With Chen Shu taking the lead, more and more people left. As for the gifts at the door, no one took them away. Soon, only Sima Su and Li Ye were left in the hall. Sima Su looked at Li Ye, and Li Ye remained the same. He was in a state of not caring about himself. He seemed to only have eyes for the delicious food on the table. Others left and could not delay his meal. Everyone ate absent-mindedly. Li Ye did not eat much of the delicious food on the table. Only Li Ye All the food on the table was eaten.
Li Ye put the last piece of meat into his mouth and finished it, then looked at Sima Su and Qu Yi and said
"I'm sorry, my father often taught me not to waste food when he was alive. I'm really ashamed."
Li Ye said he was ashamed but not at all ashamed. He drank the wine in one gulp and poured himself another glass. This look made Qu Yi and Sima Su look at each other in shock. I don’t understand what Li Ye is doing.
"The head of the Li family is really a frank person. This food cannot be wasted." Sima Su said with a smile, and then began to eat the delicacies in front of him, enjoying the food while drinking.
Qu Yi looked at the two men with a glint of light in his eyes, but he didn't say anything and just enjoyed the food. Although he was the governor of Shu County, the Qin State had extremely strict requirements for officials. If it weren't for a banquet, some delicious food He can't even eat the delicious food.
"Why didn't Lord Lieutenant come this time?" Li Ye looked at Sima Su and said.
The county captain is Sima Su's eldest brother Sima Xin, who is also what Sima Chang calls his uncle.
"The Bashu Chamber of Commerce's alliance will be held in Chengdu recently. In order to prevent problems from arising during this critical period, the eldest brother personally led people to make arrangements." Sima Su said.
Although the Sima family is on the fringes of the court, the position of county captain in Shu County is still held by the Sima family. Just like the prestige of the Li family in the hearts of the people in Shu County, the Sima family still maintains its prestige in the army. The current Shu County army Most of them are the descendants of Sima Cuo who put down the civil strife in Shu.
"Brother Sima is really busy recently. When this time is over, I will definitely give Brother Sima some time to rest." Qu Yi said.
In the Chen family, after Chen Shu returned home, the stewards of the mansion immediately came to greet him.
"Master of the house."
"It's not convenient to talk here, go to the study." Chen Shu interrupted the steward and walked directly to the study.
After arriving in the study, Chen Shu sat in front of the desk and said
"Tell me, what happened?"
"There is news from Shu Mountain, saying that they want us to send the body back to them," the steward said.
Chen Shu frowned slightly. This corpse naturally refers to the guards of Yu Yuan pretending to be bandits. Chen Shu tapped his fingers on the table and said in deep thought.
"Let them wait. Master Wang's attitude toward Shu County is unclear. I don't know if he really wants to attack Shu County or is testing something. Let them wait."
As a family that has existed since the founding of the ancient Shu Kingdom, the Chen family has a very close connection with Shu Mountain. The person who started the second rebellion in Shu, Chen Zhuang, the prime minister of Shu, was a member of the Chen family. Chen Zhuang killed the king of Shu and led The people of Shu rebelled. Before they could expand the rebellion, Sima Cuo led the army and killed them all. All the Chen clan members in Chenzhuang were killed.
"No! News has come from the south. They hope that we can arrange it as soon as possible. Then they will send people to help us." The steward continued.
"I understand. Have the people on Shushan got in touch with the south?" Chen Shu asked.
"I don't know about this subordinate, but it seems so. Our people said that a distinguished guest visited Shushan a few days ago. As for who this distinguished guest is, we have no way of knowing. This distinguished guest directly broke Shushan's The mountain guarding formation directly found the great elder of Yu Yuan," the steward said.
"Send someone to find out the origin of this distinguished guest. They can directly break through the mountain guarding formation in Shushan. This is the only one besides the Eastern Emperor Taiyi from the Yin Yang family ten years ago." Chen Shu touched his finger. said his own beard.
No matter who this distinguished guest is, being able to break through Shushan's mountain-protecting formation is enough to show that his strength is unpredictable. If he is won over by the Chen family, it will be of great help to the future. Chen Shu thought about it and then continued.
"It doesn't matter if you can't find it, but don't disturb this distinguished guest."
"No!" said the steward.
Chen Shu waved his hand and signaled the steward to go down. The steward saluted and left directly. Chen Shu stood up and came to the bookshelf. After swinging the books for a while, the sound of gears was heard. The bookshelf slowly opened to both sides, revealing a person. After passing through the secret passage, Chen Shu picked up the oil lamp and walked into the dark secret passage. The sound of gears turning sounded again, and the bookshelf closed again.
A weak light illuminated the dark tunnel. After reaching the end, Chen Shu lit the torch on the wall, opened the wooden door in front of him and walked into a dark secret room.
The weak candlelight was lit by the oil lamp. As the candlelight was gradually ignited, the candlelight illuminated the entire room. Dozens of tablets appeared in the middle of the candlelight. Chen Shu picked up the agarwood on the side and lit it. After bowing to the tablets, he inserted the agarwood in the incense burner. Looking at the name on the tablet, Chen Shu had a look of determination in his eyes.
"My ancestors, bless Chen Shu." Chen Shu bowed again and said.
In the post house, Ziyou, who had already rested, was having dinner with Concubine Yan, Yan Lingji, Shao Siming and Mo Ya.
"The food in Shu has a unique flavor." Concubine Yan said, feeling her numb lips.
"Yeah, I haven't eaten such hot food for a long time." Ziyou also said that the world of Mingyue in the Qin Dynasty was so incredible. Chili peppers, which were introduced from the Americas in the late Ming Dynasty, are now available, and Shu has already Planting has been carried out on a large scale. Why didn’t Queen Xuanji also bring in corn? This would have saved a lot of things.
"It is said that this kind of pepper was brought back by the Shu caravan from the south of Baiyue. It was later widely planted in Shu. I think it would be a good choice to incorporate it into the hot pot of Dingxiang House." Yan Lingji drank. Said Qing Shui.
Dingxianglou's spicy hotpot is made with a mixture of dogwood, onion, ginger and garlic. If you add chili, it will have a different flavor.
While everyone was still discussing chili peppers, the soldiers came in carrying a large number of gifts. The captain of the soldiers, Yan, said to Zi Xuan's ceremony:
"Sir, these are sent by the governor of Qu County. They say they are the wishes of Shu County officials and some wealthy families. I hope you will accept them."
Looking at the dazzling array of jewelry and volumes of ancient books, Ziyou felt that these people had really carefully prepared these gifts. After Ziyou had the ancient books displayed separately, he selected some jewelry and said
"You can take the rest of the jewelry and share it with me. I'll keep it for my own use."
Soldiers, look at me and you, no one has moved. Each of these jewels is priceless. Any one of them can be worth their lifetime military pay. They don't dare to take things that are too valuable.
"Nothing, just take them all down and share them." Ziyou waved his hand and said.
The soldiers looked at each other, knelt down on one knee and said to Ziyou.
"Thank you sir, I am willing to die for you from now on!"
"Well, you guys, go down." Ziyou said, looking at the soldiers.
"promise!"
The soldiers looked at Ziyou with eyes full of loyalty. The soldiers had been conquered by what Ziyou had done for the fallen soldiers in the army, and now the large amount of rewards had completely made them willing to serve Ziyou. A soldier going to die.
"These people are all elites in the army. If you gather them like this, how can you explain to the king?" Yan Lingji asked.
"I am also a marquis after all. The king's original edict said that I was allowed to have fifty soldiers as guards." Ziyou said. Rewarding soldiers as guards is a great grace. Although Lu Buwei, the Wenxin Marquis, is a servant, Ten thousand people, three thousand followers, but only 200 soldiers, and they are the most ordinary soldiers.
Rewarding soldiers as guards means not only giving soldiers, but those who can be called soldiers are those who can wear armor. Rewarding soldiers as guards means rewarding weapons and armor together, which means permission in disguise. There is a collection of armor at home, but the number must be consistent with the number of soldiers, and it must be registered with the imperial court.
Ying Zheng had previously allowed Zi You to go to the army to select elites as his bodyguards, but Zi You felt that his military strength was sufficient, so he never went. Now it is convenient, and these people are all accepted by the Iron Eagle Warriors. The people who trained were just not as good as others but were not selected. These were the elite of the Qin army.
"These jewels are for you. Mo Ya's share is yours. I know you have fallen in love with a girl in Xianyang." Ziyou said looking at Mo Ya.
Hearing that Mo Ya fell in love with a girl, flames of gossip suddenly appeared in the eyes of Yan Lingji and Yan Fei. Even Shao Siming stopped his chopsticks and looked at Mo Ya, who scratched his head in embarrassment. , there was a rare hint of embarrassment on Xie Mei's face.
"I accidentally rescued a girl once when I was out, and we became familiar with her from then on."
"Let's talk about the story about a hero saving a beauty," Yan Lingji said.
"You are hiding it well. I asked you why you were not at home every day in those days. It turns out that you went to have a private meeting with your lover. Whose girl is she?" Concubine Yan also asked gossiping.
Looking at Mo Ya being asked questions, Ziyou picked up the bamboo slips. Looking at the appearance of these bamboo slips, he knew they were some ancient books. Ziyou casually opened one and held it in his hand, looking at it with astonishment in his eyes. And surprise, astonishment and surprise flashed by. Ziyou closed the bamboo slips again and put it in his arms. Shao Siming blinked at Ziyou and said, "What's wrong with Ziyou?"
"It's nothing, I didn't expect an unexpected gain." Ziyou said.
"What unexpected gain?" Concubine Yan asked.
"This bamboo slip records the history of the ancient Shu royal family, which is very helpful to us. You have mentioned Shushan and Yuyuan many times." Ziyou said, touching the bamboo slip in his arms, Ziyou felt that this was not A small gain, this is the ancient Shu royal family, not the Shu royal family that was conferred after the Qin State captured Shu. The things recorded in it are very valuable.
"As long as it works." Concubine Yan said.
Everyone started eating again.
At Sima's house, Sima Chang was talking to his mother about his life in Xianyang over the years. Sima Chang's mother burst into tears listening to her son's life in the officialdom. Just when mother and son were cozy, Sima Su, who smelled of alcohol, became violent. The warm scene was broken by opening the door.
"Chang'er, come to the study with me." Sima Su said.
"Go, go, haven't we talked enough this afternoon? What's wrong with me talking to Chang'er?" Sima Chang's mother pushed Sima Chang away and shouted to Sima Su.
Being called out like this, Sima Su sobered up three points from his drink and quickly said with a flattering smile.
"Madam, don't I have something important to talk to Chang'er? Don't worry, I will ask Chang'er to accompany you immediately after I finish speaking. If this matter is handled well, I can achieve the goals of our Sima family for generations. "
Sima Chang's mother looked at Sima Su with anger, but considering that this was a matter related to the Sima family, she punched Sima Su hard and said
"You go ahead."
Sima Su had a pained expression on his face after receiving a solid punch, but he still smiled and said good things to his wife. There was no way he could help it, but his wife was not an ordinary weak woman. After coaxing her, he took her He followed Sima Chang to the study.
"Your mother's strength has not diminished at all." Sima Su said while rubbing the place where he was beaten.
Sima Chang did not speak, but his eyes were full of sympathy and fear. As a standard second generation, he did not live a life of leading dogs and walking birds when he was a child, but grew up under the stick of his mother.
(End of chapter)
