Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 84
Great Martial Calendar, 55 years, December 12rd,
sunny,
The morning sun shines like purple air coming from the east, shining on the pearl on the Luoyun River - Pingyang County.

Early in the morning, the servants of the Hou's Mansion got up early, and they were all busy figures.

Zhang Jinyu also got up early, and was excited all night yesterday. She didn't sleep well, her eyelids were drooping, and she wanted to sleep again, but thinking that there were still so many things to do today, she dragged her tired body and went to have breakfast after washing up.

In front, Yue'er had already prepared breakfast and waited there, was surprised to see Lord Hou's lack of energy, and hurriedly asked;

"Lang Jun, what's the matter, are you feeling unwell?"

Zhang Jinyu shook her head, patted her head, and comforted her,
"It's okay, I didn't sleep well last night, no, last night I was thinking about leaving tomorrow, I was nervous."

Lan Yue'er was still worried and came over and touched Zhang Jinyu's forehead. It didn't feel hot, so she was relieved and persuaded;

"Mr. Lang should take good care of his body, otherwise he will make the concubine worry about him. What can I do?"

"It's my fault, it's not an exaggeration, what to eat today, it's so delicious."

Zhang Jinyu can only change the subject. Today's breakfast is indeed too rich. Many of them are Luoyun Lake specialties, crab roe buns, Zhang Jinyu's favorite. Blue Star has to eat a little extravagantly every time it is paid. It is too expensive to afford it. .

Without waiting for Lan Yueer to speak, Zhang Jinyu pulled her over and asked her to sit down and eat together. There was so much, Lan Yueer sat down next to Zhang Jinyu without any excuses, and began to eat in small bites.

Zhang Jinyu didn't cheat when eating, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a crab roe soup dumpling, took a bite and had an endless aftertaste. It was delicious, very delicious, and there were tofu rolls, venison, etc., and I ate it all. , Hiccup before giving up.

"Is everything in the house cleaned up?"

Lan Yue'er was also eating in small bites beside her, and when she heard the question, she raised her head and replied;

"Well, everything was packed last night, and you can leave at any time. What the old lady means is to leave after eating, drinking and resting."

"Don't look at me, just keep eating, and go together when you're full, and leave all this for the servants to clean up."

Zhang Jinyu saw that Lan Yueer only talked and didn't eat, so she quickly urged her to pick up the tea bowl and drink tea slowly, delivering food, a little bit overwhelmed.

After a while, Wei Yong, the commander of the guards outside the gate, came to report that the troops from Ningbian and Duan Hong in the camp outside the city had assembled, and asked when they would leave.

Zhang Jinyu saw that Lan Yueer had almost eaten, so she replied,
"Tell them to set off now, let the Duan Hong Pioneer Battalion go out of the city with the Houfu convoy, and then go on the road together."

Wei Yong took the order to go, and Zhang Jinyu and Lan Yue'er went to Dongyun Tower together. When they arrived, they saw their mother and Lan Shu'er had just had breakfast.

Mrs. Wang and Lan Shu'er also finished their preparations and did not stop. They brought more than 30 servant girls out of the mansion and boarded the carriage of the Hou Mansion.

A street was full of horse-drawn carriages from the Marquis Mansion. With a convoy of nearly a hundred horse-drawn carriages, Wei Yong led 500 bodyguards to closely guard Mrs. Wang's carriage, and Zhang Jinyu followed behind on horseback.

The convoy moved slowly, heading straight for the south gate along the central street. When the convoy left the south gate of Pingyang County, Zhang Junying led the army to bid farewell to Lord Hou on the city wall, and the soldiers on the city wall shouted;

"Your Majesty, safe travels."

After hearing this, Zhang Jinyu turned around to look at the people on the city wall, and waved goodbye.

Duan Hong's 5000 troops were also waiting outside the moat. As the convoy approached, he also divided the cavalry into two marching formations, front and rear, to guard the convoy.

And Ningbian had the heaviest task, escorting a large number of war horses in the periphery, and escorting [-] war horses to the capital.

Zhang Jinyu's order was to ignore the convoy and focus on watching the horses. 5000 people here are enough to deal with any danger.

Along the way, Duan Hong was very cautious. Although he was in his own territory outside the pass, he could not take it lightly. He kept sending cavalry around to investigate. Zhang Jinyu saw that Duan Hong was a talent.

Beijing,

Jia family,

Rongguo Mansion, after Jia She and Jia Zhen came back from the banquet in Beijing Palace last night, they didn't sleep well all night, and they didn't dare to disturb the old lady. , When the time comes, let me tell you, if you can do it, you can leave, and if you don't, you can leave. Who asked you to arrange this matter for me.

Yesterday, Jia Zhen didn't leave the yard when she went back. Feeling something was wrong, she secretly sent someone to the Taoist temple outside the city, and told her father Jia Jing about the matter. Jia Jing replied, don't worry about it, they were daydreaming.

After receiving the reply, Jia Zhen went to sleep peacefully, not even asking for her favorite concubine.

Inside the Taoist temple, Jia Jing was reading Taoist scriptures, but a masked man stood there silently for a long time at the door, and Jia Jing asked after reading the scriptures;
"Why did you come here?"

Only then did the man in black speak,
"General Jia Jia Shidu, do you still remember the kindness of the prince?"

"What if you remember, so what if you don't remember! Do you remember, I have been paying back all the time, why does the master have another idea?"

"What the little prince means is that you find a way to return to Jia's mansion and take control of the power to wait for the right time."

Jia Jing smiled freely and shook his head,

"It's too simple to think about it. I'm a temple owner. It's wrong to provide money and tricks to benefactors, but I have to pay back the kindness. But it's only for me, and the Jia family doesn't count."

The man in black was a little angry and said angrily;

"Aren't you afraid of getting involved?"

Jia Jing also sneered;
"The so-called little prince of yours turned out to be nothing in the end. No one knew of his existence, let alone his identity. Who would believe that the posthumous son of the former prince? , incognito, if the Imperial City Secretary knows, there is no need to talk about the end!"

The man in black didn't speak after listening to it, he obviously agreed with Jia Jing's words, but the people in the former Prince's Mansion were all unwilling, why not.

"Jia Shidu, why, we all narrowly escaped death, so what's wrong with thinking about coming back?"

Jia Jing also said sadly;

"Time, fate, what can I do, because he is the emperor, and because the emperor is someone else now, there is no power to return to heaven."

After finishing speaking, it fell into a dead silence. The man in black walked out of the view, and the voice came,
"We don't believe in fate, and the little prince has grown up. What should he do? The White Lotus Sect in the Central Plains is becoming more and more powerful, the Fire Worship Sect in the Northwest is also full of vigor, and the Taiping Sect in the South is even more prosperous. Especially since we have entered the core, I believe that in the near future Something must be done."

Jia Jing frowned when he heard this, and he still cared about the prince's orphan in his heart, so he replied;
"Then wait, it's okay to start an incident, but never raise a banner. If you win, you will be bright, and if you lose, you will retreat."

The man in black suddenly turned his head and asked;

"What are the odds?"

Jia Jing said calmly;
"One family is less than [-]%, two families are less than three cities, and three families are less than [-]%."

"Enough, half the chance, it's worth it, and the former prince and a group of hidden guards and spies have been out of contact. Now we are using the little prince's side, which took more than ten years to build. You have to be careful. "

"Understood, most of the previous hidden guards were controlled by other people in the Prince's Mansion, but I don't know whether they rebelled or not after such a long time. There is one thing that needs to be taken seriously."

asked the man in black;
"What's the matter?"

"Find a way to win Zhang Jinyu, Marquis of Luoyun outside the pass, an upstart frontier army with a large army in his hands. At least not let his army enter the pass in the future, so the chance inside the pass is greater than [-]%."

The man in black was silent for a long time, and when he replied that he knew it, he jumped out of the Taoist temple and went away in concealment. Jia Jing looked at the man in black and prayed silently in his heart.

This is Luo Huainan, the former vice-commander of the guards of the Prince's Mansion. When he was reading with him, he was a good playmate. He didn't recognize him. Even if he covered his face and changed his voice, he would never forget those eyes.

Now that he has become like this, he is deeply saddened and indignant, looking towards the direction of the imperial palace in the capital, thinking in his heart, will the Supreme Emperor regret it, Dawu will be in chaos if he continues like this.

Beijing, Ouchi,
The night is dark, but the Hall of Mental Cultivation is still brightly lit.

Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong was still reviewing the memorial, and Dai Quan waited on him, and after seeing the sky, he greeted with concern;
"Your Majesty, it's getting late, you should rest earlier."

Zhou Shihong also knew that it was late, but there were still so many memorials that had not been reviewed and it was a headache, so he stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, which made him feel better.

The expression settled down, and then I thought about what happened today, and felt that everything was as usual, and then I carefully thought about the actions of the civil servants, it was nothing more than a major event of the frontier army entering Beijing,

"By the way, the dispatch order from the Ministry of War has gone down. When will the frontier troops from all over the place arrive?"

(End of this chapter)