The Snowy Path of the Heroic Blade Chapter 252: Standing, sitting, kneeling and lying down

The qi-trainer Jin Xin'an and Dazheng Wu Lingsu did not leave the small building. Although Wu Lingsu got the identity of a living deity with his slanted wrists, he had a few kilograms of true skills. Wu Lingsu always knew that. I didn’t forget about it because I had a good time in Tai’an City. This is not how good Wu Lingsu’s concentration is. There is really a tigress in the house staring at him. Every time he is full of ambition, he will be overwhelmed by cold water, thinking. It's hard not to be awake, you must know that every time the Zhu Fu Lu on the gate of the palace welcomes the new and resigns, it is from that girl's handwriting. Wu Lingsu just pretended to take out his sleeve and put it on. 【】At this moment, Wu Lingsu's body couldn't help swinging and sweating when he thought of the request she made not long ago. Do you really want to be a slave of the two surnames? To be precise, they are not counted as domestic slaves of the two surnames, in fact the surnames are the same. However, the **** level of the disputes between the same surname and the brotherly surnames of the emperor's family is even more terrifying than the party fights in the temple. If it can guarantee the prosperity of the Wu family's incense and ensure that the only son Wu Shizhen can inherit the title of Yuyi Qingxiang, it will be fine, but if you do it according to her statement, the wealth you get is not small, and the risk is greater.

Wu Lingsu was trembling, if it was before today, he would still think that Liyang Zhaoshi could put a life-saving talisman on his head, the emperor is far away, let alone a vassal in the northwest, but when that young man killed After arriving at Tai'an City or even directly to the Tiantian Supervisor, Wu Dazhen had to weigh it carefully.

Jin Xin'an didn't go deep into Wu Zhenren's gaffe, but regarded it as a false **** who met the real god, worrying that Wu's position in the Liyang court would not be preserved. What's more, Jin Xin'an is too busy to take care of himself, lazy to take care of a puppet of two generations of emperors. Jin Xinan raised his head and looked at the hanging statues on the wall. The picture is still in order, but many of the characters in the picture have disappeared out of thin air. This is the case for the Qiqishi master who wants to become a land immortal, and then rushes to prove the Dao soaring before the Tianmen closes. , Is a great blow. Since ancient times, people of Taoism have recognized a death principle, and those who ascend have longevity! But if even the immortal is likely to die and disappear, then help Xie Guan should be a tiger, even if he soars, can he really escape the cycle of heaven?

There are people in the DPRK who are good officials and want to be immortals. Why not? Why did the Dragon Tiger Mountain Heavenly Master Mansion have been arrogant, and people have soared almost from generation to generation, while Wudang Mountain, also the ancestor's family, has been declining? Wouldn’t it be totally different if Lu Zu hadn’t crossed the Tianmen and didn’t enter, and had Lu Dongxuan’s "Ancestral Yin"? With Huangmanshan Wang Chonglou's profound cultivation base, isn't it easy to fly ascension? Why is there no fairy in the blessed land for four hundred years?

Compared with Wu Lingsu's panic and Jin Xinan's absent-mindedness, the two elderly Taoist priests who have been here all the year round are in charge of admiring incense and adding incense, but their faces are withered. One of them knelt on the futon religiously, and silently recited the mantra.

Xie Guanying sat lazily on the edge of the roof, with his feet hanging in the air, as if he was not worried that the fire at the city gate would damage the pond fish. In fact, whether he was hiding himself or fleeing for his life, he Xie Guan should consider himself second in the world, and no one dared to claim to be number one in the world. In the territory of Xishu, he escaped Deng Tai'a's awe-inspiring Thousand Mile Flying Sword, but at the end of Hong Jia's year earlier, he had escaped two thrilling pursuits. Back then North Xie Nan Li, he Xie Guanying and Li Yishan, both of whom were young and energetic, they commented on the world together, especially Xie Guanying, who is proficient in prophecy, was even more convincing, and the result was a catastrophe. The poor man Li Yishan is a bachelor who is only talented and has no background. It is reasonable to say that he should have died long ago, but he accidentally walked up to a tree like Xu Xiao and escaped the wind and rain. On the contrary, he was born into a wealthy man. Xie Feiyu, the people who rebelled against relatives were regarded as abandoned sons, and they were regarded as the killers by the Emperor Wudi of the East China Sea. Even the old woman who was enthroned later held a grudge against him. He did not hesitate to let Tuoba Bodhisattva sneak into Liyang to assassinate him, so he had no choice but to do so. Anonymous, hidden in the DPRK, even his own flesh and blood do not know his life and death. As a result, there is no Xie's Feiyu who hopes to leap over the dragon gate, only Mr. Xie from Tai'an City who should be hiding behind the scenes.

In the eyes of Xie Guanying, who has been observing the world's major events for more than 20 years, Li Yishan and Nalan Youci are one kind of people. Xun Ping, Zhang Julu and Yuan Benxi are another class of people. The Huanglongshi, who has a three-inch tongue, is a different kind of person.

But in the final analysis, Xie Guanying feels that they are all one kind of people, working for others for one place and one country for the world, but they are not good at working for themselves. If you can't do it by yourself, how can you talk about helping the world? Among them, Yuan Benxi wanted to do it for himself, but couldn't do it. Huang Sanjia can do it, but he disdains it. Xie Guanying's conspiracy, if it is true not to speak, has been a blockbuster. He wants this Central Plains land to sink again, and then he himself will seek a thousand years of Chang'an. If Xie Guan should seek the status of a first assistant or emperor teacher, or a peaceful and prosperous age for decades, or a soaring immortal, that would be too small for him to Xie Guanying. Since Huang Longshi said that there has never been a century-old emperor and a thousand-year dynasty, then He thanked Guanying and was about to wrestle with this "outside house" who claimed to be aware of the future of Qianqiu.

Xie Guanying was suddenly a little lonely, old-faced acquaintances, who have almost gone all these years, except for Nalan Youci, they all seem to have died completely. Although there are many newcomers, in fact, except for Chen Wang, who is a prosperous official, even if they have a promising future, they still need various polishing and scrutiny. In comparison, Xu Beizhi and Chen Xiliang from Beiliang are relatively quick to come to the fore. Jin Lanting, who is not inferior to Chen Wang, the official assistant son, who has been official to the left minister of the Ministry of Rites? Xie Guanying has never put this kind of clown in his eyes. In the transition between the old and the new, Xie Guan should not be optimistic about Zhao Youling and Yin Maochun, but Lu Baijie, Yuan Guo, and Han Lin, these three civil servants who may be demoted or promoted to the local level, hope to take over from Qi Yanglong and Huan Wen, short-term positions. Extremely human minister, but still paving the way for Chen Wangyanchiji Li Jifu and others.

During the Yonghui period, there were only two real mainstays of the Liyang Dynasty. There were Zhang Julu with blue eyes in the literature, and Xuxiao from the military. It was the existence of these two people that shocked all the dragons, snakes, fish and shrimps in the court and the wild. With Zhang Julu present, the scholars who are committed to work honestly govern the country, and the scholars who advocate talk continue to talk about the wind and the moon. With Xu Xiao here, Chen Zhibao could not leave Xishu, and Cao Changqing could not regain the country. Zhao Bing, the king of Yanzhi, did not dare to go northward with great fanfare. Gu Jiantang could only be his governor of the two Liao Dynasty.

But because of the two of them, one is in the center of the temple, which determines the promotion of all officials, and the other is in the northwest border, holding 300,000 iron knights, the first emperor Zhao Dun did not dare to give the dragon chair to his son Zhao Zhuan, because There are too many thorns on the chair.

The biggest knot in this is that Xu Xiao is not dead, and Bei Mang will not or dare to make a desperate attempt to invade the Central Plains south, and Bei Liang can use the defensive battle to let Liyang flourish and increase the country’s power, contain and drag Bei Mang to death. , But if you take the initiative to conquer the Great Desert, you have little chance of winning in Northern Liang, and Zhao Dun dare not. Xu Xiao will not turn back. But once the Northern Expedition goes well, the son Xu Fengnian will establish majesty in the Northern Expedition. Will Xu Xiao have the idea? , And also give his son a bigger seat than the king's seat? Even if Xu Xiao doesn't, will Xu Fengnian himself rebel because of the Beijing White Clothes Case? Even if the Xu family only took down half of Beimang, but with the vast territory of the Southern Dynasty as a strategic depth and abundant supply, how could Liyang resist the Beiliang cavalry that had experienced many battles? At that time, when the storm is swaying, Zhao Zhuan, the new monarch who does not have much prestige, can really rely on the lip of the Tai'an city civil official to stop the Beiliang horseshoe?

With the help of the Western Chu rebellion to slash the vassal and restrain the power of local military generals, and at the same time take the opportunity to perform martial arts on the battlefield of Guangling Road, it is the last emperor, Zhang Julu Huanwen and Yuan Benxi’s strategy of last resort. In fact, they are buying time and taking advantage of Xu Fengnian. Not yet full of wings, even if Xi Chu did not turn back, Li Yang would force Cao Changqing to rise up. The imperial court made Gu Jiantang personally sit in Liangliao and Chen Zhibao to fend off Xishu, and act aggressively towards the northern Liang, a Beiliang without a helping hand. , Why not let Beimang, who has been nurturing his energy for twenty years, feel that he has an opportunity to take advantage of it? Hopefully, in one fell swoop, I will lay down Beiliang, who finally has no Xu Xiao commanding the frontier army? Beimang's attack on Beiliang was the same as Xu Xiao's victory in the battle of West Leibi. Although the cost was huge, the results were significant after all. The national surname depends on World War I!

It seems that the general trend of the two dynasties has not changed, but there have been many deviations. Even after Wu Chongxuan left southern Xinjiang and embraced Liyang, the war on Guangling Road still did not change quickly. And Beiliang won a tragic victory, both tragic and heroic. What is even more surprising is that the Northern Liang Border Army had 100,000 fewer deaths than Liyang's predictions, especially the 130,000 to 40,000 cavalry troops, and there were no major injuries, and they still remain at an extremely impressive number of about 100,000. Originally, Beiliang not only won a terrible victory, but the second Liangmang battle would directly spread the war to the territory of Beiliang Road, and it may even be Lingzhou. It now appears that Beiliang is fighting outside the pass, not a foolish dream. So this time Xu Fengnian left the domain without permission and retreated step by step. It was not that Tai'an Cheng suddenly liked to reason with others, but because Bei Liang, who was afraid of taking his merits and proud of his anger, would do something irreparable. move.

It's a pity that the few layout people of the older generation, with the exception of one Tantanwong who had a heartbroken heart, have now died one after another.

Now the key is how to deal with Qi Dajijiu, who was placed high hopes by Zhao Dun.

Before he died, Zhao Dun made a lot of plans, and the many foreshadowings buried in the officialdom have given Zhao Zhuan the opportunity to show his power and strength to a large extent after he came to the throne. At present, it seems that the young emperor Well done. It was Huan Wen, who was holding a bit of resentment in his heart. He was still conscientious in the Xiangfu New Dynasty, and became a seamstress with Qi Yanglong without much obvious gap.

Different from Xu Fengnian's ability to win the military spirit of the soldiers of the Northern Liang Dynasty by virtue of his birth and death on the battlefield, the young emperor Zhao Zhuan is like the most noble bird in a cage in the world, relying only on the skin of the dragon robe. Therefore, his emperor's majesty needs years and years of water milling to build. Of course, if Zhao Zhuan can have Xu Fengnian's martial arts cultivation skills, for example, when Cao Changqing and Princess Xichu came to the door to give gifts, they put Cao official on the ground before Gu Jiantang and Liu Hao, then it would be a different matter. But on the way of practicing martial arts, there has never been a good thing to become a great master without working hard. Even Xuanyuan Qingfeng, who is advancing by leaps and bounds, has done a lunatic act of fighting against Wang Xianzhi to block the river. His talent is as good as Yuan Benxi’s **** Zijiang. Axe, even if he was taught by a group of masters, including Gu Jiantang, Liu Haoshi, and Qi Jiajie, he would end up becoming a trend-setter in the East China Sea.

Xie Guanying whispered: "Several pillars of the country can work together to support a golden temple in the midst of wind and rain. But a mainstay can make a dynasty stand still in the face of a violent storm that has never been seen in a century. Zhao Zhuan, you Chen Wang beside him is still too young after all. It takes time to become like Zhang Julu. You can wait, others don’t want to wait."

Xie Guan should close his eyes and calm down.

He didn't care about the immortals who walked out of the hanging statues and went to death like moths to the fire. Anyway, what was lost was the aura of the Xu and Zhao family. It was too late for Xie Guanying, who made this situation by himself, to be happy.

If both the north and south groups of training qimen died, it would be more conducive to Xie Guanying's long-term plan. Therefore, it is best for Jin Xin'an to bow his head and obey orders. If he refuses, Xie Guanying is not only the ability to escape. However, Tantai calmly hit and ran into Beiliang by accidentally "dragging her family and taking her mouth" to Beiliang, but it is not easy to start. Now she seems to have gone to Guangling Road alone again, which is regarded as a hidden danger. As for Landa Mountain in the Western Regions no longer coldly avoiding the world, after Liu Songtao's death, he also put down the shelf and chose to join the world to rely on Beiliang. The white-clothed monk Li Dangxin also went to Beiliang, and even Huyan Daguan's family of three... Why are they dragging their families? Recently, there is also a Saint Yan who left the capital without warning. You must know that this sage also helped Liyang Zhaoshi to persuade Cao Changqing not long ago.

Xie Guanying, who was still a little smiling, suddenly frowned, opened his eyes and sat up, looking at the northwest.

Xie Guanying was a little upset. The reason he started to blur his eyesight was because he became a player in the game too?

Then Xie Guanying suddenly retracted his gaze and looked down, only to see that the innocent juvenile prison, the child nicknamed the small bookcase, was grinning and smiling at himself.

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It is the same high place. The young emperor on the roof of the main hall, Chen Wang and Lu Xu, didn’t speak much. Only the eunuch, the eunuch, the eunuch, Bingbi, was standing under the eaves from time to time, with a voice that was not too light or too clear. , Report the situation in Qin Tianjian in detail.

When Zhao Zhuan heard two carriages and four women appearing over there, the young emperor was a little bit self-deprecating and helpless.

Afterwards, his brother-in-law Yan Chiji's visit to the palace was an instruction from him. It was also an indispensable link to ask Yan Chiji to rush to pass a message to Xu Fengnian. However, when Yan Chiji hurried back, he knelt down. Under the eaves, the young emperor was obviously a little angry.

Even Song Tanglu, the **** of the palm seal, was a little nervous.

Song Tanglu knew that Yan Chiji was a very special one besides the status of the emperor's relatives and relatives.

As for the scales in the heart of the first emperor, among them is the scholar Yan Jiexi. This double magnate of the Northern Liang literary and officialdom betrayed Beiliang and entered the temple. Naturally, the first emperor Longyan rejoiced and gave the Yan family a lot of favor. , Yan Jiexi was awarded one of the six royal bachelors, and his daughter Yan Dongwu is now a queen. In fact, Jin Lan Pavilion is also, so the steady progress made the capital dumbfounded. Yao Baifeng is the same, but this scholar of Confucianism has tended to Beiliang and Xu Xiao at the court meeting several times, so he is always a Guozijian Jijiu who has little hope but no real power. Yuan Guo, an old man of Zhang Lu, was even more miserable. He finally made a comeback and became a Book of Etiquette. Because he stood slightly in the wrong position on the two matters of water transport and publication, he soon rolled out of Tai'an City.

As a literati, it is very important to have a strong character.

As a civil servant, whether you have a strong character is far less important than the scholars think.

The difference between a word is a world of difference.

His Majesty the Emperor and the young Huang Menlang, two monarchs and ministers with good reputations, one high, one low, one sitting and one kneeling, were so stalemate.

Chen Wang smiled and stood up. The young emperor seemed to be a little angry and said leave him alone, but Chen Wang still came to the ground along the ladder, helped Fuyan Chiji, did not help, and Chen Wang did not reluctantly. , Standing at the feet of this rising star of the Hanlin Academy, looking at the closed palace gate, whispered: "Get up, the more you kneel, the more useless you are. Trying to figure out the Sacred Heart, don’t fall into it. But you can’t do nothing. You are not the kind of official who just asks for your fame and honors. Of course, you don’t need Yan Chiji. In fact, you can’t do it. In that case, instead of letting your Majesty anger the King of Beiliang, you might as well stand up. , Sipi Lai Lian followed me up to the roof, just to look at the scenery, the worst will make the bad things worse, right?"

Yan Chi Ji bowed his head and knelt without saying a word.

Chen Wang, who has always been gentle and respectful, suddenly lowered his voice, and said sternly: "Why, I'm not afraid of hurting your father and your sister?! Or is your Yan family more incense than the dazzling array of Jiangnan Lu's, without you being a strict Chi Ji, you can pick up a few more at will?! If you want Yan Chi Ji to be really capable, you will pull the queen and the academician Yan to kneel together. Then I will kneel with you, Chen Wang, and everyone together. It’s so lively, how?!"

Yan Chiji's shoulders trembled and he no longer cried silently, but cried silently.

Chen Wang sighed and whispered: "I'm no better than you, Mr. Yan, I'm just a poor student who studied hard in my hometown. There are some classmates in my hometown, some of the imperial examinations were in the same year, and now there are some colleagues in the officialdom, but they are truly friends. There are very few people, even almost none of them. So you kneel and intercede with your majesty. I disagree with it, but I can barely understand it. You and I are both rich and famous nowadays. Simple."

The corner of Chen Wang's eyes deliberately or unintentionally glanced at the python-robed **** standing still with his hands, the latter remained motionless.

Chen Wang hesitated for a moment. He squatted down and squatted beside Yan Chiji. He said calmly: "Lao Liang Wang holds the number one soldier in the world, tens of thousands of cavalry, from the Northwest Border to Tai'an City. Actually, we don’t want to. It’s so far away, but every time the general enters Beijing, a handful of them will do it. Which of the two things do you think is more difficult? For ordinary people, of course, it’s the former, but for generals, it’s. The latter. When a military commander holds a heavy weapon and a civil servant holds a court handle, the difficulty is not that the spirit of ordinary people will be energetic, but that the five words of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, loyalty, benevolence, loyalty, benevolence, loyalty, benevolence, loyalty, benevolence, and loyalty Make trade-offs."

Chen Wang smiled, "Xinliang King Xu Fengnian, your good brother, of course, these years, he is also weighing the five words, he is a minister, he is loyal. He is a son of man, he is filial, he is a general, he is benevolent. , Handout. Husband, love. In my opinion, his entry into Beijing this time was unexpected but reasonable. Putting aside the character of loyalty and picking up the character of filial piety. In fact, I was a little disappointed, disappointed him. Abandoning the military for personal selfishness, but I also know that this is only my inhuman request. It is a wishful thinking to put Xu Fengnian in the position of a saint. In fact, it is the opposite. I knew early on that Xu Fengnian was never What kind of saint, in the final analysis, he is a quagmire in his bones, and more suitable for quagmire. At the height of the temple, he is a young vassal prince who is intractable to resolve private grievances, but in the distance of the quagmire, he can be as elegant as Li Chungang. Hero."

"He chose to leave the rivers and lakes and stand outside the border of Beiliang with a heavy burden. There is no more carelessness, only the dead and the dead. I think Xu Fengnian is actually very upset. Well, in short, It’s just unhappy. It’s a simple truth, but many people don’t understand it."

"If someone says that Xu Fengnian should be content, but Chen Wang, I am a poor scholar at the bottom of the market, step by step to where I am today, but there are some things, I am also very unhappy. You can never say that I am also standing Doesn’t it hurt to speak? No! Who wants to say that, and being heard in my ears, I will make them even more unhappy one day. Look, I’m not a saint. Is this right now with me? It doesn’t matter whether the official hat will be bigger in the future."

"None of us are saints."

"So, neither is your majesty."

"Heaven and earth have axioms, and human beings have common feelings. It is certainly true to follow this principle to behave in the world. Therefore, Xu Fengnian, because he is Xu Xiao's son, came to the capital to go to the Qin Tianjian. It is not wrong. Your Majesty belongs to the first emperor. Son, it’s hard to ride a tiger, and he doesn’t want to retreat. It’s not wrong."

"In that case, you, Yan Chiji, kneeled as well. My Majesty and I actually understand your truth in our hearts. Why do we need to keep an inch regardless? Even the Huangkou children in the capital know a truth, kneeling in the court. What a simple thing, it’s hard to be able to stand."

"How about I take a look, is there gold or silver on the ground?"

Yan Chiji finally got up with tears in his eyes.

When Yan Chiji wanted to thank him, Chen Wang already shook his head and said, "Forget it, today Lu Xu has done the same thing in front of your majesty, you do it again, where will your majesty’s face go? Put it aside, as soon as the big hat of party and private business is buckled, I don't think about continuing to be promoted to the ranks."

Yan Chiji said frankly: "Gentlemen are not party."

Chen Wang was stunned for a moment, then turned around and climbed the ladder, and whispered softly: "This set is almost blind for nothing. It's okay, so I don't want to waste my money and invite you to drink."

The flattering Yan Chiji suddenly looked very embarrassed.

The corners of Song Tanglu's mouth, who seemed to turn a deaf ear to the two, quietly cocked.

On the roof of the main hall, Chen Wang, who had been sitting next to the young emperor, moved his position. Yan Chiji had to bite the bullet and sit between the emperor and Chen Wang.

Zhao Zhuan said coldly: "Don't learn from those ancient civil servants and the emperor?"

Yan Chiji lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly, and whispered softly: "Master Chen is right. When you are an official, you have to think about being promoted. This is human nature."

Chen Wang, who was immediately turned back into color, couldn't laugh or cry, and scholars are not good things.

On the other side, the blind Lu Xu was smiling.

Zhao Zhuan laughed at himself and sighed: "That's right, you and Xu Fengnian are good brothers since childhood, so today you kneel and intercede for him. If you Yan Chiji are only Liyang's courtiers, I This emperor might seem to be furious on the surface, and even throw you into the Qingshui Yamen to sit on a cold bench for a few years, but there is actually no anger deep in his heart. As for if I say nothing at all, it must be a lie. It’s just that you are not only Xu Fengnian’s friend, and I am not only the emperor of Liyang. You and I are not only the monarch and minister, but also a family. In the future, I may also choose a concubine, and I am destined to have more than one. There will only be more and more uncles, but let me tell you something not to deceive, you Yan Chiji was the brother-in-law of the Fourth Prince first, and then the uncle of the country who is today's son."

Yan Chi Ji was stunned.

Zhao Zhuan took Yan Chiji's shoulders, laughed, and stretched out his fingers to the distance, "Look! The wind is surging! I hope that one day the four of us can still sit here together to see the light and wind!"

Chen Wang looked solemn and sat downright.

The blind Lu Xu "lifted his eyes" to look into the distance, holding his hands on the roof ridge at will.

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Taian City, as the city of the first kind, has a lot of people and naturally more rules. The official residences are also divided into three or sixty-nine grades, roughly divided into the rich and the rich, the rich and the poor, such as the place where the Lord of Yan Guo Huaiyang is located. Most of the mansions in the film were born in Xuanhe, and the fathers were born together. New faces like Chen Wang, if it weren’t for the previous relationship with the princess king and his son-in-law. There is no way to build a house over there. The Qingliu in the capital was mostly from the Imperial Academy, Guozijian and Yushitai, who were officials from Liyang, and even literati who were well-known in Shilin. They lived next to each other and saved the journey of calling friends and friends. In Tai’an City, there were also poor officials. For example, the earliest Ritual Department was a typical Qingshui Yamen. Many of the officials of the Ritual Department were not high-ranked and were not top leaders. They even needed money to make a living. Its name is two-sleeved breeze, in which sorrow and sorrow are not enough for outsiders.

And rich people, like Song Tianbao, who is known as the brother and brother of Wang Yuanran, the son of the old household book Shangshu, and the grandson Yan Tongshu of the veteran Yan Zhenchun, although he has a rich father in the two Liao Dynasty, but buying a house in Tai'an City is still very embarrassing. , Gonghoubo’s mansion is a sharpened head, and it’s hard to get past it, while poor officials are boring to go there. In the middle of the two big mansions, Qian Fu Hao bought a big mansion. During the day, he went to the capital officialdom to pretend to be his son as his grandson. In the evening, he would make up for it from the rich but less wealthy.

Those who have good things have studied the capital officials who were born at the end of the auspicious symbols of Yonghui. They were probably "Longxing" in the poor area where the students and scholars of the southern city of Tai'an city gathered, and then quickly became one of the most powerful and nobles in the northeast of the city. Column, finally go to the east to buy a spacious mansion, if one day you can move to the west of the capital like Chen Wang and Chen Shaobao to settle down in the west of the capital, then this life will be consummated, and not only will you have no regrets, but also be considered to your ancestors and descendants. All have been explained.

The large and small gentry from the North, headed by the Peng family, suddenly swarmed into the northeastern area of ​​Tai'an City in the second year of Xiangfu, so that the expensive houses in this area became more and more popular, which led to many hardships. The middle-level Beijing official who had saved some money and thought that he could finally no longer rent a house, began to swear in private that Liaodong Manzi was nothing but rich! As the most important old force in the northeast of the capital, the officials of the six ministries of Shangshu Province did not have a good face about this. The relationship with the newly moved gentry and neighbors was quite alienated. This is also normal. In the past two decades, especially After the former first assistant Biyaner personally hosted the test, Li Yang no longer deliberately supported the scholars from the North in the imperial examination. Therefore, the scholars from the south occupied at least 70% of the seats with an overwhelming advantage. Formed a very clear pattern of northern generals and southern states, but ten years after the eternal emblem before Xiangfu, there was no war in the world. Where did new generals emerge, there are naturally more and more southern officials in the temple, and they are known for their unity. The Youth Party of China is the most notable example. With the four towns of Sizheng and Siping, most of the generals who came from the north are old and dead, there will be less and less places in the northeast of Tai'an City where the northern scholars can stand up and talk. If it were not for now, there is finally a general in Beijing. Ma Lulang supported the facade, and the officials from the south did not rush to exterminate them, otherwise the northern officials would be squeezed to death by changing methods.

Therefore, the first thing the Peng family did after buying the new house was to visit the residence of General Zheng Peking University. General Ma Zhongxian, General Zi An Dong, personally received.

The Peng family made a good start, and the collective migration of the two Liaoning giants is fairly smooth. While Lu Baijie’s departure from Beijing and the arrival of Hong Lingshu, the leader of the Communist Party of China, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Hong Lingshu, it seemed that Jiangnan forces entered and exited the temple without loss. In fact, it was obvious that the vitality was hurt. In this way, the large-scale entry of Beidi scholars into Beijing is very chewy.

The gates of official residences are higher than the street level. This is also a rule that has been followed for hundreds of years. The so-called entry steps in officialdom are actually the steps at the door. The law, first of all, must enter the rank first, and secondly, the number of steps can be determined by the height of the official. The sixth rank is only the third rank, and the fourth rank can be built to the fourth step. This means that the local county guards and ordinary powerful generals are all So it is. Next, most of the six ministers without special gifts, the residences are only level five, the six books are level 6, and a few can reach seven steps, such as the previous official book of Zhao Youling, and now the book of rituals, Sima Puhua, also won this. Honor, it is said that Lao Shangshu burst into tears on the spot on the day when the Sima family started building steps for the house.

Interestingly, in the rare seven steps in the northeast, in the area where Chen Shaobao and Chen Wang are located, it is rare. If you have less than six steps, you won’t have the skin to greet people when you go out. , As for the seventh level, it is also extremely common. Chen Wang’s Lao Zhangren is at the seventh level, and even the eighth level like Yan Guogong Gao Shizhi is not uncommon. It’s just that every official in the capital knows that the steps in the west of the city are all imaginary. They are decorated by the ancestors Zu Yin and Zhao’s family names to decorate the court facade, but the steps in the northeast are really close to the nearest. The two generations of official hats exchanged the saying that "Western Seven is not as strange as North Five" is exactly this. In the northeast of the capital, there is another saying, "Ma Ba Yan Qi Shang Shu Liu", it is said that most Shang Shu mansions here are only six steps, but Yan Mansion is as high as seven steps, and Ma Mansion has the same specifications as the feudal kingdom Eight steps!

In recent days, not only Ma Zhongxian, the son of Ma’s parents, often rushed back to the inner city mansion from the Gyeonggi Eastern Army, but even the grandson, who often stayed away at night and smelled like powder, stayed at home behind closed doors and thanked guests.

Probably I have heard too many rumors that Ma's grandfather is finally going to fail, but it still works every time. Few people take the difference between Ma Zhongxian and his son seriously.

But whether it’s his son Ma Zhongxian or grandson Ma Wenhou, they all know that this time the old man may not be able to carry it.

Because the old man who has been on the couch for many years is not only no longer muddled, but also has a spirit of energy, can sit up and take a few sips of porridge, his eyes are much clearer.

This is called Backlight.

The dying year of the wind candle, the dying year of the wind candle, some old people are approaching, knowing that since the deadline is approaching, they no longer mind blowing out the last candlelight by the wind.

After the old man of the Ma family heard from his son Ma Zhongxian that Beiliang had defeated Beimang, the old man just opened his turbid eyes and asked tremblingly: "Dead...how much..."

Ma Zhongxian truthfully reported the general situation of the battle, which was actually very vague, but even if it was closer to the truth than the military officials.

The first time the old man sat up for the first time, he heard that the young prince entered Beijing without permission, but the old man was probably too exhausted. It didn’t take long for him to lie back, until he heard that the eight hundred Beiliang Qingqi was scared to Jinggi. The Western Army’s spirits are flying away, and the old talents call for the grandson who is recognized as a climateless grandson to return to the mansion. Ma Wenhou is a weird person in Tai'an City, saying that he is a dude, and he has not played with Wang Yuanran and Yan Tongshu since he was a child. He had great ambitions, but he told Yin Changgeng and Han Xing that these handsome men were never right, so Ma Wenhou and Zhang Bianguan, the youngest son of Zhang Julu, who lived in the back alleys and liked to wander around the city, called "the capital strange", but Compared with the perverse Zhang Bianguan, Ma Wenhou is actually well-known. He was a weak student and had been away from home for more than two years. Wudi City in Donghai, Dashan in Southern Xinjiang, Nanzhao in Xishu, Xiangfan in Qingzhou, and the north of Jizhou have all been there. .

Ma Wenhou was taken back to Mafu by his father Ma Zhongxian himself that night, and Ma Lulang, the old general of Peking University, was helped by his grandson Ma Wenhou and sat up for the second time. After that Whether it’s three meals a day or listening to Ma Wenhou’s reading, the elderly always sit more and lie less.

Next, whether it is heard that the Beimang General Yang Yuanzan died in Youzhou Hulukou, or that Gu Jiantang's two liao iron knights are finally unable to hold back, there are signs of being ready to move, the old man who has been up and down for more than 60 years All seemed calm.

However, when the old man personally handed over the tiger talisman, the old man sighed "the way to take death" for no reason. I don't know if he was talking about the young prince or who he was talking about.

This morning, the old man seemed to want to go, but he didn't embarrass his children and grandchildren until his bones could no longer bear the bumps.

Under Ma Zhongxian's secret instruction, several hidden Ma family worships were cast out like a net, and there was only one thing to do, staring far at the young man surnamed Xu.

Soon, news came back to Mafu one after another. The young vassal king left the Xia Mawei post house, but instead of attending the imperial meeting, Jane had gone to Liyang’s old military yamen and refused to enter. Entering the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, Shangshu Sima Puhua slipped away. Finally, I went to the Qintian Supervisor and met the Queen Mother

Zhao Pheasant and the proprietress of Jiujiu Pavilion.

The old man will comment on each news.

The old man is very energetic. He has become extremely talkative and meticulous. It seems that he has to finish speaking the words accumulated in his stomach for the past ten years before he will give up.

"The old yamen of the Ministry of War, it is actually a treasure of geomantic omen, it is deserted, it is a pity."

"Wen Hoo, my Ma family has been a force in the Liyang Fanzhen for a long time. It was just that I was driven fast by the wind. In fact, when I was first thrown into the Ministry of War by your grandfather, I was only 18 years old. Many people I feel that your grandfather is faint and put the only seedlings in the capital. Is it really unnecessary for my ancestors? Then I waited for more than 20 years, and finally became the right servant of the Ministry of War. Everyone shut up. Some people I’m dead, I can’t speak. Some people have lost their power and ran up to me to complain. In my whole life, I have been in the military and military camps, but the generation of Tantan Weng knows that I have been in my life. Hasn't been on the battlefield, let alone murdered, is it funny? Such a number one, turned out to be a general of Zheng Peking University?"

"When I became a leader of the Ministry of War, I saw many young generals, ambitious, capable, and unblinking. At that time, there was a Jinzhou barbarian named Xu who was able to climb the officialdom. He was particularly strenuous, always losing battles. Several times the soldiers and horses were all burned out and almost became a polished shot. No one is optimistic about him, and I am not optimistic about him. Without the foundation, I just rely on my hard work. Yang is no better than the current world. There are always endless battles. Now you can be a captain by killing a hundred Beimang barbarians. At that time, you might not be able to kill thousands of Dongyue or Northern Han Jiashi. Lieutenant, if it’s not easy to become a soldier, tomorrow it will become someone else’s military merit, so once the young man ran to the yamen again with a disgraceful face and asked the soldiers and horses for food and grass from our gang of war lords, no one was willing to take care of him. , I always feel that I will not make money back. The Tiger Talisman that the Ministry of War can get is actually only a dozen yuan, otherwise you have to use the shameless private army, who is not it, and why should I give you a precarious young man?"

"If I remember correctly, it was raining that day. The young man in Jinzhou, who had the title of school lieutenant at the time, was standing in the courtyard of the heavy rain, with a silver box under his feet, and his waist was straight. It’s like someone who can ask for help. Just that little bit of money? I also assigned the Ministry of War to allocate seven or eight hundred people to you? Although everyone knows that this man is not greedy for money, as long as he wins the war, no matter how many people die, the first thing is definitely to take I gave the money to the adults of the Ministry of War, but nothing should be done. This guy killed a junior who was sent to his army by the Ministry of War and was sent to his army by this guy when he defeated the previous battle. He. I've seen people who don't want life in wars, and they are not as deadly as he is. Who dares to support such a person with all his strength? He can only fight and not be an official. Maybe he will die that day. , How does this work."

"But I was in a good mood that day, because the soldier in the military department always likes to work against me because of his old qualifications. My idea is simple, that is, the soldier in the military department is disgusting, so I have never dealt with it directly before. In front of the young man, he promised to give him a soldier."

Hearing this, Ma Wenhou curiously asked: "Is it a big victory soon?"

The old man smiled and shook his head and said: "I won, and I won three games in a row, but the soldiers and horses were all done to the young man. Of course, my capital must be earned back. At that time, life was the most important thing. Worthless things, but once the young man puts on his armor and lifts a knife and spear, he can still count the money by the head. The current old foundation of the Ma family was accumulated at that time. At that time, the family was wiped out little by little."

Ma Wenhou was speechless.

Most of the young people of their generation didn't really like listening to the elders nagging about the Spring and Autumn Wars. When they were young, they could hear their ears, and Ma Wenhou was no exception.

The old man said with emotion: "The Jinzhou school lieutenant who needed to look at your grandfather's mood and face at the time, you must have guessed it a long time ago, it is Xu Xiao. Later, the Liyang People Tu, the last Northern Liang King."

Ma Wenhou nodded lightly.

This old story, the old man has never mentioned it to anyone.

"The old saying goes that many unrighteousness will kill you, and it's not all right. Anyway, Xu Xiao's ability to bring a sick and old bed with him is probably due to God's righteousness in return. But'many I don’t be benevolent and harm our children’s grandfather. I believe in Grandpa. The Xu family is a good example. Xu Xiao killed so many people. Look at his children, who is blessed? The eldest daughter died very early. Now, the second daughter is paralyzed in a wheelchair, and the youngest son is a fool. As for the eldest son... this young man, I don’t think it’s a good time for these years. The scenery on the bright side is actually the same. Humans, it’s very strange. Yes, the poor think that the rich people’s life must be moisturizing, and the small people of Shengdou think that the big people in power must do whatever they want, half right and half wrong, a very simple score, ordinary people kicked on the street for no reason, maybe a few words. After a few days of resentment, the threshold has passed, but what about you Ma Wenhou? If you slap Yin Maochun's son or Gu Jiantang's son, will you forget this thorn tomorrow and next year? Yes, this kind of unhappiness, compared to the poor who lost more than ten taels of silver to die and live, in fact it is almost the same."

Ma Wenhou whispered: "Yin Changgeng and Lao Gu's son dare to slap me? I won't interrupt their three legs?"

Ma Zhongxian glared at each other, "How old is it, do you know the severity?! Thirty and thirty, you guys have a fart!"

The old man waved his hand and signaled Ma Zhongxian not to get angry, "Zhongxian, don't look at your son's mouthful without a door. In fact, Yan'er is broken. Don't think that teaching Yingu's children and grandchildren would be wrong. No? No, as long as the method is right, it is actually a good thing. With this understanding, you Ma Zhongxian is a thousand miles worse than your son."

Ma Zhongxian snorted. Although this general Anton was known for being rebellious in the capital, he was extremely filial and obedient to Ma Lulang. He never felt that his wings were hard or he was Ma Lulang. Old confused.

The skinny old man smiled happily, tremblingly stretched out his hand, and gently squeezed his son's shoulder, "You are stronger than me. You have really fought and won battles, and your temper is simple. On the contrary, it is heaven. Big good things are most suitable to be kept, especially at the feet of the emperor. Smart people make mistakes, and being smart is even more deadly. The burden of the Ma family is taken up by you."

The old man turned his head and stared at Ma Wenhou, who had been ineffective for more than a decade, "It is the responsibility of grandfather and your grandfather generations to fight the rivers and mountains, and it is your father's burden to protect the family business. , It’s your turn."

Marvin's thick mouth closed tightly and did not speak.

Seeing the sickly virtue of his son, Ma Zhongxian immediately burst into an unknown fire. Just as he was about to go wild, he glared at the old man and fell silent.

The old man whispered softly: "Well, grandpa and me, my son is your father, but there are four grandchildren, and two granddaughters. Over the years, your three younger brothers have been busy fighting for dominance, but You are careful to protect your two younger sisters, which is very good. Those three are not promising. They are not capable of being jealous. They are more than a wife. If you give them the family business, it will be a generation to die. In human time, Jinshan and Yinshan can also be defeated."

The old man emphasized his tone and repeated: "You are fine!"

Ma Zhongxian was stunned on the spot.

The old man curled his lips and sneered a little, "There are two kinds of people in the world who cannot deal with, one is the perfect person who is close to the sage, such as Biyan'er. No matter what you do, it is difficult to have personal relationships and benefits. There is another one. This kind is a person who has no bottom line, and you are not afraid of a low bottom line. After all, you know who it is, be careful

After all, you can avoid trouble and seek profit. Only the person who has no bottom line, you don’t know what day he will bring you a'surprise.' This kind of person is like the former emperor Zhao Youling, and the current minister of ritual Zuo Shi Lang Jin Lanting. If you have a deep friendship with them, one day they will be sold out, and if you are wronged, they will still be proud. If the Ma family is a small family and needs to cling to high branches, it is of course another matter. It would be good to be able to enter their eyes. However, although the Ma Family is not the top tycoon in Tai'an City, the top ten is still barely there, so you can ignore these people, and don't get close to the two kinds of people. "

Speaking of this, the old man gave a sincere piece of advice to his son and grandson.

"Zhongxian, don’t think about making great military exploits all day long, especially don’t think about going to Guangling Road to join in the fun. Remember, the king of a country often wants to die, not necessarily his own will, the first emperor really does not Hope to be able to go down in the annals of history with Zhang Julu, Yan Zhenchun and the others? When the emperor wants you to die, who are you going to be a courtier? So, don’t have great honours in the country, but you must have a small favor to the emperor. . Remember to remember!"

"Wenhou, I send you a sentence that Tan Tanweng told me in his early years: the water flows slowly, and the person is expensive, but the speech is late. You, don’t talk about those rhetoric, "Don’t hate me for not seeing the ancients," I only hate the ancients for not seeing me','Born to be a minister of worship, and die to accompany me in the temple'. It sounds very relieved. In fact, compared with Tantanweng's sentence, the road is more than a dozen streets. Some words, let go It’s good to be in the stomach, I can’t say it. The ambition of a man is no more obvious than that of a woman who has only been pregnant for a few months."

Ma Wenhou said with a smile: "I don't like to talk about this anymore. I used to think that in the future, in case it really became famous someday, future generations can write history books and use them directly."

The old man scolded with a smile: "Babies!"

Ma Zhongxian was a little innocent, and said depressed: "Father, why even scold me."

The old man squeezed out a smiling face with some hard work, then reached out his hand again and touched Ma Zhongxian's head, "You are also a bastard. Okay, all three are cursed."

Ma Zhongxian smiled, but there were already some tears in the eyes of this rough man.

Ma Wenhou always held Grandpa's arm with one hand and held the old man's back with the other.

At this time, a young Majia worship master appeared at the door with a trembling tone that couldn't be suppressed, and slowly said: "Xu Fengnian has killed more than 30 immortals at the gate of the Qintian Supervisor. One thousand and two hundred heavy cavalry has not yet entered the battlefield."

Ma Lulang, General of Zheng Peking University, looked in a trance.

Then the old man suddenly said sternly: "Zhongxian, hurry up and enter the palace, even if you kneel and break your knee, you must stop your majesty from using that heavy cavalry!"

Ma Zhongxian subconsciously stood up suddenly, but when he realized that the old man's life was imminent, he hesitated.

The old man scolded: "Idiot, I am going to use the face of the entire Ma family as a ladder for your Majesty to walk down from a high place! Next, your Majesty will appoint whoever is the commander of the heavy cavalry, anyone can , Only you, Ma Zhongxian, can’t do it! Only in this way, Wenhou can hope to become the center at the fastest speed."

Ma Zhongxian wiped his eyes vigorously, then strode back and left.

Ma Lulang panted violently, and Ma Wenhou gently slapped the old man on the back.

The old man smiled bitterly: "Let me lie down, I can't hold it, and there is no need to hold it anymore."

Ma Wenhou carefully let the old man lie down.

The old man held the hand of the grandson and chuckled softly: "IndoMTL.com~ Grandpa is more than 80 people, what's so sad about you."

Ma Wenhou squeezed out a smile and choked up: "This is not to dislike my dad's stupid mouth. Even if I curse, I can't curse. Grandpa has great wisdom. Even if I don't curse, I can hear him."

The old man lay there quietly, in a bleak situation with less air intake than air exhaust.

The old man said calmly: "Well-mannered, at seventy and follow his heart’s desires and do not overstep the rules. This is very interesting. Grandpa will really believe it after seventies. If you don’t believe it, you must live to this age. Ah. Your heart is not quiet enough. You need to read more. When the night is quiet, you can sit on those eight steps more."

Ma Wenhou grabbed the old man's hand and nodded vigorously.

Ma Lulang slowly closed his eyes, "I was born earlier than Xu Xiao, and died later than Xu Xiao. I finally won you a game."

When the old man finished his last sentence, he finally passed away.

"Now I, **** it."

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