Chapter 403: Counting Birds with One Stone (Part II)
In any era, in any identity, everyone actually has a burning fire of gossip in their hearts, but the way of expression is different. It is so big that the officialdom speculates on the thoughts of political opponents and wins over allies; In the shopping mall, it is inferred to know the bottom line of the opponent and make allies; As small as bragging, fart, and visually inspecting the "geometry" geometry of the opposite partition, there are only those who dare not actually 'operate', and there is nothing that they dare not think.
The power of public opinion is terrifying. To explain in the official language of the Han Dynasty, it is the end of the illness that Qianfu refers to. Therefore, as one of the seven wealthy businessmen of the Han Dynasty, the old man Zhen Jian, the head of the Zhen family in Hebei, naturally does not want to have a reputation for bullying his own daughter, especially in front of these unprovoked military men.
Lu Bujun is one of the few soldiers in the Han Dynasty, and it can even be said that it is the only strong army that does not produce and only focuses on training and boiling every day. The result of this is that although the combat power can be called unparalleled, the severity and boring of daily training can also be imagined. Therefore, in addition to strict military discipline, LΓΌ Bu's leniency in dealing with the occasional complaints and good-natured ridicule of these soldiers when there was no war was also obvious. Over time, although these soldiers respect Lu Buenwei and are willing to die for it, Boss Lu, who has a lot of controversy about his private life in his spare time, has come step by step, and is now the number two person in the army, but he also dares to arrange Qin who has a bad private reputation.
For these, the army from Lu Bu down to Lu Bu often turns a blind eye, at most it is just a matter of mediating the severity of the matter. He even made good use of it to boost morale, such as Qin Xuzhi's Qingzhou soldiers. It is the "result" that Lu Bu has achieved by taking advantage of the situation. It can also be regarded as a simplified version of the late Han Dynasty in which later generations used public opinion to dominate the trend.
But right now, this group of flying cavalry soldiers under the command of the veteran Cheng Lian or the first fierce generals who are about to evolve into Qin Xu's guards. But the collective shut up. I didn't even dare to show a probing look too much. Those who are familiar with Lu Bujun immediately know that this is the exclusive "treatment" of the eldest lady Lu Lingqi.
Lu Bu's childlessness has always been a topic with hard injuries. Seeing that Miss Lu is already a person (wife), and I didn't see any more good news from Boss Lu, who was only forty years old, it once made the morale of the army low. The armies in these years were all private armies, which was common knowledge among the Han people, even the so-called regular army of the Han Dynasty was no exception, although it was the imperial court's money. also worked hard for the imperial court, but in the final analysis, it was the one who actually controlled the life and death of these soldiers. Often, it is the actual person in charge of the military. Therefore, especially in a period like the current period when the world is in turmoil and the princes are in their own ways, the inheritance of the main generals of the first army. Often for the soldiers under his command. It is tantamount to the emperor's choice of the crown prince, which is also a great thing.
Therefore, Lu Lingqi, who is Lu Bu's only blood relative, has become the hope of the army. It's good that the grandson is also his own bloodline. But before, because of Lu Bu's spoiling, Miss Lu also developed that fiery temperament, and she got the true biography of Wen Hou, that is, in the trap camp known as a strong army among the strong army. It's also like a fish in water. The Han woman is also gentle and frugal, and the remarks that no talent is virtue are because of Dong Zhongshu's actions when he was Emperor Wu. There is also a considerable market, and women like Cai Yan are already an outlier, and most of them are not regarded as freaks because Cai Yong's name is too big, and if the daughter of a Confucian in China is also talented, it is a very rare thing. But Lu Lingqi is different, even the soldiers of Lu Bu, who regards Lu Lingqi as his little princess, before the demonic Qin "comes out", he is not very optimistic about a girl who carries Fang Tian's halberd all day long, and has Lu Bu's inheritance in strength, which is several times higher than the usual, what kind of Fang Shen can subdue. Not to mention topics such as the blood relationship of his grandson, therefore, in the Lu Bujun, who is thinking about extreme contradictions but invariably suppressed, everything that involves Miss Lu has become taboo or habit over time.
"Zhong Ming, what's wrong?" Although Lu Lingqi is a little girl and has no military position, she is Lu Bu's daughter after all, and to a certain extent, she has taken on the mission of "connecting the upper and lower levels", and her speech is even better than that of Qin Someone, the commander of the First Army.
"I didn't ...... It's okay! Qin Xu only felt that he was talking and his heart was empty. I was expecting Zhen Jiang to jump away after seeing Lu Lingqi coming, and leave his "embrace" at the worst time, but he didn't know what medicine this girl had taken wrong, but instead arched her body fiercely, holding Qin Xu's waist tightly with both hands, as if her head was almost squeezed into Qin Xu's arms.
Ami is a Buddha! Although the beauty is in his arms, Qin Xu has no intention of enjoying it at all. First, this person is bent on Boss Lu, if something really happens, I can't say that someone Qin will call her aunt with Lu Lingqi, and in this silent onlookers who are obviously holding back a smile, as the commander of the first army, this face is lost, besides, Lu Lingqi, the wife of the old Qin family who carried a sedan chair to marry and the only daughter of Boss Lu, looked at it next to her, and seemed to be studying whether the posture of the two of them was comfortable, where could Qin Xu's old face go?
"You...... You guys...... Not! It was Zhen Jian who said this. Maybe I didn't expect that what was originally good would eventually evolve to this point. At the moment when Lu Lingqi appeared, Zhen Jian only felt that any family, any face, and any of the seven wealthy businessmen could no longer play a role at this moment. My wife, especially the target's daughter, is "caught", what kind of honor and plan are you talking about? Is it difficult to say to Lu Lingqi that this is to express closeness to the "juniors" who are not a few years younger than her in advance? What a liar! The poor old Zhen family is now so famous that they can get it, and they let Zhen Jiang's crazy move be completely defeated. At the moment, what Lao Zhen wants to do most is to learn from Zhen Jiang to hug himself casually and bury his head. But in the end, there were strong men in the army on the left and right, and no one looked like a person to mess with, and because he was afraid that they would know about it at the beginning, he asked Zhen Kun to keep them away from them from last night and didn't take them with him. Zhen Jian, who had nothing to rely on left and right, simply "fainted" before Lu Lingqi opened her mouth to ask.
"There's still half an hour to go, what are you doing here?" Or maybe it's close to the ministers. Lu Yi, the commander of the first battalion who was entrusted by Lu Bu with full responsibility for Qin Xu's safety, first relieved himself. It's just a dry old man in his sixties. and a weak woman in disheveled clothes, with the existence of the eldest lady of the Lu family, General Qin should be ...... Maybe...... Probably not dangerous, right?
"Hmm...... I didn't know that it was Koji's order that worked. Or for other reasons, being called by Ko Yi's voice, the dozens of soldiers who surrounded him suddenly scattered. Only Qin Xu was left with Zhen Jiang and Lu Lingqi looking at each other with a wry smile, and of course, Zhen Jian who sat upside down on the felt wall of the military tent and pretended to be dizzy, only to feel that his old face was lost, and he had no shame.
"I think it might have been a misunderstanding!" Moments later, inside the tent. Lu Lingqi helped Zhen Jiang, whose face was still high and swollen, to sit aside. Qin Xu held his head high and forced his composure, but he glanced at Zhen Jiang from time to time, and a subtle smile appeared on his lips. Speaking out broke this embarrassing situation.
"Misunderstanding! You even said it was a misunderstanding! You ......" Zhen Jian is like a firecracker that has been lit. After hearing Qin Xu's words, there was a bang, where is there still half of the "consciousness" of being a "high-level top person" of the Han Dynasty, he jumped up suddenly, he had to be angry, his eyebrows were cold, and he said angrily: "It's all you, the thief!" Treacherous and cunning people, people with sinister intentions! Deliberately ruining my Zhen family's reputation. Trap the old man in an unkind place! You ...... erector."
"Ahem!" Faced with the old man of the Zhen family who simply went out and almost pointed at his nose and scolded. Qin Xu rarely didn't have the slightest look of annoyance, he just pouted at Zhen Jian with a helpless look, glanced at Zhen Jiang who looked indifferent on the side, coughed lightly, and didn't answer, but the meaning was already quite clear.
"You...... Not! Although Qin Xu didn't speak, Zhen Jian was clear about what he wanted to express. In fact, just as Qin Xu "dared" to "pick out" this matter in front of Lu Lingqi, Zhen Jian already knew that he was really wrong to blame his baby girl. But in the current situation, not to mention the slap that Zhen Jiang just slapped in a hurry, will he get his daughter's "forgiveness"; Just now in front of a group of flying cavalry battalions and trapped camp soldiers, there was such a big ugliness that made the dignified head of the Zhen family, such a person with such status, even use pretending to be stunned to escape the ridiculed gaze, this breath Zhen Jian can't swallow when he thinks about it! Angry at the Qin person in front of him, who was obviously not a good person, to be honest, Zhen Jian didn't have any psychological pressure at all. What is the history of Xuzhou assassination, what is the general of Zhengdong, as early as Linzi, he had a preconceived idea that Qin Xu was just a minister, and he might be able to rely on Lu Bu's majesty in Qingzhou, but when he arrived in Jizhou, hum, it was used to "transfer hatred"!
However, Qin Xu's gesture just now was to make Zhen Jian, who was full of thoughts about regaining the face he had lost in front of Lu Bu in Linzi in Qin Xu, and had a different plan in his heart, feeling that he would scold Qin Xu so painlessly, and his heart was refreshed, but for Qin Xu, the evil thief, there was no loss. Besides, Qin Xu's identity is too special, Zhen Jian is still the head of the family after all, even now, he is so angry that he can't wait to swallow Qin Xu, who is "making trouble", alive, and he doesn't want to mess up the "cooperation" with Lu Bujun that he almost got in for two daughters just because of a momentary anger. In contrast, that's really a big loss, a big loss. On the one hand, it was the interests of the family, and on the other hand, Qin Xu, who was smiling strangely and making Zhen Jian feel very uncomfortable, and Lu Lingqi, who was half-holding Zhen Jiang and whispering something, Zhen Jian, who was about to burst out, breathed a sigh of relief and stared at Qin Xu fiercely, not knowing what he was thinking. This beat and scolded, scolded, calculated, and embarrassed, and in the end, there was still nothing left behind, and it made such a stiff quarrel with his own daughter. Zhen Jian suddenly became a little old! Think about it, if it weren't for his own stabbing, maybe now these people are now in harmony with each other, but they are definitely peaceful coexistence back to Jizhou, and then before the plan is completed, they should cooperate and cooperate, and after each takes what they need, they should calculate each other and calculate each other, although they still don't like each other, but after all, there is a relationship between Zhen Mi, at least it can be regarded as seeking common ground while reserving differences, right?
"Master Zhen, in fact, this is really a misunderstanding!" Noticing Zhen Jian's thoughtful eyes, and then at Zhen Jiang, who didn't know what he was thinking, Qin Xu felt that things were almost in trouble, and everything that should have been said had been said, and what should have been deterred had been deterred. To put it bluntly, the left and right are just a matter of fighting for the right to dominate the discourse, the Zhen family has the pride of the Zhen family, but Lu Bujun also has the insistence of Lu Bujun, and it is so far that it is slightly better. After all, we still have to cooperate, and the current state should at least be before Jizhou succeeds. Let's stop a lot. Qin Xu gave Lu Lingqi, who was comforting Zhen Jiang, a reassuring look, and said very sincerely.
"Misunderstanding! Oh, yes! Misunderstand...... Qin ...... Qin Envoy Jun said very much...... "Zhen Jian listened to what Qin Xu said, as if a conditioned reflex, he raised his head violently, his tone was full of anger and resentment, and he looked at Qin Xu almost directly, if his eyes could kill. Qin someone has definitely turned into powder. But in less than a breath, the anger on Zhen Jian's old face gradually faded, leaving only the dull wrinkles on his face. After all, as the head of the Zhen family, Zhen Jian can have grievances. But if it is put on the level of the entire family, any personal emotions must give way to it, which is Zhen Jian's responsibility and mission as the head of the family. In other words, even Zhen Jian really wanted to cut the Qin thief in front of him who played the entire Zhen family in the palm of his hand. But for the sake of the entire Zhen family. After Qin Xu expressed his "goodwill" through Zhen Jiang, he also had to give back. In fact, think about it, Qin Xu is not like this. If you want to say that Qin someone and the Zhen family have no grievances in the past and no enemies in the near future, Qin Xu has always been an extremely trouble-prone person, if it weren't for the Zhen family's own ill-intentioned collision and provoking the old mother-in-law of the family, who would want to fight with these people now!
"Qin Envoy Jun is really calculating!" Almost at the same time that Zhen Jian was soft in his words for the sake of the Zhen family, he kept his head down. Zhen Jiang, who listened to Lu Lingqi's whisper of comfort, suddenly interjected. It can be described as a delicate cheek with a hibiscus like a face and a willow like an eyebrow. The five finger prints that were swollen high were white, which made people feel the urge to can't help but sigh at the flowers, and at this moment, they were looking at Qin Xu and Zhen Jian with a sneer, at least the two of them who had already tacitly revealed the previous matter. Ignoring Zhen Jian's apologetic and guilty eyes, with a sarcastic smile on his face that can be seen by a fool, combined with the extremely asymmetrical cheeks, it only seems that people think of the word weird, and said: "What a smile and hatred, what a misunderstanding!" Shouldn't the little girl congratulate the two on finally reaching a consensus! β
"Jiang'er, don't be rude......" listened to Zhen Jiang's words that were very easy to make people feel angry. subconsciously wanted to reprimand, but when the words came to his mouth, he was blocked by Zhen Jiang's extremely cold and unfamiliar gaze, and the next words he was going to say were blocked in his throat by his own daughter.
"Miss Zhen...... That one...... Excuse me! Qin Xu said curtly. Speaking of which, it is estimated that the most aggrieved person is Zhen Jiang, the second lady of the Zhen family. First of all, it was the leftover female family in this year, and it was easy to find a person who was pleasing to the eye, but it was mixed by Qin Xu, and even strictly speaking, the person in love became the "grandfather" generation; Immediately afterwards, Qin inadvertently "offended" and took it out, and by the way, he used it to provoke Zhen Jian, who had no way to speak, to open up the situation; But now the situation is open, but because of the suspicion of the old Zhen Tou, and Qin Xu's seemingly inadvertent "inaction", the relationship between Zhen Jiang and Zhen Jian, the father and daughter, has directly dropped to the freezing point, not to mention, and he also took out to help Zhen Jiang "earn" a slap. Qin Xu, who has always thought that he is a good person, also feels very sorry for this sister in his heart, and now Zhen Jiang wants to find a place with sarcasm, and the good man Qin Xu has no choice but to scratch his scalp, trying to change the topic, and said tentatively: "But Miss Zhen, don't worry, those things said, Qin will still do his best!" β
"You...... Qin Envoy Jun is really a believer! Qin Xu's words came into Zhen Jiang's ears, and he actually heard a very frivolous meaning, Zhen Jiang is worthy of being Zhen Jian's daughter, this ability to turn his face faster than turning a book is also a family heirloom, and he was about to have a seizure when he sneered at the face. But just when Qin Xu was waiting to see the appearance of this girl when she was angry, he saw that Zhen Jiang swept his father's expression with the corner of his eye, and he also braked sharply as if Zhen Jian had just spoken, and made a 180-degree turn. Qin Xu was stunned, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, did the father and daughter sleep late last night and didn't have time to take medicine this morning! Why is it all this virtue? It is said that Qin Xu and the father and daughter of the Zhen family have dealt with each other a few times in the past ten months, and they know that things are very inevitable to be demons, and they are thinking about what other intentions the father and daughter will have, and sure enough, before Qin Xu can answer, he heard Zhen Jiang say pointedly: "But what Qin said that night, Qin Envoy Jun should not take it seriously." The slave slave received the grace of Miss Lu's protection several times, and it was dangerous to go to Jizhou this time, and it was even more important to be honest with each other, so how could they be brazen enough to disturb the peace of Miss Lu's family? Qin Envoy Jun still don't have to worry about it! Again...... Besides, the slave is already involuntary now, so let's do it myself! β
"Huh?" Zhen Jiang had a smile on his face, and his words were extremely soft, but these words made Qin Xu listen to the straightforward muttering in his heart, and even had a little bad premonition. However, seeing that Zhen Jiang was full of good words, and he was no longer aggressive before, Qin Xu didn't want to offend this second lady who was a daughter, but it was said that she also had some status in the Zhen family. Besides, what Zhen Jiang said couldn't help himself, Qin Xu looked at Zhen Jian's suddenly changing face, and the hesitation of not saying a word, he only thought that it was because of the falling out with Zhen Jian, what punishment should be suffered, this involves the Zhen family's family affairs, Qin Xu is not easy to ask, as long as this girl no longer causes trouble, Qin Xu is too lazy to see a girl like a girl, and when he heard the words, he also arched his hand, and said with a smile: "So, it's best!" β
"......" (To be continued......)