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Chapter 414 Reserved
This was the last day of Mengge Khan's seven years, Zhang Rou hurried back to Bozhou City on this day.

"Shut up!"

Turning off the horse, throwing the whip in her hand, Zhang Rou didn't look at the many people who came up to meet her, and walked towards the military and civilian Wanhu Mansion with big strides.

"Let's talk in the hall."

There is nothing to say, just a sentence "Tachal lost".

Everyone was not surprised, they never thought of helping Tachaer capture Fancheng.

"Fortunately, the commander-in-chief did not delay his return home for the New Year."

Zhang Rou was in a bad mood, spat, and said, "Isn't it delayed? I still want to go back to Shuntian's hometown to celebrate the New Year, mother!"

For him, Bozhou is just a guarded place, and it is more lively to go back to his hometown during the New Year's festival.

Most of his sons are also in Suncheon.

Zhang Rou's eldest son died early, the second son Zhang Hongji is now sitting in Shuntian, and the third and fourth sons are also assisting in Shuntian; the sixth son Zhang Honglue has just been appointed as the counselor of Henan Province, taking the place of Yang Guo; Zhang Honggui, the eighth son, was transferred to the new army; Zhang Hongfan, the ninth son, had just become an official and was appointed as the deputy commander of the march; Zhang Hongqing, the eleventh son, was a hostage in Hara and Lin.

Now, only the fifth son Zhang Hongdao, the tenth son Zhang Hongzheng and the twelfth son Zhang Hongyi who just came back from Sumenshan Academy are in front of us.

Thinking about it again, if no one can be selected to take over the family business, if more than a dozen sons want to separate the family in the future... Zhang Rou became restless for a while, and waved her hand impatiently.

"What are you all doing in front of me?! Is it okay for me to wear armor and eat New Year's Eve dinner with you?"

"Yes, please take a rest, Commander."

Everyone retreated one after another, only Zhang Hongdao stood there with his head down, as if he had something to say.

Zhang Hongdao really didn't have much confidence in front of Zhang Rou. The ten brothers in his family had danced with the clan brothers since they were young.

"Father, child..."

"I don't have the skills, but my heart is high." Before Zhang Rou heard what Zhang Hongdao said, she leaned back in the chair and said in a bad mood, "I'm overestimating myself."

It's not good to teach your son too much for those who are older than the Chinese New Year. Zhang Rou changed her tone and sighed: "Think about it, what were you doing when you were 17 years old? Making your servant's belly bigger and elopement? Almost ruined your marriage with the Yan family Caused me to chase you for dozens of miles on horseback.”

Zhang Hongdao was ashamed and buried his head even lower.

Since he fought against Li Xia, he has always regarded Li Xia as an equal opponent to himself. Only now did he realize that if he was compared with him when he was young, he would be even more fooled.

But what should be said has to be said, he took a step forward, and said in a low voice: "Father, the eldest sister's thoughts are probably..."

"Hey, let's start from the beginning, let's talk carefully..."

~~
After returning to the back house, Zhang Rou looked at his wife and daughter at home, and her anger subsided a little.

He had married three wives in total, and had several concubines.

His first wife, Li Shi, died early, and was born in Gaoping Li Family, a family of two generations of Jinshi;

The second wife, Jingshi, who gave birth to most of Zhang Rou's children, passed away ten years ago.Jing Anmin, the father of the Jing family, was one of the nine princes in Hebei;

The third wife, Mao, was born in a famous family in the Daming Mansion. She was of the same clan as Yuan Haowen's wife, and she was a sister to the wife of Deputy Marshal Qiao Weizhong.

Concubine Ma's family, whose father was the commander of Jin Guobuma; concubine Zhao's family is a branch of Wang Gu Zhao's family...

In short, the Zhang family's marriage has basically covered some powerful families in the Northland.

Now the mistress of the Zhang family is the Mao family. When the Mao family succeeded Zhang Rou, she was already in her thirties. She hadn't produced anything for ten years, but she had a prominent family background and treated her children well. Zhang Rou's young children were raised by her alone.

When Zhang Rou came back that day, Mao's chatter was also about Zhang Wenjing.

"... I have been ill for a long time, and I don't know what to do. It's also my fault that the mother is not the biological mother, so I dare not be strict..."

"Understood, today's New Year's Day, you go to make arrangements first, I'll talk to my eldest sister..."

After a while, Zhang Wenjing came in.

But she had already recovered, and she brought three maids with her, one holding a small stove, one holding a box of plasters, and the other holding a box of pastries.

"Father warms himself up first, and daughter prepares a plaster, shall I stick it on my father?"

Zhang Rou patted her knees and said: "Yes, it rains every day in the southern border, and the cold air is severe. Father's old cold legs can't do it... can't do it."

"My daughter guessed it. After applying the plaster, I will give my father a thump on the back. Tomorrow, I will ask the doctor to wipe it off with old ginger."

Zhang Rou couldn't help laughing.

"Sure enough, the eldest sister is sensible, unlike your brothers who often cause trouble."

"Then father will try this rice cake again, the daughter made it herself."

"Did you do it yourself?" Zhang Rou was very surprised, "Why are you still learning how to cook?"

Zhang Wenjing nodded seriously, and said, "Learn a little about everything, my daughter is growing up."

"Okay, okay, big sister is smart, the rice cakes she made must be delicious, try it for my father..."

The rice cake was really beautifully made and neatly arranged. Zhang Rou took a piece, but when she took a bite, it turned out to be hard and she couldn't bite at all.

The old tooth hurt badly, and he managed to bite down a bit, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, but said: "Mmm... the taste is very good."

"Not bad, right?" Zhang Wenjing had already stood behind Zhang Rou, thumped her back, and asked, "Mother and fifth brother must have reported their daughter to father, right?"

Zhang Rou didn't answer, but patted her knees again, and said, "We northerners are really not used to the land in the south, the humidity is not high, the food is different, and we can't understand a word when we talk, it's not good." ,not good."

Zhang Wenjing didn't follow his words, and asked instead: "If it's really bad, why should father work so hard to beat him?"

Zhang Rou sighed and said, "If Wanli Che's book is mixed up, how can there be a different frontier in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Zhang Wenjing smiled and asked, "I heard that a clan uncle made a mistake in the army a while ago and fled from Qizhou to the Song Dynasty?"

One moment Zhang Rou was hanging on poems and essays, and the next moment she was swearing: "You son of a bitch."

"From Henan to Song Dynasty, it's such a long journey. Is it true that the sixth brother can't catch it?" Zhang Wenjing said: "At that time, the hook test became more and more fierce. Didn't the family want to keep a trick?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Daughter's family, what to do with these things." Zhang Rou yelled.

He controlled his temper freely, and quickly changed the subject, saying: "You, you made your mother worry, she has always treated you like her own..."

"Speaking of my mother, when Deputy Commander Qiao was appointed General Jin Guoding Yuan, his father repeatedly sent letters to recruit him, but he refused to follow. But what happened later? Father captured Deputy Commander Qiao alive and made him a brother-in-law with his father. Now he is a brother-in-law. Zhang family's biggest help.

My daughter has been thinking recently, my Zhang family has always gained momentum by tolerance, not exclusion?Did my father rely on his loyalty to gain a foothold in the Central Plains?Or is it by marrying various families that the Zhang family is deeply rooted? "

"Marriage? Why don't you want to marry the Xu family as a father?"

"I don't like it." Zhang Wenjing sneered, and said, "I've come to this point, my daughter wants to sue Fifth Brother."

"You bullied your fifth brother again."

"I don't bully him. Speaking of the Xu family's children, they are far behind... Li Xia. What Brother Wu did in Kaifeng at the time was wrong, and if his daughter did it, he would definitely be able to win over one for his father." Unbelievable talent."

Zhang Rou didn't answer.

Zhang Wenjing said again: "If Li Xia can be like Deputy Commander Qiao, my father will be even more powerful."

Zhang Rou closed her eyes, and thought of Qiao Weizhong, brother-in-law...brother-in-law...son-in-law...

It's not that he didn't think about it. As early as last year, he asked Jing Xuan if he could keep Li Xia.

It's a pity, at that time, I still underestimated his ability...

Looking back on the hunt in Weishan now, Zhang Rou has to admit that Zhang Wenjing's proposal was right at the time, and she was the one who was wrong...

"The time has passed."

"My daughter dares to say that if a father doesn't believe in his daughter today, he will feel that the time has passed in the future."

"Oh, is it?"

"How about my daughter to figure out a way?"

Zhang Rou snorted and said, "It was supposed to teach you a lesson for your father, but how dare you play tricks in front of your father."

Zhang Wenjing smiled and said, "In the past two years, my daughter has grown a lot."

Zhang Rou pondered for a long time, but she didn't say what she was going to scold Zhang Wenjing, she just said slowly: "Next year, I will capture that boy for my father next year, let him join my Zhang family, as long as he is willing, everything is easy to talk about. "

"Father……"

"I don't care if he has a wife or not. If he does, he has to divorce me. From then on, he is absolutely devoted to the Zhang family, just like Qiao Xiaoxian was back then. If he refuses, you will die."

Zhang Wenjing bowed her head and said nothing.

Zhang Rou's tone was very stern and could not be refuted, and said: "I have taken a step back as a father, this is the only way to do this."

As a father and the head of the family, he did his best in this statement. He waved his hand and asked his daughter to step down without further discussion.

He did not tell Zhang Wenjing why he was able to confirm that Li Xia would be captured next year.

After all, in the face of the general trend, Li Xia has become a trivial matter.

Zhang Rou sat there alone thinking for a long time, got up and turned into the study, opened the hidden compartment on the wall, and took out a few booklets from it.

This is the information that was snatched from Li Xia in Weishan last year.Zhang Rou thought it was left by Li Xia on purpose...

He skillfully picked up one of the books, and after flipping through it, he turned to a certain page in the middle.

"In the year of Wushen, the kings met in the land of Aratohulawu, and Batu first advocated the promotion. He said that Brother Meng was smart and wise, and he could be a great sweat. Everyone agreed..."

Zhang Rou squinted her eyes, and looked at the word "Brother Meng" again.

A circle was drawn there, and beside it were written six blood-stained, simple and small characters, which were very scribbled.

"Meng Ge died, Mongolia split."

……

"Boy, what do you mean?" Zhang Rou murmured in a low voice.

There are firecrackers in the distance, and in half a day, it will be the eighth year of Mengge Khan...

~~
"It will be Xingchang's six years soon."

In Qingfu County, Li Yong listened to the sound of firecrackers in the distance, and sighed softly.

As far as he is concerned, Wu Qian's plan to pay homage to the prime minister is only for one or two years, and by then, the days when he can still be with his family will be over.

He knew that this would probably be the last year or two of his life.

"Let's go... Taoist Hao first please."

Hao Xiuyang changed into a brand new Taoist robe and patted Li Yong on the shoulder.

"For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, why are you sighing, let's go, go to the county government to have a New Year's Eve dinner..."

(End of this chapter)