The Red Mansions

Chapter 931 Jia Heng: ...Maybe you can fully appreciate the beauty of the garden?

Ningguo Mansion

It was dusk and the lanterns were just coming on. The lanterns hanging under the eaves of the front house swayed in the wind and made hoarse sounds.

As Jia Heng thought, the entire Ningrong and Rongfu had learned that Jia Heng was about to go to the expedition, and both Ningrong and Rongfu were in a state of worry, especially outside with a posture that the rain was about to come.

Fortunately, this matter was mentioned earlier during the Shangyuan Festival, so although everyone in Jia's mansion was worried, they were not as panicked. Let go of your worries for now.

Because Jia Heng won two big victories just last year, which established some self-confidence.

Generally speaking, if there are no gossip women who come to do "military observation", such as Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang's insights, they will actually detect something dangerous.

Just after Jia Heng arrived home, he received another message from Jinyi Mansion.

The Sunite tribe of Chahar Mongolia was attacked by Jurchen, Naiman, and Aohan tribes, but Ezhe couldn't bear it, and sent a message to Jia Heng, intending to meet him.

Jia Heng turned to look at Chen Xiao who was at the side, and said in a low voice, "Jurchen's offensive is swift and fierce, and this is to solve the grassland problem with lightning speed."

Chen Xiao pondered and said: "Jurchen has been planning for this battle for a long time, besides, the speed of battle is very important."

Jia Heng asked Li Shu, and said, "What information did Qu Lang send over, and Shanxi merchants?"

"Returning to your lord, Commander Qu hasn't delivered the news yet. Shanxi merchants have frequently smuggled medicinal materials, drinks, and food to Jurchen during this winter and spring. They seem to be helping Jurchen to actively prepare for war." Li Shu said in a deep voice, He took out a letter from the sleeve and said: "The news delivered by Lan Qianhu is basically these, and the calabash monk is now at Dorgon's side to handle business."

The gourd monk is the little novice from the gourd temple, now code-named gourd monk, who sneaked back to Jurchen years ago.

Jia Heng thought for a while and asked, "Is it possible to contact him now?"

Li Shudao: "Captain, we can get in touch, but Dorgon has many cronies around him, and there are many people with miscellaneous eyes. The gourd monk's words still need to lurk for a while, and please allow it."

Jia Heng frowned, then stretched out, and said: "Now that the war is about to break out, it is time to use him to pass on information. Tell him to pass on some important information. Let him lurk first, and then tell Lan Qianhu, We need to send more scouts to gather intelligence.”

In fact, some of the information channels of the Jinyi Mansion are the Han generals who surrendered to the Jurchens in the early years of Liaodong. .

After Li Shu left, Chen Xiao said: "The Jurchen side has mobilized elites from the Two White Banners this time, that is, more than 4 people. If you add people from the Eight Banners of Mongolia, there may also be [-] to [-] people. Ezhe's troops Strength, I'm afraid it won't last long."

"We need to go to Datong as soon as possible." Jia Heng said in a low voice with a serious face, "I will leave in two days after preparation. The cavalry will go first, and the luggage will follow. In Taiyuan, I will go to the prefectures and counties of Shanxi to raise food and grass."

Chen Ling looked at the young man, and said in a low tone: "Many people in the court are waiting to see your jokes."

Jia Heng looked coldly, and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid we will disappoint them."

Afterwards, Jia Heng and Chen Xiao had dinner, and when it was [-] o'clock, Jia Heng thought about it and went to the Grand View Garden.

Grand View Garden, Eicui Nunnery

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the moon is as bright as silver and as big as a jade plate, hanging in the sky. Hundreds of millions of cold moonlight shines on the red plums in the courtyard. The red plums are in full bloom, and they are extremely beautiful. It was like gauze like fog, and the lights in the wing room were brightly lit, and the beautiful figures of the two were projected on the casement.

A nun with beautiful hair combed in a bun and wearing a moon-white Taoist robe was sitting on the couch by the west window. Under the reflection of the bright moon, her jade cheeks were as white as snow and her eyes were clear. At this moment, her slender hands were holding a The white piece landed on the criss-cross chessboard with a "click".

And on the kang couch across a chess field, there is a beautiful and graceful girl, with brows and eyes like clouds from the mist, eyes full of autumn waves, no makeup on her face, and earrings hanging on her earlobes. A circle of Yinghui came out.

"Why are you absent-minded today?" Xing Xiuyan put down the chess pieces, looked at the girl with peaceful eyes, and said softly.

Miao Yuyu was slightly stunned, and said: "It's nothing, it's just that there are quite a few days in a flash."

He went to Jiangnan to do business, and a year passed in between, and he didn't see each other for almost a month, and he didn't see each other for two or three days when he came back.

Since the day when he became a husband and wife, he didn't seem to have looked for her much.

Did he dislike her?

Miaoyu was thinking wildly, and immediately realized that the girl in front of her hadn't walked yet.

Xing Xiuyan looked at the jade man whose eyes were sometimes blurred and sometimes cold, and said with a chuckle, "I don't know if that Master Heng knows what the teacher is thinking?"

In fact, in private, this young girl with wild clouds and wild cranes is rare, but few people see it, and it is only in front of Miaoyu, who grew up watching Xing Xiuyan, that she occasionally shows some true temperament.

Miaoyu gave Xing Xiuyan a white look, but did not speak.

Not only did he know her thoughts, but he also made a private decision with her for the rest of his life, but how could he talk about this with Xiuyan?

Xing Xiuyan suddenly said softly: "Pretty doesn't compete for spring, but announces the arrival of spring. When the mountain flowers are in full bloom, she laughs in the bushes. I was talking about this poem with my sister Zhen's family yesterday."

Miaoyu's crystal clear eyes under the willow-leaf eyebrows flickered, and she thought to herself, who is she?
At this moment, Susu entered the hall and said softly: "Girl, Master Heng is here."

Not long after, I saw a tall and straight young man in a green shirt, who seemed to be covered with moonlight, and his face was as calm as an abyss. He looked at Xing Xiuyan who was sitting opposite Miaoyu, and asked, "Xiu Are there any cigarettes?"

With Miaoyu's eccentric character, only Xing Xiuyan can play with her.

Xing Xiuyan nodded, and while speaking, raised her head, stood up gracefully, saluted Jia Hengfu, and said, "I've seen Brother Heng."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Sit down, I'll talk to Master Miao Yu about something."

At this time, Miaoyu looked at the young man, because an outsider was by her side, so she only saw a little softness and gleam in her eyes, and did not approach him.

"I'm going to lead the army in the next two days, and I just want to say goodbye to my teacher." Jia Heng sat on a chair nearby and said, "By the way, let my teacher pray for me."

Of course, he also came over to lie down on the white tiger.

"You...Master Heng is going to fight?" Miao Yufang's heart skipped a beat, her beautiful eyes whispered.

Jia Heng and Miao Yu had mentioned this matter before, but they didn't want to lead the troops out so suddenly that they had just come from the outside.

Xing Xiuyan also stared at Jia Heng with a look of surprise on her tranquil jade face.

Jia Heng sat down, picked up the teacup, and said: "The matter in the north is imminent, and it's just a matter of these few days. I need to lead the army to go."

Seeing the two of them talking, Xing Xiuyan saw Miaoyu's eyes soft and delicate, and said softly, "Brother Heng, if there is nothing else to do, I'll go back first."

Jia Heng looked up at Xing Xiuyan, smiled and said, "Cousin Xiuyan sends my greetings to Sister Yingchun."

Both Xing Xiuyan and Yingchun lived in Zhuijin Building.

Xing Xiuyan didn't know what to think of, Qingli's cheeks were slightly flushed, and she responded with a voice like a mosquito, then got up and left Changcui Temple.

Jia Heng looked at the girl in the moon-white monk's robe, came to the side of the chess field where Xing Xiuyan was sitting just now, took a seat, picked up the chess pieces, put them together in the chess box, and said in a low voice: "Come and see you, yesterday you went to Shangyuan During the festive season, I originally wanted to come over to accompany you, but it is quite noisy over there."

In fact, not only Miaoyu, but also Third Sister You, originally agreed to carry her through the door in a small sedan chair, because there were a lot of things in the middle, and they had to wait until after the war.

Miaoyu also stretched out her bare hands to gather the chess pieces, her fingers were slender and white under the moonlight, her skin was delicate, her lips were slightly parted, her voice was clear and cold, she said indifferently: "You are very busy outside, you don't need to come and see me. "

After gathering the chess pieces and removing them from the chessboard, Jia Heng looked at the beautiful young girl with gentle eyes, and said seriously: "Master, monks don't lie."

Embarrassed and annoyed, Miao Yufang raised her eyes to look at the young man, and then saw the young man took her hand and came closer.

Jia Heng embraced Miaoyu, lowered his head and held Miaoyu's lips, looked at the girl with rouge-cheeked cheeks, sighed, and said, "Actually, I'm not very sure, if the battle is unfavorable, it can't be as the teacher said , even if there is a thousand-year-old iron gate, it is nothing more than a bun."

Miaoyu said angrily, "You're talking nonsense again, what are you doing with such frustrating words?"

But Fang's heart couldn't help jumping. If so, isn't it her fault, because she is an ominous person, so that he caused this disaster?
Jia Heng hugged Miaoyu's delicate body, and said softly: "It's inevitable that the pot will be broken, and the general will inevitably die before the battle. If there is a day, I will ask my teacher to help me recite sutras."

"You talk nonsense again." The jade man seemed to be really annoyed this time, she bit her pink lips and said, with her arms around Jia Heng's neck, she took the initiative to move closer and stamped on it.

After a while, he squeezed Jia Heng's hand and said in a low voice: "The poor nun met for you. You have a strong heart and strong horns. You will live a long life in the future."

Jia Heng pinched Miaoyu's chin lightly, met her shining eyes, and said in a gentle voice: "The teacher is at home praying for me."

"Mm, eh~" Miao Yu's pink lips moved slightly, and then she put her arms around Jia Heng's neck, the two hadn't seen each other for nearly a month, and they had just established a relationship.

After a while, Jia Heng hugged Miaoyu, who was as soft as a silkworm, and poked into the wide monk robe, and said softly: "At least three months, at most half a year, it should be almost back, and it happens to be summer at that time, let's Go to Jiangnan for some fun."

Miaoyu Yanli's cheeks were as red as blood, and she whispered: "Don't say this so early now, you might be busy with something else then."

Obviously, he also knows some of Jia Heng's habits.

Jia Heng didn't say much, but leaned close to Miao Yuxiu's neck, and said with a smile: "Miao Yu, what kind of spice did you put on, so fragrant?"

Miaoyu not only has the arrogance of a lady from a Jiangnan family, but she does have the capital of pride in terms of appearance, figure and temperament.

"I ground some vanilla by myself, and maybe some sandalwood, how can it have such a fragrance?" Miao Yu said shyly, pushing Jia Heng lightly, and said: "Don't make trouble, it's a little itchy .”

Even though they have been married for a long time, it is the first time that they are hugged so intimately. Miaoyu just feels that a piece of ice in her heart has already melted like water.

"Is that the body fragrance from the teacher's wife?" Jia Heng said softly.

Today I can't go to Baochai's side, so I will spend more time with Mrs. Miaoyu, Baihu Mantou, who is more or less called an obscene nun in the romance storybook.

As Jia Heng said, he hugged Miaoyu with his legs bent, and walked towards the bed beside him, saying: "A few of them opened the Plum Blossom Poetry Club last time, did the teacher attend it? Do you have any elegant works?"

Miaoyu put her arms around Jia Heng's neck, her beautiful face blushed like a glow, her voice trembling slightly, she gently supported Jia Heng's shoulders, and said: "They wrote a post to invite me, with the theme of singing about red plums. I also made one."

Jia Heng said softly: "Master Tai Yong Hongmei, it's not that you can get the moon if you are close to the water."

Miaoyu: "..."

"You can't be serious." He said, stopping Jia Heng Xueling Zhemei.

"I'm talking about the two red plum trees in the courtyard, what does the teacher think?" Jia Heng said softly.

Miao Yu snorted, her delicate body trembled non-stop, her eyes widened, and she stared intently at the young man with an obsessive look in her eyes.

Jia Heng's fingers lightly stroked that face, which was full of collagen, but Miaoyu's bones were cold and glamorous, with snow between her eyebrows, and there was an arrogance in her bones, which made Wen Qingnv's temperament Even more, he said: "Master, it's getting late, let's rest."

"lamp."

Jia Heng leaned close to Miao Yu's ear and said in a low voice, "It's so boring that I can't see your face clearly."

Miaoyu: "..."

He just likes to see her make a fool of herself?
But before she could speak, she saw the young man approaching, and after some time, the figure of the young man rang in Miaoyu's ears.

Jia Heng thought for a while and said, "Why don't the teacher give me a blessing and preach the scriptures now?"

Miaoyu: "???"

Then the boy whispered a few words.

Miao Yufang's heart was beating wildly, her cheeks were flushed, and she said, "Why do you blaspheme Bodhisattvas like this?"

Jia Heng put his arms around Miao Yu, who was a little light, and said: "Tomorrow I will go to war, for the sake of my piousness, the teacher can't accept me this time."

Miaoyu said angrily, "Nonsense."

She was genuinely afraid, with awe in her heart.

Jia Heng smiled and said, "Then don't read the scriptures."

The drama of the nun's sinking is no longer visible, but it's not bad to bring in that scene.

However, Miaoyu couldn't stand Jia Heng's soft and hard arguments after all, endured a sense of shame and annoyance in her heart, and acted according to her words.

But I don’t know when, in the courtyard, the moon is in the sky, and the red plum tree outside the window is shaking non-stop, the shadow is reflected on the wall, the breeze is blowing, the shadow of the tree is whirling, and the remaining plum is turning red, like a cloud bun Scattered and danced.

I don't know how long it took, Jia Heng hugged Miaoyu, gently stroked the fragrant skin and icy skin, leaned into the beautiful woman's ear, and said softly: "If you have a child, what will you do? Give birth in Changcui Temple?"

Miaoyu snorted, her jade cheeks were blushing at the moment, she felt strange and inexplicable in her heart, and said angrily: "You are used to playing tricks on people."

But she couldn't help thinking, if she had a child in the future, what would she do?

"I can't let her mother be a nun in the nunnery, let someone else take the child." Jia Heng asked with a smile.

Miao Yuyu's face was slightly red, and she knew that the young man was talking about the future. There was a hint of firmness in her soft eyes, and she whispered: "At that time... I will just return to vulgarity."

Jia Heng said: "You didn't become a monk before, what are you doing as a layman? At worst, you will be raised by the teacher like this. In the future, you will inherit the mantle of the teacher and the grand Buddha Dharma."

"You, you..." Miaoyu said angrily, and pinched Jia Heng feebly, but she didn't look like she used to have her eyes above her head.

The two of them rubbed their ears and temples together, and they didn't realize that the time was getting late and the night was getting dark.

Miao Yufen's lips parted slightly, and her voice, which was originally as cold as water, was soft and coquettish, saying: "Be careful outside."

"Yeah." Jia Heng embraced Miaoyu and said, "Master, it's getting late, okay, let's go to bed."

Miaoyu seemed to feel the heavy heart in that fiery chest, praying secretly in her heart, if there is any disaster, just come to her, and hope he can go well.

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In the Duke's Mansion of Qi County, the night was dark, the study room was brightly lit, and there were many figures.

The teacup was steaming hot, and the fragrance of the tea was overflowing, as if a fat face was reflected on the plate.

Chen Cheng, king of Qi County, looked gloomy, and said in a low voice: "I don't know if I'm dead or alive, but I won two battles, so I don't know my last name, and now I'm sending troops to intervene in the Mongolian war. Such a big defeat, the consequences will be disastrous." .”

As he said that, he turned his eyes to Jia Yucun who was on the side, with aggressive eyes, and asked, "Mr. Yucun, what do you think Jia Heng's child will win?"

Jia Yucun twirled his beard under his chin, pondered and said: "In terms of naval battles, the Marquis of Yongning seems to be a good general of the Krupp, but in fact he is not. There were only a few hundred Jurchens who faced off before, and most of the victors were Korean sailors. Coupled with the fact that bandits and bandits have come from afar, and the veterans are exhausted, even so, the Marquis of Yongning has spent a lot of effort to win the naval battle, and now he is advancing because of merit, it is not a good omen."

In a word, not optimistic, in fact, this is also a person's opinion.

Chen Cheng nodded, and said: "Mr. Yucun's words are correct. Since ancient times, arrogant soldiers must be defeated."

Then, he looked at Chen Hong, the son of King Zhongshun, and asked, "What do you think, brother?"

Chen Hong looked thoughtful, and said: "The Marquis of Yongning never fights unprepared battles, and he actively participated in the battle at the court meeting today, if he said he was dazzled by last year's great victory, it may not be true, I'm afraid that he is really not afraid of Jurchen. "

Chen Cheng said: "This king sees that he is arrogant and doesn't know it. He doesn't talk about rest and recuperation, but he said that this person was in the policy of pacifying the captives at the beginning. He also said that he had fought for five years. Now it's only been a year, so he rashly sent troops."

Chen Hong shook his head and said: "It's actually hard to say about this matter. Marquis Yongning is probably not a fool. If he doesn't send troops, no one in the court will force him."

Just when Chen Cheng was puzzled by Chen Hong's words, Dou Rong said: "My lord, the spies came to report that the King of Chu went to the capital camp to meet Jia Hou. The two sides talked secretly for a long time. I don't know what they talked about in the Chinese barracks."

Chen Cheng's expression darkened immediately, and he said, "Damn it!"

The more you think about some things, the more angry you get. The king of Chu and the king of Wei have the possibility of reconciling with the child, but he and the child are at odds.

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On the next day, on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, at dawn, the eastern sky just appeared a gleam of white, and the clouds and clouds above the vast sky were brilliant and colorful.

And on the embroidered couch covered with curtains, Jia Heng woke up and looked at Miaoyu, who was sleeping peacefully and gently beside her. Delicate, can be broken by blowing bombs, pink lips are moist and full.

Jia Heng lifted the quilt and changed into a suit of clothes.

Miaoyu usually thinks too much, so she sleeps lightly. Now she also sensed the movement of the person next to her pillow. She opened her eyes, collected herself, looked at the boy, and said, "What time is it?"

"Five watch, you might as well sleep a little longer, you were quite tired yesterday." Jia Heng put on his clothes, looked at Miaoyu, and gently scratched the straight and small bridge of the nose.

Miaoyu's eyes showed a touch of resentment, but feeling the pampering in the action, her heart was a little sweet, and she said softly: "I will serve you up."

After saying that, he got up, and while wearing the monk's robe, he watched Jia Heng take the fire and light the candles, then came to Jia Heng, helped Jia Heng to dress, and asked, "Where are you going later? "

"Go to Beijing Camp after breakfast, and I may spend the next two days in Day Camp." Jia Heng turned his face, looked at Miao Yu with a gentle smile, and said softly.

Last night was to hunt for Baochai, after thinking about it, it would be better to spend the night with Miaoyu, it seemed that holding Wen Qingnv who was attached to him would make him feel more at ease.

The main reason is that I really miss the luscious and plump white tiger steamed buns, which are beyond words.

Miaoyu lowered her head to fasten Jia Heng's belt, raised her hair like a waterfall of green silk, her soft and bright eyes seemed to be entwined with bamboo streams, misty, and said softly: "Be careful outside."

The military situation is dangerous, and every time he goes out, she is always on tenterhooks.

If something happened to him this time, she...she wouldn't be alive anymore, it was her, an ominous person, who caused him.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt my nose sour and my eyes gradually moist.

He was born and died outside last year, and now he hasn't even passed a year. Not long after he came back, he led his troops to fight in northern Xinjiang.

Jia Heng noticed that the girl was in a different mood, looked at the girl who was about to cry, stepped forward, grabbed Miaoyu's waist, looked at the boy with a smile, gently stroked the tear stains from the corners of her eyes, and said in a warm voice: "Master I'm also a free and easy person, why are tears streaming down my face, when we meet again, why don't Master change into ordinary clothes to welcome me?"

He feels that some of the backs are full of flags now, probably, when I come back, immigrate to Canada?

Miaoyu let out a "hmm", raised a piece of pear blossoms with a rainy and beautiful face, fixed her bright eyes on Jia Heng, and nodded "hmm".

Jia Heng smiled lightly, and said: "Okay, I'm leaving, you have breakfast later, it's very cold outside, you go back to bed and fall asleep, I'm leaving."

Not much to say, instead of being sent off by Miaoyu, I went out of Changcui Temple and walked down the stone-paved mountain road. I couldn't help but look back at the brightly lit Changcui Temple, and then turned my gaze to the distant place. In the direction of Hengwu Garden and Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the houses with cornices and hooked corners are beautiful, beautiful and elegant, just like the character of the owner.

There are all kinds of scenery in the sky and on earth, Fangyuan should be given the name of Daguan.

When I come back again, it should be summer. At that time, all kinds of flowers are in full bloom, competing for beauty. Maybe I can enjoy the beauty of the garden?Of course, the premise is to win. If you lose, you will eat all the birds and throw them into the forest. The white land is really clean.

The young man in the green shirt shook his head, his face was silent, when he turned around, a big sun suddenly jumped out of the eastern sky behind him, thousands of rays of light burst out, and the sky was dyed golden and red.

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(End of this chapter)