Jun You Ji Fou

In the quietness of the midnight, there was even more silence, and a sound passed through the painted red window lattice, flicking the candle lamp beside the scroll, but it failed to disturb the action of the posterity who wrote the pen.

A thin shadow was slanted from the warm-colored lamp, and when the gorgeous eyebrows were lowered, he unconsciously showed a bit of coldness. He quietly looked at the pale yellow map spread all over the table, and the lights fell quietly.

Suddenly there was a soft 'click' in the silence, the secret door of the study was opened, Qin Zhao stepped out from it, and handed over the letter in his sleeve, "Senior brother, this is a briefing from the southern border."

"En." Chu Ming agreed, without raising his eyes, he continued to draw notes on the map, "Leave it for now."

Qin Zhao looked at the sky outside, and asked, "It's already passed, are you still going to rest?"

"You go and rest first." Chu Mingyun took a leaflet, and said while writing: "I will take the defense of the hunting palace to the imperial army tomorrow morning, and I will be busy for a while."

"Fortification of the hunting palace?" Qin Zhao asked strangely, "Isn't the commander of the Imperial Army always responsible for the garrison of the Spring Hunting in March?"

"Isn't the Xiongnu mission still staying in Beijing to wait for an answer?" Chu Mingyun put down his pen and added an inkstone, "In order not to be rude, I also invited them to go with them this spring hunting. If I do anything, I'm afraid that the commander will still make arrangements according to the old rules."

Qin Zhao nodded.

Since ancient times, emperors have followed the etiquette system and hunted every year according to the weather.

"Shitian" in "Erya" contains that spring hunting is searching, summer hunting is seedlings, autumn hunting is fertilization, and winter hunting is hunting.The order of the four seasons is determined, which is a major event of the country.

In order to prevent the descendants from being too extravagant and happy, the ancestor of the Great Xia Dynasty paid special attention to hunting and set irreversible rules.It's a pity that the emperors of these generations didn't like martial arts. Today's Li Yanzhen has turned the spring hunting into a spring outing in the mountains with the monarch and his family, which is very enjoyable.

"The Xiongnu can even hunt with a bow at a young age. On the other hand, looking at Daxia's current state, it is really outrageous. I was a little worried that I would be ridiculed by that prince, but guess what? What did your majesty say?" Chu Mingyun paused, then softened his voice and said, "It's just right, let them have a good experience of the prosperity of elegant music in Daxia."

He looked at the new inkstone, and suddenly raised his eyes to Qin Zhao, "You said that when Li Yanzhen said this, she didn't hear the sound of water in her head?"

"..." Qin Zhao was speechless, and after a while he said dryly, "Brother...don't imitate him."

Chu Mingyun smiled indifferently, and said, "Go back to sleep and leave me alone."

Qin Zhao responded, but Chu Mingyun suddenly stopped him, "That's right..."

"what?"

Chu Mingyun hesitated to speak, he seemed a little hesitant, he frowned, and after a while, his eyes fell back on the map, before he said: "That's all, it's nothing."

His appearance is really rare, Qin Zhao stared at him for a long time, then suddenly said: "There is another message from Su Shiyu."

"Oh—?" Chu Mingyun didn't look up, "What news?"

"Su Shiyu also brought back a man from Huainan."

The handwriting stopped, and a small group of ink marks appeared on the plain paper. Chu Mingyun slowly raised his eyes and looked at him expressionlessly, "Continue."

"It's gone." Qin Zhao said.

Chu Mingyun stared at Qin Zhao steadfastly, Qin Zhao looked back expressionlessly, a moment of silence froze and became stiff.In the end, Chu Mingyun laughed, and said calmly, "If you learn this mess from Du Yue again, believe it or not, I'll beat you up too?"

Qin Zhao silently looked away, and said, "It's a young general under King Huainan who has just been appointed. He is eighteen or nineteen years old. His name is Luo Xin. According to Su Shiyu's order, he returned to Beijing with the hunting convoy."

"Luoxin?" He had never heard of such a character before, Chu Mingyun thought for a moment, and pondered: "Eighteen or nineteen is the time when it is easy to cultivate, but now there are no generals in the court, if Su Shiyu wants to recommend him to Li Yanzhen, I am afraid that he intends to divide the military power in my hands."

Qin Zhao suddenly became nervous, "Then what should we do?"

"What should I do?" Chu Mingyun glanced lightly, with a cold smile on his lips, "What are you worried about? If you train him, he will be able to succeed? Can it be done?"

"Oh." Qin Zhao felt relieved.

Having said that, Chu Mingyun still had some irritability between his brows and eyes. He raised his hand and touched the center of his brows, waved his hand to signal Qin Zhao to leave quickly, and didn't speak any more.

On the desk, a candle was flickering brightly.

In the early morning of the next day, when the twilight was dark, the commander of the forbidden army saw the Taiwei waiting in the palace as soon as he entered the palace. He hurried forward to apologize when he was shocked.

He took the map with both hands in trepidation, and after listening to Chu Mingyun's simple instructions, he couldn't help but look at his expression carefully, and asked tentatively: "Xu Mu today, Mr. Chu woke up so early, what's the matter?" ?”

"Nothing else," Chu Mingyun looked down at the folder in his hand, "I didn't sleep."

Commander Sansan, "...then I will send you out of the palace."

He glanced at the commander, handed over the booklet, turned and walked out, and the commander respectfully followed behind.

In the dawn, the palace city was silent, and the green tiles flew up and down in spring, and occasionally some palace sweepers bowed and saluted them, and then backed away to avoid them.

Chu Mingyun suddenly said, "Let's take a look at it now, and if you don't understand something, ask quickly."

Hearing this, the commander hurriedly opened the booklet, and after reading it, he couldn't help being slightly surprised, "Master Chu... Hasn't the southern foot of Qishan Mountain never been garrisoned?"

"The southern foot of Qishan Mountain is a steep slope, and there is Weishui below. It will swell in spring, and the river is too fast to pass people. It is a natural barrier, and of course there is no need to garrison it." Chu Mingyun took the booklet and read it. After a glance, he walked forward, "However, there is not enough rain this year, and the warming is slower than before, and the river flow is much more sluggish. This time, without the obstruction of Weishui, anyone with a little skill can pass through the southern foot Go up the mountain. And the southern foot is close to the Hunting Palace, if..."

His voice gradually softened, and suddenly there was no more to say. The commander was listening intently with his head down, only to realize that Chu Mingyun had stopped at some point when he came back to his senses.

The commander looked back wonderingly, and saw the Taiwei lord raised his eyes and stared into the distance, his pupils were dimmed, but a smile slowly emerged from his lips clearly.

"Finally there is something that pleases me." He seemed to sigh in a low voice, which could not be heard clearly in the morning wind.

The commander followed his gaze and turned his head to look, and saw someone walking alone under the rose trellis, his figure was like an orchid orchid and a jade tree.

"Look for yourself." Before the words finished, the booklet was stuffed over, and the commander stared blankly at him, refusing to give him any part of the corner of his eye, and walked straight over.

Step by step on the bluestone slabs, stepping on the fallen flowers on the ground that have not been cleaned in time.

"Master Su—"

The thick crimson petals are stained with morning dew, and the dark fragrance floats.

Su Shiyu stopped in the spring scenery, paused for a moment, turned around, raised his eyes and smiled, "Lord Chu, long time no see."

"I haven't seen you for a long time," Chu Mingyun stopped in front of him a few steps, and smiled with a drawn out tone, "I don't know if Mr. Su misses me in Huainan?"

"What does Master Chu think?" Su Shiyu looked at him with a light smile.

"I think so." Chu Mingyun raised his hands, tilted his head and smiled with crooked eyebrows, "If that's the case, why don't you give me a hug?"

As he said that, he really wanted to embrace him, Su Shiyu was slightly stunned, and saw the unknown commander of the forbidden army not far away, he hurriedly took a step back and raised his hand to block him, somewhat helplessly, "Lord Chu, this is the palace."

Chu Mingyun put down his hand indifferently, looked back, the commander trembled as if waking up, bowed his head from a distance, then left in a hurry.

He looked back unhurriedly and asked, "Just came back?"

"Yes, I just went to Xuanshi Hall to present the reward to His Majesty." Su Shiyu walked out side by side with him.

"How about Huainan?"

"It's fairly stable now, but Lord Chu probably feels that things won't be so simple. Right now, I have to wait and see what happens, and I will urge His Majesty to implement the Grace Promotion Order as soon as possible."

"You really don't want to say a word, come and listen?"

Su Shiyu subconsciously opened his mouth to answer, but after a pause, he realized what he said, turned his head to look at Chu Mingyun's smiling eyes, he unconsciously bent his lips, looked away, but did not answer, "Master Chu, why did you enter the palace early in the morning after taking a holiday?"

Chu Mingyun slightly raised his eyebrows, "It's fine..."

"My lord, stay!" A loud shout suddenly sounded from behind, accompanied by the sound of running very clearly.

They turned around and saw a young man catching up in a blink of an eye. He wiped the sweat off his forehead unsteadily, and said, "You walked so fast, I haven't thanked you enough yet!"

Su Shiyu smiled flatly, "You have thanked me many times on the way, besides recommending talents is what I should do, and being appreciated by His Majesty is also because of your ability, there is no need to come to thank me."

"How can I say that," the young man insisted. "Without you, I'm afraid I'd never be able to come to Chang'an in my life. Of course I have to thank you very much! Then... how about I treat you to dinner?"

"No need," Su Shiyu said with a smile, "I will be a colleague in the future, and we will meet more often at banquets, so why are you so polite?"

"But……"

"This is the person you brought back?" Chu Mingyun interrupted and asked Su Shiyu.

The young man let him examine him strangely, "It's me, what's wrong?"

Su Shiyu raised his hand slightly to signal him not to speak again, and turned to Chu Mingyun with a smile, "This is Luo Xin, and he will serve in the Ministry of War in the future. He is still young and doesn't know the rules, so I have to ask Master Chu to forgive me in the future. "

"Oh—?" Chu Mingyun laughed, "Master Su has always followed etiquette, how did this person who doesn't know the rules make you fall in love with him?"

"Rules can be taught again, but sincerity, loyalty and courage cannot be taught." Su Shiyu replied with a faint smile, and from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of Luo Xin still staring at the two of them, and looked over: "Do you have something to say? "

"En!" Luo Xin nodded hastily, "My lord, I also want to ask if I won't be able to see other lords if I don't go to court today?"

"indeed so."

"Then where can I meet General Chu?" Luo Xin asked.

Before Su Shiyu could answer, Chu Mingyun spoke first, looked at him expressionlessly and said, "What do you want him for?"

His attitude was inexplicable, and Luo Xin couldn't help feeling a little dissatisfied, "Don't do anything, can't you just take a look?"

"What's interesting?" Chu Mingyun asked.

"That's the general who repelled the Huns!" Losinti said, "The states and counties that were occupied by the Huns for five years have all been regained within a year after he appeared. Doesn't that look good, don't you? "

Chu Mingyun suddenly sneered, and his eyes fell on the ground, "Ren Huns have been bullied for five years and they are indifferent. All the soldiers are incompetent and self-righteous, and they will be dragged down for a year to recover the lost land. The military affairs are in decline. With that look, I really don’t understand what makes you feel proud, and you have to mention it over and over again.”

Losington was annoyed, "It's easy to say, why don't you call—"

"Luoxin." Su Shiyu interrupted him, "This is Taiwei Chu."

The voice suddenly stuck in his throat, his face flushed immediately, Luo Xin stared at Chu Mingyun helplessly, "What, what?! You...how did he...really...?"

Chu Mingyun glanced at him.

Su Shiyu met his disbelieving gaze, and nodded hopelessly.

Luo Xin abruptly turned his face away, stopped looking at Chu Mingyun, looked at Su Shiyu tongue-tied for a long time, and finally uttered a sentence with difficulty, "General Chu?! He... how could he grow up like this..."

"Why did you say that?" Su Shiyu asked puzzled.

Luo Xin frowned, and muttered in disappointment, "How can a great general look like this... like, like a little girl..."

"..."

Chu Mingyun laughed very lightly when he heard the words, and turned his head to look at him, "Then what do you think I should look like, nine feet tall, majestic and burly?"

"En!" Luo Xin nodded immediately in response.

"Iron teeth and copper teeth, and the strength to carry a tripod?"

"Hmm!" Luo Xin nodded.

Chu Mingyun stared at this round-faced young man with straight brows and dazed eyes, and then looked away complicatedly, too lazy to speak again.

The silent Su Shiyu saw his expression, and couldn't help lowering his eyebrows and smiling faintly.

He was already different from ordinary people, so why did he need such a heroic and forceful posture.

Thousands of bottles of wine, thousands of volumes of books, it is difficult to wash away the arrogance.

That's just right.

Dressed in red clothes like a fire, he rode straight into Chang'an, passed through the bustling city and turned into an alley, and stopped in front of the mansion of Lu Shi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

The young woman dismounted from her horse, threw the reins to the welcoming servants, raised her feet to enter the house, and opened her mouth to shout, "Father, I'm back!"

Lu Shi walked out of the court quickly, and as soon as he saw her, he looked over from head to toe. Seeing that she was safe, he calmed down and asked, "Qinghe, I let you travel outside as you like, you really don't plan to come back?"

"No way, am I back now?" Lu Qing said softly.

"If I don't send a letter ordering you to come back, you will come back on your own initiative?" Lu Shi said.

Lu Qinghe hurriedly avoided this topic, and hugged Lu Shi's arm affectionately, "Father, I just came back from the snow mountain. Have you ever seen the snow mountain? It's just—"

"Don't say that," Lu Shi interrupted her, "You know what I mean by calling you back."

Lu Qinghe shook his head without changing his expression, "I don't know."

"If you don't know, then I'll tell you again," Lu Shi said bluntly, "The reason why I asked you to come back is to find you a good husband to marry and settle down as soon as possible."

"father--"

"Stop doing this," Lu Shi withdrew his arms unmoved, and said sternly with a straight face: "You want to be a ranger, you want to travel around, that's fine, I'll follow you, but Marriage is not child's play, and you are not too young, so don't try to bargain with me!"

Lu Qinghe pouted silently.

Seeing this, Lu Shi's tone became a bit tougher, "In a few days' time, the spring hunting will be attended by noble relatives and important officials. Just follow me, take a closer look at those talented children, pick out the one you like, and when you come back, dad will go Say hello to you."

Lu Qinghe covered his face and said quietly, "My daughter understands."