A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 180
Mao Bin came into the mansion, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Mr. Ji also gave Mao Bin a chair, and General Mao was flattered, and carefully sat on half of his buttocks.

Mentioning the new candidate for Yongning's garrison, Mao Bin said: "Not long ago, the general went to Bao'anzhou City, and after inspecting the affairs of Bao'an, I was quite moved."

His voice was shrill, and it was deliberately kept low in front of Ji Shiwei, but when he was happy to speak, his voice gradually became higher and higher.

He said: "The sergeants in Bao'an City are rigorously drilled, and the embankments of the armored city are well-equipped. Baoan Prefecture is still vigorously cultivating the fields. Presumably, the government will be prosperous in the near future, and the soldiers and civilians will have enough food and clothing. , although Wang Dou is young, he is quite talented, and the general thinks he is the best candidate for the new Yongning defense, what do you think?"

Ji Bingbei has been listening to Mao Bin expressionlessly, until General Mao Shen finished speaking and looked at him expectantly, then he said indifferently: "Wang Dou is indeed talented, but he is too young and has just been promoted. , it is time to hone, Wang Dou's promotion, let's wait for the military and political examination in a few years later."

General Mao Shen was stunned, not understanding why Ji Bingbei's attitude changed so quickly, he was speechless and speechless.

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Not far from Baoanzhou City, there was a beautiful carriage parked beside the carriage, Ji Junjiao looked back at the state city, then looked up at the sky, feeling empty and melancholy for a moment.

Beside her, her close maid, Die Die, reminded: "Little lady, your lord is in a hurry, let's go on our way."

The other maid, Dragonfly, looked worried, and she whispered: "Little lady, I have heard some gossip and gossip... I also heard that the lord is quite angry in the mansion, so I'm back in Lucheng..."

Ji Junjiao smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, have you prepared all the gifts for your parents?"

The two daughters both said: "Little lady, don't worry, the slaves and maidservants have already been prepared."

Ji Junjiao said: "Okay, let's go on the road."

The carriage went all the way to the southeast, and on the second day, it arrived at Huailai Acropolis. When entering the Bingxian Mansion, Ji Junjiao coughed softly, and immediately became dignified and quiet. She entered the mansion gracefully, and when she came to the hall, she I saw my father, mother, even several older brothers and sisters, and two brothers-in-law were all present.

Ji Junjiao was taken aback, but her face was filled with joy, she stepped forward quickly, and said obediently: "My daughter has met her father and mother, Jiaoer is away from home, how is the old man?"

She said to everyone around her again: "My brothers and sisters are all back? It's really great."

Her mother, Chu Shi, was delighted when she saw her daughter. Her little daughter was the most well-behaved, with a very sweet mouth on weekdays, and she looked like a good baby.Seeing her daughter, Chu immediately forgot everything, she lovingly hugged Ji Junjiao in her arms, and said repeatedly: "Alright, this daughter of mine knows how to love my mother the most, look at my son, she has lost weight and is even more beautiful gone."

Having said that, she laughed.

When Ji Shiwei saw his daughter, he also felt that his anger was dissipating quickly. He coughed and said seriously: "Jiaoer, kneel down."

Ji Junjiao was surprised: "Father, why is this, but Jiaoer did something wrong?"

The Chu family also said distressedly: "Master."

With a straight face, Ji Shiwei just said, "Kneel down."

Ji Junjiao watched the brothers and sisters beside her keep winking at her, and knelt down reluctantly.

Ji Shiwei said: "Let me ask you, now Yanqing Prefecture is full of rumors, saying that you have behaved badly, how close you are to Wang Dou, the leader of Baoan Prefecture, is this really true?"

Chu frowned and said: "Master, if you have something to say, why are you talking to Jiao'er so viciously, what should you do if you frighten her?"

Ji Shiwei snorted: "A loving mother has many losers. It is because of your pampering that my daughter is lawless. Now that Wu Zhizhou has come to withdraw the engagement, the old man has lost face, do you know that?"

Ji Junjiao's tears rolled down, and she said with tears: "My daughter doesn't know why there are such rumors, it's just that my daughter grew up under her parents' knees. Don't parents know what a daughter is like?"

She said desolately: "My daughter knew that my father had a cough, so I brought back apricots from Baoanzhou. She also knew that my mother's waist and legs were sore from time to time, so she also asked someone to buy local grapes in Baoanzhou, and brought them back together, and gave them to my sisters and sister-in-laws." Bought a gift. As for Wang Dou, the integrity officer of Baoanzhou City, the daughter just thanked him for escorting her daughter. When Zhoucheng met him, he thanked him a little bit, but there was absolutely no misbehavior as the rumors said."

Ji Junjiao suddenly stood up: "If the father thinks that the daughter has lost her reputation, the daughter will show her chastity by dying."

As she said that, she was about to hit the pillar next to her.

"I can't, I can't..."

Everyone next to her hurriedly grabbed her.

The Chu family even hugged Ji Junjiao, crying, and just said: "My daughter, you must not do this. If you have something wrong, how can you make your mother live."

Ji Junjiao also hugged Chu and cried, "Mother."

Mrs. Chu yelled at Ji Shiwei: "Master, you are willing to force our daughter to death? My well-behaved daughter, even when she returned to the city, remembered that her mother's waist and legs were sore. She would do something that would damage her reputation. What? Master, don't be confused, you have fallen into the tricks of outsiders."

Ji Shiwei was also taken aback when he saw that his daughter wanted to commit suicide, but he was relieved to see her daughter being held back by others.

Hearing Chu's yelling, he just sat in his seat blankly and said nothing.

His eldest son Ji Boqing stepped forward and said: "Father, there is nothing strange about this matter, the urgency of the rumors is quite surprising."

He said: "Wang Dou, the integrity officer of Bao'an Prefecture City, my child has also heard about him. Such a person who says that a wife of dross should not be abandoned is definitely not a rumor claiming so, and he is still a warrior..."

The Chu family interjected: "That's right, that Wang Dou is very upright, how could he be ambiguous with Jiao'er? There must be some conspiracy to target our Ji family."

Ji Shiwei said: "General Mao Shen asked Wang Dou for money and beautiful concubine? I haven't heard about it."

Ji Boqing said: "Everyone in Bao'an Prefecture knows about it, even Lucheng has rumors about it."

Ji Shiwei said: "Strange, some time ago, Mao Bin also recommended Wang Dou to me as the new candidate for Yongning's defense."

Ji Boqing said: "This Mao Bin is greedy for money and lustful, and he always pays back his grievances. Wang Dou refused his bribe, so he must have hated him deeply. Would he still recommend Wang Dou to be the new Yongning guard?"

Everyone was quiet, Ji Shiwei's second son Ji Zhongkun said: "Father, my son is in Yanqing Prefecture, and I have seen many Mao Bin's cronies and subordinates gathered in various teahouses..."

Ji Shiwei stroked his beard and pondered for a long time, then he snorted, "Mao Bin."

He looked at his daughter Ji Junjiao, and sighed: "Jiao'er, I blamed you for my father's fault, but people's words are terrible. You should stay at home recently and don't run out, especially don't go to Baoanzhou."

The Chu family said to Ji Junjiao: "Jiao'er, your father is right, you should stay at home as a mother, and don't run out at every turn."

She sighed: "You are not young, it's time to find a marriage, pick and choose... Alas, it's a pity that Wu Lue's child is quite pleasing to the old man."

She suddenly gritted her teeth again: "Old man Wu Zhi said so about our Jiaoer, hmph, he will wait and see."

Ji Junjiao is almost 19 years old. If she was replaced by a girl from another family, her children would run around all over the place, but she is not married yet, which made Chu family quite worried.It's so easy to have the right family, but it's a pity that it's yellow again.

Ji Junjiao hugged her mother and said coquettishly: "Mom, of course my daughter knows that the male college should get married and the female college should marry, but even though it is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, the daughter also knows that the father and mother are not that kind of worldly people, and she is willing to look for them." My own happiness is like that of my brothers and sisters. Look, how happy are they living now? The mother hurriedly married her daughter off, but she doesn't want her to be as happy as her brothers, sisters-in-law and sisters?"

Ji Junjiao's words made her brothers, sisters-in-law, sisters and husbands nod repeatedly.

Ji Shiwei shook his head and was speechless, Chu said: "You child, why do you talk like that."

Then she laughed again, and lovingly hugged Ji Junjiao into her arms.

After the weather calmed down, the Chu family asked Ji Junjiao to go back to her room to rest, and returned to her boudoir. Ji Junjiao said to herself: "It's something bad, I can't go out now."

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Xuanfu Town East Road, Yongning City.

Yongning City is the place where the generals of Xuanfu Town East Road were stationed. In the 15th year of Yongle, Yongningwei was established. In the first year of Xuande, Yongningwei was renamed Yanqing Zuowei.Because it is close to the Mongolian frontier, this is a place where heavy troops gather. The Sihaiye Fort, Thursday Ditch Fort, and Heihanling Fort are all important border crossings.The city is [-] steps away on Saturday, and the whole city is covered with bricks. It is in charge of nearly [-] subordinate castles.

In the year of Hongzhi, Yongningwei had more than [-] military households. Although many escaped over the years, they still had a strong foundation. Mules and horses attracted a large number of merchants, and the streets of Yongning City were quite lively.

From time to time, the caravan came into the city with camel horses, the merchants yelling loudly on both sides of the street, the densely packed shop signs, the military households in tattered clothes, the refugees with their families, and those in tattered armor, with knives and guns sideways, walking swaggeringly on the street Soldiers in the reinforcement camp.There were even quite a few Mongolians who were still dressed in fur robes on a hot day, pulling camel horses around the streets, but no one was interested in questioning them.

Yongning City is divided into two gates, East and West, and the General's Mansion is not far from the West Gate. In the area of ​​West Street, there are many street stalls selling water-milled fried cakes, cooked meat, meatballs, and water tofu. The aroma is tempting. It can be called a food street.

Among the bustling diners, a well-built man in a long robe came to a street stall selling water tofu quietly. There were four men sitting in this stall, some tall and some short, but they all looked quite different. He was tough, and one of them was even more burly with a beard. At this time, he was eating water tofu and water mill fried cake.

The long-robed man walked up to the big bearded man and said in a low voice, "Warm your head."

Wen Daxing raised his head, glanced around calmly, and said, "How's the situation?"

(End of this chapter)