Chapter 771: Gaining Fame
"Male dominance and female dominance" are also part of the traditional custom, which has continued from primitive societies to modern societies. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It is naturally a good thing for husband and wife to perform their duties, which is conducive to family unity and stability, but there is inevitably an estrangement between one inside and one outside, the husband does not understand oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and the wife does not understand the family and the country.
Since Li Su was named the county prince, Xu Mingzhu's pressure has become more and more intense, she found that the higher her husband's status, the more things she thinks about, and the more and more far-reaching things she pretends to be, so deep that she can't understand it, and even has a hard time agreeing with it, and she gradually finds that her husband has done more and more things in the past two years, but she knows less and less, often something is big, the world knows, and she is the last person to know.
Even, no matter how big or small the husband is planning, the martial girl in the house can directly participate, but she can only stand outside the door, watching him and her secretly plotting with resentment, but she can never interject a word.
These are still secondary, the most worrying thing for Xu Mingzhu is that she has been married to Li Su for several years, and now she is in her early twenties, but she has not been able to give birth to a boy and a half girl for the Li family. was even more afraid that her husband would be alienated from her because of no queen, and even divorced her on the grounds of "no queen".
Xu Mingzhu's recent widowhood has arisen because of this, and her husband's promotion to the county prince is glorious, but for her, this sense of insecurity has become more and more fearful with the rise of her husband's status.
Until today, the husband took her hand, strolling through the backyard pond and talking, from the long-term planning and layout of the future of the family, when it comes to the state affairs of the court, one by one to evaluate the many princes of His Majesty the Emperor, and carefully count their advantages and disadvantages, which prince is backed by which important minister, behind him is the power support of which gate valve in Longyou or Shandong, which lady in the palace is favored in front of His Majesty, what are the chances of the prince born by this lady competing for the East Palace, why did he refuse the pull of King Wei, and how to protect himself in the court that is now calm but turbulent, how to stand in line, why is he so close to His Royal Highness King Jin...... Wait a minute.
To tell the truth, most of what Li Su said today, Xu Mingzhu couldn't understand most, and some of the names that came out of his mouth she hadn't even heard of, not to mention the so-called "timing" and "heat" that her husband said later, the husband and wife walked along the pond several times hand in hand, but Xu Mingzhu was like listening to a book from heaven all the way, with an ignorant and dazed expression.
However, although he didn't understand, Xu Mingzhu's inferiority complex and panic heart inexplicably became peaceful and peaceful, listening to his husband's low tone and slow talking about his thoughts and his plans, Xu Mingzhu's beautiful eyes gradually released light, the corners of his red mouth hooked a touching arc, the smile became deeper and deeper, and the heart was full of things that disappeared unconsciously and ceased to exist.
Finally...... Walked into the world of the husband.
The husband's world is complicated and treacherous, she doesn't understand, but she knows that this is a very wonderful world, the husband pushed open a door to this world, stood at the door with a smile, holding the hand of the son, and gently invited her to look down and point out the heroes of the world.
"Husband......
Xu Mingzhu suddenly interrupted Li Su's words, threw herself into his arms and cried loudly.
Caressing her head, Li Su smiled and said, "Don't cry, let the people see, where will your prestige as the housewife survive in the future?" β
"In the past two years, my husband and I have been too busy, saying that I am lazy and indifferent, but I still inevitably fell into the struggle for fame and fortune, some of which I want to do, and some of which the times force me to do, in short, after all, I ignored my feelings and let my wife be wronged, and my husband will not make this mistake again in the future."
Xu Mingzhu hurriedly shook his head and choked up: "It's the concubine who is making trouble unreasonably, and the husband is not to blame." Over the years, the husband has been busy running for our family, the concubine has known from the first day of marriage, the husband is a person who does great things, and he is also the loneliest person in the world, no one feels sorry for the husband's grievances, but he also has to comfort the concubine in turn, not only to plan for state affairs, fight with the powerful, and return home can not worry, but also to distract from the feelings of the concubine, the husband has done well enough, but the concubine is ...... is too derelict in her duties, and the concubine wants to die. β
Li Su smiled: "That's it, there are only you and I here, there is no need to self-criticize each other, then again, Mrs. is not good at thinking about it at home, the so-called 'boredom gives disaster', I have to find something to do for Mrs., just now I said that Lingnan, Longyou and other places buy land to build a village, as well as integrate a few workshops of our family, and the father-in-law comes forward to act as an agent, etc., I will hand it all over to Mrs., regardless of men and women, life is a little busier to be fulfilling......"
Xu Mingzhu nodded vigorously, a bright smile bloomed on her face, obviously very happy to accept the job given to her by Li Su.
After a warm silence, Xu Mingzhu gritted his teeth, raised his head to look at Li Su, and said resolutely with a resolute expression: "Husband, let's marry a concubine, the concubine knows that you only have me and ...... in your heart Princess Dongyang, but the princess is unlikely to be married by His Majesty, and the husband also needs a few more women around him to help him, whether it is to ask for warmth in the cold, or to help the husband plan for state affairs, the husband is already a county prince, and after all, he can no longer fight alone like before, since he can't welcome Princess Dongyang into our Li family, he ...... according to the concubine's body."
Xu Mingzhu bit her lower lip and said hesitantly: "Judging from the concubine, the martial girl in our family ...... It seems to be good, not only welcome, but also resourceful, the husband took her into the room, completely gathered her mind, and taught her to give advice to our family wholeheartedly in the future, having her by her husband's side is not a bad thing for the husband after all......"
Li Su stumbled and almost fell into the pond.
Looking at her strangely, Li Su smiled and said, "Take Miss Wu into the room?" Madame, what a ...... your idea is Madam, you're not helping me, you're breaking my life. β
I don't know what I thought, Li Su's expression suddenly became solemn, and there was a hint of murder in his eyes: "Why did Madam suddenly talk about taking Miss Wu into the room?" Could it be that she usually blows some wind in your ears, intentionally or unintentionally? β
At this moment, Li Su's face was gloomy, and the killing intent flashed in her eyes, Xu Mingzhu was startled, Li Su's unfamiliar appearance she had never seen before, and suddenly saw her husband's face suddenly change, she couldn't help but shiver, and couldn't help but take a step back, although she knew that Li Su's expression was not aimed at her, but she still felt a chill from the bottom of her heart.
"No, no one blows the wind, don't misunderstand the husband, it's the concubine's own thoughts, after all, Miss Wu has helped her husband a lot in the past two years, but ...... No matter how helpful it is, she is not a member of our family after all, and if she doesn't give her a real name, she will have two hearts with her husband in the future, so the concubine wants to ......"
Hearing that it was not the Wu clan who was making waves behind him, Li Su's gloomy expression finally eased.
In Li Su's heart, this home is the one he attaches the most importance to, and it is also the pure land that he entrusts the rest of his life, so no one must be allowed to add an atmosphere of open and secret fighting to his home, even the future empress, otherwise Li Su will not mind changing the track of history again and throwing the future empress into the well and drowning herself.
A woman who was too late to take precautions, Xu Mingzhu actually moved her mind to take her into the room, and Li Su really didn't know how to evaluate her innocence.
After being silent for a long time, Li Su said slowly: "Madam, you are going to murder your husband......
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The status is high, but Li Su's virtue has not changed.
Character is carved into the bones, no matter how good the material conditions are, no matter how high the status, laziness is laziness, as long as the sky does not fall, there is nothing in the world worthy of Li Su to be a little diligent, for him, lying on the bed and turning over is too difficult, every day to live a full and sleep, wake up and eat days, like the pig in the pigsty, except for the appearance of a little more handsome than the pig, there is basically no big difference.
Of course, Li Su can't always lie at home to eat, sleep and sleep, and occasionally go out for a walk, fishing by the river, going up the mountain to catch hares, teasing the princess and aunt in the Taoist temple, or chatting with the Wang brothers about life.
Spring is blooming, and everything is recovering. Naturally, the fish in the river have also recovered.
The golden sunlight is sprinkled on the surface of the Jingyang River, sparkling like a mirror, and the grass on the river beach stretches its comfortable waist lazily with the gentle spring breeze.
Li Su sat by the river, a long fishing rod hanging flat on the surface of the river, staring at it without blinking, waiting for the fish to bite the hook.
One person, one rod, fishing the spring river alone.
Obviously, a picture that could be included in the painting was destroyed by the Wang brothers.
"How much did you catch?" Wang Zhi grabbed the fish basket next to Li Su and shook it first, and saw that there was not a single fish empty, so he pursed his lips disdainfully: "How long have you been fishing, there is nothing, the craftsmanship is too poor." β
Li Su turned his head slowly, glanced at him, and didn't squeak.
Wang Zhu also came over to take a look, and then said with a big grin: "Li Su, your fishing method is wrong, come, I'll teach you ......"
After saying that, Wang Zhu turned around and found a straight branch, sharpened one end of the branch with a knife, and then jumped into the river, staring at the river for a long time, he suddenly pierced the sharp branch, and a fat carp was nailed to the branch, unwilling to die and struggle.
"See? This is called catching fish, you can catch more than ten in the morning, and go home and stew soup enough for your family to eat for two days, very beautiful. β
Wang Zhi applauded warmly, applauding loudly for Wang Zhuan's exquisite stabbing fish skills, Wang Zhu stood in the river with half of his body, and proudly gave Li Sufei a show off look, and the quiet and elegant riverside was suddenly lively like a garden, and elegance suddenly turned into three vulgarities.
Li Su's cheeks twitched, and he had to withdraw his fishing rod, and muttered helplessly: "Two kills!" β
The good scenery was all cleaned by the two of them, and the grade dropped a lot.
"Did you two come to me for something? Something to say quickly, and disappear from my eyes as soon as you say it. β
The king leaned over to him and said, "Why did you drive us away as soon as we came?" Do you have something? β
Li Su sighed: "I'm fine, but before I went out today, I looked at the yellow calendar, and it said that I should only fish today, and I should not associate with people, especially two people surnamed Wang, and I should avoid them......"
Wang Zhuan was stupid and cute, and pointed to his nose ignorantly: "You said that the two surnamed Wang mean us?" β
Although the answer is cruel, it ...... Yes, it does mean you. β
In contrast, Wang Zhi was much smarter, and he pulled Wang Zhu's sleeve nonchalantly and said, "Brother, don't believe him, come, sit down." β
After speaking, regardless of whether the ground was clean or not, the two brothers sat cross-legged next to Li Su, one left and one right.
Li Su squinted his eyes, and finally couldn't help it, and said: "My father taught me since I was a child, don't play with children who don't like cleanliness, can Brother Xian find a clean stone to sit on?" Aren't you afraid of hemorrhoids when you sit around? β
Wang Zhu said with a smile: "Come less, Uncle Li will never teach you to love clean, the Li family has this problem with you, Uncle Li himself spits everywhere all day long, I heard that the spitting is thrown into the courtyard of the Shi family next to it, and every time it is thrown in the same place, over the years, the wall of the Shi family's courtyard is more smelly than his thatched house, and the Shi family's aunt is so spicy, afraid of your family's power and dare not squeak......"
Li Su's face suddenly turned a little stunned, snorted, and said with a straight face: "Is there something wrong with you coming to me?" β
The brothers of the Wang family glanced at each other, were silent for a moment, and Wang Zhu said: "Li Su, I don't want to stay at home anymore, I want to go to the government barracks." β
Li Su glanced at him unexpectedly and said, "Your mother-in-law has poisoned you recently?" β
Wang Zhuan's face stiffened, and he laughed uncomfortably: "Of course not, since the last time the prince rebelled against me and killed the enemy side by side with my mother-in-law, she has treated me much better, and I can be described as a husband at home, and I can't ...... it anymore."
Li Su raised his eyebrows and smiled at him: "Oh? That's really gratifying, but I want to ask, how do you get excited at home? β
Wang Zhi sneered, and dismantled the stage next to him: "Brother's husband is all on his face, since he beat his brother and sister-in-law to kill the enemy side by side, I don't know how the two discussed it in private, anyway, it's negotiated, it's okay to beat people, and it's not allowed to slap ...... face, so my brother now has no bruises on his face, but the place covered by his clothes is blue and purple, which is shocking and sad"
As soon as he finished speaking, the annoyed and angry Wang Zhu raised his hand and pressed Wang Zhi's head into the grass and rubbed the floor back and forth.
"Do you die if you don't speak? Will you die if your mouth isn't so cheap? Will it? β
The two brothers quarreled for a while before they had fun.
Wang Zhi simply lay on his back on the grass by the river, the sun was a little dazzling in the spring, Wang Zhi closed his eyes and took a nap quietly in the spring breeze.
Li Su looked at Wang Zhu and said lightly: "The family is having a good life, why do you want to join the army?" I remember last year I also entrusted Uncle Cheng to give you a promotion to a military rank, and now he is a captain, although he is not in charge of the army, but he is also a military attachΓ©, many years ago you said that you want to make a name for yourself, and now you don't want to lead the troops to fight, but also get the fame you deserve, the family bought so much land, there is money and food, tell me, which tendon is wrong for you, and suddenly you want to join the army? β
Wang Zhu sighed and said with a wry smile: "It's because my life is too comfortable, something is wrong with me, and I always feel like a waste......
Before he finished speaking, Li Su's face was not good, is this bastard scolding me? What's so bad about having a comfortable life? What's like rubbish?
Seeing that Li Su's expression was wrong, Wang Zhuqing knew that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly comforted: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't say you, even if it's waste, there is a difference between 'real waste' and 'seemingly waste', it is obvious that you belong to the ......"
Li Su's face became more and more ugly, waved his hand, and sighed: "Skip this explanation that is too bad to be bad, you continue to say what you think." β
Wang Zhu continued: "I still remember when we sat on the mountainside at the east end of the village, I said, I want to go outside to see, because I am still young, I can't bury a good life in the small place of Taiping Village, and then I joined the army, followed the army to recover Songzhou, and followed you through Xizhou, I have also experienced large and small battle formations, what is it like outside Taiping Village, I also probably understand, because I have experienced and seen, so I have been more and more bored in the village in the past two years, I can't compare with you, you are more awake than me, I have more ability than me, so I was named a county prince in my twenties, and I can only rely on the little military merits of the bloody battle in Xizhou to get a captain, Li Su, I am only in my twenties this year, it is a good time to win fame, you can be a county duke, I also want to rely on my own ability to win a knighthood, give an explanation to my parents, wife and children, and I can also hold my head up in front of you, so that you feel that I am qualified to be your brother. β
After a long speech, Li Su was slightly moved.
Wang Zhu has always been honest and honest, but he is honest but not stupid, he is as energetic as all young people, ambitious, restless, since returning to Taiping Village from Xizhou, Li Su can obviously feel that Wang Zhuan is living more and more depressed, even if he has a military attache position, his family is not short of food and clothing, he still can't lift his energy for life.
Because he is not a monk born after all, his age determines that he cannot be willing to be bland, when a person has seen the world like a brocade and prosperity, experienced the sword light and sword shadow, and rolled in the sea of corpses and blood, how can he accept this dull and tasteless quiet life now?
In particular, Li Su's recent promotion to the title of Jue has given Wang Zhu a greater stimulus, they are all the same age, they are all little brothers who grew up together, why did Li Su be crowned the county prince in his twenties, but he Wang Zhu can only eat at home and wait for death with the idle post of a small school captain?
Thinking about this, Li Su immediately understood Wang Zhuan's thoughts.
Youth is capital, which can be unscrupulous and dominate the world.
"Did you really decide to join the army? You have to think clearly, I can find a way to get you into the government barracks, but if one day you regret it and want to come back to live this dull and carefree life again, I can't get you back from the barracks, and I can't help me or you when you enter the government barracks. Li Su said in a deep voice.
Wang Zhu nodded heavily: "I think about it clearly, I've been thinking about this for two years." β
Li Su sighed: "What a killer...... How do your father, mother, wife and children settle down? Your mother-in-law promised you to join the army? β
Wang Zhu grinned and said: "My mother-in-law agreed, my father-in-law is from the army, and the good life of my Wang family is also what I fought out with a knife and a gun, and I want to leave a family foundation for future generations, and get a favor, my generation has to give up my life to earn, as for my father, let Wang Zhi do my filial piety on my behalf, and I will come back in two or three years." β
Li Su was completely speechless, and turned his head to look at Wang Zhi: "Your brother is making trouble again, so you won't persuade him?" β
Wang Zhi smiled obscenely: "Since I found myself getting smarter and smarter in the past two years, I basically don't talk to people who are too stupid, including my brother." β
Li Su sighed: "I can understand, for example, now, I don't like to talk to anyone who is uglier than me, for fear of being infected, including the two brothers, I don't like to deal with you very much......"
After a pause, Li Su looked at Wang Zhu and said, "Since it has been decided, I will help you entrust people, which government military camp do you want to enter?" There are twelve guards in Chang'an City, but you can choose, anyway, I have a good relationship with those generals, and it is not a problem to throw someone in, if you want to enter the Yulin Forbidden Army, I am afraid that it is a little difficult, that is only a meritorious child can enter, and the rules of the palace are relatively strict, and I am not comfortable. β
Wang Zhu shook his head: "If you are not a soldier in Chang'an City, what is the difference between eating Taiping grain and farming at home?" I have to go to the border pass, where there is a war to earn military merit. β
Li Su Gaoshan bowed his hand to him and said, "Congratulations to Brother Wang, the realm of death has been refined to another level, which is really gratifying......
Wang Zhu smiled bitterly: "Don't make trouble, the so-called 'wealth and danger seeking', since I am not as smart and capable as you, if I want to earn fame, I can only use the stupidest way to exchange my life." β
Li Su was silent for a moment and sighed: "Actually, you don't have to be like this, if you are willing to believe me, stay in the village for a few years with peace of mind, if I have a chance in a few years, maybe I can have more power in my hands, and it will not be too difficult to get you a knighthood at that time......
Wang Zhu smiled: "Your ability is yours, I don't lack hands and feet, why do you have to rely on others to earn fame?" If you don't rely on your own ability, you can't keep it in your hands for long, and I have to earn the wealth of the descendants of the Wang family! β
Li Su was slightly moved, and finally said with a wry smile: "Okay, I have said everything that should be said, since you have great ambitions, if I stop it again, I will lose the righteousness of a friend, I will inquire about the military affairs in the past few days, and there will be news soon, you are now receiving the rank of captain, and you must lead the troops when you go to the government military camp, not to mention that it should be a battalion officer, and you will definitely not be able to read the military book if you let you read it, so you have come to my house more in the past few days, and talk to my family about leading the soldiers, those are all veterans who have gone through a hundred battles, and it will be helpful to talk to them after talking." β
Wang Zhuhan smiled and nodded in response.
With a long sigh, Li Su muttered, "I don't know if it's right or wrong to send you to the camp, it's really a sin......
Turning his head to look at Wang Zhi, Li Su said, "What about you?" Do you want to join the army too? β
Wang Zhi smiled and said, "How can I be so stupid...... Ah no, how can I have my brother as ambitious, I still like to live in Chang'an City, life is very good, and I am happy to live like this for the rest of my life. β
Li Su nodded with satisfaction: "Your skill in death is not as profound as your brother's, I am very pleased." β
Wang Zhi laughed, and then said: "But I also have something to tell you, in recent days, there has been a lot of discussion in Chang'an City, a few days ago, His Majesty summoned a few important ministers into the palace, I don't know what I said, anyway, no one said anything about your Jinjue County Duke later, and now the Chang'an government and the opposition are talking about another thing......"
"What's the matter?"
"It is said that it is about the portrait of the hero, and those magnates in Chang'an City have made a fuss about the portrait of the hero......"
Li Suqi said: "What's so funny about this? β
"There are only so many dozens of portraits of heroes, but there are many ministers of His Majesty from the dragon, who can be on the portrait, who can't be on the portrait, who should be ranked first in the portrait, who should be ranked second, tsk, there are many things to discuss."
Li Su was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, originally just mentioned the portrait of a hero to Li Shimin, but he didn't expect to accidentally make the headlines of the hot search list again......
"Let them make trouble, it's none of my business anyway." Li Su said lightly indifferently.
Wang Zhi smiled and said: "There is one more thing, Hou Junji, who you had to keep alive and dead, this time you can't even touch the edge of the portrait, according to the news from the palace, the portrait of the hero can be offered incense by the emperors of the past dynasties, at least it should be a loyal and loyal minister, Hou Junji participated in the prince's rebellion, although the later critical moment was a rebellion, but the rebellion is a rebellion, Your Majesty spared his life is the emperor's grace, and the portrait of the hero can not be counted on. β