A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 61
Riding on dark clouds and riding snow, he ran from Yongxingfang at the foot of the imperial city in the east of the city back to Huaiyuanfang in the west of the city. He ran non-stop for more than ten miles without daring to stop.

too frightening.

Thinking of the sturdy figure of sumo wrestlers Cheng Yaojin and his father, the daughters of his family must be at least at the level of judo wrestlers.

"Have you packed your things, let's go quickly."

Seeing Huaiyu's flustered look, Runniang was startled, "What happened?"

"It's a long story, let's go back to the countryside to avoid it."

"Okay, just now I have been waiting for you not to come back, after the West Market drum rang, my brother and I went to the West Market to buy some."

"That's fine, let's go."

Hurriedly took Chen Runniang, Chen Xing also accompanied his sister to the house today, it was considered to be seeing off her relatives, they all rode horses, first went to Huaiyi's house in Guangdefang, called him and left the city.

After crossing the Wei Bridge, Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Several people slowed down their horses and chatted while walking.

"You just offered medicine for His Royal Highness, and you were rewarded with a silver scorpion belt, and a refined iron horizontal knife with a ring head made by the imperial government?"

Wu Huaiyi was very happy for his brother, if the medicine was good, the crown prince would be happy, maybe he would recruit Huaiyu to be an official in the Eastern Palace Pharmacy Bureau or the Imperial Medical Bureau, even if he was a medical officer, he would be an official.

"By the way, since you have meritorious service in donating medicine and the crown prince will reward you, why are you running away in such a panic?"

"You don't know, Su Guogong wanted to drag me back to his house just now, saying that he has several daughters who are suitable for marriage, and let me choose one to marry. Brother, think about it, Su Guogong is a military upstart. The Fourth Empress has more meritorious support. Now the newly promoted General Youwuwei and General Wanniandaoshenqi is also the commander of the Prince Youwei. His family has several unmarried daughters waiting in the boudoir, which is obviously problematic."

Huaiyu patted his chest and analyzed, "Look at Su Guogong, and then look at Cheng Dalang's appearance, with a leopard head around his head and a tiger's back, like a black bear spirit who can talk. His daughter can't get married, it must be because of his long-sleeved They are the same."

"Who wants to marry a black bear spirit as a wife?"

These words made Huaiyi's eyes widen, and he was speechless for a long time, almost wanting to whip Wu Huaiyu with a whip.

He sighed with trembling fingers, angrily saying, "Erlang, that's the daughter of Su Guogong's mansion. You have never seen her little lady, so how do you know if she is good-looking? Besides, it is the most important thing for a man to marry a wife and a virtuous man." Fortunately, the family is right, if the wife's family is powerful, it is not all a bad thing, how much help can it give you.

If you can really be favored by Su Guogong and become his son-in-law, you still need to be a money grabber who doesn't even count as an outsider from Sanyuan County?

Such an opportunity, no matter how many people ask for it, you still despise it. "

"What do you think I will let you do?"

Huaiyu sneered and said: "Brother, Qi Dafei, this wife's natal family is very powerful, it's not right for her to be in a good family, and it's not good."

"What's wrong with this world's talented people, who doesn't want to marry a woman with five surnames? Even if it's the next best thing, I still dream of marrying a daughter with four surnames in Kansai, Guanlongmen or Jiangnan Chinese. What's the shame? Yes, our fourth uncle also married Hongnong Yang's daughter?"

Of course, Huaiyu didn't feel that he was unwilling to climb high, the main reason was that he couldn't forget Fan Xuanfu. Although he was rejected face to face, he still didn't give up.In fact, he didn't care about the difference in family status, the main reason was that he already had preconceived ideas, and after two close contacts, he already had a strong possessive desire in his heart, and he regarded Fan Xuanfu as his own.

As for the girls from the Cheng family who had never met before, they didn't have any thoughts.

"Brother, why don't I find Duke Yi and ask him to come forward to see if Duke Su can choose you as his son-in-law?"

Huai Yi glared at him, but did not refuse. It is obvious that Wu Dalang, who looked like an honest man, was actually not so pure in his heart. If there was such an opportunity, he would definitely not refuse or even fight for it.

"Then it's settled like this, don't talk about me anymore, and don't talk about Aye when you go home."

In the afternoon on the Weibei Plain, the lush and endless plains were full of crops, a peaceful scene, but Huaiyi and Huaiyu were silent after encountering several troops marching westward one after another.

Gyeonggi is also not peaceful, the Turkic army is raging in Longyou, and may even enter Guanzhong at any time.

"Those wolves will definitely not be able to enter Guanzhong. Li Jing and Chai Shao are both famous generals. The crown prince is also mobilizing a large army to reinforce them. They will definitely be able to repel them. It's just that the people in Longyou Shuofang will suffer. After this looting , I don’t know how many people have lost their families and lost their wives and children, hey!” Huaiyi sighed.

"I don't think we can stop the Turkic people this time. We should make some bad plans early." Huaiyu clearly remembered that when Li Shimin came to the throne, the Turkic people drank the Wei River and approached the city of Chang'an. In the end, Li Shimin was forced to follow him. Jieli Khan signed the Weiqiao White Horse Alliance, which was a humiliating alliance under the city.

Although Li Shimin worked hard to avoid the bad situation of the Turkic army besieging Chang'an, Datang still suffered a huge loss and gave in in a very humiliating compromise.

Sanyuan County is in Weibei, and Turkic people can drink Ma Weishui, so Weibei is naturally even more unsafe.

"No, when the world was in turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Turkic people never broke into Guanzhong. At most, they plundered places such as Hetao, Shuofang, Longyou, Hebei, and Hebei. The grain and grass were returned to the grassland."

"not necessarily."

Huaiyu's words did not convince his elder brother, Huaiyi did not believe that the Turkic people would be able to enter the Guanzhong this time, and believed that they would at most plunder in the Shuofang area of ​​Longyou, and would eventually retreat outside the Great Wall on their own initiative.

The two Chen Runniang brothers and sisters followed all the way without talking much. At dusk, they only rushed to Jingyang, so they decided to stay and rest in Jingyang for one night, and then go on their way at dawn.

They drove for eighty miles in half a day, left Chang'an Xikaiyuan Gate, passed Lingao Station, turned northward for [-] miles, and arrived at Yingdong Station in Jingyang County.

Yingdong Post is named after Yingdong City, the common name of Jingyang County. It is the first stop on the way to the north of Chang'an via Zhongwei Bridge. There are fifty post horses and dozens of postmen. It is just to the east of the county, and the scale is not small .

Even because of this big post station, many shops and shops were built on the official road next to the post station, and there is also a folk grass market.

They rested directly at an inn next to the post station, so as not to be inconvenient to enter the city. Huaiyu also rested here when he returned to Sanyuan for the first time, and this time he still chose the same inn as last time.

At sunset and dusk, the inn was very lively, and the business travelers in the past would not rush to the night, and they all stayed in the inn one after another. Because of the Turkic invasion, no one slept outside.

"Open two guest rooms and feed our horses."

"Good class, do you want to be sharp?"

Huaiyi shook his head, they brought their own dry food.

While the clerk shouted loudly to the shopkeeper, the middle guest officer opened two rooms to stay in the shop, and at the same time asked people to lead the horses to the stables in the backyard to drink, feed, and wash.

The inn is actually quite simple, with rammed earth walls and a thatched roof. The advantage is that it has a large space, a large front and rear yard, and the house is also spacious. In addition to the guest rooms and the lobby, there are many people who eat at the top, and some of them bring their own dry food to rest.

As soon as you enter the house, you can smell a lot of sour sweat.

Just as Huai Yu thought about paying the money and taking the key, he left and returned to the room, but with a bang, a black shadow rushed towards him.

Huai Yi took two steps forward and took it.

But it turned out to be a young man who was thrown away, about 25 or [-] years old, dressed in some old Confucian robes, his face was flushed, his mouth smelled of alcohol, he looked like he had drunk too much.

"My surname is Ma, you can't even afford the room and food, and you still have to drink every day. You really think of yourself as a master. If you don't pay for the room and food together with the wine today, you will go to the back to clean the horse and shovel the dung. Until the wages are paid." The shopkeeper couldn't bear it with the drunk man, and he went crazy with alcohol because he didn't pay the bill.

The young man in the Confucian robe was flabbergasted, smelled of alcohol, blushed, pointed at the shopkeeper, "Don't you insult the gentleman!"

"It was you who insulted Sven."

In the lobby of the inn, merchants and guests were all crowding around and booing, and some even shouted, "Old Ma, can you really drink a bucket of eight liters of wine at a time? Why did you get drunk after only drinking eight liters just now? If you drink another Dou, I'll pay you for today's drink."

Huaiyu saw that this person was also very good-looking, wearing a Confucian robe, he was obviously a scholar, but he was really embarrassed now, so he said immediately: "I don't know what kind of trouble this brother Ma has encountered."

"It's nothing difficult, it's just that some people look down on others. I, Ma, are familiar with the books of sages and sages, and I am proficient in Zuo Zhuan of the Book of Songs. I am full of economics and have strategies, but there is no use for me. But you remember, I, Ma, is talented and capable. , will not be buried in the end, and sooner or later will be able to be cast."

"Bah, how many times have you said this? You have been cheating on eating and drinking here for half a month. You say this every day, but what about the room money, food money and wine money? I just found out that when you were in Xinfeng, you were already in You cheated on eating and drinking for half a year, and finally you were kicked out. Who in Chang'an city doesn't know you, a drunkard, and now you want to lie to me again. You offended the Qinghe Cui family, who will use you in Chang'an?

Take him to the backyard, splash water on him to wake him up, and then brush horses and shovel dung at the inn to pay off the debt. "The shopkeeper's eyes are full of disdain.

Huaiyu looked at this down-and-out scholar surnamed Ma with a red face, but thought of someone, and stopped the buddy who came to pull him.

"This shopkeeper, how much does he owe you?"

The shopkeeper knew Huai Yi, who came here often, and knew that he was a military officer of the Imperial Army, so he bowed his hands politely to his brother: "It's not too much, just a few thousand dollars, but this poor way of bluffing and deceiving is really annoying. .”

Huaiyu looked at that person, although he didn't know if he was the one he thought of, but even if he wasn't, Qianjintang is now recruiting everywhere, and it still needs some scholars who can write and count.Besides, if it was really that person, it would be considered a good relationship now.

"If it's just a few thousand dollars, then I'll settle it for him first."

Seeing that someone who had been taken advantage of was willing to pay back the bill, the shopkeeper happily took the account book.

In fact, he really didn't owe much, and the consumption of this kind of country shop is not high. The main reason is that he owes more money for wine, but after more than half a month, he actually owes less than three thousand dollars in total, and the money for wine accounted for more than half.

Huaiyu directly paid the money, it was indeed not much, but being able to drink hundreds of dollars a day showed that this person really liked to drink, after all, it is impossible for such a small place to drink any famous wine.

"Xie Wu Erlang, the one whose surname is Ma, hurry up and thank this Wu Erlang."

"Thank you Wu Erlang for your generous help. I will definitely pay back the money in the future." The scholar couldn't stand still, and he cupped his hands to thank him. Huaiyu waved his hand, "Mr. Ma? Do you have any plans?"

The scholar suddenly fell silent, thinking, originally planned to travel westward to Chang'an, present a book, and be able to show his ambition, but who knows that the reality is slapped in the face, and now he can't even eat, let alone other things.

All because he offended the Cui family of Qinghe when he was in Henan, and he is still affected everywhere in Chang'an.

Huaiyu saw his predicament, "If Mr. Ma doesn't dislike it, I have a temporary errand to be a teacher at the Wu Clan School in Chang'an. If you don't want to, you can stay at my house for a while. Time, for me, to make friends."

The scholar glanced at Huaiyu, neither agreed nor refused, but made a request, "Can you buy me two buckets of wine, I just didn't drink enough, I want to have a good drink."

Huaiyu smiled, "Okay, shopkeeper, bring me two buckets of wine."

Seeing this, the scholar bowed his hands to Huaiyu, "Wu Erlang is really a cheerful person, I like it."

(End of this chapter)