after being kidnapped by the general

Chu Hechao's face turned blue and red in an instant.

After realizing what he had done, he let go of his hand like a hot potato, took a few steps back, turned around and ran back abruptly.

But he ran too fast, his back staggered, the soles of his feet slipped, and he fell directly into the water.

A huge and incomparable water splash raised.

Yuan Li frowned, and in the next moment, Chu Hechao had already got up from the water, ran to the opposite bank with a dark face without stopping, and his back could be called fleeing.

He Lang, who saw this scene the whole time, was stunned, his jaw almost dropped into the river, "Hey, what's wrong with the general..."

But in an instant he shivered and began to worry about himself.

Seeing such an embarrassing scene for the general, will he really not be killed?

Half of Yuan Li's tense anger was still burning, but the other half was rendered speechless by Chu Hechao's embarrassing appearance.The corner of his mouth twitched twice, and he deliberately raised his voice when Chu Hechao came ashore, "Chu Hechao——"

The man who had already landed slipped his footsteps and almost fell into the river again, before he ran away in a hurry without looking back.

After this run, no one was seen for a whole day.

It wasn't until evening that Chu Hechao put on crumpled clothes and put a deer on his back in front of Yuanli's tent.

He stood outside for a long while, standing more straight than the soldiers on guard.It wasn't until the soldiers on guard looked sideways that Chu Hechao said, "Go tell the people inside that I'm here to see you."

The soldier walked into the tent and came out after a while, "General, the young master said he didn't see him."

Chu Hechao took a deep breath, his brows and eyes were still calm and cold, as if he had completely recovered his composure, and he said again: "Just say that I am here to apologize."

The soldiers ran into the tent again, and this time, the people inside finally let Chu Hechao in.

But Chu Hechao hesitated instead, and even had the urge to run away.The people in the camp seemed to have understood what he was thinking, and there was a lukewarm voice, and it seemed that the anger was still there, "Is the general planning to stand outside to plead guilty?"

Chu Hechao: "..."

He stepped up and walked in. After entering, he didn't look at Yuanli, but stared at nothingness and said bluntly: "I messed up what happened in the morning."

"Is that how you apologize?" Yuan Li said coldly.

Yuan Li's anger has subsided a lot now, and he is not very angry anymore.

In fact, Chu Hechao just bumped into his waist. We are all men, and there is no such thing as taking advantage of anyone.Not to mention Yuanli, who came from later generations and has seen the world. Yuanli has seen a lot of brothers and friends helping each other.

But even if he wasn't angry, Yuan Li still had to vent his anger on himself in the morning.

If Chu Hechao hadn't dragged him into the water, or taken him a step back, would such an embarrassing thing have happened?Would it still make him uncomfortable to think about it now?

Thinking of this incident, Yuan Li was so angry that his teeth itch again.

Chu Mingfeng was right, Chu Hechao was really difficult to discipline.

No matter how to teach, he is a hard bone.

Hearing this, Chu Hechao had no choice but to raise his eyelids and look at Yuanli.The general stood in the dark place by the candlelight, his jawbone was outlined neatly and hard, and when he saw Yuan Li with a serious expression, his jaw tightened even more, and he whispered, "I'm sorry."

Yuan Li was expressionless, sitting upright and looking at him, he really had a bit of a father-in-law's sternness, "And then."

Chu Hechao's Adam's apple rolled, "I was wrong."

"Chu Hechao," Yuan Li seemed disappointed, "Count it up, how many times have you said 'I was wrong'?"

Chu Hechao was startled, but said nothing.

Yuan Li said again: "Which time did you really understand what you did wrong and sincerely admit it to me?"

Chu Hechao really dared to say it, and said slowly: "The time when I gave you the seal of the governor of Youzhou."

"..." Yuan Li really didn't expect him to have the face to answer, so he laughed angrily, grasping the loophole, "So the other few times you didn't sincerely admit your mistakes to me?"

Chu Hechao belatedly realized that he had said something wrong, he pursed his lips stiffly, and denied, "No."

Yuan Li chuckled, "Then tell me, where did you go wrong today."

Chu Hechao stood far away from Yuanli, separated by at least two tables, his voice was low and tense, "First, I shouldn't have dragged you into the river."

Yes, Yuan Li secretly nodded with satisfaction.

"Secondly, I shouldn't have pulled you in front of me to block you." Chu Hechao continued.

Yuan Li felt relieved, he said: "What else?"

Chu Hechao remembered how he felt in the river in the morning, his expression became more serious, and he said, "Thirdly, I shouldn't feel too comfortable."

Yuanli: "...?"

Yuanli: "What did you say? Say it again?"

Chu Hechao gave Yuanli a strange look, as if wondering if Yuanli's ears had been filled with water during the day, "I said, I shouldn't feel too comfortable when I meet you—"

"Shut up!" Yuan Li rubbed his head angrily.

Good guy, you admit your mistake when you fucking admit it, what do you mean by saying this?Is this an apology?I think you are provocative!

Comfort your head.

Yuan Li's face darkened, he stood up abruptly, strode up to Chu Hechao, looked at him with fiery eyes for a while, and kicked him up.

Chu Hechao snorted.

He was beaten more than a dozen times by Yuan Li, and he endured not to fight back. After Yuan Li broke out in sweat, he directly opened the tent and said, "General, please go."

Chu Hechao wiped the broken wound at the corner of his mouth, and glanced at Yuanli from the corner of his eye. With a handsome face and a tall figure, doing this kind of action has a unique and irresistible wildness.He didn't say anything, and walked out of Yuanli's tent obediently.

Yuanli ordered people to pack their bags that night, and left the team with his cronies and subordinates early the next morning, rushing to Ji County one step ahead of schedule.

When Chu Hechao wanted to come over to find someone to continue apologizing the next day, what he saw was an empty tent.

At the same time, in Ruyang County.

Because Yuanli made military achievements in killing the rebel army, Emperor Jianyuan admired him for being so brave and filial at a young age. He wanted to inspire heroes from all walks of life to fight the enemy bravely, and also wanted to create a young hero to praise him. With a swipe of a pen, Yuan Song was granted the title of Marquis of Guannei.

The Marquis of Guannei is one of the marquises. Generally, he rewards generals with military merits. * Once you are granted the title of Marquis of Guannei, although it is only a false name, it means that all the taxes in Ruyang County belong to Yuan Song. Although there is no fiefdom, it is no different from sitting in Ruyang County alone.

When the court eunuch came to announce the decree, Yuan Song didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He couldn't believe it, and he was full of thoughts: I rely on my son to become a marquis?

My son earned me a marquis?

Yuan Song seemed to be in a dream, his feet were fluttering, and his heart was surging beyond words.

He came from a very low family background, and he was able to be an official because the teacher gave him Xiaolian. Even so, Yuan Song has been an official for 30 to [-] years, but he is still only a small county magistrate. There is no advanced stage.

It is precisely because of this that he hopes that his son will become a dragon even more, and hopes that Yuanli can realize his ambition for him.

But I didn't expect it, Yuan Song never thought of it!

He didn't expect Yuanli to do such a big thing!

He is almost at the age of [-], who would have thought that he could rely on his son's merits to become a marquis in one step?

The eunuch Zhao from the imperial court smiled and leaned forward with a very affectionate tone, "Mr. Ruyang, you are also very lucky."

At the side, Mrs. Chen was already wiping the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief with tears in her eyes. Seeing that her husband hadn't recovered, she called softly with excitement, "Husband, why don't you thank Eunuch Zhao?"

Only then did Yuan Song wake up, his face flushed with excitement, and he spoke incoherently, and hurriedly said: "Eunuch Zhao, please come in, please come in and have a cup of hot tea."

Eunuch Zhao refused with a smile, "The emperor is still in the palace waiting for the villain to return, and the villain will not drink your cup of tea."

Although he didn't want to drink tea, he didn't leave immediately, but stood still.

Yuan Song understood, and immediately asked people to send money over.

Steward Lin went to prepare the bounty in person, trotted all the way panting and handed the money to Eunuch Zhao.

As soon as Eunuch Zhao touched the money bag, he knew in his heart that it was a lot of money.He is very satisfied with the Yuan family's sincerity, and he doesn't mind saying a few more good words to them, and he intends to sell them off, "The emperor likes your son very much. As far as I know, Yuan Lang doesn't seem to be crowned yet, right?"

Yuan Song's heart tightened, and he said with a smile, "Yes, my son still has two years to be crowned."

Eunuch Zhao said meaningfully: "I will explain this matter to the emperor. Maybe Yuanlang will be so blessed that he will get the emperor himself to choose the characters for him."

Yuan Song looked overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down, "Thank you, father-in-law, for your kindness!"

Eunuch Zhao was satisfied with his sense of humor, and he didn't dare to talk too much, "Hey, this matter has not been confirmed yet, Mr. Ru Yang, please don't tell others."

"Yes, yes, yes," Yuan Song sent another box of money, "Thanks for your hard work, father-in-law."

After Eunuch Zhao left, the entire Yuan Mansion fell into joy instantly.

Yuan Song's two concubines and several sons also stood aside and showed joyful expressions. If Yuanli won the Marquis, they might not be so happy, but the one who won the Marquis is the master, which is a great joy for Manfu.

Yuan Song's sons turned their eyes around, already thinking about how to show off their father's title to others.

Mrs. Chen had already wiped a handkerchief, but she couldn't put her smile away, "Husband, now others should call you Ruyang Lord or Ruyang Marquis. The future of Ruyang County is completely up to us, then The Wei family and the Wang family are afraid that they will never dare to show their power in front of us again because of this incident, but who of them can compare to us now?"

Yuan Song laughed loudly, stroked his beard and nodded, "That's right. But Ma'am, we can't be complacent about it. Li'er gave me this skill, presumably because he wanted me to protect Ruyang County and stabilize him. Back road. Now that I have the title of marquis, I can be bolder in doing things, and the fields and food and the steps of the farm can also be expanded. I will provide my son with enough food and trusted subordinates, and I will never let him have any difficulties But I can’t get anything out.”

The lines of laughter at the corners of Chen's eyes deepened, and he said softly, "My husband is right."

When the other wives and sons heard this, they couldn't help showing a bit of jealousy.

But Yuan Song and Chen Shi didn't care, they whispered a few words.Chen couldn't help but asked with anticipation: "Husband, do you think we are blessed with the matter of choosing characters that day?"

Yuan Song couldn't help sighing when he heard this sentence, he waved his hands, feeling a little heavy in his heart, "It's better not to have this blessing."

Chen Shi asked hesitantly, "What is your husband's intention?"

Yuan Song shook his head, told her to prepare for the celebration banquet, and returned to the study alone.

Yuan Song is not sensitive to the trend of major events in the world, but rather dull.Therefore, before Yuan Li left, he analyzed some major events in the world for Yuan Song, and Yuan Song knew that the world would be chaotic sooner or later.

The Northern Zhou Dynasty lasted for 300 years, and now it is at the time of life and death.Yuan Song has regarded himself as a Northern Zhou person since he was born. He never thought that the Northern Zhou Dynasty would not exist one day.

But no matter how uneasy he was about the future, Yuan Song knew that the emperor's letter at this juncture could be described as a double-edged sword.

If the court of the Northern Zhou Dynasty had not been overthrown, it would be a good thing to get the emperor's letter.However, once the Northern Zhou Dynasty really died, wouldn't the next ruler implicate his son, and occasionally the entire Yuan family?

Such a double-edged sword is too dangerous, Yuan Song would rather not have this icing on the cake, and not drag Yuanli, the hope of the rise of the entire Yuan family.

That being the case, he had no choice but to take the title one step ahead of time and not hesitate to anger Eunuch Zhao.

Yuan Song wrote a letter, notifying the details of the matter one by one, and made Yuanli prepare to be crowned a year in advance.He will find a perfect excuse for Yuanli to establish the crown in advance, even if Yuanli stays in the frontier, it will not affect the crown ceremony.

Once a man stands on the crown, it means that he has the power to govern people, serve the country, and participate in sacrifices. *

After writing the letter, Yuan Song called someone to send the letter to Beijiang, and solemnly ordered: "This letter must not be lost. If there is an accident on the way, destroy this letter directly!"

The confidant immediately said: "Yes!"

Yuan Song nodded and let him leave.That night, Yuan Song put on his coir raincoat and went to visit the head of the Yuan clan.

The patriarch is Yuan Song's second grandfather, who has loved Yuan Li very much since he saw Yuan Li's cleverness since he was a child.But he is already old, and since seven or eight years ago, he can only lie in bed, and his greatest wish in life is to hope that the Yuan family will flourish in his hands.

Yuan Song took off his coir raincoat and sat by the bed, and told the patriarch about Yuanli's meritorious service and his being named Guanneihou.

The head of the patriarch was overjoyed, his eyes were shining brightly, his face was flushed instantly, as if he was decades younger, he patted the bed and kept saying, "Okay!"

Yuan Song cared a few words about his health, finally lowered his voice, and said his plan to establish a crown for Yuanli in advance.

After the patriarch heard it, he knew what he was thinking.

The patriarch was silent for a while, then forced himself to sit up, and Yuan Song quickly helped him up.After leaning against the bedpost, the patriarch sighed, but his tone was full of relief, "I have endured for so long, I never thought that one day, my old bones will be able to help the Yuan family."

Yuan Song said guiltily: "Second Master..."

The patriarch grasped Yuan Song's hand tightly, and there was determination in his cloudy and mournful eyes, "Don't worry, I've already lived enough with this old bone. I'm also satisfied to see you as a Marquis and know that you have a future. Yes. Yanzhong, you have made a good decision, very good. Now that the world is in chaos, they also pay attention to setting up a crown to become an official. It is better to be crowned a year earlier than to be crowned a year later... When you make a decision, just Tell me. I will make it my last wish to see Lier erect the crown in advance. The last wish of an old man in the clan is to let him erect the crown in advance. Then he will not cause gossip if he erects the crown one year in advance. I will praise him for his filial piety. Yanzhong, I can only do this for you."

Yuan Song said with tears in his eyes, "That's enough."

After finishing speaking, he got up and knelt on the ground, and firmly kowtowed three times to the patriarch.

The patriarch accepted it calmly.

Because they both understand each other that if they want to make their last wish into their last wish, they need death as the price.

The patriarch is using his own death to provide Yuanli with the opportunity to become crowned a year earlier.

After Yuan Song left, the patriarch's son entered the room and stood by the bed, choking silently.

The patriarch coughed twice and said, "You are such a big man, why are you crying!"

The son said hoarsely, "Father, my son wants you to live a few more years."

"My life is only your burden," the patriarch's old voice said slowly, "I am dead, but your road is wide. Tomorrow you send your eldest son and second son to Yuan Song, and let Yuan Song send them there. Li'er is next to Li'er, and he will make contributions with Li'er. Li'er is far away in the frontier, so it's better to have brothers from the same family by his side."

The son hesitated and said, "The eldest son, Yuanlou, has a calm temper, so he can go. But is the second son, Yuandan, too naughty?"

"He's smart and talented. As long as Li'er is willing to use him again, he will definitely make a difference." The patriarch said, "Maybe these two brothers will be remembered in the history books in the future."

The son only felt that this was absolutely impossible, and he was a little ridiculous, thinking that his father was really old and dared to say anything.He shook his head, feeling ashamed and panicked, "Father, you think highly of them, even if Yuanli is promising, it doesn't mean that the children of the next generation will be able to be successful, it's good enough to have Yuanli. What's more, their names will be left in the history books? Dad, there are millions of people in the past dynasties, but only a few can be left in the history books!"

"You still don't understand."

The patriarch closed his eyes, and sighed in a sleepy way: "300 years ago, the generals who followed Taizu to conquer the world were all famous military generals. Many of these generals were brothers from Taizu's family. , is the team of Taizu who made great achievements. Could it be that Taizu really has the spirit of a real dragon, so even God puts natural generals by his side for him to use? That's not the case."

The patriarch's voice gradually weakened, "It is because Taizu brought them by his side so that they have the opportunity to learn meritorious deeds and stand out. It is because Taizu became the emperor that they were praised as famous generals through the ages, and they were able to stay in history. ah."

The son turned pale with shock, "Father, how can you compare Lou'er and Shan'er with the generals around Taizu!"

The patriarch took a deep breath, and tremblingly threw the walnut he was playing with beside his pillow onto his son, "How the hell do I have such a stupid son like you!"

Ji County.

Yuanli and his party hurried on and returned to Ji County in less than ten days.

Yuanli left one step ahead of time, not because he was completely pissed off by Chu Hechao, but more importantly, he received a letter saying that Zhang Mi had been waiting for him in Ji County for a long time.

It happened to be afternoon when we returned to Ji County, Yuanli sent someone to call Zhang Mi, and he quickly took a shower and changed his clothes.

After he came out, Zhang Mi had just arrived at Chu Palace.

But Zhang Mi did not come alone. He also brought a horse dealer named "Zhong Ji".

Because they were not sure whether Yuanli would like to see Zhong Ji, the two of them were waiting outside.

"Zhong Ji?" Yuan Li took a sip of tea, raised his brows slightly, and looked at Zhan Shaoning who was sitting at the bottom, "Shaoning, I remember that this person is a horse merchant in Yanzhou, and he has some relationship with Che Kangbo, the governor of Yanzhou."

After a long time no see, Zhan Shaoning became more confident.The apprehension on his face had disappeared, and he became a little more composed. His eyes shone brightly, and he looked confident, and he regained some of his former cheerfulness.

He smiled and said, "That's right, most of Che Kangbo's horses are provided by this horse dealer."

Yuan Li thoughtfully put down the tea bowl, "It seems that Yanzhou has not been peaceful recently."

Guo Lin whispered a few words into Yuan Li's ear.

Yuan Li sighed, "It turned out to be a poor man who avenged his wife and daughter."

A few days ago Zhong Ji got a batch of new horses, in fact there were several white horses.Because his daughter was clamoring to see the white horse, Zhong Ji took his beloved wife and daughter to fetch the horse.Unexpectedly, on the way back, he was robbed by bandits, his horse was robbed, and his wife and daughter died tragically.Zhong Ji begged Che Kangbo to kill the bandits, but Che Kangbo didn't dare to face the fierce bandits, so he dismissed Zhong Ji with a few words.

Zhong Ji had nowhere to go, and his heart was full of sadness. He went to many people but there was nothing he could do.At this time, Zhang Mi told him Yuanli's name of benevolence and righteousness, and Zhong Ji was like a life-saving straw, and only then did he find Yuanli, which is well-known for benevolence and kindness.