Volume 1 begins with a parting invitation
That night, Yang Yuanba lived in the palace of the king of Jin, and a full moon sprinkled silver light all over the branches and paths, and the palace was exceptionally quiet.
"Childe, go this way!"
Two palace maids each carried an orange lotus lantern to Yang Yuanba to lead the way, through a circular courtyard door, Yang Yuanba came to the guest room area, this is the west courtyard of the palace, more empty, only the guest room area covers an area of five acres, more than 100 houses, there are exquisite single courtyards, there are rows of single houses, most of the rooms are empty, only a few small courtyards are faintly lit.
"Childe, it's here!"
The two palace maids stopped at the door of a small courtyard, pursed their lips and smiled: "We won't go in, wait for the prince here." ”
"Thank you both!"
Yang Yuanba arched his hand to them and walked into the courtyard, where there was a leafy apricot tree, three or four feet long, standing majestically, three of the rooms in a row were lit, and the door of one of the rooms was open, and the laughter of the fat fish and the combas could be faintly heard.
"General!"
Yang Yuanba suddenly heard someone calling him, and when he turned around, he saw Yu Chiwan sitting on a branch of the apricot tree, looking lonely.
"Why are you here?"
Yang Yuanba deftly climbed the tree, sat next to her and asked with a smile: "What are they doing in the house?" ”
"The two of them have made a fortune! What else can they be happy about?"
Wei Chiwan was full of contempt for the two of them in his heart, and he swore on the road that he would never sell the horse to the powerful, but at this time, a prince paid ten times the price, and they had long forgotten the oath on the road.
"I found out that the dead fat man is even more greedy than Lao Kang!" said Yu Chiwan hatefully.
Yang Yuanba couldn't help laughing, "It's not a day or two that he has been greedy, but after so many years, have you found out?"
"Of course I know, and I know that sooner or later he will be killed by greed. ”
Yang Yuanba smiled knowingly, "I'll see them go." ”
He was about to jump off the tree, but Wei Chiwan stopped him, "General, there is something, you can help me with the staff." ”
Wei Chiwan was depressed in her heart, she really couldn't help but tell the truth, she had been engaged to her hometown since she was a child. ”
"Are you running away from marriage?" Yang Yuanba somewhat understood what she meant.
Wei Chiwan nodded and whispered: "Half of them are in the army for their father, and half of them are running away from marriage." ”
She sighed and said, "I didn't like that person since I was a child, so I had no choice but to run away from the army and get married." ”
Only then did Yang Yuanba understand why as soon as he mentioned the matter of marrying with Wei Chi, she immediately turned her face, it turned out that there was another hidden secret.
"But it's been five years, will that person still wait for you?"
"The marriage contract cannot be canceled, even if he has already married a wife, he can still accept me as a concubine, if I marry, I will have to suffer a lawsuit, even if I can escape, my parents can't escape. ”
Wei Chiwan was extremely worried, Yang Yuanba glanced at her and smiled: "Don't worry, your marriage contract, I'll find a way to cancel it for you, I believe that as long as I make a move, that person will obediently cancel the marriage contract, but this time, you must go back to visit your parents no matter what." ”
Wei Chiwan was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand, "General, I can solve the matter of the marriage contract myself, don't mess around, that person is my cousin." ”
Yang Yuanba pondered for a long time, then nodded, and said lightly: "Okay! I won't interfere, if you need help, just ask." ”
Although most of the time Yang Yuanba regards Wei Chiwan as a man, sometimes he will remember that Wei Chi is a female soldier, already twenty years old, this age is already very dangerous in Tianwu, a man's late marriage can be understood as a meritorious career, but women can't, play different social roles, late marriage is not allowed by family etiquette, maybe this is the real reason why Wei Chi does not dare to go home.
Yang Yuanba didn't know what to do, he was decisive on the battlefield, but he was at a loss for this kind of thing, he wanted to let Wei Chi go home and let his family discuss marriage with her, but he didn't expect that she actually had a marriage contract, so Yang Yuanba was helpless.
He jumped off the tree and walked towards the room, and when he reached the door, he turned back and said, "Wei Chi, go back and discuss with your sister about lifelong affairs!"
Yu Chiwan grabbed her hair, her heart was full of distress, she didn't want to marry at all, why did everyone force her, even Yang Yuanba didn't understand.
She suddenly remembered something again, she was going to be a guard for Princess Yicheng, and this matter had not yet been discussed with Yang Baqing.
"General!"
She shouted twice, but Yang Yuanba didn't hear it, he had already walked into the room.
In the room, Fat Fish and Kang Bas squinted with a smile, the two were dividing the silver, their horse sales money was all silver, and there were hundreds of ingots of official silver piled up on the table, all of which were silver cakes cast in Lingnan, fifty taels and one cakes, silver is wealth, not currency, mainly used to reward military merits, but it can also be exchanged for money from the store, Yang Yuanba remembered that five years ago, one tael of silver could be exchanged for twenty hanging money.
Their one hundred and fifty horses were sold for a total of fifteen thousand taels of silver, which was ten times the market price, which was unimaginable for ordinary people, but thinking that Yang Zhao was the grandson of the King of Jin, all the inconceivable was solved.
On the first day of their return to Beijing, they made a fortune selling horses.
Yang Yuanba sat down and asked the two of them with a smile, "Tell me, what are your plans for this money?"
"General, I think," Combass hesitated, not knowing what to say.
"Lao Kang, if you have anything to say, don't be so spittering. ”
Kang Bas couldn't open his mouth, but Fat Fish said for him, "General, he said that he wants to retire from the army and enter business." ”
Yang Yuanba was silent, and for a moment, he slowly asked Kangbas, "You have decided?"
Combas nodded silently, he sighed and said: "It's been five years, I miss my wife and daughter very much, and I want to open a shop in the capital and take them over." ”
"Okay! No problem, I'll arrange your military status for you. ”
Kang Bas suddenly knelt down in front of Yang Yuanba, and he actually cried, "General, I don't want to leave everyone, but I'm really"
Yang Yuanba hurriedly helped him up, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Lao Kang, don't apologize for anything, we can all understand, after all, you have a wife and daughter, unlike us, we are all single, and we have nothing to worry about." ”
Fat Fish muttered beside him, "Actually, I want to be concerned too." ”
Yang Yuanba was angry and funny, turned around and punched him, "You kid, shut your fish mouth!"
Yang Yuanba comforted Kang Bas a few more words, and then glanced at the fat fish, "Say! You fat fish, what are your plans?"
Fat Fish blinked his little eyes and laughed, "Actually, I have already agreed with Lao Kang just now, I will invest all the money I earned this time in him, and I will have a share in his shop in the future, I think Lao Kang is indeed very good at doing business, a pair of broken porcelain bottles were actually pounded into tens of thousands of taels of silver by him, he is simply the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, Kang God of Wealth!"
Yang Yuanba stretched out his hand and slapped his scalp, and scolded with a smile: "That's whether the King of Jin is good at me, do you think he will pay attention to you? And your horse, if I didn't go and tell the Turks, do you think they would sell you a war horse? You kid actually forgot about me." ”
Fat Fish covered his head and said, "Of course I know it's you, but dare I say it? What if you want a piece of the pie?"
Yang Yuanba and Kang Ba couldn't help laughing, this dead fat man, who said he didn't have a heart?
At this moment, a palace maid said at the door: "General Yang, my prince is looking for you, in the front hall!"
"I'll go!"
Yang Yuanqing nodded, and then instructed them: "Since you have money, you go to find the store as soon as possible, and if the store is found, move out, tomorrow I will go to Renshou Palace, it may take a while to come back, Fat Fish will take care of the five hundred gold for me one by one, and then you will go back to Dali City, and then I will go back directly by myself." ”
"Don't worry, General! ”
Yang Yuanba patted Kang Bas's shoulder again, and said earnestly: "Lao Kang, work hard, if you have any difficulties in the capital, go directly to the Yang Mansion, and they will help you solve it." ”
Combus was moved in his heart, and he nodded silently.
Yang Yuanba turned around and walked to the front yard.
Back in the front hall, I saw Yang Zhao holding a large plate of fruit, while eating, curiously looking up and down a cloth bag, Yang Yuanba recognized at a glance that it was the cloth bag he put in Yang's Mansion, Yang Xuanting sent it back again, but how did he know that he was in the Jin Palace?
When Yang Zhao saw Yang Yuanba coming back, he smiled and said, "This is what Yang Fu sent just now, saying that it was your thing." ”
He asked a little curiously, "What's in here?" ”
"It's my military exploits!"
Yang Yuanba smiled, "It's full of lime." ”
"Lime?"
Yang Zhao didn't understand, what did lime have to do with military exploits? He looked at Yuan Ba suspiciously.
Yang Yuanba unwrapped the cloth bag, and inside was a wooden box, and he smiled: "There is a human head in the lime, the head of Luo Khan in the Western Turkic Division, does Your Highness want to see it?"
Yang Zhao was startled and waved his hand again and again, "No! No! I don't look at it." ”
He reacted suddenly, his eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "Are you the head of Luo Khan of the Western Turkic Division?"
Yang Yuanba nodded, and he smiled faintly: "This is my military merit, I think the saint must want to see it with his own eyes." ”
"I can present it to the imperial grandfather for you, and we will leave for Renshou Palace early tomorrow morning, and you and I will go with you. ”