Chapter Seventy-Two: Jingzhou
The sun rose early the next morning, and the sky was still bright, so Xiao Yan led the team to set off. They rested early at night, fell asleep at the end of the day, got up on the fifth watch and slept very much, and set off as soon as the sun began without any problem, and they were all full of energy.
On this day, they traveled two hundred and ten miles of seven posts, entered the post house to rest and sleep, and set off again the next day when the sun just rose, so as to maintain the speed of seven posts every day, and three days later they went out of Tingzhou and entered the boundary of Gaochang Prefecture.
This used to be the Gaochang State of the Western Regions, during the period of Emperor Gaozongwu, Xiao Cheng, the governor of Hexi Province, waved his troops to the west to pacify the Gaochang Kingdom, and set up Gaochang Prefecture, 900 miles from east to west, 700 miles from north to south, it is the westernmost state of Hexi Province, and then to the west is the Anxi Protectorate. Xiao Yan and his entourage passed through Gaochang City and went directly to the south, galloping out of the post road for 500 miles in three days, and entering Shanshan Prefecture, which is adjacent to the southeast of Gaochang Prefecture. Four days later, Xiao Yan and his entourage galloped out of Shanshanzhou, and the post road along the southeast was Haizhou, and after Haizhou was Jingzhou.
Of course, Haizhou in Hexi has no sea, and it is named because of the desert Hanhai and the cyan salt lake. The geography of Jingzhou is the same as Haizhou, it was originally to be named Qingzhou, but there is already a Qingzhou in Shandong Province, so Xiao Cheng added a "fight" to the right of the "green" color, to be Jingzhou, and proposed to set up a Jingsai army in Jingzhou. It is said that after receiving the recital, the Majesty Xià raised his tone and said one word: "Stop? Her privy counsellor immediately understood and said, "Mo Ruojing Southern Army." Gaozong smiled, "Good." When Shen Qingyi told Xiao Yan about this paragraph, he bluntly said that "the heart of the Tang Dynasty to Tubo starts from Gaowu" - Jingzhou is not a side plug in the eyes of this majesty, but a jumping castle. Today, this jumping fort has advanced 300 li in the direction of Tubo, and correspondingly, the Jingnan army camp stationed in Jingzhou City has also moved 180 li south, and the new camp is in the east of the Qingjia Mountains north of the Matuo River.
But Xiao Yu's Guide General's Mansion is still in Jingzhou City. Xiao Yan must go to Jingzhou City first, if Xiao Yan is in the mansion, it is the best, if not, Xiao Yan will either wait in the mansion, or be led by the general's house guard to the Jingnan military camp, this is the proper way.
Xiao Yan and his entourage rushed to Jingzhou City when the city gate was closed, handed over the door thorn and was welcomed into the general's mansion. Sure enough, Xiao Ji and his wife are both in the army, the eldest son Xiao Shao is also in the army, and only the second son Xiao Ji is in the mansion and comes out to greet her as the master.
"Ouch Seventeen Brother, you're finally here." Xiao Ji was very happy to see her, and was about to give her a brotherly hug, when he looked at her dusty robe, uh, forget it, and instead reached out and patted her affectionately on the shoulder, "After Auntie received the letter from the fourth uncle, she ordered the maid to pack up the place for you to live twenty days ago. Let's go, my brother will take you there. Xiao Ji's eyes narrowed when he said the word "brother", and finally a younger brother came to let him be a brother, and he enthusiastically led Xiao Yan to Chunze Garden in the Houfu to settle down, and the twenty tooth soldiers were arranged to live in the courtyard of the Houfu.
After bathing and changing clothes, Xiao Yan and Xiao Ji talked in the hall of Chunze Garden, but Xiao Yan still wore a mask.
Xiao Ji thought that the sores on her face were not healed, so he politely did not stop at her face, only looked at her eyes and smiled: "Brother, rest in the mansion for one night, and I will let my soldiers go to the camp early tomorrow morning to inform my mother." I guess I'll be able to see people at night. Tomorrow my brother will take you to Jingzhou City, although it is not as prosperous as Hezhou, but it is very stylish. ”
"Thank you, Eighth Cousin." Xiao Yan raised his hand and saluted in thanks.
Xiao Ji waved his hand, "What do you thank for your brother." ”
The servants and maidservants of the outer courtyard came in with a food table. Xiao Ji sat on the side and drank tea, accompanied Xiao Yan to have dinner, and the two walked together in the small garden in the backyard, and talked for a while, Xiao Ji asked her about the morning and evening work and rest time, and then said goodbye: "Brother has worked hard all the way, rest early tonight." My brother will come over again at two o'clock tomorrow morning and have breakfast with my brother. "The morning food in the General's Mansion is early, and it is arranged together early, because Xiao Yu went to the military camp early, so he developed this habit of eating.
Xiao Yan responded with a "yes" and sent him to the door. Xiao Ji waved his hand at him and walked away with the big sleeves of the servant.
The corners of Xiao Yan's mouth twitched when she turned around, and in the conversation that had just been less than three quarters of an hour, Xiao Ji called her brother seven times and called herself brother ten times - how much do you like to be a brother?! Could it be a resentment that Aunt Seven didn't give him a brother or sister?
Xiao Yan laughed and returned to the inner courtyard.
Chunze Garden is a courtyard with a porch on the wall, three main rooms, Xiao Yan lived in the main room, Qinghui and a sprinkler maid arranged by the general's mansion lived in the west chamber, Bingbi lived in the east chamber, and there was a rough servant living in the wall room, Xiao Yan arranged two tooth soldiers to live in the room, one was a doorman, and one listened to her summons to do things at any time.
Xiao Yan returned to the main room and began to write a letter, the letter was addressed to his brother and sister-in-law, and he should write a letter to report his safety when he arrived in Jingzhou. After writing the letter, she hesitated for a moment, and wrote another letter to Shen Qingyi separately, which wrote some details of life, such as whether the Kwai Shui that Shen Qingyi told her was normal, and so on, Brother still don't read this kind of thing. She said that Kwai Shui came five days ago, there was no discomfort such as bloating and falling, there was no effect on riding a horse, the blood volume was normal, no more or less, and it was clean and inexhaustible after two days. At the end of the letter, he greeted again: "Sister Yiqiē is well?" I miss it very much in the line, I don't have a day or forget, pray for blessings and peace", and the name is "Seventeen Yan". After the ink dried, he folded the letter vertically and put it into the same letter, imagining that the fourth brother took out two letters and opened them and then saw Kwai Shui's green expression, Xiao Yan was happy.
She sealed the letter, laid it on the desk, got up, washed up, went to bed, meditated as usual, and fell asleep.
After a dreamless night, she got up at the beginning of the next day, and called the tooth soldier who came into the porch, gave him the letter, and ordered the horse to be sent to Tingzhou. The tooth soldier obeyed his promise.
When she took the knife and bathed out, Xiao Ji had already come.
The two of them had a morning meal together, so they took two servants to ride out of the mansion, walked around the state city along the wide street, ate in the restaurant at noon, and went to the market in the afternoon, and only went back after nearly one hour. Jingzhou City, like Weizhou and Tingzhou, because it is a border city, strictly enforces the curfew, so the doors of residential and commercial areas are open at sunrise and closed at sunset, unlike Hezhou and most inland states, although there are walls but do not lock the door, people can enjoy themselves late at night and then return to the square. Of course, the outer door of the General's Mansion is open on the wall of the workshop, even if you return late, you are not afraid. However, Xiao Ji and Xiao Yan didn't have the idea of returning home at night after playing outside, and stepped on the drum of the fang wall to enter the mansion.
The next day, after the morning meal, the two went out shopping again. This time it's a visit to the outer city. The inhabitants of the outer city look more savage, and there are many men with beards and swords, and there are some differences in appearance from the Han people. Xiao Ji said that the few tribes here have the most Tuyuhun people, followed by the Di people, the Tubo people again, and the Qiang people and the Hui people. He smiled and patted the horizontal knife on his waist, and the white light of his teeth instantly reminded Xiao Yan of the wolf on the plateau.
It seems that this cousin with a bright smile is also a ruthless child.
Shen Shi and the two returned to the General's Mansion, Xiao Jicai bathed and changed clothes and came out, and the door door reported that "the female monarch is back". Xiao Ji ha: "Grandma is back, is it alone?" As he walked out quickly, the man followed and said, "I saw the female monarch alone." "No wonder it's so fast." Xiao Ji said, and ordered the servants around him to go to Chunze Garden to inform Seventeen Langjun.
When Xiao Yan came over, Xiao Yan was bathing, so she and Xiao Ji waited with tea in the side hall.
Xiao Yan bathed quickly, and came out two quarters of an hour later, wearing a corset skirt, and her long washed hair was scattered behind her shoulders, looking very casual, and when she saw Xiao Yan, she laughed "Ouch seventeen", and stepped forward with a warm hug.
Her figure was very tall, nearly six feet, Xiao Yan's head was clasped between the two white towers on her chest, and she sighed in her heart, "Aunt Seventh is really plump", and she shook her head vigorously and raised her head from the clamp on the back of her head with one hand.
Xiao Yu said "Huh" and said with a smile: "Not bad." Reaching out to untie her mask, "Let Aunt Seven see if she looks beautiful." ”
Xiao Yan had the opportunity to call "Seventh Aunt", held her wrist, and said, "I'll do it myself." ”
Xiao Yu made a slight effort, but she didn't break free, she said "huh" again, exerted seven points of strength, and then took off her hand, the light brown eyes were full of brilliance, and the hand was placed on the top of her head and rubbed, "Not bad, when did you enter the Ascending Extreme Realm?" ”
"It's advanced in Weizhou." Xiao Yan replied as he untied the tassel and took off his mask.
Xiao Jicai just opened his mouth wide because of what his mother said about "ascending to the extreme realm", and before his brain could spin the word "demon", his mouth opened wider, and he looked at Xiao Yan's face stupidly, and his eyes didn't move.
This, this, this...... Is it scabies?
He instantly wanted to hug the pillar and hit his head with his head, with this face in front of him, how could he mix up with this handsome face?!
"Seventeenth brother......" His voice floated dreamily, his eyes were also floating, but his expression was accusatory.
Before Xiao Yan could answer, Xiao Yan had already answered, "It's not the seventeenth brother, it's the seventeenth sister." ”
Xiao Ji's mouth couldn't be taken back, he kept that expression stupidly, and his brain couldn't turn anymore.
Mother, what do you mean?
Seventeen...... Younger sister??
Xiao Yan looked at his son with a stupid expression very happily, put one hand on Xiao Yan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't pay attention to that stupid child." What about your fourth brother's letter? Why did you come here alone? ”
Xiao Yan took a step back, first made up for the salute he didn't have time to do just now, and then took out the letter from his sleeve pocket and handed it over: "Brother and sister-in-law will stay in Tingzhou for a while, and said that they were worried that they would miss me to join the army, so they asked me to come over first." ”
Xiao Yan took it, directly took the paper cutter to remove the fire paint and then opened the letter, and directly tore the seal, seeing Xiao Yan's mouth twitch, sure enough, it was very the style of the seventh aunt.
Xiao Yu didn't mention the matter of Xuanzi in the letter, only said that he would stay in Tingzhou for a while longer, Xiao Yu's eyes flashed, Tingzhou, Wei family? Turning his head and asking Xiao Yan with a smile: "Ah Yan has seen the little lady of the Wei family, has he?" Are there any people who are over the age of 15 and still waiting to be married? ”
Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Yes, two." "Wei Wu Niangzi is seventeen years old, and Wei Jiu Niangzi is fifteen years old.
Xiao Yu took the letter to cover his mouth and laughed, his expression was similar to "Oh, I see!" ”
Xiao Yan felt that the seventh aunt had probably guessed the plan of her brother and the Wei family, and she was still a little confused about this matter, so she turned her eyes away, and she didn't see the expression of the seventh aunt.
The author has something to say: Little Theater:
Xiao Yan (suffocated by the chest apparatus to catch her breath): How did Aunt Seventh practice this breast?
Xiao Yu: Knead 10,000 times a day.
Xiao Yan: ...... That's swollen, right? ——
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