Riding on dark clouds and snow, I ran from Yongxingfang at the foot of the Imperial City in the east of the city back to Huaiyuanfang in the west of the city. I ran non-stop for more than ten miles without daring to stop.
terrible.
Thinking of Cheng Yaojin and his two strong sumo wrestler figures, it is estimated that his daughters must be at least at the level of judo players.
"Have you packed your things? Let's go quickly."
Runniang was startled when she saw Huaiyu's panic, "What happened?"
"It's a long story, so let's go back to the countryside for a while."
"Okay, just now I have been waiting for you to come back. After the drum sounds in the West Market, my brother and I will go to the West Market to buy some."
"That's good, let's go."
He hurriedly brought Chen Runniang with him, and Chen Xing also accompanied his sister to the house today. It was considered as a farewell ceremony. They all rode horses and went to Huaiyi House in Guangdefang first. After calling him, they left the city.
After crossing the Wei Bridge, Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Several people slowed down their horses and chatted while walking.
"You just offered medicine to His Highness the Crown Prince, and were rewarded with a silver crotch belt, and an imperial-made ring-headed refined iron horizontal sword?"
Wu Huaiyi was very happy for his brother. If the medicine was good, when the prince was happy, he might recruit Huaiyu to serve as an official in the East Palace Pharmacy or the Imperial Medical Office. Even if he was a medical officer, he would still be an official.
"By the way, since you have done something good by offering medicine and the prince is rewarded, why are you running away in such a panic?"
"You don't know, Duke Su Guo just wanted to drag me back to his house, saying that he has several daughters who are suitable for marriage, and I can choose one of them to get married. Brother, think about it, Duke Su Guo is a newly rich man with military exploits. In early June,
The fourth queen has even more support. Now the newly promoted Youwuwei General, the Wannian Daoshen Banner General, and the Prince's Right Guard Commander are also inspecting the North Gate Imperial Army's right camp. He is a truly hot new man.
However, his family has several unmatched daughters waiting for marriage, which is obviously a problem."
Huaiyu patted his chest and analyzed, "Look at Su Guogong, and then look at Cheng Dalang's appearance. He has the head of a leopard, a tiger's back, and a bear's waist. He looks like a talking black bear. His daughter cannot get married because she looks like him.
They are the same."
"Who wants to marry a black bear spirit as a wife?"
Huaiyi's eyes widened at these words and he was speechless for a long time. He almost wanted to whip Wu Huaiyu with his whip.
He sighed with trembling fingers and said angrily, "Erlang, that's the daughter of Duke Su's palace. You've never seen her young lady, how do you know if she's good-looking? Besides, when a man marries a virtuous wife, it's the last thing he can do.
Fortunately, it's a good match. If your wife's family is powerful, it's not entirely a bad thing. How much help can it give you.
If you can really be favored by Su Guogong and become his son-in-law, how can you still be a money-catcher who is not considered a foreigner in Sanyuan County?
No matter how many people ask for such an opportunity, they can't even ask for it, yet you actually despise it."
"What would you like me to ask you?"
Huaiyu smiled and said: "Brother, Qi Dafei is not a coincidence. This wife's natal family is powerful and it is not good for her to be out of the family."
"What's wrong? Among all the talented people in the world, who wouldn't want to marry a girl with the fifth surname? Even if you settle for the next best thing, you still dream of marrying a girl with the fourth surname in Guanxi, the Guanlong clan, or a daughter of the Jiangnan Chinese clan. What's the shame?
Yes, didn’t our fourth uncle also marry a daughter of the Hongnong Yang family?”
Of course, Huaiyu didn't feel that he was unwilling to climb high. The main reason was that he still had Fan Xuanfu in his heart. Although he was rejected in person, he didn't give up. In fact, he didn't care about the difference in family status. The main reason was that he had preconceived ideas and had some
After two close encounters, I already had a strong possessive desire in my heart and regarded Fan Xuanfu as one of my own.
As for the girls from the Cheng family who have never met before, they don't have any thoughts.
"Brother, how about I go to Duke Yi and ask him to come forward to see if Duke Su can choose you as his son-in-law?"
Huaiyi glared at him, but did not refuse. It was obvious that Wu Dalang, who looked honest and honest, was actually not so pure in his heart. If there was such an opportunity, he would definitely not refuse it and would even fight for it.
"Then it's settled like this. Don't talk about me anymore, and don't talk about it to Aye and Aniang when you get home."
In the afternoon, the Weibei Plain was a lush and endless plain, full of crops, and a peaceful scene. However, after encountering several armies heading west, Huaiyi and Huaiyu fell silent.
The capital is not at peace either. The Turkic army is raging in Longyou and may even enter Guanzhong at any time.
"Those who are under the wolf sun will definitely not be able to enter Guanzhong. Li Jing and Chai Shao are both famous generals. The prince is also mobilizing reinforcements. They will definitely be able to repel them. It will only hurt the people in Shuofang, Longyou. After this plunder
, I don’t know how many people have broken their homes, fled their lives, lost their wives and scattered their families, hey!” Huaiyi sighed.
"I think we may not be able to stop the Turks this time, so we have to make bad plans early." Huaiyu clearly remembered that as soon as Li Shimin ascended the throne, the Turks drank from the Wei River and approached Chang'an City. In the end, Li Shimin was forced to follow
Jieli Khan signed the Weiqiao White Horse Alliance, which was a humiliating alliance under the city.
Although Li Shimin worked very hard to avoid the bad situation of the Turkic army besieging Chang'an, Datang still suffered a huge loss and made a very humiliating compromise.
Sanyuan County is in Weibei, and Turks can drink Mawei water, so Weibei is naturally even more unsafe.
"No, when the world was in chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Turks never broke into Guanzhong. At most, they plundered places such as Hetao, Shuofang, Longyou, Hedong, and Hebei. Each time they just looted and wreaked havoc, and robbed many children of their money.
The grain and grass then returned to the grassland."
"not necessarily."
Huaiyu's words did not move his brother. Huaiyi did not believe that the Turks could break into Guanzhong this time. He thought that they would at most loot the area near Longyou Shuofang and eventually retreat outside the Great Wall.
Chen Runniang and her brother and sister followed them all the way without saying much. At dusk, they only arrived at Jingyang, and decided to stay in Jingyang for one night and start their journey again at dawn.
They traveled 80 miles in half a day, drove west from Chang'an to Lingao Post, then turned north and traveled 70 miles to Jingyang County to welcome the winter post.
Yingdong Post is named after the common name of Jingyang County, Yingdong City. It is the first stop on the way north from Chang'an via Zhongwei Bridge. It has fifty post horses and dozens of postmen. It is just east of the county seat and is quite large.
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Even because of this large inn, many shops and restaurants were built on the official road next to the inn, as well as a private grass market.
They rested directly at an inn next to the inn to avoid the inconvenience of entering the city. Huaiyu also rested here for the first time when he returned to Sanyuan, and this time he stayed at the same inn as last time.
At sunset and dusk, the inn was very lively, and the business travelers who passed by did not travel at night, but all stayed in the hotel. Because of the Turkic invasion, no one slept outside.
"Open two guest rooms and feed our horses."
"Good class, do you want to tip it?"
Huaiyi shook his head, they brought their own dry food.
The waiter loudly shouted to the shopkeeper that the middle guest should open a room and two hotels, and at the same time asked someone to take the horse to the stable in the backyard to be fed, brushed and washed.
The inn is actually quite simple, with rammed earth walls and thatched roofs. It has a larger place, a large front and rear yard, and the room is spacious. In addition to the guest rooms, there is also a lobby, where there are many people who can eat and drink, and some who bring their own dry food to rest.
As soon as you enter the house, you can smell a strong smell of sweat and sourness.
Huaiyu just thought about handing over the money, taking the key, and leaving to go back to the room, when there was a bang and a black shadow rushed towards him.
Huaiyi took two steps forward and took it.
But it turned out to be a young man who was thrown away. He was about twenty-five or six, wearing a somewhat old Confucian robe. His face was red, and the smell of alcohol was coming from his mouth. It looked like he had drunk too much.
"Man surnamed Ma, you can't even pay for the room and food, and you still drink every day. You really think you are a master. If you don't pay for the room and food together with the wine today, you will go to the back to clean the horse manure and shovel it."
Until the wages are paid to the account." The shopkeeper couldn't stand the drunk man, and he went crazy because he didn't pay the debt.
The young man in Confucian robes had sloppy steps, smelled of alcohol, and his face was flushed. He pointed at the shopkeeper and said, "Don't insult Si Wen!"
"You insulted Sven."
In the lobby of the inn, all the merchants and guests were watching and booing, and some even shouted, "Old Ma, can you really drink a bucket of eight liters of wine at a time? Why did you get drunk just after you only drank eight liters? What if you drink another one?"
Dou, I paid for today’s drinks for you.”
Huaiyu saw that this man was quite good-looking, and he was obviously a scholar in his Confucian robes. However, he was really embarrassed now. He immediately said, "I wonder what kind of trouble this Brother Ma has encountered."
"It's not difficult, it's just that some people look down on others. I, Ma, am familiar with the books of sages, proficient in the Zuo Zhuan of the Book of Songs, and have a lot of knowledge and ideas, but there is no place for me to use them. But you remember, I, Ma, have this talent.
, I will never be buried, and sooner or later, I will be admired by others."
"Bah, how many times have you said this? You've been cheating me out for more than half a month, and you've been saying this every day, but where's the room, food, and wine money? I just found out that when you were in Xinfeng, you were already here
After cheating and drinking for more than half a year, you were finally kicked out. Who inside and outside Chang'an city doesn't know that you are an alcoholic. Now you want to lie to me again. You have offended the Cui family of Qinghe. Who in Chang'an will use you?
Drag him to the backyard, pour water on him to wake him up, and then he will brush horses and shovel manure at the inn to pay off his debts." The shopkeeper looked at him with disdain.
Huaiyu looked at the red-faced, down-and-out scholar named Ma and thought of someone else. When he saw this, he stopped the boy who came to pick him up.
"This shopkeeper, how much does he owe you?"
The shopkeeper knew Huaiyi who came often and knew that he was a military attache of the Forbidden Army, so he politely handed over to his brother: "The debt is not too much, just a few thousand dollars, but this deception is really annoying.
.”
Although Huaiyu looked at the appearance of that person, he didn't know if it was the person he thought, but even if he wasn't, Qianjin Hall was recruiting people everywhere now, and they also needed some scholars who could write and do calculations. Besides, if it was really that person, he would be considered a good friend now.
Fate.
"If it's only a few thousand dollars, then I'll settle it for him first."
Seeing that the wrongdoer was willing to pay back the debt, the shopkeeper happily took the account book.
In fact, he really didn't owe much, and the consumption in this kind of rural shop was not high. He mainly owed more money for wine, but for more than half a month, he actually owed less than 3,000 yuan in total, with wine accounting for more than half.
Huaiyu paid the money directly. The money was indeed not much, but he could drink hundreds of dollars worth of wine a day, which showed that this person really liked drinking. After all, it was impossible to drink famous wines in such a small place.
"Thank you Wu Erlang. My surname is Ma. Why don't you thank Wu Erlang quickly?"
"Thank you Wu Erlang for your generous help in rescuing the siege. I will definitely repay the money in the future." The scholar couldn't stand still and thanked him with his hands. Huaiyu waved his hand and said, "Sir, your surname is Ma? What are your plans?"
The scholar suddenly became silent. He originally planned to travel west to Chang'an and present books to his family so that he could show his ambition, but who knew that the reality was a slap in the face. Now he can't even eat, let alone anything else.
All because they offended the Cui family of Qinghe when they were in Henan, and they are still affected everywhere in Chang'an now.
Huaiyu saw his predicament, "If you don't mind, Mr. Ma, I have a temporary job to be a teacher at the Wu Clan Academy in Chang'an. If you don't have this intention, you can stay at my house for a while."
Time, it’s easy for me to make friends.”
The scholar looked at Huaiyu, but neither agreed nor refused, but made a request, "Can you buy me two buckets of wine? I just didn't have enough, and I want to drink to my heart's content."
Huaiyu smiled and said, "Okay, shopkeeper, bring me two measures of wine."
Seeing this, the scholar raised his hand to Huaiyu and said, "Wu Erlang is really a pleasant person, I like him."
