The general will eat grass

Everything seems to be calm, but there is inexplicable tension.After more than three months, Zhao Yuansong recovered from his injuries and was finally allowed to go out for a walk. During this period, many things happened in the capital.

First of all, at the first court meeting in the beginning of the year, Ding Guogong resigned from the position of Grand Marshal.A minister servant submitted a report on Beixuan's military system reform to His Majesty the Emperor. The report stated that the position of Grand Marshal is too powerful. If the official is too selfish, it will pose a threat to the imperial power. The emperor dismissed the position of generalissimo, or did not appoint a fixed person to be the generalissimo, but when there was a war, His Majesty the emperor personally appointed someone to be temporarily appointed.

The second is whether Han Yibai deliberately delayed the follow-up investigation to support Changyang Pass. The emperor issued an edict on the first day of work, ordering Han Yibai and Liu Xianzuo to return to Beijing quickly.Zhou Gang was promoted by half a rank and became the fifth-rank Dingyuan General. He was dressed in red, with a gold belt of ten brass, a lion head and shoulder pads with a single plume, and was dressed in a majestic military uniform.Beautiful, he didn't close his mouth for three days, walking on the street wearing his outfit all day long.The county magistrate Chen returned to Beijing with Han Yibai and others, and was detained pending trial. His position was temporarily represented by the master of the county government.

According to the investigation, Han Yibai was indeed suspected of delaying the military situation. In order to make up for his crimes, he was willing to stay at Changyang Pass all year round, intending to die there.His Majesty the Emperor concluded that most of the Blue Scarf Army that Han Yibai pulled up came from Nanyuan, and if they were stationed in the south and looked at the Lianjiang River, it would inevitably cause them to feel homesick. What if they ran back to Nanyuan or cooperated with the enemy?But if they are placed in the north, facing the Huns, it is impossible to cooperate with foreigners. After all, the Huns are the enemies of the Han people in the entire Central Plains.

Han Yibai was transferred back to Changyang Pass, and Zhou Gang, the new general Dingyuan, led 5000 people to Yuping Pass to serve as the commander of the city guard.Although this checkpoint has to face the Huns, it is also a good place where it is easy to make contributions, Zhou Gang is very satisfied.

In the end, the Huanyue Building fire became a household name, and the reputation spread to the south.In addition to many small games to play with beauties, there are also gambling poetry, calligraphy and painting, and the food is also very special. Among them, plum blossom jujube cake has become a good thing sought after by the royal family.There are many merchants who want to follow suit, but they have not negotiated well with Xianglou Flower House in Liuxu Hutong.Hua Niang asked, can you protect our personal safety?Do you give out red envelopes every day?Can you help us stop the rich and powerful?No, that's really embarrassing, we won't go.

Zhao Yuansong was ill, and no one came to visit Changlehou's mansion. Feng Jingde sent Xiao Wu and the others to investigate, but they found out that Changlehou was being punished by Jiang, and there were problems in his back house.The cause of the incident was caused by Zhao Yuanwang who was sent back to his hometown. When he participated in an alumni meeting, he criticized a student who had no ideals.Unfortunately, this student was narrow-minded and couldn't accept it for a while, so he committed suicide.What's more unfortunate is that this man had some unclear relationship with Mr. Jiang when he was studying in Kyoto, and after that, the two were also very good friends and often exchanged letters.When Mr. Jiang learned of his friend's misfortune, he stood up for him. He didn't reveal his identity at first, and it took a lot of effort to deal with the Zhao family in Wuyang.The incident became more and more troublesome, until Zhao Yuanwang was killed, and Zhao Zongqi, head of the Zhao family, rushed back and joined forces with the local gentry to put pressure on the government and bring the murderer to justice.

For a family matter, Zhao Zongqi had no choice but to ask Changle Hou to come forward to seek justice regardless of past suspicions, but Changle Hou was not at home, and took Tong Fang to the hot spring villa for vacation, and the servant came to the door and couldn't explain the whole story. Changle Hou thought it was Mrs. Hou who was jealous , tricked him to go back with a trick, and ignored it.

During this period, Mr. Jiang learned that his own people had been arrested, and also learned that Jiang's plan to deal with Duke Dingguo's government had failed, and angrily found trouble in the Huanyue Building, which led to the previous Huanyue Building death incident.

When Chang Lehou came back from vacation, things had become more complicated.Zhao Zongqi felt that he didn't take the Wuyang Zhao family to heart, so he decided to hold a family meeting to remove him from the Wuyang Zhao family tree.After Tongfang came back, he was diagnosed with a happy pulse, and Mrs. Hou went crazy. She not only beat Tongfang to death, but also quarreled with him in front of Zhao Zongqi, which made him lose all face.In a fit of rage, Changle Hou put Mrs. Hou under house arrest, and handed over all the affairs of the mansion's rear house to Steward Shi for management.

Mrs. Hou was so angry that she secretly asked Steward Shi for trouble, and Steward Shi was not weak, so she asked Chang Lehou for instructions, and brought a few big girls to be housekeepers.Not long after, good news came out one after another from the Hou's mansion. The three eldest girls were pregnant and were carried into concubines. One of them was smarter and took care of the rear house on behalf of Mrs. Hou.

Now Chang Lehou is being suppressed by the Jiang faction, and rumors of his hypocrisy are spread everywhere in the capital, and the love with his wife in the past was just a show.This matter was also arrested by the doctor of the imperial censor, and the chief officer, Lehou, had a bad conduct.Marquis Changle's reputation was damaged, and several staff members withdrew from other places and turned to Prince Jiang's side.Marquis Changle is now in a state of desperation. In order to save his own disadvantages, he hastened his marriage with the Pingnan Palace.

Zhao Yuansong was dumbfounded when he heard this. His shrewd father Hou had fallen into such a situation?It's incredible! "Where are Grandma Hua and Uncle Hua?"

"Aunt Hua has been shutting herself in the house to recite scriptures. The third master, as usual, does small business with a few friends he knows. When he returns to Changle Hou Mansion at night, he does not interfere with the affairs of Changle Hou Mansion." Xiao Wu Report back: "Master, Ma Hong said that he will always pay attention to the movement of the Changle Hou Mansion. The master does not need to send slaves there often. He said that if there is anything, he will report it immediately."

Ma Hong was the man in black who delivered the letter, and he was also the figure who leaped from the small courtyard of Zizhu that day. On the surface, he was still the second-class servant in the courtyard of the third master.That day, if Xiao Wu and Gondo hadn't been chasing him, the bell sent by Miss Zhao would not have been able to enter the master's room, let alone harm the master's body.Ma Hong always reminds them of the mistakes made by the Xiyi slaves at work. When he learned that Ma Hong is also the owner of the master and will become the master's secret guard, he and Gondo felt a little angry and seized the opportunity. , I will compete with him.

"Okay, then let him worry about it." No matter what, Zhao Yuansong wanted to treat Grandma Hua and the others better, after all, they had taken care of him when they lived in Changlehou Mansion.

The door of the east chamber was pushed open, Feng Jingde came in with a bowl of decoction, the smell of medicine immediately permeated the room, it was stench.

Zhao Yuansong said with a bitter face, "General, I'm ready."

"Bai Guangjin said that he will drink seven doses of this medicine." There is no room for turning around.

"Then what, how is your mother?"

Speaking of Mrs. Dingguo, she is also very upset these days.That day Feng Yulin insisted on taking the Feng family brothers and sisters back to Jishan Pass, but was persuaded by Duke Ding to come down.If you want to give your children a better path, there are no more development opportunities than in Kyoto.Besides, Ding Guogong has already arranged a receiving unit for Feng Yanting, and Ding Guogong's wife also revealed in the circle of wives the news of seeing him as a righteous daughter, so it's hard to leave without saying.Feng Yulin agreed to leave his children behind and return to Jishan Pass by himself, and the Tiangang Army could not be without a commander.

Miss Feng Cui'er was much quieter, and under the enlightenment of Mrs. Ding Guogong, she agreed to find someone else in the capital to find a good husband.Mrs. Dingguo saw that she was not a restrained person, so she took great pains to find her a scholarly family who had no in-laws, did not respect dogma, and was not a wealthy family.The son's name is Xu Di, he is the younger brother of Xu Sheng, the Minister of Honglu Temple, and he is preparing to participate in Chunwei this year.

Mrs. Dingguo told Feng Cuier about the man's news. Feng Cuier didn't object at first, so Mrs. Dingguo revealed the news to Mrs. Honglu Temple Qing. The man was very happy, saying that the general's female character must be cheerful.But Feng Cui'er didn't know what to think, and her stubborn temper came up again. This time she disagreed with life and death, and blurted out that Mrs. Ding Guogong wanted to use her for a political marriage to win people's hearts.

This made Mrs. Dingguo so angry that she suddenly fell ill. She said to Dingguo in private: "I used to think that raising a little daughter is the most caring and obedient, but I didn't expect it. With such a daughter, I will lose ten years of life."

"Mother is fine, she can go to the ground already. You can see her tomorrow. Alright, don't change the subject, drink the medicine." Feng Jingde handed the medicine bowl directly.

Zhao Yuansong: "...." The intestines are green from drinking, okay?

After Zhao Yuansong was able to go out, he became busy with work.When Aqing and Dashu went to pick up Fugen, Changgui Changlin also followed. Changlin was fine, without parents, and the clan elders agreed to come out. Changgui still had his parents. After several discussions, Changgui's parents He also left his hometown with his son.You know, for uninformed peasants, yearning for a big city is more fear and uneasiness.Ever since Changgui's parents and Fu Genniang came to Kyoto and lived in Dingguo's mansion, they didn't dare to give them the courtyard they lived in.

Zhao Yuansong went to meet them and chatted about other things made of Vajra Rattan besides Rattan Armor.Snow removal sledges, rattan chairs and rattan beds, and they also use diamond rattan to weave balls and put copper bells in the balls, which can be used for Cuju.Zhao Yuansong's head was alive, and he asked, "I don't put copper bells in the takraw ball, but what about a crock of military tung oil?"

Everyone looked at each other, Changgui's father was a soldier, after a while he seemed to realize something, he looked at Zhao Yuansong with bright eyes, "There are vines wrapped around the earthen pot, which is not easy to break, and the distance will be farther if you throw it. Rocket attack. Ah, if we could stuff a takraw ball with soft grass and ignite it, wouldn’t the crock explode under the heat? If so…”

"It can be used not only for city defense, but also for siege warfare. Some more flammable oils can also be placed in earthen jars. The body of the jar is made thinner and the mouth of the jar is sealed. It can be used for ambush warfare." At night, Feng Jingde came to call Zhao Yuansong to go back to eat, and he was very excited when he heard this. "Some experiments must be done to calculate the ignition point of the fuel and the size of the takraw ball."

"General Feng." Fulgen and the others had met Feng Jingde a few times, and every time they saw him, they couldn't help getting up and standing still.

Feng Jingde nodded to them, turned his head and glanced at the surrounding windows, and said seriously: "I will arrange a study room for you in the inner courtyard, don't talk about these things here next time. There are many people in Duke Dingguo's mansion, you should pay more attention. "

"Yes." Everyone felt nervous, their hearts beating like drums.

Zhao Yuansong went with Feng Jingde to the courtyard of Ding Guogong and his wife for a meal, and then chatted with Ding Guogong about making takraw ball fire bombs.Duke Ding excitedly wanted to experiment immediately after hearing this, but Mrs. Ding gave him a sharp look, "General, it's Haishi now, why are you crazy!"

"Oh, oh. Let's go to the west courtyard tomorrow. Hey, it won't work. If there is too much noise, it will attract people's attention. Let me think about it, why don't we go to Zhuangzi in the suburbs?" Duke Ding couldn't sit still, he couldn't wait to stay overnight Set off.

Feng Jingde's attention was attracted by Mrs. Dingguo's "General". Since he could remember when he was young, no matter how his father's position changed, his mother always used "General" to call his father, and never called his father's name.

He couldn't help turning his eyes to Zhao Yuansong beside him, the young boy blinked his black grape eyes, his face was inexplicable, "General, what's wrong?"

Feng Jingde laughed suddenly, he seemed to understand why Zhao Yuansong only called him "General".

Zhao Yuansong: "...." He blushed.

Dingguo Gong on the side saw them, slapped the table, and glared at the two: "Go back to sleep, and go to the suburban village tomorrow!" If he were Deng Mian, he would definitely slap them with "shit".