Chapter 55: War Horse
Zhao Siyan looked at the flexible figure on the field, and couldn't help but think about it, now when he was fighting with the Da Liao people, the Mu family was busy, how could he suddenly appear at this time? It's a little weird.
"He is the only male in the third generation of the Mu family, named Mu Zizhao, and he is very talented in horse taming."
The Mu family makes a living by taming horses, but their status is much higher than that of military generals, and raising horses can be regarded as barely a 'farmer' in Shinong Industry and Commerce, so no one dares to underestimate the Mu family, and Mu Zizhao also has the confidence not to take Gu Chenfeng in his eyes.
Zhao Siyan's eyes flashed a touch of deep thought, at this time, when Da Liao and Daqi were fighting, the Mu family actually came out to participate in an ice hockey game, isn't it a little unbelievable?
Zhao Siyan's mind moved, she tugged at Liu's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Mother, I'm a little uncomfortable, I want to go back and rest first." ”
Liu Shi hurriedly looked at her with concern: "But the cold wind is blowing?" Is there something wrong? ”
Zhao Siyan shook his head: "It's okay, I just didn't sleep well yesterday." ”
Liu nodded, "Then you can go back first." ”
Zhao Siyan went to say hello to the eldest lady again, but the eldest lady didn't say anything, and ordered someone to ask for a doctor, but Zhao Siyan politely refused.
The eldest lady didn't insist: "Then you go back and have a good rest." ”
Zhao Siyan nodded, turned around and left the stands.
Zhao Siyan walked to the courtyard, there was no one in the courtyard, most of the people went to watch the game, Zhao Siyan blew the cold wind, and his mind was much more comfortable.
Zhao Siyan was walking, and suddenly heard footsteps, Zhao Siyan turned his head and couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.
"You ......"
The person who came was wearing a black cloak and a majestic white brocade robe, full of momentum, coupled with a handsome face, and a pair of shining eyes, when it fell on her, it was dyed with a smile.
Zhao Siyan couldn't help but take two quick steps forward, and suddenly remembered something and paused again, she looked at Li Junze in disbelief.
"Why are you here?" Zhao Siyan asked in disbelief.
This is the Zhuangzi of the Wang family, how could Li Junze suddenly appear here? Isn't he supposed to be in the army?
Looking at Zhao Siyan's movements, the smile in his eyes became more and more vigorous, and he couldn't help pursing his lips: "I heard that the Wang family invited a lot of people, I think there should be a Zhao family." ”
Some people just like to speak tactfully, and with the Zhao family, she will naturally come together.
The man seemed to have gone a little too far, and she couldn't help but glare at him secretly.
There was a thick smile in his eyes, and he didn't think it was like it, just looked at her with a smile.
"I came here after more than an hour's journey, don't drive me." Li Junze lowered his voice and said.
Zhao Siyan's face was a little red, she bit her lip, in her past life and this life, it was the first time she had encountered such a time when she was overwhelmed.
Zhao Siyan sighed, "There are people coming and going here, and it is inevitable that people will be seen, so let's go back first." ”
His eyes lit up suddenly, she was thinking about him, worried about being seen, that is, she was not angry with him.
"Okay." He responded obediently, with a shallow smile on his lips.
Zhao Siyan walked in the direction of the courtyard, and he walked not far behind her, for some reason, she actually felt like a man on her back.
Finally returned to the courtyard, Zhao Siyan was a little annoyed, she couldn't let Li Junze freeze outside, so she had to welcome him into the room, but only the two of them were there......
Zhao Siyan is not that kind of pedantic person, after all, he is a person who has lived two lives, and many things are taken lightly, but this person is Li Junze...... She was a little nervous.
But what if it's not Li Junze? Will she be in the same room with a man? Such a question suddenly popped up in her heart, which startled her.
Zhao Siyan still invited Li Junze in.
A smile flashed in Li Junze's eyes, Zhao Siyan saw it, glared at him again, and he quickly restrained the expression on his face.
Zhao Siyan looked at Li Junze and personally poured him a cup of tea, Li Junze looked at the fair-skinned Rou Yi in front of him, and his eyes flashed again.
"Tell me, what is going on? Bothered that the prince of the world is so aggressive? ”
Li Junze looked at her, and there was a slight grievance in his voice: "Can't I come for you?" You don't believe me? ”
Zhao Siyan looked at him for a while, and then said: "Now that the war is tight, I don't believe that the prince will abolish the public for personal reasons." ”
Li Junze glanced at her meaningfully: "Since ancient times, there have been many kings who have misled the country because of their red faces, and I am just an ordinary man. ”
Zhao Siyan smiled: "Others may be, but the prince is not." ”
didn't know where she got her confidence in him, Li Junze couldn't help but laugh, and then said: "I came here, there is indeed one more thing." ”
"But it has something to do with the war horses in the army?" Zhao Siyan asked.
Li Junze was stunned, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes: "How do you know?" ”
Zhao Siyan said: "I just came back from the ice hockey game and saw the Mu family. ”
"That's it?" Li Junze asked in disbelief.
"Like the prince, the Mu family shouldn't be here, but you all appeared." Zhao Siyan said lightly.
The Mu family breeds horses, and for Li Junze to leave the war and come to this small village, there must be something more important, and she can only fight horses.
Li Junze didn't know what to say, he was indeed here for the war horse.
"The Mu family refuses to train horses anymore." Li Junze said succinctly, "I asked Chenfeng to contact the Mu family, but the Mu family refused, I was going to visit the Mu family in person, but Mu Zizhao accompanied Mrs. Mu to participate in the ice hockey game, just to avoid me." ”
So Li Junze came out of the moon to chase Han Xin and chased him to this small Zhuangzi.
Li Junze did take great pains to fight for the war, and Gu Chenfeng came here to take the lead for Li Junze.
Zhao Siyan frowned: "It's strange, this Mu family hasn't been raising horses for the army, how can it be said that if it is not tamed, it will not be tamed?" ”
"The Mu family said there were no horses." Li Junze said.
Zhao Siyan naturally knew that things were definitely not so simple, she looked at Li Junze: "No horses? So many horses, say no and no more? ”
The people of the army are expensive, and the horses are even more expensive, but it is not easy to train a qualified war horse, and there are few horses in the banner, and a war is fought, and there are a lot of losses, but there can be no horses, so in the Dengzhou army, war horses are very precious.
The Mu family has always made a living by raising horses and training horses, and suddenly there are no horses, where did the horses go? If you live to see a horse, you must see a corpse when you die. And obviously, this Wuma is just a rhetoric, I'm afraid it has another purpose.
But the Dengzhou army can't wait, every time there is a war, there will be a loss of war horses, if there is no war horse replenishment, it is very unfavorable to the position of the Dengzhou army.
Li Junze thought for a while and said silently: "I suspect it has something to do with the war in Jiangnan. ”
Zhao Siyan was surprised, "The Mu family sent the horse to Jiangnan?" ”
The banner was attacked by the enemy on its back, and there was a war on both sides.
Li Junze shook his head, "I can't be sure about this, but I sent someone to check, and there is no horse team leaving, so this horse should still be in the Mu family." After a pause, he said again: "But I checked, the chamberlain who had seen He Yugui before also went to the Mu family, and after the person left, the Mu family began to close the door." ”
Zhao Siyan frowned tightly, no wonder Li Junze suspected that it was related to Jiangnan, now in addition to Dengzhou, only the rebel army in Jiangnan is fighting, this war horse is not something else, only the war can be used, if you don't give it to them, then it can only be sent to Jiangnan.
The Mu family is now determined that there are no horses, obviously refusing to cooperate, and Li Junze doesn't want to offend people to death, after all, the Mu family is a master of taming horses, but not everyone can replace them.
Things are so tricky, it's no wonder that Li Junze wants to make a trip in person.
Zhao Siyan looked at Li Junze: "If that's the case, the Mu family is obviously threatened, what are your plans?" ”
Li Junze thought for a while, and then said, "Let's see Mu Zizhao first." ”
Mu Zizhao? The third generation of the Mu family?
Zhao Siyan thought for a while and reminded: "I remember that the current head of the Mu family is Mu Wei, Mu Zizhao, you can't be the master." ”
Li Junze didn't think so, he said lightly: "The older generation of people often have too many concerns, and sooner or later this business will be handed over to the next generation, even the emperor is not exempt from vulgarity, not to mention Mu Wei, the third generation of the Mu family has only one male in Mu Zizhao, Mu Wei doesn't care about others, he will also care about him." ”
Zhao Siyan didn't squint, she wanted to say that she hadn't heard anything just now, this prince of the world, talking about today's saint so blatantly, or using such an understatement tone, she was under a lot of pressure, okay?
Li Junze saw her nervousness, and couldn't help but smile at her: "Are you also afraid?" ”
Zhao Siyan felt that this person was simply gloating, and couldn't help glaring at him fiercely.
A smile flashed on Li Junze's face, and he said with a smile: "It's just talking about some family matters, why are you so nervous?" ”
The current emperor is Li Junze's uncle, and Li Junze's mention of the emperor is indeed a family matter, but what does this have to do with Zhao Siyan? The prince is sparing no effort to find an opportunity to take advantage!
Zhao Siyan felt that Li Junze seemed to be different from when she first met, after all, the previous prince was not so shameless.
Zhao Siyan showed a smirk: "The prince is serious, for me, the affairs of the royal family are all major matters, and I dare not blaspheme." ”
If he dares to pull on her, she will dare to dissociate herself from the relationship and see who can compare to whom!
Li Junze touched his nose.
Zhao Siyan said again: "It was Gu Gongzi who went to see Mu Wei before? All in vain? ”
Li Junze nodded, "This can't be blamed on Chenfeng, Chenfeng also tried his best," paused, as if he remembered something, he looked at Zhao Siyan: "He didn't go to you for ideas this time?" ”
Zhao Siyan shook his head: "No, Gu Gongzi didn't say anything, after all, the stakes are very high, and he doesn't want to show the news." ”
Li Junze's face suddenly changed, he snorted lightly, turned his head away, and had a displeased expression on his face.
I really don't know how to offend this ancestor, Zhao Siyan looked helpless.
Zhao Siyan thought that he couldn't afford to provoke him, so he said: "I also said, how could Gu Gongzi come to participate in this ice hockey game, it turned out to be for the Mu family." ”
Zhao Siyan is a human being in two lives, smart and smart, but there is one thing that is her biggest weakness, that is, she doesn't understand men at all, and she doesn't understand men's thoughts.
So she thought that she had found a good topic to divert Li Junze's attention, but Li Junze seemed to be even more dissatisfied.
Li Junze's face was even worse, but he didn't look angry, but he was a little bit childlike and a little sullen.
"Even if it weren't for that, he'd come." Li Junze couldn't help but mutter.
Zhao Siyan looked helpless: "He's here to do something for you, why are you still unhappy?" ”
Li Junze said: "He has always been able to please female elders, I thought that letting him go out to see Mrs. Mu could be said to move Mrs. Mu, who would have thought that he would use his mind elsewhere." ”
Thinking of Gu Chenfeng's courtesy in front of the Liu family, Zhao Siyan glanced at Li Junze with a strange expression, she thought, Gu Chenfeng was careful and considerate to the Liu family, so it was not good for Li Junze to misunderstand him.
So Zhao Siyan said a word for Gu Chenfeng: "Gu Gongzi also tried his best, otherwise, with his identity, how could he come to participate in such a competition?" ”
Then Li Junze's face suddenly darkened, and he glared at her angrily, "You will excuse him!" ”
Zhao Siyan: "??? ”
Zhao Siyan sighed, it was really not easy to please the prince these days, she was a little sympathetic to Gu Chenfeng.
While the two were talking, Jiang Yi knocked on the door and walked in, the ice hockey game was over, and everyone should go to dinner, worried that someone would come back to see Li Junze, and it would be difficult to explain when the time came.
"Who won?" Li Junze suddenly asked.
Jiang Yi was stunned for a moment, "It was Mu Zizhao who won, and the second is Gu Gongzi." ”
Li Junze frowned, and before he could speak, Jiang Yi said again: "I didn't expect Gu Gongzi to look weak, he looks weak, and he really has two hits." ”
Zhao Siyan was very smart and didn't answer this, so he didn't hear it.
Li Junze glanced at Zhao Siyan: "I'll go see Mu Zizhao later, do you want to come together?" ”
Zhao Siyan was stunned for a moment: "Me? ”
Li Junze nodded, "You have always been smart, maybe you can see something." ”
Zhao Siyan thought for a moment and nodded, "I can go, but it's inconvenient for me to show up." ”
"This is easy to do, and my subordinates will arrange it properly!" Jiang Yi patted his chest and reassured.
Li Junze stood up and was about to leave, but Zhao Siyan said, "Guard Jiang, please stay." ”
Jiang Yi almost immediately felt a scorching gaze that was about to melt at him.
Zhao Siyan ignored Li Junze on the side, walked up to Jiang Yi, and said sincerely: "Jiang Guard, you taught Wen Xi the basic skills before, and he practiced very well, I don't know if you are free, and then give me some advice?" After a pause, she added: "He really likes to practice martial arts." ”
Jiang Yi said without hesitation: "This is nothing, I will find a chance to see the little young master in a while, Miss Zhao does not have to be polite." ”
Zhao Siyan showed a grateful smile: "Thank you Guard Jiang." ”
If you really want to thank me, can you not call me in front of their prince next time? Their prince is really not open-minded in some aspects.
Jiang Yi didn't dare to say this sentence, and only hinted at Zhao Siyan with his eyes, hoping that she could understand.
Zhao Siyan didn't understand, but smiled at him, and Jiang Yi suddenly felt more pressure.
Jiang Yi and Li Junze left, probably to arrange a meeting with Mu Zizhao, this Zhuangzi is not small, and it is still easy to find a secluded place.
After a while, the Liu family sent Xi'er back to visit Zhao Siyan, Zhao Siyan thought that he would go out in a while, so he found an excuse to rest early and sent Xi'er away.
After about two quarters of an hour, Jiang Yi came and asked Zhao Siyan to come over.
Jiang Yi led the way and went directly to a remote courtyard in Zhuangzi, in addition to Li Junze, there was also Gu Chenfeng in the house.
Gu Chenfeng was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhao Siyan, and subconsciously glanced at Li Junze.
Li Junze didn't explain for him, but stood up and looked at Zhao Siyan gently: "I'll take people next door in a while, and you can hear our conversation." ”
Zhao Siyan nodded, and greeted Gu Chenfeng with a calm expression: "Gu Gongzi, is my father okay in the barracks?" ”
Li Junze: "......"
Teach Zhao Wenxi to practice martial arts and don't look for him, isn't it a bit too much to not even find out the news of Zhao Tingshan? No, he just wanted to ask, where is he wrong? Why didn't you ask him?
In fact, Zhao Siyan didn't think about it so much, Zhao Tingshan also sent someone to send news back on weekdays to reassure them, she would ask this, just to dispel Gu Chenfeng's surprise, lest Gu Chenfeng be suspicious, and go back and show her stuffing in front of the Liu family.
Gu Chenfeng quickly calmed down, and bowed his head slightly with a smile, "Lord Zhao is all right, he is not injured, and Commander Liu is also very good, you can rest assured." ”
Zhao Siyan nodded slightly, looked at him seriously, and said softly: "That's fine, this war, my mother and I are thinking about them in our hearts, just hoping that the war will go smoothly and they can return safely. ”
Gu Chenfeng was slightly stunned, and then glanced at her with complicated eyes, he understood what Zhao Siyan meant by saying this, it was nothing more than wanting him not to say anything in front of the Liu family, after all, it was very inappropriate for Zhao Siyan to appear here with a lady and the two of them.
She didn't ask him to keep it a secret, but she just talked about her desire to contribute to the war, could he refuse such a reason?
Obviously she was just an ordinary woman, and it was normal for her to do nothing, but she was willing to risk her reputation and come here.
Regarding the war horse, he and Li Junze were both anxious, and they had been busy for a month, but they had no clue, maybe Zhao Siyan could have a way.
Gu Chenfeng had no doubt that Zhao Siyan had such a skill, after all, she had proven her intelligence again and again before.
How can a woman who can make him feel impressed, how can she be ordinary?
Gu Chenfeng's eyes unabashedly showed his appreciation for Zhao Siyan, he bowed slightly, but said with regret: "The third lady cares about the people, and the women don't let the eyebrows be shaved, but they can't let outsiders know, it's a pity." ”
Zhao Siyan laughed, this was a promise that she wouldn't talk too much.
As if no one was talking to the two, Li Junze frowned faintly, he felt that Zhao Siyan was completely unfounded, he was willing to let Zhao Siyan appear here, naturally he would not let people spread the news, and he still had this point.
Li Junze glanced at Gu Chenfeng lightly, with an inquiring look in his eyes, this time Gu Chenfeng did not avoid his eyes as usual, but firmly met his gaze, although his eyes were still gentle, but with a bit of perseverance.
This is also expressing his position with Li Junze, and he will not give in on the issue of Zhao Siyan.
Li Junze suddenly laughed.
A wise woman will deal with a man, but what about a smart man? Naturally, it is also against men, this is a duel between the two of them, and there is no need to let Zhao Siyan know.
My Fair Lady, Gentleman, each with his own ability.
The two men understood each other's intentions and turned their heads away as if nothing had happened.
Zhao Siyan didn't pay attention to the lawsuit between the two, in fact, she didn't care.
"Why hasn't Mu Zizhao come yet? Have you figured out how to talk to him? Zhao Siyan only cares about the war horse.
After all, Zhao Tingshan is also going to ride a war horse, and what she just said is actually just caring about her father.
Gu Chenfeng glanced at Li Junze, "Is it the prince who talks to him first?" Or will I do it? ”
"Since I'm here, I'll talk to him first." Li Junze said.
Soon, Mu Zizhao came over, and Zhao Siyan and Gu Chenfeng hid next door.
Zhao Siyan opened the window a crack, this was the first time she saw Mu Zizhao up close, Mu Zizhao was a little thin, but he looked very strong, his appearance was a little ordinary compared to Li Junze and Gu Chenfeng, but his eyes revealed a little cunning, and he looked like a clever teenager.
Mu Zizhao walked in and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw Li Junze, obviously he didn't expect Li Junze to be here, but Li Junze smiled slightly: "It seems that you know me." ”
Mu Zizhao nodded, "I've seen you, and I also went to see it when I beheaded the Liao spies before." ”
He thought it was only Gu Chenfeng this time, but he didn't expect to see Li Junze.
Li Junze was about to speak, but Mu Zizhao took the lead and said: "I know why the prince came to me, but I can't be the master of this matter, my father ...... My dad wouldn't agree. ”
Li Junze nodded, not surprised: "Don't worry, Little Master Mu, if you have anything to say to sit down and talk, I don't care if you want a war horse, right?" ”
When Zhao Siyan heard this, she couldn't help but roll her eyes elegantly, she believed in his evil, just break it, she always felt that she was witnessing a scam to coax children.