Chapter 175: The Highness of the Temple (2)

The Black Eagle Army and the Dangxiang Fangdang Army fought for several months in Qingshui River. Both sides fought life and death on the battlefield. However, the soldiers on both sides did not expect that at the order of Hou Dayong, more than 700 knots of the Black Eagle Army soldiers and the Dangxiang women were tied together, making many Black Eagle Army soldiers and the Dangxiang Fangdang tribe members a family.

The old soldiers of the Black Eagle Army who are qualified to get married are all powerful soldiers who have been fighting for the rest of their lives. They have never frowned in the battle of life and death on the battlefield. The bed brother is naturally extremely brave. Soon after getting married, Tongxin City is full of women with big belly Dangxiang.

Ten months of pregnancy, one day gave birth. There is a saying: "Birth is like entering the gates of hell." In just a few words, it expresses the pain and dangers that mothers experience. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, when there was no professional gynecological hospital, people habitually found a woman to go home when pregnant women were about to give birth, commonly known as "middlewomen". These midwives are all based on experience, and many people don't even know how to disinfect, and the mortality rate of mothers and babies is relatively high. However, it is much better to have a midwives than not. Hou Dayong paid a high price to invite a large number of midwives in the Central Plains, which caused a serious shortage of midwives in the Central Plains. Many middle-aged women saw that midwives were profitable and changed careers to midwives.

Hou Dayong is already the father of four children. He attaches great importance to the childbirth of women in Tongxin City. He finds more than a dozen midwives who seem smart and capable, and works together to summarize their respective delivery experiences. Hou Dayong relies on his own experience and modern medical knowledge learned in modern society to eliminate falsehoods and retain the truth, eliminate the drought and retain the essence, and carefully compiles the "Twelve Rules of Delivery" and distributes it to midwives and every household. In addition, some midwives with sharp teeth were found and set up a "household lecture group" to teach the "Twelve Rules of Delivery".

At the same time, Hou Dayong also asked Bai Shuanghua to mobilize some food, soybeans, peanuts, live chickens and other foods to Tongxin City and distribute them to the homes of each mother. The mother's nutrition was increased so that more milk could be fed to the born baby.

During his time in Tongxin City, Hou Dayong deliberately traveled around the house and personally sent ten Zhou Yuantongbao to the baby who lost his father. A soldier stationed in Tongxin City raped a woman from Dangxiang who had just lost her husband. If such a thing happened in Zhengzhou, Hou Dayong might have just whipped the soldiers. After Hou Dayong became the governor, he faced the situation of Hu Huanshi. His words and deeds would affect countless people. Be kind to the illegal soldiers, which was the cruelty of the Dangxiang women against the black soldiers who died on the battlefield. In order to prevent such incidents from happening again, Hou Dayong ordered the execution of the soldier and hung his head on the east city gate to show warning.

After the head became a skeleton, it was still hung at the East City Gate. All the soldiers in the past were soaring that no soldiers dared to step into the Dangxiang Women's Courtyard easily.

Dangxiang women were both afraid and respectful to Hou Dayong. I heard that Shi Gao Yueming was pregnant, Dangxiang women in Tongxin City collected materials from hundreds of families according to Dangxiang customs and made a small piece of clothing for the children, aiming to bless Hou Dayong and Shi Gao Yueming's children to be healthy and live a long life.

After Hou Dayong received the long shroud, he sent several monks Dangxiang to various families to collect the names of Dangxiang's father or brothers, and finally listed them on a list and handed them over to Hou Dayong.

After Fangdangdu gained a foothold on the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, Hou Dayong sent a general order, allowing Fangdangdu people to visit relatives in Tongxin City and provided a list of possible visits. At this time, Fangdangdu people already knew about the collective marriage in Tongxin City. After ordering, they went south to Tongxin City to find their lost daughter. For a moment, Tongxin City was full of grandfathers or uncles, and all households were filled with laughter mixed with crying, or cries mixed with laughter.

After the Black Diao Army defeated the Khitan Army outside Lian County, Hou Dayong made up his mind to send all the remaining 500 old soldiers to Tongxin City, so that they could take two months off and enjoy the joy of family. Two months later, these old soldiers would set up a teaching battalion. They would train new recruits and united soldiers in the White Wolf Camp, and the White Wolf Camp was outside Tongxin City. In this way, a group of precious combat seeds can be retained for the Black Diao Army, and at the same time, these soldiers can return to Tongxin City regularly to take care of their wives and children.

These old Black Eagle Army soldiers set up banquets at home to welcome relatives who came from Helan Mountain. The former life-and-death enemy sat together like this. Although the atmosphere was a bit awkward at the beginning, everyone had no personal grudges after all. Now they are family members. After drinking a few glasses of old wine, those with open minds sip the grudges of wine, while those with narrow minds are inevitably fists and feet after drinking. In more cases, everyone has a dissatisfaction with their words and only stares with big eyes.

However, returning from Tongxin City to the Helan Mountain Dangxiang people, their hostility towards the Black Eagle Army was more or less reduced.

After Tongxin City was captured, Shi Gaojin and his daughter thought they could not meet again in this life. When they met again today, they felt like they were a different person. Shi Gaojin reenacted a scene that was staged in every household in Tongxin City that day, and both father and daughter shed tears. Shi Gaojin had been a staff member for many years, and he had strong self-control and rarely indulged in his own feelings. He quickly woke up.

Shi Gaojin came to Hou Dayong, knelt down and gave a big gift, and said in Zhongyuan dialect with a slightly Jingzhao Mansion accent: "Shi Gaojin met with the Jiedushi."

When it comes to how to treat Shi Gaojin, Hou Dayong thought about it carefully. If we were called in modern society, Hou Dayong should call Shi Gaojin his father-in-law, but Shi Gao Yueming's identity is just a concubine. In the eyes of some rich people, the concubine is not much different from a slave. The master has absolute rights over the concubine.

Of course, Hou Dayong would not treat his own women like this, but Hou Dayong is very affectionate. A person's power can never confront the system. He may be able to change the fate of some people, or some historical events. However, he cannot change the superstructure built on the current productivity and intends to completely change the social system. He is either a madman, a fool or a superman. Hou Dayong is not one of the above three types. He is just a soldier. Therefore, he chose the rules of the game that everyone agrees with.

Hou Dayong treated Chunlan Qiuju and his teacher Gao Yueming well. However, Fu Ying's status as a wife in the family cannot be shaken. Without rules, it is impossible to achieve a square or a circle. Only by following the existing rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the whole family will be at peace. If the rules of the game are broken, a kind heart may not be rewarded.

According to the rules of the game, Hou Dayong treated Shi Gaojin with etiquette to treat important subordinates.

After Shi Gaojin entered the inner courtyard, Hou Dayong handed the child to Shi Gaoyueming and said, "It's all a family, and it's in the inner courtyard. There is no need to perform this great gift. Mr. Shi ask me to get up." Despite this, Hou Dayong still asked Shi Gaojin to give the great gift. Then he reached out to help Shi Gaojin up.

At this moment, a pigeon broke through the clouds and landed directly in the intermediate court of Hou Dayong's brother. Hou Dayong had a lot of feelings for the "Zheng He" and "Flash" raised by the intermediate court. He had to observe them whenever he had time. He was familiar with them as if he was his fingers. Judging from the flight situation, this should be the Zheng He who had been flying far away.

Sure enough, after a while, Feng Sha held a piece of red paper in his hand. This was the top secret letter of Meng Shu and Hou Dayong's communication. It had to be unlocked with a specific password. Hou Dayong took the red paper and did not open it. He put it in his arms casually.

Shi Gaojin's appearance is nothing special. He is just like an ordinary Dingxiang people. His children are blonde and blue-eyed, which is very different from ordinary people. After Feng Sha came in, Shi Gaojin stood by his hands down, looking at the Jiedushi defeated the Great Zhou Dynasty with his own light, and habitually stroked the light yellow jade pendant that he had been with him with his right hand.

After Feng Sha left the inner courtyard, Hou Dayong said to Shi Gaojin as if nothing had happened, "The little girl is called Hou Xiaoqing. Look how beautiful those eyes are, just like her mother. Come and hug me."

The Dangxiang tribe respects men. Men have always ignored children. Even if they like them, they rarely hold them and play. When Hou Dayong spoke, Shi Gaojin did not dare to violate them. He hugged Hou Xiaoqing awkwardly. Hou Xiaoqing closed his eyes tightly and was still sleeping. Although Shi Gaojin was an aide, he lived in the army all year round. Riding a horse and drinking strong wine is no different from the heroes in the army. Holding Hou Xiaoqing for only seven pounds, it was like holding a heavy stone. After a while, Shi Gaojin's hands began to be sore and some dense sweat appeared on his back.

When Hou Dayong saw Shi Gaojin holding the child very differently, his hands were very strong, as if the child would fall off a little looser, so he smiled and said to Shi Gao Yueming: "Come and hold the child, I'll invite Mr. Shi to drink."

When Shi Gaoyueming heard Hou Dayong call his father "Mr. Shi", Shi Gaoyueming couldn't help feeling sad. She knew that Hou Dayong's wife Fu Ying was the sister of Queen Fu and had a noble status. She followed Hou Dayong and could only be a concubine forever.

Fu Ying did not live in Lingzhou, and Hou Dayong only had Shi Gao Yueming, a woman. Shi Gao Yueming originally thought that Hou Dayong would take Shi Gao Luqi to the tent soon. Unexpectedly, Hou Dayong was not interested in the beautiful Shi Gao Luqi. Although Shi Gao Luqi dressed up every day, he did not act rudely.

Before he knew it, Shi Gao Yueming regarded himself as the hostess. When he heard Hou Dayong's name, Shi Gao Yueming once again understood how cruel the reality was. He was just living in a carefully woven dream. The concubine was still a concubine, and the hostess was still a little lady from the Fu family in Daliang. When he thought of the Fu family, Shi Gao Yueming felt a pain in his heart.

Shi Gaoyueming was unwilling to show his emotions in front of his father, but he still took the child with a smile and said with a smile: "Father is tired from afar, so he should drink less wine."

The ancestors of the Dangxiang people once lived in the Qinghai Lake area, and the cold was unbearable. The tribe members liked to drink, and they drank all night long during festivals. There were many fights after drinking. Shi Gao Yueming was afraid that his father would have a conflict with Hou Dayong after drinking, so he gave a special reminder.

The banquet was soon put on. Although the banquet was just four or five dishes, all of which were large pots of meat soup.

After drinking for three rounds, all kinds of polite nonsense were finished. Hou Dayong asked casually: "Mr. Shi is a member of Dangxiang Pochao?"

Shi Gaojin smiled bitterly and said, "I have been in Fangdeng clan for more than 20 years. My son Shi Gaozhi Crazy and my daughter Shi Gao Yueming grew up on the banks of Qingshui River. Po Chaoren and Fangdengren are of the same origin, so we can also be considered Fangdengren."

A slight smile appeared on Hou Dayong's face and said, "I won't go around in circles. I heard that Shi Gao Yueming's grandfather was once the patriarch of the Pochao clan. Because of the battle for the position of patriarch twenty years ago, there was a fight. Mr. Shi was forced to escape from the Pochao clan. Is this the case?"

Shi Gaojin was silent for a while, nodded and said, "Yes."

Hou Dayong's eyes were extremely sharp, staring at Shi Gaojin, and said seriously: "I'll ask you a truth, do you want to return to the Pochao clan and regain the position of patriarch?"

Hearing this, Shi Gaojin's eyelids twitched slightly.

In Fangdang clan, although Yingshang Fang clearly has the grace of knowing the favor, he is a guest minister after all, and can only offer the right to make suggestions, but he has no right to make decisions. From another perspective, his personal destiny is completely in the hands of the leader of Fangdang clan. No matter how outstanding the strategy is, it is just a tool that is suitable for use. Since it is a tool, when used for being dispossessed, it is the day it is discarded.

Retake of the position of clan leader is a dream that Shi Gaojin lurks deep in his heart. However, it has become a distant dream from the Pochao clan that has been escaping for a long time, and it seems that there is no possibility of realization. At this time, Hou Dayong suddenly made this suggestion, with the strength of the Black Eagle Army, and with the help of the Fangdang clan, the dream of returning to the Pochao clan is very likely to become a reality.

Shi Gaojin's face was as usual, and his right hand kept rubbing the light yellow jade pendant, and there was a running grassland wolf engraved on the jade pendant. Shi Gao Yueming was very familiar with his father's movement and always encountered something difficult to decide. His father always had to rub the jade pendant, and stop rubbing it was time to make up his mind.

Shi Gaojin hesitated for a moment, and the idea of ​​retake of the position of patriarch still gained the upper hand. He raised his head and said, "The Jiedushi is serious?"

Hou Dayong said decisively: "A gentleman's word is as good as a horse."

Shi Gao Yueming saw a strange light flashing in his father's eyes and sighed in his heart: His husband is really a tragic person, and he remembers the couple's bed brother so clearly that his suggestion hit the key point, and his father really had no way to refuse.

"Mr. Shi has been away from the Pochao clan for more than 20 years. I don't know if there are other relatives or close friends in the clan. If you want to retake the position of clan leader, it is not enough to rely on force. It is best to use both soft and hard hands at the same time. Mr. Shi must consider it carefully after he returns."

Shi Gaoyueming also has an older brother. I heard that Kong Wu is powerful and is a rare general. Mr. Shi can bring a letter to Shi Gaozhi. I want to see him."

"Don't worry, the governor, although I have left the Pochao clan for many years, there are many old friends in the Pochao clan who are loyal to my father. When I fled the Pochao clan, Pochao Black Sheep killed many people who are loyal to my father. This hatred will never be forgotten in a hundred years. In the past few years, I have secretly had contact with the Pochao clan members. Only when the Black Eagle Army was dispatched, there will inevitably be responses. Pochao Black Sheep betrayed the relatives and divorced, and the position of the clan leader is difficult to protect."

The Pochao clan is located on the northern foot of the Helan Mountains, with nearly 100,000 tribes. The leader Pochao Black Sheep has thousands of elite soldiers. Although he is cruel and many of his tribes are dissatisfied, it is not easy to retake the position of the clan leader. Shi Gaojin deliberately said it very easily, mainly to strengthen Hou Dayong's determination.

Hou Dayong led his troops for a long time and knew that strength was the hard truth. The so-called morality was just a means taken by successful people to maintain their rule. Shi Gaojin's family was the loser in the power struggle. The so-called response was like clouds, and the betrayal of relatives was just a sensational excuse. Hou Dayong did not point out Shi Gaojin, and smiled slightly and said, "Everything is planned, and if it is not planned, it will be abandoned. Mr. Shi does not have to act too quickly. Find the right people in the tribe to serve as the inner support, wait for the right time, and strive to succeed in one blow."

The two talked very speculatively and did not avoid Shi Gao Yueming. Shi Gao Yueming looked at the two most important men in life. Although they had different experiences and different personalities, there was always a kind of male desire in their eyes during the conversation. This desire was a manifestation of strong vitality, adding some color to the two out of thin air.

Shi Gaoyueming was feeling mixed emotions, and suddenly felt wet in his hands. When he looked down, his daughter Hou Xiaoqing was looking at him with her eyes open.

The weather was hot in July. Hou Dayong was afraid that his daughter would be covered with prickly heat after using a diaper, so he was not allowed to use a diaper for Xiaoqing. At night, several maids were sent to take turns to wait. Therefore, Shi Gaoyueming's hand flowed into a stream. Shi Gaoyueming shouted to another house: "Luqi, come quickly, Xiaoqingliu has peed."

The two of them walked into the inner room in a hurry. After the big talk, Shi Gaojin saw that Hou Dayong had stood up, and also stood up from his seat at the right time. After respectfully giving the big gift, he returned to the guest room.

After Shi Gaojin's back disappeared from the gate of the inner courtyard, the smile on Hou Dayong's face gradually disappeared. He quickly walked to the study room, took the red note, and took a Buddhist scripture on the bookshelf. Soon, the password was translated: Zhao Pu is dead, Meng Shu.

Hou Dayong sat in front of the desk for a long time before getting up and took an exquisite windproof firer from the belt. The belt was sewn by Qiuju Chunlan and had been used for four years. There were dark black blood stains left by several injuries. Although this belt was old, it was still strong and durable. Although Fu Ying later made a similar belt, Hou Dayong still liked to use this old belt.
Chapter completed!