The general went out again at night

The object in the painting has two eyes, one nose, and one mouth. The face is very long and pointed, three parts like a human.It is said that they are horses in the stables, but they are five points similar.By the way, when talking about horses, Ji Qianyao thought of donkeys again. Comparing this painting with the face of the donkey, there are [-] to [-]% similarities.

Like a donkey, that's even more strange, Xia Qingshu somehow hid a donkey statue in his pocket?amulet?Or does it have a special meaning?

Holding the silk painting, Ji Qianyao walked through the connecting curtain and came to Xia Qingshu's tent.

"Why are you here?" Xia Qingshu caught a glimpse, put down the mansion newspaper in his hand, and was a little surprised.Fortunately, there were no outsiders in the room, otherwise there would be gossip in the camp, which would be bad.

There was only Liu Yan in Xia Qingshu's camp, she waved her hand, Liu Yan understood, and left the door to guard.

"I picked up something by accident and thought it was very interesting, but I didn't know who it belonged to, so I came to ask you." Ji Qianyao walked to Xia Qingshu's side, shaking the silk painting in his hand.

Xia Qingshu had carried the silk painting by his side for many years, and he recognized it at a glance, and hurriedly said: "Mine, mine." Xia Qingshu reached out to take it, but Ji Qianyao avoided it with a wave of his hand.

She sat down on the chair next to Xia Qingshu, some distance away, and tightly pinched the two corners of the silk painting with her fingers to prevent Xia Qingshu from taking it away.If you are so impatient, there must be a story behind it, and you can't escape it.

"You are so nervous, why, this donkey statue has a special meaning?" Ji Qianyao smiled, with a little coercion in his eyes.

Xia Qingshu was really nervous and apprehensive when the things that had been carefully hidden for a long time were discovered, but when she heard the word "donkey statue", she couldn't hold back her smile, and let out a "puchi" laugh.

"What?" Ji Qianyao felt puzzled, and his expression suddenly became serious.I secretly thought: Is it possible that this donkey statue is related to Doctor Jiang?

Xia Qingshu blinked her innocent and pure eyes, spread her hands and said, "You said you were a donkey, but I didn't say anything."

"It's not a donkey, so what is it?" Ji Qianyao stared at the silk painting for a long while, his face full of doubts.

"Look carefully in the corner. Besides the paintings, there should be small characters." Xia Qingshu stretched her neck to remind, then thought of something, and touched her nose guilty.

Ji Qianyao turned around, and finally in a small corner, he saw the word "yao", which couldn't be smaller.

Seeing this word, Ji Qianyao suddenly realized, then raised his head, and asked in an unbelievable tone: "This is... my portrait?"

Xia Qingshu continued to blink her big innocent eyes, and nodded with a smirk: "Yes, I drew your portrait myself."

Ji Qianyao couldn't help but laugh: "I'm just a donkey in your heart?"

"Where does it look like a donkey? It's clearly like you. Every stroke and every painting on it is drawn with my whole life." Xia Qingshu took his own painting, spread it carefully on his hand, and frowned slightly. He raised his eyebrows, put aside his personal feelings, and judged fairly: "There are some deficiencies, the brushstrokes are a bit bold and bold, and my skills are limited. The Xia family has advocated martial arts for several generations, and it takes a lot of time to learn martial arts and practice martial arts." Time. Since I was young, my parents only asked me to write neatly, and they didn’t care about the time-consuming talent of painting. You know, our relationship was complicated in the old days, and I couldn’t ask others to draw, so I had to do it myself.”

After all, it has been carried by my side for many years, Xia Qingshu is generally satisfied with this silk painting.It's just that in the eyes of His Royal Highness the eldest princess, she became a "donkey statue", and she was a little dumbfounded.

Hearing this, Ji Qianyao leaned next to Xia Qingshu again, looked at the writing carefully, and then compared the painting, the difference between the writing and the painting is like cloud and mud.

I thought it was a donkey before, and guessed that it might have something to do with Dr. Jiang. Ji Qianyao didn't like it when he looked at it horizontally and vertically, but now he knows that it is Xia Qingshu's painting of himself, which is a little cuter.

Thinking of something, Ji Qianyao imitated Xia Qingshu's tone that day, and asked knowingly: "Then why did you draw my portrait?"

Now it was Xia Qingshu's turn to be hypocritical, she turned her head blankly, stared at Ji Qianyao for a long time, her cheeks were flushed, her throat slid up and down a few times, she didn't have the nerve to say what was in her heart.

Ji Qianyao stared at her beautiful eyes, and looked at her, as if he would not stop until he heard it.

After a long time, a thin mosquito moaning voice slipped from Xia Qingshu's mouth: "Because of longing."

Ji Qianyao smiled with satisfaction.

Xia Qingshu folded the silk painting and planned to put it in his pocket. Ji Qianyao spread his palms on the table and said, "Give me the silk painting."

Xia Qingshu didn't know what she was going to do, she still listened to her words and put the silk painting in her hand, and then asked: "What are you going to do?"

"Confiscated." Ji Qianyao smiled.

Xia Qing was anxious: "Why?"

Ji Qianyao didn't beat around the bush, his red lips moved slightly: "Ugly."

The corners of Xia Qingshu's mouth collapsed, looking very sad.

Ji Qianyao hurriedly coaxed: "I will draw a new one with you."

Xia Qingshu's eyes brightened immediately: "Really?"

"What are you doing to lie to you?"

Xia Qingshu was overjoyed, and looked at Ji Qianyao with bright eyes: "When will you draw?"

"Free time."

"How long will it take to finish painting?"

Ji Qianyao made a fool of himself: "I won't tell you."

This incident planted a seed of excitement and sweetness in Xia Qingshu's heart, and every time she thought about it, she would be happy for a while.

Everything is accompanied by joy and sorrow, Xia Qingshu's joy is that Ji Qian is by his side, but Xia Qingshu's sorrow is on the side of the emperor.She was acutely aware of something unusual.

In a month or so, there will be strong winds in the desert. If the wind can be beneficial to them, Xia Qingshu can take this opportunity to take down the Tatars in one fell swoop.Xia Qingshu reported this matter in detail in the memorial to the imperial court, and also mentioned the matter of food and grass.

But when the memorials were sent to Beijing, they went nowhere. In the past, it would never have happened.The matter of Ji Qianyao's departure from customs had been heard by Emperor Hongsu early on.With Emperor Hongsu's suspicious nature, he probably felt defensive.He didn't dare to spend too much soldiers and food with Xia Qingshu. If she rebelled, it would pose a great threat to him.

In this way, Xia Qingshu would find it difficult.

Food is the most important thing for the people, if there is no food and grass, there is chaos in the army, and the Tartars take the opportunity to launch an attack, not to mention losing the advantage, the entire defender may die here.

This matter must not be known by the lieutenant generals, Xia Qingshu did not tell anyone else, but only mentioned a few words with Ji Qianyao.

"Five days, wait another five days, if the imperial court still doesn't pay the military salary, I will write to my old friend and ask her to borrow some food." Xia Qingshu paced in the room with arms folded.

Ji Qianyao was surprised: "Who has the ability to afford the rations of tens of thousands of soldiers?"

"There are many merchants in the south of the Yangtze River who are rich. In the old days, I was lucky enough to make friends with one person. He was the richest of the rich and a heroic and courageous person. It shouldn't be a problem to borrow some food. It's just that it will be troublesome to others. If it's not the last moment, I won't will choose this path.”

"Who is that person?"

"My surname is Yang, and my name is Xiyu. She is the daughter of a cloth merchant in Zhejiang. She lost her father when she was young. She started a business with her mother at the age of 14. At the age of 17, she was in charge of the family property and managed it in an orderly manner. Now she is only 23 ears, and the scale of Yang's cloth shop has been expanded by three years. times." As he spoke, Xia Qingshu's eyes showed approval.

Ji Qianyao caught it, and was alert in his heart: "You are so proficient in business at such an age, you are also a strange woman in the world, when did you meet?"

"When Hongsu was traveling for two years, he happened to meet her. Seeing her in danger, he rescued her."

"Oh? What happened to her?" Ji Qianyao asked more and more carefully, feeling sour in his heart.She originally thought that Xia Qingshu's unrestrained temperament would not be easy to "attract bees and butterflies", but Ji Qianyao was wrong. It is precisely because of her unrestrained temperament that she makes many friends and attracts many bees and butterflies.Xia Qingshu also has the grace to save this Miss Yang, maybe she has secretly agreed with her long ago, waiting for the opportunity to set Xia Qingshu up.

"I met mountain bandits on my way and wanted to rob them of money. They were defeated, so I rescued them."

"Are you still in contact after the rescue?" Ji Qianyao's jealous jar was overturned, and acid water was bubbling out.

"A few letters are not considered familiar. They are just traveling together for a while in the old days. They know how to be chivalrous and courageous, and help those in need. It shouldn't be difficult to borrow some food." Xia Qingshu has her own principles: "It's just that I don't like to cause trouble to others in the end. Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will not write to ask for it."

"There is still a period of time, let's look at the situation in Beijing and China."

When the two were talking, Liu Yan came to find him, and said through the curtain: "General, Doctor Jiang invites you to come over and talk about the tree coffin and wooden box."

"Got it, I'll pack up and go." Xia Qingshu had to deal with business, so naturally he couldn't stay in the camp with Ji Qianyao.She turned her head, and wanted to smile apologetically, but Ji Qianyao looked at her with a frown, and asked in doubt: "What did you tell me about the tree coffin man? Is it true?"

Xia Qingshu forgot about this. After the night of fun, His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess liked to hear interesting stories from her in the camp. She mentioned a few strange things about the tree coffin man that day, but His Highness didn't believe it, so she called it a random fabrication.

But this matter is true, not fabricated.Xia Qingshu needs to explain to her carefully: "Really, I never lied to you."

"Is there really a half-human, half-demon thing in the world?"

Xia Qingshu nodded solemnly: "Yes. In order not to cause commotion, there is no rumor about this matter, only a few confidants and Doctor Jiang know about it."

"What is the wooden box that Liu Yan just mentioned?"

"Before the tree coffin man attacked the barracks, I gathered the strength of nine generals to kill him. The tree coffin man met the enemy with his right hand from the beginning to the end, and held a wooden box in his left hand. I felt strange. After his death I took it off afterward, but the wooden box looks small but is extremely strong. I tried my best, but I couldn’t open it. It happened last winter month. Not long after I killed the tree coffin man, His Majesty issued a decree calling me back to Beijing , this matter can only be handed over to Xueqin for the time being. She has also solved the mystery of the wooden box for a long time. The day you arrived at the barracks, she told me how to open the box, and we took out a thin slice from it."

Ji Qianyao frowned more and more as he listened: "Have you ever fought against the tree coffin man? How does its kung fu compare with yours?"

"I didn't fight it. The tree coffin man came to the barracks three times, but his subordinates resisted. The first two times he injured dozens of soldiers. The third time, I had a plan and gathered the strength of nine generals to kill him. "Xia Qingshu lowered her eyes, and said seriously: "If I fight it alone, I will probably be invincible."

"Basically lost?" Ji Qianyao was stunned. Xia Qingshu's force was one of the best in Dayan, and a person with such high martial arts said he was probably lost. One can imagine how terrifying the Tree Coffin Man is.