Chapter 3 Xiao Zhou Hou
Wei Rongyuan shouldn't have died. It was just because Zhao Kuangyin felt a little annoyed when he received Huainan's memorial and added some strength to his hands, which made him lose his life and fulfill his loyalty.
The culprit knew nothing about this and was constantly meeting officials from all counties in Huainan, or wealthy gentry in Yangzhou. The most important thing was to appease the surrendered soldiers.
Compared with the soldiers in the Central Plains, the soldiers in Huainan have a good temper. I wonder if they were scared by the loud noise that shook the sky and the earth. They were all extremely calm. The soldiers of the generals were also in awe of Xu Xian. After winning over and rewarding them, they became more close to Xu Xian.
The wounded soldiers are especially interested in visiting them. Speaking of which, this is learned from Guo Wei. There is nothing better than supporting someone when they are injured.
The drizzle was like silk, and it fell on the hair and beard and was a slight drop of water. Although it couldn't penetrate the clothes for a while, it was wet and cold. Xu Lang held up a gorgeous oil-paper umbrella for Xu Xian but was stopped. Xu Xian used his chin to sweep the shacks on both sides, "There are many eyes staring at my father."
The general who led the way stopped and pointed to a dilapidated shack, "Ling Gong is Liu Wazi's house!" As he said that, he kicked open the door, "Liu Wazi Xu Ling Gong is here to see you."
"Ignorance!" Xu Xian shouted and raised his legs into the house. He saw the young wounded soldier sitting up from the bed nervously, with alertness and resentment in his eyes. The other half-boy crawled under the bed in horror.
Xu Xian winked, and someone immediately put it as two bags of white rice, two scattered copper coins, and two fat pieces in the house. The wounded soldier's expression immediately softened a lot, and he struggled to stand up and salute.
Xu Xian immediately pressed him on the bed, but shouted: "Why don't you go to the injured barracks if you are injured? If you run home, you will be treated by a doctor."
The wounded soldier immediately lowered his head, "The villain is... a rebel."
"It's all Li Chongjin's fault. What's the matter with you? Yin Simiao came over to show him where he was hurt."
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While he was treating his injuries, he spoke. After a seemingly sincere conversation, Xiaobing made him feel grateful with red eyes.
Xu Xian looked up at the hole in the roof, and then touched the damp and dirty bedding, "How to recover from the wound here? Let's move to the Jiedu Mansion for the time being."
Liu Wazi cried and said, "The villain is already grateful for the care of Ling Gong so much and dare not cause trouble for Ling Gong again."
"I don't want to go, and I don't force it. Jiubao helped him repair the house. No one in his family sent someone to take care of his food and clothing. When the injury is healed, he will go to someone to serve as a relative."
Ignoring Qian En Xie behind him, Xu Xian walked out of the house and walked forward in the muddy alley, looking at the low shacks around him that could not be seen at first sight, and instructed Han Wei on the side: "Let's go back and demolish all the places, and build all the blue brick houses for me."
Han Wei was stunned and advised: "I thought the Huainan soldiers were not strong enough, so how to subdue the 30,000 imperial guards was the key."
"The veterans of the Imperial Guard are all heartless and will pour wherever they have temporary benefits. But the soldiers in Huainan are different. Although their combat power is poor, they can really take it for themselves."
"How can I see it?"
"Liu Renzhan set an example for someone. Even Shizong could not do anything about the tenacity and strength of the Huainan soldiers in the past. They forced themselves to exhaust their food and grass before finally surrendering. As long as the Huainan soldiers were well trained, their loyalty and courage would definitely not be inferior to the imperial guards in the future."
Compared with the Central Plains, the separatist countries did not undergo too many dynasties, and the soldiers were not good at selling kings. They could buy them as long as they were willing to work hard.
"By the way, I will build another temple for Liu Renzhan in the city. On the day of completion, I will be the first to go to burn incense. I will build another school, select the military children aged fifteen to eighteen to enter the school, take care of food and accommodation, teach them literacy and martial arts for half a year, and divide them into three subjects: horse, foot, and navy..."
After Xu Xian finished speaking, Han Wei said: "Ling Gong has to do too much. Even if Li Chongjin left a lot of money and food, it would only take half a year to consume it."
"This year, I don't have to pay it to Kaifeng anymore. If it is not enough, we can borrow some from Tang and Wu Yue. I believe that Li Jing and Qian Chu will be happy to help me, a poor man."
Han Wei smiled, "I understand!"
It was said that Cao Cao was here. As soon as Xu Xian returned to the Jiedushi's Mansion, someone came to report to the Southern Tang Dynasty to send envoys to reward the army. I have to say that Li Jing, a "colleague", is very good at dealing with things.
Xu Xian let them go for a while before he asked someone to invite the envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty to come in. An official entered the lobby and bowed, "Feng Yanlu has met Xu Linggong."
Feng Yanlu is the younger brother of Feng Yansi, the prime minister of Southern Tang. He once served as the deputy guard of the Eastern Capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, that is, the deputy guard of Yangzhou. In the past, Han Lingkun broke through Yangzhou, and this man was so scared that he ran to the temple and shaved his head, but he was still pulled out. Later, Li Jing bowed his head to the magistrate of Chai Rong and let him go back. This time he came to Yangzhou, which was a revisit in the old place.
Xu Xian had no good expression and asked, "Why do your country have an affair with Li Chongjin?"
Feng Yanlu replied with a smile: "My country not only has an affair with Li Chongjin but also plans to rebel."
Uh... Xu Xian has never seen such a frank person, and said in a short while: "Why do you want to rebel?"
"Ling Gong's words are really redundant. My righteous ancestor, Liezu, had been in charge of decades before he became emperor and became emperor. However, Emperor Shizong of Zhou made three southern expeditions and asked my country to cede land and praise him. Today, the Central Plains have changed dynasties. My master wants to take the opportunity to restore the glory of his ancestors, which is the right thing for his descendants to do. What's wrong with it? I just regret that Li Chongjin was incompetent, and he was destroyed as soon as he started his army, and he would also affect my country!"
Unexpectedly, the envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty was so tough, Xu Xian replied coldly: "All the generals advised me to take advantage of the situation to conquer your country. What do you think?"
Feng Yanlu shook his head and smacked his lips, "This idea is not very good. Although Ling Gong has some reputation in our country, there are still tens of thousands of elite troops in our country, and there are also natural barriers in the Yangtze River to block the wind and waves. If Ling Gong is not afraid of falling into the river to feed the fish, he will come."
"Are you not afraid of someone slashing your head with such a arrogant attitude?"
"I was a captive to Sejong in the past. I was already a blessing from God to this day. What's the fear of being able to die under the sword of Ling Gong, Feng was willing to do so."
“Why?”
"Wang was captured by Han Lingkun and was humiliated a lot by him. Linggong swallowed him alive and was considered to be relieved by Han."
Xu Xian slapped the table, "I will explain to you clearly that Han Lingkun was my soldiers who ate not me. If you dare to ruin my reputation, you will really throw you to your soldiers who ate it."
Seeing Xu Xian getting really angry, Feng Yanlu hurriedly accompanied him and said, "Before the official came to Yangzhou, my lord would have to hand over some gifts to Gong Ling."
"Oh? The King of Tang has always been generous, and I don't know how much money to fund."
Feng Yanlu laughed, "Even if Jiangnan is rich, it is not inexhaustible. There are 50,000 stones of rice to help the public stabilize Huainan. In addition, there is also a generous gift."
He waved his hand and immediately someone raised a large wooden box. After opening it, he saw a full collection of books. Xu Xian got up and took one. After opening it, he was surprised and said, "Is it the yellow book of Huainan?"
"The population of Huainan is all within this wooden box. I believe that Ling Gong is using it to govern Huainan."
"Thank you for your kindness, I will send it back to Tokyo when I look back."
Feng Yanlu asked with a deep smile: "The fertile land of Huainan has entered Ling Gong's mouth. Are you still going to spit it out?"
It's over. People who have never met Li Jing can see that they have strange ambitions. I believe all the civil and military officials in Tokyo know about it, let alone Zhao Kuangyin, and I don't know what methods he will use to deal with him next.
After sending Feng Yanlu away, someone asked to see him, saying that it was sent by Li Congjia. Li Hongji was already crazy, and Li Congjia had become the legitimate crown prince. At least he was still called this within the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is estimated that he will officially ascend the throne soon.
Xu Xian, the messenger sent by the future master of the Southern Tang Dynasty, wanted to meet him. He originally thought that the staff or subordinates came, but he was two eunuchs, one old and one young.
"I have seen Mr. Xu Ling!" Xu Kejian bowed, then slowly raised his head. Looking at the man Yingting from the post-desk, he still couldn't believe it was true.
When he left Kaifeng that year, his son was just a nerd who had been scared and had no future. Xu Kejian's only hope was that his son could grow up a little longer and leave a back for the Xu family.
Unfortunately, he went to Jinling to do business that year, and his friend snatched all his money. He jumped into the river and committed suicide in despair, and was rescued by a ship passing by. Although he survived by luck, Xu Kejian felt ashamed. He knew that he had no hope of turning over again, so he stayed in his benefactor's mansion as a servant.
As for the stupid son in Tokyo, he probably could only survive in this troubled world. He was not cruel. Even if he returned to Tokyo, he could only be forced by his creditor to wander on the streets with his son, and sooner or later he would die of starvation.
Who would have thought that his weak and cowardly son was not only not dead, but his famous general was simply incredible. He could not have thought of any other reason besides God's eyes.
However, after he castrated his situation, his appearance changed greatly, and he no longer recognized his father. Tsui Kejian also did not want to recognize him actively. One reason was that he felt guilty, and the other was that he did not want to implicate his son's reputation. If he had a eunuch, he would have lost his face.
Xu Kejian felt a lot of emotion, and suddenly his legs hurt and he couldn't help but kneel down on the ground. Seeing that the little eunuch next to him was kicked down by someone, he hurriedly protected him.
Xu Lang scolded: "Old eunuch dog, he still treats himself as a person, but he can't give a big gift when he sees my father."
"Stop!" Xu Xian stood up and walked in front of the two of them and smiled: "Stop pretending, I think I'm blind."
Tsui Kejian's heart was beating wildly, "He saw that I was coming. Is this going to recognize me?"
Unexpectedly, Xu Xian pushed the old eunuch away and grabbed the little eunuch's collar, "Why does the prince always like to dress up as a little eunuch... Hey, no, he is a girl?"
I saw the little eunuch in front of me, with his eyebrows faintly swept, his eyes were lively, and his round face was a little baby fat. Her face was full of panic, and her eyes were staring at Xu Xian in a daze, like a frightened little rabbit.
Suddenly, she opened her mouth, lowered her head and bit her hand. Xu Xian was caught off guard and bit her bite her. When she pulled her hand back, she had already added a circle of tooth marks on it, and she angrily scolded: "Is your girl born in the year of the dog?"
Xu Kejian kowtowed in panic and begged: "Ling Gong forgives his crime. This girl is the sister of the Crown Princess. She admires Ling Gong for a long time. This time she came to Yangzhou just to see Ling Gong's style. Ling Gong is a general on the battlefield and probably won't have the same knowledge as a little girl. The girl, the young lady, why don't you apologize to Xu Ling Gong?"
After hearing the identity of the old eunuch as the young lady, Xu Xian was dissipated because this little girl movie was the famous Little Zhou Hou in history.
Seeing that she was only eleven or twelve years old, she looked very charming. In a few years, she would definitely be a beauty with a slump. No wonder Zhao Guangyi couldn't control her crotch and did ugly things. I guess her sister, who is good at music and dancing, is the same beauty. Unfortunately, Li Yu gave her two good cabbages to her.
"Tsk tsk tsk... What a pity!"
Seeing that Xu Xian's face was filled with vulgar expressions, Xu Kejian cried again and begged: "The female English lady is only eleven years old, so I can't...ah!"
Bang!
"You old eunuch, who is my father, how could you have such bad thoughts!"
"Xu Lang, why did you hit someone again? After all, it was the envoy of the Tang Kingdom. Hurry up and invite them to sit down for tea!"
Xu Xian slowly returned to the back of the case and saw that the two had already sat down. Zhou Nvying was holding a handkerchief and dipped tea to wipe the old eunuch's red face. Xu Xian held his cheek and smiled and joked: "Why did the little lady in the Nuying stay in the boudoir, why did she come to Yangzhou to see me?"
Zhou Niaoying turned around and said with a pout, "I'm not here to see you. Yangzhou is the place where I was born. I just miss my hometown. I heard that my sister said that the prince was going to send an envoy to Yangzhou, so she begged her to come to Yangzhou with Eunuch Xu."
"So that's the case. I thought that as this father-in-law said, I admired my talent. I came to Yangzhou from afar to see me. I just prepared a poem in my stomach and tasted it with my little lady. It seems that it is unnecessary."
Zhou Niaoying jumped out of the chair, "Why is there no need? You read it quickly! Read it quickly!"
Xu Xian giggled, star-chasing fans are crazy in both ancient and modern times, "Does the little lady understand poetry at a young age?"
"Although the girl's name is young, Jinling has countless talented people who are good at writing poetry, and her sister is the best among them. She knows a little bit through her eyes and eyes."
"Since that's the case, I'll give you one!" Xu Xian picked up the pen and wrote it for a moment, drying the ink marks and folding it, "Come and get it!"
Zhou Nianying took two steps before the case and bent her knees and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xu!" Then she stretched out her two slightly fat little hands to take it, and couldn't wait to open it.
Xu Xian said, "I have some serious matters to discuss with this father-in-law. The young lady will go back to the inn and see." He looked at the old eunuch again and said, "What happened when Li Congjia sent you to Yangzhou?"
The old eunuch put down the tea bowl, stood up and went to the desk and whispered: "The prince sent me to see Gong Ling because he had something important to ask for."
Xu Xian said impatiently: "He has something to ask for, what is it? You just say it straightforwardly!"
The old eunuch said: "The prince wants to shake the sky with thunder!"
Chapter completed!