serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 138
The night sky on New Year's Eve is colorfully decorated with fireworks.

At the end of Shenshi, the lanterns under the eaves of the palaces in the imperial city were all lit, and firecrackers were lit at the gates of the various places.

The lights inside and outside the Qianqing Palace were brightly lit, and the dinner in the main hall was not over yet, but the figure of the emperor had disappeared from the main seat.

study room

The candles on the imperial case were more than half burned.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Jianwu was fascinated by watching Baoling Hou Shi Nai's urgent delivery.

Chief Assistant Song Chengliang and Li Guogong Liu Fang hurried in behind Dai Quan.

Dai Quan walked to the imperial case and said softly to Emperor Jianwu, "Your Majesty, the chief assistant and the old Duke are here."

Emperor Jianwu came back to his senses, and said: "Show the first assistant and the old man the urgent delivery of Marquis Baoling."

Dai Quan answered "Yes", picked up the urgent copy on the imperial case and walked over.

Song Chengliang took the package and hurriedly looked at it. Liu Fang moved her head closer.

The faces of the two became more and more ugly as their eyes moved on the express delivery. After watching Shi Nai's express delivery, the two exchanged anxious glances and raised their heads to look at the emperor.

Emperor Jianwu said: "I didn't expect Xuzhou to be rotten like this. What will other places be like? Tell me, what should I do?"

There was silence in the upper study.

Emperor Jianwu went on to say: "I remember that time I told you that the imperial court will solve the problem of the Cao Gang after the next year. I also acted according to the emperor's will, and now it is already! The arrows that have been shot must not be taken back. Nor can it be taken back. Forget about the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, and there must be no chaos in other places, at least not at the same time."

Hearing this, Song Chengliang seemed to feel that the sky and the earth were spinning wildly, and he was about to fall down immediately, so he grabbed Liu Fang's arm.

"Shoufu!" Liu Fang was startled.

Dai Quan hurried over to support Song Chengliang.

Emperor Jianwu was also startled, and shouted: "Come on!"

All of a sudden, the chief eunuch on duty in the outer hall and the little yellow gatemen all ran in, and they were all shocked when they saw this.

Dai Quan: "Quickly, bring the chair over here."

The eunuch quickly moved a chair out of the compartment.

Liu Fang and Dai Quan supported Song Chengliang to sit down on the chair, and brought him a few sips of hot tea. Song Chengliang slowed down, slowly opened his eyes, but looked a little tired, and said to the emperor: "My lord Your Majesty is disrespectful, please forgive me."

Emperor Jianwu: "It's all right. Do you want to pass on the imperial physician?"

Song Chengliang shook his head: "The minister is old."

Emperor Jianwu glanced at him and said to Dai Quan, "Bring three bowls of lotus seed soup."

Dai Quan: "Yes." After answering, he led the eunuchs back out.

Song Chengliang glanced at Liu Fang.

Liu Fang: "The top priority is nothing more than two. The first is to mobilize the army. The soldiers and horses in Henan and Anhui provinces have just experienced wars and can be regarded as elite soldiers. What I mean is to mobilize the soldiers and horses in Henan and Anhui, and divide them into two groups: Henan guards stationed in Xuzhou to prevent rebels from attacking Xuzhou and entering Shandong Province. Anhui guards guarded Sizhou and Chuzhou to prevent rebels from entering Anhui.

The elite soldiers from the Jiangnan camp were then transferred into the Huai'an mansion and quickly wiped out the Cao gang.This will alert all evildoers.Then the imperial court can select important ministers to go to the provinces to check for omissions and fill vacancies. "

Song Chengliang then said: "The old man's words are very reasonable. However, the Cao Gang has a large number of people, and there are still an unknown number of self-generated firecrackers in their hands. I am afraid that the Anhui Guards will not be able to stop them! We still have to transfer troops from the capital."

Liu Fang: "The Cao Gang is nothing more than a Jianghu gang, a mob. With the help of the Caoyun Yamen, Jiangnan Daying can wipe out these people within a few days. Don't worry about the chief assistant."

Emperor Jianwu stood up and said, "It's New Year's Eve, and the soldiers of Jiangnan Camp are all going home to celebrate the New Year."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Fang and Song Chengliang immediately changed their expressions, and then fell silent.

Emperor Jianwu stepped down from the dragon chair, paced back and forth in the hall, then stopped suddenly, and said, "Follow the old Duke's advice. Let's wait a little longer at Jiangnan Daying."

Liu Fang and Song Chengliang looked at each other: "Yes."

At this time, Dai Quan walked in, followed by three court ladies carrying trays.

Emperor Jianwu turned his head slowly, looked at Liu Fang and Song Chengliang who was sitting: "It's the New Year, I'm sorry for you, let's have a bowl of lotus seed soup with me."

West City, Ningrong Street.

The upper courtyard of the Ningguo Mansion hall is full of theater and wine, people come and go, very lively.

Jia Hu accompanied Jia Dairu, Jia Daixiu, Jia She, Jia Zheng and others to drink in the inner hall, and everyone was drunk.

Jia Dairu is an honest man, but also a poor man, who raised an unfilial grandson.

The news that Jia Rui was raising a concubine finally got out. This boy bought a house in Huazhi Lane, two miles away from Jia's mansion, and raised the woman there.

This is really a great irony for Second Sister You!
Jia Hu didn't know how to take care of it, You Shi couldn't take care of it, and Second Sister You couldn't do anything about it, but Jia Dairu was very angry, but he couldn't help it, he beat and scolded, Jia Rui was a bastard. Weight, determined to keep that woman.

The drunken Jia Dairu pulled Jia Hu and muttered, and kept apologizing, which made Jia Hu look embarrassed. I'm not Jia Zhen.

At this time, Jia Lian, Jia Cong, Jia Huan, and Jia Lan's uncle and nephew came back from pouring wine for Jia Mu.

Jia Zheng laughed and said, "It's getting late, you go in and pour the old lady a drink."

Jia Amnesty also smiled and said, "Let's go."

Jia Hu nodded and raised his glass: "Uncles and brothers, please."

All the disciples in the hall raised their wine glasses one after another, stood up, and drank the wine in their glasses in one gulp.

In the big flower hall, the banquet was still set up, and Jia Mu and others were sitting and talking and laughing, lively and lively.

Before the servant girl could report, Jia Hu opened the curtain and came in. In addition to Jiamu's old wives, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, all the guests left the table and waited on them.

Amber hurriedly held a new warm silver pot in Jia Hu's hand, and followed Jia Hu to Jia Mu's table.

"Ancestor."

"Didn't drink much."

Mother Jia was very happy, so she didn't let the mandarin duck carry the glass, and took the wine glass, "I just chatted and laughed with my aunt and the others, and I just took a sip to moisten my throat."

Jia Hu went up to pour a glass of wine for Jia Mu, followed by the three old wives, then Aunt Xue, and finally Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang.

After pouring a round, Jia Hu went back to Jia Mu's bed, sat down on the side, poured a glass of wine himself, and said to Jia Mu, "I just drank two more glasses with Mr. Dairu. I'm late. Three cups as fine." He drank three cups in a row.

Everyone looked at this side and laughed again when they saw this.

Mother Jia was even happier, she sat up straight, and pushed a dish in front of her, "This Xienen pheasant tastes good, try it."

Jia Hu took the chopsticks from Hu Po's hand, and picked up a chopstick, "Not bad!" Then picked up another chopstick.

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Jiamu looked at it for a while, then said to Yuanyang, "Bring rice for your second master."

After a while, Yuanyang brought a bowl of red rice, and Jiamu brought two more dishes with her own hands, "This bowl is chicken marrow and bamboo shoots, and this bowl of bad quail is good. I like it. You can try it too." .”

"My ancestor told me what kind of food I should honor in the future."

As he said that, Jia Hu picked up a little each with his chopsticks, and took two mouthfuls of rice, "Not bad!"

Jiamu, Daiyu and the others were used to seeing it, and they didn't think it was different. Aunt Xue and the other female relatives stared at it with big eyes.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside, like a muffled thunder.

Mother Jia was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Whose house set off the fireworks? Why are they so loud!"

At this moment, there were several loud bangs from a distance, and Jia Hu's face changed. This is not fireworks, it is clearly the sound of gunpowder exploding.

And listening to this voice, it is in the west city.

Outside the gate of Qianqing Palace

A big eunuch sent Liu Fang and Song Chengliang out with a lantern.

Looking back at the brightly lit Qianqing Palace, Song Chengliang shook his head and smiled wryly.

Suddenly, there was a "bang" explosion behind him.

Song Chengliang was startled, turned his head to look, his face changed drastically.

Liu Fang was also shocked, the northwest of the imperial city was full of flames, it was the place where the clan princes lived!
(End of this chapter)