Wu Shu suppressed his shyness and pretended not to know: "What are you doing to be so festive? How can you accommodate people?"
Chen Jingke laughed and said, "What do you think, my bride, Sister Wu."
"Bah." Wu Shu spat lightly: "Who...who is your bride...you haven't even hired a matchmaker yet."
Chen Jingke said: "I have already found him. I am just waiting for you and your mother-in-law to come back."
Wu Shu was half happy, half surprised and said: "Are you really ready?"
Chen Jingke said firmly: "How can it be false? What do you think I have been doing these days when you are not here?"
"The Duke of Su who I invited to be the matchmaker has already obtained the consent of the saint and the empress. I have almost even purchased your dowry. I guarantee that I will not embarrass you.
Wu Shu's eyes were wet with emotion, and he even swallowed: "Master, you are so kind to me, I don't even know how to repay you."
Chen Jingke held her in his arms and said, "What are you talking about? Help me have more children. Being a good housekeeper is the greatest reward."
"Yes." Wu Shu lay in his arms and said softly: "I will assist you well and take care of the Zixiaoguan family business for you."
The two chatted for a while before talking about her return to her hometown.
Wu Shu spoke in detail: "... they wanted to sell our sisters. They thought they were doing it secretly, but they didn't know that the government wanted to be our slaves and told us everything they did."
"Thanks to Zhu Lushi, otherwise we would have been offended, and there is no telling whether we can come back safely."
Chen Jingke was frightened and said angrily: "I know they don't welcome you, but I really didn't expect them to dare to do such a shameful thing."
"Beasts, just beasts, selling their sisters for glory... Originally I thought they were your brothers no matter what, so it wouldn't be too much. But now it seems I was too naive."
"Wait, I want them to regret everything they have done. Wu Yuanqing, I have no choice for the time being, so I will start with Wu Yuanshuang."
When he was angry, he didn't think of one thing. It had been three years since Wu Shu was kicked out of the house. Why were there still slaves loyal to their mother and daughter?
Selling a girl for glory must not be made public. How did the servant find out such secret information?
When he heard that he wanted to take revenge, Wu Shu hesitated and said, "Just teach him a lesson. Don't really hurt him."
Chen Jingke looked at her in surprise, wanting to confirm whether she was telling the truth.
Wu Shu saw what he was thinking and sighed: "After all, he is his father's legitimate son and my elder brother. If the revenge is too harsh, my father will be unable to rest in peace."
Only then did Chen Jingke confirm that it was true and said, "Okay, if he repented, I would let him go. If he doesn't know how to repent, huh."
Wu Shu quickly said: "If he doesn't repent, just find an opportunity to drive him back to his hometown."
Chen Jingke felt in his heart that she was still very innocent despite not having experienced the painful struggle in the palace for more than ten years.
In fact, he really thought wrong. In his previous life, Wu Zetian had no intention of doing anything to these two brothers and even promoted them to higher ranks.
But Yang was different. She had no blood relationship with Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, only hatred. She kept encouraging Wu Zetian to drive them out of the capital.
Naturally, Wu Zetian was unwilling to fall out with her mother because of such things, so she demoted them from the capital. The official positions they were given were all state governors, which is not low to say the least.
But there is a saying that people's hearts are not as good as snakes swallowing elephants. Wu Yuanqing felt unfair and died in depression. This also caused Wu Sansi to be unappreciative of Wu Zetian and regard her as the enemy who killed her father.
These are all things that happened in the past life and can no longer happen in this life, so I won’t mention them again.
In short, even though the two brothers were not human beings, Wu Shu was still not prepared to take revenge too much.
It's not that she has much affection for her two brothers, but more due to the constraints of ethics.
However, Chen Jingke was not prepared to let him go so easily, nor did he give him a chance to visit his old friends. He took him to Baiqisi early the next morning.
He called Jing Hengyan and Sheng Liwei over and said, "This is my uncle. Please help me take good care of him."
As subordinates, it is a basic quality to understand the situation of their superiors. Jing Hengyan and Sheng Liwei naturally know what is going on with Wu Shu.
When I learned that the person being sent here was Wu Yuanshuang, Wu Shu's brother, and heard "take good care of him", I immediately knew what to do.
He immediately said: "Don't worry, Zhenmao, we will definitely take good care of Wu Erlang."
Chen Jingke was afraid that they would punish him too harshly, so he warned again: "Don't take too much care of him. There are no soldiers who don't endure hardships. The important thing is to grow. Let him grow up."
The two of them understood instantly and said, "Don't worry, real man, we are the best at this. I'm sure he will look like a different person within three months."
Chen Jingke said with satisfaction: "Very good, the Hundred Cavalry Division may be expanded into Thousand Cavalry Division. It is a bit difficult to directly make you the commander, but it will be no problem if you mention it to the higher ups. Do your best."
Their eyes lit up and they said excitedly: "Here, I promise not to disappoint the real person."
This was not because Chen Jingke was lying to them. The expansion of Baiqi into Qianqi was indeed planned.
As time passed, the things he produced changed the Tang Dynasty more and more profoundly, and the pie he painted also made Li Shimin extremely tempted.
Naturally, what he said and did was taken more and more seriously, and even the military reform, which was originally ignored, gradually gained attention.
But it's hard for a hundred people to see any difference. Although Baiqisi is indeed very different from before, this difference is not enough for Li Shimin to make up his mind to change.
In addition, some of the talents he has actively recruited, such as Li Xiaoyi and Wang Fangyi, have extraordinary status, so it is inappropriate to place them in Baiqisi.
Expanding into Qianqi has been put on the agenda.
A Zhechong Mansion in the Tang Dynasty had between 800 and 1,200 people, with a maximum of no more than 1,500 people. Qianqi could already exist as an independent combat unit.
This is also the reason why Li Shimin expanded the army. After training, it was sent directly to the battlefield to test the true level of this army with actual combat.
The specific time for expansion depends on Li Shimin's wishes.
After leaving Wu Yuanshuang in Baiqisi, Chen Jingke went home. He still had to prepare for the wedding, so he had no time to waste here.
After sending him away, Jing Hengyan and Sheng Liwei returned to the camp and called Wu Yuanshuang over.
He said kindly: "You are Zhenren's brother-in-law. We are all our own people. You don't need to be so restrained. Just treat this place as your own home."
Wu Yuanshuang, who was originally anxious, felt a little relieved when he saw his superior was so kind, and said: "Thank you two captains for taking care of me... This is a little specialty from my hometown, please accept it."
As he spoke, he took out two bags and stuffed them into their hands.
Jing Hengyan, Sheng Li and Wei looked at each other and reached out to take the bags at the same time. They squeezed them with their hands to confirm that they were gold. Each bag weighed almost half a catty.
It's really generous, the two of them thought to themselves. It's a pity that you offended your immediate boss, so the money is destined to be wasted.
However, there was a smile on his face, and he said with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad, we will definitely become good brothers."
"But the brothers who have just arrived will have to stay at the bottom for a few days. This is a hard and fast rule imposed by the real people. We have nothing to do, so we have to aggrieve Takejiro for a few days."
Seeing that the other party accepted the bribe, Wu Yuanshuang lost all his worries and said with a smile: "I will listen to what the two captains said."
Jing Heng said: "That's good. But don't worry, I will place you under a reliable person, and he will take good care of you."
Wu Yuanshuang felt even more at ease, and in his heart he was ridiculing Chen Jingke for being young and ignorant and unable to restrain his subordinates.
Jing Hengyan quickly assigned him a place, and it was Hua Wu's subordinate.
Hua Wu was very polite to him, took him through various procedures, received weapons and armor, and personally took him to visit the military camp.
When passing by the toilet, Hua Wu emphasized: "This is the toilet area. It must be cleaned every morning and evening. You must remember it clearly."
Wu Yuanshuang was a little surprised why he emphasized cleaning in the morning and evening, but he didn't think much about it and just thought it was a casual comment.
The people on the same team were also very kind and greeted him enthusiastically.
Originally, he looked down upon these people. What qualifications did a group of rough guys have to associate with the son of his prince?
But the situation is stronger than the people. He doesn't know how long he will stay here, and he doesn't dare to offend everyone, so he can only deal with it reluctantly.
But soon he was surprised to find that these people could actually read and write, and knew the art of war. They talked about historical events, world situations, etc.
There are some topics that even he can't get into.
This shocked him very much. Could this be the emperor's personal guard? The requirements were too high.
In the evening, he followed everyone to the cafeteria for dinner. It was white rice and the food was surprisingly rich, including two meat dishes.
This food is too good.
You must know that since his father passed away, the family has lost its largest source of income, and their family has rarely been so luxurious.
Just then he heard Hua Wu say: "Hey, why is there so much meat today?"
He quickly asked: "Don't you usually have so much meat?"
Hua Wu said: "That's for sure. A big family can't afford to eat so much meat every day. Usually it's good to have three to five pieces of meat, but today it adds up to more than half a bowl, which is so abnormal."
"Is the captain getting rich, or are you just putting a week's worth of meat into one day and not planning on spending the rest of the day?"
Wu Yuanshuang was thinking more. Is it because I am here that he put so much meat in? Is it just that he is afraid that the news will spread and the man named Chen will know about it, so he makes it so secretive?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, the more comfortable he felt, and the more he despised Chen Jingke.
After dinner, I rested for a while and went to the stadium to watch a football match. Although I didn’t understand the rules, I was so excited to watch that I wanted to go on the field and play a game.
Wash and go to bed at the same time at night, and the day passes so easily and comfortably.
Lying on the somewhat hard bed, he thought to himself that he was indeed worthy of being the emperor's personal guard. This condition was great.
The people here are kind and nice to talk to. I really came to the right place.
Thinking like this, I fell asleep.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk..." I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly a rapid whistle sounded. He muttered: "Who is screaming for nothing?"
Then I turned over and wanted to continue sleeping.
At this moment, he felt someone kicked him on the butt. Half asleep and half awake, he thought he was at home, so he got angry and yelled:
"Anyone who dares to kick me will die, right?"
But what greeted him was an even harder kick, knocking him directly against the wall on one side. He screamed and woke up.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the tall man in the bunk next to him looking at him with a fierce look on his face, cursing: "You kid, Tejiu, doesn't know the heart of a good person, and you even curse others."
Wu Yuanshuang was so frightened that he dared not speak.
But people are very confused, why don't they recognize good people? What happened? Why did you beat me? Is it because the person named Chen is taking revenge on me?
Then he noticed that everyone else seemed to be putting on clothes and armor quickly.
Just then Hua Wu's voice came: "Wu Yuanshuang, don't be stunned. Hurry up and get dressed for an emergency gathering. I'm late and have to clean the toilet all day."
Although Wu Yuanshuang was still confused, he guessed what the emergency gathering was about and quickly jumped up to get dressed.
How pitiful he is, he is so pampered that he can't go any faster at all. Everyone else is wearing full armor, and he hasn't even put on the small clothes underneath.
The more this happened, the more anxious he became, but the more anxious he was, the more he was in a hurry and couldn't get dressed properly. In the end, as expected, he was late.
According to regulations, his team is responsible for cleaning tomorrow's toilets.
The whole team looked at him with eyes that wanted to kill him.
Wu Yuanshuang didn't dare to speak, but he felt aggrieved. It was my first day here. Didn't I give him time to adapt?
I wanted to talk to Jing Hengyan and the others, but I thought it would be difficult to do anything special on the first day, so I endured it.
Then, everyone unanimously voted who should be responsible for the trouble, and the task of cleaning the toilet was given to him alone.
Wu Yuanshuang was dumbfounded. What happened? Why did I end up cleaning the toilet?
But when he saw his fierce comrades, he didn't dare to come forward to argue, so he could only lie on the bed gloomily.
While scolding everyone in my heart, I was thinking about whether I should go to the two captains tomorrow and talk to them.
Because he was afraid of another urgent gathering, he didn't even take off his armor, and he didn't dare to sleep like that, so he spent the whole night half asleep and half awake.
The sky was slightly brighter and the whistle sounded again, and everyone got up and went out for exercise. Wu Yuanshuang didn't sleep much after midnight, not to mention how uncomfortable he was.
I followed everyone to the school field and ran a few laps, almost paralyzing from exhaustion.
When it was time to eat, he was not given anything to eat because he was punished to clean the toilet. He wanted to escape midway, but there were red sleeves guarding the door, so he couldn't go anywhere.
I could only hold back my nausea and clean the toilet in a hurry.
When he was about to leave, Hong Xiuhuan stopped him with a serious face and said, "This is the toilet you clean. What do you think this is? If you don't flush it away, do you want to keep it for yourself?"
"Ugh..." Hearing this, he couldn't help but spit it out.
Then he was imprisoned for an hour for defying the law enforcement officers.
In the silent and monotonous dark room, he was almost driven crazy, and he could only gain some comfort by desperately recalling the past.
He recalled the memories over and over again, including the fragments about Yang and Wu Shu. He did not have any regrets, but instead hated them even more.
If they hadn't come to Baiqisi themselves, how could they have been offended like this? The one named Chen is the most hateful, and he will definitely take revenge if there is a chance in the future.
But as time went by, he gradually collapsed, started crying and yelling, and even began to repent, shouting that he was wrong and would never dare to do it again.
But no one paid any attention to him.
It wasn't until an hour later that someone opened the door and let him out.
If he encounters an amnesty, he will flee as if running away. If he catches someone on the road, he will chatter a few words, as if he is crazy.
From a distance, Jing Hengyan said with some uncertainty: "It's our first time to lock ourselves in a small dark room for an hour. Are we going too far?"
Sheng Liwei said in confusion: "Guan Xiaoheiwu is here according to the rules and regulations, what does it have to do with us?"
Jing Hengyan: "..."
Because it was closed for an hour, I missed lunch, and the toilet had to be cleaned.
Wu Yuanshuang no longer dared to resist, and honestly followed Hongxiuhuan's instructions to clean the toilet.
After he finished everything, he also missed dinner.
Tired and hungry, he staggered back to his dormitory and lay down on the bed without saying a word.
At this time, Hua Wu came over, stuffed him with two big steamed buns, and said, "This is what I left for you. Hurry up and eat some to comfort yourself."
Wu Yuanshuang didn't say a word. He took the steamed bun and gnawed it. Tears began to flow down his cheeks as he chewed.
"Hey." Hua Wu sighed and said, "Have you noticed it too?"
Wu Yuanshuang swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth and said coldly: "You did it on purpose, right?"
Hua Wu nodded and said, "Yes, this is a warning to newcomers."
Wu Yuanshuang was stunned for a moment and said: "A show of force? Isn't it aimed at me?"
Hua Wu said in surprise: "Why are we targeting you? You have misunderstood. Many of the people who can come to Baiqisi are high-status people, and each one is more arrogant than the other."
"So everyone came up with this method to show off the new guy and kill your arrogance."
Wu Yuanshuang didn't know what to say.
Believe it or not? After being tortured for a day, his mind was very confused and he couldn't figure it out for a while.
Hua Wu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hurry up and wash up and rest. This is just the beginning. There will be more uncomfortable things later."
Hearing this, Wu Yuanshuang was like a thunderbolt, and his whole body was stunned.