Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 838 Liu Wenxiu was studying, Zhang Xianzhong died
"Myanmar province was added only last year, and Qinghai and Anxi provinces were added this year. The total area of ​​our Ming Dynasty's expansion in the past few years is probably more than that of Hongwu and Yongle."

"Who said it wasn't—if the Holy Son of Heaven hadn't been in power, how could there be such a glorious and prosperous world?"

"Speaking of this, I heard that the Holy Son of Heaven has given birth to a fairy fetus, or a dragon and a phoenix fetus."

"Ah, is it true or not? Why didn't you hear anything about such a big happy event before?"

"Hush, keep your voice down. Since the imperial court has not announced the news to the world, it means it is still being kept secret. It will probably not be announced until the child is one year old. Maybe the whole world will celebrate it."

"···"

Liu Wenxiu was wearing ordinary clothes, drinking tea in a very ordinary tea house.Hearing the discussions of these people in the teahouse, he couldn't help stroking his elegant beard and laughing.

He is now the commander-in-chief of the Second Town of the Imperial Guard, and his title is still only Viscount, son of Xingping County.

In addition, it is to serve as a staff officer in the Military Affairs Academy.

It can be said that it is not very eye-catching among the nobles and high-ranking officials in Nanjing today.Not many ordinary people know him, so he can enjoy leisure time in this ordinary teahouse.

Li Dingguo served as the military admiral in Guangxi, Ainengqi led the fourth town of the imperial guards to guard the northern border, and he led the second town of the imperial guards to guard the capital, and also took care of the foster father for the three of them.

When talking about Zhang Xianzhong, the father-in-law, Liu Wenxiu couldn't help but imagine how it would feel if the father-in-law woke up and saw the prosperous Ming Dynasty today, compared with the devastated Ming Dynasty ten years ago.

It's a pity that after so many years, although Zhang Xianzhong was carefully taken care of by the three of them, there was no sign of waking up, and he was losing weight day by day.

They invited many doctors to look at it, but none of them could see why.

The doctors just said that, like Zhang Xianzhong, his health is getting worse day by day, and he may die sooner or later.

When he first learned of this diagnosis, he, Li Dingguo, and Ai Nengqi couldn't accept it, but after a long time, they gradually accepted it.

Liu Wenxiu now feels that perhaps Zhang Xianzhong was already dead when he fell into a coma in the military camp under the city of Chengdu when he was caught in a sea of ​​fire, and what is alive now is just a shell.

Thinking of this, Liu Wenxiu sighed, finished the tea, and only had one drink left before going to check out and leave.

After leaving this ordinary teahouse, Liu Wenxiu came to a bookstore named "Sanwei Bookstore" on the same street.

This street is relatively less prosperous in the city of Nanjing, and this bookstore is relatively remote, so there are only two teenagers who look like middle school students looking through books in the bookstore.

The shopkeeper greeted Liu Wenxiu with a smile, "Mr. Liu is here? The latest volume of "Tian Long Ba Bu" has been out for several days, and it was almost snatched away. Fortunately, I left you a copy."

Obviously, Liu Wenxiu is a regular customer of this shop.

He has a lot of free time while working in Nanjing. In recent years, he has become obsessed with martial arts novels, especially "Dragon Babu" which came out last year.Before, every time this book came out, he would come to buy it, but this time it was delayed for a few days because of the busy affairs in the Military Affairs Academy.

Fortunately, the shopkeeper of this bookstore remembered him, even if he didn't say hello, he still left a copy for him.

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he took out a well-packaged book from under the counter.

Because it is a hardcover edition, a book costs ten yuan.This price is a bit expensive for ordinary people, but it is nothing for Liu Wenxiu.

He took out ten silver dollars and put them on the counter, took the books, and said with a smile, "Thank you for the note, shopkeeper."

"Haha, of course I have to remember such a big employer as Mr. Liu."

Although Liu Wenxiu likes to read martial arts novels, he also bought a lot of other books.

As a general, even if there are few opportunities to lead troops to go out now, he will read all kinds of military books.At the same time, in order to keep up with the changes of the times, he must also read official and semi-official newspapers and periodicals such as "Da Ming Pao" and "Beijing News" every issue, and finally some books on natural science.

Because Auntie Zhu once said that an excellent general must know a certain amount of natural science knowledge in order to grasp more information in war and command the army better.

Therefore, Liu Wenxiu has read a lot of books during these years in Nanjing—there are more than a thousand books in his home study, and he has read most of them.

Recently, he even planned to invite craftsmen to build a library in his mansion, which would be used to collect books.

The shopkeeper took the money, Liu Wenxiu took the book, but didn't leave, but sat down at a small table to read.

For him, reading books in the bookstore is also an interesting pastime, which can be regarded as stealing half a day of leisure.

Flipping through this volume of "The Eight Parts of Heaven and Dragons", Liu Wenxiu was soon addicted to it and forgot everything around her.

He feels that this novel is really deep, and the author has also studied the Buddhist scriptures very deeply. Based on the eight sufferings of life in the Buddhist scriptures, he has created many characters and stories, which make people sigh and regret.

Just when Liu Wenxiu was fascinated by it, a middle-aged man entered the bookstore profusely with sweat, saw Liu Wenxiu approaching immediately and whispered: "Master, something serious happened at home!"

Liu Wenxiu woke up startled, and asked, "What's the big deal? What's the big deal?"

This middle-aged man was his personal soldier in the army back then. He retired from the army because of a disability in his right hand. Now he works as a nurse in his residence.

The reason why he is the nursing home, not the leader of the nursing home, is mainly because there are not many nursing homes in his family, and everyone has similar identities, so naturally there is no need to distinguish between high and low.

The middle-aged man looked around, then leaned closer to Liu Wenxiu's ear, and said, "The king is gone."

Gone?

Liu Wenxiu didn't realize it at first, and then realized that "disappeared" probably meant "dead".

He grabbed the middle-aged man's hand and asked anxiously, "What's going on? Didn't he look fine when I went to see him in the morning?"

The middle-aged man thought: The breath is so weak, how can it be considered good.

Of course he didn't dare to say this, and said in his mouth: "I don't know the specific situation, it's the news from the yard over there - I've been looking for you for half an hour."

Liu Wenxiu didn't ask any more questions, and immediately got up and hurried back, even forgetting to take the book.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper had no choice but to put away the book, looked at the direction Liu Wenxiu was leaving, and said thoughtfully, "What is this urgent matter at home, so flustered?"

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The Forbidden City, Jinshen Hall.

Auntie Zhu is looking at her two children.

Although the children were well taken care of by their own wet nurses and a few court ladies, she would still come and see them in person whenever she was free.

This is probably just the nature of being a mother.

She was making the two children happy, when Forsythia came over and said, "Your Majesty, Li Zhenwu asked to see him and said that there is something urgent that needs to be reported in person."

"He's outside the hall?"

"Yes."

Auntie Zhu nodded, and immediately left the Jinshen Hall, and saw Li Zhenwu.

Since it is urgent, of course there is an urgent way to deal with it.

Auntie Zhu asked directly, "What's the matter?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is news from below that Zhang Xianzhong is dead."

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　　
　
(End of this chapter)