Beiyang new warlord

After massaging for a while, half complaining, Shen gently combed Mao Wenlong's bun with both hands.These words finally made Mao Wenlong open his eyes again, sighing with emotion.

"Yuan Manzi, he has taken office in Ningyuan!"

"Yuan Manzi? Could it be Mr. Yuan Chonghuan, who won the great victory in Ningyuan?"

During the day, the brows are cold, but at night they become dark eyebrows, and the bright eyes reveal a curiosity, Shen asked curiously: "With this general guarding Liaodong, the burden of the master has been relieved a lot, isn't it? Why are you moaning?"

"Women, what do you know?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Mao Wenlong's old face became ugly again, and he sat down at his desk again in disdain, and snorted coldly while drawing a pen and ink.

"That Yuan Manzi has the same problem with the gang of civil servants in the court. He is so ambitious, so grandiose, so talkative, hehe, he can flatten the Liao Dynasty in five years, how dare he brag! This guy is a complete gambler!"

"He is bragging about his life, and he has to hurt others. Before he came, His Majesty had already accepted the king's ministers and the Shangfang sword. It seems that this Yuan Manzi wants to take over the power of Liaodong. I, Dongjiang, is the big town of Liaodong, so I bear the brunt of it." Since March, Yuan Manzi has already done a lot of tricks to this commander before he even arrived in Ningyuan, and a few days ago he sent an official document to invite him to Ningyuan, hehe, I'm afraid the person who came was not kind!"

A woman's petty thinking is really scary. She clearly felt the fatigue and impatience in her man's words. However, this happened to be something that Shen could use. When the topic changed, she suddenly changed the topic to Mao. Gou body.

"Master, Mr. Zhao came here just now, and Jue'er didn't go to school tonight!"

"Oh?"

This question revived the tired Mao Wenlong's interest, and turned his head in surprise.

"Isn't Jue'er sure to make sure she doesn't miss her homework every night, and doesn't turn off the lights until late at night? Why don't you go today?"

"I don't know who I am!"

Speaking of this, Shen's eyes showed a hint of insidiousness and cunning, and her voice seemed to be a little softer.

"However, after falling into the water, Jue'er seemed to be very wrong. He had forgotten all the sage books he had learned on weekdays. Today, he actually attacked the concubine himself, and even said such disrespectful words to the commander. On weekdays, benevolence, filial piety, and understanding of etiquette are like two people, and I am afraid that I will be a concubine."

After hesitating for a while, Shen finally said the most important thing behind.

"I'm afraid it was an excuse to vent, deliberately pretending to be stupid, and resentment for the commander in chief who sent him back to Hangzhou to guard the old mansion!"

Unfilial piety was a great sin in ancient times!Zheng Man, who almost became a bachelor, was framed by Wen Tiren because of this, and was innocently sentenced to the cruelest punishment of cutting into pieces by a thousand swords by Emperor Chongzhen. He harbored resentment towards his father, which was also one of the most unfilial, enough to be kicked out of the genealogy!

Sure enough, hearing these words, Mao Wenlong's pupils froze.

Chapter 4. Silver is a big problem

Another day at sunset, Mao Jue lay on his small building with straight eyes, watching the merchant ships coming and going on the coast of Phi Island below. One piece is his.

"It's really called the stepmother's raising!"

With golden eyes shining, Mao Jue shook his head sadly.

Now he has figured out what his status is in the mansion.

He is Mao Wenlong's only son, yes, but he was not born to Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang was born in a large family in Shanxi, and her ancestors gave birth to Prime Minister Zhang Siwei. The daughter of the Wen family in Liaoyang is a concubine, the mother whom Mao Jue has never even met.

However, a few years ago, Nurhachi's army captured Liaoyang, and tens of thousands of Liao people were massacred, including the Wen family, Mao Jue's mother, and more than 300 relatives of Mao Wenlong. After being greatly frightened, the whole person became cowardly, reticent and timid.

Seeing him like this, Mao Wenlong could always think of this tragedy, no wonder Mao Jue disliked him.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhang is really a good wife and mother. In the past few years, she has treated Mao Jue as her own and raised her carefully.

However, Mao Jue's previous appearance could not suppress the generals of Dongjiang Town, so Mao Wenlong married Dengzhou General Shen Shikui's daughter as his concubine in Pidao. Good at managing the internal affairs of the house, gradually, the power of the entire Mao Mansion fell into the hands of this woman.

As a woman, she is selfish in front of her own children. Although she has not yet given birth to an heir, Mao Jue, the eldest son, is already regarded as a thorn in her side, and is a deadly enemy who wants to seize Mao Wenlong's position as the heir.A while ago, she was the one who urged Mao Wenlong to send Mao Jue back to his hometown in Hangzhou to take the imperial examination.Under such circumstances, how could this woman give Mao Jue money? Since she managed the money, Mao Jue's monthly pocket money has been cut off for several years.

And because of Mao Jue, Su Yi was implicated, Wen Bo, the old man who was in love that day, and several people around him could not get their monthly salary. Fortunately, Su Yi was adopted by Mao Jue's mother since childhood, and Wen Bo was even more His distant cousin, the two of them are still devoted to him.

"Okay, young master, don't be depressed. The servant girl and Uncle Wen can live comfortably in Mao's mansion. It's useless to ask for the money, and they have a lot of obscene skills. So what if you don't do it? The young master should Read more, and wait for the master to send the young master back to Hangzhou to catch up with a champion in the exam, and show Mrs. Shen a good look!"

She thought that her words had hurt Mao Jue, Su Yi, a very married girl, tried to persuade her with a bitter face.

Who knew that these words made Mao Jue even more depressed.

Imperial Examination?Not to mention whether he can pass the exam, even if he does, according to the darkness of the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, once Mao Wenlong dies, he will be overwhelmed by everyone, and he is not sure what he will do to those civil servants!Moreover, the pass is not peaceful. If he is thrown somewhere in Shanxi and Henan as an unlucky county magistrate, he may be beheaded by the Peng army one day. He doesn't know what will happen to Mao Jue in history. Anyway, he is a little bit now. I don't want to go back to the customs.

How about telling Mao Wenlong directly, get ready to rebel!Yuan Manzi wants to kill you?As soon as this idea came up, Mao Jue's face appeared in his head looking like an idiot. According to Mao Wenlong's dislike for him, he couldn't believe it.

"Okay, young master, I'm hungry, go down and get me something to eat!"

"Yes, Master!"

Mao Jue could be said to have spoken, thinking that his persuasion had worked, the girl Su Yi happily went downstairs and sent her away, Mao Jue sat on the desk again fiercely, with three strokes and two strokes, an abstraction in the shape of a steamed bun He sketched out the stove again, while he was drawing, he was still muttering through gritted teeth.

"Damn it, Grandpa Mao said that the working people are invincible! If there is no money, I will do it myself!"

At this time, there was a commotion downstairs.

"Wen Bo, why are you here!"

"I heard that today I took the young master out to make fools, and even made troubles in the camp. Madam is very upset when she finds out. Next time, if you make trouble again, the family law will be broken. I won't protect you, old man!"

"Uncle Wen, it's not me who wants to go out, it's the young master himself"

"You can persuade me, it's your fault!"

He hummed twice obviously aggrieved, the voice gradually approached, and the two also went upstairs one after another.

"Master, Wen Bo is here!"

I haven't seen you for a few days, but the old man is still full of affection, and excitedly stepped forward and bowed: "I have seen the young master!"

Before Mao Jue could stand up and return the salute, the old fellow slapped him on the forehead with a full stomach of platitudes.

"Master, you are still young, you should put your studies first! In the future, you will be named on the gold list and honor your ancestors. This is what a man should do! These days, Madam heard that the young master has neglected his studies, but she is very sad. Light, there are good stories throughout the ages, like the young master, you are idle and wasteful, and the old people see it as a pity for the young master."

The old guy talked like a car wheel, and Mao Jue's head grew a little bit after he babbled over and over again, but this old guy was also doing it for his own good. Mao Jue was not a person who didn't know what to do, and he didn't stand up to him, but drooped his head sadly. listen.

"Yes, what Uncle Wen taught me! I've been unwell for the past few days, so I didn't continue to study. When I get better, I will study hard immediately. Cheng Men Lixue, as long as you don't die, learn from death. You Look no further!"

Perhaps Mao Jue had a good attitude in admitting his mistake. Seeing how he bowed his head, Wen Bo stroked his long beard contentedly, took out another bundle from his arms, and put it on the table.

"This is 20 taels of silver. The madam saved it from her own money. The madam asked the old man to give it to the young master. The young master is the young master of our Mao Mansion. It will cost face to go out, so we can't be looked down upon!"

"This"

Looking at the silver, Mao Jue's face suddenly became complicated, a tricky and vicious woman was in charge, he was poor, and Mrs. Zhang might not be much better than him, but under such circumstances, Mrs. Zhang could still save money. The frugal self-money was given to him, just to support him. For a while, Mao Jue felt as if something was stuck in his heart. He was stunned for a moment, shook his head heavily, and pushed the money back , said with a forced smile.

"Uncle Wen, take the silver back! I don't have anything to buy here, and I don't lack anything, really!"

"Master, please don't refuse. This old man was also young back then. He was young and flirtatious. He was a friend of three or five. He recited poems against each other and smiled proudly. If you delay your studies, you will succeed!"

Smiling and teaching Mao Jue a lesson, the old man walked away with a smile on his face, and finally left the silver. Looking at the heavy 20 taels, Mao Jue complained and blamed Su Yi for the first time.