Madam Hou

Chapter 110

In March, when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, more and more wealthy and honorable families go out together and hold spring banquets.

Yin Niang was a little worried at home, she hadn't received Lin Fengqi's family letter for half a month, before he would send back a family letter every few days.He was afraid that Lin Fengqi would encounter some danger or be injured, so that he would not even be able to write his family letter.

Qing Hua poured a cup of tea for Yin Niang, and comforted her: "Madam, don't worry, the letter may be delayed on the way, or the sender may be careless and leave the letter on the way, please wait patiently Wait, maybe it will come in a few days."

However, Yin Niang felt that Qinghua's reason was unreasonable. Lin Fengqi's family letters were always sent back through the official route together with the official documents submitted to the emperor. , this kind of thing is almost impossible to happen.

In the end, Yinniang couldn't feel at ease, so she asked someone to go to General Su's mansion to ask the eldest son of the Su family. Young master Su obviously knew more about the war than Yinniang. If he is in danger or injured, he has a heavy responsibility and has left the south for the time being, so the brothers and sisters can wait with peace of mind, and I am afraid that good news will come soon."

Even though she said this, Yin Niang still couldn't let go of her heart.So I simply learned from other people and invited the Bodhisattva back, and set up a Buddhist hall in Tangrongyuan. After finishing the family affairs every morning, I recited scriptures in the Buddhist hall and worshiped the Buddha.

In fact, Yinniang doesn't really believe in ghosts and gods. It's just that Yinniang feels a little bit like going to the doctor for a sudden illness. With the mentality of "I'd rather believe in something than believe in nothing", she offers incense to the Bodhisattva every day.Besides, chanting scriptures can calm one's mind, and Yin Niang feels that she has something to do, so she won't worry about it like this.

Mrs. Lin Tai hasn't received her son's family letter for a long time, and she is also worried.She didn't believe in Buddhism at all, but when she saw Yinniang set up a Buddhist hall, she also set up one herself, and usually stayed in the Buddhist hall and knocked on the wooden fish when she had nothing to do.

Mrs. Lin Tai also complained to Yin Niang: "It's fine if we don't have to keep filial piety now, we can go to Hanyun Temple to offer incense, and the Buddha of Hanyun Temple will come true."

Yin Niang comforted her and said, "We might as well send some money for sesame oil to Hanyun Temple, and ask the abbot of the temple to light two ever-burning lamps for us. The Buddha, seeing our sincerity, will definitely bless you."

Mrs. Lin Tai thought it was very good, so she asked someone to send 500 taels of silver to Hanyun Temple.

As a result, the woman who sent the money came back with the words of the host. The host asked Mrs. Lin Tai and Yin Niang: "The benefactor, do you want to print some "Infinite Sutras", and print "Infinite Sutras" to distribute to the poor to save the common people?" The suffering of the people, so that the merits and virtues will be seen even more, and the Buddha will bless Lin Xianggong even more when he sees it. And it only costs 500 taels of silver to print a thousand copies of the "Infinite Sutra."

Mrs. Lin laughed angrily after listening to the host's words. Yin Niang also praised the host for being able to do business. She really admired herself.

Mrs. Lin Tai finally said: "Forget it, I can't afford to pay 500 taels of silver. Someone took it and gave it away. But I stole 1000 taels of silver from me. In the end, if I don't bless my son, I will take them cold." Yunsi is asking."

In April, General Su went up to Emperor Jinghui and said that the army was ready to fight the Fusang people stationed on Ryukyu Island.The secret decree of Emperor Jinghui was requested by General Su.

In late April, a great victory came from the south.

Lieutenant Commander Lin Fengqi led several lieutenants and went secretly to Shandong a month ago. Holding the secret decree of Emperor Jinghui, he gathered [-] soldiers among the troops stationed in Shandong, crossed the strait, and went straight to the enemy's rear.

Although the Fusang people led the whole country to attack Dayan this time, they also left [-] to [-] soldiers and horses stationed in their country to defend against Dayan's army raiding the rear.Moreover, the Fusang people are stationed on Ryukyu Island, which is only separated from their own country by the East China Sea. If there is a fire in the rear, the Fusang army can quickly return to the country to fight the fire.

But when Lin Fengqi arrived in Fusang Kingdom, he borrowed the feint trick of Zhuge Kongming borrowing arrows from Zhuge Kongming's straw boat in the Three Kingdoms period. First, he put many wooden figures on the boat, and asked several soldiers to beat drums and shouts on the boat, and sailed towards Fusang Island in the middle of the night. A large army is pressing down on the border, and when they reach the coast of Fusang country, they will immediately turn around and return home when they see that the Fusang army is ready to fight.After repeating this one, two or three times, the people of Fusang lowered their vigilance, and on the fourth occasion, Lin Fengqi actually led [-] troops to raid Fusang.And went straight into Fusang Palace, and took the head of Emperor Fusang.

There was a fire in the rear, and the Fusang army was in a hurry to go back to fight the fire. At this time, General Su had asked General Dong to lead a part of the troops to secretly take a boat around Qiongzhou, travel behind Ryukyu Island, and stationed in the small town between Ryukyu and Fusang. On the island, they formed a front and back attack with General Su in Fujian.When Lin Fengqi smashed into the enemy's rear, they flanked the Fusang people together.

It's just that when General Dong attacked the Fusang people, he received a sword from the Fusang people, half of his arm was cut off, and the army he led almost failed to stop the Fusang people who fled back home.

Fortunately, Lin Fengqi rushed back from the enemy's rear to support, intercepted and killed most of the Fusang people, and asked the accompanying military doctor to treat General Dong.

The battle was won beautifully, Fusang's army was almost completely annihilated, and feared that he would not dare to use troops against Dayan again for decades, Emperor Jinghui laughed three times in the imperial study after seeing the battle report that Wubaili sent urgently.

But regarding what happened to General Dong, he also sighed, and said to the eunuch beside him: "Back then, General Dong used his troops like a god, but he didn't expect his son to be so bad."

Before General Su became famous, General Dong's reputation almost shocked the government and the public. He was known as the undefeated general, and his reputation was even higher than that of General Su now. It's a defeat.

When Miao Jiang was defeated in the first battle, the first emperor was furious, and finally punished the Dong family so severely, it was also related to the high expectations of General Dong, which led to greater disappointment.

Emperor Jinghui grew up listening to General Dong's military exploits when he was a child. By the time of the first battle in Miaojiang, he had grown up and gradually came into contact with political affairs in the court. The reason for the self-confidence is, but it is also related to the lack of food and grass caused by the battle in the court. General Dong wants to make a quick decision, so General Dong cannot be blamed entirely.

Emperor Jinghui admired General Dong very much, so he also wanted to help Dong's family.Moreover, the current Dong family is following the path of the mean. Supporting the Dong family can hold the Xue family and the Su family who stand in the queen's faction in terms of military power, forming a three-legged confrontation.

I heard that General Dong's eldest son is very like his father, but in the First World War that year, Dong Dagong was also seriously injured.According to what Emperor Jinghui thought at the beginning, the second son should be good, so when he was selecting the deputy commander, he chose Uncle Dong Ning.When General Song was summoned back to the capital, Uncle Dong Ning was also left in the south, and he was the deputy commander alongside Lin Fengqi.

But in the end, Uncle Dong Ning was worse than his father and brother by more than a tiny bit.

The news of the great victory in the south came out, and the people cheered.

Yinniang also heard the news, but at that time she also heard that the deputy commander was injured and broke his arm while fighting with the Fusang people. Yinniang naturally thought it was Lin Fengqi, and she was so sad that she was about to die.It was Eldest Master Su who was afraid that she might misunderstand all the news in a moment of impatience, so he specially sent someone to tell her that it was not Lin Fengqi who was injured, so Yinniang was relieved.

Yin Niang was afraid that Mrs. Lin would be worried, and she didn't dare to tell her the news when she heard that the deputy commander was injured, but now that she knew that Lin Fengqi was not injured and had won the battle, she needed to tell Mrs. Lin.

Mrs. Lin Tai was also very happy when she heard it, and discussed with Yin Niang: "I think the Buddha in Hanyun Temple is very effective. Do you think we should donate another 1000 taels of silver to let them print a few more copies of " Infinite Sutra?"

Yin Niang didn't want to spoil Mrs. Lin's good mood, and agreed: "If you want, if you want, donate a few more copies, so that the Buddha will remember our merits."

Mrs. Lin Tai was in a good mood, but then she started to complain: "Oh, if you don't have to observe filial piety now, you can participate in more spring banquets held in Beppu. After all, it's not the right time for that dead enemy to die."

Yin Niang quickly shut up.Although she knew that Mrs. Lin wanted to show off her son among the ladies, it was better for her not to intervene when it comes to her in-laws.

Mrs. Lin Tai said again: "Although I am still keeping my filial piety, there are happy events in the mansion, and I want to make the servants happy. I think each servant will be paid two more months' money. By the way, your aunt's yard Don't forget to pay extra monthly money to the maids in her yard."

Yin Niang was somewhat speechless to Mrs. Lin Tai's behavior, but she still smiled and said, "Yes."

Then, Yinniang and Mrs. Lin calculated the time when Lin Fengqi would come back.It is now late April, and the battle in the south has just ended. Lin Fengqi, General Su and others will definitely not come back immediately. At least the army must be rectified, and the original residents of Ryukyu Island who were oppressed by the Fusang people will be resettled.It may take a month or two, and the return journey will take another month, so Lin Fengqi will come back in late July at the latest.Soon, soon, it's only three months, it will pass soon.

On one side, Yin Niang and Mrs. Lin Tai were looking forward to their return, while on the other side of Qingheyuan, after hearing the news that her nephew had won the battle but her younger brother was seriously injured, Mrs. Lin smashed down the Buddhist hall with her own hands. The worshiping Buddha statue blamed: "Since you don't grant me what I want, what's the use of begging you."

After speaking, he lay on the ground and cried.

She knew that the Dong family was coming to an end.The elder brother is now paralyzed in bed, and he was relying on the second younger brother to be able to make contributions to revive the Dong family, but in the end he broke his arm again.Since the founding of Dayan, there has never been a general with a broken arm. Even if the emperor would reward the Dong family heavily for the merits of the second brother, it would not be able to prevent the complete decline of the Dong family.The Dong family has no one left. The two nephews who have grown up are of mediocre aptitude, and the younger ones are considered capable. When they grow up, the Dong family has no contacts to support them.

Sanfang's son's climate has become mature, her natal family has fallen, and Brother Hu has failed in both martial arts and literature. What else can she use to compete with Sanfang? Could it be that she just watched the title fall to Sanfang's head and let Brother Hu The serious eldest son and grandson became the offshoot of the Yongning Houfu.

Why is God so blind, let those thieves who stole other people's things rise day by day, and let their serious descendants fall into such a situation.

(End of this chapter)