"The male leads the outside and the female leads the inside" is also part of traditional customs, which continues from primitive society to modern society.

It is naturally a good thing for husband and wife to perform their duties, which is conducive to family unity and stability. However, there is inevitably a barrier between them inside and outside. The husband does not understand oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and the wife does not understand the family, country and the world. Gradually, the intersection of common topics between husband and wife has become less and less. In the end, the couple has been busy for a day and has no communication except for the house. The atmosphere of the family has unknowingly falls into silence and depression.

Since Li Su was named the county duke, Xu Mingzhu was under increasing pressure. She found that the higher the status of her husband, the more things she thought about, and the more profound things she pretended, so deep that she could no longer understand, and even the difficulty of echoing her. She was sensitive and gradually realized that her husband had done more and more things in the past two years, but she knew less and less. Often, something became a big deal and everyone in the world knew, and she was the last person to know.

Even if the husband planned any big or small matter, the Wu girl in the mansion could directly participate, but she could only stand outside the door and watch him and her secretly plotting, but she could never make a word.

These are secondarily. What makes Xu Mingzhu most worried is that she has been married to Li Su for many years. Now she is in her early twenties, but she has not been able to give birth to a man or a woman for the Li family. In this era of attaching importance to the inheritance of incense, it is a huge sin for women to have nothing to do. Although His Majesty the Emperor did not forget to continuously improve the imperial rank when he promoted Li Su to the title, Xu Mingzhu still felt unsafe. The imperial rank was just a castle in the air, and "no descendants" was an invisible bomb. She was too afraid that she could not have children, and she was even afraid that her husband would be alienated from her because of her lack of imperial rank, and even finally divorced her on the grounds of "no descendants".

Xu Mingzhu's recent misfortune has all been aroused by this. Although her husband was honored to be promoted to the county seat, for her, this insecurity became increasingly fearful as her husband's status increased.

Until now, my husband held her hand and walked through the pond in the backyard and talked about it. From the long-term planning and layout of the future at home, to the state affairs of the court, he evaluated the many princes of His Majesty's emperor one by one, counting their strengths and weaknesses, which prince was backed by which important minister, and behind him was the support of which clan of Longyou or Shandong, which empress in the palace was favored by His Majesty, what is the chance of winning the prince of this empress fighting for the Eastern Palace, why did he refuse to win over the King of Wei, how to protect himself in the court that is now calm but actually surging undercurrents, how to stand in a side, why did he get so close to His Highness King Jin...etc.

To be honest, Xu Mingzhu couldn't understand most of what Li Su said today. She had never even heard of the names of people she had revealed, let alone the so-called "time" mentioned by his husband later. The couple held hands and walked along the pond several times, but Xu Mingzhu was like listening to a book of heaven, with a confused expression on her face.

However, although he couldn't understand, Xu Mingzhu's heart, which had been inexplicably peaceful and peaceful with a humble and panic. Listening to his husband's tone, he said his thoughts slowly. With his plan, Xu Mingzhu's beautiful eyes gradually shone brightly. A moving curve appeared on the corner of her red mouth, and her smile became deeper and deeper. Her thoughts were completely gone without realizing it.

Finally... entered the world of my husband.

Her husband's world is complex and treacherous, and she doesn't understand, but she knows that this is a very wonderful world. Her husband pushed open a door to this world, stood at the door with a smile, holding his own hands, and gently invited her to look down and guide the heroes and heroes of the world.

"Husband..."

Xu Mingzhu suddenly interrupted Li Su's head and threw herself into his arms and cried loudly.

Touching her head gently, Li Su smiled and said, "Don't cry, let the people see you, how can you, the mistress, have the prestige in the future?"

"I have been too busy in the past two years. I said I am lazy and indifferent, but I still inevitably fall into the competition for fame and fortune. Some of them are what I want to do, and some are what the times force me to do. In short, I have ignored your feelings, and my wife is wronged. My husband will not make such mistakes again in the future."

Xu Mingzhu shook her head and choked and said, "It's because I'm unreasonable, don't blame me. My husband has been busy all these years. I have known from the first day of marriage that my husband is a person who does big things and the loneliest person in the world. No one feels sorry for my husband's grievances, but he has to comfort me in turn. Not only do he have to plan for state affairs, fight with the powerful, and can't worry when he returns home, but he also has to distract himself from taking care of my feelings. My husband has done well enough, but I have to... I'm too dereliction of duty, and I have the heart to die."

Li Su smiled and said, "Forget it, there is only you and my husband here, so there is no need to criticize each other. By the way, it is not good for the wife to think randomly at home. The so-called "boring makes a disaster" means I have to find something for my wife. I just said that I bought land, built a house and built a property in Lingnan, Longyou and other places, and integrated several workshops in our family, and the father-in-law came to act on behalf of others, etc. I handed over all the matters to the wife. Regardless of men and women, life will be more fulfilling if I live a busy life..."

Xu Mingzhu nodded vigorously, with a bright smile on her face, obviously very happy to accept the job given to her by Li Su.

After the warm silence, Xu Mingzhu gritted her teeth, looked up at Li Su, and said resolutely: "Husband, please marry a concubine. I know that you only have me and... Princess Dongyang, but the princess is unlikely to be given a marriage by Your Majesty. My husband also needs more women to help me, whether it is to ask about my well-being or help me plan state affairs. My husband is already a county magistrate, and he can no longer fight alone like before. Since he cannot welcome Princess Dongyang into our Li family, please follow me..."

Xu Mingzhu bit her lower lip and said hesitantly: "From my opinion, the Wu girl in our family... seems to be good. She is not only looking good, but also resourceful. Her husband took her into the room and completely gathered her thoughts. She taught her to give advice to our family wholeheartedly. Having her by her side is not a bad thing for her husband..."

Li Su staggered and almost fell into the pond.

Looking at her strangely, Li Su laughed and said, "Please take Miss Wu into the house? Madam, your idea is really... Madam, you are not helping me, but losing my life."

Not knowing what he thought of, Li Su suddenly looked solemn, and a trace of murderous intent appeared in his eyes: "Why did the lady suddenly talk about taking Miss Wu away? Could it be that she blew some wind in your ears intentionally or unintentionally?"

At this moment, Li Su's face was gloomy and murderous intent flashed in her eyes. Xu Mingzhu was startled. She had never seen Li Su's strange appearance before. When she suddenly saw her husband change his face, she couldn't help but fight a cold war and couldn't help but take a step back. Although she knew that Li Su's expression was not targeting her, she still felt a chill from the bottom of her heart.

"No, no one is giving a blow to the wind, don't misunderstand it's my own thoughts. After all, Miss Wu has helped her husband a lot in the past two years, but... if it is helpful, she is not from our family after all. If she doesn't give her a real name, she may have a different mind with her husband in the future, so I think..."

When Li Su's gloomy expression finally gradually calmed down when he heard that it was not Wu's family who was making trouble behind him.

In Li Su's heart, this family is what he values ​​the most and is also the pure land he will be entrusted to the rest of his life. Therefore, no one can be allowed to add an atmosphere of open and secret struggle to fight his family, even the future queen cannot do it. Otherwise, Li Su would not mind changing the track of history again and throwing the future queen into the well and drowning.

A woman who was too late to be on guard, Xu Mingzhu actually tried to take her into the room. Li Su really didn't know how to evaluate her innocence.

After a while of silence, Li Su slowly said: "Madam, you are going to murder your husband..."

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With a high status, Li Su's virtues have not changed.

Character is something engraved in his bones. No matter how good the material conditions are or the high status is, laziness is laziness. As long as the sky has not fallen, there is nothing in the world worth Li Su is a little diligent. For him, it is difficult to lie on the bed and turn over. He lives a life of eating and sleeping every day, just like a pig in a pigpen, except that he looks a little handsome than a pig, and there is basically no difference.

Of course, Li Su couldn't always lie at home and eat, sleep and occasionally went out for a walk, fished by the river, caught hares, teased the princess and nuns in Taoist temples, or talked about life with the Wang brothers.

Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and all things are revived. The fish in the river are naturally revived.

The golden sunshine shines on the surface of Jingyang River, sparkling like a mirror, and the grass by the river beach stretches lazily and sways with the gentle spring breeze.

Li Su sat by the river, a long fishing rod hanging flat on the river surface, staring at him without blinking, waiting for the fish to bite the hook.

One person and one rod, fishing alone in the spring river.

A picture that can be painted was destroyed by the Wang brothers.

"How many have you caught?" Wang Zhi grabbed the fish basket beside Li Su and shook it. Seeing that there was not a single fish inside, he curled his lips disdainfully: "How long have you been fishing? There is nothing, and his skills are too poor."

Li Su turned his head slowly, glanced at him without saying a word.

Wang Bao also came over to take a look, and then said carelessly: "Li Su, your fishing method is wrong. Come on, I will teach you..."

After saying that, Wang Zhuang turned around and looked for a straight branch, sharpened one end of the branch with a knife, then jumped into the river. Not long after, he suddenly stabbed the sharp branch out. A fat and tender carp was nailed to the branch, struggling unwillingly.

"See? This is called catching fish. You can catch more than ten fish in one morning. When you go home, you can stew the soup for two days. It's very beautiful."

Wang Zhi applauded warmly and cheered Wang Zhuang for his superb craftsmanship. Wang Zhuang stood halfway in the river and proudly glanced at Li Sufei. The quiet and elegant riverside suddenly became lively like a theater, and the elegant suddenly turned into a vulgarity.

Li Su thrust her cheeks, and she had to withdraw her fishing rod, and sighed helplessly: "Two kills!"

The beautiful scenery was completely wiped out by two people, and the level was falling apart.

"Do you two come to me and have something to do? Tell me quickly if you have something to do, and then disappear from my eyes after that."

Wang Zhi leaned over to him and said, "Why did we drive us away just now? Are you in trouble?"

Li Su sighed: "I'm fine, but before I went out today, I looked at the calendar. It said that I should only fish today, not interact with people, especially two people with the surname Wang, who should avoid it..."

Wang Zhuang was so stupid that he pointed at his nose ignorantly: "Do you mean the two surnames Wang?"

"Although the answer is cruel,...yes, it really refers to you."

In contrast, Wang Zhi was much smarter. He pulled Wang Zong's sleeve indifferently and said, "Brother, don't believe him, come and sit down."

After saying that, he didn't care whether the ground was clean or not, and the two brothers sat cross-legged beside Li Su.

Li Su glanced at her squint, and finally couldn't help it, saying, "My father taught me since I was a child not to play with children who don't like to be clean. Can Brother Xian find a clean stone to sit? Are you afraid of hemorrhoids when you sit around everywhere?"

Wang Zong laughed and said, "Come on, Uncle Li will never teach you how to be clean. You are the only one in the Li family. Uncle Li spits everywhere all day long. I heard that the spitting sputum was thrown into the yard of Shi's next door, and he threw it into the same place every time. Over the years, the walls of the Shi's yard are more smelly than that of his thatched cottage. Aunt Shi's is so fierce that he dare not say anything because of your power..."

Li Su's face suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and hummed, and said with a stern face: "Is there anything wrong with you coming to find me?"

The Wang brothers looked at each other and remained silent for a moment. Wang Zong said, "Li Su, I don't want to stay at home anymore. I want to go to the military camp."

Li Su looked at him unexpectedly and said, "Have your aunt attacked you recently?"

Wang Zong's face froze and he laughed dryly: "Of course not. Since the last time the prince rebelled, I and my wife killed the enemy side by side, she has treated me much better. I can be said to be very excited at home, and I can't be revived..."

Li Su raised her eyebrows and smiled at him, "Oh? That's really gratifying. I would like to ask you how you can strengthen your husband's principles at home?"

Wang Zhi chuckled and broke the scene beside him: "The elder brother's husband is full of energy. Since beating his brother and sister-in-law side by side, I don't know how the two of them have discussed it privately. Anyway, the agreement has been made, and it is okay to hit someone, but it is not allowed to slap in the face. So now the elder brother has no bruises on his face, but the place where his clothes are covered is green and purple, which is shocking and sad..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Zhuo, who was angry and embarrassed, raised his hand and pressed Wang Zhi's head into the grass and rubbed it back and forth.

"Will you die if you don't speak? Will you die if you don't speak so badly? Will you?"

The two brothers had a good time before they had fun.

Wang Zhi simply lay on his back on the grass by the river. The sun was a little dazzling. Wang Zhi closed his eyes and quietly took a nap in the spring breeze.

Li Su looked at Wang Zong and said lightly: "You are living a good life at home, why do you want to join the army again? I remember that last year I asked Uncle Cheng to upgrade you to the military rank one year. Now I am a lieutenant. Although it is a free position for not taking charge of soldiers, it is also a military officer. Many years ago, you said you want to gain fame. Now you don't want you to lead troops to fight, and you have the fame you deserve. Your family has bought so much land, and you have money and food. Tell me, what's wrong with you? Suddenly you are going to join the army again?"

Wang Zong sighed and smiled bitterly, "It's because life is so comfortable that I'm not right all over, and I always feel like a waste..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Su's face turned bad. Are you scolding me for this bastard? What's wrong with living a comfortable life? What's the point like a waste?

Seeing that Li Su's expression was wrong, Wang Zongqing knew that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly comforted him: "Don't misunderstand, I didn't say anything about you. Even if it's a waste, there is a difference between 'real waste' and 'looking waste'. It's obvious that you belong to..."

Li Su's face became less and less beautiful. She waved her hand and sighed: "Skip this explanation that is so bad that it can't be more bad, and you continue to talk about your thoughts."

Wang Bao continued: "I still remember that we were sitting on the hillside at the east end of the village. I said, I wanted to go outside to see it. Because I was still young, I could not bury my great life in this small place in Taiping Village. Later, I joined the army and regained Songzhou, and followed you to manage Xizhou. I have also experienced the battle formations of all sizes and big things. I probably understood what Taiping Village looks like. Because I have experienced and seen it, I have felt more and more in the village in the past two years.

Bored, I can't compare with you. You are more spiritual and more capable than me, so I was named a county duke in my twenties. I can only rely on my little military merits when I fought in Xizhou. Li Su, I am only in my twenties this year, and it is a great year for gaining fame. If you can be a county duke, I also want to rely on my own ability to gain a title, give my parents, wife and children an explanation, and I can also raise my chest in front of you, so that you can feel that I, Wang Zong, are qualified to be your brother."

After a long speech, Li Su was slightly moved.

Wang Zong has always been a simple-minded person, but he is not stupid. He is as energetic, ambitious and restless as all young people. Since returning to Taiping Village from Xizhou, Li Su can clearly feel that Wang Zong is living more and more depressed. Even with the position of military officer and his family is not short of food and clothing, he still can't be excited about life.

Because he is not a born monk after all, his age determines that he cannot be content with ordinary life. When a person has seen the prosperity of the world, experienced swords and shadows, and rolled in the sea of ​​corpses and blood, how could he accept this bland and tranquil day now?

In particular, Li Su's recent promotion has given Wang Zong a greater excitement. They are all peers and young brothers who grew up together since childhood. Why is Li Su Neng a county duke in his twenties, but Wang Zong can only live and wait for death at home as a mere lieutenant?

After thinking through this, Li Su immediately understood Wang Bao’s thoughts.

Young is capital, you can be unscrupulous and dominate the world.

"I really decided to join the army? You have to think clearly that I can find a way to get you into the military camp, but if you regret it one day and want to come back and live this ordinary life again, I can't get you back from the military camp. Once you enter the military camp, I can't help me, and you can't help you. Even if you grit your teeth, you have to hold on. If you survive, you deserve it." Li Su said in a deep voice.

Wang Baozhong focused on it: "I have thought it through clearly, I have been thinking about it for two years."

Li Su sighed: "What a killer... How can your parents, wives and children settle down? Your aunt promised you to join the army?"

Wang Zong grinned and said, "My mother-in-law agreed. My father-in-law is from a military army. My Wang family's current good days were also made by me at one stroke. If you want to keep a family fortune for your descendants and gain some kindness, my generation will have to sacrifice their lives to earn. As for parents, let Wang Zhi perform filial piety on my behalf. I will come back in two or three years."

Li Su was speechless and turned his head to look at Wang Zhi: "Your brother is in trouble again, so why don't you persuade him?"

Wang Zhi smiled slutty: "Since I have found myself getting smarter in the past two years, I have basically stopped talking to people who are too stupid, including my brother."

Li Su sighed: "It can be understood. For example, if I am now, I don't like to talk to anyone who is ugly than me, for fear of being infected. I don't like to pay attention to you, including the two brothers, wise men..."

After a pause, Li Su looked at Wang Zong and said, "Since you have decided, I will help you to ask someone. Which patriarch do you want to enter? Chang'an City has twelve guards, but you can choose. Anyway, I have a good relationship with those generals, so it is not a problem to throw them in. If you want to enter the Yulin Imperial Guard, it will be a bit difficult. That is only for meritorious children. Moreover, the rules of the guards in the palace are relatively strict and you are uncomfortable."

Wang Zong shook his head: "If you don't be a soldier in Chang'an City, what's the difference between eating Taiping grain and farming at home? I have to go to the border, and only where there is a war can you earn military merits."

Li Su Gaoshan bowed to him and said, "Congratulations to Brother Wang, the realm of committing suicide has improved a little more, which is really gratifying..."
To be continued...