Chapter 37: Meeting My Cousin
Although the trip to the post station will not be too long, but because Chen is the head of the Jianguo Mansion, and the old Jianguo Duchess has not fully recovered, the little son Yang Linghao is also recovering from a serious illness, and there are more things to arrange for the Jianguo Mansion to leave for the capital the day after tomorrow, so there are more things to arrange.
By the time Chen explained all the affairs of the Zaolin Courtyard and arranged them properly, and took Situ Jiao to sit in the carriage of the Jianguo Mansion, nearly an hour had passed.
Fortunately, Jianguo arranged the best carriage and coachman for them, shortening the original journey of half an hour to half an hour.
It was Yang Lingxiao who escorted Chen and Situ Jiao to the post station, and when Chen decided to accompany Situ Jiao to the post station, Jianguo Gong sent someone to send a message to General Han Da from the Chunzhou post station.
However, the letter only said that Chen missed his old friend and wanted to meet his old friend before returning to Beijing, contact his feelings, and reminisce about his old feelings, but did not disclose the matter of Situ Jiao's entourage to the other party.
Although the reason for this so-called contact relationship and reminiscence is a bit far-fetched, it is very in line with Chen's fiery temperament, and it is quite reasonable.
Situ Jiao, who had been in a nervous mood all the way, couldn't help but tremble nervously when she heard Yang Lingxiao, who was riding a horse outside, tell her that she would arrive at the post station ahead.
"Jiaojiao, don't be nervous! Your aunt is a hearty and virtuous woman, and she is very kind to your mother, and she must be very happy to see you. Chen took Situ Jiao's little hand, patted it gently, and said softly.
"I, I can save it, but I just can't get angry." Situ Jiao smiled a little shyly, and her voice trembled a little.
Only then did Chen's heart feel even more sad, and he leaned over and gently hugged Situ Jiao to appease.
However, in a moment, the kung fu carriage had stopped outside the post station, and Li's mother and Chen's personal maid had already stepped out of the carriage behind first, and stretched out their hands to help Chen and Situ Jiao out of the carriage.
After getting out of the carriage and looking up, there were already people waiting to greet them at the gate of the inn, and a decent grandmother with a few maid rings followed behind a tall and handsome young man to greet them.
When Situ Jiao saw the young man's face clearly, the mood that had been slightly calmed down became excited again, and his body involuntarily trembled again.
"Cousin." Situ Jiao murmured in her heart.
The oncoming young man was Han Pengcheng, the eldest son of General Han.
When Situ Jiao was in his previous life, he had a few negative encounters, and although he met only a handful of times, he was deeply impressed.
Although Han Pengcheng has a calm temperament and lacks liveliness, at this time, he still makes people feel that this is a very sunny man.
It's just that Situ Jiao knows that if the trajectory of history has not changed, in another five years, due to the unexpected death of his beloved, the whole person will be silent, and it will be difficult to see a smile in his eyes.
In her previous life, her uncle's family was the one who gave her the most warmth, and I hope that in this life, I can repay the warmth in my previous life with my own strength.
Chen and Li's mother, who have always cared about Situ Jiao's emotions, naturally did not miss Situ Jiao's look at the moment, but they all directly understood Situ Jiao's performance at the moment as that kind of homesickness, and just quietly comforted Situ Jiao in their own ways.
Fortunately, Situ Jiao is not a real child in the end, and after a few deep breaths, she suppressed her emotions well.
Although there was still some excitement in her expression, such a look would not make people suspicious, after all, she wanted to see relatives she had never met.
But what Situ Jiao didn't know was that since she got out of the carriage, all the expressions on her face had been seen by someone.
Yang Lingxiao's eyebrows were slightly raised, and a hint of inquiry flashed in his eyes, obviously Situ Jiao's performance once again aroused his interest in exploration.
At this time, the people from General Han's Mansion had already come to meet him.
Yang Lingxiao's mind flashed the information in General Han's mansion, and the oncoming young man should be General Han's eldest son, Han Pengcheng, yes.
This son is eighteen years old, not only has extraordinary martial arts, but also is good at the art of war, and has the demeanor of a father.
Although Han Pengcheng was born in the capital, he followed General Han to the southern border pass sixteen years ago.
At that time, not to mention Situ Jiao, even Situ Yang had not yet been born, and it stands to reason that Situ Jiao and Han Pengcheng had never met.
But Situ Jiao's expression when she saw Han Pengcheng, even if she tried her best to hide it, still gave Yang Lingxiao a feeling that she knew Han Pengcheng.
On the other hand, Han Pengcheng, in addition to looking at Chen is Yang Lingxiao himself, as for Situ Jiao, he didn't even give a hint of a look, and there was nothing abnormal.
It can be seen that Han Pengcheng has no impression of Situ Jiao, even if Chen repeatedly emphasizes that Situ Jiao and Han are six or seven points similar, he is just a stranger in Han Pengcheng's eyes.
Yang Lingxiao is confident that his observation power is extraordinary, if Han Pengcheng really just knows and pretends not to know, then this person's camouflage ability can be regarded as against the sky.
Therefore, Yang Lingxiao can be completely sure that Han Pengcheng definitely doesn't know Situ Jiao.
But why did Situ Jiao know Han Pengcheng? Could it be that Han Pengcheng has the distinctive appearance of the Han family?
Probably not!
Although Yang Lingxiao has never seen the great general Han Jiezhi, he has seen the old general Han, and the young man in front of him, although he has the demeanor of the Han family, but his appearance is not much similar to the old general Han.
What's more, Yang Lingxiao learned from Situ Yang that Situ Jiao had no contact with the Han family, and he was so old that he seemed to have only met General Han twice.
So what does the look that flashed in Situ Jiao's eyes represent?
Seeing that Han Pengcheng had already greeted him, Situ Jiao tried her best to hide the excitement on her face, and followed closely behind the Chen family with her head slightly lowered, waiting for the grandmother to take them into the post station to meet the Fang family.
Yang Lingxiao naturally would not be presumptuous enough to keep staring at Situ Jiao, and in an instant, he withdrew his probing gaze on Situ Jiao, and re-threw himself on the grandmother and young man who had already greeted them.
This decent grandmother is the most powerful housekeeper by Fang's side, and she is very good at seeing Chen's etiquette.
The young son was indeed as Yang Lingxiao guessed, it was Han Pengcheng, the eldest son of General Han.
I saw him take a step forward and salute Chen and Yang Lingxiao: "Peng Cheng has seen the Duchess of Guo and Yang Shizi. The mother and the little sister were already waiting for Mrs. in the flower hall. This is Mama Yang by her mother's side, and she took her wife to her mother's hospital for her son. Mama Yang, take care of Mrs. Haosheng. Yang Shizi, please come here, my father is waiting for Yang Shizi in the post house hall. ”
Han Pengcheng was born in the capital, was sent to the southern border pass at the age of six, and is now a five-rank general.
Han Pengcheng is a square and serious person, although he is eighteen years old, if you only look at his words and deeds, and don't look at his face, he feels like an old pedant.
At this moment, I saw that he arranged for Mama Yang to lead Chen's party in a few weeks, and then hugged his fists again and saluted, leading Yang Lingxiao to the conference hall of the post station to see General Han.
As for the other people around the Chen family, they didn't even seem to have a look, Han Pengcheng's temperament was the same as in his previous life, which made the corners of Situ Jiao's mouth hook up, and at the same time, the apprehension and uneasiness in his heart also disappeared a lot.
Situ Jiao tried her best to control her emotions, and followed behind Chen with her head slightly down, and was led by Fang's grandmother to the small courtyard where Fang's lived.