372: There is no distinction between public and private
The city of Yunzhou is sunny and sunny today.
Taishou House.
In the newly cleaned up courtyard, two 'distinguished guests' from the Taishou Mansion sat in the shade of the trees in the courtyard, spread a mat, and put a felt blanket thick enough, and peeled melon seeds on their knees.
These are two girls, the older one is wearing a dark purple dress, combing a hanging bun, and looking a little sassy and steady with eyebrows and eyes; The other is a little younger with a fluorescent green half-arm, a lotus root embroidered skirt, and an almond eyes and a face, which is a delicate appearance, and only a slightly pointed chin is a little delicate.
These two girls are not outsiders, one is Hua Changjing, and the other is Jiang Ying.
As for why the two of them lived in this Taishou Mansion, it really has nothing to do with the identities of Jin Qi and Jiang Lang, but all depends on the face of Master Hua Huaquan.
-- It is said that Huaquan came to Yunzhou five years ago, coinciding with the great drought in Yunzhou, and at that time he left a very large amount of money for disaster relief, nearly 100,000 taels of snowflake silver not only blinded the eyes of the people of Yunzhou, but also relieved the urgent need of Deng Taishou, who had been honest and honest all his life and had shy savings in his pocket.
Since then, whenever the people of the Hua family come to Yunzhou, Deng Taishou must be treated with kindness, even if there is no Dundun mountain and sea delicacies to serve, but he will also arrange it properly everywhere, warm and thoughtful.
And this time I learned that Hua Changjing had come to Yunzhou and intended to live for a long time, and Mrs. Deng immediately brought people back to Taishou Mansion, only saying that it was inconvenient for the girl's family to live in the inn, let alone stay for a long time.
Hua Changjing and Mrs. Deng have met several times and have a good impression of her. In addition, I couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the other party, so I had to agree.
This more than a month of travel, the guest house is indeed tired of living, and it is not bad to change to a yard.
Jiang Ying was completely touched by Hua Changjing's light, so she was able to be welcomed into the Taishou Mansion by the way.
"Sister Hua, it's not good for us to live in vain all the time, right?"
Jiang Ying knocked half a handful of melon seeds, just felt a little thirsty, put down the melon seeds, and immediately brought a bowl of goat's milk with almonds to taste.
Jiang Ying thanked her and took it. Take advantage of the gap between the maid and the bowl returning to the room. couldn't help but ask Hua Changjing.
Hua Changjing is okay, after all, she has the good fortune accumulated by her father, but she is an irrelevant outsider, which is a little bad.
Besides, he was served so thoroughly. Reactive power is not punished. Jiang Ying always felt uncomfortable.
"Why is it in vain?" Hua Changjing asked rhetorically, "Last night." Didn't your Xiaohong help them catch that thief saint and solve a difficult case? ”
The 'little red' that Hua Changjing said was the red lion that Jiang Ying brought with her.
And the origin of this new name. Without thinking about it, it's easy to tell who meant it.
As for this thief, it is said that he is a perennial thief in the rich and noble family in Yunzhou City, although in the name of robbing the rich and helping the poor, he also proclaimed himself a thief saint, but the facts over the years have proved that he only did the first two of the words robbing the rich and helping the poor.
This made the people of Yunzhou very annoyed, especially the small part of the money.
But although the integrity of this thief is not good, but the martial arts are the best, even if the government has been hunted for many years, but nothing has been found, and he will let him slip away when he returns, and what is even more humiliating is that the gold plaques in the county government have been stolen by him several pieces, so that today's plaque of the Yunzhou county government has been replaced with a defective product inlaid with copper.
But people are not as good as heaven, and no one could have imagined that this cunning and treacherous 'thief saint' was crippled by a maid next to a guest in the Taishou Mansion last night.
This maid is Xiaohong.
So much so that early this morning, Deng Taishou personally came over, and in addition to expressing his gratitude on behalf of the people of Yunzhou, he also sincerely invited Xiaohong to go to the yamen to give a little guidance to several famous catchers - out of politeness, he repeatedly emphasized that he was only giving some pointers.
Although he didn't see how that punch was delivered, he went to the prison this morning to see it, and the 'thief saint' still couldn't stand up......
This is a strange man.
Deng Taishou's proposal was put forward in line with the idea of benefiting the people of Yunzhou, but Jiang Ying rejected it.
She wasn't careful, but with Xiaohong's temper, maybe something would happen, maybe those famous catchers didn't learn kung fu, but their lives were gone.
This assumption is not alarmist at all.
Now Xiaohong, the 'human characteristics' on her body are not obvious enough, and she doesn't dare to take her to stay too much on occasions when there are too many people.
All in all, the pros outweigh the disadvantages.
Deng Taishou saw that she didn't agree, and he didn't continue to be strong, but when he left, his face couldn't hide his disappointment.
And at this moment, Jiang Ying heard Hua Changjing mention that Xiaohong had caught the 'Thief Saint', so she couldn't cry or laugh, "That's not such a way to resist......"
"So what do you say?" Hua Changjing joked: "You must not ask for silver, is it possible to buy a few carts of potatoes and send them over as a thank you gift?" ”
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ying shook her head solemnly and said, "But the potato is not easy to preserve, how long will it take to finish eating a few cars?" ”
Hua Chang looked at her quietly, was silent for a moment, and lowered his head again.
Well, she is still quietly snorting her melon seeds......
"Huh? That's right......" Jiang Ying suddenly said: "Thank you...... yes, why don't we go buy some thank-you gifts? You don't have to buy a potato—"
Hua Changjing ignored her, and then listened to her say to herself: "We can buy some others, such as walnuts, longan, pine nuts and other dry goods......
Hua Changjing's action of swallowing melon seeds froze.
In the next moment, he saw a white tender finger like a green onion tube stretched out in front of his eyes, and said, "You can also buy some melon seeds." ”
Hua Changjing sighed and put down the melon seeds in his hand.
Said earnestly: "Obviously, you are a little girl, it is inappropriate to send these things......"
It's just a kind of immediacy when a person who has just come down from the mountain comes to visit his relatives with souvenirs?
She didn't dare to think about what kind of expressions the two of them would have when they brought a basket of dry goods to the Taishou Mansion, and Mrs. Deng and Mrs. Deng would have.
"Didn't you say that you sent a potato?" Jiang Ying listened to Hua Changjing's objection. I don't understand.
"I was wrong...... Hua Changjing raised her hand to surrender, she shouldn't have made such a joke with a foodie to help her open up this magical brain hole.
Jiang Ying was puzzled, but was pulled up from the blanket by Hua Changjing, and said, "If you really want to send something, I'll take you to buy some decent ones to send to-"
"But except for dry goods, it is not convenient to store anything else, especially now that the weather is hot...... Do you have any good ideas? Jiang Ying obediently put on her pink satin shoes and asked Hua Changjing.
"Why are you stuck with the food?" Hua Changjing took a deep breath and said, "I'll take you to the jewelry store to buy a few sets of decent jewelry and send them over!" ”
Sending jewelry?
This is good!
High-end atmosphere and grade.
This is to blame her, blame herself for not usually thinking about these gold, silver and jade decorations. Just like to eat. Therefore, when faced with gift-giving, the first thing that comes to mind is to give food......
When Jiang Ying was reflecting on herself, Hua Changjing was also a little angry and said: "It's right to like to eat, but you can't always just think about eating." You're fine with yourself now. Later, they became pros. Facing the mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Shouldn't the correspondence between the concubines be completely chaotic? ”
She has a problem, once she gets close to someone. I can't help but worry about all kinds of worries.
Jiang Ying was slightly stunned when she heard this, and felt that what she said was very reasonable.
Those cumbersome people are sophisticated, and she is really not good at it.
Wrong......
In an instant, her expression relaxed, and she shook her head and said, "There's nothing to worry about, Brother Jin has no parents and no brothers and sisters...... In the future, I just need to learn how to be a housekeeper in general. ”
Hua Changjing: "......"
Oh, that's true.
……
Hua Changjing and Jiang Ying simply cleaned up, and then took Aju out of the house and went to the street.
As for Little Red...... She hasn't learned how to get along with people outside yet, so Jiang Ying can't take this kind of thing with her on the street, so she can only stay at home and let Ah Pu carry out the next step of adjustment/training.
"Oh no!"
As soon as Jiang Yinghua Chang Jing and Ah Ju got off the carriage on Shiyu Street, they heard a loud 'boom', or because of the distance, the earthquake force was not strong, but they could still clearly feel the sky shaking.
"What's wrong!"
Ah Ju steadied herself and looked at the many people who fled from the front of the street with their heads in their hands.
The situation was chaotic for a moment, and a large crowd of people poured in their direction, and they seemed to be the only ones standing still, so that the three of them were dashed away almost instantly.
"Sakura!"
Hua Changjing raised his arm and shouted with a handkerchief.
However, the surging flow of people, coupled with the uncontrollable hustle and bustle of the scene, her voice was not enough to reach Jiang Ying's ears, not to mention that Jiang Ying's height was not dominant, she was squeezed into the crowd, and she was drowned in it in the blink of an eye, and she couldn't even find the corner of her clothes.
"Run!"
Someone in the crowd shouted with all their might.
"The Western Barbarians blew up the city gate with gunpowder, and they are about to attack the city!"
"Everyone, go home and hide, don't show your head!"
"He/damn it, this group of shit/day mongrels of Xiban! The Jin family army hasn't left yet, they've eaten dog gall!"
"The Jin family's military horses will soon arrive, and there will be a war in the city!"
"Run......"
"Mother...... Woowoo woo ......"
The noise of people, the sound of angry scolding, the sound of panic, and the echo of being dispersed by the crowd, or the howl of the atmosphere, are intertwined, and there is a faint smell of artillery fire in the nose, which makes it impossible not to panic.
In the crowd, Jiang Ying was hit and staggered, and she couldn't even stand on her feet, listening to the voices in her ears, she reacted a little sluggishly-this is about to fight!
The Western Barbarians have taken the initiative to attack!
Passive 'take-in' of Liao Feng's Ximan, isn't it too late to avoid the attention of the Jin family?
How dare you take the initiative to attack Yunzhou?
Don't you want to die?
But what Jiang Ying didn't know was that Ximan's move was indeed with the determination of 'I'd rather be broken than broken' -
……
"These brutes! I couldn't do it after taking mad medicine overnight! ”
Outside the city of Yunzhou, in the Jin family barracks, General Ying rose up in anger and smashed the tea bowl in his hand.
"General Ying! The barbarian army blew open the city gate, and Deng Taishou led people to fight to the death in front of the city gate...... It won't last long! Do you want to send troops to reinforce immediately? The soldiers who had come to deliver the message had dirty and bloody faces, apparently fleeing from the fierce battle in front of the city gates.
"Immediately summon the order—"
"General Ying!"
Before General Ying finished speaking, a soldier said across the camp tent: "Commander, the deputy marshal has taken a team of men and horses to set off first and go to Yunzhou City to reinforce Deng Taishou!" ”
"Which lieutenant?!" General Ying glared and asked in surprise.
But I probably already have the answer in my heart.
The two sons of the Jin family are both deputy marshals, and one of them is still asleep in the tent at this hour.
"It's the second son!"
The soldier replied.
"How many people did you bring?"
"Only 5,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the deputy marshal—"
got the expected answer, General Ying's brows suddenly locked, and immediately stepped out of the commander's tent, and solemnly ordered: "Order 50,000 horses and go with the commander!" ”
The second son is still too young after all, and he is a young man!
There was a secret news from Kyoto, saying that the old lady of Jin was going to go to the immortals, and asked them to pull out the camp and return to Beijing on the same day, and the news of the order had been passed back, and they intended to prepare to leave in the next two days.
If there is a half-point difference, it will be difficult for him to treat Jin Gong VD!
……
Outside the city of Yunzhou, a team of people and horses who were moving to clean up were approaching the city of Yunzhou, and everywhere they passed, the sky was full of yellow smoke.
This place is less than five miles away from Yunzhou City, and looking forward through the straight official road, you can faintly see the wolf smoke everywhere.
Seeing this, thousands of soldiers were extremely indignant, and they only hated that the horses' hooves under them could not be faster, so they arrived in front of Yunzhou City as soon as possible, and fought happily with the arrogant barbarian army that openly invaded the border of the Wind Country, so as to relieve the monstrous anger in their hearts.
"Song Yuanju—"
On the war horse, Jin Qi, who was dressed in soft silver armor, stared at the outline of the city gate that gradually appeared in his sight, and said loudly.
"The subordinates are here!" Before the war, Song Yuanju changed his usual style, his face was full of solemnity and tension, and his voice responded in a sonorous voice.
"Take 3,000 men and horses into the city from the West City Gate and protect the family members of the Taishou Mansion."
"What?!"
Song Yuanju didn't hold back, and his voice split.
…… Don't let him go to war?
He set off with the army with high morale, but what was waiting for him was to protect the family members of the Taishou Mansion?
How big is the Taishou Mansion, he has to bring 3,000 men and horses!
You know, they only brought out 5,000 people in total?
Come on, what is the family of the Taishou Mansion, what does it have to do with them, it is obviously because there is a Jiang girl living in the Taishou Mansion!
There is no distinction between public and private...... Can it be more blatant!
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