The thirty-seventh (continued) The father and son of the Western Xinjiang camp held candles and closed the alleys of the garden, and the secret agreement of the same classmates

The reception room of the Western Xinjiang camp is narrow and simple. Nothing but a table and a few chairs. Shi Nianyuan's family of three, Liu Fengxue, Ruohu and Li Qingyun sat around the table, and the reception room was already crowded.

Compared with the Western Regions, the water source in the Western Frontier is not a problem, but it has not reached the point of surplus, and dozens of deep wells in the fortress are stingy every day. There was a smell of dust in the reception room that had not been used for a long time, and the tables and chairs had obviously just been wiped with a wet rag, but they could not be wiped clean, leaving traces of gray and yellow water.

However, the six people at the table didn't care.

The food on the table was brought from the Shizi Army Cooking Room, and after Shi Qinlian's guards brought the food box, Shi Qinlian waved it back.

The dishes are distinct from meat and vegetables, the meat is big enough, and the vegetables are enough, but they are not fresh, after all, the nearest city in Xiliang County is a hundred miles away from Daying in Western Xinjiang.

Shi Nianyuan ate with relish, although he had never been to Western Xinjiang, but many of the current policies in Western Xinjiang have the shadow of Shi Nianyuan and Mao Caishen.

"Lao Shi, the business business of Minglei Qiyi has improved recently? Shi Nianyuan chewed a piece of tendon too much, and the beef that couldn't be chewed for half a day muttered.

"It's ok. Shi Qinlian replied while burying his head in rice.

Liufeng Xue now knows who Shi Nianyuan eats with, but Wuhou Shi Qinlian has been guarding Western Xinjiang for many years, and it is rare that Shi Nianyuan can still pick up this feature.

"The city of Crha of the Qiyi Kingdom looks thriving, has the Qiyi not fought much in recent years?" Shi Nianyuan asked.

Shi Qinlian glanced at Li Qingyun with slanted eyes, which means that Li Qingyun was promoted step by step to the right deputy commander of the Shizi Army by virtue of his military exploits, how could he not fight?

Li Qingyun explained loudly: "In recent years, Prince Manzhu Shahua, who has won the trust of the emperor of the Khiyi Kingdom, has advocated vigorously developing economy and trade, and the border war has indeed eased a lot compared with previous years. ”

"Anushilwan Slamu......" Shi Nianyuan muttered.

Hearing Shi Nianyuan mention this name, Shi Qin glanced at Shi Nianyuan: "Have you seen it?"

Shi Nianyuan nodded, looked around at the people around the table, then glanced back at the closed stone door, and said solemnly: "Led by Anusherwang, Rasul, one of the twelve holy horsemen of the Royal Knights of the Qiyi Kingdom, Jalardin, the Light Priest of the Inquisition of the Fire Worship Sect, and Hussein, the Tiger General of the Far Eastern Army, gathered in Tsrha City, at least twenty days ago, it is not excluded that it was earlier, and similarly, it is not excluded that there are others. ”

Li Qingyun paused for a moment, his eyeholes shrank, and he glanced at Shi Qin, without saying a word, and got up and left the table directly.

Shi Nianyuan looked at Shi Qinlian and said: "Old Shi, the Qiyi Kingdom and the surrounding countries are fighting because of the Zoroastrian beliefs, but they are only opposed to the Thunder Empire, if the other six princes all have the Immortal Dao realm equivalent to Anusherwang, how have you held the western frontier all these years?"

The "Shizi Army ......" paused, and Shi Qinlian glanced at the flowing wind and snow and Ruohu, especially staying on the flowing wind and snow for a moment.

Shi Nianyuan felt that Shi Qinlian still had the second half of the sentence, but he didn't finish it, and his eyelids jumped.

Lao Shi is on guard against Cher, the problem should not be with Xue'er herself, so ...... Xuqian County ...... Having a problem with the wind beam?

Liufeng Xue, who was biting her ear and whispering to Ruohu, suddenly felt the strange atmosphere in the banquet, looked at Shi Nianyuan who was looking at her in a daze, and subconsciously touched her face, thinking that something was sticky.

"It's all right, good girl. Zhu Xianlan laughed lightly, turned her head and glanced at Shi Qinlian, Shi Qinlian stretched his brows and smiled.

Shi Nianyuan looked at Shi Qinlian with disdain, and then immediately turned to resentment: "Old Shi, you have a good face to everyone, and you always have a straight face for Mao Wei to me......"

Shi Qinlian said seriously: "I said it, I see you, it's annoying." ”

Shi Nianyuan glanced at Zhu Xianlan beside Shi Qinlian, and said, ", you and my mother are true love, I'm just an accident, right?"

Shi Qinlian nodded vigorously and said, "That's right." ”

Young Master Shi stroked his forehead and choked his wrists, and buried his head in a muffled voice to eat.

The food in the Western Xinjiang camp is nutritious and full of portions, but it is really not very delicious, Li Qingyun left the table halfway through eating, and the demand for food of the immortal monks was not so great, only Shi Qinlian and Shi Nianyuan father and son on the table shaved the food in the lunch box.

This point must be inseparable from the military culture, even though Shi Nianyuan does not have a Shizi Army membership at all, and has only participated in training for two years in the Liuye City Fish Dragon Battalion in Cangyun County, but the self-knowledge of being a soldier has long been imprinted in the depths of his blood in every day's training.

......

As night fell, the crooked songs of the men out of tune sounded everywhere in the camp in Western Xinjiang.

Shi Nianyuan listened attentively, feeling more cordial, and couldn't help but miss the lame man who once taught himself to sing the crooked songs of the Shizi Army one by one with his throat pulled.

Compared with the side close to the Qiyi Kingdom, the Western Frontier camp was densely guarded and heavily guarded, and the fortress was majestic and heavy, and the rows of broken horses close to the side of the Thunder Empire were very dilapidated and shabby.

If the world rejects horses and dust, the world will sink into the sand......

Shi Nianyuan shook his head with a wry smile and sighed: "People don't sleep, and the general has white hair and tears." ”

More than 100 people from the Anping Camel Gang did not complete the inspection until this time, and slowly came from the depths of the camp.

Shi Nianyuan has been waiting here for a long time.

At the front of the camel gang, Paletahun turned over and got off the camel, and came to Shi Nianyuan, wanting to say something, but he didn't know how to speak.

Shi Nianyuan said with a smile: "Tariffs will be exempted for three months, and tariffs will be reduced by three percent in the future, I didn't lie to you, right?"

Paletahon bowed deeply, looked deeply at Shi Nianyuan, who had changed into a Thunder Empire shirt and a snow-white plush fox hat, and looked left and right, but did not see the wind and snow.

There are many partings in the world, and there is no solemn goodbye, and after a casual turn, I will not see you for a lifetime.

Aggie and Layla stepped forward.

"Brother Immortal, thank you. Aggie smiled happily, and the innocent heart in his chest did not leave any shadow because of the interrogation, although the utensils in that room were really scary.

Shi Nianyuan turned over his hand and took out a check from the builder's bank that had been prepared long ago and handed it to Palehonta, and took out three ingots of silver and handed it to Aji.

Paletahon silently took the check and put it away.

But it was obvious that he lent Shi Nianyuan money, but now that Shi Nianyuan repaid the money, Aji was a little embarrassed.

When Shi Nianyuan stretched out his hand, he remembered that Liu Fengxue had said that Aji didn't like to be touched on the head, so he patted Aji's shoulder and smiled: "Among all the qualities of the human race, the most commendable is kindness, honesty and bravery, this world is always veiled and full of traps, what is valuable is that there are many people like you who are willing to face naked, be honest with each other, and move forward bravely." Aji, when I see you, I will think of me as a well-mannered friend, who always calls himself 'below' and always likes to be reasonable. ”

The Hidden Blade slid down the palm of his hand, swirling around Shi Nianyuan's slender fingers, Shi Nianyuan held the blade in his hand, handed the hilt of the Hidden Blade to Aji and continued: "However, if you want others to listen to your reasoning and believe your reasoning, most of the time, you have to subdue others first. This point, whether it is an individual or a country, is not much different. ”

Aji subconsciously took the Hidden Blade, as if he understood it or not, and said at a loss: "Brother Immortal...... This little sword ......"

"Hidden Blade, fish intestines, for you. Shi Nianyuan Danfeng's eyes narrowed into a shallow smile, and his spiritual sense sensed the rotation phenomenon on Aji's body and continued: "I have engraved a paragraph on the fish intestines, if you can find out one day and want to see me again, according to that sentence, wait for me at that time and place." ”

Aji nodded stunned, and looked over and over to check the fish intestine Hidden Blade, where is there any carving?

Shi Nianyuan smiled and didn't explain too much: "Goodbye, friends of the Anping Camel Gang." Turning around in an instant, Shi Nianyuan rose and fell a few times, and his figure disappeared.

......

Midnight.

The three-story fortress of the Western Xinjiang camp is the innermost, and the commander's room. There is no night pearl and forbidden auxiliary lighting. There is a small table next to the huge sand table in the center, Shi Qinlian and Shi Nianyuan are seated opposite each other, and there is a chessboard in the middle, and a candle is lit in the opposite corner of the chessboard.

It is not the nineteen vertical and horizontal black and white Go that is now prevalent in Jiangnan Province of the Minglei Empire, but the red and black chess that was popular in the Western Chu and Eastern Han Kingdoms during the troubled times of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Shi Nianyuan held the red, raised a red "horse" on the bottom line and jumped up, the red "horse" was around, there were red "soldiers" in front, red "elephants" on the side, and red "rooks" in the back, the chess game began, there was no danger at all: "Xuqian County is located in the southwest of the central part of the empire, even if it is not like the seven counties of Jiangnan Prefecture singing and dancing, but it is also far away from the war, and the county uncle has limited military power, can there be any problems?"

Shi Qinlian inexplicably walked the black "soldier" next to the black "general": "No matter what chess pieces, the red chess slaughters the 'general' in order to protect the 'general', and the black chess kills the 'handsome' in order to protect the 'general'. ”

Is it related to the imperial capital Xuanyang...... Who is the "scholar" who can always keep the "general"? The emperor of the Huang Lao Sect who sees the head and the tail of the dragon? Or Yu Wenluo, the prime minister of the current dynasty who is above 10,000 people under one person?

Shi Nianyuan arched a red "soldier" and came to the edge of the "Chu River Han Realm": "The 'soldier' and 'pawn' crossed the river before and after the world is very different. Shi Nianyuan stretched out his hand and pointed upwards and continued: "That one Chongwen suppressed martial arts, except for the Murong Banner of the Northern Regions, the Shizi Banner of the Western Frontier, the Donghai Xin Banner, the Nanling Yue Banner, and the soldiers who crossed the river?"

Shi Qin jumped with a black "cannon" and a black "pawn" to eat a red "soldier": "The restrictions are lifted, cross the river at any time." ”

Really...... Of the six major generals, it is impossible that only Xin Jianshi, who is at the top of the list, and Murong Lu, who is at the bottom, are training at the border...... Then who will secretly assist in the joint defense of the western frontier......

Shi Nianyuan waved the red "horse" and ate the black "cannon": "What is the meaning of exchanging artillery for soldiers?"

Shi Qinlian black "car" went straight in, guarding the red "horse", although the red "horse" is not certain to die, but there is no way to escape, Shi Nianyuan can only invite the red "car" of the bottom line out of the guard, Shi Qinlian on the other side of the black "cannon" to set up, with one guard and two anti-control Shi Nianyuan's red "horse" and red "car".

The candle flame flickered, and Shi Qinlian's voice was low: "For politicians, interests are an eternal topic, and all chess pieces work hard not to be treated as outcasts, and many outcasts don't know it." ”

Shi Nianyuan frowned, in order to keep one of the two sons of the red "car" and the red "horse", the red "car" was withdrawn to the side, but Shi Qinlian did not eat the red "horse" with the black "cannon" or the black "car", and the black "car" ate the red "elephant": "General." ”

Shi Nianyuan's Danfeng eyes shrank: "What do you mean......"

Shi Qinlian nodded: "A 'car' is in the north, a 'car' is in the west, there is no communication on the surface, but it still can't reassure the 'general', the only way to restrain a 'horse' is to drive the tiger and devour the wolf to eat the 'elephant', causing the 'car' and 'horse' to be incompatible, and further restricting the two 'cars' from seeing each other." ”

Shi Nianyuan looked at the remaining "elephant" and said in a deep voice: "The first 'elephant' is gone, and there is still an 'elephant'?

"Almost. Shi Qinlian nodded.

"Although the 'general' and 'handsome' are the most important chessboard, the range of action is limited, even if the white dragon fish suits, they will never surrender their identities and personally ...... the 'shi' wear the 'rook' clothes?" The chess game begins to be complicated, if you wave the red "elephant" to eat the black "rook", then half of the chess pieces will fall into passivity, and the deduction will be to the seventh step, Shi Nianyuan found Shi Qin's trick. Withdraw that dangerous red "horse" before the red "handsome" and red "soldier".

It is both a flight and a defense, in such a situation, this red "horse" has to do so, although the passive situation is still the best.

Shi Nianyuan stared at the red "horse" who was in the awkward position in front of "handsome" and "shi", and his thoughts were racing.

Shi Nianyuan said noncommittally and in a deep voice: "There is no evidence, according to Murong Lu's statement, the clue is the silver spear that imitates blood. ”

This piece of red chess and black chess was constrained by each other, and fell into a scorching situation of not being able to move, Shi Nianyuan instigated another red "horse" to leap over the Chu River and Han Realm, and went deep into the enemy formation.

Shi Qinlian also invited another black "car" out.

Shi Nianyuan nodded, looked at the anxious chess game and thought for a long time, and then waved the red "horse" to eat the black "pawn", and after counting the hands, the red "pawn" crossed the river: "As the ancient saying of chess goes, 'pawn' and 'pawn' are used as 'rooks'. What is the role of the female 'pawn' of the northern 'car'?"

Shi Nianyuan asked this, and Shi Qinlian looked at Shi Nianyuan with heavy eyebrows: "What did you guess?"

Shi Nianyuan shook his head and said, "I didn't guess anything, I can't see any starting point and purpose of that female 'pawn'." ”

Taking advantage of the momentum of Shi Nianyuanhong's "soldiers", a burst of killing, Shi Qinlian's two "cars" had already converged, and the previous predicament was solved.

Shi Nianyuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked up at the thunderous geographical map on the wall, and his eyes first fell on the camp in Western Xinjiang, then on the Tianguan at the North Gate, and then focused on the imperial capital Xuanyang.

"Old stone. Shi Nianyuan spoke solemnly.

"What for?" Shi Qinlian replied.

"Reason. Shi Nianyuan's breathing suddenly became short.

Shi Qin didn't even answer, and the command room was so quiet that it seemed that there was a sound of the dancing flame on the candle.

After a long time, Shi Nianyuan broke the silence: "Then I...... What is your role?"

Shi Qinlian stretched out his hand and pointed to a black "pawn" that had already been eaten and placed outside the chessboard, and then he took the black "pawn" back to the chessboard in disregard of the rules of the chess game and put it next to the chess piece that Shi Nianyuan called the female "pawn" of the North "Che".

"I didn't want this pawn to play, so I took it out of the game early. Shi Qinlian said in a deep voice.

Shi Nianyuan's Danfeng eyes narrowed into a line: "So...... When I stepped on the fairy road, my mother's state was obviously wrong, I originally thought that it was because of the past in Xiyuan, worried about the pursuit of the funeral palace, but Hitomi's reaction and actions told me that it was not that simple. ”

Shi Qinlian ignored Shi Nianyuan's question, and waved his black "horse" and jumped forward: "General." ”

Shi Nianyuan looked at Shi Qinlian's failed move, and was very puzzled, the red "cannon" turned back with the red "soldier" as a supplement, and ate the black "car".

The chess game, which had been anxious, suddenly became clear.

"You have said that chess is a zero-sum game, where one side wins and the other loses, and each side aims to kill the other. Shi Qinlian said.

Shi Nianyuan shook his head and said solemnly: "There will be a tie." ”

Shi Qinlian looked at the other black "car" that had lost its hindrance because of Shi Nianyuan's red "cannon", and did not move for a long time, and then shook his head and said, "No." After that, Shi Qinlian stood up: "If no one wins, then they all lose." ”

Shi Nianyuan stared at Shi Qinlian's black "car" that was used to send him to death to open up the situation, and his breath was as heavy as a bellows: "Then this 'car', is it north or west?"

......

Thunder Empire, Shaxi County, Guanpu City.

This alley in Sekifu City is always dark and cool, and even in the sunny weather, it always gives people a cold feeling.

In order to maintain the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River, it seems that all the things in Guanpu City that are not visible are stuffed into this alley, and the sudden earthquake a year later did not completely collapse this alley.

The increasingly dilapidated alleys were as usual, with the sour smell of leftovers, but for the beggars who were living in the alleys, it was the first delicacy in the world - if you had something to eat, you wouldn't starve to death.

Although these beggars don't understand how those people are willing to pour all the leftovers into the stinky ditch of this bad alley, but they think that they are pitying these parasitic maggots in the bad alley, even if many people look at their group of parasites when they are dumping, and have to spit out two mouthfuls of thick phlegm before pouring, but what does it matter?

In such a place, the two figures wearing clean and neat moon-white suits are really eye-catching, and the beggars in the alley don't know the moon-white uniform at the foot of the Burning Sun Mountain, but they think it must be the legendary immortals.

If it weren't for the gods, how could they have brought such a fresh and delicious meal?

"This kind of thing, if you want to do it, you have to do it in place. If the portion size is not enough, such a meal will only trigger a grabbing scuffle. Su Quan sighed, there were two wooden barrels on the cart, one of which had bottomed out, but fortunately, the group of unkempt beggars who lined up in a crooked line was no longer many.

"Why doesn't the Guanpu City Government care?" Yang Qiling frowned, very puzzled, Su Quan shared a credit task for himself to prepare for the half-year exam, the task was not difficult, after the two of them completed it early, Su Quan did not rush back to Tianshan, but invited himself to Guanpu City, and went to a restaurant to prepare these two buckets of meals - cheap stir-fried vegetables mixed with pot rice were enough to become a delicacy that the group of beggars went crazy for.

Su Quan said calmly: "Brother Yang, I asked you to come this time just to let you take a look at the shadows hidden behind the glamour. Alas...... I only hate my limited ability, and I can only occasionally spare some time, and I can only do such a thing once in ten days and half a month...... can't completely change their fate......"

"I don't understand. Yang Qiling looked at Su Quan, who was scooping food for the beggars, and shook his head puzzled: "The government obviously has the ability to change all this." ”

"yes...... But they don't care......" Su Quan said bitterly: "The government, the princes...... To put it bluntly, they are all for their own interests, as long as they can get by on the surface, how can they spend money and energy to manage these filths hidden in the shadows? As you saw just now, if it weren't for my small punishment before, these would ...... The poor worm will not come according to our rules, and will have gone crazy a long time ago. ”

Su Quan let out a long sigh and continued: "Those princes' heirs have enjoyed endless glory and wealth since they were born, either they don't know the people's sufferings at all, or they deliberately turn a blind eye to the dark side for the sake of reputation vanity...... Like Tian Haotian...... How can people like Shi Nianyuan really understand our feelings? Brother Yang, you and I are from similar backgrounds, so ...... I asked you out this time just to remind you that you are very wary of Tian Haotian, but ...... You haven't thought that Shi Nianyuan, as the son of the marquis, is the only son of the Marquis of the Minglei Empire with a title...... Won't it be even worse than Tian Haotian in the dark?"

Yang Qiling's pupils widened suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "Su Quan, I don't understand what you mean. Shi Nianyuan...... He's my friend. ”

"Hahahaha-" Su Quan suddenly laughed maniacally, laughing so much that tears rushed out, and the laughter was so disordered that the spiritual pressure overflowed, making the group of beggars feel terrified inexplicably and dare not approach.

Su Quan finally stopped laughing, and said in a cold tone: "Brother Yang, have you ever thought that you regard him as a friend, and he, what does he treat you as?" Su Quan scooped another spoonful of food and hooked his hand towards the beggar in front of him, who was shocked by Su Quan's overflowing momentum before, but now staring at the spoon in Su Quan's hand, seeing Su Quan hooking his hand, he hurriedly crawled over, and lifted the broken bowl with a flattering look on his face.

Su Quan looked at the beggar and said, "You, will you kowtow?"

The beggar didn't speak, and there were three bangs, which were directly three rings.

Su Quan smiled, poured the food into the beggar's broken bowl, turned his head to Yang Qiling and said, "Do you think that I am good to them now, and I regard them as friends in my heart?"

The corners of Yang Qiling's eyes twitched, his face was complicated, and then his brows furrowed tightly: "Su Quan, I'll go back first." Then he turned around and was about to leave.

"The sister of the Dong family is still in touch with Tian Haotian, don't ask me how I know. The ability of the heirs of those princes is far from something you can guess. Su Quan sneered: "She doesn't want to listen to your words, isn't it just like you think that Shi Nianyuan regards you as a friend and you don't want to listen to my words, isn't it?"

End of the thirty-seventh round

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