Horse on the World

Chapter 288 Fighting
As the new year approaches day by day, the day of Li Qing's big wedding is getting closer and closer, and the busy Dingzhou city is getting more and more festive. For Li Qing, he is busy with countless things every day. In addition to military affairs and government affairs, one hour has to be set aside regularly to listen to the officials of the Ministry of Rites explaining the various etiquettes of the big wedding. From Li Qing's point of view, it is really a waste of time, isn't it just a wedding? There was such trouble, and the cumbersome etiquette alone made him a little dizzy.

For Li Qing's negligence, the old official of the Ministry of Rites with white beard and hair was very dissatisfied, so he found Li Tuizhi to teach Li Qing, "the way of the former sage to inherit the heaven and establish the pole is nothing greater than etiquette; the book of the later sage to establish the teaching, There is nothing prior to etiquette. There are three hundred etiquettes and three thousand prestige, which one is not the residence of the spirit and mind, so it can be in the same festival as the heaven and the earth..." Facing Li Tui's half-truth and half-false reprimand, which seemed angry and half-smiling, Li Qing's head grew dizzy listening to the tongue-twister-like etiquette, and he immediately expressed his surrender. "Uncle, needless to say, I know I was wrong, and I promise to listen carefully to what the old man said, and I will not be rude."

Li Tuizhi was very satisfied, and immediately turned around and said, "That's the end of today's etiquette presentation. I still have some details about the big wedding to discuss with Li Shuai. You can go down first!"

The old man with a white beard got quite a sense of satisfaction from Li Tuizhi, and he left with satisfaction. Looking at the hunched back, Li Qing complained, "Uncle, this is too much trouble, and there are many of my subordinates who are not yet married. , there are so many complicated rules.”

Li Tuizhi smiled and said: "Is this troublesome? Qingfeng, it's because you are at the border, and it is during the war. If you are in Luoyang or Yizhou, it will be ten times more troublesome than this. Don't forget, you are Li Shi My son, the lord of Dingzhou, and married to a princess, your subordinates? As for those generals and officials who came from poor people, how many of them know how to behave?"

Li Tuizhi laughed at Li Qing's general without hesitation, which made Li Qing very unhappy. Maybe he noticed Li Qing's face. There are two great pleasures, but Qing'er, for those of us from family background, these two things are not much pleasure, especially the first one, do you know how uncle's wedding night is spent in the bridal chamber?"

With a huff, Li Qing said with a strange smile: "Uncle, it's not easy for me to ask?"

Li Tuizhi laughed, "When I got married, the tedious ceremonies went on for several days. During these days, I was manipulated like a marionette, exhausted, physically and mentally exhausted. I'm tired, but I slept like a dead pig on the wedding night in the bridal chamber, and I didn't feel any joy in it at all!"

Li Qing couldn't help laughing, but he didn't expect Li Tuizhi to have such a humorous side.

"But Qing'er, although these things are tiring, he has to do them, because he is doing them for others to see, it is your face, it is the face of the family, especially you, and it is also related to the face of the royal family. So, These gifts are irrevocable, I read Lu Yiming's budget list, it is far from enough!"

"What?" Li Qing looked at Li Tuizhi incredulously, "Second Uncle, for this wedding, I prepared 5 taels of silver, which is not enough. In addition, nearly 10 taels of silver was used to build the Zhenxi Hou Mansion, which is 15 taels. Ten thousand taels, how many armors, arrows, spears and swords can I make with so much silver!"

Li Tuizhi laughed, "Don't be sloppy with me, your 5 taels of silver includes all the consumption of the princess outside the city now, and how much money would be used up in a day for thousands of people to eat, drink and scatter?" , By the day of your wedding, how much is left of the 5 taels?"

With a bitter face, Li Qing said: "Second Uncle, the money is really gone. You also know that Dingzhou is currently fighting a war, spending money like water every day, and the finances are really tight. Besides, I, as the coach of Dingzhou, The people under the rule are living in poverty, spending so much money on a big wedding, isn't that scolding?"

Li Tuizhi stared at Li Qing intently, making Li Qing extremely uncomfortable, "Second Uncle, I really have no money!"

"It seems that the old man's calculations are really accurate!" Li Tuizhi smiled, "I knew you wouldn't spend this money, that's all, I wanted to hide this money, but it seems impossible!" He took out a stack of bank notes and said with a smile, "This is from the old man."

Li Qing took it over and counted roughly 20 taels, and he was overjoyed, "I knew I had so much money, why would I be so frugal, Second Uncle, I will edit a book later, and you will present it to the old man for me later. But I have to thank the old man very much.”

Li Tuizhi said: "This money will be used for your wedding, you can't use it for other purposes."

Li Qing hastily agreed, but he had other calculations in his heart. The 20 taels was picked up for nothing. Half of it was already quite extravagant for the wedding. The other half, after the new year, Dingzhou has more places to spend money. !
"Marshal, Marshal!" Tang Hu's anxious voice came from outside, and with the sound of footsteps, Tang Hu appeared outside the door.

"What's the matter?" Li Qing asked.

"It's fighting, it's fighting!" Panting, Tang Hu pointed outside, "Mr. Shang, Master Lu and the others are here."

Both Li Qing and Li Tuizhi were startled, "What's the fight? There's a fight here, please explain clearly!" Li Qing sternly said.Now that the barbarians have been forced to retreat to the royal court, how could there be a fight in Dingzhou city.

"It's the Yizhou soldiers and the Palace Guards fighting!" Tang Hu took a breath, and finally finished his sentence.

"Yizhou soldiers and Palace Guards are fighting?" Li Qing glanced at Li Tuizhi in surprise, while the other party was also looking at him inexplicably, "Why are they fighting?"

Tang Hu shook his head, "I don't know, but the more than a hundred people who were fighting have been arrested by General Feng Guo and taken to the Marshal's Mansion. Mr. Shang said that the identities of the two parties are somewhat different, and General Feng dare not deal with them at will. Commander, please go over there!"

"Let's go, take a look!" Neither Li Qing nor Li Tuizhi dared to be negligent, they just went ahead, the Yizhou soldiers were Li's private soldiers, and the palace guards were the princess's guards, the identities of both sides were quite sensitive.

Outside the Marshal's Mansion, a group of guys with bruised noses and swollen faces and torn clothes were cut off by the soldiers of the Panshi Battalion guarding Dingzhou City, tied up and knelt down on the ground. Even so, the two sides were still yelling, If it weren't for the two rows of soldiers from the Panshi Battalion standing between the two sides, it is estimated that this group of energetic soldiers would jump up and take off and kick people. In front, Feng Guo stood there helplessly.

Li Qing arrived in a hurry, glanced at it, but let go of most of his heart first, fortunately, the two sides finally knew how to measure, they didn't dance with knives and guns, but simply fisted and kicked, which was much lighter in nature.At this time, Li Feng, the leader of the Yizhou soldiers, and Qin Ming, the commander of the palace guards, also rushed to the news.

After some interrogation, everyone understood the reason for the fight between the two sides.The reason is very simple. Today Yizhou soldiers just escorted a batch of luggage to the front line and returned. A group of middle and low-level officers took advantage of the rest to drink in a restaurant in Dingzhou City. Wine-flavored water, but in Dingzhou, it is very rare to have this kind of water.At this time, a group of officers from the palace guards were also drinking here.

While drinking, the Yizhou soldiers could not help talking about the battle at the front. These Yizhou soldiers had honed in Dingzhou for several months. They fought a lot, and after a few bloody battles, all the arrogance and arrogance on their bodies have been worn away, and they already have the taste of a strong soldier. Their personal experience made them admire the fighting power of Dingzhou soldiers He threw himself into the ground, and he called the soldiers of Dingzhou the number one soldier in the world during the conversation. There is no second army that can compare with it.

If other people in Dingzhou listened to these words, they must have taken them for granted. The State Army once severely humiliated the Yulin Army in Beijing, and even the Palace Guard Army was questioned. When the Palace Guard Army, who was not convinced at all, heard this, some people inevitably wanted to sarcastically say a few words, ruthlessly Belittle the Dingzhou Army.

The Yizhou soldiers who already regarded themselves as members of the Dingzhou Army did not want to do this. The two sides first started a war of words, and then someone flew over with a plate, and the war of words immediately escalated into a full-scale fight.

The palace guards are all strong soldiers selected from various places in Dachu, and their personal force is super strong, but this group of Yizhou soldiers are all officers, most of them are members of the Li clan, and they have received formal martial arts training since childhood. The palace guards came in exactly the same way. When the two sides started fighting, the restaurant was the first to suffer. At that time, the scene was that dishes and benches flew together, fists and big feet danced together, from the restaurant to the street. After hearing the news More and more Yizhou soldiers and palace guards came. Seeing their own family members fighting with others, they rolled up their sleeves and rushed in without asking why.The scale is getting bigger and bigger.

This matter is not big, but it is not small. If it is big, under the current situation of Dingzhou, this is a serious violation of military discipline. According to the military law of Dingzhou, it is not an exaggeration to cut off the head To put it in a small way, it is a group of big-headed soldiers who drink too much and fight. If Dingzhou soldiers did this by themselves, most of them would be whipped by the military justice department, and they would even take their officers to eat and hang up. Well, most of the army are hot-blooded men, and fighting is commonplace.But the identities of the two sides fighting today are rather special, and Li Qing felt a little bit difficult.

Shang Haibo was sitting beside Li Qing with a smile, Lu Yiming was full of anger, Li Tuizhi and Li Feng were whispering something, and Qin Ming was also asking a palace guard who was tied there.

"Mr. Shang, what do you think about this?" Li Qing asked Shang Haibo for his opinion.

"Good opportunity, handsome!" Shang Haibo said inscrutablely.

Li Qing was taken aback, looking at the smile on Shang Haibo's face, he suddenly realized what Shang Haibo meant, no wonder he called himself over, such a fight, with Shang Haibo's current status, he himself would I can handle it.

Yizhou soldiers came to Dingzhou as a guest army. To put it bluntly, although they accepted Li Qing's command, they formed a line of their own. Li Qing did not interfere with its internal operations, and the palace guard army was the princess's private army. It is even more difficult for Li Qing to intervene. Now that he has such an opportunity, if Li Qing uses the Dingzhou Military Law to punish both sides, he will directly regard the two sides as part of the Dingzhou Army. Direct leadership and management, and then annexed them justifiably.

"How thoughtful!" Li Qing first praised Shang Haibo in his heart.

(End of this chapter)