There are many treasures in this country

Before leaving, Xiao Suo went to the East Palace again.Hearing that the Tai Tai's uterus was sealed a few days ago, the eldest prince was so frightened that he did not sleep well for several days, and often cried and babbled in the middle of the night.

Today is different from the past, he is now a dignified and upright third rank, and he only needs a simple statement to enter and exit the East Palace, and it is no longer as difficult as it used to be.When Xiao Suo entered, a dozen or so servants were surrounding the eldest prince to persuade him to eat. The villain lost a lot of weight. It turned out that he was abnormally fat, but now he can only be regarded as rich.

Seeing him, Liang Xiao raised his chin and asked arrogantly, "Why didn't Guard Shen come?"

The one who dares to call Shen Yan a bodyguard in the world is probably Liang Xiao who is not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf. Even the emperor has never despised him so much.

The corners of Xiao Suo's mouth twitched, he saluted the eldest prince, and said: "General Shen went to fight at the border, and he won't be back for a while, doesn't the little general know?"

"Border Pass?" Liang Xiao raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it General Qin who went there? Grandpa won't let me go."

The eldest prince dodged the spoon extended by the servant, and said with a flat mouth: "It's General Shen, Ah Xiao, not General Qin." Then he looked at the servants pitifully: "I don't want to eat, don't eat."

When everyone heard the words, "Putong" and "Putong" knelt down on the ground and said in a hurry: "Please take pity on the poor servants, Your Highness. If you lose weight, the Empress will definitely kill the servants."

"Yes, yes." Another person said: "Look at how thin you have become. If you continue like this, you will get sick!"

The eldest prince squeezed a piece of flesh on his face, drooping his eyelids, and said, "My uncle is in trouble, and my mother has been sad recently, and I don't care about you. My father said that I am fat, so I need to eat less and move more. General Shen That's what it said."

"Your Highness doesn't like to eat, so I don't want to eat it." Xiao Suo waved his hands, motioning everyone to retreat, seeing that they looked at each other and dared not move, he said: "If something happens, I will take care of it, you all go down."

Then everyone backed out hesitantly.

With a gloomy expression on his face, the eldest prince tugged on his sleeve and asked him, "Is there something wrong with Dubao?"

"..." Xiao Suo really couldn't get used to the cursive words that the boy in front of him called him, bowed and said, "I heard that His Highness is ill, and because he will leave tomorrow to go to the border, I'm afraid he won't be able to see His Highness for a while, so take advantage of this Come and visit me. I know that Your Highness is in good health and everything is fine, I am extremely happy."

Liang Xiao scoffed beside him, as if he despised his flattery, deeply disdainful.

Xiao Suo didn't take it seriously, and continued to say: "I know that there have been a lot of changes in the capital recently, and people were panicked a few days ago, and the empress...was in a bad mood, but you still have to be open-minded, Your Highness, and don't be indulging in depression. It's better in the middle."

The eldest prince lowered his head and remained silent for a while, then suddenly tears began to drip down, he didn't speak, just sobbed secretly.Liang Xiao hastily took out a handkerchief to wipe his tears, while comforting him poorly.

Seeing this, Xiao Suo risked the crime of presumptuousness, walked to the side of the couch, hugged him into his arms, patted his back and coaxed: "Your Highness, don't cry, Your Highness, don't cry, these things will pass, everything will be fine. It's all right now Don't be afraid, Your Highness, and don't think too much."

"You stay... okay?" The eldest prince cried for a while, rubbed his red eyes and asked him: "You are my James, and you are also a third-rank official. I want you to accompany me."

"Your Highness will inherit the great position in the future." Xiao Suo pulled out the soft inner lining of his sleeves, wiped away the tears on his face, and said softly: "The emperor will make you the crown prince soon, then you will be the emperor in the future. As an official in the court, you will always be your subject. As long as you want, the subject will always be by your side."

The eldest prince lowered his head and shook his belt and said, "That's not now..."

Xiao Suo smiled and said: "It's also possible now, if His Highness wants to talk to the minister, he can send someone to summon him, and the minister will naturally come."

"What about tomorrow?" The eldest prince grabbed his clothes, his eyes sparkled, "You will come tomorrow."

"Excuse me for being disrespectful, but I can't do it tomorrow." Xiao Suo stroked his cheek and said softly, "Don't you remember, Your Highness? I just said that tomorrow I will go to the front line to deliver food, and I am afraid it will take two or three months before I can come back."

The eldest prince's small face immediately collapsed, and after being awkward for a long time, he took out a jade pendant with a green dragon pattern from his arms and gave it to him: "Then you take my jade pendant, and when I come back, I will tell my father that I want you to come to my palace." Be James."

"Thank you for your reward, Your Highness." Xiao Suo had no choice but to put it away in a precious and precious way, and said: "I heard that Concubine Yao has been at odds with the Empress recently, and her little prince is still in his infancy, but he is quite fond of the Emperor. Your Highness still needs to be careful. Proceed with caution, don't make the emperor unhappy, and you should also love your younger brother."

He goes to the end.

Although the eldest prince was timid, he was extremely intelligent. He nodded his head and said, "I see."

Shen Yan was once left alone by the emperor, but now he is away in battle, and it is unknown when and when he will be able to return to court.With Huan Ye's physical condition, maybe one day he will be able to ride the dragon and have a funeral.

At that time, if there is a big chaos in the court, Shen Yan will be too far away, and I am afraid that there will only be room for regret when he comes back.

He was not at home, so Xiao Suo naturally had to help him take care of everything, especially the affairs of the crown prince, let alone the slightest insecurity.

Although Xiao Suo doesn't like intrigue, he is not as complicated and sharp as Shen Yan who has been immersed in the court for many years, nor is he as sharp and sophisticated as Yan Jun.But he is intelligent by nature, and he has read the history books. He does not participate in these things but knows them.

Now is a sensitive time, and accidents can happen at any time.He heard about the strife in the harem yesterday, he was afraid of affecting the previous court, so he came here specially to warn the eldest prince.

Other than that, there is nothing to worry about.

Xiao Suo came out of the East Palace, and just wanted to go to Nancheng to see Shan Gu, when a person came up to him at the door and whispered: "My lord, Eunuch Gao asked me to give this to you." He handed over a note.

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

Xiao Suo unfolded it for a look, and put the note into his sleeve.

The cold wind suddenly picked up, and the weather became colder day by day, gradually freezing.

Another heavy snowfall fell at the border, and many cattle, sheep and livestock froze to death.The food and clothing consumption of the armed forces has obviously doubled compared to before.However, the food and pay in the army can't even last for half a month.

Shen Yan was at a loss and was so anxious that he paced back and forth in the tent, unable to find a good plan.

When Eleven came in from the outside, he was frowning and looking up the map before the case. Seeing him coming in, he asked angrily, "What's the matter?"

"Master, let's have lunch today..." Eleven bit the bullet and said, "How much rice do you cook?"

"Of course it's not until you're full, it's still a question." Shen Yan's tone was irritated.

Eleven showed an expression of resentment, and said: "As it's cold today, everyone obviously eats more than usual. We stay where we are every day, we don't fight wars, and we keep eating. Isn't it a waste of food? And That lieutenant general, Song Tang, is simply a jerk. He complains and complains every day, and he knows how to sow dissension and make sarcastic remarks. The general will deal with him quickly with military law!"

"If you don't fight, you can't keep people from eating." Shen Yan sighed, "That Song Tang, when he was suppressing pirates in the southeast, he plotted against this general, in front of his face and behind his back. As soon as I left, he hurried on Refer me to the above book. This person has long been at odds with me, and now I want to deal with him, but it will be even worse. Ignore him first, and talk about it later. If there is a big trouble, he will naturally have good fruit to eat."

"Then the deer you shot on the mountain the day before yesterday, do you want to stew it?" Shen Yan was walking in the forest that night. The deer that came out were hunted back immediately.

"Give it to everyone." Shen Yan said, "Don't keep it for me, it's not enough."

Eleven twitched the corners of his mouth: "Master, even if you don't eat it, that deer is not enough for tens of thousands of people. And according to the rules, this is what the coach deserves to eat, so why bother!"

"Then one bite per person, anyway, it's still meaty."

"One mouthful is not enough."

"Then give it to the soldiers who were frostbitten during the night when it snowed two days ago, one bite per person."

Shi Shi just wanted to refute, but before he opened his mouth, Ruan Tong suddenly came in from outside the tent and said, "General, general, guess what? The emperor sent someone to send us food, and it will arrive in about ten days!"

"Really?" Shen Yan was overjoyed, "Didn't it mean that the treasury was empty and there was no food to transport?"

Ruan Tong smiled and said: "Of course it's true, the letter just passed by Feige. It seems to be the food offered by the Shi family again. I heard that many things have happened in Beijing these days. And the supervising army who sent the food is Master Xiao, can there be any fakes?"

"Master Xiao?" Shen Yan's heart skipped a beat, his face suddenly sank, and he asked sharply, "Which Master Xiao, Xiao Suo, Master Xiao?"

Ruan Tong nodded, and took two steps back in an unpredictable manner.

Sure enough, Shen Yan grabbed the inkstone on the table and threw it out violently, whipping the horsewhip in his hand on the two armchairs.The wood was made of sand, and it fell apart in an instant.

"Who told him to come, why didn't you persuade him?" Shen Yan raised his eyebrows angrily, and scolded with his arms akimbo: "Everyone is not a moment's peace of mind, I told you to watch him, watch him, just show me like this people!"

"Grandpa...you can't blame the people in the house." Eleven picked up the inkstone that Fang survived the catastrophe, and said cautiously: "Perhaps it is an errand sent by the emperor, no one can refuse it."

"Nonsense, will the emperor ask Xiao Suo to give me my military salary?" Shen Yan snorted, and said with a sneer: "What are you doing with your brain every day, as a display?"

Eleven thought he was unlucky and shouldn't have gotten into the fire, so he stood aside resentfully and said nothing more.

Ruan Tong waited for a while, and seeing that Shen Yan had calmed down, he persuaded: "General, don't worry, Master Xiao also missed the general, so he came here on his own initiative. Didn't Tu Shanguo send someone to negotiate a peace two days ago? Mr. Xiao is fluent in Shanyu, maybe the emperor asked him to come because he saw this. Just come, stay in the camp, what can happen. With you, the general, protecting him, he will not be in danger. "

Shen Yan was furious, worried, and had a splitting headache. He closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Go out first, I'll be quiet."

Eleven is like hearing fairy music, rushing out, just stepped out of the camp, and heard his general order: "What are you going to do, come back!"

"Didn't you call it out?" Eleven walked back grumbling, and asked with a flattering smile, "Master, what are your orders?"

Shen Yan tapped the table with his index finger, and said, "Don't stew the deer, keep it for him to eat."

"...Yes," Eleven couldn't help rolling his eyes, "Got it."

Xiao Suo is in a good mood these days, he doesn't know how to ride a horse, so the emperor specially sent him a car.Starting from the capital, all the way to the north, and then to the west, the customs and customs along the way are quite new, not to mention the excitement of meeting someone who has longed for him soon.

He didn't know that Shen Yan was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, he walked happily on the road every day, and he also liked sitting on the frame of the car and eating steamed buns.Babao followed him on horseback, worried, wishing he could pour a basin of cold water on his young master's head to wake him up.

As soon as the heavy soldiers escorted the grain carts to the Shahukou area, they saw a long roll of loess, and the merchants were unable to do so because of the war.The supposedly bustling pass is now rarely visited by people, and only two soldiers are still guarding it.

Xiao Suo didn't rest for a while, he walked and told the army to pay attention to the bandits outside the pass.After walking a short distance, I saw many people selling their sons and daughters on the side of the road in front of them—apparently they were refugees who fled here to avoid the war, but were penniless and could not afford to pass the customs duties.

Its state of misery is beyond words.

Babao saw that they were all in ragged clothes, cold and hungry, and recalled his life experience, he couldn't help feeling sorry for them, just about to speak, Xiao Suo first handed out a bag of broken silver from the car window.

"Give them the money, don't say I gave it to you." He said, "After you finish your work, just ride your horse and catch up."

Babao responded, turned his horse's head and ran back.

Xiao Suo was still going forward with the grain truck, saving people was the way to save people, he didn't want to waste any more time, it would be a quarter if he could arrive sooner.

He couldn't wait.

It's freezing cold today, the night is extremely long, and it's already dark and invisible in the evening.

The army couldn't go any further, so they had to stay on the spot.There happened to be a dilapidated inn there, so Xiao Suo reluctantly brought people to live there, and ordered people to take turns to guard the army's salary.

The shopkeeper obviously didn't expect so many nobles to come to his door. There are not many people in his shop, so he was busy walking around to greet him back and forth.

Xiao Suo couldn't bear to be fussy anymore, so he ate a few mouthfuls of biscuits, drank some cold water, washed his feet with the water he had washed his face, and fell asleep with the quilt pulled.

It was a long night, and he couldn't fall asleep for a while, counting with his fingers how many days before he could reach the border town, imagining in his heart how surprised and happy Shen Yan would be when he saw him, and he would definitely hug him around in circles.

Just as he was thinking, the door panel suddenly moved.

Not to mention that he didn't light the lamp at the moment, even if the candles were lit, it was hard to see who was who in the dark room.

He turned over and saw the door bolt moved slightly to the side, and asked softly, "Who is it? The shopkeeper, is it the shopkeeper?"

There was a hole in the window paper, and green smoke curled in.Xiao Suo felt dizzy, opened his mouth while holding the edge of the Kang, and fell asleep suddenly.

Shen Yan waited restlessly for several days, but he didn't see Xiao Suo's shadow for a long time, and he didn't even have a letter, so he couldn't help but raise his heart to his throat.He sent two scouts and ordered them to spy along the way, and they would report back as soon as they saw the shadow of a grain cart.

For five days in a row, there was no news.

At dinner that day, Ruan Tong was urging him to eat, when Eleven suddenly ran in in a panic.

Shen Yan was upset and had no appetite at all, playing with the sapphire dagger back and forth in his hand, feeling uneasy for some reason.

Seeing Eleven's anxious expression, he pushed away the bowl and asked, "What's wrong, so anxious?"

Could it be that Tu Shanguo came to attack on a large scale?

Eleven was dripping with cold sweat, panting, "Master, the grain transport army was robbed outside the customs, something happened to Master Xiao!"

He missed, and his thumb immediately cut a hole.

Beads of blood gushed out from the bottom of my heart.