Chapter 5 Footsteps

It's still a big chapter

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The red tent is warm, and the jade body is horizontal.

Chen Kai, who is accustomed to getting up early to deal with official business, woke up faintly with the hands of the biological clock. The beautiful jade in the crook of the arm is still sleeping, and Rulan's breath rises and falls with the mountains, as if this is the eternal melody here.

There is no charcoal smoke and dust in the workshop, no bloody gunpowder smoke in the battlefield, and no deceit in the officialdom, some are just sweet breath lingering in the nose and the tip of the tongue, in every inch of space on this stepping bed, refreshing people's hearts. Within reach, it was as smooth as the brocade that covered it, and when the fingers swiped it, it seemed that it was difficult to tell whether it was the brocade or the white and flawless that it was touched.

Occasionally, the person in his arms woke up quietly, but compared to yesterday, there seemed to be a little more fatigue in the bright starry eyes, which made Chen Kai recall the scarlet charm of last night.

The souls merged, the breathing gradually became heavy, the white and flawless stained with a shy pink, and the fiery masculinity became more unscrupulous. Lightly opened, the soft and smooth dragon pursued the victory, breaking into the warmth that had never been explored. The dragon and the male and female meet, even if there is no orb, you might as well play with it.

The official robes and robes gradually slipped off, the deer collided, and the white rabbit panicked, causing the breathing to become heavier and heavier, and they didn't even need to feel each other, just close their eyes and listen to guess each other's state of mind.

Next, it was nothing more than the mountains falling down, and the white walls trembling slightly. When the tiger entered the forest, the forest bird soared and turned into a little red plum, but the beautiful man in his arms had already burrowed his small head into Chen Kai's arms.

"The husband is smiling so badly, don't look at the concubine like this, okay?"

"Scared?"

"Hmm."

Got into his arms, and the pink arms hugged tighter, as if this was the only way to get out of that shyness. It wasn't until a long time later that Zheng Xiyuan gradually adapted to such a situation, and suddenly remembered that there were still courtesies to be done today, so he hurriedly asked Chen Kai about the time.

"It's still early, no hurry."

hugged each other and slept together, I don't know how long, there was the soft glutinous light button on the door, reminding the lord and lady to get up. Hearing this, Chen Kai sat up, the brocade was slipped, and the jade body was half-covered and half-hidden, but he saw a handkerchief with a little plum blossom, and reached out to take it, but Zheng Xiyuan hurriedly grabbed it, hid it behind his back, and bit his lips lightly, ashamed and angry.

"On weekdays, when I see my husband, I know how to be polite and polite, I can't think of it, I can't think of it, hum!"

The jade legs curled up, showing off the whiteness, Zheng Xiyuan grabbed the brocade quilt, covered his body, and turned his head away from looking at Chen Kai. On Chen Kai's side, he swallowed his saliva, climbed the edge of the brocade quilt, and easily came to Zheng Xiyuan's side.

"Lady, you must know that there are many things you can't think of for your husband."

Wrapping his arms and caressing his shoulders, Chen Kai stretched out his tongue and pointed it on his tender lips. In an instant, the tiger reappeared, and the smile was even stronger.

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The number of courtesies, without delay, just seemed to be in a hurry. After worshipping the ancestors of the Chen family, Zheng Xiyuan's identity was finally decided, and she could be called the governor's wife outside, or she could be recorded by Chen Zheng's family, and the title of Miss Dingguo Mansion no longer existed. After all, marriage is to be from the husband.

"Yonghua visits his mother-in-law."

I met my ancestors, and my own family came to worship the new housewife. The housekeepers and subordinates on both sides are still second, Chen Kai accepted Chen Yonghua's righteous son, his righteous son has also been studying in the left center for the past two years, and he came to wait early this morning, and this worship is the least.

"I became a mother as soon as I entered the door, when will we give birth to one too?"

Chen Kai's teasing, Zheng Xiyuan hurriedly nudged it, reminding that there were still people in his mouth, and Chen Kai laughed out loud.

The newlywed Yan'er, the master and the master mother are like glue, and they don't seem to have any nostalgia because of the difficulties within the Zheng family earlier. The eldest girl who followed the marriage and the nurse glanced at each other, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, but such worries could not be completely put down until the groom and bride returned to the door in the Dingguo Mansion.

It was a quick thing to return to the door, Chen Kai brought enough gifts, Zheng Hongkui also prepared a banquet to entertain him, the mother and daughter returned to the back house to talk, and the people who accompanied them also retreated one after another. After nearly two years, Chen Kai and Zheng Hongkui, the son-in-law, finally sat face to face face again, but things are different from the past.

"I feel relieved to see you and Yuan Yuan respect and love each other so much."

"Taishan should know what kind of character his son-in-law is."

"I know it, I have been thinking about it in Baisha for more than a year, and I can see it more clearly, so I know it. It's just that Rao is like this, and he can't help but be worried. ”

"This is human nature, and Tarzan doesn't need to be like this. I like fate, fate also likes me, that's enough, I don't bother to pay attention to other people and things, do you want to make yourself unhappy for them, do you say yes or no. ”

Chen Kai smiled and talked eloquently, and Zheng Hongkui couldn't help sighing: "It is no accident that you can not be affected by the outside world, stick to your heart, and become where you are today." ”

Of course, it won't be accidental, the son-in-law has come step by step, and he will go down step by step. My original intention has never changed, whether it is for fate or for this era! ”

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After releasing the previous suspicions, Weng and his son-in-law talked happily. In the middle, Chen Kai didn't know how Zheng Xiyuan's mother and daughter talked about each other, but when she was leaving, the mother-in-law looked at Chen Kai's son-in-law, but the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and she couldn't wait to treat it as her own son.

It is a tradition to return to the door overnight, Chen Kai and Zheng Xiyuan went early, and returned in a carriage after dinner. This time, many people's worries have been put down, but there is one less uncle, but it always makes people feel awkward.

At this point, Chen Kai didn't ask Zheng Xiyuan, but Zheng Hongkui mentioned the matter of letting Zheng Zhaoji go back to Baisha to study and recuperate some time ago. was also given a national surname, and this small national surname seems to be a little unsuccessful. In fact, if you think about it carefully, if it weren't for his own son, who would pin all his hopes on his nephew?

"My brother has never had a hard life since he was born, probably because of this."

The marriage between Chen Kai and Zheng Xiyuan is the obstruction of Mrs. Huang and Zheng Hongkui on the surface, and behind it is the dying struggle of those Zheng children. Among them, the one who danced the most happily was Zheng Zhaoji. Speaking of which, having a brother-in-law like Chen Kai should be a rare good thing for Zheng Zhaoji, but Zheng Zhaoji doesn't think so, but tries his best to obstruct it, there are elements of being bewitched by other Zheng disciples, but it is more about itself.

As far as Chen Kai knows, some time before the marriage was settled, Zheng Hongkui cut off Zheng Zhaoji's monthly money, and the small country surnamed Ye, who had lost his financial resources, had to go back to Baisha to submit to his father, and the eldest brother's spirit that he played in front of his sister earlier was also gone.

No matter what era it is, it is an eternal truth that only when you are full of food and thoughts, and only when you have a full stomach can you have the energy and mind to toss. With Zheng Zhaoji's identity, it is not enough to be hungry, but he is used to spending all his days of drinking, and he is used to spending lavishly, so if he really goes to live some ordinary days, or finds something to do with Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Zhaoji will not be able to stand it.

This eldest brother can ignore it for the time being, and even from the time when those jumping clowns were tossing around in secret, Chen Kai never took this person in his eyes. Many things don't need to be done deliberately, especially without the general knowledge of those villains, when the big things are done, it will often be a situation where heaven and earth will work together, and the same is true for the resolution of this marriage.

After returning to the door, more and more people came to congratulate Chen Kai, especially those relatives of the Zheng family, a brother-in-law, a brother-in-law, and even an uncle were very affectionate, it seems that even Chen Kai and Zheng Xiyuan were not so eager when they first decided on their relationship.

There are people here to worship, Chen Kai not only wants to worship back, but elders like Mrs. Huang also have to walk around. Others didn't mention it, but the old ancestor not only calmly admitted her attitude in this marriage, but also made the same statement for the Zheng family to change her mind, and just like Zheng Hongkui back then, he admonished Chen Kai very much, and the truth that the Zheng family must be the center of gravity.

The old lady is still very stubborn, and Chen Kai doesn't have the same knowledge as her, and the face of each other is over, so there is no need to make tension, especially with such an elder.

Zheng Chenggong ensured the ideological unity of the anti-Qing nature of the Zheng Group, Chen Kai married Zheng Xiyuan, and officially established his actual status as the second person in the Zheng Group, even Zheng Tai, the God of Wealth of the Zheng Group, must be ranked behind. This has been recognized, and this is true of the civil and military of the Zheng Group, the children of the Ishii Zheng family, and even the Ming Court in the far southwest!

After a few days of stringing relatives, Chen Kai finally got out of it. made an appointment with Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yan, and the meeting was delayed for many days, and finally had an eyebrow.

When they met, they were just laughed at by Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yanqi, living and dying together is different, and it is precisely because of living and dying together that Chen Kai will bluntly pick out the matter to the two of them.

"Heaven and Earth Society?" Lu Ruoteng frowned, thought about it carefully, but only asked tentatively: "I'm afraid it's not the place where the poetry is written and poured out his chest, right?" ”

"Of course, it's not for the sake of doing things, so why should I waste such time."

According to their understanding, Chen Kai is indeed this kind of person, if it sounds good, it is called ambitious, self-motivated, and actionable, but if it is not good, it is a workaholic and inhumane.

However, contrary to many people, Chen Kai never thinks that workaholics are inhumane, there are goals to work hard, and there are actions to work hard to realize their dreams, if a person can't work hard for his dreams, then what's the difference with salted fish, that is the real walking dead, inhumane.

Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yanqi can naturally understand, including that they are also spending a lot of energy to resist the Qing Dynasty, and they also look down on those who hide at home, have money rat tails, wear robes and horse coats, and only know how to chant poems all day long to show others their thoughts about their homeland, but they dare not make any efforts for this.

"Since it's a job, then it's just me, and it's not a matter to be so idle. Besides, the actual method is always very fresh. ”

"That's right, not to mention the others, but only to say that the knowledge of ambulance, is indeed an important supplement to medical skills. Even if it's just for this, I will definitely join the club during the Shen Yan period. ”

In the final analysis, the greatest thing that this heaven and earth society has in common with the history is that it exists in line with the goal of expelling the Tartars, and Chen Kai has added a large number of mature concepts of modern party politics to make it more cohesive. At this stage, it is still the Huayi defense as the forerunner, and the destruction of the Qing Dynasty as the basic task at this stage, as for the ultimate goal, Chen Kai is not in a hurry to publicize it

The two followed Chen Kai back to the Chen family's mansion, and in the study, Chen Kai hung up the flag of the Heaven and Earth Society, and personally held an initiation ceremony for the two. And with this sense of ceremony, the two who originally joined the club just because they believed in Chen Kai had a few traces of centripetal force for the organization of the Tiandi Society.

"Most of the clubs established in the previous years of this dynasty were loose organizations of like-minded scholars. There are strong cohesive ones, such as the resumption of the society, Lou Dong Erzhang advocated renting, abolishing the nationality, withdrawing the Chinese envoys, and stopping internal exercises, with the goal of cracking down on the eunuchs. When the Tartars enter the customs, they will go their own way, some choose to resist the Qing, some choose to go into hiding, and some simply act for the tiger, generally scattered sand. ”

The influence of the Restoration Society in the late Ming Dynasty was extremely huge, the Wujiang Yinshan Conference in the second year of Chongzhen, the Nanjing Jinling Conference in the third year of Chongzhen, and the Suzhou Tiger Hill Conference in the sixth year of Chongzhen, the social influence was extremely huge, there were more than 2,200 people before and after the official members alone, and the members of the Restoration Society ascended one after another, moving the government and the opposition, and many civil and military generals and sergeants and doctors in the court, and school students, all claimed to be Zhang Pu's disciples, and with Du Dengchun's account in the book of social affairs, it was "more than tens of thousands of people who followed".

With this strength, the Fusha interfered with local administration, resisted taxes and taxes, and even expelled local officials without authorization, puffed up lips and tongues in the court, and opened up the Fushe scholars and their local behavior.

Lu Ruoteng mentioned the restoration of the society, Chen Kai listened carefully, and looked at the essence through the phenomenon, which was nothing more than the great economic prosperity of the south, the decline of the control of the autocratic dynasty, and the suppression of the military generals at the same time, and the gentry class in the efforts to seek local gentry, but there was nothing new.

"If you talk about what is really upright, you have to talk about how many societies ......"

Several societies, compared to the Fu Society, its popularity can be described as pitiful, but there have been heroes such as Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi in several societies. Its club is not as virtuous and foolish as the Fu Society, and the standard of recruiting people to join the club is very high, so the number of members is always small. The purpose of its club, preaching "there are a few revivals of learning, and knowing the righteousness of several gods", to put it bluntly, is to respect the ancient retro, to change the country from the article, but it is somewhat similar to the ancient literature movement advocated by Han Yu in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Zongyuan and others.

“…… The seven sons of several societies, Du Zhenglin, Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Zhou Lixun, Xu Fuyuan, Peng Bin, Li Wen, Chen and Xia Ergong have all been martyred. Recently, it is necessary to rebuild several societies that have long been scattered on the island of Zhongzuo, and there are also plans to invite them to join the society. ”

The seven sons of several societies are not recognized in the book The Beginning and End of Social Affairs, and they are only six sons. That Du Dengchun is the son of Du Zhenglin, and Li Wen, who was expelled due to the surrender of the Qing Dynasty in the book, is the idea of the Du family's father and son, or the resolution of the entire society, which is unknown. However, there are only six founders of the societies rebuilt by Xu Fuyuan mentioned in the Shen Yan period, which are not only Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yan period, but also Zhang Huangyan, Cao Conglong, and Chen Shijing, the military servant of the Lu Jian Dynasty, who were called the six sons of overseas societies by later generations.

Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yan didn't mention it, Xu Fuyuan, Chen Kai heard about it, and Zhang Huangyan was even more thunderous, but Cao Conglong and Chen Shijing didn't know what their origin was.

"This thing is kind of interesting."

Chen Kai did not rush to agree, nor did he rush to deny, he now represents not only himself, but also as the chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society. Rashly joining other organizations, even if it is not an organization like the Heaven and Earth Society, the impact will not outweigh the losses, and if you refuse it categorically, it will be easier to offend people, so you have to do it for the time being.

Recruiting Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yanqi into the association is one of the purposes of Chen Kai's trip, these two people are what he has observed for a long time, whether it is character or ability, they will contribute to this organization during the process. As for others, it's not a rush for the time being.

After the feast, the two left the Chen Mansion together. All this, Chen Kai believed that Zheng Xiyuan saw it in his eyes, and he had no intention of hiding it from Zheng Xiyuan. But in the dead of night, Zheng Chenggong specially sent someone to come and invite him to the mansion, and then handed over a private letter, but Chen Kai couldn't help but sigh.

"These guys aren't going to let me have a good honeymoon."