Chapter 12: Gentleness

"Good son, don't make trouble. Your father is sick for you, and I don't know what the situation is now, why isn't my mother in a hurry. Your father cares about you for your own good, obedient, let's go back. ”

Seeing that her son said that he did not want to return to Beijing, Mu Tianjiao had no choice but to persuade her.

"No!" Yue Sen shook his head and said very firmly: "I don't want to go back, I hate being there, I want to go home, I want to find grandma!" ”

"This ......" Seeing that her son was reluctant to go back, Mu Tianjiao was a little embarrassed.

Jin Chan outside the car heard it clearly, worried that Mu Tianjiao would not return to Beijing after listening to her son's words. After hesitating for a moment, he continued to cry and said, "Madam, now the life and death of the adults are uncertain, and I don't know if anything will happen, is this ...... How can this be good......"

Mu Tianjiao heard Jin Cicada's cry, and she was even more embarrassed, on the one hand, she couldn't resist her son, and on the other hand, she was worried about her husband's safety, thinking about it left and right, and finally came up with a way. said: "That's it, son, mother went back to see your father, and my mother asked Guan Yu to accompany you, and now I am resting near the county seat and waiting for news." ”

"No, no...... I don't want my mother to leave......" Yue Sen still said stubbornly.

Mu Tianjiao is now very annoyed, for the sake of her son, she left Beijing without permission, but her husband had such a thing happening again, how could she be in a good mood, seeing her son like this, she couldn't help but scold: "It's not for you!" If you hadn't been in trouble all day, how could your father have been angry? Your father worked hard for the state all day, and now he has to worry about you, you unfortunate thing! ”

"Wow......" Mother had never said a word of her own, but today she scolded herself, Yue Sen's little temperament came all of a sudden, and she cried loudly.

Mu Tianjiao was even more disturbed by her son's crying, and she turned her heart sideways, so she directly picked up the curtain and walked down, shouting loudly: "Guan Yu! Call Guan Yu to me! ”

Guan Yu has been acting as Mu Tianjiao's guard captain, and when he heard Mu Tianjiao shouting to himself, he hurriedly rode over. He turned over and dismounted, bowed down and said, "My subordinates see the county lord, I don't know what the county lord commands?" ”

"The master is sick now, I have to rush back to Beijing immediately, you escort the son to Xingtai to find an inn to live in, and wait for my instructions." Mu Tianjiao said loudly.

"Subordinates obey!" Guan Yu hurriedly replied.

"The honor guard is left here, you go and prepare a horse for me, order ten guards, and follow me into Beijing." Mu Tianjiao said.

"My subordinates will do it."

Guan Yu agreed, and immediately went to prepare the horse, and called ten good guards to follow Mu Tianjiao on the way. Mu Tianjiao is also the daughter of Jiangmen, riding a horse is not difficult for her, and she told her son a few words to let him not cause trouble, and then turned over and got on the horse, beckoning Jin Chan and others to go on the road immediately. It can also be seen from this that although Mu Tianjiao dotes on her son, she also cares about her husband very much.

Mu Tianjiao took people away, Guan Yu rushed to Xingtai according to the instructions, and after entering the city, he booked an inn and lived in it that day.

Early the next morning, Guan Yu had just gotten up, and before he had time to eat breakfast, there were guards outside the door, saying that the two generals of Lord Yue's mansion, Tong Xuan and Tie Qiu, had asked to see him and were waiting outside the inn.

Guan Yu also thought that the two of them were here to find the county lord, but they thought that they had made a mistake with the golden cicada who came first, Tong Xuan and Tie Qi were both old acquaintances, how could they not see them, tidy up their clothes, and personally went to the inn to greet each other.

Outside the curfew, when the three of them met, Guan Yu said with a smile: "I don't know that the two generals came from afar, Guan Mou didn't have time to greet him, and I ask for forgiveness." The two of you are here, do you want to see the county lord, General Jin Chan came yesterday, and he has already escorted the county lord back to Beijing. ”

"Brother Guan guessed wrong, the two of us didn't come to see the county lord, but to find Brother Guan." Tong Xuan said seriously. …,

"Oh? I don't know what to look for? Guan Yu asked in confusion.

"This is your warrant, and a handwritten letter to you." After the Tie Qi on the side finished speaking, he took out Yue Su's warrant and letter from his arms.

Yue Su's warrant, how could Guan Yu not know it, not to mention that Tie Qi and Tong Xuan came, this letter could never be fake. In this way, Guan Yu was even more confused, why did he have to take out a warrant to send a letter to himself.

Guan Yu hurriedly opened the letter, the content of the letter was very simple, and asked Guan Yu to hand over Yue Sen to Tong Zhou and Tie Qi to take back to Beijing, without delay.

After reading the letter, Guan Yu couldn't help but make a difficulty, he belonged to the people of the Qianguo Mansion, and he was specially designed for Mu Tianjiao's escort commander, to put it mildly, he only needed to obey the orders of the Duke of Qianguo and the county lord, and the orders of others could not be obeyed. However, Yue Su's identity is the husband of the county lord, that is, the county horse, in addition, he is also the second assistant of the court, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition.

At the moment, the county lord only asked himself to guard the prince to stand by here, which was a direct order from the county lord. However, the county master asked himself to hand over his son and bring him back to Beijing. Guan Yu was not confused, the two contacted each other, and immediately judged that the county lord was tricked, and Lord Yue had no life at all, but he didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so he deliberately deceived the county lord, and then came to get the son.

Yue Sen left with the county lord because he caused trouble, and Guan Yu knew this. If you hand over people to Tong Xuan and Tie Qi to take away, Gongzi will inevitably be punished, and the county lord loves Gongzi, but he will not treat his husband well, and he will definitely be angry with him. But if he doesn't hand it over, Yue Su's side is not easy to explain, not to mention that he can have today, it's all because of Yue Su, just say that with Yue Su's current power, it is still very easy to clean up his little guard leader. It's really hard to be caught in the middle.

Tong Zhou saw Guan Yu's face was embarrassed, and said: "Brother Guan, we are old acquaintances, you might as well open the skylight and say something bright, my lord this time, naturally he is pretending to be sick, first asking Jin Cicada to earn the county lord away, and then I will come and bring the son back." You are in a dilemma, you are afraid that you will be blamed by the county lord after handing over people, and you are afraid that you will offend adults if you don't hand over people. You should actually think like this now, after all, the son is the son of an adult, and if the adult wants his son to go back, it is also his own family matter, you are just a foreign minister, how can you take care of it. The adult and the county lord are in love, even if it is for the sake of the son, it is the end of the bed after the end of the bed, and the adult must be listened to afterwards. If you don't let go at this moment, you will offend the adult, and the county lord may not remember your goodness. And if you hand over your son, the adults will naturally defend you, and if the county lord embarrasses you, the adults will naturally stand up for you and ensure your wealth. What kind of temperament we adults have, we all asked me to bring the warrant at this moment, because we were afraid that you would be embarrassed. Not only that, but my lord is giving me a death order this time, and if you insist on refusing to hand over the person and allow me to act cheaply, in short, you must bring the person back. Brother Guan, you don't want to make a big deal about the adult's family affairs, if it is spread all over the city, even the Duke of Qianguo will not protect you. What to do, Brother Guan should understand. ”

Tong Xuan's words hit Guan Yu's heart, to be honest, he didn't dare to offend Yue Su if he was killed. What's more, this is another family matter, and if you stop it, you will definitely be unlucky. Yue Su is different from the general county horses who have no power, he holds the power of life and death, and gives you a warrant, which is to give you face. In Tong Xuan's words, once he does it, the ugliness of the family will inevitably be publicized, and the son will beat his teacher, which will definitely make Lord Yue a laughing stock, and then Lord Yue will be annoyed and angry, and he will be considered to have lived to the end.

Thinking about this, Guan Yu nodded and said, "Brother Tong is right, when the son has breakfast, I will take him on the road with the two of you." ”

"So there is Brother Lao Guan." Tong Xuan and Tie Qi clasped their fists and said. …,

"The two of you are in the house, please, I don't think we have breakfast yet, let's have dinner together." Guan Yu said politely.

"Don't say that neither of us had breakfast, but the brothers who came with us didn't have breakfast." Tie Yu said hello, and turned over more than forty horses from the alley, Guan Yu saw it, and knew that what Tong Xuan Shicai said was true, it was really a salute before the soldiers, if he didn't give it, he would definitely do it.

Tie Qiu asked his subordinates to come in and have a meal together, the inn was very big, don't look at so many people, and it didn't disturb Yue Sen at all. After breakfast, Guan Yu sent someone to check on Yue Sen's situation, but Yue Sen hadn't gotten up yet, so he studied it with Tie Qi and Tong Xuan, and decided to wait for a while.

As a result, this is the third pole of the sun, and at noon, the son-in-law gets up, washes his face, and eats. Knowing that he had lunch, Tie Qiu couldn't wait, so he immediately asked Guan Yu to bring someone over. Guan Yu hid his heart, he didn't want to offend Yue Sen, so he said that he would go with Tie Qi and Tong Xuan.

Tong Xuan understood what he meant, but he was afraid that the night would be long and he would have too many dreams, so he agreed. When the three of them arrived at the East Cross Courtyard, Yue Sen knew that it was not good when he saw Tie Qiu coming, he made a big noise, and ordered Guan Yu to drive Tie Qiu away, how could Guan Yu do it, just looked at Tie Qiu, what kind of temper Tie Qi had, what others did not dare to do, he dared, rushed forward, clamped Yue Sen, who couldn't resist to his armpit, and then left.

Everyone knows that Tie Qiu and Yue Su have a close relationship, and it is best for him to do it. The servants who served Yue Sen were frightened, and Guan Yu told them not to worry and return to Beijing today.

Afterwards, Guan Yu explained and asked his guards to set off immediately and go to Beijing, while he followed Tong Zhou and Tie Qi first. The arrangements were made, Guan Yu, Tie Qiu and others set off with their children, and along the way, they were non-stop.

Mu Tianjiao left a day early, and she was also fast on the road, and she didn't dare to delay at all. On this day, he arrived in Beijing first, and after entering the city, he hurriedly rushed to the house.

The guards in front of Yue's mansion hurriedly greeted Mu Tianjiao when they saw Mu Tianjiao coming, and of course, there was also a person who hurriedly ran inside to inform Yue Su. Yue Su had already been protected by the secret and knew that Mu Tianjiao was coming back soon, and was waiting in the cross-courtyard where Mu Tianjiao lived at the moment.

In Mu Tianjiao's bedroom, there was a pot of tea on the table, while Yue Su was closing his eyes and recuperating. At this time, Yin Zhu came to the door and said respectfully: "My lord, the second lady is back." ”

"Bring her here." Yue Su said in a deep voice.

"Yes, sir."

After a while, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the room, and the door was pushed open, and Mu Tianjiao walked in. As soon as she saw Yue Su sitting on the chair, she was stunned for a moment, then rushed over and said, "Husband, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay...... I haven't been by you yet......" Yue Su said lightly.

"Husband, the concubine knows that she is wrong, you must take care of yourself......" Mu Tianjiao said as she walked to Yue Su's side, stretched out her hands, gently pressed them on Yue Su's shoulders, and kneaded them.

"Sen'er didn't come back with you?" Yue Su said lightly.

He ...... He already knew he was wrong...... lest you punish him...... So ......," Mu Tianjiao helped her son cover up.

"So, even if I'm by him, he doesn't want to come back to see me." Yue Su's voice became cold.

"No...... Sen'er ...... Sen'er, he's still very worried about you...... It's just, it's just...... Too young...... It's not sensible yet......" Mu Tianjiao said embarrassedly.

"Yes, I'm still young, I dare to use an inkstone to smash my teacher at a young age, if he is older, do you want to beat me?" Yue Su said coldly.

"Husband, look at what you said, how can this be ......" Mu Tianjiao said with an ugly face.

"If he continues to be so pampered, I think he will not be far from beating his father and scolding his mother. I told you, when he comes back, I must teach him a good lesson, and you must not do much. Otherwise, don't blame me for not even giving you face. Yue Su said indifferently. …,

"Wait for him to come back...... Mu Tianjiao suddenly realized that her husband's tone was wrong, and hurriedly said: "You, you ......" She "brushed" the ground and took away the hand on her husband's shoulder, "You lie to me, you are not sick at all." ”

Her reaction was really fast enough, and from Yue Su's words, she realized that she had been fooled, and her husband was not sick.

"It's okay, anyway, I wasn't mad at your mother and son. If I don't call Jin Chan to say this, can you come back, you can't let me chase you in person, you know, the country is an eventful season, how can I have so much time to run so far to teach my son a lesson. Now that I have become the laughing stock of the Jingshi, if I chase it myself, guess what people in the world will say. Yue Su said indifferently. It can be said that he has forcibly suppressed his anger.

"I ......" Mu Tianjiao also knew her grievances, and said hesitantly: "I have already asked someone to send a thousand yuan to that Mr. Wang, and I have told him not to talk nonsense." How...... How can it still be spread......

It turned out that after Yue Sen beat Teacher Wang away, Mu Tianjiao learned of this and immediately sent someone to send a thousand silver dollars to the Wang family, hoping that Teacher Wang would not publicize the matter. But she didn't expect that Teacher Wang would send the silver dollar back the next day, and when the Wang family sent the silver, Mu Tianjiao happened to be gone. Yue Su also found out about this matter the day after he came back.

"You are still from a famous family, don't you know the style of the literati, in this world, some people will save for five buckets of rice, and some people would rather bend than bend. Good things don't go out and evil things go thousands of miles, there are so many people in our family, how can such things not be spread, besides, the Wang family is not only one or two people. If you want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. My face has been lost by this little beast, will your Mu family's face be lost by him too? Yue Su said.

This time, Mu Tianjiao didn't know how to explain it. For the sake of this precious son, she has broken her brain, but no matter what she says, her son never listens.

Seeing that Mu Tianjiao was speechless for a long time, Yue Su suddenly raised his right hand and gently patted his left shoulder. Mu Tianjiao immediately understood, put her hands on her husband's shoulders again, and kneaded them.

"You and I have been married for so many years, and you also know my temperament. It can be said that if I didn't have this character, you wouldn't have committed to marrying ...... at the beginning," Yue Su said, holding his wife's soft jade hand, and then said softly: "You shouldn't want our son to become a gentleman in the future, don't you, don't you also want him to become an old man like me and his uncle." If you don't discipline now, you should also think about what it will look like in the future. Don't spoil anymore, a habitual son is like a murderer, I am his father, will I still do things to hurt him? ”

"What the husband said is...... That Sen'er ......" Mu Tianjiao nodded and said.

"Sen'er is already halfway there, no accident, I can be back tonight." Yue Su said softly.

"...... so fast" Mu Tianjiao couldn't help but be surprised, and then said carefully: "He has been bumpy all the way, and he is very tired when he thinks about it, tonight, don't punish him." ”

"Let's see how he performs." Yue Su patted his wife's jade hand and said softly: "You are concerned about my safety, running from afar, non-stop, and it is also hard for you." ”

"You are my husband......" Mu Tianjiao only said softly. Don't look at it as just a sentence, this sentence contains countless affections.

After this sentence, the two of them were speechless for a long time, Yue Su held Mu Tianjiao's hand, and Mu Tianjiao also looked at her husband's back affectionately.

"Tianjiao, I'm tired when I think about it, go to bed." After a long time, Yue Su said softly. …,

"I'm not tired, and when I see my husband safe and sound, I'm not tired at all."

Yue Su has always been serious and rarely says too many sweet words to his wife, so whenever Yue Su speaks to Mu Tianjiao in a gentle tone, she is extremely sweet.

"You're not tired, but I've been sitting here and waiting for a day, but I'm a little tired, let's go to bed and say." Yue Su said with a smile, then stood up.

"Hmm......" Mu Tianjiao replied in a voice as thin as a mosquito.

Yue Su accompanied Mu Tianjiao to the bed, let her lie down on the bed, and took off her shoes and covered her with a quilt. And himself, sitting at the end of the bed.

Mu Tianjiao rode a horse for the past two days, and she didn't take off her shoes, and her feet were full of sweat, which inevitably smelled a little. But the husband sat at his feet, how can he make people shy. And Yue Su didn't seem to take it seriously, put Mu Tianjiao's leg on his lap, and then gently massaged her leg. This time, Mu Tianjiao was even more moved, lying on the bed, feeling extremely warm, and she was also extremely happy.

Finally, Mu Tianjiao, who was very tired, fell asleep deeply. Looking at her quiet face, Yue Su sighed softly. After sitting at the end of the bed for a while, Yue Su put down Mu Tianjiao's legs, covered her with the quilt again, and quietly walked out of the room.

After going out, Yue Su arranged for the maid to serve well, don't disturb Mu Tianjiao, if the county lord wakes up, if there is any order, he must do it quickly. And he went to the study where Wang Xuezheng took classes.

As time passed, it was getting dark, and Yue Su asked his subordinates to stew a bowl of broth, take two steamed buns, and fill their stomachs in the study. After a while, Yin Zhu came to report that Tie Qiu, Tong Xuan and Guan Yu had returned with their son, and Yue Su immediately ordered someone to bring Yue Sen over.

Soon, the three of them led Yue Sen to the study.

After the three of them entered the house, they bowed together and saluted, "See your lord." ”

And Yue Sen also said reluctantly, "Dad." ”

Yue Su let out a long sigh and said, "The three of you are also tired, hurry up and go down to eat and have a good rest." ”

"Yes, sir. The subordinates retired. ”

The three of them retired and left the study, and at this moment in the study, only Yue Su's father and son remained. Yue Su looked his son up and down, because he kept hurrying, his son was now disgraced, and looking at his expression, he still looked a little nervous. Yue Su inevitably felt pity in his heart, but when he thought of what his son had done, he was inevitably annoyed.

"You hit Mr. Wang?" Yue Su said calmly.

"Yes." Yue Sen lowered his head, not daring to look at his father.

Children are like this, the more you get used to him and spoil him, the more he doesn't take you seriously. The last time Yue Su gave him a color, he was afraid of Yue Su in his heart. Especially now, when my mother is not around, I have no support, and I am even more jealous of my father.

"Why did you hit Mr. Wang?" Yue Su still said in a gentle tone.

He ...... He got me to endorse...... I can't recite it...... And he punished me for copying...... I don't want to write...... I hit him with an inkstone......" Yue Sen said fearfully.

"Which part of the book did he ask you to memorize, and you can't memorize it?" Yue Su asked.

"Three Character Scripture ......," Yue Sen said truthfully.

"I have been out of Beijing for a few months for my father, and it stands to reason that the three-character scripture should have been learned, why haven't I memorized it yet. Where can you carry it? Now for the father, I will hear it. Yue Su said gently.

"The Three Character Classic" is an enlightenment textbook, normally speaking, it should be memorized in one month, and the truth should be learned in three months.

"Yes, father." Yue Sen lowered his head and carefully recited, "At the beginning of a person, his nature is good. Sex is similar, Xi is far away. If you don't teach, sex is migration...... Said Shinong, said industry and commerce. These four people are the good of the country. It is said that benevolence and righteousness, propriety and wisdom and faith, these five constants ......"

Yue Sen recited a quarter, and began to swallow, "This five constants, this five constants...... The five permanent ......"

"These five constants brook no disorder." Yue Su reminded him.

"Yes, yes...... These five constants do not tolerate ...... disorder"

"Then go down." Yue Su said.

Here's ...... Here's ...... I don't remember," Yue Sen said timidly......

"Meng'er and Sizhen are studying with you, can the two of them memorize it?" Yue Su asked.

"They can carry it on their backs......" Yue Su said with his head down.

"The fact that the two of them are younger than you, but they can memorize it, is obviously not a problem taught by the teacher, but a problem of your own. Mr. Wang punished you for copying, you hit him with an inkstone, and today your father will also punish you for copying, see if you dare to use an inkstone to beat your father. The pen and ink are all on the table, and today I will copy the entire "Three Character Classic" three times, and then show it to me. If you don't want to write, you don't have to eat, when you finish writing, when you eat. ”

After Yue Su finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to his son, stood up, and walked directly towards the door. Out of the door, Yue Su asked his subordinates to open the door, not to open the door without authorization, when will Yue Sen finish copying the "Three Character Classic" and give it to himself to read, before he can be released. In the meantime, he is not allowed to eat, and if anyone dares to turn a deaf ear, he will not have to eat in the future.

The family members didn't know Lord Yue's temper, and they were careful to respond and didn't dare to disobey.

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