Book XIX, Chapter 12
"Look at your stupid look, do I have flowers on my face?" Wen Yuni said a little shyly, although she is close to getting rid of the void, but the joy of being a mother for the first time made her completely forget the pain she suffered just now, she married Xie Zhenguo at the age of twenty, and stayed alone in the empty boudoir for twelve years, at her age, she should have a group of children, but she was separated by thousands of miles because of her husband's guard, and the two were thousands of miles apart, so she had to bear all this silently.
Looking at his wife's girlish shyness, Xie Zhenguo hugged his wife affectionately, although he was a general and a hero, but he had paid more than ten years for this, and he had not fulfilled his responsibilities and obligations as a husband for a day, and he was really ashamed of his wife.
"Don't be like this, there are people next to you!" Wen Yuni said with a slight twist, glancing at the personal maid who was taking care of the child and secretly laughing.
"Hahaha, what are you afraid of, you are my wife. Xie Zhenguo was excited, and did not let go, but hugged his wife tighter.
"By the way, husband, have you named our children?" Wen Yuni warmly enjoyed this moment of warmth.
"Name!?oops!" Xie Zhenguo suddenly screamed softly.
"What's wrong!" Wen Yuni asked with concern.
"How did I forget this, damn it!" Xie Zhenguo thumped his chest heavily.
"Don't blame yourself, husband, you are busy with military affairs all day, where do you have time to pay attention to these trivial matters, it's not too late to take it now!" Wen Yuni said thoughtfully.
"Alas, I didn't even think of my son's name, I'm really ashamed of your mother and son, I'm so incompetent, so incompetent!" Xie Zhenguo said guiltily, after so many years. He has always been busy with military affairs, not to mention that this is the first time he is a father, where would he think about these little things, and now once Wen Yuni said it, he felt that he was so sorry for their mother and son.
"Why should the husband blame himself so much, the concubine is just worried about last night's dream. The destruction of all things by the heavenly fire is probably a bad omen!" Wen Yuni remembered the nightmare last night, and her heart palpitated.
"Madam, I was standing in the courtyard this morning, guess what I saw?" Xie Zhenguo saw that his wife was a little worried, so he changed the subject.
"What did you see?"
"As I stood in the courtyard, I saw a white light falling from the sky, and in an instant it flew into your room. After that, you gave birth to our child smoothly, do you say that it is a strange thing, is this child given to my Xie family by God, don't worry about it, madam, this should be a good omen, our child's origin is not simple!" Xie Zhenguo said comfortingly.
Hearing her husband say this, could it be that the concubine also seemed to see a white light falling from the roof. At that time, the concubine was so painful that she died. Almost dizzy, I thought it was my hallucination, but when I heard my husband say this, this matter was true. β
"Yes, when the sun was rising, I thought I was dazzled. Madam. You see, our children's faces are ruddy, and the heavens are full, and they really have a great future, which is a good omen. Don't worry, Madam, since he was born in our Xie family, then I will definitely train him to be a promising person, and our children will definitely be able to grow up one day!" Xie Zhenguo said happily.
"Really?"
"Of course, this is a gift from God, I think our child is called Tianzong, it is given to us by God, indulged to the lower realm, his name is Xie Tianzong, what does Madam think?"
"Tianzong, Tianzong arrogant, it's really a good name, just what Yifujun said!" Wen Yuni felt a little weak, just now it was just a moment of joy, which made him forget his pain for a while, she is human after all, a feeling of dizziness hit, making her feel extremely weak.
"Madam, you have a good rest, I'll go outside to greet everyone, you have a good rest, ah!" Xie Zhenguo lovingly helped Wen Yuni to lie down.
Xie Zhenguo, who was immersed in joy, did not have time to stay at home for long, he was a general guarding the pass, and it was already a great grace to be able to obtain the king's permission, not to mention that state affairs were important, and he was able to stay at home for a few days! After three days, he left home reluctantly and went straight to the border pass.
As a first-time father, Xie Zhenguo often wandered, thinking about his wife and children at home from time to time, for the first time in so many years, he felt so worried, as if he had lost something, he felt empty, fortunately, Xie Zhenguo's parents were there, and he didn't send someone to send news to comfort him, so that his empty heart could be comforted from time to time.
Six years have passed in a flash, and the children are already six years old, but Xie Zhenguo has never had the opportunity to go back to visit his family, and he, as a father, has never even seen what his son looks like, and he really feels a little ashamed, because the situation at the border has become tense again, and the army of Prince Thunder is pressing, and the situation is urgent, Xie Zhenguo has to completely put aside his thoughts and concentrate on resisting the enemy.
However, at this time, Xie Zhenguo has two more new forces around him, that is, Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng, his two righteous sons practiced magic and military affairs in the aristocratic school, the two of them have finally completed their studies after nearly six years of hard work, and they worship their father-in-law the most. Wang Yongbin is now eighteen years old, he is studying military and warfare, and Wang Zhiheng is also sixteen years old, however, what he is cultivating is the course of the war system, of course, the teachers of the aristocratic school cannot be compared with those poor schools, under their teaching, coupled with Xie Zhenguo's teaching of the Cloud Explosion Fighting Qi and Luyun Marksmanship, the two have always been among the best masters in the school.
The school also understands that the identity of these two people is special, with their hard work, maybe they will be a general in the future, this is a great honor for the school, over the years, although the school has cultivated a large number of talents, but after all, these people are the children of high-ranking cadres, it is okay to let them eat, drink and have fun, but if they really want to practice hard, it is to catch ducks on the shelves, so over the years, the aristocratic school has not produced a few students who can be satisfied, for this point. The school also arranged the best teachers to deliberately focus on the training of the two of them, and the two did not disappoint the teachers and the school, completing all their studies in six years and successfully passing the school's graduation assessment.
Xie Zhenguo was of course very happy to see that his two sons had returned to his side, so he had the heart to try their abilities. Let the two of them lead the troops to fight, but he didn't expect that these two people did not disappoint him, they had won the first battle, and the enemy army was completely defeated in the future, and Xie Zhenguo had already discovered that Wang Yongbin was calm and commanded properly, while Wang Zhiheng was still young. But it is extremely brave and brave in battle, this combination of rigidity and softness can be described as a perfect match.
Xie Zhenguo felt very pleased, originally he didn't want to play this matter so early, after all, it was his own righteous son, if he used this to invite credit to the king, it would inevitably make people feel a little unconvinced. Moreover, Xie Zhenguo saw that the two of them were young and vigorous, and he also wanted to dampen their spirit. Let the two of them get used to being a small soldier and start small to help them grow.
However, what Xie Zhenguo didn't expect was that the prison army reported the matter to the king, and the king was of course happy, the tiger father had no dog. After receiving the king's will, Xie Zhenguo discussed with the prison army to temporarily suppress the will, but the prison army did not have the courage to do so, so he was helpless. Xie Zhenguo had no choice but to agree to promote Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng to brigade commanders.
Unexpectedly, Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng behaved very calmly in front of glory, and there was no arrogant look at all, which made Xie Zhenguo surprised, but he still repeatedly told the two not to underestimate the enemy, because the Thundering Prince they faced had been dealing with them for many years, and they had always been victorious and defeated, and for so many years, their side has been on the defensive, passively responding, it can be seen that the other party is not a general, Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng admire their father-in-law very much, he has always been the idol and goal of his heart, knowing his father-in-law's ability and ability, even he can't defeat Prince Thundering, the two of them must be extremely careful, for Xie Zhenguo's words, both of them thought so.
In the next six months, the battle was still half of the victory, but Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng quickly matured in the battle, and the strategy and tactics were greatly improved, Xie Zhenguo also paid more and more attention to the two, after discussing with the supervising army and reporting to the king for approval, Xie Zhenguo merged the brigade of Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng into an independent brigade, with a strength of 40,000 people, that is, the strength of an army, but the number was an independent brigade, which was jointly commanded by Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng.
Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng didn't expect that they could be promoted to army commander so soon, although it is the number of the brigade commander, but it is the strength of an army, which is a great honor, but they know that the reason why they can be promoted so quickly is completely due to the credit of their father-in-law.
The war has entered a stalemate, Anyun and Miyun both have exhausted their national strength for this war, but the offensive and defensive sides are half of the winner, especially a year later, after the death of the old king of Anyun, the new king took office, and felt that there was no need to fight this war at all, although the thundering prince repeatedly begged the king to let him continue to lead the army to attack the Miyun country, but the new king still decided to stop this meaningless war, replaced the thundering prince, and sent another general to the border, which is exactly what the two countries wanted, and it is also the common desire of the two peoples, and finally after a short negotiation, the two countries reached an agreement, stopped the war and restored peace on the border.
This is a piece of news that makes Xie Zhenguo extremely excited, after years of perseverance, the bitterness has finally come to an end, and the two sides have stopped fighting, which is worth celebrating, and I believe that it will not be long before I can return to Yundu to meet my wife and children.
Sure enough, as Xie Zhenguo expected, the king issued a decree, so that Xie Zhenguo's father and son and others returned to Beijing, in order to reward these soldiers who have guarded the border for many years, the king decided to reward, Xie Zhenguo as the prince of Zhenguo, and authorized Xie Zhenguo to reward the meritorious soldiers on behalf of the king, this is an incomparable glory, all the generals have been rewarded one by one, but Xie Zhenguo did not give Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng another reward, he believes that although the two are already the brigade commanders of the independent brigade, but in essence, they are already army commanders, and there is no need to reward them again, otherwise, it will cause the two of them to be arrogantγ
Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng's fame and fortune are not very important, and after Xie Zhenguo's explanation, they no longer feel favoritism. However, their subordinate soldiers felt a little unfair, but their own brigade commander didn't say anything, and the others only felt a little unjust in private.
After doing all this, Xie Zhenguo let Wang Yongbin and Wang Zhiheng continue to stay at the border according to the king's will. He went back to Yundu first to meet the king.
Time flies, and another seven or eight years have passed inadvertently, and the son in the family should be eight years old, I don't know how tall and old he is, thinking of this, Xie Zhenguo can't help but have mixed feelings.
After Xie Zhenguo met with the king, he obtained permission from the king to stay at home for some time. In fact, King Wu Zhujun and Xie Zhenguo have a very good personal relationship, so many years of relationship between monarchs and ministers, and when Xie Zhenguo bravely saved the king, he was extremely appreciated by Wu Zhujun. For such a confidant, the king of course is very pitiful. Not to mention the reward of a lot of property, he also specially granted Xie Zhenguo the privilege, so that he could enter the palace at any time without the need to be passed on, and for a time Zhenguo Gong became a hot figure.
Since he has received such attention from His Majesty the King, the courtyard of Zhenguo Gong is of course lively. The flow of people visiting is like a pedestrian on the street, the flow is endless, Xie Zhenguo has been fighting for many years, where has he seen this kind of battle, there is no way to close the door and thank the guests. Shut out all those who visited.
He and his wife, Wen Yuni, had to hide in the house all day, which upset him, and until now, he had not seen his son.
Xie Tianzong is eight years old this year, according to his age, he has already studied in a noble school, Xie Zhenguo originally went to visit, but he found that he had fallen into a heavy siege, and it was impossible to get out of the house at all, because those people who visited outside were like carp crossing the river, waiting outside the door, these people are like this, if you want to have a friendship with Xie Zhenguo, the more you refuse to meet, the more these people are stalked, because they know that as long as Xie Zhenguo is willing to meet him, then the matter will be half, of course, the more rare it is, the greater the chance of success, so these days, the number of people in front of Xie Zhenguo's door not only did not decrease because he refused to meet, but more and more.
This situation annoyed Xie Zhenguo, and he even had to sneak in and out of his own house, but there was no way, in order to see his son, he had to sneak out of the house, what he didn't expect was that there were people waiting at the aristocratic school, and if he wanted to see his son, I am afraid it was impossible.
Xie Zhenguo's embarrassment, King Wu Zhujun has received a report from someone, of course he wants to relieve his henchmen, so he ordered someone to invite Xie Zhenguo and his wife to the palace for a banquet, the whole banquet is very simple, there are only four people, King Wu Zhujun and his queen, and Xie Zhenguo and his wife.
"Your Majesty, the minister's door is now surrounded by people, if it continues like this, it will definitely be starved of food and water, please Your Majesty is in charge!" Xie Zhenguo said half-jokingly at the banquet.
"No, who will besiege your Zhenguo Gong, as a general, will you still be afraid of others besieging you?" Wu Zhujun also said jokingly, the relationship between the monarch and the minister is so easy-going, their relationship can be seen in general.
"It's been four days since the minister went home, and he only sneaked out of the house yesterday, originally to see his son who hadn't seen him for eight years, but he didn't expect that even the school was guarded, and the minister couldn't get in at all. Xie Zhenguo already knew that the king must have understood his suffering, so he complained to the king about his suffering.
"Hahaha! Zhen Guogong, you are still good at fighting, but you are a bit of a layman with a sophisticated relationship with this person, I give you such glory, of course there will be people who will befriend you, you reject people thousands of miles away, but there is something wrong, if you continue like this, you will really fall into an isolated and helpless situation, you should pay attention to this!"
"Your Majesty is right, the minister was born in the army, grew up in the military camp, and is accustomed to acting on orders, but after coming back, he is really at a loss about these etiquettes, and please make it clear to Your Majesty!"
"It's very simple, you just put all these people in the house!"
"Your Majesty, you don't know, these people are all carrying valuable gifts, how dare the ministers accept them, aren't they trapping the ministers in injustice, this is against the law of the country, how can the ministers go to see them?"
"Well, that's a problem, so let's give you a good idea, you can go to the largest restaurant in Yundu tomorrow and set up a hundred tables for a banquet, so that all these people can go there to meet you. But first of all, you must make it clear that you are not allowed to bring any gifts, otherwise, you are not allowed to go in, what do you think?"
"Hundreds of tables of wine banquets! Your Majesty, how much does that cost! You don't know that my little money to support my family is still a problem!"
"Zhen Guogong. Do you want to blackmail me, okay, how about I give you these wine money?" Wu Zhujun just values Xie Zhenguo, he is more honest and honest, and he is not as flamboyant as ordinary Wenchen, and he goes around in circles to fool him in everything.
"Thank you very much for that, Your Majesty, but I'm afraid not tomorrow. I want to go see my son tomorrow, after all, after so many years, I haven't even seen what my son looks like, hey, I'm really ashamed of my mother and son as a father!" Xie Zhenguo was a little annoyed when he thought of this, what is this called, his son can't see it, it's really worrying.
"That's right. Okay, then it's the day after tomorrow. I'm a good person to the end, tomorrow I'll accompany you to a noble school, so that you can meet your son, otherwise, you're going to scold me!" Wu Zhujun fully understands Xie Zhenguo's hardships, Xie Zhenguo's people from the army. Straightforward temperament, for the red tape in society, in a hurry, it is impossible to adapt to it.
"This ...... How can the minister afford it!" After Xie Zhenguo heard this, he immediately left the table and knelt on the ground. said in a panic, this toss made Wen Yuni, who was about to talk happily with the queen, also at a loss and hurriedly knelt on the ground.
"Hey, look, look, this is a complete mess of the atmosphere, hurry up, hurry up!" Wu Zhujun hurriedly left the table to help Xie Zhenguo, and the queen also hurriedly helped Wen Yuni, who was at a loss.
"This matter has been decided, anyway, I really want to inspect the aristocratic school, so you can go with me. β
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Xie Zhenguo wanted to kneel and worship again, but Wu Zhujun hurriedly helped him up.
"Okay, okay, didn't I say it, you don't need to be a monarch tonight, it's purely a personal relationship, not about state affairs. You don't have to worry, tonight, you and your wife will sleep in the palace, I have ordered someone to go to your mansion, tell the second elder of the family, you can rest in peace in the house, tomorrow morning after the morning, I and you and you will go to the noble school, and the queen will also go with me. β
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty. Xie Zhenguo and his wife hurriedly knelt on the ground and thanked them heartily.
"Hey, why are you so polite, I think that you risked your life to save my life back then, speaking of which, I should thank you well. Here, have a drink with me. β
"Your Majesty, the two of you will talk slowly, and the concubine and Sister Yuni will retire first. Seeing that the two of them were happy, the queen pulled Wen Yuni out of the table.
"Alright then, you two will go first. Wu Zhujun waved his hand.
"By the way, Your Majesty, Sister Yuni and the concubine have recognized sisters, and they will sleep with the concubine tonight, I don't know if the prince of Zhenguo can have any objections. "The queen is not a foolish person, she knows that Xie Zhenguo is now a hot figure around the king, and it will definitely not be a bad thing to recognize his wife.
"In this way, well, tomorrow I will make you the princess, lest the queen say that I am a child. β
"Your Majesty, this ...... Yuni didn't thank Your Majesty quickly, this is the highest honor. Xie Zhenguo hurriedly said.
"Hey, it's free, it's free!" The queen grabbed Wen Yuni, who was about to bend her knees, and then said to Wu Zhujun and Xie Zhenguo: "Your Majesty, the concubine will leave first, please enjoy Your Majesty and Zhenguogong." β
"Okay, let's go, let's go!"
"Hey, Zhenguo Gong, don't blame me for being married after a long absence, this is the queen's idea, don't blame me, I don't know if it delayed your good deeds!"
"Your Majesty, where do you say, our husband and wife are also old husbands and wives, what is the delay of good things!"
"Hahaha, old husband and wife! As far as I know, over the years, the two of you have always been together less and more apart, and I don't think you and your wife will be together for more than a month, and I am ashamed to say that you have been wronged, which is to blame. β
"Your Majesty's words are serious, the eldest husband has something to do, and he doesn't do something, how can he ignore the country for the sake of his children's private feelings, and besides, it is the duty of the minister to guard the border and protect the country and defend the country, so how can he be wronged. β
"Yes, it's my gaffe, it's my gaffe, we won't get drunk tonight, since your wife sleeps with the queen, then why don't you sleep with me, don't say anything, come! β
"Okay, thank you Your Majesty for your grace! Come, do it!" Xie Zhenguo also had some drunkenness, and the arrogance of the soldiers was also stimulated, so he toasted to the king again and again. (To be continued.) )