Pei Binh Province

Su Dingfang was studying the border defense in the mansion, and a general strode from outside the mansion, and when he reached the door, the general bowed his hand and said: "General Qiyu, the border detective report has reported the military situation." ”

"Come in and say." Su Dingfang said.

This person's name is Xue Wanjun, and he is his deputy general, and he is also the deputy general of the former Fierce Tiger Army. Three months ago, Liu Qian, the former commander of the Fierce Tiger Army, died of illness, and among the successors recommended by Liu Qian, Xue Wanjun's father Xue Shixiong was the most favored by everyone, but in the end, the result agreed by the Heavenly Machine Department was that he took over. For this reason, he was also worried that Xue Wanjun might have a bad heart, but after three months of contact, he found that he really had the heart of a villain, although Xue Wanjun did prefer his father to take over as the commander of the Fierce Tiger Army, but he did not express any dissatisfaction with his new commander.

"General, according to the front-line report, the Goguryeo border has also begun to gather military horses, and today, there are no less than 300,000, and it seems that the whole country is going to fight with the imperial court. My father consulted with General Ding and requested that the imperial court troops and horses be mobilized to the border immediately to reassure the people on the border, and specially asked the general to inform the Hou Ye. ”

"Three hundred thousand?" Su Dingfang said as if he was talking to himself: "Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, after Sima Yi's expedition to the east, Liaodong has never suffered a major war, and after the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Central Plains has lost control of Liaodong, giving Goguryeo the opportunity to annex it, and now more than 300 years of camp reserves, how can there be only 300,000 troops?" ”

"What does the general mean that this is just the vanguard of Goguryeo? Will there be a replenishment of troops in the future? Xue Wanjun looked at Su Dingfang, listening to what Xue Shixiong had never told him, and couldn't help but admire this slightly young new leader.

"Not only is there a supplement, but I'm afraid it's still a good addition! In the past, Sima Yi went on an expedition to the east, and there were almost no Han people in Liaodong who killed, and then there was a paper order from Ran Wei to kill Hu, and the Hu people poured into this place when they retreated north. They already have a vendetta with the Han people, and if they are instigated by Goguryeo at this time, it will become a big disaster. Therefore, when the first emperor was in power, he wanted to recover Liaodong, but unfortunately there were Turks in the north who were undecided, and Tuyuhun in the west had to give up. Su Dingfang talked about the past. After he finished speaking, Xue Wanjun, who had listened to it with relish, remembered again, and then said, "That's right, General!" General Qin Yong is back, I'm afraid he will disturb the general, so let him wait outside the tent! ”

"He's back? That little marquis must have come back too, it's really not the right time! Su Dingfang sighed.

"Yes! The little marquis and the young lady have returned to the Hou Mansion, and General Qin returned after the deadline and came to ask the general for guilt. Xue Wanjun said this, and asked tentatively: "General, yesterday Dengzhou Pegasus urgently reported that Qin Qiong rebelled in Wagangzhai, and the little marquis only turned around at this time, will it ......?"

When Xue Wanjun said this, he saw Su Dingfang with one hand and a half in front of him, and hurriedly stopped talking. But it was Su Dingfang who said: "Yesterday I asked you to pay more attention to the movements of the soldiers and horses in the imperial court, and there are any changes today?" If not, it means that the little marquis may not be involved in this matter. Otherwise, our Beiping Mansion will already be a land of wolf smoke at this time! ”

Xue Wanjun suddenly admired Su Dingfang's thoughtfulness, and hurriedly replied: "No, everything is the same as before." Han Shuai is still in the big tent, and only General Qu Tutong has just gone to the Hou Mansion. After Xue Wanjun finished speaking, he shouted out again, Qin Yong followed in, and as soon as he said two words at the beginning, he was held accountable by Su Dingfang: "General Qin, you were originally only allowed to visit your relatives on the ninth day, but now you will return on the twelfth, if there is an enemy army at this time, do you know what crime to be guilty of?" ”

"Cowardice in the face of the enemy, his crime should be punished!" Qin Yong replied.

"Good! Fortunately, there is no war at this time, and I went to the criminal law department to get fifty military sticks! ”

"The last will obey." Qin Yong led the order to walk out, but Xue Wanjun didn't understand why Su Dingfang punished Qin Yong so heavily, after all, Qin Yong's fault was not so big in his opinion, and it was okay to say that he had no military discipline, so these fifty military sticks were indeed a bit heavy! "General, isn't the fifty military stick a little heavy, this time, General Qin is afraid that he won't be able to move for at least half a month!"

"I just can't make him move!" After Su Dingfang finished speaking, Xue Wanjun was still pondering the clues, and Su Dingfang said again: "This kid was happy when he came back from Jinan Mansion in previous years, but this time he was beaten and punished, it's really hard to say that it's okay!" Wan Jun, come with me to the Hou Mansion first. ”

On the way to the Hou Mansion, Su Dingfang, who was immersed in thoughts, only felt that a figure suddenly appeared in his eyes, and when he looked up carefully, he saw that the figure was dressed in a Taoist robe, and he was carrying a wide sword box behind him, and two different swords were interspersed in the sword box, one of the sword hilts was simple and unpretentious, and there was nothing eye-catching, but Su Dingfang knew that this sword was called Di Xuan, and it was the magic sword of his friend Xiao Zhuo. And the other one that made him more familiar was the sword he gave to Xiao Zhuo, which was named Qiannian by Xiao Zhuo.

"Phew!" Su Dingfang grabbed the reins and asked in a loud voice, "Dao Leader ahead, but Xiao Zhuo?" ”

When the Dao chief heard someone calling him, he turned around and looked back, but it was Xiao Zhuo. "Brother Dingfang, what a coincidence! I met you as soon as I arrived in Beiping Mansion. ”

Su Dingfang jumped off the horse and asked with a smile, "Isn't Brother Xiao in Luoyang?" Why are you here, what are you doing in this pharmacy? Su Dingfang looked at the pharmacy next to him, Hanfeng Hall, which can be regarded as a famous pharmacy here.

"I was injured a little bit when I fought with people some time ago, and when I came here, I left in a hurry, and I didn't have time to recuperate, so I came to the medicine hall to grab medicine as soon as I arrived in Beiping Mansion." Xiao Zhuo didn't want to say anything more about this, anyway, Su Dingfang couldn't help much, so he changed his words and asked, "Brother Dingfang, now that the war is coming, why are you still in the mood to hang out here?" ”

Someone can hurt you? Su Dingfang was shocked in his heart, not to mention that Xiao Zhuo himself was a person with mana, even he didn't dare to say that he could be subdued within ten moves of martial arts alone, if there was anyone in the world who could hurt him, I am afraid it was not an ordinary thing. Thinking of this, Su Dingfang also knew that it was inconvenient to ask more, and was about to ask something else, when he saw Xiao Zhuo behind him, a woman walked out of the door of Hanfeng Hall, and said to Xiao Zhuo: "Brother Xiao, wait a minute." ”

"Lime Girl!" Su Dingfang shouted at the woman.

The woman had just crossed the threshold of Hanfeng Hall, and when she heard someone shouting to herself, she hurriedly looked up, and when she saw that it was Su Dingfang, she also replied happily in her heart: "It's General Su!" Lime is a gift for you! ”

This woman was originally the maid of Qin Shengzhu, the wife of the Marquis of Jingbian, but she appeared in the medicine hall at this time, which made Su Dingfang think that Mrs. Hou was sick, so he shouted and asked: "Why are you in the medicine hall, could it be that Mrs. Fei is in poor health?" ”

"It's not Madame, it's Madame!" Lime replied.

"Young lady?" Su Dingfang was puzzled: "Isn't the young lady's maid Min'er?" Why did you come to get the medicine? ”

"I don't know about this lime. Today, the little marquis and the young lady have just turned around, and the young lady said that she occasionally felt a cold on the road, so she gave me a prescription and asked me to come here to grab the medicine, and the lime did not see Min'er and the young lady come back. ”

"That's it!" Only then did Su Dingfang understand that it turned out that Min'er was not by Zhuang's side, no wonder he would let Lime grab the medicine. So he asked: "The young lady is a disease of wind and cold, and she should ask the doctor to come over for diagnosis and treatment. You wait first, I'll go and ask Dr. Meng. ”

Su Dingfang turned around and entered the pharmacy, and when he came out again, there was already an old man beside him, "Wan Jun, go hire a carriage and send Dr. Meng to the waiting house." Lime, when you get to the Hou Mansion, you will take Dr. Meng to see the young lady. After speaking, he walked in front of Xiao Zhuo and asked, "Brother Xiao, how many days do you plan to stay in Beiping Mansion this time?" ”

"I'm just going back to the master to get one thing, if I find it, I'll go back tomorrow, if I can't find it, it's not necessarily three or five days." Xiao Zhuo saw Su Dingfang's actions just now, and he couldn't understand what Su Dingfang wanted. If Su Dingfang hadn't come to ask him again, he would have thought that he had been forgotten!

"Good. Brother Xiao, forgive me, there is still something to deal with in the Houfu today, and there is no time to talk to Brother Xiao, when you go back, please be sure to inform me, first, to see you off, and second, I also have something to ask for. Su Dingfang said and looked at the street, where Xue Wanjun had already arrived in a carriage.

"Definitely!" Xiao Zhuo replied: "Then Brother Dingfang is busy first, Xiao Zhuo will leave." ”

After bidding farewell to Xiao Zhuo, Su Dingfang drove to the Jingbian Hou Mansion, at this time, although the Jingbian Hou Mansion was peaceful outside, Luo Yi and Qu Tutong in the mansion were already sitting in danger and interrogating Luo Cheng. As soon as Su Dingfang arrived, he explained a few words to the gatekeeper, and the doorkeeper stopped blocking him and walked in. So much so that Su Dingfang was outside the hall, and he could hear Qu Tutong speak: "Little Marquis, it's not that the general doesn't believe you, just yesterday, the king of the backer quickly reported that Qin Qiong and others had rebelled in Wagangzhai, Qin Qiong is your cousin, this time you went to Jinan Mansion to celebrate his mother's birthday, if you came back earlier, this general would not ask more, but you returned today, who can say that you don't know about it." Without further ado, you should explain why you came home late! Now that the Eastern Crusade is imminent, if the harmony between the imperial court and Beiping Mansion is hurt at this time, the consequences will be serious! ”

Qu Tutong was very helpless in his heart, yesterday the backer Yang Lin was in a hurry to write a book, and the book also asked him and Han Shige to focus on the plan of the Eastern Expedition, and try to suppress this matter later. It's just that this matter has also been spread to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and he will definitely ask about it in the future, so he has to ask the reason, and at the same time, it can be regarded as a wake-up call for Beiping Mansion. But Luo Cheng didn't cooperate, and only insisted that the rain on the road was too heavy, and the road was muddy so that the return trip was delayed, so how could he go back and explain? Those who march and fight, open roads in the mountains, build bridges when encountering water, how can they stop because of rain!

"Lord Qiqi, General Su is asking to see you outside." At this time, the guards came in to report.

"Let him wait first." Luo Yi was upset at this time, and he didn't want this kind of thing to be seen by Su Dingfang, so he disappeared directly.

"General Su said that there is an urgent military return, please be sure to see him." Someone came again.

"Hey...... Let him in! Luo Yi sighed. What kind of temper did he have, he was found out by Su Dingfang, and at the same time signaled Qu Tutong to put Luo Cheng's matter on hold for the time being.

"Lord Qiqi." Su Dingfang entered the hall, and after the salute, he said: "The old general Ding in the east has sent back the military information, Goguryeo has gathered nearly 300,000 troops on the border, and asked the prince and Han Shuai to transfer the imperial army and horses to the border to deter. The veteran general said that this move can appease the hearts of the people on the border, and second, the land of Liaodong is not as good as the Central Plains, and it can also make the soldiers adapt to the climate more in preparation for the next year's war. The last general thought that since Goguryeo had already gathered troops, he must have been aware of the war, and since the war would start sooner or later, it was difficult to guarantee that the enemy would not strike first and hurt the people. So I came to ask Master Hou. ”

"Hmmm! General, what do you think? Luo Yi turned to Qu Tutong.

"I will report this matter to Han Shuai, if Han Shuai agrees, this general will personally lead his troops to deter, please rest assured!" Qu Tutong's answer made Luo Yi deeply satisfied, and he was about to ask Su Dingfang to go back, but Su Dingfang said again: "There is another matter, on the way to the Hou Mansion, the last general met his wife's maid Lime in Hanfeng Hall to grab medicine for the young lady. But the last general learned from Dr. Meng that the medicine caught by Lime was not for the treatment of wind and cold, but for the prescription of soothing the fetus and nourishing qi. Therefore, in order to determine the young lady's symptoms, the last general has invited Dr. Meng to the waiting house, and he should be treating the young lady at this time. ”

It turned out that after Su Dingfang saw Dr. Meng in Hanfeng Hall, he wanted to ask Dr. Meng to go to the Hou Mansion to diagnose and treat Zhuang's disease of wind and cold, but was told by Dr. Meng that Zhuang's disease was not infected with wind and cold, and the drugs on the prescription were all used to stabilize the fetus and replenish qi, and Dr. Meng said frankly that if it was not a fetal medicine, he would not dare to let Lime take the medicine only based on the prescription, and he would definitely come to the Hou Mansion in person to do his duty as a doctor.

"What? A recipe for fetal safety! At first glance, not only did Luo Yi stand up immediately, but Luo Cheng also looked at Su Dingfang with some surprise.

And Su Dingfang also looked at Luo Cheng at this time and asked, "Little Hou Ye, the young lady is pregnant, haven't you told Hou Ye yet?" Or is it that you are in a hurry to come back all the way, so that the young lady is bumpy and has a tire gas, and you dare not say it? ”

When Luo Cheng heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of Su Dingfang's words, and immediately knelt down and asked for sin: "Dad, the child should die, he only cared about rushing back this time, and didn't take care of Ding'er, please forgive your father!" ”

"What a sin to forgive! Hurry up and go to the back house with your father to have a look, if my daughter-in-law has any three long and two short, I can't spare you! Luo Yi was in the mood to care about this at this time, after leaving his seat, he didn't even bother to greet Qu Tutong, and dragged Luo Chengcheng to the courtyard of the back house, leaving only Su Dingfang and Qu Tutong in the hall looking at each other.

"General, should we go and see it too?" In the end, it was Su Dingfang who broke the tranquility first.

"It's okay, General Su, please!" Qu Tutong was surprised and delighted in his heart. What is surprising is that Su Dingfang is meticulous, although the incident of Xiangma in Beiping Mansion was not resolved, but Han Shige and he both have a high opinion of Su Dingfang, and it is difficult for him to say that it is a coincidence that things are happening now. Although it may be true that Zhuang is pregnant, he can step into Beiping Mansion not long before him, and he will come to report the matter on the back foot, which shows that Su Dingfang has already taken precautions against the imperial court soldiers and horses, but Su Dingfang's precautions are more focused on the court officials, after all, poisonous snakes have no head, and it is difficult to become a climate. The good thing is that Su Dingfang gave him a reason for Luo Cheng's late return - Zhuang's pregnancy. With this reason, Mo said that Luo Cheng would only come back on the twelfth, even if he came back in two days, he couldn't blame anything.

When the two arrived at the back house, they saw that in the hall, Hou Luoyi and his wife Qin Shengzhu were already sitting on the side of the table, and next to Qin Shengzhu, it was the Zhuang family who was sitting, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law whispered some things, a few of which vaguely were: "Ding'er!" If you have something to do in the future, don't tell your mother! What can a big man understand, just like his father! I only heard Luo Yi next to him keep hmmmmmmmm On the other side of the table, Dr. Meng was writing slowly, prescribing medicine for Zhuang's family.

"It's a fixed square!" Qin Shengzhu saw Su Dingfang come in, his gratitude was overflowing, Su Dingfang didn't understand what was going on, Qin Shengzhu had already pulled him in front of Luo Yi, and then said excitedly: "Dingfang!" Thanks to you! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known Ding'er was pregnant! Just now, Dr. Meng said that Ding'er was invaded by wind and cold, but fortunately, it didn't delay too long, so that the fetus in the womb was not harmed, if you hadn't found Dr. Meng in time, I wouldn't have been able to be a grandmother! Ding'er come on, thank you Dingfang. ”

"Thank you, General Su!" Zhuang was just about to stand up and salute, but Su Dingfang stopped in time: "The young lady is serious, and the last general will be under the rule of the Hou Ye, how can she afford the young lady's big gift." ”

"Deserve it! Well deserved! Over there, Dr. Meng finished writing the prescription, stood up and said, "General Su, this matter is an old man's negligence, and he concluded that the young lady was only pregnant based on the prescription, but he didn't expect the young lady to be infected with wind, cold and dampness." If the young lady herself is sick, her illness is more likely to be transmitted to the fetus, and the young lady has been happy for more than a month, which is very easy to make the fetus unsafe, so the general deserves a gift from the young lady. And the old man has been practicing medicine for decades, and his reputation has been preserved today, which is also thanks to the general! Please let the general also receive a salute from the old man. ”

———— follow-up spoilers

"How's it going? Do I have a relationship with Huo'er? Su Zhan saw that Yuan Keshi had stopped calculating, and hurriedly asked.

"That's not right! General Su, is there a mistake in your birthday? After Yuan Keshi said this sentence with a puzzled face, he began to calculate again.

"How is it possible, I was born on the same day as my brother, how can it be wrong?" Su Zhan felt that Yuan Keshi should have made a mistake.

"But ......," Yuan Keshi said puzzledly, "I counted it again in your name, and your birthday was before your brother!" ”