The Great General and His Little Scholars

Liao Mingsi looked at Jiang Tong who was sleeping deeply facing inward, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to lift his quilt, the full white gauze came into view immediately, the blood oozed from the gauze had dried up, but it was still shocking.

Liao Mingsi bit his lip and endured it for a long time, but still couldn't help crying. Afraid of disturbing Jiang Tong, he turned and sat by the bed, covering his face with his hands, not daring to make a sound.

Suddenly, a weak voice from behind said, "Is it brother?"

Liao Mingsi was startled, and turned around to see Jiang Tong turning around and looking at him.

"Did I wake you up?" Liao Mingsi said at a loss, "I didn't do it on purpose, I was just too worried about you..."

"No, the wound hurts, and I can't sleep well." Jiang Tong's face became paler under the candlelight, but he tried his best to smile at Liao Mingsi: "Brother is really powerful, he really saved us with smoke."

Liao Mingsi lowered his head and said guiltily, "I saved you there, obviously you saved me. If it wasn't for you, I would be the one lying here now."

Jiang Tong tried hard to turn around, but opened his mouth in pain.Liao Mingsi hurried forward to support Jiang Tong, and slowly helped him turn over.Then he leaned on the head of the bed and let Jiang Tong lean on him.

Putting his hand on Jiang Tong's back, he immediately felt the dry gauze covered with blood scabs.Liao Mingsi asked distressedly: "Is it very painful? I heard that the wound will be cut open to squeeze out pus and blood."

A slight smile floated on Jiang Tong's lips: "Isn't my brother's ideal to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy? I thought at the time, what would you do if you were injured on the battlefield. If you think about it, if you scrape the bone to heal the poison, you won't I will make a sound, so I told myself that I must not cry, just like my brother."

"Fool, you are still a child, you can cry when you cry, there is nothing shameful."

"You're a child too, if you can do it, I can do it too." Jiang Tong pursed his mouth firmly: "I can't embarrass the general and my brother."

Liao Mingsi smiled, and asked Jiang Tong, "Is this comfortable? Just now I saw you lying down and pressed on the wound. I'll help you with my arm now, isn't it better?"

"Yeah." Jiang Tong nodded, his big eyes dimmed: "It's very comfortable, it doesn't hurt much, and I want to sleep a little bit."

"Then go to sleep." Liao Mingsi said softly, "I'll leave after you fall asleep."

Jiang Tong closed his eyes obediently, and fell asleep in a short while, his vigor was obviously seriously injured.Liao Mingsi sighed and leaned against the head of the bed, but he didn't want to leave anyway.

In the early morning of the second day, He Qing hurried into Jiang Tong's room. Seeing this, the nanny said with a bit of embarrassment, "Ma'am, the eldest son came over suddenly last night, slave..."

He Qing waved to the nanny, and went straight into the bedroom, only to see Liao Mingsi lying on Jiang Tong's bed, with Jiang Tong in his arms, sleeping soundly.

He Qing frowned, backed out, and said to the nanny: "Don't disturb them, let the two young masters sleep well. I'll come back at lunch time, remember to tell them to take medicine."

The nanny hurriedly responded, and He Qing looked at the door of the bedroom full of thoughts, then turned and left.

In Liao Mingli's courtyard, Aunt Sun came out of the room and said to Yin Wan'er, "Although the young master's fever has subsided, he still needs to be careful in serving him. If anything goes wrong, report it quickly."

"Yes, auntie."

Seeing that Yin Wan'er agreed, Aunt Sun turned around and walked out of the courtyard, and said to the maid Lamei, "Is the carriage ready?"

"Ready." Lamei said: "Just now I also went back to Madam and said that you are going to Tilu Temple to pray for the young masters."

"En, good." Aunt Sun nodded: "Remember to give the coachman a few copper coins later, and ask him to keep it secret for us."

Aunt Sun's carriage left the General's Mansion, and then went west along the road to the west city gate.After leaving the city gate and walking another [-] miles, I arrived at a temple with a lot of incense.

The temple was built on the mountain, and the name of the mountain was Tilu Mountain, so the temple was called Tilu Temple according to the name of the mountain.

But Aunt Sun's carriage didn't go in when it arrived at the gate of the temple, instead it turned a corner and went up the mountain.After going on for about half an hour, he stopped at a house halfway up the mountain.

The house is not an ordinary house, the two gatekeepers at the gate are actually dressed as imperial hussars.Aunt Sun's carriage stopped, and Lamei stepped forward to hand over the name card, saying, "I'm here to see Miss Cheng."

The two guards looked at the name post, waved their hands, and let the carriage go in. It was obvious that it was not the first time for Aunt Sun to come here.

The carriage stopped at the back, and a servant woman came out and took Aunt Sun and Lamei from the side alley to a spacious main room in the backyard, stood at the door and said, "Miss Cheng, Aunt Sun from the General's House is here."

A beautiful woman with a strong fragrance suddenly opened the door curtain and said enthusiastically: "Oh, you won't come for a few days, you're suffocating me to death."

Aunt Sun stepped forward and took the woman's hand and said: "My sister has a lot of things at home recently, and the adults are always here, so I don't have time." As they spoke, the two walked into the room hand in hand.

On the Eight Immortals Table facing the entrance of the main room, there is a new mahogany sword stand with a long sword on it.I saw that the scabbard of the long sword was decorated with filigree enamel, and the hilt was inlaid with red gemstones, which looked extraordinary.

"Hey, is this a new reward from General Zhonglang?" Aunt Sun praised, "My general doesn't have such a good sword."

The woman smiled triumphantly: "Sister, what nonsense are you talking about? The sisters of us are not the best. She entered the general's mansion and became a serious concubine. She is also a dancer, so I can only live without my sister." Scrambling to get by in this remote wretched place with no name."

It turned out that Aunt Sun was a dancer raised by an old mansion in Beijing, and she was favored by Liao Shan at a banquet. In order to win over Liao Shan, the old man also made a favor and gave Aunt Sun to Liao Shan.

Miss Cheng and Aunt Sun were also together this time, but later Ge died of illness and the dancer at home was dismissed, so Miss Cheng came out with her old friend.

This man's name is Zhao Qun, and he was originally a counselor of the Hussars of the inner court, but he is smooth, quick-witted, and able to figure out the minds of the officers. In addition, he is very skilled in martial arts and has some real skills. After a few years, he reached the position of Zhonglang General .

This Zhao Qun and Miss Cheng are fellow villagers, and they can be regarded as childhood sweethearts, but he is much worse than Liao Shan. He hangs around among the flowers every day, and he doesn't care much about Miss Cheng. mean.

Aunt Sun and Ms. Cheng have always been good friends, and she often comes to sit and sit with her when she has time to help her relieve her loneliness.

Miss Cheng invited Aunt Sun to sit down, made good tea, and asked, "I just heard that something happened to your family. The eldest son fell off the cliff and the house was in chaos. You dare to come out?"

"Then there's no reason to dare." Aunt Sun curled her lips and said, "It's not that my son fell, so why should I worry about it?"

After finishing speaking, he looked around and saw no outsiders, so he lowered his voice and said: "Do you know? The eldest son did not fall off the cliff by himself, he fell with a child who just came to the house not long ago."

"Who?" Miss Cheng asked curiously, "Why did you have a baby here? Is he a relative of the general?"

"It is said that it is a relative of the madam, but the whole family does not know what kind of relative it is. It only looks at the child who looks like a demon, and he has seduced the soul of the eldest son. I don't know what he is doing. When I grew up, I fell off the cliff."

Miss Chen's eyes were about to burst open, and she said excitedly: "What are you talking about, isn't that cousin?"

"God knows what it is." Aunt Sun frowned and said, "The child's name is Jiang Tong, but Madam's family has never heard of a relative named Jiang, but the child's facial features always remind me of someone."

"Who?"

"Do you still remember when we were at Ge Lao Mansion, there was the most popular one who came for a few days and then left."

Miss Cheng thought for a while and said, "Are you talking about Lian'er?"

"It's her. Did you hear that she's with some Shangshu lord? Is it from the Ministry of War?"

"Where do I remember that?" Miss Cheng reached out to take a cake and bit into it, "I feel a headache when I hear about those court affairs, and I can still tell who they are."

Aunt Sun narrowed her eyes and recalled: "I heard that in the next few years, Lian'er was also pregnant, but her body was weak and she couldn't stand the environment in the capital, so the adult sent her back to her hometown in the south."

Thinking about it again: "I vaguely remember that Lian'er's real surname is Jiang."

Miss Cheng smiled disapprovingly: "You have such a good memory, it's useless to just memorize these things."

"Why is it useless?" Aunt Sun said: "You stupid head, no wonder you have been with Mr. Zhao for so many years, and you didn't even enter a door. If this matter is what I think this time, I guarantee you will enter his Zhao family." the gate of the mansion."

Now Miss Cheng regained her spirits and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Aunt Sun smiled triumphantly: "You haven't heard of anything else, you must have heard about the beheading of Minister of the Ministry of War a while ago."

Miss Cheng curled her lips: "You underestimate me too much. The whole capital is buzzing about such a big matter. How could you not hear about it? Mr. Zhao mentioned it many times when he came back, and he also expressed his feelings about cutting grass and roots. What do you say Minister of the Ministry of War, how old is the imperial court official, and you have to do so ruthlessly?"

"What do you know? We don't know about the affairs of the court." Aunt Sun said, "But my sister has been thinking about your affairs. Let me tell you, I have always suspected that the cousin of my family was the one who was beheaded." The son of the Minister of War."

"What?" Miss Cheng almost dropped her pastry: "You mean, Lian'er's son lives in your house now?"

"What is Lian'er's son? If it's really her son, he's a guilty body now." Aunt Sun made a soft gesture around her mouth, and said in a low voice, "You can ask Mr. Zhao tentatively first. , if it is true, then arrest him, don't you just use this to claim credit?"

Miss Cheng suddenly woke up like a dream, and suddenly said: "Exactly, if I can catch the son of the criminal minister, my lord will definitely allow me to come in."

"Then try it. If it's not, you have nothing to lose. If it is, you have gained a lot. Don't forget my sister when the time comes." Aunt Sun said proudly.