Chapter 592 Visit
A heavy rain in the afternoon washed away the midsummer heat.
Shao Xun handed the letter he had just written to the envoy and sent it to Nanyang.
There were women's voices in the courtyard, as well as the clear and tender voices of children.
Shao Xun sneaked behind the window lattice and looked down the corridor quietly.
A little girl with pink makeup is looking at the continuous raindrops attentively, tilting her head to think from time to time, which is really cute.
He looked at it for a long time, most of the time his eyes fell on the little girl, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
Song Yi, Jing and a newcomer who arrived yesterday are packing musical instruments and other items.
They lowered their heads and gestured to each other with their eyes, as if they were wondering what Mr. Chen was doing.
Shao Xun simply regarded them as invisible people and didn't care about their opinions at all.
After peeking for a while, Xu felt that it was not enough, so he coughed and walked over in a swaggering way.
"Husband."
"Mr. Chen."
Yu Wenjun and Sima Xiuyi stood up and saluted one after another.
"Sit, sit." Shao Xun asked the two of them to sit down and asked casually: "What are you talking about?"
The little girl also bowed in a decent manner, Shao Xun Suddenly he was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
I touched my body, I didn’t bring any gifts, do it!
Sima Mao gave him a funny look, as if he was mocking: Are the things at your home as good as those at my mother’s house?
Shao Xun took advantage of Yu Wenjun's lack of attention and glared back: Woman, don't be proud. I have made a fortune recently and got a lot of good things.
"I'm saying that Hui Wan is like a little princess, serious about words and smiles." Yu Wenjun covered his mouth and smiled.
Oh, it turns out my daughter’s name is Hui Wan.
He glared at Sima Mao again. When his daughter was three years old, it was the first time that he, a father, knew his child's name.
Then he looked at his daughter carefully.
The eyebrows and eyes look a bit like him, but more like Sima Maochao, especially the look, which is exactly the same as her mother's.
What a nerve. The child was only three years old. When she was playful and active, Sima Maoyao raised her in a serious direction.
Shao Xun remembered the first time he met Sima Xiuyi. She had just finished her quarrel with Wang Dun and was sitting alone by the lotus pond with an angry face and extremely majestic look.
Of course, she usually puts on a good show, wearing a gorgeous palace dress and a floor-length skirt, and has the aura of a cold goddess. This makes Shao Xun very unhappy, so he wants to see her even more after she has achieved success. expression.
But the stinky bitch was also cruel enough. She refused to cooperate in his favorite pose and even kicked him on the bed. Only at a certain moment, she behaved like a kitten, but then she immediately returned to her old ways.
Break the princess’ temper!
While thinking wildly, the two women joked for a while. But they both laughed, and their hearts fell on Shao Xun.
"Princess will return to Suyu Palace tomorrow?" Yu Wenjun was a little surprised.
"Yes." Sima Mao nodded and said: "Mr. Chen made such a big fuss in Luoyang, and many people came to Suyu Palace to complain. I was anxious, so I came to Luoyang. I visited the emperor in the palace. After that, it’s time to go back.”
Suyu Palace is a palace located in Guangchengze, built under the supervision of Shao Xun when he was the general of Caiguan. When the work stopped, most of the palace room had been completed. Last year, the emperor gave it to Xiangcheng Princess Sima Xiu.
She is now the owner of Suyu Palace.
Yang Xianrong is the owner of Guangcheng Palace.
The homes of these two royal women were given by Shao.
"How is the emperor doing?" Shao Xun heard this and asked immediately.
"The emperor's spirit has been greatly reduced, and he has lost his former glory." Sima Maoyuan glared at Shao Xun openly this time and said, "Fortunately, the attendants and palace attendants around him have not been replaced. , the emperor will not be suspicious."
"The emperor didn't say anything?" Shao Xun asked.
Simius Mao shook his head slightly, sighed sadly, and said: "The emperor no longer believes in me."
After all, the two are siblings, and their affection is still there, but it doesn't end there.
The emperor didn't know what was going on, but he suddenly became wary of her. Maybe it was because she married the Langya Wang family, and Wang Yan was very close to Chen Gong.
She was not very happy about Shao Xun's behavior as a whole, but she wouldn't say anything.
The way the world is, she has already looked away.
The identity of the Sima family can no longer provide her with much protection, otherwise, she would not have been left to fend for herself in the wilderness by Wang Dun. What makes her life truly stable is not her status as a princess, but the man in front of her.
Some things are inevitable after all.
She is a woman, a married woman, she just needs to live her own life. She couldn't care too much about her parents' family. She could only do her best to help them and help them within the scope of her ability. In this way, she had fulfilled her duty.
The men in the Sima family can't stand up, so what's the use of a woman who has been abandoned by her husband?
After hearing this, Shao Xun felt relieved.
As long as the emperor's mood is stable.
What he was most worried about was that the emperor couldn't think about it for a while and hanged himself on a crooked neck tree. Then he would have trouble explaining and couldn't explain it. Of course, he also knew that this possibility was very small. He was so tolerant today that he could pour wine, wash cups, and hold the toilet seat. Suicide was absolutely impossible, not even in this life.
"Mr. Chen is leaving Beijing too?" Sima Mao waved and called his daughter over.
"It's just a northern tour, but I can indeed walk, soon." Shao Xun said, glancing at his daughter from time to time.
The "Northern Inspection" has too many meanings, and it is really not all about inspection. When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty patrolled the border, he mobilized 500,000 soldiers and civilians, conquered Tuyuhun, and established four counties. It was a bit miserable when there was a heavy snowstorm in Dadou Bago in the summer.
Border patrols are never just "inspections."
"Mr. Chen is now waging war everywhere, and the strings are too tight." Sima Mao said pointedly.
Yu Wenjun looked at Shao Xun with worried eyes. It was obvious that she had already talked about many things with Sima Maoyao, especially about Wang Dun’s activities in Xiangyang. This was what Shao Xun wrote to Lucai. The main reason for the letter.
After Wang Dun became the governor of Jingzhou, he was quite honest at first, just training troops in the fields and making armor and equipment. Later, Xu Shi discovered that Shao Xun was at war on all sides, so he sent many people to go deep into the counties of Nanyang and Yuzhou to contact and plan conspiracies.
Some counties sent Wang Dun's messenger to Xuchang.
Some counties sent messenger gifts out of the country, but they refused to accept them and were unwilling to make peace with Wang Dun, but they were also unwilling to break up with him.
Some counties received the messengers secretly.
Of course, Wang Dun not only came into contact with officials, he also came into contact with many powerful nobles. As for the purpose, of course it is to attack Shao from behind - there is no military action yet, but it is difficult to say in the future.
Sima Xiuyi's business has already reached the Jiangxia area, and she is well-informed. In addition, there are many Sima clan kings in her network, so she took the opportunity to enter the capital to remind Shao Xun.
Although Shao Xun already knew about Wang Dun's little move, he was still very grateful. The only thing that made him extremely dissatisfied - and at the same time extremely satisfied - was that she took her daughter Hui Wan with her.
Shao Xun really wants to hug his daughter now, but his wife is by his side, so it is difficult for him to make any changes.
The ex-girlfriend is raising the child alone and does not allow the biological father to visit. What the hell are these rules?
"Husband, why don't you make peace with Nanfang first?" Yu Wenjun said worriedly when he saw that Shao Xun was silent.
Shao Xun sighed secretly.
Yu Wenjun is good at everything, but his political wisdom is not enough. Maybe she wasn't stupid, but she really didn't like to use her brain in this area. She believed too much that his husband could keep her in a honeypot and be happy for the rest of her life.
The problem is that Shao Xun himself doesn't believe in himself.
And in his current position, when getting along with the princesses and ladies, his offensive and defensive tendencies are different.
What's wrong with An Neng? Everyone who understands understands.
"Wang Yifu has sent people south to build Ye. If Sima Jingwen is willing to make peace, I don't want to push too hard." Shao Xun looked at his wife dotingly and said, "If you don't want to, it's okay, just fight. ”
Isn’t it just a soldier? There are many.
Soldiers are farmers, farmers are soldiers, and all adult men are soldiers. During the Three Kingdoms period, there were a lot of underage men serving as soldiers. In Cao Wei, there were even seven or eight-year-old children going into battle.
There are not enough soldiers who spend money, and aren’t there everywhere the soldiers who don’t spend money? What a big deal.
Sima Mao looked at the couple with a smile on his face and gently stroked his daughter's forehead, eyebrows and eyes.
Shao Xun's heart skipped a beat, Hui Wan's eyebrows and eyes looked a bit like him.
This stinky bitch!
"Wang Yifu may not be able to convince the people in Jiangdong." Sima Maoyao held his daughter on his lap and said, "What conditions do you offer?"
"Xuzhou uses the Huai River as the boundary, and each of them stops their troops."< br>
"I don't think it's easy." Sima Mao sighed and said, "But it's hard to say. Jing Wen should have a headache next, and many sect kings have gone south."
Shao Xun chuckled.
Historically it was "Five Horses Crossing the River". Shao Xun gave him a big gift. It was not impossible for him to have "fifteen horses to cross the river", but it was also possible for twenty horses to cross the river.
Everything in the world has pros and cons.
If Sima Rui can stabilize himself, these clans moving south may not be able to help him.
If it cannot be stabilized, it will be a big trouble.
Shao Xun feels that Sima Rui, Wang Dao and others should be able to stabilize in the end. These clans going south will eventually become Sima Rui's help, but the initial chaos should be inevitable. He is fighting for this little time. .
“What should we do over there in Jingzhou?” Simimao asked again.
"After the autumn harvest, Le Hongxu will summon soldiers and horses to practice and strictly police the place." Shao Xun said: "Wang Chuzhong's fighting skills are very average. Le Hongxu has been working hard in Nanyang for many years, so he will not take advantage of him."
< br>Sima Mao nodded after hearing this, then stood up and left.
She just stopped by to tell him some news about the south, so that Shao Xun would not be attacked by Wang Dun in Nanyang without knowing it.
In addition, she is a member of the Sima family after all, and she also wants to find out Shao Xun's attitude, especially towards the emperor.
After informing her, she took her daughter and left directly.
Not long after she left, Yang Qin hurried in and reported: "Ming Gong, the person who assassinated the governor is outside..."
"What's the matter?" Shao Xun asked. road.
"Ji Zhan attacked Anfeng, but a wealthy family in the county rebelled. They killed the prefect and surrendered the county. There were also rebels in Yiyang. Wang Dun sent his boatmen into Yiyang and they were fighting."
< br>"Let the people who assassinated the governor come in." Shao Xun waved.
“Husband.” Yu Wenjun looked at him worriedly.
Shao Xun smiled and said: "The rats are just making trouble. How can it be so easy to go against the will of heaven? The Northern Patrol remains unchanged, don't worry."
After saying that, he returned to the study and began to write a letter , issue an order.
(End of this chapter)