Su Shi stood in the courtyard, the layout of the plum blossom pavilion was already in full view, and after a little thought, he walked into the study without hesitation.

When Su Shi opened the window, the afterglow of the setting sun shone in through the window, dyeing the study a golden yellow.

Under the sunlight, you can clearly see countless floating dust floating in the room.

The setup in the study is simple, with a row of openwork bookshelves, a desk full of clutter, and an empty chair.

There were a few books scattered on the shelves, the pages were already yellowed, Su Shi swept them at a glance, and knew that what he was looking for was not on the bookshelf.

Although he didn't know exactly what he was looking for, his instincts told him that it must be something special.

So his eyes were on the desk.

There are a lot of things on the desk, and they are very messy, including paper, pen, ink, inkstone, a few books, a few pieces of silk, various silk threads, and all kinds of needles......

It's just that the paper is yellow, the pen is bald, the ink is dry, the inkstone is broken, and the silk and silk threads are rotten, and the slightest touch will turn into powder.

And the desk was full of dust, apparently vacant for many years.

Su Shi covered his mouth and nose with one hand and carefully observed the desk, but he circled around the desk three or four times, but still didn't find anything.

However, he was not in a hurry, and slowly retreated to the door of the study, and carefully observed the entire study again in the afterglow of the setting sun.

After a long time, Su Shi sighed, because he still didn't find anything.

He gently closed the door and left the study.

When he turned around, he saw a person standing in the courtyard, standing there quietly, his body was as tall as a silver spear, and his whole body exuded iron and blood, and he was looking at him intently.

Seeing a person suddenly appear in the courtyard that had been uninhabited for a long time, anyone couldn't help but be startled, but Su Shi just smiled slightly, as if this person's appearance was reasonable.

"You're here." He said hello lightly.

"You know I'm coming?" Su Zhou couldn't help but ask.

"I know a little bit."

Su Shi slowly walked towards Su Zhou, and said helplessly: "Actually, you have something to find me, you don't have to play so many tricks, just tell me directly." You're my big brother, won't I help you? ”

Looking at Su Shi's helpless appearance, Su Zhou was a little funny, but he couldn't help but ask, "When did you know?" ”

Su Shi didn't answer directly, but smiled bitterly: "You planned this plan temporarily, right?" ”

"Why do you say that?"

Su Shi sighed: "This plan is full of flaws, as long as anyone with a little brain can see it." ”

"What's wrong with this plan?" Su Zhou was a little unconvinced.

"The first flaw is Lin Mo."

"Lin Mo?"

"He showed too much concern for the drunken country and seemed to have some kind of special affection for that hotel."

Su Zhou suddenly stopped talking, just looked at him silently.

Su Shi continued: "You asked Lin Mo to deliberately lead me to a drunken foreign country, right? ”

"Yes. Because they say you're very talented in business. ”

"Who are they?"

"Zhou Xuan and Lin Mo."

Su Shi frowned: "Do you know Zhou Xuan?" ”

Su Zhou smiled: "I said that I have been to the Antai Painting Boat a few times. ”

Although Su Shi said it lightly, Su Shi suddenly had an intuition in his heart, that is, Su Zhou and Zhou Xuan seemed to have some kind of special relationship.

"So you want me to teach the proprietress to do business?"

Su Zhou sighed: "You have been to a drunken country, you should know that it can't hold on." ”

"What does drunkenness have to do with the General's Mansion?"

Su Zhou was silent for a long time, and the iron-blooded qi on his body disappeared without a trace when he was silent, replaced by a deep sadness.

"The proprietress is surnamed Ling, and her name is Ling Baozhu. Her first husband's name was Ren Qingshu. Speaking of this, he seemed to smile: "Although this name is very elegant, but this person has nothing to do with this elegance, he is impulsive, reckless, and completely reckless." ”

"He's a frontier soldier."

Su Zhou nodded and said, "He is my subordinate, who died in battle three years ago. ”

Su Shi suddenly asked, "Is it the same for the fathers of those orphans, who died in battle three years ago?" ”

"Yes."

Su Shi frowned and said, "Why do they become wandering orphans?" Shouldn't there be a pension for those who died on the battlefield? ”

Although the pension is not large enough for them to live a prosperous life, it is enough for these children to grow up and not let them live on the streets.

"They don't."

"Why?"

"Because they disobeyed military orders and attacked without authorization and died on the battlefield, there is no pension at all."

Su Shi looked at Su Zhou in great surprise, because he knew that Su Zhou was extremely strict in governing the army, and it was impossible to disobey the military order.

He cautiously asked, "Whose military order is it to disobey?" ”

Because Su Shi didn't believe that his eldest brother's subordinates would disobey his military orders.

"Overseer."

"Overseers?"

Su Zhou sighed: "Three years ago, the Son of Heaven appointed a supervisor to each army, saying that he was the assistant military affairs and inspector of the generals on behalf of the imperial court. ”

The Son of Heaven appointed the army to supervise the army, which has existed since ancient times, so it is not surprising that Su Shi is not surprised, after all, the military power is not a blessing for the country.

Su Zhou continued: "In recent years, the Hu people in the north have been harassing the border, and there have been many conquests between the Daqian and the Hu people, but the supervising army has brought the will of the Son of Heaven and wants to negotiate with the Hu people and restore the border peace. ”

"That doesn't seem like a bad thing."

"Although the will of the Son of Heaven is a good thing, the prison army restricts the border army with this will, and is only allowed to defend the city, not attack."

"Three years ago, a team of Hu people came to the border city, and arrested more than 30 border people, and wantonly humiliated and killed them under the city."

"And then?"

"On that day, Ren Qingshu was on duty, how could he sit still when he saw this situation, and prepared to open the city to meet the enemy and rescue the people."

Speaking of this, Su Zhou's calm face revealed a trace of anger: "The prison army was also on the city wall that day, Ren Qingshu asked for orders to kill the enemy, but he pressed with a holy decree and did not allow Ren Qingshu to go out of the city to kill the enemy. ”

"Ren Qingshu still went?"

Su Zhou was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "At that time, Ren Qingshu took off his battle robe, threw himself in front of the prison army, called to open the city gate, and prepared to go out of the city alone to kill the enemy. ”

"All twelve of them were killed in battle?"

Su Zhou's back was no longer as straight as it was just now, and he looked at the colorful glow dyed red by the sunset on the horizon, as if it were blood.

"Twelve were killed, seven were killed, and six were saved."

"No one to save them?"

"The prison army held the sword of the Son of Heaven and guarded the city gate, saying that whoever dared to go out of the city to rescue him would disobey the Son of Heaven's command and would not be forgiven."

Su Shi's expression had been unexciting, but at this time, his face was frosty, and he said coldly: "What is the name of the prison army?" Are you in the capital now? ”