry for meals and thirsty for drinks. They stayed at dawn and risked their lives." When they rushed to Hangzhou, they saw that the bandit army had already laid siege to the city, so they had no choice but to send a message from outside into the bandit camp and hand the surrender order to the rebel Fang La. Unexpectedly, when Fang La saw the order, he became furious and ordered Zhang to be ordered to surrender. Your Excellency beheaded you, insulted me in every possible way, and drove us and other gangsters out of the camp..."
When Emperor Daojun heard this, his face turned white and red, and finally he suddenly became gloomy and asked: "How on earth did that thief insult me? Tell the truth!"
Bi Cheng didn't dare to speak, so he hurriedly said: "I dare not say it. I deserve death for my crime."
"I forgive your innocence!" Emperor Daojun snorted coldly.
Bicheng then said hesitantly: "The thief chief Fang La said that even if the foolish king came by himself, he would have to kneel down and kowtow when entering the camp. He also said that sooner or later he would break into Tokyo and take the life of the foolish king..."
"Bold!" Emperor Daojun was so angry when he heard this that his eyebrows stood up, his face turned livid, he shook a few times, his eyes were bloodshot, his lips were blue, and his limbs were trembling.
The concubines, chamberlains, and maids hurriedly helped him, beating their backs and rubbing their chests. After a while, the Emperor Daojun regained his breath, and then shouted: "Pass the child's body, pass the king Fu!"
The chamberlain hurried out of the palace to deliver the order.
Emperor Daojun took a few breaths and shouted again: "The King of Qin, King Yun, Li Bangyan, Cai You, Gao Qiu, Tang Ke, and Xue Ang are coming!"
Another chambermaid said yes, run out quickly...
In the city of Hangzhou, the prefect Zhao Ting was convening civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures. He was panicking inside, but pretended to be calm on the outside and said calmly: "The military intelligence report I received earlier stated that Fang La had broken through Qingxi and captured the counties of Muzhou and Shezhou. Behind the scenes, wherever they went, they first searched for officials and gentry, slowly cut them with knives, and then hung their heads to show the public, or cut their limbs into eight pieces and threw them to feed the dogs. The ground was really full of blood and flesh, and the bones were in a mess. Seeing their miserable state, it made people lose their hair. vertical."
After hearing these words, many civil and military officials looked at each other in fright, gaped, and trembled.
Zhao Ting continued to speak slowly: "Now that the bandit chiefs have besieged the city and attacked it for several days, do you have any good ideas? It is better to offer it up quickly so that the disaster can be eliminated."
All the officials have long been out of their minds and are as dumb as a chicken. Is there any good strategy left? No one spoke for a long while.
Zhao Ting sneered and flicked his sleeves, "Since there is no other way, I have nothing to say, so just go back!"
The civil and military officials suddenly felt ashamed and wanted to retreat. They planned to go home and pack their bags and find an opportunity to hide and escape. At this moment, they heard shouting outside the door: "Master Chen, the pacification envoy of Western Zhejiang has arrived!" All the officials were shocked when they heard this. I was shocked.
Zhao Ting's face changed, and he hurriedly stood up and led everyone to greet him. Chen Jian frowned and walked into the hall and sat down in the middle. After everyone finished praying, Chen Jian said: "Fang La is now besieging the city. The bandits have been attacking for several days. , the imperial reinforcements have not arrived yet, I wonder if Magistrate Zhao has any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"
He was on fire at the moment. Although the capital begged Chen Tuo and received a response, the reinforcements had not yet arrived. He had not even heard the news. The other three groups had gone back long ago, but they had not sent a single soldier to the front. Come support.
"Commander." Zhao Ting lowered his head and said, "The official and the civil and military officials have been discussing for several days. Everyone has different opinions and cannot agree on one. It seems that it is best to guard the city gate and wait for the imperial court's reinforcements to arrive."
After hearing this, Chen Jian was angry. He stood up with a bang, glanced at Zhao Ting sideways, then looked at the officials, and said angrily: "You can raise an army for a thousand days, but you can spend it in one day. The enemy chief has arrived, but you have nothing." This strategy is a betrayal of the emperor’s favor and a waste of the country’s wealth!”
Before he finished speaking, Peng Pei, the commander-in-chief of Hangzhou's army and horses, stood up and said: "Commander, the Fang La bandits were originally rural religious people and bandits in the mountains. Although they are said to be 150,000 or 60,000 people at the moment, I think there are actually only 70,000 to 80,000 ragtag bandits inside. There are many old men and boys who are unable to fight. They use bitter bamboos as spears and coir raincoats as armor. They march not according to the law. They only rely on numbers to fight. Such troops and horses are bound to be vulnerable. Now that they cannot attack the city, I am willing to lead them. Send the troops out and fight with him outside the city."
Zhao Ting frowned at the side and said: "In the previous battle in Xikeng, the entire army of Cai Zun and Yan Tan, the governor, was wiped out. In the battle in Muzhou, Ye Juzhong and Tong Shu were martyred. The bandits attacked more than ten cities in our city. Manager Peng Never underestimate these thieves."
When Chen Jian heard this, his face was as cold as ice. He looked at Zhao Ting and said, "Then according to what Governor Zhao said, how should we retreat from the enemy? Should we just defend the city or abandon it and run away? Hangzhou is such an important place. If Hangzhou is lost, once the official If your family is punished, your heads and mine will definitely be in danger!"
Zhao Ting did not dare to say anything, and Chen Jian continued: "The two governors Cai Zun and Yan Tan were not incompetent, but they were defeated because of the unfavorable location. Chen Guang of Qingxi fled without a fight, and Zhang Huiyan of Muzhou abandoned the city and left first, along the way. There are no strong enemies in each city, so Thief Yan is even more arrogant."
Peng Pei, the general manager of the army and horses, and Bao Miao, the soldier cao, stepped forward and saluted: "General, these two are not talented. I am willing to guard the city day and night with the soldiers and civilians of the city. If there is the slightest mistake, I am willing to take military orders."
Chen Jian nodded and said: "There is no good strategy, so this is the only way. From today on, all the soldiers and civilians in the city will be at your disposal. If anyone disobeys, you will be punished by begging!" The two received the military order and went out to make arrangements. The army and the people defended the city together.
After Chen Jian finished speaking, he felt a little tired. He went back to his house, ate some snacks, drank a bowl of ginseng and white fungus soup, and fell asleep.
I slept until three o'clock in the morning the next day, and then I woke up. I listened to the noise outside and found nothing unusual. I calmed down a little and asked someone to prepare a carriage to go to the house of Zhao Yue, the official visiting official, to discuss it.
Walking outside, Chen Jian raised the curtain of the carriage and looked at the distant battlements. He saw many brave soldiers on the city, with brilliant swords and spears, and a tense and majestic atmosphere. He couldn't help but think to himself that Peng Pei and Bao Miao were good at running the army. Moreover, the city of Hangzhou has high walls and thick walls, so even if there is no good strategy to defeat the enemy, it is still safe.
When Chen Jian arrived in front of Zhao Yue's house, the envoy of Lian Dynasty, Chen Jian got out of the car. Zhao Yue had already greeted him from the hall and said with a wry smile: "Master He Lao is here in person. Just call me and go to the house."
Chen Jian shook his head, entered the hall and sat down. The maid offered Longjing fragrant tea and set some snacks on the table. Chen Jian picked up the tea bowl, took a sip and said, "Has there been any inappropriate news recently?"
Zhao Yue stretched his neck and said: "Before the thieves besieged the city, many officials and merchants had transported their property and family members to other places. Half of the officials in each yamen had abandoned them, and people were panicked. The lower officials also heard that Zhao Ting secretly Pack up the boats and prepare to escape. If this is true, it will be even harder to stop people's floating hearts, and Hangzhou will definitely be lost."
When Chen Jian heard this, he immediately became furious and cursed: "Zhao Ting actually wants to escape first. He must be dealt with severely to make an example."
Zhao Yue shook his hand and said: "Sir, please calm down. This is a visit from a lower official. Whether it is true or not, we need to investigate in detail."
Chen Jian sighed, called his attendant Yu Hou, and ordered: "Go and monitor Zhao Ting's actions. If there is any movement, report it immediately."
After a while, the banquet was set up, and the two of them sat down to have a drink. They raised their glasses just now, and Peng Pei sent someone to report: "The thieves general Fang Baihua's vanguard has defeated Zicheng and is at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain. The entrance to the meeting is tight..."
Chen Jian and Zhao Yue were immediately shocked and looked at each other. There is a sub-city in Hangzhou, and Phoenix Mountain surrounds the sub-city. That means the sub-city is broken!
Chen Jian pushed away the cup in front of him, calmed down a little, and said to the person who came: "Immediately pass the command to me, and let the officers and men of the three armies, officials and people, and all adult men take turns to go up to the main city to guard the fortresses, regardless of day or night. No one is allowed to leave without authorization, and spies are strictly guarded everywhere. Anyone who disobeys military orders and joins with thieves will be beheaded in public, and we will never tolerate it!"
After sending the people away, the two of them had a few mouthfuls of food, then asked the car to be prepared outside, and planned to go to the main city wall to watch.
But just halfway through, Yuhou, the long follower who had been sent to monitor Zhao Ting, came after him and reported that the Hangzhou government office was cold and the people in the government were fleeing. After asking two people, they both said that the prefect left after midnight yesterday. Not returned.
Chen Jian was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time. Zhao Yue was even more worried and said: "Master Chen, we'd better go to the city to suppress the situation. Otherwise, if the news of Zhao Ting's disappearance spreads, people will be in chaos and it will be difficult to hold on!"
Chen Jian nodded, and the two of them hurried to the inner wall, and then climbed onto the city tower. They saw that the battlements were covered with strong bows and crossbows, the battlements were piled with rolling logs and stones, antlers and forks were hung on the walls, and the dysprosium towers were put on shelves. A Feizi iron cannon, and people carrying earth and stone came and went constantly.
Chen Jian felt slightly reassured. Peng Pei, the commander of the troops and horses, came forward to greet them. He accompanied the two of them to the Dysprosium Tower and looked down at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain. They saw about four to five thousand troops over there, building wooden fences and building walls.
Chen Jian looked solemn and said: "This Jiahui Sect must be strictly guarded and there must be no slack. All soldiers who have made meritorious service should fill in the merit book and submit it to the Appeasement Department for verification, and receive rewards on time."
Peng Pei said: "Commander, the soldiers are now guarding the city day and night. It is very hard. Commander, can you give some money to reward the three armies and encourage the soldiers?"
Chen Jian nodded and said: "The soldiers defended the city with their lives, so they should be rewarded. Send me an order. Each soldier will be rewarded with a certain amount of money. Officers above the head will be rewarded with one tael of silver. They will make a book and withdraw it from the treasury in the west city. After the thieves are defeated, we will be rewarded." He’s handsome and gets a big reward.”
Peng Pei and all the generals around him bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Marshal, for your grace."
Chen Jian added: "Two meals a day should have some meat soup, even if it is a chicken for a hundred people, we will bring it to the city to eat." After that, there was another cheer.
Then Chen Jian and Zhao Yue went to Qingbo Gate. After a while, they suddenly heard the drums beating outside Jiahui Gate and the sounds of killing.
The two were frightened, and rushed back to see that it was Fang La who personally supervised the army to build more than ten pontoon bridges on the moat. At this moment, the Song soldiers on the city fired arrows to prevent the bridge from being built. The two armies beat drums and shouted, each helping them.
After a while, La's army rushed across the pontoon bridge. Arrows were like a shower on the city, and rolling wood and bluestones were flying in the air. Fang La's army could not get close to the city wall, so they slowly retreated.
Although the main city of Hangzhou was safe that day, by dusk, all the sub-cities in Hangzhou were trapped. Fangla's various tribes surrounded the main city, felling wood, setting up fences, and building fortifications.
Fang La led the generals to the top of the Phoenix Mountain and looked towards the city of Hangzhou. They all couldn't help but be slightly silent. Hangzhou is a majestic city. Looking from a high place at this moment, it looks almost as impregnable as gold.
Fang La said: "Without a strong attack for a few days, do you have any good plans for attacking the city?"
General Lu said from the side: "Holy Duke, the enemy has few soldiers and is panic-stricken. All we need to do now is to prepare a lot of climbing equipment such as cloud ladders, bamboo ladders, climbing poles, and flying claws, and then take them by surprise, attack them unprepared, and just take them by force."
Fang La nodded, and there was no other way to think of but to rely on large numbers of people to attack.
Everyone talked for a while, and it was already dark. Looking at the tall lanterns and torches on the wall of Hangzhou, they looked like a silver dragon. The lights of thousands of houses in the city were like stars in the night sky. The banners and banners on the top of the city were fluttering in the wind, and the soldiers were standing next to each other. , swords like a forest, Fang La and the generals sighed for a while before walking down Phoenix Mountain.
But it was said that Peng Pei, the general manager of the army and horses in Hangzhou, and Bao Miao, the military commander, discussed: "Although the bandit army is powerful and has many people, there are only a few thousand people stationed at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain and they are all female soldiers. It is better to sneak attack them in the middle of the night while their stronghold is not stable. Let’s first weaken their stronghold!”
Bao Miao immediately said: "No, sir! In my humble opinion, we should stick to our guns and not move lightly!"
Peng Pei shook his head: "There is no good way to defeat the enemy at the moment. The people at the foot of Phoenix Mountain are all rural girls, and they only rely on the large number of troops nearby. Now that the two sides are separated, why not make a sneak attack? I will attack with two thousand elite soldiers at midnight. Your city gate's response will be absolutely perfect."
At three o'clock that night, Peng Pei led two thousand elite soldiers out of the gate of Genshan and went straight to the Baihua Camp on Fenghuang Mountain. When they came to the outside of the village, they saw that the lights in the village were sparse and the whole village was silent. Peng Pei gave a loud shout and rushed into the village on horseback with his sword drawn. In the middle, he rushed forward, but saw that there was no soldier inside.
Peng Pei was shocked and ordered his troops to retreat. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of killing from all sides. The lamps and torches were all illuminated. There were Fang Baihua in front, Pang Wanchun on the left, Zhou Jingbao on the right, and Hongtian Canal behind. They were surrounded by fighting on all sides.
Poor Peng Pei, no matter how hard he fought, his four opponents were killed in an instant. The two thousand elite soldiers died, and only half of them escaped, running towards the city gate.
Bao Miao was shocked when he saw this. He wanted to close the city gate and lower the Qianjin Gate, but seeing that the more than a thousand elite soldiers couldn't bear it, just when he hesitated decisively, the pursuers had already arrived, and he wanted to close the city again. The door is already out of reach.
Bao Miao didn't expect that the other party would be so quick. He regretted it and hurriedly mobilized his troops to start a fight at the city gate.
How could Chen Jian sleep soundly in the mansion over there? Suddenly someone came to report, but it was Bao Miao who delivered the message. Hearing the clear explanation from the messenger soldier, he couldn't help but shout: "Peng Pei missed me!"
Chen Jian immediately changed his clothes, mounted his horse, and went to the city gate to supervise the battle.
The sky was getting brighter over there, and there was a stalemate at the city gate, but Fang La was happy. Without waiting for anyone to say anything, he knew it was a good time to attack the city.
He ordered one by one to storm the four cities and thirteen gates, and must capture the city of Hangzhou today.
Chen Jian was panicking at this moment. Although the city gate was not lost, he mobilized soldiers from the other three sides to block it, but the troops on those three sides were weakened. There were not many soldiers in Hangzhou City, and Fang La was breaking out in a cold sweat now that he was attacking.
I saw Fang La's army rushing to cross the moat, and then the soldiers set up ladders to attack the city. War drums were beaten above and below the city. The "dong dong dong" was loud and the shouts were earth-shattering. The Song army put down rolling logs and rocks at the top of the city to hit the ladders. Most of the ladders were knocked over and smashed, but some of them went up to the city wall. It was a good killing.
At this moment, General Lu, the military advisor, led a thousand soldiers across the foot of Fenghuang Mountain, and walked through Qingbo Gate and Yongjin Gate to watch. The city wall here is close to the West Lake, and under the city is a narrow strip with crisscrossed waterways.
This General Lu was from Shezhou and was originally a student of the Imperial Academy. He was rejected by the Daojun Emperor because he wrote a letter criticizing Hua Shi Gang and was banned from serving as an official. He returned to his hometown in anger and joined the Ming Cult. Because of his resourcefulness, he gained the status of a Sanren in the Cult. He is one of the Six Disciples of Mingjiao in the Central Plains.
He looked at the west city gate. There were water gates not far away from the Qingbo and Yongjin gates. At this moment, the city was being attacked from all sides, so the water gate was somewhat neglected in defense.
Seeing this, General Lu became aware of the plan and hurriedly went back to look for Fang La. At this time, although Fang La saw soldiers climbing up the city from time to time, they could not get a foothold. He was anxious and saw General Lu coming back, so he asked for advice.
General Lu said: "The two water gates next to Qingbo and Yongjin in the west city can pass boats and vehicles. I read from the book that King Qian set up three layers of protection there. The outer layer was a water gate, weighing a thousand kilograms, and the middle layer was an iron gate. , are wrapped with gold nails and iron leaves, and there are rows of gates inside, which are extremely strong, but they have not fallen down for some unknown reason at this moment. If someone with strong martial arts rushes in first and takes over these two gates, Hangzhou will definitely be destroyed. !”
Fang La was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly mobilized Chen Fan, Fang Jiu, Zhou Jingbao, Fang Jie, Xu Fang, Wang Yin and others to quietly sneak over and attack the two water gates with Zhuang Yong who was familiar with water properties.
At this time, Chen Jian was supervising the battle at Genshan Gate. Suddenly someone came to report: "The water gate next to Yongjin Gate has been severely attacked. The water gate has been rusted to death and cannot be lowered. The iron gate cannot be pushed or pulled open. Only the row gate can be used, but it has been stolen by thieves." The army breaks."
Chen Jianli was immediately startled. He felt cold all over and was at a loss. After a long while, he shouted: "Come here, come with me to see!"
Halfway through, someone came to report that Fang La's army had already opened the water gate, captured Yongjin Gate from inside, and was heading this way.
On the side, Zhao Yue, the Honesty Officer, heard this and his face turned pale with fright: "Sir, what should we do?"
Chen Jian was silent and stood stunned for a moment while riding on his horse. Just a moment later, there was a cry of killing coming from in front of him.
Zhao Yue trembled all over and whispered: "Sir, I think... why not surrender?"
Chen Jian felt a little shaken when he heard this, but for a moment, his eyes flashed back to the roll-call outside the Donghua Gate, the playing of pairs in the Golden Palace, and the hairpins roaming the streets of horses. It's hard to boast that the past was sordid, but now there is no limit to the dissolute thoughts, and the spring breeze is proud of the horse's hooves. In one day, I saw In Tokyo Flower, a look of violence suddenly flashed across her face.
He suddenly drew his sword in his hand, and stabbed fiercely to the side with a "swish" sound, hitting Zhao Yue in the chest, and shouted angrily: "If you have not escaped, how can you surrender?!"
Then, with bloodshot eyes, he pulled out the sword from Zhao Yue, looked back at the five hundred soldiers behind him, and roared: "Listen to my commander's orders and follow me to kill the thieves!"
After saying this, he spurred his horse and rushed forward with his sword in hand...
(End of chapter)
