Chapter 89: Wu Lie’s Westward Journey
Zhang Yang was absent-minded all day the next day, and he recalled the terrifying scenes in his dream from time to time. Although it was just a dream, but when he remembered what Wu Li said to him last night, Zhang Yang still felt that if he really became a son-in-law who must be despised by everyone behind the scenes, would it still be a dream?
"What's wrong with you? Look at your sad face and your eyes are dull. Did my mother say something you didn't want to hear last night?" Wu Na stopped the professor in her hand and looked at Zhang Yang with concern and asked.
"It's nothing. Auntie just talks casually and doesn't say anything bad." Zhang Yangqiang smiled and said vigorously.
How could Wu Na not see that Zhang Yang didn't want to say bad things about her mother, afraid that she would be too careless? She smiled and said, "I helped them decorate the wedding room at my husband's house yesterday. You know that in ten days, the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the teacher and Miss Zhou were about to get married. Xiao Wei also mentioned you, saying that her cooking skills have become a phoenix, and she must come to her house to taste his skills another day."
Zhang Yang wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, so he had to nod in silence.
Wu Na stepped forward worriedly and leaned against his shoulder, saying softly: "I know that my mother is the one who scolds people without spitting dirty words, and hurts people with a smile. But my father doesn't object. As long as we both want to, she will be alone. By then, she will not say anything."
Looking at the face full of love in front of him, Zhang Yang felt warm and couldn't help but ask: "Did your father have to ask you to inherit the position of head of the family?"
Wu Na was a little puzzled, but nodded: "Originally, the second and fourth uncles all had sons, but my father insisted on me to inherit, and I didn't want to. But he always said that his two cousins were not good, so it would be better to let me inherit it. Both uncles were very angry about this, but when he said, "The glory of the ancestors of the Wu family is more important than anything else," we had nothing to say..."
As he said that, Wu Na shook her head and sighed, "I know my father loves me, and I know that as the current Wujiabao, my daughter, the bandit, was bullied in her husband's family, so I simply asked me to inherit the family and recruit a son-in-law to the door..."
"When I become a son-in-law, will I have to step down from my current position and stay in the back house forever?" Zhang Yang asked with lingering fear when he thought of the scene in his dream.
Wu Na was stunned and looked at Zhang Yang in surprise. After a while, she laughed and said, "It's not that exaggerated? I don't know whether to hand over the current position of power, but what's the reason for not being allowed to go out? I've suffocated to death!"
"Are you no longer allowed other women once I get stuck in the door? But you can have other men?" Zhang Yang continued to ask.
Wu Na looked at her serious and flamboyant look like she was looking at an alien. She touched his forehead and tried the temperature. She said strangely: "You don't have a fever, why do you just talk nonsense? I am the kind of woman who is so tempted and slutty, and she is a water-like poplar flower."
"However, since you have chosen to break me, you must love me wholeheartedly and love me, and you must not be flirted with other women, otherwise I will be angry. When I get angry, I will make you kneel on the washboard. Without my orders, you are not allowed to get up..." Wu Na said as she raised her fist to Zhang Yang, staring at her and said angrily.
"Where is Xiaodie and Xiao'e, it's not accurate?" Zhang Yang said that her words were so similar to those in her dreams. He couldn't help but feel a secretly shocked. Although he felt it was just a coincidence, he couldn't help but continue asking.
"I knew you pervert would not let them go..." Wu Na gave Zhang Yang a blank look, put her soft voice in Zhang Yang's ear and said, "It's not impossible to keep them, but you have to listen to me? Otherwise, I'll give them to someone... Well, who will I give it to Brother Long Yang, he's very pitiful..."
Thinking of the beautiful scenery on the bed in my dream and the murder in the last prison, Zhang Yang couldn't help but clench his fists, and the hatred in his heart rose up for some reason.
"He is pitiful?" Zhang Yang said coldly. The gloomy murderous intent in his eyes made Wu Na's heart beat wildly. She knew that she had made a mistake in joking and hurriedly apologized and pleased her.
And when Zhang Yang calmed down, he said to himself: "What's wrong with me? Do I really want to believe in an illusory dream?"
When passing by the school military field, Liao Hua was commanding his spear battalion to practice. According to his requirements, the spear battalion should not learn those complicated marksmanship, but should be as simple as possible, and even simplify it to only one move, which is to stab the enemy quickly, accurately and ruthlessly!
At the same time, we should pay attention to the queue and cooperate with our opponents. Marines and wars are not simply group fights, but morale is fighting, cooperation is fighting, and formations. Once the formation is chaotic, a large army will not be far from collapse. Everyone ignores their opponents and fights alone, and this army should almost be destroyed.
"one!"
"call!"
"two!"
"call!"
"three!"
"call!"
"Yes, everyone practices very hard. Sweat more often in normal times and bleed less during wartime - work harder, do it again!" Looking at the shocking scene of thousands of people in the school military field holding spears and stabbing together, Zhang Yang couldn't help but feel excited. Taking a strong army of his own, he went to fight thousands of miles to save the country and the people is the dream of every man, and he Zhang Yang is no exception. But... he built this army with his own hands, but once he was in a wealthy place, would he still have a chance?
Just as he was losing his mind when he watched the thousand army dance and shouting, Liao Hua saw him.
"Du Ziyang (the supporting book friend who 'looked up at the sky alone'), come out! You will continue practicing with everyone!" Liao Hua said loudly.
"Here!" A very handsome young man stepped out from the first row, then he turned around with a standard, raised the spear in his hand, and shouted, "Everyone continue practicing-one!"
"call!"
"two!"
"call!"
...
"Military advisor!" Liao Hua wiped the sweat from his forehead and clasped his fists to Zhang Yang and said.
"Yuan Jian - the practice is very good!" Zhang Yang looked at the man who was becoming more and more handsome in front of him and wanted to say something, but he found that he didn't know what to say, so he had to make a big fuss.
"Thank you for your praise from the military advisor. If the military advisor hadn't thought of everything in front, how could the last general be so worry-free?" Liao Hua smiled faintly, and then when he saw Zhang Yang nodding and stop talking, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Military advisor, do you have any worries?"
Zhang Yang was stunned and waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, I just worry that the time is too short, our soldiers are not practicing properly, and they are not skilled in cooperation with each other, and they lose their lives in vain when they go to the battlefield."
Liao Huashen nodded with consent: "I heard that we are sending troops on the seventh day of the first lunar month. Although there is still half a month left, it is too short for an army."
Zhang Yang nodded, and the two of them watched the drills of the Long Gun Battalion for half a quarter of an hour. Zhang Yang said: "When you have dinner in the evening, call Changde (Boxiu), Hansheng (Huang Zhong), and Lao Hei, and I will treat you to dinner at home. By the way, I will talk about my feelings since the army was formed during this period, learn experience, find shortcomings, correct mistakes, and avoid detours, so that our elite soldiers will have a higher chance of survival on the battlefield."
Liao Hua nodded, smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Dare you not obeying your orders! The food at the military advisor's house is much more refined than the food in our camp. We will have a good time tonight!"
"Are there any wine?" Liao Hua finally asked jokingly.
"Yes! The fruit wine brewed by my Xiaodie Xiao'e." Zhang Yang smiled faintly and said concisely.
As night fell, Tao Yu and Wu Yi and Wu You sat in the room and talked in secret.
"Our people saw that Liu Yang had a banquet at the mansion tonight. These four people now have four of the five battalions of our Wujiabao. Besides Lao Hei, all of them were promoted and appointed by him, Liu Yang, but he was Liu Yang. He was so anxious to invite them all to the house, was it just to have a meal and improve the food?" Wu You paced back and forth and said worriedly.
Wu Yi shook his head and continued, "I heard from Erxi this morning that my sister-in-law asked Liu Yang last night, said some truthful words, and advised him not to bother Ying'er anymore. Finally, Liu Yang left angrily and didn't even say goodbye..."
"Second brother! Could it be that Liu Yang is holding a grudge and is going to instigate a mutiny to seize power?!" Wu You jumped up and shouted. Wu Yi hurriedly stepped forward and covered his mouth.
"Are you afraid that people outside will not hear it?" Wu Yi stared at his fourth brother in disgust and roared.
Wu You smiled at his brother embarrassedly, and Wu Yi let go of his hand indignation, and then wiped his hands on his pants.
"The fourth uncle's guess is unreasonable... but there is no evidence to prove that Liu Yang wants to seize power. Just relying on guessing will make Liu Yang more alert, and will make Ying Er and uncle dislike us, thinking that we will attack Liu Yang... In this way, we will be very passive." The sleeper life in the past few days has made Tao Yu more haggard and deeper, and has undergone earth-shaking changes with the previous timid follower temperament in front of Wu Na. Perhaps this is the power of love.
"What should I do? Wait until Liu Yang put the knife on our necks before we have evidence to prove that we did not frame him?" Wu You couldn't help but stare with his big eyes and shouted.
"Speak quietly!" Wu Yi reminded again, and Wu You still smiled apologetically and patted his big mouth.
Tao Yu took a sip of water, then held the teacup, squinted his eyes and sneered: "Of course, we can't sit and wait for death. We must pay attention to Liu Yang's every move and install and buy people in each camp. Once the time is right, we will take the initiative to capture all the commanders of Liu Yang, and at the same time support their deputy generals, breaking Liu Yang's strong support! That's the time for us to expose Liu Yang's hypocritical mask!"
In Wu Lie's room, the couple lie in their clothes. Both of them seemed to be worried and tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
After a while, Wu Li said, "How do you plan to deal with Ying'er's marriage? There are so many people, but there is only one daughter. Long Fei, a traitor, has been nagging in my ears all day long, saying that he would worship him and how to make a marriage for him. I was so angry that I heard it. But after all, he had great kindness to our Wu family back then, so he couldn't do anything to them. But Long Yang is not talking and has a good ability. He is so damn good at everyone. I really don't like it. Ying'er doesn't like it either... It's just that you can't always be pestered by them... It's all because you drank so much wine back then? As soon as you got drunk, you just talk nonsense and got married! Now, how do you tell me to people outside..."
Listening to his wife's complaint, Wu Lie frowned and waved his hand irritably, "Just tell them, the abdomen I pointed to was your abdomen back then, which means the child you gave birth to count. But Ying Er was not born to you, so this is not considered breaking the oath. How about it? This reason is still true?!"
Listening to her husband's joking words, Wu Li couldn't help but feel frustrated. He swung his fist and punched Wu Lie hard on the back, and said resentfully: "You dislike other people's ugly things, you dislike others' brides and can't lay eggs? Then you go to find your good-looking person. Don't you go every year? Your lover is one of the few beauties in the world. I am a woman's family who is tempted to see him, let alone you smelly men? How can you give birth to such a beautiful daughter? Anyway, she gave birth to your daughter for you, so you can just take Ying'er to pick her up, and I'll make a living."
As he said that, Wu Li actually started sobbing in a low voice.
Wu Lie hurriedly hugged his wife, patted her body gently, and coaxed her warmly: "Alan, you don't know what I think of you. Have I ever blamed you for not being able to give birth to? I respect you from the bottom of my heart, otherwise why did you want to take a concubine for me? Why didn't I nod until now? Isn't it just that I'm afraid of neglecting you and making you unhappy?"
"You are a bandit leader, who would marry you except me?" Wu Li burst into tears and smiled, whipped Wu Lie's spacious chest and said angrily. Then he sucked his nose and asked like a little girl who had just fallen in love, "If I hadn't saved you who were about to freeze to death with my body, you would definitely not have fallen in love with me, an ugly girl?"
Wu Lie hurriedly said: "Alan, where are you saying? You will always be the most beautiful in my heart... How could you be ugly?"
Although Wu Li knew that this was just a word of comfort, he couldn't help but say with joy: "You are still conscience!"
Then he immediately complained: "You respect me and marry me because I saved your life, but that's not love. You always think of that woman in your heart, and you never stop for a day. Otherwise, you wouldn't pamper Ying'er like this, and you even turned against your brothers and gave Ying'er the position of the sect leader to sit..."
Wu Lie said with a word, and then he heard Wu Li's voice soften and said in a negotiated tone: "Since you can't forget that woman, just take her back. Don't worry about me. It's not easy for you over the years. I won't care about this matter..."
Wu Lie was silent for a while, and finally nodded. Wu Li was panicked and said hurriedly: "You really..."
Wu Lie smiled bitterly and patted his wife on the shoulder and said, "What is her identity? What is her identity? It's good to meet once a year. How dare you take her back?"
Wu Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and thought about it carefully: "When I saved her in Jiulishan, from her dress, to her manners, it was obvious that she must be the daughter of a family of officials."
Speaking of this, Wu Li couldn't help but snorted, "If you hadn't been drunk, you wanted her Chuhong, and you had a baby with your baby. In addition, the woman is kind-hearted and with her family status, our Wujiabao was trampled on twenty years ago... Where was your turn to bring your daughter back and go for a tryst every year? Speaking of which, your lover is really good."
Wu Lie was mentioned about the embarrassing incident that year, and he couldn't help but blush with his old face and said repeatedly: "So many years have passed, why are he talking about him doing..."
Wu Li said angrily: "I will mention it, I will mention it..."
"Let's talk about Ying'er's marriage..." Wu Lie no longer bothers about the past, and the topic changed. "Liu Yang, I think it's very good, capable, and have a good family background. The key is that Ying'er likes him... If they got married, although the military advisor was so powerful, I would still let him take on the revival of Wujiabao--"
Wu Li interrupted her husband and said, "Isn't it just a down-and-out noble? Your ancestors of the Wu family have also produced a military saint. Why don't you say that... No matter how glorious the ancestors are, they won't be able to become themselves, and they will have a low family background... But Yu'er's child is really good. He has helped us a lot over the years. Moreover, I, as others, have moved him. Ying'er will definitely be happy if he follows him-"
Wu Lie also interrupted his wife and poured cold water on his face: "The Tao family is a wealthy family in Xuzhou. They will let Tao Yu be the son-in-law of our Wu family? Don't forget that Tao Yu is Tao Lin's only son and wants to inherit the foundation of his ancestors! Even if Ying Er enters the Tao family and let Aju take over from his second brother's family, can they respect Ying Er from the bandit's nest? Can Ying Er sit in the position of the wife? Can Ying Er's temper be in the Tao family, which has more rules than the stars in the sky, stay?"
Wu Li was stunned for a while, and Wu Lie waved his hand and said, "Yinger's slow down beforehand, let's make a decision when I come back!"
"Let's leave tomorrow?" Wu Li asked in a low voice.
"The letter has come, can you not leave earlier?" Wu Lie said angrily.
"You, I see someone coming to deliver letters every year, but every time you burn it before you can see it. It's so mysterious! Isn't the above talking about love between men and women? Is there anything to hide?" Wu Li muttered.
Before leaving, Wu Lie called Zhang Yang to his room and said sincerely: "Ruyi, I don't object to your affairs with Ying Er. But this child is rude. As a man, you have to give in to her more."
Zhang Yang nodded: "Liu Yang keeps the words of uncle in mind."
Wu Lie nodded, patted Zhang Yang's shoulder gently and said, "I don't know when I will come back. If you have already led the army to fight when you come back, I will wait for you to come back at home. At that time, if you are still like this, uncle - will agree to your marriage."
For some reason, Zhang Yang was not as cheerful as he imagined. He just bowed gratefully and said, "Thank you, uncle, Liu Yang will definitely take good care of Ying'er!"
Wu Lie nodded, helped Zhang Yang up and praised: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and Ruyi has become much more calm."
Wu Na wandered around the city alone, wanting to find Zhang Yang, but was afraid of disturbing his business. When she passed by Doctor Hua's house, she saw the old man hurriedly blocking Wu Na, and said in a low voice: "Miss, the night before, the old man's house was thiefed, and a masked man in black forced him to take away a pack of sweat medicine with a knife. The old man was afraid that the thief would come again. Yesterday he went to find the lady and the lord of the fort yesterday, but he didn't find the others. I was worried about the other people. Today, I happened to meet the lady passing by. The old man dared to say that. He also asked the lady to send someone to stay with the old man for a while. The old man was not afraid of death, but the old man was just a doctor in Wujia Fort. The old man was gone. What should we do if everyone..."
Wu Na nodded, knowing it, and at the same time said, "The thief neither seeks money nor kills his life, so he robs a pack of sweat pills. What do he want to do?"
During the few days after Wu Lie left Wujiabao, Zhang Yang was still practicing martial arts, watching the exercises, holding military meetings, and drinking the fruit wine brewed by Xiaodie. His life was very comfortable. The interference from Wu Li's family and the throbbing of nightmare gradually faded.
Chapter completed!