Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 236 Choice
"How many brothers in the family?" Shen Zhan looked at the few people and asked.

The oldest boy's face changed, and he said falteringly: "I... I'm the only one." The three boys in the back shouted two or three in a hurry.

Shen Zhan ordered the three brothers who had the most brothers, and said, "Go home and discuss with your family, and tomorrow you can be sent to the military camp by your parents and elder brothers."

"Thank you Lord Hou, thank you Lord Hou." The three jumped up, dancing happily.

Looking at the three who had no brothers, "You should honor your parents well."

The eyes of the remaining three people dimmed, and they wanted to explain something, Shen Zhan waved his hand, and was about to speak, Su Wanru pulled him back and said with a smile: "...your intentions and determinations, Lord Hou already knows, and you want to sacrifice for the sake of your country. We are also touched by our own strength.”

"However, a family is a country and a country is a country, and the family is the country first, and a man can govern the country first." Su Wanru looked at the few teenagers and said, "Taking good care of the parents and repaying their upbringing are the most important things for a man to do." .”

"If you really want to do something, it's the same in the city." Su Wanru said with a smile: "Master Yao is recruiting the Xiang army, you can apply for it. After a few years of experience, you might be able to join the Forbidden Army. It’s also doing things for the country.”

The eyes of several teenagers gradually lit up, looking at her excitedly, and looking at each other, pushing and shoving, whispering, "Will you go? Where is the Imperial Army?"

"Master Hou, the imperial army will also be under the control of the Later Song Dynasty. Will you be in charge of it? Will you come to Zhangzhou to train soldiers again?" The young man looked at Shen Zhan expectantly.

Shen Zhan raised his eyebrows, paused and said: "Probably not, but the commander of the imperial army must be outstanding, and it is enough to teach you."

Although the young man was a little disappointed, he was still excited after all. He and the others were very happy and kept bowing, "Thank you, Lord Marquis, thank you Princess, then...then let's go back and discuss it with our family."

Shen Zhan nodded slightly.

A few teenagers ran away, and one of them ran back timidly, looking at Su Wanru helplessly, and asked falteringly, "Princess...princess, what is governing a country?"

This question is really profound, Su Wanru smiled, and said: "Governing the country is a matter for the virtuous, and it is enough for us ordinary people to do what we do well and be worthy of the world."

"I see." The young man was very happy, as if he had solved his great confusion, and saluted Su Wanru. She thought he really understood, but she never thought of the young man: "Then I will be a virtuous person!"

Said, blushed and ran away.

Su Wanru smiled lightly, and Mei Yu also sighed, "It's nice to be young. There are infinite reveries and possibilities."

"You're young too." Shen Zhan looked at Mei Yu, "You're just standing still, and there are still infinite possibilities."

Mei Yu was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head with a chuckle, and said: "If I can reach the year of Ershun, I have already counted half a hundred years, so how can I talk about governing the country with the Qi family. As the princess said, doing the things in hand well will be worthy of your responsibility." In the world, wishing is enough."

"Old-fashioned." Su Wanru said with a smile: "Go back and wash up and rest, you have just completed a major event, shouldn't you be high-spirited, standing here talking about life and death, it's too negative."

The three of them laughed, and Shen Zhan said: "It can be seen that as we get older, we think about different problems. When we were young, we felt that the sky was falling when we had few gains and losses. When we look back in a few years, the things in front of us Kan is just a stepping stone on the road of life."

"All trials and calamities should be regarded as stepping stones for growth." Mei Yu nodded in agreement, "If you think about it this way, there will be no such thing as disaster in life."

Su Wanru was very curious, "The two gentlemen talked so profoundly, what triggered your epiphany?"

"Young people." Mei Yu smiled and said, "Thirteen or fourteen years old is so beautiful, and a comparison makes us realize that we are old."

Su Wanru laughed loudly, and said: "Young people are envious of you. How many people at your age can achieve such achievements. If so, I think how many young people are willing to grow old immediately."

"There is no achievement without hard work." Shen Zhan frowned, and said, "It's shameful to get something for nothing."

Su Wanru nodded, "Yes, yes, it's shameful. So there is no such thing as getting old and famous overnight."

The three of them talked and laughed and returned home.

"Brother." Zhu Xun came out from the yard and opened the door, excitedly said: "Is it going to attack Guangping tomorrow? Do you want to fight?"

They have never attacked the city before, but this time the situation is different, everyone is very angry, so they want to humiliate each other, first scold the ancestor of the opponent several times, and then let him go to see the ancestor.

"Go!" Shen Zhan said: "Go to the barracks at night and ask your husband to draft a letter of war, scold everyone you can, and send people to the city."

Zhu Xun nodded, jumped up and said, "I'll go right away." Then he said to Mei Yu, "Do you want to go with me or go to Second Brother Su?"

"I'll go take a look at Second Brother Su." Mei Yu said, "Do you have anything for me to bring to Miss Yin?"

Zhu Xun thought for a while, and said: "Let that girl come to me, and she doesn't even think about her brother being here, she really doesn't want to keep her."

Several people couldn't help laughing, but Mei Yu said with a half-smile, "Zhengyan, you...don't think carefully about the reason?"

"What?" Zhu Xun was stunned for a moment and looked at Mei Yu in confusion.

Su Wanru pulled Mei Yu and pushed Shen Zhan, "Let's go, let's go, I'll cook at noon, let's have a good meal."

"Speak clearly." Zhu Xun refused to let go, and caught up with Su Wanru, "My surname is Su, please make it clear, otherwise none of us will be able to eat today."

"What did you say?" Shen Zhan coughed and stood up, "Zhengyan, what did you say?"

Zhu Xun faltered immediately, shrank his neck and said with a smile, "It's nothing, starling, please!"

Su Wanru laughed loudly, with a smug look, she said: "Did you see that, the strong ones are afraid of the violent ones."

Zhu Xun was angry, Mei Yu also laughed, and whispered in his ear: "Second Brother Su, what do you think?"

"It's pretty good, with a good temper and sincerity." Zhu Xun said, "Reliable and reliable."

Mei Yu raised her eyebrows, "Is there no other comment?"

"What else?" Zhu Xun glanced at Su Wanru's back, and said in a low voice, "It's different from Ah Jin. I suspect that Ah Jin is like her mother, and Second Brother Su is like his father. One is cunning and the other is honest."

"It's you who is honest." Mei Yu chuckled and said in a low voice: "Think about the joints carefully, and if you figure it out, you won't be bullied by Ah Jin in the future."

Zhu Xun stared at Mei Yu and left with a smile.

"Uncle Pig, come and help." August leaned on Si Gouzi, "It's too tall, I can't climb it."

Zhu Xun talked about the past, carried August on the pony's back, and rode on the pony's back. One person and one horse were together every day, and the four dogs continued to eat grass docilely. August happily shook his head and shouted, "Drive, Drive, drive!"

Si Gouzi took it for granted, with a calm expression on his face.

"August." Zhu Xun thought for a while, and said to August: "What do you think of your second uncle?"

August was having a good time, so she didn't want to use her brain, shook her head, and said perfunctorily: "I'm so young, I don't know."

Zhu Xun thought for a while, and then changed his words, "Do you think Aunt Yin is my younger sister, why did she stay with your second uncle and not come to me? With my elder brother around, she is not safe. Besides, You and your mother are still here."

"What's the matter? There are more interesting things over there." August glanced at him, "I can't even figure it out."

Zhu Xun froze for a moment, and said angrily: "She's not a child, what are you playing for? She never liked playing since she was a child."

"I see." August said with a smile, "That means she likes my second uncle."

Zhu Xun stared, as if struck by lightning, and stood beside the horse stiffly for a long time to support August, and after a while August pushed him, "Uncle Pig, what's wrong with you?"

"Why didn't I think of it." Zhu Xun was stunned, and then figured it out. He didn't think of it because he always felt that Su Ji wouldn't like Zhu Yin, and Zhu Yin didn't think about these men and women at all.

He never thought about it that way.

"No." Zhu Xun said: "Your aunt Yin doesn't understand these things, all she has in her mind is Qimen Dunjia and Bagua Yijing."

August said oh, "That's because my second uncle likes her, and then she was coaxed by my second uncle to stay there."

Zhu Xun froze again, and murmured: "Su Shiyuan likes Yinyin? No... no way, a person like him..." He felt that Su Ji was very orthodox.

"Come down and play by yourself." Zhu Xun put August on the ground and ran to the kitchen. Su Wanru was chopping vegetables. Seeing him coming in, she cast a glance at him and said without looking up: "What are you doing, looking like a teacher asking for a crime?" look."

"What's your second brother's temper? Why do I suddenly feel that I don't understand him?" Zhu Xun moved a chair and sat opposite her.

Su Wanru casually tossed the pumpkin to him, "Peel the skin."

Zhu Xun peeled his skin obediently, using the knife slowly, as if to vent.

"You don't know my second brother." Su Wanru lowered her head and said, "He is not as honest and honest as my elder brother. He can say what he wants, and if his father and mother agree, he wants it. If he doesn't agree, he can hold it back. Open your mouth again. My second brother is not like this. I remember one time, when he was about eight or nine years old, he wanted to play with a sword from his father. Days, don't open your mouth..."

"In the end he got it?" Zhu Xun asked.

Su Wanru nodded, "He went to wipe his father's sword every day, in front of his father, wiped it carefully, and put it back after wiping. About seven or eight days later, he took out the sword and said In order not to disturb his father's work, he sat at the door and wiped it, and put it back after wiping."

"After another three or four days, he finally said that he would borrow it for a day." Su Wanru smiled and said, "Father thinks that he likes this sword so much, he will definitely keep it safe, and because he knows the sharpness of your sword, So I don’t want to hurt myself, so I lent it to him.”

Zhu Xun stared, "Be patient and scheming."

"Yeah." Su Wanru said: "When my father thought of it and told my mother, my mother laughed when she heard it, and said that the second brother was playing tricks, and my father fell for his tricks."

Zhu Xun patted the table and said, "It seems that he is really interested in Yinyin."

"I don't know." Su Wanru replied: "However, left and right are just like this. I don't think you need to worry anymore. Yinyin can't escape my second brother's palm after such a long time. According to his method, eight Nine is not far from ten."

"It's like a wolf weaves a cage and puts it in front of a rabbit's nest, and comes back to eat rabbit meat a year later." Zhu Xun said, "Your family is so cruel!"

Su Wanru gave him a blank look, "This is a happy event, you don't want to see a happy marriage become a couple."

"Yinyin can't be a queen." Zhu Xun said, "Just like her, what do you ask her to do."

Su Wanru waved her hand, "You underestimate my second brother too much. If he thinks Yinyin is good, then Yinyin will definitely be good."

"Infuriating!" Zhu Xun stood up abruptly, staring at Su Wanru, "Fortunately, I didn't like you at that time, otherwise my brothers and sisters would have been tricked by you."

Su Wanru put down the knife with a slap, and said angrily, "It's a good thing you didn't like me, otherwise I would be disgusted for the rest of my life."

"Su Wanru." Zhu Xun said angrily, "You want to die, don't you?"

Su Wanru sneered and shouted, "Husband, Zhu Zhengyan bullied me!"

"He dares!" Shen Zhan roared in the room.

Zhu Xun pointed at Su Wanru's nose, "You are ruthless!"

"Hmph." Su Wanru raised her head, Zhu Xun walked a few steps and then remembered something, "How old were you when your second brother was eight or nine years old, how did you know?"

Su Wanru was stunned, and said with a suppressed smile, "Never mind me, I'm not good at being a child prodigy. Didn't Shen Zhan tell you that I can read, recite poems and embroider at the age of one?"

"Blow it, you!" Zhu Xun left angrily. Whenever he thought of Su Ji, he was worried about Zhu Yin. He went back to his room and wrote a letter full of good words and advice, quietly took it to Mei Yu, and whispered Said: "It must be handed over to Yinyin, and don't let Second Brother Su see it."

"En." Mei Yu put it away, "Don't worry, there will be no mistakes."

Zhu Xun breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that Zhu Yin would find his way back.

Mei Yu took a nap after lunch, and rode to Dongchang in the evening. The city she entered the next day, the sheds and medicine sheds outside the city were still there, but the sick people were gone. The servants packed things in the shed, smashed the used bowls and pots and buried them in pits at the foot of the mountain.

"Just boil it and it will be fine." Mei Yu told them, "It would be a waste to throw it all away."

A few people looked at him and asked, "Is it enough to cook? How long?"

"Just boil the water for a while." Mei Yu said, "Put it in the sun to dry, and it will be ready to use after the wind blows."

The young servants were very happy, stopped smashing things, packed up the things with a happy face, started a fire to boil water, and thanked Mei Yu.

Mei Yu entered the city.

Su Ji ordered soldiers last night, and when he came home in the morning, he had just had breakfast and was about to rest. Zhu Yin poured him tea and asked, "Second Brother Su, is that gentleman still in Shandong?"

She followed because she wanted to see the gentleman.

"Yes." Su Ji looked up at her, "Wait a little longer, we will be able to arrive at Jinan Mansion in a few days, and he is in Jinan."

Zhu Yin ignored his thoughts and nodded.

"Yinyin, we will attack Jinan tomorrow." Su Ji said, "Can you stay here for now, living in a military tent is not as comfortable as living in a house."

Zhu Yin still nodded, "Okay, I happen to have some pictures to draw."

"Be good!" Su Ji patted Zhu Yin's head, "Follow me, I will make you suffer."

Zhu Yin was startled, her heart skipped a few times, and when she raised her head, Su Ji's hand landed on top of his head before she took it away. She looked at Su Ji for a while, then looked at Su Ji again, and asked, "Second Brother Su, you like me?"

This is the question she wanted to ask, and she just thought of it.

"Yeah." Su Ji raised his eyebrows, and looked at her with a straight face, without any sign of joking, "Does Yinyin like me?"

Zhu Yin looked at him and didn't respond for a long time. After half a cup of tea, her face turned red, and she looked at Su Ji and stammered, "I...don't know."

"Don't worry." Su Ji looked into her eyes, and his voice was soft and gentle, as if coaxing a baby who was about to fall asleep, "Yinyin thinks slowly."

Zhu Yin also looked at him, her heart was beating in her throat, pounding, and Su Ji's voice filled her ears...

"Second Brother Su." She coughed, "I...I don't feel well, I'm going to lie down for a while."

Su Ji understood and nodded, "Go ahead, if you're really uncomfortable, tell me and ask the doctor to come."

"Oh. Good." Zhu Yin answered, turned around and ran back to the room.

Su Ji continued to drink tea, when there was a knock on the door, he got up to open the door, Mei Yu was standing at the door, he raised his eyebrows and smiled and said: "Why are you here, don't rest for a few more days."

"I'm afraid you have something to do here." Mei Yu replied, "But when I entered the city and saw the situation in the city, it seems that I was thinking too much."

Su Ji invited him in, and the two sat down in the room. Su Ji poured tea for him, and said with a smile, "But you came at the right time. I will attack Jinan tomorrow, and there should be no rest in the city over there."

"Okay." Mei Yu nodded, looked around, "I didn't see Miss Yin, is she there?"

Su Ji nodded, "In the room, what do you need from her?"

"A little bit. Zhu Zhengyan wrote her a letter and asked me to bring it. I'll get it to her." Mei Yu got up and knocked on the door of Zhu Yin's room. Zhu Yin opened the door. The two stood at the door and said a few words. After Yu left, Zhu Yin took the letter and closed the door again.

After staring at the letter for a while, Zhu Yin opened the letter. In the letter, Zhu Xun told her about Su Wanru's story about Su Ji borrowing the sword, and then analyzed the pros and cons for her in detail. It's fine if you die, don't mention this matter. If Su Shiyuan will become emperor if something happens, have you thought about being with him, you will be the queen."

"My mother and I have no expectations for you to be a glorious ancestor. We only hope that you can be safe and happy, and live the life you want. But obviously, you are not qualified for the position of queen. Think about it. , you may be able to be exquisite in all directions, chaotic but not lost, and enjoy it."

"You are not Ah Jin. She has a lively temper. She has been used to seeing these things since she was a child, and she is able to handle them with ease. But you just want to concentrate on studying. In the future, facing these things, I'm afraid you will be miserable, bored and resentful. At that time, you will feel disgusted. Resentment, how do you live as a couple?"

"Yinyin must think clearly. If he understands the truth, he should explain it to Second Brother Su quickly, so as not to delay him and harm himself."

Zhu Yin was there in a daze, she just seldom thought about worldly affairs, she felt too intricacies, she still had fun in the book, but what Zhu Xun said immediately reminded her of many things... She really couldn't help, Can't do anything.

She is an idler, with food and books to read, and a roof to shelter her from the wind and rain, these are enough for her.

King's Landing is shoulder to shoulder with him?

This is something she never thought about.

As Zhu Yin thought about it, Su Ji's image appeared again in front of his eyes... frowning.

Early the next morning, when Su Ji knocked on the door, she didn't answer. He said through the door, "Mei Ziqing and I are leaving. I will send someone to pick you up in a few days. There are people guarding the door. Be careful." So, he went out with Mei Yu, led [-] troops, and headed for Jinan.

The whole road was full of smoke and dust, the weather in July was already chilly, but the march was full of sweat, Su Ji simply abandoned the horse, and ran with everyone together with Mei Yu, the two were panting, Mei Yu said in a low voice: "Is there something wrong with Miss Yin?"

"Hmm. It must be that Zhu Zhengyan's letter reminded her of something." Su Ji can guess it just by thinking about it. "It's about telling her about her future life. I'm afraid she won't be able to cope with it. The pure voice and the complicated interpersonal relationship She doesn't think about it, it's all about evasion."

"Then what should we do?" Mei Yu trotted, the two were on the side of the road, he wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, looked up at the sun above his head, Su Ji smiled and said: "It's okay, everyone has the right to choose, she I support any option."

Mei Yu gave him a suspicious look.

"Why?" Su Ji smiled, "Don't believe me?"

Mei Yu coughed and said in embarrassment: "Your Highness, forgive me...it's really a little bit."

"Haha." Su Ji chuckled, and said, "This matter is different from other things. I expressed my wish and my determination, but I can't force it. If she's not happy, I won't be comfortable either."

Mei Yu suddenly thought of Zhou Xian, that girl once said the same thing, stood in front of him stubbornly, and told him, I like you and want to marry you, but if you don't want to marry, then we will do it back to friends.

Later, they really became friends, but she always pretended to be calm, and mostly avoided seeing each other.

"I can't do anything about this matter." Mei Yu said: "Healing diseases and saving lives can be done, but the relationship between a man and a woman is too profound, so I don't need to bother thinking about it."

The two laughed.

Early in the morning of the second day, they marched to the gate of Jinan Mansion, set up camp, buried pots, and lit fires.

The Jinan Forbidden Army stood tremblingly on the city gate.

"Everyone inside is listening." The dedicated soldier shouted loudly: "Whoever leaves the city and surrenders before sunset will not be killed."

"At the time of You today, attack the city!"

Drums are ringing, and everything is in order. Those who cook cook, those who feed horses feed horses, those who build ladders build ladders, four horses are pulling thick tree trunks, facing the city gate, and there are rows of horses. Bows and crossbows, with hundreds of people in the dark, four arrows at a time, you can imagine the cloudy scene when thousands of arrows are fired.

"Brothers." Su Ji shouted: "Taking Jinan, whoever kills the magistrate dog official will reward him with 20 taels!"

"But there is one thing." Su Ji said: "If anyone violates military discipline, one banner will have ten soldiers, and none will be left behind!"

He divided people into ten people into one banner, ten people in one banner, five banners as a general banner, and two general banners as one hundred households. In this way, they are classified and controlled.

Someone commits a crime in one flag, and nine people sit in a row, and they will not show mercy.

"Yes!" 2 people should be, the voice is earth-shattering!
Time passed slowly, the sun was setting, and no one left the city to surrender. It was a quarter before You, Duan Zhen waved the flag and shouted: "Formation!"

The sound of rumbling footsteps shook the ground several times.

The defenders in Jinan City shrank and no one dared to respond.

Su Jilie was standing in front of the army with his hands behind his back. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of fighting in the city... It was not loud at first, but gradually the sound became louder and louder. Duan Zhen stepped forward and said excitedly: "Your Highness, you Did you hear the sound of fighting?"

"Look at the top of the city." Su Ji pointed to the top of the city, and saw that there were crowds of people running around, looking flustered and disorderly back and forth.

Duan Zhen was taken aback, Su Ji said: "Siege the city."

Before the time of You, the war drums sounded again, and thousands of people rushed to the city gate. Before they could reach the front of the city, the city gate suddenly opened with a bang, and everyone froze in place.

Inside the city gate, countless people pulled open the city gate together. They stood at the gate and looked outside. They didn't know who was leading the way, but they knelt down and shouted: "The people of Jinan Prefecture welcome the Emperor Song Wanjun!"

"The people of Jinan Prefecture welcome the Wanjun of the Later Song Dynasty."

"Congratulations Su."

"Welcome!"

Su Ji's face was full of surprise, then moved, his eyes were reddish... After the silence behind him, there was suddenly warm cheers.

Without a single soldier, they won Jinan Mansion.

"Your Highness." Duan Zhen said, "They know, they all know."

They all know who is really for the people and for their sake, and who saved their lives in this plague!
Su Ji nodded and said with a smile: "So, everything we do is not in vain. Those who are caring will always remember it well."

Not only here, when Shen Zhan entered Guangping, he didn't even set up a camp. When he arrived, the city gate of Guangping had already been opened, the head of the county magistrate was hanging high on the gate, and the Xiang army in the city stood at the gate, shouting: "Use the head of the dog official to welcome the army of Lord Hou to enter the city."

"Thank you Lord Marquis for saving your life, I will never forget it."

Shen Zhan walked into the city, and the people on the two streets supported each other and greeted each other with tears...

　Not today, okay!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)