The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 306 The Daily Life of the Brothers
In the area of ​​Taihang and Heyang, troops and horses crossed the mountains and ridges. Under the banner of the cover, Yang Shihou, Ge Congzhou and other generals in the army walked back and forth, passing the letters sent by the fast horses from Luoyang.

After reading the contents of the letter, everyone had different expressions, frowning and joy, but no one said a word of objection.

"Is King Liang in a hurry for this step?"

"The king of Liang has his own thoughts, anyway, I have no objection, just wait for the promotion of officials and ranks."

This is true, killing Li Keyong and running away the Khitan people is a shameful thing to say, not to mention such a great contribution, once King Liang becomes emperor, the reward will only be greater for everyone.

"Why hasn't the supervisor come yet?"

".Do you think the Supervising Army already knows about it? How will he react? The Supervising Army has a close relationship with the King of Liang. If the King of Liang ascends the throne as a great treasure, the Supervising Army will be greatly improved."

What Liu Po ​​said awakened everyone. After experiencing Lu, Ze, and the Hebei War, the relationship between the generals and Geng Qing is much better than before. .

"Tell me, what do the supervisors like?"

"Do you even need to ask? The Superintendent and the King of Liang have similar temperaments. Hey, I heard that you took a beautiful concubine before you left for the expedition. Why don't you?"

"My concubine is fifteen years old, and the supervisor looks down upon her."

"Well, that makes sense, but where can I find an older woman with good looks?"

While the generals were chatting and laughing, someone reminded them: "The supervising army is here." The chatting and laughing voices became quiet, and all the generals raised their hands together, and saluted the figure riding a green horse over there, Among them, military commanders like Yang Shihou and Ge Congzhou also saluted.

At the end of the war, the two of them are about to relinquish their military power. They have no doubts about ordinary court officials. Firstly, they admire Geng Qing for his planning. Secondly, the other party has a long relationship with King Liang, so they maintain etiquette to win over the relationship. It may not be useful in the future. superior.

"All the generals are here. I heard that the King of Liang sent a letter, so I came here to take a look."

On this side, Geng Qing asked Shi Jingtang to stop his horse, turned around, and walked alongside the others. The marching team changed quietly, allowing Geng Qing to walk in the middle.

The letter was handed over, and it was almost the same as his guess when he came, expressing cryptically that Zhu Wen wanted the emperor to cede the throne to him.

Seeing this, Geng Qing had no choice but to admire Zhu Wen's skill in conveying his ideas to the army very well.If he wanted to proclaim himself emperor, he didn't need to talk about this with the soldiers who were away on the expedition, but he still took the trouble to send the letter to let the generals participate in it, which also showed that Zhu Wen attached great importance to the generals.

'Well, in fact, if Zhu Wen doesn't play around and restrain his temper later, there will really be nothing wrong with Da Song. '

From robbers to the Jiedushi of the Four Towns, to today's huge power, wisdom, win over people's hearts, and political vision, Zhu Wen has it all, but he can't get rid of the cruelty and suspicion left over from his days as a robber. Forget about my own daughter-in-law, but I still like to play with the family members of soldiers, isn't this laying mines for myself?
Geng Qing only knows one of those who play with his own soldiers and family members. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Chen Shubao, the king of the Chen Dynasty, personally put a green hat on Xiao Moke who was resisting the Sui Dynasty's attack on the front line, causing this general to rebel against the dynasty. Surrender to the enemy.

'Well, Lao Zhu is considered very kind to me, I should give him eye drops and remind him. '

After reading the letter, seeing that the generals were silent and looked at him together, Geng Qing was stunned: "Do you have something to say?"

All the generals then shook their heads neatly, and after a while, they all burst into laughter.

Yang Shihou approached on horseback, and also laughed: "Supervisor, all the brothers are looking forward to the future of the supervisor, to speak more kind words in front of His Majesty."

As he spoke, he took out another letter from his pocket and handed it to Geng Qing.

"This was sent by someone else from the king of Liang. I haven't opened it to look at it, so I'll ask the superintendent to take a look." After speaking, he waved his hand to signal everyone to slow down and fall behind.

Geng Qing rode alone in front of the generals, and opened the letter suspiciously on horseback. He didn't expect Zhu Wen to write a letter to him on purpose.

The paper was unfolded, and there were only a few sentences. Geng Qing couldn't help laughing when he saw the content on it.

The content is like this.

"Ji Chang is not kind. He wanted to stay in the phoenix bed overnight for his brother, but Mr. He refused to do so. Only then did he realize that Ji Chang was the first to go. He was so angry that he was a brother. No matter. When I come back, I will exchange Mrs. Wang with you!"

How could Geng Qing not know whether he had an affair with the Queen Mother? After laughing, the expression on his face gradually sank. When the Queen Mother He said this to Zhu Wen, he had to make him think more.

After leaving the generals and returning to the carriage, he asked Jiuyu to help grind the ink. In the swaying carriage, he spread the paper on the low table and wrote the pen and ink. The crooked handwriting was like an earthworm crawling.

"Brother sees Xin Ankang, Qingxian congratulates his brother.

Qing has already seen the letter from his elder brother's family, and he is on his way back now. What is written in the letter makes my brother feel uneasy. The He family has no personal relationship with me. Be careful that others will deliberately alienate the brotherhood. In addition, the elder brother's wedding is approaching. Apart from Qing's congratulations, I still have to tell my elder brother, human desires are endless, you should restrain yourself, generals are your elder brother's weapons, you can't destroy yourself, women are your favorites, and don't be addicted to them'

Zhu Wen was cruel to others, but he was very kind to him. After Geng Qing wrote it down, he inevitably talked a little more.

'I heard that my elder brother likes sons and despises parents and children. As the empress, he should establish a prince. I hope that elder brothers will put parents and children first, and don't despise close relatives because of his wife's slander. Remember, elder brother. '

Writing down a long paragraph, coupled with thinking, made Geng Qing's head a little dizzy and swollen, and there was still something to say, but he still didn't have much energy to write it down. Talking too much is not beautiful.

When the ink was a little dry, he folded the letter and sealed it with lacquer, and rode the fast horse of the army to Luoyang.

The quick horse left with the letter, and the subsequent march fell into depression and heat again. On September [-], the army that had traveled long distances and slowly traveled south arrived in Luzhou. Return to Luoyang together.

As for Yang Shihou and others, they led troops to settle in Zezhou to rest and recuperate, and waited for the King of Liang to proclaim the emperor by the way, and then returned with the victorious army to boost His Majesty's prestige.

As we approached the city of Luzhou, the sun had already tilted to the horizon.

Half a month after the war, the city became lively again. People came and went among business travelers. Shi Jingtang, who had already taken off his bandages, led the rein and walked in front. Li Siyuan and Jiuyu followed on foot, passing through the noisy market, pressing Familiar address, came to the post house in the city.

Geng Qing got off his horse and entered the building, and the civil servants who were busy with official duties saluted the minister one by one. When Geng Qing asked how Li Cunxiao was doing here, he also walked to the crescent gate in the side courtyard, before waiting for the guide to lead the way. As the civil official spoke, he saw several figures tied to wooden stakes in the courtyard, basking in the sun.

One of them was tall and tall, with a bald head and a layer of sweat on the top of his head, which looked quite shiny.

The man had a fierce face, yelling at the closed door opposite him against the sun.

"Li Cunxiao, if you have the courage to compete again, Deng will not give up."

"Before, Deng hadn't eaten breakfast, so he didn't have enough strength. Next time... next time, I will definitely beat you to the ground."

Listening to the scolding, Geng Qing frowned, and looked at the official who led the way, who quickly explained.

"Responding to Shang Shuling, this person is from Jianghu. He and a group of green forests came here to cause trouble, and he indicated that he wanted to fight with General Feihu. here."

Over there, Deng Tianwang, who was scolding vigorously, also saw a group of people coming into the side yard, especially the black face headed by him. He would never forget it for the rest of his life, so he opened his mouth and cursed: "The black face, you still remember Deng Xiaoping?" Someone? Come, come, I will fight with you for [-] rounds!"

"Nine Jade."

Geng Qing hates people saying that he has a dark face. The eunuch in the green shirt with his hands behind his back looked coldly at the bald man on the stake, raised his hand and popped out a finger, a small black shadow, and snapped the rope on the big man. , and then walked straight over, the other party just reacted, as soon as the foot landed, the strong body rose up again lightly, was pinched by the rushing eunuch, and disappeared in the courtyard in an instant. The voice came over.

Occasionally, Deng Tianwang counterattacked and forced the opponent to rush out. Before he could go far, his knee was hit by a stone in the air, and his neck was pinched by someone, and he was dragged back to the corner of the yard.

"Brother!"

Under the eaves, Li Cunxiao had heard the movement a long time ago. He opened the door and came out.

"Tsk tsk. After more than a month of recuperation, I have gained a lot of weight."

Geng Qing joked, raised his hand and beat Li Cunxiao's chest, who was looking down to see if he had gained weight, and invited him to walk around the courtyard together.

The two men, one tall and one short, walked side by side. The station officials and servants looked at the two people who were joking, and retreated left and right. After passing a section of corridor, they came to the pond pavilion in the backyard. Along the way, Geng Qing talked about Hebei and Khitan. Li Cunxiao's eyes flickered when he praised the opponent's cavalry.

"For this battle, it's a pity that you didn't go. The Khitan people are still a bit capable, but if you go, you might be able to overwhelm them. Brother Wei knows your ability, so I'm not exaggerating."

Li Cunxiao smiled, knowing that it was his elder brother trying to provoke his aggressive temper.

Sitting quietly in the pavilion for a while, amidst the annoying chirping of cicadas, Li Cunxiao who was sitting close to the pond suddenly said, "Brother, let's leave at another day, Cunxiao will follow you back to Luoyang."

Geng Qing raised his eyebrows: "Thinking through?"

"I thought about it a lot. When I lived in Luoyang for a while, I went to Chang'an to visit my mother (Wang Jinqiu)."

Speaking of the way forward, Geng Qing was not in a hurry to let him make a choice, went over to pat Li Cunxiao on the shoulder, sat down beside him, and watched the courting dragonflies flying among the lotus flowers in the pond.

"It's good to go and have a look. I haven't been back for a long time. I will buy more things then. I will make up for you when I return to Luoyang."

"Brother Xie understands." Li Cunxiao took a sip of tea from the cup, and the two of them just leaned against the fence in such a bored way, listening to the annoying cicadas chirping, joking and talking about Khitan.

Mostly Geng Qing was talking and Li Cunxiao was listening, occasionally interjecting a sentence to express his own opinion.

The setting sun shone on the pond, and the red clouds reflected the water surface and the gazebo. Geng Qing was lazily lying on the fence, holding tea in his right hand, and yawned lazily at the sound of cicadas.

Like a leisurely afternoon tea.

"I don't know what's going on in Luoyang."

He half-closed his eyes, yawned again, and thought about it carefully.

(End of this chapter)