I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 193 A Few Breaths

"What's this word? What does it mean?" Bian Xian looked at the crooked words that were squeezed together and suddenly realized that he was illiterate.

Lu Guan looked carefully and could only see that the first one was the character "zi", the next one seemed to be a character "gong", and the third one had only half of a character, which looked like the character "three" and also like a three-point water radical.

Others also passed the benches to each other and discussed with each other.

After a moment, a soldier suddenly had an idea, "Could it be General Sun Misun? I remember that he was sent out by the captain to lead us ahead."

"Wait! General Sun may not have time to write the whole thing." Bian Xian slapped his thigh, and then thought of Sun Mi's other identity, so he pushed Lu Guan aside and whispered, "Fourth Master, do you still remember the caravan we saw in Xuanfu?"

Lu Guan remembered: "We saw more than one caravan." At the beginning of the country, there was a policy of opening up the border, and many merchants participated in delivering food to the border troops in exchange for salt permits issued by the court.

At present, some merchants choose to open up wasteland in border areas and transport grain, and then use the salt permits they obtain to exchange with other merchants selling daily necessities.

Therefore, every year many mainland merchants would travel to border areas to trade with border merchants. For example, Miao Dongjia sold some of his goods in this way.

Especially now that the army is about to set out, many mainland merchants are willing to transport grain and cloth northward.

"I'm talking about the team that followed us when we left Xuancheng a few days ago. At that time, Xiong Fu said that these people's behavior had some sense of a military formation.

I saw General Sun using the mule cart in front of them.

And General Sun... you know him, right?" Bian Xian reminded.

Lu Guan recalled that there was a question like this: “Wait a minute, you can’t say these people are…”

While he was trying to figure it out, Bian Xian also nodded.

"Then you take this stool and go back to Xuanfu with Xiong Fu. No, they may have already reached Datong.

Anyway, you should find them and let them see if there are any secret codes in the handwriting.

The others and I will go down the mountain and find a place to camp." Lu Guan's team was fully armed, so he was not worried about being ambushed.

Especially since the Northern Tartars are still thousands of miles away, and Datong is not one of the Nine Frontiers of later generations. The border line has been pushed to the north at least to Dongshengwei. The Northern Tartars dare not go deep into the Great Zhou. Occasionally, small groups of people appear, but they are basically bandits mixed with some Dada people.

When Bian Xian took the order and left, Shen Xiaoye in the capital saw Aruhhan and his son who were detained in an inconspicuous courtyard.

Apart from not being able to leave here, their movements are not restricted, and Aruhhan's wound is still healing, so he will not leave on his own initiative.

"Agula, is this the place where you used to live?" Shen Xiaoye greeted him as soon as he saw him.

Agula had not forgiven her yet, so naturally he was not in a good mood, especially when he saw Shen Changsui, he gave them a loud "humph".

But his father Aruhan took it easy. He said, "I have told you everything I know. There is nothing more."

“There was indeed a rebellion in Ganliang, but it has been quelled.

If a small tribe refuses to submit to the king's rule, our generals of the Celestial Empire will teach them how to behave.

Tomorrow the army will march straight to the northern desert, and wherever the troops go, they will be crushed to dust." Shen Changsui looked at Aruhan meaningfully, as if he was mocking them for inciting rebellion but being unable to restrain the emperor's determination to lead the army himself.

Aruhhan's eyebrows jumped. Shen Changsui just smiled and stared at him for a few seconds, then turned and left.

Shen Xiaoye followed without hesitation, which surprised Guard Xia. Are these uncle and nephew just going to say a few words?

As a result, when he was about to leave, Aruhan said, "Wait a minute, if I tell you where the group sent by the Grand Master will retreat to, can you let me take Agula back to the grassland?"

"After the fight, I will report your thoughts to the higher authorities. Everything will be decided by the higher authorities." Guard Xia did not give a perfunctory answer, but chose to speak the truth. "If I let you go now, I'm afraid you will die before you even leave the Wanquan Division."

Agula walked him to the door and then returned: "Eqige, why don't we stay in the capital? Do you want to fight a war for the rest of your life?"

“Our tribe and people are in Mobei.

Agula, if you don't want to leave, you can stay." Aruhan thought carefully, as he was used to life on the grassland.

Agula thought for a long time and said, "I think Benya Khan is bragging, and the cavalry he brought back from Timur and the people he called back have never fought against the Great Zhou.

What's even more terrifying is that he has always disagreed with the Grand Master and refused to rebel against the Ten Kings, so the tribes below disliked him very much.

Eqige, if you go back to the grassland, will the Grand Master still trust you? And the tribesmen, they have the chief to take care of them, not you. "

……

Shen Xiaoye, who had already left, never expected that Agula could analyze so many problems.

When she returned home and was about to talk to her uncle, a eunuch brought her a reward.

Shen Changsui immediately ordered an incense table to be set up, but both Xuan Shen and Mr. Bai looked confused.

Only Shen Cungeng and Shen Xiaoye agreed immediately, and they were prepared to perform the duties with full courtesy.

Guard Xia couldn't just stand there, and he responded actively verbally, but his actions were slower than the two teenagers.

When the eunuch saw that they were really going to set up the incense table, he quickly said, "Mr. Shen, please wait a moment. We are here to give Miss Shen a reward on behalf of the Imperial Concubine.

To thank her for saving the imperial concubine's niece last year, you can come to the palace to thank her at any time."

Shen Xiaoye, who was walking out of the main room holding an incense burner, shot a cold look at the eunuch when she heard the words. When the other party sensed her gaze, she quickly put on a smiling face.

"We already received a thank-you gift last year. It would be ungrateful to accept a second gift from the Empress." As he said this, he took out a piece of gold from his bag and gave it to his fourth uncle.

Shen Changsui immediately handed the gifts to the eunuch and politely escorted him out of the door. He also described the gifts as the imperial concubine's favor to the soldiers who were about to go to the battle.

Shen Cungeng had too many questions, "Fourth Uncle, is this a break from the Eastern Palace?"

Shen Changsui patted him on the shoulder and said, “If you don’t row, Xiaoye will be in trouble.

You two stay at home, I'll be back soon."

After saying that, he left the two kids behind and took Guard Xia with him as well.

Shen Cungeng thought about it for a while and understood it in his heart, "Xiao Ye, what if you are allowed to go in during the election?"

His family is not unable to afford the support, so they would definitely not give Xiaoye's name.

"Let's do it." Shen Xiaoye rubbed his brows, collected his thoughts and said, "Cousin, I will set out tomorrow or tonight to look for Master Wang and Taoist Hengxi and the others.

Because the army is going to war, it will take a month or so to leave the capital.

Only my eldest uncle knows this in the family.

At this critical moment, please cooperate with your uncle and persuade your grandparents not to come to Beijing."

"No, it's too dangerous for just you and your fourth uncle to go to Xuan University." Shen Xiaocungeng objected.