On the bookcase in the hall, I lay out the paper and ink, while Zimin read a letter I gave her seriously.

She read it once and began to read: "Ah Ze, seeing words is like ...... face"

I didn't really want to hear it, so I interrupted: "Zimin, you might write?" ”

She didn't answer my words, and waited for a long time before she said slowly: "Big brother, who wrote this letter?" ”

I said, "Yang Guang." ”

Zimin was stunned for a moment, and then said: "At first glance, it looks like a letter written by an ordinary husband to his wife." How did Big Brother get it? ”

I smiled and said, "Have you seen Ding Cheng?" He accompanied Yang Guang and took the opportunity to steal it. ”

Zimin also smiled: "What does the eldest brother want to write?" ”

I said: "Pei Ju suggested to Yang Guang that he be made a khan, do you think he would accept it?" ”

Zimin shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

I paced back and forth, and said: "Qi Jishe and Shibi Khan are not on good terms, when Li Jing was the guest of honor of Shibi Khan, he took advantage of Shibi Khan's absence to be rude to Li Jing's wife, I don't think he may not accept it." ”

Zi Min said: "If he accepts it, he will be in the arms of Pei Neishi." ”

I nodded and said, "The strength of Qi Jishe cannot be underestimated, if he takes advantage of the situation to start a difficult situation, the two will hold each other, and the north will be worry-free." ”

Zimin's eyes lit up and he smiled: "What if you inform Shibi Khan in advance?" ”

I pointed to the paper she was holding and said, "That's exactly what I mean." ”

Zi Min said: "Then this letter should be written to Qi Jishe." ”

She carefully studied Yang Guang's words, and finally put down the pen, and only wrote less than a line, so she put the pen down and stopped writing.

I waited for a long time, she tossed repeatedly for a long time, I don't know when she walked up to me and touched me and said, "Big brother, take a look." ”

I woke up from my dream and found myself asleep on the couch. I was sober for a while, and then I took her handwriting and compared it with the original letter, and the handwriting was very similar.

But there was still a slight difference, I pointed to the pen and said, "You are a woman after all, you can't write such a fierce momentum." ”

Zimin was slightly stunned, and smiled a little lazily: "I didn't pay attention to this." Big brother wait, I'll rewrite it. ”

Yang Shi'an came to stay in Yanmen County for a few days and was going to go to the Turks, and I, as the messenger of the edict, accompanied Li Chen, the attendant of the Criminal Department, to send off his relatives, and Zi Min and Tang Lin dressed up as my two attendants also accompanied me.

Li Chen asked people to say that His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui wanted to see Qi Jishe, and I didn't even have to think about it to know that Shibi Khan must be angry to death by this action.

Shibi Khan obviously came prepared when he saw us, he glanced at the envoys sent by the Great Sui, recognized me, ignored Li Chen at all, walked up to me and sneered: "Li Jiancheng, farewell to the northern Xinjiang grassland, I didn't expect us to meet again." ”

He then said a few words to the people behind him, and Zimin whispered in my ear: "Big brother, he wants to transfer archers." ”

I was stunned, looked directly at Shibi Khan, and said with a smile: "After a few years, the Khan will be fine." ”

Shibi Khan glanced at me contemptuously, ignored me no longer, and turned to Li Chen: "You want to see Ji She? Come back another day, he's not feeling well today, and it's not fit to see guests. ”

Li Chen glanced at me, waved his hand to signal us to retreat, and then arched his hand to Shibi Khan and said, "In this way, the lower official will leave." ”

This contact was originally to test the tone of the beginning, but now it seems that he is really very unhappy with this matter.

Pei Ju thought that his first purpose had been achieved, in fact, as early as a few days ago, he had secretly sent someone to find Qi Jishe, except for Yang Shi'an who had not yet given it to him, he had already accepted the edict and seal of Yiying, and promised to be the Khan of the South and fight against Shibi.

After returning to the residence, Zimin ran to my room and asked, "How many days will I meet with Yi Jisheh in the market in Mayi, will the eldest brother go?" ”

I shook my head and said, "Naturally, I won't go." ”

Zimin's letter, Tang Lin was searched and handed over to Shibi Khan when he was in and out of the Turks, and Qi Jishe was already under house arrest almost at the same time, and it was impossible for him to communicate privately with Pei Ju. According to the news brought back by Tang Lin, Shi Shu Huxi, a favorite of Shibi Khan, had already led people to ambush near Mayi, just waiting for Pei Ju to send people.

Pei Ju also pretended to make a deal with Shi Shu Hu Xi, wanting to lure him to kill him in Mayi, thinking that if he got rid of this Hu man in the Western Regions, the Turks would obey the Great Sui.

I took a sip of tea and played chess with Zimin, but the next day I couldn't get out of bed because I had a fever caused by eating something bad. Li Chen, who was in charge of this matter, was my cousin after all, and when he saw that I was going to die, he explained the situation to Pei Ju for me, so I didn't go to Mayi at all.

A few days later, the news came, Qi Jishe did not dare to accept Yang Guang's edict, resigned from the marriage with Yang Shi'an, Shi Shu Huxi was killed, Shibi Khan was furious, wrote a fierce letter to Yang Guang, vowing never to surrender to the Great Sui again.

Pei Ju was self-defeating this time, Yang Guangda was angry, not only scolded Pei Ju, but we also suffered, I was demoted to a small Sihu Shuzuo in Hedong County, and I was detained for three months before I took office.

I was lying in the Yanmen County Governance Office, leaning on the couch every day to play chess with Zimin, occasionally drinking tea, after Yang Shi'an was sent back, Du Kill came to me again.

Seeing her come in, Zimin put a chess piece he had just taken out back into the box, got up and said with a smile: "Miss Du Kill has something to find the eldest brother?" ”

Du Kill nodded indifferently.

Zimin looked at me, turned and walked out of the room.

I watched Zimin's back disappear outside the door, and said to Du Shu: "Why haven't you returned to the capital yet?" ”

Du Shu glanced at the chessboard coldly, and didn't answer my words, only said, "Thank you, brother." He turned around and wanted to leave.

I said, "Sister Du Kill, what's wrong with you?" ”

Du Shu said coldly: "I'm worried that my brother will not miss Shu and forget his old friend." ”

When I heard this, my heart ached, and half of the tea that I hadn't swallowed was stuck in my throat, and I coughed violently.

Du Kill's body moved, and he stood there looking at me again.

I coughed for a while before I barely calmed down, and whispered to Du Shu, "How could the eldest brother forget?" ”

After saying this, I suddenly felt so tired, some people wanted me to put it down, and some people were afraid that I would forget. I only want to believe that Ruoxiu is still alive, but Zimin, who is following me, is indeed reminding me from time to time that the old man is no longer there. I don't know what I'm going to do, who I'm going to live by.

Actually, this problem has existed since I came here, but now that I have experienced a lot of things, I am a little at a loss.

Zimin didn't know when she appeared at the door, she walked in the door and put down the tea tray, looked at me and Du Shi and said, "Big brother's illness is almost better, we will leave for Hedong tomorrow." Du Kill the girl, why don't you go along? ”

(End of chapter)