Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

Shen Yuanjing did not respond, but just lowered his head, looking like he was really reminiscing about the past with Zhou Ru'an.

"I didn't expect that you would become a general in the blink of an eye!" Zhou Ru'an said with emotion.

Shen Yuanjing smiled bitterly and said, "Everything is determined by fate. It is beyond our control. If it were in the past, I would never have thought that I would join the army one day!"

Seeing that Shen Yuanjing's tone did not show any resistance, Zhou Ru'an's eyes flashed with calculations, and then he gradually got to the point: "Yuanjing, Yunyue is younger than us. When she was in the palace, she rarely showed up. It is normal that you two have no friendship, but Yunyue is a princess after all. If the emperor knew that you neglected her like this, he would punish you. I, your brother, can't take the blame for you!"

This sentence not only brought him and Shen Yuanjing closer, but also carried a warning. As long as Shen Yuanjing was not stupid, he would understand his good intentions.

Shen Yuanjing immediately retorted: "The Second Prince has experienced assassination before, so you should understand our current situation very well."

Zhou Ru'an looked at Shen Yuanjing in confusion. What did he mean?

"Except for the three Turkic tribes who are still determined to take revenge, other foreign tribes don't expect the marriage to be successful. I don't know if the princess told you that we encountered several assassination attempts on the way here."

Zhou Ru'an's eyes turned cold and he cursed, "Damn foreigners."

Zhou Ru'an: "The purpose of those foreign tribes is to assassinate the princess who is to be married to the foreign princess. Now that you have appeared in the northwest in such a high-profile manner, those foreign tribes have one more target. Their purpose is to assassinate the royal family and make the Zhenbei Army, which we have worked so hard to build, fall into disarray!"

Although the assassination attempt was a surprise, it also gave Zhou Ru'an a taste of life and death. He was on the verge of death at the hands of foreign assassins several times.

If it is true as Shen Yuanjing said, then isn't it~

"My eldest sister had someone take over the princess' identity and placed her outside, in order to save her life. That fake princess had to go through one or two assassination attempts every day, either by poisoning or assassins. That fake princess was put in the open to protect the princess from disasters."

Zhou Yunyue, who was waiting eagerly on the side, seemed to be thinking about something. She had originally wanted Zhou Ru'an to find a way to kill that little bitch, but she didn't expect that the bitch could be so useful.

What Shen Yuanjing said makes sense!

"Where is that foreign princess?" Zhou Ru'an is not someone who can be fooled so easily.

Shen Yuanjing explained, "It's to appease those foreign tribes and show them off. You should have seen when you walked in the army these days that more than half of the guards outside are female. Although the name of our Zhenbei Army is very imposing, only we know the inside story."

Zhou Ru'an frowned tightly, he knew that if he was really a strong and capable general, his father would not let him take over so easily.

Shen Yuanjing also said: "Although the princess of a foreign tribe cannot provide food for our army, she can provide half of the fodder for the horses. If it were you, would you want such a marriage partner?"

This question stunned Zhou Ru'an. He thought seriously about his current predicament. To be honest, if he could marry a foreign princess in exchange for food and grass, he would really agree.

Even if he didn't agree, the emperor would make him agree if he knew about it. Didn't the emperor make him the General of Pingyi after he knew about Shen Yuanjing's marriage with a foreign princess?

Zhou Ru'an's silence represented his answer.

Shen Yuanjing didn't urge him. After he had thought it over and chatted for a few more minutes, he asked to take Zhou Yunyue back.

This time Zhou Ru'an did not stop them. He just turned around and tactfully hinted to Zhou Yunyue, "We may have to stay in the northwest for a long time in the future. If you get bored, come find me!"

Zhou Yunyue understood the hint and didn't dare to ask for anything else.

"Second brother, I'll come see you tomorrow."

Zhou Ru'an nodded with satisfaction and personally saw the two off.

After the two men left, he immediately ordered the guards: "Let's get some action!"

"Yes!"

……

"General, I have spotted several suspicious people nearby. Two of them are spies sent by Zhou Ru'an, and the other one claims to be Sun Qian, the grain and grass escort officer of the Wei family army."

Shen Lanxi couldn't believe it. Didn't Sun Qian have another escort officer? Didn't he fall off a cliff and his whereabouts remain unknown?

It is said that his whereabouts are unknown. If he falls from such a deep cliff, he will die.

Wei Dongzhu personally led people to search the bottom of the cliff. From the top of the cliff to the bottom, there were no trees and rivers to reduce the resistance, so it was impossible for two people to survive.

Unless they never fell at all.

"Bring Sun Qian here."

"Go call General Wei!"

"Yes!"

Wei Dongzhu and Sun Qian came to Shen Lanxi one after another.

Sun Qian was wearing the uniform of the Zhenbei Army. His face was mostly covered by a beard. His skin was dark and he looked unkempt. If it were before, Shen Lanxi would definitely think that he was a dirty person.

Now this man claims to be the grain and salary escort officer of the Wei family army. He is dressed like this, as if he is deliberately concealing his true appearance.

"What a coincidence, I just happen to have a portrait of you here!" Shen Lanxi took out Sun Qian's portrait and some documents related to the transportation of grain and fodder for the Wei family army.

Wei Dongzhu took the portrait and compared it with Sun Qian.

After seeing the portrait, Sun Qian asked Shen Lanxi a question.

"Are you from the Shen family?"

Shen Lanxi: "Yes, do you see the person next to you? He is Wei Dongzhu, the major general of the Wei Family Army."

Sun Qian looked very alert. He glanced at her cautiously, then quickly turned his gaze to Wei Dongzhu.

"Are you Wei Dongzhu?"

Wei Dongzhu looked at him resolutely and said, "My father is the Northwest Defender, Wei Qianfan."

The vigilance in Sun Qian's eyes did not dissipate, and he carefully asked the question that he couldn't figure out in his mind.

"Everyone says that the Shen family stole the military pay. The Shen family and the Wei family should be mortal enemies, but you two don't look like that."

Shen Lanxi laughed and said, "Do we have to kill each other to be considered enemies?"

"From what you said, you are sure that our Shen family has stolen the food and money?"

Sun Qian's pupils trembled when he heard the last sentence. It took him a long time to speak: "We were escorting food and money from the capital. We were very careful along the way. We even left people to guard at night. Even if a dog approached, we would drive it away. It is impossible for the food and money to be stolen!"

To this day he still hasn't figured out how the food and money were stolen.

Shen Lanxi was not in a hurry to respond to him. First, she had to confirm Sun Qian's identity.

"You look different than in the portrait!"

Sun Qian hesitated for a moment, pulled off his beard, asked Chunxue for a basin of warm water, and began to wash himself in front of them.

"To be honest with you generals, I was forced to change my appearance to save my life!"

Sun Qian smiled bitterly and wiped his face clean, looking exactly like in the portrait.

Shen Lanxi's tone suddenly became sharp: "Who wants to silence you?"