Chapter 665: Leveraging Strength

Breaking the capture of the barbarian is the first in ancient and modern times, and the generals are unparalleled in the civil and military world.

Regardless of whether Xu Da's death was a means of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang's comment was widely circulated among the people. Compared with most of the heroes who were killed, the Xu family at least seemed to be full of glory. Xu Da's three daughters all married into the imperial family, one was Queen Xu, and the other two were Princess Dai and Princess An. Among the four sons, in addition to the second son Xu Tianfu, who died early, there were also two princes. Only one of these two princes was imprisoned until death, and the other died in front of the palace, and the descendants of the prince were also in turmoil.

Therefore, only the third son Xu Yingxu really enjoyed the blessings of his ancestors, and he was steadily promoted to the governor of the Chinese army, the commander of the world, and lived freely. After his death, the eldest son attacked the commander, Shilu ignored things, and the second son Xu Jinghuang also hung up a title in the army. This was originally a road often taken by the sons and daughters of Xungui, but Xu Jinghuang has been accustomed to the days of glory and wealth since he was a child, and where can he see that little bit of wealth, so he asked someone to make a statement three times and twice, and finally got an appointment a few days ago.

"Master, now appoint someone from above, and see who else can underestimate you!"

"That's it, don't look at the family now and the Duke of Wei and the Duke of Wei, but the title of the Duke of Wei has just been returned, and the Duke of Dingguo was impeached before because of his mourning, and this favor has been greatly discounted, but it is just a false name of the Duke of Guo!"

"The little one is that I heard that the emperor is going to move the capital back to Nanjing, and at that time, you, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, will be the number one person in front of the emperor, and the meritorious service will not be a problem, and our family may be able to produce another grandfather!"

Xu Jinghuang already likes to listen to good words, listening to a group of little guys chattering and flattering, he can't help but be complacent, and even walk a little fluttering. When his father was alive, he favored him, but even so, his own family was not as honorable as the two families who attacked the feudal prince, although he was sparse in civil and military affairs, but he also dreamed of being as prominent as his grandfather Xu Da, so he used his brains in the drill camp. Thinking of the situation of being attended by his subordinates in the Jinyi Guard's yamen two days ago, the smile on his face deepened.

It's just that Master Liu is very cold. He thought he was a character, a hereditary military family from a hundred households, and he was already an ancestor who had accumulated virtue in this position, and he dared to point fingers at the master, what a thing! ”

Hearing this, Xu Jinghuang suddenly frowned. These days in the yamen, he does feel that Liu Jun is always unpleasant with a face, but after all, he is his top boss, so he has to endure it. At this time, he glared at the talkative little guy angrily, and then snorted lightly: "Today is the Lantern Festival, I am happy, sir, don't say these disappointing words." I've been busy up and down these days, and now I can finally relax and go to Wanhong Pavilion by the Qinhuai River! ”

Although the Ming Dynasty custom is that officials are not allowed to sleep in flowers and willows, but there are policies and countermeasures, and now the wind of extravagance is rising, and the civil and military officials of the Beijing Division are still full of songs during the banquet, not to mention the land south of the Yangtze River. At the beginning of the national funeral, the Qinhuai River was very deserted for a while, and now the restaurant next to the painting boat on the river is gradually full of high-ranking friends, singing and dancing, playing the beautiful sound and dancing the dance of the heavenly demons. Drinking and merry-drinking were either noble officials or wealthy merchants, and the noise could be heard miles away.

Wanhong Pavilion is a very famous restaurant on the edge of the Qinhuai River, and there are some guests with status who come in and out. Naturally, the banquet should be enjoyable, and the private rooms of each elegant seat must be accompanied by kabuki. Those who come here are all for pleasure rather than to discuss things, and even have fun with friends, so the private seats upstairs are separated by four or eight large screens, and the sound of their respective drinking orders is often heard everywhere, and the noise is incomparable.

However, in this festive atmosphere, Xu Jinghuang, who was treated as a guest in the past, is now sitting there with a few small guys, and the old shopkeeper in front of him is constantly bowing.

"It's not that the little ones are deliberately slacking, it's really a Lantern Festival today, and the famous sisters on the Qinhuai River have been called away, and the rest of them have to deal with the guests in the restaurant here. Just now, a group of girls were idle, but Commander Liu of Jinyiwei happened to send people over, and they all called away at once, saying that they were going to feast guests. Lord Xu, you are a frequent customer, even if you have the courage to deceive you! ”

Originally, he was full of excitement, but being rushed by the current situation, Xu Jinghuang was naturally extremely annoyed, and he didn't pay attention to the shopkeeper at the moment, but sent a small guy to inquire. A table full of delicacies and wine was always boring without an escort, and he was half-full with chewing wax, and the little guy ran back with a cigarette, but the words of the report were no different from the old shopkeeper. Not only that, but he also added fuel to the fire and said that the arrogance when Jinyiwei sent someone to send out a note before, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"Let's go!"

Xu Jinghuang was so angry that he smoked, dropped his chopsticks and got up and brushed his sleeves away. The shopkeeper chased him to the door, and when he saw the group of people on the horse galloping away, he snorted, squinted his eyes and muttered in a low voice: "How can this heroic figure like the King of Zhongshan raise such an indisputable thing for future generations?" ”

Riding a horse galloped on the street for a while, and as soon as the cold wind blew, Xu Jinghuang gradually slowed down, but the evil fire in his heart was still not extinguished. Seeing that all the entourages were crowding up, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Go, go to the Jinyi Guard Yamen and have a look!" ”

When he reached the ground, he threw off the reins and dismounted, and went straight inside, but when he reached the second gate, he was stopped by several sergeants. No matter how angry he was, they just wouldn't let anyone in. Seeing that Xu Jinghuang's eyes were red, he was angry, but the hundred households headed by him were not afraid at all, and even said gloomily: "Lord Xu, please be respectful, your lord is feasting important guests inside." You don't have any business at this time, so why do you have to go in? Let's all respect you as a nobleman, you have only been in office for a few days, if there is a scandal of disrespecting the officials, this imperial history is impeached, it is not comfortable! ”

Although he was dumbfounded, Xu Jinghuang was not a fool after all, when he heard this naked threat, his heart was even more angry, but his head was much clearer. Glaring at the guy angrily, he turned his head and left, and when he walked out of the Jinyi Guard's yamen, he couldn't help but angrily hit the stone lion with a whip, and then took a deep breath.

"Liu Jun, wait and see!"

When such a group of people walked out of the alley in a menacing manner, someone happened to turn out of the west archway of the street in front of them, and the two sides almost collided together. Because Xu Jinghuang was in a rage, he didn't care about scolding at the moment, and when he saw clearly the young man on the opposite side, led by the decent dress, he stopped with hatred. At this time, he didn't bother to pay attention to the others, turned the horse's head and was about to leave, but before he could leave, he heard a voice behind him.

"But the Jinyi guard commanded Brother Xu?"

Hearing this, Xu Jinghuang immediately stopped, and turned his head to take a look. Finding that he was not impressed, he asked angrily, "Who are you?" ”

"Brother Xu's memory is really ...... Didn't we see it in the Wei Mansion before on the third day of the Lunar New Year? Sun Han saw that Xu Jinghuang was still suspicious, so he immediately reported to his home, and before this person could react, he stepped forward and grabbed the reins, "Lantern Festival, I happened to have a friend in treat, and it was fate to bump into it, let's go have a drink together!" Don't worry, you also know the person who invited the guests, he specially called a lot of popular singers, and some of them were fun! ”

Since others were warmly invited, Xu Jinghuang didn't want to go home to face his noisy concubines, so he agreed without much thought. When he was dragged to the ground, he saw that many of the taverns were fox friends he knew, and there were still beautiful singers and maiko in front of him, he only felt that the depression in his heart was swept away, and he sat down on an empty seat.

It is a big gathering of gentlemen, and everyone is free to do it, and when they are full of wine and food, many people put their arms around the beautiful women and get up and down. When it was time to finish, Xu Jinghuang was full of mouth, eyes and hands, and drank the sobering soup under Sun Han's persuasion, and then he couldn't help but pull him to thank him, and then said with a smile: "Brother Sun is really a righteous person, take me to live a good life, if you have anything to do in the future, just look for me!" Brother is now in Jinyiwei, if you can help, you will definitely be helped! ”

It was easy to seize this opportunity, Sun Han was overjoyed, but he didn't show it on his face, he just sighed: "I understand Brother Xu's kindness, although I do have a place to ask for Jinyiwei now, but you have just entered now and have no real power, and there is still a Jinyiwei commander on top, how can I embarrass you?" Today I just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to bring you to Le and Le He, you don't have to take it to heart, and you don't need to mention the word help. ”

Xu Jinghuang just said it casually, not sincerely, but when he turned around to leave, he heard such a sentence, and he suddenly stopped. Turning his head to look at Sun Han, he saw that he arched his hand and walked in the other direction, he was even more annoyed, stepped forward and grabbed the other party's shoulder, and said angrily: "Brother Sun, is this looking down on me?" Don't look at me, I'm not the number one person in Nanjing Jinyiwei now, but you go out to inquire, who doesn't know what brand name our Xu family is in Nanjing? Besides, that Liu Jun won't be angry for long, and someone in the capital will have to come down soon! ”

Sun Han was originally entrusted by Zhang Yue to do this kind of thing, and he always had some ups and downs in his heart, but when he heard about it, although he had heard about it from Zhang Yue, he still pretended to ask about it. Xu Jinghuang wanted to show off his skills, and told him about the personnel transfers in Beijing one by one, and snorted coldly: "At that time, although Liu Jun is still the commander of Jinyiwei, he doesn't want to control everything anymore. Therefore, if Brother Sun can afford me, just talk about the difficulties. If you look down on me, then you don't have to say anything! ”

"Ahem, since Brother Xu is so refreshing, then I'll just say it directly. And it came to pass that I had a distant relative begging me......"

Sun Han told Wang Xunliang about the incident again, and then shook his head with a sigh: "If you want to say that I am not a person, I am a relative of the British duke, and I can't ask for it, so I should ask for it." But my distant relative was timid and afraid, and he didn't even dare to mention it to the British public, but he asked people to tell me to ask my third uncle to beg me, but my third uncle is now determined to be free and refuse to care about the matter at all. Alas, if I had been fine in the capital, I could have begged those relatives, but now I can't help anything, only staring. I've been dying of sorrow these days, but I've never been able to get out. ”

Thinking that he was blocked out of the Jinyi Guard's Yamen today, and Liu Jun called so many singers to invite him without calling him, Xu Jinghuang couldn't help but hate itchy. When he heard Wei Zhiqi mention the word British Gong, he only felt that his eyes were bright. Of course, the Xu family has two princes, but they are all decorations, how can they be compared with the first person in the dynasty? At that moment, he no longer had any worries, and directly guaranteed the ticket: "I am in charge of this matter!" Don't worry, within ten days, I will give you an answer! ”

"Is that true? Ah, Brother Xu is really my savior, I thank you here on behalf of my relatives! I don't ask for anything else, it's enough to let him suffer less! ”

Xu Jinghuang was thinking about wandering in the yamen a few days ago, but there was a place where he couldn't enter, and he suddenly became suspicious in his heart, so he waved his hand and said, "You look, when I find out, things have taken a turn for the better!" I'll go first, Brother Sun relax! ”

After all his efforts, he finally did such a thing, and when he sent the drunken child of the family to the horse, and saw the people leaving, Sun Han couldn't help but wipe his forehead, and found that this cold day was actually a lot of sweat. Recalling the performance just now, he felt that there was nothing wrong, and he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

This day is the Lantern Festival, although there are no lanterns hanging in the streets and alleys, but laughter can still be heard in every household. Sun Han hit the horse all the way back to his home, and when he learned that the Lantern Festival family banquet had ended, Zhang Yue returned to the study, so he killed him directly in a rage, and said angrily as soon as he entered the door: "Damn, it is more tiring to accompany this kind of person during the festival than to write articles and fight!" ”

"You used to be the top student of the country's eunuch, if those old masters heard you say foul language, they would blow their beards and stare again!" Zhang Yue stood up, personally took out the teapot from the pouch, and poured a cup for Sun Han diligently, then said with a smile, "Since you and I come down together, we are Uncle Lang, who else can I find if I don't ask you for help?" Besides, once raw and twice cooked......"

"Stop, stop, I hope there won't be a second time! In the future, if you send me to do this kind of thing again on the Yuan Festival, I won't answer if I am killed. Sun Han glared at Zhang Yue angrily, drank a cup of tea, and then shook his head, "I only know now, seeing people talking about people, talking about ghosts, this kind of thing is easier said than done, and I am not as perseverant and patient as you and Fang Ling." Having said that, Jinyiwei has such changes now, I don't know what happened to Fang Ling there...... Hey, this guy actually became a brocade guard, it's really incredible! ”

"What's incredible about this, everyone has their own ambitions, he can get to where he is today, and he doesn't know how much hard work he has put in. By the way, speaking of which, I do think of one thing. In the afternoon, my father asked someone to bring a letter over, and Fangling's marriage was decided. ”

Sun Han was pouring tea by himself, and when he heard the news, he was taken aback, and hurriedly raised his head: "This guy is also a lot older, he is really capable, he has dragged out the marriage until now, and now he is finally enlightened?" Whose daughter is it? ”

"He will pick a daughter-in-law, that is a distant niece and granddaughter of the late Mrs. Peng Chenghou, her family background is not obvious, just an ordinary official eunuch. He will have a happy event in April, we can't drink this wedding wine, bring a letter and let the family have a congratulatory gift, don't be too conspicuous. ”