Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 222 The Second Brother
"His skin is tight." Shen Zhan took Su Wanru who was rushing over, and looked down at her. Su Wanru also looked at him with a smile, and then frowned, "Why did you lose weight? Didn't you eat enough?"

Shen Zhan's voice was dry and hoarse, and he replied: "That's enough, I just miss you."

"Not serious," Su Wanru glared at him with flushed cheeks, "Now that you see me, you don't have a serious word to say."

Shen Zhan hugged her hand, stroked it, and was about to speak when he heard Zhu Xun roar, "Enough is enough, I'm still here!"

"What's the matter?" Su Wanru gave him a blank look, "Are you jealous, or envious?"

Zhu Xun beat his chest and stamped his feet, "I want to die!"

Su Wanru covered her face and smiled, and came in with Shen Zhan. She poured him tea and asked Shen Zhan, "Why did you come back suddenly? What's going on over there?"

"There is still a general attack to go, I will let everyone rest for two days." Shen Zhan took a sip of tea and replied: "Zhou Chao withdrew his army once and wanted to retreat to Shandong, but I was intercepted halfway."

Su Wanru was surprised and said: "He defended Runing to the death, didn't he want to stick it in the waist and abdomen, and prepare to rot our flesh and blood one day. Now he has given up again."

"He's a shit," Zhu Xun continued, "If he could have stopped him earlier, it was so late. Fortunately, I admired him before and regarded him as a brother. I didn't expect him to be so stupid."

Su Wanru couldn't help but refill Zhu Xun's hot tea, and said helplessly, "Can Zhou Chao be to blame? It took us only a few days to call all the way from Xuzhou, and he didn't have time and didn't know where we were going. Covering all fronts, under the premise that he just lost 6 people, he has the ability to not have so many people."

Make bricks without straw.

"This is also the reason." Zhu Xun nodded, looked at Shen Zhan and said, "Brother, you go to Shandong, and I will guard Runing for you."

Shen Zhan waved his hand, "Runing don't need to guard."

"Look, let me tell you that you don't understand." Zhu Xun gave Su Wanru a white look, "The starling said that Ru Ning doesn't need to be guarded, did you hear me?"

Su Wanru snorted, and said to Shen Zhan, "Shouldn't you just stay in Henan and go directly to Shanxi?"

"En." Shen Zhan nodded, and said, "It's enough to keep Shaanxi. There are many people behind, but there are not many people who can use it."

The corner of Zhu Xun's mouth twitched, and he cried and said, "Brother, you won't let me guard Shaanxi, then I might as well stay in Gansu." He went to guard his father's grave.

"Then what do you want to do?" Shen Zhan asked.

Zhu Xun rubbed his nose, smiled and said: "I...I want to go to Shanxi, fight all the way to Yanjing, then I will be the first to rush into Yanjing, so that everyone can see me Zhu Zhengyan .”

"Is it for Yujie to see?" Su Wanru covered her face and smiled.

Zhu Xun stared, and said unconvinced: "So what, I think what's wrong with her."

Su Wanru nodded, "It's not a big deal, as long as your starling agrees, I have no problem. But haven't you seen Yujie when you go back this time? Can you make it clear, let her wait for you?"

"Yeah." Zhu Xun hummed, and replied, "I said, unless I die, he can't marry someone else."

Su Wanru raised her eyebrows, "It's not up to her, it might be difficult for her once you leave. You have discussed the specific method."

"Well, she built a nunnery at home to be a layman," Zhu Xun replied, "Wait for me to go back."

Su Wanru was speechless, the way these two people thought was really dumbfounding.

"Okay." Su Wanru suddenly remembered her son, she hurriedly looked outside, and saw Mei Yu was standing by the wall holding an umbrella, August was under the shade of the umbrella, although she couldn't get the sun, it was still very hot sweat.

"What did he do, you punished him?" Shen Zhan glanced.

Su Wanru became angry after thinking about it, pointed at Zhu Xun and Shen Zhan and told about today's events, "The two of you are messing around, if you want to visit the mansion, you should do it aboveboard, and actually climbed over the wall to go in and eavesdrop."

"The main reason is that they are talking bad things about you, and they are so angry that they will come back to tell you in August, so we will forget about sneaking into the mansion. Otherwise, we won't be discovered." Zhu Xun said: "The Zhang family couple, It’s not something that speaks ill of people behind their backs.”

"People scold the truth, it's okay." Although Su Wanru said so, she still glanced at her son. She didn't expect that the boy was found out because he was angry because he heard others say bad things about her. She thought about it and slapped her Shen Zhan said, "The time has come for you to perform."

Shen Zhan knew what she meant, nodded, and said, "I'll go and have a look." He said and went out.

When Mei Yu saw Shen Zhan coming, she handed him the umbrella and left.

Su Wanru was watching from inside, and within a few breaths, she heard August and burst into tears. Shen Zhan said angrily: "Smart people do things without leaking water. If you are discovered, it can be seen that you are not smart. And Nothing to be proud of."

August stared at Shen Zhan angrily, and said, "I'm still young, wait for me to grow up."

"Kids do what kids do." Shen Zhan said, "You still cause trouble while eating and drinking, you're too tired, right?"

Su Wanru listened, stroked her forehead, Zhu Xun laughed, and said: "You still let mynah sing red face, is he the one who can sing red face?"

"That's right." Su Wanru said helplessly, "I made a mistake."

Zhu Xun laughed so hard that his stomach hurt.

Xiao Shan fought in Shaanxi for a month, forcing him all the way from Hanzhong to Yanping Mansion. After passing here is Yansui, which is only a day's walk from Shanxi. 4 of them went outside the city gate, and they didn't set up camp at all, they just buried the pot and ate it. After lunch, I plan to attack the city in the afternoon.

Xiao Shan was looking at the map of the area in the military tent, and Miao Changying came in with a letter, and said with a smile, "My lord, a letter from Nanyang."

"Nanyang, that may be Wanwan's letter." He took it and opened it, and saw ghostly symbols on the letter paper, with messy ink, handprints, and a round head with nose and eyes crooked on the face. Above, people look like ghosts or ghosts.

"What... what?" Miao Changying looked strange, "What does the princess mean by writing you this letter?"

Xiao Shan was also stunned, turned left and right to look around, unable to understand, then looked at the second page, and suddenly saw a black palm print on the letter paper, the palm was small, the five fingers were spread out, dragging ink in a mess, but it was leaking. ...childlike.

"It's August." Xiao Shan's eyes lit up, he laughed and showed Miao Changying, "It's a letter written to me by August."

Miao Changying also laughed, and probed over to study the contents of the letter, "What does the painting mean? This is a face, right? What are the dots on the face?"

"It seems to be crying." Xiao Shan guessed, "Is he telling me that he is crying, very pitiful?"

Miao Changying couldn't understand, and felt that what Xiao Shan said made sense, "I was bullied in August, so I wrote to you to complain."

"I don't know if it's his father who bullied him." Xiao Shan sighed, wanting to see August more and more, "I guess we have to wait another half a year to see him."

I hope to meet up on August [-]th, so that we can celebrate August's birthday together.

"Reply to him." Miao Changying said: "You also draw, I guess he wrote the letter behind his mother's back, and he doesn't know you when you write."

Xiao Shan thought about it and thought it made sense, he spread the letter paper with a smile, and was about to draw, but found that he didn't know how to draw, so he rubbed his forehead and said, "I'll think about it later." A box came out, and it contained all the toys he made or bought for August when he was free on the march.

"I have some too." Miao Changying said: "Bring it over later, let's send it back together."

Xiao Shan laughed, and said: "This kid is very smart, knowing that so many people like him, he still doesn't know how to be shy."

"He's cute." Miao Changying was extremely envious, "When we grow up, we won't be his opponent."

Xiao Shan thought about it and thought it was right, he was about to speak when someone came in to report, "My lord, there is a woman surnamed Qian who asked to see a brother surnamed Song, they said they knew Madam."

"Please come in." Xiao Shan tidied up the things on the table, and Miao Changying sat down beside him, and immediately saw two people coming in from the door, Aunt Qian Shen was walking in front, followed by Song Wan, and the two kowtowed to salute , Song Wan replied: "My lord, we were refugees from Yanping Mansion in the early years. Fortunately, the Marquis and the Princess rescued us to save our lives. We will never forget the great kindness of the Marquis and the Princess."

It turned out that they were survivors of the incident of killing refugees in Yanping Mansion. Xiao Shan asked the two to get up, looked at Aunt Qian and asked, "The last time Wanwan wrote to ask an aunt to help her find a marriage line, was it you?"

"Yes!" Aunt Qian said, "The marquis and the princess are wearing the ones that the women asked for my son and daughter-in-law. Later, the princess wrote a letter, and I went to the temple to ask for the marriage line. This line is very effective. As long as With sincerity, there is no unfulfilled marriage.”

"Indeed, Shen Zhan and Wanwan are married couples." Xiao Shan nodded and looked at Miao Changying. Miao Changying's eyes lit up, and he wanted to ask for one for his son.

Aunt Qian smiled and said: "My lord, the marquis and the princess are not wearing marriage threads, they are for begging for a child." When her son and daughter-in-law were still alive, they hadn't given birth for several years, so she knelt three times Nine prayers went up the mountain to beg.

"Oh, that's also spiritual, we are almost two years old in August." Xiao Shan laughed.

Aunt Qian nodded and said with a smile: "It is indeed spiritual. There is a woman in the village next door to us who gave birth to two daughters and went to ask for a son. After returning, she gave birth to three sons in five years."

"There are also a few in our village. After begging, they only stopped after giving birth to three or four sons." Aunt Qian said.

The arc of Xiao Shan's grin stiffened, he exchanged a glance with Miao Changying, and then said, "Does it have to be three or four?"

"Not necessarily, there is also a family that gave birth to seven brothers." Aunt Qian said.

Xiao Shan's eyes darkened, and he said with an embarrassed smile: "Brothers are so nice, it's so lively, they help each other."

"That's the truth." Aunt Qian said happily, while Song Wan abducted her, and said in a low voice, "Auntie, we didn't come here to talk about this."

Aunt Qian suddenly remembered, looked left and right and said in a low voice: "Sir, if you want to enter the city, don't go through the west gate. We will take you to the east gate, so that you can enter the city smoothly without a single soldier."

Xiao Shan raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked, "How to do it?"

"Seven of the gatekeepers in Dongcheng are from our village. After the Yanping refugee case came out, the government sent more than ten people to work in the government to make us shut up." Aunt Qian said, "We don't care about anything." Dynasties change, we don't care who is the emperor, we only know that Lord Hou and the princess are good people, and if a good person is emperor, the people of the world will have a good life."

"Okay!" Xiao Shan nodded, and said, "I intended to attack the city in the afternoon, since that's the case, then later on you will bring 5000 people and enter through the east gate, and we will cover at the west gate."

Song Wan said excitedly: "I... I will take you into the city, my cousin is on duty today."

"Then there will be little brother Lao." Xiao Shan nodded, and ordered Miao Changying to go to order soldiers. He didn't blindly believe and didn't check, but even if Song Wan and Aunt Qian set up a trap, he was not afraid.

Yanping is only a big city, unless the city is full of soldiers, otherwise, there is nothing he can do.

In the afternoon, 5000 people followed Song Wan and went straight to the east without covering up. The defenders in the west saw the situation and hurried to the east. Just as they were about to leave, Xiao Shan led people to attack the west gate. Regardless of the east gate, keep the west gate.

Two hours later, Yanping abandoned his helmet and armor and became the territory of the Later Song Dynasty.

With all his strength, Xiao Shan kept Miao Changying to deal with the aftermath, and led his troops to Yansui overnight.

In Shanxi, 12 troops have been dispatched to guard. Xiaoshan has set up camp and waited quietly for Shen Zhan. He attacked from Fenzhou, and Shen Zhan attacked from Zezhou, flanking both sides.

In Shanxi, a large number of people went to Yanjing. For a while, from Tongzhou to Yanjing, all the inns were full of people, and even people set up sheds on the street to settle down. The city of Yanjing was even more crowded, and horse-drawn carriages could not go. move.

The imperial army guarded the city gate, only allowed to go out but not to enter, and there was a lot of complaints for a while.

Su Ji led the troops to leave Guizhou, and the people lined the road to see them off. Some people even carried melons and fruits and stuffed them into the carriages.

Zhu Yin sat cross-legged inside, frowned slightly and raised the curtain to look at Su Ji, and asked, "What should I do?"

"It's all the wishes of the people." Su Ji walked beside the car and said with a smile: "You are also free, just to taste the fruits here."

Zhu Yin frowned, picked up a peach and held it in her hand, Su Ji hurriedly smiled and said, "I'll help you peel it."

"Oh." Zhu Yin handed it to him, and he saw Su Ji, who was dressed in a smoky straight dress, sitting on horseback, holding a dagger, peeling the peach skin carefully, with the head behind him invisible. The huge army, full of people but not a little messy, looks mighty.

She took a bite of the peeled peach, nodded, and said, "It's delicious."

"It's delicious." Su Ji said, "I'll try it."

Zhu Yin snorted, and handed another one to her. Su Ji shook his head, "I'll taste your dirty hands." As he spoke, he reached in from the window and took the peach that Zhu Yin ate, with a calm expression on his face. He took a bite, handed it to her, tasted it and said, "It tastes good."

Zhu Yin stared at him, then looked at the peach in his hand, his eyes were confused.

Su Ji said: "You can eat, I don't want it anymore, you can rest for a while after eating." As he spoke, he remembered something, "But there are too many things, so it's not easy to sit on?"

Zhu Yin nodded, staring at Tao Zi, her brows still furrowed, swinging between eating and not eating.

"I'll clean it up for you." Su Ji said as he got off the horse and threw the reins to Duan Zhen. He then got into the carriage, brought in the things outside the carriage, tidied them up bit by bit, piled them up, and put them away. in the corner.

The carriage was not big, and when he moved, the two of them just rubbed hands and leaned shoulder to shoulder.

"Why don't you eat it, huh?" Su Ji wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, "It's all over her face, why is she like Wanwan?"

It turned out that he regarded her as his younger sister, and there seemed to be nothing between siblings. She and Zhu Xun were also like this. Zhu Yin's strange feeling just now disappeared, and then he ate peaches and replied, "Thank you."

Su Ji patted her head, and said softly: "Thanks to you for the water conservancy work, if it were me, I don't know how long I would be here."

"You're welcome." Zhu Yin asked, "Is it true that I can see that lady lady when I arrive in Shandong?"

Su Ji nodded, "Of course, I never lied to you."

"Understood." Zhu Yin finished eating a peach, and leaned against the wall of the car to rest. Su Ji didn't talk anymore after packing up. She looked at him a little embarrassed, "Aren't you...won't you get out of the car?"

Su Ji looked natural, and replied seriously: "The road here is not easy to walk, and it is easy to bump. If the carriage is light, it will bump badly. I will help you. Go to sleep, it's okay."

There is such a saying?The corners of Zhu Yin's mouth trembled, and he replied, "Thank you very much."

"Why are you being polite to me?" Su Ji said, "Go to sleep."

Zhu Yin fell asleep leaning against the car wall, and Su Ji found a blanket to cover her.

When Zhu Yin woke up again, she found that she was leaning on Su Ji's shoulder. She woke up with a start, sat upright and said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I fell asleep, did I press you down?" She How could the one who was clearly leaning on the opposite side fall on Su Ji's shoulder?
"You're very light, it's okay." Su Ji said, and thumped his shoulders vigorously. Zhu Yin looked at his face with guilt, "Are you sore? How about I help you?"

Su Ji raised his eyebrows, nodded and said, "Okay." As he spoke, he turned his shoulders sideways.

Zhu Yin had no reason to go back on what he said, so he had to beat him on the shoulder. Su Ji watched her fist land on his shoulder with a smile in his eyes.

Outside the car, Duan Zhen couldn't listen anymore, he led the horse and walked a few steps faster in shame.

Only then did he realize that His Majesty, who has always been upright, had so many ways to deal with little girls.Miss Zhu is like a little white rabbit, and their highness is that wolf.

When the wolf didn't see the meat, it didn't matter if he was hungry, but who sent the little white rabbit to the wolf's mouth.

It seems that if you don't eat rabbits, you are violating wolf nature.

It's a pity Miss Zhu.

"How long will it take?" Zhu Yin knelt beside Su Ji, "Crossing through Huguang? Wanwan and the others are waiting for us in Shandong?"

Su Ji looked at her sideways, "Yes, they will cross the border through Huguang. Wanwan and the others are going to Shanxi, and we are going to Shandong. We will go separately."

"That's it." Zhu Yin should be, suddenly her wrist was held by Su Ji through her clothes, she was stunned, and then she heard Su Ji say: "Your hands are sore, I will squeeze it for you."

Zhu Yin blushed, and pulled her hands back.But the other party didn't directly grab her hand, but held her wrist through the sleeve. If she shook it off, it would be a bit exaggerated, but if she didn't shake it off...it feels weird.

Her heart skipped a few beats.

"Okay." Su Ji only rubbed his hands a few times and let go, "You rest, I'm going outside, if you're bored, you can come out and ride a horse."

Zhu Yin nodded and said, "Is there a horse?"

"You can ride mine, I'll just walk." Su Ji replied, "Do you want to ride?"

Duan Zhen blocked his ears, his face was flushed with age, but he couldn't bear his strong hearing, so he heard Zhu Yin say: "You walk, it's not suitable, I..."

"Then let's ride a horse together." Su Ji said calmly, "You can't walk fast, but a horse can take it."

Is this a question of whether the horse can bear it or not?Duan Zhen raised his head, thinking of Master Lin's words, he muttered: "I don't need to create opportunities for this, Second Highness did a great job."

He yelled "Drive!", let go of Su Ji's horse, and walked away by himself.

After a while, when he turned around, he saw Su Ji holding the rein, Zhu Yin sitting in front of him, and the soldiers around him laughed and joked, "Second Master, can I have an extra piece of meat tonight?"

"Two yuan is fine." Su Ji replied, "When we enter Huguang, I invite you to drink!"

Everyone was not short of meat, food or wine, they just expressed their joy, nodding their heads and booing with smiles.

Zhu Yin said awkwardly, "I'm going to the car, it's not good."

"Silly girl." Su Ji said: "What's wrong, you are not the same as Wan Wan."

the same?Zhu Yin frowned and looked back at Su Ji. Under the sun, the man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his temperament was clean and upright.

She must have thought too much.

Marching for a month, the road was very bitter. Zhu Yin stayed in the car for half a day and sat on horseback for half a day. Su Ji talked to her about the culture and customs along the way, and bought all kinds of food for her to taste. They will also take her to the top of the mountain for stargazing. In April and May, the sky is clear and the sky is clear, which is very good for stargazing. They often stay in the mountains until dawn, and then set off on their way during the day.

The days passed quickly and strangely, which she had never experienced before.

"This is Xuzhou City." Su Ji pointed to the west, "Wei Hui is over there, Zhengyan and Wanwan are over there, do you want to go and see?"

Zhu Yin paused, and said, "Are you going?"

Su Ji raised his eyebrows and replied: "I don't have time, I will attack the city after I rest and regroup."

"Then I won't go either." Zhu Yin said, "There are many of them and they can take care of each other. I can still help you if I stay with you. I want to see the new formation when you try it out."

Su Ji patted her head and said, "Okay, you rest for two days, and we will try a new formation."

Zhu Yin nodded yes.

Three days later, they began to attack Yunzhou.

　Well, it's gone today!See you tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)