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Ma Wei didn't reveal the whole plan, and Lou Ji didn't ask questions, he hadn't made up his mind yet, just thought it was a somewhat over-the-top joke at the wine table.

When I returned home, it was already evening, and before I could sit down, I was called to the selection hall.

The general selection hall is the place where the general Lou Wen discusses at home, and idlers are strictly forbidden to enter.

The building is an idler, so big, this is the first time he has been allowed to enter the selection hall, and he has to be led by a servant to find out the way.

The hall is very large, the walls are full of swords, guns, bows and bright armor, and a few calligraphy and paintings with a lot of origin hide in them and shiver, and they rarely get noticed.

There are many descendants of the general, some are officials outside, and some have not yet grown up, and there are more than 30 people who have been called today, and they have already been divided into two sides to listen to the discussion between the general and his staff.

The last one arrived, and under the instructions of the servant, he quietly stood at the end of the line.

"The situation is like this, the thieves in Qinzhou in Guanzhong are about to be extinguished, who would have thought that there would be another group of thieves in Shanxi and Zhou, the county is in an emergency, the court decided to send 20,000 troops to suppress the bandits, there is a lack of a general to lead the troops, do you have any recommendations?" General Lou Wen did not ask about the children and grandchildren, but about the seven or eight staff members sitting on both sides.

The children and grandchildren of the Lou family can only listen here, and they are not allowed to interject, and the staff have long been accustomed to it, and they are not humble, so someone immediately spoke: "Taifu Liang sent someone to say hello earlier, and I want one of his grandsons to make meritorious contributions, so it is better to take the opportunity to sell him a favor." ”

"Which grandson?" The temperature of the building should be asked.

"Liang Shengzhi is not a grandson, but he is said to be very favored."

"Hey, Taifu is embarrassed to intercede with me." Lou Wen disagreed, "Who else?" ”

"The seventh son of the king of Nanyang lost his throne because of a little crime a while ago, and he has been haunted by it, so it is better to give him this military merit." Another staff member said.

General Lou Wen nodded, hmmmmmmmm

Other staff members continued to make suggestions.

Standing at the end of the team, Lou Ji sighed with emotion, the general was in charge of the world's military power, and when he chose to lead the generals, he only asked about the family and people's feelings, and did not say anything about this person's talent.

Someone came over and whispered, "Why are you here?" ”

Lou Ji hurriedly replied: "Just came back from the school......"

"You've been drinking?"

"...... with friends"

"You are eighteen years old, the general has allowed you to come here to listen to things, you should be careful yourself, and don't waste the opportunity to get it."

"Yes, my brother is right, and my foolish brother is ashamed."

The "elder brother" in charge was slightly satisfied and quietly walked away.

General Lou Wen and others have already selected generals, and talked about some trivial matters, the discussion is over, the staff members retired, accompanied by the two sons of the Lou family, went to the front hall to drink, the general sometimes participated, sometimes did not participate, no matter what, he had to stay, first to his children and grandchildren to say a few words.

"Where's the old three?" Lou Wen asked sternly.

"The third brother was occasionally infected with a cold ......"

"Fart, you dare to lie in front of me? The third child must be going to meet his group of fox friends again. Lao Tzu works hard, and his son will enjoy it. Lou Wen was furious, let out a string of curses, and the son who replied was only a promise, not daring to say a word more.

The third child of the Lou family also has a strange name - Lou Hard, the eldest son of the general, with a fat body, on par with his father, who loves to have fun and always tries to avoid discussions.

Lou Wen scolded almost enough, and there was still some anger left and nowhere to vent, so he said viciously to the children and grandchildren in the hall: "Are they all pretending to be dumb? I didn't let you come here to be a spectator, my Lou family has many children and grandchildren, so none of them can say anything? When I'm dead, who can you rely on? ”

"The major military affairs of this dynasty are all decided by the generals, and the children are stupid, so they can only listen more, see more, and think more......"

"Shut up!" Lou Wen reprimanded, he was in a bad mood today, he didn't want to listen to these flattering words, and stretched out his hand to point to another son, "You come on." ”

"The thieves in the state are prosperous, and the shepherd guard Shen Gong is still unable to suppress it, and the imperial court has sent 20,000 troops, I'm afraid it will be ...... I'm afraid it's a bit underestimated. ”

"In vain, you have listened to things for many days, and you have not grown at all, is it so simple to merge with the state? Who else? ”

The children and grandchildren pushed each other, and Lou Ji came out at the end of the team, first saluted and then spoke: "My son has something unclear, and I want to ask the general for advice." ”

Lou Wen retracted his belly slightly and looked at his son in the distance, "Which one are you?" It's a bit of a shame. ”

"Seventeen floors, today is the first time to listen to things."

"Oh, you name it." Lou Wen obviously still didn't remember this son.

"The thieves in Qinzhou in the west have swarmed, and after many years of peace, the imperial court has been reluctant to send troops to reinforce, and the thieves in the northern state have rebelled for the first time, and it should be pacified by the state pastor first, if it doesn't work, the imperial court will send troops again......"

"If you don't understand, come and listen to it for a few more days, do you want me to re-explain every person who comes?" The general interrupted unceremoniously, his gaze continued to turn, and suddenly returned to Seventeen, "You are not young, why did you come to listen to things today?" ”

The children and grandchildren of the Lou family are qualified to come to the general hall to listen to things at the age of twelve or thirteen, and the building is obviously older.

Lou Ji didn't understand why, he always thought that he would never get a chance to enter this place.

The other son of the general stepped forward and whispered: "The foundation of the building is the ...... of the princess of Wu Kingdom."

Lou Wen let out a long sigh, and finally remembered the origin of this son, "Yes, I called you here." Come forward and let me take a closer look. ”

Lou Ji came to his father and bowed again.

"Look up." Lou Wen looked carefully, ordered the servant to illuminate the face of Seventeen Er with a candle, and after watching for a long time, he finally stood up and laughed, "It's my son, that's right, his appearance is as handsome as when I was young, but his body is too thin and weak, and he is more like your mother." Do you usually study literature or martial arts? ”

"My son is currently studying at the Temptation Hall."

"You are imprisoned...... It doesn't matter, there is always a time when the court is gracious, even if the court doesn't let you be an official, you can still enjoy glory and wealth if you follow your father. The general's mood seemed to be better, "In the future, you can listen more, associate more with your brothers and nephews, and learn more, although they are a group of fools, they have more experience than you." By the way, when did you start talking? Lou Wen remembered this son's quirks in passing.

"I was ignorant when I was a child, but after reading for a few years, I finally understood it, and I opened my mouth at the age of thirteen. With the foolishness of a child, I don't know how long it will take to learn from my brothers and nephews before I can open my mind. ”

"Haha, 'open your mouth to the heroes of the troubled times, shut up the virtuous people who govern the world', it turns out that you have been talking for a few years, the world is not chaotic, there are some small chaos, there is no fear, there is no chaos, Tiancheng Dynasty is eternal, at least we don't need to worry. Another day, I'm going to bring Liu Xiangshi over and settle this account with him. ”

Lou Wen got up and went to the front hall to attend the banquet, only a few children and grandchildren were brought with him, and the others dispersed.

Lou Ji returned to his residence, and many people greeted him on the way, so he got to know several of his own brothers and nephews.

Lou Ji moved out of the General's Mansion a few years ago and lived in a small house in the back alley, and the neighbors on the left and right were all relatives of the Lou family, and they had little contact with each other.

There is very little fire at home, and an old servant goes to the General's Mansion every day to get food, but it saves worry and effort, but there is no choice.

After eating, he didn't feel sleepy, took off the knife on the wall, drew the knife out of the sheath, wiped it carefully, and then came to the small courtyard with the knife, waved it at the moon, sweated before he stopped, went to bed to rest after washing, lay in the dark and tossed and turned, thinking that this birthday was actually good: his best friend invited him to stab, and his father, who had not seen him for a long time, allowed him to enter the hall to listen.

After thinking about it for a while, Lou Ji sighed silently, thinking about it carefully, these two things are not real changes, stabbing is tantamount to a joke, my father can think of him today, and he will forget him tomorrow, besides, the general is old, once he dies, he still can't get around the "confinement" pass.

Sure enough, in the next few days, Ma Wei didn't look for him again, and the meeting in the school was nothing more than a nod of greeting, the general was busy with government affairs, and he didn't return day and night, and his children and grandchildren had no chance to listen.

Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Ma Wei once again invited Lou Ji to drink at his house.

Ma Wei's ancestor was the emperor of Liang, he was not born in the country, the family was forced to move to the eastern capital of Luoyang, when he was one year old and not sensible, his father participated in the rebellion, for which he lost his life, the young Ma Wei escaped, but this body was imprisoned.

The horse house is not small, but it is a little desolate, the servants are scarce, the wine and food are not abundant, and the building is accustomed to it, and I feel that it is much better than my own house.

After a few glasses of wine, the two talked about current affairs as usual.

"Qinzhou in the west is in turmoil, and there are thieves in the north, and the world is afraid that it will be chaos, what do you think?" Ma Wei is seven years older than Lou Ji, and the two are called brothers.

In front of his friends, Lou Ji showed his arrogant side, raised a glass with his right hand and drank bitterly, and pointed at the country with his left hand, "It's far from enough, the west and north are just a little mess." ”

Ma Wei said with a smile: "Brother Elder is in the General's Mansion, and the news is not well-informed." General Zhengxi led the army into Qinzhou in March last year, and for more than a year, the good news was frequent, and several people were made marquis, but the thieves just couldn't sweep away. Either the general of Zhengxi falsely reported his military exploits, or the thief situation in Qinzhou was more serious than expected. As for Bingzhou, hey, Shen Mushou is an old friend of your Lou family, but he has been suspicious of the emperor for a long time, and this time he suddenly sent a message saying that someone had rebelled, I am afraid that there is another hidden story. ”

Lou Ji shook his head, "Otherwise, no matter what the situation of Qin and the two states is, it will not affect the overall situation of the world, and the battle of Jizhou is the key." ”

"War with the Northern Herong Tribe? Haven't you heard of it? The imperial court has decided to withdraw its troops for a truce, and if you want to fight again, you will have to wait at least two or three years. ”

Lou Ji still shook his head, "The imperial court intends to make a truce, but the emperor may not have the intention, according to my humble opinion, I will not give up lightly today." ”

"When the son ...... today," Ma Wei muttered, he involuntarily looked left and right, and saw that there were no outsiders, so he dared to continue: "If the world is in chaos, it will inevitably be chaotic on the emperor, and in the more than ten years since he ascended the throne, he has pretended to be in the first two years, and then his true form is revealed-has the younger brother thought about the proposal of the foolish brother?" ”

Lou Ji put down his wine glass, "You're not kidding?" ”

"Is that a joke right?"

"Hey, just you and me?"

"Some things seem difficult, but in fact they are easy, such a thing as stabbing with a sword, Zhou Heihou is stupid to use to take revenge on ordinary people, but it is a strange plan for us to apply it to the emperor."

"Who fights the sword? Who assassinated? ”

"Haha, I know that the younger brother is definitely not a thing in the pool, the imperial court imprisons the people of the Five Kingdoms, and the killing is not stopped, I don't know when it will be your turn and me, who is not indignant if you have a heart? Besides, Tiancheng was newly founded, the foundation was not stable, and it caught up with the reign of the faint king, and the celestial phenomena have been revealed, this is the time when you and I soar into the sky. ”

Lou Ji looked at the leftovers on the table, thought about the situation of himself and Ma Wei, and asked, "What can we do?" ”

"The foolish brother has his own clever plan, and he only needs his brother to help."

Lou Ji really can't think of any ability he can help.