Concubine Tang through space

Chapter 33

Li Shimin had no objection to Su Lin's going out. After hearing Su Lin's plan, he ordered Li Heying to pick out four ordinary soldiers from the Xuanjia Army without raising his head, and then continued to concentrate on dealing with the things on the desk in front of him. piles of information.

After leaving the door of the study, Li Heying led Su Lin to the manager of the villa to buy a set of ordinary skirts and four sets of ordinary guard outfits, and carefully ordered four soldiers who looked more stable to change into the guard uniforms. , and selected a small steward from the servants of the villa who often ran back and forth between the county town and the villa and had a better understanding of the situation in Linfen County to be Su Lin's guide.

There are not too many people on the streets of Linfen County. After entering the city gate, there are probably only twenty or thirty pedestrians in sight on the wide and long main road of the county. It is not at all the bustling and bustling on the TV in the previous life. The voices of some individuals yelled and yelled, and the corners of Su Lin's mouth twitched. She suppressed the depression in her heart because she was looking forward to the prosperity of the ancient county and seeing the purity of the ancient county, so she followed the little manager to the commercial street. The people here are relatively backbone There are more roads, but not much. In Su Lin's opinion, there are very few small stalls on the street, and there is only one every 20 meters. Most of the goods sold are rough daily necessities, coarse socks Handkerchiefs, sackcloth, shoes, boots, firewood, etc., the doors of all kinds of shops are basically open, but the quality of the things inside is not to mention exquisite and high-quality, but the quantity is not large. The little steward asked the medical center and pharmacy here, and began to inquire in detail about the prices of some precious medicinal materials on the three elixir prescriptions in her hand.

The results obtained are a bit depressing. The hundred-year-old bear gall and hundred-year-old snake gall that are used in the three recipes cost about 5000 taels of silver, and the better-quality ones cost at least tens of thousands of silver. Those who can get the medicinal materials, according to the introduction of several pharmacies, if she wants these relatively rare medicinal materials, she has to pay a deposit first, and ask the pharmacy to disclose the news to the hunters with a radius of about a hundred miles, and wait for the hunters to hunt these things. After giving it to the pharmacy, she will get the medicinal materials after paying the rest of the money.

In addition, the century-old ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, and Polygonum multiflorum needed in the pill prescriptions are not rare, but they are also relatively precious, but they can be obtained immediately, and the price is relatively cheap, but these medicinal materials of ordinary quality cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. A single piece of good quality can also cost tens of thousands of silver.

The money that the predecessor brought from the Su Mansion to the Wang Mansion has long been used up. The monthly salary she received from the Wang Mansion plus the property that the Changsun family gave her when she gave birth and the last time because of martial arts, excluding the bond of slavery, land and other items, money There are a total of more than 5 taels of gold, which is more than 50 taels when converted into silver. You can buy more than a dozen pairs of the medicinal materials on the Guyuan Dan prescription, which does not require rare medicinal materials such as bear gall and tiger marrow, but only ordinary precious herbs. When buying a panacea or a detoxification pill, there are not enough materials for a pair of pills.

Su Lin, who was immersed in calculating the cost of refining medicine, did not notice that when she left the second pharmacy, the young peddler who was setting up a wood carving jewelry stall next to the pharmacy saw excitement and surprise in his eyes, and wrote a letter to the opposite stall for a moment. The Mr. in rough clothes gave him a wink to follow Su Lin and her group who were walking towards another street. The young guy left the fruit stand and ran all the way along this street to the restaurant in the backyard of a restaurant at the end of the street. In front of the study door, Kung Fu Knocked on the door after he had adjusted his breath. He opened the door and quickly entered the room after hearing the answer. He said excitedly to the young man sitting by the desk in the room: "General, I saw the young master." !"

The young man who was copying the account book raised his head to look at the young man in surprise, put down the brush, sat up straight, and said, "Xiao Liu, who do you think you saw?"

"Little Lord!"

"you sure?"

Hearing the disbelief in the young man's tone, Xiao Liu hastily swore with three fingers and swore, "General, I grew up with the young master when I was young. Since the young master went to the capital at the age of six, The brothers look at the latest portrait of the young master every year, engraving the young master's appearance into their minds, how can they admit their mistakes!"

The young man frowned, folded his hands on the desk and leaned forward, let out a long breath after a while of meditation, shook his head and said: "No, the young master and the adoptive mother are in the capital except for a few roads near where they live. I have never been to places a little farther down the street, and it is said that after marrying the Queen of Qin the year before last, it is said that she never left the palace, and she has never even met her stepmother, so how could she be in Linfen County?" What's more, according to the information he got from the Turks According to the news, the highest-ranking officials in Jinzhou have betrayed Tang Li's family and joined Liu Wuzhou. King Qin may lead his troops to recover the lost land of Tang Li's family after receiving the news, but his family has absolutely no reason to appear in this place.

No matter how Xiao Liu thought about it, he felt that the girl who looked calm and ran away while walking was his young master, and said for a moment: "Why don't you go and see? What if it's the young master? Don't you want to see her for a long time?" ?”

Hearing the words, the young man thought about it seriously. He was an orphan. He was adopted by the old lady of the Su family as soon as he could remember. He recognized Su Hai, the young master of the Su family at that time, as her adoptive father. At that time, the world was unstable and ordinary people could eat a full meal. What is rare is that the Su family is a big family with money but no power. They were desperately exploited by some local officials. In just five years, they couldn't even keep their ancestral house. The hospital moved to a small room in a slum area. Mrs. Su and Mr. Su died of illness one after another. According to Mrs. Su’s instructions, his adoptive father Su Hai took out half of the family’s savings, which is four taels of silver, as a dowry gift. , married a poor neighbor girl as his wife, who is his current adoptive mother, Mrs. Su. The title deed of the small dark room was handed over to the step-mother and he joined the army. The step-mother took him to find a job in an increasingly chaotic world and did not see his step-father for four years. When they were the poorest, the two often drank With cold water to fill his stomach, he can live a moment longer. Then his mother-in-law can throw him away or sell him to relieve the pressure of life. Even though he is very sensible and works hard to do everything he can, but he still Not the child of the adoptive mother and adoptive father, not even the blood of the Su family, his strength and ability are completely insufficient to support himself, and he must rely on the rations earned by the adoptive mother's hard work to survive.

When he saw many poor neighbors abandoning their parents and daughters directly or selling them to such unbearable places, he had nothing but gratitude in his heart.

When he was 11 years old, he obtained the official position to be the captain of the eighth-rank Xuanjie, the adoptive father of the centurion. A spacious two-entry courtyard for him and his adoptive mother to live in. This time the adoptive father stayed at home for a month, and the adoptive mother successfully conceived, and the child born was the young master of all the orphans adopted by the latter , Su Lin.

When his adoptive father left, he asked him if he would like to stay with his adoptive mother to live a slightly more peaceful and ordinary life, and learn from his adoptive father the skills that a man should know in a troubled world. He chose to be with his adoptive father without hesitation. Go, in the army, the life he lived with his adoptive father was even more difficult. Fighting on the battlefield was completely a life-for-life exchange. Fortunately, he was personally taught and protected by his adoptive father along the way. When he was not on the battlefield, he worked hard to learn to read and write. , Practice the way of killing the enemy in the army, and learn the key points of leading the army that the foster father figured out from his blood and sweat.

When he was 13 years old, his adoptive father spent a huge amount of silver to bribe their military management at that time, and was promoted from the seventh-rank deputy lieutenant Yihui to lead 300 people. He was picked out from the army, so he returned to his adoptive mother as an 'unfamiliar neighbor', and began to let him adopt some orphans who could not find a family like him, but this time the foster father wanted to adopt nothing Babies who don’t even know about it, but children, teenagers, and girls who are already relatively sensible between the ages of seven and 11, and people are arranged to teach these children to read, read, and practice martial arts.

As the foster father's military exploits became more important and his official position higher, and he earned more and more money through various channels, the number of orphans he adopted and taught and sent to his foster father for training also increased. Because the five people's talents and aptitudes in all aspects are superior to other orphans, they were arranged by the adoptive father to contact Su Lin.

He was 17 years old, his adoptive father was promoted to a fifth-rank General Dingyuan, who could lead 200 soldiers, and the wealth in his hands had reached a certain level, so he sent his adoptive mother and Su Lin to the imperial capital Chang'an to settle down. He was sent to a county near Liupan Mountain in Yuanzhou, Ningxia, along with fifty teenagers who had experienced a little bit of experience in the army and more than [-] children who were still in education. The local government ordered him to use the common people, thieves, and bandits within a radius of three hundred miles as the basis, and to establish their own army forces in Liupan Mountain in the name of "small bandits".

Supported by the weapons, money, and ways provided by his adoptive father, he formed an army of 200 in four years. He exercised every day, and from time to time he arranged a team of 600 people to challenge or eliminate some nearby bandits and bandits. The meaning of my father has always been very careful to ensure that the number of "Liupanshan robbers" to the outside world ranges from 1000 to 2 people, and it is strictly forbidden for these [-] people to pass on news about the Liupanshan robbers to prevent the court or Several forces stronger than them came to force them to stand in line and recruit them before they came out of the mountain.

The situation in the Central Plains became more and more severe, unpredictable and complicated. Every time he got news in those years, he would devote more energy and enthusiasm to military training. Under the arrangement of his adoptive father, he selected nearly 2000 people to fight in Turkic and other places. In the camp of the Fang faction, 62 people have succeeded and survived so far. Without the order of the foster father, they arranged for people to infiltrate the small forces of all parties with a radius of six to seven hundred miles in Liupan Mountain, and slowly control them. The forces around here only hope that one day they will be able to stand on the world chessboard by the side of their adoptive father.

He never thought that his adoptive father would die in the war against the anti-Sui forces. After he got the news, he repeatedly confirmed it several times, and then went to Chang'an to find his adoptive mother who was seriously ill. When he got the answer, his adoptive mother asked him again. Make a choice, whether to stand on your own or continue to serve the Su family.

At that time, he chose to continue to serve the Su family without hesitation. Even though there was only one woman left in the Su family who was not very talented or good-natured, he made an agreement with his adoptive mother that she would give him a set of clothes and clothes every March. An instant portrait of Su Lin. If he accepts it, it means that he will continue to serve the Su family for the next year and is ready to carry out the orders of his stepmother or Su Lin. If he refuses the clothes, it means that he will stand on his own and have nothing to do with the Su family. relation.

Since then, for five years, he has accepted the clothes and Su Lin's portrait sent by his adoptive mother every year, and has never regretted it. But without the guidance and command of his adoptive father, he has not acted casually according to his adoptive mother's instructions in the past five years. Only dedicated to training the existing soldiers and sharply reducing the number of new recruits. While almost completely dormant, he also suppressed the turmoil, resistance or rebellion of some people who once served as soldiers under the foster father with him and were brought by the foster father. , I have been suffering in my heart.

He yearned for the glory after leading soldiers to fight, yearned for the ability to seal his wife and son, and yearned for one day he might be able to stand at the top. Even if he failed, he had tried his best to live vigorously as a man, and he had no complaints or regrets.

This year, his 26th birthday has passed. If he continues to stay dormant for two or three years or longer, he feels that this will be the end of his life. The best ending will probably be the same as Uncle Meng Qian, the former confidant of his foster father. , betrayed the army to the current imperial court and completely joined Tang Li's family to seek a family background and pave the way for his wife and son. From then on, life and death are in the hands of others, so he was thinking about meeting Su Lin last year and this year, to see for himself Take a look at Su Lin's condition and current character knowledge, and ask his young master's long-term plans for the future.

If Su Lin is only willing to be in the backyard of the palace, it is enough to have Uncle Meng Qian and Meng’s family to take care of her. He does not need him to add to the cake. If Su Lin has ambitions now, he will definitely assist Su with all her strength after arranging for her adoptive mother, wife and children. Lin, fulfilling her adoptive father's wish, conspired to seize a hegemony, and her life was not in vain.

After thinking for a while, Su Yan's mood slowly calmed down. He raised his eyes to look at Xiao Liu who had also calmed down, picked up Mao Yan, who was cleaning up the books and books on the table, and asked, "Is there anyone around her?"

"There are five people, four of them are full of evil spirits, and their aura is not weak. They are definitely Lianjiazi from the army. One looks like an ordinary person. I'm not sure, so let Liu Xian follow."

"Go, go and see first, if she is really the young master, I will find a way to meet her alone before talking about other things."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)