The Great General and His Little Scholars

Aunt Zhu came out of He Qing's yard with an unhappy expression on her face.Lamei who was following her whispered: "Auntie, looking at Madam's appearance, your guess must be right."

Aunt Zhu snorted: "Hmph, who is not stupid and brainless. Madam's distant relative? How far away, no one in the whole family knows how far away, and suddenly sent such a big child here?"

After finishing speaking, he sneered jealously and said: "I pretend to be that virtuous all day long, now we have to see how long she can pretend to be the general's bastard."

"Mom, what are you talking about? What bastard?"

A shadow suddenly rushed out from the side, startling Aunt Zhu, she fixed her eyes and saw that it was her son Liao Mingli, then stretched out her hand and slapped her: "What are you doing suddenly, I scared the old lady to death."

Liao Mingli laughed, put his arms around Aunt Zhu and said: "Mother, you forgot to buy me money for pens and inks, I won't remember until I have to go out."

Aunt Zhu patted her head again: "Believe your nonsense, buy pens and ink? Do you think I don't know what you want to do?"

After finishing speaking, he rushed to follow Liao Mingli's boy and said, "Duobao, don't take your master to those dirty places. Let me know, be careful with your skin!"

Duobao hurriedly laughed and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, I wouldn't even dare to give the servant 120 guts."

Liao Mingli didn't care about etiquette, he just reached out his hand to find some broken silver from Aunt Zhu's waist pocket, and put half of the money in his own pocket.Aunt Ren Zhu yelled and cursed behind her, and ran away with Duobao.

As soon as he ran out of the middle door, Liao Mingli suddenly stopped and shrank to the side porch.Duobao wondered, "What's the matter?"

Liao Mingli gave a silent wink and pointed to the front.I saw that Liao Mingsi was leading Jiang Tong past, and it seemed that he was taking him to play in the back garden of the mansion.

Looking at the cheerful backs of the two, Duobao couldn't help but said: "Young Master, looking at the appearance of the eldest son, he treats this cousin much better than you. I don't know, I thought this was my real brother... oh... "

Before he finished speaking, he was hit hard on the head.Liao Mingli said while typing: "Say a few words, are you afraid that being a dumb person will betray you?"

Duobao rubbed the top of his aching head, grinned and dared not say anything.Liao Mingli spat at the backs of Liao Mingsi and Jiang Tong before turning around and walking towards the gate.

Liao Mingsi's mind was only on Jiang Tong, and he didn't pay attention to Liao Mingli who was hiding in the dark.Jiang Tong was walking beside him, quietly listening to him talking about his favorite riding and archery and martial arts anecdotes, with great interest.With an innocent and innocent look on his face, he giggled as Liao Mingsi narrated.

Liao Mingsi had never tried so hard to make someone laugh, he had exhausted all his skills.

The weather was sweltering, and there was a layer of sweat on Jiang Tong's forehead, and his little face was also flushed.When she smiled, her pink cheeks became more plump, and her rosy lips curved beautifully.

Several times, Liao Mingsi couldn't help but want to reach out and slide his hand along that cheek to his lips, to really feel the smoothness he saw.But he tried his best to restrain himself, clenched his fists, and his nails were almost embedded in the flesh.

Jiang Tong didn't know what Liao Mingsi was thinking. He listened to Liao Mingsi's story with a look of admiration in his eyes.Those who ride horses and archery, and practice martial arts are too far away for Jiang Tong.He looked at Liao Mingsi as if he was looking at a real hero who had fought in the battlefield.

Encouraged by Jiang Tong's eyes, Liao Mingsi became more and more excited as he talked.Suddenly said: "Have you never ridden a horse? Do you want to try?"

"Really? I can ride a horse?" Jiang Tong's bright eyes flashed, overflowing with excitement and curiosity, but restrained timidly.

"Follow me." Liao Mingsi took Jiang Tong's hand and ran to the school yard of the General's Mansion.

It was the first time in Jiang Tong's life that he saw the school field, and he was stunned in surprise.On a large piece of flat land, a group of personal guards were training, and the sound of shouting and killing could be heard endlessly.

Rows of weapon racks stood on one side of the school grounds, as well as strength equipment such as stone mills, millstones, and iron bars.In the stable in the northeast corner, many horses are tied.

Jiang Tong's eyes didn't seem to be enough, he looked here and there.Liao Mingsi proudly introduced those weapons and equipment to Jiang Tong, enjoying Jiang Tong's admiring gaze and constant admiration.

When he got to the stable, Jiang Tong was already very excited. When he saw a horse, he rushed up and wanted to reach out to touch it.

But he didn't want the horse to be frightened suddenly, so he instinctively raised his head to avoid it, and scratched his front hooves a few times.Jiang Tong was short in stature, and his horse's thick legs shook a few times in front of his eyes, and he was immediately frightened.His expression changed, he retreated in a panic, and hid behind Liao Mingsi, not daring to move.

Liao Mingsi hurried over to ask the pawn to hold the horse, put his arm around Jiang Tong's shoulders and said, "It's okay, don't be afraid, it was actually taken aback by you."

Jiang Tong hid behind Liao Mingsi, clutching his clothes, still unwilling to take a step forward.

Liao Mingsi thought it was funny and cute, and encouraged Jiang Tong: "Don't be afraid, I'll take you to see my horse, it's very docile and won't lose its temper."

After finishing speaking, he led Jiang Tong to the furthest horse gallery, where he saw a tall horse that had already been saddled.The horse is tall and straight, with shiny red fur without a trace of variegation.

Jiang Tong couldn't help exclaiming: "This is my brother's horse? It's so handsome."

Liao Mingsi took Jiang Tong's tender little hand, and slowly approached the horse: "This is my horse, a famous tribute horse from Dawan. It is very obedient, you can pet it."

Jiang Tong was held by Liao Mingsi, restraining the fear in his heart, and slowly stroked the horse's shiny brown fur.The horse was really well behaved and didn't move at all.

Jiang Tong touched it twice, and seemed to be relieved, boldly walked forward, stretched out two hands to touch the horse's body: "Wow, what a strong horse."

"Do you want to try riding it? It runs fast." Liao Mingsi took the opportunity to ask.

"Ah?" Jiang Tong withdrew his hand and said in panic, "I've never ridden a horse before, this horse is too tall..."

"What are you afraid of? I'll take you on a ride." After saying that, he pulled the rein and stepped on the horse gracefully.Jiang Tong didn't have time to refuse, he was already carried up by the soldiers.Liao Mingsi stretched out his hand and easily pulled Jiang Tong onto the saddle.

Jiang Tong was small and had short legs, so he couldn't reach the stirrups at all, so he sat on the saddle dangling with his legs dangling.He was so frightened that he clutched the saddle tightly with both hands, not daring to move.

Sensing Jiang Tong's nervousness, Liao Mingsi stretched out an arm to wrap around Jiang Tong's waist tightly, letting him lean on his chest.

"Don't be afraid, open your eyes and look ahead, I'm here." Liao Mingsi comforted Jiang Tong softly.With one arm around him and the other hand shaking the rein slowly, the horse started to walk around the school field.

With Liao Mingsi's protection, Jiang Tong gradually relaxed.After the horse walked half a circle, the child's excitement surged up again, and the childish voice said: "Drive! I am the general! Drive!"

Seeing Jiang Tong having fun, Liao Mingsi was secretly proud, shook the rein lightly, and said: "General, sit still, let's have a more interesting one." The horse immediately quickened its pace and began to trot.

Jiang Tong giggled happily, and said excitedly, "Brother, is this galloping?"

"Hehe, idiot, this is just a trot." Liao Mingsi smiled dotingly and said, "If you are not afraid, I will take you to a school field in the suburbs for a real gallop some other day."

Just as he was talking, the screams of soldiers came from his ears.Only then did Liao Mingsi notice that a pawn who was undergoing strength training by the side of the school field accidentally dropped the stone hammer in his hand, and rolled along the school field onto the horse track, and was about to roll onto the feet of the Dawan horse that was trotting over. .

At the very moment, Liao Mingsi didn't have time to think about it, he could only grab the reins suddenly, the horse that was trotting was suddenly tightened and chewed, its front hooves suddenly flew into the air, and he stood up, narrowly avoiding the rolling horse. stone hammer.

Jiang Tong, who was still excited at first, was caught off guard, and suddenly leaned back, which made him scream in shock.

Liao Mingsi hurriedly hugged Jiang Tong tightly to stabilize his body.Jiang Tong was in a panic, let go of the saddle he was holding on to, turned around, and threw himself into Liao Mingsi's arms.

Liao Mingsi's heart softened, he stabilized the horse, stretched out his hand to pat Jiang Tong who was hugging him tightly, and said, "It's okay, don't be afraid. But you must remember to ride a horse in the future. If you have something to do, you must hold on to the saddle first. If I panic, I will It's too late to protect you."

Jiang Tong raised his head, with tears in his eyes, and said with his mouth curled up, "No, I still trust my brother more than the saddle."

An uncontrollable smile floated on Liao Mingsi's lips, listening to Jiang Tong's heartbeat that became violent due to fright, as if beating a drum.Every blow seemed to hit Liao Mingsi's chest, following his heartbeat one after another.

Liao Mingsi finally couldn't bear it anymore, reached out and pinched Jiang Tong's small face, and said, "We've only met for a day, and you trust me so much?"

Jiang Tong nodded firmly, but shook the tears in his eyes.Quickly reached out to wipe it off, and continued to nod firmly.

Seeing his well-behaved appearance, Liao Mingsi felt even more adorable.I couldn't help but stretch out my hand again, pinching his little face that was flushed from shock and heat.

Jiang Tong looked at Liao Mingsi with some puzzlement: "Why do you always pinch my face?"

"Your face looks very much like the birthday peach that grandma used to celebrate her birthday. I want to try it, and see if it feels the same when you pinch it." Liao Mingsi blushed, but he argued stubbornly.

Jiang Tong blinked, and asked naively, "Is it the same?"

There was a playful look in Liao Mingsi's eyes: "Same, I really want to take a bite."

"No!" Jiang Tong thought it was true, stretched out his hand to cover his small face, and ran away in a hurry when he was carried off the horse by the soldiers.Liao Mingsi hurried to catch up and said, "Slow down, trip carefully, idiot, do you think I will really bite?"

On the way to the General's Mansion, on the way to the back garden, Liao Mingli walked in dejectedly.He pouted and said, "Butler Zhou is really meddling in his own business. He actually used my father to suppress me and not let me go out to play."

Duobao comforted: "Forget it, son, just bear with it. After a few days, the general will leave the house, and we will go play again."

Liao Mingli resentfully walked to the corridor of the garden, raised his hand to wipe his sweat and said, "What the hell is the weather, I thought the garden would be cooler."

When he looked up, he saw Liao Mingsi and Jiang Tong sitting on the gazebo on the lake, with ice on the table, each with a bowl of black plum soup, chatting and laughing comfortably.

"Scary! I'm very disappointed here, but they are at ease." Liao Mingli rolled his eyeballs, and a gust of bad water came up: "Hmph! I want to see, if big brother knows this kid's true identity, will he return the favor?" So nice to him."

Liao Mingli said, wiped his sweat with his hands, and walked up the stone bridge leading to the gazebo.