Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 250 Six Years

The late spring sunshine shone into the house through the colored glass on the door and window, causing the five-year-old child lying on the bed to frown tightly. After muttering a few times, he rolled up the quilt and turned over.

The dazed child was about to take a nap when a voice that he loved and hated suddenly sounded in his ears: "Master? Master? It's getting late."

"Ahhhhhhhhhh" the child turned back irritably, squinting his left eye and looking impatiently at the group of maids and women standing in front of his bed.

"No, nanny." The child sighed helplessly and climbed up from the bed as if resigned to his fate.

The leader was the child's nanny. Seeing this, she calmly picked up the child and placed it on a chair with several layers of cushions. She then took the toiletries from the maid who was following her, and skillfully cleaned the child.

The woman behind was not idle either. She threw the towel in her hand into a basin filled with hot water, rinsed it, wrung out the water and folded it up. Then she put the towel on the child's head, thinking that it was almost time. Then he wrapped the scarf around the child's neck, and then took out a razor from the small wooden box next to him.

Shave your head!

(The dress of young princes in the Ming Dynasty was similar to that of ordinary people except for clothing)

According to custom, both men and women must shave their heads regularly from the time a child is one month old, leaving no hair "like a Buddha's child". They do not start to store hair until they are about ten years old.

Of course, there are differences between boys and girls. Girls will leave a lock on each side of their head and tie it into two small hairdos with a red ribbon.

Of course, there are also those who don't shave. For example, Lin Ruhai didn't shave Daiyu's hair. Jia Min said that it didn't matter whether she shaved or not. It depends on the customs of each family.

(The dress of a young princess in the Ming Dynasty)

Soon, after the hair was shaved clean, the woman took the towel that the maid had rinsed and wrung out in time, and carefully wiped the child's bald head clean.

The maids who had been waiting for a long time, holding various clothing parts in their hands, began to dress the children very skillfully at the nanny's order.

Those who wear tops wear tops, those who hug others wear pants, those who wear pants wear socks, and those who wear socks wear socks

After finally putting on the robe and belt, the wet nurse personally hung a jade pendant that looked very gentle and had a cute and childlike tiger carved on it behind the child's belt. The wet nurse nodded with satisfaction. .

"Uncle, it's time to go pay your respects to the elders!"

"Okay!" After a lot of tossing, the drowsy child finally woke up, raised his head and nodded towards the nanny, squatted down, supported the nanny's arm and got off the stool, then set off first, taking the four with him. A luxurious lineup of a mother-in-law and four maids walked towards her mother.

. . . . . .

After passing through the corner gate, walking through the cloister, crossing the garden and crossing a small bridge, we arrived outside my mother's yard.

"Brother!" came an equally childish voice, and the child quickly looked towards the corner. A boy smaller than himself was jumping up and down with excitement and waving to him.

"Brother Fern!" The child also waved to his second brother very happily. When Brother Fern came closer, before he could speak, another voice came.

"Eldest brother, second brother! My sister has met the two brothers!" A very lively voice came from behind them, a young girl wearing pink and tender clothes, with only two little hairs on her head, full of energy walked over quickly.

"Big brother, big brother, where are you going to play today?" Ignoring the voice behind her shouting "Sister, slow down," the little girl looked at the big brother in front of her expectantly.

"Where are you going to play? Where else do you want to play? You are not allowed to go anywhere, just stay at home!" A sinister voice behind frightened the little girl to make a face at her elder brother and turn around He turned around and rushed towards the visitor with a face of joy.

"Auntie!"

Snapped!

The little girl rushed into her mother's arms with a sprint, rubbing against her intimate tightness.

"Come on, I don't know you? You are running around chattering every day, but do you still look like a lady? I don't know who to follow!" The visitor rolled his eyes at his daughter, and then sighed helplessly, Then he took his daughter and saluted the child.

"I have met the uncle!"

"No gift, no gift. My sister is working very hard every day as a schoolgirl. Aunt Jin, don't be too harsh on her." The little boy also hurriedly returned the gift. Seeing that his sister was very depressed, Yu Xin couldn't bear to plead for her.

"This" Aunt Jin was a little embarrassed, but the little girl who was half a step behind her suddenly perked up and smiled at her elder brother with a flattering look on her face.

"Oh my, my, what are you doing here?" came a voice that was very silly at first sight. This time, all the children turned their heads to look at the aunts who were walking slowly over.

"Aunt Zhu! Aunt Bai! Aunt Xuan! Aunt Ye! Aunt Wu!"

Five people came over with three little children who were eating their fingers, saluted to the children, and then saluted each other to Aunt Jin.

Just when everyone was about to chat for a while, the door to the mistress's courtyard opened.

"I have met the uncle, I have met the two young masters, I have met the three young ladies, I have met the six aunts!" A somewhat cold voice came from the door. When they heard this voice, the six aunts suddenly felt their scalps numb.

"Aunt Huang!" Several children standing on the ground looked at the visitor with surprised expressions. Then, as if they had thought of something, they ran towards the house like crazy past Aunt Huang who was standing at the door.

"What are you guys doing standing here? Do you want me and my wife to wait for you?" The visitor looked at them in surprise.

The aunts shrank their necks, obviously afraid of this woman who was dressed like a maid and had a woman's headdress.

"Look at what you said, it's as if this door has been open for a long time!" Aunt Jin, who was standing in the queue, was not affected by this man. Instead, she greeted him with a smile on her face and held hands. Then he started to ask questions.

The woman dressed as a maid also smiled and held Aunt Jin's hands, and started talking as if there was no one else around.

It wasn't until a loud roar of laughter came from the main room that the two of them woke up from a dream. They nodded to the aunts who had been standing outside the door and took them into the courtyard.

. . . . . .

"Gulu gulu. Poof!"

Jia Hui, who is now 26 years old and has grown a beautiful short beard, spits the water after gargling into the spittoon held by the little maid in front of him, and then puts a piece of mint leaf handed to him by another little maid in his mouth to savor it.

I casually crushed it with my teeth, and only the juice came out, leaving a mint-like aroma in my mouth.

Finally, spit it out before the leaves break, and the process of chewing is over. Jia Hui also immediately moved to the crib beside the bed, gently teasing her little daughter who was just born less than half a year ago, and touching her with her fingertips from time to time. He rubbed it on her little face, and from time to time he would tickle her fleshy little chin like a cat.

The child had just turned one month old and the day after he drank the full moon wine, he left home and went to Liaodong Town to inspect the border defense. By the way, he and his old brother Shui Che attended the meeting of the late king of Beijing Domain, who was the one who was given the posthumous title of King Beijingling by the imperial court. funeral.

There, Jia Hui also met the famous double-plug Beijing Wang Shuirong for the first time in the original work.

When I saw him for the first time, I saw that he was indeed a gentle and gentle gentleman. When he saw Jia Hui, he wanted to hold his hand and talk about what he wanted to talk about at night.

If she hadn't known that he was a rabbit boy early on, Jia Hui might have followed suit.

Just because he is a dignified prince, and the most important thing is that Jia Hui did not feel any malice from him, otherwise Jia Hui would have punched him in the face with a fist as big as a casserole!

Since then, Jia Hui has walked around Shuirong. Most people, including Shuirong, just think that they are avoiding danger to avoid being accused of being friends with foreign vassals. But they know it in their hearts. They are just afraid of punching him if they can't help it. If he was beaten to death, what trouble would he cause?

Just when Jia Hui was about to pick her up to have breakfast, there was a sudden noise outside the door. Jia Hui was not upset after hearing this, but gave up the idea of ​​taking her little daughter out, and instead sat cross-legged on the bed quietly, gently plugging her little daughter's ears with her two fingers, waiting.

"Dad!!!"*3

The three cubs, two boys and one girl, jumped over the threshold and paused at the door. When they saw the old father they were thinking about looking at them with a smile, they felt ecstatic in their hearts and were about to rush into their father's house with a shout. When they were in their arms, the three children noticed the little girl who was still lying in the crib and kicking her legs.

The three children covered their mouths at the same time, looked at each other, quickly slowed down, and tiptoed towards their father.

"Haha, it's not such an exaggeration. Come here and let Daddy take a closer look!" Seeing the three cubs looking so in love with each other, Jia Hui suddenly felt relieved, then let go of the fingers covering her daughter's ears and looked at the three cubs. Zaizai waved, and the three Zaizai put down their hands covering their mouths, and rushed into Jia Hui's arms with excitement on their faces.

"Dad, when did you come back?"

"Is Liaodong fun?"

"Where's the gift?"

The three Zaizai hugged Jia Hui tightly, as if they were afraid that he would run away, and then they started chirping questions in Jia Hui's ears.

Jia Hui answered their questions with a smile, calmly pushed away the two brats with his hands, and then took advantage of the situation to hold his fragrant daughter in his arms, listening to them telling them about his absence with a kind face. What happened at home during this time

Six full years have passed since the Second Saint first hunted westward!

Generally speaking, nothing big happened, and there were no big battles to fight. They were all small conflicts and rebellions that could be solved by scattered local defenders. The only one that could barely be considered a major event was six years ago. The rebellion caused by the deposed crown prince in North Korea was in turmoil.

Although the situation at the time was very dangerous, the mission was driven to Pyongyang by the rebels.

But that's just because the pro-Qi faction didn't tell Jiang Huan that they were going to kill the deposed prince Li Xiang of North Korea. Jiang Huan, who was unprepared, was caught off guard and could only break out with his pig teammates like the pro-Qi faction. I went to Pyongyang, which is considered the base camp of the pro-Qi faction, and there is a Liaodong Army garrison of 5,000 people all year round.

Now prepared, with money (pro-Qi faction), people (5,000 infantry of the Liaodong frontier army and 3,000 light cavalry of the Datong frontier army) and support from the rear, Jiang welcomed the highlight of his first half of his life - Eighth Thousands of people destroyed the country!

Of course, although North Korea's army is in dire straits, North Korea cannot be destroyed by eight thousand Qi troops.

Mainly the rest of the North Korean army is waiting and watching.

The North Korean dignitaries are not fools. How could they, the North Korean dignitaries who are more fiercely political than their overlords, not notice such an obvious conspiracy? Anyone with a brain knows that the late king was most likely killed by Li Xiang!

Moreover, the Celestial Dynasty has not appointed a new king for a long time. Instead, it has sent a troublemaker mission with three thousand troops. If the Celestial Dynasty is not suspicious, does it really think that we are just messing around in the officialdom?

Therefore, this rebellion seems to be North Korea versus Daqi, but in fact it is Li Xiang versus Jiang Huan!

Li Xiang's direct troops were not many, with less than 40,000 people. These were Jiang Huan's opponents. When Li Xiang led the army to Pyongyang with great fanfare to expel the Qi captives and besieged Shaliyuan City, Jiang Huan discovered the flaw. , led 3,000 cavalry to attack the rebels at night in Shaliyuan City, winning or losing in one battle, and captured Li Xiang alive among thousands of troops.

The Korean rebellion ended in this way. Jiang Huan was awarded the title of Marquis of Lingqiu County, completely climbing on the head of his father, Jiang Sheng, with unspeakable filial piety.

Just two months after the rebellion, the new King of Korea was also selected by the Qi court.

The new king of North Korea is Li Xiang's younger brother, Linping Maharaja Li Zhen, who has been studying abroad in Daqi Imperial College for ten years.

It has been nearly six years now.

"Ahem!" A cough interrupted the warm scene of a loving father and a filial son, causing Jia Hui to cast a dissatisfied glance at Li Wan, who had been putting on makeup aside and deliberately wanted to scare the children.

Jia Hui dared to look at her dissatisfied, but the three children did not dare. They quickly got out of bed and stood in front of Li Wan in a polite manner.

This wife is the head of the house. It would be too easy to put on some small shoes for herself, such as giving herself more homework and so on!

For someone like Jia Hui, who is not very serious and likes to play with children, being a strict father is really difficult for him. In particular, Jia Hui often had to run to the area under the jurisdiction of his Zuojun Governor's Mansion to inspect, and the time he spent with his children was even shorter.

If the only time I spend with my children is with a straight face, hitting or scolding me every time they meet, then will the children hate me when they grow up?

But as a parent, you must have a red face and a white face to cooperate. There is no way. Since Jia Hui has become a loving father, Li Wan can only be a strict mother.

Li Wan originally wanted to talk to them more about paying attention to etiquette, but at this moment, another burst of laughter came from outside the door, and Li Wan looked angrily towards the little boy who was leading the way, that is, After his eldest son Jia Ying nodded his forehead, he stood up and walked over with Jia Hui, sitting on the two Taishi chairs in the main hall.

Soon, the women and the three children who were not walking very well also entered the house. The three people holding the children quickly put the children in their arms on the ground and patted their butts gently to let them go. Go and follow your brothers and sisters, and be in front of these aunts.

"Children give greetings to father and mother"

"I would like to pay my respects to the master and his wife!"

The scene of seven children and seven concubines saluting him together was really spectacular. Jia Huile, who had always wanted to have a warm and big family of his own, burst into laughter and couldn't help but feel filled with pride!

The lineage of the Jia family's Dunhuang County government has finally multiplied and developed!

　In the new volume, six years later, the characters who should grow up have also grown up!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)