Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 140 Marriage is like a lottery

Yulangzhi, the new title of the army by the Bianshui River.

Straight means that the imperial guards are on duty, which means that the emperor is close to the army.The inner hall is straight, the crane is straight, etc.

According to the meaning of the officials, it seems that they want this navy to try to station around Daliang and defend the capital in the future.

In November, Li Chuyun also came from Huainan to report.

Because he was Li Jixun's promotion officer, and Li Jixun had been out of the town before, so he had to go to Heyang to pick up the family, and he could only come after the handover.

He was very curious about Li Chuyun, but when he saw him in the big camp by the Bian River, he didn't think there was anything special about him. He was just an ordinary man in his thirties. He feels tall and straight, but he is not necessarily tall, or maybe it is because he is too tall.

Apart from himself, Li Chuyun brought his family to Beijing.

Shi Congyun warmly entertained him, took him to the Privy Council to go through the handover procedures, and took him to find a house in Daliang City, in case he was a newcomer and his pockets were shy, so he left a hundred guan for him.

Li Chuyun was very grateful, but also seemed a little nervous. After all, Shi Congyun knew that he was capable and wanted to win him over, but Li Chuyun felt that his kindness was a bit inexplicable, and the two had never met before.

Shi Congyun also noticed this problem very quickly. In order to dispel his worries, during a drink, Shi Congyun found an excuse, saying that he had always admired Zhe Congruan for his great military exploits and guarding the border for the country. He also heard that Li Chuyun It was Zhe Congruan who was recommended to the court, and he was very valued and trusted in his heart, thinking that he was a capable person.

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Afterwards, Shi Congyun's personnel arrangements were also finalized.

Yu Langzhi's army was temporarily commanded by him, Pan Mei was the supervisor, Si Chao was the deputy commander of the capital, and Li Chuyun was the Marquis of Yu.

This is the benefit of the new army. If he was in the Crane Control Army, it would be impossible for him to directly promote Li Chuyun to Du Yuhou to be responsible for the picketing and purge of military discipline, because everyone would be dissatisfied. Most of the generals and schools in the army rely on their seniority Or climbed up with military exploits.

Although Wang Zhong, Shao Ji, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan and others were all his confidantes brought directly from the inner hall, they had to fight bit by bit to get to the position of commander of the capital.

But in a newly formed army, he can easily insert the people he wants.

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In the twelfth lunar month, the New Year was approaching, and Daliang City was covered with snow. Shi Congyun and Zhao Shijian went to visit Zhao Yicong, the old man who lived outside the city. In fact, Zhao Ying was very popular and took care of him a lot. I won't be sad where to go.

He felt that he was a person now, and he thought it would be a face-lifting thing to see his father-in-law. He also asked people to buy several cars of various furniture and gifts, and the young lady went back with him.

On the way, Zhao Shijian reminded him in a low voice, "If my father doesn't see me, I'll wait to see you."

Shi Congyun was puzzled, how could he be regarded as a high-ranking official of the Great Zhou now, how could he not wait to see him.

After arriving at his father-in-law Zhao Yicong’s house, he was indeed warmly received, but gradually he also discovered the estrangement. For example, he found that the old father-in-law deliberately concealed the movement from the neighbors around him. Once someone asked at the door who was in the house. , He only said that relatives came back.

Although his family is relatively poor, now he makes a living by writing family letters for others and working as a secretary in the county government office, but he repeatedly refuses the many things he brought, and only accepts some ordinary furniture, wine and meat, and more expensive things to die. No charge either.

At the dinner table, Shi Congyun tactfully proposed to let the old father-in-law go to Daliang, and find him an officer under him or Shi Yanchao, which is several times better than here, and can support the family better, but Zhao Yicong still Politely declined.

Shi Congyun was both surprised and a little angry. Did he look down on him, but he didn't say anything.

After staying in Zhao's house for three days, Shi Congyun bid farewell to his old father-in-law, and set off on his way home feeling a little sad and dissatisfied. The old father-in-law was given away to the surrounding people.

He became more and more puzzled. On the way back, Shi Congyun didn't ride a horse, and ran to squeeze the carriage with Zhao Shijian, resting his head on her thigh, and asked her with some puzzlement: "Does my father-in-law look down on me?"

Zhao Shijian comforted him: "Don't think too much, it's not that my father doesn't like you, it's that people in their generation have long been afraid of warriors, and they are polite to you on the surface, but they are actually afraid in their hearts."

"At the beginning of the later Tang Dynasty, it was the general who rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor and the country fell.

Afterwards, the Jin Dynasty that my grandfather worked in was also because General Du Chongwei led an army of 10,000+ to surrender to the Khitans on the northern front for his own personal gain, resulting in the country's subjugation.

At that time, the Khitan army marched straight into Daliang, burning, killing and looting along the way. The Khitan king ascended the throne in Daliang and proclaimed himself emperor. I don't know how many people suffered.

In the later Han Dynasty, it was Guo Wei, the privy envoy, that is, the founding king of this dynasty, who led troops abroad to stand on his own, and the yellow flag was added and the country fell.

In order to appease the army that supported him, the immortal king Guo Wei also allowed the army to plunder in Daliang, and many people suffered a lot.

In today's world, the emperor changes every few years, and the country changes hands for more than ten years. In the short few years, they are killed every year. Respect etiquette, as long as it is beneficial, it is easy to do things like admitting a thief as a father and being ungrateful.

People like my father and the others have suffered enough from warriors and experienced the hardships of chaos in the world, so they are so afraid of alienating warriors and alienating you. "

Shi Congyun nodded, "I'm not that kind of person."

"I know."

I probably understand what it means. The separatism of the feudal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty has been in this situation until now.

And there is one thing Zhao Shijian didn't say, but he suddenly realized that warriors gain power quickly and lose power quickly. Now the world is in turmoil, and no one can tell what will happen in the future. The thing is that he is afraid that if the dynasty changes in a few years later, he will be implicated in the historian's accident.

Of course Shi Congyun was a little unhappy, but he had to sigh with emotion: "You said that father-in-law has no skills, but I think he has experienced so much, even if he has no skills, he still has foresight.

I'm still here because I'm proud of my achievements in being with the official family, but when I think about it carefully, if I think about the long-term as much as your father does, the situation in this world is still completely uncertain.

And the best thing I can rely on is myself.”

Zhao Shijian caressed his face, smiled and said: "It's good that you understand, in such a chaotic world, no one can be relied on, to put it bluntly, who can say that the official family can still sit firmly as the emperor for a few years." Said In the end, Zhao Shijian's voice became quieter, almost inaudible.

Shi Congyun was surprised that a woman could say such a thing, probably because Zhao Ying's experience stimulated her a lot.

He also had a lot of feelings when he went out of the city to see his old father-in-law.

In the twelfth lunar month, the battle situation in Huainan temporarily calmed down. It was too cold to fight, and the soldiers were about to celebrate the New Year. Both sides tacitly stopped their attacks.

On Daliang's side, Shi Congyun did not relax the training of Yulangzhi, and still went to the barracks in person every day.

On the other side of the Fu family, the aunt and Zhao Shijian have already negotiated, and sent the three books and the gifts that should be prepared, and the other party also accepted them. Even the date has been fixed by someone, and it is set on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival. the day after.

Shi Congyun didn't need to worry about anything else, just busy with his own affairs, and then waited to go back to draw a lottery that day.

That's right, in his opinion, it's a lottery. Marrying a daughter-in-law who hasn't even seen each other from the beginning to the end, just waiting to go back to the wedding night in the bridal chamber. It's not a lottery. It's embarrassing.

Opposite Daxiangguo Temple, Prince Wei's Mansion, the small courtyard was covered with snow, and a series of bell-like sounds echoed in the courtyard.

"Old six, old six, who do I look like?" Fu Erzhen happily piled snow into a snowman in the yard, but his face was completely changed, and he could only vaguely look like a human being.

Fu Liu was not as fussy as the second sister, he was dressed in warm sable fur, his whole body was wrapped up so that only his red face was exposed, his eyes were smiling like crescent moons, and his eyes followed the second sister's slim figure.

The rules she learned did not allow her to do that, and the second sister did all the things she didn't dare to do for her. She was happy when the second sister was happy, and she was happy when the second sister was having fun.

"Second Sister, come and warm your hands." She was holding a small brazier.

When Fu Er got tired of playing around, he was finally willing to retreat to the eaves, and put his slightly red green onion fingers to warm himself by the fire, wishing he could touch the coals.

Fu Liulian moved away carefully: "Second sister, no, you will get chilblains like this."

"Lao Liu, I'm so cold."

"That's not going to work, we can only take it slowly." Fu Liu still refused.

The second child had no choice but to listen to his sister, laughing and wanting to put his hand into Fu Liu's clothes to keep warm.
The two of them played around, their faces were flushed, their hair was slightly messed up, and they were panting non-stop. It was a beautiful scene, but outsiders didn't have the pleasure to see it.

The fuss was almost exhausted, so Fu Liu took a small step to get two felt cushions from the inner room, put them on the ground, and they sat cuddling each other to watch the snow.

"Lao Liu, you will get married in a month, and you won't see me again." Fu Er said, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little sad.

Fu Liu leaned on his second sister's shoulder, staring blankly at the snow in the distance, and moisture accumulated in his eyes.

"I heard that Shi Congyun won another great victory in Huainan. Now that he is young, he is already a high-ranking official in the Dianqian Division. I just don't know what kind of person he is and what kind of temperament he is. Will he be good when you marry him? Waiting for you." Fu Er sighed.

Fu Liu didn't speak.
"But it's really beautiful to follow his mother to kiss that maid, and she can talk well and speak well." Fu Er said: "Isn't it true that all the maids in his house are so good-looking, then he is really the biggest sex monster in the world, and you can't help it." gone."

"That's not a maid. It is said that she is his concubine, a descendant of the prime minister. She has a certain reputation in the capital, because when Shi Congyun was on the front line in Guanzhong, he used a post station express horse to deliver letters to her, and was even impeached for this."

"Then he really cares about that concubine, and you will be even more difficult to get along with."

"Second Sister, I think Sister Zhao Shijian is a well-educated person. I have talked to her several times in private." Fu Liu said in a low voice.

"Hmph, I think you can't wait to get married and don't want your second sister anymore." Fu Er was inexplicably angry.

"I didn't!" Fu Liu repeatedly shook his head.

"Anyway, no matter what kind of person that Shi Congyun is, I have formed a relationship with him, and he abducted my favorite sixth child." Fu Er said, tears could not hold back.

Fu Liu didn't speak, and immediately understood why her sister was so angry, and couldn't help crying with her.

"I've made a note of this grudge. Sooner or later, I will report it to the historian's boy. If he dares to belittle you in the past, he will report the names of the eldest sister and the second sister. If anyone dares to bully you, find someone to come to the mansion and tell me. Anyway, Daliang It’s just that big, our sisters are not afraid of him!”

The sixth child nodded obediently, tears wet the clothes on the second sister's chest, and whispered to the second sister over and over again.

Time passed quickly, unknowingly came to the first month of Xiande's fourth year, Shi Congyun came to this world unknowingly more than three years have passed, entering the fourth year.

Years ago, Huainan was relatively calm, and the counterattack army of the Southern Tang Dynasty was approaching step by step. Among the many generals, only Li Chongjin and Shi Yanchao had won several consecutive battles.

Li Chongjin fought fiercely, and his soldiers were more supportive, so he fought a few battles in succession, defeating more than a thousand people, and was called the "Black King" by the Southern Tang people who were both shocked and afraid.

Shi Yanchao led the elite cavalry of the Long Jie Army to attack the enemy's grain roads, and the results were not small.

But this kind of partial victory cannot reverse the overall situation that the Southern Tang army is approaching Shouzhou step by step and gradually regaining lost ground.

Therefore, once in the twelfth lunar month, the officials summoned the members of the Privy Council and him to discuss matters in the corridor outside the Chuigong Hall. Yu Langzhi.

Now Yulangzhi already has 320 ships of six sizes, with a total of [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers, which are fully capable of combat.

So before the expedition, many things must be put on the agenda, such as marrying the sixth child of the Fu family.

The date was set on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. It was originally a big event for a daughter of the Fu family to marry a rising star historian who was becoming more and more powerful.

But because of the imminent war, many things can only be kept simple. The Fu family brought Fu Liu's eldest brother Fu Zhaoxin from Hebei, and the guests for the banquet were all dignitaries in the court and people who have a good relationship with Shi Congyun.

Of course, both Commander Du and Commander Shi Congyun of the Yulang Army have also been invited, and this is a great opportunity to win them over.

The historian now has a lot of savings, so it is no problem to hold a luxurious banquet.

Most of the officials in the DPRK, such as Wei Renpu, Wang Pu, and the Privy Council, and some officials from the three divisions and six departments, all came to appreciate their face, and even sent a few words to Shi Congyun, a junior, telling him that he should calm down and stop acting frivolously when he gets married. up.

After that came Si Chao, Pan Mei, Li Chuyun, Luqiu Zhongqing and others.

Gao Huaide and Dong Zunhui from the Gao family were not in Beijing, but they also let their children come. Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Hongyin from the Zhao family were all in Huainan, and it was Zhao Kuangyi who came here for nothing.

All in all, the day was very lively. Shi Congyun completed the etiquette in front of the elders of both parties with a strange woman whom he had never seen before.

Although the war is imminent and everything will be simplified, smart people will not miss this good opportunity to make connections. Such a lively place is a good place to gather all the characters.

But for Shi Congyun, what he is most looking forward to is the lucky draw.

(End of this chapter)