When Huaiyu woke up early in the morning, Runniang had already prepared a gift for him to visit his father-in-law's house for New Year greetings.
"The eldest lady said she couldn't go, so she asked Alang to take Wu Niang and the others there."
Huaiyu is now used to Fan Xuanfu becoming a homebody, "It's snowing and cold today, so she should have a good rest at home."
"Would you like to go for a walk too?"
Runniang blushed and whispered, "Slave, slave is here too."
"Um?"
"I've been feeling nauseous these past few days, so I went to Qianjin Hall to have the doctor check my pulse, and it's confirmed."
This is the fourth pregnancy in Huaiyu Yuan, first Fan Xuanfu, then Gao Hui'an, then Irina, and now Runniang, who was the first to be pregnant with her, is also pregnant.
"Then you should take a good rest." Huaiyu stretched out his hand to take a pulse, and sure enough, he felt it. "Just ask me to check for you and you will know. I will go to Qianjin Hall."
"I'm afraid that I won't get pregnant and I'll be disappointed."
"Come on, I'll give you some anti-fetal medicine. You need to be especially careful when you're pregnant."
Runniang was very happy to be cared for by Huaiyu. She was the first to follow Huaiyu, but seeing the eldest lady's belly getting bigger day by day, she still didn't make any movement. In fact, she was very panicked and even secretly blamed herself.
Now I'm finally pregnant.
"From now on, you don't have to worry about anything at home. I'll arrange for two more experienced servants to take care of you. You can leave all the accounting affairs to the monks and maids. You can raise your baby in peace without having to worry about anything."
"Erlang, I want a daughter."
"It's good to have sons and daughters,"
When Mrs. Wu Liu heard that Runniang was also pregnant, she immediately took off a big gold bracelet and put it on her hand, "Okay, okay, I finally have it, take good care of it, and then I will give birth to a big fat boy for Erlang."
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When they went to Fan's house, the three sisters, Monk Fan and Maid Fan, couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
There were people in the backyard one after another, but the three sisters made no movement.
"Is it because we practice martial arts and play ball?" the monk maid sighed.
King Kong also thinks it is possible, "I can no longer practice martial arts and play ball."
Seeing their anxious looks, Huaiyu could only comfort them all the way, saying that they were still young and it would be better to get pregnant and have children later.
Yingguo Gongfu.
Fan Xing had been waiting for his daughter and son-in-law to come to visit him for New Year greetings. He was a little disappointed when he saw that only Huaiyu came with his third niece, but his daughter still did not come.
"Are you feeling well, aunt?"
"I have gained twenty kilograms." Huaiyu replied truthfully. Fan Xianji, who used to have an inverted triangle with a vest line on her back, now has a double chin and her thighs are thicker.
"The fetus is fine, but now she keeps saying that she doesn't sleep well at night and often catches up on sleep during the day. She was supposed to come today, but I saw that it snowed heavily today and the road was slippery, so I asked her to have a good rest at home."
Fan Xing nodded, "Your body is important, your body is important."
Seeing that Fan Xing felt a little disappointed, Huaiyu drank with Lao Fan.
Originally he wanted to drink some wine, but instead Lao Fan asked for the Wuhou roast that Huaiyu had given him.
This wine is very strong, but my father-in-law wants to drink it, so Huaiyu can only risk his life to accompany the gentleman, drinking one glass after another.
After finishing one pot, another pot came.
Wu Huaiyu was barely able to drink, but he also vomited after being drunk. Fan Xing also vomited violently, but Fan Manzi was also ruthless. After vomiting while holding a spittoon, he immediately raised his glass again.
Drink and vomit, vomit and drink.
Wu Huaiyu ended up sitting on the floor and woke up after a drunken sleep at Fan's house.
Fan Xing couldn't bear to get drunk, so he vomited and drank to drown his sorrows and fell asleep. Huaiyu said hello to his brothers-in-law and returned.
Returning from Huaiyuanfang in the west of the city, Huaiyu turned directly into Pingkangfang next to Yongxingfang.
The adoptive father Qin Qiong was still in the countryside of Bailuyuan, so he went to his teacher Li Jing's house to pay New Year's greetings.
Fortunately, the carriage was big enough and everything was complete. I took off my alcohol-smelling clothes directly in the carriage and put on new ones that were incense-scented.
The Yongkang Duke's Mansion was very lively, and everyone from the Li family in Chang'an came to the patriarch's house to pay New Year's greetings.
I would like to send New Year greetings to Li Jing and his wife, and send New Year red envelopes to the juniors.
"There will be a guest later, please meet him."
"good."
In the study, Li Jing and Huai Yu started a war game again, this time the game was about destroying Liang's capital.
"Aren't you curious about who this guest is that my teacher introduced to you?"
"The teacher introduced me specifically, he must be an important guest."
"The son of an old friend from Hebei, his father and I were considered old friends back then."
Huaiyu didn't think much about it. For a person of Li Jing's status, he must have relatives and friends in both the government and the public. He was about to go to Yanzhou to take up the post of governor. It was normal for Li Jing to recommend a disciple to go with him.
There is no reason to refuse such a small thing.
But when this guest arrived, Wu Huaiyu was really surprised when he heard his name. He didn't expect it to be this person at all.
"Jizhou Su Lie!"
Huaiyu was very familiar with this name, and it was like thunder in his ears.
He looked at the Hebei man opposite him in surprise. He was about thirty years old, with a tall body, a square face and a big mouth. He looked like a typical general, and the general's belly was also quite big.
The man is tall, the horse is big, the legs are long, the hands are thick, and the belly is big.
His speaking voice was also very loud.
"Wu Yi Su Ding Fang? Hearing the famous name early, it was like thunder in his ears. During the Sui Dynasty, at the age of fifteen, he followed his father and led thousands of rural soldiers to fight in all directions, guarding the territory and suppressing bandits. He was brave, powerful, and courageous. He was an enemy of ten thousand people.
He killed the thief Zhang Jinsheng and Yang Gongqing one after another, and protected the peace of the whole country. I have admired him for a long time!"
Su Lie just waved his hand, "Not to mention the bravery of a good man, it has passed. Now I am no longer a young man, I am old."
Su Lie was fifteen years old when he first went to the battlefield with his father to suppress bandits. Now he is thirty-five years old. That was already twenty years ago.
Wu Huaiyu was surprised that Li Jing actually knew Su Lie.
You must know that Su Lie was not only a powerful man who followed his father to unite the rural troops to suppress bandits and pacify the people in the late Sui Dynasty. After his father died, he continued to command the county troops, but later he voted for Dou Jiande and became the vanguard general of the Xia Kingdom. After Dou Jiande was defeated in Hulao,
He also disbanded his troops and returned home to live in seclusion.
But Liu Heitai raised troops twice, and Su Lie responded with armor. It was not until Liu Heitai died that Su Lie disarmed and returned home again.
It has been four years since Taketori returned to his hometown to live in seclusion in the sixth year of his life.
As a famous general under Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai, Su Lie should have been on the key monitoring list of the Tang Dynasty local government.
Why did he come to Chang'an and Li Jing's house?
Li Jing asked the two of them to sit down.
"Actually, it's your senior brother who decides the recipe, Erlang."
It turned out that Su Lie's family was originally from Wuyi, Jizhou, Hebei Province, but they moved to Xianyang, Guanzhong in their early years. Su Dingfang's father, Su Yong, had a good relationship with Li Jing in his early years, so Su Lie grew up in Guanzhong when he was very young.
When he was young, he often visited Li Jing's house with his father.
When he was young, Su Lie showed a lot of talent in martial arts, and even the art of war was much better than ordinary children. Although Li Jing's official career was not smooth in his early years, after all, Li Jing was the son of a general, and his father and uncle were both famous generals.
When Su Lie was young, he worshiped Li Jing as his teacher and learned the art of war.
Later in the Sui Dynasty, Su Yong took his family back to his ancestral home. At the end of the Great Cause, Hebei was full of bandits. Su Yong organized thousands of rural soldiers to fight against bandits in the prefectures and counties. At that time, many local powerful people did this, such as Dong'e.
Cheng Yaojin, Zhang Shigui from Shaanzhou, etc.
The young Su Dingfang followed his father and led thousands of rural soldiers. He fought for many years and became famous. He was known as the enemy of ten thousand people. Along with Pei Xingyan, Lai Zheng, Xue Rengao and Luo Shixin, they were also called the top five young generals at that time.
Under Dou Jiande's command, Su Dingfang also made many achievements and was adopted as his adopted son by Dou Jiande's general Gao Yaxian.
"You are going to Yanzhou to attack Liang. I specially sent a letter to summon Dingfang. Huaiyu, you have a strategy and Dingfang has the courage and is good at commanding cavalry. He can help you when he goes to Yanzhou." Li Jing said.
Su Dingfang was quite candid.
He said that he originally thought of farming in the countryside and never coming back, but he offended the Cui family of Qinghe in the local area, and now the Cui family and the local government made him unable to stay any longer, so he had to come to Beijing.
"I really had no shame in coming to see the teacher. I am nearly forty and have accomplished nothing, not even farming at home." Su Dingfang laughed at himself.
Huaiyu can also understand to a certain extent. The court would not trust someone like Su Dingfang because he had a criminal record. After Dou Jiande was defeated, he refused to attach himself to the Tang Dynasty and returned home to live in seclusion. As a result, he rose up to follow Liu twice
Black Tar's Rebellion.
If it hadn't been for Liu Heitai's first rebellion, which almost swept through Guandong, the imperial court would have been unable to tolerate these people. However, Liu Heitai was able to resist with such great momentum, in fact, it was because Li Yuan directly executed Dou Jiande after defeating him.
, and then related to the harsh liquidation of those old Dou troops who surrendered voluntarily.
The Tang Dynasty was very powerful in the liquidation of Hebei, which caused the loss of people's hearts. As a result, Hebei was completely lost. Liu Heitai, a man who did not have a high status in the Dou Department, just made the Tang Dynasty miserable. Even Luo Shixin was killed in Hebei.
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Both Xue Wanche brothers were captured alive before the battle and their heads were shaved off.
Later, Li Shimin personally took action and finally killed Liu Heitai with flooding. Li Tang also learned his lesson and changed the liquidation to appeasement. He also gave a wide berth to people like Su Dingfang, and then Hebei and Shandong were stabilized.
But after all, it is impossible to rest assured.
Unless you come out to accept an official position in the Tang Dynasty and become one of your own, you will always be considered to have alien intentions if you return to your hometown to live in seclusion.
Naturally, local officials would not be polite to them, and Qinghe Cui Fanyang Lu and other local powerful people would not be polite to someone as powerful as Su Lie. They were not the same kind of people.
No matter what the reason is for enmity, people will naturally not let it go easily.
Su Lie couldn't stay in his hometown anymore, so he had to come to Beijing to seek asylum with Li Jing.
"I will recommend Senior Brother Su to the saint tomorrow," Huaiyu said without hesitation. Although Su Lie is now in his thirties, he and Li Jing belong to the same category, late bloomers.
Although Su Lie became famous at a young age, what is truly remarkable in Su Lie's history is that he became famous after he turned sixty.
He destroyed the three kingdoms before and after, and captured their masters alive.
What an awesome existence this is, not only destroying the country, but also capturing the king.
Conquered the Western Turks, Barbarians and Baekje, defeated Goguryeo,
He was also a famous figure who became famous in the Sui Dynasty and finally became successful in the Tang Gaozong era.
Not only was he very capable, but he was also able to survive. All the generals who had survived until the founding of the country were gone, and he came out to show off his power alone.
Although Su Lie has been farming in the countryside for four years, this guy came out around this time in history. Later, he and Li Jing raided the Jieli Khan Court, and Su Lie was the pioneer.
Of course Wu Huaiyu was willing to recommend such a fierce man to the emperor, and was even more willing to take him to Yanzhou as a helper.
Although Wu Huaiyu has fought several battles, he can only be regarded as a novice among novices, while Su Dingfang, although only in his thirties, is a strong man with nearly twenty years of combat experience.
Li Jing said, "The imperial court has summoned Dingfang several times before, but he has always refused to answer the call. Your Majesty is also very aware of his ability. Dingfang also played against Your Majesty several times back then, which left a deep impression on Your Majesty."
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The implication is that if Su Dingfang is willing to serve in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin will be very happy.
With the recommendation of Li Jing and Wu Huaiyu, there wouldn't be much problem in getting Su Dingfang to go to Yanzhou.
Sixty-year-old Li Jing, thirty-four-year-old Su Lie, and nineteen-year-old Huaiyu, the three masters and apprentices picked up the Shuofang map and began to deduce it again.
