The Rise of the Marquis

Chapter 48 The 'Great News' of Duke Ma Ling

After a hundred days of the foggy moon, heavy snow fell from the sky, and suddenly a spring breeze came overnight, and thousands of trees and pear trees bloomed.

Every year when the snow falls heavily, cold and hunger are the most difficult and deadly times of the year for ordinary people. Every year in Maling City, unclaimed corpses rot in the corners and gutters, and most of them die in the misty moon. Every time before the coming year, the number of beggars in the city will be reduced by more than half.

However, for the nobles, the foggy moon is their favorite season. Apart from the poetic and picturesque appreciation of plums and snow, hunting in the foggy moon is also the favorite entertainment of the nobles.

On the 96th day of the Bruma month, before the arrival of the goose feather heavy snow, there were still sunny days in Maling City, and the Red Mountain in the north was already covered in white.

At that time, Duke Ma Ling, who was in high spirits, entertained the nobles and nobles in the city, organized a luxurious banquet, and launched a large-scale hunting team, preparing to go north to Hongshan, and enter the mountain after the snow stopped.

Ma Linggong talked about his plan at the banquet, and he was very excited. Most of the nobles, big and small, agreed and were willing to join. Only a few people frowned, euphemistically expressing that there is a war ahead. Will it be unreasonable to organize hunting in Maling City? suitable?
Duke Ma Ling was very displeased on the spot, and someone even stood up and said to the effect that "Mr. There is no reason for the clown and his relatives to lose. His father is so easy to deal with, and what waves he can make, he must return with a big victory. If this is the case, don't worry about it, just take it calmly as in previous years. Whatever it is, isn’t this another good story.”

Duke Ma Ling was delighted, and then he led more than a hundred nobles and nobles, and more than a thousand personal guards from each family, marched out of the north of Maling City, and went to Hongshan to hunt.

The defeated soldiers on the front line gradually fled back, and even after Mu Zhiyong was defeated and returned to the city, although the city was already uproarious and the palace was in chaos, Duke Ma Ling was not in the city at that time.

Mu Sheng is full of confidence in winter hunting, which is also one of the skills he should be proud of in his life.

Maling is located in the southeast central part of Zhao State, protected by Baishui River and Red Mountain, etc. After he took over as the duke to protect the country and the people, there were few wars. The city has not known war for several years, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. He feels that he deserves it.

Compared with Duke Changping who angered the Han Dynasty and was almost cut off, Duke Yangyuan who provoked the war against Zhongshan Kingdom and caused countless deaths and injuries, and Duke Yangyuan who guarded the isolated city and wasteland and the barbarians in Loufan who had been fighting bloody battles for years. Shigong, and Yangyuangong, who clings to the monarch and is so stupid and rigid, always thinks that his strategy and wisdom are the most outstanding.

This time he found a reason that other people cannot interfere. After he takes Heyang, there will be another strong fortress. Many villages and towns, including Heyang Town, a large town in the northwest, have greatly enhanced their strength and will be Become the most powerful prince in the Zhao Kingdom!

Thinking of this, Mu Sheng couldn't help being complacent. He stroked his fluffy and white beard and looked at the white snow on the opposite Red Mountain. Pointing to the country, he taught his eldest son, Mu Zhijian, who followed him carefully, saying: "Know how to walk as a father. By today's point?"

"My child doesn't know, please teach me." The eldest son saluted respectfully, bowing his head to listen to his father's instruction.

His attitude made Mu Sheng even more displeased: "Hmph, the test for my father is not taking the usual path, different from ordinary people, how can he follow the rules and follow the rules everywhere! How can he do great things like that, even this old man who hunts in the fog has his own opinions! "

As he spoke, he proudly said: "First, although the foggy moon is freezing cold, there is no trouble of mosquito bites. In the past, those things were the most unbearable to go hunting in the mountains, but now there are none; second, you can see far, and the vegetation has already bloomed. Slowly, many trees withered, the woods are no longer as dense as before, it is a good time to see prey; thirdly, the movement is quieter, the snow is thick, the fallen leaves and dead branches are covered, walking on the snow, you will not With the sound of branches breaking or leaves cracking, all activities become quieter; it is easy to track in four directions, and the footprints of all kinds of flying insects and beasts on this white snow are clear and clear, which can be seen clearly at a glance, making them invisible It is easier to cover up the smell; most things in the mountains have good noses, but now that it is wrapped in layers of clothes in the cold, it is easier to cover up the smell of the body; finally, those birds and beasts are hungry. It's almost there, the snow is everywhere, and the tender grass is buried in it. They can't find food and lack strength, and they can't run far and fast.

With so many benefits, wouldn't it be a great time to hunt! "

"Father's opinion!" Mu Zhijian praised sincerely.

Mu Sheng looked at his son and nodded: "Old man, you should study hard, if you want to learn, you can learn, Mr. Wan has his own opinions!
But people are different after all, not everyone can be like this old man, and I won't embarrass you, as long as you learn half of what it takes to be a father, you can be considered spiritual. "

"How dare a son compare himself with his father."

"Hmph, as far as this time is concerned, many people must think that I dare not do anything to Heyang. After all, it is only the son of Lishi who is not up to date who agrees. The others have not expressed their views, but the old man is not in their calculations. I have a plan!" Mu Sheng stroked his beard and was quite proud of his handwriting: "Then what are the children of the Wang family? The trash and the old man are fighting? When the time comes, I, the Mu family, will be the strongest prince in the Zhao country, and they will have to weigh it.

This trick is called "surprise surprise, attack surprise", you should study hard.

The old man has lived an extraordinary life, although he is not in Heyang, but the things hundreds of miles away are all in my planning and planning, and nothing escapes the palm of my hand. "

"Father is wise and martial, he is a role model for his son!" Mu Zhijian, the eldest son, looked at him with respect and admiration, which made Mu Sheng quite useful. He also felt that even though the younger son was more like him, the eldest son was not bad.

The snow on the mountain had stopped, and Mu Sheng sighed and sighed while recalling the glory days of the past. The more he talked, the more he realized his extraordinaryness and magnificence. Along the way, he walked with his son and personal guards to the camp.

Although he didn't shoot any prey today, a few rabbits and a spotted black lynx were the prey of his elite guards, and a brown mountain fox was written by the eldest son Mu Zhijian, but the group was very happy and talked. Laughing, Mu Sheng's face was flushed with satisfaction, as if he had returned home with a full load.

As soon as they returned to the outskirts of the huge camp, some personal soldiers rushed over, saying that the officials from the Maling City who stayed behind in the camp and a military leader who had returned from Heyang came to the camp, and there was an important battle report from the front to the Duke. report.

Mu Sheng was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the soldiers around him to summon all the nobles in the camp to come over. He had great news to announce in front of his tent.

The personal soldier who came to pass the message hesitated to speak, and carefully suggested that it would not be too late for the Duke to listen to the battle report before announcing the whole battalion.

Unexpectedly, Mu Sheng waved his hand: "The old man has his own opinion, when it's your turn to intervene, pull down and slap fifty! Follow me to hear the great news!"

As the soldiers were dragged to the side of the road begging for mercy, beaten bloody and screaming, no one could stop Ma Linggong from hearing his good news, and many nobles, big and small, were summoned to him according to the order. in front of the large account.
(End of this chapter)