Old Man Cheng is Old Man Cheng, and he doesn't see any signs of his expedition at the beginning of the year, he is still heroic and unrestrained. self-confidence, worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield, even eating twist flowers is sonorous and powerful. Judging from the added furnishings, Chengfu's progress this year is good. The old man is a person who likes to put his wealth on the surface, for fear that others will not know that his family is rich, and a lot of charcoal burned in the three large copper furnaces will raise the temperature of the living room to the point where people can't stand it.

The old man has a delicate little wine jug, and he takes it out from time to time to take a sip, it is indeed what Lanling said, he is drinking Jiuhua Yulu! In order to let the old man consume less perfume, I sent a lot of high wine from the big and small altars before and after, why do you still want to drink perfume? Is this also a swing? Although that thing smells of wine, after all, it is brewed with various medicinal herbs, and the taste is that I secretly tasted it once, and it is difficult to say, but it will definitely not produce two sips of **.

"This ......" I pointed to the wine jug in the old man's hand, "It is mainly applied externally, which taste is not satisfactory when taken orally, Grandpa Cheng, you are still ......" carefully pointed to the liquor in the rice plate, "I'm afraid it will be harmful to your old body." ”

"It's okay!" The old man sighed again, his old face twitched, and he tasted back: "The lower taste is bitter, but the aftertaste is mellow, and it is more appetizing than fine wine, so that's it." ”

"Why......" I opened my mouth, forgetting what I wanted to say later, "...... You're always slow to use it. The chopsticks holding the vegetables were not held steadily, and the dishes fell into the wine cup, and an oil flower appeared. Forget it, I can't care about it with the old man, so I took the wine cup and wanted to pour it out, I thought about it. Still frowned and drank it, all of which should have been soaked in medicinal wine.

Yes, go back and make some medicinal wine, why don't you forget about it. Because there is no high level of wine, it is easy to sour and deteriorate when soaked in it, and the Tang Dynasty did not have the custom of brewing medicinal wine, but this is not a problem for us, and the medicinal materials at home are inexhaustible. If you want to soak whatever you want, send it to the old man in the future, which can relieve the pressure of Jiuhua Yulu.

The Cheng family's light meal was very rich, and the old man drank a few sips and talked more, looking forward to the battle situation next year from time to time. The Turks have always been a thorn in the side of the Tang Empire, and the old man is also selfish, as long as he fights well, he has the momentum of the Cheng family. As long as the family does not have a super loser who is rare in a century, they hope to rely on this credit to protect the Cheng family's century-old foundation. In this era, people who are slippery and have no conscience still attach great importance to their families, and they say 'family and country'. It is the family before the country, and the interests of the family are above all else.

This point is that the emperor reluctantly agrees, and the court is as accommodating as possible for all the gate valves. As long as you don't care, just turn a blind eye. It's really hard to make trouble, so pick one or two and drag it out for symbolic punishment, as long as it doesn't damage the interests of the gatekeeper. It is indeed a malaise that this kind of helpless tacit relationship has been formed between the state and the gate valve for a long time, and it is just a mutual use of each other. Once the national disaster is at the head, the first thing that is unreliable is the powerful big family, and many gate valves that have stood for a hundred years have the tradition of wall grass. The three families of Cui, Wang, and Xie are the classic representatives of the wall-headed family, and it seems that the Cheng family is loyal and has the potential to evolve in that direction.

These families are constantly fighting openly and secretly on weekdays, but once the imperial court has the intention of opening the door valve, they immediately embrace each other with understanding, turn enemies into friends, and stand together through thick and thin. These people seem to have no soldiers and no power in their hands, but the local influence is amazing, and Chang'an is at the feet of the Son of Heaven. I don't dare to make a mistake yet. Once out of Beijing, the local officials have to look at the face of the door and act on the ground. The royal law is not as big as the family law, and the court decrees are like waste paper. Moreover, once there is a conflict with the government, it is common to pull the flag and rebel, and in the year and a half that I have been here, I have witnessed no less than five military reports of counterinsurgency.

This is also the reason why the common people obey Wu Zetian, for the harm of the gate valve, the emperors of all dynasties are well aware, but the only one who dares to uproot this tumor is Wu Zetian, whether the means are cruel, whether it is not to accumulate virtue, or whether it is continuous rebellion in various places, I don't care, I have to admire this woman's courage. It can be said responsibly that without Wu Zetian's previous killing, there would be no emergence of the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, Li Longji was able to make a name for himself by taking advantage of this shareholder style, and he grabbed a brand-new Tang Empire in his hands and did not protect his mother-in-law's ruined emperor.

When a woman becomes an emperor, the first thing is to slap a man, especially in the patriarchal society that has been passed down through the ages, no matter how good you do it and how reasonable it is, it is an anomaly, a heresy, and it is difficult to be recognized. First, I found faults, started with small faults, spread more and more, and finally became a big mistake that everyone on the earth knows. The Führer is not afraid of a small problem, he is afraid of making a mistake, and a mistake can stink you for thousands of years. Wu Zetian is still recognized by the people, and no matter how bad it is, the merits cannot be erased, so everyone began to ignore the merits, and talked about the prostitution of the inner palace and the arrest of officials, and finally, the image of a lewd and venomous female emperor was retained, and she couldn't turn over in the 21st century.

The only female emperor in history has become an indelible stain on the hearts of men, a deformed product of male society. It seems that shouting the slogan of equality between men and women, vigorously overturning the case of the Qing Dynasty Braided Emperor, the nomadic emperor of the Yuan Dynasty who massacred the Han people, and even the national thief Qin Yan overturned the case, but they all missed a woman with their eyes open, pretending not to see it.

The funny thing is that I know this, but I also subconsciously reject the empress from being in power, and I know that Mr. Cheng has the ability to strengthen the power of the gate valve, and there is even a trace of relief, the stupid Cheng Chu will be the head of the Cheng family in the future, and he is my friend and student. There are also the Cui family, as well as the Qin family, which are all powerful allies that can be relied on in the future, at least for now, it seems that they are harmless reinforcements.

Compiling an airtight network of relationships is the last word, the empress's affairs are not my turn to worry about, and I am not qualified to worry about this, it is still very early from the dictatorship of Wu MM, at least from Lanling's words, I can't find out that Li Zhi now has signs of disease, which is a good thing for the gate valve, and for the common people, blessings and disasters are unpredictable.

Old man Cheng called me and Cheng Chu to the sand table, I am Turkic, Cheng Chu is Tubo, and the old man is still the righteous teacher of the Celestial Empire and makes a cameo appearance in Tuyuhun. I've never faced this scoundrel-looking old general head-on, and for the first time, I've tasted the power of the old slippery head. On the defensive, it was supported back and forth for three months, and when Cheng Chu didn't even officially break through Tuyuhun's defense line, the old man had already cleaned me up and returned to the division to drag the main force of Tubo.

"It's not fair!" Cheng Chu rarely protested to his grandfather head-on, "It's impossible to coordinate so well." Grandpa is only the commander of the main attack in the north, and there are other people in the Tuyuhun Theater who are in charge, so it is impossible to grasp the entire battle so comprehensively. ”

"yes!" The old man shook his head helplessly, and threw away the small flag in his hand, "Impossible, I cheated." ”

The coordinated operation of large forces was a fantasy in this era, a product of science fiction, and the two theaters of operations were far apart. But it is closely related, it is impossible to have such a tacit cooperation, not to mention that Tuyuhun's troops will not be handed over to General Tang to command, everything is in vain.

"Zihao missed, the Turkic side will not let the old man succeed so easily." The old man moved the army on the outskirts of the main city of the Lower Turks. Slightly changing the mode of point defense, "The Turks mostly fought with cavalry, which was flexible and mobile, and the biggest threat came from my rear. This requires me to make sound judgments. If a group of cavalry were to defend the city, it would indeed be difficult for them. Zihao wants to give full play to the advantage of cavalry, come, let's have another game. ”

Without strong and swift means of communication, the experience and judgment of the coach played an irreplaceable role on the battlefield. Mr. Cheng is an away team, and the location is favorable and the people are at a disadvantage, so he must advance steadily and steadily. And the Turkic cavalry was erratic, wherever there was a supply of cities. A radius of hundreds of miles is within their attack range, surprise guerrilla warfare is their strong point, although the nomadic combat means are relatively simple, all the way to and fro, but also have a lot of power.

The difference in strength between the two armies was quite large, but this time I fought guerrilla attacks in front and back, and when necessary, I abandoned the city many times at any cost, and the Turkic people were not taken into account. Let the old man slaughter. It is only to save troops and supplies, and to drag the Tang army to the greatest extent. Try your best to buy time for the Tubo army played by Cheng Chu and get control of the battlefield as soon as possible. Three months, still three months. The old man has a lot of experience in the combat of the large army, and in the large-scale killing, there are fewer and fewer places where I can supply, forcing me to either migrate to the west and enter Dawan to be a lost dog, or I will turn around and fight a decisive battle, and become the dust of history. However, the Tubo army in the early part of Cheng Chudi was still unable to extricate itself from Tuyuhun, and was also disrupted by the Guannei army that coordinated the operation, and had to be drawn from the main force to support it, which greatly reduced the pressure on Tuyuhun. The old man still calmly returned to help.

"It's not fair!" I'm a little unconvinced this time, the role of the old man is constantly changing, and even the military power of Tuyuhun is mastered, so it's natural and tacit. "You are the old one who controls the three parties, and you naturally know how to act, and it is impossible for such a thing to happen in actual combat."

"Yes, but now there are three of them, where can we pull someone to replace Tuyuhun?" Old man Cheng's stall hand, "Unless, I have a neighbor who has been making trouble for many years, although the war is still a little level, but his character is extremely bad, so he can't be called." ”

I have reservations about the extremely bad character. How bad Su Dingfang's character is, it depends on how bad Old Man Cheng is, in fact, it is the old rascal in front of him who has always played the villain. Hearing is false, seeing is believing, I saw Grandpa Cheng running to someone's house to fight, and came back to brag about his achievements. Can a person with good character hit someone's door?

"Or ......" Cheng Chu glanced at Old Man Cheng carefully, but he didn't dare to say the words later, and he held back stiffly.

"Or what?" The old man turned around and kicked Cheng Chu is head, "I expect you to invite someone here?" "Look," he said, turning his head and looking at me with a smile, "or ...... Zihao, you go and try it? If you want to say that Su Lao Immortal still has a good impression of you, after all, he was more or less implicated with you when he beat Goryeo, and he often praised you in front of and behind his back. ”

I came here today to visit this old fisherman, since it is commendable that Mr. Cheng can make this gesture, it seems that the old man takes the war next year very seriously. I pretended to be reluctant, pushed the boat down the river, responded to this words, and pulled Cheng Chu, who was probing his brain, over.

It went well, I called the name of sending New Year's goods, and with my greeting post, Mr. Su immediately met me, and I was even more surprised when I met.

"Good boy, play the old man for half a year." When Old Man Su saw that it was me, he didn't get angry. Especially when I saw that I received the second fool Cheng Chu. "When I first saw you, I saw that it wasn't a thing, and sure enough, I was on the same page as Cheng Lao's traitor."

"Ah...... "Cheng Chu and I looked at each other, especially Cheng Chu, I don't know what happened between me and Lao Sutou, how big my eyes are open to look at me, inexplicable." Uncle Xi ...... angrily"

"Grandpa!" Old Su Tou is not a loser, and when he saw me, he called his uncle to correct him loudly. There is no reason that is a generation lower than Old Man Cheng. "Hearted? Even the younger generations dare to step on the old man's head? Believe it or not, today will cripple you again? ”

I blurted out, "Why do you say again?" "Suddenly, I lost my memory and it was known all over the city, and the ancients regarded this phenomenon as a cripple. He smiled and said: "Grandpa, you are angry, the kid is here to visit you this time, you are a big hero in my mind, I think of you all day long, and I admire you all the time." I also dream about ...... in my dreams Oops, why do you hit people? Before he finished speaking, he felt a heavy blow in his hips, and he was too forced, and he stopped after a long friction with the ground.

"Flim Flam." The old man kicked me out of breath, and sat on the chair with a golden knife, "Since you're here, let's make a path." How do you say that? ”

"No," I quickly got up, and suddenly found that my body had become much more flexible recently, and there was no sequelae when I kicked it. This matter is indeed my fault, the old man is angry half because I concealed it, and half is estimated because of the cricket matter, because today in Cheng's house, several high-end large copper furnaces are the trophies brought back by Old Man Su from the Goryeo royal family, and they were won back by Old Man Cheng with crickets. "Admired. There was a misunderstanding among them, and the grandfather listened to the kid to clarify. ”

"Say, dare to mess around, don't blame the old man for bullying the juniors." For a two-faced man like me, Old Man Su is not polite at all, the old eyes are big with cowbells, and his eyeballs are in danger of falling out at any time.

"That's, don't dare. Can't. As he spoke, he stood aside with his head bowed. The admiration between me and Cheng Chu is fantastic, and it is the most honorable thing in this life to be able to make friends with a world-famous battle hero like Old Man Su. "The fishing rod that you gave from the old man, the kid was worshiped as a bodhisattva, asked for instructions in the morning and reported in the evening, and there were three pillars of incense a day, and it was never delayed. Last time, the kid also sent you fishing bait, but I didn't meet you," peeked at the old man Su, and when he said fishing, the old man's face was much better, and then he took out a delicate combination of small wooden boxes from his arms and put them on the table to demonstrate, "You see, the multi-functional detachable fishing tackle box specially tailored for you," opened layer by layer like a drawer, "The first layer of fishing hooks is filled with many specially carved dark grooves and cork wedges, and it is convenient to hang the fishing hook on it, and the size is clear at a glance, and it is easy to replace." The second layer is specially placed to replace the ground pendant and goose feather floating, all of which are small copper pendants cast with all their hearts, and there are still fishing streams, and various amounts meet your different fishing methods, with ingenuity. The third layer is dedicated to ......"

Old Man Su was moved by the small fishing gear I offered, snatched it up, and began to disassemble and assemble, "Well, yes, the third layer is for bait, and it is finely made, so it can be seen that you still have to put your mind to it." "But a small box can calm the old man's anger...... Estimation is not easy. ”

"That's, your old thunder is angry, the kid is full of urine, how dare you hope to calm down? It's not cost-effective to be angry with a hairy boy like me, you are an old hero, a pillar of the court, a meritorious service, and the kid is just a member of the crowd in the capital...... It's not a level at all," he said and took out a small paper bag, which was a fish hook that I had carefully built, made according to the appearance and model of later generations, small and exquisite, and unique, "Look, the kid knows that the bucket has a basket, and I am afraid that you will blame it, and I haven't closed my eyes for a few nights to make a fish hook," said the wooden wedges that hung the fish hooks one by one in the small box, arranged in an orderly size, shining silver, and very good-looking. "If Grandpa Su thinks it's not enough, even if he tells him, the kid has no other ability, this fishing, playing birds, running dogs, fighting crickets is a strong point."

"Oh?" Old Man Su glanced at me meaningfully, "It's not easy. He took the small box in his hand and looked at it, and said slowly: "Fishing, playing birds, running dogs, fighting crickets, hehe...... It takes a lot of energy, so the time to make a sand table, make a plan, and publish a book and a biography? ”

"This ......" his mind didn't turn for a while, and he said nonsense: "Hobbies, all hobbies," pointed to Cheng Chu, who had not dared to speak next to him, "Just like he likes to practice martial arts, he is born with a hobby, nothing else." As soon as there are many hobbies, people will become stupid, right, you always look at the appearance of the kid and know that he is a honest person. Cheng Chu hurriedly nodded and pretended to be honest.

"Honest, huh? Cheng Chu is still credible," Old Man Su raised his hand, "If you say that the honest old man will smoke it." It's the first time I've seen a flamboyant person like you. He waved his hand, "Go, I don't have time to worry about you, the gift is put down, and the person can roll." ”

"Old man, it's good if you don't get angry, I'll come to confess your mistakes and make amends to you today," Seeing that Old Man Su finally lost his anger, "Look, there are many famous generals in this world like carp crossing the river, but the kid only admires you, and admires your command art. If I don't listen to your teachings, I won't be able to sleep this time. ”

"Hahaha...... Old Man Su twisted his beard and laughed, "Little doll, this is a line, it seems that the old man has to be taught." ”

。 Three Heads M.