Madam Hou

Chapter 107

After the hundred days of filial piety, those who keep their filial piety in the family can take off their filial piety clothes and continue to watch their filial piety in ordinary and cleaner clothes.A filial son can shave his hair and go out for a walk occasionally.

During Ding You's absence, Lin Fengqi spent most of his time practicing martial arts and archery, or occasionally writing in the study outside to see the art of war.At the same time, he is still concerned about the war in the south after all, and will pay attention to the situation in the south every day.

Yinniang doesn't need to go out to socialize, and after finishing the housework every day, she also has a lot of time to practice her poor needlework.

On this day, when Lin Fengqi came in from the outer courtyard, Yinniang sat cross-legged on the couch as usual and was doing it with a needle and thread.What she is making is a white straight embellishment without any embroidery pattern, which is suitable for wearing when keeping a filial piety.Now most of the clothes are done, only one sleeve is left unfinished.

Seeing Lin Fengqi coming in from the outside, Yinniang put down her needlework, stretched her legs out to put on her shoes, and was about to meet him, but Lin Fengqi waved to her, signaling that she didn't need to come down, so Yinniang stretched her legs back again.

Lin Fengqi sat on Yinniang's other side of the couch, pulled a big pillow to lean against his back, sighed, and said: "General Song fought with the Fusang people in the south, Dayan lost nearly [-] soldiers Go in, General Song was also wounded by the sword in this battle. During the early court today, the emperor was furious."

Yin Niang turned to look at Lin Fengqi, expressing that she was listening carefully.

Lin Fengqi said again: "General Song has no influence in the hearts of the soldiers in the south. After he arrived in Fujian, several generals and lieutenants were not willing to listen to his command at all, and there was disunity among the soldiers. General Song punished one of them to refute in public. His lieutenant general was originally trying to win over the hearts of the people, but he didn't expect it to cause even greater resistance from the soldiers."

"The Fusang people occupy Ryukyu Island and confront the Dayan soldiers stationed in Fujian across the river. Although the two sides send teams to test each other from time to time, no one dares to act rashly on a large scale. A few days ago, the military division under General Song's account was regarded as a meeting at sea. There was a heavy storm, and General Song was eager to do great work, but he underestimated the enemy. He thought that the Fusang people would relax their vigilance in such bad weather, so he led an army of [-] troops across the river in the rain at night, intending to sneak attack on the enemy, but the Fusang people saw it through. It took only one day for half of the soldiers to go in, and the deputy commander, Uncle Dong Ning, led the injured General Song and led the rest of the troops to return in a hurry. Dayan lost face in this battle Lost lining again."

"General Song underestimated the Fusang people too much. The Fusang people are brave and good at fighting, and their methods are vicious. The whole country is martial arts, loyal to the emperor, and many people are good at ninjutsu. It is a difficult country to deal with. Just look at him, a small country who dares to attack the big ones from time to time. Yan, let Dayan know that he has a headache."

"The emperor intends to recall General Song and send him to the south again."

Yin Niang asked: "Will that send you and General Song?"

Lin Fengqi said: "I'm [-]-[-]% sure that I will. The master is more foresight than me. He probably knew that General Song would fail this time, so he told me to practice swordsmanship and read military books frequently."

In fact, Lin Fengqi was also very contradictory. General Song failed, so he was able to regain the chance to go out. He should be happy.However, General Song had lost [-] soldiers in this battle, and he felt sorry for these soldiers.Lin Fengqi's military exploits started from the south, and among the casualties, there may be some people who drank wine and ate meat with him back then.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Fengqi also complained about General Song, thinking that fighting at sea is as easy as fighting on land.A slight change in the weather at sea may affect the entire war. The Fusang people live on the island all year round, and they have a better grasp of the sea weather than Dayan's soldiers, and they are better at using the sea weather than Dayan's soldiers. Handy.Of the [-] soldiers killed or wounded, at least [-] died when they crossed the sea in the rain and were shot down into the sea by the wind and waves.

Yin Niang picked up the needle and thread again, bowed her head and did not speak.Lin Fengqi described the battle between General Song and the Fusang people in a simple way, but there must be danger behind it that she doesn't know.Just watching this battle, Yin Niang knew that even if General Su and Lin Fengqi went out in person, the fight would not be easy.

Although she is not as optimistic about the war as Madam Lin, but she thought before that if Lin Fengqi goes, at least there should be no danger of life. After all, Dayan's military strength is twice as strong as that of Fusang people , and both General Su and Lin Fengqi are familiar with Fusang people.But thinking about it now, she is afraid that like many ministers in the court, even the emperor, she will see the battle with the Fusang people too simply.

Yinniang was a little reluctant that Lin Fengqi had gone to the south, any future achievements were not as important as life.

Lin Fengqi saw that Yinniang looked sullen, and couldn't help saying: "Hey, what's the matter, you said it well, why are you unhappy again?"

Yin Niang asked: "If the emperor asks you to fight Fusang people this time, do you have to go?"

Lin Fengqi said: "Naturally, this time General Song's defeat is the first, if I win the battle with the master, it will be a great achievement in the eyes of the emperor, maybe it is possible for me to become a general of the third rank .”

"What if I don't want you to go?"

"Why don't you want to, don't you like being the wife of the general?"

Yin Niang felt that she was a little petty, men wanted to make contributions, how could women stop them.

Yin Niang inserted the needle into the clothes, put down the basket, and then said to Lin Fengqi: "Forget it, just go if you want to go, don't worry about the family, I will take care of the family. Be careful in everything, don't be short of arms or legs Come back, although I like to be the wife of a great general, I don't want to be the wife of a disabled general."

Only then did Lin Fengqi realize that Yinniang was worried about him.

Lin Fengqi sat up, stretched out his hand to touch Yinniang's hair, and said, "Silly girl, although Fusang people are difficult, they are not as powerful as you imagined, so you don't trust your husband?"

"Anyway, you have to come back alive. If you die, I won't keep festivals for you. I will return to the clan and remarry immediately."

"Don't worry, you, Chen Yiniang, were born to be my Lin Fengqi's person, and died to be my Lin Fengqi's ghost. When you are alive, you share the quilt with me, and when you die, you will share the same acupuncture point with me. I will not give you a chance to return to the clan and remarry."

"That's good, I also think it's too troublesome to return to the clan and remarry."

"Don't worry about that." As he said that, he was about to pull her hand over and put it on his lips for a kiss.

Yin Niang struggled to stretch her hand back, and complained: "You are still in the filial piety period, don't kiss randomly, you don't respect your father."

Lin Fengqi held her hand firmly, not allowing her to break free, and said: "I will only kiss one hand, and not anywhere else." After speaking, he quickly put her finger in his mouth, and bit it lightly. Take a sip.

Yin Niang blushed and said with a smile: "I hate it, I made a lot of saliva, it's so dirty."

Lin Fengqi narrowed his eyes, turned his peach eyes up, and said with a smile, "I know, if you hate it, you like it."

Yin Niang turned her body around and said, "I'm too lazy to talk to you."

After a while, Yinniang saw that Lin Fengqi didn't come over to play with him, she couldn't help turning her head to look at him strangely, but she saw that he was leaning back on the big pillow, looking at her motionless, and she turned her head Come, so he raised his peach eyes and gave her a coquettish smile.Yin Niang quickly turned her head back, cursing in her heart: "What a monster."

After a while, Yin Niang turned her head again and asked Lin Fengqi, "I heard that Fusang people's ninjutsu can turn wood into snakes or centipedes, and can also hide themselves into big trees or something. Is it real?"

Lin Fengqi said: "What you are talking about is just a kind of ninjutsu. Ninjutsu includes the art of five chariots, escape and so on. Ninjutsu was originally developed from "Sun Tzu's Art of War". Ambush techniques developed. The so-called ability to turn wood into snakes or centipedes, or hide ninjas themselves into trees, is not really turning into snakes, centipedes or trees, but ninjas use sounds, spells, etc. to disturb people The mind of the ninja makes people meditate. As long as the listener can keep his mind and is not deceived by the ninja's words, ninjutsu will not have an effect on him."

Yin Niang nodded in understanding, and said, "Oh!"

Two days later, Emperor Jinghui really issued an order to recall General Song Qing, and at the same time to win over General Su Yun and Lin Fengqi, who were guarding their filial piety, with General Su Yun as the coach and Lin Fengqi as the deputy commander, and set off within three days from the date of the decree. Go to Fujian to fight against the Fusang people.

This time Emperor Jinghui sent General Su Yun and Lin Fengqi to fight, but there are still different voices in the court.Among them, Master Liu, the servant of the Ministry of War, opposed the most enthusiastically. He went up to Emperor Jinghui overnight to analyze the disadvantages of General Su leading the army: I think that my Dayan has a lot of talents, and the generals are all over the country. There is really no need to let two still guard their father The general who is filial to his mother and filial piety goes to war.Moreover, General Su's influence in the army is too great, if he makes further military exploits, he will be in danger of shocking the master.

But in the early court, Emperor Jinghui slapped the zhezi back on Lord Liu's head, and asked: "In order to guard against the unwarranted suspicion of overtaking the master, shouldn't Fusang, a small country, invade my great goodness?" He Shan, let the land conquered by the ancestors of Great Yan die in my hands? Master Liu, what is your intention to provoke the relationship between me and General Su as a monarch and minister? Could it be that you want to be a treacherous minister?"

Master Liu was so frightened that his legs went limp on the spot, he knelt on the court hall and said, "I dare not."

When the news was sent back to the general’s mansion, General Su was moved by the emperor’s trust, and immediately knelt in the direction of the palace and kowtowed three times. Return to court!"

The emperor nodded in satisfaction when he heard the spies report back on General Su's actions.

And in Yongninghou Mansion, after Lin Fengqi received the imperial decree, he kowtowed three times to show his loyalty.

The day before the departure, the Lin family, including the separated second and fourth families, gathered in Yongning Hou Mansion and had dinner together.Drinking alcohol is not allowed during the filial piety period, and the men in the family, starting with the second grandfather Lin, respected Lin Fengqi with tea instead of wine, wishing him a successful start in this expedition and an early triumphant return.I also respect Lin Fengqi, and hope that he can restore the family of the Yongning Hou Mansion and bring the Hou Mansion back to the glory of the old Hou Ye.

On the tenth day of the ninth lunar month, Emperor Jinghui sent General Su Yun and Lin Fengqi off on the tower.

General Song, who was recalled due to defeat, was escorted back to the capital one month after General Su and Lin Fengqi set out for the expedition. He was sent to prison by Emperor Jinghui as soon as he returned, causing [-] casualties due to his failure to lead the army.This is a later story.

(End of this chapter)