Chapter 526 The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year

In the main room, Zhang Yue covered his face with a hot towel, and rested on the lotus leaf head of the Taishi chair to close his eyes and recuperate. Riding a horse on a cold day was originally a fatal task, not to mention that he didn't even sit down when he arrived at Zhangjiakou Fort, and those officers were all very loud, but he was unconsciously affected, and his speech was changed to roaring, and his throat was still a little hoarse and dry at this time. His sore and aching feet were comfortably soaked in the hot water, and a pair of dexterous hands were rubbing acupuncture points one by one, and he felt a trace of fatigue on his body pull away. There was a warm smell in the room, which made people relax unconsciously.

"Young Master!"

Hearing this familiar voice outside, Zhang Yue woke up, wiped his face vigorously with a hot towel, and then said to Qiu Zhen, who was busy: "Lao Peng is here, I'll just soak myself here." You go wash your hands and make two bowls of strong tea, and then mix some hot water in this basin. I wanted to tell Qiu Zhen to go to sleep first, but when he saw her nodding vigorously as if she was afraid of missing something, he changed his words and said, "By the way, pour a soup woman to cover your bed, although there is a warm kang, but it is colder here at night than Jingshi." ”

Autumn marks responded in his mouth, and his face was also very happy. Picking up a towel on the side and drying the water droplets on her hands, she got up and opened the curtain and went out. Immediately after, Peng Shisan entered the house, and when he saw Zhang Yue kneading his shoulders and grinning his teeth, he couldn't help but tease: "Young Master should know by now, the most difficult thing in this world is not to study and take the imperial examination, but to hone on the top of this military formation." Running back and forth to Zhangjiakou, I'm afraid the oily skin on your legs will also be worn out, right? Since your back hurts, it's better to let the autumn scar girl pinch it later, this is a big deal! ”

"Wordy!" Zhang Yue glared at Peng Shisan angrily, and then pointed to the chair next to him to sit down, and then asked, "How are things during the day?" Those businessmen are all old oilers, and those tricks are just afraid that they will not be able to deal with them. ”

"It's not easy to deal with, they are simply bullying me, a man with five big and three rough brains!"

Peng Shisan sat down with a big grin, and then said with a smile: "Some test how long you can work as the governor of Xuanfu, whether you can let the emperor restore the mutual market, in fact, what is more important is to restore the private market; Some people beat around the bush and say that there are more horses in the Tartars, which is more cost-effective than storing them in the Central Plains; Others were much more straightforward, and simply quietly asked if there was infighting on the Tatar side. They were all waiting in the west wing, and I asked the two boys to talk in Mongolian from time to time in the east wing, so that someone would hear them, and of course, I had ordered to be on guard. ”

If Zhang Yue didn't know that Peng Shisan was not a brave and unscrupulous person, and then heard the last sentence, I am afraid that he would really think that Peng Shisan had suffered a loss. Shaking his head with a smile, he gently tapped the handrail on the right with his fingers, and said thoughtfully: "Even if there are spies in Xuanfu City, the number will never be large, let alone risk being exposed to kill people in the city, after all, this is on the edge of the General Soldier's Mansion." Rush in.,If it's a swoop, it's going to implicate their other spies.。。 ”

While the two were talking, Qiu Zhen entered the room again, holding a small and delicate tea tray, first handing Zhang Yue a cup, and then turning around. Before she could speak, Peng Shisan reached out and took the other cup, and drank it all in one gulp. After wiping his mouth, he realized that the tea seemed to be a little different, and he couldn't help but smack his lips and taste it.

"It doesn't seem that this is the tea we brought out from Jingshi before?"

Qiu Zhen sent tea and went outside to bring a pot of hot water in, first let Zhang Yue's feet leave the copper basin, and then mixed hot water into it little by little, and tested the temperature with her hands, and when she felt that it was right, she put the copper kettle aside, squatted down and scrubbed Zhang Yue with hot water. Hearing Peng Shisan's words, she raised her head and smiled.

"It's the recipe that the little five girls and Dr. Feng pondered, saying that it can relieve the lack of vitality, and drinking a few more lamps at night can refresh the mind, but they won't be unable to sleep, and they can brew with any water, and they don't put any valuable medicinal materials on it. So before the slave came, the young grandmother specially instructed to bring several cans, two cans to Wu Anhou, two cans to the eldest aunt, and now there are two cans left. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yue smiled at Peng Shisan and said, "Old Peng, if you like it, you can take it out and brew it on weekdays." When we arrived in Xuanfu, we ate a lot of meat, but vegetables and vegetables were rare, and it was really not good to drink more tea. No wonder the tightest thing in the mouth is the tea brick, if there is no tea brick, they will be in addition to meat and milk all day long, where can they afford the greasy! ”

"So, now that Arutai is back in rebellion, how can the other Tatar chieftains be happy? In this war, at least there will be fewer tea bricks. Now that the news of the arrival of the Tatar envoy has been spread, I am afraid that not only Arutai will be tight, but other chieftains will also take action. If they were torn apart, the soldiers would have swept away that day, and the outcome of this battle would be unknown. ”

Zhang Yue was not worried that he would lose this battle, he knew that the prairie was also like the change of dynasty in the Central Plains, and the tribes rose in turn. Xiongnu, Turkic, Hui, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongol...... Today's Tatar is only one part of Mongolia, even if this battle completely cripples it and loses it, there are three Warats eyeing it from the side. Therefore, the best approach is to be soft with one hand and hard with the other, just like the world police in later generations, who negotiated and reasoned while suppressing sanctions, and must take a two-pronged approach.

Therefore, after hesitating for a while, he whispered to Peng Shisan: "The Beijing camp has recently assembled for training, and the important affairs of the Xuanfu have come to an end for the time being, so Zhou Bailing will bring people back to Beijing tomorrow." When he left, in the eyes of others, I lost an arm, and it was much easier to make any small movements. Those merchants will come tomorrow, so you might as well pretend to be lost and tell them that I will go to Zhangjiakou Fort again in the next few days, and I will borrow a hundred sergeants from the General Military Office to accompany me. ”

After just a little thought, Peng Shisan suddenly understood: "As long as you say this, those who think they are smart will think that the young master is escorting the envoy back to Tatar through Zhangjiakou Fort?" ”

Seeing Zhang Yue nodding with a smile, Peng Shisan stood up with a smile, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll train those four boys well tomorrow and make some arrangements by the way." I'll go to borrow troops from the General Army's Mansion, and it must be arranged properly! It's not early at this time, I'll go back to sleep, and the young master will rest early tonight, don't toss for too long! ”

It's okay for the front, but the last sentence is the bull's head and the horse's mouth. Seeing Peng Shisanyi slip out of the house, Zhang Yue had to throw down the towel that he had just thrown out in annoyance. Feeling that the strength on his feet was heavier than just now, he couldn't help but look down at the autumn marks that were still squatting on the ground, only to see that her face was flushed, and the flush stretched from her cheeks to the base of her neck.

Just now, Peng Shisan's ridicule was in his ears, and he was happy in his heart, but he didn't dare to raise his head. The Linglong around the second wife got married, and the pearls and peonies around his wife also had the master. Although they are living a good life, if she wants to, she can choose a good one among the little maids or outsiders to marry, but she is serving Zhang Yue when she is young, and she doesn't know when she started, a heart is completely pinned on him, and there is no room for other men except him. She knew that she was just a girl, and she knew that at most she could only occupy a small place in his heart, but she still wanted to keep it.

"Autumn marks, you are in such a hurry along the way, you should rest early when you arrive, and you are still busy with me."

Qiu Zhen, who was thinking wildly, suddenly heard this, and his hand suddenly stopped, and then quickly explained: "The eldest lady and I set off last morning and rested in Huailaiwei for a night. The carriage was very steady, and the slave and maid accompanied the eldest lady to talk along the way, but she didn't feel too tired. Besides, before leaving, the wife and the young grandmother calculated the time, and tomorrow will be the twenty-third year of the lunar month. If it weren't for the persuasion of the slave maid, the eldest lady would still want to hurry day and night and arrive at Xuanfu early in the morning! ”

Tomorrow is the New Year? Doesn't that mean that it will be the Chinese New Year's Eve soon?

Zhang Yue was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but squint his eyes. Since he left Kaifeng, every year of his life seems to be very different. The first year was in the British Mansion in Nanjing, when he was worried about the affairs of his uncle Zhang Xin; The next year was in the British Mansion in Beijing, when the British Duke Zhang Fu was seriously ill; The third year was in Qingzhou, and he spent the New Year with Du Wanling and Amber Autumn Marks, and that night was really lively and warm; The fourth year was a family reunion in Nanjing, with parents, sister and wife there, and watching the fireworks all night was impressive; The fifth year was in the Beijing mansion...... Before you know it, it's now the sixth year?

really responded to that sentence, the flowers are similar every year, and the people are different every year.

"It's ...... fast"

"Young Master, what's really fast?"

Zhang Yue, who came back to his senses, saw Qiu Zhen looking up at himself, so he shook his head with a smile: "I just said that time flies really fast in a flash, and every year is in a different place." By the way, I think when I taught you to write, I wasn't as tall as you, but now I'm a head taller than you. ”

Hearing this, Qiu Zhen couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and he didn't even notice that Zhang Yue snatched the towel. When she came back to her senses, she hurriedly went to the back room to get new shoes and socks. She didn't care what Zhang Yue said, she just waited for her to put on cotton socks, and then took the pair of cotton shoes she had made with stitches and threads, and carefully put them on his feet. At this moment, the words that she had never dared to think about or say to Amber suddenly came out.

"Young master, the slave maid has always wanted to say that the slave maid is willing to stay and serve you for the rest of your life."

She buried her head and picked up another shoe for Zhang Yue to put on, and whispered in her mouth: "The slave doesn't want any status, as long as she can stay in the young master's house, even if she can be a girl for the rest of her life." The slave is a stupid person, she doesn't have the great insight of the young grandmother, and she is not as understanding as Lingxi and Amber, the slave only knows that you are the sky, and if you are not there, the day is gray......"