By the end of the second year of Yongchang, Shandong's money and grain to Shunting was second only to Huguang, and by the beginning of the third year of Yongchang, even Sun Kewang was compared to Zhong Guinian. It is said that some merchants in Fujian and Guangdong went to Shandong to cooperate with Zhong Guinian and helped the defense of Shandong to obtain a lot of benefits without violating the three-year exemption. Although it is not known how Zhong Guinian got the money, the Shun court was able to continue to buy arms and materials from the south, and after getting a more adequate supply, the war in the north also developed rapidly in the direction of the Shun court.

In the second year of Yongchang, Xu Ping did not wait for all the southern expeditionary troops to return and repair, so he took the two battalions of guards and armor to attack the troops of Guanning, Jiangbei and Bian, and he led Li Chengdong and Chen Yongfu to defeat the combined forces of Khan and Jiang Pai in Shanxi. Wang Qinian was also defeated by the Shun army's partial division Guan Ning army in an encounter battle, Wu Sangui refused to sell cheaply after the victory, and pursued the enemy army for seven days and seven nights in one go, captured all the opponent's artillery, and captured tens of thousands of rebels, of which more than 3,000 were the seed troops of the original fire battalion.

By February of the third year of Yongchang, the Shun army had recovered the entire territory of Shanxi and invaded Shaanxi from both sides, and Jiang Rang's elder brother Jiang Rang also escaped from the customs in the same way as his younger brother. During this period, the Northern Alliance sent envoys to Fujian and Guangdong many times, persuading each other with cold lips and teeth, but Qi Guogong was unmoved, and the envoy who inserted the sweat for the last time couldn't help but scold, saying that if it wasn't for the sweating and righteous Xingshi, now the four provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Guizhou would not have been surnamed Huang for a long time, and now Huangshi is not only stupid, but also revenge. After seeing that Huangshi's heart was still like a stone, the sweating messenger cried and left.

In the middle of the third year of Yongchang, after recovering all the land in Guannei, Xu Ping's class returned to the court, and Shunting's next attack direction would be Liaodong, which was the largest grain-producing area in the hands of Jianhan, and it was also his most important salt and iron production area.

Xu Ping did not intend to continue to take command of the attack on Liaodong, and the Northern Alliance was already seriously injured at this time, and he did not intend to snatch all the credit. King Shun fulfilled his promise to Li Chengdong and Wu Sangui: Li Chengdong, who had performed well in the counterinsurgency war, happily accepted the title of King of Shu, and King Shun allowed him to take half of his existing soldiers and horses to Sichuan to become a vassal; And Wu Sangui, the king of Liao, did not stay in Beijing for a few days, so he hurriedly led his headquarters to Shanhaiguan, and he would be the vanguard of the attack on Liaodong to open the way for the follow-up Shun army.

"Your Majesty," after seeing Li Zicheng, Huang Naiming first congratulated the other party on the victory of the counterinsurgency war, and then said: "I hope Your Majesty will allow the minister's family to return to Fujian first." ”

When Jin Qiude escaped from Beijing with the teaching team, he did not have time to take his family members away, so Huangshi and Jin Qiude's family all fell into the hands of the Shun army with Beijing, and the two families have been under house arrest by King Shun in the original Zhendonghou Mansion for two years, except that they are not allowed to move around without permission, but they are very polite to them.

Jin Shentong's widow is now two years old, and Huang Naiming has prepared a comfortable carriage, planning to let his mother-in-law, sister and nephew take advantage of the crisp autumn weather to set off for the south.

Since the capture of Jingshi, Xu Ping has never been to the Zhenguo Mansion once, because he doesn't know how to face Mrs. Huang and Huang Zijun, he has always opposed the detention of Qi Guogong's family, and he has said to Li Zicheng before: People who really want to compete for the world, it is useless to detain other people's wives and children, if people want to go, they might as well let them go, and it is better to rule the world by force.

But today Huang Naiming made this request in front of him, which made Xu Pingpo a little at a loss, and what was worse was that as soon as Huang Naiming said this, King Shun's eyes turned to Xu Ping.

"The minister thinks that now the Duke of Qi and our Dashun are friends rather than enemies." Xu Ping guessed that his affairs with Huang Zijun were not unheard of by the other party's father and brother, and Huang Naiming never mentioned his sister in front of him for almost two years.

Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing also knew about the grievances between Xu Ping and the Huang family through Zhong Guinian, and the two of them had also discussed this issue, it was really useless to hold Huangshi's family, but if Xu Ping didn't give up, then naturally he couldn't offend his own generals for the sake of the enemy's family. In the past, when Xu Ping said that he would release people, King Shun was not sure what he thought in his heart, but now seeing that Xu Ping had no intention of repenting, he nodded and agreed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Huang Naiming turned around and said to Xu Ping again: "Thank you, General Xu." ”

……

Soon Mrs. Huang left Beijing with her family, and Huang Naiming continued to stay in Beijing as a hostage, after Mrs. Huang left, Yu Shenhe came to Xu Ping's house, and he probably had another month to command four battalions to set off for Shanhaiguan, as Wu Sangui's stamina: "My lord, I heard that you agreed to let Mrs. Huang's mother and daughter go." ”

Hearing the meaning of this sentence, Xu Ping frowned slightly: "Brother Yu, they are all gone." ”

"My lord," there was no one left and right, and Yu Shenhe asked explicitly, "My lord doesn't read Miss Huang anymore, right?" ”

"Where else is the Miss Huang family? Now her surname is Kim. ”

"Well," Yu Shenhe pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Haven't you considered marriage before?" Now that the adult is already the prince, what kind of system will it be without the princess? ”

"I haven't thought about it yet...... Xu Pingzheng wondered how Yu Shenhe didn't know that he hadn't been idle, and suddenly realized: "Brother Yu, is this here to be a matchmaker for me?" ”

"My lord is clever," Yu Shenhe laughed: "It's the daughter of my biological father, the Jiang family, although she has a different surname from me, but I still think she is my own sister in my heart, how can I do it without asking clearly?" If adults still worry about the old people in their hearts, it will be too unfair to my sister. ”

"The child of the Jiang family, that is the sister of Brother Jiang."

"Yes, the adults have seen my brother-in-law, his family is well-read, and his daughter is very virtuous, and she is definitely a good match for adults." Yu Shenhe bragged about the girl of the Jiang family and asked Xu Pingyi how he was.

Xu Ping's uncle Yongchang passed away in the first year, and now he has no respect for the elder, this matter is all up to him, and his comrades-in-arms for many years have no reason to refuse when they mention marriage: "I'm afraid that I won't be worthy of Brother Jiang's sister." ”

"Then this matter is decided," Yu Shenhe was full of joy: "My sister used to tell fortunes when she was a child, and that gentleman said that she would be rich and extraordinary in the future." I didn't get married until I was twenty years old, and I really had the life to be a princess. ”

After finishing speaking, Yu Shenhe hurriedly added: "Don't worry, my lord, this girl of the Jiang family is both good and beautiful, and it is definitely not that she can't get married, but there was chaos a while ago, and my biological father really didn't want to marry his daughter to anyone in troubled times." ”

Since Xu Ping had no parents, Yu Shenhe went to King Shun to ask him to be Xu Ping's honorable elder to marry, and after hearing about this, King Shun was also quite satisfied: "The dignified King Wu, it is indeed too unreasonable to have no princess, and it is a loss of court system." ”

Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin and others also congratulated Xu Ping and Yu Shenhe one after another, saying that they would definitely give a big gift at that time.

After Li Zicheng agreed to write a marriage letter, this matter was a certainty, Yu Shenhe and Xu Ping came out when Ting Xie En came out, Yu Shenhe said to Xu Ping: "My lord, we martial artists don't pay too much attention to it, I think this marriage should be done as soon as possible, at most I will have to go on the expedition in one month, I hope to see my sister marry before sending out the army." ”

Xu Ping couldn't resist Yu Shenhe, and agreed to get married as soon as possible.

"Okay, there is one more thing, the daughter of the Jiang family is named Qingyue," After finishing speaking, Yu Shenhe happily went to report the good news to his biological parents' family, while Xu Ping returned home with his personal guard.

When preparing for the dowry in the next two days, Xu Ping couldn't help but feel a little longing when he thought of his future wife.

But before Xu Ping longed for long, on the third day when Xu Ping went home, he saw a guard waiting at the gate, as soon as Xu Ping jumped off the horse, the guard came up in a panic, approached him and whispered: "My lord, the big thing is not good, Jiang Xiaoniang has come to find you." ”

Xu Ping was also taken aback when he heard this, and the guard hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, my lord, when my subordinates heard that Jiang Xiaoniang had reported that she was out of the house, they hurriedly invited her into the house, and no one else knew." ”

The guard felt that it was really unpleasant to come to see her fiancé before marriage, and now it is true that she is losing the face of the Jiang family, but in the future, this girl will be surnamed Xu, which will be a loss of face for her chief.

Xu Ping asked his henchmen to stand guard far away outside the study, not to let outsiders approach, and then called someone to invite Miss Jiang over.

"Little girl Jiang, knock to see His Royal Highness King Wu." Jiang Qingyue entered the door is a big gift, Xu Ping asked her not to be polite, but the other party insisted on finishing the etiquette of the people girl to the vassal king before getting up, the other party was a woman, Xu Ping was not good at reaching out to hold it, so he had to accept this gift.

"Little lady Jiang, please take a seat." Xu Ping pointed to a chair and said.

"In front of His Highness, where is the place of the people's daughter." This girl of twenty years old had a serious face, her hands hung down at her sides, and she did not twist into her sleeves but generously exposed, standing straight opposite Xu Ping.

Jin insisted on refusing to sit down, and Xu Ping had no choice but to give up: "Is there anything wrong with Little Lady Jiang coming to see you?" Does Ling Zun know? ”

"My father doesn't know," Jiang Qingyue said quickly: "Your Royal Highness King Wu, the little girl doesn't want to marry His Highness. ”

"Oh." Xu Ping replied thoughtfully, he had a premonition when he heard that this girl came to see him, and he knew more after seeing the other party's expression just now, this answer was not so unexpected by Xu Ping.

"The little woman hopes that His Highness has rejected this marriage," the girl announced loudly, "The little girl does not want to be the princess of His Highness." Seeing that Xu Ping did not react after speaking, Jiang Qingyue emphasized again: "The little girl already has a heart, please ask Your Highness to refuse this matter." ”

"Well, that's right." Xu Ping didn't say it, but secretly thought to himself: "Where is it so easy, the Lord has already known about this matter and promised to give a marriage certificate, how can I regret it if my father and I have exchanged marriage certificates, Brother Yu even told me your maiden name, how can I be allowed to regret the marriage." Besides, where are you in charge of this matter? Didn't Brother Yu say that the Jiang family was knowledgeable and well-educated and raised their daughter well? Why did you come to ask for repentance? ”

However, although Xu Ping complained in his heart, it was impossible for him to really regret his marriage because of such a little dissatisfaction, the matter was already in the boat, and King Shun and the Manchu Dynasty already knew about it.

"Little lady Jiang, please take a seat," Xu Ping pointed to the chair again and said: "Even if the little lady must repent of her marriage, she must tell me the details, but Ling Zun and Ling Tang do not agree, I'm afraid this reason is not tenable, right?" ”

Xu Ping has secretly made up his mind in his heart, first stabilize this little girl, and then secretly notify her to come to the family to pick up people, this matter must be unaware and unaware, otherwise it will be laughed at in this life, and even the future children will be ashamed of their mother's impulse today.

"My father, mother!" Jiang Qingyue rarely gets along with outsiders, and she didn't guess Xu Ping's calculations at this time, and when she heard the other party's tone loosen, she thought there was a door, so she sat down and said to Xu Ping with hope: "Your Highness Mingjian, the little girl is already twenty years old this year, how can anyone never propose marriage?" ”

Jiang Qingyue told Xu Ping that she originally had a crush on her, a Cantonese scholar, a descendant of a friend of the Jiang family's ancestor, who was at his house when she went to Beijing to review and prepare for the imperial examination a few years ago.

“…… My father and mother knew about this, and he also mentioned it, but my father and mother said that they would wait until he was admitted, "This is not only an incentive, but also worried that the son-in-law will be distracted by marriage and not study hard:" I didn't expect His Royal Highness to enter the Beijing Division all of a sudden, and the imperial examination was delayed, when His Royal Highness fought in the south and the north in the past two years, he proposed several times but his father and mother have been prevaricating, and I didn't know why at first, but I didn't know why a few days ago, I knew that my father and brother of the Yu family had already had this intention......"

Although he is suspected of hating the poor and loving the rich, Xu Ping still can't regret it because of his friend's careful thinking - who hasn't been careful? Now Xu Ping is just a little worried, worried that this marriage will be a little immoral, if the other party has been hired but the Jiang family breaks the contract, then in the future, some people will say that King Wu is bullying and destroying other people's marriages. Thinking of this, Xu Ping blurted out: "Has he been hired?" ”

"No, but ......" The girl stood up and shouted anxiously: "But my father and mother said back then: first take the exam and then make an appointment to get married, and also promised, if the little girl is nineteen and has not yet passed the exam, don't wait, my father and mother said, but as soon as the Yu family brother said it, it was ...... and deceit. ”

The girl hurriedly talked for a long time, and suddenly found that Xu Ping on the other side looked dazed, as if she was not listening to what she said at all.

"Have you been hired?" Xu Ping whispered this question.

"Your Highness, what did you say?" The girl asked, puzzled.

"Nothing." Xu Ping's eyes turned, and he looked at the anxious girl again: "Little lady Jiang, please take a seat." ”

After Jiang Qingyue sat down again, Xu Ping stared at her for a while, until he saw that the other party began to get angry, and suddenly spoke; "Little lady Jiang, your first brother, and your Yu brother, they are all my brothers who were born and died, so I have to ask carefully. Little lady Jiang, would you like to tell me about your Ruyi Langjun, what kind of person is he? ”

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