Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 41 Fu Rui’s shock, unexpected events in Qinghe.

The sky has turned completely dark.

In the Fu family's house, all the family members were sitting around the fireplace.

"Just let that rebellious son die outside! Why did he come back?"

Aweng had always been angry, but when he heard Erlang's words and saw Zhang crying, he became even more furious.

Could it be that all the savings of the Fu family were given to Dalang Fu Hong so that he could become a bandit?
What uprising!
So it means he's joining the bandits!

"If you are a bandit, why doesn't Dalang come back?"

Tao looked at her sister-in-law crying expressionlessly, and hurriedly stroked her back, frowning at her lover.

"My brother said that he wanted to try in Hailing County and go with other scholars to seek refuge with Li Zitong. He said that Li Zitong was kind and generous. Now he calls himself the general in Hailing County and recruits famous scholars from all over the country. Many people are vying to join him!"

Fu Rui said to his wife.

Fu Rui's face didn't look very good at the moment. He had been running around for the past two months, coupled with the cold weather and his brother's affairs, and he was already exhausted.

"You're still being lenient. Why did I hear that Li Zitong is a treacherous person?"

Aong said unhappily.

Inside the room, Fu Zihou, Fu Zhi and Tai were all silent.

Seeing his mother crying sadly, he stood up and walked towards his room. Even Fu Zhi and his wife Tai felt a little bit resentful towards their father Fu Hong, asking why he was unwilling to come back to Xin County to visit his mother first.

"I'm going to see my sister-in-law!"

Tao looked at her husband Fu Rui and said, it has been almost two months since they last met, and Tao has a lot to say to her husband, but now is not the right time.

Good people are often bullied. Ever since my husband Fu Rui started his business, he has been looked down upon by many people, whether in his hometown or after moving to the village. Fu Jia wants to be easy-going and reason with others, but what he gets is often only aggressive words and ridicule from others.

She was not good at talking and was not one who was good at quarreling. Neither was her elder sister-in-law Zhang. But in the end, it was the elder sister-in-law, as the eldest daughter-in-law of the Fu family, who stood up and acted like a shrew.

Over the years, Zhang has protected her family. Whenever she quarreled with others, Tao saw the jealous look on her sister-in-law Zhang's face.

Now that she knew that Dalang Fuhong was unwilling to come to Qian County to see her sister-in-law, Tao felt sad for her sister-in-law and also a little angry.

"Let's go, let's go too!"

Fu Zhi was a little worried, so he looked at his wife Tai, slowly stood up, and took his wife to comfort his mother Zhang.

inside the house.

Soon, only Aweng, Liu Lao, Fu Rui and Fu Zihou were left.

"Father, what happened to you during this time?"

Fu Rui asked, looking around, sizing up the house, and remembering that the house had a front yard and a back yard, there was some disbelief in his eyes.

Especially since I just saw large bags of food, a lot of firewood, and even woolen quilts and cloth.

How come the Fu family in Xin County are living a better life than before?

"No need to ask so many questions, it's just a misunderstanding anyway! When you go to the Li Mansion tomorrow, remember to visit your aunt and let Zihou go with you! If it weren't for your aunt taking care of our Fu family, we would have been starving and freezing long ago!"

A Weng waved his hands, and when he saw the looks from Fu Zihou and Old Liu, his expression became a little unnatural, and he gave instructions.

"You just got home and haven't tasted the wine made by Zihou yet! Zihou, go get some wine for your father and Mr. Liu!"

Aong immediately asked Fu Zihou to get some wine.

When Old Liu saw the look in Fu Rui's eyes, he wanted to say something, but when he heard the word "wine", he couldn't help but smile. He looked at Fu Rui and smiled, motioning Fu Rui to drink first and talk while drinking.

Inside the wooden house.

As Fu Zihou brought the wine over, Fu Rui looked at it with some surprise. No wonder in addition to the disgusting smell just now, he could also smell a hint of wine in the yard.

Looking at the rice wine in the bowl in front of him, Fu Rui showed a look of surprise.

When Fu Rui learned from Old Liu that the deceitful old man that Fu Zihou met in the village that year might really be a farming saint, Fu Rui was stunned and looked at his father and Old Liu with some suspicion.

Then, Fu Rui took the bowl carefully and tasted it with doubt.

Under the gazes of Aweng, Old Liu, Fu Zhi and others, Fu Rui suddenly felt a burning sensation flowing into his throat. The taste was mellow and the fragrance filled his mouth and nose.

In just a moment, Fu Rui stared at the wine in the bowl in disbelief.

Old Liu and Aung looked at Fu Rui holding the wine with a dazed look on his face and couldn't help laughing. They felt the same way when they took the first sip. They simply couldn't believe it.

"Zihou! Are you saying that the old gentleman returned to the village once, and he saw you looking for Gu Ben, and because he thought you were sincere, he taught you the art of brewing wine?"

Fu Rui came back to his senses, looked at the wine in the bowl, then turned to look at his son beside him.

"Yes, Father!"

Fu Zihou responded softly. The mysterious old man had been talking about it for several years, so he naturally didn't mind saying it again. After all, he was old enough and had been with his family since he was a child. Who wouldn't believe it?

"Don't ask too many questions. It is a blessing for Zihou that such a great man can teach him. If it were to be spread out, wouldn't it be Zihou's fault?"

Aweng looked at Fu Rui with a red face and spoke with some dissatisfaction.

In Aong's eyes, it was a blessing for the Fu family that such a master could teach Zihou. The master must have spent his entire life searching for Gu Ben, and only when he felt that the time was up did he teach Zihou.

Regardless of whether the master is still alive or not, since the master does not want the world to know, the Fu family cannot spread the news.

“What a master!”

When Fu Rui heard his father's reminder, he thought of the misunderstandings of so many years and looked at the wine in the bowl with mixed feelings.

It was the first time for Fu Rui to drink such delicious wine. Not to mention that as a traveling merchant, he knew clearly what this wine represented.

"Don't worry, Patriarch. Young Patriarch has asked Cui Clan of Qinghe to contact Xie Clan of Chenjun!"

When Old Liu saw Fu Rui suddenly looking at the wine in the bowl with a worried look in his eyes, he knew what Fu Rui was thinking, so he told him about Fu Zihou's acquaintance with the children of the Cui family and the Xie family.

Hear the words.

Fu Rui raised his head again, looked at Old Liu in shock, and then looked at his son.

Qinghe Cui family?

Chenjun Xie family?

No! Why did he feel that in these two short months, he didn't even know his own son. The Cui family and the Xie family, which one of these two clans is not a prominent family in the county! He went north to do business in his early years, and he knew very well what these two families represented.

How did Fu Zihou, the son of Fu family, get to know the children of these two prominent families?
Looking back, he just told his son to take good care of his family along the way!

For some reason, although he had just been away for less than two months, at this moment, Fu Rui looked at his son Fu Zihou standing beside him and found that Fu Zihou was already able to support the family and was doing even better than he, his father, had done.

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The next day.

With the arrival of Fu Zihou, Fu Rui and Tao, the old lady of the Li Mansion and Zhangsun Nonggui and Li Cha all came to the main hall.

Old Madam Li and Zhangsun Nonggui were both a little worried that Fu Zihou's father, Fu Rui, would not like Li Cha, who was born with a defect.

So Old Lady Li looked at Fu Zihou.

"Zihou, you and Cai'er should go to the attic and take a look!"

Old Madam Li spoke up and asked Fu Zihou to take Li Cai out first.

Fu Zihou saw the loving smile on Madam Li's face and knew that she and his aunt were worried that his father would object, so he nodded.

"Then Granny Li, Aunt, Father, Mother, Zihou will take Cai'er out for a walk!"

After Fu Zihou finished speaking, he saw his parents also looking at him with smiles, so he stood up and looked at Li Cha.

Changsun Nonggui also whispered something to Li Cha, and then Li Cha slowly stood up, saluted to Old Madam Li, then looked timidly at Fu Zihou's parents and saluted gently.

Fu Zihou clearly saw that Li Cha's ears and face were red when she was greeting her parents.

Originally, Fu Zihou thought that Li Cha would think too much and be sad because of the old lady's behavior.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Changsun said something that made Li Cha blush.

After a while.

In the attic of the Li Mansion, Fu Zihou came to the wooden table where he and the Cui brothers and sisters used to kneel and watched Li Cai walking slowly behind him.

"Miss Qia'er, Zihou once said that he would teach you to read. How about today?"

Fu Zihou asked softly.

Looking at Li Cha, Fu Zihou felt that since Li Cha could not speak, if she could read, she would not have to worry about communicating with other people in the future. Compared with others, Li Cha needed to learn to read more.

Otherwise, if the people she knew in the future were gone, she would be all alone, and that would be a feeling...

Li Cai glanced at Fu Zihou, then nodded silently.

After Fu Zihou watched Li Cha sit down, he took out a scroll of bamboo slips from the bookshelf beside him, came over and knelt down opposite Li Cha.

"This is 'Theory'..."

After Fu Zihou opened the bamboo slips, he placed the front side in front of Li Cha, pointed to a word on the bamboo slip, and taught Li Cha in a low voice.

Although Li Cha didn't dare to look up the whole time, Fu Zihou saw that Li Cha looked very charming wearing the hairpin he gave her.

However, Fu Zihou could probably guess that, given Li Cha's timid and fearful personality, it was probably because of Aunt Changsun's persuasion that Li Cha dared to wear it.

But this did not stop Fu Zihou from being in a good mood when looking at the expensive hairpin he bought.

In the attic.

Fu Zihou slowly taught Li Cha. Although Li Cha could not speak and could only nod in response, Fu Zihou was very patient and taught her word by word.

No one knew how much time had passed from morning to noon. Fu Zihou even guessed that his parents had already gone home when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the attic, followed by a woman's voice.

"Liar... Young Master Fu, the agreed date is approaching, why aren't you at home preparing today?"

Fu Zihou heard Cui Wenjin's voice and looked over with Li Cha, and then saw Cui Wenjin coming into the attic.

Fu Zihou vaguely sensed that Cui Wenjin seemed to have some opinion about him, and he was a little confused. His attitude had clearly softened last time, so why did Cui Wenjin look like this again?

"Everything is ready, we can set off in five days!"

Fu Zihou explained.

"Already... ready?"

When Cui Wenjin heard Fu Zihou's words and looked at Fu Zihou's calm face, he felt so angry that he wanted to expose this liar right away.

However, Cui Wenjin felt that this was too easy for the liar. Thinking that this was Li's residence, he could not beat up the liar.

Cui Wenjin decided to be patient and wait until the day Fu Zihou left Xin County, when he would personally beat Fu Zihou up.

Thinking about my own martial arts, I am not as good as Li Qiong, so how can I be better than this thin Fu Zihou?
"Miss Wenjin, do you have any doubts?"

Fu Zihou saw Cui Wenjin's eyes and asked softly, it seemed that he did not provoke her, but why did Cui Wenjin's eyes feel like she wanted to tear him apart with her hands.

"No doubt! Then let's go to Liyang together in five days!"

Cui Wenjin narrowed his eyes, as if he didn't want to see this shameless guy again. He turned his head to look outside the door, his face immediately turned cold, and he said something indignantly.

However, at this moment, the servant of the Li Mansion suddenly brought Cui Yuzhe to the door of the attic.

Fu Zihou was a little surprised to see Cui Yuzhe, and he also noticed that Cui Yuzhe's face looked very ugly and vaguely panicked, as if something big had happened.

Before Fu Zihou stood up to salute, he saw Cui Yuzhe speaking to his sister in panic.

"Little sister, there is news from Qinghe that the thief Zhang Jin said he sent troops to ambush Qinghe County Magistrate Liu and beheaded him. He is now sending troops to attack Qinghe County. County Magistrate Yang Shanhui is leading the city's garrison to resist the enemy! We should stay in Xin County for the time being and don't go back yet!"

Cui Yuzhe looked at his younger sister breathlessly. After giving her instructions, he saw Fu Zihou was also in the attic. He quickly raised his hand to salute her. However, his behavior was no longer as calm as before, and his eyes were full of worry.

wooden table.

Fu Zihou raised his hand to return the greeting, and watched Cui Wenjin's face change drastically. He kept asking in panic about the situation of his brother, parents and clan members.

Fu Zihou frowned slightly when he saw this.

Zhang Jin said, didn’t he attack Ping’en first?

Fu Zihou vaguely remembered that Zhang Jin said that after he captured Ping'en in March, he massacred the men and women in the city, and then attacked Wu'an and Qinghe.

What happened that made Zhang Jincheng attack Qinghe ahead of schedule?
　Note: The heroine can read! No one knows it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)