The ceremonial department Shangshu Wang Huaili really appreciates Xin Jigong, a guy who is proficient in seven Chinese languages such as Heiwu, Tubo, Bohai, Qiuli, etc., and acts humbly and prudently and does not leak a drop of water, he was sent to the sea patrol master by His Majesty, he was distressed, but His Majesty's will naturally cannot be violated, so no matter how distressed he is, he still has to let Xin Jigong go, and before Xin Jigong left, he decided to have a good talk with this young man.

"Your father has been under me for almost twenty years."

Wang Huaili looked at Xin Xiaogong with a look of regret: "He found me before he went home, and repeatedly told me that he hoped that you could go to the ceremonial department to do things, he said that you can compose poetry at the age of seven, and you can understand three Chinese languages at the age of ten, no matter what you learn quickly, you will learn as soon as you learn, saying that you are born to be the material that should do things in the ceremonial department, at that time I didn't believe it, I thought he was bragging about how smart his son was, and after you arrived at the ceremonial ministry, I understood that your father deserves to be proud of you." ”

Xin Jigong bowed his head and said: "I am ashamed of the cultivation of adults and the high hopes of my father." ”

Wang Huaili sighed: "Young people will always have their own ideas, and they are more paranoid, ideals belong to young people, and I can't erase a young person's ideals." ”

Xin Jigong said: "Thank you, sir." ”

"You misunderstood, I can't erase the ideals of young people, because I said it doesn't count."

Wang Huaili glared at Xin Jigong: "If I have the final say, can you go?" ”

Xin Jigong: "Hehe......"

Wang Huaili said: "I'm going to join the army, doing things in the army is completely different from doing things in the Ministry of Rites, doing things in the Ministry of Rites, first of all, in a word of etiquette, etiquette, etiquette, courtesy, gifts, and in the border army, this ceremony, only the military salute is left, so I can do it myself." ”

Xin Jigong bowed his head: "I will definitely not lose the people of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Wang Huaili snorted: "I still know you, I have been watching you for the past few years, you think very highly of yourself, you seem to be polite, but in fact you are rebellious, Shen Leng, the commander of the patrol sea, is a genius, you will know when you get there, your ability may not be your ability, it is good to touch the nails, so that you feel that you are unparalleled in the world." ”

Wang Huaili took a package from the side: "I don't have anything good to give you when I leave, I have been an official for decades, and I have confiscated a copper coin of silver, but I can do things in the Ministry of Rites and socialize a lot, and the silver I pasted into it accounts for most of the money, so I don't have any savings for most of my life, and it will not be expensive to send you, but it is heavy, valuable, the word valuable, expensive is secondary, and it is the main thing." ”

He handed the thing to Xin Jigong: "Let's go." ”

Xin Jigong took the things and bowed again: "Thank you, my lord, I will never forget my lord's care and love for me." ”

He said goodbye and left Wang Huaili's study, and after going out, he got into the carriage and prepared to go to the Shangbin Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites to deal with the matter first, and then go to the general's mansion of Shen Leng, the commander of the sea patrol division, after all, he was already a sea patrol master, and it was natural to go to visit the main general first, although he didn't think that Shen Leng was really far better than him as Lord Shangshu said.

When I opened the package in the carriage, I found that it was a very small wooden box, which was also very light, and when I opened the wooden box, there was a letter inside, which looked to be some years old, and the envelope was yellowed.

Xin Jigong took out the letter, the fire paint on the envelope had not been picked up, but no one opened such an old letter, Xin Jigong suddenly became curious, he flipped through it, found something and picked up the fire paint, and inside was a thin letter.

Beginning: Give my son a book of illness

Xin Jigong's heart tightened suddenly, this turned out to be a letter from his father to him, how could this letter be in the hands of Master Shangshu.

"I don't want you to see this letter, because I know that when you see this letter, you have made up your mind, I can't stop it, your mother can't stop it, even Lord Shangshu can't stop it, I have thought about whether it is the will of God that is difficult to disobey, or the ambition of the Xin family."

"The Xin family to my generation, I am the only literati, I have never mentioned family affairs to you, because I don't want you to make a choice that I didn't dare to make, this family letter, you can also be regarded as the family history of the Xin family, after reading it, remember that since you have made a choice, don't regret it."

"Your grandfather Xin Changge, seventeen years old in the army, nineteen years old as a captain, also died at the age of nineteen, that year of the black Wu Koubian, he led the army of more than 300 to defend Yannangu, the enemy is menacing, if not to defend, tens of thousands of people in Yannangu will be slaughtered by the enemy, he and more than 300 Daning soldiers died in Yannangu City, which lasted six days, there was no grain of rice in the belly, the whole army died, and the people did not have a single casualty."

"Your uncle Xin Changlan, also in the army in northern Xinjiang, twenty years old to scout captain, twenty-seven years old as a general, led the army to listen to the black military situation, unfortunately was captured by the black army, black Wu Qingya thugs, tortured and questioned, your uncle did not say a word from beginning to end, the Qing Ya thieves were tortured for five days in a row, your uncle was beaten to death after all, the black warriors abandoned your uncle's body outside the border city, the border army snatched the body back, when he was buried, he saw hundreds of wounds on his body, and three teeth were broken."

"Your second uncle Xin Changzhi, thirty-two years old, was lost in the Western Xinjiang, and your fourth uncle Xin Changzhi, twenty-six years old, was lost in the Southern Xinjiang...... When I was young, my father also wanted to join the army, and he still did not change his original intention at the age of twenty-five, your grandmother knelt down and said to me, the Xin family has only one man left, if you die again, the Xin family will cut off the incense, if you insist on joining the army, I will not stop you, but please leave a bone and blood for the Xin family, and you will join the army again, I will never say more. ”

......

"Sickness, if you still don't change what you think in your heart after reading this, then the father only has one word for you...... Don't lose the face of the Xin family, don't be sorry for your parents and grandparents, you carry Qingfeng and wear armor, toast and practice for your father, if you die on the battlefield, hold the soil for your father, but if you are afraid to abscond on the battlefield, don't come to see me, come to see, I will kill him with my own hands. ”

Xin raised his head violently, tears sliding down his face.

"Son, you will live up to the blood of the Xin family!"

Xin Jigong put the letter back into the wooden box, held it on his knees with both hands, thought about it, and instructed the coachman: "Go to Shangbin Pavilion first to deal with Heiwu's personnel, and then go home directly." ”

General's Palace.

Shen Leng got a decree sent by His Majesty to let him go to Shangbin Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites to go around, Shen Leng didn't know why he wanted to go around, but it was not good to go to Weiyang Palace to ask, so he simply went around and took Chen Ran and Wang Kuohai, His Majesty didn't say how anxious he was, nor did he say how many people he wanted to bring, let alone explain what the errand was, Shen Leng thought that he was probably just going to Shangbin Pavilion for a turn.

"It turns out that the general doesn't know yet."

Wang Kuohai looked at Shen Leng with a blank expression: "The envoys of the rest people and the black warriors have all lived in Shangbin Pavilion. ”

Shen Leng said: "I know this. ”

Wang Kuohai: "The general must not know that the rest of the people and the black warriors are fighting." ”

Shen Leng's eyes lit up: "Well, it turns out that Your Majesty let us go and see the excitement." ”

Wang Kuohai: "It's been over a long time ago, when I went to the camp, I heard someone from the forbidden army say that it was about 200 people who fought 150 or so black warriors, and it is said that the black warriors still won." ”

Shen Leng said: "I just asked you to buy some melon seeds and peanuts." ”

Chen Ran: "It's good to go and see how miserable it is." ”

After the three of them left the general's mansion, they didn't walk much fast, and after listening to Wang Kuohai, they couldn't help but start to speed up, and when they arrived at the Shangbin Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites, they found that the fight should be more lively than expected, the courtyard gates on both sides were crooked, and a few bricks fell from the wall, flowers and trees, and they were affected in many places.

Shen Leng looked here and there, thinking about what His Majesty let him see?

At this time, Kasiba came out of the courtyard where the Sabbatarian lived, and after seeing Shen Leng, Cassiba suddenly laughed: "General Shen, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Shen Leng also smiled: "Are you still used to doing things in the Ministry of Rites?" ”

Kasiba nodded hurriedly: "I'm used to it, I thought I wouldn't be used to it before I came, but after three days, I found that I must be inseparable from Chang'an, it's delicious everywhere!" ”

Shen sneered and shook his head: "Foodie." ”

He asked, "What did you just go to do?" ”

"The general doesn't know yet, not long ago, the rest of the people and the black warriors fought because they didn't like each other, and I didn't stop them after repeated dissuasions, this is not just coming back from the rest of the people, Lord Shangshu said that he still wants to appease him, and my mouth is dry when I say it."

Shen Leng squinted his eyes: "You? Repeatedly blocked? ”

Where did Cassiba dare to look at Shen Leng's eyes, and he lowered his head and still resisted stubbornly: "Yes, yes...... I persuaded him, but they didn't listen. ”

Shen Leng said: "What is the attitude of the rest people?" ”

"The attitude is very tough, saying that if Daning does not expel the envoys of the Heiwu Kingdom from Chang'an and Daning, they will be greatly annoyed when the emperor knows about it, and maybe he will lead the army to seek justice."

Chen Ran snorted: "Come on." ”

As he was talking, Xin Jigong came out from the black warrior's side, and after seeing Shen Leng, he hurriedly came over to greet him, Shen Leng had seen Xin Jigong twice, but he was not familiar with it, he just knew such a person.

"You're going to persuade the Black Warriors?"

Shen Leng asked.

Xin Jigong said: "Yes, you always have to be appeased." ”

"What is the attitude of the Black Warriors?"

"They said that if the people of Anxi were not expelled from Daning, His Majesty the Black Warrior Khan would be unhappy, and the peace talks would not go well."

Shen Leng: "That's great. ”

He looked around, finally knowing what he was supposed to do.

"I'm tired of both."

Shen Leng looked at Xin Jigong and Kasiba: "I bother the two of you to invite the chief envoy of the Black Martial Kingdom, Xima, and the chief envoy of the Anxiren envoy, Da Luo Ri, to come out, and it is best to invite everyone out, just say that I came to see them by the will of His Majesty Emperor Daning." ”

Xin Jigong and Kasiba glanced at each other, and hurriedly went to see the envoys of the two countries separately, and after a while, Da Luo Ri came out with a group of limping Sabbatarians, and Hima came out with a group of limping black warriors.

Da Luo Ri said coldly after seeing Shen Leng: "If you are here to reconcile, then there is no need. ”

Kasiba hurriedly translated, and then remembered that Shen Leng had been learning the words of the rest man with him all the way back from southern Xinjiang, and he should be able to understand it.

Xima said: "If you are reconciled by the will of His Majesty Emperor Daning, there is no need to say it. ”

Xin Jigong was just about to translate, but Shen Leng waved his hand: "I understand." ”

He cleared his throat, looked at Hima first and then at Da Luo Ri, and then said seriously: "My name is Shen Leng, and I am here on the orders of Your Majesty...... Let you compensate for the damaged items. ”