Chapter 8: The Battle of Luzi Pass Again (4)
"Don't go - this matter is not ββ!"
A shout came from someone in the inner room of the secret conversation, startling the boy and the lady who were playing with a wooden toy outside, and the boy turned his gaze to the woman in confusion, but the woman smiled and shook her head to show that he should not worry.
I can guess with my toes that my husband's strange temper has been committed again......
Seeing that the little boy was still not at ease, the woman smiled faintly, pulled him past him and whispered: "I taught you that "Burrow Inscription" a few days ago, do you remember?" β
The boy nodded: "Remember-"
The woman whispered, "Carry it to my mother......
The little boy put down the toy in his hand, stood up and shook his head, and the little adult began to reverse: "The mountain is not high, and there are immortals in the name." The water is not deep, and if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual. Si is a burrow, but Wu Dexin ......"
ββ¦β¦ There is a great deal of talk and laughter, and there is no vain correspondence......"
In the humble room, the two "Hongru" were confronting each other, and Li Bin persuaded bitterly: "Don't be too stubborn, don't be too stubborn, such a hard life in the mountains is not a long-term method after all." You have a family and a room now, it's not like before to live alone, brother and sister and Xuan'er, you will get bored after a long time, even if you don't plan for your own family, you have to think a little more for their mother and son? β
The ugly middle-aged man on the opposite side with a sharp mouth and a monkey cheeks and nostrils shook his head with a disapproving expression and said, "Brother is surprised by this, if your brother and sister were such a vain person, they would not marry the younger brother back then, and the younger brother would not marry her." Folk fools and foolish women have a saying, marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, how can there be a reason to regret it later? Not to mention that today's world is chaotic, it is rare for a scholar to be able to protect the leader, that is, in the prosperous era, most of the foolish couples who are good at learning are also despised by those righteous men and gentlemen, even if they can't be reprimanded in person, they have to scold a 'heresy' behind their backs, and the younger brother didn't have the idea of fighting for those false names, so why bother to run out to find scolding at home? β
Li Bin smiled bitterly, and then asked, "Brother and sister are virtuous, they won't worry about you, what about Xuan'er?" After a few years, he is sensible, can he still endure this poverty? You are so good to be a hermit, with Xuan'er's qualifications, if you are willing to study history for a few years, not to mention the county test, you will go to Bianliang to get a champion, why is it difficult? Won't your husband and wife have a sparkle on their faces then? Isn't it like living old in this deep mountain? β
A trace of disdain appeared on the middle-aged man's face: "What's the use of learning the Nine Classics and Six Arts?" In today's chaotic world, the emperor lost his way and the people were devastated, and he was full of money and could not compare to the real knife and real gun, Wang Wenbo studied the academic method for half his life, but when he reached middle age, he was fascinated by the heart to test the champion of Lao Shizi, but he was famous all over the world, and the princes were in chaos, so scared that he went back to his hometown to take his life. Now a man in his forties is willing to work as a copywriter for a boy who was born as a tea merchant, is he very promising? Although I Ye Qiyu has no intention of learning any hermits, I also admire Tao Yuanming's integrity and demeanor, and disdain to bend my waist for five buckets of rice......"
Speaking of this, Li Bin also got a little angry: "Qi Mian is very tough, who rushed to Bianliang to ask Yelu Deguang for an official?" Are you willing to serve the Khitans, but the Han people are not willing to serve? The doctor who talks about temperament and style has seen a lot of brothers in this life, but the only one who has such a 'temperament' is only one of you, you can live in seclusion in Yanzhou for several years, and you can marry your brother and sister like a beautiful flower, the foolish brother is busy before and after, there is no half of the credit, and there is always hard work, right? Today I gave up this old face to invite you out of the mountain, what, do you Ye Qimian really want the world to scold you for being ungrateful? β
The man who called himself "Ye Qiyu" lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Brother Wenzhi, the younger brother and Neizi can stay together, not because the younger brother begged you to save her life, there are thousands of fools in the world, and only the younger brother is the bosom friend of Neizi, otherwise even if Neizi sinks into the lake and dies that day, he is not willing to marry someone casually to live in the world, but these, Brother Wenzhen can't comprehend it......"
These few words really annoyed Li Bin, he stood up and said coldly: "Let's go...... I'm a fool, so naturally I don't dare to stay in your pure place for long, otherwise it will be a great sin to defile your pure placeββ"
After that, he casually threw his hand: "I will leave ...... here."
With that, the Yanzhou Observation Judge stood up, pushed open the door and strode out, ignoring even the woman and the child in the outhouse.
The woman called the eldest brother twice, Li Bin did not react, strode away, Ye Qiyu slowly walked out of the house, looking at Li Bin's back, her eyes were full of complicated looks, and the woman complained: "After all, the eldest brother is the one who saved your life and mine, and he is a great benefactor, your words are too ugly......
Ye Qiyu smiled faintly and bitterly: "I don't want to hurt him, but if I don't stop thinking about him today, I'm afraid that he will come to Luo Yi in the future, and now he has such a good life, but he won't have it......"
The woman gave him a blank look: "You and I are not engaged in farming, if the eldest brother is really angry and breaks off with us and no longer gives grain and rice, won't Xuan'er be hungry?" β
Ye Qiyu smiled slightly: "Don't worry, you have been in Yanzhou for decades and have a reputation in nine counties, what kind of person is your eldest brother?" If he is really so small-bellied, he is not Li Wenqian......"
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On the first day of April in the second year of Guangshun, on the outskirts of Sanshui County, the family camp.
A young man dressed in a soldier's uniform galloped all the way into the tent of the three towns of the imperial court, and the soldiers guarding the tent around the tent of the central army turned a blind eye to it.
"Ah Weng - Fifth Uncle's Letter ββ!" The young man bowed down on one knee and offered a sheep-sealed scroll with both hands, and then stepped aside with a grin.
Zhi Congruan looked at this young man with a smile, but he was not in a hurry to open Zhi Deyuan's letter first, and reprimanded him harshly without half a minute: "They are all generals who command a battalion, or are they not half majestic like this, you are so virtuous, how can the soldiers below be willing to obey you?" The division of tigers and wolves, can you find a monkey as the commander? β
The young man shook his hand again and again: "Stop...... Cease...... Ah Weng, Fang Zheng, strict and loyal and able to serve the public, with a big brother, a father and you, you can be said to have a successor; Brave and able to fight to make the enemy fearful, one of our iceman-like brothers-in-law is enough, and one more me, I am afraid that the army will freeze to death one or two before it needs to be dispatched, isn't it bad luck? The grandson doesn't have such great ambitions, as long as the father stops reprimanding others at every turn, he will be content......"
Seeing the sad face of this little grandson, and thinking about the stereotypical face like a wood carving, Zhe Congruan couldn't help but say, "You cunning, you don't have big ambitions, and you still use your eldest brother to come out and talk about things; What's more, she even said that your brother-in-law is an iceman, and the next time your sister-in-law returns to the door, carefully she peels off your skin......"
Thinking of the terrifying girl who has been terrifying since she was a child, the hairs on her body stood up, fortunately, this female rakshasa was now sent to Taiyuan, otherwise if she knew that she was ridiculing her husband behind her back...... That consequence Yu Qing didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Zhi Congruan took out Zhi Deyuan's letter and read it carefully, the first half was still smiling, and when he saw the second half, his brows gradually became entangled, and when he saw that in the end, the old warlord who might not be able to change color in front of him actually stood up from the bed and slowly paced in the tent.
Zhi Yuqing was stunned to watch his grandfather go around in a circle in the tent, almost a little dizzy as the iceberg melted and the river flowed backwards.
Fold has been through Ruan's ups and downs for more than 30 years, and there is nothing that can make him so moved, on weekdays, Fold Yuqing has seen too much of his grandfather's calm and calm, even if the big things are just a smile for him, but what is written in the letter of the fifth uncle today can make the old man stand up and go around in circles unconsciously.
Before he could react, Zhi Congruan suddenly turned his head and asked, "Has the person who went to Jingzhao Mansion to inquire about the news come back?" Zhang Yongde left Shaanzhou six days ago, and now it's time to climb to Chang'an......"
Zhi Yuqing was speechless for a moment, he smiled bitterly: "Ah Weng, from Chang'an to Sanshui, the fast horse will have to run for three days, even if Zhang Zuowei arrives in Chang'an today, the person who sent the letter will only set off at this moment......"
After asking that sentence, Zhi Congruan didn't seem to have any intention of listening to his grandson's answer, he thought for a long time in a daze, shook his head and nodded for a while, and after a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief and muttered, "Yuqing, ......"
"Grandson is hereβ" Zhi Yuqing thought that his grandfather had some very important task to be completed by himself, and hurriedly stepped forward to listen to the order, but the words that Zhi said from under Ruan suddenly made him feel the urge to hit the wall and vomit blood......
"If you're a daughter...... How nice it must be......" sighed as if this was the most regrettable thing in the world.
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"The Imperial Secretaryβ"
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"The Imperial Secretaryβ"
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"Yuqing-" Zhi Congruan had to grab the ear of this good grandson and shouted, and then Zhi Yuqing responded weakly: "The grandson is ......"
Zhi Congruan ignored the sad and indignant look on his face, and instructed himself: "Go and order the commanders of all battalions, the whole army is on standby, and report to Gao Yunquan and Li Bin in Yanzhou quickly, in view of the signs of Tuoba Guangyuan going south, your fifth uncle and the Luziguan guards are insufficient, and the old man will personally lead the sergeants to meet the support, and the military force will be assisted in matters such as grain supply, and the baggage and baggage should be prepared, and the heavy battalion will be ordered to make dry food overnight tonight, and in any case, it will be enough for the army to eat dry food for ten days......"
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"A-Ongβthis ...... This is......? β
"What is this?" Zhe Congruan rolled his eyes and asked this unsuccessful grandson.
"Don't you understand......
"The day after tomorrow, we will go to Yanzhou to ......!"
Zhi Congruan said with a smile.
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Li Bin was angry and went out of the mountain overnight, and it was already the afternoon of the next day when he returned to Yanzhou, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw his son Li Jingcun standing at the door with an embarrassed face, and he couldn't help but straighten his face and said: "You don't work hard in the study, what are you doing when you run out?" β
Li Jingcun breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a wry smile: "Back to my father, Commander Liao of the left battalion of the Zhangwu Army came yesterday, my father was not at home, and my son persuaded and couldn't persuade him, he waited in the living room for a night, and my son didn't know how to distinguish it here......"
Li Bin was stunned when he heard this, Liao Jianzhong was a famous ****** in the Zhangwu Army, as a military person, his garrison and the army under his jurisdiction were in Xicheng, but he was able to live with Li Bin and Qin Gu without incident. When he mutined last year, he couldn't control the troops, and was tied up in the house by the deputy commander, but he didn't hurt his life, and after the mutiny, the soldiers who rebelled came back and let him go, and still recognized him as a commander, it should be said that this is a typical soldier of this era, who can't control the troops, but there is no great harm, Li Bin has always looked at Liao Jianzhong in this way before. Moreover, although Liao Jianzhong couldn't restrain his soldiers from disturbing the market, he resisted Gao Shaoji's troops to coerce Qin Gu to carry out the order of the resettlement notice, and for this alone, Li Bin had a great impression of this Liao commander.
But good feelings are good feelings, the five generations of civil and military affairs, civil officials rarely interact with military generals, and military generals will not enter the door of civil officials if they have nothing to do, which is almost an unwritten rule. Living in the same city for so many years, but Liao Jianzhong has never come to Li Bin to pay a visit and give gifts during the New Year's holidays, what's wrong today, he suddenly came to the door and didn't say anything, he actually spent a night in his own house and refused to leave, is there something big?
When Li Bin walked into the living room, Liao Jianzhong was dozing off, he coughed lightly, Liao Jianzhong was awakened, and when he saw that it was Li Bin, the thick sleepiness on his face suddenly disappeared, and he hurriedly got up, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Liao Jianzhong, the commander of the lowly left battalion, has seen the observation of the adults......
Li Bin was stunned again, Liao Jianzhong visited the shrine in such a regular manner, which is also an extremely rare thing.
He stretched out his hand and helped him out: "Commander Liao, please get up, civil and military affairs, since the Liang and Tang Dynasties, the military generals have seen civil officials regardless of their rank and rank, but your old man does not dare to be a ......."
Liao Jianzhong smiled bitterly, but refused to get up, and said: "Since Commander Li of the former battalion sees that observation is done in this way, he is a captain of Xuanjie, and his official rank is one level higher than that of his humble position, and his humble position naturally has to perform this salute, not only a humble position, but from today on, the whole battalion of the Zhangwu Army, including the deputy envoy Zhang Zongzhi in the Ya, will perform this salute when he sees observation......
When Li Bin heard this, he suddenly understood in his heart that Liao Jianzhong's coming here must not be his own idea, and nine times out of ten it was the result of the discussion among the officers in the Zhangwu Army, and from his words, it seemed that even Gao Shaoji's sworn friend Zhang Tu also participated in this discussion.
He silently helped Liao Jianzhong up: "Commander Liao doesn't have to be like this, you are here, do you know about the service and the yamen?" β
Liao Jianzhong took a look: "It's good, who will go to Jiezhen Mansion to touch the mold?" If Gao Shizhong and Gao Yanei could still call the wind and rain in Yanzhou City now, we Qiu Ba would not have the cheekiness to ask for observation......"
Li Bin glanced at him and asked lightly, "Oh, what's the matter with the old man?" β
Liao Jianzhong said with a wry smile: "Zhang Tu, the deputy envoy of the Zhangwu Army, Zang Chuanqing, the commander of the right battalion, Doulu Jiewang, the commander of the rear battalion, and the five leaders of the middle battalion, quietly came to the lowly camp the day before yesterday and discussed with the lowly until late at night, and did not ......go back until late at night."
At this point, he hesitated and didn't know how to speak.
Li Bin nodded quietly: "Oh, there must be important military affairs......?" β
Liao Jianzhong shook his head with embarrassment: "Observe, the lowly position is a rough person, and he won't talk around the bend." I'll just say it bluntly, and I hope that I won't blame him for being reckless......"
Li Bin nodded: "It's a big deal, but it's okay for you to say it-"
Liao Jianzhong said slowly: "As soon as everyone pushes the lowly post to come and observe, the lowly post is willing to support the observation to replace the Gao family, and is willing to support the observation for the Zhangwu Army to control the military affairs and civil affairs of the five battalions and nine counties, everyone is sincere, and I hope that the observation will not shirkββ"
"Ahββ?h Although he had a certain psychological preparation, Li Bin almost knocked over the water cup in his hand after listening to Liao Jianzhong's words.
"The lowly knows that the observation is a person who has learned about it, and he must not look down on such a two-faced behavior as a lowly position. To tell the truth, if it weren't for the urgency of all his comrades, the lowly would never have wanted to come to observe the loss of this person in the house; Don't blame General Zhang and his comrades for observing, they can't do anything, their subordinates have not been paid for three consecutive months, they really can't hold on, and there are constantly people in the Japanese army who want to mutiny in tandem in the past few days, but they have all been forcefully suppressed by the lowly officials...... "Liao Jianzhong said with a wry smile.
When Li Bin heard this, he suddenly understood Liao Jianzhong's intentions, Li * emptied Gao Yunquan's treasury, and the Gao family couldn't come up with money and food to pay the soldiers......
He smiled faintly and said: "There has been no pay for three months, and the soldiers have not made trouble for a long time, which is also strange......"
Liao Jianzhong sneered and said: "I didn't dare before, Commander Li - oh is the soldiers of Li Patrol are stationed outside the city, once there is a disturbance, it is extremely convenient to enter the city to quell the rebellion, everyone is afraid of Inspector Li." Last month, Li Inspector led his troops to Luzi Pass, and only then did some people in the army move their minds, but they were temporarily suppressed by the lowly officials. The lowly officials knew that Inspector Li listened to the observation the most, as long as the observation lord said the last sentence, the inspection would definitely not make a few battalions of thousands of brothers starving, so after the lowly officials discussed, they felt that the only way for everyone to survive was to be elected to observe the Yanzhou Jiedu, otherwise if they lasted another two or three months, even if they couldn't afford to mutiny, everyone would starve to death......"
A few years ago, Li * gave half a year's salary to the soldiers of several battalions in one go, but now the army is far from being able to eat, and Li Bin knows it in his heart. The Gao family shogunate failed to pay the army for three consecutive months, and this group of soldiers began to worry about the jobs in the second half of the year, these people have lost confidence in the Gao family, and in their opinion, this old servant may have no oil and water in his hands, so he is ready to change his face......
Li Bin sneered: "You are actually not afraid of me, I am a literati, I can't resist my shoulders and can't lift my hands, what can I control you?" Instead of going around in circles to promote me, it is better to directly promote Li Huairen......"
Liao Jianzhong listened, and there was no trace of shame on his face: "Don't hide the observation, the brothers discussed this matter for half a night on the eve of the week, and everyone thought that if Li Inspector was willing to do Jiezhen, he did it a year ago, but he was unwilling to do it then, and he may not be willing to do it now." In today's Yanzhou, whoever is the festival envoy can't pass the level of Li Patrol, but only observing and being a festival envoy, Li Patrol must be in favor......"
Li Bin sighed for a while when he heard this, although all of them had no knowledge, the abacus in their minds was very fine......
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It's not very comfortable today, the update is a little late, but it's still cheeky to ask for tickets, and try to ensure the second watch at night......