Late at night, Jia Jue's carriage slowly left the imperial city and headed towards Xicheng, in addition to Jia Jue, there were Jia Yu, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen in the carriage.

The carriage was newly built and extremely large, like a moving room, pulled by four horses, and a side door was specially opened in the West Road Courtyard of the Chungmu Marquis Mansion in order to facilitate the carriage to enter and exit.

The interior of the carriage was covered with a thick carpet, one of the trophies seized from the tent of the king of Zhu Houze, the carriage was thickened with wooden planks, the mezzanine was filled with leather and several layers of silk, and there was an inner chamber behind the carriage, which contained the armor and stomach of the weapon and the self-made firearm for self-defense. There are futon pillows on the soft collapse, a low wooden table in the middle, and an incense burner by the window, which is safe and comfortable.

At this time, the four of them were sitting around the small wooden table, the carriage was shaking slightly, and Jia Jue was calmly leaning on the carriage with his eyes slightly closed.

"Your Majesty said that the Emperor Taishang left a will to appoint Lian'er as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion."

Jia Yu's voice was deep and hoarse.

Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen glanced at each other, put down the soup woman in their hands, and sighed: "This errand is not easy to do!" There are more and more refugees outside the city..... I heard that the people of Changping have begun to flee their homes in droves in order to avoid a possible war, and the momentum is getting stronger and stronger, and even the officials of the county government have abandoned their officials and fled, and almost all the official roads are filled with huge crowds of refugees....."

Jia Zhen pouted and said: "It's not the sin created by the emperor, he kicked his legs, and he didn't have any troubles, but he just suffered innocent people....."

As he spoke, his eyes flashed with a faint light: "I heard that the two great eunuchs on duty in the side hall of Kunning Palace committed suicide by poisoning in the afternoon. ”

Suddenly, Jia Zheng let out a "hmm", and his face suddenly became solemn.

Jia Zhen was taken aback and opened his eyes to look at Jia Zhen.

Jia Yu sighed: "You don't inquire about things in the palace in the future, if something happens, you just wait to go to Xuanzhen Temple to become a monk." ”

Jia Zhen smiled and didn't speak again.

Jia Yu: "Lian'er's matter? ”

Jia Jue smiled and said: "This matter can't just look at the problem, although the errand is not good, but it is easier to make political achievements, hundreds of thousands of refugees gathered outside the Shenjing City, do a good job, the six servants are optional, do not do a good job, the emperor and the cabinet will not investigate deeply." I mean, ask the second brother to take over this errand. ”

Jia Zheng pondered and said: "Saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter!" Lian'er can save these refugees, and it is also for the Jia family, so we must do our best to help him. ”

Jia Zhen smiled again: "It's cold and freezing, Rong'er not only has to send the Qin family to Kunning Palace to kneel, but also to go to the military camp on an errand, I don't want to go out of the city, so Dongfu will donate some grain and rice." ”

Jia Yu nodded, turned to Jia Jue and asked, "Zhang Jiacheng has been promoted?" ”

Jia Jue sighed softly: "He has entered the cabinet, not only him, but all the henchmen of the Emperor Taishang, as long as they participate in the calculation of all the promotions of the military." ”

There was a pause, "Jia Yu Village is still the secretary of the promotion department." ”

There was silence in the carriage.

At this time, when the carriage arrived at Ning Guofu, Jia Zhen got up and smiled: "Everyone is a little tired today, let's rest early!" Later, I won't be in a hurry..... Alas! ”

"Brother Zhen also rested early, take me to say hello to my sister-in-law. Also, tell Rong'er that he doesn't need to go to the barracks to order during this time, just concentrate on picking up the Qin family. ”

Jia Zhen was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll go back to the house first." ”

Jia Zheng: "Slip carefully!" ”

"Don't eat and drink at night, be careful that you can't get up tomorrow."

"Uncle Pardon, please also pay attention to your body."

Jia Zhen got out of the carriage and watched him enter the mansion all the time, and then Jia Zhen said again: "I will be on duty tomorrow night, and I will not go to Kunning Palace to kneel during the day." ”

...........

At dawn the next day, Jia Jue opened her eyes, Xiangling snuggled tightly to her side, pulled out her arm, and moved very lightly, not wanting to alarm her.

Xiangling: "Hmm! opened her eyes, she raised her head coquettishly, and saw that Jia Jue was about to get up, she hurriedly got up, ready to serve Jia Jue to get dressed and freshened, this is the duty of being a girl, Jia Jue smiled and held her down: "Okay, you go to sleep, I don't need you to serve." ”

Xiangling pursed her lips: "I don't, Mama Li said that serving the third master is the duty of a maid." Hurriedly got up and got dressed, she pulled up her hair and pursed her lips and smiled: "Sister Amber should be here in a while." ”

"What!"

Jia Jue was stunned, what does this mean?

Xiangling didn't want to say more, she pulled Jia Jue's arm and said coquettishly: "Oh, third master, hurry up!" ”

Jia Jue had no choice but to let her toss, fortunately, she didn't forget how to serve people to wash, and she was a little moved at first, but when Amber came in, he couldn't help but be angry and funny, after all, this girl is still a child, and she has been busy for so long, just to see Amber's surprised appearance, she is so innocent that people like it.

After washing, he simply tied his hair into a bun, Jia Jue took the two of them to have breakfast together, and then began to deal with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, at the end of the year, there were many things.

Finally finished the last account book, took the tea bowl casually, opened the tea lid to see, the bowl was empty, looked up, the two girls were not there, looked back, only to see Xiangyun sitting cross-legged on the kang reading a book, this girl has been here for half an hour, without saying a word, just stay here to read, and there is a contradiction again.

Thinking of this, he gently knocked the tea bowl on the eucalyptus, but there was no response, and when he knocked again, there was still no response, so he could only cough heavily and shout: "Xiangyun!" ”

Xiangyun slowly raised his head, his eyes were blank, holding the book and being stunned, Jia Jue had to raise his voice: "Come and make me a bowl of tea." ”

"Oh."

Xiangyun nodded, and was about to get up, when suddenly "Hey, young!" With a bang, he fell on the kang, "Third brother, I have leg cramps, and it hurts so much." Tears also flashed in his eyes, and he rubbed his legs vigorously.

Jia Jue looked at her and understood that she really had leg cramps, so she couldn't help but smile, "I'll rub it for you!" As he spoke, he got up.

"No, no, don't touch me, it hurts even more if you touch me."

Xiangyun was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, but unfortunately, Jia Jue had already walked over, stretched out his evil hand, and deliberately touched it.

was touched by Jia Jue like this, Xiangyun couldn't help crying, and the tears fell like rolling melons.

Jia Jue was stunned, what the hell? This girl ran early in the morning and touched the porcelain!

No, this girl is a little weird today.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Jia Jue sighed slightly, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, sat down next to the edge of the kang, and asked while wiping her tears.

There's no way, who calls himself cheap, he has to be a prank, he just wanted to tease her, but he didn't think that this girl would cry, if she was heard, she might think she was bullying her.

"You, you still ask, it's all your fault..... Woowoo woo ....."

“.....”

Jia Jue looked at her for a while, took her in his arms, and asked quietly, "But what did the old lady tell you?" ”

Hearing this, Xiangyun was stunned for a moment, and then reluctantly reacted, she was a girl, lying in Jia Jue's arms..... Suddenly he didn't care about the pain in his leg, pushed Jia Jue, leaned on the pillow, and looked at Jia Jue with a bitter and hateful face.

Seeing her react like this, a question mark suddenly appeared on Jia Jue's head.

Xiangyun glanced at him, the corners of his mouth twitched, and while wiping away his tears, he said, "Sister Lin, they went to see Sister Bao." ”

"Then why didn't you go?"

"That day, because of me, Sister Bao didn't wait for the maid to pick her up..... Then I fell....."

Jia Jue frowned, probably guessed what was going on, reached out and patted her head, and said gently: "Your sister Bao is definitely not angry, besides, I really don't blame you for this matter." After speaking, he stepped forward and whispered to her about the events of that night, of course, he didn't say anything about slapping Baochai's buttocks.

When Xiangyun heard this, he immediately looked at Jia Jue with wide eyes, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Third brother, will you accompany me to my aunt's house tomorrow?" ”

Jia Jue heard it very clearly, and he was very strange in his heart, so he asked, "Isn't it good to go now?" ”

Xiangyun lowered his head with a blushing face, and said in a low voice: "Aunt will definitely stay Sister Lin and they will come back after dinner." ”

Yo, the people are not big, and there are a lot of hearts.

Jia Jue smiled and pinched her cheeks, "Tonight I will go to the military department to be on duty for the night, tomorrow I will go to Kunning Palace in the afternoon to kneel, and the day after tomorrow I will prepare to go to the Temple of Heaven and Earth to fast and pray for blessings, this walk is seven days." ”

"Ahh

Xiangyun was slightly startled, frowned, and said, "Then what should I do?!" Suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Sister Lin said that you are not going to participate in the sacrifice to the heavens and pray for blessings!" ”

"The emperor asked me to go, there is no way!"

"There is still such a thing in the world!"

Xiangyun was a little indignant, and she asked again: "Does the third brother also drink only two bowls of gruel a day?" ”

"Uh..... I went to work as a bodyguard for the emperor, and if I don't fill my stomach, how can I be an errand. ”

"That's pretty much it."

Xiangyun glanced up at him, and then said, "Third brother, you, you will accompany me to my aunt's house later..... Look at Sister Bao.... All right? ”

"Nope." Jia Jue reached out and knocked her on the head, "After eating, I'll go back in the afternoon." ”

"Oh."

Xiangyun was wronged, but he couldn't.

...............

Zhao Sheng sat in front of Shuai Eucalyptus with a gloomy face, and on Shuai Eucalyptus was placed the official document of the Ministry of War that had just been handed over.

Tai'an Hou Shenyi and the generals of the Yaowu battalion sat in front of a row of eucalyptus tables on the left.

Zhao Sheng's lieutenant general and the generals of the two battalions of Yangwei and Zhenwei sat in front of a row of eucalyptus tables on the right.

Zhao Sheng opened the official document of the Ministry of War, read it carefully, and then pointed to the middle few lines with his hand, which was Jia Jue's personal suggestion about camping relayed by the Ministry of War, although the Ministry of War did not force him to camp according to Jia Jue's opinion, but it was indeed the best plan.

It's a pity that Zhao Sheng doesn't plan to adopt it, or not do it all, because he has his own calculations.

The good news was sent up, but there was no reward, and the official document of the Ministry of War did not mention this matter, which made him very worried, and he knew that he had killed the wrong person when he cleaned up the battlefield yesterday, but he could only report the victory to the imperial court, it seems that the imperial court has known the truth, and intends to come without reward or punishment.

It was not easy for him to be reused by the emperor, and he went back in disgrace, he really couldn't let go of this face, and only by making great contributions could he continue to be appreciated and reused by the emperor.

After being silent for a while, Zhao Sheng spoke: "Since the wind and snow are already small, we can't wait any longer, and the army will start in half an hour." Then, he patted Shuai Eucalyptus: "Zhongwuhou's suggestion is good, but we can't do it rigidly, we have to do it according to the actual situation." As he spoke, he first glanced at the generals under him, and then asked Shen Yi, "Tai'an Hou, what do you think?" ”

Shen Yi looked very kind, and said: "The official document of the Ministry of War is very clear that the imperial court does not plan to attack the city, so it is better to follow the advice of the Marquis of Zhongwu." ”

The generals of the Yaowu Battalion nodded one after another.

Zhao Sheng remained silent, and then asked, "May I ask Tai'an Hou, how long will we last with the rebels?" One month? Two months? Or half a year! The war is not fought by soldiers and horses, but by money and food. The consumption of more than 100,000 troops is too great, and the imperial court does not have so much money and food to consume. How can there be immortals in war? Our soldiers just want real swords and guns, blood and light to fight, to secure the community, to repay the emperor's kindness! ”

"Oh?" Shen Yi was stunned, "I don't know what General Zhao thinks?" ”

Zhao Sheng: "The artillery on Juyong Pass was built by Tianyou in the seventeenth year, and the firing range is only two to three miles, so we will camp three miles away." ”

Shen Yi replied, "Yes." ”

Zhao Sheng: "Okay." What I mean is very simple, the rebels are only a few hundred thousand, which is not much different from the number of our army. We have firearms in our hands, and everyone knows the power of the firearms battalion, luring the rebels to attack the camp, let's give him an urn to catch turtles! ”

Shen Yi frowned: "General Zhao, don't forget, Li Wenzhong has cavalry under his command, and the scale is not small. If he seized the opportunity, the entire camp would be wiped out by the rebel cavalry! ”

Zhao Sheng: "A drum? Juyong Guan Valley Road is long and narrow, may I ask, how can the rebel cavalry raid? Isn't it possible that Li Wenzhong will send the cavalry team by team to the front of our camp to attack, right? ”

The adjutant general and the generals of the two battalions of Yangwei and Zhenwei all laughed silently.

Shen Yi: "General Zhao, you are joking with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court!" ”

Zhao Sheng still remained silent, but said: "The Xuanfu has not yet received news from the imperial court, and it is not clear that Li Wenzhong has rebelled. If our side is surrounded like an iron bucket, the rebels will inevitably turn around and attack Xuanfu. As long as we show our flaws, the rebels will definitely come to attack the camp, and we will be able to reverse the form, which will be beneficial to the court and not to the rebels. ”

Shen Yi: "Do you want to disobey?" ”

Zhao Sheng: "That's just Zhongwuhou's personal suggestion. ”

Shen Yi's face sank: "The Marquis of Zhongwu is the secretary of the military department of the imperial court. ”

Zhao Sheng's face also sank: "He just hung up the title of secretary of the military department!" ”

"It's the other way around!" Shen Yi slapped his palm on the eucalyptus, "Someone!" ”

An officer came in at once with eight of his own soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, the sergeants on duty outside the tent also ran in, and when they saw this, they were shocked and pulled out their swords together.

Zhao Sheng shouted: "What are you doing?" Put the knife away. Exit and go! ”

The sergeants quietly returned their swords to their sheaths and withdrew.

Zhao Sheng's gaze looked directly at Shen Yi: "The general will not be subject to the order of the monarch outside, not to mention that it is just the personal suggestion of the Marquis of Zhongwu." This general is the boss, Tai'an Hou, call your soldiers down! ”

The people in the entire big tent never thought that Zhao Sheng would dare to ignore the military orders of the military department!

Although this is only the personal advice of Chungmuhou.

They all looked at each other in shock.

Although Shen Yi was already trembling with anger, he knew that he couldn't move him, so he tried his best to balance his breath: "Okay, okay..... You are the commander of the army. Stand back. ”

The officer withdrew with his own soldiers.

"But Benhou told you!" Shen Yi's pretended elegance was no longer there at this time, and his eyes also showed a fierce light, "Talking on paper, sooner or later, you will make a mistake." If your army is destroyed because of your selfishness, or if you are attacked by the rebels, you will be killed! Tell you, Ben Hou's Yaowu Camp will not be co-camped with you, and Ben Hou will present this matter to the emperor. After saying to the generals of the Yaowu Battalion, "Go!" "Walked out first.

The generals of the Yaowu battalion followed closely and walked out.

The curtain was lifted, a cold wind wrapped in a few snowflakes and rushed into the tent, the cold wind made his mind clear, Zhao Sheng sat there cross-legged, his eyes flashed, he thought for a while, and then he said: "Although the method of turning snow into ice is good, it is time-consuming and laborious, and we don't have enough firewood, so we can build an ice wall around the front camp, it doesn't need to be too high, and it can prevent the war horses from crossing it." ”