The cold wind howled and heavy snow filled the sky.
The servants made a second pot of tea and served some cakes.
The conversation among the Pei family members continued.
"Sister, what are Sikong going to do?" Pei Wan hesitated and asked.
Concubine Pei smiled faintly, turned her eyes to the sergeant on duty in the distance, looked at the back for a long time and said: "He is very courageous, but not strong enough. Whoever can win the King of Qi or the King of Changsha, he will rely on whoever wins. The winner will also If you need help, as long as you take a positive stance after the dust settles, you can always reap some moderate benefits."
Pei Wan's eyes also fell on the sergeant.
They were a group of childish-looking teenagers. Although their morale was pretty good, could they really fight?
Xiao Pei raised his head, followed his aunt's gaze, and looked at a warrior carrying a sword and a bow, who was patrolling in the snow.
Concubine Pei glanced at her niece and said, "That's a team leader. Someone reported it to Mi Huang, saying that he was a young man with a sinister streak and seemed to have different aspirations. Mi Huang is a careless person, so I have to ask him in the end."
Xiao Pei said "Ah", surprised.
Pei Wan also took a second look with interest. He is taller and stronger than my husband. His appearance is not clear, but he should be fairly upright.
In the heavy snow, he stood tall and straight, walked like a dragon and tiger, and checked his post meticulously. Sometimes he even picked up the saber on the sentinel's waist and unsheathed it to see if it was frozen.
"Very attentive." Pei Wan praised: "In today's situation, the refugee commanders are recruited, not to mention the people who come from their own houses? Sister, you don't know that there has been a severe drought in Bingzhou for many years, refugees have swarmed, and barbarians are causing chaos. I don’t know how many ministers and ladies were robbed and disappeared without a trace. I heard that some were even used as food... This team leader looks tall, strong, and talented, so it is better to hold them high and use them for his own use. "
In the Jin Dynasty, the trend of favoring softness was prevalent, and my husband was soft and frail. Sometimes he would put on light makeup when going out.
In Pei Wan's world, there are many people like this, who have long been tired of aesthetics. At first glance, when I saw the sturdy and heroic military man, I felt that he was not so vulgar and ugly, and had a different flavor.
When a husband is in love, he always likes to take a break. Such a strong soldier should be able to fight all the way to the end, right? Thinking of this, my face turned a little red, and I secretly spat at myself for feeling so empty, what were I thinking about.
Concubine Pei was speechless after hearing this.
Is Shao Xun ambitious? Of course there is.
Is he capable? There seems to be some.
Going back more than ten years, Concubine Pei felt that it was right to deal with such people severely. But she was a little hesitant. People's hearts are growing grassy. Who is not a careerist?
After all, it was different from the past. She was a little melancholy and even more resentful. The conversation she had just had with her sister and niece had a big impact on her.
"Has Bingzhou reached this point?" she said quietly.
In fact, her sister had already heard about it without her needing to answer.
The begging army went to Hebei, and among the soldiers there were a large number of Bingzhou officials, generals and nobles. And the Qi Wannian Rebellion a few years ago, when tens of thousands of Guanzhong people went south to Shu through Hanzhong to beg for work, has not subsided yet. On the contrary, it is getting louder and louder.
The many tragic situations during this period are often mentioned in family letters.
Now she can drink tea and eat cakes in Pan Yuanyun, but what about the future?
She was a little frightened. It was really terrible to feel that her fate was not under her control.
"Sister, I haven't heard from my handkerchief sisters for a long time," Pei Wan said.
Concubine Pei sighed and made some kind of decision in her heart.
****
The guests had already left, and the tea was a little cold.
Concubine Pei looked at the last trace of mist on the tea bowl and was in a daze.
This scent of tea is really like the gossamer-like kingly aura of Dajin.
"See you, Princess." Shao Xun came to the corridor and bowed.
Concubine Pei raised her head and looked at the sergeant, who was also a young man.
Really tall. His eyes were bright, full of enthusiasm, and - ambition.
The hands hang down at the waist. The joints are wide and the palms are rough, and there seem to be thick calluses. Under the strong cold wind, the fingers became red and swollen from the cold, and even cracked in a few places.
These hands are naturally incomparable to those of a handsome gentleman and scholar-bureaucrat. Even my husband is over thirty, but his hands are so white and tender that they can be compared with those of women, let alone those children of aristocratic families in their twenties.
This is someone from another world.
In their world, there is no love affair between infatuated men and resentful women, but only the struggle for survival of the poorest people in Guizhou.
In their world, there are no grand talks at garden parties, but only hard work that breaks the sweat.
In their world, there is no elegance and carefree grace, but only the blood of facing the edge.
There is an unbreakable barrier between the two worlds, strictly cutting off the upper and lower worlds. But now, there are more and more gaps in this barrier, and the whole is showing a trend of disintegration.
The daughter of the Pei family has already decided to choose Marshal Wubao as her son-in-law.
Concubine Pei suddenly lost a lot of momentum.
She was not an aggressive person. After a moment of silence, she asked, "I heard that you are teaching children?"
"Yes." Shao Xun replied.
This kind of thing cannot be hidden, it will happen sooner or later. But he was also a little frightened, as if he was careless.
Have you not integrated into this world since you traveled through time?
Haven’t you accepted the rules of this world as instinct?
Some things may seem normal in later generations, but not necessarily at this time.
He stood up straight and waited quietly.
"Why do you do this?" Concubine Pei asked.
"A young child, a young boy who should be happy at the knees of his parents, has to march thousands of miles to a place where right and wrong is wrong." Shao Xun replied: "I got up in the middle of the night and heard weeping, and my heart was filled with sadness. Feeling miserable, I thought of teaching him how to read. Even if he retires to the countryside in the future, he will have another skill."
"You have good intentions." Concubine Pei's frown slightly relaxed, and she continued to ask: "There are many displaced children and teenagers in the world, how many can you save?"
"Every one can be saved."
Concubine Pei's eyes turned to the empty courtyard. In the heavy snow, the young men on duty were so cold that their faces turned red, but they still stood still.
She recalled that a few years ago when the King's Flag was changed at the top of Luoyang City, the losers fled in panic, most of them abandoning their wives.
In the eyes of others, this may not be a big deal. There is no need for a real man to have a wife. As long as he escapes with his life, he will always have the opportunity to marry another wife and have children in the future.
But she is a woman, but she cannot think like the "real men".
Last year, Sima Lun was defeated, and the kings raised their armies for more than sixty days. One hundred thousand people died. She couldn't bear to think about the tragic situation of the loser's wife and daughter. Even if they did not participate in Sima Lun's rebellion, there were many scholar families who were affected by the war and whose wives and daughters were sold into slavery during the escape.
She didn't want to end up like this.
"If I facilitate you, will you repay me in the future?" Concubine Pei withdrew her gaze and looked at the young man in front of her.
His face was covered with traces of exposure to the sun and rain, and his skin was not dark, but it was still a bronze color. A warrior is naturally inferior to a pampered scholar. But at this time, she felt that this warrior with thick calluses on his hands, rough bronze skin, piercing eyes, full of passion and ambition, was much more reliable than those elegant sons of aristocratic families.
"A servant must repay his kindness." Shao Xun's heart moved and he immediately replied.
His voice is not loud, but it is loud.
Concubine Pei nodded slightly, and just as she was about to wave him away, she asked out of nowhere: "Who should I repay?"
Shao Xun did not hesitate and replied: "Repay the princess."
Concubine Pei clenched her hand subconsciously and asked softly: "How to repay?"
"Death in return."
Concubine Pei turned to look at the courtyard. The dead trees were swaying in the wind, and a layer of fine goosebumps had appeared on her white and slender neck.
"The wood is as beautiful as the forest, but the wind will destroy it. There must be harmony between you team leaders. Please step back." Concubine Pei picked up the tea bowl and said.
"No." Shao Xun realized in his heart that he was being accused.
He saluted and left quickly.
Concubine Pei put down the already cold tea and sighed slightly.
In this world, everyone is helpless, and everyone subconsciously wants to grab life-saving straws.
But things are unpredictable, who is whose life-saving straw?
