In the early morning of the second day, when it was just dawn, Jing Zhe and Gu Yu came to wait on Shen Miao to get up. After entering the room, she saw Shen Miao sleeping on the couch with the quilt missing and a fox fur covering her body.
The two suddenly turned pale in shock. When they left yesterday, they left no fox fur. Where did the fox fur come from. Jing Zhe woke up Shen Miao, after Shen Miao woke up, she looked at the fox fur in a daze.
Although the stamina of the plum wine is great, as the hostess of the farmer said, she will not feel dizzy when she wakes up the next day. The head is not dizzy or false, but I can't remember what happened last night. She didn't even know why she had to live in this room alone.
Gu Yu took the snow-white fox fur and said, "Where did this fox fur come from, girl?"
Shen Miao took the fox fur and shook her head.
"The box where the girl put her clothes is here. Did the girl dig it out of the box when she was drunk yesterday?" Jing Zhe asked tentatively, "But why does it seem like the first time I saw this fox fur?"
They did not think in any other direction, after all Shen Miao stayed here well and there were guards outside and inside last night and nothing happened. It was just that the fox fur came in inexplicably, Shen Miao said, "Take it out and ask the farmer if it belongs to their family."
After seeing the owner of the farmer, the owner shook his head and said, "We don't have such a good fox fur in our family. My sister probably forgot."
Shen Qiu grabbed the fox fur and said, "This fox fur doesn't look ordinary, sister, where did you get it? I'm afraid it will be worth a lot of money. The workmanship also looks gorgeous, but the tailoring is not very good, I feel You're getting bigger."
Shen Miao took the fox fur cloak and wondered in her heart that she did not remember when she had such a cloak. However, I heard that Shen Qiu said that it was worth a lot of money, but he naturally took it back and lied without changing his face: "I think about it like this, it seems that I bought it in the Ding capital in the past. Jing Zhe, put it away."
Jing Zhe was thinking hard about when Shen Miao bought the cloak, and after hearing what she said, he did not bother to think deeply and immediately said yes and put the cloak in the box. Shen Miao shook her head, no matter where the cloak came from, but to go to Xiaochun City, I am afraid that there are a lot of places to spend money. Now Shen Xin is not as good as before. Cloak for a lot of silver flowers. Thinking about it like this, those messy conjectures become dispensable.
Time always goes by so fast.
Different moods decided to see different scenery, although the journey to Xiaochun City was high and winding, bumpy and muddy, Shen Miao never cried out that she was tired even though the wind and dust were all over the place. Those soldiers in the front of the Shen family army who were considered to be burdened followed Shen Xin's remaining cronies, and they became closer to everyone because of sharing weal and woe along the way.
Since the beginning of spring, he left Beijing in February, and at the beginning of August, he finally arrived at Xiaochun City.
Xiaochun City is located on the border of Ming Qi. It is a very small city. If the biggest official in the city is to say, it is the guarding general Luo Suiluo. Luo Sui has always protected the people of Xiaochun City to live and work in peace and contentment, but because it is too far from the Ding capital, everyone knows that such an errand is not a beautiful errand. In addition, over the years, the Luo family's army has also dispersed almost seventy-eighty-eight, and the Luo family only has some prestige in Xiaochun City.
When the guard at the city gate saw Luo Xueyan pulling out the Luo family's waist card from his arms, he immediately became awe-inspiring and asked someone to deliver news to the Luo family. Xiaochun City is such a big place. The Shen family brought a group of people into the city, and they were immediately noticed by the surrounding people. They stepped forward to inquire and found out that the married daughter of the Luo family brought the family over, and it was a lively moment. .
Jing Zhe quietly lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at his coat, then said to Shen Miao, "Miss, this is Xiaochuncheng."
Shen Miao glanced outside.
Xiaochuncheng is not as unbearable as the ladies of the Ding capital say, although it is a small frontier land, it is quite lively to watch. It's just that the wind and sand are a little bigger. Because of the big wind and sand, the skin of the daughter's family is a little darker, not as delicate as the girl in Beijing. Xu is open to folk customs, all of them are lively and agile, and they have a naughty appearance, which makes people feel alive. There are vendors and shops on the street, and there is no material shortage.
Jing Zhe became happy when he looked at it, and all his anxiety was swept away, and said, "Girl, Xiaochuncheng and Dingjing are not much different."
"Does Jiaojiao like it here?" Luo Xueyan asked anxiously. What she feared most was that Shen Miao was not used to living here, Luo Xueyan grew up in Xiaochun City since she was a child, of course there was no problem. Shen Qiu and Shen Xin were both generals who had been on the battlefield, and they wouldn't say much more. It's just the pampered daughter who needs her to worry.
Shen Miao smiled, "It's pretty good here."
Only then did Luo Xueyan feel relieved, and smiled again: "Let's go to your grandfather's house. You haven't seen your grandfather since the governor. You still have two uncles, three older brothers and one older sister. They are all good people. , when you get there, you will definitely like you very much."
Mrs. Luo died early, and Luo Sui had been widowed for so many years. The Luo family had three siblings, and Luo Xueyan was the youngest sister. When Shen Miao was born, the Luo family traveled thousands of miles to the Ding capital to meet once, after that because Xiaochun City was too far apart and they could not walk away, Shen Miao and the Luo family had never met. Shen Miao's impression of the Luo family in her previous life was also very vague, but now hearing Luo Xueyan say this, she also smiled.
At this moment, there were already many people in front of Luo's house. There are people watching the excitement, and of course the Luo family themselves.
Luo Sui stood at the front, followed by two middle-aged couples, three teenagers and one girl standing side by side behind the couple. Those teenagers were all straight-faced and majestic. Although they were still young, they also had the demeanor of a tiger general. The girl's complexion was a healthy wheat color, with a pair of almond eyes, and a small diamond-shaped mouth that looked pungent. She grabbed the teenager beside her and asked, "Brother, what kind of person do you think that cousin is?"
The boy who was pulled by her had a good temper, and said warmly, "Should be a good person."
"It's not bad, can you explain it more clearly?" The girl insisted: "Are you beautiful? Look at the Dingjing girls who came to our Xiaochun City, all of them are very beautiful, but their temperament is different. It's so cute and annoying. Besides, didn't the official girl who came to Xiaochun City as a guest last year said she knew her cousin?" She lowered her voice, but her clear voice could still be heard: "I heard that my cousin has a bad reputation in Ding capital. miles."
"Tan'er!" A loud shout interrupted the girl's words, but Luo Sui opened her mouth and gave the girl named Tan'er a vicious look. The girl quickly stood up straight, stuck her tongue out, and stopped talking.
She didn't say a word, but another younger, more lively young man came over, took La Tan'er's hand, and said, "Grandpa is just partial, this cousin hasn't come yet, so just protect me. Let's see what kind of character this cousin is."
Shen Xin fought in the northwest all the year round, and he had to pass Xiaochun City when he went to the northwest frontier, so he came here every year, and Shen Qiu and the Luo family also knew each other. If the Luo family was most interested, it was probably Shen Miao who had never met since birth. The world is big, if it is said to be big, it is also big, and if it is said to be small, it is also small. Xiaochuncheng will occasionally come to some officials who have been demoted or passed by. They also know a thing or two about the rumors about Dingjing City, and they come and go. What kind of person is Shen Miao? , About the rumors of the straw-bought daughter, even Xiaochuncheng is famous.
Famous is worse than seeing it at first sight, today I was finally able to see that there were so many people around, speaking of it, wanting to see what Shen Miao looked like, I feared that it was the majority.
Just as the girl and the boy were whispering, a group of carriages approached slowly, and it was Shen Xin and Shen Qiu who rode in the lead. A group of soldiers followed behind.
"Father." Shen Xin rolled over and dismounted, and Shen Qiu quickly followed, running to Luo Sui and smiling: "Grandfather."
Luo Sui's eyes swept over the two father and son, and then fell on the carriage. After all, it is not good to see too much, Luo Sui wants to see his granddaughter most.
A chubby lady with a friendly smile smiled and said, "My aunt and Jiaojiao should be in the carriage. I'm afraid I'm tired after walking for so long."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the curtain of the carriage was lifted, Jing Zhe and Gu Yu helped Luo Xueyan to walk down, Luo Xueyan stretched out her hand towards the carriage again, followed by a little girl.
The little girl bent down and got off the carriage, raised her head, revealing a pretty face, and when she turned her head, Luo Xueyan had already stepped forward, holding her hand, and said, "Jiaojiao, let's go home."
The girl named Tan'er opened her mouth and said nothing.
Xiaochuncheng is very windy and dry, and the girls have dark skin, white skin is rare, let alone such a white girl. The girl's eyebrows were very delicate, and because of her snow-white skin, she was even more picturesque. Dark eyebrows, black eyes, a small nose, and rosy lips.
But the most surprising thing is her demeanor. She was held by Luo Xueyan's hand. The girl who looked very delicate, with Luo Xueyan's heroic and valiant background, was not as powerless as Iris Flower, on the contrary, she was more majestic and noble, as if she was the leader.
The surrounding people and the Luo family were a little dumbfounded.
Appearance is of course important, but a woman's aptitude is the main thing, and her looks are second. The qualifications of this little girl from the Shen family are more captivating than her looks.
She followed Luo Xueyan forward step by step, until she came to Luo Sui. Luo Suisheng's tall, deep eyes and high nose, compared to Shen Xin's roughness, he seemed more serious and impersonal. He frowned and stared at Shen Miao, with such a ruthless appearance, if he was a timid girl, he would be scared to cry. As for Shen Miao, a young lady from the Ding capital who looked delicate and noble, everyone thought that she would definitely be frightened. Tan'er and the teenagers around him raised the corners of their mouths watching the excitement.
Shen Miao raised her head and looked at Luo Sui. Her eyebrows were stretched, her body was soft, and she was obviously not nervous because of Luo Sui's reaction. Her eyes were calm, and she even smiled slightly. Luo Sui was stunned by the attitude of the superior to the inferior.
The attitude of the superior to the inferior
The Luo family in Xiaochun City is like a Tucheng Lord, and there will be a higher-ranking person
After Luo Sui was stunned for a moment, he suddenly burst out laughing. With such a smile, the people around her who were already nervous were startled. Luo Sui patted Shen Miao's head and shouted angrily, "Girl, why didn't you call me?"
“Grandfather.” Shen Miao replied meekly.
Luo Xueyan breathed a sigh of relief. Luo Sui was different from Shen Xin, Shen Xin was fond of Shen Miao, but Luo Sui was a strict father since he was a child. Even she herself was jealous of Luo Suiduo when she was a child. Now that Luo Sui is older, he is not as majestic as before, but his habit of scaring little girls has not changed. I was afraid that Shen Miao would be frightened, but fortunately, Shen Miao’s reaction was not that big, and Luo Xue Yan felt a little proud in her heart.
Shen Miao's attitude made Luo Xue Yan relieved and at the same time surprised the people around her. The girl from the Ding capital doesn't seem to be the only one who can only cry and cry, and seems to have a bit of courage. Tan'er was not convinced and bit her ears with the younger boy: "It must be pretending not to be afraid!"
The oldest and best-tempered young man gave Shen Miao a thoughtful look and did not speak.
Luo Xueyan pulled Shen Miao forward to introduce to her, besides Luo Sui, the Luo family had two sons, namely Shen Miao's two uncles, Luo Lianying and Luo Liantai.
Luo Lianying's wife is the Yu family, a gentle and honest woman. She gave birth to two sons, Luo Ling and Luo Sa.
Shen Miao's second uncle Luo Liantai's wife was the Ma family, her parents' family was in business, she was shrewd and shrewd and had a pair of siblings. The elder sister's name is Luo Tan, and the younger brother's name is Luo Qian.
Luo Ling was Shen Miao’s eldest cousin, this cousin was Fang eighteen years old, with a gentle and honest temper, just like Mrs. Yu, when he saw him, he greeted him gently and politely, and was a very considerate person. As for the second cousin Luo Sa Shiqi, who is also Luo Ling’s compatriot younger brother, he looked at Shen Miao with a violent temper, and looked at Shen Miao with a cold snort and mocked, “Young lady in Ding capital, can you survive the sandstorm in Xiaochun City? "I was kicked severely by Luo Lianying.
That Luo Tan was sixteen years old this year, she also seemed to be somewhat suspicious of Shen Miao, her attitude was not enthusiastic, she was a little more curious. Luo Tan's younger brother was the same age as Shen Miao and kept looking at Shen Miao up and down, with a round face and a little picky.
After saying hello to the people in the Luo family and recognizing them clearly, Luo Sui asked Luo Xueyan to bring them to the house first.
Luofu is a large family living together, and they are friendly and friendly to each other. The Shen family lived in the courtyard before Luo Xueyan left the pavilion, but they could live there. When the servants were asked to clean up the house, everyone was talking in the hall.
After the initial liveliness, it is business to say. The Luo family was different from the Shen family. When the Shen family was in the Ding capital, because Shen Gui and Shen Wan followed the path of civil servants, which was different from the path of Shen Xin, naturally they would not discuss matters in the court. In addition, since they are not blood relatives, and separated by a layer of belly, these private things will not be brought out. The Luo family was different. They were all a family. Not only Luo Lianying and Luo Liantai could listen to it, but Luo Ling's younger generation could also listen to it, and even the female relatives could listen to it. After the Shen Xin family came, they naturally wanted to listen.
"Yan'er, what are your plans for the future when you return to Xiaochun City this time?" Luo Sui asked.
Shen Xin had come to tell him about the fact that he had been robbed of the tiger talisman and retreated to Xiaochun City. It's just that it was too far away to discuss at that time, but now that it's close at hand, it is always necessary to ask.
Luo Xueyan smiled and said, "Why do you ask that, since you are here in Xiaochun City, you will naturally live in peace here." Luo Xueyan and Shen Xin still didn't know how to tell Luo Sui about revitalizing the Luo Family Army. With Luo Sui's old-fashioned temperament, it needs to be polished.
"Third sister," it was Luo Lianying who spoke up. He glanced at Shen Xin, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "But the Shen family army was taken away like this... Is there really no room for recovery?"
They are military generals, and they can better understand the meaning of the army to military generals. Shen Xin has been arrogant for so many years, and suddenly asking him to be an idle ordinary person is easier said than done, and if they change themselves, they are afraid that they will be outraged.
Shen Xin cupped his hands and said, "Brother, instead of complaining, it's better to let it go. Xiaochuncheng is also very good, and I also want to spend some time in the place where Xueyan lived."
Hearing this, Luo Sui looked at Shen Xin a few more times, and the serious expression on his face eased a bit, and said, "It's rare that you have changed your temper now."
Everyone knows what kind of straight-forward nature Shen Xin is, and it is indeed unexpected for people to say such peaceful words now.
Shen Miao looked at the Luo family members who had different expressions and suddenly asked, "Grandfather, I heard that there are Turks at the border of Xiaochun City?"
As soon as these words came out, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.
After a while, Ma Shi reacted, she had a cheerful temper, and smiled: "Jiaojiao, don't be afraid, those Turks are all outside the city, if they dare not come in, even if they come in, our Luo family's soldiers can also drive them away. It has been safe and sound for many years, nothing to be afraid of.”
Shen Qiu also thought that Shen Miao was afraid and comforted softly, "Auntie is right, Jiaojiao need not be afraid."
Shen Miao lowered her eyes, Xiaochun City is a small frontier land, a frontier land that has always been invaded by nomadic people. The Turks in the east are one of them. These Turks are strong in person and strong in horses, but they are very brave in battle. If it was done with real swords and real guns, it might be Ming Qi's side who would suffer. Just because Xiaochun City was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Luo family's prestige was re-established, these Turks did not dare to advance, and only dared to harass the frontier. From August to October every year, the grasslands where the Turks lived were dry, and the Turks would enter Xiaochun City to grab things. These petty troubles, just drive away. The people are used to this, and they don't take it to heart.
But Shen Miao remembered that it was this year that a big event happened in Xiaochuncheng.
She nodded and said unintentionally: "Is the Luo family army as brave as my father's Shen family army? If so, if the Turks invade the city, I'm afraid they will be able to resist."
Luo Sui's expression froze, Luo Lianying and Luo Liantai's expressions were not very good-looking, and they were even a bit embarrassing. When there are no opponents, the Luo family can't afford such a huge expenditure of soldiers, horses and silver. In addition, Emperor Wen Hui of the Ding capital simply leaves Xiaochuncheng alone. After all these years, the Luo family's army is no different from being scattered. The soldiers and soldiers went home to farm the land and do business, and the Luo family army who left behind were just some retail investors who mixed with silver flowers. Except for a small deterrent to the Turks in the borderlands every year, basically there is nothing to do. Comparing the Luo family army with the Shen family army, it is simply a slap in the face of the Luo family.
Luo Sa immediately turned her face and looked at Shen Miao angrily and said, "What do you mean?"
Luo Ling hurriedly pulled him and looked at Shen Miao and said gently, "Second brother is serious, cousin should not have the same knowledge as second brother."
"It's different from Dingjing." Luo Tan curled her lips: "We've lived here for so many years, and we've lived in peace with each other. My cousin was afraid of this and that as soon as I came here, don't worry, the Turks will not enter the city. , it's been so many years..."
Shen Miao smiled slightly, "What if you enter the city?"
Luo Tan did not expect that Shen Miao would refute and could not help but be stunned.
Luo Sui, who was in the high seat, did not speak. The Luo family taught their young descendants like this. Let them argue and argue for themselves. Some things can only be obtained by groping on their own. The elders just watched silently. Shen Miao's words had some meaning, Luo Sui did not speak, and Luo Lianying was not easy to speak, so they could only look at the juniors and say it themselves.
"How could it be possible to enter the city?" Luo Tan said angrily, "What those Turkic people want is some food and tools. As soon as October is over and the drought is over, they will naturally not riot again. After entering the city, they will have to fight, where is it? Is it that easy?"
Shen Miao kept her expression still and said lightly, "You only need food and tools for more than ten years, don't you think it is too easy to be satisfied?"
Everyone was stunned.
Luo Qian was similar to Shen Miao in age and he asked curiously, “Little cousin, what do you mean?”
“If it were me, I would not be so satisfied.” Shen Miao replied gently, “There are brave soldiers, strong horses, and grasslands that retreat, all of these are rudimentary compared to the soldiers scattered in Xiaochun City. There are too many good weapons, so why don't you fight for it? If you don't fight, you are only unfamiliar with the route of Xiaochun City, but after more than ten years of exploration, such a small city only comes once a year. Go back, every time I only come to one place, the map can be drawn." She smiled sideways: "The two armies are facing each other, and one side has everything ready, but it doesn't make a move. It's because the rules have been adhered to for so many years, and they still have to be followed. What? Who set it up?"
For a long time, no one spoke in the room.
The Turks have no ambitions for Xiaochun City. Every time they grab something because of the lack of materials, everyone is accustomed to it. Who knows what Shen Miao said today, but from another aspect, an aspect that they had never thought about, awakening the dreamer.
Yes, the Turks have everything and everything, why can't they have ambitions? If the Turks wanted to gather Xiaochun City, how could the people of Xiaochun City be able to resist it
Luo Sa's expression also changed slowly, he glanced at Shen Miao, although his tone was still not good, it had softened a lot compared to the anger just now, he said, "Then what do you want to say?"
“I see that the Luo family’s army is not as tight as the Shen’s army,” Shen Miao said politely, where is it not as tight as the Shen’s army, it is clearly a mess of loose sand. Seeing Luo Sui's pain passing by, Shen Miao smiled slightly, "When I was young, I heard my mother talk about the heroic appearance of my grandfather who led the Luo family's army in battle, but my grandfather never thought of restoring the glory of the Luo family's army again?"
Once again restore the glory of the Luo family army!
The people in the room sucked in a breath of cold air, it was Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan, looking at Shen Miao with disbelief.
Luo Qian and Luo Tan’s eyes lit up, the younger generation always looked forward to the infinite scenery and the scene Shen Miao described could at least satisfy the vanity of the young girls. Luo Ling and Luo Sa were older and less eager, but there was still a glimmer of hope in Luo Sa's eyes.
Luo Sui looked at Shen Miao for a while, then suddenly smiled, "You little girl, your ambitions are not small. It is rare that a place like Dingjing can raise a hard bone like you." In his words, he was quite fond of Shen Miao. appreciate.
Luo Xueyan and Shen Xin immediately felt honored. But it was only a moment before Luo Sui sighed and said in an unclear tone, "It's just a girl, restoring the glory of the Luo family's army is not as simple as you said. The army, horse, food and grass all need money, how can the Luo family afford it. Support troops, useless place, girl, do you want to spend all the money of my Luo family on this?"
It takes a thousand days to raise an army. But those soldiers were all raised by the money in the treasury, such as the Luo family army, far away in a small frontier, so Emperor Wen Hui could rest assured, and naturally he would not allocate money. Ask the Luo family to pay for such an army by themselves... . But I don't know who I should deal with and who to fight, it's really sad.
"The army should be famous, and the court refused to give the Luo family money because the Luo family's army is not outstanding. But if the Luo family's army is famous and won the battle, it is to appease the various forces in the court, and His Majesty will also take the initiative to send the money. As for the enemy ..." Shen Miao smiled slightly, "The Qin State is far away from the Great Liang, and the Turkic Huns are close by. The Ming Qi has never lacked opponents, and with strong troops, they will naturally be dispatched to further battlefields. Grandfather, what do you think?"
Not to mention what she said, but this talk and laughing sleeve analyzes the forces of all parties, smiling sideways, and the ambition is obvious. She is obviously a pampered young lady from the land of gold and jade, but it makes people feel in a trance that she is crawling from the bottom. A tough woman under attack.
Luo Sui suddenly became angry, he stood up all of a sudden, tossed his sleeves, and said coldly: "There is no need to mention the reorganization of the Luo family army, I disagree! Xue Yan, you take them down to rest, and this matter does not need to be repeated in the future. Discussion." After speaking, he turned away without looking at everyone in the hall.
Luo Sui’s anger was inexplicable and Luo Xueyan was also very puzzled, Shen Qiu touched Shen Miao’s head and stood firmly on Shen Miao’s side, saying, “Young sister is very good!”
Luo Sa glanced at this and whispered to Luo Ling, "This little cousin is not easy."
Luo Ling smiled and said, "Maybe."
Luo Tan curled her lips: "What's so powerful about being a liar, even grandpa is angry."
Luo Qian shook her head and stared at Shen Miao who was talking to Shen Qiu with bright eyes, "Not only can you play tricks, but she is also very beautiful. Sister, she is prettier than you!"
Luo Tan glared at him fiercely.