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Chapter 367 5.49 Do you still want to be a high official in Ximen?
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5.49 Do you still want to be a high official of Ximen?
People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and the moon waxes and wanes. This is difficult to do in ancient times. I hope that people will live forever and share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles away - Su Shi's "Shui Diao Ge Tou * When Will the Bright Moon Come?"

Longwu traveled back in time in 47 years. In three years, this is the first time Zhou Yang has truly celebrated the holidays. Even during the New Year before, he actually didn’t have much energy to do things. Either he was busy with work or there were too few people to make do, such as Have a meal together and then set off some fireworks.

But this Mid-Autumn Festival is different. Not to mention that he is now firmly established and has the confidence to speak out. Let’s talk about the family members this time: Zhao Qiying, Xing Xiuyan, Zhao Yanling, Qingwen, four sisters, Wang Shuying and Zhen Yinglian. "Relatives", as well as Lin Daiyu, Xue Yan and Xue Baoqin - well, they have all entered the house, so it would not be appropriate to let them out again, right?

"Brother Zhou, why don't we come to Lianshi!" After a sumptuous reunion dinner, the family happily went to the garden of the inner courtyard and played a very youthful "Moon Appreciation" activity—in fact, Zhou Yang was not interested None, but he couldn't bear the thought that several young people in his family had late-stage illnesses that had not been cured, so he could only make up for it.

In the current Zhou family compound, there are four courtyards in a row, with a total of twelve courtyards, and a total of three gardens. One is the easternmost courtyard and the west courtyard where he first lived, which is now Zhou Yang's outer study; and the second one is There is the west span of the courtyard, which is the inner garden, and the east span of the third Xue family courtyard. There is a hanging flower arch in the middle of the latter two gardens. One of them is open on weekdays. Now the whole family is here.

"You young people, just have fun, I won't get involved." Wang Shuying, who already felt awkward, stood up with a smile, nodded to everyone and helped Zhen Yinglian go back to rest; he lives in the five main rooms in Xue's garden. You can only walk a few steps through the hanging flower arch. Even this arch was repaired by someone as soon as she returned to Beijing.

"Do you think I'm someone who can connect poems, huh?" Zhou Yang played with the Bayi bayonet that never left his body, and glared at a certain girl with a vicious expression, "You know I can't do it, so you deliberately want to Are you kidding me?"

"Hee hee, where are you?" Xue Baoqin was "scared" and jumped behind Zhao Qiying. With a "little girl is scared" expression, she looked over her right shoulder and said, "Don't you see that everyone is fine, so you just want to have fun together? Oops. , It turns out that Brother Zhou doesn’t know how to connect poems, it’s so pitiful, how about my little sister teaching you?”

"Girl Qin, don't forget, there are not many people here who can join poems." Zhao Qiying hugged her over, spanked her twice gently and said with a smile, "Why didn't you say that everyone has a sword competition, and if they lose, they will be spanked." , and starting tomorrow, I will get up early and go to bed late every day to practice martial arts, and if I don’t practice well, I will continue to spank my ass!"

"Oh, Sister Qiying is so cruel!" Xue Baoqin broke free with a "panic" look on her face and fled behind Lin Daiyu, "Sister Lin, this whole family is martial arts, what should we do with the two literary students? "

"You guys are all talking, what are you doing with me?" Lin Daiyu slapped back mercilessly, took the tea bowl from the girl Xueyan by the way, and continued to play the true nature of "smacking", "A good moonlight will last a year." This time, you girl made me lose my temper, and I cried for this clear sky and full moon!"

"Hmph!" Xue Baoqin, who couldn't find an ally in the audience, snatched the cup from Lin Daiyu's hand, grabbed a mooncake and stuffed it back, then ran to Zhou Yang with a teacup in his hand and smiled, offering tea and begging for mercy. , "Brother-in-law, the younger sister is not targeting anyone. You see, sister Xing also understands poetry, so she is also surnamed Zhou?"

"Damn girl, that's my cup!" Lin Daiyu found that Zhou Yang had taken the cup and took a sip, her cheeks turned red with embarrassment, "How can you be like this?"

"Qingwen, give Sister Lin another cup of tea." Zhou Yang deliberately pretended not to know the reason, turned around and ordered the maid to serve tea, and then said with a smile, "It's not that poetry is forbidden, you girls just have fun, We old men still have to earn money to support our families, so how can we have time to do this? It’s just those poor people who have lived in poverty for ten years. Before they became officials, they all wished they could be Li Bai and Du Fu. How many of them will do this after they become officials? "

"Brother Zhou, do you mean that reading is of no use?" Xing Xiuyan asked with a smile.

"Remember a famous saying." Zhou Yangyou took a sip of water, then deliberately looked at Sister Lin, whose cheeks were still red, and smiled, "People must study, so that they can be able to reason, and people must also practice martial arts, so that they can Let your enemies reason with you calmly; no matter in running a country or as a human being, emphasizing both civil and military forces is the kingly way. One less person is like a person without a leg. Let alone making progress in life, it is difficult to even walk."

"It's rare that you have such intention, but you have lived up to my original teaching." While they were joking, a familiar female voice suddenly came from the door. They saw that Dongfang Bing was still neatly dressed in the uniform of a fifth-grade Qianhu military attache, with a large waist knife in his hand. Stepping over, "Just looking at your appearance surrounded by so many beauties, I wonder how much ability you still have left?"

"Dongfang, why did you come here?" Zhou Yang glared at her, obviously blaming her for disturbing the scenery, "Where's Baochai, why didn't she come with you?"

"Jia Zanshan is also favored to go home for the festival. There is always someone left in the mansion to talk to the princess." Dongfang Bing unceremoniously picked up someone and walked towards the Xue family garden, "I don't have much time to come over and accompany you. I want to lend you a man to talk about something, and return it when you’re done!”

Her words did not take into account that there were three "outsiders" present. Xue Baoqin was okay. He had already made up his mind and was just a little shy at this time. Lin Daiyu's face turned red with embarrassment and wanted to pull Xue Yan away, but Then she remembered that the direction in which a certain pair of males and females were walking blocked her way back, and she felt at a loss for a moment.

"Sister Lin, don't worry about her. Dongfang Qianhu has been practicing martial arts since she was a child and has been holding a military position in the princess's house. She doesn't have so many scruples about what she says." Zhao Qiying smiled and stepped forward to comfort her gently, "Anyway, we will see each other more often in the future. When you get familiar with it, you will You know, Dongfang people are actually very nice, but they are not as particular as ordinary concubines."

"Sister, I remember my brother-in-law mentioned that you are now under the name of His Highness Yongjing. Are you the same as Sister Dongfang?" Zhao Yanling was full of envy for being able to hold a military position, and she did not forget to eat moon cakes while talking, "It's just not Do you know when you can take office? Are you like Sister Dongfang, able to wear a military attaché uniform?"

"Fool, I'm just a name, how can I really take office?" Zhao Qiying smiled and picked up two small mooncakes and stuffed them into the hands of Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan respectively, "Besides, Sister Dongfang is a second-class bodyguard, and I'm just a second-class bodyguard. Being a third-class guard is a full grade difference. This does not include the fact that she and His Highness Yongchang grew up together, and their relationship is unmatched by outsiders." "Sister Qiying, I can't eat anymore." Lin Daiyu held out only egg yolks. The large and small "ornamental" mooncakes, he said with an embarrassed look, "I really can't eat them anymore."

"You, you have been neither eating nor looking at anything all day long. You are so weak that you fall down when the wind blows. You are okay now, but what will you do when you get married in the future?" Zhao Qiying stood up with a smile, took Sister Lin's delicate hand and smiled, "Looking at how thin you are, your arms are just bones to the touch. If you don't eat, will you still want to fly in the wind?"

Lin Daiyu's cheeks turned red and she stared at the mooncake for a moment. Although she looked embarrassed, she finally lowered her head and took a bite, slowly eating it. The maid Xue Yan was so surprised that she almost couldn't remember the last time she persuaded her family. When is it time for a girl to eat more?

"Anyway, everyone is bored, why don't I show you some sword skills!" Zhao Yanling thought for a while and suggested, "It's just a performance. If you have any ideas later, you can also show them!"

The girls' eyes lit up, and they looked at the second female hero Zhao who had already drawn her sword. They cheered and encouraged her from time to time, and even exclaimed from time to time. They were obviously attracted.

At the same time, the back room in the Xue family garden was also a specially reserved guest room for the family members.

"Dongfang, why are you here now? I remember you said you won't come back this time." Zhou Yang hugged the girl and sat on the edge of the bed and asked, "Also, if Rong'er says you can't leave, I don't believe it, Baochai. How is it possible that she can't leave? When she was away in the past, she didn't see any problems happening in the mansion over there."

"His Royal Highness Yongjing is also here. They all went to the palace to have dinner first and then came back. Let them see each other before we talk." Dongfang also said softly, "The princess asked me to come here mainly for two things. One is the East Barracks. Bian, your three thousand households are indeed good, they are full of manpower, but they are short of weapons; and another thing, have you arranged all the things we discussed last time?"

"Don't worry, I have asked Qiying and Yan Ling to arrange manpower. Now he almost lives and eats in the building. This is not a secret in the capital. It is not difficult to use some means." Zhou Yang said with a smile, "It's a pity that Rong'er won't let him I'm going to kill it. Otherwise, I can solve it once and for all. I'll save myself from any trouble in the future, and I'll save myself from being talked about.

As for the weapons and equipment, I have already notified Xue Zihao, and they will be sent there in the near future. Now let the recruits practice assassination with the spears in stock, as well as queues, physical fitness, etc. The three thousand households are all proficient; when will they equip them? When we arrive, I will rush there immediately. I am still relieved about the three of them. "

"Military affairs are the foundation. Aren't I afraid that you won't want to miss Shu and suffer anymore?" Dongfang Bing glared at him angrily. "As for that person, do you still want to be a high official of Ximen?"

"Okay, you have the final say!" Zhou Yang didn't care. Anyway, the "consort" was long gone and no one would stand up for him. "If I can't be Ximen Qing, can I be Zhang Sheng? The lady is not here, why don’t you, a matchmaker, hurry up—"

At the same time, Wanhua Building, one of the best buildings in the capital.

"Master Huang, it's been a while since you've been here, and all the sisters miss you!" The out-of-date woman, who was considered a red card a year ago, filled her wine glass with a smirk, "A talented person like you, we are not here I rarely see you, why don’t you come here more often to play?”

"Don't we have so many friends and we're busy playing together!" Huang Sheng said something he didn't even believe while drinking, "If you want to talk about the taste of this dish, it has to be here, and this Huadiao wine, I have no time to ——Huh? Why doesn’t it taste right?”

"How could it be?" The woman who lost her footing was stunned for a moment, and took a sip from Huang Sheng's wine glass without feeling anything. "We are all distinguished guests here, how can we have the guts to adulterate food and drink?"

"Maybe I haven't drunk it for a while and I forgot the taste." Huang Sheng also felt that it was a holiday, so he gritted his teeth and decided to come to a "high-end place" like Wanhua Building to improve his life. How could he not be willing to do it on weekdays?Even for the Huadiao wine in front of him, he didn't want to ask for more, and naturally he didn't want to throw it away. "Okay, let's enjoy ourselves in time -"

The two of them drank one glass and the other drank until the food and wine were all gone. What followed was naturally the most common operation in the building. If there is any difference, Huang Sheng's performance today was really very brave. Even the tried-and-tested former oiran had some Unable to hold it up; just on the roof of the room, a figure jumped down silently, and quickly disappeared into the charming moonlight through the flow of people, just——

"Master Huang, Master Huang, what's wrong with you? Wake up!" A panicked female voice screamed, "Someone come quickly, Master Huang has passed out, come and save him!"

Soon the whole capital heard that Huang Sheng, the son of the late Confucian master, had fallen into a coma, and his fate was unknown, and his life and death were uncertain.

(End of this chapter)