Stone Tablet Hutong, Zhao Guogong Mansion.

Respect the righteous hall.

The old prince Jiang Duo celebrated his ninety-second birthday today, although it was not a full life, but when the sky dawned, all kinds of rewards in the palace were sent to the Zhao Guogong Mansion like flowing water.

But this year, the Jiang family didn't make a big deal, and they had already let out the wind, and they didn't even set up a banquet.

The only bright spot is that in the afternoon, the emperor's eldest son, Li Jing, the king of Baojun, the third son of the emperor, Li Xiao, the king of Kehuai County, and Li Shi, the fourth son of the emperor, Kerong County, all came to the door, and on behalf of Emperor Longan, he wished Jiang Duo a good birthday and brought Emperor Longan's ink treasure.

A string of Buddhist beads, a piece of Han Dynasty tiger talisman!

Only, that's all.

In previous years, there were also examples of Jiang Duo losing his temper and not allowing him to do it.

But even so, on this day, it was still a hall full of uninvited Yuanping heroes.

Under Jiang Duo's scolding, he also had to make a meal of birthday wine, which was very lively.

But this year......

After the Jiang family released the news that they would not hold birthday wine, few people really came to the door.

Except for Wuyang Hou Sun Wanqian and Suiyang Bo Zhang Hanqing with their sons, there was no third family......

is cold and lonely, which really makes the Jiang family uncomfortable.

Night.

Jiang Duo's eldest son, Jiang Bao's face was a little gloomy, and he sat in Jingyi Hall without saying a word.

He now only has one prince of Zhao Guo left, and he no longer has an official position, and he is encircled as a waste person to raise.

However, now he can already understand his father Jiang Duo's hard work.

At the beginning, after Jiang An, the third elder of the Jiang family, was able to shout the words "Jiang Jiajun" to the outside world, it was doomed to solve this desperate situation, and the only way for the Jiang family to self-harm was to go.

If the Emperor Taishang did not die, it would be fine, but the Emperor Taishang died suddenly, and Emperor Longan, the "new emperor", wanted to sit firmly in the country and consolidate the imperial power, and the first thing must be to hold the military power in his hands.

At this time, the Jiang family's power in the army was too conspicuous.

It is already a sin to have military power to this extent.

Unless the Jiang family rebels, no new monarch can tolerate the existence of such a giant in the army.

Therefore, Jiang Duo, an old man in his nineties, was like a crazy demon, using a knife to cut off the limbs of the behemoth of the Jiang family, and in the end, even the things that were passed down from generation to generation were abolished and circled......

Abolishing the son of the world is not the same as abolishing the "inheritance" thing.

Now all the forces of the Jiang family are concentrated in the Xishan Ruijian Camp, but the person who is currently in charge of the Xishan Ruijian Camp is the fourth Jiang Ping.

Jiang Bao, the son of the world, isn't it a waste?

Not only that, Jiang Duo killed himself first, and then killed the enemy.

From the 12th regiment battalion in the capital, to the military headquarters, and then to the nine border pass military towns!

Regardless of whether it is within the Jiang family's sphere of influence or not, one by one the ministers of Yuanping, the military giants who once stomped their feet in the army and the garrison were about to tremble, dismounted one after another and lost their power.

Complaining......

Today, the Jiang family has finally survived the catastrophe, but the power accumulated by the Jiang family has disappeared.

The huge power that used to be all over Dayan's million-strong army is now only one Xishan Ruijian battalion, all supported by the children of the family......

Thinking of this, Jiang Bao looked at the second brother Jiang Ping sitting next to him and shook his head.

Jiang Ping's talent is mediocre, and he is not as good as some of his children when he builds a camp in Xishanrui.

It's just that Jiang Bao himself is not brilliant at the moment, so he also broke off his mind to reprimand......

At this moment, I suddenly heard the young man in Tsing Yi standing with his head hanging outside the door preaching: "Grandpa Guo and the fourth master have arrived!" ”

Jiang Bao and Jiang Ping, who had just woken up from a dream, hurriedly got up and stepped forward.

Jiang Duo looked a little older than before, but his expression was not as calm as that of ordinary old men, and he was still vivid......

He first glanced at his eldest son Jiang Bao, pouted his toothless mouth, then looked at his second son Jiang Ping, shook his head, and then sighed, sat on a special big chair, the whole person seemed to be embedded in a tiger skin mattress, the old man snorted, and asked Jiang Bao: "Today is Lao Tzu's son, even the emperor in the palace gave me a birthday, you all have a dead face, which one are you for?" ”

Jiang Bao hurriedly said: "Father, my son is not happy about this, but the person who wishes to give birth to a child this year is really ...... It's too little. It's all the sons' fault, the sons are incompetent, tired of their father's age, and for the survival of the Jiang family, they are wronged by this......"

Seeing that Jiang Bao's eyes were red and choked up, Jiang Duo paused, and then shook his head and scolded: "It's all a bunch of bison stuff, and Lao Tzu didn't expect it much!" However, you have been in the circle at home for so long, pretending to read books for so long, reading this bird virtue? ”

Jiang Bao's face was embarrassed, and he hung his head speechless......

I've been scolded like this all my life, maybe I once had resentment, thinking about when this old immortal would die.

But now, decades later, he has become numb......

Fortunately, Jiang Duo was old after all, and his energy was low, so he didn't continue to scold with a poisonous tongue, the old man raised his sparse eyebrows, and pouted: "You know a fart!" The fewer people who come, the better, I wish none of them came! ”

The fourth son, Jiang Ning, glanced at his eldest brother Jiang Bao, and saw that he didn't look like he was still talking, so he opened his mouth and said softly: "Father, but the power of our Jiang family has indeed shrunk too much, and it is not as good as before. It's not a little bit of reduction. The Xuande Hou Dong family and the Dongchuan Hou Chen family who entered Beijing this time are now in charge of the 12th battalion of the capital, although their father transferred them back to Beijing from Jiubian, but a few years ago, when Changxing Hou Gengnian and Yingchuan Hou Fu Lian were the left and right attendants of the military department, they were too ruthless to Jiubian Harsh, and these people were everywhere in the name of honoring their father...... Therefore, these people respect their father on the surface, but in fact they stay away from the Jiang family. ”

Jiang Duo sneered: "It's not just Geng Nian and Fu Lian, these two idiots? At the beginning, Xuande Hou Dong Fu personally came to the door to intercede, and you let the family send away without even seeing Lao Tzu's face, so you suspect that the gift given to you by others is light? Dog-grabbed nasty seeds, you really lack that little stuff? Now complaining that people are not coming? ”

Jiang Bao was speechless, Jiang Duo didn't bother to say anything more, and said: "Now that the momentum is down, you don't know whether it's good or bad?" ”

Jiang Bao said slowly: "Naturally, I already understand my father's hard work, but if I want to recover in the future, it will be difficult......

Jiang Duo opened his mouth and wanted to scold, but finally looked at the white hair between the temples of his eldest son, and pursed his mouth, he was rarely moved by kindness, he didn't scold, he only waved his hand and said: "Lao Tzu was ranked at the end of the six great powers, how could he ever be looked down upon?" The momentum in the army is far worse than now, how can it support the national government? If you can do something, you will be able to do it again in the future. If you can't do it, relying on the last bit of incense left by the old man, you can keep your wealth for decades. Okay, you don't have to break a bear face one by one, Lao Tzu is not dead yet. Don't look at you are much younger than Lao Tzu, maybe who will die first. Go, call the eldest daughter-in-law and press it for Lao Tzu! ”

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Rongguo Mansion, in the three small main rooms in the east of Rongxi Hall.

Mrs. Wang was about to run out of tears, although she had heard the words "murder and heart", but she never thought that this day would fall on her......

Really, it hurts!!

An aristocratic family like them has no shortage of food and clothing, so don't they just live a face and a decent life on weekdays?

Today, Mrs. Wang only feels that she has lost her face and has become a laughing stock for everyone to laugh at!

If it weren't for the fact that she was really worried about Baoyu in her heart, she couldn't rest assured, she would even have the heart to die.

Aunt Xue looked at her and wiped her tears, sighed and persuaded: "Sister, if you want to open some, although I want to let the second room move out of Rongxi Hall, but I think about it, I don't seem to say that I let you leave the Guogong Mansion, right?" He said that he wanted the big house to live in the middle road courtyard, but when he turned around, he had to send the eldest man and the eldest wife of your house to Gansu Town, and Brother Cong was going to study again, where else was there in the big house? There is only one phoenix girl, she is our own niece and nephew, isn't she the same as her own family? ”

It's okay not to mention Sister Feng, but when Sister Feng is mentioned, Mrs. Wang almost gritted her teeth with hatred, and said angrily: "Don't mention this little girl, I thought she was also from a famous family, although she didn't read any books when she was a child, she should also understand self-esteem and self-respect, so she knows some etiquette, righteousness and shame!" It's good now, I'm not ashamed, but I seem to have done something glorious! It's almost engraved on the face of the word "Yingwoman"!

Listen to what the beast said? The fairy concubine, the colorful embroidery is brilliant, and she is going to be the lady of the village, look at her face when she listens to these words! ! !

How many things, except for our girls, no one knows about it, how can you let that evil obstacle know? Didn't this lady say it? She also deserves the surname Wang? Now he is selling in Dongfu, and he is rampant! ”

When Aunt Xue heard this, she sighed and said, "Sister, the matter between Brother Feng and Lian Er, which is right and which is wrong, is really hard to explain. However, in ordinary families, such things are not uncommon, let alone people like you. When it comes to blood, Brother Qiang and you can't fight for eight poles, and you're out of five suits early. Of course, I didn't expect that Brother Feng would be so open-minded. ”

In fact, Aunt Xue can still understand Sister Feng'er, she originally married into the Jia family, thinking that Mrs. Wang could be a backer, but she turned out to be the one who suppressed her even more. Who in the Rong Mansion is most wary of the big house? It's not Mrs. Wang.

The only husband who can be relied on is like that, not to mention that the girl has become a laughing stock all over the south of the Yangtze River, and even his little wife dares to steal it in the house, but after stealing it, he will come over and kill Sister Feng.

In the big family, except for Jia Qiang, no one really spoke to her.

Of course, Sister Feng'er can be spicy to the point where she is now, which is also beyond Aunt Xue's expectations......

After hearing Mrs. Wang curse again, Aunt Xue heard the words and persuaded her with kind words: "Good sister, why do you have to get along with him?" You are the mother of the imperial concubine, just by virtue of this, as long as you don't have trouble with him, he has to respect you. Moreover, now that there is chaos in Shandong, the old man of the Lin family has not only not fallen, but has become more and more prosperous, like the sky. Brother Qiang is in the palace, and he is becoming more and more favored, I heard that he and the fifth prince are about to become brothers, and my family's evil obstacle listened to it, and it was uncomfortable for several days. Seeing that people are so powerful, even the eldest brother of Yanshoufang is now pointing at him. Sister, you can't get along with him, what are you trying to do? ”

Mrs. Wang almost laughed when she heard this, and said with some excitement: "I can't get along with him?" When did you see me having trouble with him? But after saying two words, there are some things that can't be said, am I his elder and the mother of the imperial concubine, and he treats me like this? Besides, why can't I get along with him? It's not because that brute always bullies Baoyu!! The Lin family is also black-hearted, his sick seedlings have been raised in the capital for six or seven years, even if they raise a dog, they should be fed, the Lin family's father and daughter are good, they got good and returned to Beijing, all of them became the credit of the beast, and all the benefits were given to the beast, but Baoyu was thrown aside! Can I not be angry? ”

In her mind, Jia Qiang's current ownership of the noble position should all belong to Baoyu.

Lin Ruhai entrusted Daiyu to the capital at the beginning, and when he turned around, he actually helped Jia Qiang bully Baoyu and the second room, and he had no conscience to go home!

Aunt Xue sighed: "I'm afraid this is the crux of the problem, you have always disliked Miss Lin and her mother because of her involvement." Plus...... Brother Qiang knows that the mansion has touched the Lin family's family business and dowry idea, how can he be reconciled with you? Sister, at this point, I advise you not to be strong against him, and follow it first when you should go with it, you just don't think about yourself, but also think about Baoyu and Lan'er......"

Mrs. Wang said faintly in despair: "That evil beast wishes that we died early, if it weren't for the fact that there is an imperial concubine in the palace, I'm afraid that it has already been done, what else can I think?" ”

Aunt Xue waved her hand and said, "After all, this matter will still fall on the old lady, and she will talk to the old man of the Lin family." I'm afraid that the old man of the Lin family is the only one who can cure Brother Qiang now, but I advise my sister not to have the heart to fight with him again. He even dared to kill the prime minister's son in the street, and you really made him angry......"

After Mrs. Wang's face changed for a long time, she finally said depressedly: "How can I provoke him......"

Aunt Xue reassured a few more words when she heard this, although she could see that this time Mrs. Wang was really scared, and she didn't dare to provoke Jia Qiang, who said that she would not lose face at all if she tore her face, but she didn't know what Lin Ruhai would say in her heart.

She faintly felt that she was afraid that Lin Ruhai would not be biased towards the second room.

If that's the case, Rongfu will completely change the sky......

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Tao yuan.

On the grass hall.

A long wooden table is filled with all kinds of delicious food.

There are barbecued dishes, hot pot boiled, stir-fried dishes, and many cold dishes......

The wine jar made of peach blossom fruit was stacked high in the corner of the wall, and after dinner began, the girls and girls who had been crazy for most of the day, regardless of their status, mixed together to eat, drink and toast, and it was very lively.

Because Xiangyun, Tanchun, Baoqin and a few girls also sang a few words before, and then Jia Qiang coaxed even Baochai to hum, and after singing, Baochai's whole person seemed to be cooked......

In short, it seems that after being honest with each other, the relationship between everyone is much closer, and it is very happy to chew the sea drink!

When you finish eating, it's past time.

Many of the girls were sleepy and couldn't open their eyes, but when they mentioned the warm soup, they all lifted their spirits.

There are a total of eight pools under the mountain, except for the masters who divide four mouths, there are four warm soup pools, which are washed by the maids in turn.

There are two excellent ones on the mountain, which should naturally be Daiyu's, but she is impatient to climb the mountain, and she doesn't want to be too different from the sisters, and prefers to advance and retreat with the sisters who grew up in childhood, so she is cheaper Sister Feng.

Sister Feng and Ping'er occupied one last time, and today they sent their clothes up early.

Daiyu didn't bother to pay attention to her, as usual, she shared a larger warm soup pool with Baochai and Baoqin, Xiangyun and Tanchun were smaller, Yingchun and Xichun were smaller, and You Shi and You Sanjie and Keqing shared a slightly older ......

But this time, Ke Qing was not with You Shi and Third Sister You, but was called up the mountain by Sister Feng......

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Around the campfire, most of the people dispersed, or washed the warm soup of the warm soup, or went to sleep of the sleeper.

Dujia Qiang, Daiyu and Li Jing are still there.

Jia Qiang looked at Li Jing and frowned, "You are like this now, how can you go south?" Mr. has Wei Yong, the commander of the embroidered guards, and there are two hundred royal guards and hundreds of embroidered guards, not to mention our people secretly guarding them. ”

Li Jing looked at Daiyu, who frowned, hesitated, and said: "Master, in the past two days, all the families in Beijing have sent a large number of good men to the south, although their motive is very likely to intercept and kill Luo Shikuan, Cao Xiangyun and Li Song, so as to kill people and kill them, and there is no proof of death, so as not to bite out too many people after returning to Beijing." But it is still necessary to guard against someone who is bold, which is not good for Master Lin. This time, the entire green forest of Beizhili was alarmed, and someone opened a dark flower of 100,000 taels of silver to take the lives of Luo Shikuan and the others. And also...... and Master Lin's, it has doubled, a full 200,000 taels of silver......"

When Daiyu heard this, she exclaimed in shock, but she heard Jia Qiang laugh and scold: "! 100,000 taels of silver, if someone really killed Luo Shikuan, where did he go to cash in 100,000 taels of silver? The so-called rivers and lakes and green forests are just a rabble, and whoever is stupid to exchange money is dying! Are you bluffing me with this? Tell me, what do you really want to do? ”

Li Jing laughed dryly, and then in Daiyu's wide eyes, she gritted her teeth and said, "Master, why don't we cooperate with Wei Yong, the commander of the embroidered guard, and wipe out all the people sent to Shandong!" As long as these people are rounded, it will be much cheaper for us to act in Beijing in the future. ”

Jia Qiang frowned and said: "You stay in the capital honestly, your belly is not much bigger, but your ambition is a few laps bigger!" Do you still want to make use of the embroidered guard? Wei Yong, the commander of the embroidered guard, do you think he is an idler? Let me tell you, at least seven or eight of the ten pavilions will not be able to return to the capital this time!

If you take someone with you, I'm afraid you'll fall into it!" Do you think that with a case in Shandong that has already been completed and only the case is closed, you can labor the emperor's minions to go south in person? How many big things are going on in Beijing right now!

Mr. is naturally important, and the emperor is willing to send Wei Yong to pick him up in person.

But there is no need, if you are really worried about the safety of your husband, it is enough to send a thousand soldiers.

What kind of bullshit green forest hero, can beat a thousand warriors?

Why bother Wei Yong? ”

Li Jing was suddenly startled when she heard this, and said, "What does the master mean to ......"

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "Let's watch the excitement obediently...... Xiaojing, taking advantage of the time to give birth to a child, you should also take a good sink. Let me remind you again, the next two or three years will not be a good time for us to perform. Luo Rong fell, and brought down a large number of officials, and then soon the heroes of the world, such as the Banshan Gong, will return to Beijing, and next, it is the big stage of them and Mr., and it is not our turn yet. Don't think so much, make a lot of money in the future, and come steadily! Even on the rivers and lakes, we never want to be the king and dominate, understand? ”

When Li Jing heard this, she let out a long breath, nodded and smiled: "I wrote down the ......" and sighed unwillingly, muttering: "Look at the embroidered guard, I will have to be a man with my tail between my legs in the future." ”

After that, he got up and said, "The master and the girl should also rest early." ”

Jia Qiang and Daiyu got up to see each other, and after Li Jing left, the two sat down again, Daiyu threw a firewood into the bonfire, and smiled at Jia Qiang: "Sister Xiaojing is so capable, it's all like this, and she still wants to dominate the rivers and lakes!" ”

Jia Qiang said with a smile: "When I was young, I was raised as a man, and I didn't help the master, so the habits of the rivers and lakes are heavier." But compared to you, she's a little worse in the end, not very smart. ”

Daiyu didn't look at him angrily and said, "I'm smart? Where am I smart? Many times, I wish I was stupid, otherwise I would have to pretend that I didn't understand and couldn't see! ”

Jia Qiang laughed dryly when she heard this, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

It was Daiyu, looking at Jia Qiang's still injured face, but her heart softened, she diverted the topic, and asked softly: "When Daddy comes back, you won't be so wronged?" ”

She reached out and gently stroked the bruises on Jia Qiang's face that had not yet faded.

Jia Qiang smiled: "What kind of grievance is this? It's the gentleman who really does the work. ”

Daiyu shook her head and didn't say anything, but her gaze at Jia Qiang softened.

What Jia Qiang's original ambition was, she couldn't know it better.

Jia Qiang even wrote a story......

However, it was her father Lin Ruhai and the mid-mountain prince who pulled Jia Qiang into the water in order to reward their ambitions and realize their ambitions......

Although many people now seem to have Jia Qiang stained with Lin Ruhai's great light, Daiyu has always understood in her heart that it has always been Jia Qiang who has helped Lin Ruhai regardless of hard work and danger, and regardless of gains and losses.

This time, for example, this is even more so.

She said with some distress: "In the future, you must first ensure your own safety." Jishi Anbang, that is Daddy's ambition. ”

When Jia Qiang heard this, she laughed, reached out to hold Daiyu's somewhat cold little hand beside her, picked a bonfire with a wooden stick with her other hand, added some firewood, looked up at the starry sky in the dark blue sky, and said softly: "Sister Lin, do you know why there are so many stars in the sky tonight?" ”

Daiyu was holding her hand, a little warm, but also a little ashamed, worried that the sisters would see it, she shook her head gently.

Jia Qiang laughed softly: "Because every day, every hour, every moment, every breath...... Every time I think about you, there is one more star in the sky. I've thought about you day and night, and I've thought about you countless times, so tonight, the sky is full of stars. I'm also sorrowful......"

Daiyu was a little drunk, as if she had just drunk too much fruit wine, but she still remembered to ask, "What are you worried about?" ”

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "I'm sad, when you turn 100 years old, when we sit here and light a bonfire to watch the stars, the night sky is probably not enough." ”

When Daiyu heard this, her starry eyes were shining, she stared at Jia Qiang, and after staring at him for a long time, she suddenly pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Okay, you can go up the mountain, I won't keep you." If you keep going, you may have to say something nice! will coax me! ”

With that, he took a sip, stood up with a smile, and turned to leave......

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