Chapter 3
When they arrived at Rong'an Hall, several ladies who received the news had arrived, and they were talking to the old lady, although the young masters and girls of the Hou Mansion knew that Ah Bao was coming back today, but because of what had happened before, the elders did not want to make them worry in vain, so they did not inform them, and only sent them a message to ask them to see the sisters who returned to the house tomorrow morning.
The clever maid detective heard what was happening in front of the door, and had already come back to tell the old lady, knowing that it was a false alarm, everyone was relieved, and they were in the mood to laugh at this time.
Ah Bao came in behind several uncles, and greeted the elders in turn, and sat on the foot pedal in front of the kang at the end, snuggling up to the old lady. The old lady took her granddaughter's hand, patted her back with pity, and said again and again: "Finally back, your father is really ruthless, he refuses to come back, but he is so tired that his daughter will follow him to suffer at the border......"
Ah Bao said with a smile: "Daddy misses his grandmother very much, but the border has been fighting for many years, and Daddy has the emperor's order, so he really can't leave." A few years ago, the Beiyi people invaded the south, and Daddy was injured in that battle, and it took him half a month to get up, and he lost a lot of weight, I ......" said, his eyes were red, and he choked up.
The old lady was taken aback and said in a lost voice: "Didn't you say that it was just a minor injury?" ”
Ah Bao lowered his head and tried to cry, choked up: "That's because Daddy doesn't want to worry about his grandmother and several uncles and uncles, so he will say that it is a minor injury, and the doctors at that time said that if Daddy can't wake up, he will ...... it" Speaking of sadness, Ah Bao buried his face in the old lady's lap and cried bitterly.
The old lady had tears in her eyes, and scolded the fourth child for lying to her, how could she deceive the old mother or something.
Seeing that the grandfather and grandson were about to hug their heads and cry, the people around them were relieved, and it took a long time to stop.
The old lady really cares about her son who is far away from the border, that is the evil obstacle that crawled out of her belly, although she is often disobedient and unfilial to make the old mother worry about him, but in the end, it is flesh and blood, how not to care? Hearing his granddaughter say that he was injured, his heart ached one by one, and he also disliked Ah Bao a little, and took pity on her for leaving this splendid and prosperous place to go to the border to endure hardships at a young age.
Weiyuan Marquis knew that if it weren't for the fourth brother guarding the border and saving military merits, the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion would not have the glory it has today, and the saint might not treat their family like this, so he was very much in favor of the fourth brother's decision to join the army back then. Because of this, Wei Yuanhou also attached great importance to Ah Bao, and when he saw that the grandfather and grandson had said almost everything, he was busy giving his wife a look.
Mrs. Weiyuan Hou said with a smile: "Mother, the fourth brother is okay now, as the saying goes, there will be great blessings after the disaster, the fourth brother is a blessed person, and there must be nothing to do." The brocade girl was tired of traveling, and she was frightened before, so let her rest first, and if she has anything to say, it's okay to ask tomorrow. ”
The second lady also interjected: "Yes, if the Jin girl is tired and sick, the most distressed person is not the mother herself?" ”
The old lady patted Bao's hand and said with a smile: "This girl has been by my side for the least time, but I love her the most." The second family, you have always been good with the Jin girl, so take her there. Old family, can the treasure title house be cleaned up? Hearing Mrs. Weiyuanhou smile that everything is all right, and said: "I don't worry about everyone's affairs, I'm afraid that the brocade girl will not be there for a long time, and there will be a slave who is not long-eyed to bully her little girl. ”
The second lady said: "Mother rest assured, since I heard that the brocade girl came back, the sister-in-law has already prepared someone to carefully clean up the yard of the brocade girl, and it should be clean, and it will definitely not treat our brocade girl badly." ”
Ah Bao hurriedly said: "Let my grandmother, eldest aunt and second aunt bother, and let everyone bother." ”
After a few words of gossip, Ah Bao was finally let go and left with the second aunt.
After Ah Bao left, the old lady sat crookedly on the kang, showing fatigue on her face, and several old men saw this and hurriedly said: "Mother is tired?" You need to take care of your body and don't overwork. ”
The old lady took the ginseng tea from the maid and took a sip, and asked, "How did the Jin girl and the King of Jin collide?" The girl came back and said it was not clear before. ”
Wei Yuanhou said: "I haven't had time to ask about this matter yet, and the regular guards of the King of Jin are not clear, only that when the fugitives were arrested, the convoy of Jin Yatou happened to pass by the post station to rest and did them a favor." King Jin was afraid that the prisoner would still have his comrades, so he personally escorted the Jin girl into the city. ”
The old lady's hand tightened, and she asked again, "Jin girl helping them?" What did you help to let the dignified King Jin personally escort a little girl into the city? Our brocade girl has a big face. The last sentence was sarcastic.
Wei Yuanhou guessed: "I'm afraid it's not the face of the Jin girl, but the face of the fourth brother." Although King Jin has a bad reputation, he is also the prince raised by the middle palace, and he also has his own considerations. ”
After being silent for a while, the old lady said: "Let's ask about this matter clearly, and it will save the young girl from being young and ignorant and negligent." ”
Wei Yuanhou should naturally be.
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On the other side, Ah Bao followed the second aunt all the way to talk, and finally arrived at the destination - Bao Title Courtyard, where the flowers and trees in the courtyard were lush, and the peach blossoms in the corner of the wall were blooming beautifully. Entering, it was a clean house, all furnished in a new way, the incense burner in the room was lit with a faint incense, and the maid was waiting with clean and warm toiletry water.
The second lady took Ah Bao's hand and said lovingly: "It's good to be back, it's been hard these days." Zhilu said that you came back, Mingfeng's girl kept shouting to play with you, but she finally looked forward to you coming back. Is the border environment hard? Look, you're even more reticent and thin than the sisters in the family, but it's really distressing. ”
Ah Bao pursed his lips and smiled: "I also miss the sixth sister, I haven't seen her for a few years, the sixth sister will definitely grow into a big girl, I can't wait to meet her." ”
The second lady couldn't help but be amused, nodded her nose and said, "You are the same age as her, you are a few months older than her, you two sisters have a good time." As he spoke, he stared at Ah Bao, only to feel that under the dim light, the girl's delicate face was smiling brightly, the pointed tiger teeth were pretty, her face was like a flower of spring dawn, her body was like catkins, and her end was beautiful and bright, and the color was better than that of her mother.
"The sixth sister is not only born well, but also has a good temperament, she has been in love with me since she was a child, and I also like the sixth sister, so I naturally play well with her." Po replied.
"You just hold her, I don't know what she's like?"
After saying a few words, the second lady said: "You are also tired, so you can rest, and you will probably have to be busy tomorrow." As he spoke, he knocked on the maids and mothers who were waiting in the courtyard, and told them to serve their masters wholeheartedly, and then left.
After the second lady left, Ah Bao bathed and changed clothes under the service of the maid, and after taking a bath, the whole body was a little loose, and then the maid also brought dinner. Ah Bao sat in front of the sandalwood table of eight immortals, and looked at the meals on the table, all of which were mainly light, with a Gu duck spring bamboo shoot soup, steamed sea bass, lily chicken shredded porridge, and two small plates of refreshing side dishes, which were just suitable for the appetizer of travelers who were tired of traveling.
"Girl, the second lady still remembers the girl's preferences." The sound of the wild goose brought water to Ah Bao to clean his hands, and said with a smile.
Yan Hui put a bowl of soup in front of Bao, and said with a light smile: "The second lady has always been the most careful and considerate. ”
The voice of the goose was unknown, and he wrinkled his nose and said: "Of course the second lady is intimate, among the several ladies, the second lady is the best for our girl." ”
"Foolish!" Yan Hui didn't want to argue with her, and served Po for dinner.
Ah Bao listened to the words of the two maids, and with a smile on his face, he said, "The second aunt is naturally good. And he said no more.
Eating and drinking, washing clean, smelling the faint fragrance in the air, looking at the already dark sky outside the window, the feeling of being down-to-earth is really good, and the one-month drive is really too fatal. Po curled up comfortably in the recliner, a little drowsy.
Yan looked back at her like this, a little distressed and a little worried.
At this time, Bao's nursing mother, Mother Hua, came in with a bottle of essential oil, and said distressedly: "The girl accidentally hit her shoulder today, although there is no bruising, but she can't be careless, rub it with some essential oil to scatter the blood, so as to save tomorrow's sin." ”
After hearing this, Yan Hui hurriedly said: "It's still my mother who is careful, we almost forgot about it." ”
After that, Yan Hui sat next to Ah Bao, and Yan Sheng also went to lower the curtain, and then slowly withdrew the clothes on Ah Bao's upper body, revealing a shoulder on the left, only to see that the entire shoulder blade from the back shoulder to the front of the white greasy skin showed a pale cyan color, and blood stasis had accumulated. Seeing the three loyal servants, I was distressed for a while.
Yan Hui's craftsmanship is excellent, slowly pushing and holding, remembering today's scene still has palpitations, and asked, "Girl, does your shoulder hurt?" ”
"It hurts." Ah Bao said vaguely, rubbed very comfortably by this little force, the whole person was lazy, like a cat nesting on the couch and napping.
"The girl is reckless today, if you have a good one, the lord should be distressed." Mother Hua said with red eyes.
"Mother Hua, if it weren't for the girl today, our carriage would have been taken away by that murderer, and all of us would have suffered, and maybe we would have been charged with aiding and abetting." Yan Hui said in a deep voice, although she felt that Ah Bao's shot today was really inappropriate, but she saw it more deeply, knowing that it was the King of Jin who was arresting the fugitive, Yan Hui relieved her heart, although she was reckless, but as long as the King of Jin confirmed that Ah Bao was forced to make a move at that time, who dared to say that the girl from the Marquis of Weiyuan was not?
The nerves of the wild goose are relatively large, and the things that happen after are generally not in mind, and at this time there is still the mood to praise the master's heroism, "The girl's kick at that time was so beautiful, the girl deserves to be passed on by the lord himself, and the girl is here, and the murderer can't please him." ”
The corners of the goose's mouth twitched, her hands itched and wanted to slap the head of this simple girl, she was holding back the anger in her heart, she wanted to scold, she listened with a smile, and then she was still heartless and happy.
Yan Hui was still not very relieved, and asked again: "Girl, don't you really need to ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine?" ”
Ah Bao is about to fall asleep, she has a good habit of choosing no bed, and when she arrives in a safe place, she can sleep peacefully, which is also refined in the beacon fire of the border. The place where she lived was close to the barracks, and the sound of soldiers training could be heard before dawn, and sometimes the fighting was a month, during which the various sounds were even more terrifying, and when she was sure that she was safe, she could still sleep peacefully. Compared with the harsh environment on the border, the capital is simply a splendid and gentle township, and such a good environment also makes her lazy.
Hearing Yan Hui's words, Ah Bao Tou refused, "No, I have suffered more serious injuries than this one before, just a small injury." ”
Yanhui turned his face sadly, blinked the wetness in his eyes, and felt sorry for his girl. The girl has been sluggish since she was a child, her father is far away from the border, and she is raised to the old lady, but the old lady doesn't like the girl very much, and she is alienated everywhere. Maybe it's too independent, or maybe it's to reassure the master, after the girl followed the master to the border, in order to adapt to the harsh life on the border, she followed the refining of her body, fell and grew up, and suffered countless injuries.
Seeing that the strength on her shoulders was gone, Ah Bao opened her eyes strangely, and saw that Yan Hui's eyes were moist, and she began to make up for some of the things that she didn't have emotionally, scratched her head, and comforted: "I really have nothing to do, at most it's just two days of soreness." Don't cry, you're not dead yet! ”
“……”
Yan Hui was silent, turned his head with black lines on his face, and flew away with all the sadness.
Ah Bao looked at the leaky pot and said decisively: "It's late at night, I'm going to sleep, you guys should go to bed early." ”
Yan Hui was speechless, and Yan Sheng reminded without eyes: "Girl, it's only time (seven o'clock in the evening), and it's not bedtime." ”
Ah Bao was demolished by his own maid, and said a little unsoundingly: "Can't I go to bed early?" ”
"But...... Didn't you say before that the Hou Ye might call you over for questioning? ”
As soon as the voice of the wild goose fell, the grandmother who was waiting beside Wei Yuanhou came over, saluted her, and explained her intention, "Disturb the five girls to rest, Hou Ye asked the five girls if they haven't rested, if they haven't rested, please go to the study." ”
"That's as it should be."
Ah Bao got up consciously, asked Yan Hui Yansheng to help get dressed, and went to Wei Yuanhou's study with the grandmother.