Not long after Yue'er went out, a girl with a pair of buns walked to the door of the study with a wooden basin, glanced at it, and said timidly: "Uncle Monk...... immediately changed his words again, "Big, my lord," and felt that it was wrong, and then changed his words, "...... Sir, wash ...... Please wash your face. ”

Shang Cheng sat on the edge of the couch in a daze, looking out the window at the small garden that had just been halfway up a little stunned, and when he heard someone talking to him, he turned his head to look. At this time, it was just afternoon, a few saplings transplanted to the small courtyard in front of the house and the white-gray walls on both sides of the courtyard doorway were shining in the blazing white light. He stared at the girl twice, and then recognized that this was Xing'er, the daughter of the Yao family in the neighborhood. Xing'er is half a year younger than Yue'er, and like Yue'er, she is now an orphan - her father and mother, as well as her grandmother and her half-year-old brother who is still in infancy, all died at the hands of the Tu Yi people, a family of five, and now there is only one Xing'er left. When Shang Cheng returned to Huojiabao to recuperate, he saw her living alone in the only thatched hut on the side of the Yao family, relying on the neighbors and digging wild vegetables by herself. After Shang Cheng asked for her opinion, he took her to live in his own house. In this way, Yue'er can also have a companion. And the two girls are generally old, and they have the same experience, and they can talk to each other more intimately than others.

Apricot put the basin on the wooden bench in the corner, wrung the towel again, lowered her head and muttered a word.

Shang Cheng went over and washed his face with water in his hand. The cool well water touched his face, and a refreshing feeling that soaked into his heart and spleen immediately spread from the top of his head to his limbs, and his whole body was indescribably comfortable, and it seemed that even his irritable mood was immediately quieted......

He washed his face, wiped the sweat on his body with a towel dipped in water, put on a clean coat again, and was about to go to the courtyard moon gate to greet Huo Shiqi and them, when he suddenly remembered something, stopped and looked at Xing'er who was cleaning up in the house: "What did you call me just now?" ”

Xing'er was stunned, lowered her head and picked her fingers, and whispered timidly for a long time: "...... Old, sir. ”

Shang Cheng frowned and asked, "Who taught you?" ”

Apricot gritted her teeth and didn't squeak. It wasn't until Shang Cheng asked again that she cautiously looked at Shang Cheng's face and said hesitantly, "...... is the second mother who helps the cook in the stove room. She saw that Shang Cheng had already frowned with a dark face, and hurriedly said, "No, it wasn't Erniang who taught me." It's me, it's my own ......"

Shang Cheng looked at her face and turned white with fright, there was no place to put her hands and feet, knowing that her appearance had frightened her, and she heard that it was the second sister of the old neighborhood who taught her to do this, so she had to turn her back and sigh, and said while walking towards the door: "Don't listen to Erniang, let's call me Uncle Monk, it sounds kind." ”

Hearing him say this, Xing'er blurted out, "No." ”

Not? Shang Cheng stood still and looked at Xing'er: "Erniang, what else did she say?" ”

Xing'er picked at the chest strap of the straight gauze skirt, and was silent before saying, "...... You are a noble person, an official master, and then call you and ...... Uncle Monk, people will laugh at our merchants for having no rules. ”

What the? Shang Cheng stared at Xing'er with a wide range of eyes, and was so surprised that he couldn't even close his mouth.

"I ...... I...... The slave and maid will go and tell the young lady that she will move to the lower wing room this afternoon. Xing'er didn't know what encouragement she had received, but she suddenly had the courage to meet Shang Cheng's gaze and even speak neatly. The maid is a subordinate, and it is not suitable to live in the same room with Miss Liu. Besides, the maid was rescued from the fire pit by the master, and life and death are all from the merchant, and now the master is injured, and it is important to be the master of ambush, even if it is ......"

Listening to her one slave and one maid, one old lady and one old lady, Shang Cheng only felt that his temples were jumping suddenly, his eyes didn't know where to look, and his face was even more embarrassed, so he interrupted her: "Okay, don't say it again!" He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and did not know for a moment what to do; Listening to the laughter from outside the courtyard, there were both Fan Quan's rough voice and Ji Zheng's unbridled loud laughter, knowing that someone had arrived, he said to Xing'er, "I won't say anything to you now." Just remember one thing: if you dare to call Miss Master again, and dare to call yourself a slave in front of me again, I will drive you out. Seeing Xing'er's eyes widen in horror, she simply acted as a "bad guy", squinted her eyes and looked at the little girl, and snorted in her nose and sneered, "If you don't believe it, you can try." ”

Xing'er was so frightened by him that her face turned blue, her lips trembled for a long time, and she didn't dare to say anything more.

"You sister Yue'er, you have to dare to say it, see if your sister takes the wicker and whips you."

Leaving aside these words, which were half warning and half threatening, Shang Cheng walked out quickly. Out of the study, he was greeted by a steaming heat wave and a dazzling white light, he couldn't help but pause at his feet, and when he looked at it again, Huo Shiqi kit white shirt ordinary Zhuang people dressed as the first to come first, followed by Ji Fan and two officers in Rong Chang clothes; The three of them laughed as they walked. Fan Quan's eyes were sharp, and before he entered the courtyard door, he had already seen him standing on the dripping eaves and stepping down the steps, and hurriedly took two steps to meet him, not even caring about the courtesy, and stepped up the steps to frame Shang Cheng in one step, and said, "Why did the adults come out?" The sun is poisonous outside, and your injuries have just healed, so you still have to recuperate in peace. ”

Ji Zheng also hurriedly left Huo Shiqi to come over to salute, and said in his mouth: "How can you be a subordinate, dare to bother the captain from afar?" ”

Fan Quan looked at Shang Cheng's stunned appearance, leaned into his ear and said, "This is what Lao Ji just asked someone to teach him before he came." One by one, I recited all the way, and finally didn't miss a word. Just now I taught Miss Liu in the hall once......"

Although it was a whisper, Fan Quan's voice was loud, and even the apricots in the house could hear it clearly. Before he finished speaking, Shang Cheng had already narrowed his eyes and laughed, pointing at Ji Zheng, who was blushing, speechless. Huo Shiqi held back a smile, his shoulders twitched, and he turned his head to pretend to admire the few trees in the courtyard. Yue'er, who was holding a tea tray, happened to walk into the courtyard, pursed her lips and ran into the study quickly. Xing'er was just scared enough by Shang Cheng's threat, but in the end, it was the heart of a teenager, and she had already squatted on the ground with a few cases, covering her stomach and screaming.

Ji Zheng knew that he was ugly, so he didn't get annoyed when he scratched his head, so he came up and grabbed Shang Cheng's other arm and said, "It's hot outside, the sun is poisonous, and the adults are still in the house." ”

The four men went into the room and sat down. Shang Cheng's body was not yet well, so Yue'er folded two pillows and put a thin quilt on the couch for him, and let him lie down half-lying; Zhang gathered three more people to pour tea soup. Xing'er also had eyes, quickly brought water and wrung a towel, asked the three of them to wipe their sweat, and brought a few pu fans to share with them, took one herself, and gently fanned Shang Cheng by avoiding the couch.

Shang Cheng said to Ji Fan and the others: "You guys came just in time, I just ordered wine and food, and I will eat here in the evening." ”

Ji Zhengfan immediately stood up and thanked him respectfully.

Shang Cheng waved his hand and asked them not to be so vain. After saying a few words, seeing that the two of them were still sitting on the chair with their hands on their knees, they knew that what they said was in vain, so they simply changed the topic and asked, "Have you been busy in the camp recently?" ”

Seeing him ask, Ji Zheng was about to stand up as soon as he stood up in his seat, and when he saw Shang Cheng waving his hand again, he sat down and bowed his hand to Shang Cheng and said, "If you say you're busy, you're not busy, and if you're not busy, you're busy." The 100-10 people ate and drank Lazar, and the big fart thing never stopped. Last month, he was so busy that he didn't even have time to squat in the thatched house to wipe the ditch...... "Seeing that Yue'er and Xing'er were both blushing, he grinned and said to them, "My old Ji is such a rough person, I've been like this for half my life, I can't be fine if I want to, don't laugh at me, two young ladies." ”

Xing'er heard him call herself a young lady, and was about to explain when she saw Shang Cheng's gaze forcing her to come over, and hurriedly swallowed back the words on her lips.

Shang Cheng asked, "What happened in the camp last month?" ”

"It's not the ** order of the busy camp, let's do a review. Lao Fan and I fought all the way from Yixian County to Ruqizhai, and almost didn't pull a battle, but I didn't expect that people didn't die on the battlefield, and I almost suffocated to death when I did this review. ”

Fan Quanzheng was drinking water from a cup, and when he heard him say this, he raised his head and said, "You almost suffocated to death, don't get involved with me." ”

Shang Cheng knew that Ji Zheng could fight bravely, he spoke coarsely but his mind was not coarse, but he suffered the loss of being illiterate, so he was only a sentry commander after staying in the military for more than ten years, but it should not be difficult for him to do this review, after all, there are documents in the camp, and he doesn't need to write it himself. Thinking of this, he asked in a deep voice, "What else is there besides the war review?" ”

Ji Zheng slapped his thigh vigorously and exclaimed loudly: "An adult is an adult, it is really wise and martial, in a word!" ”

Shang Cheng laughed and said, "It's useless for you to slap me now." I'm not your superior, even if I want to give you a few words of praise in the review book, I won't have a chance. "He's joking, too. He knew that he had not reported to the camp now because his injuries had not healed, so this order had not yet been delivered to him; Once he returns to the guards, I am afraid that the first thing will be to review the gains and losses of the Duanzhou Campaign. Maybe the camp and the Admiral's Mansion were already waiting for his report, after all, he was probably the highest-ranking person who participated in the battle from start to finish......

Fan Quan said softly: "Actually, it's not a big deal to review the war, there was such an order after every battle before, if you have it, you can't write it, you can't just make up the number of words and hand it in, and you won't be held accountable." It's just that this time the order seems a little strange, it turned out to be issued by the battalion, and the big guys feel nervous. ”

Shang Cheng was still wondering what the "camp" in the military newspaper meant, so he asked, "What is the name of this camp?" What kind of military secretary is it? ”

Fan Quan saw with his own eyes how Shang Cheng jumped from the countryside to become a captain, and also knew that although his position was not low, he actually didn't know much about many situations in the army. The current dynasty has always fought in a general direction, and has set up camps in key places so that it can control and command in a timely manner. As he spoke, he glanced at everyone in the room to make sure that no one would leak the news, so he lowered his voice and said, "I heard from an acquaintance in the Admiral's Mansion that the two prefectures of Bohai and Weixi, the three prefectures of Dingjin and Weidong, and the entire territory of Yanshanwei, all officials, soldiers and civilians have their own divisions, and all of them are under the command and dispatch of the Yanshan camp......