Chapter 7 Drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle

I saw the curtain of the small sedan chair next to Ma Lincheng picked, a woman showed her face slightly, looked around with a smile, saw something fresh and interesting, beckoned to stop the sedan chair, ran out to touch it, and begged to buy it if she liked it, Ma Lincheng had a straight face, there was a displeasure, the woman smiled and coquettish, accompanied each other very much, the left sentence "husband", the right sentence "official" coquettishly, said some soft words grinding, Ma Lincheng waved his hand to pay.

Chang Sihao said: "That woman is Ma Zongbing's wife?"

"Well," Chen Shengyi brought the knife at his waist together, "People say that Mr. Ma is afraid of his wife, but looking at it today, it is not true." ”

Chang Sihao thought to himself: "This woman also looks quite beautiful, she doesn't look like a powerful shrew, how can Ma Zongbing be afraid of her?" and Chen Sheng glanced at each other, thought of recruiting the brave to resist the enemy, and said: "I don't know what they are going to do, let's follow and see." Chen Shengyi instructed his entourage to go to the comprador items, and the two of them followed unhurriedly in the crowd, secretly observing.

After walking around half of the commercial street, there were mostly prostitution brothels in front, and Mrs. Ma beckoned: "Official, the sedan chair window is too small, it is not convenient to see anything, I want to ride a horse." ”

Ma Lin said: "This time, we came out to bring all the soldiers, only my own one, how can I have a horse for you to ride?"

Mrs. said: "Then you get down and sit in the sedan chair, shall we change?"

Ma Lincheng frowned and said: "I'm a big man, how can I sit in a small tweed sedan chair, what kind of body can I become!"

Madame smiled: "That's better to ride a horse, I'll sit in front of you, and you will hold people." He got out of the sedan chair and came to the horse, and poked out his soft white hand.

Ma Lincheng had no choice but to pull her on the horse, with a slight knock under her feet, and the horse moved forward slowly. The lady leaned on his arms, smiling like a flower, and in the sound of clucking and charming hooves, as if the concubine was drunk, she pointed to the prostitute who was leaning on the railing on the side of the street: "Official, do you see if she is beautiful?" Ma Lincheng's face stiffened: "General." Madame said: "What about that?" Ma Lincheng glanced at it: "Make up for it." Madame snorted lightly and said in a low voice: "In front of me, you know how to pretend to be a person, the day before yesterday in the adult's house, what are you talking about in front of those two sisters?" Ma Lincheng lowered his voice with a bitter face: "Madam, there are many people on the street, you can save me some face." ”

Madame said: "The Tartars are very powerful, your miscellaneous soldiers only know how to drink wine and eat meat, and bully those poor people, how can they be their opponents? Go and lose their lives in vain, those Jianghu people usually don't take the court in their eyes, how can they obey your orders? Even if they can go together to resist the enemy, they can save their lives with martial arts when they see that the situation is not good, how can you still escape? Yu Yaoting is in order to sit firmly on his own, what kind heart will he have? Make two little sluts fascinate you, everything should be done, look at your little interest!"

Ma Lincheng tried his best to face the embarrassment, and said: "Madam, although Lao Yu is the counselor of military affairs and presses me, we know each other's roots, they are grasshoppers on a line, my little thing is in his heart, his little thing is in my hands, and I don't dare to force it, let's stay in Taiyuan with peace of mind." I have listened to you, so I will not speak of it again. ”

Since Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, he participated in military affairs as a civil minister, and the governor was in charge of the military and political affairs of a province, and was a "feudal official". At the beginning of Jiajing, under the auspices of Yang Tinghe, the lieutenant officers of various towns and guards were withdrawn, and the status of the general army was not as good as before, and most of the military affairs were under the overall command of the governor, but the two were still equal in the system. Chen Shengyi frowned secretly, thinking that the governor could not command the general army of the horse, and it seemed that the matter of forming a volunteer army was in vain. Chang Sihao's internal strength is deep at the moment, his ears and eyes are clear, although the people on the street are noisy, and he and his wife lowered their voices when they spoke, they were still sullen by him, and they were very disdainful in their hearts: "It turns out that the resistance is here, Ma Lincheng is such a big man, but it is really useless." ”

Madame smiled lightly, waved her hand, changed her tone, and said leisurely: "If you lead the troops to Datong, can you still see this prosperity in this life?" Ma Lincheng squinted at the faces of the prostitutes and was silent. Mrs. said: "Alas, it is normal for men to be lustful by nature, but if they are obsessed with sex and lose their lives, it is not only worthless, but also makes people laugh." If you are tired of facing me every day, after a few days I will pick a docile and beautiful one in the Yahuan for you to accept, that is, it is your own family, and you can't have any bad hearts. ”

Ma Lincheng's voice trembled: "Xiao'e, I'm not a thing! You are the only one in this world who sincerely treats me and thinks about me, but I go to do that despicable thing, don't say it, I don't want anyone, I only need you!"

Madame gently held his big hand holding the reins, and her voice was soft and a little sad: "Official, Xiao'e is sincere, I'm old, and I'm not as good-looking as before......"

Ma Lincheng hugged her and said, "Don't talk nonsense, you're only twenty-nine, you're beautiful." ”

"Alright," said the lady, who pinched him secretly, and sneered, "I see, you have to be a little more behaving in this street, so that the people can see what it looks like." ”

Ma Lincheng sniffed the fragrance of her hair and chuckled: "Whoever likes to watch it." ”

Madame leaned on his arms, squinting at the Qinglou women on both sides, with a faint smile on her face.

Ma Lincheng was intoxicated by the fragrance of her hair, and suddenly thought about it, and the stiffness on his body was felt, and he looked back at him and asked, "What are you thinking?" Ma Lincheng's eyes narrowed: "I just think it's a little strange, Lord Yu invited me to discuss matters, the guards around me are extremely strict, and the soldiers who are close to the window can't hear the conversation in the house, how did the matter of the two sisters come out and let your maid listen to it?" Chang Sihao heard it from afar, and his heart was also shocked, and he exchanged glances with Chen Shengyi, and a bad thought vaguely rose in his heart.

Madame chuckled and said, "If no one knows, unless you don't do it, someone from other houses will be able to see ...... if you buy those two women." She suddenly stopped, realizing a problem, even if someone knew that the governor had bought the pair of sister flowers, how would they know that they would use them to "entertain guests"? At that time, it was an important military and political matter, it was heavily guarded, and a secret room was formed in the house, how could anyone know what was going on inside, and it spread to the people, and it happened to reach the ears of my personal ring?

Ma Lincheng said: "Do you also feel strange? This matter is very strange. Unless someone was eavesdropping on the house at the time, it was impossible for the matter to leak out. ”

Madame said: "But didn't you say that at that time, hundreds of soldiers protected the front and back of the house, and even ants couldn't get close, how could anyone enter the house and find out the inside story?"

Ma Lincheng said coldly: "It is difficult for ordinary people to do it, but for those martial arts masters on the rivers and lakes, this matter is very easy." ”

Madame covered her lips and said, "So...... It's ......"

Chen Sheng always glanced at Chang Sihao, the two retreated, went to a teahouse, looked for a table and sat down, Chen Sheng looked solemn and silent. Chang Sihao knew that the news was eavesdropped by himself and Qi Beishan, and only told a few people in the Qin family that it was impossible for Qin Juexiang to go outside at home, and it was Qi Beishan, Gu Weixin and Mo Ruzhi who wanted to spread it, and if it wasn't for Qin Langchuan's instructions, they would definitely not dare. The intention of such a specific object as the Yahuan, which was so quickly and easily transmitted to Mrs. Ma, was even more obvious.

After a long time, Chen Shengyi spoke: "The governor wants to pressure each other with momentum, so that people have no way to refuse, Mrs. Ma is famous for being jealous of her husband, and the old lady does this, obviously trying to use her to drag the hind legs of General Ma's soldiers, and to draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle, in this way, it is their own people who have withdrawn the ladder, so we naturally don't need to organize people to participate in any volunteers, and the governor can't say anything." ”

Chang Sihao said: "When Lord Yu arrived at the house that day, Qi Beishan was not there, so he probably went out to do this." ”

Chen Sheng nodded, Qin Langchuan only informed Qi Beishan of this matter and asked him to do it, and he didn't discuss it, obviously he already had a sense of separation, and sighed: "With the temper and bloodiness of the old lady when he was young, he must go all out to fight the national disaster, but in his later years, he had a great heart to retreat, and he saw everything lightly, this time Ming Chengjun led the crowd to kill, the Qin family suffered a lot of losses, and his vitality was greatly damaged, and now he made such a decision, and he can't be blamed." ”

The two of them were silent for a long time, not knowing what to say. Chang Sihao's eyes were a little dazed: "Brother Chen, what is the country?"

Chen Sheng was stunned one by one.

Chang Sihao said: "What about repelling the Tartars? What is the use of keeping the emperor, ministers, and officials? Let them eat, drink, and have fun, fight with the party, and oppress the people? The Tartars come and go, and the common people have no good life, even if no one comes to rob them, but they work hard every day, and in the end, they will throw the grain and money they get into the tax bag? What is the country? Is it a border? Why do we want to guard it?"

Chen Sheng pondered for a long time and said slowly: "I have also thought about the question you asked, but there is no answer. I just felt that the Tartars were slaughtered everywhere they went, and it was too cruel to stop it, and it didn't seem to have much to do with the rise or fall of any country. He looked out the window, and his mind flew away: "In fact, the Tartars are also people, and the Han people are also people, and everything people do is for three words: to live." Everyone has the right to live, but it is not right to deprive others of their lives for their own survival. Chang Sihao nodded, thoughtful.

Chen Sheng collected his attention, his fingers meaninglessly twisted the button of the teacup, and continued: "When I was young and out of school, I had a dream...... I said to myself, I don't ask for fame in this life, I don't want to be a hermit, as long as I live freely in the world, when someone needs my help, I stretch out my hand, and when no one needs me, I walk away quietly, treat life as a journey, watch the scenery go by, let the years pass without sorrow, and face death without regret and guilt. ”

Chang Sihao said: "But you don't seem to have achieved it." ”

Chen Shengyi smiled lightly: "Maybe it's a naΓ―ve idea when I was young, a dream is a dream after all, not a reality." ”

Chang Sihao said: "Realization is reality." You didn't make it happen for another reason. ”

The two of them looked at each other, and there was no need to say a thousand words, Chen Shengyi had already read the words in his eyes.

Beauty is wrong for life at first sight!

Qin Menghuan already had a place in his heart.

Yan Linyuan, the great man who can only get a glimpse of one or two in people's words, doesn't know where he is, but he can make a person care about him all his life.

When a beauty sees it, it will be a mistake for life.

What has been watched for many years is just a light sigh, what kind of heart-warming erosion will be needed to make the two people's families finally become white-headed!

Is it that youth and life are cruelly exhausted like this?

Beauty, at first sight, lifelong ......

...... Mistake?

"Hahahaha!"

Chen Shengyi suddenly laughed out loud and laughed very heartily.

"Thought determines action, how you live, it all depends on yourself, what does it have to do with others, using women as an excuse, not your husband's doing!"

Chang Sihao solemnly raised his lamp: "Brother Chen, up and down the Qin family, I only respect you." ”

Chen Sheng looked at him, and a smile appeared in his eyes: "The tea is too light, Xiaohao, let's go drink!"