Section 18: Heavy Snow on the Western Expedition
When Yun Ye entered the palace, there were eight people, and when he left the palace, there were only Yun Ye and his wife, and the little girl was left in the palace by the Yin Concubine to accompany her, Yun Shou didn't know how to coax the eldest grandson, anyway, he took his younger brothers and sisters to play in the palace for two days, mainly because I heard that Li Tai had researched something called fireworks, and I heard that it was beautiful and abnormal at night.
Going to Lao Cheng's house without bringing the children made Lao Cheng very unhappy, and the five strings of gold coins were casually handed over to Yun Ye, he originally wanted to hang the children around his neck, and he had long lost that interest in hanging Yun Ye, and now only soft and fragrant dolls are what Lao Cheng likes to see the most.
When others came to Lao Cheng's house, there were still a few plates of decent dishes, but when Yun Ye and his wife came, they cooked a big pot of bones, one table for men and one table for women, gnawing bones around the table, no matter how you look at it, it looks like the New Year's dinner of the savage era. Mrs. Cheng is used to it, Xin Yue is also used to it, Qinghe was not used to it before, and after marrying into the Cheng family, she is used to it, and now she is grabbing a big bone and eating it.
Yun Ye sprinkled salt and pepper on the bones, and the two bones rubbed each other, so that the salt and pepper were evenly smeared on the two bones, don't say it, although eating like this is rough, it has a unique flavor.
Cheng Chuliang has already married, his husband is Yuan Zhang, Mr. Yuan Zhang's little granddaughter who is like a baby was given disaster by him, this family business was forced by Yuan Zhang Lao Cheng to agree, from the next hire to the marriage less than half a month, Yun Ye didn't have time to attend the wedding, this is no way, if you don't get married, the little girl's belly will be pregnant.
This incident made Lao Cheng proud for more than half a year, and he was able to be forced by a generation of Wenzong to force his Cheng family to marry a little girl, and the Cheng family had this glory, because of this, Mr. Yuan Zhang was almost angry to death, Cheng was beaten three times by Mr. Yuan Zhang before the year, and when the child was born after the year, it is estimated that he will be beaten several times.
Cheng Chubi is a good boy. Si Swenwen, a high-achieving student from the academy, is now training in the household department, many wealthy families have the willingness to marry, Lao Cheng heard that the emperor intends to marry the princess, so Lao Cheng's family rejected all the wealthy families. It is said that it will be said in a few years, and it will have to wait for the emperor to react before making a decision.
Cheng Chuliang has begged Yun Ye several times, he wants to go to the Lingnan Water Division to mingle, mainly to avoid Mr. Yuan Zhang, according to him, those beatings are not light, if Mr. Yuan Zhang starts, he doesn't care at all, but Mr. Yuan Zhang invited Mr. Tongueless to be the executioner, so running to Lingnan to hide is the best choice.
Yun Ye took chopsticks and poked out the pig's bone marrow little by little. Meimei took two sips and said to Cheng Yanjin: "Uncle, what do you think of Chu Liang's trip to the Lingnan Sailor?" He is already hanging on the idle post of the lieutenant of Zhechong, and he is a seventh-grade official, this little nephew can still do it, let him go to Yang Yueming's hands for a few years, and then talk about other arrangements, your old man thinks that such an arrangement is suitable or not. ”
Hearing Yun Ye talk about himself, Cheng Chuliang immediately threw down his bones. He sat up straight, staring at his father without blinking. He very much hoped that his father would agree. Cheng Chumo also punched his younger brother on the shoulder to congratulate him.
Lao Cheng took a sip of wine and said slowly: "What's not to worry about going to be a soldier under your hands, the old man, not now, how can you wait for Mr. Yuanzhang to clean up the evil spirit, the rabbit cub has done a shame, and he has no responsibility." If you want to run a long way to hide, this is not good, the Cheng family is not a bad breed, and if you dare to make Su Su's belly bigger, you must be responsible. Mr. Yuanzhang didn't dip the two of them in the pig cage, which was already open to the net. ”
Yun Ye nodded, pretending not to see Cheng Chuliang's dead-like face, Lao Cheng was right to deal with it like this, he had to dissolve Mr. Yuanzhang's anger, Yun Ye didn't dare to think about what kind of mood a person like Mr. Yuanzhang was when he heard that his granddaughter was unmarried and pregnant, and the five thunders were just like that.
In this way, the first thing the old gentleman thought about was not to cover up, but to pinch Lao Cheng's neck and ask his family to come to the door immediately to ask for marriage, which shows that he really likes Su Su to the bones, and for the sake of his granddaughter's future, he doesn't want the old face. As for asking Mr. Wu Tongue to punish Cheng Chuliang with a punishment such as splitting his muscles and bones afterwards, it is indeed not a big deal.
Cheng Chuliang saw that his fate had been finalized, so he could only sigh and continue to pick up the bones and gnaw, thinking of Mr. Tongueless's perverted and terrifying torture methods, even if he ate dragon liver and phoenix marrow, he had no appetite.
"I'm not worried about Chu Liang, it's just a little torture, there's no harm, Uncle is worried about Chu Mo, he has a tendon in his brain, and he wants to really fight on the battlefield in this life, but it's a pity, his luck is not good, His Majesty Xià He didn't catch up with the Eastern Expedition, and he didn't catch up with you in the South China Sea, Wuzhou is remote, the people are simple, there is no war there, he doesn't want to stay there, he broke the leg of the assassin and ran back, it was originally the sin of killing the head, and it was covered by His Majesty, and he didn't listen to what the old man said, You are brothers, you should be more effective than me, who is an old man, if you have nothing to do, talk about him more, and don't dare to make mistakes. ”
Yun Ye smiled and toasted Lao Cheng with a glass of wine and said, "Look, in less than three years, there will definitely be a fierce battle in Datang, and Chu Mo will stay in the capital, and we may all fight when the time comes." ”
Lao Cheng glanced at Yun Ye in astonishment and said, "Tell me, what's going on, why didn't the old man feel that there would be a big war in three years, who would be the opponent?" Korea? Tibetan? No way! “
Cheng Yanjin saw it very accurately, no one around Datang dared to say a word of nonsense, the entire oriental world was looking at Li Er's face, no one, absolutely no one dared to make a mistake.
"In the spring, the grain and grass and the replaced blades that I supported the Turkic expedition to the west will be handed over to the Turks, and those people surnamed Zhaowu Jiu, they want to march westward, and the imperial court is supportive, and if you give some grain and grass, you can vacate the grasslands and deserts, and it is very cost-effective to leave enough strategic buffer space for my Datang, and the direct consequence of this is that Tubo is surrounded by the Tang Dynasty on three sides, and we can't go up the plateau, but they don't want to rush down."
Lao Cheng thought for a while and said: "The old man knows about this, it is the matter of the savages, what do they have to do with us, if the two don't help each other and watch the excitement, do you want to send your own children to help those Turks?" It's good to be dead. ”
"Uncle, you can't say that, the little nephew dares to bet, the Turks can't beat the big cannibals, they will inevitably be stopped in the plateau, when they can't enter, when they can't retreat, they will ask for help from our court, Your Majesty will definitely agree to the westward expedition, the perennial peace is very unfavorable to a country's military, whether your majesty is for the purpose of military training, or for the force of the Tang Dynasty, the western expedition is inevitable, the great eater of the caliph wants to let Allah's glory shine all over the world, which is the consequence of this invasion of people's hearts for His Majesty, It's worse than encroaching on the land, once you let it go, let the big cannibals kill the Turks, the big cannibals will become the new neighbors of the Tang Dynasty, if such a neighbor appears, with His Majesty's temperament, what do you think will happen? ”
"His majesty will snatch his wife and children's house and turn it into his own, and then bury this neighbor in the soil to feel at ease. Do you mean to let Chumo participate in the matter of sending food and grass supplies to the Turks? Cheng Yanjin knocked on the table and asked Yun Ye.
"Yes, do things to the head, when the time comes, it is a logical thing to participate in the war, the little nephew estimates that this is almost the last vicious battle of the Tang Dynasty, after this war, there will be no war in the West for a hundred years."
Cheng Chu looked at his father silently, if he couldn't get enough military merits in this battle, he would be unknown for the rest of his life.
"You're going too? If you also go to your brother on the battlefield to have a care, this is very important, looking back on the old man's life of the battle, only when there is a brother around him who is really at ease, the old man will let go, otherwise, the old man will definitely leave three points of strength to prepare to retreat, only if you two go to the old man will rest assured that you will go to the west. Lao Cheng's face is very solemn, he himself is a veteran of the war for a long time, how can he not know the truth that three hundred miles will be the general, this westward expedition, the road alone is enough to travel thousands of miles, there is no need to march, just after walking this road, the army will lose more than thirty percent, this is still a conservative estimate, not to mention that you still need to fight with the strongest enemy, without a reassuring partner Lao Cheng will not let Cheng Chumo take risks anyway, for the sake of military merit to lose the eldest son is a catastrophe.
Yun Ye stood up and opened the window to look at the snow flying outside and said to himself: "My soul may have been lost in the northwest, I want to look for it, these days I always dream of the Gobi, the desert, the grass of the grass, and the tall poplar, so I want to go and see, Wangcai always calls to the west, it also wants to go to the west, I and Wangcai encouraged each other to come out of the wasteland, I always feel that I have lost something, so ah, I must go to the west, whether I can find my soul or not, at least I have found it, I can also comfort myself, Wangcai is fourteen years old this year, and if I don't go to the west in the past few years, I'm worried that it won't be able to move. ”
The heavy snow poured into the window, and also fell on Yun Ye's face, he touched his face, his face was wet, I don't know if it was tears or snow, he was keenly aware of the possibility of the Western Expedition from the beginning of the Turkic Western Expedition, until the three provinces agreed to the Turkic request recently, this is very sure that the Western Expedition is coming, he really wants to go to the wasteland of Longyou again, wants to go to the spring to see, dig underneath, see if he can find the way back, he really wants to go back to see. How did he come to Datang from the puddle in the first place?
Cheng Chumo patted Yun Ye on the shoulder and comforted him: "No matter what you lose, I will help you find it, if you can't find it, we will rob it, no matter who has it, we will snatch it back for him, until we can't fit it too much!" (To be continued......)
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