Concubine Survival Guide

Holding the jade pendant in his hand, Sheng Yan ordered Zhang Chengdong, Chief Secretary of Southwest China, to immediately prepare 5000 taels of military pay and [-] dans of grain and grass in accordance with Su Wang's warrant.

After being surprised for a short time, Zhang Chengdong doubted why Sheng Yan was holding the jade card. He didn't rush to take orders until he got closer to see why Sheng Yan was holding the jade card.

"Wait!" Sheng Yan thought about the journey between these two places, turned his head, and asked the surprised general beside him, "Give Master Zhang a day, and start tomorrow, what do you think, is it too late?"

The military commander hesitated for a moment, and felt that this was the best result he could get, so he nodded and said, "That's very good, I'll have Lord Lao Zhang!"

My God, won't this kill me in one day?Zhang Chengdong didn't have any time to dawdle, so he hurriedly called people out of the house.

This general didn't recognize Sheng Yan, but he knew that King Su never brought jade plaques with him, if he hadn't been able to produce such a thing this time, he was afraid that he would have let down the entrustment.

He cupped his hands at Sheng Yan arrogantly and said: "I don't know how to call you, why...why is His Royal Highness King Su's jade plaque in your hand?"

Sheng Yan smiled awkwardly. She didn't know how to explain it, so she could only perfunctoryly say: "Oh, in Yongjia, Long Shengyan, and Su...His Royal Highness King Su are...best friends. This jade card...this, this..."

He faltered and tried to make things right, but he knew that this person might be a capable general under Su's command. If he said something inappropriately, it would be bad to give others the impression that Su acted absurdly.

In the final analysis, holding the Su Wang jade tablet in the identity of Sheng Yan is really unbelievable.

Regarding his hesitation, this military commander is simple and honest, and he only thought that he had a special mission, so it was inconvenient to speak out, so he said: "Young master, if it is not convenient to explain, then that's all. In the next martial arts, the mysterious deployment of His Royal Highness Su Wang I can only get a glimpse of it...Young master helped me out today, thank you very much!"

"Be polite!" Sheng Yan secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but fortunately he is not too thoughtful, otherwise he really doesn't know what to do.

After a few words of politeness, Sheng Yan asked about the real situation of Jiacong Pass. It turned out that he had fallen into the enemy's trick of attacking east and west. The deployment of armaments will not allow the enemy to take advantage of loopholes.

"Right now, all the soldiers at Jiacong Pass are guarding. But King Su cannot send troops to help, because he may fall into the enemy's plan to siege the city!" The general sighed, and said: "King Su considers the overall situation, so We must not disperse our troops, but many soldiers in Jiacongguan didn't understand it, thinking that His Highness would not save him... No way, we had to send his subordinates to take the risk of transporting military pay and food here. As long as they arrive in time, Jiacongguan will support a few more Today, His Highness won the battle, and the siege of Jia Cong Pass will naturally be resolved!"

Sheng Yan nodded in agreement, of course he believed in Su's decision.

Feng Suyang can't make a wrong move at this moment, what he wants to keep is the entire Northwest, not just Jiacong Pass.

He stretched out his hand to hand over the jade card to the general, "The jade card is in your hands, it will be much more convenient to do things, why don't you leave it to you for safekeeping."

The general did not dare to take it, and frowned, "Young master, I dare not take this! A young general in the lower district cannot hold the jade card without His Highness's order."

Then I can take it?Sheng Yan glared at him, and said: "Are you imitating Mr. Zhang and becoming pedantic? When you see King Su, just say I gave it to you, and he won't do anything to you."

"But..." He hesitated but still didn't dare to take it, thought for a while and said, "How about this, Young Master write a letter and bring it with me."

Sheng Yan had no choice but to tuck the jade card back into his clothes first, and said: "Well, I will stay at the Fuling Inn nearby, and I will wait for you with a written letter... Remember, before you leave, come to the inn to find me, and I will send the letter with you. I will hand over the jade token to you together."

Only then did the general happily agree, and sent him out of the door with a submissive expression, and went back to supervise Mr. Zhang's preparation of food and grass.

Worried about returning to the inn, Sheng Yan sat down and let the attendant grind it. He wrote the letter with one touch, and was ready to fold it when the ink was dry.

Looking up, he saw another attendant walking quickly, and he entered the door and said: "Master Ten, the letter just delivered from the main house...is written by the Eldest Young Master."

"Oh?" What happened again this time, Sheng Yan rubbed the center of his brows, and asked him to pass the letter, opened it, and saw that Long Bifei's handwriting was only one line: The second aunt died by hanging in the early morning of the third day, and there was a last word One letter, keep it with my tenth brother.

what?

Shocked, Sheng Yan shook the envelope and found another letter inside.Seeing the master's complexion getting darker, the attendants raised eyebrows, exchanged glances, and quietly retreated out.

Second Yiniang's words were very short, she didn't spend much time holding the cigarettes.Shengyan raised his head after a while, took out the fire pocket, and turned it into a handful of ashes.

So all living beings, how happy is life, and why do they suffer when they die.

People suffer because of the death of the heart, and the heart dies because of obsession.

The Eldest Master is not blessed. Looking at the entire Long family, who has devoted all his heart to him, who would have thought that it was the Second Aunt who finally betrayed him——

Hate comes from love, resentment comes from hatred, anger comes from resentment, madness comes from anger.

She was also unwilling to marry Longfu at the first time, but she gradually admired the master's persistence and talent in making incense, appreciated his knowledge, and admired his majestic demeanor.In the first few years, the Eldest Master did not treat Second Aunt badly.On the contrary, compared to other women in this house, Second Aunt should have been favored the longest.

But just when she gave her heart and wanted to care for her husband and teach her children with peace of mind, the elder married the third aunt into the family. She was not lucky, but it was just a pawn in the hands of the elder lady to check and balance the second aunt.

The third concubine was less arrogant than the second concubine, but more gentle. Even if the elder master didn't favor him very much, he made her proud for a while.

In the end, Third Aunt was not his favorite either.One day after that, the second aunt and the old man went out for a long trip. It was the Lantern Festival, and the old man caught a glimpse of a dignified and beautiful woman at the Lantern Festival, and he was full of love.He followed all the way, just to have a few words with her, even to make her smile, and squeezed into the crowd to guess lantern riddles.

The second aunt saw sourly from a distance, and ordered someone to steal the jade ring from the woman.

There is a custom of marriage here, as long as an unmarried woman gives a jade ring to a man, it is considered a marriage contract. As long as the man is willing to come to propose marriage, and the two are in a good relationship, they can get married.

The second aunt handed the jade ring to the elder, saying that it was sent by the girl.As soon as the Eldest Master returned to Yongjia, he discussed with the Elder Madam about marrying the Fourth Aunt.

In this way, Sheng Yan's biological mother, Fourth Aunt, was carried into the Dragon Mansion.

"I did it on purpose. In fact, your mother has long wanted to belong to you. I sent someone to inquire about this matter before she married into the Long family. I was like a demon at the time, and I wanted to see your mother. Marrying someone she doesn't love, I want to see the old man disappointed, angry, and frustrated. I want to see with my own eyes how long his so-called true love can persist this time and turn into clouds! Sure enough, your mother's usual attitude of rejection In addition, I fanned the flames for a few days, so he believed your mother's infidelity, thinking that she seduced him that day because she was greedy for the property of the Long family. You see, the love he said... is really the easiest thing in the world to expose, Your mother is unwilling to admit her mistakes until she dies, and she refuses to give in to him. He hates her, so he blames you." Everyone in the world said that when a person is about to die, his words are good, but the second aunt used up the last drop of blood to gouge it out. The scars of blooming smoke.

"You are a child that your mother doesn't love and your father doesn't love. Your father has always been on guard against you, because he is afraid that you will embezzle the Long family's property one day... He is fully convinced that you have inherited the resentment that Fourth Aunt had towards him. From the very beginning, I didn't believe that you had father-son affection for him, even though you were indeed his own son. Sheng Yan, now you understand? Long Lanyan can't give you the fatherly love you want in this life. In his eyes, Only he himself, and this family business are the most important!"

Sheng Yan sneered, watching the ashes with sparks being blown away by the wind, she shook her head.

The second aunt can't destroy the Long family by herself, so she still wants to use his hands to destroy the family property that Long Lanyan cares about most?Her obsession is too deep, and she will not be freed after death, so why bother?

It's a pity that he is not interested in the Long family's family business. If this family business is ruined, it may really make Long Lanyan die of pain, and even die.

But why should he be instigated by others, Fourth Aunt's tragedy in this life also has a share in Second Aunt's, her resentment, Shengyan doesn't need to continue... What's more, he already feels a little tired now, what will happen to the Long family in the future, it's better to let nature take its course .

Now, he just wants to live as he wants and do what he wants to do. Life is short, and the most difficult thing to find is actually the freedom between heaven and earth.

Sitting for a while, Sheng Yan repaired a book, and then found the waiter in the inn, and asked him to find a way to deliver it to the place he designated.

The second aunt passed away in a hurry, and the news should have been known to the second elder brother Long Bisheng.

Feeling that he was not in a good mood, Sheng Yan left the inn before dinner, strolled half a circle in the street, bought some local specialty snacks, and put them in a porcelain jar, which reminded him of Cen Shuyan.

In his first grade test, Cen Shuyan's encouragement and recognition to him was something he would never forget in his life, and thinking of the scene where the two of them were eating snacks together, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

I don't know how he gets along with his newlywed sister-in-law... And now that the war is raging in the northwest, will Cen Shuyan take the initiative to ask Ying to help Su with advice?

Sheng Yan shook her head, thinking that she was getting more and more restless.

Just as I reminded myself to be steady, my eyes went dark, and I didn't know who was bumping into me.Rubbing his head and looking up, he saw a man in white clothes holding several brocade boxes, piled up so high that he was not seen when he was walking.

"Oh little brother, are you okay?" The man raised his face to see how he was doing, but the boxes were piled too high, so he didn't dare to move too much.

Sheng Yan just thought it was funny, helped him get a box, and said: "It's okay, brother, do you want to help?"

The two stared at each other now, pointed at each other and thought for a long time, then shouted: "Long Shengyan!" "Master Fang!"

He happened to run into none other than Fang Luotong, Long Bifei's master, the Ninth Rank Incense Maker.

A master and a rookie in the world of incense making happily met each other on the street, found a quiet teahouse, and sat together to chat.Asked about his eldest brother Long Bifei's recent situation and why Sheng Yan came here, Fang Luotong looked at him with some regret and sighed: "It's a pity, neither you nor Bifei can come to this year's Family Fragrance Fair, it's simply a shame. Disappointed."

Sheng Yan said modestly: "Where...every family of incense makers is full of talented people. What you say, other incense makers will not be happy when they hear it."

"Oh, I don't care if they are happy or not, anyway, I am not happy! Come on, come home with me, and make me a box of incense pills for fun!" Fang Luotong pulled his wrist to go out , was stopped by Sheng Yan dumbfounded, "Master Fang, do you live here?"

"Hey, I bought a separate courtyard here, trying to keep it quiet, so that people don't always come to me. Unfortunately, none of the people who come to ask for a teacher can have the qualifications of you and Bifei. I am too lazy to talk to each other, so I hide here. " Fang Luotong saw that he was worried, so he was not in a hurry to pull him away, and asked: "What's the matter, Xiao Shengyan has grown up, and has learned to mourn the autumn and hurt the spring?"

Sheng Yan couldn't help but rolled her eyes with a smile, and said, "No way, it's just that some things don't go well, which only increases worry."

Fang Luotong patted him on the shoulder and said: "There are too many unsatisfactory things in life, you are still young, and you still can't understand some truths, but... remember a sentence, look at yourself now What you have, don't worry about what you have lost."

Sheng Yan nodded silently, and after a while, smiled at him, chatting with Fang Luotong became more and more speculative, especially when it came to making incense, if there is nothing to disturb, the two of them might chat overnight.

Inadvertently, Sheng Yan mentioned his incense ball at the bottom of the quilt, and Fang Luotong was curious to have a look at it, so he dragged him back to the inn.Sheng Yan was wary of others, but he trusted the old man, so he didn't hide it, and showed him the smallest quilt incense ball with a smile.

Fang Luotong, despite his age, was impatient. After watching it for a long time, he praised it, but it was not enough, so he insisted on burning hot incense pills to try.Sheng Yan couldn't resist, so he had to hand him a box of incense pills and let him make it himself.

After a while, Fang Luotong sat on his bed and laughed loudly, rolling the quilt and said: "Wonderful, wonderful! It really is better than blue than blue! Xiao Shengyan, such a good thing needs to be popularized Well, if your Long Family Incense Shop sells this thing, needless to say, it will definitely become a blockbuster!"

Sheng Yan didn't want to take this treasure out for sale, so he said: "Although this incense ball is good, only rich and noble people can afford it. If it is gold-plated, only the nobles in the palace can enjoy it. I would rather have a shortage than abuse it. This exquisite The handicrafts of these are not made by ordinary craftsmen, and these are the only few that I spent a lot of money and hired a master to spend several months to make."

Fang Luotong stroked his beard and looked at him with a smile on his face, "Okay, foresight, this thing has to be of good quality, so it can be called your masterpiece of Long Shengyan! But... you should let those young people who don't know the key Open your eyes, Xiao Shengyan, what do you think of this... Can you give me one?"

Originally, Sheng Yan gave a big one to Su, but this time it was fine to give Fang Luotong a small one, so he wrapped it in a handkerchief and handed it to him.

Fang Luotong smiled and took the incense ball to get up and say goodbye. After that, the ninth-rank incense maker started to travel around the Tianxiang Kingdom by boat or on foot. Everywhere he went, he met friends with incense. The reputation of the bottom incense ball has also been spread from ten to ten, and gradually spread in the incense making circle. It caused a great sensation and was regarded as a new incense vessel that no one has surpassed in decades.

Afterwards, imitators came out everywhere, but they imitated each other, and there was no one comparable.

This is something for later, Sheng Yan did not expect at this moment that this incense ball would have such a great influence later on.

Sending Fang Luotong to the door of the inn, the military general who came to get the letter and the jade badge just came towards him, seeing Sheng Yan from a distance, he restrained the worry on his face, and said: "My lord, you are polite, I am coming down to get things. "

Seeing his uneasy expression, Sheng Yan was afraid that the military situation would change, and he didn't care about introducing him to Fang Luotong, so he asked, "Why is your face so sad, but what happened?"

The general signaled him to take a step to speak, and then lowered his voice and said: "Just received the letter from Feige from Jiacongguan, they are almost unable to hold on, I look down, even if I transported back the grain, grass and military pay this time, I'm afraid it will be too late." ...directly sent to the mouth of the enemy."

Sheng Yan stared in horror, calmed down and said, "Su... King Su, he will not allow Jia Cong Pass to be breached! In my opinion, why not go out of the city at night, even if you can arrive two or three hours earlier, it will be good for morale Great encouragement, right?"

The military commander thought it was reasonable, and said to Sheng Yan with admiration: "Young master is right! I will urge Mr. Zhang to load the grain and grass into the car and leave overnight. If there is any change in the middle, you should still receive a message from His Highness." Flying pigeons pass on the book."

It was extremely urgent, Su still had black eagles to use, Sheng Yan comforted himself, this Jiacongguan would not be lost.

"Well, I'll get you a letter and a jade plaque right now..." After finishing speaking, Sheng Yan and Fang Luotong hurriedly said a few words, then turned and went upstairs to get things.

Holding these two things to step over the threshold, Sheng Yan hesitated for a moment.

After a while, the general saw Sheng Yan coming down with a burden on his back and two attendants, he walked up to him and said, "I've thought about it, let's escort the food back with you!"

"Here, how can you put yourself in danger? You don't know what you will encounter on this return trip..." The general disagreed, but Sheng Yan stopped him with one sentence: "I order you with King Su's jade card, Take me with you!"

The general had no choice but to bow his head and cup his hands and said, "This subordinate understands."

Sheng Yan stopped by the Chief Secretary to offer a birthday gift, and after accepting his love, he went with the grain and grass brigade. They drove all night, the road was bumpy, and they barely left the southwest boundary at dawn the next day.

The soldiers under the chief secretary were usually in training, and most of them were exhausted, which made the general and Sheng Yan frown.

I just want to be fast, but I can't get up!

Sheng Yan himself was not much better. After riding the horse all night, his calves were already a little cramped, but he had to persevere. He was the one who came with him, and he couldn't cause trouble for others.

After walking for half a day, a group of people stopped to eat dry food and drink water at noon. Sheng Yan was afraid that he would never be able to get back on the horse, so he sat sideways on the saddle and ate a small piece of cake with the water bag.

At this time, he heard a distant and sharp cry from above the sky.

Sheng Yan immediately looked up, raised the corners of her mouth, and shouted excitedly: "It's Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei!"

Hei Diao was indeed sent by Su. Seeing that Jiacongguan was about to fall, he couldn't do nothing, so he dispatched another team, and at the same time passed on the news that the grain and grass would no longer be sent to Jiacongguan, but to Go to Jiacongguan, which is a hundred miles away from Usofungu Valley.

Sheng Yan watched Xiao Hei circle down from the sky, and finally landed on a rock.

The general took out the note, learned the order, and immediately understood Feng Suyang's plan.For the time being, Shejia went from the pass, and retreated while fighting. All the soldiers protected the people and retreated from the city overnight, hiding in Jiufeng Valley.

Feng Suyang had already ended the battle ahead of time, but blocked the news. He would lead his headquarters to rush to Jiufeng Valley without stopping, and fight the enemy at the entrance of the valley.

Sheng Yan asked the general how long it would take to get to Jiufeng Valley from here, and the general told him that as long as he kept walking on the road without stopping, he should be able to arrive at the second watch tonight.

"Then don't stop, everyone hold on, long-distance attack, can't stop for a moment!" In order to encourage these escorting soldiers, Sheng Yan made the decision without authorization, took out a jade card and said to them: "If you win this battle, King Su Your Highness will definitely reward you a lot! Each of you is a hero who guards our Tianxiang Dynasty!"

Immediately, excited cheers echoed in the mountains, and the soldiers who were still slack just now lifted their spirits.

In this way, Sheng Yan followed the team and arrived at the south valley entrance of Usufeng Valley before the second watch.He was relieved when he saw the flag of "King Su" fluttering, lying on the horse's back and panting non-stop.

The vanguard troops sent by Su arrived in the valley one step ahead of them, and were arranging an ambush and laying pots for cooking.

A black figure came driving a horse from a distance, and he was shocked to see the pale Sheng Yan on the horse's back, "Sheng Yan! Why are you here?"

Sheng Yan was also taken aback, raised his head, and saw the person slowly pulling the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Brother Shu Yan, I didn't expect to see you...it's really great."

Cen Shuyan knew that he had an old leg problem, so he dismounted immediately, carried him down, and couldn't help scolding him: "Needless to say, you followed here secretly? It's strange, how did you follow here!"

Sheng Yan chuckled, and shook the jade tablet in his hand, "This thing is really useful, let's not talk about that, where is Su now?"

"If all goes well, His Highness should arrive in an hour..." Cen Shuyan poured some burning knives on him, fearing that he would catch a cold, and put on the cloak on him next, "You are getting more and more courageous, wait for Your Highness Come, let's see if he scolds you."

Sheng Yan wiped his mouth and said, "How dare he scold me? I'm going to scold him. Don't tell me about such a big matter. When I see him... definitely, definitely...cough cough... ..."

"Okay, okay, you two can scold each other, I'm standing aside, watching the fun!" Cen Shuyan smiled and gave him a look, then turned to look for the attendant, asked him to find a blanket, and wanted Sheng Yan to lie down Lean on for a while.

"How can I be so delicate, brother Shu Yan, you are busy with your work, I just don't want to bother you." Sheng Yan didn't want to distract him, and sat on the felt wrapped in a cloak, feeling quite warm.

"Well, I'm going to set up defense now." Cen Shuyan ordered two personal generals to give him a few instructions, and was about to leave, when suddenly he saw a war horse rushing from the twilight.

The war horse whined and neighed, throwing off the man whose back was covered in blood.

Cen Shuyan hurried forward, knelt down on the ground, helped him up and asked, "What's going on?"

"Yes...on the foot of the mountain fifteen miles to the east, there are ambush soldiers...His Royal Highness and...and a group of soldiers met them..." Before he finished speaking, this soldier who escaped to report the news should spit out a mouthful of blood. I almost swallowed my breath.

"Call the soldiers!" These were enough for Cen Shuyan to understand, without even thinking about it, he flew on his horse. The spies hadn't found any traces of enemy troops nearby, and Feng Suyang happened to meet them, maybe they just came in An ambush.

Guessing that the number of opponents would not be too many, Cen Shuyan took away one-third of the soldiers. As long as they cut off the opponent's back route and rely on Feng Suyang's command, they would soon be able to eat these people.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, he saw Sheng Yan also got on the horse, changed his gentle temper, and shouted sharply: "Sheng Yan, you go back!" Sheng Yan looked at him stubbornly, patted the horse to his side, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Shu Yan, don't forget... I am also a strong man, I am determined to go, you can't stop me! Don't worry, I will never take off your hind legs!" Cen Shuyan gritted his teeth helplessly, and had to let him hold on Follow yourself, "Then you must not lose it!" Then he threw his sword to him, "Hold it, this is a battlefield, there can be no mercy, remember?"

"Yes!" Sheng Yan raised his eyebrows and answered him loudly.

A group of people quickly and silently escaped into the thick night under the leadership of Cen Shuyan.

For fear of being passionate, how deep is the love, and it is too late to go to the world of mortals and stand side by side.