Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 166 3.73 When discussing rewards for merit, no one mentioned it to him
Volume Three

3.73 When discussing rewards for merit, no one mentioned it to him
That afternoon, Li Wanyuan.

"Huh -" Li Wan was too lazy to speak. He glared at someone and then called Su Yun next to him to come over and clean up.

"Master, it's past time, but are you leaving?" Suyun asked reluctantly while busy, "I don't know when I will be blessed to see you again."

"You just followed me because you couldn't bear to let me go!" Li Wan, who finally recovered his breath, said angrily, "I don't know whose slave you are, you are patronizing outsiders and you even dare to bully your own master. I won't let you kneel down. Last night, teach the rules well!"

"Hehe, if grandma still needs service, I can just kneel down!" Su Yun retorted, and an angry Li Wan picked up a pillow and threw it at a certain demon star who was watching the fun.

"Why are you hitting me?" Someone who was also shot while lying down was very dissatisfied. "When Suyun was kneeling to serve, I didn't see you just now - oh, stop hitting me, I was wrong!"

"Just mess with me!" Li Wan said angrily, turning to greet the door, "Qingwen, have you packed all your things?"

"It's all packed!" Qingwen came in from the outside with a blushing face. She avoided certain shots and said, "Actually, there's nothing to pack. It's just a few pieces of clothes. Sister Suyun helped wash them yesterday. It's easy to dry, but I don't know if the young master in the east courtyard forgot anything."

"No." Zhou Yang shook his head simply and took the two girls to the bathroom to clean up. "I'll put on my clothes later and we'll go home. Girl Qing, please rest first. You've worked hard these past two days." Got it!"

"Hmph!" Looking at the shameless trio passing by, Qingwen curled her lips in dissatisfaction, but still didn't say anything else. She could only listen to the sound of water and laughter coming from the bathroom, alone in the living room. Sulking.

I don’t know if it was because the weather started to get hotter, but the cleaning time for the three of them was a bit long. After more than a stick of incense, no one came out, which made the maid in the living room even more dissatisfied. Fortunately, neither of the three of them came out. It was too much. Li Wan changed his clothes and left the bathroom first. But at the same time, the sound coming from outside the door made the whole main room quiet.

"Is your sister-in-law here?" Wang Xifeng's habitual "hear someone's voice before seeing her" skill was activated, and along with the sound came footsteps getting closer and closer, "I need your help with some small things, I don't know. Isn’t it convenient?”

"Why did Feng girl come to my place when she was free?" Li Wan's expression stiffened, he turned around and knocked on the bathroom door before welcoming him out with a smile, "I wonder what happened to the second mistress, and she actually needs help from me, a widow. ?”

"Bah, bah, bah, how can you say this yourself?" Wang Xifeng stepped forward and lightly hit her, and then continued, "I came here to ask, who - I guessed it right, sister Qingwen is Here you are!”

"I've seen Second Grandma Lian!" Qingwen stood up and asked Yifu, "I wonder if Second Grandma has any instructions that I need a slave to do?"

"How dare I give you orders? I'm afraid that your uncle will show me some sword or sword and chop me down, but he won't find anyone to reason with." Wang Xifeng said with a smile, "I just want to ask you. , Your young master is the son-in-law of the Xue family, who has a good harvest and heavy snowfall. What business can you do to help me, a housewife like me?"

"This slave really doesn't know." Qingwen certainly didn't lie. Although she was in charge of the daily consumption of the entire Zhou family, she basically knew nothing about the outside business. That was Zhang Dehui's division of responsibilities. "Just listen to our young master." I said it, it seems to be some kind of southern product."

"A southern product of the Xue brand?" Wang Xifeng's eyes suddenly lit up, "Tell me quickly, where did your young master go? I will..."

"But you're talking nonsense again. Wherever Brother Zhou went, you can't come to me to find him!" Li Wan, who hadn't spoken for a long time, interrupted her directly, "You'd better find Brother Lian and ask him carefully. It's serious. How much can a girl know?"

"Hmph! Who knows where his bridleless thing has gone!" Wang Xifeng's face darkened, and after cursing, he said no more and turned to look at Li Wan, "Oh, I really didn't pay attention, grandma Why are you taking a shower in broad daylight? Why don't you see Suyun's hooves waiting on you? And how come your face and look make people feel more beautiful the more you look at it? But what secret recipe was used? "

"Go, go, don't think I don't know. You took a shower when you came back in the morning." Li Wan pushed Wang Xifeng out angrily, "The weather is getting hot, and I can't stand it for a while, so I simply took a shower Chong, what you said is not true. You should go to Brother Zhou quickly and ask about your business experience!" "Oh, what are you pushing? I can still steal your money?" Wang Xifeng said no. , but still let Li Wan push him into the yard. He glanced around and saw Jia Lan studying in the east wing, "You are so serious. You can't bear to force such a young child to study. How old is Baoyu? Aren’t you just having fun and relaxing?”

"Lan'er is not that lucky." Holding back the disdain in his heart, Li Wan still threw out a common nonsense, and then continued to push Wang Xifeng out, "I hope you can find Brother Zhou soon. Otherwise, you will have a temper. It’s the Ping’er girl who is in trouble.”

"You care about that hoof so much, why don't you bring it to serve you?" Wang Xifeng didn't forget to bicker until they reached the door, "It also saves you from making me angry all day long - okay, I won't disturb you and go back to sleep!"

"You should send Ping'er's body deed!" Li Wan smiled and continued to tease, "I will have many good girls by then. Suyun's hoof is not good for my hands, so it is convenient for more than one person to work together!"

"What a beautiful idea!" Wang Xifeng waved her hand and returned to the yard.

Li Wan breathed a sigh of relief, looked around and saw no one before turning around and entering the hospital. He hadn't forgotten to close the door and latch it. Just now he was just happy and didn't even close the door. Fortunately, Wang Xifeng liked to shout everywhere, otherwise she would have blocked the bed. There was nothing she could do about it, so when she returned to the main room, the familiar sound of "um" coming from the bathroom almost made her explode.

"You two shameless people should have just let Feng Yatou go in to arrest people." Li Wan couldn't hold it in anymore. He stepped forward and opened the door, pointed at the two shameless people and said, "I was thinking of letting the two people go in and arrest them." I'll let you go out this damned bastard, but it doesn't seem to be necessary now!"

After struggling for another half an hour, Zhou Yang waited until he left Li Wan Courtyard through the back window, climbed over the front wall of the garden, entered the road between Li Wan Courtyard and Jia Lian Courtyard, went around to Wang Xifeng and beat him for a long time, then he said goodbye and left, but he was waiting for him. He called Li Xiong to pick up Qingwen in a carriage, and when he rode out of the side gate of Rongguo Mansion, he saw Jia Lian getting out of the sedan drunkenly.

"Brother Lian, where are you, drunk like this?" When he saw it, he naturally went up to say hello. Zhou Yang asked with some confusion, "I drank so much yesterday, why are you still here today?"

"Good brother, brother, I'm so happy!" Jia Lian was really happy, grinning almost to the point of tearing the corners of his mouth, "When we were leaving last night, Brother Niu Ben invited everyone to gather together today. That thing you mentioned, It’s been—hiccup—done, and not only that, Brother Shui also said on the spot that every family will share in the benefits this time!”

"Credit distribution?" Zhou Yang looked around and saw that there was no one else except the servants of the Rongguo Mansion. However, he still pulled Jia Lian away from him and said, "Have you already distributed the credit? What if something goes wrong?"

"What could be wrong?" Jia Lian waved his hands drunkenly and said in a disdainful tone, "Those Tatars have long become eggless things. In the late Ming Dynasty, they were taken in as slaves by the Jiannu slaves. In the early years of the Guo Dynasty, they were taken in by Taizong. The purpose of the fight was to profess vassals and send beauties away. That is to say, after the Supreme Emperor abdicated the throne, they took advantage of the fact that the court had no time to clean up and secretly beat the autumn wind several times.

Prince Shui has guarded Northern Xinjiang for many years and has dealt with those Tatars all his life. It’s okay if he doesn’t take action. If he takes action, there will be no chance for those barbarians. Just wait. Anyway, Brother Shui Rong has sent a fast horse to deliver the letter. At most, by the beginning of next month, the news will be passed over there. The victory of [-] beheadings, just a little bit leaked between the fingers, is enough for outsiders to eat and drink! "

"That's good!" Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief. According to the information he had, the Zhou Dynasty during this period was indeed at an advantage over the surrounding foreign races. "But, no matter how great the credit is, you have to have a chance to get it. Both you and Brother Zhen How can I do it if I don’t have a real job?”

"Don't worry. Brother Zhen has already asked Uncle Niu to donate the title of Hundred Households of the Five Military Camps to Brother Rong. As long as the Ministry of War prepares the documents and registers in Northern Xinjiang, he can still get the title of Thousand Households. It’s not difficult; others are even more impressive, just like Brother Niu, who was originally a member of the Hundred Households of the Fifth Military Camp, but holds the title of Deputy to the Thousand Households, once the credit comes, it’s not a big deal even if the Thousand Households are really lacking.”

"Second Brother Lian, have you ever thought of taking the opportunity to get something?" After thinking for a while, Zhou Yang asked one more question, "If you can hang it up"

"Here I am." Jia Lian was obviously too drunk to speak, "I have received all the petitions for the county magistrate. I will be able to go to Yancheng to take office in July or August. I still have to take care of these things. How about... burp ——”

"Someone, come here, help your second master back home!" Holding the completely broken Jia Lian, Zhou Yang shook his head speechlessly and called for his servants to come over and take over.

Yesterday, he was the one who took the lead in arranging the follow-up process of the Pingbei Army. He took almost everything into consideration and just followed it. Today, when it was time to discuss merit and reward, no one mentioned it to him, not even a word. Not even mentioned.

(End of this chapter)