Chapter 65: Reminiscence
Updated: 2014-04-26
Zhang Luoning is handsome compared with the abundance of gods back then, and now it can be said that he is in shape. γγ
The physical weakness is secondary, and the dazedness and decadence in his eyes are the reason why Shen Zangfeng is sad for him.
"Lately, I've been feeling bored a lot." Zhang Luoning glanced at Shen Zangfeng and said calmly.
"There are very few survivors of the Gyeonggi Chang clan now, and you need to revitalize the 'gate' court." Shen Zangfeng frowned and said, "How can you be like this? β
Zhang Luoning laughed at himself and said, "You know that before the fall of the imperial capital, I didn't really want to care about the affairs of this world...... Even the position of the head of the family was given to the younger brother. As a result, my cousins died, but I survived. Earlier, I also thought about the withering of the Zhang family, and I couldn't help but assume the position of the head of the family. Just ......"
He shook his head and said, "What do you think I can do now?" Huo Jiayao wants me to be a leader, but he is afraid of you, so he is trying to win over the family. I'm just a front under him...... Of course, I'm not saying that he doesn't trust me, it's just that you know my ability, politics and the army, it's just general, if it was before, I could at least do something by relying on my family. But now, when the heroes rise together, and the strategists are like clouds and the strategists are like rain, will there be a day when I will come out? Rather than making people laugh at me for being useless, it's better to just be a mess! β
That being said, there was a trace of loneliness in his expression.
He was famous in the imperial capital back then, of course, it can't be really useless.
It's just that most of his talents lie in the prosperity of the times, and they are compared to the 'chaotic' times.
Even if there is no such thing as love, Zhang Luoning may not feel good now.
"Your talent is not as bad as you think, otherwise Huo Jiayao would not have tried his best to invite you out of the mountain, and even used Mrs. Song as a 'lure' bait." Shen Zangfeng shook his head and didn't agree with his statement, "It's just that your heart is like ashes now, and you are impatient to '' your heart, so you feel that nothing has been accomplished." β
Zhang Luoning heard him hear Song Zaishui, his pupils shrank slightly, and after a while, he smiled to himself, and said: "I hurt the heart of the 'daughter' of the imperial capital back then, but in the end I was trapped by love, do you think this is retribution?" β
"If the Gyeonggi Chang clan is still flourishing, if you say this, I will definitely persuade you and comfort you." Shen Zangfeng looked at him calmly and said, "But at this moment, if you still want to say this, I want to ask you a question - are you worthy of a son of man?" β
"When I was 'wavering' and 'swinging' in my early years, I knew that I was not suitable to be the head of the house." Zhang Luoning sighed and turned his eyes to look outside, "What I am best at in my life is not out of the wind 'flower' Xueyue, running for the family, I just have the heart and the power-you say that I have nothing because my heart is like ashes, so that now my status is embarrassing, but I am only half right...... I have always had a great aversion to mundane things, and even if I force myself to do it, I can only do it for a while. After all, it can't last long, if I can exchange my life for the rest of the Zhang family......"
"Then you should at least marry a wife and have children, and have children." Shen Zangfeng sighed and said, "Slowly, you can't revitalize the family business now, even if you are as talented as the sea, how can you revive the Zhang family, which is now withering, with only one person?" The bloodline inheritance of the Gyeonggi Zhang family, you can always handle this, right? β
Zhang Luoning said dumbly: "You asked me to come today to persuade me to get married?" β
"It's nature." Shen Zangfeng looked at him and said, "You and I have a 'relationship', how can we see you sink like this?" Today's imperial capital is no longer prosperous as it was back then, and you and I are not the young sons who were protected by their elders back then...... The feelings of sad 'spring' and sad autumn, our heirs may not be able to be so extravagant, if you don't wake up, the Gyeonggi Zhang family is really over. β
"Hundreds of years of family, how many generations of accumulation, no matter how disgusted you are with mundane things, you really can't bear to let the Gyeonggi Zhang clan erase the name from the world's corporal clan?" Shen Zangfeng sighed, "In this way, how will you go to meet the relatives under the Nine Springs in the future?" β
"Let's not talk about that, my matter is a trivial matter after all." Zhang Luoning was silent for a moment, sighed, and said, "Let's talk about youβSun Wuding and Zhao Man have now ceased war with Qu Wen, and it seems that they have accepted Wen Yanzi's suggestion and joined hands to resist the war...... Now that Wen Yanzi is becoming more famous and powerful, what are you going to do? β
Sun Wuding of Pingzhou and Zhao Man of Li Yueshan both supported the children of the Shen clan of the Wei family as puppets and went north under the banner of crusading against Emperor Wei.
Pingzhou and Liyue Mountain are both in the southwest of Wei Tu, and they need to pass through Gunzhou on the way to the north, with the city of Gunzhou as the national capital, and Quwen will naturally not let them pass through the establishment of Xiangguo...... Just like that, we fought.
Qu Wen suffered a loss at first, but later he was able to resist it with the help of the seven counties of the 'Meng' Mountain, the so-called 'Mongolian' country.
The two sides have been fighting for a long time, and this time Wen Yanzi didn't know how to persuade them.
Although it is said that these four forces are all in the south at the moment, although the south does not occupy land, it takes advantage of the 'fertile' land, warm climate, and abundant products. In other words, they don't have to worry about food and grass.
On the other hand, the Xiliang Army, Xiliang is poor, and such a large army relied on the imperial court to support it in the past, but now it relies on the foundation saved from the past. If it is a confrontation and hard work, the Xiliang Army is definitely not the opponent of the four in the south.
If Wen Yanzi was also connected with the four in the south, it would naturally be a great disadvantage to the Xiliang Army.
"Even if Wen Yanzi doesn't send people, the south will stop the sword soldiers during this time." Shen Zangfeng shook his head and said, "Sun Wuding and the others are not fools, now that Wen Yanzi's power has skyrocketed and they occupy the position in the heart of the Central Plains, they naturally want to weaken Wen Yanzi first." β
"I'm afraid that Wen Yanzi nominally sent people to persuade them to stop fighting and unanimously fight against you, but in fact, it is to persuade them to unanimously treat you!" Zhang Luoning sighed, "Even if I hear that the army has sprung up, it is recognized in the world that the strongest force is still the Xiliang Army, isn't it?" β
Shen Zangfeng snorted: "That's nothing, first, Sun Wuding and the others can't send troops north to trouble me now; Second, even if they form an alliance, they all have their own thoughts. β
Zhang Luoning shook his head: "Even if they have their own thoughts, their fear of you is the same." You must know that among the heroes who have risen up now, only the Xiliang Army in your hand is inherited from the Great Wei, with a complete system and complete soldiers, and it is a real division of a hundred battles! From Wen Lingzi to Sun Wuding, the army in their hands is all trained from the homeless people, how can they not be afraid of you? β
He groaned, "You see that Emperor Wei is still alive, it's nothing more than them using this to test youβto be honest, I don't think you should have returned to Xiliang in the first place." If you have been sitting in the imperial capital, even if Wei Xinyong is incomparably talented, how can Wen Yanzi sit big? β
"I can't go back to Xiliang at that time, the so-called waiting for work with ease is just a pretense for the public to hear." When Shen Zangfeng heard this, his eyes froze, and he said lightly, "My fifth brother and nephew can't suppress the clansmen, and my father and uncle went too suddenly...... To tell you the truth, I still haven't sorted out the manpower they laid down during their lifetime. β
Zhang Luoning was not surprised, and nodded: "That's really the case...... That Shen Shumo, is actually really the bloodline of the Marquis of Zhongxian? Supposedly, your family shouldn't have made such a mistake, since you don't plan to recognize the heirs, how can you give them any chance to make trouble? β
"Qiu Di has repeatedly buried internal 'traitors' in the past few decades. The west is cold and bitterly cold, and there are always people who are easy to be bought. Shen Zangfeng sighed, "So I can't believe all the secret hands left by my father and uncle before without repeated verification." What's more, many people are only known to their father and uncle and their henchmen, and when their father and uncle go with those henchmen, there is no proof of death at all. In addition, the gold seal in his father's hand was lost, and many documents were ambiguous only by the previous seal. I've had a lot of trouble doing this, let alone anyone else? So going back to Xiliang is a must. β
β¦β¦ In fact, compared to the lack of the protection of Shen Xuan and Shen Zhou, due to the suddenness of the elder's death, it was not as good as the last words of the 'handover', which was the most headache for Shen Zangfeng.
Although he was cultivated by Shen Xuan as a young lord since he was a child, Shen Xuan definitely didn't expect that he would die so early and so suddenly. Therefore, of course, it is impossible for him to 'hand' the details of the entire Shen family to him when he has just been married for a few years and his grandson has not yet opened the 'Meng' - wouldn't Shen Xuan be going to retire immediately? How can Shen Xuan, who is in the prime of life, be willing? He didn't feel at ease, Shen Zangfeng was still too young.
And Shen Zangfeng's road to taking over the family was originally smooth, and he only needed to follow Shen Xuan's arrangement step by step, and of course he couldn't think of spying in advance.
So much so that after Shen Zangfeng suddenly took over the family, he didn't know anything about the family background that only the owner knew - because not only Shen Xuan died, but Shen Zhou also died.
So even if Shen Zangfeng knew that his father must have a lot of hole cards in his hand that he couldn't play, he didn't know where they were. Even if someone takes the initiative to come to the 'door' and has the lessons of the previous three or two 'treacherous' lessons, he has to spend a lot of 'fine' effort and time to confirm it before he can believe it - this is still a case that can be confirmed.
Many people can't confirm what they do, so they have to make other arrangements.
In addition, the clansmen are making trouble......
Just like Zhang Luoning said, if this is not the case, even if there is a problem with the person sent by Shen Xuan to assassinate Mo Ye, Shen Zangfeng can easily fill this leak 'hole' after that. It is impossible for Mo Ye to defect to the Rong people with his eldest son and still know nothing.
"At the beginning, except for the three border armies, the rest were just local 'chickens' and dogs. Now they have the climate. Zhang Luoning sighed, "Do you really want to follow Wen Yanzi's plan and send troops to Yanzhou?" β
Shen Zangfeng shook his head and said indifferently: "Since Wen Yanzi is so enthusiastic about mediating around, how can he say nothing before the soldiers?" β
"You have to be careful." Zhang Luoning pondered for a long time before he said, "I heard...... Wen Lingzi recently accepted a few noble concubines, who are everyone's maidservants. One of them was made a side concubine by him, and he was...... The confidant of the high-ranking and powerful people in the middle of the splendid Duanmu side branch is 'female'. β
He looked at Shen Zangfeng with a complicated expression, "Actually, you shouldn't refuse them." You know that those handmaidens were originally prepared for you by their families. β
"Send the 'girl' today, send the children tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will be finger-pointed, right?" Shen Zangfeng said calmly, "I have to 'insert' the needle inch by inch, and I don't know the thoughts of the family?" But I don't necessarily need to accommodate them. It's just a few 'women', and if you think you can put pressure on me, you're wrong. I'd rather have the people Fish Dance recommended to me! β