[Red Mansion] Master Jia Dadi

Golden autumn September.

Outside the city wall of the border gate, you can see the endless green grassland.

The grass is blowing in the wind and the cattle and sheep are low.

Seeing that the harvest season is coming, and there is no severe drought or flood this year, the soldiers and soldiers guarding the city should be happy.

But at this time, the atmosphere inside the border was extremely depressing.

Yan Cheng'en, the old general Yan Cheng'en, king of Nan'an County, has ordered to gather those feverish soldiers into a barracks, and gather all the doctors in the border to figure out how to cure the sudden plague.

But the epidemic has not improved.

There are more and more people with fever, and the barracks are set up one after another for centralized treatment.

Some people in the city were already sneaking away. If it wasn't for the Nan'an County King's decisive means, he ordered them to go down immediately and execute those who secretly escaped. Now the city is empty.

At this time, Chen Ji of the Chen family also cooperated tacitly with the king of Nan'an County.

However, the situation did not improve.

People are afraid of death. If the epidemic is not under control, even if Nan'an County King and Chen Ji join forces, not to mention the common people, even the soldiers will run away.

"Who is here this time?" Yan Cheng'en, king of Nan'an County, strode into the camp. He had a beard, was imposing, and he was not angry. He had great prestige in the army.

Following behind him into it was Lieutenant General Chen Ji.

The news from the frontier could not reach the capital except for Chen Sheng. The two fought each other to the death in the first half of their lives, but they had to cooperate when it came to this critical moment.

Chen Ji said: "Qin Jianshen, Minister of the Household Department, and Jia Enhou, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

"Why are these two people?" Yan Chengen frowned, his eyes as big as copper bells staring.

Forget about Qin Jianshen, he is indeed a talent, so when did Jia Enhou become the servant of the household department?This is a rare thing.Yan Chengen and Rong Guogong Jia Daishan are old acquaintances, and they know Jia Amnesty a little bit, but he is a wealthy and idle person, so it is okay to ask him to be an empty job. Isn't it child's play to ask him to come for such a big event this time?

Chen Ji was also a little confused, but he was always cautious: "Since the sage asked them two to come, I think they must have extraordinary abilities." Apart from avoiding people's eyes and ears, having them come has already explained a lot of things .

Yan Chengen nodded thoughtfully, indeed, this is the truth.

"Second lords, several lords from the capital have arrived at the gate of the city." The spies reported.

Yan Chengen and Chen Ji looked at each other, exchanged glances, said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, I just received the news yesterday, these people are in Hushan Town, I didn't expect to arrive today.It seems that the efficiency of these people is not low.

"What's the plan?" Yan Chengen stood up, the armor on his body made a clanging sound, a scimitar was tied around his left waist, and there were some black and red marks on the scabbard, which were left over from the fighting on the battlefield. not drop.

Chen Ji: "One step counts as one step."

Yan Chengen sucked his teeth, that's all, soldiers came to block him, water came to cover him, anyway those two little babies couldn't do anything to him, but if there was news about those two people, it would be even better.

Tu Jin and Tu Feng have never spread the news about Qin Jianshen and Jia She to the border. For one thing, they never thought that such a plague would happen, and Jia She and the others would deal with Yan Chengen and the others. Second, they were at a disadvantage in fighting against Jia Amnesty, and it was too late to hide this kind of thing, so how could they tell it.

A combination of circumstances and circumstances created a difficult situation for Yan Chengen and Chen Ji.

"How is it?" Jia She asked Qin Jianshen who was riding on horseback in a low voice.

Qin Jianshen frowned slightly, "There are too few shifts this time, and most of the soldiers look sad. I'm afraid the situation is worse than we thought."

Jia Amnesty was not surprised, there were so many cases where soldiers outside reported good news but not bad news. Before he came, he had already planned for the worst, and now this situation is still acceptable.

"They're here." Qin Jianshen raised his whip and said to a group of people who appeared not far away.

Jia She reined in the reins, looking in the direction of Qin Jianshen's whip.

A group of people rode tall horses. The man at the head looked like a man in his fifties, probably Yan Cheng'en, the king of Nan'an County. The man behind him looked like he was in his early thirties, so he should be old.

Yan Chengen and his party came in a mighty way, rolling up countless sand and dirt along the way.

"Woo--" Yan Chengen grabbed the reins tightly, the horse raised its hooves high, and neighed with its head raised.Immediately, Yan Chengen was as steady as Mount Tai, and quickly sized up Jia She and Qin Jianshen with shrewd eyes in the cloudiness.

All the people following behind also reined in the reins in unison, and for a while, the horse hissed.

What a surprise!

The corners of Jia She's mouth curled up, and he looked at the person with a smile, without even blinking his eyes.

"The two are Qin Shangshu and Jia Shilang from the capital." Yan Chengen said haha ​​while paying attention to the expressions of Jia She and others.

The quickest way to know a person's character is to see how they respond to such emergencies.

Yan Chengen has been at the border for many years, he is old and mature, and he has already figured out a way to deal with the court ministers. His behavior is at most reckless, even if he wants to punish him, he can't find a reason to punish him.

"Exactly." Qin Jianshen nodded lightly, neither happy nor angry, his gaze passed over Yan Chengen's people calmly, "Unexpectedly, General Yan is old and strong, and his riding skills are amazing."

Yan Chengen stroked his beard and chuckled, "Qin Shangshu was joking."

The expressions of the two remained unchanged, and it seemed that they were not easy to deal with.

"Old General Yan, this is not a place to talk, why don't you two adults move to the tent." Chen Ji said with a smile, looking amiable.

Yan Cheng'en said: "That's right. I was confused for a while. The two adults have traveled through wind and rain all the way. Presumably, they must not have a good rest on the road. The two adults will follow me to the tent to rest."

Jia Amnesty and Qin Jianshen naturally agreed.

The tents were set up outside the city, so that the barbarians could immediately rectify the soldiers and go to meet the enemy as soon as there was any trouble.

Yan Chengen ordered people to take all the military salaries brought by the two Jia She and return them. Yan Chengen didn't care much about the military salary, but when he saw the accompanying imperial physicians, his eyes lit up, and he dragged the imperial physicians attentively. say.

Seeing this, Jia Amnesty nodded inwardly. It seems that this time there is no need to worry about the old general Yan being slowed down. His attitude shows that he is sincere in wanting to solve this plague.

That's a good thing, at least they probably won't have to deal with insiders at all.

Chen Ji had arranged board and lodging early on, Jia She and the two washed up and changed into clean clothes.

Whether it was intentional or not, the camps where the two of them lived happened to be next to each other.

"My lord, this is our special haggis soup. The general said that the two adults will fill up their stomachs first, and then hold a banquet for the two adults in the evening." A soldier came in with a plate in his hand.

Jia She took a look and saw that there were two bowls of hot soup on the plate, which were almost overflowing. The mouth of the bowl was about the size of a face, unlike the ones in the capital. It is normal for the other people to have a larger bowl.

Qin Jianshen swung the soldiers back, and he was not in a hurry to eat, "What do you think of the attitude of Yan Chengen and the others just now?"

Touching his chin, Jia Amnesty tapped the table with his fingers, "The Prince of Nan'an belongs to Prince Yu, and Chen Ji belongs to Prince Gong. These two should be rivals, but judging from the situation just now, the two The relationship between them is not like the tip of a needle pointing to a wheat awn, which can be seen in two points."

Qin Jianshen couldn't help but smile, "Which two points?"

"First point, these two are not idiots." Jia She said with a smile.

"What about the second point?" Qin Jianshen asked.

Jia Amnesty propped his chin, "Second point, the current situation is very bad."

Qin Jianshen nodded: "It's the same as I thought."

"Then what do you plan to do with our first step?" Jia She asked.

Qin Jianshen shook his head, "We are not going to take the first step, they are going first."

"These two seem to be stubborn." Yan Chengen frowned, and Bai Feng, an aide next to him, said, "General, could it be that you are thinking too much?"

Yan Chengen waved his hand: "Impossible, I'm not mistaken, although those two people came this time to deal with the plague, but if they find any clues about that matter, it's not impossible."

"Then us?" Bai Feng cut his throat, of course he didn't mean to do it now, but to wait for the two to do it on the way back.

Yan Chengen pursed his lips, "Play by ear, send some people to follow them these days, don't let them find out, if that happens," his eyes showed murderous intent: "The barbarians are now in the grass , Accidentally killing some people is also a common thing.”

Bai Feng understood.

"General Chen, how should we deal with those two people tonight?" In Chen Ji's camp, several generals from Prince Gong's Tufeng faction came to Chen Ji after receiving the news.

Chen Ji has been familiar with the scriptures since he was a child. If fate hadn't tricked him, he should be in the capital now, not here. But he does have extraordinary abilities.He is the head of Tu Feng's relatives stationed at the border.

"Stay still, let's see the situation first." Chen Ji rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully.He and Yan Chengen thought about going together, everyone's hands and feet were dirty, the two said they were here to investigate the plague, but they were afraid that they would be too smart, if they found something, it would be troublesome.Shoot the top bird, and the early ones probably don't have any good fruit to eat.