After a period of assassination in Shanzhou, Xue Chongxun felt that it was very cost-effective to accept Wang Changling, a young staff member in his teens at the expense of remuneration in Chang'an. Although Wang Changling has not yet made any strange plans under his account, his staff members have done their duty and put forward many decent suggestions, such as issuing an edict to persuade agriculture in the season, etc., so that Xue Chongxun's assassination history deserves to be presentable.

In August, Cheng Qianli successively transferred Longyou Guanjian to the south, and the main front moved south to Langzhou. Wang Changling said again: "It's time for the lord to pay attention to military affairs. ”

At this time, Xue Chongxun was drinking tea in the signing room, and he didn't have anything to do, so he humbly asked, "What should I do?" ”

Wang Changling said: "For the defense of the border army, the big ones are the army, and the small ones are for regimental training, guarding, cities, and towns. There were originally more than 4,000 people in the Shanzhou Defense District, and Chen Tuanlian used to be the chief, but later he was imprisoned for his crimes, and now the first thing the lord should do is to appoint a commander. ”

Xue Chongxun asked again: "Does the young uncle have a recommended candidate?" ”

Wang Changling muttered: "It is most appropriate to promote local generals according to common sense, who are familiar with the place and easy to control their subordinates...... Some time ago, I paid special attention to Chen Tuanlian, and said in my heart that since he had voted under the lord, he could be reinstated after a period of time after the entrance examination. However, a few days ago, when the lord went out to tour Langzhou with Cheng Jiedu, this person did not listen to moderation and slaughtered innocent herdsmen, and it was difficult for him to take on such a big responsibility. But we are not familiar with other generals, so I don't know if they can be used. In my opinion, it is better to appoint Zhang Wulang, the captain of the Flying Tiger Regiment, to temporarily lead the Shanzhou guard, he has the title of Marquis of Lingnan County, and has the official title of General Jin Wuwei, and he has enough qualifications to serve as a local guard, and he can also serve the public. ”

Xue Chongxun lowered his head and thought about it, Zhang Wulang is his confidant, it is very reassuring to let him be the commander of the Shanzhou army, and if Zhang Wulang can win over some local generals as deputies, isn't the army of these twenty regiments in my hands?

Thinking about it like this, he was very moved, and said in a deep voice: "Although Zhang Wulang was born in a family of Lingnan military generals, and his grandparents served as generals in the Tang Dynasty, he had never been a military attache before he became a captain of the Flying Tiger Regiment. It's just a matter of being the general of the Flying Tiger Regiment, this group of people has been here since its formation to the present, and he can be regarded as the old man of the Flying Tiger Regiment. But suddenly he was put in charge of thousands of people, but I don't know if he could resist this group of people? ”

Wang Changling said: "This matter is not difficult, the lord has twice saved the life of the former Shanzhou Tuanlian Chen Shitang, as long as you say something, how can Chen Tuanlian not help Zhang Wulang?" With Chen Tuanlian as his deputy, it will be easy for Zhang Wulang to manage the soldiers and horses in Shanzhou. ”

Xue Chongxun was overjoyed when he heard this: "This guy has caused me a lot of trouble, but now it seems that he is not busy in vain, and it can come in handy." ”

As soon as he said that, he called Xu Gong to come in and asked someone to go to the Flying Tiger Regiment station next to the state government to send Zhang Wulang over.

After waiting for a long time, the person who came was not Zhang Wulang, but Bao Cheng. Xue Chongxun frowned and said, "What about Zhang Wulang?" ”

Bao Cheng hugged his fists and said: "Today is August 14th, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhang Wulang is shopping, I asked people to look for him everywhere, but there are too many people in this bustling city of Shanzhou, and we are not familiar with each other, and we have not found anyone for a long time." ”

Xue Chongxun said, "Then when he comes back to see me again, what will he go to buy?" ”

Bao Cheng hesitated, and after a while said, "Wulang took a fancy to a silk merchant's little lady and bought things to give away...... I had advised him, but he was so dazed by the little lady that he didn't listen. “

Xue Chongxun didn't care, but smiled: "I'm dazed, so that little lady looks good?" ”

Bao Cheng nodded without hesitation: "Beautiful." It's a pity that I've only seen it once and I can see that it's a vinegar jar. ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. Xue Chongxun pointed to the chair next to him and motioned for Bao Cheng to sit down. Wang Changling next to him also listened to the gossip with a smile, smiling without saying a word.

Bao Cheng said: "That little lady's surname is Cai, she is a fellow villager of Wulang and also from Lingnan, saying that she has already promised to marry someone, she is a businessman who opens a money bank, and she is waiting to get married. Last year, Shanzhou City was slaughtered, and most of the people who could survive were dead. The Cai family followed his father and brother who were doing business to Shanzhou to pay tribute to the dead, and happened to be seen by Wulang. Gorou went up to talk to him, and asked who the deceased was, and when he heard that he was slaughtered by the Tubo army, Gorou said that he specialized in fighting Tubo, so he came and went, hehe...... I often follow Gorou around, so Cai asked, do you generals have a good relationship or something? Isn't this going to be inquired about yet, and if Gorou really marries her in the future, he won't be able to be managed? ”

Xue Chongxun nodded and said: "The surname Cai is a big surname in Lingnan, but if Zhang Wulang becomes a strict wife in the future as you said, it is a pity that he is a talent, how many people's daughters will survive." ”

After talking for a while, seeing that it was noon, Xue Chongxun left Bao Cheng to have lunch together, and the food in the barracks was naturally not as good as the food in the barracks, so Bao Cheng was cheeky and stayed, and he was reluctant to say a word.

In the afternoon, Zhang Wulang hurriedly came over and said apologetically: "I left my post as the captain of the Flying Tiger Regiment without permission, please punish Lang Jun." ”

Xue Chongxun flicked his sleeves and said: "There is nothing to do during this time, it is okay for you to go out for a walk, don't disturb the people." ”

Zhang Wulang asked again: "What is Xue Lang looking for me?" ”

Xue Chongxun muttered: "Cheng Qianli will move the army south, and Shanzhou should also prepare for defense, but there is a lack of a guard, after I discussed with the young uncle, I want you to take the post of Shanzhou guard." I wanted to ask you to inspect the Shanzhou border army tomorrow, but suddenly remembered that tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and you are going to visit Cai's house? Then let's delay for a day and go again the day after tomorrow. ”

Zhang Wulang glanced at Bao Cheng, obviously the guy said it, and Bao Cheng looked innocent. Zhang Wulang hurriedly said: "Major defense affairs must not be delayed, and I can't abolish the public for personal reasons." ”

"So decided, I ordered all regiments to assemble at the north campus early the day after tomorrow, and we will go and have a look together, and you will take over the 20th Regiment of the Shanzhou Army in the future." Xue Chongxun said, thought about it and added, "Since you are a general, you think more about leading troops, and you always can't make it to a hundred or ten people, this is an opportunity for training." ”

Zhang Wulang hurriedly said: "Thank you Xue Lang for cultivating." ”

Speaking of military affairs, the scribe sent a stack of official documents, saying that the murder case files of the local counties need to be reviewed by the assassination history, and that the county cannot order one person to have the final say in the case of a death sentence at stake, and it can only be carried out after the review by the superiors. If it is a major case, it needs to be submitted to the Central Criminal Department for review.

Xue Chongxun looked at the dense words, and there were no illustrations, so he felt that his head was big, and after thinking about it, he patted the stack of papers and said: "Send it to Zhang Jusi's house first, ask him to read it for the first time, and clear out the doubts that are too big first." ”

The scribe accepted the file, Xue Chongxun looked at the sky and said to Wang Changling: "Young uncle is watching here, I'll go back first." ”

There is still more than an hour before the next duty, so he doesn't care about this, so he went back to the inner house to find Cheng Ting. When he went back and asked Cheng Ting if she was in the kitchen, Xue Chongxun went to the kitchen to take a look, and saw Cheng Ting wearing an apron around her waist, rolling up her sleeves and exposing her arms like peeling onions.

"You're cooking yourself, what are you doing?" Xue Chongxun asked casually.

Cheng Ting said with a smile: "Don't tell you, hey, Lang Jun hasn't heard of the gentleman's cooking?" Go back and rest, and you'll be able to eat it tomorrow. ”

Xue Chongxun saw sesame, walnuts and other things on the wooden cabinet, and suddenly said: "I know, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and you are making moon cakes." ”

"What kind of moon cake, it's obviously a hu cake, you, the five grains are not divided into four bodies, and you are not diligent, you can only eat and will not recognize it."

Xue Chongxun then remembered that he had never heard of the word moon cake here, and now he still called it so, so he argued: "The Hu cakes eaten in the Mid-Autumn Festival are to be admired by the moon, aren't they called moon cakes together?" ”

Cheng Ting tilted her head and wanted to show a smile, and the two white little tiger teeth were very cute: "Moon cakes...... It can really be called that, when General Li Jing conquered the Xiongnu banner and opened the victory, Emperor Gaozu took the Hu cake offered by the Tufan merchant, smiled and pointed to the moon and said, "The Hu cake should be invited to the toad", Hu cake and the moon still have a little relationship. ”

Xue Chongxun said: "Don't make it into a diamond flower type, make it round, it's more like the moon, isn't the word moon cake more appropriate?" ”

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The next morning, Xue Chongxun came to the lobby as usual to see the officials assigned a day's work, when Zhang Wulang walked in, looked left and right and walked to the side of the public seat and whispered: "Xue Lang is finished here, I have something to say." ”

Xue Chongxun waved his hand and said, "Everyone is busy, you don't have to wait for the unitary time today, let's go home when you're fine." ”

When all the officials heard this, their faces were overjoyed, and they bowed and retired.

At this time, Zhang Wulang said: "Cai Gong heard that Xue Lang would rather resign from official business and let me visit, so he apologized and wanted to invite Xue Lang to the mansion for a banquet together, by the way, he also specially invited Mrs. Cheng and Xue Lang to go together." ”

Xue Chongxun said: "That's your father-in-law, what's the matter with me?" Ting'er made Hu Biscuits with her own hands, and I'm still waiting to go back and eat them. ”

Zhang Wulang said with a smile: "Zi said that it is better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, wouldn't it be happier to take the cake over and eat it together?" ”

"! That's what Mencius said, can you put it on the son? The whole Wufu has no culture and pretends to be thirteen. ”

Zhang Wulang was stunned and said, "Didn't Mencius have a sub-character? Regardless of these, Xue Lang is also considerate and considerate, think about how much fun Mrs. Cheng can have besides looking forward to your return all day long? It's not the festive season, you let her dress up for the banquet, and the woman likes that. ”

Xue Chongxun thought for a little reason, and said, "Then I'll go back and ask, and I'll call you back in the afternoon." ”

When he went back to the inner house to ask, he was really told by Zhang Wulang, Cheng Ting was very happy and agreed, and immediately asked a lot of questions excitedly: "What kind of gift?" What should I wear? ”

Xue Chongxun snorted: "Wulang's father-in-law is a Lingnan silk merchant, and he is not short of money to spend, so we don't need to give expensive gifts, weren't you making moon cakes yesterday?" Get a beautiful box and put it on, and send the cake, which is elegant and saves money. What to wear...... Hmm, you look good in whatever you wear, feel free. ”

Cheng Ting tilted her head and thought about it, and said in a deep voice: "Originally, there was a palace Luo skirt, but it was too revealing, and the local people had never seen the world, thinking that only the servants wore Luo skirts, don't misunderstand, Lang Jun has no face, only a shirt...... What color is good? The green one? ”

Xue Chongxun said angrily: "I hate green. ”

Cheng Ting was stunned, but immediately understood the meaning of teasing, poofed and laughed, hurriedly raised her sleeves to cover her mouth, and gently leaned on Xue Chongxun's body and said coquettishly: "Don't worry, I only belong to you...... What about the one who wears red? ”

Speaking of the skirt, Xue Chongxun remembered that time he met the Cui family's little lady in Anyi Fang, and the little lady gave herself an aphrodisiac, although it didn't do much in the end, but it gave Xue Chongxun a deep impression, maybe what he didn't eat was the best? The plain skirt with gold embroidery that Cui Ying wore that day was very tasteful, and Xue Chongxun still remembers it. He thought about it and said, "Is there any white one?" ”

Cheng Ting frowned and said: "It's a festival, wearing plain white clothes is more like wearing linen and filial piety, how unlucky!" ”

Xue Chongxun said: "If there is a golden embroidery, it can add some grace and nobility to the plain color, isn't it just right?" ”

Cheng Ting went to the wardrobe to look for it, but there were no such clothes, so Xue Chongxun said: "I'll go find a tailor to make you a dress for you another day." ”

In the end, Cheng Ting chose a light-colored red bottom dress, according to Xue Chongxun's temperament of liking plain colors. Xue Chongxun sent a message to reply to Zhang Wulang, because he was going to attend a dinner, so he waited until almost midnight in the afternoon to ask someone to prepare a carriage to leave the house.

The exquisite carriage of pine planks is left by the predecessor of the assassin history, and the carriage of Shanzhou Fufu is also made luxuriously. Xue Chongxun and Cheng Ting rode in a car, and Zhang Wulang rode on horseback, escorted by a group of cavalry of the Flying Tiger Regiment, and traveled south from Zhouqian Street.

I saw that many lanterns have been arranged on the street, and there seems to be a custom of watching lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Shanzhou. Cheng Ting was happy to see it in the car window, and Xue Chongxun said: "It will look better when it gets dark in a while, and it will look better when we come back." Cheng Ting hugged her arm and said with a smile: "Lang Jun is the best." ”

Just walked halfway to the road, suddenly a little girl boldly stopped in front of the team, Zhang Wulang was riding a horse outside, he should know the girl, only to hear him say: "Luzhu, we are about to go to the house, what are you doing?" ”

The green bead said: "My master asked if you can compose poems?" ”

Xue Chongxun looked out of the car window, and saw that Zhang Wulang's face on the horse was a little embarrassed, and suddenly remembered that his sentence was coming, and he was immediately amused, and said in his heart: He can make a fart poem, and it is estimated that he is not good yet.

Sure enough, Zhang Wulang said: "I am a military general, and I am not very proficient in poetry and songs, what are you asking for?" ”

Lu Zhu hurriedly said: "Oh no! How did Gorou say that he was an all-round man in civil and military affairs last time? ”

Xue Chongxun almost didn't laugh out loud when he heard it, Zhang Wulang actually dared to claim to be a civil and military all-rounder, and this word was almost the same as that used in Lao Tzu.

Zhang Wulang blushed and said: "Like a person from our military general's family, it is good to be literate and break sentences, and I have a subordinate who only knows 'one, two, three', and can't even recognize four characters." ”

Luzhu said: "The master believed it to be true, and said in front of Ah Lang that Wu Lang swords, guns, art of war, poetry, song and dance are all understandable, really a Confucian general, today Ah Lang said that he would ask Wu Lang to make a poem in front of the guests at the banquet, and the host was a little relieved, so he sent me to ask." ”

"Poetry?" Zhang Wulang's face was full of innocence, "What kind of poem will I compose?" ”

Lu Zhu hurriedly said: "But the master has said everything, do you want to temporarily change your words and deceive Ah Lang?" In any case, you have to think of a poem first, tonight to enjoy the moon, the master has inquired about the topic, that is, to make a poem about the moon. I've brought it to you, so see for yourself what to do. ”

Zhang Wulang hurriedly knocked on the pine carriage and asked, "Xue Lang, how is it good?" If you don't make a song, I'll memorize it first and deal with it. ”

"Me?" Xue Chongxun was also stunned.

Zhang Wulang said: "Isn't Xue Lang always chanting poetry, look at Li Kuiyong's radish head every time he praises your good poems." ”

"I want to think about it." Xue Chongxun pondered in a hurry, what about the moon? The first thing he thought was, "When is the bright moon?" Ask the wine to the sky", but that's a word, not a poem, and it's not like a word to get some long and short sentences...... I remember that Li Bai has a poem "Look up at the bright moon, bow your head and think of your hometown", he pondered: Li Bai is now twelve or thirteen years old, a few years younger than Wang Changling, he must still be at home and has not traveled far, and he has not written this poem yet......

But Li Bai is a contemporary, even if he wrote this poem before him, when the time comes, the guests in Cai's mansion see it and have to say that Li Bai plagiarized, wouldn't they wronged a good person and ruined the reputation of a great poet? Anyway, it's a hassle.

Xue Chongxun patted his thigh and said, "Hurry up and send someone back and ask Wang Shaobo to get a song over." Damn|, there are no literati in the Xue family who deceived me, right? ”

When Zhang Wulang heard this, he immediately sent a knight of the Flying Tiger Regiment to hurry back to his house to ask for poetry. The horse team waited on the side of the street for a while, and after less than a stick of incense, the knight came back quickly, and Xue Chongxun heard the sound of the horse's hooves and laughed: "Look, the young man will come with a pen." ”

The knight jumped off his horse and handed a piece of rice paper with just dried ink into the carriage, and Xue Chongxun took a look: When he was lying high in Nanzhai, he vomited at the beginning of the month. Bright freshwater wood, rippling in the window. It is clear and ancient. The beauty on the bank of the Qingjiang River is the night more bitter. Thousands of miles away, the breeze blows Landu.

Zhang Wulang asked, "How is it written, is it done?" ”

Xue Chongxun said: "Don't look at who wrote it, it's not possible, ninety percent of those people in the world who dance and write ink are full of dung!" After that, he handed out the window and said, "Hurry up and memorize it, it's only fifty words in total, don't forget." ”

So the horse team continued to move south, and under the escort of a team of heavily armed cavalry, Zhang Wulang shook his head and memorized poetry, and the scene was very funny. Seeing this, Xue Chongxun said to Cheng Ting: "It seems that Wulang is really here this time, and he likes other people's daughters." ”

Cheng Ting said with a smile: "Didn't you say that the Cai family is also from Lingnan, they are fellow villagers, as long as they are innocent, Lang Jun will be the master for them." ”

Xue Chongxun said: "Zhang Wulang followed me from birth to death, and it is naturally my duty to help him." ”G