Chapter 35: A Squad of Officers and Soldiers
The empire rewards farming and weaving, encourages the population to have children, and girls have reached the legal standard for marriage at the age of fourteen, and Chen Sheng is also sixteen years old this year, and he has also reached the age of marriage. Wei Yi saw that although Chen Sheng was young, his personality was as calm as a young man in his twenties and thirties, and he should also consider starting a family. It's just that the master and apprentice are adrift all the way and have no fixed place to live, so Wei Yu never mentions this matter. Now that I see that my disciple seems to have an object of admiration, he is naturally happy to do his good deeds.
Chen Sheng was taken aback by the teacher's words. Although he has a heart of twenty-five or sixteen years old, this body is still a teenager, and in his previous life, he has just passed the legal age of the Law on the Protection of Minors. Are you kidding?! Besides, in this world, three wives and four concubines are not illegal, and he still wants to enjoy a corrupt life, this chick has a good temper, if it is a vinegar jar, then the trouble is not small.
Chen Sheng immediately refused, and said a lot of righteous and awe-inspiring words, such as the fact that his career has not been established, he has no home, and the identity of the two is very different, even if he is interested in other people's little girls, he may not like it, etc. However, from his words, Wei Yu was more certain. This "natural saint" student of his own family really fell in love with the little girl of the Ling family at first sight.
For Chen Sheng's words, some Wei Yiyan agreed, but some were very disdainful, although the little girl of the Ling family had a lot of status in the family, but for him, it was not a particularly eye-catching thing. He used to be a captain of the empire, and his status in the empire was extremely prominent, and it was not a big deal to hire a merchant's daughter for a student. Not to mention that he was just a businessman, if the powerful ministers in the center of the empire knew that he had two unmarried students, they would sell their unmarried daughters and granddaughters to marry him. You must know that Wei Yu only accepted two students before, one is Wang Ao, the emperor's confidant and responsible for the secret intelligence collection of the empire, and the other is the current emperor.
The center of the empire is actually an intricate network of relationships, which is largely based on blood ties.
For example, the Meng Tian and Meng Yi brothers were all childhood friends of the emperor, and the Mengshi family was loyal to the empire for generations, one of the cornerstones of the Qin state, and the emperor had an instinctive trust in them and regarded them as the most reliable confidants; On the other hand, there are generals Wang Jian and Taiwei Wang Ben, father and son led the imperial army and opened up territory for the empire, and the emperor was not afraid of the two of them, the reason is that Wang Jian was the emperor's teacher when he was a child, and he won the emperor's trust; Another example is Prime Minister Li Si, his sons are all imperial princesses, and the current emperor is in-laws, the eldest son is now the county guard of Yingchuan County, the emperor is also at ease with him, and the deputy prime minister Feng Quji and the imperial historian Feng Zheng are father and son, with outstanding military achievements, and the family is the pillar of the empire...... Nowadays, the imperial court, in addition to the supremacy of the emperor, is basically the sphere of influence of the four major families. The major families have expanded their influence and crowded out other forces, which requires more strength. A character like Wei Mi, who can influence the emperor's decision with every word and deed, is the object of their wooing, and Wei Mi's student, the emperor's junior brother, once he enters the office, has the emperor's senior brother covering, and the future is not limited at all.
Chen Sheng, who is not familiar with the relationship between the power center of the empire, naturally does not know the influence of the teacher, let alone that he is a sweet tooth or a thorn in the eyes of these powerful ministers, and naturally he will not understand that in the past few days, the power center of the empire has already set his eyes on him. Of course, all of this was arranged intentionally or unintentionally by Wei Yu.
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"Beauty, what's your name......" The voice lingered in Ling Suyun's heart. For the first time in sixteen years, it was the first time that someone bluntly said that she was a beauty, and ...... And it was said so lightly in front of everyone's eyes. Thinking of this, Ling Su hated it in his heart. Who is she Ling Suyun? Is it the kind of person who can be bullied by the disciples? If she hadn't been out of the house, the escorted goods were too important to make any extraneous branches, otherwise she would have taught this disciple a lesson.
"Hmph, if Miss Ben sees you in the future, she won't let you have such a good time." Ling Suyun raised his small fist and said hatefully.
Consistent with Ling Suyun's thoughts was her cousin Ling Fengdu. After being ordered by his cousin to ban alcohol, several house slaves got into his car and carried all the good wine he regarded as his life. Along the way, he became more and more angry, and vented all his resentment on Chen Sheng.
"Good boy, I'm not going to let you have a good time!" Ling Fengdu's eyes flashed with the color of a yin vulture, and then he said fiercely: "Ling Suyun, don't be rampant, when you get to the place, I'll see how you die!" Like that stinky woman, I want to be the patriarch of my Ling family, and according to those countless family wealth, I want to be beautiful! The cruelty in Ling Fengdu's eyes was even worse.
Just as Ling Fengdu cursed in a low voice, the carriage suddenly stopped. Ling Fengdu was suddenly frightened, and thought that the words behind him had been heard. He shuddered for a moment, and then asked the driver outside, "Why did you stop?" ”
The coachman replied: "Young man, Pengcheng has arrived, and the government is inspecting the customs documents." ”
Hearing this, Ling Fengdu's eyes lit up. A poisonous plan came out of his heart, he got out of the car door and said to the driver: "Old Wu, help me do something......
After changing their clothes, all the thieves smiled happily and slowly walked towards Pengcheng with the carriage in their arms. Although Pengcheng is prosperous, in this icy and snowy time, there are few pedestrians on the road, but it is very quiet.
However, this silence was quickly broken, and in the direction of Pengcheng, suddenly a group of officers and soldiers, fully armed, rushed towards this side quickly, with a murderous awe-inspiring awe.
Seeing the officers and soldiers, Ji Bu's heart sank, he has been engaged in the bandit business for many years, he has a natural fear of the officers and soldiers, immediately stopped the carriage, turned back to the carriage and said: "Master, son, there are a large number of officers and soldiers in front, it seems that they are coming for us!" ”
When the bandits saw the arrival of the officers and soldiers, they were also panicked and began to be restless. It was only a day since the good came, and as soon as everyone saw these officers and soldiers, they instinctively felt uneasy.
Chen Sheng poked his head out of it and scolded with a smile: "What are you afraid of, you are no longer a bandit, what are you afraid of them doing?" Looking around, seeing that all the brothers were terrified, Chen Sheng was angry and funny, and secretly thought that with such a little guts, he dared to run out and be a bandit? These goods are too amateurish, right? I wonder why Ji Bu's gang of bandits can get mixed up today.