The news of the new addition to the Wei family soon became known to everyone. No matter how you say it, this is something worth celebrating.
Especially Wei Cheng's current status is so extraordinary.
Not to mention that he is the legitimate son of a wealthy family, even if he is an ordinary wealthy businessman who gives birth to an heir, he still has to gather his friends and throw a big banquet.
Fortunately, there are naturally people to handle these matters, and Wei Cheng only needs to come forward and offer a toast at the right time.
As the biggest contributor to the Wei family, Cai Yan has been completely proud these past two days.
Her old father, Wei Hao, even came twice in person, asking her questions and expressing his apologies for driving her back to her parents' home.
Of course, Cai Yan was a man who knew how to advance and retreat. Not only did he implicitly express that he didn't care, he also gave Wei Hao the right to name his two children.
This actually made Wei Hao feel a little ashamed, and even said that it was the glory of the family and the blessing of the ancestors that the Wei family could have such a good daughter-in-law like Cai Yan.
The third day after the birth of the two children.
The Wei Mansion has finally calmed down. Occasionally, guests come to congratulate them, and they are also not very important people. They have their own butlers to deal with them.
Early in the morning, Wei Cheng was in the house coaxing the child to sleep.
Dabao and Erbao are the nicknames of the two children. In order to distinguish them easily, Wei Qing asked Jin Lao to make two different bracelets. Dabao wore a gold and jade bracelet, and Erbao wore a silver one.
However, Wei Cheng prefers to coax Erbao to sleep than Dabao.
The temperaments of the two brothers are quite different. Dabao is very noisy, while the second one is much more well-behaved.
Although he no longer has a little cotton-padded jacket, Wei Cheng doesn't mind having a little vest. The second child doesn't cry or make trouble, which is exactly what he wants.
Poor Dabao could only be left to his mama to coax him. Anyway, Wei Cheng didn't have the ability to coax him well.
Babies at this age don't know how to recognize people. It doesn't matter whether you are the biological father or not. He can cry when he wants to cry and pee when he wants to. It won't work even if the King of Heaven comes.
Interestingly, when Wei Hao came to hold his eldest grandson for the first time, he was peed on by his eldest son. Not only was the old guy not annoyed, but he also happily said that his eldest grandson was talented, which made the whole family cover their mouths and wanted to laugh but couldn't. Dare to laugh.
"Sister-in-law, Qing'er is here too."
While Wei Cheng was coaxing Erbao, her eldest sister-in-law came in with her niece Wei Qing. As mentioned earlier, her eldest sister-in-law was unable to have children due to physical reasons, and her eldest brother Wei Jian was very affectionate with her and did not divorce because of this matter. Things like that for my wife.
However, the sister-in-law will inevitably blame herself in her heart. There are three unfilial piety factors, and the worst is not having children. The ancients valued this more.
In fact, not to mention the ancients, but even in the new era, people with this kind of thinking are still everywhere.
Since there are no men, the sister-in-law is very fond of Dabao and Erbao. She comes here every day these days, but she rarely goes out on weekdays.
Cai Yan, who was lying on the bed for confinement, saw her elder sister-in-law coming over and leaned forward slightly to sit up. The elder sister-in-law hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her to go back, took the Dabao from the grandmother's arms and said with a smile: "My sister will have a good life." Look, this period is very important for us women, don’t be discouraged.”
Cai Yan nodded slightly and sat up, half leaning on the soft pillow, chatting with his sister-in-law about household matters.
Wei Qing sat aside with Er Bao in his arms and listened. Wei Qing came over, stood on tiptoes and looked at Er Bao in Wei Cheng's arms, and asked curiously: "Second uncle, why does my brother have no teeth?"
When Wei Qing heard this, he looked towards Wei Qing's small mouth and saw her grinning, revealing a row of small teeth without front teeth. Wei Qing said amusedly: "You have the nerve to say that he has no teeth, but you don't have any either."
When Wei Qing heard this, he covered his mouth shyly and said, "I have teeth. Grandma said I just lost my teeth and they will grow out after a while."
Wei Cheng laughed and stopped teasing her. He pointed to the cabinet on the side and said, "Here, there is delicious food in there. Go get it yourself."
Wei Qing's eyes widened, but he instinctively looked towards his mother.
The sister-in-law just happened to hear Wei Qing talking to her daughter. She turned back to look at Wei Qing and said with a smile: "You girl, don't you know how to say thank you?"
When Wei Qing saw that his mother did not stop him, he happily saluted Wei Qing, "Thank you, uncle, hehe."
When the sister-in-law saw her taking out a large bag of various novel foods from the cabinet, she hurriedly said: "You are only allowed to eat one kind, don't be greedy."
Wei Qing said angrily "Oh", and then he got entangled with dozens of snacks. He really didn't know which one to choose.
The lollipops are delicious, the bear biscuits are also good, and there are red and pink ones, ah, I really want to eat them all!
Wei Cheng looked at her funny and said: "Qing'er, give your second uncle a piece to try. By the way, the fruit peel is also opened. I haven't eaten it for a long time. This thing helps digestion. Eat more before lunch."
Have an appetite."
Wei Qing looked at Wei Qing gratefully, and then secretly looked at his mother. Seeing that her mother didn't stop him, he took out all the walnut peels.
The sister-in-law who was talking to Cai Yan naturally heard it, but it was too late for her to be happy that Wei Qing could dote on Wei Qing, so she did not stop her daughter's little behavior.
Near noon, the eldest brother Wei Qian also came.
Wei Cheng asked Aunt Niu to prepare a table of simple yet flavorful delicacies, and left his eldest brother and his family to eat in the yard at noon.
"Zhongdao, after dinner, let's go to the study to chat for a while." Wei Qian suddenly whispered to Wei Cheng while they were eating.
Wei Cheng saw that this cheap brother seemed to have a trace of worry in his eyes, and upon hearing this, he just nodded and agreed.
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In the study, the two brothers sat opposite each other.
Wei Cheng brewed a pot of tea, listened to the words of his elder brother Wei Jian, and echoed one or two sentences from time to time.
"This Hongdu School was founded in the first year of Guanghe. It was originally intended to restrain each other from Taixue. Because the threshold was not too high, and it advocated teaching without distinction, in just a few years it grew enough to compete with Taixue.
The official residence has the status of a civil servant."
"When I was a brother, I was also a member of Hongdu School. Later, I even taught for a period of time. I am very familiar with many teachers in the school, including many knowledgeable people. But now they are all detained by Yuan Gongli.
In prison, they were also threatened not to leave Beijing."
Wei Teng took a sip of tea and frowned: "What do you mean, brother?"
Wei Jian said in a deep voice: "Brother Wei wants you to do a favor and rescue this person. After all, they are all old friends. Brother Wei can't bear to see them buried like this."
Wei Cheng frowned slightly, spending a lot of time on some irrelevant people, he really didn't want to get involved.
But this was the first time that the eldest brother Wei Jian asked him to do something. If he refused, he would be a bit petty.
Moreover, Wei Cheng had known about Hongdu School before. It was a private school run by eunuchs. It mainly trained some "art students". It was considered the first art school in the history of our country.
Is there really any point in saving students from this kind of school?
Just when Wei Cheng hesitated.
Wei Jian suddenly said: "By the way, haven't you been looking for craftsmen to build bridges? There are several teachers in Hongdu School who are good at this, and they are very knowledgeable about the study of objects. Maybe you want to be among them.
A useful person you want."
"Oh!" Wei Cheng's eyes lit up.
Seeing this, Wei Jian added: "You must have heard of the dangerous roads in Xiaoshan Mountain, Xixia Pavilion and pavilion roads. These unimaginable wooden pavilions were built by a gentleman from Hongdu School.
There is also Xiliqiao Pavilion in Lueyang County."
Wei Cheng was stunned and exclaimed: "Brother is talking about the scenic spot in Yuqiao Gorge... uh, I remember that person's name is Li Xi."
Seeing that Wei Cheng knew this person, Wei Ju nodded in surprise and joy and said, "Yes, it's Li Jiaoxi. In the past, he served as the prefect of Wudu County. He was a good official who was deeply loved by the people."
Regardless of being a good official or anything else, Wei Cheng was concerned about this person's talent in building roads and bridges.
It seems that eldest brother Wei Qiang can't do this without helping.
When cement could not yet be mass-produced, the wisdom of the ancients was indispensable for building roads and bridges, and Li Xi was indeed a capable person.
Although the Xili Bridge Pavilion he built has not been preserved in later generations, it has been praised by many famous figures in history, and it has also been praised by local people, and a shrine was built for Li Xi.
This is enough to show that Li Xi is indeed a capable person, able to build bridges across mountains and rivers in deep mountains and old forests under such harsh conditions.
Wei Teng nodded slightly, nodded and said, "Even if this person is the one, we have to save him. Brother, don't worry, leave this matter to me."
Wei Jian was overjoyed when he heard this, and held up his hands and said: "If it doesn't work, I won't force it. I just hope that Yuan Jiuji can treat them well."
Wei Jian didn't say anything, and it would be good to be rescued, but if Yuan Shu didn't let him go, it would be okay to rely on Wei Cheng to put pressure on him and make him treat his teachers and students better.
However, there is no reason to settle for anything less than what Wei Cheng promised.
In the afternoon of that day, Wei Cheng asked someone from the secret guard to write a letter and hand over the matter to Wei Gong for handling.
Let Wei Gong communicate "politely" first. If Yuan Shu refuses to drink the toast, then don't blame me, Wei, for starting a fight.
I just happened to go and warn Yuan Shu not to want to proclaim himself emperor at every turn, which would cause chaos in the world that had finally calmed down.
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Shuofang.
Xu Shu trotted into the tent with a pile of bamboo slips in his arms.
It rained suddenly today. It wasn't very heavy, but the patter of rain made people upset.
In addition, the battle with the Huns in the past two days did not go well, which made Xu Shu and others feel unwilling and anxious for a while.
The battle situation, which was originally going smoothly, suddenly became extremely anxious in the past few days. The reason was that the Huns saw through Lei Zhenzi's weakness.
In the subsequent battles, the Huns actually learned to spread out their positions, so that Lei Zhenzi could only hurt one or two people at a time, instead of being able to blast dozens or twenty people as before.
After wasting several boxes of Lei Zhenzi, Xu Huang decisively called a halt and began to fight face to face with the Huns.
Therefore, facing the Huns who still had more than 100,000 troops, Xu Huang and others had to lead Shuofang's new army to make detours over and over again.
Although the sergeants all wore stab-proof uniforms, which were enough to withstand 90% of injuries, after fighting for so many days, accidents and casualties inevitably began to occur.
As soon as Xu Shu entered the tent, he saw Sima Yi and Cai Heng carrying some papyrus filled with formations.
"General Xu, come and see this." Cai Heng called out excitedly when he saw Xu Shu.
Sima Yi also showed a tired smile, raised his head and said: "We finally found a way to defeat the enemy."
Xu Shu was startled when he heard this, and then asked excitedly, "Tell me about the strategy to defeat the enemy."
Sima Yi put the toilet paper in a corner, straightened his messy sleeves, and walked to the desk.
Cai Heng had already spliced several pieces of paper together. Xu Shu looked down and saw that it was a topographic map of a valley, with some layouts drawn next to it.
"This is... the terrain of Wolf Head Peak?"
Sima Yi nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Yes, our method of defeating the enemy lies on the Wolf Head Peak... Look here..."
After a cup of tea.
Xu Shu suddenly stood up and laughed.
"Okay, okay, okay, if this plan is implemented properly, it will definitely inflict heavy losses on the Huns."
Sima Yi and Cai Heng looked at each other and smiled. Cai Heng rubbed his bloodshot eyes and said, "Doctor Xu also think it's feasible?"
Xu Shu asked and nodded, then patted Sima Yi and Cai Heng on the shoulders and praised: "It's feasible, of course it's feasible. I didn't expect you to come up with a countermeasure so quickly. We have to inform General Xu and them of this plan quickly.
Otherwise, I’m afraid I’ll miss the best opportunity.”
Sima Yi raised his eyes to look at the rain curtain outside the tent, put away his smile, and said eagerly: "We really have to hurry up, this rain will not last long, we only have one chance."
Hearing this, Cai Heng stood up quickly and said, "Then I'll go and call General Xu and the others."
Seeing this, Xu Shu grabbed him, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, let's review it again to make sure everything is safe, and also let them rest for a while. Last night they chased him for dozens of miles, and when they came back they came back one by one.
I was so tired that I just collapsed and rested, even my iron-clad body couldn't withstand such a high-frequency battle."
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In fact, the three of them had not had a good night's sleep for several days. When Xu Huang and the others sent out troops, Xu Shu and the others were consolidating logistics in the rear and studying strategies to defeat the enemy. Everyone was feeling excited.
This energy cannot be let go, otherwise I am afraid that I will fall asleep as soon as I lie down, and when I wake up again, I will not have the same energy and sense of urgency.
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The Huns' tent.
Unlike Xu Shu and the other three, there was a lively scene here.
Humphrey sat at the head of the tent, holding a sea bowl in his hand, talking and laughing with his subordinates.
"This time we all have to pay tribute to Brother Bada. If he hadn't seen through the Han people's thunder formation, we don't know how many brothers would have died. Come on, Brother Bada, let's do one."
"Hahaha, yes, let's respect Bada together."
Bada, who was sitting at the bottom, had a flushed face, not only because he had drunk too much wine, but also because he was feeling proud.
He also didn't expect that the method Grimu gave him was so effective. Just asking everyone to stay farther away from each other when charging can reduce so many casualties. Looking at it this way, the Han people's Lei Zhenzi is scary, but it's not that bad. It's fatal.
With only a few dozen lives, they can fight back and forth with the Han people. After a few more attacks, when the Han people's Lei Zhenzi are used up, it will really be time for them to launch a general attack.
Bada drank the wine in the bowl and looked back at Grimu who was sitting behind him. The two looked at each other and smiled.
Grimu did not drink, he was very sober. Before avenging his family and King Zuoxian, he warned himself to stay sober at all times. Only in this way could he always remember the hatred in his heart.
"Just wait, I will avenge you soon!"
Grimu tightened his fists, as if he had already seen the scene of him cutting off the head of the Han man and hanging it high on the bone tower.