Chapter 13 (Part 1) Proposal

As the morning came, a group of young people gathered together happily. Wu'anguo was generous by nature and was generous. He also knew a lot of strange things. He made many friends among civil officials and generals these days. Everyone congratulated him on his rapid promotion and promotion, and asked him to pay for a treat. In the lively moments, Xu Da came over and suggested: "Brothers Wu are young and promising. If this continues, they will be ranked third in the age of 40. Today is happy. It is better to go to my husband's mansion and celebrate together." He is respectful and can have a meal at his mansion. Everyone can't ask for it, so he agreed.

When he turned around, he saw Chen Ning walking by the side in dismay. Everyone despised his proposal to abandon Liaodong and the coastal areas just now, and was unwilling to greet him. However, Duke Chang Mao of Zheng came forward and sang a fat promise from afar. Chang Mao was the eldest son of Kaiping King Chang Yuchun. He was young and joined the army. Zhu Yuanzhang liked his bravery very much and adopted him as his adopted son with Mu Ying. His father-in-law was Feng Sheng of Song, and his uncle was Lan Yu, who was famous for his military achievements among young generals. Relying on these, Chang Mao became the first general to settle down, and he specialized in doing some arrogant things to tease people who disliked him. Some people had reported to Zhu Yuanzhang several times, and Zhu Yuanzhang always blamed him for his premature death. When Chen Ning saw him coming, he knew that there would be no good things and he carefully returned the gift.

But today, Chang Mao turned out to be normal and said seriously: "Doctor Chen, Chang Mao wants to borrow the same thing as you today, but I don't know if it's possible."

"If Chen has something to see the eyes of the Duke of Zheng, he is honored, but it doesn't matter if he takes it." Chen Ning answered happily when he saw Chang Mao change his body.

"Oh, Chang heard that you recently married a fifth concubine and were very favored. The other ladies must not need it for a while. They only cost money and food. Chang wanted to borrow it to relieve the boredom. Could it be?" After a pause, afraid that Chen Ning would not understand, he added: "Anyway, they are all looking for you, and Chang cannot borrow it for too long."

Everyone laughed in unison when they heard his words were rough and not rough. Chen Ning was so angry that his face turned red and ran away with his head in his arms.

Xu Da’s mansion was built on the banks of Mochou Lake, wrapping up all the best scenic spots in the capital. The spring in the south of the Yangtze River was in full bloom. Xu Da asked his family to hold a banquet in the garden. Before the food arrived, the Grand Tutor Li Shanchang smelled the smell and rushed in, pulled a table and stool, sat down, and drank happily with everyone. In the past two years, the status of the Secretariat has gradually increased, while Prime Minister Hu Weiyong was narrow-minded and formed a clique with Tu Jie, Chen Ning and others for personal gain. Many people were dissatisfied with them. Today, the court discussion swept Hu Weiyong's face in public, and everyone felt that they couldn't say anything.

After three rounds of drinking, Xu Da clapped his hands, and immediately a team of opera troupes were chanting and singing on the stage in the yard, and they started to babble. In the Ming Dynasty, the people of the country raised their own operas to help the guests come to enjoy the wine. The host gave Wu Anguo the play notes and asked him to order them first. How dare Wu Anguo pass by? After a long time of refusal, Xu Da ordered one discount first.

Suddenly, the trick started with the sound of gongs and drums. A young hero flipped a series of somersaults and reported to his home. The first play of Xu Da was actually Li Cunxiao fighting the tiger. Guo Pu knew that Wu Anguo was not familiar with the play, so he pointed and explained it to him. Li Cunxiao was the first general of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The play said that he was a fatherless and mother-in-law cattle-herding boy who killed two tigers who came to make trouble with bare hands, and was adopted by Li Keyong as his adopted son. Later, Li Cunxiao led only eighteen cavalry to capture Luoyang, a military city, and swept the world. Without further ado, Wu Anguo also knew that Xu Da was praising himself for killing tigers and eliminating the harm, and wishing him to make unparalleled military achievements in the future. He threw a grateful glance at Xu Da from afar, but saw Xu Da stroke his gray beard and nodding slightly to him.

After a while, the memorial came again. Guo Pu reached out to take it for Wu Anguo, and gave him the memorial. He stretched out his finger and pointed it on it. Wu Anguo understood it and responded to Xu Da's "Full the Bed" according to Guo Pu's instructions. This play tells the story of Guo Ziyi, a general of the late Tang Dynasty, celebrating his birthday. His son, son-in-law and younger generations all became high-ranking officials. Let's congratulate him, and celebrated his birthday with a cup of wine, and piled up his bed with scepters, and was extremely prosperous. The favorite thing that a few older military generals liked the most was this memorable play. He listened and nodded, secretly praised Wu Anguo for being polite. When he turned around, he didn't know where Wu Anguo had slipped.

But I don’t know that the newly-entered Marquis Wu loved the scenery the most. When he was studying in Jiangnan, he had a bad record of skipping classes and enjoying the prize. Now, when he arrived at the Mochou Lake, which had the "No. 1 Lake in Jiangnan" and the No. 1 Scenic Spot in Jinling, his heart had already flown outside the banquet. Taking advantage of the opportunity to get up like a side, he secretly walked to the lakeside. He saw the hall, hall, building, and pavilion surrounded by the green shade, and the corridor was bent. In the evening, the faint water on the lake surface reflected the slanting rays, which was particularly intoxicating. In a trance, it seemed like he had returned to his "donkey" era.

"The beautiful country leaves half of the mist and rain in the lake, and the careers of princes are like a chessboard." When he walked into the small building built on the lake, Wu Anguo whispered. He remembered that when he and his girlfriend were visiting the lake, he saw such a couplet engraved on the "Sheng Chess Tower". I wonder if this building is the other building. If you cross the time and space, you can recognize yourself who was punished by your girlfriend because you could not recite this couplet. While sighing, you heard Xu Da's cheerful laughter from behind, "Brother Wu is so elegant"!

Looking back, I saw Xu Da leaning against the railing, not knowing how many times he had been behind him. When he was caught for the first time, Wu Anguo's face turned red. Just as he was about to apologize, Xu Da waved his hand and said, "I don't like the excitement, so why don't we brothers hide here together." The old and the young looked at each other and laughed at each other and enjoyed the scenery on the railing.

When the two of them turned around, the banquet was coming to an end. The servants were busy lighting the lanterns and hanging them on the plum trees. The plum blossoms were reflected by the colorful glass lamps, and became even more charming. The civil servants took the opportunity to gather together to recite poems and make friends with literature. The military generals began to drink. Wu Anguo was afraid of people urging him to drink, so he tiptoed back to his seat. As soon as he sat down, he saw Xu Da's son Xu Zengshou walking over with the wine.

"Wuhou, I have a question for my son. I would like to ask for advice." After the greetings, the young man went straight to the topic. The young man was Feng Ziming, a new recruit. He was young and talented. He was originally a classmate of the Imperial College and had been begging Xu Zengshou to recommend him to meet Wu Anguo. Today, he was so excited that he almost poured out the wine in his glass.

"No need to be polite, please speak." Wu Anguo saw that the boy was excited, so he quickly comforted him with a gentle voice.

The young man carefully took out a piece of leather paper from his arms, and there was a reduced map on it. It was a copy of the map presented to Zhu Yuanzhang by Zhu Di and others. Zhu Yuanzhang had asked Danui painters to copy several of them for close ministers. He didn't know where this picture came from, but it seemed that it was hard-won and cherished very much.

"The young son loves geography and has never seen such detailed pictures. When I went back and carefully verified, the places near the Central Plains were collected from the daily life of the young son, but here," he pointed to the side of the Americas, "I have never heard of it here. I wonder if it was what the ancients said about Fusang. After passing here, in the vast sea, it was the four poles of the earth." He looked at Wu'anguo, his eyes full of enthusiasm.

‘After passing America and the sea, naturally back to Europe’ Wu'anguo almost blurted out. When he spoke to his mouth, he swallowed his stomach. If this era tells everyone that the earth is round, the next question is “why does the sea water not flow down, what should the person on the other side of the earth beside down, and will hesitate, etc.”. Common sense that everyone knew in his era, if it was explained in the Ming Dynasty, he might have to write a big book, and no one believed it. After hesitating for a moment, he replied, “I don’t know, it was based on the oral transmission of the seaguar. I want to go and see it if I have the chance.”

"Oh," the boy said in disappointment, "It's a pity that I can't go and see if it's there in person."

"What's the problem? I'll recommend you to join the navy. When the Japanese pirates are put down, I'll go out to sea with you to find them." Shisanlang saw that the boy was very disappointed and interrupted.

"Me, can a scholar like me go out to sea with a boat?" Feng Ziming asked hesitantly.

"Why can't it be?" Dinghaibo Fang Mingqian stretched out his big hand like a palm fan to pat him on the shoulder, and staggered, "When I get on the boat, why don't you care about scholars or scholars? I will soon tan your little white face into a little black face. Just like me, Lao Fang, that is the true nature of a man."

Everyone was thrilling, chatting for a while, and then mentioned that Chang Mao teased Chen Ning during the day, and they all said it was good. Chang Mao was modest and suddenly asked: "Brother Wu, I heard that Long Live wanted to grant you a wife and son that day, but you are still alone and have no way to pay it back, but this is the case."

Wu Anguo was slightly stunned. I wonder why Chang Mao asked this question. He felt like someone had a heavy hammer in his chest and replied sadly, "Yes, that's right."

Chang Mao sighed, "It's as pitiful as Lao Chang." He turned around and said to everyone, "Mr. Wu has not yet gotten married. Who can you see that there is a suitable one? I'll give Wu Hou a lecture. He will definitely not insult your daughter when he is successful at a young age!" The voice was like a bell, shaking his ears.

Everyone shouted loudly, "You said, I mentioned who my daughter is about to be with Yan. In the lively moments, Pan Tingjian, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, stood up and said, "I think of a ready-made candidate, virtuous and kind..."

"Everyone, Wu is grateful, but Wu once heard the ancients say, "Why do you have a family before the Huns are destroyed? I am willing to follow the talented people and be willing to follow the ancients. Is this marriage matter? Let's wait for Wu to settle Liaodong with His Highness King Yan to pacify Liaodong." Wu Anguo saw that everyone was serious and quickly interrupted. A few words were passionate and immediately won a lot of luck.

"Environmental virtue, even if you have the same eyebrows, what can you do?" At this time, Wu Anguo thought to himself, "Xiaozhu, I am now like the stars holding the moon, do you know." The scene of Mochou Lake joining hands and watching the sunset was vivid in his mind. He was already in love with the scene in front of Shengqi Tower. At this time, he had just recovered from the consciousness, and was aroused by someone's sad past. Unconsciously, the wine hit him up, and his face was immediately red.

Seeing this, Xu Da smiled and said, "Wu Hou's face is tender, but he is not drunk, but he is actually drunk." He asked his eldest son Huizu to help Wu Anguo to the guest room for a while. Chang Mao snatched it over there, held it in his hand, and said, "It's Lao Chang's troublesomeness that he has made his brother pity his life experience. Don't blame him, don't blame me."

The three of them came to the guest room and ordered their servants to pick up water to wipe Wu Anguo's face. Wu Anguo took a few steps and was blown by the evening breeze. He was a little clear-headed and smiled and said, "I can't bear to drink, I'll make you laugh." Xu Huizu smiled and said, "That won't be. This scholar Pan is a famous Yue Lao. The person who introduced him to Brother Wu this time must be a peerless beauty. It's a pity to replace Brother Wu for his brother." He and Wu Anguo were familiar with each other because of Xu Da. They usually met brothers and were used to jokes. Seeing that Wu Anguo recovered so quickly, he thought he had just pretended to be drunk and escaped, so he joked.

"So what, what?" Wu'an Guojiu won the heroic courage. "At this time, women, no one can go out of the door, as if they were in jail, would have any insight? When they don't understand each other's thoughts, they can't even understand words, and they are so depressed." Seeing Xu, Chang and the other two were shocked and a little proud: "How can they give birth to a strong child and how can they teach knowledgeable children? Even the next generation has been delayed"!

"It makes sense. I heard that Huairou's daughter does not bind her feet, so it turns out from this scripture." Xu Huizu pretended to be enlightened, "Brother Chang, you divorce your wife and marry another one. It turns out that the lady is not good." Chang Mao's wife is a famous Hedong lion and has strict supervision. Chang Mao is rude by nature, but he is afraid of his wife because of love. Therefore, Xu Huizu, Zhu Di and others often make fun of him, and Chang Mao never thinks it is a pestle.

"Speak softly" Chang Mao pretended to look around and said in an almost inauspicious voice: "Lao Chang had this idea, but just heard Brother Wu say this, and I missed your sister-in-law, although she is more powerful, she is a hero among women. She can use swords and guns. For the sake of giving birth to a healthy son for Lao Chang, let her go."

The three laughed again, and the family brought the water up after a while. Chang and Xu closed the door for Wu Anguo, went to the flower hall and then drank, leaving Wu Anguo to rest in the room. Wu Anguo wiped his face with a towel to stabilize his mood, and his stomach was still rolling. He knew that he was drinking too much today. He called his family to come and changed to a large wooden basin, so he took off his shirt and wiped his chest and back with warm water in front of the bronze mirror. Looking up, he saw that he was stronger in the mirror than when he was a "donkey guest".

"Catch up with Schwarzenegger." Wu Anguo put two bodybuilding competitions in a posture and admired himself. Unfortunately, no one in this era knows how to beautify. Just as he was pitying himself, he suddenly found a black shadow behind him, and a bright sword came straight to his shoulder blades.

"There is an assassin", Wu Anguo quickly lowered his head and avoided it, turned around and swept the person with a wet cloth in his hand. The man in black masked man cursed: "Shameless"! He turned slightly and another sword.

Wu An Guodao was not in hand, and he could not use the skills he learned in a worker's amateur sports school at this moment. No matter how powerful he was, he would not dare to use his hands to block the weapon. Seeing a sword tightly as if he was stabbing, he could only dodge left and dodge, and was extremely embarrassed. He glanced at the wooden basin underground after his eyes. Without thinking too much, he stretched out his legs and kicked the wooden basin towards the masked man.

"Chala" The masked man had never expected this trick. He used his sword to block the wooden basin, but was poured on the bath water. He was immediately wet like a chicken. Through his black night clothes, he showed a bit of graceful figure, and he turned out to be a woman.

"Shameless", the woman cursed angrily, turned over and came out of the window, kicked a family member who could not hide in the ground, and disappeared into the night three or five times. When Xu Huizu brought his personal soldiers to come over, there was no trace of the assassin. When asked about the appearance of the assassin in Wu'anguo, Wu'anguo knew nothing about it through the mask, and could only remember the figure of a woman and disappeared by the lake. From a distance, I saw the plum shadows by the lake slanting, and everything in front of me was like a dream.
Chapter completed!