Shang Cheng folded Li Shen's two-page letterhead back into the envelope, walked to the bookshelf in the corner, and put the letter in a wooden box on the top. He picked out another roll of mulberry paper from another shelf, looked down at the inscription, and walked back to the desk. He put aside the official documents and letters on the case, as well as the two wire-bound books, and made a large space to spread out the "Duanzhou Geographical Map", and then, holding the candlestick in one hand and the clip attached to Li Shenxin's letter in the other, he compared the military layout recorded on the clip and the march route with the map back and forth, and sketched Li Shen's tactical curve in his heart.

He frowned, scrutinizing the map. To be honest, he was now worried about what mistake Li Shen would make again. If Hao Laodao slipped away this time, then Li Shen's days in Duanzhou would be numbered.

Looking at it, his brow gradually relaxed. Judging from the arrangement on the clips, what Li Shen asked for was the word "stability"; the seven battalions on the inner line were divided into five roads, and they marched together to encircle Huanghuazhai in Heilongtan, and the garrisons of nine battalions and six counties on the outer line blocked roads, rivers, and bridges everywhere, and the east, west, north, south, and all directions were blocked. He stared at Yutu and nodded, according to this arrangement, the five-way army spread out the formation and pressed over, the thousand bandits in Huanghuazhai were not enough to stuff the teeth of the right army, Hao Laodao just plugged in his wings, forgive him and he couldn't fly out of the right army's Wuzhi Mountain! As long as the two bandits Hao Laodao and Qi Bald are eliminated, the other small fish and shrimp are not worth mentioning at all, and Yandong's suppression of bandits is almost over. This is also equivalent to announcing that Yanshan Quanwei's anti-bandit action has come to an end.118 days ago, Sun Zhongshan and Ximensheng echoed each other, and stepped on the dangerous camel peak of ten thousand insects in the southeast of Yanshan in one fell swoop......

Now it's up to Li Shen!

He rubbed his hands excitedly, put down the candlestick and walked around the room for two turns, then sat down at the table, dragged a piece of paper, took the brush from the pen holder and draped it in inkstone, and prepared to write a reply letter to Li Shen. He wanted to remind Li Shen that the more critical the moment, the more he must calm down, be sure to fight steadily, and strive to wipe out all the bandits in Huanghuazhai!

But the wolf hair in his hand that was full of ink did not fall on the bamboo paper.

At the moment he put pen to paper, he hesitated. Do people like Li Shen, who are old fighters, need to remind themselves? Writing this letter by himself, will Li Shen understand that he wants to share his credit? Although he has absolutely no intention of competing for merit, according to Li Shen's character and personality, he will definitely think so.

He hesitated, then put the pen back in. Forget it, the letter will not be written, just go back and let the person sent by Li Shen to deliver the letter bring the words back, I think Li Shen will not forget that he still has the matter of fake and false merit unsolved, this time into the Huanghua Village, I definitely don't want to make any mistakes......

At this time, he heard two knocks on the door in the hall outside, and asked, "What is the matter?" ”

"Commander, Miss is here."

"You let her in."

Soon someone knocked at the door again, and he said, "Is it Yue'er?" The door is open, come in. ”

Yue'er knew that he had a lot of things to do every day, and when he went home at night, he often read official documents and read until midnight, so he didn't enter the study, and said to him by the door: "Brother, have you eaten?" ”

"I've eaten in the yamen."

Yue'er hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Then I'll give you a frying pot of tea." ”

Shang Cheng put away the map, picked up the two personnel files that he brought back yesterday and didn't have time to read, walked back and said, "No." The pot of tea on the table was still hot. You go to rest. There are people out there all the time on duty, and if you need something, I know you can let them do it. ”

"Oh." Yue'er agreed but didn't move, still standing by the door, her head bowed and twisting the belt of her skirt around her waist, as if she had something to say to him, but she couldn't say it.

Shang Cheng soon noticed that her expression was a little unnatural, so he put down the file in his hand and asked her, "What?" Looking for me? He looked left and right, trying to show Yue'er a place to sit. But this is his study, in addition to a few shelves of books and official documents, there are only two drum stools placed in front of the table, which is a place to invite subordinates to sit when temporarily looking for someone to talk about things, it is obviously not appropriate to let Yue'er sit there, and the family can't talk as formally as talking about business between superiors and subordinates, right? That's too blunt.

He still let Yue'er sit on the drum bench. He stood up, took a clean tea cup on the bookshelf, poured a cup of tea for Yue'er, handed it to her, and then asked her kindly, "What's wrong?" ”

Yue'er lowered her head, holding the teacup for a long time and didn't speak.

Shang Cheng continued to ask her, "What?" Who wronged you? "Of course, it's a joke. Who in Yanzhou City now dares to let Admiral Shang's sister be wronged? It's just that this joke probably didn't have any effect, and Yue'er didn't laugh. Shang Cheng smiled: "Are you arguing with Erya again?" He knew that these two little girls would be very good when they were young, but they often made a little awkwardness, and sometimes they were angry and ignored each other.

Yue'er shook her head.

She didn't speak, and Shang Cheng didn't know how to comfort her. He glanced at a few official documents on the table, a little anxious. He has so many things to do every day that he really can't spare time to take care of these little things like cats and dogs. But he couldn't leave Yue'er behind, and completely ignored it. He said to her with apologies: "I have been back for so many days, and I haven't bothered to talk to you......" Of course, he and Yue'er have nothing to say. “…… Now there are 100 people up and down the family, and you have to take care of so many things such as eating, drinking, and Lazar all day long...... I'm too tired of you. At this, a wave of guilt welled up in his heart. How old is Yue'er this year? Fifteen or sixteen? It is really difficult for such a small girl to take care of such a big family......

Yue'er shook her head again and whispered, "...... Sister Pan'er, she is also helping me. ”

Shang Chengleng paused. He had forgotten that there was such a person in his family. He immediately said, "Oh, yes! Your sister Pan'er, Yang Pan'er, she is also helping our family......" Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, so he asked Yue'er, "Did she say that she wanted to go home?" "A girl's family, it's not a matter of hanging a black household to live in a foreign land for many years, if Yang Paner wants to be a father, he can find someone to send her back. I think that little Jingguan won't drive his daughter out again this time, right?

Probably driven by Shang Cheng's words, Yue'er was not as silent as she was just now, she said: "Sister Pan'er said that she doesn't want to go back. She has already told Uncle Seventeen to help her settle in Yanzhou City. The day before yesterday, Uncle Seventeen was still saying that the matter had an eyebrow, that is, there would be accurate news in two or three days. She immediately added, "But she's just settling down, and she's still going to live in our house." I can't live without her. Now that the family business is so big, there are so many things inside and out, I ...... I can't take care of it alone. ”

Shang Cheng didn't care about the meaning of pleading in Yue'er's tone when she spoke. If you want to live, you can live, anyway, such a big house, there are several small yards in the backyard, and there are many empty houses; It seems that Pan'er is not much older than Yue'er, and the two of them happen to be companions. He said happily: "In this case, let her stay, if there is anything at home, you two can solve it after discussion; I'm also relieved. He pinched off the wick of the burned candle from the candle flame, rubbed the wax from his fingers, and said, "This is what you came to me for?" ”

“…… No. Yue'er's head was buried again. She hesitated for a long time before she said, "Sister Pan'er...... No! It was I who said, who said...... Your yard is full of men, I'm afraid they won't be able to take care of people, do you want to pick two maids to come and serve? ”

Just want to talk about this for a long time? Shang Cheng couldn't laugh or cry. He thought about it for a while and said to Yue'er, "I still don't want it." "In his room, there are a lot of books and files brought back from the yamen, some of which are still important, and must not be casually peeked at. He thought for a while and said to Yue'er very solemnly, "Do you remember what I told you last time?" No one can set foot in this room without my consent, except for you. ”

Yue'er immediately raised her head, looked at him and nodded vigorously, and said, "I have told all the laborers and servants in the family. It's just me who usually cleans up this house. Erya wanted to come in and have a look today, but I stopped her. I never let them into this house, not even in this courtyard. ”

"Emerald?" Shang Cheng asked suspiciously. He immediately reacted: This should be which maid beside Yue'er.

Yue'er's words confirmed his guess, she said: "Jade, they are the maids sent by Mrs. Lu. Jade and Swallow follow me, Rouge and Hui'er follow Sister Pan'er. Mrs. Tao and Mrs. Di also sent a few people when they came earlier. Xiaohui and Jin Sui beside me were given by the old lady of the Tao family when she went back to the Tao family to worship. I can't remember the names of some of the other ladies and ladies who came to the house, and they also sent ......."

Shang Cheng was already so dizzy from a long list of names that he interrupted Yue'er's words and said, "Others give us gifts and objects, you have to remember clearly, and you have the opportunity to return the gifts of others when you turn back......

"Sister Pan'er took a pen and wrote it on paper. Who sent it, when it was sent, and what it sent, she remembers it clearly, and she knows how to return the gift. She is everyone's best girl, better than me...... knows more etiquette than the seventeenth aunt. The seventeenth aunt also asked her how to return the gift after receiving it. ”

As far as Yang Paner and her father's eight-grade Xiaojing official, she is still everyone's best girl? Shang Cheng laughed dumbly.

At this time, Su Zha said outside the door of the hall: "Governor Yu, Miss Yu, the eldest lady just sent someone to say that the eldest and second ladies of the Huo family are here." ”

Since Shang Cheng didn't need any maids to serve here, the eldest girl and the second girl came to the house to chat with her, and Yue'er went to greet her little sister.

Shang Cheng returned to the chair behind the table and sat down, picked up a file, opened it but didn't look at it.

He stood motionless as iron, staring at the burning candle on the table for a long time. The flickering flames brightened his face. He fell into deep memories......