Chapter 273 – The General and the Widow who were childhood sweethearts

The capital city of chu has a high gate, there are also ugly alleys, this is very normal, but if someone knows that the hall from the second grade generals live in an alley, I am afraid that there are bones of the speechmaker to impeach this person is detrimental to the majesty of the imperial court, Xie Xijian from a poor background is the person, if not the identity of the disciple of Cao Changqing, Xie Xijian want to be a party of the body as a general of the cold common people is a nightmare, and the facts have proved that the ability of the high and low, and the high and low of the gate does not have an absolute relationship between the high and low, if not Lu Shengxiang led the attack and Chen Zhi Bao cross the street. The fact also proves that the ability of the high and low, and the high and low have no absolute relationship, if not Lu Shengxiang’s lead troops to run and Chen Zhi Bao’s emergence, Xie Xijian’s undefeated record will continue to go on, Yang Shenxeng, Yan Zhenchun, Wu Chongxuan, in the chaotic times of the Spring and Autumn period to win the reputation of the three members of the meritorious veteran generals, are in the “hair have not grown up” Xie Xijian hands ate the big loss.

After the winter sun warm and warm, there is a lip full of green short stubble young man, sitting in the sun on the door step, generations in this street native growth of him, because of the thinness, from childhood there is a Xie Zhukan nickname, even if the later left the street to run out to study, came back after the arm wrestling won the street that live in the arm is almost as thick as his calf Zhao Dajiang, can be the neighborhood regardless of seniority, is still like to But the neighbors, regardless of seniority, still like to call him Xie Zhukanzi, I guess it is impossible to change. Everyone only knows that the old Xie family late son of a young man, as if the study did not read what big success, but the food and clothing is true, but it is a pity that the child often do not go home, so to this day has not been able to marry a daughter-in-law to the old Xie family to renew the flame, so the old Xie selling wine business is not very happy, especially every time I heard that the other children have become a magistrate or passed the examination of the scholar, always can not get together to say, is to say a few nice words, and no one will say a few nice words, and no one can say a few nice words, and no one can say a few nice words. A few beautiful words, no one really listen to the ears as a matter of fact, if not once his son’s Mr. came to accompany his old Xie drank once, the Mr. said that his boy is a good reader, to ensure that the future certainly can not be bad, the old Xie wine seller would have grabbed the ears of the rabbit to let him follow their own wine seller to earn money. The family is to save some not thick and thin family background, do not care that the child to help earn more silver, just poor people’s baby, not afraid of the family is not good, after all, the poor have poor family is not? Can be compared to the heart, who’s daughter, happy to find the sole of a foot without the ground all day floating man married? Small family life, not afraid of poverty, not the world of war and chaos, willing to sweat most of them can drag the family together to eat a full stomach, but I’m afraid that the man’s eyes are high and low ah. Next door to the street of Liu old matchmaker, also took the words stabbed Xie old man, said with a smile that she would not dare to put a good daughter to the fire pit, so that Xie old man still think of a stomach of sulkiness, and occasionally let go of the stomach to drink that is not much of a taste.

A gang of rogues from the old Xie family door passed by, are with Xie Zhukan grew up with the same age, one of them stopped to sunbathing guy laughed: “Zhukan son, go, brother to take you to the gambling house to earn dozens of taels of silver to go, to ensure that you enter the door is a bachelor, out of the door on a daughter-in-law! Zhukanzi, you haven’t tasted meat and fish until now, right?”

Xie Zhuganzi raised a middle finger at them and cursed with a laugh, “Get lost!”

They didn’t get angry at Xie Zhuganzi’s dead face, they laughed and cursed and walked away. Although the gang of young people hanging around, but never bullied the neighborhood only to go to the trouble elsewhere, after all, every household on the street have watched them grow up bare-assed elders of the townspeople, like the first time in their lives to drink alcohol, it is from Xie Zhuganzi his old man there to steal the wine, although after the fact to the stingy old Xie blocked in the door scolded half a day of the street, they are also hiding at home to cross the legs and pulling out their ears, cursing cursing to unveil the. Besides, Xie Zhuganzi is known as a bad boy since childhood, who was the first one who had the guts to climb the wall to spy on the widow of the Ma family bath? It was not him Xie Xijian! And who threw stones into the hut of the most beautiful woman of her age on the street? At that time he and she are only thirteen or fourteen years old, right, scared that girl in the cottage half a day do not dare to come out, wait until her parents found her, finally dared to bawl, after the incident, Xie Zhuganzi to the old head of Xie that a beating to the death of the full beat ah, really let a person to see shocking, so that crippled Xie Zhuganzi until now, more than a decade, did not talk to her, by chance, in the alleyway encounter, the two are hated! The two of them hate to walk against the root of the wall. Unfortunately, she did not know why to today is not married, from a good a beautiful yellow blossom girl, froze into other women’s children can buy wine for their father’s age, her parents are worried as long as someone wants to be eager to hurry up to their own girlfriends as a splash of water to splash out. The eye is clear, she is waiting for someone. And her original eyes long in the head of the parents, these years also privately with the old wine seller Xie secretly meet, the old head of Xie is not without ideas, just a year to the end of the son can not see their own face a few times, a few times home, but also to and from the hasty, and then dragged again and again until this time the son rarely stay at home to look at the situation will not be in a hurry to go, the old Xie head of the stuffy gourd finally gave the word that, and then do not become a bride, the future when he Xie! The son of the western frontier so son!

The Xie family children, sitting on the steps, whenever there are neighbors passing by the door, will certainly greet with a smile, the elders will most likely be interested in a few sentences when your father to hold on to the grandchildren and so on, then also rubbing wine drink, can let Xie iron cock willingly give people plucking, this life will certainly be the day you Xie family boy married. Xie Xijian also bitter face said I want to have a daughter-in-law but do not know where the daughter-in-law ah, this time is not no one intentionally glanced at the Liu family that the old girl side, since childhood there is a share of resourcefulness Xie Xijian will begin to play dumb.

Xie Xijian so leisurely sitting on the steps, just can not help but turn his head to look at the door on both sides of the Spring Festival couplets, the words written in general, the content is also cheesy, but listen to my mother secretly said, is the end of last year, his father had no trouble with the Song family, the boy who won the examination for the boy’s title to beg for, the Song family this year, at least also from the family liquor store white take more than ten pounds of wine. Xie Xijian sighed, thought this time before leaving home, regardless of other things, must be his seven or eight spring couplets and dozens of spring characters, can not let parents suffer this breath. Most men here don’t read much, and when they are young, they are better than their daughters-in-law, who’s better than their daughters-in-law, and then the whole of the rest of their lives, probably just comparing who’s children are more successful, and whose son-in-laws and daughters-in-law are more dutiful.

Xie Xiyan fiercely rubbed his cheeks.

He is not not want to let his parents own son, not worse than other people’s children, and even to have a lot of success, but although his parents are no more than ordinary people in the city, but now the whole of Chu, the entire capital, who do not know that now a war with a war, the son has a great deal of success, and the son of the peace, Xie Xijian know that his parents certainly choose the latter. He did not want his parents to be worried all day long, rather they complained that they are not married, how they are not happy to get down to the small life, with his broken chatter about the other family’s son of the same age will write spring scrolls on the private school. Originally this time Xie Xijian home, is ready to bite the bullet and tell them the truth, but when he looked at this time as if overnight on the old mother and father, looking at the face does not give a good face but sat down with their own drink father, Xie Xijian can not say it again. He was afraid that one day he really died in battle, parents immediately know that he died, rather than traveling far away to study.

The old Xie head of the wine store that is not open and not doing business today walked out of the courtyard door, saw his son who was not doing his job, coldly grunted, and left with his back hand behind his back. Xie Xijian’s mother walked out the door and laughed softly, “Don’t mind him, he actually went to buy meat, your father didn’t say anything on his lips, but secretly took some broken silver from the money jar under the bed, I just pretended not to see it.”

Xie Xi Yuan grinned, his father’s foul temper, as a son has long been accustomed to.

The woman also laughed: “Liu family that girl, I played small like, but then Liu family where to see eye our family, now the girl is older, only anxious, mother and you say in your heart, although you are the mother’s son, but if not, you ah, can not really match the girl.”

Xie Xijian raised his head and smiled playfully, “Mother, am I really your own son?”

The woman made a gesture to hit, “Slick talker, no wonder you can’t find a daughter-in-law! If your father hears this, he’ll whip you to death!”

Xie Xi Yuan bent his arm, “When I was little, I was whisked around the yard by my father every day, but now my father can’t beat me.”

The woman gently gave her son a chestnut, “Brat, don’t be angry with your father, in the past you were small, mother protected you time and time again, in the future, mother will definitely have to favor your father.”

Xie Xi Yuan made a face, “I know!”

The woman said in a serious tone: “Liu’s girl is not young, but look at that is really handsome, this neighborhood a few streets there is no better looking than her daughter, you really do not have an idea kid? Mother can tell you a bottom line, I heard that there is an official master, want to take her as a small, her parents this year since the fall but not once to our family door.”

Xie Xijian finally stopped laughing.

The woman is not difficult for her son, “You are not too young, mother believes that you actually know the most important thing, do not rush you, you can see for yourself. In the end, father and mother only have a son like you, always thinking of you.”

Xie Xijian hmmm, wait until her mother walked back to the courtyard, began to daze again, unconsciously looked again and again in that direction.

A teenager who jogged all the way into the alley laughed loudly, “Xie Zhuganzi, what are you looking at?”

Teenager called Lu Si Chu, this is the second time to visit the “old Xie family”, last time carried a sword, the result to the neighbors and Xie Xijian parents as a child who can not understand the brain, and almost suffocated the teenager out of internal injuries, this time to learn smart, not only did not carry a sword, but also make up for last time owed a gift to the meeting, both hands carrying chickens and ducks, about the gift should be sent to the meeting, the young man behind those who ate the food. What this matter, behind the teenager, those who are full of nothing to do with the elders of the Lu family, which is dedicated to the discussion of a morning! There is said to send the top tribute wine, but was quickly scolded no brain, Xie family is to sell wine, you are not smashing the scene to hit the face of what is to do? Said to send silk tea porcelain, etc., or was refuted, said to send some of the look not useful stuff is not sincere, and then someone said or carry a sandalwood chairs in the past, in the look is also useful, but still do not think it is appropriate, I guess Xie Xiyi’s parents do not want to be put out for people to sit ah, Lv family blind show off to not be. In the end, or the only remaining great master of the Great Chu sword Lv Tian Dan, Lv old man waved his hand to the hammer, let Lv Si Chu carry two chickens and ducks over, the same day to the slaughter of the pot! All the juniors of the Lu family are impressed, ginger is worthy of the old hot ah! So the young man so all the way from the capital of the rich and powerful at that end of the carriage to this end, his mother’s two chickens and ducks is estimated to be full of food, in the carriage when also pooped, put the carriage parked in the have two miles away, the young man out of the car with one hand to carry the chicken with one hand to grab the duck, all the way to the gallop, it is really full of chicken feathers and duck feathers.

Xie Xijian said in a bad mood: “Look at your grandfather.”

The teenager stood in front of Xie Xijian’s eyes, lifting the chicken in his hand, “Here’s the grandpa!”

Seeing that Xie Zhuganzi was about to kick him, the boy rushed into the yard and yelled, “Auntie, where do we put the chickens and ducks so that we can kill them for the pot at noon? I still have something to do in the afternoon, I’m afraid I won’t be able to eat it ……”

Xie Xijian at the gate couldn’t help but roll his eyes, he really doesn’t treat himself as an outsider, there is no such thing as a gift.

Just when his mother and Lu Si Chu were chatting enthusiastically in the courtyard, Xie Xijian frowned.

At the end of the alley, two young men walked side by side.

Due to their arrival, a few of the oncoming neighbors were so exaggerated that they not only stopped in their tracks, but also wanted to hide inside the walls.

Some of the old people sitting in the sun on small bamboo stools and chairs, also suddenly silent.

One is Pei Sui, the future head of the Pei family of the ten great valves of the Spring and Autumn period, Xie Xijian and he is a good friend, at that time, Yang Shenxiang and the Jizhou foot soldiers captured in a jar, it is Xie Xijian and Pei Sui can be said to be a seamless cooperation, only for the Chu to win the first big victory.

But another person, Xie Xijian did not like.

Song Maolin, the first eldest grandson of the Song Valve.

With him Xie Xijian is known as the great Chu double young man, jade tree wind, when the banishment of the immortal said.

But very strange, Xie Xijian can accept Kou Jianghuai’s kind of conceited arrogance, but instead dislikes Song Maolin’s impeccable warmth.

Junior Lu Si Chu also disliked this “beautiful face, have a clean and honest” like jade gentleman, the reason is very simple, the teenager does not like this guy like the emperor sister, and even more do not like this guy wants to “marry” the emperor sister. In the words of the young man, he would rather retreat 10,000 steps several tens of thousands of steps, rather than the emperor sister married to that never met the young feudal lord, but also do not want to know the emperor sister in the White Deer Cave very early, with the moral appearance of the Song Maolin involved. The young man’s thoughts were never exactly the same as the Lu family’s elders, straight to the point, he just felt that this kind of guy who might never openly fart in his life must be a hypocrite! Xie Xiejian, who seldom bothered to hate a person, thought deeply about this.

So Xie Xijian stood up, smiled and walked towards his friend Pei Suo and the Song family’s son who came to visit, grabbed Pei Suo’s arm and twisted it without moving, Pei Suo is worthy of being his Xie Xijian’s best friend, also without moving, endured the pain and smiled.

Xie Xijian could not help but say: “Go, take you to find a store to drink. Don’t worry, my house store is not open today, I have no habit of killing. But in the future one day can not uncover the pot, it is difficult to say ……”

Xie Xijian led them to pick a relatively clean restaurant, but of course in Song Maolin’s eyes, it must be that they were all actually the same.

Half an hour later, all the fun parted, Xie Xijian and Pei Sui send Song Maolin to the carriage, see off.

As the two walked back to the alleyway, Pei Sui joked, “It’s hard for you to talk nonsense to someone for another half hour.”

Xie Xiejian said blandly, “All the wasted saliva has been made up from the drinks. The beauty of it is that you settled the bill, not his Grand Duke Song.”

Pei Sui smiled and said, “How could Duke Song carry around that yellow and white stuff. However, if there was no money to pay the bill, Duke Song certainly wouldn’t begrudge taking off the thousand gold jade pendant at his waist as wine money.”

Xie Xijian smiled without smiling and said, “That would be another beautiful story.”

Pei Sui put his arm around Xie Xijian’s shoulder and said, “Alright, anyway, my friendship with the Song family is only up to here, so consider yourself to have accompanied me for half an hour of drinking.”

Xie Xijian, who came from a humble background, was able to become close friends with the Pei family’s children who were different from the Pei family, which was tantamount to a miracle. To know in the strict gate of Da Chu, always is the crown house of the stream of people, depending on the humble children as low as servants, ashamed to be in the company, never sit in different seats. At that time, Xie Pei two people become students, do not know each other’s identity, Pei Sui’s mantra is my favorite with the money as dung people do brother, I would like to pick dung every day. Xie Xijian guessed that this guy’s origin is not bad, but when Pei Sui finally himself personally said the family identity, Xie Xijian is still a little shocked. Kunyang Pei’s, that is from the Dafeng dynasty is “only married to the nine surnames, not into the emperor’s family” of the real magnate, it is also at that time, Xie Xijian Pei Sui as a friend, not because he is what is unattainable but is willing to fold the section of the Pei’s children, but is willing to tell Xie Xijian this is still unknown at that time, the son of the cold family openly, his Pei Sui real identity. Pei Sui’s true identity.

Their teacher, Cao Changqing, was the man who used to drink with Xie Xijian’s father.

Cao Changqing told them, the two students of disparate identities, very early on: the reason in the world is the reason, not because of the people are few and no reason, not because of the people are many and there is a reason. It does not deceive people because they are poor, and it does not pander to people because they are expensive. We do not think that all men are good because they are poor, and we do not think that all men are evil because they are rich. Knowing reason has its own rituals, there are rituals since there is no worry of collapse, so the world is peaceful, everyone gets what they want, this is the way of Confucianism.

Pei Sui softly said: “Song Maolin’s mind is not complicated, now there are people in the court suggesting that while Wu Chongxuan rebel out of the southern border, we take the opportunity to ally with Yan Zhi Wang, the implication is to try to persuade Zhao Bing to let the world son Zhao cast ‘into the family’ my Chu Jiang, Song Maolin of course, can not sit still. ”

Xie Xijian laughed coldly, “If you have the ability to fight on your own, you can calculate a kingdom by relying on small calculations to calculate? Not a thing!”

Pei Sui hemmed and hawed and laughed, “Didn’t even scold me together, did you?”

Xie Xijian turned his head and laughed, “Otherwise let me think about it?”

Pei Sui helplessly said, “Mistakenly making a bad friend, it’s too late to regret!”

Xie Xijian didn’t have the good sense to say, “Then hurry up and catch up with the Song family’s eldest son, this isn’t too late.”

Pei Sui laughed: “Then forget about it, all uncomfortable, my kind of accidentally born in the mansion valve No. alien, and they can not piss in the same pot.”

Xie Xijian said expressionlessly, “It’s not drinking from the same pot of urine, right?”

Pei Sui’s face turned white and said bitterly, “Xie Xijian, can you not be so disgusting?”

Xie Xijian said with a slate, “Hard!”

Pei Sui heaved a sigh, after knowing each other for so many years, Pei Sui knew how to deal with this guy who liked to say cold jokes in a serious manner, he had to use the means of self defilement to make himself invincible before he could do so, gritting his teeth, he said, “Worthy of being my Pei picking dung’s good brother!”

Xie Xi Borderland laughed: “Pei picking dung, wait to my house on the table before eating, remember to wash your hands ah.”

Pei Sui took a deep breath, “OK!”

Before walking into the alley, Xie Xijian suddenly and inexplicably said, “Pei Sui, let me ask you, if there’s something I really want to do, but I’m afraid of regretting it, what should I do?”

Pei Sui bluntly said, “Do it for fear of regret? This would have been a nonsense ah, obviously do not do is sure to regret, since do is ‘possible’ regret, why not do it? Xie Xijian ah Xie Xijian, is your brain caught in the doorboard?”

Pei Sui, who had managed to win back a city with great difficulty, was a bit smug.

Xie Xijian who walked forward with his head bowed softly said, “Yes.”

Pei Sui curiously asked, “Is there anything under the sky that you Xie Xijian hesitates to do?”

Pei Sui suddenly said in horror, “You kid isn’t trying to run away to Tai’an City to become an official, right? Beware of me informing on you!”

Xie Xijian said loudly and angrily, “Pei picks feces! Surname Pei! Finding shit is not enough, you want to find death?!”

Then Xie Xijian realized that this guy kept smiling and looked ahead.

Then, Xie Xijian realized that not far away from the entrance of a mansion, there stood a dumbfounded woman, as if she was shocked by his vulgar words, at a loss for words, pathetic.

Xie Xi Yuan swallowed his saliva.

Pei Sui, who had an evil eye, immediately saw the signs, and it was called a gloating ah. Ordinary women, can let Xie Xijian this kind of loss of temper?

The world’s men, how many escaped the “childhood sweethearts” the world’s first powerful killing flying sword?

After all, Pei Sui didn’t have the heart to throw stones, and was about to leave first, when he suddenly realized that his cuffs had been clenched tightly by someone.

Xie Xijian whispered, “Don’t go yet, help me to strengthen my courage.”

Pei Sui was about to burst out laughing.

The guy who even said, “Chu only needs three Xie Xiyan to restore the country”, also needs someone to help him to be courageous so that he doesn’t show his cowardice?

Pei Suo couldn’t wait to bow to that unknown woman on the spot.

This brother of his, even when debating a situation with Mr. Pei Sui, he would never be the least bit timid.

The woman hesitated for a moment, only glancing quickly at Xie Xijian, then lowered her gaze and was about to quickly step onto the stage.

Xie Xijian wanted to speak but stopped.

Pei Sui elbowed this coward beside him.

Xie Xijian finally said in a trembling voice, “Liu Dongmei!”

Pei Sui stole a smile, that woman s name can be really …… general.

Xie Xijian actually did not have a big voice, but the woman stopped on the side, but did not turn around on the steps.

Xie Xijian habitually rubbed his cheeks and finally summoned up the courage to say, “My name is Xie Xijian!”

Pei Sui was speechless and looked up at the sky.

Aren’t you fucking crap, neighborhood, do people still think your name is Xie Dong Yuan?

But those next words made Pei Sui impressed.

Xie Xijian scratched his head and grinned, ”I want to marry you as my daughter-in-law! All the other women, I can’t even look at them! I only like you!”

Pei Sui couldn’t help but stick out his thumbs and ended up giving Xie Xijian a kick.

The woman didn’t turn around and didn’t make a sound, only her shoulders trembled a little.

Xie Xijian’s voice, which was not easy to pull up, lowered again, “Back then …… throwing stones at your house, it was me who was wrong, but …… I had a reason, and at that time, I felt that you liked that Song Zhengqing, who was only a dead reader, and I was was not angry ……”

Pei Sui looked at the sky again.

He somewhat suspected that the reason why Xie Xijian did not treat Song Maolin, was it because of the surname Song?

Pei Sui had no reason to feel somewhat helpless for Song Maolin.

This was a saddening misunderstanding.

Xie Xijian paused for a moment and exclaimed, “Nowadays, I’m better off than that Song Zhengqing, who only just passed the examination for a child student, really!”

Xie Xijian stretched out a fist, smashed it on his chest, and said in a deep voice, “I, Xie Xijian, am not just some same name and surname as that ‘Xie Xijian’ that you should have heard of as well, that’s me! That Xie family’s stupid boy who liked you for many years, Xie Zhugang’er! Now he’s the General of Zhenbei of Great Chu, a second-ranked military general!”

Not far away, those old men and women who were sitting on stools and chairs to watch the fun, almost simultaneously fell to the ground.

Pei Sui suddenly squinted his eyes quietly, with some expression of amusement.

As the son of a powerful warlord, he had seen too many things that were not good.

The world of friendship, whether it is a gentleman’s friendship is as light as water, small man’s friendship is as sweet as honey, or husband and wife in the same forest bird, on the battlefield father and son soldiers, what the gentleman and ministers are appropriate, the world of friendship such as mellow wine.

Few have withstood the test of time, a bowl of water placed ten days eight days, can really drink? It is a good wine, a little clay seal is not tight, not to mention ten years eight years, next year out on the wrong flavor.

Pei Sui suddenly a little worried, because he found that no matter this woman who grew up in a poor alley, no matter whether to agree or not, I’m afraid that the taste is not right ah.

If you don’t agree, Xie Xijian and her will pass by.

Agree, and how much of the sincerity is for Xie Xijian this person, not the name of Zhenbei General?

Pei Sui felt that Xie Xijian shouldn’t have said those last few words.

But not saying them seemed wrong as well.

Pei Sui was not blind and knew that a woman of Xie Xijian’s age who was able to get to this point in time without marrying, must have suffered a lot, and those rumors were enough to suffer.

Xie Xijian must be thinking of letting her know that all these years of aggravation have not been in vain.

Pei Sui sighed softly, if only her own brother could have waited for her to nod her head and then come back to the truth.

But Pei Sui very strange to find, incomparably intelligent classmate brother, “Chu’s best” Mr.’s best disciple, simply do not have this kind of worries, even at this time, also have no regrets, as if in the conviction of what.

The woman finally turned around, wiping away her tears before turning around.

She said something to Xie Xijian.

After Pei Sui heard these words, he made a solemn bow to the woman and said with incomparable willingness, “Kunyang Pei Clan’s Pei Sui, greetings to sister-in-law!”

Because the woman with the tacky name said a phrase that Pei Sui felt was the least tacky.

It was also this phrase that later led to Xie Xijian, who was loyal to Da Chu, to quietly enter Northern Liang incognito.

Her words were simple and decisive.

“Xie Xijian, I used to be afraid that I wouldn’t be able to wait for you, but from today onwards, I’m not afraid of not being able to wait for you because I’m not afraid of being the widow of the Xie family.”