Chapter 661 Bringing My Father's Soul Back to Ming Dynasty
The vanguard of the government army is training.
Several riders entered the camp, and someone came to report, "Commander, Chang Wei Bo sent someone to deliver a message."
Qin Yuan nodded. The man who came was a small flag officer. He dismounted and approached, "My Lord has ordered the cavalry to pretend to be the enemy and charge the formation. Also, you can have someone on the side to interfere..."
All the generals looked at each other.
"Commander, this is too...too harsh, isn't it?"
"If you're not careful, someone might die!"
The man shouted, "Master said, sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. Who dares to question Master's order?"
The man put his hand on the hilt of the knife and glared at me.
A murderous aura came towards me.
"They are indeed the brave soldiers who followed Chang Wei Bo to kill the foreigners in fear." A general muttered.
"Tell my uncle, Qin Yuan, I obey your command!" Qin Yuan bowed and replied solemnly.
After the visitor left, Qin Yuan ordered: "Arrange the cavalry immediately. There is another matter... I am here to warn you today."
Qin Yuan looked at the generals and said, "We are now training. If you give me an order during a war, I will kill anyone who dares to question it without you having to do anything!"
"Yes." The generals were awestruck.
That God of Death did not get his title for nothing; not to mention the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he also ascended to the throne of the Ming Dynasty's number one general by stepping on piles of bones.
Anyone who dares to question him should first go to the frontier and make a name for himself, even if it means he has invincible legs.
……
On the first day of training, more than 30 members of the Huben Zuowei were injured, two of whom had fractures.
The news was secretly reported to the palace.
"Some people complained that Chang Wei did not take the lives of his soldiers seriously." Lu Bing looked at Emperor Jiajing cautiously.
"What do you think?" asked Emperor Jiajing.
"Your Majesty..." Lu Bing thought for a moment, "Your Majesty feels that there is a reason for Chang Wei Bo to train like this!"
"Can you lead the army to fight?" Emperor Jiajing asked casually.
"I can't do it." Lu Bing wanted to say yes, but when he saw the sneer in his brother's eyes, his desire to achieve great things instantly vanished.
Although nowadays, civil officials are more important than military officials, military merit is still the most important. Want to be a marquis? Go kill the enemy!
The more people you kill, the higher your rank will be. And the civil officials will never obstruct, and there is no reason to obstruct.
"If that's not possible, then why report this to me?" Emperor Jiajing raised his head. "Do you want me to punish Qingzhi?"
"I dare not." Lu Bing lowered his head.
"The person who is complaining...tell Qingzhi his name and he will deal with him."
"Your Majesty." Lu Bing hesitated to speak.
"It's a good idea to have him as a spy, but the war is not far away. If there is such a complaining general in the army, will he be able to think ahead and behind when the war comes? Will he be able to fight bravely? Keeping him here will only cause trouble!"
"Yes."
After Lu Bing left, Emperor Jiajing called Huang Jin over and asked him to "ask Qingzhi."
"Yes." Huang Jin went to Xin'an Lane in person to inquire about this matter.
"It's even more tragic during the actual battle. To be honest, dying during drills... is really drill!"
Huang Jin reported back, and Emperor Jiajing was silent for a long time, then said, "The soldiers have worked hard, so I will ask the Ministry of Revenue to prepare some... Well, I will use my private treasury to reward the soldiers with wine and meat."
On the second day, when the fat pigs and sheep were driven into the military camp and the eunuchs brought the Emperor Jiajing's commendation, there was thunderous cheers.
But at this moment Jiang Qingzhi was at Du's house.
"This is my daughter Du Juan." Du He smiled and pointed at the girl next to him, "Madam, why don't you call someone?"
"Du Juan greets Uncle!" The girl knelt down.
The girl is not a beauty, but she is pretty.
To be on the safe side, the old playboy asked Zhu Shitai to transform into a little bee and fly a few circles among the flowers before their wedding night.
If you sow widely and reap little, as long as one or two of them win, it means that the ancestors of the Zhu family have accumulated virtue, and their ancestral graves will be filled with smoke.
In the past two days, the Duke's wife has been busy choosing a concubine for Zhu Shitai.
Before the newlyweds even get married, the in-laws start preparing a concubine. If this were a drama about palace intrigues, this would be the evil mother-in-law.
But this is reality.
Du He understood, and Du Juan understood too.
"What kind of love is this? I don't think it can be used to make a living. As long as we don't hate each other, that's enough. Love that comes from being together for a long time is not the love between men and women, but the love between partners who rely on and comfort each other."
Jiang Qingzhi spoke slowly, and Du He widened his eyes, "Uncle, this is..."
"Your father is a rough man and doesn't understand these things. But that's a real wealthy family with many rules. Everything is based on inheritance and family. Are you prepared?"
Jiang Qingzhi asked.
Du He didn't understand, but he realized Jiang Qingzhi's love for him, and he couldn't help but yell at his daughter: "Why aren't you talking?"
"Why are you yelling at the child?" Jiang Qingzhi asked dissatisfiedly.
"Isn't it because I'm worried that the child is too dull and that Lord Earl will be unhappy?" Du He seemed very enthusiastic about the marriage with the Duke's Mansion.
"Slave..." Du Juan said, "Dad said before that it is a rich place, but also a place where people are eaten..."
"When did my father say that we should eat people... Never mind, he said it." Du He scratched his head.
"Go on." Jiang Qingzhi said admiringly.
The girl quickly raised her head to glance at Jiang Qingzhi, then lowered her head and said, "I know that no matter who you marry, you have to be able to stand on your own feet in order to be invincible."
Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "It is rumored that Zhu Shitai is insane, aren't you afraid?"
This is a test... Xianzhang Marquis' Mansion is much inferior to the Duke's Mansion, and it can be considered as marrying up, so when Du He heard this, he smiled and thought, my daughter is not afraid of this.
"Not afraid."
"Why aren't you afraid?" Jiang Qingzhi wanted to use this question to see the girl's attitude.
"First, I believe that Master Bo will not harm me."
Hey!
Jiang Qingzhi glared at Du He, and Du He chuckled. "Secondly, I know this..."
"what?"
Jiang Qingzhi was puzzled.
The girl suddenly started to fight, stood in a horse stance, and used her strength from her feet... and her arms.
Exhale out loud.
"what!"
One punch!
The fist is awe-inspiring.
……
"how?"
Jiang Qingzhi went to the Duke's Mansion, and the old playboy and his wife urged him to ask questions.
"Bring some tea. Also, last time, Old Zhu, you said you had obtained an authentic work of Yan Zhenqing? Lend it to me to enjoy for a few days."
Zhu Xizhong knew that once the calligraphy and painting fell into Jiang Qingzhi's hands, it would never come back, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I give it to you."
Jiang Qingzhi said, "The girl I have chosen for Dalang is the eldest daughter of Xianzhang Hou Du He."
"Du He...this person." The Duke's wife looked at Zhu Xizhong.
"This person is good friends with Qingzhi." Zhu Xizhong said.
"What about the young lady?" Since they knew each other well, even if the Duke's wife felt that the girl was not a good match, she knew that Jiang Qingzhi would not betray her son.
"Zhen Jing, there's something here." Jiang Qingzhi pointed to his chest. "He's cheerful and quick, not the kind of taciturn person who can't say a word after being beaten three times."
"That's good. If a daughter-in-law comes who doesn't say a word all day, she will be embarrassed and I will feel uncomfortable." The Duke's wife coughed dryly, "Qingzhi, don't blame sister-in-law for that... Do you think this young lady is worthy of Dalang?"
The couple will have to go through it in person later, but they are a little disappointed with their own vision, so they want to hear Jiang Qingzhi's opinion.
Jiang Qingzhi said slowly: "What I am worried about is that Dalang is not worthy of that young lady."
……
The next day, the Duke's wife found an excuse to go out and quietly went to the restaurant she owned.
After just a glance at Du Juan and a few questions, the Duke's wife no longer had any doubts and immediately took off the bracelet on her wrist... This was given to her by the old Duke's wife.
Afterwards, both the host and the guests were happy, the two hostesses got a little tipsy, and each went home satisfied.
Ma took her daughter home and said happily as soon as she entered the door: "It's done!"
Du He, who was waiting for the news, stood up suddenly. "Great!" He said with a flushed face, "I didn't expect that we could marry into the Duke's Mansion. From now on, our family has reached a new level."
Ma said happily: "I have to thank Lord Chang Wei for this."
Du He said, "We are all family. When I go to war with Chang Wei Bo, I will definitely fight bravely against the enemy."
Du Juan looked at her happy parents and recalled the admiration and regret that Jiang Qingzhi had shown when he looked at her.
The Duke's wife returned home, and Zhu Xizhong was also waiting. When he saw her come in, he asked, "How is it?"
"Qingzhi really has good eyesight. That young lady is not stunningly beautiful, but she will have no problem managing the affairs of the mansion."
"it is good!"
Zhu Xizhong slammed the table. "Prepare for the wedding immediately."
……
"Done?"
"Yes! It's done."
Jiang Qingzhi, who succeeded in matchmaking for the first time in his life, looked a little bored.
"Why are you not satisfied, my husband?" Li Tian asked.
"It's not that I'm dissatisfied, it's that I'm too satisfied." Jiang Qingzhi looked at her belly, "Du He was rough and unrefined, but I didn't expect he had an outstanding daughter. I'm tempted by the thought of having a son."
Li Tian touched her belly and laughed. "My husband, you are joking. If the baby wants to get married, it will take more than ten years. It's too early!"
By then Du Juan would be thirty years old.
Jiang Qingzhi felt a little disappointed when he saw Li Tian playing with a jade pendant he had never seen before. "Where did this come from?"
"My mother prayed for me, saying that it would bless me to have a smooth delivery and that both mother and child would be safe."
Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "These... that's all, it's fine."
In his later life, he liked these things for a while. Whenever he visited temples and Taoist temples, he would buy a lot of them. His house was filled with half a drawer of pendants of gods and Buddhas. He was very interested in them at first, but later he forgot about them.
Li Tian's belly gradually expanded like a balloon.
The capital seemed peaceful and quiet, but small groups of troops came and went from time to time.
Food and grass began to gather. In the Armory, craftsmen were making flintlock rifles. From time to time, the sound of rifle testing could be heard...
In the martial arts school, the students were told that their studies were suspended and they were to return to their respective guard posts.
Fourteen-year-old Yang Sheng was a little confused. He joined the class halfway and had nowhere to go.
When the group broke up, Yang Sheng asked to see Ma Fang.
"This matter..." Among the martial arts, only Ma Fang knew about Yang Sheng's origins. "I'll go ask the teacher."
Jiang Qingzhi was a little embarrassed after hearing the news, "Fourteen years old... a little young."
Ma Fang said: "Yang Sheng is quite big and strong."
"I know." Jiang Qingzhi's dilemma was not limited to this. "His father died for his country, and he is the only child left. If anything happens to him..."
"Teacher, didn't Zhu Shitai also go to the Huben Zuowei?"
Jiang Qingzhi smiled, "Never mind, what does he mean?"
Ma Fang was somewhat appreciative. "Yang Sheng said that his father died for his country in the Great Wall, so I will go to the Great Wall to fight and bring my father's soul back to the Ming Dynasty!"
Jiang Qingzhi closed his eyes and said, "Tell that boy that I promised him."
(End of this chapter)
