The matter of sending troops to the north has been settled, and Emperor Pingchang let everyone go back, as for the complicity behind Beidi, because there is no evidence, it can only be put down for the time being.

Qi Yan and Qi Shan left the palace, and Feng Ke stepped forward and asked, "What happened?" ”

The three of them got into the carriage together and prepared to go home, Qi Yan talked to him carefully and said, "...... I have heard of this king of Beidi, who is a man of extreme caution and viciousness. ”

He looked at Qi Shan and Feng Kedao, "The former head of the Wen family, Wen Bo's father folded it in his hand, and even Wen Bo's eyes and legs were given by him. It is rumored that he is nine feet tall, has a terrifying face, and is so powerful that he can subdue wild boars and wild bears with his bare hands! ”

"Really?" Falco was unconvinced.

"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I've only heard of it," Qi Yan glanced at him and continued, "But it's true that he was very cautious, I only knew his name and didn't know his person, and I didn't even have a portrait of him." ”

Qi Yan turned his head to face Qi Shan, and then said, "Shan'er, do you know why I held your hand just now and forbade you to say more?" ”

Qi Shan nodded and said, "Grandfather doesn't want his grandson to be the leader. ”

"Not bad."

Seeing that he understood his hard work, Qi Yan felt relieved in his heart, and secretly said that his children could be taught, and Wen Sheng continued, "The slightest carelessness when fighting on the battlefield is a loss for thousands of troops, and the words of the superior are very likely to determine the life and death of thousands of people. Now it is only speculation that Beidi is suspected of being an accomplice with other clans, and there is no definite evidence to confirm it, if you rashly start a war against the Hu people, I am afraid that it will really anger them, and when the time comes, the enemy will be on the back, and the gains will outweigh the losses. ”

Qi Yan paused, and then said, "But if you really leave it alone, it's not appropriate, Beidi has committed a lot of strange things this time, and there is indeed the possibility of complicity with others, and Hu Ren is also the biggest suspect." Under such circumstances, rashly opening one's mouth will definitely be in a dilemma, and if there is a change in the military situation in the future, it will inevitably be pushed by the emperor as a shield. Today, the kid of the Ji family saw that he had won the emperor's praise, but secretly he took a big risk. ”

"Grandson understands," Qi Shan bowed, but said suddenly, "Grandfather, in fact, I don't think the person behind Beidi will be Hu Ren." ”

"I understand," Qi Yan bowed his head and glanced at Qi Shan, "Do you suspect it's a barbarian?" ”

"Not bad......"

"Oops! Didn't Fang Cai still say that he was a Hu person? Falco hurriedly said, "Why is it involved with the barbarians again?" ”

Qi Shan said, "Do you remember the last time you caught the barbarian spies?" ”

"Remember," Falco nodded repeatedly, "but aren't they dead?" ”

"Yes," Qi Yan seconded, "the secret report was sent to Kyoto on the fifteenth, but before the person returned, he received an urgent report that the person was dead." Hmph-", Qi Yan sneered and continued, "The barbarian's hand is really stretched out! ”

"But doesn't this just prove that something big is happening within the barbarian clan?" Qi Shan glanced at the two of them and said, "If the barbarian clan king is fine, why should he be in such a hurry to kill people and destroy his mouth?" ”

"I also have the same thoughts," Qi Yan followed, "A few days ago, I had already instructed Shao Qing to secretly send someone to the barbarian realm to investigate, and I would have an answer after a while. ”

Qi Shan nodded lightly and opened his mouth to say, "As ......"

"Rock sugar gourd! Rock sugar gourd! Sell rock sugar gourds! ”

The sound of the hawker outside the carriage came in, Qi Yan frowned, and just when he wanted to tell the coachman to hurry up, he saw Qi Shan open the curtain and said to the person selling rock sugar gourds, "You sugar gourd...... Is it sweet? ”

"Sweet!" The peddler grinned and said, "It's so sweet!" The general will buy two bunches for his wife to take home! ”

"What ma'am?" Qi Yan leaned over and said, "There are no female ...... at home."

But I heard Qi Shan say very gently, "Okay, pick two good-looking ones, I want to send them to Mrs." ”

After a while, Qi Shan, who was carrying two strings of rock sugar gourds to see "Madame", happily got out of the car and left alone.

In the carriage, Qi Yan, who was so angry with his grandson, looked at Feng Ke, who was staring at the rock sugar gourd at the window, as if he was also going to have two strings, and said angrily, "What! Do you want to buy two skewers for Mrs. too? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

The weak and helpless Feng Gongzi immediately withdrew his reluctant eyes, swallowed his saliva and said, "Where does Madam love this." ”

Qi Shan walked quickly to King Ling's Mansion with a rock sugar gourd, and as soon as he entered, he met Steward Liu, who was about to go to Beijing with a secret letter.

Steward Liu hid the letter in his sleeve, looked him up and down, and said, "Qi Shizi is wearing court clothes, and this is just coming out of the palace?" ”

Qi Shan nodded and said, "The Northeast Overseer Army defeated Beidi, and the emperor urgently summoned him to the palace to discuss. ”

Seeing that he was undisguised, Steward Liu said tentatively, "That...... The result? ”

Qi Shan said truthfully, "Beidi's behavior is suspicious this time, and everyone suspects that there should be another accomplice behind it, but it is still inconclusive. Now the emperor has sent General Weiyuan to lead his troops north to assist Wen Du's army in driving Beidi. ”

"Suspicious?" Steward Liu wondered, "What does this mean?" ”

Qi Shan slowly explained, "Beidi has always been mainly in spring and autumn, but now it is the middle of winter, which is a suspicion; When the two sides were at war, Beidi often used poisonous smoke and poison, which was a second suspicion; This time, Beidi is menacing, and there is a national momentum, which is three suspicions. ”

"That's right," Steward Liu nodded, stroked his beard and said heavily, "Beidi and I are only separated by a mountain, if the Zhenbei army can't stop them, Kyoto will be in danger." ”

"But that's the case," Qi Shan said softly, "Now that the emperor has sent General Weiyuan to help first, I believe that it won't be long before our army will win a complete victory!" ”

The two were talking, and before they knew it, they arrived at the courtyard of Jingci.

In the middle of the courtyard, Jing Ci and Mama Chen were basking in the sun while turning over the flower rope, and when they saw him coming, Jing Ci hurriedly put away his hand, jumped up and smiled at him, "You're here!" ”

Seeing this, Qi Shan also laughed, hurriedly strode over, took out the rock sugar gourd behind him and handed it to her, and said gently, "They said that Madame would like this." ”

"Ma'am?" Jing Ci stretched out his hand to take it, turned around and handed it to Mama Chen, and said, "Do we have any other ladies in the Ling Wangfu besides my mother?" ”

Mama Chen smiled and didn't speak, and Steward Liu, who was standing at the door, muttered in a low voice, "When you get married, you won't become a lady......

Jing Ci turned his head to look at him, "What?" ”

"Nothing, nothing!"

Mama Chen trotted over with a rock sugar gourd, pulled Steward Liu out of the courtyard gate, and said with a smile, "I listened to you talk all the way in the courtyard, what did you say?" ”

Steward Liu said, "It's nothing, just talk about some things in the court," after a pause, he said with some dissatisfaction and gratification, "It's a sincere one, but it's too polite, look at the Ling Wangfu as his own home...... " Saying, he took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it to Mama Chen, and said, "This is the master's letter to His Royal Highness, and I will send it to His Highness later." ”

In the courtyard, seeing Mama Chen go out with the rock sugar gourd very naturally, Qi Shizi, who originally wanted to sit and eat slowly with the "lady", was heartbroken for a long time, and pulled Jingci, who was still stunned, to sit down, and said, "Taste it, I heard that it is very sweet." ”

As soon as he heard that this sugar gourd was very sweet, Jing Ci was also interested, and hurriedly raised the sugar gourd to his mouth and opened his mouth to bite a small piece.

A rich sweetness melted on the tip of the tongue, but before Jingci could taste it carefully, a slightly fragrant but extremely sour hawthorn taste spread in his mouth again, and Jingci's slap face wrinkled into a little old man, and he couldn't help but say, "It's so sour!" ”

"Sour?" Seeing her bitter face, Qi Shanxin hurriedly stretched out his hand, "Spit it out!" ”

Jing Ci shook his head, gritted his teeth and swallowed, sticking out his tongue and said, "It's so sour." ”

"Is it that sour?" Qi Shan handed her a cup of tea and said, "The person who sells this sugar gourd obviously says that it is very sweet." ”

Jing Ci took a sip of water, raised his hand in front of him, and said, "If the general doesn't believe it, taste it himself!" ”

She wrapped it in a handkerchief and took off the one she had just bitten, held it high in front of Qi Shan, and said with a smile, "Taste it yourself!" ”

Qi Shan took a small bite cautiously like she had just done, and it was really extremely sour, but he still swallowed it without changing his face, and lied, "Sweet." ”

"Sweet?" The smile on the corner of Jing Ci's mouth was immediately retracted, and he hurriedly said, "How can it be sweet?" Obviously extremely sour! ”

"If you don't believe it, taste it yourself." Qi Shan held her hand and pushed it back to her mouth.

Jing Ci pursed his lips, picked up the handkerchief and wanted to take off the one that Qi Shan had bitten, but Qi Shan said, "Don't take it!" ”

"Why?" Jing Ci put down the veil and asked, "If I don't take it off, how can I taste good?" ”

Qi Shan coughed, his face was not red and his heart was not beating, "This one is sweet, and others may not be sweet." ”

"Really?"

"Well, yes."

"Okay." Jing Ci thought about it, but still opened her mouth to eat the remaining half of Qi Shan, the first entrance was indeed extremely sweet, but she only chewed it twice, and then there was a large sour smell of lost teeth, and she hurriedly bent down and spit in her handkerchief.

She held a handkerchief, and said with a bitter face that was half aggrieved and half angry, "The general bluffed me!" ”

Qi Shan lied, "I didn't, it was really sweet to eat just now!" ”

Seeing that Jing Ci ignored him angrily, Qi Shan hurriedly raised the sugar gourd and handed it to Jing Ci, and said cautiously, "Why don't you bite first this time?" ”

He said seductively, "You taste it first, you taste it, if it's sweet, you can eat it yourself, if it's sour, give it all to me, okay?" ”

After that, he smiled gently at Jing Ci, looking like he would rather suffer himself than let Jing Ci be sad and angry.

Jing Ci pursed her lips, but suddenly had an idea in her heart, so she said "Okay", opened her mouth and took a bite of the rock sugar gourd, she tried her best to make a very surprised look, and handed the rock sugar gourd to Qi Shan, duplicity, "Sweet!" ”

Seeing that her brows were wrinkled together, but she still had to pretend to be light-hearted, Qi Shan smiled and didn't demolish her, and obediently lowered his head and ate the other half.

Qi Shan chewed carefully for a long time, and in Jing Ci's secretly smug smile, he said softly, "Well, it's very sweet." ”