Chapter 206

Most of the border towns are used for garrison troops.

The general's residence, built in the center of the city, is the residence of the generals stationed in Xinzhou and Yanmen pass. It is equipped with confidential printing room, register room and grain and salary department. It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all five internal organs. It covers an area of such a small city as Xinzhou, which is already very wide.

Yan Lin took them all the way to the door.

"The news of Mr. Xie's coming to supervise the army has long been heard in the city. There are generals and generals of different ranks in the army. They have been waiting inside."

He dismounted at the door, gave the reins to the sergeant on one side, and helped Jiang Xuening who was about to dismount. He said this to Xie Wei who came out of the car, and then waved his hand.

"Please, sir."

Xie Wei didn't wear official clothes, only plain clothes.

Other people only heard that there was a senior official from Beijing in the border town these two days. They had been wondering what kind of person he was. Now when they saw him, they were stunned, and then they were amazed.

Is such a person an official?

Xie Wei didn't look at the others. After getting out of the car, he went up the steps with Yan Lin and went into the general's house. He only asked, "do you want to listen to the discussion together?"

Jiang Xuening was stunned for a moment and then responded: "Sir, ask me?"

Xie Wei looked at her and didn't speak.

Jiang Xuening shivered. She felt that Xie Juan's eyes were chilly and her back was straight. But she subconsciously took a look at Yan Lin and thought about the relationship between them. She felt that she should not interfere with the matter and said, "no, where can I understand? Let Yanlin find someone to take me to have a rest first. "

This is a "Yan Lin" can hear the people on the side of the cold sweat.

She didn't realize it.

Yan Lin has no opinion at all. He calls the old housekeeper of the general's house and asks him to take Jiang Xuening to the guest room.

Xie Wei waved his hand to Jianshu and said, "follow me."

Jian Shu bowed his head and said, "yes."

He stepped back from Xie Wei and automatically followed Jiang Xuening.

This makes Jiang Xuening a little confused.

But when I think about it, I say that Yan Lin has been in charge of the military power, but after all, the time is still short. Who knows if there is any accident at this time? It's always right to send someone to follow her.

She didn't say anything and turned to follow the housekeeper.

Yan Lin looked at the sword book behind her, but she suddenly frowned and felt the strange.

He turned his eyes to Xie Wei.

Xie Wei didn't respond. He just said, "let's go too." then he passed the hall and went to the assembly hall.

There are 100000 troops stationed at the border, and there are more than 10 generals with names and surnames, including the local officials of Xinzhou. So Xie Wei was quite busy when he went to see them.

He was calm, but these people were more or less worried.

After all, seeing that winter is coming, they have never heard of anyone who actively provoked a battle in winter. They have their own worries.

Yanlin arrived in Xinzhou a month ago.

Alone.

At that time, he had no orders or imperial edicts. He was even a "crime minister" who left the exiled place without permission. Fortunately, there were not many people who knew him at the border, so he took this opportunity to understand the situation of the border.

The house of marquis Yongyi originally led the battle.

Many of the frontier generals were the old headquarters of his father, yanmu.

It was a good thing.

But after the incident, many people were also involved. They either had to go further in the army, or they were dismissed and demoted. Naturally, the people in charge of the 100000 garrison in Xinzhou belonged to Xiao's group.

so on the very day when he was in power, in order to make future orders, he did something.

"Beheaded?"

Jiang Xuening follows the housekeeper to the direction of the guest room. On the way, she can't help asking about the things in the border town. However, she is surprised to hear what Yan Lin didn't say when she was just on the street.

"Cutting the generals before the battle..."

The old housekeeper was old and bent, but he didn't feel sorry for the hapless ghost who had lost his head. Unfortunately, he said: "general Yan has just arrived in Xinzhou. Isn't that a good thing for the people? There have been no wars in the border areas these years, but I don't know how much waste has been raised to suck blood on us ordinary people. You deserve to have a good fight

Jiang Xuening was suddenly silent.

But the old housekeeper also said: "seeing that the Tatars are coming, a group of people still want to avoid the war. Yesterday, the eldest princess went to make peace with her. Tomorrow, those dogs will come and plunder the girls in the city! A general who doesn't want to fight is a good general, but a general who doesn't dare to fight will be dragged out like this. You're late. It's going to be a few days in the morning. The blood on the general's counter outside the city is not dry yet. It's beautiful. "

Jianshu looks at Jiang Xuening quietly.

Jiang Xuening is thoughtful.

The old housekeeper had already arrived at the front of the guest room and said for a long time. Then he responded and quickly bowed himself and said, "look at me, I'm old and I have a lot of words. I don't know if I should say these words in front of you. Don't blame me."Jiang Xuening was just a bit of an accident.

But there's nothing to be surprised about.

In order to gain a firm foothold in such a place and really take charge of military power, decisive means are indispensable. Only by setting an example to others, can we make the rest of the people feel sad, and can we really convince the old Marquis of the army.

She just has some pity on the old youth -

she has to make all kinds of decisions when she is alone in such a place. I don't know how many difficulties she has encountered, but she doesn't mention a word when she meets her, as if everything is going well.

Jiang Xuening thanks the old housekeeper and goes into the room. She finds that the room has been carefully decorated, not as rough as the one she looks at outside. She even puts new rouge on her dowry.

She couldn't help laughing.

But he turned his head and said to Jianshu, "I'm not going out in the house. Go back and follow your husband first. If you have any orders, you can take care of them."

Jianshu hesitated for a moment. He probably felt that Xinzhou was a strange place for people to worry about. He bowed to her and said nothing more. Then he resigned and went back to the meeting hall.

Xie Wei came to understand the situation in the city first.

What these generals are most worried about is food and grass.

The imperial court sent Xie Wei to be the governor, but in fact, he wanted to prevent the mutiny at the border. Naturally, he would not prepare any food and grass. It can be said that there was not even any news. But Xie Wei and Yanlin have other plans. Tatars must fight and Shen Zhi's clothes must be saved, so there is no panic in responding to the questions about food and grass. They just say that the food and grass are already on the road. Please don't worry.

He said this to all the senior officials from the capital, and everyone was a little relieved.

At the end of the discussion, they only said that they would hold a banquet in the evening to help Xie Wei.

Only Xie Wei and Yan Lin are left in the hall.

There is only a little temperature left in the tea cup.

Xie Wei got up and took a drink.

Yan Lin is looking at him, eyeground rare appeared a bit hesitant, even contain a kind of different look. He tried to distinguish something from his eyebrows, trying to give some clues to his father's expectation and watch over the past two years.

At the beginning, the house of marquis Yongyi was in trouble for several Mongolians to destroy their families. Fortunately, someone helped.

This person is Xie Wei.

But what does he have to do with Houfu? There's nothing on the surface. It's just his husband when he went to the palace to study.

At the beginning, when his father was ill, Yan Lin had his own guess and asked him, "who is Mr. Xie?"

Father coughed badly, but he refused to tell more.

But with tears in his eyes, he said to him, "it's the one you want to completely believe."

At that time, he had the answer in his heart.

Yan Lin was silent for a long time, and then said, "thank you for taking care of me these years."

Xie Wei took his eyes and said, "how are you?"

Yan Lin said: "in the past years, there were always some things in the capital. The root cause of the disease was early. On the way to Huangzhou, it was more serious. But when I got there, I had a hard life, and then I was free again. It was better to open a heart knot, but it was cured. When I left Huangzhou, boss Lu came to take care of me. I was settled down. "

Xie Wei nodded and did not speak.

He has never been easy to get close to.

It's hard for Yan Lin to think that the old gentleman was his eldest brother. He blinked, but he couldn't change his name. He asked, "Sir, what will the court do when you come here?"

Xie Wei said: "the border is still some time away from the capital. Even if Xinzhou is in control of such a big war, it is impossible to cut off the exchange of information. Therefore, the war must be decided quickly, otherwise, when the imperial court reacts, it is impossible to say that it will suffer from the enemy. But if you can take Tatar and save the princess before the court reacts, you will win a move. At that time, I only said that when I got to Xinzhou, the border garrison was already under your control. It was beyond my power to change, so I had to go with the flow. You are in charge of both military power and popular support. On the contrary, the imperial court does not dare to tear a face with you. It will try its best to appease you and make you a marquis and count. "

Yan Lin immediately frowned: "Duke, count?"

Xie Wei looked at him with a smile: "don't you want it?"

Yan Lin said calmly, "I don't want to."

Xie Wei gently put down the tea cup, and the curved curve of his lips was a bit more profound. He just said, "it's easy to not want it."

They didn't talk for long.

Xie Wei also came all the way. There was a banquet in the evening. After a few words with Yan Lin, he came out of the meeting hall and went to his guest room. After asking Jiang Xuening about his situation, he took a rest for two hours.

When it was getting late and someone came outside to invite him, he went out again.

The banquet is in the general's house.

Everyone knows that there are noble people in Beijing.

In addition to the immortal Mr. Xie, the most attractive one is the "Ning Er girl". They didn't know her name, but when they heard that all the people who came with her called her like this, they also called her like this. They all thought that her surname was "Ning" and she was second at home.General Yan's treatment of her was so special that it spread all over Xinzhou City in the afternoon.

No one in the house dares to wait.

In addition, Yan linben had orders to meet the wind at night, so naturally she was invited to attend.

The outer courtyard has been changed for a long time. The tables and tables in the original conference hall have been put in a new place, and the rare good wine and dishes have been brought out.

When Jiang Xuening came, everyone was almost there.

Xie Wei took the seat.

Yan Lin is opposite him.

She thought that she only came to eat and drink, and did not join in the fun. She just sat close to the women's families brought by some other officials and generals, and listened to their interesting stories about the border.

There is no doubt that Jiang Xuening is absolutely the focus of attention among these ladies.

People are curious about her identity.

She did not report to her family. She only said that she was Xie Wei's student and Yan Lin's friend. When they heard this, they all exclaimed and offered her wine.

Jiang Xuening doesn't have much to drink.

But it was a difficult journey, and she finally got to the border. After you Fangyin and LV Xian had arranged the food and materials, she could attack Tatar and rescue the princess. She was expecting and happy. She drank two of them and felt dizzy.

The women at the border are really forthright.

Even the woman who had already entered the inner house was not as disciplined as the army. She was quite open-minded. Seeing that she didn't really refuse, she began to urge her to drink more vigorously.

Jiang Xuening drinks two more.

She didn't dare to be too presumptuous on such an occasion. After all, she was not a girl growing up in Beidi. She couldn't resist it. She quickly found an excuse to blow the air and sober up, and then slipped out first.

On the other side of the generals, they also had three rounds of wine.

Yan Lin saw Jiang Xuening go out from a distance. He was a little worried. He said "excuse me" to the people on the side and Xie Wei on the other side. He also put down the wine and went out from the hall.

There was a good laugh behind him.

Who hasn't heard of the rumors in the city today?

Although I don't know the identity of Naning two girls, I guess I know it's Yanlin's sweetheart.

Watching people go out, can you still not know what they are doing?

At the dinner, someone joked: "hero sad beauty pass."

Others agree.

Only Xie Wei looked coldly and took up the wine.

All of you know that this is the imperial master of the dynasty. You dare not neglect him at all. You have a good look. As soon as you see him holding up the wine cup, you immediately come up with a smile to propose a toast.

Xie Wei insisted on drinking wine, but he did not refuse.

His fingers are as slender as jade bamboo, and his drinking manner is very elegant, but his face is slightly pale, and he is not warm to people. The generals did not dare to be presumptuous. Instead, they were afraid of him and became more cautious.

There are lanterns hanging in the corridor, and servants waiting to be sent to and fro.

Jiang Xuening came out of the hall and sat on the beauty at the corner.

It's cold in the north. It's sober when you shave.

Yan Lin came out of the hall and recognized her back in the dark. She was about to walk forward, but when she turned her eyes, she saw the clump of small carnations in the corridor.

It's white on the outside and purple on the inside.

Although the flowers are only bigger than copper coins, they are also pretty and lovely in such cold weather in the north, which is very rare.

He stopped to look at it for a moment and thought of something. With a smile, he bent down to pick one, which was about the length of his finger. It had a small leaf.

In the fingers turn a circle, then negative hand to Jiang Xuening there.

I coughed when I was close.

Jiang Xuening looked back and saw him. She was surprised to pick her eyebrows. She stood up and said with a smile, "how did you come out?"

Yan Lin said, "I see you come out."

Jiang Xuening raised her eyes and had to look up at him. She murmured, "this is Xinzhou. You are the commander in chief of the three armed forces. There's no reason why you can leave at will. If you are so willful, you should be careful of your scolding."

Yan Lin thought, what's to worry about?

It's going to be almost a day when I come here, but it's a matter of discussion and arrangement. I don't have a chance to talk about it in detail, except that I said something irrelevant on the way here.

He looked at her and said, "how have you been these two years?"

In the distance, the sound of toasting came from the hall.

It's very quiet near here.

The lantern swayed gently in the slightly cold wind, and also in Jiang Xuening's sight.

She bent her lips and said, "how can I be bad?"

After a long silence, he asked, "what about you?"

Yan Lin's dark eyes were lit by the faint light, with a warm taste. He only said slowly: "it's not as bad as he thought."

For a moment, they were speechless.

In the dark blue night sky, the moon is high.

It's as bright as plain training, as bright as frost.

Yan Lin went a step closer and then asked, "how can I come with Mr. Xie?"Jiang Xuening thinks of Xie Wei and doesn't speak.

Yan Lin looked at her for a long time and asked, "where's Zhang Zhe?"

At this moment, Jiang Xuening seems to be hit by something.

She hasn't thought of this person for a while.

At first hearing the name, there was a dull pain which had been unfamiliar to her eyes. It made her eyes wet a little, but she didn't know what to say, and she dropped her eyes.

In fact, there is no need for words.

Yan Lin did not know her well when she walked with her through those days of mischief, but she could distinguish her emotions and guess that there was no good result.

After a moment's hesitation, I turned out the carnation and handed it to her.

He just laughed: "what a big deal. Here, I saw it picked for you just now. Don't be unhappy. "

In the still night, the little petals tremble.

But after a long time, Jiang Mo's tears fell from his eyelashes to the end.

Yan Lin is very angry.

I'm angry with her.

For a moment, he wanted to hold her tightly and rub her into his arms, but when he was young, he only said: "even if there is no Zhang cover, it's not me, is it?"

Jiang Xuening did not dare to answer.

Yan Lin then chuckled.

He looked at the carnation for a moment, and finally raised his hand to pinch the flowers at the top. He only handed out the thin flower branch with leaves, which was spoiled, helpless, and a kind of shallow sadness: "in the end, it's my heart. Don't let it down."

Jiang Xuening just took it.

Her nose was sour, her eyes were astringent, and she almost choked and answered, "well."

But Yan Lin rubbed her head with a smile: "I haven't seen you for two years. Why is it still like this? No wonder they don't want you. "

Jiang Xuening thought, is it necessary for Zhang Zhe and me to do that?

However, although he was full of sadness, he was stirred by the random kneading on his head. For a moment, he burst into tears and laughed, angry at him: "Mr. Zhang, if you listen to your full mouth, no matter how good your temper is, you will be beaten."

Yan Lin looked at her and did not retort, but said, "it's cold outside. Go back."

Jiang Xuening was tired after pondering. She didn't want to go back to the dining room, so she nodded and wanted to go back to the guest room to sleep.

It's just that she took two steps forward and then stopped.

Turning around, holding the thin branches of flowers in his hand, he looked at Yan Lin who was more and more mature after a few steps, and said seriously: "Yan Lin, I'm not unhappy, I'm really happy."

I'm glad that you are still the young man who is willing to pick flowers for me.

Although

I am no longer the girl who can take your flowers with ease.

She's gone a long way.

The lights on the porch are as old as ever.

Yan Lin is standing on the ground, his figure is stretched on the ground, his fingers have a thin layer of cocoon because of holding the sword all the year round, and the little purple and white carnation is hanging down between his fingers, silent.

It took a long time to smile.