Lord, don't leave your husband

Chapter 32 Six people offended by humble positions (4)
But he heard footsteps walking straight to the bed, and said in a cold voice: "Chen Dinglei has been waiting for you outside the gate of the mansion for half an hour, do you still want to sleep?"

Lai San recognized Mu Yanling's voice, sat up startled, and said strangely: "Chen Taifu, wait for me?"

"How decent is it to put on your clothes?" Mu Yanling gave him a cold look.

"Really, you don't like what I do." Lai San muttered, "Are you sleeping with clothes on?
of? "

Although he was talking, he was not slow to put on his clothes. It was so cold that it was considered decent to go out of bed without clothes, and he couldn't bear it.

"Your Majesty, I didn't know you had this kind of ability, and within a few days, you hooked up with Chen Dinglei!" Mu Yanling said coldly.

At that moment, while kicking on his trouser legs, Lai San secretly said in his heart: Don't pretend, did I just meet Chen Dinglei last night, didn't you get a report from Kan Bing and the others?But after he pulled up his trousers, he raised his head again and said with a smile on his face, "It's not intentional. I've been very cute since I was a child, probably because I'm really good-looking."

"Okay, let's go quickly." Mu Yanling glanced at him and said, "He has been standing in front of my door, making people watch and gossip."

Lai San hurriedly put on his clothes and went straight to the gate, only to see Chen Dinglei standing outside the gate wearing a half-worn cotton dress.The first time Lai San saw Mu Yanling, he also wore a half-worn cotton dress, but compared with the material of the cloth worn by Chen Dinglei, there was a gap.Even Mu Yanling's old clothes are made of high-quality materials and the stitches are meticulous.And Chen Dinglei's civilian clothes are completely ordinary civilian clothes, and even the dyeing is a little uneven. The elbows of the clothes seem to be a little softer than the front, and the color is slightly lighter. They are really worn and washed.

These two people are very different from personality to image. I really don't know what criteria King Dingxi used to select officials.

Mu Yanling and Chen Dinglei are naturally at odds, a few words can make a ghost feel the smell of gunpowder.Mu Yanling didn't say much, he just said goodbye to Chen Dinglei because he had something to do.

"Lord Mu, please do yourself!" Chen Dinglei bowed his hands, turned to Lai San, and said with a pleasant face, "Captain Lai, I will rest for five days and intend to go to the Qilan paddock to hunt. How about the captain and I go for a walk together?"

Lai San was taken aback for a moment, Qilan paddock?Yesterday, Jing Chi said that there was a Qilan paddock infested by barbarians?He doesn't believe that Chen Dinglei is really going hunting, what do you mean?Did something really happen in Qilan Paddock?
Mu Yanling had already got into the car with half of his body. Hearing the words, he stopped in the middle, and said with a serious face: "Master Chen, we have worked together for more than ten years, and this is the first time I have heard that you are interested in hunting!"

Chen Dinglei said calmly: "Lieutenant Lai has lived in your house for so long, and I also want to be a hospitable master, but there are only three shabby rooms in my house, so I really can't entertain guests. However, the winter sun is warm these days , thinking that the young Duke of the county may like to hunt, so I came here to invite you, can Master Mu be gracious and let him go?"

Mu Yanling narrowed his eyes, opened them again after a while, and said, "Why did Mr. Chen say that? Where the Duke wants to go is the Duke's own business. There is no room for me to intervene. Mr. Chen's words hurt people. It's just that the Qilan paddock is a long way away, and the county magistrate has been exhausted recently, so I'm afraid he still needs to rest for a few days."

"It doesn't matter." Chen Dinglei said lightly, "I have nothing to do, so I just come here and wait for the Duke."

Mu Yanling frowned, thought for a while, beckoned to Lai San, and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to go with Chen Dinglei?"

Lai San said: "Is hunting fun? It's not suitable for hunting in winter, is it? What can you hunt? Let's forget it."

Mu Yanling frowned, and said: "Chen Dinglei is extremely stubborn, and he will never return to what he believes. If you don't go, he will come and stand in front of my house every day. This person is used to such tricks, attracting everyone's attention , it’s quite unfavorable to me. When I prepare it for you, you can go with him tomorrow!”

"Am I really going?" Lai Sanqi said, "Sir, do you really want me to go? That is the Qilan paddock. I heard it is three hundred miles away from Jingzhou! It takes several days to go back and forth! Or forget it!"

Mu Yanling looked at him quietly, and asked slowly: "Could it be that you have some important business here, and you can't get away?"

"Master Mu, you are really a good person. I have good intentions. I am not afraid that Chinese New Year is coming soon. You are too busy. I will save it and see if I can help you?"

Mu Yanling stared at him for a while, then said calmly: "Go with him, listen more and talk less, don't agree to anything, tell me later, I will push you away."

He turned to Chen Dinglei and said: "It's just that I was negligent, the young Duke of the county is quite interested in the paddock!
Speaking of which, I am also very interested, since Mr. Chen is so kind, and I am also very tired during this time, how about going to the paddock together? "

Lai San was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Mu Yanling to follow, but he saw that Chen Dinglei's expression didn't change, it didn't seem strange, he just smiled and said: "Taishi Yamen has hundreds of things to deal with in a day, It can't be compared to Taifu's yamen's leisure, does Mr. Mu even have time to hunt?"

Mu Yanling smiled and said: "It's only three or five days, of course there is, but I don't know if Master Chen is willing to go with me?"

"If Master Mu is willing to go, Mr. Chen will naturally welcome you." Chen Dinglei smiled and cupped his hands, "Master Mu is very good at riding and shooting. If you are willing to come, you will look like a hunter."

"Since that's the case, let's make arrangements for trivial matters. How about going out tomorrow? Mu is entangled in mundane affairs, and he can't compare to Mr. Chen's happiness. Mr. Chen will laugh at him."

"Master Mu, please!" Chen Dinglei bowed his hands.

"Master Chen, please!"

Both of them were smiling, and they looked like friends, and there was no trace of dislike.

Seeing Mu Yanling got into the carriage, Chen Dinglei stepped forward to invite Lai San to his house as a guest, Mu Yanling was not happy to hear that.However, although Chen Dinglei looked serious, he really didn't give him the slightest bit of face with his tongue and sword. He thought that he still had important things to do, so he walked away.

On the contrary, Lai San was secretly delighted, and hurriedly got into Chen Dinglei's carriage.The car looks quite small from the outside, but the space inside is not that big after entering. The inner wall of the car is lined with thick cotton, which is very warm.There is a small door behind Chen Dinglei on the right, which seems to separate a small part of the carriage, so he doesn't know what to do. No wonder the carriage can seat several people, but it doesn't look spacious even with the two of them sitting inside.

As soon as Lai San sat firmly, he curiously stretched out his hand to the small door behind Chen Dinglei, wanting to open it to see what was behind it.Chen Dinglei looked at him and smiled: "You are a young man after all, so lively! Wait a moment, Duke."

He pushed the small door open a crack, and took out a jug of wine from the inside as if by magic, and then took out several cattail bags one after another, all of which were braised food and wine.Lai San has stayed in Taishi Mansion for so long, but he still misses these lo mei, but no one cares what he wants, but this Chen Dinglei understands him and brings him these good things.

Seeing Lai San eating happily, Chen Dinglei looked at him from the sidelines, seeming to be thoughtful.

"Captain Zhiguo, Captain Zhiguo..." He nodded, "There has never been such a super-class Captain Zhiguo before, maybe the deadlock of the nobles and the inferiors in my Dingxi will be resolved from you."

"My lord, do you mean that I'm going to be the county magistrate soon?" Lai San licked the oil on his finger, and the Liupin Zhiguo captain became a super county magistrate, which would indeed increase the general's power a lot.

"Exactly!" Chen Dinglei said, "Right now, the highest official positions in my Dingxi Army are Captain Yongyi and Captain Zhiguo, both of whom are sixth-rank officials. They really can't hold their heads up in front of high-rank civil servants. There is no future in the army. , the quality of the soldiers has been deteriorating. Those who are capable would rather be a military officer in the local area that can only maintain law and order, and they are not willing to serve in the army. Serious trouble!" "Sixth rank is not small, right?" Lai San scratched his head, "The magistrate of the county is only a seventh rank, and sixth rank is not bad!" Chen Dinglei looked at him with a long sigh and shook his head, and finally said: "The founding father of the Daxing Dynasty Zu Zhen is an outstanding man! With just one move, Dingxi is now in a certain death situation!"

Lai San felt baffled and said, "Emperor Taizu of the imperial court? Didn't he make an agreement with our old Dingxi King to be brothers forever and never leave? Besides, hasn't he collapsed for 100 years? What tricks did he do to harm us? "Chen Dinglei looked at him intently: "Captain, how did you know about this?"

Lai San was quiet for a while, this is what the little princess told him, but he was not sure if the little princess was still pretending to be stupid, so he pushed the blame on Mu Yanling without any psychological burden: "Of course it is Mr. Taishi Tell me, he told me three times a day, three paragraphs each time, this story is really turbulent, very exciting! Admirable, admirable!"

"Master Mu told you?" Chen Dinglei looked at him with a half-smile, "Does Master Mu admire Daxing's Taizu Emperor so much? Why don't I think so?"

"Shouldn't Emperor Gaozu be admired?" Lai San was not convinced, "He only brought a few entourages across the border of the barbarians to our Dingxi to negotiate with our old prince. He was about to become emperor at that time, how valuable his life is! Don’t you have the guts to come here? He is a first-class hero! Master Chen, heroes are all descended from the stars in the sky. If you speak ill of him, be careful that he will know!”

"It turns out that the Duke himself admired Daxing's Emperor Gaozu so much." Chen Dinglei nodded, "It's no wonder that there are young people who don't worship heroes? After all, Dingxi has inherited the bravery for thousands of years, and it is still difficult for a mere hundred years It's exhausted! If even young people don't worship heroes anymore, that would be the tragedy of Dingxi."

He smiled and said: "In fact, when I was young, I was just like you. I admired Emperor Taizu very much. But at that time I was just a small official, and I thought about problems from a different angle. The county prince is no longer a poor man. In his position If you want to find a way to govern, you should also think about it from a different angle."

Lai San said unconvinced: "No matter how you change, you can't say that Emperor Taizu is not a hero, can you? Master Chen, I admit that you are indeed very powerful, but you are always inferior to Emperor Taizu. Are you not convinced? ?"

"Naturally I am convinced." Chen Dinglei looked at him and smiled slightly, "It's just that after thinking about it for half a lifetime, I realized that the most convincing thing about Taizu is not courage, but the invisible means of killing people! After the founding of the country, he treated himself The arrogant and powerful generals under him have repeatedly restrained, so that the brave generals who founded the country in Daxing have gradually withered away, but I have two generals in Dingxi, who were sealed by him as hereditary generals, and he clearly decreed that the military power in Dingxi is only in the hands of the two generals. The imperial court will never send military officers to Dingxi! So the two generals have always led troops to defend the prince, and they have become the powerful protection and help of the prince, and they have survived to this day."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Lai San said, "Then why did you get involved with killing invisible?" He thought to himself, if it wasn't for Taizu's letter, he wouldn't be able to pick up the advantage of today's Zhiguo Duwei.

"Everyone thought it was a good thing. Emperor Taizu named Dingxi king, and named two generals Zhiguo and Yongyi. Everyone thought it was Taizu's preference for Dingxi. This is Emperor Taizu's way of showing that he has no doubts. The thoughts of King Dingxi. It was like this back then, but today, the situation has become so corrupt, but there are still many people who think like you." Chen Dinglei sighed.

"Isn't it?" Lai San asked, "It's obviously a preference. You can't let someone give you a pig, but you say that he has bad intentions and plans to fatten you to death."

Chen Dinglei glanced at him sideways, and said: "The two generals have made great contributions, and the imperial court personally rewarded them, so they are naturally superior. At that time, that's all. But this decree is hereditary, which means that in the future, Dingxi's military power can only be obtained through courage and perseverance. In the hands of the descendants of the two generals, others cannot get their hands on it. General Zhiguo, General Zhiguo, is a talented general, so are their descendants all talented generals?" He said and glanced at Lai San.

"Oh...that's a problem." Lai San thought for a while, and naturally he didn't need to say anything. He just said Captain Yongyi. He met him once. He was so fat that he couldn't ride a horse. He did what Mu Yanling said. Has no idea of ​​its own at all.Really let him lead the army, the consequences do not need to be described.

"It's fine for the generals to pay back, and the same for soldiers. The hereditary until now, there are only sixth-rank official positions left. According to the will, they are still in charge of military power. The highest officer of a general is a sixth-rank, and he is also a sixth-rank in his life, so he cannot be promoted. Naturally, he doesn't have to do things well! The rest of the people can't surpass him no matter how great their contributions are, they can only be insignificant officials! I only found out last night that Jing Chi came from a family of generals, and he was loyal to me in Dingxi, and made a lot of promises You have made countless contributions, but you can only get a regular post. Think about it for yourself, Duke, how many people are willing to join the army and fight if there is no future like joining the army?"

Chen Dinglei frowned and sighed: "The weaker the general, the lighter the soldiers. The warriors are also more and more despised by others. Even a few talents left Dingxi to find another way of development. What Taizu feared most was The outstanding combat power of the Dingxi Army, now he has only used two titles, without him dispatching a single cent, he has wiped out the soul of my warriors in Dingxi! The region of Dingxi is extremely cold, and barbarians live together. So far there have been constant swords and soldiers. This makes me Ding Xierlang all brave and brave. Originally, the combat power was the best in the world. Twenty thousand light cavalry can fight all over the world. No one can stop it! Now you look at it, the people are lazy and like luxury. Who has someone Joining the army means that if someone didn't cultivate in the previous life and is incompetent in this life, no one will look down on him, what a pity! I only regret that I was not born a hundred years earlier, and it is really a great pity in this life to see the heroic appearance of Dingxi Wu!"

Lai San was tongue-tied and didn't know what to say. He never thought that there was such a trick. What kind of hero is Daxing Taizu? He is clearly a hero in the play!Even if he was killed, he would not be able to think of such a way. After all, he would not have the patience to plan a conspiracy for 200 years, even if he could figure it out.

"To Captain Guo! What do you think of this matter?"

"Me?" Lai San was taken aback, "Master Chen's words are justified, but the Emperor Taizu of Daxing is really cunning!"

Chen Dinglei frowned: "Your Majesty, I'm asking you! Would you like to see the soul of my Dingxi Wu people?"

Lai San smiled and said: "Seeing the soul is not haunted..." His words were choked back in his throat by the knife-like gaze on the other side. Chen Dinglei is good at everything, but he can't take jokes!He quickly withdrew his hippie smile and said, "Yes! I am very willing! May I, Dingxi General... be victorious in all battles and invincible in the world!"

"Okay! I'll leave it all to you!" Chen Dinglei looked at him eagerly, "This old man is a civil official, and the civil and military authority in Dingxi is clearly defined. I only have the right to know, but I can't interfere in military affairs at all. His bad habits have been accumulated for a long time, and now with the words of the county magistrate, I..." His voice was a little choked, and he took a deep breath before he said, "The magistrate has the official position of Zhiguo Duwei, and he has the orthodox name of the Yue clan. , if necessary, although Chen does not form cronies, there are some like-minded people who are willing to advance and retreat with the county public!"

It's not that he doesn't know what's good and what's wrong. An official like Chen Dinglei is what all the ordinary people hope for. He is too big an official and too far away from the people.If he is just a county magistrate, it is estimated that the people will be willing to do everything for him!If possible, Lai San is also willing to do everything within his power for him, but the current situation is not as simple as he thought...

So he had no choice but to laugh and say: "Master Chen! These things can't be done in a day or two. Anyway, they have been sown for more than 100 years. Whatever it is, let's talk about it after the New Year!"

Chen Dinglei looked at him with an unspeakable strangeness in his eyes, and after a long time he said: "Does the Duke not believe me?" Lai San felt guilty and did not dare to look back at him, and said in his mouth: "I believe it, of course I believe it." "Even if you don't serve the country or the people, a man should have the desire to do a great career." Chen Dinglei said in a deep voice, "Could it be that the Duke of the county is willing to shelter under Mu Yanling's family for the rest of his life? Has it been done? Don’t you want God’s will to be proud of you? Is the splendor and wealth that Mu Yanling sent you is what the Duke really wants?”

(End of this chapter)