Chapter 208: Giving Birth to a Child
On this day, Xie Lang entered the territory of Nanyang.
At this time, it has entered winter, and there was a snow last night, although Xie Lang really wants to travel day and night as before, but after that trip to the Northern Wei Dynasty, his body is really bad, coupled with the recent prison disaster, he can't withstand the cold at all, and he can't withstand the bumps for too long.
Therefore, he knew that he could enter Nanyang City in five days, but Xie Lang coughed badly, so the team stopped and camped in the evening.
After the camp tent was set up for half an hour, another convoy appeared behind, and in a blink of an eye, the convoy saw Xie Lang and the others, and hurriedly leaned up, and after asking, they set up camp together.
Both convoys were not large in number and were very close to each other.
When Xie Lang was sitting by the fire, Xie Guangbu walked over, he brought a cup of ginger soup, and whispered to Xie Lang: "Lang Jun, drink a little to warm your stomach." ”
Xie Lang coughed twice and reached out to take the ginger soup. Although he wore a gauze hat, his every move was extremely beautiful, attracting the frequent attention of the team next to him.
Just as Xie Lang lowered his head and drank the ginger soup, there was also a discussion in the team, "I have always seen someone running towards our Nanyang." "Don't you know? That Ji Yue went to Nanyang. ”
Finally, as soon as the man's words came out, there was an uproar in all directions. Hearing them talk about Ji Ji's appearance and temperament unscrupulously, Xie Lang frowned.
At this time, a clan Langjun said: "It's just the Ji family, I really don't understand Xie Eighteen." With his dignified Chen Jun Xie family, how could he save his life. Can even the door be discarded? After this Lang Jun said it, someone immediately said with emotion: "Yes, if it were me, I would rather die arrogantly than live in the world like this." ”
In the discussion between these two people, some people also said: "Aren't all those celebrities like this? Isn't it normal for them to regard life as death and their doors as nothing? ”
As soon as this person's words came out, Lang Jun of the Shi clan, who was the first to speak, immediately said in a cold voice: "Don't be so nice, in my opinion." Xie Eighteen is after having the Ji family. He was reluctant to die. ”
Hearing this, Xie Lang coughed. On one side, Xie Guang saw that he was coughing very urgently, and said in a hateful voice: "Those two don't understand Lang Jun." That's all there to talk nonsense! ”
Xie Lang's cough calmed down slightly. After taking out a handkerchief and wiping his lips. But he laughed softly: "They are not wrong. I was indeed reluctant to die because I had a concubine. He looked at the leaping flames and said slowly, "For a hundred years." I don't know how many sons of the family were killed by the royal family because of their high talent, but I was the only one who saved my life in this way...... It is also natural for someone to ridicule it. ”
In the night wind, Xie Lang calmly looked at the jumping flames, but thought: Death is the easiest thing in the world, but if I die, what will Grandma do? What about our children?
Thinking about it, Xie Lang lowered his head and coughed again.
Because Xie Guang and others deliberately distanced themselves, that team almost failed to set it several times.
Early the next morning, the two convoys set off.
Just as he was driving into noon, suddenly, a group of knights in front of him came galloping.
Seeing Xie Lang and his party from a distance, the knights let out a cheer, they rushed to Xie Lang, turned over and dismounted, and said excitedly: "But Xie Jialangjun is here?" My family's surname is talking. ”
It turned out to be the part of Tan Zhirui. Xie Lang lifted the curtain and said with a smile: "You are here for me?" ”
"Exactly." Several knights surrounded Xie Lang, and after one of them handed out a letter to Xie Lang, he said with a smile: "Congratulations to Xie Jialangjun!" Seven days ago, your wife gave birth to a unicorn child, the child weighed six pounds and nine taels, and the mother and son were safe. ”
Almost as soon as the knight's voice fell, Xie Guang and the others screamed with joy. After Xie Lang took a deep breath, his hand that tore open the envelope trembled a little. He lowered his head and endured the astringency in his eyes, and looked at the letter at a glance.
The handwritten letter of the wise man on the letter was the same as that of the knight. Tan Zhirui also said in the letter that Ji Ji's birth was very smooth, and the child was growing well. He also said that if Xie Lang couldn't come again, he would have to name Xie Lang's son. Tan Zhirui said that for the sake of that name, he flipped through the book for several days and felt that the word "Hao" was very good.
After reading the letter, Xie Lang raised his head, he folded the letter and put it in his arms, and said with a smile: "Thank you." In a blink of an eye, he patiently asked about Tan Zhirui and Ji Ji.
Xie Guang rode a horse and followed unhurriedly, he always felt that Lang Jun was a little verbose today, and his memory was not very good, some words were obviously asked at the beginning, and he would ask again later.
Not to mention Xie Lang's excitement, on this side, Ji Ji's production is indeed quite smooth. According to a stable woman, among the noblewomen she delivered, few of them were born so quickly as Ji Ji.
However, since Ji Ji was pregnant, she has been running around, and even walked half a circle from the south to the north, compared to those noble ladies who were bedridden when they were pregnant with a child, and walked two steps in the garden with the help of a maidservant, it was natural for her birth canal to open quickly.
The child was born smoothly, and the weight after birth was not light, although it was red and wrinkled after birth, it was white and tender after a few days. Tan Zhirui looked at it, and he had to say that this child looked like Xie Lang had peeled a shell. Ji Ji was quite unimpressed with Tan Zhirui's words, she felt that she couldn't see anything at such a young age.
For the sake of Ji Ji's production, as soon as Tan Zhirui arrived in Nanyang, he also used the privileges of the other clan and his extensive connections to almost wipe out the underground forces in Nanyang. Now that the child has been born and the alarm has been lifted, Nanyang people feel relieved for a while.
When Xie Lang arrived, it was already late at night on the sixth day.
He used the token of the Chen Jun Xie clan to force the city gate officials to open the city gate. Then when he arrived at the house, it was already midnight, and after Xie Guang and the others shouted to open the door, Xie Lang couldn't wait to walk towards Ji Ji's courtyard.
When he came to Ji Ji's room, the mother and son were sleeping soundly together. Through the light of the torches burning outside the window, Xie Lang looked down at his mother, who was having a good dream, for a while, and sat down on the couch.
He lowered his head and looked at his white and tender son, who was sucking his mouth and spitting bubbles from time to time in his sleep.
After looking at it for a while, he turned his head to look at Ji Ji.
Facing Ji Ji, who was obviously emaciated, his face was also yellow, and his brows were frowning deeply in his sleep, Xie Lang somehow had a look in his eyes.
He looked up at the window.
Looking at the bright moon spread outside between heaven and earth, Xie Lang felt a kind of fulfillment for the first time in his life. This kind of consummation is different from when he was designated as the heir of the family, and when he was called a celebrity for the first time in the world, this is the first time in his life that he has realized what the words "peace and joy" mean.
I don't know how long I looked at the mother and son, Xie Lang turned around and left, half an hour later, after bathing and changing, Xie Lang, who had recovered his demeanor, came to the room again, and continued to sit by the couch and stare at his wife and children.
Ji Ji slept until midday before waking up.
Because Tan Zhirui protected her very carefully, he also prepared two nurses for the child. So when Ji Ji woke up, she didn't panic at all when she found that the child around her was gone. After she took care of herself slowly, she estimated that Xie Lang was about to arrive, and she changed into a purple beard. When she changed her beard, she lowered her head and pressed her bulging belly, and was depressed for a while before stepping out.
At this time, the confinement of the mother, although not as particular as that of later generations, but the ban is still certain. As soon as Ji Ji came out of the wing room with a tight cover, she heard the cry of a child coming from the wing room not far away.
She hurriedly walked over.
When she came to the outside of the study, Ji Ji was stunned at a glance.
I saw that in the study, Xie Lang was holding the child stiffly with his hands and feet, and Tan Zhirui shook his head on the side, constantly correcting his mistakes between actions.
Suddenly, Ji Ji's tears rolled down.
She didn't want people to see her gaffe, so she hurriedly returned to the wing. Behind her, Tan Zhirui's smiling voice came, "This time, you Xie Lang can be regarded as giving the scholars a way out." I think that if I encounter your situation again in the future, it is estimated that people like King Langya XII, who regard their family as bigger than the sky, will also be willing to leave the family and be demoted to a concubine. ”
Later, Xie Lang's deep voice came, "You are wrong about what you said. ”
In Tan Zhirui's puzzled questioning, Xie Lang said: "If the emperor wants to kill a certain scholar, how can that person avoid it by degrading himself?" I was able to succeed this time, mainly because Auntie was holding back here. The emperor was afraid of Auntie and didn't want to be ruined by her, so he had to compromise. In the blink of an eye, Xie Lang's proud voice came, "There will be no second aunt in the world, so there will be no second time for me like this!" ”
Hearing Xie Lang's words, Tan Zhirui's sneer came, "But it's Mrs. Xian!" ”
As soon as he said this, Xie Lang burst out laughing. Listening to Xie Lang's low and happy laughter in the study, Ji Xi was obviously crying, but when she closed the door, she couldn't help but laugh with the corners of her lips.
……
Xiao Daocheng was a little late, and when he was still halfway to Nanyang, the road was closed by heavy snow, and the cold winter had arrived, so that they had to settle down.
This settlement lasted until the spring of the following year, when the rain and snow melted and the earth rejuvenated.
In this way, when Xiao Daocheng and his party came to Nanyang, it was already the end of February.
This year's spring came early, and the end of February was also a warm spring.
Xiao Daocheng looked at the pedestrians coming and going, frowned, and asked a local who was arrested, "In normal times, this place is also so lively?" ”
The local immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, it wasn't so lively before." ”
Xiao Daocheng nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he motioned to a subordinate who was as thin as a monkey and whose name was also Sichuan Monkey to go down and ask questions.
After a while, the Sichuan monkey came over, and he said happily: "Xiaolang, this time we can be regarded as having a big fight." (To be continued......)