Shen Xi is just an ordinary lecturer from Wupin Hanlin in the capital, although he is currently serving as a lecturer in the East Palace, and he has the official title of Japanese lecturer, but because the bigwigs in Beijing are everywhere, Xungui is not as good as a dog, and no one takes him too seriously.

But once he left the capital, Shen Xi's status was highlighted, especially in the matter of escorting the Franco machine gun, as the person in charge of the military department, theoretically speaking, these three hundred people were all dispatched by him, but the real person in charge was a deputy Qianhu of the Beijing camp, named Song Shu.

This person Shen Xi has never heard of it at all, it is said that he has a good relationship with the Hou Mansion of Shouning, this time he is accumulating qualifications for Song Shu, and he may be promoted and reused when he goes back.

Shen Xicai didn't care who sent him, he just had to do his errand.

The purpose of Shen Xi's trip was to go to Datong first, and then to Yansui, because these two places were the most attacked by the Tatar fire sieve in a year, and the soldiers suffered a lot of losses in a year, and the most unstable military morale was also these two places. His task was to leave ten Franc cannons in each of the two places, leave some cannonballs, and then teach the guards of Datong and Yansui how to maintain and make their own cannonballs, and then he could go home.

The burden on Shen Xi's shoulders is not heavy, but because he is doing things for the military department, and at the same time, he has to cover Liu Daxia in addition to the errand, so people don't know that Liu Daxia followed the team and secretly rushed to the border.

It seems unlikely that Song Shu will be able to hide from him, but it is not difficult, because in addition to the officers and soldiers escorted, the military department also sent fifty or sixty followers and miscellaneous servants, these people all ride in carriages on weekdays, and they do not interfere with each other with the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp, and Song Shu only occasionally comes over to ask for instructions on the route Shen Xi walks.

It's been five or six days since she set off in a blink of an eye, Shen Xi has never seen Liu Daxia, Liu Daxia wants to let Yu Niang come to the message, Yu Niang in men's clothes is very dazzling in the team, mainly because she is too "handsome and chic", she has no temperament as a soldier, like a polite white-faced scholar.

That night, Song Shu found Shen Xi and took out the letter that he had been cherishing: "Lord Shen, this is a handwritten letter from Master Hou to you, please read it." ”

Shen Xi didn't expect that this was not far from Beijing, and the Zhang brothers had already begun to send him a task, but with Liu Daxia staring at him, he couldn't follow everything at all.

"You go back, I'll see for myself." Shen Xi waved his hand.

Song Shu shook his head: "This is not good, Master Hou has an explanation, after you read it, I will supervise you to burn the letterhead, and I will wait for you here." ”

Shen Xi frowned, but in order not to startle the snake, he could only be patient and open the letter to read it carefully...... It was indeed a notice from Zhang Heling that he arranged for him to cooperate with Song Shu, to the effect that he was nominally responsible, but if something happened, Song Shu would be in charge, and the priorities would be reversed.

Let a Hanlin who plays with his brain obey the dispatch of a martial artist? This is the difference between intimacy and intimacy!

"What else does Shou Ninghou have to arrange?"

Shen Xi saw that nothing else was mentioned in the letter, so he knew that if Zhang Heling had any explanation, he must have told Song Shu first, and let Song Shu convey it orally.

Leave no evidence of the crime on paper!

Song Shu smiled and said: "Lord Shen, forgive me, Master Hou explains, you can't say too much if you don't go anywhere, what you have to do now...... It's to slow down the team's march. ”

"The imperial court has a set deadline, if you miss the time, who will lose your head?" Shen Xi's tone was not good.

Shen Xi can basically predict this result, in order to show his "youthful vigor", Shen Xi still has to show his attitude.

The errand of the military department usually has a time limit, once the order is accepted, it is equivalent to making a military order, and it cannot be delivered within the time limit, although it will not be killed, but the crime will definitely not be very light, and it is very likely that he will be dismissed from his post and reinforced, so he can stay in Beiguan and do not need to return to Beijing.

Song Shu smiled treacherously: "My lord, don't worry, don't say that you can't miss the time, even if you make a mistake, there will be a Hou Ye to speak for you, you can rest assured." I have checked the terrain of this road below, these days...... Slow down a little, and there is no problem after all, just say that after the heavy snowfall, the road is muddy and difficult to walk. ”

Even the reason for the delay was found, Shen Xi thought to himself, the ghost only knew if Zhang Heling deliberately found an excuse to eradicate me.

"I know how to do it, you can go back first." Shen Xi said a word and sent Song Shu away, but he made up his mind in his heart that he couldn't do exactly what Song Shu said.

Even if he wants to give in to the orders of the Zhang brothers, but at this time, there is Liu Daxia staring at him, if he orders to go slowly, can Liu Daxia agree?

Sure enough, not long after Song Shu left, Yu Niang came to visit, and Yu Niang brought Liu Daxia's latest instructions: the road was too slow, and it was necessary to hurry up to reach Datong.

While thinking about slowing down, and thinking about hurry, Shen Xi thought that not being in a hurry should be the best plan, but no matter what aspect you look at, it is Song Shu who has the final decision, after all, he is the general who commands the army, and immediately asked with some doubts: "Why don't Yu Niang go and tell Song Deputy Qianhu?" ”

"Isn't it most appropriate for Lord Shen to explain to Deputy Song Qianhu? The slave family is not familiar with him, and if he makes a rash request, it will inevitably arouse suspicion. Yu Niang's eyes flickered, "Besides, Lord Shen wouldn't know that he had a close relationship with the Shouning Marquis Mansion, right?" ”

"Oh, is this person a relative?"

Shen Xi deliberately pretended not to know, and then asked, "Then can I go and meet Liu Shangshu?" ”

Yu Niang shook her head firmly: "Liu Shangshu has an explanation, before arriving at Datong Mansion, he didn't see anyone, not even Lord Shen." Liu Shangshu realized Lord Shen's hard work all the way, and specially asked the slave family to send someone to serve ......"

Saying that, a woman in men's clothes came in from the door, it was the gentle Yunliu, Shen Xi sighed and said, "Why don't you just say it, Miss Yunliu was sent by you to spy on me?" ”

Yu Niang said with a smile: "The slave family doesn't dare to spy on Lord Shen, what Lord Shen wants to do, just tell Yunliu to do it." ”

After speaking, Yu Niang saluted and left.

Shen Xi thought to himself, inserting Yunliu by his side, and now the intention of monitoring became more and more obvious.

"Yunliu, you are your daughter's family, and it is not easy to be in the same room with me, why don't you live next door to me all the way?" Shen Xi said this in an inquiring tone, now he is a family man, and he sleeps in the same room with a woman when he travels, even if the clear person clears himself, the words will not sound good.

Yun Liu nodded in agreement, and opened the door without saying a word, and soon the sound of the door closing came from next door.

Shen Xi looked at the backyard of the official post from the window, the carriage carrying artillery stayed in the courtyard, and there were officers and soldiers keeping vigil at the gate of the courtyard and in the attic around it, and the officers and soldiers also set up a bunch of camp tents around the official post and set up an iron bucket array.

But Shen Xi had some doubts in his heart.

If you want to say that Liu Daxia is hiding too well, why hasn't he even seen a figure for a few days? I didn't even see anyone at the official post...... Could it be that Liu Daxia eats, drinks, and sleeps in the carriage on weekdays, how did he do all this?

"It's time for your lordship to rest." There was a reminder from behind him.

Shen Xi turned his head angrily and asked, "Didn't you let you go next door to rest, why did you have to be invited, did you have to intervene?" ”

Yun Liu was a little frightened and explained: "If adults don't sleep, where does a little girl dare to sleep?" This is what Yu Niang specially confessed......"

It's not enough to send Yunliu to supervise, and you have to urge you to sleep, because you are afraid that you won't wake up the next morning and delay your trip? Shen Xi waved his hand and said, "I know, you go out first, and I'll fall asleep." ”

Driving Yun Liu out of the door, Shen Xi stepped forward to plug in the door bolt, returned to the bed and lay down, but he couldn't sleep for a long time, because the future was uncertain for him along the way.

He was very clear about the purpose of the Zhang brothers, which was nothing more than to use Gaoming City's greed for money and food to appease the soldiers, but Liu Daxia's purpose made him feel incredible. It sounds like Liu Daxia went to the frontier to check the deficit and apportionment, which is bright and reasonable, but Liu Daxia has to travel in secret, and tells him to help keep secrets, which is a bit too much.

Let me keep it a secret, at least let me know your whereabouts, and now even I deliberately conceal it, which can only mean that you are not in the team.

But Shen Xi couldn't think of any benefit for Liu Daxia in doing this.

You can hide it from the world, but there's no need to play a show to deceive me, unless you want to use deception to achieve ulterior motives.

"Could it be that Liu Daxia thinks that I have taken refuge in Zhang Heling, so as to paralyze me and take the opportunity to confuse my relatives?" Shen Xi had a strong sense of crisis and thought of this possibility. This explanation seems to make sense, but if Liu Daxia really regarded him as a treacherous and evil party, wouldn't it be better to tell him nothing from the beginning?

The next morning, before dawn, the group got up to pack up their things and prepare to leave, Shen Xi was the last to go out of the room, he yawned and said to Song Shu: "Deputy Song Qianhu, this official occasionally feels unwell today, and wants to rest in the post station for a day, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

This request frightened Song Shu a lot.

It's true that you want to delay your trip, but don't be so direct, walk slowly on the road, don't get up early and be greedy for darkness, but you directly say that you don't go, are you going to be held accountable by the court?

"Do you want to ...... Think again? Song Shu was embarrassed, this Shen Zhuangyuan's temper is really unique.

"That's it." Shen Xi said, "Even if I can't rest for a day, I have to rest for a morning, my illness is not light, if I die on the road...... It's even more difficult to explain to the imperial court. ”

Shen Xi said, and went straight back to the room, he was sent by the military department and was not leaving, and Song Shu and the three hundred officers and soldiers outside, as well as the entourage of the military department, naturally could not leave.

Song Shu had a slightly wry smile on his face, and finally waved his hand and said, "My lord has an order, go back and rest first." ”

The officers and soldiers are only responsible for obeying orders, and there is no need to ask the reason for what they are instructed to do...... Even if you rest, you have to make sure that twenty guns don't get into trouble.

Shen Xi returned to the room, directly closed his clothes and lay down, and after a while, Yu Niang angrily pushed open the door and walked in, frowning and asking, "My lord, are you going to live with your life?" ”

Shen Xi didn't get up, he was still lying on his back on the bed, pretending to be weak and looking at Yu Niang, and said, "I don't understand what Yu Niang said, are you blaming me for not leaving immediately?" But if you drag the sick body to set off, and then the condition becomes more and more serious, then you can't get along with yourself! ”

Yu Niang said angrily: "Liu Shangshu has an order, let you go immediately!" ”

"Oh? Was it Liu Shangshu's personal order? Shen Xi asked.

"Yes." Yu Niang nodded.

Shen Xi stretched out his hand and said: "The imperial court entrusted me to run an errand, and I am naturally responsible for all matters on the road, and I have to bear all the blame." If Liu Shangshu orders, then everything ...... Liu Shangshu is in charge, is it really Liu Shangshu's order? ”

was asked by Shen Xi, Yu Niang was at a loss

Now the obvious problem is that Shen Xi is on the errand, no matter what happens in the end, it will be carried by Shen Xi, but if Liu Daxia openly orders to move quickly, that is, Liu Daxia is in charge of this errand, and what happens in the middle has nothing to do with Shen Xi.

As a jade lady, where is the qualification to give such an order?

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PS: The third update is here!

The Son of Heaven is desperate, there is a shift today, but it is estimated that it will be one or two o'clock in the morning, everyone will rest first, and it will be the same tomorrow morning! But before you go to bed, leave yours! (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to read. )