Chapter Forty-Eight: The Old Pawn and the Mulberry
The blind Lao Xu is a Beiliang veteran, he was a crossbowman, he was shot by a stray arrow and then turned into a cavalry, his record was mediocre, and the Beiliang army in exchange for merit with his head really couldn't take it, so that he didn't accumulate a solid family foundation before he returned to the field, only fished out a disease, and settled in the city earlier and had plenty of money, but he couldn't withstand the toss of the old brothers who were poorer than him, most of them died and had to be paid for the coffin by Lao Xu, who came and went, and the lonely Lao Xu really didn't have any silver, Lao Xu was a native of Jinzhou, Liaodong, and was lonely at a young age, and followed Xu Xiao from Jinzhou to Liaoxi, and then entered Xiongzi Pass from Liaoxi, transferred to the Central Plains, in the Spring and Autumn War, many veterans who joined the army at the same time as Lao Xu as long as they could not die, they all joined the army or captain, and they could receive a military officer who was a deputy lieutenant of Zhaowu before his retirement.
Therefore, Lao Xu is an old pawn, but he is not a pawn.
Those who don't dare to tie their heads to the waistband of their trousers to fight for fame and fame, and can still earn official positions, are just the children of the wealthy family.
Lao Xu was also blind in one eye later, and he accidentally smoked it when he went up the mountain to burn charcoal, so he became the blind Lao Xu in the alley and outside the alley. The most unfortunate thing is that after the blind man Lao Xu was blind, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and he accidentally stepped on a horse's hooves in the downtown without avoiding the hooves of a horse of the children of Plaster Liang.
The blind old Xu wanted to grit his teeth and fight hard, but when he blindly touched the flat burden on the ground, he heard a voice saying that those sons were the sons of the commander of the Zhichong Duwei, and the grandson of the prince and the prince who washed the horses in the capital, Lao Xu threw the flat burden and cried like a child, howling over and over again that I should have died a long time ago, which made people's scalps tingle, and even some pitiful bystanders were scared away. A gentleman dislikes Lao Xu's noise, and he will chop down when he draws his sword, and the folk style of Beiliang has been fierce since ancient times, that is, those gentlemen, and the strength of his hands may only be enough to untie the belt of the flower burly, but as long as he can pull out the sword, it is definitely said that he will cut and cut, which makes many foreign gentlemen who have just entered Beiliang very uncomfortable.
If the sword on Lao Xu's head had been cut down at that time, there would have been no such thing as His Royal Highness the Prince carrying green ant wine today.
At that time, Xu Fengnian happened to pass by, the horses were far more robust than those third-rate gentlemen, and his arrogance was a hundred times more arrogant, he didn't want to get involved in this shit, but he was hooked by Lao Xu's heart-rending words: "Lao Tzu's leg was not broken by the turtle sons of Xichu, but was lame by his own people, God, your mother is as blind as me!"
Xu Fengnian didn't say anything, but just let the evil slave disperse the bunch of rabbit cubs, as for breaking a few arms and legs of the pampered son, where can His Royal Highness take care of it, if he has the ability, he will drag his family to the palace to find Xu Xiao to ask for silver compensation?
Lao Xu didn't die in the back, and was taken to heal his legs and feet for some reason, but the momentum of the horse's hooves stabbed, where is the old leg of an old guy can bear, it is completely broken, when the blind Lao Xu was ready to sit in a small hut by the river and wait for death, suddenly someone from the official office said that he would be given one or two pieces of silver every month, and Lao Xu was shocked for half a year, and then he had the courage to ask the adult, and the adult said that this is the new rule of the Beiliang Army, and treat the old soldier well. Later, Lao Xu asked an old robe who was also half-dead, and learned that this was the real thing, but they all needed to go to the yamen to get money.
Lao Xu wondered, good people have good rewards, but no matter how we look at it, they are not good people, when they were young, they didn't follow Dazhuguo to do it.
Lao Xu broke his leg, but he can still barely walk with a self-made cane, the thatched hut was ordered by the big official of the Yamen to repair it, and every year before the winter will send a thick quilt over, the vegetable garden is taken care of by Lao Xu, one or two silver is a thousand Wen, Lao Xu's mouth is not tricky, and at the end of the month, you can buy some meat and wine with spare money, and the small life is delicious, and now waiting for death is a hundred times more comfortable than when you just broke your leg.
Today, Lao Xu was dozing off on the wooden pier outside the house, and he heard a loud voice shouting: "Lao Xu, Lao Xu, drink, I touched a duck for you in the river by the way, which is called a fat." ”
The blind old Xu was in good spirits, and the boy surnamed Xu came. This kid is known four or five years ago, it is said that he climbed the wall to see the yellow flower girl bathing and was arrested, chased to the river, and borrowed Lao Xu's thatched hut to hide, which is considered to be a small incense love, the blind old Xu Zhilu said that Xu Xiaozi's mouth is the Lanting wine and the small jasper of the lovely person, although he can't see it, but Lao Xu's ears are good, and he can always hear some wild men who have nothing to do and get together to salivate and mutter, which is nothing more than saying that the little girl's chest has been heavy over the years, and the little round face is sharpened a little, and the beauty embryo is more and more bright and outstanding, are comparable to Lanting's signature plum wine.
Xu Xiaozi was beaten for her back then, and he was not wronged! If we were dozens of years younger, where would it be Xu Xiaozi's turn to climb the wall?
"The pot is in the old place in the house, pluck the duck and remember not to throw it into the river, be careful that you walk on your front foot, and the thatched hut on my side will be demolished. Lao Xu took the wine jug, sniffed it, and said with a contented smile: "This green ant is not as good as the green plums of Lanting Wine, but it is still much stronger than the lees." ”
The guest stuffed the duck with his broken neck into the arms of the blind old man, and said angrily: "I still have to do it to pluck the feathers?" ”
Lao Xu had wine in his hand and was easy to talk to, so he went to pluck the duck with a cane.
After a while, the thatched hut was filled with fragrance, Lao Xu gnawed on a greasy duck leg, and asked with a smile: "Xu boy, I haven't seen you for more than a year, you guy has either been missing for three years or has been in the news for a whole year, what do you do for a living? Listen to Lao Xu's persuasion, don't hurt the heavens and reason, it's okay to peek at the girl taking a bath or something, anyway, the girl doesn't lose a piece of meat, if you play with knives and guns, it's hard to say." Don't talk about this, I don't think you kid will listen to persuasion, I can't drink your wine, let's talk about it, what do you want to hear this time, Lao Xu can't say it a few times at this age, how much can you say. ”
The man gnawed on the duck meat and smiled: "Let's talk about Liaodong, my ancestors are over there, which is Jinzhou." ”
can be so boring to wander around, naturally it is His Royal Highness Xu Fengnian.
The blind old man Xu Ha said with a smile: "I am not familiar with Jinzhou? The whole Liaodong has a virtuous character, don't look at the ten governors are shouting poverty to the imperial court, in fact, they are not poor at all, only those of us who have no land are poor, so we are almost not rebellious." ”
Xu Fengnian frowned and asked: "According to the law, not every soldier has forty acres of tuntian? Liaodong is a well-deserved dangerous land in my dynasty, the plains and wilderness are thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to defend. Rebellion? I haven't heard of the slightest commotion in Liaodong over the years. ”
Lao Xu sneered and said: "Xu boy, you know a fart, you are a piece of crepe, I don't understand it, which scholar did you hear it from? I only know that when I left Liaodong, there were twenty-one guards in Liaodong, and there were only six guards in Liaoxi, not to mention Liaoxi, Liaodong twenty-one guards stored millions of stones in a year, and how many stones fell into the pockets of our people? If they are not good at water conservancy and occupy all the fields in the tuntian, where will they get the money to pay homage to the above? Dazhuguo sat in the whole of Liao, which was a rare blessing for the two Liaonians, and as soon as Dazhuguo left, who would be in charge of the soldiers' lives or deaths, and many border troops would have been sent to Liaodong to fight for crimes, otherwise who would want to go to Liaodong to live in the bitter cold land? Once I go, who would really think that there is land and grain, I am a native of Jinzhou and I don't have half a field, and these outsiders are even more unexpected. ”
Xu Fengqing said with a smile: "This can't be a rebellion. Liaodong is poor and accustomed to suffering, as long as there is half a mouthful of food, no one is willing to rise up. ”
Lao Xu sighed, "If you don't really want to starve to death, who is willing to live with your fate, but if it goes on like this, Liaodong is really hard to say, I have been away from Jinzhou for nearly 30 years, and I have endured it for 30 years." ”
Liaodong has been a battlefield since ancient times, and the so-called tiger and dragon are high in their hearts. The safety of the world is often related to the two Liao, Xu Xiao admonished that he would not hesitate to defend it with the strength of the world, but few people in the government and the opposition were willing to take it seriously. This is not to say that no one can see the stakes, but the situation in the world is temporarily settled, how will it be ups and downs in 50 years and 100 years, and what will be the benefit of saying and doing what will be beneficial to the current official position?
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "Old Xu, you can talk about the customs of Liaodong." ”
Lao Xu has a saying, pour beans into the bamboo tube, and wait for a pot of stewed duck to be eaten cleanly, Lao Xu is also tired enough, but most of the spiritual energy is used to deal with duck meat.
Lao Xu wiped his mouth and said: "When the Great Pillar Kingdom entered Beiliang, it was really majestic, how can the princess say a poem?"
Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "On Qingniu Road, there are thousands of cars, and the children under it hold mulberries. ”
Lao Xu was on crutches, looking fascinated.
Xu Fengnian left the wine jug and quietly walked out of the hut.
The blue bird stood in the distance, watching His Royal Highness the Prince slowly approach. She was accompanied every time she came to the cottage by the river, and she never asked His Highness why he was dealing with a blind old man.
Xu Fengnian saw the blue bird's cold face, and his eyes were a little trance-like.
At that time, the blind man Lao Xu was in the team of thousands of people, and his leg was not broken.
The child was still holding the mulberry and looked up to ask his mother if it was delicious.
The blue bird was a little confused, Xu Fengnian bit her cheek coldly, and said with a smile: "It's delicious, it tastes like mulberry." "My QT room is open!Beacon Opera Princes Official QT Room No. [1655]