Shang Cheng originally thought that this trip to Beijing to ask for his life would definitely be a twist and turn, and when he arrived in Beijing, he happened to coincide with the inexplicable "Daughter's Day" court break, which also confirmed his expectations; Who knew that from the time he handed over the "Strategy" to the Yamen outside the Ministry of War, and then to the Dongyuan Emperor's use of the seal on the draft of the battle, there was no interrogation he expected, there was no interrogation as he envisioned, and there was not even much discussion, and the imperial court unanimously approved Yanshanwei's autumn battle, which was less than four hours before and after. Not only that, Yan Shanwei also unexpectedly received reinforcements from two brigades and seven other battalions, and the whole process went unbelievably smooth!

Seven battalions of out-of-state garrisons were of course sent to maintain the grain routes; He originally planned to strengthen the defense of Yanxi in Fangzhou, but changed his mind on the way back to the Yamen outside the Ministry of Troops, so he asked Xu Shilang to come forward to arrange for the reinforcements to report directly to Yanzhou via Quzhou as soon as possible. He thought that the soldiers in the two places had different training and different combat awareness, and even the accents of the commanders and orders were very different, so if such a team was suddenly put in Yanxi, I was afraid that not only would it not be able to strengthen the strength of Fangzhou, but it might also have the opposite effect.

This is a trivial matter, Xu Shilang didn't need to discuss it with others, and immediately agreed.

That Shang Cheng didn't have anything to worry about anymore.

He led the horse outside the outer yamen and said goodbye to Xu Shilang, and then went back to the inn to call the upper Duan Si and them, and after settling the house and meal money, he looked for a way out of the city. Shen Shi did not finish out of the north gate, and then walked through Wangfengdun one by one, this is the garrison forbidden army outside the capital of the garrison village, after here even if it really leaves the Shangjing Plain Mansion.

Things went smoothly, Shang Cheng's mood was also very comfortable and brisk, out of the military village pass, escorted the horses on the side of the road to let a team of wagons carrying towering goods like a small hill on the road, raised his arm and pointed to the north:

"Let's go! Back to Yanshan! ”

The whip flicked back, and the horse was spiritual, and he raised his head and hissed vigorously with his master, and jumped out as soon as he jumped out. Duan Si hurriedly hit his horse with a few guards to catch up. Ten horses rolled up a cloud of yellow dust and galloped along the spacious and flat official road of the Central Plains like an ochre cloud......

This run is more than 40 miles in half an hour.

It wasn't until he galloped up the small dirt slope that Shang Cheng saw that the horse was already sweating, so he slowed down the reins.

It's a small slope that can't even be considered a hill. The season has just entered autumn, and the front and back of the slope are still full of greenery. On the sunny side of the hillside is a pear orchard, and the fist-sized pear fruit hangs among the leafy leaves, as if proudly announcing that there will be a good harvest this year. A few girls took their skirts and carried the stolen fruits, laughing and running towards the thatched pavilion on the edge of the pear forest at the half-slope waist; There are also two women sitting on the pavilion, looking leisurely and lazy to enjoy the autumn...... From the foot of the hillside to the horizon, there are endless wheat fields; The heavy golden ears of wheat pressed the straws down, and the breeze blew through them, undulating and swaying like golden waves. In the midst of large wheat fields of varying lengths, widths, and squares, there are scattered large and small villages in the east and west. The tall and low Vasher stands quietly in the sea of wheat; They are like family members who are accustomed to seeing wind and waves, calmly and calmly waiting for the harvest that is bound to come. The wind that swept across the earth not only brought the rich wheat fragrance that made people feel intoxicated, but also brought the loud and cheerful folk songs of the Central Plains:

“…… In July, the wheat flowers are fragrant,

My sister, where are you;

In August, the wheat is full of barns, and the barns are full of wheat,

My sister, do you want to be a brother;

In September, the flour is beaten yo and the wheat cake is beaten,

My sister, you don't want to look at my brother;

Ahh......h

There were also bold among the few girls who stole pears, and before the other people's songs were finished, they threw the fruit into the arms of their companions, stood on the slope and put their hands around their mouths, and sang loudly:

“…… In July, the wheat flowers are fragrant,

My brother, where are you?

In August, the wheat is full of barns, and the barns are full of wheat,

My brother, do you want to be a sister;

In September, the flour is beaten yo and the wheat cake is beaten,

My brother, how can you forget your sister;

Ahh......h

By the time the bold girl finished singing, her companion was already giggling with a pear.

The guards who followed Shang Cheng, except for Duan Si and one other person, were all seventeen or eighteen years old and in their early twenties, seeing the girl's handsome appearance, and singing so beautifully, they couldn't help but feel a little warm, and one of the guards couldn't help but pick up her song:

“…… In July, the fragrance of wheat flowers,

In August, the wheat is full,

Kiss your sister, how can my brother forget you,

Kiss your good sister, how dare my brother forget you,

……”

Although his song follows the tune of the girl, the end can't help but bring out the drag and pluck, and the horse's feet are exposed at once: this is obviously not a brisk Central Plains slang song, but a majestic and simple Biansai folk song.

The girls on the slope heard that the song was wrong, so they all stopped playing, looked at the group of people standing on the slope and pointed at them; Two women sitting in the pavilion and talking also came out looking for singing......

The guards and the girl played with each other, but Shang Cheng didn't pay any attention. The last time he entered Beijing, it was already winter, and he came and went in a hurry and didn't care about visiting the beautiful scenery of Beijing. When I entered Beijing this time, I was worried and worried, and I didn't have the heart to pay attention to the customs along the way. Until this moment, I got rid of my heart disease and less worry, and my heart was full of relaxation and happiness, and then I saw the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland in front of me, and I couldn't help but feel surging and couldn't help myself, and the two hands holding the reins were whitened everywhere by myself, but I still couldn't restrain the turbulent and tumbling emotional torrent in my chest......

He was completely immersed in his emotions, completely oblivious to what had happened around him during this time......

It wasn't until Duan Si pulled his shirt with his hand that he woke up from his dejected state.

Duan Si and the guards had already jumped off their horses. Duan Si took his horse's bridle and said to him, "Commander, who do you see over there?" ”

Who is it? Shang Cheng sat on his horse, looking in the direction indicated by Duan Si with teary eyes.

There was a woman about twenty-four or five years old standing by the pavilion in the middle of the slope, who did not wear much makeup in general, and wore a goose-yellow shirt and skirt casually......

He didn't know who this person was at the first time, so he felt a little familiar.

He muttered as he searched his mind for someone who could match the woman a dozen paces away. It seems to be Chen Pu? But he didn't remember what Chen Pu looked like when he wore a red suit, and it seemed that he had never seen it. Could it really be Chen Pu, the general of Zhuguo and the princess of Changsha? His mind was still a little confused, obviously mistaken about the order of other people's identities and ranks......

Seeing that he seemed a little unsure of who he was, the woman smiled and said aloud to him like a man: "Zida, go to the New Year, is this a good time?" ”

Oh, it's really Chen Pu Chen Changsha!

He reacted completely, hurriedly wiped away his tears, and while apologizing in a mess, he quickly jumped off the horse, and hurried over to wave his hands: "General Chen!" ”

Chen Pu's face was flushed, obviously very excited, seeing him give himself a big salute, his feet moved but he seemed to wake up to something, stood reservedly, and said with his arms in a circle: "You are supervising Yanshan, where do you need to be so polite to me?" It's not that there are villains, we should be the same honor and the same title. ”

This sentence cannot be answered. Things can't be blamed on the Prime Minister's office. The real reason why the imperial court did not give him a formal position, he knew it very well in his heart. But when he reunited with Chen Pu at first glance, she first complained about herself without saying a word, and he was very grateful......

One of the two of them was in Shangjing and the other was in Yanshan, and it was rare to see each other for the last time, and Chen Pu would definitely not allow Shang Cheng to leave immediately. She let him go to the pavilion, and while sharpening the green pears sent by the female guards with a knife, she asked him, "When did you arrive in Beijing?" Why haven't I heard anything about it? Are you coming back to report on your work or are you coming back to have a fight with the military department? …… If you don't let anyone say a word when you go back to Beijing, and you don't go to my house once when you get to the capital, you shouldn't be still thinking about the things I offended you when you went to Beijing last year, right? ”

She asked so many questions in one go, Shang Cheng didn't know which one to answer first. He smiled, not busy talking; By the way, he glanced at the other woman in the pavilion. The woman was dressed similarly to Chen Pu, but she couldn't see anything when she wore it. However, he guessed that her identity was probably the same as Chen Pu, otherwise it would be impossible for the two of them to sit together and enjoy the autumn and talk. It was that the woman's health did not seem to be very good, and her face was so pale that people felt worried about her; She is probably still very shy, from the time Chen Pu talked to him to the present, she has never moved while sitting on the stone bench, and she has not spoken with her head down.

He took the pear that Chen Pu handed him and asked rhetorically, "Why are you here?" ”

Chen Pu picked up another pear, wiped the soil on the peel with his hand without care, and then sharpened it with a knife, saying, "You eat pears." Isn't this just Daughter's Day? Originally, I said that I would spend a few days in Gyeongli and then return to Gyeonggi Daying in a few days, but the result was ......"

The woman, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "Mr. returned to Beijing, and he also came to Beijing to celebrate Daughter's Day?" As she spoke, she also raised her head, looking at Shang Cheng with a dodgy gaze.

If Shang Cheng hadn't seen the woman looking at him, he would never have believed that the woman was talking to him. He has a lot of titles, the respectful ones are "General", "General" or "Commander", "Yan Du", those who are closer call him "Monk", "Monk Big Brother" or "Big Brother", and those who call him "Shang Blind" and "Shang Monk" behind his back...... But no one ever called him "sir". This title was very rusty, and he didn't know the woman he was talking to, and he couldn't figure out whether there was any other meaning in this woman's brainless words, so he paused for a moment before turning his face and saying to Chen Pu: "What's that...... I'm here to do something. "This general of the Pillar Kingdom knows that peeling pears and fruits for guests is quite humane than before, but this enthusiasm is so enthusiastic that it is unbearable!

Chen Pu peeled another pear and stuffed it into his hand. Now he was holding the pear fruit in both hands. He didn't like to eat these things, but there were only three stone benches and a stone table on this pavilion, and there was not even a clean place, and there was no place to put the peeled pears; Besides, this green pear is Chen Pu's affection, even if he doesn't eat it, he can't put it down. Seeing that Chen Pu reached out to take the pear again, he hurriedly said, "No, no, I can't eat this!" ”

Chen Pu wiped his hands with a handkerchief and asked him, "You came back this time to fight a lawsuit with the Ministry of War, right?" ”

Shang Cheng pinched the pears with both hands, nodded and smiled, "It's just a lawsuit with them." I just went to the yamen outside the military department this morning and smashed it, and none of the Shangshu servants were left behind, and they all cleaned up. Originally, he even smashed the inner yamen after the morning...... "He saw Chen Pu take a handkerchief and spread it on the stone table, knowing that he deliberately let himself put pears, so he put down the pears and said, "When I went to the gate, I saw that the forbidden troops on duty today were all eight-foot-tall strong men, and I was afraid that I would break them, so I spared the yamen in the military department." ”

Chen Pu originally listened to his nonsense with a smile, but then he laughed out loud and teased him: "Are you afraid that they will beat you?" ”

"It's not good for anyone to beat up, is it?" Shang Cheng also laughed. Chen Pu is both a princess and a pillar of the country, and also serves as the deputy head of the Gyeonggi Guard and the squire of the military department, so there is no need to hide from her that Yan Shanwei is about to enter the grassland again. But Chen Pu has the right to know about this, not the woman next to her. So as he spoke, he glanced at Chen Pu: Who is this woman next to him?

Chen Pu saw his doubts, but he didn't say who the woman was, and continued to ask him: "Then you definitely didn't go to the military department to seek justice this time." Is it really for Daughter's Day? One by one, you are a fake monk with an unfinished vulgar heart, and you lived in Ganlu Temple for so long a few years ago, haven't you solved the red silk left by others on the 'Huaihug Li'? At this point, she realized that her words were too frivolous and intimate. She stopped and smiled awkwardly.

Shang Cheng didn't seem to notice that there was anything wrong, and said, "If you don't say these things, I'll forget about it myself." He didn't mention what he had forgotten, and said with a smile, "I just demolished the yamen outside the military department, and now I am in charge of the case, so I don't dare to stay here for a long time, general, then we will see you again." As he spoke, he got up and bowed his hand, nodded a little to the inexplicable woman, and prepared to take his leave and go on his way.

"Sir," the woman seemed to be very anxious at this time, twisting her hands at a loss, and suddenly stood up and said, "It is getting late, and I am afraid that it will be inconvenient to walk." I, I ......"

Shang Cheng looked at Chen Pu again. He and Chen Pu are comrades-in-arms formed in the life-and-death battle on the grassland, and they can't just lift their feet when they meet and reunite suddenly; No matter how anxious you are, you can't rush for a moment and a half. It's okay to stay a little longer now, even if you rest for the night, you might as well go one by one anyway, it's almost time to get up, just get up early tomorrow and hurry early. But the question is, who is this woman? Talking to Chen Pu by herself, if she was also present, she still couldn't say a lot of important and confidential words.

This time, Chen Pu finally introduced him: "This is my third sister Nanyang...... Princess. She paused, and then said, "The last time you came to Beijing, you saw ...... in my house."

Even she couldn't tell why she added such a sentence in a hurry......