The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 332 The autumn clouds are relaxing and the cold wind is strong, and I saw the iron horse falling into a dream from afar.

On a soft autumn day, a group of more than a dozen children ran out of the Fuzhong School laughing and laughing, and when they saw their father and elder brother, they saluted each of them politely and yelled 'Dad! ''Uncle! '

"Today's homework, can you be appreciated by Mr.?"

"Sir, you are boasting." A group of little guys shouted in unison.

"Okay, let's go play." Geng Qing smiled, raised his hand and waved the sleeves of his robe. A dozen children with serious expressions walked to the crescent gate on the other side respectfully. Chase and run away together.

"When you were young, you also looked like this. You were so anxious about your mother and aunt, for fear that you would be spoiled and unreasonable."

Looking at the group of children, Geng Qing felt a burst of pride for no reason, more comfortable than being a high-ranking official, he looked away, looked at the eldest son Geng Nian behind him, smiled and patted him on the shoulder sideways, signaling to move on .

Geng Nian is already sixteen, but in fact he is still a bit shy, his face is slightly warmed by his father's words, "You looked like this when you were young", he purses his lips and follows obediently, walking on the small cobbled path After walking for a while, I felt a pain in the sole of my foot.

"Father, how long do we have to go?"

"After walking for a while, my feet can't take it anymore? You know, it's necessary for a father to walk a few times a day." Geng Qing pointed to his waist, and said like a friend: "It's good to exercise more , you can use it in the future, men, no matter how many wives and concubines there are, you still have to take responsibility."

The corners of Geng Nian's mouth twitched, and he muttered softly.

"It's such a big circle, isn't it rain and dew, it's so clear and refined."

No matter how softly he spoke, Geng Qing in front still heard him, turned around and slapped his son on the head, and then rubbed it hard a few times.

"I can't understand the meaning of the words. My father is telling you that you must take up the responsibilities of a man at any time. Your aunt beats you, but it is for your own good. If you do something wrong, you have to bear it. Don't complain."

Feeling the warmth of his father's palm on the top of his head, Geng Nian curled his lips, still disapproving in his heart.

Seeing his expression, Geng Qing shook his head with a smile, walked to one side, and hugged his shoulders to his side. The father and son walked on the road like this, and the maids and servants around saluted each other. road:
"Your expression is dissatisfied in your heart? Hehe, I'm telling you as a father. The first step for this man is to support his family. If he can't even support his family, how can he support him outside? Those people can eat your bones There is no scum left, don't be dissatisfied, there are many people who think like this, but most of them have not died well. For example, my righteous brother Zhu Wen, who has been a robber to the emperor, is amazing, right? But the family is a mess, and he was given by his son in the end. In the final analysis, such a person is actually a failure. At least in the family, he is not a good husband or a good father; I told you that it is not for you to listen to it as a story, but to understand their shortcomings, where they failed, and the mistakes of the predecessors are what future generations need to learn from."

"The child knows."

"You know shit."

Geng Qing laughed and cursed, and strangled his son's neck hard. He didn't have the airs of King Yong in front of his relatives. Are you tired with airs on your shoulders? ''It's meaningless to perform the ceremony of husband and wife on the bed'.

There is no way for a woman to refute in front of her husband. After talking a few times, she can let her husband act like this. However, sometimes it seems that it is not bad to have no airs in front of the family. At least the children are willing to follow suit. This King Yong's father was close.

Here, after Geng Qing cursed with a smile, he turned his head to look at the sullen Geng Nian, "Look at these people, they are often too sharp and don't know how to restrain themselves. In fact, what father wants most is not that you have too much promise, but that you are safe and sound, and you can get married and start a career."

The words paused, he looked at the withered flower garden, after a while, Fang said: "At home, it is enough to have a father standing in front."

"But what if my father can't support it in the future? My brothers and sisters in the family don't have a decent person to stand up, what should I do?"

"So this is what I have been thinking about for my father these years." Geng Qing was silent for a moment, beckoning to let Geng Nian follow up, ". The Geng family has grown from scratch to where it is today. In fact, it is like walking on thin ice. It can even be said that the foundation is shallow. If one day you fall down for your father, believe it or not, there will be many people who fall down, but they are just afraid to live for your father.”

Geng Nian looked at his father thoughtfully.

"So over the years, my father has recruited the lieutenant generals everywhere, just to lay the foundation?"

Geng Qing nodded in relief, and then shook his head again.

"It's more than just a relationship. I also hope that there will be people who value friendship among them. But one thing, Nian'er must understand that the friendship bound by interests is both strong and loose. As long as the Geng family does not fall, the relationship will always be maintained." , then how not to fall? Even the most prosperous dynasties in all dynasties have fallen one day, how can the mere Geng family compare with them? There is only one way."

"What method?"

"Weifu hasn't sorted out the joints right now, but he has already done it quietly. At present, I can only reveal one word to you, and extend my hand."

Over there, Geng Nian hesitated for a moment, but still raised his palm.

Geng Qing's fingers landed on the palm of his hand, gently opened, and slowly wrote the words with one stroke and one stroke.

"Hidden?" Geng Nian raised his face, a little surprised.

"Well, it's a hidden word."

While Geng Qing nodded, the son on the opposite side frowned and remained silent, then hesitated, and finally shook his head: "Father, my son has heard many things about you, but these years, my son feels that you don't have the courage to immerse yourself in the palace. Living with the aunts is no longer the reincarnation of the crouching dragon. A man should not be afraid of danger and should stand upright!"

"Well said and insightful."

Geng Qing looked at him and said in a low voice, and smiled: "How do you think Nian'er became the person you said?"

"Break through thorns and thorns, and move forward without hesitation."

"Well said, what are you going to do?"

When asked about his father's words, the 16-year-old young man finally got angry, clenched his fists, and looked at Geng Qing who had closed his eyes.

"Father, I heard that Chang'an is going to use troops in Shu, and my son wants to join the army!"

Geng Qing closed his eyes for a long time, he opened them, looked at Geng Nian's stubborn and unyielding eyes, smiled and nodded, and let out a heavy sound.

"it is good!"

The young man on the opposite side showed joy, since he was a child, there was no shortage of people with high martial arts skills, such as Dou Wei, and Jiuyu, Li Cunxiao, and Xia Luqi who were outstanding in martial arts.

In addition to practicing martial arts since childhood, he also read military books. In many nights, in his dreams, he imagined that he would strategize on the battlefield and defeat the enemy. Now that his father agreed, he was almost smiling from ear to ear.

He clasped his fists heavily, bowed respectfully, said goodbye and left.

Watching his son go away, Geng Qing sighed, a figure behind him slowly walked over with lotus steps, it was Bai Yunxiang, she was a few years older than Geng Qing, she was almost forty years old, and she only had two children. Because of having a child, the figure is still pretty good.

She heard what the father and son said just now. Geng Nian was born to her. When she heard that the child was going to join the army and go to Sichuan, she couldn't help but get worried. When her son left, she hurried out.

"Husband, let Nian'er go to Shu, will you?"

Geng Qing waved his hands, turned around, put his hands on his soft waist, and continued walking among the flower beds with his arms around Bai Yunxiang.

"This child has a high spirit and always wants to prove himself. In addition, he has reached the rebellious stage and he can't listen to persuasion. If he wants to go, let him go. In this life, a person will always have to stumble a few times before he grows up."

The woman knew that Geng Qing was thinking of the children, she had seen the cruelty of the battlefield, anyone could go, except her children, Bai Yunxiang twisted the silk handkerchief and bit her lips tightly.

"Husband, swords and guns have no eyes on the battlefield. He is your son, so you don't need to go."

"I really didn't want him to go before, but you didn't see that look in his eyes, but now that you think about it, just because he is my son, you should go all the more. In the future, when you and I grow old, there will be one or two pillars in the family. That's fine, it's fine if the Geng family doesn't fall, but if it falls, the whole family will die."

He comforted his wife a few words, sent her to the side courtyard, returned to the back garden, and glanced at the study room quietly. The son held the military book and read it carefully, occasionally copying it down if he didn't understand, and then he was ready to ask the generals in the army for advice.Geng Qing sighed, walked to the lotus pond, sat in the gazebo, called Jiuyu, who was playing with potted plants nearby, and told him in a low voice, probably to send him to the army as a bodyguard.

"Over there, Nian'er, please make a trip, it's enough to let him grow up a little."

"Well, if you don't die, you will be fine?"

"It's best to come back whole."

A pair of old friends who have been with each other for many years joked with each other, and the steward of the mansion also hurried here at this time, and handed a letter from Shazhou to Geng Qing.

The above content was sent by Cao Yijin after the Shazhou Jiedushi stayed, and he wanted the court to designate him as the Guiyi Army Jiedushi, but the letter was personal, and it was sent to Chang'an first, so that Geng Qing could help explain it to the court.

"This old guy."

Geng Qing shook the letter paper and threw it lightly into the lotus pond. How dare he dismiss those who were in power for a while and let him be someone else?

This is authority.

In the second year of Zhenming, at the end of autumn.

The army assembled south of Chang'an was finally mobilized, horns and war drums stretched out, groups of soldiers and cavalry galloped across the field, and then quickly moved southward, heading towards Yangzhou, which borders Chang'an on Shannan West Road.

The ten years of peace suddenly broke, the bright autumn sun shines in people's eyes, gold and iron horses rush into people's dreams——

Fighting broke out in the peaceful city, and the turbulent crowd rushed into the fallen city gate.

Countless arrows streaked across the sky and fell into the crowd.

The war horses rushing up the street brandished their knives and guns to shake the city, and the fierce general named Xia Luqi hissed and roared while holding the head of the city guard, and countless soldiers rushed forward behind him.

On the afternoon of October [-], the entire city collapsed.

(End of this chapter)