Lingzhou is not as bright as Youliang and Liangzhou. The state of the world is just two words, Taiping. The officials and gentlemen are all generals on the battlefield. After Li Gongde became the economic envoy, Hepao's ability was first-class, and he always persuaded everyone to make peace and not to persuade everyone to divide. Lingzhou became more and more harmonious. Except for the Zhong family who was based in Longqing County, which was a little unsatisfactory, the rest of the big and small families were still the same. It's very nourishing, and Zhong Chengxin, the eldest son of General Zhong, still became the sheriff of Longqing County, and the upstart Xu Beizhi from Beiliang was only promoted to three ranks by Cao Canjun, a small soldier. Hitting Mr. Zhong, it can be seen that the Zhong family and the Xu family are far from tearing up their faces. However, there is a news that quickly circulated in the Lingzhou official circles with bright ears and eyes. The two subordinates of the general, Han Lushan and Xu Yanbing, both became the deputy generals of Lingzhou, and the prince who made a big fuss in the capital returned to Beiliang. Leading General Lingzhou, this makes people feel a little weird. Many veterans who retired from the battlefield complained that the prince didn't just sit on the chair of Beiliang's military governor, and why he stretched out his hand to the Lingzhou officialdom, which is not very authentic. Anyway, as soon as the New Year is over at the border of Youzhou, the triennial school martial arts parade will be held soon. Everyone knows that the general has already begun to arrange the affairs of "Tuogu". Rather than coming to Lingzhou to be unpopular, it is better to let Chu Lushan and Yuan Zuozong's two adopted sons help to go to the border to be commanders. The hot taro comes comfortably.
The mansion of Jinglue Envoy was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the door of ceremonies was wide open to welcome the distinguished guests. Mr. Li, who is already a second-rank official in the frontiers, smiled from ear to ear. His Highness wanted to be the inside story of General Lingzhou's military aircraft, Li Gongde cut his teeth, and finally let an old neighbor on the same street vacate a gorgeous mansion, temporarily hung a plaque, and became a Lingzhou General's Mansion, Lingzhou City has a beautiful scenery In the charming Jin'ou Lake, there are only a handful of houses that are qualified to bring water into the mansion. The old owner who occupies this treasured land of geomantic omen was once an old general of Zhong Hongwu's line who commanded the Northern Liang Cavalry Army. The young and strong general walked closer, Li Gongde took advantage of this weakness, and gave both kindness and power, so that the old general was able to leave with many beautiful wives and concubines. At this time, Xu Fengnian, who became a general of the fourth rank, took a leisurely walk in the general's mansion. He went to Li's mansion before, and withdrew after just showing his face. As a foil, Yuan Zuozong, Han Laoshan, and Xu Yanbing, one of Lingzhou's nominal lieutenants, walked through the corridors and buildings here. Wang Xiu's two juniors, Han Laoshan is still familiar with the art of war, and the martial idiot Xu Yanbing beside him is not satisfactory. Compared with Han Laoshan who really wants to take root in Lingzhou and work every step of the way, Xu Yanbing is only used to deal with unexpected situations, and Xu Yanbing himself has no ambitions for this. Before leaving Li's mansion, Xu Xiao's eyes were playful, and he said that there was a small accident waiting for him in the house. Xu Fengnian didn't have any expectations. He had seen many gods flying around. I heard that Chaoge can be sold at a price of two pounds, and the magical weapons and sharp weapons are also not very concerned. As for women, the two concubines will follow to Beiliang in the future, and Xu Fengnian does not want to provoke any debts. However, when Xu Fengnian suddenly saw the girl in the costume of a Beimang prairie woman, she was still a little amazed and surprised. He didn't think it would be the little girl who had a lot to do with the Beimang royal family. After going down to her tribe, the canyon blocked the herd of buffaloes, and then she started that death-match safari with Tuoba Chunfalcon, who occupies the right time, place and people. That time, Xu Fengnian almost gave his life to the Duan Bor returned under the Thunder Spear. Xu Yanbing was very savvy, so he turned to another place to enjoy the scenery, leaving Xu Fengnian alone with the woman, Xu Fengnian figured it out after a little thought, after he returned from Beimang, he detailed the dangerous experience, During the period, he mentioned the Qiang flute of Huyan Guanyin, presumably Xu Xiao followed the vines and brought her from Beimang to Lingzhou.
Xu Fengnian sat with her in the gazebo, and asked in grassland language, "Your brother Abaoji didn't come to Beiliang?"
The girl with ninety-five characters is obviously not as sad and sentimental as the girl in the Central Plains. She shook her head and said with an open-minded smile: "My brother is a young eagle on the grassland, and the grassland is his home. My brother himself said that he must become a grassland Xitiao is the largest in the world and has the most extensive and fertile pastures. In the future, he will gallop with his benefactor and snatch the most beautiful woman, the strongest war horse, and the most mellow wine for his benefactor.”
Xu Fengnian remembered that thick-headed kid who liked to roll around in the sheep pen, with the heroic attitude of holding the lamb and throwing it casually, and said with a smile: "Much more ambitious than me."
The young woman whose style was between that of a girl and a young woman looked curious, and couldn't help but asked with a soft smile: "My benefactor used to always say that he was a scholar in Gusai Prefecture, how did he become the son of the Beiliang family who is the mortal enemy of Beimang? "
Xu Fengnian leaned against the porch pillar, looked at the small lake in the mansion, and said with emotion: "Probably the so-called unpredictable things in the world."
Huyan Guanyin said softly: "There is an old man who is more majestic than Da Xitiao in the grassland. He told me to be the benefactor's maid in the future and take care of the benefactor's basic necessities of life."
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "You don't have to listen to him from now on. We Beiliang girls have always liked to wear swords, ride horses and draw bows. No one can restrain you. Even if you think this is boring and want to go back to the grassland to see your brother, I can let you take you to the north."
The exquisite Qiang flute with purple pipes juxtaposed around the waist of the delicate and graceful woman was unexpectedly speechless.
Shi Shiyin suddenly appeared outside the gazebo, and said respectfully, "His Royal Highness, Xu Beizhi of Longjing County and General Wang Zhi of Wu came to visit."
For the time being, the Lingzhou General’s Mansion is just a show, and it’s not an exaggeration to describe it as gold and jade, because the Lingzhou General itself is a false link between the past and the future. Xu Fengnian smiled and nodded: "In the future, the two of them will come here. There is no need to report."
There are clever servants in the house to guide the two of them. Xu Fengnian walked out of the gazebo to meet him. Wang Zhi's father, Wang Shiqu, was not only the old Beiliang army, but also the guard of Jianmen. Out of great significance, Wang Zhi is indeed a brave general who lived up to his expectations. Even if he faced Han Diao Temple, he would spare no effort to fight to the death. Afterwards, only half of the 2,000 personal soldiers remained, and Xu Fengnian had a very good impression of him because of his impressive performance in Longqing County last time. Xu Beizhi went to the countryside quickly to follow the customs, dressed as a scholar in green shirts, more famous than the Jiangnan celebrities, with a personable demeanor, Wang Zhi escorted him by the side, and his writing and military skills complemented each other. Huyan Guanyin stood alone and timidly in the pavilion, looking out of place, most women are like this, it's just the icing on the cake of that great mountain and river.
Xu Fengnian put his arms around Xu Beizhi's shoulders, and smiled at Wang Zhi: "This time, a great hero like General Wang was not allowed to be the deputy general of Lingzhou. Do you have any resentment in your stomach? If so, just say it, but the deputy general still can't give it to you." gone."
Wang Zhi didn't talk about stage fright, and he grinned openly and said: "Your Highness, we bastards also know that we will not be rewarded for nothing. If we don't have any military achievements for the time being, we don't have any grievances. If we make great achievements in the future, Don't say that from the deputy general of the fourth rank, even the general of Lingzhou, His Highness, dare to fight, absolutely!"
Xu Fengnian nodded with a smile, pointed at Xu Yanbing who had quietly returned outside the pavilion, and introduced: "The freshly baked deputy general of Lingzhou Xu Yanbing, Wang Zhi, you will deal with him more in the future. Being one of the best martial arts masters is much more useful than dangling in front of me, a Lingzhou general who has no real power."
Wang Zhi's eyes lit up immediately. The words counting one or two are much more important than the deputy general of Lingzhou. Yuan Zuozong is the third master in the Liyang army after Gu Jiantang and Chen Zhibao. Most of them were fierce generals who were on the same line as Qi Zhan Wushuang Yuan Baixiong, Wang Zhi dared to underestimate him, and immediately clasped his fists at the deputy general, Xu Yanbing just nodded slightly in return.
Xu Fengnian looked at Xu Beizhi with a smile and asked, "Juzi, are you getting along with Mr. Zhong happily? I heard that his concubines admire you for your talent, and they take turns recommending themselves to you. I almost got jealous with Lingzhou Huakui. Now there are rumors in Beiliang Dao that there is a son of Beimang family named Xu Beizhi, who sings and sings every night, more carefree than a god."
Xu Beizhi smiled lightly and said, "It's more than inferior, but far less than superior. With His Royal Highness' jewels in front of you, what kind of feat is this flirtatious affair?"
Wang Zhi was speechless inwardly. It was rumored that Xu Beizhi, who had been a very weak official, had a close relationship with His Royal Highness, and had a very close relationship. It seemed that what he said was true. If it were someone else, I would have been sweating profusely from fright. Wang Zhi didn't dare to treat this son of Beiliang who dared to personally intercept and kill the prince holding the bottle to the Western Regions as some kind of dude. Ordinary sons, for the meritorious veterans like Zhong Hongwu who lived in the army with their fathers, it is too late to judge their words and expressions to flatter them. Xu Fengnian and Xu Beizhi sat in the gazebo, Wang Zhi naturally followed Xu Yanbing to guard outside the pavilion, Xu Fengnian glanced at Wang Zhi's burly back, looked away, smiled and said: "This time there are hundreds of people in the Qingzhou Lu family and Shangyin Academy. People are all waiting to be fed. The officialdom in Lingzhou is bloated and the fat is the most. The Master of Economic Strategy is a peacemaker in Beiliang. He claims to be the second and no one is the first. He must not be a villain. Chen Xiliang is busy rectifying Yantie. How about you Come on? I just took the opportunity to streamline the official positions of military generals and get rid of a large number of idle generals. Let's learn from Bei Mang, so that the school lieutenant will be more worthy of the name in the future."
Xu Beizhi remained silent, showing off airs. Wang Zhi, who pricked up his ears, was a little worried. Being with the king is like being with a tiger, and the sky in Beiliang is far away from the emperor. Otherwise, the general would not be called the second emperor in private by the court. His Royal Highness is actually no different from the prince of a country. Wang Zhi Don't look careless in front of Xu Fengnian, it's also rough and fine, and the scale is carefully measured. Those military generals who seem rough and simple in romance novels are not careful and refined in official history. If you want to be by the monarch's side, if you don't cut off your blessings, your descendants will have a long shadow. The depth of knowledge is almost a bottomless pit. Earlier when Wang Zhi and Xu Beizhi were drinking, His Royal Highness was not kneeling to the emperor in Tai'an City. Xu Beizhi was drunk and drinking happily. There are as many as nineteen types, including lonely officials, governing officials, capable officials, toad officials, cat officials, and corpse officials, which are much more complicated than the ninth rank of martial arts, which made Wang Zhi dumbfounded and benefited a lot, thinking This Mr. Xu really became a fairy in Gongmen, and Wang Zhi, who had a very high vision, was also impressed.
Xu Fengnian continued to ask: "Beiliang officials have a custom of rewarding mink hats at the end of the year, so from the end of winter to the beginning of spring, hundreds of new mink hats from all sizes in Lingzhou will be given away from you, Xu Beizhi, how about it? "
Xu Beizhi asked rhetorically, "You general of Lingzhou don't care, but can you just ask me a word?"
Xu Fengnian nodded and said: "Otherwise, why would I be this general? Isn't it determined to help you block the fierce criticism? I promise you, no matter what you say or who, everything will stop when it comes to me. You don't need to look or listen. .”
Xu Beizhi said calmly, "The Chief Inspector of Lingzhou is still being held concurrently by Mr. Li, the envoy of economic strategy. Can Your Highness give me this hat first?"
Wang Zhi was amazed in his heart, Mr. Xu Beizhi is really fierce, he wanted the official hat of a fourth-rank official, and he wanted it so confidently, that if it spread, those Li Yang who had been stuck on this threshold all his life The officials were half dead with rage.
Huyan Guanyin, who had learned some Liyang language in this mansion, listened to every word, and probably understood the meaning of the conversation. She opened her mouth slightly and looked at the gray-haired man with a dazed look in her eyes.
Xu Fengnian stood up and smiled, "I'll take it for you."