The happy life of the devil and the devil

On the way back, Ling Yucheng remained silent.It wasn't until the sound of silk and bamboo from the golden-roofed tent faintly entered his ears, and the guards of the two came forward in an arc, that he took a long breath, and lowered his head towards Yuan Shao on horseback.

"Today is the day to talk about military law." In the cold wind, his voice was clear and steady, with the faint sharpness as always, "Please allow me to return the account later."

"...Is there anyone listening today?" In the thick darkness, Yuan Shao turned his head and looked at Ling Yucheng's eyes shining with fire, "Prince Xi's beauty has prepared a lot, are you sure you have to talk about it today?" ?”

"Whether to listen or not is their business, and whether to talk or not is my business." Ling Yucheng replied calmly, even with a slight smile, "Furthermore, I believe that my subordinates will not disappoint me." He was disappointed... After ten years, he had already been eliminated.

"Go!"

The rammed earth terraces in the settlement have always had their own owners. Xuanjiawei only joined this year, and the group of earth terraces was built hastily.Not to mention the rammed-earth platform under the emperor's golden-roofed tent is nearly one foot high, even the tents of the chief generals of the Jinwu Guard and Habayashi Guard who walked all the way just now are five or six feet high.However, when they arrived at the Xuanjiawei camp, there were only seven or eight platform foundations that were less than one or two feet high, each of which was only big enough to set up a tent for the smallest ten-man army, surrounding a large tent on the three-foot-high earthen platform in the middle.Under the stage, the tents of the soldiers were stationed around the earth platform according to the usual marching rules, and the nails were directly driven deep into the snow.On the left wing of the camp, the lights stretched all the way to the golden tent, and on the right was the endless darkness submerged in the snow field.

The guards who surrounded him all the way were displeased, but Ling Yucheng himself didn't care: the face was earned by himself, not by others, and when he saw the real chapter, someone would naturally give up his position.According to the usual practice, he patrolled the battalion first, stepped into the big tent, and was slightly surprised when he glanced down casually—it is not surprising that he has a lot of subordinates, and it is normal that General Yubayashi is not absent, he is a son-in-law after all; The senior generals under Lin Wei came too together!Well, there are a few more today...

General Habayashi's elder brother Shu Ye...the way of running the army is much different from his own.

Gathering his mind, he sat on the central podium as usual, and said unhurriedly: "Today we are talking about increasing troops and reducing stoves..."

There were already several young people in the Habayashi Guard who showed disappointment, Ling Yucheng silently remembered the appearance of these people, and told the earliest example of this strategy as if nothing had happened.Seeing some people in the audience showing deep thoughts, and some people's stories are good, even if they have heard it, he coughed and began to ask questions along the heads of the people:

"During the march, the number of cooking stoves doubled. What effect does it have on the march?"

"What about doubling the reduction?"

"If the enemy is in the front, how can we tell whether the soldiers are fleeing, dividing the troops, or using tactics?"

"If our army uses this strategy, what should we pay attention to?"

"If the enemy advances with dry food and light soldiers..."

"If this trick is used in reverse..."

With a tense and stiff expression below, everyone was racking their brains to recite silently while searching their brains for answers.Adults never show embarrassment to those who can’t answer a question, he will just tell you to shut up, and then ask the next one to stand up and continue to answer—sometimes after a question is asked, half of the people in the class stand there blushing, and the scene is very exciting. spectacular.As for taking notes?Sorry, the space in the big tent is tight, from General Yubayashi's brother Shu Ye down to the soldiers guarding the big tent, everyone sits in a small horse, and there is no place to spread out the four treasures of the study.

Unknowingly, half an hour has passed, and the golden watch outside the tent rang again, and Ling Yucheng raised the case: "I will stop here today. After I go back, I will write an article of experience, and hand it in before dinner the day after tomorrow. Disband!"

"Yes!"

There was the sound of neat footsteps, and a moment later, the big tent that was overcrowded just now was empty.Except for Ling Yucheng's bodyguards who didn't move, only Ge Shuye stood where he was, looking at Ling Yucheng hesitating to speak.

"General?"

"Oh," being called out like this, General Yubayashi seemed to have made up his mind instantly, turned around, and walked out together half a step behind Ling Yucheng, "My lord, I'm afraid there will be a white hair wind these days. Please be careful, don't send rangers out to patrol for the time being."

... Just such a sentence is worth his face?Ling Yucheng wondered secretly, with a calm expression on his face, and nodded his thanks: "Thanks for the reminder, General." The guards opened the curtains first, and the two went out one after the other, surrounded by torches, and walked away until they arrived at the camp of the Habayashi Guards. Part ways.

Once passing the Habayashi Guard's residence, the majestic golden-roofed tent filled the entire field of vision.Different from the hustle and bustle of people just now, at this time the sound of silk and bamboo is far away, the lights are gradually dimming, and most of the nobles in the tents have already embraced the beauties and went to their sleeping tents to have a romantic and happy time.Ling Yucheng glanced at it from a distance, and urged the horse to move on. Seeing that he would be able to bypass the big tent after walking a few more steps, the leading guards reined in the horse without warning.

"what happened?"

"My lord..." The guard who turned around had a strange look on his face. While replying, he was already circling the horse, as if he instinctively wanted to stop his horse's head.Ling Yucheng was a little puzzled, he waved his hand to get out of the way, urged his horse forward, and looked into the distance.

In the distance, under the arch protection of the Jinwu Guards, soldiers dressed in Xi ethnic costumes hold torches, and a fire dragon leads directly to the emperor's tent.The tent door has already been raised high, and the colorful skirt just disappeared at the door. In a glimpse, I saw the colorful drifting under the firelight, and it was clearly the gorgeous jewels on the woman's head dancing slightly.

What General Habayashi wanted to say but couldn't say before, he finally knew what it was.

"...It seems that His Majesty is meeting someone." Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ling Yucheng turned his head to look at the guards around him, and pulled the rein of the horse nonchalantly.The war horse neighed slightly, and turned a subtle arc following his movements: "Let's go back first."

The horse team rubbed the base of the golden-roofed tent, turned a corner, and sank silently into the darkness.All the people were silent along the way, the cold wind blew past, the ice and snow splashed under the horses' hooves, and the dark red thick clouds were so low that they seemed to press down on people's heads.Ling Yucheng looked up at the moonless and starless sky, took a deep breath of the suffocating cold air, nodded and said: "No wonder General Yubayashi mentioned earlier that there will be a white hair wind in the past few days. It looks like it is making snow. Pass down the order, starting tomorrow, there is no need to send rangers out to patrol. And..."

The sound of horseshoes like a shower interrupted his words.A fast horse galloped over from the gate of the Jinwu Guard's garrison, the knight reined in the horse, and bowed his head respectfully to Ling Yucheng through the two guards: "Your Majesty ordered, please enter the tent to discuss matters as soon as you come back."

Going right now?The skirt fluttering under the flames flashed through his mind, Ling Yucheng was secretly surprised, but in front of the messenger knight, he turned the horse's head without hesitation: "I obey the order." Knocking on the horse's belly, the horse galloped With all four hooves on, he ran out under the complicated eyes of the guards.

Dismounting from the horse at the door of the sleeping tent, Ling Yucheng strode into the tent, and at first glance saw Yuan Shao sitting in the middle, King Xi respectfully accompanied him sitting at the bottom, the woman in red who was toasting at the banquet earlier changed into a colorful dress, full of hair Zhucui stood with her head bowed behind Xi Wang, and she could feel the fragrance of powdery fat coming from a distance.

It turned out that he only saw the second half just now...Looking at the tent from the corner of his eye, Ling Yucheng laughed dumbfounded for a moment.

"I see Your Majesty—" Before he could salute, Yuan Shao had already raised his hand to give him a hand: "You're back? Come and sit down." When he sat down beside him, Yuan Shao raised his hand to signal the attendants to serve tea. Then he turned his head and raised his face to the bottom: "Qing, what can I say?"

King Xi wanted to kill him head-on.

Why did he think of sending his daughter up there?Why did he think that it would be easier for his own daughter to be in power without a concubine in the palace?Why did he come up with the idea to let his daughter toast to His Majesty at the banquet?Why did he let his daughter go up when he clearly saw the queen sitting on it?

...Daughter, I want you to serve His Majesty, not to seduce the Queen!

Just now, when he asked about his precious girl behind someone's back, the little girl gritted her teeth and refused to say a word. She was so anxious that she cried out of breath.It's so easy to get people done with threats and lures, re-even the makeup, and then make up. It's been more than half an hour by the time I brought him to His Majesty's tent-it's easy for us to steal a time when the Queen is not here!

Well, come in and finish the ceremony, before we can get to the point, the master is back.

Although there were several braziers lit in the tent, it was not really hot, but the king Xi's forehead was covered with fine sweat after a while.He sneaked a glance up, trying to get some hints from His Majesty's face, but unexpectedly saw a cold light flashing in the Empress' eyes - Oops!Presenting a beautiful woman to His Majesty in front of the Queen, this... Don't fail to please, the other side has offended people to death!

So what if the queen is a man?It is impossible to have children, so His Majesty's favor is more important!

Now being asked by Yuan Shao, four eyes from the seat of honor shot down at the same time, King Xi couldn't sit on the brocade stool for a while, slipped out of the seat, fell on the ground tremblingly, and kowtowed again: "The old minister is here to plead guilty..."

"What is your crime?"

"Old minister..." His gray head tremblingly stuck to the ground, and behind him a colorful robe fell silently to the ground. With a movement of the sleeves, the fragrant wind overflowed, and Ling Yucheng almost immediately saw Yuan Shao slightly He frowned——Ling Yucheng felt sympathetic, and he really wanted to ask someone to raise the curtains before fanning them. The grassland people don't like bathing and like to use a lot of spices, which is really bad.That head of emerald green felt dazzling under the firelight, so I quickly turned my eyes back to King Xi, "Old minister, old minister has no way to teach a daughter, offend Your Majesty..."

"It's just a girl's little thought, I don't have time to care about this kind of thing." Yuan Shao waved his hand and chuckled.Ling Yucheng lowered his head slightly, he had clearly heard this sentence before, now he listened to it again, why did he feel that every word was exactly the same, but the tone of voice was so different?Your Majesty... What pit have you prepared for King Xi to jump into?

"Stop kneeling, little girl, let's go back." He waved his hand casually, and a guard from below had already come over, half dragging and half holding him up from the ground, and sent him out of the tent involuntarily.The thick leather curtain was raised high, and the cold breeze came in with snowflakes. Ling Yucheng quickly turned his face away: Your Majesty, I know you think that girl pollutes the air too much, but why don't you take a deep breath so hard?

With one person missing, the atmosphere in the tent immediately became much more relaxed—only for the two people in the seat.Yuan Shao glanced sideways and saw that Ling Yucheng adjusted his sitting posture, began to lower his eyelids to sip tea, smiled secretly, and spoke to King Xi more calmly and kindly:

"Don't worry, Qing, I also have a daughter. It's nothing for a little girl to lose her head when she sees a beautiful person. I don't always know Ling Ai." Turning to look at Ling Yucheng, the voice unconsciously carried With a smile: "What do you say?"

"Your Majesty has always been magnanimous." As the culprit of "being so beautiful that the little girl fainted", Ling Yucheng's cheeks were tense, and his words were respectful, but his voice was seven points cold and three points angry. It is clearly an attitude that even if Yuan Shao doesn't pursue it, he intends to pursue it to the end. "Your Majesty, don't worry, His Majesty will definitely understand his love for licking the calf."

After all, it's just that it's too out of place to be like a little girl, so it's another matter to care about an old man like him, right?Speaking of which, when His Majesty was in a good mood for this oolong incident, he just smiled and let it go. Anyway, His Majesty has one more concubine and one less concubine is not a big deal; but for the Queen...well, he would be angry if it was changed Soaring to the sky, what does it mean to poke under someone's nose if you can see it or not eat it, stepping on someone clearly?

King Xi lay down on the ground in fear, and hadn't thought of a word to defend himself...?The above did not ask questions in a word; pleading?It's not a good idea for the same reason; chant?It seems to be the safest, but it's nowhere near it... Yuan Shao has suddenly realized and added: "Yes, the daughter of the grassland is warm and hearty, and she always cares about whoever she likes. I still remember, it's Qing's... The eldest daughter, right? She fell in love with one of Qing's generals, and the younger children eloped overnight, disregarding their parents' orders, causing Qing to write a letter to plead guilty. More than ten years have passed, and these daughters of Qing still Really...hahahaha..."

——Your Majesty, do you still hold grudges about what happened more than ten years ago?King Xi clearly remembered that at that time, Yuan Shao had not yet ascended the throne, but he had already established a concubine, and the side concubine was chosen to be his eldest daughter.At that time, he found out that the imperial edict was about to be issued, so he hurriedly found an excuse to marry his daughter to his general, and sent a distant niece to fill in the numbers.At this moment, when Yuan Shao mentioned it half-jokingly, King Xi was sweating profusely on his back, and he fell on the ground without even daring to lift his head.

That night, Yuan Shao's tone was gentle and calm. Ling Yucheng sat beside him with a cold face and said little, occasionally snorting coldly, accompaniment and singing, and in the end, King Xi repeatedly pleaded guilty, promised countless conditions, and sent the youngest son to Jinwuwei Be a bodyguard for the end.Until the two of them changed their clothes and went to bed, Yuan Shao felt it was funny thinking about it on the pillow, and said to Ling Yucheng in a low voice: "That old guy also has today! Fortunately, you and I have a bad face and a bad face,--in other words, how did you get here before?" Go back after the door, if I hadn't sent someone out to look, when do you plan to come back?"

He just asked casually, but Ling Yucheng was silent for a long time, and said reluctantly: "I saw that His Majesty was seeing someone... I'm afraid it's not convenient to come in."

"What's so inconvenient about this?" Yuan Shao felt slightly surprised, "When I was meeting someone before, you didn't ask someone to report at the door. If it's not convenient to come in, the big deal is to sit outside for a while. Why did you turn off at such a long distance today? gone back?"

"..." The previous misunderstanding was too embarrassing to mention it.Ling Yucheng buried himself in the pillow sullenly for a while, until he was patted on the shoulder lightly, then he turned his body slightly, and pulled out his right hand from under the pillow: "I'm wrong." Shut up and make up your mind not to say a word tonight.

"You read it wrong?" There was a rustle behind him, and Ling Yucheng didn't need to turn his head to know that Yuan Shao was turning to the inner bed, and looked at him with his elbows half-raised, and the questioning voice was more interest than urging: " What else can you think of as wrong? I just summoned King Xi, oh, he also brought his daughter...uh..."

Yuan Shao's voice suddenly stopped.Without further deduction, he can reproduce the situation in his imagination: King Xi has been ordered to enter, and the young woman in colorful makeup is walking towards the door of the sleeping tent. At the same time, Xuanjiawei's horse team turned around Turning around, Ling Yucheng raised his head from a distance surrounded by his subordinates...

If it was just one person, Ling Yucheng probably just laughed it off, turned around and left.However, seeing this scene with his own eyes surrounded by his subordinates, and then facing the cautious and sympathetic eyes around him... Thinking of Ling Yucheng's humiliation and embarrassment at that moment, Yuan Shao almost stopped breathing.

"You..." Instinctively stretched out his hand to the person lying on his side with his back facing him, but when he stretched halfway, it fell powerlessly, and the comfort he blurted out turned into a sigh, "You..."

"I just misread it." Knowing that he had thought of the correct answer, Ling Yucheng's answer did not contain any sadness or anger, and was unexpectedly cold and calm, "Now that I think about it, if I had been calmer at that time, You should be able to see that things are not what you think at first glance. At least, King Xi's guards can't be waiting at the door all the time." After a pause, a slight sneer was inexplicably raised in his voice, " To actually only see what I imagined—if this is on the battlefield, I don’t know how to die.”

"You!" After listening to such an analysis that could shut out any comfort, Yuan Shao's raised palm finally fell on Ling Yucheng's head, rubbed it twice, and his loose black hair rustled under his palm He made a sound: "Don't think so much in the future. With you by my side, how could I..." After thinking for a while, I still swallowed "find another woman", "Why would I embarrass you?"

The touch of the palm was as soft as ever. In my impression, Ling Yucheng's hair was always tied neatly, and it was only scattered on the pillow when he was going to bed - until now there were only two exceptions.Ling Yucheng moved under his palm, but instead of turning around, he buried himself in the pillow again, and his voice became muffled:

"That is His Majesty's grace."

He said the word grace, but there was no element of gratitude in his voice, not even a little bit of ease and joy could be heard.Yuan Shao frowned secretly, and retorted instinctively: "That's not some kind of grace. I just..."

"Your Majesty wants to show favor to others and to establish my position in front of my courtiers. I know this," Ling Yucheng continued quietly, "but even so, I have received favors because of this... I am very grateful do."

"Don't mention the word grace." Yuan Shao's tone sank, and he insisted, "I didn't mean to be kind to you. As for showing it to outsiders, if it's for this, I don't have to do it to such an extent. .I just..."

just what?

Separating all the concubines and not getting close to women for three or four months in a row, even for him, it is not something that can be done casually, but when Ling Yucheng is by his side, he never seems to think about looking for others.Even when Ling Yucheng went to Qingzhou, he didn't want other women to defile their common bed...

He just...

For a while, he didn't dare to think about it. He only knew that since that day when the status of emperor and minister was determined, he regarded Ling Yucheng as a friend, and he knew that his character was strong and arrogant. Don't say he was involved in those harem battles, he just let him watch. It also humiliated him at a glance.What's more, I don't want to see him calm and calm in front of his face, dejected and lonely behind his back. Doing this for him does not think of favor or calculation, but it is a very natural thing.

Just like in the arena at that time, he blurted out in front of thousands of people, if the general promises, I will make you the queen, and we will rule the country together-this word and promise, and I have never regretted it to this day.

That is someone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him—even if he is treated differently from ordinary courtiers, it should be.

The author has something to say: I can finally start writing a new chapter tomorrow!Oh yeah!