What is happiness? When you feel satisfied, you are happy. The satisfaction mentioned here does not refer to a certain aspect, but refers to the spiritual level. Only when a person feels that his life is good from the spiritual level can he be truly happy. It is not necessary
There is no need for fine clothes and fine food, no need for horses and light fur. Lu Yi is the happiest now. She helped Su Ren clean up the bed, took the bowl and left the room, walking very carefully with a satisfied smile on her face.
Huo Jin ran in from the door, quickly took the tray from Lu Yi's hand, and smiled: "Sister-in-law, where are you going today? Are you going to the silk-tying workshop? The heat there is too hot, which is not good for your health.
, it’s better to go to the weapons workshop, it’s cooler there.”
Lu Yi smiled and said, "Have you fallen in love with something again? You stole a bow last time. If not..."
"Well, my sister-in-law, what should I be afraid of when you are here? I didn't steal in vain. Yesterday I shot a deer with that guy Su Kai. Do you want to eat it or not? I'll go to the kitchen and get you a piece of it?"
Lu Yi quickly shook his head: "Forget it, I can't eat anything too greasy."
"Then let me pick some wild fruits for you? This is delicious!"
Lu Yi nodded and wandered around Zhuiyun Mountain accompanied by Huo Jin. Everyone he met would call her "Madam" as long as he knew him. At first, Lu Yi felt embarrassed. Although he said that he was pregnant with Su Ren's child, in
She was still a grown-up girl in terms of etiquette, but her face was filled with embarrassment when she was suddenly called madam. There were too many people calling her, so Lu Yi simply tied up her hair and pretended to be a woman. When she heard the word madam again, she felt much more at ease.
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Because Tang Meng's army was at the bottom of the mountain, some people in Zhuiyun Mountain were agitated. When they heard that Tang Meng had sent people, everyone looked eagerly in the direction of the lobby, hoping it was good news. Although, life in Zhuiyun Mountain was much better.
, but it has not yet reached self-sufficiency. Many things rely on external transportation. Everyone hopes that the imperial officers and soldiers will leave as soon as possible.
"I pay my respects to Su Shipu!"
Su Ren glanced at the person who came and saw that he was just an ordinary soldier: "Get up and talk. What do you want, Lieutenant Tang?"
"The captain wants to see the mayor. The time and place are all decided by the mayor!" As he spoke, he took out a piece of silk from his arms and said, "This is a letter from the captain to the mayor. Please read it."
Su Ren took the silk and there were a lot of eloquent words on it. The person who saw it was confused and handed it to Sima Xiangru.
"In this case, you go back and tell Captain Tang to come after Yunshan in three days with the 600 horses he snatched. Don't wait until it's too late!"
The soldier did not move or agree. Instead, he raised his head and looked at Su Ren: "Su Shi, the captain said that he took a total of 573 horses from you."
Su Ren glanced at Cui Jiuming, and Cui Jiuming nodded. Su Ren said solemnly: "No matter how many horses it is, if I say six hundred horses, it is six hundred horses. It doesn't matter if there is one less horse. Go ahead! Bring the words!"
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"Here!" This time the soldier didn't have any unnecessary nonsense and turned around and left.
Sun Ermazi chuckled: "Back then, you said whoever begged for mercy first would lose. Now, can you say that Tang Meng is in our hands? Hahaha... What a fucking pleasure!"
Cui Jiuming stepped forward: "We were obviously robbed of 573 horses, why do you have to ask Tang Meng to give out 600 horses? If Tang Meng is not willing, wouldn't it mean that the negotiation will be impossible?"
Upon hearing this, everyone stopped talking and looked at Su Ren.
Su Ren smiled and said: "Since you are here to beg for mercy, you have to pay a price, not to mention the extra war horses are only a few dozen horses. Tang Meng has been hanging around with the Meng family for so many years, and he must have got some money in his hands. This is
To him, it’s just a drop in the bucket, and he will definitely take it out.”
The next day, before Su Ren got up, Hawking suddenly broke in. Su Ren opened his eyes and closed them again. Hawking came to Su Ren's bed, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said with a smile: "See you there."
It's me, not my sister-in-law, are you disappointed?"
Su Ren was stunned: "Who is the sister-in-law?"
Huo Jin quickly covered his mouth and shouted what Lu Yi said to his sister-in-law and his wife. The whole village knew that he was hiding it from Su Ren. After all, the two of them were not married, so it was not nice to say it. Su Ren was recognized by Zhuiyunshan and even Yuanshan.
The boss, whether it is to take care of Su Ren's face or to maintain Su Ren's dignity, it is better not to say this in front of Su Ren.
"Tell me, who is the sister-in-law?"
Hawking stood up quickly and said with a smile: "I made a mistake, it's Sister Luyi."
Su Ren's face darkened instantly, and Huo Jin ran out the door, shouting as he ran: "Tang Meng is here, just down the mountain. Master Sun asked if you would let him in?"
A shoe flew out of Su Ren's room. Hawking picked it up with a smile, looked at Su Ren who was still sitting on the bed, threw the shoe under the bed, and disappeared through the door.
Lu Yi came in with a tray and started to clean up Su Ren's room with a smile: "Children are talking nonsense, why are you angry?"
"It's all your instigation!" Su Ren started to get dressed angrily.
When Lu Yi heard this, he put down the tray and put his hands on his hips: "Isn't it right? Isn't your child in my belly?"
"Hey!" Su Ren sighed, sat at the table and started to eat: "Why don't I marry you? What I've done now is the same as Chen Shimei who always abandoned me and gave up."
"Who is Chen Shimei?"
"Uh! He's a character in a story. I'll tell you about it another time."
Tang Meng was still dressed as a scribe, with a large group of war horses behind him. Cui Jiuming was leading the count, while Sun Ermazi stood aside with his weapon in hand and watched the soldiers who came with Tang Meng.
Su Ren brought Zhou Chong and Sima Xiangru down from the mountain. Tang Meng stepped forward with a smile and saluted: "Su Shifu, long time no see?"
"It didn't take long. Didn't we meet a few days ago?" Su Ren's words were cold.
Tang Meng was not angry: "Haha, under the governance of Su Shifu, Yuanshan has such a scene, which makes me a little surprised. For being able to pacify these Yuanshan bandits, Su Shiyu has done such a wonderful job, and the imperial court will reward him."
There must be quite a few. I would like to congratulate the mayor of Su first. Now that the mayor has elected Xiaolian, a county official cannot escape this time."
Cui Jiuming finally finished counting the horses and nodded to Su Ren. The expression on Su Ren's face softened a little: "I have no idea whether the county is respected or not. I am happy that Captain Tang returned my horses."
, Come here, please invite Captain Tang to come up the mountain!"
Tang Meng walked all the way and watched, saying words of emotion and compliments one after another, putting himself at a low level. Everyone in Yuanshan was very happy. For a captain to be so humble, it already showed that he had completely surrendered. Su Ren also and Tang Meng
Meng said nothing painful and came to the lobby of Zhuiyun Mountain.
Su Ren did his job and sat in the middle, not paying attention to Tang Meng, a superior official at all: "I heard that Tang Duwei's robbery of my horse was under Meng Ji's instructions. I wonder if this is the case?"
Tang Meng nodded: "It can't be said that I was instigated. I was deceived by Meng Ji. Now I have tortured everything from Meng Bi's mouth. I know that I have done something wrong. I came here to apologize to Su Shi. I hope you can
There are a lot of people in Su City, don't blame me."
"Mengbi?"
"Exactly, Meng Bi has been severely punished by me, and I have also written a statement to the court. Speaking of which, the Meng family father and son actually acted rebellious. Su Shi knows that the Meng family father and son were taken from me.
Who are you taking the horses to? It’s the King of Huainan. This is an act of rebellion! Fortunately, I discovered it in time and it didn’t make a big mistake, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
"So, it is a great achievement that Captain Tang was able to see the rebellious behavior of the Meng family and his son!"
"Don't dare, don't dare. We are all officials of the imperial court. Naturally, we have to share the worries of His Majesty and the imperial court. We must not do that kind of thing without a king or a father."
After talking for two hours, Tang Meng kept blaming himself and pushing the blame onto Meng Ji. Su Ren cooperated tacitly. If this was the first time he knew about this, he would definitely think that these two people were
Talents who are the pillars of the imperial court can put aside any personal interests for the imperial court.
No one interrupted, and they sat and listened to the two people talking. It was noon, and Su Ren left Tang Meng to eat.
During the banquet, Su Ren said with a smile: "Captain Tang, I got these horses for the court on the orders of the prefect. You were deceived by Meng Ji, but fortunately you did not make a big mistake. I will report to the prefect truthfully and will definitely
We cannot let that rebellious Mengji escape."
"What Su Shipu said is true, and I absolutely agree."
"In this case, can Captain Tang's troops withdraw from Yuanshan?"
"Oh? Hahaha, that's natural. Now the people of Yuanshan are working hard to get more horses for the imperial court. They are all good people of our Han Dynasty! As the captain of Shu County, how can you embarrass me, the Han people, but this
The business world is difficult, so if Sushi Pulse can use us, just ask."
"That's very good. There are really some things that need the captain's help. Everything is good in Yuanshan, but there is a shortage of supplies. Can merchants in Sichuan use the name of the captain of the Tang Dynasty for their goods? This will be a lot more convenient. It also needs some help.
The soldiers helped escort the transportation, and the captain can rest assured that since these soldiers have contributed, I will never let my brothers do it in vain."
"What did Su Shipeng say? The county soldiers serve the people of the county. This is a trivial matter."
"In that case, I'll leave it to Captain Tang to drink this cup together!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, then drank the wine in their glasses.
Tang Meng was finally sent away. Everyone who had been silent until now breathed a sigh of relief.
Sun Ermazi patted Su Ren on the shoulder: "Boy, you two have been talking for so long. Why do I get more and more confused as I listen to it? What did you say?"
Zhou Chong chuckled and said, "If you could understand, you wouldn't have to suffer in Yuanshan!"
Everyone laughed.
Sima Xiangru pulled Su Ren aside: "Can you believe this Tang Meng?"
Su Ren shook his head: "This guy is extremely cunning. I have never trusted him. It's just mutual use. As I said, as long as there is benefit, this guy doesn't mind taking refuge in anyone, so let's take advantage of him first."