The people of Longqing County in Lingzhou used to be the most conceited group of people in the entire Beiliang Road. Whether it was the frontier soldiers who went out here, or the scholars and businessmen, their waists were very straight, because this is the former general of Huaihua. Hongwu's hometown, and Zhong Hongwu has served as the commander of the Northern Liang Cavalry Army for more than ten years. , so the people of Longqing County feel that they are superior to others.
Before Xiangfu, Longqing County was undoubtedly a favorite. Marriage partners from big and small families in Lingzhou all chose to be born in Longqing County as their first choice, but after Zhong Hongwu died, it was a bleak situation, especially Yuan Long. The sheriff of Qing County and the eldest son of Zhong Hongwu, Zhong Chengxin, after being promoted to an official in the state city, has repeatedly shown his rejection of the officials in his hometown in the government office, which made Longqing County completely lose its backbone.
In this way, the three most beautiful counties in Beiliang in the past, Longqing County for getting married, Jinwu Zangjiao Rouge County, and Huangnan County for studying and apprenticeship, only the other two counties remained. Northern Liang people who are not registered as military households, artisans, etc., as long as they are willing to participate in the construction outside the Liangzhou Pass, they can get a lot of money. There are poor people from all over Lingzhou who flock to the pass, only Longqing County responds Few, this is of course related to the fact that most people in Longqing County are relatively well-off, but the well-known knot in Beiliang road here is the key point.
The folk customs of Beiliang have been fierce and martial since ancient times. Although Lingzhou is rich, there are as many general families as a cow's hair. Naturally, it is not inferior to Liangyou and Youzhou. His Royal Highness, who was in the officialdom of Lingzhou back then, no matter what his original intention was, in the end it was from the root The people of Longqing County were both afraid and resentful of cutting down the towering tree of Zhong's family, which shaded the whole county.
So when an ordinary middle-aged man in Longqing County planned to go to Beicheng to beg for food, the neighbors in the neighborhood began to despise him, especially after hearing that this man planned to let his wife and son move out of Beiliang. , This is not just those innocuous gossip, some people want to poke him in the back and yell at him in front of his face, scolding without any scruples about the friendship accumulated from more than ten years of getting along day and night. Then soon someone turned up old accounts, saying that this guy named Lu Dayuan was not from Beiliang in the first place, but later married a woman from Longqing County as his wife, so he went to the Yamen to transfer his registration, so he was in Longqing County It took root. He has been a butcher for slaughtering pigs and selling meat in Longqing County for these years. In fact, his business has been fair and he hasn't made any money with no conscience. It's just that this time he went to reject Beicheng and caused public outrage, which made all four of his family become street rats. I don't know which idle guy with a broken mouth, I remembered that this bastard surnamed Lu slipped his tongue during a drink and chat, and threatened that we in Beiliang had little chance of winning the second game against the barbarians in Beimang. The nest was fried, Lu Dayuan's pork shop, the whole pig of a small hundred catties took three full days, but he couldn't sell a catty and a half taels, so he had to cook pork every day at his house for the Chinese New Year. During the period, Lu Dayuan sent a large piece of the best tenderloin to a lonely old man who lived at the end of the street, but the old man threw it out of the door. The simple and honest Lu Dayuan just picked it up and took it home.
On this day, a large pot of fragrant stew was prepared at home. Lu Dayuan squatted on the sill and looked towards the courtyard gate, patiently waiting for his youngest son to come home from private school for dinner.
Two sons, the eldest son has turned sixteen, and now he is studying abroad at the home of a scholar with a large collection of books in Huangnan County, and often sends letters back to report his safety. In his son's private school, when he asked the unsmiling Mr. Meng Xue for advice, the old gentleman would read it word by word to Lu Dayuan, and then Lu Dayuan would tell his wife the general meaning when he got home. This round trip was the most satisfying time for Lu Dayuan. Lu Dayuan still remembers that when the eldest son was young, he often complained about why his father was not a Beiliang frontier soldier, which made him unable to hold his head high among his peers since he was a child. Later, when his son grew up, he became more and more interested in studying. Promising and becoming a well-known young talent, the child's smiling faces and laughter at home are increasing. Although the youngest son also has similar complaints, it's just that there is such a big brother who can help him to support him. Not promising, not as depressed as my brother was when he was a child, he has always been a cheerful and grinning kid, that is, I occasionally heard a classmate's child say which of their relatives made military exploits outside the Beiliang Pass Only when he returns home and squats in the yard and sighs, or picks up the wooden dagger that his father made for him, and runs wildly all over the yard, when he loses his strength to run, his anger disappears, and he should eat and read, probably As far as the family of four is concerned, life is getting better and better. As for the first battle of Liangmang, the Jingguan was built in Hulukou of Youzhou, the battle in Hutou City of Liangzhou was fierce, and Qingliangshan erected hundreds of thousands of unknown people. The stele, the young prince regaining the title of Dazhu Kingdom, has nothing to do with their family.
His daughter-in-law walked up to him at some point, hesitated for a moment, and asked softly, "Is Mr. Liu willing to read that letter for us?"
Lu Dayuan scratched his head, hummed, his face full of guilt.
The woman who is not beautiful but has a gentle temperament smiled and did not speak.
Suddenly, a preschool child ran into the yard crying and saw his parents squatting. He stopped, raised his arms to wipe his tears, and sobbed heartbroken: "I don't have a father like you! I don't have a father like you!" Promising, no backbone yet! I don't want to leave Beiliang with my mother!"
Lu Dayuan was stunned.
The woman said angrily: "Xiangzhu! Mother forbids you to talk to father like this!"
The child had never seen his mother get angry, and he was so dumbstruck that he even forgot to cry.
Lu Dayuan secretly tugged on his wife's sleeve, and said softly, "Xiu'er, don't get angry at the child."
The woman still stared angrily and said: "There are no rules! Mr. Liu taught you to read and write, and he taught you to curse people?!"
The child became more and more wronged and complained, and simply squatted on the ground with his head in his arms, sobbing, very pitiful and helpless.
The man stood up, picked up the child gently, carried him back to the room and sat on the bench, rubbed the child's head, and said with a smile: "Xiangzhu, you can scold dad like that, but dad is not angry, but very happy. "
The child wiped his face indiscriminately, and secretly glanced at his mother sitting across the table. Seeing that her face was still stern, the child continued to be bored. Anyway, the neighbors in the neighborhood laughed at his father as Lu Da. I can only blame his father, not Lu Xiangzhu.
The man was about to say something to his wife, but she said softly, "Dayuan, you are the man in charge of the house, so you can do whatever you say. But when you go outside the customs, remember to dress warmly. It's freezing cold, and it snows in winter. You are big, you have to work often, after all, you are not at your own home, you can always have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, by the way, I will prepare three more pairs of cotton shoes for you, don’t think the soles are too thick... "
Listening to the almost endless babble of the woman, the man was not impatient at all, and responded with a smile one by one, and occasionally lowered his head to help the child who was sitting in his arms holding a bowl to eat a piece of meat.
After all, children can't remember the temperament of grudges, even for their peers who are making trouble, let alone their biological parents.
Soon the child raised his head and said angrily: "Father, I can tell you, Mr. Liu told us, according to the military law of Beiliang! Those who retreat before the battle, beheaded! You, fortunately, are not our frontier soldiers, otherwise, hum!"
The man didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but the woman leaned forward, put another piece of meat in the child's bowl, and laughed angrily, "I can't stop your mouth! I often doze off every night when I'm studying and doing my homework. I haven't seen you so energetic!" "
The child made a grimace, ate the delicious stew with a mouth full of oil, turned his head to look at his father, and asked solemnly: "Father, do you know how many cuts there are in Beiliang Military Law?"
The man asked, "You know?"
Child Linghui rolled his eyes, "Anyway, there are so many!"
The Xu family in Beiliang ruled the army, and they have always moved the world with their cruelty.
It is said that Ren Tu once played the match between the emperor and his ministers in the Hall of Martial Arts, and said with a smile that I, Xu Xiao, a big bastard who can't read big characters, can only know one of the most stupid methods, which is to kill people. Only by not being soft-handed can we have today's soldiers and horses.
Those who get cold feet, kill!
Kill those who are greedy for meritorious deeds, kill them!
Ambush the early one, kill!
Those who abandon their swords and horses without reason in the battle, kill them!
If the corps leader dies in battle and the entire corps survives, the entire corps will be beheaded!
If the captain died in battle and the first lieutenant survived, the whole lieutenant beheaded!
Of course, in addition to these bloody iron laws, the Beiliang frontier army also has subordinates who do not reward for meritorious service. Regardless of the chief general, the barracks will be decisive! Anyone who is greedy for Mexican military pay and pensions, no matter how large or small, will be executed!
The man laughed when he heard the child's words.
The child suddenly said: "Father, after my mother and I went to that place called Songbai County in the Central Plains, will our family have the money to buy a bigger house?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "It's very difficult. Dad hasn't saved much money these years. The Central Plains is even richer than our Lingzhou."
The child let out an oh, a little disappointed.
The man continued to laugh and said: "But don't worry, Dad will not forget to send you money when he arrives at Jubei City."
The child shook his head in an old-fashioned way and said: "Sir, the old man said that riches and honor cannot be promiscuous, poverty cannot be moved, and might cannot be subdued. This is called a real man!"
The man asked curiously: "What do you mean Mr. Yue Ziyue? Say it to Dad?"
The child chuckled, "It means 'Mr. Liu said that the sages of the Zhang family have said it'. I don't understand that. Daddy, you are so ignorant!"
The man reassured: "It's okay if Dad is not educated, as long as you and your brother are educated."
As soon as his brother was mentioned, the child immediately said proudly: "I am far behind my brother, even Mr. Liu said that my brother is amazing!"
The man laughed heartily and said, "Aren't they all father's sons?!"
The woman looked at the father and son with a gentle smile.
She doesn't know much about war and knowledge, but with so many years of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, she has seen a lot of people and things, and understands a simple truth, some men will only say the most cruel things to those closest to them people. But there are also some men who save their best tempers for their own family members.
Her man is the latter.
So no matter whether it was the mediocrity of the past ten years or the current gossip in the neighborhood, she didn't feel that it was a mistake to marry this man back then.
The child asked: "Father, where was your former hometown? Is it Songbai County?"
The man nodded and said: "Yes, but when Dad was your age, life was bad, and there was no one in the family, and he almost couldn't survive, so he left his hometown."
The child said with a smile, "No wonder the neighbors say that mother can fall in love with you, they are really blind."
This time the woman was not angry, she just covered her mouth and laughed.
The man will not be angry anymore, he glanced at his wife, "No way!"
The child asked again worriedly: "Father, my brother is really going to study in Jiangnan Road? Then when can we go to Songbai County to meet us?"
The man said softly: "Father doesn't know either. In this life, Dad swore at a very young age that his son must study in the future. He always feels that a scholar is a promising person. No matter what other things you do, no matter how much money you earn It’s not good. Dad, he lost his parents very early. He only knows that for more than a dozen generations, they were all peasants, so when we came to Beiliang, we were really lucky to meet your mother Xiangzhu. Otherwise, if If you and your elder brother follow daddy's example, how can you be a material for studying!"
The child muttered: "Then you don't know how to be nice to mother!"
The man said helplessly: "Father is only so capable, there is nothing you can do."
The woman's eyebrows are curved, the man says he is very lucky, and she thinks she is very happy.
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On the day when the couple left Longqing County City with their luggage, the man slowly returned to the city along the post road, and returned to this small alley. After thinking about it, the man carried the only two pig legs left at home, I went to two places one after another, one was secretly placed at the door of the old man's house at the end of the street, and the other was sent to Mr. Liu's house.
During this process, the man did not know how many white eyes and spittle he received.
Finally, the man returned home and took out the dusty wooden box from under the bed. He never opened this box, and his daughter-in-law sympathetically never asked.
This man who has lived in the small street for more than ten years and has been taciturn, moved the heavy wooden box to the yard, knelt down, and wiped the dust vigorously.
The man said to himself: "Two old fellows, not long after you accompanied me to Beiliang, the general led us to fight in Beimang. I was really aggrieved. I won and retreated. Many people withdrew from the frontier army in a fit of anger, only to find out later that it was the method of the old emperor Liyang. I really don't have the face to see you... Hey, as for the war, I, Lu Dayuan, joined the army at the age of fourteen, served as a corps leader the next year, became a captain at the age of sixteen, and went to Liang with the general as a lieutenant general of the first battalion at the age of eighteen. , When have you ever been afraid? I would have quit the frontier army a long time ago, otherwise Wang Lingbao and Li Mofan and these little bastards would have to behave with their tails between their legs when they saw me?!"
The common people in this street were a little puzzled. After the sound of horseshoes, they saw seven or eight horsemen with armor and sabers parked at the door of Lu Dayuan's house.
This made the common people a little worried. They scolded Lu Dayuan, that bastard from a foreign country, but after all, they have been neighbors for more than ten years.
Don't annoy the government garrison this Lu Dameng gourd!
The leader of Jingqi is a burly man in his forties. He is now the chief general of the local garrison in Longqing County, and has been the captain of the real cavalry army for more than ten years!
The people of Longqing County may not know him personally, but they all know that this person is highly regarded by General Han Laoshan of Lingzhou. It is said that Hong Shuwen, who was born in Hongfeng Ziying, Genzheng Miao, is a brother and brother!
From now on, can a powerful school lieutenant or a state lieutenant general escape
A confidant of the captain's cavalry asked in a low voice: "Captain, who is this seeing you off, and you still need your old man to come forward in person? In peacetime, those generals who are close to the Zhong family, Captain, you But I'm not in the mood to take a look at it, we Longqing County still have such an arrogant guy?"
The captain sneered and said, "Those embroidered pillows are not worthy of feeding horses to the man in the house!"
Then Captain Du proudly said: "My old man, I used to feed his horses!"
Can this kind of thing be used to brag
Those cavalry pawns looked at each other.
Has the captain's head been caught by the door recently? It was not like this before, the eyes are very high above the top!
When the cavalrymen finally saw the man with the luggage stepping out of the courtyard, they were a little dazed, and they were still tall and strong, so they didn't see that he was a three-headed and six-armed master.
The captain quickly got off his horse, then led an unridden horse forward, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice, "Ma Yunjing, Captain of the Cavalry Army of Longqing County! See the old lieutenant general!"
The man carrying the luggage was still carrying a long object tightly wrapped in cotton cloth. He glanced at Ma Yunjing, who had been deliberately not dealing with him for more than ten years, and said in a bad mood: "When you call someone, the official position takes An adverb, are you swearing? You think you are a general, and you like to greet those generals with adverbs and second-in-command civil servants in Tai'an City?"
Ma Yunjing shrank his neck, not daring to answer.
The man named Lu Dayuan looked around, straightened his back, cupped his fists and said, "I, Lu Dayuan, thank you for your care all these years!"
All the common people on both sides of the street were at a loss and at a loss.
Lu Dayuan hung the armor bag on the side of the saddle, and turned on the horse skillfully.
Regardless of whether he wins or loses the next battle outside the Liangzhou Pass, Lu Dayuan has no intention of returning to Lingzhou inside the pass alive.
How can I do without wearing armor or touching a knife for more than ten years, without killing myself!
Ma Yunjing reminded softly: "Old soldiers from Beiliang are allowed to go to the streets with swords according to the law."
Lu Dayuan raised his eyebrows, and finally took off the long strip of cotton cloth, revealing the old-fashioned saber, which was carefully hung on his waist.
Lu Dayuan turned his head and looked at Ma Yunjing who could not follow him to the outside of the pass, "If we lose, we don't talk about anything. If we win, if my two sons return to Lingzhou in the future, you tell them, they Father is not only a pig butcher, but he is also one of the Xu family's cavalry!"
Ma Yunjing nodded vigorously. After a thousand words, only two words came out of his mouth, "Take care!"
Lu Dayuan squinted and said: "Little bastard, I knew you were worthless back then. As expected, I have only become a ragtag captain today."
Ma Yunjing blushed.
Lu Dayuan suddenly took off the saber, threw it to Ma Yunjing, and said with a big laugh, "Forget it, I will use the new saber to kill the enemy anyway, because you fed the horse for so long back then, this one, Sending you off!"
Ma Yunjing felt as if he had found a treasure, such a man had tears in his eyes.
This sword is the first generation of the Xu family sword!
It symbolizes the rise of the Xu family's iron cavalry in the Spring and Autumn Land, and symbolizes the invincibility of the Xu family's iron cavalry in the Central Plains.
It is also because of the Xu family's old cavalry barracks that there is today's Beiliang iron cavalry best in the world!
And this man was born in one of the Xu family's old camps, the Manjia camp!
First class pawn, Lu Dayuan!
Naturally, the common people on this street would not know that after the general Xu Xiao was old, he had repeatedly expressed his feelings to the audience in the Qingliangshan Chamber of Commerce. Back then, that boy named Lu Dayuan fought the most viciously and had a relationship with Lu Qiu'er. It's not bad to have to fight.
Chu Lushan would always call him Qu Dao, but that guy surnamed Lu always rushed forward every time. He never paid attention to the art of war, so he must still be inferior to me.
Yuan Zuozong would tear down the stage, but he never lost a single time.
Rentu would nod and say, right, like me.
Then a certain young royal highness will make a mocking speech.
Around the fall of this year.
Many veterans of the Xu family like Lu Dayuan started to leave the pass.
And they are the backbone of Beiliang Iron Cavalry.
At this time, Lu Dayuan and Ma Yunjing rode out of the city together, muttering something.
Those young fine riders only heard small voices, which were not very real.
After Ma Yunjing sent Lu Dayuan to the post road outside the city, he watched him leave, speechless for a long time.
When finally turning the horse's head, Ma Yunjing also said silently: "My Xu family is full of armored camps, and the scouts are roaming around, which is to spread out, and the camp to stay still is to build a beam..."