Lin Jiabiyu

"Please forgive me. There are a lot of people coming and going during the Lantern Festival today. The higher-ups issued an order to keep the little ones on alert. In addition, the assassination of General Zhen Guo happened in the Town God's Temple last year, so the little ones dare not If you are lazy, you should ask first, and the younger ones will not sound good. If there is something wrong, such as the nobles returning home late, the younger ones will know where to go to find people and who to report to."

"You!" The boy driving the carriage pointed at the head of the guard with a whip in his hand, his eyes widened, and he snorted angrily.

"What's the matter?" A gentle and slightly tired voice came from the carriage.

As soon as the words were finished, Mother Zhao lifted the curtain of the car and leaned out to look at the head guard, and smiled at the person behind the curtain, "Ma'am, it's the little brother guard at the gate of the city who is asking questions."

Some slight voices could be heard from inside the curtain, and after a while, Mother Zhao leaned out with a smile again, pointed to the obvious sign of the Hou Mansion on the car cover, and smiled at the head of the guard: "This is the car of the Chong'an Marquis Mansion." , the wives and grandmas want to go to the Town God's Temple to see the excitement. The brothers have also worked hard."

The head of the guard looked at Mother Zhao's hand, smiled awkwardly for a while, and said strangely: "You guys heard that today's festival banquet in the palace, all the adults and wives are going, but why does the lady go to the Town God's Temple?" went?"

"Hey, my old lady has walked so many times back to the city gate, you little brother dare not believe it?" Zhao mama nodded at the head of the guard, crying and laughing, shaking her head in a funny way. "Get out of the way quickly. Today is a good day, our wife is kind-hearted, and I don't care about these things with you, a young man. Why don't you know what's good or bad?"

The head of the guard made a bow to Mammy Zhao with a smile on his face.He only moved but did not move much. He looked at Mother Zhao and said with a smile: "Please forgive me, Madam. The young ones are short-sighted and can only follow orders. Otherwise, the young ones really can't do business, so Just ask one more question."

Zhao mama glared at the head of the guard, suddenly straightened her face, and her aura suddenly became severe.Pointing at the head guard, he reprimanded angrily: "How can you ask about the whereabouts of the ladies? The old woman has lived for all these years, and the entire capital has never heard of it! Isn't it enough to go to the Town God's Temple on the Lantern Festival? Whose reason is this? Your yamen? Even the Holy One is not so unreasonable!"

Then he told the boy to drive away quickly.

The carriages that were stopped behind also stopped one after another, and the girls and young masters of several families sent people over to remind them, and the head of the guard was scolded several times for a while.

One of the old mothers spat at the head guard with a look of contempt, "The sign of the Hou Mansion is shining brightly on the carriage. Don't you recognize it? It's something you don't know!" Saying this, she greeted Zhao mother with a smile, He bowed his head and smiled at the people in the curtain of the car, "Greetings to Madam and Grandma, the old man is the nanny of Yang Guogong's mansion, and she is following our Fourth Miss to watch the temple fair. The Fourth Miss sent the old man to ask."

"Sister Ling?" The voice inside the curtain was full of joy, but the words did not finish.The carriage of Yang Guogong's mansion followed behind, but hadn't stopped yet.Yang Ling threw open the curtain and jumped down, his face was full of excitement, he squeezed in front of Lin's carriage, waved his hands and shouted: "Aunt Feng? Sister-in-law Qian? Hey, are you taking my eldest nephew with you?" ? Hey, I have to take a good look at it today, I didn't see it at all last time..." He said, holding up his skirt and getting into the carriage.

Zhao mama hastily opened a corner of the curtain.Mrs. Feng and Grandma Qian were holding a child and looking at Yang Ling with a smile on their faces.Yang Ling couldn't stop being excited.He waved his hands and sighed: "Oh, he looks so good, I don't even recognize him!" Then he hurried up to hug her.

After teasing the baby in her hands for a while, Yang Ling suddenly realized something was wrong, turned her head and glared at the head of the guard, handed the baby to Grandma Qian, bent over and pointed at the guard's nose unceremoniously The ground reprimanded: "You can also stop the carriage of the Hou's mansion? When did we hear in the capital that we have to go out to watch a lantern festival and offer incense, and the guards at the gate of the city must agree? Shameless thing! You know how to extort money! People like us Forget it, when you meet those poor people, you stop them like this, and see if I turn around and don’t let you go... What are you looking at? If you are not convinced, come to Mrs. Wei, and this girl will argue with him personally! This girl is in the capital In so many years, I have never seen such a thing!"

Yang Ling looks juicy, and his voice is clear and clear. This scolding person put his hands on his hips, raised his eyebrows, and his face was filled with righteous indignation, which made people laugh.The common people onlookers all smiled kindly, and the girls and young men in the carriages behind all poked their heads out, laughing while watching the excitement.

The head of the guard was speechless after being scolded, his face was flushed, he kept bending over to beg for forgiveness, and then quickly waved his hands to let the people at the door disperse. I'm so reckless, please forgive me, my wife and grandma, little..."

"Who is as knowledgeable as you?" Yang Ling curled her lips, raised her chin and glanced at the head of the guard, Brother Que. Seeing that Brother Que's face was flushed and embarrassed, she couldn't help laughing, and pulled Zhao Momo pointed at Brother Que and snorted, "Look, Mammy, they are used to being bullying and afraid of being tough, next time we meet again, they should be reprimanded directly!"

As he said that, he nodded to Brother Que, got out of the carriage and took a step forward, humming, "Isn't it just for money? Girl, I'll give you a big red envelope today. You'll have to look carefully next time!" Flipping around, the old mother at the side saw that something was wrong, so she secretly pulled Yang Ling's arm, took out a pouch from her sleeve, and handed it to Brother Que.

Brother Que looked at Yang Ling hesitantly, but Yang Ling stared back, "Don't take it? You accepted my red envelope from the girl today, so don't stop people from blackmailing me like this! I'm here to give it to you, Mr. Wei." Disgraceful. Hmph!" After saying this, she ordered the old mother, turned around and climbed into the Lin family's carriage again, teasing the eldest brother of the Lin family with great interest.

The carriage at the gate of the city finally moved again.

Brother Que was holding the exquisitely crafted purse, staring blankly at the carriage that was going further and further away, and was patted on the shoulder by the guard beside him, and he suddenly came back to his senses.Stuffing the purse into his bosom, he looked around vigilantly at the passing crowd.

The Lin family's carriage drove all the way to the Town God's Temple.In the crowd not far away, Liao Zhongwen's wife Hu Qian, ten-year-old brother-in-law Hu Changhong, and Liu Shi, who was dressed in plain Gebu, were walking along with the crowd. Several peasant men scattered around them, all of them two In his thirties, with a simple and honest smile, he mixed in the crowd and walked slowly.

The Chenghuang Temple is full of people along the way.After teasing the little baby, Yang Ling opened the curtain and looked around, with excitement in his eyes, pointing to the colorful lanterns hanging on the roadside and applauding.In the end, he still felt that it was not enough, so he simply opened the curtain, and sat outside the curtain of the car with Madam Zhao.Stretching her neck to look around, she dragged Mammy Zhao to chatter nonsense for a while.

Grandma Qian hugged her eldest brother who was obviously a bit tired, her face was full of love and affection, and she looked at Yang Ling who was sitting outside dancing outside through the gap in the curtain, and smiled at Madam Feng: "The fourth girl of the Yang family is still like that. She has a lively personality, when the sixth younger sister was at home in previous years, every time she came to our house, her laughter could be heard from afar."

Madam Feng nodded.Looking at the grandson in Grandma Qian's arms gently, with a kind smile on her face, she stretched out her hand to gently stroke the baby's thick and soft hair, and said in a low voice, "Let's go all the way to the main hall. You take your eldest brother to the back hall to rest, Liao Zhongwen will come to pick you up, just follow him - what about the sachet?"

Grandma Qian's expression froze.He hesitated to speak and glanced at Mrs. Feng, seeing that Mrs. Feng just lowered her head.He stroked the top of his grandson's head affectionately, feeling sore in his heart, but secretly suppressed the soreness in his eyes, took a breath, and took out the sachet from his purse.

"This is the tranquilizing incense from Cishou Temple, specially for children to soothe their nerves at night." Mrs. Feng explained with a smile, and gently put the sachet close to the baby's face, the baby yawned and waved his hands and feet He said, and soon fell asleep in Mrs. Qian's arms.

Mrs. Feng put the sachet back into Mrs. Qian's purse, patted Mrs. Qian's hand and said in a warm voice: "Take care of my brother. Your third aunt is deserted by herself, and she will settle down in the future. Ask my brother to go to her place to sit down. Your sixth younger sister is a good-hearted, like your third uncle, she values ​​love and righteousness. If you can teach your elder brother a little bit, he will be able to live in peace and stability in the future. For a lifetime. You don’t have to worry in the Hou’s mansion. There is no reason for anyone who gains power to kill innocent people indiscriminately. At least he will do it for a year or two. You tell Miss Wan, Master Hou’s exact words, let her be Chong’an The Hou's Mansion is gone. Your third uncle worked hard in the Jiangnan area back then. At that time, there were earthquakes and plagues. Your third uncle...in the end, the merits and demerits barely equaled the result. The Holy Majesty also said that it was because of death For the sake of this, I will not pursue it. Hey, Master Hou was discouraged back then. Now I have figured it out. After more than [-] years of husband and wife, I will always be with Master Hou. As for Dalang, that child is a Be kind, Master Hou and I will think of a way, you can relax." Mrs. Feng's tone was smiling, gentle and soft, but Grandma Qian felt sad for a while, she just hugged the child and kept nodding.

The carriage soon arrived at the gate of the Town God's Temple. Yang Ling jumped out of the carriage excitedly, opened the curtain and shouted to Mrs. Feng, "Aunt Feng, sister-in-law, come down quickly. How is my eldest nephew? Hurry up, I'll hug you He's going to see the lanterns, children must be rare!"

Mrs. Feng got out of the car with a smile, pulled Yang Ling who was full of excitement, and persuaded: "Children tend to get sleepy, so they just fell asleep. Let's go to the main hall to kowtow to the Lord Chenghuang first, and when we turn around, let your sister-in-law take the elder brother Let's go first and then take a rest."

Yang Ling sighed feebly, stretched out his fingers to poke the sleeping baby lightly, sighed heavily again, and had no choice but to agree first.

Several people entered the main hall together, and after worshiping the Lord City God, Grandma Qian carried the child to the back hall.

Mrs. Feng walked around the hall calmly and leisurely. Yang Ling couldn't be idle. After kowtowing twice, she was taken away by the dazzling lantern paper-cutting outside. She hastily surrendered to Mrs. Feng He bent his knees, held up his skirt and squeezed into the crowd, waving his hands while staring intently at the interesting objects in front of the hawker stall.

When Yang Ling squeezed out from the crowd again, it was already the end of the hour. Yang Ling held a handful of blessing knots, and while touching the sweat on his forehead, he pulled the old mother and asked, "Hey, where is the eldest nephew of the Lin family?" ?”

The old mammy burst out laughing, "It's true, the girl, as soon as it seemed lively, it didn't stop. Mrs. Feng and Grandma Qian took their eldest brother and left first, and told me to tell the girl so that the girl would also go to the hospital to join the party." Go back earlier." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)