Chen Xi never meant himself. In his early years, he went south to serve as the governor of the three provinces with women around him.

Compared to women like Yunliu and Xier who often walk in the army and find it difficult to stay by their side to serve, Huiniang and Li Jin are more "considered".

The night is sad and bleak.

The camp had already quieted down, but there was a different scenery in Chenxi's tent.

After all, he was in the army. Even Chen Xi, as the commander, could not be too arrogant. He was a little tired after a day of highway marching.

"It's normal for me to be tired for half a year... I'll be rubbing my shoulders as the master."

Hui Niang is very virtuous and knows Chen Xi’s situation at this time. Even though she has experienced the ups and downs of the journey herself, she still tries to relieve Chen Xi’s fatigue.

Chen Xi smiled and shook his head: "What, do you think I'm so incompetent?"

Hui Niang said, "The master is young and strong, why would he say no? But I..."

"Sister is very young too."

Li Jin half-kneeled on the floor covered with thick oil paper and mattresses, and said while tidying up his beautiful hair like clouds.

Hui Niang glanced at Li Jin.

The lights in the tent were dim, and only a dim tung oil lamp illuminated it. Even if it was only three feet apart, it was difficult to see Li Jin's pretty face clearly.

Hui Niang sighed and said, "Jin'er is young... I will spend a long time with the master in the future, so I'm old!" This sentence clearly explained Hui Niang's hidden worries. The age difference between her and Chen Xi was too big.

Hui Niang was inexplicably sad. In Shen Xi's opinion, it was not just because of what was happening in front of her. She was probably worried about her son, or was worried about her future life.

Chen Xi comforted: "Instead of thinking about the future, it is better to cherish the present and look at life so long? You must be happy in life, don't let the golden cup face the moon empty... Hui Niang, sometimes you are too compassionate, right?"

Hui Niang was rubbing Chen Xi's shoulders, but when she heard this, she stopped her hands and looked dissatisfied: "Is the master saying something to comfort people, or is he deliberately stabbing people in the chest?"

Chen Xi spread his hands: "I just like to tell the truth."

"well!"

Hui Niang did not argue with Chen Xi, but continued to rub Chen Xi's shoulders, with a lukewarm look and fell into a state of reverie.

Li Jin tidied up his hair, spread it from the floor, walked behind Hui Niang, and said, "Sister, let me do it. You have been rubbing the master for a long time, are you tired?"

Hui Niang said angrily: "Who was shouting on the road that couldn't stand it? Why, now you're relieved? It's better to serve the master well than to be energetic. Don't show off with me. I'll go to bed first. You have time to serve the master..."

Li Jin was a little embarrassed and his face turned red.

Chen Xi closed his eyes and rested leisurely, laughed and joked: "Jin'er is kind, but why did it be her fault when he gets Hui Niang? I won't let you be lazy. Shouldn't a sister set an example for her sister? Uh!"

Just as Shen Xi was talking to Li Jin, a severe pain came from her shoulder, but Hui Niang was dissatisfied with Chen Xi's favor and squeezed it hard.

However, Hui Niang was very cautious in her actions. After the "impulse", she realized that she had used up a lot of strength. When she looked at Chen Xi carefully, she found that there was no pain on Chen Xi's face, so she felt a little relieved.

"I agreed, I cherish Jin'er more... I am tired and have to go to bed earlier." Hui Niang argued softly.

Chen Xidao: "With blessings and hardships, who is not tired of rushing for a day? It's mutual understanding! It seems dangerous to leave the capital, but in fact we will have more time to reunite than before... Let's not quarrel when we get along day and night in the future. We must discuss some things, but it's best!"

Hui Niang said, "You can discuss with Jin'er if you have something to do, but I don't have the energy to help you."

While talking, Hui Niang sank Xi's shoulders with both hands, turned around and left.

Chen Xi felt the empty shoulders, so he turned around and wanted to hold Hui Niang, but failed.

"Master?" Li Jin looked at Chen Xi, with a bit of crampedness in his eyes, which roughly meant to ask Chen Xi for advice if she needed her help.

Chen Xi smiled and shook her head, stood up and walked behind Hui Niang. When Hui Niang didn't understand what Chen Xi was going to do, she had already picked her up in the waist.

"What are you going to do?"

Hui Niang seemed to be frightened and looked at Chen Xi pitifully.

Chen Xi asked with a smile: "What do you think?"

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As the night is long, with Hui Niang and Li Jin as their companions, Chen Xi feels comforted by her lonely heart, and her sense of happiness is constantly improving and spreading.

Chen Xi did not have the habit of going to bed early. He knew that he could take a break in the carriage the next day, so he was not in a hurry to go to bed.

After lying for a long time, Chen Xi sat up, got up and returned to the tung oil lamp, picked up the official document and read it.

I don’t know how long it took, Hui Niang went from behind to Chen Xi and put on a coat for him.

"It's cold and heavy, so it's better for me to take care of my health."

Hui Niang whispered softly, "Now, the master is not only my dependence on Jin'er, but also the hope of everyone in the army... It's a pity that the bones by the Wuding River are still people in the spring boudoir. If the master has a few long and small, I don't know how many wives will lose their husbands, and how many mothers will send their white-haired people to black-haired people..."

Chen Xi interrupted Hui Niang and asked, "Why, do you miss Hong'er?"

Hui Niang was originally feeling emotion there, but when she heard Chen Xi's words, her face tightened, then she turned her head and nodded slightly, and said, "Yes. How did the master know?"

Chen Xi turned his head and continued to look at the official document in his hand. "Hui Niang suddenly mentioned her wife and mother, and she knew that you were empathetic. After a woman left her mother's home to protect her, she was only concerned about these two things... But, with your understanding of me, you don't have to worry at all."

Hui Niang smiled bitterly and said, "The more I know that the master is capable, the more I worry. How could there be a general in this world who can win every battle?"

"That's right." Chen Xi nodded and said, "But even if I may fail, I will ensure that I will escape unsuccessfully. So this time I did not go out with the imperial court with just a few thousand troops. Now there are many troops around me. Even if the bandit suppression is not good for a while, I will not end up in a tragic situation of annihilation."

Hui Niang looked at Chen Xi with a complicated expression.

Chen Xi looked at Hui Niang with a slight look, and said, "Besides, even if something really happens, isn't it good to be a pair of desperate mandarin ducks?"

"Master, don't laugh." Hui Niang's face suddenly darkened and she blamed, "If something happens to me, even if I die, I will not forgive my crime!"

Chen Xi smiled slightly: "You care so much about how others think of you? In the past, you are no longer in the world. Now you have changed your appearance. What are you worried about so many things? Hui Niang, I told you before, what do you think of taking you in?"

"No."

Hui Niang shook her head and said firmly, "I am dead, and it is impossible to see the Shen family."

Chen Xi thought for a while, sighed softly, and seriously considered what consequences would be if Hui Niang saw the Shen family, especially when she saw Zhou and Xie Yuner.

Seeing that Chen Xi didn't say anything, Hui Niang became nervous and frowned and asked, "What do you think of the master?"

Chen Xi yawned and said to him: "I'm so tired. Let's go to bed first. We'll get up early tomorrow... Why do we think so much?"

In a simple sentence, Chen Xi sent Hui Niang away, then he blew out the tung oil lamp, returned to the bed, lay down there and thought about his thoughts.

Hui Niang hurried over, squatted down and looked at Chen Xi, and said worriedly: "Master, I can listen to you in the past, but I only see the Shen family... I don't want to do it. I hope Master will not force others to do anything."

Chen Xi thought for a while, but no answer, and chose to remain silent.

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The next morning, Chen Xi got up. Hui Niang and Li Jin had already put together their clothes and were still dressed in Confucian scholars.

When Chen Xi left her tent, the camp was being cleaned up. The generals gathered in the central army's tent, waiting for Chen Xi to preside over a regular military meeting.

"You get on the carriage first." Chen Xi ordered, "The carriage has dried food and milk, and have a good rest after eating... We may meet again in the evening."

Originally, Chen Xi could have shared a carriage with Hui Niang and Li Jin, but doing so would seem too arrogant. Even if he makes a fuss, he could only extinguish this idea.

However, Chen Xi still arranged the matter properly so that the two girls would not suffer too much crime on the way.

When they arrived at the Central Army's tent, Song Shu and others lined up in front of the tent.

The generals of the Beijing camp were all outside the big tent, while the generals of the northwest border military system stayed in the tent. There seemed to be an insurmountable gap between the two.

As the deputy general who commanded the troops of the Beijing camp, Song Shu followed Chen Xi to fight with a promotion, and naturally became the leader of the Beijing camp.

"grown ups."

No matter what opinions Song Shu and others have against border generals such as Hu Songyue, they are at least respectful to the commander Chen Xi.

Chen Xi knew that many people from the border army were from the Beijing camp. It was just because they went to the northwest to fight with him, and used their military merits to get to the middle and upper levels of the army, and stayed in the border army. In fact, there shouldn't be too many conflicts between the two sides, but it was involved in the distribution of military merits and the face of the Beijing camp and the border army, which caused such a clear distinction.

"Why can't you go inside?"

Chen Xi knew what was going on, but he asked with a stern face.

Song Shu smiled apologized and said, "It's the same with the adults waiting outside. Please!"

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On the afternoon of the third day after Chen Xi's troops left Beijing, the troops successfully arrived at Hejian Prefecture City.

Originally, Lu Wan's troops were stationed in Hejian Prefecture City, coordinating the attack on various units and blocking the capital of Hebei. However, in late March, after hearing that the imperial court appointed Chen Xi as the commander-in-chief to suppress the rebellion, Lu Wan led his troops to go south first, heading south to Jingzhou, and the ancient city, and threatening Qi and Lu. Before that, Xu Tai had already led his troops into Shandong and confronted the rebels in Pingyuan and Lingxian.

The day before Chenxi arrived at Hejianfucheng, Ma Zhongxi, who was hiding in Cangzhou, led his troops southward and advanced to Wuqiao and Ningjin lines under the urging of Jiang Bin.

"These people seem to be deliberately avoiding Shangshu Chen."

Before the army was about to enter the city, Tang Yin rode a horse to the carriage that Chen Xi was riding, and talked to Chen Xi through the car window.

Chen Xi led his troops south to be said to be a top-notch event in the court. The people in front seemed to have reached a consensus that whose troops were incorporated by Chen Xi, it means that the opportunity to make meritorious service will disappear, and people will be deceived by mistakes when they look back.

Stopping the rebellion with the arrival of Shen Xi's troops was their last chance to make achievements. Even if they didn't want to go deep into the war zone before, they would not be able to leave at this time... If Chen Xi was caught up with, their troops would be incorporated, so they had to try their best to avoid it.

Zhang Lun followed Tang Yin on a horse.

Tang Yin and Zhang Lun have frequent contacts in the past two days. Zhang Lun received instructions from his family and tried to get closer to Chen Xi. However, Zhang Lun knew that it was not easy to get close to Chen Xi directly, so he simply started with Tang Yin, the most important aide in Chen Xi. As a result, the two of them went in and out and their relationship became better and better.
To be continued...