Tong Jia anecdote

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During dinner, Ji Lan set up a pot in the side hall, but Tong Jiu didn't come after waiting, so he asked Fuchami to invite him, and the reply was that Tong Jiu went out after taking a nap at noon, and was not at the mansion at this time. superior.

Hearing that Tong Jiu had gone out, Ji Lan asked someone to tell Hong Xiao to come, but seeing Hong Xiao coming, Ji Lan's heart ached again.According to Tong Jiu's temperament, when he first arrived in a place, if he really went out for a stroll, he would take Hong Xiao with him.

When Hongxiao came in, Ji Lan was staring at the boiling hot pot in a daze, and when she heard her coming, she said leisurely, "Where's your master? Why don't you have to come back during the meal."

Without waiting for Hongxiao to reply, she raised her head and said to Fuchami, "Go, send a few nimble boys out to search, what time is it?"

Hong Xiao rolled up her sleeves, took the initiative to set up dishes for Ji Lan, and said, "It's good to let her go out for a walk. Don't worry, with Jing Fu following, nothing will go wrong."

"Yo, it's rare that Hong Xiao is so considerate today. I'm the only one who has spoken contemptuously to your Master Jiu. I'm sure you haven't heard of it?" Big or small, but today she was uncharacteristically, and instead raised her interest.

"First of all, we're under the fence, so even if we're just pretending, we still have to put on a show." Hong Xiao sighed, "Second, this is the capital. Outside the pass, Brother Jiu doesn't know how deep it is, so let her play around with her, It's nothing. Here, it's better for her to be aggrieved than to lose her head. "

"Since she hurt her head, her temper has been unstable. Thinking about it, she has an idea." Ji Lan looked at the green smoke on the hot pot, and said, "I have to deal with the officials. At this time, people It’s too distracting, she’d better stay away from me. It’s about the Guerjia family, and you are old friends with some people in their house, so you should know how powerful it is.”

"That's right. The capital city is big and big, but it's not small. There are so many alleys that come and go. During these days, it's inconvenient for me to follow her in public, but Jing Fu has given her instructions, so don't worry." Hong Xiao said solemnly.

Besides Tong Jiu, it's good to wake up in a daze, but I'm still depressed.He drank a few sips of tea hastily, changed his clothes, and led the horse out of the house for a stroll.

After listening to Hong Xiao's words, Jing Fu rode a horse and followed her all the way, watching her wandering aimlessly on the street.

The New Year's Eve is approaching, and people in Beijing are busy buying new year's goods. The streets are busier than the streets outside the pass.Tong Jiu slowed down, looking down at the shops on the street and the things the vendors were selling, absent-minded.

Unknowingly walked through a street, looking at the bustling scene on the street, Tong Jiu adjusted the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, without any interest.Urging the horse to continue walking forward, he said, "Let's go to the temple and worship the Buddha." Jing Fu didn't answer.

It had only snowed in the capital yesterday, and I didn't feel it when I walked in the city. I just got on the rugged mountain road, and the muddy horse on the road slowed down. Tong Jiu grabbed the reins of the horse.

Looking at the deep ruts on the mountain road, Tong Jiu pointed at it with a horsewhip, turned around and smiled at Jing Fu, "Traveling on such a muddy mountain road with a horse-drawn carriage will definitely get stuck."

Sure enough, after turning a corner, a carriage was blocked on the road. The driver and the servants were pushing and driving, but the deep pit under the wheels was getting deeper and deeper, and the surrounding area was covered with ice, which made the servants His body was covered in mud, and Sisi stomped his feet in the cold.

"This kind of mud, there are still people sitting in the car, even if you push it for a day and a half, the car will not get out." Tong Jiu urged the horse to go, and walked back and forth behind the carriage for a few times. The road is not wide at all, and the carriage Trapped here also blocked her way.

He raised his hand and tapped on the car body with the whip, and said to the people inside, "It's a cold day, the master should be considerate of the servants, please get off the car." After speaking, the barge stood back beside Hua Jingfu.

Soon, the curtain of the car was lifted slightly, and a big servant girl came down from the inside first, leaned over and stretched out her hand, and helped a girl in a Mongolian robe out from inside the car, it seemed that the girl was only a few years old.

Seeing that it was a little Mongolian girl, Tong Jiu felt cordial, got off the horse from the saddle, stepped forward and cupped his hands regardless of the mud on the edge of the mud, and talked to her in Mongolian, "Does the girl want to go to the temple on the mountain?"

When the girl saw the strange man, she was somewhat worried and shy, she turned her back and nodded behind the servant girl.

Tong Jiukuan put the big cloak on the servant girl's hand, wrapped the braids around her neck twice, and then pulled up the hem of the mandarin jacket and tucked it around her waist.He waved to the groom and the boy, "Untie the horse first, and you guys first unload the wheels and lift the body out." After speaking, he also helped.

With the approval of the master, the groom and the guys began to disassemble the carriage and lift it out of the mud.This kind of work has no technical content, but the master was still sitting in the car before, and none of the servants dared to say such a proposal.

After some dismantling and assembling, the carriage was lifted out of the mud, and the coachman started to tie the horse again.Jing Fu got impatient for a long time, pulled Tong Jiu's horse from behind, and said, "Let's go."

Tong Jiu copied her muddy hands at the moment, and the maid brought a water bag and helped her wash her hands to express her gratitude.Tong Jiu put on her cloak again, and said to the Mongolian girl, "Since we are on the same road, why don't we go together?"

The girl smiled appreciatively and got into the carriage.A group of people waited and continued to move up the mountain.

Not far away, the wheel got stuck again. Tong Jiu sighed, seeing the ancient temple gate looming in front of him, and said, "Why don't we go on horseback. The girl rides my horse, and I ride your horse that pulls the cart. The guys are pushing empty cars, but the mountain road is only a few miles away."

"Drive" Huajingfu urged the horse, and walked forward.

The little girl got out of the car, walked up to Tong Jiu's horse, and said, "I'm sorry." Tong Jiu smiled and reined in the horse, stabilized her red-brown horse, and watched as her maid helped her onto the horse. , and handed over the reins to the servant girl.

He raised his legs and sat on the muddy and filthy cart-drawing horse, saying, "Let's go, drive—."

"What's your name?" After walking for a while, Tong Jiu talked with her in Mongolian.

"Namu." The little girl answered in Manchu.

"Namu——you're not a Mongolian?" Tong Jiu was a little surprised in her words, but she was somewhat disappointed in her heart. "Then why are you dressed as a Mongolian?"

"My mother is a Mongolian." The little girl stroked the head of the red-brown horse and said, "Today is her death anniversary, and we are here to perform rituals in the temple."

"So that's the case." After hearing this, Tong Jiu asked with pity, "Then, which tribe in Mongolia is Lingtang from?"

"Mr. Borzigit." Seeing that Tong Jiu had no malicious intentions all along, and that she had run away with only one entourage, the little girl put down her guard, talked a little more, and asked, "Brother is Mongol?"

Looking at Tong Jiuyao's head, the little girl said firmly, "Then elder brother is a bannerman."

"I'm Han." Tong Jiu smiled awkwardly.

"Han?" The little girl looked at her sideways, then changed her title, and said, "A Han who is proficient in Manchurian like Young Master can be regarded as a strange person."

Tong Jiu thought for a while, she was just a little girl who didn't know much about the world, and said, "Jiaci is a Mongolian, and also of the Borjijit family. Zhuojing is a bannerman, and her surname is Fucha. I have been in the upper reaches of the grassland. Just know some Mongolian and Manchu."

"Then have you ever been to the Horqin Grassland?" the little girl asked curiously.

"I just came back from there not long ago." Tong Jiu said with a smile, "I am very familiar with every plant and tree in Horqin."

"I've never been to the grassland, but I'm engaged. My fiancé's family is in Horqin, the residence of Borzigit Banjul." The little girl said with a complicated expression, "I don't know how it compares to the capital. "

The Horqin grassland is vast, and different banners have different ruling princes. Although they are all Borzigit tribes, the living standards of different regions are also very different.Tong Jiu looked at the bannerman girl who could marry into the Mongolian prince's family again, she would definitely not be the daughter of an ordinary bannerman's family.

Perhaps because the two just met by chance and had no serious relationship, Tong Jiu spoke freely to her about the living conditions and tribal profiles of the people on the Horqin Grassland.

After entering the mountain gate, the little girl's family members were waiting for her in the meditation room inside, and the two of them were about to say goodbye.

Before parting, the little girl was a little unsatisfied, and asked, "You said just now that your wife's surname is Fucha, which street is your house on? Maybe our two families are familiar, and I can still go to your house from now on. of."

"Yes—." Tong Jiu paused, and said, "It's from Yangzhengtang, the Fucha clan."

"The Fucha clan of Yangzhengtang?" the little girl murmured, and turned her head to look at her maid inquiringly. After thinking for a while, the maid whispered something in her ear.

After hearing this, the little girl said with comprehension, "Oh, it turns out they are relatives of Prince Yi's mansion." Blessed, she bid farewell and said, "Then, see you some other day, don't shut yourself up."

Watching them leave, Tong Jiu wandered around the temple with his hands behind his back.Listening to the bell in the distance, I can't help but think in my heart.What will be the fate of such a beautiful and charming aristocratic girl who is married to Horqin's husband's family far away and has no relatives?

Thinking that not all women in the world are like this, it is a bit sentimental to let a chicken follow a chicken and a dog follow a dog despite the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker.

"Young master, my master is here to invite you, please move to the Zen room to meet you." While thinking wildly, two servants came over, serious and unsmiling.

Hua Jingfu looked at the person, and there was a flash of alertness in his eyes, and then he followed Tong Jiu to the meditation room.

When we arrived at the meditation room, the monks were laying out vegetarian dishes.

A young man sitting in the upper seat was playing with a string of rosary beads in his hand.Seeing Tong Jiu and the others come in, he looked Tong up and down without hesitation, and when he saw the mud stains on her boots and robe, his expression softened a little.

Standing up, he said, "I heard from my little girl that it was you who were so warm-hearted and helped her on the way. As a thank you, let's eat some vegetarian food together."

After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man made a gesture of invitation, saw Tong Jiu enter the table, took his seat, and said to himself, "Speaking of Horqin, I haven't been there for many years. But, speaking of Yangzhengtang, we Most of the medicinal materials used in the house are from your cabinets."

"Yangzhengtang is the property of Zhuojing's family, and I don't ask many questions. Dazhengchang, which is under my management, only does some small business, sells some sorghum and silk to the grassland, and exchanges some cattle and sheep." Tong Jiu truthfully. the way.

The middle-aged man nodded suddenly, looked at Tong Jiu again, and said calmly, "Oh, you are the one who raised [-] shi of grain within a few days outside the customs, overwhelming the Jiangnan youngsters in the Shanxi business grain industry. "

Before Tong Jiu could speak, the middle-aged man said unhurriedly, "Looking at your young age, you can be regarded as a bit of talent. You just want to learn from those Han businessmen who cling to the powerful, and do some dirty tricks to hook up with the widow. "

"Since the senior said so, I must have a character that is not worthy of having a meal with the senior, so I will leave." Tong Jiu stood up and cupped his hands generously.

He chuckled indifferently, and said, "Just one last thing, there are gossips in the market, and the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees wisdom. How do they know that it is not true love between Xia and Zhuo Jing?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the middle-aged man, and said disgustedly, "I have a dirty head, and I tease others all day long about how unbearable it is. It's true, the crow landed on the pig."

Seeing Tong Jiu walking away, the middle-aged man took a sip of tea without changing his face, and said to the followers behind him with great interest, "Sure enough, he is a child with a yellow mouth.