Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 246

Chapter 246

This New Year in Shuojing City will soon arrive.

At the time of the New Year’s Day last year, He Yan was in Liangzhou Wei and failed to return. After this year, he was going to get married again, so He Sui went to buy a lot of New Year’s goods and insisted on celebrating the New Year lively at home. It is a pity that he is not a Shuojing native. Since the death of Mrs. Dahe, there have been fewer relatives in the family, and there are not many who can go with relatives.

But the neighbours in the neighborhood are very enthusiastic, and from time to time they come to send some dried fruits to eat. This one cooks dumplings to give a plate, the other one puts a piece of marinated meat, and often pulls He Yan’s hand and says: “Yan Yan, you Marry to Xiao’s house in the future and become a young woman, but don’t forget our neighbors. I even hugged you when you were a kid.”

“Yes, yes, I even sew small clothes for you!”

Thanks to Xiao Jue, this year’s meat is not enough.

However, He Yan still paid for some things on his own, and asked someone to bring them to Wang Ba, and by the way gave a few new year gifts to the coaches. They were in the camp outside the city, and Nian could only spend time with the soldiers. She is going to get married on the tenth day. He Yan wants Xiao Jue to allow them to take a leave. Stone and his party are all friends who followed her from Liangzhouwei to the present, and He Yan wants to invite them to join her at her wedding banquet.

However, since Xiao Jue appeared when she met with Chu Zhao on the day of the fight, she hadn’t seen Xiao Jue in the past few days. I want to come is busy with the things behind the case of Mingshui.

The sky gradually darkened, and the sound of firecrackers and fireworks could be faintly heard in the distance. There was no snow tonight. It was a clear night. He Sui moved the table to the courtyard and asked He Yan and the others to come to eat. He Yan originally wanted to help with the New Year’s Eve dinner, but He Sui refused. He Sui said, “When the new year is over, you will be married, so why do you still let you work and sit down! Yan Yan, just eat. ”

He Yunsheng rolled his eyes secretly.

There is a large table of dishes, even with green plums, but there are only three people, but there are four pairs of bowls and chopsticks. The empty bowls and chopsticks belonged to the dead Mrs. He.

He Sui poured a small glass of sweet wine for everyone. This was a gift from the host family when he was a guard. He Sui picked up the wine glass and took a sip. He looked at the empty bowls and chopsticks, his eyes softened, and he was a little emotional: “If Ahui is still there, I don’t know how happy it is to see Yan Yancheng getting married.”

“Ahui” is the deceased Mrs. He.

He Yan felt a little sad. The real Miss He Er is no longer there, but what she can do now is to live on behalf of Miss He Er and protect He Sui, He Yunsheng, and Qingmei.

“Father, don’t talk about this on the days of great joy,” He Yunsheng frowned, “Furthermore, it may be my mother who was a god in the sky and blessed my sister, and taught her to marry smoothly. Look at her. It looks like this, if it’s not for God’s blessing, I can only argue with me at home in this life, and no one wants to marry.”

He Yan smiled and looked at him: “Yes, yes, but Yun Sheng, I think you are not young anymore. I don’t know what kind of girl you will marry in the future? Are other girls happy to see you? Your temper? If you don’t change it, you may really have to fight with Xiangxiang at home in the future.”

“You talk nonsense, I…” He Yunsheng retorted immediately.

He Yan leaned her head closer: “Oh, do you already have a girl you like? Come and listen?”

Regarding the lip service, He Yunsheng has never beaten He Yan, so he turned to look for He Sui in a moment of anger, “Father, look at He Yan!”

“There is nothing wrong with what your sister said.” He Sui will always stand on He Yan’s side, “You learn from your brother-in-law.”

He Yan was lowering his head to taste the wine, and almost choked when he heard the words. He said that he was a “brother-in-law”, but he was extremely fluent.

He Yunsheng looked at her gleefully, Qingmei covered her mouth and laughed low.

“Okay, okay, let’s not talk about it,” He Sui raised his cup. “In the new year, I hope we are all auspicious and good things happen again and again!”

The afterglow of fireworks can be seen far in the night sky, and the new year is approaching.

He Sui didn’t allow He Yan to drink too much, so He Yan only drank a small cup, and he just had something interesting. However, He Yunsheng drank a lot. The family that had been said to stay together kept the year old. The father and son fell down before the hour. He Yan and Qingmei took a lot of effort to send them back to the building, and then went back to the main room, lighting the stove.

Qingmei rubbed her hands and said, “I didn’t expect the young master and the master to be drunk so early.”

He Yan couldn’t laugh or cry. He Yunsheng proposed to keep the old age, and he slept soundly, so he was just taking care of him.

“Do you want to eat it?” He Yan handed Qingmei a roasted orange.

Qingmei took it and peeled off the orange peel, and put one in her mouth. The He family did not take Qingmei as the current person, and there were as many master and servant rules as the rich and noble family. The orange was a bit sour, and Qingmei squinted her eyes before swallowing it and said, “I didn’t think that at the Chinese New Year today, I felt that the family was a bit deserted. The master and the young master are away, and there are only the girl and the slave servant.”

Looking at other people’s homes, a large family enjoys themselves and is very lively.

He Yan didn’t think there was anything wrong with this. She went away for a long time by herself, but there was no Qingmei so sad. Instead, he looked at Qingmei, nodded and said, “Chiwu should be called.”

Qingmei was taken aback: “What does this have to do with Chiwu guards?”

“It doesn’t matter,” He Yan also took an orange and said while eating: “He lived here day after day. You didn’t say deserted. Now that he is not here, you say deserted. You miss him.”

Qingmei was stunned and denied without thinking, “I don’t have it, girl, don’t talk nonsense.”

“Actually, it’s nothing.” He Yan put the peeled orange peels on the side of the stove to bake, and the hall suddenly emitted a scent. “When I go to Xiao’s house, we will be the only girl in our house. Of course, it is necessary. Followed. You and Chiwu looked up and saw you when you saw them, and you won’t feel deserted by then.”

“Girl,” Qingmei stomped anxiously at the maidservant, that really didn’t mean that. ”

“I think Chiwu is pretty good too,” He Yan teased her deliberately, “I was born very well, and I am from the Jiuqiying camp. I can’t say that I can be a official in the future. And he listens to you very much. I think you asked him to sweep the floor and he did the same, and let him dry his clothes. If he doesn’t mean that to you, why should he follow that?”

“Girl!” Qingmei was annoyed, her face flushed, and she stood up all of a sudden. She stopped eating the oranges and stopped watching the night. She just said: “The slave and maid don’t mean that. The girl must not talk nonsense. I and Chiwu guard It’s nothing.” She put the orange back and ran away.

“Hey?” He Yan asked in the back: “Don’t keep the year old?”

“Not guarding it!”

He Yan regretted it a little, as if he shouldn’t tease her like this, now he was the only one who was watching the night. She picked up the orange that had just been put down by the green plum, threw it up, and sighed, “Dirty little girl.”

Someone’s voice sounded: “You know a lot.”

He Yan looked back, Xiao Jue leaned against the door of their house, and looked at her with a smile on his chest.

“Xiao Jue?” She was overjoyed, “Why are you here?” She looked out again: “You came in directly?”

“I knocked on the door,” Xiao Jue said as he walked in, “However, there is no guard in your house. It doesn’t make much difference whether you knock on the door or not.”

This is also honest.

He Yan pulled him down by the stove and stuffed an orange into his hand, “Eat it?”

Xiao Jue took the orange, held it in his hand, but didn’t eat it.

“Why are you here?” He Yan asked: “Aren’t you staying with your brother and sister-in-law at the house?”

“After the New Year’s Eve dinner, come and see you.” He said, looking around again, and said thoughtfully: “Why are your father and brother not there?”

“Stop talking, I was drunk, I helped them to sleep in the house.” She looked at Xiao Jue, “If you come one step later, I will also go to sleep.”

Xiao Jue: “You are waiting for me, why do you sleep?”

“I didn’t wait for you.” He Yan was inexplicable.

Xiao Jue turned his head to look at her, with a faint “Oh” expression.

He Yan Fuzhi soul, grabbed his arm, and said sincerely: “How do you know that I’m waiting for you! I just waited until everyone fell asleep before waiting for you! There is no one at the moment, just…”

“Just what?”

“It’s just…” He Yan was slanderous at first, and didn’t make up anymore. When he raised his eyes, he met his faintly bright eyes.

“Just right, please eat an orange.” He Yan held his hand and raised the orange to his chest.

Xiao Jue looked at her for a while, then turned his head and laughed in a low voice.

He Yan felt that he might be someone like a pistachio, Xiao Jue, who is usually unpopular, always amused by himself, this is also a kind of ability that ordinary people don’t have.

“It’s not interesting to sit in the room, do you want to sit on the roof?” He Yan warmly invited him.

“The roof?”

He Yan grabbed his hand and walked out: “Yes!”

The He family’s house was not an expensive house in the first place, and the roof was not very high, so it jumped up slightly. She sat side by side with Xiao Jue, holding her hands behind her back, and looked up at the distance.

On the New Year’s Eve of Shuojing City, fireworks were set off everywhere. They were too far away to see clearly, only bright stars like flowing stars, flashing across the sky.

“When I was a kid before going to the barracks, I liked to climb the roof very much.” He Yan said, “The roof of the He family is higher than here. At that time, my skill was not good. I couldn’t fly up, I could only use a ladder. Once I climbed halfway and fell down. I was afraid of being discovered by Mrs. He, so I didn’t dare to speak out. After that, my back hurt very much.”

Xiao Jue asked: “Why do you like to climb the roof?”

“Because it’s high enough,” He Yan said in an archery posture, “Climb to a high enough place, you can go up to the sky to capture the moon and grab the stars with your hands.”

He laughed: “Naive.”

“Who was not naive when I was young?” He Yan retorted, “Besides, I haven’t climbed the roof in years.”

After joining the army, they were living in tents, where the roofs could be climbed, let alone after they got married. Now think about it, climbing the roof is a long time ago.

“If you want,” Xiao Jue said: “From now on, the roof of the Xiao family will belong to you.”

He Yan turned his head to look at him, and asked tentatively, “Is it okay to climb after we are married?”

“Row.”

“Is it okay to take you to climb together?”

“Row.”

“Holding food…”

Xiao Jue interrupted her: “Whatever you want, you can do it.”

He Yan blinked, lowered his head and laughed. The smile couldn’t hide it, like a splash of water, zooming in circles.

Xiao Jue glanced at her, seemingly speechless, and after a while he said, “I’m so happy to climb a roof?”

“Of course,” He Yan replied, “I’m very satisfied, and I don’t have any expensive interests. I just need to eat, wear, and climb on the roof.”

Xiao Jue smiled, noncommittal.

“Hey,” He Yan touched his arm, “How’s the matter with Xu Xiangyu’s party?”

Xiao Jue’s smile narrowed, “Part of it belongs to Chu Zilan.”

This was something He Yan had already expected. She asked, “You mean that Chu Zhao’s extermination of relatives was deliberate?”

“There are nine out of ten.” Xiao Jue looked into the distance, “He should have replaced Xu Jingfu’s position in the prince’s heart.”

“Do you know what the emperor thinks of the Utuo?” He Yan asked, “After this incident, the emperor shouldn’t accept the Utuo’s proposal for peace anymore, right?”

Xiao Jue didn’t speak, and after a while, he shook his head gently.

In fact, He Yan knew that Emperor Wen Xuan was no longer the most important thing. The contradiction between the prince and the fourth prince, I am afraid that because of Xu Jingfu’s death, he will plan faster, I am afraid that the battle will be blatantly on the table after a long time.

Between Xiao Jue and the prince Guangyan, if you really want to…in the future, you must stand at the head of the four princes. Some suffering.

“Don’t worry,” Xiao Jue said calmly, “I know it in my heart.”

He Yan smiled: “Yes, today is the New Year, so it’s better not to think about it.”

“The wedding dress is ready,” Xiao Jue suddenly changed his words. “In a few days, I will be sent to the house.”

“So fast?”

Xiao Jue glanced over her: “We’ll get married in less than ten days, where can I get married soon?”

He Yan smiled and said, “That said, but…”

I didn’t even notice it on weekdays. Hearing what he said, it seemed that I was suddenly a little nervous about being on the scene.

“After tomorrow, I won’t see you again.”

He Yan: “Why?”

“Newlyweds, you should not see each other a few days before getting married,” Xiao Jue replied.

He Yan whispered: “I don’t see you as such a person who obeys the rules on weekdays.”

Xiao Jue raised his eyebrows.

“I mean,” He Yan grabbed his hand and said sincerely, “You are too right, as it should be. I am relieved to have you handle everything well like this.”

She now understands that Xiao Jue is a person who eats soft but not hard, as long as he says two good things to flatter him, he will be very happy. Knowing that this person is so coaxing a long time ago, He Yan thought to himself that when he was in Xianchang Pavilion, he should hug his thighs and flatter him. Maybe in addition to swordsmanship, swordsmanship and horsemanship would also be pointed out.

Her acting skills are clumsy, but Xiao Jue just looked at the hand that He Yan grabbed, paused, and then covered her hand on his palm again.

“He Yan.” He called her name.

“what?”

“Happy New Year.” He said lightly, black pupils full of stars in the night, more breathtaking than the fireworks in the sky.

He Yan was stunned for a moment.

A kind of warm satisfaction gradually rose from her chest, and she suddenly felt that this new year was really a brand new year.

“You’re welcome,” she tilted her head and leaned against Xiao Jue’s shoulder, rubbing hard, “Happy New Year to you, too.”

…

At the end of the street, the sound of firecrackers came from afar.

New Spring Festival couplets are posted on the doors of every household.

At Bo Shi Jin’s mansion, this year was exceptionally bleak.

Originally calculated at this time, the Chu family should be the day when the bride entered the door, just when things came together. Unexpectedly, something happened to the Xu family not long ago, and even the Chu family was unlucky. Although Chu Zhao finally killed his relatives in righteousness, he escaped for the time being. But because of the marriage between Shi Jin Bo and the Xu family, everyone was admired and turned into a laughing stock in Beijing. Chu Linfeng had a good face, and he closed the door for the whole year without leaving the door, and there was no half-hearted joy in the new year, and it was extremely deserted.

There was even more silence in Chu Zhao’s yard.

In the first few days when Xu Pingting came, she learned the truth about Xu Jingfu’s death. She scolded Chu Zhao for being ruthless and unrighteous and repayed virtue with grudges. Later, she was taught “rules” by the nurse in the courtyard for several days, and she was silent. many. But in this way, the only bit of excitement in the entire yard disappears.

Chu Zhao sat in the room with the sound of fireworks far away. The outside and inside of the house looked like two completely different worlds.

Someone came in behind him, and the young man said: “Four sons, Miss Yingxiang has written a letter.”

Chu Zhao took the letter and looked at it. After a while, he put the letter in the flame on the oil lamp, and it gradually burned out.

There is also a strange-shaped stone on the table, flat like a human palm. Upon closer inspection, it appears to be in the shape of a horse, but the break looks rough and uneven. Displayed together with other furnishings on the table, out of tune.

Chu Zhao’s gaze fell on the stone, and his expression gradually became distant.

The young man paused, struggling for a while, and finally couldn’t help but speak: “Sixth Young Master, when I saw Ms. He that day, why didn’t you use Grandma Xu as a bait to keep Ms. He?”

He Yan values He Xinying so much. If He Xinying is used as coercion, the marriage between He Yan and Xiao Jue may not be successful.

“It’s useless.” Chu Zhao returned.

The little servant was puzzled and looked at the person in front of him. The man sat at the table alone, the light from the oil lamp was faint, and his figure was thin and lonely. In the huge house, it seemed that he was the only one, and he would sit here alone for a long time.

“She is a woman who can control her destiny.” After a long time, Chu Zhao smiled and said, “No one can coerce her.”

“I can’t, Xiao Huaijin can’t, and He Xinying can’t.”

The night market in the water city of Jiyang appeared in front of him. The bright-eyed girl walked on the street. The crowd was turbulent and the lanterns were like the day. She stood there, unlike other people. Like an eagle who wants to spread its wings, just look at it. At a glance, she understood that she yearned for the sky, not the cage.

He is a person who can’t control his own destiny. Therefore, he is insane, inexplicably and hopelessly attracted to her, but he is destined to be abandoned again.

Because as she said, they are not the same.

It has never been.