Chapter Seventy-Five: No Peace at Home
"Finally home!"
Looking at the original Rebellious General's Mansion and the current General Zuo's Mansion that were getting closer and closer in front of him, Zhao Feng was also quite emotional in his heart. I have been fighting abroad all year round, and going home is often a relatively luxurious thing, and I have long been used to it. But this time, I almost took my surname on the expedition, and now I can come back, so I have a sense of happiness for the rest of my life.
"Lady, husband, I'm back!" Looking at Yingying in front of him who came out to greet him Diao Chan and the Zhen family sisters, Zhao Feng felt like a clear spring flowing through his heart, and his mood was a lot cooler for a while. After all, what do men yearn for the most? Isn't it just success and family happiness? For those men who have been obsessed with fighting for power and profit all their lives, so much so that they can't even take care of their families, Zhao Feng feels that the kind of person who goes crazy can no longer be regarded as a man.
"By the way, Zheng'er?" Seeing that the three girls' hands were empty, Zhao Feng suddenly remembered that his precious son was coming, and hurriedly asked.
"It's getting late, I've already fallen asleep, I didn't expect my husband to arrive home so late." Zhen Jiang said a little helplessly. Hearing this, Zhao Feng looked up at the sky, and the moon was already hanging on the treetops.
"I'm not in a hurry to see you!" Zhao Feng pursed his lips and said, this made the three girls blush, but they secretly rejoiced in their hearts. At that moment, Zhao Feng hugged the three of them and went back to the house together.
"Does the house look like it's been renovated?" While walking inside, Zhao Feng found that there seemed to be a little change in the family, and it was not small.
"Husband, you have been promoted, so naturally the family has to take care of it. Originally, we all wanted to build a new house, but this kind of important matter still needs to be decided by you, the head of the family, so we have to renovate the house a little first! Zhen Jiang explained.
"I feel good about this house, I moved after living in it for less than a year, it's not necessary, right?" Zhao Feng thought for a while. Recall carefully, since I started with Lao Liu, I have moved five or six times in the past ten years, from the plains to Xuzhou, then to Lujiang, and then to Chaisang, and now Hanshou, always without a fixed place. Now that I can settle down a little, let's toss a little less.
Zhen Jiang knew that her husband had never liked too much tossing and extravagance, and it was inevitable to hear it, so Diao Chan would not say anything, only Zhen Mi snorted and said: "I think it's better to move a bigger house as soon as possible, so as to save it from being too crowded when there are more people in the future." ”
"Khan, Mi'er, what do you mean by that?" Zhao Feng listened to what she said, and her tone was not very friendly, and he also asked with some shame.
When Zhen Mi heard this, she glanced at him and said, "Brother-in-law, there are many women around you, where can you live in this small house in the future?" ”
"Dizzy, where do you start with this!" Zhao Feng sweated profusely, this eldest lady seems to be getting more and more jealous now, and I don't know when I will offend her again. Diao Chan and Zhen Jiang saw Zhen Mi suddenly going crazy, and they also wondered why she suddenly did this.
"My good brother-in-law, don't pretend, you let Niu Jin, that big old man, buy a villa in Hanshou City to settle Da Qiao, now I'm afraid the whole city will know about it!" Zhen Mi said a little angrily.
"What?" Zhao Feng almost didn't spit out a mouthful of blood when he heard this, but at this moment, he heard a rush of footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Niu Jin, the culprit, running excitedly.
"General, the matter is done!" Niu Jin finally had a little brain, and seeing that the third girl was present, he didn't dare to say it too directly.
"I know, you've worked hard, go down!" Zhao Feng now looked at the three girls' expressions with interest, and he didn't even have the strength to be angry. Although Niu Jin wondered why his general was so weak now, it was inconvenient to ask more questions at this time, so he had to resign.
"Could it be that the general has been overworked since he came back? No, the general has just arrived home! Niu Jin secretly wondered in his heart. If Zhao Feng knew his current thoughts, he was afraid that he would still have to vomit a mouthful of blood.
"Actually, it's not what you think." Looking at the expression of the third girl, Zhao Feng felt that a layer of fine sweat had appeared on his forehead, and the surname Suo didn't wait for torture to extract a confession. At that moment, he pulled the three of them to the house, and told the whole story while eating. From the carrier pigeon to some things about the expedition to Jiangdong, as well as the entrustment of Liu Bei and Xiao Qiao, and even the little thing in Baqiu. Of course, in order to win sympathy points, the fact that he was injured by an arrow was also exaggerated intentionally or unintentionally, but the part of Zuo Ci's old road was omitted. The third girl listened, and her expression softened a little.
"In other words, you don't want this woman, but because Uncle Liu Huang has a trust, let you take care of one or two on your behalf?" Zhen Mi didn't believe in authenticity.
"Exactly!" Zhao Feng nodded impatiently. Zhen Mi didn't say anything after hearing this, but Zhen Jiang persuaded: "Since the lord is taking care of her, why doesn't the husband take her home, and have to settle out to cause gossip?" Besides, with her husband's current status, there is nothing wrong with accepting her. ”
"Thank you, madam, for being so generous, but don't mention this matter again!" Zhao Feng smiled bitterly, and then roughly told the grievances between himself, Sun Ce and the entire Sun family, and the three daughters suddenly understood when they heard it.
"Her husband died at my hand, how could she be willing to live under the same roof with me?" Zhao Feng finally concluded. When the Zhen sisters heard this, they didn't say anything, Diao Chan looked at Zhao Feng, but said in her heart: Why didn't I lose my husband's life at your hands, and now I don't follow you as an enemy.
Da Qiao's matter came to an end, and the four of them recounted their feelings after farewell while eating with peace of mind. Of course, what the three of them are most concerned about is Zhao Feng's injury this time. Fortunately, now that she has basically recovered, the third daughter has relaxed a little.
"Husband, do you remember what I told you last time?" Zhen Jiang suddenly spoke.
"What's the matter?" Zhao Feng asked, this guy is still pretending to be a calf.
"I said it last time, if I'm not busy when I come back this time, then I'll take Mi'er away, I'm messing around with you all day long, I don't even have a name, and it's inevitable to cause gossip." Zhen Jiang looked at her sister and husband and said with a smile.
"Sister, you're here again, who wants to marry this flowery pervert!" Zhen Mi suddenly said anxiously when she heard this. Zhao Feng looked at Zhen Mi, who was embarrassed, and also deliberately smiled and said, "Mi'er, we said yes that night, you can't deny it!" ”
"That night?" Zhen Jiang and Diao Chan both looked at each other and smiled when they heard this, Zhen Mi was even more embarrassed now, and fled after hurriedly finishing the meal.
"The little girl plays with her surname all day long, and she can finally make her anxious." Zhao Feng was quite relieved. Zhen Jiang and Diao Chan couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this.
"By the way, madam, the elders in your family are no longer alive, how should I propose marriage this time?" Zhao Feng was not very clear about these etiquettes, and hurriedly asked Zhen Jiang. Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered that Zhao Yu helped take care of everything I proposed last time, and I couldn't help but feel gloomy in my heart.
Zhen Jiang's eyes were also a little gloomy when he heard this, but he still mentioned his spirit and said: "Even if there are no elders, the marriage period after this appointment is also customized, one year for the Son of Heaven, half a year for the princes, one quarter for the scholars, and one month for the common people." Husband, you are a scholar, and you should guard for a season. ”
"That means we're going to have to wait another three months?" Zhao Feng said a little angrily, this is too frustrating, it will take so long.
"Don't worry, I have already arranged for the next hire long before my husband went on this expedition. Everyone is under the same roof, and too many of these rituals are also annoying. Zhen Jiang said with a smile. When Zhao Feng heard this again, he suddenly felt a sense of brightness, and immediately hugged Zhen Jiang fiercely and smiled: "In other words, now I can take Mi'er away?" ”
"You can't wait for a big pervert!" Zhen Jiang said a little angrily, but he continued: "It is said that this is the case, but the husband also has to marry Mi'er well, how can it be hasty." ”
"I understand!" Zhao Feng nodded. Fortunately, no matter how busy he is for a while, he should be tossing in Jingnan. Even if you want to fight Hanzhong or Xichuan, you have to wait until the grain is harvested or the new army is a little bit of an eyebrow. During this period, there is enough time to hold a lively wedding by yourself.
Resolute and resolute is Zhao Feng's style, after eating that night, regardless of the fatigue of the journey, Zhao Feng flipped through the yellow calendar overnight to find a good day, and then began to post to tell all his colleagues, relatives and friends that he would marry Zhen Mi in half a month.
"Whew!" It was almost midnight after all this, Zhao Feng looked at Zhen Jiang, who had been accompanying him, and said with a smile: "Madam, you are still far-sighted!" ”
"My sister's affairs, naturally, have to worry a lot, how can I talk about foresight?" Zhen Jiang felt a little exaggerated about her husband's praise, and it wasn't until she saw the silver light in Zhao Feng's eyes that she realized that something was wrong.
Sure enough, Zhao Feng smiled and said, "I didn't mean this, madam, the reason why you have been busy with me until now, isn't it just that you want to wait for the cicada to rest, so that I can only treat you alone, husband?" ”
"You're a man." Zhen Jiang couldn't help but be a little amused when he heard this, and was about to refute that he was stopped by Zhao Feng and picked up, but he was immediately carried into the room, and he was disarmed, and then fought fiercely all night without mentioning it.
Years of military career have developed a good habit of Zhao Feng going to bed early and getting up early. Although the journey labor + a long absence won the night of fierce battles for the newlywed, but the next time he woke up early. tiptoed up from Zhen Jiang, who was still asleep, put on his clothes and armor and went to the government council. It's been nearly half a year since he left here, and now that he's back, he's a good director, and he can't be too blatantly lazy.
"General Zhao!" In the brand-new General Zuo's office, Zhu Ran and the others saluted Zhao Feng in unison. "It's been a long time!" Zhao Feng looked at the group of familiar subordinates in front of him, except for Shi Guangyuan, Zhang Nan and Feng Xi, who were transferred to other places because of their outstanding performance in the battle to pacify Jiaozhou, the rest were basically those people. Kou Feng and Zhou Tai are also still there. In addition, Ma Liang was transferred to take over Shi Guangyuan's position as the governor of General Zuo's mansion, and Chen Shi and Xiang Chong were transferred to take over the positions of Feng Xi and Zhang Nan as captains.
After everyone sat down, they briefly talked about some things after the story, mainly some things about Zhao Feng's expedition to Jiangdong this time. Talking about the beheading of Sun Quan and others, as well as the complete destruction of Sun's foundation, Zhu Ran, the former ministers of Jiangdong, inevitably have some relatives. Zhao Feng saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, so he quickly changed the topic and asked about some things in Jingnan recently.
"Recently, the biggest thing is that the various departments in Nanzhong have moved to Jingnan, and we have scattered them among the four counties of Jingnan and the two counties of Jiaozhou. As for the two leaders of Yang Feng and Gao Ding, they also have their own official positions canonized by the lord. In addition, yesterday, General Chen Zhi of Chaisang sent a letter, informing him that in the battle of Jiangdong, more than 30,000 troops from Jiaozhou were recruited, and Chaisang could not be resettled, and he wanted to come to Jingnan for reorganization in a part. In addition, General Gan Ning sent a letter yesterday, saying that as long as the early summer wind rises, he can wave his army to Zhuya County and wipe out the remnants of the Sun clan. Ma Liang, as General Zuo, has a long history, and he talked about the matter in detail.
"That's fine, Jiaozhou is located within our army, and there is no need for too many garrisons at the moment. However, these surrendered troops were once Sun's rebels, and it was best to break up and integrate into the defenders everywhere to avoid change. As for the local garrison, they will be recruited from Jingnan and then go over to change houses," Zhao Feng thought about it and suggested. After all, Sun Quan has been running Jiaozhou for many years, although Sun Jing and others have already been ambushed, it is better to be careful.
"That's great!" Ma Liang also thinks this is a good proposal. While speaking, Yang Feng and Gao Ding learned that Zhao Feng was here today, and they also hurriedly came to visit. Everyone had a fight again, and Zhao Feng asked them more about Yizhou.
"Although Liu Zhang, the lord of Sichuan, loves the people very much, his surname is cowardly, and the officials in Yizhou are not clear at present, and the armament is not prosperous. Although there are famous generals such as Zhang Ren and Yan Yan, the combat strength of the Yizhou army is weak, but it is far inferior to the Jingzhou army of the lord! Therefore, over the years, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong has been pressing step by step, until the previous time, Liu Zhang took advantage of the emptiness of the garrison to defeat the two counties of Badong and Danqu. Moreover, all the departments in the south and central of Yizhou are mixed places where various tribes live, and what Liu Zhang can really control is only the counties in the land of Bashu. "After all, Gao Ding is a person who has been a taishou, and he has more knowledge than Yang Feng, the leader of the barbarian clan, and he can talk about it at the moment.
"I see!" Zhao Feng also has a little foundation about the situation in Yizhou. It seems that Yizhou does not have much else to rely on except for the dangers of mountains and rivers, and Liu Zhang's sphere of influence is relatively limited. As for Zhang Lu, I am afraid that he is stronger than Liu Zhang. Zhao Feng thought in his heart, how could he take advantage of Cao Ying's northern expedition to take care of Xichuan and go over there to get some benefits. However, although Cao Ying is not in the west, Yongzhou is still garrisoned by fierce men such as Yan Liangwen and Zhong Xuan, and his strength should not be underestimated. It is conservatively estimated that it should be a more realistic goal to be able to take Hanzhong before the next Cao Liu War, and it is inevitable that it will be a little quick to pacify the land of Guanzhong in one fell swoop.
Next, before getting married, Zhao Feng and Ma Liang took care of civil affairs, and then arranged for Kou Feng and these generals to train military horses with him, and the rest was to wait to marry Luoshen. This day, just when he was busy with a bunch of official documents, someone suddenly came to report that Zhuge Liang and his wife Huang Yueying came to visit.
"Please!" Zhao Feng hurriedly said, wondering why Ah Liang came to find him at this time, and he came with his wife. If you talk about friends or family gatherings, you should go to your own home, why come here?
"Ah Liang, you don't really want to have a scary-ugly wife, otherwise I'll be scared and I'll be over with you!" With such a silent thought in his heart, Zhao Feng met Zhuge Liang and his wife in his left general's mansion.
(To be continued)