Chapter 74 Luo Shixin
Wang Junkuo, who can break through ten thousand armies with thirteen riders, is enough to make Li Shimin jealous. Although there are confidantes like Shuang Shiluo in Hebei, he knows very well that they are not Wang Junkuo's opponents at all, especially now that the capital has just undergone major changes. What he was afraid of was that a fierce general like Wang Junkuo would collude with the Turks outside the Great Wall. He needed Qin Lang to go to Hebei for him to grasp the latest situation.
As Zhen Fu Si Cheng, this was his duty, Qin Lang couldn't refuse, not to mention that Li Shimin took care of him again just now, and he was not prosecuted for the crime of harboring a traitor.
When he left the palace, Li Shimin specially rewarded him with ten catties of tea leaves, all of which were loose teas that had not been processed into tea cakes. This was specially collected by Li Shimin. In addition to cake tea, there are also a small number of people who drink loose tea.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Qin Lang knew very well that it was not easy to collect these tea leaves, which showed Li Shimin's intentions.
In front of the palace gate, a servant presented Qin Lang with a small box, which was full of a hundred taels of gold.
After receiving the gold and returning home, Qin Lang was a little depressed on the way.
"Ah Lang is back?"
East Palace is very close to Pingkangfang, Qin Lang returned to the newly moved Pingkangfang mansion not long ago, and the door servants greeted him.
Qin Lang nodded listlessly in response, dismounted and entered the mansion.
"Sanlang, people came from the palace just now, and they took away your mother." Yu Xiao came out to greet her and said.
"I know." Qin Lang sighed, "Your Highness sent someone to take her back to her mother. Has Zheng Shisanniang left too?"
"No."
"ah?"
Qin Lang was surprised, wasn't Zheng Shisanniang confiscated into Yeting Court as a slave?
"The constant attendant from the palace said that His Highness has ordered that Thirteen Niangs have been rewarded to San Lang as a slave."
This is really a surprise everywhere. Before the palace, Li Shimin only said that he would be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold and a servant, but he did not expect that this servant was Zheng Shisanniang.
"Sanlang, what's going on?" Yu Xiao said worriedly, after all, it would be very risky to hide them in the Qin Mansion, and now it seems that things have been vented.
"Your Highness already knew about Thirteen Niang and the princess's presence here." Qin Lang sighed helplessly.
"Did His Highness punish Saburo?"
"No." Qin Lang shook his head.
When I saw Zheng Shisanniang again, the eyes of this prostitute with five surnames were swollen from crying. Although she had escaped before, she was still a prostitute of a famous family after all, but now Zheng Wanyan has been exempted from slavery and registered slavery.
"Meet Saburo."
Zheng Wanyan said that facing Qin Lang, she couldn't call herself a slave.
Qin Lang didn't care about it, instead he comforted her, "You can stay at the mansion with peace of mind, although the princess has been deposed as a commoner, it is much better to bring her back to her mother than to hide in the outer east. "
Zheng Wanyan looked up at Qin Lang, "Why did my father report me?"
"I told your father about your stay with me before, and I just wanted to let him feel at ease temporarily. I didn't expect him to report you. But in fact, the prince knew about your stay with me a long time ago. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is generous and benevolent, and he doesn’t go into the details, although you were enslaved, fortunately, you were not sent to the Inner Teaching Workshop.”
"Fortunately? Do I have to thank him?" Zheng Wanyan gritted her teeth.
Qin Lang didn't know what to say to her for a while, so he had to let her go back.
Yuxiao felt the same way. Although her family background was not as good as Zheng Wanyan's back then, she was also the daughter of an official family. Later, her family was convicted of a crime, and she was confiscated as a slave. After all, she was betrayed by her biological father.
"Sanlang, what is the meaning of His Royal Highness giving you Thirteen Niangs as slaves?"
"Five surnames and seven families are disgusting." Qin Lang said, in fact, he felt that Li Shimin's move had a lot of meaning. First, disgustingly supported the five surnames and seven families that were built before, and secondly, it was to appease Qin Lang. Of course, it may be more To use this to make the relationship between the Qin family and the Zheng family become hostile.
"What will Thirteen Niang do in the future? Should I arrange for her to have a room with her?"
Qin Lang smiled wryly, "Just let her be your companion, and you don't need to arrange for her to do any errands, after all, the daughters of famous families in the past couldn't do any rough work."
"Sanlang is sympathizing with the fragrance and cherishing the jade. I think Thirteen Niang is also good. Why don't you accept her as a concubine?"
Qin Lang shook his head, this is no longer taking advantage of others.
"Let me tell you something. I received an order from the prince to go to Youzhou, Hebei. I may have to leave home for a while. You should take good care of yourself at home. If you are free, you can go to Qinrenfang to visit my father and Cui. Girl, move around more."
"Going to Youzhou, Hebei? It's so far away? The weather is so hot that it's really not suitable for a long journey." Yu Xiao said distressedly.
"This is an official business, there is no way to refuse."
Pingkangfang Yiguo Gongfu and Qinrenfang Qiguogongfu are only separated by Xuanyangfang, where the Wannian County Gongzhen is located, and both the dukes have to open their doors on the street, so Qin Lang doesn't even need to ride a horse, just go out After strolling along the street for a while, we arrived in front of Duke Qi's mansion.
A stack of pancakes, a few scallions, and a few cold dishes.
With a jug of wine, Qin Lang and his father sat and drank together.
Qin Qiong chewed the pancake rolls with scallions, "Yesterday, your Uncle Cheng came to see me for a drink, and when it came to the matter of giving the Princess, His Highness is kind. I don't blame you for refusing marriage before, and you also sent Changle County The Lord bestows on you, this is a great blessing for our Qin family, our Qin family can't perform poorly, this gift must be rich."
"After I've made up my mind, I will take out one thousand taels of gold, three thousand acres of land, ten thousand bolts of silk, and five million dollars to spend."
Qin Lang was startled when he heard this.
"Aye, there is no need to be like this, this is almost all the property of Duke Qi."
"I don't have all the belongings, about half of them. Originally, these were planned to be given to you when the family was divided. You didn't want them. Now our Qin family can't be petty, so we use them to give to the princess."
As a minister of the two dynasties, Qin Qiong did have a lot of property. These were not accumulated by salary, nor were they inherited from the ancestors. They were all rewards earned by Qin Qiong for the Tang Dynasty.
"Our family is Princess Shang. By the time we get married, His Royal Highness must have already been crowned princess. At that time, you will be Princess Shang." Qin Qiong sighed, "Yesterday Your Highness gave the princess three thousand households, eight thousand Mu Yongyetian, this is a big deal, and it will be brought to your house with the princess in the future, so we can't be petty."
Qin Qiong is a person who doesn't value money. When Li Yuan married Cui's daughter for him, the Cui family asked for a million dollars to accompany the family. In the end, Qin Qiong didn't even pay a dime, so he gave as much as he wanted.
Qin Lang heard these astronomical figures, and suddenly thought of a word for no reason, the rich wine and meat stink, and the road is frozen to death.
The emperor marries a daughter, and the duke marries a wife, which means tens of thousands of money and thousands of acres of land at every turn, but ordinary people often can't even solve food and clothing at this time. The people in the future are far from being as good as the people in later generations.
"Aye, in fact, the marriage between me and Princess Changle was false as I told His Highness earlier..."
"Sanlang, don't say such things again in the future, no matter how your highness agreed with you before, how can the crown prince's eldest daughter pretend to be a relative? Could it be that after five years or ten years, you can still retire the daughter of the emperor? But one or two must not be repeated, you have already rejected Zheng's daughter and Princess Danyang, never think about rejecting Princess Changle again, no matter how good-tempered your Highness is, this matter is absolutely impossible to tolerate."
Qin Qiongyu patted his son's back earnestly, "Sanlang, you have grown up, you have to think carefully about things, you can't just think about yourself, you have to consider other people's feelings. What His Highness said to you, but It's because you are too obstinate, that's why you say that, this is actually to take care of our father and mother, and love our Qin family, understand?"
"But Princess Changle is only four years old!"
Qin Qiong rolled his eyes.
"What's wrong with being four years old? You're only sixteen. Ten years later, the Princess will be able to get married at fourteen. At that time, you were only twenty-six. You were still very young. Besides, I didn't ask you to wait. Don’t you have a concubine in your house now? His Highness also rewarded you two palace servants before, and now he rewarded you as a servant girl, Zheng Shisanniang. You can accept them all, and you can also have children. You just leave the position of wife to the Princess."
"Aye, that's a kid."
"The child won't grow up? I don't want you to marry now!"
"I feel awkward!"
"You have to endure the awkwardness. There are so many good things that people can't think of. You are still pushing back and forth. Don't go too far!"
Qin Lang rarely saw Qin Qiong get so angry, so he had to surrender.
"Okay, okay, let's talk about it in ten years."
Qin Qiong is satisfied now.
"You don't need to worry about Pingli's affairs. I'll take care of it with you, Uncle Cheng. You don't have to worry about Mrs. Cui. You are very popular now, and she expects you to take care of Wulang in the future. Besides, she I also hope that you can take care of Anshang."
Qin Lang has nothing against Mrs. Cui's plans. It is human nature for a woman to favor her son, and it is normal for a woman to even want to help her natal brothers.
"Don't worry, Aye, Cui Sima works in my place, I will definitely take care of him a little bit more. If you don't look at the face of the monk or the face of the Buddha, I won't let Aye be embarrassed by Mrs. Cui."
"You can go to Hebei with peace of mind. Be careful yourself. Li Yuan has no skills and is a dude. But Wang Junkuo, you must be careful. Surrender, this man is a complete rascal, but his big sword is superb, especially he is good at riding and shooting, and he is also fierce and bold, you must be careful." Qin Qiong confessed.
"Aye, don't worry, I am going to Hebei, and I am acting in secret. Wang Junkuo is in the dark and I am in the dark. He is the one to worry about."
"When you go to Hebei and pass Luoshui, go to pay homage to your Uncle Luo on behalf of your father. Four years ago, your Uncle Luo and I followed His Royal Highness to conquer Liu Heita. Hundreds of people entered the city for reinforcements, and Wang Junkuo led the soldiers and horses in the city to abandon the city and break out when he attracted the attention of the thieves when he entered the city. It happened to be heavy snow, and the thieves attacked the city day and night, but it was difficult for our army to reinforce. You, Uncle Luo, stood firm for eight days and passed the city broken, unyielding was killed."
The uncle Luo mentioned by Qin Qiong was Luo Shixin, a powerful general of the generation. He used to be Zhang Xutuo's uniform. He went into battle at the age of fourteen and killed the enemy.
After his death, Li Shimin paid a lot of money to redeem his body, obeyed his last wish, and buried him in Beimang Mountain, with his confidant Pei Xingyan and his son.
Qin Qiong sighed, "Back then, I made an agreement with Shixin and you, Uncle Cheng, that we would be buried together in Beimang Mountain after death, together with Marshal Pei and Brother Xingyan, Sanlang, you have to remember, when I die in the future Finally, I will be buried next to your Uncle Luo and Uncle Pei."
Qin Lang also did not expect that Qin Qiong and Wang Junkuo had such a grievance before.
"Aye, don't worry, as long as Wang Junkuo dares to do anything wrong this time, I will definitely put him to death, tooth for tooth and blood for blood, in honor of my Uncle Luo's spirit in heaven."
"Okay, your Uncle Pei Xingyan also has a younger brother named Xingjian. You go to Hebei and look for him carefully to see if you can find him. If you find him, bring him back to Chang'an. Back then, your grandfather Pei Uncle Pei was in Luoyang and wanted to get rid of him. Wang Shichong was lost, Ji Xie was killed, and only Xingjian was rescued by his family. Later, your Uncle Luo buried Beimang Mountain for Brother Pei and the others, but Xingjian was never found. You search for me, make sure to find it, and bring it back to Chang'an Come and raise."
(end of this chapter)