Chen Xi is just an ordinary fifth-rank Hanlin lecturer in the capital. Although he is currently a lecturer in the East Palace and has the title of a Japanese lecturer, since the big bosses in the capital are everywhere, no one takes him too seriously.

But once he left the capital, Chen Xi's status was highlighted, especially when it came to escorting the Folang machine cannon, as the head of the Ministry of War, theoretically, all three hundred people were assigned by him, but the person who was really responsible was a deputy Qianhu in the Beijing camp named Song Shu.

Chen Xi had never heard of this person. It is said that he has a good relationship with the Shouning Hou Mansion. This time he was accumulating qualifications for Song Shu, and he might be promoted and reused when he returned.

Chen Xicai doesn’t care who sent him, he just needs to do his own job well.

The purpose of Chen Xi's trip was to Datong first and then to Yansui, because these two places were the frontiers that were most attacked by the Tatar Fire Screening Division in a year, and the soldiers were damaged a lot in a year, and the morale of the army was the most unstable. His mission was to leave ten Flang machine cannons in each place, leave some shells, and teach the guards of Datong and Yansui how to maintain and make their own shells, and then he could go home.

The burden on Chen Xi's shoulders was not heavy, but because he was working for the Ministry of War, he had to cover Liu Daxia in addition to the regular match, which made people unaware that Liu Daxia followed the team to secretly rush to the border.

It seems unlikely to hide from Song Shu, but it is actually not difficult, because in addition to the officers and soldiers escorted, the Ministry of War also sent fifty or sixty followers and servants. These people usually ride in carriages and do not interfere with each other with the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp. Song Shu only occasionally comes over to ask for instructions on the way Chenxi will walk.

It has been five or six days since Chen Xi set out. Chen Xi had never seen Liu Daxia before. If Liu Daxia wanted to send a message, Yu Niang asked her to come. Yu Niang, dressed in men's clothes, was very dazzling in the team, mainly because she was too "handsome" and did not have the temperament of being a soldier. She looked like a gentle and elegant white-faced scholar.

That night, Song Shu found Chen Xi and took out the letter he had always treasured on him: "Mr. Shen, this is the handwritten letter from the Marquis to you. Please read it."

Chen Xi didn't expect that he had just left the capital not far away. The Zhang brothers had already started to assign tasks to him, but Liu Daxia was staring behind him, so he couldn't follow everything.

"You go back, I'll just watch it myself." Chen Xi waved his hand.

Song Shu shook his head: "This is not possible. The Marquis has given me that after reading it, you will supervise you to burn the letter and wait for you here."

Chen Xi frowned, but in order not to alert the enemy, he could only patiently open the letter and read it carefully... It was indeed Zhang Heling's notice that arranged for him to cooperate with Song Shu. The general idea was that he was responsible in name, but if something happened, Song Shu would be the leader, which would reverse the main and secondary.

Let a Hanlin who is playing tricks and obey the orders of a martial artist? This is the difference between closeness and alienation!

"What else is there for Shouning Hou?"

Seeing that nothing else was mentioned in the letter, Chen Xi knew that Zhang Heling had any explanation, so he would definitely say it to Song Shu first and let Song Shu convey it verbally.

No paper evidence!

Song Shu smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, please forgive me. The Marquis told me that you can't say too much if you don't have a place. What you need to do now... is to slow down the speed of the team."

"The court has a deadline. If you miss the time, who will lose your head?" Chen Xi's tone was unkind.

Chen Xi could basically predict this result. In order to show his "youngness and vitality", Chen Xi still had to express his attitude.

The Ministry of War usually has time limits for errands. Once the order is accepted, it is equivalent to making a military order and cannot be delivered within a time limit. Although it will not be beheaded, the blame will definitely not be very light. It is very likely that he will be dismissed from his post and become a military officer. Then he can stay in Beiguan without having to return to Beijing.

Song Shu smiled treacherously: "Sir, don't worry, don't say that you can't miss it. Even if you miss it, there will be a marquis talking to you. Just don't worry. I've checked the terrain of the road below. In the past few days... I'll slow down a little, and there's no problem. I just say that the road is muddy and difficult to walk after the heavy snow."

Even the reasons for the delay were found. Chen Xi thought to himself, only the genius knew if Zhang Heling deliberately made an excuse to eradicate me.

"I know how to do it, you go back first." Chen Xi said, sending Song Shu away, but he made up his mind and couldn't do exactly what Song Shu said.

Even if he had to succumb to the orders of the Zhang brothers, Liu Daxia was still staring behind him. If he ordered to move slowly, could Liu Daxia agree?

Sure enough, shortly after Song Shu left, Yu Niang came to visit. Yu Niang brought Liu Daxia's latest instructions: The road was too slow, and we should speed up the time to arrive in Datong.

While trying to slow down, Chen Xi thought it would be the best solution to be neither anxious nor slow down. However, no matter from which perspective, Song Shu has the final decision. After all, he is the general who commands the army. He immediately asked in confusion: "Why not talk to Deputy Qianhu of Song?"

"Is it not the right thing to tell Mr. Shen to tell me? Is it the most appropriate for me to tell him? I am not familiar with him. If I make a rash request, it will inevitably lead to suspicion." Yu Niang's eyes fluttered, "Besides, Lord Shen will not know that he has a close relationship with the Shouning Marquis' Mansion, right?"

"Oh, is this person a member of the foreign relative?"

Chen Xi deliberately pretended to be ignorant and then asked, "Then can I go and meet Shangshu Liu?"

Yu Niang shook her head firmly: "Shangshu Liu has an explanation. He will not see anyone before arriving in Datong Mansion, and even Lord Shen cannot. Liu Shangshu understood that Lord Shen has worked hard all the way and specially asked my servant to send someone to serve..."

As he said that, a woman in men's clothing came in from the door, which was the gentle Yunliu. Chen Xi sighed and said, "Why don't you say it directly? Miss Yunliu was sent to monitor me?"

Yu Niang smiled and said, "I dare not monitor Lord Shen. What Lord Shen wants to do, just ask Yun Liu to do it."

After saying that, Yu Niang bowed and said goodbye and left.

Chen Xi thought to himself, put Yun Liu beside him, and the intention of surveillance became more and more obvious.

"Yunliu, you are your daughter's house. It's not very good to live in the same room with me. Why don't you ask you to live next to me all the way?" Chen Xi said this in a consultation tone. Now he is a man with a family. He sleeps in the same room with a woman when he is away. Even if the Qing people are clear, the words will not be nice when they are heard.

Yun Liu nodded and agreed, opened the door without saying a word, and soon the sound of closing the door came from next door.

Chen Xi looked at the backyard of Guanyi from the window. The carriage carrying cannons was parked in the yard. There were officers and soldiers watching at the gate of the courtyard and in the surrounding attics. The officers and soldiers also set up a bunch of camp tents around Guanyi and set up an iron barrel array.

But Chen Xi was a little confused.

If Liu Daxia hides so well, why didn’t he even see a figure after a few days? He didn’t even see anyone in the official office... Did Liu Daxia do all of his daily meals, drinks, defecations, and sleep in the carriage? How did he do all this?

"Sir, it's time for a rest." Yun Liu's reminder came from behind.

Chen Xi turned his head unhappy and asked, "Didn't you ask you to go to the next door to rest? Why do you have to come by yourself? Could it be that I have to insert the door?"

Yun Liu was a little scared and explained: "If the adults don't sleep, how dare the little girl fall asleep? This is what Yu Niang specifically told her..."

It is not enough to send Yunliu to supervise, and he even urges him to sleep. He is afraid that he will not wake up the next morning and delay his trip. Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "I understand, you go out first, I'll fall asleep now."

He drove Yunliu out of the room, Chen Xi went forward and inserted the door bolt, and returned to the bed to lie down, but couldn't sleep for a long time, because the future for him was uncertain.

He knew very well about the purpose of the Zhang brothers. It was nothing more than using Gaoming City to greed for money and food to ease the soldiers, but Liu Daxia's purpose made him feel incredible. It sounded like Liu Daxia went to the border to investigate the deficit and levies, which was open and reasonable, but Liu Daxia insisted on traveling secretly and told him to help keep the secret, which was a bit unreasonable.

Let me keep it secret, at least let me know your whereabouts. Now even I deliberately hide it, it only means that you are not in the team.

But Chen Xi could not imagine what benefits Liu Daxia would do.

You can hide it from the world, but there is no need to act in a play to deceive me, unless you want to use deception to achieve the unspeakable purpose.

"Is it because Liu Daxia felt that I surrendered to Zhang Heling to numb me and take the opportunity to confuse the foreign relatives?" Chen Xi had a strong sense of crisis and thought of this possibility. This explanation seemed to make sense, but wouldn't it be better if Liu Daxia really treated him as a traitor, and he wouldn't tell him nothing from the beginning?

The next morning, before dawn, the group got up to pack up and prepare to set off. Chen Xi was the last one to go out of the room. He yawned and said to Song Shu: "Song Deputy Qianhu, I feel uncomfortable today and want to rest in the inn. I wonder if it is possible?"

This request scared Song Shu.

It is true that you are delaying your trip, but don’t be so direct. You should walk slowly on the road, just don’t get up early and go to bed late, but you just say you don’t leave, are you planning to be held accountable by the court?

"Why... think about it again?" Song Shu was embarrassed. This Shenzhang Yuansheng's temper is really unique.

"It's settled." Chen Xidao, "Even if I can't rest for a day, I have to rest for a whole morning. My illness is not bad, and if I die on the road... I'm even more difficult to explain to the court."

Chen Xi said, and went straight back to the room. The nearly sent by the Ministry of War was about to leave. Song Shu, the 300 officers and soldiers outside, and the entourage from the Ministry of War, naturally could not leave.

Song Shu had a little bitter smile on his face, and finally waved his hand and said, "Sir, I have an order, let's go back and rest first."

The officers and soldiers are only responsible for obeying orders. No matter how the superiors instruct them to do what they do, they don’t need to ask the reason at all. It just so happened that they were tired of traveling these days, so it would be better to be able to rest. Now they are happily back to the post station or tent to sleep, but some people need to change shifts and on duty... Even if they are resting, they must ensure that there will be no accidents in the twenty artillery pieces.
Chapter completed!