Zhang Huan paced back and forth outside the courtyard with his hands behind his back, his face was full of worry and anxiety, just now, the little maid ran to him in a panic, saying that his wife was going to give birth, so shocked that Zhang Huan took three steps and ran back to the inner courtyard with two steps, and without waiting to enter the courtyard, the two midwives pushed him out.

A few maids stood far away, no one dared to come forward to disturb him, nearly an hour had passed, and his wife's painful voice was heard in the room from time to time, Zhang Huan's heart became tighter and tighter, and he couldn't help but fold his palms and pray to the sky.

Suddenly, Zhang Huan stopped praying, he seemed to hear something, there was a faint cry of a baby, he listened carefully again, yes, it was indeed the cry of a baby.

Zhang Huan's mind thundered, a burst of ecstasy rushed out of his heart, he could no longer hold back the excitement in his heart, rushed up and pushed the door hard, the door shook vigorously, but it was not pushed open, he anxiously leaned on the door and looked inside.

At this time, the door creaked open, and Cui Ning, who was full of exhaustion, suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Huan, "Okay, mother and son are safe!" Seeing that Zhang Huan was so happy that she was about to shout loudly, she hurriedly shushed and pointed inside, "Pei Ying's body is very weak, don't make noise!" ”

Zhang Huan suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly lowered his voice and asked, "Is it a boy or a girl?" His voice trembled slightly with excitement.

Cui Ning gave him a blank look, "Didn't I say it just now?" Mother and child are safe. ”

Zhang Huan suddenly laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, slammed his fist into his chest like an orangutan, and spun around his legs like a duck. He muttered to himself, "I'm a father, I have a son!" ”

Cui Ning saw that he was acting funny. couldn't help but purse his lips and laugh, Zhang Huan rushed up, hugged her, kissed her fiercely on the mouth, and then dropped a sentence, "Then you give me a girl!" And he galloped into the house like a cow.

Cui Ning's face was full of crimson, she recalled Pei Ying's expression of joy and tears after the child was born, and remembered the wonderful feeling in her heart when she hugged the pink little guy.

"Then you give me a girl!" Zhang Huan's words still echoed in her ears. Cui Ning suddenly felt empty in her heart, at this moment, the defense line that had been built up for months collapsed, Cui Ning watched Zhang Huan's back disappear into the house in a daze, her nose was a little sour, she slowly turned around, and left the inner courtyard alone.

The room was already cleaned up. Several midwives have gone down, only Pei Ying's personal maid Xiaoqiu is carefully feeding the housemother white rice porridge, Pei Ying is lying quietly on the couch, her face is pale, there is no trace of blood, it can be seen that she is extremely tired, but her eyes are full of maternal tenderness, and she turns her head to look at the children around her from time to time. Lin Lei

"I'll do it!" Zhang Huan took the porridge bowl, and when Xiaoqiu saw that the old man was coming, she hurriedly retreated.

Zhang Huan holds the bowl with one hand. A hand lovingly caressed his wife's pale face, "Makes you suffer." Pei Ying could feel her husband's heartfelt care, and her heart was full of the happiness of being a mother and a wife, so she nodded silently, gave Zhang Huan another look, and bowed to the child beside her.

Zhang Huan hurriedly put down the bowl and looked inside, only to see a small pink face in the swaddling clothes, the skin on the face was still wrinkled, and the neck was stretched out. Sleeping soundly, Zhang Huan grinned, he reached out to hug him, but he didn't dare to do it.

"I'll hug you!" Pei Ying sat up with difficulty, and Zhang Huan hurriedly helped her up. Then he found a mattress for her to put behind her. Pei Ying carefully picked up the child and looked at it lovingly for a while. Smiled: "Go sick, who do you say our children look like?" ”

Zhang Huan lowered his head, kissed the child's little face, looked at Pei Ying carefully, and smiled: "The face is like me, but the eyebrows are very slender, not like us." ”

"Can I take a look?" I don't know when, Zhang Huan's mother Chu Banglan appeared at the door, she was still wearing a Taoist robe, and her eyes were full of joy.

"Mother!" Zhang Huan hurriedly stood up and stepped aside, Chu Banglan slowly stepped forward, she bent down and looked at her grandson lovingly, looked at his little face carefully, and muttered: "Elephant! It's really like him! ”

"Mother-in-law, do you mean the child looks like his father-in-law?" Pei Ying asked quietly.

Chu Banglan nodded, she let out a long sigh, "Zhang Huan's father is also the same as this child, his eyebrows and eyes are very slender, I can't imagine that Zhang Huan is not like his father, but like his grandson." ”

Speaking of this, Chu Banglan couldn't help but say to Pei Ying again: "Is it okay to hug me?" ”

Pei Ying smiled and handed the child to her carefully, Chu Banglan supported his head with his arm and patted it gently, she saw that Zhang Huan was about to speak, so she smiled and said to him: "There is a soldier outside the courtyard gate who seems to be looking for you in a hurry, you go and get busy first!" Let Ying'er have a good rest, I will watch the child! ”

Pei Ying also hurriedly said: "Go sick, you go and get busy!" Come back in the evening to see the kids. ”

Zhang Huan nodded, looked at his son again, and then hurried away.

Outside the courtyard gate, a personal soldier was waiting there anxiously, and when he saw Zhang Huan coming out, he hurriedly greeted him, "Du Du!" Longyou came to the eight-hundred-mile express and waited in front. ”

"I see!"

Zhang Huan's train of thought quickly turned back to the situation, it is now the middle of October, and the imperial court should have set a countermeasure to the Shu chaos, since Longyou came to expedite the letter, it is very likely to be related to this matter.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huan walked quickly to the yamen of the front Metropolitan Governor's Office, Du Mei proposed that he adopt the suggestion of using the militia to expand the army in the three strategies, but he did not adopt the other two, one is to pretend to be assassinated to confuse the other party, he thinks that Cui Yuan is a veteran in this, he will not believe it, but he is suspected of wanting to cover up.

In the last plan, Du Mei asked Zhang Huan to marry Wei Ge's daughter as his second wife, and confuse Wei Ge with his in-law relationship, but Zhang Huan still did not agree, in his opinion, since Wei Ge decided to send troops to Shuzhong, it is not this carving insect skill that can confuse him, he must get absolute security before he is willing to send troops, and this initiative is not in his own hands.

Zhang Huan came to his room, the person who delivered the letter was still waiting for him in the room, he was about thirty years old, a slender officer, called Wei Deqing, it was the Kaiyang County soldier Cao who Pei Ying met in Kaiyang Restaurant when he was on an envoy, he saw Zhang Huan enter the house, immediately stepped forward and saluted, took out a letter and handed it to Zhang Huan and said: "This is a handwritten letter from the marshal of my family and Pei Xiangguo to the governor." ”

Zhang Huan took the letter, nodded and said to him: "It's been hard all the way, you go down first!" ”

Wei Deqing bowed again, "The marshal has instructed that I must get a personal reply from the governor before I can go back." ”

Zhang Huan glanced at him, then tore open the letter, he hurriedly read the letter, his brows frowned slightly, the content of the letter was very simple, Pei Jun came to Longyou again, asked Zhang Huan to go to Longyou immediately, and promised him that he could bring three thousand soldiers to escort him.

The meaning of the letter is obvious, it is estimated that Pei Jun and Cui Yuan have reached an agreement to send troops, and the key to Wei Ge's dispatch of troops is himself, so Pei Jun made a special trip to Longyou to coordinate this matter again.

Zhang Huan nodded secretly, and said to Wei Deqing: "Then you will tell Wei Shangshu that since Pei Xiangguo came forward to invite, I should obey." ”

Wei Deqing agreed, he took out another letter, handed it to Zhang Huan, and said: "This letter is written by Cui Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, please pass it on to Miss Cui." ”

After speaking, Wei Deqing turned around and was about to leave, but Zhang Huan stopped him again and asked, "What about Lingwu County?" Do any of you have to deliver the letter? ”

Wei Deqing hesitated for a moment, spread his hands and said: "The marshal only ordered me to send a letter to Wuwei County, whether anyone sent a letter to Lingwu County, I don't know." ”

After Wei Deqing left, Zhang Huan immediately tore up Cui Xian's letter to his sister, saying that his father was seriously ill and hoped that his sister would stop being obsessed and return to his father as soon as possible. In two clicks, he tore the letter to shreds, put it into the charcoal basin one by one, and slowly watched it burn to ashes.

He stood up and immediately ordered his soldiers: "Go and invite Mr. Du Mei quickly, and by the way, call me Tuoba Wanli." ”

After a while, Du Mei hurried over, and when he saw Zhang Huan, he smiled and said: "I just heard that Du Du Chu became a father, congratulations to Du Du Delin'er, this is definitely an exciting event, and it needs to be celebrated all over the city." ”

Zhang Huan smiled slightly and said, "I called you here because there is another joy, and Longyou sent an urgent letter." ”

He handed the letter in his hand to Du Mei, "The celebration of the city will be put aside for the time being, and we will concentrate on doing a good job in Longyou." ”

Hearing that Longyou sent a letter, Du Mei's face gradually became serious, he read the letter carefully, he thought for a moment and said: "Since even Pei Xiangguo has to come to Longyou as a coordinator, it can be seen that the number of Wei Ge's troops this time will not be small, I guess that this time the governor will go to Longyou, it is very likely that what agreement will be reached with the Wei family, I don't know what the governor's attitude is?" "Attitude?" Zhang Huan shook his head and said with a faint smile: "The imperial court pacified the rebellion in Shuzhong, of course I have to focus on the overall situation, and I will also persuade Duan Xiushi to do my part for this rebellion." ”

Speaking of this, he said to Du Mei: "You go back and pack your things first!" Tomorrow we will go to Longyou together. ”

Du Mei answered and went first, but when he walked to the door, he almost collided with Tuoba Wanli, who came through the door.

Tuoba Wanli is the only surviving nobleman in the Western Party, Zhang Huan did not kill him, but left him to be ready to be of great use, Tuoba Wanli's character is relatively weak, after the destruction of the Western Party, he also accepted his fate, and surrendered Zhang Huan, the current deputy envoy of Hexi Tuntian, Pei Mingyuan's assistant.

He walked into the room and saluted Zhang Huan, "Is there anything wrong with the governor looking for his subordinates?" ”

Zhang Huan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Come on!" We sat down and said. ”

Zhang Huan invited him to sit down, and personally poured him a cup of tea, Tuoba Wanli was a little flattered and said: "The governor doesn't have to be polite, please tell me if you have anything." ”

Zhang Huan glanced at him, stroked his short beard lightly, and said meaningfully: "I want you to be the king of the East Party, are you willing?"