[Red Chamber] Jia Huan's Army

Because I slept too late the night before, when I woke up the next morning, Jia Huan still had big dark circles on his face, which made Aunt Zhao feel distressed and asked him to go back and sleep for a while.

Jia Huan waved his hand and said, "I'm going to Uncle Lin today, it's not too late."

Aunt Zhao just gave up, and had to order her servants to bring up the medicinal food prepared in advance, and said, "I know you don't like taking medicine, so this is the prescription prescribed by a famous doctor that your uncle Lin asked someone to find. You have to take care of it." eat."

Under Aunt Zhao's expectant eyes, Jia Huan swallowed the medicinal meal with bitterness and hatred.Even if it is not medicine, there is still a smell of medicine in this medicated diet, which spoils the good food.This strange smell didn't dissipate until Jia Huan saw Lin Ruhai, so he could only drink tea non-stop.

"I expected you to visit the house, but I didn't expect it to be so soon." Lin Ruhai was very happy to see Jia Huan, and smiled.

Jia Huan saluted respectfully, and then said: "I came here to thank Uncle, and I have to apologize to you and Sister Lin for making you worry." He took out the leather behind him, "I'm fine This is something I can afford, this is the leather I got in the north in the past few years, and the color of the fur can still be seen, I will save it for you and Sister Lin to make clothes."

Lin Ruhai followed Jia Huan's words and looked over, the leather was really good, the coat color was uniform without even a trace of variegation, and it was shiny, which was rare at first glance.

Lin Ruhai was not polite when he arrived, he accepted the skin, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen it in three years, and it has changed a lot. Now it seems that I can stand alone."

Jia Huan smiled shyly, and said, "Actually, I have seen a lot, which is better than when I was a frog in a well."

Lin Ruhai shook his head: "Not only that, but now you are acting in a grand manner. It should be like this. Now that you are an earl and the head of the family, some things should be different from before."

Jia Huan nodded to be taught, and then heard Lin Ruhai say: "You haven't performed the crowning ceremony yet, so it's inconvenient to do things after all. Now you are in a special situation, and there are precedents for crowning in advance. I don't know what you want?"

Jia Huan had never thought about this before, because after all, he was too young before, and he was in a military camp, surrounded by a group of rough men who didn't care about etiquette.But the situation is different now, he is already a person with a title, and he always has to deal with some noble families. As the head of his family, he has not yet been crowned, and he always seems to be unequal when talking to others.Especially after that there will be a tough battle with the Jia family.

"Listen to your uncle."

Seeing his reaction, Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "I said before that you are the head of the family and you behave differently, but now you really don't look like this."

Jia Huan was still a little in awe of Lin Ruhai before, but after treating each other sincerely in the past few years, Jia Huan has long regarded him as his father, even closer than he was with Jia Zheng, so he said in an intimate tone: "Isn't this in Uncle, are you here?"

Lin Ruhai knocked on Jia Huan's head with a folding fan, and said, "It seems like he's disgusting too." Having said that, Lin Ruhai didn't seem to dislike him at all.He had no son, and Daiyu was a daughter after all, and he thought he would never enjoy the tacit understanding between father and son in his life, but he never thought that when he was old, he would meet such a child as Jia Huan.Although there are also various shortcomings, but overall he is a good boy to be proud of.

Seeing Lin Ruhai like this, Jia Huan also knew that the other party really treated him like a nephew, so he smiled happily.

Lin Ruhai pretended not to see it, and asked, "Have you thought about the candidates and guest list for the coronation ceremony?"

Jia Huan lowered his head and thought for a while, then his tone became low: "I would like to ask you to be the guest of honor. My master and the brothers in the barracks can play the role of father and brother, but this ancestral temple?"

According to the rules, before the coronation, the ancestors must be worshiped in the ancestral temple and the auspicious day of the zodiac should be chosen.Because Jia Huan was expelled from the clan and set up his own family, naturally there is no so-called ancestral temple.

Having said that, Lin Ruhai also frowned, the Jia family's work is too extreme, but this is a good thing for Jia Huan.It's just that it's a little troublesome now, "I'll take care of this."

Jia Huan nodded, he believed in Lin Ruhai's ability, so he didn't say anything more.But when it comes to the Jia family, he complained: "My mother and sister are still members of the Jia family. If the Jia family insists on letting them go back, I can't think of a way to stop it. It would be great if I could preemptively strike."

Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Huan's distressed look, shook his head and smiled and said, "Filial piety is the first thing to do. Although they don't leave room for things, the blood relationship is still there. If you preemptively strike, even if the reason is on your side, it will always be on your side if it is passed on." Reputation is a hindrance, and it may even affect official career."

Jia Huan didn't know much about these secular etiquettes at first. In Jia's mansion, he saw a lot of fathers oppressing his sons, and brothers meeting each other like strangers. What's more, they had their own calculations in private and did not hesitate to calculate others. The righteousness of filial piety meant nothing to him. It's just a bright word.He was disdainful in his heart, but he couldn't speak out when facing Lin Ruhai, he was afraid of hurting Lin Ruhai's heart.

How could Lin Ruhai fail to see the disdain in Jia Huan's heart, but although he was a scholar, he was enlightened enough, and he just persuaded: "I can understand your thoughts, but no matter what you think in your heart, this is the general direction after all. You don't want to be impeached by the imperial censor right after you are knighted, right?"

Jia Huan curled his lips aggrievedly, and said, "Obviously I have the reason..."

Seeing that his attitude had obviously softened, Lin Ruhai stopped trying to persuade him, but shook his head, secretly feeling: "But he's still a child."

"So you should wait for this matter first, and see what the Jia Mansion does, and then deal with it."

Jia Huan had no choice but to agree reluctantly.

Jia Huan didn't stay in Lin's mansion for dinner, he was still thinking about Wang Rui who was left in the post house by him, so he only stayed for a while before bidding farewell to Lin Ruhai and going to the post house.

Wang Rui didn't see Jia Huan for a day, when he saw Jia Huan coming, he hurried up to grab Jia Huan's clothes.

"Let's go," Jia Huan hugged Wang Rui, then smiled, "I'll take you to eat delicious food, and then stay at my brother's house."

Wang Rui nodded happily, and put his arms around Jia Huan's neck.He was jealous of the little soldier who had taken care of him for a day, and shouted "it's not fair".The day before, although Wang Rui was well-behaved enough, he didn't have any friendly soldiers all day long, and he didn't even show a smiling face easily.

Jia Huan smiled proudly, and then asked, "Do you want to go together?"

Xiao Bing quickly waved his hand and said, "Look at this kid, I'm afraid I'll snatch you away, General! I won't be annoying anymore."

As soon as Jia Huan lowered his head, he saw Wang Rui staring at the little soldier, so he had to knock the little guy on the head with his hand in a funny way, and then strode out of the post house with the child in his arms.

As soon as Wang Rui left the posthouse, he wanted to go down by himself, but Jia Huan couldn't resist him, so he had to let him go and let his little hand hold him.Only then was Wang Rui satisfied, and said solemnly: "Brother Huan won't be tired in this way." After finishing speaking, he nodded in self-affirmation.

Wang Rui was already cute, coupled with such actions, it almost made Jia Huan's heart soften.Jia Huan tightened his little hand, still ready to hug him, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm not tired."

Wang Rui still insisted on going by himself, but Jia Huan had no choice but to let him go.

Jia Huan took Wang Rui to the most lively temple fair first, and then went to the restaurant that Jia Huan used to go to.Jia Huan had never had the chance to use the rewards he got for killing the enemy in the past few years, plus the military pay, so he had accumulated a lot, so that spending money was a bit extravagant.

Jia Huan picked up some food for Wang Rui, and at the same time saw the child staring unblinkingly at the gadgets he bought for him this morning, feeling amused, and persuaded him, "Eat well, these things won't run away, If you want, brother will help you buy more."

Wang Rui shook his head sensiblely, then quietly ate all the food that Jia Huan gave him.

Although there was no communication between the two, the atmosphere was very warm.

Jia Huan saw that Wang Rui had almost eaten, so he wiped the corners of his mouth and asked, "Where else do you want to go this afternoon?"

Wang Rui fiddled with the gadgets in his hands, thought for a while, and then said, "I don't know either."

Jia Huan himself actually didn't know which place was more suitable for the two of them to go now. Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a person behind him laughing and saying, "You'll be lazy, and you won't ask the brothers to gather when you return to Beijing."

When Jia Huan turned around, he saw Feng Ziying who was smiling.

So Jia Huan also laughed: "Why can I see you every time I come to the restaurant?"

Feng Ziying didn't realize it at all, and didn't answer Jia Huan's words. She looked curiously at Wang Rui who was next to Jia Huan, and asked, "This is the child who guides the way? He looks good."

Jia Huan nodded: "You are quite well informed."

"Hmph," Feng Ziying said brazenly, "I, Feng Ziying, don't know anything about the Forty-Nine City."

Jia Huan didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he said, "I'm going to take this kid to play later, why don't you go find your cronies?"

Feng Ziying shook her head helplessly, and reached out to pat Jia Huan: "Those who didn't know thought it was your son, and they were so guarded. But I didn't come here to chat with you today."

After hearing this, Jia Huan rolled his eyes and said angrily, "Then you still talk so much? Say it quickly."

"I've never seen someone begging for help like this." Feng Ziying muttered, but Jia Huan listened to her seriously.

"If you don't say anything else, I'll leave. This is not what I begged you for."

Seeing that Jia Huan was really about to lift his foot while holding the baby, Feng Ziying stretched out her hand to stop her, dumbfounding: "I haven't seen you for three years, but my temper is getting better. Let me tell you, before I had dinner with Baoyu, he got drunk and said that the old lady of Jia's family sent me a baby. Someone is going to pick him up from your house. Why don't you hurry back and have a look?"

Jia Huan's complexion changed when he heard this, and he would do whatever he thought was wrong, why did he have such a crow's mouth?He hurriedly asked, "When did it happen?"

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Feng Ziying quickly put away her hippie smile and said seriously: "Baoyu has been drinking with us for almost an hour. He said that the family wanted him to come forward, but he ran out feeling ashamed, so he added the arranged time. That must be what happened."

Jia Huan thanked Feng Ziying hastily, hugged Wang Rui and wanted to run home.Seeing that he was not riding a horse, Feng Ziying shook her head, stopped the anxious Jia Huan, asked the servant to lead the carriage, and sent them back to Baoningbo Mansion.