Chapter 131: A Condition
Du Junqing is a talker. He really refused Wu Chonglie's invitation and concentrated on taking care of Gu Caiwei, who was pregnant, at home.
This is indeed understandable - since Du Yi, he has been twenty-four years old for eight years, and he is finally looking forward to his second child, how can he not be excited? How can you carelessly take care of Gu Caiwei?
Therefore, except for his wife and his unborn child, he was too lazy to care about the others outside.
It's just that his refusal fell in Wu Chonglie's eyes, and he was annoyed and angry.
"Changning Hou is angry because I took the credit first, and he doesn't want to come to see me again?" After being rejected, he was not very angry, but smiled proudly, "This person is really small-minded, hasn't his aunt already compensated him?" Originally, I also planned to make amends to him again and admit my mistake. But since he won't even come to see me...... That's still it. People don't look down on me, I can't send my hot face to his cold ass, right? ”
When others heard this, they echoed it, and naturally some people ridiculed Du Junqing for being useless. Since he can't protect what he has at hand, where does he get angry after someone steals the technology? even shook his face at the king of Xin'an County...... He really ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall!
In this group of people, only Princess Taiping Wu Youji said slowly: "I always feel that something is wrong. ”
King Xin'an immediately narrowed his eyes. "Uncle, are you trying to grow the morale of others and destroy your own prestige?"
Wu Youji glanced at him lightly. "I'm just talking about my thoughts. Moreover, the arrow was originally studied by the Marquis of Changning first, and he also promised Her Majesty the Empress to quickly make a batch and send it to the border gate. And you quietly got an arrowhead, and you drew a scoop according to the gourd, and secretly built so many of them yourself, and sent things to the border before them. To tell the truth, this matter is indeed what you did wrong, and you can't win. If I were you, I would definitely go to Changning Hou now, whether he forgives or not, but my attitude of apology and admitting my mistakes has to be sufficient. ”
Wu Chonglie sneered when he heard this. Wu Yanji couldn't help but ask: "I said uncle, why is your temperament getting weaker and weaker?" Could it be that I was bullied by my aunt at home every day, and I was already tempered to the point that I knew to retreat and endure it? ”
Wu Youji's eyes were slightly cold. "Taiping, she is very good, she has not bullied me, you are not allowed to speak ill of her."
There was a burst of laughter.
But when they noticed that Wu Youji's eyes were becoming more and more cold, they still stopped laughing.
But Wu Chonglie was still not very happy, so he whispered: "I have done everything that should be done, but they are angry and refuse to pay attention to me." In that case, why should I be bored? I am a dignified prince, and he refuses to ask for face for him, so what does he want me to do? Can't you let me go to their door and kneel down and beg for mercy, right? Even if I don't have a face, our martial arts family will have a face too! ”
"Isn't it? Since he is hypocritical himself, he has to pretend, so let him be hypocritical. Not only do we have to build arrows, but we also have to fight Mo knives! What happens to him when I see it? If he has the ability, he will knock on the door! Wu Chongxun still holds a grudge against being bullied by Du Junqing and his wife in Yongxing County, so he is also straightforward when he speaks, and he is not weak at all.
Seeing this, Wu Youji didn't say anything more, only sighed: "Don't just shout loudly now, you will definitely regret it when you turn back." This guy surnamed Du is not so easy to deal with! ”
"Hehe, how difficult is that? You have the ability to let him destroy all our 10,000 arrowheads! Wu Chonglie said disdainfully.
Not long after he said this, it really became a fact-about half a month later, a fast horse came from Tingzhou, killed the palace of Xin'an County, and handed a letter and a small burden to Wu Chonglie, the king of Xin'an County.
Then, there was a series of terrifying roars from the palace of Xin'an County.
"How so? No way! Obviously, I asked the craftsman to build it according to that arrowhead, and I also let people try it after I beat it, and the effect is so good that it won't break at all! You guys are definitely lying! ”
"King Xin'an County, it is a matter of life and death for many soldiers at the border, how can we make it up? And the evidence has already been brought here, if you don't believe it, you can ask someone to come and test it. It is true that these arrows will break when they encounter a slightly harder object, and their lethality will be greatly reduced in an instant. Moreover, we also specially sent the strong men in the barracks to break it with their bare hands, and sure enough, they could break it! The marks on the arrows are clearly broken, and they are naturally broken after being applied by external force, not cut by a sharp weapon. The person who came replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Finally, he added. "Our general trusts the king of Xin'an very much, so after the arrow is delivered, he ordered someone to quickly install it. When the Turks came, the soldiers immediately attacked with bows and arrows, but they didn't expect it...... Fortunately, it was only a small battle, and the soldiers did not suffer many casualties. But the 10,000 arrows you ordered to be sent by the county king, we will never dare to use them again. ”
Wu Chonglie was in a bad mood when he saw the broken arrow. Now when he heard someone say this, his face suddenly became gloomy.
"Oh, is it? Now that you've come to this point, the king should ask—have you found a replacement?" Who is it? Changninghou's arrow? ”
"The subordinates don't dare to deceive the county king, it's true." The visitor nodded.
Wu Chonglie's face instantly darkened.
"Du Junqing, sure enough, it's him again! This bastard thing! ”
He gritted his teeth and cursed a few times, and then looked at the visitor: "You really tried all the methods, and are you sure that the arrows they sent are all good?" Didn't break? ”
"Yes." The visitor nodded again.
"How is that possible? Obviously our things are the same! Wu Chonglie whispered in disbelief.
The person who came bowed his head. "I don't know about this. Anyway, we have used the arrows sent by both sides of Yangxin County and Yongxing County, and we have carefully compared, the arrows sent by the two sides are indeed exactly the same at first glance, and the effect is almost the same when used to test the grass target, but once the leather and stones are put on, the arrows on the side of Yangxin County will automatically break, but Yongxing County will not. But our arrows are not used specifically to shoot at grass targets, but to be used against the Turks in fur clothes. ”
Until now, he has made his words very clear - the arrows on the other side of Yangxin County are flashy, so they can only be taken out for show. Only those in Yongxing County are the most practical!
Wu Chonglie lowered his face coldly and did not speak for a long time.
The person who came was afraid of his complexion, but he still gritted his teeth and added: "I came to Luoyang as soon as possible, just to feed back this news to the prince as soon as possible, so that you can order someone to find out the cause and remedy it quickly, so as not to waste manpower and material resources in vain." As for the Modao that was said at the beginning...... Our general also felt that it was okay to slow down for a while, and when we were sure that the things we made would not break easily, it would not be too late to make them in large quantities and send them to the border gates. ”
Although he said it tactfully and carefully, Wu Chonglie couldn't hear the meaning of his words - this person not only refused the follow-up arrow, but even didn't even want the Mo Dao they had discussed at the beginning! The reason is that I am afraid that those things will break again!
"Since you have already said good things and even signed the notes, how can you not want these things when you say you don't want them? At first, I also ordered someone to send the sample to you to see, and it was you who made sure that there was no problem, and we signed the note. As a result, now you are not skilled enough to break the arrows at every turn, but in the end you want to blame the king? It's not that easy! Wu Chonglie gritted his teeth and snorted.
Is he going to end it?
The people who came didn't expect that the facts were already in front of them, and Wu Chonglie didn't even have any shame on his face, but instead bit them back with a few words!
He suddenly became angry.
They fought at the border and lived a life of licking blood from the edge of the knife. Well, a good weapon can definitely save their lives!
Now Wu Chonglie has iron ore under his command, and he also offered to provide them with a certain number of arrows, which would have been a good thing. Their general, in the spirit of not offending the samurai, felt that as long as the thing could be used, it would be used. As a result, who would have thought...... In the end, this is the end?
Even if it is for the sake of currying favor with the samurai, they can't joke with the lives of so many soldiers in the barracks!
Moreover, according to the general's intentions, they didn't intend to make things too big. He also came to Luoyang quietly this time, planning to settle the matter with Wu Chonglie in private, and then leave quietly. As long as things don't make a big fuss, the reputation of the king of Xin'an and even the martial arts family will not be affected much.
But now it seems...... Wu Chonglie didn't take the lives of the soldiers seriously at all! He only has the benefits in his eyes, and the great credit that is about to be grasped in his hands!
This great credit will cost the lives of many of their soldiers!
Rao is used to seeing life and death on the battlefield, and they will not be stupid enough to throw away the lives of the soldiers who were so easily recruited in vain.
But immediately, he heard Wu Chonglie say again: "Besides, hasn't the Marquis of Changning already sent a new batch of arrowheads?" Then you just use him and send it over? ”
The implication of this is to instigate them to replace the arrow of Yongxing County with Yangxin County, so that this credit can continue to fall on his head?
Wu Chonglie's shamelessness simply stunned this captain who had seen a lot of people's doubts.
"King of the County, we can't promise you this matter." He reacted for a while before shaking his head categorically.
Wu Chonglie's face sank again. "You won't agree?"
"We can't say yes." The person who came still shook his head resolutely, "Arrowheads, Mo knives, and many weapons, all of which need to be supplied continuously. Since the iron ore in Yongxing County is good, we naturally want to requisition it for a long time. In this case, how could we be so stupid as to make a bad deal with the Marquis of Changning in order to please you, the king of the county? After all, there are so many military camps in the world, but there are very few good weapons. If the Marquis of Changning is angry and directly stops supplying us with weapons, and instead goes to others, then wouldn't we be empty of people and money? ”
"Good, good!" Hearing this, Wu Chonglie laughed angrily, "Anyway, now you have chosen to mix with the surnamed Du, haven't you?" Well, you just have to mess with him. It's just that at the beginning, you wrote how many weapons you wanted on the note, so you had to give them all up! After we got the list, we have already asked people to make it, and now the next batch is sure to be on the way to Tingzhou, you can't let them pull things back halfway, right? ”
The so-called dead skin and face, it should be like this, right?
Anyway, Wu Chonglie is determined - the contract cannot be broken! It is absolutely impossible for him to spit out this benefit!
The people who came were so angry that they grinded their teeth.
But in this matter, Wu Chonglie not only did not have a little shame, but pressed step by step, not giving in. His status is low, and he can't go head-to-head with Wu Chonglie, so he finally had to bow his head: "Please go back and discuss this matter with my general." ”
With that, he hurried to leave.
As soon as the others left, Wu Chonglie was so angry that he smashed everything in the house.
"Damn! Damn it! Changning Hou, Du Junqing, all this is your conspiracy! Definitely! I'll just say why haven't you responded, so you're waiting for me here! ”
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally he couldn't help it, so he went out and explained to the little guy: "Go, invite Changning Hou to me!" Let's just say that this king has something important to discuss with him! ”
Seeing that his face was full of anger, the little guy didn't dare to delay for a moment, and quickly ran away.
But soon the little guy came back, and his face was full of caution: "King Jun, the Marquis of Changning took his wife out for a walk, saying that he had to live outside for the past few days, and he didn't know when he would come back." ”
"Then go out and find them! Find someone and bring it back directly! Wu Chonglie roared.
"But...... Even the people in the Hou Mansion don't know where they went! Where can you find the little ones? The little guy looked embarrassed.
When Wu Chonglie heard this, he was so angry that he kicked the case again. "Deliberately! They definitely did it on purpose! ”
But whether it is intentional or not, what is happening now is something from the martial arts, whether Du Junqing appears or not, and the impact of this incident on Du Junqing is almost non-existent. But to the samurai...... If they don't take care of this, then who will dare to receive their weapons next?
No matter how irritable Wu Chonglie is, he is not stupid. Since he couldn't find Du Junqing, he hurriedly found all the people related to the martial arts family, and everyone discussed the solution to this matter together.
After discussing and discussing, everyone finally came up with a unified answer -
"Be sure to find Changning Hou! This matter definitely has something to do with him! He also definitely knows how to fix it! ”
However, where is Changning Hou so easy to find?
While the Wu family was looking for their traces, Du Junqingzheng and Gu Caiwei were cooking in a room with an ordinary appearance in the suburbs.
That time, Gu Caiwei noticed that she was unwell, and she was already pregnant for more than two months. The child in the womb is now three months old, but it is becoming more and more noisy, always making Gu Caiwei nauseous and want to vomit at every turn. And before she was just retching, now she eats and vomits, three meals a day plus supper vomiting, it's almost torturing her!
Now, Gu Caiwei has just finished throwing up.
Although she had already rinsed her mouth, she still felt that the taste in her mouth was strange, and she felt uncomfortable.
Du Junqing looked at her pale face, and he also frowned slightly.
"Are you feeling better? Would you like to eat something more? ”
"Don't don't don't ......" spit out like this, Gu Caiwei is now listening to the color change. Her hands and feet are weak now, and she doesn't want to move at all. But when she heard Du Junqing say this, she was so frightened that she quickly opened her eyes and waved her hand desperately.
The little lady who is not afraid of the sky and the earth on weekdays, but now she is tortured like this by morning sickness, Du Junqing saw it in his eyes, and he was so distressed.
"Okay, good, if you don't eat, you won't eat." He hurriedly pulled away and wrapped her in again, "Then how do you feel about your body now?" Is it still cold? ”
"It's not cold, it's tired." Gu Caiwei sighed lowly, "When I walked the rivers and lakes before, I also met many pregnant women. Watching them moaning to death, uncomfortable here and uncomfortable there, I secretly laughed at them for being too hypocritical. But now that it's my turn, I realize that the so-called pain of pregnancy is really uncomfortable! And as long as I think that this suffering has just begun, and there is still a full half year waiting for me, I want to cry. ”
knew that she really shouldn't have gone to find Daddy and Auntie, then he wouldn't have to have a wedding with him later, and he wouldn't have to get pregnant!
However, I knew that it was hard to buy.
Du Junqing saw her reaction these days, he was full of pity, but he was helpless.
Now, he could only look at Gu Caiwei's still flat lower abdomen with cold summer eyes: "You stinky boy wait for me!" Now you dare to toss your aunt like this, go back and wait for you to come out, you see that I won't hang you up and beat you! ”
"Hmph, if it's a little Langjun, you can hang it up and fight, so what if it's a little lady? Are you still willing to do it? Gu Caiwei only asked.
Du Junqing was stunned. "Little lady's words...... If I look like you, I won't be willing to do it. ”
Gu Caiwei rolled her eyes.
Du Junqing smirked: "Actually, I really hope you can give birth to a little lady like you." I have raised my son the same, it is really skinny, it is still a little lady, fragrant and soft, and when I can speak, I will call me a daddy softly, think about my heart is going to melt! ”
"Giving birth to a boy and a girl, everything depends on God's will, anyway, I can't be the master." Gu Caiwei said coldly.
"I know this, so it's always good for me to think about it now!" Du Junqing was still smiling stupidly.
Even, he caressed her lower abdomen with one hand, and the palm of his hand slowly rubbed, looking more and more happy.
Gu Caiwei looked at him like this, and the discomfort in her heart faded a lot.
In fact, she wants to give birth to a little Langjun who looks like him! Of course, don't be as silent and awkward as him. Then, she will be able to catch this stinky boy and bully as much as she wants!
Just when the two of them were talking, Du Ren appeared.
"Master Hou, as expected, now the people of the King of Xin'an County are looking for you everywhere and are going crazy!"
Du Junqing just smiled coldly when he heard this. "Then let them find it! Ben Hou is in a bad mood now, and he is too lazy to fight with them. ”
"Also, Master Hou, the captain from Tingzhou, was found dead in the post house last night." Du Ren said another sentence.
Hearing this, Gu Caiwei and Du Junqing both perked up, and they immediately sat up.
"Someone is dead?" Du Junqing asked in a deep voice.
Du Ren nodded. "Yes. However, Chang'an Ling sent someone to conduct an autopsy, and when he came back, he announced that he had committed suicide, and he also left a suicide note. Now the body has been packed and ready to be sent back to the border. ”
Gu Caiwei instantly sneered. "The surname Wu is really lawless! When others come to them and ask for an explanation, they just kill them all? Do you want to take advantage of the ice and snow to transport the corpse back? They are planning to kill two birds with one stone, on the one hand, to deter those people at the border, and on the other hand, they also want to scare us - let's take a good look at the fate of doing something against them! ”
With that, she squinted at Du Junqing. "Master Hou, the concubine is so afraid! What do you think you should do next? ”
Du Junqing's face was cold. "They dare to kill the captain, but they won't dare to attack me, unless they really plan to make a fuss about it and let the mine in Yangxin County be abandoned!"
"So what?" Gu Caiwei raised her eyebrows.
"So, I don't plan to go out until the beginning of spring. They love to toss, and they can toss it themselves. Anyway, don't they just like to toss? Du Jun said coolly.
Hengzhu Du Yi is now in Yongxing County, protected by Fufengzi, absolutely safe. The two of them also live here, the family is all safe and secure, and the surnamed Wu can't hold on to threatening them.
Gu Caiwei suddenly snorted. "I think they must have hated you already! And then it's going to be even more hateful. ”
"Whatever, as if someone doesn't hate them." Du Jun said coolly.
As he spoke, an old woman walked in. She held a bowl of fragrant chicken soup in her hand and slowly came to Gu Caiwei: "Little lady, the chicken soup is stewed, you can drink it while it's hot!" ”
When Gu Caiwei smelled this smell, she miraculously didn't want to vomit.
She hurriedly took it, picked up the spoon and drank it slowly. It didn't take long for a bowl of chicken soup to bottom.
When she finished eating, she hurriedly handed the empty bowl back. "Thank you, mother-in-law!"
"No thanks, no thanks, being able to serve the little lady is a blessing for the old body! I think if it weren't for you, my son would have been dead a long time ago, how could our family be as prosperous as it is now? Now it's just to make you some soup to replenish your body, this is originally the internal business of the old body, and it's not worth mentioning! The old woman smiled and went out with the empty bowl.
Du Junqing saw that she drank all the bowls of soup, so he stared at her with one eye and the spittoon with the other, always ready that once she wanted to vomit, he would immediately grab the spittoon!
Merely...... After waiting for a while, Gu Caiwei didn't have the reaction to vomit.
Du Junqing was instantly surprised and delighted. "You don't want to throw up?"
"The fetal soup made by Granny Qian is a well-known one in the rivers and lakes. Even if it is difficult to serve a pregnant woman, as long as she takes over, then she will definitely be served properly, otherwise why do you think I came to her? Gu Caiwei said slowly.
It was easy to have something in her stomach, and her internal organs warmed up a little, so she felt a lot more comfortable in her heart, and naturally she was much more patient when talking to Du Junqing.
"It's just that Granny Qian is now old and doesn't go out much anymore, and ordinary people can't please move her. I also relied on the fact that I had treated their family back then, so I had the cheekiness to come here. Now, we have to be glad that Granny Qian's family lives in Luoyang. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat a decent bite of food until now! ”
Du Junqing nodded hurriedly. "You're right. I will definitely repay the old man when I look back. ”
Gu Caiwei suddenly snorted again. "Didn't I tell you that I was kind to Granny Qian and her family first, so Granny Qian chose to go out of the mountain to repay me? This is called repaying virtue with virtue, and since then we have both cleared! ”
"That's you." Du Junqing said seriously, "Now you are pregnant with my child, but I don't have any kindness to Granny Qian, so now I have to repay her kindness." ”
"Alright then, it's up to you." Gu Caiwei nodded helplessly.
Once this man is stubborn, he will be like a cow, and she can't pull it back, so let him go! Horizontal and vertical is not a big deal.
Next, the two of them naturally ate and drank at Granny Qian's house, and their small lives were extremely nourishing.
As for the Wu family, looking for them everywhere outside? So what's their business?
It's just that they all know it - they can't enjoy this tranquility for long. The surname Wu is full of minions in Luoyang, Chang'an, and it is only a matter of time before they find out their location.
But when they saw the person who finally came to the door, Du Junqing and Gu Caiwei were still greatly surprised.
"Warrior Horse." Finding Wu Youji appear in front of him, Du Junqing frowned slightly, but he immediately stepped forward to salute.
Wu Youji smiled: "Changning Hou is a little disappointed when he sees me?" ”
The colt laughed, what is there to lose from the lower officials? On the contrary, seeing that it was a colt who could still say a few words, Xia Guan was very happy. Du Jun responded indifferently.
Wu Youji nodded immediately. "That's what I thought, so I stopped them all and decided to come to you alone."
Du Junqing raised his eyebrows, and without speaking, Wu Youji smiled and said: "The matter of the broken arrow in Tingzhou, I guess you all already know." In that case, then I'll stop talking nonsense, let's get straight to the point! ”
"I know this, but what does this matter have to do with us? None of the arrows we sent over from Yongxing County were broken. Du Jun responded coolly.
Wu Youji's smiling face stiffened slightly. "Marquis Changning, are you still complaining about the fact that the King of Xin'an County secretly built the same weapon as your Yongxing County?"
"Shouldn't Ben Hou complain?" Du Junqing asked rhetorically.
"Yes, indeed. It's really not what they're doing right. "Wu Yu jaw head.
Du Junqing sneered a few more times. "No matter how wrong it is, they won't admit it, but they think that I am making trouble unreasonably and deliberately making trouble for them, don't you guess I'm right?"
Wu Youji nodded. "You're right, that's what they think."
"In that case, what are you doing with me, colt?" Du Junqing asked coldly.
Wu Youji said quietly: "Let them come to apologize to you and admit their mistakes, I can't do this." I still have some say in how to remedy this. If Changning Hou can agree with me on this matter, I can convince them to take a step back. At the very least, for the time being, let them stop copying your Modao. ”
Hearing this, Du Junqing sneered again.
"It's already happened that the arrow broke, and I don't believe you haven't figured out the cause until now."
Wu Youji pursed his lips before nodding. "Indeed, we found out."
"Now that it's been found out, how can you not know, even if they copy the Mo knife again, there will be problems with the final product?" Du Junqing said coldly, "Mo Dao is not comparable to an arrow. There are dozens of arrows in each quiver, and if one is broken, the next one can be replaced immediately. But Mo Dao...... It takes two years to make an ordinary Mo knife, but after the sword-casting master in our Yongxing County mine has been improved, it will take more than a year to make a sword. After such knives are punched, they are used by the forward troops, and each one is precious. ”
"Therefore, as long as you dare to make that Mo Dao and send it to the border pass, once there is any mistake, not only will the entire forward force be destroyed, but even the team behind will suffer great losses. That's not a matter of losing a few lives, it's a matter of the land of my Great Zhou Dynasty and the face of the country! If this happens, do you think Her Majesty will continue to protect you? ”
Wu Youji's face was slightly pale.
"I naturally thought of this, so I came to Changning Hou to discuss countermeasures."
"Are you here to discuss countermeasures, or let me help you mend the hole and save face?" Du Junqing asked angrily.
Wu Youji gritted his teeth. "Mend the hole and save face."
The corners of Du Junqing's mouth twitched slightly, and Gu Caiwei also said: "In this case, isn't it good for you to explain your words at the beginning?" I have to say so much in a roundabout way, but in the end, the ultimate goal is still this one. ”
"I don't agree." And immediately, Du Junqing said coldly.
Wu Youji's eyes darkened instantly. "Marquis Changning, this matter is not only related to the face of the martial arts, but also the lives of many soldiers at the border pass, as well as the reputation of my Great Zhou Dynasty...... You should know that now that King Luling has been named the crown prince, Her Majesty the Empress is old, and it will not be long before the world will return to the hands of Li Tang's descendants. After being the twenty-four heroes of the founding of the country, are you willing to watch the foundation that your ancestors worked so hard to be occupied by the Turks? ”
"Now you have the ability to solve it, but you ignore it because of your temperament. If the territory is really lost, have you thought about how to face the ancestors of the Du family when you go down to Huangquan a hundred years later? ”
The indifference in Du Junqing's eyes suddenly faded a little.
He stared deeply at Wu Youji for a long time before the corners of his lips hooked. "The concubine is really worthy of being specially selected by Her Majesty the Empress to be matched to Princess Taiping, and your mind is much more active than the rest of the martial arts family."
Wu Yu arched hands. "Thank you Changning Hou for the compliment. So now, can we talk about it? ”
"Yes." Du Jun cleared his head, "Actually, it's easy to solve this matter, as long as I take over this mess." It's not a big deal for me, and I can help you out, but only if you have to agree to me. ”
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