In the imperial mausoleum outside the capital, in the courtyard in front of the fourth prince's bedroom, the rose is on the roof. He lasted only a few minutes before collapsing, panting and crouching on the ground. He looked up and saw a look of contempt on the face of Ding Neishi on the side, jumped up, dragged Ding Neishi into the room, and said to Ding Neishi in a low voice: "So I can take half an hour! Really! Now It’s probably because I’m fat.”
Ding Neishi bravely pointed out the mistake in a rare way: "It's not 'probably', it's definitely. I think you have gained more than 30 catties."
Rose looked shocked: "No way?! Pigs don't grow so fast!"
Ding Neishi rolled his eyes. He figured it out, Rose is a big slob! For the past two or three months, he slept until noon every day, opened his mouth when it was time to eat, and every time he talked about martial arts, he punched a few times outside, and then said he was hungry, and had dinner before dark. As soon as the sun went down, because he got up late, he wasn't sleepy, so he took advantage of the darkness to tell ghost stories to Ding Neishi, who often made Ding Nei Shi cry out in shock, so he was very happy.
In fact, in Zhang Yunzheng's place, Rose was already a big white guy, and she didn't work by talking. And Ding's servant has always been the fourth prince's personal servant, and he is diligent, so naturally he doesn't expect Rose to do anything, so Rose is even lazier, living like the uncle, how can he not be fat? Now that he is so fat that his face is round and his waist is thick, and the back of his hands are bulging, Ding Neishi snorted: "A lazy pig will grow so fast!"
Rose wasn't angry at all, and laughed: "Why are you like my young master? He likes to call people pigs. In fact, he himself is a pig, and being a pig is getting close to him."
Saying a wrong sentence in the palace may kill you. Ding Neishi has long been trained to be good at observing words and expressions, and be cautious in words and deeds. But he can speak freely to Rose, Rose is a servant, she has no airs at all, and she will never be angry with him. Ding Neishi asked: "You said that your young master beats people at every turn, but it sounds like you really want to get close to him."
Rose waved his hand and said: "Oh, my son is a good man, he treats us very well, we share all the good things to eat with us, he likes to listen to me tell stories and speak local dialect... just hit him, he treats us like a brother , he hit his master and my eldest son even harder..."
Just as they were talking, someone knocked hard on the door outside, Ding Neishi hurriedly signaled Rose to hide on the bed - this was their usual countermeasure, the "Fourth Prince" was sick and couldn't see anyone.
Attendant Ding Nei went to the front yard to open the door, and when he saw that it was a palace eunuch, he broke out in a cold sweat.
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The real fourth prince was looking at the border area through the car window.
The mountains in the north are undulating, and some parts of the hillsides have been mined into cultivated land. Sergeants are often seen along the way. But most of the sergeants I saw were middle-aged or even elderly.
They were stopped several times by the soldiers of the squad to ask for their identities. Ji Wenzhao introduced himself in a high-profile manner: "I am Wenzhao of the Ji family. I came from the Yan's Academy. I joined the army and served as the Marquis of Zhenbei..." The soldiers had a sense of admiration for those who could read. , has been released until they approached a military camp.
A group of sergeants came over and waved them to stop. These people were all wearing light armor, all young people in their twenties, different from the skirmishers they saw on the road.
After Ji Wenzhao introduced himself again, the team leader said, "Thank you, Officer Ji, for coming to the border. Please allow me to check the vehicle."
Ji Wenzhao knew that their pedestrians had large carts and livestock, so they would definitely be interrogated, not outside the city, but stopped at the city gate. Now that I have this opportunity, I hurriedly said: "Well, what I brought is very important. I have old stories with Mr. Shen and Mr. Shen. Lord Wang must invite one of the two to come. Before that, Sorry, I can't let you wait to see."
The sergeant immediately said: "Okay, I will report to General Shen right away. Please move to the open space on the side of the road, and don't walk around casually!" It turned out that this garrison was one of the guards trained by Shen Yi. Someone left immediately, and the others accompanied the group to the field beside the road, and called out some soldiers to distribute around them, watching them.
Shen Wen knew that it was at least half a day away from Yancheng, and if they stopped like this, they would not be able to arrive today, so he told Zhang Yunzheng to rest first. Everyone pitched tents, erected curtains, lit a fire and cooked. Knowing that General Shen must be the eldest son of Shen Yi Shen, everyone was relieved and felt that someone had come to meet him.
Zhang Yunzheng was especially happy, walking around arranging things, feeling like he was at the end of the road.
Yan Shi got out of the car and became irritable. He turned around in the open space, muttering to himself: "Will he come? Should I go to his military tent..."
Shen Wen heard it, smiled and leaned closer and whispered: "Don't, be careful that my second brother draws his sword for you."
Yan pushed Shen Wen away: "Don't worry about it! My heart is beating wildly now, and I feel very uncomfortable..."
Duan Zeng heard it, came over to look carefully at Yan Shi, and said, "You don't have a heart disease, but you are infertile due to the cold palace. I will prescribe you a side medicine for three months..."
Yan grabbed Duan Zeng's arm: "What's the use of your talking now?! I'm at the border! How can I go to war? What did you do?! You have been to our house so many times, why didn't you show it to me?" ? Are you just talking nonsense?!"
Duan Zeng shouted: "Ouch! I went to your house at that time, when did I see you?"
Yan let go of Duan Zeng, and said angrily: "The hairy boy just doesn't know how to do things! How can I be considered a... Shouldn't I ask? If I can survive, I will go to you again. You can make a note of this. You owe me!"
Duan Zeng muttered and walked away: "Why do I owe you? Who can bear such a pungent woman..."
Yan began to worry about gains and losses, and asked Shen Wen: "Am I aggressive?"
Shen Wen quickly shook his head: "Not at all."
Yan Shi walked to the side with peace of mind and helped Su Wanniang who got off the car make porridge.
Zhang Yunzheng went to Shen Wen's ear and said, "Little liar!"
Shen Wen shook hands with Zhang Yunzheng: "Why do you always provoke me? I don't want to fight with you!"
Zhang Yunzheng smirked: "But I think so! Hehe!" Then he put his hands behind his back and walked in a figure of eight proudly.
Seeing Zhang Yunzheng's happy appearance, Shen Wen really couldn't get angry with him.
A veteran in his fifties passed by on the road, a little lame, and using a stick as a crutch. He greeted the sergeants next to him loudly: "Third son! Li Xiaoliu! How are you all?"
Several soldiers talked to him for a few words, then pointed to Zhang Yunzheng and said a few words, and the old soldier came over.
Ji Wenzhao said in a low voice: "This is here to spy on us, so be careful what you say."
Shen Wen was particularly suspicious, and said, "Be careful of spies."
Shi Helin went up to welcome her.
The veteran walked up to him and greeted him with a smile: "Hi everyone, my name is Qin Da, and I'm here to see if you can help me."
Duan Zeng said in a low voice: "Oh! I really came to find out the truth."
Shi Helin smiled and cupped his hands: "It's a pleasure to meet you. Brother, I have a younger brother named Qin, his name is Qin..." He must have wanted to say "Qin Quan", Shen Wen coughed, Shi Helin understood that he could not use his real name, in case the other party Reported to the capital to find out, changed his words: "Qin Que!" Duan Zeng laughed.
The old soldier also laughed, knocked on the floor of the car a few times with the stick in his hand, and said, "This car looks really solid, and ordinary people can't afford it."
Shi Helin took the veteran's arm and said, "We came with Ji Daguan. Ji Daguan is a national Go player, and his family has money! To raise a son, you have to pull money in, right? If I have a son, I will It's the same. He can do anything! As long as he is happy. So Ji Gongzi became a chess player, and he played very well, because he didn't have to worry about eating and drinking! Let me tell you, I am a doctor. The legs and feet of my brother who came over can give you a pulse..." Pulling the veteran away from the carriage, pulling him to sit down, and giving him a pulse while asking: "Brother doesn't have a family?"
The old soldier smiled wryly: "When you become a soldier, whether you can live or not is still a matter. If you really survive, you will go home, your parents will leave, and your brothers will plant the fields. If you marry a daughter-in-law, what will you do to raise it? Just stay here Forever."
Ji Wenzhao sighed: "The people of the imperial court thank you."
The veteran waved his hands hurriedly and said, "Thank you for what? A soldier has at least one meal to eat. You should know that many people have starved to death over the years. We still have one or two meals a day here."
Ji Wenzhao asked, "Is there any military pay?"
The old soldier shook his head: "The imperial court stopped the military pay a long time ago, and let the soldiers be laid off. But I was a person who was with the old Hou Ye, and this leg was injured at that time. I am old, and I can't go to the front. Do some miscellaneous work in the future, and eat and wait to die." He suddenly asked Ji Wenzhao: "I heard that you have friendship with Da Lang of Lord Hou, what does he look like?"
Ji Wenzhao was taken aback: He really hadn't seen Shen Yi before! Shi Helin hurriedly said: "Oh, that young master is very handsome! He is the best-looking among several young masters."
Yan Shi, who was walking over, interjected unhappily: "Second Young Master Shen is also very good-looking!"
The veteran looked at Yan Shi, and Yan Shi smiled proudly: "I just went to join him!" He owed to tell that he was her husband.
The old soldier laughed, and Shi Helin said: "My brother is very strong, just keep warm and don't catch cold..."
The old soldier laughed: "Lang Zhong! This is the border gate! You have to stand guard during the day and night, how do you keep warm?"
Shi Helin said worriedly: "I'll give you a prescription..."
The veteran waved his hand and said, "No, no, no! You prescribed the prescription, and I don't even have the pot to cook the medicine, let alone the time. Accept your fate, it's best to slap your ass and leave when you're damned, don't drag it half dead. " He looked at Ji Wenzhao again: "This official, when did you meet Dalang of Lord Hou?"
Ji Wenzhao frowned: "Well, you were in the capital six or seven years ago, right?"
The veteran asked, "Are you older or younger than him?"
Ji Wenzhao knew this, and said with a smile, "Of course he is older."
The veteran asked, "Did he have that scar on his forehead then?"
Ji Wenzhao ran out of words again, and Shi Helin quickly said, "What scars? There are no scars on his forehead at all. Some are left after he came to the border."
The veteran frowned and looked at Shi Helin: "The doctor always covers up this official!"
Shi Helin hurriedly said with a smile: "This Ji Guan is indeed a friend of Mr. Shen, just wait, Mr. Shen will definitely come to pick us up!"
The old soldier stood up, without a smile this time, and said: "Then you don't make any noise at night, I know there is a mezzanine under your car..."
Ji Wenzhao hurriedly said: "We brought some food, the road is not smooth, so we can only put it in the mezzanine."
The old soldier said to Shi Helin: "The doctor doesn't look like a bad guy. I think you have seen General Shen before. Well, you just wait for General Shen to come." The soldier said something, and then walked away slowly.
The fourth prince himself had a limp before, and he hated such walking the most. He kept looking at the stooped back of the veteran as he walked away, frowning.
Ji Wenzhao sighed and said: "If the imperial court has money, there will be some subsidies for retired soldiers, so don't count on it now." He is in a bad mood recently, and the issues he discussed with Shen Wen have no conclusions, which makes him deeply frustrated. Now that he finally reached the border, he also felt relaxed, so he took the initiative to say to the Fourth Prince: "Let's play a game of chess."
The fourth prince was naturally happy, and the two got into the carriage, opened the chessboard, and started to play chess.
While talking, Ji Wenzhao casually talked about his thoughts of worrying about the country and the people, and the fourth prince gave some feedback. They have been going all the way in this way, and they have cooperated very tacitly when they arrived here.
Ji Wenzhao said with emotion: "The people of our court have obeyed the emperor's court for thousands of years. If we slander the emperor, the people will lose their support and be at a loss as to what to do. The world will be in chaos and out of control! That woman doesn't understand that everything should be done step by step. Even if there is an ultimate goal, it cannot be disclosed, so as not to arouse people's resistance! Although she is good at scheming, she really cannot govern the country!"
The fourth prince nodded again and again: "Young Master Ji is considerate and not biased."
Ji Wenzhao said in a low voice: "I think she hated the prince deeply, and that's why she also hated the emperor. I deeply think that now it's not about going to the island country to create a new place, but finding a farsighted person to be the emperor and carry out reforms."
The fourth prince frowned and said: "What she means is that even if there is a generation of Mingjun, the children behind will become successful again. The so-called wealth is not enough for three generations, and the country will be ruined sooner or later. Just like what the doggerel said."
Ji Wenzhao sighed and said, "Why is it called Mingjun? It is because he should see this and think of ways to prevent those things. But in this way, many people who are called Mingjun in history do not have such foresight. Will the Third Prince have such foresight?"
The fourth prince remembered the strategies he had written for the third prince, and said hesitantly: "It shouldn't be like..."
Ji Wenzhao sighed: "I also heard that the third prince doesn't like political affairs, and he only cares about military affairs in the court. He has a passion, which is not a bad thing. It's just that once the war is over in the future, when it's time to govern the country, you said he will listen Do you have to get in my words?"
The fourth prince hurriedly said: "I think he will definitely listen to you. He... actually has a very good temper, straightforward and sincere. You can see that he and the princes of Zhenbeihou have been friends for many years."
Ji Wenzhao looked at the fourth prince suspiciously, and the fourth prince hurriedly said, "I know the fourth prince, he said it."
Ji Wenzhao sighed and said: "The fourth prince you mentioned is a very good person. He never speaks ill of others, and he even admires his third brother. In the royal family, people with such a sincere heart are very rare." uncommon…”
The fourth prince immediately became alert, and said: "He used to... Now his legs are lame and he can't walk, so he doesn't have much experience. His biggest wish is to be able to walk around and see the fields and mountains."
Ji Wenzhao smiled: "This is what you can't get is the best. What's the use of going out for a walk? You see, we have seen scenery along the way, but how many dead people have we seen? How many risks have we experienced? Hunger and cold , It was extremely difficult. Dry food was sometimes too hard to bite, and my stomach hurt after eating. There was always sand in the water I drank, and I couldn’t bear to spit it out... "
The fourth prince whispered: "That's it... I think... he likes it too..."
Ji Wenzhao shook his head: "How come? No wonder you play chess together, he has the same temper as you?"
The fourth prince pondered: "We... don't quarrel..." What's the matter with me
Ji Wenzhao clicked his tongue: "You are too young and old, and you don't lose your temper. Look at them, how many days will they not argue? They are young people." Ji Wenzhao himself is only in his early thirties, but he always acts like an elder Said the group of young people in a tone of voice.
The fourth prince smiled and said: "I think everything is fine, why lose your temper?"
Ji Wenzhao shook his head: "You are too easily satisfied..."
As soon as the car curtain was lifted, Su Wanniang brought hot porridge to the two of them. She smiled and put the bamboo bowl on the car floor and said, "Eat it while it's hot, it will be warmer."
The fourth prince nodded and saluted: "Thank you, Mrs. Su, for your care."
Su Wanniang smiled: "My lord, you're welcome." She saluted and lowered the car curtain.
The two picked up the bowls one after another. Seeing the fourth prince's eyes fixed on the curtain of the car, Ji Wenzhao whispered, "Are your parents still alive?"
The fourth prince frowned slightly, lowered his head and said, "My mother has passed away, and my father lives far away."
Ji Wenzhao whispered to the fourth prince: "I can go and be a matchmaker for you. Since you love playing chess, your family must have heard of my name, right? I'll go and talk about it, maybe you can marry that Where is the little lady?"
The fourth prince glanced at Ji Wenzhao gratefully, and said in a low voice, "When... the war is over, I'll fix it." According to Shen Wen's plan, the third prince should be in charge at that time, right? Ji Wenzhao came forward to discuss the marriage, which was more elegant than himself talking about who he wanted to marry.
Ji Wenzhao raised his head: "I didn't say anything! Have we become friends after this journey? In the future, if you go to my teacher's academy to study, we will be regarded as brothers in the same school. Wherever you go, I will cover you!"
The fourth prince was very moved by Ji Wenzhao's care for him, but he thought that he had never told Ji Wenzhao his real identity. He was afraid that Ji Wenzhao would be angry with him for not confessing, so he secretly decided to wait for the third prince to win. I have to go to Ji Wenzhao to apologize, explain the hidden situation, and get his understanding. Ji Wenzhao is open-minded, he should forgive himself. I have to keep this friendship, and then remind him to be a matchmaker for myself.
Shen Yi led the soldiers to train outside Yancheng, and only returned to his permanent barracks at dusk. As soon as he entered the account, he heard a report that one of his guard camps had intercepted a group of people. A man named Ji Wenzhao said he was coming to defect to Zhenbeihou, and that he was an old friend of his, so that no one would search the vehicle. When Shen Yi was in the capital, he naturally knew that Ji Wenzhao's two high-profile mediations resolved the situation of life and death, but he really had no contact with Ji Wenzhao, let alone an old friend, but Shen Yi immediately realized that Shen Wen was probably among the pedestrians, and immediately went to see him. Bringing more than 50 people out of camp again.
When it got dark, Zhang Yunzheng had already arranged a night watchman, and everyone was preparing to rest when they heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance. Everyone stood up and looked around the sound of horseshoes. Not long after, a group of people appeared from the night, stopped at the soldiers' cordon, and then walked towards this side alone.
Shen Wen's heart began to beat. She hadn't seen her elder brother for several years. When she saw the more mature and vicissitudes of Shen Yi walking by the light of the fire, Shen Wen burst into tears.
Shen Yi walked into the camp and saw a group of people dressed in rags. He looked around carefully, and only then recognized Shen Wen who was much taller than when he left by the campfire. Shen Wen disguised herself as a man, dressed in ragged clothes, with a dark and thin face. Shen Yi knew how difficult the journey was, and her eyes were moist.
The two brothers and sisters faced each other, and Shen Wen sobbed twice.
Shen Yi also choked up and said: "Little...brother... you have worked hard."
Knowing that he couldn't cry too much, Shen Wen quickly wiped his face and introduced the people around him to Shen Yi: "Big... General Shen, this is Ji Guo's hand, this is... Mr. Jiang, this is Mr. Zhang... These two Lang Zhong and Mrs. Su, General We all know each other..." She pointed to Yan Shi: "This is..." Yan Shi looked at Shen Wen as if he was going to eat people, Shen Wen became timid, and said: "This is... Uncle Yan." Say a word, everyone knows that Yan is a woman, but they also know that she wants to stay at the border. These people walked all the way, and they all felt that they belonged to the same group, and no one would tell the truth.
When Shen Jian got married, Shen Yi had already arrived at the border, so naturally he had never seen Yan's. He has never met the fourth prince, so of course he will not be surprised, he only knows that these people are all brought by Shen Wen intentionally. After greeting everyone one by one, he and Shen Wen entered the small tent. Everyone knew that the two of them wanted to talk in private, so they waited outside the tent first.
Facing Shen Yi alone, Shen Wen cried softly. Shen Yi was the first person she confided her secret to, and she was her trusted elder brother. Since the farewell at that time, it has been so many years, this brother must have worked hard for the future war.
Shen Yi comforted Shen Wen in a low voice: "Sister, don't cry, don't worry when you arrive now..." But he thought again that Shen Wen had to go back to Beijing, and he couldn't send soldiers to send... If not, Shen Yi felt a pain in his heart.
Shen Wen suppressed it for a long time, calmed down, first whispered the recent situation of the family, talked about the naughtiness of Shen Yi's two sons and the virtuousness of his sister-in-law, and then said: "We came this time to join the army under the name of Ji Guo. In name, my elder brother wants to recommend him to my father and let my father trust him. He has the blueprints of my fortifications and various new weapons. He has the ability to plan and is competent for the responsibility of defending the city."
Shen Yi worried: "If an outsider is to design the defense of Yancheng, I'm afraid father will not agree."
Shen Wen said: "That depends on Ji Guoshou's tongue, I'll call them all in and talk about my plans."
Shen Wen arrived at the door and motioned for everyone to come in. Ji Wenzhao took the lead to go in, and the others followed into the small tent.
Seeing that the inside was full, Duan Zeng said to Shi Helin, "Let's not join in the fun, we have to stay outside."
Shi Helin shivered and said, "Actually, I want to go in too. Is it warmer inside?"
Duan Zeng said in disapproval: "When you move, you will generate yang. The colder you are, the more you have to move! Master should know."
Shi Helin said with a bitter face: "My joints are frozen, why move! I sprained!"
Duan Zeng dragged Shi Helin around outside the tent and said, "It's nothing! You're just lazy! If you don't leave now, can you still move?"
Shi Helin said: "I don't want to live that long."
Duan Zeng frowned and said, "Why didn't you live so long? You still have to teach my children and grandchildren! How can you be so irresponsible?"
Shi Helin called: "I've taught you and you've been exhausted. Why do you teach your children and grandchildren? Why don't you teach?"
Duan Zeng said: "I am too lazy to teach! Children are very stupid!"
Shi Helin was puzzled: "Hey? By the way, where do you have any children and grandchildren? You can talk about it after you have it! Of course, when the time comes, you have to ask me hard, and I might teach you."
Duan Zeng said: "Why do I ask you? You are my elder, my... adoptive father... naturally you should teach children!"
Shi Helin was taken aback: "What do you say I am yours?"
Duan Zeng said indiscriminately: "It's the foster father! How many times do you want me to say it?"
Shi Helin stopped, and said excitedly: "Really?! You want to recognize me as a foster father? Why do you think so suddenly? Could it be that you... weren't drunk that day?"
Duan Zeng turned his face away: "Why are you drunk or not? Your surname is 'Shi'. Father 'Shi' has been called you for so many years, so what if you just become a adoptive father? Don't complain!"
Shi Helin stomped his feet vigorously: "Haha! How can you complain? This counts! You will be my son for the rest of your life! You can never walk away again!"
Duan Zeng said, "Of course I can go."
Shi Helin stopped and looked at Duan Zeng with disappointment: "Are you still leaving me?"
Duan Zeng argued: "What does it mean to leave?" Seeing Shi Helin's happy and sad eyes, Duan Zeng had no choice but to say: "I will just come back."
Shi Helin laughed again: "That's great, that's great! I have a son! He's also a miracle doctor! I've made a lot of money!" He danced.
Duan Zeng pulled him: "Don't be so loud, they are talking inside."
In the camp, Shen Wen saw that everyone was crowded and sitting in a circle, so he said: "Brother will bring Ji Guoshou to my father and present the maze map. We also brought weapons. This... Brother Zhang, you can Train artisans…”
Zhang Yunzheng nodded and said, "Yes, what we brought was all personally supervised by me with improved designs."
Shen Yi nodded and said: "Great! I have carefully selected people over the years, but we have never had sophisticated weapons, bows and swords are old." He looked at Ji Wenzhao: "Boss Shen has now mastered the deployment of military supplies He has been allocating food from the Chinese army to support my guards, but he is still alone, and he has a spy with him, so he dare not make it obvious, so as not to be discovered. If Ji Guoshou can join the Chinese army, he can be with me Governor Shen cooperated and helped us expand the scale and build the defense in the city."
Yan coughed slightly: "Ji Guoshou and I are brothers from the same school, and we are also the uncle of Second Young Master Shen, so we can also help him."
Shen Yi admitted again: "Okay, we just lack reliable people."
Yan's face showed joy, and he clasped his fists to Ji Wenzhao and said, "Brother, we must work together!"
Ji Wenzhao twisted his face, but he also felt that in the Zhenbeihou Zhongjun, it would be easier for him to do things with more people.
Shen Yi didn't notice Ji Wenzhao's face, he said to Shen Wen: "You asked me to clear out the residential houses in the north gate of the city. At the beginning, I placed the veterans in that area. There should be sergeant barracks on both sides, so it's easy to make way."
Ji Wenzhao said: "This little brother Wen once said that the traitor opened the north gate, so we can't just build a maze, and the management of the people in the city must be strict and cautious."
Shen Yi said: "Mr. Shen has been turning the old and disabled soldiers into Lijia of Yancheng. Each person is in charge of more than fifty households. You must understand the situation of each household."
Shen Wen said: "When the war breaks out, a large number of refugees from surrounding villages and counties will flood into Yancheng, and it is difficult to check them one by one."
Ji Wenzhao said: "Then this is another thing I will do. I will also assign the nearby area to the veterans to learn about it, and when the time comes, the refugees will be sorted by area."
Yan interjected, "Since we know that there will be refugees at that time, then Yancheng can set aside an area now to resettle the refugees."
Ji Wenzhao said: "That's right! In this way, those spies who flowed in with the refugees can be placed in non-military locations."
Shen Wen said to Ji Wenzhao: "If you can gain father's trust, then the defense of Yancheng will be entrusted to you."
Yan frowned: "There's me too!"
Ji Wenzhao said proudly: "You don't have to worry. Although I can't go to battle, the matter of defense is about the construction of city defense and the deployment of troops. It has something in common with the game. In this world, there may be a few who can beat me." One, but definitely not on Beirong's side."
Zhang Yunzheng said in a low voice, "What a big tone."
The fourth prince praised Ji Wenzhao: "He is indeed a master."
Shen Yi looked at the crowd and thought that these people must be reliable people who came together with Shen Wen, so he said: "Some time ago, the Beirong army was under pressure, but they all retreated suddenly in the last month, sister... Little brother Wen, do you know this? "
Shen Wen nodded and said: "Khan Tugu really wanted to send his troops south to commit crimes, and assembled a large army..."
Ji Wenzhao was surprised: "He has mobilized the army at this time?! Why didn't you tell everyone?"
Shen Wen shook his head and said, "But this matter didn't happen."
Ji Wenzhao and Shen Yi asked at the same time: "Why?"
Shen Wen said: "When they were about to attack, there was an urgent message from the north. Tugu Khan's half-brother rebelled, and the rebels quickly approached the capital. This younger brother was the half-brother of the elder brother whom Tugu Khan killed. , he was determined to avenge his brother, and among the 20,000 people he brought with him, many relatives were killed by Khan Tugu, so this team was extremely powerful, and Khan Tugu's troops were all at the border. , They marched unimpeded all the way, and marched quickly. They approached the capital after raising the flag for more than ten days. Tugu Khan naturally returned to rescue the army. He thought that with 300,000 troops against the 20,000 rebel army, they should be able to easily win. However, this rebel army was very strong, dragging the main force of Tugu Khan back and forth. After fighting for a month and a half, Tugu Khan lost a large number of soldiers and supplies. In the final decisive battle, Tugu Khan besieged it heavily, but the opponent Taking one against ten consumed many of Tugu Khan's elite soldiers. So after this battle, Tugu Khan rested for three years before raising his troops to go south again."
Suddenly, Shen Yi asked again: "Is it related to this matter that you want my guards to go to Beirong?"
Shen Wen nodded again, and said in a low voice: "Five hundred to one thousand people should be enough, as I said before, they all wear Beirong's clothes, and there must be an interpreter, I will lead the way... We will talk about it later. "
Shen Yi asked Shen Wen worriedly: "Is this road dangerous?"
Shen Wen shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be..."
Ji Wenzhao looked at Shen Wen very dissatisfied: "Didn't I tell you that I can speak Beirong dialect? How did you forget?!"
Shen Wen blinked in confusion, and Ji Wenzhao said, "Why didn't you say you would take me there? This must be a confidential matter, and you should trust someone like me."
Shen Wen was a little skeptical: "This is a very important matter. You have only studied it for three months, and the translation of half a bottle of vinegar will cause trouble."
Ji Wenzhao said dissatisfiedly: "I'm a genius, do you understand? I can learn one thing and do ten things, and ordinary people like you can't understand it! I can only tell you that my Beirong dialect is very good! I must follow along! "
Shen Wen thought that Ji Wenzhao was really more reliable than an interpreter, so he nodded in agreement.
Shen Yi knew that they were all tired, so he asked everyone to have a good rest, and he would go to Yancheng with them tomorrow. Everyone came out of the curtain, Shen Yi asked people to go back to Yancheng overnight to deliver a letter to Shen Jian, and then camped nearby with soldiers to guard.
The fourth prince quietly said to Ji Wenzhao: "If you go to Beirong, can I follow...to see?" Does this count as going abroad? He had heard a lot about Beirong, but he had never been there.
Ji Wenzhao frowned: "What if she disagrees?"
The fourth prince stared at Ji Wenzhao sincerely, making it impossible for Ji Wenzhao to say no. The two of them have been good chess friends along the way, and they should do anything for their friends. Ji Wenzhao had been to Beirong, and that land was not a place full of hostility to him, and even if the girl went there, the journey would not be more difficult than when they came, so he nodded and said, "Okay, When the time comes, I will quietly take you with me."
The fourth prince nodded happily, feeling that Ji Wenzhao was righteous.
Yan Shi did not look forward to Shen Jian, and was very depressed. Seeing her depressed look before going to bed, Shen Wen comforted her and said, "It's just a day..."
Yan was angry, "You are so ignorant!" She sighed loudly: "One day is like three autumns..."
Su Wanniang laughed all of a sudden, Shen Wen covered her face and said, "It's so sour."
Yan raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes: "You two really don't know how to be blessed! If I go this way with my Jianlang, I will definitely..."
Shen Wen and Su Wanniang blocked their ears at the same time: "Don't listen, don't listen..." blushing got into the quilt.
Shen Wen lay on the car deck, thinking to himself: Who said that I don't know the blessings when I am in the blessings? I should know, okay? …
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Attendant Ding bowed to the eunuch in the palace, asked him to open the door and let him in, and said, "Your Highness has caught a cold recently, and he had a fever yesterday, and the fever subsided after sweating at night, and he is now sleeping."
At this time, a cold could kill a person, so the eunuch who came from the palace frowned a little, fearing that he would be overwhelmed by illness. The two sat in the guest room, and the eunuch in the palace said, "The emperor's intention is to let His Royal Highness the fourth prince go back for the New Year."
Ding Neishi was glad that it was winter, otherwise the cold sweat under his armpits would definitely soak through his clothes and be seen by others. With a look of trepidation and sincerity, he really did not pretend to be false, and said in embarrassment: "Your Highness can't even get out of bed now, so I'll go wake him up and ask."
The eunuch who came from the palace nodded, not being polite: what should a prince who has fallen out of favor have to worry about? It was only right to wake him up and ask for an answer.
Servant Ding ran to the back bedroom and whispered the situation to Rose.