Chapter 41: What is life like everywhere?
It has been more than a month since they left the Bashan Cottage, and the group finally embarked on the journey home, but Ji Yanqing did not send it. She is reminiscing about last night, last night was not only the wedding of Wu Quji and Xiaoqin, but also a night worth remembering for a lifetime, and she has no regrets in this life.
Just like she told Jiang Jue not to hold a man's leg if she can't keep a man's heart, Ji Yanqing knew that Jiang Wangshu was reluctant to let go of the Mandarin Kingdom, so she didn't force it.
The ox cart is still the ox cart, Qi Guanzhuang set up the ox cart like a victorious general to open the way, but the ox cart is missing the little wolf, and I don't know how to live in Nanban? Is it life or death?
This trip has been fruitful, Qi Guanzhuang has grown a lot of knowledge and experienced several battles of life and death, this evil bandit who has been eating in the dead since he was ten years old has completely washed away the banditry on his body, and he looks like a serious official after carefully dressing up. However, Qi Guanzhuang has always been unserious, he is too lazy to take care of the edges, in his words, this is only done by women's families.
Puyin doesn't harvest much, and two old ginseng is the only harvest, so the master will not punish himself. He didn't encounter any danger along the way, anyway, all five people in the group were more capable than him, so on the way back, he decisively contracted the task of taking care of everyone's food and clothing.
Wu Quji's harvest is not small, he originally came to Nanban with Jiang Hou with the mentality of playing in the mountains and rivers, and by the way, he was close to Jiang Hou, who knew that he was innocently involved in the Nanban Rebellion and married the sister of Mrs. Nanban.
Xiao Qin naturally went back to Southern Xinjiang with Wu, which was approved by Ji Yanqing, and now Nanban and Southern Xinjiang Qimin can be regarded as in-laws, and it is a happy thing.
For Jiang Wangshu, the trip to Nanban was not very good, Du Ruo's words shook what he had been holding on to in his heart, of course he would not suspect that Du Ruo's words were adulterated, Ri Qin Boxian knew the details but kept silent to deceive him? It's just that no one mentioned it, and he could only swallow the bitter fruit alone, but this bitter fruit has been tormenting him in his stomach. Is Ritan Du Ruo guilty? is not guilty, but her man is Jiang Wangshu of Weizhen Liangzhou, the only royal family of the opposite sex in the country of Fang for a hundred years.
The deep-rooted concept of hierarchy has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the hearts of the people are the most difficult to peep into and the most difficult to change.
Jiang Jue can be regarded as the person who has gained the most from this trip, and the illness that has plagued him for more than ten years has been completely cured by the Nanban Shenlong Wine, and even Ji Yanqing specially gave him three altars of Shenlong Wine in front of the village owners, so that the village owners are full of mouth.
Putting aside the strange mother-son relationship between him and Ji Yanqing, just the feat of assassinating Hou Chuan with a knife Looking at Nanban, I am afraid that no one can do it except Ji Yanqing and the previous little Nanban king Li Jin, and even the young man is unscathed.
Du Ruo's sword and the wrong overlord's halberd also fell into the hands of Jiang Jue. Du Ruo's sword was given by Du Ruo, although the quality is not much worse than that of the star, but it is much better than the ordinary iron sword. After all, it is the sword of the four expeditions and four towns of the dignified Chu State, after all, the star chasing is produced by Ou Craftsman, ranking among the eight famous (instruments) in the world.
No one dared to object to the overlord halberd of the wrong man when it fell into the hands of Jiang Wangshu, the strength of the wrong man was there, and it took less than half a day to kill nearly ten village masters and hundreds of warriors in Nanban, and it was evident that he could see the leopard in the tube. The credit for killing the wrong husband belongs to Jiang Wangshu, and the overlord halberd naturally belongs to Jiang Wangshu. Jiang Wangshu previously promised to give the Overlord Halberd to Jiang Jue as a gift, this gift the two of them knew it well and tacitly, as Ji Yanqing said, both of them were thin-skinned people and were not good at expressing feelings.
Ji Yanqing felt that the three altars of divine dragon wine were too light, after all, he was his godson, Jiang Wangshu was willing to take the overlord halberd as a gift, wouldn't she be too cold to shoot? So she gave Jiang Jue a short knife. This short knife Jiang Jue once borrowed and used to kill Hou Chuan, not to mention sharpening iron like mud, but the sharpness is not inferior to chasing stars.
There is a gift to gain, Jiang Jue lost the short knife, the short knife brought back from the Mangyuan on the plug. If you lose it, you will lose it, just as he is willing to give the short sword he brought back from Saishang Mangyuan to Junyi, who only has a few faces but calls himself "Brother Jue".
If you lose it, you will lose it, anyway, you are not a big husband, you can't do it, you can't move forward, and even Xiahou Zhongqing has abandoned the swordsmanship taught by him, just a knife.
Just a knife? This is a big husband's trip.
If you are just a husband, then you will not be a husband.
For Jiang Jue, the biggest gain of this trip is that he has an extra surname, which he likes very much, just as he likes the name given by Mr. Meng. Mr. Meng also gave himself a clan, but he didn't like it, so he forgot.
Another harvest is that after abandoning Taoyao swordsmanship and Xiahou Zhongqing's eldest husband's trip, he realized the three-style swordsmanship. One is a big one, and there is no hesitation in the name; the second is Ah Liu, also known as the wind; Three is a five, also known as paying attention.
Wu Quji and Xiao Qin rode in front, Wu Qujian coaxed Xiao Qin to say how good Southern Xinjiang was, and Qi Guanzhuang exposed his lies on the side. But Xiao Qin doesn't care about Southern Xinjiang, all she cares about is Wu Quji.
Qi Guanzhuang drove the ox cart slowly, and even Wu Qujian was not the same as him, he could only say a few words to Pu Yin.
"You're sick." Pu Yin said with a serious face.
Pu Yin is a disciple of Pu Miao, and Qi Guanzhuang has heard of the name of Pu Miao, the miracle rejuvenation doctor, as early as Yuzhou. Although the official family said that Pu Miao was a notorious quack doctor, the official family was an official family, and the people were the people, and Pu Miao was undoubtedly a medical saint among the people.
Since Pu Miao's disciple said that he was sick, that is, he was sick, Qi Guanzhuang did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly asked with an earnest face: "What disease?"
"The name of this disease is lovesickness, you are terminally ill, and there is no cure." Pu Yin laughed narrowly.
Qi Guanzhuang realized that Pu Yin was playing tricks on himself, but he couldn't argue with it. Is it really lovesickness? Qi Guanzhuang was a little lost, since he was betrayed by his brothers and women, he hadn't considered the matter of men and women, after all, he was a grass bandit, and survival was the first thing. But now that his identity has changed, who would dare to say that he is a grass bandit when he meets Gongzi, the world's biggest nobleman?
"Childe, what are you going to do when you go back?" Qi Guanzhuang asked.
"Jiangcheng." Jiang Jue spit out a place name.
After the reconstruction of the Tong Kingdom, the capital was moved to Jiangcheng, and the Jiangcheng was at the confluence of the Tong River and Qishui (note: you can refer to the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River, just for reference), and then to the north is the old Qi State, but now it belongs to the Chu State.
After the group arrived in southern Xinjiang, they parted ways, and when Wu Quji parted, he said: "Jiang Hou, I have an idea to go to the disease, after all, Qi Tong is all Ba people, and now that the Zheng family is dead, Qi land is lost, it is better to rebuild the country of Ba."
This sentence Wu Qu held back all the way, and now he has to say it separately, he is an idle person, and the burden of Qi Guo is too heavy, and he really can't support it.
Wu Quji did not leave Jiang Wangshu time to answer, so he led Xiaoqin to southern Xinjiang, and Jiang Wangshu and his party of four continued to go north, and after southern Xinjiang was the southern county town, and it took several days to reach Jiangcheng.
It has already entered the season of winter, and another month is the Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year festivals, and the further north it is, the colder it becomes, and Qi Guanzhuang suddenly misses Nanban a little.
Qi Guanzhuang is a nostalgic person, and nostalgia is old. In fact, he is not very old, less than thirty.
Before arriving at the southern county city, Jiang Wangshu found something unusual, Qi Min was fleeing south, Jiang Wangshu got off the horse and asked an old man: "Old man, what happened?"
This old man didn't know Jiang Wangshu, and he said in a sad enough tone: "The fang army is coming, run quickly."
Jiang Wangshu didn't dare to slack off, and the group of four rode their horses forward at great speed, I am afraid that he will not be in the past two months, and the country has changed.
The next day, the military tent of the Mandarin army.
"Jiang Hou, this is what Taibao means." Yang Xian's eyes dodged and his expression panicked.
"Withdraw the army and return to Jiangcheng with me." Jiang Wangshu tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, Qi Min had only been based in southern Xinjiang for a year, and he went into exile again before he could take root, where else could he go into exile?
Yang Xian didn't dare to disobey Jiang Wangshu's intentions, so he had to withdraw his troops.
Seven days later, Jiangcheng, a majestic city that witnessed the almost destruction of the country and the rebirth of the wasteland, was close in sight.
Jiang Jue knew that this was a bad way to meddle in the state affairs of the Tongguo Kingdom, so he bid farewell to Jiang Wangshu and led Qi Guanzhuang and Pu Yin back to Zongxi.
Jiang Wangshu was furious or tried his best to suppress his anger, the temples of the Fang Kingdom gathered in Jiangcheng, and Mustard Ziwen smiled: "Why is Jiang Hou so angry?"
"Why the war again?" Jiang Wangshu asked.
Mustard said with a smile: "Southern Xinjiang is originally the territory of my citrus country, shouldn't the people on the land of the citrus country be the people of the citrus country?" How can I raise an army to suppress a rebellion on my own land? ”
"Taifu, Qi Min has violated the border, so this is a slight punishment." Yang Xian agreed.
"Shut up," Jiang Wangshu said angrily, "How can Qi Min violate the realm again and be worthy of being suppressed by the army?" ”
Yang Xian didn't dare to answer, Mustard Seed's face was ugly, Jiang Wangshu's accusation against Yang Xian was actually accusing himself, but it was just insinuation.
"Jiang Hou, Citrus Qi are all Ba people, this is what everyone means." Ba Mang took the new king Xiangliang and said as tactfully as possible.
"Everyone?" Jiang Wangshu glanced at it, the three dukes of the temple of the Fang Kingdom, the four realms of Zhigui, the palace master of the Huangli Palace, and the six princes were all listed, he took a deep breath and asked, "You all think so?" ”
The six doctors bowed their heads and were silent, Jiang Wangshu's prestige was too high, whether it was in the army, in the hearts of the people, or even in the temple.
Seeing that the six Qing doctors were silent, Mustard Zi had no choice but to stand up and say: "Taifu, Jiang Wangshu is not the only one in the country, Jiang Wangshu, but also Taibao Taishi and the six Qing doctors."
Everyone was shocked, who in the fang country dared to call Jiang Wangshu's name to his face? The country of Fang did not, that is, Qi Zi and Uncle Qing, who had been suppressing Jiang Wangshu before, and even King Xiang Xi of the Fang Kingdom did not dare. They can squeeze out Jiang Wangshu and suppress Jiang Wangshu, but on the surface, they still give the greatest respect to this marquis of Tongjiang, who can govern the country and protect Xinjiang, and whose poetry and literature are popular in Liangzhou.
Jiang Wangshu covered his heart, and his already cracked heart was almost shattered.
"Okay, Jiang Hou just came back, I will discuss something tomorrow." Jing Qijun noticed Jiang Wangshu's strange appearance and hurriedly supported Jiang Wangshu.
Jiang Wangshu waved his hand and walked out, he suddenly felt that he was old, forty-three. He suddenly remembered that Qi Zi was so lonely when he put down Yugui, but unfortunately, he was not Qizi, he couldn't let go of Yugui.
Jiang Wangshu stayed awake all night, and he sat on the Yangliu Bridge not far from the mansion. The bloodstains on Yangliu Bridge have been washed away, and the traces of the battle of Jiangcheng have been eliminated, and I am afraid that only the stars in the sky remember.
He lay on the willow bridge with his hands on his pillow, remembering that the young Jiang Wangshu looked up at the stars through the hole in the grass hut in Bashan Grass House.
There are too many stars in the citrus land than back then, and every person who dies will turn into stars, and he doesn't know how many more stars there are in the citrus land, and he can't count them.
Jing Qijun came to the Yangliu Bridge and sat not far from Jiang Wangshu. She wanted to comfort Jiang Wangshu, but she really couldn't open her mouth. After a long time, Jing Qijun felt a little cold, she curled up and said, "Jiang Hou, in the days of your absence, the country of Fang has changed a lot. ”
Jiang Wangshu didn't say a word, it started to snow, and he hurried back to see a snowfall.
"The palace is now only recruiting swordsmen." Jing Qijun said. When the order of the Fang Kingdom was rebuilt, Jiang Wangshu promised Jing Qi Jun to leave the palace to cultivate young talents, but after Jiang Wangshu left, the mustard seeds dispersed the idle people and others, leaving only the swordsmen.
"Except for Jiangcheng, Jiudu, Qianzhong and Wuling, as well as southern Xinjiang, most of the doctors in the rest of the cities have changed, and Liuqing is also appointed by mustard seeds." Jing Qijun whispered.
Jing Qijun was afraid that Jiang Wangshu would be difficult to accept for a while, but he underestimated Jiang Wangshu, Qi Zi and Uncle Qing have always excluded him, and he is still the same as ruling the people in his spare time, leading the army in wartime, and being the marquis of Jiang with peace of mind? It is said that he is the Marquis of Jiangjiang, but in fact he only governs four cities including Lianjiang City, which is just an idle job.
He didn't care, how could he care about the temple nobles of the corpse vegetarian meal? What he cares about is the 500,000 households of Li people who are poorly clothed and hungry.
Jiang Wangshu lay on the willow bridge and counted the stars all night, and the snowflakes fell on him, he didn't care.
Jing Qijun told Jiang Wangshu all the changes in the country, Jiang Wangshu didn't answer, it was nothing more than afraid that he would be the master, it was nothing more than a group of toads sitting in the well to grab small profits, they didn't know how big it was outside, and they didn't know that there were swans outside the well.
"Tell Mustard Seed that southern Xinjiang cannot be conquered, and the Qi people will naturally submit to him, and the rest will follow him." When dawn broke, Jiang Wangshu shook off the wind and snow, and left with his sword.
"Where is Jiang Hou going?" Jing Qijun caught up with Jiang Wangshu, she was afraid that Jiang Wangshu would leave the fang country in anger.
"Go to Bashan and worship your deceased father."
In Jiangcheng, the snow is falling, leaving only a series of footprints.
He hasn't recited poetry for a long time, and today poetry is booming. Fu Cuo is a respectable opponent, he is from Chu, so let's use Chu to resign.
"The overlord descended to the Wujiang River, and the long halberd was armoured. The soup soup is in the river, and the heavenly punishment is what to do? Du Ruo was born on the color screen, and the long halberd was raised on the bridge. Born to be a saint and live in symbiosis with the son, and death is also known as a majestic companion to sleep. ”
Leave another poem for yourself, you are a citrus man, then use a new poem.
Jiang Wangshu lifted the sword and wrote the snow, and at the end of the long song of the negative sword gradually disappeared, and the song said:
"What is life like everywhere? It should be like stepping on slush in the snow. ”