When Shang Cheng returned to the Admiral's Palace, the sun had just set.

He first went to the party room to see if there was any official business that he needed to deal with immediately, and then asked the official on duty about the official correspondence, and then took a few files that had just been sent in the afternoon to the small courtyard where he temporarily lived in the backyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Shishi, who rarely appeared in front of him, came to him and said that Erya had been looking for him all afternoon.

Shang Cheng stopped and asked, "What is she looking for me for?" "Huo Shiqi doesn't live in the Admiral's Mansion anymore. After he received an errand from the temporary Yamen General Governor, in order to avoid suspicion, he rented a small mansion near the Admiral's Mansion and moved there with Erya.

Shi grinned, glanced at Shang Cheng and quickly turned his eyes to the roof of the house, looked at the two swallows that flashed in the twilight, and said with a straight face: "Where do I know." I asked her, but she wouldn't say. ”

Shang Cheng glared at him and didn't say anything. He had long seen what Huo Shiqi and his family had in mind. They don't want to think about it...... He sighed silently, he didn't know how to judge this matter, and he didn't know how to evaluate the two elders! No, he didn't say that Uncle Seventeen and Aunt Seventeen didn't think it right, nor did he say that the girl Erya had a bad character, but it was just ...... And Lian Niang...... Alas, the hemp thing!

He didn't know what he was thinking, so he waved his hand, threw down the stone for unknown reason, and went into the upper room on his own.

The two maidservants had brought him a basin of hot water from the stove, and placed the towel he used to wash his face and the pancreas called "fat medicine" by the copper basin. When Shang Cheng washed his face and washed his hands, the stone that followed him was next to him and asked the two women about the "fat medicine" without saying a word.

The maidservants in this courtyard are all the servants of the former marquis Li Wei; Li Wei did bad things, and the family suffered, and they had nowhere to go. When Chen Pu was there, he dismissed all those who could still find his family, and those who were left behind were sold to people since childhood and couldn't return home. When Shang Cheng took over, he also scratched his head about this matter, and because Erya wanted to live in, he first vaguely assigned them to serve Erya. When Huo Shiqi moved out, he took three more, and there are still two left, which Erya specially explained to stay and serve him. Shang Cheng didn't say anything about Erya's arrangement.

Shang Cheng washed his face and sat down at the table. Two gauze lamps had been placed on the table, and two small silver boxes had been lifted; Inside the box were the dried cotton handkerchiefs he used to change the medicine for his eyes, as well as steamed medicinal yarn. After he wiped his right eye with a cotton cloth, a girl immediately handed him a clean eye patch with a changed medicine. While wearing an eye patch, he once again silently sighed in his heart, this woman's mind and feet are delicate and dexterous......

The half-wet cotton in the sandwich of the silver patch immediately cooled his eyes. He smacked his lips comfortably and said to a servant girl, "Take a box of fat pills and give it to Captain Zhao." ”

The maid went out quietly, and in a moment she came back with a red brocade box and handed it to the stone. The stone opened it and looked at it, and said with a bitter face: "There aren't many pancreatic beans here, how many days can it be used?" As he spoke, he looked at Shang Cheng with blank eyes.

Shang Cheng knew that Shi Shi wanted to use this thing to give him a married woman to hook up, so he sneered and said, "Not much? Do you know how precious this thing is, and where it comes from? He rolled his eyelids and stared at the stone, then drooped down and wiped his hands with a dry towel, and said, "This is a rare object made by the Inner Fang, and it has only been two days since the Inner Court issued it, and there are not many copies in the whole Yanshan, and I don't have much." You don't have a home, you just have a box! He wanted to take the opportunity to strike a stone, but when he saw two women standing beside him, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

Shi looked at the two bronzing words on the box, swallowed and salivated and said, "Give me another box." He saw that Shang Cheng's expression was a little unkind, and quickly explained, "In a few days, the West Malaysia Zhiliao family will send their daughter to marry Lao Bao, and I have been thinking about what gift to do." It's a good thing, it's better than giving money......"

Hearing the stone say this, Shang Cheng's tense face eased again, nodded with a smile, and instructed the maid to go and get another box, got up and went to the wallside cabinet to take a piece of paper and handed it to the stone, saying, "This is the deed of a courtyard in Lao Yao Lane in Nancheng, you can take it and give it to the bun." ”

Stone took the deed with his head drooping. He is now a captain from the eighth grade, and his monthly salary is four or five times, and when the court rewarded him after the year, he also got a lot of silver, cloth, and silk, but these things were either lost by him on the gambling table or given away, and as a result, not only did he not save money, but he also owed a lot of gambling debts. In the past few days, he has been anxious about Baokan's happy events and gifts. Everyone knows that he and Bao Kan have a deep relationship, if this gift is light, Bao Kan will definitely not say anything, but others will inevitably take some gossip and sour words; Even if others don't talk about it, he himself has no face......

He held the deed and two boxes of fat pills in his hand, bowed his head and stood on the table like a child who had done something wrong, and said aggressively for a long time: "Brother monk, I ...... it"

Shang Cheng looked at the stone like this, his eyes were also a little damp, and he quickly turned his head and picked up an official document to look at, and said, "Our own brothers, don't be so clear." He pursed his lips and stared at the yarn lamp for a long time, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "The big joy of the bun, Zhongshan and Qian Laosan are going to West Malaysia to kiss directly and then come to Yanzhou." Fan Quan or Ji Zheng might also find an excuse to come over. If you have a message to you in advance, you should also have a preparation in your heart, and if it is time to break it, you should break it quickly. When the happy event is over, you are ready to leave Yanzhou to lead the troops, one by one, Qian Laosan, or Fan Quan, you choose! In the past, I was a lieutenant or battalion captain. ”

Stone looked up in surprise, hesitated, and said, "...... I'm not going. ”

Shang Cheng turned his face and glanced at him, made a gesture to let the two maids go out, looked at the stone and raised the corners of his mouth, and asked with a chuckle: "You can not go if you say you don't go?" ”

"I'll follow you as a guard!"

"Be a guard for me? Eight days out of ten days I can't see your figure, and if you are a guard, who can believe you! Besides, I don't need that many people here! ”

"That'...... Let the old bag go. ”

Shang Chengyi said: "Lao Bao has just gotten married, even if you are embarrassed to open this mouth, I don't have the face to talk to him." ”

Shi Ku frowned and thought for a while, and then said, "Then I'd rather go to Zhongshan." He still knew from Shang Cheng that Sun Zhongshan was coming back just now. Although it is not clear what Sun Zhongshan did when he came back, it must be inseparable from the three brigades of the Chinese army stationed outside the city. These three brigades have changed guards with the Yanshan Right Army, and in the future, they will defend Yanzhou along the Yanshui line and Gongwei; Sun Zhongshan also served in most of these three brigades. As long as he followed Sun Zhongshan, it was impossible for him to be too far away from Yanzhou.

"Zhongshan is back to wait, maybe it will be half a year to be free." Shang Cheng said coldly.

Shi muttered quietly: "You are the commander, whether he is waiting for his post or not, it is still a matter of your words......"

Before Shi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shang Cheng's split. He scolded angrily: "Bastard! Zhongshan is an officer of Da Zhao, how should I decide on his appointment and transfer? "The most hateful thing about the stone is here! To be honest, he doesn't care about the stone playing with money, and he doesn't care about the stone hooking up with women outside, what he hates the most is that the stone often talks nonsense and does nonsense without knowing the depth! If the stone had half of Tian Xiaowu or Su Zha's self-motivation, and didn't go outside to provoke so many bullshit, how could he still be a Cong Bapin now? He was so angry that he went back and forth in the house several times, and finally gritted his teeth and shouted: "When the matter is over, you will roll me to Qian Laosan, and you will go to Beizheng for me!" You are not allowed to come back without my orders!" If you dare to step into Yanzhou half a step, I will chop you! He was so angry that his head was buzzing, and his chest was aching faintly, but the stone still looked like he didn't care at all, and he couldn't swallow this breath, so he kicked it. Now, you me off! ”

The stone staggered for a moment, holding something in one hand and rubbing his ass in the other, and walked out, muttering as he walked: "Get out, what are you kicking?" The Admiral ...... as if he was in awe, "As he spoke, he crossed the threshold, and was as nimble as a tanuki and crawled to the wall. A teacup flew over and smashed on the green brick floor in the courtyard. The two soldiers on duty at the gate turned their faces to look, and the soldiers resting in the wings on both sides were also probing their brains. Tian Xiaowu and Su Zha came out of the house and stood under the porch looking at him and smiled, and asked, "Captain Zhao, haven't you been able to borrow money again?" ”

"Nothing to do with your fart! Go back and read your books! The stone cursed, "It's all over!" The two big-headed soldiers actually want to read and write, but they may not want to be admitted to the Jinshi as the champion? He muttered and cursed one after another, and then went out of the courtyard in the dark.

After driving the stone away, Shang Cheng asked him to bring him a new tea cup, sat down at the table and opened a newspaper from Shangjing from the Ministry of War. Zheng Sanpin's actual general and several David's admirals are leading the position of the military department at the same time, although he is only a fake post and does not have the rank of a squire, but the military department report is still delivered at any time. This is not necessarily a military secret, but it must be an urgent situation happening in various places at the moment, and these things can make him really know Da Zhao and understand the world......

Usually when he gets the newspaper, he can quickly read and think quietly, but now he can't read a word.

His gaze quickly swept over the pages, and he turned the compilation to the last page, and he didn't remember anything, but vaguely remembered that Nanzhao was making small moves south of the river, the bureaucrats in Jiazhou were about to move again, the two small countries in the west were rubbing against Da Zhao, and the Liyuan battalion had changed a few generals.

He reluctantly put down the newspaper and let out a long sigh.