serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 177 Summer Capital City
There was no sound in Jiamu's courtyard. There were a few old ladies and little maids sitting under the corridor, and they kept stretching their necks to look at the moon gate of the courtyard.

The bamboo curtain was lifted, Zhou Rui's family came out of Jia Mu's house, and everyone hurriedly got up.

Zhou Rui's family shook their hands. At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the courtyard, and everyone's eyes were wide open.

I saw a few women walking towards each other with large boxes of one color made of silk and gold.

"Where is the food?" a woman asked Zhou Rui's family.

Zhou Rui's family said angrily: "How can I be in the mood to eat now? Send it to the small kitchen and wait."

"Yes." The women agreed and went.

A woman couldn't help it: "It's been more than an hour!"

Since the beginning of July, Mother Jia, Mrs. Xing and others have been worrying about one thing. They are worried that Wang Xifeng will give birth on the seventh day of July. July is called "ghost month". Babies born in July will have a weak fate. Weak body, easy to get sick, etc.

People born in July are not particularly auspicious.But the seventh day of the seventh month is the most unlucky of the unlucky, the seventh day is yin, and the seventh day of the seventh month is the yin of the yin, a day of pure yin.

As the old saying goes, come when you are afraid.

But at the beginning of Shen Shi, Wang Xifeng suddenly went into labor.

A complicated light flashed across Zhou Rui's eyes, and he looked at the Moon Gate again.

It was very quiet outside, and there was silence inside.

Wang Ziteng's wife, Mrs. Li, had already rushed over. At this time, she was anxious like ants on a hot pot, fidgeting, worrying about Wang Xifeng's delivery, and worrying about whether she was a man or a woman, because Wang Xifeng was a little weak. It cannot be determined whether the fetus in the womb is male or female.

She doesn't care if the seventh day of July is auspicious or not. She cares more about whether Wang Xifeng will give birth to a boy. Completely stabilized.

Mrs. Xing sat there drinking tea in silence, like a spectator staying out of things, not Wang Xifeng's mother-in-law.

Li Wan was still calm and calm, standing quietly by Jia Mu's side.

Youshi sat down at the big round table with Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Lin Daiyu, Xiangyun, Baochai and Xing Xiuyan.

On the table were all kinds of seasonal melons and fruits, a large plate of assorted snacks, and a large plate of melon seeds. Qin Keqing stood aside and silently refilled tea for everyone.

Aunt Xue, on the other hand, looked absent-minded. Just now the mother-in-law came to report that Xue Pan had passed Juyongguan.

Mrs. Wang was very quiet today, she kept her head down, she couldn't see her expression clearly and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Mother Jia took everyone's reactions into her eyes calmly, and glanced at the chiming clock next to her. When it was three o'clock in the unitary hour, she turned her head and said to Li Wan, "You and your sister-in-law and Rong's daughter-in-law are leading their sisters. Let's go out to eat."

"Yes."

Li Wan saluted, turned around and walked towards You Shi and the others.

At this time, footsteps came from outside, and then Zhou Rui's family walked in with a smile on their faces, "The old lady is overjoyed! Second Mistress Lian gave birth, mother and daughter are safe!"

All eyes were on Jiamu, and everyone was silent.

Aunt Xue came back to her senses, stood up immediately, and then went to Mother Jia, "Congratulations to the old lady, and congratulations to the family for a daughter!"

Mrs. Li and all the female family members of the Jia family also came up, "Congratulations to the old lady!"

Yuanyang and other maidservants also gathered around, "Congratulations to the old lady!"

Whether it is really happy or pretending to be happy, there is a smile on the face at this time. After all, this is Jia Lian's first child and Da Fangtian's first grandchild. It is a great joy.

Mother Jia's face also stretched, showing a smile: "Okay! Okay! Sit down." She said to Mrs. Xing: "Arrange someone to announce the good news to the old relatives immediately."

"Yes." Mrs. Xing responded and walked out.

Jia Mu turned her eyes to Li Shi again, and said with a smile: "I know you have Miss Feng in your heart, so I won't keep you. Go and have a look. Tell Feng girl that I will go see her later."

"Yes."

A tired smile appeared on Mrs. Li's face, and she casually looked at Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang sat there with a smile on her face.

Jia Mu looked at Mrs. Wang: "You can also go to Feng girl's place to have a look."

"Yes." Mrs. Wang's voice was so low that only she could hear it.

Aunt Xue said quickly: "Old lady, I'll take a look at Feng girl first, come later."

Mother Jia smiled lightly: "My aunt, don't worry, you are an elder, I don't worry if you go and enlighten her. Let her take a good breath. The heat outside has not dissipated, pay attention to your body, don't come here."

Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Li and Aunt Xue went out together.

Jia Mu stood up slowly and said to Li Wan, "Let's eat."

The sun had already set, and the remaining heat on the ground had not dissipated. The cicadas were singing loudly and powerfully in the small garden of Rongguo Mansion East Road Courtyard.

The sound of cicadas chirping came into the study. Jia Amnesty was sitting in front of the desk reading a book in his hand.

Suddenly, the door of the study was pushed open, Wang Shanbao walked in, and said, "My lord, the Zhen family has been escorted to Beijing. They were not imprisoned, but were sent to the old house of the Zhen family in Dongcheng. Except for a few eunuchs and a team Fanzi, there are no imperial guards."

Jia Amnesty put the book on the desk and leaned back in the chair: "If someone from the Zhen family comes, just say I'm sick and can't see guests."

Wang Shanbao: "Yes." He answered and walked out quickly.

Jia She stood up a little irritatedly, walked to the window and stood still, glanced at the sky outside the window, a flash of worry flashed in his eyes.

At this time, a man in military uniform came in through the moon gate of the yard.

Jia Amnesty knew him, he was someone close to Jiao Da, he gently opened the window and asked, "What's the matter?"

The man strode over, clasped his hands together and said, "An urgent letter from the Ministry of War." He took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over.

Jia Amnesty took the letter, tore it open and read it, his expression changed, then he walked to the desk, picked up a pen and began to write.

After finishing writing, Jia Amnesty picked up the letter paper and blew on the ink, then folded the letter and stuffed it into an envelope to seal it, then walked back to the window and handed the letter to the man, saying: "You leave immediately , be sure to deliver this letter to your commander in person within five days.”

The man: "Yes!" He took the letter, turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

Jia She looked at the back of the man who disappeared outside the moon gate, with a look of worry on his face.

Baoling Hou Shi Nai lost Xuzhou City, the [-] new troops were completely lost, and Shi Nai himself was seriously injured.

All the grain, grass and weapons that Jia Hu transferred from Henan and Shandong fell into the hands of the White Lotus Sect.

The White Lotus Sect captured Xuzhou City by relying on someone to open the city gate from the inside, and this person was the former Xuzhou City Guard.

In addition, Jia Amnesty had a bad feeling about the sudden appearance of the White Lotus Sect army in Xuzhou, and it might have something to do with Wang Ziteng.

With Lin Daiyu's reminder, coupled with the control of the Cao Gang's Gyeonggi intelligence network, it was quickly determined that those who took the money order from the Wang family were members of the Cao Gang.

Wang Ziteng is also too courageous.

Thinking of this, Jia Amnesty's heart suddenly became confused.I don't know whether to be happy or worried.

On the other side, the lights in the upper study room have already been lit.

Except for the Chief Assistant Song Chengliang, Niu Jizong, Shi Guangzhu, and King Zhongshun who were at home all hurried over. They were all sitting on both sides of the imperial case, looking at Emperor Jianwu.

Emperor Jianwu sat in front of the imperial case, still concentrating on it.

After half an hour of urgent discussions, it was finally decided to mobilize an army to take back Xuzhou City.

Although the north-south traffic was blocked due to the diversion of the Yellow River, Xuzhou is still very important. It connects the four provinces of Henan, Anhui, Shandong and Jiangsu. If Xuzhou is lost, the water in Shandong and Yang Kaiwu in Anhui will be connected together. Not to mention it will give Jiangsu No matter how much threat the Shi Ding Department poses, Henan will be in danger first.

The imperial court has not been idle in the past few months. Taking advantage of the water level of the Yellow River to drop, it repaired the pontoon bridge connecting the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, which solved the problem of north-south transportation.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Jianwu said: "First deploy troops from Shaanxi to defend Henan, so as to prevent the bandits from entering Henan. In addition, immediately urge Wang Ziteng to wipe out the rebels in Anhui as soon as possible."

Song Chengliang stood up: "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu went on to say: "Let Ma Shang lead the troops to go south."

Song Chengliang replied: "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu said to Niu Jizong and Shi Guangzhu: "You have to come up with a plan, not only how to recover Xuzhou City, but also destroy the rebels in Shandong and Anhui provinces."

Niu Jizong and Shi Guangzhu stood up and replied, "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu: "When will Mr. Wang Ge come to Beijing?"

Dai Quan: "Return to Your Majesty, Mr. Wang Ge and those [-] guns have already passed Juyongguan."

Emperor Jianwu nodded, "Send the copy of the general report to Jia Hu" hesitated, and then said: "Tell Jia Hu, if possible, end the war as soon as possible."

Having said that, he stood up and let out a long sigh, "I regret it so much. Why did I believe it and still obey what I said?"

Everyone was shocked, and they all raised their heads and looked at the emperor.

(End of this chapter)