The fourth prince's illness is very serious. He became confused with a high fever in one day, his lips were split, his face was flushed, and he still didn't sweat.
He has never held back everyone along the way, and he usually helps with clumsy hands and a gentle temper, which is loved by everyone. Now that he's down, everyone's very worried. Everyone gathered around the bed, watching Duan Zeng frown and feel his pulse. Duan Zeng let go of his hands and said, "It's not a strange disease that the accumulation of food can't be eliminated, coupled with the exhaustion and the cold air entering the body."
Shi Helin was puzzled: "The accumulated food can't be eliminated? We don't eat greasy food."
Duan Zeng didn't look at Shi Helin: "Well, when we were running in the wild some time ago, we often ate some rabbits and elk..."
Shi Helin stared: "Why don't you bring me some?"
Duan Zeng said, "It's oily, how can I bring it?"
Shi Helin shook his head at the fourth prince: "If your heart is covered with oil and you get cold, you will die..."
Su Wanniang cried.
Duan Zeng waved his hand and said, "It's okay! I'll give him strong medicine!"
Shi Helin frowned: "The medicine for tigers and wolves hurts the root..." The two discussed and wrote the prescription, Su Wanniang kept crying, Shen Wen comforted her in a low voice: "It's definitely fine! Really!" She knew that Su Wanniang was very guilty, if If the fourth prince didn't come out with her, he wouldn't be so sick.
Zhang Yunzheng said on the side: "Isn't it just greasy food? When I was young, I often ate too much during Chinese New Year. I gave him Coptis chinensis!"
Duan Zeng scolded Zhang Yunzheng angrily: "Don't judge here if you don't understand medicine! Be careful, I'll give you side medicine!"
Zhang Yunzheng was disdainful: "What's wrong with knowing medicine? People don't almost die..."
Just as Duan Zeng was about to continue the quarrel, Shi Helin hurriedly stuffed the prescription into Zhang Yunzheng's hand: "Brother Lao, go grab the medicine!"
Zhang Yunzheng looked at the prescription in his hand: "Look! Isn't there Coptis chinensis here? It's only this little? I used to eat more than this, should I add more money?"
Shi Helin was frightened and said, "Don't dare to add it casually!"
Duan Zeng said: "I have to go with him! Otherwise, he will mess with me, and I will be blamed if anything happens!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Cut! I don't know good people!" Before leaving, he winked at Shen Wen: Don't be here!
The two went to grab the medicine together, Shi Helin stayed in the room, Shen Wen pulled Su Wanniang, Su Wanniang shook her head and refused to leave, Shen Wen had to leave by herself.
The medicine was brought, Su Wanniang went to boil the medicine, Duan Zeng gave the fourth prince an injection, and when the medicine was ready, he poured it down. Duan Zengshi, Helin and Su Wanniang watched over night and day, and in the afternoon of the next day, the fourth prince finally broke out in a sweat, and most of his fever subsided. Duan Zeng called his pulse and said, "It's time to see you."
Everyone was relieved after hearing this. At night, Su Wanniang said that she would watch over, and Duan Zeng and Shi Helin slept in the outside room, which was taken care of.
The fourth prince felt very uncomfortable with the high fever, his chest was stuffed with cotton wool, his throat was on fire, and his headache even made his eyes feel like they were going to burst. His mind is full of bizarre images, for a while, Concubine Jiang Shu is holding him and singing songs to him, for a while, there is a dead body exposed on the roadside;
He seemed to have passed out from crying again beside the coffin, feeling so uncomfortable that he didn't want to live anymore... Vaguely, he felt someone wipe his face and hands, and whispered to him: "You will get better, it's okay, soon It'll get better..."
Knowing that it was Su Wanniang, he actually felt better. He thought that people's pain really only belonged to him, and no one could feel so bad for him. Since people have to bear all their own pain, it also proves the loneliness in their essence. If he died now and the sun, moon, mountains and rivers remained the same, maybe the people he knew would be sad for a while, but he would be just a passer-by in most people's lives. The only ones who really want to grieve for him for the rest of their lives are Ding Neishi and Su Wanniang. In his life, he does not seek those illusory things, but only hopes to live up to these two people...
The fourth prince woke up, and when he opened his eyes, he first saw the simple beams of the farmhouse. There were spider webs hanging between the beams, and dust accumulated over the years on the walls. He looked around in a blink of an eye, there was an oil lamp on the table over there, Su Wanniang was sitting at the table with her head bowed, sewing a piece of fabric.
Just after the high fever, the fourth prince's lips were burned off a layer of skin, he barely said: "Don't... do it... waste your eyes..."
Su Wanniang hurriedly raised her head, seeing the Fourth Prince woke up, her eyes were wet again. He got up and took the kettle from the charcoal basin, poured hot water into the cup, and sat on the side of the bed. The fourth prince stood up, drank a few sips of water from the cup in Su Wanniang's hand, and lay down again. Su Wanniang asked in a low voice: "What do you think? Do you want me to call the doctor?"
The fourth prince shook his head lightly: "It's nothing, just a sore throat..."
Su Wanniang was about to cry: "I was scared to death, what should you do if something happened to you?"
The fourth prince said with difficulty: "Take my body back to the imperial mausoleum... It won't be broken in winter... just say I died there..."
Su Wanniang burst into tears: "What nonsense are you talking about?! You are so young, how can you die?!"
The fourth prince couldn't make a sound: "Don't cry...don't cry..."
Su Wanniang wiped away her tears: "Then don't talk nonsense! Say you won't die..."
The fourth prince closed his eyes: "Okay... no nonsense... I won't die..."
When the fourth prince woke up again, it was already afternoon. There were people whispering outside the house, and Duan Zeng was sitting on the side holding a book and reading. Seeing that the fourth prince woke up, he got up and said: "I said you should wake up! Come and drink the medicine! It was Su Niangzi who fried it for you, and Brother Wen forced her to sleep, saying that you are fine, just pretending to be sick to make money for her. Where are the tears?"
The fourth prince smiled wryly, Duan Zeng brought out the medicine bowl that was warm in the water, and said, "It's just right." He came over and helped the fourth prince up, the fourth prince took the bowl, and drank the medicine in one go, although it was so bitter I want to vomit, but at this moment, I feel a very suitable feeling, which extinguishes all the dryness in my throat. He let out a breath slowly, and said in a hoarse voice with some embarrassment: "I am so ill, will it delay things?"
Duan Zeng said in a low voice: "I don't think so. Uncle Yan is here today. He is very happy to hear that we are not leaving. He wants to have a good talk with Brother Wen. You can take care of yourself for a few days. You have a cold. Don’t catch the cold anymore, it’s not good if it turns into typhoid.”
The fourth prince nodded, Duan Zeng folded a spare quilt, put it on the back of the fourth prince, let him sit still, and said: "I'll bring you some porridge, you haven't eaten for two days. You have such a strong body, you will eat a few chicken wings at most in the future, and venison and the like, you really have to eat less, you can't digest it."
As soon as Duan Zeng went out, Shi Helin came in, came over with a smile, felt his pulse, nodded and said, "It's good to be young, if you have a fever, you go away from the cold."
The fourth prince only felt extremely tired, as if his whole body was falling apart, he was tired from sitting, and he half-lyed down and asked weakly: "How many days will it take for me to get better?"
Shi Helin said: "It should be all over in twenty days or so, you can't rush, it's only when the root is gone."
The fourth prince was terrified, deeply aware that he had caused trouble, and said to Shi Helin in a low voice: "Go and tell Brother Wen that you can leave first."
Shi Helin smiled: "How can you say such a thing, everyone came out together, so naturally we have to go back together."
Duan Zeng came in with a bowl of porridge, and when he heard Shi Helin's words, he said, "Oh, that, I won't go back with you guys."
Shi Helin opened his eyes wide and said in panic, "Why?!"
Duan Zeng tried to act as indifferent as possible, handed the porridge bowl to the fourth prince, and said casually: "The war will inevitably happen in three years, I have to make some preparations here. I told the Ji Junshi, and he gave me a few people. We will build a clinic here. That... Xiaoge Wen also said that he will train a team of medical soldiers to treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield."
Shi Helin's smile disappeared completely, and he looked like he was about to cry: "Why are you so cruel? It's so cold here, I'm about to freeze to death..."
Duan Zeng didn't buy it and said, "Why do you want to stay? You have to go back and take care of Su Xiaodi. He needs someone by his side. I'm so old, I don't need you to take care of me!"
Shi Helin cried and said: "Listen, I recognize you as my son! You drove me away."
Duan Zeng looked like he was about to go crazy: "What do you mean by driving you away after you recognize your son? I'll always be by your side, okay? You taught me to cure diseases and save lives, isn't it right here?"
Shi Helin looked lost and sat beside the fourth prince's bed, whimpering: "I followed you, but you won't go back with me..."
Duan Zeng stomped his foot and said, "Who asked you to come with me?! I didn't say I won't go back! You just go to the capital and wait for me?! I will definitely go back in three years! Really!" Opened the door and went out up.
The fourth prince was at a loss while holding the porridge bowl. Shi Helin took the bowl from the fourth prince's hand, took the spoon inside, and fed the porridge to the fourth prince. , that’s how I feed him every day. At that time, if I don’t feed him, he won’t eat…”
The fourth prince was treated like a child and was very embarrassed, but seeing Shi Helin looked pitiful, he had to open his mouth to drink the porridge. I want the child to stay by my side..." In his sadness, he completely forgot the identity of the fourth prince, his mother was dead, and his father was the emperor.
The fourth prince suddenly felt a burst of sadness. The son wanted to support him but his relative was not there. His mother never saw him in his dream, and his father, even if he was alive, couldn't see each other... His eyes were red for a while. Just when both of them were feeling sad, Zhang Yunzheng opened the door and came in. When he saw Shi Helin feeding the fourth prince porridge, he was very surprised and said: "What?! Are you so sick?! Langzhong Duan said you are fine just now."
The fourth prince embarrassedly took the porridge bowl from Shi Helin, and said, "I'll do it myself."
Shi Helin found a new confidant, wiped away his tears and said to Zhang Yunzheng: "My son said he won't go back with me..." Ever since he recognized Duan Zeng as his adopted son, he sometimes talked about "my son".
Zhang Yunzheng waved his hands heartlessly and said: "I haven't spent a few days with my parents in the past few years. If my parents are as uncomfortable as you, why don't they cry and break their eyes? But every time I go back to see them, they Still not blind..."
Shi Helin said angrily: "You unfilial son! Get close to Zhu Zhechi, how can my son get along well with you?!" Having said that, he stopped crying.
"Oh! I know why you are so uncomfortable!" Zhang Yunzheng clapped his hands, Shi Helin was in doubt, Zhang Yunzheng came over and said: "You should marry a wife!"
Shi Helin stared and scolded: "How old are you, kid?! Has your hair grown?! How dare you come and say such nonsense to me when you have no trace of your own marriage!"
The fourth prince wanted to laugh, but he coughed. Shi Helin turned around and patted him on the back. Zhang Yunzheng raised his chin and said, "It doesn't matter how old you are! Do you think about it?"
Shi Helin shook his head and said: "I have never married a wife because I was afraid that the married woman would treat my son badly. People say that the stepmother is vicious. I don't know what will happen behind your back."
Zhang Yunzheng was puzzled and said, "Mr. Duan is older than me, right? Who can do anything to him?"
Shi Helin said, "But I still have a little brother Su to take care of."
Zhang Yunzheng looked at the sky: "Then I can't help it."
The fourth prince sighed and said: "The doctor is really a bodhisattva."
Shi Helin quickly waved his hands, "Don't blaspheme! I'm just a selfish person. Let me tell you, I saved a lot of money for my son so that I can marry him in the future. If I marry a woman, In terms of love, there is no more than the child I raised since I was a child. Naturally, I want to leave more money to my son, but will that woman be willing? I have been practicing medicine for so many years, and what I have seen the most is that family members have turned against each other because of money. Those who seize the property, those who want to get a dowry, those who want to murder their relatives... all for a single word of money. My son is generous by nature and doesn't care about money, but I can't let my son suffer this wrong in the future."
Zhang Yunzheng said, "Maybe you will have children of your own?"
Shi Helin shook his head and said: "I'm getting old, if I want to have children, I have to marry a young woman, but in that way, won't it ruin the family? Who wants to live with a half-grown old man? If I am unable to have children, don't delay her For the rest of my life? This is all sin!"
The fourth prince looked at Shi Helin and felt that he was no older than his father. Thinking of the thousands of girls in the harem who were in their teens and early twenties, he suddenly felt ashamed of his blood inheritance.
Zhang Yunzheng didn't go the same way: "You're just cultivating for the next life."
Shi Helin smiled wryly: "Maybe I owed my son in my previous life, and I am here to pay him back in this life." He sighed, "Just pay it back, I am willing."
Zhang Yunzheng came up with an idea: "You should pay him more than what you want, let him owe you, so that he can pay the debt in the next life, or if the debt is cleared, won't we be gone?"
Shi Helin nodded: "Yes, yes!"
Zhang Yunzheng said proudly: "I know someone owes me, how many lives have been bet on me!"
Shi Helin finally laughed: "You boy, you're not that stupid!"
Although the fourth prince didn't say it out loud, he also thought in his heart: If Su Wanniang owed him, they would be together in the next life, but then he worried again: What can he give Su Wanniang? How many lifetimes will she still be unclear
Although Duan Zeng comforted the fourth prince and said that he did not delay the matter, in fact Shen Wen did have to stay at the border for a while because of the fourth prince's illness. She knows about colds, she says it's minor, she says it's serious, it's not yet March, and there is still a leap in March, and the weather is still cold, so it's easy to get sicker and sicker, she dare not take the risk of walking Well, we have to wait until the Fourth Prince is fully healed.
Shen Wen couldn't leave for a while, Yan Shi was the one who came the most.
Now in Yancheng, what is attracting attention is the army reorganization of Ji Wenzhao and Shen Yi and Shen Jian, plus actions such as recruiting migrant workers for Yancheng's urban construction. Every day, Yan followed Ji Wenzhao and the others to find out where the troops were located, and dispersed in the middle, so she and Zhang Ding went to the garrison village where Shen Wen was.
Mr. Yan discussed with Shen Wen and Zhang Yunzheng the production of various weapons, the smelting of special metals, and even talked about how to use the gunpowder in firecrackers for weapons... Sometimes, Ji Wenzhao would also come with Shen Yi, and several people repeatedly talked about the future campaign deployment.
Although Shen Wen handed over his plan and weapons to the frontier, but this is not a certainty after all, and there are many uncertain factors in it. Moreover, in the end, what kind of weapon and what kind of strategy must be implemented by people. So the more we talked, the more guilty Shen Wen became, with a worried face: These are her relatives, in case something goes wrong...
Ji Wenzhao saw Shen Wen's thoughts, and said unhappily to Shen Wen: "Do you think you are so great? No one can do it except you?"
Shen Wen pouted: "I hope I can be safe..."
Ji Wenzhao laughed: "How can there be such a thing? What you want is to be in danger! It's best to walk on the edge of a cliff..."
Zhang Yunzheng rarely supported Shen Wen, but nodded in agreement with Shen Yi, Shen Yi said: "Little brother, you have helped us a lot by giving us so many new weapon designs, don't worry about the rest gone."
Shen Wen sighed: "Actually, new weapons can only be used for one battle. In the future, the design of these crossbows will eventually be learned by the opponent, and on our side, in order to facilitate the rule, we will always restrain our military power..."
Ji Wenzhao frowned: "You mean, sooner or later, someone will attack us with these advanced weapons?"
Shen Wen nodded, "Whoever draws the sword dies by the sword. There is no end to the renewal of weapons. Once it starts, it will be competition. If our emperor has no courage, he will not be able to win the top spot in weapons in the future."
Shen Yi said: "If this war can be won, it may bring peace to the border for decades."
Shen Wen said: "If you really can win completely, you must persuade Lord Hou to retire."
None of the three men raised any objections this time.
Ji Wenzhao went to see the Fourth Prince with a worried look on his face. The fourth prince asked: "Is there any difficulty for Xiuming?"
Sitting beside the fourth prince's bed, Ji Wenzhao said, "Sometimes, I also feel that the future is hopeless. The imperial court issued an order to reduce troops. The Shen family army has no source of troops. The Beirong is at a time when the army is in full swing, and our army must rely on sharp weapons and fortifications to survive." There's a chance to win, but..." He sighed.
The fourth prince asked puzzledly: "Wouldn't it be better to win?"
Ji Wenzhao shook his head slowly: "If our side wins, the weapons we use will be imitated by the other side sooner or later. Moreover, Asuka has made a good bow. Brother Wen said, ask Zhenbeihou to retreat after the battle."
The fourth prince also frowned: Zhenbei Hou retired, Shen's army was gradually replaced by the imperial army, and Shen Wen led the people out to sea. More than ten or twenty years later, the Northern Rong hussars came back with all kinds of powerful crossbows and gunpowder arrows they designed today... Wouldn't the situation be more dangerous than it is now? At that time, the generals at the border were more loyal than the current Shen family father and son? Can there still be a stranger like Shen Wen to help
The fourth prince asked: "Did she not say how to save it?"
Ji Wenzhao said helplessly: "It's a cliché! It is said that the emperor has no courage and won't let people study weapons."
The fourth prince said: "The third prince has always loved martial arts and valued border defense. Maybe he can understand this hidden danger."
Ji Wenzhao nodded: "Go and explain the truth to your friend, the fourth prince, so that he will..." Ji Wenzhao shook his head again: "No! That will cause him trouble! The emperor's younger brother wants to strengthen weapon research. Is it ulterior motives?"
The fourth prince murmured: "The third... prince may not be so... The fourth prince and him... have a good relationship... They go to school together..."
Ji Wenzhao waved his hand: "Once a person becomes an emperor, the first thing he thinks about is how to keep the throne. At that time, family love, brotherhood, and classmate friendship will probably give way to grasping power."
The fourth prince was repeatedly explained by Shen Wen about the corruption of the imperial power, and he had already understood the darkness of this system. He said helplessly: "Then I... let the fourth prince..." He wanted to say "sponsor you", but stopped again - himself Her legs always have to be "healed". If the third prince really suspects him one day, won't the person he recommended also be implicated
The two were silent for a while, and the fourth prince asked Ji Wenzhao, "Do you still want to be an official in the court?"
Ji Wenzhao clenched his fists: "I'm going, I'm going to promote the rule of law!"
Proclaiming the rule of law to the highest holder of power is simply fatal. The fourth prince said worriedly: "The rule of man and the rule of law cannot coexist. The framework of our dynasty's power is indestructible from top to bottom. The time is not ripe for repair."
Ji Wenzhao said with some fanaticism: "Then I have to go too! A man should not abandon his business just because the situation does not allow it! Now that I know the crux of the problem, if I keep silent and let it go, I won't become the same as the woman who let go! I scolded her for retreating in spite of difficulties, and I can't avoid it! I must enter the court and speak out for the rule of law! It's best to anger the emperor or others and kill me or something, so that I can go down in history The name is the first to advocate the rule of law in a generation... ”
The fourth prince hurriedly said: "Xiu Ming can't say such ominous words! The third... prince is a straightforward person, and he won't kill Zhongliang in vain. Just tell him well, and he will listen." Although he himself didn't quite believe it.
But Ji Wenzhao was not very happy, and his tone was heavy: "Even if the emperor listens, it is useless. There are many local emperors and official emperors. If we want to succeed, we must rebuild the code of law and cultivate talents for the rule of law, and then we can gradually reform the system. It is definitely not achieved overnight, it must take decades of hard work, which emperor would be so steadfast? There are three thousand beauties in the harem, many relatives, and courtiers are flattering. What that woman said is not wrong at all, I see clearly, I The final end must be a dead end. But even if this is the case, I have to take this road, otherwise how can I be worthy of the talent I was born with? I am the only one who can do this in the world!" Ji Wenzhao took his own The tragic story of love.
The fourth prince once again looked at Ji Wenzhao in reverence: "No one in the world can match the courage of Xiu Ming." I don't want to do such a difficult thing!
Ji Wenzhao said to the fourth prince: "I'm sorry, you and I have been together day and night, and we have become confidants. I know you have no intention of going to court, otherwise, with your talent, you should also be an official."
The fourth prince was a little dejected: "I don't have much talent, do you remember what Wen Xiaoge quoted? There are three mistakes in life: virtue is weak but honorable, wisdom is small but resourceful, strength is small but heavy responsibility. What I can do, Just don’t make those mistakes.”
Ji Wenzhao laughed: "It sounds like I'm making these mistakes."
The fourth prince hurriedly said: "No, no, Xiu Ming has both morality and wisdom, so he should make a difference."
Ji Wenzhao patted the Fourth Prince on the shoulder: "Don't cheer me up. Ever since I met Brother Wen, I have never dared to claim to be number one in the world. In terms of wisdom, that woman has a weird strategy, and I can't match her." .The one who can defeat her now is courage! Women are born..." He made another masculine speech to find some psychological balance for himself.
The fourth prince understands Ji Wenzhao's mood very well, why isn't he afraid of Second Miss Shen? It's easier to say bad things.
Duan Zeng said he wanted to stay in Yancheng, Shi Helin felt that he had no experience in the world and would definitely make people stupefied, so he took Duan Zeng to the city and accompanied Duan Zeng to find a place to open a medical clinic. For Duan Zeng, Zhang Luo rented a residence, bought furniture, and personally bought him servants and cooks from the refugees... Anyway, Duan Zengshi owed him a debt of favor, and firmly calculated Duan Zeng's next life. up.
The fourth prince lay down for four days and was able to get out of bed. Naturally, Su Wanniang took care of him every day, and even made thick leggings for him, so that the Fourth Prince could wear them like elephant legs. When the fourth prince was able to leave the house, the two first took a walk outside the farmhouse, and gradually took a few more steps. In order to strengthen his physical strength, the fourth prince sometimes went outside to the fields.
At the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the wilderness is desolate, but there is always a faint breath of spring. Su Wanniang walked slowly on the dry and hard land with the fourth prince. Looking at the blue sky above the mountains not far away, the fourth prince tirelessly lamented the beauty of life: "I really want to stay here and not go back gone."
Su Wanniang smiled and said, "It's too cold here, your legs can't stand it, you'd better go to the south."
The fourth prince smiled and nodded to Su Wanniang, "We will go wherever you say."
Su Wanniang glanced at him: "It's good words again."
The fourth prince said softly: "Why is it a good word? It's the truth! Wherever you go in the future, I will go there."
Su Wanniang bowed her head shyly, "I'll listen to you too."
The fourth prince said: "I'd better listen to you..."
Su Wanniang: "Listen to you..."
The two people were letting you in, the fourth prince saw movement from the corner of his eye, turned his head to look, and saw a gray hare jumping quickly across the field, the fourth prince pointed at the rabbit in surprise and said: "Look! You Look!"
Su Wanniang looked up: "It's a rabbit! Just like you said!"
The fourth prince had tears in his eyes: "Really, just like I said, dreams come true! God has treated me so well!"
Su Wanniang was also emotional, and said to the Fourth Prince: "This is a good sign, and everything you yearn for will come true!"
The fourth prince nodded vigorously: "Yes, I will go to that college first and study hard. You don't know, many people are unwilling to share their private books with others. Old Master Yan has millions of books. I can't miss it, I'd better copy some back. A few years later, your lady will probably open up that island, and we will go there to buy land and build a house... "
Su Wanniang said, "It should be built next to them."
The fourth prince said: "That's natural. We planted redbuds in the small courtyard, and we can ask Ding Neishi to open a big garden. He said he likes to grow flowers. The neighbors have cats and dogs..."
Su Wanniang laughed: "We want to raise one too!"
The fourth prince continued to nod: "Yes, we also need to raise them so that we can play with their cats and dogs. We also often visit."
Su Wanniang raised her eyebrows and said, "Why do you go there often? You go every day. Our yard is connected. Miss and I are sisters. We need to see each other every day to feel at ease."
The fourth prince had a sense of fear towards Shen Wen, but he couldn't say anything bad about Shen Wen to Su Wanniang, so he said: "Okay, you go to see your sister, I'll find someone to play chess, but it's a pity that Xiu Ming is going to be an official in the court .”
Su Wanniang said: "Miss said, he will not end up. When the time comes, we will keep someone here. If something happens to him, we will bring him here."
The fourth prince struggled: he hoped that Ji Wenzhao would not be an official to play chess with him, but also felt that if Ji Wenzhao stayed in the court for a longer time, it would be beneficial to the people of the country. It’s just that you can’t beat me.”
Su Wanniang covered her mouth and smiled: "Aren't you bragging? Isn't that bad?"
The fourth prince shook his head and said, "No, I won't be able to learn anything like this."
Su Wanniang asked: "Isn't it sad to lose
The fourth prince sighed: "It's sad! Sometimes I'm bored! But then, I feel that I didn't play a game in vain, unlike after winning, my heart is empty."
Su Wanniang rolled her eyes: "It's so weird, I don't play chess."
The fourth prince's heart moved: "Where is your miss?"
Su Wanniang shook her head and said: "She never goes down, but she can give life and death."
The fourth prince almost blurted out to ask Su Wanniang to be careful of Shen Wen, she is too unfathomable, but before the words came out, it became: "She knows so much."
Su Wanniang said proudly, "Of course!"
The fourth prince was a little unwilling, and whispered: "Actually, I also know a lot."
Hearing that a young and mature person like the fourth prince showed such a childlike heart, Su Wanniang laughed out loud, but immediately lowered her head and said, "That's of course."
The Fourth Prince was satisfied. Hearing the sound of horseshoes in the distance, seeing Zhang Yunzheng whizzing past with a few people, he thought it was time to go back for dinner, so he walked back slowly with Su Wanniang.
Seeing the fourth prince and Su Wanniang walking and chatting so closely outside, Zhang Yunzheng felt very upset! He decided to take Shen Wen out and walk around like this.
Zhang Yunzheng got off his horse, went to the room where Yan Shizheng and Shen Wen studied, knocked on the door, he went in, saluted Yan Shi, and said the excuse he had thought up long ago: "Uncle Yan is going to Dengshi." , there is a small woodcarving shop, help me give the little shopkeeper ten taels of silver."
Yan Shi was puzzled: "Why?"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "No reason, I just like it."
Shen Wen explained: "The money he gave was returned, and I was not convinced."
Yan Shi smiled: "Silly boy, is there still such a rush to give money?"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Just help me do it, oh, what are you looking at?"
Yan pointed to the sketch and said, "This is a kind of missile. Inside is gunpowder in firecrackers mixed with nails. This is the fuse. Just light it and throw it out."
Zhang Yunzheng looked at it for a long time and asked, "What is this shell made of?"
Yan said: "This is what we are talking about. She said it should be an iron shell, and I said it can be a bamboo tube."
Shen Wen said: "How can there be a bamboo tube here?"
Zhang Yunzheng said, "You can dig it out with wood."
Yan Shi said: "That's right! Dig two bowls out of wood and just buckle them together." They discussed each picture one by one, but Yan finally left after dark, and Zhang Yunzheng couldn't hold Shen Wen. Come out for a walk.
For the rest of the ten days, the fourth prince took a walk with Su Wanniang every day, and when Zhang Yunzheng didn't go out to ride horses, he would study the mechanisms and structures of various weapons with Shen Wen and Yan. He thought it would be good to point and point at the same table with Shen Wen, so he stopped walking behind the fourth prince.
When the fourth prince felt that he was completely healed, he kept urging Shen Wen to go on the road. Shen Yi and Shen Jian also said that Shen Wen should not stay for a long time, so Shen Wen had to leave after three days.
The farewell banquet was held at noon the next day, so as not to be late when the gate of Yancheng was closed, Shen Jian, Ji Wenzhao and the Yan family would not return all night, arousing people's suspicion. Both Shen Yi, Shen Jian and Ji Wenzhao's Yan family arrived at the village of the barracks, and Duan Zeng, who already had a residence in the city, naturally also came to see Shi Helin off.
Shen Yi brought wine, but at the banquet, Su Wanniang, who was sitting next to Shen Wen, resolutely refused to let Shen Wen drink any of it. Because Yan was "Uncle Yan" in front of Shen Yi, she sat very solemnly beside Shen Jian, just like a silent and honest young scholar.
During this period of time, the arrangements and plans were carefully discussed and compared. When they came to the banquet, everyone just wanted to say something happy, especially Shi Helin's tearful expression, which needed people's forgiveness. Ji Wenzhao handed over the letter to his wife and mentor Yan Jing to Shen Wen, and told her not to say too much to Ji Yanshi. Shen Wen nodded and put away the letter.
Shen Yi raised his glass to Zhang Yunzheng: "Little brother, I'll leave it to you when I go back this time!"
Zhang Yunzheng nodded, and said: "Brother Shen, don't worry." The two had a drink, and it was considered a complete reconciliation.
Shen Jian turned to look at the fourth prince, and said, "Young Master Jiang..."
The fourth prince hurriedly said with a smile: "After I go back, I will stay at home well, and I will definitely not wander off."
Everyone drank and chatted, and when the sun set, Shen Yi and others said goodbye.
Shi Helin was drunk, holding Duan Zeng's hand and crying: "Son... you go home early..."
Duan Zeng was not drunk because he wanted to ride a horse, but choked up and said, "Father... don't worry, wait for me in the capital."
Shi Helin continued to cry: "You can't get hurt! Nothing can happen!..."
Duan Zeng looked at Zhang Yunzheng: "Why don't you help my dad to sleep?!"
Zhang Yunzheng came over to help Shi Helin, and said, "Let's go, let's ignore that brat..."
Shi Helin slapped Zhang Yunzheng's hand vigorously: "Don't speak ill of my son! My son is a miracle doctor! Much better than you..." Zhang Yunzheng forced him away.
Shen Yi and Shen Jian saluted Shen Wen solemnly, and said at the same time: "Thank you very much."
A girl, the softest sister in the family, traveled thousands of miles during the famine years, brought them good strategies to fight the enemy, and took people to Beirong to cultivate a future enemy for Tugu Khan. This is the Shen family. Even as elder brothers, Shen Yi and Shen Jian had to express their respect.
Although Shen Wen was wearing a peasant uniform, he still bowed his sleeves and bowed his knees, and said solemnly, "Big Brother, Second Brother, the border gate is left to you, you must take care of yourself."
In front of Shen Yi, Yan could not get too close to Shen Wen, and only said logically when saluting: "Just ask Miss to take good care of my younger sister so that she can live comfortably in the temple." Shen Wen nodded depressedly.
Ji Wenzhao saluted everyone one by one with drunkenness, and said to the fourth prince: "Mr. Jiang, we will meet in the academy in the future!"
The fourth prince said reluctantly: "Xiu Ming must be cherished! In the future, I will still count on Xiu Ming to recommend me for admission, to be my senior, and to play chess with me."
Ji Wenzhao laughed loudly: "Don't worry! I will never forget it."
Zhang Yunzheng helped Shi Helin into the room to lie down, and when he came out, Zhang Ding and Yulan said goodbye happily and leaned towards him, choking their throats and twisting their shoulders: "Master..."
Because he was about to leave, Zhang Yunzheng stopped scolding him, and said with a slumped face: "Stop making trouble, be smart, don't get hurt, otherwise when you go back, you won't be able to pretend to be a little girl, you can only pretend to be an ugly monster! "
Zhang Ding looked very moved, and looked at Zhang Yunzheng stickily: "Young master is so kind to me..."
Zhang Yunzheng punched fiercely, but Zhang Ding dodged away with a smile. …
Everyone said goodbye again and again before Shen Yi left with everyone. Those who stayed were either drunk or overfed and went to bed early. Waking up the next day, it took a whole day to prepare dry food for the chariots and horses, and the next morning, they set off to leave the border area. In order to avoid attracting any attention, only Shen Yi, who was stationed outside the city, sent them a distance away.
After they walked south along the way they came here for a few days, Shen Wen said that she was going to lead the way, so he rode his horse and began to lead the convoy eastward. Zhang Yunzheng asked: "Are you going east? What's over there?"
Shen Wen said: "That direction is the sea, and there is more rain along the coast. Maybe the drought is not so serious. I don't want to go to those areas with severe drought. Let's go around as far as possible."
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Then it's better to go directly to the beach. You can see the sea. My mother and grandfather both have a shipping business. Maybe we can find one. Let's go south by boat. It's more comfortable than riding a horse, right?"
Shen Wen also felt reasonable, nodded and said: "This season is still north wind, so it should be possible to board a boat."
Both Ji Wenzhao and the Yan family stayed at the border, Shi Helin, the only elder, was under the shadow of depression, Zhang Yunzheng, Shen Wen, the fourth prince and Su Wanniang were very free.
The fourth prince helped Su Wanniang learn to ride a donkey, and he rode on the donkey himself while holding the rein for her.
From then on, Zhang Yunzheng and Shen Wen rode side by side every day, the weather was still cold, and they couldn't talk while riding, but the two of them looked at the surrounding scenery as companions, and they were not lonely. They had been away from Beijing for so many months, and it was only at this time that they really felt like traveling.