Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 242 It’s better to dance

"Hey hey hey"

Beside the campfire, Jia Cong sat next to Jia Hui with some restraint, holding a lamb foreleg in his hand and wondering whether he should eat it or not.

"Hey hey hey"

Feeling the gaze of a group of people who were either princes or county kings around him, Jia Cong did not dare to raise his head.

"Hey hey hey"

"Brother, please don't laugh like that, okay? I'm scared." I don't dare to talk to kings and princes, but why don't I dare to talk to my eldest brother? It’s really that big brother’s laughter is so scary that I can’t even sit down without begging.

"Hey, it's OK, brother Cong has made a face for his elder brother today." Jia Hui heard this and rubbed Jia Cong's dog head happily, rubbing his two horns apart.

"Ah, by the way, Brother Cong, you don't know, right? My brother and I made a bet with the Seventh Prince before. If Xia Huairen's side wins, I will give each of them a pony. If you win, the Seventh Prince will give you a pony in exchange for it." Get your equipment ready and quickly thank the Seventh Prince for the reward!"

Jia Hui patted his head in a somewhat exaggerated manner, winked and looked at Chen Qi, who was playing with his fan unhappily and with a mean smile, and said.

"Ah? Is there such a good thing? Seventh Prince, I would like to thank the Seventh Prince for his great kindness for the brothers!" Hearing that new equipment was available, Jia Cong was instantly ecstatic. His eyes widened and he stopped eating and threw it on the plate. Here, stand up and go to Chen Qi’s place to give him one!

"Huh, don't worry, I'm taking advantage of you, I'm in a bad mood now, get out!" Chen Qi glanced at Jia Cong, who was looking excited, rolled his eyes, and waved his hand to tell him to get out.

"Okay!" Jia Cong was not annoyed when Chen Qi said this.

Where is this? It's far from what the wife at home scolded him for. Besides, he has contributed so much money and is the main benefactor of his group. Why don't you want to let him scold you? Anyway, no piece of meat will be lost.

He happily sat back next to Jia Hui, picked up the leg of lamb and said, "Aww!" It was a mouthful of meat, which made me feel happy when I ate it.

"Hey, this kid." Chen Si, who had been observing him, couldn't help but feel happy. He also stretched out his hand and rubbed Jia Cong's head vigorously. Jia Cong's hair now changed from messy to disheveled.

He couldn't afford to offend the man opposite him. His eldest brother could at least argue, but this man was a king, so Jia Cong could only comfort himself by cursing a few times in his mind.

"Haha, Jinyu, look at this kid's expression, he might be scolding me in his heart!" Chen Si laughed. Seeing Lao Qi deflated today, he couldn't help but feel happy!

Nowadays, except for Chen San who clearly cannot inherit the throne, Chen Wu seems to have no intention of taking the throne, and the only serious opponent left is Chen Qi.

But age has always been Chen Qi's flaw.

"Oh, he earned face for you, what's wrong with scolding you?" After Chen Qi choked Chen Si, he lowered his head and stroked the fan that had been cut in half by a branch with a distressed look on his face.

"I said, isn't it just a fan? Your majestic prince sent you this fan?" Jia Hui was very puzzled.

"You know what I mean, this is one of the few erotic paintings by the Zhao family in the previous dynasty. People as high-spirited as the Zhao family only painted a few fan paintings in the early years when they were still worrying about their livelihood. That's even less. Now there are only six or seven left in the world at most. If you destroy one, you will lose one!" Chen Qi turned around and refuted.

In addition to being fond of fine clothes, delicious food, wine and beauties, Chen Qi's favorite thing is to collect fans. However, unlike Jia She who also likes to collect fans, Chen Qi loves Zhao Ji only.

Zhao Ji, who seemed to be a distinguished guest of the Five Kingdoms City in his previous life, had an extremely good reputation in this life. He really fulfilled the sentence "Besides being an emperor, he is a good player in everything else."

Not only is he famous for his fine brushwork and thin gold calligraphy, he was evaluated by the Emperor Liang at that time as "the best calligrapher and painter in this dynasty", and he is ranked among the T0 literati of the Liang Dynasty for a long time. He is also famous for his romantic affairs with famous prostitutes such as Li Shishi and Liu Yong. Also known as "Liu Zhao".

It's just that the Zhao Kuangyi lineage of the old Zhao family was not as good as the Zhang Kuangyin lineage in the previous dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin himself worked hard with Liang Taizu to conquer the world. He was hereditary and succeeded Song Guogong. After eighteen generations until the last Song Guogong, Zhao Bing resisted the Qi army until the end. He jumped into Qujiangchi and committed suicide while holding Liang's only little prince. .

When today's Qi people talk about the lineage of Song Guogong of the Zhao family in the previous dynasty, everyone will give a thumbs up and say that they are truly loyal from generation to generation.

But Zhao Kuangyi's lineage was not so lucky.

Originally, he had a marquis, but when Taizu Liang was on his northern expedition to Khitan, Zhao Kuangyi himself led an army of 100,000 troops and was defeated by the Khitan clan general Yelv Xiu Ge at the Gaoliang River. He was also shot with two arrows in the thigh by Ye Lu Xiu Ge. In the end, He fled back to the territory alone on a donkey cart, which directly led to the failure of the Northern Expedition.

Naturally, Zhao Kuangyi was killed on the spot by the furious Liang Taizu. Only for the sake of Song Guogong Zhao Kuangyin's face, he did not exterminate the family, confiscated the family and assigned him to the Jiaofang Secretary.

Therefore, although the Zhao Kuangyi lineage later had the protection of the main lineage and lived a fairly decent life, as time went by, the relationship between the two lines gradually faded.

After Zhao Ji's father and brother passed away one after another, the two lines were completely disconnected. In addition to using the name of the Duke's Palace to protect them from being bullied by the foxes, ghosts, snakes, gods, foxes, and rats in the city, they had to rely on themselves for the rest.

In this environment, without the protection of his father and brother, even a noble person like Zhao Ji had to find ways to support his family.

There was no other way. Zhao Ji, who knew nothing but music, chess, calligraphy and painting, could only make a living by painting erotic paintings in Pingkangfang. However, he met his nobleman, who was then a waiter at Longtuge, before he could even paint a few paintings. Cai Jing, who controlled and knew Chang'an Prefecture.

From then on, Zhao Ji was raised in the house by Cai Jing. He only needed to paint and write every day. Cai Jing would take his calligraphy and painting to appreciate and cultivate relationships with some colleagues who also loved calligraphy and painting.

It was the experience during this period that completely shaped Zhao Ji's calligraphy and painting style and greatly improved his skills. It was precisely because of Cai Jing's actions that he became famous all over the world.

After Cai Jing was accidentally killed by Tong Guan, the leader of the Northwest Army, due to drunkenness, and the Cai family dispersed, Zhao Ji returned to the people and lived a romantic life as a master-like figure.

Every time Jia Hui saw Zhao Ji's experience in this life, he would secretly curse in his heart, "I'm taking advantage of you, you piece of shit."

"That's just a fan. Besides, aren't there five or six more? Just send someone to go buy it and exchange it!" Chen San, who had been eating meat, couldn't stand it anymore, and spent this time crying with a sad face. what happened?

"Third brother, you don't understand this kind of thing. This is our beloved thing, how can it be easily replaced?" The fat Chen Wu understood Chen Qi's thoughts very well.

He likes to raise cats and dogs the most, and even sends his men to search for some beautiful and interesting animals in various places. He doesn’t raise leopards, tigers, etc. The largest animal is a snow leopard, but those There are many small animals such as lynx, fox, and sable. He even has rabbits and Tibetan foxes brought from the plateau.

In addition to raising small animals, he is also very good at breeding cats and dogs. The several Luxi fine dogs that Jia Hui brought this time were obtained from Chen Wu. Their performance was very good, even if they were the ones Jia Hui encountered before He never flinched when he was a tiger.

Of course, the best ones are of course the ones in Chen Wu's hands. "Oh, I don't understand you." Chen San really didn't understand their thoughts. In his opinion, these were unnecessary things. Since he became disabled, his only hobby was to play with beauties. , Duoduo gave birth to children.

Chen Si loved peonies so much that he not only planted peonies in his palace, but also transformed Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Luoyang into a large flower field. In order to serve these peonies, he even exempted the Zhuangzi from all the flowers. For taxes, you only need to serve flowers and plants for him, and he will take care of the rest such as rations.

As for Jia Hui, he likes to collect tea sets and make leather goods. The leather boots that Jia Cong wears now are made by Jia Hui himself.

"Stop talking about this, come and eat meat!" After Jia Hui finished speaking, he stood up first, took out the meat cleaver, cut off a piece of ribs, put it on the plate and started eating. Several princes laughed and scolded Jia Hui. Regardless of martial ethics, they all adjusted their mood and started eating and drinking.

Chen Qi even took one off as if to vent his anger. As everyone yelled "You're shameless!", he stuck out his tongue and took a lick provocatively.

In the distance, the emperor, who was having dinner with the queen and concubines, looked at the group of noisy boys with envy.

The emperor missed his brothers and sisters who had passed away for many years.

After the first prince committed suicide, the Sixth Prince of the East Palace could not accept the defeat and became angry with the princes and nobles in the city, especially the princes and princesses. He believed that if it were not for the instigation of his brothers and sisters, the prince would never have fallen to this point.

Everyone in the city, from the youngest son of Emperor Taizu to the newborn baby of the princess who had just been married less than a year, was killed. Only his family survived by hiding quickly.

"That's great," the emperor said with emotion.

"Huh? What is Saburo talking about?" The queen looked at the emperor with some confusion.

"I'm saying, it's nice to have brothers to eat, drink and play with." Silently picking up the queen who had been with him for most of his life, the emperor faintly repeated what he had just said.

The queen then noticed the emperor's gaze and looked over. She happened to see the fourth and fifth sons holding Xiao Qi and letting the third son give Xiao Qi wine.

"Pfft, it's true. Thinking about those days, Saburo was always placed in Xiao Qi's position today!" The queen couldn't help but laugh out loud, looking at the emperor who was becoming a little embarrassed with a teasing look on her face.

"What? Queen, has Sanlang really been drunk by several old princes?" A somewhat charming voice suddenly interrupted the love between the emperor and the empress, causing the queen to frown slightly, but after hearing this When she found out who it was, she quickly smoothed her eyebrows.

Oh, I am not as experienced as a pregnant woman.

"Ah, yes, but I have the ability to resist, and I often catch other people doing it!" The emperor was not angry at all, but answered seriously.

After hearing the emperor's reply, a very delicate and beautiful woman dressed as a noble proudly straightened her slightly undulating lower abdomen, looked around provocatively at the many old women with no heirs around, and then continued to act as if no one else was around. He started talking to the emperor, completely ignoring the queen, whose face became a little ugly.

. . . . . .

How could several young men in their twenties have such small appetites? A sheep was quickly eaten, and there were even several empty wine jars on the ground.

The few people who had eaten and drank enough were also thinking about the next project.

If I were in the city, I would go to a brothel to have fun, but now I am in the mountains.

"Ah? Going into the mountains at night? Why don't you go? Why go into the mountains after drinking so much wine? Aren't you afraid of being bitten by wolves?" Chen Wu very firmly opposed Chen Qi's proposal to go into the mountains.

"Then why are you going to play? There isn't even a warm soup in this place, but there are quite a few girls, but you dare to touch them? Aren't you afraid that your father will beat you to death?" Chen Qi asked in return.

The women on the mountain are either a group of official wives or a group of palace maids. If these people have even the slightest idea, the emperor and the emperor will skin them.

"Why don't you go swimming in the river?" Chen Si suggested.

"No need, a certain family will still want to drink water from that creek tomorrow." Jia Hui said speechlessly.

Tens of thousands of people depend on this small river for their water supply. Given how clean they are, they must go upstream.

Given their status, the water they drink must come directly from upstream or even the source.

Although the water in that section of the river will definitely be changed in one night, it is so refreshing!

"Then what are you talking about?" Chen Si turned his head and looked at Jia Hui.

"What are you doing? Chen Si, let me ask you!" Jia Hui shook his head to clear up his drunken mind.

"ask."

"Do you still remember what the girls in Dihua City taught you?" Jia Hui stood up and shook his waist.

Chen Si was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what Jia Hui meant.

"Ah? Hahahahaha, how could I forget! Come here, go and get me and brother Hui some crotch-length robes!" Chen Si also became interested, stood up quickly, and began to move his body to show off his skills.

"Lao Jiu, quickly go to our shogunate and get my pipa!" Jia Hui said to Hu Jiu who was standing beside him after finishing his meal early. He turned his head again and looked at the pipa that he found that he had been paying attention to since he stood up. Looking at Xu Le here, "Old Xu, hurry up and call the band that knows Qiuci music!"

"Okay!" Xu Le was overjoyed and responded quickly. After spending several years with Jia Hui in the Western Regions, he immediately realized what the general and the king wanted to do. He quickly stood up and ran towards the emperor's camp.

"Hey, Jia Hui, what are you going to do?" The kings have never seen this kind of battle, and their brains are temporarily impaired due to drinking, so they can't guess what they are going to do. What's going on?

"What are we going to do?" Jia Hui looked at Chen Qi with drunken eyes and pointed at the lit bonfire and everyone sitting on the grass having fun.

"Of course I'm going to do what I should do in this situation!"

"Ah?" Everyone still didn't quite understand.

"I mean, hunting, swimming, etc. are so weak!" Jia Hui grinned.

"How about dancing!"

(End of this chapter)