"Uh-huh. Heh. Huh-huh."
The young lady's face turned red from suppressing her emotions, and she used all her strength to pull the bowstring in her hand.
bow? The feet are stepping on it!
"Hey hey hey, if it doesn't work, just say it. Just wear donkey ears. It won't be a big deal."
"Hmph, I don't want to wear donkey ears. Today I want to draw this bow and show it to you!"
The young lady blushed and looked at Jia Hui with a dissatisfied look on her face.
"Okay, okay, keep going, keep going."
Anyway, you are determined to wear these donkey ears today!
The old lady of the Lin family looked at the two cousins who were having fun with a kind face.
Next to him, Jia Hui's three beautiful concubines were surrounding Jia Min. While teasing little Chengyu who was rolling around on the bed, they were talking to Jia Min about how to take care of themselves and dress up. The three of them I don't know much, but I can be considered a master in these things.
"Brother Hui, did you suffer any injuries during this expedition against the rebels?"
The old lady asked Jia Hui slowly.
"Ah, old lady, this junior is now a governor and a general, so why do you still need to fight by yourself?" Jia Hui stopped paying attention to Lin Daiyu, who was still struggling with her bow, and turned around to talk to the old lady of the Lin family. .
"Nonsense! Grandma, grandma, brother Hui is lying. When he was in Jiading City, he clearly led the charge himself and defeated the rebels in one fell swoop!" Daiyu suddenly reached over and betrayed Jia Hui while she was adjusting her posture.
"Hey, I changed my mind, I want you to wear donkey ears for two days!"
After hearing what Jia Hui said, Daiyu's face, which looked proud just now, suddenly fell.
"You! Brother Hui, you are bullying others!"
Ignoring her, Jia Hui continued talking to the old lady.
"That one is also wearing armor. With this junior's martial arts skills, even if he kills seven in and seven out, he will definitely be unscathed!"
"Hahaha, don't be careless. Swords have no eyes on the battlefield. You can't ignore the enemy just because you have strong martial arts skills." The old lady held Jia Hui's hand and warned carefully.
Jia Hui listened patiently to the old lady's instructions and echoed her words from time to time.
As she talked, the old lady became a little sleepy. Jia Min, who had been paying attention here, quickly called someone and asked several women to carry the small couch and take the old lady back to the room.
When the old lady returned to her room, the atmosphere suddenly became much more relaxed.
Seeing that she couldn't draw the bow, Daiyu threw the bow on the ground with a disappointed look on her face, and walked up to Jia Hui with a pout.
"What, did you admit defeat?"
"I am willing to admit defeat."
"Are you sure you want to wear donkey ears?"
"Wear."
He no longer has his usual sharp tongue.
Jia Hui smiled and took out a pair of long-ear earrings from her arms.
This thing uses a small hoop to encircle the ears from the base, and there is a long furry ear on the top.
This is a gadget that Jia Hui found someone to customize in Jinling City.
"Put it on yourself or should I put it on for you?"
Without saying a word, she snatched away the long-eared earrings, and Daiyu put the earrings on her own ears with a tragic look on her face.
"puff!"
The old mother was the first to hold back her laughter.
"mom!"
"Hahahaha." Seeing her daughter's "I have been betrayed" look, Jia Min couldn't help laughing anymore. Seeing her mother laughing, Xiao Chengyu, who was lying on the bed and eating her hands, also laughed with her mother. .
The poor little lady experienced the stab in the back from her mother at a young age.
"Haha, think on the bright side, the one with long ears may not be a donkey, it could also be a rabbit's ears." Seeing that the little cousin's eyes were red and about to drop the golden beans, Jia Hui quickly comforted her.
"Rabbit? Not donkey ears?"
"Or donkey ears."
"snort!"
Determined not to talk to this annoying cousin anymore, Daiyu rubbed her eyes and threw herself into Jia Min's arms.
Jia Min no longer laughed at Daiyu, but poked Daiyu's long ears with her fingers from time to time, causing Daiyu to squirm around.
"Hey, these days go by so fast. Such a big little person has grown up all of a sudden. He has gone to the Western Regions, to the grasslands, and even fought in the south today. Brother Hui, I heard that this time The rebels were actually the remnants of the previous dynasty? My grandfather had to work hard to defeat them when they entered Guanzhong. How about it, the Liang army is really difficult to fight?" Jia Min was very curious.
The grandfather in Jia Min's mouth is naturally the old Rong Guo Gong Jia Yuan.
Theoretically, the Lin family can be regarded as remnants of the previous dynasty, but since there are no outsiders in the house, it's okay for the family to just talk about it.
"Difficult? It's so weak!"
"Ah? No way! After all, they have been preparing to rebel for decades, right? If they were weak, why did you fight in such a big place for three months?"
Jia Min felt that her nephew was lying.
"Aunt, there are 80,000 new soldiers! You must give them time to adapt to the battlefield! If it were the elites from the Nine Sides, I could handle them in a month. Believe it or not! To be honest, I felt so nervous before the war. There is simply something wrong. I even think that with the 80,000 troops from the Jiangnan camp, we can get things done!" Jia Hui complained.
"Then why did you ask the Japanese Japanese Army and the Jianghuai Army to attack Zhenjiang City together?"
“Because I gave them all my money and food, and I feel like I’m losing money if I don’t use them!
They tried their best to get artillery, soldiers, food and money, but no one knew how many favors they gave out. The result was that the first day when the slaves rebelled was a little more dangerous, and the rest of the time it was just like leading a group of strong men to beat up childish people, and they won nothing. The suspense and many preparations were useless.
The whole counter-insurgency campaign was boring, and I only enjoyed it when I personally led the team to attack the enemy. From beginning to end, it perfectly explains what it means to bully the weak. "
"Is it bad to bully the weak?"
"Who says it's not good? It's very good, but it's very different from what I imagined before the war."
"What's your idea? Tell me and listen!" Jia Min became interested.
"The White Lotus Sect rose up and swept across the southern country. At this critical moment, I was ordered to lead a hundred thousand troops to fight with the White Lotus thieves in a bloody battle of wits and courage. Finally, at the most critical moment of the main battle, I caught the White Lotus thieves' flaw and personally led the troops. The best thing is to defeat the rebels and kill the leader of the White Lotus. It is best to have some interesting stories about talented people and beauties happen during this period, such as the White Lotus Saint, the famous prostitute in Qinhuai, the Tiger Girl of the General, and so on."
"Hey, holy girl, courtesan, female general? Isn't it enough that you got these three beauties as soon as you arrived in Aurous Hill? How many more do you want to take back?"
Jia Min patted the slender waists of the three beauties one by one with his hands, and the three women smiled shyly at Jia Hui.
"Just thinking about it. But there really is a saint in the White Lotus Sect."
"No, after all, she is still a subjugated princess. I heard she is quite beautiful, too?"
"I don't know, but there must be something seriously wrong with my brain. I stood on top of the ruins of the gate building on the city wall and waved the flag so stupidly. It was blown to pieces by the cannon on the spot. In the end, I couldn't even put the body back together. Many parts were missing. The only part related to the face that was found was a piece of chin. It’s hard to say whether it belongs to her or not.”
Jia Min thought about the three beauties behind her and couldn't help but shudder.
. . . . . .
Knowing that Jia Hui was coming, Lin Ruhai, who had been wandering around for more than 20 days, finally returned to the Yushi Yamen from the salt field.
I had dinner with my family at Xunyan Yushi Yamen for the last time. Tomorrow, Mother Lin and Jia Miniang will follow Jia Hui to Luoyang.
He himself planned not to return to the yamen until the new salt law was on track, but to live in the salt field with the officials who patrolled the salt yamen.
The officials who visited the yamen did not show any reluctance at all. After all, they must be able to do this job well, so they have only worked hard for a few months. Once the new salt law comes to fruition, it will be easy to get promoted.
Therefore, instead of letting the Lin family wait for him in the Yamen for several months in vain, it is better to go to Luoyang early. Min'er has not been back to her parents' home for several years, and I can have my mother-in-law as companion.
Moreover, you can go there in advance to watch some repairs to the Lin family’s old house!
The next day.
Outside the Xunyan Censor's Yamen, a fleet of vehicles loaded with various items was ready to go.
"Yu'er, when you get to Luoyang, you must listen to your mother's words and be polite when you see your grandmother." Lin Ruhai held Lin Daiyu's slender shoulders and kept reminding her with red eyes.
"Daddy!" The delicate and sentimental little lady couldn't bear to hear this. She started sobbing before she could say a few words.
"Uncle, we are moving and going back to our parents' home to visit relatives. There is no need to send her to be executed or to get married." When Jia Hui saw the father and daughter who seemed like they would never see each other again in the next life, she felt a little confused. Speechless.
"Uuuu. Master" Jia Min also came over, held Lin Ruhai's arm and shed tears. Chengyu, who was hugged by the mother-in-law next to her, was also infected by the parting atmosphere and burst into tears.
this.
The reason why Lin Daiyu was so sensitive and sentimental was found.
"Aunt, it's not that big of a deal. Just stay apart for a few months and treat it as a return to your parents' home to visit relatives. Think on the bright side, you will be able to see my dad, my second uncle and your ancestors soon. Ah, yes, if Auntie, Wang Shuqing knew that you and uncle started crying on the street. I'm afraid she will laugh at you."
Jia Hui quickly went up to comfort him.
"What are you talking about? Wang Shuqing is your second aunt." Upon hearing that name, Jia Min stopped crying instantly.
"Okay, okay, Second Aunt, Second Aunt, it's getting late, let's get in the car and set off!"
"Okay, then, master, you have to take care of yourself. My wife and I, Dai Yu, will take good care of you." Jia Min sniffed and looked at Lin Ruhai reluctantly for the last time before holding Dai Yu's hand. His hands got into the carriage.
Mother Lin had already boarded the carriage. Lin Ruhai knelt in front of her carriage and listened to Mother Lin's teachings before walking to Jia Hui's side.
"Jinyu, your aunt and others will be entrusted to your care."
"Don't worry, uncle, just concentrate on completing the new salt law. If you have any trouble, write to me."
Lin Ruhai nodded.
"Take care of yourself!"
"Take care of yourself."
. . . . . .
It makes sense for Jia Hui to be anxious to go back.
Li Wan's due date is in February. This is his first child, and he doesn't want to miss the birth of his child.
It's already the seventeenth day of the first lunar month. It's been a cold winter this year, and a section of the Grand Canal is frozen. I'm dragging my family and women with me, especially an old lady. I can't leave them alone and run back as fast as I can. ?
As for his 20 million taels of silver and 500,000 taels of gold, he was personally escorted back to Beijing by the Suzaku Cavalry. They also made a lot of money this time. As the only cavalry unit in countering the rebellion, they did almost all the maneuvering, detours, and harassment. When the military merits and rewards were finally calculated, they got at least one The rank of Colonel Zhaoxin, the sixth rank.
It stands to reason that with this honor, one can go to another army to become a powerful Deputy Chief or even Chief Officer, but most of them still choose to stay in this army.
The main reason is to follow the general so that you can earn military merit and get more rewards. You don't have to worry about some messy things. You can concentrate on honing your skills and participating in wars to accumulate military merit.
The rewards I got this time were quite a lot, none of them were less than six hundred taels of silver, and with some hard-to-evaluate antique jewelry and the like, they could even exceed a thousand taels.
So Jia Hui asked them to escort not only Jia Hui's share of the gold and silver property, but also their share. They will definitely try their best to protect it.
There is no way, and I don’t know who told it. It is rumored in the world that the great Sima General Jia Hui collected more than 20 million taels of gold and silver in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are countless rare treasures!
After hearing the news that Jia Hui had gone to the south of the Yangtze River to steal more than 20 million taels of silver, everyone's eyes turned red on the spot, and they began to call their friends and plan to rob the rich and help the poor on behalf of Tian Xingdao.
After making inquiries from various sources, they discovered that the tens of millions of taels of property were actually escorted by the world-famous Suzaku Cavalry.
There are always those who are not afraid of death, and there is always a shortage of those who are not smart enough to use their brains. There are even more Howlers who have no brains and are not afraid of death. Anyway, they are engaged in the business of licking blood from the edge of a knife, so why not gather together? How can I earn enough money to eat in the next few lifetimes by using these tens of millions? The worst case scenario is death, a big scar on my head, but I will still be a good man after eighteen years!
In fact, even with Dongchang's surveillance, this world is still difficult to manage, especially in the south.
If you commit a crime, go into the mountains, live a savage life for a while and then go back down the mountain, or go over a few mountains to another place, spend some money to get a new identity, and you can continue to be at ease. The portraits on the fishing documents these days are also very abstract, and you can basically start a new life by going somewhere else.
Therefore, the rivers and lakes in the South are always more difficult to manage than those in the North.
So they gathered more than 6,000 Howling Tribulations on the only way the Suzaku Iron Cavalry must pass. They planned to poison them first, then destroy them with their numerical superiority, and then take away the property.
Then Lin Chong, who was experienced in the martial arts world, saw through the plan and took more than a thousand of his own men to kill them. They were caught off guard and chased for ten miles and killed nearly two thousand people before giving up.
It's not that they don't want to kill more of these social instability factors, but their mission is to escort the general's belongings and their own belongings, so they give up.
Two thousand people were killed and injured out of six thousand against one thousand. The Howlings were immediately embarrassed. In order to save their face and for the sake of wealth, the Howlings planned to kill the rich and give to the poor with only more than 200 soldiers. The general Jia Hui was robbed. At the worst, he had to take a hostage and threaten the general to give him money.
Therefore, they gathered two thousand Howlers again and rushed to the convoy where Jia Hui was.
(End of chapter)
