Exclusive golden branch

Chapter 19
In the blink of an eye, it was April, and Qingming was approaching, and Mrs. Jingci finally gave Jiang Shaoyan a letter: that old friend will come on Qingming, and Jiang Shaoyan can go there to accompany her.

Thanking Mrs. Jingci, Jiang Shaoyan neatly put the two cans of prepared rose marinade into a rose wooden box specially ordered by a carpenter, waiting for the visit of Mrs. Jingci's old friend.

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Tomorrow is the Ching Ming season, and Ji Chongyan and Lin Yan finally arrived at Hedong before the Ching Ming. After entering the city, they went to a private house on the north street of the city.

After entering the house, Ji Chongyan washed his hands and face, changed into new clothes and specially put on a cape, and then went straight to the backyard, where an old woman with gray hair and stooped figure sat at the dining table in the backyard.

"Young master, you are back! You haven't eaten yet!" The old woman stood up happily to greet him, stepped forward to take off the cloak she had just put on, and then quietly stuffed two "chestnuts" into his hands, He whispered: "I know you love chestnuts the most, I secretly hid two just now! Eat them quickly!"

Lin Yan, who followed in, happened to see this scene, and felt his nose sore.

Ji Chongyan looked down at the "chestnut" made of two iron balls in his hand. Due to years of rubbing, the original chestnut lines on the outside could no longer be seen clearly.

"Okay, I'll eat it later." Ji Chongyan smiled and took the "chestnuts", stepped forward to support the old woman, and said, "Didn't I tell you? Don't wait for me, just eat it yourself .”

Lin Yan saw Ji Chongyan put the two iron chestnuts back into the old woman's sleeve pocket by taking the opportunity of his support.

The old woman didn't notice this, she just smiled and said: "Your elder brother went to the military camp, and elder sister married to Ji's family, and there is only the nanny in this yard, how can we not wait for you?"

The old woman pursed her lips in embarrassment as she spoke, and pulled Ji Chongyan's sleeves tightly as if she was a child who hadn't grown up.

Ji Chongyan laughed, this smile was a little softer than the previous light smile with the slightly raised red moles at the end of his eyes, he smiled and asked the old woman: "What did Mammy do at home today?"

While talking, he helped the old woman to the table and sat down, scooped up a bowl of chicken soup and pushed it in front of the old woman.

The old woman was not in a hurry to drink, but happily picked up the green balls on the green plate on the table and handed them to Ji Chongyan, saying: "It's almost Qingming, I made green balls stuffed with bean paste, you have to try it!"

Ji Chongyan took a bite of the red bean paste green dumpling. Older people have a dull taste. The taste of the red bean paste green dumpling is much sweeter than the young ones.

He quietly put down the bean paste green ball and scooped up a bowl of tofu soup for himself to remove some sweetness.

Lin Yan didn't enter the house, but looked at the old and the young talking happily not far away from the hall with complicated expressions.

No one told the old woman that Ji Chongyan was in front of her and not the young son of the Zhao family she thought, just like no one told her that she was no longer the nanny of the Zhao family siblings who were in their prime in their thirties, but It was an old woman who was approaching her sixtieth birthday and was too busy to move around.

In addition to the well-known Princess Zhaoyun, the current Holy Majesty actually has a younger brother who died suddenly at the age of nineteen. Now that the Great Zhou dynasty has been established for twenty years, few people remember it except for those historians who study the biographies of the previous figures. The young general Xing among the Zhao brothers existed.

In the last years of the former dynasty, the king had no way, and uprisings broke out everywhere. However, there were tigers and wolves in the army to guard the Zhao brothers, and the foundation of Dajing could not be shaken for a while.In the past, there were people who said: "As long as the Zhao brothers are around, Dajing will not fall."

Until later, the young general of the Zhao family, Xing Yu Baidi, was encircled and suppressed by various rebels. The young general Zhao was brave and good at fighting, and he resisted forcefully for more than three months. , when the supplies in the city were about to run out, ten soldiers who were familiar with water volunteered to use the rapids and dangerous shoals to fight their way out.

In the end, only one of the ten soldiers returned to Chang'an with a seriously injured body. When the soldiers rushed all the way outside the city of Chang'an, they were exhausted. The soldiers in the city saw the soldier, and they asked the soldiers guarding the city to report to the Zhao family. At that time, the Zhao family opened the door and it was this Princess Zhao Yun and General Zhao's nanny, Nanny Chai.

The Zhao family was having a banquet that day, and Nanny Chai rushed to report the news, but on the way, she was hit on the head with a stick and thrown into the lake.Fortunately, a guest of the Zhao family found Nanny Chai by the lakeside.

The Zhao family urgently sought medical treatment from a doctor, but Nanny Chai was unconscious, and the soldier who reported the letter noticed that there was no movement, so they came to check again and found out that Nanny Chai had been beaten unconscious. Horrified, he hurriedly informed the Zhao family members of the news.

It was already half a month later, Little General Zhao was killed in Baidi City alone and helpless, and his body was exposed by the enemy after his death, while Nanny Chai woke up like this half a year later.

After the accident of Little General Zhao, the current Majesty, the Dalang of the Zhao family at that time asked the previous king to thoroughly investigate the spies, but the king ignored it. It was precisely because of this that the Zhao family was completely chilled, and they rebelled not long after. Followed the uprising.

Princess Zhaoyun also suffered from a serious illness due to the accident of General Zhao Xiao. She barely supported her sick body and took Ji Chongyan to go early after experiencing the turmoil of the previous dynasty.

The older you get, the less things Nanny Chai can remember. Every time Ji Chongyan comes back, he will stuff "chestnuts" at least once.

Lin Yan once heard his Master Qing Ji of Shangfeng Dali Temple who was familiar with the "internal affairs" of various families in the capital say: General Zhao has an extremely good appearance, and Chongyan resembles his appearance, only compared to General Zhao. , Chongyan had a red mole at the end of his eye.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Chai Nanny regards Chongyan as Little General Zhao.

After eating with Nanny Chai, and sending Nanny Chai back to rest, the food was redistributed in the hall. Lin Yan sat down to eat, and Ji Chongyan, who had already eaten once, put down his chopsticks after only a few mouthfuls.

"Tomorrow, I will leave after offering incense for my brother-in-law." After putting down his chopsticks, Ji Chongyan said.

Lin Yan said "Yes", and after a long silence, he said to Ji Chongyan: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for Nanny Chai to remember what happened back then."

Ji Chong said nothing.

Lin Yan sighed: I heard that when he was young, Chongyan fell into the lake by mistake because of the Ji family's elder who was in a hurry to go to Hualou. If General Zhao hadn't passed by, he would have died long ago.

Princess Zhaoyun and General Zhao are a pair of twin siblings, and they have had a very good relationship since they were young. If General Zhao had not had an accident, Princess Zhaoyun would not have passed away early after a serious illness.

Therefore, Chongyan has always been brooding over the death of that little general Zhao.

Just as he was feeling emotional, Ji Chongyan's voice suddenly sounded.

"This time, I'm going to take Nanny Chai with me. I'll search for famous doctors, and I'll give it a try no matter what."

Nanny Chai was the only witness who had seen the one who prevented the Zhao family from rescuing General Zhao. Now that she was old and her health was not as good as before, he dared not wait any longer.

(End of this chapter)