Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 69 Uncle Lin

After discussing some details with the emperor, Jia Hun left Xiyuan.

When I got home, I happened to run into Jia Zhu and Jia Lian, the brothers and sisters.

"Yo, are you back?" Jia Hun stepped forward to greet them.

Jia Zhu is fine. After all, he just went to exercise. He has his own barracks. He can do it after completing daily training, and he has been there for less than a day.

Jia Lian's eyes were more resentful.

After being dragged out of the barracks by Jiao Da yesterday, I started running, and went around the camp twice.

How have the pampered young masters ever experienced this?After running less than half a lap, he started panting.

Jia Rong from the East Mansion still wanted to play tricks, and stood there refusing to move. The old guards who were sent over with Jiao Da tried to persuade him, which only fueled Jia Rong's arrogance.

On weekdays, Jia Zhen beat and scolded him, but now she is finally able to show her prestige outside, I want to listen to you and continue to run, is that okay?
Then his arrogance attracted Jiao Da.

Who is Jiao Da?That was the one who carried old Ningguo back from the pile of dead people. Even Jia Jing was polite to him in person. What kind of thing are you, Jia Rong?
It was just a whip when he went up, Jia Rong lay on the ground in pain and twitched, and the calves of the Jia family's children who were cheating behind him were scared.

Seeing that there was no way to escape running circles, I had no choice but to continue running with heavy legs.

Immediately afterwards, there were various trainings such as horse riding, swinging a knife, etc. After returning to the classroom at night, Jia Lian felt that his body was not his own...

"Brother..." The soreness in his body made him tremble when he spoke.

"Haha, how is it, Mr. Lian, do you like practicing martial arts or reading?"

"I…"

I don't like it!Jia Lian roared in his heart.

But it's enough to just shout in your heart, if you really want to shout out, not only the two elder brothers will beat him, but tell the master back, the master will beat him too.

"Brother, I don't want to go, can I study hard!" Jia Lian still wanted to fight for it.

Jia Zhu also looked over. Although his training volume was far inferior to these boys, he didn't want to practice either!
"Hehe, give up on this idea, let me tell you, these days that are lost, you will have to make up for them when you come back!"

"Ahhhh!" Jia Lian covered her face in pain, and Jia Zhu beside her also looked unlovable.

"Hahaha, Big Brother Zhu, Third Brother Lian!" A crisp girl's voice came over, and a young lady in a long red peony embroidered collar jacket got out of the carriage and walked over, and two people got off the carriage. A green young man.

"It's sister Xiangyun, why did you come here too?" Jia Zhu looked at the young lady with a smile on her face.

"Yo Yo Yo, whose girl is this, why don't you call me? But you forgot me?"

Jia Hun pinched Shi Xiangyun's small face, making her shrink back with her eyes closed.

"Haha, big brother, it seems that this little cousin doesn't recognize you anymore!" Jia Zhu seldom saw Jia Hun deflated, so naturally he wanted to laugh.

Jia Hui narrowed his eyes and glanced at Jia Zhu, who quickly shut his mouth.

"Big brother Zhu is also called big brother? Remember, you are big brother Hun!" Shi Xiangyun, who had a keen ear, immediately remembered Jia Zhu's address.

"Haha, it's just me! Xiangyun is becoming more and more like a big girl!" Jia Hun let go of the hand pinching her little face, and rubbed her head.

"Brother Shi Muyun (Xianyun) paid homage to Big Brother Hun, Big Brother Zhu, and Brother Lian!"

The two sons of the Shi family also came over. They were about the same age as Jia Lian, but they were both older than Jia Lian.

"We're all a family, why are you so polite, come on, come in quickly!"

. . . . . .

Walking through the Yi Gate, through the South Hall, and through the Nei Yi Gate, the core hall of the entire Rongguo Mansion——Rongxi Hall appeared in front of them.

"Ancestor!"

Xiangyun broke into the Neiyi Gate, and his pace became faster and faster, until he approached the entrance of Rongxi Hall, he started to trot, and threw himself on Jia Mu all the way.

Jia Mu also smiled, and took Shi Xiangyun in her arms, with Baoyu in her left hand and Xiangyun in her right hand.

"Grandnephew pays respects to aunt!"

The two young historians wanted to pay respects first, Jia Mu was startled, and hurriedly asked Jia Hun and Jia Zhu who came in later to help them up.

"Hey, it's Brother Mu and Brother Xian! Come on, let my aunt take a good look at you!"

The two walked obediently in front of Jiamu, who let go of Baoyu and Xiangyun's hands, and touched their arms and their little faces at the same time.

It is quite different from the original book. The Second Marquis of the Historian, who was supposed to be alienated from the Jia family, has seamlessly joined the class of the elder brother who died young because of the rise of Jia Hun.

Relying on Xiangyun, he continued to be close to the Jia family, and occasionally came to the Jia family in person to watch plays and have fun with the Jia family, but the two sons of the prostitutes had always been studying in the Imperial College, and they had to focus on their studies and rarely brought them here.

It wasn't until last year, when Jia Hun was granted the title of Governor of the Zuo Army, that the two brothers decided to move closer to the Jia family, and the number of times they brought their two sons gradually increased.

However, the two children's studies were indeed heavy, and this was the first time they had brought their legitimate son here since Jia Hun got married.

Seeing the two little faces that resembled her dead brother's, Mother Jia's eyes turned red.

"Old lady, since I've met them before and the time is running out, my grandson will take them away!"

Seeing that the conversation was going to be endless, Jia Hun came out and became the villain who ruined the atmosphere.

Mother Jia curled her lips.

"Then go quickly, remember, if you hurt a hair on your two cousins, the old woman will not spare you!"

"The old lady is so eccentric! Two cousins ​​can't hurt a hair, so what about the three of us?"

"You three? You three are rough-skinned and thick-skinned, and the hair on your body is like bristles. Who can hurt you?"

As soon as Jia's mother finished speaking, everyone laughed, and the entire Rongxi Hall was filled with joy.

Li Wan, who came over early in the morning, also covered his pretty face with a round fan, only showing his eyes, looking at Jia Hun with a smile.

"This... I can only say that she is indeed the great-aunt of Cousin Xiangyun!"

Jia Hun gave a thumbs up.

This time, even the old lady laughed, and kindly embraced Xiangyun into her arms.

. . . . . .

After bidding farewell to relatives, Jia Hun set out on the road with his five young children.

Jia Rong from the East Mansion, two brothers from the Central Mansion, and two cousins ​​from the Shi family, soon after they left the Jianchun Gate, Guan Sheng led Jia Hui's three thousand households to follow.

"Wow--"

The [-] cavalry stopped at a distance of [-] steps away from Jia Hun, as a whole, ordering and prohibiting.

It attracted several young men to stare at the elder brother Jia Hun who was going up to him with longing eyes.

"Do you know what we are going to do?"

"Returning to the Lord, the brothers have long been displeased with the group of bird men in the Jiangnan camp! The combat power is not good, and they are always fighting with us for supplies. They snatched the new jackets that were newly issued last time. The brothers have been wearing tattered clothes for an extra month, this time, they must have carefully ransacked their homes!"

"Copy the house!"

"Copy the house!"

"Copy the house!"

It can be regarded as the crime of the military master!

"Very good, very energetic! Brothers, let's go!"

. . . . . .

By the way, the three thousand households accompanied the mourning group as escorts.Since the chief general is Jia Hun, all the staff have been replaced with cotton armor, and the logistical pressure has been greatly reduced. Eight hundred miles along the way, the prefectures and counties along the way have been urgently notified to make logistical preparations.

Putting it all together, it was actually able to travel at a speed of one hundred and twenty miles a day.

The old man chose to stop the coffin for 14 days before he was buried, leaving enough time for everyone.

It took two days to get to Luoyang in a rush of [-] miles yesterday, changing horses without changing people, so it only needs to arrive within eleven days.

The next day, the funeral team in Luoyang set off on the morning of the third day after the old man passed away, and it took ten days to arrive in Huai'an.

. . . . . .

"God, I'm sorry, it's finally here. Gu's body is about to fall apart..." King Zhongxin rubbed his waist, looked at Huai'an City, which was already covered with white cloth, and complained.

"Hahaha, fourteenth brother, don't go to the flower bar for a few drinks!"

King Zhongshun patted King Zhongxin on the waist, causing him to scream and was about to scold him.

"Silence!"

King Yizhong looked at his two uncles with a look of disgust, what time is it, and they are still so dishonest!
"Hmph!" King Zhongxin looked at King Zhongshun with a face full of disbelief, if it wasn't for the fact that he was doing business here, he couldn't make trouble, otherwise, I just want you to look good!
"Okay, stop fooling around! Guan Sheng, you take our brothers to the Caobing camp, and the rest, go to the city!"

Jia Hun's prestige among the nobles is not based on it. After hearing Jia Hun's words, these young nobles and youngsters who represent each family quickly lined up according to the size of the title, and the kings were embarrassed to be in a mess. , also came to the front of the line to line up.

It's just that when the kings saw the three thousand households going away, they intentionally or unintentionally looked at Jia Hun and King Yiyong side by side with fear.

"Oh, now, we are their first threat!" Chen Jingyuan said to Jia Hun with a helpless face.

"It doesn't matter, before you get rid of your three older brothers, maybe they will help us! They all want to rely on you to be the vanguard. After all, their base is too far away from Luoyang, but ours is close at hand... "

Luoyang is far away from most of the princes' basic base, leaving only Yizhong's Jingying and Chen Jingyuan's Northwest Army relying on Luoyang.

"Besides, even if we unite to attack us, so what, but soldiers come to block, water comes to cover us, the Northwest Army is on the side, we are born invincible!"

. . . . . .

After a day of rest, it was the day of the burial.

The orphans adopted by the old grandpa in his later years are now the pillars of the Cao Trade Union. They kneel before the coffin as filial sons, holding flags and kowtowing to the guests.

Xia Shouzhong also came to Huai'an as an imperial envoy to announce the decree, and he brought the posthumous title he got after overnight discussions with the Ministry of Rites.

Wu Su.

Duke Xu Wusu, Liu Qi.

The original name was Liu Qi, who was bestowed by the Taizu.

Four members of the royal family, nobles, water workers, and high-level children of the water trade union sent out four people to carry the coffin for Lord Wusu.

In the end, Zhongshun, the second, the third and the fourth princes were chosen. The Great Sima General Jia Hun, the three young Gaojue, the four outstanding children of the Cao Gong, and the four sons of the high-level Cao Trade Union, a total of 16 people, all of whom were married.

16 people carried the heavy coffin out of the city. According to the location chosen by Mr. Wusu himself, on a small hillside by the canal, after another ceremony, Mr. Wusu’s coffin was buried in the ground...

The old man has never believed in fate all his life, and he hates the tricks of gods, ghosts and ghosts. He didn't call a monk or priest, and it was all up to officials from the Ministry of Rites to preside over the audience.

The funeral is over, let's eat.

. . . . . .

Lin Hai, as the censor who inspected the salt, was ordered by the court, and was a descendant of the Five Dynasties, naturally wanted to attend the funeral.

It's just that Jia Hun and his party came too late yesterday and rested early, so they didn't meet each other.

At today's funeral, Lin Hai saw his nephew participating in the funeral from a long distance away, and kept suppressing his excitement.

Brother Hui is here, finally saved!
Now that the funeral was over, Lin Hai hurriedly walked towards Jia Hun, but there were so many people that he couldn't squeeze in even though he was of average physical fitness.

Even during the banquet, there were still a large number of people around Jia Hun, and they still couldn't squeeze through. Lin Hai had no choice but to sit quietly on the banquet and wait for the banquet to end.

Because it was a matter of funerals, everyone didn't want to lose their manners after drinking, so they just drank rice wine.

Although he drank a lot, he was not very drunk, and Jia Hun remained sober.

After the banquet was over and parted from Chen Si, Jia Hun took the five youngsters instead of riding a horse, but took a walk towards Yuelai Building.

Eat a little too much, take a walk and eat.

"Brother Hui?"

Lin Hai chased after him, and Jia Hun was shocked by the title he blurted out.

Jia Lian also heard a familiar voice, and hurriedly looked back.

"Uncle Lin!"

Jia Hun also turned around and recognized the person coming.

That bastard Lin Hai who married off his best little aunt!
"Uncle Lin!"

"Master Lin!"

"Uncle Lin Biao!"

Hearing Jia Lian's address, Jia Zhu and Jia Rong also reacted and saluted Lin Hai. The Shi family brothers looked at each other and also saluted Lin Hai.

"Uncle Lin..."

Forget it, anyway, in the letter from my aunt, there is happiness between the lines, this uncle, let's admit it.

Room C, Tianzi, on the third floor of Yuelai Building.

There were only Jia Hun, Jia Zhu and Lin Hai in the room.

The remaining youngsters were too young, and they were afraid that there would be no one to guard the door, so they rushed back to sleep, and there were guards outside the door.

"It's unreasonable, don't these salt merchants see the king's law in their eyes!" After hearing Lin Hai's narration, Jia Zhu couldn't hold back at first, slapped the table and stood up.

"Sit down! How can you make a big deal out of being frizzy!" Jia Hun reprimanded.

"Brother! That's our aunt!"

"Sit down! I already knew these things, why do you think I brought so many people here? Are you really a guard?"

Jia Zhu then sat down with a face of resentment.

"What? Jinyu, but the top..." Lin Hai was startled when he heard that Jia Hun came with a team, and then he raised his hands to the sky and asked.

"Well, the emperor wants their whole family to rush to Huangquan Road neatly... But, after all, they are in the country, and the imperial court still needs face, and they still have to catch their feet."

"Okay, that's great..." Lin Haixuan let go of most of his heart. Since the emperor has made up his mind and sent his nephew over, there is nothing to be afraid of.

"But...Jinyu, behind the salt merchant, but..."

"The King of Loyalty and the Zhen family? It's nothing more than chickens and dogs. The collusion of soldiers and merchants is stabbing the emperor's heart. Now, even Mrs. Fengsheng will not be able to do it in person!"

Hearing what Jia Hun said, Lin Hai's hanging heart was completely relieved.

After taking a sip of tea, Lin Hai turned his head to look at Brother Zhu from the second uncle's family.

"Last year, my second brother-in-law sent a letter saying that you, Brother Zhu, also won the Juren. I heard from my colleague in the Ministry of Rites that Uncle Da Zong admired you very much, so he suppressed you for a year. How about it? Will Enke have a chance next year?" grasp?"

"If you go back to uncle, there will be no problem next year in the spring!" When it comes to raising a career, Jia Zhu is still very confident, so what if Uncle Lin is Tanhua?Knowing that I'm not the number one scholar?

"Let's wait until you practice and play for three months..." Jia Hun sipped his tea and hit Jia Zhu.

When Jia Zhu heard what her elder brother said, she froze instantly.

"Drill? What drill? Didn't Brother Zhu pass the imperial examination?"

"Ah, it's like this, he almost didn't make it through last year when he was on stage for experience, and when he was on stage, he was carried out by his classmates.

Before the spring of this year, this kid fell ill and his body was too weak, so the family decided to let this kid go to the military camp for two or three months to practice, not to learn anything, at least to exercise his body, so as not to... "

Jia Hun stopped and said nothing.

"It turns out that's the case, then I really need to practice." Lin Hai suddenly realized, and said while stroking his beard.

Jia Zhu lowered her head in frustration.

"Actually, not only this kid went to the military camp, Brother Lian, Brother Rong, and all the boys in the ethnology were thrown into the barracks..." Jia Hun began to talk about the ethnology with Lin Hai, Lin Hai listened carefully, Occasionally put forward their own suggestions, uncle and nephew had a good chat.

"By the way, Jinyu, those two boys who followed are..."

"Those two are the legitimate sons of the historian, the grandnephews of the old lady, and they came with us this time."

"Oh? It seems that the two historians decided to continue to maintain the Jinling four..." Lin Hai nodded.

"Yes, but there are only these four families. Apart from my uncle's Lin family and my father-in-law's Li family, there are no other Jinling family members."

Lin Hai also understood why and didn't speak, but Jia Zhu didn't quite understand.

"Uncle, brother, what do you mean it's just our four families?"

If there is no accident, next year Jia Zhu will be Enke Scholars, and he is eligible to participate in family affairs. In fact, there is no problem now, but in order not to distract him from the imperial examination, he has not been allowed to participate.

Jia Hun patiently explained to him: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that our Jinling clan established since the founding of the country, as the four leading families, the two generations of my Jia Shiwang family all grew up in the north, and they are no longer considered The great clans in the south of the Yangtze River are regarded as their own.

Even Xue's family, who carried the money bags of our four families, began to be excluded by them.They all moved closer to the Zhen family, ready to support King Zhongxin to seize the throne..."

Rang!

Hearing the word "defeat", Jia Zhu knocked over the teacup in her hand in fright and fell to the ground.

"Brother, you, you won't forget to respect Uncle and Uncle She is... just..." Jia Zhu didn't dare to say that word.

"What are you afraid of? Ever since he, Chen Jingyuan, participated in the Western Conquest with us, and won the title of Prince Yiyong thanks to the expedition with our brothers, our family has been tied to Chen Si's side.

Especially after Sister Yuan married Chen Si, even your second wife has completely joined his Chen Si ship, and my uncle will never go to seek refuge with the Laoshizi Zhongxin Wang, and the Lin family and our Jia family are related by marriage. A natural volunteer.

Now, we have no way out, and the Jia family can no longer bear the consequences of failing to stand in line for the second time.

Up to now, all I have left is to go forward! "

Jia Hun's firm words finally made Jia Zhu's worries dissipate a lot.

That's right, anyway, he's already tied to Lord Yiyong, so let's do it if people block and kill people, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha!

Lin Hai refilled three cups of tea for Jia Zhu before he calmed down.

At this moment, Lin Hai, who was in a good mood, suddenly thought of his wife at home.

"Jinyu, Brother Zhu and the others, are they okay today?"

"No, the two cousins ​​of the Shi family have already asked for a month's leave. Anyway, this year's Qiu Wei was canceled because of Wu Sugong's affairs. It must be nothing to ask for another month's leave. I will go to the Shi family tomorrow. Just a letter."

As soon as Lin Hai opened his mouth, Jia Hun knew what he wanted to do.

Lin Hai also looked at the two nephews with a smile on his face.

"Anyway, it's not too far from Yangzhou. How about going back with my uncle and visiting your aunt?"

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