In charge

In the past few days, the Huazhi State army outside the city kept calling for battle, and the guard of Mu Nan Pass could not hold out.Although this is the best way, it is really not easy for a military commander to be so passionate that he can endure not to fight all the time.This made Shu Yunci interested in the general of the Munan Pass defender.

As far as she knew, the man who guarded Munan Pass was Zhongyi General Jing Sheng. According to legend, this man was originally a member of the royal family of Li Kingdoms on the other side of the mainland. It has been a hundred years since Yinguo settled down.

I don't know if it's related to blood, but the Jing family is very good.The man is literary and martial, and the woman is Wang Fu Wang Zi. The Jing family has gradually become a prominent family in the Northwest.Because of the relationship with the Kingdom of Li, although the Jing family was excellent, they were still unable to be high-ranking officials. Until Emperor Yuanming succeeded to the throne, he actually handed over the post of Munan Gatekeeper, the gateway to the west of the Yin Kingdom, to Jing Sheng.And Jing Sheng also lived up to the trust of Emperor Yuanming, guarding Mu Nan Pass for 20 years, and guarding the pass city as if it were solid.It was because of the trust of the monarch and his ministers that Emperor Yuanming was not too anxious about Hua Zhiguo's crime this time.

"I'm going to meet Jing Sheng, you don't need to follow me." After breakfast that day, Shu Yunci was ready to go out.

"Take care of yourself." Jiang Fengmin nodded, and she stayed in the inn to practice.

The Guarding General's Mansion was built in a very solid and dignified manner, but not luxurious.Jing Sheng heard that there was a battle outside the city before dawn, so he sneered, "Let them call, as long as I don't send troops, they will have nothing to do. If we expect to storm Munan Pass, 10 people may not be enough."

"The general is so calm." A girl's voice came from outside the door.

Jing Sheng frowned, where did the little girl come from?But when he took a closer look, he immediately stood up and said, "Weichen has seen Princess Zeyin."

Shu Yunci was surprised when he saw Jing Sheng but didn't panic, obviously he knew that he had arrived at Mu Nan Pass.

"General Jing is exempt from the ceremony. This princess has not caused trouble to the general when she comes to the border, right?"

Jing Sheng got up and hurriedly gave up his seat, thinking that it would be a trouble for you to come, if you get hurt, the emperor won't fight with me?But he said: "The princess came in disguise, so naturally she didn't cause any trouble."

"That's good." After the politeness, Shu Yunci chatted about the business. "It is impossible for Hua Zhiguo's [-] troops to stay outside the pass. There must be a big move in a short period of time. General Jing, if the [-] troops attack the city, how sure is the general to hold Mu Nan Pass?"

Jing Sheng is very confident, "Princess, I have been guarding this pass for 20 years, and I am very familiar with every brick in the city. Mu Nan Pass is very strong. The [-] troops seem scary, but in fact, there are mountains on both sides of Mu Nan Pass, and there is no way to spread it." Open. The enemy can only attack one side of the city, because the terrain is narrow, and no more than [-] people can attack the city at the same time, so it will be useless to attack as many people as possible.”

Shu Yunci smiled and said: "Hua Zhiguo will not fail to understand this truth, so they must have other methods."

Jing Sheng nodded, "The princess is right. So I sent people to pay attention to the movement in the city day and night, to prevent spies from making trouble, and to cooperate with the outside."

"General Jing, I visited the enemy camp at night and heard that they were waiting for the help of Yan Guo people. Yan Guo's help must not be in food and supplies. What do you think about this?"

Jing Sheng thought for a while, "Princess, Yan people are good at doing business. In recent years, envoys from various countries have come to our country more and more, and there are more and more caravans. At present, there are many caravans from various countries in Munan Pass. Because of the war , Huazhiguo caravans have already left, but the caravans from other countries have not been ordered to leave, and among them, Yanguo caravans are the most."

Shu Yunci really didn't understand this situation.This kind of caravan traveling between countries generally does not enter the mainland, and trades at the border, and then there are caravans from their own countries to transport the traded materials to the mainland for sale.

"There are so many caravans, it's hard to guarantee that no one will use the name of business to spy on information. General Jing should be careful." Shu Yunci stood up as he spoke, "I ask the general to keep the matter of my princess's arrival at Munan Pass secret for me. , I will have to trouble the general in the future, Ze Yin thank you in advance."

Jing Sheng hurriedly got up and said: "Princess, but if you have an order, I will obey it. This is my duty, the princess must not thank you."

Shu Yunci left, Jing Sheng stood at the door and watched the little figure disappear, thinking of the time when Princess Zeyin was born

At that time, he just returned to Beijing to report on his work.That day he just entered the palace to meet Emperor Yuanming, and the young emperor was holding a baby who was swaddled inside.He was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the newly born Princess Zeyin, and he felt that this girl was so cute. Those big black eyes were like a deep pool, which made people sink unconsciously. look.

Later, he also met Princess Zeyin several times at palace banquets, and every time he felt that this girl was a little different.This difference is not in physical appearance, but in temperament.As he grew older, he felt that Princess Zeyin became more and more quiet, a quietness that was completely invisible.But the last time he returned to Beijing to report on his work and attended the palace banquet, he found that the calmness of Princess Zeyin was gone, and her growth seemed to be the opposite of that of ordinary children.At the age when it should fly away, it is as calm as water, and at the age when it should calm down, it will fly again.This made him feel more and more strange about Princess Zeyin.Of course, he is a courtier, and his attention to Princess Zeyin is only out of curiosity.

Ignoring what Jing Sheng thought of her, Shu Yunci went back to the inn, but there was no one in her room, so she went to Jiang Fengmin's room.Jiang Fengmin's room was very cold, and Junetian was very comfortable in it, so Shu Yunci stayed here and did not leave.

After Jiang Fengmin's practice was over, he looked at Shu Yunci and said with a smile, "What have you gained?"

"Jing Sheng said that there are many caravans in the city of Yan State. If there are really careful operations among these people, it is hard to guarantee that it will not become a variable." Shu Yunci took the cloth towel from the shelf beside him and threw it to Jiang Fengmin.

Jiang Fengmin reached out to catch it and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "So you want to investigate those caravans?"

"It's not my turn to worry about this kind of thing. Jing Sheng will investigate. I have one thing to do now," she stretched out a finger, "Retreat."

Hua Zhiguo's call had no effect, so he could only forcefully attack Munan Pass.There are mountains on both sides of Munanguan, and there are only two gates in the north and south.Among them, the north gate leads to the interior of Yin, and only the south gate faces Huazhi Kingdom.This side was built by hewing a mountain, and the terrain is so narrow that the siege army couldn't spread out at all.Only a small group of troops can be sent to attack the city, so that the defending army can easily defeat it by taking advantage of its geographical advantage. Hua Zhiguo is nothing more than sending his head away.

This went on for ten days with no progress.The army lost more than 1 people, and only a few city bricks were taken down.Marshal Guo Jian repeatedly asked military adviser Sun Minda when Yan Guo's help would arrive. The logistical supply on his side has become more and more difficult.

Naturally, Sun Minda was also anxious, but the news he received was that Yan Guo's people had already started fighting in the city.They just need to be prepared and wait for the signal to cooperate internally and externally.

At night, smoke suddenly rose from the mountains outside the city, which was the signal of the agreement.Hua Zhiguo's army, which had been prepared long ago, marched in the direction of several puffs of wolf smoke.It is said that there is a small road here, which can bypass Mu Nanguan and directly enter the hinterland of Yin.

Several groups of people entered the mountain and gradually lost their traces.Guo Jian was informed that the men and horses were missing.He immediately suspected that there was an ambush, and just when he was about to send someone to investigate, someone reported that a group of troops had come from Hua Zhiguo.

The troops quickly entered the company battalion, and the edict was read out by the edict official. Hua Zhiguo Emperor Ouyang Ye ordered the army to withdraw immediately without delay.Guo Jian didn't understand what was going on, but he could only accept the imperial edict.

While Guo Jian was arranging for the withdrawal of the troops, he also sent people to search for the troops that had entered the mountains.At this time, someone came to report that several groups of troops who had entered the mountain sent people back to report that they had indeed found a small road that could bypass Mu Nanguan, and asked the marshal to send troops immediately, so that they could go directly to the interior of the Yin Kingdom, and they could even attack from both sides. Mu Nan Pass.

Guo Jian, as the leader and marshal, failed to achieve an inch of success in the attack on the Yin Kingdom, and cost more than 1 lives. Even if he followed the imperial edict and withdrew his troops and returned to the court, there was no guarantee that he would not be punished.And this side has found a way to win, should we give up easily?

He didn't think about it for a long time, so he asked Sun Minda to be responsible for the withdrawal of troops, trying to delay the time as much as possible, and he secretly led a large number of troops into the mountains to join the troops in front, intending to win the battle, then no matter whether it was advancing or retreating, he would can take the initiative.

Ruyi Suan made a good plan, but what awaited him was the merciless attack from the defenders of Munan Pass led by Jing Sheng.

Not to mention the ruggedness and difficulty of the mountain path, it is completely difficult.

In the death place between two mountains and a valley, Jing Sheng led his troops to ambush on the mountain, resulting in nearly 5 casualties and captures in Hua Zhiguo, and Marshal Guo Jian was arrested.Only more than 100 people fled back to the camp in embarrassment.As soon as Sun Minda heard about this situation, he knew that the other party had a master plan.He is the military adviser for this expedition, and the crime of being unfavorable in the battle did not fall on him. At this time, he didn't think about anything else, and ordered the remaining less than 3 people to retreat immediately. After he returned to China, he pushed all the crimes to Guo Jian. on the head.

Jing Sheng ordered Guo Jian to be imprisoned, and asked Shu Yunci, who was at the side, how to deal with the leading general.

"Send it back to Hua Zhi Country." Shu Yun said kindly.

Jing Sheng was taken aback, "Princess, what does this mean?"

"It's so easy for this person to fall into the trap. It can be seen that he is brave and reckless. If such a person can continue to lead the army in Huazhi Kingdom, it will be our blessing. It would be a pity to kill him. But I guess he made such a mistake." Big mistake, Ouyang Ye won't let him go easily, wouldn't it be better to send him back like this?" Shu Yunci didn't mention some reasons, she knew Jing Sheng would understand.

After all, Guo Jian is the marshal of the [-] army and an extremely important general.Although the two countries were fighting each other, if Yin Guo killed Guo Jian, it would be said that he was not tolerant enough.If you don't kill, some people will say that this is a woman's benevolence, to gain fame, in short, if you kill or not, someone will speak out.Instead of putting yourself in a dilemma, it's better to throw this hot potato to Hua Zhiguo.

Jing Sheng immediately arranged for someone to do it.In just ten days, he saw how quickly and effectively Princess Zeyin was doing things.She first sent people to Hua Zhiguo to spread the news that the army had failed for many days and that the country was in short supply of food. If there is not much territory, it is more likely to be wiped out by the Lanyan two countries.Now Huazhi Kingdom is surrounded by the Three Kingdoms, and it can still survive among the three pillars. Once this stable situation is broken, Huazhi Kingdom will be the first to destroy the country.Ouyang Kuang is a more intelligent person, and he wanted to understand this, so he immediately wrote a letter to the emperor Ouyang Ye to persuade him.Ouyang Ye was also troubled by the inability to attack the Yin Kingdom for a long time. At this time, he just fell off the donkey and ordered to withdraw his troops.

In Jing Sheng's view, this is a very good result.After all, it is not easy to keep the [-] troops. It is the best situation to strike when both sides have suffered little losses.But Shu Yunci didn't think so.She felt that if she didn't leave a big enough lesson for the other party, then when Ouyang Ye's brain got flooded again, he would make another offense.Could it be that you come to Yinguo as soon as you say, and leave as soon as you say?She found out the signal to contact the army outside the city from Yan Guo's secret work seized by Jing Sheng, so she used her plan and designed a road that could bypass Mu Nan Pass.This road can indeed bypass Munan Pass, but there is a section of the road in the middle that is cut off and cannot be passed at all.It was Jing Sheng who sent soldiers who specialized in building bridges and paving roads and worked hard for several days and nights to build this section of road.Jing Sheng himself found it interesting that they worked hard to build a road for the enemy to attack themselves.

Before that, Guo Jian's pathfinding team passed this road smoothly all the way and arrived outside the north city of Munan Pass.Just after the pathfinding team sent soldiers back to report the news, Jing Sheng sent people to arrest these people.When Guo Jian came with tens of thousands of horses, the road that had been built had already been demolished.It has not been fully dismantled, leaving the upper layer, and all the reinforcements below have been removed.As soon as Guo Jian's army went up, they all fell into the mountain.Then he was thrown down by a rock and a log led by Jing Sheng, and he would be disabled even if he didn't die.

Seeing the corpses and stumps all over the mountains and valleys, even Jing Sheng, a battle-tested veteran, felt cruel. Princess Zeyin beside him had no unusual expression from the beginning to the end, as if those were not human beings, but just a pile of garbage.This gave Jing Sheng a chill from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing the result she was satisfied with, Shu Yunci didn't stay any longer, and left to go back to the inn.

From the beginning to the end, Jiang Fengmin never showed his face in front of Jing Sheng.However, she was still worried about this kind of war, so she followed Shu Yunci secretly all the time, and only now appeared.

"Are you satisfied now?" In the past ten days, Jiang Fengmin couldn't figure out what was going on in Shu Yunci's mind.All I saw was her giving orders one after another.The news from the capital, the news from Hua Zhiguo, the news from Jingsheng, and the news from Languo and Yanguo were all gathered in her mind, and then turned into effective orders one after another.

Order issued.

"Reluctantly, Ouyang Kuang is a person who understands current affairs, so I don't have to be too extreme." Shu Yunci's words were a little vague.This is the tacit understanding between her and Ouyang Kuang.She didn't want to keep Ouyang Shi, and Ouyang Kuang also didn't want to keep this flamboyant younger brother, so Ouyang Shi was already dead.This is what Shu Yunci wanted, to retreat and kill Ouyang Shi.

Ouyang Shi, the second prince who lives far away in Huazhi Kingdom, could never have imagined that the original good story of "a fair lady, a gentleman is a good man" just because his own thoughts were too obvious, and everyone in the court knew that he angered Shu Yunci and caused trouble for himself. Had a fatal disaster.

This is Shu Yunci's first time to interfere with other countries, but it will not be the last time.And from this time on, Shu Yunci has become more and more fond of going to other countries to stir up trouble, causing the surrounding neighboring countries to suffer unspeakably.

It is a legend that one hundred thousand troops were retreated in ten days.But this is only the beginning of the legend...

On the way back to Beijing, Shu Yunci actually practiced the Xuantian Mantra.Jiang Fengmin didn't even know how she did it.Once the Xuantian Mantra was completed, Shu Yunci's previous loss of appetite problem completely disappeared, and she was like a chick waiting to be fed every day, only opening her mouth to cry hungry.

Si Ping felt that she had to return to Beijing immediately, or the princess would eat up all the money.The little black cat looked at Shu Yunci who was eating non-stop, and felt that he was saving money.

The happier person here is Jiang Fengmin. She goes out to buy food for Shu Yunci every day, not only does she not find it annoying, but she finds it a pleasure to feed him like this.

"Princess, will you get fat like this?" Si Ping couldn't bear it anymore, how could anyone eat eight meals a day?Although the current princess is a little thin, it is not good to be too fat.

Shu Yunci is also worried about this, but her current body is like a bottomless pit, and she needs to eat almost all day long.But there was nothing she, Shu Yunci, couldn't overcome.She really searched for a day, only eating three normal meals, and nothing else.Then Jiang Fengmin couldn't take it anymore because of her rumbling stomach.Hugging her and coaxing: "Yunci, let me buy you something to eat, don't make things difficult for yourself, we can't take it anymore, let's eat right away."

Shu Yunci also felt that it was indecent to keep his stomach rumbling, so he had to continue eating.

In order to be able to find out that she has gained weight in time, Shu Yunci asked Si Ping to take a soft ruler to measure her body every day, so that she could detect changes in time.However, until she entered Beijing, Si Ping did not notice that she had gained weight.

According to what Shu Yunci said before, let Jiang Fengmin concentrate on practicing exercises every day instead of running to the palace all the time.Jiang Fengmin was very obedient in this matter.She really nestled in her own small courtyard. Apart from practicing and learning the Spinning Spear Technique left by Lei Shaoyuan every day, she also taught the blood silkworm to practice the internal strength of Yuehua Jue.

Shu Yunci and Jiang Fengmin were not in the capital before, and there was no one to ask about Xuecan's qigong practice. In addition, Sheng Ci's illness broke out, so she simply gave up practicing for the time being and concentrated on treating and taking care of Sheng Ci.

Now that Sheng Ci's body is fine, Shu Yunci and Jiang Fengmin have also returned, and she picked up the Yuehua Jue and began to practice again.

Shu Yunci went back to the palace to meet Emperor Yuanming first, explained the situation along the way, and specifically mentioned Ji Anmin.Emperor Yuanming asked the local government to look up Ji Anmin and inform him that he could take the imperial examination.If Ji Anmin is really capable, he will be able to achieve results within a few years.

"Ze Yin, have you grown taller?" After finishing the business, Emperor Yuanming asked with a smile.

"Is there? My son didn't feel it." Shu Yunci was still a little excited when he said this.After all, she hadn't heard such words since she was ten years old.

Emperor Yuanming took her hand and walked to a corner of Xihua Hall, where there was a faint mark on the wall.This was drawn on the morning of Shu Yunci's tenth birthday, and Emperor Yuanming drew it according to her figure.This line has not changed in the next few years, which is really not good news.

This time Emperor Yuanming asked Shu Yunci to stand by the wall, and he took a fan and lightly drew another mark on the wall.Shu Yunci turned around and found that the marks this time were indeed a little higher than last time.

"Haha, look, you've really grown taller. I said you would grow taller. Look, I didn't lie to you, did I?" Before Shu Yunci said anything, Emperor Yuanming smiled like a child.

Leave Xihua Palace and return to Huanyu Palace.Zhong Zhaoyuan had received the news that Shu Yunci had returned to the palace a long time ago, and made a list of some of her favorite side dishes.Her mouth is sloppy, even if it is something she likes to eat, she only takes a few mouthfuls, but this time, she actually ate and ate non-stop, and ate up all the dishes.Zhong Zhaoyuan was so frightened that her breathing became short of breath.

"Ci'er, how much have you suffered outside? You are so hungry!" Zhong Zhaoyuan felt so distressed.

"Mom, I'm probably going to grow up, and I've been eating like this recently." Shu Yunci felt a little embarrassed when he said it.

"Longer?" This is a very normal thing for ordinary children, but it has become an anecdote to Shu Yunci, and even his own mother has to reflect on the credibility of Shu Yunci's words.

Shu Yunci nodded.Her mother's reaction made her a little hurt.

"Oh, that's great! Ning Qin, hurry up and tell the imperial dining room to prepare more food for the princess."

Ning Qin took the order and just went out, and came back not long after. "Young lady, the emperor said that the princess has been gluttonous lately, so he sent two father-in-laws and two nuns from the imperial dining room to build another small kitchen in our palace, so that we don't have to go to the imperial dining room every time."

This is the treatment of Princess Zeyin.Some eunuchs came in and built a stove in the side hall behind, and some people brought pots, pans, and various ingredients.

The eunuchs sent by the Imperial Dining Room, one surnamed Zhang and the other surnamed Li, were all skilled and quiet.One of the two nuns is good at pasta, and the other is good at side dishes, and they are very dexterous.

With the addition of a small kitchen, Zhong Zhaoyuan is naturally happy.She personally wrote Shu Yunci's favorite tastes and dishes and handed them over to the cook, asking them to make more dishes for health.

After a day's rest, Shu Yunci returned to the original rhythm of life.I am busy learning all kinds of knowledge every day.The only difference is that the intervals between her studies are spent eating.Then her body grew taller like mushrooms after a spring rain, and the speed was visible to the naked eye.

The blood silkworm came to the palace to deliver a bottle of medicated oil, and told Shu Yunci to wipe it every night after bathing, especially his legs.

"Princess grows too fast, and her skin can't keep up with it, so horizontal lines will definitely appear. If the princess doesn't want to have ugly lines on her back legs, don't be lazy." The blood silkworm is not here to scare people.

Of course Shu Yunci should take this kind of thing to heart, "It's hard for you to remember this kind of thing."

Xue Cang shook her head, "Miss Si ordered it. I have already prepared this bottle of medicinal oil. Miss Si said that the princess will grow taller in the future. She was afraid of what happened to you today, so she asked me to prepare this early."

"Thank you Miss Fourth for me." Shu Yunci rewarded Sheng Ci with a lot of medicinal materials, all of which were selected by Xue Cang in her warehouse.

When Shu Zhengwei saw the little apprentice who was growing taller every day, it was the first time he experienced the feeling of "a child grows taller in the blink of an eye".Now he really feels that in the blink of an eye, such a small child has grown so big.