Chapter 56: New Friends
'Bang! With a loud bang, Cui Qinggong slammed his fist on the desk, he blushed his face and gritted his teeth: "What a hidden dog emperor, he dares to dismiss my military position, Lao Tzu sees that he is tired of life." ”
"Second brother, can't you calm down?" Cui Yuan saw that Cui Qinggong's eyes were blood-red with anger, and he couldn't help but say coldly: "What is an emperor without soldiers and no power, what matters is that Zhang Potian is the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and the two are reconciled, this is the biggest threat to our Cui family." ”
Cui Yuan walked slowly to the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the clouds in the sky, in fact, he didn't take the loss of Fengxiang Festival Envoy to heart, it was just a position, as long as the army was transferred back to Shandong, Duan Xiushi took over a false position, and he really didn't have a headache for this matter.
The key is his phase, how to keep the phase in June, this is the most important thing, from this point of view, today's court meeting is not necessarily all bad, at least it allows himself to detect the opponent's reality in advance, so that his future layout is more targeted.
Thinking of this, he smiled slightly, turned back to Cui Qinggong and said: "You rushed back to Fengxiang overnight and brought the Fengxiang army back to Shandong for me, and you stayed in Shandong to control the army and transferred Zhu Xicai to Chang'an, you know?" ”
Cui Qinggong was stunned, and then suddenly realized, the eldest brother was far-sighted, and he resolved the crisis so easily, and sure enough, the means were very good, and his anger disappeared immediately, and he scratched the back of his head embarrassedly and said: "In fact, there are no troops in Hedong, why is the eldest brother so taboo with their Zhang family?" ”
"You don't understand!" Cui Yuan sighed a little melancholy: "Actually, I always thought that whether a family can be strong or not depends on how many soldiers it has mastered, nor how strong its family background is, the key is people." ”
"People?" Cui Qinggong was still a little puzzled, "Big brother, can you explain it clearly?" ”
Cui Yuan shook his head and said, "Actually, you should also see that Zhang Potian is very good at peeling off the cocoon today, haven't you learned it yet?" And that Zhang Huan is extraordinary, aren't you surprised? ”
He saw that Cui Qinggong had an understanding, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "In fact, although Zhang Ruohao was forced away by me, but this is only because he is the head of the family and has to go back, if you look down on him because of this, it will be a big mistake, his vision and courage have always admired me, just from the fact that he resolutely risked the world and abolished the inheritance system of his sons-in-law, it makes me ashamed, and the prosperity of the Zhang family will also rise from this." ”
Cui Qinggong was stunned, "Big brother, you don't want to use any concubines!" ”
Cui Yuan glanced at him, snorted, and said coldly: "What's wrong with a concubine, isn't Zhang Huan just a concubine?" was able to single-handedly sneak into the enemy camp from under the ice to burn food, and he actually dared to kidnap my daughter, just with this courage, not to mention Xiong'er, that is, those so-called four princes, who are not only 108,000 miles away, so I said that the Zhang family is our biggest threat, because of the existence of the three of them. ”
"Then what is the big brother going to do?"
Cui Yuan's eyes slowly rolled a killing intent over, "What else can I do?" Kill Wang Yanluo first, and then let Wang Ang take advantage of this to make trouble and send troops to Hedong! ”
As soon as his words fell, there was a sudden sound of running footsteps outside the door, and a family member reported loudly, "Master, there is an urgent item from Fengxiang!" ”
Cui Yuan was stunned, he had an ominous feeling in his heart, he immediately opened the door and took the letter, and then hurriedly opened the letter and hurriedly browsed it.
Suddenly, Cui Yuan's hands, feet, and eyes froze, and the letter fell from his hand, only to see a line written on it: Yang Lie, the soldier and horse envoy of the Baotian Army, and Lu Qianli, the soldier and horse envoy of the Xifeng Army, had led more than 30,000 elite people from the headquarters to leave Fengxiang without authorization last night.
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Sending Cui Qinggong away, Cui Yuan slowly paced in the back garden with his hands behind his back, some sporadic fragments today have been gradually linked into a string by him, Duan Xiushi was transferred back to Fengxiang, Zhang Potian was appointed as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and the 30,000 Fengxiang army left at night, and it must have gone to Taiyuan, it seems that the Zhang family has been on guard, otherwise things will not be so coincidental, it should be Zhang Ruohao who reached some agreement with the Li Department before leaving.
Although he said that the emperor was not important, it was just to comfort Cui Qinggong, but he knew very well in his heart that since the Li family had torn off the disguise, he would take frequent actions later, and if he was not suppressed in time, it would cause chaos sooner or later.
Cui Yuan pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision, "Since the Zhang family already has soldiers, let's let it go for the time being, or get rid of the Li family first!" ”
A snowflake quietly fell from the sky and landed on Cui Yuan's nose, he looked up at the sky, the sky fluttered snowflakes one after another, getting bigger and bigger, Cui Yuan's eyes slowly narrowed, "It seems that the Queen Mother's move is going to be used." ”
"Miss, come and see, it's snowing so much!" Not far away, there were a few surprised cries of maids from the embroidery building.
"There! There! Let me see. ”
Cui Yuan was a little surprised, this is not his daughter's voice, it seems to be a young woman, the voice is very unfamiliar, and some bluffing, who could this be?
At this time, the old butler walked quickly and whispered to him: "Master, Xiao Shilang is here, and he wants to see him."
Xiao Shilang, also known as Xiao Hua, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is the main examiner of this year's imperial examination, and he must have come to see him for today's imperial examination.
"Take him to my study!"
Cui Yuan walked a few steps, and suddenly turned back and asked the housekeeper, "Do you know who is in the young lady's embroidery room?" ”
"Master Hui, it's a new friend of Miss, it seems to be surnamed Lin."
"Surname Lin?" Cui Yuan smiled, didn't ask more, and went to the front yard, it doesn't matter if the surname is Lin, as long as it is not surnamed Zhang.
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This friend surnamed Lin is naturally Taiyuan 'celebrity' Lin Pingping, after watching the snow for a while, Pingping feels bored, she has seen too much snow, which year it snows, she doesn't roll in the snow and scatter wild, but some knick-knacks in Cui Ning's room, she is very interested.
"Cui Ning, how is this crested bottle silver?"
"It was Sassanid silverware, brought by Persian merchants." Cui Ning reluctantly glanced at the snow again, walked back to the house and smiled.
"Oh! Kill... Three silverware, the name is strange, but what about this? ”
Ping Ping picked up a few lifelike little clay figurines, the little clay figurines have strange shapes, all of them have concave eyes and convex surfaces, and their faces are covered with hair, like monkeys.
"This is the Great Qin people, they are all Westerners." Cui Ning's tone was always soft and kind, and Pingping's arrival made her very excited, but she had always been reserved, but she didn't show this excitement on her face.
"I see!"
Ping Ping suddenly patted his head and smiled: "You're talking about blue-eyed and yellow-haired chickens." ”
"Blue-eyed and yellow-haired chicken!" Cui Ning was a little puzzled, "What is a blue-eyed yellow-haired chicken?" ”
"I've seen some women in the Western Regions in Taiyuan with blue eyes, yellow hair, big breasts and big buttocks, and they walk like this."
Ping Ping learned the way those women walked, twisted and walked a few steps, and then "Giggles!" Cluck! After two calls, she couldn't help laughing: "Isn't this like an old hen?" ”
Before she finished speaking, Cui Ning was already out of breath laughing, "Ouch! It's really a blue-eyed yellow-haired chicken. ”
She wiped her tears and panted, "Pingping, how did you come up with that?" ”
"That's what we've been called since we were kids." Lin Pingping saw her smiling happily, and suddenly became childlike, took Cui Ning's hand and ran downstairs.
"Pingping, where are you taking me?"
"You don't care, just follow me."
The snow in the sky is so thick and dense that you can't see objects a few steps away, and a thin layer of snow has been laid in the back garden, which is crystal clear, making people unbearable, Lin Pingping doesn't care about this, she simply took off her shoes and ran barefoot in the snow.
"Cui Ning, you take off your shoes, it's comfortable!" She ran up to Cui Ning and bent down to take off her shoes.
"No! No way! Cui Ning hurriedly stepped back, she waved her hand again and again and smiled: "You go play!" I can't take my shoes off. ”
"What's the point of taking off my shoes, I used to take off my clothes and roll on the snow with Zhang Shiba?"
"What!" Cui Ning's heart jumped suddenly, and after a while, she asked in a low voice, "How old were you then?" ”
"He's nine years old, I'm five." Ping Ping bent down and picked up a ball of snow and threw it far away towards the flower wall.
Cui Ning's heart fell quietly, she shook the snow on her body, glanced back, and saw that several maids and women were standing far away, and she couldn't see herself clearly in the thick snow, and she was 'bang!' Bang! Jumping straight, quickly taking off his shoes and socks, and sneaking two steps on the snow barefoot, a refreshing sensation came from the soles of his feet.
Suddenly, she only felt a cold neck, a ball of snow rolled from her collar into her back, her body was frozen and stiff, Lin Pingping ran behind her at some point, laughing so hard that her waist couldn't straighten up.
"You damn girl, you're dead!" Cui Ning scolded with a smile while jumping to shake the snow in his neck, "Why don't you come and help me, I won't let you come next time." ”
"Sister Cui, I was wrong!" Ping Ping ran forward with a smile, patting the snow in her neck for her, and on the other hand, she couldn't help but secretly pinch a ball of snow, and suddenly she saw Cui Ning with a jade plaque hanging around her neck, so she clapped her hands and laughed: "Zhang Eighteen's jade is originally here with you!" ”
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