The Romance of the Famous Marshals of the Early Tang Dynasty Li Jichuan

Chapter 19: The Grandson's Room

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On the sixth day of late autumn, Xu Gai knew that his eldest son Xu Maogong was fascinated by reading "Shennong's Materia Medica". I also want to find a copy and see what kind of content attracts my son.

"Shennong's Materia Medica" book, few people read it, it took a long time, it was only the day before yesterday to get it, Xu Gai read it for two days in a row, and more and more felt that a lot of the content of this book has something in common with the famous dishes he learned, and he became more and more fascinated by it, Xu Gai looked at this "Shennong's Materia Medica" in the main hall.

The housekeeper Xu Quan came in and reported: "Master, Mr. Jia of the private school asks to see me."

Xu Gai asked, "Housekeeper, has Mr. Jia said anything?"

The housekeeper Xu Quan replied with a smile: "Master, he only said that there is something important to talk to the master."

Xu Gai instructed: "Butler, please invite Mr. Jia to drink tea in the main hall."

Butler Xu Quan responded: "Yes." "Turn and leave.

After a while, the housekeeper Xu Quan accompanied Mr. Jia into the main hall.

Xu Gai stood up and saluted with his fists, and said with a smile: "Hello Mr. Jia."

Mr. Jia of the private school returned the salute with his fists, blocked his mouth with his left hand, and said, "Xu Yuanwai is good."

Xu Gai smiled and said, "Mr. Jia, please take a seat."

Xu Gai instructed the housekeeper Xu Quan: "Housekeeper, serve Mr. Jia good tea."

The housekeeper Xu Quan poured a cup of tea, handed it to Mr. Jia, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jia, please drink tea."

Mr. Jia of the private school took a sip of tea, covered his mouth with his left hand and said: "Xu Yuanwai, at the end of the early autumn month, the mother of the county master Lu celebrated her sixty-second birthday, I went to celebrate the birthday, and the old man Lu asked about the study of the middle school students in my private school, and I reported to the old man Lu, so that Lang Xu Maogong has good knowledge."

Xu Gai smiled: "Mr. Jia, it's too famous."

Mr. Jia, a private school, blocked his mouth with his left hand and said: "Xu Yuanwai, at that time, Mr. Cao, the master of the county master Lu, was also present, and Mr. Cao also said that Ling Lang Xu Maogong has good knowledge and high character."

Xu Gai asked, "Unexpectedly, Mr. Cao, Master Lu's master, also knows my son?"

Mr. Jia, a private school, blocked his mouth with his left hand and replied: "Master Lu's master, Mr. Cao's second young master, is also studying in my private school, maybe Mr. Cao's second young master, and he talked about Linglang Xu Maogong at home."

Knee laughed, "Oh, I see."

Mr. Jia, a private school, blocked his mouth with his left hand and continued: "Xu Yuanwai, three months ago, the little girl Jia Ruhua and the maid Jia Xiaocui were picking wild flowers in the woods five miles away from the county seat, and were teased by three adult splashes.

Since then, the little girl Jia Ruhua often praises Ling Lang Xu Maogong at home, and my humble wife and I both agree that Ling Lang Xu Maogong and the little girl Jia Ruhua are very fateful. ”

Xu Gai said: "My son shot and injured three adult splashers, I haven't heard of this."

Xu Gai asked the housekeeper Xu Quan, "Housekeeper, have you heard about this?"

The housekeeper Xu Quan replied with a smile: "Master, I haven't heard of it, how could my young master's thirteen-year-old child hurt three adult men?" If you want to say that my young master and Zhang Xiaobao are fighting, I believe it. ”

Butler Xu Quan shook his head like a rattle as he spoke.

Mr. Jia of the private school blocked his mouth with his left hand and said: "Xu Yuanwai, I asked Mrs. Liu from Chengxi to come to your mansion to propose, and Mrs. Zun said: Linglang Xu Maogong is only thirteen years old, which is a good age to learn skills, and I will consider marriage in three or five years." Today, I'm here to talk about it: Can our two families decide on a baby first? . ”

Xu Gai replied with a smile: "Mr. Jia, I can't call the shots on such a big matter alone, so I have to discuss it with my wife in detail before replying."

Mr. Jia of the private school blocked his mouth with his left hand and said: "Xu Yuanwai, then I will wait for the good news and say goodbye." With that, he stood up.

Xu Gai stood up and said with a smile, "Please send Mr. Jia to the housekeeper."

Butler Xu Quan responded: "Yes." ”

Mr. Jia and Xu Quan, the housekeeper of the private school, walked out of the main hall.

Xu Gai sat down, took a sip of tea, and thought about what Mr. Jia had just said.

After a while, the housekeeper Xu Quan returned to the main hall, and Xu Gai asked, "Butler, do you think that the eldest young master Xu Maogong and Jia Ruhua really have a fate?"

The housekeeper Xu Quan replied with a smile: "Master, the little one sends the eldest young master to the private school every morning to study, and takes the eldest young master back to the house in the evening.

Xu Gai instructed: "Butler, you go and prepare gifts for Father Sun and Master Huitong, and follow the master to Yicheng Temple tomorrow and ask the eldest young master Xu Maogong's opinion."

Butler Xu Quan responded: "Yes." "Turn and leave.

Xu Gai suddenly thought about you, and shouted: "Housekeeper."

The housekeeper Xu Quan hurriedly returned to Xu Gai's side, and asked with a smile, "What else does the master command?"

Xu Gai asked, "Butler, why is Mr. Jia blocking his mouth with his left hand when he speaks?"

The housekeeper Xu Quan replied: "Master, this is last month's incident, and the little one thinks that the eldest young master is no longer studying in the private school, and this matter has little to do with our family." The little ones didn't say.

The little one listened to Zhang Xiaobao say: Last month, Mr. Jia's wife from the private school went back to her hometown to give her mother a big birthday, and she was scheduled to come back in ten days, but suddenly came back on the fifth night, and after entering the house, she saw Mr. Jia in the room of the maid Jia Xiaocui, sleeping with Jia Xiaocui.

The next day, he returned to the house of Mr. Jia, and the three brothers of Mr. Jia's wife beat Mr. Jia and inadvertently knocked out three front teeth. Mr. Jia's wife also said that there will be a next time, break his dog's leg. ”

Xu Gai asked, "Housekeeper, Mr. Jia of the private school is blocking his mouth with his left hand because he is afraid that I will see his three front teeth that have been knocked out?"

The housekeeper Xu Quan said: "Master, the little guess is the case."

Xu Gai asked, "Housekeeper, why is Mr. Jia so angry at home?"

The housekeeper Xu Quan replied: "Master, I heard that Mr. Jia and Mr. Jia's wife are distant relatives, Mr. Jia's family is very poor, and when Mr. Jia was young, the money to study in the private school was funded by Mr. Jia's wife's family, and it is no wonder that Mr. Jia was angry from beginning to end."

Xu Gai said: "I heard that the seventh sister of Mr. Jia's wife in the private school married Master Lu of Zhixian County as a concubine the year before last."

The housekeeper Xu Quan said: "Master, it is because of this that Mr. Jia of the private school is bullying people everywhere."

Xu Gai instructed: "Butler, go and prepare gifts."

Butler Xu Quan responded: "Yes." "Turn and leave.

Xu Gai came to the inner room and explained to his wife: Mr. Jia of the private school proposed that Xu Maogong and Jia Ruhua can be denied a baby parent? and the fact that Mr. Jia was knocked out of three front teeth by the three brothers of Mr. Jia's wife.

Mrs. said: "Master, Mr. Jia of the private school has such a character, how can my son Xu Maogong order a baby kiss with his daughter?"

Xu Gai said with a smile: "Madam, I also don't think it's appropriate, I'd better go to the temple and ask Xu Maogong what he thinks."

Mrs. smiled and said, "It's okay to go to Yicheng Temple to see Xu Maogong."

Xu Gai said with a smile: "Madam, tomorrow I will visit Xu Maogong in Yicheng Temple for my husband, housekeeper Xu Quan, and Xu Mouse."

On the seventh day of late autumn, in the west meditation room of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of Yicheng Temple, Xu Maogong began to recite Sun Tzu's Art of War from the time (9~11 o'clock), and memorized it for half an hour, the temperature in the room was still cool and pleasant, Xu Maogong was very happy and continued to recite:

Therefore, the affairs of the three armies are not close to each other, the reward is not generous, and the matter is not close. Non-sage wisdom cannot be used, non-benevolence and righteousness cannot be used, and non-subtlety cannot be obtained. Wow! Wow! Everything. Before anything happened, and the one who heard it first, and the one who was told died.

Whatever the army wants to attack, whatever the city wants to attack, and whatever the man wants to kill, I will know the names of the guards, the right and the left, the confessors, the gates, and the men, so that we will know them.

Dang, dang, dang, suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Xu Maogong rushed to the door and asked, "Who?"

Outside the door, he replied, "Young master, the little one is Xu Mouse."

Xu Maogong shouted at the door: "Xu Mouse, open the door and come in by yourself, young master, I am endorsing it."

The door opened, and Xu Gai, housekeeper Xu Quan, and Xu Mouse walked into the West Zen room. Xu Rat said loudly: "Young master, the master has come to see you."

Xu Maogong raised his head, saw that it was Xu Gai, and said with a smile: "Dad, you are here, while saying this, I stood up and went to pour tea, Xu Mao Gong walked quickly to Xu Maogong and smiled: "Young master, I'll pour tea."

Xu Maogong said to Xu Gai: "Dad, I'm reciting Sun Tzu's Art of War, if you don't have to worry, I'll continue to memorize, and there are two short paragraphs, and I'll talk to you after memorizing."

Xu Rat held a cup of tea in both hands and handed it to Xu Gai, and said with a smile: "Master, please drink tea."

Xu Gai took the teacup and said with a smile: "Xu Maogong, Dad is not in a hurry, you can continue to carry it."

Xu Maogong then reversed:

It is necessary to ask for the enemy to come between me, so it is beneficial to guide and give it up, so it can be obtained and used. Because it is known, it can be obtained between the hometown and the inside; Because it is known, it is a matter of death to sue the enemy. Because it is known, it can be made as scheduled. The things of the five rooms must be known by the Lord, and the knowledge must lie in the anti-room, so the anti-room must be thick.

The prosperity of the past is also, and Yi Zhi is in the summer; Zhou Zhixing also, Lu Ya is in Yin. Therefore, only the wise and virtuous generals, who can use the wisdom as the intermediary, will achieve great success. The important thing of this army is that the three armies are also moved.

After memorizing the whole article, Xu Maogong said with a smile: "Dad, this is the last chapter of Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Xu Gai took a sip of tea and said, "Xu Maogong, he is quite proficient in memorization."

Xu Maogong smiled and asked, "Dad, is there something wrong?"

Xu Gai said: "On the third day of late autumn, Mrs. Liu Matchmaker in the west of the city came to my house and said: I was entrusted by Mr. Jia of the private school to be a matchmaker for Master Xu Maogong and Miss Jia Ruhua."

Your mother said: Xu Maogong is only thirteen years old, which is a good age to learn skills, and he will think about marriage in three or five years. ”

Yesterday, Mr. Jia, a private schoolman, came to my house and said: Linglang Xu Maogong and the little girl Jia Ruhua are very fateful, can our two families decide on a baby first? "I'm talking to your mother at home, come and ask what you think?