My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 159
After a day, the sky gradually brightened in the east, and golden light shone through the gaps in the clouds.

General's House.

After returning to Yanjing and having a good night's rest, Su Chen, served by the maid, put on his robes and pushed out the door. Most of the generals who were not in the military camp in the courtyard stayed at the General's Mansion to rest.

As soon as they came out, they saw Dong Zhuo sitting under the eaves, looking at the letter in his hand, giggling to himself. Li Jue stood beside him and took a look, but Dong Zhuo pushed his face aside.

In the courtyard, Zhao Yun, who was on duty with Guan Yu, sat on a stone bench under an old tree and looked at Ma Chao, who was dancing with a tiger-headed spear in the courtyard.

Su Chen walked out of the room and squinted his eyes at the morning light. He twisted his neck lazily and caught a glimpse of An Lushan who was peeking through the crack of the window in the opposite room. When the latter saw Su Chen spotting him, he quickly retracted. Pick up a book related to the Wei State on one side and look through it.

"Mr. Dong, what are you looking at?"

Su Chen walked under the eaves with a smile and called Dong Zhuo over there in a low voice. The fat old man moved, with a smile on his face, and handed over the letter.

"… My little girl… can write now. This is what she wrote… crookedly, making people laugh!"

This is Dong Zhuo's adopted daughter, and she is also named Dong Bai.

Probably because he wanted the girl to be innocent, unlike him before.

Su Chen took the letter and glanced at it. The handwriting looked like earthworms crawling, but it could clearly express his longing for Dong Zhuo.Li Jue glanced at the letter with envy, and whispered: "This is where Dong Gong is the most lively and free..."

"You can do it too, just let the past go from your heart."

Su Chen folded the letter and returned it to the smiling Dong Zhuo. He said this not only to Li Jue, but also to other generals present.

"Actually, I hope that everyone can learn from Mr. Dong, marry a wife and have children here, and live a complete new life!"

In the courtyard, Ma Chao stopped his gun and looked at Su Chen. His expression was gloomy. He probably thought about something from the past. He walked to sit opposite Zhao Yun and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

"When I was in Hanzhong, I was married. Later, when I went to Shu, I abandoned the mother and son and fell into the hands of Cao Cao. The wife was promised to someone else by Cao Cao, and the son was killed... Haha, now that I have lived again, every time I think about it, my heart It started to feel uncomfortable.”

As he spoke, Ma Chao slammed the gun in his hand on the ground and made a big hole.Zhao Yun, who was next to him, was silent for a while, "Meng Qi, being able to come here may be due to the unwillingness in your heart. You might as well marry again. As Chang Sheng said, live a good life once and make up for all the regrets in the past."

"What about General Zhao?" Su Chen looked at Zhao Yun who was comforting him.

Zhao Yun burst out laughing. He looked at the sky, and in his field of vision, several birds flew past.

"My family is happy and has no regrets. The only thing I can't see is the unification of the world and the peace and tranquility of Jiuzhou, so that the people of Li can live and work in peace and contentment and no longer suffer from the pain of war!"

Sure enough, as Zhang Yi said, Zhao Yun first followed Yuan Shao, then went to Gongsun Zan, and then followed Liu Bei, not for meritorious service, let alone leaving a name in history, but for the righteousness in his heart.

Su Chen smiled and raised his hands: "Then I will let the old general eliminate his regrets here."

Under the tree, Zhao Yun drank tea and smiled without answering.

On the other hand, from the end of the corridor, a loud voice came: "How sorry?" Everyone turned away and saw Zhang Fei wearing a black robe with a wine jar under his arm, kicking the hem of his robe and striding over.

"I feel regretful that I didn't drink enough. Come on, come on. My second brother is on guard with Zilong today. No one is around to nag. Come on, come on and drink with me. You, Ma, come too, as well as Fatty Dong and Li Jue. , you two, don’t be cowardly, the big fat guy inside also comes out, stop reading, I will show you the new poems later!"

Good guy, you have to drink early in the morning!

Su Chen winked at Dian Wei, who was yawning and had just come out of the building next to him, and hurried away, just drinking, and listening to Zhang Fei recite poetry. Since yesterday, everyone praised him for his literary talent, he wrote several poems that night, and he was always talking to everyone he met. After reading it, Zhuge Liang listened to a few songs, and a few feathers fell off the feather fan.

Fortunately, the clerk in the front yard of the mansion was sent by Zhuge Liang to ask Su Chen to handle some government affairs there. Su Chen quickly bowed his hands to Zhang Fei who was in high spirits and said goodbye. Dian Wei held Su Chen in his arms and took one step at a time. Rush out of this courtyard.

The morning breeze brought fresh air, and in the front yard of the general's residence, there was a soft rustle of flowers and trees. Ever since Zhuge Liang settled here, he specially let civil servants come to watch it.

Now that everything has been put down, Zhuge Liang is no longer as busy as he was in the past, and occasionally gives advice to some officials in the government.

When Su Chen came over, he was watering potted plants with a feather fan in one hand and a watering can in the other.

When the officials and soldiers coming and going in the mansion saw him, they would respectfully ask: "Hello, Mr. Kong Ming!" Zhuge Liang would respond with a smile. There were also maids and maids waiting around, secretly glancing at this old man. But an elegant old gentleman. "Sir, you called me over. Do you really have something to deal with?" Su Chen came to the front yard and saw Zhuge Liang looking relaxed, so he knew that the other person might not really have something to deal with.

"When Liang saw Yide carrying the wine jar and heading towards you, he sent officials to find an excuse for Changsheng to escape!"

Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan, handed the watering can to the maid who came over, turned back to the eaves of the front yard, stretched his feather fan in, "Actually, there are some things that Changsheng needs to see in person."

"Sir, please!" Su Chen also stretched out his hand and walked into the front hall with Zhuge Liang. After sitting down, the latter took out some official documents from the side hall and handed them to Su Chen.

"Over at Feiyungang, an official document was handed over, saying that a group of overseas barbarians have arrived, with red hair and blue eyes. How should Changsheng be dealt with?"

"Red hair and blue eyes?" Su Chen took it and looked through the paper, "There really is one..."

What is written above is that a group of weirdos came by ship. The ship was old and dilapidated. Unlike the Yan, Wei, Wu and other sea ships, it also had no flag. After the barbarians got off the ship, they attacked the dock wantonly and were immediately arrested by ship officers and officers. A large amount of gold and jewelry were found inside, as well as many weapons, but no armor.

However, they could not communicate through language, so they could only seize it and ask the court for what to do with it.

"It seems that this group of barbarians is a bit like pirates... Sir, I sent a message asking the Shipping Department to escort them to Yanjing. I will personally investigate."

"The general is interested in this group of barbarians?"

Su Chen was noncommittal and narrowed his eyes: "I'm interested. I think they must have navigation charts on them."

After talking for a while, he and Zhuge Liang jointly dealt with the backlog of official documents in their hands. After that, they started training and equipping the army, and distributed the original equipment of the Yan Kingdom's capital troops and horses to each army.

If he finds time, he will also recruit some ministers from the DPRK and China and ask them to set up a special travel line for the Xueyuan slaves.

During this period, while Su Chen was waiting for the battle report from Fenzhou, he was reorganizing the court, recruiting some capable people, and setting up a yamen composed of Jianghu people, specifically for spying, assassination, etc., and leaving it all to Pei Min and Li Bai. , it can also be regarded as fulfilling Li Bai's wish to become an official.

Occasionally, An Lushan would take the opportunity to sneak out, and then Su Chen would drive him back into the house. If he couldn't speak the complete Wei characters and dialects, he couldn't even think of coming out.

In the court, Dong Zhuo and Li Jue have taught him well now. From the Queen Mother to the civil and military officials, they have become obedient and do things without any sloppiness. There is no longer the delay when Bei Miyano was still there.

After all, Dong Zhuo really dared to kill people, and his methods were extremely cruel.

But there are also things that give Su Chen a headache

The imperial concubine Yang Yuhuan, the former concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, seemed to be resentful of Li Longji because of Maweipo's incident, and refused to get along with him. She even cursed and became angry as soon as they met, and started to fight directly. She had the gentle demeanor of a deep palace concubine. During this period of time, she moved directly to the backyard of the General's Mansion. When she was in a good mood, she even danced for Su Chen and others. But there is one thing that is really pleasing to the eye.

No wonder Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty doted on her.

Afterwards, Su Chen discovered that every time she danced or played an instrument, the generals felt inexplicably excited and felt more powerful than before.

However, after Cao Cao heard about it, he shouted several times and asked Su Chen to bring the spirit tablet to the General's Mansion, and then Tang Xuanzong Li Longji also wanted to follow!

Of course, Li Shimin pushed him down and scolded him for being useless!
There were also some things that made Su Chen feel good. Ding'an sent a family letter. The content was written by his father Su Congfang. It roughly talked about some of the family's situation. His sister-in-law Su Huan was about to give birth, and his second brother was busy with other things, so he was often left out. Sister-in-law Hongzhen.He also said that Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Le Jin managed Ding'an City very well, allowing Su Chen to feel at ease in Yanjing.

Later, it was said that the Fang family secretly sent the marriage certificate back, and also asked the disciples and former officials of the Fang family to spread Su Chen's reputation. If there was a lack of officials under his command, the Fang family could help.

The letter did not mention his eldest brother until the end, but Su Chen probably wanted to get it. Taking a carriage back to Yanjing would be much slower, and it would take at least half a month to cross the state and county.

However, the feeling of being remembered by his family made Su Chen feel very comfortable. At least it was warmer than in his previous life. Dong Zhuo also read the letter in his hand and sighed. Apparently, he missed his adopted daughter Dong Bai and that A woman.

"Feng Wang, go back!" Su Chen stood in the room, looking through the window lattice.

Late summer, early autumn.

The good news from Fenzhou was sent back to Yanjing.

With secret instigation, the voices of being crowned king gradually arose in the court hall.

(End of this chapter)