The desert is lonely,

This is the poet's description of the magnificent scene of the border pass when he rushed to the border fortress.

Many people are especially yearning for Biansai, but for Jiang Ju, his heart is more concerned about the capital.

is not concerned about the prosperity of the capital, but nostalgic for the warmth of the capital.

He sat in the open space in front of the tent, his knees naturally bent, his arms propped behind his back, and he looked at the clouds with his head half-tilted.

He squinted slightly, the afterglow sprinkled on his more and more three-dimensional features, a long row of shadows under his eyelashes, and a dark place under his nose, but his expression was pleasant, as if he had been baptized by the sunset.

A rough voice sounded behind him,

"I remember when you first came, you didn't even sit on a scrubbed stool, you had to put a veil on it, and the soldiers who came with you said how you were like a girl......

The person who spoke was his colleague, General Shao.

Jiang Ju smiled at him, his white and neat teeth glowing.

"I can't remember exactly, but compared to now, it seems like a lifetime ago."

However, in just a few years, he went from a pampered family to a respected general.

At the beginning, the Northern Barbarians, the Xu family rebels, and the Murong Society of the Southern Yan united in an attempt to deal a fatal blow to Dongli, and they were finally disintegrated.

In recent years, the government of Dongli officials has been stable, the treasury is full, although the young emperor has taken the throne, but the national strength is strong, and the surrounding countries are no longer ready to move.

Although there was no war to fight on the frontier where they were stationed, they did not relax.

The ambitions of the superiors will never be extinguished, and the current quiet is only because they are all cultivating in their own places, and once they have the ability, they will make a comeback.

Jiang Ju is now a four-rank general with outstanding achievements.

He has been a squeamish soldier from the beginning, step by step to the present, with excellent martial arts, a good way to be a royal being, and always with the etiquette of a family in his bones, and he treats people politely.

He also has his own unique views on warfare, has a clear mind, and can always accurately analyze the enemy's purpose on the battlefield.

Jiang Ju, who had a secret in his heart and was inferior and cowardly, is gone.

Now he is confident and calm, and he is gorgeous.

Those bad things seem to have really passed a lifetime.

The colleague on the side is a son of the Shao family, a general, who is older than him, and when he was sent to the barracks by his sister, he was already a squad leader.

Over the years, the two have been promoted at a similar rate, and they have experienced a lot of battles together in life and death, because they are of the same age, they can talk about going together.

For his affairs, colleagues also know a little.

General Shao patted him on the shoulder,

"We're both the same age, and my son is already running all over the ground, what about you?"

As he spoke, he patted Jiang Ju's shoulder regretfully, "It's a pity that there is no girl of the right age in my family, otherwise, I will definitely abduct you back to be the son-in-law of the Shao family." ”

Jiang Ju glanced at him good-naturedly, picked a dog's tail grass and bit it on his lips, turned his head to look at the burning clouds in the sky, and his quiet gaze was as deep as a secluded pool.

General Shao felt a little headache, every time he talked about getting married, this stinky boy looked like he was going to die.

He said earnestly,

"Young Master Jiang, no one knows about your origin, why do you think so much?"

"You are now a general of the fourth grade, with great military achievements, and you have a sister who is the only favorite of the pepper house."

"Okay, even if you don't want those famous and noble girls in the capital, but this is in the side of the city, and there are good girls, you really don't look down on any of them?"

Speaking of which, General Shao still admires Jiang Ju very much.

He used to live on the clouds, but once he fell into the filthy mud.

Fortunately, he did not fall silent forever, but slowly walked out of the haze and came to this day with his own efforts.

Such an excellent son, if he stays in the capital, I don't know how many girls in the boudoir will hate to marry.

Jiang Ju's heart is bitter, what qualifications does he have to like other girls?

His greatest wish in this life is to repay his sister and help his brother-in-law garrison the frontier.

As long as my sister has a happy and smooth life, there will be no twists and turns.

And he was satisfied.

As for him, he can't remove the bones and return the flesh, and he can't repay the person's kindness by exchanging blood all over his body, but he can not marry a wife for the rest of his life, and let Murong Hui's bloodline be cut off from him!

General Shao didn't notice the astringency between Jiang Ju's eyebrows, but said endlessly,

"Don't say anything else, let's just say that the Queen Mother must be worried about you, she knows a lot of people, and she can always pick a beautiful lady with outstanding character for you.

Last time I went back to Beijing, I heard my mother say that my mother is very worried about you......"

Jiang Ju smiled at him, took off the dog's tail grass from his mouth, suddenly stood up, and walked a few steps.

"What are you going to do, talking to you?" General Shao asked.

He grinned in the golden sunset and spread his arms,

"As you wish, go to your daughter-in-law, give birth to a few babies and marry your family......"

General Shao stood up in surprise, "What you said is true?" ”

Jiang Ju smiled at him, revealing his white and shiny teeth, "Fake! ”

After speaking, he turned over his horse, raised his whip and went towards the city, leaving General Shao to stomp his feet behind him, and swore that when he came back, he would catch him and go to the school field to fight fiercely, and he lost all his teeth.

Jiang Ju smiled, although his martial arts were halfway to the monk, but he was talented, and General Shao had always been a defeated general in his place.

However, today he teased him, and perhaps considered letting him go.

Although what General Shao said was not very popular, he was also sincere.

Jiang Ju was thinking about which move General Shao should make when he went back, when suddenly a figure rushed out on the side of the road, he was startled, and hurriedly pulled the reins.

Fortunately, this is the city of Biansai, and the horse does not run fast, and his riding skills are good, so he controls the horse's head and does not trample on the people who pounce on the horse.

It's just that it inevitably knocked over a stall selling rouge gouache on the side.

After controlling the horse, he hurriedly went to apologize to the vendor.

The little vendor was about to scold, but when he saw that it was a military master, he quickly shut up, knowing that such a military master was not something ordinary people could provoke.

I could only cry out for bad luck in my heart, and I was dejected to clean up the rouge gouache that had been overturned, and just as I was cleaning up, I handed over a small ingot of silver in front of me.

"Big brother, I didn't control the horse just now, this silver should be regarded as compensation, can you see ......if it is enough?"

The little vendor did not expect such a good thing, and looking at the ingot of silver, he could buy twice as much as the goods on his stall.

But he is not a greedy person, as long as he compensates for what has been overturned, and the excess silver is returned to him.

Jiang Ju waved his hand, refused the kindness of the small vendor, and turned around to leave with the pacified horse.

The little vendor was embarrassed and stuffed a few boxes of rouge into Jiang Ju's arms,

"Don't look at me as a stall, the things that can be sold are good, this rouge is made by my mother-in-law herself with pearl powder finely ground out, very even.

The military master took it back and gave it to his wife's relatives......"

Jiang Ju looked at the rouge in his arms embarrassedly, where did he have a wife...... Besides, sister, she uses all the royal offerings.

The stall owner was kind-hearted, and Jiang Ju couldn't refuse, so he put it in his arms properly, and it was not bad to go back to those brothers in the army who had families.

He thanked the stall owner, and saw that the man who had almost been trampled next to him was being scolded by a woman pointing at his nose.

He frowned and led the horse to the side.

While packing up his things, the stall owner said with pity,

"This girl was originally a beautiful girl, but because her biological mother went, her father married a wife, and her stepmother looked at her unpleasantly, and when she was old, she wanted to marry a young master of a landlord's family.

That young master is a well-known one-eyed man in the neighborhood for ten miles and eight towns, and it's not normal here. ”

The stall owner pointed there and continued,

"The girl disagreed, and fought with the family, but the stepmother could not tolerate her, so she kicked her out to work and let her support herself......"

Speaking of which, it is also a big family, so he drove his daughter out to work, and the father didn't care.

I don't know what the imperial court thinks, and it is necessary to appoint such a court official......"

As he listened, he looked at the girl kneeling on the ground. Although he knelt, his back was straight, and he was scolded by the woman, and he did not see the slightest cowardice, but he looked as tough and proud as a green pine, and forbearance as a sea.

Jiang Ju couldn't help but feel a touch of pity in his heart.

He suddenly remembered his former sister, when she was also living under his mother Xu, and he still remembered that at that time, Zhu'er was also arrogant to his sister.

Later, my father brought my sister to Guangyang Mansion and lived there for more than ten years, if she had been in Jiang's house, would she have been treated like this by her mother?

He suddenly realized that he didn't seem to know much about his sister.

However, it doesn't matter, my sister is doing well now, so that's good.

"You say his father is an official of the imperial court? I don't know who it is? Jiang Ju asked.

The stall owner didn't want to say it, after all, he was just a small common man, and no matter how bad the court official was, it was also a court official.

But just now he got as much silver as Jiang Ju, not to mention that it seems a little too unkind.

So he pulled Jiang Ju's sleeve, walked to the corner, and said secretly,

"Master Jun, the little one told you that he said, you can't be nosy, that's the daughter of the prefect here......"

Jiang Ju nodded and comforted the stall owner,

"Don't worry, I won't."

The woman over there was still pointing at the girl's nose and scolding, Jiang Ju walked over almost without thinking and helped the girl up.

"This aunt, looking at your outfit, you should be a lady of a wealthy family.

But looking at your style, it is worse than the old bustard in the flower building.

If that's the case, you're dressed ...... more than that."

He glanced the prefect up and down.

The prefect's wife values her identity the most, but she didn't expect to be said to be inferior to the bustard today, and she almost jumped up angrily.

"Where did you come from, you insulted Mrs. Ben, you help this little slut, is it difficult or this little slut's concubine?"

She crossed her waist and turned around, "I didn't see it, speaking of a chaste and fierce woman, she turned out to be a shameless person." ”

The girl beside him turned pale, and her fists were clenched tightly, "Don't spew blood, who is as ...... as you"

The girl didn't say anything about the reputation of her family, but just glared at the prefect.

Jiang Ju sneered,

"You said that you are a lady, my son has read countless people, and I really haven't seen a lady of any family with such a virtue as you, no, you can ask everyone on the side, is this the case."

There was silence in the crowd, everyone knew the identity of the prefect's wife, and it was not the first time that she had seen this girl scolded.

Forced by the majesty of the prefect, they all dare to be angry but dare not speak, and no one dares to say anything.

The prefect's wife probably knew this, so she had no fear, and saw that the crowd was as quiet as a chicken, so she glanced at Jiang Ju proudly.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in the crowd, "This son is right, although the slave is the old bustard of Hualou, he takes good care of the girls below." ”

"Moreover, although the slave is in the dust, he always knows the manners that a woman should have.

Such a woman is also the prefect is willing to marry, if she is a slave, it is not necessarily. ”

The one who spoke was the mother of the largest flower building in the city, and she couldn't tell her age on her face, but her body was still slender, and her voice was delicate and numb.

She walked out of the crowd and looked at the prefect with a smile.

Who knew that the prefect's wife saw this mother, like a fried cat, pointing at this mother and scolding,

"You shameless slut, you seduce my master, and you dare to say cool things here......"

The crowd was in an uproar, they didn't expect there to be such a good show, and they all pointed at the prefect's wife and Hualou's mother, and talked about it.

The prefect's wife naturally didn't have time to embarrass her stepdaughter.

The girl standing next to Jiang Ju was pale, she lowered her knees slightly, and gave Jiang Ju a solemn salute,

"Thank you for the rescue. But you're too impulsive......"

Jiang Ju didn't hesitate to help, but it was because of his sister.

This will be thanked, in fact, there is still a little weakness.

He said, "It's just a couple of words, and I hope my help doesn't bother you." ”

The girl didn't speak, her head hung slightly, the sun shining on her somewhat pale lips, "No." ”

Actually, where is it not.

The stepmother has no time to deal with her now, and when she returns home, she will be angry with Hualou's mother and will vent her body.

It doesn't matter to her, she's used to it anyway, I'm afraid that my brother will also be affected by her.

Perhaps, she should agree to marry the young master of the landlord's family, at least, after agreeing, she can put forward conditions, and even take her younger brother over, it is not impossible.

Although Jiang Ju had no experience in getting along with girls, he had experience in seeing people, and he thought of what the stall owner said just now that his stepmother embarrassed her because she did not agree to marry the young master of the landlord's family......

He pursed his lips, took her hand, walked to the horse, lifted her up, sat her on the horse, rolled over and sat behind her, and rode away.

The prefect's wife over there had been defeated by Hualou's mother, and when she turned around, she saw her stepdaughter on a man's horseback.

"Okay, I said that it wasn't your concubine, and in front of everyone's eyes, she actually made an elopement...... Let's all see it, and then we will be witnesses. ”

No one on the side paid attention to her, and even if the girl eloped, she was forced.

What's more, walking together in front of everyone's eyes, can that be called elopement?

"Where are you taking me?" On horseback, the girl tried hard to sit up straight and not let herself lean into Jiang Ju's arms.

Although it was only the first time they had met, this person's embrace was so warm that she wanted to cry.

After her biological mother passed away, no one had ever been so kind to her.

"Go to your house to propose." Jiang Ju's words rushed out!

The girl was stunned for a while and didn't speak, and finally stumbled and said, "I...... You ......"

I don't see the tough and loose appearance just now.

Jiang Ju slowed down the horse, although what he said seemed to be impulsive, but it was also considered.

He is in his twenties, and whether it is his sister or his colleagues, his boss is very concerned about his marriage.

Although my sister and brother-in-law were out playing, every letter would mention his marriage, and he didn't want his sister to continue to bother.

So, it's better to talk about a kiss, the girl in front of you is very suitable.

However, one thing, I'm sorry for her, he just wants to be a fake couple with her!

He took her to a tavern, found a quiet corner, told her about his business, and said,

"Except that we don't have a cave room, you are my Jiang Ju's wife, and you should have a lot of decency, and at the same time, I will also help you pick up your younger brother.

It's okay to live with us, or it's okay to live alone. ”

"I know I'm being unkind, and if you don't agree, just say it."

The girl was obviously startled, but fortunately, except for the waves in her eyes, her posture was still upright, and her face was also impeccable.

Without even thinking about it, she stood up and bent her knees,

"Su Su thanked Young Master Jiang for his help, and Su Su didn't disagree."

That is, I agreed, very crisp and neat.

Jiang Ju was not surprised, this was very much in line with the way she looked when he first met.

After discussing it, he sent her home, and the prefect's wife had already returned to the backyard of the mansion first, and when she saw them, she sneered,

"Why, the adulterer and the adulteress know that she has returned? Why didn't you elope?

Rao Susu, if you really care about your younger brother, you will honestly marry me to the landlord's house next door, so that your brother can live a good life for two days, otherwise, you know, the lord has always disliked your sister and brother.

It's up to me to ...... what to do."

Jiang Ju had a cold face, pulled Su Su behind him to protect him, untied the long sword at his waist, and rested on the table with a 'snap'.

The prefect's wife thought he was going to be rough, and her frightened face turned white, and she kept retreating.

"What do you want to do? This is the backyard of the government, and you dare to commit murder...... Someone ...... coming."

"Propose marriage!" Jiang Ju coldly interrupted the prefect's lady's duck-like howl, and said two words concisely.

Ahead, the prefect came in a hurry, saw Jiang Ju, stepped forward and saluted, and stunned the prefect's wife.

Jiang Ju sat on the top, just like his home field, called someone to come, asked for pen and paper, and wrote his own post.

No one dares to refuse such a marriage.

The four generals of the imperial court can not look at it, but the younger brother of the queen mother does not dare not look at it, and more importantly, although he is young, he is indeed a favorite of the young emperor.

The prefect of Rao does not have the courage, and the prefect's wife does not have the courage.

Their marriage was thus decided, except that he could not cave the room, and he gave her everything he could.

She thanked him, which made him feel a little weak, just as he had been when he had rescued her.

"In the end, it's actually I owe you, and I'm already grateful that you're willing to marry me." Jiang Ju said.

Rao Susu stared at his eyes for a while, and sighed,

"I thought I would marry the young master of the landlord's family."

There was a bit of self-deprecation in his tone, but also a bit of open-mindedness.

Jiang Ju hadn't seen how her previous days had passed, and it was definitely not good to think about it, but she didn't feel sorry for herself, nor was she overly cautious, but with a dignified atmosphere.

In the future, he will definitely let her continue to straighten her back like this.

He touched his nose and teased, "Does the young master of the landlord's family have a jade tree like me?" ”

She looked at him carefully, pursed her lips and smiled, and said generously, "No, he has some problems in his brain, and he is missing an eye." ”

For some reason, her smile made his heart ripple slightly, and his face turned a little red.

He had never blushed in front of a woman, he was the only one.

In the barracks, General Shao was dumbfounded when he heard that he had only gone out for a trip, and he forgot that he was going to fight with him.

Crazy usually spread the news in the barracks, and there was an uproar in the barracks.

My sister received a letter from him and said she wanted to come over.

The generals in the army helped him get hired with great fanfare, set a wedding date, and waited for his sister to come over to help them get married.

My sister was very happy to see Su Su, and the meeting gift was sufficient, so that he must live a good life, and stayed in Biansai for half a month, and then went elsewhere with his brother-in-law with Chaoyang.

Their life was peaceful, no matter how late he came back, there would be a light waiting for him, and when he returned drunk, she would kneel on the couch and gently rub his chest.

He was rewarded by the emperor, and she only smiled slightly at his beckoning, took two steps forward, and handed him a handkerchief.

While he was reading, she was quietly doing needlework beside her, and when she felt his gaze, she raised her head and smiled.

It is reminiscent of the quiet orchid under the moonlit night.

In the third year of marriage, she still had nothing to do, the people on the side began to gossip, he began to feel guilty, if it wasn't for him, how could she suffer from others' criticism?

Even her maid was worried, "Madam, should we go to the doctor, I heard that the temple outside the city is very spiritual, should we go?" ”

She just smiled and shook her head, signaling the maid not to worry.

It was her trusted maid, and she never told them that they slept in separate beds when they were in the inner room.

In this way, another three months passed, and that day was a rare good weather, and General Shao asked him for a drink, and he returned home in the middle of the night.

General Shao used to worry about his marriage, and now he is worried about his heirs, I really don't know if he was his own mother in his last life.

When he was eating, he even offered to let him take a concubine, but he blocked it.

How could he take a concubine? What did he take a concubine for? He didn't want Murong Hui's bloodline to pass on, he didn't need an heir.

The only thing he worries about is that she will be criticized, she is so good, she should not be said like this.

She didn't do anything wrong, and he was the one who did it wrong.

At the banquet, because of boredom, I drank two more glasses, which were a little smoky.

When she got home, she was still waiting for him, and when she saw that he was drunk, she helped him change his clothes and feed him sobering soup, so she helped him into the inner room to lie down.

When he crossed the threshold, his feet did not rise, and he tripped on the threshold, and not only himself, but even she fell to the ground, and the two fell to the ground together.

The summer clothes are very light, although they are separated by two layers, they seem to be clearly audible in the heartbeat of the person in their arms.

Her body is warm and soft, her waist is slender, but she has incredible strength.

Jiang Ju's heart was beating so hard that he seemed to be about to jump out of his chest, he didn't move, he looked at Su Su deeply, his eyes were slightly downcast.

"Husband......" She moved, as if she was about to get off his body, but accidentally rubbed against his lower body.

The indoor lights are dim, and I don't know who is drunk, or maybe the atmosphere is too ambiguous......

At dawn, Jiang Ju opened his eyes, and there was no one next to the bed.

There were still some ambiguous seven people left in the room, and he sat up, frowned, looked at the clothes on the side of the bed, and did not move for a long time.

She didn't show up to him that day, as if everything that had been the night before was just a dream.

It just so happened that there was something in the barracks, and he did not return home for two days, and when he finally came home on the third day, he saw the maid beside her kneeling in the courtyard.

And she also sat under the porch with a solemn face, saw him, silently accompanied him into the house, and after he washed and changed clothes, she knelt in front of him.

"Husband, Su Su is really embarrassed about what happened that day, and I don't want to say anything to argue, you can give me a letter of resignation."

Jiang Ju helped her up, her maid knelt outside, and he didn't understand anything.

It must have been the maid who did something inside.

Sure enough, as soon as he asked, he heard that the maid secretly went to ask for a prescription to come over, and the prescriptions for giving birth to children in this way actually have * medicine in them.

On that day, the maid also lit spices with * in the incense burner.

"I don't blame you, I was drunk." He actually had a hint of inexplicable joy.

She watched him silently, then finally got up.

I thought that this matter would pass like this, but I never thought that a few days later, when he came back, his wife told him that he had returned to Beijing.

Then left a letter for him.

He opened the letter, and inside was a letter of resignation, written in his voice, where did she go back to Beijing, she invited herself to leave the court.

He stroked his forehead and sighed deeply.

For most of the next year, he was looking for news about her and her brother, and finally, in the spring of the following year, he finally had news of her.

He hurried to the south, where she was, and when she arrived, it was early in the morning, and the morning dawned earlier in the south than in the north, and the willows on the riverside loomed, and the majestic wind blew, and there was a faint scent of grass.

There were many people in the morning, and he led the horse slowly towards her dwelling.

He saw more of the war-torn Frontier, and had hardly ever been to the south of such a slow life.

"Sister, do you think it will be a little niece, or a little nephew? However, I always hear you say that he will kick you, is it a nephew?

How about being a general like his father then? Or do you rely on the imperial examination like me? ”

In the twilight, a young man accompanied the young woman closer and closer, the young woman's figure was a little bloated, and her abdomen was high and bulging, and she should be about to give birth.

The young man on the side carefully supported her, and the two gradually approached, and their faces became clearer and clearer.

Sensing that someone was staring at her, the woman suddenly raised her head and glared at the other side, but as far as her eyes could see, her originally indifferent face cracked, and she shuddered.

The young man on the side said nervously, "Sister, isn't it cold, the spring morning is still cool, or let's go back." ”

The young woman didn't move, looked at Jiang Ju who was getting closer and closer without blinking, and said softly,

"I'm not cold."

The young man didn't notice the person in front of him, "Is it that the little nephew in the stomach kicked you again, so skinny, after coming out, see if my uncle doesn't beat his little buttocks." ”

"No, his father will teach him a lesson."