In a tea shed for passers-by to rest somewhere fifty miles outside Beijing, three guests were welcomed early in the morning. The other two have similar eyebrows and eyes, like two brothers, the big one is calm and silent, the small one is very clever, after entering the tea shed, without waiting for the store to come to greet him, he quickly took out a square scarf from his sleeve, and wiped the tables and chairs that were too late to be cleaned in three or two clicks.

"Shopkeeper, come to a pot of good tea!" The older boy lifted the hem of his robe with a big grin, sat down on the bench that had just been cleaned, and slapped a corner of broken silver on the table with a "snap".

"Okay, wait a minute!" This tea shed is too small, and all the work is contracted by the shopkeeper alone, so he put away the broken silver and immediately went to boil water.

There was only tea in the store, not food, and the clever young man took out a piece of dry food from the baggage he carried, broke it in half and handed it to the person who paid for it: "Young master, do you want it?" ”

It was Jiang Yunfei who was called the young master, he took the piece of dry food and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely while eating: "It's still Xiao Yong who is sensible, sneaking out in the middle of the night, and I haven't eaten yet, I'm about to starve to death." ”

Those two brothers are Jiang Quan and Jiang Yong. Jiang Yong grinned at him and ate the remaining half, but Jiang Quan kept a straight face, as if he was owed a few hundred taels, and didn't say a word.

"Xiaoquan, why don't you eat? I won't have time to eat when I join the marching team. Jiang Yunfei didn't have any unpleasant consciousness at all, and reminded him very kindly.

Jiang Quan still had no expression on his face, but he still obeyed his advice, took out his dry food and nibbled on it.

"Brother, don't be upset. The young master has run out, and the eldest young master has ordered us to take him to join the army, you better look at it. ”

"How do you see it? was known by my father, even if it was ordered by the eldest young master, we would have to beat us up. Maybe the people who came to arrest us back at this time are already on their way, and when the time comes, we won't be able to join the army. Jiang Quanke is not as optimistic as these two. The already coarse food is even more difficult to swallow when chewed in the mouth, but in order to recover the body, I have to frown and eat it.

Although their brothers called Jiang Yunfei a young master, because they were no longer slaves and recognized Lu Yan as the master, they didn't have much awe for him.

Jiang Yunfei also knew that he was causing trouble to others, so he laughed dryly, "Don't worry, my father really sent someone to arrest me back, I will go with them, and it won't affect your brother." ”

"Guest officer, here comes the tea!" The shopkeeper interrupted the conversation with a loud greeting, and swallowed the dry food with hot tea, and the three of them sighed and snorted and ate.

Before they finished eating, the unique rumbling footsteps of the army came faintly from a distance, and even the unhappy Jiang Quan showed a little excitement. Several people hurriedly swallowed the last two bites, poured the remaining tea in the cup in one gulp, and hurriedly rushed out of the shed. Looking into the distance, a black line composed of a row of human heads appeared in the distance, and the walking was well-trained and uniform, which was the expeditionary army they had been waiting for all morning.

"Look! Their banner is 'Shen', and it's the unit we're looking for! Jiang Yong pointed to the flag flying high in the distance, and he was excited. He had the best eyesight, and despite being far away, he could read the words clearly at a glance.

"Let's go, let's catch up!" Jiang Yunfei took off the horse's reins tied to the stump outside the tea shed, turned over and jumped up. Without waiting for the two brothers to sit down on their horses, they shook their whips neatly and took the lead in meeting the army.

In the speeding carriage, Shen Ze was resting on his back in the carriage. I didn't close my eyes last night, and I just finished participating in the send-off ceremony presided over by His Majesty, Rao is in good health, and he is inevitably a little tired. Suddenly, the rickety carriage stopped, and the dark one reported outside the car: "Shizi, three teenagers just came and said that they wanted to join the army, and the leader said that it was your brother-in-law." ”

Shen Ze raised his eyebrows in some surprise. "Oh? Tell them to come into my carriage. Don't stop, keep going. ”

"Yes."

Moments later, the curtain was lifted, and the three of them got into the car one after another. Jiang Yunfei, who came in at the end, didn't forget to explain to the dark one: "Don't ride my horse, it's fierce, and no one will be allowed to ride it except me." ”

Putting down the curtain of the car, turning his head to meet Shen Ze's puzzled eyes, he grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Brother-in-law, meet again, do you remember me?" ”

The two had a drink alone at the wedding banquet, and Shen Ze still had an impression of him. "Jiang Gongzi, why are you here?" He is a year older than Jiang Yunfei, and it is inevitable that he will be a little awkward to call her cousin with Zhihua according to the rules.

Jiang Yunfei didn't dare to hold it up,

Shen Ze looked at the other two: "You are Jiang Quan and Jiang Yong, right?" Ah Hua and I mentioned that I had already done the paperwork for the two of you, but I didn't expect another one. ”

Jiang Quan nodded, and Jiang Yong explained with a bitter face: "The prince doesn't know anything, and we only learned about bringing Young Master Jiang in the middle of the night last night." The eldest young master of our family failed to convince his uncle, so he wrote a letter by hand, asking us to join the army with Young Master Jiang, who had smuggled out of the house. This is the Epistle, take a look. After speaking, he took out an opened letter from his arms and handed it to Shen Ze with both hands.

Jiang Yunfei scratched his head in embarrassment, smirked twice, and looked at his brother-in-law with some flattery: "Shizi, look, I'm here, you can't drive me away, right?" We're relatives now, so you'll be accommodating......"

Shen Ze read the short letter at a glance, although he didn't know his brother-in-law's handwriting, he knew the small chapter that was signed. That small chapter was the gift that he had privately found someone to engrave for Lu Yan. After pondering for a moment, thinking about the situation of the Jiang family, although he had a certain understanding of Jiang Yunfei's psychology, he still felt embarrassed. "General Jiang is such a lone seedling under his knees, how can I accept you into the assault camp without his consent?"

Seeing that the other party instantly put on a sad face, he couldn't bear to refuse him after all, and changed his words: "The three of you will go to the cavalry camp, where it is also easy to make meritorious contributions, and it is not so dangerous." ”

Jiang Yunfei immediately swept away his sadness and patted him on the shoulder happily, "Haha, I know that my brother-in-law is a happy person!" Don't worry, we just told your guard who he is, and after entering the cavalry camp, we will never mention it to the second person. ”

Shen Ze didn't care about letting people know, but he also understood that as a man, he didn't want to be said to rely on nepotism's self-esteem, so he bowed his head lightly and didn't say anything more.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Jiang Yunfei did not delay any longer, led the two brothers to take the initiative to get out of the carriage, and went to the barracks to report by himself. Shen Ze closed his eyes and fell into a light sleep again.

The expeditionary army continued to march towards the frontier. (To be continued.) )