As soon as Zhou Gui spoke, he felt abrupt.
Shen Zechuan's biological mother was called Bai Cha, but she was not the daughter of the Bai family in Ce County, Qidong. She was called this name because when she was still in the museum, some people praised her as "white as jade, material like porcelain. With heavy makeup and light makeup, she is the first in the museum". At that time, Duanzhou was still a fireworks resort of Zhongbo, where all the beauties gathered here, and literati scrambled to organize banquets and flower reviews, and came up with a "list in the museum".
White tea was the "Number One Scholar" in Yongyi's years, and he has not been the leader in five years. Every time she listened to the flower commentary through the screen, Duanzhou would be crowded. When she danced to Jianxing Wang Shenwei, the street was crowded with people. Countless people climbed the ridge of the house, or stepped on their shoulders, just to spy on her indistinct figure through the tens of thousands of hanging yarns. Her beauty became more and more legendary in the hymns of flowers that were sung by each other. Even Emperor Guangcheng, who was in the nine-fold, had heard of it. He had repeatedly asked Hai Liangyi, who was also the second assistant of the cabinet at the time, "When will the tour be scheduled?" I want to take advantage of the tour to see the beauty in person.
Zhou Gui had seen white tea on Zhu's Full Moon Wine, but he had only glimpsed the rumored beauty through the screen. Lei Changming's younger sister was listed in the museum at first. Before being accepted as a concubine by the Duanzhou commander, she was a senior in the museum, and she was regarded as a "mother" when training new chicks. Bai Cha went to congratulate the wine, it was for the daughters in the restaurant.
This happened many years ago, and Zhou Gui had a vague memory of it. But he looked at Shen Zechuan just now, and realized that Shen Zechuan's profile was six points similar to Bai Cha's, which made him excited for a while, and actually said it.
Shen Zechuan's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "That's a coincidence."
He was not novel, nor excited. His memory of his biological mother was blank, and even though he had heard hundreds of rumors about her, he did not leave any traces worth caring about in his mind. The role of "mother" in his life belongs to his teacher, Hua Pingting, just like his father's role only belongs to his master Ji Gang, so he will go to great lengths to hurt Ji Lei, who has hurt Hua Pingting, to die without a whole body. The two people who gave him his life had nothing to do with him, Bai Cha died early, and did not leave a single word for Shen Zechuan. Shen Wei hates Shen Zechuan. The mansion is run by Princess Jianxing. Before the age of seven, Shen Zechuan and Shen Wei met only seven times, all at the family banquet during the Chinese New Year. He and Shen Wei did not even say a word that father and son should say .
But Shen Wei's disgust for him was very obvious.
They are less like father and son, more like mortal enemies born to hate each other. Shen Zechuan's life in the Jianxing Prince's Mansion was a corner of the inner courtyard. He could not leave his courtyard without permission. His daily leisure was sitting in the corridor and counting the white clouds floating in the blue sky. When he was seven years old, he already knew a lot of words, which he stole every month when he got out of the dog hole in the yard and lied under the windows of his brothers' school, such as Shen Zhouji.
At that time, several brothers who had already reached the crown in the mansion were fighting fiercely, and the girls in each room were also fighting, and the entire inner courtyard was so cloudy that even Shen Wei himself refused to come back to live. He kept an outer room outside the mansion and lived there for a few months a year, turning a blind eye to the disputes in the mansion. Later, Shen Zhouji, who was directly related, won out and sent out Jiguan's concubine brothers, letting them do honorable idle jobs in various states. Princess Jianxing is worried that the undeveloped concubine will cause trouble again in the future, so she will send them out of the house. On the surface, she will leave it to the ancestral house of Chazhou to ask the master to teach, but in fact, she wants to prevent the concubine from fighting for power again. .
Shen Zechuan was the only son who was sent to the old house in Duanzhou by Shen Wei himself. Shen Wei even refused to let him go to school or invite him to a husband. He was taken care of by a deaf and blind-sighted woman in the mansion, and when he left the mansion, he was taken care of by his mother's maid in the old house. The woman was greedy for money, and she had to scrape oil and water from the money allocated by Jianxing Wangfu every month, cutting down Shen Zechuan's meals, from three meals a day to two meals a day, and finally to one meal a day, Still leftovers.
Thinking of this, Shen Zechuan felt hungry in his stomach. He let go of Yang Shanxue's hand and said, "Ding Tao, help Mr. Cheng Feng to change his clothes first. Today, Ce An and I are the hosts. Please invite the two of you to eat. We will discuss in detail at the banquet."
Zhou Gui was clumsy, and Kong Ling was afraid that he would say something else and make Shen Zechuan unhappy, so he hurriedly held Zhou Gui's arm and asked Zhou Gui to help him into the city.
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After Zhou Gui finished changing his clothes in Kong Ling, he was still spinning in place, and said anxiously, "You said me, why did you mention this?"
"You too," Kong Ling said. "Which pot can't be opened and lifted, isn't it like suspecting that he has something to do with the thief? Fortunately, the two of them are not suspicious by nature, otherwise this would be really a hurdle. Son."
"I'm in a hurry. I'll be at the banquet later, and I have to make amends to my fellow acquaintances." Zhou Gui sighed, "People came to relieve me of the siege of Cizhou. I can't abuse them like this."
"Don't mention it deliberately at the banquet," Kong Ling sat down, thought for a while, and said, "If Shen Zechuan was a narrow-minded person, he wouldn't come. If you take this matter too seriously, you will If you want to apologize to someone, it seems that you and I care more about this matter. Besides, he may not really care about this matter. Compared with his mother, Shen Wei is really hateful. "
It was inconvenient for them to let Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye wait for a long time, and after a short rest, they got up to go to the banquet.
Said to be a banquet, in fact it is just a simple lunch. Everyone was rushing last night, and today they met with bandits under the city. Shen Zechuan remembered Kong Ling's age and did not leave them here to entertain. After the meal, Kong Ling was asked to rest early.
Xiao Chiye had to arrange patrols of the forbidden army, and he had to send someone to the old camp to communicate with Tantai Hu. By the time he was done, it was almost dusk. He looked around and found Shen Zechuan on the city wall.
"After tonight, I'm still busy." Xiao Chiye climbed up the city wall and said, "I thought you were still resting in the courtyard."
"I slept for half an hour," Shen Zechuan looked back and looked at Xiao Chiye, "I still have something in my heart, and I can't sleep again."
Xiao Chiye tilted his head, patted Meng on the shoulder, and let him play by himself. He still had dust on his body, and he didn't have time to change his clothes. He stood beside Shen Zechuan and said, "What can you see here?"
Shen Zechuan watched the mountains and forests rise and fall, and the night that was about to pervade all huddled in the shade of the trees. The orange-red setting sun is slantingly reflected in the sky, soaring in it, like a pebble in a sea of acacia flowers, rushing on and off, stirring the clouds and waves.
"I can see the future." Shen Zechuan said calmly, "In the coming days, Ibaraki is the button connecting the Libei Business Road. We will open a horse road directly to Hezhou in the southwest, and end at the mooring of Hezhou, so that we can disembark the horse. , all the commercial goods can reach Yongyi Port in half a month. The Xi family’s fleet can connect with scenery and rare goods outside, and the vacated silver warehouse will be filled again sooner or later. I don’t feel bad about the whereabouts of the money, we will still There are more. Ibaraki is still behind the two states of Dun and Duan, they are the 'gate' of China and Bo, and if you want to get food and goods in the future, you can only live in harmony with Ibaraki."
"After the two states of Dun and Duan are recovered, it is necessary to strengthen their defenses. The reconstruction of the garrison is imminent. You have to choose carefully and let those who can be trusted and can afford it go to sit in the town. When..." Xiao Chiye turned around and pointed to the north, "I will build a new iron cavalry camp in the southeast of Liangma Road in the northeast. If they dare to mess with you, you will whistle, and I will lead the people straight. Drive past."
Shen Zechuan laughed and said softly, "Cizhou is too important to you and me, and this city cannot be given to anyone. Zhou Gui is a good official, but he is not suitable to be the capital of a prefecture. In the meantime, enthusiasm alone cannot save people."
"We are short of people." Xiao Chiye had been thinking about this matter since he left Lei Changming's old camp.
If Ibaraki is the starting point for two people, then as this territory expands, they will become more and more difficult. This kind of difficulty means that there is no right-hand man who can manage. If Qiao Tianya or Chen Yang were still by his side, then the danger in Ibaraki today would not necessarily appear, but the position that was not obvious now would gradually reveal contradictions.
"Zhou Gui is suitable to be the food inspector of the six states. His love for the people is the foundation. Such a person will never let officials and businessmen collude when they go out to inspect the capital. But he is too benevolent and does not dare to punish severely, so he I can't control the local villains. When Kong Ling came to him, it was precisely because of his assessment of his character that he helped Zhou Gui cut off the miscellaneous branches and act neatly." Shen Zechuan was slow and slow, "If the two of them can continue Together, we can make a difference in the future.”
"Then this Lei Jingzhe," Xiao Chiye said, "how do you look?"
"This person will definitely be defeated." Shen Zechuan walked along the wall, took a few steps forward, and said, "When I left the camp, I also thought he was a character. But seeing his behavior today, I don't think so."
"You and I really have the same heart," Xiao Chiye saw that the sky was getting dark, so he walked next to Shen Zechuan and walked with him, saying, "Lei Changming is his uncle, and he took Lei Changming for the first opportunity in Bocizhou. Ming throws him in the camp as an abandoned son. In doing so, he may not be able to convince the crowd. When he fled, he used his cronies as shields to avoid arrows. After these two things, it can be seen that this man is more than shrewd. Benevolence and righteousness are scarce. If he wants to submit to Qidu to find a job, he must first turn the bandits under his command into a regular army, but he doesn't seem to understand that being a bandit is completely different from being a general. Prestige is not something that can be accumulated by ruthlessness alone , he changed the order many times before the battle, the so-called general will not return the order, the reward and punishment must be trusted, like the sky and the earth, it can be used by people ①, he is not a general material at all."
"So I'm more worried about Qi Zhuyin than this person." Shen Zechuan hesitated before the steps, and said, "The marriage between Qidong and the Hua clan cannot be reversed. Now that Libei has turned against him, Qidong is the last resort of Qizhuyin. She will definitely be promoted to rank, and the Queen Mother admires her very much. When her title is confirmed, it is time to send troops north. No matter what, I will turn Cizhou into a solid fortress before Qi Zhuyin comes.”
"Master is not easy to fight. Big brother is a heavy cavalry, Lu Guangbai is a guerrilla, Qi Zhuyin is a combination of cavalry and footsteps, and she has lived in Cang County for a long time, so she will not use troops easily, but she prefers to attack. She went into the desert to save Qi Shiyu, like a The wind and the rain are blowing the opponent's head, and he is used to slashing the opponent to the ground with a knife, which makes the husband feel fearful. If you fight against her again, you can't help but feel scared." Xiao Chiye pondered for a moment, "I want to fight her. fight."
Shen Zechuan looked at him.
Xiao Chiye patted his shoulder and said, "It's not like I'm going to be with her now. Looking at me like this is weird."
Shen Zechuan went down one step, and as if he remembered it again, he looked back and said, "Where's my fan?"
Xiao Chiye squeezed his chin, stepped three steps in a row, squatted down in front of him, and said, "I'll give it to you when you come up."
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