The happy life of the devil and the devil

On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, five days before the Zhengdan Dynasty, Ling Yucheng finally returned to the capital.

After returning to the dormitory, Yuan Shao stretched out his hand to signal him to sit down: "Not bad, not bad, and very energetic. ——It took a full ten days on the way back this time? I originally calculated that you should have arrived yesterday."

"I recruited some recruits in Qingzhou." Ling Yucheng bowed his head slightly to salute, "Insufficient training, let Your Majesty see a joke." He said that the training was insufficient, and there was no embarrassment in his tone. The recruits who are lagging behind can rush back to the capital within ten days, this achievement is very impressive.

"It's not bad to be able to practice like this for a month or two." Yuan Shao looked Ling Yucheng up and down. , radiant, in high spirits.If we say that when we first stepped into the border of Beiliang, this famous sword was still hidden and dense, even a little dark and dull, then the training in the past two months was like polishing the sword body with a whetstone. It released a sharp cold light again: "It's been hard for you these days——Is it convenient to live in Qingzhou?"

"It's not bad." Ling Yucheng nodded lightly, "The left and right are training soldiers, and they just eat and live with the soldiers." The two sides had exchanged letters before, and he had played a little bit in Qingzhou beforehand. When it comes to official business , as long as he is clear about it, it is impossible for Yuan Shao not to be clear about it.Thinking of this, his expression changed: "I have something to hand over to Your Majesty."

"Oh?"

After a short time, the two guards that Yuan Shao had personally bestowed before bowed down and brought in a huge box.One person unlocked a key and opened the lock. Ling Yucheng opened the middle lock himself. Yuan Shao lifted the lid of the box and removed two layers of oil paper. The first thing that caught his eye was a large map of Qingzhou.

"I have read all the classics before, but I didn't find a detailed map. I think it was completely burned in the fire of the war—" Ling Yucheng slowly unfolded the map on the desktop, stroking his fingertips along the border of Qingzhou Linhai, and his movements were gentle. As if stroking the dancing flames on a candle, "These days, I ordered people to re-convey and map, and also marked the newly built ports and bridges in Qingzhou. This map is in duplicate, one for His Majesty, and the other for It is hidden in the courtyard of the minister, and no one is allowed to read it at will without the permission of the minister."

One by one oiled paper packages were taken out of the box, and the detailed maps of the fifteen counties under the Qingzhou administration were obviously redrawn, with the crooked lines and ink still new; the population registers and land mu yellow books of the fifteen counties , Yuan Shao just flipped through it casually, and found that the total above was at least [-]% more than the previous local newspaper; there were also names and family backgrounds of the newly recruited soldiers...

Conquering with this method is like breaking a bamboo; governing politics with this method will get twice the result with half the effort.

For some reason, Yuan Shao suddenly remembered what his father said when he was young and led him to hunt wolves.

"Look, the one that stands tallest is a wolf." The emperor held the five-year-old him in front of the horse, and pointed to a particularly majestic gray wolf surrounded by wolves. "Those male wolves are getting to know the new wolf." The alpha wolf - licking its fur, memorizing its taste, and finally, sending the throat to the alpha wolf's teeth."

That's how the beast shows its loyalty to its leader.

"You're too careful." When the box was finally closed, Yuan Shao shook his head slightly in disapproval. "Why is that so?"

Ling Yucheng bowed his head and was speechless.Yuan Shao's tone was responsibly tinged with satisfaction, but more importantly, he didn't say, "You don't have to do this in the future."

After Yuan Shao ordered this sentence, he stopped talking, turned around and flipped through the table, took out another booklet and handed it over: "I have dealt with the five corrupt officials you sent to Beijing before. This is the report from the Ministry of Officials. Take a look at the list of candidate officials that came up, and choose the one you like. I know that the affairs of the previous few months were handled by your own people, and you can continue to use them."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ling Yucheng didn't refuse, took it with both hands, and looked carefully.The names, backgrounds, and resumes of the candidates on the booklet are detailed. There are five gaps in total. There are at least [-] names on the booklet. Only the names of the fathers and ancestors are just a thick stack.Ling Yucheng read it quickly. Yuan Shao hadn't finished approving the two memorials here, and he had already handed everything back: "I think these people are all available, please make a decision, Your Majesty."

There was a small piece of paper lying on the memorial, Yuan Shao glanced over it, and there were ten names on it, all of them were down-to-earth officials who were hardworking, caring for the common people, and had actual achievements in the local area. Half and half.Yuan Shao nodded secretly. People really have to suffer some setbacks to grow up. Judging from Ling Yucheng's thinking in selecting people, he is much more sensible in doing things than when he was in Dayu.Randomly circled five: "Just these few. Before taking office, ask them to come to you to receive training." Opening the memorial, the Zhubi approved it in a fluttering manner.

"This--"

"You are the lord of Qingzhou, so they should come to see you. You should teach these people well, and I still hope that they will be of great use when you grind them out from your hands." Yuan Shao replied nonchalantly, thought for a while, and said: "You don't need to go into the palace anymore, just meet outside and tell them a few words." I secretly made a note in my heart, since there will be more government affairs like this in the future, I will arrange a separate palace for him, so it will be more convenient for me to meet people and do things. .

After this incident, when the two continued to discuss government affairs, their tone was a little more relaxed.Ling Yucheng talked about the preparations for opening the port, cooking salt, and repairing water conservancy in Qingzhou, and Yuan Shao also talked about various things he had seen and heard in the past two months.The two of them chatted until late at night. Yuan Shao stepped into the bedroom when he came back from the shower and changed his clothes. His heart moved and he stopped quietly.

Ling Yucheng was lying on the bed with his back facing him, breathing lightly and evenly, apparently already fast asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.Before the two slept together, Ling Yucheng had never fallen asleep so early, and he always waited for him to lie down before falling asleep slowly.Is he tired after all? It is said that he was training soldiers in Qingzhou during the day and governing by candlelight at night. Sometimes he could only sleep for two hours a day.It's been two months so fast, it's hard for him to show his expression and demeanor, and he doesn't show any signs of fatigue at all.

Yuan Shao walked lightly to the bed and looked carefully. The posture of the sleeping person was still quiet and vigilant, curled up sideways, with one leg bent and the other straight, with one arm sticking to the side of the ear and the other protecting the body. In front of the chest, the so-called "lying like a bow" is just like this. The whole person is like a bow ready to go, as long as there is a little alarm, you can jump up to defend yourself and fight back.After watching for a while, he sat sideways on the edge of the bed, only such a slight movement, Ling Yucheng's breath suddenly tightened, and the palm on his chest touched under the pillow, followed by his whole body shivering slightly, waking up in horror.

"What are you looking for?" This movement is too familiar, as if Ling Yucheng would instinctively reach out his hand under the pillow every time he turned his side in the middle of the night before he would really wake up. "Forgot something?"

"...No." Clenching his left fist, Ling Yucheng had come to his senses and sat up on the quilt, "Nothing."

"Tell the truth." Yuan Shao's tone was slightly heavier, "What are you looking for?"

"It's nothing. . . Your Majesty was disturbed by your disrespect."

"Aren't you going to tell me?"

The tone of the questioning was already a little cold, Ling Yucheng was slightly startled, straightened his back instinctively, looked up at Yuan Shao: "I dare not lie to your majesty...It's just that I often sleep with my spear in the army .”

Junqian is not allowed to carry a knife unless he has a special license, let alone put it under his pillow when he sleeps—that's why he instinctively reached out to touch it when he was a little alarmed, and woke up when he couldn't touch the handle of the knife?Yuan Shao was silent for a moment, then laughed dumbly: "I think it's something. Why didn't I say it earlier?"

Turning around, he tore off the short knife used to cut meat when eating from the leather belt, and threw it over casually: "Here you are."

"minister--"

"Leave it alone. I'm not afraid of you. What are you afraid of? - Don't you think that with such a knife, you can do anything to me? If it can really hurt you, I might as well hit you to death as soon as possible." While talking He kicked off his shoes and got on the bed, sat next to Ling Yucheng, put one hand on his side, and passed the other hand in front of him, holding Ling Yucheng's left hand with the knife, and fell on the pillow, holding his hand and stuffing the short knife into the bed. Under the pillow: "I won't save you from waking up several times a night, and I won't be able to sleep well even if I'm tired."

The moist breath blew warmly against his ears, Ling Yucheng was stunned for a moment, and fell down on the pillow under the pressure of his weight.The heartbeat that hadn't calmed down when he woke up was suddenly rapid, and before he could react, his body lightened, but Yuan Shao let go of his palm and turned to the outside.Immediately afterwards, he received a slap on the top of his head, and the palm that fell on his head rubbed twice more vigorously, forcing his neat hair into a mess:

"What are you afraid of? With me by my side, who can hurt you?"

"Chen..." Ling Yucheng answered only one word but couldn't continue, and bowed his head silently.The plain and unmarked scabbard in the palm was faintly hot, and the feeling of being pressed under the pillow was as familiar as the past ten years, but it was the first time that he didn't reach out to hold it in the middle of the night.

The author has something to say: This chapter is a little...that ambiguous...have you noticed it?