When Wang Laoer returned home, he said to his wife in a somewhat unaccustomed manner, "You are at home... um!"
Helian Yunshang looked at him expectantly.
Although Wang Laoer didn't know it clearly, his uncle Helianluo said that if it weren't for the Duke's guarantee, he would definitely not have nodded. But marriage is like wearing shoes, only the parties involved know whether it is comfortable or uncomfortable.
Wang Laoer is a bit naive, but he is real!
He goes home every day, doesn't like drinking, doesn't like going to brothels...wrong, the old thieves will take him to see his legs.
Earn money and leave it to the family. Although the family is not short of money, this is not a man's attitude.
Why hasn't such a real man been taken away by others in the past?
Helian Yunshang felt that Wang Laoer's only flaw was his inability to talk sweetly.
Woman!
It is a creature that needs praise to thrive.
Wang Laoer held it in for a long time and said, "If I have something to do, I'll go look for Yi Niang. Well... I'll go out for a walk if I have nothing to do."
After Wang Laoer left, Helian Yunshang was sulking alone. The maid next to him asked: "Is the lady unhappy?"
Helian Yunshang said: "Second brother doesn't even have a nice word to say." Nice words... sweet words?
The servant girl smiled and said, "Madam! There are different types of men, let's just say they please women! One kind of man talks sweetly, saying that I will buy a gold hairpin for you later, or you are so charming, wait for the new cloth to come out.
I'll give you some clothes to make clothes for you, but I just talk about it and don't do anything.
What about the other type of men? They won’t say that when you were doing housework at home, they suddenly came back with a gold hairpin or a piece of cloth in their hands. Which one is better?”
"Naturally..." Helian Yunshang thought the second option was better, but always felt that something was missing. "Isn't there the best of both worlds?"
"Yes, the third type is someone who is both talkative and considerate. But it's tiring to talk sweetly every day! Why do men work so hard? Either they like you so much that they can't help themselves, or they have other purposes.
But Madam, I like it, it’s just like the biscuits sold by Ding’s at the entrance of the alley. When it’s freshly baked, it’s crispy and delicious. After a while, it becomes a bit cold and greasy, and it becomes more and more unpalatable.”
"You mean, it won't last long?"
"Too many things don't last long." Seeing that Helian Yunshang was a little disappointed, the servant girl smiled and said, "No matter how beautiful things are, people will always get tired of looking at them. If you want to win a man's heart for a long time, it's not about beauty, but this place.
···”
The servant woman pointed to her heart, "Knowing the cold and knowing the warmth, and I need to have that kind of... background, that is..."
"temperament!"
"right!"
The servant girl smiled and said, "Look, my wife has understood everything."
"What is a man?" Helian Yunshang put his chin in his hands. "A man! He is just a child!"
South of town.
Since the destruction of the three major divisions, the southern part of the town has become the master of this vast grassland.
The vast grassland is a paradise for shepherds. At first, it was only the herdsmen in the southern part of the town who grazed their cattle. Later, people from the Tang Dynasty also came.
Herding is not difficult to learn, and they got started quickly. They also invented many new methods and produced more every year than the herdsmen in the southern part of the town.
After many years of cultivation and recuperation, the population in the southern part of the town gradually expanded.
As the population expanded, the scope of grazing had to be expanded. In the past two years, the herdsmen in the southern part of the town had many conflicts with the Tang herdsmen.
In every conflict, Xin Wuji upheld justice, and both parties had nothing to say.
But this was the herdsmen of the Tang Dynasty who had nothing to say. The herdsmen in the southern part of the town felt that Khan's elbow was tilted towards outsiders.
The tent was a little stuffy, Xin Wuji was drinking.
After taking a sip of the drink, the scar on his face turned red. Dang Ya came in and said, "Khan, someone from Tao County is here."
Xin Wuji put down the knife and wiped his beard with both hands. The mutton oil made the beard shiny.
"Please come in, no, I will come out to greet you!"
He walked out of the tent, and more than a hundred riders came outside, led by a civil servant.
Xin Wuji saluted, "How is the Duke?" "How is the Duke doing?"
The official said: "The Duke's order!" Xin Wuji stood with his hands tied.
"Southern part of Lingzhen
Gather your troops and wait for the arrival of the army." "Take orders!"
Xin Wuji loudly agreed, raised his head, and said with a smile: "May I ask where the Duke is going to conquer this time?"
The official said: "There is no need to keep this matter secret, the Duke is attacking Tanzhou this time!"
"Tanzhou!" Xin Wuji's heart trembled. The envoy then left.
Xin Wuji put his hands behind his hands and watched the envoy and his entourage go away. Dang Ya whispered behind him: "Khan, this day has finally arrived." "Yes!"
Xin Wuji said: "Let the warriors of the clan assemble and wait for the arrival of the Duke's army."
Dangya said: "Khan, there have been a lot of disputes between the southern part of the town and the herdsmen of the Tang Dynasty in the past few years. In the future, the population will increase, and I am afraid there will be more conflicts."
"What do you want to say?"
"What I mean is to talk to the Duke... Bei Liao
There is a wider pasture over there, and we can go to a larger place to graze."
Xin Wuji turned around, looked at the smiling Dang Ya, and said, "You have forgotten one thing. Back then, Bei Liao started from a tribe."
"Khan is loyal to his father..."
"This Khan is loyal to the Duke, but who can guarantee that my children will be loyal to the Duke or the Duke's children?"
, the best way is to look elsewhere where your ambition may grow."
Going to a bigger place, the southern part of the town will expand rapidly. Dangya said: "Who can say clearly what will happen in the future?" "I will tell you the truth!" Xin Wuji said: "If it had been anyone else, I would have
Khan may have thought about being independent, but every time this thought came to my mind, I would think of the Duke. Later, I no longer had this thought."
"Khan this is..."
"When facing the Duke of the country, this Khan cannot have any ambition at all. As long as he does, his next thought is..."
Xin Wuji said calmly: "I was easily killed by the Duke!" He added: "I have no power to fight back!"
Yang Xuan didn't come, but Wang Laoer came first.
After replenishing some food and grass in the south of the town, Wang Laoer set out again.
Yanbeicheng.
It was rare that there was no enemy attack today, and the people dared to go out of the city to get some firewood or farm.
I don't know why, when the Tanzhou cavalry came to harass them, they didn't even think about destroying those crops.
"Enemy attack!" Someone suddenly shouted from the top of the city.
Someone cursed: "Where are our scouts?"
No one said anything, everyone knew that Yanbeicheng was too close to Tanzhou. Once a raid was launched, even if the scouts saw it, it would be difficult to report back in time.
Then, more than a thousand riders rushed over like a whirlwind. The people fled in panic.
A woman was visiting relatives with her child. When she saw the enemy cavalry, she turned around and ran away with her child in her arms.
The sound of horse hooves behind her was getting closer and closer, and the woman desperately shouted to the top of Yanbei City: "Save the child!"
Ta-ta-ta!
The enemy soldier behind him smiled ferociously and shouted: "You are a girl, you are blessed today, hahahaha!"
The woman was stumbling while running, but suddenly her feet became confused and she fell to the ground.
She sat up in despair and put the child behind her. Ta da da!
The cavalry in the city is coming, but it is obvious that the water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the people nearby.
The rapidly approaching enemy suddenly reined in their horses and looked to the left in horror.
The woman slowly followed his line of sight and looked over. Thousands of horses were galloping towards this direction.
Facing us, the big flag rustled in the wind. "It's the King Flag!"
"Lao Er Wang is here, run!"
Even though the woman was within ten steps, the enemy soldier turned around without hesitation.
Then, the woman saw the cavalry chasing after her. At the top of the city, Cao Ying sighed: "The good days of Tanzhou are over!"
Tanzhou.
In a value-for-money room in Zhouxi.
The sound of an incense burner on the side of the table was filled with smoke. Shen Changhe was drinking wine with a scroll in his hand.
With wine. A glass of wine, turning a page. What he holds in his hand is a collection of poems.
He suddenly sighed, "Some of Yang Xuan's poems are majestic, some are as delicate as spring rain, some are critical of current events, and some are free and unrestrained. It's true.
He’s a great talent!”
The civil servant next to him smiled and said, "Mr. Shen is reading the collection of Yayuan poems, right?"
Shen Changhe nodded.
The civil servant said: "This collection of poems is a collection of famous poems written by several famous people in Ningxing over the past decades. There is also an interesting story."
Literary men like to talk about things in order to attract the attention of the outside world.
Shen Changhe knew this well, and said with a smile: "What's the fun?" The civil servant wanted to talk about it again, but when he saw Shen Changhe smiling but not smiling, he remembered that this was an aide beside the Lord of the Three States.
You also need to know how to show off your relationship, and when you show off to your subordinates, your subordinates will understand and send you rainbow farts, and everyone will be happy.
Trying to get along with Shangguan is just trying to get ahead of others.
The official smiled even more enthusiastically, "Twenty years ago, there were three great talents in Daliao. They were so talented in poetry that they were known as the Three Heroes. When they assembled poetry collections, those celebrities wanted to put the poems of the Three Heroes at the front. , put Yang Xuan’s poems second.
After the compilation was completed, several celebrities drank to celebrate. In the middle of the night, one of them woke up from alcohol. His mind was filled with Yang Xuan's poems, and he couldn't sleep anymore. He went to his room to look through the collection of poems, and the more he read, the more his face felt hot. , was so ashamed that he tore up the collection of poems immediately.
The next day, those celebrities gathered together again, and everyone was ashamed and said they couldn't sleep at night."
"Literati are not so selfless!" Shen Changhe is a literati himself, and he knows best the urinary nature of literati.
"Yes! It turns out that those celebrities were worried that after the collection of poems was distributed, they would be criticized and the festival would be in danger." The civil servant said with a smile: "Later, some people said that it would be better to put the poems of the three heroes at the front. It's a strange peak. !”
This statement is a bit unethical... The first one is the poems of the three heroes. When the reader looks at it, it is brilliant! But when it comes to the second part, it is like, holy shit! These poems are even more remarkable. Compared with them, the poems of the three heroes are just... Damn it. When the news spread, the poetry collection sold hundreds of copies, and Ningxing literati commented on the poems in it.
"...But no matter how harsh people are, when they compare the poems of the Three Heroes with those of Yang Xuan, they all sigh and shake their heads, having nothing to say."
"It's a pity that this person is not from Daliao."
The civil servant finally said with regret, "If we were from the Liao Dynasty, I don't think the Tang Dynasty would be on the verge of collapse at this moment."
Shen Changhe said calmly: "If he were from Daliao, he would have been drowned in the officialdom long ago."
The civil servant smiled awkwardly, "Yes!"
"If Yang Xuan stayed in Chang'an, he would probably have followed the rules. When he came to Northern Xinjiang, he had a place to use him. Only Huang Chunhui could use him like this. Only Northern Xinjiang, which was secretly competing with Chang'an, could use him. he!"
In any other place, people like Yang Xuan would have long been the target of public criticism.
"It's funny to say that I am also an arrogant person, but look at Yang Xuan. All my arrogance has disappeared, and I can only feel ashamed." The civil servant sighed, "This time Tanzhou took the initiative. According to my guess, Yang Xuan I'm afraid a large army will be raised."
"Oh!" Shen Changhe asked, "Why?"
The civil servant said: "I have thought about Yang Xuan's decisions over the years.
He never wanted to follow the rules, but he was able to take advantage of the situation. Tanzhou took the initiative to attack. If it were another person, Cao Ying would definitely have Cao Ying stick to Yanbei City, let the Northern Xinjiang army rest, and wait for the opportunity to take action.
But Yang Xuan is different. This person will definitely use Tanzhou to take the initiative as an excuse to boost the morale of the people and attack our three states..." Eh!
There are sages in the wild!
Shen Changhe felt a little excited in his heart, "Let's talk about it again."
The civil servant said: "At present, Jiangzhou has gathered a large army, and the Northern Xinjiang army has just experienced a war and cannot attack. Secondly, Ningxing has been busy dealing with the Shegu people's offensive recently and has no time to look south; thirdly, Chang'an has learned that After Yang Xuan leaped over Ma Ningxing, both the emperor and his ministers were in panic. But if you want to deal with Yang Xuan, you have to mobilize your troops and generals... It will take time.
After careful calculation, this turned out to be the best time for Yang Xuan to attack the three states. If he misses it, neither Chang'an nor Jiangzhou will give him the opportunity to dispatch troops calmly!"
Tsk!
Shen Changhe looked at the official carefully, "You are so talented, why have you wasted so much time?"
The civil servant is called Ma He, but he is just a chief official.
Ma He said calmly: "When I first became an official, some senior officials said that being an official should be a person first. The subordinate officials thought about their talents and refused to listen. After I understood this truth, my hair on the temples became gray.
I no longer have the energy to make progress as an official." "What a pity." Shen Changhe thought about it and felt that it was still too late, "After this time, you can follow me to Taizhou!"
Ma He was startled, "Thank you, Mr. Shen."
"You will definitely be happy to have a great talent." Shen Changhe said with a smile.
A clerk came in and said, "Mr. Shen, the Northern Xinjiang Army is here." "Oh! So fast? Who is the forward?" Shen Changhe asked. "Wang Laoer!"
Shen Changhe took a deep breath, stood up and said: "Ring the bell!" "Dang, clang, clang!"
The bell rang and the city was under martial law.
When Shen Changhe went to the top of the city, the governor Xie Chang introduced: "Wang Laoer defeated my three-way cavalry all the way, and the momentum was like breaking a bamboo!"
"That's Mr. Wang!"
Shen Changhe said: "This person is a forward, full of energy." In front, thousands of riders were slowly approaching.
"Rest!"
Shen Changhe said: "Wait for the arrival of Yang Xuan's army." Three days later.
"Yang Xuan's army hasn't arrived yet." "Hey!"
Xie Chang was a little puzzled, "Logically, it's time!" "Be patient!"
Shen Changhe said calmly: "It will come sooner or later." "The scout is back. Hey, he is not a scout."
More than ten cavalrymen came galloping towards the city. When they arrived at the city, they were eager to enter the city, but the sergeants under the city had to check carefully. "Chanima!"
There was a commotion down there.
"He's quite angry." Xie Chang said with a smile.
A sergeant was brought up, looking quite embarrassed!
"Mr. Shen, thanks to the envoy, yesterday Yang Xuan's army suddenly appeared at the foot of Huonan County. Yang Xuan's general Jiang Cunzhong personally led the warriors to climb up and destroy the city with one drum..."