Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 1 Jiangmen Huzi went to Liaodong

Section 1 Qilin Huzi

On the second day of the second month of February in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, Liaoyang General Military Office. (That is, the deputy general soldier of Liaodong Town, stationed in Liaoyang, is generally called the general army of Liaoyang.) The Liaodong General Army was stationed in Quang Ninh. ）

Liaoyang General Soldier Liu Ling has been very happy recently, his grandson Liu Yunwei, who has not seen him all year round, has set up a family affair, and his family is the Xu family, a scholarly family in Liaoyang. The Ming Dynasty is noble, and being able to marry with a famous family is of great help to consolidate the power of the Liu family, and it is also a kind of glory in the hearts of the Ming warriors. After the wedding date is set, Liu Yunwei will come to Liaoyang to complete the marriage, thinking that he will be able to see his grandson soon, Liu Ling's heart will be happy.

That night, Liu Ting and his son Liu Zhao held a banquet in the General Military Mansion, inviting Xu Mingwei, the head of the Xu family and future in-law in Liaoyang, to discuss the marriage.

In the banquet hall, the servants were "babbling" and singing Kunqu Opera, Liu Zhao picked up the wine jug and poured wine for Xu Mingwei, "Master Xu, today is a family banquet, and there are no outsiders, please don't see the outside." I heard that the master likes Kunqu Opera, can this troupe still listen to it? ”

"General Liu is polite, and this troupe can be quite heard." Xu Mingwei looked calm, closed his eyes and shook his head gently, responding to the melody.

"Haha, if the master likes it, it's fine." Liu Zhao was slightly embarrassed.

Xu Mingwei looked at Liu Zhao, smiled slightly, picked up his wine glass and sat in the second seat to salute Liu Ling and Liu Zhao, "The old man is grateful for the love of General Liu and the appreciation of General Liu, and the banquet is grateful." The old man salutes General Liu and General Liu for a cup, please. ”

Liu Ling, Liu Zhao and Xu Mingwei had a drink together, and Liu Ling replied: "Master Xu is polite." The old man is a martial artist, he only knows how to kill the enemy and serve the country, he doesn't know poetry and articles, and he asks the master not to dislike me and be rude. ”

Xu Mingwei smiled, looked at Liu Ling and said nothing. Seeing this, Liu Ling felt a little unhappy in his heart: Hmph! It's just a sour Confucian, and it's clear that he is arrogant! Isn't it just that he has worked in the prefect's house, and now Zhishi is at home, he is an old scholar, and he is still in such a posture.

Liu Ling knocked on the edge of the table, shook the wine glass and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Liu Zhao couldn't help but blame Xu Mingwei for being arrogant, got up and poured wine for the two, picked up the wine glass and said: "Thanks to the righteous help of the master, things in the army are gradually improving, I respect the master with a glass." After speaking, Liu Zhao drank it all.

"Where is it, now that the country is in difficulty, Yidi is disrespectful, although the old man is no longer an official, he should still abide by the courtesy of the people and ministers, and share worries for the country." After that, Xu Mingwei stopped at a shallow taste.

Liu Zhao picked up the wine jug again and poured the wine full, during which he glanced at his father with his spare eyes, and saw that Liu Ling was just eating by himself, and had no intention of speaking. After a little hesitation, he said to Xu Mingwei: "Master Xu, there is something that needs to be consulted by Master in the end. ”

"Counselor Liu, please speak, don't dare to ask for advice."

"The marriage between the dog and Ling Qianjin has been decided, but the auspicious date has not yet been determined. Master, do you want to make a charter today, so that the General Military Mansion can prepare as soon as possible, so that Ling Qianjin can pass through the door. Liu Zhao looked at Xu Mingwei after speaking, and deliberately emphasized the tone in the three words "General Soldier's Mansion".

"Hehe, it's fine." Of course, Xu Mingwei understood what Liu Zhao meant: Although the Ming Dynasty is now noble and martial, the Liu family is also the deputy chief soldier of a town, not the Liu family's martial arts to climb the Xu family, but the marriage between the general military mansion and the Xu family. Seeing Liu Zhao looking at himself with a smile, Xu Mingwei was unhappy, but he thought about it: After all, the Liu family is a local general soldier, although he is famous, after all, he is already at home, and it is not easy to take it too far. Holding his beard with his hand, he groaned slightly, and said: "How about the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the yin and yang are harmonious, which is conducive to marriage. ”

"Okay, okay." Liu Zhao saw that Xu Mingwei was still acquainted, and said: "I will personally arrange the marriage link, Master Xu, please rest assured." ”

"There is General Lao Liu."

"Haha, come to Zhao'er, let's give another cup to the master." Seeing that the wedding date was set, Liu Ling temporarily put aside the unhappiness in his heart and raised his glass to toast Xu Mingwei.

"Don't dare, General Liu, General Liu, let's drink this cup together." Xu Mingwei drank it all, and no longer talked about the details of the family affair with the two--- he had his own general military office, and the three of them just toasted each other and greeted each other politely.

Xu Mingwei saw that although Liu Ling's father and son were very polite to him, they did not stammer like other martial artists, they just respected the scholars, and the gap in his heart made him feel very uncomfortable. Although he drank with the general soldiers and generals of a town, the fame and the teachings of the sages made Xu Mingwei gradually arrogant again. Funny in my heart: The two martial artists are only afraid of ecstasy in their hearts, right? It is a very glorious thing to be able to marry a famous scholar, especially a wealthy family.

Late at night, Liu Ling was slightly drunk and leaned on the couch, and after Liu Zhao sent Xu Mingwei away, he returned to the study and served Liu Ling a bowl of decanting soup. "Father, have a drink and wake up."

Liu Ling waved his hand, still relying on silence.

Liu Zhao stood aside, waiting silently. After a while, Liu Zhao asked, "Father, what is today's matter...... How is it? ”

Syllable! Liu Ling slapped the table and stood up, "How?" A sour Confucian has spoiled the rules of the dynasty, what else can he do! I am the chief soldier of a town, and I have fought for the country for decades, am I still a nerd who climbs him?! He has no power to tie the chicken, and there is nothing to be proud of! What capital is there to pretend to be big in front of the old man? ”

"Father is angry." Liu Zhao saw that Liu Ling stood up suddenly and shook a little, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him sit down. "Father, the literati of the dynasty are expensive, this is not an overnight thing, hehe, but now it is only a gold on the face. Today's scholars are no longer the literary giants of the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, the literary ability to pass on the pen and ink through the ages, and the martial arts can destroy the country and promote the Han Dynasty; Nowadays, most of them are useless scholars, who only know beautiful women, fine wine, gold and silver goods. My father was a general in the world, pacifying the Southern Barbarians, conquering rebellions, and fighting against the Japanese people. Besides, the Xu family still contributed to the army, and they made a lot of contributions to the purchase of grain and weapons, so he let him go. ”

Liu Ling leaned on the couch and closed his eyes to recuperate, did not speak, put his hands on the desk, and knocked unconsciously.

After a while, Liu Ting instructed Liu Zhao: "Write a letter to the family tomorrow, send a family member back to his hometown in Sichuan, and ask our little unicorn to come over as soon as possible and prepare to marry." ”

"Yes, father."

"In addition, Yun Wei will follow you to train and experience in the future, first be a thousand generals and lead soldiers, you get ready to say goodbye."

Liu Zhao hesitated for a moment and said, "Father, Yun Wei is still young and lacks qualifications. Is it too much for a thousand generals, it is better to be a general manager first, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public. ”

Liu Ling opened his eyes and glared at Liu Zhao. Liu Zhao panicked in his heart, and hurriedly bowed his head and stood up.

"Young and underqualified? Which of the generals in Liaodong Town dared to take eighteen horsemen to break into the Nanban camp at the age of sixteen? Qualifications? Qualifications speak by military exploits, not by age! My generation is a martial artist who licks blood with a knife, relying on military exploits to serve the public, not relying on age like rotten Confucianism to rely on the old and sell the old! How did Yunwei get its name? The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, and Weijia is returning to his hometown! Cloud-might! My Liu family's unicorn can't be a thousand! ”

"Father taught me." Liu Zhao saw that Liu Ling was angry, and he was terrified, "Father is angry, I will go to the military department tomorrow to write a letter to dredge up the relationship." ”

"All right, go down and rest, I'm tired."

Liu Zhao stepped forward to help Liu Ling lie down, put the herbal tea on the side of the desk, extinguished the lamp and candle, and said, "Father sleeps peacefully." He exited the room.

The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Xu Mingwei returned to the house and sat alone in the study to read books and taste tea to relieve the smell of alcohol. I don't know if I drink too much, and I can't calm down in my heart.

The words and deeds of Liu Ling's father and son couldn't stop replaying in their minds, and the words that were neither humble nor arrogant seemed to be naked ridicule to the head of the Xu family, who regarded himself very highly. Xu Mingwei became more and more irritable in his heart, so he simply threw the book aside, got up and paced back and forth in the study.

"It's ridiculous that I have donated grain, grass, and silver to Liu Ling's army several times before, and the posture of the two martial artists is as if they want to be on an equal footing with themselves, which is simply hateful!"

"Pop" Xu Mingwei swept the teacup on the table to the ground, and scattered the fragments of Babao tea and Jingdezhen teacup on the ground.

Then the door was pushed open, and a young girl walked in with a maid.

"Qiaoling, clean up here."

"Yes, miss." The little maid cleaned up the floor by herself.

Xu Mingwei saw that it was his daughter Xu Wanxin, who was the most beloved on weekdays, so he turned his anger into joy, beckoned and said, "Wan'er is here, come and sit." Drink tea and chat with your father. ”

Xu Wanxin is Xu Mingwei's youngest daughter, sixteen years old, born with jade-faced phoenix eyes, a voice like a hundred spirits, and a figure like a willow, but she admires heroes and admires heroes like Mu Guiying.

To say that this Xu Wanxin is also famous in Liaoyang City.

After Xu Wanxin reached the age of marriage, the threshold of the Xu family was almost stepped on by the matchmaker, but in the end, it ended with the man giving up. People who don't know the reason may think that Xu Mingwei's conditions for recruiting a son-in-law are too harsh, so that the man knows the difficulty and retreats. In fact, only Xu Mingwei, who is a father, knows the hardships in this.

Xu Wanxin is a beauty, but her heart is Mu Guiying's temper. Someone proposed, she asked, the bride price can be as much, but the man must be a hero on the battlefield, a pillar of the country, those who can only chant poetry, can not ride a horse-drawn bow; can only drink scenes, and do not know the safety of national affairs; only wants his wife's beauty, but he doesn't know that he can't be enterprising.

Xu Mingwei interacted with literati and businessmen, where is there anyone who meets the conditions of Miss Xu's family? The people who proposed their relatives all returned one by one. Xu Mingwei was anxious in his heart, and reprimanded his daughter with words such as "the life of his parents and the words of the matchmaker", but in exchange for Xu Wanxin's sword to the ground and his will to die.

Seeing that the number of people proposing marriage is decreasing day by day, basically no one comes to propose marriage again, and the deeds of Miss Xu's family have also spread all over Liaoyang City, so Xu Mingwei almost fell ill in a hurry, and Xu Wanxin still looked at Mu Guiying's biography, living the life of the eldest lady, and fantasizing about the heroic husband.

It was not until this year that Xu Mingwei was invited by the prefect to raise money and grass for the Liaoyang garrison several times, and befriended the general Liu Zhao.

Xu Wanxin's "anecdote" Liu Zhao also heard about it, but because the Xu family was a scholarly family and a civil official family, he had no idea of proposing marriage for his son before.

One day, Liu Zhao mentioned the marriage to Xu Mingwei with the mentality of trying it out. Xu Mingwei knew that Liu Zhao was the only son of Liu Ling, the general soldier of Liaoyang, and the marriage object was Liu Ling's only grandson, Liu Yunwei, although the Liu family was a martial artist, but it was not insulting to have the brand of the general soldier, and the conditions for choosing a husband proposed by his daughter should be nothing in the family of military generals, and the top priority was to marry his daughter, otherwise she would really become an old girl. So, Xu Mingwei quickly agreed. Liu Zhao was overjoyed, and then there was tonight's incident.

"Tea? Did my father want to break the porcelain piece again? Xu Wanxin stood at the door and asked.

Xu Mingwei was slightly embarrassed, laughed, and didn't say anything.

Xu Wanxin lost her temper when she saw her father come back, knowing that she might have touched her head in Liu's Mansion, she looked at her father with a smile and said, "Father is having fun going to the banquet today?" ”

"Of course!"

"That's good, my daughter still thinks that her father can't suppress the generals of the General Military Mansion."

"That.. How is that possible. Xu Mingwei was seen by his daughter, and his face turned red.

"Giggles, father doesn't have to be like this." Then, Xu Wanxin changed her words and asked, "But I don't know what kind of person Liu Yunwei is?" ”

"Hmph, that's fine. The old man is not as knowledgeable as a vulgar martial artist. Xu Mingwei was troubled by his daughter, and he couldn't get angry, so he found a step down, "What about people, I haven't seen my father yet." But...... ”

Xu Wanxin saw that her father deliberately didn't say anything, so she couldn't help but be anxious, stomped her feet, and said coquettishly: "Oh, daddy say it quickly!" ”

Xu Mingwei couldn't help laughing when he saw his daughter's appearance, and said: "As a father, I only heard that the Liu family is a tiger general, and Liu Yunwei is even braver. The old general Liu Ling has experienced a hundred battles and has been invincible, just in terms of the generals in the world, he has never allowed anyone in his eyes--- including his only son Liu Zhao. ”

"What about Liu Yunwei?"

"The old general Liu Ling compared him to the Qilin tiger of the Liu family!"