A familiar broken gong voice came from outside the door: "Is your Captain Zhao here?" After a pause, it seemed that someone had said something to the guy, and he laughed in a broken voice, and said, "Your master has stopped?" You have to throw it up when you rest! My old man ran dozens of miles to see him, and he dared to be caught in the bed and not come out to greet him, and be careful of being beaten to death with a military stick! ”

As soon as the stone heard it, he knew that it was Duan Si who called the door. But Duan Si is the little leader of the guards of the Admiral's Mansion, and his errand in the past few days is to follow Shang Cheng to the military camp outside the city to hold a military meeting, why did he come back quietly? When did he become someone else's servant?

The thought of doubt turned slightly in his heart, and the stone immediately understood, this is Shang Cheng back! The monk is right outside the door!

He hurriedly pulled his jacket on the kang head, and kicked his two feet in the ground to find boots. But there was no light in the room, and the black rumbling could not see anything clearly. I wanted to light the lamp, and I also touched the fire sickle on the windowsill, but my hands were not very obedient, and I made a mistake in my busy and knocked over the lamp, and when the porter's daughter led Shang Cheng into the inner room with a lamp, he was wearing a jacket stained with lamp oil, and he was putting on his boots in embarrassment.

The woman lit two lamps and put them on the kang table and in the alcove, brought them a pot of hot tea, and then turned the clay brazier in the corner of the house out of the fire, and then withdrew silently. As for Duan Si, he was a discerning guy, and he knew that Shang Cheng and the Shi brothers had a lot to say, so he just shook his head at the door and nodded and smiled with Shi, and after handing over a cloth package in his hand to Shang Cheng, he went to the wing room to roast the fire by himself.

Shi put on his shoes and asked while pouring water for Shang Cheng: "Didn't you say that the meeting lasted a few days, why did you come back so soon?" "He and Shang Cheng have different feelings, and there are no outsiders in the house, so he doesn't have any scruples when he speaks." Is the meeting over? ”

Shang Cheng held the hot bowl to warm his hands, shook his head and said, "There is a bit of an urgent matter in the Health Department, I will come back temporarily to deal with it, but I have to rush back at night." "The next two days will be a war game deduction on paper, and it is a matter of success or failure in the battle, and he has to go back. Originally, this kind of meeting should have been convened before the troops were dispatched after the New Year, because only by doing so could the suddenness of the campaign be ensured to the greatest extent, but there was no way, the existing transportation and communication conditions did not allow him to do so, and the mobilization of troops, the recruitment of people, the logistical support, and mutual coordination...... And so on, all kinds of things need to be deployed in advance. Moreover, the conditions for the implementation of the second phase of the campaign were very complicated and variable, and it was all the more necessary for him and Li Shen to form an effective tacit understanding and cooperation before the start of the war, so he had to take this opportunity to have an in-depth conversation with Li Shen and exchange their views and ideas on the development of the war in as much detail as possible......

Hearing that Shang Cheng was going back overnight, Shi didn't feel strange. He knew that this was a very important military meeting, and the degree of secrecy of the meeting was also very high, in addition to the fact that several generals from the Admiral's Mansion and the Weifu were bound to attend, Ximen Sheng from Fangzhou and Li Shen from Duanzhou also secretly returned to Yanzhou; In addition, Sun Huan, Sun Zhongshan, Qian Laosan and Fan Quan, the important generals of Yanshanwei, were also recruited back by the Admiral's Mansion. There is no doubt that the key content of this meeting is the major event of sending troops next year. Although he was also concerned about it, he had been a lieutenant in the Admiralty for almost a year, and he still knew what to ask and what not to ask.

He also sat down by the kang.

Shang Cheng was silent for a while, and said, "I heard about you when I came back......"

The stone was silent. This was not surprising to him. Shang Cheng came to him in his busy schedule, didn't he hear about him and was worried about him, but why? It's been such a night, it's still windy and snowing outside, looking at the tired look on Shang Cheng's face that can't be concealed, as well as the mud spots on the hems of his boots and trousers, a warm current can't help but swells up in his heart.

“…… It's nothing if the family affair doesn't work out, don't go to your heart. It's nothing! This shows that the two of you don't have that fate at all! I know that you are a hearty person, and I said this in vain, and seeing that you can eat and sleep, I know that you must not take it seriously. Shang Cheng said dry words of relief. Alas, what a fucking bastard! Bao Kan obviously asked someone to go to the south to check several times, and the local yamen said that the woman had already died of a sudden illness, who knew that the servants in the yamen all ate rice! That person obviously went to sea to do business, and Leng asked the local yamen to register as a "violent pawn"! Alas, of course, not dying can't be considered a bad thing, it's a pity for his mother, and he still wants to ask the woman to come to the door, and the happy stickers are all sent out......

"I'm fine." The stone, who was in a very bad mood, said.

"It's okay! When this battle is over, I will protect the media for you, and when the time comes, you can marry the daughter of whichever family you want, even if you want to ask the princess of the emperor's family to be a concubine, I ......"

"I'm fine!" Shi raised his face and interrupted him and said, "Brother monk, you have a lot of things on your mind, so don't worry about my bullshit anymore." He let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile, "This is my destiny." Speaking of which, I deserve to be unlucky, so many daughters from good families I don't take it seriously, so I just fell in love with her. ”

Shang Cheng was also reluctant to comfort the stone with empty words. No amount of beautiful words can heal that scar; This kind of psychological wound can only be treated with the medicine of time, and when the years pass slowly, the wound will gradually be ignored. But it is only ignored, it is not forgotten; I don't know when, it will come back from the depths of memory, and it will cause pain again. Fortunately, this kind of damage will gradually be able to be borne over time.

He changed the topic and asked the stone: "I heard Sister Pan'er say that you are going to Yanshui's riding brigade soon?" ”

"Yes. I've got all the orders, I've got my waist card, and I'll leave tomorrow. ”

"So fast?"

"Tian Xiaowu is about to get married when he speaks, and the battalion he brought has no battalion officer, and Zhongshan is afraid that there will be chaos, so he asked me to hurry over."

Shang Cheng was a little surprised. He thought that not many people knew about the stone; Now it seems that he was wrong. Since Zhongshan knew, Bao Kan must also know, not to mention that he had heard the news from Yang Pan'er; Pan'er knows it, and that Yue'er definitely knows it, and there are seventeen uncles and seventeen aunts...... Maybe he's the only one who doesn't know. They are deliberately hiding it from him!

"I told them not to tell you." Stone said. His shame can be hidden from others, but he can't hide it from Yue'er and Uncle Seventeen's family. He can't hide it from them! The house, and the furnishings of the house, were all purchased for him; Otherwise, with his meager salary and consistent lavish expenses, I don't know when he will be able to set up a nest in Yanzhou City. Even the window grilles that were not torn clean on the windows were hung by the big girl and Pan'er to paste them one by one, but unfortunately they didn't come in handy.

Speaking of Yue'er, Shang Cheng was speechless. Since Yue'er said "I'm not a businessman" that night because of the matter of taking a stake in Liu Ji's warehouse, he and Yue'er have never spoken again. Not only did they not speak, but they even tried not to face each other when they walked. Since that night, he has not been to the small garden in the backyard. He used to like to walk around the pond there, thinking about all kinds of questions as he went. Now he had to grind circles in a small study.

"I'm not a businessman."

He couldn't understand how she could say so aggrieved!

Of course, it is not incomprehensible. In fact, he understood exactly what that meant. But both intellectually and emotionally made him feel unacceptable, and he couldn't accept that Yue'er would say such a thing.

And Yang Paner!

Last night, he and Sun Zhongshan and Qian Laosan were talking together, and Sun Zhongshan mentioned Yang Paner, and praised Yang Paner so much that he was almost like a fairy who came down from the sky. He only thought that Sun Zhongshan was greedy for a lot of beautiful wives and concubines in other people's homes, and he also had some ideas, who knew that in the end, Sun Zhongshan's guy changed his words, and actually persuaded him to give Pan'er a name, and he was confused and ignorant on the spot. But Fan Quan and Qian Laosan were still coaxing beside them, saying that since ancient times, beauties are worthy of heroes, if you want to talk about who is a hero in Yan Shanwei, of course, it must be the general, if he doesn't marry Yang Paner, it will be a tyrannical thing......

Tyrannical Creatures? As soon as he heard this, he knew that they had colluded with Sun Zhongshan in advance, otherwise Qian Laosan and Fan Quan, who were semi-illiterate, would know what a "tyrannical thing" was? Don't say it's written, they can take these four words apart and recognize them all, and he will write the business word upside down!

He waved his hand vigorously, put away all the messy things in his mind, took the cloth package he brought on the kang table, and said to the stone: "Go to Yanshui Riding Brigade for a while, and it's good to relax." It's ......" he paused. In this package were the things that Yue'er had prepared for the stones, two fox fur jackets, some changes of clothes, and some silver coins; He piggybacks on it by the way. "It's ...... This is the object that Yue'er prepared for you. Yanshui is windy and cold, and the riding camp is stationed in the mountain pass, which is much colder than Yanzhou, you remember to wear more clothes and be careful not to freeze. You are generous with your hands and feet, and you have a great affection for your brothers, and these coins can be of great use. The copper coin is too heavy to carry, and the silver is too much to see, so she also prepared ten taels of gold for you, and you put it away carefully. While explaining to the stone, he also sighed in his heart that Yue'er's little girl's mind was too detailed. Fortunately, she is by her side, and she can help him take care of many things that seem trivial but are actually important in life, which allows him to get rid of complex and frequent interpersonal contacts and handle government and military affairs wholeheartedly. With that alone, he couldn't help but be filled with gratitude and respect for her.

He took his saber from his waist, handed it to the stone, and said, "You are going to Yanshui to take up the post, and I have nothing to handle, so I will give you this sword." "This knife is exactly the same as the treasure knife that Qian Laosan seized on the grassland last year. The knife that Qian Laosan handed over was lost on the grassland by him, and now this is a gift from others. Moreover, he now knew its name: this sword was a Damascus sword with brilliant patterns.

He didn't sit long before leaving. He was so busy that he couldn't even spare more time to talk to Brother Stone, even if he had a lot of words in his heart and wanted to sit down with Stone and talk properly, but he didn't have time to ......