Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 57

On the way from the flower hall to the Huqiu small courtyard, Shen Haolin was thinking about Xue Ruitian's words, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what he said was right, that kid Song Jue had bad intentions and had no good intentions for his tea.Not only Xue Ruitian couldn't bear such a thing to happen, he couldn't bear it either.

Shen Haolin still remembers the first time he brought Shencha into the palace. At that time, the late emperor was still alive, and the dragon was healthy and full of energy, while Song Jue was still a man who had never opened a government office and was thinking about going outside the palace. The prince who ran away did not have the same identity and status as now, and even the prince of Zhen Guogong was far more important than a prince who was idle and didn't care about things.

That time he entered the palace because the first emperor wanted to meet the orphan girl adopted by the Duke of Zhen Guo. After all, the Duke of Zhen Guo guarded an important town on the frontier. As far as it is concerned, it is a great disaster.Therefore, for the sake of prudence, the first emperor still met her personally and asked her in detail to find out what the origin of this girl was.

At that time, Shen Cha, although he had been raised in the Zhen Guogong's mansion for two or three years, and his body was well maintained, he still looked listless. He didn't like to talk or laugh, and he liked girls. He doesn't have any interest in many things, and he is completely different from those royal relatives and nobles in Xijing, and the delicate little ladies in the homes of important officials in the court.

However, after a brief response from the imperial court, the first emperor was very satisfied with Shen Cha, and felt that she would become a famous general of Da Xia.After all, Jiaping Guancheng is no better than Xijing, even if it is a girl, born as a general, she still has to go to battle to kill the enemy.If you are like those delicate little ladies in Xijing, with confused thinking, spoiled temper, and can't bear hardships, there will be no other way to go except one death at the border.

Facts have proved that the first emperor had a very accurate eye for seeing people. Three years later, Shen Cha became famous in the first battle and became the youngest female general in Great Xia.

However, when he entered the palace for the first time, he never thought that there would be such a day. Shen Haolin just obeyed the order of the first emperor and his parents and brought his younger sister to Xijing to face the saint. He was introduced to him by his baby sister.

If he knew that Song Jue would have unreasonable thoughts about Shen Cha in the future, Shen Haolin would never do that.

"Brother? Brother?"

When Shen Haolin heard Shen Cha's voice, he came back to his senses instantly, and turned to look at Shen Cha with a dazed expression.

"What's wrong?" Shen Haolin looked around, only to realize that at some point, they had already returned to Huqiu, back to their own house, even the cloak on his body had been taken off.He rubbed his forehead, smiled at Shen Cha, "I seemed to be distracted just now."

"It's more than just being distracted. Brother came out of the flower hall with an absent-minded look. Are you worried about something?"

Shen Cha took off her cloak, handed it to Mei Zhu, and told her to bring two pots of hot water, and bring in another pot of hot tea by the way.

Mei Zhu nodded, hung up the cloaks of the two of them, turned and walked out, and passed by Mei Lin who came in with a large stack of books and official documents.

"General, these are the official documents you left in the flower hall." Merlin put the top stack on the inside of the desk, and put the rest in the middle, and said, "This part has just been delivered. There are some correspondence, but there is no news from Liao and Jin."

"No news is good news, which means nothing special happened." Shen Cha nodded, looked at Mei Lin, then at Mei Zhu who walked in slowly with a teapot in one hand and a wooden barrel in the other, "Put it here Just don't worry about it, you go to eat quickly, go to sleep after eating, when you wake up, when will you come back."

"General, isn't this bad?" Mei Lin and Mei Zhu looked at each other, "You and the Duke need someone to serve you, we..."

"There's nothing wrong with it. If something happens, I'll let Xiao Shiqi find you." Shen Cha poured the hot water from the bucket into the wooden basin on the shelf next to the bed, and smiled at them, "Go now, Don't starve yourself. It's cold outside, remember to bring a hand stove."

"Yes, General!" Mei Lin and Mei Zhu saw that Shen Cha was very persistent, and could not refute anymore, and saluted Shen Haolin, "Marshal, this subordinate will retire."

Shen Haolin nodded, watched them leave the room, and closed the door gently.

"Brother, wipe your face!" Shen Cha handed over a warm handkerchief, "Brother hasn't answered my question just now."

"I'm not worried about anything, I'm just recalling some things. I don't know if it's because Song Jue sneaked out of Xijing, but I just remembered how you were when you first met Song Jue." Shen Haolin wiped his face, Returning the veil to Shen Cha, "At that time, although my body had recovered, my whole body looked thin and weak, like a little monkey that hasn't grown up—hey, don't stare at me , I didn’t say that, it was that boy Song Jue. After meeting you that time, Song Jue once told me secretly that you are not at all like the Shen family, and you look very harmless. Humans have an urge to protect."

"His eyesight is not very good, he should have the imperial physician take a look. I don't think I have told my elder brother, what impression did I have of Song Jue when I saw him for the first time?"

Shen Cha also washed his face, it was too cold outside, it was very comfortable to wash his face with hot water.After washing his face, Shen Cha poured the hot tea in the pot into two teacups, handed one of them to Shen Haolin, pulled him to sit on the soft couch, took the blanket that was put aside, and covered it between the two cups. individual legs.

"It seems not." Shen Haolin shook his head, "However, thinking about your appearance at that time, it seems that you don't like him very much."

"It's not that I don't like it, I just think that this kind of person can be seen from a distance, but can't get too close. And... Song Jue, to be honest, I never thought that he would become the emperor. Compared with the first emperor, he His playfulness is a little more serious, much like the dude in some story books. Unexpectedly, this dude actually became the emperor, and he did it in a decent way. If he can continue to persist, the history books of later generations will be able to He has been included in the book of Great Xia Mingjun." Shen Cha took a sip of tea, leaned his head on Shen Haolin's shoulder, yawned, and said, "Brother mentioned this today, and suddenly felt that time flies, and it has already So many years have passed. Sometimes when I think of the first time I followed my brother to the battlefield, it seems like it happened yesterday!"

"That's right!" Shen Haolin put down the teacup in his hand and put his arms around Shen Cha's shoulders, "Sometimes, I also find it unbelievable that when I look at a little girl who grows up, she turns into a girl in an instant. The famous female general, admirers can go to Xijing from here. In two years, I will hand you over to a strange man with my own hands. Thinking about it, I suddenly feel very sad."

"What strange man?" Shen Cha raised an eyebrow, "Where is there any strange man?"

"Your future husband, or someone who likes you and wants to marry you." Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha, "Song Jue once asked me what I thought, and all the sons of generals in Xijing hoped to marry you, even Someone has already asked His Majesty."

"Let them die. I will never leave Jiapingguan City, nor will I leave the Duke's Mansion." Shen Cha sneered, "Marry to Xijing? Brother really thinks that those people are Do you really want to marry me? You just want to use me to establish a relationship with the Duke of Zhenguo, or... marry back as a display to show off to other residences in Xijing."

"What if... it is Your Majesty who wants to marry you?"

"Your Majesty?" Shen Cha raised his eyebrows, shook his head, and said with certainty, "It's fine to be friends, there is no other possibility."

"Why? Don't you two get along very well? You often exchange letters."

"Brother, why are you as suspicious as Brother Xiaotian?" Shen Cha raised his head and smiled at Shen Haolin, "What kind of person is His Majesty? You grew up with him, so you know better than me. As I said just now, He is playful and has a sense of responsibility... Yes, but not very strong, otherwise, he would not do such things as sneaking out of Beijing and abducting the commander of the imperial army and the patrol battalion. Such a person is indeed It is very interesting to be friends and chat with him. I can also collect some news about Xijing and learn about the latest situation there. I can kill two birds with one stone. Why not do it? We are stationed at the border all the year round. If we don’t know the situation in Xijing, Someone poured dirty water on us, and we didn't know." Shen Cha glanced at Shen Haolin curiously, "When did brother start paying attention to such things?"

"Isn't this boring, let's chat casually! Besides, it's time for me to help you find a good marriage. I thought that you and His Majesty had a very happy relationship, so..."

"Brother, Your Majesty is the same as Hongye and Miaomiao in my heart."

"Is it the same as the two of them?" Shen Haolin looked confused, "Is it because you handed Your Majesty a handkerchief?"

"Yeah!" Shen Cha nodded, "He's not the kind I like. If I have to say what I like, it should be that he has a strong sense of responsibility for his family and country, is very reliable, and I can admire and trust him very much. people." Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin, "Is your brother satisfied with this answer?"

"Very satisfied."

Hearing the clear answer given by Shen Cha, Shen Haolin was finally relieved that his tea would not be seduced by those ignorant brats outside.However, while feeling relieved, I couldn't help but feel sympathy for poor Song Jue. After spending so much time and energy, I only got a handkerchief slot, which is really tragic.If Song Jue found out about this, he might cry to death.

(End of this chapter)