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Cheng Yu entered the inner house, and then entered the second gate, and saw more than a dozen maids walking towards this side, surrounded by a beautiful woman in her forties, this beautiful woman has a dignified face, but her face is a little unsightly, her clothes are luxurious, and she wears a ring, and every ornament is extraordinary. Even her maids are wearing the most popular Baixi satin in the capital in the past two years, bright red, big gold, luxurious and enchanting. These silks are all from Bai Ximan's hands, and they have been trafficked by the Lian chaebol, and Cheng Yu naturally knows how terrifying the price of this satin is.

Seeing the beautiful woman's face clearly, Cheng Yu stepped aside, blessed him, and said, "Madame is well." ”

This beautiful woman, she has also seen it, the last time Mrs. Shouning Hou held a dinner, Qinglan also took Cheng Yu to attend, and talked with this lady during the banquet. An Xiangbo is an old brand among the relatives of the capital, and the first An Xiangbo is named Zhang Xing, who is a native of Shouzhou. From the pawn, he first commanded the left guard of Yanshan. Later, he followed the Yongle Emperor from the dragon to raise troops, and the left guards of Yanshan were all commanded by Tongzhi. From the son of bravery, strong and daring to fight, from the Xingxing array to the elbow. Xing tried to chase the enemy alone, was wounded by dozens of wounds, and was seriously injured and did not fight. Command the envoy with a brave heir, and replace the soldiers. Talk about merit again, and Xingfeng Xiangbo.

There are many dukes and earls in the Ming Dynasty, but there are very few earls who have been named earls since the Yongle period, and they have lasted until now.

After all, Yongle has been more than 100 years old, and there have been too many political changes in the Ming Dynasty.

An Xiangbo's vein has such a long life, and his luck must be good.

However, longevity does not mean ability, there are too many wealthy families in the capital, An Xiangbo is not a very conspicuous one, this year's An Xiangbo Zhang Kun Zhengde has already attacked the knight in December of the second year, and it has been a full fifty years now, but his position is just a standard-bearer and a commander - or a false position.

A knighthood can only tell the family lineage. But the position represents real power, status, discourse, and family status.

Although they are both uncles, and one is an old brand, the other is a newcomer. But the status can be described as a difference between cloud and mud. A false standard-bearer guard commander is not comparable to Lian Zining, the general of Songhuajiang, not to mention that Lian Zining is now in full swing. Even if it is compared with financial resources, An Xiangbo's savings of more than 100 years may not be comparable to the Lian's chaebol.

Therefore, when Mrs. An Xiangbo and Chengyu Qinglan met before, they were always very polite and polite, with a faint hint of stuttering. Cheng Yu was helped up before he could continue this salute, but this time it was an exception. As if she hadn't seen her, Mrs. An Xiangbo held her face, snorted coldly, and walked straight over.

Cheng Yu was stunned, she was an extremely intelligent person, so she guessed that something must have happened to make Mrs. An Xiangbo so unhappy. And she noticed that a status like Mrs. An Xiangbo could also send Qinglan's sister-in-law out of the door. But a couple of sisters-in-law. But not a single one.

Kang Ling snorted coldly: "When I went out just now, I heard her and her wife arguing, and I don't know why, it must have collapsed." ”

Cheng Yu didn't take a declining aristocrat to heart, and chuckled: "Don't care about her, I'll ask my sister-in-law later." ”

After turning around, when he arrived at the flower hall, he really saw Qinglan, Xiaoqing and Kang Su waiting at the door, Cheng Yu walked a few steps quickly, and said, "How dare you ask your sisters-in-law to wait for me?" ”

Qinglan stepped forward to take her hand and smiled softly, "Okay." You're welcome, let's eat quickly. ”

Xiaoqing said on the side: "Yes, let's eat!" I chattered with the old devout Brahmani for a while, and I was hungry. ”…,

Qinglan glared at her, Xiaoqing didn't change her previous shy temperament even after she got married, and stuck out her tongue. Speechless.

Kang Su just laughed on the side, but didn't speak.

A few people entered the flower hall, because it was a family banquet, if it was a separate table, it would inevitably be divided, so this time it was a side stove.

The so-called side stove is hot pot.

At this time, the hot pot is already very much like the future generations. On a table of eight immortals, there is a high-legged copper stove, the charcoal fire below is blazing, the pot is like a Tai Chi pattern, and a curved partition in the middle divides the pot into two halves, half is clear soup, half is red, and a strange but tempting aroma wafts out of the pot.

Several people sat down, and Kang Ling beckoned the maid to serve sesame sauce, garlic paste and other dry utensils.

Cheng Yu looked at the pot and said in surprise: "Sister-in-law, who came up with this idea?" It's a brilliant idea, a baffle splits the pot in half, and the two sides should taste different, right? You can eat whatever you want, it's interesting. ”

Qinglan and the others glanced at each other, with a smile on their faces, Qinglan said: "You are boasting about yourself, this idea was still thought up by your brother!" ”

Kang Ling said, "Isn't it? When we were still in Leling County, we ate hot pot again in winter, and the old man was too troublesome to make two pots, so he let people build such a copper furnace, and gave it a name, called Taijitu. ”

"Taijitu?" Cheng Yu couldn't help but sigh, his old brother, sometimes it is difficult to hide his childlike innocence, and the name given to the hot pot is not afraid to let those veterans of Longhu Mountain know about coming to him.

As he spoke, several maids came up with all kinds of dishes, such as green mountain vegetables, black mushroom fungus, black and shiny bacon, red sausages, and a few plates of extremely thin and fine slices of meat, but pink. There are also green onions, ginger slices and other ingredients, which are very hearty.

"Taste it, this is roe deer meat, sent by Liu Liangchen during the day. This is a clear soup. Qinglan picked up a chopstick roe deer meat and put it into the clear soup pot, pointed to the red and bright pot of the other half and said: "This is a spicy pot, there are a lot of chili peppers in it, ah, this is it." This is also a rare thing that Liu Liangchen brought out, the old man is very concerned about this kind of thing, and he once made a list for him to look around. Like corn, this chili pepper is also imported, and it is said that it is produced in the far east, thousands of miles away, and it is not known where he found it. But the taste is excellent, taste? ”

Cheng Yu stuck out his tongue, already a little impatient.

She took chopsticks and cut very thin slices of mutton, soaked them in a spicy pot, and then dipped them in some sesame sauce and garlic paste and put them in her mouth, chewed them carefully, her eyes lit up, and she sighed. The little hand fanned the side of his mouth, and said angrily: "It's a strange taste, but it's enjoyable." ”

Kang Su poured her a glass of coconut wine and smiled, "Chilled." Press it down. ”

The hostesses of Wu Yibo's Mansion don't have any shelves when they get along with each other, and they don't have any heirs.

The meal was very warm and enjoyable. Cheng Yu's heart was warm, her parents died early, and her brother was not around, but these sisters-in-law explained to her the meaning of relatives.

Eating and saying this, Cheng Yu thought for a while in his heart, and felt that he still had to ask, so he said, "Sister-in-law." I saw Mrs. An Xiangbo just now, and I walked away and ignored me. It seems to be very displeased, is something wrong? ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the banquet was quiet, and the three of them glanced at Cheng Yu, and their eyes were a little smiling.

Qinglan said: "You don't ask this, I'm going to say it too, speaking of which, Mrs. An Xiangbo is here this time, and it's about you!" ”…,

"Concerning me?" Cheng Yu suddenly remembered a possibility, and his face turned red: "Could it be?" ”

"That's right. It's for you to be a matchmaker. ”

"Huh?" Cheng Yu's face was as red as an apple, his face was hot and hot for a while, and he said, "Then, she is ......"

As soon as I was nervous, I couldn't say anything.

Qinglan took her hand and said intimately, "Chengyu." You are sixteen this year, and it stands to reason that you are not too young, so you should say that you are kissing. Those of us who are sisters-in-law have been taking care of you all the time. ”

Cheng Yu lowered his head, his face was hot, and his heart was chaotic. For marriage, she has always felt extremely distant, she has never thought about such a thing, and it seems that she has some resistance to what you can in her heart, and when she heard the news at first glance, she was naturally shocked and shocked. It's just that what my sister-in-law said is very reasonable, but it's not easy to refuse.

Qing Lan said, her face turned cold, and she sneered: "But what kind of thing did Mrs. An Xiangbo say?" Jiang Bin's grandson, Jiang Bin is fortunate to advance, he has been favored for so many years, arrogant and lustful, who doesn't know about the Ming Dynasty? His grandson is not a good thing, he has a bad reputation at a young age, how can his sister-in-law put you in the hands of such people? As soon as Mrs. An Xiangbo proposed it, I asked me to refuse, and she was naturally extremely displeased, but she couldn't care so much. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Yu breathed a long sigh of relief, she was still worried about this matter, because of the girl's thoughts, she didn't tell her sister-in-law, saying that she didn't expect that her sister-in-law had blocked this road. Her heart suddenly felt much lighter.

Qing Lan was talking, Kang Su next to him was careful, and seeing that Cheng Yu's face was uncertain, he gently poked Qing Lan, Qing Lan suddenly came to her senses, thinking that her sister-in-law was tender, so she stopped talking.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law does this, Cheng Yu naturally has no opinion." That Jiang Weijin's notoriety, Cheng Yu has also heard of it. ”

"If only you knew that." Qing Lan's face was a little heavy, and she changed her words: "Actually, let's have dinner together today, there is another matter." ”

As soon as Qing Lan said this, Xiao Qing and the others all showed a look of surprise on their faces, Cheng Yu felt comfortable in her heart, Qing Lan obviously called everyone together before telling her, which was also a reflection of her respect. This sister-in-law is always very careful.

"Liu Liangchen came to tell me during the day, saying that it was Shouninghou who warned him, and now there are people in Beijing to check on the master." Qinglan said slowly.

"Huh?" All the women had worried looks on their faces.

"But you don't have to worry, the master has come all the way, and I don't know how many winds and waves have passed, even if someone checks on him, he can't turn over any big waves. The lord always has a way to deal with it. Qinglan smiled. As soon as she said this, all the women were also relieved. Invisibly, the steady Qinglan has become their backbone.

"Cheng Yu, after you go back, strictly investigate the top and bottom, especially those guys who have followed the master to Shandong and Fusang, you must strictly investigate, lest someone leak secrets and put the handle in the hands of others, which is absolutely impossible." Qinglan instructed.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely investigate it when I go back." Cheng Yu's eyes showed a dangerous light, whoever wants to deal with his brother must pay a painful price.

Qing Lan nodded: "Here in the Uncle's Mansion, I have already started to investigate." The master is fighting bloodily on the frontier, and we are behind, so we have to do something. ”

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Yi Shan looked at Ye Hecheng in the distance in the smoke, and his eyes suddenly became deep.

At this moment, the sound of cannons around him continued to roar, the shouts of killing in the distance, and the screams of countless people before they were dying. It seemed to be gone, and the eyes that had been blinded by blood became clear and transparent. …,

He had been to the city of Yeh.

Yeh City, thirty years ago. It is not called this name, but it is called the south guard of the Demu River, the Ming Dynasty stationed 3,000 Han troops here, as well as more than 10,000 soldiers of various ethnic minorities, and the ruling range radiates more than 300 miles around, which is a large city that can be counted in the north of the Songhua River in the entire Nuer Gandu. With this as the center, within fifty miles of the circumference. There are many Han villages and towns, which are very prosperous, and the surrounding Jurchen, Daur, tin pot and other ethnic minorities will drive big cars to come here every month to exchange daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

The Han people need fur and mountain goods, and the ethnic minorities need iron pots, salt, tea, and other things that are not rare for the Han people, and both sides take what they need. It has greatly improved the quality of life of ethnic minorities.

There are even many Jurchens and others who directly learn from the appearance of the Han people and reclaim the land. Growing crops is much more comfortable than hunting and fishing in the mountains.

But that all changed that year.

That year, Yishan was ten years old.

Countless Jurchens, led by their respective tribal leaders, stormed Han villages, wantonly slaughtered Han Chinese, raped Han women, looted their property, and burned their houses. That year, Yishan, who was only ten years old. He also followed his father, uncle and brother, picked up knives and guns, and rushed into the Han village.

At first, Yishan was still wondering, why did his father and uncle, who were usually gentle and kind, and even a little cowardly, suddenly become so violent and cruel? He saw his father crush a Han Chinese woman under him. After the hard fucking, he thrust a branch the thickness of an arm into her lower body, blood pouring in, and his father, laughing wildly, twitched with the branch, knowing that the Han woman was dying, and could only let out a very faint moan to pull out the branch. And at that time, along with it, there was countless blood and broken internal organs.

And his philanthropic mother, who was scavenging in the Han people's house, wrapped all the valuable things she could see in cloth and put them on the cart she had arrived, and soon the cart was so full that it could no longer hold anything.

His uncle, who was whipped by the tribal leader and didn't dare to curse behind his back, picked up the three-year-old child and smashed him over and over again on the hard stone grinder, knowing that he had killed the child. Then the uncle cut off the child's head and threw it into the cauldron along with the head of the man who had already been killed. The pot was filled with water, the stove was filled with firewood, and a fire was lit. Laugh as you watch the two bloody heads rise and fall in the water.

At this time, his brother, who was next to his father, raped the daughter of the family.

Yishan was puzzled.

But when he was forced by his father to press against that wonderful ketone body, a strange feeling hit him, and he had the urge to do it for the first time in his life. In the wonderful twitching, all reason was slowly drifting away, and when he twitched a cup of tea and squirted out and cut off the woman's head with his own hands, he was already completely obsessed with the feeling of being able to burn, kill and plunder unscrupulously.

He didn't know how to define it, but he knew that it was very refreshing and enjoyable.

This was the first time he had come to Nanwei, which was more than 300 miles away from his tribe.

He came many times when the Demu Henan Weiye Yehenara Department occupied it and changed its name to Yehe City.

So in the next few decades, as long as the general recruited soldiers to invade the south, he must have enthusiastically signed up, and he tasted a lot of sweetness because of this. Every time he invaded the south, the army had to assemble in Yehe City, so he was familiar with the place.

He thought that he would definitely come back here, that was before this expedition, and in his imagination, he was the follower of the resolute general who broke through the Han city, wantonly looted and committed adultery, and then returned here with the looted goods and then returned to his hometown.

But he didn't expect that he would return here in such a way and in such an identity.

The Jurchen slave soldiers of the tenth guard of the Wuyi Army.

On that day, Nurhachi attacked the camp, and in addition to capturing Zilharang, he also captured many prisoners when he was about to retreat, including Yishan. Although he hid under the pile of corpses and pretended to be dead, he was pulled out with only a slight movement of his feet, and because he pretended to be dead, he was beaten violently, and those damn wild girls almost didn't kill him.

Yishan subconsciously touched his ribs, it has been almost a month, and there is still a faint pain there, which is the sequelae left by the beating.

was arrested into Zhenyuan Mansion, and then he was assigned to the 15th household of the 10th Guard, and became one of the tens of thousands of Jurchen slave soldiers, and even because of his strong body and veteran background, he also earned an official and a half position - the official position is the 9th small banner of the 10th Guard, the 15th household, the 100th household, the 9th small banner.

The tenth guard canceled the position of the general flag, and under the hundred households, it was directly a small flag. (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )