serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 320

Looking at his figure disappearing outside the door, Emperor Jianwu stood up and walked quickly back and forth in front of the imperial case with his hands behind his back.

Suddenly, he walked to the dragon chair and sat down again. He picked up his pen and wrote "Liu Fang, Shi Guangzhu, Niu Jizong, Feng Tang, Qiu Liang" in a row of large characters on a blank piece of paper.

Then, he wrote the three characters "Yongweiying".

He also wrote a row of big characters "Lin Ruhai, Zhao Zixun, Li Hao, Li Mingbo, Wang Wentao, Yang Jian".

He also wrote a row of big characters "Liaodong Army, Shaanxi General Military Mansion, Shandong General Military Mansion, Anhui General Military Mansion, Jiangnan Camp, Yangtze River Navy, and Guangdong Navy".

After thinking for a while, he wrote the four characters "Grassland outside the Pass".

Then, he wrote a big word "Jia" on the top, and stared at the word "Jia" closely. After a while, he wrote a bigger word after the word "Jia". With the character "Nine", I put down my pen and moved my eyes back and forth between the two characters. After a long time, I sighed softly.
When distant relatives come to visit, it is natural to have a reception.

Jia's mother always liked Li Wan's virtuousness, so she used her own money to hold banquets and drinks in the flower hall to cleanse the Li family's mother and daughter.

There were about ten tables in Jia Mu's flower hall. Yuan Chunlai sat there for a while and then went back. The seat in the middle was empty.

Jia Mu leaned on the couch, drank a glass of wine, picked up her glasses and looked around, then waved to Baoyu, "Go ahead and pour the wine."

After hearing this, Jia Baoyu hurriedly ordered a pot of warm wine. He first went to Aunt Li's table to pour the wine, then went to pour it for Aunt Xue, and then Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang and others poured it one by one.

Aunt Li put down her wine glass and smiled at Jia Mu: "After all, he is our young master, so he is indeed different."

Mother Jia raised her hand and said with a smile: "My wife doesn't know, but this child is spoiled. He is better than other children, and his rules and etiquette are much worse than his elder brother." Before she finished her words. After saying that, he reacted, glanced at Li Wan who was doing something silently on the side, then picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

Aunt Li looked at Jia Mu, then at Li Wan who lowered his head, and smiled awkwardly.

Aunt Xue, who had been paying attention here, smiled, poured a full glass of wine, and drained it in one gulp.

Wang Xifeng saw it and came over with a bottle of wine. She asked with a smile: "Auntie, what kind of joke did you see? Tell us to laugh too." While pouring a full glass of wine for Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue's heart skipped a beat, but she kept her expression and asked with a smile, "Why are you so happy too?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Of course a distant relative came to visit, where is my aunt?"

Aunt Xue looked at Wang Xifeng and smiled and said: "The Xue family's caravan came to Beijing just now, and Bao Yatou's brother brought back some face oil from the west coast. I heard that it is made from old ginseng that is more than a century old mixed with pearl powder. It's done, I'll have someone take you to your room later." As he said that, he stared at Wang Xifeng closely.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Thank you, aunt." As she said that, she poured a glass of wine by herself and said, "I'd like to toast aunt." She tilted her neck and drank it, then pointed the rim of the cup toward Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue also picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

Wang Xifeng laughed again: "Auntie is a good drinker!"

Jia's mother heard this and asked with a smile: "Why are you so happy? Tell us and smile too."

After looking at Aunt Xue first, Wang Xifeng smiled and replied, "Auntie wants to be a matchmaker."

Jia Mu: "Oh? Who is my concubine going to be a matchmaker for?"

Wang Xifeng didn't answer, but just glanced at Aunt Li.

Jia Mu understood and stopped asking further questions.

Wang Xifeng smiled and looked at Aunt Li and then at Aunt Xue. She swept her eyes across the flower hall and saw Baoyu joking in front of sisters Li Wen and Li Qi, while Baochai and Baoqin were joking in front of Lin Daiyu. , a look that looked like a smile but not a smile suddenly appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, Lin Zhixiao's family came in and greeted Jia Mu: "Old lady, the deputy general manager of Qianqing Palace is here."

Before he could finish his words, the deputy general manager of Qianqing Palace came in, smiled at Jia Mu and said, "Mrs. Madam, please greet me."

Jia Mu stood up quickly and asked with a smile: "But there is a will?" After saying that, she helped Wang Xifeng walk down.

The deputy general manager of Qianqing Palace quickly replied: "There is no decree, the emperor just asked the Za family to send the gifts." As he said that, he raised his hand and clapped it.

Then, ten extremely gorgeous girls dressed in Mongolian costumes walked in from the door.

Jia Mu was startled and asked, "What is this?" The deputy general manager smiled and said, "These are trophies presented to His Majesty by the prince. They are all Mongolian girls who are good at singing and dancing and have outstanding looks carefully selected from various Mongolian tribes in Monan. .”

As soon as these words came out, everyone except Jia Mu was blinded.

The deputy general manager continued: "Your Majesty has seen the Mongolian dance, and it is indeed unique. These are gifts to the prince's palace."

Jia Mu nodded: "General manager, please sit down and have a cup of tea."

Deputy Manager: "Thank you, Madam. The Za family has to go into the garden to kowtow to Concubine De and the Ninth Prince, so I won't interrupt." After saying that, he turned to the ten Mongolian girls and said, "I won't perform a dance for Madam yet."

The ten Mongolian girls replied: "Yes."

Three Mongolian girls went out and got musical instruments, sat cross-legged in the flower hall and started playing.

As the cheerful music played, seven other Mongolian girls danced Mongolian dance, humming Mongolian songs while dancing.
Thousands of miles away in Uliasutai, the wind is biting and the fields are covered with snow.

The muzzle flames of the black holes are spraying!

In the gray sky, snowflakes were falling sparsely. The Zhou army's artillery advanced to a position less than two and a half miles away from the fence of the Rakshasa camp, and continuously bombarded the Rakshasa camp!

Several pillars of flames burst into the sky from the Rakshasa camp, and then the fence of the camp was pierced by two six-pound iron bullets. But at this moment, the sound of artillery also rang out from the Rakshasa camp, and immediately Some Zhou troops fell under the gunfire.

The sentry officer immediately discovered the location of the Rakshasa artillery. The gunners adjusted the gun position and launched a bombardment at the Rakshasa artillery position.

The Rakshasa people's artillery had actually been positioned long ago, and their muzzles had been pointed at the Zhou army's attack route. They were waiting for the Zhou army's artillery to move forward so that they could knock out the Zhou army's artillery in one fell swoop.

The Rakshasa artillery was still spraying artillery fire. Some exploded on the snow in front of the position, and some fell on the artillery position. Soldiers from the Zhou Army continued to fall to the ground. One shell hit the artillery, and the artillery was overturned to the ground. The gunner and The auxiliary soldiers transporting the artillery shells fell to pieces, and those who survived were wailing in pain on the ground. Soon, a group of soldiers from the wounded battalion ran over carrying stretchers and carried the injured gunners and auxiliary soldiers down for treatment.

Zhou Jun's artillery fire became more violent. Several shells in a row hit the Rakshasa artillery hidden in the camp, and several pillars of flames shot out. Countless Rakshasa people were blown up, and a tragic sound was immediately heard. Shout!

"Deploy twenty artillery pieces and concentrate the bombardment on the place where the fire was ignited and was quickly extinguished." Zhang Cheng, the deputy general of the artillery battalion, put down his clairvoyance.

As the herald passed down the order, the muzzles of the twenty artillery pieces turned one after another and bombarded the target selected by Zhang Cheng.

A field gun sprayed out a large ball of fire, and several pillars of flames suddenly appeared in the Rakshasa camp. The Rakshasa people on the fence wall immediately panicked, and suddenly there was an earth-shattering explosion, followed by a surge of fire. Start a blazing fire!

Behind him, Jia Hu sat on his horse, holding a clairvoyant eye and looking at the artillery camp and the Rakshasa camp in front.

Looking at the rising fire, Eunuch Zhao grinned: "These losers!"

Xie Qiong immediately followed up and said: "It's just some shells. Zhang Cheng is really talented. After only five rounds of shelling, he accurately judged the location where the Rakshasa ammunition was piled."

Jia Hu put down his clairvoyance and said, "It's time for your firearms camp."

"Blow the horn, wave the flag, and order the firearms battalion to attack!" Xie Qiong raised his clairvoyance and shouted loudly.

The horn of "Woooo~" was blown immediately, and the herald also waved the flag.

Three thousand fire gun soldiers launched an attack on the Rakshasa camp. At this time, several huge gaps had been blown open in the fence wall of the Rakshasa camp.

The Rakshasa camp was built on high ground. Here, the Rakshasa people rushed out of the camp, formed a battle formation, and raised their blazing guns!

Firearms soldiers from the firearms battalion surrounded the high ground from three sides.

Rows of Rakshasa bandits kneeling on the ground opened fire at the same time. In an instant, more than a hundred of the firecrackers who rushed at the front fell down. The other firecrackers were still holding firecrackers with bayonets and quickly Rush forward.

After resisting another wave of Rakshasa's firecrackers, the firecrackers finally raised their firecrackers and fired at the same time!
Flames spurted out from the mouths of the guns, and each of the Rakshasa bandits screamed and fell down!
Then the fire gun soldiers who rushed up also opened fire, and many of the Rakshasa bandits who were loading ammunition fell!
After only two rounds of shooting, the firearms battalion rushed in front of the Rakshasa people. The firecrackers formed a fighting formation in an instant. One person feigned an attack while the others thrust. The ones responsible for the thrust were all experienced soldiers. , one blow can stab the opponent in the chest, killing him on the spot.

Square formations attacked the Rakshasa bandits in front of the camp from all directions. Countless bayonets pierced the Rakshasa bandits at the front, followed by the second row and the third row.
Soon, the battle formation of the Rakshasa bandit army was in chaos, and the Rakshasa people were knocked to the ground one by one.

The Rakshasa commander shouted hysterically: "Withdraw! Withdraw!"

Those Rakshasa bandits who were still fighting immediately lost their morale and turned around and fled in all directions.
(End of this chapter)