"Are you getting up?" Shen Haolin felt that Shen Cha was about to fall asleep again, so he patted her gently, "Do you still want to sleep a little longer?"
"Squint a little longer." Shen Cha said drowsily, "It's too cold outside, I don't want to get up."
"Okay, I'll accompany you." Shen Haolin hugged Shen Cha, pulled up the quilt that had slipped down again, wrapped the two of them tightly, and said softly, "Sleep, sleep!"
Being able to have a good night's sleep in such a super cold environment should be the biggest wish of every busy person.
However, since ancient times, the reason why wishes are called wishes is because they are usually difficult to realize. Even if it is such a small thing as sleeping in a cage, someone will come out to make trouble.
Just when Shen Haolin and Shen Cha were about to fall asleep again, they heard the sound of someone knocking on the window lattice outside, three long, two short, and two longer.
"Xiao Wu is here." Hearing the sound of knocking, Shen Haolin woke up instantly, looked at Shen Cha who was still drowsy, and sighed softly, "This guy is always on time, but... Isn’t he too energetic? Wasn’t he tired and sleepy after being so late yesterday?”
"Hey, why is it so difficult to sleep in and be lazy?" Shen Cha complained in a low voice. He wanted to get up but couldn't open his eyes. "That guy never knows what tiredness is and what is." When you are sleepy, the busier you are, the happier you are, and the more leisurely you are, the more uncomfortable you are.”
"This description is quite appropriate." Shen Haolin smiled and said, "Stop getting up and continue talking. I'm going to see Xiao Wu."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, brother!"
Seeing Shen Cha fall asleep immediately after saying a sentence, Shen Haolin felt very distressed.
In fact, the Chinese New Year every year is the best time for Shen Cha to recuperate. During this period, there are usually not many things that need her to deal with. She is in a lazy state. She sleeps when she wants and eats when she wants. Eat when you order something, and go out to play if you want to. But this year, messy things have made it difficult for everyone to have a good year. People think that fighting is a hard job. In fact, the calculations behind it are the most laborious, and the person who suffers the most is Shen Cha.
Shen Haolin gently let go of Shen Cha and placed her in the middle of the bed. He carefully lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and then wrapped Shen Cha tightly in the quilt, as if she was a Silkworm baby, looking at it this way, it looks so cute. While putting on his cotton robe, he admired his work. The more he looked at it, the more regretful and regretful he felt. If his painting skills were good, he would have painted this scene and hung it there to look at every day. Be happy.
It's a pity that except for the city defense map and the layout map, he didn't draw anything like it. Last time he drew a teapot, which was nondescript. I'm afraid it was even more outrageous to draw a portrait. He'd better not ruin this beautiful scenery. good.
Quickly putting on the cotton robe, Shen Haolin bent down slightly, placed a gentle kiss on Shen Cha's forehead, turned around and walked out of the inner room, pulling out the screen along the way.
"Xiao Wu?" Shen Haolin opened the bedroom door and waved to Ying Wu, "Come in!"
"Master Guo!" Ying Wu saluted and followed Shen Haolin through the door. As soon as he entered, he saw the screen. He raised his eyebrows slightly and lowered his voice unconsciously, "Boss, you haven't gotten up yet?"
"She was exhausted after working all day yesterday. Let her have a good sleep. It's the Chinese New Year, so there's nothing too important!"
"That's what the Duke said." Ying Wu put the teapot in his left hand on the ground, neatly placed the official documents on the table, and took out a small bamboo tube from his arms, shook it twice, "From Sent through a secret passage."
"Oh, I thought this passage would not be opened before the end of the first lunar month. Some people really can't wait!" Shen Haolin frowned slightly when he saw Ying Wu squatting down again to light the small stove for making tea. , "Where are those two girls, Mei Lin and Mei Zhu? Are they lazy? They actually instigated you to do such a thing. You are getting more and more courageous."
"You misunderstood them. They got up early and went to the small dining room to prepare breakfast. When they saw me walking this way, they knew that I was going to deliver an official document to the boss, so they asked me to bring this here along the way."
"Really? Then I have to apologize to them." After pouring a cup of tea for himself and Ying Wu each, Shen Haolin looked at the official documents and rolled his eyes casually. During the Chinese New Year, they were basically like Hai Qinghe The memorials sent to Beijing by officials from all over the country were all for New Year's greetings. The contents were the same, and you would know what the others were after reading one or two. During this period, as long as nothing tragic happened, Di Bao would be like a piece of waste paper. Shen Haolin flipped through it casually and threw it aside. His eyes fell on the small bamboo tube, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Now we are about to deliver the news. Is Yelu too impatient? No matter what you think about it, If you do it, you have to celebrate the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, right?"
"If it were not a particularly urgent situation, I believe that the Regent would not easily open that secret passage. How important this passage is and the price we, His Majesty and the Regent's Palace have paid for it, the Regent knows very well. . When this passage was built, we made an agreement that unless something major happened that would shake the foundations of the two countries, it would not be used easily, let alone disclosed to the Kingdom of Jin. This time the regent opens the passage, I am afraid that the Liao Kingdom The situation in the country is really not good, so giving has our support.”
"That's true. When this passage was first established, it was for the purpose of uniting against the Jin Kingdom. The so-called friendship between Xia and Liao relies on the Jin Kingdom! Five or six years have passed since it was last opened. This time it is opened again... ...The regent may have to change his identity." Shen Haolin looked at Ying Wu, "Based on your judgment, what is the current situation in the Liao Kingdom?"
"It's basically stable. After all, Yelvertu has always been in control of the overall situation, but the situation of King Xiao Liao should be very bad. I'm afraid he won't survive until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month." Ying Wu finished lighting the fire and put the teapot on the small stove. Cooking slowly, he sat opposite Shen Haolin, holding a tea cup and sipping the tea, "Furthermore, I believe the reason why Yelvertu came to us so quickly and asked to cooperate with us is because something happened. This is the last thing he wants to see."
"Wanyan Zongcheng knew something about the Liao Kingdom and planned to do something." Shen Haolin raised his eyebrows, read Yelvertu's secret letter, and stuffed it back into the small bamboo tube intact. "This guy is narrow-minded and too suspicious. He has already agreed to an alliance with us before, but now he has confirmed it again and again. He is worried that we will break the contract midway and sell out Yan Zongcheng."
"Wanyan Zongcheng has been mixed up to this point, why is it worth our troubles and efforts to win over him?" Ying Wu shrugged, "Isn't it unnecessary for Yelvertu to do this?"
"Of course not." The screen was pulled open, and the well-dressed Shen Cha yawned and walked out, waved her hand towards Ying Wu who saluted her, walked quickly and sat down next to Shen Haolin, reaching for the I took out the secret letter and read it quickly.
"Why are you up? Did we disturb you?" Shen Haolin poured a cup of tea for her and brought it to her mouth.
"No." Shen Cha took two sips of tea and shook his head gently, "I can't sleep without my brother."
After listening to Shen Cha's words, Shen Haolin felt very comfortable all over. The smile on his face was so bright that if it weren't for his ears, the corners of his mouth would have reached the back of his head.
"Boss, you said that Yelvertu's move was not redundant. Is there any basis for it?" Ying Wu felt that the Duke of Guo was really ignorant, so he thought it would be better to talk about business.
"It's not a basis. His thoughts have been clearly written here." Shen Cha patted the letter, "The main purpose of his letter is not to confirm whether our alliance is stable. He believes in our judgment of the current situation. , I believe we will not side with Wanyan Zongcheng. After all, our hatred with the Jin Kingdom is much deeper than with the Liao Kingdom."
"Then what is his purpose in sending this letter? Why would he not hesitate to open that passage?"
"Opening the channel is one of the purposes. After all, we are about to join forces to deal with the Wanyan family. We have the same opponent and the same purpose. Without a smooth news channel, it is impossible. The second purpose..." Shen Cha sneered. For a moment, "It's just a miserable sale."
"Suffering a misfortune?" Shen Haolin and Ying Wu looked at each other, "What do you mean?"
"Just pretending to be pitiful to win our sympathy." Shen Cha raised his eyebrows, "The overall content of this letter is to explain one thing, let our Shen family army of Great Xia be the first to lead the Liao Kingdom. Because They have too much time to take care of themselves now, the domestic troubles cannot be solved, and he has no energy to send troops to the Kingdom of Jin, so he can only ask us to explore the way first."
"Understood!" Shen Haolin sneered, "Yelvertu really made a good calculation. This is not asking us to do anything, it is clearly a calculation. He asked us to be the vanguard because he wanted to consume our strength and wait until we succeed. When they are weak, they work hard to reap the benefits!"
"What my brother said is that Yelvertu had exactly this idea. He could get the Kingdom of Jin without any effort. Although we don't think much of the poor and remote place of the Kingdom of Jin, we can't let Yelvertu succeed so easily. , right?" Shen Cha looked at the letter, put it back into the small bamboo tube, and smiled evilly, "By the way, has Your Majesty been bored lately?"
"What do you want to do?" Shen Haolin, who instantly understood what Shen Cha meant, couldn't laugh or cry, "Song Jue will hate you to death."
"No!" Shen Cha smiled proudly, "As ministers, we must share your worries for you, right? I believe that Your Majesty will understand our painstaking efforts and will resolve this matter properly."
