At the end of July, the noon sun hung high in the sky, the heat was rolling on the empty official road, the birch poplar leaves on both sides were wilted, dragonflies were circling and flying in the shade, and the screams of knowledge were disturbing.

Several carriages were parked under the shade of the trees, and the soldiers sat on the ground with their horses tied, wiping their sweat with their chests open. The curtains on the car in front were all opened, Cheng Yachan looked out of the window listlessly, Qiu Xiang was holding a small fan beside her to fan her, and she was still so hot that she kept wiping her forehead and face with a handkerchief. The master and servant of Bian Yu in the car next to her were no better, her long hair hung down on her back and was uncomfortable, so she simply coiled it on her head and tied it with a small red rope.

At this time, more than ten horses returned, and the soldiers cheered when they saw it. It was Zhang Yue in front of him, his robe was sweaty, he saddled off the horse, untied a small cloth bag from the horse's back and opened it, inside were four or five large watermelons, and the black and green melon skin was covered with a layer of fine water droplets, which were taken out of the ice cellar.

"Sister Chan Niang! Come down and eat watermelon! Bian Yu and the maidservant jumped out of the car, pulled out a small table from the car, and the master and servant carried it over.

Zhang Yue didn't speak, took out a clean short knife from the bottom of the bag, picked up a big watermelon and put it on the low table, brushed it with two knives, and the watermelon became four large pieces, and then cut them into small slices one by one, and then picked up another one.

"Wow! It's so cold! It's just the right time to relieve the heat! Bian Yu was not polite, picked up a slice and began to eat, thinking that it was not polite, he hurriedly called the maid to distribute watermelon to everyone.

At this time, I don't care about any image, everyone began to eat in large pieces, and the pro-soldiers over there also had their own share, but there were few frozen, and each person could taste one or two pieces.

After Zhang Yue finished eating two pieces of watermelon, he simply took off his official robe, took off his underwear, hung it on a branch on the side of the road to blow the wind and then packed it, and then changed it later. He was shirtless as if no one was around, his muscles were oily and slippery, swollen and tense, full of power. A cool breeze blew, and it suddenly felt much more comfortable, but it attracted a burst of hot eyes.

The ladies next to them looked at it and quietly turned their heads away, Cheng Yachan didn't care, and squeezed her eyebrows at Bian Yu. Bian Yu pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Cut!" Isn't it just a naked man? My brother often practices boxing like this, and it's not like I've never seen it! ”

"Really? How do you think I'm better than your brother? When Zhang Yue heard this, he raised his hand and clenched his fist very beautifully, bent his forearm, stretched and contracted, and the huge biceps muscle on his arm swayed back and forth, causing the maids to laugh.

"You're far behind!" Bian Yu looked at it with a big grin, and said matter-of-factly, suddenly she saw the black shadow under Zhang Yue's armpit, her pretty face turned red, covered her face and turned around and hid behind the carriage.

"Ahem...... It's over! Don't be rude! Feng Qianhou couldn't stand it anymore and reminded him loudly.

Cheng Yachan called out Qiu Xiang in time to take out a clean underwear and hand it to Zhang Yue, it was still a white linen collared short jacket, without buttons, and two slipknots were tied at the intersection of the collar and under the armpits, which were loose and comfortable to wear.

"You can't go on like this! Walked for four days to Chengcheng in Tongzhou, I led fifty horsemen to walk in front, you came in the back, you can walk slowly along the way, rest more at noon, otherwise heat stroke will be troublesome! Zhang Yue sat on the wheel and said.

Feng Qianhou nodded and said, "I'll walk with you!" Just let the soldiers escort the family! ”

Zhang Yue didn't have an opinion, turned around and said to Cheng Yachan and Bian Yu, asked Chen Jia to stay and guard, and ordered a pro-soldier team to accompany him. After that, there was no family to drag me down, and there were fewer people, so I set off before dawn, stayed in the village and town in the middle of the night, and rushed back to Tokyo ten days later, which was already the beginning of August.

On a new day, the Xinzheng Gate of the outer city of Tokyo opened, and a large number of pedestrians lined up to enter the city early in the morning.

However, the next way to the Yingqiu Gate in the southwest of the inner city is unimpeded, enter the gate to the east to resist the street, turn north to reach the Zhou Bridge, Feng Qianhou wants to go back first, and then lead the horse to leave. Zhang Yue also sent his own soldiers home to inform him that he had to go to the front of the palace to file first, and wait for the emperor to summon him.

When he arrived at the office in front of the palace, Li Chongjin didn't know where he went, but Zhang Yongde was there, and met him in his signature room, and at the same time sent someone to hand the sticker into the palace. Zhang Yue was bored waiting, so he asked Zhang Yongde about the DPRK's views on the affairs of the northwest border.

Zhang Yongde smiled: "This matter actually has nothing to do with you, you don't have to worry!" Taishi Feng made a suggestion to His Majesty and suggested that an envoy be sent to Xia Sui and let Li Yiyin come forward to solve the problem. But His Royal Highness the King of Jin is very unhappy, and now it is no longer a matter of losing goods. ”

"The use of troops against the Huizhou Party is timely, why do all the princes of the DPRK and China oppose it?" Zhang Yue was puzzled. He didn't ask the latter sentence, isn't this a refutation of King Jin's face?

"This is a long story, mainly because the military town of Kansai follows the old style of the feudal town at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the government decree is not in line with it so far, and the prefectures and counties are all military generals who take care of their affairs. Moreover, the party forces of Huizhou Tuoba are also very strong, and it involves Xia Sui and Li Yiyin, so it is a safe policy for him to come forward to reconcile, and His Majesty is also inclined to do so, but he has not yet decided. Zhang Yongde explained.

Zhang Yue thought about it and understood that the civil officials led by Feng Dao were afraid that the Kansai Domain Town would take the opportunity to sit big again, so they changed the topic and said: "Then has there been any major events in Tokyo recently?" That is, the local military and political events......"

"There are no big things, but there are some things that we can talk about here, and you can do it without saying it. At the beginning of last month, Wang Yin of Yedu pretended to go up three times, saying that he asked for a court! But as soon as His Majesty agreed, the northern border reported that the Khitans of Liao had a plan to invade the south, and His Majesty suspected that he was insincere, so he had to order him not to come back to see him for the time being.

In addition, not long ago, the enshrined official Wu Huaizan was abandoned for embezzling horse prices; The underwear made Qi Zangzhen ordered to supervise the repair of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, but did not inspect the construction site, and went to live in other county seats, as a result, the Yellow River broke the embankment and flooded, and was removed from the list and assigned to Salmon Island on the ninth day of yesterday. ”

The two chatted for an hour, and Zhang Yongde left beforehand. Zhang Yue had to wait in front of the palace, and soon, a little eunuch from the Yellow Gate came to the palace and replied, saying that the emperor asked him to report to the rear tomorrow morning.

Zhang Yue was pardoned, went out of the right door, and called the soldiers to go home to have a look. At this time, a carriage came out of the carriage shed next to it, and a young fat officer in his twenties came out of the car, but it was an acquaintance Zhao Kuangyin, and he greeted with a smile: "General Zhang has just come back!" His Royal Highness King Jin is invited! ”

"It turned out to be you...... Looks like he's been promoted! Now which errand is it now? Zhang Yue was surprised for a while, Guo Rong, the king of Jin, got the news so quickly, it should be Zhang Yongde who went to see him, but this Zhao Kuangyin, could it be that he was serving in the Jin Palace.