There are many treasures in this country

Shen Yan has been in a very bad mood recently, and even has a very irritable temper. The people around him are often blamed, and he doesn't know how to take care of him.No wonder he is like this, the food and pay in the army is decreasing day by day, the surplus is only enough for one month's consumption, and the enemy army has not come to fight for a long time, it is really difficult to last.

He sent people to fight in front of the Tushan camp every day, tried his best to humiliate him, and even ordered the soldiers to urinate in his camp to anger them, but it was to no avail.

If this continues, I'm afraid they will freeze to death or starve to death here before the battle is fought.

At present, the only thing that can cheer him up a little is the letter from Xiao Suo.Eleven must be handed over to him every time, so as not to be scolded when he dangles in front of his eyes.

Shen Yanyi didn't take off his belt, he just fell asleep holding the letter for two hours before waking up again.

Ruan Tong stayed with him all the time, when he heard the movement, tea was brought in from the outside, he lit the candle, and said, "General, let's sleep for a while. I didn't sleep last night, and I only slept for more than an hour today. If this continues, I will be a man of iron." , I can’t bear it. How can the two armies fight, can they waste their energy?”

"I can't sleep anymore." He picked up his teacup and took a sip, then asked with a frown, "What kind of tea is this? Why does it taste so bad!"

Ruan Tong rolled up his sleeves and poured another cup for him: "It's sleeping tea, which contains rosemary, jasmine, acacia, bodhi seeds, and spiritual herbs that were tributed from the Western Regions. In the middle of the night, the general sleeps restlessly. Drink this Better than drinking green tea."

"I'm not used to drinking the fragrance of the fragrance." Shen Yan said, giving him a fixed look.

Ruan Tong paused, and said with long eyes, "After drinking for a long time, you will get used to it."

Without saying a word, Shen Yan tightened the sapphire dagger resting on the pillow into his arms, put on his boots, and said, "I can't sleep either, you can go out with me for a walk."

Ruan Tong nodded, and followed him out of the camp, looking around, only to see the flames soaring into the sky.When the patrolling guards saw them, they all stopped to salute, and when they were far away, they got up and left again.

As Shen Yan walked, he said: "You have studied, how do you think my big camp is doing?"

"The general is a natural combat genius, and the barracks are well organized."

Ruan Tong is wearing a white dress with the front covered, and green black trousers. When walking, the trouser legs are flicked, like two sleeves dancing on the stage.His hair is loose, half on his chest, usually on his back.A suit of clothes, with his seductive color added, under the silent night sky, it is especially moving.

The torch was reflected on his face, flickering slightly.

However, Shen Yan turned a blind eye, looked up at the sky full of stars, and said with a light smile: "What's the trick, you can talk about it."

"Look at the location of this camp. It is backed by the forest and far away from the river, and it is located high in the sun. It can not only have a panoramic view of the battle situation ahead, but also avoid the enemy from the front and back, and there is a way to retreat. Sun Tzu said: 'Where the army is facing the enemy, the mountain will follow. Valley, depending on the height of life, the battle is high, and the army here is also on the mountain. "Isn't it reasonable for the general to set up this camp? If the opponent did not rely on the main army to fight, the food was sufficient, and the weather was bitter and cold, we Must win."

Ruan Tong turned around and said again: "Besides, in the camp, the world only knows that the formation of troops on the battlefield is important, but they don't know that it is not a trivial matter to set up the camp in an orderly manner. Ten steps to a stove, a hundred steps to a toilet, the flanks are high, There are water plants in the middle road. It is difficult to find another camp like this in the world. After the death of Kong Ming in the past, Sima Yi checked his camp. Seeing the front, back, left, and right, it was neatly arranged. He once lamented that Kong Ming was "truly a genius in the world". The general's talent is comparable to that of Kong Ming."

"This is too exaggerated." Shen Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, "However, I never expected that you are also skilled in military affairs. When you suppressed pirates in the southeast, I only knew that you had a good brain, so you even dabbled in the art of war."

"But I have nothing to do when I'm free, and I occasionally look over it." Ruan Tong said with his head bowed, "The general is too flattering on me."

Shen Yan walked back slowly, and asked him with his hands behind his back: "When will Master Xiao's letter arrive?"

"About tomorrow morning." Ruan Tong followed behind him and said, "The general's letters are sent back frequently, but those pigeons are exhausted."

"Yes." Shen Yanhu glanced at him again, but his eyes did not move away for a long time, "It's those pigeons that have worked hard, you have to take good care of them for me, don't make them more tired."

Ruan Tong smiled slightly and said, "I understand."

Shen Yan didn't say any more, patted him on the shoulder, and fell asleep.

Xiao Suo's letter arrived at Maoshi the next day.In addition to the routine exhortations and greetings, and telling of lovesickness, it also mentioned a conspiracy case he is currently working on.

There has been a lot of turmoil in Beijing recently, and everyone knows that Yushitai has changed hands.The new official took office three fires, and this time it burned to the Zhou family.For a while, the common people argued one after another, saying that the emperor was ungrateful and unlucky. At the beginning Zhou Guoshu supported him to the throne, but now he wants to imitate Han Gaozu and punish the heroes, which is an act of ungratefulness.

Xiao Suo has been quite restless these past few days, this job is very tricky, and it is very troublesome to do it.Zheng Duo's family has long since resigned from office and returned to the farmland. Now they are turning over old accounts, which are still unfounded old accounts. It is not a gentleman's action to frame innocent people.

On the day Zheng Xiu was detained and sent to the Yamen, the high-spiritedness he once had on his body faded a lot.When he saw Xiao Suo, he couldn't help laughing.Unexpectedly, things are so impermanent in the world. In the past, it was the other party who came to the house to beg him, but now it is a man who is a knife and I am a fish.

Xiao Suo had no intention of chatting with him, and said bluntly: "What the emperor wants is not you, nor is it the boss, you should be clear about that. I don't want to do such a thing, but I am powerless to save others, you should help yourself. "

"May I ask Mr. Xiao, how can we save ourselves now?" Zheng Xiu said with a smile.

"As the saying goes, 'If you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about no firewood'." Xiao Suo said, "You can give whatever the emperor wants. I will also speak for you, so although the loss is heavy, at least you can save your life. .”

Hearing this, Zheng Xiu suppressed her smile and said seriously, "I am ashamed to accept Xiao Da...brother's wishes. In your opinion, what does the emperor want?"

Xiao Suo didn't make a fool of himself: "If a person is rich enough to rival a country, he is not far from death. If he has mastered the great interests of the country, what will the people above the temple do? Being able to guard; being rich and proud, leaving one’s own fault; retiring after meritorious deeds is the way of heaven.’Nowadays, the army is out in battle, in urgent need of food and wages, and the relatives are sitting on the throne, which is even more of a concern for the emperor. Brother, these two things have been resolved , and have nothing to fear.”

Zheng Xiu was silent for a while, then nodded and said: "I see... Thank you Brother Xiao for your success."

Xiao Suo shook his head, exchanged some pleasantries with him, and let him go back.

He was also considered transparent, and within two days after returning home, he passed a letter to the emperor through his old friend who was an official in the court.It said that the front line is urgent and the military supplies are insufficient. Zheng Shi and his family have received the emperor's favor for several years. At this time of crisis, they are willing to donate their family wealth and do their part for the country.

At the same time, when Zheng Duo was old, he came out tremblingly to plead guilty, saying that Uncle Zhou Guo had written to the Shi family, intending to use his financial resources to plot rebellion, and encouraged him to join in too.

Although he sternly rejected such rebellious and immoral things, he concealed the truth in the end, so he resigned from office and avoided the world, and no longer interfered with the government.But after returning home, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was wrong, and finally he repented and decided to submit the letter to the emperor, asking for his own death.

At the same time, Xiao Suo also wrote a letter, saying that Yushitai had found out that Zhou Guoshu's rebellion was true, but the Zheng Shi family did not have any rebellion, and asked the emperor to rule.

On the day Huan Ye received the booklet, he was seriously ill and hadn't gone to court, so he stayed in Guanfeng Hall for a whole day.

In the past, Yan Jun was always by his side, but now there is only Shang Huai.

He put Xiao Suo, Zheng Xiu, and Zheng Duo's notebooks together, knocked on the table and said: "They all come to play tricks with me, they are seeing that I can't do it!"

Shang Huai handed over the ginseng soup and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. General Shen is fighting at the border and needs food urgently. Isn't the food here now? This trick is solving the urgent problem. Why doesn't the Emperor like it?"

"You can say it." Huan Ye glared at him, and said: "I don't want to kill them all, but I am the emperor, so I have to think about the overall situation. However, Wen Yu went to the border in this troubled time, and the army in the court is insufficient. Not a good time."

Shang Huai said with a smile: "I don't understand this. But Mr. Zheng is so old, and he has nothing to do when he goes home. Without the money, it seems... that he can't make waves."

"There is some truth in what you said." Huan Ye swallowed the ginseng soup and hooked the corners of his mouth.

"I don't dare to take the credit, this is not what I said." Shang Huai said casually, "Master Yan... said this before."

"Yan Jun..." Huan Ye repeated without making another sound.

After Shang Huai withdrew, Gao Sheng came up and asked, "Master, inside..."

"It's done." Shang Huai poked his forehead with his fingers, "Little bastard, you're getting louder."

"That's not because Master taught well." He smiled.

The next day, a decree came out from the palace that Zhou's rebellion ordered the Ministry of Punishment to confiscate his home and put him in prison. Zheng Duo concealed it and refused to report it, depriving him of the right to enjoy the Taimiao given by the late emperor.But the Shi family suddenly became a model for all businessmen, and the emperor gave another plaque as a reward.

Probably because he was afraid that the Zhou family would make a desperate move and take risks, the emperor specially sent Qin Huan to lead the Xiaoqi left and right guards among the royal twelve guards to surround the Zhou mansion at night, and at the same time ordered the Xiongqu left and right guards and the leopard rider's left and right guards to seal off the forbidden area. In the palace, the left and right Yuwei of the shooting sound and the left and right Hou Wei of the Fei Fei sealed the Tai's womb.

The Zhou clan had no power to resist, and it was unknown whether they really had no intention of rebelling against them, or they were caught off guard and had no time to mobilize troops in a hurry, so they had to be arrested without a fight, blaming Zheng Duo for framing them.

After finishing this matter, Xiao Suo rested at home for three days, looking forward to Shen Yan's letter every day, without a single moment of peace.He was anxious, but helpless, patiently waiting for the postmen at home, and ran out as soon as he heard the sound of horseshoes.

Unfortunately, no one brought even a single word.

Three days later, the Zhou clan fell, and the brigade of soldiers and horses surrounding Beijing withdrew.As soon as Xiao Suo returned to the yamen, he heard that the emperor intended to send someone to escort food and pay to the front line.

Since the Song Dynasty, in order to restrict the military power of generals, all the people who supervised the transportation of food were literati.But no one in the DPRK knows that the border war is tense and the dangers are self-evident, and they are unwilling to travel thousands of miles to take risks.

Only Xiao Suo was overjoyed, he wanted to take on this drudgery, but couldn't appeal on his own.The emperor was very sensitive about the relationship between him and Shen Yan.They can only be saved by pretending not to care about each other at all.If he took the initiative to ask to go, the matter would not be able to be facilitated.

Fortunately, God helped him, and within ten days, there was news from the front that Tu Shanguo wanted to make peace with me and wanted to invite someone to negotiate.

When Xiao Suo got the letter, he went to Xie's mansion without stopping, earnestly begged his teacher Xie Yi to say something nice for him, and then contacted Gao Sheng, asking him to invite his master Shang Huai to play the side drum in front of Huan Ye.

The next day when Huan Ye went to the court, when talking about the grain deposit, Xie Yi followed suit and recommended Xiao Suo, saying that he was quite eloquent, smart and quick-witted, and more importantly, he could be regarded as a good candidate for negotiation because of his proficiency in Tu Shanyu.

The people in the court were only afraid that this hard work would fall on their own heads, and seeing that Xiao Suo was just promoted and bullying the newcomers, they all agreed.The only opponent, Zhang Yunjian, was too busy trying the treason case these days, so he didn't bother to tear him down.

The voice was so loud that it formed an overwhelming momentum.

Huan Ye was a little hesitant at first, but after hearing Shang Huai whisper a few words in his ear, he agreed.

Xiao Suo was elated, and hurried back to pack his luggage, wishing he could put on his wings and fly away immediately.

Babao was extremely worried.Even Shen Yan's housekeeper was worried, and persuaded with earnestness: "My lord, the front line is very dangerous. If the general is here, he will definitely not allow you to go. Before he leaves, the general will tell us to take good care of you. I didn’t tell you to take risks, but now you are going to the most dangerous place. If the general finds out, he will definitely be angry. Look, don’t you...don’t go?”

Xiao Suo couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth, and the smiles in his eyes splashed, but he didn't know it.With two pear dimples hanging on his cheeks, he said in a very relaxed tone: "It doesn't matter, I'm not going to take risks. How can I be in danger if I go to him? Besides, this errand is ordered by the emperor, and I am now It's too late if I want to decline. Don't worry, I will take care of myself. When I see the general, I will tell him that I am going on my own and have nothing to do with you. Don't be afraid, he won't be angry. "

Babao curled his lips and muttered, "Master, you said it lightly. I'm afraid that the general will get angry, and you will be afraid, too!"

"I'm not afraid." Xiao Suo stuffed the fur into his bag and said boldly, "He, he's not...he's not angry with me."

"Then why are you stuttering?" Housekeeper Zong asked.

Xiao Suo's face turned red suddenly: "Where is the stutter?"

Now Babao couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Go down quickly!" Xiao Suo became angry from embarrassment, "When I see Shen Yan later, I will sue."

The butler hurriedly took Babao out, and there was another burst of ridicule when he walked out the door.

Xiao Suo sat dully for a while, shaking his calves, rubbing his feet back and forth on the ground, after a while, he held his face and started to giggle again.

Great to see him soon.

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