Devil’s Advent

Chop green onions, put them in the bottom of the bowl, cover with hot rice, add a tablespoon of lard and drizzle with soy sauce, then stir thoroughly, and finally, serve with a plate of dried salted radish and pickled ginger.

Zheng Fan picked up the spoon, took a sip, and put it into his mouth. The fragrance overflowed and he was extremely satisfied.

It's just that, after the first spoonful, you have to stop for the second spoonful.

Lord Zheng Hou admitted that if he came to such a big bowl of lard bibimbap when he was marching and fighting, it would definitely be a dream to wake up with laughter, but it is a pity that his stomach is not short of oil and water on weekdays , It’s easy to get tired of doing this bowl of rice directly.

On the contrary, a few men dressed in vigorous clothes on the two opposite tables ate deliciously,

oh,

correct,

And Fan Li, who was sitting next to him, had finished his big bowl of lard bibimbap.

Then wipe your chin,

He looked at himself, the master, aggrieved.

Lord Zheng Hou smiled, and shouted to the woman who was busy over there:

"Three more bowls."

"Okay!" The woman quickly started to prepare.

Fan Li showed a satisfied and expectant smile.

Here, it’s not really a facade, it’s just an alley on the street. There are tables and chairs on both sides of the alley against the wall, and a woman runs the business there.

"Is it delicious?"

Zheng Fan looked at the Juggernaut sitting beside him.

The Juggernaut chewed slowly and said:

"Can."

"Um."

Since Master Zheng asked about it, he ate another spoonful. Fortunately, the pickled ginger was crisp and refreshing, and it could suppress the greasy gas.

Sitting on the small table behind Master Zheng was an old man. In front of the old man was a pot of wine, a plate of peanuts, and a plate of dried tea.

The most important thing is that beside the old man, there is a small screen-like thing as a cover, plain and clean, but no matter what, it gives people a feeling of nondescriptness.

And every time the old man takes a sip of wine, he touches his goatee, shakes his head slightly or nods slightly, as if he has already seen through the affairs of the world of mortals or just realized some principles of heaven and earth.

Lord Zheng Hou had seen this kind of expression a lot.

When I was in Fengxin City, I don’t know where it came from that Lord Pingxi likes to come out to eat soup pancakes near the Houfu, so every day there are many scholars who are "underappreciated" or "ambitious" or so-called aliens. The doctor was in the soup pancake shop, and he kept doing this kind of action while eating pancakes.

It's just that Lord Zheng Hou is lazy, and he doesn't have the intention to learn from Qin Xiaogong's collusion with Shang Yang, or Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched cottage. He came out to make tooth sacrifices just for tooth sacrifices. As for recruiting and selecting talents, it was basically done by blind people.

So, those people are really putting on a show for the blind.

This meal, Zheng Houye really can't eat it, it's too solid, and the ingredients are enough, he is worried that if he eats it, he will get sick. This body is already a fifth-rank master, but as long as it is not in war, it still looks like Some squeamish.

At this time, He Chu came over, holding a large pot of rice in his hand, and helped to put it on the small stove.

The woman took out the handkerchief, and wiped the sweat off He Chu's forehead intimately.

Yes,

He Chu got married.

He married a woman from the clan.

But it is not a direct clan;

Although the emperor of the Ji family is now in sole power, it will definitely not make the Ji family as depressed as the Juggernaut sitting next to Zheng Fan when he was a child. There is not much difference, it is nothing more than that you can pick up a name on the genealogy.

But neither powerful nor bureaucratic.

When the first emperor was in power, the power and responsibility of receiving money and food from the clan's mansion was transferred to the household department. This was an act of digging the foundation of the clan. When the new emperor was the prince, he was in charge of the household department. ;

Looking at the fact that the prince conferred by the deposed prince turned out to be an uncle, it can be seen that the new emperor will inherit the tradition of the former emperor and continue to reduce the status and expenses of the clan.

Therefore, if the Yu family is not as good as a dog because of the decline of imperial power, then the Ji family has become a real dog because the imperial power is too strong without the help of these poor relatives.

But no matter what, the clan is the clan after all, and clan girls are still different from ordinary girls.

The daughter of this family was fined two hundred taels of silver because her father had an accident on an errand, but the family had no money left to pay the fine, so as a last resort, it was included in the bride price.

Usually, clan girls don’t have to worry about getting married, so they lower their eyes and can always find some good families among the people. Even though the dowry money was worth it, he didn't dare to really wade into this muddy water.

At that time, the late emperor was still being raised in the back garden, and the princelings and the Liuye party were fighting fiercely. The people below were actually not very able to participate, but this did not affect a wave coming down to shoot them to death.

Therefore, it is impossible to marry.

Old He Tou has been giving He Chu a wife. His request is very simple. It is best for the daughter-in-law to be able to read and write.

When the matchmaker came to invite him, he asked his son to go for a match. At the beginning, he only heard from the matchmaker that she was a daughter of the clan, a lady of every family, and that the family was short of money and fined her husband.

Old Hetou thought it was good, and it was a bargain.

The family background in Nan'an County has been brought to Beijing, and the business of selling pork in Beijing has always been good, and there are no local hooligans or government servants coming to rip off.

Two hundred taels of silver, hey, Old Hetou can really afford it!

the most important is,

Although Old He Tou usually keeps silent and strictly forbids his son to speak, in fact, he has always had confidence in his heart. He usually goes to teahouses to listen to stories, and listens to people's stories in the streets and alleys, and he also understands;

Or, the family will finish with my uncle;

Or, go to heaven with my uncle;

My uncle went to heaven, he didn't want to follow, but at least, I have something to rely on, right?

I don't expect my uncle to give me a final blow, he can't bear it;

But at least you won't watch yourself have no money to buy medicine when you are seriously ill, right?

Therefore, he was really willing to spend money.

The clan family was shabby and settled down, and they had been worrying about money to punish the public. They had nowhere to go at all. When they heard a family patted their chests and said that it could be settled, hey, don't mention how refreshing it is.

The process of Yishui is rushed, and I can't wait to hand over the money and hand over others.

finally,

Married.

When they got married, the palace gave a gift without saying anything.

But the next day, old Hetou asked He Chu to return these original items, and added a sieve of red egg oil with worry-free noodles.

The daughter-in-law's surname is Ji, and her name is Bihe.

On the second day after marrying into the He family, they started to make breakfast for the two of them. There was a serious mistress in the small courtyard, and life was really warm.

The daughter-in-law is capable, and she set up a lard bibimbap stall by herself. It is just opposite the He's pork shop. Although they are all low-level businessmen, they make a lot of money. This lard is originally produced and sold on its own.

After He Chu got married, his life finally settled down. He ran back and forth between the two shops every day, helping wherever he was busy.

Thanks to the care of He’s Pork Shop, oh no, to be precise, because this is a branch of He’s Pork Shop, so this soy sauce bibimbap shop has no rogues, government officials, and officials who dare to make trouble. .

day,

Just live in a prosperous atmosphere.

But who knew that within half a month of getting married, the daughter-in-law's grandfather would come to her door.

Naturally, the old man's surname is also Ji, with the word "Guang" in his name, so Old Hetou called him "Old Guangtou".

The old Guangtou came, bringing the deed of the house with him.

He originally lived with his eldest son in Nanwang City, but when he heard that something happened in his hometown, the capital, he came back immediately. After he came back, he learned that his second son had given away his granddaughter to him in order to pay the penalty. After cashing it out, relying on other people's dowry money to collect money, I almost died of anger.

But people are already married, what else can they do?

Old Guangtou was a tough-tempered man, holding a knife across his neck, forcing his second son to take out the house deed after the division of the family. This is the old house in Beijing, which is their ancestral house. Big, but at least it is worth three or four hundred taels of silver.

The old man directly mortgaged the house deed here, and said when he would collect the two hundred taels of dowry in arrears and send it over, and when he would take back the house deed.

If you can't get it together, then this house deed belongs to your He family, and you should sign it.

It was a lively day,

The second son has a dull temper and doesn't like to talk after committing crimes, but the main wife and a little aunt are particularly noisy.

Even Bihe said that she was raising money from a branch shop, but was scolded by the old man back, saying that granddaughter, you are a member of the He family when you marry into the He family. reason? This is what your father owes you. Your father is useless, so grandpa will take care of it for you.

In the end, the deed remained in the He family.

It's also a strange thing, one month after getting married, Bihe's dull father who had committed crimes unexpectedly got a new job and moved into the imperial city as a guard.

In fact, the guards in the palace have a tradition of being selected from the honorable families of the clan. After all, people with the same surname are trustworthy, and it is also a kind of welfare among relatives. Thinking that such a good thing suddenly fell?

Now, there is hope for the life of the family, and the dowry is no longer in the foreseeable future.

And this old Guangtou, who came and went with old Hetou, is also familiar with him.

Old He Tou knows how to be a man,

Old Guangtou can also be a man,

The old Guangtou likes to drink some wine at his granddaughter's shop every afternoon when he has nothing to do.

Bring your own wine, a small plate of peanuts and a small plate of dried tea for your granddaughter and grandson-in-law. In his words, at least I fed this granddaughter snacks when I was young, and I deserve it when I get old.

so,

On Zheng Houye's table, when Fan Li killed three more bowls of lard bibimbap and ordered another three bowls,

Old Hetou came, first kicked his son to tell him not to go to the pork shop with his wife, and then sat down with his in-laws grandfather, grabbed a handful from his pocket and didn't know what it was The dried fruit or melon seeds from the shop next door were put on the table, and the daughter-in-law added another small wine glass, and the two old men sat there and began to drink.

In fact, the two old men have a different generation, but they still treat each other as equals.

The old Guangtou is from the clan, and he stayed in Nanwang City, so he is considered "well-informed", and he loves bragging, so he likes to talk to people;

As for old He Tou, he used to go to Ceng Teahouse to listen to stories, but now he even saved money for tea.

One loves to blow, the other loves to listen, perfect match.

"Dear family, I used to hear people say that I am happy, old man. I still don't believe it. Now, I have to believe it. Look, my second son has now been promoted to the captain of the palace guard. My eldest son also sent a letter. In Nanwang City, he served as a grain transport officer.

oops,

Originally, this house looked like it was about to break down. Who would have imagined that this is only less than half a year old, and the wind direction is different. "

"That is, that is."

Old He Tou nodded with a smile.

Your son was promoted,

My son-in-law has also been promoted,

This official can, the emperor.

The new monarch succeeds to the throne, as Ji Chengjue, the sixth prince of Dayan, and the former concubine He, who is named empress.

After hearing the news,

Old He Tou and He Chu, the two of them sat together, facing each other, and sat for the whole night without leaving the stall.

Bihe was so scared that he thought that both father and son had bumped into guests.

"Oh, right now, His Majesty has just succeeded to the throne, so it's not peaceful. You said, I, the dignified Prime Minister of Dayan, was intercepted and killed by that barbarian on the street.

The barbarian who killed it today! "

Zheng Houye on the other side was quite interesting.

The old man added another sentence:

"This barbarian who gave birth to a son without a son!"

"..." Lord Zheng Hou.

Old Hetou nodded and said, "So, is there going to be another war?"

The old man waved his sleeves,

road:

"Isn't that true, the minister of a country, in-laws, do you know how big an official is the minister of a country? That's the real one under one person and above ten thousand people.

How can I swallow my words when I suffer such a great humiliation?

Your Majesty has issued an edict,

Order the two princes of the north and the south to go to Beifeng County to lead the army to conquer the barbarians immediately, and they must pay their debts in blood! "

"Are the two kings of the North and the South going?" Old Hetou asked.

"I've gone, I'm in a hurry, it's impossible to open any more conscripting ceremony, but, alas, in-laws, the desert, have you been there?"

"No, have you been there?"

"When I was young, I got a lucky errand, and I went there once. The desert, Dali, I haven't entered yet, just on the edge, and glanced at it. Damn it, it's all sand, endless sand.

These barbarians are in the sand. In fact, it is not difficult to beat them. The problem is that they can run away.

well,

Not surprisingly,

There's going to be another big fight. "

"That's right, we're going to fight again."

There is going to be another war.

This was the first reaction of the people of Yan State after hearing the edict of the new king declaring war.

fight,

The main army is okay, there is a ready-made one in Beifeng County, and outside the capital, there is also a Zhenbei army available at any time.

But the problem is,

A large-scale battle will inevitably require the mobilization of a large number of civilians and auxiliary soldiers, and the recruitment of a large amount of food and grass.

Everyone's life is already difficult now, and there will be another big war, how should we go on living?

but then,

Not many people complained,

Everyone doesn't want to fight anymore, because it's really unbearable to fight any longer, but everyone doesn't object to fighting, because it's going to fight barbarians.

Leaving aside the prerequisites for Zaifu being killed,

Yu Yan,

It is politically correct for the court to come from the people and fight against the barbarians!

No one dared to dissuade the emperor at this time, to reform with the people, to swallow his anger, and to take it slowly.

No one would dare, much less would.

For hundreds of years, the people of Yan have already understood a truth from countless bloody battles with the barbarians. They must not take a step back when dealing with the barbarians!

As for the anti-war sentiment, it really didn't take off;

If the new emperor issued an edict at this time, and then used the power of the whole country to attack Gan or attack Chu, the people would really be unable to bear it.

But the target is the barbarian,

Complain to complain, sigh to sigh,

But the old Yan people still do what they should do. Those who are ready to be drafted are enlisted, those who are ready to serve as civilian husbands, and even the bureaucratic system at all levels has started to operate spontaneously. Can be young and strong.

Lao Yan is also a human being,

When the first emperor was in power, he was already exhausted from years of fighting. If he went on an expedition to another country, he would definitely be war-weary.

But the problem is,

When the barbarians don't fight, the barbarians rise up,

The home of the Yan people will inevitably be affected, and the land of the Yan people will also be ignited by the flames of war.

Are you tired of fighting?

beat,

You can only fight!

Dayan, now is a gigantic beast that looks powerful on the outside, but is actually extremely tired, but at this moment, it still instinctively begins to wipe its fangs, ready to pounce on, its old neighbor to the west.

The cloud of war has begun to gather along with the edict of the new king.

At this time, He Chu deserted from the butcher's stall again to visit his wife.

"Chu, when it's time for recruitment, you can go too and beat the barbarians." The old Guangtou shouted to his grandson-in-law.

Old He nodded first,

road:

"Okay, he should go."

He is an uncle,

His sister-in-law is the emperor of Dayan,

Old Hetou thinks,

Dayan is going to fight, he should be the first to fight.

People, even the old Guangtou, who seems to know a lot of inside information, actually can't calculate the date when these things happened.

The prime minister died, and the new king was furious. He first killed the barbarian missions in Honglu Temple, and then issued an edict to attack the barbarians.

After waiting, the result came, but no one could figure it out clearly. There seemed to be something wrong with the distance and time.

Zheng Fan forced another mouthful of lard bibimbap,

close your eyes,

swallowed.

Seeing this scene, the Juggernaut said:

"Precious."

"That is."

Lord Zheng Hou didn't hide anything.

at this time,

A group of cavalry with colorful flags behind them rode their horses from the capital and shouted:

"Great victory, great victory, the two princes broke through the royal court and killed countless barbarian kings and barbarian nobles!"

"Great victory, great victory, the king's court is destroyed, and Jingguan is forged!"

"Victory in the desert, the barbarian king was beheaded!"

for a while,

on the street,

No matter the rich and powerful, Qianshou, all cheered wildly, and with the continuous spread of the news of the great victory, the capital city of Dayan, which was still immersed in the atmosphere of sadness of losing the emperor a while ago, suddenly became a sea of ​​noise.

following,

It is the voice of the people spontaneously shouting long live.

This is an exciting victory, and its significance can even surpass victories against other countries.

The Yan people felt at this time,

Their emperor, is gone,

but,

Their emperor is actually still there!

Zheng Houye pushed away the remaining half bowl of lard bibimbap with some distaste.

laughed:

"Oh, I'm so worried."

"Before, you were more determined than anyone else, and you spoke with certainty. You never thought of the possibility of losing." The sword master said.

"War, how can there be no risk? I am also worried that if I talk too much, I will plant too many flags, and I will be slapped in the face, hehehe."

The Juggernaut shook his head.

Lord Zheng Hou clapped his hands,

road:

"Okay, the battle is won, and the royal court is also destroyed.

hehe,

Lao Tian,

Should be back soon too. "