Shu Chen

Chapter 159
The days in mid-spring are still very short.

When Emperor Liu Chan and his entourage crossed the Zouma River, and the city of Chengdu came into view, the sunset was already a thousand miles away in the sky.

Zheng Pu couldn't help smiling when he got the emperor's doubt that "there is no hatred in his heart".

How can there be no hatred in his heart!
There are two people who have nothing to do with each other, but this old thief has repeatedly provoked and slandered him, which is intolerable!

Hiding and not revealing it today is just a strategy of revenge that has not yet been thought out, and the opportunity to let it fall has not yet been waited.

In the face of such a vicious dog, if the injury is not fatal, wouldn't it usher in more attacks?
"I have hatred in my heart."

With a chuckle, Zheng Pu said slowly, "People are not plants, and I am not a sage. How can I not have hatred in my heart when the chariot general humiliated me for no reason? However, this matter is a personal grudge between me and him; and he Hurting people with words is a disadvantage in virtue and conduct, not a violation of national law. Although I hate it, how can I ask Liu Jun to rule it?"

"That's a great word!"

After hearing this, Emperor Liu Chan clapped his palms and praised, "Zijin distinguishes between public and private, which is really heart-wrenching! I have heard that both the government and the public say that Zijin's nature is similar to that of Fa Xiaozhi in the past, but this is not the case today. Repaying personal grievances with power, but Zijin does not."

After praising Zheng Pu, before Zheng Pu could speak modestly, he raised his eyebrows slightly, showing a trace of joking, "However, Confucius said to repay kindness with kindness, and repay grievances with honesty. Since Zijin hated him, he didn't know what to do with it." Report it?"

"Unjust is doomed to destruction!"

Zheng Pu nodded and smiled, "If one day he breaks the law, I will definitely write a letter to ask Liu Jun to rule him! At that time, I will also ask Liu Jun to see that my wife is the queen's sister, and the punishment will be more severe."

Uh.
Can't help, the emperor was dumbfounded after hearing this.

Just now he praised him for distinguishing between public and private, and then he uttered favoritism.

But, it feels so good.

Because Zheng Pu gave him the impression that he was regarded as a flesh and blood person first, and then as a respected monarch.

This is also a feeling that is difficult for him to experience.

For example, the senior prime ministers Zhuge Liang, Li Yan, Zhao Yun, and Wei Yan, or Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Fei Yi, and Dong Yun who followed successively, although they all loved him, kissed him, respected him, admired him, and feared him. he.
But that's because he is the Son of Heaven.

So they just regarded him as a monarch.

Everyone is persuading and admonishing him, when the great man is in decline, how should he be a capable monarch, not to let down the difficulties of the first emperor in starting a business and the prestige of the great man for 400 years.

Although, this is his unshirkable responsibility.

However, he is a person who eats all kinds of grains and has all kinds of emotions and six desires first, and then he is a monarch.

Especially since he's still young.

He has never experienced the angry horses in fresh clothes, the youthful and frivolous, and the high-spirited and willful actions that belonged to the young man.When he was appointed as the crown prince, he lost all the emotions and desires of ordinary people, and could only study hard and prepare how to be a good monarch.

Day after day, year after year.

Due to the long-term depression, he would occasionally have the urge to leave.

Such as stealing half a day of leisure in the floating life, letting go of all thoughts, and quietly feeling the cycle of four seasons of spring breeze, summer rain, autumn frost, winter snow.Or temporarily take off the identity of the monarch, substitute yourself into another role, and experience the difference of another life.

The world is wide, and life is long.

While working hard to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, occasionally letting the ambition take a break is also for a better start.

For example, you can calm down, look back at the road you have traveled, and think about the journey you are about to embark on.

To make up for the gaps and omissions, the lessons learned from the past are the teachers of the future.

However, he is the son of heaven who represents the shepherds of heaven and who is said to be lonely and widowed.

So passively or actively erased many human desires.

Only Zheng Pu dared to make jokes with him, and talked with jokes, which made him have a faint feeling of being friends with each other.

Perhaps, Zijin herself is not aware of it.

This son treats people and things with a faint respect of "each other is born as human beings", and then distinguishes them by talents, family background, identity, status, good and evil, and so on.

Emperor Liu Chan made a vague conclusion in his heart.

Naturally, he misunderstood.

Because in Zheng Pu's subconscious mind, there is no difference between people.

A hundred years later, they will all be dry bones in a cup of loess.

What is the difference between high and low?
The trajectories of life are different, but everyone is equal before death.

Furthermore, those who are poor and poorly buried can return to ashes to ashes.

And those who were born to be dignitaries and dignitaries cannot escape the fate of being dug up after being buried in the earth for thousands of years.

For example, Dong Zhuo ordered Lu Bu to excavate the imperial tomb, or the author Cao Cao set up an official position to extract artifacts, or Sun Quan made people search for Zhao Tuo's tomb all over the mountains and plains after he occupied Jiaozhou.Born noble, why complacent!

There was a brief silence.

The son of heaven, who had been thinking so much, suddenly showed a smile.

Anyway, Liu Yan, the chariot and cavalry general, was the late emperor's guest, not his guest.

"Since Zijin has already asked for a word, I can't refuse, so I agree."

Emperor Liu Chan waved his hand, "If there is such a day, he will be dealt with severely on the grounds of not cultivating virtue."

"good!"

Zheng Pu smiled openly, and said softly, "Liu Jun, a gentleman can't chase after a word."

"Hahaha~~~"

Such words also made the emperor Liu Chan smile a lot, raised his eyebrows and joked, "Could it be that Zijin wants to high-five me as an oath?"

But Zheng Pu didn't speak, just raised his hand.

"Snapped!"

A loud high-five, accompanied by laughter, floated on the way home under the glorious light.

In the treetops of the moon, everything is silent.

In the small house of the Zheng family in the west of the city, the moonlight shines in through the window curtains, casting a jagged white cast.

It also made Fu Qian, who was ashamed in his heart, even more sleepless.

After returning from the outing, Zheng Pu called him to the study to teach him a lesson.

It's not that he was angry that he reported his hatred of "Scar Pu" to the emperor privately; it was that he had learned the art of war for several years, and that he didn't have a steady style when dealing with things, and didn't think about the future.

"There is a saying in "Book of Zhou" that 'if you want to lose, you must help him; if you want to take it, you must give it to you.' Today, the chariot general insulted me. When it is not yet curable, what is the point of you giving it to the emperor? ?For example, when two armies are facing each other, and the enemy is not yet victorious, why not be patient first, and lure them to make mistakes again, hoping to win a decisive battle?"

"General Cheqi is an old minister of the first emperor. If I argue with him in anger, even if I win the fight, I will be rewarded with a reputation of revenge. Instead of hurting both sides, why not wait for the opportunity? If you plan on the enemy, you must first plan on yourself. If you cannot protect yourself , What's the point of hurting the enemy?"

"The chariot general does not practice virtue, so he will inevitably have more grievances with others. This is an opportunity for us to take advantage of. A little trickery can be used to kill someone with a knife. Why report it to the emperor? If the emperor writes a letter If I blame him, I will definitely scare the snake and make him wary, so I can still repay the evil?"

"Furthermore, now that the imperial court is gathering its troops to go out of Liangzhou, the prime minister is working day and night. Although I have been humiliated, how can I worry about the prime minister because of private affairs?"

"Gongyuan's remarks this time, although out of good intentions, are not sincere. In the future, we should take them as a warning!"

All the words of responsibility and teaching were uttered with a bit of anger and indisputable regret.

Moreover, Zheng Pu didn't hide it, and he was preparing for the ruthless heart that would make Liu Yan irreversible.

He also clarified his expectation for Fu Chen, that everything must be planned and acted, and that one day he can grow into a commander who thinks about every detail!
Such a heart-to-heart lecture, full of high expectations, naturally made Fu Qian ashamed.

I feel that I have failed to live up to Zheng Pu's all-encompassing teachings over the years.

Fortunately, he is still young and still has the opportunity to move forward.

But now he is tossing and turning, it is Zheng Pu's instruction and gave him a test.

Said: "You will be ten to six in a few months. I wanted to ask the emperor to entrust you with the duty to join the army to practice when I came back to Chengdu. However, after this incident, I know that your knowledge is not enough for the job, so I just leave it here. Let it go. And when you reported this matter to the emperor, you claimed that you couldn't get over it. Then, I will give you a chance, and you come to take revenge for insulting me by the chariot general. You don't need to tell me what to do. When it is done, I will ask the emperor to give you the authority to lead the army."

Master and apprentice are like father and son.

Zheng Pu regarded his own humiliation as a test, and entrusting it to him to take revenge is also not unavoidable.

This made Fu Qian both excited and terrified.

Excited, one is that as a disciple, he has been gnashing his teeth at General Liu Yan for a long time!Today, Xu Yu is naturally encouraged to plan revenge on his own.The other is being asked for the first time, and Zheng Pu intends to let him lead the military experience.

After the gate, the good man, how could he not look forward to the day when he will be golden and iron?
And panic is because he is worried about his lack of intelligence or lack of thoughtfulness, so he will mess up the matter and make Zheng Pu a laughing stock.

Especially since he's already been reckless once.

Therefore, in his mind, he carefully recalled the military books he had read before and Zheng Pu's teachings for dispelling confusion, thinking about how to "transfer flowers and trees", and who could "kill with a knife".

And knowing yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

He also tried his best to recall the people who the cavalry general Liu Yan had offended, or the places where he was criticized by the people at that time.

There are people he himself can draw to help.

Likewise, Zheng Pu's goal of getting him used to thinking about problems with the commander-in-chief's thinking has been vaguely achieved.

half a month later.

The day passed, and he went westward.

Zheng Pu sat on his horse in a happy attire and walked slowly towards the mansion of the Marquis of Xixiang in the north of the city.

In front of him are the followers of Qi Yacuo and other trilogy to clear the way; on both sides are temporary guests such as Zhang Biao, Zhao Tong, Xiang Ping, and Ma Zhong's son Matthew;

Marriage and twilight ceremonies are all held at dusk when yin and yang meet.

At this time, etiquette and customs, the evening ceremony is divided into three steps: the front ceremony, the evening ceremony, and the back ceremony.

The former ceremony is "Na Cai, ask the name, Naji, accept the levy, and ask for the date"; the latter ceremony is when the bride gets up early the next day, takes a bath, and waits outside the door of the parents-in-law's bedroom with bamboo utensils filled with jujubes, chestnuts and kuixiu. "Zao" means getting up early, "Li" means trembling, and "Xiu" means cheering up.

The process of the evening ceremony is divided into personal welcome, bowing, meeting, washing, communal prison, closing, untiing, hair knotting, and holding hands.

Now Zheng Pu is going to greet him personally.

Maybe it's because Zhang's family is a relative, and the reason why he is so famous now.

On the way to welcome the relatives, the streets and roads are crowded with scholars, some are watching the fun, some are entertaining, and those who have no intersection but come to congratulate them and so on.

Bustling, not noisy.

Also let the Qiyacuo and other subordinates who cleared the way ahead, even if they shouted and persuaded, sweating profusely, they couldn't make the team go faster.

From the west of the city to Zhang's mansion in the north of the city, it took only half an hour to travel, but it took two quarters of an hour to walk out of the small house for two or three miles, which can be called a turtle's speed.It's not easy to use the general's guard of honor to drive them away.

Things turned around, half a quarter of an hour later.

I saw more than a hundred ti in front of me riding straight and armored, making the soldiers avoid the road one after another.

The rider is the personal guard of the emperor's forbidden army, also known as the ear.

A general with a white face and no beard, a young man with a weak crown, and a height of eight feet, led the crowd out, and came to Zheng Pu's horse, bowed his hands in salute, and said in a low voice, "I am here to clear the way, to protect the general's majesty."

After saying that, without waiting for Zheng Pu to answer, he turned around and walked to lead the way.

The Son of Heaven led the way with his own army, so gracious, he dare not call it a scorpion shit, it can be called a great honor.

But Zheng Pu was surprised by that general.

At the time of the Northern Expedition, it is really a pity that such a majestic person did not participate in the battle in person.

When I was young, I went to Zhang's mansion.

Zheng Pu, who was surrounded by everyone, realized that the emperor and empress Zhang had already been present, and the hall was lined up with all the guests.It also caused Zheng Pu to rush forward and salute.

"Hahaha~~~"

The emperor with a happy face clapped his palms and laughed loudly, saying, "Zheng Qing is so late! You let me and the queen wait for you, and you will be punished with a cup of wine!"

"Be punished!"

"Be punished!"

Needless to say, on such an occasion, guests booing is essential.

Under the unfathomable hospitality, Zheng Pu drank many cups before he was led to meet the new couple.

Or it could be said that now that the Han Dynasty banned wine making, Zhang's house was not rich before, so Zheng Pu could not be drunk.

As soon as I arrived at the other room, I saw three or five maidservants standing in front of the cave with their hands down, dressed happily and smiling, and surrounded the young girls of the Zhang family who were sitting on the cave.Elevated in a cloud bun, with bright eyebrows, shaved shoulders, plain waist, protruding neck, richly decorated, and a pair of bright eyes looking forward, there is no shyness in it, and it is more dignified.

Such a beautiful face~~~
When Zheng Pu met for the first time, his heart beat with disappointment.

Because of the death of his father Zhang Fei and the fact that his eldest brother Zhang Bao was working in Longyou and could not return, the emperor Liu Chan and his second brother Zhang Shao took the place of the elders and greeted and sent Zheng Pu off.

Empress Zhang of the Xiahou Clan sat next to Zhang Yan, whispering the words of marriage.

Kowtow to the venerable, bow your head to listen to the instruction, accept the dowry, husband and wife sit at the table, go through the trivial etiquette and go.

When Zheng Pu went to get the bride to stand up, he found that the young girl of the Zhang family was seven feet two inches long.

Zaizhi's hairpin in a high bun is almost as tall as his body.

In a year or two, you should stand shoulder to shoulder with me, right?
And it seems that when Brother Wen Rong was chatting with her earlier, he said that she has a strong temperament and superb swordsmanship~~~
With admiration for his wife's face and stature, Zheng Pu held on to Zhang Yan's hand, bowed to bid farewell to the emperor and Xiahou's family, and slowly left the mansion to board the car and return.

The way back was still escorted by the emperor's own army, and it was unimpeded.

And there are not many dowry things. When Zhang Bao recruited soldiers earlier, he tossed his family's fortune, so the journey was quite fast.

Just in the midst of the rosy light, I slowly arrived in front of the small house in the west of the city.

(End of this chapter)