Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian got his wish, and he was very happy to be able to enter the army.

In the eyes of outsiders, Jia Lian fell out of favor.

The emperor's oral order did not specify when Jia Lian would be asked to report.However, Jia Lian handed over the errand at hand that day.

That night, Jia Lian went to the East Courtyard and Rongqing Hall respectively, and told the two elders that he was punished by the emperor to serve in Xishan because of his typo in drafting the imperial edict.

On this matter, Jia's mother seemed to have more political vision than Jia She. When Jia She heard the words, she yelled: "How could you write a wrong word? This must be framed by a traitor. Nine out of ten it is the handwriting of King Zhongshun. What a loser." Xing, if your grandfather was alive, which one of them would dare to do this?"

Jia She went around in circles: "What should I do? It would be great if I could be summoned by the emperor. By the way, empress dowager, doesn't empress dowager like Rong'er from Dongfu? Rong'er is very kind to you. Let him ask the queen mother, the emperor will definitely change his mind."

But Jia Lian said, "Does the master recognize Zhao Quan?"

Jia She nodded upon hearing the words: "His father used to be your grandfather's subordinate. At the beginning, your grandfather was the minister who led the guards, and Zhao Quan's father was the chief secretary. He even drank while on duty. Urinating on the spot, your grandfather saw him, and he was dismissed on the spot for investigation. Later, their family returned to their original place, and this Zhao Quan later became an official through the imperial examination. These things happened 30 years ago, why do you ask this?" Jia Lian said: "Zhao Quan was recently transferred to be Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he was recommended by King Zhongshun."

Jia She immediately understood the pass, clapped his hands and sighed, "This is really a narrow road for Yuanjia."

Jia Lian said: "So, instead of being suppressed by them in the capital, it is better for me to go to General Feng. Feng Ziying and I are brothers. At least General Feng will not harm me."

Jia Amnesty nodded, "That's also true."

But Jia Mu asked: "Can the Holy One say that he wants to depose your concubine?"

Jia Lian shook his head: "That's not true!"

Jia's mother nodded: "That's good. Misfortunes and blessings depend on blessings, and misfortunes subdue them. Go well. Don't worry at home, I can last a few years with this old bone!"

Jia Lian admired Jia Mu's political acumen very much. Most people would panic when they heard that they were relegated by the emperor, but Jia Mu could calmly analyze the problem and quickly grasped the essence of the matter.

It is estimated that Jia's mother should have come to the conclusion that the emperor was not really angry.

Jia Lian bid farewell to Jia's mother and went home, only to find that Sister Feng and Ping'er had packed his luggage for him.

When the master and servant saw Jia Lian, their eyes turned red, but they all had smiling faces.

Sister Feng came closer to adjust Jia Lian's clothes, and said with a smile, "Second Lord, don't comfort me. I'm fine. When I was at my mother's house, I have seen this kind of ups and downs many times. Second Lord, just go. If you can’t stand it, it’s a big deal and we quit when we go home, we used to live the same life when we didn’t work as errands!”

Jia Lian was very moved when he heard the words. He stretched out his hands to straighten Sister Feng's temples, straightened Feng's hairpin, and said with a smile, "Believe me, one day, I will let you have nine flowers, nine trees, and nine trees."

Sister Feng's eyes are moist, this is the dress of Yipin, of course she yearns for it, so she smiles: "I believe in Second Master, I am waiting for Second Master."

Jia Lian took Sister Feng in his arms and went to the bedroom of his son and daughter: "Let's go and see Brother Bu and Sister Qiao."

Tonight, couples talk at night.Jia Lian told Sister Feng to take care of herself and take care of the old and the young.

Sister Feng supported her arms and looked into Jia Lian's eyes. Jiao Didi stretched out her jade hand and tapped on Jia Lian's nose: "Second Master is not doing well outside, so come back earlier. Remember that you have a wife and children to rely on at home. You can do well." , and take some time to think about home, don't forget that there are wives and children waiting for you at home!"

The excitement in Jia Lian's eyes almost came out, and he stretched out his hand to scratch Sister Feng's nose: "You are a woman who has not studied. If you can read and know how to read, I'm afraid you will be better at hooking up than Xue Tao."

The next day, Jia Lian went to Xishan, and the general of Xishan was Feng Tang.

Jia Lian sent his transfer letter, Feng Tang took it and put it aside without looking at it: "The army has its own orders, since you are serving in the army, you should obey the orders!"

Feng Tang didn't care about Jia Lian's reaction, and said to himself: "I originally wanted you to be a leading soldier, but you are a Jinshi after all, so you can't just go to the end. As an imperial guard, you will go to Liu Zihao's subordinates to be a corps leader. Right. You should have heard of Liu Zi’an, he is also from Kyoto, he was born as a guard, and he is a side branch of Duke Li.”

Liu Zimo and Jia Lian knew each other, but they didn't know each other.

Jia Lian cares more about his position.

Jia Lian is silently thinking about her new identity.But Feng Tang interrupted with a smile: "By the way, the military commander is a second-class soldier."

The word "bing" fell into his ears, and Jia Lian touched his nose in embarrassment, only to feel that his nose was flattened.

I am a fourth-rank guard with a sword in martial arts, and the minimum paper is also a seventh-rank.Now it's so mixed up.

Doesn't this mean that the emperor can't even call him a minister anymore?

However, these can't scare Jia Lian, Jia Lian has been a criminal slave under the general guarding the border.He was silent for a moment in his heart, this corporal commander is probably equivalent to a banner soldier in the frontier army, and there are only three people including Xiaoqi and himself.

What is this manpower enough for?

Moreover, the corporal leader said that he was a leader, but he was actually a second-class soldier, and the two men under him were just eating together and training together, they couldn't be regarded as real men at all.

Jia Lian straightened his body, standing in front of Feng Tang like a benchmark, and asked, "My lord general, as a corps leader, do you have a chance to be promoted? If so, how long will it take to get promoted, and how will you get promoted?"

Feng Tang smiled, this kid is really not a law-abiding guy, he asked for a promotion before he took office.However, as a soldier, Feng Tang likes straightforward people, so he said: "Of course you can be promoted. There are two ways. One is to accumulate military merits, and the other is when there is a vacancy for a superior. You can participate in the family competition assessment, and the assessment is divided into civil examination and martial arts examination."

Jia Lian was dumbfounded, the first promotion condition was clearly out of reach.He is now in the capital, unless the country is ruined and his family is destroyed, it is impossible for an enemy to come to the capital to be hacked and killed. Where can he go to accumulate military merits?

The second condition seems easy, but it is to quench thirst.

Who knows when there will be vacancies?

However, Jia Lian was a little puzzled, didn't it mean that Feng Ziying was also training in the army, why didn't he show up when he came by himself?

Since Feng Ziying never came, there must be a reason for not coming.

Jia Lian endured his doubts and left without asking.

Although the corporal leader has no official title, he has a house, and the two so-called subordinates live with him.

When Jia Lian reported, the soldiers in the barracks had already gone out to practice.According to the rules, as a corps leader, Jia Lian should also participate in daily drills.Jia Lian asked the soldier leading the way: "Do you know what Liu Lang's subordinates are training today?"

The soldier said: "Today's training is to run for a hundred miles with weight. Start at Mao and end at noon. Those who can finish successfully can rest in the afternoon. Those who can't finish will be punished. They are not allowed to rest in the afternoon. Start at no time. Continue training and running until Youzheng." to end."

Jia Lian is silent, which means he has to run non-stop all day long.

Jia Lian looked at the time, and it was already the first quarter of the hour, and the soldiers had set off for half an hour.Jia Lian thought to himself, it's meaningless to stay here now, so Jia Lian decided to catch up.

Jia Lian asked, "Ask this soldier, do you know the training route?"

Hearing Jia Lian's polite words, the soldier didn't despise him at all, and immediately felt good about him, saying: "If the elder brother wants to catch up, I am willing to lead the way."

Jia Lian patted the soldier on the shoulder: "Then I will trouble you, and we will take care of each other in the future."

"Brother means, are you willing to partner with the younger one?"

Jia Lian didn't know how the so-called corporal chief's subordinates came from. Could it be a free combination, and he was taken aback: "Isn't it assigned by the chief, but a free combination?"

The soldier smiled: "The young one came from a military family and grew up in this camp. Because of his weak body, he has never passed the examination. He just passed the examination recently. The young one is just like the adults and will officially enter the camp tomorrow. However, the elder brother believes me , I’m just worse in fighting, I’ve been practicing long-distance hiking, and I’m no worse than others.”

Jia Lian finally knew that he was a polished commander, and he said he had two subordinates, but it was empty talk. This weak soldier flattered himself because no one was willing to take him in as a newcomer.

However, meeting is fate, it is difficult for this soldier to believe in himself.Then he stretched out his hand: "My name is Jia Lian."

"The younger one's name is Wu Yong!"

Jia Lian smiled: "Okay, Wu Yong, let's start!"

"This is not good, big brother come with me!"

Wu Yong dragged Jia Lian into the barracks, babbling about the camp rules: "For field excursion training, you must wear armor, carry bow and arrow rations on your shoulders, and hold a weapon in your hand. Running like this is considered training, otherwise, you will be punished."

The soldiers were very happy and their words were eloquent.

Because of his small size, he has worked hard for many years, but he is still not as strong as other soldiers.

Now, although he has passed the examination of the third-class soldier, no one is willing to accept him, and he has become an idler.I had no choice but to take the initiative to do something in the barracks and live up to the salary he received.

At this time, it happened that Jia Lian came to work. Seeing the opportunity, he took the initiative to lead Jia Lian to get close.

The soldier muttered and couldn't stop talking, and Jia Lian quickly learned about the situation of the Xishan garrison.Jia Lian was secretly glad that he had picked up the treasure.This kid is not big, he is not stupid at all, and he knows everything. It is not lonely to train with him in a team.

At that moment, Jia Lian and Wu Yong set off in full dress and headed for Changping.

Just as Jia Lian was leaving here, Feng Tang got the news and nodded secretly. This Jia Lian is really good, no wonder all the children are willing to associate with him.

However, Feng Tang was not optimistic about whether Jia Lian would be able to complete the [-]-mile field training on the first day. After all, Jia Lian was born in a public house and was spoiled. It takes training.

However, Feng Tang was very satisfied with Jia Lian's positive attitude.

Feng Tang immediately wrote a sealed letter, sealed it in a box, and sent it back to Kyoto quickly.

But it is said that Jia Lian and Wu Yong went along the official road, and they could not run more than ten miles. Wu Yong's speed gradually slowed down, but he gritted his teeth and persisted, and did not ask for a rest.

Jia Lian remained calm, paid attention secretly, and ran for another five miles. Wu Yong's speed became slower and slower, almost half-walking and half-delaying.

At this time, Jia Lian proposed to take a break, Wu Yong quickly took off his armor, his clothes were already drenched with sweat.

Jia Lian saw it in his eyes and knew why this soldier passed the assessment. I'm afraid that the assessment officials were sympathetic, otherwise, this kind of physical fitness would not have passed the assessment.

Most of the soldiers in the Xishan Fengsheng Army were selected from other armies, and the selection condition was physical fitness.

Jia Lian asked, "Are you from the old camp of the Holy Army?"

Wu Yong chuckled dryly: "Brother's eyes are as bright as a torch, and he was born in the old camp of the Fengsheng Army. My grandfather was a veteran when the Fengsheng Army was formed. Since then, our family has lived in the military camp for generations. Eat. Our family has reached my generation and I am the only one, and my father is not in good health, so I did not join the family reserve army. Now that I have all of them, I have passed the examination. Today, Big Brother Meng will not give up and go to Big Brother's command."

What subordinates, Jia Lian is now just a second-class soldier.

Although this child is physically weak, his mouth is very sweet.

Jia Lian just wanted to feel at ease and decided to help him.

He calmly handed his sheep belly water bag to Wu Yong. Wu Yong knew the rules very well, the water bag was suspended in the air, he raised his head and drank a few sips, feeling much smoother in his heart, bowed and returned the water bag to Jia Lian: "Thank you, brother."

Jia Lian also drank a couple of sips himself, and the two straightened their armor and set off again.

This time, Jia Lian carried the bow, arrow and spear for Wu Yong, and instructed Wu Yong to breathe: "Sink the breath into the dantian, breathe in long and slow, breathe in through the nose and exhale through the mouth, pay attention to the rhythm and balance, and coordinate your breathing with your steps."

After Wu Yong ran, Jia Lian adjusted his posture again: "Don't tilt your head forward, keep your body upright, and relax your whole body. When running, keep your toes on the ground, don't raise your legs too high, and let your arms swing naturally."

Wu Yong followed Jia Lian's instructions and coordinated his breathing with his movements. After running like this, he really felt much more relaxed.

Wu Yong bowed to Jia Lian to the end: "Thank you for your teaching!"

Jia Lian ran ahead: "Stop talking, keep up!"

This time, Wu Yong insisted on running the remaining [-] miles without asking for a rest.When he was five miles away from his destination in the east of Changping County, Jia Lian met Lang Dui who was returning.

A Yu official holding a killing stick saw the two of Jia Lian and thought they were lagging soldiers. He stretched out his hand to stop them and asked, "Which commander do you belong to? Who is the corps leader?"

Wu Yong held his head and hid behind Jia Lian, but Yu Guan was merciless when he beat someone up.

Jia Lian stamped his feet and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the humble Jia Lian is the second-class soldier reported today. This is Wu Yong. He is a second-class soldier from the old camp."

Yu Guan looked at Wu Yong, who seemed to have an impression, and then looked at Jia Lian: "I just reported today? Which camp did you select from?"

Jia Lian said: "Because I used to be a bodyguard in the palace, I was ordered to serve in the army. General Feng Tang appointed me as the head of the army."

Yu Guan nodded: "When did you leave the barracks?"

Jia Lian replied, "My lord, we are starting at the first hour of the day."

Yu Guan looked at his pocket watch: "I'll be waiting for you at the gate of the barracks at noon. The overdue assessment is considered 'failed'. You have to continue training in the afternoon. Do you remember?"

Jia Lian made a bow and said, "The humble position is written down."

Jia Lian turned around and started running, but Wu Yong didn't start, because he kicked him: "Time is running out, what are you waiting for, run?"

Wu Yong was wriggling his fingers, his face full of surprise: "Brother, we only spent an hour and a half, but we actually ran 45 miles?"

Jia Lian scoffed: "If you weren't like a woman with bound feet, I would have caught up with the big army long ago."

Wu Yong was ashamed all of a sudden, and he was busy trying to please Jia Lian: "It's useless for the younger brother to hurt the elder brother. How about this, from now on, the elder brother will take care of the younger brother's food and clothing. You only need to train, and you don't need to worry about the rest."

Jia Lian snorted: "You are such a bear, and you will not be tired and paralyzed when you go back. If you count on you to wash up and cook tea and rice, I will not starve to death."

Wu Yong grinned: "You just wait, I will take care of you when you go home comfortably, eat ready-made clothes, and wear clean clothes!"

Reaching out and not hitting the smiling face, Jia Lian was a soft-hearted person, and he had no intention of abandoning Wu Yong, so he had to sacrifice his own energy and handed the water bag to Wu Yong again: "Just chew your tongue, run away!"

Wu Yong drank a few sips, and suddenly he was full of energy. He wondered, he was very energetic today, as if he couldn't use it up.

Jia Lian silently calculated the time, the large troop ran 55 miles per hour, and if they wanted to catch up with the large troop, they had to speed up to 65 miles per hour.Jia Lian started to speed up. He ran ten miles in a quarter of an hour, and the speed increased to fifteen miles.

Wu Yong couldn't keep up at this time, and soon began to be out of breath.

Jia Lian had no choice but to order Wu Yong to take off his armor: "Either you take off your armor and keep up with my speed, or you don't count your grades today, just wait here for me to come back, count your report tomorrow, I will still accept you, you choose one."

Wu Yong glanced at Jia Lian, with a embarrassed expression on his face, and said, "But, what about this armor? I just ran to my destination. If Yu Guan sees that I am not wearing armor, I will be beaten. Forty army sticks, I will be beaten." What about the dead?"

Jia Lian snorted coldly: "It's my bad luck to take you in. I'll bear it for you. But let's talk about the ugly things first. In this situation, you are still left behind. I don't want you anymore."

Wu Yong hurriedly raised his hands and swore: "Brother, don't worry, I will crawl back, and I will definitely not fall behind."

After a cup of tea, the destination was in sight, Jia Lian put down his armor and ordered Wu Yong to put it on, the two ran for another joss stick, finally arrived at the destination, and received a receipt from Yu Guan.

Yu Guan told the two that they could rest for a cup of tea.

Jia Lian and Lian rushed back without stopping.

This time, Wu Yong was out of luck, because Yu Guan followed them to supervise.

Jia Lian was also dumbfounded, so he had to give up his plan to become a blockbuster, and return to the camp at noon according to the original plan.

During the one-hour return journey, Jia Lian made Wu Yong drink water four times in total, and the two finally returned to the Fengsheng Army's garrison before noon.

Feng Tang was very surprised when he got the reward: "Zhang Sheng, you mean that Jia Lian completed the training task fifteen minutes earlier?"

Zhang Yuguan nodded: "Yes, according to my humble position, if Jia Lian hadn't taken care of the Wu family boy, he would probably be able to return to the camp half an hour earlier. I also suspect that Jia Lian helped the Wu family boy cheat, otherwise, with his child With the strength like a chicken, it is impossible to run the whole distance fully armed."

Feng Tang's eyes lit up immediately: "This kid is a bit interesting. I also said that he was lucky enough to fall into His Majesty's eyes. It seems that he has some real talents. Could it be that he is also a talented man with both civil and military skills?"

Zhang Yuguan was surprised when he heard the words: "Both civil and military, could it be that Jia Lian is also good at learning?"

Feng Tang said with a smile: "A concubine who is the top two in the palace examination, do you think you have good talent and learning?"

Yu Guan was taken aback: "Isn't this supposed to study in the Imperial Academy? How did you get here?"

Feng Tang didn't want to get involved in the lawsuit between the Holy Majesty and the Prince, so he smiled: "We can't guess what the Holy Majesty is thinking. Well, you go, and this matter will not be spread. Oh, by the way, if the Second Young Master comes back, let him come first." see me."

Going back to talk about Jia Lian, he paid the receipt and went back to his residence, sweating all over his body and feeling very uncomfortable. He wanted to take a shower in the well but was afraid of frightening everyone, so he brought two buckets of cold water back to the room to prepare for washing.Unexpectedly, Wu Yong also came back. The boy picked up two large buckets of hot water and looked at Jia Lian with a smile: "Brother, it's cold today, and the well water is too cold. It's better to take a bath in hot water."

Jia Lian was dumbfounded: "In such a short time, where did you find hot water? Don't tell me that you boiled it yourself."

Wu Yong smiled and said: "How can this be possible? Didn't I tell my elder brother before that my family has lived in military camps for generations. My grandma and mother opened a simple foot shop at the foot of the mountain in order to supplement the family income. Serve hot water and big bowls of rice, and earn a few processing fees."

Jia Lian immediately understood: "No wonder you brat dare to talk big."

Wu Yong laughed dryly.

But Jia Lian said seriously: "I have bothered your family today, and from tomorrow onwards, I will have to cook by myself. Otherwise, I will not be able to light a fire to cook in the future when I conduct field training. Wouldn't I have to eat raw food?"

Today's field excursion training, each soldier carried three days' food on his back, and once he was going to camp outside, he had to light a fire and cook for himself. Jia Lian had never done these things before, so he had to learn them now.

Wu Yong was in awe when he heard the words: "Brother is right, the younger one will start working together tomorrow."

Jia Lian waved his hand: "You already know it, don't do it on purpose."

In her previous life, Jia Lian learned to cook with a buried stove.

A gentleman stays away from the kitchen.

In this life, he is the son of the Hou family, how could he know the skill of cooking?