Li Jinglong returned to his residence and sat down on the chair, his legs not wanting to move at all.【】
The armor weighing dozens of kilograms was worn on his body. It seemed to weigh hundreds of kilograms at the moment, weighing him down. Once it was taken off, he felt as if he was as light as a swallow. He used to train in the military camp, and every time
The most he could train was tens of thousands of soldiers. Only now did he realize how painful it was to manage the food, clothing, housing and transportation of hundreds of thousands of people.
This was just a matter of labor. Wearing such heavy armor to patrol the three armies, what he got in exchange was not the gratitude of the soldiers, but their not-so-perfectly hidden disdain, disdain, and contempt. This also made Li Jinglong feel particularly uncomfortable.
.He is the son of Li Zhong. He is the son of Li Zhong, the new generation of war god after Xu Da, Hu Dahai and other veterans. He also has his own ideals and ambitions, his own pride and self-esteem, and even the soldiers under his command are gone.
How can I feel sorry for him?
In addition, there is an unknown heavy pressure that has been pressing on his heart. He dare not imagine what kind of punishment the emperor will receive once he knows that his army of 500,000 people has suffered such a disastrous defeat. He has not dared to go to the table, he thought
First stabilize the army, count the losses, and try to minimize the losses of defeat, and then apologize to the emperor.
So, when the knowledgeable concubine, the red dancer who was popular in Jiangnan, walked to him gently, squatted down gently, and beat his legs for him, Li Jinglong leaned back, closed his eyes, and just said tiredly
He said: "Leave me alone."
"oh……"
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Yi Zhuo stopped talking and stood up obediently and stood aside.
The name Yi Zhuo was given to her by a fortune teller named Yuan Gong. The fortune teller was traveling one day and passed by her house, asking for a bowl of water from her house. It happened that Yi Zhuo was born, and the fortune teller was so excited.
, he gave her a look, gave her this name, and wrote her a poem: "The water of the Forgotten River, the sand without leakage, the fate of the five yins, the peach blossoms of two lives. Ten turbidities and one pure, hard work,
It’s not a definite number, and there’s no basis for breaking it.”
Yi Zhuo's parents were just ordinary farmers and could not read. Mr. Xianmian was able to read and read anyway, so he happily adopted this name. A few years later, his parents died of illness, and Yi Zhuo lived in the world.
Zhuo studied music, chess, calligraphy and painting in a brothel, and after reading many books, he realized that the man named Yuan Gong was a very famous fortune teller. And that turbidity was taken from "ten pure and one turbid", which means noble and lowly, easy to change.
Fallen into dust.
How about this now? If you say she is noble, she is a prostitute who waits on people's pillows. If you say she is cheap, she is well-dressed and well-fed. The men she comes into contact with are either rich or noble, and now she is the one who sleeps with the prince.
, how many women in the world have such luck? There are "seven sages", "four virtues", "ten nobles", "ten young people" and "ten base people" in women's character. Since "ten are turbid and one is pure, hard work will bring great success".
"It's a given, and there's no basis for it to be broken." She didn't dare to force it, she just hoped to serve him obediently and docilely, and when the war was over, she would be taken into the palace by the Duke of the country, and she would no longer be wandering in this life.
"Master Guo, Duke Guo, Jingli... Jingli..."
A trusted guard came to the door and hurriedly reported. Before he finished speaking, Li Jinglong jumped up and said nervously: "Come in quickly, what happened? What's going on in the capital? Is there any order coming?"
The guard came in and said, "No, no, no, in the capital, Lord Huang Zicheng sent someone to ask for an audience with the Duke."
"Please, please quickly, please immediately!"
Li Jinglong quickly gave orders. He was like an ant on a hot pot, running around in the room. If it weren't for his status as the Duke of the country, he would have welcomed him out.
"My lord, the younger one comes from the Huang Mansion, and on my master's order, I gave it to my lord..."
Before the servant of the Huang family finished speaking, Li Jinglong snatched the letter in his hand: "I know, I know, my lord."
Li Jinglong opened the letter, and as he hurriedly opened it, his eyes grew bigger and bigger, and he looked at the expression on the side. He saw that the Duke's face was stunned, neither happy nor worried, and he didn't know whether the news from Beijing was good or bad. He originally praised it.
I bought a cup of tea and wanted to come forward to greet him, but I didn't dare to move anymore.
After a long time, Li Jinglong finally came to his senses and couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh wildly.
Huang Zichengxin said that the Ministry of War had received the news of his defeat. In order not to shock the government and the public, His Majesty was worried, so he had to pretend that the rebel army had temporarily retreated to Dezhou due to the severe cold, and would go to Peking for a decisive battle in the spring of next year. He also said that the imperial court had sent another
Duke Xu Huizu of Wei gathered another 200,000 troops and marched to Dezhou after the New Year. He put them under his command and told him not to let down the emperor's trust again, but to defeat the Yan army and atone for his sins.
Li Jinglong didn't expect that he had been worried for so long, and what he had been waiting for was such good news. How could he not be overjoyed?
Li Jinglong quickly repaired a letter, sealed it and gave it to the servant of the Huang Mansion. He also took a thick stack of treasure notes as a reward and sent him out personally. After seeing off the visitor from the Huang Mansion, Li Jinglong danced back to his room.
Seeing that Yi Zhuo was overjoyed but timid, wanting to ask but not daring to ask, he remembered that his mood was getting worse and worse in the past two days, and he had neglected the beauty, so he smiled and said: "Come here, come here, let me relax your shoulders, sir.
Haha, you don’t need to be afraid, it’s good news. By the way, are you bored sitting in the military camp all day? I saw you walking on the street a few days ago, why don’t you go now?”
Seeing that he was beaming with joy, Yi Zhuo hurriedly used a pair of pink fists to gently beat his shoulders, and said coquettishly: "The Duke is worried about state affairs and is depressed. How can the slave family dare to make the Duke unhappy again?"
Li Jinglong smiled brightly and said: "It's okay, it's okay. If you want to relax, ask Xiao Jiang and the others to walk with you later. You can buy whatever you like. This place is not better than the city below Beiping. You can relax a little and don't be too formal."
Hearing this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly bent down. Li Jinglong had become more and more preoccupied in the past two days and had no intention of having fun. At this time, he let go of his worries and became lustful again. He had to drag that beauty away and strip her naked.
It's like a child, proclaiming prostitution in the daytime, and it's dark. Just rest here, and someone outside reports that an imperial edict has arrived in Beijing.
Li Jinglong quickly put on his clothes again and ran to the commander's tent to gather the generals, set up the incense table, and greet the imperial edict. Zhu Yun named Li Jinglong the crown prince and grand master in the imperial edict, and also rewarded Li Jinglong with numerous gifts such as Diao Qiu, royal wine, etc. All the generals had some resentment towards Li Jinglong.
Jealousy and contempt, firstly, they were dissatisfied with his incompetence on the battlefield, and secondly, because they expected that he would soon be stripped of his rank and title, and taken to the capital for questioning. Unexpectedly, the imperial edict came, but instead of asking for guilt, he was promoted to a higher rank.
The generals could not help but be stunned: "Li Jiujiang's holy family is so solemn?"
For a time, no one dared to look down upon him. Li Jinglong wanted to take this opportunity to regain his military prestige and win over the generals, so he entertained the angels and ordered a banquet, where he and the generals started drinking happily.
As soon as he got up and dressed up, he heard that the Duke was serving wine in the handsome tent, and remembered the Duke's instructions just now, so he happily called Jiang Hai, Li Jinglong's personal guard, and asked him to bring a few soldiers to protect him.
He went to the streets and wandered around.
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"It's born, it's born."
Su Xinchen's little face turned red, and she rushed to the outer room like a bird of joy, squealing with joy. Her sister was much stronger than this frail girl. She had been pregnant for several months, and she was still working in the hall.
, it wasn’t until the past two months that her belly was really getting bigger, so she went home to recuperate and wait for the birth. However, after all, she was giving birth to her third child, and the birth process was not difficult. Lao Jia stretched his neck and didn’t wait long in the outer room when something came from inside.
A loud baby cry.
Lao Jia quickly asked: "Girl is born! Is it a boy or a girl?"
Su Xinchen said happily: "She is a beautiful girl."
When Lao Jia heard this, he turned around and left. Su Xinchen said curiously: "Hey, brother-in-law, it's this way. You've lost your head. Where are you going?"
Lao Jia ignored her, walked outside under the eaves, squatted on the ground, and kept silent. Su Xinchen chased him out, squatted down next to him, tilted her head, looked at him, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"What's up?"
Lao Jia held out three fingers with tears in his eyes: "Three, your sister has given birth to three girls for me!"
"Well……"
As soon as he said this, Su Xinchen also became weak. After a long time, he said with a frown: "Brother-in-law, let's go on again, what are you afraid of?"
"What are you afraid of? I'm afraid I won't be able to support her! Besides, what will happen if she gives birth to a girl?"
Su Xinchen was a little unhappy, and with her almond-shaped eyes widened, she said, "Then what do you think we should do?"
Lao Jia buried his head and became sulky without saying a word. Su Xinchen stood up and said angrily: "My sister is going."
Gazing at the curve of his sister-in-law's slightly perky hips passing before his eyes, Lao Jia pinched his chin and began to think: "There is no one in my wife's natal family, and this girl Xinchen has been living and eating in my house, and she has grown up before her eyes."
According to the law of the imperial court, a man who has no children before he is forty can take a concubine. It will take me seven or eight years to reach that age. Looking at it like this, my unsatisfactory mother-in-law will not be able to give birth to a capable son.
How can I afford a concubine if my family is like this? Otherwise...let this girl Xinchen live in my house for the rest of her life? Well, sisters, nothing is difficult to discuss. Her sister is so strong, but she doesn't want to have a concubine.
If she doesn’t give birth to a son, maybe this girl is thin and frail, but she has the potential to give birth to a son. If she can give birth to a precious son for me, Old Jia..."
Lao Jia was just about to get excited when there was a sudden noise on the street in front of him. Lao Jia quickly stood up and saw two groups of soldiers starting to fight on the street.
One of these two groups of soldiers was led by Li Jinglong's personal bodyguard Jiang Haiwei. They were protecting the Duke's concubine Yi Zhuo, who had just come out of a rouge shop and met another group of guerrilla soldiers.
Wandering on the street, I suddenly saw this little beauty with a slender waist, slim eyebrows and a small mouth. Several soldiers couldn't help but make fun of her, and her words were naturally vulgar.
Jiang Hai was furious and scolded him a few times. Those soldiers were not convinced and immediately started scolding him. Jiang Hai was full of anger, but he could not reveal his identity, even though the soldiers had spread the news one after another.
There is a female child hidden next to the Duke of Guo. After all, this is a violation of military law. It cannot be said clearly. However, Jiang Hai is used to being around Li Jinglong. He has always looked above the top. How can he tolerate the ridicule of a few pawns?
, both sides started to move their hands.
Jiang Hai originally only thought that the opponent's manpower was about the same as his own, but he didn't know that as soon as he started to attack, more than a dozen soldiers came running by the road to help. With this combination of punches, Jiang Hai and others suffered a big loss, and they were all beaten.
Her nose was bruised and her face was swollen, and her teeth were all over the place. At this time, someone approached the girl, hooked her chin, and said with a lewd smile: "Little lady, your man is too loose. It's better to follow him than to follow me. Let's
You are so strong, I hope you can enjoy it happily."
"You bastards, you know she is..."
Before Jiang Hai could finish a sentence, a foot stepped on his cheek, trampling him to the mud and snow, and he could no longer speak. His beautiful face turned pale, he opened his cherry mouth, and just let out a sharp scream,
I heard someone shouting next to me: "Damn it, you can't beat Yan Ni, but you will bully women in the street? Brothers, get on me!"