At the end of April, the weather gradually became hotter.

Shao Xun has been back for more than half a month and has been recuperating in the palace, urging the children to practice literature and martial arts.

On this day, he was fishing on a cruise ship in Tianyuan Pond. The Zhongchang Shi Hou San came to report: The grandparents and grandchildren of the Shen family are here.

Pei Lingyan's face remained motionless, and she was carrying tea foam in the xenon argon water vapor.

After hearing the news, the seventh daughter Mian Niang emerged from behind Pei, held her skirt and walked to Shao Xun like a cheerful skylark, and whispered: "Grandma! Grandma! Don't drive me away? I'll just hide."

Shao Xun touched his daughter's head drowningly and said, "Okay, I'll follow you."

Mian Niang smiled pursed her lips and then looked at her mother timidly.

Pei nodded slightly as if he felt his daughter's gaze.

Mian Niang went to the neighboring cabin with a smile as if she was given a general amnesty.

Shao Xun put down his fishing rod and sat back in front of the desk.

Pei poured him a bowl of tea and said softly, "Actually, why should you do this? Jing Gao is an old man, and his granddaughter is indeed a good match. Since you are interested in Jiangdong, how could I not know the general situation?"

"It was right to marry you." Shao Xun chuckled.

"Marry?" Pei Lingyan gave him a blank look.

Shao Xun smiled and said, "In my heart, I just married you."

"I'm fifty and I won't believe these nonsense anymore." Pei Lingyan said.

"I was only over twenty when I first met you-" Shao Xun said, as if he was trapped in memories: "It's so beautiful."

Pei Lingyan stopped using this trick anymore, and said, "It turns out that you were ill-intentioned at that time."

"Yes." Shao Xun said shamelessly: "When Liu Qia falsely accused me of the young man in Yinjie, if you don't let you go, I will rob you. With my ability, after surrendering to Liu Yuan, King Pingjin, Shizhong, and General Zhendong would be casual. At that time, you can marry you as your wife, give birth to a few children, and then go to Hedong to see what the Pei family said."

"If you surrender to Liu Yuan, it is hard to say what the world will be like, and it is hard to say what the Pei family will do--" Pei Lingyan sighed lightly and said, "Maybe Shi Le, Wang Mi, Cao suspect that Zhao Gu will be suppressed by you. After Liu Yuan's death, Liu Cong was not suspicious of Shi Le, but you. Even if he surrendered to Jin State, he would not gain true trust. In times of crisis, no one will come to save you."

"But that way, you can marry you, it's totally worth it." Shao Xun said, "If I have a next life, I'll give it a try, but you have to remember me."

Pei Lingyan was first amused by him, and then she felt an indescribable emotion.

This man always makes her angry first and then makes her soft-hearted.

In this life, I have experienced glory and wealth, felt displaced in troubled times, and finally returned to peace.

The man in front of him controls everything, no one can go against his will, and their status has long been reversed, but the man still cares about her feelings and wants to tell some clumsy jokes to make her happy.

Perhaps, if there is a next life, he will really marry her.

Pei Lingyan picked up a plate of dessert and put it in front of Shao Xun.

Shao Xun picked it up and tasted it, and smiled and said, "The taste of honey."

"Your Madam Wang sent someone to send you the best honey in Dongmugen Mountain." Pei Lingyan said lightly.

Shao Xun leaned closer and chuckled, "There is only my Mrs. Pei here——"

Pei Lingyan finally had no choice but to do anything to him, looked ahead and stopped talking.

After a while, Shao Xun stood up and left, stepped on the pedal to another boat, picked up a new fishing rod, and continued to catch the fish.

Not long after, Chen Ling also came.

Shao Xun nodded and signaled him to sit on the stool next to him.

"Can Jinggao know that there are people from the Shen clan who are aborted with Jingzhou?" Shao Xun asked.

"I heard it." Chen Ling said, "Wuxing Shen family selected five thousand elite reinforcements to Tao Shiheng. Halfway through Shanxia, ​​he was transferred to Wuchang. However, the war had ended, so he was transferred to Baling County to settle down. Five thousand Shen family men, but they didn't know when they would be able to return to Wuxing."

If you were sent south to Jingzhou, would you like?" Shao Xun asked.

Chen Ling was a little surprised and said, "I am old, I am afraid that I will let Your Majesty down."

"Le Hongxu will enter the court sooner or later, you can take over his position." Shao Xun said: "Of course, there is no hurry to do this. You have to wait until your children's marriage is completed."

Chen Ling was speechless.

I just brought my granddaughter to Pei Guipin and talked about marriage. As the emperor had already made up his mind, you had to agree if you didn't agree.

"Your Majesty wants to recruit Shen?" Chen Ling asked.

"There are dozens of wealthy families in Jiangnan, most of them cannot be forgiven." Shao Xun said, "But if the whole family cannot escape, it has passed. With my ability, I can still forgive several families. Shen has become a Xing family and cannot become an official, so he can only work hard. In this case, why should we guard the border for the Sima family? If we can say that they surrender, we will definitely have a good end in the future."

Chen Ling was silent for a moment and said, "Your Majesty is wise. At this point, Shen has no way to work for Sima. Although I have been away from my hometown for more than 20 years, I am from the Shen family and I am unwilling to see my clan members have no end. Your Majesty is polite and kind, and the Shen family heard about it. What should I do if I don't surrender? I am willing to join forces and say that he is coming to surrender."

"You can do this secretly, don't be anxious." Shao Xun waved his hand and said, "The Shen family was anxious when they raised their troops in the previous period. Now if they raise the banner of righteousness and cannot respond through the river, they will definitely be wiped out by Zhuge Hui. Just let them calm down and take their time."

"Yes." Chen Ling bowed and replied.

"Does Shen have the talent of a navy?" Shao Xun asked again.

"Yes." Chen Ling recalled and said, "The Jiangnan tribes are more or less familiar with water warfare.

In the past, when the Eastern Wu conquered all directions, he often ordered all ethnic groups to dispatch troops, thinking that the soldiers of the water and land were not bad.

At this moment, among the Shen family's private soldiers stationed in Baling, there are people who are skilled in water warfare."

Shao Xun became interested as soon as he heard this and immediately said, "But I'm very useful when I lure a few people to Jiangling."

"As for your order." Chen Ling replied.

Shao Xun's face was obviously a little happy.

Of course, the five thousand Shen family private soldiers could not surrender as a whole, at least not now, but it is not impossible to lure some people over.

In fact, in Zhuge Hui's eyes, this kind of thing is actually very normal: they are all sent to the public, so it is normal to escape.

During the Three Kingdoms, due to the cruel internal struggle, it was not uncommon for the generals of the Eastern Wu and even the royal family to lead troops north to Wei Pu to surrender.

"I want to go into business with Jingnan, then--" Shao Xun and Shen Ling talked for a long time until Hou San walked over quietly again.

"How?" Shao Xun asked in person without any hesitation.

"Pei Guipin Pei was very satisfied and gave Miss Chen a few gifts." Hou San replied.

Shao Xun looked at Chen Ling happily and said, "Jing Gao, how about it?"

"This is a blessing for the family." Chen Ling could only respond with a smile.

"Since you have no objection, this matter has been decided. I will let Taichang and Honglu join forces to handle it, the faster the better." Shao Xun said with a smile.

The Shen family's grandchildren left quickly.

When he got ashore, Shao Xun glanced at the girl in the Shen family, wearing a red dress, lowered her head, and her face turned redder than her clothes, and she suddenly burst into laughter.

Not long after, Mian Niang walked over with an excited look on her face and said, "Grandma! Grandma! Stop fishing,

Listen to me."

"What do you want to say to a good girl?" Shao Xun put down the fishing rod and asked with a smile.

"Miss Chen is so beautiful. She speaks softly, no different from a lady from a family." Mian Niang said.

"He is a lady from a family." Shao Xun said helplessly: "Don't you think that Wu people are all people who eat raw meat and drink blood, right? Chen Jinggao has been in the north for more than 20 years and has a very good talent."

"Ah? Oh!" Mian Niang's excitement was slightly reduced, but she was still very happy and walked around Shao Xun.

He kept chattering: "The third brother is still in Yecheng, grandpa, please let him come back quickly."

When talking, he was on Shao Xun's left, behind, and on the right, without any silence.

Shao Xun smiled and continued to hold up the empty fishing rod. Listening to his daughter's "noise", his heart was quite peaceful.

This is what it means to be with his family, and he enjoys it very much.

Mian Niang talked for a long time, and saw that Shao Xun was only concerned about fishing and was in a state of interest. She stopped talking and asked the palace servants to bring a stool and sit next to him and watch.

"Why don't the good girl talk?" Shao Xun asked.

"Grandpa, do you want your third brother to go to Jiangnan?" Mian Niang asked suddenly.

"Why do you say that?" Shao Xun was a little surprised.

"When my third brother married Wu Nu, wouldn't he go to Jiangnan?"

"Nothing." Shao Xun said, then asked again: "Who told you?"

"My daughter guessed it myself." Mian Niang blinked and said.

Shao Xun muttered and said, "Grandpa doesn't have this idea now. Have your third brother ever written to you?"

When Mian Niang mentioned this, she was a little reproached and said, "I wrote it, but I couldn't recognize the words. After being scolded by my grandmother, Shao Xun couldn't help laughing, and said, "We have to work hard in the future."

This is the difference between a son and a daughter.

Mian Niang was eleven years old and could not recognize the words on her, so Shao Xun just encouraged her to work hard in the future. But if any son was like this, the horse whip had already been whipped up, he would definitely know why the flowers were so popular.

"What did Nian Liu say to you?" Shao Xun asked.

"The third brother said too much, I can't remember it for a moment." Mian Niang said embarrassedly: "I only remember that he met a few Sogdian Hu merchants, talked to them in Sogdian language, and was still writing a book "Selected Literature of the Western Regions". I heard that the manuscript was about to be completed."

"Oh?" Shao Xun was a little surprised.

Sanlang read Liu to learn Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Jie, and later learned Sogdian. This spirit made Shao Xun admire him very much.
To be continued...