Chapter 13: The Big Red Birthmark
"Everyone soak in the bucket for five minutes, and the hair should also be soaked, and after five minutes of soaking, go to the river to wash, the first batch is finished, the second batch continues to be soaked, and after washing in the river, you can come back to eat."
After speaking, Tao Ran was the first to jump into the steaming wooden barrel.
All the soldiers followed suit, and in an instant every barrel was full.
After holding his breath and soaking in the wooden barrel for five minutes, Tao Ran rushed towards the river at a speed of 100 meters.
It is mainly a reaction of salt, which makes the delicate parts of the body too allergic.
After a while, after soaking in the hot bath, the soldiers took turns to jump into the river, and the surface was really magnificent.
Jiang Shichao, the head of the household department, inquired about the population information of the Tao family in Chang'an City according to the will of His Majesty Li Er.
Since the Wude period, the administration of Chang'an City has been managed by Yongzhou, and the actual security and maintenance are actually managed by the army.
After His Majesty Li Er took office, he changed the Yongzhou Governor to Yongzhou Governor's History, and still maintained the control of sergeants.
Jiang Shichao, the head of the household department, found the will of His Majesty Li Er, and the general in charge of the maintenance of law and order in Chang'an, as well as the county orders of Chang'an County and Wannian County, conveyed the will of His Majesty Li Er to the three chiefs.
Chang'an City has been bounded by Zhuque Street, the east belongs to Chang'an County, and the west belongs to Wannian County.
Soon, news came from Chang'an County that sixteen years ago in the Tao family of Chang'an, a boy who had just been born suddenly fell seriously ill, and when he saw that he couldn't survive, he was taken away by a soldier at night, and there has been no news since.
When the Taoist priest left, he said that this child would definitely return to Chang'an.
Coincidentally, the name of the child who was taken away was also Tao Ran.
This news made Jiang Shichao, the head of the household department, very excited, and he immediately went to the Tao family in Chang'an County to confirm the news.
The Tao family is a branch of the famous Tao Yuanming.
The person in charge of the house was an old woman in her sixties.
The Chang'an County Decree has given the basic situation of Tao Mansion to Jiang Shichao, the head of the household department, a simple and clear introduction.
The old woman Tao Liu, a child has three sons and two daughters, her husband died of illness 16 years ago, and the three sons were in a dispute with the Yang family, Lu Guiling, who was ordered by Chang'an County, was all put to prison, and died of illness successively, leaving behind the three daughters-in-law who were all beautiful as flowers, and were favored by an old patriarch of the Yang family, and the three daughters-in-law committed suicide by hanging themselves at home in order to preserve Tao's face. Leaving the old lady alone to pull her four granddaughters, I don't know how much hardship she has endured during this period? How many sins have you suffered?
The original courtyard of Taofu is considered to be a few particularly luxurious in Chang'an County, with rockeries and flowing water, gardens and bridges.
After the dispute with the previous family, the Tao Mansion was occupied by the Yang family at that time, and now the Tao Liu family can only live temporarily with four female babies in the dilapidated temple at the foot of the mountain.
Jiang Shichao, the head of the household, went to visit Tao Liu with a heavy heart.
Looking at the old woman in front of her with patches on her clothes, the four little girls with yellow faces and thin muscles nervously grabbed the corners of Tao Liu's clothes. "Grandma, don't sell Xiaomei to be a maid."
Jiang Shichao, the household waiter, inexplicably felt a sense of guilt.
"Grandma, as long as you live in the world for one day, you will never sell the children, the children are good, this is a court official, not here to buy a maid." The old woman said with tears in her eyes.
Tao Liu was also from a large family when he was young, otherwise he would not have married into the Tao Mansion, and he knew that this person was a high-ranking official from the official uniform of Jiang Shichao, the household servant.
"Auntie, I'm here to verify one thing with you, was there a Taoist priest who took away your only grandson sixteen years ago?"
"Yes, my poor grandson, was hot all over the body, and he couldn't survive, the Taoist priest said when he left, my grandson will come back, but sixteen years have passed, there is no news from him, all these years, my old bones are supported by the thought that he will come back, otherwise my old bones would have followed his grandfather and his father." After speaking, Tao Liu's crying loudly, once the sadness and depression of many years found an outlet, the tears were out of control.
The four little girls saw their grandmother crying, and they also cried with Wow.
Jiang Shichao, the head of the household, followed and beckoned, bowed his head and whispered a few words.
The entourage immediately left in a hurry, and Tao Liu's cry was a tea time.
"Let the official laugh." Stopping the crying, Tao Liu said sadly.
"Auntie doesn't have to be overly sad, I came here today by order to make my grandson come."
"Is there news from my grandson?" Tao Liu's eyes were filled with luster and color in an instant when he heard this.
"There is a person named Tao Ran, and I can't be sure if it's Ling Sun. Auntie, think about what is special about Ling Sun Ke, such as a birthmark or something. ”
"Yes, he was born with a red birthmark on the top of his buttocks." Tao Liu pondered for a moment.
"Left or right?" Just in case, the more careful the better, Jiang Shichao, the head of the household, said secretly in his heart.
"Left, I'm sure it's left." Tao Liu said with great certainty.
At this time, Jiang Shichao's entourage also came back from outside and quietly stuffed a silver ingot to Jiang Shichao.
"Auntie, you can accept this bit of silver first, replenish the children's body, and once you confirm your grandson's affairs, I will come to see you again." After saying that, he put down the silver ingot and left in a hurry.
Tao Ran ran in the river for a while, mainly to rinse the salt in the bucket, otherwise his skin would be very tight and uncomfortable.
Just walked to the shore, was hugged by Cheng Chumo from behind, threw it back into the river, and at the moment when Cheng Chumo let go, he grabbed Tao Ran's little Nene. Throwing the slippery Tao Ran into the river, he burst out laughing.
Tao Ran hurriedly used his hands to protect the little finch in front of him, and chased after Cheng Chu to ask for Xiao Nene.
"Brother, your white cloth strip is too finely made." Cheng Chumo didn't forget to observe and study Tao Ran's white cloth strip while running, he couldn't figure it out, it was also a fig leaf, why was Tao Ran's so exquisite?
"Don't run, give it back to me, or I'll be angry!" Tao Ran pretended to be angry and said.
"Okay, I'll give it back to you." After Cheng Chumo finished speaking, he turned around and threw it to Tao Ran.
Tao Ran saw Cheng Chumo turn around, and immediately protected the little finch with both hands and turned his back to him. "Just throw it over."
"Here you go, brother, you have a big red birthmark on your butt!"
"Use your care, the master said that I have had it since I was a child."
"Brother, you are really not mortal, even the birthmark is different from ordinary people."
"What's the difference, see if I don't strip off your black charcoal, check to see if there are any birthmarks." The sound of the two laughing floated over the wide river beach.
Jiang Shichao, the head of the household department, did not wait for the morning of tomorrow to tell His Majesty Li Er the news that Tao Liu had a grandson. Instead, he sketched the recital and was sent in by the inner attendant.
After His Majesty Li Er read the recital, he immediately issued a secret decree, and rushed to Lanzhou for eight hundred miles!