Chapter 69 Two shortbread cookies

Not long after the army set up camp, a fire was lit to bury the pots and make rice.

When the soldiers looked hungrily at the cauldron in the middle, their eyes shone with longing.

Shen Liuzhen stood up from the ground and said in a deliberately moderate voice that was just enough to be heard by the people around him:

"Brother Liu, I want to relieve myself."

When Liu Qinbing looked up at him, he was stunned for a moment and said quickly: "Oh, okay, I'll take you there." Then he got up from the ground, carried the baggage on his back, and followed him.

He had just walked not far when he heard the Hu soldiers behind him start chatting enthusiastically.

There are Xianbei dialects and other barbarian languages ​​from the Northern Yi ethnic group mixed together. Although I can't understand them, I can't hide the contempt and ridicule in my tone.

When he was almost out of hearing, he heard another person say in Chinese:

"When I was as old as him, I could kill cows and sheep by myself... Han people are just pretentious and might as well be sheep..."

Then there was a burst of laughter...

Shen Liuzhen pursed his lips and pretended not to hear. He didn't stop until he came near the emperor's car.

The area around the emperor's carriage was heavily guarded and no one could approach it without a summons.

He stood ten steps away from the guard post and looked inside, just in a position where the people inside could see him.

Liu Qinbing guessed that he wanted to see the emperor, so he asked: "Would you like to ask for you what you want to say when you meet the emperor?"

Shen Liuzhen shook his head gently, the dimples on his cheeks showing due to the action of pursed lips, and said: "I don't want to see the emperor, I want to see the regular attendant named Zong."

Liu Qinbing paid attention to the surrounding movements and said: "That eunuch? That is much easier than meeting the emperor. The emperor may not want to see you. If you call him, he should come out and take a look."

"Now is not the time. The emperor is having a meal now. He is the emperor's constant attendant and has to serve the emperor in daily life. I am afraid he is busy now. If I clamor to see him at this time, I am afraid I will be annoyed by others."

When Liu Qinbing heard this, he lowered his eyes and glanced at Shen Liuzhen who was standing next to him, but only saw his chest. There seemed to be surprise in his eyes, and then asked:

"Have you been waiting here?"

"Well..." Shen Liuzhen spoke seriously, looked at the emperor's car, and said, "Since he is busy, he will always see us when he comes in and out."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the car door was opened by soldiers on both sides. The thirty-year-old regular waiter with a square headband and a round face was holding a tray. On the tray was an exquisite copper sea bowl. He carefully walked down the steps of the carriage and went to the stove on the other side where the emperor was cooking royal meals.

Didn't see them at all.

Shen Liuzhen's eyes followed his figure, always ready to give him an expectant look when he glanced here.

But before his eyes, he went in again carrying something else, and came out again after a while. He went back and forth three or four times without even glancing here.

Liu Qinbing looked a little anxious. He looked down and saw that Shen Liuzhen was still patiently waiting for the opportunity without saying a word, so he suppressed the anxiety in his heart and waited with him.

Finally, the eunuch glanced here on the road, and it was strange that Shen Liuzhen's Confucian scholar's robe was too eye-catching in the military camp, the color was white, and he was still a child.

Zong Ai noticed him almost as soon as his eyes swept over him. Then he saw the child smiling shyly at him, with watery eyes and two lovely dimples on his cheeks.

Zong Ai rolled her eyes at him in disgust, ignored him, and went on to do her own thing.

But when he came out again, he couldn't help but take a few glances. When he put away all the emperor's dining utensils, the child was still looking at him and laughing, so he finally couldn't help his curiosity and walked over, displeased. ask:

"What are you doing here? Waiting for me?"

Shen Liuzhen smiled even deeper, stretched out his hand eagerly to Liu Qinbing next to him, and said: "Brother Liu, please quickly take out the shortbread that Master's wife prepared for me."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qinbing quickly took out an oil paper bag and handed it to his hand.

As soon as Shen Liuzhen touched his hand, he immediately gave it to Zong Ai with both hands and said: "Master Changshi, you haven't eaten yet. This is a snack made by my master for you to try. There is no need to eat at all on the way this day. It didn’t stop. I wanted to send it over at noon, but I never found the chance..."

Zong Ai lowered his eyes and looked at the oil paper bag. The bright yellow color of the oil paper was in the cracks, and the sweet and fragrant smell wafted out.

He swallowed involuntarily.

The army marched hurriedly for a whole day and did not take a break at noon. Everyone ate two pieces of dry biscuits and some water while walking on the road, even the emperor was no exception.

I'm really hungry now...

Looking at Shen Liuzhen's expression, he reached out and took one from the oil paper bag and took a bite. Unexpectedly, it was crispy and delicious, far beyond his imagination.

Zong Ai's eyes were shining, and while staring into the oil paper bag, he nodded repeatedly and said, "Well, not bad..."

Then he threw half of the cookie into his mouth and took another one.

His appetite was satisfied and he was chewing happily. When he raised his eyes, he saw Shen Liuzhen holding the shortbread in both hands and swallowing continuously.

Zong Ai knew what was going on immediately, looked at him again in surprise, and said with a sneer:

"The little baby is very clever. If you don't want to eat it yourself, bring it to me to honor me... Let's be honest, what do you want me to ask you for? But you want me to send a message to His Majesty?" He was chewing shortbread in his mouth, and his words were unclear. .

Shen Liuzhen raised his face, his eyebrows drooped. His eyes were already big, but when he looked up like this, he looked like a little deer. He pitifully said to Zong Ai:

"Lord Chang Shi, this is my first time away from home... I'm scared, so I just wanted you to be more friendly, so I came here."

Zong Ai's eyes swayed, his chewing movements slowed down, and he stared at Shen Liuzhen not knowing what he was thinking.

Shen Liuzhen also looked at him for a moment, maintaining his pitiful appearance and not daring to relax at all.

He had always been confident in his acting skills, but at this moment, he still felt a little guilty when facing this eunuch. He could only force himself to be more sincere, and he was almost in tears...

Just as he was feeling anxious, he saw Zong Ai snatching the oil paper bag from his hand, holding it in his arms, taking two from it and handing them to Shen Liuzhen, saying:

"I'll leave two for you, and I'll take the rest." After saying that, he turned around and walked away through the guard post.

Shen Liuzhen pinched the two shortbread cookies in his hand, lowered his head, let out a long sigh, and gave one to Liu Qinbing, biting it bit by bit like a little squirrel, and went back dejectedly. Walk.

Liu Qinbing followed him and said regretfully: "Hey...if it didn't work, it didn't work. It's just a pity for those shortcakes."

Shen Liuzhen looked up at him as he walked. There was no expression of frustration. There was a sly smile in his bright eyes. He raised the shortbread in his hand and said:

"...Who said it didn't succeed? If it didn't succeed, would there still be these two?"

Have you noticed, what kind of job is Shen Liuzhen’s character best suited for?
Chapter completed!