Yue Niang entered Tan Yin's house and watched her pacing back and forth, not knowing what she was thinking, and she didn't even pay attention to her coming in.

Yue Niang called her twice, and she reacted. Look at her bright eyes, crimson cheeks, girlish feelings, what else don't you understand.

Tan Yin immediately beckoned Yue Niang to sit down, poured her a cup of tea, chatted for a while, and after a few days, the two slowly became acquainted.

Tan Yin asked, "Yue Niang, how long have you been here?" ”

"It's only been a few months since I arrived, and I've been in Beijing, Jiangnan and Fujian before. My young lady followed my aunt around as an official, and I always accompanied her. But the sky doesn't follow people's wishes, the young lady has a sudden illness and has no children, so I don't have the heart to stay any longer. Yue Niang said lightly.

"Later, the Hou Ye found me and said that he wanted me to serve someone, so let me wait first, and finally let me wait."

"That'...... Do you know what Hou Ye likes? Tan Yin asked a little shyly.

"I've not been here for a long time, you can ask Yang Wu." Yue Niang smiled: "It's a long time coming, don't worry, girl, Master Hou loves you so much!" ”

Young girls always want to please their lover as much as they can, not to mention that this future lady is a sparrow turned into a phoenix, and she doesn't know how much.

It's just that the soup and red sleeves add fragrance, that's the icing on the cake, men spoil you and love you is fundamental, Yue Niang feels like a mirror in her heart.

"I'm not worried about how he treats me, I just want to be nice to him, he's always alone." Tan Yin explained seriously.

"Master Hou is in a high position, has a wide range of friends, and has friends all over the world, I heard that there are banquets in Beijing every night, how can he be alone." Yue Niang smiled.

Tan Yin smiled and said no more.

Yue Niang looked at her smiling and silent, and the girl in front of her seemed difficult to describe in a simple sentence.

Of course, she is not a big beauty, and she is not even particularly beautiful.

Her skin was white, but not smooth enough. Although the eyes are big, they are far from the beautiful eyes that are foggy. The nose is not small and straight. The mouth is not small enough, and the lip color is lighter.

Although her figure is tall, she is a little thinner and not bumpy enough. Her knuckles were a little thicker, and there were calluses on her fingertips, which showed that she had done a lot of farm work, which was far from those well-maintained jade hands with ten fingers.

But her demeanor was down-to-earth and generous, and she didn't say much. The elegance and subtlety of reading poetry and books, and the simplicity and vitality of the countryside and fields, the two are wonderfully blended.

Yue Niang has seen a lot of beautiful ladies and small jasper, in terms of family background, appearance, talent, and temperament, it is estimated that this girl has no one who can be said to be top-notch, but the world is so mysterious.

In the past few days, she has been wondering why Hou Ye has such a soft spot for her, but now she knows a little, although this girl is a sparrow, she doesn't think that the phoenix is amazing.

"I see." Yue Niang smiled, her smile went straight to the bottom of her eyes, and she was not just a conscientious housekeeper, "If the girl can come, it is the best thing for Master Hou." ”

Tan Yin knew for the first time from Yang Che's mouth how important he was to him. She had always suffered from gains and losses, and she didn't think she was helping him much.

Fortunately, he did not give up, fortunately, there was time.

……

Yue Niang talked about some things about the families of officials in the northwest.

In the middle and late stages of the former dynasty, Jiedu made a combination of military, political and financial powers, supported the army and self-respect, and became an independent kingdom.

In the later period, the rebellion was frequent, and finally led to the collapse of the previous dynasty, bringing nearly a hundred years of division of feudal towns, constant wars, and the people were struggling to make a living, and their names were like grass mustard.

Drawing full attention to the experience of the previous dynasties, the Zhao dynasty set up posts in the military, political, and financial capitals in the border regions, as well as the post of supervisor.

This government is headed by the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and the state capital is located in Chang'an, which governs Shaanxi and Gansu. This army is naturally the Northwest Army under the command of Hou Ye, stationed in Chang'an and Yingzhou. ”

Seeing that she was listening carefully, Yue Niang continued: "Mrs. Zhang, the prefect of Yingzhou, is single-handedly handling the wedding, this is a civil official, you have already seen her. ”

"Then how many generals are there in the Northwest Army, and what about their wives?"

"As a general, Master Hou has two generals on the left and right, as well as some deputy generals. Except for the right general Ning Ze, who has not yet married, the other generals have all married, but the wives have stayed in Shangjing or their hometown, and they are all concubines as companions. ”

"Some of these concubines were brought from home by the generals, some were accepted here, and some were sent by dignitaries, and they were nameless and worthless. The generals are away all year round, and they have to be taken care of. ”

Tan Yin bit her lip, as if she had something to say.

Yue Niang hurriedly said: "Don't worry, girl, there is no one around Master Hou." ”

Tan Yin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Isn't there anyone to give it to Master Hou?" ”

Yue Niang smiled: "Master Hou? How could ordinary vulgar powder get into his eyes. ”

Tan Yin thought of the green waist, well, the requirements are really too high......

Yue Niang wanted to speak and stopped, Tan Yin hurriedly said when she saw this: "Please have something to say." ”

"It stands to reason that the girl, as Mrs. Hou, naturally doesn't have to pay attention to these concubines, she can lead troops to fight, unlike in Shangjing, where these famous concubines are like Mrs., they have to come to visit you, don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, and you can't be lazy."

Tan Yin understood what Yue Niang meant, not to mention being good friends with Mrs. Ru, but at least she couldn't be evil.

Among them, the concubine Ruiyu of General Zhao Poyu was brought from home and was deeply loved by General Zhao.

"There is also a deputy general Tie Jinquan who trained cavalry with the marquis, his situation is special, he is a local, his wife is from the Li family, a big family in Hexi, generations here, intertwined, in Daxia and Jokhang are extremely powerful."

Whether it belongs to Great Xia or Dazhao, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and these families are always the most important forces in the local area.

Tan Yin nodded and thanked sincerely: "Yue Niang, thank you for saying this with me." ”

"The girl is new to here, don't be in a hurry at this moment, I'll talk to you slowly in the future."

Yue Niang looked at the big red wedding dress on the hanger and the phoenix crown on the desk, a few days ago, Mrs. Zhang came over to try on clothes and jewelry for Tan Yin, the wedding dress was very fitting, and there was no need to modify it.

The fiery red and enthusiastic wedding dress is embroidered with a hundred birds and phoenix patterns, and the golden phoenix seems to be about to rush out of the red brocade and soar into the sky. The best embroiderers in Bashu took months to embroider, which is really ingenious and brilliant.

Tan Yin followed Yue Niang's line of sight. The wedding will be in a few days, and Yang Che has only been away for a few days, how does it feel like every other autumn.

"Master Hou is a good product, his grade is transcendent, even if he doesn't want to make a big wedding, these colleagues still can't get around." Yue Niang explained.

This marriage was very simple, and only a few familiar magistrates and military officials were invited.

Several ladies originally wanted to visit, but Yue Niang politely refused, just accepted the pastries and snacks they sent, and said goodbye in the future.

……

In Tan Yin's room, Honeysuckle was gossiping with her while cleaning up the tea set.

"Girl, Master Hou comes and goes quickly, and he is really a man like the wind......"

Tan Yin was stunned by such a poetic sentence of Honeysuckle, could it be that Honeysuckle poetry flourished after arriving in the northwest......

Honeysuckle knew that his girl would be wrong, so he shook his head with a "cough" and glanced at him, "You spare me!" How could I say such a crepe thing, it was passed on by the guests in the inn. ”

The post station mainly receives military and political officials, who come from the south to the north, and from the east to the west, and the most talked about is the affairs of the government and the opposition.

Honeysuckle went in and out of the post station, and after being busy, he heard a lot of news.

"Oh! What do they say about Hou Ye? Tan Yin asked curiously.

"They are all praising him! It is said that he used soldiers like a god, like the wind, and it is difficult to find it in military books. ”

"They also said that the battle of Master Hou was much more important than the battle of Yingzhou, and they also said how Liangzhou and Yingzhou should be managed, and I didn't understand it very well. What else do you say about what kind of turtle, isn't this turtle only in our water town, is it a dry turtle here? ”

"Turtle nibbling?" Tan Yin was also the second monk who was confused, what did this mean, thinking left and right, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Is it a garrison." ”

"Yes, yes, that's it." Honeysuckle immediately remembered.

When Tan Yin came, he kept making up for the history books and travelogues of the northwest. Knowing that since the beginning of General Zhao Chongguo in the Han Dynasty, the northwest has been in the frontier by the army to reclaim the frontier, fight wars in wartime, and reclaim famine in peacetime, and all dynasties have inherited this extremely important policy.

Yang Che not only needs to train a cavalry unit, but also prepares to start reclaiming the frontier, and the busy affairs can be imagined.

"Girl, it's strange to say, for the past few days, these people haven't even mentioned the appearance of Master Hou."

In the past, I could hear people talk about his appearance, and naturally his scandalous anecdotes, but now no one seems to care about these things.

"Then do you think he looked good when he was in Beijing or is he looking good now?" Tan Yin asked.

"I've seen him once, and the gods in the sky aren't so good-looking, I don't even dare to sneeze one, for fear of scaring him, he flew into the sky." Honeysuckle grinned.

"But if it's a bearded Hou Ye, don't say sneezing, I dare to speak."

Tan Yin propped up the table with her elbow, her left hand on her cheek, and her pearl-gray sleeve slid to her elbow, revealing a white arm.

"Girl, have you applied the pearl paste that Yue Niang mixed for you!"

"Hmmm......"

"You're lazy again, Yue Niang told me to let you apply it well, I heard that the skin is as tender as a hard-boiled egg with a shell. She said that your skin is not tender enough, and the wind and frost are big here. You are already so much worse than Hou Ye, and it is not easy to take good care of it. Honeysuckle huffed.

"Okay, okay, I'll paint it, I'll paint it." Tan Yin hurriedly said to spare.

Outside the window, the snowman has melted, the weather is slowly warming, and the old plum tree has also pulled out green shoots, and spring has come.