After Gu Hengzhou finished speaking, the atmosphere instantly fell into a subtle silence, and Sun Yiguang and Li Yunjue looked at Gu Hengzhou with a surprised expression, as if they had heard something terrible from his mouth.

Gu Hengzhou's jaw was clenched, and the muscles on his face were tense inch by inch, and they were sore.

He said that he had slept with Shen Bai simply lying on a bed and sleeping under a quilt, and he didn't mean anything else, but then explaining it at this time would seem very deliberate, as if he was deliberately covering up something.

Gu Hengzhou stiffened his face and stopped talking, Shen Bai looked at Sun Yiguang and Li Yunjue, and opened his mouth to make a round and said: "Brother Gu and I are both men, and we had a good relationship when we were in Tai Academy, and we also escorted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Donghengguo together before, and it was normal to sleep together in order to hide their identities on the way, why were the two uncles so surprised?" “

Look at how natural other people's little Bai is, your ability to lie is far less than that of other girls.

Sun Yiguang and Li Yunjue secretly compared the reactions of Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou, Sun Yiguang smiled more and more lovingly, and nodded again and again: "I see." I'm just surprised that you guys slept together. “

The more ambiguous this topic became, Li Yunjue immediately gave Sun Yiguang a punch to divert the topic and said: "This is someone else's child's business, what are you doing here?" It's past time, Xiaobai is already tired, why don't you let someone go to rest quickly? “

After Li Yunjue finished speaking, he pulled Sun Yiguang away, and Shen Bai stared at the backs of the two for a while before retracting his gaze, and said with great interest: "Uncle Li and Uncle Sun are much more interesting than my father. “

Gu Hengzhou said coldly: "When you see them killing enemies on the battlefield, you won't feel like this." “

Shen Bai was not frightened at all, but said excitedly: "When the two uncles killed the enemy, they must have swords in their hands and were heroic. “

"No one is here, and you're still slapping on the back?" Gu Hengzhou said lightly, thinking of Sun Yiguang and Li Yunjue's abnormal attitude just now, he reminded Shen Bai in a low voice, "They are all battle-hardened people, and their eyes are very vicious, you should pay attention these days, don't be found by them any flaws." “

Shen Bai nodded obediently, she was completely covered by the cloak, only a small one. It was dark at this time, and the nodding movement was almost invisible, Gu Hengzhou didn't wait for a response and asked again: "Did you hear that?" “

Shen Bai looked up at him and said innocently, "I heard it, I already nodded just now." “

The cape and hat fell off as she tilted her head, and her hair was loose and soft, covering her cheeks and making her already small face. Her facial features seem to have grown a little more, and she is completely relaxed at this moment, without the masculinity that she deliberately disguises on weekdays, and is inexplicably a little beautiful and graceful.

Gu Hengzhou remembered the bright smile she had just played with fireworks, rolled her throat up and down, helped her button her hat again, and said, "Go back." “

The two returned to the camp together, where the lights out horn had been blown and the other soldiers had slept. Gu Hengzhou didn't light the lamp, and directly took Shen Bai to the bed, Shen Bai consciously took off his shoes and coat and got into the quilt, Gu Hengzhou took off his shirt, and just lay down a thin and soft body and got into his arms, and said pretendly: "Brother Gu, I'm cold." “

The border pass is indeed much colder than Mozhou and Hanjing, and Gu Hengzhou has lived here for so many days without making any exceptions, as long as he is covered with a quilt. Shen Bai's small body is indeed unbearable.

Gu Hengzhou didn't push Shen Bai away, acquiesced to her actions of clinging to her, and only warned: "Sleep, don't make trouble." “

After such a long time, he finally lay down in such a warm and generous embrace, how dare Shen Bai be a demon?

Obediently curled up in Gu Hengzhou's arms and did not move, Gu Hengzhou was the youngest and most vigorous, like a stove constantly exuding warmth, Shen Bai was wrapped in warm warmth, his body was weak, and he soon became sleepy, yawning and muttering: "Brother Gu, Happy New Year." “

Within a moment, his breathing became long and steady, and he was completely asleep.

There was another person beside him, Gu Hengzhou didn't feel sleepy, and after Shen Bai fell asleep, he gently rubbed her head and responded in a low voice: "Happy New Year." “

Shen Bai was really tired. This sleep went straight to the sun, and when he woke up, Gu Hengzhou was not by his side, and there was a neat sound of exercise outside.

Shen Bai sat on the bed for a while before remembering that he was now in the camp tent in Zhenbei, his stomach rumbled twice, Shen Bai stretched his waist to get up, dressed neatly before walking out of the camp tent, there was a small soldier outside, the little soldier saw that she woke up, and immediately brought hot water to wash her, and took two hot steamed buns and a small plate of pickles for her.

The rules in the army are strict, and it is generally not allowed to keep food, and it is not easy to keep steamed bread and pickles for Shen Bai, Shen Bai is not picky, so he eats the two steamed buns with pickles.

Gu Hengzhou went to patrol the city again, Sun Yiguang and Li Yunjue also took people to the back mountain to practice as usual, and the military camp that was lively last night seemed a little empty at this time.

Shen Bai walked around the barracks, and was about to go around the city, when his eyes were attracted by a teenage child.

The soldiers and horses of Zhaoling had been recruited since the age of fifteen, and the child was wearing the clothes of a junior soldier in the army, but he did not participate in the drill, and he was obviously not a member of the army.

The sun was shining today, and he sat quietly basking in the sun next to the stable, not looking at anyone and paying no attention to him, as if he was the only one left between heaven and earth.

Shen Bai raised her eyebrows, why didn't she see this child last night?

Shen Bai stared at the child from a distance of seven or eight steps for a long time, but the child didn't react, and Shen Bai looked around. I picked a few weeds from the haystack and divided them by two and made a grasshopper out.

These are all things that she learned from those street performers in her spare time, and in her last life, she was a well-known child king in Hanjing with these skills.

Shen Bai threw the grasshopper in front of the child, the child didn't react, Shen Bai quickly made up another one and threw it over, and when he threw it to the third one, the child finally moved his neck and looked at Shen Bai.

At that glance, Shen Bai was a little frightened, this teenager's eyes were dark, and there was no light at all at the bottom of his eyes, like a pool of stagnant water, lifeless, not like a teenager, more like an old man who had run out of oil.

How can a child have such a look?

Shen Bai was puzzled in his heart, but his face was still not serious, holding a weed, he walked to the child and sat down with the grasshopper that had not yet been braided in his hand, bumped the child's arm, and said in a brisk tone: "You are a real person, I see that you have not moved, and I thought you were a scarecrow." “

As she spoke, Shen Bai's slender fingers flew flexibly, and she quickly knitted the grasshopper in her hand, she handed the grasshopper to the child, grinned and asked, "Today's first day of junior high school, this is for you, happy new year." “

The child lifted his eyes. Her black and white eyes reflected her frank and bright face.

The child watched for a long time, but after all, he didn't pick up the grasshopper and got up to leave.

Shen Bai was not surprised, nor did he catch up, let the child leave, and said in his heart that this grasshopper is not pleasing to the child, and he will try to change the dragonfly tomorrow.

Shen Bai patted his ass and stood up, and took the two Praetorian Guards to walk around the city.

There is nothing better in Yuanfeng County, this is a city that has experienced countless beacon fires and wolf smoke. The traces of war and years can be seen everywhere on the city wall, and the prosperity of Hanjing can not be seen here, only the breath of national peace and security can be felt, and the smell of medicine in the air also dilutes the festive atmosphere of the New Year.

Few shops were open, so Shen Bai turned around and went directly to the county guard's mansion.

The Praetorian Guards were still guarding outside the county guard's mansion, and Shen Bai walked over. With her identity revealed, the Praetorian Guards let her in.

Compared with the outside, the county guard mansion is more deserted, Ye Mingshan was inexplicably dismissed and imprisoned at home, the county guard mansion is panicked, and finally a person is born, although it seems that he is only a child of the fourteenth or fifteenth five, everyone's attitude is also quite respectful.

Ye Mingshan himself was very calm, when Shen Bai arrived in the main courtyard. He was practicing calligraphy in the study, and the next person knocked on the door and said that there was a guest coming, so Ye Mingshan came to open the door.

Shen Bai stood outside the house, waited for Ye Mingshan to open the door, and immediately bowed to him: "Shen Bai, the grandson of the Taifu, has seen Lord County Guard." “

Shen Bai's voice was loud, his back was straight, and the etiquette was very thoughtful, Ye Mingshan reached out to help her up. He said in a deep voice: "Young Master Shen doesn't have to be so polite. “

Ye Mingshan is forty-six this year, and he is about the same age as Sun Yiguang and Li Yunjue, but because he is a civil official and lacks exercise, he looks older than them.

However, he has a strong literati temperament, and Shen Bai felt an aura very similar to Shen Ruxiu the moment he saw him.

Maybe it's the so-called uprightness, frankness, old-fashionedness and stubbornness.

Shen Ruxiu called this the bottom line, but Shen Bai only felt that they didn't know how to be flexible and were very stubborn.

When Shen Bai was looking at Ye Mingshan, Ye Mingshan was also looking at her.

The fourteenth and fifteen-year-old children are wearing silver-gray brocade clothes. Although the height is not high, the back is straight, pretty like a small poplar, the eyes are clear and bright, it is the spirit that a young man should have, but it is a little more impenetrable than an ordinary teenager.

This kid is not simple.

This was Ye Mingshan's first impression of Shen Bai, he brought Shen Bai into the study and asked his subordinates to make hot tea and bring it in.

Ye Mingshan's handwriting is very good, and Shen Ruxiu is not a faction, he looks polite, but he writes wildly, and his pen is wide open and closed, which is very heroic and imposing.

Ye Mingshan asked: "On the first day of the new year today, Young Master Shen didn't celebrate the New Year in Hanjing, why did he come to Yuanfeng County?" “

Shen Bai said with a smile: "I have official business, so naturally I can't celebrate the New Year at home, I had a very lively time in the camp last night, but I didn't expect the county guard to live so lonely, and I knew that I should also invite the county guard to celebrate the New Year together." “

Ye Mingshan remembered that he had been dismissed, and arched his hand: "I have been dismissed, Young Master Shen should stop calling me the county guard, I can't afford it." “

"Lord County Shou said with a smile, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World dismissed you as an expedient measure, your lord will not be unable to guess the deep meaning behind His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, right?" Shen Bai responded with a smile, looking at Ye Mingshan with clear eyes.

Instead of dealing with those old foxes in the court, Shen Bai took the route straight to the point, so as not to have to talk too much.

Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou came to Yuanfeng County one after the other. Ye Mingshan believed in Gu Hengzhou, that was because he was the son of the Duke of Zhenguo, as for Shen Bai, he was the first time he had seen him, and he didn't know what Shen Bai's character was, but it was unreliable, although Shen Ruxiu's reputation in the court was not bad, Ye Mingshan was still a little wary of Shen Bai.

Ye Mingshan pretended to be confused and asked, "What does Young Master Shen mean by this?" “

Shen Bai bent his eyes and smiled, and directly said: "I walked around the city today, and found that almost all the shops were closed, only the medicine shop was boiling medicine, there were many rumors in Mozhou City that were not conducive to Yuanfeng County before, I believe that Brother Gu had already told Lord Ye, there was obviously someone behind this who deliberately made trouble, Brother Gu dismissed Lord Ye on the face, he wanted to see what the person behind him wanted to do, not really disbelieving Lord Ye." “

What Shen Bai said was right, Ye Mingshan asked, "These are all told to you by His Royal Highness the Prince?" “

Shen Bai shook his head: "No." These are all my guesses, and Brother Gu has no idea. “

Ye Mingshan frowned and said, "Then Young Master Shen came to me today, and he also hid it from His Royal Highness?" “

"I didn't mean to deliberately hide what Brother Gu meant." Shen Bai said with a smile, playing a word game, "I just didn't tell Brother Gu in advance that I was coming to find an adult." “

"Young Master Shen, what do you mean by this?"

Ye Mingshan sat up slightly straight, looking at Shen Bai with vigilant eyes, Shen Bai was not in a hurry, and took out the golden order given by Emperor Hengde to Ye Mingshan, and the golden order was engraved with the word "Qin". It shows that Shen Bai came to Yuanfeng County this time on the orders of Emperor Hengde and came as a messenger.

Jin Ling suppressed Ye Mingshan's suspicions, and Shen Bai continued: "Many people in the city have the same strange disease, although there are not many people who have died, but they also make people panic, and the purpose of the people behind it is nothing more than one, to take the opportunity to spread rumors and create panic, and then take advantage of the weakness to enter. “

The intentions of the other side are obvious. Ye Mingshan naturally guessed this, but what he couldn't understand was that the strength of the army in Yuexi was far lower than that of Zhaoling, even if the city was mixed in with fine work and wanted to take advantage of the absence of Zhenguo Gong to do things, but the Zhenbei army guarded the border all the year round, and Yuanfeng County had a lot of armaments and materials in storage, and the enemy army in Yuexi had no chance of winning if they wanted to launch a large-scale attack, why did they do such a thing?

But apart from the Yuexi people, who else would do such a thing?

Shen Bai didn't figure out what Ye Mingshan couldn't figure out, but she didn't dwell on this, and said to Ye Mingshan: "Now that many people have been cured, the panic has not spread among the people in the city, this is all the credit of the county guard, but those people who are making trouble behind them will definitely not give up like this, we have to think of some countermeasures in advance." “

Ye Mingshan also thought of this, and he asked Shen Bai suspiciously: "What countermeasures has Young Master Shen thought of?" “

Shen Bai took out the drawings he had prepared long ago from his sleeve pocket and spread them out in front of Ye Mingshan, which was the map of Yuanfeng County and Mozhou. The North Hengshan Mountains are among them, and they are particularly conspicuous on the map.

Shen Bai pointed to Beihengshan and said: "The straight-line distance between Mozhou and Yuanfeng County is not far, but to cross Beihengshan to Mozhou, the distance has doubled, and if a large number of soldiers and horses want to cross Beihengshan, it will take more time." “

Ye Mingshan nodded and said: "Beiheng Mountain has been between Mozhou and Yuanfeng County since ancient times, it is not only an obstacle between Mozhou and Yuanfeng County, but also the second barrier between Zhaoling and Yuexi, Young Master Shen will never follow the example of the ancients and let the people in the city remove this mountain, right?" “

Shen Bai shook his head, if he wanted to move the mountain, he would not be able to dig it up for decades even if he used the strength of the people of the entire Yuanfeng County, and it would take too long.

Shen Bai can't care about what will happen in the next few decades, he can only care about the present.

Shen Bai said: "It takes too long to move the mountains and hurt the people and money, my idea is to build a wide avenue south of Beiheng Mountain, in the event of an emergency, the soldiers and horses of Mozhou can support Yuanfeng County in the fastest time, this matter I have reported to Your Majesty, the people of Mozhou will soon start construction in the south to build a road, the people of Yuanfeng County only need to build a lookout on the North Heng Mountain, if the war is tight, light the wolf smoke on the platform can let the soldiers and horses of Mozhou see and come to the rescue." “

Ye Mingshan frowned, although Shen Bai's method was much smaller than the amount of work to move mountains, it was not an easy task, and it was indeed not difficult to build an observatory. But Shannan has to build roads, and it will take many years to complete them.

Shen Bai knew what Ye Mingshan was thinking, and patiently analyzed: "People live for a lifetime, but they have been in a hurry for decades, and now Zhaoling's national strength is still quite strong, maybe Lord Ye and my generation will not see the day of the invasion of foreign enemies in their lifetimes, but this is done in advance, and it can be regarded as planning for future generations, and it is prepared." “

Shen Bai knew very well that if the status quo of the Zhaoling court was not changed, there would be no need to wait for Ye Mingshan to die, and Zhaoling would fall into the flames of war, she was not planning for her juniors, but leaving a way back for herself.

Shen Bai used a consultative tone, but she also said it just now, she had already written an excerpt and reported this matter to the imperial court, as long as Emperor Hengde allowed it, Ye Mingshan would do it regardless of whether he agreed or not.

Ye Mingshan didn't expect Shen Bai to have such long-term considerations and extraordinary courage at such a young age. He sighed and smiled: "Young Master Shen really deserves to be the concubine of Taifu, and he is very knowledgeable." “

Shen Bai hooked his lips and smiled, received Ye Mingshan's praise, and said: "Mozhou will send people to build roads, but most of the manpower will be insufficient, and I also asked Lord Ye to select three thousand young adults from the city to Mozhou, and work together with the two states to build the road." “

Ye Mingshan was frightened by Shen Bai's request, and thought for a moment and said: "The matter of building the road takes a long time, if three thousand young adults are transferred from Yuanfeng County, most of their relatives will also go to Mozhou together, so that at least tens of thousands of people will migrate, which will have a very huge impact on Yuanfeng County and Mozhou." “

Shen Bai was not surprised by Ye Mingshan's words, the hand hanging on her lap was lightly tapped, her eyes were like torches, and she said firmly: "I just want to relocate the people in the city in the name of construction." “

Ye Mingshan was once again shocked by the words of the young man in front of him, Shen Bai turned his head to look at him, dazzling sparks burst out from the bottom of his eyes, and then Ye Mingshan heard her say: "Someone wants to move my people in Zhaoling, I want him to know, what kind of price will be paid for wishful thinking!" “

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