The Red Mansions

Chapter 398 5 city soldiers and horses, goodbye King Wei

Chapter 398 Wucheng soldiers and horses, goodbye King Wei

In the wing room, the orange candlelight was as soft as water, and two figures fell on the screen.

Yuan Chun raised her beautiful eyes, gave Jia Heng a white look, and hummed softly, "Then I'll follow Brother Heng's orders, and I'll leave tomorrow morning."

These words almost have the meaning of being coquettish and annoyed.

Jia Heng picked up the teacup, was drinking tea by himself, looked up at the jade face like a hibiscus flower stamen, and said softly: "Big sister, that's what I said, it's not too late to leave after the Lantern Festival."

He could somewhat guess what Yuan Chun was thinking, and he wanted to use this incident to help him ease the relationship with Mrs. Wang. This kind of thinking couldn't be wrong, and he understood it very well, but it was a bit wishful thinking.

Yuan Chun let out a "hmm", and looked at Jia Heng with her beautiful eyes under her beautiful eyebrows, she lowered her eyes slightly, and couldn't say much, so she sighed faintly.

Jia Heng said: "Big sister, don't worry."

Hearing the words, Yuan Chun raised his round and round face, met those warm eyes, hesitated to speak: "Brother Heng, I..."

"Big sister is also kind, I know it all." Jia Heng smiled and said with relief.

Yuan Chun pursed his vermilion lips, and a warm current surged in his heart.

Jia Heng looked up at the sky and said, "Okay, it's getting late, big sister should go to bed early, and I'll be leaving first."

"I'll see Brother Heng off." Yuan Chun suppressed the sudden sense of loss in his heart, stood up, and looked at the young man with eyes as gentle as water.

Jia Heng smiled and said: "No need, it's very cold at night, eldest sister is wearing thin clothes, just be careful not to catch cold."

At this moment, Yuan Chun also realized that his hair was disheveled and his clothes were slightly disheveled. His heart skipped a beat, his cheeks became slightly hot, he raised his eyes to look at the young man opposite, and said softly: "Brother Heng, slow down on the road, hold the piano, and go carry the lamp lantern."

"Hey." Baoqin responded.

Jia Heng took the lantern handed by Baoqin, and was sent out of the wing by Yuan Chun.

Yuan Chun stood under the eaves, watching the light and shadow of the lantern carried by Jia Heng dissipate, still absent-minded.

"Girl, it's cold here, go back to the house." At this time, Xiren took a cloak and put it on Yuanchun's shoulders.

Yuan Chun turned to look at Xi Ren, his eyes flickered, and he sighed again.

This Xiren served in Baoyu Room for several years, but was kicked out just because she told Brother Heng about the use of smokeless animal charcoal in Baoyu Room, which shows her mother's resentment towards Brother Heng.

That's all, leave it to Brother Heng to take care of it.

But it is said that Jia Heng left the Tanchun courtyard, carried a lantern, and returned to Ningguo Mansion.

As soon as he reached the inner hall, he saw a slender and small figure, who opened the beaded curtain of the inner room and came in. Guazi had a smile on his face: "I heard the footsteps sound like a young master."

Jia Heng smiled, sat on the back chair beside him, and joked: "You are amazing now, you can even hear footsteps."

Qingwen smiled lightly, came close, patted the wings of her nose with her small hands, frowned and said angrily, "Master, there is a lot of alcohol on him."

Turning around, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Jia Heng.

Jia Heng let out a "huh" and felt a little thirsty at the moment, picked up the teacup and drank it down in one gulp, then looked at Qingwen and asked, "It's so late, why haven't you fallen asleep yet?"

Qingwen poured another cup of fragrant tea for Jia Heng, sat down on the opposite chair, and said softly: "I was doing some needlework just now, and I was waiting for the young master by the way, thinking that the young master probably has no one to serve you when he comes back from dinner." .”

Jia Heng nodded and asked, "Where's grandma?"

"Grandma, you should take a rest now." Qing Wen said, looking Jia Heng's cheeks up and down, and said softly: "Young master's face turns red from drinking."

Jia Heng said: "This wine is on your face."

At this moment, Qingwen stretched out a hand, put it on Jia Heng's neck, and said: "Then I will serve you to take a bath and change clothes."

As she said that, Qingwen led Jia Heng into the wing room, helped her undress, followed by removing the outer clothes one by one, and took off the middle clothes.

Qingwen suddenly saw the thin bloodstains on Jia Heng's back, and asked in surprise, "Master, why are there scratches on your back?"

Jia Heng paused, and said, "I bumped into it by accident."

This Li'er, next time she has to tie her hands with a red string.

"Looking at one after another, it's scary, like being caught." Qingwen blinked her bright eyes under Liuye's slender eyebrows, and she seemed suspicious, and murmured.

Jia Heng said: "Let's take a bath, I'm a little tired."

Qingwen gave a "hmm" and didn't ask any more questions. She untied her jacket and skirt, and after a while, with the sound of "crash", she entered the bathtub together with Jia Heng.

Qingwen helped Jia Heng scrub and wash her body behind her. After a while, the girl wrapped her two white lotus arms around Jia Heng's neck, and said with a breath, "Master..."

Then the sound faded away.

Jia Heng paused, and said in a low voice, "Let's talk about it after the bath."

I was a little uncomfortable when I was exposed to Tanchun before.

Moreover, Keqing's body is not very convenient these two days, and it will take two days for him to get rid of the blood on his back.

……

……

In the wing room, the candles were as bright as day, Qin Keqing was sitting under the blanket, reading a book by the light, looking at Jia Heng who came from the outside, Zhu Yanyu's face showed joy, and said: "My lord."

As he said that, he was about to lift the quilt and get up.

"Don't get up again." Jia Heng sat on the bed next to Qin Keqing and asked, "It's so late, why are you still reading?"

Qin Keqing smiled sweetly and said: "I can't sleep for a while, so I just looked for this piano score to read, and I feel a little sleepy right now."

Saying that, she got up, put the piano score on the small table beside her, and said softly, "I'll wait for your husband to change his clothes."

Jia Heng went to change his clothes by himself, and said with a light smile: "Forget it, I drank some wine, and my mouth smelled a little heavy."

After being reminded by Qingwen, there are still some marks left on the bloodstains on his back, it is not easy for Keqing to see, so he needs to keep a shirt.

When Qin Keqing heard this, the smile froze on her face, she pursed her cherry lips, lowered her head, and said in a trembling voice, "Changing clothes...you don't need your mouth."

Jia Heng: "???"

Suppressing the weirdness in his heart, he took off his long robe and outer jacket, and only wore his middle coat.

The husband and wife lifted the brocade quilt and lay on the bed together. Jia Heng only felt a warm fragrance floating under his nose, and his delicate body leaned over.

At this time, the maids Baozhu and Ruizhu put down the golden hooks all the way, and the curtains were lowered one by one, only the lights on the high table were still on.

Jia Heng said: "Didn't you and Sister-in-law Feng say that you want to hire a troupe, why didn't you see us today?"

"I'm going to invite you again from Powu. The operas are all performed during the day, so it's not very lively at night. My husband doesn't seem to like listening to operas." Qin Keqing leaned her head into Jia Heng's arms and said softly.

Jia Heng said: "Actually, it's okay."

There are many entertainment programs in later generations, but he is really not very eager to listen to operas.

As Qin Keqing was talking, she noticed that the young man was silent, and asked softly, "Husband, what's wrong?"

Jia Heng said: "There is an old man who will go to the north after five days. I am thinking that I should visit him tomorrow."

Veteran General Li Ge will go to Beiping Mansion to oversee the army in the next day, and he should enter the palace to give his speech tomorrow, and he needs to meet in advance to discuss the situation in northern Xinjiang with him.

Qin Keqing said with emotion: "My husband is not very leisurely during the New Year. Others only think that my husband is not as young as a weak crown and can be today, but I don't know how much my husband has thought about it."

Jia Heng held his wife's jade neck, released the pressure, and said softly: "There is no way, I was born to work hard."

Qin Keqing snorted and asked: "Your husband went to see Aunt Zhao's, did you encounter any troubles, right now, I let your husband make up his mind on major and minor matters in the two houses."

Her biggest feeling during this period is that the two governments come to her husband for advice on everything.

Jia Heng said: "It's nothing, Mrs. Zhao wants me to help her brother find an errand."

Qin Keqing said: "Sister-in-law Feng and I have heard some rumors about that aunt's conduct. It doesn't seem to make sense. It's just a pity for the third sister."

Jia Heng said: "You can't put it that way. Mrs. Zhao was originally a maid in the old lady's house. Because of her good looks, she gave it to the second master. Mrs. Zhao has never studied and has shallow eyelids. The third younger sister never grew up with her. , but not affected."

When it comes to Tanchun, I can't help but think of the softness and dampness of the earlobe again.

"So, Husband asked Qingwen to study rationally, that's the reason." Qin Keqing said suddenly.

Jia Heng: "..."

He couldn't help stretching out his hand to grab the girl's curls. He felt that his wife was hiding her wit in every word she said.

Qin Keqing smiled lightly: "My husband knows me, I am not jealous of my wife."

Jia Heng was silent for a moment.

Qin Keqing paused, and said softly: "My husband is the head of the clan, so he must extend his descendants, make the clan prosperous, and when there are more people to import in the future, there must be a charter in the future."

Jia Heng hugged the girl's shoulders tightly, couldn't help laughing and said: "It's too far away for you to say these things now, okay, why have you been a little dazed with demons these two days, three words are inseparable, okay, stop thinking about it. "

In fact, he guessed that the girl just lacked a sense of security. This may be the change brought about by his identity, or it may be the vigilance of the woman... But Qing found something.

Qin Keqing said "hmm" and didn't say anything else.

Silent all night.

next day

After Jia Heng finished his breakfast, he sent someone to send a letter of worship to Li's house in Tangqiao Hutong, Yongyefang, and then went to Wucheng Bingmasi under the retinue of his own soldiers.

Just arrived at the Bingma Division of Wucheng, before entering the Si Ya, I saw a beautifully decorated and luxurious carriage parked on the street in front of the Yamen. A few of them were dressed as straight guards from the palace. Be vigilant and guard with a knife.

"I've seen adults."

The guards in front of the official yamen, the soldiers of the five cities and horses, saluted when they saw Jia Heng and his party.

Jia Heng nodded at him, and was about to walk in, when he saw a soldier in the uniform of a military officer of the General Banner, approaching him and said: "My lord, His Royal Highness King Wei and King Liang have arrived at the Office of General Affairs, Master Fan It is being received."

"understood."

As Jia Heng said, he led his followers and headed towards the Secretary's Office.

In the general affairs hall, Wei Wang Chen Ran was sitting on a black lacquered wooden chair with a teacup in his hand, Liang Wang was sitting beside him, and Fan Yi and a group of Kongmu, Shu and Wucheng Bingmasi Officials accompanied and talked around, most of them looked respectful and dealt with them carefully.

After all, they are the children of the clan, not everyone can face it calmly.

But in fact, the people present didn't even have a fifth-rank official.

"Master Fan, Mr. Jia has arrived."

Just as everyone was talking, a civil official entered the Siwu hall and clasped his hands to report.

Hearing this, Fan Yi was overjoyed, without the Lord Sir, he was quite uncomfortable dealing with these two nobles.

King Wei is okay, and his attitude is still kind, but this King Liang is arrogant, he is not a good person at first glance, and he often looks at his lame leg with mocking eyes, which is really annoying.

"These nobles, if they weren't born with a golden spoon in their mouths, they would be inferior to Fan Mou, not to mention the Sir." Fan Yi thought coldly.

King Wei, who was sitting, heard Jia Heng coming, and quickly turned his eyes to look at King Liang. The two got up one after another, and went out of the office to meet them.

After the military parade the day before yesterday, even the king of Liang was vaguely aware of the popularity of Jia Heng, a nobleman in the city of Shenjing. Although he was not convinced by his brother Wei Wang's repeated warnings, he dared not make any mistakes on the surface. Second-rate.

"Brother Jia." Under the eaves of the corridor, King Wei stared at the boy in the python suit, his eyes were burning, and he called out with some eagerness.

This scene fell into the eyes of the five city soldiers and horse officials who were carefully dealing with it, and their hearts were shocked.

This kind of national clan is still very respectful to adults.

Jia Heng raised his eyes to look at King Wei, and said in surprise: "Today is only the fifth day of the lunar new year, why did His Royal Highness King Wei come here so early?"

The tone is casual and leisurely, neither flattering nor distant.

Hearing his tone, King Wei was overjoyed, and with a smile on his fair face, he said, "Brother Jia, I have nothing to do in the palace, so I took my sixth brother to Wucheng Bingmasi to have a look. Familiar with the affairs of the Wucheng Bingma Division."

He quietly changed his address, and he also felt close.

"Those two Highnesses, enter the Yamen together." Jia Heng glanced at King Liang and nodded without paying attention. They entered the hall together and sat down again.

"Don't stand still, let's go to work." Jia Heng turned his head to look at the clerk standing behind Fan Yi respectfully, frowned, and shouted in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness King Wei often comes to sit in the yamen from now on, Er Are you just serving like this all the time? How decent it is!"

"Yes, my lord."

A group of Kongmu and low-level civil servants changed their expressions slightly and dispersed one after another.

Seeing this, the king of Wei was shocked, and quickly apologized: "I came here on the presumptuousness. I was just curious, so I asked the officials in the yamen to ask about the matter. I hindered the official business. Please forgive me, Brother Jia."

Jia Heng said: "His Majesty the King of Wei is here, so it's understandable to go in without knowing it, but most of them are old officials who have left their official duties and surrounded His Majesty. Your Highness laughed."

This is actually normal.

It would be better if a prince enters the Si Ya to watch the government, if he is in the Six Departments. Officials who come from the imperial examinations are mostly strong, and they will return to their duties after seeing the ceremony. All of them are "An Neng smashes his eyebrows and bends his waist to serve the powerful".

This is the human nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

"For me, it would be unwise for such a national clan, or even a candidate for the heir apparent, to limit his presence in the Five Cities Bingma Division. At that time, let alone the Empress Song, even the Son of Heaven had his own thoughts. After all, he is the father and son, and since the king of Wei has arrived at the Wucheng Bingma Division, if he has made a lot of achievements, he may even take over the Wucheng Bingma Division." Jia Heng looked deeply, thinking about the pros and cons.

In fact, when the time is right, he will also resign voluntarily when he mentions the dispatch of Wucheng soldiers and horses.

Before, when King Zhongshun sought someone to impeach him, it was not easy for him to resign, because it meant being driven away, which had a different meaning.

But once Li Zan left, he would actually be in control of the Beijing camp, and even go straight to the Military Aircraft Department. In a year at the most, he would voluntarily resign from the dispatch of the Wucheng soldiers and horses to concentrate on the military affairs of the Beijing camp and the affairs of the Jinyi Mansion.

Of course, Wucheng Bingmasi will keep his cousin Dong Qian as his eyes and ears.

Otherwise, if you don't resign, will you really have to shoulder the shoulders of Jingying, Jinyifu, and Wucheng Bingmasi?

Therefore, Emperor Chongping's hidden intention was to let him help to train the King of Wei, and at the same time, it was also an assessment of the King of Wei.

Otherwise, if all the sons are raised and disabled, who will take over?

And his own stand must be firm, and he must not forget who he is, so he is also an assessment of him.

The emperor's mind is nothing more than that.

As for the attitude of the King of Wei towards him, since he was promoted to the rank in the military parade, the attitude of the King of Wei has become respectful and even flattering.

He vaguely remembered that when he was practicing riding and archery on the outskirts of the capital, he met these two princes for the first time, and in their eyes, he was no different from nothing.

King Wei never set his sights on those petty officials, and asked with a smile: "Brother Jia, I held a banquet at Zuixian Tower, do you have time at noon to have a banquet together?"

Jia Heng murmured: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, I will visit Elder Li Ge later to discuss the defense of northern Xinjiang. Elder Li Ge will leave the town of Beiping and leave tomorrow."

Hearing this, King Wei's face was slightly shaken, and he said regretfully, "That's really a coincidence."

Li Zan, Minister of the Ministry of War, was about to go to Yan. He also heard some rumors about this matter. He also wanted to meet this important minister of his father, but he was a little afraid.

Jia Heng thought for a while, and said: "Let's change the date, I will invite Your Highness to another date."

King Wei nodded and said with a smile, "That's a deal."

At this time, Jia Heng called Fan Yi, asked about the public security in Shenjing City for a few days, and ordered: "Master Fan, summarize the recent public security cases in Beijing and give it to the King of Wei to read."

Wei Wang looked surprised and looked at Jia Heng.

Jia Heng said: "This is a case dealt with according to the public security regulations. I also told the prince on His Royal Highness's birthday earlier that the law is used to judge the matter. Your Highness is a meritorious service. The department's assessment must be thoroughly familiar with the public security regulations. chest."

King Wei's expression changed, and he took the case from a scribe.

At Sishi, a soldier outside the Siwu Hall led a young man in.

Seeing sweat on the young man's forehead, he clearly came on horseback, cupped his hands and said: "Master, Mr. Li Ge is now at the mansion, is the uncle going to visit immediately, or?"

Jia Heng said: "Let's go to visit now, Your Highness will take a look at it first, I will visit Mr. Li Ge."

King Wei hurriedly put down the case in his hands, and said with a smile, "Brother Jia, go quickly."

　Second, don't wait.

(End of this chapter)