The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 247 General knowledge

Chapter 247 General knowledge

The morning light shines on the complicated streets and alleys, and it becomes warm.

Fengxiang market is noisy but orderly.

The convoy entering the city, cleared by the yamen servants, passed through the bustling bazaar unimpeded, and stopped at the post house. It would be a long night and dreamy. Geng Qing let the team drive all night, and it was already the next morning when they arrived here.

"Mother, I'll have a good rest later, my son will accompany you for a stroll around the city tomorrow?"

Geng Qing helped his old lady get off the carriage and walked into the building, Qiaoniang followed beside her, and there were more than 20 other women behind, all of whom were depressed. When they heard that they could sleep on the bed, they were delighted to hold on tightly to the sisters beside them. After nearly two months of driving, the bones all over my body, curled up in the car, ached.

After the mother-in-law settled down, a group of women carried their belongings and chattered around Geng Qing and led them to find a room. Some of them were still in good spirits and pestered him in the room, asking him to stay in the room for a while, saying It was the other sisters who were called to wait on them, but in the end it was Wang Jinqiu next door who coughed loudly, which stopped these women, and they sat back embarrassedly with their mouths curled up.

"It's good to rest, the days are still long."

Geng Qing scratched the nose of one of the women, straightened her clothes and got up to go out. After closing the door, she saw Qiao Niang bring hot water into the room and wait for the old woman to wash.

"You are tired too, let me come."

"Husband, how can you do this with your status?" Qiao Niang rushed to push him, but Geng Qing snatched the towel, and pushed Qiao Niang to the stool beside the table to sit down. He wrung out the water stains and said with a smile : "The son serves his own mother, so let others make irresponsible remarks?"

Then, he went to the window, wiped Wang Jinqiu's face and hands with his own hands, changed the wooden basin, took off the old woman's shoes and socks, and soaked them in warm water.Wang Jinqiu didn't want his son to do these things, but he was not as strong as his son, so after struggling a few times, he still let him do it.

Seeing his son buried his head in washing her feet, Wang Jinqiu couldn't help stroking his hair, and asked softly:
"Zhuzi, when are we going to Longyou?"

"Let's rest here for a few days first, and it won't be too late to go after recovering."

Over there, Qiao Niang, who was pouring water, pursed her lips and smiled, and handed it to Wang Jinqiu. She smiled at her husband, "Grandma wants to see how smart my grandson is, so why can't I think of this."

"what?"

Geng Qing was wiping the soles of her mother's feet, she was stunned when she heard this, and raised her face, "Mother, do you all know?"

"If the person you sent hadn't leaked the word, I don't know how long the mother would have been kept in the dark." Wang Jinqiu poked his finger on his son's forehead.

"If your father leaves later, after three or five years, maybe you can see his Geng family's incense, you, hurry up and have a baby with Qiao Niang. There are so many women in the next room, don't follow Mother said that they all came from the palace, they are noble! My son is also expensive, they, I am afraid that you can climb into their bed, mother will not believe that you have been lying on it. If there is one person and one grandchildren, ouch, That's a beauty, the Geng family is very popular, even if I die tomorrow morning, I can still hold my head up and go down to see your father!"

The old woman didn't have much to say in her stomach, and what she could say to her son was mostly about daily life, food, and concerns, and the rest revolved around her son's affairs.

Qiao Niang blushed when she heard that, and secretly laughed beside her.

"Yes, yes. What mother said is very true. When the days are calmer, my son will seize the time to get you a lot of grandchildren to hug." Geng Qing didn't dare to refute, and sometimes a close relative would scold and chatter beside her. Nagging is also a very happy thing.

"Okay, it's fine if you know you're wrong, mother, look, I'll go to Longyou tomorrow morning."

Seeing his son sincerely admitting his mistake, Wang Jinqiu sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed with a smile, pulled Geng Qing to the side, and asked Qiao Niang to sit on the other side, holding the husband and wife's hands together, and said something in his heart, how did the husband and wife go? In the words of harmony, I nagged for a long time before I couldn't bear the tiredness and fell asleep.

The couple quietly exited the room, closed the door gently, and went back to the next room together.

"You also go to bed and rest, mother, I'll be watching."

"Husband doesn't rest?"

"Come over to rest later, I guess Zhao Zhouyi is coming right now."

Geng Qing took off Qiaoniang's outer dress, kissed her ruddy mouth fiercely, Qiaoniang's pretty face flushed, and angrily slapped her husband's back, quickly got into the quilt, revealing The face blinked.

"The husband must come over tonight"

After saying this, he pulled the mattress and quickly covered his head under it in shame.Geng Qing smiled, and opened the door to go out. Sure enough, as soon as the door was closed, the post house official stood at the crescent door on the side to meet him, saying that the defense envoy Zhao Zhouyi had come and was waiting for him in the front yard of the post house.

The reason why the other party came, Geng Qing can probably guess what, arrived at the front yard, Zhao Zhouyi who was drinking tea hurriedly stood up to salute, and beside him was the commander of the guard who was bandaging the wound. The two were brothers, and they talked about everything. Before, Zhao Zhouyi probably knew about Zhu Wen from him, but now she always wants to find out when she comes here.

In fact, Geng Qing didn't need to hide this matter, the tea-serving servant poured the tea and left, and Geng Qing explained to him what happened last night in detail.

"Longyou and Fengxiang are only two prefectures, but Zhu Wen's territory is huge, and he brought more than 5 soldiers. There are more than [-] people who come to Chang'an alone. They are all capable soldiers and horses. We only need four [-] people, even if they fight hard, it’s not worth it. By then Longyou will be smashed and the people will be in dire straits, but Zhu Wen’s foundation is not damaged. In the next year, reunited people can fight again. Then what resistance will we have? Want to die No one can be found.”

Geng Qing spoke harshly and tapped his hands on the table, which made the Zhao Zhouyi brothers also look solemn.

".Don't forget that Wang Jian from Shu in the south fought with Zhu Wen. He will definitely tear up his face and go north to attack me in Longyou. Instead of letting others benefit, it is better to make allowances for the time being, rely on Zhu Wen, and wait and see the situation. If this person If there really is an emperor and a dragon, we will be people who follow the dragon, if not."

Geng Qing didn't need to say the whole thing, the two brothers on both sides of the seat below couldn't hear it, they just had some other worries.

"Then Zhu Wenruo will transfer us away"

Geng Qing waved his hand and interrupted: "That's why I have to go to Chang'an at his invitation. Only by staying in Chang'an can I keep Longyou. You must remember the strategy you and I made before, the Southern Union Wang Jian, the Western Union Guiyi, how much Do things that benefit the people and the army, don't bully the people and humiliate the merchants, as long as you do these things, Longyou and Fengxiang should have a big improvement in the next few years."

"Yes"

Even though they were a little unwilling, under the general situation, the two could still understand it, and after discussing for a while, they left.Geng Qing also drove Jiuyu, Dou Wei and others to rest, and went back to the room alone, hugging his sleeping wife, thinking and analyzing, exhausted overwhelmingly, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, I took a group of women from my family to the Fengxiang market, bought some things, and Fu Daozhao led the cavalry to escort me back to Longyou. in his own mansion.

Bai Yunxiang let the back kitchen be given a banquet early on, and the master bedroom in the backyard was also vacated. She knows the general situation, and she can still put her identity upright. Ping Ting is graceful and generous. Her obsequiousness has disappeared without a trace, probably because she wants to show off in front of the old lady.

"You are my son's sister-in-law. I have troubled you to take care of me these years." Wang Jinqiu didn't say much. When she was in Feihu County and Chang'an, she didn't like each other very much. , It’s much better now, “This is the jade bracelet I always wear, and it was bought for me by that bastard when I was in Chang’an.

Entering the middle hall, the old woman took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and handed it to Bai Yunxiang. Qiao Niang didn't have such a bracelet, but there was a small silver lock given by the old woman, which was the old man Geng's wife At that time, I collected the dowry gift from my family's money.

The silver lock has a meaning, that is, the house manages money behind the lock, which is a symbol of a big woman.

Over there, Bai Yunxiang happily took over the jade bracelet. The old lady recognized her by doing so, and quickly pushed the little man behind her who was a bit shy but was curiously looking around to the front.

"Nian'er, quickly call Big Mother."

"Mother." Geng Nian is four years old this year. He is still a little shy about the sudden presence of so many people he has never seen before at home. Looking at the pleasant old woman, he hesitates to call out, and Wang Jinqiu's face is full of surprises. With a bright smile, he stretched out his hand and pulled the villain to come to him, and looked at it carefully, the more he looked at it, the happier he became.

Turning back to Qiao Niang who was waiting next to her, she said, "Tsk tsk, it's exactly the same as Zhu Zi when he was a child, but much whiter than him. If Zhu Zi was so clean when he was young, I'm afraid he would have married a wife and had children."

On the side, Geng Qing: "."

"Master, King Qi is here." Zhang Hu, who was busy outside, walked in quickly and said in a low voice.Originally, Wang Jinqiu and others were also going to meet the ceremony, but Geng Qing pushed him back, "There is no need for such a big battle, mother, you have dinner first, and I will go to see King Qi."

Outside the front yard, Li Jiji stood in front of the Fengshui wall directly opposite the entrance of the yard, looking at the carved murals with his hands behind his back, talking to Fu Daozhao from time to time.

Seeing Geng Qing approaching, the three of them walked to the side gravel path and sat down in the gazebo over there.

(End of this chapter)

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