Qin Gong

Chapter 217 Old lady, your grandson is appointed general! (two in one)

According to the words of several women, Mao Jiao walked east and west for a while before arriving at a house.

Outside the wooden fence, Mao Jiao walked to the door and looked curiously at the small garden in front of him.

The small garden is not big, a narrow bamboo door was gently pushed open by Mao Jiao, and then Mao Jiao could see everything in the small garden.

A few stones are placed on the ground, and bundles of firewood are leaning against the eaves next to the thatched wooden house. Some of them are placed between the firewood and the fence, and a piece of coarse cloth is hung.

On the other side of the wooden house is a simple wooden shed that seems to have just been built for raising cattle.

"That boy, did he grow up here?"

Looking at everything in front of him, Mao Jiao seemed to be able to imagine that young figure walking out of the old wooden house and walking in the small garden.

day to day.

Only here, the boy might not see the contempt and ridicule in the village.

"Ok?"

In the small garden, a middle-aged woman in commoner clothes was chatting with a commoner woman. When they saw Mao Jiao, they looked at each other. After finding out that they didn't know the old man, they got up slowly with doubts.

Maybe they don't know the reason of Mao Jiao's visit, whether it's the young woman or the middle-aged woman, they don't understand what it means for this old man who has never met before to enter his small garden.

"My dear, come out!"

The middle-aged woman turned her head and shouted into the house.

The woman's voice fell, and then a middle-aged man hurried out from the house.

The man is the descendant.

When Yan's father heard Mrs. Yan calling for him, he thought he needed help on some urgent matter, but before he could figure it out, he saw an old man in common clothes coming to the small garden.

"Old man, who are you? What are you doing here?"

Yan's father glanced at his wife, then stepped forward, looked at the old man and asked.

At the beginning, the grandfather let the uncle and the third son read and write, and asked Yanfu to work to support the family. Later, Yanfu didn't read any books, and he had never seen the world.

That's exactly what happened. Compared with the uncle and others, Yanfu's nature was simple and simple. Although he was puzzled about Mao Jiao's arrival, he didn't drive him away or speak in a bad tone.

And it was Yan's father's behavior, after seeing Yan's father, Mao Jiao couldn't help nodding inwardly.

"The old man passed by here and heard about your family's Zhong'er, so he came to see if your family's Zhong'er is at home now?"

Mao Jiao looked at Yanfu, said with a smile, and saluted Yanfu.

Mao Jiao's behavior made Yanfu, Yanshi, and Yunhan confused.

"Yan'er?"

When Mrs. Yan heard that the elderly man said that he had heard about Yan'er, she came over curiously and frowned subconsciously.

Heard about Yan'er?
As a mother, how could Mrs. Yan not know how the villagers talked about Yan'er.

Fortunately, Mrs. Yan had a vague feeling that the old man didn't seem to have any intention of ridiculing, so he didn't drive the old man away.

"Old man, Yan'er is not here!"

Xiongshi opened his mouth and said.

Mrs. Yan guessed in his heart that the old man must have overheard the villagers talking about Yan'er's childhood, so he came here just now out of curiosity.

Ever since Yan'er often brought money to the trustees at home, those envious villagers kept looking back at what happened to Yan'er when he was a child.

"Old man, my second son, Zhong Yan, has not returned from Yicheng and is not at home!"

Yan's father also explained to Mao Jiao when he heard his wife's words behind him.

In the small garden.

Mao Jiao nodded when he heard what Yanfu and Yan said.

Sure enough, the couple, like those villagers, always thought that the boy was in Yicheng.

"If that's the case, then I have no choice but to give up. The old man originally wanted to come and see the young man. If there is a chance, he will take the young man to read the simple script."

Mao Jiao said.

This move was to reassure the couple in front of them that he came here without any malice.

"what!"

Hearing Mao Jiao's words, no matter it was Yan's father or Yan's family, they all looked surprised, and even the female Yun Han looked at Mao Jiao in surprise.

The old man wants to accept Zhong Yan as a student?
This is almost an idea that came to mind in an instant among the three of them.

"Old man, come in and have a seat!"

After a few breaths, when he came back to his senses, before Yan's father could speak, Mrs. Yan passed by Yan's father and invited Mao Jiao to sit in with enthusiasm.

"Yun Han, it's getting late, let's go get some food."

Mrs. Yan ordered to the eldest daughter-in-law.

In Yan's eyes, she had no doubts about Mao Jiao's words, because she looked at the old gentleman in front of her, his words, deeds, and expression were definitely not ordinary people.

Mrs. Yan is not worried that the old man is pretending to come here to cheat food and drink.

If this is the case, then the Yan family will also admit it, and let Yan'er learn this trick in the future, to trick a woman to come back to be her young daughter-in-law, and when Yan'er gets old in the future, she will not have to worry about food and drink.

Worrying about the mother.

Compared with the eldest son, the second son is what the Yan family can't let go of. After all, unlike the eldest son Shou'er, the second son Yan'er has been stared at since he was a child.

She worried that after a hundred years, she and Yan's father were no longer in the world, and the eldest son was in the army again. Once Yan'er was not appreciated by Ling Shi, he would come back here with no one to rely on and no ability.

In the small garden.

When Yun Han heard what Mrs. Yan said, she nodded quickly, and looked at the old gentleman facing her in surprise. She didn't expect that the old gentleman would accept him as his disciple after hearing about his brother-in-law.

But before she turned around, she saw the old man waving his hand.

Seeing this scene, Xie Shi smiled cautiously.

"You are welcome, old gentleman."

Yan Shi looked at Mao Jiao and said.

For this opportunity in front of her, she was naturally nervous. It was her dream to let Yan'er learn to read and write.

Now that she sees an opportunity, she is not willing to give up.

"Yes, the old man goes in to drink some water first."

Yan's father is also helping.

Looking at the anxious couple, Mao Jiao couldn't help laughing.

"No need, since your second son is not here, it is inconvenient for the old man to stay for a long time!"

Mao Jiao said with a smile.

Mao Jiao didn't tell the couple in front of him about the teenager.

This moment is different from just now.

Just now at the entrance of the village, when Mao Jiao learned about his experience as a teenager from other women, Mao Jiao was impulsive and wanted to tell the couple.

But after walking here from the entrance of the village and seeing the couple again, Mao Jiao has calmed down.

Mao Jiao knew that he was ordered to investigate this time, not to take the family away, so he could go back and return after he found out, and he must not make decisions on his own and let the news leak out.

The most important thing is that even if he said it, the couple in front of him would not necessarily believe it.

Moreover, he came here under the king's order, and his identity is sensitive. If the couple accidentally speaks out or inquires about it, it will definitely bring disaster.

In the small garden.

Faced with the repeated attempts of Mr. Yan and Yan's father to stay, Mao Jiao politely declined, and then asked some other things on the pretext.

During the chat, Mao Jiao firmly remembered the location of the stones in the yard, some old details of the wooden house, and most importantly, the characteristics of the couple.

As for the young woman.

Mao Jiao already knew that the woman had just married, so she didn't pay special attention to observe.

His purpose of this trip is to remember some details of this village, and to observe the old things in this small garden, the couple.

"The old man will not bother!"

After Mao Jiao remembered what he saw in his heart, he cupped his hands and said, ready to leave.

"Can the old man tell you where he lives? Next time Zhong Yan comes back, I will definitely ask Zhong Yan to visit the old man."

Seeing that she couldn't keep Mao Jiao, Xiong said without giving up.

Yan's father also nodded at the side.

"We will meet again next time!"

Mao Jiao said with a smile, without revealing his address.

Mao Jiao had a hunch that the next time he saw the couple again, it might be the time to tell them his identity.

After finishing speaking, Mao Jiao cupped his hands again, and then turned and left under the eyes of the Yan family, Yan father, and Yun Han.

In the bamboo garden, Yan's father and Yan's family looked at each other as they watched the old man's back.

Although the old man said that he would come again next time, he was unwilling to tell where he lived. Both the couple worried that this was just a polite remark.

But since the old man had already left, it was not easy for them to step forward to stop him.

"Sir, go and get some millet and some money. The road out of the village is not easy. We, my husband and I, go to see off the old man."

After a long time.As the old man left, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had missed the opportunity, and felt sorry for him, turned his head and told Yanfu.

"The old man is a polite person at first glance. He must have heard about Yan'er and felt that Yan'er was pitiful, so he wanted to accept Yan'er as a disciple. We, husband and wife, don't neglect him."

Xiong said.

Thinking back to what the old man could do for Zhong Yan, he came to this water village and even here to ask if Yan'er was at home.Mrs. Yan felt more and more that the old gentleman just now really wanted Yan'er to be his disciple.

If so.

This opportunity, you can't miss it, you must seize the opportunity.

"Okay! I'm going to get something!"

Yan's father heard his wife's words, nodded, turned and walked back into the house.

"Mom, I'll go with you!"

Yunhan watched Yan Shi get up, and hurriedly got up too, wanting to go with Yan Shi.

Shizuo nodded.

However, Yan's father and Yan's family followed Yun Han all the way from the water village to the official road, and after walking for a long time, they did not see Mao Jiao.

Qi State Linzi.

In the depths of an alley, in a narrow and dilapidated yard, an old woman with white hair and wrinkled cheeks was washing clothes with water.

In this quiet alley, the figure of the old woman in the courtyard seemed very lonely.

The old lady seemed to be in poor health. After washing the clothes, she bent down the moment she got up, and finally stood up forcefully, rubbing her back waist with one hand.

The old woman took the washed clothes and walked slowly to the yard step by step, where they were dried on a pile of miscellaneous trees.

After a while.

After drying the clothes, the old woman went to do other sundries.

At this time, the sound of footsteps came from beyond my imagination.

"right here!"

When the old woman heard the voice, she turned her head and saw a man, leading an old man in common clothes, coming to the yard.

Under the gaze of the old woman, the old man entered the courtyard.

"you are?"

The old woman looked at the old man a little strangely.

She didn't seem to know the person who came to the yard in front of her. Could it be that she came to find the eldest son?
"Dare to ask, but Zhongyan's grandmother?"

the old man asked softly.

The old man is Mao Jiao who left the water village.

It turned out that when he was in Shui Village, he learned from the women that the old woman was in Linzi, so Mao Jiao went back to the official road and ordered his followers to go to the old woman's village to find familiar villagers to lead the way.

Here Mao Jiao uses small means.

When he appeared in the water village, he didn't let the villagers of the old woman's village see him, but asked his subordinates to follow the villagers to find out the way, and then bring him here.

In this case, the villagers of the old woman will only think that there is a young man looking for the eldest son of the old woman.

"I'm!"

The old woman was Bai Yan's grandmother, and when she heard the old man in front of her mention Yan'er, she nodded quickly with all her hair.

Although I don't know the old man's purpose.

But her grandson Yan'er has been away for nearly a year, and she misses her grandson very much.

"The old man knows my grandson Yan'er?"

The old woman's eyes were red, she looked at the old man in front of her, and asked softly.

Mao Jiao nodded.

Looking at the old woman in front of him, after Mao Jiao went to the water village, he could have found it here without so much trouble.

But thinking of those women's words, Mao Jiao still chose to find here.

Besides he wanted to tell the king about this matter, he also wanted to see the old lady.

"Mister, where is my grandson?"

The old woman asked in a trembling voice.

At this moment, the old woman's mind is full of the figure of the little grandson from before, who is used to shouting at her grandmother before entering the bamboo garden. At a young age, she always drags bundles of firewood home, worrying that she has no firewood to make a fire.

Mao Jiao looked at the wrinkled face of the old woman in front of him, and when he mentioned the boy, his eyes were red, full of concern and longing.

"Qin country!"

Mao Jiao said.

inside the yard.

The old woman nodded repeatedly when she heard Mao Jiao's words.

"Okay, Qin State, my grandson is in Qin State."

Tears welled up in the old woman's old eyes.

Recalling the appearance of her grandson kneeling in front of her at the gate of Linzi City in full view.

It turned out that her grandson was going to Qin State at that time.

"It's good to be in Qin~!" "It's good to be in Qin~!"

The old woman murmured.

Mao Jiao lowered his head and didn't look directly at the old woman in front of him, as if he was thinking about something.

"Since the old man has met my grandson, can I trouble the old man to sit down and tell me about my grandson!"

The old woman looked at Mao Jiao full of supplication.

At this moment, the old lady didn't ask much, she just wanted to hear about her grandson from the old gentleman in front of her.

Then under Mao Jiao's gaze.

The old woman looked at the yard, a little anxious, as if she wanted to find a place to sit and talk.

However, it was at this time.

Mao Jiao looked at the old woman, finally made a decision, took a step back, and arched his hands under the old woman's gaze.

"Old lady, your grandson has already been appointed as a general!"

Mao Jiao said, tell the story of Bai Yan.

Facing the couple in the water village, Mao Jiao didn't have to say anything.

But after learning everything, facing the pale-haired old woman in front of him, Mao Jiao couldn't bear to hide anything.

He was sure that the old woman in front of him would not talk nonsense.

What's more, when he mentioned the young man, unlike the couple, the old woman didn't say she was in Yicheng, but asked him where the young man was.

Obviously from the very beginning, the old woman knew that the boy was not in Yicheng.

"what?"

When the old woman heard Mao Jiao's words, she looked at Mao Jiao in a daze.

What did he say just now?
"My grandson, Feng Qing has paid homage to the general?"

When the old woman said these words, the tears in her eyes fell down her wrinkled old face.

is this real?Is it really Feng Qing's obeisance to the general?
Is the grandson really admiring the general?
The old woman stood where she was, with these words in her mind.

"It's absolutely true, your grandson is now the head of Qin's left concubine! Bai Yan!"

Mao Jiao clasped his hands and said, worried that the old woman would not believe it, so he explained to the old woman.

As soon as the words fell, Mao Jiao saw the old woman's face was full of tears, but her smile was extraordinarily bright.

"At the beginning when the Yue clan and the Xiongnu went south, it was your grandson who led the cavalry to drive away the Yue clan and the Huns. Later, King Qin personally met your grandson and worshiped your grandson as a general."

Mao Jiao said to the old woman.

When he came to Linzi before, Mao Jiao already knew that the battle of Gaonu had already spread to Linzi, and the rumors were raging.

"My grandson, Feng Zuoshu, has grown up!"

The old woman murmured, although she didn't know what her grandson had gone through, but she was not happy when she learned that her grandson had been appointed general.

No one knows better than the old woman how much ridicule and discrimination her grandson faced when she was a child.

this moment.

The old woman wanted to see what her grandson would look like when he became a general, whether he was majestic or not.

Moreover, the old woman also learned from Mao Jiao's words that the people facing Zicheng outside, and the Qin general Bai Yan that everyone talked about was her grandson.

The teenager who used to hide behind her.

inside the yard.

Mao Jiao looked at the old woman in front of him, and after saying that, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But Mao Jiao also knew that what he said was just to reassure the old woman.

For other things, even if it gets out now, no one of the villagers who laughed at the boy and the old woman would believe it, not even the boy's biological parents.

I thought of the old woman in front of me who used to protect the boy with a broom and stones.

To this day, people still laugh at it.

Mao Jiao is clear.

The grievances suffered by this old woman need to wait until the young man comes back. Only then can everyone shut up.

Only when the young man returns, no one here dares to bully the old woman at all.

"You wait outside!"

Outside the alley, a girl's voice sounded.

In the courtyard, the old woman's eyes were red, and when she regained her senses, she saw a young girl running towards her.

Seeing the young girl, the old woman's wrinkled old face, you immediately raised a loving smile, just like seeing your own grandson.

"Grandma!"

Tian Feiyan, all in silk clothes, trotted up to the old woman and shouted sweetly.

The old woman looked at the young girl with red eyes and a smile.

Grandmother, this is what the old woman insisted on calling Tian Feiyan. She was very stubborn. At first, Tian Feiyan was not used to it, but later on with the old woman's love, she gradually got used to it.

"Often come to see me, an old woman, and I'm not afraid of getting tired!"

The old woman smiled, stretched out her thin and callused hands, and rubbed the girl's black hair.

The girl didn't mind at all, seeing the old woman's eyes filled with tears, she stretched out her little hand, and gently wiped the tears on the old man's cheeks.

The girl didn't ask why the old woman was crying.

the other side.

Mao Jiao looked at the girl, already dumbfounded, and his heart was full of shock.

At first, when Mao Jiao looked at this fair-skinned and beautiful girl, Mao Jiao was amazed, but at a glance, he saw that this girl's background was definitely not ordinary, and wondered why this girl appeared here.

However behind.

Looking at Mao Jiao, who looked familiar to the girl, he quickly remembered whose daughter this girl was.

A few years ago, he had met the child once in Tianfu.

The daughter of Tian Ding, Tian Feiyan (妫feiyan)!
Why did Tian Ding's daughter appear here?With Tian Ding's personality, it is impossible to tolerate his beloved daughter appearing here.

"Feiyan met Qin Shangqing, Lord Mao!"

Tian Feiyan, who was dressed in the costume of Qi State, saluted Mao Jiao, then looked at Mao Jiao, and said with a small smile: "Feiyan is very curious, why did Lord Mao come to Qi State from thousands of miles to inquire about a village?" matter?"

"How did you know?"

Mao Jiao looked at the girl.

He obviously went there in disguise, so it is absolutely impossible for someone to stare at him, how could the girl know.

Mao Jiao was a little worried at the moment.

Tian Feiyan, Tian Ding's daughter, already knew, so did Tian Ding also know.

thought here.

Mao Jiao frowned.

"Non-smoking!"

The old woman looked at Tian Feiyan and quickly shouted softly.

"It's not smoke to make medicine!"

Hearing what the old woman said, the girl smiled softly and said, she didn't stop being naughty, and then walked towards the yard, where the medicine was boiled, with the bag in her arms.

This scene.

Mao Jiao was even more surprised, not knowing why, and looked at the old woman suspiciously.

The old woman had just heard Tian Feiyan's words, and she already knew that the old man in front of her was Mao Jiao, the Minister of Qin.

This is an unattainable big shot.

"The old lady pays respects to Lord Mao!"

The old woman saluted Mao Jiao.

"You are Welcome!"

Mao Jiao bowed his hand in return.

After the ceremony, the old lady told Mao Jiao about Tian Feiyan and why her grandson left Qi.

It wasn't until this time that Mao Jiao finally understood why the couple always received money from Yicheng youths.

Looking at the girl skilled in making fire in the distance, Mao Jiao was completely inconceivable. Who would have thought that that girl was the daughter of Tian Ding, the Tian Fu that countless people feared.

But the same.

When Mao Jiao thought of Tian Ding, he couldn't help laughing in his heart. In the court of Qi State, Tian Ding was a rare capable minister of the clan, and he wanted to strengthen Qi.

The result is that such a high-ranking and capable minister personally drove a young man who dared to fight with [-] horses and [-] horses out of Qi State!

Such a generous handwriting is placed in Qin State, Qin State is not so rich.

"Tian Ding, Tian Ding, I'm so curious about the day you saw that young man and learned that you drove the young man out of Qi with your own hands, what kind of face you will have on your face!"

Mao Jiao thought to himself.

Mao Jiao didn't expect that what happened to that boy was so interesting.

Listening to the old woman's words, Mao Jiao was relieved when he learned that the girl was worried because she knew that the young man's uncle had met the young man in Qin, and ordered someone to monitor the village quietly.

However, Mao Jiao also knew that the reason why the girl brought it up on purpose when she saw him just now was to vaguely remind him that this is the country of Qi, so don't mess around.

"Old lady, Mao Jiao will leave first! Don't spread the news of what happened today!"

Mao Jiao cupped his hands to the old woman and said.

"Don't worry, adults!"

The old woman nodded back.

"The old woman sent the adults out."

The old woman looked at Mao Jiao and said softly.

Mao Jiao wanted to refuse at first, but he looked into the eyes of the old woman and nodded. Before leaving, he glanced at the girl boiling medicine in the distance.

Mao Jiao was not worried that the girl would speak out. The girl knew that he had been to the village, and she didn't look surprised just now. She obviously knew something. If the girl really wanted to say it, the person who appeared here just now was probably Tian. tripod.

The old woman sent Mao Jiao outside the courtyard.

In a deserted alley.

Only then did the old woman stop and look at Mao Jiao.

"Please trouble your lord to tell King Qin that my grandson is kind-hearted. If he has done something bad and is reprimanded by other officials, then he must have done something wrong. As for those outrageous things, please believe King Qin , my old woman is here, that boy will not do those things, if the old woman is dead and the grave is there, that boy will not dare."

The old woman said to Mao Jiao: "Please tell my grandson this sentence too!"

The old woman's words were obviously not as pleasant as other educated people, but she could feel the concern. After hearing it, Mao Jiaoxin couldn't help trembling.

Mao Jiao didn't blame the old lady for her uprightness. As a senior minister of Qin, at this moment, he sincerely admired the old lady's words.

That boy has the best grandmother in the world.

"The old man will definitely tell!"

Mao Jiao said.

Mao Jiao, who once wrote a letter with his life and persuaded the king, naturally knew how to tell the king what the old woman wanted.

"Thank you sir!"

The old woman saluted Mao Jiao gratefully.

Mao Jiao bowed his hands to the old lady, bid farewell to the old lady again, and then left.

The old woman watched Mao Jiao's departing figure disappear, her eyes were full of longing for her grandson, and it took her a long time to turn around and walk back.

After a while.

The old woman returned to the yard.

"You, did you already know that!"

The old woman looked at Tian Feiyan and said softly angrily, but the kindness in her eyes was extremely doting.

What the old lady couldn't see just now, Tian Feiyan seemed to have known it a long time ago.

Watching the old woman about to sit down.

Tian Feiyan got up and supported him, and shook his head with a smile, refusing to admit it.

This appearance made the old woman couldn't help laughing, and then she sat on the stool.

"Yan'er is sealed!"

The old woman murmured in a low voice, her eyes were red, she couldn't help laughing contentedly, remembering that her grandson had already been enshrined in Qin, the old woman was finally relieved at this moment.

She knew that her grandson would definitely be successful.

"Grandma, you have to take medicine well, take care of yourself, and wait for him to come back!"

Tian Feiyan said softly, the smile disappeared from his small face.

That guy was an idiot, didn't know that his grandmother knew he was going to ask the doctor, luckily she found out early.

Return Qin Zuoshu!

"Okay! It's good to have Yan'er, learn medical books and treat an old lady like me!"

The old woman nodded with a smile. She stretched out her skinny old hand to her shoulder and placed it on the back of the girl's hand.

Think back to the child who kept yelling at his grandmother when he was young, and think back to the way his grandson looked at him with a smile.

Now, she hadn't seen her grandson returning home with a battle armor and a sword, how could he make his body collapse.

What's more, she still has to watch Zhongyan marry Yan'er and go home.

"Grandma, you can go out and live with me, let Uncle Yan go with you!"

Behind him came the words that the girl had said countless times.

The old woman shook her head and looked at the narrow courtyard in front of her. She knew her grandson well, and knew that once he returned to Qi, he would definitely want to see her.

At the beginning, the grandson was just carrying things and sending her here.

"Yan'er sent me here at the beginning, he knew the way, and he could find here directly when he came back."

The old woman said with a smile.

　During the Warring States period, the words of an old woman could be spoken to the king, just like Zhao Kuo's mother.

　　Warring States period is the king!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)