Chapter 183 Be tougher

Farewell to the emperor and left the Penglai Hall. Qin Mubai led the horse and walked slowly in the imperial city. After thinking about it, he couldn't help shaking his head secretly.

I remember that when he first entered the official career and became a knight, Qin Mubai listened to his father's reminder. Never ignore the emperor, who is the master and decides everything; the emperor's side has always been the most complicated, and nothing can be regarded as simple.

In retrospect, Qin Mubai really felt that his father's words were simply the most reasonable truth. In just one year, Qin Mubai worked beside the emperor, and his whole body seemed to have lost a layer of tender skin, and he also learned worldly wisdom and smooth. When things happen, I will think about it over and over again and ask why, and I can't help thinking about it to the emperor.

Several things that happened in the past year seem to have nothing to do with the emperor, but in fact, the root causes are all with the emperor. It is a metaphor for the contradiction between him and Changsun at the beginning. The end is that the emperor expelled Changsun and maintains his prestige as a hundred horsemen. Later, the proximity, ambiguity and even the situation of Princess Gaoyang have evolved to this point, and the indirect pusher behind the scenes is also the emperor. Later, the case of Jiangzhou and Li Jing, which one is without an emperor. It's irrelevant?

Qin Mubai sighed secretly. In such a complex and dangerous place as the emperor, with a group of senior master politicians like Li Shimin, life is really hard and frightening.

One word, tired!

I need to relieve stress, relax, and change the environment to charge.

In Qin Mubai's heart, the idea of job-hopping became more and more firm.

Walking around the familiar imperial city and seeing the barracks camp of Baiqi from afar, Qin Mubai couldn't help sighing secretly: Maybe I will never enter this barracks again. This camp that I have built with my own hands, and the army I have built with my own hands, is about to hand over others.

Well, there are gains and losses in everything. If there is a loss, there will be gains. Where do you get the beauty of the two? Even if I really leave Baiqi, I'm afraid that in this tough army, I will always leave the mark of my Qin. After all, I am their founder and first commander! Maybe one day when the mountains don't turn, I'll come back again?

Leaving the imperial city, Qin Mubai rode a horse and a whip all the way. The cold winter wind blew his face, with a deep chill, and at the same time, a trace of sadness of parting and unseverable feelings rose in his heart.

"It turns out that I have feelings for this imperial city..."

When he got home, the family was still waiting for him to eat. Yaoer also came back early today, saying that it was the first wine in the world to be closed for a few days, and it was expanded and redecorated. It turned out that the world's first wine bought all the merchants around. Wu Mei Niang waved her hands and demolished all three houses and rebuilt them, vowing to build the world's first-class "entertainment place". And the restaurant was renamed Qinxian Pavilion.

Wu Mei Niang's action can be said to be quite intentional. She directly used the name of royal wine "Qin Xianjiu" to name her new wine shop. First, she is probably announcing to her fellow merchants that she is the only merchant who uses authentic Qinxian wine, and dares to use the name of royal wine to name her liquor. This privilege is not available to other merchants. Second, she also intends to announce to the public that her marriage with Qin Mubai is certain. She is running a wine shop in the name of Qin's daughter-in-law.

Yaoer said that the Wudong family used all the money to build this new restaurant. It is said that because she didn't have enough money, she also sold the five hectares of Yongyetian left by her father.

Qin Mubai guessed that there must be a special reason why Wu Mei Niang suddenly expanded and rebuilt so boldly - has the court given her the "Great Tang righteous merchant" card? Otherwise, how dare she use the word "Qin Xian" as the name of the store?

It's very likely!

On second thought, Wu Mei Niang has never bothered herself to do all these things, and she hasn't even mentioned half a sentence. It's all done by herself silently. In addition to lamenting her ability, Qin Mubai was more or less ashamed. As a big man, he didn't take the initiative to help her at all.

After dinner, Qin Mubai took a walk with his family in the courtyard, then hid in the room and began to copy the Jade Account Sutra. Qin Shubao knew that he had this urgent matter to do, and he didn't ask him to practice martial arts together.

A fighting room, the lamp is as yellow as beans. In a few books, Qin Mubai sat down and wrote a book.

In the middle of the night, the fire in the room was about to go out. It was cold, and he couldn't help feeling that his hands and feet were stiff. When she was about to get some charcoal to add, the little sister Shuang'er came with a fire in her hand and smiled.

"Third brother, am I considerate of you? It's cold and I know you're busy. I'm here to add more charcoal!"

"It's really my good frost. Come on, put it down."

Qin Mubai invited Shuang'er into the room, and the brother and sister warmed their hands and feet with a charcoal fire. At this time, they heard the owl outside.

"Oh, it's so annoying! I hate to hear this sound at night!" Shuang'er complained.

Qin Mubai couldn't help but move his heart and said with a smile, "Wait a minute. I'll clean it up!"

Involunally, Qin Mubai picked up the bow and arrow hanging on the wall and went out of the door. After searching in the courtyard for a while, I found a big adult owl. With an arrow down, your hand will be captured.

Entering the room with the owl, Shuanger was shocked: "Brother, you kill it. Why did you bring it back?"

"You don't know that the feathers of this bird are useful." Qin Mubai pulled out a few long-winged feathers, cut them with a knife for a while, and smiled, "Haha, good pen, good pen!" This is much faster than the wolf hose!"

"Oh, can this also be used as a pen?"

"Of course!" Qin Mubai walked to the desk with a smile and immediately wrote with this feather stained with ink. Although there is no degreasing or hardening, it can make do with it. The font is smaller and more flexible when writing a book, and the writing speed is more than several times faster and more paper-saving.

"Hee hee, third brother, you are so smart!"

"It will be processed again tomorrow, and this will be more useful." Qin Mubai covered his frosty face with a red face and smiled, "Good sister, come to me in the middle of the night. What must be the matter?"

"No, obviously not, hey hey!" Shuang'er smiled, and her face became more and more red.

Qin Mubai didn't know what she was thinking. He smiled and said, "In the past two days, I will be busy copying books at home and have no time to go out separately. Can you please do two things for me?

"Well, you can give it to the third brother."

"One is, go to Mei Niang for me and ask if there is anything I can do for you. If you have free time, you can take care of it over there. By the way, tell her that I will be very busy these two days and may not have time to accompany her. Please forgive her. Qin Mubai said.

"Hee hee, third brother, you care about Mei Niang very much!" Shuang'er smiled and said, "Don't worry! I also like this sister-in-law very much. I will run to her more when I have time these two days. Even if I can't help her, I should say more good words for the third brother in front of her.

"What a good boy." Qin Mubai pinched her face gently and continued, "In addition, you will go to Wu Wangfu after breakfast tomorrow."

"Uh-huh..." Shuang'er was stunned and her face turned redder. "Go there...what are you doing?"

"Isn't it because of Princess Gaoyang?" Qin Mubai smiled bitterly, "This girl, if you don't see me for a long time, you are going to make a fuss. As you saw today, I didn't go to Wuwang Mansion to see her, so she took the initiative to come to our house. You went to the royal palace to stabilize her. Don't let her disturb my business these two days.

"Well, I know..." Shuang'er blushed and nodded.

Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Well, don't look so shy. Go back and rest early!" If your father asks when you go out in the morning, you can say that you made an appointment yesterday and go to play with Princess Gaoyang. My father will definitely not stop him.

"Hey hey, I know! My father seems to like Princess Gaoyang very much. Qin Shuanger smiled happily and was a little shy. She said, "Then I'll go. Third brother, you can rest early. Don't be too late."

"Well, remember to tell your family that you don't call me tomorrow morning." Qin Mubai sent his sister away and sat down to continue to copy the book.

Fighting at night, it was already dawn. Qin Mubai copied a thick stack, but there was still a long way to go from copying the complete book. While copying the book, he also understood it silently, and he couldn't help admiring Li Jing.

Many things seem to be easier to do. Qin Mubai was originally a student of the University of National Defense Science and Technology. He thought he had learned a lot of modern military theories and didn't care too much about the military ideas of the ancients. However, after copying the book this night, Qin Mubai really felt that he was just a "theorist" in this regard. If he practiced it, his eyes would be blackened.

War in the era of cold weapons and modern war are completely different things. From this art of war, Qin Mubai learned more details. Metaphor, the established sacrifices and etiquette at the time of the expedition, the left and right Chinese army, plus the appointment of the seven generals and the division of sergeants of the left and right Yu Houjun, the assignment and management of the grain and people, and even how to distribute horses and weapons, and the main points of the punishment to rebuke Hou and camp, are completely strange to Qin Mubai. This is just a pre-war preparation. If you really want to fight, you have to fight. In the sky, you can arrange the enemy's reconnaissance of troops, and it is convenient to attack the city and pull out the fortress. The prevention and control of the epidemic and the timing of Zhengqi troops...

It's really a profound knowledge!

The first volume of this "Jade Account Sutra" is full of these "basic skills" of marching and fighting, which can be said to be a compulsory course for any general of the Tang Dynasty. Qin Mubai felt that he was like a preschool student now and needed to make up for it!

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At dawn, Qin Mubai called his servant to bring hot water to wash, simply ate some stomach-wrapped porridge soup, and then lay down to rest.

At this time, in the House of the King of Wu.

Princess Gaoyang got up early in the morning, dressed up in front of the bronze mirror for a long time, and walked out of the room under Li Ke's thousands of calls.

Li Ke couldn't help but brighten his eyes: "Yo, I didn't expect my little sister to dress up so beautifully!"

"Well, you mean I didn't look good before!" Princess Gaoyang curled her mouth and wrinkled her little nose and said dissatisfiedly.

"Haha! Dressed up so beautifully, where are you going? Li Ke asked knowingly and joked.

"Hey hey, Mu Bai promised me yesterday to take me out to play today!" Princess Gaoyang said happily.

Li Ke smiled evilly and said, "What if... he is like yesterday?"

"Then I have to strangle him!" Princess Gaoyang shouted with hatred.

"Are you willing to give up?" Li Ke laughed and said, "I think you are about to go crazy now. You do everything for him. Do you only dream of him in the middle of the night?"

"I want you to take care of it!" Princess Gaoyang made a grimace and touched her stomach. "Come on, eat!" I'm hungry. I'm full. Let's go out and play with Mu Bai! But you have to be a little ahead, and you can't be preempted by others.

"Who took the lead? Is it Wu Mei Niang?" Li Ke laughed loudly.

"Ah! ..." Princess Gaoyang was stunned, and then she found that she had inadvertently spilled her mouth. She turned her eyes and muttered, "Third brother, how can you say... Wu Meiniang is so beautiful?"

"Is it wrong to be more beautiful?" Li Ke said funnyly.

"It shouldn't be!" Princess Gaoyang sat down and was still in a high mood. Now she was a little upset and hummed, "She is not only beautiful, but also so capable, and she was with Mu Bai earlier than me. In addition, she is more mature and sensible than me. She runs such a big family business at a young age. She really can't do it. Compared with her, I'm simply useless!"

"What, do you feel the crisis?" Li Ke smiled, patted Princess Gaoyang's jade shoulder and said, "My silly sister, feelings are not based on comparison. It's not that you are better than her, so you are more sure to catch Mu Bai's heart.

"What do you rely on?" Princess Gaoyang curled her lips and said, "After I came back yesterday, I thought about it in the middle of the night. I don't seem to have anything worth mentioning except the name of a princess now... In the past, Mu Bai hated me very much! I also know that I used to be domineering and didn't know anything about it. I could only fool around and didn't do anything. Compared with Wu Mei Niang, these are simply far apart! Third brother, I'm really afraid that Mu Bai will only spoil Mei Niang and don't want me..."

"Don't be afraid! If he dares to abandon him in the end, the third brother will abolish him for you!" Li Ke raised his face and said tiger tiger.

"How dare you! No!" Princess Gaoyang was suddenly anxious and shouted.

"Haha! It's really a woman who doesn't want to stay. It's too much to eat!" Li Ke shook his head helplessly and smiled and said, "I'm kidding you. Mu Bai and I are like brothers. How can we turn against each other? It's just little sister, you really don't have to think so much. Emotional things depend on fate and management. Your persistence and simplicity are very useful. People are different. You don't have to compare with Wu Mei Niang. You are completely different types of people.

"Is that so?" Princess Gaoyang blinked her big watery eyes and said, "Then what do you think Mu Bai likes me?"

"I'm not him, how do I know? There is no reason for emotional things. If you like it, you like it. If you don't like it, you don't like it. Li Ke smiled and said, "If there are so many conditions to talk about feelings, it's not real feelings. It's trading and trading."

"Huh... The third brother's words are reasonable." Princess Gaoyang felt a little enlightened and said, "Just like I liked Qin Mubai at the beginning, and there was no reason why I fell in love with him unconsciously. I was willing to do anything for him and give everything for him. After thinking about it, I don't know what I like about him. In fact, he is so bad that he has been bullying me all the time! If you want to treat me well, there are many people who flatter me and regard me as a treasure, but I don't like any of them.

"So, so..." Li Ke cut his hand and walked back and forth, and said, "There will be a evil star in everyone's life. When he met him, he was dumbfounded. He would be desperate for him, and he would not hesitate to throw a moth to the fire. Obviously, obviously, Qin Mubai is the magic star in your life!"

As he spoke, the government official came to report that someone in front of the door asked for a meeting. The person who came was a woman who claimed to be surnamed Qin.

"Ge, it must be Qin Shuanger! Third brother, the magic star in your life is also coming!" Princess Gaoyang jumped up excitedly and asked the official, "Are you two here together?"

Li Ke's face twitched slightly, and he said in his heart: Gao Yang is going to be disappointed... If Qin Mubai and Qin Shuanger came together, do you still need to report the name of Shuanger? Shuang'er... But I haven't come to my house for a few years!

On that side, after listening to the return of the officials, Princess Gaoyang turned her face unhungrately: "How could it be like this? Shuang'er came, but Mu Bai didn't come? Humph! What tricks is this guy going to play? What excuse is he going to hide from me? It's so annoying!"

"Cough... please let her in." Li Ke made a sign to send the government officials away first.

Princess Gaoyang bit her lips unhungrately for a while, and suddenly she became energetic again. She came to Li Ke strangely and asked, "Third brother, I'm very curious. Why do you have such a deep affection for Shuang'er? The beautiful women around you are really amazing. I don't know how many people are better and talented than Shuang'er. Why do you have a unique affection for her?

"It's none of your business. Don't ask!" Li Ke supported her face angrily and wanted to push her away.

"No, no, I won't do it!" Princess Gaoyang's face was crushed. She was still stubborn and grabbed Li Ke's wrist with both hands. She giggled and said, "If you don't tell me, I'll talk nonsense in front of Qin Shuanger in a moment!"

"Okay, I'm afraid of you!" Li Ke had to let go and glanced nervously at the outside. He saw Qin Shuanger coming from afar at the corner of the flower nursery. He hurriedly said, "Because Shuang'er is my... first love, do you know now?"

"First...love?" Princess Gaoyang blinked her eyes and muttered, "Mu Bai is also my first favorite man! But I'm not the first woman she likes. What should I do?

"Cold! Don't talk nonsense. She's coming!"

Princesss Gaoyang sat aside with a bitter face, put her hands on her chin, and muttered to herself, "Don't guess, Mu Bai will definitely not be able to come today. Let Shuang'er send a message. Hey... What can I do to catch Mu Bai's heart? Wu Mei Niang, such an excellent woman..."

"I told you to stop nagging!" Li Ke shook his hand anxiously and hurriedly said, "There are only two ways for a woman to catch a man's heart!"

"Which two methods?"

Li Ke's fingers were as serious as preaching: "One is to love him; the other is to love him desperately without reservation!"

"..." Princess Gaoyang was speechless for a long time and said, "Do you think I still have any reservations now?"

"Idiot! You have grabbed his heart, but you don't have confidence!" Li Ke said, "Although Wu Mei Niang is preconceived, I can guarantee that you love Mu Bai more deeply than her... You can catch Mu Bai's heart more than her!"

Princess Gaoyang was stunned and suddenly smiled happily: "Then I will love more fiercely in the future!"