Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 261 Husky strays into the pack of wolves

The next day.

A small sedan was carried into the Dunhuang County Duke's Mansion from the side door, and a moment later, it was carried out again.

Soon, orders were issued from the small courtyard in the northeast corner of Duke Rong's mansion. The faces of the shopkeepers of the Xue family shop who received the orders changed drastically, and uncontrollable joy appeared on their faces. They were filled with joy. Start preparing the congratulatory gifts.

The Xue family is finally getting married to the Jia family again!

Although the eldest daughter of the family is just a concubine, it depends on whose concubine it is. Can the concubine of the county magistrate and the concubine of the prince be compared?

I am afraid that the concubines of the Taiwei have a higher status than the wives of some middle and low-ranking officials!

So it doesn't matter. The Jia family is willing to continue to protect the Xue family and let them have something to rely on. This is enough.

As for the fact that Jia Hui wanted to take Xue Baochai as his concubine, it didn't cause much trouble. After all, everyone knew that Jia Hui had promised the position of a good concubine to the Xue family. Now it was just fulfilling the engagement, and everyone was eating together. Just one meal is enough, you don’t even need to invite foreign guests.

Yuan Rong, the chief steward of the Duke's Mansion and Jia Hui's uncle, has been very busy these days. Although it is completely incomparable with the scene when the head of the family married his wife, it is still possible to entertain all the members of the Jia family and the die-hard allies of King Xue's family. Necessary, this is another marriage of the four major families!

While Yuan Rong was busy and dizzy, Jia Hui and Li Wan, with their four children, the eldest son, the second son, the eldest daughter and the youngest daughter, sat leisurely on the carriage and drove towards the outside of the city.

The second daughter Jia Xiyao was sick and had a fever. The third daughter Jia Miaoyi and the third son Jia Mang were still young and stumbled when walking, so they were not brought here.

The little girl, who was still in her infancy and neither cried nor fussed, was brought here by Li Wan.

Due to the continuous cutting and straightening of bends, bridges and roads in recent years, and extensive infrastructure construction, the roads in Luoyang and the surrounding area of ​​nearly a hundred miles have been built in an even and smooth manner. There is no such thing as the situation when Jia Hui and Daiyu came to Beijing a few years ago and almost lost their seats. It was the kind of situation where Daiyu's brains were shaking out in the carriage.

"Dad, look, that's Sister Liu's carriage!"

"Brother Niu! Dad, look, that's Brother Niu's car!"

"Dad you."

"Little ancestor, please, please stop talking, okay?" The eldest daughter Jia Jingyu seemed to be insulated from the word "quiet". She kept holding on Jia Hui's neck and pointed at the car with her little short finger. A certain carriage outside the window was shouting and screaming, making Jia Hui roll his eyes!

But my daughter has such a good memory. I even forgot what the Niu family’s new carriage looked like, but this little girl actually remembered it clearly.

She is indeed my daughter!

"Ah? Okay." Seeing the pain on her old father's face, the eldest lady lowered her head in disappointment, and shrank into her old father's arms with an obedient look on her face.

"Pfft!" Jia Fern, who was sitting opposite, saw that the usually lawless young lady Jingyu was ruthlessly suppressed by her old father. She couldn't help laughing out loud with gloating, causing the young lady to give him a fierce look and wanted to get rid of the old lady. Jumping out of his father's arms and fighting to the death with Jia Fern.

"Ahem!" Seeing that the behavior of the two children was really unsightly. Now that his loving father had been tortured to a terrible state, Li Wan, as a strict mother, immediately put on a straight face and glanced coldly. Jia Fern shuddered, stiffened, and immediately sat down obediently again. A war spread to the entire carriage. It's over before it even begins.

But who is Miss Jingyu? Although he was still scared, he still puffed up his chest and looked at Li Wan with big eyes and small eyes in a bluffing manner.

What a joke, I'm in my father's arms now, with him protecting me, what can you do, mother!

Miss Jingyu, who realizes she has found a great supporter, is not afraid of anyone today!

"Haha." Seeing the two women staring at each other, neither of them convinced of the other, Jia Hui was so happy that he spread his hands on the eldest lady's head and rubbed it vigorously, causing the eldest lady to lose miserably.

The scene of a family of three enjoying themselves makes Jia Ying and Jia Fern feel like they are out of tune with them, as if they are just here to make up the numbers.

. . . . . .

Just recently, Shui Che's family's newly built villa was completely completed and they hosted a grand banquet for guests!

All the old brothers in Beijing came to praise Shuiqe, and this inconspicuous villa located more than ten miles south of Luoyang City became lively in an instant.

"Hahahaha, Lao Shui, brother, I'm here!" As soon as they got off the carriage, they saw Shui Che and his boy standing at the door to welcome guests. Jia Hui laughed and walked towards Shui Che.

"Oh, the busy man is here!" Shui Che's eyes lit up, and he carried his boy to greet him.

Although Shui Che gave Jia Hui an invitation, the court was busy preparing for river construction at this time, both civil and military affairs, and Shui Che didn't expect Jia Hui to come.

The two brothers stretched out their arms and hugged each other at the same time, slapping each other's backs so hard that the boys from the Shui family were afraid that their father would be slapped to death by the Taiwei.

"Oh, by the way, brother Lai Huan, call someone!" The two brothers chatted and joked for a long time, and then Shui Che remembered that there was a little man following behind him.

"Uncle Jia!" Shui Zhen bowed to Jia Hui very obediently.

"I have met my uncle."

"Uncle Water!"*3

Seeing that his master had finally finished talking to Shui Che, Li Wan, who was wearing a conical hat, also hugged his little daughter and took the children to salute Shui Che.

The people who can come today are basically all familiar with each other, and they can enter the backyard without notice, let alone just greet each other face to face.

"Shui Che greets my sister-in-law!" Shui Che returned the greeting, and then he saw three nephews and nieces, carved in pink and jade like porcelain dolls, saluting him in a strict manner. He immediately liked it so much, he touched this one's head and pinched this one's little one. I can't love my face enough.

Shui Li also suffered the same treatment at the hands of Jia Hui.

This kid is still popular with other people.

In terms of appearance, the Shui family is not inferior to the Jia family at all.

Apart from anything else, although Jia Hui didn't really like Shui Che's cousin Shui Rong, King of Beijing, who had not yet entered the fifth service, Jia Hui had to admit that Shui Rong's appearance was among the best in the world.

Compared with Shui Rong, Shui Che's appearance is not inferior by half, but Shui Rong's appearance is more like a scholar, while his temperament is as elegant and noble as a spring breeze.

Shui Che, on the other hand, has developed a resolute and courageous temperament due to his military career since he was a child. It comes from his heart. Shui Che's appearance is just like the standard young general in the Korean storybook.

As Shui Che's son, especially his mother Shui Loushi, who is also one of the most beautiful women in a thousand, Shui Che's appearance is naturally not bad, just like a little Shui Che.

Now that the most distinguished guest is here, there is no need for Shui Che and his son to stay at the door.

Of course, it also has something to do with Jia Hui arriving relatively late.

The two families chatted and laughed before entering the garden. Li Wan also said goodbye to Shui Che, then took Miss Jingyu and the youngest daughter in his arms and followed the maid to find Shui Che's wife, Shuilou.

The two brothers Jia Ying and Jia Feng also followed their old acquaintance Shuizhen to play with their peers. Just as Jia Hui was reminiscing with his old brothers, two uninvited guests showed up uninvited.

"Well, you Shui County uncle, you have invited so many people to see the garden, why don't you invite me? Do you look down on me, the Wu County uncle?" A very carefree voice came from the door, disrupting Jia Hui. This harmonious atmosphere created by others.

A bearded man who could be seen as reckless at a glance, but who could not survive more than a quarter of an hour on the battlefield, broke in regardless of the servants' dissuasion.

He is tall and strong, with broad shoulders, strong muscles, and a thick and rough beard.

Wearing a brocade robe and a jade belt, he still couldn't hide his reckless aura. Wearing a small golden crown, her hair felt greasy, as if it hadn't been washed for a long time.

The father of Concubine Wu, Wu Bing.

Just as he was about to speak again, Jia Hui and others looked at the door with unhappy expressions.

How could a butcher who had only killed cattle, sheep, pigs, and dogs bear the momentum of a group of generals who had killed countless enemies? Wu Bing was instantly frightened and trembled. His resentment towards Shui Che for not inviting him over was also frightened away in the blink of an eye.

He suddenly remembered that this was not the territory of civil servants.

Although civil servants often perform martial arts in the court, if a civil servant beats an earl in the court, it is called unafraid of power, but in private at a banquet, it is called attacking a noble person, and he will be beheaded!

How many fools are there who have gone from being a mere white man to becoming a Jinshi and entering the court through five passes and six generals?

This is one of the reasons why Wu Bing attends banquets uninvited everywhere and no one troubles him. Moreover, the noble gatherings he squeezed into on weekdays were either a group of people waiting to die, or a group of second and third generations. They were unwilling to offend the maternal relatives of the two future heirs, so they would not care about him.

But it's different now. Each and every one of you present is either a "basic army" who has been crawling around in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood since childhood, or is a murderer who came out from Jiubian.

I don't dare to leave now, and I'm afraid they will attack and chop me to death if I stay.

"It turns out it's Uncle Wu. It's getting late. Please take a seat!" As guests, everyone stopped talking, but Shui Che, the host, couldn't. If the brothers or Wu Bing did something stupid, What if they start a fight and disrupt this banquet? He quickly gave everyone a step down.

Hearing this, Jia Hui and other brothers stopped staring at Wu Bing and turned back to continue the conversation. No one had any intention of talking to Wu Bing.

They are the least fond of people like Wu Bing who are lucky enough to be promoted.

I worked hard to earn this family fortune. You, a butcher, just sold your daughter to the palace and it was worth ten or even decades of hard work. How can you have the face!

Although Wu Bing was unhappy with the contempt for him by the powerful nobles, when he saw several scarred faces looking at his neck with evil feelings, he still swallowed back all the curse words in his stomach.

Damn it, since my daughter gave birth to a prince and I had to be made an earl, this is the first time I have suffered such a big loss and lost so many people!

I’m full of grievances!

I quietly found a spot on the edge for easy escape. I didn't have the same spirit as before when I went straight to the main table, and I was even a little timid. Wu Bing sat down very low-key, and his body, which looked very strong and conspicuous in the eyes of ordinary people, suddenly disappeared from everyone.

There was no other way. The other people sitting at the table stopped talking after he sat down. They looked at him without joy or sorrow as if he were a dead person.

"Cough cough!"

Shui Che coughed and motioned for everyone to look at him.

Judging from the atmosphere at the table where Wu Bing sat, he was worried that the other people sitting at the table would get up and beat him up, and he had to move on to the next activity.

"Since everyone is here, let's start the garden tour?" Shui Che asked symbolically.

"Nonsense, you should have gone in a long time ago!" Niu Zhao stood up and cursed with a smile.

"Yes, yes, Lao Shui, I've been hiding it for so long. Every time I ask, he mysteriously says he wants to open our brothers' eyes. We're all waiting!" Jia Hui also laughed and agreed. .

Jia Hui's words seemed to ignite a powder keg, and everyone began to boo.

"Old Shui, brothers are here to support you. If the things in your garden are not good, then brothers will not agree!" Liu Yun slowly fanned Shui Che and teased Shui Che.

Shi Yuanxiu, who had the best relationship with Shui Che, saw that Shui Che had been aroused to be competitive, and was afraid that he would suffer a loss, so he quickly gave him a way out: "Well said! Lao Shui, it's still too late to regret now, as long as you say After saying, "The garden is not that interesting," the brothers turned around and left. Come back when you have finished it.

If you pretend to be a fat man by sticking a swollen face in front of you, or stick an onion in a pig's nose to pretend to be an elephant, then don't blame the brothers for being cruel and collaborating to destroy this garden! "

"Yes, destroy this garden!" Niu Zhao shouted Gonghuo.

"Old Shui, is this okay? If not, brothers, please leave now!" Another person stood up and looked at Shui Che with disdain.

Some people had a different view and stood up and ignored the booing thieves.

"Lao Shui, don't listen to their nonsense. I believe you. Take us to the garden to open their eyes!"

"Open your eyes, open your eyes!" his supporters waved their fists in the air.

Another supporter stood up, walked quickly to Shui Che, and looked into Shui Che's eyes: "Old Shui, we are all heroes who spit with spit and nail with nails. Be more energetic. We don't want to lose our status. ah!"

"Yes, don't lose your place!" The big guy stared at Shui Che and shouted.

"Lao Shui, stop being so sluggish and be more energetic! If it works, that's fine. If not, we'll break up now!"

"Be energetic, be energetic!" the supporters started shouting again.

Jia Hui held a fan and did not join in the quarrel, but watched the fun in silence and smiled.

Although the big guys split into two small groups, what both sides said was consistent with each other.

Shui Che was also tempted. He was also a young man who had achieved his ambition. He was a proud man who was not even old enough to be crowned an earl. How could he give in?

Shui Che flicked his sleeves and looked at the two groups of people who had been making fire with a rebellious expression: "Hey, I spent 300,000 taels to build the garden. If it doesn't look good, I would destroy it myself. Why do you still need to do it? "The arrogant words caused bursts of applause.

This scene was like a scene of a meeting of bandits. It scared Wu Bing so much that he almost wanted to leave first.

Seeing the success of the fire, a group of people stood up and clasped their fists to congratulate each other. Then they looked at the Taiwei, who had the highest status and martial arts, and also joined the farce. Wu Bing had already begun to regret running into this group of powerful people uninvited. A gathering of generals

(End of this chapter)