"You want to go back to Wu County? At this time? ”

Shen Xian stared at Lu Ji with a serious face and Lu Xun with his eyes rolling around, and her delicate eyebrows gradually wrinkled. Zhou Yu and Zu Mao glanced at each other, the former blinked his eyes and asked silently, and the latter shook his head, indicating that he didn't know the inside story.

In Shen Xian's opinion, Lu Ji and Lu Xun's request to go back to Wu County's hometown to visit relatives at this time is simply nonsense, Yuan Shu is fighting with Liu Bei in Xuzhou at this time, who knows if it will affect Wu County bordering Xuzhou? Even if there is no war disaster in Wu County in a short period of time, but Lu Kang entrusts his son and Congsun to Shen Xian before his death, Shen Xian will definitely fulfill his promise to protect these two children, and in Lujiang, where she can control the situation, Lu Ji and Lu Xun will not have a problem, what about leaving Lujiang? Wu Jun was not under Shen Xian's control, and there was a Danyang in the middle of the Lujiang River, although Wu Jing, the Taishou of Danyang, was Sun Ce's uncle, he was also Yuan Shu's subordinate.

In addition, the big war is imminent, and Shen Xian's subordinates really can't mobilize manpower to escort the two children back to Wu County, and it is impossible for the two of them to go on the road alone.

"Is there anything you have to do?" Shen Xian tried to communicate with the two children: "It's not that I won't let you go back, it's just that now is not a good time to leave, and I can't find someone who can send you." ”

"I can follow Uncle Zu," Lu Ji said with big eyes, his eyes flashing with sincerity: "Isn't Uncle Zu going to Huiji County to take office?" I can ask my sister to send someone to wait for me. ”

"Do you have to go?" Shen Xian was still very reluctant in her heart: "Now that the world is so chaotic, I won't be relieved if I don't follow." You can wait until Jingzhou is finished, and I will personally send you back. ”

Huh, it looks like I accidentally set up a flage?

Just when Shen Xian was entangled, Lu Xun waved his hand indifferently: "What is there to worry about, it's not a child anymore, you just let us go on a study tour!" I'll come back and help you when I'm done. ”

He paused, and said seemingly unintentionally: "Gongji's brother-in-law is the eldest son of the Gu family, we are very safe in Wu County, sister, you really don't have to worry." ”

Family? It's the Gu family again, and it's annoying that the ghost has been coming out all the time during this time. Shen Xian looked at Lu Xun's eyes and knew that she didn't look at her, this kid would definitely not mention the Gu family by chance, maybe he already knew about the old man Gu who came to propose to him that day.

But how do these kids know? There was no one else present except Jia Xu and the parties, right? Shen Xian knew that Jia Xu was not a talkative person, and it was impossible to tell the children about this kind of thing, so the rest of the people were ...... There was only the old man Gu who was rejected by Shen Xian and touched a soft nail and was a little annoyed. Maybe Old Man Gu lost his temper when he came home, and the matter was known to the whole house, and then the news channel left by the Lu family before passed the matter to Lu Ji.

The Lu family can know, other families can also receive information, there is no impermeable wall in the world, when the time comes, it will be passed on to ten, hundred, and it won't be long before everyone who should know will know that the Gu family's proposal to Shen Xian was rejected. It's one thing that no one mentioned it before, but once the precedent was set, Shen Xian could already foresee the situation where some people were going to come to the door to propose marriage because they were secretly playing the idea of the territory behind her.

This stupid old man did something stupid by himself, but he found a □□ trouble for Shen Xian, which made Shen Xian really tired, she had to fight the united front and deal with these miscellaneous and things, and she couldn't wait to turn back the time to the day and directly blocked Old Man Gu outside the door and pulled him down.

Just when Shen Xian was pulling her hair in annoyance, Zhou Yu opened her mouth and said: "Speaking of which, the Gu family has sent me a letter recently, after the Huiji, and the meaning of the letter is that there are children in their family who are adults and are ready to come out to practice, and ask me if I will accept it." ”

"Close."

Shen Xian replied casually. It's a good thing that the Gu family takes the initiative to show goodwill, this advantage is not taken advantage of, what are the requirements to occupy people first and then talk slowly.

"That person's status is quite high." Zhou Yu suddenly showed a teasing smile as he spoke, "It's Gongji's brother-in-law's younger brother." ”

Shen Xian reacted for a while before she came back to her senses, and Zhou Yu said that the person was the person that Old Man Gu wanted to help her connect that day. So Shen Xian's head was big, and she said helplessly: "Second brother, are you entertaining me?" ”

"I didn't." Zhou Yu said seriously: "I just want to tell you that although Old Man Gu asked you to propose marriage that day was reckless and impolite, it may be true...... It is the meaning of the Gu family. ”

That's what makes it more troublesome, okay! It's nothing to clean up a Gu family's side lineage, but offend the Gu family's descendants on Yangzhou's turf? Shen Xian still wants to return to Yizhou safely and smoothly.

"That's enough." Shen Xian said with a smile: "I have no intention of getting married, I want to marry you, you and my eldest brother haven't married a daughter-in-law yet, why is it my turn." ”

"Really?" Zhou Yu suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, and his voice was a little higher, with a tentative and shallow sense of oppression: "Even if you don't like it?" ”

Thinking of Guo Jia's hurried back and more and more upright behavior, Shen Xian gritted her mouth full of silver teeth and smiled: "Is there a ...... Guess what. ”

Zu Mao and the two bear children looked at Shen Xian and Zhou Yu expressionlessly, and suddenly disagreed and disagreed, the big and the small saw the same helplessness from each other's eyes, they deeply felt that it was not suitable to stay here any longer, maybe they would hear something that they couldn't hear.

"I don't guess." Zhou Yu said lightly: "The lord is one thing, the third sister is another thing, the so-called eldest brother is like a father, since you are married to me and Bo Fuyi, I have to take care of some things." ”

Shen Xian pursed her lips, and she made a gesture of deferential listening.

"Now is not the time to talk about these things, Shang Yu, you can't be distracted during this time, you have to be steady." Zhou Yu's eyes revealed a trace of sternness that had never been seen before, and Shen Xian's heart was slightly stagnant: "Only if you are stable can we go to war without scruples." ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Shen Xian sighed and said softly, "I know, I will." ”

"That's good." Zhou Yu nodded, as if relieved, he hesitated for a moment and then added, "Don't tell Sù Bofu yet." ”

Zhou Yu's gaze swept over Zu Mao, Lu Ji and Lu Xun, and the three of them hurriedly looked up at the sky or looked down at the ground to show that they hadn't heard what Shen Xian and Zhou Yu had talked about just now.

"As he spoke, the topic was crooked." Shen Xian pinched Lu Ji's tender little face to calm the discomfort in her heart: "Now let's talk about your return." Must go? ”

"Go." Lu Ji nodded.

After the speculation just now and the conversation with Zhou Yu, Shen Xian felt that she already knew the purpose of these two children.

Lu Xun may have been indignant and wanted to find a place for Shen Xian at the Gu family, but Lu Ji ...... This kid took the opportunity to help Shen Xian win over the Gu family or rip off the bamboo.

After seriously thinking about "how likely is it that Lu Ji will succeed", Shen Xian finally compromised.

can have this kind of mind at this age, Lu Ji is already much smarter than other children of the same age, it doesn't matter if he succeeds in this trip, Shen Xian is now thinking about another thing - Lu Ji's growth rate is a little beyond her imagination, it is not a good thing for a child who is too smart to have a smooth sailing in life, and if he has not experienced setbacks, the more difficult it is to overcome setbacks; The more proud you are, the more you can't afford to lose. If you can regard this trip to the Gu family as an experience, Shen Xian hopes that Lu Ji's trip will fail.

After thinking about it, Shen Xian smiled: "Then let's go, I will personally give the Gu family a letter to explain the situation, first place the two of you there, and then I will take you back after the war is over, or where are you willing to stay until you reach adulthood?" ”

"What for! You promised me that my grandfather would watch us grow up! After listening to Shen Xian's words, before Lu Ji could speak, Lu Xun said vigilantly: "Don't want to get rid of us!" I'll be back! ”

"You're mistaken." Shen Xian couldn't cry or laugh, she simply hugged Lu Xun and rubbed his messy hair: "I'm afraid that you won't be used to living in Yizhou...... Whatever you like, do whatever you like. ”

"We'll be back when the war is over." Lu Ji said categorically, then he lowered his head and muttered softly: "Maybe I can't wait that long......"

So Shen Xian racked her brains to write a letter to the Gu family, in which she secretly tested the Gu family's attitude, made a vague warning, and then turned her head and generously said that she didn't care so much, as long as it wasn't too much, the two children would be temporarily handed over to you to take care of Yunyun. In short, when Shen Xian showed the letter to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu smiled while reading it: "You have been with Wen He for a long time, and you have won his true biography, this is a twist." ”

"This letter alone has exhausted all my wisdom." Shen Xian covered her face and yawned: "I don't want to do anything brain-consuming in a short period of time." ”

"Then you just go out and hang out, and we'll be gone in two days."

Zhou Yu picked up the pen and corrected several typos for Shen Xian, and he scratched it around and felt that a letter used for visits and requests had been changed to look unsightly and formal, so he simply copied it again.

Zhou Yu's writing power is deep and iron-hooked and silver-marked, which is not comparable to Shen Xian at all, she slammed her chin on the table, and her envious gaze slowly wandered away with the trembling tip of the pen.

Zhou Yu's afterglow caught a glimpse of Shen Xian's stupidity, and he said jokingly: "Guo Fengxiao's handwriting is good, you can go and ask him for advice." ”

Shen Xian turned over and sat on the ground with her back against the table, stretched her long lazy waist, and there was a helplessness and dissatisfaction in her tone that she didn't even notice: "Forget it, I can't see him at all." ”

Zhou Yu's gaze fell on Shen Xian's slender and lazy back, he paused for a slight pause, and then continued to write as if nothing had happened, but a shallow trace of ink was swamped at the corner where he paused.

Zhou-obsessive-compulsive patient-Yu stared at the almost invisible trace for a long time, but still reached out and pulled a new piece of paper to write it anew.

Fortunately, this is the first line of the second paper, otherwise so many words would have to be copied again, and Zhou Yu also found it very annoying.

Twisting the waste paper into a ball, Zhou Yu continued: "What's wrong? Has he been in poor health lately? Two days ago, Bo Fu and Ziyi saw him in the tavern. ”

"I don't know." Shen Xian said angrily, her palm hidden in her sleeve clenched into a fist, and there was a round peace buckle in her palm: "People can't see it, where can I care if people are going to drink?" He didn't take the medicine prescribed for him, and he died. ”

Zhou Yu basked slightly: "Isn't it still you who is really distressed when you die?" ”

"I won't!" Shen Xian jumped up, she slapped her hands on the table, leaned forward and instantly approached Zhou Yu, looking at his warm and jade-like face, she gritted her teeth word by word: "Who will feel sorry for him?" ”

"Squeak" The door opened, accompanied by a loud voice with a strong personal color of Sun Ce: "Gong Jin? Shang Yu? Wenhe said that you are in the study, and I have something to do—"

Sun Ce shut up, he stared blankly at the Yiqi in front of him: "What are you two doing?" ”

"Someone was annoyed and angry when I told me about the matter." Zhou Yu's beautiful voice hid a thick smile, he held the pen and waved it backhand, and pointed the tip of the pen towards Shen Xian's face: "Isn't it, third sister?" ”

Shen Xian hurriedly retreated, but unfortunately she was still a step slower, and was hit by Zhou Yu's nose, leaving a thick ink trail.

Shen Xian: "......"

Sun Ce saw Shen Xian's catly face, and for a moment forgot that the atmosphere between the fairy and Zhou Yu just now could be called sabre-rattling, he covered his stomach and smiled: "Ahahaha! ”

"Is it that funny!"

Shen Xian glared at Sun Ce fiercely, but unfortunately Sun Ce was completely unaffected, and stuck out his tongue at her, so Shen Xian's breath was suddenly punctured by Sun Ce like a balloon, she shook her head helplessly, and casually took out a handkerchief to wipe the ink on the tip of her nose.

After wiping it clean, Shen Xian folded the handkerchief and put it back in her sleeve, and then she suddenly found out that the handkerchief she took out was asked by Guo Jia when she was still in Yizhou.

At that time, Shen Xian almost messed up the marriage between Xun You and Cai Yan, but she happened to meet Zhao Yun with Gan Qian on the street, so she quickly made a bunch of the two and dragged Guo Jia away. On the way home, Shen Xian sneezed, Guo Jia gave her a handkerchief, Shen Xian said to return it to him after washing, but Guo Jia said that it was better to send a new one. And so—

Shen Xian squatted in the courtyard and cut the fabric all afternoon, trying to thread the needle and sew the handkerchief, and was seen and laughed at by Gan Ning, who came to settle the account with a fierce attitude. In front of Gan Ning, Shen Xian threw scissors and cloth and announced that she was quitting, but after Gan Ning left, she silently squatted back and continued to save the cut cloth.

After tossing for a long time, Shen Xian, who had no talent for sewing, finally made a crooked handkerchief after wasting several feet of precious brocade, she took it in her hand and looked at it, and then covered her face and couldn't bear to look at it a second time, the handkerchief was even more stumbling than the sachet sewn by Xun Yu's little girl hanging on Guo Jia's waist.

It's an absolute shame to give it away! So Shen Xian silently put it into her arms.

Later, Shen Xian didn't mention it again, and Guo Jia didn't ask, it looked like he was just saying it casually at that time, but someone who was stupid took it seriously.

"Heh......" Shen Xian smiled self-deprecatingly and tucked her handkerchief back into her sleeve.

Over there, Shen Xian held a broken handkerchief and was stunned for a while, and here Zhou Yu finally finished copying Shen Xian's letter, and he asked Sun Ce, "What's the matter with you?" ”

It seems that Sun Ce's drunken kiss on Zhou Yu and Jia Xu has been revealed, and Zhou Yu is now calm and has no psychological burden at all, and he has not carried out any disregard and cold violence against Sun Ce. But looking at Zhou Yu's face as warm as jade, Sun Ce was a little weak-hearted.

Sun Ce coughed and said, "Well, that's the case, it's actually nothing ......."

He twisted and pinched for a long time, Zhou Yu was not impatient, but waited patiently, so after waiting for a long time, Sun Ce finally said: "Gongjin, that, I'm sorry." ”

Zhou Yu was slightly stunned, and laughed: "What?" ”

"No, nothing!" Sun Ce shook his head violently: "There is one more thing, tomorrow I will send someone to send our family to Yizhou, and I won't go to Danyang." ”

This is something that everyone has discussed before, anyway, they have to go to Yizhou in the end, and it makes no difference if they go early or late.

Shen Xian came back to her senses and heard Sun Ce's words just now, but she didn't notice a strange atmosphere circulating between Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

Shen Xian said: "I notified Zilong to let him come out to pick him up, you can rest assured to send it, take the Yangtze River in a low-key way, Liu Jingsheng can't find it." ”

"Send away everything that should be sent away, and there will be no worries." Shen Xian smiled, a confident smile appeared on her face, and she stretched out her fist to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu: "We will win." ”

Sun Ce excitedly bumped his fist with Shen Xian, and Zhou Yu raised his hand and hit Shen Xian on the head: "Don't worry, lord." ”

Soon everyone left one after another, and only Shen Xian and Liu Miao were left in Lujiang. Liu Xian obediently came to the Taishou Mansion every morning to report, read the official documents to deal with all kinds of backlog affairs, and then get off work after saying goodbye to Shen Xian in the afternoon, rain or shine, never late or leave early, can be called a model for his subordinates, every time he sees him, Shen Xian has to sigh that his gang of old men who are very lazy except for Xun Yu and carry bird cages to the street to drink tea and chat when they have nothing to do.

Life gets boring and the same thing is repeated every day. However, in this stagnant calm, Shen Xian gradually smelled something unusual.

It was the damp smell that blew through the mountains before the storm came, and it was slightly disgusting.

Shen Xian put down the official document and raised her hand to gently rub her aching temples, at this time she suddenly missed someone's cold fingertips.

The subtle thought flashed in his mind, and then he was suppressed, Shen Xian looked at Liu Xian, who was standing in front of him, and he was whispering: "The third spy caught this month." ”

"What did you find?" Shen Xian picked up the teapot and filled herself and Liu Miao with a cup of tea, and then motioned for him to sit down and talk.

Liu Miao shook his head and said with some shame: "I'm not proficient in this way...... Those people were bitten to death and only said that they were businessmen, but their customs clearance documents were fake, and their identities could not be found. ”

"Can't be tried?" Shen Xian frowned slightly, she poured down a cup of tea that was still steaming, and let the boiling water flow through her throat, and after a while, her whole throat seemed to burn.

Shen Xian smiled lightly, she pushed open the door and said to the general guarding outside, "Go and invite my master over." ”

Then Shen Xian turned her head to look at Liu Xuan: "Let's go to the prison." ”

"I'll judge it myself."

The prison was dark and damp, Shen Xian walked in slowly with her skirt under the guidance of the jailer, Liu Xian followed step by step behind her, neither crossing nor falling too far behind, Shen Xian wanted to say something to him, just tilt her head slightly.

"How many more inmates are there in this cell?" Shen Xian asked in a low voice.

The cell boss wasn't sure if he should answer or not, because Shen Xian didn't look at him, but there were very few opportunities to talk to this adult, and maybe he could ...... Before the cell boss could make up his mind, Liu Miao replied with his hands arched: "There are only more than thirty left, and the others were all infected with the disease when the plague broke out, and they died not long after. ”

The cell boss secretly said that it was a pity, he had some resentment against the talkative Liu Xuan, but he didn't dare to squeak, he could only think about it in his heart.

A place like a prison cell is also a place where the plague is high, and once it happens, few people can get out alive, because the doctors have gone to save the ordinary people first, who can care about the criminals in prison?

"These people are death row inmates?" Shen Xian asked again.

"Except for the four who have murder cases in their hands and have reported to the imperial court to sentence the autumn queen to be beheaded, the rest are not."

Liu Miao continued, and the two chatted a lot one by one. No matter what questions Shen Xian asked, Liu Xian always had a clear tone and concise language, even if Shen Xian just asked casually, he could speak very accurately, which couldn't help but impress Shen Xian.

Shen Xian had a faint smile in her eyes: "Is this under your control?" ”

Liu Miao shook his head: "No." ”

"Lord Liu's talent, under my hands, is really buried." Shen Xian sighed softly.

"I don't think so." Liu Miao said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, this is what I want, and I have to thank Liu for making it happen." ”

"It's good that Lord Liu doesn't have regrets."

The cell boss who led Shen Xian and Liu Miao secretly listened to the conversation between the two of them for a long time, but he became more and more unable to understand what he said, and finally had to sigh that the big guys thought differently from ordinary people like them.

The three spies were held in the deepest part of the cell, and in order to avoid collusion, they were locked in three separate cells.

At first glance, these cells are torture and detention, and on the wall outside are a pile of torture instruments that make people hairy at the sight. Liu Miao secretly looked at Shen Xian's expression, and found that when her gaze swept over those torture instruments, she did not show even the slightest discomfort.

"Tortured?" Shen Xian raised her hand and brushed a long iron whip, she looked at the dark black blood stains remaining on the whip, and suddenly asked.

This time, Liu Xian stopped talking, and the cell boss was stunned for a while before he realized that Shen Xian was asking himself, and he hurriedly said, "It's over!" These guys are so the bones that they don't even open their mouths......"

The cell boss spoke to Shen Xian for a long time in a begging tone.

"Cruel punishments are easy to bear, but some things may not be able to withstand them." Shen Xian smiled slightly, turned her head to look in the direction of the exit: "Master? There you are. ”

"Hmph." Hua Tuo snorted coldly, he was still carrying a large medicine box in his hand, and when he saw Shen Xian, he said dissatisfiedly: "You just let me come to this kind of place?" ”

"I'm sorry Master." Shen Xian waved at Hua Tuo: "At this time, Lujiang must not have an accident, whoever wants to make trouble for me, don't blame me for being unkind." ”

"Here you go." Hua Tuo raised his hand and threw a small crystal clear jade bottle to Shen Xian, and he said meaningfully: "Don't use too much, you will die." ”