Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 221 219-The heart and mind is Beiping (6000)

In Beiping City at the end of September, the north wind began to appear in every corner of the city with a cool air. As winter was approaching, the people in Beiping City also began to prepare for how to survive the winter.

Firewood, charcoal, cotton wool, and some cheap pickled vegetables are convenient for eating in winter. No one finds it troublesome, and they have been used to this kind of life year after year.

It's just that some old people who moved from the south can't help but say a few words to the children, how beautiful and pleasant the south is at this time of year, and as they talk, these old people often fall into memories.

Thousands of miles away from home, settled in another place, can't go back, and if I can't go back, I can't go back to my hometown.

These old people knew in their hearts that they would not be able to survive a certain winter, maybe earlier than expected. After all, Beiping City is really not a good place to retire. Every winter, old people die every day.

But fortunately, it is in Beiping City, so there is no bitter cold in Mobei, Liaodong and other places.

At this moment, Zhang Yuqing was sewing padded jackets for the children, and at the same time was telling the children about ancient times. She nodded Xiao Liu's head and said with a sigh.

"You little girl was born in a good season, not only in the spring, but also in a good weather, not to mention those messy military disasters, and you still have this cotton padded jacket to wear."

Zhang Yuqing bit off the thread that was pulled out, and continued: "In the past, there was no such good thing. It was the emperor who cared about our common people. At the beginning, he said it was a good thing and forced everyone to grow it. You see, it's only been a few years now. Our family You can also wear this, if you want me to say that the city of Beiping is too cold, people freeze to death on the streets every year, with this, I don’t know how much better I can endure in winter.”

Xiao Liu grinned heartlessly and smirked, which was a response to Zhang Yuqing. She was still young, she couldn't tell the difference between the times, and she didn't think there was anything good or bad about Beiping City. She was full of fun and turned her head Smiling again, he turned the red rope in Xiao Qi's hand into a new pattern, and handed it to Xiao Qi to turn it over.

His brows and eyes are flying, as if he is quite proud.

Xiao Qi pouted unhappily, thinking that Sixth Sister was very annoying, and what she did was a little different from what Fourth Sister taught him before, but Xiao Qi was also stubborn, keeping her head down and studying the flowers in Xiao Liu's hands without saying a word style, thinking about turning it over.

Zhang Yuqing glanced at the two younger ones, and knew that they were not thinking about her words, she couldn't help but sighed, the two younger ones had no conscience, if these words were told to the boss, the boss would definitely not let the words fall to the ground, absolutely She was happy to chat with.

Thinking of this, she counted the days, the boss has been on business for several months, and he will be back soon after thinking about it, and it is time for the third child to inquire about it.

In fact, Zhang Yuqing only knew that Zhen Wu was going to Nanjing City on business, and didn't know anything else about Zhen Wu's whereabouts. However, in Zhang Yuqing's mind, as long as she wasn't going to fight, she would naively think that there was no danger. She even secretly rejoiced this time Not a bad job.

Later, King Yan came back, and the news that Zhen Wu was accused by the emperor to marry the princess also came back, and all she could think about was this matter.

This incident can be said to have shocked the family.

She was even so shocked that she dared not tell her neighbors and old neighbors until now, for fear that it was just a misunderstanding, especially when she first heard the news, she couldn't sleep all night, happy and frightened, unable to say anything. What is it like.

However, after so many days, she has gradually calmed down and stopped thinking about it so much.

In her heart, as long as Zhen Wu has a wife, it is a good thing, and she can be considered as an account to her underground husband.

So he started busy preparing things for Zhen Wu's marriage.

Although the people in the palace said that she didn't need to prepare anything, and only needed to cooperate with the palace when the time came, she still cleaned up Zhenwu's yard several times, and then spent a lot of money to buy some decorations. Customized some high-end bedding.

Even so, she was still a little uneasy, and hoped that the boss would come back and have a good discussion.

And these days, compared to Zhang Yuqing who only focused on thinking about Zhen Wu's marriage, the two sages were not having a good time. Zhang Wu and her elder brother went on an errand together, but Zhang Wu came back first. It is a husband and wife, and after a while, I noticed something from Zhang Wu's facial expression and words.

Zhang Wu had no choice but to tell the two sages exactly.

This frightened the two sages so much that they couldn't recover. Even though Zhang Wu kept comforting him and said, "Brother is very skilled in martial arts, and he is unparalleled, so there will be nothing wrong with him."

As a result, these two days always ran to her mother's house, for fear of what Zhang Yuqing would know.

Today, Erxian came back home again. Zhang Yuqing was very happy when he saw her. Erxian has been close to her since she was a child. In her opinion, Erxian is much better than the other girls, but she still pretended to be stern and said: " Run to your mother's house again, be careful that your mother-in-law blames you in her heart."

"Mother, my mother-in-law is in a good heart, so she won't blame me. This time, my mother-in-law asked me to come. She ate the fragrant egg yolk cake yesterday and thought it was delicious. She insisted on bringing you some. You try it."

The two sages talked about their daily life, seeing that Zhang Yuqing didn't know that Zhen Wu was in danger, so they didn't take the initiative to mention it, so as not to make Zhang Yuqing worry.

She went over and patted Xiaoliu Xiaoqi's head, and sat down next to Zhang Yuqing.

Zhang Yuqing put down the needle and thread in his hand, thought for a while, let Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi go out to play, and then discussed with the two sages without any idea: "You said that your brother married the princess, and the princess, my mother has also seen it, not only the extremely beautiful Well, the clothes people wear are expensive, and I always feel that the yard we prepared for your elder brother is not proper enough, so you help mother think about it, what else should we prepare?"

Speaking of the fact that Zhen Wu married the princess, only Zhang Yuqing was the most shocked in the family. After hearing what Zhang Wu said, the second virtuous and the third were prepared for this matter. The fourth and fifth sisters often went to the palace to help Zhen Wu and the princess. After sending books to them many times, they also had some doubts in their hearts, Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi only knew that they would have a sister-in-law, as for whether the sister-in-law was a princess, it had no impact on them.

Therefore, Zhang Yuqing is the only one in the family who is most concerned and disturbed by this matter.

Erxian was a little different from the others. When he heard that Zhen Wu was going to marry a wife, he was inexplicably unhappy. He always felt that the elder brother who grew up with him was about to become someone else.

But she also knew that it was inevitable.

Now that Erxian heard Zhang Yuqing mentioning this again, he couldn't help but feel a little bitterness in his heart again, and said a little angrily: "I've told you several times, my eldest brother will live in the princess's mansion when he marries the princess, what's the use of us?" What are you planning to do at home? I heard from others that the construction of the princess's mansion has already started, and the elder brother may not come home in the future, and the princess's family is a noble daughter of the royal family. Can the etiquette and rules of marriage be the same as our ordinary people's house? You What are you worrying about every day?"

"Nonsense, I can't worry about my son marrying a wife?" Zhang Yuqing gave Erxian a dissatisfied look.

Then, he said angrily: "My son, I don't know yet. After marrying a wife, he is destined to come back to live. How could it be possible to live in the princess mansion all the time?"

The two sages had no choice but to argue with Zhang Yuqing about marrying the Princess Shang, who was also called Princess Shang, so they coaxed: "Okay, okay, you're right."

Zhang Yuqing just gave up.

The next moment, Zhang Yuqing remembered something again.

"These days, many people have inquired about the situation of the third child. For example, the Qian family in the east of the city is also a thousand-family family. They even sent someone to pass the message, saying that they intend to get married. Do you think we should give a reply? I think It's time to put the third child's marriage on the agenda."

Erxian pondered for a while and shook his head: "I think we should wait for the eldest brother to come back to discuss this matter, or be careful that the eldest brother blames you."

"He dared to blame me."

Zhang Yuqing muttered a few words unconvinced, but he also agreed with the two sages' idea and did not intend to be self-professional.

While the two were talking, the youngest came back in a hurry. He came in and bent down to see Zhang Yuqing, and then he planned to go back to his courtyard to wash up.

When Zhang Yuqing saw that the youngest was in a hurry, he came in without saying a word, and planned to leave in a hurry, so he immediately became angry.

"I know how to run wild all day long, and after taking a rest for a day, can't I just rest at home for a day?!"

"Isn't this an appointment with colleagues?" The third child grinned.

Zhang Yuqing was even angrier when he heard this.

"You are only a few colleagues. Your brother still knows that he is at home when he is resting. What about you? Two colleagues think you are busy. Those who don't know think that you are bigger and busy than your brother's official."

These words directly made the third child black face, pure and unreasonable, just venting his anger on his son.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuqing didn't give up, and then said: "You wait, after finishing your elder brother's marriage, I will marry you a daughter-in-law immediately, and I will teach you to be restrained by the daughter-in-law."

The third child frowned, and looked at the second sage: "Sister, is there someone to propose my marriage again?"

Erxian nodded.

The third child said to Zhang Yuqing with a dark face and reluctance: "Mother, I told you that I don't want to marry those women, I want to find someone who is right for me."

In the past two years, as the third child got older, he also began to have his own ideas, and dared to resist Zhang Yuqing.

How could Zhang Yuqing accept this? Hearing what the third child said, he got up in a rage, picked up the broom bump, and stood up, waved it to greet the third child, trying to suppress the third child.

"Do you dare to make up your mind about this matter? Your old lady is still here, can you let me go?"

The third child shouted while hiding: "You can leave my brother alone, why can't you leave me alone."

"Can you compete with your brother? Look, I won't beat you to death."

The broom pimple hit the third child. The third child had rough skin and thick flesh and didn't feel pain, but he was afraid that his mother would be tired, so he ran away as if to escape, until he ran out of the yard, so that Zhang Yuqing could not catch up.

Zhang Yuqing stood at the door of the house, holding a broom bump and said to the third child: "Little bastard, you dare to run away. If you have the ability, don't come into my yard again."

The two sages hurried forward to persuade Zhang Yuqing, took a look at the third child by the way, and then persuaded Zhang Yuqing to go to bed again.

She knew that at home, this old lady only favored her elder brother, and everyone else had to listen obediently.

"Hey."

She really wanted her elder brother to come back sooner. As long as elder brother is not around, there will always be a few days of chaos in this house.

The third child hid outside the yard, not understanding why Zhang Yuqing was so angry. Seeing Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi playing with the rope in the yard, he yelled at Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi, wanting to take Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi Call out and ask what happened today.

But Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi ignored him at all.

The youngest got angry, and put on the posture of the third brother: "Come here quickly, if you two are disobedient, be careful that I will beat you."

Xiao Liu rolled his eyes, isn't this a random disaster, how can it be okay? The big fish eats the small fish, and the small fish eats dried shrimps.

She sullenly made a small face unhappy, imitating Zhang Yuqing's tone, and said to the third child: "Little brat, if you have the ability, go into this yard."

Xiao Qi thought it was fun, and imitated the third child and shouted: "Little bastard, if you have the ability, you can enter this yard."

The third child's eyes stared straight at once, and he couldn't believe that he heard it right.

Grandma, this is really against the sky.

When did he dare to treat his elder brother like this?
……

Zhen and Wu raced for several days, and finally saw Beiping City from a distance.

That majestic city wall is really haunting, not only Zhen Wu, but even Cao Xiaoman's breathing seemed to become lighter when he saw it.

This is their place, their home.

It is also the city of Beiping that they miss.

Zhen Wu took a deep breath and said affectionately, "Let's go into the city."

After finishing speaking, he galloped towards Beiping City.

soon.

The two entered the city, and walked on the streets of Beiping City, looking at the changes in Beiping City these days with a bit of greed, and waited until their mood calmed down before speeding up towards the palace.

They need to return to the palace first.

After arriving at Prince Yan’s mansion, Zhen Wu sent someone to report and waited quietly for a reply. In Zhu Di’s study, Zhu Di was chatting with Song Sheng. When he heard the report that Zhen Wu had returned, he couldn’t help being delighted in front of Song Sheng. stood up.

He already knew about the affairs of Nanjing City, and felt that Zhen Wu was worrying about Zhen Wu while making him look good.

Seeing Zhen Wu returning safely now, he was naturally overjoyed.

Zhu Di explained something to the puzzled Song Sheng, and Song Sheng said with interest, "But the Zhen Wu who defeated Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao one-on-one?"

Song Sheng was in Lanyu's army before, and Lanyu returned to Beijing in a hurry, which made him curious, so he heard about some of Lanyu's actions after returning to Beijing.

Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao had a very high reputation in the Blue Jade Army. After Zhen Wu defeated Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao, many generals who heard about this incident were interested in finding out who Zhen Wu was.

It doesn't matter if you don't investigate, this investigation has caught the attention of many people, including Song Sheng.

Entered the army from Yijie General Banner, Mobei beheaded Beiyuan Prime Minister, and Liaodong beheaded Lanyu's adopted son Zhang Quan. That said, he is definitely a warrior.

It's just like Chang Yuchun, General Chang, or Fu Youde, General Fu, who was often hit by arrows and kept charging forward.

Champion the three armies.

It is true that there are talented people from generation to generation.

In an era when veterans are withering, the younger generation is rejuvenated like a new spring.

Seeing that Song Sheng was interested in Zhen Wu, Zhu Di smiled and asked Zhen Wu to be taken directly to the study.

When Zhen Wu came in, Song Sheng looked at Zhen Wu with bright eyes.

Although Zhen Wu is not short, he is not considered strong. He can only say that he is very well-proportioned. Under the blade-like eyebrows, there is a pair of star eyes, with a hint of coldness, but there is a smile on the corner of his mouth, which makes Zhen Wu A little more kindness.

From the appearance alone, Song Sheng couldn't see how brave Zhen Wu was, but the more he was like this, the more Song Sheng praised him.

Afterwards, several people exchanged a few pleasantries, which was a simple acquaintance. Song Sheng knew that Zhu Di had something to say to Zhen Wu, so he was not annoying, so he said goodbye first.

After Song Sheng left, Zhu Di looked at Song Sheng's back, pondered for a moment, then smiled at Zhen Wu and asked, "Did you encounter any danger this trip?"

"There were a few twists and turns, but it wasn't dangerous, so it went smoothly."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu asked Zhu Di curiously, "Why is General Song in Beiping?"

Zhen Wu knew that Lan Yu was going to the expedition, and Song Sheng was attached to the lieutenant general. Now that the army squadron is returning, it stands to reason that middle and senior officers like Song Sheng should return to the original guard post after the reprimand, and Song Sheng was in Gansu Province before. , should also go directly back to Gansu.

Why did you come to Peking?
The next moment, Zhu Di gave an explanation.

"He was transferred to Liaodong by my father and passed through Beiping." Speaking of this, Zhu Di asked with interest: "Do you know the purpose of transferring General Song?"

Zhen Wu thought about it, but after not thinking for a long time, he soon understood. Zhen Wu asked in a serious voice, "Could it be for Xie Xiong, the capital of Liaodong?"

Zhu Di nodded and said: "To tell you the truth, many people in Liaodong were former subordinates of Lanyu. Last year, the emperor wanted to clean them up, but because of the protection of the officials, they only arrested some of the subordinates. General Song and Lanyu were at odds. , seniority is enough, so this time I was transferred to Liaodong, this time I should want to rectify it."

As he said that, Zhu Di took out a booklet and threw it to Zhen Wu from a distance.

"This is some of the recent arrangements of the court, you can just take a look, don't let too many people know."

Zhen Wu nodded and began to read the brochure.

Seeing this, Zhen Wu was shocked again.

It is full of some of Zhu Yuanzhang's recent arrangements, some of which were untraceable transfers, and some unabashedly emphasizing the past. As long as Lanyu conquered places, they were all properly arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang.

This is a big net.

Holding the booklet in his hand, Zhen Wu only felt that the booklet showed its sharpness and murderous intent.

Zhu Di snorted coldly: "Lan Yu should have noticed it by now, just wait for him to make a foolish move. Once he can give the world an explanation, he will be killed with one blow."

Zhu Di's tone was cold, but Zhen Wu could see a flash of sadness from Zhu Di's expression.

I don't know if Zhu Di disapproved of Zhu Yuanzhang's doing this, or felt that Zhu Yuanzhang made such a big move because of Zhu Yunqi, and he was disappointed when he made it clear that Zhu Yunqi was the queen.

The overall situation has been decided, what can Zhu Di do?
He can only behave well and protect his Beiping City.

Zhen Wu looked down at the brochure again, and suddenly frowned and asked, "Your Highness, why was Duke Wei transferred to Beiping?"

The brochure clearly stated that Wei Guogong Xu Huizu was transferred to Beiping to be in charge of the Kaiping army.

After Zhu Di was silent for a while, he said, "Huizu has been getting closer to Lanyu recently, presumably it's because he wants to protect Xu Shuai's lineage, and he doesn't want Huizu to interfere in this matter."

"Besides, Lan Yu has been trying to install people in Beiping for so many years, so I also take this opportunity to clean it up. Speaking of which, I just wanted to tell you that Hui Zu should come over in a few days, and then you and Gao Xu will go Then, besides, you and Gao Xu will accompany Huizu to clean up the people in the left and right guards of Beiping."

Having said that, Zhu Di looked at Zhen Wu, knocked on the table and said, "Let Hui Zu do what should be cleaned up, and what should not be cleaned up, do you know what to do? I asked Gao Xu to go there too, just because of Gao Xu's recklessness, You use Gao Xu's recklessness to control the overall situation for me."

Zhen Wu got up and said solemnly: "I understand the humble position."

Zhu Di's meaning is obvious, don't let Xu Huizu mess with his mother, Zhen Wu can stop him, if he can't stop him, let Zhu Gaoxu bite.

Zhu Gaoxu probably has no feelings for this uncle.

Seeing that Zhen Wu understood, Zhu Di nodded, and then thought that Zhen Wu had just returned, so he didn't intend to say more about business, but changed the subject.

"The princess's mansion has already started construction. You can go and have a look later. In fact, according to the law, even if Yuying marries you, she doesn't need to serve your parents and aunt, but I think you are the eldest son of the family and support the family business alone." , so you can watch and plan for your family at the princess mansion."

Having said that, Zhu Di paused for a moment, and then said: "If your mother and younger siblings don't feel used to living in the Princess's Mansion, I have also reserved a piece of land next to the Princess's Mansion, and you can stay on that land later, and you can also start living there." One mansion can be divided into east and west mansions with the princess mansion in the future, and it is convenient for you to travel and take care of it, or you can live in the same mansion with Yuying and your family, but you don’t want Yuying to be wronged.”

These are actually Xu Miaoyun's arrangements. After Xu Miaoyun told Zhu Di, Zhu Di thought about it and thought it was appropriate, so he did it.

In the final analysis, it was also because there was no one in Zhen Wu's family. Even if Zhu Yuying lived with Zhen Wu's family, apart from Zhen Wu's mother, there were only a few younger brothers and sisters. Xu Miaoyun only wanted to sell Zhen Wu a favor.

In this way, we can also look forward to a harmonious relationship between the young couple in the future. After all, after a daughter gets married, whether her life is good or bad depends on her husband and son-in-law.

Xu Miaoyun knew these reasons clearly.

Zhen Wu did like this too. He paid more attention to his family members, so he was naturally unwilling to let Zhu Yuying pretend to be a princess at home, and Zhu Di's words could be regarded as giving Zhen Wu an attitude, so Zhen Wu's face was full of excitement. Know what to say.

For a dignified prince, if he can do this, he really treats Zhen Wu preferentially.

Zhu Di smiled, and said angrily, "Okay, it's not the time for you to beg to marry Yuying."

Zhen Wu was a little embarrassed.

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "Don't stay with me like this, just get out if you have nothing to do, go back and rest for a couple of days, and when Huizu is about to arrive in Peking, I'll let you know."

"Yes."

After Zhen Wu answered, he turned and retreated.

After all the way out of Prince Yan's mansion, Zhen Wu was in a good mood. He stepped on his feet and glanced at Qingshui Hutong, then got on his horse and led Cao Xiaoman to Qingshui Hutong.

Finally, go home.

I don't know what the family looks like at the moment, and whether the brothers and sisters are good or not.

……

　Ask for a monthly pass.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)