In the afternoon, Lu Shuang did not wear an official robe, wrapped a scarf on his head, wore a white coat, sat on his shoulders obliquely, grabbed a feather fan in his hand, and brought more than ten neatly dressed burly officials, seven or eight handsome little slaves with gorgeous clothes, and came to the Xin Gongfu.

Xin Er heard the news and personally greeted him in the courtyard.

However, the shoulder was originally to facilitate the doctor to pass through the court, so when Lu Shuang entered the house, he did not go down.

The two met in court.

Xin Er stood on the ground, looked up at Yu Shang Lu Shuang, and said, "Ling Gong is here." ”

Lu Shuangyan sat on his shoulder, leaned over to look at Xin Er on the ground, and said, "How dare you bother to greet the public." ”

"Xianggong" is also a person who "records Taiwan affairs" in Xin'er's official residence, which is close to the power of the prime minister, so Koji Shuang has this call. To be honest, Xin Er is a little uncomfortable with this honorific title, but there is no reason not to allow Lu Shuang to call him that, so he can only accept it.

Xin Er carefully looked at Lu Shuang's face and said with a smile: "Is Ling Gong a newly shaved face?" The chin is really clean, at first glance it looks like a chicken egg, as if it is ten years younger! He sniffled his nose, sniffed the strong fragrance wafting from the koji clothes, and said, "I seem to smell this fragrance,...... It's, it's like, it's like ......"

"Seems like what?"

"Yes, I smelled this incense on the clothes of my concubine Morley, and when I asked what it was, she refused to tell me. Is it possible for the public to tell me? What is the fragrance of this? It's so intense. ”

Koji Shuang said hesitantly: "Who doesn't know in Kyoto, the prince is simple and simple, and it is not good to smoke incense, I don't know why this incense is, it is not surprising at all." I don't have to tell you what kind of incense it is, even if I say it, I will forget it when I want to come to Xianggong. ”

Xin Er scolded the official who guided Lu Shuang in, and said, "What are you doing in a daze? Don't you want to give the order to the public? ”

Lu Shuang said: "I don't dare to have a subordinate official from the Lao Xianggong Mansion, I will go down to the public." With a cough, the strong slave who had raised his shoulder fell to his knees and lowered his shoulder to the ground, and he stretched out his arm, and the seven or eight little slaves who followed behind him swarmed up, either by the arm or by the wide sleeve of his coat, and carefully helped him down.

"Xianggong, please?"

"Ling Gong, please."

Xin Er was in front, Koji Shuang was half a step behind, and the two walked through the courtyard, up to the verandah, and entered the hall.

The attendants brought by Koji Shuang did not follow up, and the little slaves waited for him to sit down on the couch, and then they all withdrew. More than ten attendants, seven or eight small slaves, stood on the porch of the door with dignity, waiting for the call of Lu Shuang at any time.

The attendants in the hall poured tea and water.

Koji Shuang glanced at the bowl, it was just water, and he was not interested in drinking, so he took out a gold silk embroidered bag from his arms, and asked the waiter to take it to Xin Er, and said: "The minister mentioned the concubine, I just brought a gift to the lord of Xin, so please ask the minister to help me transfer it." ”

Xin Er took the bag in his hand, saw that the bag was not big, a strange fragrance came out of it, pinched it gently, pinched two round things, and asked suspiciously: "Ling Gong, what is in the bag?" How do I feel like two pills? ”

"It's just two pills."

"What medicine? Five stones? Humble vitex has never taken this substance, and it is almost the time of delivery, so it should not be taken. ”

"But it's not five stones."

"That's?"

"This is when my wife was pregnant, looking for a famous doctor, the child-seeking medicine that I bought, I didn't finish it, and there are still two pills left, I have long said that it was dedicated to the Lord Xin, and I have not been able to work hard, taking advantage of today's opportunity, I specially sent the slave home and got it for the Lord Xin."

"Asking for a child?"

Koji Shuang shook the feather fan and said, "This medicine has a miraculous effect, and after my wife takes this medicine, the fruit produced is a baby boy." When the Lord Xin gives birth in the coming day, if he also gives birth to a baby boy, the Xianggong does not need to thank me heavily, but only as a friendship between me and my colleagues in the court. ”

Xin Er looked at the embroidered bag, looked at Koji Shuang, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

In order to have a son, rich and noble families usually buy some such drugs that are said to be very effective for pregnant women to take. For other current child-seeking customs, such as a woman who is less than three months pregnant, dressed as a son-in-law, Pingdan left around the well three turns, and watching the movie in detail with the well water, can not look back, can not let the husband see this scene, then a man will be born, such as a woman wearing a kind of jewelry that looks like a moth and is larger than a moth, she can sense the birth of a child, such as daylily, also known as a man, Pei Xuan to seek a man, etc., this kind of thing, Xin Er can still accept it, ignore it, and let Hu Yan toss it casually, but he is not a matter of resolutely disbelieving this thing, And he was worried that it would be harmful to Ling Huyan's body, so including Zuo's, he had given him this medicine before, but he didn't let Ling Huyan take it, and he never thought that Lu Shuang would also bring him this thing.

Xin Er knew that his relationship with Lu Shuang was very delicate, and it was not good to refuse in person, so he pretended to smile and said, "Then I will thank Ling Gong on behalf of Jing Jing." Then he suddenly thought, "If God loves to give birth to a man, then will this old koji talk nonsense everywhere, this is all the credit of his begging for child medicine?" It makes Lao Tzu seem to owe him a favor? Thinking of this, he hurriedly said, "However, the Queen Mother has already rewarded Humble Jing for the medicine, and Humble Jing has also taken it, but I am afraid that Ling Gong's medicine will not be used." ”

"It doesn't matter, the husband is in full bloom, there are many wives and concubines, there will always be those who are pregnant again, and they will be used then."

"......, then I'll take it."

Lu Shuang looked unpolite, shook the feather fan twice, turned the topic to business, and asked, "The minister summoned me, I don't know why?" ”

"How dare you say 'calling'! Hui Lang and Chang Ling should have already passed the order, right? Pu Qin may invade my Qinzhou within ten days, and the country should be prepared for this as soon as possible, and I ask the Duke of Ling to come to the Mansion in order to discuss this matter with the Duke of Ling. ”

"The prime minister is in charge of the country, and the prime minister of the dynasty is also, how to prepare specifically, please ask the prime minister to make the decision, I have no objection."

Xin Eryan smiled and said: "Ling Gong is the chief official of the Central Taiwan and an important minister of the country, this matter is very important, and it is better for you and me to discuss." In case Qinzhou really starts a war, the closest to Qinzhou is divided into Hanzhong and eight southeastern counties, and the reinforcements from these two places can arrive at the earliest. The order of the eight southeastern counties is ,...... I still have to ask the order to draft. ”

"The ...... of the Eight Southeast Counties"

"Yes."

Koji Shuang sighed.

Xin Er asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Shuang had a feather fan in his hand, his head shook non-stop, and said: "The situation of the eight counties in the southeast, Xianggong knows better than me, the last time Tang Jianwei attacked Nan'an, after the defeat, in order to help him stabilize the situation, the deterrence is not satisfied, most of the three thousand soldiers and horses in the field residence department are left to Guo Daoqing, the garrison of the eight southeast counties is not much, divide this number, and now it is even more insufficient. …… Xianggong, isn't the Lang General's Mansion in the eight counties already set up? It is better to advocate that Daoyue recruit and transfer government troops to prepare for Qinzhou. ”

Xin Er said: "The Lang General's Mansion is newly established, and the training of the government soldiers is not enough, and it is barely enough to defend the city.

"Ling Gong, if Qinzhou is in danger, even if there are big rivers in the eight southeastern counties, and if Qin is forced to suppress the boundary, I am afraid that it will not be peaceful.

"The garrison situation of the eight counties in the southeast, I know a little about the affairs of Taiwan, and I know a little bit about it, and it is indeed a little difficult to transfer foreign aid at present, but the public stays in the southeast of the town, and the prestige of the eight counties is high, and it is precisely because of these difficulties that it is more necessary to make the father-in-law write an order, not only for the country, but also for the protection of the eight counties, and I hope that the prince will not shirk, the sooner this order is written, and it will be submitted to the Queen Mother for approval, the better!"

Lu Shuang just shook his head and didn't say a word.

Xin Er said: "This time to aid Qinzhou, will be the main force of General Cao, Boye and other troops in the royal capital, and the troops of the eight southeastern counties will only play a role in the early stage of cooperation, and after the battle, no matter how many losses, all the eight counties will be made up,...... Ling Gong, what do you think? ”

"Wudu Taishou Zhang Daochong is Zhang Daoyue's brother, Qinzhou is in danger, Zhang Daoyue will definitely help him, Xianggong, or give Zhang Daoyue an order first, ask him, see if the soldiers of the Eight Counties Lang General's Mansion have the power to fight?"

Including the last attack on Nan'an, every time he looked for Koji Shuang to transfer the soldiers of the eight counties, Koji Shuang was like this, shirking and shirking, and only after getting enough benefits did he let go, Xin Er picked up the water bowl on the case, drank a sip of water, and said in his heart: "This old koji simply regards the eight counties as his private property!" That's it, I won't talk to him in vain. Put down the water bowl, simply didn't go around the bend, and asked bluntly, "Ling Gong, please say, what do you want to do, so that you are willing to write this order and transfer troops from eight counties to aid Qinzhou?" ”

"Xianggong, what are you talking about!"

"What do I call that?"

Koji Shuang said unhappily: "My family is a royal minister, and a foreign family of the country, since the establishment of Dingxi Zhao, my family has been loyal to the country for all generations, galloping across the field, and working hard to die, I am Lu Shuang dedicated to the country, is the heart of the royal family, loyal heart, every day can be seen, what I said, all the truth is the eight counties, the eight counties are indeed insufficient troops, it is difficult to transfer, am I deliberately obstructing in order to get any benefits, and it is difficult to be fair?" ”

"Ling Gong, I know that you are dissatisfied with Zhang Daoyue's appointment as the head of the Eight Counties Lang General's Mansion, but this is the king's order, you and I, as human ministers, can we not obey the edict?"

Lu Shuang snorted and said, "It's not an edict, it's a decree." ”

"The king has not yet been in power, what is the difference between the edict and the edict?"

"It's really difficult to transfer troops in the eight counties."

"Xinglongxi is too shou koji chapter, outstanding political achievements, know the soldiers dare to fight, now Qinzhou or will meet the enemy, when employing people, feasible expediency, I will write to the court tomorrow, please remove his 'line' word, officially issue an edict, let him be the Longxi Taishou."

According to the usual practice, the arrival of the new state and county magistrates is to be tried for a period of time, and although it is not as long as the previous Qin Dynasty, there is no such long customization in the trial time, but this form still has to go, so Tang Ai, Lu Zhang, Guo Daoqing and other new Qinzhou officials, the front of the current official position, strictly speaking, there is still a "line" word.

Lu Shuang said: "How can the national regulations be destroyed at will? Xianggong, this is not the way of government. ”

Xin Er was dumbfounded, and said in his heart: "You fucking you, and you taught me a lesson?" Knowing this benefit, Lu Shuang probably didn't look at it, so he could only release his bottom line, and said, "Ling Gong asked the court to set up a state in the eight counties, and the name of the state, Ling Gong thought about it for the imperial court, and it was called Hezhou,...... Was this last year or the year before last? I don't remember very well, I kind of forgot. ”

"How?"

"If Qin Lu comes to attack and repel Qin Lu, I will ask the Queen Mother to set up Hezhou in eight counties, and raise Tian Ju to serve as the assassin of Hezhou."

When Lu Shuang heard this, his eyebrows involuntarily raised, but he still did not let go immediately, but shook the feather fan, and said slowly: "Xianggong, if you want to say that the soldiers dare to fight, Linrong Hou can be said to be one of the handsome, and his iron Fu Hu cavalry, and they are also good at fighting, although Qinzhou may be violated by Qin captives today, Shuo Fang must not worry about it, it is better to reassign him to Shuo Fang, ask him to work with his brother Zhao Ran, and help Zhang Shao to guard the border for the country, what does Xianggong think?" ”

This is something that Xin Er didn't expect.

Xin Er's heart moved, and he thought, "Zhao Xing? Why did the old koji suddenly mention him? Didn't Zhao Xing cast himself under his door? ”

Lu Shuang and Zhao Xing can't fight each other, if Zhao Xing took the initiative to take refuge in him, Lu Shuang would definitely not mention him.

Following this line of thought, Xin Er thought again: "'Returning Shuofang' and 'Guarding the Border for the Country' Yunyun, I'm afraid it's not Lao Koji's idea, it's Zhao Xing's begging him, right?" ”

The more I think about it, the more likely it is.

Zhao Xing first followed Zhang Shao to beat Shuofang, and then followed Tang Ai to defeat Nan'an, and fought for thousands of miles, and the credit was quite good, Xin Er played to invite the court, and he was also rewarded very much, but in the final analysis, the reward is rewarded, and it is not as good as the real power, Shuofang is Zhao Xing's hometown, compared to staying in Guyin and enjoying wealth and nobility, he is young, and he wants to return to Shuofang to show his strength, which is very likely.

But the reason why Zhao Rangan Sasuke Zhang Shao was used to separate Zhao Rangan and Zhao Xing brothers was to prevent the Zhao brothers from setting up Zhang Shao, yes, and letting Zhao Xing return to Shuofang, which was obviously impossible.

Xin Er didn't move, but he didn't guess that Zhao Xing should have thrown himself into the door of Lu Shuang, and said: "Zhao Guyan was just summoned to Guyin by the king, and the king summoned him to meet Zhao Xing and Aliluo brothers. Thinking that his brother has been separated by war for many years, he can also sigh, and now that they have just met, how can they be separated again? Ling Gong, those who are in power should be considerate, don't be so cold! ”

"Xianggong, Zhao Xing is brave, and now he will idle the royal city, I am afraid it will be a waste."

"Ling Gongyan is very true, so this time to aid Qinzhou, I plan to transfer him and his subordinates over."

“…… Is this matter fair? ”

Xin Er said: "Ling Gong, I'll tell you the truth. ”

"What truth?"

"Whether Hezhou can be set up or not depends on the queen mother's intentions, even if I have the heart to help Ling Gong achieve this matter, I am not sure whether it can be done in the end."

Lu Shuang was silent for a moment, and then said: "I am dedicated to the public, and it is definitely not for any benefit to refuse the Xianggong, but what the Xianggong said is also that if there is something in Qinzhou, the eight counties will be unstable, and once the eight counties are unstable, the people's hearts will inevitably fluctuate, which will be greatly detrimental to the stability of the country, and even make the king frightened, for the country, for the court, for the king and the queen mother, I can try to write this order, but as for whether the eight counties have military adjustments, I don't dare to pack a ticket." ”

Xin Er sighed.

Lu Shuang asked, "Why is Xianggong sighing?" ”

"Ling Gong, is your shop's shop in Guyin's 'market' still open?"

"It's open."

Although at Sun Yan's suggestion, Xin Er issued a strict order that all shops in the city would be banned and confiscated if they did not have a city registration, but Lu Shuang's position was high and powerful, and it was easy to get a city registration for his domestic slaves, so his family's shop was not affected by this order at all.

"Presumably, the public store must have a prosperous business and a wide range of financial resources."

Lu Shuang didn't hear the ridicule in Xin'er's words, and replied: "Xianggong, the city tax that should be paid by my store is a lot of money, if Xianggong doesn't believe it, you can call the mayor to ask, and you can check the account books." ”

"How could I not believe it? Ling Gong is dedicated to the country, and the model of my courtiers is also. ”

Lu Shuang asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

"No, please come to the minister, just to transfer the soldiers of the eight counties."

"So, I'll take my leave."

When the little slaves outside the hall came in, they still held his arms or helped him lift his sleeves, hugged him, went out of the hall, and helped him to go to the court. Sit down on the public opinion, and the healthy slave who carries the public opinion lifts the public opinion. The little slave held up a fan to shield him from the sun.

Xin Er sent Lu Shuang to the hospital, stood in front of the public opinion, and said, "Ling Gong is gone." ”

Koji Shuang leaned on the public opinion, looked down at Xin Er, and said: "How dare you bother to send each other off." He patted the public seat and ordered, "If you don't leave, what are you doing in a daze?" ”

The Jian slave who raised his shoulders hurriedly turned around, and under the protection of the attendants and small slaves, Koji Shuang walked away.

Seeing him out of the courtyard, Xin Er did not return to the hall, and ordered the officials to prepare the car.

The official asked, "Where is Ming Gong going?" ”

"Four Hour Palace."