From childhood to adulthood, Shen Haolin has been someone Shen Cha looks up to and learns from. She hopes that she can be diligent and love the people like her brother, and can guard the territory and territory like her brother, but she does not expect to become a guard for one side. Her biggest wish is to stay by her brother's side and become his most capable assistant. The two of them can never leave each other and spend their lives together. Although she may face some difficulties to achieve such a wish, Shen Cha is not afraid. As long as she is determined, any difficulty can be solved.
I thought about it for a while beside Shen Haolin's bed. I thought I would feel sleepy, but unexpectedly I became more and more energetic. The little bit of sleepiness I had while taking a bath was all gone now. Shen Cha stood up, stretched out, pulled up Shen Haolin's quilt, swayed to the edge of the soft couch with a teacup in his hand, looked at the two piles of official documents on the small table, and sighed. Take a breath.
It wasn't these official documents that troubled her. It didn't take long to read them. What really gives Shen Cha a headache is that he has to start busy with New Year's Eve matters, especially preparing for New Year's gifts and establishing relationships with Xijing. He needs to be careful and careful. It's not just a matter of just preparing something and sending it over.
Since the passing of the old Duke and his wife, Shen Cha has been responsible for the preparations for the New Year that the Duke's Mansion needs each year and the human relations during the New Year. After so many years of management, he has indeed accumulated some experience, but it is also very limited. . The complicated relationships in Xijing had to be sorted out several months in advance every year, which really gave her a headache. It was more laborious than preparing for a decisive battle with Liao and Jin.
In the past, she could discuss it with her brother, but this year her brother was ill and couldn't give her any advice. And Xue Ruitian was really not a reliable guy. The things he gave were not suggestions, but bad ideas. .
Shen Cha looked at the gift lists spread out on the table and continued to sigh. It was really hard for her to face this alone.
The New Year's gift to Xia Emperor Song Jue is the simplest among all the gifts. All you need to do is give him a cart of specialties from Jiapingguan. Song Jue was born to be spontaneous and did not like to be bound by secular etiquette. He would not be willing to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor unless he had to. It would be great to travel around the mountains and rivers, but being trapped in the cage of the imperial city was a punishment for Song Jue.
Therefore, Song Jue was particularly envious of his brothers and a little resentful of them. These guys were better at rubbing oil on the soles of their feet than he was. Before he knew it, these guys were either sneaking to the border to fight, or they were running out to travel around the mountains and rivers. All of them refused to stay in Xijing and suffer. After finally waiting for the Chinese New Year, the brothers and sisters finally gathered together, but when they heard that they were going to inherit the throne, they all ran faster than rabbits. After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, not even a shadow could be found, let alone looking for someone to enter the palace.
Shen Cha deeply sympathizes with Song Jue's experience. It's quite unbelievable if you think about it carefully. From ancient times to the present, in all dynasties, the imperial power and throne are what everyone yearns for and fights for at all costs. For the sake of the dragon throne, father and son will not hesitate to turn against each other. , brothers were jealous, but when they came to Song Jue's house, they actually regarded the throne as a scourge. If this was spread, probably no one would believe it.
Putting Song Jue's gift list aside, Shen Cha looked through the records of the generals' applications for family visits, but did not see the names of Song Qiyun and Xia Jiu. She frowned slightly and added a " Pen, prepare to ask them what their plans are after dawn.
Shen Cha tried her best to arrange the gift lists for other residences in Xijing that had dealings with the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, and finally arranged them before the scheduled update. Looking at the dozen or so pieces of paper spread out on the table, she rubbed her neck. , This night's work was finally not in vain. I went back to Xue Ruitian to check the details. If there is no problem, I can prepare according to the order and send someone back to Xijing.
After finishing the New Year's gift sent back to Xijing, Shen Cha still had another important matter to solve. The people of Jiapingguan City and the soldiers of the Shen Family Army would also receive New Year's gifts from Zhenguo Gongfu and Wuding Houfu during the Chinese New Year. According to the usual practice in previous years, the distribution has already been distributed by now, but this year it has been delayed for a long time.
However, the people and soldiers were not dissatisfied because of this. They also knew that the situation this year was very different from previous years. In less than a month, Shen Cha and Shen Haolin suffered injuries and illnesses on their front and rear legs. Everyone was concerned about their physical condition. No one really cared about the New Year's gift. Even the newly recruited soldiers showed varying degrees of worry. Even Dai Yi, who had been severely punished by Shen Cha, was very anxious when he heard about the assassination. He hoped that General Shen would recover as soon as possible every day. .
Despite this, the Zhenguo Government and the Shen Jiajun were still affected to some extent. Although it was not as serious as the morale of the army was weakened, it was certain that everyone was in a bad mood and was depressed. Recently, the school officers in charge of training have reported that many soldiers have been absent-minded and passive at work. They asked Shen Cha to come forward to comfort him at the appropriate time.
But Shen Haolin hasn't woken up yet, and Shen Cha really doesn't dare to leave Tiger Hill. The so-called appeasement has to wait. However, the New Year's rewards can be handed out. Those soldiers who are preparing to go home for the New Year can give them Bringing all these things together can add a little joy to the home.
After finishing this important matter, it was almost the first update. Shen Cha put all the documents outside and filed them in categories. It would be very convenient for Shen Haolin to refer to them in the future.
"General, general!" Ying Qiqi, who was on duty at night, knocked on the door gently. When he saw Shen Cha coming out in a cloak, he held the secret letter in front of him with both hands and said in a low voice, "This is the seventh brother, eighth brother and What Xiao Shisan asked the military advisor to pass on to the general was news from the border between Liao and Jin."
"Is it over with the military advisor?" Shen Cha nodded, took the letter, and asked, "How is the situation?"
"It should be pretty good." Shadow Seventeen chuckled, "I took a look just now. Those three guys were able to bounce around again after lying on the bed for two days. General, don't worry."
"I know, let them recover." Shen Cha turned around and prepared to enter the house. Just as he was about to open the door, he stopped again, turned around and said to Ying Qiqi, "Go to Jin Miaomiao and give them some medicine to treat trauma." Send it over.”
"Yes, General!" Ying Seventeen agreed, "By the way, General, do you want to prepare a midnight snack for you?"
"No, I'll go to bed later, thank you!"
Shen Cha entered the room, closed the door, walked behind the desk and sat down, opened the secret letter in his hand, and read it carefully.
These three shadows did not travel in vain. Just as Shen Haolin expected, although the troops stationed at the border between Liao and Jin did not move, their defense was tighter than before, and the number of patrols per day increased. The patrol time has doubled, and the patrol time has been extended a lot. It feels extremely guarded, as if they are worried about something.
"Are you afraid of being attacked?"
Shen Cha shook her head helplessly and found out the news Zheng Min sent from Linhuang Mansion and the report of the spy arranged in Yiqing Mansion of Jin Kingdom that she received during the day. After comparing and combining several secret letters repeatedly, she came to the conclusion She came to the conclusion that the situation in Liao and Jin was more serious than she thought. This could be seen from their unanimous strengthening of border defense. Moreover, the object they were wary of was not just Daxia. The two countries themselves disliked each other and would have to fight each other from time to time. They had to guard against the other party taking advantage of them when they were in the most difficult time.
Thinking of this, Shen Cha couldn't help but sneered. Liao and Jin were really a pair of idiots who were well matched. They didn't think about it carefully. Even if they knew there was an opportunity, no one would actually do anything. The most I can do is to get over it and think about it in my mind and on the layout diagram to see what benefits I can get when encountering similar situations in the future. After all, in this year, everyone, whether it is Daxia, Liao, or Jin, is busy celebrating the New Year. If someone mobilizes a large number of troops at this juncture, he will definitely be outraged and be attacked by the crowd.
Shen Cha shook his head. The brains of foreigners are indeed not very good. Such stupid people still want to take Daxia as their own. It is simply a daydream!
Collecting the secret letter in his hand and putting it into the small box, Shen Cha stood up and moved around. He walked to the inner room, took a quilt from the cabinet and placed it on the soft couch, on the small coffee table next to Shen Haolin's bed. After putting in a pot of hot water and blowing out the two lamps, he lay down on the soft couch, covered himself with a quilt, and smiled towards the direction of the bed.
"Brother, see you tomorrow!"
