Chapter 36: The Guest
When Wang Yan traveled all the way south, Shao Xun was also entertaining guests.
I heard that he made a fortune, and a bunch of relatives came over from his hometown in the East China Sea, and there were always dozens of noisy and shouting.
Shao Xun placed them in a vacant house next to the Green Willow Garden, and then concentrated on serving his parents.
Yes, his parents were also brought in, along with his sister, nieces and others.
My father is over fifty years old, he was a soldier when he was young, and even participated in the battle to destroy Wu, and it is said that he has been killed-I don't know if it's true, anyway, my father has been blowing like this.
However, he does have some prestige among the world soldiers in his village, and he speaks loudly.
Well, today's voice dropped all of a sudden, and I felt a little restrained.
When Arahime, dressed in a costume and extravagant, went out to greet her, she was almost not startled.
Mother Liu is an honest military woman, and her heavy life has made her face have countless wrinkles. In the past two years, I have lived in Mijiawu Fort, and I don't have to work, so my complexion has improved.
Her focus was different from that of the others, and she wiped away tears when she saw Arahime's high bulging lower abdomen and heard that she was about to give birth.
"Little worm, you must treat Lan Ji well in the future, and you must treat it well." Liu took Shao Xun's hand and carefully admonished.
The countrymen don't care much about Lan Ji's identity as a wife or a concubine, they only know that this is a son-in-law and is going to have a child.
Shao Xun nodded again and again, and at the same time his face was a little dark.
Tang Jian and other soldiers stood outside the door, their eyes wandering, and they didn't know where to put them.
I think you've heard something amazing.
"The big insect has a bad life, and he dies violently in a foreign land. In the future, we must take good care of our nieces and nieces and let them enjoy them. Liu continued.
"Yes, I remember." Shao Xun responded.
The nephew Shao Shen stood aside, bowing his head slightly, honestly.
He is now in the countryside in the western half of Luoyang, pure and pure.
He often rides a tall horse, holds a horned bow and a long lance, and gathers more than a dozen teenagers around him, swaggering through the market.
didn't do anything to bully men and women, otherwise he would have been cleaned up by Shao Xun.
"Alright." Old father Shao Xiu waved his hand, frowned and said, "Say a few words." The little worm is now an official, and the fierce generals around him are like clouds, and you still call him small characters, what kind of system has it become? β
"Don't you shout ......," Liu said puzzled.
Shao Xiu's face couldn't hold it, he snorted coldly and stopped talking.
"That's it." Liu wiped his eyes, walked to Le Lanji's side, took her hand, and said, "The bride is pregnant, let's go back and rest, don't disturb my grandson." β
Lan Ji subconsciously glanced at Shao Xun, the title of "bride" made her a little secretly happy, and after seeing that Shao Xun did not correct it, she answered, and then went back to the room to rest with the support of the maid.
The time when she gave birth was almost ten days, and she couldn't be sloppy.
After Le's left, Lao Shao glared at his wife again, walked over and whispered: "You are the princess of Chengdu, you are not big or small?" β
Liu ignored him.
On weekdays, there are five or six people in the countryside, and when they see the woman (the woman of the child), they don't dare to breathe, what's the use?
And then the princess, the child in her womb is also my son's seed, I have my son's backing, can I be careful?
While a few people were talking, Shao Xun's sister Shao Ying quietly left the middle hall and touched the direction Lan Ji left.
She is eleven years old this year, which is the age of innocence, standing outside the door, looking at her "sister-in-law" timidly, a little afraid to get close.
Lan Ji was stroking the qin, and when she saw Shao Ying, a smile appeared on her face, beckoned, and said, "Sister, come quickly." β
Shao Ying rubbed over little by little.
Lan Ji looked at this wheat-complexed country girl and smiled, "Do you know how to play the piano?" β
Shao Ying shook her head.
She knows how to fish and catch loaches in the countryside, but Jean has never seen it.
In addition, the "sister-in-law" has an indescribable smell all over her body, and her gestures make her ashamed of herself, and she subconsciously dare not be presumptuous, and she doesn't know where to swing her hands.
If Shao Xun was here, he would definitely be extremely surprised.
The last time he saw his sister was five years ago. The six-year-old girl is very naughty, wandering outside every day, and fighting with little boys of the same age, full of wild girls.
In the past few years, I heard that it hasn't changed much, but I don't play with those boys anymore, and I'm still a lively and active person.
When I saw Lan Ji today, I was completely suppressed, and I was honest like a different person.
Perhaps, in her young mind, she already knew something vaguely.
"Sister-in-law" and her are not people of the same world.
The second brother must have done a lot of things when he was born and died, right? Otherwise, how can you marry a beauty like your sister-in-law?
"I-sister-in-law taught you how to play." Lan Ji took Shao Ying's hand and touched the strings lightly.
When the pleasant voice came out, Shao Ying subconsciously withdrew her hand, and then smiled embarrassedly.
Lan Ji let her sit beside her and taught her carefully.
Shao Ying sometimes listens to lectures, and sometimes is attracted by the gorgeous skirt on the "sister-in-law".
Arahime didn't care.
She never imagined that there would be such a day when she would go to great lengths to please a little girl from a military family.
What's more, she is not her real sister-in-law.
A few days ago, Yingchuan Dazhong Zheng Yu Min visited, and Lang Jun talked with him secretly for a long time, smiling and laughing, but he didn't know what was going on.
Things in the world are always so worrying.
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When Wang Yan came to the Green Willow Garden, Shao Xun was being "escorted" by his mother to fish for salty mushrooms, and then washed and chopped.
The perennial hand of wielding a heavy sword is powerful, but when it comes to chopping vegetables, he is so weak that he almost hurts his fingers.
When he heard Tang Jian's report, he was a little puzzled.
When Liu heard the words "Wang Situ" on the side, he was startled, and he hid in the stove room, and urged his son to go to meet him.
Shao Xun smiled and said, "Don't worry, A-Niang, Wang Yifu will ask for something when he comes here, and it doesn't hurt to dry him for a while." β
Liu only felt his heart pounding.
What kind of official is Situ, she is about a point, it seems to be older than Taishou and Thorn Shi, this is to say that it will be dried?
"Little worm......" she wanted to say but stopped.
Shao Xun turned around and said to his mother seriously: "Ah Niang, my son is not a small person. Wang Yifu was born in the Langya Wang family, ranked as the third duke, and was in charge of tens of thousands of forbidden troops, and even the Son of Heaven and Taifu relied on him very much. But it's nothing, Fang is today, and there are few people who can make me afraid. I think back then, the king of Changsha was arrested by me-"
"You captured the king of Changsha? Have you caught the king of Chengdu? Chengdu princess ......" Liu wondered.
Shao Xun's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "A-Niang is right, Wang Situ is a distinguished guest, how can he be lazy?" Then I went out to greet him. β
With that, he slipped away with a cigarette.
Wang Yan waited inexplicably for a while, and then was welcomed in.
Shao Xun directly took Wang Yan and Pan Tao to the study, and after greeting them, he said with a smile: "Situ is good Yaxing, seeing that the New Year is coming, he also came to Liang County to play." β
Wang Yan coughed and said, "It's really an eye-opener to play all the way." β
"I'll wait for Shiqiaofang and Li Jiafang to come south." Pan Tao added on the side.
Shao Xun suddenly said, "The country soil group made Situ see a smile." β
Wang Yan was a little silent.
It's not like his style at all, as if he's been hit by something.
"The prince set up a township group, but he didn't know what it was?" After a long time, Wang Yan finally spoke.
Shao Xun adjusted his sitting posture to make himself more comfortable, and then said: "In order to guard against Wang Mi and the Huns, Situ is credible?" β
Wang Yan nodded and said, "There is a report in the state, Liu Yuan has gathered troops and horses, intending to go south to Taihang." But no matter how you look at it, it's all a precautionary move, right? β
Shao Xun did not have an external intelligence network, and he could not afford to build it.
Sima Yue actually didn't, he was only as strong as him.
But Wang Yan's network extends in all directions, even in a place like Bingzhou, where the Hu people have an absolute advantage, he can give you first-hand information, which is indeed not simple.
The news that Wang Yan received was: Liu Yuan, the lord of the Han Dynasty, sent Liu Cong and other generals to lead his troops and horses south to occupy the Taihang Zhucheng Road.
In his opinion, Liu Yuan was taking advantage of the geographical advantages of the mountains and rivers in the east of the river to try to block the road with a small number of soldiers and horses, so as to exert force in other directions.
In addition, Shi Le and other generals led the army eastward, and also occupied Fukou and other towns, which seemed to be guarding against something.
From this point of view, Liu Yuan should attack the two counties of Pingyang and Hedong.
But he didn't point it out directly.
"Liu Yuan wants to attack Pingyang and Hedong." Shao Xun didn't want to go around in circles, so he said bluntly: "Shile or go to Hebei." Wang Situ thinks that Jizhou, which has just experienced a war, can stop the Hun army? Pingyang and Hedong counties, if there is no reinforcement from the imperial army, can they hold it? β
Wang Yan was silent for a moment, and then asked, "What does Wang Mi understand?" β
"Situ." Shao Xun leaned closer, looked at Wang Yan's eyes, and said: "Wang Mi has gathered tens of thousands, if he kills out of Qingzhou and runs into Yan, Yu and even Heluo, who can stop him?" β
Wang Yan sat up straight suddenly, frowned, and said: "Gou Dao will be the governor of Qingzhou, and he has repeatedly broken Wang Mi, can't he be suppressed?" β
"What if Gou Xi indulges Wang Mi?" Shao Xun asked.
Wang Yan's brows furrowed even deeper.
Although he has a good vision, he has a fatal blind spot in his thinking, that is, he does not consider that a martial artist will flip the table.
This is not to blame him, because of the social environment at this time, this kind of thing sounds a bit incredible.
Shao Xun's thinking has no such limitations at all, he analyzed every possibility, and even took Huang Chao as an example.
Before and after Huangchao crossed the Huai River, Gao Xiao, who held a heavy army, stood still in Huainan and watched Huangchao go north.
The route taken by Huangchao was Ruzhou, Luoyang, Tongguan, and Chang'an, all of which were areas under the deep control of the Tang court. As for the place where the power of the feudal town was rampant, Huang Chao did not go, and the towns also watched from the wall, watching Huang Chao enter the customs and capture Chang'an.
When Huangchao floated away, he felt that his strength was strong, and he planned to send troops to collect the area west of Chang'an, and was violently beaten by the feudal towns in the northwest of Beijing, and returned in a fiasco, the towns in the world found that Huangchao could not destroy the Tang Dynasty, so they took action and sent troops into the customs one after another to exterminate the Huangchao forces.
Won't this scene be staged in the Western Jin Dynasty?
"Situ, if Gou Xi expels Wang Mi and protects Qingzhou, even if he enters Yanzhou, Taifu may resist?" Shao Xun asked again: "If Taifu can't resist, and there are no soldiers in the local prefectures and counties, Wang Mike will kill all the way to Luojing, what will happen at that time?" β
"The prince is a bit alarmist, isn't he?" Wang Yan was a little hard to believe, and even more difficult to adapt.
The trip to Liang County, the things he saw along the way, made him a little uncomfortable.
The things that Shao Xun engaged in can only be regarded as embryonic at present, but Wang Yan knows that it is a model that can be promoted throughout the country, which is terrible.
Therefore, when he came to the Green Willow Garden, he was a little silent.
Now after chatting with Shao Xun for a while, I found that Gou Xi may not be at the mercy of Taifu or even him, and people will actually pick and choose? Why? You are a military leader who is not even a cold element, why dare you indulge Wang Mi to enter Beijing?
But Shao Xun told him conclusively that it was entirely possible for Gou Xi to do so, and that there were countless reasons for this.
"Situ." Shao Xun gave Wang Yan another heavy blow: "Not only will Gou Xi indulge Wang Mi to leave the country, but most of the Taifu will not dare to fight against Wang Mi." Wang Mi sees that there is no obstacle in the road ahead, what do you think he will do? β
Wang Yan's mind was a little disturbed.
He felt that he had lost his level today, and his proud eloquence could not be brought into play at all, and he was completely led by the nose by the head of the small army Shao Xun, and after sorting out his thoughts, he said: "After the forbidden army returns to Luoyang, Taifu still has tens of thousands of Yan and Yu soldiers and horsesββ"
"But Taifu didn't dare." Shao Xun interrupted Wang Yan's words without hesitation and said: "Taifu may dare to suppress the Son of Heaven, but he doesn't dare to face Wang Mi and the Huns, he is afraid." What's more, will Hebei be calm at that time? Gou Xi was absolutely unwilling to send troops to Hebei for Taifu again, and Taifu could only find a way to calm it down by himself. β
This was said mercilessly, which made Pan Tao look a little sideways.
"Taifu is in Yanzhou, but Situ is in Luoyang." Shao Xun reminded him vaguely.
The meaning of this sentence is that the interests of you and Sima Yue are not completely aligned.
Sima Yue has already left the town, but you are an official in the center, and you can't leave Luoyang. Keeping Luoyang and the imperial court is your greatest interest.
Wang Yan Huoran got up and walked around the study.
After a while, he turned to look at Shao Xun.
"The servant is willing to fight hard and defeat the king and the thieves." Shao Xun said in a deep voice: "If the Xiongnu go south, the servants will also raise troops to the north and fight with them." β
Wang Yan looked at him for a long time, and finally nodded slightly.
Shao Xun breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Yan was not a subordinate of Sima Yue, but a political ally and collaborator, which is important because it represents considerable independence.
What he said to Wang Yan just now was half-true and half-false, and there was a little bit of deception, but there was nothing wrong with it overall.
Regardless of whether Sima Yue really didn't have the courage to fight Wang Mi, or was restrained by Hebei, the outcome was the same.
Shao Xun didn't think he could block Wang Mi, it was more likely that he wouldn't be able to block it at all.
Considering Gou Xi's attitude, the possibility of Wang Mi coming to Luoyang is quite high and must be taken seriously.