Chapter 11 The Shuangcheng in Western Liaoning (11)
Li Chengzhong had a dream. He dreamed of being entangled with a woman. He was surrounded by raging waves, but when the waves hit him and the woman, they turned into gentle undulations, making him
He felt a sense of peace and comfort amidst the slight ups and downs. The woman hugged him tightly with her arms, gently bit his earlobe, and murmured and gasped from time to time, calling him softly.
: "Li Lang...Li Lang..."
The woman was extremely beautiful. Li Chengzhong wanted to take a good look at this beautiful face. He tried his best to push himself up and get further away, but his arms were weak and he was always held close by the woman. The woman kept kissing his cheek.
, the tip of his nose and lips, hazily, he seemed to finally see this face clearly, it seemed to be Salana, the sarcastic woman who had been fighting the enemy together in the woods that day. When he looked up again, his face seemed to have transformed into
I saw the dancing Lebuki Wanzhi...
When Li Chengzhong woke up from his hangover, he realized that it was already noon on the second day. He was not in the room in Zhang's house. There was a large carved pear wood bed under him, covered with a green brocade silk quilt.
The room is filled with a variety of displays and is extremely luxurious and luxurious.
Looking at the empty room, Li Chengzhong thought of the ridiculous dream last night. It wasn't until the beautiful face in the dream slowly blurred that he sat up unwillingly, feeling a little lost and melancholy.
There was a knock on the door outside the house, and Li Chengzhong quickly shrank back into the quilt when he heard a petite female voice saying: "Your honor, are you awake?"
Li Chengzhong responded: "Please come in."
The door of the room opened, and a maid came in carrying a wooden bucket and a towel, and said carefully: "My maid is here to serve your distinguished guest and get up." As he said this, he took Li Chengzhong's clothes from the bedside, helped him put them on, and wiped Li Chengzhong's face.
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"This...is the Li Mansion?" Li Chengzhong asked. He was not pretentious and allowed the maid to manipulate him.
"This is the Young Master's Mansion. Your honorable guest had a few drinks last night, so he stayed here for the night." The maidservant said little. She just carefully wiped Li Chengzhong's face and neck. After wiping, she asked Li Chengzhong to turn around and fix his hair.
His hands and feet are very nimble.
Li Chengzhong tried hard to think about his experience last night, but he only remembered that he was drunk and seemed to have made a fool of himself. He couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
He thought of that ridiculous dream again, and muttered to himself: Could it be that something happened with the maid in front of him last night? He secretly glanced at the maid's face and found that she was very delicate, but she seemed to be the same as the one in last night's dream.
The girl was completely different, and her expression was very bland, as if there was nothing different about her.
After dressing up and washing up, Li Chengzhong thanked the invitation for dinner and rushed back to Zhang's house. Li Chengyue had gone to Jiedu Mansion early in the morning to attend the military meeting, so Li Chengzhong didn't see him either. It was Li Cheng who came to see him off.
In the evening, the two said goodbye at the door of Li's house and made an appointment to meet at Zhou Zhiyu's house in the evening. Li Chengzhong took Wang Dalang, who had been waiting at Li's house, back to Zhang's house.
Today is the first military meeting of the top brass of the Lu Long Army. Officers like Li Chengzhong are not eligible to participate. The military meeting will not be held in one day, but will probably last for many days. Li Chengzhong also knows some of the specific matters discussed.
The expansion of the Pingzhou Army and the expansion of Liucheng, and the disposal of Yanjun were only one of them. The purpose of gathering the top brass of the army in Jiedu Mansion was actually for the news coming from the south - the sudden movement of the Bian Army.
Of course, it was not Li Chengzhong's turn to worry about these things. He ate something in Zhang's house, talked to Lao Dutou, Zhang Xingzhong, Wang Dalang and others, drank tea, and spanked, and the afternoon passed like this.
During this period, Wang Dalang kept covering his mouth and secretly enjoying himself. Zhang Xingzhong was very surprised and couldn't help but ask him what he was enjoying. Wang Dalang preferred to inquire about gossip, and he also liked spreading gossip. He immediately couldn't help but tell what happened last night. It didn't matter if he didn't tell.
Li Chengzhong was shocked when he said this. He was convinced that his ridiculous dream last night turned out to be true!
Like a bolt of lightning striking the clear sky, Li Cheng screamed in his heart - This is my first time!
Li Chengzhong is not Liu Xiahui who is still in love. Although he has no experience in this area before, he will never pretend to be noble and pure. After all, as a man and in this troubled time when the military is ruling the country, he has never experienced it at all.
What is the idea of preserving your virginity for the future.
When he was in charge of Liucheng, all the elders of Pinbu wanted to send maids to him. The newly adopted godson Wuli even sent his brother Tuli's favorite concubine to his bed, but Li Chengzhong refused.
He refused. First of all, he was really busy in those days. Almost every night when he returned to the room, he just wanted to fall asleep. Secondly, he was a modern person who had received the education of later generations. He had never even experienced this for the first time. He was not interested in that kind of compulsion.
When things happen, you will spontaneously feel conflicted in your heart.
What makes Li Chengzhong feel regretful and remorseful is that his first time happened after he was drunk, which directly caused him to still be confused and unclear about the affairs between men and women. This is too cheating!
"Nonsense, why don't I remember?" Li Chengzhong still had a sense of luck.
"Xuanjie was dancing with Wanzhi at that time. Everyone could see it clearly. Xuanjie was really manly. Later, he went up to hug Wanzhi and wanted to have a good night together. Tsk tsk, I heard that Wanzhi is a Mingyue Pine.
One of the three leaders of Feng Pavilion, his body is pure and clean, and he has never given permission to anyone, so this method of announcing the truth is really amazing..." Wang Dalang said the excitement, and his eyebrows were dancing.
"She...she agreed?" Li Chengzhong was so ashamed that he blushed under the half-smiling eyes of Lao Doutou and Zhang Xingzhong.
"Miss Wanzhi helped Xuanjie to rest, but she didn't come out after entering the room...Xuanjie, you didn't do anything all night, right? Haha, that's a shame!" Wang Dalang laughed.
Li Chengzhong was so embarrassed by Wang Dalang's laughter that he glared at him fiercely. Wang Dalang couldn't bear it, so he had to scratch his head. Since Li Chengzhong took charge of the army, his authority has become stronger and stronger, although he has always upheld the equality of pre-modern people in his bones.
concept, but after several great victories, he had already established his majesty in the hearts of his subordinates. Even Wang Dalang, who had followed him through life and death in Weizhou, felt uneasy at this sight.
Here he was trying to recall the scene last night. Zhang Xingzhong pulled Wang Dalang and asked him a few words quietly, and Wang Dalang went back to the house and took out a box.
When Li Chengzhong saw Wang Dalang taking the box containing the gold ingot, he asked him what he was going to do. Wang Dalang looked at Zhang Xingzhong, who said calmly: "Xuanjie, since we agreed to redeem Lady Wanzhi from her country last night, let's go and get her."
This matter is done...Xuanjie has never had a family, and there is no one around to take care of him..."
"Have I promised? Why don't I remember?" Li Chengzhong's eyes widened with an innocent look on his face.
"My God, Xuanjie brought it up on his own initiative at the banquet yesterday. Wanzhi asked Xuanjie at that time if his words were true. Xuanjie said that a gentleman's words are hard to follow." Wang Dalang immediately called out to Qu.
"I have heard of the name of Miss Wanzhi. Many wealthy families wanted to take this girl as their concubine, but they were rejected by her. It is not easy to win her favor in Xuanjie, haha. I'm afraid.
The Jiaofang is not willing, but if Xuanjie asks the Zhou soldiers and horses to come forward, it can be done." Lao Dutou stood aside to help Wang Dalang. In fact, it would be easier to ask Li Juncao, the prince's young master, to come forward, but Lao Dutou
I still have resentment towards the Young Master's Mansion in my heart, so I naturally don't want to mention it at this moment.
Thinking of the ridiculous dream last night, Li Chengzhong was still very tempted. Under the encouragement of a few people, he was even more moved. He "reluctantly" agreed immediately, but he was embarrassed to appear so urgent, so he pretended to be cool.
He waved his hand and said: "What's the hurry? We have to go to the Soldier and Horse Envoy's house in the evening. That's business. It's not too late to go to Mingyue Songfeng Pavilion after the business is done."
The afternoon passed quickly. I was drinking tea, talking, and looking forward to the future in the small courtyard of Zhang House. This feeling was extremely relaxing.
Seeing that the time was approaching, Li Chengzhong, Zhang Xingzhong and Wang Dalang left Zhang's house and went to Zhou Zhiyu's house.
Zhou Zhiyu has returned from Jiedu Mansion. The military meeting on the first day only reported various news obtained from the south, and then gave the Lulong Army leaders who participated in the military meeting time to think. The military meeting on the second day is the focus. Zhou Zhiyu
Yu told Li Chengzhong the important news he had received. The two chatted for a while, and then heard the concierge outside the mansion begin to announce the arrival of guests.
According to ordinary human wisdom, it does not take much effort to give a nickname to a subordinate you like. You only need to invite a few close friends to come and watch the ceremony. But as the good news came one after another outside Yuguan
, the Pingzhou Army gradually began to rise again. The new leader of the Pingzhou Clan, Zhou Zhiyu, and his favorite general Li Chengzhong have also become hotly discussed figures in Youzhou since the beginning of the spring. Therefore, the guests who volunteered to attend the ceremony tonight also
There were more and more guests. As the guests arrived one by one, the banquet held by Zhou Zhiyu at home was not enough, so he went to the restaurant outside to buy food and drinks. He also borrowed many tables and chairs and arranged them in the hall and courtyard.
Full and full.
"In charge of the Yamen of Jiedu Mansion, the general judge Guo Bing came to congratulate..." This was the first guest to watch the ceremony at Zhou Zhiyu's house. This Guo Tongpan had a close friendship with Zhang Zaiji and Zhou Zhiyu, and Li Chengzhong was promoted to Qianying
The commander's confession was planned by him himself. Zhou Zhiyu took Li Chengzhong to personally greet him out the door, and welcomed Guo Tongpan in.
Guo Tongpan was about the same age as Zhou Zhiyu, but he was a little fat, and his face was covered with sweat when he walked. Although it was not hot in spring, Guo Tongpan was shaking a round fan, looking at Li Chengzhong while shaking it, and he was smiling.
Talk more.
Next came several of Zhou Zhiyu's brothers when he was the general's personal guard. Now they all serve in the Yameni army, either as commanders or as captains. Their official ranks are not high, but they are all generals leading troops.
The next people who came to visit were some mid-level and senior officers in the Lulong Army. These people were not familiar with Zhou Zhiyu, but out of their common sense, they were willing to come and get acquainted. For example, the right wing of the Yameni Army, Mabu Yu, Marquis Luo Daliang, and the left wing, Xingying Yu
Hou Chengwenhai and so on.
It was almost time for the dinner, and the status of the guests who came to the door was getting higher and higher.
"The Yancheng Guards, Dingyuan General Li Chengyue and his younger brothers Chengwanjun and Siqijun are here to congratulate you!"
"Kongling Pass guards captured the envoy, and guerrilla general Gao Xingzhou came to congratulate him!"
These four people had made an appointment with Li Chengzhong yesterday, and he quickly went over to greet them.
When the prince's young master Li Juncao appeared, the guests in the mansion were all stunned. This military leader did not show up easily, and they did not expect that today would also be here. So everyone stood up, and waited until Li Juncao took his seat under the guidance of Zhou Zhiyu, and then everyone sat down.
.Li Juncao's arrival was an impromptu invitation made by Li Chengzhong and Zhou Zhiyu when they met in the afternoon. It would be better to choose a different date, so they took this opportunity to invite Li Juncao to watch the ceremony, and they could talk about anything they had to do.
The whole process is actually very simple. It is nothing more than taking the calligraphy stickers that have been prepared and reading it out in public, and the guests present will give a testimony. However, there were more people here this time, so it seemed very grand.
Zhou Zhiyu drafted a pseudonym for Li Chengzhong last winter. For this pseudonym, he went to find Zhang Zaiji, a knowledgeable scholar. Zhang Zaiji explained the origin of Li Chengzhong's real name. He said that the word "Chengzhong" comes from "Xiao Xiao".
It is recorded in "The Book of Dai Li" that sincerity is in the inside and manifests in the outside. Honesty is the way of heaven. Only those with sincerity can achieve themselves. Therefore - "Sincerity is self-sufficient".
If Zhang Zaiji knew that the meaning of the three words Li Chengzhong is actually very simple, that is, "the father named Li hopes that his son will be loyal to the motherland," I wonder if he would be embarrassed.
Zhou Zhiyu was also unclear about the later meaning of the word "Chengzhong". According to the meaning recorded in the Book of Rites, he hoped that Li Chengzhong could achieve self-improvement in the way of sincerity. So, when Li Chengzhong opened the sticker, he saw "Zi Cheng" inside.
"When he said these two words, he almost vomited blood.
There was a chorus of shouts in the Zhou Mansion: "Congratulations to brother Zicheng!"
"Congratulations to Brother Zicheng!"
"Li Zicheng, Li Xuanjie, congratulations!"
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