Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 237

The matter of robbing the brothel raged for a while in Bianjing and then subsided, and it became a romantic story instead.Li Bangyan knew how to be a man, and the next day he gave the contract of sale to the Chen family, and also attached a congratulatory gift. When he met Chen Dong at the court meeting, he complained that he didn't tell him earlier.Soon after the Ching Ming Festival, Zhu Sen wrote a letter of apology, asking himself to guard the tomb of his deceased teacher for three years, and to read and repent.The official Zhao Ke Nian, however, had a heart of repentance, and specially decreed to build a thatched cottage in front of Yangshi's tomb in Fujian Province to guard the tomb of Yangshi's disciples, and named it "Three Provinces Hall".On the day Zhu Sen and He Fang left the capital, Chen Dong even invited the Neo Confucian scholars in the capital to bid farewell to them at the Bianhe Wharf with great fanfare.

Standing at the stern of the official ship, He Fang was waving towards the pier, looking at Chen Dong with his newlywed wife, He Fang smiled and said: "Brother Zhu usually talks about 'restraining oneself and returning to the rituals', I really didn't expect that he did it well There is something about leading people to rob brothels." Although he and Zhu Sen are good friends at school, they usually talk about moral issues, and they just brought up this matter today.

Zhu Sen smiled slightly and said: "A husband and wife have righteousness and then father and son have relatives, and father and son have relatives and then ruler and minister have righteousness. Therefore, it is said: wedding ceremony is the foundation of etiquette. Li Bangyan 'forced' Liang to be a prostitute, but he actually wanted to use his teacher Master came to blackmail Shaoyang, exterminate human relations, and go against the law of nature, which is tolerable or unbearable. If I follow my heart, I will smash the world's brothels, burn all the contracts of prostitution, and let the husband and wife match themselves. For Li Bang Yan made an iron kneeling statue, which pretended to be a joke, and knelt in Jingshifang City for a long time, as a policeman for future generations."

He Fang saw that he didn't seem to be joking, and sighed: "This has never happened in the previous life, I'm afraid Brother Zhu can figure it out." But he secretly felt sorry for Zhu Sen. Get your ambitions in the court.He Fang secretly thought that Zhu Sen spared no effort to help Chen Dong, maybe he also meant to make up for his regrets.

But Zhu Sen said with a smile: "Brother Zhengde is overrated. In my opinion, there is at least one person who can do this."

"Who?" He Fang asked suspiciously.

"Zhao Xingde." Zhu Sen's eyes showed a look of thought, "In the past few years, Yuanzhi has disappeared. Every time an article is handed down, he advocates the equalization of land and compassion for the people. One of them is something that has never happened before.”

"Really?" He Fang's face changed slightly, and he said resentfully, "Zhao Yuanzhi doesn't cherish feathers too much. The most popular article "Donghai Shizhen" recently advocated that a kind of insect called sea cucumber can nourish yin. The effect of aphrodisiac. With his famous name as a guarantee, many people are now looking for sea cucumbers to eat, and they are called Lian Yushu Nu, the son of Guangyan, is this thing so magical?" He paused and whispered , "I heard that Ouchi has also started to buy this item. It is said that the official personally ordered it to be listed in the items exchanged with Jurchen."

Zhu Sen smiled slightly and didn't say much.He Fang only heard about it, but he knew that after the official Zhao Ke tried it, he felt very good, so he ordered to collect all other articles of Zhao Yuanzhi to watch. As a result, except for "Donghai Food Treasures", all others were about government affairs. He frowned and sighed: "Zhao Xingde is really different." But it may take time to reverse the case of treason appointed by the former emperor.

Zhao Xingde, Han Ningshuang, Xu Detai and a group of more than a hundred riders arrived at the Yellow Dragon Mansion in the Kingdom of Jin. Mr. Han Da arranged them in a large manor.Mr. Han Da originally planned to agree on the leader of the alliance before Han Ningshuang returned to Liaodong, but Han Ningshuang rushed to Huanglong Mansion after hearing the news, so he was not in a hurry.The stockades of the Han army are distributed in the vast Taibai Mountains and Xianbei Mountains. The situation of each of them is not very clear for decades. Taking advantage of the time before the arrival of the people, the warriors below compete with each other and test each other’s stockades. The meaning of strength.In addition to the Han army, there were also many Jurchen warriors practicing martial arts in the school field, and many girls and maidservants gathered together, joking and playing with each other, while pointing at the warriors in the field.

Liaodong was originally a mixture of Hu and Han, and the customs also influenced each other. Since the "rebellion" of Han Chang, the Liao Kingdom has implemented easy clothing and cut off hair. The long locks are scattered, or two braids are tied indiscriminately, or the forehead is simply shaved.Generally speaking, the braids of the Han people are similar to those of the Khitan people, with their hair tied at the temples, while the Jurchen men have their hair braided behind their skulls.And the difference in the temperament of words and deeds between the two parties is so great that people can see it at a glance.

Under a big tree, Mrs. Hu held a long sword in both hands, and kept chopping at the air in front of him. This chopping action from upper right to lower left has been done more than 100 times, and large drops of sweat dripped from his forehead. When she got down, she bit her lip tightly, stubbornly refusing to rest.A Jurchen next to her was a little bored, and walked over to strike up a conversation with her, but Hu ignored her, and that person actually wanted to fight her.How could Zhang Hu, who had just practiced martial arts, be the opponent of the Jurchen man, and was knocked to the ground by the man with the hilt of his sword just after meeting him.

"It's unreasonable for a man to bully a woman!" Liu Zheng, who was not far away, said angrily.He put down the bow and arrow in his hand, drew out the horizontal knife, and was about to go up to fight the injustice.

"Let's go to the hero to save the beauty again!" Du Chuijiao laughed while practicing the stabbing with the horizontal knife. "This guy's legs are weak when he sees a woman. It's like this in Kang country, and it's still like this in Liaodong." He was born in a sword and shield hand. Just now, I saw that Hu's practice was good, but his strength was weak.As the saying goes, fists never leave hands, songs never leave mouths, Zhao Xingde led this group of sergeants, no matter they were marching or stationed, whenever they had spare time, they would each use their strength and practice martial arts, this is the capital for the sergeants to live and work.

Zhao Xingde next to him smiled, but didn't stop him.There is nothing unusual about the hands-on competition on the school field.He let go of his right hand, and the arrow flew steadily a hundred steps away. The target was already full of arrows, so he walked to the front of the target, pulled out the arrow, and continued to practice.More than a dozen sergeants gathered in this corner of the school grounds, and there were already two to three hundred soldiers dancing swords in the whole school grounds, some of them were simply practicing martial arts, and some were showing off the strength of the village.

"Oh, something is wrong with Liu Yingxiong!" Du Chuijiao yelled, Zhao Xingde turned his head to look, and saw that the Jurchen who was fighting with Liu Zheng was quite brave. Forced to be overwhelmed.In addition to Hu Shi who was extremely nervous watching the battle, there were more than a dozen Han soldiers, Jurchen soldiers, and several girls surrounding him.Liu Zheng was originally good at archery, but now because there were so many people around him, he didn't want to lose face. Although he was defending but not attacking, he retreated again and again, gritted his teeth and refused to admit defeat.The Jurchen couldn't attack for a long time, and her eyes gradually became more serious.

"Go and have a look." Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Xingde rushed over with Du Chuijiao and others.

Taking advantage of Liu Zheng's retreat for a moment, Wanyan Zonghan held the handle of the saber with both hands and raised it above his head. He was about to catch up with a step, and he slashed down in the air. Zhao Xingde hurriedly shouted: "Be merciful with the saber!" It was too late to take an arrow.At this moment, Mrs. Hu suddenly rushed into the field as if going crazy, and hugged the Jurchen's waist. Wanyan Zonghan was interrupted by him, and angrily cursed: "What a crazy woman." Turning around hard, One side of the knife hilt hit her shoulder heavily.

Just at this time, a sharp sword suddenly stretched out to Wanyan Zonghan's chin, and the blade was radiant with cold air. Even though Wanyan Zonghan had been in battle for a long time, he was also in a cold sweat from fright. He looked up and saw that he was facing With Han Ningshuang's piercing eyes, she couldn't help saying angrily: "Ningshuang, are you trying to kill me?" Han Ningshuang said coldly, "This is my maidservant, you can't hurt her." Nodding, she returned to her side with a face full of shame.

At this time, Zhao Xingde and others rushed over in two steps, Du Chuijiao persuaded with a smile: "It's just a martial arts competition, don't hurt your peace."

Wanyan Zonghan put the scimitar back into its scabbard, and said bitterly: "If you have no skills, don't meddle in your own business." When Liu Zheng heard this, he couldn't hold back, but Zhao Xingde stared at him, motioning him not to mess around.Han Ningshuang had other ideas, raised her brows slightly, and said in a deep voice, "My maidservant has just learned swordsmanship for the first time, if you don't accept it, you can compete with me."

Wanyan Zonghan looked her up and down, and suddenly said with a sneer: "I don't dare, if I can't hold back, Aunt Huang will get angry and Zong Bi will blame me, I can't bear it."

Wan Yan Zonghan turned around to leave, but Han Ningshuang said loudly behind him: "A big man only knows how to bully weak girls who don't know swordsmanship. When he meets a real opponent, he can only run away with his tail between his legs." In Jurchen's words, it was extremely smooth, and the girls next to her laughed together.The Wanyan tribe was still a matriarchal tribe a hundred years ago. Not long after the founding of the country, the dignity and inferiority were not as clear as those in the Central Plains. Although Wanyan Zonghan was the son of Prime Minister Sa Gai, he couldn't stop the girls from the Jurchen tribe from laughing at him.

Wanyan Zonghan's face turned red immediately, he turned around, and said in a deep voice: "If you want to fight with me, you can't complain to your elders if you lose." He drew out the scimitar at his waist.The Wanyan tribe is the descendant of Jiutiannu. In the past, women in the tribe could shoot arrows and hold knives. It is said that even the leader is a woman.So Wanyan Zonghan didn't think it would be disrespectful to fight with a woman, that's why he deliberately used this as an excuse to hook up with Ningshuang's maid just now.

Han Ningshuang didn't answer, she just retracted the hilt of the sword at her waist, but pointed the sword obliquely at Wanyan Zonghan's face, and the scene suddenly fell silent.She just made such a gesture of raising her hands, and it attracted envious looks from other Wanyanbu girls beside her. In this scene, women naturally turned to women.

Wanyan Zonghan roared, strode forward, and slashed at the long sword held by Han Ningshuang in both hands, but Han Ningshuang didn't retreat at all. She turned away from the face, took a step forward to the left, and immediately gained the upper hand, and slashed Wanyan Zonghan with a knife. , 'forced' him to block with a knife.However, Han Ningshuang did not compete with him in strength, and did not wait for the two blades to intersect, and moved a step sideways again, grabbing a position where Wan Yan Zonghan was uncomfortable swinging the knife. This time, Wan Yan Zonghan was forced to follow her and turn around and move. However, Wanyan Zonghan just relied on his strength to keep waving the scimitar and forcibly protected his whole body.Experts stretch out their hands to know if there is one. Du Chuijiao exclaimed: "This is the horizontal saber technique I practiced in summer. Where did Miss Han learn it from?"

Seeing the suspicion in Liu Zheng's eyes, Du Chuijiao said angrily: "Old Liu, I'm not talking about you. This is two-handed swordsmanship for melee combat. Miss Han is very proficient, at least several times better than you. Your archers are still You need to practice more melee weapons."