Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 153 Another one

In the palace, Jia Hui was reporting to the emperor to ask for leave.

The emperor looked at Jia Hui with an unhappy expression, his eyes filled with resentment.

"Why? Why do you have to do it yourself when you can just send one of your subordinates to get it done?" Why can you go out to play!

"This" Jia Hui looked at the emperor in front of him awkwardly, knowing that the emperor had seen through his purpose, so he simply told the truth.

"It's not because something happened at home. I feel depressed and don't want to eat or drink. I just want to go to the Shaolin Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha to change my mood."

"shit!"

"By the way, let's go and see the Laoshizi Martial Arts Conference."

After saying that, Jia Hui sat on the short pier and remained silent, looking at the emperor expectantly.

The emperor also looked at Jia Hui with an indifferent expression, and the emperor and his ministers just looked at each other.
"Limbei!"

He cursed at Jia Hui and stamped his personal seal heavily on Jia Hui's leave application form.

"Got it, got it, get out!"

I really want to go out and play!
"Hey, okay, thank you for your permission, I will retire!" Jia Hui chuckled and took the leave application form handed over to Xia Shouzhong, saluted the emperor, and slowly exited the hall.

"Big companion."

The emperor looked at Jia Hui's retreating figure, unable to stop feeling envious in his heart.
"Your Majesty?"

"I also want to go out and play."

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After getting the leave note, Jia Hui was in a good mood and felt much lighter.

These days are the last few cool days, so Jia Hui abandoned the carriage and rode on his BMW. Everything looked so beautiful.
I was in such a good mood that I couldn't help but hum a little tune.
"Round head~
Chop it hard~
Clumsy and clumsy~
Beheading is like grinding~"

As he sang, Jia Hui's body began to sway.

Seeing this, the officials who were coming and going around them all moved out of the way, fearing that the captain would shake his head and lose sight of the road and hit him.
"Captain."

A resentful voice came from beside him. Jia Hui came back to his senses and looked down.
"Hey, Mr. Ge"

Jia Hui quickly jumped off his horse and saluted Li Yan, who seemed to have come specifically to block him. Li Yan also quickly returned the salute.

"Haha, I don't have much to do. I just want to ask the captain what to say about Jia Zhu." Li Yan took a few steps forward and grabbed Jia Hui's wrist, staring into his eyes.

What a pity, the family was excitedly preparing for the marriage of Jia Zhu and niece Li Peilan two days ago. Who would have thought that on the day of the passing ceremony, word would come out from Rongguo Mansion that Jia Hui had a fight with Jia Zhu’s mother, Mrs. Wang?
As if a basin of cold water was poured on his heart, Li Yan's face turned pale on the spot.
But later I heard that Rongguo Mansion was only dividing the property, and everyone would live their own lives in the future, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the marriage between his niece Li Peilan and Jia Zhu was the matchmaker of Jia Hui, so Jia Hui's attitude was crucial, which was why Li Huan stopped him halfway.

"The conflict between the first and second houses is mainly over the Wang family. My second uncle is a fool. He is not in tune with worldly affairs, and he doesn't have the ability to cause such a big fuss."

Jia Hui thought for a while and explained to Li Yan.

Hearing this, Li Yan also breathed a sigh of relief. It's not just a matter of not having any contact at all.
It took a lot of effort to find a suitable husband-in-law for my niece who is extremely skilled in martial arts, both in terms of family background and ability.
The chief minister also needs a political marriage!

This was originally intended to be a marriage with the prince of the current dynasty, but unexpectedly it almost turned into a marriage with an arrogant fifth-rank official.

It is true that the Emperor, in order to sour the relationship between Princess Yiyong and the Taiwei, almost harmed his own family.
"But I can't be the matchmaker anymore. If you want to continue marrying Mr. Li to Brother Zhu, you have to find another matchmaker. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." He arched his hand towards Li Yan, Jia Hui jumped on the horse again and walked towards the outside of Ziwei City.
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The land outside Ziwei City and the entire Tianjie can be said to be the most noble and prosperous place in Luoyang.

Imperial College, Eunuch Palace, Zongzheng Temple, Neipu Temple and many high-ranking officials and noble kings all live on both sides of Tianjie.

The three Jia family mansions are no exception. Even the Dunhuang County Duke's Mansion and the Rongguo Mansion are facing each other across Tianjie.

It's just that unlike the nobles who lived in Shangshan and Guande Fangs near the palace gate, the Jia family lived in Chunfeng and Chunhua Fangs, three Fangs away from the imperial city.

Of course, the market system has been abolished, and the walls have been demolished and turned into shops along the street.

Walking on the Tianjie Street, Jia Hui put down the many distracting thoughts in his heart for the first time in a long time, bathed in the harmonious spring breeze, and admired the shortcomings of the people around him.
The girls playing with rouge in the rouge shop, the men, women and children listening attentively to the storyteller in the teahouse, the swingers walking into the roadside restaurants arm-in-arm to greet the shopkeepers with food, holding the latest printed policy essays. The Imperial College students were arguing with their classmates, and the children were laughing and joking around the old man selling candied haws, choosing his favorite candied haws skewers.
Old man with candied haws?

"Ouch, old man, why are you cheating again?"

"It turns out to be a noble person! The little old man pays his respects to the noble person!"

The old man was also very happy to see the visitor.

"Cheating? My lord, have you read it wrong? This old man just sells candied haws to support his family. How can he be called cheating?" The young man who led his younger brothers and sisters to buy candied haws, looked puzzled. Looking at this man who looked like a high-ranking military attaché.

Today, Jia Hui only wore a plain-colored lining robe, with no accessories that could directly reveal her identity.

Jia Hui had not seen the old man in front of him for a long time. He quickly got off his horse and looked at the old man who was even older and even lost a tooth with a surprised look on his face. He felt a little emotional for a moment.

"Oh, it's too much of a lie, Tang Fuji knows, right? It's his property." Jia Hui has always been very patient when faced with such a young boy who is not in harmony with the world.

"Ah? Isn't this possible? This old man is obviously very poor in clothes." The young boy was a little unbelievable.

Looking at the old man in patched robes in front of him, the young boy found it difficult to associate him with Tang Fu Ji, the largest pastry shop in the country.
"Old, old lady, why did you come out to sell candied haws?" Several young men wearing Tangfuji uniforms ran out of the alley with anxious faces and gathered around the old man.

Last winter, my old man fell seriously ill and could not go to work again until February. After only two months of recovery, he went out to sell candied haws on the street.
The boy didn't understand why. The business of Tang Fu Ji was so good, and it was no exaggeration to say that it was making a fortune every day. Why, at such an old age, did the old man have to work hard from dawn to dusk to make candied haws and sell them?
"Ouch!" The young boy's eyes widened. He had seen this boy in Tangfuji's shop!
"Old man, you, why did you lie to me that your only son was paralyzed and your daughter-in-law was in poor health, so she had to run out and work to support the family! I also gave you 10 more coins, please give me back the money!" The young boy As if he had been betrayed, he realized for the first time the dangers of the human world.My eyes are red and I'm about to cry.
"Hey, hey, don't be upset, little brother, don't be upset! It's all the little old man's fault, come on, come on, little brother, these are all the money you gave to the little old man, and they are all returned to you, little old man I just think about how friendly you are, little brother.”

"You just want to defraud people of their money? I'm not talking about you, old man, the longer you live, the more you go back. You have been honest all your life, why do you start cheating when you get old?" Jia Hui interrupted and wanted to continue. Fool the young old man. "My lord, it's because I have been honest all my life, and I have never tried to cheat when I am old. I had a serious illness a few months ago, and I lay in bed for three full months, and I just wanted to Understood!
I am already seventy-six years old. My grandson who goes to school at home told me that after I reach seventy, I can live as I want. I just want to try something that I have never tried in my life." The old man sighed, He explained to Jia Hui in a tone of profound enlightenment.

"Then have you heard the next few words called 'do not exceed the rules'?" Jia Hui was speechless.
"What's not to violate the rules? A few years ago, when the little old man was 70 years old, the emperor gave him a dove stick. The little father-in-law who came to deliver the decree said that as long as the little old man didn't commit any serious crimes, he could do anything! Even rape him on the street. If you rob civilian girls, that will make me stronger!" The old man retorted confidently.

"Hey, which father-in-law told you this? Are you afraid that you offended him?"

"That's not possible. He is the adopted son of the emperor's old father-in-law Dai Quan. Young father-in-law Dai Ming told me so!"

The old man said proudly.

Deming was still an acquaintance.
Jia Hui was speechless, old man, you are quite wild.
"Humph!"

The young boy snorted coldly, took the coin returned by the old man, and was about to take his brothers and sisters home.

But then he thought about the hateful old man in front of him who claimed to have a dove stick given by the emperor. He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and saluted the old man to say goodbye, and then walked home with his younger brothers and sisters, each holding a candied haws.

"Old Master, everyone has left. Look, why don't we go back quickly? The master is very worried about you now." Seeing that the little sufferer had received compensation and left, the boys on the side also breathed a sigh of relief, and then they gathered together When he got to the old man's side, he persuaded him.

"I don't! I haven't tricked enough yet! I have to sell out all the candied haws on a stick!" The old man started to trick him.

Old children, especially old children with dove sticks, are even more troublesome. They can't move yet, and given their age, if they really do something bad, they will go to jail!

"What a fool! What a fool! Go home and stay there!" Seeing the scoundrel look of an old acquaintance, the image of a honest, honest and honest middle-aged man in his memory was instantly shattered.

The beautiful childhood memories in her heart were overturned by pollution, which made Jia Hui furious. She stretched out her hand and snatched the candied haws sticks carried by the old man.

"Fuck you!" Jia Hui slapped the old man skillfully, causing him to take a few steps before falling into the arms of the boy behind him, who was holding him tightly.

The old man couldn't keep the smile on his face anymore, and he screamed and wanted to take back the straw stack that had been used for almost a lifetime.
"Lieutenant, that is the treasure that I want to keep as a family heirloom!"

"Fart, what kind of heirloom is a straw stack?"

"Taiwei, I'm wrong. Taiwei, please leave the candied haws sticks for me!"

The old man's voice was so miserable that it attracted countless people to look over. However, the killers who were on guard around did not dare to watch. They just felt that the noble people there were so cruel that they even bullied an old man selling candied haws. It was really It’s so heartless!

"No, I can't stand it anymore!" Seeing that the noble man was about to leave, a passerby in civilian clothes rolled up his sleeves and was about to go up to give the old man a theory, but a small vendor next to him grabbed his wrist.

"What are you pulling me for? Let go, I'm going to seek justice for the old man!" The common man glared at the vendor who pulled him. You are afraid of that noble man, but I am not!
"No, no, no, brother, this is different from what you think. The old man is the old owner of Tangfuji. He was doing well at first. But after he got seriously ill last year, he made up a pitiful life story to use for his business. Liar. Since then, he has been claiming that "you can do whatever you want when you are seventy", just to tease the half-baked people for fun.

It's hard for others to criticize him. After all, he's so old. If there's an argument, he could be accidentally hurt. What's more, he really has a dove stick in his hand." Seeing that the common man seemed to have misunderstood something, the vendor quickly explained to him. got up.

"Ah? This, this is too much." After listening to the explanation of the small vendor, the common man couldn't help but froze on the spot, sighing that this is indeed the capital of the gods, this is really... a place of outstanding people...

Really long experience!

"Hey, Old Man Tang is in trouble this time." The shopkeepers from the surrounding shops came to the door one after another to watch the fun.

"But Old Man Tang's miserable sound will really bring tears to those who hear it," the shopkeeper of the grain store said with emotion on his face.

Tang Fu Ji’s old boss actually likes to trick Bu
Bah, it deserves it!

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"Hahaha, madam, madam! Look, look what I have brought you!"

Hearing his master's heroic laughter all the way away, Li Wan quickly put down the stuffing and needlework in his hands and looked out the door.

She is embroidering a new Five Poison Bellyband for Xiaoyanei.

The little Zaizai is growing up very fast, and the bellyband that was embroidered before he was born is obviously no longer fit.

"What good thing happened to me today?" Li Wan asked curiously.

"Qiang Qiang! Look, candied haws on a stick!" Jia Hui walked forward carrying the candied haws on a stick, showing off today's spoils to Li Wan like a treasure.

Seeing the red and crystal-clear candied haws wrapped in caramel, the feeling that has been buried deep in my heart since I was a child came to my heart.

When Brother Hui came to play with her when she was a child, he often brought him candied haws to eat.
but
"Loot? Master, you candied haws. How come you even carried the straw pile back?" Li Wan looked puzzled as Jia Hui got the straw pile in front of him with a dozen candied haws on it.

"It's nothing, just robbing the rich and giving to the poor!"

Jia Hui pulled out the largest and reddest candied haws from the haystack and handed it to Li Wan. He picked one at random and nibbled off a hawthorn ball as if to vent his anger, chewing it loudly.

"Who was robbed?"

"It's the old man who has been selling candied haws on Chang'an Street in the early years. At the end of last year, he got a little stimulation and his temperament changed drastically. Speaking of which, we also grew up eating his candied haws."

Jia Hui noticed the semi-finished bellyband still stretched on the stretcher.

He handed the haystack to a woman and asked her to go down and give three or four skewers to each master. Jia Hui picked up the haystack and looked at it carefully.

"By the way, sir, Aunt Yue felt a little nauseous this morning, so she asked a female doctor to come over and take a look." Li Wan seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly swallowed the hawthorn in his mouth.

"Disgusting?" Jia Hui and Li Wan looked at each other and had an idea in their minds.
"Master, Aunt Yue is happy!"

　Yesterday's second update, I didn't finish it last night...

　　
　
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