from widow to dame

Chapter 110

Half a month after Yan Hongzhen's army set out, Su Huiniang met Huo Gang.The same as before, he still has the rough and heroic appearance, but he seems to be darker, with a weather-beaten appearance.Entering the house, without saying a word, she directly picked up Mian and stepped on the stubborn fat girl who raised her arm and threw it up a few times, laughing and said: "My niece and granddaughter are fat again, good! She is a strong child .”

Su Huiniang knew who Yan Hongzhen learned the habit of throwing children away from, so she asked Mu Xiang to serve tea, and Su Huiniang said with a smile: "Uncle has been away from the customs for more than half a year, and he hasn't even heard of it. Let me and Hongzhen worry."

"Hahaha..." Huo Gang laughed and said, "I have been on the horse for a lifetime, and I can't stay idle!" Then he took out a box from his arms, opened it, and Su Huiniang couldn't help taking a breath, and saw On the red velvet satin lay eight fist-sized pearls that shone faintly with fluorescent light.Although pearls are expensive, they are not rare, but it is rare that they are of such a good size, color, and appearance, and there are a total of eight pearls, which can be called invaluable in the previous sentence.

"Sister Laiyuan, this is given to you by your uncle, do you like it?" Huo Gang laughed and teased the fat girl in his arms.

Sister Yuan opened her eyes wide in response to the occasion, she kept looking at the pearls in the box, and yelled loudly: "Mother, mother... want..."

"Hey, our elder sister Yuan can talk!" Huo Gangxi's bearded face fluttered, and he kissed the fat girl's fat face twice.Sister Yuan was the most cunning, she immediately stepped on Huo Gang's thigh, stretched her neck, and kissed back with a coquettish face.Such a meaty, soft and fragrant dumpling keeps acting coquettishly in your arms, anyone's fear will immediately melt into water!

The expression on Uncle Huo's face can already be described as "lovely".Seeing the "one old and one young" Su Huiniang, who was caught in the world of two people, silently swallowed back the words that the gift was too expensive.Gossiping for a while, Su Huiniang asked Mu Xiang to lead the fat girl down to play, and of course there was the box of pearls that the little fat man was grabbing.

"Uncle, is there any news from Xiao Qi?" Su Huiniang asked impatiently.

Yan Hongzhen later explained everything to her. The reason why the young patriarch of the black seedlings escaped from hunting and came to the capital was because of Huo Gang. His cavalry team spread all over the country. Accidentally rescued the young patriarch who was hunted down, escorted him to the capital, and met the emperor.It can be said that without Huo Gang, there would be no such "Ping Miao" battle at all.

"It's only been more than half a month, and Hongzhen and the others haven't arrived yet!" Huo Gang waved his hand, showing the expression of letting go of his face: "Nephew and daughter-in-law, put it down, Zhener is very skilled in martial arts, careful in mind, and surrounded by There will be no danger with soldiers accompanying you." After hearing this, Su Huiniang did not show any "relief" expression, after all, swords have no eyes, and no one can guarantee that they will be safe.

It was easy for Huo to go back to the capital once, so Su Huiniang naturally wanted to treat him well, and didn't let him go back to the house. Anyway, there was no one in the Huo family.Anyway, he is an elder, and no one will gossip.In addition to the large box of pearls, Huo Gang also brought a large number of gifts.The ginseng snow lotus from outside the pass, the lake gauze snow satin from the south of the Yangtze River, the gold, silver and jade wares from Guangdong and Guangxi, among which there are three pieces of sable skins, which are very expensive. Looking at the dazzling array of rare and exotic products in front of her, even Su Huiniang couldn't help but secretly suck Tongue twice.Although she knew that Huo Gang's business was extremely profitable, she never expected that he would be so rich.

Is it true that the real person does not show his face?
After all, Guizhou and Guizhou were too far away, and communication between the two places was inconvenient. As a result, most of the soldiers in Yanjing, except those from the Ministry of War, had lost track of the soldiers.However, the imperial court is still very relieved about this expedition. In their thinking, those Miao people are rough and uncivilized people, and they can crush them as soon as the army arrives.But in this "optimistic" mood throughout the court, the expeditionary army ran into trouble.Compared with Shangjing, which has already entered the cold winter, the [-] soldiers who came from thousands of miles away can clearly feel the hotter weather as they go west.The huge difference in temperature and the fatigue of the expedition made many soldiers uncomfortable.By the time they officially entered Guizhou, one tenth of the soldiers had fallen.In desperation, Mao Zedong, the supreme commander of the expedition, had to order all the staff to rest and choose another day to fight again.

Yan Hong was really from Jinyiwei. In other words, he was a confidant sent by the emperor. Therefore, although he only took the title of a pioneer, he was equivalent to the deputy of the Communist Party, so he was naturally qualified to participate in the "pre-war meeting. Seeing a large group of people circling around the sand table, discussing excitedly or arguing, he leaned against the wall and yawned lazily.The one-month marching experience has obviously made him grow a lot. The exquisite costumes he used to wear in the past have long since turned into gleaming chain mail, and a simple and simple sword is tied around his waist. Although he leaned against the wall and looked careless, his eyes flickered coldly from time to time.Prestige, compared to the past, is more prosperous.

The discussion lasted for more than half an hour before Ou Haiyang waved the generals to retreat. Yan Hongzhen walked slowly at the end but was stopped by someone.

"I don't know what Master Yan thinks about this attack on the four seedlings?" Ou Haiyang asked bluntly.

Yan Hongzhen shrugged and replied, "I don't think so."

Such a joking attitude is obviously unsatisfactory, and Ou Haiyang's complexion suddenly turned sour. He was just promoted to general, and it was the time when the spring breeze was in full swing. Which one of the soldiers was not affectionate to him, but this Yan Hongzhen Ou Haiyang had no choice but to start brainstorming. He thought of his daughter who was still in the emperor's grandson's mansion, and also thought of Yan Hongzhen's own sister who was also the grandson's side concubine. The younger sister also caused her daughter to have a miscarriage.All kinds of thoughts flashed through Ou Haiyang's mind, which further strengthened his prejudice against Yan Hongzhen.Of course, if Yan Hong really knew what he was thinking, he would definitely scoff at him. Yan Rulan is not doing well, so he is happy!
And the reason why he showed his disobedience and resistance to Ou Haiyang everywhere along the way is entirely due to his own little calculation.Before setting off, he had discussed it with his uncle Huo Gang.This time it was said to be "putting down the chaos", but anyone with a discerning eye knows that they are here to make military achievements, gold-plated, then the military achievements can be big or small. Imagine that after they returned to Beijing smoothly, the grandson became the right-hand man of the emperor's grandson since then.Ah bah!I worked so hard and threw away my family and business. Could it be that I came here to get leftovers?Of course Yan Hongzhen was unwilling, so when the police decided that Yan Hongzhen would not get any credit for it, what Yan Hongzhen thought was how to kill him?You can replace it yourself.

The two secretly fight each other, but on the surface they still have a harmonious appearance of "friendly coexistence".When Yan Hongzhen walked out of the big tent, it was already dusk when the sun was setting. He looked into the distance and saw a large field of yellow and tender rapeseed not far from here.Yan Hong really thought of his wife before he knew it. It was when they were at the hot spring village. The two of them galloped on horseback. They also saw such a rapeseed field on the way, but there were no flowers in the vegetable field at that time. His wife once said jokingly to him that we will ride horses again after a few days when the flowers bloom.But now, they are in the north and south, Yan Hongzhen sighed a rare sigh, feeling more and more that the taste of longing is too tormenting.

He is not the only one who misses him, Su Huiniang is leaning on the soft embroidered pillow, the fat girl is snoring, she has already slept like a pig.She stretched out her hand and gently touched her daughter's tender cheeks. The more she looked at her, the more she liked her. Sister Yuan didn't look like her, but she looked very much like her father. It was probably because of this that Su Huiniang doted on her daughter so much.

"Ma'am, it's getting late, you should rest too." Mu Xiang persuaded softly beside her.

Su Huiniang shook her head: "I'm a little bored, you sit here, let's talk."

Probably because Yan Hongzhen was not around, these days she always thought of the days in Wangjia'ao, so with a little nostalgia, she told Mu Xiang one by one.How much Xiaoqi suffered when he was young, the first time he called his sister, the first gift he gave on his birthday.

"It's a pearl hairpin." Su Huiniang said softly, "Actually, it's not really a pearl... There is a river in front of Wangjiaao. That summer, for some reason, just upstream, there appeared Some pearls. He kept it from me, went down the river every day to fish secretly, and finally saved a dozen pearls, threaded them with thin wire, and tied them to a wooden hairpin..."

"Uncle is so kind to you!" Mu Xiang said with a sigh: "You have been good since you were a child."

Su Huiniang smiled slightly, the faint yellow candlelight flickered slightly on the carved candlestick, and the voices in the room gradually became quieter...

So, another half a month passed.On this day, there had just been a heavy snowfall in the sky, Lu Shuangying sent her a post, inviting her to go home to relax.If it was someone else, Su Huiniang would definitely refuse, but Lu Shuangying was different. Su Huiniang smiled and told the woman who sent the post that she would definitely visit.

However, at this moment, Su Huiniang did not expect at all that she would see an "old man" on her date. If she had known this earlier, she wondered if she would accept the appointment?
(End of this chapter)