Looking at the old man Cheng Chu who was wet on the shore opposite, he instantly aged a lot. Without the murderous spirit, the old face with a haggard gray beard is slightly unkempt, as if standing beside him is not the old hero who once commanded the wind and the clouds and killed people, but an ordinary old man, an old grandfather who is old and worries about his unconscious grandson everywhere.

The old man waved weakly at Cheng Chu, who was stumbling on the opposite side, and motioned for him to go back and change his clothes. Slowly looking up at the sun, he sighed and staggered down the riverbank, pacing downstream. I can't find the former majesty in my back, and I am a little weak in the cold wind of early spring, and I can see a trace of inexplicable sadness in people's hearts.

In my mind, Mr. Cheng has all the images, but there is no such scene. It's unimaginable that he danced dozens of catties of axes in front of Cheng's house to eliminate demons and ward off evil spirits, claiming that he stood in front of the door and was much more useful than the door god. I can't remember how many people I've killed in my life, no matter how brave the general is, I don't dare to stand in front of him, but I can't discipline my grandson, isn't it a joke?

I couldn't help but complain a little bit about Cheng Chu in my heart. There are big things, grandpa resists small things, let him mess around, no matter how big a disaster, he doesn't have to worry about himself when he comes back, the old man will go out after the fight, and after scolding, he will give his grandson peace, and no matter how unreasonable he is, he can find the field back. What do you want if you don't like such a day when you come to eat and open your mouth to stretch your hand? Breaking into it yourself? It's ridiculous, parents are desperate to lay a foundation outside, just to let their children and grandchildren struggle for a few years less, such a move at the beginning of the year is a bit of a disappointing of the old man for decades of bloody rain.

If I have such a grandfather, I must obey the old man's instructions, he is born in the midst of blessings, and he does not know blessings. It can be regarded as a kind of selfishness, at least for the Cheng family, Cheng Chu's actions are a bit selfish.

After catching up with him in a few steps, the old man didn't know what to say to persuade him, and followed him for several miles before he held back the sentence: "Blame me for this." ”

The old man kept carrying his footsteps, and I shook my head and sighed softly.

"It's just a training soldier to teach new orders......"

"Can you believe it? It's as simple as that, why should the old man be angry? Isn't he the head of the Tuntian Army? Zihao thinks these two can be confused? The old man turned his head to look at me. There was no resentment in his eyes, which made me feel a little better. "I can't blame you, even the old man didn't see his intentions, he just thought he was fresh in the water army. He often envied you at home, and you have been to Lingnan and seen the sea view, but he has blinded everyone. ”

"Can you go over and say that it's not difficult to stay in the capital, right?" It is not much difficult to settle this matter with the old man's words, in fact, it will work if I say it. After all, I still have to give me a share of face here.

"Let's see." Old Man Cheng waved his hand, "Let's take a look." It's easy to say, but others won't think so after all, thinking that the Cheng family has already made a great contribution to the order of the imperial court, and it is not a good thing to spread it. ”

Cheng and Su can be prevaricated. Putting on a posture of giving way to the rookies in the army, and also giving a comfortable message to the superiors, the old meritorious people who have made high achievements are very content, and they do not have the luxury of being invited to fight again. But the wind and waves in front of the army can't be said that if you don't go, you won't let your grandson go, this meaning will change, as long as someone has a heart to pass a few words, it will become disgusting, the Cheng family is angry with the court, and if you have merit, you can treat the military order as nothing?

Speaking in his heart, Cheng Chu is looking for something by himself, and no one can blame him. There is my name in the flag code, and he beats my students and deceives them. One said that it has been passed down by hand and has been born out of the blue clouds. If I am the person in charge, I have to send him to send an envoy, since even the senior people have affirmed the role of the flag language, once it is tried out in the water army, it is not a joke, and it is definitely necessary to find the best person to supervise Cheng Chu, and his identity and qualifications are much higher than Cao Jun from Lingnan.

Cao Jun is also satisfied, very satisfied. It is indeed a great luck to be Cheng Chu's deputy. Xianjun Wuli recognized his hard work as one of the originals, and the reward could not be run away; Second, the prestige of the Cheng family in the army is not given for nothing, and being a deputy is undoubtedly no different from standing under the banner of the Cheng family.

The old man walked for a long time, as if he had figured it out, turned his head and asked: "You two are the same age, Zihao thinks that Dezhao is unhappy on weekdays, I'm afraid that the old man is too him?" ”

"Doesn't count, does it?" It is not appropriate to apply this word to this grandson, the old man is a big thing, shaking hands, and letting go of the small things. Cheng Chu seems to be living freely, but in fact, after all, there are already people with families and rooms, and they are good martial arts, just fighting on the street and breaking the enemy is too much to say. Qin Yu and Cui Zhang, who have long been in charge of the characters in front of him, even I, a lazy man, have published books and a large number of heads of the superintendent, the young eunuch, and the bank superintendent rushed at him, and he was naturally unbalanced, and he was usually scratched in front of me, but he couldn't escape from the palm of his grandfather's hand.

Old Man Cheng also felt that the wording was inappropriate, and asked, "Does Zihao understand water warfare?" ”

"I don't understand." There is no need to be full of confidence in front of the old man.

"The old man doesn't understand," Old Man Cheng stood on the river ridge with his back hand, and was stunned, muttering to himself, sad and sad: "If you cut it with a knife, you can make a mess, and you can fight it all, and if you fall into the water, you will feed the fish and shrimp, where can you find him?" In the future, he just wanted me to beat him, scold him, the old man is old, and he doesn't even know where the baby is, what should he do? ”

It hurts people's hearts and noses are sour. I really can't imagine that I can say this from the mouth of Mr. Cheng, and people who never take human life seriously, always feel that these old handsomes who are used to seeing life and death have hearts harder than stones, and other people's children and grandchildren don't know how many have been lost in their hands, but they turn around and ...... That's all the old man can't let go of in his heart.

"You are too worried, my Datang sailor is invincible in the world......"

"If you are invincible, you won't die?" Old Man Cheng doesn't like to hear this: "It is inevitable that there will be casualties in military exercises, not to mention that in the face of a whole gang of killings in battle, how can there be a reason that only I am allowed to cut you and not you to cut me?" Speaking of this, he suddenly waved his hand in an angry manner, "If you can't take care of it, let him go out into the wild for a few years, suffer losses, touch and rivet, as long as he doesn't die, he is created." Thou art sensible, and these days talk to him a lot about the way of the living; He didn't listen to my words, and he took advantage of him to clean up a few more meals in front of him, so that the stinky boy knew how much merit was outside, and when he came back or his grandson, the old man wanted to pick him up, he was easy! ”

I don't think the old man is wrong, just look at Sanjiu in his arms and understand this mood. When she came back, Hou Ying cried and wiped away her tears, and one of them rolled down the corridor more than one meter without looking, which was a bit too tall for a two-year-old child, and she landed on the ground with her face on the ground. The forehead, eye sockets, and the bridge of the nose were swollen together, crying like a pig's head.

"What are you eating! Who watches the child? "I was already unhappy when I came back and saw the baby fall like this, and I glared at my eyes, and the maids and nurses around me lowered their heads and didn't dare to say anything, and the money housekeeper looked at me carefully, and I stopped talking.

"I don't ask twice" looked around. The subordinates stepped back one by one, and the maids in the two back houses were so frightened that they were swinging. It looks like it's just the two of them! "The housekeeper pulls the backyard to it, and I won't stop if I don't say anything."

The two maids cried and begged, and they had already let the mother-in-law pull the door, and Ying suddenly sobbed and whispered: "The concubine is watching." ”

Ying's words made me calm down, gritted my teeth and waved my hand. Everyone scattered nine pounds and gently handed them into Ying's arms, complaining softly: "Why didn't you accidentally see that the baby fell and no one looked." ”

Ying wiped her tears and put them right for the child. took a bowl of egg whites and wiped it on Jiujin's face. The child was in pain and kept crying, I grabbed him with both hands, so that Ying wiped it more conveniently, "Don't cry, the boy will stumble and inevitably fall, he won't dare next time." ”

Ying choked and nodded: "Don't blame the concubine, her body and mind are like needle." ”

"Don't blame you, who do you blame? Let the two hairy girls lead the children. I just have the heart to kill. "Thinking about it, the qi doesn't come from here, reaching out and touching the head," it's not just this fire, there are other things. It would be nice to think that as long as the child is okay. ”

"En" Ying carefully agreed, and stole a glance over, looking pitiful.

After wiping the egg white, my face was cold and cold, and the nine catties that were tired of crying finally fell asleep, and Ying and I were relieved.

The facial features are intact, and it doesn't matter if the skin is scratched on the face, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate to fall on the brain, and I took leave from the agricultural school for two days, and kept nine catties at home for observation. The eyeballs are still flexible, knowing that I am Dada, and when he is injured, Hou Dada has become kind, and many mothers have become more doting, and they can eat snacks unscrupulously, and they are happy that the pig's head and small face are messy. The child is fine, the worry is gone, the mood is suddenly light, and even the things on Cheng Chu's side have become dispensable.

hugged the nine pounds with a mouth full of dirt and sat in the yard to bask in the sun. The child's skin was afraid that it would be difficult to discipline in the future, and he blurted out: "What do you say about disobedience in the future?" ”

Ying took a handkerchief on the side, and was afraid that it would hurt the child, so she simply let go of the little dirty face and touched the bruise on the forehead of Jiujin in distress. "You can't say that, who rules that children are not as strong as their parents?" Ying answered the question and took the egg white and began to apply the medicine again.

"What logic?"

"When the time comes, nine pounds will be bigger, and those who are both civil and military will definitely be stronger than everyone in this family." Ying lovingly stuffed a piece of osmanthus cake into her mouth to tempt the kid to turn his face: "At that time, it will be up to him, and this family will have to be handed over to him sooner or later, what do you say?" ”

"No, no matter how strong he is better than me, it's my son, he can't do anything. As long as I live for one day, I have to discipline him for one day, whether it's right or wrong. "It's a bit unreasonable, but it's really what I think in my heart. Besides, if I don't teach him, how can he be better than me?

"Lao Tzu in the world has one idea," these words made Ying smile rarely, and rubbed it on my face, "It's up to you and the two to break up, and the concubine can't take care of it." I hope that the child is free of illness and disaster, don't worry, there will always be a day when I will fight with you in the future. ”

"What if I grow up like Cheng Chu?"

"What words!" The handle smashed a few punches on my back, and my face turned red with anger.

"I mean temperamental ......"

"Why is your father's child like an outsider!" Ying didn't give up, so she almost buttoned the egg bowl on my face.

"Figuratively not true." recounted Cheng Chu's incident to Ying and asked: "Nine catties later, what happened, did I break his leg or discount his arm?" ”

Ying immediately fell into deep thought, looked at Jiujin for a long time and did not speak. Shaking my head, I don't know if it's for me to be disabled or run on the battlefield, and life and death are unpredictable. There was no confidence at all, and he whispered: "Aren't you also a general, you can be a general without going to the battlefield." ”

I forgot that I was still a general, and when I said it from my wife's mouth, I blamed the faceless general in peacetime, right?

Seeing the widowed Ying on my face, she quickly changed the topic and said: "Don't worry about what you should fight, just fight now, wait for us to grow up, and the whole world will return to the territory of Datang." If you want to go to the battlefield, you don't have this realm, right? ”

Oh! This is so damn powerful, not to mention that women are sometimes unreasonable, just let the emperor hear this truth, at least give her a good order, Li Zhi's mouth can be happy to the root of his ears. I can't discuss it with Ying, it seems that I have to think about it alone, which is very laborious.

"It's not necessarily a bad thing to want to go to the battlefield, why should you give my son a discount?" Lan Ling replied very simply, and he could see that he was more assertive than Ying.

"Can't come back?" The key is that there are many wars in this era, and everyone is not afraid of death, and they don't want their children to become like this in the future.

"There are so many generals in the world, who were not raised by their parents? Everywhere are sons who have been discounted by their parents. If you have this mind, you will die early, and you will let the Tubo people pull it to plant cotton! ”

You can't talk to Lanling about it. Misinterpret: I don't mean to say that if you have money, you have the power to contribute, why can't you change the form, love the country, and go up and work hard if you don't have money, for the country, you are more willing to ask for money, right?

"If you have money and power, why can't you give both?" Lanling's expression almost revoked my Datang passport. Someone else would have hung a traitorous sign and pulled the street for a spring outing three times. "You can teach him the truth of learning and being a man with peace of mind, or I will instill it. Cheng Chu made trouble for you like this, Qin Yu never saw you so disgusting when he went out of the customs back then. ”

"I didn't have any children! This has been asking for two in a row, and it is estimated that there will be more in the future, and it is not beyond my control. "What's disgusting when you say it?

"You're here to talk to me about this?" Lan Ling angrily let me go, "I don't want to see people." ”

"Ask about the weaving workshop and ask for something else." took out a transfer order in his arms and handed it to Lan Ling: "Look at this good one, how to transfer it to the College of Engineering?" "Inexplicable thing, Brother Zhang's family, I have done a good job here, and when the time is ripe, the position of the young eunuch and the superintendent will be promoted, and the Zhang and Wang families are all happy, but I didn't expect it to be extraneous in just a few days.

"Oh?" Lan Ling was stunned at first, and then suddenly pulled a cold face, turned his face and laughed a few times, and the change of clouds and sunny days was unexpected.

"You don't know?"

"It's understandable that I don't know." The order was handed to me and said disdainfully: "If you want to go to engineering for two years, there is not much progress, Li Jingxuan is not in a hurry, not to mention that there is more urgency in the future." ”

Of course, I know who Lanling is referring to. Now that the preparation for war is imminent, there is no way to come up with anything to support the façade in engineering, but agronomy and weaving have made a lot of noise, while grain production is increasing year by year, while textile equipment is being replaced layer by layer, only it seems that Li Jingxuan is a little imbecile.

Carefully considered the cause and effect in his mind: "It's okay to go, people are capable people, I promise to be conscientious, no problem, but I am not allowed to pull Zhang Fu into meaningless disputes." ”

"Who do you think I am? Let him go for your own good, and you will offend people if you don't let it go. Lan Ling clapped his hands absently, "It has nothing to do with him, it's mainly you." Think that pulling a good thing can make engineering look new? That's what a fool thinks. What good will a person be? It's just a little bit of dragging you towards him in the name of your student. Believe it or not, there is a young eunuch over there who is ready to go out. ”

"Young Eunuch?" So it is possible for Zhang Fu to be promoted to the position of young eunuch in the past? From my point of view, Li Jingxuan is still very good at life, Zhang Fu will definitely be courteous in the past, as long as Lanling does not have the heart to win, Zhang Fu will do the same wherever he goes.

"Don't be suspicious of my engineering affairs, I don't interfere. If it were someone else this time, I would fight for it, and the Zhang family would see your face, and if you don't think about it, let him go. Lan Ling knew my doubts, and the words opened first, and both sides were relieved: "Recently, the court affairs have been complicated, and some people are convenient for some people, and I will pretend not to see it, and go with someone's will first." ”

Lanling is right, it is really complicated court affairs, and even I, who don't go to the court, feel that it is a little busy inside. First of all, Xue Rengui made a high-profile appearance out of Jingjia, the general manager of the march on Tiele Road, and the envoy of the two roads of Songmo, Raole, and the herdsmen, and suddenly became the supreme military governor of the Hanhai to Liaohe region, and the jurisdiction of more than a dozen ethnic groups and more than 100 tribes in the area were mixed. From the Shan Yu Governor's Mansion to the Songmo Governor's Mansion, which stretches for thousands of miles, almost all of them are foreign autonomy, and this time, the Longyou army moves thousands of miles from west to east, and it must have a commander who can hold the position to sit in order to be smooth. Of course, it is impossible to carry out the Long March across thousands of miles across the desert, and there is a suspicion of showing the might of the Tang Dynasty to foreign peoples. Insiders seem to be just orderly gathering and dispersing, and the surplus forces around them are gathered in batches towards Liaodong.

Before Xue Rengui went far, Gao Kan, the general of the right Weiwei, was entrusted with the general of the march of Lingchuan Road, and the general of the two prefectures of Gebei and Liaocheng immediately went out of Beijing to form a situation of encirclement with Xue Rengui in the west and in the south.

Immediately after that, the supreme governor of the Songmo Governor's Mansion, the great chief of the Khitan Department, Comrade Gu Ge, was also appointed as the top military governor of ten prefectures, including Zhijieqiaoluozhou, Danhan Prefecture, and Wufeng Prefecture, to oversee the 26 departments of the surrounding seven tribes, and provide all-round support to Xue and Gao, the two governors, at any time.

When I was living a life, my parents were short and unconscious, but when I arrived, I could feel the strength of the Tang Empire, and there was a faint sense of arrogance. The city of Chang'an is still peaceful and peaceful, and the people have just recovered from the joy of the New Year, and the farm tools and ploughing cattle should be pulled out to breathe, and the spring sowing and autumn harvest are the main theme of the farmer, no one can feel the murderous atmosphere of the desert and Liaodong, and no one cares, everyone thinks that it is natural to wipe out a few foreign countries, and it is not worth making a fuss.

The common people do not understand this, only the industry knows the meaning, and it is not only the brave and warlike people who want to conquer it, but the harsh and unfamiliar natural environment is the real challenge to the soldiers of the three armies.