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Chapter 1171 Anecdote
Chang'an City was preparing for the Northern Expedition. In this tense atmosphere, an anecdote made the civil and military officials feel dumbfounded.

Next to the Town God's Temple, in the yamen of the Military Intelligence Department, Lin Zi was flipping through the information in his hands, but he heard his subordinates chatting a little more.

"..."

"Really?" Lin Zi was surprised and raised his eyebrows.

"Senior, the humble job is a spy. How can you make a mistake if you inquire about some nosy things?"

"Who spread it? Could it be that Meng Yuan or Zhao Song's secret work is going to deal with our generals?"

Lin Zi said, put down the military information in his hands, frowned, showing a cautious look.

However, he heard an answer that surprised him again.

"It came from General Liu Jinsuo."

"Fool Liu? How could he spread bad words about General Lu?"

Zhao Jin gave Yan Rong a blank look, changed the subject, and said, "By the way, I have something to ask you. Wang Cui has something on his mind recently. It seems to be related to a general named Lu Xiaoyou in the Tang army. Do you know?"

But a few officials and family members came to see him, so Zhao Jin waited behind the screen all afternoon.

"I don't like to take care of these crap things." At this moment, Zhao Jin said: "I mean your status is low. In the past, you were the leader of the treacherous party, controlling the affairs of the court. But now you have been entangled with these gossip women for a long time, and you still don't know what to do. Get them out."

"girl?"

"Then you go to Hebei first and send a letter to His Majesty..."

Lin Zi recruited another confidant, and said: "You go to Miyagi first, and ask His Majesty for me."

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Zhao Jin was also in the palace that day, playing backgammon in Yan Rong's small hall while talking.

"It stands to reason that you should be allowed to rest for a while when you just came back. But you also know that there is really a shortage of talents recently."

At this juncture, Li Xia was obviously busy with state affairs, and Zhao Jin was also a little apprehensive about asking him for these trivial matters.

But after finally being squeezed out of the city with the crowd, Zhao Jin could only see the backs of other people's heads, nothing else.

He knocked on the door when he received his subordinates because it must be something very important, so he opened the door, greeted him personally, and listened to what was reported.

"Yes."

But thinking about it again, it was just a matter of asking, and it wouldn't take him too much trouble.

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However, although Yan Rong agreed, two or three days later, there was no progress in this matter.

Wang Cui turned her head, with a happy expression on her face again, and said, "Miss, do you want to go out for a stroll?"

"When did I influence the court affairs?" Yan Rong said leisurely, "I have always been able to influence only one thing, which is a man's mind."

"It's too crowded over there..."

"Many people in the city went to see it, so it must be very lively." Wang Cui persuaded again, saying: "If the girl doesn't want to go, I'll go and have a look, come back and tell the girl?"

"Don't worry, the envoy. I've found it. Here is the list."

Zhao Jin didn't care about it, and showed a piece of jade pendant in front of the tower, saying: "We want to go to the tower to watch the excitement, can we?"

"Don't you don't like to take care of these things?" Yan Rong smiled.

She led Wang Cui through the streets and alleys in a leisurely manner, and the bustle became more and more lively as they walked.

"The road is still familiar."

"Yes."

"The matter here is more important." Lin Zi lowered his voice and said, "Just say that there is a letter from the family to Concubine Zhang..."

In today's harem, northern concubines are much more powerful than southern concubines.

On the contrary, on the southern side, they are all from humble backgrounds.

"cut."

"Master and servant, if she meets a lover, I should let her marry; if not, ask clearly, it will solve her knot."

"Yes, several familiar generals are here."

"Fool, there is no way to speak or act." Lin Zi muttered, thinking to himself: "That's why Wang Cui refused Lu Xiaoyou's marriage proposal? Did I guess wrong before? I still thought she was a reluctant princess. "

Those who came today were some family members of officials who had come over from the Song Dynasty, and they were talking about a very real problem today.

Wang Cui seemed to have seen Lu Xiaoyou just now, nodded unnaturally, and responded.

"familiar."

"This is the tower, not the palace. If you want to watch soldiers, you can go there."

"You also said that it's just the small thoughts of some gossip women. In the face of the big situation of the Northern Expedition right now, it's actually a minor matter. Let them talk, let them have expectations, and their men will be more careful when they do things. Hope, what are you driving them to do?"

She thanked Yan Rong generously.

Zhao Jin found a reason to push Wang Cui over, lying on the window sill, he waited with interest to see Wang Cui talking to Lu Xiaoyou.

Zhao Jin was not interested in these things, she turned her head and looked around, and sure enough, she saw many generals of the Tang army on the battlements not far away.

……

Yu Dechen waited in the house for a while, until Lin Zi came back.

"I don't know very well. I vaguely heard that she rejected Lu Xiaoyou's marriage proposal, but she was unhappy. I don't know if it was because she wanted to guard me, or because there was something wrong with that person."

"You follow me to pick him up into the city."

"Yes."

Dust and smoke rose to the sky in the south, although the formation had not yet been seen, a chilling air was already blowing towards the face.

The guard turned his head and asked them to go up to the tower to observe the soldiers, and solemnly asked them not to run around.

I didn't want to, but another soldier came from the tower and whispered something to the guard.

"Commander, Yujia must be preparing to go out of the city to meet the Yunnan soldiers."

Zhao Jin coughed twice, and walked over there with his hands behind his back.

As for what they said to Yan Rong and hoped she would do it?
What he said was nothing more than hoping that she would bring their daughter to His Majesty to take a look...

"You have been to Shanxi and Hebei, but you haven't been there since that trip?"

"I don't care about these trivial matters. You must at least tell me what it is, so that I can find out for you."

"I don't know, I still think of you as a good wife and mother."

Zhao Jin was stunned for a moment, and said: "This is a token given to me by Concubine Ning, and I can even enter and leave the palace."

It was Yu Dechen who came in the next moment.

There was a burst of cheers ahead, followed by the sound of military drums and war songs.

Lin Zi glanced at him, and said: "Let me tell you a bad news and a good news first. The bad news is that your Gaochang Ketun Babahar was defeated by Yuan Meng. The good news is that she was taken to Liangzhou by Lian Gong to resettle her. , I will come to Chang'an to reunite with you in a few days."

Yu Dechen didn't ask any more questions, and took the order directly, and left after receiving more specific tasks.

Zhao Jin tilted his head and thought for a while, smiled slightly, and said, "Then let's go together."

In the middle of Lin Zi's speech, there was an urgent knock on the door.

"Go..."

"You don't have to go to Hebei, get ready and leave for Shanxi as soon as possible."

"This man was originally a member of Shuzhenbo's tribe. He was besieged with His Majesty during the Battle of Helan Mountain. Marshal Li elected him as a centurion when he reorganized and surrendered his troops. When his troops were about to be defeated, he shouted 'We have won Marrying a daughter-in-law does not require a dowry', he can be regarded as one of the brave and resourceful among the newly attached Mongols..."

Said to be a master and a servant, Wang Cui has been like a relative to Zhao Jin, so she really cares about this matter.

She looked up and saw a tower over there with a good view, so she walked over there.

"Why am I not?"

Lying on the small window of the city tower and looking out, I saw a few black phalanxes moving slowly outside the city, majestic.

"No, go away."

"Go and ask them what happened to these soldiers, and how many people are there? You can't see the name from such a stupid look."

In the early morning three days later, Zhao Jin couldn't wait anymore, put down the book in his hand, got up and went to the backyard.

"so what?"

"Hugh is chatting here, have you found someone for secondment from the army?"

After all, this is just an anecdote, and it seems irrelevant to the overall situation for the time being. After hearing about it, Lin Zi put it aside and didn't think much about it.

Finally, Yan Rong sent someone off, and after turning back to the screen, Zhao Jin was lying on the side of the chessboard and fell asleep.

Because no one was in custody, Zhao Jin walked around the city when he first arrived in Chang'an, and was very familiar with every part of the city.

"Just him, let him be the guide, you set off as soon as possible, and you must contact that army."

"The envoy just orders."

"It doesn't seem like it was intentional. A few days ago, a few matchmakers blocked the door of General Lu's mansion, gossiping and talking nonsense, which happened to be overheard by General Liu. During the dispute, I accidentally missed a sentence, saying that even if General Lu... is not good enough, he is still a good man who stands up to heaven and earth."

"Do not want to."

"Is the little brother you always talk about over there?"

"Get up quickly, you are not afraid of catching a cold."

"Girl." Wang Cui hurriedly followed and reminded: "It's not easy to enter the tower."

"Soldiers are being ordered outside the city today. It is said that the soldiers and horses from Yunnan have been transferred back. Miss, do you want to go and have a look?"

Even Yan Rong didn't know when the so-called northern and southern families came into existence. In short, some people thought that the Northern Expedition was imminent. In the future, the Zhang family, the Han family, and the Mongolian princess Duo Siman might become even more popular. .

Yan Rong understood her mood, nodded, and said: "When it comes to the general in the army, I will bother His Majesty and ask him to summon the General Lu to ask a question."

Lin Zi took it and glanced at it. First of all, it was the file of a Mongolian named Ta Muren.

On his desk, there is still a mountain of information to sort out.

Yu Dechen went to Yunnan on an errand a while ago, and only returned to Chang'an yesterday.

Yu Dechen didn't seem to think this was good news, and said: "The envoy summoned a humble official to come, but there is still a dispatch?"

Lin Zi quickly summoned the messenger just now and asked, "Where is he?"

"Yes!"

"Who were those people just now? What they said was so boring."

Suddenly, her ears moved, and she heard someone say something on the tower, which sounded like "Your Majesty" and so on.

"Do not want to."

Having said that, Zhao Jin had already retreated.

From a distance, Wang Cui was standing in front of the flowers, looking very preoccupied, and didn't move for a long time.

"It's in the smuggling caravan outside the city."

Thinking of the solemn order of the soldier just now, Zhao Jin poked his head near the steps and took a look, and he saw that the top was heavily guarded.

She poked her probe forward again and saw a pair of boots with Tengyun tattooed on them.

Thinking of what she asked Yan Rong to ask, she yelled, "Hey, Li Xia!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)