A Thousand Hills

Chapter 301

Jingjiang has fallen, and the entire Jiangnan war has come to an end, but in fact, there are still many places in Huguang that have not been recovered, such as Jingxiang, an important military town through the ages. These two places are easy to defend but difficult to achieve. The man stationed there is Jingjiang general Lin Fan, uncle and nephew Lin Yi.The five princes took down Jingjiang, and the merit of Jingxiang really spoiled everyone in the imperial capital.Everyone said, not for anyone else, but for a good year, our army is all together, not afraid that Lin's uncle and nephew will not surrender.

However, Emperor Mu Yuan probably learned enough lessons from the prince's random command at the time. He insisted on a word, "The affairs of the south of the Yangtze River are decided by the King of Fujian." sent troops.

Xie Moru's comment on this is: Emperor Mu Yuan is not stupid, sending troops from the imperial capital, how much money the army spends on chewing in a day, obviously the army in the south of the Yangtze River does not use it, and instead uses the imperial capital army, Emperor Mu Yuan is not brain-deficient.

There are still people in the DPRK talking about the matter of Jingxiang, the south of the Yangtze River has once again received good news, and Huguang has been fully recovered. Of course, this includes the two places of Jingxiang that the DPRK and China are deeply concerned about.

At this point, the entire Jiangnan land returned to the embrace of the old Mu's family.

With the news of this victory, Peng Dalang and Li Jiujiang became famous in the imperial capital. Peng Dalang was originally a brave warrior.However, compared with Peng Dalang's military exploits, the massacre of the city is nothing short of flawed.Unlike Peng Dalang, who was famous in the imperial capital for his military exploits, Li Jiujiang has always been a celebrity in the imperial capital. At the beginning, his reputation was as bad as fresh shit. He was cleansed, and gained fame. After that, Li Jiujiang helped Jiang Beiling to build the library, but compared to the Bagua world or Fengyun world in the entire imperial capital, Li Jiujiang was already quiet.Then Li Jiujiang followed the fifth prince to the feudal domain. By the way, after the Fujian war, the fifth prince asked for credit for him, and the imperial court granted him a second-rank idle position, so he was still an insignificant figure.This time, Li Jiujiang's reputation in the imperial capital became brighter again, without him, besides assisting Peng Dalang in the war, Li Jiujiang did something worthy of being famous in history. Peng Dalang's battle in Huguang was not smooth, but, Due to Zhao Bin's lack of IQ, he fell into Liu Fufeng's tricks. After Liu Fufeng defeated Zhao Bin in the main battlefield, he directly suppressed the army and trapped Jingjiang City. King Jingjiang committed suicide, dozens of descendants were captured alive, and Jingjiang City surrendered. As for the matter, Liu Fufeng's fast-paced and quick-wittedness is completely different from his style of fighting with Feng Feiyu in the south of the Yangtze River.In other words, when Jingjiang surrendered, Peng Dalang also attacked Jingzhou, but Jingzhou had enough soldiers and food, and the city was fortified, and the person stationed in Jingzhou was Lin Yi, the nephew of General Lin Fan, the King of Jingjiang's beloved general.Peng Dalang besieged Jingzhou for more than a month, but failed to capture Jingzhou City.At this time, news of Jingjiang's surrender came. With the letter of approval, Li Jiujiang discussed with Peng Dalang that he should stop fighting and go to Jingzhou to persuade him to surrender.This persuasion, if you don't persuade, Lin Yi doesn't believe it. Besides, even if he believes, there are loyal ministers and good generals in this world. There have been many cases of the lord surrendering and the ministers still sticking to it since ancient times.He didn't persuade Lin Yi, and Li Jiujiang wasn't discouraged. He didn't continue to fight, but turned around and took hundreds of guards to Xiangyang City. Lin Yi's uncle, General Lin Fan, was in charge of Xiangyang City.

Li Jiujiang didn't persuade Lin Yi, but he persuaded Lin Fan to surrender.As soon as Lin Fan surrendered, Lin Yi did not die. As a result, the two ancient towns surrendered without bloodshed, and the entire Huguang was recovered.

Huguang's victory can be called the icing on the cake. Even Emperor Mu Yuan, who is a little narrow-minded because of Li Jiujiang's background, laughed and praised, "Peng Dalang is really my good general, and Jiujiang is also wise and brave." At the age of [-], he regained his normal mental outlook, which was slightly older than his peers due to the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River.

This kind of real credit is almost impossible for someone not to be famous.

In particular, both of them are unmarried.

Xiao Tang began to talk about gossip about the imperial capital with Princess Xie, "Now the imperial capital has judged the top ten golden bachelors, and Master Jiujiang ranks first."

Because the fifth prince was about to return to court, Xie Moru was in a good mood, so he was a little curious and asked, "How do you judge this?"

"Those who are over 25 years old and unmarried are quite well-known in the imperial capital, so they are excluded in this way."

Xie Moru smiled, "Who arranged this?"

Xiao Tang was very honored, "I'm in the row with the third son." Xiao Tang's grandnephew, Xiao Tang, was Shiro's companion, but among the six doctors in the Prince of Fujian's mansion, it was not Shiro who fell in love with Xiao Tang the most, but he liked to gossip everywhere. Saburo, both of them love to whisper about others in private.

Xie Moru said, "Your mouth..." He couldn't help asking, "Are there so many unmarried men in the emperor?"

"Not only men, but also women, like Miss Jiang, who is still unmarried." Xiao Tang said, "Besides, we are not limited to the imperial capital. As long as the reputation is big enough and the imperial capital is famous, we can be selected. In fact, regardless of age My master is not number one. The oldest one is the prefect Zhu of Min'an Prefecture. Now I heard that he has been promoted to governor. He is older than my master. But I thought, this is not me and my master. If you are familiar with me, let my master be ranked first. Miss Jiang is ranked second. Isn’t Miss Jiang familiar with your empress? She is a woman, so I have to take care of her in the ranking. Let Master Zhu be ranked second. The third place, and your mother's family brother, Xie Yuan Xie lord is ranked fourth... If it weren't for Li Yu and Uncle Li who had become a relative, he would also be a popular candidate..." Xiao Tang said exceptionally Pity.

Xie Moru was amused and asked, "Who else is there?"

"Feng Feiyu, the former Marshal of Jingjiang, is also at his age. He barely ranks fifth. The overseas ruler of the world, I heard that he is also very vicissitudes of life. According to rumors, he may be older than Lord Zhu, and I have never heard that he has a queen. In terms of strength, he is the strongest, but he is overseas, and he is suspected of being a pirate, and he is too mysterious to be well understood, so he is ranked sixth. There is also a dog-headed military adviser beside Feng Feiyu, who is listed with Feng Feiyu all over the country. His name is Shang Yue, and he is not young, so he is ranked seventh. Duan Sihai's dog-legged Ning Zhiyuan is ranked eighth. Then there is my master's proud closed disciple Ouyang Junior Martial Uncle, who is ranked ninth."

It was rare for Xie Moru to listen to the gossip with gusto, and said to Xiao Tang, "Mr. Beiling, too, when he accepted Jiujiang as his disciple, he said he was a closed disciple. After so many years, why did he close the door again?"

Xiao Tang smirked, "I heard from Venerable Wenxiu that my ancestor closed the door 30 years ago. He often did this. He thought it was good to accept a disciple, so he said, alas, this is a closed disciple. After a few years, if you meet a good one again, you will open the door and close it again. It’s human nature to like the new and dislike the old.”

Xie Moru was amused and asked again, "Who is the tenth?"

Xiao Tang scratched his head in embarrassment, "I think this list is full of talented people. Since I'm not married yet, I'll rank myself tenth for the time being, and follow Guanghui for a while."

Xie Moru made Xiao Tang laugh out loud.

Xiao Tang laughed so embarrassingly, he widened his cat eyes and said, "What's so funny about this, who doesn't stipulate that you can't recommend yourself. The third son also wants to be on the list, but he's only [-] this year. The reason for being on the list. However, I have discussed with the third son, and I will make a list of the top ten most popular son-in-laws in the imperial capital in the future, and he must be included in the list."

Xie Moru risked drinking tea, and said for a long time, "Then Feng Feiyu and Shang Yue are also war criminals, how can they be selected?"

"I heard from the third son that His Majesty once praised Feng Feiyu for being extraordinary. Whether he is a war criminal or not, he is also considered a man of the hour, so he is included in the list."

Xie Moru laughed for a while, and said to Xiao Tang, "This time Mr. Tang returns to the court, it is estimated that he will arrange your marriage."

Xiao Tang said, "But I'm dying of anxiety."

Xie Moru had another laugh, Xiaotang just said whatever he wanted, it was very interesting.

Talking about gossip with Xiao Tang, Xie Moru heard the wind in the court, and the fourth concubine came over and said to Xie Moru, "Listen to our Highness, my father received the Huguang victory report today, and I am so happy. Father The imperial order and the cabinet decreed that His Highness the Fifth Highness should return to the court on a half-frame imperial carriage."

Xie Moru smiled slightly, "Your Majesty's grace."

The fourth prince said, "Yes, my father can also come back together."

Xie Moru comforted the fourth prince and concubine, "Sister-in-law and Mrs. Nan'an can finally rest assured."

The fourth concubine looked gratefully at Xie Moru and said, "I won't say polite words."

"Let's talk outside the box."

The fourth prince and concubine smiled, the polite words were not outsiders, it was just that the fifth prince was very grateful to the Marquis of Nan'an for his kindness.It's not easy for my father. I have been hiding my name for several years and dare not return to the imperial capital. I have to make contributions before I can return to the court. Isn't it because my father's end was all given by the crown prince.The fourth concubine understands her father's choice very well. If she returns without success, how can a mere courtier distinguish right from wrong with the crown prince of a country? Even though they are from the empress dowager's family, as long as Emperor Mu Yuan doesn't have the heart to change the crown, they will probably be Maintain the dignity of the prince.What's more, there is also the responsibility for the loss of Jiangnan. Wu Guogong is dead, who will bear this responsibility, my father, the former Jiangnan governor, can't escape.Only by making military exploits in the south of the Yangtze River now and returning to the court at this time can we preserve our dignity.

How can the fourth prince's concubine be grateful to the fifth prince's mansion? The fifth prince is simply the benefactor of her mother's family.

The fourth concubine said about the marriage of the children at home, "We will be mothers-in-law in a blink of an eye." I inquired again about the specifications of Xie Moru's congratulatory gift to the grandson. They are all feudal palaces, and the congratulatory gifts should still be of the same standard. It's better, if one is thicker and the other is thinner, it's a joke.

There is another good news in the south of the Yangtze River. In addition to the increasingly lively Mansion of the Five Princes, another place to celebrate is the mansion of Princess Wenkang. Not for anyone else. Although Li Jiujiang is a concubine, he is also surnamed Li. Jiujiang has made great contributions to the court, which is the dignity of the entire Yong'an Hou Mansion.What's more, Li Yu, the son of Princess Wenkang, has more credit for capturing Jingjiang's descendants alive. Even the Marquis of Yong'an, he has quite a record in the battle of defending the imperial capital, but isn't he still stationed in Yudi now?Even if Marquis Yong'an is not at home, everyone should also congratulate Princess Wenkang. They all say that Princess Wenkang is a good teacher.

The rules are like this, even if the concubine is a concubine, he must recognize his aunt as his mother. Even if the concubine is successful and has an official position, if he asks his mother for a title, he is also a concubine for his aunt, not his biological mother.Like Li Jiujiang, of course, Li Jiujiang's biological mother died early, and Princess Wenkang is not short of orders, so there is no such problem.But this also shows the truth that the concubine and the aunt are one. For example, when Li Jiujiang's reputation was ruined, although no one dared to offend Princess Wenkang, it is not that no one privately discussed that Li Jiujiang's reputation as a child was related to Princess Wenkang.Now that Li Jiujiang is famous, people will also say, princess, you have taught your children well.Although such praise made Princess Wenkang not very fond of hearing it, Li Xuan was known for his good temper, and he was the next patriarch of the Li family. Li Xuan was very happy for his brother's achievements.

No, at the tea party in the Fifth Prince's Mansion, some people talked about the Li family and praised the youngsters of the Li family for their promise.Indeed, the fourth son of Marquis Yong'an, the eldest son Li Jiujiang, the second son Li Xuan, the third son Li Yu, the fourth son Li Qiong, and Li Jiujiang Li Yu are all men with military exploits. He has always acted cautiously and was relied on by Emperor Mu Yuan.Even Li Qiong, no more than the three elder brothers, nor a playboy, honestly works for the court.Such a family is a sign of prosperity at first glance, and it has the face of Princess Wenkang, so everyone praises it.Her husband's family is promising, Princess Changtai is naturally happy, she smiled and said modestly, "It's also time to catch up with the court's servants." Princess Changtai has always been a man, and said, "Our family, except for the fifth and sixth younger siblings, are civil servants. Family background, the rest are military officers’ families, not to mention others, in the Jiangnan War, every family had children who participated in the battle, and they were all loyal to the country.” This is actually very fair, a war involves hundreds of thousands of troops, big and small. There are also thousands of generals.Everyone felt that the Li family's children were promising because of the outstanding military exploits made by the Li family's children in this battle.But in fact, there are more generals, their military exploits are not as dazzling as the Li brothers, and many of them died directly on the battlefield.Even the Wu family, the princess's natal family, also had many children from the family participating in the war.

Speaking of the war in the south of the Yangtze River, the eldest prince and concubine said, "Now I am looking forward to the army's return to court."

Everyone said yes, the return of the army meant that all the war lists would be announced, how many people died in battle, how many people made contributions, and how many people could be reunited with husband and wife.For a while, many people had complicated emotions.It was still the fourth princess who said a few words to adjust the atmosphere. She said to Princess Changtai, "Speaking of which, Mr. Li is very popular in the imperial capital now. Many people have inquired about Mr. Li's marriage. Does the second sister know?"

Princess Changtai laughed, "How can I not know this? Many people asked about the son-in-law, and the son-in-law hoped that he would get married soon, but I don't know what he thinks?" After all, Li Jiujiang is not young and has military exploits. There must be a reward when returning to the court. With such age and power, his marriage is no longer the decision of his parents. He will not interfere at all, and let Li Jiujiang make the decision himself.

The third concubine heard the subtext of Princess Changtai, changed the subject tactfully, and said with a smile, "Not only is Mr. Li the hottest one, but that General Peng, I heard that he is not young enough to be a weak crown, and he is even a young talent." Although the big family is afraid that they will not He was willing to give up the daughters of the first line, but Peng Dalang's military achievements were enough to make the hearts of the big families, and there were plenty of daughters of the collateral lines.

At this time, the courage of the princesses and concubines was shown to be extraordinary. The censors of the imperial court wanted to complain about Peng Dalang's massacre of the city. When the women talked about Peng Dalang, they didn't have the slightest concern. The eldest princess said, "This General Peng Strange, I have never heard of this person before, I don't know where it came from?"

The fourth concubine looked at Xie Moru with a smile, "I haven't heard of it either."

Xie Moru knew about it, because every time the fifth prince delivered good news, he would include a private message.Xie Moru said, "His Royal Highness said, this General Peng is also a poor man, he was originally the son of a Juren family in a small county under the Shaozhou prefecture, because he was sick when he was young, he was rescued by a Taoist priest in Qingcheng Mountain, in order to improve his health , and went to Qingcheng Mountain to practice martial arts with the Taoist priest. Seeing that his body was getting better, he received a letter from his family to make a marriage, and he was about to go down the mountain to get married. However, there was a war in the south of the Yangtze River. Originally, the Peng family was fine, but later, The county magistrate sent by Jingjiang was an idiot. Didn’t the territory occupied by Jingjiang distribute the fields of many wealthy households to the common people at that time? The connection with the imperial court is the secret work of the imperial court, and many wealthy gentry were killed because of this. The Peng family is a small family, and the connection with the imperial court is nothing more than the county magistrate's eagerness to make contributions and the uneasy kindness of reporting. Therefore, More than a dozen members of the Peng family were killed. After Peng Dalang returned home, there was no one in the family. He had learned martial arts, so how could he not avenge such a great revenge. He went to avenge, even though he killed the county magistrate and the person who reported , but was also injured by the garrison in the city, but later he was killed and fled into the mountains, where he met the Marquis of Nan'an who was recuperating."

This life experience is rough enough.The women sighed after hearing this, saying that it was not easy for Peng Dalang.

The tea party ended, and the princes, concubines and princesses bid farewell and left one after another.The fourth concubine, who was the last to leave in the past, now mentioned the matter of Marquis Nan'an being poisoned and recuperated. The fourth concubine couldn't help but miss her father very much. When she went back, she planned to discuss with her husband first. Body.Therefore, the fourth prince and concubine also informed early.The sixth concubine took a step back and wanted to inquire about the Tang family with Xie Moru.At the beginning when Xiaotang's marriage was arranged, her natal family was willing. Who knew that Jiangnan had been fighting for so long and dragged her younger sister into a 19-year-old leftover girl. The Sixth Princess was very anxious for her younger sister. Mo Ru said, "If His Highness Fifth can come back a year ago, it will happen to be a reunion year with his sister-in-law and nephews."

Xie Moru smiled, "Yes, ever since I heard the letter, the children have never stopped talking about their father."

Speaking of the children in the Fifth Prince's Mansion, the Sixth Prince's Concubine also likes them very much. There are also a few concubines in her family. The Sixth Prince's Concubine is not mean to the mother-in-law, and she takes care of the children with care, but somehow, it is not as good as the Fifth Prince's. The prince's family is attractive.Of course, the sixth concubine especially likes only one, Erlang.Thinking of Erlang, the sixth concubine was not in a hurry for her younger sister's marriage, and said, "When Erlang comes back, ask him to come to my place, and I have researched a good dish for him to try." The sixth concubine's life is a little plump , the best hobby in life is to study all kinds of delicacies, alas, Tong Erlang is simply a friend who forgets the years.

Xie Moru frowned, "He needs to know, he might have to go there this afternoon."

The sixth prince said, "I just like a child like Erlang who is open-minded and has a good temper. Anyone who sees him will like him."

Xie Moru smiled, "Erlang and you are very close, you are like mothers and daughters."

The sixth princess said, "Even if I give birth to a child myself, I'm afraid I wouldn't be so happy." There is no such intimate friend as she and Erlang between mother and child in the world.

Xie Moru laughed straight, the sixth concubine is a person who understands the joys of life, not only in food, clothing, housing and transportation, the six concubine is very aesthetic, and the sixth concubine is not the kind of person who waits for romance, in fact, except Regarding the requirements for the quality of life, the director of the housekeeper of the sixth prince is also very good at it.Such a smart woman, Xie Moru doesn't mind that Erlang has more contact with the sixth prince and concubine, Erlang's biological mother, Mrs. Xu, looks a little demanding of Erlang when the child grows up.Xu was born in a scholarly family, and he was obsessed with his studies, while Erlang was a slow-tempered person since he was a child, and he annoyed his biological mother, Xu.Although he was not as good as his elder brother in his studies, and he was not at the bottom of the crane, Erlang was very satisfied with his grades, and often bothered Mrs. Xu, so he went to the Sixth Prince's residence to talk to Sixth Aunt.Among all the uncles and aunts, Erlang is also the most attached to the sixth aunt.

Xie Mo was as happy as the sixth concubine was talking, when there was Xiao Tang asking to see him outside, Xie Mo Ru ordered the maid to call Xiao Tang in.

Xiao Tang is here to report to Princess Xie. Xiao Tang is an inquisitive person. He is always well-informed about any news from the emperor. Seeing that the sixth prince and concubine is here, Xiao Tang is hard to say. Xie Moru said, "The sixth prince and concubine I'm not an outsider, just tell me what's going on."

The sixth concubine is not blind. Seeing Xiaotang's hesitation and hesitation, she wanted to leave because she thought it was an official business. The younger sister's marriage was not in a hurry, but she heard Xie Mo's words, but the sixth concubine was not good. moved, but also felt that Xie Moru was treating her close.Xiao Tang then said, and said, "That's right, there was a crab in soy sauce from the kitchen yesterday that tasted pretty good. I tasted it well, thinking that the old man also loves it, so I ordered two jars and planned to give it to you today." The master sent it. I went here, saw his old man once, and had lunch with his old man..." Although Xiao Tang was well informed, he had a problem, his mouth was a bit broken, and he rambled on for half a day before he said anything. On topic, "Master also praised the quality of the crab sauce in our house. I said it was the sauce recipe of the elder sister (note: the elder sister here refers to the sixth prince concubine). , I went to Wendaotang to see those nerds. I didn’t want to hear the big news that our Highness found the Jade Seal of Chuanguo that had been lost for hundreds of years in the treasury of King Jingjiang in the south of the Yangtze River. I don’t know if it’s true or not. I thought, Yuxi is not a trivial matter, so I hurried back and told the empress."

The sixth concubine was dumbfounded when she heard this, but she felt in her heart that although the third sister's wife was a little out of touch, she still knew the seriousness. Indeed, passing on the national jade seal is not a trivial matter.There are such rumors about the fifth prince before he comes back, it's not a trivial matter!What's more, if this is true, it will be icing on the cake.The sixth prince and concubine is also a person who has read history books thoroughly. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial jade seal has disappeared, and her whereabouts have been unknown since then.This thing is simply the Achilles' heel of the emperors of all dynasties. Anyone who can find it can immediately make a big fuss about me being the real son of heaven.But, what if this matter is false, if someone fabricated a rumor, and even the five princes returned to the emperor, they could not hand over the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, what would happen?

Of course, the fact that the sixth concubine can relate to this point shows that the sixth concubine's political quality is also very good.

The sixth prince and concubine were a little anxious for Xie Moru, but Xie Moru was not surprised when she heard that, she said to the sixth prince and concubine, "I expected that there must be something happening in the near future, and it really is."

(End of this chapter)