After more than a dozen soldiers loaded the hot air balloon back onto the vehicle, Yan Bing stepped forward and patted He Yougui, who was still in a daze and meditated. When he turned around stupidly, Yan Bing smiled at him with his hands behind his back and said loudly.
He said: "What's wrong with Mr. He? Why don't you go home and think about it slowly? It's freezing here, so don't catch a cold."
He Yougui looked at Yan Bing, slowly raised his hands, and said with a smile: "What Duke Dingguo said is that I will leave the palace soon. I would also like to thank Duke Dingguo for speaking kindly in front of His Majesty..."
…”
Hearing this, the smile on Yan Bing's face froze, and then he frowned, looked at He Yougui with squinted eyes, and said, "Since He Shangshu has already guessed it, why are you thinking deeply about it here?"
He Yougui was still bowing, but he raised a hand, pointed at the hot air balloon on the car, and said softly: "I have been wondering what kind of object can make people see so clearly from above.
!”
"Oh! You've been standing here thinking about this for a long time!?" Yan Bing smiled bitterly after hearing this, then turned and walked towards the hot air balloon, saying as he walked: "Why don't you ask me directly, why bother beating around the bush...
"
Yan Bing put his hand into the basket and touched it for a long time. He found that his arms were too short and couldn't even touch the bottom of the basket, so he jumped in again with an embarrassed look on his face. Then he turned over the binoculars, jumped out of the car, and handed He Yougui's
Hands on, and some instructions on how to use it.
He Yougui nodded repeatedly while listening, holding it in his hand and looking through it up and down, with an excited face and full of praise.
Seeing He Yougui couldn't put it down, Yan Bing smiled slightly and said softly: "If He Shangshu likes it, how about I give this to you?"
He Yougui was stunned for a moment, slowly put down the telescope he held in front of his eyes, looked at Yan Bing hesitantly, and muttered: "The Duke is so kind to me... first he gave me kind words, and then he gave me treasures...
Your Majesty is naturally moved...but your Majesty is in charge of the military after all. If you and I have a close relationship, your Majesty will be a little suspicious..."
"That makes sense! Then you should give it back to me!!" Yan Bing didn't wait for him to finish speaking and directly reached out to grab it.
He Yougui hurriedly hid, put the telescope into his sleeve pocket, and said loudly: "But then again, the relationship between gentlemen between you and me is open and can shine on the sun and the moon! Of course, there is no need to avoid the older ones! Thank you, sir, sir.
Gift!”
After saying that, he bowed directly.
Yan Bing laughed angrily when he saw it, patted He Yougui on the back, and whispered: "He Shangshu, if you weren't so naughty, His Majesty would have already trusted you, so there's no need for me to put in good words.
People, when it’s time to be upright, it’s better to be upright! Don’t keep testing back and forth! Let’s go!”
After saying that, he waved to his soldiers and led everyone towards Xuandemen...
And He Yougui looked at Yan Bing's leaving back and remained silent until he watched her leave Xuandemen. Then he let out a long sigh and bowed again in the direction of her departure.
"Seriously, the national scholar is unparalleled... He is a low-ranking official, and a villain has the heart of a gentleman!"
After He Yougui whispered to himself in a low voice, he looked left and right again to make sure there was no one around. Then he took out the telescope from his sleeve and started playing with it again. He couldn't help but be happy.
When Li Bing passed through Xuandemen and passed by Liu Jingyu, he deliberately stopped, smiled at him, and cupped his hands.
Liu Jingyu was also stunned, and hurriedly returned the favor. The two of them understood without any extra words that they were laughing away their grudges.
After the matter was settled, Yan Bing led the soldiers all the way back to Tongshun City, left the hot air balloon directly at the military camp, and after giving instructions on how to add fuel, he told Zhao Kaixuan: "Stop using the city wall to practice courage.
, the city wall is too short! It’s not as useful as this!”
Zhao Kaixuan nodded with a smirk on his face, and the two of them laughed, completely ignoring that the faces of the soldiers behind them had turned livid...
One day later, Emperor Xuansi received the new military training manual sent by Yan Bing in the palace. He was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly while reading it. At the end, he saw Sun Tzu's Art of War and Thirty-six Stratagems.
There was only a table of contents written on it, but no content. He was puzzled and turned to the last page, only to see two huge black characters written in the middle:
“More money!!!”
He was so angry that he threw several more tea bowls, and then with a sullen expression he asked the Ministry of Finance to allocate two million taels of silver notes and gave them to Yan Bing...
As for Li Bing, he has basically been immersed in the military camp these days, supervising the soldiers' drills every day, repeating the drills again and again, striving to make them sweat more before the war and bleed less during the war. In this
During this period, Wu Qidao also led the convoy back to Tongshun City and participated in the actual military drill together.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, New Year's Eve is approaching...
Every house is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations to prepare for the New Year, and the same is true for the military camps.
In the past, every New Year's Eve, the soldiers would go home in batches to visit relatives, but this time it was different. After the beginning of spring, there would be a war with the Varo Kingdom. Naturally, it was impossible to let the soldiers go home for the New Year. In order not to affect morale, Yan Bing set an example.
She stayed in the military camp to accompany the school officers and soldiers to celebrate the New Year, and Lingyue naturally raised her hands in response. After all, she still had the title of general and could stay in the military camp.
But Xuekui and Wang Wenmiao have serious opinions...
"I think she did it on purpose! Your father even gave her a betrothal gift! And she still treats you like this! She clearly doesn't take you as a princess seriously!!" Xue Kui said seriously to Wang Wenmiao, fanning the flames.
Wang Wenmiao frowned slightly, looked at Xuekui, and replied in a low voice: "If Sister Xuekui wants to go, just go. Please don't use words to provoke me... I just want to stay by her side, and that's enough."
Xue Kui's eyes quickly turned around and said again: "Then is she... by your side now?"
Wang Wenmiao opened his mouth, then fell silent...
"You're so good at teaching people! You're a good girl and you're going to lead her into trouble!" Feng Chen couldn't stand listening anymore at the dinner table and taunted her directly.
And how could Xue Kui be such a good person? He just rolled his eyes at Feng Chen and said loudly: "Oh! You haven't even married yet, and you're already playing the game of "a well-fed man doesn't know a hungry man is hungry" with me!? Hey! You!
Where is Jia Caiyi!? Why didn’t I come to celebrate the New Year with you!? If I were you, I would have come to your door with gifts by now! I still have time to eat carrots and worry about it!!”
"Crack!"
Feng Chen blushed and slapped his palm on the table, startling everyone.
The old man was about to open his mouth to scold him, but Feng Chen stood up first and shouted loudly: "That makes sense!!! Why the hell didn't I think of that!!!"
After saying that, he turned to the old man and said with a playful smile: "Master, I'm going out to buy some things. In two days' New Year's Eve, I may not be able to accompany you to celebrate the New Year! But fortunately there are many people at home! There are also my uncle, my wife, and my little sister.
Fifteen will accompany you! I feel relieved!" After saying that, he raised his hand and patted Lu Liang's shoulder, winking crazily at him.
Lu Liang looked at Feng Chen's eyes, which were about to reach the sky, with a confused look on his face...
"Stop embarrassing him. If he could answer the phone, he would no longer be Lu Liang." The old man said with a smile while holding dishes: "You can go if you want. I won't stop you as a teacher. After all, you are older than me."
There are not many girls who are beautiful but don’t have good eyes..."
After the old man finished speaking, the table immediately burst into laughter, and Feng Chen immediately blushed...
Song Sanniang covered her mouth and smiled, stood up slowly, took out a fifty-tael silver note from her arms, slapped it on Feng Chen's hand, and said seriously: "You are not young anymore.
It’s time to work hard on your own affairs. Your master has us here, so it’s time to be busy with you. Use all the money to buy gifts. Don’t be stingy when we meet for the first time..."
Feng Chen lowered his head and looked at the banknote in his hand, and then at his wife. This was the first time that he had personally experienced what "maternal love" was. His eye circles instantly turned red. As he was moved, he was struck by the words on the side.
The old man poured cold water on him.
The old man stood up quickly, took away the fifty-tael silver note in the blink of an eye, exchanged it for a ten-tael note, put it in his hand, and then added with a sincere face: "Ten-tael is enough! This
The rest, I will help you save the rest to buy your betrothal gift!"
Everyone was speechless......
The next moment...
"Hey, hey, hey! There are so many people here!!!" The old man howled in pain, his ears still clutched in Song Sanniang's hand. She also snatched the fifty taels in his hand, and patted them into Feng Chen's hand.
.
"These sixty taels were given to you by your master and your wife. You don't have to worry about the rest, just go ahead!" Song Sanniang said as she pushed Feng Chen's shoulder, her right hand still holding the old man's ear.
Feng Chen nodded with emotion on his face and shouted in a rough voice: "Thank you, mother!" He looked at the old man with a smile, wiped his head with the banknote and ran, walking out of the hospital in three or two steps.
Door.
Song Sanniang slowly let go of her right hand, gave the old man a blank look, sat down and continued eating.
The old man obviously lost his temper with her, and muttered angrily: "Just spoil him!" After saying that, he slapped his chopsticks on the table, put his hands behind his back, and stopped eating.
"Hey!! I can't cure you yet!!" Song Sanniang also slapped her chopsticks on the table, lowered her head and said politely to everyone: "You guys eat first..." After saying that, she quickly chased after...
"Did you see that?! The head teacher's wife is a role model for you and me!!" Xue Kui saw the two of them walking away, gestured at their backs with her hands, and knocked on the edge of the gong at Wang Wenmiao again.
"Really... just how many days have it been? Master Niang has mastered Master very well." Lu Liang looked admiring.
Everyone nodded...
Uncle Qin said in a deep voice: "Don't talk about people's faults in small talk... let's eat."
"Okay, okay! I don't care!" Xue Kui responded with a few words, then turned to Wang Wenmiao and continued to encourage: "Anyway, I will definitely go! Let me give you a happy message whether you go or not!"
Wang Wenmiao looked at Song Sanniang's back pointing at the old man, and seemed to encourage himself in his heart. He gently put the bowls and chopsticks on the table and nodded...
