Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 325 An Audience at the Manna Hall

Chapter 26 Audience at the Temple of Manna
Chen Ying returned the salute and led the warrior Xun to the wooden house.At this moment, the curtain of the carriage at the back was lifted, and a servant woman stepped out of the carriage, helping Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang to get off the carriage.

When Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang saw Chen Ying, they knelt down in a very sensible way, and kowtowed: "Yuanqing and Yuanshuang pay homage to the teacher!"

Chen Ying helped Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang up, Chen Ying looked at Wu Yuanshuang and Wu Yuanqing were wearing black scarves on their left arms, the black scarves were not worn randomly, it meant someone died in the family.

Chen Ying observed the warrior Xun carefully, and found that there was no black scarf on his arm.Keeping filial piety is not random, only immediate family members will keep filial piety.In the Three Cardinal Principles and Five Constant Principles, the husband guides the wife. When the husband dies, the wife needs to observe filial piety, but when the wife dies, the husband does not need to observe filial piety.Cong Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang kept their filial piety, but the warrior Xun did not.

This shows that the people who died in the samurai family were not the elders or peers of the samurai Xun, but his juniors.Or his wife, Chen Ying shook his head, but Xiangli's health was obviously good, and he didn't look like he was sick or in trouble.

Chen Congtang saw in the newspaper that the original samurai Xun was a military officer and served in the Wuwei Army.But as early as a month ago, he was changed to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry, which is from the official system of the third rank.Chen Ying hesitated for a moment, pointed to the black scarves on the arms of Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang and asked, "Wu Shilang, this is..."

Warrior Xun's expression turned red, it turned out that Warrior Xun heard that Wu Yuanqing, Wu Yuanshuang and Xiang Lishi were in Taiyuan and almost died in a military disaster.The samurai Xun also changed his original intention and sent people to pick up Lishi, Wu Yuanqing, and Wu Yuanshuang brothers to settle in Chang'an.It was actually a helpless move for the samurai to do so.

The house of the Wu family in Taiyuan City was destroyed by the war and burned to the ground.If you want to pack it up and make it liveable, I'm afraid it won't be done in two years.There were too many deaths in Taiyuan, and Liu Wuzhou's soldiers beat, smashed, looted and burned the city again. They did all kinds of evil, and now even if they have money to repair houses, they can't find anyone.

The warrior Xun thought that the east of the river had been pacified, so he sent an old servant Bian and more than twenty followers to Taiyuan to meet Lishi who came to Chang'an.However, the samurai Xun was still too careless.Wu's family is well-off, even if the old house is destroyed, the loss is only some floating wealth.This time from Taiyuan City to Chang'an, Xiangli brought six carriages with him, including three of them, mother and son, in one carriage, two carriages loaded with cloth and silk clothes, two carriages of valuables, and two carriages full of 3 taels of silver. .

In the Tang Dynasty, although gold and silver were not currency, the so-called antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times, and gold, silver, yellow and white things were stored in a lot of big families.Xiangli's family carried 3 taels of silver. Thirty thousand pieces of silver may sound like a lot, but in fact it was only more than 800 jin.

Originally, like the Xiangli family, there were not a few noble family members who rushed from Taiyuan to Chang'an.Just when he met Jiexiu, it happened that the axle of a carriage loaded with silver broke, and the silver box on the carriage fell to the ground, torn apart.As the saying goes, the money is not revealed, but this scene was seen by a spy who came to inquire about the news of the Tianxing army's defeat.

Thus, this group of defeated soldiers from Tianxing Army set their sights on the Xiangli family.As a result, Xiang Lishi and his party were attacked in the Red Cliff Valley of Lingshi.Although Wu's guards resisted desperately, they were outnumbered.After being attacked by all the rout soldiers, a spiked arrow hit Xiangli's back heart by no coincidence.If Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning hadn't accidentally passed by here and killed the defeated soldiers, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang would have died in the Lingshi Hongya Valley as well.

Hearing what happened to the warrior Xun, Chen Ying could only lament the impermanence of fate.If Mrs. Xiangli arrived in Chang'an safely, I am afraid that he would not take the initiative to consider the issue of remarriage for his old friend who is "honest, thrifty" and "loyal and diligent".Li Yuan selected the daughter of Yang Da, an aristocrat of the Sui Dynasty, and asked Princess Guiyang to host the wedding. The wedding expenses were all paid by the treasury.

The samurai Yu's continuation wife, Yang's belly is too competitive, and she gave birth to a generation of empress Wu Zetian.Now that Xiangli's family is actually dead, doesn't it mean that Wu Zetian is about to be born?
"Wu Shilang, please forgive me!" Chen Ying led the warrior Xun into the wooden house, and the two brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang shrank behind the warrior Xun. At this time, Chen Ying really couldn't see the fierceness and domineering of Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang. place.

The warrior Xun waved his hand and said, "Xiangniang's life is miserable, so I can't blame others."

Although the samurai Xun spoke disapprovingly, Chen Ying could still see deep sadness from his eyebrows and eyes.

Lan'er obediently brought a cup of tea to Samurai Xun, and Samurai Xun took it with his hand, blew on the tea leaves gently, and was very surprised to see that the tea leaves on Chen Ying's mansion were dark green with no oily flowers at all.

Li Yuan loves tea, but the Li family likes to eat tea soup when they drink tea. They smash the tea leaves into fine powder, then add spices such as suet, green onion, ginger, salt or star anise, and cook it into a thick pot of soup.

Chen Ying naturally also drank this kind of tea soup, but Chen Ying didn't have the appetite of the ancients, so he really couldn't stand this kind of tea soup.He himself thought of selling fried tea for money, but it is a pity that fried tea is not popular at all in the eyes of others.

The warrior Xun frowned, closed his eyes and took a sip.

At the beginning, it felt bitter and astringent. The warrior Xun thought that there was no one in Chen Ying's house who was proficient in tea ceremony, and there was no good tea, so he smiled slightly and said, "General Chen's tea...is bitter and tasteless. There are a few maids in my house who are proficient in tea ceremony..."

Chen Ying laughed and explained: "Although this tea is a bit bitter at the beginning, it becomes a bit sweet after the bitterness passes."

Samurai Xun patiently took a second sip. He didn't feel anything at first, but at this moment he felt a fresh fragrance, which spread from the internal organs to the limbs and bones, and there was an indescribable comfort.The warrior Xun praised again and again: "Good tea, good tea, I never thought that General Chen is not only a famous general in all battles, but also a master of tea ceremony."

"Everyone dare not take it!" Chen Ying smiled lightly, put down the teacup in his hand, and said, "This tea and wine are like civil and martial arts. They can coexist without conflict. We men from the Tang Dynasty, holding Tang swords in our hands, were drunk and killed in wartime. Enemy, drinking tea and discussing scriptures in peacetime, the two are inseparable."

The samurai nodded approvingly.

Chen Ying felt that Samurai Xun's arrival was a little strange, so he took advantage of this time and tried to ask: "I wonder why Wu Shilang came to the humble house this time?"

The warrior Xun was stunned for a moment, and said coyly: "Before she died, Xiangniang left a will, claiming that the dog was naughty, and that only General Chen's disciples could keep her own place. I also ask General Chen to teach me a lesson."

A samurai may not be seen as a merchant, but in terms of vision, he can see far from ordinary people.Although Chen Ying was disliked by Li Yuan, he was Li Jiancheng's subordinate after all. After Li Jiancheng ascended the throne, Chen Ying would at least be one of the left and right military guards or the left and right imperial guards, especially the four guards. The key part of the government is the emperor and the courtiers. After Li Yuan abdicates, Li Jiancheng will definitely reuse Chen Ying.

His two sons worshiped Chen Ying as their teacher, and they will inevitably be supported by Chen Ying in the future.

In this age, a mentor is like a father.The relationship between the teacher and the apprentice will never change in life. Once the apprentice betrays the master, it is like disobeying the father with a son. It is a heinous crime.

Chen Ying nodded and said: "It's just that Chen Ying is busy repairing the house now, I'm afraid it will delay your son."

But Wu Yuanqing said: "Yuanqing is not young anymore, and he can also serve the teacher around, and he can let him serve tea and water without force!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ying looked at Wu Yuanqing in surprise.

I didn't expect Wu Yuanqing to speak so smoothly in the scene.

Before Chen Ying had time to agree, he heard a voice like an old duck coming from outside the door: "Is the General Hussars and the Duke of Pengcheng here? Our family is here to pass on His Majesty's instructions!"

Hearing this, Chen Ying hurriedly got up, when Chen Ying walked outside, he suddenly realized that it was none other than his old acquaintance, Chen Qi, the regular attendant of Ganlu Palace.Chen Qi suddenly saw the warrior Xun behind Chen Ying, and said with joy, "No wonder we couldn't find Wu Shilang everywhere. His Majesty ordered that General Chen and Wu Shilang Ganlu Palace have an audience!"

PS: Wait for more.

(End of this chapter)