Xue Zhen has not been easy these days, although Emperor Jianlong did not continue to apply for him, but he always gave him a look in public, and even found an opportunity to reprimand the prince twice.

The hundred officials in the temple are very grassy, so they naturally stay away from Xue Zhen.

Fortunately, since he entered the temple, he has been humble, and he often leads troops at the border, has quite military merits, and is still a relative of the emperor, so no one in the court has fallen into the ground.

Xue Zhen didn't care about the attitude of His Majesty and the ministers, and only went back and forth between the military headquarters and the new army barracks, preparing to go to the north on the first day of July.

In the new army, there are newly recruited sergeants in the first half of the year, all of whom are newly recruited men, about 30,000 people, to supplement the strength of the army in northern Xinjiang; Then there were the conscripts recruited from many households, about 50,000 people, who went to northern Xinjiang to do labor such as building cities, repairing fortifications, and logistical affairs; Then there are new households that go to the north, about 20,000 people, or five or six thousand households, and after arriving in the northland, they will be incorporated into the people's tun, open up the wasteland to grow grain, etc., and naturally there are women among them.

In addition, there are two million stone of grain, which will be brought to the northern Xinjiang.

In this way, Xue Zhen's trip to the north this time is equivalent to bringing 100,000 people, and it is not a mature army, which is already difficult; After arriving in the north, in addition to the 20,000 households that should be resettled by local county officials, the other more than 80,000 people will have to be resettled by him, which is even more troublesome.

Even if Xue Zhen has been guarding the northern Xinjiang for three years, it is the first time to take on such a heavy responsibility, and there are already many people staring at it, but now His Majesty is in a bad mood, and all kinds of signs are worth playing.

On this day, Xue Zhen finished the affairs of the army with his generals at all levels for the last time in the camp outside the city, and after solemnly ordering not to disturb the people along the way, he just let everyone disperse, and his armor had time to be replaced, and another herald came in and said: "General, Mrs. Shizi is outside the camp and asks to see the general." ”

Xue Zhen's military camp is strictly managed, and idle people have always been not allowed to come in, and Mrs. Shizi, who has no military position, naturally belongs to the group of idle people, and even Xue Zhen can't let her in.

Xue Zhen frowned slightly.

There is only one person who can come to him.

But what is she here for?

He remembered the conflict of that day.

"What's the matter? Who else is coming? Xue Zhen was silent for a moment and asked.

"Madame only said that she wanted to see the general." The herald said, "Only the lady and the maid coachman, three people in all, came in a carriage." ”

Xue Zhen was silent for a while, walked out, and said, "I know." ”

The herald was shaken, and he wanted to remind him to change his armor, but Xue Zhen had already walked out of the big tent like a wind.

…… Is that what the prince thinks of his wife? The herald scratched his head, so why didn't he go home much even in the capital?

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Li Jiaoer and Yun Tuan stood at the gate of the camp, because there could be no carriage within 20 zhang in front of the barracks, so the coachman looked at the carriage and stopped at a considerable distance.

The soldiers in front of the barracks did not squint, and they didn't dare to look at Li Jiao'er more.

Li Jiao'er looked at the camp, except for the patrol soldiers and the scattered and uniform tents, she couldn't see anything else, but she could hear the sound of training and killing.

It sounded quite majestic, and it shook her heart.

Yun Tuan stuck out his tongue beside him and said, "Miss, how can those sergeants hear this war drum so loudly?" ”

Li Jiao'er held her heart, pondered for a long time and guessed: "Maybe it's because I can't hear clearly, so I want to use the drum." ”

Yun Tuan felt that what his young lady said was very reasonable, and nodded hurriedly: "No wonder I always change when I listen to that drumbeat." ”

Li Jiao'er looked at the solemn soldiers at the gate of the camp, and said to Yun Tuan: "Let's go over there, it sounds really noisy." ”

"Okay." Yun Tuan helped her away and said, "But miss, it's not easy for these sergeants to understand so many different drum beats." ”

"yes, if I can't remember." Li Jiaoer said sincerely, "You can still hear the changing beat of the drums, but I can't hear it." ”

Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, Miss Li only knows a little about calligraphy and painting - that painting is not a sentimental landscape, but a drawing pattern, which can not enter the eyes of literati and dignitaries.

As for the piano and chess, she doesn't know anything, it's better than Yuntuan, and she can hum some popular street songs for her from time to time in private.

When Xue Zhen came out of the barracks, he happened to hear their conversation.

He was angry with Li Jiao'er - angry at those things, looking at Li Jiao'er that has nothing to do with it, but it has become extremely complicated because of her - but he felt funny when he heard her innocent words.

It's like before, when he occasionally stayed in the house, listening to her talk to her mother.

She often said naïve things, not stupid things that people who hadn't read a book would say, but very naïve, like the words of people who have not experienced the pain of the world.

Every time, he would make his mother laugh, and he would eat half a bowl of rice during his meal, even when he listened......

Xue Zhen forcibly interrupted his thoughts of suddenly running away.

She is the daughter of an enemy who killed her father and brother.

Thinking about it, he chased a few steps, coughed, and said in a deep voice: "What are you looking for me?" ”

Li Jiao'er stopped and turned around, and saw Xue Zhen, who was dressed in silver armor, standing behind her, holding a sword in his hand, walking towards him.

The young general who conquered the battlefield, no matter how gentle and elegant he was on weekdays, no matter how handsome and beautiful he looked, at this time, the armor was on his body, and he couldn't hide the murderous aura all over his body.

What's more, every time he faces Li Jiao'er, he can't be called gentle and elegant.

Li Jiao'er, who was already carrying the letter, suddenly remembered what happened outside the Canglang Pavilion that day, and then saw him pressing the sword at this time, she panicked for no reason, pulled her handkerchief and took two steps back, and when she looked at him, there was more fear in her eyes.

Only then did Xue Zhen realize that he was in a hurry to come out and forgot to take off his armor.

Why are you in a hurry?

Probably thinking that there must be a demon when things go wrong, he thought so in his heart, so he was in a hurry to come out to see her.

"Why did you come to me?" He stopped a foot away and asked her again.

Only then did Li Jiao'er calm down her panicked mind and said, "Shizi, the army will be pulled out tomorrow, right?" ”

"Yes." Xue Zhen felt that she had asked a strange question, but he still answered her with a wooden face.

Li Jiaoer took a deep breath and firmly said what she wanted to say the most:

"Shizi, take me to the northern frontier with you."

Anyone who listened to this outrageous request was spoken, and Li Jiaoer's heart unexpectedly calmed down.

She raised her head, looked at Xue Zhen's eyes, and said firmly: "Since the prince suspects that my mother is colluding with Chen Guo, then take me with you to the northern frontier." ”

Xue Zhen began to think that he had misheard, and when he heard her say it again, he suddenly thought about many things such as treason and defection to the enemy, leading thieves into the customs, and his face darkened.

"To the North?" Hengzhi tore his face with her, so he didn't suppress his temper, and asked with a sarcastic smile, "Are you planning to abandon Dazhao and go to Chen Kingdom?" ”

Li Jiao'er knew that he would have this conjecture, so she was not angry, but looked at him calmly: "Shizi, my father, my grandmother, and so many people from the Karakutsu Pavilion are all in Beijing, Shizi can send someone to keep an eye on them." ”

Although Xue Zhen had a bad attitude towards Li Jiaoer because of his previous events, he was a growing Confucian general, and when he encountered trouble in the army, he was as calm as an unintentional person, and he was never a reckless person, so after blurting out angry words, he listened to her calm explanation, but he apologized.

Indeed, she knew that she was dissatisfied with her, but she was able to find him to make an open and honest request, how could she really harbor evil intentions?

If he really thinks otherwise, why don't he wait for him and the army to leave, and then slowly plot to take the whole family away?

After all, according to what Chen Niangzi said, Chen Guo is bound to her, and after she leaves, I am afraid that there will be hidden people who will come to the door.

Just like his impression of her, he was naïve in his words and actions, but not stupid.

Thinking about it, Xue Zhen adjusted his attitude slightly and asked, "Why are you going?" ”

Li Jiao'er heard the looseness in his words, and knew that this matter was feasible, so she said: "Shizi, since the people of Chen Guoren have plans against me, then I am close to them, and they will definitely send more people to contact me, if my mother is really with them...... How could they not use this as a threat? The more they get in touch with me and the more they talk, won't they let Shizi get more clues? ”

Xue Zhen was really surprised.

The woman in front of her was slender and tall, wearing ordinary clothes in autumn fragrance, wearing only two beaded hairpins on her head, wearing a pair of clove earrings, standing with her back straight, looking at his gaze, calmly.

Xue Zhen felt that under her gaze, he was like a villain with the belly of a gentleman.

After a while, he asked again: "With clues and evidence, if it proves that Tang Ying collaborated with the enemy and committed treason, what will you do?" ”

Li Jiao'er was angry that he called his mother's name directly, and asked rhetorically: "Shizi, if those clues and evidence can prove that my mother is innocent, what about Shizi?" ”

Xue Zhen was speechless.

Seeing this, Li Jiao'er sighed and said slowly: "Everything in the world can't hide from a single word, the son of the world has been thinking about it for a few years, but because there is no evidence, he didn't do anything to my father and daughter, and the little daughter knows that the son of the world is a person who values reason and reason. Therefore, if something is really proved in the future, the father will pay the debt to the son, and the little girl will die even though her life is like a mustard. But the son,"

She looked at Xue Zhen, and the light in her apricot eyes was like water, clear and heartfelt:

"Since there is something wrong, it is possible to turn it around in the future. The little girl knows that the sorrow and indignation of the son of the world in the past three years have a source, and she can not be resentful or hateful, but she can't be angry or angry. Therefore, if it is proved that my mother is okay in the future, I will also ask the prince to present a book of harmony and departure, and you and I will be fine. ”

She raised her hand: "Wang Shizi and the little girl high-fived as evidence, there is heaven and earth here, you and I are witnesses, let's find the truth together, okay?" ”

Xue Zhen met her gaze.

The eyes that cast the summer sun, met his uncertain face, and his own heart that even he didn't dare to look at himself.

“…… Good. ”

He raised his hand.

Syllable.

Syllable.

Syllable.

Patting three palms, there is heaven, there is earth, there is him and her, as evidence.

Li Jiaoer smiled.

Before she could speak, a strange male voice suddenly sounded:

"Zhong Jing, what is this doing?"