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Chapter 69 Two Shortcakes
Not long after the army had set up their camp, a fire had just been lit to bury the pot for cooking.

When the soldiers stared hungrily at the cauldron in the middle, their eyes were full of desire.

Shen Liuzhen stood up from the ground, deliberately not too big or too small, just in time to be embarrassed by the voice that could be heard by the people around him:

"Brother Liu, I want to relieve myself."

When Liu Qinbing raised his head and looked at him, he was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "Oh, okay, I'll take you there." Then he also got up from the ground, carried the burden on his back, and followed him.

He hadn't gone far when he heard the Hu soldiers behind him chatting enthusiastically.

There is Xianbei language, and the Hu people's language of other northern Yi ethnic groups are mixed together. Although I can't understand it, the contempt and teasing in the tone cannot be hidden.

When he was going too far to hear him, he heard another person say in Chinese:
"When I was his age, I could kill cattle and sheep by myself... Han people are hypocritical, they are not as good as sheep..."

Then there was a burst of laughter...

Shen Liuzhen pursed his lips and pretended not to hear.He didn't stop until he got close to the emperor's car.

The vicinity of the emperor's car was heavily guarded, and he could not approach without summons.

He stood ten steps away from the sentry post and looked inside, and the place where he stood was just right for the people inside to see him.

Liu Qinbing guessed that he wanted to see the emperor, so he asked, "Should I ask for you, what do you want to say when you see the emperor?"

Shen Liuzhen shook his head lightly, the dimples on his cheeks were revealed because of the action of pursing his lips, and said, "I don't want to see the emperor, I want to see that permanent attendant surnamed Zong."

Liu Qinbing paid attention to the movement around him, and said, "The eunuch? That's much easier than seeing the emperor. The emperor may not want to see you. If you call him, he should come out and have a look."

"Now is not the time. The emperor is eating now. He is the emperor's regular attendant. He has to serve the emperor's daily life. I am afraid he is busy now. If I make a noise to see him at this time, I am afraid I will be bored."

When Liu Qinbing heard about it, he lowered his eyes and glanced at Shen Liuzhen who was standing next to him, but only reached his chest. There seemed to be surprise in his eyes, and then he asked:
"Have you been waiting here?"

"Hmm..." Shen Liuzhen spoke seriously, looked at the emperor's car, and said, "Since he is busy, he will come in and out, and he will always see us."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the door of the car was opened by the soldiers on both sides. The 30-year-old waiter with a square handkerchief on his head and a round face was holding a tray. On the tray was an exquisite copper sea bowl. He walked down the steps of the carriage and went to the other side of the stove where the emperor cooked the imperial meal.

Didn't see them at all.

Shen Liuzhen's eyes moved with his figure, always ready for him to take a look here, so as to immediately give him a look of expectation.

But helplessly, he went in again with something else in his hand, and came out again after a while, going back and forth three or four times without even looking here.

Liu Qinbing looked a little anxious, looked down, and saw that Shen Liuzhen was still patiently waiting for an opportunity without saying a word, so he suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and waited with him.

Finally, the eunuch finally took a look here on the road, and blamed Shen Liuzhen's Confucian robes for being too eye-catching in the barracks, the color was white, and he was still a child.

Zong Ai noticed him almost as soon as he glanced over.Then I saw the child smiling at him shyly, with watery eyes and two lovely dimples on his cheeks.

Zong Ai rolled her eyes at him in disgust, ignored him, and went on to do her own thing.

It's just that when he came out again, he couldn't help but look at it a few times, and when he put away all the utensils for the emperor's meal, the child was still looking at him and smiling, so he finally couldn't help being curious and walked over, displeased ask:
"What are you doing here? Waiting for me?"

Shen Liuzhen smiled deeper, and urgently stretched out his hand to Liu Qinbing next to him, and said, "Brother Liu, quickly take out the shortbread that my wife prepared for me."

When Liu Qinbing heard about it, he quickly took out an oiled paper bag and handed it to him.

As soon as Shen Liuzhen touched his hands, he immediately held both hands to Zong Ai, and said, "Master Chang Shi, you haven't eaten yet, this is a snack made for me by my teacher's mother, and I give it to you to try. The road didn't stop all day. However, I wanted to send it over at noon, but I never found a chance..."

Zong Ai lowered his eyes to look at the oiled paper bag, the golden crispy color in the cracks, and the sweet smell wafted out.

He swallowed involuntarily.

The army marched in a hurry for a day, and there was no rest at noon.Everyone walked on the road, gnawed on two pieces of dry biscuits and some water to make do, even the emperor was no exception.

I'm really hungry now...

Looking at Shen Liuzhen's expression, he reached out and took one from the oil-paper bag and took a bite. Unexpectedly, it was crispy and delicious, far beyond his imagination.

Zong Ai's eyes gleamed, and while staring into the oil-paper bag, he nodded repeatedly and said, "Well, not bad..."

Then he threw half of the pancake in his hand directly into his mouth, and took another one.

His desire for tongue and tongue was satisfied, and he was chewing happily. When he raised his eyes, he saw Shen Liuzhen holding shortbread in both hands, swallowing non-stop.

Zong Ai immediately knew what was going on, looked him up unexpectedly, and said with a sneer:
"Little baby has a lot of eyes. If you don't eat it yourself, send it here to honor me... Let's just say it, what can I ask for? But you want me to speak to His Majesty?" He slurred his speech while chewing on shortbread .

Shen Liuzhen raised his face, his eyebrows drooped, his eyes were big, and when he looked up like a deer, he said pitifully to Zong Ai:
"Master Chang Attendant, it's the first time I'm leaving home... I'm afraid, so I just wanted to see you be kind, so I came here."

Zong Ai's eyes flickered, and the movement of chewing slowed down, staring at Shen Liuzhen, not knowing what he was thinking.

Shen Liuzhen also looked at him non-stop, maintaining his pitiful appearance, not daring to relax at all.

He has always had confidence in his acting skills, but at this moment facing this eunuch, he still feels a little guilty, so he can only force himself to be more sincere, tears are about to fall...

Just as he was feeling anxious, Zong Ai snatched the oil paper bag from his hand, hugged it in his arms, took two from it and handed it to Shen Liuzhen, saying:
"I'll keep two for you, and I'll take the rest." After saying that, he turned around and left through the guard post.

Shen Liuzhen held the two shortbread in his hand, lowered his head, sighed a long time, distributed one of them to Liu Qinbing, bit the one in his hand like a little squirrel, and walked back dejectedly.

Liu Qinbing followed behind him, and said regretfully, "Hey... If you didn't succeed, you didn't succeed. It's a pity for those shortbread."

At this time, Shen Liuzhen looked up at him while walking, and there was no dejected expression on his face. With a sly smile in his bright eyes, he raised the shortbread in his hand and said:
"...Who said it didn't work? If it didn't work, would there still be these two?"

　Have you noticed, Shen Liuzhen's character, what kind of job is he best suited for?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)