Chapter 18: General Zhenbei
On this day, Hua Mian went to the buyer early to send the list of dishes needed for tomorrow, and saw that the Wu steward of the garden led a group of small workers to build a flower stand, "Uncle Wu is good" did not approach Hua Mian and said hello first, after all, he had helped in the garden before, although it also ended in failure.
Steward Wu, the garden manager of the "Sleeping Girl", is a very kind person, and the juniors in the yard like to be close to him.
"Uncle Wu, what are you busy with, what kind of celebration are you going to have?" The festivals of this country are basically based on celebrations and sacrifices, usually the whole country celebrates, although Huamian has not been here for a long time, but I have listened to some of the people around me, and now I see that the garden has begun to be arranged, and I naturally think of what festival I am going to have.
"What's the celebration, it's our fourth lady who is coming home" Steward Wu couldn't hide the joy on his face and said with a smile.
"Fourth Miss? But the legendary general of Zhenbei? Hua Mian is full of curiosity about this general, the people working in Sikong Mansion are from the stewards to the new workers, and when it comes to the fourth lady of the Sikong family, Sikong Yue's tone is full of pride, the Ye Dynasty has been founded for hundreds of years, although there is no restriction on women as officials, but most of the few female officials are mainly civilian officials, and there are very few female military attachés, and there are only ones who can become the generals of the powerful side, so the people of the Sikong family are proud of Sikong Yue.
Although I still want to inquire more about the news, thinking that I still have unfinished work at hand, Hua Mian said goodbye to Steward Wu and hurriedly walked to the shopping place in the front yard, and saw that everything was busy on the way from the backyard to the front yard, the colored lights on both sides of the road were hung on the supports, although there was new green on the trees, it was not lush enough, and the places where the flowers were insufficient were decorated with silk flowers made of various colors of silk yarn, and the whole garden was cleaned from the inside to the outside, and even the people at the shopping place were holding the list and counting the needs of the reception banquet over and over again.
I don't know if I have a chance to meet this fourth lady, Hua Mian's curiosity about the female general is increasing day by day with the gradual improvement of the preparations for the reception in the house, and I have lived in this world for nearly a month, and I don't have the freshness of the first time I came to Sikong Mansion, it feels like I often see those in costume dramas, and there is no special difference, but this female general has never been seen anywhere in the previous world, except for the story of Mulan, of course, When she was in middle school, she memorized the text of Mulan to join the army, which was one of the pain points that Hua Mian did not want to recall.
On the day of the general's return to the palace, all the places were prepared early, even the people who worked in the garden changed into good clothes that were only worn during the celebration, and the procession to greet them extended from the gate of the palace to the outside of the city gate, and the people in the city also put down their work to welcome the general's triumph.
Two fast horses carrying the herald went to the city gate to inform that the army stopped five miles outside the city and began to camp, and the general led a small team into the city immediately.
In the distance, I saw a burst of dust outside the city, and the horses' hooves stepped on the ground, although it was not a large army, but the sound was enough to stir people's hearts, and when it approached, it could be seen that more than hundreds of cavalry were all dressed in black armor and draped in black robes, like a black cloud pressing the realm. The leader and one horse rushed to the front of the team, with bright silver armor covered with red robes, and white pheasant feathers on the back of their heads undulating with the running of the horses.
The crowd burst into cheers, "It's the general!" General Zhenbei is back."