Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 229

Chapter 229

When I went back, the night was already very deep.

As soon as Xiao Jue returned to the yard where he lived, a little yellow dog threw towards him excitedly, biting the corner of his robe without letting go.

He squatted down and touched the head of the yellow dog. The puppy had to move into the inch, wagging his tail fiercely at him, while biting his sleeve and pulling back frantically.

Virtue is exactly the same as its master.

The night after visiting Hefu at night, the yellow dog named Ermao didn’t know when he also ran out of the dug hole. Since He Yan was raised by one hand, it is naturally impossible to throw it away. It’s just that He Rufei is looking for the thief that night like crazy now. He Yan is afraid that he will find the He family and see Ermao, so he entrusts the Ermao to Xiao Jue. No matter how bold He Rufei was, he didn’t dare to go to the door of Xiao’s house, and naturally he couldn’t find Ermao.

Xiao Jue could only take Ermao back to Xiao’s house.

The little girl named Ginkgo in the yard liked Ermao very much. She took a bath and combed her hair cleanly. At last she didn’t look like a stray dog. He also tied the broken hair around its ears with a red rope into two small pulls.

Although Ermao is obviously a male dog.

Xiao Jue was teasing the dog, and a voice came from behind him coldly: “Huaijin…When did you raise a dog in the mansion?”

Xiao Jue stood up and turned his head. Xiao Jing and Bai Rongwei stood on the edge of the yard, looking at him with strange eyes.

As everyone knows, the second son of the Xiao family loves cleanliness and is particular about it. It was enough for Su Ri Li to be in the barracks, and returning to Shuo Jing was even more crippling and outrageous. The Xiao family never raises any birds, except for the green ears, there are no animals in the house.

This little dog looks like an ordinary peasant dog. The yellow coat is mixed with a bit of black. It should not be a precious thing.

Xiao Jue lowered his head and glanced at Ermao, who was silently “barking” at him.

“Help people raise it.”

“Who would ask you to help raise a dog,” Xiao Jing laughed, “it’s too hard for others.”

Bai Rong touched Xiao Jing slightly with his arm, and said with a smile: “If Huai Jin can help raise the dog, there should be only Girl He in the city of Shuojing.”

Xiao Jing suddenly realized that, looking at Xiao Jue’s eyes suddenly a little more relieved. This younger brother is always too indifferent and unkind to women, but now it seems that he is quite good at pleasing girls.

In the day, Bai Rongwei had already hosted a banquet for Xiao Jue in the mansion, and knew that he was going to accompany He Yan to the night market tonight. There is a lot of food in the night market, so I didn’t save a meal for Xiao Jue tonight.

“Big brother and sister-in-law are still waiting for me so late,” Xiao Jue asked, “what’s the matter?”

Xiao Jing approached him, looked at Ermao who was playing in the snow in the yard, and said with a smile: “You know, the fourth son of Chu in Boss House Shi Jin will marry Miss Xu Jia next month.”

Xiao Jue said absently.

“You and the fourth son of Chu were married together by your majesty.” Xiao Jing said: “Now the date of the fourth son of Chu’s marriage has been set, your marriage, I and your sister-in-law would like to ask, what date do you plan to set it?”

Xiao Jue was slightly startled.

“Your eldest brother and I have talked with Master He before. Master He said, as long as Girl He likes it, he doesn’t matter. After all, Girl He is a girl’s house, so I can’t ask too much.” Bai Rongwei looked at Xiao Jue, “You Su Ri Li is with Girl He, but have you ever talked about it with her?”

The Xiao family was very enlightened. Originally, when Xiao Zhongwu and Mrs. Xiao were alive, Xiao Jing wanted to marry the concubine Bai Rongwei. Mrs. Xiao disagreed, and finally he obeyed Xiao Jing’s wishes. Now that Xiao Zhongwu and his wife are gone, Xiao Jing and Bai Rongwei will not even intervene in making decisions about Xiao Jue’s marriage. Everything depends on Xiao Jue’s wishes.

“I plan to get married in the next year.” Xiao Jue said.

Bai Rongwei and Xiao Jing looked at each other, and both saw the surprise in each other’s eyes. I thought it would take another year and a half, but I didn’t expect Xiao Jue to make the decision so quickly. This is also good, it seems that Xiao Jue likes this girl He even more than they thought.

“If this is the case, I will show you your two birthday horoscopes to your husband tomorrow, and let him choose a good day for you. I have to discuss with Master He again about what to do next. Don’t worry about the bride price, I and Ru Bi is ready for you a long time ago.” Bai Rong smiled, full of real joy, and took Xiao Jing’s hand and said: “I’ll go with Rubi and ask someone to send a post to Mr. Huai Jin, you are also today. After a day’s tiredness, I’ll go back to my house and rest, and I’ll talk to you tomorrow morning.”

Xiao Jue nodded, and Bai Rongwei satisfactorily pulled Xiao Jing away.

Xiao Jue looked at the backs of the two of them, until Ermao came to pull his boots again, and he recovered.

In the past, I only felt that the yard was empty and cold, but now there is no more than a puppy, or a dumb who can’t bark, but it seems to have suddenly become lively.

He lowered his head and smiled, did not return to the house, turned and walked towards the other side of the ancestral hall.

In the ancestral hall of the Xiao family, the tablet of Xiao Zhongwu and his wife is placed at the front. Xiao Jue walked aside and took out the incense from the niche and put it on.

Green smoke curled up.

Xiao Jue’s face was hidden behind the smoke, and his expression was diluted.

As long as he returns to Shuojing, he often comes to the Buddhist hall. When it thunders, when it is sacrificed…when it is bored.

He is not a person who likes to talk. There are too few people who can talk in life. Everyone has their own sufferings, why share their tastes with others. At the hardest time, he was scolded by literati pointing at his backbone in the Battle of Guocheng, and when he returned to the mansion, he was just lighting three incense in the ancestral hall.

After the three incenses are burnt, everything remains as usual.

Many tastes in the world are to be felt bit by bit for many years. He saw everything when he was young and found everything boring. He actually yearned for the fireworks in the world, but the fireworks in the world avoided him. How about young and ambition, what about the family son of Fox Qiu Jinyi? Everyone regards him as the high moon in the sky. In fact, the moon is just a lonely boy.

He had friends, and then the friends betrayed. I also looked forward to the family, and then the family left. The most arbitrary teenage time, but within a few short years, the only candy left in life was also given to the dead seeker of Lu Yu. For these years, he has been alone, leaving nothing, until one day, a smiling girl rushed into his life and said to him, I like the moon, the moon doesn’t know.

He had never been so sure of one thing at this moment.

Xiao Jue raised his eyes and looked at the tablet behind Qingyan.

“Father, mother,” his voice was calm, as if he was saying an unshakable vow, “I like a person.”

“I want to marry her.”

…

In Hefu, in a yard, there was a intensive coughing sound.

The maid who was staying in the outbuilding of the yard turned over and said in a daze, “The second lady is coughing again. Go and see.”

“I’m not going,” the other maid beside her turned over and said in an impatient tone: “Don’t even care about the second master, why do we bother. Wait for the day to be fine. I want you to go.”

“It’s so cold, I won’t go.” The speaking maid covered her head with the quilt, “I think I didn’t hear it.”

The coughing outside was continuous, and after a while, it seemed to be suppressed deliberately, and he let out a few muffled snorts.

Madam He raised her body with difficulty, her throat and eyes were scorched by fire. The veil in her hand has long been filled with blood stains, she took a hard breath, and it took a long time to fumble for the lamp to light up.

He Yuanliang hadn’t been to her yard for a long time. To be precise, after the Yuhua Temple, she was confined to the He family, and He Yuanliang refused to take another look.

This was actually something Mrs. He had expected long ago. Her husband is a villain, a cowardly and greedy villain, and now she is even more afraid of offending He Rufei, so she is busy to distinguish her relationship with herself first, even if she is his wife.

The wife, He second wife smiled sarcastically, how about the wife, he can deal with his own daughter, he can be ruthless, to him, there is no difference between a stranger and a wife who is not related by blood.

Madam He looked at the beating flames in the oil lamp.

She is the eldest daughter of the family. She was married to He Yuanliang by her father, which means that she has a place among the nobles of the He family in the city of Shuojing. In her original home, her daughter’s marriage was to pave the way for her father and brother’s official career, and she did not expect to marry into the He family.

It was a pity that she had a bad life and gave birth to two daughters, so of course, her child became the victim of the He family.

The second wife of He hates He Rufei is cruel, hates He Yuansheng and his wife for the idea of replacing children, hates He Yuanliang for being weak and incompetent, and she hates herself more often.

Hate yourself for being unable to change everything.

If she can give birth to a son, maybe he has a son, He Yuansheng will not be so arrogant. But she didn’t, so she couldn’t protect He Yan, nor He Xinying.

There was a knock on the door outside.

Mrs. He said: “Come in.”

It was a little girl who came in, staring at her face.

Mrs. He asked: “Who are you?”

“The servant Cuiluo is the sweeping maid in the yard.” Cuiluo replied respectfully, holding a pot of hot water in her hand. She walked to the table, picked up a tea bowl, poured a glass of water and handed it to Madam He.

The water was just hot and not too hot. Madam He took a sip, and the tingling sensation in her throat suddenly improved a little. She said: “Thank you very much.”

Cuiluo lowered her head and whispered softly, “All slaves should do. If the second lady needs help from the slaves, please explain.”

“In my yard, everyone has assumed that I don’t exist anymore.” Madam He smiled bitterly: “Why bother you.”

“The servant’s master is Mrs. He, so naturally he has to listen to the instructions of the second lady.” Cui Luo’s voice did not change.

Madam He was taken aback for a moment, and she couldn’t help but carefully looked at the maid in front of her.

The He Family’s maid Su Rili was strictly disciplined by the He Yuansheng and his wife. She used to be a bit lively, but now she has become dull because of fear of He Rufei. The subordinates are always trembling and timid. This maid is standing here, neither humble nor overbearing, looking at her with no respect or overstepping, just like treating an ordinary person.

Mrs. He’s heart moved and asked tentatively: “You really can help me with anything?”

“Second madam, please give orders.”

“Can you find a doctor for me?”

Cuiluo was silent for a moment before she said, “I’m afraid it won’t work these days, but the slave and maid can bring some pills for the second wife.”

Madam He suddenly understood something.

She sat forward a little, her voice lowered a little, “You are not from Hefu, who is your master?”

Cuiluo gave Madam He a surprised look. Master Feinu said, asking her to sneak into He Mansion to take care of the second wife He, she did so. In these days, Mrs. He had almost no status in the He family, and the maids underneath did not put her in their eyes. With such a serious illness, He Yuanliang never took the initiative to take a look at her, nor did he ask her for a doctor. At this night, if it weren’t for Cuiluo to enter the house, Mrs. He could only cough like this until dawn.

She had always felt that this was an ordinary woman who was a little weak and incompetent. Now that she heard this, she knew that this woman was originally smart and discerning.

Cuiluo didn’t speak.

“Your master, but General Feng Yun?” Madam He asked in a low voice.

Cuiluo was even more surprised.

Madam He laughed instead. She laughed for a while, her expression became serious again, and said: “I know what your master wants to do. Go back and tell him that I can help him. However, as the price of the transaction, he must protect me. His daughter He Xinying.”

Cuiluo was silent for a while, without saying anything, she just put the hot pot on the table, and whispered softly: “If the lady has ordered, then call the slave and maidservant to come in.” After that, she closed the door and walked out.

Madam He looked at the hot tea on the table and didn’t know what she was thinking about. After a long time, she swallowed the fishy smell in her throat and lay down again.

…

One night passed, and early the next morning, Feinu brought back the news of the He family.

In the study, Xiao Jue frowned slightly: “Deal?”

“That’s what Mrs. He said.” Feinu replied. Feinu was also surprised when the news from Cuiluo returned. I don’t know whether to admire this woman’s courage, or to say something else.

“He Rufei exchanged identities with Miss He Er. Miss He Er is the real General Feihong, and Mrs. He should know about it.” Feinu said, “He Rufei may now threaten Mrs. He with He Heart Shadow. The second husband of He dare not tell the truth. With the help of the second wife of He, the secret of the He family should be easy to uncover.” Speaking of this, Fei Nu felt emotional, who would have thought of the surrender on the battlefield. General Feihong, who was frightened by the Qiang, turned out to be a woman? And how hard-hearted He Er Madam and He Er Ye made a girl’s family take on such an overly heavy fate, and after they were successful, they would shed their grievances and kill the donkey.

The Nine Banners Battalion admitted that they had seen all kinds of cruelty on the battlefield, but when they knew the truth, they couldn’t help but feel sorry for the unjustly killed General Feihong.

A generation of famous generals, even if they are dead, should die vigorously and die on the battlefield. Instead of being killed in an ordinary back house with insidious tricks.

“What Mrs. He said only mentioned He Xinying?” Xiao Jue asked.

Feinu nodded: “Yes.”

Xiao Jue looked down: “I see.”

“Master, then…”

“Let Cuiluo tell Madam He,” Xiao Jue looked out the window, “I did this deal.”

…

On the first day of December, Uto envoy Maningbu came to Beijing.

Emperor Wenxuan summoned Utuo envoys at the Jinluang Temple. In Qinglan Palace, Concubine Lan was leaning against Ruansu, watching the maid making tea.

Concubine Lan is not young anymore. New beauties come in every year in the harem, and she is the only one who won the favor of His Majesty. Everyone said that Concubine Lan had such good luck. Not only was she favored by the emperor, but she also gave birth to a son with both ability and political integrity. She did not fight for her temperament, not to mention that her head pressed against the queen, even the next Ni Guiren. Also dare to be arrogant to her.

However, since Emperor Wenxuan handed the fifth prince Guangji to Concubine Lan to raise him, Guiren Ni has been somewhat restrained. The fifth prince Guangji was young. Although Ni Guiren repeatedly told him that Concubine Lan was not a good person, Guangji felt that Concubine Lan was more gentle with her than her biological mother. There was never a dispute with Concubine Lan. .

It is the same today.

Guangji ran in from the outside, and the old mother behind him hurriedly followed him, saying: “Your Highness, run slowly, carefully don’t fall!”

“Mother Concubine!” Guangji ran to Concubine Lan in one breath, and smiled: “The Utuo envoy came into the palace today, and the father summoned them in the temple. I heard that the Utuo gave some gifts, half of them. Here comes the tall ivory, and the white peacock…Mother concubine, I want to see it!”

Concubine Lan Gui smiled and patted the snow particles on her body for him, “Go if you want.”

“Won’t the mother and concubine follow her son?” Guangji asked.

“I won’t go to this palace.” Concubine Lan Gui smiled, “Just let Mother Chang take you there.”

The fifth prince was young and wanted to see the white peacock. He said, “Okay, the minister will go there. When I’m finished, I will talk to the mother and concubine about something new!”

Mother Chang took the fifth prince’s hand and left. Concubine Lan Gui smiled and shook her head, “It’s like a child.”

“Fifth brother was already young,” a voice rang from outside the door, “it’s normal to be childish.”

The maid behind her hurriedly said: “The slave and maid had seen the four majesty.”

The fourth prince Guang Shuo stepped in.

Concubine Lan Gui was born with a delicate beauty, and the appearance of the four princes followed his mother. She was clear and handsome. Compared with the appearance of the prince Guangyan Chengri, who was indulgent and sensual, she seemed much more cordial and reliable.

Concubine Lan Gui met Guangshuo and immediately laughed, pulling him to sit down in front of the stove on one side, and the maid of the palace to pour hot tea for Guangshuo, and said: “Why are you free to come to me today?”

“The emperor father saw those Utuo envoys in the hall, and the prince was also there, so the children came to see the concubine.” Guang Shuo smiled.

Concubine Lan Gui smiled slightly, but did not speak.

“The mother concubine also knows about the Uto envoys, right?”

Concubine Lan’s expression was no longer as relaxed as she had just faced Guangji. She sighed, “I know.”

“The father is willing to meet those messengers and has already stated that he is willing to accept the Utuo people’s petition.” Guang Shuo’s smile faded, “That’s all, now after the First World War in Jiyang and the First World War in Rundu, the Utuo people are for the time being. Don’t dare to act rashly, but if the father promised them to open a bargaining field in Dawei…the consequences would be disastrous.”

Concubine Lan looked outside, “The others step back, Yugui, close the door.”

The maids all retreated, and Yugui closed the door.

Concubine Lan looked at Guang Shuo, “Have you ever said these words in front of your father?”

Guang Shuo shook his head: “No. Father never talked about these things with me.”

Emperor Wenxuan likes the four princes, because the four princes are like the Royal Concubine Lan, and the Concubine Lan has outstanding literary talents and gentle temperament. In the deep palace, it is like the last piece of pure land in the emperor’s heart, which cannot be defiled. So even though Queen Zhang didn’t like Concubine Lan very much, Concubine Lan was still alive in the deep palace for so many years. Because she made no mistakes, the emperor also protected her. This pity and respect for Concubine Lan also continued to Guang Shuo.

The same was true for Guangshuo, no matter how the courtiers encouraged him to compete with the prince for that position, Guangshuo was unmoved. When he was with Emperor Wen Xuan, most of his talks were poetic and pictorial-politics and the country should be the prince’s concern. If he is too presumptuous, it will arouse the emperor’s disgust.

“Guangshuo,” Concubine Lan looked at him and suddenly said, “Do you want to fight?”

Guangshuo was taken aback.

“Do you want to fight for that position?” Concubine Lan repeated again.

As if the secret in his heart has been exposed, Guang Shuo avoids Concubine Lan’s gaze in embarrassment, “I dare not.”

“I only ask if you want it, but if you dare not.” In the eyes of the always gentle woman, there is a firmness and unfamiliar condensation that has never been seen before.

Guang Shuo was looked at by those eyes and involuntarily said, “…think.”

After a while, he settled down and said, “I think. Mother, the prince is not worthy of being a crown prince. He only knows about eating, drinking and having fun. There must be private contacts between the Utuo and him. Ruo Ruo has other things in the palace. I will support the brother who has both ability and political integrity, but now there is no one else. If one day spreads to that position, no one knows what Dawei will look like in the future.”

“Perhaps, there is no big Wei at all.”

The last word fell, and there was an extreme silence in the palace, as if shocked by his rebellious remarks.

Concubine Lan sighed softly.

“For so many years, my palace has never thought about anything else. I didn’t want to enter the palace at the beginning. Since I have already entered, I will survive. My palace doesn’t care about the Uto people or the emperor. Even Wei will come. I don’t care how it is.” She looked at Guangshuo, stretched out her hand and brushed Guangshuo’s face, with a gentle smile in her eyes, “In this palace, Guangshuo, this palace only cares about you.”

“If Guangyan becomes the emperor, you, my mother and son, there will be no life.” Her voice was soft, and she said the cruelest words, “It doesn’t matter if the palace has lived for most of its life, and it doesn’t matter if you die. But you can’t. , Guangshuo.” She smiled, “How can you die in the hands of such a person if you are so smart and gentle, and so young. This palace will never allow you.”

Guang Shuo looked at the woman who straightened up from the collapsed body, still with the beautiful and dignified eyebrows as before. With one movement, the momentum has completely changed. In his heart, there was a sudden burst of boiling emotion, as if the impulse accumulated for a long time was about to break through the ground.

“Mother Concubine…”

“Your Majesty’s favor, the palace already has it. The courtiers and the people’s love, you already have it. But only these two are not enough. He Rufei has been bought, and he wants to fight for this position…”

“You must get Xiao Huaijin.” She said.