What Jia Jiu didn't expect was that compared to the nearly 1,000 catties of red lotus dug up in less than half an acre of land that the girls and daughters-in-law saw with their own eyes, these girls and daughters-in-law of the Jia family were more willing to believe that the green and white snakes were auspicious! God knows, in Jia Jiu's opinion, even if those two snakes have opened their spiritual intelligence, they are just two spirit beasts. But in the eyes of the Jia family, these two snakes are spirit beasts and auspicious!

Since ancient times, both in the East and in the West, the worship of snakes has never been less.

What made Jia Jiu speechless was that the snake that was killed by Mrs. Wang was disliked because it was a flower snake, thinking that it must be an ordinary snake, but the blue and white snake was regarded as a mascot because of its beautiful and pleasing color.

Jia Jiu was almost speechless in this world where even animals had to fight their faces.

The problem is that there are more than one or two people who are curious about this green snake and white snake, and even Xue Baochai is alarmed. On this day, Jia Jiu played with Jia Cong and taught Jia Cong to count by the way, but he heard the little girl report, but it was Xue Baochai and Tanchun who came.

Jia Jiu hurriedly let go of Jia Cong, while asking the girl to invite the two of them in, and after seeing each other and sitting down, he heard Xue Baochai say: "I came to beg for mercy from the second sister under this big festival, but it was not ours." ”

Jia Jiu hadn't figured out why Xue Baochai was here, so he had to smile and say: "Look at what Sister Bao said, although it is said that it is close to the New Year, and it is the first to drive ducks to the shelves and prepare such a big sacrifice independently, it can't be said that the sisters are turned away." If I had done that, I would have become someone else. ”

said so, but Jia Jiu's eyes swept over Tanchun. Tanchun was slightly cold. knew that Jia Jiuming was talking about the sisters in the family, but in fact, he was still talking about Jia Baoyu and Shi Xiangyun. Shi Xiangyun doesn't care, but Jia Baoyu is Jia's mother's heart. Even if the sect is divided, in front of Jia's mother, Jia Jiu and Jia Baoyu are the granddaughters of the eldest son's family, and the other is the grandson of the younger son's family, the palms and backs of their hands are full of meat. and provoked the family up and down to live in peace.

Under this big festival, Jia Jiu will definitely not make trouble for Jia's mother to be unhappy, and by the way, she will find herself unhappy.

But if you only entertain Jia Baoyu. If you don't entertain these girls, it won't be very compliant. After all, after the New Year, Jia Baoyu is eight years old, and he can no longer use the edge ball of age to avoid the rule that men and women are seven years old. So. After this cousin entertained her own brother Jia Baoyu. I was also polite to my cousin, who gave birth to a daughter, and invited myself to come in to speak, which is also my cousin's caution.

In Tanchun's opinion, even if he knew that this cousin was polite to himself and Xue Baochai because of Jia Baoyu, the other party still admitted that he was a sister in the family, and this alone made Tanchun's heart feel a lot better.

Tanchun said with a smile: "Second sister, I heard that you came here with Bai Niangniang and Qing Niangniang, Sister Bao and I are really curious. That's why I came here with my sister. ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "Since you know that you are called Bai Niang Niang and Qing Niang Niang, why did you come here?" Do you think that people can be watched by you at will? ”

Xue Baochai said: "Let the second sister laugh." Actually, we also want to be blessed. ”

Jia Jiu said: "Why does Sister Bao say the same? ”

Xue Baochai's words unconsciously brought three points of eagerness, and said: "I don't know if the second sister has heard of the legend of the famous generals Li Mu and the green snake in the Warring States Period?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "Mama has mentioned it, but the specific ......"

Xue Baochai smiled: "I also heard the elders talk about it when I was at home. It is said that when General Li Mu was young, a green snake also appeared in his house, and it appeared on the top of the hall, which frightened General Li's family. General Li chased the green snake until he came to the stove, but saw the green snake burrowing into the stove and turning into a sword, which is said to be the origin of the Qingfeng sword. General Li Mu took this sword all the way to the general of Zhao State. Sister, what kind of character does General Li Mu think, if he has a heart, can he really help a green snake? That's why there is a young lady. ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "I see." ”

Xue Baochai said: "Not only that, it is said that Emperor Han Ling favored the ten permanent servants, and the one sent by God to warn was also a green snake. Therefore, if a green snake appears in the house, especially in the hall, it is a harbinger of wealth and prosperity. ”

Jia Jiu smiled and said, "Sister Bao, this is not Rongxi Hall." After a pause, he said, "The two things my sister said, one involves General Li Mu, and the other is the king of a country, both of whom are men, so what does it have to do with me, a woman?" ”

Xue Baochai smiled: "Who said that, maybe my sister is also a nobleman." ”

Jia Jiu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Sister Bao, why did you forget jì, the person who really has a background among our sisters is not me, it is the eldest sister." As Sister Bao said, the eldest sister was born on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and even her birthday is ahead of others, and she is afraid that she will be a noble person in the future. As for me, where is there such a great blessing? If this does come true one day, I would like my father's title to be raised. Every time the old lady talks about the past, she will talk about the old things with an expression of seven points of nostalgia and three points of regret, and it seems that she is still very concerned about the fact that her father is just a first-class general. If my father's title had gone up, perhaps the old lady would have been happier. ”

Jia Jiu said this, Xue Baochai didn't say much.

However, in Xue Baochai's heart, he felt that the two auspicious beasts of the green snake and the white snake were fulfilled on Jia Jiu's body. Not to mention anything else, Jia Yu has lived in this courtyard for so many years, and he hasn't seen any green snakes and white snakes coming, but Jia Jiu, this house has only been owned by him for a few months, and two house dragons have appeared all of a sudden.

A woman can get the favor of the "dragon", and if the final result is not a dead word, then there is only a phoenix crown representing the queen. What's more, this is not the first time that this second sister has been recognized by God. Isn't the snake bracelet on his hand the best proof of this?

Not only Xue Baochai thinks so, but even Jia's mother thinks so. Even some people in the palace thought so, and soon after, someone used Xiaohong to show friendship to Jia Jiu.

On this day, Xiaohong found an opportunity and said to Jia Jiu: "Girl." There have been rumors in the palace that the above intends to canonize the girl as the county lord. ”

Jia Jiu was stunned for a moment and said, "What's the matter?" Do you know why? ”

Xiaohong said: "Back girl, it is said that after returning to the palace that day, she went to the Weiyang Palace of Queen Taishang." After listening to the whole story, Empress Taishang thought that since the girl had contributed to the world, she should be rewarded. He also said that it is not easy to meddle in this kind of matter related to the life of the woman, and the Empress Taishang plans to do it herself. ”

Jia Jiu put down the tea bowl in his hand. said: "I don't know how many young ladies from the clan families in the clan have mixed with a township monarch before they get married, and how many girls can't get a title in their lives?" I was just the daughter of a courtier, and at the age of eight I became the county monarch and the emperor. It's already amazing. Even though it is true that I have offered it through my hands. It's already been too long since I was crowned the county lord - many girls from the county king's family have not been canonized as the county lord, if I become the county lord, I am afraid that I will be the target in the eyes of everyone. - Moreover, it is not easy for Empress Taishang to be in the palace, if she coldly seals me as the county lord, if someone on the side asks, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Empress Taishang to do. After all, I have already made it clear that I have given up the credit of the red lotus, and in the future, whether it is said from the outside that this red lotus is auspicious from the sky. Whether it's a treasure found by Zhang Guerrilla, it has nothing to do with me. In the eyes of the outside. I have neither merit nor toil. Xiaohong, if you want to find a way to enter the palace through a letter, just say that I dare not be ashamed. If Empress Taishang has mercy, it will be enough to raise my county monarch to wait. Don't let me lose my trust in long live, and don't make it difficult for Queen Taishang. ”

Xiaohong dared to say this to Jia Jiu, obviously because she had already gotten the news from the palace, so she had a good time with Jia Jiu, but she didn't expect that it would be such a result, and she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

It's just that Jia Jiu rarely tells them anything, and since Jia Jiu said so, Xiaohong still managed to hand the news to Mama Qi beside Empress Taishang.

After Mama Qi hesitated for two days, she found a time to talk to Empress Taishang.

Empress Taishang said: "Chunlan, is that really what the kid said?" ”

Mama Qi said: "Yes, Niangniang, that's what Gui Zhi said. ”

"Will Hongu be difficult? Hehe, how many years have passed, and it's the first time someone has said that this palace will be difficult. ”

"Mother?"

"Well, since the boy said so, let him do it. How many years, alas......"

Originally, the agreement between the emperor and Empress Taishang had no trace of the morning dew after the scorching sun, except for the emperor and Empress Taishang, no one else knew that there was such a thing here.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the ancestors were worshipped, and after the thirty-third day of the lunar month, they entered the palace to receive the banquet and returned to the ancestors, and the next day on the first day of the New Year, they entered the palace again. Whenever he needed to enter the palace, Jia Jiu followed Jia's mother to act together, and when he saw that Queen Taishang never looked for him, he thought that the matter was over.

Although I was glad in my heart, I was still a little disappointed. Jia Jiu is a little girl after all, and he is an ordinary man after all, and he can't be a man of glory and wealth. Especially this kind of person who got the news in advance and didn't see the canonization for a long time, even Jia Jiu couldn't help but be a little strange in his heart, could it be that someone was deliberately tossing himself.

Although his face was silent, in fact, Jia Jiu's heart was also a little uneasy. Of course, he was also a little uneasy. Long live the decision of the Empress Taishang is a matter for the superiors, where do the people below dare to leak it at will? It's just that someone really flatters himself, and he lets Xiaohong pass the word back, will it make it difficult for that person?

This idea was just thrown out of Jia Jiu's mind after a circle. If Jia Jiu really wanted to take the concubine route, then it would be too late for him to regret it now, but since he had already made up his mind not to fight for the common cucumber, then this kind of person who flattered him - if there really was - did not matter to him.

Really useful people don't jump out right now. Now it will jump out, if it is not for the instructions from above, it is only a villain.

With such thoughts, Jia Jiu finally pulled out the weeds in his heart. It was such a coincidence, just a few days after he cleaned up his mood, at the Lantern Festival banquet, a palace concubine mentioned Jia Jiu: "I don't know if Niangniang has ever heard of it, the Jia family is not only a young lady from the Lang family, but also a young lady from General Jia's family, and a child with a background and the favor of God." ”

The Lantern Festival Palace Banquet, this one at noon is used to entertain the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and the foreign women. This scene in the evening is the time for the women in the palace to get along with the Emperor Taishang and the current emperor. This palace concubine said such things to the queen in front of the foreign wife in this scene during the day.

The queen's face changed immediately.

He has never been a person who is good at disguising himself, when he heard that Jia Jiu was favored by heaven. He remembered Jia Yuanchun. This woman was kicked out of the palace and still had a way to come back! If he hadn't been disgusted by the emperor and grounded by the emperor, I'm afraid that he would be one of the people present today.

Thinking of Jia Yuanchun's everything, the queen was heartbroken, and her face was not good-looking.

Empress Taishang saw the anger in the queen's heart at a glance, and also guessed the intention of the person who said this. But he pretended not to know, and waited for the people around him to remind him, and then he spoke: "It's the child who got the queen's name, right?" I heard that he is already a county gentleman? It's a blessed child. It's rare that your husband and wife are pleasing to the eye, but it makes the palace curious (Note: At this time, the emperor is still there, and the queen can't call herself mourning, and the emperor has passed away.) As his surviving man, he was able to call himself a mourner. Since the Emperor Taishang is alive, the Empress Taishang can only use the palace as a self-title. ), bring Jia Xianjun up and let the palace take a look. ”

Immediately, someone called Jia Jiu over.

Lying on the ground and saluting Queen Taishang, without permission, Jia Jiu could only lie on the ground, with his forehead on the ground and waiting for the top to speak.

After a long while, a tune was changed on the platform below, and I heard Empress Taishang say slowly: "It turns out that Jia Xianjun has been here for a while?" Hongu is really old. It's useless. ”

Jia Jiu had already kowtowed a few times on the ground and called out several times, "Queen Taishang Chitose Chitose".

I only heard Empress Taishang say with a pleasant face: "Good boy, just be even." What have you been doing at home lately? ”

Jia Jiu replied: "In addition to taking care of my younger brother, I only have to practice the piano." ”

Empress Taishang said: "Oh? Didn't you say you were practicing martial arts and swords? Why are you practicing again? Haven't you practiced the sword? ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Back to Niangniang's words, Daokui said that the courtier's temperament is too murderous, don't say that the family's Qingping and peaceful, even the Confucian Zhongzheng is not there, and there is only bloody battle and killing in the sound of the piano." Daokui said that courtiers should cultivate themselves well. As for the sword, it is not too late to practice when the courtiers adjust their mentality. ”

Empress Taishang said: "Bloody war and killing? It's rare for a girl to have this in her voice. Do you know why? ”

Jia Jiu said: "If you go back to your mother, although you are not very sure, you can be sure that the courtiers are worried about their father, so they ......."

But these words became lower and lower, but Queen Taishang couldn't help laughing: "You kid, it's not a shameful thing to worry about your father, why do you look like this." ”

Jia Jiu hesitated for a moment and said: "If you go back to your mother, the border sword has no eyes, and my father is old and doesn't know martial arts, even if my father doesn't have to go to the battlefield, the courtiers are also worried." Moreover, furthermore, the courtiers heard a rumor that the court was going to make peace again, and the courtiers were not angry, so they ......"

Empress Taishang also found it interesting.

In front of him, no girl dared to directly express her dissatisfaction with the decision-making of the imperial court in public.

Empress Taishang said: "What, do you have any objections to the imperial court?" ”

Jia Jiu said loudly: "The adults in the court have the considerations of all the adults, and this is not something that a courtier can understand as a child. But as a daughter, every time she dreams back at midnight, she will see a scimitar slashing at her father, and the courtiers always wake up from nightmares in sweaty clothes. The courtiers don't know what the ministers above the court have planned, but it is not as simple as marrying a princess, and following the princess to the grassland will also have the princess's dowry. The courtiers didn't know what kind of life the princesses lived on the grassland, but the princesses' dowries could turn into a sword. And these swords are likely to become murder weapons to slaughter our Great Qi soldiers! ……”

"Enough! Jia Xianjun," the queen said, "These are not for you to manage. ”

Concubine Li said with a smile: "Queen Mother, what are you angry about, the concubine thinks that this kid has some sense." Which of the people of the steppe can forge a sword? Their weapons were either taken from our Daqi or from the Jin Kingdom in the west. To put it mildly, a scimitar needs to be cut at least two or three times before it can be curled, and the scimitar with a curling blade can be sharpened to summon it, that is, to abolish a scimitar on the grassland, we have to pay at least a hundred lives. I just don't know how many of the lord's lords and adults plan to sacrifice to pay for their peace and pro-policy. ”

The queen said angrily: "Concubine, don't you look at what day it is!" disturbed the Empress Taishang, can you afford it? ”

Concubine Li said: "The Queen Taishang Mother is the world, where will she be frightened by such a small battle." But the queen, don't take this matter lightly just because there is no one in your mother's family at the border. You must know that you are the mother of a nation, and the dead soldiers are also your people. ”

Concubine Li's father was born as a military general, and of course Concubine Li has her own views on the border pass. In the past, he had to ignore this matter with the shelf of the palace concubine, but when he thought of his father and brother struggling to survive on the battlefield, and his old acquaintances were stained with blood one by one, his heart would feel better?

It was someone else who got a good deal with his relatives, but the people who died were his relatives, and of course he didn't want to see the court continue to make peace.

The queen's willow eyebrows were upside down, and she just wanted to ask Concubine Li, but she was stopped by Queen Taishang. Of course, Empress Taishang would not want people to see that there were rumors outside that were unfavorable to the queen, nor would she want to see any rumors that the queen disregarded the lives of the Great Qi soldiers.

Empress Taishang smiled slightly and said: "Although it is said that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, but this child is not a palace concubine, and his filial piety is commendable, but I don't know what to reward?" Queen, what do you think? ”

The queen immediately got up and replied: "Back to the words of the queen Taishang, in the opinion of the daughter-in-law, although this child is filial piety, what he said is something he can't manage. This example can't be opened. The daughter-in-law thinks that it is enough to give some gold and silver goods. ”

Empress Taishang nodded, and asked Concubine Li again: "What do you think of the concubine?" ”

Concubine Li also got up and said: "Back to Niangniang's words, the concubine has heard people say since she was a child, Ma is good at being ridden by others, and people are good at being bullied. It's because the court is too soft that those Fanbang people kick their noses in the face one by one, thinking that as long as they scare twice, we will listen to them. The concubines thought that the court should make a gesture to deter those barbarians. The child should be rewarded again to show determination. ”

Empress Taishang said: "Then what do you think should be rewarded?" ”

Concubine Li said with a smile: "I think that the mother has already made a decision in her heart, do you still want the concubine to talk more?" But according to the nature of the concubine, at least she should be a county king. ”

Empress Taishang smiled: "Yes." Over the years, we have known to back down, so that others think we are bullies and look down on us. Think about how many princesses in our Daqi have thrown their lives on the grassland at a young age, and the previous Duan Rong is, the palace thought that they would never see him in this life, and now they have hit Changle again! There is a group of people in this dynasty, and if they are not the daughters of their own family, they are not distressed, and they all jump up and down to get married. If they talk more, I will ask for a wife, and the steppe people are not particular, even widows, they don't care. I don't think they're willing to give up! ”

In the end, she spoke so fiercely that even the queen lowered her head and didn't dare to speak.

After a while, Empress Taishang eased her color and said, "Old, old, now this kind of thing, I actually want such a yellow-haired girl to remind the palace." Unexpectedly, the blood of this palace is about to be polished. And he said, "Did this child enter the palace with his grandmother?" asked someone to send a message to Mrs. Tai of the Jia family, saying that the palace likes this child and keeps this child in the palace for a few days. ”

Sitting among the noble ladies of the same grade as herself, Mother Jia was still snubbing herself for the people around her, and suddenly heard the little eunuch pass the word, she was surprised and delighted, and she didn't care about her identity, so she quickly took off two gold bracelets inlaid with beads and treasures from her hands, and said: "Our girl is young, please take care of my father-in-law more." ”

When he was in the mansion of Princess Duanrong before, Jia Jiu had already entered the eyes of Banzai and became the county monarch in one fell swoop, and now he has entered the eyes of Queen Taishang. Isn't that a good omen for the green snake and the white snake?

Even if she was shocked by the huge surprise, Jia Mu was still in the mood to recall the auspicious omen of Wulong. Of course, with such good news, Jia Mu will not forget to greet Daoxi's edicts. (To be continued......)