marquis of jingan

Chapter 1339 Shulu

The carriage went all the way north and soon caught up with Zhang Jian, who had left two days earlier, so the group traveled together.

On the road until the end of the first year, the group arrived in Jinan City. After arriving in Jinan, it was already afternoon and evening. Although Shen Yi would not stay in Jinan, it was not suitable to continue the journey, so he had to stay overnight in Jinan City.

That night, Shen Yi, the governor of Shandong, was the host and invited Zhang Jian and Li Mu to have dinner in Jinan city.

In the end, Zhang Jian, who often lives in Jinan, led the way, and the three of them rushed to the Huifu Building in Jinan. After getting to the second floor, the soldiers brought by the King of Jin guarded the entrance of the corridor and cleared the entire second floor of guests. , no one except the waiter is allowed to enter or leave.

When Shen Yi went upstairs, he glanced at the few Jin Prince's soldiers on the stairs and said with a smile: "The prince is more grand. When my senior brother and I eat out on weekdays, we always have people guard the door of the private room."

This may sound a bit weird to others, but Shen Yi is very familiar with Li Mu, and Prince Jin can tell that Shen Yi is joking, but he is still a little surprised, shaking his head and saying: "Zi Heng, your security is also You are too lax, this will never happen, I will write to His Majesty later and ask His Majesty to give you an edict."

Mr. Shen stood on the side of the table, pulled Li Mu to sit on the main seat, and said with a smile: "I don't know how many internal guards are following me in the dark. It's very safe. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about me. "

Zhang Jian was on the right, looking at Shen Yi: "What the prince said is not unreasonable. Zi Heng is carrying a huge burden on his shoulders now. He must pay attention to safety on weekdays."

Prince Jin was pulled to the main seat. He looked at the position and frowned: "Zi Heng, you are the governor of Shandong and the landlord of Jinan City. How can I sit on the main seat?"

He pulled Shen Yi with his hand and said, "You must sit in this position."

Mr. Shen said helplessly: "We are all friends, so whoever sits is not the same? The prince's status is more noble, so he must sit in this position."

Zhang Jian on the side also helped pull Li Mu's sleeves and said with a smile: "What Zi Heng said is that according to etiquette and status, this position must be occupied by the prince."

Prince Jin sat down helplessly, shook his head and said, "You brothers should work together."

Although he sat down, he looked at Zhang Jian again and said, "As far as friends are concerned, based on your age, you should be the one to sit in this seat, brother Yi An."

Among the three, Zhang Jian is the oldest.

When he was appointed magistrate of Jiangdu in the fifth year of Hongde, he was already twenty-four years old, and at that time, Shen Yi was only fifteen years old.

Li Mu, who was still the crown prince of Jin that year, was nineteen years old.

It is now the eighteenth year of Hongde, which means that Prince Jin is thirty-two years old and Zhang Jian is thirty-seven years old.

Among the three, Shen Yi, who has the most authority, is the youngest, only twenty-eight years old this year.

After the three people were polite to each other, Shen Yi took the lead and said: "This place is not very far from Mount Tai. Your Majesty is doing errands for His Majesty, so I will settle in Jinan. I will rest in Jinan for a day today, and I will continue to go north tomorrow to return to my army." Big tent."

Prince Jin nodded first and said with a smile: "I am a useless person who cannot go to the battlefield, so I can only enjoy the blessings in a big city like Jinan."

"but…"

He looked at Zhang Jian and said with emotion: "After entering the city just now, I saw that in Jinan City, there is already a flow of cars and horses, the people coming and going in an orderly manner, and the city is already very prosperous. It is hard to believe that this place has only restored... It took about two years.”

He praised: "On the way, I heard Zi Heng say that Brother Yi An is a good herdsman. When I saw him today, I realized how powerful Brother Yi An is. Not to mention other places, Hu Feng is rarely seen in Jinan City. It’s as if it has always been my Han family’s city.”

Zhang Jian said modestly: "It's the people of Shandong who care about the Han family. I didn't do anything."

Shen Yi raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Come, let's toast to our senior brother for the sake of this Jinan city."

Prince Jin picked up the wine glass, and after the three of them had a drink, he looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Zi Heng is leaving early tomorrow morning?"

After finishing speaking, he paused and asked: "How is the war on the front line?"

Zhang Jian on the side laughed quickly and said: "It's probably not too tight. If the fighting on the front line was too fierce, Zi Heng would probably not come with us in the car so slowly. He would have already ridden all the way back to the front line."

Shen Yi put down his wine glass, shook his head slightly and said, "It's not bad, it's not bad. Although the Qi people attacked very fiercely, the Huai'an army was able to hold on, and they fought back and forth with these Qi people."

"Because they can hold on, I am not in a hurry to rush back."

Mr. Shen smiled and said: "But I still have to rush back early tomorrow morning. Otherwise, as time goes by, the court will know that there is no difference whether I am on the front line or not."

Prince Jin laughed: "Zi Heng, you are still interesting."

Shen Yi picked up the wine glass, toasted him, and said, "How long will the prince stay in the north this time?"

Prince Jin looked at Zhang Jian, and then said: "Zi Heng should know that if the resistance from the court is not too great, His Majesty will go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen in October, I should stay until October, and then follow Your Majesty Let’s return to Jiankang together.”

Shen Yi smiled and said: "When the time comes, the prince may want to stay for a while, but he may not go back to Jiankang."

King Jin was a little surprised: "What do you mean by Zi Heng?"

"Your Majesty has ordered that after the army arrives near Yandu, it will find several imperial mausoleums in Dachen and repair them. I don't have the ability to do this. Wait until October, and I will request your Majesty to let the prince take on this task. "

Hearing this, Li Mu was surprised and delighted: "Is Ziheng sure that he will capture the capital of Yan this year?"

"That's not the case."

Shen Yi shook his head, then smiled and said: "But the imperial mausoleum is not in Yandu. It will be difficult for me to capture Yandu for most of half a year, but if I can capture the vicinity of Yandu..."

"You can give it a try." "Okay, okay."

Li Mulian made two good remarks and murmured: "I can really go to visit and repair the royal tomb of my ancestors. I have done something good in my life."

Shen Yi picked up the wine glass.

"We each work hard for Da Chen."

After Li Mu clinked the glasses, he drank it all in one gulp, then put down the glass, bowed to Shen Yi and handed over his hands: "On behalf of Mr. Li, I would like to thank Ziheng."

Shen Yi quickly stretched out his hand to help him up, frowning and said: "You drank well, why did the prince suddenly become pregnant?"

Prince Jin wiped his eyes with his sleeve and couldn't help but shed tears.

"It's a pity that my father will never see the day when Yandu recovers."

Speaking of the old prince, Shen Yi also sighed. He patted Li Mu's junior and said slowly.

"drink wine."

That night, the three of them drank a lot, and even Shen Yi was 60 to 70% drunk.

But early the next morning, Mr. Shen recovered. He took his entourage and left Jinan Mansion and continued northward.

This time, instead of taking a car, we rode north.

When he left the Huai'an Army and went south last year, the Chinese Army's headquarters was in Shunde City. However, Shunde was close to Lingsu, but too far from Su Ding of the Left Route Army. There was a certain "delay" in dealing with the affairs of the Left Route Army. .

Therefore, this year, although Shen Yi himself has not returned yet, his documents have already arrived in the army early. According to the reports of the generals of the Huai'an army, the Chinese army's tent was moved to Hejian Fucheng, which is almost far away from Zhending Fucheng. But it's a bit southerly.

This place is called Shulu County.

It was almost more than five hundred miles from Jinan City to Shulu County. Because he was riding a horse, Shen Yi traveled much faster. On the fourth day after setting off from Jinan, the group of them arrived outside Shulu County.

Before he approached the county seat, there were already some people waiting on both sides of the official road.

The first person was Su Ding, the coach of the Left Army whom he had not seen for a long time, followed by Zhong Ming, who had been recovering from his injuries in the Chinese Army, and Zhu Zhen, the current commander of Shen Yi's guard camp.

The three people lined up on both sides, clasping fists and saluting Shen Yi's horse from a distance.

"Greetings to Mr. Shen!"

Shen Yi jumped off the horse, first looked at Zhong Ming who was standing behind Su Ding, and asked: "How is the injury?"

Zhong Ming lowered his head and said, "It's time to go back to Mr. Shen."

Su Ding turned around and glared at him, and then said: "The doctor said that he will have to rest for a month before going to the battlefield."

Shen Yi nodded, looked at Su Ding, and said with a smile: "Why did General Su come to the Chinese Army to pick me up?"

Su Ding lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, because General Ling did not occupy Zhending Mansion, the fighting back and forth was very fierce. The left army has now occupied Hejian, and the Qi people cannot attack. Therefore, the troops in Hejian are The war is not fierce. Knowing that Duke Shen is coming back, the general came here specially, firstly to greet Duke Shen, and secondly to report the battle situation to you, Duke Shen."

Shen Yi nodded, then patted Zhu Zhen on the shoulder and looked up at the small county town ahead.

"Let's go to the city and talk."

After saying this, he turned to look at Zhong Ming and said in a deep voice: "If you are injured again in the future, no matter who comes, you are not allowed to come out to greet him. Do you understand?"

Zhong Ming quickly lowered his head: "I will finally understand."

Mr. Shen walked at the front, then looked back at Su Ding, and said with a smile: "General Ling's son, come with me to Jiankang. His Majesty has granted marriage to him. Do you want General Su's son to be brought to the army as well?" Will you come and follow me?"

Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said with a smile: "The eldest son of the general's family is already married, and the younger son is still too young."

"In the future, we may really trouble Mr. Shen."

Mr. Shen lowered his head and thought about it, then smiled and said, "It's quite early to get married. If I remember correctly, the eldest son of your family is only seventeen years old this year."

"Yes."

Su Ding lowered his head and said: "He is still in Mingzhou Mansion. When the general gives birth to a grandson, he will also join the army and serve the court and Duke Shen."

Shen Yi walked into Shulu County with his hands behind his back.

"I want to join the army and reach your and General Ling's level."

He smiled lightly.

"There has to be someone to inherit my father's legacy,"