That night.

The emperor bowed his head and read the book. This was the first time he had opened a military book in many years.

His father was a martial emperor, he had been walking in the barracks when he was young, he had read countless military books, and he was well-informed, but he could tell the good from the bad with just a few glances.

This is a good book, Father thought to himself.No, it's not just good, it's an amazing book of tactics.

After reading it carefully, even a martial arts emperor like Fu Huang who has experienced many battles has to applaud the genius of the writer.

Look again and turn to the front page to see the signature, Gu Xichao.

The royal father was even more astonished as a heavenly man, and he raised his head and secretly glanced at the big brother Jun who was sitting on the other side of the desk, feeling a sour jealousy welling up in his heart.

Gu Xichao, the bamboo horse Spinach who grew up with his elder son, he has a brilliant literary talent and unique political views, down to a strong martial arts, and now there is one more thing, the art of war is supernatural.

The emperor knows that Brother Jun has long been optimistic about Spinach as the future prime minister.After a long period of observation, Father Huang also felt that this son was not bad, he was indeed a prime minister.But looking at it now, how can this be an ordinary head of civil servants and prime ministers?This is a decathlon genius who can both write and lead the army.

Ah, damn it!The emperor also wanted such a bamboo horse.

But how could the father say such words?Father is a mature and stable adult.

So he pretended to be calm and sighed to Brother Jun, "My boy, you little prime minister is amazing. Just based on this book, if he comes to the martial arts, I will give him a martial arts champion."

Brother Jun was drinking tea, but he didn't put down his cup after hearing this, he just glanced coldly, looking at his father from the corner of his eyes, "Give it, and then take it away?"

Those eyes were so cold, so disgusting, that the emperor's father trembled.

The royal father took a sip of tea in embarrassment, and he recalled the matter of spinach's fame being taken away.

He also didn't want to, every talented person who passed the imperial examination would eventually have to pass the background inspection of the Ministry of Household Affairs.At that time, the Ministry of Household Affairs had not yet been torn apart by Brother Jun, and was under the full control of Mr. Cai. The result of the investigation depended entirely on his mood, even if the emperor wanted to protect him, he could not protect Spinach.

When the father came to the throne, he held the military power in his hand, and there were countless brave generals under his seat.And Mr. Cai is the head of the civil servants and the elder of the two dynasties, so it is difficult to shake his control over the civil servants.Even to this day, my father only let Tai Fu Zhuge Zheng me open a small part of the opening.

Hey, Taifu Zhuge is still too rigid in dealing with things, sometimes he doesn't know how to adapt to Cai Jing, if Fei Ju is still there...

The royal father sighed faintly.

Brother Jun gave him another look out of the corner of his eye.

I don't know if my father is getting old recently, and he always likes to reminisce about the past.The most exaggerated thing is that he forgets about his own reminiscences, but also likes to hold Brother Jun and talk non-stop.Brother Jun was numb to hearing this, as soon as his father sighed, he knew that this stinky old man was going to start farting again.

Brother Jun put down his glass, got up and was about to leave.But the father was faster than him, and moved the chair to his side with a swish, reached out and hooked Brother Jun's shoulder, and pressed Brother Jun back like a good brother.

Brother Jun sat back down, and before he could sit still, he saw his old father raised his head, his eyes sparkled with flashes of memory, "Son, do you know that Father had once had something like you and spinach?" Such a close brother."

Brother Jun didn't speak, because he didn't know how many good brothers his father had.Ever since Father Huang began to reminisce about the past, the brothers he mentioned are different every time, but each of them seems to be like brothers with him.

Come to think of it, this time it's another new brother that Brother Jun has never heard of.

However, no.This time, the protagonist in the father's mouth turned out to be an acquaintance, the enlightenment Mr. Jun Ge Luobotou, and Dayu's former left minister, Fei Ju.

Father Huang said that Fei Ju was a very talented man, like spinach, with the appearance of a refined scholar and the heart of a general.

He and Fei Ju met in the army when they were both teenagers.

At that time, Dayu's army was constantly stormy, with disasters inside and enemy attacks outside, burning, killing and looting. Dayu's army was defeated and retreated steadily, and the people were in dire straits.Seeing that the building was about to collapse, the dignitaries in the imperial city still looked drunk and hoped for death.

The father is a prince, and he is also a member of the rich, but he doesn't want to indulge in the beautiful illusions in the imperial city like his brother, and he doesn't want to watch his family and country collapse.So, under the puzzled and even mocking eyes of all the brothers, he took the initiative to petition and went to the front line.

It was then that he met his like-minded brother Fei Ju in the army.

Unlike his father, Fei Ju didn't have the talent to lead the army, but he was good at talking and negotiating, and he was a rare diplomat.

Fei Ju never swears, but Father Huang knows it is because he is proficient in the skills of yin and yang.

He, when angry, is the legendary underworld man.

Fei Ju served as an envoy in the army, and at a young age he dared to travel between the barracks of the two countries alone.

His father once asked him, "Aren't you afraid?"

The young Fei Ju smiled slightly and said, "Afraid? Of course I was. Those barbarians always talk dirty. I was afraid I couldn't control my temper, so I chopped them up."

Fei Ju, a man with high martial arts skills and good at fighting alone.Under his literati and gentle youthful appearance, there is a violent heart hidden.He hates when people are against him, and he also hates when others are yin and yang to him.

He is arrogant and hates others looking at him from above.He also protects his shortcomings with double standards, and he is very good to those who are included in his territory.

One day coincided with his father's birthday, Fei Ju happened to go to the enemy's main camp to prepare for peace talks.

Before leaving, Fei Ju swore that he would bring back good news as a birthday gift to his father.The emperor was very moved, held his hand and told him that it would not matter if the peace talks failed, but he must take care of his own safety.

Fei Ju nodded and said yes, and then went for a few days.Just when the father was frightened, Fei Ju suddenly appeared, covered in blood, looking at the barracks and screaming continuously, all the military doctors rushed forward.

Unexpectedly, before the military doctors stretched out their hands, Fei Ju pushed them away and came to the front of the father, without any signs of injury.He raised his hand, and a round package appeared in front of his father, "For you."

Father was stunned for a moment, and took it over.The knot of the package was too tight, and it took him a long time to remove a little bit of looseness.

At this time, Fei Ju was surrounded by military doctors again.He refused to go back to the tent with the military doctors, and the military doctors were worried that their great envoy would be injured and bled to death, so they could only go outside and check his clothes, so that the front of his clothes was slightly loose, revealing half of his solid body. chest.

In the past, he always looked like a literati, but now that his clothes were messed up, he was more chic and arrogant than his colleagues had ever seen.He watched his father dismantle the action for a long time, and explained, "This is a birthday gift."

"It's a pity that the peace talks failed." He said, "After much deliberation, I have to make up for you."

"It's good that you come back safely." Father Huang nodded.That barbarian was unreasonable and untrustworthy. He and his comrades did not place much hope on the peace talks.

He asked, "What's in there?"

"Oh, it's not a novelty." Fei Ju said casually, "I thought I didn't have enough time to buy you something, so I went to the Barbarian King's Court and broke my head."

"Ah?" Father's hand trembled.

It just so happened that the package that had been untied at the last knot came loose, and a head fell out of it, rolling to the ground with a grunt.The onlookers looked down——

Good guy, it turned out to be a dead head.

Take a closer look, shit!It turned out to be Ashina, the barbarian king who has been in the royal court.

The soldiers looked down at the head on the ground, and fell into an eerie silence on the spot.

"Ah Xi." Suddenly the corner of Fei Ju's mouth curled up, revealing a charming smile that he had never seen before, and said, "Happy birthday."

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The young father: ...

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Brother Jun after listening to the story: ...

Brother Jun couldn't help but feel moved.He suddenly realized what a gentle man Spinach is, so gentle that he knew a truth since he was a child, that is, gifts can be grounded, but they must not be grounded.

His spinach, never gave him a severed head as a gift.

Father Huang was also very moved when he thought of the beginning.

Although his good brother Ah Ju does some underworld things from time to time, most of the time he is still very earthly. Cai Jing was so angry that he was half dead.

Those days were beautiful.Father Huang is very happy, and Fei Ju is also enjoying it, enjoying the way Cai Jing can't understand him and can't kill him.

Later Fei Ju got married, and his father personally presided over his marriage.His wife is a fairy-like woman. It is said that the two fell in love at first sight, and later gave birth to a daughter.

Fei Ju didn't say her daughter's name, but the father knew that the child was probably surnamed Shi.

Father has always known that his good brother actually has another name, Shi Zhixuan, who is a well-known member of the Demon Sect in the Jianghu.While using Fei Ju as the prime minister, as Shi Zhixuan, he was also active in the arena. He inherited the sect and became the suzerain. Everyone in the arena called him the evil king.

In the eyes of the Jianghu people, he is an evil magic master, but in the eyes of the father, he is a reliable person.He is a demon, and maybe his original intention was not righteous, but what he did was far more noble than those who yelled at him.

Together with his father, he helped Dayu in the wind and rain, not only regaining all the lost land but also expanding the territory.As an official in the court, he suppressed the highly respected Cai Jing faction, allowing countless children from poor families to have room to breathe and display their talents.

And what about those so-called upright people?Supporting and adoring Cihang Jingzhai, the leader of the martial arts world, he went out to the rivers and lakes to find the true emperor, claiming to set the world right.

Father still doesn't know what Zheng is, but he knows that no one can always represent the righteous way.He can't, Fei Ju can't, even his eldest son Gu Jun——

Father Huang suddenly met Brother Jun's eyes.Those eyes are so firm, so ruthless, like a piece of wood that will never be moved by outside objects.

The father realized that he shouldn't look at his beloved son with the eyes of ordinary people.

Because his brother Jun is not a human being, but a sword repairman.

Brother Jun has been like a sun since he was born, his whole body seems to exude dazzling light.That is not an ordinary ray of light, it is the light of the righteous way, shining on the earth.

Father couldn't help holding Brother Jun's hand, his eyes became hot, "My son!"

Brother Jun could see that his father was full of drama again, so he didn't want to cooperate with acting.

So Brother Jun withdrew his hand mercilessly, "Say what you have to say."

The royal father choked up.

He thought of his thinning hair, his aging years, and his brother.

His brother Fei Ju finally chose to resign and took his wife and children to retreat into the world, but what about him?At such an age, he is still working day and night, and he has not yet fulfilled the promise of traveling together with his beloved wife, the queen, that he made when he was young.

The father was a little unwilling, with tears from the vicissitudes of his eyes, and sincerely asked his eldest son, "Do you want to become the throne?"

Brother Jun was taken aback.He hoped that his father was acting, but at a glance, it was all sincere.

His father, the high and mighty Ninth Five-Year Supreme, was willing to abdicate at this age. He was obviously still at a healthy age. Although he already had a few white hairs, his energy was so strong. Vigorous and lasts a long time.

But what does he want to do at this time?He wants to abdicate, he wants to slip.

How can this be so?Now that he's slipping away, won't Brother Jun have to do so many things in the future?Brother Jun is still so young and hasn't experienced the surge of youth, how can he just sit in the palace like this?

No, Brother Jun doesn't want it.

This bad old man has a very bad heart.

So, Brother Jun firmly refused, "No."

The old man's tears flashed, and he wiped the corners of his eyes artificially, "That's right, your prime minister hasn't grown up yet, and everything is not ready yet."

The old man made some calculations.At this time, Spinach is in the army, and according to his ability, he will probably get a lot of military merits soon.According to the reward and punishment system of the military camp, it won't be long before this kid can climb all the way.

When he is a lieutenant, Spinach will be able to get in touch with the general, and the emperor can ask the generals under his command to promote him secretly, and bring him back to the capital when he reports on his duties, and then find some reason to let him stay in the capital To be an official.

I believe that with the partners of Spinach and Brother Jun, everything will soon be on the right track, and after the two make some achievements, the father will be able to abdicate smoothly.

Great!

The abacus in father's heart was crackling.

In order to make it easier to connect with the generals under his command, he pretended to ask Brother Jun casually, "Speaking of which, your little prime minister has been in the military camp for some time, did you say which camp he went to?"

"Northwest." Brother Jun thought for a while, "Xunwuying."

oh, patrol-

Wait a minute, Xunwu? !The emperor's eyes widened in disbelief.

Father Emperor, a man who controlled almost all Dayu's army.He controls 99% of Dayu's military camp, and the people in charge of the camp are all his trusted brothers.

As for the spinach, 99% of them didn't go, and the remaining 1% went, and it was the one secretly controlled by Cai Jing.The only patrolling battalion that has no cronies of the father and emperor, and the generals are all incapable of fighting, and the No. [-] battalion.

Omg.

Spinach, this handsome man, is his face really white?

No, it's black.

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The black ghost Spinach who was far away in the barracks held a pen and sneezed hard.

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The emperor's heart is extremely complicated.

Xunwuying is a well-known barracks that have been put down, and the person in power is Huang Jinlin, the nephew of Fu Zongshu's family who is in the same party as Cai Jing.This person is so rejoicing, he is incapable and likes to suppress capable subordinates, he is the rotten person among the rotten people.If they were in other camps, such people would either be kicked out of the camp or beaten to death with the rod.

But this person was born to join Cai Jing's sect, relying on his status as the backer of the Fu family to show off his might.Under his leadership, the Xunwu Battalion was rotten to the bone, and the new soldiers who joined the battalion would not get any way out even if they made military exploits.If the merit is great, it will be taken over by the boss.

The emperor couldn't see this kind of rotten camp, and wanted to rectify it several times.But this Xunwu battalion is dead and dead, and they are loyal to Cai Jingyi's faction, and recruits will investigate the background in private when they enter the camp.The emperor's father sent people several times but failed to sneak in.

However, the spinach went in.

For a moment, the father couldn't tell whether Spinach was lucky or unlucky.

The emperor raised his head, sighed and looked out the window at the imperial garden.

It was already dark, and there was only a faint light from the street lamps in the imperial garden.Father called the lamp not far away, and a black cat climbed on that lamp at some point, which was raised by father in the palace.The cat tilted its small head and its big green eyes just met the eyes of the father, and it wagged its tail.

After a long time, the royal father sighed, took out a jade token from the drawer, and solemnly placed it in Brother Jun's hand, "Ah Jun, I leave it to you, go and inspect it."

Brother Jun paused when he heard that.He was a little puzzled, wondering if his father had lost his mind, otherwise how could his father, who had never wanted him to go out, take the initiative to let him go out?

"On weekdays, I listen to the reports of the generals, but I have never visited each battalion." Father said, "After so many years, I don't know what each battalion has become. It is inconvenient for me to go out of the palace. I will go to inspect it. If there is something wrong, I will allow you to make a decision on the spot without reporting it to me."

"Any decision?" Brother Jun asked.

"Anything." The emperor nodded, "including beheading."

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When Brother Jun left the imperial study room, Haoyue was already in charge.This time he came to the imperial study room and dismissed the accompanying palace people, and he was alone when he returned to the East Palace.Instead of carrying a lantern, he walked by the moonlight.

The night in the palace was very quiet, and the conversations of the palace people were all lowered.They thought Brother Jun would not be able to hear, but in fact he could.Over the years, Brother Jun's five senses have become more and more acute. Even if he doesn't intend to listen, he can clearly hear the conversations of the people around him.

He could hear the palace people whispering, and he could also hear his father talking.Before he left, his father had already recruited secret guards.

Brother Jun's senses told him that the dark guard entered through the window of the imperial study room, holding a cat in his arms.Father said that someone would copy Qilue and send it to the generals, and he also said that someone would draw Cihang Jingzhai's attention away, so that the women in Zhaizhong who had already arrived in Beijing would not find the trace of Brother Jun.

Brother Jun understood that his father told him to leave Beijing because he didn't want him to meet those people.He didn't know what kind of existence Cihang Jingzhai was, and he didn't want to know.Unlike his younger brothers, he doesn't have much desire to explore in some things, because he knows he has more important things to do.

He didn't want to think too much, but just looked up at the bright moon hanging high in the sky.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is full and bright, the clear light seems to cover the earth with a layer of frost, and also illuminates half of the dark room through the windows of the camp dormitory.

Spinach sat on his bed, looking at the moon in the sky through the small window.The surrounding voices rose and fell, it was his roommates snoring.Many soldiers in the army share a room, and several comrades sleep on one long bed.

Most of them are big and thick, they sleep and snore, and sometimes they don't wash their feet, which is hard for clean spinach.But he can't change these roommates, he can only endure.

After more than a year, he has gotten used to life in the camp.I am used to the roughness of my roommates, to their dirty words, and to being laughed at by them.

They always laughed at him, at his thinness, at his whimsy.He is obviously just a pawn of humble origin, and he still thinks that he will be able to make his mark one day.

They said he was dreaming.The roommates who are also pawns are talking, and so is his boss.With a determined heart, he presented his self-written military book to his superiors, hoping to show off his talents.But what about his boss?

But he didn't even read it, and when he heard it was a book of war, he tore it up.

At that time, the boss smiled, laughed coldly and disdainfully, and said, "A villain must have the self-knowledge of a villain. Stay in the dust obediently, and don't try to climb up. That's the place for the upper class, not the villain." People can touch it. Still write the book of war? Just rely on you?"

The memory came back, and Spinach lowered his eyes.

He gently flipped the torn book paper in front of him.These are the seven fragments he picked up from the ridicule of his colleagues, piece by piece, none of which is complete.He closed his eyes, and the scene of shredded paper flying all over the sky during the day seemed to appear before his eyes again.

His dream seemed to be broken again.On the day of his full birthday, he was crushed bit by bit by his boss and his colleagues.

He fell into confusion again. He didn't know whether his persistence was correct, and he didn't know where his way forward was.

Everyone said he shouldn't be dreaming, but he didn't understand.

Could it be that because of a humble background, people don't have the right to dream?

He suddenly wanted to ask his brother Jun, so he raised his pen.He wrote a lot, about experiences he had never mentioned in his family letters before, about the destruction of Qilue, about his confusion and patience.

Borrowing the moonlight, he wrote many sheets of paper, as if he wanted to force out the depression in his chest.But he stopped again.

He thought, writing about these things can only increase the family's worries.

What he experienced was the rules in the camp.From the general at the head of a battalion to his superior lieutenant to the pawns, everyone is like this and is obeying.Unless you can listen to the heavens, who can change?

He laughed self-deprecatingly.

Perhaps, this is his fate.

He put down the pen, pressed the unfinished letter under the pillow, covered the quilt, and closed his eyes in the moonlight.

It was late at night, and everyone in the camp fell silent. The night watchmen dozed off with their guns on their hands, and everyone in the dormitory fell asleep.

The pure moonlight fell on the dormitory, and with the voices of the dormmates one after another, a white goose with a rubbed red head popped out of nowhere.It wandered silently between the beds of all the roommates, patrolling left and right among the stinky feet of the roommates, its goose face was full of disgust.

Soon, it finally found its target in the stinky feet——

Its second brother, the second brother who looked extremely white and tender among a group of big men.

It rattled up to Spinach, stretched its neck to look at the sleeping face of the second brother.

Oh, as expected of the beautiful second brother, he is so good-looking even when he is sleeping.

Goose quietly poked the second brother's soft hair with his mouth, then suddenly lowered his head and poked his flat goose beak into the second brother's pillow, and immediately pulled out the stack of unfinished letters.

It is very happy, Doudou's eyes are shining with excitement.It tiptoed to the door, gently pushed open a crack of the door with its feet, and then swished out.

Wuhu!take off!

Goose helps the second brother deliver the letter!

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When I woke up the next day, I found the spinach with the letter missing: ...

Wait a moment?who?

Who took my letter?

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