As the evening approached the west, the temperature in the air gradually evaporated, and all that remained was the chill of late autumn and the cloudy smell of wine.

Tang Yin didn't know how much wine he drank, and he couldn't remember when the red girl left, he looked at a pair of silver ingots on the table, stroked the cold Qilin Ling lying on the table, and couldn't help but recall the cold look that the woman threw at him before leaving.

He straightened his face and smiled bitterly a little helplessly: "It's over, I've offended another one now." ”

As he spoke, he stood up again, and after a brief tidying up of his slightly wrinkled clothes, he turned his head and looked out the window in the other direction.

It is the east of the city of Qianyang.

Compared with the noise in the west of the city, the east of Qianyang City is much quieter.

Occasionally, there will be a few carriages and pedestrians passing by, but all of them are brocade clothes and jewels.

When you come here, you have come to the noble area of Qianyang City and even the entire Great Yasukuni, and any person who lives here pulls it out and stomps on his feet, which will make the entire Great Yasukuni tremble.

In this group of famous mansions, in addition to the current king Zhang Renliang, the largest house is probably the house of Yongle Hou Chen Duyun's family. Yongle Houfu covers an area of 100 hectares, magnificent, the two huge stone lions at the door of the light are afraid that there are thousands of pounds of weight, there is a huge plaque written "Chen Mansion" at the upper end of the gate, it is the father of Emperor Gong of the first emperor Emperor Ming Emperor personally wrote the imperial gift, with these two words, the Chen family is enough to stand in Dajing and a hundred years without decay. As soon as you step into the gate of the Chen Mansion, there is a high wall carved with a dragon spitting the sun, and hidden behind this floating wall is a water pavilion with both elegance and vulgarity, and a high pavilion building with zero row of buildings, not to mention the thousands of small servants and maidservants in this mansion, whose extravagance is no less than that of the palace.

It's just that the Houfu, which has always been lively, is unusually quiet today. From the door of the two big lions facing inward, through the carved corridor of nine curves and ten rings, until to the courtyard next to the main hall of the inner house.

All the little maidservants trembled and stood respectfully. Located in the study room of the main pavilion on the second floor, there is a noise of broken wood and porcelain from time to time.

"No, everything else is fine, but this one can't do it!", Chen Duyun was old and strong, his voice was like a bell, and a roar almost resounded throughout the huge backyard of the Houfu. Don't think about it, who else can make him lose his temper so much, except for Chen Ping'an, the second ancestor of the Chen family?

Probably the tiger father has no dogs, and Chen Ping'an's donkey temper is simply better than that of the old marquis: "Hmph! Old man, you are all a person who has half a coffin in the ground, or live your old age by yourself, and it is not your turn to take care of Lao Tzu's affairs!"

"You!" Chen Duyun was almost angry, and he couldn't wait to slap Chen Ping'an's face: "Believe it or not, as long as I don't nod my head, see which army dares to accept you." ”

Chen Ping'an clearly didn't believe it, stared back at Chen Duyun, and said with a smile: "You don't want to inquire, who in the army doesn't know that this Chen family is my Chen Ergou family, I want to see which one of the people who dare to stop me." ”

At this time, Chen Duyun was really heartbroken, if it weren't for the hard support of his body for many years in the army, I was afraid that at this time, the other half of the coffin would also be in the ground.

But in any case, Chen Duyun will never let Chen Ping'an step into the slightest danger, after all, his nearly 100-year-old mother can let out the words, if she, the only baby grandson, dares to leave home half a step, he, the father, will not have to come back, otherwise she will die in the underworld and will have no shame to face the ancestors of the Chen family.

Speaking of which, Chen Duyun is also sad, probably because he really created some evil in his previous life, or he killed too many people in this life, and retribution is coming.

I think he is also the lord above ten thousand people under one person in the court, but he is not even a fart at home.

At this moment, Chen Duyun also had to give in, and persuaded Chen Ping'an in an almost pleading tone: "Little ancestor, can you let your father save worry, you are now a little marquis, and you can do everything you want to do, but a good day, you have to go to join the army, and go to the place where birds don't in the northwest? Is that place for people like you? If you really have any three long and two short, my old Chen family will be the last!"

Chen Ping'an sneered: "It's good to go to join the army, how come you have to go to the execution ground when you get to the old man, the opening is three long and two short, and the closed mouth is a last, you can't give me some good hope, for example, I hope that I can kill the enemy in the army, achieve military merits as soon as possible, and be a mighty commander or something...... Tsk, that's also to give my old Chen's family face, isn't ......"

Chen Duyun's face was pale, and he finally couldn't help but slam on Chen Ping'an's head with a shudder, and scolded: "Little rabbit, you ...... You know what a fart! Do you want to join the army as a playmaker? If you want to kill someone, you can kill someone, if you want to make meritorious service, if you want to be a commander, you can be a commander. Just a few pounds and a few taels of you...... I'm still counting on you to give me a long face, as long as I have worked so hard to save up this prestige over the years, you don't lose me so quickly, I'm thankful......"

Chen Ping'an immediately patted his chest and promised: "This is no problem, as long as you let me join the army, I will definitely not say that it is your son of Dazhuguo......"

"Ahem" Chen Duyun's chest rose and fell for a while, and it took him a long time to smooth out the depression. He looked at Chen Ping'an, who was estimated to be unable to pull back ten cows, and shook his head helplessly, no problem, who let this be his own seed.

So, Chen Duyun could only sit down and said in a deliberative tone: "In this way, we don't hurt the harmony for this matter, we both take a step back, it's not impossible for you to join the army, but don't go to the new army, the Zhenbei Tianwen Army in the north, the Pingnan Tianye Army in the south, the Anxi Tianwolf Army in Xishu, the best Yanshanwei and Yulinwei in Shangjing, you can pick one of these at will, I can guarantee that you will not bother for three years, and let you earn enough military merits, and then find another opportunity for the emperor to make you a great commander, how about it?"

Chen Duyun's rare peace of mind should have let Chen Ping'an, who had an excellent face, accept it when he sees it. But it seems that Chen Ping'an doesn't want to compromise so much, or some kind of obsession has been planted in his heart.

"Old man, you don't scold me once or twice, don't even think about it this time, I told you just now, I won't report your name this time, borrow your prestige, I'm telling the truth. So, I had to go to the New Army. ”

"The New Army...... What the hell is this? Hey, hey, can you tell me ...... before you go?"

Chen Duyun was still depressed, Chen Ping'an seemed to have lost the interest in letting Chen Duyun continue to bargain, and with his hands behind his back, he pushed open the door and saw the people who were all over the yard who did not dare to say a word, and stood silently, grinning and whistling and walked out of the courtyard.

Chen Duyun suddenly seemed to be paralyzed, and sat heavily on the Taishi chair behind him. You know, over the years, Chen Ping'an has always been unprofessional, very playful, and he knows that there are a group of fox friends and dog friends all day long, with a group of dog legs all over Qianyang City looking for fun and passing the time, as for those who join the army and become officials, they have never been disdainful, after all, in his words, no matter how good the army is mixed, it can't be mixed with Lao Tzu, and no matter how big an official is, he can't be an emperor, and it's boring and boring.

is probably the father of Mo Ruo, who knows his son, and Chen Duyun can see the clues just by thinking about it with his toes.

At that moment, he called Xiao Ah Si, who was closest to Chen Ping'an on weekdays, to inquire carefully.

Xiao Ah Si didn't seem to have woken up from the earth-shattering thunder just now, and told Chen Duyun everything in the daytime in a daze.

"Back to ...... Back to the Hou Ye, today during the day, the young master had made an appointment with a few sons of the family to swim in the lake together, but when he went to the lake, he found that no one came to the appointment, and the young master was angry, so he wanted to lead the small house-to-house Xingshi to ask for the guilt, but in the end he found that none of the sons and brothers in Shangjing were not at home, so they seemed to disappear out of thin air.

The young master was depressed, and wanted to go back to the house to rest, but coincidentally, on the way back, he met Du Youcai, the son of the military department, and only after inquiring did he know that the original court was going to set up a new army, and these young masters were enthusiastic to sign up, which was arranged by the family to practice and temper in the major military camps, and the young master was interested in it for a while, so he asked for the details of the new army, according to Na Du Youcai, the new army is different from the past, it is the direct subordinate guard under the jurisdiction of His Majesty the Emperor, not only the conditions are good, the treatment is high, and it is highly valued by the imperial court, and the most important thing is that the new army conscription, for the first time, women are included in the recruitment sequence, there are many ladies in Beijing, and the famous lady is not inferior to men, they all participated in the election, and even the first beauty in Beijing, the eldest daughter of Yin Qin's family in Tiandu Mansion, also participated.

After hearing these words, the young master couldn't help but scold angrily, these dogs and cubs who called him brothers and sisters on the surface on weekdays actually concealed such a good thing when they encountered such a good thing, but they only thought that they had suffered a big loss, and they were indignant in their hearts, and they had to sign up for the new army.

But that Du Youcai son mocked the young master for being a big commander flesh and blood young master, rich and lazy man's life, he couldn't bear the bitterness, don't be two days and shout home, when the time comes, it will be the old man's face, Du Gongzi's words are extremely harsh, and the young master was angered at once, and made a bet with that Du Youcai, if he entered the new army, he would ask that Du Youcai to kneel in public and shout three times grandpa.

After that, the young master impatiently ran to the military headquarters to report ......"

After listening to the narration of his subordinates, Chen Duyun couldn't help but scold angrily for being ridiculous. But with decades of experience in the court, Chen Duyun felt even more doubtful in his heart. When he came to the army, he didn't even hear any rumors about such a major event as the establishment of a new army. Second, there is nothing to do in this matter, and the mountains and rivers are unhindered, even Beiliang, who has been in the limelight in recent years, has been beaten by himself in the past two years, and there is no reason to suddenly establish a new army. Unless...

Chen Duyun thought of it again in recent days, and there seemed to be some rumors and big events in the world, and his heart tightened suddenly......

Unconsciously, Chen Duyun's originally rickety body gradually straightened up, he narrowed his wrinkled eyelids deeply, and his face changed from his previous lost look, becoming solemn and deep, like a sea that is invisible. Suddenly, as if he had made a choice, he got up and walked out of the study, and came to a delicate little side room in the depths of the courtyard, where there were not people, but an old horse that was red in maroon.

The old man stood in front of the old horse and sighed slightly: "Old man, I have to bother you to go with me again." ”

The horse seemed to understand the old man's words, and Kuji bowed his head slightly.