Lu Shen left the banquet that day and went to the military camp. He made all arrangements. It was already late at night when he came back.
I didn't think anything of it when I was busy, but when I had some time off, I unconsciously recalled the words of the woman at the table - heirs are destined by God... I didn't have such a blessing, either.
While pacing, he seemed to ask casually: "Did anything go wrong at the family banquet in Xiahou Mansion today?"
Shen Yan said: "After asking the maid who followed, there was nothing unusual at the banquet. At night, Xiahou Mansion gave a large plate of child-seeking charms, saying it was for the madam. The servant asked carefully and said it was a wine feast. Madam Shang looked at this child-seeking talisman for a long time before sending it over."
The two of them were asking and answering questions like this. When Lu Shen looked up, he suddenly noticed the woman's yard. He snorted coldly and saw that the yard was brightly lit, which was very different from the usual darkness.
Lu Shen pushed the door open and went in. Everyone in the courtyard didn't rest. They were all waiting in the corridor. He asked, "It's this hour, why haven't the lights been turned off yet?"
Everyone didn't know and hesitated, but Grandma Duqu stood up and said: "Reporting to the Lord, Madam returned from a banquet at Xiahou Mansion. I don't know what happened, and she has been shutting herself in the open pavilion next to the water. She has been For most of the day, I didn’t eat or drink, and I didn’t let anyone in.”
After hearing this, Lu Shen turned around and walked towards the open pavilion. When he got closer, he saw the woman's two maids waiting at the door. Seeing him coming, he hurriedly said, "I've seen you, the lord!"
Lu Shen asked: "What's going on?" The two maids shook their heads, and Jade Bird hid a few words: "The girl from the Xiahou Mansion mentioned Jiangzhou, and Mrs. Xu felt sad after hearing it..."
The door had been locked from the inside. Lu Shen did not ask anyone to open the door. He kicked it open and saw that the house was brightly lit. The carved windows on the water side of the open pavilion were all open. The woman was leaning against the nanmu pillar, with her back He sat on the ground facing the door, with a few books and pictures scattered around him.
Slowly walking in, she smelled the smell of alcohol again. The woman was still holding a golden burnt leaf cup in her jade hand. She seemed to hear the footsteps and slowly turned around, revealing a slightly drunk pink face with flushed cheeks. There seemed to be a lot of sadness in his eyes.
The woman focused her attention, but she saw only numerous figures, and could not tell who the person was. She just thought it was a maid, waved her hand and whispered: "I want to be alone for a while, everyone go out..."
Lu Shen came closer and saw that the woman had already taken off her outer clothes. She was only wearing a Yang Fei-colored thin bra with begonia patterns, revealing a piece of jade muscle. She seemed to have a severe headache and pressed her hands tightly. Touching his forehead and temples, he whispered in his mouth and ordered the servants: "Everyone get out, everyone get out..."
Lu Shen had a cold face and gently kicked the overturned wine bottle. His skirt was stained. He stood still in front of the woman. After a while, he stretched out a hand to lift the woman's chin, and he became more and more aware of it. The hair on her temples was slanted, her hair was trapped in her hair, and she looked carefree. He exerted slight force on his hands, causing pain to the woman, who forced her eyes to open.
The woman's eyebrows were furrowed, and her almond-shaped eyes were slightly dazed. After a while, she burst into tears: "You...why didn't you...wait for me and go away alone?"
When Lu Shen heard this, his expression remained unchanged, still cold, but he couldn't help but gently rub the woman's lips with his thumb.
Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, the woman opened her teeth slightly and asked again: "Why didn't you wait for me?"
Lu Shen had no choice but to speak, his voice already hoarse: "Why should I wait for you when you go out to a banquet?"
The woman tilted her head slightly, her hand slipped down weakly, and she said helplessly: "Yes, you didn't say you wanted to wait for me, you've already left."
Lu Shen lowered his head and saw her rosy face and red lips, and he felt secretly resentful in his heart: This woman pretended to be a chaste and fierce woman that day, and now she pretends to be so charming and pretentious, refusing to welcome you again, how hateful it is. , but...he still stuck to this, and it took him a while before he answered: "Next time... I'll wait for you."
After staring at it for a long time, he finally couldn't bear it any longer, so he leaned over and took the rouge lips into his mouth, swallowing all the woman's cries.
Seeing this, Kingfisher and Fengxiao who were waiting outside hurriedly closed the door and retreated. Before walking a few steps, he heard the woman's babbling sound. The sound seemed to be in extreme pain. Feng Xiao hesitated: "Sister, the county master seems to be feeling very uncomfortable. Could it be that she was beaten? Let's go and take a look." Bar……"
Jade Bird stamped her feet, covered her mouth, and pulled Fengxiao straight to the outside. Until she could no longer hear the sounds inside, she said bitterly: "Little ancestor, please stop talking."
Feng Xiao still looked innocent and ignorant: "Could it be that the county master was drunk and offended the prince..."
Kingfisher ignored her, turned his back and sat aside: "Shut up, just stay here and wait. If you talk nonsense again, don't blame me for tearing your mouth apart."
Lin Rong was so drunk in the room that he hooked one arm around Lu Shen's neck and placed one hand on the stretched muscles of his chest. After an unknown amount of time, he let out a sweet cry and collapsed into Lu Shen's arms. Cherry Tan spit out a ball of messy velvet in her mouth, acting as if she was drowsy.
Lu Shen was still unhappy, frowning and calling: "Cui Shiyi?"
Lin Rong frowned when he heard this, and vaguely remembered that Cui Shiyi was calling him. He gave a faint hum and said, "I'm sleepy..."
How could Lu Shen be willing? Seeing that there were some tables and chairs in the open pavilion, but no beds, and only a large desk placed behind the screen, he hugged Lin Rong and stood up, swept away the books on the desk, and called her Holding onto the case with both hands: "Hold on tighter..."
The whole night was noisy until the rooster crow, and then the rain stopped and the wind subsided. It was exactly this: the gauze cupboard was in the moonlight, and they entered the room side by side with their incense sticks hooked together. They didn't care about the messy hairpins on their temples, and the red silk was tossed in the waves. The delicate flowers cannot stop the butterflies and bees from being mad, and the leaves and branches are given to the man. Don't be too busy. The mandarin ducks are sleeping on the pillow. ①
At dawn, the open pavilion was already in a state of chaos. The woman was still sleeping soundly on the book with her pillow on her pillow. Her hair was only slightly damp, her jade body lay horizontally, and her clothes were scattered on the ground, which was useless.
Lu Shen's own clothes were still in good condition. He gently stroked the woman's sweaty jade back and stared at the vast blue waves outside the open pavilion. After an unknown amount of time, he heard the sound of the servant girl getting up outside, and then stood up. He got up and pulled up a curtain in the room, rolled up the sleeping woman, and strode towards the inner room where he slept.
Kingfisher and Fengxiao were waiting outside. Later, they were too sleepy and leaned against the corner and fell asleep. As soon as they opened their eyes, they saw Junhou carrying his county master out. He was not wearing any clothes and was wrapped in some kind of cloth. A pair of jade feet were still exposed, and he hurriedly bowed his head and knelt down to pay respects, not daring to look again: "Your Majesty!"
The main room where Changxuan and Lin Rong lived, one in the south and the other in the north, with a gravel path of about twenty paces in the middle. At this time, most of the servants in the courtyard had already gotten up, washing themselves, washing and sweeping the courtyard. patio.
Lu Shen carried Lin Rong all the way, and knelt down with everyone. When he got to the room, he placed her on the bed. He only heard her muttering: "It hurts... it hurts...", but he didn't ask for anything. Signs of waking up.
Lu Shen covered her with the embroidered quilt and then went out to tell the two maids Kingfisher and Fengxiao: "Tell your master to sleep a little longer without waking her up. There is always hot water on the stove. She may wake up." Take a bath.”
After that, he went to Zhige Courtyard.
Lin Rong drank a lot of wine and asked Lu Shen to toss all night. He gradually woke up at dusk that day. The window was wide open, the azure bed curtain was blowing in the wind, and the pillow beside the bed was covered with a large golden sunset. She slowly sat up with her hands on her hands, feeling a bitter taste in her mouth, a dull pain in her lower body, and a splitting headache.
After sitting for a long time, she vaguely remembered something about last night, but it was limited. Oh, senior brother is Pei Linggong. He lived here to seventy and died. After that, she ordered someone to send a pot of wine and drank it. And after that?
She shook her head, she really couldn't remember, and called: "Jade Bird...Feng Xiao..." her voice was hoarse.
Kingfisher and Fengxiao hurriedly entered the house and asked, "Master, do you need water?"
Lin Rong rubbed her brows and asked: "Last night..." After saying only two words, she saw the red sucking marks on her shoulders. She opened the quilt and saw that her body was naked, especially her chest. She closed her eyes, Sighed slowly.
Kingfisher took the clothes and put them on Lin Rong, and said silently: "Master, you came back from Xiahou Mansion yesterday. You were unhappy and asked someone to send wine in. After that... after that, Junhou came. The two of them were there I stayed in that open pavilion all night, and you asked Junhou to take him out this morning."
Seeing that Lin Rong was silent with his eyes closed, he persuaded in a low voice: "Master, this is a happy event, so you have to be happy."
Lin Rong didn't answer, turned his head to wipe away tears, and ordered: "Prepare water, I want to take a bath."
Lin Rong got out of bed, but her lower body was extremely painful when she moved, and she didn't care about anything. She asked two girls to help her to the clean room, where she soaked for almost an hour before getting dressed.
Sitting in front of the water chestnut mirror, he saw that his face was fine, but his eyes were swollen like peaches. Kingfisher and Fengxiao took eggs and applied them on them, while asking: "Master, I haven't eaten for a whole day. Let's do it later." Put a bowl of bird's nest porridge on top and eat something else to avoid spleen and stomach problems."
On the other hand, he said: "I have already given instructions to Mrs. Lin in the kitchen to keep the fire on the stove burning and to prepare ingredients at all times. When the master orders the dishes, the pot will be served."
Chapter 32
Lin Rong waved her hands and was just about to tell everyone to go out, but unexpectedly her stomach began to growl with hunger. She looked embarrassed when she saw Feng Xiao burst into laughter: "Master, you still say you're not hungry?"
Kingfisher hurried out and stood on the porch and announced the name of the dish as if he were counting treasures: "First serve a cup of winter melon and bird's nest, with chicken juice and mushroom juice, and no other white fungus or the like. A stir-fried carp fillet. , you will know how to boil a pear with shrimps for thirty times, a slow fire tofu, peel it, fry it in lard, add sweet wine shrimps, and finally a steamed duck with fermented rice wine. ①"
Lin Rong listened inside. He didn't care about being sad. He moved his index finger and said, "Add another bowl of water-based rice dumplings. I want fresh meat."
The news in the mansion was that the prince rested in his wife's yard last night. The woman in the kitchen took note of the dish again and asked with a smile: "Girl Kingfisher, these are the only words." Dishes, although we in Yongdi are very frugal, Madam’s portion is still ten dishes per meal. Isn’t this too little?”
At the same time, he stuffed another ingot of silver into Kingfisher's hand: "The girl also politely asked for some food and drink. This is what she should do. How can I accept the reward from the girl? Those white women are drunk and confused." , I sent it to the girl as soon as someone said it, don’t argue with that person."
Kingfisher calmly held the ingot of silver in her hand. Although she didn't care about the small money, she felt relieved. She nodded and smiled: "These few dishes are not enough for you. Why waste time?"
Even so, when the kitchen brought the food boxes and brought the dishes, twenty or thirty dishes of desserts, side dishes, large and small were placed on the entire table. Lin Rong had been hungry all day, so he just used two large bowls for the dishes. I used a cup of bijing rice, another cup of bird's nest, and half a bowl of gouache glutinous rice balls before I put down my chopsticks.
Kingfisher and Fengxiao were waiting nearby, and they felt relieved when they saw this. Although they cried a lot yesterday, they could eat, so it wouldn't be a big deal.
After dinner, Lin Rong sat in front of the crystal mirror. After eating and drinking, most of her depression and sadness were reduced. When she saw that her almond-shaped eyes were swollen like peaches, and there were still red marks on her neck from sucking, she immediately regretted it. He got up and said, "I'm really sad and can just cry for a while. What should I drink?"
I complained again in my heart: "Senior brother, senior brother, when will you do something reliable? If I hadn't replaced you, I wouldn't be here now? If you hadn't left so many clues, I wouldn't be here either. Come to Yongdi. I hope you have gone home instead of..."
At the same time, I forced myself to cheer up and do some psychological construction. Although I came to this evil old society, I still had enough food and clothing. If I was unlucky enough to be born into a farming family at this time, I might have starved to death. I should be more optimistic. , be more positive, the external conditions are not good, but you still have to use your subjective initiative!
I recited it silently in my mind many times before I finally calmed down a little.
Thinking that he hadn't finished reading the books about his senior brother's life last night, he slowly walked towards the open hall. There was a little girl guarding the door, sitting on the threshold playing with the child. He saw Lin Rong hurriedly hiding the child. In his sleeves, he said timidly: "County Lord!"
This girl was only ten years old. Lin Rong never asked a girl of this age to do rough work. She was not allowed to do the fine work in the house. Instead, she was idle most of the time. Lin Rong touched the top of her hair and asked : "Why are you sitting here? It's hot here and there are a lot of mosquitoes. Why don't you go inside?"
The little girl replied: "Sister Kingfisher asked me to guard the door and not let others in. She said she would take care of it herself when she was free."
Lin Rong immediately understood that Kingfisher knew her taboo and asked the little girl to guard the door. He pushed the door open and went in. He saw that the books and paintings had been picked up by him. At first glance, they were cleaned up, except that they were torn last night. clothes were piled on the spring bench.
Lin Rongzhi frowned, went to the desk, opened the crumpled book, and his senior brother's life emerged word by word - Pei Zheng, a poor scholar, was in and out of the ban for ten and five years, famous for killing eunuchs In the world, the land of Heluo can be controlled at the age of thirty.
Pei Zheng was a figure in this dynasty, and those who talked about him were only some contemporary notes or newspapers. What happened after he turned thirty was not so detailed.
She looked at the yellowed pages of the book. Outside the window was the vast night, accompanied by one or two shrill cranes. The boundless feeling of desolation came over her. The iron curtain-like moisture of the lake lingered on her face, and gradually her fingers The tip seems to be numb and painful. No matter how much I force myself to be more at ease, I end up feeling so sad that I shed tears silently.
I don't know how long it took, but a frightened bird flew to the window in the dark shadow by the lake. Lin Rong came back to his senses, wiped the tears on his face, stood up on the chair, and called: "Kingfisher, write something." Post a post and invite the two girls from Xiahou Mansion to come and tell them that I have the new wine, and ask them to taste it and talk about it."
While he was talking, it began to rain heavily outside. For a while, it was pouring with rain, and the rain fell from the sky. After a while, even the yard was covered with water up to his ankles.
The gate of the yard is open, the porch is brightly lit, and the mallards, white geese, water ducks and the like in the lake all swim along the ravine into the yard to take shelter from the rain. When the little girls saw it, they hurriedly picked up flower hoes to block the ditch.
Lin Rong opened the window and ordered: "Stop blocking it. The rain is too heavy. Let them come in to take shelter."
The little girl promised, but she was naughty with Feng Xiao. She rolled up her trouser legs and was not afraid of getting wet. She used a long bamboo pole to chase the group of water mandarin ducks and mallards back and forth, and there was a sudden burst of frolic. Then I heard the kingfisher exclaim: "Don't chase away Fengxiao. There is a newborn mandarin duck among the water ducks. Be careful, it will be trampled to death."
Lin Rong was curling up a book and passing by the corridor when she saw a little mandarin duck fluttering its wings and flying towards her. However, it couldn't fly high. After only three or two steps, it fell to the edge of her skirt.
Lin Rong put down the book, bent down and held the orange and brown little mandarin duck in his hand. Seeing that it was shivering from the cold, he ordered: "Let them hide from the rain on the porch, and bring some bird food out to feed them."
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Lu Shen went out at dawn and headed to the military camp as usual. Although he had not slept all night, he was still in high spirits. He was checking military affairs in the central army tent. At this time, a captain came into the tent and reported: "My lord, due to the heavy rain for days, the road is blocked." , although Jiangzhou’s grain and grass arrived in time, a boat capsized on the way, causing a loss of nearly five thousand shi.”
The captain of the school knelt down, feeling uneasy. Lu Shen's first battle was food and grass. The military orders were overwhelming and his subordinates were strict. In the past, if such an errand was not done well, not only the escorting generals would be whipped, but also the soldiers who would handle it. Chang Geng wanted to behead him in public as a warning to others.
Unexpectedly, Lu Shen only nodded slightly when he heard this: "Very good, the food and grass are ready, and the army can move. As for the capsizing of the ship, although it was the right time, there was negligence, and the captain in charge of the ship was ordered to be punished with a hundred lashes. That's it." It fell so gently, and all the civil and military officials in the tent were surprised.
In the middle of the night, Lu Shen left the military tent, and even Duke De couldn't help but ask: "Master, does it seem like there is something happy today?"
Lu Shen got on his horse and asked Duke De to stop. He smiled and waved his whip in front of him: "In less than ten days, the chaos between Xiahou Zhang and Dong Tao can be resolved, Xuanzhou can be completely pacified, and an elite cavalry can be trained. The Xiongnu can be captured in the north, and Xudu can be conquered in the south. Isn't this a happy event?"
If Lu Shen hadn't said this, Duke De would not have guessed it. After thinking about it for a while, he realized it, shook his feather fan, and said teasingly: "I'm afraid that my lord's happiness is not in the army. "
Lu Shen smiled and responded, acquiescing, and ordered the guards: "Go back to Jiedushi's mansion."
On the way, it started to rain heavily. Lu Shen did not dismount his horse to take shelter from the rain. Instead, he led dozens of guards and rode fast. Although dark clouds were pressing down on the city and the rain curtain was endless, it was very satisfying to gallop in the rain. feel.
When Lu Shen returned to the Jiedu Envoy's residence, he was soaked all over. He went to the woman's small courtyard. He happened to see the maids in the courtyard playing in the water and driving away the mallards and mandarin ducks in the ditch. They all felt blessed when he came. Greetings: "Your Majesty!"
Lu Shen raised his legs and entered the inner room. He looked around and saw no one. He was already unhappy. He saw a girl holding an armful of clothes and lifting the curtain from the inner room. He frowned and asked, "Where is your master?"
Although Feng Xiao was usually sharp-tongued, she was most afraid of Lu Shen. She lowered her head and said, "Junhou, the master is bathing inside."
Bath?
Lu Shen waved his hand and Feng Xiao fled as if fleeing.
He went to the clean room on his own, and the room was filled with white mist. In front of him was a thin silk embroidered screen, which reflected the woman's exquisite figure, with green temples, slender waist, bright wrists, and pink neck. He stood there Set, the beauty separated from the screen also has a hazy interest.
Walking around the screen, I saw the woman sitting on the embroidered pier, facing a huge bronze mirror, wearing a homely bun, wearing a honey-colored tube top, thin white silk wide trousers, and holding a celadon in the palm of her hand. Box, dipped a handkerchief in ointment, and wiped the red mark on his neck.
As Lin Rong wiped it, he thought angrily that although Lu Shen was a good-looking guy, in modern times, it would be hard to tell who would take advantage of whom. But until now, Lin Rong's chest was still aching. She thought bitterly, this is not called spring breeze, this is called torture.
After thinking about it, Lin Rong sighed again. Seeing that Feng Xiao had gone out to get clothes and hadn't come back for a long time, she looked out and saw Lu Shen's deep and dark eyes.
The two of them stood up and sat down without saying a word. After an unknown amount of time, they heard the sound of "beware of the candle" coming from far outside, and Lin Rong thought about standing up.
Lu Shen walked over slowly, took the celadon box from Lin Rong's hand, and untied the straps of her tube top. The Ruixue on her chest was clearly visible, and his fingers touched the woman's warm and trembling skin. : "Don't sigh again."
Xiudun was too short, so Lu Shen simply hugged the woman and sat on the dressing mirror. He was quite satisfied when he saw that she didn't hold up her clothes like last time and said something about herself. She just applied the medicine and saw her. The woman grabbed the lapel of her clothes, tilted her pink neck and looked to the side, trembling slightly.
Even though they didn't do anything, both of them were sweating when it was over.
