The runaway general of the black-bellied book

On March 31, Xuan Tieqi defeated the Qiang people in Shuobei, and the squadron returned to the court.

The end of March and the beginning of April are the best time of spring in a year.On the way back to the capital, there will be occasional thin drizzles. However, none of them are cold, only a kind of soaked coolness and tingling.

There are frequent good news from the north, and the floods in the south are being properly dealt with.The Emperor Longxin was overjoyed, and he was not in a hurry to urge Xuan Tieqi to return to the capital to return to his command.After the tiring battle, everyone finally had some time to rest.So I don’t rush on my way, just walk around and see if I encounter something interesting occasionally, and I will stay there for a few days.

Although Xuan Tieqi said that he should be recalled to Beijing this time, in fact, not many people took action.The enemies in the north are so wicked that they hastily dispatched most of their troops to the capital. If they find out, they will probably seize this opportunity to sneak in.Therefore, the return to Beijing this time is actually only the command of Li Yuze and several major subordinates, leading more than a thousand elite soldiers.

A soldier in military armor came to the carriage and said, "My lord, I have a letter from you."

Li Yuze reached out to take it, and the soldier bowed respectfully, and trotted away.

Yang Shu glanced at it quietly. Fortunately, it was just the most common beige envelope.If it was the rushing dark red of hundreds of miles, he couldn't bear it a few more times.

"Not His Majesty's?"

"No." Yang Shu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yuze didn't open it in a hurry, and reached out his hand, and put the envelope into his pocket again.The lettering on the envelope was very beautiful, small, Yang Shu was a little far away, and the horse was shaking, so he couldn't see anything clearly.But when Li Yuze said that it was not sent by His Majesty, Yang Shu felt that the head on his neck was much more stable.

"How many times have you received such letters during our journey?" Yang Shu took the rein and glanced at Li Yuze's expression.From the day they received the decree to return to Beijing, they started their journey from Shuobei, and Li Yuze kept receiving letters from the capital along the way.At first Yang Shu thought it was from General Li and urged Li Yuze to go home.It wasn't until the letters came one after another that he realized something was wrong.But when he observed Li Yuze, the other party didn't show any dissatisfaction, and he couldn't help being a little curious.

"Is General Li so worried? We are not children in our early ten years, so why worry?"

Li Yuze shook his head with a smile: "It's not from my father."

"Who is that?" Yang Shu asked quickly, "Could it be your sweetheart? The girl you like?"

This was just a casual remark, I never thought that Li Yuze would not refute it.She just folded her arms and looked at him leisurely.

Seeing him like this, Yang Shu's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help feeling sad.The two fought together in Shuobei, and Li Yuze even found his sweetheart who exchanged letters, but he, a lonely family, had nowhere to go.

"It shouldn't be so... We have been fighting in the Northland all these years, and we haven't heard anything about you... Could it be the girl you mentioned when you came home a few years ago?" Yang Shuren has nothing serious, but his mouth Broken, and sometimes his thoughts are unconstrained, and he often speaks out without thinking. "Then this girl is really infatuated. You have been away from home for so many years, and no one complains."

"It's Zilan." Seeing that his words were getting more and more outrageous, Li Yuze interrupted, and at the same time blinked maliciously, "I wrote down everything you just said. When we return to Beijing, I will When drinking with Zilan, I must repeat it to him completely."

"Lord Fang?" Yang Shu didn't expect his guess to be completely off the mark, and the protagonist of the letter was such a person.He paused for a moment, and then asked in doubt: "Isn't Mr. Fang still working on water control in Yaozhou?"

In the farthest north they were not well-informed.But Fang Yimin's meritorious service in water control in Yaozhou, and the fact that he was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, even in Xuan Tieqi, many people are talking about it.Although the help of the Fang family is indispensable, and the old Prime Minister Fang must have supported his grandson a lot in the court, but at such a young age, he is only in his early 20s, and he is already a third-rank official, which is unique in the entire court.

What's worth mentioning is that Li Yuze, the commander of Xuan Tieqi, and this Master Fang are good friends who grew up together.After the two became adults, one entered the Ministry of Industry and the other entered the Ministry of War. They made great achievements at a young age, which aroused the envy of many people in the government and the opposition.

"Things are going well, Zilan has returned to Beijing ahead of schedule." Li Yuze stared at the phantom of the green hills in the distance, with a little smile inside.His pupils are naturally darker than others. Black is good at covering up everything, and it can help him cover up all emotions well.

But at this moment, those purely black eyeballs couldn't play their usual functions - Li Yuze was obviously in a good mood, even if he tried hard to suppress the smile on his lips, the joy was still revealed from his eyes.

He held the long rein in the palm of his hand, and the horse under his crotch was still walking lukewarmly, just as peaceful as his mood.

Finally, the troubles in the north have been quelled, and I am about to return to my hometown where I was born and raised, to reunite with my relatives... The friends who have been away for several years have also made great achievements in water control. The promises we made together when we were young are still here One by one, how could Li Yuze not be excited?

"But speaking of it, I haven't figured out how to report to His Majesty yet..." Yang Shu caught a glimpse of the vacancy next to Li Yuze, sneaked a sneak peek at the conspicuous carriage of the army behind him, and began to frown again.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be such a thing as a carriage in the army.They are all marching and fighting people. To be honest, they even live with their heads tied to their belts.Ordinary soldiers naturally marched on their feet, while those with higher status could ride on horseback. Very few generals would march forward in a carriage.One is that the terrain in Shuobei is rugged, and it is not easy for a carriage to travel.Second, as the leader of an army, he should have set an example.Riding a horse can also be said to save some energy. If you usually travel in a carriage, it is simply outrageous.

But at this time, the identity of the person sitting in the carriage can be said to be special, or not special.

Regardless of whether it is special or not, the person in the car is actually Li Yuze's lieutenant, just like Yang Shu.If it was really based on status, it would not be his turn to take the carriage.Jiang Ji was originally the Minister of Dali Temple, a serious civil servant.It can be said that it is an extremely absurd decree to be sent to Shuobei this time, but it was ordered by the emperor himself.Not to mention Yang Shu, even Li Yuze couldn't figure out what His Majesty the Emperor was thinking.But after watching Jiang Ji's expedition, Li Yuze sent several urgent secret letters to Shuobei, and Li Yuze felt that Jiang Ji's own will was far greater than that of the emperor himself.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the dozen or twenty secret letters asking about Jiang Ji's situation, and the countless secret decrees to "take good care of him".This is what Li Yuze thinks is very special about Jiang - a small minister of the Dali Temple can actually make His Majesty make repeated orders, ordering Li Yuze to protect him.Sometimes Li Yuze didn't even know whether His Majesty had sent him a lieutenant general, or if the Xuan Tieqi invited an ancestor.

The emperor's will is not too much, and Jiang Ji, when he received His Majesty's will, thought that he would really send an ancestor to Xuan Tieqi, but he did not expect that Jiang Ji himself was not squeamish at all, and his body was also very good. There is also a faint talent in leading troops to fight.Li Yuze was originally worried about handing over the soldiers to him, but he had been convinced by him in the past two years of big and small battles, and he had long since let go of his prejudice against Jiang Ji.

These twists and turns in the middle, Li Yuze thought about it for a while, but couldn't think of a reason, so he stopped thinking about it.He has been like this since he was a child, with a simple personality, and there are too many things he can't figure out, so there is no need to get too entangled.It was precisely this unwillingness to mix in those overly complicated things that made Li Yuze choose the Ministry of War after he became an adult.Leading troops to fight, on the one hand, can be regarded as inheriting his father's career, and not burying his father's title of great general.On the other hand, the battlefield, while brutal, is also straightforward.Rather than letting Li Yuze go to court every day and fight invisible verbal battles with those old guys, it would be better to stab a Qiang person in the territory of the North to feel at ease.

"What's the job?" Li Yuze was distracted for a moment, not paying attention to what Yang Shu said.Yang Shu turned his head back and pouted at the carriage that Jiang Ji was riding in.

Li Yuze laughed for a moment: "Jiang Ji was only slightly injured, and he could walk around in the ground. It's just that he wanted to recover quickly, so he just stayed in the carriage for a few days."

Seeing that Yang Shu was still worried, Li Yuze added with a smile: "When we enter the capital, Jiang Ji will probably be all right, and he should be able to ride horses with us. What are you worried about? Besides, swords have no eyes on the battlefield, and so does Your Majesty." I know, don’t worry about him blaming him.”

Li Yuze may not have the guts to say the latter sentence before, but he has seen the weight of Jiang Ji's words in front of His Majesty, and he has obtained Jiang Ji's guarantee before, saying that His Majesty will not blame Xuan Tieqi for his injury, so Li Yuze has nothing to worry about. up.Besides, the battlefield is bound to have a lot of bumps and bumps.Compared with His Majesty's order to protect Jiang Ji, Li Yuze still appreciates Jiang Ji's attitude more.In a battlefield where death is possible at any time, blood and sweat, everything other than killing is not so important.

Seeing Li Yuze's attitude, Yang Shu didn't want to say anything to him, but secretly complained in his heart.Li Yuze thought simply, Jiang Ji's identity should be important, but the war situation is special, he has tried his best to protect Jiang Ji, and Jiang Ji himself has no objection, so it is estimated that His Majesty will not be dissatisfied.But how could things be as simple as Li Yuze thought?

Yang Shu originally had the same idea as Li Yuze.However, after he accidentally opened a secret letter from His Majesty to Jiang Ji, his mind has completely changed.

Your Majesty actually has that kind of thought towards Jiang Ji... This may also explain why Jiang Ji chose to come to the Northland where birds don't lay eggs, instead of being a good Dali Temple minister.

In Yang Shu's view, His Majesty's way of raising canaries seems to be loving, but in fact it will only raise and use the eagle.And Jiang Ji was not the kind of person who would be willing to let His Majesty protect him—when Jiang Ji was working in Dali Temple, Yang Shu was not familiar with him, and he didn't know much about his days.However, in the past two years in Shuobei, Jiang Ji's combat quality and strategizing all showed that he is an extremely ambitious and capable person.

Yang Shu has neither the mind nor the guts to think about the relationship between these two right now.The closer he was to the capital, the more frightened he became.The news of Jiang Ji's injury was concealed by himself, saying that no one was allowed to tell it.So His Majesty still doesn't know about Jiang Ji's injury, and the letters are the same as before, at most twice a week.If this is not believed, Yang Shu is also terrified.As soon as the letter came, he was worried again. All in all, he felt that his head was in danger, and he felt that his head should be able to stay well.

"Shu Zhi, let me tell you that you are so good, but there is something you shouldn't." Li Yuze said slowly, seeing Yang Shu's expression getting more and more anxious, he continued, "You shouldn't worry about things all day long. No."

Li Yuze glanced at the crown of his hair: "You know, young people think a lot, but they tend to grow gray."

As soon as he kicked the saddle, the horse under his crotch got the command and immediately moved forward.Yang Shu was left behind by him, he was scolded, and he was a little dazed.It took a while before he realized that the commander was turning a corner and saying that he was born prematurely.

Unconvinced, Yang Shu twitched the reins a few times: "Commander, wait for me! I don't know how to grow gray hair! Let me tell you, it's easy for you and Mr. Fang to worry a lot..."

Li Yuze laughed out loud when he heard this.In the spring of March, a group of people marched to the capital like this.

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