In the third year of Yonghui (652 AD), the twenty-sixth month of the lunar month, the time of Chen.

Shengshi Security took a dart for the first time, which was considered to have completed the task, but was chased and killed by Chen Shuozhen, and almost all the troops were wiped out. Twenty-one bodyguards died in the line of duty, and Jiang Erniu, a good comrade-in-arms and brother, fell into the cliff and had no bones. Wu Kang was forced to hang up, use a cloth comparable to body armor, build a "triangle glider" according to memory, and fly into the sky to escape from Ascension.

On the first day of returning to Wuzhou, he went to Jiang's house to plead guilty. The Jiang family cried to death, and the big cow couldn't cry silently, but no one smoked his rattan, and no one blamed him. Da Niu said one sentence: My Erlang Fuyuan is shallow, and it is not about Wu Gong's business.

After settling down the Jiang family, he made a rule in the security company: all employees who died on the job would receive a one-time pension of 5,000 copper coins, and for the next 20 years, 1,000 copper coins per year. The employees all praised and said that they were righteous and righteous, and said that they had done their best to die. After all, less than thirty percent of the families who save money every year are in Wuzhou.

After taking care of the bad things, he put the engagement on the agenda, visited Lao Zhao Touer with a generous gift, and invited him to go to the Assassin's Mansion to propose marriage. The marriage in the Tang Dynasty was also the words of the matchmaker at the behest of the parents, but Wukang's family was lost, and no one was alive or dead, and no one asked for this reason.

The marriage system inherits the weekly rites, and it is also three books and six rites. Lao Zhao didn't let go, and brought back the good news on the same day, and Lao Cui agreed, which made Wu Kang's worried heart finally settle down. According to the routine, the first gift is to accept the bride, that is, both parties agree to get engaged, and the man prepares the engagement gift.

In this year, there is no "eternal bankrupt" diamond ring, but there are more toss-up things, Lao Zhao threw the paper on Wu Kang's face, left a sentence "prepare yourself", and left with square steps. Wu Kang looked at the gift list, there are 32 kinds of good guys, wild geese, five-color silk, Pu, reed, Jiuzi ink, etc., each of which is marked with special significance.

The most helpless is the wild goose, the explanation given by the gift list: the goose is a bird that follows Shun Anqiao, symbolizing the woman's chastity and well-behaved; The geese migrate on time and in order every year, symbolizing that women do not lose their temperament and are chaste and self-controlled. Therefore, Dayan is the best choice for engagement. Ordinary people use white geese and ducks instead, and the worst is a pair of wooden geese. In a word, geese must have!

Wu Kang ran all over the city market in Wuzhou, but he didn't find anyone selling wild geese, so he scratched his ears and cheeks worriedly. When he was at a loss, the news spread far and wide, and the good guys were completely messed up. Bad guards, prison guards, and guards poured out of their nests, some horses rode horses, and some donkeys rode donkeys to catch geese in the wild.

Fortunately, Wuzhou is in the south, if it is in the north, the geese have migrated away. The masses who didn't know the truth saw Sanwei pouring out of the nest, thinking that a big case had happened, and hid at home and didn't dare to go out. For a while, the wind was loud, and the city was full of wind and rain.

When the people learned the truth, something even more funny appeared, and they actively provided clues. In particular, families who enjoy the welfare of chickens have taken the initiative to find geese in groups.

Fortunately, Wu Kang was in the Tang Dynasty, otherwise let alone getting married, go and sit in prison. Hunt second-class protected animals, and go to squat for five years in advance. How old is your daughter-in-law? Fourteen years old? Good boy, squat for another ten years! If you are in the capital, you will also be unlucky, as a judicial member of the army, the lawlessness of public and private use, come to Yushitai to drink tea.

Thinking that he would not have to pay a fine next year, Wu Kang was very pleased. There is a law that the dead do not pay for their lives, and if a man does not marry at 18, he will be fined 600 yuan; If you don't get married for more than 20, the official media will send you a widow and drag your family to force you to get married. Engagement is equal to marriage, and repentance is a crime, and you have to pay a fine to play the board, so save money next year.

After tossing for several days, I caught two geese, and finally got all the gifts. Yesterday morning, Lao Zhao came to pick up the gift, sprayed Wukang first, and directly scolded him for being a minister. waited for the gift to be sent to the Thorn Mansion, and Lao Cui also came, and he also sprayed his head and face, spraying him with public weapons for private use. For more than ten minutes, the spittle stars flew around, and then slapped their butts and left.

Wu Kang felt very wronged, he didn't give an order to catch geese, it was organized by the younger brothers. At the same time, he is also very depressed, catching geese to make such a big move, will Cui Lao Pifu not know? In order to preserve Jiu Niang's gift, you pretend not to know first, and then spray it when you're done, the bad old man is very bad.

I was depressed all night, and I got up in the morning with a lot of energy. In addition to scolding him yesterday, Lao Cui also brought news that Lin Yiguo sent an envoy to Beijing to pay tribute to Li Jiu. Recently arrived in Wuzhou, tomorrow the Wuzhou leadership team will pick up the wind and wash the dust for the mission.

Anyway, it was no big deal, and Wu Kang didn't bother to participate, so he didn't come out of the bedroom on the pretext of recuperation. Lie on the Taishi chair, cross Erlang's legs, and drink tea. At noon, Xiao Cuixing rushed over, and Sister Chang'an Wu sent a letter. Send Xiaocui away, open the envelope and read, this cheap cousin will not stop for the New Year.

At the beginning of the letter, he highly praised the chicken fir mushroom and called it a fairy delicacy. As expected, such a superb delicacy, even in later generations, is also famous. The content behind is very pitiful, President Li Jiu listed chicken fir fungus as a tribute, and paid tribute together with Wuzhou yellow wax... This pair of foodies is a couple!

The second part is about the postal courier system. Mr. Li continued to praise, and in the court meeting, he handed it over to the ministers for discussion. The result was very happy, and the eldest grandson Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Xu Jingzong and other bigwigs all agreed with it. The only one who objected was the Zhongshu Shilang who had just added "three products under the same Zhongshu Gate".

In the letter, Sister Wu expressed her dissatisfaction with Laiji. Carefully recalling the history, this thing did not end well, because of the opposition to Sister Liwu as the queen, he was driven out of Chang'an. The letter also stated that the imperial court basically passed through the postal express system, and also set up a special organization to jointly formulate the charter.

At the same time, it accepted Wuzhou's proposal to temporarily try it out in Guannei Province and Henan Province, accumulate and summarize experience, and see the results and gradually promote it. This is also reasonable, after all, we must be cautious about large-scale national projects.

In the third part, on the fifteenth day of last month, Wannian County successfully realized the fire kang hatching chickens. President Li personally went out to visit, led hundreds of civil and military officials to visit, and delivered an important speech and made important instructions, which must be promoted throughout the country. There are also ox nose piercing technology and Yonghui plow, which are also in full swing.

The fourth part is about the incentives of the postal express system. It probably means that he is in the heart of the emperor, and the official account has been concerned by Mr. Li. was going to be promoted to the capital, but was opposed by the old man who came to help him, on the grounds that he was too young to be useful. Wu Kang is very depressed, why is there money everywhere?

Unable to be promoted to Beijing, Mr. Li promoted Wu Kang to the rank of official, and was promoted to Wuzhou to participate in the military, but was disturbed by Chu Suiliang. The reason given is very strange, he was just promoted to the judiciary and joined the military last month, and he was promoted too quickly to cause criticism. Wu Kang closed his eyes and pondered, whether Chu Suiliang or Laiji, they were the pioneers of the eldest grandson Wuji, where did he offend the eldest grandson?

Zhaoyi encouraged in the letter to accumulate merit first and work hard in Wuzhou. The more credit he accumulates, the more guilty Mr. Li feels in his heart, and when he is promoted again, there will definitely be unexpected surprises. I will try my best to blow the wind on the pillow, help you fight for the history of Wuzhou Thorn, mix enough qualifications to be promoted to Beijing, and come to help me fight in the palace.

Wu Kang readily accepted it, he didn't want to join the army as a assassin, it was not good to join the army. I dreamed of being a thorn in history, becoming a feudal official, and covering the sky with one hand in Wuzhou. The next two little things, in the middle of last month, the eldest princess of Honghua came to the court from Tuguhun. Puwang Li Tai died in Junzhou, and President Li had three sons-in-law, leaving Li Jiu alone.

The last part of the letter is a heart-to-heart conversation between the sister and brother who likes to hear it, and Sister Wu spits out bitterness. Wu Kang likes this part the most, a person opens his heart to you, this is to treat you as a confidant. Now in this year, being Wu Zhaoyi's confidant is better than being President Li, and he is determined to eat and drink spicy. Hehe, laugh and cheer up, read the heart part...

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the maid Xiaocui carried a tray with tea, boiled pears, half a catty of mutton, and a bowl of rice. When I came to the bedroom door, I reached out and was about to knock on the door, when I heard a loud bang, like the sound of a teacup breaking.

Xiao Cui was startled, and subconsciously looked at the tray, and the teacup was intact. Reaching out to knock on the door again, the door suddenly opened, and she screamed in fright, and the tray almost fell to the ground. Taking a deep breath and about to salute, he saw Wu Kang's desperate and sad expression, and froze in place for a while.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to care, he heard the lifeless words: "Xiao Cui, go get a rope and come over, and move a high stool, I will hang myself." Find another rope, measure how high I am, go to the Nancheng Feng Ji Shoucai store, and let Lao Feng make a coffin and send it to my home..."

With a bang, the tray finally fell to the ground, Xiaocui looked at the crumbling Wu Kang, cried with a wow, hurriedly came over to help, and shouted outside: "Come on, Lang Jun is hysterical, come on." Wu Lan, Dongmei, come on..."

"I'm not alive, I want a coffin", like a repeater, he pushed down Xiaocui, staggered down the stairs, and stumbled to the ground. The hairpin fell off and fell to the ground in two, the hair flashed away instantly, and the cloak exuded like a madman.

Hearing the call for help, the maid rushed over, looked at the crazy master, and Xiaocui, who couldn't cry, suddenly exploded. For a while, chickens and dogs jumped, and all of them came around, shouting and shouting. Wu Kang got up again, knocked down a few slaves and maids, and the words in his mouth were still the same: I'm not alive, I want a coffin...

The maid was at a loss, Wu Lan was clear-minded, turned around and ran out of the gate, planning to go to the Assassin Mansion to inform the prospective grandmother first, and then go to Bingzhuang to inform the lady like smoke. As soon as he got out of the gate and almost hit his horse, he looked up and saw Zheng Dalang, and cried: "Zheng Langjun is going to call his grandfather, my Langjun has hysteria!" ”

Zheng Hong's head buzzed, and he quickly jumped off the horse and gave orders to the servant: "You ride to the craftsman alley, and quickly invite Wu Kai and his son; You go and inform Lu San of them; You go and inform Jiu Niangzi and ask her to tell Cui Gong quickly, all of them are in a hurry... Oops! ”

Zheng Da, who gave the order, was directly knocked to the ground, looked up and just wanted to scold, when he saw Wu Kang with his cloak exuding, he was frightened, got up and hugged him, and shouted anxiously: "What's wrong with Erlang?" I'm Zheng Da, what's wrong? ”

Wu Kang grabbed him by the collar, and was extremely emotional: "Kill me, I'm not alive, kill me... Let's go! ”

Zheng Da fell to the ground, regardless of the pain in his buttocks, hugged his waist again to stop him, and shouted at Xiaocui: "Go to the yamen to invite Cui Gong, let the bad people come over... Erlang, don't earn it, it was fine yesterday, what's wrong? What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and stop it! ”

Xiaocui ran to the yamen with a smoke, and happened to meet Jiang Da Niu, and said in a short sentence that Da Niu jumped directly to his feet. Blowing the cloud-piercing arrow, the bad people quickly assembled, and as soon as they heard that they were going to protect the Wu Army, everyone took their swords out of their sheaths and ran to Jinhua Avenue.

Da Niu ran to the second hall, but he didn't have the courage to go in, so he was in a hurry, and shouted in a loud voice: "Cui Gong Rongyu, Wu Shuai is hysterical, Wu Shuai is hysterical..."

shouted to the fourth sound, the door of the conference room opened, Cui Yixuan took the lead, and all the bigwigs were behind, and hurriedly came to the second hall. Don't wait for the big guy to ask, Da Niu couldn't wait: "Cui Gong Rongyu, just now the maid came to report, Wu Shuai was reading the letter in the bedroom, and suddenly went crazy, and he was still looking for death and life, go and take a look!" ”

The bigwigs looked at each other, Cui Yixuan shook his sleeves and strode away. Everyone followed, and the big cow was so anxious that he didn't dare to run in front of the big guy, so he looked for an opportunity to take a shortcut and ran all the way to Jinhua Avenue. The neighbors watched with their feet on their feet, and the scene was chaotic.

walked in and took a look, except for Cui Wu, who had already taken office, the second generation with whom he had befriended all arrived, and they were all scratching their ears and cheeks urgently. Wu Kang's hair was scattered, his eyes were empty and confused, and he shook his head to ask for a coffin. The bad guys went into battle together, hugging their waists and legs and pulling their arms. The nine ladies next to her pear blossoms brought rain, and kept saying: "Don't hurt him, don't hurt him..."

Da Niu's throat was sore, he rushed into the crowd and fell to his knees, hugging his thighs and crying: "Wu Shuai, I know that you are sad in your heart, and you will be sad for a long time if something happens to Wen Ruo." It's Erniu Fubo, it's his life that should be like this, it's none of your business. It's all over, don't hold it back, I swear to God, I really don't resent you..."

However, it was useless, Wu Kang was still crazy, gritting his teeth and struggling. At this time, the crowd got out of the way, and the Wuzhou bigwigs arrived, and Cui Yixuan saw that he was ugly, and his face darkened. Seeing the crying girl again, her face is even darker, what kind of body is it? If you can't meet after being engaged, why don't you hear about it?

Lao Cui blew his beard and glared, and waved his hand at Yu Hongzhi. When Lao Yu came closer, he sighed and said, "It's changed, it's not a matter to make trouble like this." Uncle restrained you first, what is there to tell Cui Gong, Cui Guild will administer justice to you. ”

After speaking, with a wave of his hand, the bad guys let go at the same time, and Wu Kang, who had lost his restraints, rushed towards the crowd like a wild horse. Yu Hongzhi's eyes were quick, he grabbed it with both hands in front of him, and under the violent impact, Lao Yu retreated again and again. Not only did he not get angry, but his eyes were shining, and Wuzhou wanted one more general. Quickly rolled up his arms and sleeves, and rushed over to fight again.

Fei Jiu's efforts, plus the help of bad people, finally subdued Wu Kang. Everyone started together, lifted him up, and carried him into the Martial Mansion. Ruyan, Xiaocui mixed with crying Jiuniang, followed closely behind, and asked the slave to close the door.

Coming to the door of the bedroom, Cui Yixuan asked everyone to stay outside and entered the bedroom alone. Bypassing the shattered teapot, I saw the stationery on the desk, walked over and held it in my hand, and read it at a glance. Suddenly, his body trembled, his dim old eyes were round, staring at the end in disbelief, and he couldn't help but gasp.

Folded the letter paper into his sleeve, stepped to the door, and immediately reported to the army: "Cui Gong, just now Wu Kailangzhong said that Erlang was stimulated and was confused for a while. This is not a medicine stone, and he is not helpless. ”

Cui Yixuan nodded, it was indeed a heart disease, and he had just seen it in the letter. Even if you know the root cause of the disease, you can't prescribe the right medicine, and you can't help frowning. The priest joined Wei Dingzhou, leaned over and whispered: "Cui Gong Rongyu, I have encountered a similar situation before, but the treatment is..."

"Oh Wei Gong", Qin Yu, who joined the army, hurriedly said: "Every time you delay a breath, it will become more dangerous, this will burn your eyebrows, so you can say it quickly." ”

Lao Wei saw that everyone was eager, sighed and said: "When I was an official in Bingzhou, there was an old scholar in his fifties, and he won the first place in the imperial examination. There was an old man who found the person who the old scholar was most afraid of, and woke him up with a slap. ”

"No, this won't work", Jiuniang objected first, looked at Lao Cui and said aggrievedly: "The old scholar is overexcited, and Erlang is depressed because of the tragic death of his subordinates." yes, let's think of other ways, Erlang is uncomfortable enough, don't beat him again! ”

Lao Cui was so angry that he almost jumped to his feet, the woman didn't stay, the bullshit was in his heart, he was scared crazy. glared at the baby girl fiercely, and said with a long beard in his hand: "There is no other way but to try." Who is the most afraid of Wu Mutinian, please come over quickly. ”

gave the order, but no one acted, and Lao Cui Jue's face was refuted, and he was about to get angry with his black face. Sicang joined the army Sun Yingyuan, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Gong Cui, I think in the whole Wuzhou, Erlang is the most afraid and the only one he is afraid of... You're the only one. ”

The big guys nodded one after another, Cui Yixuan snorted, strode forward, looked at Jiu Niang, who wanted to stop him, came to Wukang, and scolded him: "Wu Bianzhi, have you made enough trouble, look at your virtues, shameful things, stop the old man!" ”

Not to mention that it really has an effect, the head is not shaking, everyone is stunned, Lao Cui makes persistent efforts: "Stupid like a pig, I can't figure out the joints, and I will seek death and life at a little wind and waves, what kind of atmosphere can I become?" Leave Jiuniang to you, how can the old man rest assured? ”

His gaze was no longer sloppy, and he completely stopped, and Lao Cui shouted again: "Scare yourself, good things want to become bad things, and you don't have any strategic awareness." What kind of official are you, if you don't wake up quickly, the old man will take off your hat and go home to raise pigs! ”

Hearing that he took off his hat, Wu Kang suddenly came back to his senses, muttered an apology and admitted his mistakes, and always returned to normal, and everyone was happy for a while.

The crowd gradually dispersed, and in the study of Wufu, Wu Kang and Lao Cui sat opposite each other. Lao Cui glanced at Jiuniang, who lowered his head and combed Wu Kang's hair, was angry. After a long time, he resisted the urge to go violent, and said to himself: "The content of today's conversation is rotten in the stomach, and no one can leak it, otherwise you will be killed." ”

The little couple nodded again and again, Cui Yixuan sighed lightly, and said: "Wu Zhaoyi actually strangled his own daughter to death in order to separate the saint and the queen, so ruthless and clever, the old man is ashamed of himself!" I remember that in the past, she said that she would be the queen, and the old man scoffed at her... With such a deep city and such ruthless methods, no one can fight her, and the position of queen can only be hers. ”

Jiu Niang screamed, pulled off a strand of Wu Kang's hair, and Wu Kang who was in pain also screamed...