Tanhualang

In fact, masculinity has been prevalent in this dynasty for a long time, not only among the people, but even officials in the court and in the court have many privately keeping male concubines, doting on actors, and even comparing each other, which has become a common practice.If it weren't for this, the two men just now wouldn't have been so bold to make such an intimate move in public.

But these are not in line with human ethics after all, so this trend is often criticized by people.Needless to mention others, Shen Jing subconsciously felt that Zhao Heng's calm and prudent style might not be used to this kind of men's blind dates.

The boat gradually drifted away, and the pair of men in blue and scarlet clothes could no longer be seen.The stagnant atmosphere on the ship gradually dissipated.Unexpectedly, after pouring two glasses of wine, Zhao Heng raised his glass and looked at him, and asked directly: "Are you scared?"

Shen Jing was taken aback: "Huh?"

Zhao Heng raised the hand holding the cup, and motioned forward: "Did the actions of the two in front scare you just now?"

"It's okay." Shen Jing had already calmed down, was silent for a while, and said again, "Although it is not in line with ethics, love matters are often difficult to control. How many people can do whatever they want like this?"

These words seemed to arouse Zhao Heng's thoughts. He took a few sips of wine silently, and finally nodded: "Love matters are often difficult to control. You are right."

Shen Jing smiled, and changed the topic: "I am so happy today, why bother to mention these words. Life is alive, as Li Taibai said in his poem, 'If you have wine today, you will be drunk today'."

After speaking, he picked up the jug and filled it up for Zhao Heng first, then poured a glass for himself, picked it up and said with a smile: "It's already three o'clock, and it will be His Highness's birthday in an hour. Shen Jing here borrowed flowers to present Buddha, I wish His Highness safe and healthy , everything goes well, every year has today, and every year has today.”

Zhao Heng watched Shen Jing drink it with a smile, and took a drink from his glass: "Good luck, thank you."

After drinking the wine and putting down the wine glass, Zhao Heng watched Shen Jing calmly lift the wine pot, and filled his wine glass again. He could not help but smile slightly and said, "Miao An, I am very happy today. I haven't been this happy for many years."

Quiet but silent with a smile, he filled his wine glass and raised it again: "Regard Your Highness."

The two drank three full glasses in a row. Zhao Heng played with the empty wine glass, with faint drunkenness in his eyes, and repeated: "Miao'an, Gu is very happy today."

"I'm also very happy. On a rafting boat, singing and dancing... It's been a long time since such a day has passed." Shen Jing had already drank a lot, and this time he drank three glasses in a row. Slowly leaning against the side of the boat, he closed his eyes, "...Close your eyes, it's like returning to your teenage years."

Zhao Heng put down his wine glass and asked: "So, you used to go on a boat like this when you were young? This is the first time for me to go on a boat like this."

"...That's right." Shen Jing leaned on the cloth, raised her arms to cover her eyes, and said with a smile, "Looking at the way His Highness rowed the boat, I knew it was the first time."

"..." The smile on Zhao Heng's face froze, and then he shot back, "It's not the first time for you, and you don't see it often."

Quiet but did not answer.

Zhao Heng put down his wine glass and called softly: "... Miao An?"

What answered him was a steady and long breath, his quiet chest heaving slowly, and he fell asleep leaning against the side of the boat.Zhao Heng stared at him for a moment, then picked up the jug and poured himself a drink.

When Shen Jing woke up, it was already bright in the morning of the next day.He opened his eyes and looked at the decorations around him. He was stunned for a moment, then he got up from the bed, put on his clothes, and ran out while buttoning up his clothes, just in time to meet Xiao You who was walking out of the house fully dressed: "Are you up? Quickly tidy up, Let’s celebrate His Highness’s birthday together.”

Shen Jing asked first in a panic, "Why did I come back last night?"

"How did you come back?" Xiaoyou raised his hand and tugged at his neckline, "I haven't sobered up yet, and the button was wrongly fastened. I walked back."

"Walking back?"

"Could it be possible to fly back?"

Only then did Shen Jing heave a sigh of relief, sighed, and raised his hand to slap his forehead: "... I was rude in front of His Highness again. I haven't drank so much wine for a long time, and I drink too much. I still have to worry about it now." pain."

"You still say, I'm the one with the real headache!" Xiao You sighed, rarely showing such an uncomfortable expression, "I'm seasick! I wanted to vomit when I was on the boat, and Wei Zheng carried me back last night On the way, I vomited so much bile came out. When I came back and lay on the bed, I still felt that I was shaking, shaking, and retching for most of the night. Hey, what did I suffer, next time If you beat me to death, I won’t take this willow-leaf boat anymore, it’s just terrible!”

"I'll make some Hu spicy soup to hangover later," Shen Jing said listlessly, "Let's drink two bowls together."

"I'll talk about it later. Go back and change your clothes first." Xiaoyou brushed off his sleeves with distaste, "Look at the folds all over your body, how do you wear it out?"

Shen Jing immediately turned back into the room obediently, changed into a new set of neat clothes, and then went out with Xiao You to Zhao Heng's place.

It happened that Wei Zheng was also there, so the three of them made an appointment to pay homage to Zhao Heng's birthday together and offer congratulatory gifts together.Because Zhao Heng wanted to meet a guest today, he wore a brand-new brocade robe with chi pattern, a gold peony crown inlaid with gauze wings on his head, a jade belt around his waist, his eyebrows flew into his temples, and his eyes were smiling. When he saw the three of them finished their salutes, he said with a smile: "Thank you, there is a reward. Go back and get it from Xiaoyou."

Standing aside, Shen Jingli looked at Zhao Heng in high spirits, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: He also drank until midnight, so how come Zhao Heng was so energetic early in the morning, but he was so sluggish like pickled pickles, God really unfair.

She was slandering, but Xiao You smiled from the side: "Your Highness is biased."

Zhao Heng asked with a smile: "What are you looking for?"

Xiao You said with a smile: "The three of us all gave birthday presents, but His Highness only held Shen Jing's fan in his hand. Isn't this biased towards Shen Jing?"

Zhao Heng looked up and found that what Zhao Heng was holding in his hand was indeed the fan he had drawn before.Zhao Heng opened the fan calmly, and slapped it twice: "You and Wei Zheng, one gave me a stone screen, and the other gave me an inkstone. Qian Xiaoyou, tell me, you asked me to use the screen fan to wind , or use an inkstone to fan the wind?"

Several people couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and chatted a few words together, Zhao Heng suddenly remembered something and asked Xiao Youdao: "By the way, the gifts from everywhere are clearly registered, right?"

"I remember it all."

"Did Uncle Hanwang bring any presents?"

Xiaoyou thought for a while: "...it seems not."

Hearing the words, Shen Jing sank along with Zhao Heng.Xiao You also realized something: "It's not necessarily...His Royal Highness doesn't give gifts every year. I remember it should have been given the year before last year. It seems that he didn't give it the year before the year before or the year before the day."

Zhao Heng's face turned cold and serious: "Go and check the gift list immediately, and then report to the orphan. Check carefully."

"Yes." Xiao You took the order and went quickly.

Zhao Heng sat and pondered for a while, then stood up and walked around the room for a few steps, then turned back and asked Shen Jing: "Is there anything unusual in the secret report from Shandong these two days?"

"No." Shen Jing immediately replied, "All the secret reports have been submitted to His Highness for review."

Zhao Heng paced back and forth again, and then suddenly stopped: "Gu always feels a little uneasy. Wei Zheng, you send someone to invite Sun Shangshu to come over. Shen Jing, you go to the study to draft a letter to Cao Feng, and ask him to do it well." Guard."

"Yes." Everyone led the way out.

It was a good day, but because of the lack of the birthday gift from Qingzhou Hanwang, everyone was very busy early in the morning.Shen Jing drafted a letter to Cao Feng, sent it to Zhao Heng for review, and sent someone to Henan immediately.After that, he was worried, and went through all the secret reports from Shandong and Henan. Seeing that there were no omissions, he was slightly relieved, and rushed to see Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng was frowning and flipping through the secret report page by page. Xiao You had already checked the list of gifts, and it was true that there was no Lilly from the King of Han in the report.Zhao Heng put down the secret report, and his face became more and more serious: "It's okay to forget it in the past. How can he forget it at this time when he shouldn't forget it? It can be seen that there is a ghost."

After a while, Sun Ping, Minister of the Ministry of War, also arrived. When he saw Zhao Heng, he wanted to pay respects to his birthday, but Zhao Heng stopped him: "Uncle King of Han may have decided against it."

Sun Ping was taken aback: "Is it true?"

"It's not conclusive. Just guessing." Zhao Heng sneered, "In previous years, he would have been acting more or less on Gu's birthday. But this year, there is nothing. What do you think?"

Sun Ping was silent for a moment, then said: "That's right."

"There is no news from the spies yet. Gu has ordered Cao Feng to set up defenses along the border of Shandong." Zhao Heng sat behind the case with his eyes downcast, his right hand resting on his chin, "with Cao Feng and Fang Tingxiang here, Henan should be fairly safe. Before Gu came out, he had Be prepared, Beijing is now solid. Although Nanjing has been weak in the past two years, there is no need to worry too much now that you are here."

Sun Ping immediately clasped his fists together: "Don't worry, Your Highness!"

"The only thing I'm worried about right now is one thing." Zhao Heng sighed, "The summer harvest will be over soon. In two months, Ningxia, Gansu Province will enter winter. Uncle Han Wang has been camping in Shandong for so many years, and the roots are deeply ingrained. I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover immediately. If He took the initiative to intercept the coastal shipping, and the food from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui cannot enter Beijing, and this year the north will be difficult."

Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui have always been the granary of the world.After the Grand Canal was silted up in the previous dynasty, since Emperor Taizong of this dynasty moved the capital to Beijing from Nanjing, every autumn, a large number of ships loaded with grain and cloth were transported from Haiyan and Ningbo to Tianjin by sea, and then entered Beijing, or directly transferred to various places in the north. military supply.

Shandong, on the other hand, happens to be on the main food road from south to north.Although the king of Han was in Shandong, he was surrounded by Beijing, Henan, and Nanjing, and it was difficult to stand out from the encirclement. However, if he sent ships to block the waterway for transporting grain—not if, but inevitable—then the north would be in a state of food shortage as soon as autumn fell. Dire situation.

When the northern Tatars come again, it will be difficult to predict the consequences.

Zhao Heng's face was already gloomy: "We are born from the same root, so why bother with each other. Uncle Han Wang didn't have much chance of winning, so he captured Wang Biao alone, just to give him a warning. Now that he doesn't care about the people in Shandong People, then I can only take the next step."

Shen Jing was thinking about what this so-called "lower strategy" was, when Zhao Heng asked Sun Ping again: "If you outflank with Cao Feng, are you sure you can break through Qingzhou City before winter?"

Sun Ping thought for a while and said, "Yes, yes—"

He paused: "It's just that I'm afraid that [-]% to [-]% of the troops will be lost. It's unreasonable for the King of Han to rebel. If there is enough time to attack the heart and plan, spend a while with him first, and wait until the hearts of the people are relaxed, and then fight again." Much easier."

Shen Jing's heart tightened when he heard it.

There are several guards near Jingyingjia in Nanjing. Now there are about 2 troops, and about [-] to [-] can be used.Thirty percent means [-] people.He was startled by this number, and his heart jumped up. After holding back for a long time, he still couldn't help but interjected: "...Your Highness, I have an idea."

Zhao Heng looked over with serious eyes: "What idea?"

Shen Jing paused, met his gaze, and slowly said: "Perhaps...you don't have to transport grain to the north through sea lanes."