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Although Chen De had visited the palace for many banquets before, he had never entered the inner court. At this moment, he followed an eunuch through the hall, and sculptures made of glass screens and gold and jewelry could be seen everywhere. When passing a small bridge, he found that the rockery towering in the stream was all made of spices obtained from the sea. No wonder there was a misty fragrance in the air.

Perhaps there are few men in the palace. The palace maids dressed in green silk clothes would look at him when they walked by quickly. Some of them were bold and even gave him a charming look. Chen De, who had been rolled by many women in his previous life, was very excited. Unfortunately, he soon arrived in a pavilion facing water.

The eunuch Tong reported: "Huang Sibao, Your Majesty will give Nian Nujiao written yesterday to Chen De, the attendant of the scattered cavalry, and I will bring him to pick it up." Chen De's heart moved when he heard this, and he remembered the particularly shy female history in the morning.

After a while, a woman's voice inside said, "Please come in, General Chen." The eunuch was stunned, retreated aside, and made way for Chen De.

Chen Demai walked in and saw that Xiao Zhou was standing in the house. Behind him was the female historian named Huang Wen. He immediately bowed and said, "The foreign minister doesn't know that the queen is here, so please forgive me."

Zhou Hou knew that Chen De was a minister who Li Yu had recently valued, and said with a smile: "General Chen does not need to be polite. This palace is also here to read some of the music and dances made in the palace." He turned to Huang Wen and said: "It is better to take out the 'Nian Nujiao' written by His Majesty and hand it over to General Chen, and then organize the fragments of "Ni Shang Yu Yi Song" for me." Huang Wen whispered.

Only then did Chen De notice that a sandalwood table about 100 meters behind them was filled with various paper scraps, with many symbols that he could not understand. Although they had been carefully pasted, the handwriting was still difficult to identify. Rows of huge bookcases filled the entire room, and the yellow old paper piles exuded a strange fragrance, which set off the petite figures of the two girls, making people feel a little respectful.

This is Jianye study. Chen De said to himself silently that in history, it was destroyed by a fire after the Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty. But now, it has collected tens of thousands of books, including a large number of ink records of King Zhong, precious and famous paintings "Spring and Summer Landscapes in Jiangxiang", "Picking Melons on the Mountain", "Rank King Putting a Cluster of Tent", "Lu Sidao Shuo's Square Travel", "Moon Order Customs", "Yang Concubine Yang's Snow Clothing Women's Land", "Cat", etc. It is known as the rich collection of collections and the exquisiteness of pens and inkstones, which is far superior to the so-called Song Dynasty collection of the so-called Song Dynasty in the Central Plains.

Seeing that Chen De was stunned, Huang Wen turned around and opened a bookcase beside him to take out a hand scroll that was written recently. He did not hand the handkerchief directly to Chen De, but carefully spread it on another red sandalwood desk. While taking out a green seal and stamping it with six big words "Jianye Study Seal", he explained to Chen De softly: "God of General Chen, this character was written by His Majesty yesterday, and it was not time to use a seal." When she did these things, Zhou Hou stood patiently and watched, laughing: "General Chen is good at writing, and His Majesty is good at writing."

Because the marks were not dry, they had to dry them for a while. Zhou Hou joked with Huang Wen again: "My sister said she didn't know what kind of person General Chen, who made this good word, is he? Today, she is not going to ask for advice?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Wen blushed on her face and said angrily: "How is this happening? Don't make fun of me."

Zhou Hou refused to give in and said, "I don't want to deny it. Oh, it's rare that the female scholars in the palace are also shy."

Huang Wen couldn't help but feel ashamed and annoyed, but she couldn't be anxious with Zhou Hou. She had to escape and leaned over and gently blew the seal on the Xibao mark. Her face was originally blushing, and it seemed to be even redder than the marks on the snow-white Chengxintang paper.

Seeing that she was really shy, Zhou Hou stopped talking and just watched with interest.

Chen De originally thought that the women in the harem must be extremely reserved, but he didn't seem to be very disgusting, and Zhou Hou was extremely gossipy. He thought that it was not far from the prosperous Tang Dynasty and Neo-Confucianism was not as strong as the Song Dynasty. So he smiled and said, "I heard that there were no less than 100,000 books in the palace. Huang Sibao was able to manage these vast literatures. It was difficult for a man with talent and beauty to do this. I admire him very much."

During the Tang Dynasty, when the Emperor Wu of Wu was experiencing the peace of peace, people often guarded and despised women's talents, and began to develop the idea that women's lack of talent is virtue. Although Huang Wen was of extraordinary talent, Li Yu just admired it, just like he admired the maki girl who could dance on colorful golden lotus and the concubine who was good at music.

Chen De's words were extremely sincere, which made Zhou Hou feel a little surprised and admired, so he continued to ask: "People often call men superior to women, and heroes like General Chen, would they admire a woman?"

Chen De replied with a smile: "Of course, when I was a child, a friend once said, 'The beautiful mountains, rivers, sun and moon are only for women, and men are just scum and turbid foam.'"

He spoke quickly and even brought out the famous quote from Jia Baoyu in Dream of Red Mansions, which made Zhou Hou hide his mouth and smile: "If this is really happening, your friend is really a fool." He couldn't help but look up at Chen De again.

Chen De smiled and said, "There are some truths when this fool says."|Huang Wen couldn't help but feel moved when she heard this. She carefully rolled the dried-up post-master ink treasure, put it in an exquisite wooden box and handed it to Chen De, and whispered: "The south of the Yangtze River is humid and easy to be eaten by insects. If you often smoke it with spiritual herbs, it should be stored for a long time."

Chen De agreed to take the box and said goodbye. Zhou Hou pulled Huang Wen and whispered: "There are really such people in the world. His friend's rumors are seventy-sixth-slightly similar to His Majesty. I don't know whether it is true or not?" Huang Wen said: "General Chen is a sincere gentleman, and I think he will not lie." Zhou Hou smiled and said: "If this is true, no wonder His Majesty trusts him so much."

Chen De entered the palace in a carriage from the palace. When he came out, he refused to send carriages from the eunuchs in the palace to send them to him, and he passed by the Donghongqiao Market not far away. Many vendors were yelling in their mouths, and the aroma of various foods was full of appetite. Chen De, who had not eaten breakfast, had already been a little croaking, so he paid for some cooking cakes on the side of the road, and then ate them warmly with soup and medicine. He did not go back to the house, but went directly to the Jinfan Army camp at the foot of Jubao Mountain outside the south gate.

From a distance, he saw the 10-meter-high guard wall in the camp. Chen De couldn't help but smile. After coming to the Southern Tang Dynasty, he found that if the imperial court had not recruited civilians to build a decent military camp, the soldiers of this era were unwilling to build a decent military camp for themselves. So after establishing the Jinfan Army, his first order was to let three thousand Ding Zhuang build the barracks together, and observe and select the first team of soldiers on duty.

In front of the guard wall was a trench two meters wide, which was filled with water. Chen De walked to the front of the suspension bridge at the north gate of the military camp. Because he was not wearing official uniforms or armor, the sergeant in charge of looking at him on the wooden tower on the guard wall did not recognize him. The crossbows on the wooden towers on both sides immediately aimed at him. The sentry even ordered him not to move forward loudly. Chen De nodded with satisfaction, took thirty steps back according to the soldiers' orders, and waited for the sentry to come and ask.

The sentry walked to Chen De and saw Chen De's face clearly. He hurriedly said, "Please commander to forgive me."

Chen De smiled and said, "You are doing military orders, why are you guilty?" The soldier turned around and made a gesture to his comrades on the wooden tower. Then he put down the suspension bridge and took Chen De into the military camp.

Xiao Jiu and Xin Gu both supervised the training of soldiers in the military camp. When they heard that Chen De came to inspect the military camp in person, they all rushed to meet. It was not yet noon. Chen De saw that they were sweating profusely, and was moved and said, "Two brothers, thank you for your hard work." The two hurriedly said, "The commander is very serious." Chen De said, "The Song army in Jiangbei will invade the south tomorrow. Our Jinfan Army will cooperate with Heiyundu to attack the enemy's rear. From today on, the soldiers will step up their training, and I will also move to the camp to live."

Xiao Jiu and Xin Gu looked at each other. Although they didn't say a word, Chen De saw a hint of excitement in their eyes. Knowing that these two people were unwilling to be lonely, they couldn't help but smile and asked again: "Where is Xiao Shunzi?"

Xiao Jiu hurriedly bowed and replied, "He is still practicing with the soldiers in the camp."

In order to avoid others' suspicion, Chen De asked Xiao Jiu not to call Li Shun Xiao Qibo anymore. Chen Deqi said: "Our army is full of strong men. How can he compete with the military men at a young age? Is it because the soldiers have any intention?" After that, he asked Xin Xiao and the others to take him to the training ground in the camp to watch the battle.

Along the way, all the soldiers set up the camp tents with hundreds of people as a unit, and a short wall about five feet high was built outside to separate them from each other. Except for those on duty, all the soldiers were trained in their camps under the leadership of the temporary centurion. Five teams of 100 people were concentrated on the open ground on the left side of the Central Military Camp to practice formations. Walking in the middle of the camp, except for the sound of the ping-pong swords and shields fighting each other, the commands of the temporary centurion. The roads in the middle of each camp led straight to the Central Military Camp. Chen De later proudly said to people: "My military camp is neater than any city in the world."

When he entered the Central Military Camp, which was also covered by a short wall, he saw the selected military men holding swords and shields in intense pursuit and practice. Li Shun's short body was particularly prominent. His body was just a little taller than Chen De's homemade big wooden shield, and he was hiding behind the wooden shield and endured the opponent's storm-like chop.

Xiao Jiu explained: "According to the command, we have selected more than a hundred soldiers who are brave and obey orders in daily training and arranged for training here." Chen De nodded with satisfaction and said: "The war is about to go to the forefront. You can pick up 500 of the speed, and the others will also reorganize a team of hundreds according to their courage."

Xiao and Xin nodded and answered yes. Chen Decai saw Li Shun's performance in that game again. He saw that he used his small advantage to hide behind the big shield and struggled to support him. The opponent had no choice but to take advantage of him. As a result, he was a little lazy and was stabbed by this kid and hit the waist and lost according to the rules. Seeing the soldier bowing down reluctantly, Li Shuncai wiped the sweat from his head with his cloth clothes on his shoulders, and his left hand holding the shield had already started to tremble slightly because of the long-term force.

When Xiao Jiu saw Li Shun's victory, he couldn't help but look proud in his eyes. Chen De also patted his shoulder and said, "Xiao Shun has worked very hard for a while, and he will become a great man in time." Xiao Jiu was stunned. Seeing that Chen De's appearance did not seem to have any other meaning, he nodded quickly.

Chen De said again: "The two brothers have worked so hard recently. I see that the soldiers have already looked like soldiers and are about to go to war. They promised the soldiers to seize the officials earlier, so they might as well be held tomorrow. Today, it is better to let the soldiers rest for a day and have a meal and meat. The two brothers will follow me to the Central Army tent, and have some questions to discuss with you."

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