Emperor Zhenguan

The sun is just right, the horses are parading in the streets, and it is comfortable and smooth.

"Chang'an is better. It's the same every year. Yuzhou is a ghost place. The poor can beg for food. We should come back sooner."

The two young men rode side by side, slowly advancing in a certain direction.The young man who spoke first was named Xu Xingben, and the young man beside him was his younger brother Xu Xingshi.

"Then what can we do? Lord, to avoid disaster, we must follow to avoid disaster. If Gaozu is still in power, do we need to go to Beijing for the three melons and two dates." Xu Xingshi said angrily.

"Shut up!" Xu Xingben looked around in fear and scolded: "You are getting more and more outrageous, don't look at this place, talk without thinking, don't implicate me in courting death!"

Xu Xingshi sneered, but did not talk nonsense any more.

The two of them rode to the front of the Xu mansion.

Get off the horse, step forward, and call the porter's servant.

"Who are the two sons?" the old concierge asked suspiciously, squinting.

"Why, Lao Zhou, don't you know our brothers?" Xu Xingben asked him with a smile.

The old concierge remembered something, patted his thigh, and said with a smile: "Oh, it turns out that the two young masters are back. Look at my old blind eyes, you two quickly follow me into the house!"

Xu Xingshi jokingly followed the old concierge: "You are indeed going blind. You can still admit that I am such a big man."

The old concierge flattered: "Don't blame the two sons, it's really been a few years since you saw each other. The two sons are both young heroes. How can I recognize this old Zhou? I also ask the two sons to forgive me."

"Hahaha." Xu Xingshi laughed.

He entered the mansion from the side door and walked around the veranda.

Xu Xingben asked, "Is your uncle in the house?"

The old concierge replied, "Eldest son, Lord Lang is still in the Zuowuwei mansion and has not yet returned to the mansion."

"By the way, some time ago, my uncle wrote to me that he has been promoted to the general of the Zuo Wuwei Zhonglang. Is there such a thing?" Xu Xingben asked.

"That's what happened."

When the brothers learned that their uncle had not returned, they first visited their aunt, and then waited in the side hall under the arrangement of their aunt.

About three hours later, Xu Luoren, the master of Xu residence, finally returned to the residence.

This person is currently the general of Zuo Wuwei, and there is nothing special about him, but his brother Xu Shixu has some background. He is one of the Taiyuan Yuan Cong. The emperor was named Zhending County Duke, and he is currently the prefect of Yuzhou.

Side hall.

"Why did you two enter the capital?" Xu Luoren heard from his wife that the two nephews were visiting, and came to see them after changing clothes.

The two brothers Xu Xingben and Xu Xingshi are the sons of Xu Shixu.

"Uncle, your lord is sick in Yuzhou. We came to Chang'an on behalf of your lord and asked His Majesty the emperor to allow your lord to serve." Xu Xingben said.

"Big brother is ill?" Xu Luoren was startled and quickly asked, "What is the disease, how serious is it?"

Xu Xingben sighed: "It's an old problem. When I was young, I charged into battle and fell into the root of the disease. The pain was unbearable in the cloudy and humid weather."

Xu Luoren is also a member of the military, and it is not surprising after hearing about it, he said, "Big brother is not too young, so if you retire, you should retire."

On the contrary, Xu Xingshi sneered and said, "My family is old, and in just a few years, he has traveled everywhere in the four states of Cai, E, Gua, and Henan. How can he not get sick."

Guazhou is in the Western Regions, and Yuzhou is in Henan Road, separated by thousands of miles, and the soil and water are completely different.

Xu Xingben glared, "Shut up!"

Hearing this, Xu Luoren frowned slightly and said dissatisfiedly: "Master, this is Chang'an, you'd better keep your mouth shut. Otherwise, no one can keep you."

Xu Xingshi bit his lip and turned around, sulking without saying a word.

Seeing this, Xu Luoren sighed and said, "It's good to be able to save your life, what else do you think? The current Chang'an is no longer the time of Wude. Brother and I are both one of Taiyuan Yuan Cong, but today's Tang Dynasty The emperor is not a great ancestor. Above this court, there are no more heroes of Taiyuan Yuan Cong."

Xu Xingben pursed his lips and said, "Uncle, the lord let us come to see you. Apart from being an official, there is another matter."

"what's up?"

"A while ago, we got a caravan in Yuzhou and wanted to go business."

"What's so difficult about this, you just do it." Xu Luoren was puzzled.

Xu Xingben said: "We want to take the goods and go to the grasslands."

Hearing this, Xu Luoren was speechless and sighed: "You guys really dare to think that in this courtroom, there are goods brands, most of them are His Majesty's humerus, the central minister."

"Uncle, you don't know that in this world, His Majesty the emperor treats the people like sons. We can make some money by doing business in Yuzhou." Xu Xingben said helplessly.

"But don't you know how difficult it is to get this brand?" Xu Luoren said, "I won't hide it from you. Although I am in Beijing right now, I only have one storefront that sells tea leaves."

Xu Xingshi whispered: "Why do they have it, we don't have it. The adults and uncles are the great ancestors, and the emperor is a little bit more favourable than the other."

Xu Luoren slapped the eucalyptus table with a slap, and said coldly, "Don't say such things again!"

Xu Xingshi snorted softly.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Xu Xingben said quickly, "Uncle, if you don't have a way, then we can only visit Duke Ju."

"Tang Jian?"

"Yes."

Xu Luoren scoffed, "You'd better not have too much hope. Tang Jian has been away from the center for a long time, and now he is a man with his tail between his tails. He is considered one of the dignitaries of Chang'an, but he has no goods in his hand, so he can't help you."

Hearing this, Xu Xingben was very disappointed.Their family used to be number one in Chang'an. After all, Xu Shixu was one of the great ancestors of Yuan Cong.But since the new emperor ascended the throne, the former great ancestors have been killed, relegated and relegated, and those who have left Beijing have been regarded as a family of heroes who have passed away.

This Chang'an has no place for them.

Xu Luoren comforted: "You should do business in Yuzhou first, don't do it yourself, just let the people below you do it. After a while, I'll see if I can find some errands for you."

Uncle said so, Xu Xingben will naturally not continue to dig into the horns in front of him like his younger brother.

"So, nephew, thank you uncle."

That night, the two brothers stayed at their uncle's house temporarily.

In the room, Xu Xingshi was drinking suffocating wine and said angrily: "When my lord entered Chang'an, he had already fought all the battles, and he asked me to do meritorious service on the battlefield? Why! The lord has already eaten all our hardships, why? We still have to endure hardships. Today, we really love our people like sons, let us help those pariahs without saving our heroes. Why do they enjoy happiness, ah, their adults didn’t enter Chang’an with Emperor Gaozu!”

"Shut up!" Xu Xingben snatched the jug from his hand and said, "If you don't want to enter the Weifu Army, then if you don't enter, why bother to say these troublesome words, be careful that the walls have ears."

During dinner, Xu Luoren proposed to bring Xu Xingshi to join the army, and then cook for a few years before being released as an official.In fact, this is also an unspoken rule. Most of the incompetent children in the big family take this step.It's just that the external officials are not big, and the road to promotion will not be smooth.

After all, resources are used to cultivate the eldest son who inherits the title.It seems that the second son of Xingshi, who was destined to be unable to inherit the title, either joined the army, or advanced to the Six Divisions and Nine Temples to do miscellaneous tasks, and then passed his qualifications to other places.

"Hmph." Xu Xingshi said, "If it goes on like this, I really don't know what it means for the adults to help the Emperor Gaozu desperately."

Xu Xingben slapped his forehead with a slap, wishing he could sew his brother's stinky mouth.

"Calm down, things haven't reached the point of no return."