and leave

Lu Yiqing stayed in the General's Mansion for the whole afternoon, and didn't go back until after dinner.

During the period, soldiers came to report that the Qin army had come to attack the city again, and did not rest for a few days as expected.But Wei Jiping didn't care too much, he waved his hands after hearing this, and asked people to defend the city as usual, and sent a deputy general to sit in the town, so he didn't care anymore.

Lu Yiqing could tell that Wei Jiping still attached great importance to her.She tentatively revealed a lot of news, and even bluntly said that she had King Xiang's concern behind her, but she failed to make the general retreat.

Wei Jiping even heaved a sigh of relief when she finished talking about her entanglement with King Xiang, and finally waved his hands and said, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, my Wei family army's food and salary are about to be stolen, why should he do it?"

There is a saying that is good, the generals will not accept the orders of the emperors outside - the generals guarding the border with heavy soldiers in their hands really dare to show face to the emperor, especially Yankang Emperor has no prestige.Leaving aside those empty words of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, the most useful means for the imperial court to control the border troops is food and salaries.But in the past few years, with the death of the former Chief Assistant due to a serious illness, the food and salary of the Wei Family Army has been corrupted little by little, and the connection between the Wei Family Army and the imperial court has also been cut off step by step.

Up to now, the survival of the Wei family army is worrying, even if the slogan of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is shouted loudly, there is no real bowl of rice.

Wei Jiping is not a pedantic person, although he has not had any resentment since he was persecuted, but his loyalty and expectation to the imperial court have been gradually eroded.Naturally, what he values ​​more now is the soldiers under him. If Lu Yiqing's trouble is only with a prince, then he doesn't mind confronting him at all, and presumably the other party will not turn against him because of such a trivial matter.

The two reached a consensus on the matter of King Xiang, and the relationship between the two parties was drawn much closer in an instant.Afterwards, Lu Yiqing also intentionally defended it, and finally called Wei Jingrong to accompany him, and the three of them had a meal together, which can be regarded as the finalization of the previous bet.

When Lu Yiqing came back from the General's Mansion, he was still in a daze.

Seeing her expression, Shen Wangshu was a little worried, and while pulling her sleeve to lead her back, he asked: "What's the matter, did the talk go well?" After speaking, he was worried about Lu Yiqing's loss, and comforted him: "It won't be a good talk once. It doesn't matter if you get together, after all, the matter is of great importance, General Wei has a lot of worries, it is normal to think about the gains and losses carefully, we can wait."

But when Lu Yiqing heard the words, he said: "No, we made an agreement, but I didn't expect it to be so easy..."

Having said that, it is not surprising when you think about it carefully - Wei Jiping is not stupid and loyal, and Wei Jingrong is obviously a smart person.From the very beginning when Lu Yiqing revealed his identity, Wei Jingrong probably regarded the Lu family as a solution to the current predicament of the Wei family army.

Whether it was self-declaration, acknowledgment of the life-saving grace, or revealing Wei Jiajun's current situation to her, in the final analysis, he wanted to relax Lu Yiqing's guard and make her closer to Wei Jiajun.He didn't have any malicious intentions, but revealed his intention to form an alliance invisibly.As for the joke-like bet, it was just taking advantage of the trend, and it was the first time that the two sides showed their attitudes and temptations.

The meaning of Lu Yiqing's alliance is very clear, and the Wei family army is now almost at the end of its rope.She can still afford it, at worst, King Xiang should pack up his family property and stay away, but Wei Jiajun can't afford it, so it should be more urgent than them.

The reason why the young couple is uncertain is only because of the unequal identities of the two parties.

Sure enough, Shen Wangshu was not surprised to hear her say this: "That's fine, this first step has been taken, and it will be much easier in the future."

The bottom line of a person can be lowered step by step. Shen Wangshu hasn't met General Wei yet, so he doesn't know if he is the kind of person who engraves loyalty and patriotism in his bones.But since he is willing to accept Lu Yiqing's funding, at least it can prove that he is not a pedantic and inflexible person.Now he is relieved, if everything goes smoothly in the future, it will be fine, but if Lu Yiqing insists on making troubles, it will be difficult for him to get off the boat.

Lu Yiqing nodded in agreement, she didn't think about what to do now, she just took it step by step - judging from the smoky appearance of the court today, she is not worried about the future at all, the Wei family army will be forced to do so sooner or later opposite.

The two of them temporarily settled one concern, and they both relaxed a lot, and then they talked about other things.

After returning to the room, Shen Wangshu touched the red string around Lu Yiqing's neck again, and changed the subject: "The light was not good last night, so I don't know if I read it wrong. You take out the safety buckle and I'll have a look."

Lu Yiqing shrank her neck again, took a step back to avoid it: "Wang Shu, don't make trouble, it's very itchy."

Shen Wangshu also knew that her neck was ticklish, and she would not touch it except when joking or doing certain things.Seeing this, he had no choice but to stop, and said: "Then I won't do it, you take it out for me to see."

But Lu Yiqing was not going to show her, and stepped forward to hold her hand and said: "It's okay, I read it this morning, it seems that there is a little change, but it's not obvious. Maybe it's the jade that Master Mingwu gave you. The problem is, this safety buckle doesn’t seem to be a good material.” After speaking, without waiting for Shen Wangshu to refute, he said again: “Look, it’s getting so late, I haven’t eaten yet, I’m starving to death.”

In fact, Lu Yiqing ate it, but she just wanted to change the subject.On the other hand, Shen Wangshu waited for her all afternoon, and worried that she had made a mistake in the general's mansion, and the dinner was still unused, so he didn't doubt her words.

It's just that Lu Yiqing's attitude of changing the subject is too obvious, and Shen Wangshu will not be led by her nose: "Eating is the meal, and I also let the kitchen warm the dishes, but you have to show me the safety buckle."

Lu Yiqing thought of the Ping An button that had turned black again this morning, and was afraid that it would get darker this day, so he didn't want to give it.

Seeing her faltering appearance, Shen Wangshu became more and more suspicious, and wanted to reach out to touch her again. After being avoided by Lu Yiqing, he said angrily: "I know you don't want to show it to me, but it's useless if you hide, I want to see it sooner or later." It's also visible."

Lu Yiqing was speechless.This is absolutely correct, depending on the relationship between the two, unless she intends to remain ascetic forever, how can such personal things escape the eyes of the daughter-in-law?And she still can't take off the safety buckle, maybe Shen Wangshu is on the one hand, after these two days of experience, she also feels that wearing this thing is more at ease, and she dare not take it off.

The two confronted each other for a while, and Lu Yiqing had no choice but to compromise, sighing and silently pulled out the Pingan buckle.

Bai Yu's safety buckle was lying on the palm of her hand, Lu Yiqing took a look at it first, and found that there had been no change for most of the day, and it was still the same as what she saw in the morning.It just seemed darker than last night.

Shen Wangshu also noticed it, her brows were furrowed, but unfortunately she held the safety buckle and looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure it out - this thing was very common to her from the beginning, except that it was a gift from Master Mingwu , it's just a piece of jade with poor texture.She had never felt what Lu Yiqing called "the coolness that is not covered with heat", and naturally she couldn't detect any more differences.

Lu Yiqing would not tell her this either. Seeing her frowning, he casually took the safety buckle back and put it back into the collar: "Don't look, it's just that the light was not good last night, and the change is more obvious during the day. That's all."

Shen Wangshu was skeptical, always feeling that Lu Yiqing was hiding something from her.

But Lu Yiqing dragged her to the dining room, and said as he walked, "Okay, don't worry about it. You and I are ordinary people, and it's useless to worry about it. It's better to fill your stomach first."

Shen Wangshu followed her obediently, but turned his head and said to her: "Then when the northwest side is stabilized, should we go around? You and the Wei Family Army have now formed an alliance. When the lost ground is regained, the people in the northwest side Safety should still be guaranteed. Master Mingwu said that your chance is in the northwest, if we stay here all the time, or hide in some city, we might miss it..."

Lu Yiqing knew that she was worried, but when she heard the words, she smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. They say it's a chance, you can find it if you want, it's just a matter of luck." After she finished speaking, she returned The sky pointed: "Maybe a chance will fall from the sky someday."

Shen Wangshu raised his head subconsciously, but saw nothing except the darkening sky.

But having said that, Lu Yiqing's words are also correct.They have already followed Master Mingwu's guidance to the northwest. As for what happened next, Master Mingwu didn't say anything, and they didn't make any inferences. They had no other choice but to let nature take its course.

When the two went to the dining room, the small kitchen really warmed up the dishes for the two of them, and they served them not long after they were served.

The dishes are not very good, although there are vegetables and meat, but compared with the expenses of the two of them in Chang'an and even along the way, they are not as good.But looking at the three dishes and one soup on the table, Lu Yiqing still felt a little emotional-look at what they ate, it was better than in the general's mansion. I just had a meal with Wei's father and son in the general's mansion, and there were even wild vegetables on the table It's all on the table!

All the great generals ate wild vegetables, and all the corners of the general's mansion were used to grow vegetables, no matter whether they were specially made for her to see, Lu Yiqing couldn't help but feel a little bit sad.

Shen Wangshu saw that her expression was different, and he also looked at the food on the table: "What's the matter, it doesn't suit your appetite?"

Lu Yiqing shook his head, wanted to tell Shen Wangshu about the dishes at the General's Mansion tonight, and then remembered what he wanted to change the subject and said he didn't have dinner.She didn't want to do it since she talked about it, so she changed her words and said: "No, I just saw these vegetables and remembered what I saw today. Wang Shu, you must not know if you haven't been to the General's Mansion. Vegetables are planted everywhere in the General's Mansion Well, I suspect they still have chickens in their backyard."

There is also a basis for saying this, because the dishes in the General's Mansion tonight include not only wild vegetables, but also eggs... Thinking about it this way, I somehow feel that General Wei is more down-to-earth, and he is really poor.

Shen Wangshu didn't know what to say to this topic, his expression was very complicated for a moment.

Lu Yiqing also sighed casually, and then greeted Shen Wangshu for dinner—the dishes in the General’s Mansion are really bad, and the three of them would inevitably talk at the dinner table, and she was really not full, so it’s perfectly fine now Make up again.

As the young couple ate, they didn't pay much attention to food and didn't talk about it. Lu Yiqing also relayed the conversation in the afternoon to Shen Wangshu when he was serving food to Shen Wangshu.

Generally speaking, the direction of the matter is similar to what Lu Yiqing and Shen Wangshu discussed.The shochu at the beginning was just to open up a topic, and then Lu Yiqing talked about his business, vowing that he could at least support Wei Jiping's [-] to [-] guards.When the business route with Qin is opened later, she will earn more money, and naturally she can afford more soldiers and horses.

Letting a businessman join the army, or even directly supporting people to control their lifelines, sounds a bit unbelievable.But the Wei family army is now on the verge of desperation, General Wei has no room to refuse, and even has to show the fangs of the Wei family army to prove that the support is not bad.

Shen Wangshu silently listened to Lu Yiqing's narration, and then silently ate the green vegetables she picked up, and then said: "There is nothing wrong with the rest, but Ah Qing, the original bet you made with the Major General is only for three months. , isn’t time too urgent?”

Lu Yiqing waved his hands when he heard the words, and said: "The Qin army has only attacked for more than a month, and three months to regain the lost ground is not short."

Shen Wangshu felt that the matter could not be calculated in this way, after all, the other party came prepared, and there was still a large army pressing the situation.But what is the current situation of the Wei family army? The two of them are well aware of it. How could they conquer the lost ground so quickly with the weak attacking the strong?She is afraid of quick success.

Lu Yiqing saw that she was hesitating to speak, so he could only say: "I didn't say that, it was General Wei." After she finished speaking, she raised a finger, and said: "The young general still talks to me in private. In fact, one month is enough."