[Red Chamber] Jia Huan's Army

Jia Huan put on the long-lost armor, straightened the cuffs in front of the mirror, then put the hollowed-out jade pendant with silver edges into his purse, and put it on close to his body.The young general who was so heroic on the battlefield came back all of a sudden.Aunt Zhao looked at her tall and upright son, feeling both proud and reluctant in her heart. This concubine of the Jia family, who had never been favored by others, has now become an indomitable man thanks to his little efforts.Especially when Jia Huan put on the armor, it was really unimaginable for her as a mother. The child was still like a frozen cat before, crying hard because of all kinds of grievances.Time is the best medicine in the world, this sentence is true no matter from which angle you look at it.

"Mother, why are you silent?" Jia Huan asked in shock when she saw Aunt Zhao behind her in the mirror.

Aunt Zhao took Wang Rui by the hand and replied with a smile: "Doesn't it mean that you are busy? Everything is ready?"

Jia Huan nodded, then looked at Wang Rui with a serious face, and said, "When I'm not at home, I can't slack off my homework. Spend more time with your grandmother. You are the only man in the house, but it's up to you."

Aunt Zhao couldn't help laughing as Jia Huan, who was like a child, said this to a child in a serious manner. What made her laugh the most was that after hearing this, Wang Rui nodded solemnly.The ruddy baby face, coupled with the expression of a little adult, really made everyone laugh.It's just that the two parties didn't care what other people thought, and they still went their own way.

"I know you are stable by nature, so I'm relieved." Jia Huan looked at Wang Rui's serious appearance, and couldn't help showing a gentle smile. He touched Wang Rui's head with his hand, then nodded and praised, "But don't put yourself You're too tight, go out and play when it's time to relax. If you want money, just ask your grandma."

Aunt Zhao listened to Jia Huan's tireless instructions, and pretended to be apprehensive and said angrily: "I know that your father is kind and filial, but I am a grandmother who treats children badly?"

Seeing that Aunt Zhao was unhappy, Jia Huan stepped forward with a smile and said, "What do you mean? Mom, you are the most gentle and kind."

Even Wang Rui, who was always cold, held Aunt Zhao's hand, as if silently comforting her.Aunt Zhao's nature is not bad, although at first she felt a little uncomfortable about Jia Huan's adoption of Wang Rui, but she gradually accepted this well-behaved child.Taking care of food, clothing and shelter by himself can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings of not being able to treat the young Jia Huan well.

Aunt Zhao looked at the two children who were vying to comfort her, feeling emotional in her heart.So he smiled and said: "It's just a joke, you take it seriously. Forget it, why don't you hurry up and see what you haven't brought? Don't worry, Ruirui and I are not ignorant, just take care of yourself outside gone."

Only then did Jia Huan leave in peace.

As soon as Jia Huan left the mansion, he was surprised to see a figure hovering at the gate of Bo's mansion.

"It's been so long since we haven't seen each other, isn't it that you dare not even enter the door?" Jia Huan patted the other party's shoulder and joked.

The man was taken aback, turned his head to look at Jia Huan and said in surprise, "Uncle Huan!"

It turned out that this person was none other than Jia Lan, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.Jia Lan pulled Jia Huan excitedly, then let go with a flushed face, and said in a low voice, "I heard that Uncle Huan is going south to help the disaster, so I just came to see..."

Jia Huan saw Jia Lan's bewildered face, with a look of shame on his face, and easily guessed what the other party was thinking.At this time, Jia Lan is probably still feeling guilty for the fact that Jia's family drove her out of the house.For this, Jia Huan never blamed Jia Lan.After all, Jia Lan, who is a half-transparent person in Jia's mansion, has no right to speak on major issues at all, let alone a chance to fight for himself.So this matter has nothing to do with Jalan.It's just that Jia Lan never contacted him again. Although Jia Huan understood this, he still felt very uncomfortable.Seeing Jia Lan who came here to take a look because he was worried about him now, Jia Huan felt better.

"Reading has made your mind rigid!" Jia Huan patted Jia Lan's head in dissatisfaction, and said angrily, "Why didn't you come here before? It's not your fault that I was kicked out of Jia's house. What are you guilty of? No Let us all be separated."

Jia Lan looked at Jia Huan, who was now much taller than her in armor, and said in a low voice, "I'm useless after all. Apart from muttering a few words behind my back, I couldn't help at all."

"Never mind!" Seeing that Jia Lan still looked like this, Jia Huan said angrily, "I don't mind after I've said it all, but you're still so stubborn. Now I'm a blessing in disguise, but you are about to try your hand at the end of the game." Right? Why do you still have time to come out?"

Jia Lan saw that Jia Huan really didn't care that he didn't help, so he smiled and said, "Well, the teacher asked me to skip the boy's exam this year and try the rural exam first. If I can pass, I'll make another plan. "Speaking, Jia Lan looked up at the sky, and then said: "It's getting late, I'm here today to see Uncle Huan, be careful on your way!"

Jia Huan nodded and said, "I hope to hear good news from you when I come back." As he spoke, he quickly got on the horse and was about to go to the pier, but Jia Lan stopped him and stuffed something into his hand.Jia Huan looked down and saw that it was a Buddhist bead covered with sandalwood.

"I prayed for this from the temple. I have opened it to keep you safe. Remember to take it with you." Jia Lan pointed at the beads with a very serious expression.

Seeing his expression, Jia Huan felt warm in his heart, and said: "I see, you are the mother-in-law, and you haven't dared to meet me for so long, you have to wait until today."

Jia Lan pouted aggrievedly, but said nothing.

Seeing this, Jia Huan stopped talking and said with a smile, "Prepare well for the provincial examination, and come back to celebrate with you." Said and rode away.

Jia Lan watched Jia Huan's chic back riding on the tall horse, sighed, and left slowly after a long time.

This time Jia Huan was in charge of escorting part of the food urgently transferred from the capital, and more medicines, money, etc. confiscated by the court.And considering the plague after every flood, Mo Lian even mobilized the staff of the Imperial Hospital to be responsible for the prevention of the plague in the affected areas.

Because they brought a lot of things, Jia Huan and the others walked by water.This waterway is indeed not as fast as Route 6, but fortunately, it is safe, at least there are almost no robbers.Jia Huan stood on the boat, looking at the calm river, wondering where he went.The last time I walked on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal was when I followed Mo Lian to Jiangnan to investigate the case.Thinking about all the experiences before, who would have thought of today's situation.At least he never thought that he and Mo Lian would finally get married.Thinking of this, Jia Huan's mouth curled into a gentle smile.

As soon as the disaster relief ships entered the south along the Grand Canal, they encountered continuous days of heavy rain.Although it is still possible to move forward, it is easy to encounter floods. In this way, there is no way for ships to control it, and accidents are easy to occur.This is a small matter, the key is that those materials, every day of delay, the people in the south will suffer an extra day.

Jia Huan frowned and looked out the window, the rainstorm never stopped.If they don't decide again, they are afraid that they will be trapped here.Thinking about it this way, Jia Huan couldn't sit still anymore. He got up and planned to find the minister in charge of disaster relief to discuss countermeasures.

The inspector censor in charge of disaster relief this time also looked out of the window with a sad face at this time. Disaster relief is definitely a thankless job for a conscientious official like him who can't make money. On his own body, he had to put the officials below him in the wrong, embezzling the funds and supplies for disaster relief, and let the natural disasters and man-made disasters delay the trip, so that the disaster relief was not timely, and he was ginsenged. He couldn't even keep the black hat on his head.However, as an emperor, Mo Lian admired such people the most, so this kind of errand that made others flock to him but avoided him fell on him.No matter what others write, he is full of anxiety anyway.Just like the current situation, now I saw that I was about to go to Zhejiang, but I didn't expect to be trapped here because of the bad weather.What if this delays disaster relief?

Jia Huan explained the purpose of coming, and asked with some uncertainty: "I don't know what Mr. He thinks?"

He Qi, the inspector censor, frowned and said, "I asked experienced people in the area, and they said that the rain won't stop for a while. I think the water level has risen a lot. I'm afraid that if it continues like this, we will have to walk by water." Too dangerous."

Jia Huan nodded: "I have the same idea, why don't we switch to Route 6? It's just that it's a problem to pack these supplies."

"Materials are important." He Qi always puts the overall situation first in his work, "I wonder if taking Route 6 will affect the speed of travel?"

Jia Huan looked at the map, estimated the time silently in his heart, and then said, "I looked at the distance. After all, we travel fast. If we hire a few carriages to bring people, we should be able to arrive within the estimated time. It's just these materials ?”

He Qi thought for a while, and it seemed reasonable, so he said, "Since we can hire a carriage, it shouldn't hurt to load the supplies on the cart and be led by people or horses."

Since it was so decided, the two of them worked together to discuss the safest route, and then they each prepared to go.Both of them are reliable people in their work. In less than two days, everything has been transferred to Lushang, and the disaster relief team decided to start from Lushang.

It's just that although they had considered everything carefully, none of them expected the danger from Lu.