Chapter 210: Expedition

Happy days are always so short-lived. On the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, Xiaoxiao and her husband took their three children to their father's and mother's house to have an early New Year's dinner, and when they returned to their own house, it was dark again......

Ming'er is the New Year's Festival, and the streets and alleys of Beijing have long been full of New Year's flavor. After a year of hard work, even the poorest people, during the Chinese New Year, adults and children have to change into new clothes and eat some delicious food that is rarely eaten on weekdays. At the door of every house, one or two big red lanterns will be hung to pray for peace and prosperity in the coming year. Of course, there is another meaning, that is, I hope that the Lord of the Stove will not forget his own house after he goes to heaven, and light a lantern to let him know the way back......

At the gate of Jiangfu in Jingshi West City, two beautifully crafted red lanterns were also lit. The front and back yards in the house, even on the cloister, dozens of lanterns illuminate the Jiangfu as if it were daytime, and there is no shortage of festive New Year's flavor. However, the smiles on the faces of people up and down the Jiang Mansion were so unnatural. Because tomorrow. Just when others were reunited, the lord of their family had to take on the imperial expedition of the counterinsurgency supervision army......

It must be noted that Jiangfu is different from all the gate valves of this era. The servants of the Jiang Mansion earn not only a salary much higher than that of other gate valves, but also a real family feeling. The lord and wife of the Jiang family "> treat them as if they were their own family. When someone is sick, someone delays the doctor's consultation, and there is a birth, old age, sickness and death in his own family, whether it is the housekeeper or the lowest level of the boiling water woman, Jiangfu will have a lot of money to present. After staying in such an atmosphere for a long time, it is unnatural, and everyone will truly regard themselves as a member of the Jiang family.

Now, the master is going to the battlefield of the sword and sword, and naturally everyone is worried!

Xiaoxiao was also worried, but fortunately, before leaving, the husband finally had two or three days of leisure. I accompanied myself and my children well, and enjoyed the joy of heaven and earth for a few days. And with the buffer period of these few days, she was able to do some psychological construction. Therefore, although they will be separated tomorrow, Xiaoxiao can still calmly command the people and arrange all the etiquette devices needed for Xiaonian!

After all, this is already irreversible, but this year has to be passed! Not only do you have to live, but you also have to live happily, at least you have to arrange it joyfully, and don't let your husband go out on the expedition. Worry about yourself!

Dinner has already been used at her mother's house, so after she comes back, what Xiaoxiao has to do is to pack up the things that her husband will use after the expedition, settle the twelve Jiang and Li mansions, and protect her husband's guards.

In fact, there is nothing to pack away, although the conditions in the army are difficult, it is impossible for everything to go as smoothly as at home. But after all, this is a tolerance, and all the daily expenses required are provided by the army, and there is nothing to bring. All you need is a few sets of regular clothes to change in, and some books to relieve boredom. Originally, Jiang Zhixuan had already read all the books in the Jiang Mansion. Fortunately, when he returned to his parents' house during the day, his father Li Rusong sent dozens of rare books, which greatly alleviated Jiang Zhixuan's worries. Even so, he insisted that Xiaoxiao pack some of the books he had read. Xiao Xiao was puzzled and asked him what he was doing with these books that he had read many times, Jiang Zhixuan smiled lightly:

"Learn from the old ......and learn from the new"

Xiaoxiao had nothing to say, so she went to the study and personally selected dozens of classics, and put them into a wooden box with the ones given by her father. and put a few sets of casual clothes that Jiang Zhixuan often wears into the baggage. Then put a thousand flying tickets and dozens of gold leaves in it as the expenses of this half year. Marching and fighting is no more than anything else, it is extremely hard. Moreover, it is forbidden to drink alcohol in the army, and these gold and silver are given to her husband by Xiaoxiao, so that he can use them to reward the royal guards who protect him and the personal guards of the Jiang Mansion......

Everything was packed up, Xiao Xiao checked it, and after planning to be fine, he went to meet with the private guards of the Jiang Mansion, and invited them to have a meal of Zhuangxing wine as the hostess of the Jiang Mansion. His eyes wandered around, and he saw that the small sandalwood box handed over by the Medicine King yesterday was still on the desk, so he also picked it up and stuffed it into the box containing the books. After some inspection, I found that there was no problem, so I went out of the small attic and went to the wing room in the front yard to walk with the guards.

After returning from her mother's house, Xiaoxiao ordered someone to prepare a sumptuous banquet. At this time, I came to the place where the guards in the front yard room lived, and the banquet was also delivered. Xiaoxiao took Yao Shan and toasted each of the guards one by one, and each of them was given a hundred taels of silver. And made a promise that when they escorted the old man back from the southwest safely, each of them would give ten times more Xie Yin than today. This is also a matter of no way, the Jiang Mansion has not accumulated precipitation now, although these guards are all from their own mansions, and there is no problem with loyalty, but if they want to protect their husbands with their lives on the battlefield, they still need to be assisted with some stimulation. And the phrase "there must be a brave man under the heavy reward" is an unchanging wise saying! Fortunately, the fifty royal guards were not there. Otherwise, you will really have to go bankrupt......

After finishing these things, Xiaoxiao went back to wash and bathe, and when she returned to the bedroom in the small attic in the back garden, she did not see her husband. When I asked the maid who was waiting downstairs, I found out that the husband went to the bedroom in the backyard to see the children. Xiaoxiao also put on her jacket and followed her to the bedroom in the backyard.

Jiang Zhixuan was holding the tiger's head, tired of talking to him, and told the tiger's head to be well-behaved and listen to his mother's words. Tiger Head was only two years old, and he had no idea that his father was going to go far away and go to that dangerous battlefield. The child's carefree innocence made him still naughtily tugging at his father's clothes and hair or something. Next to the father and son, in the two small rocking carts, lay Yaya and Dandan. Cui Qiao knew that the lord and the >lady would definitely have a lot to say today, so she coaxed the two little babies to sleep with her mother early.

Jiang Zhixuan was talking to the tiger head in his mouth, but his eyes kept glancing at the sleeping little faces of the two little guys. Tiger Head is his eldest son and the little one, and his appearance follows him, and he is handsome and extraordinary with thick eyebrows and big eyes. The appearance of Yaya and Dandan, although they are still young and not very clear, but they already have the appearance of their mother. Especially Yaya, although the two eyebrows are still shallow and faint. But the curved and slender eyebrows and the beautiful little nose are like her mother's mold......

When Xiao pushed the door in, Jiang Zhixuan was already a little stupid. said that he had no worries about unknown dangers in his heart, and no one would believe his concern for his wife and young children at home. It's just that he knows that his beloved wife is already forcibly suppressing his emotions, and he can't show the slightest negative feelings anymore, which makes his beloved wife even more sad. So these days, he forces himself to make an optimistic and open-minded expression every day.

Now that it was the last day before the expedition, he finally couldn't help but get his three children together while his beloved wife went to the front yard to reward the guards. Take a good look at them and keep them company......

"Husband, it's late at night, rest early, you have to get up early tomorrow!"

There was a gentle voice from his beloved wife behind him, and Jiang Zhixuan finally woke up from his daze. looked back and saw that his beloved wife had already bathed and changed clothes, so he hurriedly stood up with the tiger's head in his arms:

"It's cold, you're bathing and changing your clothes, and you're running over to do something, just call a maid to inform your husband that you're no? Come on in, it's cold outside! Jiang Zhixuan said as he pulled Xiaoxiao into the room. There is a charcoal pot burned inside, which is much warmer than outside!

The little obedient stepped into the bedroom, and saw that the tiger head and the girl were in the room, and knew that the husband wanted to take a good look at the children before leaving, so he said loudly:

"Husband, why don't we sleep in the same room as a family tonight?"

Jiang Zhixuan's heart moved, "Okay! He asked with some concern, "But...... Yaya and Dandan are only six or seven months old, what if they sleep on the same couch with us, and one of them doesn't pay attention at night and presses them? ”

Xiao Xiaoyan smiled: "Just let them sleep in the rocking nest, just put the rocking nest on the edge of the bed, and let the tiger head sleep on the couch!" ”

Jiang Zhixuan nodded again and again, and handed the tiger head to the little hand: "Madam" > take the tiger head to lie in the quilt first, and then go to bathe for the husband......" said and hurriedly went.

This night, a family of five hugged each other and slept in this warm bedroom!

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On this cold night when the wind and snow were raging, Xiaoxiao and Jiang Zhixuan were sleeping with their baby son in their arms. In the ordinary house in Huairenfang on the outskirts of the East City, a carriage without any markings was ushered in. After the driver parked the carriage at the door, no one in the carriage got down.

I saw the coachman run straight to the door, and after knocking on the door a few times with the same frequency as last time, which was full of strange rhythms, the door slowly opened with a clatter. There was no one in sight in the courtyard, and the coachman did not enter the courtyard, but quickly took out an envelope from his sleeve, threw it into the courtyard at great speed, and then jumped into the carriage and drove away.

After the carriage left, the door of the house slowly closed again. Soon. A dim oil lamp lit up in the backyard. A face full of beards slowly leaned over, and a cold and vicious gaze jumped in his eyes, staring at the envelope for a long time before slowly tearing open the seal and taking out the letterhead inside. The letter was not headed or signed, only a few crosses:

"At the end of tomorrow, the colonel of the Western Beijing Forbidden Army will point troops; In the middle of the hour, the emperor worshiped his ancestors in the temple; At the beginning of the hour, the army was launched; Qi Shanxing, the general of the imperial court's right guard, commanded the army, and Jiang Zhixuan, the provincial governor, was the supervising army. The whole army does not bring siege equipment and baggage, set off lightly, I hope you will wait for yourself! In addition, this letter will be burned immediately after reading! ”

From this mysterious letterhead, there is not the slightest information about the person who wrote the letter. But one thing is certain, the person who wrote the letter must have been a powerful person in the imperial court who had access to the counterinsurgency of the mountain officials. Otherwise, it would be impossible to understand the series of arrangements of the imperial court that have not yet taken place so thoroughly. Another slight point worth noting is that the text of the entire letterhead is very smooth, only the three words "Jiang Zhixuan" are thick and heavy......

The grim man with a beard let out a hoarse laugh and slowly moved the letter to the bean-sized flame. Just as he was about to ignite, he suddenly thought of something, and the cold smile on his face became even more resentful, and after thinking for a while, he slowly withdrew his hand. After folding the letterhead, he solemnly put it back in his arms and patted it heavily. Then he turned around and disappeared into the darkness. Not long after, there was a slight sound of speech in the dark courtyard......

"What are they talking about?"

In this dark night, when everything is quiet, only snow is falling. In another ordinary house less than ten zhang away from the ordinary house, three sturdy men in snow-white brocade robes leaned on the tall courtyard wall and listened to the movements in the house. At this point, one of them, who seemed to be the leader, asked in a low voice.

"Qin Tou'er, it's too far away, they speak and lower their voices, they can't hear clearly!" Another sturdy man also lowered his voice and replied.

"Grandma's, there must be something wrong with this house, the third child, the carriage, did the fourth child follow?"

Another man known as the third child nodded lightly: "Don't worry, boss, can't you believe the skills of the fourth child?" Unless the bastard driving is on the same road as you, he will never be able to run away! ”

Qin Tou'er nodded his head slightly, and then gently kicked the old three: "How do you speak?" Who is the same number as the unsightly? You two are keeping an eye on me here, and anyone who comes in and out gives me detailed records of their looks, figures, features, etc., understand? ”。

The third child and the other nodded heavily: "Don't worry, boss, go back and rest, you haven't closed your eyes for a day and a night." With me and Lao 2 watching, even if a mosquito flies out, the subordinates will tell you whether it is male or female......"

"Well, then I'll go to sleep for a while, and you wake me up at the beginning of the hour, and I'm going to enter the palace to report to Your Majesty what I have found here......"

"Order!"

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It's not just that the night is short, for Xiaoxiao and Jiang Zhixuan, today's night is probably even shorter than the night they got married. The husband and wife both felt that they had just closed their eyes, and they were hurriedly called by Cui Qiao outside the door. Although he was reluctant in his heart, he didn't dare to relax and be lazy, so he quickly got up lightly to change clothes and wash, for fear of disturbing the three precious children.

Today's army is on the march, this is not a playhouse, you can just pull it out and you can leave. This is a major military event, the hundred officials in the DPRK and China are like Jiang Zhixuan and Xiaoxiao, they need to get up early, gather at the Jingxi University, wait for His Majesty the Emperor to come to review the army, and then follow His Majesty to the Taimiao Temple to worship the ancestors and tell the sky, and then, hold a grand ceremony to sacrifice the flag, and award the sword of the leading general and the supervising army after the Son of Heaven and the monk Fang Sword, before it can be the expedition!

Cui Qiao had already prepared a light, delicious and nutritious breakfast, and Xiao Shun, who was on the expedition with Jiang Zhixuan, had already packed the luggage he was going to bring and put it in the main hall. The twelve guards were also ready to go, and at this time they were already gobbling up the last leisurely breakfast before setting off on the other table. Last night, Xiaoxiao's emotional request and the effect of the more than 1,000 taels of silver were obvious, and these guards all had a determined look on their faces, which finally made Xiaoxiao feel a lot more relieved!

After breakfast, Cui Qiao commanded the maids to use the fastest speed to clean up the cups, plates and dishes in the flower hall and retreated, and the guards also carried their bags and weapons to wait outside the gate of the house, Xiaoshun carried all the luggage into the carriage, and also urged the coachman to drive the carriage to the gate of the mansion to wait. In order to give the lord and the lady "> and leave some space for a separate farewell.

"Madam" >, for the husband to set off! After being silent for a while, it was Jiang Zhixuan who spoke first.

"Well......" finally came to the moment of separation, Xiao Xin was flustered, she had been avoiding it for the past few days, not allowing herself to think about this moment, but she couldn't hide from this moment after all, she didn't know what to say......

"Madam" >, don't worry about your husband, your husband will not be in any danger if he is in the hundreds of thousands of elite troops of the imperial court. However, I am afraid that life will be more difficult, hehe, after the triumphant return of the husband, Mrs. "> afraid that it will take some effort, so I can help my husband recuperate and recuperate...... Jiang Zhixuan knew what his beloved wife was worried about, so he avoided the important and trivialized in his speech, trying to divert his beloved wife's attention.

His method did work, and Xiao Xiaowen Yan raised his head and looked at him:

"Husband, go on an errand with peace of mind, and pay attention to your body. The conditions in the army are already difficult, and in addition to the southwestern border and bitter cold places, special attention must be paid to it. If you go to the town, you will buy more good wine and food, treat the guards, and make up for yourself. There is no need to worry about things at home, the concubine will be good at educating the tiger head and the ...... of the girl" said here, and a smile finally appeared on her face:

"Maybe by the time the husband returns triumphantly, Yaya and Dandan will already call Daddy!"

Jiang Zhixuan's face also rippled with a yearning smile: "That relationship is good, when the husband returns, our family will be lively!" The three little guys are running around the house, hehe, they don't know which one to chase......"

Xiaoxiao was also a little stupid, slowly approached her husband, buried her head in her husband's arms, and wrapped her hands tightly around his waist. After a long time, take a deep breath and release your arms:

"Husband, let's go, it's not too early, and it's too late! For such an important matter, if you are late, it will definitely make Your Majesty unhappy! ”

Jiang Zhixuan stared at his beloved wife's pretty face, which was still faintly worried, leaned his lips over, and kissed his beloved wife's upturned forehead:

"Madam" >, then the husband will set off, Mrs. "> take care, for the husband will often write to Mrs. "> write back! With that, he turned around and strode towards the door.

Xiao Xiao looked at her husband's firm back, and said distractedly: "Husband, you must come back safe and sound............

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