CHAPTER XLII
This new courtyard is really spacious, surrounded by carved fences, the windows are bright and clean, and I always have the feeling of being in a deep house compound when I sit in the middle of the courtyard, and there are few people, and it seems even more empty. Fortunately, it is close to the house of the eleventh younger, and I will always inadvertently glance at his house when I am fine, although I can't see a few people, but in his yard is either drying buds or drying peanuts and staying, and I look very fresh when I look at it in a different way. Occasionally, I would see Eleven Shao squatting in the corner of the yard, not knowing what he was doing.
That day, I had nothing to do with a stool, pushing a small round table and playing with Xuan Xuan in the courtyard. One of the advantages of the new house is that there is a small slope at the door, and I don't know which clever major general deliberately made the slope out, so that it is much more convenient for me to move things, unlike before I could only drag, pull, and drag into the yard with all my might, with this small slope can roll out. It's very clever and it works, and I like it.
I bask in the sun and drink tea, looking at my pomegranate trees, which shrank into a tree shape when they were moved over a few days ago, like a stick, and I was afraid that they would not survive, so I was so anxious that they turned around.
Let Ai'er find Seventeen Shao, and I played Lai Pi in front of Seventeen, saying that he was responsible for the tree that he moved. The seventeen young man blew his beard and glared, and angrily stomped his feet and ran to the fourteenth young man's house to get some good soil. Xuan Xun also hurriedly ran back to get some soil and poured it under the tree, watered it and waited for it to slowly come back to life.
Later, I learned that the soil that Xuan Xuan brought was the best soil, and it was the pot of gladiolus that the general put on the table. It is said that this pot of gladiolus was rewarded by the Empress Dowager Bai when he was named General Jianwei, and the gold that the general saw was placed in his inner room, which was taken care of day by day and carefully irrigated. When he knew that Xuan Xuan had shoveled the soil in the basin clean, he was so angry that he immediately slapped Xuan Xuan on the ass a few times. Xuan Xuan nested in Mrs. Mu's arms and cried, so miserable that Mrs. Mu's heart was broken.
I looked at the pomegranate tree and said in my heart, you must grow well, otherwise you are worthy of me playing Lai Pi in front of Seventeen, and are you worthy of the slap that Xuan Zhi received, and he really came back to life in two days.
I was really bored and began to look into the courtyard of the eleventh young man again, and saw the falling peanuts in his yard, and the falling peanuts looked very full. Probably because I just drank too much tea, the tea brewed so strongly, I actually swallowed saliva when I looked at the peanuts, and looked at it with a blank eye.
Eleven Shao came out of the inner room, he didn't go directly to the corner of the courtyard wall as usual, but as soon as he went out, he glanced in the direction of my house.
I avoided him and had to smile at him awkwardly, he was stunned, nodded at me, I think since the two families live close to my former neighborhood in Jizhou, it is inevitable to meet in the future, since I saw it today, why not say hello warmly, I opened my mouth to open his mouth but he turned around and entered the house.
I had to sit back on the stool with one hand on my chin and staring at the sky in a daze.
Ai'er is much more optimistic than me, she said that after the New Year, the library will officially open, with my current reputation, I am afraid that those ministers in high official positions in the imperial court are not busy sending their young ladies and young masters here to study, and I am afraid that this courtyard is not big enough. I laughed and said that she didn't have a score, which was an exaggeration. Ai'er raised her eyebrows and said, let's wait and see.
More than ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, and when it is time to enter the palace to officially accept the holy reward, the general and the major generals will also go to the palace to resume their lives. The saint said that although the border is temporarily safe, it cannot be taken lightly, the Turks and barbarians are still wantonly provoking, vainly trying to omit our city, fish and flesh I have a white surname, and the fire of yoyo is not sure when it will spread, and it will be out of control.
Although the major generals are temporarily recuperating in the palace, they have to go to the palace every half month to meet the saint to discuss front-line matters.
Because the nineteenth young Bai Yan Leng was not a general, nor was he an official of the imperial court, he stayed in the palace and did not enter the palace with us this time.
At this time, there were only three carriages, and I had already told Xuan Xuan that I would take one with Seventeen Shao, and Xuan Xue was very well-behaved, and as soon as I went out, I chose the second one, and it happened that Seventeen and Fourteen Shao were already sitting in it.
The general, Bai Xiaoqiu, and Eleven Shao took one car.
The carriage traveled slowly, came out of Baifu, bypassed a small road, passed a bell and drum tower, and drove on the avenue.
Even if I didn't look at it, I knew that the fourteenth young man was closing his eyes and recuperating, in order not to disturb him, I opened the curtain, and Xuan Xuan also poked out half of his head from the inside to look outside, and the seventeenth young man saw that no one was talking to him, and he also stuck his head out of the window.
People come and go on the street, and you can see the crowd of people everywhere, and both sides of the road are full of all kinds of goods, food and clothing, and they are dazzling. I said, "Why is the street so lively today?"
Seventeen Shaodao said, "It's almost the New Year, there are more traders from all over the country who come to Luoyang City to sell, and there are also many people who come in from outside the city to buy New Year's goods.
I said, "When will we also come to Luoyang City to shop and buy some New Year's goods."
Xuanzhi hurriedly said, "I want to buy sugar gourds, I like to eat sugar gourds the most, but unfortunately I only eat them at this time of year."
Seventeen Shao flicked it on the door of Xuanxuan's head, and said, "You know how to eat, now you are a Huangkou Tongsheng Elementary School, or a saint, you can't be proud, you have to work harder, and we will shoot in the field together when we have time another day."
Seventeen Shao was full of interest when he spoke, and Xuan Xuan didn't seem to be very interested, and said, "I will never shoot in the field again."
Seventeen Shao turned his head and asked him, "Why, am I not teaching well?" ”
Xuan Xuan pouted and said, "You just care about seeing that Mr. goes, where do you have the heart to teach me."
Seventeen less was excited, raised his voice an octave, and said loudly, "You are talking nonsense, where do I have it".
I blinked, glanced at Seventeen, and saw that his face was slightly red, and he was also looking at me. I squeezed a dry smile at him and hurriedly looked away.
The carriage drove all the way, and the number of people in the street gradually increased, squeezing our carriage in the middle, and we could only move slowly.
After a while, Seventeen called me, and I shook my head, and looked at him, when suddenly I heard the sound of horses' hooves not far away, and the people in the street began to agitate, crowding and pushing, and we could not move our carriage in the middle.
From the scattered crowd, I saw a group of men and horses, with turbans on their heads, full beards, narrow foreheads and high noses, fierce looks, and very different clothes from those we have here. Riding a horse in the front was a strong man, who looked about the same age as Bai Zhanqi, there was a child about the same age as Xuan Xuan who was on the same horse as him, followed by a young and strong young man, with clear eyebrows, and he walked side by side with a man who thought it was a man, but after a closer look, it was a girl, with well-defined facial features, and only a pair of big eyes were seen on the whole face, especially the eyeballs, which were pitch black.
I've never seen eyes that look so good.
I hurriedly called out to Seventeen Shao and pointed it out to him.
Seventeen Shao glanced at the gang, and the expression that was still smiling just now immediately became very serious, he turned his head and shouted, "Fourteen, hurry up and see, the Turks have come to Luoyang City."
Probably feeling that something was wrong, I hurriedly looked at Fourteen Shao, and saw that he also quickly poked his head out and came to us together, at this time, Fourteen Shao was beside me, we were almost head to head, and I could clearly hear his gasp. I tilted my head slightly to look at him, and saw that he was only looking at the Turks in front of me. His eyebrows flickered, and his eyes were cloudy.
Just when everyone was concentrating on looking at the group of Turks, Bai Xiaoqiu and Eleven Young Man also poked their heads out of the carriage, and when Bai Xiaoqiu turned around and saw me, I was stunned at first and immediately smiled at him. Since I said that I want to release my past suspicions and turn the conflict into a jade silk, from now on the two of us are familiar strangers, and it is time to face it calmly. Seeing that the expression on his face was quite natural, he nodded at me as a response, and then turned his head to talk to Eleven Shao.
Seventeen Shao looked at it for a while, turned around and returned to the carriage, and said, "Fourteen, it's coming to the end of the year soon, what are the Turks doing in Luoyang now."
The fourteenth young man also turned around, sat down in the carriage, and said to the seventeenth young man, "These people are not ordinary people, judging from their clothing and temperament, they are either rich or expensive, and they are most likely royal and noble people."
Seventeen Shao was a little nervous, and said, "What are they doing in Luoyang, they were cleaned up by us last time, and they dare to come again."
Fourteen Shaodao, "Don't underestimate these Turkic barbarians, although they haven't made any major moves in the past two years, they have recruited troops in private, trained in an orderly manner, and just waited for the accumulation to catch us off guard."
Seventeen Shao cut and said, "Fourteen, don't be angry with others to destroy your own prestige."
Fourteen glanced at Seventeen and said, "Let's wait and see."
The tense faces of the two major generals and the earnest words made me nervous unconsciously, and a pair of eyes glanced at the fourteenth young man everywhere, and looked up along the arm to realize that he was also looking at me. He still had a cold face and asked me, "Are you afraid?"
I shook my head and said, "No."
Fourteen Shao ignored me again, turned his head and continued to chat with Seventeen Shao.
As I spoke, I shouted to Seventeen, "Look, the barbarians have entered the inn."
Seventeen Shao said disdainfully, "The feet of the Son of Heaven are measured, and they can't make any trouble."
Walking all the way, talking and laughing, I finally arrived at the gate of the palace, and the three words "Jian'an Palace" were hung in front of the beam.
Our group got out of the carriage, and the fourteenth young man, who had never talked much, told me, "The place I went to today is the main hall, although it is to enter the palace to reward you, remember to be cautious in your words and deeds."
Fourteen didn't say that it was okay, but when I said it, I became nervous, and I was holding Xuanxuan's hand wet. Xuan Xuan glanced at me, and when he saw that I looked nervous, he didn't ask me anything, and let me pull forward.
As soon as I walked into the "Jian'an Palace", the solemn and majestic atmosphere came to my face, and the rows of people standing inside were all the civil and military officials of the dynasty, and the Jin Emperor was not as kind and kind as before, and he was completely upright, and the world was the only one who respected the domineering posture.
Our group knelt in the center of the hall and said in unison, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
Emperor Jin said, "Get up."
The reward of me and Xuanqi was simple and solemn, and the Jin Emperor gave Xuanxuan a brown Yu, which was also called weak in the mouth of the literati at that time. I was given a ruler and an inkstone.
After the reward, Xuan Xuan and I both bowed and thanked each other, and when we retreated to the stage, we heard the eunuch at the door say loudly, "The Turkic Khan and the second prince Hacha Ucha and the third princess Miluo. Rahe and the little prince Haoer Mozha to meet him".