The general observes the astronomy, observes the terrain, is proficient in the art of war, is resourceful and decisive, his words must be done, his deeds must be fruitful, the rewards and punishments are clear, the orders are prohibited, the battle must be won, and the attack must be taken.

As a former general, Shen Xilin knew the importance of military discipline and the importance of law and discipline, so on the third day after the official subjugation of Los Angeles, Shen Xilin promulgated 36 articles of the law in the name of the duke, aiming to expand the military system into a city system, and the whole city was a soldier, and the city was the army.

In a trance, time always passes in a hurry unconsciously, and a month passes in a flash.

Looking back at the city at this moment, it is really different from a month ago, especially the city lord's mansion in that city, which was originally a region with four courtyards, full of five rooms, and a diameter of hundreds of meters, how luxurious, magnificent and majestic, although it is far less than the palace and the imperial city, but it is not something that ordinary people can reach.

Look at the city lord's mansion now, the city lord's mansion has been rebuilt into the duke's mansion, the hell alone has expanded several times, the diameter can reach more than ten miles, how wide it is, and then look at the buildings in the mansion, there are both soldiers and horses camps, and the army is stationed here to guard; there are pavilions and pavilions, where civil and military officials live and rest; there are three palaces and five halls, the duke and officials discuss and handle the major affairs in the city; there are also four districts and five rooms, and the servants and servants who wait live here. From a distance, whether it is the geographical area or the scale of the building, it can reach one-third of the entire Los Angeles, which is a real city within a city. Therefore, the people in Los Angeles called this Duke's Mansion the Duke's Inner City.

At this moment, Shen Xilin is wearing a seven-clawed yellow dragon robe, sitting on a tiger skin chair, leaning on the thousand-year-old sandalwood copy, carefully flipping through the piles of books on the copy, this is the result of this month, almost every day there are at least more than 50 affairs, all of which need to be approved by Shen Xilin personally.

At that time, when Shen Xilin was in a state of distraction, the door of the Zhenghe Hall was slowly pushed open, Shen Xilin looked up in the direction of the palace gate when he heard the sound, and only saw a familiar figure, wearing a golden silk embroidered Feifeng Emperor's court dress, wearing Shangqing's exclusive pattern of green and white jade on his waist, his steps were fluttering, and his face was full of spring.

Shen Xilin saw this person's appearance clearly, immediately threw away the scroll in his hand, took three steps and two steps to this person, took this person's hand, and said happily: "Xihe, why are you here?"

That's right, this person is Shen Xilin's biological brother, Shen Xihe, who is now the secretary of Yantian, the chief of hundreds of officials, and the best way to manage many affairs in Shu.

Listening to Shen Xilin's words, Shen Xihe also smiled from ear to ear, excitedly kept Shen Xilin, and was speechless for a long time, so he had to keep hugging Shen Xilin and gently patting Shen Xilin's back.

After a long time, Shen Xihe relieved himself, slowly let go of Shen Xilin, gently wiped a tear from the corner of his eyes, and smiled happily: "Family master, Xihe misses you so much, although it is only a month apart, it seems that it has been separated for a year." ”

Shen Xilin also laughed happily after hearing this, gently took Shen Xihe's hand, pulled him to sit on a tiger skin chair, and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, sit down and talk slowly." ”

Shen Xihe sat down along Shen Xilin, smiled and looked at the piles of books on the copy, and couldn't help but praise: "The head of the family is worthy of being the head of the family, in fact, before I arrived in Los Angeles, King Yan told me that the situation in Los Angeles is complicated, I am afraid that Duke Shen will have difficulties, so I was sent to assist, from the moment I entered the city, whether it was the shops or the people's livelihood, or the various departments in the Duke's Palace, they were all well and orderly, each fulfilling its duties, and it was completely prosperous, needless to say, it was the means of the head of the family." ”

Shen Xilin's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, and he looked at Shen Xihe carefully, a bright light seemed to flash in front of him, he smiled slightly, and said to Shen Xihe: "Well, I just used the method of governing the army to govern the city, and it's nothing, it's good that there is no chaos." ”

Shen Xihe laughed and said nothing, suddenly seemed to think of something, looked around slightly, looked at Shen Xilin suspiciously, and asked, "What about Ling Feng?"

Shen Xilin was stunned when he heard this, and then remembered that Shen Lingfeng, who was still in Shilipo, in the past month, regardless of the fact that Luocheng was indeed in crisis at the beginning, he had to postpone picking up his son so as not to harm Lingfeng, but when he finally finished dealing with the affairs of Luocheng, it was a mountain of various things every day, which day was not the sun before the sun came out, and he couldn't rest in the middle of the night, but he forgot about his son. Now that things have calmed down, it's time to bring my son back.

Thinking of this, Shen Xilin looked at Shen Xihe slightly, smiled softly, and said, "Xihe, do you want to go with me to pick up Ling Feng?"

"Huh, Ling Feng, you haven't picked it up yet?"

For Shen Xihe's question, Shen Xilin had to smile awkwardly, but didn't say anything, on the other hand, Shen Xihe naturally didn't ask much, just smiled slightly and followed the memory in his mind, and the two went out of Los Angeles together and went straight to the south of the city.

According to the memory of Shen Xihe, there is a small hill slope that only needs to follow the place ten miles south of Luocheng, which is ten miles away from the city, so it is called Shilipo, and there is a small grass house on the slope, which is the location of Dongfang Yanyun. But this time, when Shen Xihe followed his memories to find the past, the scene in front of him only shocked the two of them.

Where did Shilipo come from? At a glance, there are all plains, and on the plains, if there is anything that can make people's eyes shine, there are only two words: withered grass, withered grass all over the plain. At a glance, I only feel that it has not rained for at least three years, otherwise where did the Shu land with mountains and seas of trees come from?

Seeing this, Shen Xilin looked at Shen Xihe beside him slightly, and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure, is this here?" ”

Shen Xihe was also stunned when he saw this, listening to Shen Xilin's inquiry, he couldn't help but smile bitterly on his face, shook his head gently, and said, "I don't think it's like it either." ”

Just when the two of them were puzzled, Shen Xilin and Shen Xihe's ears moved slightly, as if there was some movement. The two followed their instincts to look in the same direction, only to see a familiar figure not far away constantly running in their direction, shouting loudly as they ran.

The two looked carefully, and saw that it was a little boy of four or five years old, wearing a plain robe, lined with a gray filial piety robe, wearing a filial piety cloth on his head, and the wind was blowing under his feet, and there seemed to be some traces of tears in his eyes.

Seeing this figure, Shen Xilin and the others were overjoyed at the moment, and hurriedly rushed up together, hugged the little boy, and shouted happily: "Ling Feng, you have suffered, and it is too late for your father." ”

That's right, if that person wasn't Shen Lingfeng, who else could there be? On the other hand, Shen Lingfeng let his father pick him up, didn't say a word, just smiled silently, but his eyes were looking at Uncle Shen Xihe behind his father, who was looking at him with a puzzled expression at the moment.

A moment later, after Shen Xilin put Shen Lingfeng down, he heard Shen Xihe's voice ringing out: "Ling Feng, what's the matter with you? ”

Shen Lingfeng listened and smiled slightly and said: "The master said, flowers are not flowers, fog is not fog, everything is as you like, the scene in this ten-mile slope is just a reflection of the mirror image in your heart, don't pay attention to it." ”

"Master?" Listening to Shen Lingfeng's words, Shen Xilin couldn't help but be puzzled, and asked softly, "Who do you say is your master?"

Shen Lingfeng smiled happily when he heard this, and immediately bowed slightly to Shen Xilin and the others, and happily announced to the two: "My master is that Dongfang Yanyun, father, uncle, you are going to have a warlock son and nephew." ”

"Then where is your master now?" Listening to Shen Lingfeng's words, Shen Xihe's eyes flashed in front of him, looked at Shen Lingfeng seriously, and said with a smile, "And what's the matter with your dress?"

Shen Lingfeng smiled when he heard this, and said, "Master, he has already traveled around, and he said that when he comes back, he will officially teach me the technique, and I will be a real warlock at that time." As for me...... That's because my pet rabbit died, and I'm sad that I'm throwing a memorial service for him. ”

"Nonsense!" Shen Xilin was furious when he heard this, and while reaching out to grab Shen Lingfeng, he shouted angrily, "Where do you need someone to wear linen and filial piety when the rabbit is dead, take it off for me, go back to Los Angeles with me, next time you won't be allowed to do it again." ”

Shen Lingfeng lowered his head in frustration after hearing this, and sighed softly, then gently took off his filial piety clothes and filial piety cloth, and slowly climbed onto Shen Xilin's shoulder, in the education of Shen Xilin and Shen Xihe, he went to the city step by step, no one found that Shen Lingfeng, who was on Shen Xilin's shoulder, glanced back slightly, looking at the only small earthen bag on the dry plain, a teardrop slipped down the corner of his eye, and dripped onto a dry grass, and the dry grass soon became like a long drought and a rain, and soon became a green grass, and it was also the only green grass on the dry plain。

Looking at the figure of the three members of the Shen family leaving, no one noticed a figure standing in front of the small dirt bag, and was quietly looking at Shen Lingfeng who was lying on Shen Xilin's body.

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