The cold wind blew from the northwest, whistling in the gray sky above the Zhuangzi, and the crystal snowflakes fell between the low-hanging jagged clouds, like thousands of trees and pear blossoms, falling from the sky and falling into the world, intertwined into a hazy white curtain.

The winter snow, which had been brewing for several days, finally fell.

In front of the gate of Zhuangzi, Nie Ya took Lin Xuan's hand and said reluctantly: "I won't go back with you today, and in two days it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, and I told my brother that I would keep the New Year here, and in a few days, I will go back to you." ”

Lin Wanwan smiled and patted her hand, and said, "You finally reunited with General Nie and Jiang Gongzi, so why rush back, it's better to stay here for a while and accompany them well." ”

Nie Ya's eyes dimmed for a moment, then she shook her head and sighed lightly: "Not long ago, my brother's lieutenant sent a message from Yu Yu, informing my brother that the generals and supervisors sent by Emperor Dehui to replace my brother in charge of the Nie family army had arrived at the border, and the soldiers of the Nie family army were unwilling to obey, so they imprisoned him and the others together, and blocked the news, just waiting for the elder brother to return to the border to preside over the overall situation. Therefore, the elder brother will leave to sneak back to the border pass in a few days and reorganize the Nie family's army. ”

Lin Wanwan quickly caught the reluctance in her eyes, and couldn't help but be a little moved in her heart, the stars and rain are scattered, and the mountains and rivers are far away, once upon a time, she also deeply experienced the pain of parting.

She sighed silently and asked faintly, "Second Sister didn't think about going back to the border with General Nie?" Was Su Jin deliberately blocking it? ”

Lin Wanwan knew very well that the reason why Nie Shu would take refuge in Su Jin was because he was cold about what Emperor Dehui had done, and on the other hand, because Su Jin had the grace of regeneration for the Nie family, so that he could not repay it, but more importantly, he was now against Nanling, and in order to protect the people around him, he had to borrow Yin from Liuxia.

Although the Nie family army is nominally the army of the imperial court, it can be traced back to the source, but it is actually recruited and trained by the Nie family, and it belongs to the private army system. But since Nie Shu was demoted to the border, the military salary issued by the imperial court to the Nie family army began to be deducted, and it was embezzled by other officials layer by layer on the way, and there was almost nothing left in the hands of the soldiers, and then the border gradually became peaceful, and the court directly cut off the military salary of the Nie family army, leaving only some tuntian, so that they were self-sufficient, which made the soldiers who were used to charging with swords in their hands how could they be willing to be a country farmer?

The Nanling court used them to deter the border, but they were unwilling to allocate food and salary, and wanted them to fend for themselves at the border, and used the military salary originally issued to the Nie family army to retrain the army, wanting to replace it.

Over the years, the Nie family's army has relied on the money and food accumulated by the Nie family before, and it is not so much the army of the Nie family as the private army of the Nie family. But if it is another year and a half, Nie Shu may not still be able to afford to raise this army, at this time, Su Jin's appearance has undoubtedly become a timely rain, he is rich and powerful, and he can find a good future for the soldiers of the Nie family's army, and he is the most suitable person to take over the Nie family's army, so Nie Shu will choose to take refuge under Su Jin without hesitation.

Although Nie Shu had sworn to follow Su Jin to the death, it was not he Su Jin who the Nie family army swore allegiance to, but Nie Shu.

I am afraid that Su Jin has already calculated these situations clearly. A scheming person like him, who raised the Nie family army for Nie Shu, naturally would not be generous enough to let Nie Ya and Nie Shu return to the border together, he would have left Nie Ya as a bargaining chip, after all, people are unpredictable, in case Nie Shu has other thoughts in the future, at least he will take Nie Ya into account, and dare not act rashly.

When Nie Ya heard this, she just glanced at her deeply, her eyes were a little subtle, and then she shook her head with a smile, and said: "Gongzi has never stopped me from going to the border pass, but I don't want to go, the border pass is a bitter cold place, and it is in the barracks, and there are all seven-foot men in it, and it is really inconvenient for me to go there as a woman." Besides, the great cause of the son has not yet been completed, and my brother will be even more burdened with heavy responsibilities in the future, how can I distract him from taking care of him? Uncle Jiang and Hengyu will stay here for the time being, and I will stay, at least in my spare time. ”

Lin Wanwan's eyes moved slightly, and there was a hint of incomprehension in his complicated eyes, and then he smiled helplessly, "I can't imagine that Sister Shuang and General Nie are willing to do such a thing for him." ”

Nie Ya's words were very sincere, but in fact, they were a bit high-sounding. It was not that she was unwilling to return to the border with Nie Shu, but she volunteered to stay here and was willing to become a bargaining chip in Su Jin's hands.

Lin Wanwan couldn't help sneering in her heart, Su Jin really had a good means, attacking in the heart, cutting down in love, and making a good move to retreat.

At the beginning, she was very curious about why Su Jin didn't make a move when the situation in Nanling was so turbulent. Now I know that he has played a big game of chess, for Nie Shu, a general and the Nie family army under his command, he has waited for so many years, and while planning Nanling, he is still planning to recruit talents, which is really in line with his consistent style.

"Zhou Yi" needs to have a hexagram: "There is Fu, Guangheng." The meaning is: to break through the danger to be good at waiting, if there is sincerity, there will be a bright and accessible future.

The mediocre plan things, and the wise men plan the situation. Those who plan the situation are more important than those who plan for the future, and those who do not plan for eternity are not enough to plan for a while; Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain, and they are ambitious.

Su Jin seems to believe in Nie Shu very much, and is willing to let Nie Ya return to Nie Shu's side, and he does not reserve his back, but he is actually trying to capture the past, and this kind of trust that leaves no room for anything is what can most impress Nie Shu and Nie Ya, who are behind the door and have a thin sense of righteousness.

Nie Shu is a young talent, full of red blood and arrogance, he only hopes to be appreciated by the heavenly family, and can be like the old general Nie, who will use his blood to serve his family and country. It's a pity that Emperor Dehui can't read the pearls, for fear that Nie Shu's merits will be overshadowed, and he will suppress him in every way, and even try to disintegrate the Nie family's military power, so that Nie Shu's generals will be buried, and Su Jin's trust and appreciation for him will make Nie Shu rekindle his blood and regard him as his own Bole.

The more he trusts the Nie family brothers and sisters, the more loyal they will be to him, and even voluntarily become pawns and willingly be used by him.

As Lin Wanwan expected, Nie Ya really generously admitted: "Gongzi is not an unkind person, he is a rare gentleman of righteousness. I voluntarily asked my son to stay, and my brother agreed. ”

Lin Wanwan saw that Nie Ya's clear eyes contained a bright color like spring flowers, she pursed her lips, and after all, she still couldn't bear to puncture that glimmer of hope.

She gently brushed the snowflakes off Nie Ya's shoulders, and said with a smile: "Then I'll wait for the second sister to come back in the yard." ”

Nie Ya smiled and nodded, and sent Lin Wanwan into the carriage.