Urban Night Returner

The victory in Wucheng this time shows two things: first, the northern barbarians have no faith in their words and cannot change their aggressive nature. The emperor's previous peace talks were completely wrong; No one can replace him, and the army should be handed over to him as commander.

Of course, no one would mention the emperor's mistake in decision-making, and the emperor himself would not say it, but judging from the generous rewards this time, I am afraid that the emperor himself understands it very well.The general who was defeated from the border was originally a student of King Zheng. Although he was not personally recommended by King Zheng, in detail, King Zheng was not very glorious.All of a sudden, the court was full of righteousness, and Zheng Wang's faction was quite disgraced.

Luo Jing, as Ding Lancha's right-hand man, made great contributions to the victory in Wucheng, and was promoted from guerrilla general to chariot general.Originally, the emperor intended to hand over the two battalions of guards in the capital to him, but it seemed that King Zheng had said something, and finally made him the head of the palace guards.Speaking of which, the bodyguards are close ministers, but the two battalions of the capital guards are real military power. Comparing the two, it is clear what King Zheng's intentions are.

But no matter what, Luo Jing has been very proud of himself recently-he was promoted to General of Chariots and Cavalry and became the leader of the guards before he was [-] years old.In addition to gold, silver and jewelry, the emperor also rewarded an additional house, although it is not big, it is very exquisite, not to mention it is located in the east of the city, it is said that it is surrounded by officials' houses, it can be regarded as a place where every inch of land is expensive.Luo Jing never believed in auspicious days, not to mention that the guards were on duty, so it was really inconvenient to live in a post station, so as soon as the house was rewarded, he brought Bi Yan and others to move in.

The house is divided into east and west courtyards, the flowers and trees are scattered, and the layout is very elegant, but sometimes it is not inhabited by people, and it is a little deserted.Although the house was rewarded by the emperor, the servants could not. Luo Jing only had four people in total, and it was not easy to tidy up the house, so he had to clean a few rooms in the east courtyard first.

Even if it's just living there, it has to be cleaned.Luo Jing wasn't too demanding, but Bi Yan felt that if the residence was dirty, she couldn't bear it, so she directed her elder brother and Shen Mobai to toss about it for a whole day.When Luo Jing returned from court, the East Courtyard took on a whole new look.Biyan was so tired that she was weak all over, Biquan sent her to rest and went to the kitchen to make dinner by herself.As soon as Luo Jing entered the courtyard, he saw Shen Mobai standing under the plum tree in the atrium, carefully pruning branches one by one.

The plum tree is quite old, its branches are twisted, and it looks vigorous in the evening.Shen Mobai thought he had just showered, his hair was still slightly wet, and he was wearing a white dress with wide cuffs falling down, revealing half of his arms, which looked extraordinarily crystal clear in the dark green leaves.Luo Jing stayed in the palace for a day, and the big and small things were so trivial that he was really disturbed, but when he saw Shen Mobai at this moment, his anger immediately cooled down, walked behind him, and said with a smile: " what to do?"

Shen Mobai turned back and smiled at him, raised the scissors in his hand: "Pruning."

Luo Jing saw his crooked eyebrows, his rare peace and joy, so he couldn't help but stretched out his arms and hugged him: "It's windy, why don't you wear more clothes?"

Shen Mobai's face was slightly red, and he wanted to turn around but was hugged by Luo Jing, so he lowered his head and grabbed Luo Jing's clothes with his fingers, muttering: "It's not cold." He also wanted to say something affectionate, but he didn't know What should I say, and I said after a long time, "I've been on duty all day, are you tired?"

Luo Jing smiled and said: "It's nothing tiring, it's just too trivial. I heard that there will be lights in the capital at night when winter comes. I'll take you to see it today."

Shen Mobai glanced at Biyan's room, and said in a low voice: "Miss Biyan has been busy all day and is tired."

Luo Jing took his hand and walked into the room, casually said: "Let her rest, I will take you there."

Just as he was talking, Biquan came out of the kitchen covered in fireworks. Hearing these words, his expression changed slightly, and then he lowered his head and said, "Master is back? The meal is ready, I'll clean it up now."

Luo Jing thought for a while, and said: "There's no need to clean up, I'll take Mo Bai to walk around the street. You and Bi Yan are also tired all day, go to bed early, don't wait for me. Just live in two houses first, don't Tired yourself like this. Want to eat something? I'll buy it for you."

Biquan couldn't see the expression on his face in the shadows, he just said: "I don't want anything, Yan'er...just bring her back some snacks."

Luo Jing nodded, seeing that Shen Mobai's hair was still damp, and said, "Bring Mobai a cape with a hood, his hair is so wet, it looks like he's sick."

Shen Mobai has really never suffered from any illness in the past 20 years, but before he could speak, Biquan had already turned around and entered the room, and after a while, he came out with a cloak.This cloak belonged to Luo Jing, Shen Mobai put it on, it was really wide and big, it almost dragged to the ground, so it was not easy to walk.Luo Jing laughed loudly, and simply hugged him by the waist, put him on the horse, turned over and sat behind him, shook the rein lightly, and walked along the street, leaving Biquan standing in the shadow of the tree, watching silently. Looking at their backs.

Sure enough, the capital city is no different than other places, the sky is already dark, the streets are still brightly lit, and there are loads of hawkers along the street, such as clay figurines, rouge powder, cold cakes and hot noodles, everything.Although it rained from time to time, it was still very lively.Luo Jing has been in the army for many years, and it is rare to see this kind of prosperity, not to mention Shen Mobai, he just feels that his eyes are not enough, and he can't finish looking at the left and right, and he feels that everything is new.Luo Jing bought some snacks, the two of them occupied their four hands full, and watched while eating. When they were having fun, they suddenly yelled to clear the way, and walked over carrying four sedan chairs from a distance.The body of the sedan chair is embroidered with gold thread, which is gorgeous and dazzling under the lights on both sides.Pedestrians dodged one after another on the road, Luo Jing also rode his horse to dodge to one side, and casually asked the street vendor, "Which family is this, are they still outside at such a late hour?"

The man was an old man with gray hair, and he put on a ravioli picker. He obviously had been here for many years. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "You young master, dare you just come to the capital? This is the concubine of King Zheng. I heard that I often go to the palace to talk with the empress, and it is quite common to come back at this time. Besides, as the New Year is approaching, the female relatives in the capital often go out to play at night, which is not a big deal. For example, your son, didn’t you also bring the female relatives out?"

Luo Jing was startled, looked down at Shen Mobai, and couldn't help laughing.It turned out that Shen Mobai wore a hood on his head, covering even half of his face, and was born so fair, the old man was old and dim-sighted, so he only regarded it as a female relative.

Several people were talking, the sedan chair was already in front of them, the wind blew the curtains slightly, Luo Jing glanced over, and saw a hand on the window, thin white and slender, as if carved from beautiful jade.It happened that a cloud passed by at this time, and some raindrops were scattered, and one drop was blown into the carriage by the wind and landed on the finger.That hand seemed to be scalded by something, and it quickly retracted, and the car curtain was lowered again.Luo Jing was taken aback in horror - at this moment, and I don't know if he misread it, the finger that fell on the water drop quickly bent and thickened, the skin became rough and dark brown, and the nails were like blades. It popped out as sharply as it was—this is not a human hand, it is simply an eagle's claw!The sedan chair had gone a long way, but he was still staring at it, feeling really overwhelmed.Is the so-called side concubine that King Zheng married a human or a monster!

Shen Mobai didn't know why Luo Jing was still reining in the horse after the sedan chair passed by, but he didn't dare to be alarmed by his thoughtful appearance, so he looked around by himself.Although the capital is lively, beggars are also indispensable. Some of them saw Luo Jing standing on his horse. The horse was tall and the saddle was bright.Luo Jing woke up from his contemplation, and saw these people, old and young, with ragged clothes and yellow and thin faces, with fear in their eyes, as if they were used to beggars, although they held the stirrups, they didn't know how to speak. He just repeated: "The master is pitiful, give me some money, the master is pitiful, give me some money..."

Shen Mobai felt soft-hearted, and handed over the snack in his hand.The two little ones stuffed them into their mouths, almost choking.Luo Jing frowned, took out some scattered silver and threw it to them, and said, "Your accent is not from the capital, how come you came to the capital to beg for food?"

The old man held the money tightly and murmured: "We are not from the capital, but from the mountains of Changzhou."

Although Luo Jing no longer regards the Changzhou Garrison Mansion as his home, but when talking about Changzhou people, he still has some nostalgia, and he has a little more money, saying: "Changzhou has been doing well in recent years, how did you make it like this?"

Tears rolled out of the old man's muddy eyes, and he said hoarsely: "It's flooding... It rained for a few days, and it stopped suddenly. The baby's parents thought the rain had stopped, so they went into the mountains to collect medicine... Who knew it would rain again suddenly?" With such a heavy rain, the mountain torrent came as soon as it was said, and it was all washed away..."

Shen Mobai was shaken all over, all the things in his hands fell to the ground, he bent down suddenly, almost fell off the horse with too much force.Luo Jing grabbed him and said: "What are you doing?" Shen Mobai seemed to have never heard of it, still bent over and said to the old man: "When are you talking about?"

The old man was taken aback by him, and tremblingly said: "It was last summer... It was rainy at that time, who knew it would be sunny for three days, his parents thought it would be sunny, and went up the mountain to collect medicine, who knew ..." Perhaps it was because of being too sad, the old man's expression was numb, with tears in his eyes, but his face was completely expressionless.

Shen Mobai straightened up slowly, Luo Jing felt that he was trembling like a willow in the wind, so he quickly hugged him, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and he walked back and forth.Shen Mobai stayed for a long time, then suddenly struggled: "I'm going to find them, I—"

Luo Jing held him tightly in his arms with both hands, and said in a deep voice, "Don't make trouble! There are too many beggars on the street, you want to find them all?"

Shen Mobai struggled and said: "But they are—"

Luo Jing turned him to face himself: "This has nothing to do with you."

Shen Mobai looked at him in horror: "How come, it has nothing to do with me? I borrowed—"

Luo Jing interrupted him again: "To be honest, the Ministry of Industry delayed for seven days before the food team was trapped. Otherwise, we would have reached the border a long time ago, so why bother to take advantage of the weather?"

Shen Mobai looked at him blankly, and murmured: "But, I borrowed..."

Luo Jing held him in his arms, and gently patted his back: "You are also unintentional. I will take care of these people, don't think about it anymore."

Shen Mobai stuck to his arms for a while, and said quietly: "The Taoist said that I am a demon..."

Luo Jing interrupted him rudely: "Nonsense! I have been told by fortune-tellers since I was a child to control my father and my mother. It turned out that it was just someone who did it on their own. Do you really believe the words of that crazy Taoist?"

Shen Mobai looked up at him with a dazed expression.Seeing his appearance, Luo Jing felt a little soft in his heart, hugged him tighter, and said, "Although I don't believe in gods and Buddhas, I heard a saying that goes well: Do good with the heart, but don't reward it; do good without the heart. If you do evil, you will not be punished even though you are evil. Do you mean to do evil intentionally?"

Shen Mobai immediately shook his head vigorously.Luo Jing smiled slightly: "If you don't mean it, what are you thinking about?"

Shen Mobai couldn't be so free and easy, he lowered his head with a gloomy expression.Luo Jing knew that he would no longer have the intention to play, so he rode back. The two of them came in high spirits, but returned disappointed.

After entering the gate of the house, Biquan greeted him.Luo Jing got off the horse and hugged Shen Mobai, slightly surprised: "Why haven't you rested yet?"

Biquan glanced at Shen Mobai, and said: "Yan'er feels a little uncomfortable, I just gave her medicine."

Luo Jing frowned, remembering that he had completely forgotten the snacks he promised to bring, he said, "I'll go and see, are you tired during the day?" He said to Shen Mobai, "Go back and rest first."

Biquan led the horse, lowered his head slightly, and said in a moderate voice: "The marshal sent someone over tonight, asking when the master will make the decision?"

The sound was not loud, but it was very clear in the silence of the yard.Shen Mobai just turned around when he heard the words, his whole body was shaken, his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, and he turned around with difficulty to look at Luo Jing.Luo Jing didn't pay attention, walking towards the Biyan room, he said: "What do you mean by Marshal?"

Biquan glanced at Shen Mobai intentionally or unintentionally, and said plainly: "The commander-in-chief said that they are all one family, and there is no need for a party, but it is acceptable to show respect. The commander-in-chief will leave for Qingzhou in a few days, so he will take a detour and go over there personally." Grandpa made a decision. I think Grandpa should go to the Marshal's mansion tomorrow to discuss it, and he can't even let the Marshal make the ceremony."

Luo Jing felt that what he said made sense.Although Ding Lancha treated him like a son, he wished he could arrange the marriage with one hand, but after all, he was not a biological father and son, and it would be shameful for Ding Lancha to even let Ding Lancha take the wedding ceremony.

While following Luo Jing, Biquan glanced sideways at Shen Mobai, and said softly, "Master, there is something that Biquan doesn't know whether to say or not."

Luo Jing glanced at him: "Why don't you say it directly, why are you hesitating?"

Biquan lowered his head and said, "Biquan's words are too rude."

Luo Jing frowned and said: "What's the rule, if you have something to say, hurry up, or I'll beat you with a whip!"

This is what Luo Jing often used to scare Biquan when he was a child, but in fact he never hit him, it was not so much a threat as a joke.Biquan smiled lightly, and said: "Since the master said so, Biquan is bold. Yan'er has been with the master for these years, and so far, she has no name. In the future, when the wife comes in, I'm afraid..."

Shen Mobai stood in the courtyard blankly since he heard the decision, seeing Luo Jing's master and servant walking away, he felt that the wind in the courtyard seemed to be extremely cold, making it difficult for him to move his legs.Although he knew that Biquan and Biyan were Luo Jing's people, he never thought that Luo Jing would marry a wife, let alone a battle for status.Now Biquan spread everything out in front of his eyes with a few words, making him suddenly understand the embarrassment of his identity - what is he with Luo Jing?

Biquan came out of the room, closed the door with his backhand, walked up to Shen Mobai, and said softly: "It's windy outside, so I asked you to go back to the room to rest."

Shen Mobai followed his words blankly and turned around.Biquan followed him, and said with a smile: "Mr. is a scholar, and I must know more about these etiquettes than a rough man like me. I don't understand these rituals, sir. I have an idea, what kind of rituals are you looking at?" Is that good?"

Shen Mobai said blankly: "I, I don't understand either..."

A gleam of coldness flashed in Biquan's eyes, and he said calmly: "There is no one in the family right now, so we have to make arrangements for this settled matter, I don't understand, Yan'er is a woman's family, sir must help. "

Shen Mobai's heart was cold when he heard it, and he murmured: "General..."

Biquan smiled slightly: "Master rested in Yan'er's room. Whatever you want, sir, just tell me. Yan'er didn't know the rules before, but in the future, when the master gets married, she will also have a name. It's really inappropriate to do this again." Wild. Speaking of men and women, there are differences, if there is something missing in the future, sir, just tell me."

Shen Mobai didn't listen to what he said later, he just felt that every word was like a needle in his heart, he agreed indiscriminately, and fled into the house as if fleeing.Leaving Biquan standing outside the door for a long time, a sneer gradually appeared on his face.