Chapter 209

Although it is in the deep mountains, the place where the Ming army chooses to camp is still very particular, at least the field of vision is broad, and it is not easy to be attacked by a small group of homeless elites, so Xu Huo, the imperial history, can still look up at the starry sky as soon as he looks up.

It's just that Xu Huo is still too young after all, he was born in the Suzhou Shi clan, and he doesn't have a torn robe to sew and mend for ten or eight years, and a belt is broken and it is necessary to repair it for more than ten years, so his acting skills have always been not very good, without acting skills, even if he will look up at the starry sky, it is useless, according to the normal historical line, he will be scolded because he proposed to move the capital after the change of Tumubao, and then hugged Chen Xun's thigh, and was given a name called Xu Youzhen, and then ascended to the position of the first assistant. Shi Heng and others plotted a hand, and finally sent back to their hometown and ended up depressed.

However, Xu Huo didn't know what happened next, now he was just standing at the gate of the camp, raising his head in the cool night breeze, looking at the stars in the sky, the two sword eyebrows gradually erected, and suddenly there was a creepy feeling.

"What a strange astrological phenomenon, although the emperor star is still bright, but there is a dark star next to the emperor star, faintly has the potential to replace it, but this world is peaceful, and there is no chaos, for now, the emperor of the Son of Heaven is also as stable as Mount Tai; The Northwest Sky Wolf appears repeatedly, but it is just a disease of ringworm and scabies, and it is no different from previous years; Yu is now in the southeast, although there are frequent wars, this astrological sign is not very obvious, think about it, but a few robbers, a few bandits, how can they shake the national capital of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Xu Huo looked at the sky, there were words in his mouth, of course, he was muttering to himself, although the art of stargazing was not impossible for him, a former Hanlin, to use it, but in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the guard, it was also a bit arrogant.

At this moment, one of his guards approached and whispered, "Xu Shiyu, Tang Shishi has sent someone to invite you over for dinner." ”

Xu Hui came back to his senses, touched his belly, and nodded: "Walking in the mountains, but it is more than half a day, but now my belly is empty." ”

After speaking, he followed this guard H towards the Chinese military tent, and from a long distance, he could smell the aroma of food coming from there, and he could also see the squirming Adam's apple of the soldiers patrolling back and forth, obviously aroused the cravings in his stomach by this aroma.

However, these soldiers only have the share of swallowing saliva, the difference between the upper and lower levels is very great in these years, the food of the ordinary guards is scraped down by the Liangjing Military Department, the Zhan Si Bing Beidao, the Du Division, and the Guard, which is a little stronger than pig food, and when encountering the more vicious guards officers, they can't even eat pig food, they are junior officers, if the relationship with the superiors is worse, the food will not be much better, and the soldiers under them will suffer.

Xu Hui, as an official from the scholar family, naturally does not have any mercy for these soldiers, whether it is a theoretical explanation of the nobles who are fabricated by Nuwa and the commoners who are spilled, or the theoretical explanation that these soldiers of Buddhism have done evil in their previous lives and deserve to suffer in this life, this is the common thought of all the ruling classes.

After sitting down, Xu Huo looked at the food in front of him, and his index finger moved for a while, and he heard Tang En next to him laugh and said: "Today, I went into the mountains to clear the rebel Ye Zong's department, but I was also tired for a long time, even if I only used dry food to deal with it for lunch, I heard that Xu Shiyu is a person from Suzhou, and it happened that there was a cook from Nanzhili under my hand, so I called it some of Xu Shiyu's hometown dishes, let Xu Shiyu taste it, if the taste is slightly worse, I will punish him." ”

Even if you are annoyed by a sour literati like Xu Hui, but in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the most unoffended military generals are these sour literati, who can easily seize the loopholes in your words and deeds, and then criticize you well, and it is unknown if you are ruined, plus this product is said to be favored by the prince of the inner court, Wang Zhen, then the sycophants must be even more diligent in shooting, as for the fact that the food is not delicious and kills a cook, the military general of the third grade said that this is a trivial matter.

Xu Hui heard this, and for a while he was really very useful, smiled slightly, and said: "Thank you for the good intentions of Tang Yanshi, it is said that since this official has been a jinshi and has been cultivating books in Hanlin, he has not been home for a long time, and the taste of this hometown cuisine has not been tasted for a long time. ”

As he spoke, Xu Huo stretched out his chopsticks and took a bite of the dish, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a good dish, this squirrel mandarin fish is really delicious, even if the official is in his hometown, it is rare to eat such a good dish, and it is also thanks to Tang Yan's intentions, the official has thanked him, thanked him." ”

"Xu Shiyu went from the north to the south to supervise the army, and worked hard all the way, if he couldn't even eat a decent meal, wouldn't it mean that my colleagues in the Fujian Metropolitan Division were not close to me?" Tang En laughed violently, "It's nothing, it's just to chill the mandarin fish and bring it to the baggage car, although the army is not allowed to do any gunpowder, but this method of saltpeter to make ice, the craftsman still will, if Xu Shiyu wants to eat, there are still three or five fish on the car, these days in the mountains, there is no problem in eating once or twice." ”

How long has it been since Xu Hui, who has been ostracized in Beijing, has heard such heart-warming words? So when Tang Enmeng said this, Xu Hui's heart jumped a little, and he said that if he hadn't climbed the high branch of Wang Zhen, he was afraid that he would still be cultivating in the Hanlin Academy.

Just as she was thinking about it, she saw Tang En take out a wine jar and ask him to add a glass of wine with a smile: "Although alcohol is not allowed in the army, Xu Shiyu is a messenger and is not subject to military regulations, and he has worked hard all the way, drink a glass of rice wine, go to the cold in the mountains, and sleep better at night." ”

It's so heartwarming, Xu Huo was moved when he heard this, and he gave his hand again and again: "Tang Yan is bothered, when the official turns back to Beizhili, he will truthfully report the actions of the soldiers of the Fujian Metropolitan Division to suppress bandits." ”

If people give benefits, he Xu Hui also has to give some benefits, even if it is this kind of empty check.

However, this kind of blank check can be said to be the favorite of all the senior officers present, as long as their names are marked on the form of meritorious service, they can go and mention the relationship upwards, Tang Enmeng, an official in charge of the affairs of the capital, is in urgent need of this kind of thing, so that he can be the commander, so he immediately smiled: "If this is the case, thank you Xu Shiyu for being promoted, come and come, eat vegetables and eat vegetables, if Xu Shiyu likes this dish, then the cook will give it to Xu Shiyu." ”