The king of Jin won a little respite, and paid a lot of price for it: to Emperor Tiancheng, he could only keep a few counties near Jinyang, and other places had to be "returned" to the imperial court, ready to be on standby, and in the future, he would go to Qinzhou with the imperial army to quell the rebellion.

Zhang Shiyu inexplicably got many "benefits", and enjoyed a Ninth Five-Year Supreme treatment, went to the Jin military camp, and accepted the kneeling of many soldiers, including the King of Jin himself.

But he couldn't be happy, and ran to complain to Xu Ji: "I have become a housekeeper of Shan Yu, I am in charge of the property for him, and I will give it at any time, and I don't dare to move at all." Alas, you didn't see how embarrassing I was in the camp of the Jin army, they knelt on the ground and said long live, but there was hatred in their eyes. That's right, I can see it, they hate me, they think that I brought the He Rong people into the Central Plains, and they think that I made the King of Jin cornered......"

Zhang Shiyu said in the smallest voice: "This trick alone is really ruthless enough, he has all the actual benefits, but I am alone with the bad reputation." ”

Xu Ji could only comfort him: "The reason why Shan Yu chose to break with the Shen family and form an alliance with Tiancheng is because of this. ”

Zhang Shiyu sighed, although he saw the situation clearly, he couldn't do anything, and suddenly smiled again, "At least I'm still the emperor, and the King of Jin also has to bow down to me, I heard that he didn't kneel in front of Shan Yu, and was stopped by He Rongsu." ”

"Congratulations." Xu Ji said with a smile.

"Don't congratulate, I'll just comfort myself, other people's comfort sounds sarcastic...... Maybe you're being sarcastic. In fact, your situation is not as good as mine, as long as I am honest, Shan Yu will not kill me, and will be polite to me, but you are different, whether you are honest or not, Shan Yu will still kill you if you are unhappy one day. ”

"yes, I know."

Xu Ji remained silent, but Zhang Shiyu was angry for a while, quickly thought about it, and continued to whisper: "You have to help me, when I get out of trouble, I can naturally rescue you, and my sister, if I become the real emperor, I will not marry her to a foreigner." ”

"What can I help you?" Xu Ji asked with a smile.

"I'm leaving the day after tomorrow, going back to Yuyang, no, going to Yuyang, alas, anyway, it's to the imperial court, how can I refuse the next invitation without offending him?"

"Didn't you say you were going to pretend to be sick?"

"If you think about it carefully, this trick will definitely not work, you can give me an idea."

"This ...... You have to ask Lord Huanyan. ”

Zhang Shiyu shook his head vigorously, "She can't, she can't wait to send me to Shan Yu's side, she can take power by herself." ”

"The Tiancheng Imperial Court is barely maintained by the county lord of Huanyan, if you can't be in the same boat with her, no one can help you."

Zhang Shiyu pondered for a long time, "Okay, I'll believe her again." But there's one more thing you can help with, and maybe only you can help. ”

"Someone like me is in such a bad situation, but there is also a use."

"I treat you as my own family, so I said what I just said, don't take it to heart."

Zhang Shiyu didn't mention the word "own family" for a long time, Xu Ji heard it in his ears, felt quite weird, and said with a smile: "It seems that you really have something to ask for." ”

"Of course." Zhang Shiyu leaned closer on the blanket, stopped talking, and finally said, "Guess what I want to say?" ”

"I don't guess, and I can't guess."

Zhang Shiyu couldn't help it, but he tried to keep his voice low, "Remember, when you went to persuade the Huaizhou Army to sacrifice Yecheng?" ”

"A lot of things, which one do you say?"

"Shan Yu said, if you can't return to the camp on time, he will appoint another emperor."

"Oh, remember, but I came back just in time to keep your throne."

"I saved, but I was scared all morning—and that's when I realized how precarious my position was." A trace of panic flashed in Zhang Shiyu's eyes, and then it was replaced by perseverance, but this perseverance was slightly too much.

"I won't do this kind of thing again, not to mention that I have no chance to assassinate Shan Yu." Xu Ji said with a smile.

"Hey, can I let you do this? Belch...... You really can't do it? ”

"I can't."

"I think so, but what I'm asking you for is another thing, you can't move Shan Yu, you can move another person, without him, my position will be more stable, and I can't change it if I want to."

"Your brother?"

"He's not my brother.,It's a nasty child.,Born of Kabuki.,Don't learn anything else.,Learn the ability to flatter from your biological mother.,He's now quite popular with Shan Yu and his wife.,It's only been a few days.,Learn a mouth of He Rong's words.,Recognize the eldest wife as a godmother.。 I am Shan Yu's brother-in-law, he actually recognized Shan Yu's eldest wife as his godmother, and his generation is messed up. ”

In the Zhang clan, there are a lot of chaotic things, Xu Ji didn't mention it, and said: "He's very smart, I haven't learned He Rong......"

Zhang Shiyu corrected sternly, "This is not smart, it is flattery." Anyway, you're going to have to help me get rid of him......"

"He's your own brother."

"It's also a big threat."

Xu Ji shook his head, "I won't attack a child." ”

Zhang Shiyu glared at him for a while, and his tone softened slightly, "It's okay if you don't get rid of it, at least prevent him from being favored by Shan Yu's side." ”

Xu Ji was still embarrassed, and Zhang Shiyu said: "I promise you, as long as you can dissolve the marriage contract, I will immediately issue a holy decree to recognize your marriage with my sister, how about it?" ”

Xu Ji smiled helplessly: "Okay, I'll try, but you don't have any other brothers?" ”

"No, just this one, my mother watched it closely, and this one was also an accident, since it was born, I had to raise it, but I didn't expect to raise an opponent." Zhang Shiyu secretly gritted his teeth, "It's decided?" ”

"All I said I would try."

"With your ability, there is nothing that you can't try." Zhang Shiyu touted, got up and said goodbye, "You don't joke, what I promised will definitely be done, I hope you will also work hard." ”

Xu Ji smiled and nodded.

When he was about to say goodbye, Zhang Shiyu was quite reluctant, said goodbye to many adults, and accepted countless gifts, all of which were given to the queen.

On the morning of departure, Zhang Shiyu personally came to say goodbye to Shan Yu, and Xu Ji was also there, so he was able to witness a funny scene.

Zhang Shiyu cried, crying extremely sadly, not like going home, but like being kicked out of the house, he expressed his love and reluctance to Shan Yu, and then hugged his younger brother and cried bitterly, and made his younger brother swear over and over again that he would be obedient by Shan Yu's side and learn more skills......

If it weren't for the conversation with Zhang Shiyu the day before yesterday, Xu Ji would have been deceived, thinking that the two brothers were stronger than Jin.

The little royal brother cried even more, chased his brother out of the tent, and came back after a while.

Shan Yu was deeply moved, comforted a few words, and ordered someone to send the little emperor's brother to his eldest wife, and said to several adults in the tent: "The people of the Central Plains also value brotherhood, and it is the same as our He Rong people." ”

It is rare that Shan Yu did not discuss military affairs, but recalled the scene of fighting with his brothers as a child.

The kings of the He Rong tribe were all related to each other, some of them were originally Shan Yu's playmates when they were young, and some of the older people, their sons and nephews had more or less contact with Shan Yu, or hunted together, or fought......

Xu Ji didn't understand, but looking at He Rongren's expression, he knew that what they were talking about was not serious.

It seemed that he wanted to cheer Shan Yu, and someone came in to report that He Rongpingshan had captured Yingcheng and was rushing to meet Shan Yu.

According to the terms of the peace agreement, Yingcheng has been "returned" to the imperial court, but the will is on the way to transmission, and it cannot be seen immediately, and He Rongpingshan is obviously continuing to attack the city.

Shan Yu regarded him as his own brother, and was very happy when he heard the news, and personally led people out of the camp to greet him, and only returned after noon.

Shan Yu held a grand banquet in the big tent, indulged in eating and drinking, and restored the throne of He Rongpingshan - not counting the time on the road, it took exactly five days to siege the city, restore the throne, but give no reward.

Xu Ji was one of the guests, drinking silently in the midst of the noise.

Shan Yu's eldest wife and some noble ladies also attended the banquet, and the younger imperial brother sat beside her, eating and drinking with the twins, smiling happily, and there was no sadness when he said goodbye to the imperial brother in the morning.

The little emperor brother drank fruit syrup, after all, he was young, and he often had to go to the toilet after drinking too much, and when he came back once, Xu Ji waved at him.

The little emperor brother walked over hesitantly and asked coldly, "You called me?" ”

Xu Ji smiled and nodded, "Before your brother left, he entrusted me to take care of you. ”

Although the little emperor brother is young, he has his own ideas, and his face is disdainful, "You? You can't even take care of yourself, and you don't call yourself 'Your Majesty', so why should you listen to his will? ”

"It's not a will, it's just a request. Sit down next to me. Xu Ji gave up a place slightly.

The big tent was full of people, and the little emperor looked inside and found that the eldest wife and twin son had left, and the open space was occupied by He Rong Pingshan and several young people, who were talking excitedly with Shan Yu.

"I'm leaving, too." The little emperor said.

"Don't you want to know what the emperor and Shan Yu think of you?" Xu Ji felt a little guilty about using tricks against a child, but he never thought of helping Zhang Shiyu deal with the little emperor's brother.

The child was told the main thing, and came over and sat down, "Pour me a bowl of wine, I'm tired of drinking the syrup." ”

"No, you can't drink yet."

"A person of He Rong's age like me would have been able to drink a long time ago."

"You're not from He Rong."

The little imperial brother glared angrily, and Xu Ji said again: "You are not from He Rong, so you are special, and you will be treated by Shan Yu, on the contrary, you should stay outside the Saiwai, herd sheep with your peers, and occasionally drink some wine." ”

"I will be outside the Sai, and I will also be born in a noble family, and I will join the Sai with my father and brother to make contributions."

"Then you can't drink, not with me."

"Hmph." The little emperor wanted to get up and leave, and he was a little reluctant, so he turned his head and said: "I heard about you, you are a strange person, and you refuse to be the king, but it is said that you are also a smart person, what do you know, tell me." ”

"Tell me one thing first."

"What?"

"What are they talking about?" Xu Ji pointed to Shan Yu and others.

"Ha, you want to get something out of my mouth? Don't think, won't you listen? ”

"I don't understand He Rong."

"It's easy, I've learned a lot." The little royal brother was quite proud.

"I'm not as smart as you in this kind of thing."

The little emperor's younger brother became more and more meaningful, "Shan Yu and the middle palace have praised me." ”

"I don't ask about secrets, I just want to know how He Rongpingshan captured Yingcheng."

"It doesn't hurt to tell you this, they have already said it, King Zuo Shenwei ordered the people of Jizhou to attack day and night, and finally opened a gap, and He Rong's cavalry rushed into it and captured the city."

"Quite a few casualties, right?"

"That's for sure, the people of Jizhou don't know how many casualties, but King Zuo Shenwei said that he killed all the adult men in Yingcheng, and rewarded the women and children to the soldiers under his command, and he didn't leave any of them. Shan Yu praised him, saying that he had done a good job, and that any cities that refused to surrender in the future would be dealt with in this way—do you want to tell me? ”

"The emperor and Shan Yu ...... All love you. Xu Ji smiled, but there was no trace of joy in his heart.

After being an interpreter once, he only got such a sentence, and the little emperor felt that he had been deceived, got up and ran out of the tent, and ignored Xu Ji again.