Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 529 Eunuch Yun comes to the Hou Mansion

In the Hou Mansion,

In the spacious and bright house and the gorgeous inner hall, Lan Yue'er looked shy and leaned on the doorpost next to the screen. Her charming face was blushed, and her slender figure was looming, which made Zhang Jinyu calm down. He swayed again and cursed secretly, "This little goblin needs to be dealt with."

Zhang Jinyu took a deep breath, combed her robe, and then looked at Yue'er's beautiful face. After hearing these words, she remembered what she was talking about.

Hongnong's government army has arrived. Although Hongnong City is closer to the capital, based on the situation of the government army, I really can't believe that the government army can come so quickly. Calculate, it will take a day to rush the order from the capital. time.

It had just been a few days, just over two days. In addition to the urgent march, day and night, how could it be as good as flying? It seems that Lieutenant Hongnong Dian is not simple.

"Now even the government army can march day and night. It can be seen that it is the credit of the generals who lead the army. Do you know who is leading the army?"

"I didn't say that, and I didn't ask. No matter how powerful the general is, how can he be as powerful as the husband? Today, the husband is wearing this outfit, but where are he going?"

Lan Yue'er didn't want to ask those things, but she just found an excuse to come over, and she was thinking about Lang Jun.

Zhang Jinyu was putting on her belt and didn't take what happened just now to mind. Although the government army was good, the times had changed and they could no longer keep up with the times. The so-called farming system existed in name only. Now those so-called farming systems may have arrived long ago. In the hands of local gentry and powerful men, even outside the customs, they all occupied the same land for themselves. Without the land, military households had no guarantee of life and could only be reduced to servants or government servants. How could they have the energy to think and train? Something about fighting.

"Well, I'm getting ready to go out. I have some things to do today, but my mother's side is fine."

"The old lady is very nice. She has bought a lot of books now. Shi Chang read a lot of books in the building, especially the travel notes, which are quite eye-opening."

Lan Yue'er squinted her eyes and replied playfully. Zhang Jinyu was a little surprised that her mother actually liked this. Why didn't she notice it before? It's not easy to read books. She kept all the things confiscated from Jiangnan. There were many books and orphans, full of them. How many big boxes are full?

"In that case, there are a lot of solitary books and miscellaneous books in the east room. Later you will arrange for someone to take them and move those boxes to Dongyun Building to pass the time for mother. If it doesn't work, go to the street to buy some snacks and come back. Give them a share, don’t stay bored in the house every day, walk around in the yard and bask in the sun.”

"Yes, I know, let's get over it."

Lan Yue'er squinted her eyes, answered with a smile and walked out. Qin Keqing on the side didn't say much, brought face wash and asked,

"Why is sister Yue'er gone?"

Zhang Jinyu took the handkerchief, squeezed some water and wiped her face, and replied,

"If you have something to do, go ahead and get busy. Don't worry about her. You can just go out to eat after you've packed up."

While the two were discussing, there were already eunuchs outside the Hou Mansion. Xiao Yunzi took the small yellow gate in the palace to the Hou Mansion in person, and arrived in front of the main gate.

Eunuch Yun opened the curtain, lifted his legs and got out of the carriage. Just thinking about something, he slipped and almost fell, and cursed,

"Hold on, don't you have eyesight? They are all useless,"

"Yes, Eunuch Yun, please be careful."

The eunuchs and eunuchs Xiao Huangmen gathered around and carefully helped Xiao Yunzi out of the carriage. What's more, they knelt beside the carriage and let Eunuch Yun step down with his feet on his back.

After landing and standing firm, a steward from the Hou Mansion came over and asked,

"It turns out that Eunuch Yun is here, but do you have anything to do with the Marquis?"

"Of course there is something going on. The Za family is worried, but the Marquis is at home."

Xiao Yunzi got off the carriage and asked in front of the door. Today, his godfather told him that the Marquis must be prepared to accompany him.

"Back to Eunuch Yun, the Marquis is in Dongyuan, he must have gotten up."

"Yes, I understand. The Zajia family will go there in person."

After saying that, he seemed a little anxious, and entered the house through the side door with ease, followed the courtyard path, and walked to the east room, followed closely by the small yellow door behind him.

In the east room,

After Zhang Jinyu finished washing, she saw that it was getting late and was going to take Qin Keqing out so that she could buy things early and go to Jia's house. She wanted to see Xue Baochai again and see how things were going at the bank.

After finishing everything, he pulled Qin Keqing out of the door and walked a few steps, but he didn't know he hadn't left the yard yet.

He met Eunuch Yun who was walking quickly towards him.

Looking at Xiao Yunzi's anxious face, Zhang Jinyu suddenly thought, isn't this Dai Quan's "godson"?

Why are you here? It couldn't be that something happened to Your Majesty or Your Majesty. I don't have a day off every day. Even the fattest sheep will be bald. I wanted to hide, but I saw everyone I saw. I could only He deliberately pretended not to see it and walked through another door.

Qin Keqing was a little suspicious, and before he asked, Eunuch Yun in front of him pinched the drake's throat and shouted in a low voice,

"Oh, it's the Marquis. The Marquis stays, the Za family is in trouble. You can't leave anymore, I'm watching you."

He said it with deep affection, as if there was something wrong, which made Qin Keqing look at it a few more times. Seeing Lang Jun's expression of embarrassment, he came to the rescue for the Marquis.

"It turns out that Eunuch Yun is here in person. I have time to rest now. Come to my house to have a drink of tea and rest!"

"My slave, Xiao Yunzi, comes to see the Lord of Chang'an County and pays his respects to the County Lord."

When Xiao Yunzi saw that it was Qin Keqing, the wife of the Hou Mansion, who was asking the question, he stood there and bowed respectfully to Qin Keqing. Now Qin Keqing's status in the palace has become more and more famous. Others don't know, but Xiao Yunzi doesn't understand. The queen only had three princes, and she recognized Qin Keqing as her "adopted daughter". Although she was an adopted daughter, her reputation as the "eldest princess" gradually spread in the palace. However, neither the queen nor the queen mother asked about it, and there were still rumors. It was said that the Queen Mother had let the news slip. Anyone who made things difficult for the county lord would be making things difficult for the Queen Mother. Needless to say, there would be consequences. Although not many people knew what was being said, the slaves in the harem could understand that the rumors were not necessarily untrue.

Therefore,

Seeing Qin Keqing, Xiao Yunzi naturally behaved like a slave, which made Zhang Jinyu confused. Good guy, he looked like a dog just now, but now he has the appearance of a dog and a slave, which opened his eyes.

"Eunuch Yun, there is no need to be polite. We are all acquaintances. My father-in-law left in a hurry, but what happened?"

"Oh, this is my fault. As soon as I saw the county master, I panicked. Today, I really have something to do. Your Majesty and your empress asked me to come to find the Marquis. They said they wanted to be in the capital just like last time. I want to go shopping, so I need the Marquis to accompany me in person, and His Majesty also asked me to change those clothes as well."

Xiao Yunzi hurriedly patted her thigh, almost forgetting the main thing, and hurriedly said what she said, and even reminded her to change clothes.

But Zhang Jinyu was a little dizzy from being busy these days and was a little confused. What was the same as last time? Qin Keqing was even more confused. Seeing the two of them standing there, Xiao Yunzi became anxious and said again,

"Master Marquis, don't you remember? The last time you invited His Majesty and the Governor to eat mutton, it was at a restaurant over in the West City."

With such a reminder, Zhang Jinyu finally figured out what Emperor Wu meant. He wanted to leave the palace secretly. No, this was called "patrolling incognito". He got addicted after going out to play. It was really "not doing his job properly", Zhang Jinyu muttered in his heart.

But I still have something to do today, but I can't go if I can't. Suddenly I thought, is it what I said to the empress that night? The empress couldn't wait any longer and told His Majesty. Then His Majesty must think that I

Sure enough, no matter how high your status is, you are still a woman. If you really can't hold your tongue, you won't be able to stay stable for a few days.

"Then Eunuch Yun, are we going out with one person or two people this time?"

Zhang Jinyu wanted to ask whether His Majesty was "going on tour incognito" alone, or whether the Emperor and Empress were traveling together. Xiao Yunzi understood clearly and answered in a low voice,

"When I return to the Marquis, it's natural for the two of us to go together. The empress misses the three princes."

"Lang Jun, why didn't I understand? What's the meaning of this?" "Well, it's just a small matter. I'm afraid I can't accompany Ke Qing to Jia's house today. So, you take Yue'er and Shu'er together, Let's go out to play, relax, buy some things, and then go to Jia's house to see, and take a look at Baochai by the way. If I have time, I will go, but if I don't, I won't go. I'll take care of you with my own soldiers."

Zhang Jinyu was vague and perfunctory. Qin Keqing also knew that there was something fishy going on in the palace. Lang Jun didn't say anything, so he didn't ask any more questions and nodded, with a look of resentment on his face.

Seeing Ke Qing like this, Zhang Jinyu coughed awkwardly,

"Ahem, in that case, Eunuch Yun, wait a moment, I will be here soon!"

"Master Marquis, please excuse me. The Za family are waiting outside the mansion."

When Eunuch Yun saw that he had finished speaking, he turned around and left with Xiao Huangmen. Zhang Jinyu also took the opportunity to comfort Qin Keqing and stuffed a large bag of silver into the orb behind Qin Keqing.

"Be more careful when you go with your grandma,"

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

Baozhu looked happy and responded happily.

Zhang Jinyu felt relieved, and then asked Ning Bian to arrange personal guards, disguised as guards, and followed him around. He also asked Ning Bian to arrange for the secret guards to hang behind him and adapt to changes.

Ning Bian took the order and left. Just after arranging everything, Qin Keqing came back with a box of cakes.

"My husband hasn't eaten yet. I'm holding some pastries to cushion my stomach. Please be careful on the road."

"Thank you Madam for your kindness. You are still considerate."

Zhang Jinyu took it unceremoniously and had no place to put it. He could only pull the brocade clothes on his chest, pull it open and put it in his arms. He wanted to say more, but saw Qin Keqing turn around and leave, and vaguely heard,

"Thank you, sister Yue'er, for making your favorite osmanthus cake."

Zhang Jinyu's hand stiffened when she just put the food box into her arms, as if she had said the wrong thing, but Qin Keqing rarely cooked, but Yue'er and Shu'er often went into the kitchen to make delicious pastries for their mother. I just realized that I was wrong, and I was a little embarrassed.

But it's all a trivial matter. Today I am "going on tour incognito" with His Majesty, and I have to take my wife with me, so I must not be able to walk around casually. I think I should just sit in the carriage and visit the three princes' palaces, and there is no need to worry about following behind.

Then the matter of spending money must be gone. I subconsciously touched my waist. There is a silver bag!

"Boom, boom, boom,"

"Report, Commander Jie, Lieutenant Jia Jun and Lieutenant Hongnong Dian Hu Le are asking to see you,"

"noise!"

"Yes."

As the drums of the Beijing camp died out, the 10,000 soldiers of the government army entered the camp one after another and settled down. Jia Lian took General Hu to the commander's tent to pay homage to Wang Ziteng.

Arrived outside the tent,

Jia Lian stopped and said,

Send someone to spread the word immediately.

After a while, the military commander came to report,

"Lieutenant Jia, General Hu, Commander-in-Chief, I'd like to invite you."

After listening to the general message from the military commander, Jia Lian stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

"General Hu, Commander-in-Chief has invited you, please go first."

"Haha, okay, I will go first."

Dianwei Hu Le smiled heartily and walked forward. When he reached the outside of the tent, he opened the cloth and stepped directly in.

As soon as I entered the tent, I saw that the tent was extremely spacious, with generals and generals sitting on both sides. There was a high platform on the main seat in the middle, as well as a bookcase. There was also a whole tiger skin hanging high above the high seat. I was sitting there. The man in front of him was a fair-skinned man with lightning-like eyes and a solemn expression. He sat there majestically, without any sense of disobedience. He must have been Prince Teng, the Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp, and an in-law of the Jia family.

Hu Le changed his heroic image and straightened his expression. He walked to the center of the tent in a few steps, knelt down on one knee and bowed,

"The last general, Hongnong Dianwei Hu Le, met with the Commander-in-Chief. In accordance with the imperial order, he led 10,000 troops from the government, marched day and night, and arrived at the Anhu camp in one and a half days!"

"Okay, Hu Dianwei is worthy of being a pioneer officer back then. His speed in using troops is as fast as before. The old Duke really did not misjudge the person. I am very pleased."

Wang Ziteng raised his eyes and looked over. He saw Hu Le kneeling in the center of the big tent. He was tall and strong, with a powerful body, and felt extremely oppressive. Moreover, ten thousand soldiers from the government were marching so fast. It was unimaginable that they were all the troops of the Beijing camp. There are very few who can do it. The only ones who can do it all are the elite battalions of Jia Lian and Wang Ren.

However, the compliments of Hu Lehua and Wang Ziteng made all the generals in the tent change their expressions after hearing it. They looked over in disbelief. When did the government army become comparable to the frontier army? In terms of marching speed, except for the frontier army and Except for the elites from all over the country, the rest of the troops dare not even think about it. More generals look ashamed. Now their own subordinates can't even compare with the government army. It's really embarrassing.

"Thank you for your compliments from Commander Jie. I don't deserve it. The number one army in the world today is under the command of Marquis Luoyun outside the Pass. These people, the general, don't even have names and are not worth mentioning."

"General Hu is humble, get up!"

"Thank you handsome!"

These words obviously stung everyone present. Many generals from various departments in the Beijing camp, including Jia Lian who came in behind Hu Le, were speechless after hearing this. Such soldiers have no names. How can there be so many soldiers in the Beijing camp? It's not that the remaining soldiers cannot defeat the generals, but only a few can reach the capital in one day.

Wang Ziteng also took a deep look at Hu Le. It was indeed a thorn in his side. If you reply like this, wouldn't it mean that most of the people sitting in the Beijing camp are trash? , but no one said anything to refute, it was really worse than trash.

The situation in the tent was a little awkward for a while. When Wang Ren saw this, he stood up and bowed his hands.

"General Hu is so courageous and has the best army in the world. It was built by Marquis Luo Yun outside the pass. It is not a high hat we put on the Marquis. As for having no reputation, then the Marquis's command won the great victory in Pingyang. Who has heard of it before, so even if you don't have a reputation, you may not be able to become famous, General Hu, what I said is right."

Hu Le raised his head and saw a young general standing on the left. He was handsome and looked more like a scholar than a military attache. What he said made sense.

"Haha, well said, I dare to ask who the young general is!"

(End of this chapter)