Overwhelming mountains and rivers

"Qing Jun, Qing Jun..."

In a trance, there were repeated soft calls in my ears.

When Shen Qingjun woke up, it was almost time.

He opened his eyes and sat up suddenly. He was extremely surprised when he found out that Chu Xuanzhao had tapped his sleeping point last night. He knew that Chu Xuanzhao would not do anything to him, but he was worried. Chu Xuanzhao used this to stop himself from going to the northwest.

"Are you awake? How was your sleep?"

When Shen Qingjun heard the question in his ear, he turned his head. Beside him was Chu Xuanzhao. He moved a stool and sat by the couch, just looking at himself.

Shen Qingjun calmed down, looked down at himself, but his coat was taken off, the middle coat and inner coat were still there, and he looked up at the person next to him, "Chu Xuanzhao, are you plotting against me?"

Chu Xuanzhao smiled, "I'm still willing to wake you up, so it doesn't count as plotting against you. You know, throughout the night, I thought countless times, I will never wake you up today..."

Shen Qingjun got up and put on his outer robe, Chu Xuanzhao quickly helped him get the boots, Shen Qingjun took it in a hurry, "You haven't slept all night?"

"unwilling."

Shen Qingjun lowered his head, shook the ring pendant in his hand, "I should go."

Chu Xuanzhao stood up and took a letter from the table. The envelope was not sealed nor was his name written, "I wrote it temporarily last night and stamped it with a red seal. You give it to Cheng Zhiteng."

Shen Qingjun took it, "Thank you."

Thank you for stopping me again.

Shen Qingjun walked to the table and wrote a letter, and Chu Xuanzhao's gaze was fixed on him throughout the whole process.As for the content of the letter, he didn't read it, but he probably thought that it should be an explanation for the people in the pavilion.

Shen Qingjun turned around, folded the letter, and handed it to Chu Xuanzhao, "Please, don't send it deliberately, if Zhu Qing or Bi Yuan comes, I'll hand it to them."

Chu Xuanzhao hesitated for a moment before taking the letter, "Why didn't you tell them yourself?"

You can leave later that way.

Shen Qingjun paused, but failed to answer, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Chu Xuanzhao smiled slightly, but the smile was a little helpless and pale, "Don't be so polite, I will feel uncomfortable."

Shen Qingjun nodded, opened his mouth slightly, but did not speak.

He suddenly felt that his throat was a little heavy.

Chu Xuanzhao has always been careful in his affairs, so he asked softly, "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Shen Qingjun turned his head and looked at the closed door, as if he could see through the pasted paper, the hand holding the ring under his sleeve was faintly white, "...it's nothing."

What do you say?Say now I also, what?Ah.

So what, if you don't have that life, why bother to drag others and tire yourself.

Besides, he is the emperor, how many people are watching him in the big world, how can he pass the threshold of his grandfather and Emperor Kai.

Chu Xuanzhao saw that he looked a little lonely, so he didn't ask any further questions. He personally lit the hand stove on the table, wrapped the embroidered fleece cover, and stuffed it to him, "Remember to reply."

He didn't expect him to take the initiative to write a letter, he only hoped that his letter would never sink into the sea.

"Ah."

Shen Qingjun opened the door of Yazhuxuan, Qingzhu had been waiting outside the door for a long time.Yesterday Shen Qingjun explained that he had prepared the things for the long trip, and also prepared the carriage.

Seeing him open the door, Qing Zhu saluted, and bowed to Chu Xuanzhao who was inside from a distance, then brought out the copper basin from the side and entered the room, and brought up the towel.

Shen Qingjun scrubbed and washed, looked at Chu Xuanzhao's face after staying up all night, turned to Qingzhu and said, "Go and change a basin, and serve His Majesty to freshen up."

Chu Xuanzhao stepped forward, took the towel over, and covered his face with the side he just used, "What's the trouble? I'll use it with you."

Shen Qingjun pursed his lips, but didn't say any more, and looked at Qingzhu, "Is everything ready as soon as you use it?"

"Back to the son, ready, you can go at any time."

Chu Xuanzhao glanced at Qingzhu, "Qingjun, you just take him alone? He is still a half-grown child, what can he do?"

Shen Qingjun walked to the door, Qingzhu draped the fox fur cloak on his shoulders, Shen Qingjun grabbed it casually, "Qingzhu is very good."

Chu Xuanzhao moved his feet, but he didn't follow him out the door, he just stepped forward and followed closely, "Wait for me."

He was afraid of sending it off again, and he should be reluctant to give it up again.

In the end, I didn't even dare to see him off.

Shen Qingjun seemed to understand his concerns, nodded, then turned around, quickened his pace and left without looking back.

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The courtyard soon became empty, but Chu Xuanzhao looked in the direction of the gate of the mansion without returning to his senses for a long time.

Feng Er and the others were far away, not daring to approach easily.

After a long while, Chu Xuanzhao suddenly relaxed and became a little weak. He touched the purse on his waist and murmured, "I'll find you later."

Chu Xuanzhao raised his head and called Feng Er in the distance.

"His Majesty?"

"Although the young master is not in the mansion, you must not be negligent. Everything in the mansion is cleaned and prepared as usual." Seeing Feng Er's response, Chu Xuanzhao turned and walked towards Jinxi Pavilion, "I will come here often."

"Yes."

"You can entrust the servants in the mansion with these matters. As for you, I have another matter to explain."

Feng Er followed behind him, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty orders."

"You integrate all the remaining personal guards in the mansion, regardless of Mo team and Feng team, and change them to loyal shadow guards. I will pick some available people from the dark department of Qianjilou, and you will be the leader. From now on, Just follow my orders."

"Yes."

As a king, in addition to being able to punish his courtiers as crimes on the surface, he also needs some people to be responsible for some things that are not so obvious.

In matters of the imperial court, he must enter both light and dark, so that he can change some bad atmosphere in the court as soon as possible and do his best to stabilize the court.

Only then can he go to the northwest with peace of mind.

………………

The cold wind rolled down the curtains, and the yellow sky was flying sand. In the north in the twelfth lunar month, the further north you go, the colder it will be.

"Young master, we are about to reach the territory of Guanzhou."

Qingzhu asked the coachman, put down the curtain, and retreated in again.

This is already the eighth day since leaving the capital.

"En. Stop at Shili Pavilion outside the city." Shen Qingjun tightened his robe.

Qingzhu poured a cup of hot tea and pushed it to his hand, hesitated for a while, and asked, "My lord, why don't you put on the fox cloak?"

Shen Qingjun took the teacup and took a sip, "No need. Wear it after getting out of the carriage."

Qing Zhu didn't say much anymore, she knelt down beside the couch, "Yes."

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With the coachman's "wow", the carriage slowly stopped.Before the two got out of the car, a voice came from the front of the car asking, "Dare to ask in the car, but Mr. Mo Yuan?"

Qingzhu raised the curtain of the car, and saw a man wearing a maroon embroidered official uniform and a black official headband standing in front of the Ten Mile Pavilion outside. He got up, clasped his fists, and asked about the carriage.Behind him was only one servant, who also bowed his head and stood behind him. Two horses were tied up not far from the pavilion.

Qing Zhu replied, "Master Mo Yuan is in the car, may I ask who is your family?"

"Downstairs, Governor of Guanzhou, by order of His Majesty, is waiting here for Mr. Mo Yuan, the military adviser."

Ever since Chu Xuanzhao managed to arrange him to serve as the governor of Guanzhou, he has been in contact with Chu Xuanzhao. Since Chu Xuanzhao ascended the throne, he has made the secret connection more open and aboveboard.A few days ago, he received a letter from the flying pigeon in the capital, saying that the border was restless, and the military adviser came from the capital, and he will arrive in two days, and he is asked to make good arrangements, not to be negligent.So, he came to Shiliting for two consecutive days to meet Mr. Mo Yuan.

Shen Qingjun leaned out of the carriage, slightly nodded towards Lou Jing, "Thank you."

Lou Jing raised his head slightly when he heard the sound, and was immediately shocked, only to see a person protruding from the carriage, although the whole body could not be seen, but just a glance, it was already awe-inspiring.The man held a hand stove in his hand. He was dressed in a plain white gown. From the inside to the outside of his neck, it could be seen that it was all white. Even the complexion under the delicate facial features was jade white.The white face like ice and snow, the light black hair, and the eyes as deep as a deep pool are like a beautiful curtain dotted in the dark night.

Lou Jing took a quick breath, regained his composure, and bowed to him.

"...Don't dare. Please come with your son's carriage, and I will lead you to the government office in the middle of the state." Lou Jing raised his hand to the servant behind him again, "Bring the horses here, and I will lead the way."

"Yes."

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Shen Qingjun went all the way into the governor's mansion, the building made someone prepare tea, and then he sat down in the hall, "Young master is tired from traveling and traveling, I hurriedly greet you, if you are rude, I hope you will forgive me."

Shen Qingjun said in a low voice, "The Inspector Lao is going to meet you in person, how dare you accept such words?"

Lou Jing smiled, "It's the time for a distinguished guest to come here. By the way," Lou Jing took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Shen Qingjun, "This is a new gift from Feige yesterday. Your majesty's book is for the young master."

Shen Qingjun took the paper, only to see that on the outermost side of the folded paper, there were a few small scripts written on it - personally signed by Mr. Mo Yuan.

It was indeed Chu Xuanzhao's handwriting.

"Thank you." Shen Qingjun didn't open it, but turned his hand and stuffed the paper into his sleeve, and asked, "How far is the front gate from here? Where is General Cheng?"

"The front pass is about [-] miles north of the city. Now Tuojia is knocking on the pass. General Cheng is ready to fight, so he guards the pass and never enters the city to meet the son. I hope the son forgives his crime."

Of course Shen Qingjun wouldn't care, "Of course. The border is tight, why should I care about it? By the way,...Master Inspector,"

Lou Jing smiled, "My lord, you don't have to be so polite, just call me Lou Jing."

Shen Qingjun buckled the tea cover, "It's not good, I'll call you Master Lou. I just want to ask, how many soldiers are guarding the former pass now? Have you ever had enough food and grass?"

Lou Jing sighed, "Today, there are nearly 20 officers and soldiers in the former pass, and the food, grass, and quilts have been transferred from the state many times. The quilts are easy to say, as long as they are delivered by hand, this season can survive the winter safely, but the food... After all, food and grass are consumed at any time and can only be transported sequentially."

"Well, this is also true. General Cheng's urgent report to the capital said that Tuojia moved troops, and now the military tent is only a hundred miles away from my Dayuanqianguan. I don't know, there will be new moves in the past few days. ?”

Lou Jing shook his head, "That's not true. But Tuojia crossed the desert, approached the pass, and set up camp only a hundred miles away. Obviously, he wanted to fight Dayuan again, and he was just waiting for an opportunity at this time. .”

"What about the other troops?"

Lou Jing thought for a while, "Except for the 20 troops led by the former General Guan Cheng in Guanzhou, there are only nearly a thousand Guanzhou government servants left in Guanzhou area. However, in Mangzhou to the east of Guanzhou, there are The 15 Shence Army headed by General Liu Guanglong; the [-] Ying Yangwei and the [-] led by Zhonglang Xue Ziming in Longzhou to the west of Guanzhou, and [-] in total. As long as there is an all-out war with Tuojia, they will fight. "

Shen Qingjun nodded, put down the teacup in his hand, and stood up, "Since I am a military adviser, I should be a planner in the army. Since General Cheng is in the front pass, it is not good for me to be in the rear state. Please trouble Lord Lou. Lead the way to the Qianguan pass."

When Lou Jing saw him get up, he stood up hastily. After he finished speaking, he looked a little hesitant, "This, I'm afraid..."

In his private letter, His Majesty once said that he would leave Mr. Mo Yuan in Guanzhou City and send people to pass it on behalf of the army, but he also said that he should obey Mr. Mo Yuan's orders. But now, don't these two contradict each other?

"what happened?"

"Here, er, son, Guanzhou is only forty miles away from the front pass, son, why not stay in the state... and focus on the army as well." Lou Jing thought, why not persuade him to agree with His Majesty?

Shen Qingjun squinted his eyes, Lou Jing himself would not say such a thing, Chu Xuanzhao, what did you order?

"The war has not started yet, so it's okay. Once the two armies are at war, within forty miles, many military planes may be delayed. Lord Lou, you are not a pedantic person. You should understand my words, right?"

Lou Jing nodded, and then asked tentatively, "I naturally understand, then son, why not wait for the two armies to fight before going to live in the army?"

Shen Qingjun took a step forward, staring at Lou Jing so that he couldn't help but feel chills, he was a little strange, he was also a literati, why did the other party's aura not look like a literati at all?He subconsciously wanted to take a step back, but he firmly steadied his steps, and moved his Adam's Apple, which seemed to be a bit uncomfortable, "Why, what's the matter?"

Shen Qingjun took the initiative to take a step back, and smiled suddenly, "It's nothing. I don't think you dare to stop me."

Lou Jing tried his best to persuade him, but his eyes were extremely serious. He even spoke with discretion, and he didn't dare to speak out to stop him. It could only mean that Chu Xuanzhao should have ordered him, similar to asking him to obey his own arrangement.

Lou Jing breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Indeed. Although I don't know who you are, Your Majesty asked me to obey your orders. Since it is His Majesty's order, I should obey it. However, Your Majesty clearly wrote that I Liu Gongzi is in the city... I am also in a dilemma, and I don't mean to offend."

Shen Qingjun nodded lightly, "I understand. A person who can say a sentence like 'give me a three-foot green sword, and kill demons, ghosts, and moths' is by no means a sour scholar. His Majesty values ​​you, and he has his own reasons for valuing you." .”

In other words, when I was in Liuhe Building, I had a fancy to you, and I had my own reasons for liking you.

Lou Jing was surprised, "How did you know, my lord? This sentence was a complaint I made when I was drunk at the Wenhui in Liuhe Building... It made me laugh."

At that time he said those words, firstly because he was drunk, and secondly because he felt that the bad wind in the Dayuan court was rampant at that time. Worse than a ghost that eats human flesh and blood, he complained for a while.

Shen Qingjun said lightly, "Since Mr. Lou is a man with strategy in mind, he should know whether I should be in the army or in the state. As for His Majesty, I will explain myself."

Lou Jing lowered his eyes, hesitated for a while, and finally collected himself, "Okay. The young master has had his lunch anyway. In the afternoon, I will personally lead the young master to the army."

Shen Qingjun subconsciously rubbed the white jade hole flute on his waist, nodded slightly, "I'm sorry."

"Don't dare."