Chapter 2 Chang'an (2)

Luoyang.

Jiang House.

"Why are you stunned, hurry up with your father to greet the king of Nanyang." Jiang Shanyi, who was rich in the direction of the corridor in the back garden, shouted to the boy in Tsing Yi who was looking at the girl in a white jacket riding on the wall in the garden.

"Yes, father." The boy in Tsing Yi turned around and bowed in the direction of the corridor in reply. Seeing that his father turned to leave, the little boy learned from the adults to straighten his neckline, patted the cuffs that were a little wrinkled, turned his head to look at the wall, and saw that there was no longer the shadow of the girl in the white jacket, shrugged his shoulders, and walked straight towards the outer hall.

After the tea ceremony, the young man in Tsing Yi had already entered the living room of the outer hall from the backyard garden, and before he entered the door, he heard his father's hearty laughter in the hall.

The boy in Tsing Yi was curious about what would make his father, who was usually very serious, laugh so heartily, the child had the intention to eavesdrop, so he put back his right foot that had just stepped into the threshold, and the cat walked to the window and stood against the wall, the boy was still young and tall and just enough to reach the lower edge of the window, pulled the window edge and stood on tiptoe as close to the window as possible, revealing a pair of dark eyes and secretly looking at the ear, rubbing his ears with one hand in order to hear the conversation between his father and the king of Nanyang more clearly.

Although the boy in Tsing Yi is not very old, he often listens to his parents talk about state affairs, and vaguely remembers that Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang, is the governor of the dynasty, and his eldest brother Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, is the head of the eight major commonalities and serves as the supervisor of the middle book, assisting the current emperor can be said to be above 10,000 people under one person, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition.

"Lord, how can I, Jiang Shanyi, be able to receive this grace, the Jiang family is not a famous family, just a businessman, how can I marry the Sima family, who is a relative of the emperor, wouldn't it damage the face of the Sima family, and spread it out that my Jiang family has climbed the royal family, and the Jiang family thinks that it is a good thing to glorify the ancestors. But the clan is ....... here," Jiang Shanyi sat down on the lower seat and said with a difficult face.

"The head of the Jiang family is polite, since my Sima family has taken a fancy to the Jiang family's boy, no one dares to say anything about it today, not to mention that the Jiang family is not an unknown person, from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms and now to my Great Jin, the Jiang family can be described as a large number of talents, and there are also talents from the society and Anbang, and the humerus of the famous ministers who turn the tide, and today's Jiang family's business is all over the world, it can be said that the rich rival the country, and the good brother is modest." After speaking, the king of Nanyang, who was the first seat, used the tea lid to stir the surface of the steaming tea, while gently blowing away the heat on the tea bowl, and did not look at Jiang Shanyi.

As soon as Jiang Shan saw Nanyang Wang tasting tea, he picked up the tea bowl and blew the tea leaves wafting in the tea bowl, thinking in his heart, the rebellion has just calmed down for more than ten years, and the people in the Central Plains have been struggling to make a living. The Hu people are eyeing each other, the Central Plains is in ruins, and the current situation is still unstable, so we have to plan early.

King Nanyang drank a few sips of tea, slowly put down the tea bowl and looked at Jiang Shanyi, who was thinking, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "The head of the Jiang family doesn't have to worry too much, although the little princess is young now, she is a very good match with the prince of the house, and the age difference is almost the same, the little princess is smart by nature, and she can write and recite poetry at the age of five." My brother heard that your son is also five years old this year and sings lyrics and poems at his fingertips, if he practices the art of war diligently in the future, he will definitely have a bright future, hahahahaha. ”

Jiang Shanyi put down the tea bowl after hearing this, and then echoed and said: "Your Majesty, the little princess should have a peerless demeanor, my son is young and has not yet opened his wisdom for fear of being mediocre in the future, and he is not worthy of the little princess's outstanding posture in the future. I had called the dog to come over to say goodbye, but the child was stubborn and thought that he was hooked by the song insect in the grass again. Wait for me to call the prince to take the school exam. ”

As soon as Jiang Shan gave an order outside the door, the housekeeper at the door sent a servant to find it.

When the boy heard his father's instructions in the hall to look for him, he knew that there was no way to continue eavesdropping, and the housekeeper and the servants would soon find out about him, thinking that his father had concerns, and that he had been knowledgeable since he was a child, and that he would be attracted by the songworm and forget his father's explanation. When the boy was walking towards the front hall, the butler Fauber also saw him, and pointed to the roadside grass, the boy stretched out his thumb and gestured to the housekeeper, and then threw himself on the roadside grass, rolled around a few times, and then got up and ran to the front hall like crazy without patting the dirt and grass on his body.

King Nanyang was drinking tea with Jiang Shanyi, when he saw a child full of grass and mud panting and running into the door, crossing the threshold, and standing in front of the hall with his head bowed and silent.

Jiang Shanyi took a sip of tea and looked at the door with the movement, and before he could swallow his throat, the tea squirted out, and then took out a handkerchief and wiped the tea on his mouth and clothes, turned to the king of Nanyang and said that he stood up and strode over and slapped the boy in Tsing Yi in the face, the snap was particularly loud, and the king of Nanyang frowned slightly as if he didn't like it, and then Jiang Shanyi scolded and taught the boy in Tsing Yi a lesson, the young man knelt on his knees and still bowed his head and said nothing, Jiang Shanyi swept the floor with a mouthful, and the rotten wood could not be carved. How to lose your physique in front of the prince.

After Jiang Shan scolded him, he saw that the prince was a little embarrassed, so he hugged his fists and bowed and said: "The prince forgives the sin, the kid is really stubborn, and it really hurts the family style, which makes the prince laugh." This kind of son only knows how to have fun, where there is still a little bit of Sven who reads, and the grass people will definitely discipline it well in the future. You see if the previous things are waiting for a few years, after the grass people discipline well, whether the son can open up as soon as possible, so as not to be naughty and childlike, the Jiang family can not afford the punishment of the heavenly family, please explain one or two in front of Sikong, the previous supply of the Jiang family will be increased by one percent, and the grass people will come to the door in person to make amends, please ask Wang Ye Haihan. ”

King Nanyang also saw the only son of the Jiang family for the first time, and he thought that he would be as smart as rumored, but he couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he thought that he was so stubborn and had no scholarly temperament. His niece is naturally beautiful and intelligent, even if it is because the elder brother has to win over the big and small clans for the sake of the overall situation, and the Jiang family, a clan brother who has both heritage and wealth, values it more, not to mention that the Jiang family has established businesses in both the Central Plains and Jiangnan, which is not just a resource that can be compared to yellow and white things. Otherwise, the powerful prince who is the governor of the imperial court will visit him privately? The princess recruited the horse to choose him Jiang family is already the emperor's grace, I thought that Jiang Shanyi refused many times, which was a common trick of businessmen and others, but now it seems that his words are true, the erector is stubborn and difficult to reach the hall of elegance, and the gap between the third-rate family and the aristocratic family is insurmountable. Thinking about the reason here, the king of Nanyang did not doubt it, he already had a plan in his heart, and went back to talk to the eldest brother about whether he would consider other ways to exchange, and the marriage was indeed inappropriate. Moreover, although Jiang Shanyi suppressed a good sense of panic just now, after all, the king of Nanyang can still grasp the mentality of a businessman who has been on the battlefield for a long time. This shaft is also considered a blessing, and he took an extra supply of materials for nothing, and he was very relieved.

Looking at Jiang Shanyi, who kept apologizing to himself, King Nanyang was in a good mood, waved his big hand and said with a smile: "The kid is smart, he will join the army and serve the court when he is an adult, and fight for me in the Great Jin Dynasty." I will report to my brother and the emperor when I go back and make a decision. ”

King Nanyang picked up the tea bowl and took a big sip of tea, looked at the naughty boy kneeling on the ground playfully and asked, "The vertical son has a correct name, and he won't use the milk name." Hahaha? Look up and let the Pontus take a look, and when you go back, you can have an explanation. ”

The little boy in Tsing Yi slowly raised his head, his face covered with dirt and grass blades suddenly turned red, looking very nervous and shy, and replied in a voice like a mosquito: "Villain Jiang Ge, I have seen the Metropolitan Governor." After saying that, he immediately lowered his head and remained motionless, as if something interesting had happened on the floor tiles.

"Hahaha, it's an interesting naughty boy, I've said it, I've seen it, Brother Shanyi thinks about it again, I'll also ask the eldest brother's attitude, if the eldest brother insists on doing so, this king can only obey orders, and then Brother Shanyi don't blame my brother for not helping you." King Nanyang looked at Jiang Shan, whose lips were a little pale, and with a sneer in his heart, he arched his hand and strode out of the mansion, stepped on the Xiliang BMW that had been prepared and galloped away.

Jiang Shanyi bowed all the way to send the king of Nanyang out of the mansion, and after watching dozens of war horses roar away without a trace, he ordered the gatekeeper to close the gate and thank the guests today.

Walking into the door of the front hall, I saw that Jiang Ge was still kneeling on the ground and shook his head, he sighed in his heart, he escaped a catastrophe today, Jiang Ge performed very well, otherwise he would not be able to get off the stage, squatted down to see if the slap just now hurt Brother Jiang, although he used skill, the sound was very loud, but it didn't hurt people, and he couldn't help it, how could there be a father who didn't feel sorry for his son.

As soon as Jiang Shan squatted down, he saw a wet piece on the floor tiles, and a long thin line flowed from the corner of Brother Jiang's mouth to the ground, and the softness in his heart exploded instantly, and it was natural to slap Brother Jiang's forehead, stand up with a black face and say: "Go wash and change your clothes, where is it like a Confucian child, Sven sweeps the floor." After speaking, Jiang Shanyi commanded outside the door: "Ah Fu, please go to the ancestral hall and summon all the good people in the city to obey the order." ”

Brother Jiang propped up the ground with his two little hands, stood up, rubbed his somewhat numb knees and calves, looked at Jiang Shanyi, who was sitting on the Taishi chair and was drinking tea, and asked, "Father, something big will happen?" ”

Jiang Shan glanced at this precocious son and didn't say much, he still maintained his usual serious appearance, and the sometimes spring-breezy and sometimes cautious appearance of the king of Nanyang just now had long since disappeared.

When Brother Jiang saw Jiang Shanyi's appearance, he knew that he couldn't get an answer, so he retreated and ran to the back house, thinking, "You can know if you don't tell me." ”

Brother Jiang smiled proudly, returned to the bedroom and quickly washed his face and changed into clean clothes with the help of the servants, and the elders of the clan will come to discuss the matter, Brother Jiang is still small and can't enter the ancestral hall, but there is a cat hole in the hall that is blocked by a bookcase, as long as the conversation in the hall at the entrance of the cat cave can be heard clearly, Jiang Ge has not only eavesdropped once or twice, everything in the clan will definitely be discussed and made in the ancestral hall meeting hall, and the clear-minded Jiang Ge only learned about the family secrets and world affairs when he eavesdropped on the secret deliberations again and again, The news transmitted by the hundreds of merchants of the Jiang family could almost arrive in Luoyang at the same time as the imperial court's eight hundred miles of expeditiousness, or even surpass. This is the foundation of the Jiang family's hundreds of years of standing in the chaos, which is also the reason why no matter who is in power, they will respect the Jiang family for three points.

In troubled times, the timely delivery of a piece of news can save millions of people, and the net of peace and prosperity can also collect countless wealth. Thinking about it carefully, whenever he thinks about it, Jiang Ge admires Taizu beyond measure, because this matter was suggested and slowly implemented by Taizu when he was eight years old, and it took his life to build a prototype, and it was the lifelong diligence of the heads of the family to be able to sew and mend this huge net to appear in the appearance, whether it is the change of dynasties, the fall of the dynasty or the advent of the new emperor, this net is hidden extremely secret in both peaceful and prosperous times and troubled times. The kings or forces that exchanged benefits with the Jiang family in the past generations actually knew tightly, only half of their strength. What's more, the Jiang family has never been revealed, this is the secret that the Jiang family has relied on for generations to survive, how deep the Jiang family is, in addition to the contemporary family head, even the elders of the extremely high generation may not know.

These are the inside stories of Jiang Shanyi's ear mentioning the face when he taught Jiang Ge, there is no written record, and it has been passed down by word of mouth throughout the ages.

The cat cave in the ancestral hall is one of the very secrets, the Jiang family's family has been in a single line for hundreds of years, and each generation of descendants is extremely intelligent, although there are few early wisdom, there will be one in each generation, and the generation that appeared in the early wisdom of the descendants has the talent of the auxiliary country in history, from the posture of the dragon, there is a precedent of turning the dragon into a cloud.

For example, Jiang Ziya, the Taizu of the Western Zhou Dynasty, was appointed prime minister, assisted King Wen of Wu to destroy Shang, and later sealed the State of Qi with merit, and was the founding king of the State of Qi. Later, Jiang Xiaobai, the Duke of Qi Heng, was also scorching and shining in the world, and Jiang Wei in the post-Three Kingdoms period was independent of the world in the era of the rapid fall of the stars, which can delay the founding of the Sima family for ten years.

Only the precocious will be guided by the head of the family to discover the existence of the cat hole, only the discovery of the cat hole will have the opportunity to contact the family secrets from an early age, and the earlier subtle will make the precocious person familiar with the contemporary trend and the development trend of the times in advance, and only then will they have the opportunity to set foot on the highest stage of the times to shine.

Under the care of the servant, Jiang Ge finished grooming and put on a new cyan brocade robe, although he was only more than five years old, the materials of the brocade robe were first-class and good, comfortable and not bloated, and the cyan bottom silver wire was edged, although it was not gorgeous but full of luxury.

Lying on the soft collapse of the bedroom, reaching out to reach the pastry fruit plate on the small square table, Jiang Ge looked at the sky outside the window, bored and gnawed on a snow-white pear, juice splashed, the maid standing next to him wiped it clean from time to time, although the young master didn't like it, but the rules ordered by the master have never been childish in the Jiang family from time to time, who called the master the head of the house, whether he likes it or not is the young master's business, whether to do it or not is his own responsibility, and he can't be sloppy.

After eating most of the pears, Jiang Ge jumped down from the soft step, but the silk handkerchief handed over by the maid wiped the pear water between his fingers fiercely. It seems that the wait is a little impatient, and the time is slowing down. After rubbing his hands together, he walked towards the back garden, and the round-faced porcelain doll next door who likes to ride on the wall will also be nibbling on Sydney. Why is she always stupid when she sees herself, she smiles so beautifully, and those two little dimples, I really want to poke them with my index finger, it's almost dinner, she shouldn't be there, I don't know what her name is, I must ask her later. Jiang Ge said something to himself about the little girl riding the wall as he walked, and his voice was very small, only Jiang Ge himself could hear it. It seems that as long as I think of those two dimples, I am very satisfied and happy, so the servants who lead to the corridor in the backyard will see the young master shaking his head and walking towards the back garden with his hands and two steps.

The back garden of Jiang's mansion covers a huge area, although it is not as spacious as the garden of the prince and general, but it is also a unique scenic spot in the ordinary family, the reason is that the lotus pond that covers an area of two-thirds, the lotus pond is more than a dozen different sizes of Jiangnan strange stone Taihu stone, listen to the housekeeper Fu Bo said, in the south of the Yangtze River to see who has no money, not to see the size of the courtyard area, but whether the water Taihu Lake stone is enough, the shape is peculiar enough, the body is big enough. Jiangnan Shangwen, the literati have a soft spot for Taihu Lake stones, and respect the Taihu Lake stones in the water. Those who can transport the Taihu Lake stone in the south of the Yangtze River to the north in its entirety are not more than a palm. With these strange stones in the garden, coupled with the huge lotus pond, and every year there will be seven colors of lotus flowers open at the same time is also a spectacle of Jiangfu, every early summer, dignitaries and businessmen are very proud of having enjoyed the seven-colored hibiscus of Jiangfu, another wonder is the pond thousands of Jiangnan koi, and two giant turtles that have lived for almost five hundred years, Jiangfu can see very few people who have seen turtles, it just so happens that Jiang Ge has seen it, or you can see it at any time, When Jiang Ge is alone by the pond, the two turtles will slowly surface and look at Jiang Ge quietly, the Jiang family has never had a situation where the turtles come out together, and the owners of the family will only pray at the end of the year to vaguely see a huge turtle's back floating up to the water, and if you stay for tea, you will sink to the bottom of the water and don't know where to go. And this secret, only Jiang Ge knows, and even his father has never said it, and it can be regarded as a little secret hidden in his heart.

Jiang Ge sat on the stone bench by the pond, looking at the green lotus leaves, it was almost summer, the flower bones of different colors on the lotus leaves were growing quietly, looking at the wall from time to time, would the white-clothed porcelain doll appear, just like the snow-white koi in the pond, occasionally passing through the schools of bright red fish, it was extremely beautiful.

It was almost dinner time, and the maid in charge of the back garden gently walked to the young master who was carefully looking at the lotus leaves, stopped five steps away, and asked softly, "Young master, what do you want to eat tonight?" The old man instructed that if there is something in the clan, he will not accompany the young master to eat. After dark, the lord will discuss in the ancestral hall, and now there are stewards going to the ancestral hall one after another, and the lord will eat there. ”

"Got it, two chicken legs and a bun, a night of spicy soup, send it here." After Jiang Ge finished speaking, he looked at the wall and then looked at the sky, it would be dark in less than an hour, and said to the maid standing beside him: "Tell Fu Bo, take the lamp in advance, and the lotus lantern in the back garden will also be lit." ”

"Yes, young master." The maid turned around and left quickly, and after a while, a lantern in Jiang's mansion gradually lit up, and the maids carefully lit the lotus lantern in the lotus pond with a penny. The sky is not completely dark, the whole Jiang Mansion is brightly lit, the lotus pond on the lotus leaf lotus shape of the oil lamp illuminates the water surface, the breeze blows, the water surface is sparkling is beautiful, as if the heavenly river falls into the mortal world, the lights of the stars let the water reflect out, if someone stands upside down at this time to look at the lotus pond, will be amazed, it seems to be the stars in the sky, the koi fish faintly shuttle between the lotus leaves, like the heavenly pond in the fairyland.

Jiang Ge was bored throwing pebbles to pass the time, and suddenly a milky and extremely soft voice came from the wall: "Wow~ It turns out that your pond is so beautiful when it is lit up, I always thought that those strange stones, koi, and seven-colored lotus flowers were beautiful enough, and they can be so amazing at night, why did you light them up today?" ”

Jiang Ge turned around and looked up at the tall courtyard wall with a soft voice, and saw that the little girl who was as pink as a porcelain doll was suddenly overjoyed, and replied shyly: "In the past, I occasionally asked the housekeeper to light the lamp, but you just moved here, and it just so happens that I haven't lit the lamp in the past two months." I'm bored today, so I asked the housekeeper to order it, do you like it? ”

"I like it, it's so beautiful." A soft voice came softly from the wall.

Jiang Ge's whole little face turned red when he heard the answer, and there was an inexplicable happiness and excitement in his heart. Looking at the wall with his hands pillowing on the wall, the baby-faced face looked at the dotted lotus pond stupidly. Jiang Ge felt that he could take a good look, his big eyes seemed to be able to see the shining lights in the lotus pond, like stars hanging on the dark sky, his long eyelashes blinked and blinked, Jiang Ge seemed to be a little stupid, just like he usually saw her riding on the wall during the day.

Jiang Ge mustered up the courage to raise his head and asked, "How did you climb to the wall, so high?" ”

Asked by Jiang Ge, the little girl who was concentrating on admiring the lotus lantern seemed to be disturbed, and glanced at Jiang Ge sitting on the stone bench with two big eyes on the side of her face, and said impatiently: "You are such a big person, you don't think about it?" Do you think I can climb it myself? Are you stupid! After saying that, he continued to put his chin on his arm and looked at the lotus pond, with an expression that did not disturb me.

The first time I chatted with a little girl of the same age, I was choked on the second sentence, and Jiang Ge, who was young, suddenly felt a little panicked in his heart, and felt that his face was even hotter, although he was very embarrassed, but curiosity and that strange thought instigated Jiang Ge to continue: "I was just curious, so I asked, and I didn't know what to say, I was embarrassed to speak after meeting a few times, that ...... I...... Alas, forget it, you can continue to watch, if you like to watch, I will light the lotus lantern every day. ”

The little girl on the wall turned her head to look at her boy who was looking at her stupidly and was embarrassed and overwhelmed, and couldn't help but laugh out loud, the more she looked at it, the more funny it became, although she didn't know why she couldn't help laughing when she saw this person, but it was funny: "Hahahahahaha, you're so funny, haven't you ever seen a girl?" Every time you see you, you have to keep staring at me, and you still drool, do I look like some kind of food you like? What a fool. They are all big men, and they still talk in a slurred manner. ”

As soon as the words fell, the laughter of their respective women came from the other side of the wall, mixed with two low and stiff "hehe". Obviously, the housekeeper and maid next door couldn't help but laugh out loud when they heard their young lady's words.

And the domestic servant who was standing in the corridor not far from him and listened to orders at any time also covered his mouth and held back his mouth, not daring to laugh.

At this time, Jiang Ge almost wanted to dig a hole and get into it, his whole head was buzzing, as if he wanted to explode the pot, he glanced at the lotus pond, and several huge bubbles gurgled up from the bottom of the water and then burst with a bang, and suddenly Jiang Ge said to himself helplessly: "The two old Wang Ba, who add up to a thousand years, also came to laugh at me, and if I don't feed you meat in the future, I'm angry." How can I look at her stupidly, well, even if I did, I didn't drool, wronged people. Thinking about it, I felt very angry, and was about to organize the language and theorize with the little girl on the wall, as soon as I looked up, I saw a pair of big hey eyes, looking at myself with a flutter, the corners of her mouth rose with two dimples, she smiled really good, those two dimples, I couldn't resist not looking. Then Jiang Ge stayed in the posture where he looked up at the little girl for the first time, and remained still, the corners of his mouth seemed to have saliva spilling out, and when he was about to come out, Jiang Ge snorted and swallowed hard, continuing to maintain his posture.

"Fool, have you seen enough, and you have saliva again. Hahahaha? The little girl on the wall asked loudly while laughing, obviously thinking that this silly little boy was funny, funny, and super funny.

Hearing the loud questions and laughter of the little girl on the wall, two of his servants couldn't help but cover their mouths with their hands and still couldn't stop laughing, hahahahaha When he laughed, he immediately turned around and faced the white wall, Jiang Ge looked over, he could guess that the two maids were really uncomfortable, and their bodies were shaking.

But I don't think it's funny at all, it's just that the little girl is really good-looking, and she really wants to poke her dimples with her hand and pinch her round face, well, that's it.

The servant in the Jiang family's kitchen walked quickly to Jiang Ge with the food box, stopped five steps away and asked softly, "Young Master, are you eating now?" ”

"Leave it alone, I'll do it myself." Jiang Ge said a little impatiently, and then looked up at the sky, the sky was about to get completely dark, and then turned his head to look at the wall, I don't know when the little girl was no longer on the wall, because of the servant's interruption Jiang Ge lost the opportunity to ask the other party's name, and glared fiercely at the servant who had retreated to the corridor, Jiang Ge knew that they were not at fault, maybe it was really their appearance just now and the conversation with the little girl that made them feel funny, although they were annoyed, but it was not good to blame the servant for no reason. So he opened the food box and tore a chicken leg in one hand, one bite left and one bite right. While eating, he looked at the courtyard wall, hoping that the next time they met, they would ask her name and where she was from. I want to invite her to come to my house as a guest and share her toys and food that is not inferior to that made by the princes and nobles.

He wants to share everything he thinks is good with her, because he has never had a playmate, although he knows why, he just wants to have a playmate to share, and she is so good-looking.

It's really good-looking.