The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 139 The night is deep
In the early morning, Emperor Wen of Tang issued a decree in succession to transfer Hubei's general Zhang Hua to the governor of Yunnan, Yunyang Bo Li Gan as the chief general, and Zhao Shen as the deputy general. On the next day, he led [-] elite troops to Yunnan to take over the [-] troops from General Zhennan. Soldier.He Ruming and He Rufang brothers were both demoted to generals, and ordered them to perform crimes and make meritorious deeds. The army was supervised by King Rui to boost morale.

King Rui was in the limelight at the moment.

The decree was drawn up last night, Zhao Chen and Uncle Yunyang Li Gan discussed the military arrangements overnight, and only had time to deliver a letter to his family. Southwest and his party are full of enthusiasm.

In Wangzhuxuan, Ah Ju is also very busy, so busy that she has no time to think about it.

It was about to enter summer, and the southwest was already hot and humid, so Zhao Chen didn't know when he would come back.Together with Ning Shi, Ah Ju ordered people to prepare things that Zhao Chen might need, winter clothes and summer clothes, and various medicinal materials and prescriptions. Ah Ju couldn't think of it, and Ning Shi thought of it, and Ah Ju, who was neglected by Ning Shi, hurriedly added it.When he was busy, Mrs. Liu's Guo came to visit again, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had to entertain.

In the blink of an eye, it was dark.

Zhao Chen still didn't come back, Cuiyu ran back and forth several times, she simply stayed in front, and she sent a letter as soon as Zhao Chen came back.

"Miss, I don't know when my uncle will come back, why don't you eat something first? It's important for your health." Mother Jiang came in through the curtain and persuaded her.

Ah Ju has no appetite, but she nodded when she saw the daughter playing with the head of the kang.

I still have to feed my daughter, and I have to eat if I don’t want to.

Luyun moved the low table to the kang, Aju first picked up her daughter and played with her fingers, and when the dinner was ready, she sat over with her daughter in her arms, wrapped her in a small gown with her own hands, and ate a few bites by herself .Cancan looked at her mother without blinking, and whenever Ah Ju picked up the spoon, she would open her mouth accordingly, looking up at her mother to drink, her small mouth gently pursed.

"Cancan, open your mouth." Ah Ju tasted the rice soup and slowly handed it to her daughter when she felt that it was no longer hot.

Cancan grabbed the corner of the low table with one hand, opened her mouth wide, swallowed it in one gulp, and a little came out.Ah Ju quickly put down the spoon and wiped her daughter's mouth, her eyes were red from wiping.A few days ago, at dinner, she fed her daughter, and Zhao Chen helped her daughter wipe the corners of her mouth.He didn't come back last night, won't he not come back tonight?Could it be that before he left, the two of them hadn't seen each other?She still has a lot of things she wants to tell him and tell him...

"What..." Niangqin remained motionless, Cancan talked to her curiously, her big black eyes reflected Niangqin's appearance.

"Good boy, Daddy will be back soon." Aju turned her head and wiped the corners of her eyes, and after she calmed down, she kissed her daughter's face, and the two continued to eat.

She ate very slowly, hoping that halfway through the meal Zhao Chen would come back and the family of three would have a good meal.But until the dinner table was removed and it was completely dark outside, Zhao Chen still didn't come back.

"Let Cuiyu come back, he will come right away when he comes back, if he doesn't come, it's useless to wait there." After washing his feet and knocking on the clapper, Ah Ju looked at the dark night outside the window, and ordered Luyun to say, He also asked Nanny Jiang to go back to the house to rest, and there was no need to leave someone to serve her in the house.

"Don't worry, young lady, my uncle has always acted in a safe manner. If he couldn't come back, he must have sent a message. If he didn't send a message, he would definitely come back. Because there is no time, I didn't send someone to say, lest you can't wait to be disappointed." Before leaving the door Before, Mother Jiang comforted her softly.

Ah Ju nodded, she thought so too.Zhao Chen liked their mother and daughter so much, for such a big event, he would definitely go home and bid farewell.

At the end of March, the night was still a bit cold, Ah Ju helped her daughter's armpits to walk around on the kang, took a break and coaxed her to turn over a few times, then she undressed and got into bed.The lights in the room were all on, Ah Ju looked down at her daughter breastfeeding, and couldn't help but talk to her: "Daddy is leaving, is Cancan reluctant to part with Daddy?"

Cancan was still eating, only raised her eyes to look at her mother, and played while holding her other little hand.

Ah Ju nodded her daughter's forehead: "Small heartless, your dad likes you so much, you didn't miss him even if you didn't come home last night. When he comes back in a while, you should have a good time with dad, you know, that way dad won't let you go, he Will be back sooner."

She said hers, Cancan ate her own food, babbled and talked for a while when she was full, and slowly fell asleep in her mother's warm arms, with her brows and eyes stretched, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, carefree.

Ah Ju lightly touched her daughter's eyebrows, which resembled her father's, her thoughts drifted outside the Hou's mansion, and when she went to the street, she listened carefully to any movement outside, hoping that her man would come back soon.

Looking forward to looking forward to, looking forward to the sound of the clapper at the second watch.

Aju turned over again, afraid of waking her daughter up, she covered her daughter with the quilt, and moved to Zhao Chen's bed next to her.

Her quilt was filled with her and her daughter's breath, and Zhao Chen's was familiar with the scent of a man.Ah Ju hugged his quilt tightly, buried in the pillow and wept silently.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a slight movement at the gate of the courtyard.Ah Ju immediately sat up, sure that it was Zhao Chen who came back, she hurriedly put on her coat and went to the ground, regardless of her messy hair, she went out to greet her, and finally saw the man she was thinking of when she reached the door of the outer room.What he was wearing was not the official uniform of the Jinwu Guard, but a suit of military armor, strange and familiar.

"Have you eaten yet?" Ah Ju asked with a trembling voice, her eyes were blurred with tears, and she couldn't see his stern face clearly.

"I've eaten. I ate it in the barracks." Zhao Chen signaled Lvyun Jinshu to prepare hot water. He led his wife into the outer room, stared at her red eye circles and asked, "Cancan fell asleep? What have you done these two nights?" Didn't find me?"

"No, how old is she?" Ah Ju told the truth, helping him undress with her own hands, the thick armor would hurt when touched.Slowly unfastening his hand, his eyes greedily looked at his face, the more he looked at it, the more reluctant he was, "Are you leaving tomorrow morning?"

Zhao Chen nodded, touched her face, and answered all the questions she asked, "I'm going to leave at Yinshi tomorrow morning. If everything goes well, I'll be back by this time next year. If things don't go well, it may take two or three years. Don't cry, Ah Ju, don't cry." She burst into tears just halfway through, and Zhao Chen hugged her in his arms distressedly, and promised firmly in a low voice: "No matter how long it takes, I will definitely come back, and I will also be well. Take care of yourself, don't let yourself get hurt, Ah Ju, don't worry, as long as you take good care of you and Cancan, I'll be relieved."

Ah Ju didn't know what to say, and she didn't want to say anything. When she thought that he might not come back for two or three years, she couldn't bear it.

Zhao Chen stroked the top of her head with his chin, and sighed helplessly: "Ah Ju, don't do this, I won't be able to leave if you do this..."

Ah Ju really wanted to say that if she couldn't leave, then don't leave, but she knew it was just useless words, there was not much time left for them tonight, even if the two of them didn't sleep, she felt that there was not enough time, how could they waste time In this kind of thing?

Turning his back and wiping his eyes, Ah Ju quickly untied the heavy armor for Zhao Chen and put it on the table, just as the maids brought in the water, Ah Ju asked them to go back to rest, and she personally helped Zhao Chen to wash up .When washing her feet, she wanted to wash Zhao Chen's feet, but Zhao Chen was useless, so he placed the two chairs facing each other, and he put the bucket in the middle, and helped Ah Ju to sit down first, then he took off her shoes and socks and put her Put your feet in the barrel, and then take off your own.

There was a smell in the house, Zhao Chen deliberately stepped on his wife's feet to tease her: "Do you think it stinks?" After running around outside for a whole day, his whole body was sweating, so it's no wonder it didn't stink.

Ah Ju shook her head, no matter how bad she was, she would not dislike it.

Zhao Chen smiled, reluctant to bend down to wash his feet, so he soaked in the water, looked at Ah Ju and said, "You wash me with your feet, let's talk."

Ah Ju stepped on his feet, rubbed it lightly, shifted her eyes from the water waves surging in the barrel to the man's face, tilted her head and asked him: "Have you visited Mother? During the day, Mother and I will take you I have packed up all my things, and my mother misses you very much."

There was a lot of guilt in Zhao Chen's eyes: "I didn't have much time, so I didn't go, and you will apologize for my mother and me tomorrow morning."

Ah Ju agreed, and told him all the things the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had prepared, and finally asked: "Do you want to bring two maids to serve you?" Even in Dengzhou, Zhao Chen lived a life of luxury, You must not be used to going to such a difficult place suddenly, right?

Zhao Chen looked at her and smiled: "You think I'm going on a tour? It's enough to let Chen Ping follow. Besides, you can take the maid, are you really at ease?"

Aju bit her lip, looked into his eyes and said, "It's not that there are no good-looking girls in Yunnan, if I really worry about you, even if you don't bring a maid, I will think about it."

"Then are you worried?" Zhao Chen lifted his wife's feet out and asked with a smile while holding them to wipe her feet.

With his eyes focused, he carefully wiped every toe of hers. How could Ah Ju be worried about such a man who wiped her feet wholeheartedly?In fact, she was really worried, and said to the handsome face in front of her eyes: "I am worried about your body, so you have to do what you say, come back early and come back unscathed."

Zhao Chen paused, and looked up at her, "Yes, what's going on now, what's going on when I come back." He has a mother to take care of, a wife to grow old with, and a daughter to love for the rest of his life, all of which are the most important things in his life. , How could he be reluctant to come back before it was finished?
After wiping his feet, he picked up his wife and went into the inner room.

Their daughter at the top of the kang was sleeping flushed, and her long eyelashes cast a fan-like shadow on her face.Zhao Chen put his wife into his quilt, leaned over in front of the edge of the kang, his eyes turned back and forth on his daughter's small face.I want to wake her up, look at her big black eyes, see her crooked smiling eyes, listen to her babbling to herself and her cheerful laughter, but I am reluctant to really wake her up.Now that my daughter can sleep soundly and soundly all night, if she wakes up suddenly, with her domineering temper, she will definitely cry.

Even if he only left for a year, when he came back, his daughter could already walk and talk, right?
At that time, she must not have recognized him. Who made him, a father, miss her growth for a year?

Zhao Chen's eyes were a little sore.

He hated his wife, let alone his daughter.

I can't get enough of it, but my daughter is asleep and my wife is still awake.Zhao Chen gently kissed his daughter on the cheek, took another look, and quickly turned around to turn off the lights.

"Aju, when Cancan can talk, remember to teach her to call me, you tell her about me every day, don't let her forget me." Hugging his wife, Zhao Chen told her softly above her head.

Ah Ju hugged him tightly, wishing she could melt into the man's broad chest.

Zhao Chen was also worried about his wife, and rubbed her back with his big hand, thinking of one thing and saying the other: "Mrs. Qin is watching over there, she can't afford to make a fuss. Mrs. Tai, we have already broken ties with her, you don't have to Greet her in the past, she can't enter Wangzhuxuan, and your father is in charge of you, so you don't have to be afraid of anything. But when you go out as a guest, be careful not to be bullied, especially that Princess An, in case she really If you dare to bully you, you don't have to swallow your anger, she dare not do anything to you."

Ah Ju covered his mouth, choked up and said, "Just take care of yourself, don't worry about me."

Zhao Chen grabbed her hand and put it on his chest, his lips fell on her forehead, and kissed slowly, "You are my heart, and I can't let you go, Ah Ju, you have to wait for me to come back..."

Ah Ju broke down in tears.

He hasn't left yet, she has already started to miss him.

While Ah Ju was waiting for Zhao Chen to return home, Guo Baozhu was also anxiously waiting for Ji Zhao.

During the Lantern Festival, Ji Zhao secretly asked someone to deliver letters to Guo Baozhu because of Guo Baoyan's affairs. After learning that Guo Baozhu really liked him, Ji Zhao often sent some small things to Guo Baozhu. Going out to meet Ji Zhao, of course, just take a look from a distance, never let Ji Zhao approach her, and fall into the shoes of others.

It was the first time Ji Zhao came here at night.

Guo Baozhu was a little nervous.Ji Zhao said that she had something important to tell her, and today she just learned that her uncle was going to lead troops to Yunnan, so she immediately wondered if Ji Zhao would follow.Ji Zhao works in the Jinwu Guard, which is still an irrelevant job. In peacetime, these guards have no chance to make meritorious service. Ji Zhao wants to marry her and can only find another way.

Will Ji Zhao really join the army?

Guo Baozhu instinctively doubted.

Ji Zhao is the only child of the Ji family, with his skinny skin and tender flesh, how could the old lady Ji let her grandson suffer in the military camp?She also doesn't want Ji Zhao to go, she, she is afraid that something will happen to Ji Zhao.Swords and guns have no eyes, no one who joins the army to fight, no one dares to say that he will definitely come back.If Ji Zhao goes to war because of her words and something happens again, she will have a restless life in her life.

Therefore, knowing that a private meeting in the middle of the night was inappropriate, after night fell, Guo Baozhu sneaked under the wall of the backyard and hid in the flowers and plants to wait for Ji Zhao.

Suddenly there were three soft knocks on the wall.

Guo Baozhu's heart beat faster, and he returned three times, and then he heard the man jump off the ground, climb up the wall skillfully, and landed in front of her in a blink of an eye.Guo Baozhu had a dagger hidden in his sleeve, but when Ji Zhao called her Baozhu, he could not conceal the joy in his tone, so Guo Baozhu relaxed, squatted in the flowers and grass and asked him in a low voice: "What's the matter? Come on, finish speaking Hurry up and go!"

"Brother Shi sent troops to Yunnan, don't you know?" Ji Zhao squatted down next to Guo Baozhu, faced her and said, "I'll go too, and I'll go with Brother Shi to do things for him. You keep your word, Baozhu, if I make meritorious deeds." , you will marry me when you come back, okay?" He reached out and touched Guo Baozhu's knee, Guo Baozhu pushed him, and Ji Zhao grabbed her hand and held it tightly.

It was pitch black and no one could see clearly, but Guo Baozhu felt that his eyes were a little uncomfortable, "You can't lift your shoulders or lift your hands, what are you doing with the past? Don't spoil my uncle's business!" She hoped that he would be successful, Let my brother not dislike him so much, but I never thought about letting him take risks on the battlefield.

Ji Zhao was also happy to be scolded, held her hands and smiled: "Don't underestimate me, when I come back after making meritorious deeds, you can wait to be a bride. Well, Baozhu, we will set off early tomorrow, I can't delay too much For a long time, I came here to tell you that when I have nothing to do, I will learn how to embroider wedding dresses, and I will marry you as soon as I come back." She squeezed her hand hard, and slowly stood up.

Guo Baozhu followed and got up without speaking.

The two were silent in the dark, and finally Ji Zhao softly told his sweetheart to take good care of himself, taking two steps back to climb over the wall.

But Guo Baozhu grabbed his arm when he rushed to the corner, and was about to speak, Ji Zhao suddenly pulled him into his arms and hugged him tightly, "Baozhu, I, I want to kiss you, just one, okay? I wanted to kiss you a long time ago, but if I don't kiss you now, I'm afraid I..." She didn't keep him, he didn't dare to mention it, but if she did, he couldn't help it.

"Shut up!" Guo Baozhu said sullenly.

Ji Zhao obediently shut up.

Guo Baozhu leaned in his not-so-broad arms, supported his arms with both hands, and slowly put them on his shoulders, then she raised her head, tiptoed, and kissed the lips that the boy had touched her face.

It was too dark, and it was the first time for the two of them to do this. She didn't kiss the right place, but only kissed his chin, and heard the sound of his throat rolling.

She was a little annoyed and nervous and wanted to escape, but Ji Zhao grabbed her waist and pushed her against the wall when she was about to leave.He didn't know his relatives, so when he came here, he read a few books and learned, and when he really encountered and forgot those miscellaneous thoughts, he almost jumped out just by sticking to his heart.

Even if he doesn't make any contribution, she will marry him.

All she wanted was for him to come back safely.

(End of this chapter)