There are almost no people in the city of Guozhou, and occasionally a few dogs barking are heard, and it sounds so far away.

Guozhou City has been operated by Lin Chongyang for many years, and the defense facilities are complete, but after two consecutive wars, the prosperous scene of the year no longer exists, and after the second Hanzhong War, Shu Han carried out an economic blockade policy on the Liang Dynasty, and there were no merchants from Shu here, and the merchants of the Liang Dynasty did not come.

The depressed scene made people feel depressed in their hearts, Tang Yuan took Miss You and took a carriage to the Hanzhong General's Mansion, and there were two soldiers in full armor standing at the gate of the mansion.

Using active soldiers as guards for his own family can be regarded as a kind of welfare treatment for border generals, and it is not Lin Chongyang's parents and family who live here, but Lin Chongyang's concubine, Zhao Tianxi, the Hanzhong Supervisor, usually doesn't care about the situation of Lin Chongyang's family, but on Lin Chongyang's birthday, he came to Lin Chongyang's house to sit and understand the situation of his family.

Lin Chongyang knew the rules, whenever the concubines gave him a child, he had to be sent to Luoyang to raise him from the age of three. In the past ten years, six or seven children have been sent away. Why do you have to be three years old to send it away, because if the child is too young, he can't bear the bumps on the road and is easy to die.

"I still think the gift is too thin, you think, Lin Chongyang, an old man, holds a heavy fist and shocks the side, he must have a lot of treasures in his hands, the old husband and young wife, must be very pampered, the jewelry he gave to the concubine must be better than my hand."

Tang Yuan is decisive on the battlefield, but it doesn't mean that he is an all-round person, for example, when he encounters such things as gift-giving, he always seems a little undecided. When he went to give alms to the poor on the street, he never considered the question of more money and less money, but in the face of Lin Chongyang's concubine, he was a little at a loss.

Miss Youlan smiled bitterly and complained: "The general has already discussed this matter with me once, you are just worried that his concubine will give you a look, and you also brought me, don't you just want me to open your mouth to send something?" Don't worry, as long as the other party is sensible, she will not give us a look because of the courtesy, if she is an ignorant person, give us a look, what can we do? ”

Tang Yuan smiled and said: "Whether it is giving or receiving gifts, I feel a little uneasy in my heart, this is my biggest shortcoming, maybe it's because I love face too much?" ”

"That's what you said, I didn't say anything." Miss You snickered.

Tang Yuan came to see Lin Chongyang this time, he had greeted him in advance, at this time Tang Yuan's soldiers and horses were still stationed thirty miles outside Guozhou City, if he wanted to eat, he had to come to Lin Chongyang, and Lin Chongyang couldn't be the master, he was waiting for Tang Zhen's attitude, if Tang Zhen didn't accept it, he wouldn't give the grain to Tang Yuan.

Lin Chongyang didn't come to the door to greet Tang Yuan, but an old housekeeper led Tang Yuan and Youlan into the mansion, the General's Mansion is not very big, the facilities seem to be patchwork, it looks a little incongruous, there are rough lines of furniture common in the army everywhere, it seems that the hostess here is not a fine person, and she doesn't care about these things at home.

The housekeeper took Tang Yuan into the living room, instructed the maid to serve tea, and then the housekeeper left, and after two quarters of an hour, Lin Chongyang's tall figure appeared at the door of the third courtyard, and when he saw Lin Chongyang coming, Youlan took the initiative to stand up.

"Sit down." Tang Yuan's face was expressionless.

"Why?" Yulan was puzzled.

"We've been given a cold shoulder, so we don't have to be polite to him anymore, and besides, we don't have to give those two necklaces, you can keep them for yourself." Tang Yuan said in a low mood: "I thought that there would be some kinship when I saw my uncle, but now it seems that there is no emotion at all, so I don't have to care about the sophistication." Although Lin Chongyang is in power, he is in charge after all. ”

"Is that really appropriate?" Yulan hesitated.

"Yes." Tang Yuan said.

Tang Yuan looked out of the door, Lin Chongyang stood at the door and said something to the housekeeper, before he walked over slowly and methodically, and when he crossed the threshold, Tang Yuan stood up, hugged his fist at him, and sang softly, Lin Chongyang just waved his hand casually, and it was considered to have said hello.

Walked to the chair, sat down, and did not beckon Tang Yuan to sit first. Tang Yuan was not polite, nodded at Miss You, he sat down first, Miss You glanced at Lin Chongyang, she sat down slowly, but before sitting down, she still sent the gift list to the handmaid.

The maidservant gave the gift list to Lin Chongyang, but Lin Chongyang didn't even look at it.

Lin Chongyang's expression was indifferent, there was no heat on his body at all, as if he had intersected with a stranger on the side of the road, and said in a deep voice: "The reason why I took you in is not because of any kinship, so you had better bring these gifts back, I don't want to owe favors." ”

In front of Lin Chongyang, Tang Yuan didn't ask You Lan why he made the decision to send the gift, but said: "After all, I have a marriage with Qiao'er and a child, this relationship is always there, as for the affairs of the army, I have to rely on my uncle to take care of it." ”

Lin Chongyang waved his hand and said: "It's just a matter of sending up and down, I can't talk about taking care of it, I will give you as much food as I ask me to give you, and the rest is up to you to fight for the rest, and now I am also short of soldiers and food, and I am terribly poor." ”

Tang Yuan said: "Now not only our Hanzhong is poor, but the entire Liang Dynasty is too poor, fighting a war consumes too much national strength, and I don't know when it will be a big one." ”

Lin Chongyang smiled bitterly: "As long as there are people, the war will not end, when there are foreigners, fight with foreigners, and the foreigners will run away, and there will be fights in the nest, so the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time, and it is rare to not fight for decades, that is, the Holy Monarch has come." We didn't catch up with the good times, we didn't live in a stable and prosperous era, and we became soldiers in troubled times, in fact, the emperor of the Liang Dynasty has done a very good job, and it has continued for two hundred years, and it is also God's favor. ”

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Leaving the Lin Mansion, Tang Yuan asked Youlan in the car: "Tell you not to send it, why do you still send it out?" ”

You Lan smiled and said, "You see, he said no, but he didn't return the gift later." I think he deliberately snubbed you, and it was also the opinion of the gate lord, after all, at this time, many generals in the Shence Army looked at you strangely, and he, as the commander of the Shence Army in Hanzhong, naturally wanted to keep a distance from you on the surface. Even if there were no other generals in the room at this time, he had to keep it that way. There were no airtight walls, and before he entered the house, he spoke to the butler, and although I couldn't make out what was said, I guessed that it was something to spread to the outside world. The communication between the family and the family will soon pass these news to the ears of other generals, which can be regarded as a statement by Lin Chongyang. ”