On the first night of the army's departure for Jingzhou, everything was ready. In the Pingjiang camp in the west of Yanlan City, piles of bonfires can be seen everywhere, and the sound of swords clashing with heroic laughter can be heard from time to time - the 10,000 vanguard army under the command of King Cheng is reveling before departure.

Competing skills, singing about wine, all kinds of game are grilled on the fire on iron skewers, and every piece of meat is golden and crispy, and the oil is not stopping.

The soldiers outside were talking and laughing, but the commander's tent was brightly lit and extremely quiet—Shen Yu was in a hurry to write a war report, so that he could present it to Emperor Tianzhu when he returned to Beijing to restore his life.

The aroma of wild game overflows, and the laughter wafts into the camp, which is a triple test of hearing, smell, and taste. However, Shen Yu buried his head in the lights in front of the case, and was indifferent to all the temptations outside.

"General." The voice of the personal attendant Qingyi sounded at the right time: "The soldiers asked me to send you some roasted game." ”

Shen Yu stopped writing when he heard this, looked at the curtain and said with a smile: "Come in." ”

Qingyi opened the curtain with his left hand and entered, and with his right hand he was still holding a plate of game, which was a small lamb cub with golden and crispy skin. He respectfully walked up to Shen Yu and said, "This is a little bit of the soldiers' thoughts, and I specially brought it to you to taste." ”

Shen Yu lightly sniffed the aroma of roasted whole sheep, nodded and said, "It's quite fragrant, just put it aside." As he spoke, he began to write again.

Qing Zhizhi said with some distress: "General, I am not in a hurry to write a newspaper this night, everyone is looking forward to you going out to 'have fun with everyone'!" ”

Shen Yu dipped the ink in the inkstone, and replied without raising his head: "When the army is on the road, I have too many things to handle, so I can't care about writing." You go out with them, and let me concentrate on finishing the recital tonight. ”

Qingyi sighed, and had to compromise: "Then you can eat the roasted whole sheep first, it won't taste good when it's cold." ”

"Okay." Shen Yu wrote quickly, and although he promised so, he didn't see any movement.

Qingyi wanted to persuade again, but after thinking about it, he didn't know how to speak. On the second day of the army's entry into the city, since Shen Yu returned from a trip away from the Xinhou Mansion, Qingyi found that his face was dark, deaf to foreign objects, and he only began to write military newspapers.

first sent news to the other large armies on the subsequent return journey, and then considered how to deal with the prisoners of war, and now he is still panicking to write a report to the saint...... Qingyi felt that his master seemed to be busy, but he actually had something on his mind, so he pretended to talk about military affairs to relieve him.

Qingyiwu thought to himself, and suddenly saw Shen Yu looking up at himself, his clear eyes glowing with a hint of floating shadow under the reflection of the candle flame: "Qingyi." Shen Yu called him.

"Huh?" Qingyi was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly changed his words and responded: "Humble duty!" ”

Shen Yu looked at him for a moment, and a smile flashed in his eyes: "Don't be so nervous...... You're blocking my light. ”

Qingyi found that he was standing in front of Shen Yu's case, and a shadow was reflected by the lights, and it happened to fall on the report. He immediately took a few steps back, flashed to the right, and regained his footing: "The humiliation is not intentional. ”

Shen Yu laughed again: "I don't have anything to do here, you go out, you can make trouble with them tonight." When the army goes to Beijing tomorrow, I will be strict on the way. Besides, with His Royal Highness King Cheng here, you can't make too much trouble. ”

Qingyi nodded, "oh", and was about to withdraw, but Shen Yu suddenly stopped writing and asked, "Slow...... What happened to Miss Zihan? Are you all packed? ”

Hearing this name, Qingyi only felt that her head was big: "It's cleaned up, but she complained a lot, saying that it was time to eat and sleep well on the road." ”

"From thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift. She stayed in my private house for two or three days, and now she is also delicate. Shen Yuru commented lightly, and said: "Tomorrow, you take care of it and try to arrange a comfortable tent for her." ”

"Obedience." Qingyi clenched his fists, accepted the order very reluctantly, and muttered again: "Why do you have to take care of this troublesome woman......"

"Let's go down." Shen Yu pretended not to hear and waved his hand at him.

Qingyi glanced at the large plate of barbecue that had just been brought in, and couldn't help but persuade again: "General, the roasted whole sheep is not delicious when it is cold." Don't let down the soldiers. Without waiting for Shen Yu to reply, he retreated with interest.

Shen Yu took the opportunity to look at the plate of roasted whole sheep, smelling the aroma, but he didn't have any appetite. Thinking of going to Yunfu and having a troublesome time with Chuxiu the day before yesterday, he also sighed heavily in his heart, and felt powerless for a while.

Obviously, Xiu also has feelings for him, regardless of how much kindness and love there is in this "love", but at least she has been shaken. But why is she so reluctant? Is it all because you can't let go of the clouds? Or is it ...... Someone else?

Shen Yu's mind sank, and a trace of worry flashed on his angular handsome face. He forced himself not to think nonsense, but turned his thoughts to the newspaper, and was about to pick up the pen again, only to find that the ink in the inkstone had dried up.

Shen Yu smiled self-deprecatingly, he got up from the front of the case, wanting to find some clear water to re-study the ink. However, before the person walked out of the camp, he saw Qingyi coming in, and he didn't even bother to report it, and gasped and said, "The guard on duty just came to report, Cheng...... Honest...... His Royal Highness King Cheng has come down! ”

Nie Peixiao is here? What is he doing at this hour? Shen Yu suddenly found that the noisy noise outside the tent had stopped abruptly and became silent. He didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly walked out of the camp to greet him.

As far as the eye can see, in front of the tents, the soldiers have all knelt down, and the camp has become silent, only the "crackling" sound of the bonfire burning, and the "sizzling" sound of the game bubbling on the fire faintly.

Shen Yu walked towards the gate of the camp, and after a while, he saw Nie Peixiao coming leisurely in civilian clothes from a distance, with a few attendant guards behind him, looking very leisurely. When Shen Yu saw him like this, he knew that it was not an urgent military business, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, so he stepped forward and knelt on one knee and gave a military salute: "The last general, Shen Yu, greet His Royal Highness King Cheng." ”

"General Shen is exempt." Nie Peixiao gave a hand, then turned to look at the piles of bonfires, and said with a smile: "Along the way, I only smelled bursts of fragrance, which made people greedy." ”

After saying that, he turned his head sideways to Feng Fei and said: "Pass the order, let the soldiers be exempted, what they should do, don't worry about this king." Saying that, he had gone straight to the direction of Shen Yu's handsome camp.

Shen Yu followed behind Nie Peixiao, and when he saw him enter the handsome camp, he planned to enter with him. He found that the attendants of King Cheng's Mansion had no intention of following up, and stood outside one by one waiting for orders. So he casually greeted Qingyi: "Prepare some game for a few adults." ”

Qingyi took the order and left, and Shen Yu opened the curtain and entered. As soon as he entered, he saw Nie Peixiao sitting at his desk writing, looking down at the unfinished report.

Shen Yu coughed lightly, a little embarrassed: "The last general is only a shallow learner...... I'll have to ask for your advice when I'm done. ”

Nie Peixiao put down the report when she heard this, raised her eyes and smiled back: "It's not a poem, what else do you pay attention to?" In my opinion, this letter is neatly written, standardized, fluent, and concise, and can be directly presented to the saint. ”

"Before the end is finished, you will make a comment." Shen Yu smiled again, and then asked, "You came late at night, but what are the urgent military affairs?" ”

Nie Peixiao waved his hand: "No, I just want to talk to you when I have nothing to do." His sharp and noble face revealed a hint of emotion: "It's been almost four months since you went to Jiangdi to quell the chaos, and we haven't spoken well." ”

After speaking, there was silence in the tent. Shen Yu knew that what Nie Peixiao was emotionally aware of was not the incident itself that he went to Jiangdi to quell the chaos, but why he took the initiative to ask Ying to quell the chaos......

When I heard that Xiu was seriously ill, I disobeyed the king's orders regardless of leaving Beijing without permission...... This is a big taboo for those who lead troops, and if they want to deal with it in accordance with military law, even if they are beheaded, it is not too much. In particular, the current Emperor of Heaven is still a suspicious and ruthless person, and he is even more guilty and a criminal minister.

Shen Yu pondered for a moment and asked with some concern: "This time I have done a good job in quelling the chaos, you say...... Will the Holy One atone for my sins and give me leniency? ”

Nie Peixiao didn't answer directly, but asked, "Then do you regret it?" In order to leave Beijing without permission? ”

Shen Yu shook his head firmly: "No! ”

Nie Peixiao sighed when she heard this: "Zifeng, in terms of friendship, you are the son of your father's moth, and you can be regarded as half of my siblings, not to mention that we used to eat, drink and have fun together; In terms of identity, although you led the troops under me, I never treated you as a subordinate...... In all fairness, I admire you and cherish you as a friend...... But in the matter of going out of Xiu, I will not retreat and be humble. ”

Nie Peixiao slowly raised her handsome eyes, looked at Shen Yu who was standing in front of her, and said solemnly word by word: "The woman I like, even if it is a brother's fight, I will not give up easily." ”

Shen Yu didn't expect that Nie Peixiao would say these words so bluntly. Because in his impression, the two have always deliberately avoided talking about this topic, and they know each other tacitly. But now...... Obviously, Nie Peixiao has made up her mind to pursue Xiu.

Thinking of this, Shen Yu immediately straightened his expression and replied: "When you were seriously ill at the beginning of this year, you didn't even participate in the ceremony of canonizing the prince...... I heard that you hurried to Yanlan City with the imperial doctor...... I knew then that you were genuine about her. ”

"Yes, I didn't expect it," Nie Peixiao shook her head and sighed bitterly, "You say, why did I fall in love with a widow?" ”

"The last thing you should have asked me was that." Shen Yu was also helpless: "But I won't back down just because you are a dignified and honest king." ”

"Then we have to rely on our own abilities and compete fairly." Nie Peixiao laughed loudly: "But private to private, public to public, love enemies to love enemies, friendship is friendship, I hope we won't hurt the harmony." ”

"As long as you don't use military law to deal with me." Shen Yu smiled and agreed.

Hearing this, Nie Peixiao frowned at first, and then raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Listening to what you mean, it seems that you are sure that you will win?" ”

Shen Yu only said: "Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven and do your best." ”

"What a 'do your best'." Nie Peixiao slapped her palms and smiled again: "If she doesn't choose anyone in the end, you and I can also dissipate our worries about wine." ”

As soon as the words fell, he heard Feng Fei's voice from outside the tent: "Your Highness, there is a secret decree from the Holy Saint." ”