"Master Marquis, are you here to inspect the armaments?" Lao Jiang opened the door happily. He was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the head of the family who never came once a year. Finally, he saw that the Marquis was here. Of course, he had to tell the key points directly, so as not to worry him all the time.
I think I am eating free rice.
"Uncle Jiang, don't use the word armament in our family. I'm just here to see you guys. You don't go to my house very often this year. Why are you all sitting on the mountain? You haven't defended the city enough for a lifetime. Please go more."
Come on, walk around a lot. I feel at ease when you appear in Zhuangzi without incident."
Yun Ye put a large bag of pig head meat that he had just bought from the market on the big wooden table at the door. It seemed that the old man always needed some souvenirs. The veterans did not like exquisite dishes, so fat and oily pig head meat was the best choice.
It's their favorite thing.
Lao Jiang opened the lotus leaf bag, picked up a piece of pig snout meat and threw it into his mouth. He said to the other elders: "It's rare that Mr. Hou still remembers our hobby. The pig head meat from Liu Guotou's family is delicious. Don't be in a hurry to eat the meat."
, Lord Marquis, let me show you the results of our old brothers in the past six months. "
Surrounded by a group of veterans, Yun Ye entered the backyard. It was the time when the wine was served, and there were many people in the yard. The muscular man with bare back and trousers was shoveling the lees out of the steaming barrel with a wooden shovel, covering his mouth.
The woman holding the towel was pouring cold water on the lees, and several women were putting alcohol labels on the wine jars. Each time the wine was steamed, the alcohol content was different, and it needed to be blended before it could be unified. The Yun family’s
Wine is now popular in Chang'an. The Cheng family's caravan is taking the blended wine everywhere to defraud the savages in the Gobi.
I didn't even taste the wine, so I was dragged by Lao Jiang into the room where there was a lot of disagreement. Seeing the proud faces of the veterans, I knew they must have done something extraordinary.
Lao Jiang spat in the palm of his hand, pulled a thick iron chain on the ground and struggled with his arms. A large piece of the ground was lifted up, revealing a dark hole.
Another veteran named Zhao played Huozhezi and walked down the steep wooden ladder. Yun Ye followed him confused. When he stepped on the ground, he discovered that there was an extremely deep hole in front of him.
Lao Jiang lit the torch and strode forward, signaling Yun Ye to follow. The secret passage was extremely winding, and there were stone gates in many places. Every hundred steps, there would be a small stone room where you could straighten your back, Yun Ye recalled.
After looking for a while, I found that the direction of the secret passage was facing Yunjiazhuangzi.
After walking for a while, I have reached the end of the secret passage. The hill is made of stone. There is water dripping down in some places. It looks very unstable. Drills, sledgehammers, hoes and other objects are scattered on the ground. Yun
Ye turned his head, his heart so sad that he could hardly speak: "Uncle Jiang, what are you doing?"
"Master Marquis, Cunning Rabbit still has three caves. How can our family not prepare in advance? We are all veterans of the battlefield. Although we don't understand the ups and downs in the court, the dirty things we have seen are definitely not the same.
At the young office, some things were carried out by our brothers with our own hands. We have never done anything like killing people or stealing goods. I thought that when I got to the Yun family, I would still do these things. I didn't expect that the Marquis has never used us. There has never been anything dirty in the Yun family.
Let us do the work.
Mr. Hou, who wouldn’t want such a good family to be a prince forever? Mr. Hou is now favored by the emperor, and the Yun family will naturally have smooth sailing. Mr. Hou does not think about the future. Firstly, he is young, and secondly, he has never suffered a loss. We cannot let it go in vain.
Taking the Yun family's salary and living a good life, we forget about the dangers in the future, so we old guys have discussed it. While we still have the strength, we will carve out a way for the Yun family to survive as a precaution. As long as we have more
After the encirclement and suppression by the soldiers, with the ability of the Marquis, even if only one person is left in our family, it will be easy for us to make a comeback. "
"Master Marquis, our family will last for thousands of years and our descendants will be prosperous. Please accept me as your retainers. We will fight to the death to advance and retreat with the Yun family. If this happens again, the sky will thunder and our descendants will die!"
People in the Tang Dynasty generally did not swear. Once they swore, they would do it even if they risked their lives. They valued their oaths more than their lives. Many swordsmen in Guanzhong lived by their faith. The so-called three cups of Turunuo, the Five Mountains are insignificant.
Speaking of them, there are very few unfulfilled promises of all kinds of weird things.
"Jiang Niu, are you willing to become a retainer of the Yun family?" Yun Ye took out his hand knife and gave it to Lao Jiang. Lao Jiang took it with both hands without hesitation and said, "Jiang Niu is willing, and he will never regret it."
He cut his own wrist with one knife and raised it up. Yun Ye took the knife and cut his own wrist. Lao Jiang raised his hand and put his wound together with Yun Ye's wound. Here
There is a saying called life-melting.
The life-melting process was completed thirty-eight times, and there were twelve more times that could be completed after the veterans who had gone out with the caravan came back. No matter who it was, after cutting the wounds on their wrists more than thirty times,
You will feel dizzy and dizzy.
"Master Marquis, you only need one cut. Why do you have to cut yourself so many times? There is almost no good meat on your arms." The ceremony could not be interrupted at the beginning. Lao Jiang endured it until the end of the ceremony before asking Yun Ye.
"One knife, one life. What I paid was just a wound. In the future, you may pay for your life. The ceremony must be solemn." Lao Jiang and the others were filled with sighs after saying this.
Although Yun Ye wanted to curse at this time, seeing that there were veterans selling his own life, including the lives of his descendants, to himself in a room, he could not open his mouth to curse. After thinking about it, he said to Lao Jiang: "You guys should prepare to separate the families."
, each family will give out a descendant who will not participate in the core affairs of the Yun family. Although the Yun family is important, you cannot lose your popularity."
"Hahaha, what the Marquis said is wrong. Once I enter the Yun family, how can I have my own incense? After I die, I need to be by your side. In terms of age, we will definitely die first. Marquis Yun will choose in the future.
After the cemetery is established, we will live in it first, clear the way for you, and treat the little ghost in the underworld. We will share in the incense you receive no matter what, so there is no need to separate the family. Once the family is divided, there will be more worries, so that
No."
Yun Ye raised his head and laughed miserably, looked at the veterans and said: "The Yun family does not seek wealth, but only wants everyone around them to be happy and healthy. Therefore, in our family, do not sacrifice lightly unless it is absolutely necessary. The Yun family
Our lives are precious, and they cannot be bought with a little favor or a little money.”
Hearing Yun Ye's words, the veterans also laughed. This time they were completely tied to the Yun family. From now on, the money they received from the Yun family was no longer called wages, but salary.
Returning home with an arm injury, Xin Yue bandaged Yun Ye's wound while wiping her tears. Grandma was beaming with joy. She kept joining her hands to worship the Bodhisattva. Li Anlan stood behind Yun Ye, with an envious expression on her face.
Can't hide it.
"Ye'er, grandma will go to the winery tomorrow and thank them. Our family also has real retainers. Only with such a reliable manpower can we find two less people like Tian Mo Ji."
"Husband, Rong'er is also your child. Do you think we should allocate the retainers at home to Rong'er, just five households?" Li Anlan gritted his teeth and knelt down in front of Yun Ye to plead.
Xin Yue was very dissatisfied. Retainers are not copper coins and treasures. You can give them as many as you want. Retainers are often the life of the master. Even if they rebel, it will be the retainer who will accompany the master to death in the end. But when it comes to the issue of retainers, Xin Yue is very dissatisfied.
Mistress Yue is not qualified to make irresponsible remarks."
"Well, that's it. Among the fifty households of retainers, Rong'er will have five households, and the girls on the grassland will also have five households. I will arrange it when the time comes, so don't ask anymore. The retainers of the Yun family will not be blasphemed by you, you know.
What?"
As soon as these words came out, not only Xin Yue and Li Anlan bowed in agreement, but even the old lady nodded in agreement. The most important symbols of a feudal family are fiefdom and retainers, both of which are indispensable.
With the presence of retainers, the status of the head of the family immediately increased infinitely. Before going to bed, Xin Yue carried a basin of water, and Li Anlan also held a basin of water, both of them wanted to wash the feet of the family master. They couldn't argue, so they had to let each of them wash one foot.
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After washing her feet, Xin Yue climbed onto the bed early and seduced Yun Ye with her big eyes. Li Anlan sat on the bedside with a squeak and refused to get out.
"It's all in vain. The medicine hasn't worn off. The princess doesn't want to go back, so let's sleep together. I have something to say to you tonight." Yun Ye pushed Li Anlan into the bed, took off his clothes and got into bed.
After blowing out the lights and lowering the curtain, the bed became a completely private space.
Lying between the two women, he had no intention of talking. Feeling the violent heartbeats on both sides, Yun Ye gritted his teeth and whispered: "Now, the Yun family has a little bit of capital. Our family has always been on the wall.
Damn, you are top-heavy and shallow. You need to be extremely cautious when accepting retainers. These fifty veterans have been following me since Longyou and have been doing their best to protect our family. They know everything about us, so I agreed. I am
I am a suspicious person. I also know that this is not a good problem. It is not easy to gain my trust. You must be careful. Although retainers are important, you cannot be led by them. There are many in history books.
The nobles' rebellion is not necessarily the decision of the family head. When all the retainers decide to do something, the family head is actually powerless to resist.
Xin Yue doesn't know these things. An Lan should have heard of it at least. Your imperial grandfather was actually forced to rebel by his retainers and your father. The Yun family must put an end to this kind of thing. With retainers, don't let people think that we are just like this.
With the capital to rebel, under the current general environment, if you jump out to rebel, you will die worse than a pig.
There will be no problem for me to be in charge of the Yun family. An Lan, you have to watch Rong'er. If something goes wrong, immediately take action to clean up the house. Don't hesitate at all. The emperor is far away for a long time, and it is easy to breed bad thoughts.
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