That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 372

Xiangyang and Xiangfan are collectively known as Liangxiang, and they are garrisoned by the rear army Jiangnan Army, one of the five forbidden armies.

Although the Jiangnan Army ranks at the bottom of the five major forbidden armies, it is still an unshakable colossus in front of the local third division. The third division of Huzhou is in Xiangfan, and the military governor's office is in Xiangyang. The distance between the two is only a few dozen miles. Over the years, Huzhou Sansi has been like a young daughter-in-law who has just passed through the family. She has suffered a lot in front of the evil mother-in-law of Jiangnan Army.

Especially after Yu Kuang, the new governor of the left, took office, he regarded the whole of Huzhou as the private backyard of the Jiangnan army. The Jiangnan army, which had nothing to do with humility, became more and more arrogant. The arrogant soldier was so lawless and bullied Huzhou officials wantonly, but the government and the public all knew that Yu Kuang belonged to His Royal Highness King Qi, and King Qi was no different from the current Crown Prince, so no one wanted to touch that bad luck.

There is an old saying that goes well, when a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason for it. Although there is a general commander in the three yamen, they are still mainly civil servants. When encountering these arrogant generals, no matter their rank or real power, they cannot To contend, and the higher-ups refused to stand up, so the third yamen could only swallow their anger.

So it became more and more confirmed what the King of Huzhou said.

Not long after Xu Beiyou's building boat entered the boundary of Liangxiang, two Jiangnan Army Navy warships approached. Compared with the building boat under Xu Beiyou's feet, it was like a child compared to a strong man.

Xu Beiyou got up from the bow of the ship, looked up, and happened to see Yu Kuang standing on the deck of the warship.

Today's Yu Kuang is very different from the past. He is wearing the Mingguang armor of Zuo Dudu's standard. Because of the weather, he does not have a cape. The helmet with long black tassels is held in the arms of an attendant.

Da Qi advocated the color of black and black. According to the laws and regulations, only the Tianzi's army and the Northwest Army can wear Xuanjia, and the other three forbidden troops wear Mingguangjia to distinguish them.

As for the local commanders and envoys, they don't have the treatment of wearing armor. They usually wear battle jackets, and at most they are just cotton armor studded with rivets, which is very different from the treatment of the five imperial guards.

Yu Kuang put his hands on the edge of the tiger's head belt and said with a smile, "Nangui, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Xu Beiyou jumped up and came in front of Yu Kuang. At this time, besides Yu Kuang and the generals of the Jiangnan Army on the deck, there were also quite a few women on the ship tower, all of them were in long red dresses and wide robes. Big sleeves, Yingying Yanyan, really beautiful.

Xu Beiyou looked around and said in surprise, "Captain Yu, which play are you singing?"

Yu Kuang laughed and said, "They're all daughters of Huzhou aristocratic families. They made an appointment to go out for a spring outing together. I will borrow my warship and meet you, the famous Mr. Xu of Jiangdu, along the way."

Xu Beiyou sneered unceremoniously, "Taking spring? This late spring is really late enough, and it will be autumn in a few days."

Yu Kuang smiled and said, "Taking spring or stepping into autumn, those are irrelevant details, the key point is that they came to see you."

Xu Beiyou couldn't help frowning and said, "Captain Yu, you are an old man who has passed the age of seventy years, how can you act so frivolously? Could it be that like my teacher's wife, you have already started the [-]-year-old mentality change in advance?"

Yu Kuang said indifferently: "Nan Gui, don't worry about it, these little girls are really not recruited by me, the news of your coming to Huzhou has spread out somehow, and these girls insist on seeing you, take a look What kind of young talent Jiangdu Mr. Xu is, the key is that all these girls are either rich or expensive, and I don't want to be too inhuman, right?"

Xu Beiyou said expressionlessly: "So you use me to curry favor with these young ladies?"

"You can't speak so harshly." Yu Kuang smiled and said, "With my current status, besides the small group of people in the imperial capital, who else do I need to please? It's just a good relationship. .”

Xu Beiyou said in a low voice: "If this matter reaches the ears of Her Majesty the Princess, how do you let me deal with it?"

"Your Highness the Princess has a lot of adults, so I don't care about these trivial matters." Yu Kuang stood talking without back pain.

"Bullshit, women have the smallest minds, and they are magnanimous on the surface, but in fact, I remember it for you in my heart. I can't get over it, and you can't escape!" Xu Beiyou couldn't help but said anxiously.

Yu Kuang pretended to be surprised and said, "Nangui, since when did you have such a relationship with Her Highness the Princess? Some things should not be said indiscriminately. It is a great sin to tarnish the innocence of Her Highness the Princess."

Xu Beiyou gritted his teeth and said, "Yu Kuang, don't pretend to be ignorant for me."

"Then congratulate Nangui in advance. I'm waiting to drink your wedding wine, and I will definitely bring you a great gift when the time comes."

"Don't tell me these useless things, what's going on today?"

"What's the matter? It's just socializing. A little girl who is used to living a peaceful life. After reading some stories about talented scholars and beautiful ladies, she just wants to meet Mr. Xu who turned Jiangdu upside down. It's an eye-opener, that's all."

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple."

Ever since Xu Beiyou and Yu Kuang became people on the same boat, the two of them seemed to have forgotten their friendship, and their words became unscrupulous. While talking, the two walked side by side along the deck and walked into the cabin.

At this time, the daughters upstairs also gathered together to whisper, and the topic was nothing more than the young man who had just jumped on board.

There are many aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River. Under the eight great aristocratic families, there are many middle-level aristocratic families, especially the many aristocratic families in Huzhou. Although they are not comparable to the Li family in scale, their interests are intertwined and they are quite cliques. Most of these women are family friends of several generations. We have known each other since we were young, and our words are quite unscrupulous.

"This is the legendary Mr. Xu from Jiangdu, he doesn't look very handsome." A lady who boldly leaned forward watched Xu Beiyou enter the cabin, then turned her head and said to the female companions.

"What's the use of being good-looking? The key to a man is the power in his hands and the level of talent in his stomach." A woman who has obviously experienced sophistication chuckled and said, "This Mr. Xu is now a first-class man in Jiangdu City. It would be a great honor for a powerful person to be his wife."

A girl with a baby face lowered her voice, "I heard that Mr. Xu has a close relationship with Princess Qiyang, and even had a big fight with Mr. Duanmu from the north for His Highness the Princess." The turmoil finally made that Mr. Duanmu return to the imperial capital in despair."

"This is probably true. I heard that Mr. Xu has not yet married. With his status, what kind of high-ranking woman can't marry? Mostly because he is waiting for the princess." The woman who spoke earlier said: "Say It is also a good fortune to come to this Highness Princess, all the outstanding men in the world will surround her, and will not give others a way to survive."

Another woman sighed: "There is no way, who let people be born in the emperor's family."

"Don't talk about family affairs, so as not to cause trouble to your upper body." The baby-faced woman stretched out her index finger and compared it to her mouth, and said softly: "By the way, I just saw that Mr. Xu has a good relationship with Dudu Yu. This Dudu Yu But he is famous for his high spirits, even the elders in our family are not taken seriously by him, it is not easy for Mr. Xu to have an equal relationship with him."

A woman in the middle position bent her crescent-like eyes and said with a smile: "Of course Mr. Xu is not simple, otherwise he wouldn't be able to hold such a huge Jiangdu in his hands. If he is just an ordinary dude, we What are all these people doing here?"

(End of this chapter)