Chapter 11: Hanzhou Kuang Pei's Army
Seeing him like this, the boy who was not yet fully grown sitting at the other end laughed out loud.

"Second brother, it's still the eldest brother who has to come to town!"

"Shut up! I'll punish you!"

"Who are you going to deal with?"

The eldest brother Wang Su glanced over and raised his eyebrows slightly. Wang Kuan laughed awkwardly twice, put his arm around Pei Zisu and said as if to block the attack.

"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue."

While speaking, he pulled Pei Zisu's sleeve and whispered something.

"You're not going to help?"

Pei Zisu was of similar age to the second and third sons of the Wang family, so they had a better relationship. Normally, the three of them would often play around and make jokes about anything, including meat and vegetables.

Among the brothers, only Pei Zisu is not afraid of his eldest brother Wang Su, so now that he is "suppressed" by his eldest brother, Wang Kuan naturally has to call for help.

"Maybe there's nothing to do in the Weiwei Temple recently, so my second cousin is very angry and wants to punish anyone he sees. Why don't you, uncle and eldest cousin, think of a way to transfer him to the Dushui Supervisor to repair the canal? It just so happens that the flood discharge pressure in the lower reaches of the Huai River is very high, and dozens of officials of all ranks in Hanzhou are stationed on the front line and are complaining bitterly."

"what?"

Wang Kuan looked at Pei Zisu with a deflated expression and spoke in a low voice with gritted teeth.

"I asked you to help me, but didn't ask you to find something for me to do? Besides, I'm doing well in the Weiwei Temple, why would I go to the Water Conservancy Bureau? Don't give me bad advice! There are plenty of people in the Hanzhou government office, how can they not function without me?"

Pei Zisu looked calm, and glanced at the person in front of him with a pair of ink-stained eyes. The more angry he was, the happier he felt in his heart.

The eldest brother Wang Su, who had just reprimanded sternly, nodded silently. When he looked up at his second brother Wang Kuan, he showed a bit more iron-blooded tactics.

"Zi Su is right. You have been living too recklessly in Xijing City. You are totally unaware of the sufferings of the common people. You hang out with the noble children of the Weiwei Temple every day. You don't spend much time walking cats and playing with dogs. Tomorrow, father will go to the Dushui Supervisor to take a look and see if there is a suitable vacancy. I will arrange it for my second brother."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present was shocked or snickered, it was quite lively.

Marquis Wenyuan, who was enjoying his meal, was suddenly "arranged" by his son. He also expressed that he was innocent and looked at his second son Wang Kuan with a little grievance.

He wanted to lend a helping hand, but his eldest son looked just like his deceased father, even his personality was the same. He often felt like he had given birth to a father who was always controlling him, so he would not easily have any conflicts with him.

After comparing the two, he felt that perhaps the result would be better if he stood on the side of his eldest son, so he said "hmm" and spoke righteously.

"Su'er is right. I will go for a walk tomorrow."

"No way, father, are you going to let big brother make the arrangements?"

Marquis Wenyuan glanced at his second son Wang Kuan with a smile, then glanced at everyone at the table, spread his hands helplessly and shrugged.

"Who at this table, except Zi Su, dares not listen to your eldest brother's arrangement?"

Wang Kuan immediately glanced at everyone. Everyone looked like they were watching the show, as if it had nothing to do with him. This made him feel very wronged and speechless!
And under the pressure of his elder brother, he could only swallow his bitterness, and then angrily looked at the instigator beside him. Pei Zisu showed a harmless smile, which made Wang Kuan feel uncomfortable as if a piece of wood was blocking his chest. "Okay, let's go to the study and talk about these things by ourselves. Now it's a family dinner, let's talk about something happy. Zisu, how long can you stay this time?"

Old Lady Wang still felt sorry for her second grandson. Although she was a little afraid of her eldest grandson who looked as fierce as a diamond, she also didn't want her second grandson to suffer too much, so she helped to change the subject.

"About one or two months. We just won a battle a while ago, so there is nothing to do in the Hanzhou army. It happens to be my aunt's birthday next month, so I am here to celebrate her birthday on behalf of the whole family."

After hearing this, Aunt Pei looked very happy, with more anticipation in her eyes, and then she asked a question.

"What about Zimiao and Ziyao? Can they come?"

"It's probably going to be tough. Ziyao is training the army, and Zimiao has been sent out by his father to do some work."

"Zi Yao can train troops now? I remember she is only seventeen. This girl is really capable, even tougher than my aunt and I used to be!"

Speaking of Pei Zisu's twin brother and sister, there was some tenderness in his eyes, especially Pei Ziyao, who was a well-known military beauty in Hanzhou.

The Pei family has been a family of nobles for generations and has been established in Hanzhou. It is a prosperous family with a history of hundreds of years. In the past, most of the members were civil officials. By the time of Pei Zisu's grandfather, the family had produced many military generals.

Hanzhou is located beside the Huai River and backed by the Huayin Mountains.

It is naturally a good place surrounded by mountains and rivers, but it is also because of this that it has been a battleground for many years. The rebels in the south came in waves, always fighting back and forth, so the city of Hanzhou was built more and more solidly.

At the same time, there is an unwritten rule in Hanzhou City that both men and women can join the army, and future rewards will never be based on gender, and everyone will be promoted based on their own abilities. Therefore, there are many powerful soldiers in the Hanzhou army who are all women.

And Pei Ziyao is one of the best among them.

Although she is young, she is already a captain in the Hanzhou army. In the Battle of Fancheng that made Pei Zisu famous, she was the vanguard, so she was promoted after the victory. It has been several years now.

He now has 10,000 men under his command, making him an undisputed powerful general.

"If Ziyao heard what Auntie said, she would definitely be happy."

"Well, life in Hanzhou is more relaxed. When I'm happy, I go out for a horse race. When I'm unhappy, I go to the martial arts training ground and challenge a few people to a fight. It's much more comfortable than facing those ladies' fake smiles in Xijing City."

My aunt Pei has been married to the Wenyuan Marquis's Mansion for more than 20 years, but she still can't forget the happy days in Hanzhou when she was young. Seeing this, Old Lady Wang pretended to be angry and asked a question.

"Why? Did the Marquis' Mansion wrong you?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shishu was so frightened that she almost stood up to admit her mistake. In the past, she and her aunt would be scolded if they even walked around in the yard, let alone sitting at the table to eat.

Therefore, she didn't expect that the kind old lady would get angry, and naturally she felt uneasy.

As a result, when I raised my eyes slightly, I actually saw the elder sister with a smile on her face, and some doubts immediately emerged in my mind.

But in such an occasion, she didn't dare to say too much or ask too many questions. She just curled herself up as much as possible and reduced her presence.

"Old lady, you are teasing me again. I have treated you like your own mother since I married you. If it weren't for you, the Marquis, and the children in Xijing City, I would have run back to Hanzhou long ago. Alas, I am so loyal to you, but you still say that to me. I feel wronged, really wronged!"