Chapter 20 New Weather

Zhou Yin entered the city. The more he looked at it, the more curious he became. The street of Qian Tangcheng was different from the street he saw. Qian Tang's street was relatively wide. More importantly, there were shops on both sides of Qian Tang's street, and the shops lined up to the end.

The market in the Han Dynasty was different from that of later generations. The market and residential areas were separated. There were special market walls and doors outside the market. The market opened in the morning and closed in the dark. Except for the market guards and merchants, they are generally not allowed to stay in the market. Like Qian Tang, the shop is opened on the street, and it is on the main road leading to the city gate. Zhou Yin has not only never seen it, but also heard of it.

What made Zhou Yin and others more dazzled was that there were many women in the store who greeted the business. They were dressed in flowers one by one, with a warbler's voice and a smile like a flower. Even if they don't buy anything, walking on this street is enough to make people feel relaxed and happy.

"Look, look, there is more than one Yi girl." An entourage pointed to a group of high-nosed and deep-nosed Yi girls and shouted in a panic.

"Where did the foreigners come from? If you don't walk in the middle of the road, you don't understand the rules at all. A bold man next to him tilted his head and looked at them and said in a contemptuous tone that obviously looked at the countrymen.

"Hey!" Zhou Yin was so angry that he rolled his eyes. Unexpectedly, he was despised by a commoner who had just entered the city. In a blink of an eye, I found that I was really out of the way. Although the road is wide, it is the same as the gate of the city. It is divided into four lanes. The middle two lanes are full of pedestrians. On both sides of the road, they stop at the gate of the store to buy or see goods. They stand in the middle, and the people behind them are a little inconvenient. Being looked at by the strange eyes of a group of people, Zhou Yin couldn't stand it and urged him to walk.

The Yue Palace is not difficult to find, but when Zhou Yin stood in front of the Yue Palace, he didn't dare to believe that it was the palace of the King of Yue. Although this house is also good, it is similar to that of a large family at best, but it does not have the courage of the royal palace - there are several houses next to it that look more beautiful than the royal palace.

Zhou Yin came forward to report that a man quickly came out of the palace. When he saw Zhou Yin from afar, he laughed: "Zhong Ying, why are you here?"

"It's you." Zhou Yin also smiled at a glance. It was Dunwu, a general in Sun Shao's mansion. He had been accompanying the bridge to Jianye, and it had not been a few months since Qian Tang. He was very familiar with Zhou Yin before. He looked at the official uniform on Dunwu's body and smiled enviously, "What kind of official is he now?"

Dunwu Yile, some ostentatious duster clothes: "It's nothing, just the captain of Changle Palace."

"Poo!" Zhou Yin rolled her eyes and suddenly felt short. This boy's tone is not small. The captain of Changle Palace is a senior official of Jiuqing, and he is actually nothing. However, it is true to think about it. Although Dunwu did not go out to war with Sun Shao, he has always been responsible for the safety of the house. He is a trustworthy person of the bridge. Now that the bridge is the empress dowager, he naturally followed the rising ship to the captain of Changle Palace.

"Let's go. The Empress Dowager is waiting for you inside." Dunwu seemed to enjoy Zhou Yin's envy and led Zhou Yin into the palace. The Yue Palace was not big, that is, a few palaces, which looked not only simple, but even a little shabby. The Changle Palace where the bridge lives is in the southeast corner of the palace. It is said to be a palace. In fact, it is a small courtyard with two side halls.

"Go in, the Empress Dowager is in there. She has sent someone to tell the king, and he will come after handling his official duties."

Zhou Yin was shocked and shook his hand repeatedly: "How does this work? I should go to see him."

"It's okay. The king is idle. He comes to the empress dowager to call him every day." Dunwu smiled and introduced Zhou Yin into the door, and went to a layer inside the door by himself. Zhou Yin hesitated for a moment and was considering which way to go. A young woman stood in the porch of the main hall. She waved to him and smiled, "Zhou Zhongying, why are you in a daze? The Empress Dowager is in a hurry."

The sun was shining brightly. The woman stood in the shadows. Zhou Yin suddenly did not recognize it, but he knew that he must be another acquaintance. He hurriedly caught up a few steps and went up the steps. Only then did he recognize that the smiling lady in front of him was not Qiao Yue, the maidservant of the Sun family.

"Yo, sister Qiao, how can you come out to greet me?" Zhou Yin and Qiao Yue were used to jokes and quickly arched their hands and smiled.

"Hee hee, you are a foreign relative, and I should welcome you." Qiao Yue said with a smile. The two entered the hall together. Zhou Yin looked up and saw that the bridge was sitting on a soft chair in the middle. Behind her was Qiao Ying, and the left hand was Guan Feng. A Yi hugged her right hand. A little girl next to her was peeling a fruit and stuffing it into A Yi's mouth. Although she was small, she held her woman. Zhou Yin thought about the man's bun and guessed that this should be Sun Shao's concubine - now it should be Princess Xiahou Hui.

Seeing so many women's family, Zhou Yin quickly restrained her look and respectfully bowed down in front of the bridge: "The grass-civilian Zhou Yin worships the empress dowager. May the empress dowager live forever."

A period of silence.

Zhou Yin was inexplicable. He was puzzled. The bridge said, "It's not easy. Zhong Ying, who has always been the same as a monkey, also knows the rules."

Zhou Yin suddenly blushed with shame. He is the most unruly of the three brothers and sisters of the Zhou family. He is jokingly called him a monkey, and he is usually used to it, but now he is very embarrassed to call him in front of so many women.

"Get up, A Yue, let someone move. You can't neglect him. This is also my mother's family."

"The Empress Dowager, what kind of mother's family is this? After two days, the Qiao family will come, and that's the real mother's family." Qiao Yue smiled as she arranged someone to pick up a seat. Zhou Yin sweated profusely. This is not the Yue Palace. It's no different from the previous Sun family compound. It's still so unruly. However, this made him relax a lot and found a sense of familiarity.

Zhou Yin got up and took a look at the face of the bridge. After the news of King Sun Shaofeng came to Jianye, he had never seen the bridge again. The bridge is thin and pale, but he is in good spirits and seems to be in a good mood.

"How is your mother?" The bridge called Zhou Yin to his side and asked with a smile.

"It's...okay." Zhou Yin said reluctantly and looked at the people next to him unnaturally. In addition to Qiao's mother and daughter, the other two were Queen Yue and the other was the concubine of King Yue. He really didn't dare to look at them casually. The bridge showed the restraint on his face and said with a smile, "Well, you don't have to accompany me. Go ahead and do your own things. I'm going to do business with Zhong Ying for a while."

Guan Feng and Xia Houhui got up to say goodbye, pulled A Li away, and Qiao Ying's mother and daughter also flashed aside.

"The king of Wu gave an edict to marry A Yu for his grandson, and at the same time to marry the eldest princess to his brother." Zhou Yin licked her lips and smiled bitterly: "My family is coming with double happiness."

"Isn't it good to have double happiness?" The bridge said faintly, "Why did you run out? Are you a little disappointed? They are all married to the royal family, but they don't have your share?"

"Aunt--" Zhou Yin shouted, subconsciously as if she were in front of the bridge before: "Will I care about those?"

The bridge smiled and paused for a moment: "Then what are you doing here?"

"I don't want to stay at home." Zhou Yin said depressedly, "They not only wronged themselves, but also wronged others for the sake of power and profit. I looked at it, so I ran to my aunt and begged for food."

"If a good national relative doesn't do it, come to my aunt to beg for dinner?" The bridge gave him a smile and said, "You can also see that the Yue Palace and the Wu Palace are far away from each other."

"But my aunt is happier than Jianye."

"That's true." The bridge nodded with a smile: "Although the house here is a little poor, it is comfortable. You don't have to look at many people who don't want to see it."

" By the way, how did you find it?" Zhou Yin suddenly asked.

The bridge looked at Zhou Yin warily and hesitated for a moment before saying, "It was your sister-in-law Guan who found it on the sea."

"I don't believe it." Zhou Yin wrinkled his nose. "Now many people say that those robbers are pretended by the people arranged by the eldest brother."

"Who said that?" The bridge stared at Zhou Yin, but his eyes were a little flustered. Zhou Yin looked at her for a moment and couldn't help laughing: "Auntie, I guessed it myself. No one said that in Jianye. They all said that God blessed the king of Yue. A Yi is a natural noble man who can turn bad luck into good luck. You don't know that Wu Fan is very busy now. It's not easy to ask him to gossip.

The bridge looked at Zhou Yin's face. After a while, he laughed and reached out and poked Zhou Yin's forehead: "Little monkey, it's still as naughty as before."

"However, I thought it was arranged by my brother from the beginning." Zhou Yin said confidently, "I also told my mother that they didn't believe it and said that I looked up to my brother too much. How's it going now? I'm still right. They, if they had listened to me at the beginning, how could they have come to this point today? Well, they all say that I'm the most confused, but I think they are confused. At least they don't know. Although they look beautiful now, who knows what the result will be in the end.

"You child, how can you curse your brother and sister?" The bridge said unhappily.

"Auntie, I didn't curse them." Zhou Yin stalked his neck and said unconvincedly, "Look at what they have done, but should they do it? Although Sun Deng has a good reputation now, I think he is a very hypocritical guy like his father, King Wu. Although he is only fourteen years old, those who are the same as those who are 40 years old.

"What are you talking about?" Sun Shao's voice sounded at the door. Zhou Yin turned his head and saw that Sun Shao was taking off his shoes at the door. He hesitated for a moment, but still caught up and gave a big salute respectfully: "Caomin Zhou Yin, see the king, may the king..."

"Okay, get up, aren't you hypocritical when you say that?" Sun Shao kicked Zhou Yin with his toes and said with a smile, "Get up and talk. Don't forget these etiquette at the court meeting."

"Hey hey hey, it won't happen." Zhou Yin took the opportunity to stand up.

"What are you doing here?" Sun Shao greeted the bridge and asked bluntly.

Zhou Yin said again what he had just said to the bridge. Sun Shao nodded, "You can come to me. Anyway, Wu Yue is a family, breaking the bones and tendons. However, it can be said that in the front, if you expect to be an official by relationship, it is not impossible, but such an official is not big, and no one respects it. If you want to be decent, you can earn it on your own ability.

"No way, brother, you are the king of Yue, and some people also look down on the people you arrange?" Zhou Yin asked in surprise.)

"Of course, it will give you face on the surface, but people are separated from each other. Can you force others to look up to you in your heart?" Sun Shao curled his lips and said, "I call you uncle and scold your eight generations of ancestors in your stomach. What can you do?"

"That's true." Zhou Yin scratched his head. He suspected that Sun Shao didn't want to help him, so he took this as an excuse, but it was hard to say to his face. He decided to wait for Sun Shao to leave and beg for the bridge in private. Dunwu can become the captain of Changle Palace all of a sudden. He is still the nephew of the bridge. How can he not touch it at all?

Sun Shao talked to him for a while. Seeing that Zhou Yin was a little absent-minded, he knew that he had not give up, so he stopped talking and asked about the life of the bridge. Daqiao smiled and said, "Well, it's been a few months, so don't worry about it anymore. Speaking of which, it's my fault. When the bridge said this, he looked at Zhou Yin unnaturally and stopped talking. Sun Shao glanced at Zhou Yin, who was listening carefully, and smiled, "Zhong Ying is not an outsider. It's okay for you to tell him. However, after all, I feel a little sorry for letting my mother suffer so much. Now it's all right. You live in Qiantang. When you feel bored, go to the sea. That island is really good.

He suddenly remembered something. He looked at Zhou Yin and smiled and said, "I'm relieved to have Zhong Ying by your side."

The bridge's eyes turned, nodded, exchanged a look with Sun Shao, and smiled coincidentally. Zhou Yin laughed inexplicably by them. He wanted to ask but didn't dare. He waited until Sun Shao went out before he roared and asked the bridge, "Auntie, what are you talking about?"

"Your brother sees that you are reliable and wants to put you by my side. Would you like to?"

"Beside your aunt? OK, what are you doing? Zhou Yin raised his eyebrows and immediately came to his senses.

"What do you want to do?" The bridge said with a smile, "Riding general? Captain Fengche? Or is it the general of the building?

Zhou Yin blinked his eyes excitedly and touched his head with some embarrassment: "Hey hey, I'm new here, and I'd better not be promoted too soon. I'll be a Fengche captain, accompany my aunt and protect my aunt."

"All right, don't regret it." The bridge said with a smile.

"No, it won't." Zhou Yin said repeatedly.

In the evening, the bridge held a family banquet for Zhou Yin, and Sun Shao also came. The bridge told him about this arrangement, and he agreed without saying a word. Zhou Yin was glad that he didn't listen to Sun Shao's tricks and said that he wanted to earn by himself. Now he didn't have to earn money and became a captain of Fengche. He was so proud that he took office the next day. He majestically took a few men around the palace. He was seen by Dunwu. Dunwu was straight and pulled him aside: "I said Zhong Ying, how about you be this Changle Weiwei?"

"That won't work." Zhou Yin smiled and said, "How can I argue with you?"

"Fight for a ghost." Dunwu is still the same as before: "I'll tell you the truth. If I hadn't found someone familiar to the Empress Dowager to be the guard, I would have gone to Chen Hai or Ding Feng long ago. It's just right that you're here. With you by the Empress Dowager's side, I can get out.

"No way, Changle Weiwei won't do it. Are you going to be a big soldier?"

"Hey hey, Captain Changle is noble, but he doesn't have a chance to go out to fight." Dunwu explained, "Although there are a lot of salaries, there is no exception for rewards without military achievements. Are you bored in the palace every day? I'm still young, but I don't want to live like this all my life.

"Can't Captain Changle go out to fight?"

"It's not just that Captain Changle can't fight, but the southern army in this palace can't go out to fight." Dunwu said angrily, "Our rules are that the southern army, the northern army and the field army cannot mix with each other, and the practice subjects are different. The southern army mainly practices defending the city, in order to ensure the safety of the national capital and the palace. The northern army and the field army practice siege and field warfare..."

Dunwu explained the situation, and Zhou Yin understood it. Sun Shao is the king of Yue. Because the situation in Vietnam is relatively special, some adjustments have been made. For example, the equipment and requirements of the Southern Army, the Northern Army, which are responsible for the security of the capital, and the field army, which are mainly responsible for the expedition are very different. The Southern Army does not go abroad, the Northern Army does not enter the palace, and the field army does not enter the capital. It is strictly forbidden to mix with each other.

"Not only that, even if they belong to the same Southern Army, the personnel between the palaces are not allowed to be transferred at will. People in Changle Palace can't go to the Grand Palace. Dunwu's words turned around and continued to advise, "You should be this captain of Changle. Let me go out to fight a few battles. The king will go out soon. If I don't go, I won't be able to catch up again."

"What should I do if I want to go out for an expedition?"

"This is difficult to do." Dunwu explained with his surname: "The arrangement of the Southern Army in the palace is very simple. The people in each palace are selected by the masters of each palace. At that time, it will be announced to the king, like the captain of Changle Palace. As long as the empress dowager is in favor of it, she can be promoted immediately, while the Northern Army and the field army are different. According to the rules, it should be arranged through the lieutenant. Now the lieutenant It's okay to say that it's both a king, but it has to be accepted not only through the lieutenant, but also by the generals of all armies. The generals of each army agreed to the direct appointment of those below the marquis. The officers above the marquis will be reported to the lieutenant for review, and the lieutenants and above will be reported to the kings for review. If the generals do not agree, you will have no chance.

"Can't the king or the lieutenant agree?"

"It's okay, but usually the king won't do it. Because the achievements of the armies are directly linked to the generals, if you hold others back, they will have a problem.

"Is there such a thing?" Zhou Yin's eyes turned, and then he understood it all.

"Of course, there is another situation." Dunwu patted Zhou Yin on the shoulder and said, "If you can pull up a group of teams by yourself, there are not many. As long as there are thousands of people, you can set up a new army. Without the consent of others, you can directly report to the captain and the king and increase the staff."

"How can I have so many people?" Zhou Yin regretted that it was too late. If he had known it was so hard, he would have brought some people.

"Don't worry, there are many new things in Vietnam. You, stay in Qian Tang. It's not too late to ask the Empress Dowager to change his position when you get familiar with the environment." After Du Wu's comfort, he continued to say, "Well, you come to be this captain of Changle."

Zhou Yin turned her eyes and said with a smile, "It's okay if you want me to take over, but you have to promise that I will think of your side in the future. You can't ignore me."

Dunwu was happy and pinched Zhou Yin's shoulder: "Isn't that a sentence? Then it's settled. I'll go to the empress dowager to submit my resignation now. It won't be too late.

"What's too late?" Zhou Yin grabbed Dunwu, and Dunwu stopped talking. There was a simple smile on his face, but his eyes were dripping. Zhou Yin knew his surname and was not willing to give him a chance to make excuses. He immediately threatened, "You'd better tell the truth, or I won't pick up your captain Changle. Let's see what you do."

Dunwu looked bitter and said helplessly, "The king is going to sea. He is selecting the troops to go out. The generals are training people and stepping up training. If I go late, they will have a fixed number of people, and I can't easily add people."

"Can't you add a person?"

"Of course, one more person will have one more supply, one more space, and the ship is not on land. How big the camp wants to be. There is a limit on the number of people on each ship. One more person comes out, and there is not even a bed to sleep in. Is it sleeping on the deck? Summer is still sloppy. What if it's going to be winter? Dunwu said a lot, and finally begged, "Anyway, please do me a favor. When I make a contribution and become a general, how about you become a deputy general in the future?"

Zhou Yin looked at Dunwu and nodded, "Ok, I believe you once. If you dare to lie to me, don't blame me for saying bad things about you in front of the empress dowager.

"It must be." Dunwu was so happy that he hurried to the front of the bridge to plead for mercy. The bridge also knew that he was eager to make contributions. He didn't want to retire in the palace so early, so he answered. Without saying anything, Dunwu asked Sun Shao for instructions as soon as possible, and Sun Shao also responded cheerfully. Zhou Yin had just been a captain of Fengche for a long time, and he was immediately promoted to captain Changlewei. If this had been in the past, it would have been a smooth step. Even foreign relatives could not do it so quickly, not to mention Zhou Yin, a foreign relative with a turn. However, Zhou Yin looked at Dunwu happily, but he was not happy at all. If I had known this, I would have been a lieutenant of Fengche. I would go directly to Chen Hai or Ding Fengduo. These two are old friends, and they have to sell a little face. I dare not say that Marquis Qu Jun is still sure.

"Zhong Ying!"

Zhou Yin, who was regretting, was shocked and looked up. He saw another acquaintance, Sun Shangxiang. Sun Shangxiang was wearing armor, holding a long knife in his hand, and wearing a scarlet cloak. He was looking at Zhou Yin with a smile. Looking at the official uniform on his body, the smile on his face suddenly turned into disappointment: "Are you an official?"

"Yes, Captain Changle."

"It's a pity that I lack a military Sima. I heard that you came and wanted you to do it. I didn't expect you to be an official to do it so soon. Oh, forget it. I'll find someone else." Sun Shangxiang sighed, patted Zhou Yin on the shoulder with regret, and strode away.

Zhou Yin was stunned, and then squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, let out a long howl.

(to be continued)