Chapter 230 Pain and suffering

Located in the rear of Huaiyang Pass, Heavy Mound military town is different from Liu Bud Poria, with the majority of the garrison foot soldiers, just compared to have the heavenly dangers to rely on Huaiyang Pass, but also appears to be a bit insufficient, in fact, in this line of defense, Heavy Mound military town of the guards facing the other three officers of the same rank colleagues, has not been very hard to get up their backs, talk to the voice is never big. Willow bud and poria two towns have traditionally stationed a considerable number of border cavalry, the two towns of the main general and now the two cavalry vice marshal have some affinity, heavy mound belongs to the kind of maternal grandmother does not hurt uncle does not love the embarrassing role, obviously belong to the Northern Liang cavalry sequence, but the foot soldiers are more, but with the Gu Dazu line can not be related to the holding of what thighs, when the Huai Yang Guan became a seat of the capital government, as a stepmother to raise the heavy mound military town on the The town has become more and more inconspicuous.

Xu Fengyen lives in a building just cleaned out the courtyard, the courtyard is not big, but wins in the elegance and quiet, almost full of Liangzhou border military town, now want to find out such a courtyard is not easy. Xu Fengyen stayed in the small courtyard, the heavy mound released a signal worth chewing on, the young feudal king did not summon that early years with hundreds of old pawns together to send His Highness to the capital of the partridge Zhou Kang, did not summon him personally from the Central Plains in the reckless rivers and lakes in the discerning find out of the Gu Dazu, and even with Chu Lushan Yuan Zuozong together with the great general’s righteous son of the Qi Dangguo also did not summon, but shouted out the phoenix word battalion of the origin of the Ning Emei! Drinking together in the courtyard.

The new deputy general of the Iron Floaters, Ning Emei, is still the same interesting man with a rugged appearance and delicate voice, but compared to the spontaneity of that year, there are a few more points of restraint, after all, the young man who sits face-to-face and drinks, is no longer that His Highness, the son of whom the whole of Northern Liang does not look favorably upon.

Xu Fengyen clinked a glass of wine with Ning Emei and lamented: ”Back then, General Ning brought a hundred people to accompany me to go fooling around in the jianghu, including Hong Shuwen, many of them are not in the Feng Zi Battalion nowadays, and have become lieutenants or even lieutenants in the local military, Yuan Mang is still around, and a few days ago in the Tianjing Ranch, he also complained to me about it, saying that he had mentioned to you about wanting to enter the Iron Floaters, but you didn’t remember the old times, and you didn’t want to go back to your old life. It’s just that instead of not agreeing to it despite your old feelings, you even scolded him.”

Ning Emei subconsciously sat up straight and said with that East Vietnam woman’s general gentle voice: “In these two years the Feng word battalion has changed a lot of new people and new faces, the last general feels that there is such an old man as Captain Yuan to stay in the middle of it, in order to rest assured.”

Xu Fengyin laughed, “Some of the young men who went out from Feng Zi Camp as White Horse Boxers would occasionally meet in private, and I heard that they like to ask each other about how big of an official they have become and how big of an official they hope to become, and talk about who will become border generals and feudal officials in the future, and whether they can support each other a little bit. At this point, it’s a bit like the same year in the same hometown in the imperial examination of the Liyang court. Back then, the earliest border crossbowmen in Northern Liang also went through such a stage, and at the beginning, when they reunited, they were all talking about whoever died in battle, and in that very envious tone. A few years and ten years later, it’s a different story, it’s all about inquiring about how big the newly purchased mansion is, how good the new concubine is, and how many acres of fine new land they’ve gotten their hands on.”

Seeing Ning Emei’s face change dramatically, Xu Fengyen waved his hand and smiled, “Don’t be nervous, these are all commonplace, this kind of situation in Feng Zi Camp is also a minority for the time being. Water to clear there is no fish, this truth I understand, not to mention Xu Snapdragon also said almost the same thing, in his eyes, you and I are now in this world, with a few decades ago is too different, at that time almost everyone is thinking about how to live, anyone’s head is tethered to the waistband of the pants, the difference is only that the common people’s head is tethered to the grass rope, the scholar’s head is tethered to the jade belt which is a little bit more valuable, in fact, who are all In fact, all of them are in a precarious situation. But now everyone is thinking about how to live better, so since last year the family has moved to the north of the Liang Road outside, since stay in the north of the Liang may die, then flee to the place where there are no wolves, go to a place where you can’t hear the horse hooves of the north of the Mang. If the Huainan Dao doesn’t work, then go to the Jiangnan Dao, one day the Jiangnan Dao is also at war, you can still go to the south of the Guangling River, if you can’t, then go to the Southern Border, as long as you have money, fleeing all the way to the south, you can survive after all.”

Xu Fengyen’s finger rotated the white porcelain wine cup which is not less exquisite than that used by Jiangnan family, slightly raised, “I am one of the few people in the world who cover up the luxury, I know the market of this small wine cup, in the rich places of the Central Plains, it probably sells for two or three taels of silver, and after the hard work of transferring it to the Northern Liang Road, it would have to quadruple more than that. Of course, to really say, Qingliang Mountain’s valuable objects, is countless, the Central Plains scholar said I Beiliang ‘poor millions of households, rich family’, in fact, did not say wrong, just in the wutong courtyard over my handprint on the ‘fake’ two words of the expensive paintings and drawings, there are Three hundred paintings. It’s just that compared to Zhong Hongwu and these people, I, Xu Fengyen, was known for being a loser in the world a long time ago, not quite the same as their group of misers.”

Xu Feng Nian laughed: “When I was young, Xu Snapdragon went to Wutong courtyard every time with valuable calligraphy and painting antiques, he couldn’t figure out how those things were good, and he didn’t understand why he could sell them at such a high price if he wrote a few words or applied some ink, so he had to tell me every time that this thing was worth a lot of money, and then inevitably added a sentence about how many Grade A Beiliang horses this thing could buy, and how many Beiliang war swords this thing could buy. How many Northern Liang swords can I buy? Over the past few years, I’ve had the Secretary of Strategy, Li Gongde, and the Assassin of Lingzhou, Xu Beihao, as well as Song Dongming, helping to secretly traffic in treasures and paintings, and watched as box after box of things were moved out of Qingliang Mountain, General Ning, do you know what I’ve been thinking about?”

Ning Emei shook his head vigorously in a serious manner.

Xu Fengnian snickered, “I just want to complain to Xu Snapdragon that you bought at a loss back then.”

Ning Emei was dumbfounded.

Xu Fengnian collected his laughter, “Let’s not talk about the distant past, let’s just say that Bai Yu arrived at Qingliang Mountain only a few days ago, and he’s already seemingly separated from Song Dongming. How can I make Zhou Kang and Gu Dazu get along? One is one of the few old Northern Liang pawns who were willing to look up to me back then, and one is an outsider that I had a hard time hiring, one is in the cavalry and the other is in the infantry, so it’s not right for me to help anyone out in the council chamber today. Family matters state affairs of the world, say family matters, vaguely become the god of wealth of Beiliang Wang Linquan and depression not ambition Lu Dongjiang, two old man two in-laws, together a fall, according to reason I should help a help that the soil is not convinced of the Lu family, but the Lu family really help up? And this, Wang Linquan on Lu’s children of those calculations, I just do not want to explore it. One is too refined, one is too stupid, and it’s a one-two punch.”

Ning Emei sighed, speechless. Didn’t dare to say anything, nor did she know what she could say.

Xu Fengnian looked at Ning Emei and joked, “Is it because you think that it’s not easy for me to be in charge?”

Ning Emei, who had been read through his mind, nodded his head, perhaps worried about being taken as a slip of the tongue, and said in a deep voice, “The last general really thinks so!”

Xu Fengnian said, “I’m just whining, I can still drink a little wine with you, it’s actually easy. The ones who really aren’t easy are Liu Yunu and all those who carved their names on the stone monument on Qingliang Mountain.”

Xu Fenian put down his wine cup, “But the ones who are even less easy are you Ning Emei and Zhou Kang Gu Da Zu, it’s you people.”

Xu Fengnian heavily exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and stood up, “Perhaps in the whole of Liyang, there will be a place like Beiliang, where there are people who are willing to die in this great world where everyone can live. But there is certainly no second place where there are so many people that are willing to die together.”

Xu Fengyen turned his head to look at Ning Emei, “I don’t feel any pain at all when the contents of those boxes are sold cheaply to the dignitaries of other Dao. Even if Qingliang Mountain is emptied, and my Xu family is one day left with four walls, it doesn’t matter.”

Xu Feng Nian pulled the corner of his mouth, not knowing if it was the sword qi in his body or what, he exuded a gnashing of teeth and viciously said, “But the real family assets Xu Snapdragon left me, such as the 300,000 iron cavalrymen, even if one of them died after my hereditary replacement of the King of Beiliang, I am heartbroken. Another example is the morale of my Xu family’s army, in my hands one point less, I will feel guilty!”

Ning Emei recalled a saying for no reason.

Those who think a lot will have a tired heart, those who have a heavy heart will have a bitter heart.

Xu Fengyen suddenly smiled and said softly, “Knowing that this time I passed by the right cavalry commander’s He Zhonghu’s mansion, and saw those old generals Yutishan Liu Yuanji who went to visit the sick, do you know what they thought? Liu Yuan Ji told me a few words from the bottom of his heart, the old man said that in just twenty years, can let the young lieutenant Zhong Hongwu, who will be the first to fight in a deadly battle, into that later that holds the power but only knows to exclude dissenters in the army of Huaihua general. Liu Yuan Ji told me that we must cherish the current Northern Liang Iron Cavalry, and that I’m afraid we won’t be able to see them in another twenty or thirty years. That’s why he and Yu Tieshan are going to ride horses and carry swords while they still can, and are going to die a painful death before they see a Northern Liang army like that.”

Ning Emei took a sip of wine and murmured in a low voice, “To be born and die in Northern Liang, it’s really painful!”

After muttering to himself, the extremely detail-oriented Ning Emei carefully placed the wine cup in his hand, seemed to feel that the placement was not correct, but also moved, which then got up and asked, “Your Majesty, the last general has always had a question at the bottom of his heart, but didn’t dare to ask, and today he drank the wine, or else the wine is strong and bold, boldly asked?”

Xu Fengnian froze for a moment and smiled, “Feel free to ask.”

Ning Emei grinned and asked, “I just want to know if there is a day when all 300,000 iron riders of Beiliang are gone, will you regret it, Your Majesty?”

Xu Fengnian said without hesitation, “Nonsense! Definitely regret death, the kind of regret that turns your intestines green!”

Ning Emei scratched his head, his face didn’t seem to have any disappointed expression, instead, he took it for granted and only laughed hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe, “That’s true. Your Highness is good at doing business, but as for buying people’s hearts, he is always a crappy amateur.”

Xu Fengyen laughed out loud.

Ning Emei said with a straight face, “However, I know that even if you know that you will fight all 300,000 iron cavalry, Your Highness will still make the same choice if you start all over again.”

Xu Fengnian hmmmed, “I can also see that in these years, my ability to buy people’s hearts has been sloppy, but General Ning’s ass-kissing skills have grown.”

Ning Emei laughed frankly, “If Old General Liu is right, dying in the moment is just right!”