It wasn't until his cousin Yang Jie came out of the house that the chaotic scene subsided slightly. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 It is no wonder that Yang Jie has already become the captain of the forward battalion at a young age, and he can be regarded as the leader of the younger generation of the Yang family in Guangping. It has always been the case that the right to speak in the hand will work. Although Yang Jie's official position is far lower than Yang Tianhong's, his words in the Yang family are extremely weighty. Soon, he accompanied Yang Tianhong and Yang Qiurong, broke away from the chaotic crowd, and walked towards the inner hall of Guangping Houfu.

Yang Qiurong complained as he walked: "It's true, I don't know what these people are thinking." They were all asking if I had promised to be married. There is a mother-in-law who speaks to make me even more annoyed, saying that there is a wife who is too dead and wants to continue the strings, and the other party's family is rich and noble...... If it weren't for today's New Year, everyone would be relatives, and this girl would have slapped her to death with a brick!"

I learned this from Yang Tianhong. Yang Tianhong also doesn't understand many everyday words in the other world. According to his understanding, the allusion of slapping people with bricks should come from "Romance of the Gods". Nezha inside likes to smash people with gold bricks. But think about it, this weapon is full of weight, a brick down the brains on the spot, and easy to operate, very hidden, indeed to the sharp sword is easy to use.

Yang Tianhong asked Yang Jie: "Are these people all relatives of the Yang family?"

Yang Jie nodded: "All of them, today on Chinese New Year's Eve, according to the custom, no one is allowed to enter the Hou Mansion without a family lineage." Even the miscellaneous servants and servants summoned below are the sons of families who have signed a deed of sale with our Yang family. ”

Yang Tianhongqi said: "That's weird." When I came here last year, I had never seen so many people. I feel that there are a lot of people this year, far more than last year. ”

Yang Jie smiled: "Of course. Do you know why?"

Yang Tianhong thought for a while and said, "Is it because of me?"

Yang Jie nodded and said: "The fool who dares to ask His Majesty to cut his knighthood is estimated to be the only one in the world." People are sophisticated, and the world is hot and cold. Everyone wants to be rich, and when you meet a guy like you who has wealth in his hands and wants to push it out, who would want to have something to do with you? Who would have thought that in just one year, you would have made great achievements. Kill 100,000 Yue barbarians in southern Xinjiang. When Hongling's urgent report first reached Jingshi, many people **** found grandpa and asked you to move back to the Hou Mansion to live. Immediately afterwards, His Majesty re-crowned you as a resolute and brave waiter, and added the title of Anzhou Festival Envoy. As soon as the news came out, there were even more people with red eyes. This year has just entered winter, and many people in my hometown rushed to the capital to ask my grandfather to be the master and share some of your power and shadow to the clan. Especially the people at the door, who had already come a few months ago. Just waiting for you to come over today to pay New Year's greetings. Hehe! Not for anything else, just to get acquainted with your face first, and then to make all kinds of demands on you. ”

Yang Tianhong and Yang Qiurong looked at each other, and their eyes were clear.

Yang Jie continued: "Ignore them. Although they are all relatives, these people have always been good, and if they encounter something, they need to spend money, and they are more slippery than loaches. Our Yang clan is no longer the same as our ancestors, except for the direct relatives who are closer, they are still reliable. Many distant relatives have long since become estranged. It is said that when my grandfather went to the capital from his hometown. The elders of the clan are in trouble over who will inherit the lord of Guangping. If it weren't for the patriarch of the year who overrode public opinion and let Grandpa Tai take the title, I'm afraid there would be no capital Guangping. Now, the clansmen in my hometown still have this attitude, refusing to recognize the position of grandpa Tai's patriarch. I heard that they are still in private contact. I want to re-elect the patriarch at the right time, and let the grandfather hand over the position of the marquis, as well as all the family property here. ”

Yang Tianhong said noncommittally.

Every family has all sorts of trivial things. The repertoire of struggle for power is staged every day. Yang Tianhong and Guangping Houfu have never been close, if it weren't for his father's face, he wouldn't have **** to worship his ancestors last year. After all. Yi Yonghou has been separated from Guangping Hou, and how to deal with his own affairs is completely up to Yang Tianhong and Yang Qiurong.

Yang Jie looked at this cousin who held power at a young age, suddenly sighed, and then lowered his voice and said, "Cousin, I have a reluctant request for my brother, can you agree?"

The Yang family sisters and brothers stopped, and Yang Tianhong looked at Yang Jie, with an inquiring gaze in his eyes.

Yang Jie's expression was serious and serious: "Brother Wei wants to serve in your Xuanhuo Army." ”

Yang Tianhong did not agree or refuse, and asked: "Why?"

Yang Jie showed a bit of self-deprecation on his face, and said with a wry smile: "Although the forward battalion is said to be the Son of Heaven Guard, it is superfluous. If you stay in a place like Jingshi, where do you still have the appearance of a soldier up and down? I won't tell you the truth, my brother joined the forward battalion a few years ago, and he has not had a single military operation before and after, and even the number of daily drills can be counted on his fingers. As a martial artist, this is simply the biggest joke in the world. I have also written several times to ask to go to the border to kill the enemy, but each time it has been like a stone in the sea, and neither the battalion officer nor the military headquarters has replied. ”

Yang Qiurong interjected beside him: "Jingshi is a prosperous place, and it is better to stay here in peace and stability than the bitter cold of the border pass." Cousin, it's not me talking about you, many people are red-eyed about you as the captain of the forward battalion. It's good for you, Xiang Glutinous is a rotten egg, and he is willing to give up. ”

Yang Jie shook his head again and again and said: "The duty of a warrior is to go into battle to kill the enemy and serve the country and defend his home. Although Jingshi is peaceful and peaceful, it is a gentle township that wears its edge. After the New Year, he will be twenty-four years old. If the eldest husband can't make contributions as soon as possible, it is better to break himself off early, and it will save a lot of trouble. ”

Yang Tianhong's eyes revealed a shrewd gaze that saw through the world. He stared at Yang Jie without saying a word, and after nearly five minutes, he slowly asked, "Is this what Grandpa Tai meant?" or is it your own thoughts, cousin?"

As soon as the words came out, Yang Jie was suddenly moved, his expression was a little embarrassed, and he was also a little surprised: "That's what you really said." Grandpa Tai had long expected that these words would not be able to hide from you. Since my cousin had already guessed, my brother had no choice but to open the skylight and say something. Brother Wei has long wanted to go to the border to kill the enemy, and grandpa Tai is also very supportive of this. We have always had a lot of power in the military. It's just that there have been personnel changes in recent years, and those old relationships in the military are not necessarily reliable. If it weren't for that, Brother Wei wouldn't have been in the front camp for a few years. Last year, Grandpa Tai was going to talk to you about it. But. At that time, my cousin, you were **** for the first time, and my grandfather didn't know if you had a prejudice against the clan because of your childhood. Many of the things you do in the Guozi Prison, Grandpa Tai knows them all. ”

Yang Tianhong narrowed his eyes slightly. Although Yang Jie didn't explain, he still vaguely guessed something.

Sure enough, Yang Jie's next words confirmed what Yang Tianhong thought.

"On the same day. Cousin, you had a conflict with the Lu family for your cousin's marriage, but in fact, Grandpa Tai was also secretly contributing. When he heard that the Lu family claimed eight million taels of silver, the old lady calculated whether to sell the Hou Mansion and make up some silver for you, and the grandfather concentrated the guards in the house in private. ”

Hearing this, the Yang family's sisters and brothers looked at Yang Jie in unison, and asked in unison, "Is this serious?"

Yang Jie spread his hands. Seriously, he said, "I don't have to lie to you. You don't know these things, but they are. Grandpa Tai said, our Yang family is in the same vein, although cousin, your father left the family back then, but after all, he is still a member of my Yang clan. If you are bullied outside, of course, the clan will intervene. ”

The gaze in Yang Tianhong's eyes changed slightly, but he still had a strong question: "In this case, I was suppressed by Yang Liansheng's father and son back then. Almost died, why didn't Grandpa Tai pay attention to it at that time. Indifferent?"

"A child's heart needs to be trained in a harsh environment. ”

Yang Jie said calmly: "My cousin has suffered in those years, and my brother knows a little bit. I wonder if my cousin has ever been to the Northland, and has seen Rong Di's methods of boiling eagles? It was really a day and night training. The same is true for children, if they can't train their minds hard at an early age, when they are older, they will also be impetuous. It's useless. Every year, a group of people are eliminated in the outer courtyard of the Yang family. Cousin, the clan relatives you saw outside the mansion just now are all eliminated from the outer courtyard of the family. Grandpa Tai has a roster with the names outlined on it, all of whom are relatives who have not been able to withstand the tempering in the outer courtyard over the years. For these people. Grandpa Tai will not give any help and leave him to fend for himself. ”

As he spoke, Yang Jie pulled open his clothes and exposed his chest. Under the bright candlelight, the Yang family sisters and brothers clearly saw dozens of scars crisscrossing Yang Jie's skin.

"For your brother, you entered the family courtyard a few years earlier than your cousin. Those days are truly unforgettable. Don't say it's a body forging medicine, even the food you usually eat has to fight to the death to get it. The sufferings may not be as much as my cousin has experienced, but they are far beyond what ordinary people think. These scars are the eternal memories of those days. Grandpa Tai said that this is the Miao Jiang people's method of raising Gu. It's a little cruel, but it works. Eliminate waste and leave elites, only in this way can the bloodline of my Yang family continue, and it will not end up because of decadence and extravagance. ”

Yang Tianhong's cold and dark eyes gradually revealed a glimmer of light.

Yang Jie didn't lie. He doesn't need to convince himself in this way. Outsiders only see the glory of perseverance, and the power of Anzhou Jiedu is very great, but only Yang Tianhong himself knows the suffering.

If grandpa Yang Rong wants to benefit his children and grandchildren, he can put Yang Jie in a better position. Guangping has been running the army for many years, and this power is still there. There are frequent wars in Anju, and it is not known when they will lose their lives. If you want peace and stability, any state and county in the world is far stronger than Anzhou.

Yang Jie chose to talk at this time, of course, he also had the intention of wanting to enter the Xuanhuo Army to serve. For this cousin, Yang Tianhong never felt annoyed, and even had more closeness than others. Yang Jie did not have the inflammatory-attached elements of other Yang clansmen, nor was he contaminated with the corrupt aura of the officers of the Beijing camp.

With a touch of pride and satisfaction, Yang Tianhong asked, "How many people like my cousin are there in the Guangping Houfu?"

This sentence is a pun.

Yang Jie's face showed joy, and he hurriedly replied: "Including my brother, there are eight in total." ”

Yang Tianhong took out a Xuantie waist card from the Qiankun bag, handed it to Yang Jie, and said: "This is my Xuanhuo general's order, after the New Year, my cousin will take someone to the Xuanhuo camp to report! Say hello to everyone's family in advance, Your Majesty ordered me to go to Anzhou as soon as possible to take up my post, I will go in a hurry, and the road is long." To go or not, it's best for everyone to think about it in advance. If you feel remorse on the road and want to turn back. Don't blame me for exercising the general's order, and doing the military law. ”

Yang Jie put away his smile and nodded solemnly and promised: "It should be so." ”

......

Compared with last year, Guangping Hou Yang Rong looks older, but his majestic momentum is still full. Perhaps because of the large number of relatives in the Fuzhong family, he did not call Yang Tianhong into the secret room alone to discuss. Just smiled and nodded a few words of comfort, and handed over a New Year's red envelope containing a few copper coins.

This is what an elder means to a junior. Whether you are an adult or not, in the eyes of the elderly, you will always be a child.

The old lady kept holding Yang Tianhong's hand and was unwilling to let go, and her eyes were full of reluctance. For this old lady, Yang Tianhong's feelings are much deeper than that of his grandfather Yang Rong. The reason why I will come to Guangping Houfu this year to pay New Year's greetings is largely because of the old lady. However, this year, Yang Qiurong is obviously more favored by the old lady than Yang Tianhong. The old man directly arranged a seat beside him and doted on Yang Qiurong in his arms. The old lady has been nagging. The father of the Yang family was also held in his arms like this. Now that his grandchildren are older, Yang Tianhong is handsome and martial, and Yang Qiurong is beautiful, even if he closes his eyes, he can go on the road with peace of mind.

Grandpa Yang Rong didn't seem to be able to listen to such words. At that time, I was very unhappy and wanted to have a seizure, but the old lady didn't care so much, shook his hands, and found two red gold bracelets. gave one to each of the Yang family's sisters and brothers.

The workmanship of the bracelet is somewhat old, and the surface is worn very smooth. Holding a gold bracelet. Yang Tianhong felt that his nose was sour for no reason, and he was very embarrassed.

Last year, the old lady gave herself a jade bracelet. At that time, it also caused other Yang clansmen to be blushing.

This year, the gift became a gold bracelet. Although gold is very valuable, its value is far less than that of jadeite. The old lady's love for the Yang family sisters and brothers comes from the heart. However, it can be seen that this should be the most valuable thing that the old lady can come up with.

Quang Binh Houfu has never had any valuable inputs. Yang Tianhong was aware of this when he came last year -- the broken door of the mansion has not been repaired, the peeling vermilion paint can only be covered with red paint, and the pillars of the corridor have rotted. There are also lanterns hanging on the porch, the color of the cloth is not so bright red, it should be an old thing that was purchased several years ago.

There are a lot more people paying New Year's greetings than last year. The cramped hall was simply not ready to fight, and the corridors were crowded with people. These unfamiliar faces had no interest in Guang Pinghou and Lao Taijun, who were sitting in the first place, and they all gathered around the Yang family sisters and brothers, flattering and flattering. Yang Tianhong really didn't get tired of it, but fortunately, his cousin Yang Jie came up to help, and pulled him out of the crowd quickly and went to the banquet hall at the back.

In the distance, Yang Tianhong saw his sister quietly stuffing a thick stack of silver tickets to the old lady.

It was a gift that the sister and brother had negotiated before, a full 500,000 taels, which could be exchanged at any time in the capital bank.

When he came, Yang Tianhong originally only thought that the money would be given to Lao Taijun alone, and the amount was not so much, but it was only 100,000 taels.

After stopping his cousin Yang Jie's words, Yang Tianhong suddenly felt that Guang Pinghou was not as simple as he looked. If you have the support of the Yang family behind you, you will definitely be able to get greater help, which has increased the gift several times.

Yang Tianhong saw that the old lady's face was full of shock, and he took the silver ticket and his sister Yang Qiurong directly and repeatedly shirked, and it was not good to speak loudly in front of others. In the end, I had to carefully put away the silver ticket, and the love on my face became stronger and stronger.

Before entering the banquet hall, I saw a chubby figure sitting in the side corridor, with his back against the pillars, as if looking at the sunset in a daze.

Yang Tianhong has always had the ability to never forget. He recognized this person as his cousin Yang Hu, who was also studying in Guozijian, so he walked over and reached out and patted Yang Hu on the shoulder.

"Why do you sit here alone and not go outside?"

Yang Hu was startled by this sudden action, and quickly turned around, but did not stand up, arched his hand at Yang Tianhong, and hurriedly responded: "I thought about things and thought about it, I didn't hear my cousin coming, I hope don't blame it!"

The distance between the two people was very close, and Yang Tianhong clearly saw that Yang Hu's left leg was fitted with a splint and wrapped tightly in a white cloth. On the pillar next to it, there is also a pair of crutches.

He frowned, pointed to Yang Hu's knee and asked, "What's wrong with your leg?"

Yang Hu's face was full of bitterness, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak. It seemed that he was a little embarrassed to talk about this matter, so he could only bow his head silently and hang down.

Yang Jie has been accompanying Yang Tianhong, and his voice came from behind: "Yang Hu's cousin's leg is broken." The previous injuries were much more serious than that. I couldn't move my arms and legs, and I lay on the bed for a long time, and if it wasn't for Chinese New Year's Eve, I am afraid I would not have gotten out of bed. He was having a hard time moving now, and he couldn't move without the help of others. ”

Yang Tianhong asked, "Have you asked Lang Zhong to see it?"

Yang Jie said: "I saw it, but it didn't work." Grandpa Tai invited the best Lang Zhong in the capital, and also invited the imperial doctor, who said that the epidermal injury was easy to treat, and the bone was very troublesome. Several doses of medicine were prescribed and the wound was bandaged, but it did not have much effect. (To be continued.) )