It's August, the night is dark, and the autumn breeze is bleak.

Yuan Mai paced back and forth in the backyard holding the jade seal, thinking about who would be the most suitable person to hand over the jade seal to safekeeping? You can't take the jade seal with you to go east and west, right?

As the saying goes, "You can't have the heart to harm people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people", this peerless treasure must be handed over to his most trusted woman for safekeeping, and Yuan Mai will feel solid in his heart. The Du family belongs to the remarried person, the Helan family is a woman of different races, and Cai Wenji is even an outsider; After thinking about it, Yuan Mai still decided to hand over the jade seal to Zhen Mi for safekeeping.

When he was down, he had no official position and his body was very weak, but the beautiful Zhen Mi was desperate to make a private agreement with himself for life, and even did not hesitate to destroy his reputation to fight against the marriage arranged by Yuan Shao, which is enough to show Zhen Mi's heart!

She is a woman who truly loves herself, does not covet her appearance, does not covet her status, nor covets her wealth, she loves her talent, loves her own people, and does not transfer to poverty. The jade seal is handed over to Zhen Mi for safekeeping, and he can put ten thousand hearts!

After making up his mind, Yuan Mai walked quickly to the house where Zhen Mi lived, raised his hand and knocked on the courtyard door.

Woken up by the information sent in the middle of the night, Zhen Mi couldn't sleep well, and sent the maid to the front yard to inquire about what was going on.

Thinking that in more than a month, the weather would enter the cold winter, Zhen Mi lit a candle, took out the cotton clothes that he bought for Yuan and continued to work. This top has been made for three or four days, and the final process is missing. It was sewn overnight, and it was estimated that it would be finished by dawn.

"In the middle of the night, which one knocked on the door?"

At this moment, it was the middle of the night, the two maidservants kept yawning, Zhen Mi had already urged them to sleep, and she sewed cotton clothes for Yuan by candlelight alone. At this moment, he heard someone knocking on the courtyard door, so he pushed the door out of the house and asked sweetly.

Yuan Mai knew Zhen Mi's voice as soon as he heard it, and said happily: "Ah Mi, it's me." Why haven't you gone to bed yet? I'm looking for you! ”

Zhen Mi Shi Ran walked to the door. When the door was opened and Yuan Mai was allowed to enter the house, a pair of handsome men and women sat in the candlelight. Zhen Mi continued to pick up the cotton clothes and sew, and said while working: "I heard that the son is about to go on the expedition tomorrow, and the weather is cold. The concubine made a cotton robe for you. In just over an hour, it's almost done! ”

looked at Zhen Mi's pretty face like a flower. Extraordinarily delicate in the candlelight, bowing his head and meticulously sewing cotton clothes, Yuan Mai was moved in his heart. It seems that he chose to hand over the jade seal to her, which is really the right choice. If this woman doesn't really love herself, she won't stay up all night sewing cotton clothes for herself, and her husband will have no regrets if she has this confidante!

Looking at the lovely Zhen Luo, Yuan Mai suddenly wanted to joke with her, shook the burden in his hand, and said with a smile: "Aifei, look up and see what I am holding in my hand?" ”

"Concubine, I? You can't talk nonsense, if you spread it, it will be called a great rebellion! Zhen Mi stroked the hair in front of her forehead with the embroidery needle in her hand and said very seriously.

Yuan Mai put the burden in his hand on the round table, opened the burden quickly, and the jade seal inside was suddenly presented in front of Zhen Mi's eyes, "Look at the emperor's jade seal!" Do you remember the conversation I had with my third brother after drinking that day? I promised to canonize you as the queen, and now that the jade seal has arrived in my hands, this may mean that I have the strength of the emperor, of course, the time is not yet ripe, so I am ready to hand it over to you for me to keep! ”

In this era of feudal imperial power, the emperor is high up to ordinary people, and the jade seal is even more mysterious.

"Uh...... You—Did you really get the jade seal? With her lips half-open, Zhen Mi almost didn't believe her eyes, "No wonder my brother said that you have the appearance of an emperor from your appearance, is this true?" ”

Yuan Mai smiled heartily, rewrapped the jade seal, and pushed it in front of Zhen Mi: "The third brother claims to know how to meet each other, if he says so, there is a chance that I will have the emperor's life!" Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked me for my uncle's title. However, the matter of the jade seal falling into my hands cannot be made public for the time being, so I specially brought it to you for safekeeping. ”

The importance of the jade seal Zhen Mi naturally understands that Yuan Mai has married four concubines, and two of them have given birth to heirs, but he still chooses to keep this valuable treasure by himself, which shows that the person he trusts the most in his heart is still himself.

Zhen Mi suddenly felt an indescribable sense of gratitude in his heart, and said with red eyes: "Since Gongzi trusts Ah Mi so much, I will keep this jade seal for you, the seal is here, and the seal is dead!" ”

Yuan Mai hurriedly stretched out his hand to block Zhen Mi's mouth, and blamed: "Look at what you said, the jade seal is a dead thing, even if you lose it, it won't kill anyone?" If you die, who will accompany me to spend candles in the cave? Hey...... You're still a virgin! ”

Before the words fell, he hugged Zhen Mi from behind, a pair of big hands reached into the dirty clothes, and pounded on the pair of full and straight breasts, until Zhen Mi, who was half-pushed and half-pushed, panting, and begged for mercy: "Son, don't mess around, it will be dawn in a while, if you delay any longer, this cotton dress will not be sewn well!" ”

Yuan Mai turned a deaf ear, put his head into Zhen Mi's clothes, used his tongue together, and tasted a delicious meal, until he was resolutely resisted by Zhen Mi, then he reluctantly stopped the attack, got up and got into bed, got into Zhen Mi's brocade quilt, and took a nap.

I heard that Yuan Mai was going to conquer the northern part of Jin, and after dawn, Helan hugged Yuan Xun for five months, and Du hugged Yuan Li, who was less than a month old, and came to see Yuan Mai off together.

Cai Yan also had the heart to say goodbye to Yuan Mai, but after thinking about it, he felt that he was nameless and pointless, so what qualifications did he have to say goodbye? I could only give up this idea, and I was writing and painting in the house alone, and I was unhappy in my heart.

Yuan Xun, who has been five months old, is already able to communicate with people, and when he teases him, he will let out a "babbling" laugh and wave his little hands in response. And Yuan Li, who was less than a month old, had been napping, although Du tried his best to let him interact with his father, but the little guy's eyelids could not be raised......

"Oops, my Ah Ye is getting cuter! Mmmm, 'Good Luck''s face is also white day by day, chubby, really worthy of being the son born to your mother! ”

Yuan Mai was sandwiched between the two women, teasing the two sons in a circle, and the kind fatherly love was overflowing, until the melodious horn sounded outside the city, and then he realized that it was time to go on the expedition!

"Okay, my husband is leaving, and when I am not in Hanoi, you have to take care of the two children!" Yuan Mai put away the smile on his face and said.

"Obey the husband's orders!" The two women obediently agreed in unison, looking like a good wife and mother.

When Yuan Mai was about to leave, he remembered that he hadn't introduced Feng Yunniang to them yet, so he immediately sent a maid to summon Feng and ceremoniously introduced several of his women to each other, so that they could greet each other.

Seeing Zhen Mi's skillful and beautiful, Helan's tall and graceful, and Du's charming charm, Feng Yunniang knew that there was a sky outside the sky, and she didn't dare to be proud in her heart, and she was extremely humble when she spoke. It's not that the feelings of Lord Shi are not lustful, but her women are all superb, and this man's eye for picking women is really good!

The beauties were like stars and moons, sending Yuan Mai out of the general's mansion, reluctantly waving goodbye, telling to take care of the sound one after another, and the sound of warblers and swallows was one after another.

"Ladies, go home, don't worry!"

Yuan bought a sword hanging from his waist, saddled a bow of "Ten Thousand Miles of Clouds and Smoke", turned over on his horse, and took Zhou Cang and a hundred and ten guards with a whip.

Outside the city, flags were unfurled, swords and guns were covered, and 10,000 troops were already in battle under the city, preparing to conquer Dingxiang in the north. After the military meeting last night, Wang Shuang and Xu Shu had led 3,000 cavalry to the north overnight. The remaining 10,000 foot soldiers, led by Yuan Mai himself, went north to crusade against the Montenegrin thieves on the same day.

Fu Zhu led Zhao Yun, Tian Chou, Liang Xi, Zhen Yao and others to see him off, and they all hugged their wrists and said: "I wish Lord Assassin Shi a victory, sweep away the Black Mountain thieves, clear the annex state, and return the peace of the people!" ”

Yuan Mai hugged his wrist on the horse and returned the salute: "After I leave, Hanoi will entrust you." I hope everyone will work together to protect the territory! ”

All the civil and military staff received the order together, and they all bowed their hands: "Obey the order of Lord Shi!" ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

With a melodious horn sounded, 10,000 horses marched north, Zhang Xun led 3,000 people to open the way in front, Yuan Mai and Zhou Cangdu led the Chinese army, all the way, straight to the north.

After two days of marching, entering the territory of Gaodu County, Shi Tao and Ma Jun brothers came to visit Yuan Mai, and saw that the production of the mine was on the right track, so Yuan Mai ordered Ma Jun to accompany him. He must use his ingenuity to make advanced weapons such as thunderbolts and repeaters, and he must not waste such talents on coal mining, which is too tyrannical!

The military situation was urgent, and there was no room for delay, and the army continued to advance, and Yuan Mai and Ma Jun marched side by side along the way.

"Ma Jun, I have conceived a weapon, you can see how you can make it, and when you are fine, you can think about it?"

Yuan Mai controlled the reins with both hands, described the idea of the thunderbolt to Ma Jun, and told him that it was a siege weapon that could throw stones, and its power was huge, and it could launch three or four hundred catties of large stones into a hundred and ten zhang away, which was powerful.

After listening to Yuan Mai's description, Ma Jun's eyes shone brightly: "Tsk...... Lord Thorn Shi is really a genius, after this weapon is made, it will definitely shock the world, I will definitely think about it in the next few days, so that this thunderbolt will come out as soon as possible! ”

"Huh...... I'm just talking about not practicing fake tricks, if I want to build a thunderbolt, I have to rely on you Ma Deheng! Yuan Mai smiled self-deprecatingly and put the heavy responsibility on Ma Jun's shoulders.

The army continued northward and arrived in Shangdang territory the next evening.

Taishou Zhao came to greet him, and sent a team of 2,000 people to help, Yuan Mai inquired about the military and political situation of the party, said goodbye, and the soldiers directly designated the Black Mountain thieves. (To be continued......)