Shen Yu looked at Shen Zhao, and Shen Zhao answered, "I'm worried about Yanliang Pass."
Xiao Chuan asked without confidence: "Didn't the Crown Prince drive away the Xijue people last year?"
Shen Zhao sighed softly, "We can't be stable. Last year we defeated the Xijue people, and they might come back this year. The Xijue people make a living by nomadic herders, and the pastures cannot support people in winter. Now there is turmoil in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and winter has come. The former Xijue people may take this opportunity to loot the border and steal money and winter rations."
Shen Zhao has been stationed at Yanliang Pass all year round, and what he said is probably right.
"You stupid Xijue people." Xiao Chuan had just cursed, but felt that he was rude and scratched his head, "Um, I..."
"It doesn't matter." Shen Yu stood up, "Follow me, I have something to ask you."
Xiao Chuan stood up and followed him.
Changliu watched the two people walk away, then looked at Xie Tingzhou, "Your Highness, aren't you going?"
Xie Tingzhou glanced at Chang Liu, "Am I so clingy?"
Changliu pursed his lips and whispered: "Yes, I don't know who it is. I can't live without someone these days. Shigure walks away and looks for someone else after a while."
Xie Tingzhou didn't hear clearly, "What are you muttering about?"
"No." Changliu said loudly: "I mean that our Crown Princess cannot live without the Crown Prince, and she will miss the Crown Prince if she goes far away."
"The Crown Princess?" Shen Zhao said, "She's not married yet."
"General, don't pay attention to these details. Sooner or later, I will shout in advance." Changliu said.
Xie Tingzhou didn't want to talk to him anymore and looked sideways at Shen Yu and Xiao Chuan as they stopped by a tree.
Chang Liu turned to Xi Feng and said, "Look, look, my eyeballs are all sticky."
Xie Tingzhou didn't look back, "I heard it, Xi Feng, shut his mouth for me."
"Sir, what do you want from me?" Xiao Chuan stopped in front of Shen Yu.
"Yes." Shen Yu said, "You have worked hard these past two days."
"That's right." Xiao Chuan said with a smile, "Isn't that what scouts do?"
Shen Yu asked: "I'm very curious, why didn't you stay in Shengjing? You were the one who transferred the people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, and you were the first to arrive. You were the first to stay and protect the prince. Why worry about the future?" You can’t rise to the top? But you choose to follow me.”
Xiao Chuan became anxious upon hearing this, "Sir, are you doubting my motives?"
"No." Shen Yu said calmly: "If I doubted you, I wouldn't let you go find out the information. Since we are going to travel together in the future, we might as well open up and talk."
Xiao Chuan was tired after running for two days. He squatted down and said, "Since your Excellency said this, I will tell you the truth. What does the Five Cities Military and Horse Division do? Patrol thieves, clear streets and ditches, arrest prisoners, and ban fires. These are just trivial things, if I have to live like that in the capital all my life, then I will be useless."
"I came down from the battlefield, and I still want to go back to that place. Besides, I don't want to serve that kind of court anymore. The soldiers we follow you this time are all voluntary, and they all went to Qichang with us. Soldiers."
"What you have seen along the way, sir, we have also seen. Whoever is willing to be loyal to the imperial court will go. We good men are not born to communicate with them or to find cats and dogs for those high-ranking officials."
"My lord, do you think what I said is high-sounding?" Xiao Chuan raised his head and glanced at Shen Yu, and then said: "Then let me explain it more clearly. The prince has soldiers and you have money, so why worry about not being able to put an end to this troubled world?"
Xiao Chuan knelt down on one knee before Shen Yu could speak.
"Look, look." Chang Liu from a distance poked Xifeng, "Why are you still kneeling down? No, no, no, I have to go over and eavesdrop."
Before Xi Feng had time to hold him down, Chang Liu slipped away like a loach.
"My lord." Xiao Chuan raised his head, "Xiao Chuan is willing to follow your lord. Whatever you say, I, Xiao Chuan, will never say anything."
Shen Yu frowned slightly, "You get up first."
Xiao Chuan stood up and looked at Shen Yu. She was obviously half a head shorter than him, but he didn't feel at all that she was inferior to men. She was even stronger. This was why he was willing to follow her.
Shen Yu thought, "This world is far less tolerant to women than men. Aren't you afraid of others ridiculing you for following a woman?"
"Let them decide?" Xiao Chuan said nonchalantly: "I, Xiao Chuan, admire the strong. The prince and your lord are both such people. The prince has Qingyun Guards. I, Xiao Chuan, could not stand out in the rankings in the past."
Shen Yu smiled lightly and said, "You are very honest."
Xiao Chuan scratched the back of his head and said, "The adults told me to speak openly."
"Okay." Shen Yu nodded and said, "From now on, everyone will advance and retreat together. I have food to eat, but you will not be hungry."
Xiao Chuan smiled honestly, "Sir, you are joking. If I follow you, I will starve to death. Then there will be no one alive in this world."
Changliu ran back as fast as he could, "Important news."
Xie Tingzhou was drawing a picture on the ground with Shen Zhao with a stick to analyze the situation. Hearing this, he replied, "What?"
Changliu had a solemn look on his face, "The one named Xiao said he admires our Crown Princess."
"What?" Shen Zhao exclaimed.
At the same time, the stick in Xie Tingzhou's hand broke into two pieces.
He raised his eyelids and looked at Changliu, "What did you say?"
"The person named Xiao said that he admires our Crown Princess, and also said that he admires the Crown Prince."
If it weren't for the last sentence, Xie Tingzhou would have been ready to stand up.
Changliu wondered: "How come he doesn't care about men and women?"
Xi Feng covered his mouth.
"Let him say it." Xie Tingzhou said, "That's what he said?"
Changliu pulled Xi Feng's hand away, "He said that he admires the strong. Both the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince are such people."
"Stop it." Xie Tingzhou raised his hand and pointed, "I don't want to hear him talk before lunch tomorrow."
Changliu was dragged away by Xi Feng, covering his mouth and babbling.
After the conversation on the other end, Shen Yu and Xie Tingzhou returned to the tent
Xie Tingzhou lifted the curtain for her, "Have you gained a general?"
"What's wrong?" Shen Yu joked with him: "He didn't choose you and chose to follow me. His Royal Highness is frustrated, right?"
Traveling all the way these past few days, the two of them had no time to be intimate. She raised her face like this, which made Xie Tingzhou want to kiss her.
"That's not the case." Xie Tingzhou's gaze moved from her eyes, to her nose, to her lips, caressing her face with real substance.
He leaned slightly and said softly: "I followed you first. If he comes, he has to line up first. Anyone who lines up after me Xie Tingzhou has no chance."
Shen Yu's cheeks heated up when he saw her, but she was thinking about business, "I need your help with their future arrangements."
"Say." Xie Tingzhou responded to every request.
Shen Yu thought carefully and said, "I can't take them to Luozhou. I'm afraid I will have Xiao Chuan lead troops to follow you back to Beilin."
Xie Tingzhou's charming heart was immediately cleared by these words.
He stood up, the smile on his face disappeared, "Where are you going?"
