From childhood to adulthood, Shen Haolin has been someone Shen Cha looks up to and learns from. She hopes that she can be diligent and love the people like her brother, and can guard the territory and territory like her brother, but she does not expect to become a guard of one party. Her biggest Her wish is to stay with her brother in this life and become his most capable assistant. The two of them can never leave each other and spend their lives together. Although there may be some difficulties in achieving such a wish, Shen Cha is not afraid. As long as she has her will Be determined and any difficulty can be solved.

I thought about it for a while beside Shen Haolin's bed. I thought I would feel sleepy, but unexpectedly I became more and more energetic. The little bit of sleepiness I had while taking a bath was all gone now. Shen Cha stood up and stretched out his arms. He lazily pulled up the quilt for Shen Haolin, walked to the edge of the soft couch with a teacup in hand, looked at the two piles of official documents on the small table, and sighed.

It wasn't these official documents that made her embarrassed. It didn't take long to read them. What really troubled Shen Cha was that she had to start busy with New Year's Eve matters, especially preparing for New Year's gifts and establishing relations with Xijing. You need to be careful, you can't just prepare something and send it over casually.

Since the death of the old Duke and his wife, the Duke's Mansion needs to prepare something suitable for the New Year every year. Shen Cha is responsible for the human relations during the New Year. After so many years of management, he has indeed accumulated some experience, but it is also very limited. The complicated relationships in Xijing had to be sorted out several months in advance every year, which really gave her a headache. It was more laborious than preparing for a decisive battle with Liao and Jin.

In the past, she could discuss it with her brother, but this year her brother was sick and couldn't give her any advice. And Xue Ruitian was really not a reliable guy. The things he gave were not suggestions, but bad ideas. .

Shen Cha looked at the gift lists spread out on the table and continued to sigh. It was really hard for her to face this alone.

The New Year's gift to Xia Emperor Song Jue is the simplest of all the gifts. All you need to do is give him a cart of Jiapingguan specialties. Song Jue is a casual person by nature and doesn't like to be constrained by secular etiquette. If it weren't for He had no choice but to ascend the throne and claim the title of emperor. It would be great to travel around the mountains and rivers, but being trapped in the cage of the imperial city was a punishment for Song Jue.

Therefore, Song Jue was particularly envious of his brothers, and also a little resentful of them. These guys were better at rubbing oil on the soles of their feet than he was. Before he could realize it, these guys were either sneaking to the border to fight, or they were running out to travel around the mountains and rivers. They all refused to stay in Xijing and suffer. After finally waiting for the Chinese New Year, the brothers and sisters finally gathered together. But when they heard that they were going to inherit the throne, they all ran faster than rabbits. After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, let alone find someone to enter the palace. , not even a shadow can be found.

Shen Cha deeply sympathizes with Song Jue's experience. It's quite unbelievable if you think about it carefully. From ancient times to the present, throughout the dynasties, everyone has longed for imperial power and the throne, and everyone has fought for it at all costs. For the sake of the dragon throne, he would not hesitate to turn against his father and his son. , the brothers were jealous, but when it came to Song Jue's family, they actually regarded the throne as a scourge. If this was spread, probably no one would believe it.

Putting Song Jue's gift list aside, Shen Cha looked through the records of the generals' applications for family visits. She did not see the names of Song Qiyun and Xia Jiu. She frowned slightly and added " Pen, prepare to ask them what their plans are after dawn.

Shen Cha tried her best to arrange the gift lists for other mansions in Xijing that had dealings with the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, and finally arranged them before the scheduled update. Looking at the dozen or so pieces of paper spread out on the table, she rubbed her neck. , this night's work was finally not in vain. I went back to Xue Ruitian to check the details. If there is no problem, I can prepare according to the order and send someone back to Xijing.

After finishing the New Year's gift sent back to Xijing, Shen Cha still has one major issue to solve. The people of Jiaping Pass and the soldiers of the Shen Family Army will also receive the New Year's gift from Zhenguo Gongfu and Wuding Houfu during the Chinese New Year. According to previous years As usual, distribution has long been carried out, but this year it has been delayed for a long time.

However, the people and soldiers were not dissatisfied because of this. They also knew that the situation this year was very different from previous years. In less than a month, Shen Cha and Shen Haolin suffered injuries to their front and rear feet, illnesses, and all other injuries. Everyone was worried about their physical condition, but no one really cared about the issue of New Year's gifts. Even the newly recruited recruits showed varying degrees of worry. Even Dai Yi, who had been severely punished by Shen Cha, heard that When they heard about the assassination, they were all very anxious, hoping every day that General Shen would recover as soon as possible.

Despite this, the Shen family army in Zhenguo Palace was still affected to some extent. Although it was not as serious as the morale of the army, it is certain that everyone was in a bad mood and was depressed. The school officers in charge of training recently reported that many The soldiers were all absent-minded and passive in their work. They asked Shen Cha to come forward to comfort him at the appropriate time.

But Shen Haolin hasn't woken up yet, and Shen Cha really doesn't dare to leave Huqiu. The so-called appeasement has to wait. However, the New Year's rewards can be handed out. Those soldiers who are preparing to go home for the New Year can give them Bringing all these things along can add a little joy to the home.

After finishing this important matter, it was almost the first update. Shen Cha put all the documents outside and filed them in categories. If Shen Haolin wants to check them in the future, it will be very convenient.

"General, general!" Ying Qiqi, who was in charge of the night duty, knocked on the door gently. When he saw Shen Cha coming out in a cloak, he held the secret letter in front of him with both hands and said in a low voice, "This is the seventh brother, eighth brother and What Xiao Shisan asked the military advisor to pass on to the general was news about the border between Liao and Jin."

"Is it over with the military advisor?" Shen Cha nodded, took the letter, and asked, "How is the situation?"

"It should be pretty good." Shadow Seventeen chuckled, "I just took a look and those three guys were able to bounce around again after lying on the bed for two days. General, don't worry."

"I know, let them recover." Shen Cha turned around and prepared to enter the house. Just as he was about to open the door, he stopped again, turned around and said to Ying Qiqi, "Go to Jin Miaomiao and give them some medicine to treat trauma." Send it over."

"Yes, General!" Ying Shiqi agreed, "By the way, General, do you want to prepare a midnight snack for you?"

"No, I'll go to bed soon, thank you!"

Shen Cha entered the room, closed the door, walked behind the desk and sat down, opened the secret letter in his hand, and read it carefully.

These three shadows did not travel in vain. Just as Shen Haolin expected, although the troops stationed at the border between Liao and Jin did not move, their defense was tighter than before, and the number of patrols per day increased. The patrol time has doubled, and the patrol time has been extended a lot. It feels like the security is extremely tight, as if I am worried about something.

"Are you afraid of being attacked?"

Shen Cha shook her head helplessly, and found out the news Zheng Min sent from Linhuang Mansion and the report of the spy arranged in Yiqing Mansion of Jin Kingdom that she had received during the day. She compared several secret letters repeatedly. Combining them, she came to the conclusion She came to the conclusion that the situation in Liao and Jin was more serious than she thought. This could be seen from the fact that they unanimously strengthened their border defenses. Moreover, the objects they were wary of were not just Daxia. These two The countries themselves dislike each other, and they will have to fight each other from time to time. They must guard against the other party taking advantage of them when they are in the most difficult time.

Thinking of this, Shen Cha couldn't help but sneered. Liao and Jin were really a pair of idiots who were well matched. They didn't think about it carefully. Even if they knew there was an opportunity, no one would actually do anything. The most I can do is to have fun and think about it in my mind and on the formation map to see what benefits I can get when encountering similar situations in the future. After all, under the current circumstances, whether it is Daxia, Liao, or Jin, Everyone is busy preparing for the Chinese New Year. If anyone raises an army at this juncture, he will definitely be outraged by the crowd and be attacked by a group of people.

Shen Cha shook his head. The brains of foreigners are indeed not very good. Such stupid people still want to take Daxia as their own. It is simply a daydream!

Collecting the secret letter in his hand and putting it into the small box, Shen Cha stood up and moved his body. He walked to the back room, took a quilt from the cabinet and placed it on the soft couch, on the small coffee table next to Shen Haolin's bed. After putting in a pot of hot water and blowing out the two lamps, he lay down on the soft couch, covered himself with a quilt, and smiled towards the direction of the bed.
Chapter completed!