In mid-November, Mr. Shen, who had been resting in Huai'an for almost half a month, finally saw the scab on the wound on his right shoulder.
He took off the cloth strip that had been hanging for half a month from his hand.
Although he has recovered from his injuries, Mr. Shen's face does not look happy.
Ye Chan helped Shen Yi take off the bandages, and carefully helped him put on thicker clothes.
After putting on her clothes, she looked at Shen Yi, then looked at Shen Yi's expression, and asked softly: "Master, are you going out?"
"Um."
Mr. Shen reached out and pinched Ye Chan's cheek, and a smile appeared on his face: "I need to go out and do something."
Ye Chan looked at Shen Yi and sighed slightly: "Young Master has been in a bad mood these past few days."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said calmly: "It's okay. My mood will feel better after the incident is over. Now is the time to settle this matter."
He bid farewell to Ye Chan, took a dozen followers with him, and left from the imperial mission.
Because the injury on his arm had not healed yet, Shen Yi did not ride a horse but went out in a carriage. Fortunately, the distance was not very far. In only a day or two, he arrived at the Lianshui Camp on the western front of the Huai'an defense line.
This is the largest camp on the Western Front and the core of the Western Front. A total of four thousand-household camps are stationed here.
Nearly half of the troops on the Western Front are deployed here.
Ling Su, the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, spends most of his time here presiding over military affairs on the Western Front.
Knowing that Shen Yi was coming, Ling Su led a group of generals from Lianshui Camp to greet Shen Yi on the official road early in the morning. Basically, more than a hundred households were present.
As the imperial envoy of the Huai'an Governor, it is normal for Shen Yi to inspect the defense along the Huai River, and it is also his job.
It was almost noon when Master Shen's carriage arrived near the Lianshui Camp. Ling Su and a group of generals stood on both sides of the official road. When Shen Yi's carriage approached, the group bowed their heads and clasped their fists in salute.
Because they have been trained in advance, their voices are uniform.
Dozens of people spoke in unison, very loudly.
"General, please wait and pay your respects to Duke Shen!"
The carriage slowly stopped. Shen Yi opened the curtain and glanced at the generals on both sides of the road who were bowing to him. He squinted his eyes slightly and closed the curtain again with a calm voice.
"Let's go back to the camp."
Ling Su was stunned.
He looked up at Shen Yi's carriage and couldn't help but frown slightly.
Because, the attitude of Mr. Shen in front of him... seemed a little too cold.
He seemed a little different from the gentle Mr. Shen before.
If it were the old Shen Yi, no matter what happened now, he would get off the carriage, meet and talk to these subordinates, and then get on the carriage and return to the camp.
And now Mr. Shen...
changed.
He became a bit like other civil servants.
However, Ling Su didn't think for a long time. After being stunned for a moment, he clasped his fists respectfully and said yes.
Immediately afterwards, everyone got on their horses one after another, surrounded Shen Yi's carriage, and entered the Lianshui Camp. Then the Lianshui Camp was promoted to the tent, and Shen Yi sat in the commander's position.
After Shen Yi sat down, Ling Su coughed and said to Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen, because I only received the news yesterday that you were going to inspect Lianshui Camp, my subordinates did not have time to summon all the thousands of households on the western front.
Two Thousand Households from the nearby Pingqiao Camp are here. Mr. Shen, do you think you should call all the other Thousand Households?"
A smile appeared on Master Shen's face.
He should smile at this time.
But he was really not in a good mood, and the smile he forced out turned into a fake smile, which made the generals of the Lianshui camp feel frightened.
Especially Ling Su.
Ling Su's business ability can only be said to be above average, but he is well versed in the ways of being an official. Seeing Shen Yi's appearance, he felt something was wrong in his heart. General Ling suddenly remembered something, and his heart skipped a beat.
.
He hesitated for a moment, then bravely held his fists and said: "Mr. Shen, is there something about the defense on the Western Front that makes you dissatisfied? If there is anything inappropriate..."
He half-knelt down, lowered his head and said, "General, I beg you, Mr. Shen, to punish you!"
Shen Yi exhaled a deep breath, and his stinky face finally slowly dissipated.
It's not that he doesn't have a deep grasp of the city and puts everything on his face.
It was actually this incident that made him feel uncomfortable.
and……
In Huai'an, he Shen Qi is like a god, and he always speaks his mind. There is really no need to put on airs in front of these subordinates.
Mr. Shen waved his hand indifferently and said: "General Ling, get up quickly. I am here this time just to inspect the defense along the Huaihe River. I don't have anything else to do."
After Ling Su got up, he glanced at the thousands of households present with a calm expression: "In addition to inspecting defense, Jiankang sent fifty new telescopes a few days ago, and the effect is better than the previous one.
There are a lot of them, and the scout battalion is already equipped, so I thought of sending them to the brothers on the Western Front."
He looked around the crowd with a calm expression: "However, the telescope is still a top-secret thing of the imperial court. In order to prevent it from falling into the hands of Qi people, the telescopes originally issued to you Qianhu must be handed over in advance. After handing over, I will give it to you tomorrow.
Please send me new ones."
Having said this, Mr. Shen sat in his seat calmly and said calmly: "Before sunset, send all the old telescopes to the commander's tent, and the military documents will prepare them for storage."
The thousands of households looked at each other, lowered their heads, saluted Shen Yi with fists in their hands, left the commander's tent, and went back to get the binoculars.
Ling Su stayed on his own initiative. After everyone left, he looked at Shen Yi, stepped forward cautiously, bowed slightly and said, "Mr. Shen..."
"You seem to be in a bad mood..."
He lowered his head, rolled his eyes, and said bravely: "Is it..."
General Ling gritted his teeth slightly and said, "Is it about the leakage of Zhou Qiao's defense..."
After hearing his words, Mr. Shen looked at him thoughtfully, then his face was expressionless.
"yes."
Hearing this word, Ling Su trembled all over.
This is what he fears most!
It's not that he, Ling Su, had an affair with Qi people.
Naturally, he did not have an affair with Qi Ren. He was worried that it was his subordinate who had an affair with Qi Ren!
Because of him, his position in the entire Dusi Group is already somewhat embarrassing.
Since Dusi took over the defense of Huai'an in August, he has fought several battles with the Qi people, but these tough battles were basically fought on the eastern front. As a result, General Su Dingsu emerged in the army.
He, Ling Su, may be replaced at any time now.
Only one chance to be replaced...
And if someone among his subordinates had an affair with Qi Ren, you can imagine how angry Shen Yi would be? How angry?
As long as this anger spreads to him even a little bit, his position as the commander-in-chief will be in danger.
Seeing Ling Su's ugly face, Shen Yi looked at him quietly.
"Is General Ling thinking that Shen is deliberately playing tricks to get rid of you as the leader?"
Ling Su's face turned pale, and he knelt in front of Shen Yi, lowering his head: "The general will not dare."
He gritted his teeth and said, "The general only hates himself for not being strict with his subordinates. He only hates the beasts under his hands for eating them inside and out!"
"Mr. Shen, please give the list to the general, and the general will concoct it with his own hands!"
Mr. Shen looked calm and said calmly: "Who is it? General Ling will just wait here quietly. We will find out before sunset."
Ling Su just knelt on the ground without saying a word.
Shen Yi didn't help him up, he just sat there minding his own business.
Soon, Qian Hu, who acted quickly, came back to hand over the binoculars. As soon as they entered the commander's tent, they saw Ling Su kneeling on the ground, and felt their hearts skip a beat.
Thousands of households came in one after another and handed over their telescopes.
There are a total of fourteen telescopes on the entire Western Front. In addition to you Qianhu, the scout battalion was issued two more telescopes. There was also a commanding officer who was also issued telescopes.
By sunset, only thirteen coins had been handed over.
Qianhu Shen Da knelt in front of Shen Yi, hesitated, then lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, my subordinate's telescope..."
"lost…"
Shen Yi looked at him quietly and asked, "Did you lose it or lend it to someone else?"
Hearing Shen Yi's question, Ling Su stood up directly and stared at Shen Da fiercely.
Shen Da shrank his neck and turned to look at another Qianhu among the Qianhu behind him.
The man subconsciously took half a step back as if avoiding a snake or a scorpion.
Shen Da gritted his teeth and lowered his head: "Back to Mr. Shen, my subordinate's telescope was accidentally lost..."
"My subordinates suspect that someone stole it..."
"I have been looking for it for several days. A few days ago, my subordinate sent a document to Mr. Shen explaining this matter..."
Master Shen squinted his eyes and suddenly smiled.
