Zhang Jiujiu smiled unnaturally, and introduced Xu Xiuping and said, "The fourth sister-in-law is the one you have seen, and this is the third sister of the official." ”

Zhu Jilan didn't look up, and said to Xu Xiuping again, "I've seen my aunt." ”

Xu Xiuping looked her brother's concubine up and down, how to say it, being young is good. Of the four women present, Xu Xiuping was the largest, almost fifty people; Xu Wang is the second, also in his forties; Zhang Jiujiu again, seven out of thirty, two years older than Xu Wei. After giving birth to multiple children, except for Zhang Jiujiu, the other two of these three women all have bucket-like waists, and the wrinkles on their faces can't be hidden.

Look at Zhu Jilan again, that tender qi, that water spirit, Xu Xiuping's daughter is not much different from her. I don't know if it's jealousy because of this, or for some other reason, as an eldest sister-in-law, Xu Xiuping said a little seriously: "Although we are all brothers and sisters, we are guests when we come, why don't you show up for a long time?" Do you want your younger siblings to work before and after? ”

When Zhang Jiujiu heard this, he persuaded: "Third sister, in fact, ......" Before she finished speaking, she was pulled by Xu Wang's family and signaled her not to say it.

Zhu Jilan was a little frightened, holding her hands tightly, and she didn't know how to justify, and she stammered: "Auntie, the lesson is a lesson." ”

"It's not to teach you a lesson, although our Xu family is not a scholarly family, there are still family rules. Although my brother is a lieutenant, how many servants do you think there are in this house? Many things are handled by younger siblings, and when you enter the door, you need to share it for her, you know? Xu Xiuping is actually not a snarky person, but she thinks of herself as an aunt, and she has to say these things.

I wish Ji Lan trembling, and the voice should be. Zhang Jiujiu saw that she was really at a loss, and interjected: "Sister, then you take Fangxiu to the cellar and get a jar of wine, forget it, take one more jar, the fourth brother of my brother-in-law is massive." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Jilan was amnesty and hurriedly responded. After another salute, he left the back garden with Fangxiu as if he had escaped. Xu Xiuping watched her leave, and said to her two brothers-in-law: "Looking at her appearance, she doesn't look like a strange person?" ”

"Her father was a magistrate of the county, and two years ago because of greed and reckless human life, he was impeached and verified by the Criminal Division, and was assigned 500 miles to be managed, and he was confiscated by his family. She was sent to Fengzhou and naturalized in the workshop. It was also by chance that I met, so I bought it out of trust and raised it in my house for half a year. Xu Wang sighed.

"It's a miserable person. It can be seen that I am afraid that she was used to being pampered in the past, brother and sister, you will teach her more in the future. Xu Xiuping said.

Speaking of this, Zhu Jilan left the back garden in a hurry with the maid, and she was always worried in her heart. When they came to their senses, both the master and the servant were dumbfounded, because they didn't know where the cellar was! didn't dare to go back and ask again, Zhu Jilan was afraid of being reprimanded again, so she was so anxious that she was about to cry, but Fangxiu comforted: "Erniang, don't worry, wait for the maid to find someone to ask." ”

"Okay, it's faster." Zhu Jilan nodded again and again.

As soon as Fang Xiu left, she was even more panicked. Because it has only been a few days since she married into the house, she is not even familiar with this "home", and she is worried that she will be criticized for walking around, so she can only stand in place and wait. But Fangxiu walked for a long time and didn't come back, and when she was at a loss, she suddenly saw two people walking in front of her, and she didn't recognize it, so she hurriedly withdrew from the cloister and stood in the courtyard.

It was Xu Wei's brother-in-law Fan Jing and his brother Xu Si, who were walking with a smile and a smile, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a young woman standing in the courtyard, bowing her head and not daring to see anyone, and she didn't know who she was. But as they passed, they saluted.

"Who is this?" Xu Si asked.

"Haven't you seen it, the side room where the ninth brother is newly married?" Fan Jing guessed. As the two spoke, they went to the back garden.

Zhu Jilan breathed a sigh of relief, everything here was unfamiliar to her. And she's clearly not a very adaptable person, and everyone here scares her.

"What are you doing here?" A voice sounded coldly, and Zhu Jilan trembled in horror. Looking closely, I saw Xu Wei standing in the corridor, he estimated that he had just returned from the yamen, and he was still wearing official clothes. Seeing the smile on his face, I wish Ji Lan some relief.

"My sister told me to go and get wine, because I couldn't find a place, so I asked Fangxiu to find someone to ask." At least in front of Xu Wei, I wish Jilan can say a complete sentence and not stutter.

"Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law have arrived, right?" Xu Wei asked as he walked down.

"It's all here, just wait for the captain to come back and start the banquet." Zhu Jilan held his head high and looked up at the man.

"Oh, then I'm going to change my outfit and come out." Xu Wei said casually, and walked in the direction of his bedroom. After taking a few steps, I looked back and saw that Zhu Jilan was still standing in place, and said with a smile, "You continue to be here?" After finishing his words, he went straight away.

Looking left and right for a while, but not seeing Fangxiu come back, Zhu Jilan hesitated for a moment, but finally followed. She didn't dare to get too close to Xu Wei, nor did she dare to drag too far, she followed behind like a little follower. It wasn't until Xu Wei pushed open the door and entered a room that she found that she had come to Madame's bedroom.

As soon as Xu Wei entered the door, he untied his belt, took off his hat again, took off his official clothes, and saw that he was holding it in his hand, Zhu Jilan wanted to go up and pick it up and hang it on the shelf for him, but his body leaned forward several times, but he couldn't move. Xu Wei didn't call her, glanced back, and hung up his outfit.

"You don't have to stay in the room all day, she's a kind person, and it's best to get along with. Just talk to her more. "Xu Wei is referring to Zhang Jiujiu.

Zhu Jilan snorted, still standing at the door.

"If you are bored, go out for a walk, although Qinzhou City is not vast, but there are still many places worth visiting. Actually, you don't have to be restrictive, I don't have too many rules here. As Xu Wei spoke, he changed into casual clothes, didn't wear a hat, and packed up and walked out.

Zhu Jilan flashed over, lowered his head, and let him go ahead.

Xu Wei stopped in front of her, looked at his little concubine, and frowned slightly. After a while, he said, "If you really don't feel comfortable, you don't have to attend, and eat in the room with your maid." ”

Hearing this, I wish Ji Lan a thousand thanks in her heart, she really didn't dare to face those "powerful" women. For example, Mrs. Xu, after redeeming herself and going to the mansion, often taught this and that; Another example is Taiwei's sister, who doesn't seem to be a fuel-efficient lamp, standing in front of her, her legs tremble.

"Captain Xie." I wish Ji Lan a blessing, and said sincerely.

Xu Wei's eyes narrowed, and he didn't say anything, he walked away, took a few steps, and shook his head slightly...... "Sister, brother-in-law, fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I should have been back at noon, but something happened temporarily." Xu Wei turned into the back garden, and Lao Yuan apologized.

Xu Xiuping grabbed it, looked at it, and said happily: "Brother, it's only been a month since I saw you last time, but you have grown some meat?" ”

Xu Wangshi immediately took over the conversation: "I also think that the ninth brother is stronger." Listen to my younger siblings, these days you eat and drink all day long? ”

Xu Wei knew that once the two women opened their mouths, they would not have the right for him to speak. So he nodded violently and sat down on the throne.

"Lao Jiu, something happened?" Xu Shengguan worshiped Liangxing to appease the deputy envoy, he has a good temper, and he can get along with whoever he works with, but he is not as successful as the other brothers of the Xu family.

Xu Wei happened to have something he wanted to talk to his brother about, but this banquet was also the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he still didn't want to talk about business. Then he went over perfunctorily and asked casually: "Fourth brother, I heard that you are going to be a grandfather?" ”

This sentence stabbed the hornet's nest, and after Xu Si answered affirmatively, Xu Xiuping and Xu Wang's two rushed up and counted the purple gold tiger down. I just didn't care about the presence of my younger siblings and two nieces, so I didn't say anything too ugly.

"It's done, I know, I know, I know, sit down, come and come, eat, and admire the moon." Xu Wei urged.

"Hey, what about the man who took the wine? Planted in the wine jar? Xu Xiuping suddenly shouted.

"It's okay, she's a little unwell, I let her go back to her room." Xu Wei said calmly.

The reason why Xu Jiu went home late was because he received an urgent report from Yan Yan. The Jin army gathered a large number of troops within the Jinning army west of the Yellow River in northern Shaanxi, and crossed the border to advance to Mizhi. He urgently discussed with Wu Jue and others, and basically ruled out the possibility of a large-scale attack by the Jin army. His instructions to his cousin were to fight, where did they come from, where to fight back, without any scruples, without worrying about destroying the Song-Jin peace talks, and if they could wipe out the invading Jin army, it would be the best.

With such instructions, doesn't he want to focus on reconstruction? Forgot Xu Churen's advice? No, only those who dare to fight can make peace! This is true in any era. Jin Ren made a big fuss this time, why? It's for temptation! It is estimated that the Jurchens also knew that Shaanxi had set off a wave of reconstruction, so they came to try it and see what kind of reaction the Western Army had.

Xu Hong got this sentence, and at the end of August, he dispatched 3,000 elite soldiers from Yan Yan and personally led him to Suide. When he arrived, the Suide garrison had already fought with the Jin army, and there were casualties among each other, and now the Jin army was stationed more than 20 miles northwest of Mizhi Village.

Xu Hong did not say hello, and commanded nearly 10,000 infantry troops to press the Jin army with great fanfare. The two armies fought for half a day, ending with the retreat of the Jin army, the red-haired tiger stranded the border, submitted a letter to cross, and again, and pumped you.

This news was soon reported to Yanshan Mansion, in front of Marshal Wushu of the Great Golden Capital. The Western Army was not wrong in its judgment, this small-scale military operation was personally instructed by the Marshal of Dajindu, and its purpose was to take the opportunity to test the reaction of the Western Army. If it is said that the Western Army compromised and retreated in consideration of the overall situation of the truce and war between the two countries, it means that Xu Huer really took the peace negotiations between the two countries seriously. If the Western Army is tough, it means that Xu Wei is really not a good bird!

After Yan Zongpan was executed on charges of "rebellion", the Zonggan Zongbi brothers had cleared his henchmen and taken control of the power and military power of the Dajin Kingdom. However, this did not make the brothers feel relieved, because they received the news that the party members and Xu Weimei were eye-catching, and the autumn waves were frequent, and it was not a day or two.

Based on this, they believed that the relationship between Western Xia and Shaanxi was by no means as promised by Li Renxiao, the lord of Xia, but only pure "business and trade exchanges", and there must be something greasy here. even made it clear that Western Xia might want to rebel against Dajin!

This is absolutely unacceptable and absolutely unbearable for the Golden Kingdom! In recent times, the increase in the military strength of the south has been obvious, especially led by the Western Army under the control of Xu Wei. Mo said that the past of the Jin Army's warriors was no longer over, and the last three large-scale military struggles even ended in the defeat of the Jin Army. Although the Dajin Kingdom has relied on signing troops to fight wars in recent years, which is not a reflection of its highest level, this situation is still worrying.

Moreover, the young emperor in the south of the Yangtze River, who didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, actually put on a stunned posture of a newborn calf who was not afraid of the tiger. I can't keep one day his head is hot and he does such a thing as the Northern Expedition, which must not be tolerated!

Zong Bi proposed to his eldest brother Zong Gan to gather the elite of the Jurchens and Bohai, and transfer some of the troops defending Yelu Dashi on the Western Front, and continue to launch an offensive with the strategic goal of taking Xianghan!

However, Wanyan Zonggan, who was in charge, did not agree. He believes that the Dajin Kingdom is now in a situation of internal and external difficulties. In China, the implementation of the Sinicization reform has aroused all kinds of contradictions, especially the two rivers. Although the rebellion of the Khitans was suppressed, it also showed that in the original Liao State, the rule of the Jurchens was not as stable as Mount Tai.

The previous military offensive was repeatedly frustrated, and now Xu Wei is mixed with the party members again. Since the founding of Dajin, there has probably never been a period as dangerous as it is now. If you rush to send troops, once you are defeated, you will reach the point where you will shake the country's foundation! Now is not the time for war.

Seeing this, Zong Bi asked rhetorically, why don't you fight? Zong Gan replied, vertical and horizontal.

If the south wants to fight for all the forces that can be fought for to resist Jin, we will divide it in a targeted manner. The main thing is the Western Xia. The reason why Lord Xia is close to Shaanxi is nothing more than that our Dajin Kingdom has lost his words several times and has not given him a fief, so he is angry.

Now, we only need to move our fingers, and the party members will immediately turn the knife to Xu Wei. Didn't the Lord of Xia want land? No problem, although Shaanxi is not in our hands, Hedong is still there. Xixia had wanted to ask for the area bordering it in the northwestern part of the river before, and this time we fulfilled him, so that the dog no longer bared its teeth at the master, but went to bite Xu Wei.

Song Jianwu was in the sixth year, Jin Tianjun was in the fifth year, in September. The Dajin Kingdom took Zhang Tonggu as an envoy and entered Western Xia to see Li Renxiao, the lord of Xia. Xu Yi cut the land and asked the Western Xia to cut off contacts with Shaanxi.

Li Renxiao is not stupid, since his Lao Tzu was alive, the Jurchens have played them like fools several times. Every time, I generously promised that I would cede as many states and counties as I wanted to you, but I didn't even give you a hair. Now you draw me a cake and tell me to break off relations with Shaanxi, no, you Jurchens really regard the party members as uncivilized barbarians, right? Fuck you, Lao Tzu just honored Confucius as the "Emperor Wenxuan", greatly promoted Confucianism, and ordered all states and counties to set up temples to worship and treat him with the emperor's courtesy. Even the Han people, there is no dynasty or generation that respects Confucius as the emperor, right?