The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 346

On the street inside Chongmingmen, Zhu Xiu and Li Chongjin arrived on horseback.

Hu Guangyue followed beside him carrying a load, and there were some gifts in the baskets at both ends of the load.

Zhu Xiu was dressed in a moon-white round-collared robe, with a double-winged turban on her head, and an extraordinary horse king with a golden mountain under her crotch. She attracted the attention of many young ladies along the way.

Li Chongjin wore a fine scarlet silk robe, a gauze hat on his head, and a belt around his waist inlaid with bright jade. He sat high on a horse and turned around with high spirits.

If Zhu Xiu was dressed casually, then Li Chongjin's outfit was much more grand and gorgeous.

But Li Chongjin found that there were far fewer young ladies who were winking at him along the way than Zhu Xiu, which made him very upset.

"Is it possible that all Kaifeng women are blind? My 180-guan outfit has been blinded for nothing!"

Li Chongjin muttered.

Zhu Xiu smiled slightly and gave him a meaningful look.

"What kind of eyes are you looking at?" Li Chongjin was very annoyed.

"Hehe, it is precisely because of the discerning eyes of women in Kaifeng that they will not cast unnecessary eyes on you." Zhu Xiu smiled lightly.

Li Chongjin asked in confusion: "What do you mean by this?"

Zhu Xiu pointed at her face, and then at him: "Wearing 180 guan of clothing is not enough to make all the women on the street look at you. Why can't Brother Li guess it?"

Hu Guangyue chuckled, and Li Chongjin was stunned. He touched his black face, which suddenly turned red like fire. His face was as red as a piece of red coal.

"My lord, I'm just a little darker, but my appearance is not bad at all! These little girls with long hair and short knowledge really have no eyesight!"

Li Chongjin complained angrily.

"Haha~ That's natural! If Brother Li had a normal skin color, I wouldn't even dare to go out with you, lest I become the green leaves that set off the flowers. By then, all the women on the street will definitely swarm forward and block you in half. Everyone is watching!" Zhu Xiu said with a smile.

"That's natural! You kid told the truth!" Li Chongjin seemed to take Zhu Xiu's words seriously, holding his head high and looking inspired.

"Hey~ You can help me consult with others. Which of the girls on the street is the prettiest?"

Li Chongjin leaned forward and whispered, his eyes rolled all over the street, and he stared at all the younger girls on the street.

"What are you going to do?" Zhu Xiu looked confused.

"I'll send someone to follow her home, find out her family background, and then come to propose marriage!" Li Chongjin said very seriously, not as if he was joking.

Zhu Xiu's foot in the stirrup slipped and she threw forward, almost falling off the high saddle.

"You want to rob a civilian girl?" Zhu Xiu was angry and anxious. How could this black guy think about it all the time?

Li Chongjin shook his big head vigorously: "How can it be considered robbery if the matchmaker is marrying?"

Zhu Xiu said angrily: "If you want to find a girl to get married, you won't just grab anyone from the streets! Whoever you catch counts! Go back to the palace and tell the officials that you want to get married, and let the officials point it out to you." Isn’t it just a door-to-door marriage?”

Li Chongjin shook his head like a rattle: "I don't want those spoiled official ladies! All they do is put on makeup, listen to music and watch plays all day long, and spend money lavishly. They are all a bunch of prodigal women!"

Zhu Xiu smiled and said: "Not all official ladies are like you said. Let the official choose a good family for you. You must be a daughter of a good family who is well-educated, courteous, and can support her husband and raise children."

Li Chongjin scratched his head, tilted his gauze hat, and said hesitantly: "Actually, I don't want to get married!"

Zhu Xiu's eyes widened: "Then you still want to propose marriage to a girl?"

Li Chongjin sighed and said: "When I entered the palace last night, I saw my uncle sitting alone in the back pavilion of Zichen Hall, muttering the names of Brother Qing, Brother Yi, Shoujun, Fengchao and Brother Yi. Very sad
My uncle misses his son. He is the only one living in this huge palace. When I leave, he doesn’t even have any relatives around him. I feel really bad."

Li Chongjin lowered his head with a sad expression. Zhu Xiu patted him on the shoulder and softly comforted him: "The princess of Jin will return from her hometown in Yangqu soon. When the princess is with her, the official family will feel better."

Li Chongjin sighed: "My cousin is already married and can't always be with my uncle. So. So I want to get married as soon as possible and give birth to a son and a half to accompany my uncle. In the future, my cousin and I will be able to live together even if we are not around." This boy will do his duty to his uncle for us."

Zhu Xiu was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the reason why Li Chongjin wanted to get married was because he was afraid that Guo Wei would be alone without any relatives around him.

Zhu Xiu patted him on the shoulder and said happily: "The Black King has finally grown up."

Li Chongjin raised his head and sighed: "In a blink of an eye, this king is already 30 years old~~~ It's time to get married and have children. It's too deserted for my uncle to have someone to accompany him in the palace."

Zhu Xiu looked around and said in a low voice: "We are all brothers. Tell me honestly, is there something wrong with you?"

Li Chongjin was stunned and looked at him blankly.

"My brother, I won't laugh at you! Tell me honestly, if there is really a problem, find it early and treat it early!" Zhu Xiu looked concerned.

Li Chongjin followed Zhu Xiu's gaze and looked down, suddenly realizing, he blushed and gritted his teeth and said: "Fart! You, you are the only one with the problem! Go ask the fans in Yushui Lane, is there anything wrong with me? The whole thing Who among the fans in the alley doesn’t know how powerful this king is?”

Zhu Xiu glanced at him with disgust. Judging from the tone of this black guy, he was already a veteran of flowers.

"Your status is different now, you can no longer play prostitutes and have fun like before, you have to pay attention to your status and reputation!" Zhu Xiuyu warned earnestly.

Li Chongjin waved his hands half-heartedly: "I know, I know, my uncle has already warned me. That's why I thought about finding a girl to get married to. It will happen sooner or later anyway."

Hu Guangyue walked aside carrying a burden and interrupted with a smile: "The county prince wants to get married, but the princes and noble families in Kaifeng City are not allowed to line up to send their daughters to the door, leaving the county prince to choose!"

"Haha~" Li Chongjin burst into laughter, shook his head and said: "Yesterday afternoon, when my uncle asked me to enter the palace, he mentioned that he wanted to introduce the granddaughter of Sikong Dou Zhengu's family to me. But Dou Zhengu, the old man The guy has crooked eyebrows and squinting eyes, and is very ugly, where can his granddaughter look better? I rejected it on the spot."

Li Chongjin pointed at the young ladies on the street with great interest and said: "We are going to get married anyway, so why not find someone you like, so as not to look at it in the future and spoil your appetite! Zhu Xiu, please help me take a look. How many people are there? How about a girl buying a round fan?"

Li Chongjin pointed casually, and there were three or four girls in skirts and coats selling round fans around a stall on the street.

Li Chongjin lay half-lying on his horse, whistling to several young ladies as he passed by, smiling brightly on his dark face.

The young ladies were so frightened that they didn't even bother to take the fans and ran away in panic.

People on the street looked at him with disgust and vigilance.

Zhu Xiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and shouted: "Stop being a hooligan! If you provoke the Kaifeng government officials and make trouble in front of the officials, you will be left with nothing to eat!"

Li Chongjin sighed: "It was still fun when I was teasing young ladies on the street! I didn't expect that now that my uncle has become the emperor, I am living at a loss. That's all, let's rush to Suzhou early!"

Zhu Xiu warned: "You can't just do whatever you want after going to Suzhou! Now you are a relative of the emperor, and everyone in the world is watching. If you dare to do whatever you want and ruin the reputation of the official family, the official family will definitely not spare you!" "

Li Chongjin said with a smile: "Don't worry, I know. But when I think that Suzhou is our brother's territory, we are free and unrestrained, it makes my heart happy!"

Zhu Xiu rolled his eyes. No wonder Uncle Guo asked him to accompany Li Zhong into Suzhou. With his unstinting temper, if no one restrained him, wouldn't he bring Suzhou into chaos?

"Let's walk faster. We're already hungry. Let's go to Zhao Dal'er's house and have a good meal." Li Chongjin urged.

Hu Guangyue was carrying the burden at a flying pace. Li Chongjin glanced at him and said, "We brothers are going to have a meal at Zhao Da'er's house to honor us. Do we need to bring gifts?"

Zhu Xiu said helplessly: "It's not good to come empty-handed to eat and drink, right? Besides, the Zhao family still has General Zhao and his wife here. We are juniors, so we naturally have to take the initiative to visit them."

Li Chongjin curled his lips with disdain, patted his horse and ran forward.

In front of the main gate of Zhao Mansion, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi had opened the middle door and were waiting. When they saw Li Chongjin and Zhu Xiu arriving on horseback, they hurriedly walked down the stone steps to greet them.

"Zhao Da'er, long time no see!"

Li Chongjin turned over and dismounted, grinning widely.

When Zhao Kuangyin heard Li Chongjin call him another nickname in public, his smile faltered, and there was some displeasure in his eyes, but he still cupped his fists and said with a smile: "I've met the Duke of Hanoi, you're all right!"

Zhu Xiu hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Brother Zhao!"

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and nodded at him.

"Who is this kid?" Li Chongjin reached out and patted Zhao Kuangyi's head, making his combed bun a little messy.

Zhao Kuangyi stretched out his hand angrily to block it, and glared at him with his head raised.

"Yo~ This kid has quite a temper!" Li Chongjin laughed loudly.

Zhao Kuangyin stood in front of Zhao Kuangyi without leaving any trace, and said with a faint smile: "This is Zhao's second brother, his name is Kuangyi. Second brother, please quickly meet the Duke of Hanoi and the Marquis of Dingyuan County."

Zhao Kuangyi bowed his hands meticulously with a stern face: "Zhao Kuangyi pays his respects to the Duke of Hanoi and the Marquis of Dingyuan County!"

"It turns out he's your brother. No wonder your brothers look similar. But Zhao Da'er, your brother is much more handsome than you! Are you two brothers born from the same mother?"

Li Chongjin joked loudly in a rude voice.

Zhu Xiu pulled his robe hard, but unfortunately Li Chongjin didn't notice.

Zhao Kuangyi grimaced and wrote the word "unhappy" on his forehead. Zhao Kuangyin forced a smile and said: "Of course he was born from the same mother."

Li Chong entered the Chao Mansion to look inside, and said casually: "Where is your old man?"

Without waiting for Zhao Kuangyin to reply, Zhao Kuangyi cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "My father is the commander of the Holy Guard Army. He is over fifty years old. Due to emotions and reasons, I'm afraid he shouldn't go out of the house to greet the Duke, right?"

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes signaled him not to talk too much, and he smiled and said, "My father and mother left the house to burn incense and worship Buddha at Chongsheng Temple."

"Oh~ That's a pity, I won't be able to see him this time." Li Chongjin smiled and didn't care. He looked at Zhao Kuangyi and felt that this kid was more interesting than his elder brother Zhao Da'er.

Zhao Kuangyin stretched out his hand to invite: "Let's talk after we enter the house, please!"

Li Chongjin strutted forward, crossed the threshold of the mansion, and walked to the front hall under the guidance of the housekeeper.

Zhu Xiu took a step behind and walked with Zhao Kuangyin. He cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhao, forgive me. You also know that the black guy has a bad mouth, but he has no bad intentions. Don't be the same as him."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled: "It doesn't matter, the two of us are used to being noisy."

Seeing that he was not angry, Zhu Xiu looked at Zhao Kuangyi and said with a smile, "Your brother Ling is also a good-looking talent. There are two of you in the Zhao family, so why worry about the family's ruin!"

Zhao Kuangyi bowed modestly and said: "You dare not, Dingyuan County is too honored."

"Hey~ Brother Xian, you're so polite! Brother Zhao and I have a close relationship as brothers. You are Brother Zhao's biological brother, and naturally you are also our own brother!" Zhu Xiu approached with a smile.

Zhao Kuangyi glanced at Zhao Kuangyin, who smiled and nodded.

"Little brother Kuang Yi pays homage to Brother Zhu!" Zhao Kuang Yi saluted with a smile on his face, making him look a little closer.

"That's right!" Zhu Xiu clapped his hand and narrowed his eyes with a smile.

Li Chongjin, who was walking forward, turned around and shouted: "I mean, Zhao Da'er, your family is really big. How come you haven't arrived after walking for so long?"

Zhu Xiusheng was afraid that the black guy was being stupid, so he hurriedly apologized and pulled Li Chongjin to say a few words. Li Chongjin muttered, but did not continue to complain, and followed the housekeeper through the garden corridor and into the front hall.

Brother Zhao Kuangyin walked behind, and Zhao Kuangyi shouted in a low voice with an angry face: "That guy Li Chongjin is so rude! He is just a prince, and people who don't know better thought he was the new prince! His words are so arrogant!"

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the figure of Li Chongjin not far away in front of him and said calmly: "The official family has no biological children, so naturally he regards Li Chongjin as his biological son. His status is the same as that of the prince."

"Hmph! So what if he is a prince? The world is changing rapidly. Who knows how long the Zhou Dynasty can survive." Zhao Kuangyi was indignant.

Zhao Kuangyin frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense!"

After a pause, he comforted: "Since Li Chongjin and I met, we have been arguing constantly. As Zhu Xiu said, this person is simple-minded and has no bad intentions. Don't take it to heart."

Zhao Kuangyi was still angry: "I just can't stand his arrogance!"

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "What do you think of Zhu Xiu?"

Zhao Kuangyi thought for a while: "This person is humble and polite. It is rare for a young man to succeed without being arrogant or impetuous!"

"anything else?"

Zhao Kuangyi thought for a moment and hesitated: "He seems to be particularly enthusiastic about me? It's our first time meeting him, but he looks very familiar to me?"

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said: "In Mingzhou, I met Zhu Xiu for the first time, and he gave me the same feeling! For some reason, he seemed to be particularly familiar with my Zhao family and paid special attention to me. At first, I thought he had a crush on me. What you asked for, turned out to be not the case.”

Zhao Kuangyi asked doubtfully: "Although this man is young, he has already achieved great success in the Zhou Dynasty. His status is not at all lower than that of my Zhao family. Why should he be so concerned about my Zhao family?"

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head: "I don't know, maybe he really wants to befriend my Zhao family."

Zhao Kuangyi nodded thoughtfully: "This person is worth getting to know."

"Let's go, you and Zhu Xiu will get to know each other well today. In fact, I found that you two have many similarities."

Zhao Kuangyin walked towards the front hall and smiled.

"Oh? For example, which aspect?" Zhao Kuangyi was a little curious.

"Haha, you two are both young and wise, with a delicate heart, and both are equally cunning, cunning and shameless."

"Zhao Da, please don't go too far! You hit and scolded me today. I will definitely file a complaint when my parents come back!"

(End of this chapter)