Chapter 150: Taking a Break
The night deepens.
As soon as Sun Shaozong walked into the main hall, he tore open the collar of his official uniform.
Ruan Rong, who was leaning on the couch, saw this and hurriedly ordered, "Furong, Shiliu, help the master change his clothes!"
Two maids immediately came forward to serve.
Sun Shaozong did not say anything, but raised his hand and touched his throat. Xiangling, who came hurriedly, saw this and hurriedly offered him a cup of herbal tea to clear away heat and reduce internal heat.
Sun Shaozong drank it all in one gulp, then he let out a long sigh and cursed, "Damn it, the people from the Five Cities Army are really becoming more and more shameless. They have been arguing for half a day and they didn't even want to refill my tea."
Xiangling covered her mouth and smiled, "Tomorrow I will make a large pot of herbal tea for you, Master, and you can take it over and drink as much as you want."
“Two pots!”
Sun Shaozong casually doubled the amount, walked over and lay on the same couch with Ruan Rong in a 69-style position.
Ruan Rong saw that he looked listless, not as energetic as usual, and couldn't help but said distressedly, "Isn't it just a defense map? How come after arguing for six or seven days, there is still no result? I see that you work every day regardless of the weather, and you are ten times more tired than working in the government office!"
"Isn't it?"
Sun Shaozong stretched out his hand and pinched Ruan Rong's calf. Seeing that it was more swollen than yesterday, he helped her massage it and said, "I thought I was going to argue with a group of soldiers, but I didn't expect that everyone on the other side was a veteran official who would argue with you line by line!"
At this point, he smiled again and said, "Although this is a bit troublesome, it is better to talk it out in public than to play some shady tricks behind my back. You also know that I offended the son of General Qiu."
Before going to the Wucheng Bingmasi, Sun Shaozong was still worried that General Qiu would take revenge on him.
Who would have thought that after he arrived there, without even seeing Qiu Ying, a group of experienced officials came out and started to challenge him .
"That's true."
Ruan Rong nodded, and gave her other leg to Xiang Ling, and asked with concern: "Then when will you two stop arguing?"
"It should be soon."
Sun Shaozong said, "The general direction has been agreed upon. Now we are entangled in some minor details. Besides, we have to leave some things in the end so that Han Fuyin and Qiu Taiwei can come forward and make the final decision."
“It’s so unfair!”
Xiangling carefully placed Ruan Rong's swollen calf on her knees, pressing it while saying indignantly, "They didn't do anything, but in the end they want to steal the credit from the master!"
"It's because he's a high-ranking official. That's the rule in the officialdom."
Sun Shaozong responded lazily, and seemed to close his eyes for a while.
Xiangling hurriedly added, "By the way, Master, Butler Zhao sent someone to pass on a message at noon, saying that the two Dragon Guards who came a few days ago have come again with a lot of gifts to express their gratitude."
Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian came to express gratitude?
It seems that the transfer to the patrol battalion is progressing quite smoothly.
This was within Sun Shaozong's expectations - because the Dragon Guards and the Huben Battalion had always selected elite troops from the Patrol Battalion and the City Defense Battalion. When had he ever seen a good man from the Dragon Guards voluntarily defect to the Patrol Battalion?
Apart from anything else, just based on the benefit of improving face and boosting morale, the mighty General Feng Tang would do his best to make this happen.
After simply thinking about it in his mind, Sun Shaozong asked, "Besides them, is there anyone else who came to our house? For example, someone from Rongguo Mansion?"
After receiving Xiangling's negative response, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but start to doubt himself.
It is said that Jia Baoyu has been investigating for more than ten days, so how come there is no news at all?
Is this guy too stupid to notice the flaws, or did something unexpected happen during the investigation?
"master."
Seeing Sun Shaozong frowning and thinking, Ruan Rong asked, "How about I write a letter to Daiyu and ask about Master Bao's investigation? Master has recently sent a lot of supplements. It would be a waste if I can't eat them here. I was thinking of sending some to my sister."
" No need, just deliver the things over."
Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "What she guessed was just speculation after all. There's no need for us to make it clear and leave room for excuses. I just plan to watch the fire from the other side of the river, but I have no intention of getting involved in the muddy waters of Rongguo Mansion."
Ruan Rong had no choice but to give up after hearing this, and asked her maid to go to the kitchen and tell her to stew some broth for Sun Shaozong so that he could replenish his body the next morning.
Sun Shaozong closed his eyes for a while, and when he had rested enough, he found that Ruan Rong had fallen asleep. The maids were nowhere to be seen in the room. Only Xiangling was leaning at the foot of the couch, holding a collection of poems in her hand, reading intently.
Sun Shaozong reached out and snatched the book, then threw it onto the bed. "Why are you reading so late at night? Be careful not to damage your eyes. Go and tidy up the room so your sister Ruan can go in and have a rest."
Xiangling responded quietly, went to the inner room to arrange the bedding, and came out again to make a gesture to Sun Shaozong.
Sun Shaozong then picked up Ruan Rong by the waist and carefully carried her to the bed in the inner room.
He waited at the bedside for a while, and seeing that she showed no signs of waking up, he tiptoed out of the inner room.
When I got to the hall outside, I saw Xiangling had already climbed onto the couch, with her buttocks raised like full moons, and she was reaching out to grab the anthology that had fallen in the crack.
Sun Shaozong stepped forward and slapped it, scolding: "What are you doing? Wait until tomorrow morning and ask the maids to help get it out."
Xiangling cried out, protecting her hips and biting her lower lip, and said anxiously, "I have only read half of that poem. If I don't read it all, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well all night."
Seeing her tangled and innocent look, Sun Shaozong immediately reached out and pulled her into his arms, grinning and saying, "Then don't sleep well. Come to think of it, I have neglected you these past few days..."
As he spoke, he kneaded the dough with his hands.
Soon, Xiangling became as soft as a bone and was carried to the west wing by Sun Shaozong. But she no longer cared about the collection of poems.
In the light and shadow, inside the brocade tent, one was waving her jade arms busily, one was holding up her golden lotus, one was chirping like an oriole, one was murmuring like a swallow.
The vows of love are still ringing in Xi's ears, and I can't stop thinking about them...
Early the next morning.
Sun Shaozong drank the broth, and asked Zhang Cheng to carry two large pots of herbal tea. Then they rushed to the Wucheng Bingmasi in high spirits.
Because he was an old customer who came frequently, the soldiers guarding the gate did not stop him or ask him any questions, and allowed him to enter this important military base.
Sun Shaozong was too lazy to find someone to lead the way, and he found the west living room on his own, knowing the way well.
Just as I was about to enter, I suddenly felt something was wrong!
According to past practice, subordinates like Lin Delu and Cheng Rixing would arrive early to finalize the details to be discussed today with the soldiers and clerks of the Wucheng Bingmasi.
However, it was unusually quiet inside, as if someone was discussing something!
