Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 280 - Chapter 278

Peking City.

In winter, as the New Year draws nearer, the female relatives of common people’s families gather together in threes and fives, busy steaming steamed buns, cutting new clothes, cutting flowers and shadows... and the men are repairing the furniture and tidying up the yard. , then idle down.

They have been busy for a year, and at this time, they can completely relax.

However, it's cold in Beiping, and no one wants to stay in the house alone. Therefore, most men walk around the streets with their hands in their sleeves, looking for people to chat with people on the left and right, especially recently. Many things happened, from the Southern Army besieging Beiping City, to King Yan leading the army back and beating the Southern Army to pieces, there are too many things to talk about.

Businessmen will naturally not miss this business opportunity.

Shanquan Yinchun is a very famous teahouse in Beiping. Their owner paid a lot of money to invite the best storyteller to come to the teahouse to tell stories.

This suddenly mobilized the curiosity of the people in Beiping City.

Therefore, for several days in a row, Shanquan Yinchun's three-story teahouse was full every day, and it was very lively. Even when it was closing time, there were still many idlers who were unwilling to leave.

On this day, the teahouse happened to be under the city of Beiping, and General Zhen fought against the three of Qu's father and son alone.

There are so many people, even in the cold winter, many people sweat on their foreheads.

The storyteller was also very excited about the full house of guests and friends, he used all his strength to speak in cadence so that everyone listened intently.

as time flows.

The storyteller clapped his eyes, and said the last sentence: "This is the ancient battle against Lu Bu by three heroes, and today there is Zhen Wu who defeated the three thieves. General Zhen said that he was victorious, followed by ten thousand troops, and wiped out millions of southern troops."

There was a burst of cheers in the teahouse.

One by one, the blood boiled and started to make noise.

Cheers and whistles kept ringing, and the teahouse had to come out to organize order, but before they could suppress the cheers, some people couldn't help shouting: "Storyteller, let's do it again."

Boom.

All the guests at the scene suddenly had a goal, and they all cheered for the storyteller to continue.

These guests were excited, and the countless copper coins were thrown on the stage. The people in the teahouse were so frightened that they retreated quickly, not daring to stand on the stage.

Even the storyteller couldn't help wiping off his sweat when he saw this kind of battle, and shouted in his heart that it's so damn rare to see in a hundred years.

When he got the book back then, he knew that General Zhen's appearance was the climax of the book. He thought the effect would be very good, but he didn't expect it to be so good.

Those who didn't know thought that these customers were going to eat him up.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper of the teahouse panicked, and hurriedly sent someone to inform the boss. The blood of this group of idlers was said to be boiling, and he would not be surprised if his teahouse was knocked down in a hurry.

Fortunately, the host happened to be in the backyard of the tea house today, and the host also had a wide network of contacts, so he quickly invited a group of armored soldiers to organize order.

When the customers in the teahouse saw the soldiers, their booing arrogance subsided one by one, and gradually the atmosphere in the whole teahouse was controlled.

But not everyone in the teahouse is afraid of being a soldier today.

A nobleman in the private room on the second floor stood up, leaned on the railing, and whispered a few words to a guard beside him, and the guard shouted to the stage from a distance.

"My young master, I will reward you with 50 taels of silver. Please tell this gentleman another chapter of the chapter 'Zhen Liuniang bends her bow and shows her power'."

The leader of the soldiers who organized the order on the stage wanted to reprimand, but when he looked up, he saw that the nobleman had an expression on his face, but he didn't care about them. He took a closer look and found that the guards around the nobleman were wearing plain clothes. It looked good, and for a moment he couldn't make up his mind, and looked towards the owner of the teahouse next to him.

The owner of the tea house also saw the noble young master at the moment, and shook his head with a smile on his lips, then he nodded at the army leader and said: "Then tell her another paragraph."

The leader of the army nodded to show his understanding, then organized the order, turned his head and talked to the storyteller twice, and led his men out of the stands.

The storyteller had no choice, he recalled what he was going to say in his heart, slapped the wood, and started talking again.

The audience under the stands, seeing that they could listen to another episode today, all of them quieted down and listened seriously.

The army leader was not in a hurry to leave, and he might need to control the scene later.

So he came to the owner of the teahouse and asked curiously: "What is the origin of the guy upstairs, why don't you give him some face."

The Dong's mouth smiled and said: "I'm in a good mood today, so I won't hide it from you. That one, I met him before when I followed us to Zhen's Mansion. As for who it is..." The Dong's pouted towards the stand and said: "This is not fair. It's on."

The army leader looked surprised: "You mean Zhen Liuniang? General Zhenyou's sister?"

"That's right, I heard that this queer spirit is different from ordinary women, but now it seems that it is true." The owner smiled and shook his head and left.

After the owner returned to the backyard, he took out a pen and paper, recorded everything he did and heard today, and sent it to Yang Jing through a secret channel.

This teahouse where mountain springs drink spring seems to be the secret property of the palace.

At this moment, Xiao Liu shook his head and listened to the storyteller in the stands bragging about her deeds, his happy eyes narrowed.

By the time this chapter was finished, the sky had already darkened.

But Xiao Liu was still a little dissatisfied.

Hongdou, a close maid beside her, was also dressed in men's clothes. Seeing that Xiao Liu was still in high spirits, she hurriedly persuaded with a mournful face, "Grandma, I can't listen to you anymore. We're going back late, and the uncle will clean us up."

"fine."

Xiao Liu waved his hand carelessly: "I asked my sister-in-law specifically when I came out today. General Meng and the others will come to discuss matters with Big Brother today. The appointment will be very late, so they won't be able to catch us."

As she spoke, she raised her eyebrows triumphantly at Hongdou.

But Hong Dou was not as relaxed as Xiao Liu. She complained, "You're right. Besides, you've listened to it no less than ten times in the past few days, and visited every teahouse. It's not enough."

Xiao Liu took a sip of hot tea: "Every family says something different every time. Besides, no matter how many times you hear it, you won't get tired of it."

She likes to hear others praise her and Zhen Wu, especially her big brother. For this reason, like a squirrel, she collects all other people's evaluations of Zhen Wu, and sometimes she even wants to personally talk to everyone in the city. Share the power of her big brother.

However, Xiao Liu said that after seeing the sky getting dark outside, he also knew that he had to go home.

Otherwise, how could the elder brother coax her over, and Zhang Yuqing would not spare her.

Thinking of this, Xiao Liu sighed and said: "Okay, go home, and try to sneak out tomorrow, it's just a pity, why hasn't the theater released my brother's play code, if it is released, I will definitely play The team, please come home and let the whole family see the majesty of my elder brother."

Hongdou knew that Xiao Liu was a madman of Brother Xuan, so she didn't care what Xiao Liu said, and she was not surprised. As long as Xiao Liu came home, she would breathe a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, under the protection of the guards, Xiao Liu walked towards the house in a leisurely manner.

But after arriving home, the little six thieves groped towards the main hall quietly, wanting to check on Zhen Wu's situation. When she saw Cao Xiaoman was still guarding outside the main hall with someone, her big pair His eyes narrowed with a smile in an instant, and he ran away proudly shaking his head.

After seeing it inadvertently, Cao Xiaoman shook his head amusedly.

There will be no mistakes in Zhen Wu's leading the entire right army. How can a little girl's whereabouts be unclear? !
Pian Xiaoliu thought that she was hiding well these few days, but she didn't know that the guards around her would report to Zhen Wu in detail how many times Xiaoliu drank water every day.

It's just that Zhen Wu didn't say anything to the little girl.

At this time, Zhen Wu was in the main hall, still discussing some military affairs with Meng Shan and Zheng Heng about the right army, but by this time, the discussions had basically been almost done, and the rest were just trivial matters.

Zheng Heng suddenly took out a list of war dead and handed it to Zhen Wu, sighing: "This is the death list of more than a hundred households. Many people died this time, including those who stayed in Zhuozhou before we became the right army. Some people from Peking."

Zhen Wu shook his hand, but he took over the list steadily in the next moment. After each battle, statistics will be made, and every time this is the worst time.

If we talk about ordinary soldiers, Zhen Wuxing may not know everyone.

But Zhen Wu has definitely dealt with every one of the people on this list.

Maybe some people had talked about the future with some people a while ago, maybe they also talked about how to raise children with some people, and maybe some people served as swordsmen for Zhen Wu on the battlefield.

Zhen Wu looked at the names one by one. When he saw Hu Yan, Zhen Wu was stunned for a moment. This person was Wang Zhen's son-in-law. In Zhen Wu's eyes, the plump and proud Wang Juan appeared inexplicably. I still remember that Wang Juan's upbringing and behavior at that time touched Zhen Wu a lot. At the beginning, Wang Juan's eyes were bright, and she was clever enough to see Zhen Wu's resistance to blind dates, and she was kind and never pierced Zhen Wu's psychology, which led to Wang Zhen still thinks that his daughter is ignorant and missed Zhen Wu.

But I didn't expect that such a good girl as Wang Juan would become a widow at a young age.

Zhen Wu sighed and then looked down. When he saw Li Si, he frowned and asked, "What's the matter with Li Si? I remember seeing Li Rang a few days ago. Didn't they Have you withdrawn to Beiping City?"

He has often been at home recently and has not learned about this matter in detail, but in his opinion, since Li Rang is safe, Li Si should be safe with his skills, and he knows and values ​​Li Si quite well, just like Zhang Wu and Xue Lu were the same, ordinary dangers could not kill them.

If it weren't for Li Si's skill and ability, Zhu Di and Zhen Wu would not have made Li Si the general of Zhuozhou City.

How important this position is.

It is definitely not possible to be incapable.

Zheng Heng endured his sadness and said: "I also had some doubts before, so I went to find out specially. I heard that when the city of Zhuozhou was broken, Li Si fought endlessly and refused to retreat, so he missed the best time to evacuate. In the end, he was unable to break through and was trapped He was in the formation, and Li Junma didn't guard the same city gate as Li Si, so the attack he received was relatively small, so he broke out and withdrew to Beiping City."

Zhen Wu closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, and it took a long time before he calmed down.

He sighed: "The general will inevitably die in battle. No one can avoid this, and we don't need to be too sad, but the widows of these people need to be taken care of. After the pension comes down, we will attend the funeral when we have time. Turn around, if there is someone in their family who needs help and can help, please help."

"We understand." Zheng Heng said.

They are all in the army, and they all understand that once the pillars of the family fall, a family needs to be slowed down for a long time. If the eldest son of the family is an adult, it will be better. , that is really too difficult.

When Zhen Wu's father passed away, even if Zhen Wu was an adult, if he joined the army without Tan Yuan's care, their family's difficulties would not be overcome so smoothly.

At least the position of General Banner would not fall on Zhen Wu's head so easily.

If there is no shortage in the army, even if you want to make up for it, you won't be able to make up for it.

Afterwards, several people discussed the compensation again, and the matter was finalized. Although the matter of the fallen soldiers is sad, in any case, during the war years, there will always be people who will add these new worries, and this I will not pick a time for things, let alone shy away from the approaching of the New Year.

It's just that at this moment, other people are celebrating the Spring Festival lively, and the families of those soldiers who died in battle may feel a little more uncomfortable.

What Zhen Wu and the others can do is to take care of them as much as possible.

The three of them have discussed here, and basically all the discussions have been completed.

Meng Shan asked suddenly: "I heard that the court still seems to let Li Jinglong be in command. What do you mean? What do you think of General You?"

"view?"

Zhen Wu was taken aback for a moment, he had expectations that Li Jinglong would still be in command, and he wasn't surprised. Instead, after regaining his senses, he smiled slightly and said, "It's a good thing, what else can I think."

Meng Shan was taken aback when he heard Zhen Wu's words. He didn't expect Zhen Wu to speak so directly.

However, as Zhen Wu said, it is always a good thing.

Afterwards, they chatted a little more about the ensuing battle. As it got darker and darker, Zheng Heng and Meng Shan said goodbye. After the two left, Zhen Wu called the guards around Xiao Liu and listened to the guards' detailed instructions. Reported Xiaoliu's whereabouts today.

Zhen Wu saw that Xiao Liu hadn't done anything excessive and was still being honest, so he waved the guards to retreat, and he got up and walked towards Zhang Yuqing's yard.

After arriving at Zhang Yuqing's courtyard, Xiao Liu had already changed into obedient women's clothing. She was beside Zhang Yuqing, smiling and talking about funny things. When she saw Zhen Wu coming, she left Zhang Yuqing and ran to Zhen Wu's side, showing off He said, "Brother, I've been at home all day today, and I even embroidered a new handkerchief."

Saying that, Xiao Liu also took out a handkerchief from his bosom, handed it to Zhen Wu, then looked at Zhen Wu expectantly, waiting for Zhen Wu to praise her.

Zhen Wu smiled. Although he couldn't tell who the embroiderer of the handkerchief was, he was sure it wasn't Xiao Liu, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he deliberately studied the embroidery stitches on the handkerchief, and then patted Xiao Liu. and praised: "Well, yes, Xiaoliu has made great progress recently, and it is not in vain for Big Brother to hurt you."

A hint of cunning flashed in Xiao Liu's eyes, and he thought that his elder brother was easy to deceive, so he couldn't help laughing out of his momentary complacency.

Zhen Wu only took a quick glance and knew Xiao Liu's little thoughts, but he also made Xiao Liu happy.

Unexpectedly, at the next moment, Xiao Liu could make progress. Xiao Liu stretched out his hand in front of Zhen Wu and said, "Brother, shouldn't you reward me?"

"what do you want?"

"Just give me the money, and I'll go and buy it myself."

money?
Zhen Wu looked at her, this girl is really willing to give someone 50 taels for listening to a book, you must know that Zhang Yuqing and Er Xian couldn't get together happily for half a month when he and the third child earned four taels of silver mouth.

Thinking of this, Zhen Wu inexplicably wanted to talk to Zhang Yuqing, saying that your daughter gave someone else 50 taels of silver, and wondered if Zhang Yuqing would kill this six girl after hearing about it.

But Zhen Wu just thought about it these days, he was afraid that after he said it, Zhang Yuqing would really chase Xiao Liu with a rolling pin.

Zhen Wu rolled his eyes, and asked, "You're out of money? I remember just counting it yesterday. You still have at least 50 taels in your small coffers. Where did you spend it?"

"How much money do you still count on me?" Xiao Liu was completely startled.

"How strange."

Zhen Wu glared and said, "You don't earn money, and how much money your family gives you is counted. Isn't that hard to calculate?"

Xiao Liu stared back at Zhen Wu in disbelief, but after staring for a while, he lost his confidence first, and then immediately lost his breath.

"I don't have flowers, I'm saving them." Xiao Liu said reluctantly.

Zhen Wu put on a hard face, and reprimanded: "I have saved so much money, and I still want to ask me for money, there is no way, I won't give it!"

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu strode away without looking at Xiao Liu's distressed face.

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(End of this chapter)