My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 184 Bad luck
In the private room in the ten-mile building, Zhang Xing was also very pleasantly surprised by Zhu Zhanhe's arrival. After exchanging a few words of pleasantries, Zhang Xing divided the guests and hosts into their seats.

"My son, I will leave for Nanyang to take up my post the day after tomorrow. Thank you for coming to the banquet. I offer you a toast!"

At this moment, Zhang Xing raised his wine glass to toast Zhu Zhanhe.

Although he paid off his merits and was not implicated in King Gu's rebellion, his future was ruined, and he could only live in Nanyang for the elderly in the future.

"General Zhang, you are being polite!"

Zhu Zhanhe also raised his wine glass, and after respecting each other from a distance, the two of them also drank it down in one gulp.

Zhang Xing then paid respects to Hu Wei, the two sides cooperated tacitly in Changsha, and Hu Wei took good care of him on the way.

Finally, Zhang Xing raised his glass to Liu Mian again: "Brother Liu, I never expected to meet you again in the capital when we parted ways in the Xuan Mansion. Thanks to your care during this time, I respect you!"

"General Zhang, you are being polite. When I was in the Xuan Mansion, I also thanked you for taking care of me!"

Liu Mian also stood up solemnly and said, and then the two drank the wine in one gulp.

"Hey, did General Zhang and Commander Liu know each other before?"

When Zhu Zhanhe heard the conversation between the two, he also asked curiously.

"To tell you the truth, my son, I was originally a member of a hundred households in the Xuanfu, under the jurisdiction of General Zhang, and later I joined His Majesty to participate in Jingnan!"

Liu Mian explained with a smile.

When Zhu Di raised his army, because his men were not strong enough, he not only took the military power from his brother King Ning, but also took away the army from King Gu who was guarding the Xuanfu. It was then that Liu Mian joined Zhu Di to serve.

"That's really a coincidence. I didn't expect you and General Zhang to have such a relationship, so let's have another drink!"

Zhu Zhanhe laughed and raised his glass again.

Zhang Xing and Liu Mian also toasted with a smile and drank, and by the way, told some interesting stories about guarding the Xuan Mansion back then.

Xuan Mansion was called Shanggu County in ancient times, which is also the origin of the title of King Gu. When King Gu came to Xuan Mansion, he was only 12 years old. Almost all military affairs in the mansion were handled by Zhang Xing.

According to Liu Mian, Zhang Xing joined the army at the age of 15 and made many military exploits in the army. At eighteen, he inherited his father's position. In just a few years, he showed his prominence in the army and became the most dazzling young general in the army.

Once Zhu Di and King Gu jointly sent troops to repel the invading Mongolian army. Among them, Zhang Xing and Zhu Di's Zhang Yu performed the best, so Zhang Xing and Zhang Yu were collectively called "two Zhangs".

When mentioning the glory of the past, Zhang Xing felt a little lonely in his pride. After all, Zhang Yu, who was as famous as him at the beginning, was known as the number one hero of Jingnan. Ranked among the princes.

Even Liu Mian, an inconspicuous hundred household at the beginning, is now in charge of Jinyiwei. Regardless of his official position or power, he is far above Zhang Xing.

Thinking of the above, Zhang Xing couldn't help but feel depressed. As long as a man is unhappy, he is easy to drink, and Zhang Xing unknowingly drank a few more glasses, and soon became completely drunk.

Zhu Zhanhe also saw that Zhang Xing was in a bad mood, and he was so drunk, so he had to be helped back to rest.

But when he was leaving, Zhang Xing was still muttering through his drunkenness: "Looking at the sword with the lamp on while drunk, dreaming back to blowing horns..."

"General Zhang has bad luck. If he hadn't protected King Gu to leave the Xuan Mansion, he would definitely have become a famous general!"

Liu Mian looked at Zhang Xing who was helped away, and said very regretfully.

Back when Zhu Di killed Xuanfu, King Gu was a cunning man, and he didn't want to fight Zhu Di, so he simply led people to escape to the capital, and threw all his troops to Zhu Di, but Zhang Xing was the only one who led his troops to escort him. Xing missed the opportunity to take refuge in Mingzhu.

"Time and fate, General Zhang is too sympathetic, so he missed the opportunity. Even if he reported Gu Wang this time, he actually hoped that Gu Wang would not make too many mistakes, so that the entire palace would be buried with him!"

At this time, Hu Yan also sighed.

Although Zhang Xing reported Gu Wang, although he had the idea of ​​self-protection, it was also to save Gu Wang's life. After all, if he really wanted Gu Wang to rebel, it would definitely be a dead end.

"Not only King Gu, General Zhang is also extremely generous to his subordinates. Some of the people arrested in the Palace of King Gu this time are his old subordinates. Even if they knew that they had committed a capital crime, General Zhang asked me to take care of them for them. , lest they suffer too much torture before they die."

Liu Mian also sighed at the end. At the beginning, he was just a small family, and he was also taken care of by Zhang Xing. He has never forgotten that kindness until now.

"It's a pity that a good general who is loyal to his superiors and benevolent and righteous to his subordinates has fallen into this situation due to bad luck!"

Zhu Zhanhe pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then murmured thoughtfully to himself.

Early the next morning, Zhang Xing woke up at home. The hangover made him have a splitting headache, and he couldn't help but groaned a few times while clutching his head.

"My lord, you are almost fifty, so stop drinking all the time!"

At this moment, Zhang Xing's wife, Li Shi, came over and helped Zhang Xing up while nagging, asking him to drink the hangover soup he made himself.

Zhang Xing felt much better after drinking a bowl of warm hangover soup.

"It's Mrs. Lao!"

Only then did Zhang Xing look at his wife Li apologetically. At this moment, he suddenly discovered that there were a few white hairs in Li's black hair, and a few fine lines on his smooth face.

"Madam, you have worked hard these years!"

Looking at his already aged wife, Zhang Xing suddenly said guiltily.

"Is the master still drunk? How can you say such drunken words?"

Mrs. Li couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, after all, they were old couples, and she was a little uncomfortable when her husband suddenly said such polite words.

"Sigh~, when we got married, I promised you that I would earn you the title of Mrs. Hou, but so many years have passed, but I..."

At the end of Zhang Xing's speech, he couldn't continue because of guilt.

Mrs. Li was born in a noble family, and when she married him, she was also married. He thought that with his own ability, he could at least rely on his military merits to become a Marquis, but after so many years, he still couldn't fulfill the promise he made back then.

"Master, why are you talking so politely? We have been husband and wife for so many years, and now we have both children and a harmonious relationship. I am very satisfied now. I just ask you to drink less alcohol and take care of your health, that's enough!"

Mrs. Li sat next to Zhang Xing, gently held his hand and said.

"Okay! I listen to Madam, from today on, stop drinking!"

Zhang Xing patted the bed and decided, anyway, he was going to Nanyang to retire, usually he only needed to practice the army, and there was nothing to greet him, so he quit drinking so that his wife wouldn't worry.

But just as Zhang Xing finished speaking, a steward suddenly came rushing in to report: "My lord, the prince of the King of Han is here to visit!"

(End of this chapter)