[Red Mansions] Male wife

"Tie Fu's main force has been wiped out, are you worried that they will sneak attack?" Wu Shi asked back, nodded, but felt that Jia Xiuyun's worry was not unreasonable, it is always better to be more cautious.

"No, what I'm worried about is not Tiefu, but this." Jia Xiuyun stretched out his finger and pointed to the ground, meaning within the capital.Since the frontier military situation was kept so secret at the beginning, there must be suspicions of collusion between inside and outside, but after Tiefu was captured, no one in the court was implicated.I'm afraid it's a dead dog cooking, how could the traitor see the evidence being delivered to Beijing smoothly.

Surprised, Wu felt that Jia Xiuyun's analysis was too reasonable, so without further ado, he quickly ordered Xiefeng to assemble the guards and set off.But when it was time to set off, Wu realized a problem. She didn't know the escort route.

"Since it is the evidence that will kill people, there will be people blocking it regardless of the road or path. I don't think the generals will fail to realize this. Normal people may take paths that avoid people's eyes, so the path will consume more manpower. So I think, With Zizhuo's personality, he must be escorted on the main road in an upright manner, and the rest, even if there are, are just slapstick tricks. Madam just ask Qufeng and the others to meet him on the main road. It must be kept secret, and the people in the palace must not be disturbed. Not even Concubine Shu." Jia Xiuyun said.

Mrs. Wu nodded, and immediately ordered Qu Feng and the others to dress up as servants and leave the house as servants pulling a carriage to deliver goods.If the traitor is really a powerful person in the palace, it is better not to alarm the younger sister, although if she begs the younger sister will bring more manpower, it will also reveal her whereabouts.I'm afraid, the twenty or so guards in the mansion are useless.

Jia Xiuyun also understood what Wu was worried about: "Something is better than nothing."

Wu shi sighed and nodded, now that's the only way to go.If the two houses are evenly matched, there is no guarantee that these twenty or so people can really play a key role.

When Jia Xiuyun came back from Pei's house, Mother Jia had just finished the New Year's Eve, and she was already anxiously putting Tanchun's marriage on the agenda.It seems that Mother Jia started to worry about her own health problems, perhaps because she was worried that she left early and could not see the destination of these juniors.

When Mrs. Wang first discussed Tanchun's marriage, Jia Xiuyun didn't care about it, and no one asked him.However, due to the increased influence of Aunt Zhao's mother and son in the mansion, Mother Jia still respects Aunt Zhao's meaning very much.Aunt Zhao has no idea, but Aunt Zhao is not very willing to introduce King Nanxi originally introduced by Mrs. Wang.After all, the place is far away, and it is a land of barbarians. Although she is a side concubine, she is not the main wife. Aunt Zhao is afraid that Tanchun will suffer.Later, the marriage dragged on for two months, but there was a Juren who was the last one on the autumn test list, and his family asked a matchmaker to propose marriage.Although this Juren is ranked last from the bottom, he can still be regarded as a Juren.Aunt Zhao felt that she had read a lot of poetry and books, at least the Second Master Bao, who was praised by everyone, hadn't won the exam yet. Based on this alone, she felt that this son-in-law gave her a good reputation.

Mother Jia had no objections, but Mrs. Wang and Aunt Zhao were in a stalemate, and Jia Zheng didn't bother to offend the woman, so he waited for Jia Xiuyun to come back to discuss this matter.

Jia Xiuyun didn't speak, but asked Aunt Zhao if she meant to ask Tanchun.

"Marriage is the order of parents, ask her what to do." Mrs. Wang sneered.

"Since the two parties are equally matched, why not ask the third sister what she means, and you have also decided to choose from these two marriages, haven't you?" Jia Xiuyun asked Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang sneered and didn't answer, she reluctantly agreed to Jia Xiuyun's words.Mother Jia also thought it was reasonable, so she called Tanchun in, told her the general situation of the two marriages, and asked her what she meant.Tanchun moved his eyeballs, but didn't dare to say more, only said that the elders alone made the decisions.

"Good boy, what are you afraid of? Even though we are all one family. If you want to stay in Beijing, that's fine. Let's arrange for him to be an official in Beijing." Aunt Zhao said.

"Relationship?" Tanchun sighed in surprise, looking at Jia Xiuyun, Aunt Zhao's so-called relationship is now him.

Seeing Tanchun looking at him, Jia Xiuyun squeaked, "Whoever can help will definitely help, but it's a lifelong matter, third sister has to make a good choice, and you don't have to regret taking the medicine."

Tanchun's eyeballs moved, and met Jia Xiuyun's gaze again. After a moment of silence, he turned to Aunt Zhao and said, "Let my daughter think about it carefully."

Seeing her daughter's expression, Aunt Zhao knew that she had an idea, but she couldn't say it face to face.So he said goodbye to the old lady first, and took his daughter out.Everyone also understood what the mother and daughter meant, and they were still waiting in the room.

After a while, Aunt Zhao came back, and she said to the old lady with a grim complexion: "It's better to marry far away, this child is so strong, I don't want to cause trouble for us."

"What are you talking about, our children, what's the trouble?" Mother Jia said.

Mrs. Wang stood up without further explanation, smiled and congratulated, and then said: "Daughter-in-law is going to prepare the dowry now. I have made the courtiers of the feudal prince wait for a long time. If it is decided, I am afraid that I will have to prepare for the marriage early." In the past few months, since Baoyu's marriage, nothing has been satisfactory to her. This time, Tanchun's marriage finally went as she wished, and Mrs. Wang felt as if she had changed her luck.

Jia Mu stopped Mrs. Wang and said, "Don't worry about this matter. I have Feng girl to help you. It's the dowry gift of Zhang Luo Baoyu's wedding."

Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, her heart was broken, she smiled awkwardly at Mother Jia, and stumbled out.

Aunt Zhao's complexion was not very good, after she brought Jia Xiuyun out, she dragged him straight to Tanchun Shanglan Garden, Tanchun was still waiting in her room.

"Tell me, are you afraid of troubling your third brother? Do you still remember the bastard things you said back then, your temper, and not wanting to trouble your third brother? Son, this is a big event in your life, so you can't mess around If you have time to change your mind now, tell me what you think." Aunt Zhao said anxiously.

Tanchun glanced at Jia Xiuyun and shook his head. "It has nothing to do with him. This is my own decision. I don't have anything to worry about whether my mother and younger brother will get better in the future. Even if I marry far away, I can feel at ease."

"You, silly girl! Look how hard I've been as a concubine for so many years. If you really go to Mongolia, you're not familiar with the place, and you have no one to support you. How can you live well?" Aunt Zhao cried .

"Auntie, don't try to persuade her. I think the third sister's idea is very good. Nanxi Wang has a good reputation and is young and promising. The third sister is very strong and smart, and she fits the folk customs of that place. The women over there talk It’s much better than ours. As for Juren, I don’t think it’s that good, although I’ve never met him before, just seeing how eager he is to get rich, it’s amazing!” Jia Xiuyun sneered.

It is true that you can become an official if you pass the exam, but there are many official vacancies, so you must first follow the tribute students in the Chunwei Zhongbang, and then arrange the Qiuwei candidates in turn according to their rankings.This person is the last one in Qiuwei, and the official vacancies may not be able to be filled with him. Even if there are one or two, they are tasteless, and they are probably nine-rank sesame officials in remote places. It is better not to do it.However, once he became an in-law with the Rong Mansion, and with the relationship between Jia Xiuyun and the Pei family, it would not be difficult for him to become an official in Beijing.That's why this person is so eager to cling to him and take the initiative to propose marriage.

Tanchun nodded, he thought so too.Now this person wants to marry her just for the sake of becoming an official in Beijing. It can be seen that this person has no lofty and unscrupulous manners of a scholar, and he will be worthless in the future. At that time, there may be some treacherous tricks.Tanchun sneered, she was not a pawn played by others.

"What the second wife values ​​is King Nanxi's dowry. It's a good thing if she hit it by mistake. As for the dowry, don't worry, the second sister-in-law will not miss you," Jia Xiuyun said.

Tanchun looked at Jia Xiuyun gratefully, and wept. "I have been ignorant all these years, and I have caused trouble to my mother and younger brother." After Tanchun said, he knelt down to apologize to Aunt Zhao, and also to Jia Xiuyun.Jia Xiuyun hurriedly knelt down to help her up, and laughed at himself, "I'm not going anywhere!"

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As soon as the first month came out, Tanchun embarked on the road to marry far away with the courtiers of King Nanxi who greeted his relatives.This is her choice, she is willing to try to carve out her own piece of sky in a new land.

After Jia Xiuyun accompanied Jia Mu and others to see off Tanchun, he suddenly heard the news that General Pei had returned to Beijing. Without saying a word, he rode on a fast horse and went straight to the general's mansion.General Pei had already stood at the door to meet him, which made Jia Xiuyun stunned.

General Pei changed into black casual clothes. He was very tall and mighty, with sharp features, dark skin, and white teeth shining brightly when he smiled.General Pei saw the boy on horseback coming straight to his house, so he guessed that the handsome boy on the horse was his son's favorite, he laughed heartily, went down the steps to meet Jia Xiuyun himself, and patted Jia Xiuyun's shoulder heavily .

Jia Xiuyun took a cold breath, clutching his burning shoulders, almost being photographed in the field.

"Ahaha, I forgot, you are not a martial arts practitioner. Come, enter the house." General Pei led Jia Xiuyun into the main hall, Wu stood up and greeted them both with a smile.Jia Xiuyun looked around the room, but did not see Pei Jin.Wu looked at her husband with a troubled expression, and General Pei laughed and laughed.

"Nephew, don't worry, I'll go back first, your future husband is still waiting to end his father's heir."

"Oh!" Jia Xiuyun nodded in disappointment, and then remembered to congratulate General Pei on his smooth return to court.

"It's a good thing that kid Mirdan didn't die, otherwise I would have made so many brothers desperate for nothing!" General Pei heaved a sigh of relief, calling for someone to serve him wine to relieve his fatigue. "The person has already been handed over to the emperor, and the rest is not my job, it is the emperor's family business. Come, nephew Xiuyun, have a few glasses of wine with me."

Jia Xiuyun nodded, and accompanied General Pei to his seat. After two glasses of wine, he also started to talk too much. He boldly asked where General Pei separated from Pei Jin, and whether he sent someone to pick him up. .

General Pei looked at his wife Wu, pondered for a while, and said: "We were attacked when we left Yangzhou. At that time, he led all the guards to cover me and asked me to escort the leader of Tiefu, Mirdan, to go first. There are many assassins along the way, there are many dangers, and there is no time to care about the boy's life and death, so far, I don't know what happened to him."

"Escorting the leader of Tiefu is a task that is more important than life. An accident happened, and there is no way for the father and son to be separated." Wu Shi glanced at her husband, sighed, and explained for him, and then she whispered to Jia Xiuyun : "His father's temperament is like this. He has always been careless. He never knows how to care about him. Don't be surprised."

Jia Xiuyun nodded in horror, thinking back then that the general simply agreed to his only son to marry a man, his courage was probably not something ordinary people have, and it is normal to have an abnormal personality.

"Hey, ma'am, what are you talking about? Why don't I care about my son? I'm different from a woman like you. When I care about my son, the first thing I think of is that he is a man, a man! Then I have to take responsibility." , to contribute his life and efforts for the country, even if he dies, it is a worthy death, an honorable death!"

"Bah, bah, bah! Master, what time is it, and you still mention these taboo words." Wu said anxiously.

"Don't mention it, I'll drink." General Pei poured out the tea bowl, poured wine into the tea bowl, drank it in one gulp, smacked his lips, as if he didn't drink, and asked someone to serve him a big bowl.

Jia Xiuyun and Wu Shi watched him drink silently.

General Pei drank more than a dozen jugs of wine, and he was still refreshed and eloquent, with a hearty laugh from time to time.He talked about the fights on the battlefield, about every battle he won, and then, General Pei suddenly stopped talking, touched his body, got up and asked someone to bring the old clothes he wore when he came back.General Pei pulled out a jade pendant from inside, and upon closer inspection, the jade pendant was in the shape of a leaf.

Jia Xiuyun immediately recognized that it was the jade pendant he had given to Pei Jin, and excitedly took the jade pendant, which was still stained with blood. Jia Xiuyun looked at General Pei suspiciously.

General Pei scratched his head, and said with a serious face: "He asked me to hand it over to you. He said that once he has something good or bad, he will give it to you."

Jia Xiuyun's eyes widened.

"Well, don't worry, the blood on it is not his." General Pei laughed.

Jia Xiuyun breathed a sigh of relief, and pushed the things to General Pei: "Then I still won't accept it."

General Pei was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed. "Yes, don't accept it, don't accept it."