The Concubine Wushuang of Red Mansion

Chapter 176: The new commander is a man who cannot tolerate sand in his eyes
Conglvtang faces south. Facing the main hall is a large white plaque with three big characters on it: "Conglvtang". On the table with the double-chicken pattern of huanghuali, there is a three-foot-tall coral tree in the middle. There is a small mahogany screen inlaid with mother-of-pearl and satin with a heart of hundreds of birds facing the phoenix. On the right is a pale yellow glass basket with carved chrysanthemums.

There are two rows of eight nanmu chairs on the ground floor, and there is a pair of couplets, which are ebony couplets inlaid with chiseled silver calligraphy, saying: Living leisurely is enough to support the elderly, and there is no better happiness than reading. In the middle is a painting of mountains, rocks and green pine trees.

On both sides of the chair are a pair of small tables with plum blossom style foreign paint, on which are a pair of white glass vases with pastel floral patterns, each with a few red plums. On both sides of the chair, there is also a pair of high tables with tea bowls, vases and flowers. .

Compared with Ningxi Hall, Cong Green Hall is decorated in a different style, a little less wealthy and more gorgeous.

Baochai thought about it in her heart, fearing that it was the work of the young Madam Hou. This place was not the main hall, so she decorated it according to her own preferences. From this, it can be seen that Ningguo Mansion is more wealthy than Rongguo Mansion. scene.

Daiyu asked Youshi to sit with her on the two chairs at the top. She Qian asked her sister-in-law and sister, "Sit down. Second sister-in-law is here again. I don't know what the reason is? If you don't tell me, I won't listen to anything that disturbs me."

"Hey, we just met, and you are looking for me. I have good intentions. I heard that Brother Cong is going to go on an expedition again. The old lady was worried that you would not be prepared, so she sent me over to have a look."

Daiyu didn't comment, she took the tea cup, took a sip and said, "I'm going to find you, Qingbu Lai. Brother Cong is going away again. There are few people here who can joke and play around. I think Pick up the second sister and the third sister to stay for a few days."

Xifeng sneered, "I thought it was such a big deal. Isn't it just to pick up the second and third sisters? Ask them if they are willing to come. If they are willing, just stay here for now. I will go over and talk to the old lady. He said that he has sent your maid and woman to help you bring your clothes and luggage."

Yingchun was stunned for a long time, not knowing what was going on, but Tanchun was already excited. In a pair of beautiful eyes full of heroic spirit, his expression was high and excited, and he clearly wanted to come.

Daiyu said hurriedly, "My yard has been tidied up. It is next to the fourth sister's cat house. There are five main houses in the big yard with three entrances in total. It is enough for the second sister and the third sister to live in. I will ensure that my son will not be wronged." Got you."

Compared with the Rongguo Mansion over there, I don't know how much more spacious it is. The three sisters were crowded together, and the maids and women were also mixed together. A spanking here could be heard from the other side for half the night.

Daiyu didn't need to say this at all, it was just a sister-in-law's respect for her sister-in-law. Yingchun couldn't speak, and only had a pair of gentle and silent eyes, looking at Daiyu with gratitude. Tanchun smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Cong San, this is What are you talking about? We are all members of the same family. We came here to follow our brother and sister-in-law. How can we talk about any grievances?"

Yingchun nodded in agreement.

This is promised!

Daiyu then looked at Baochai and said, "I originally wanted to ask Sister Bao to come and stay with me for a while, and play with the sisters. I'm just worried that my aunt will be alone at home, so I won't say anything." , Sister Bao’s family lives in Lixiangyuan, and it’s close from there. If Sister Bao has nothing to do at home, it’s good to come here often to play with the sisters!”

"Thank you, Sister Lin. I won't be polite."

Just as he was talking, Mrs. Zhen Feng came and said that she had something to ask Madam for. Daiyu thought that she had nothing to do and asked her to come in. After Mrs. Zhen Feng said hello one by one, she said, "Madam, early this morning , Butler Jia asked for his advice. The ruins of Tianxiang Tower used to be piled up unsightly. Should the building be rebuilt or should it be cleaned up so that some flowers and grass can be planted in the future? Lord Marquis said, "Let me ask my wife."

He also said that if Madam didn’t have any idea, she could just go upstairs and renovate the back garden along the way so that Madam, grandma and the girl would have a place to hang out in the future. "

Both pairs of eyes looked at Daiyu, and saw her frowning slightly. She thought for a moment and said, "Go and tell Butler Jia to get up the stairs. I wonder who the Marquis has invited to build the garden?"

"It is said that there is an old Minggong named Shan Ziye outside. Butler Jia has asked the second master Yun to invite him. If the garden is built later, the masters of the Jia family must look after it together."

"Well, you should also talk to the nuns in the courtyard. If they get busy later, don't go to the back for the time being."

"Yes!"

When Zhen Feng left, Xifeng lowered her eyes and pursed her lips, feeling very unhappy. There was a lot of blood in Rongguo Mansion and they lost several hundred thousand taels of silver. However, Xiaotou went to Ningguo Mansion, but more than 10 taels of silver were lost. Two pieces of silver is not a small amount. How much money should be used to build the garden now?
Where did Jia Cong get so much money at such a young age?
With the thought in her mind, Xifeng lost the mood to continue chatting with Daiyu and only asked Daiyu if she would go there for the banquet. If you don’t go, the old lady won’t be happy!”

"You have already said this, can I say not to go? I have to go even if I don't!" Daiyu said with a smile.

"You know the truth, I know it. I have to come and invite you in person before you can go! My dear sister, you have pity on me. I am so busy every day, so you can torment me as much as you can. !"

"How can I torment you? I just want to torment you. Even though I'm two doors away, I don't have the ability!" Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled. She covered her lips with a handkerchief and looked at Xifeng with her narrow eyes. , gloating endlessly.

Xifeng was also angry but had no choice. She stepped forward and pinched Daiyu's cheek. Daiyu hid aside. Xifeng poked Daiyu's forehead with her finger, "Look, they are usually the wives of this family. I Can this fate be compared with hers?"

Daiyu didn't accept her words. She was where she is today because of Brother Cong. She turned around and left Baochai, "Sister Baochai, stay here to play for a while. Will you come with me to the old lady's place for dinner?" "

Baochai nodded, with a faint smile on her plump cheeks, and a hidden look in her pair of apricot eyes. This was the first time she saw someone able to control Xifeng, and she became more and more curious about Daiyu.

As soon as Xichun heard that the garden behind was going to be renovated, the children's curiosity aroused. She pulled Yingchun and Tanchun along and said, "Let's go and take a look at the garden first. What does it look like now and what will it look like when it is renovated in the future? Do we have a comparison?" Isn’t it good?”

Anyway, it was idle time. The scenery of Huifang Garden here was actually good. As soon as Daiyu and Youshi thought about it, they accompanied Baochai to Huifang Garden.

Xifeng went out alone and came to Xifu.

Baoyu freshened up and came to Rongqing Hall. As a result, a group of middle-aged and elderly women were playing cards. He glanced at the door and asked the maid holding the curtain cage, "Where are Sister Bao and the others?"

"In response to the Second Master Bao, Second Mistress Lian is going to Dongfu, and Miss Bao, Second Miss and Third Miss are following along."

Baoyu came excitedly. After hearing this, he was like an eggplant beaten by frost. He turned around and looked up and saw Xifeng coming towards him. He rushed to greet her, "Sister Feng!"

He looked behind Xifeng and saw no one, and asked, "Where are Sister Bao, Second Sister and Third Sister?"

"They stayed there to play naughty. They said they were going to build a garden. The construction hasn't started yet, so they went to Huifang Garden to play naughty..." Xifeng looked at Baoyu up and down. If it had been in the past, she would definitely ask Sheng Yibao asked if Brother Bao wanted to go. If he wanted to go, she would send him there, but she didn't dare to ask now.

Baoyu was so devastated that he went to the house over there, but now he couldn't go. He was the only one left here. How could they bear to let him go like a lonely ghost?
When he thought that if he died in the future, there would be no one to cry, Baoyu's heart was filled with infinite sorrow. He drooped his head, went to his room, sat down on the bed, his eyes were blank, and his eyes were filled with tears. Come to tears.

Xiren was taking Baoyu's clothes to wash. When he came back, he was shocked to see Baoyu like this, "Oh, my ancestors, what's going on?"

Baoyu grabbed the attacker's hand and said, "They have all gone over there and they are no longer naughty with me. Now I am all alone. When I die in the future, I don't want anyone to shed tears for me. I just hope that everyone can still remember that when we were naughty together..." Xiren couldn't hear this. He took out a hand and covered Baoyu's lips with his slender jade fingers, "Why are you talking about these things again? Second Miss. , Third Miss, and Miss Bao, they are just going to play there temporarily, is it possible that they will never come back?"

"Yes, they are still coming back. How could I forget? I'll go get them back!" Baoyu said and was about to get up. Xiren hurriedly pulled him, "They will come by themselves after a while, Cong San." Grandpa and Mistress are coming over for a banquet. I’m very itchy right now. Please help me scratch it! "

Xiren didn't dare to let Baoyu go there. There was a big fuss over there last night, and she knew about it. The good Mr. Bao, why did he go there and let others abuse him?
The two were tickling in the room. Bihen saw it at the door, peeked inside, turned around and left.

Xifeng was about to tell Baoyu not to go there. When she saw Baoyu going to her room, she went straight to Rongqing Hall and looked at the cards for a while. Aunt Xue kept making eye contact with Yuanyang and fed the cards to Jia Mu ate and wiped a handful of it. She was overjoyed. When she saw Xifeng, she hurriedly asked, "What should I say?"

"Everything is packed up. I also told Brother Cong's daughter-in-law that the old lady will be the host today and she said she will definitely come." Xifeng quickly helped Jia Mu shuffle the cards and spoke quickly,

"Brother Cong's daughter-in-law also said that Brother Cong is going away again. She and her eldest sister-in-law and the fourth sister are not being naughty. They want to pick up the second sister and the third sister to live there for a few days. They want to come and ask the old lady. I said It's such a big deal, we are all brothers and sisters, and if the old lady can stop it, I said I'll tell the old lady when I get back."

Mother Jia was very worried when she heard this. Since Daiyu was willing to take the girl here and go over there, it was an unfair thing to do. She started to tremble now and said to Aunt Xue, "Auntie, please don't do it." What a joke, my granddaughter is so young and is already a daughter-in-law, but she is still so playful! Feng Yatou is also good. They are sisters who are close to each other. They even said they came to beg me. Fortunately, they didn’t come. But when they came, I want her Fight out!"

Just listen to these words as a joke!

Aunt Xue said with a smile, "Now that I'm talking about beating her out, who doesn't know that the one who hurts the old lady the most is Grandma Cong San over there, who is pushing us Feng girl back!"

Xifeng didn't care and just laughed along. Jia Mu happily took Xifeng's hand and said, "She is a good person. I wish she would follow me day and night. With her around, I always smile and feel happy!"

"If the old lady is like this, she will become even more rude tomorrow!" Aunt Xue said with a smile.

"I like her like this, and she's not a child who doesn't know where to stand."

After playing cards for a few rounds, Jia Mu felt that she was not in good spirits. Aunt Xue pushed her and said that she had to go back to sleep. Then Jia Mu ordered people to put away the cards and rest. Xifeng personally helped Jia Mu to lie down, and Mrs. Wang sent her away. Aunt Xue went out and left someone here. After Xifeng was finished, she went to her room to talk.

In the three small side rooms next to the main room, Mrs. Wang was sitting and drinking tea when Xifeng came. When she saw Xifeng, she said "sit down" and asked about things in the East Mansion, " How come your second sister and third sister have been living there for a few days? The old lady is still there. She originally said she was keeping her grandchildren under her knees for fun, but now they are all sent there, like What does it look like?"

Xifeng understood Mrs. Wang's thoughts. All the sisters had gone over, and no one was naughty on Baoyu's side. She smiled and said, "I'm just going to stay for two days and then come back. After two days, I will go and pick up the second sister." How can I live with my brother and sister-in-law while my parents are still alive when I bring my third sister back?"

"Well, I just heard something about a garden being built over there. What did you mean?"

Xifeng thought for a moment and said, "I'm also confused. Logically speaking, although the Dongfu side is more affluent, Brother Cong didn't have much money at the beginning. Suddenly, he has money to start a garden. Could it be that Cong is the one who has the money to start a garden? Where did my brother make a fortune?"

This was the reason why Mrs. Wang was even more aggrieved. She squeezed the beads tightly with her fingers. Her fingertips turned white because of too much force. A pair of triangular eyes flashed with viciousness. She could not help but think of what would have happened back then. It was her precious jade that went there to inherit the family. Now she has a title and money, and her wealth has been preserved for the rest of her life.

"How capable can he be? I said earlier that he made military exploits in the south of the Yangtze River. I heard from Baoyu's uncle that those achievements were all left to him by his master. There are still people in the court who are impeaching him for committing the crime of deceiving the emperor. !”

Xifeng was shocked when she heard such words for the first time, "Isn't the crime of deceiving the emperor one going to be beheaded?"

"Your Majesty may not have nothing in mind, but now he has to use his master, so he has to endure it for the time being. There will be a time to settle accounts in the future!" Mrs. Wang said with a faint look in her eyes.

In the Feixiongwei camp, with the Chinese army camp as the dividing line, there are two camps, one in the east and one in the west. They are clearly separated and unrelated.

At this time, in the camp to the east, the Feixiong Guard commander Yang Xiaojun, the commander Zhou Jinkui, and the two governors Xu Dayong and Jin Yi were sitting in the tent. The four of them had been silent for a long time.

Yesterday, their new command mission, the five people brought by Qianhu from the south, had already been stationed in the camp in the west. That camp was the area vacated by Yang Xiaojun and other soldiers who ordered Fei Xiong Guard.

Although they belong to the Feixiong Guard, Yang Xiaojun and others have not seen the new commander until now.

Liu Mian, the former commander of the Flying Bear Guard, was transferred to the Dengzhou Guard. For more than a month, the Flying Bear Guard was like a child without a mother, waiting miserably. Yang Xiaojun and others did not feel at first that waiting for Wang Lang and After Feng Dakan and others brought their own people in, the sense of crisis came.

Otherwise, compared to the direct descendants of the new commander, the current generals of their Fei Xiong Guard are too stretched.

"The biggest problem right now, to be honest with you, is that there are 210 and three soldiers on the books, but the actual number is only more than 800. Where can we make up the rest?"

Yang Xiaojun looked around at the people sitting there. After Liu Mian left, he took charge of Feixiong Wei's daily work. His predecessor left a mess, and now it's time for him to take the blame for this mess.

Yang Xiaojun is the elder brother of the current queen. He is about 40 years old. He is tall and tall, with wiry hair. Under his eyebrows are a pair of copper bell-like eyes. His face is full of beard, and he is dressed in a military uniform. The momentum shakes the mountains.

Others don't know these things, but Zhou Jinkui must know. He has a long face, a fair complexion, a short beard under his upper lip, and an inexplicable light flashing in his falcon-like eyes, "I heard that our new commander Your Excellency, he is a person who cannot tolerate disdain in his eyes. Besides, there are some things that he should not let him know. It has always been a rule in the military to take free pay.

I have ten guards in Dashun, sixteen guards in the capital camp, not to mention seventeen governors, more than 300 foreign guards, and 65 guarding thousands of households. Which one of them didn't come here like this?Is it possible that it just doesn’t work when it comes to our place?Isn’t it a bad debt before and after? "

Yang Xiaojun looked at Zhou Jinkui. Zhou Jinkui was the natal brother of Zhou Guiren in the palace. Zhou Guiren had only been in the palace for three years, when his color was the tenderest and his charm was the strongest. The emperor had visited the harem less often in the past year. Among them, the number of visits to Zhou Guiren's palace is the most.

It's no wonder that Zhou Jinkui dared to complain like this just because he had some backing in the palace.

Yang Xiaojun cursed "idiot" in his heart. You must know that the current emperor is not someone who can miss the old friendship and listen to the pillow wind. Even though the emperor has inserted his relatives into the imperial guard, in the palace, he does not care about the concubine. Even more defensive.

His sister was the current emperor's first wife. After the death of his eldest son, and since the emperor ascended the throne, she had never spent a night in the Queen's Palace. Her purpose was simply not to give birth to her eldest son.

Naturally, Yang Xiaojun would not mention Zhou Jinkui in these words. The queen has no children, so her position will be stable. As for the future, the Yang family will eventually gain fame in the army. The new commander may not be a loser to the Yang family. Chance.

In front of his eyes was the scene when the newly arrived Fei Xiong Guards entered the camp yesterday. Their morale was like a rainbow, their military appearance was so great, and their military discipline was so strict. Come here and ask to take over the garrison of the entire camp. The reason is that if the current garrison is followed, firstly, they will not be able to sleep well, and secondly, when the Marquis comes tomorrow, they will also be in trouble.

(End of this chapter)