Volume 2 Northern Xinjiang Journey Chapter 43 New Courtyard
Li Jiaoer and others entered the city from the south gate of Anhua County.
Anhua County is not small, the city wall is towering, when in front of the south city gate, you can't see the corners of the city wall left and right, and then enter the inner city after passing the urn city, Li Jiaoer has been picking up the curtain and looking forward, seeing the battle flags and archers on the city wall, and seeing the sergeants patrolling on the road, you will feel the different murderous atmosphere between the city and the capital here.
fresh, and made her feel inexplicably nervous.
However, after entering the inner city, the fireworks of the people in the city suddenly diluted the killing intent outside the city, and what surprised Li Jiaoer even more was that Changfeng looked in the direction of the city gate with a straight face.
Seeing that their convoy had arrived, Changbong immediately greeted him, but his face was still ugly.
Now that he has arrived in Anhua County, Chang Feng thinks that this is his "own place", so he wants to give Li Jiao'er a dismount, lest she come to Xue Zhen at will in the future, adding bad luck. But now that she saw that the people who followed her into the city turned out to be one of Xue Zhen's four lieutenants, she didn't dare to show it, so she had to endure her anger and salute respectfully:
"Madame, the little one was ordered to wait here for Madame."
Shizi also exalted her too much, Changbong thought dissatisfied.
Li Jiaoer sat on the side of the car, and when she saw his demeanor, she felt quite funny in her heart, and she didn't poke it, and asked him good-naturedly: "It's hard for you to wait here, what do you have to say?" ”
"The prince has already arranged a house for his wife, not far from here, and the little one is bringing his wife over." Chang Feng stood with his hands down, and said, "General Wen, the general has now lived in the General's Mansion, and it is good to leave the matter here to the little one." ”
Ready to build your premises?
Li Jiao'er had planned to live in the inn for a while and rent a house slowly, but now when she heard him say this, she was very happy to have less things to worry about.
"So? The prince is really careful. She laughs.
She laughed, and Changbong felt even harsh when she listened, and she slandered in her heart for a long time.
However, when Wen Long and the other sergeants heard it, they all thought it was strange.
Xue Zhen's army is very strictly controlled, prostitutes, harassing the people, robbing people's women, etc., and no one who has a military position, whether male or female, is not allowed to enter the barracks.
However, it was not forbidden for the soldiers to settle their families in Anhua City.
Of course, ordinary soldiers do not have the financial resources to accommodate their families; But if there is a little military merit and some capital savings, the soldiers will be rented and purchased by the county town or the surrounding areas, and their families will come here.
The generals already had mansions in the city, and the middle and low-level generals either brought their families or concubines to settle down; High-level generals are not allowed to bring their families due to the imperial court regulations, and there will also be concubines who will take care of them here.
And Xue Zhen is the only outlier among these people, he has no concubines or intercourse, and he doesn't need maids to serve, and there are only four little servants around him to take care of his private affairs.
Originally, everyone thought that he was because he was more in love with his wife, and the newlywed Yan'er refused to ask for another woman, but the arrival of Mrs. Chen last year made many people's jaws drop.
That Mrs. Chen was suddenly brought back by Xue Zhen, and she lived in the general's mansion for nine months, and suddenly the baby was born.
Therefore, after learning that Xue Zhen actually invited His Majesty and brought his family to Anhua County this time, the generals under Xue Zhen also discussed in private, saying that it must have been Mrs. Chen who led her eldest son home, which made Mrs. jealous, and the prince still felt sorry for Mrs. in the end, so he took Mrs. back to Anhua County.
Wenlong guarded Li Jiao'er along the way, but felt that Li Jiao'er loved to talk and laugh, and she didn't twist and had no temper, and wondered if the general would act like this.
It's just that in this case, why doesn't Madame live in the General's Mansion? I can't hide anything like that.
He pondered for a few days, and it dawned on him.
It is already very high-profile for the lady to come with the holy grace, and if the general goes in and out with the lady all day long, and is caught by someone and says something about delaying the military situation, the gain will outweigh the loss.
Come to think of it, they also need to be less talkative.
Wen Long thought that he had seen through it, so he smiled and said to Li Jiao'er: "Madam, since the general has an arrangement, the last general will leave first." After that, he patted Chang Feng's shoulder with a familiar look, and said, "Brother Chang Feng, Madam will be taken care of by you." ”
Li Jiaoer was in the car, bowed her head and saluted back: "Thank you, you are tired all the way." ”
"I don't dare to do my job." Wen Long led everyone to salute again and left.
On the way back, Wen Long also told his subordinates: "When you go back, seal your mouth tightly, and don't talk about Mrs. ”
The sergeants were relaxed for a moment, and said with a grin: "Naturally, naturally. ”
"But General Wen, why doesn't Mrs. Wen live in the General's Mansion?"
Wen Long said confidently: "This shows that the general values Mrs. and doesn't want people to talk about it." ”
“…… But that Mrs. Chen ......"
"That's just a concubine," Wen Long didn't allow them to talk about it anymore, "The general is the prince of the Hou Mansion, what is it to have a concubine?" The general didn't bring her with him this time. ”
"I see." All the sergeants all looked suddenly enlightened, and began to sigh again that General Xue was really the best for his wife.
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Li Jiao'er and the others changed the servants to drive, followed Changfeng, and after two streets, they arrived at the house arranged for her by Xue Zhen.
The house was in an alley in the south of the city, the third from the left, and although it was a courtyard, it was built with a wide opening and closing, and there were nine rooms in it, and the layout of the house was quite large; There is a well in the courtyard, there is a clay kang in each room, and the furniture is neat, very northland style, and it is quite clean.
What's even more surprising is that there is a lot of new charcoal in the warehouse connected to the upside-down room; The rice, flour and oil in the kitchen are all in the same color, and according to the habit of people in the capital who love to eat river fish, there are more than a dozen live fish in the water tank.
Li Jiaoer didn't expect Xue Zhen to be so meticulous and sincerely said to Chang Feng:
"The prince really has a heart,"
Although Li Jiao'er is kind of talkative, but there are no outsiders, Chang Feng no longer loses his smiling face, and when he hears her speak, he just stretches his face, and says authentically:
"Since the lady knows that the son of the world has a heart, she should know things. The prince has been very busy lately, if the lady has something, she will go to the general's mansion in ten days to find it. ”
Li Jiao'er's smile dimmed.
Chang Fengwu was unhappy, stared at Li Jiao'er with unkind eyes, and warned: "I also want to ask Madame to remember, the general sent someone to secretly stare at Madame, those evil things, bad things and ruthless things with different intentions, Madame must not think about doing it, otherwise the prince will take the handle, but it will no longer be okay to cry twice." ”
His words were so ugly, Li Jiao'er didn't react yet, Yun Tuan was unhappy first, and sneered at each other:
"Brother Changfeng'er's words are so boring, since the prince doesn't believe Miss like this, why should he buy a house alone? We might as well live in the General's Mansion. Ah, maybe it's because your son has a wife of King Zhao Qian Sun in the General's Mansion again, and you can't live there? It's easy to do, or Brother Changfeng, you live here and keep an eye on us, so that every day we do things under the noses of the general and Brother Changfeng, aren't you relieved? ”
Chang Bong hadn't dealt with Yun Tuan a few times before, he only knew that she had a lot of strength, but he didn't want to be so flexible with her mouth, and she was refuted for a while, and she didn't know what to say.
Li Jiao'er raised her hand, stopped Yuntuan from continuing to say, and said to Chang Feng: "I know, you go back and tell the prince that he bothered about the house, but I don't know if this yard was purchased or rented by the prince?" I took the deed another day, and I gave it to the prince according to the price. ”
Chang Bong was so angry that he didn't want to answer anymore, so he gave up his hand, turned around and left.
The clouds hurried over and spat at Changfeng's back: "Phew, something." Your family has no evidence to take my young lady, so I want you to talk nonsense here. ”
The people Li Jiao'er brought this time were all her companions, and they all knew the roots of Xue Zhen and Li Jiao'er, and knew the matter of reconciliation and separation that ended without a problem, so their hearts must be towards Li Jiao'er, and they all secretly blamed Changfeng for speaking badly.
"Yuntuan," Li Jiaoer sat on the couch by the window, pinched her legs, and called her helplessly, "Okay, why be angry?" I'm thirsty, let people boil water. ”
Cui Xi, who was packing up things outside the door, heard it, and hurriedly said through the door: "Madam, Cui Qiao They have already burned it, Madame wait a minute." ”
Li Jiao'er nodded, and said to Yun Tuan: "You and Mother Tong arranged people first and collected the things...... It's just that, I'm not busy cleaning up, so I don't have to take the car today, let's take a good rest. I changed my clothes first, and then asked Fu Nian to inquire on the street to see if anyone's food was done well, and set up a table to come back, and we had fun together. I'll write home again to say goodbye. ”
Li Jiaoer came to northern Xinjiang this time, in addition to Yuntuan, she also brought a mother Tong who was in charge, four second-class girls in Cui, and three errands and busy with heavy work.
"Yes." Yun Tuan replied helplessly, came over to pinch her leg, and said, "Miss is too good-tempered, the slave is right, the world acts like this, what is he?" Dare to do that to you. ”
Li Jiao'er sighed, leaned on the windowsill, looked at the strange and fresh courtyard in front of her, and said, "Probably because when we get here, we can only rely on ourselves for everything." ”
In the past, in the Marquis of Anyang's mansion, there was a county lord to protect her; And when she arrived in this northern frontier, she was an abandoned woman who didn't even have her mother's home, and was suspicious and disliked by her husband.
Chang Feng is Xue Zhen's personal servant, he feels sorry for Xue Zhen's experience, and he can understand it.
understandable, it doesn't mean that she really won't be angry and unwilling to have a seizure, but she just feels that she is not qualified to be angry until the truth is revealed.
When Yun Tuan heard this, he was stunned for a while, and said fiercely: "Miss is not only herself, but also me, if he is so yin and yang in the future, I will scratch his face, so that he can't see people, and if he has the ability, he will let the son of the world send me down." ”
Li Jiao'er hurriedly pushed her: "Don't come nonsense, people are under the low eaves, you still have to learn to bow your head." ”
"I know, but for the sake of Miss, slaves are not afraid." Yun Tuan said with a smile.
Li Jiaoer felt warm in her heart, smiled, and continued to look past the window to see this yard where she was afraid she would live for a year or two.
Although Chang Feng's attitude was annoying, she still had to accept Xue Zhen's love and found such a simple and comfortable courtyard.