incense as a medium

Chapter 18
Liu Bailu chose plain, dignified and unobtrusive cotton clothes to wear, and the jewelry on his head was replaced with plain silver inlaid with ordinary precious stones.

Seeing it, Liu Su disagreed and said: "General Kang is not an outsider, he often comes and goes with our family, so you don't have to feel wronged that you are dressed so plainly."

Liu Bailu said with a smile: "It's better to save the good clothes for later. It's always right to save some now."

What Liu Bailu meant was that if there was an urgent need for money in the future, those brand-new clothes and jewelry could be sold, but if they were worn out, they would not be worth much money.But Liu Su's mind was wrong, thinking that she wanted to keep it for later when she got married, so she nodded and said, "It's better that you are thoughtful, and you can wear it later. Let's go quickly."

Shuang Jiang led the way with a lantern in front, and Liu Bailu followed Liu Sushi to the main room, but he was thinking about why this Kang Yibang wanted to see him along the way.

Kang Yibang is the younger brother of Concubine Kang, the most beloved concubine of the Holy Majesty, and the old man of the family. He has always been favored by the Kang family the most. It is reasonable to say that he grew up with such support from others, and he would be sorry if he didn't grow into a playboy His family loves him unprincipled, but Kang Yibang has grown into an excellent son of an aristocratic family, and at the age of 15 he is about to enter the military for training.

Kang Yibang's mother, the Kang Zhou family, was a hundred people who refused. How could a child from a scholarly family go to the battlefield?However, his son insisted that he was hungry for two meals, so Kang Zhou gave in and let him go.

Under the begging of his wife, Mrs. Kang originally arranged many people to help secretly in the army, but who would have thought that Kang Yibang persuaded his elder sister, Concubine Kang, to change the transfer order privately because of his relationship, and even a bold person came to the place where the most wars were fought. Yongkang Pass.

This stay is five years.

In the past five years, Kang Yibang has grown from an unknown soldier to the current general who commands the Yongding Army, all of which is based on his personal strength.

Kang Yibang is only 20 years old now, and he is a young general. He is not as square and rigid as ordinary military generals. On the contrary, he is more handsome, and he looks like a frail scholar.

At that time, Kang Yibang had just made great achievements, but he was promoted to a ninth-rank sesame official, but Kang Yibang was actually more loved by the ladies of various famous families than other soldiers and children of aristocratic families. The Kang family went to propose marriage.

But Kang Yibang is still unmarried, and I heard that he doesn't even have a girl he likes, but the parents of the Kang family are very anxious. Every time Kang Yibang returns to Beijing, the imperial concubine will also use excuses to invite famous ladies from Beijing into the palace, disguised The only one is Kang Yibang.

The Liu family and the Kang family are old friends, but because of the difference between men and women, Liu Bailu has always been tightly restrained by her parents. In my impression, she and Kang Yibang have not met a few times, so why is she coming to see her now? ?

In the past three years, Liu Bailu was also ill, but Kang Yibang didn't show anything.

Could it be that he wanted to win over his father for the Fifth Prince?Liu Bailu thinks of government affairs, but his father is already like this, so what's the use value?

Liu Bailu couldn't figure out the purpose of Kang Yibang's trip, so he didn't think too much about it. He just lowered his head and followed Liu Su into the main room, and bowed behind Liu Su to salute. The mother and daughter spoke at the same time Said: "Liu has met General Kang."

Watching Liu Bailu come in gracefully, Kang Yibang's eyes flashed with heat, but when he heard Liu Bailu's self-proclaimed, there was a bit of coolness.

Liu Bailu seemed to have noticed something, and frowned slightly, but his attitude became more respectful, but Kang Yibangzhou's breath became colder and colder, and it took him a long time to hear his cold voice: "Get up. "

Liu Bailu got up and supported Liu Su to sit down on the first seat on the left, and stood behind Liu Su with a low eyebrow, but he didn't want Kang Yibang to say: "Miss Liu is still seriously ill, so there is no need to be so polite. Just sit down quickly."

"Thank you, General." Liu Bailu bowed his knees to thank him, and sat sideways on Liu Su's lower head, still not daring to raise his head casually.

Kang Yibang held the tea, glanced at Liu Bailu's bun, then turned his head to look at Shuang Jiang who lit the candlestick in the corner of the room, lowered his eyes and said: "I heard that Miss Liu is ill, I just happened to be at Liu's house again, If I don't greet you, it's not in line with the etiquette, but I didn't expect to disturb Miss Liu to come out to meet each other, I'm really sorry."

It is incompatible with etiquette to ask for a meeting hastily.

Liu Bailu muttered to himself, but still lowered his head in a well-behaved manner, bowed slightly in Kang Yibang's direction, and said, "Thank you, General, for your concern. It's just a small matter, and it's nothing to worry about, the general is worried. Is it the little girl's fault?" gone."

The candle was flickering, Kang Yibang squinted his eyes and saw only Liu Bailu's hair bun and a chin, he changed his hands and put the tea bowl on the table, got up and said: "Since Miss Liu is not feeling well, I'd better go back to rest earlier Good. Liu Shibo, I still have something to do, so I'll go back first."

"I send the general off." Liu Junge hurriedly got up to see him off.

Liu Bailu and Liu Su Shi also got up and bowed their knees to send each other off. After Kang Yibang left the main room, Liu Su Shi straightened up and whispered wonderingly: "What does this General Kang mean? Just call someone out and say such a sentence and it's over." ?”

Liu Bailu glanced at Kang Yibang's back, thoughtfully said: "Xu just remembered that there are still important things to do in the barracks."

The two people on this side murmured in their hearts, while Liu Junge on the other side was also puzzled. After leaving the door, Kang Yibang stopped in his tracks, turned to look at Liu Junge, and asked, "Miss Liu's marriage?"

Liu Junge looked up at Kang Yibang, he was not sure what he meant, hesitated for a while, and said: "The Zhou family retired without reason, the little girl is a little sad, and the old man also feels that it is troublesome, it is better to take it easy."

Kang Yibang nodded and said: "I will send someone to deal with those rumors, please rest assured Liu Shibo."

These words made Liu Junge feel even more uneasy, he glanced at Kang Yibang again, seeing that his face was calm and he couldn't see anything, so he had no choice but to thank: "General Lao, you bothered."

Kang Yibang took the reins from the guard, turned on the horse, raised the whip high, and the moment it fell, he suddenly said: "Tomorrow I will send the carriage to pick up Miss Liu."

"Ugh?"

Liu Junge didn't understand what Kang Yibang meant, so he took Kang Yibang and the soldiers away in a flash.He stood at the door and thought about it, but he couldn't figure it out. Mrs. Zhang, who had been watching the excitement at the opposite door, saw his puzzled expression, sneered, and said, "Master Liu, I'm afraid they are looking for your daughter?"

Liu Junge was surprised and said, "Huh? How is this possible?"

Mrs. Zhang covered her mouth with a smile and said, "How is that impossible? Your daughter looks so beautiful, even a woman like me has to be tempted, not to mention a handsome young man like General Kang?"

"That's impossible." Liu Junge shook his head, turned around and entered the house without saying hello.

Seeing that there was no excitement to watch, Mrs. Zhang patted the dirt on her body and went home.

At night, Liu Junge tossed and couldn't fall asleep, causing Liu Su to also suffer from insomnia: "Master, what's wrong?"

Liu Junge simply put on his clothes and sat up, and explained Kang Yibang's strange behavior: "General Kang has never done this before. And why did he ask about Bailu's marriage?"

"Is it true that General Kang is interested in Bailu?" Liu Su climbed up, surprised and delighted.

Liu Junge was surprised and said, "You think so too?"

"Isn't General Kang interested in Bailu like this?" Liu Su asked back, and she simply put on her clothes and sat beside Liu Junge, counting what was wrong with Kang Yibang today with her fingers, and finally concluded: "In the past General Kang never mentioned Bailu when he came to the door, but now that Bailu has retired, he has shown concern, doesn't he have some interest in Bailu? Well, General Kang is a young talent."

There is a saying that the mother-in-law sees her son-in-law more and more pleasing to her eyes. In just a few words, Liu Su's family has already selected Kang Yibang as the son-in-law candidate.

Liu Junge couldn't help but pour cold water on her and said: "General Kang is Concubine Kang's direct brother! He can be regarded as the uncle of the country, who is Concubine Kang? The only concubine in the palace, the birth mother of the Fifth Prince, and the most beloved concubine of the Holy Majesty One! After the former crown prince was abolished, the Holy Majesty has not yet decided on a candidate for the crown prince. What's more, there is no queen in the palace now. He has a temperament that does not compete with the world, although the fifth prince is not the eldest son with mediocre qualifications, but the mother is poor and the son is expensive, it is hard to say what will happen in the future."

"Don't you think that General Kang's unmarried status is due to his temperament. Isn't it because the imperial concubine has other plans for her younger brother's marriage? The Holy Majesty is now in good health, and the imperial concubine wants to win over the courtiers and win for the fifth prince. To increase the bargaining chip tomorrow, we must also guard against the suspicion of the Holy One, the scale of which is really difficult to grasp."

"Why are there so many things going on here?" Liu Su's heart was really chilled by this pot of cold water, she snuggled into Liu Junge's arms, worried: "Could it be possible that the egret is dragged like this?" Without waiting for Liu Junge to answer, she said to herself: "No, it can't be like this, why don't I go and ask my father? My eldest brother's son-in-law, Brother Yong, hasn't spoken well of him yet. Although my sister-in-law is mean, but with me With their parents still around, their bodies have always been strong, and they have spent a few years helping to look after the egret. After a hundred years for them, the egret will have a firm foothold in the mansion..."

The more Liu Su calculated, the more he felt that this matter was feasible, and couldn't help but lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

Liu Junge, who was contemplating himself, suddenly felt a chill, and when he came back to his senses, Liu Sushi was already standing in front of the desk and writing quickly.Liu Junge couldn't help asking: "What are you doing?"

"Write a letter to my father!" Liu Su replied casually, ignoring Liu Junge anymore, completely immersed in her own world.

Liu Junge looked at the excited Liu Sushi and sighed, her sister-in-law was so mean, she couldn't tolerate her sister-in-law back then, how could she tolerate Bailu who was of no help to his son now?
(End of this chapter)