Chapter Ninety-Five: Zhou Folds the Halberd and Sets Out

"It's so boring to sit and talk, you might as well try my craft."

After coming to the capital for so many days, Lord Shi was the first person to have such a normal attitude towards them, which made Jiang Liuyu feel that he must be friends with Su Jingye, so he specially gave them a warm welcome.

"These are all from the princess." Shi Zhengzhi said with a look of surprise, which made Su Jingye involuntarily look down, but found that the cakes on this plate were actually nothing special, if it was really discussed, it would look particularly ugly.

"King Jing is really discerning, and he married a wife like the princess who is both good-looking and virtuous." Shi Zhengzhi's sincere admiration provoked Jiang Liuyu to laugh out loud.

"Lord Shi is really overrated, I'm actually not that good, and it's because I have a good vision that I can take a fancy to him." Jiang Liuyu looked at Su Jingye with a smile, Su Jingye had just picked up a piece of cake, and she also returned with a bright smile.

"The relationship between the prince and the princess is so good, it is really enviable." Shi Zhengzhi shook his head helplessly, "Like the tigress in my family, but she never cooks, and she is more fluent in martial arts than me." ”

Speaking of Mrs. Shi, Su Jingye really had some impressions. It's just that when they met by chance on the street, he saw Madame Shi alone catch the thief who stole the girl's jewelry, and beat several strong men to the point that their noses were blue and their faces were swollen, until Jing Zhaoyin sent someone to arrest him, and he almost couldn't tell who was the culprit.

Because of this bad impression, every time Shi Zhengcheng invited him to the mansion for a gathering, Su Jingye shirked it and refused to go. However, although Mrs. Shi is as fierce as ever, the relationship between Shi Zhengcheng and his wife is still as good as ever.

Seeing Shi Zhengzhi pick up a piece of cake and stuff it into his mouth, Su Jingye's eyes couldn't help but widen, expecting his reaction.

But he didn't expect Shi Zhengzhi to chew a few bites and swallow it, his eyes lit up, "The princess's craftsmanship is comparable to that of a chef, and Xia Guan has never tried such a taste of pastry." ”

"If it's as good as adults say, I'll try it too." Jiang Liuyu smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed into a slit, and she stood beside Su Jingye and tasted a piece. Su Jingye also couldn't believe it, followed closely and took a bite.

As soon as they entered, the two froze. It turned out that when Jiang Liuyu was mixing water and kneading the dough, he accidentally mistook salt for sugar, and put more with a shake of his hand, and the whole cake tasted like he was eating salt.

Shi Zhengzhi drank the water and picked up another piece, and found that the two of them froze in place for a moment before spitting out the contents of their mouths. Su Jingye looked at him with some complaints, Shi Zhengzhi smiled awkwardly, "The taste of the lower officials is heavy, and it is appropriate to eat it, but I forgot that the prince and the princess may not like it." ”

"Forget it, if Lord Shi likes it, you can eat more." Jiang Liuyu said with a wry smile. Su Jingye's eyes when he looked at Shi Zhengcheng couldn't help but feel sympathy, it was really hard to imagine what kind of life he lived in the mansion on weekdays.

"Thank you, Princess." Shi Zhengzhi smiled gratefully, almost forgetting the purpose of his coming here today, "By the way, Xiaguan didn't come here today to eat cakes, he really has something to discuss with the prince." ”

"If it is still the matter of Your Majesty's new order that you just mentioned, this king will feel harmless." Su Jingye drank two cups of tea in a row, rinsed his mouth and felt that the taste in his mouth was better, and Jiang Liuyu stuffed him with a candied fruit with apologies.

"This matter has neither harmed the imperial court, nor has it caused any inconvenience to the people, and the increase in inspection is also to ensure the safety of the people, so Master Shi doesn't need to be so nervous."

"This matter sounds like a good thing at first glance, but the lower officials are more worried about the reason why Lord Li is doing this." Shi Zhengzhi was in a hurry and didn't even eat the cakes.

Su Jingye raised her eyebrows thoughtfully, "Li Daren is an important minister of the imperial court, and he is loyal to His Majesty, could it be that Lord Shi thinks he has some conspiracy?" ”

"Whether Lord Li has ulterior motives or not, presumably the prince and His Majesty know it in their hearts, so why do you need to go down to the officials to find out." Shi Zheng made eye contact with him directly.

Jiang Liuyu couldn't understand what they were saying, so she made a cup of fruit tea next to Su Jingye to relieve her tiredness. Su Jingye smiled at the corner of his mouth, took it and took a sip, "You can let it go for a while, it's a little hot." ”

"Even Lord Shi, who has little contact with Lord Li, knows that something is wrong with him, and Lord Shi also knows that this king and His Majesty can see it, so they don't have to worry about what will happen in the future."

Shi Zhengzhi didn't understand for a while, and looked at him face to face for a while, as if he suddenly figured it out, and suddenly hammered his hand, "What the prince said is very true, but the lower officials are a little worried." ”

"Jingye has always been cautious in doing things, it is rare for Lord Shi to care about me everywhere, we are grateful, and I hope that Lord Shi can trust my husband more." Jiang Liuyu tempered the atmosphere in a timely manner.

"What the princess said is very true." Shi Zhengzhi nodded and smiled faintly, "By the way, there is another interesting thing I want to tell the prince." ”

"Do you still remember the new champion who was ordered to go out that day?"

"Didn't Lord Shi find anything undesirable about him again?" Su Jingye deliberately joked with him, Jiang Liuyu was stunned when he heard it, and he couldn't help covering his mouth.

"The prince has rested these days, but he is more free and easy than some time ago." Shi Zhengzhi cleared his throat, "That martial champion, the day before yesterday, he went to the army to transfer troops, and the prince knew who His Majesty would send under his command, and it was actually Vice General Li who went out with the prince to Nanyang City." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Liuyu and Su Jingye glanced at each other, as if everything that happened in Nanyang City that day was still vivid.

"Vice General Li is a gentle person, no matter how unbearable Zhou Jiji is, presumably he will not have anything serious." Su Jingye looked at him with his eyes open.

"Vice General Li didn't quarrel with that champion boy, but the people in the army didn't obey him. On the first day of arriving at the barracks, some people only said in front of Wu Zhuangyuan that he was delicate and frail like a girl, and that he was white-skinned and did not look like a man. ”

Some men are born tanned and have slender bones, but Shi Zhengzhi is born regardless of whether he is born or not, he always feels that a man who grows like this has no backbone, and is as delicate and pretentious as a woman. However, Su Jingye is an exception, in order not to be looked down upon so much, Su Jingye deliberately trained a body of muscles, which is very bluffing at first glance.

"Lord Shi, is it a pity that he didn't come in person and missed it." Su Jingye smiled, after all, it is undeniable that most of the boys with this appearance are a little weak.

"It's a pity that it's not a pity, I'm just afraid that I will be angry with him later." Shi Zhengzhi shook his head in disgust, "This surnamed Zhou is angry but others say so, so he punished all the soldiers to run dozens of laps around the training ground, and asked people to watch, and if there were disobedient or slow runners, they would be beaten behind with whips." ”

"He's just a listed general who just came to the barracks, so he offended all the people in the barracks." Su Jingye felt a little sorry, there were so many ways to win back people's hearts, but he chose the most unreliable one.

"Who's to say it isn't? There were also some people who were not willing to run, so he called people to come up to the ring to fight him, and as long as he lost the fight, he was tied to a pillar to dry for a day, and he also asked the people who finished running to come around and watch. ”

"What if you win? Isn't it just the right to put it? Jiang Liuyu listened to it, after all, Su Jingye would never punish people like this when he led the troops.

"How can anyone beat him, he is this year's new champion of science and martial arts," Lord Shi sighed twice, "It's okay now, the martial champion is a strong bully, and the news of using power to oppress people has spread all over the capital." ”

"Actually, I want me to think that if someone insults me like this, I will definitely fight back as soon as possible." Jiang Liuyu pouted and was a little dissatisfied with Shi Zheng's upright mentality.

"He is a general, and what he does will represent the attitude of the entire military camp, and such willful and reckless behavior is not a good sign for leading troops to fight." Su Jingye knew that Jiang Liuyu felt that the world's requirements for Zhou Zhiji were a little harsh, so he explained to her the difference between the army and life.

"That's what he means, he should prove to others that he has the qualifications, and not just take revenge." Shi Zhengzhi nodded in agreement.

"And what about later? How come I didn't hear that His Majesty was going to remove him. ”

Su Jingye asked, Shi Zhengzhi smiled a little strangely, "It's also this kid's luck, after he punished that group of people the day before yesterday, he called the army to set off, and the rumors about him only spread yesterday." ”

"That's kind of interesting." Su Jingye lowered his head and picked up the cup of fruit tea, but saw that Shi Zhengzhi kept looking at Jiang Liuyu, Su Jingye was relieved, and said to Jiang Liuyu: "Lady, Lord Shi is going to eat in our house today, why don't you go to the kitchen and ask someone to prepare it first." ”

"Okay, I'll go back as soon as I go, you sit first."

After seeing Jiang Liuyu get up and leave, Su Jingye asked all the maids who were waiting around to retreat, "If Lord Shi has anything to hide, he can tell it now." ”

"Actually, because the princess came over suddenly, the lower officials had to swallow the incident of Master Li. This is the news that has been circulating recently. Shi Zhengcheng said uprightly, taking out a folded piece of stationery from his sleeve and handing it to him.

Su Jingye took a look, and Shi Zhengzhi explained beside him at the same time: "The reason why Your Majesty agreed to Lord Li's request and made these wills turned out to be because Wushisan appeared in the capital again. ”

"Jing Zhaoyin is arresting people everywhere, all in order to find the mastermind behind the sale of these five stone powder, if you can't serve this group of traitors, then the capital will be in chaos."

"Lord Jingzhao Yin Zhao, he has never acted in a measured manner, arresting people on the street with such fanfare, he has already startled the snakes, how could they surface by themselves." Su Jingye said, feeling the anger in his chest.