Ming Zuo

Chapter 9 is nothing special
Wucheng is more than [-] miles away from Linqing, and the official roads are connected, smooth and smooth.

A group of people riding, driving, quite fast.

Departing at noon, before sunset, I saw the city walls of Linqing.

But the closer Lincheng got, the more serious everyone looked.

I saw that the official road leading to Linqing was full of refugees who were staggering with ants.

The general arrived at the city, but was blocked by the soldiers, causing a commotion.Immediately, a large number of people were driven away, away from the city gate, and nested under the roots of the city wall.

In such cold weather, it is up to God to live or die.

The horses and cars of Zuo Menggeng and others were particularly conspicuous. When they reached the city gate, the crowd avoided them one after another.

In these years, who is not a noble person, who can travel on horseback and drive?

A small flag ran over and was about to question him when his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Oh, isn't this Young Master Zuo?"

Zuo Menggeng didn't expect that he was still a celebrity, so he smiled and said, "Master Jun knows me?"

The little flag waved again and again.

"I don't dare to be called Master Zuo, who in Linqing doesn't know Master Zuo? Two years ago, the fight between you and the young master of the Liu family outside the gate of the city was really shocking and weeping. Everyone said, With the prosperity of Linqing's martial arts, Young Master Zuo and Young Master Liu are divided into two parts of the world."

Zuo Menggeng was embarrassed, remembering the absurdity of the past.

As the second generation of generals, Zuo Menggeng used to be very playful.Coupled with Zuo Liangyu's rigorous training, his martial arts are really extraordinary.

When the dudes were fighting, no one was his enemy.

Only Liu Yiyuan from the Liu family was equally skilled in martial arts, and even went toe-to-toe with him, but there was no winner or loser.

That Liu Yiyuan, Zuo Menggeng also remembered, is the son of the Liu clan of the nine major families in Linqing, and his father is the famous Liu Zuo.

In history, Liu Yiyuan came from a scholarly family and was admitted to the martial arts exam.

He was reminiscing about the past, but Xiaoqi said amazing news.

"Young Master Zuo came back just in time. Yesterday, the old housekeeper of your house was carried back from outside the city. He seems to be seriously injured. The villain heard that there is no one in charge of the house, and it's a mess."

"oops……"

When Zuo Rong and Zuo Hua heard this, their expressions changed immediately.

Zuo Hua couldn't bear it any longer, and galloped on his horse to enter the city first.

Zuo Menggeng's heart was also turbulent, and he never expected such a big event to happen in the house.

There are two housekeepers in Zuofu, one is Zuo Yan and the other is Zuo Kuan.

Zuo Yan is the big housekeeper and the father of Zuo Rong and Zuo Hua.

Zuo Yan is not strict, on the contrary is a kind old man.

Originally a coachman in the Liaodong Army, Zuo Liangyu later saw that he was old and frail and could not bear the army, so he came over to be a personal follower.

Later, Zuo Yan was asked to return to Linqing to manage the internal and external affairs of the Zuo Mansion.

Zuo Yan was grateful to Dade and changed his surname to Zuo with his two sons.

In the same way, Zuo Kuan, the second housekeeper, is not generous at all.

This is the murderer on the battlefield, and now the head of Zuo Liangyu's bodyguard, who has been following Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu came from a poor and humble background, and soon became rich, and his wife Huang was a poor husband and wife.

In Zuo Menggeng's impression, the Zuo family's momentum is the effort in recent years.To be precise, it was after Zuo Liangyu became the Dusi.

The daughter of the Huang family, who does not know big characters, is also timid and has no ideas.

Zuo Liangyu is out on the expedition, and Zuo Yan needs to deal with the affairs of Zuofu.

Now that the backbone has fallen, the Zuofu will be in chaos.

Thinking of this, Zuo Menggeng was also anxious.

He threw two taels of silver to the small flag, "Thank you for telling me."

Hurry into the city and go straight to the door.

The little flag got the benefit, put it away happily, and went to command the expelling of the refugees.

Miss Xu heard everything in the carriage before.

She opened the curtain and saw that Zuo Menggeng and Zuo Rong both looked solemn, and asked softly, "But something happened in the house? Or... I'll go to the inn."

She was rescued by Zuo Menggeng, and now she is a weak woman alone. Before returning to Xu Guangqi, it must be better to live in Zuo Mansion.

But something happened to her family, and she was an outsider, so she could understand that.

She was considerate, but Zuo Menggeng couldn't agree.

A Jiao lady who can't even comb her hair, if you leave it alone, nothing will happen.

"Relax, I'm here."

Miss Xu has read many books, and the famous generals who come and go freely among the thousands of troops in the books often break her heart.

She has never seen the real general, but Zuo Menggeng protects her these days. He has fought in and out of the chaotic army several times, and he has strategized and commanded his actions, letting her know that he is a trustworthy person.

With peace of mind, I became curious about the surrounding environment.

The city she is currently in is vast, far exceeding all the cities she has ever seen.

Houses and buildings are endless, and pedestrians are rubbing shoulders on the road.Looking at the past, countless banners were displayed brightly, and the world's wealth was gathered here. The variety was so rich that she could not fully understand it with her experience.

"People say that Jiangnan is the most prosperous in the world. I think this place is not much better than Jiangnan."

Hearing Miss Xu's astonishment, Zuo Menggeng couldn't help laughing and said, "Although Linqing is governed by a state, it is an important place in the five provinces, with a population of one million, which is quite extraordinary."

In the Ming Dynasty, there were only five cities with a population of more than one million.The other four are all prefecture cities, but Linqing is the prefecture city.

Linqing has this scale and status, thanks to the canal.

This place is where the Huitong River and the Wei River meet, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Sui Dynasty Grand Canal all turn from here.

Whether it is going to Beijing in the north, going to Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south, or going to Heluo in the west, it is extremely convenient.

It is also one of the five important warehouses and is known as the first wharf in the world. The safety of the capital is tied to this city.

It can be said that if this place is occupied, the millions of people in the capital will immediately be cut off from food and clothing and become a dead place.

With Miss Xu talking and laughing, Zuo Menggeng's worries went away a lot.In a hurry, we soon arrived at Shuaifu Street.

And far away, I saw many people pouring out of a mansion.

Seeing Zuo Menggeng, these people showed ecstasy.

"Master!"

"Master, you are back."

Zuo Menggeng sat upright on the horse and looked at the eyes of several of them, and couldn't help shouting: "Why are you crying? My Zuo mansion established my family with martial arts, and my body was wrapped in horse leather. "

A wave of murderous aura swept across the battlefield, sweeping away the slump.All the people in the Zuofu couldn't help holding their heads high, and their momentum changed by [-] degrees.

Miss Xu secretly opened a corner of the curtain and saw that Zuo Menggeng decided the world in one word.

There are many refined and elegant people in the south of the Yangtze River. Although they are full of knowledge and talents, they are lost in the steadfastness of men.The kind of domineering that ignores me and overlooks the world is really hard to compete with no amount of moral articles.

Zuo Menggeng was worried about the change in the mansion and made him unwilling to delay.

He pointed to the carriageway: "Open the middle door and welcome the distinguished guests into the palace."

The servant immediately followed suit, and after a while, the central door of the Zuo Mansion, which was usually closed, opened left and right, indicating the arrival of a distinguished guest.

A servant came over, took the carriage from Huang Er's hand, and escorted it into the mansion.

Zuo Menggeng walked up to Huang Er and asked, "Is there a place to go?"

Knowing that his mission was completed, Huang Er smiled honestly.

"The little one has hands and feet, and can drive a car. How can he find a job to eat."

Zuo Menggeng nodded, feeling relieved.

He asked Zuo Rong to take twenty taels of silver and stuffed it into Huang's second hand.

"It's been hard work for you along the way. You have this money, and you have to find a way to make a living."

Although Huang Er was displaced, he was a civilian.Zuo Mansion was not big, so he couldn't support too many servants, so Zuo Menggeng didn't open his mouth to take it in.

With twenty taels of silver, Huang Er was already very satisfied.

It was a huge sum of money, and even if he did nothing, he could live on it for two years.

"I'll say goodbye now, I'm not worried about the nobles."

Huang Er knelt down, banged his head a few times, carefully put away the money, and went to find his new life.

This is a small person who is inconspicuous in this troubled world.

If he hadn't met Zuo Menggeng, he might have died on the battlefield of Nanpi.

One more life now, and the future will be different again.His thin figure walked into the crowd and quickly merged into it.

No one noticed that the few idlers on the corner also got up and chased the direction where Huang Er disappeared.

Zuo Menggeng lifted his foot into the mansion, crossed the front yard, and came to the back yard.

At this time, the carriage had been brought here, the footman retreated, and a few maids and wives came up and put down a low stool beside the carriage.

Zuo Menggeng stepped forward and said, "Miss Xu, we're here, come with me to meet Jiaci."

Miss Xu opened the curtain, puzzled.

"Let's get off now? Why don't you bring water and a face towel and see you inside after I wash up. Is this... polite?"

The maid and the old woman on the side lowered their heads and felt ashamed.

What Miss Xu said, they didn't understand at all.

Zuo Menggeng knew, however, that the southeast was very extravagant at this time, and the ostentation of the wealthy family was astonishing.What this Miss Xu said is probably the most common.

"Oh, I'm quite good at dancing knives and guns in Zuofu, but I don't understand these tedious rules."

Miss Xu rolled her eyes wildly, knowing that he did it on purpose, and couldn't help muttering, "A grosseria é o maior inimigo do homem."

Zuo Menggeng sneered and replied, "Ganncia é o maior Pecado do homem."

Miss Xu was taken aback, and her tongue flickered.

"you you you……"

Zuo Menggeng stretched out his palm towards her and said narrowly, "Beautiful lady, it's nothing special to speak Portuguese."

(End of this chapter)