I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 274 I hope the child is stupid and reckless

Outside the palace, the courtiers of the San Dynasty boarded their own carriages, and only a few chose to walk.

Although there were no ranks in the Han Dynasty, the officials who were qualified to enter the palace early had to be at least the rank of Shangshu Pushe, or an important official in the capital like Jing Zhaoyin.

When they reached this position, it would not be a problem for them to keep a horse and hire a driver at home.

He even said that if he didn’t have special travel tools at home, he would be laughed at.

The few people walking were probably the courtiers standing on the steps in front of the palace.

However, Chen Luo and the other three people who were chatting while walking were exceptions. They just got into a good conversation, so they just asked the coachman to follow them at a distance while they chatted happily in front.

"Let's talk about Zhao Changshi, who is new to Chang'an. Seeing that he is so tall, he is not only henpecked, but he also drank two glasses of wine and poured it down. Anyone who heard about this couldn't help laughing." Chen Luo Mentioning a piece of gossip he heard recently, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Han Xin shook his head: "Jiang Ning, you are just one of them, you don't know the other."

"Is there something hidden?" Chen Luo turned his head. Could it be that there is a mystery behind this well-known rumor in Chang'an City.

"I have heard a little bit about what Jiang Ning said." Zhang Cang also cast his eyes at Han Xin with a bit of confusion. Obviously what he learned was consistent with Chen Luo, "But Zhao Changshi is General Han's." Subordinate, it’s normal for you to know something that we don’t.”

Rubbing his chin, Han Xin glanced around, and then said softly: "Old Zhao, he is really henpecked, and he has a good drinking capacity. A few days ago, he drank down five or six thousand captains by himself."

"Is this happening?" Zhang Cang's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.

Since he got older, he chose to quit drinking. During the banquet, no one except Liu Bang could persuade him to drink, not even Chen Luo. Mainly, Chen Luo would not do this kind of thing.

"It's interesting." Chen Luo narrowed his eyes, rubbed his right thumb back and forth between his middle finger and index finger, and said, "Don't tell me the answer yet, let me guess the reason."

"Okay, let's see if you can really make a clever calculation." Han Xin smiled.

After thinking about it, Chen Luo turned his head and said, "If you guess it right, then give me a bonus. Do you agree?"

Feeling a hint of ill-intention, Han Xin asked cautiously: "Then you have to tell me what you want first."

Chen Luo scratched his head: "Look at your bottle of daughter's red..."

"Fuck off."

"Oh, you stingy guy, you can drink my daughter's red wine as much as you want." Chen Luo curled his lips.

Zhang Cang looked at Chen Luo in shock, thinking, Prime Minister, are you so generous?
Seeing the shocked look on Zhang Cang's face, Han Xin couldn't help but remind him: "Don't forget, he doesn't have a daughter at all."

"Oh." Zhang Cang suddenly realized that he had forgotten this for a while.

Chen Luo coughed and reminded him: "It's not happening now, but it might happen in the future."

"Then wait until you give birth. Don't worry about the altars in my house." Han Xin turned his head back helplessly, "Besides, you didn't even guess it, so you just wanted to put forward so many conditions first. I think..."

"Then Zhao Changshi's drinking ability is up and down, probably because of henpecking. His wife must not allow him to drink. In the army, he does not have to go home, so he drinks at will, and after those entertainment banquets, he has to go back to his home. "Chen Luo smiled slightly and expressed his inference.

Although this kind of Schrödinger's drinking capacity is outrageous, it is not traceable.

The fundamental reason why I made this inference is that Han Xin said that it was true that Zhao Changshi was afraid of hen, and he also added that the five or six people drinking and partying were captains of thousands, probably during the banquet in the army.

In this way, Chen Luo simply made the above inference.

"It makes sense." Zhang Cang clapped his hands violently. When he heard that Han Xin's statement was contrary to his knowledge, he was still confused in his heart. When Chen Luo expressed his inference, he felt that it was perfectly logical.

The next moment, he turned his head to observe Han Xin's reaction.

At this moment, Han Xin's mouth was slightly open, and the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat. In a short period of time, his breathing stagnated for a few seconds. Even if his face did not turn red from holding it in, his head felt slightly dizzy.

"How did you guess this?" After a long time, Han Xin rubbed his eyebrows and sighed, "You are great, but don't think about it if your daughter is red. If Xuan'er opens the seal on the day of her wedding, I will reluctantly invite you. You can come over for a drink."

"Assuming you are interested, I will definitely prepare some big gifts for my eldest niece." Chen Luo agreed cheerfully.

"Don't forget it either." Zhang Cang reminded him with a smile, "I have given up drinking, but I will definitely give this gift as long as I can survive until that day."

Chen Luo answered: "Don't worry, Old Zhang. There are three of us here, and you will definitely live the second longest."

"Thank you for your good words from Jiang Ning." Zhang Cang touched the white hair on his temples, "Then who does the prime minister think can live the longest?"

"It's unspeakable, it's unspeakable." Chen Luo waved his hand.

"There's nothing unspeakable about this." Han Xin rolled his eyes, "This will cause harm to us for thousands of years."

Chen Luo: "..."

Zhang Cang almost laughed out loud, just thinking about the two brothers joking, and if he laughed out loud, it would be "diversion of trouble".

So he raised his head and looked at the sky and said: "Hey, why did you come here? It's already four or five miles away. I have to go to the palace to deal with things later, so I just sent you here."

"It doesn't matter, business matters are important."

"Doctor Zhang, go ahead and chat with us next time."

After bidding farewell to Zhang Cang, Chen Luo and Han Xin continued to walk and talk nonsense. Even because there was no third person around, they burst into laughter from time to time when they got to the point of pleasant conversation. It was completely impossible to tell that they were actually the prime minister and the general.

As his age and status increase, Chen Luo can no longer be able to make jokes and make jokes with ordinary soldiers in the army as he did before. It's not that he is holding back, but that once the other party knows his identity, he will instantly He became frightened and his behavior was completely different from before, which made people feel quite boring.

In front of those old acquaintances, I don't have to be reserved, and I don't have to worry about the other person not being able to pick up what I'm talking to.

But with Xiao He's death, Chen Luo suddenly realized that his acquaintances were gradually decreasing in the past ten years.

"We've reached a fork in the road. I'll go this way and go back first." Han Xin pointed to his left hand side and signaled to Chen Luo.

"Okay." Nodding lightly, Chen Luo lowered his head and rubbed his calf, "I'm afraid I'll be gone for half an hour. It's time for me to sit on the carriage and rest."

"Lao Zhang, I'm going to get in the car." Chen Luo shouted behind him and waved.

The next moment, the driver raised his whip, and the carriage started and rushed over.

"My lord, I am Ah Zhang. My father returned home six months ago because he felt unwell." The driver had a face that was [-]% similar to the previous coachman, and the smile on his face was equally honest, but there were no wrinkles around the corners of his mouth. "I said it smoothly." Chen Luo suddenly clapped his hands, "Well, Zhang, how is your father doing these days? I think your chariot skills are [-]% as good as your father's. How many more practices do you have?" Years later, I might surpass him."

"Thank you for your compliment. Thanks to you, my father has become much stronger after returning to his hometown to recuperate." A Zhang had a naive smile on his face.

"That's good."

The sound of horse hooves on the stone road was occasionally mixed with a few whispers.

After a while, it stopped at the gate of the Hou Mansion, and the carriage became quiet.

Chen Luo got out of the car and walked slowly into the mansion.

It feels great to come home from get off work.

If he wanted to, he could build the most luxurious mansion in Chang'an City besides the royal palace here.

After all, after many layers of fiefdoms, Chen Luo's fiefdom has reached nearly [-] households. The taxes he collects in Yangxia every year can accumulate to an astonishing amount.

Without the expenses of the Mohist disciples, he probably wouldn't even have a clue how to spend this huge sum of money.

It's just that this mansion occupies a large area, but the interior decoration is not luxurious. Every decoration is carefully taken care of by Liu Le. The placement of objects is mainly based on comfort and thoughtfulness, in a warm style.

This feels more like a home than a luxury version of an inn.

"Why did you come back late from the morning meeting today?" Just after passing the front door and walking to the central hall, Liu Le came up to him with a smile. He did not call the attendants, but took the coat from Chen Luo himself.

There was a hint of concern in her tone, not a question or suspicion.

Putting the coat into her hands, Chen Luo stretched and said with gentle eyes: "I walked and chatted with Han Xin and Zhang Cang on the way. I didn't get in the carriage, so I came back a little late.

By the way, the Zhao Changshi I told you about last time is really a wonderful man. He pretended to be drunk at the banquet because he was afraid that his wife would smell the alcohol when he went back. In the army, he was very wanton and continued Drunk eight or nine people. "

Ten years have passed, and Liu Le has nothing to worry about on weekdays, and her appearance has not changed much. Even her long-term stable life has made her no longer timid and timid, and she has become more gentle and quiet. The temperament and eyebrows are therefore more relaxed.

Listening to the interesting stories shared by her husband, Liu Le covered his mouth and chuckled twice, and then continued: "Next time if you want to chat with General Han and the others, why not call them home, and I will bring someone to prepare wine and food for you. Sit down. It would be more pleasant to chat."

"This is not just a casual chat today, I didn't think too much about it." Chen Luo waved his hands and then changed the subject. He glanced around and asked, "Where are the two little guys A Zhi and A Ru? I didn't see them today. Could it be that they are there again? Where did you go to the wild?"

"How can we go out to the wild every day? It's time for Master to teach them. The two of them are in the study at the back." Liu Le pursed his lips and said helplessly.

"It's rare." Chen Luo touched his chin with emotion.

His eldest son was born in the seventh year of Han Dynasty and is already nine years old. His second son was born in the ninth year of Han Dynasty and is only six years old now.

The eldest son was originally going to be named Chen Yu, but after Liu Le thought it sounded unpleasant, he changed his name to Chen Zhi, and the second son was named Chen Lu.

This includes his expectations for these two children.

The only thing that gives Chen Luo a headache is that neither of his children likes to read. The collection of classics in the study room at home is no less than that in the palace, but these two little guys have no interest in them.

Chen Zhi preferred to dance with guns and sticks. After learning that Han Xin was a general, he often sneaked over and wanted him to teach him a set of swordsmanship. But how could Han Xin know these things? His previous sword was more decorative than practical. .

One time when Chen Luo was telling his two sons a bedtime story about Journey to the West, Chen Zhi didn't remember anything else but that the Bodhi Patriarch had told Sun Wukong to visit him in the middle of the night.

A few days later, Han Xin took Xiao Chen to his door in person at the fifth watch of the night when the curfew had just ended.

Until now, Chen Luo hadn't figured out how he managed to evade the patrolling officers on the road and the guards at the Marquis of Huaiyin Mansion, and sneak all the way into Han Xin's bedroom.

Chen Luo didn't have any intention of opening the trumpet only after he finished practicing the tuba.

Even when Chen Lu was born, he treated both sons equally and did not favor anyone more.

It's just that Chen Lu gave Liu Le an extreme headache.

His hobby is not dancing with guns and sticks, nor does he sneak out in the middle of the night.

My second son's interest is all in handicrafts, and he can tear down homes as fast as a husky.

Since he dismantled the bronze mirror in his bedroom when he was four years old, almost every object in the entire mansion, from the courtyard to the main room, has suffered from his "poisonous hands".

Chen Luo considered hiring some Qin Mo to teach Chen Lu specifically, but this proposal was suppressed due to Liu Le's opposition.

Confucian scholars and craftsmen, you can tell the difference just by hearing these two words.

Liu Le still hopes that his two children will study more.

Chen Luo felt that if these two little guys didn't have talent or interest, it would be better to teach them in accordance with their aptitude. There was no need to force them to do things they didn't like.

He even cited the examples of Liu Bang and Liu Xi. If Liu Bang was forced to learn farming, he would neither be as good at farming as Liu Xi, nor could he become the emperor today.

But when he heard his father's name, Liu Le turned around and left silently, and the next day he found two more teachers for trial lessons.

Seeing this, Chen Luo was quite helpless and could only choose to follow her wishes for the time being and wait until the two children were two years older before formally persuading them to follow the path they wanted.

After all, even if they can dance with guns, become skilled craftsmen, read more books, and know a few more words, they will be right. When the time comes, they can call themselves "Confucian generals", or start a sect and be known as "the second in the public transport class" .

"That's right." Liu Le turned his head and said, "Azhi is about to reach the age of engagement, so you should be careful about this."

Chen Luo was startled, and then he remembered that in this era, many people got married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and the engagement time would be a few years earlier, so there was really no problem in saying that Azhi needed to get engaged.

"Let me think about it, who has a noble daughter who has not yet made an engagement and is at the right age." He rubbed his chin. This kind of thing requires caution, but he has never experienced it before, so he couldn't make up his mind for a while. .

After a moment, he tugged at his beard in distress: "Le'er, please help me with my advice."

----

I hope that my child will be foolish and careless, and that he will be able to visit the ministers without any illness or disaster. ——"Xi'er" by Su Shi

(End of this chapter)