Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 32 Marriage
After Gongsun Xu returned to Youzhou, he did not directly lead his troops to help his father. First, it was because Gongsun Zan sent a letter saying that he did not need help. Second, Gongsun Xu did not have too many troops to help, and Gongsun Xu’s own army was dragged In the Sanhan area, and the current Sanhan has not been exposed, for the sake of safety, we must find a suitable time to report to the court.

Gongsun Xu has been staying at home for two months since he came back. If he has nothing to do, he will go to the military camp to train soldiers or stay at home with his mother and his unmarried wife Zhen Dao. They are young, they should get married long ago, and Zhen Dao is almost seventeen. Zhen Yi mentioned their marriage to Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Xu's mother many times.

It's just that Gongsun Xu was leading troops abroad all year round, and happened to encounter the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Gongsun Zan confronted the Xiongnu Xianbei in the grassland, so the marriage has been delayed.Now that Gongsun Xu came back and had time, Zhen Yi sent his daughter directly to Gongsun's house.The current Gongsun family can be said to be a real Liaodong family. Ever since Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Xu became famous, the Gongsun family no longer dared to underestimate this pair of father and son who had always been underestimated.

The head of the contemporary Gongsun family is Gongsun Zan’s uncle, Gongsun Long. Gongsun Zan’s father, Gongsun Hu, has always been under the pressure of Zheng Fang’s wife and family. He took too much care of Gongsun Zan. If you want to blame, you can only blame Gongsun Zan’s mother. The background is too humble and Gongsun Hu is too weak.

But ever since Gongsun Zan took charge of the governor of Youzhou, Gongsun Long has been working on repairing the relationship between the two families. People are like this, and they only add icing on the cake, and it is always difficult to give timely help.Gongsun Zan didn't have much affection for the Gongsun family, but he couldn't be cruel to his elderly father, Gongsun Zan. Before his mother died, his mother repeatedly told Gongsun Zan not to hate his father, and Gongsun Zan had to have a strong family if he wanted to establish a foothold in Youzhou as backing.

Therefore, he acquiesced in Gongsun Long's behavior of repairing the relationship. To show his sincerity, Gongsun Long not only vacated the largest house for Gongsun Zan to live in, but also expressed to the family members that the next Patriarch would be Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan did not disappoint the Gongsun family either. The more outstanding children of the Gongsun family, such as Gongsun Zan's younger brothers, Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan, and Gongsun Zan's more outstanding nephews such as Gongsun Cheng, Gongsun Shun and others served in the Youzhou Army. Important position.

In the past two years, the Gongsun family has developed from a middle-level family in Liaodong to the largest family in Liaodong.

Less than two months after Gongsun Xu returned, he sent a memorial to the imperial court, claiming that he had conquered the Sanhan area, realizing the first step in opening up the territory for the Han Dynasty. Troop training in the grassland continued to attack the Xiongnu tribes, from small tribes at the beginning to medium-sized tribes later.

Nearly 10 people were killed within a month, and countless cattle, sheep and horses were robbed. Of course, these became the rewards of Zhang Jai's soldiers. He led his troops close to the King's court of the Huns, and the Huns had no choice but to withdraw from the grassland and come back to defend. After the Huns withdrew, the elderly Xianbei leader Tan Shihuai had to withdraw his troops.

Tan Shihuai is indeed a generation of outstanding people, not only has military talent, but also has strategy and political acumen. Every time Emperor Han Ling sent troops to attack, he was defeated by Tan Shihuai. Now Tan Shihuai has not died like in history. It's gone, but it's too old.

Tan Shihuai saw that during the Yellow Turban Rebellion of the Han Dynasty, he was preparing for the final glory of his life, but it was a pity that he was still resisted by Gongsun Zan.After the Huns withdrew, Tan Shihuai also led his army back to his territory.

As soon as the battle on the grassland was over, Gongsun Zan also led his army back to Youzhou. After receiving the battle report, Emperor Ling of Han was very happy. Now that the Yellow Turban Rebellion is about to be quelled, the danger of the barbarians in the grassland has also been lifted, and Gongsun Xu led the troops to open the frontier Tuo Tu, and secretly trained [-] tiger and wolf divisions for himself.

As soon as Emperor Han Ling was happy, and Zhang Rang's flattery, he added Gongsun Zan as Marquis of Wanhu and lead Youzhou Shepherd, Gongsun Xu as former general, Marquis of Wanhu, Xu Rong under Gongsun Xu's command as General of Pingdong, and other soldiers. promotion.

Now Gongsun Xu can be said to be proud of his life. He just stays at home and enjoys it every day. After Gongsun Zan came back, he also felt that his son was not young, so he decided to take this opportunity to get married. Staying with the one you love the most is the best time to get married now.

The wedding date is set on the eighth day of next month, and there are still more than 20 days left. During this time, Gongsun Xu played around with Zhen Dao every day, and it was really a joy.

When Gongsun Xu came to find Zhen Dao again that day, he happened to meet Zhen Dao and his two older sisters, Zhen Jiang, and Zhen Tuo were chatting. The three girls stopped talking after seeing Gongsun Xu coming. He left without staying for a while.

Gongsun Xu thought it was a bit strange, it shouldn't be so different, why did the two sisters suddenly behave like this, Zhen Dao looked at Gongsun Xu's questioning eyes and had to explain: "The two sisters are not married yet, but now I want to marry It's not in line with etiquette, and besides, it's time for my sister to get married."

As soon as Gongsun Xu heard this, he knew that there was something going on. What does it mean to get married? It is obvious that he has a crush. Gongsun Xu hugged Zhen Dao and joked: "Just tell me who your crush is. Why am I playing charades?"

"You, I'm really dumb. Didn't you notice that my two elder sisters behaved differently after your subordinates came back? To tell you the truth, the eldest sister likes Zhao Yun, and the second sister likes Gao Shun. Neither of them are married. , but he was lukewarm towards the two sisters.

Let’s talk about Zhao Yun, who always treats the elder sister very rigidly. The elder sister took him to go shopping and hunt. On the contrary, she has a very good relationship with her second sister, so it's not a problem to come to Gao Shun's side.

But now that I'm about to get married, your two subordinates still haven't said anything, so the sisters are of course anxious. "

"I understand this matter. Gao Shun has been so dull all these years to avenge his family. In fact, he is not very dull. I will go to him in the afternoon and ask him to explain to the second sister. As for Zilong, say To be honest, Zilong is 26 and has not married yet, so I am worried for him.

Last year, when Zilong brought his elder brother Zhao Feng to Youzhou to recover from his illness, I asked Zhao Feng. I learned that when Zilong was 16 years old, he had a private appointment with a woman named Fan for life. It was because Zilong saved the girl's life. , but when Zilong was out and about, the woman's father didn't like Zilong's poor family, so he decided to marry her to an official family named Zhao.

After Zilong came back, he came to Youzhou to join the army in a fit of anger, vowing to make a name for himself.Now, if Zilong is interested in the eldest sister, it will not be difficult to solve. I will talk to Zhao Feng first tomorrow. Now Zhao Feng is serving as a food and grass officer in the army. It is very convenient to find him, but if Zilong is really interested in the eldest sister Without that I don't know what to do. "

"I don't care. I'll leave the matter of the eldest sister and the second sister to you. If it doesn't work out, I won't get married anymore. I won't go out with you today. You should go and finish this matter now. I'll wait for your reply in the evening. Now I Go comfort the eldest sister and the second sister, don't delay for too long, or you will suffer."

"Okay, okay, I'll go now, it happens that Gao Shun is at home in the morning, I'll go find him now, you wait for my news."

After finishing speaking, Gongsun Xu went out and rode his horse towards Gao Shun's mansion.When he arrived at Gao Shun's house, the first thing Gongsun Xu saw was Gao Ling who was becoming a female celebrity. Gongsun Xu felt that if he wanted to subdue Gao Shun, a stubborn ass, he had to attack Gao Ling, so Gongsun Xu approached him with a smile and said, "Linger I'm busy."

"Brother Xu, why are you here today? My brother is reading in the room. I'll call him. You sit down first."

"Don't be in a hurry, hehe, Ling'er, how about discussing something with you. You see, your brother is also in his twenties. He is a big man. How about finding a wife for him, and there are more people to take care of you. "

As soon as Gao Ling rolled her eyes, she realized what Gongsun Xu was here for, so she slyly smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the dignified former general would also be a matchmaker, haha, my brother's face is really big, I know you are here to help Zhen Take off my sister and say kiss.

Sister Zhentuo treats me very well, and my brother also told me that Sister Zhentuo is a good girl. In fact, I know that my brother likes her, but I dare not say it. I also hope that she will be my sister-in-law, but if my brother gets married What should I do if my sister-in-law doesn't like me anymore? "

"He dares, Ling'er don't worry, isn't there me? Besides, your brother is not that kind of person. Even if he is, I will take care of you."

"Okay, this is what you said. You have to mean what you say. My brother is easy to handle here. I can persuade him, but you must remember what you said."

The more Gongsun Xu heard it, the more he felt that he was being tricked by Gao Ling, but he just couldn't think of anything, but no matter what, Gao Shun had Gao Ling to guarantee that the problem would not be a big problem. After explaining the good things, Gongsun Xu went to the Find Zhao Feng.

Zhao Yun's side is really a bit difficult, mainly because Zhao Yun has a knot in his heart, otherwise it would be impossible not to talk about marriage for so many years.

If it doesn’t work, Gongsun Xu can only use force. Fortunately, Zhao Feng is here. As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father. Zhao Feng is ten years older than Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun was brought up by Zhao Feng. Zhao Yun has always listened to Zhao Feng’s words. So Gongsun Xu felt that if Zhao Yun had any objections, he should directly ask Zhao Feng to settle him.

Zhao Feng is still working in the barracks, and has stayed since Zhao Feng was taken to Youzhou to heal his illness. Zhao Feng himself is also very skilled in martial arts, making him good at marksmanship. According to Zhao Feng and Zhao Yun brothers, the two practiced since childhood The traditional marksmanship and Zhao Yun's martial arts before the age of ten were all taught by Zhao Feng.

Later, when he was ten years old, Zhao Yun met Tong Yuan, a spear master, and was taken as an apprentice by Tong Yuan. Since then, he has followed Tong Yuan to practice martial arts in a mountain near Zhending.It's just that Zhao Feng contracted a strange disease when he was 23 years old. Because of his family's poverty, there was no cure for it, which made Zhao Feng's martial arts level stay down.

But even so, Zhao Feng's force value is at least the middle level of a second-rate general.In addition, Zhao Feng is good at writing, so he served as a food and grass officer in the army.Gongsun Xu walked directly into Zhao Feng's big tent, and when Zhao Feng saw Gongsun Xu coming and was about to salute, he was held back by Gongsun Xu.

After the two sat down, Zhao Feng thought that Gongsun Xu was here to inspect the work, so he waited for Gongsun Xu to speak, but Gongsun Xu blushed and still didn't say anything. It's okay to talk to the girl Gao Ling about it. It always feels awkward to discuss marriage with a man like Zhao Feng.

After nearly a quarter of an hour like this, Zhao Feng first asked: "My lord has a secret order or something unspeakable, Zi Yi is willing to clear up my lord's doubts."

Looking at Zhao Feng's seriousness, Gongsun Xu couldn't keep silent.

"This, it's about my eldest sister Zhen Jiang. You know that my eldest sister is already 21. Taking over the family business these years has delayed the marriage. You also know that, right? My eldest sister is beautiful and elegant. Only then can I manage the housework and take care of the business affairs, this, uh, Zilong is too unreasonable, what do you think, Ziyi, I can’t delay any longer, otherwise I will suffer along with it.”

Hearing Gongsun Xu's ambiguous words, Zhao Feng finally understood what was going on, and thought to himself: "My brother's marriage has alarmed my lord, and if this marriage becomes my brother's brother-in-law with the lord, the price is so high." It's different.

Besides, Zhen Jiang is indeed a good girl, and she is more than enough to match her younger brother, and her younger brother still has that kind of meaning for Zhen Jiang, but because of her status, she has never dared to confess, and what happened back then, she This younger brother is even more dull emotionally.

Now that the lord has spoken, what else can we do? This time, we have to do whatever we want. "Zhao Feng knelt down immediately and said: "My lord has the grace to save Feng and the virtue of rebuilding Zilong. I will definitely handle this matter well, and let Zilong explain to Miss Zhen Jiang whatever he wants." "

"Hehehe, okay, okay, with your guarantee, I'm relieved, give me news tomorrow, and I'm waiting there too. I'll go first, and I'll give you a day off today, you go and finish this matter Things." After finishing speaking, Gongsun Xu ran away, and had to rush back to report.

After Gongsun Xu came back, he explained everything to Zhen Dao and ensured that the matter was finished. Zhen Dao also heaved a sigh of relief. Pretend to be deaf and dumb with me, you can decide the date of the wedding, anyway, my brother and I are the only two in my house, so we can do whatever we want."

With Gao Ling's guarantee, Zhen Tuo was also happy, now only Zhao Yun was left with the situation, and Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao were also beside him to comfort Zhen Jiang.However, there was still no news that day, and Gongsun Xu was too embarrassed to ask.

In the early morning of the next day, when everyone was still thinking about Zhen Jiang's matter, they heard the butler come to say that Zhao Feng came to propose marriage. Gongsun Xu knew that the matter was done when he heard this. After a long time, Zhao Feng should be more formalized. , and went the way of proposing marriage.It's fine now, everyone is happy.

Gongsun Xu asked Zhao Feng in private how he managed this matter, and Zhao Feng said sullenly: "This kid is not obedient. I will ask his sister-in-law to persuade him at night. If he is still stubborn, he will be fined to kneel in front of his parents' tablet." Later, seeing that he was a little loose, his sister-in-law knelt down in front of him and cried to persuade him, hehe, this crying will make things easier, Zilong respected my wife as a mother since he was a child, looked at my wife Once you cry, you agree to everything."

After hearing this explanation, Gongsun Xu immediately gave a thumbs up and said that he admired him, but he couldn't do without admiration. The dignified Zhao Zilong's marriage was resolved in this way.

After the marriages of the three daughters of the Zhen family were settled, Gongsun Xu didn't want to procrastinate and directly suggested that the three people's marriages should be done together to save trouble. Zhen Yi, Zhao Yun and Gao Shun didn't agree at first, saying that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority, and the master should come first, but Gongsun Xu didn't care too much, and Gongsun Zan was also a straightforward person, so he suggested that they get married together.

In the end, it was Gongsunxu's grandfather and grandpa who came out to make the final decision. After the two oldest people said so, no one objected. On the eighth day of the lunar new year, the marriage of the three people was arranged together like this.

(End of this chapter)