Leng Ruize, whose courtesy name was Cunzhen, was the son of Leng Siqian, a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, and Helan Yuer, the mistress of the Leng family.
He is the eldest son, the eldest and the only male in the Leng family's generation, the only child.
Although his status is not very noble in the outside world, he is a unique existence within the Leng family.
My father cherished and loved me, and my mother taught me strictly how to behave.
The child was of good character and started learning the Four Books and Five Classics in a private school at home when he was young.
As he grew older, he went to the Imperial College to study, and he became fond of wielding swords and sticks.
A man should have great ambitions. Leng Ruize, who has grown up, also has the ambition to defend his country and achieve great things.
The young man was full of courage and loyalty, and was determined to join the army and make achievements. At a young age, he was determined to break away from his parents' protection and join the army.
After two years of military service, he rose from a recruit to the rank of seventh-rank captain. Although the position was not high, he earned it by risking his life.
Seeing that the foreign invaders had been repelled, the border was temporarily able to breathe again.
Being far away from home, Captain Leng missed his family even more. He opened the tent late at night without going to bed.
The vast night outside was pitch black, with no moon or stars to be seen.
Walking out of the tent, passing by bonfires and greeting his comrades, Captain Leng arrived at a sparsely populated place.
He said nothing, and after a moment he felt around his chest, and with his rough hands he pulled out several letters.
There is no mercy on the battlefield. To be sad, it's a fight of your life.
A letter from home is worth a thousand pieces of gold. These letters come from the distant capital, from father, mother, and sister, three of them traveling thousands of miles to send them home.
Leng Ruize had read the previous letters. He only found out recently that his mother and father had divorced.
By the time the envelope reached the young man's hands after such a long time, the elders in Kyoto had already completed the divorce.
Leng Ruize is not as selfish as the men nowadays, whose minds are filled with the idea of male superiority and female inferiority.
It is believed that women should be infinitely tolerant of men and stand on their father's side unconditionally.
On the contrary, after experiencing the baptism of blood and wind and frost, he did not ask for much, but only hoped that the elders in his family would be safe and sound, and his sister would be happy.
Nothing more to ask for.
So when he opened the envelope that had just arrived today and saw the familiar handwriting on it, it all said something bad about his mother.
When talking about his mother's lover, Duke Zheng Peizhi, he was arrogant, and every word he said contained grievance and oppression.
After reading this, Leng Ruize could easily imagine the aggrieved look on his father's face when he picked up the pen to write this letter.
He read it carefully. In the dark night with dark clouds hanging over the sky, his eyes, which became darker and brighter, were fixed on the letter from home and never left the letter.
After a while, he finished reading the letter from his old father complaining about his father, folded it carefully, tucked it into his chest and patted it as if it were his treasure.
The young man's rough bronze face, carved by the cold months and warm days, showed a pensive look.
Leng Ruize was not surprised by the fact that his mother and father were getting divorced.
He started to remember things from his childhood very early. The couple seldom met each other, but when they did meet to discuss things, the situation would inevitably develop into a tit-for-tat situation with sarcasm and ridicule.
It vividly depicts the funny scene of people not being able to communicate with each other.
My father is a scholar, and he can't win over my mother in an argument, and he can't get back at her.
I was so angry that I couldn't speak, my fingers trembling, "You! You! You!"
My mother always looked at my father coldly, as he was speechless, and laughed at him silently.
In some ways, my mother had the whole father under her thumb.
It's just that my mother must have been tired of arguing with my father for so many years, and the two of them couldn't agree on the matter of my sister's marriage.
Having reached this point, Leng Ruize felt a sense of security as if a huge rock had fallen.
What he didn't expect was another thing, that was Duke Zheng Peizhi.
Everyone in the court, civil or military, knew about this powerful Duke. The previous emperor promoted him to a higher position and made him the Duke of Zhenguo and the Grand Pillar of the State.
He is also the younger brother of the current empress dowager, the uncle of the emperor, and the uncle of the royal family.
However, his colleagues and the people often referred to this Duke as Duke Zheng.
Looking back, when Leng Ruize had just joined the military camp and was a new recruit, he had met the Duke once.
Just that one aspect successfully left a deep impression on the young boy.
As soon as that person appeared on the stage, the whole audience fell silent.
Like a mountain standing on the edge of an abyss, he gives people a sense of stability and security, as if as long as he is in the front, he will be like the magic needle that stabilizes the sea, unmoved by wind and rain.
It was because of this brief encounter that Leng Ruize was unable to link his mother with this man.
His mother was a housewife, and the Duke, who was a powerful figure in the world of fame and fortune, were from two completely different worlds, with no common ground.
How we met, how we met, and how we fell in love.
Recalling his father's letter, he described the Duke as frivolous and indecent.
The upright young man really couldn't confuse the two of them. After thinking about it a lot, he simply gave up.
Seeing that the border is peaceful, he will soon go to Kyoto with the general, and all his doubts will be resolved there.
The young man had a good idea. The group hurried and finally arrived outside Kyoto before winter.
Looking at the towering city wall not far away, not to mention others, Leng Ruize, who is close to his hometown, is even more homesick.
A group of people rode into the city and looked around. Somehow, the city was particularly lively today and the people had happy faces.
When they arrived at the main street, they happened to meet a wedding procession not far away.
I saw that the procession carrying the dowry stretched for ten miles, with gongs and drums leading the way in front, and it was a grand occasion.
The host's wedding money was scattered all over the ground, and the people watching the ceremony on both sides were talking festively and moving quickly.
They came closer and happily picked up the copper coins on the ground. The sight of so many people and such a powerful force was quite spectacular.
They were far away and couldn't see clearly, but they could only secretly sigh in their hearts at the grand scene.
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