"The beauty you think, you have been out of the army to fight for a long time, your heart is wild, I see everything you do, I know that you have no selfishness, and you have not been corrupt or corrupt for personal gain in the face of great temptation. But I don't understand, if you are really for me, then why are you so rude to me today, and why did you publicly criticize me in Songjiang Mansion back then? Zhu Houxi said.

Lu Bing sighed and said: "I didn't grow up reading the Four Books and Five Classics, what I did was just brothers and the world, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, although I Lu Bing has no ability, but since I have the right to do something, if I don't act, then I'm sorry God gave me the opportunity." There are a few things in life that I can't help but do, and I have achieved my dream and grasped the opportunity I deserve. I am not for the imperial power, only for the world, not for the people of the world, but for the world, the land, mountains and rivers of all living beings, this is the world, not yours but mine, the world in my heart. Secondly, I help you not because you are the emperor, but because you are my brother, I cut off my hands and feet for you, drifting in the sea, my wife can't be reunited, I can't fulfill my filial piety under my parents' knees, I have no regrets, because I'm helping my brother to complete things that are beneficial to him, and I'm helping him to protect his country and keep his country. But now my brother tells me that he is the emperor, so he can point at my nose and scold, so what did I do before? Since I was scolded for what I did for my brother, it was my brother who scolded me, and my brother should be beaten if he scolded his brother. Now I've beaten and fought, and as for you to say that you are the emperor, I offended you. If you want to fight and kill, then it's up to you. ”

"Anyway, you're reasonable!" Zhu Houxi snorted coldly and said, "Anyway, I can't let you lead any more troops, and I won't hide it from you." If you are annoyed one day, even if you will not mutiny and rebel, you will make a big fuss, and you will not be able to run away from disrupting the court. You'd better stay with me, there have been a lot of battles in the court lately. I still understand your loyalty to me, so stay in the palace. ”

Lu Bing was suspicious in his heart, although Zhu Houxi kept saying that he was at ease with himself. In fact, there is already a gap in his heart, once Lu Bing is given the right to fight, he will definitely worry that Lu Bing will be a big soldier and self-respecting, Lu Bing was a little annoyed by his recklessness just now, but he was relieved in an instant. No matter what you do, living happily is the most important thing. Don't climb higher and higher in officialdom and lose yourself instead. Besides, he has no intention of being an official, and his ambition is not here, even if he immediately disbands his armor and returns to the field, relying on his father to be an idle son Lu Bing is also acceptable, and he is not so urgent and feels that there is a gap in his heart.

According to this situation, Zhu Houxi should send himself as far away as possible, and then give a high-ranking idle post with no power and no soldiers. In this way, I can not only keep my good reputation, but also be out of sight and out of mind, and I am very relieved. Why did you put it in the palace?

But when Lu Bingzhi Dao Zhu Houxi assigned him the work, he suddenly understood that the captain of the Jinyi Guard, the guard with a knife, the assistant secretary of the ceremonial supervision of court responsibilities, the official position, the internal punishment according to the prosecutor, and the patrol of the internal law and discipline. Lu Bing suddenly became an official of the third grade, which was a cut higher than his father Lu Song, but Lu Bing's position was not close to the supervision agency of the Jinyi Guard, and the inside was not close to the emperor's guards and horses, and it belonged to the official position of the four or six unreliable.

What's even more sad is that there is no fixed position for this position, that is, if there is nothing to do, he will be idle, and cooperate with the eunuchs of the celebrant eunuch, once someone violates the law and discipline, the emperor wants to punish the minister, and when the board is beaten, the celebrant will play the duty of ordering and supervising, and the brocade guard is responsible for beating, and Lu Bing is responsible for standing aside and watching. Even if the office was still useful when it was first established, it has no power at all.

In short, to summarize this position, there is a long list of names, but in fact, there are just two words, idler.

Lu Bing sighed, hugged his fists and thanked him, in fact, Zhu Houxi was able to kill the eunuch just now to protect himself, not only to maintain his authority and face, but also because of Lu Bing's importance as the liaison of the Shen family, it should really be with a hint of brotherly love, Lu Bing saw it in his eyes and in his heart.

Lu Bing was ready to take his leave after submitting the paperwork, which recorded all the matters related to the expedition to suppress the bandits, as well as the tribute sent by the King of the Ryukyus, as well as the accounts of the money and property that Lu Bing had looted from Japan, as well as the property obtained from the raid on his house in the south. Zhu Houxi looked at it and said, "I know that I have said, you should retreat first." ”

Lu Bing hugged his fists and retreated, and was stopped by Zhu Houyu before he reached the door, only to hear Zhu Houyu say: "Let the troops be repatriated to their original places of origin tomorrow, and my private training army will continue to return to Kangling for training. Secondly, your newly trained soldiers and horses are filled into the Governor's Mansion, and more than 100 households are still in the military department. As for the extremely strong guards you have trained, I think it will not be of much use now, and you will pay some money to work in your hometown, and you will never be allowed to enter Beijing. I won't give this money for you, this is your own private training of soldiers and horses, I don't cure your crimes because they give you a lot of face, you can give it if you have it, if you don't have it, you can find the Shen family who is familiar with you. Zhu Houxi said vinegarly.

Lu Bing's body was shocked, since ancient times, the ruthless emperor's family, Zhu Houxi is going to unload the mill and kill the donkey, and he knows that he has led this group of soldiers called the Bandit Army for a long time, and the generals at all levels have obeyed their orders, have feelings for themselves, and are not at ease with them. Therefore, all the officers were replaced, and the remaining low-level generals were difficult to become big weapons, and disrupted the troops, making it difficult for them to form a large force, and it is estimated that the next step was to divide the troops into other units.

As for his own personal guards, Zhu Houxi will never be allowed to exist anymore, which is also expected by Lu Bing, but he didn't expect that he would let them return to their hometowns to farm, instead of being incorporated into the army and let them play their due role as sharp knives.

It is conceivable that the rest of the soldiers and horses are not having a good time, those people are all sent by the imperial court, from the five military battalions of the Royal Forest Army Shenji Battalion and the three thousand battalions, so it is estimated that they will have to deal with it in the future, but now the command is handed over to the thousand general manager who was originally idle by Lu Bing, so Zhu Houxi did not deal with it together, and placed the most difficult thing to do later, so that the movement will not be too big, otherwise it will be disadvantageous to cause panic.

"And what about tomorrow's triumphal ceremony?" Lu Bing asked, and Zhu Houxi smiled and said, "Who told you that there is such a ceremony." Did I inform you, or did the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of War inform you, that you have returned from this expedition. There was no ceremony of triumphal greeting. You are such a smart person, I haven't heard from you for so long, I thought you would have guessed it, hehe. ”

"What?" Lu Bing was furious, but he didn't step forward to do it again, because he knew that if he did it now, his brothers would be treated even worse. In addition, if you have a family and a business, you may be able to break out of the encirclement with your skills, but what about your wife and children. What should parents do, Lu Bing gasped and pressed his anger back.

Lu Bing's roar made Zhu Houxi jump, but he quickly saw that Lu Bing didn't want to do it this time, so he continued to say calmly: "This expedition is because it involves the Shen family. The so-called private reasons should not be disclosed. In addition, after you rescued Shen Yew, you insisted on going your own way without instructions and sent troops to the land without permission, which seriously violated the ancestral teachings of Emperor Taizu, so not only is there no ceremony, but even the annals of history will not record it. As for Yu Dayou, Tang Kekuan, Qi Jingtong and others, they all have differences. Therefore, the merits and demerits are offset and will not be commended. The official positions were all demoted back to the rank before the expedition, and they went to the military department to wait for the arrangement. That's the decision, needless to say, you go back and convey it. ”

Lu Bingya gritted his teeth and squeaked, clenched his fists and replied yes, then turned around and left.

Lu Bing didn't know how he got home, and in a trance, he walked to the door of the Lu Mansion, just like he inexplicably climbed to Sixi Hall after the bloody battle, maybe just like a wronged child, he just wanted to go home at the moment. He didn't know how to face the brothers who followed him outside the city to death, looking at their happy faces, and looking forward to the celebration ceremony that could glorify his ancestors and leave a name in history, Lu Bing hadn't figured out how to explain it.

Desperately fighting, now crawled out of the mountain of blood and corpses, returned to the capital, it is said that flowers should be paved with flowers and wine, and welcomed by the people, but how do you know that Lu Dao will be beaten back to his original military status, this kind of result is not even acceptable to a person with such a big heart as Lu Bing, let alone an ordinary sergeant.

Lu Bing only felt very aggrieved and aggrieved, and when he walked into the house, the porter saw Lu Bing and shouted excitedly: "The young master is back, the young master is back." Lu Bing's body shook a little, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed wildly but burst into tears.

Lu Song walked out with a smile, he heard his son's wild laughter and thought it was caused by the ecstasy of returning home in triumph. Today, Yang Tinghe heard the news of Lu Bing's return to Beijing, and his son Yang Shen came to pay a visit, and Lu Song and the Yang family father and son chatted in the house. After the porter called out to the young master, Lu Song, who was thoughtful, didn't care about any etiquette and went out to greet his son.

Yang Ting and his father and son also laughed and said nothing when they saw Lu Song, who was a serious person, and they were all fathers, so they naturally understood in their hearts. Lu Song smiled: "Bing'er, don't just laugh, come and meet Yang Da" Before the words fell, I saw a little blood on the corner of my son's mouth and chest, and tears on his face, as well as heard the wild laughter with sadness, with disdain, anger and a trace of desolation.

Yang Tinghe's body shook and said, "What's the matter, nephew Lu Xian." ”

Lu Bing suddenly thought of a poem, and couldn't help but chant: "The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, the waves are sweeping away the heroes, right and wrong turn their heads empty, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times." On the white-haired fish reef Jiangzhu, accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze, a pot of turbid wine is happy to meet, how many things in ancient and modern times are all laughing and talking. ”

Lu Bing chanted and looked up at the sun in the sky, the dazzling sun did not let him avoid it, even though Lu Bing's eyes had begun to hurt, but he suddenly felt that this sun was like Zhu Houxi, he felt very warm on weekdays, but if you look at it directly, it will make you feel extremely painful, hey, ruthlessness is the emperor's family.

And Lu Song sighed, father and son are connected, Lu Bing's heart is bitter Although Lu Song doesn't know why at the moment, the pain in his heart is the same. Yang Tinghe looked at Lu Bing with his hands behind his back, this word is brilliant, and the short words describe the philosophy of officialdom and the philosophy of life. Yang Ting and Xizheng are still like this, and Yang Shen, who is a good writer, is even more deeply immersed in this poem and can't extricate himself, his mouth keeps repeating, and his eyes can't help but moisten.

Lu Bing lowered his head, hugged his fists and said, "Father, Elder Yang, Brother Yang, Bing is unwell, can you go back to the room to rest first." ”

The three of them naturally agreed, and Lu Bing dragged his heavy steps towards the backyard where Meng Xueqing was. (To be continued......)