It was quiet in the middle of the night, and there was even more leakage. A sound passed through the lacquered red window lattice, and flicked the candle light by the side of the scroll, but it failed to disturb the actions of the descendants of the case.
The warm-colored lamp slanted a thin shadow, and when the gorgeous eyebrows were low, they did not realize that they were a little cold. He quietly looked at the pale yellow map that spread all over the table, and the lights fell quietly.
There was a sudden 'click' in the silence, the secret door of the study was opened, Qin Zhao stepped out of it, and handed over the letter in his sleeve, "Brother, this is a briefing from the southern border."
"Yeah." Chu Mingyun replied, without raising his eyes, he was still making annotations on the map, "Leave it first."
Qin Zhao glanced at the sky outside and asked, "It's already past midnight, are you still planning to rest?"
"Go and rest first." Chu Mingyun took a page and wrote while writing: "I will take the defense of the Hunting Palace to the Imperial Army in the morning, and I will be busy for a while."
"The hunting palace is deployed?" Qin Zhao asked strangely, "Isn't the garrison of the Spring Hunting in March always the responsibility of the commander of the Imperial Army?"
"Didn't the Hun embassy still stay in the capital waiting for a reply?" Chu Mingyun put down his pen and added an inkstone, "In order not to be rude, I also invited them to go with them this spring hunting. Qishan is not as good as Chang'an, so there is no guarantee that the Huns will not take the opportunity. Whatever moves, I am afraid that the commander will still follow the old rules."
Qin Zhao nodded.
Since ancient times, emperors have followed the ritual system and held hunting every year in accordance with the sky.
In "Erya", there is a set of "Shutian", spring hunting is search, summer hunting is seedling, autumn hunting is scorpion, and winter hunting is hunting. The four orders are fixed, which is a major event of the country.
In order to avoid the excesses of extravagance and pleasure in the descendants, the ancestors of the beginning of the Xia Dynasty attached great importance to hunting, and set irreversible rules. It's a pity that the emperors of these generations did not like martial arts. Today's Li Yanzhen has turned the spring hunt into a spring outing on the mountain where the monarch and his family take their family, and it is very enjoyable.
"On the Xiongnu side, even children of a few years old can draw their bows to hunt. On the other hand, Daxia is like this, it is really outrageous. I was a little worried that I would be ridiculed and despised by that prince, but you guess our emperor is What did your majesty say?" Chu Mingyun paused and said softly, "Just right, let them have a good look at the prosperity of Daxia's elegant music."
He looked at Yan Xinmo, and suddenly raised his eyes to look at Qin Zhao, "You said that Li Yanzhen didn't hear the sound of water in his head when he said this?"
"..." Qin Zhao was speechless and said dryly after a long while, "Senior brother... don't imitate him."
Chu Mingyun smiled nonchalantly, and said, "Go back to sleep, don't worry about me."
Qin Zhao responded, but Chu Mingyun suddenly stopped him again, "That's right..."
"what?"
Chu Mingyun was hesitant to speak, but he seemed a little hesitant. He frowned, and after a while, his eyes fell back on the map before he said, "That's all, it's nothing."
His appearance is really rare, Qin Zhao stared at him for a long time, and suddenly said: "There is another news from Su Shiyu's side."
"Oh—?" Chu Mingyun didn't look up, "What news?"
"Su Shiyu also brought back a man from Huainan."
The handwriting stopped, and there were small ink marks on the plain paper. Chu Mingyun slowly raised his eyes and looked at him expressionlessly, "Continue."
"No more." Qin Zhao said.
Chu Mingyun looked at Qin Zhao fixedly, Qin Zhao looked back blankly, and the silence became stagnant and stiff. In the end, Chu Mingyun laughed and said without tone, "If you continue to learn this mess from Du Yue, believe it or not, I will beat you too?"
Qin Zhao silently looked away and said, "It's a young general under the King of Huainan who has just been commissioned. He is eighteen or nineteen years old. His name is Luo Xin. According to Su Shiyu's instructions, he returned to Beijing with the patrol team."
"Luoxin?" Having never heard of this character, Chu Mingyun thought about it for a moment, and then pondered: "Eighteen or nineteen is an easy time to cultivate, and now there are no generals in the court, Ruo Su Shiyu wants to recommend him to him. Li Yanzhen, I am afraid he is planning to divide the military power in my hands."
Qin Zhao suddenly became nervous, "What should I do then?"
"What should I do?" Chu Mingyun glanced lightly, with a cold smile on his lips, "What are you worried about, if you cultivate him, he will be successful? You think I am like this, anyone can do it. Can it be done?"
"Oh." Qin Zhao felt relieved.
Having said that, Chu Mingyun still had some irritability in his eyebrows, he raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows, waved Qin Zhao to leave quickly, and didn't speak any more.
A candle flickered brightly on the desk.
Early in the morning the next day, the dawn was light, and the commander of the Imperial Guards entered the palace and saw the grand captain waiting in the palace.
He took the map with both hands in awe, and after listening to Chu Mingyun's simple instructions, he couldn't help but carefully looked at his expression and asked tentatively, "Today, Huo Mu, Master Chu is still up so early, what's the matter? ?"
"Nothing else," Chu Mingyun looked down at the Zhezi in his hand, "I didn't sleep."
The commander said, "...Then I will send you out of the palace."
He glanced at the commander, handed the book over, turned and walked out, and the commander respectfully followed behind.
The palace city in Xiaoguang was silent, and the Biwa Feizhu fell into the spring sun. Occasionally, the servants of the sweeping palace bowed to them, and then stepped back to avoid them.
Chu Mingyun suddenly said, "Look at it now, if you don't understand anything, ask."
Hearing the words, the commander hurriedly opened the book, and after reading it, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised, "Master Chu... Isn't this southern foot of Mount Qi not always guarded?"
"The southern foot of Qishan Mountain is a steep slope, and below it is the Weishui River. It will rise in spring. The river is so fast that people can't pass through it. It is a natural barrier, and of course there is no need for garrisoning." Chu Mingyun took the book and looked at it. Taking a look, he walked forward, "But this year, the rain is not enough, the recovery is slower than before, and the river flow is much slower. This is less of the obstruction of Weishui, but anyone with a little effort can pass Nanlu. Go up the mountain. And the south foot is close to the hunting palace, if…”
His voice gradually softened, and suddenly there was no more text. The commander was listening intently with his head down, only to realize that Chu Mingyun had stopped at some point.
The commander looked back in bewilderment, only to see the Grand Lieutenant raising his eyes and staring into the distance, a pair of dark pupils, but a clear smile slowly appeared on his lips.
"Finally there is something that pleases me." He seemed to sigh, but he couldn't hear it clearly in the morning breeze.
The commander followed his gaze and turned his head to look, and saw someone walking alone under the rose trellis, with a figure like a zhilan jade tree.
"See for yourself." Before he finished speaking, Zhezi was shoved over, and the commander stared blankly at him out of the corner of his eye and refused to give him a single cent, and walked straight over.
Step by step, I stepped on the bluestone slabs, and stepped on the fallen flowers that were not cleaned up.
"Master Su-"
The thick crimson petals are stained with morning dew, and the fragrance floats.
Su Shiyu stopped in the spring, paused for a while, turned around, raised his eyes and smiled, "Master Chu, I haven't seen you for a long time."
"I haven't seen you for a long time," Chu Mingyun stopped in front of him a few steps, and said with a long smile, "I wonder if Master Su misses me in Huainan?"
"Master Chu, what do you think?" Su Shiyu looked at him with a light smile.
"I think so." Chu Mingyun raised his hands, tilted his head and smiled, "If that's the case, why don't you come and hug one?"
When he said that, he really wanted to take him up. Su Shiyu was slightly startled, and he glanced at the commander of the forbidden army not far away. He quickly stepped back and raised his hand to block it, a little helpless, "Master Chu, this is the palace."
Chu Mingyun put down his hand indifferently, looked back, the commander shook as if awake, bowed his head from a distance, and left in a hurry.
He slowly retracted his gaze and asked, "Just came back?"
"Yes, I just went to Xuanshi Hall to present a reward to His Majesty." Su Shiyu walked out side by side with him.
"How about Huainan?"
"It's fairly stable now, but Master Chu probably feels it too. I'm afraid things won't be so simple. Right now, I have to wait and see the changes, and I will urge Your Majesty to implement the order of grace as soon as possible."
"You really want to listen to me without saying a word?"
Su Shiyu subconsciously opened his mouth to answer, and after a pause, he realized what he said. He turned his head to meet Chu Mingyun's smiling eyes. He unconsciously curled the corners of his lips and withdrew his gaze, but did not answer. "Why did Master Chu enter the palace early in the morning after taking a rest?"
Chu Mingyun raised his eyebrows lightly, "It's okay..."
"Sir, stay!" A loud shout suddenly sounded behind him, accompanied by the sound of running.
They turned around and saw a young man catching up with him in a blink of an eye, wiping the sweat from his forehead with unsteady breath, and said, "You walked so fast, I haven't thanked you properly yet!"
Su Shiyu smiled flatly, "You have thanked me many times on the way. Besides, it is what I should do to recommend meritorious people. It is because of your ability that you are appreciated by His Majesty, so there is no need to come and thank me."
"How can you say that," the boy insisted. "Without you, I'm afraid I won't be able to come to Chang'an in this life. Of course, I have to thank you! Then... how about I invite you to dinner?"
"No need," Su Shiyu laughed, "I'll be a colleague in the future, so many people meet at banquets, why should you be so polite."
"But… "
"This is the person you brought back?" Chu Mingyun interrupted and asked Su Shiyu.
The boy let him scrutinize strangely, "It's me, what's wrong?"
Su Shiyu raised his hand a little, motioning him to stop talking, and turned to Chu Mingyun with a smile, "This is Luo Xin, who will serve in the Ministry of War in the future. He is still young and does not understand the rules, so he will ask Master Chu to forgive him in the future. "
"Oh—?" Chu Mingyun laughed, "Master Su has always followed the rules of etiquette. How did this person who doesn't understand the rules make you so attractive?"
"The rules can be taught again, but sincerity, loyalty and bravery can't be taught after all." Su Shiyu replied with a faint smile, and in the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of Luo Xin still staring at them, and looked over: "Do you have something to say? "
"Yeah!" Luo Xin nodded hurriedly, "Sir, I also want to ask if I won't be able to see other adults if I don't go to the morning court today?"
"indeed so."
"Where can I see General Chu?" Luo Xin asked.
Before Su Shiyu could answer, Chu Mingyun opened his mouth first, looked at him expressionlessly and said, "What are you doing with him?"
His attitude was inexplicable, and Luo Xin couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied, "Don't do anything, can't you take a look?"
"What's so beautiful?" Chu Mingyun asked.
"That's the general who repelled the Huns!" Luo Xin said, "Several prefectures and counties that were occupied by the Xiongnu for five years were all recovered a year after he appeared. This is not good, don't you think? "
Chu Mingyun sneered suddenly, his eyes were red all over the ground, "I have been bullied by the Xiongnu for five years and still indifferent, the soldiers and soldiers are all incompetent and self-righteous, and they will be dragged and wasted for a year to recover the lost land. With that look, I really don't understand what makes you proud, and you have to mention it again and again."
Losington was annoyed, "It's easy to say, why don't you fight—"
"Luoxin." Su Shiyu interrupted him, "This is Taiwei Chu."
The voice got stuck in his throat all of a sudden, his face flushed immediately, Luo Xin stared at Chu Mingyun unable to react, "What, what?! You... how did he... really...?"
Chu Mingyun glanced at him.
Su Shiyu met his unbelievable gaze, and nodded with no hope.
Luo Xin turned his face away abruptly, stopped looking at Chu Mingyun, and watched Su Shiyu stunned for a long time before he spit out a sentence, "General Chu?! He... How could he grow like this... "
"Why did you say this?" Su Shiyu asked in confusion.
Luo Xin's brows were twisted into knots, and he muttered in disappointment, "How can a dignified general look like this... and, like a little girl..."
"… "
Hearing this, Chu Mingyun laughed very lightly, and turned to look at him, "Then what do you think I should look like, nine feet tall, majestic and burly?"
"Yeah!" Luo Xin nodded immediately in response.
"Iron teeth and bronze teeth, and can I carry a tripod?"
"Hmm!" Luo Xin nodded.
Chu Mingyun stared at the round-faced boy with straight eyebrows and dazed eyes, and then looked away in a complicated manner, too lazy to speak again.
Su Shiyu, who was silent, saw his expression in his eyes, and couldn't help but lower his eyebrows and smile lightly.
This is different from ordinary people, why do you need any strength to carry the cauldron, and the heroic and forceful attitude.
Thousands of bottles of wine and ten thousand volumes of books are hard to wash away from arrogance.
That's right.
Dressed in red, he rode his horse straight into Chang'an, passed through the bustling city, turned into an alley, and stopped in front of the residence of Lu Shi, the minister of punishment.
The young woman turned over and dismounted, and threw the reins to the servants who were ushering in. She lifted her feet and entered the house, and shouted, "Father, I'm back!"
Lu Shi hurriedly appeared in court, and as soon as he saw her, he looked at her from head to toe. Seeing that she was safe, he calmed down and asked, "Qinghe, I'll let you wander outside as you wish, but you really don't plan to come back?"
"Why, am I not back now?" Lu Qinghe said.
"If I didn't send a letter and ordered you to come back, will you come back on your own initiative?" Lu Shi said.
Lu Qinghe hurriedly avoided the topic and hugged Lu Shi's arm affectionately, "Father, I just came back from the snowy mountains. Have you seen the snowy mountains? It's just—"
"Don't say that," Lu Shi interrupted her, "you know what I mean by calling you back."
Lu Qinghe shook his head without changing his face, "I don't know."
"If you don't know, then I'll tell you again," Lu Shi said simply, "I asked you to come back to find you a good husband to marry and settle down as soon as possible."
"father-"
"Don't do this," Lu Shi pulled back his arms unmoved, and said with a stern face, "You want to be a ranger, you want to travel around the mountains and rivers, yes, I will follow you, but Marriage can't be a joke, and you're not too young, so don't even think about haggling for me!"
Lu Qinghe pouted silently.
Seeing this, Lu Shi's tone was a bit tougher, "For the spring hunting in a few days, noble and important officials will go there. Just follow me there, take a closer look at the talented children, pick out one you like, and go when you come back. Say hello to you."
Lu Qinghe covered his face and said quietly, "My daughter understands."