Ping Yuanhou didn't sleep at night, sitting alone in the living room, flipping through a book by the light. A person came in and said: "The eldest son and that young master were leaving, our people followed halfway, they were too fast. But that direction should be the abandoned house that the eldest son bought before he left."
Marquis Pingyuan hummed, and the man stepped back.
After a long time, a person came in and whispered: "They are back, the package on the eldest son's back is gone."
Marquis Pingyuan nodded, waited for the others to step back, closed the book, and sighed, "Two little bastards! They went to give gifts to people in the middle of the night, and they kept it from me! You deserve a beating!"
He got up, picked up the walnut ball on the table, slowly turned it in his hand, and walked towards the bedroom.
Shen Wen happily ran back to her room, Su Wanniang was naturally still waiting for her. Shen Wen put down the package, and excitedly said to Su Wanniang: "I've made a lot of money! He... they gave me a lot of delicious food! Do you want some?"
Su Wanniang sighed: "How can you eat at night? Did you eat there? Shouldn't you rinse your mouth and brush your teeth again?"
Shen Wen laughed dryly: "Let's go to bed quickly!"
Su Wanniang whispered, "So you can wake up and eat?"
Shen Wen hugged Su Wanniang: "You know me best!" in an extremely satisfied tone.
Su Wanniang had no choice but to help Shen Wen take off her clothes, rolled up her night clothes and hid them in the pillow before falling asleep with a sigh of relief.
When he got up the next day, at breakfast, Shen Wen sat in front of the table, and Fei pulled Su Wanniang to sit with him, and wanted to taste various dried fruits together. Su Wanniang opened the package. Besides the food box, there was also a booklet. She picked it up and handed it to Shen Wen. After Shen Wen opened it and read it, he couldn't let go of it and clicked his tongue. Su Wanniang hurriedly went to read it, and the book said: "... Go east along the river, turn left at the big elm tree and Tianshui well, and turn left into the alley, you can see the flag of 'Osmanthus Square', in which the sweet-scented osmanthus cake is white, tender and crystal clear, slightly Sweet and fragrant, it tastes better when eaten with light tea. The double-cornered crispy, browned and crispy, with egg yolk filling inside, slightly salty... In Yangzhou City, the crispy pot stickers at the end of Yujia Lane are filled with pork and green onions Stir in ginger water, I think it is far better than yesterday's No. 1 Li's meat pie in Yangzhou... Today I tasted the honey suckling pig. Suckling pigeon soup... Hongjin crabapple fruit... "
This whole book actually recorded the flavors, locations, characteristics and so on of the snacks in detail. The handwriting is neat, without any alterations. If it is not transcribed, it must be done with great care.
Su Wanniang sighed: "This person wrote so detailedly, it can be printed and sold as a book."
Shen Wen said while reading: "Probably Mr. Zhang found it for me, he is so greedy for me, you scoundrel!"
At this moment in Pingyuanhou Mansion, Zhang Yunming said to Zhang Yunzheng: "Oh, I put your 'Gourmet Diary' in the package for Little Fat Duck."
Zhang Yunzheng yelled: "What?! Who told you to give it to her?! I wrote it, who wants to show that bastard!"
Zhang Yunming smiled and said: "How well you write it, let her read it so much that she can't eat it, drool dryly, and starve her to death!"
Zhang Yunzheng was still unhappy: "You must ask me to come back! Don't let her think that I wrote for her, damn it!"
Shen Wen reluctantly closed the booklet, and there were three words "Jiangnan Gourmet Story" on the cover. Su Wanniang said: "You have to keep it! Don't let anyone see it. Put it in your arms, we don't even have a money box here." The law is released."
Shen Wen had no choice but to put the book into his arms, and then said to Su Wanniang carefully, "Um, I thought of a way to prevent the fifth princess from reconciling with Fan."
Su Wanniang nodded and said, "That's what it should be."
Shen Wen felt a little sorry for Su Wanniang, and accompanied her carefully and said: "Probably, it will take a beauty trick."
Su Wanniang asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Shen Wen looked at Su Wanniang, Su Wanniang was puzzled: "What's wrong?"
Shen Wen asked: "Sister Wanniang, don't you think you are a stunning beauty?"
Su Wanniang twitched the corner of her mouth: "What are you talking about? Children, be careful that Madam hears you!"
Shen Wen hurriedly said: "Really, sister Wanniang is the most beautiful in the world!"
Su Wanniang pushed Shen Wen: "It's just that I didn't grow into a crooked nose and crooked mouth."
Shen Wen said: "I want you to show half of your face, tell me, your fourth prince won't be angry, right?"
Su Wanniang stared: "What are you talking about?! Didn't I show my face someday? He is him, and I am me. Why are you involving that person?"
Shen Wen said: "Because we have to borrow something from him, if he knows, will he not lend it to us?"
Su Wanniang said confidently: "I'll go and tell him, if he doesn't borrow it, I'll..."
Shen Wen blinked vigorously, Su Wanniang paused, and said solemnly: "I'll just give him back the jade pendant! I don't want him anyway!"
Shen Wen covered his chest: "Fortunately, I'm not the Fourth Prince, otherwise my heart would be broken!" Pretending to feel distressed.
Su Wanniang poked Shen Wen's head: "You are actually clutching your book!"
Shen Wen was taken aback for a moment, and found that he was really pressing the book in his arms, and said with a smile: "Because it's all delicious!"
Su Wanniang nodded helplessly at Shen Wen's head: "You just like to eat! Someday someone will buy you with delicious food."
Shen Wen said: "How can it be? It has to be better than sister Wanniang to me!"
Su Wanniang said, "What are you thinking? You have to be kind to him, you can't expect others to be kind to you."
Shen Wen asked: "Why?"
Su Wanniang whispered, "My mother said so."
Shen Wen hurriedly asked: "What did you say?"
Su Wanniang sighed, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I don't understand very well, she just said, you have to treat him well, otherwise, your life will be very boring. It's not enough to treat you well only the other party."
Shen Wen tilted his neck and smiled: "Do you really want to be nice to the Fourth Prince?"
Su Wanniang pushed Shen Wen: "No seriousness! I won't talk to you!"
Shen Wen hugged Su Wanniang's arm: "Let's talk, I can't do without you." The two laughed for a while, and Shen Wen suddenly remembered that Shen Jian and the others said that the third prince had no intention of the throne. In the previous life, the third prince did not force the palace . Although the fourth prince did nothing in his previous life, Shen Wen felt that he could still ask, so he said to Su Wanniang, "Oh, if you have a chance, you have to ask the fourth prince if he wants to be emperor."
Su Wanniang's heart fell into the deep well all of a sudden, her tongue was a little knotted: "Why...why?"
Shen Wen sighed: "Why don't you ask him what he thinks? If he has such thoughts, we can help him, because I know that the third prince really doesn't want to be emperor."
Su Wanniang was depressed, but she nodded her head.
Seeing this scene, Shen Wen felt a little sad, and said to Su Wanniang: "You..."
Su Wanniang interrupted Shen Wen and said: "Don't persuade me, I will naturally ask. If he has such thoughts, I really won't talk to him anymore."
Shen Wen whispered, "I'm sorry."
Su Wanniang sighed: "Nie Yuan, why did you say that I bumped into him in Xiangye Temple? Even if I bumped into a monk!"
Shen Wen smiled bitterly, took Su Wanniang's hand and said, "Don't be discouraged, people who are really destined will definitely be together."
Su Wanniang shook her head slowly: "It's not just being together."
Shen Wen hurriedly said: "Yes, it has to be lovebirds, not a group of wild geese, a group of females followed by a male..."
Su Wanniang laughed all of a sudden, and slapped Shen Wen: "What nonsense are you talking about! It's so ugly!"
The two finally became happy again, savoring slices of dried fruit carefully, and stopped worrying about the future.
Most of these dried fruits are sweet and sour, and some are soaked in salt, with a slight salty taste. Both Shen Wen and Su Wanniang like to eat them. When they are greedy for a while, they eat too much. For a whole day, even drinking water makes their teeth hurt. The tip of the tongue was still blistered, and at night, both of them regretted their excesses.
A few days later, Shen Xiang and Shen Wen were invited to meet Zhang Yunjin in Pingyuan Houfu. Zhang Yunjin gave each of them a share of the gadgets brought from the south and some dried fruits.
Zhang Yunjin said apologetically: "Although this dried fruit is inconspicuous, it is really delicious. I like it very much. Do you want to try it?"
Probably because the tip of his tongue was healed, Shen Wen's saliva came out again, and he nodded quickly: "Think about it, I like it too, give me more..."
Shen Xiang despises Shen Wen: "You just know how to eat! It's almost..."
Shen Wen frowned and pouted, Zhang Yunjin hurriedly stopped him and said, "If you like it, I'll get you some more."
Shen Xiang seriously stopped: "No! Where is there such a beggar?" She threatened Shen Wen: "I'll go back and tell my mother! I won't take you out!" Shen Wen stayed in the yard every day, and Shen Xiang felt uncomfortable. Taking her out is a big punishment.
Shen Wen made a gloomy look, and Zhang Yunjin came to smooth things over again: "How can this be? Come, eat some of this first..."
When Shen Xiang and Shen Wen left, Zhang Yunjin went to report to Mrs. Li, just as Zhang Yunming was there, Zhang Yunjin smiled and said to Mrs. Li: "Mother, you are right. Those dried fruits are really delicious, Miss Shen likes them very much." .”
Li said: "I'll just say it! Who doesn't like girls."
Zhang Yunming said in his heart that Shen Wen secretly took two copies, which shows that she really wanted it at the beginning. Fortunately, Zhang Yunzheng bought it, otherwise the little girl would not know if she would get angry and make another excuse. Although he didn't know Shen Wen's background, he had a vague sense of dread towards Shen Wen—a person who is too scheming will make people stay away, and only a fool like Zhang Yunzheng is unaware of danger.
The letter from Lord Hou asking Shen Jian to go to the border finally arrived. Perhaps it was because Shen Jian didn't have a child yet, Master Hou's letter was written in a gentle manner, he didn't rush him to go, he just said that it would be fine to go to the border in summer.
When talking with Shen Wen about preparing for future disasters, Shen Jian was a little impatient and wanted to go to the border. Shen Wen joked that he would not be reluctant to part with his wife when the time came, but Shen Jian didn't feel it at all. But now receiving the letter from the weeping Yang Shi, Shen Jian finally felt the strong reluctance in his heart.
He really didn't want to leave here. The Hou Mansion where he grew up, his relatives, his wife who had been married for less than a year. He read the letter silently, and said with a forced smile, "Mom, it's only spring now, and there are still a few months left, so don't be sad."
Wiping her tears, Yang choked up and said, "You must stay until June, and you have to stay with your wife for a year anyway, otherwise the in-laws will blame us..."
Shen Jian sighed deeply, nodded and said, "Okay."
After he left the Yang family, he immediately went to see Shen Wen. After hearing the report, Shen Wen welcomed Shen Jian into the house and served tea. Shen Jian said: "Father has sent a letter. I'm probably going to the border. Your sister-in-law has just come here, and we have no children. You need to spend more time with her."
Shen Wen said with a smile: "What did the second brother say? I always wanted to play with my sister-in-law, but I was afraid of disturbing you. I will go to your place tomorrow, so don't think I'm redundant."
Shen Jian also smiled: "How come? I asked your sister-in-law to prepare tea and wait for you tomorrow."
The two set a time, and Shen Jian left immediately. In the eyes of those around him, this was just an ordinary relationship between brothers and sisters.
The next day when Shen Wen went to Shen Jian's courtyard, he found that the people guarding the door were not from the Hou family, but the maids and mother-in-law who had been married by the Yan family. Yan came out, smiled and took Shen Wen's hand and said, "Sister, you have never been here before, and I don't know what kind of tea you like, so I made you what I like..." The maid on the side coughed softly.
Yan Shi introduced to Shen Wen: "This is my maid crucian carp."
Shen Wen laughed all of a sudden, and Yan said: "It's because she has thorns all over her body, she picks my fault every day!"
Shen Wen smiled and said to the crucian carp: "I'm not an outsider, I've met my second sister-in-law before." At that time, she disguised herself as a man to seduce my second brother!
Crucian carp sighed helplessly, and said seriously to Shen Wen: "The second lady's temper is a bit different, but she is very nice."
Shen Wen quickly nodded in agreement: "That's natural." She looked very docile.
Yan waved her hand: "Let's stop beating around the bush when we enter this yard. How tired you are, sister. If you don't like anything, it's okay to just say it."
Shen Wen said almost automatically: "How can there be anyone who doesn't like it, no..."
Shen Jian waited at the door with a smile, Yan let go of Shen Wen, and naturally took Shen Jian's hand, Shen Jian looked at Shen Wen, a little embarrassed, Shen Wen could only smile.
The three of them sat down, crucian carp came over and served tea, and closed the door when they went out. Su Wanniang sat by the door, Shen Jian's smile disappeared, but Yan Shi still held Shen Jian's hand and did not let go.
Shen Wen stopped laughing, got up to get a pen and paper, and said while studying ink: "I even have a key for the money box, and I dare not put anything in it, so I can only write to my second brother now."
Yan was surprised that Shen Wen, who was smiling sweetly outside just now, suddenly changed his face, let go of Shen Jian's hand, and said to Shen Wen: "Let me study ink, you talk." She didn't particularly believe Shen Jian's words about Shen Jian. Wen Wen dreamed about it, but out of trust in her husband, she accepted it first.
Shen Wen dipped his ink and began to write, saying, "Second brother, when you get there, you will start quarrying stone and wood. These are the dimensions of the stone and wood I want."
Shen Jian asked: "There must be a reason for all this."
Shen Wen said: "There is a river over there, which flows from south to north, and then circled around Beirong, and then returned to the south. The second brother said that he wanted to save enough materials to build a dam on the river. .”
Shen Jian thought about it: "If necessary, cut off the water, this is a ruthless move."
Shen Wen said: "Perhaps we can really do this in the future, but this project is huge, and it won't be completed in a few years. The second brother has saved enough materials, and then I will do what I want to do first."
Shen Jian asked: "What are you going to do?"
Shen Wen said: "I will turn a part of Yancheng into a maze of soldiers."
Shen Jian was stunned, and nodded with a smile: "This is a good idea."
Shen Wen said: "When I went to the border at the age of fourteen, I would give you the detailed drawings of the project. In the past two or three years, you only need to prepare materials."
Shen Jian said, "No wonder you are looking for those craftsmen."
Shen Wen unfolded another piece of paper and began to draw, saying: "The gates of Yancheng must be transformed into what I said, especially the north gate, which was the gate that was attacked by the inside and outside when the city was broken. This is my The size and style of the iron materials required are manufactured first, but there is no need to assemble them now."
Yan Shi finally said: "Are you afraid that someone will see the clue
Shen Wen nodded: "There will be many spies and traitors over there, the second brother must be cautious."
Shen Jian nodded again.
Shen Wen began to write again: "This is the scale and content of the army's rotation training. Second brother, I have already told the eldest brother to create an elite soldier. After the second brother goes, but in the name of training, he will take turns to transfer people who are not among the elite soldiers." , teach them combat skills, and train them physically."
Yan couldn't help asking: "You mean, the eldest brother pinched the top, and your second brother is going to promote other generals?"
Shen Wen replied: "Exactly. The elder brother built a strong army for attacking. The second brother will organize other sergeants for defense. The army must be regularized and each has its own division."
Shen Jian frowned: "What is regularization?"
While writing, Shen Wen said: "Standardization is... like making a piece of furniture. Ding is Ding and Mao is not chaotic. The army must have a balanced and fixed team, and it must be divided into military operations, logistics, equipment, engineering, etc. Each department has a stable leader. Moreover, these people must know how to respond to each other and cooperate. Orders and prohibitions, clear rewards and punishments, and unified thinking. Usually, we must first educate from the concept, then basic physical training, training on equipment and weapons, and finally It is the cooperation in the actual combat exercise..."
While writing, Shen Wen eloquently talked about the reform of the military system.
Although the ancient Chinese army had a sense of company, it did not have a systematic organization, let alone unified leadership and training from top to bottom. In many cases, it is entirely dependent on the bravery and luck of the leader. The cooperation between generals and officers relies more on loyalty and friendship. People have not yet regarded the army as a tool like a weapon. It needs to be sharpened frequently to be sharp, and it needs to be carefully maintained so that it can not be scattered in wartime.
Yan Shi was even more surprised: this little girl who was usually cowardly could speak eloquently about the way of running an army. Shen Jian finally believed that Shen Wen really had read the military books for thousands of years in the Palace of the King of Hades. Otherwise, an eleven-year-old girl who stayed at home, even if she was talking about wars on paper, would not even need a draft. out these training regulations.
Shen Wen explained that it took two hours to write silently, and drank two pots of tea in between. In the evening, it finally came to an end. Shen Jian stayed with Shen Wen for dinner, but Shen Wen knew that the time between the two of them was running out, so he said he would go back to eat.
Shen Jian and Yan Shi knew that Shen Wen was tired, so they didn't force her to stay. Before Shen Wen left, he said to Shen Jian: "Pay attention to Wang Zhi and see if there is anything unusual about him, then go and listen to what the two of them have to say."
Yan Shi was a little puzzled, but Shen Jian immediately agreed.
Su Wanniang accompanied Shen Wen back to the courtyard, and only said that she was late after watching Yan Shi and Shen Jian playing chess.
In the next few days, Shen Jian and Yan Shi were bored in the room. Yan Shi helped Shen Jian to copy Shen Wen's draft, and discussed with Shen Jian word by word the meaning and use of those words, and sometimes added his own opinions. Shen Jian used to think that Yan Shi was smart, but now he deeply felt that Yan Shi could be his counselor.
When Shen Jian escaped from the sweet land of "children love", he found that Wang Zhi was also in a good mood.
One or two months after Wang Zhi got married, he experienced the addiction of tasting his wishes. Every day when he went back, he could see the beauty he liked, and what else... even if she slapped her face and said a few cruel words, what was it? I am a person who has benefited.
But after a few months of this kind of life, Wang Zhi became a little dissatisfied: the daughter-in-law of another family had to show some face to her husband, and she couldn't just turn her face away in front of everyone. We've been married for more than half a year, so how many times should we sew and mend for ourselves? I can't just see my socks with big holes, just frown disgustingly, and don't care about anything. Although the two of them had food in Miss Gongzi's yard, why didn't they even have hot water at home? The most unbearable thing is that if two people do that every day, what she scolds is ugly, isn't that what couples want? How can you describe yourself as if you have four legs...
Several times, Wang Zhi almost threw his fist at Xia Zi: In their village, it is common for men to beat women, and his father often beat his mother until she cried. If a woman doesn't turn around the pot and take care of life for a man, is that still a woman? Xia Zi seems to be a maid who is a young lady and has been stunned, forgetting her duty. But when he saw Xia Zijiao Didi's appearance, Wang Zhi couldn't bear it again. I thought about this girl for a long time, and Yueyin even picked up small jewelry for her. That day in the garden, I just hugged her, and I almost lost my temper... Fortunately, the second lady and the second son were married, otherwise I might not have married her at all. Not Xia Zi. It's just that Xia Zi treated her very well at that time, why did she change after she got married? She must not be used to living a hard life. She has no money, no real estate, and she has been wronged...
But in the past two days, Xia Zi had a smile on his face again, and usually gave him a wink. Today I even gave him half the money to buy some wine. Wang Zhi always had a smile on his face all day long, sometimes Shen Jian didn't even hear him call.
Shen Jian smiled and said, "Wang Zhi, what's the matter? Do you want a wife?"
Wang Zhi was a little embarrassed: "Second Young Master, let's see what you said."
Shen Jian smiled and narrowed his eyes and asked, "Did you have a good life?"
Wang Zhi was a little proud: "It's not bad, today, she gave me back the money and asked me to buy wine."
Shen Jian patted Wang Zhi: "You are really a blessed person!"
Wang Zhi was shy, and suddenly asked: "Oh, I heard that the second son is going to the border?"
Shen Jian nodded and said: "It should be two or three months, we will leave in June."
The smile on Wang Zhi's face hardened immediately, Shen Jian saw it, smiled and said nothing.
As soon as the sun set, Shen Jian changed into a tight-fitting nocturnal black dress. Yan Shi had never seen Shen Jian dressed up like this before. He stuck to Shen Jian's side, almost drooling: "Husband, you are so handsome! You can't Let others see you dressed like this, you will be robbed!"
Shen Jian smiled: "It's just that you silly girl is so rare, who in the barracks doesn't have this figure?"
Yan's hands clenched Shen Jian's arm: "No one is like this! Husband, you are so fascinated!" She hugged Shen Jian tightly: "My lord! Can you rob me? "
Shen Jian also hugged Yan with a smile: "You stay guard at the cottage, I'll go back in a while."
Yan's squinted his eyes and asked: "Where is the king going?" It was very charming.
Shen Jian said: "Just to listen to what my boy Wang Zhi said to his wife."
Yan Shi still lingered and said, "What is there to see, a young man? He married such a vicious girl, let alone you!"
Shen Jian didn't want Yan to think that he was being unreasonable, so he explained in a low voice: "My little sister said that she dreamed that he was an informant, and it would be bad for me in the future, so she asked me to keep an eye on him." He didn't want to tell Yan Shen Wen said that Wang Zhi would stab himself in the back in the future, but he was hacked to death by the enemy, so as not to worry Yan Shibai.
But even such vague words wiped away Yan's smile. Yan said: "Wait!" He immediately tore off his top and long skirt, and soon exposed his body. Shen Jian had never seen Yan's so unrestrained, he hurriedly stopped him: "Don't take it off now, I won't be able to leave if you take it off."
Yan gave him a white look: "What are you thinking? I want to change clothes and go with you."
After finishing speaking, he ran to Shen Jian's closet wearing only his underwear, rummaged through Shen Jian's black clothes, and put them on indiscriminately.
Shen Jian asked in surprise: "Do you know how to do light work?"
While tying the belt, Yan said: "Of course not. But you will, you are carrying me behind your back."
Shen Jian complained: "Do you think you can use light work by reciting someone?"
Yan replied: "Of course, that's what it says in the books!" As he spoke, he went to the table, took off all the hairpins on his head, tied his hair with a green scarf, and then pulled Shen Jian's arm: " Let's go, I will accompany you!"
Shen Jian sighed, but thought that neither Wang Zhi nor his wife had any martial arts skills, and they probably wouldn't be so vigilant, so he took Yan Shi out. He took Yan Shi's hand, picked up the dark place in Hou's mansion, and sneaked to the place where the servants lived, let Yan Shi climb up the wall on his shoulders, then jumped up the wall, and walked to the house where Wang Zhi lived with Yan Shi on his back Later, he jumped off the wall first, and then signaled Yan Shi to jump off.
Yan Shi saw it right, and threw herself into Shen Jian's arms, took the opportunity to kiss Shen Jian, but Shen Jian didn't dare to make a sound, so he could only hold Yan Shi, and walked lightly into the darkness under the rear window. Shen Jian put down Yan Shi, and the two sat side by side under the wall, with the window of Wang Zhi's room above their heads, and the lights were on inside.
The windows are covered with a thick layer of paper, and the sounds inside can be vaguely heard.
Shen Jian and Yan Shi sat there bored, playing with each other's fingers, listening to the conversation between Wang Zhi and Xia Zi in the room: "Did you get the reward today..."
"I'm going to the border with the second son in June..."
"Madam will definitely make more clothes for you..."
Scattered, without substance, and then the two of them fell asleep. Shen Jian pulled Yan Shi up, helped her up the wall, and slipped back to the residence.
Shen Jian said: "Look, there's nothing to listen to, it's so cold, your hands are cold, don't follow me tomorrow."
While undressing Shen Jian, Mrs. Yan said, "No, I have to follow, otherwise what should you do if you missed something? Maybe they are afraid that someone will eavesdrop, so they can speak code words? Don't think I'm not particular about what I say. , but I understand! I grew up in a civil servant's family with those twists and turns, and their words are so cloudy!"
Shen Jian laughed: "Where are they so vigilant? Wang Zhi doesn't even know a few characters, maybe he's a little clever, but he hasn't received much discipline. Xia Zi also came from a small family. Listen, you feel that they suspect someone listening?"
Thinking of the intimacy of those two people, Yan also blushed a little, took the opportunity to lean against Shen Jian and said: "Then I have to go with you too, it would be good to sit with you there."
Shen Jian didn't object any more - the two of them didn't get along for a long time, it would be fun to listen to the wall every day.
For the next two or three days, Shen Jian and Yan Shi went to Wang Zhi and Xia Zi's window to listen for an hour every day. Finally one day, Wang Zhi drank half a jug of wine, he was in a particularly good mood and talked a lot. He smiled at Xia Zi and said, "You...you look good...I've been caught in my life..."
Xia Zi didn't like his vulgarity, but for the sake of what was to be said later, she had to be perfunctory anyway, and said with a coquettish smile: "You really don't want much, so you've been caught? Don't you want land? Don't you?" Don’t want a small garden for a big house? You don’t want good clothes and jewelry, gold and silver, big horses and servants when you go out, don’t you want those?”
Wang Zhichang sighed: "Human life is different!"
Xia Zi snorted and said, "What's the difference in fate, I'm just being lazy!"
Wang Zhi said drunkenly: "Tell me, I am a boy, how can I earn a house and land? The second son will go to the border gate in June, and I have to accompany him. You don't know the border gate, the winter wind , like a knife, it can freeze you to death. Ice is harder than rocks, how can it be as comfortable as here? If I can not go to the border now, what else do I want?"
Xia Zi lowered her voice: "I can really tell you a way to stay."
Wang Zhi immediately asked, "Tell me quickly."
Xia Zi whispered: "I heard that someone said that if you kill a son and daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei, you will be rewarded, promoted and rich, with a house and land."
Wang Zhi suddenly said: "Oh! Do you still remember? Those people attacked Fourth Young Master for this reason!"
Xia Zi said impatiently: "Why are you talking about them! Aren't you talking about you now?!"
Wang Zhi thought for a while before reacting: "You don't want me to kill people, do you?"
Xia Zi said contemptuously: "Listen to you, it seems that you are asked to do bad things. This is meritorious service, do you understand? If it is not meritorious service, how can someone promise to be an official and get money?"
Wang Zhi hurriedly shook his head and said: "If you can't do it, you can't do it. You will definitely be caught and your life will be gone. What other officials can you do? What's the use of money?"
Xia Zi snorted: "Why are you so stupid? Why do you have to be arrested? If you succeed, you don't have to go to the north, and you will leave the Hou's mansion immediately and become a petty official or something."
Wang Zhi still disagreed: "How is it possible? If a child really died in this mansion, the investigation would turn the world upside down. How could I go?"
Xia Zi was a little anxious: "You are so determined! This will not work, that will not work, then you go to the border, freeze to death there and don't come back!"
Wang Zhi didn't speak for a long time, and Xia Zi ignored him. There was a sound of slapping and beating. people know... ”
Yan's fingers pinched deeply into Shen Jian's arm.
Xia Zi's surprised voice: "You are so smart!"
Wang Zhi said with some hesitation: "Master Hou saved me, the Second Young Master treats me well..."
Xia Zi interrupted and said: "It's not you, someone else did it! If you do it, maybe you can give him a good time! As I said there, let alone cats and dogs in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, not even a mouse can be left behind. The worse the death, the better, they are serious. At that time, if you have no credit, don’t even think about running away! You will definitely be beheaded, hey, don’t say I didn’t tell you in advance!”
Wang Zhi's voice: "Then I have to thank my heart!"
Xia Zi also laughed: "If you have done meritorious service, don't I also enjoy the blessings? Think about it, you only need to kill one person, not many, just one is fine! You don't need to fight thousands of troops, gold and silver are all If you have everything, you can still be an official, where can you find such a cheap thing!"
Wang Zhi sighed and said, "That would be great. Let's buy a big house right away, the kind with a garden. There are at least three main rooms. I think the shelves are made of sandalwood in the main hall of the wife. , the room is full of fragrance."
Xia Zi said: "It's not called shelf, it's called Baibaoge. In fact, they said that the place where the old lady lives is more particular. Oh, I heard that the house of Pingyuanhou is covered with silver, and gold is used as bowls and chopsticks!"
Wang Zhi smiled: "It's impossible for us to be so rich in this life. It will take many years to earn it?"
Xia Zi snorted, "Maybe they killed a lot of people!"
Wang Zhi said with a yearning tone: "I just need to kill one person, and I can't be too greedy."
Xia Zi said helplessly: "Okay, okay, actually, I'm not that greedy, I just want the pink satin of Fushuntang, with gold thread inlaid inside, it's so beautiful. That idiot doesn't wear it himself, It was given to Xia Wan! She dares to wear it!"
Wang Zhi said: "Xia Wan is so beautiful... ouch, not as beautiful as my wife... Really... lady... I will definitely buy it for my wife..."
The figures on the window moved around, Shen Jian pulled Yan Shi to stand up gently, carried Yan Shi on his back and walked to the wall, let Yan Shi climb up the wall, then he jumped up, carried Yan Shi on his back and walked away along the top of the wall After some time, he climbed over the wall and fell down. Shen Jian put down Yan Shi, and found that his shoulders were wet. He looked closely at Yan Shi, only to find that Yan Shi was crying, silently crying, his eyes were wide open, but tears rolled down in strings.
Shen Jian pulled Yan Shi back to the yard while dodging, and hurried into the door. As soon as she entered the door, Yan Shi hugged Shen Jian tightly and didn't make a sound, but Shen Jian knew that she was still crying. After waiting for a long time, Yan said: "I will go to the border with you." There was no question, but a statement.
Shen Jian sighed: "Not now."
Yan raised her head: "When will it be?"
Shen Jian knew that Yan Shi was a bold and reckless person. If she killed all her thoughts with a stick, it would motivate her to take risks, so she wanted to delay for a while, and said, "You didn't hear my little sister say that when she was fourteen years old, she would Go to the border, and when the time comes, ask her if she can take you." Handed over the matter of persuading Yan Shi to Shen Wen.
Yan frowned: "How old is she this year?"
Shen Jian said: "In August, I will be twelve years old."
Yan shook her head: "No, it's been too long. I'm afraid something will happen to you."
Shen Jian comforted: "No, in her dream, I died when she was seventeen."
Yan Shi hugged Shen Jian tightly, raised her head and asked, "He stabbed you, didn't he?"
Shen Jian blinked and said: "My sister said that after I was seriously injured by him, I was hacked to death by Bei Rong's enemies."
Yan's heart was like a knife, and he asked with tears in his eyes, "What about me? Did I die before you or behind you?"
Shen Jian hesitated and said: "Behind me, you also died that year, and died by throwing yourself into a trap." After speaking, he also felt a severe pain in his chest, not as indifferent as Shen Wen told him the first time.
Yan shook his head slowly and said, "I must be very, very unwilling..."
Shen Jian nodded and said, "Yes, you were still very young at that time..."
Yan went on to say: "...I'm not reconciled that I can't avenge you!"
Shen Jian comforted Yan and said, "You are just a girl, it is not easy to keep your innocence."
In the darkness, Yan Shi stared at Shen Jian with exceptionally bright eyes washed by tears, as if he wanted to take him into his heart, and said: "I must have not had time! It's all right now, I knew in advance, it's really great... " she said softly through her teeth.
Shen Jian smiled: "You are really like my younger sister. She has been planning these dreams since she had these dreams. She is..." Shen Jian stopped, let's not say that she has read military books for thousands of years in the palace of the king of hell. .
Yan asked: "That's why she has learned so many things?"
Shen Jian hummed vaguely: "She already has a plan, you must discuss it with her."
Yan Shi nodded and asked again: "Can't we kill them?"
Shen Jian shook his head: "No, we only know a few people, and they will be useful in the future."
Yan Shi pressed her face to Shen Jian's chest, wrapped her arms around Shen Jian's back tightly, and said in a low voice, "This time, I will die first."
Shen Jian kissed the top of Yan's head lightly: "What nonsense are you talking about, none of us will die until we live to be a hundred years old."
Yan raised her head and said, "Okay, we've made a deal!"
Shen Jian nodded, getting closer to Yan Shi's lips, and said softly: "It's decided..."