Section 42: Receiving gifts

After living in the post house of Jingshi, Xu Ping no longer practiced swords every day, but leisurely read books or taught the guards to play chess.

Xu Ping accepted all the gifts sent by the courtiers of the Ming court, without any intention of refusing, but the pink beauties sent by the other party all declined politely.

It was not until late that Xu Ping sent the last Ming minister away, although it could not be called completely unscrupulous, but as long as the position and peace talks could have a little bit to do with the Ming ministers, they would definitely use this relationship to meet Xu Ping. The point of these visitors was that they had nothing to do with the peace talks, but that the focus was on their consistent admiration for King Shun and his Xu Ping, and at the end they respectfully presented a bunch of valuable gifts, and when Xu Ping agreed to accept them, he left as if he had given these officials a great favor.

Several guards worked together with Xu Ping to sort out the gifts received today, including gold, jade, coral agate, everything.

"It's just that there is no calligraphy and painting," Xu Ping smiled at several guards: "It seems that I am really a vulgar martial artist, and no one has given me calligraphy and painting." ”

"Your Excellency has really made a fortune this time," although the auspiciousness has not yet been decided, the guards have seen all the statues of the civil and military servants of the Ming Dynasty along the way, and now their mood has become very calm: "My lord needs to hire more big cars, so many things can not be moved by a few of us, and we can't move anything." ”

"Just put it here, let the battalions move," Xu Ping carefully collected the gift slips handed over by others when they gave gifts, and copied them all into a special book: "Half for the king, half for the soldiers." ”

A confidant guard said cautiously: "My lord, when the king enters the capital, these officials will definitely not lose the king's share, and the soldiers in the camp, will the king not be rewarded?" Why do you want to do this? ”

"Do you think they're sending me something?" Xu Ping knew what the guards had to worry about, and along the way, he kept distributing some small things from others to these henchmen who followed him, and these people also gladly accepted them: "If I am not a close general of King Shun, if I don't accept those tens of thousands of brothers, will these people give me a copper plate?" No, no, they are the generals who sent things to Dashun, the commanders of tens of thousands of Shun troops, not to give me Xu Ping. ”

Seeing that there was still hesitation on the faces of several subordinates, Xu Ping guessed that they felt sorry for themselves, and they might be a little uncomfortable, feeling that if Xu Ping didn't take the big head, the small money collected by the guards would make them feel awkward. Thinking of this, Xu Ping smiled and said to his henchmen: "Although I handed over all of them to the king, how could the king not give me some back?" At that time, it was given by the king, and of course I would accept it, and only then would I accept it. ”

"What your lord said," several of the guards immediately smiled and agreed, "The king will definitely give it back to your lordship." ”

"Maybe there's more."

"Of course there will be more."

Several of the guards were gleefully talking.

……

He was a little surprised when he learned that Xu Ping had accepted all the gifts and let Wei Zaode out, but there was a random worry, as Chongzhen's first assistant, if King Shun wanted to kill even one civil official to be the representative of corrupt officials, Wei Zaode felt that he was likely to become the scapegoat for that misfortune.

Originally, there was a Chen Yan in front of him, but he had already escaped from Beijing when he saw that the situation was not good, and Wei Zaode had been cold for ten years, and finally won the title of the gold list, and was hand-picked by Emperor Chongzhen as the champion - a well-deserved first person in the world. Shu Jishi, Hanlin Academy, three years into the cabinet to worship the prime minister, this scenery has not been a few years, or a well-deserved prime of life, how can Wei Zaode be willing to resign with Chen Yan in general?

In order to please Xu Ping, Wei Zaode prepared a lot of generous gifts, but he hoped that Xu Ping would not look down on anyone's courtesy, but he was moved by his own heart.

"It's really a vulgar martial artist, and those who come don't refuse, this food is too ugly." It's good now, Xu Ping doesn't care about gold, silver, jade, pearls, it seems that even if it is a copper coin and treasure banknote, as long as it is sent to the door, he will smile unceremoniously, Wei Zaode feels that he has wasted his efforts, so that the words of everyone can not keep his wealth and wealth.

Wei Zaode thought and thought, thought and thought, and kept thinking that in the middle of the night, he hadn't been able to come up with anything that could be a blockbuster and make Xu Ping never forget.

Seeing that the old man was frowning for a few hours, sighing, not eating or drinking, the servants who accompanied him were also sad, and couldn't help but scold: "It is said that the young and lustful, the old and the rich are good, this General Xu is good, and the whole thing is upside down." ”

"What, what?" Wei Zaode looked up sharply.

"When I was still living in a post house outside the city, the women who were sent to General Xu were all returned by him, I heard that he had been in Dashun for so many years, and he was a very popular minister, but he never even asked for a daughter-in-law."

"Isn't it a good man?" The servant on the other side asked: "General Xu is only in his twenties, it is impossible for Fang Gang to be lustful, he must be from a martial arts background, and the good one is a masculine man, not a feminine woman." ”

"No, the prostitute was also sent, and he was also refused. And Huan Fei Yan is thin, the famous prostitutes in Jingshi have almost talked about it, and none of General Xu is willing to stay," the first one to speak added: "I also heard that General Xu injured his kidneys during the war, so he is not close to women." ”

"Oh, no wonder." The other also suddenly realized.

"Nonsense? General Xu has beards on his lips and under his chin, where does it seem to hurt his kidneys? Wei Zaode scolded, and he suddenly had an idea: "That's that General Xu doesn't look down on those vulgar fans." ”

……

Xu Ping, who had already washed and slept, had to get up immediately to see him when he learned that Wei Zaode had taken advantage of the fact that no one had come to visit him secretly in the middle of the night. Wei Zaode is the first assistant of the dynasty, is the champion appointed by Emperor Chongzhen, Hanlin, three years into the cabinet, this promotion speed in the Ming Dynasty is really unprecedented, Xu Ping estimates that the son of the Ming Dynasty must be very trusting of him, if Wei Zaode helps to say a few words, maybe it can promote the Chongzhen Emperor to make up his mind to surrender Zen Rang.

"Lord Wei......" After seeing Wei Zaode, Xu Yuan bowed and was about to open his mouth to say hello.

"It's getting late, General Xu should hurry up and rest," Wei Zaode interrupted Xu Ping, who was dressed in a green coat and a small hat, and falsely claimed to the Ming guards outside that he was a family member sent by Wei Shoufu, and only revealed his identity after seeing Xu Ping's personal soldiers. Wei Zaode was followed by a small servant, pointing at Xu Ping Wei Zaode turned around and pointed to the people behind him and ordered: "General Xu saddles his horse and is tired, you must carefully serve the general's life." ”

Xu Ping saw that Wei Zaode was a short, delicate little guy behind him, and suddenly lamented in his heart: "I rejected all the prostitutes during the day, but they sent prostitutes at night." ”

"Lord Wei......" Xu Ping was about to refuse again.

"I know that General Xu doesn't look down on those vulgar fans," Wei Zaode turned around and said fluently to Xu Ping: "This is the little girl Wei Shuang, who has been raised in the deep boudoir for more than ten years and has never left the house. ”

"What...... What the? ”

"General Xu is the life of the world, and he did not hesitate to risk his life to enter Beijing alone, and the lower officials are very admirable, and he also knows that the little girl is not worthy of the general, so if the general does not give up, it is good to accept her as a concubine." Wei Zaode was fast and had no shame, and after speaking, he turned around and left: "The lower official still has to avoid people's eyes and ears, and General Xu forgives his sins." ”

Wei ...... Lord Wei! ”

Wei Zaode pushed his daughter on her back, pushed her from Xu Ping's side into the bedroom, and said to Xu Ping; "General Xu, God knows about this matter, you know it, I know it, and I hope that General Xu will not make a noise first, so as not to ruin the reputation of the little girl."

"Take your hat off!" Wei Zaode shouted at Xu Ping in the room, and left in a hurry.

Wei Zaode trotted away all the way, and Xu Ping, as the messenger of Dashun, was not good at arguing with him in this dark night for refusing to accept his daughter, in front of everyone's eyes.

Turning around, and then lighting Xu Ping saw clearly that the people in the room had bright teeth and red lips, and their snow-white and crystalline complexion were indeed a pampered official lady and not a prostitute child. When Xu Ping looked back, the girl who looked like she was in her teens was gently removing the cyan hat from her head, and her jet-black hair suddenly flowed down her shoulders like a waterfall.

"Ugh." Looking at the girl's resigned expression, as well as the tears and panic in her eyes, Xu Ping shook his head gently.

……

"Squeeze, squeeze." After hearing the dissatisfied voices of his subordinates, Xu Ping scolded with a smile: "In the past, when I was fighting in Henan, I could have a fur pad on the ground, and several people had to be squeezed on it, but now the bed is so big, and there is a charcoal fire and a quilt, what's wrong with asking you to squeeze it?" ”

"It can only be gone, there can be no nothing," several guards who were forced to squeeze the bed with Xu Ping complained unabashedly, since the founding of Dashun, at least Xu Ping's personal guards do not have to sleep on the floor but have mattresses and quilts: "This bunk is for three people to sleep, and there are not many quilts." ”

"If you don't want to squeeze it, you can sleep underground," Xu Ping said with a smile, "unless you are embarrassed to let me sleep on the ground." ”

"My lord," one of his subordinates turned over and lay on his side in dissatisfaction, muttering: "Miss Jiao who came to the door, Yuanfu's daughter, my lord, you are not given by God, but accept the blame." ”

"What's the blame, go to sleep!"

"Anyway, it's a matter of time, a few days earlier, a few days later, and the adults don't go to accompany the bride to squeeze our bed." The innermost face was already attached to the wall, and a complaint came from the deepest part of the bed: "No wonder people have been sending prostitutes, no one believes that adults are not good men." ”

"Nonsense! Sleep, I'll have something to do tomorrow. Xu Ping scolded: "What is it sooner or later, I will send her back at dawn tomorrow, and besides, this matter must not leak the news, otherwise I will not spare it." ”

"My lord still feels sorry for my mother."

"Yes, my lord, what should my subordinates call Madame?"

"It wasn't like they didn't leave without dropping it before, those adults really didn't like it, and they went out of the door and let them go back on their own, but today is different, not only did the adults not bomb out, but they also pity the fragrance and cherish the jade ......"

Xu Ping listened to their voices getting louder and louder, for fear that the Ming army outside the hall would hear it, so he hurriedly silenced them: "Lord Wei is the Yuan Fu of the Ming Court, I can't let this matter make a big fuss." ”

Xu Ping repeatedly silenced his subordinates, and he also hoped that Wei Zaode could help say a few words when he saw Chongzhen, so that this matter could not be known to outsiders, otherwise Chongzhen would lose his trust in Wei Zaode - Xu Ping thought that this thing still existed among the Ming monarchs and ministers.

"Don't you really want it?" The subordinates still refused to give up.

"Of course not." Xu Ping was ready to close his eyes and go to sleep.

"Sure enough?"

"Don't, don't."

"Then give it to your subordinates!"

I don't know who proposed, and suddenly there were several cheers of approval.

"Nonsense." Xu Ping scolded with his eyes closed.

"My lord still wants it."

"Don't." Xu Ping denied it again.

"Don't really give it to your subordinates."

"Go to sleep." I was very tired after a day of tossing today, and Xu Ping didn't want to open his eyes as soon as he closed them.

"My lord still wants it."

"That's right, otherwise why keep that girl?"

"What a girl, it's Madame!"

The guards were still chattering about something Xu Ping didn't hear clearly and fell asleep again, but he no longer denied it, otherwise his subordinates might think that it was not a big deal for them to ask for what Xu Ping didn't want.

……

"Old Forgetba," in the back room of the Wei Mansion, a woman frantically beat the head of the dynasty: "You old Forgetba, you actually gave the daughter of your relatives to be a concubine!" ”

"Stop fighting, stop fighting!" Wei Zaode was just dodging at first, and after being hit repeatedly, he couldn't help but roar: "What do you know as a woman? ”

"Frost!" The woman who was pushed to the ground by Wei Zaode did not get up, but sat on the ground and cried.

"Daddy, what's wrong?"

Hearing that the commotion in his parents' room was too fierce, Wei Zaode's son couldn't help but knock on the door and ask.

Wei Zaode was the champion in his early thirties, and after three years, he entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and his children have been clothed and fed since childhood, Wei Zaode's wife rushed over to open the door, yelled at his son outside the door, and asked him to quickly take someone to the door of the post house, at least to see if his sister was thrown out of the door.

"No need to go, no need to go." Wei Zaode grabbed his son and said coldly: "Your mother doesn't know anything, then General Xu still asks for his father, needs to be kind to his father, and even helps to save him, how dare he not treat your sister well?" ”

After blasting his son away, Wei Zaode closed the door and taught his wife a lesson: "Back then, when I was studying day and night, you had to serve your in-laws, take care of your children, cook and laundry, and do everything, how much have you and I suffered to have today's status, what?" Do you wish I had nothing and would turn back and be a poor man? ”

"But Frost."

"General Xu will soar in the future, Shuang'er will follow him, even if he is a concubine, his wealth is unlimited."

"But now he's not sure if he's going to live or die at all."

"Even if you die, you are not afraid, if Shuang'er can leave him a son and a half daughter, in the future, King Shun will remember General Xu's exploits from Long's assistance, how can he treat Shuang'er and her children badly?" Wei Zaode pointed at his wife's nose and scolded: "Besides, why don't you know to think about your son?" I am the Yuanfu of the Ming Dynasty, if King Shun is unsatisfactory, he will be able to behead our family, and then Shuang'er will not know what to do. ”

"But, but ......" Mrs. Wei has something in her heart that she is embarrassed to say, that is, if the worst happens, Xu Ping will still die before King Shun enters Beijing, and her daughter has not been able to leave the incense for Xu Ping, if Li Zicheng still wants to pursue Wei Zaode to serve Chongzhen, then what should I do? So what's the benefit of sacrificing my daughter today?

In fact, Mrs. Wei was too worried, and Wei Zaode's thoughts were not revealed to his wife and the plate.

"If Xu Ping died, but he didn't ask for Shuang'er today or Shuang'er didn't conceive a child," Wei Zaode thought in his heart: "Then let Shuang'er give Xu Ping a martyr's martyrdom, and then set up Shuang'er's archway in front of the door, and no one in Dashun will dare to come to my house to cause trouble. ”

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