Once Liji is stained with the slightest moral stain, even after a few generations, when the descendants of the Quzhou Hou family have the opportunity to serve as a certain official in the court, there will always be competitors who mention it: Qu Zhou x Hou Liji, betraying friends to seek glory, but not cultivating personal morality...

As a leader among the founding heroes, an old military general who has been up and down in the sea for decades, Li Shang naturally sees the sudden big change in public opinion - the reason why his family has avoided such a huge moral stain is precisely because of Liu Hong's evaluation of Zhou Bo: Although Taiwei killed Lu with righteousness, but in the vein of Qu Zhouhou, Taiwei owes a lot of money!

Although he knew in his heart that the reason why Liu Hong was so angry with Zhou Bo was because of the political struggle between the two sides; But for Liu Hong's 'regardless of the previous suspicions' of the Zhou Hou family, Li Shang was deeply grateful.

Regarding the future of Qu Zhouhou's lineage, Li Shang has all been arranged, just waiting for the eldest son, who is nearly fifty years old, but is still nicknamed 'breast' by the old Li Shang, to rush back to Chang'an, and everything will be back on track...

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Compared with the Dusk Quzhou Marquis Mansion, Qucheng Marquis Mansion, which is also located in Shangguanli, is full of festivity today.

The inside and outside of the house were sprinkled and cleaned by the people in the house, and the slaves of all sizes changed into brand new clothes, and stood outside the gate with the master Worm, waiting for the distinguished guests to come to the door.

A middle-aged man with bright clothes and unruly eyebrows was standing beside Worm Da with a reluctant face and a little weakness, muttering something in a low voice.

The old worm swept his eyes from time to time, and then turned around and looked at the carriage slowly approaching in the distance, and a trace of heartfelt warmth surged up his face.

As a military general from Liu Bang to Zhou Luhou and Lu Ze, Worm Da is not very popular in the circle of Han founding ministers.

Whether it is the Peixian gang with strong roots such as Xiahou Ying and Fan Xu, or the former Qin aristocracy led by Zhang Liang and Wang Ling, they all have a certain contempt for the swordsman-born worm; Coupled with Worm Da's promoter: Zhou Luhou Lu Ze, and because Worm is not very good at words, Worm Da is in the Han court, and it can be said that he does not have many friends and relatives.

Today, I came to visit the door to find Worm Da to drink and talk happily, and it was one of Worm's only friends and close friends.

"The Marquis of Ngee An is coming to the cold house, but the old man wants to wear it!"

Before the carriage stopped outside the main entrance, the worm reached a neutral voice, so the man sitting in the carriage hurriedly opened the curtain behind the carriage and shook his hand.

"Qu Chenghou's words are really shameful and contemptible."

After saying that, the man stepped forward with a sincere smile and bowed again: "The sudden visit made Qu Chenghou make a big move, and the contemptible people were frightened." ”

Seeing that the man was so polite, Worm Da stepped forward with a smile, pulled the man's arm, and said with a little ridicule: "It is rumored that Tian Ziqing is conformist and quite polite; Why did the old man act like a drunkard in front of him? ”

Hearing this, Uncle Tian didn't seem to hear a word from Worm Da, so he ridiculed the two Warring States Xianxue together, and said indifferently: "In this case, the contemptible people will be bothered today?" ”

Worm nodded, turned around with a light smile, and said to the middle-aged man who was still a little reluctant beside him: "Haven't you seen Shibo yet?" ”

When the man heard this, the corners of his eyebrows trembled obviously, and because of his father's majesty, he had to step forward obediently and bow his hand: "The little nephew has seen Shibo." ”

Uncle Tian, who had stood up straight, also nodded slightly, and arched his hand: "Young Junhou." ”

After the ceremony, Worm Da glared at his son covertly, and then changed back to that happy face, and took Uncle Tian's hand and walked towards the house: "Today, the two of us have to have a good discussion!" ”

Looking at his father's distant back, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, and his face immediately brought a trace of boredom: "Visitors are visitors, looking for the little master to do..."

After saying that, the man impatiently accepted the salute handed by Uncle Tian's servant, and was about to open it in front of Tian's servant, when an abrupt coughing sound sounded behind him.

"Ahem, Eun!"

Turning his head impatiently, after seeing the face of the person who came, the man suddenly lowered his head weakly, handed the gift box in his hand to the slave beside him, and walked out of the door in a huff, walking out of the house.

"The master made an appointment with a friend to bow down, what time is this..."

ran out of the house as if he was running away, and the man did not forget to muttered stubbornly.

Waiting for the man's distant figure to disappear on the street, the old man who had just coughed sighed, took the gift box, and immediately turned on a straight face, and solemnly bowed to the Tian family's servants: "The young monarch is still young, and if you are rude, I hope the guests will not be surprised." ”

Seeing the old man behaving like this, the Tian family servant hurriedly came back: "The insect housekeeper is serious, and the words are serious..."

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The biggest difference between the mansions of the nobles of the Han family and later generations is that there will inevitably be a martial arts training ground - as a lord who has won the title of knight with military merits, the mansion of the Han family with the title of king or above will inevitably have a martial arts training ground of different sizes.

The family style is slightly more elegant and elegant, such as the Pingyang Hou lineage, and there is also a martial arts field about ten zhang long and wide at home; As for the Jianghou family, which has a strong family style, it is directly a small school field!

The Qucheng Marquis Mansion is different: due to the insects, the martial arts training ground in the backyard of the Qucheng Marquis Mansion has been transformed into a sword fighting field about eight zhang square, with a grass shed to shelter the rain and a wooden plank.

As the era with the strongest martial style in the feudal era, the social atmosphere of the Han Dynasty was determined by its advocacy of men's control of the eighteen martial arts, horseback archery, wrestling and sword fighting; One of the most widespread is the art of sword fighting.

The swordsmanship of the Han Dynasty was different from the slashing depicted in the martial arts of later generations, or the swing depicted in Bushido—the swordsmanship of the Han Dynasty generally used 'stabbing' as the main means of attack.

If it is said that the swordsmanship of the Han Dynasty is closest to which sport in later generations, then fencing is undoubtedly the most appropriate to describe the swordsmanship of the Han Dynasty.

In the people, countless rangers and ruffians regard mastering a certain amount of swordsmanship as the first step in their 'chivalrous' career; in their opinion, mastering a certain amount of swordsmanship is enough to break out of a new world of their own with this chivalrous practice.

But in the army, sword fighting was not so popular - whether it was a gun, a spear, a halberd, its striking range was much greater than that of a sword; On the battlefield, foot soldiers generally prefer to use long weapons such as spears and halberds, or long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows.

As for the sword, in addition to the fact that most of the officers wore it, it was only equipped with crossbowmen - there were only three shots at the enemy, and after the entire column of bows and crossbows was broken, all the crossbowmen had to do was draw their swords and fight hand-to-hand at close range.

In addition, the only cavalry unit in the Han Dynasty was also a long sword.

As one of the two most famous swordsmen in the early Han Dynasty and even in the entire Han history, Worm Da's mastery of the art of sword fighting can be described as perfect; Especially in terms of using the 'heads-up' artifact of sword fighting in large-scale combat, Worm has an experience that is different from ordinary people.

Before the cavalry armor was not developed to a sufficient extent and the cavalry combat did not reach the cluster hedging, the vast majority of wars in the feudal era, the personal force of the main general, could have a great impact on the occupation.

Especially now that there is a shortage of war horses in the Han Dynasty, and the soldiers are generally composed of foot soldiers and a small number of charioteers, a fierce general who can break into the enemy formation alone and kill a bloody road can be described as extraordinary for the boost of military morale.

Worm Da is the only person who uses a sword as a weapon among the fierce generals who can rely on personal force to add a layer of '50% increase in combat effectiveness' to the military heart.

Naturally, in the face of such a ranger who was born and had superb sword fighting skills that could be used in large-scale wars, Uncle Tian, who was also a 'man in the way of the sword', couldn't bargain too much.

Not long after the battle began, Uncle Tian's upper body was stabbed by the wooden sword in Wormda's hand, and he fell on the wooden board of the sword fighting arena.

With a sigh of feeling, he got up from the floor and took off the helmet on his head, Uncle Tian wiped the sweat on his forehead with the corner of his sleeve, and sneered: "The contemptible people have practiced hard for many years, and they have never thought that they will still stand under the sword of the insect for less than a moment." ”

Worm Da also took off the Teng helmet on his head, brushed up the slightly disordered breath, and the tone was full of unfinished meaning: "The old man is old, and Ziqinggong has practiced hard for many years, so it shouldn't be like this." ”

"I'm afraid that today, Ziqing Gong has other thoughts, so he has no intention of fighting, but he is old and ignorant of etiquette, and he doesn't care about Ziqing Gong has no intention of this?"

Looking at the ridicule in Worm Da's eyes, Uncle Tian lowered his head with a little shame: "Qu Chenghou's eyes are like torches, and the contemptible people are here, and they really have something to ask for." ”

Hearing this, Worm Da showed an expression of 'sure enough', waved his hand aggressively, took the silk cloth handed by the soldier beside him, and wiped the sweat on his forehead.

"It's rare for Ziqing Gong to come to the cold house, and when it's close to eating, why don't the two of us talk about wine and talk about anything else?"

Uncle Tian hurriedly said goodbye: "I want to do what I want..."

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In the living room, the two recalled the old past and frequently toasted and talked happily.

Even on the streets of Shangguanli outside the Qucheng Marquis' Mansion, the hearty laughter of the two could be vaguely heard in the mansion.

"Hahahaha..."

"When Ziqingyi entered Chang'an with Xuanping Hou, the old man heard about it, and he was full of admiration."

"How could you have thought that the loyal and righteous people of the past are now so cunning?"

Listening to Worm Da's unscrupulous ridicule, Uncle Tian also rarely let go of the rigor that often hung on his face, regardless of the image, he put his elbow on the food table, turned to the top of Worm Da, shook his head and said: "Qu Chenghou's words are bad~"

It can be said that the true celebrity is self-styled, and all the rules and customs are presented to outsiders; Only when presented in front of the king in a real posture can it be called a confidant and close friend. ”

"Good!"

The reddish insect Da Meng slapped the case: "What a real celebrity and self-merry!" ”

"This should be a big deal!"

The two drank a bottle of each other, looked at each other for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

When the two of them pushed the cups and changed the lamps, sometimes laughing loudly, the sun quietly drilled under the west mountain, and the guest hall was shrouded in crimson by the setting sun.

"The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the morning rises and falls~"

Looking at the sunset outside the window and into the hall, Worm's tone suddenly took on a gloomy tone: "Everything in the world, who has escaped this cycle of rise and fall, the cycle of ups and downs..."

Hearing the change in Worm Dutton's tone, Uncle Tian also sat up slightly, with a trace of sadness on his face.

"Why did Qu Chenghou say such lonely words?"

Hearing this, the insect was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head with a self-deprecating smile: "Qu Zhouhou is such a hero, he can't escape the twilight and dusk, and turns into a handful of loess..."

"The old decay is approaching old age this year, but I am afraid that the present of Qu Zhouhou is the tomorrow of the old decay."

Feeling it, the insect couldn't help but have a trace of unwillingness between his eyebrows.

"Qu Zhouhou is still lucky, and there is a tiger at home to inherit his mantle; The old decay is not so lucky~"

Thinking of his eldest son, who is nearly fifty years old, but still lingers in the willow alleys of Flower Street like a naughty child, thinking about frolicking and playing all day long, Worm Da can't help but feel sad from it, and unconsciously wet his eyes.

Seeing this, Uncle Tian couldn't help but sink his heart and empathize with the sorrow of the worm.

Reluctantly pulling himself out of his grief, Uncle Tian persuaded softly: "Qu Chenghou doesn't have to worry too much, the young prince is stubborn, and he won't..."

As he spoke, Uncle Tian consciously stopped talking and looked away in embarrassment.

Qu Cheng Hou Shizi insect Jie, in the entire Chang'an, can be called the famous second generation!

No matter where there is chaos, it is not difficult to find the figure of this marquis of 4,000 households among the children of the nobles who caused trouble.

In the turmoil of the previous time, Qu Zhou Hou Shizi Liji can be said to have a reputation of 'loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety';

As the old department of Zhou Luhou and Lu Ze, Qu Chenghou became an unstable factor in the eyes of Chen Ping and Zhou Bo; But he was afraid of the status of the worm, and Zhou Bo did not dare to rashly classify the worm as the Lu family, and swept it away by the way in the process of punishing Lu.

Therefore, Zhou Bo used the means of treating the Hou family of Qu Zhou to arrest Qu Chenghou Shizi Worm Jie, and tested Worm Jie: If Er's father died in the battle of Xulu, would you like to be left behind?

As a result, the forty-seven-year-old Qu Cheng Hou Shizi was frightened by Zhou Bo on the spot, tore off the robe on his left arm, and said: What my father did, it has nothing to do with me, I have been staying in Qucheng since I was born, I don't know anything about Chang'an, and the old guy hasn't seen him for several years...

In the aftermath, Chen Ping had to recommend him as the new guard captain because of his noble status in the founding of the country and the fact that there was no one available.

Later, Worm Da threw himself into the arms of the imperial party without hesitation, and Chen Ping gritted his teeth and had no choice.

It happened that at this time, because of the money and grain of Shaofu, Zhou Bo, who was dissatisfied with Li Shang, stole chickens and rice, not only failed to make the Qu Zhouhou family fall into the whirlpool of public opinion, but almost planted himself in.

Then, Zhou Bo didn't know whether it was for the purpose of spreading anger, or to take revenge on Worm Da's 'eating inside and out', so he released the incident of Worm Jie.

Up to now, except for Liu Hong, the emperor in the Weiyang Palace, who has not expressed his opinion on the matter of Worm Jie, almost all the meritorious classes in Chang'an have expressed their views on Worm Jie either explicitly or implicitly.

Although the rhetoric is different, the original meaning is that it can't escape the sentence 'Qu Chenghou has this son, which can be described as a loss of temper in his later years..."

You must know that at this time, it is the father who bears all the responsibility for not teaching the son well - the son does not teach, and the father is at fault!

Worm Jie can't escape the moral condemnation of 'unfilial piety', and as a father, Worm Jie can't escape the stigma of 'teaching his son no way'.

In today's situation, it can be said that unless Emperor Liu Hong takes action, as he did to save the Qu Zhou Hou family, and forcibly reverses public opinion as the emperor, otherwise, the rapid decline of the Qu Chenghou family will be inevitable.

But there is really no trace of justification for this matter of worm Jie...

"Qu Chenghou is also lucky!"

Worm Da raised his head suspiciously, and saw Uncle Tian then said: "Although the young prince is stubborn, he is a virtuous son-in-law, and he is also envious of others!" ”

"With this virtuous son-in-law, the young prince and the marquis will be the precipice in the future, so as to inherit the mantle of the marquis!"

In addition to such comfort, Uncle Tian really doesn't know how to persuade his tearful friend...

But that's right: it is also a rare luck that Worm can summon a young talent like Qin Mu who is down-to-earth and has a bright future as his son-in-law.

Hearing this, Worm Da's complexion also warmed up a little, wiped away the tears on his face without a trace, and said abruptly: "There is only one thing in my life, which can be said: luck." ”

In Uncle Tian's slightly puzzled gaze, Worm Da slowly turned his head and looked at Uncle Tian affectionately: "I am fortunate to be old and decayed all my life, but Ziqing thinks it is a bosom friend, that's it." ”

Listening to the insect Da full of gloomy revealing traces, Uncle Tian also secretly wet his eyes.

Sprinkled with a glass: "If Qu Chenghou doesn't give up, don't say anything about grief; Today, the two of us will drink and talk happily, and we will not get drunk and go home! ”

"No drunk!"

After drinking three bottles again, the slightly depressed atmosphere due to Worm Da gradually dissipated, and Worm Daben's somewhat wandering gaze was re-condensed.

"Ziqing also regards old decay as her best friend, so she doesn't have to worry."

"If there is a word, but it can be said; What the old can do, must be responded. ”

Hearing that Worm Da suddenly mentioned it, Uncle Tian was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and had no choice but to nod, carefully took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms, staggered to Worm Da, and put the bamboo slips on the table with both hands.

"This is what the contemptible people want to become a marquis."

After that, Uncle Tian did not return to his seat, his face was straight, his hands were folded in front of his abdomen, and he bowed slightly, waiting for Worm Da's reply.

Seeing this, Worm Da was also a little surprised, and immediately spread out the bamboo slips in solitude, squinting his eyes and scanning the book on the scroll.

Seeing only the first few bamboo sticks, Worm Da looked up in shock, and saw that Uncle Tian's face was full of determination and determination, so he had to move his gaze back to the bamboo slips.

Roughly scanning the bamboo slips, the insect Da was drunk, and the drowsiness in his eyes was replaced by the essence of light in an instant!

After a few attempts to speak, the words on the lips of the worm finally turned into a vague and gentle inquiry.

"If the old man is mistaken, Ziqing is a calm and experienced minister?"

Puzzled, Worm Da rolled up the bamboo slip again and held it in his hand: "Why do you take this risk, risk yourself?" ”

I saw Uncle Tian's face, and he couldn't see Fang Cai's drunkenness either; Solemnly bowed, and said resolutely: "This matter, Qu Chenghou must not persuade again, the contemptible will be extinct and this book, the contemptible people will be presented to Your Majesty with the Shuowang Dynasty the day after tomorrow." ”

"The contemptible only asked Qu Chenghou: Is this performance signed by the boss?"