Chapter 819 King Chu: He and Jia Ziyu are now considered brothers-in-law
Qixia Mountain
The foothills are lush and verdant. Looking around, the sky is high and the clouds are clear, wild geese are flying south, and withered mountain forests can be seen everywhere. It is late autumn, and the mist in the mountains is shrouding the beautiful mountains.
Jia Heng led Princess Li Chanyue of Xianning, accompanied by Chen Xiao, to Qixia Mountain to enjoy the scenery and feel relaxed and happy.
It was late autumn, it was slightly cold in the mountains, and there were no tourists on Qixia Mountain. Everyone walked along the mountain road towards the halfway up the mountain.
Stopping suddenly, Jia Heng, Princess Xianning, Chen Xiao, and Li Chen Chanyue climbed the mountain to look out.
Jia Heng looked at Chan Yue on the side, handed over a handkerchief and said: "Chan Yue, wipe the sweat on your face."
When Li Chanyue heard this, she was slightly ashamed, her cheeks flushed with red, and she said softly: "Thank you."
"I'll do it." Jia Heng looked at the girl with bright eyes and white teeth, and whispered: "My head is covered with sweat."
Li Chanyue bit her lower lip, and was slightly startled when she heard the same words as before.
Immediately, I felt the sweat on my forehead and temples being wiped away, but the movement was still as gentle as water, and my heart was filled with shame, joy and sweetness.
There are other people here, Mr. Jia... he's not afraid of others being jealous.
The eldest princess of Jinyang had a bright smile on her face. She looked at the pair of boys and girls with loving eyes, and said with a chuckle: "There are so many people here, but you love her."
"She is the youngest, so you should take more care of her." Jia Heng looked at the petite and exquisite girl, whose eyebrows seemed to hide a lot of worries, and said with a smile.
Li Chanyue listened to the two people talking, her thoughts were a little complicated.
Princess Xianning was standing on a pine tree with beautiful branches and green umbrella canopy. On her bright and beautiful face, she smiled slightly and said softly: "If the world is peaceful, I will accompany you here in the future."
Just take a look around the land of Kyushu."
Jia Heng said: "It is my lifelong wish to carry flying immortals with me, hold the bright moon for a long time, and go boating on rivers and lakes."
I just want to wait until that day, but I don’t know how long it will take.
Li Chanyue Zangxing Yunyue's eyes were shining brightly, focusing on Jia Heng's face, and asked: "Mr. Xiao Jia, when will Liaodong be completely pacified?"
Jia Heng looked at Li Chanyue and said: "Chanyue, I can't say this. It's possible in three years, five years, eight years or ten years. This is also my lifelong wish. What about Chanyue, do you have any wishes?"
Li Chanyue blinked her eyes and asked curiously: "Wish?"
Jia Heng asked: "Yes, apart from the wish-fulfilling husband, what about other wishes?"
Li Chanyue blinked her bright eyes, but didn't react for a moment.
Xian Ning couldn't help but laugh. A brisk smile appeared on her beautiful face, and she said softly: "Sir, are you talking about yourself?"
There was also a smile on Chen Xiaoqingli's beautiful face. Watching Jia Heng talking to her two cousins, for some reason, she always felt a detached perspective, watching that person in love, as if she had gained some kind of detachment.
The feeling of loneliness and open-mindedness is hard to describe.
Li Chanyue thought for a while, glanced at Jia Heng, Qingyue's voice was a little childish and sweet, and said: "Someone will accompany me to watch the fireworks, look at the clouds, go around, see many places, and eat a lot of good things."
food."
Jia Heng looked at the beautiful girl with admiration on her face, smiled, and his eyes were a little absent-minded. Such a girl who he thought was just the new boss of Jinyang and Xianning seemed to have colorful fantasies in his heart.
I don’t know why, but I suddenly remembered a sentence from my previous life. Those were very good, but I just didn’t like them.
Chan Yue at least likes him.
"Then when nothing happens in the north, I will take Chanyue for a walk." Jia Heng nodded and said with a chuckle.
Li Chanyue's eyes wandered and she said softly: "There is also my cousin."
While everyone was talking, they walked along the mountain path and reached the foot of the mountain. The eldest princess of Jinyang pointed to the waterfall in the distance and chuckled: "Ziyu, there is a waterfall in front of you. Let's go there to rest?"
Although Qixia Mountain at this time was not developed, the man-made facilities along the mountain road were relatively complete because literati from Jinling often climbed the mountain to enjoy the scenery.
Several people came between the rocks, and there was a crashing sound. It fell from the mountain stream and hit the pond, making a sound as clear as broken jade.
Jia Heng reached out and took the hands of Li Chanyue and Princess Xianning, and whispered: "Don't fall."
These two are the ones he wants to take home, so he still needs to take care of them.
Princess Jinyang said: "There is a stone bench here, sit here and rest for a while."
At this time, Lianxue and the female officer took the mats and laid them over to serve Princess Jinyang and Princess Xianning. Princess Qinghe sat down.
Jia Heng looked at the autumn scenery in the mountains and had a little sense of the life of a hermit waiting for leisurely clouds and wild cranes.
Everyone sat down, Li Chanyue shook the embroidered shoes under her skirt, looked at the young man with watery eyes, and said: "Mr. Xiao Jia, why don't you tell a story."
Everyone stared at the young man, with anticipation in their eyes.
Jia Heng smiled and said, "Then let me tell you a story about a man who is proud of himself."
As he spoke, he told the story of Swordsman.
Liu Zhengfeng washed his hands in the golden basin until he met the saint of the demon sect in Green Lane Lane.
Chen Xiao's clear eyes flashed under her beautiful eyebrows, and she looked at the young man. There was something strange on her face. Was this demon sect saint talking about her?
Li Chanyue's watery eyes were cast on the young man, with a look of yearning on his face, and he said: "Mr. Xiao Jia tells a good story. Isn't it like this in the world of swords and swords?"
Why does Mr. Jia have so many stories hidden in his heart?
Jia Heng looked at the girl with willow eyebrows, starry eyes, pink cheeks, and pretty face, and asked: "You can ask your cousin Xiao."
Chen Xiao glanced at Jia Heng, snorted coldly, and met the clear gaze of the little princess, saying: "It's not as he said, but it is true that people's hearts are sinister."
Li Chanyue wanted to ask again, but at this moment she heard the young man say softly: "Okay, stop asking, my mouth is dry from telling stories now, Chanyue give me some water to drink.
"
Li Chanyue's cheeks were slightly red, and she didn't know what she was thinking of. She glanced at Jia Heng with shame.
Mr. Jia is really bad.
At this time, Princess Xianning took a kettle from the female officer's hand, handed it over, and said with concern in her clear eyes: "Sir, just have a drink of water."
Jia Heng nodded, picked up the kettle and took a sip, then handed it to Xianning and said: "It's not hot today, so you can walk more. Let's go up there? There is a pavilion up there."
The eldest princess of Jinyang was looking at Jia Heng and Princess Xianning who were talking with a smile. After hearing this, she said softly: "Ziyu, Chanyue and Xianning are probably tired. Let's rest here for a while, and let's go up the mountain together."
"Auntie, I'm not tired." Princess Xianning put down the kettle in her hand, raised her beautiful eyebrows, and looked at the graceful beauty with concentration.
Princess Chunshan of Jinyang raised her dark eyebrows, glanced at Princess Xianning with her beautiful eyes, and said softly: "You are tired."
Princess Xianning: "???"
This man knew how to bully her, always in front of her husband.
Jia Heng: "..."
For some reason, he felt like laughing, but he also wanted to spend more time with Jinyang alone. Seeing that Xianning had turned away his face in grievance, he could only try to smooth things over and said in a warm voice: "Xianning, please stay with Chanyue for a while.
, the eldest princess and I will go up for a walk and we will come down later."
Li Chanyue was also a little worried. She took Princess Xianning's hand and comforted her: "Cousin, my feet still hurt. Just rest here for a while."
Princess Xianning nodded, stared at Jia Heng with bright eyes, and warned: "Sir, be careful when you go up."
She was worried that the man was obsessed with her husband and would forget about her and Chan Yue again.
In this way, Jia Heng accompanied the eldest princess of Jinyang for a while along the mountain road. They stopped in an octagonal pavilion with red beams and looked at the mist-shrouded mountains in the distance. It was late autumn, and the frosty leaves
Layer dyeing, fiery red.
Jia Heng reached out and gently took the beauty's slender hand, and the two hugged each other, staring at the mountain scenery in the distance.
The eldest princess of Jinyang nestled her little head tightly in Jia Heng's arms, with a bright smile on her pretty face, and said softly: "Do you think I am too harsh?"
Jia Heng said: "That's not true. I wanted to stay with you more when I came out this time. It's just that you are so fierce to Xianning, and you still want me to coax her later."
He was thinking just now, whether it was because he stayed overnight in Xianning and Chanyue yesterday that Jinyang deliberately gave Xianning a beating.
Of course, Jinyang probably felt that Xianning was too entangled with him.
The eldest princess of Jinyang said quietly: "Little girls like to cling to people, no matter what the consequences. Now the officials and nobles in the capital, as long as they are on the stage, almost all know that Xianning is attracted to you, but they all keep silent.
If you weren't helping supervise the salt affairs, or if you were winning consecutive battles against the bandits, I'm afraid there would be some more gossip."
After this man came to Jiangnan, he won great victories one after another. In the capital, except for some ignorant women who rely on their old age to sell themselves, they are now too shocked to say anything strange.
It can be said that victory and success are the weapons that can overwhelm all criticism.
Jia Heng's expression was distant, and he put his hands around the plump waist of the eldest princess of Jinyang, and said in his ear: "Xianning dares to love and hate, but in fact he is about the same as you."
The eldest princess of Jinyang said: "Well, in fact, it is not easy for Princess Shang to be the consort. At that time, we became a family with the Tian family. Some things are not as good as yours in the outer court. Look at the Lianghuai
The transfer envoys are Guo Shaonian and others."
Jia Heng chuckled and said, "I will act cautiously after returning to Beijing."
"However, you are now in a period of prosperity. After the previous defeat of the Donglu, the emperor will definitely rely more on you. You should be more careful in your actions in the future." Princess Jinyang said softly.
Jia Heng took Princess Jinyang's hand and sat down beside her, and said softly: "Isn't it true that I still have you?"
The beauty snuggled into Jia Heng's arms and asked, "I haven't asked you yet, what happened last night? Xianning, Chanyue and the others..."
Jia Heng smiled and said: "I didn't do anything. I just hugged each other and talked last night. I haven't spoken to Xianning and Chan Yue for a while."
Speaking of this, I couldn't help but think of some of Chan Yue's shyness and coquettishness yesterday.
Princess Jinyang sighed softly and said in a low voice: "I'm not stopping you. These two little girls are ignorant. You have to treat them well."
Jia Heng gently sniffed the fragrance of the beauty's hair and said warmly: "I will."
Come to the corner of the beauty's lips, grab and plunder the familiar sweetness.
The two people talked for a while, clasping their hands and looking at the beautiful scenery in the mountains. The mist was like mist, covering the winding mountains.
Jia Heng touched the shoulder of Princess Yang of Jinyang and suddenly felt something in his heart. He whispered: "Jinyang, in ten, twenty, or thirty years, we will climb Qixia Mountain again."
The eldest princess of Jinyang said "hmm" at first, then suddenly she couldn't help but laugh out loud and said: "Thirty years later, I will not be able to go up the mountain anymore."
At the end of the sentence, a sense of sadness inevitably welled up in my heart.
Thirty years later, she has become an old woman.
"I will carry you up when the time comes." Jia Heng took Li Ren's hand, held it tightly, and said in a firm tone.
The eldest princess of Jinyang snorted softly, her soft and jade face showed a calm look, and she couldn't help but said shyly: "Can you carry it?"
A hint of sweetness surged in her heart, and she knew he wasn't lying.
After a while, the eldest princess of Jinyang said softly: "Go down and call Xianning and Chanyue. Xianning may be gnashing his teeth at me again."
At the end of the sentence, I couldn't help but laugh.
Jia Heng held Princess Jinyang's hand and said warmly: "Xianning, she usually behaves a bit mischievously, but she is still very respectful to you."
It was indeed very respectful last night, and I didn't mind it at all when I was messing around, and I had a great time.
The eldest princess of Jinyang said nothing else, followed Jia Heng down to the previous mountain road, and called up the two girls who were resting.
After that, Jinyang accompanied the eldest princess of Jinyang around the entire Qixia Mountain, and did not return to the eldest princess's house until evening.
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Time is like the clouds and mist above Qixia Mountain, rolling in and out, and before you know it, another five or six days have passed.
In the past few days, Jia Heng, in addition to accompanying Jinyang, Xianning, Chanyue and the people from Ningguo Mansion to visit the scenic spots and historic sites, he also went to the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps to handle official duties. During this period, he also went to Li Shouzhong
Be a guest at home.
The reorganization of the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps went smoothly, and the groundbreaking ceremony of the Naval Academy in Chongmingsha also started successfully under the auspices of Jia Heng.
On this day, the generals who came to the Navy and the Fuzhou Navy to pursue the remnants of the pirates also sent the results of their battles over one after another, and then went to Chongming Sand to see Jia Heng.
Chongmingsha, Jiangnan Naval Academy
The temporary reed shed stood quietly in the autumn rain. Jia Heng was receiving the visiting Fujian capital commander Yan Dong, the Shandong capital commander Hou Jisi and other generals from the navy in Fuzhou.
In the past few days, various wood, stone and earth materials have been transported to Chongming Shadao to build schools and teaching buildings. Although under Jia Heng's urging, the construction progress has been accelerated in full swing, it will still take another month to be initially completed.
Yan Dong, the commander of the Fujian capital, looked at the young nobleman opposite and said: "Uncle Yongning, the Fuzhou navy now has 20,000 people, but it is not a standing establishment, but is divided into several guards. It is only classified by the capital every year.
The navy conducts unified training."
Jia Heng said: "If we, a big man, want to attack Liaodong directly with our navy, we need to integrate the navy from several places and build a navy that can fight the first battle on the ocean."
After hearing this, Hou Jisi, the commander of the Shandong capital, nodded in agreement and said, "What Yong Ningbo said is true. After the previous battle, this navy has great potential. If I, a big man, can have a navy to penetrate directly into Liaodong, it will definitely contain the Jurchens."
strength."
The Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps are preparing to build a navy and add a navy admiral. This is a second-grade general, and he will be able to lead troops to conquer Liaodong in the future. With merit, there is a high probability that he will be granted a title. The main reason is that Yongningbo is preparing to use water.
division.
Jia Heng said: "This is exactly what I mean. After I return, I will come here and the naval forces in Fuzhou and Fuzhou will continue to drill. When the time comes, the navy will be used in the national war."
All the navy generals present heard this and nodded in agreement.
At the same time, on the official road outside Jinling City, the willow trees that had long since withered their green leaves made a hoarse rustling sound in the bleak autumn wind. The sky was dim, the autumn rain was misty, and the cold autumn wind blew on the face, making people wrap up their clothes involuntarily.
.
Suddenly there was a faint sound of horse hoofbeats from a distance, and dozens of horses were galloping to the outside of Jinling City. Most of the people on the saddles had a look of dust on their faces.
"Your Majesty, Jinling City has arrived." Duan Dianjun, who was standing beside him, pointed at Jinling City in the distance and said respectfully to the young man beside him.
The King of Chu was dressed in a jade-green warrior uniform, with a rhinoceros jade belt around his waist, and Chaoyun official boots on his feet. His hair was tied up with a green hairpin. After hearing this, he tightened the reins in his hands, raised his slightly sinister face, and raised his eyes.
Looking at the city gate tower, looking at the twilight, under the slanting wind and drizzle, the Jinling City stands tall, ancient and peaceful, he nodded and said: "Go to Zhen Mansion."
As the thick and dark night fell, the King of Chu led more than ten riders and rode into Jinling City.
Jinling, Zhenzhai
In the attic in the backyard, Zhen Qing is sitting with Zhen Xue, with her head and face lifted, her beautiful green silk tied behind her shoulders, and her face that is as beautiful as the core of a peony flower.
With a hint of contemplation, he asked: "Sister, let's go to Ningguo Mansion to find Ziyu tomorrow."
"You still have to go." The hairpin in Zhen Xue's hand moved slightly, and a blush appeared on her jade face as white as snow, and she said softly: "Sister, why are you looking for it again?"
She remembered that when Tian Ziyu came back from victory the day before, the two of them should have met each other first, wondering why her sister was so addicted.
"That bastard has been enjoying himself these past few days, playing around with the girls in the house and Xinxin." Zhen Qing said in a low voice.
In addition to military duties, Jia Heng spent the past five or six days traveling around with Chai Dai, Xiang Yun and others, and visited the eighteen scenic spots in Jinling.
This matter naturally reached Zhen Qing's ears through the mouths of Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi.
Zhen Xue smiled softly, her delicate and picturesque eyebrows were as pretty as flowers, her red lips were protruding, and her jade cheeks as white as snow were all bright with joy, and she said, "Xinxin has indeed been very happy these past few days."
Zhen Qing chuckled lightly and said, "I saw him doting on Xinxin as if he were his own daughter."
Looking at it this way, my sister and Ziyu are a family of three.
Thinking of this, Zhen Qing leaned close to Zhen Xue's ear and said: "If my sister gives him a child, I wonder how he will pamper her."
"Sister, you are talking nonsense." Zhen Xue's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, and there was a hint of shyness between her gentle and graceful eyebrows.
My sister usually likes to tease her.
Zhen Qing looked at her sister with a smile, and secretly thought that only if her sister has her own child, can she completely tie down that bastard.
Zhen Xue sighed softly and suddenly said: "Sister, Ziyu seems to be returning to Beijing these days."
"I know that my sister can return to the capital with him when the time comes." Zhen Qing looked at Zhen Xue with a half-smile, and said softly: "I can't go back then."
She will stay in Jinling for a long time, and the prince will probably come over again in the next few days.
Zhen Xuejiao nodded and said softly: "Xinxin has also said that she is homesick these past two days and wants to go back to Shenjing with her godfather."
Perhaps Zhen Qing's "talking" had an effect. Suddenly, a nanny said under the eaves: "Princess, the prince is here."
Zhen Qing's face changed slightly as she was talking, and she looked at her sister. She felt a little flustered for some reason.
Zhen Qing was silent for a moment, and composed herself. The bright smile on her snowy face gradually faded away, and she said softly: "Sister, wait here for now. I'll go and greet you."
With that said, he called the female officer and left the attic.
At this moment, in the front hall, the King of Chu was dressed in a jade-colored robe, sitting on a pearwood chair. He was talking to Zhen Yingjia, Zhen Shao, Zhen Xuan, and Zhen Zhu, mainly to express his condolences to Mrs. Zhen after her death.
Then they chatted about the past.
With a smile on his face, the King of Chu asked: "This time I was originally helping to escort the ordnance. When I was in Henan, I heard that Yongningbo had won a great victory. I don't know how that battle was fought?"
He was really curious about how brave Jia Ziyu was, how he could defeat twice as many invading bandits so quickly.
Zhen Yingjia was about to speak when suddenly the nun outside called loudly: "Your Majesty, the princess is here."
Everyone followed the sound and saw Princess Zhen Qing of Chu, wearing a long lotus-colored plain dress, walking gracefully and gracefully. The beauty's charming face, as gorgeous as the core of a peony flower, was covered with a prosperous smile, and she said softly: "Your Majesty,
When did you come here?"
"Princess." Upon hearing this, the King of Chu stood up from his seat, went up to greet the general, looked at the beauty who was vaguely three points more beautiful than before leaving the capital, and looked like a beautiful peony, and called softly.
I don't know if it was his imagination, but the princess seemed to be more beautiful than the last time she saw her. Every time she frowned or smiled, she could see her charming charm and grace in the corners of her eyes.
At this moment, although she is wearing a lily-colored skirt, she is walking gracefully and gracefully, with a pretty smile, and she still looks dignified and gorgeous.
Zhen Qing sat down on the pear wood chair with her face as round as a millstone, and under the heart-shaped bun made of delicate silk silk, with a bright smile on her charming and bright face, she asked: "Your Majesty, are you not an escort?"
Why didn't you go to the camp if you were carrying ordnance?"
"The ordnance is in Yangzhou now and has entered the Jiangbei camp. I said I want to go find Jia Ziyu." King Chu said in a warm voice with excitement.
Then he looked at Princess Zhen Qing and asked curiously: "Jia Ziyu previously defeated the pirates in Jinling. I heard that he was invincible in naval battles and even captured the Jurchen Prince Duduo alive?"
Because they were all a family and had a lot of political dealings in private, the King of Chu did not avoid it too much.
Zhen Qing raised her narrow, clear phoenix eyes and looked at King Chu with an interested expression on his face. Her watery eyes flashed, and for some unknown reason, she couldn't help but ponder a sentence in her heart.
That bastard was not only extraordinarily brave in sea battles, but also... extraordinarily brave when he was galloping around her.
Thinking of this, Zhen Qing's heart skipped a beat. She felt her cheeks were slightly hot and her delicate body was soft. She quickly suppressed the chaotic thoughts in her heart, and her charming eyes were a bit absent-minded.
What happened to her? Why did she think of her fight with that bastard in front of the prince?
Well, it's all because of that bastard, who asked the prince over and over again in her ear, and she was led into a bad woman.
Zhen Qing smiled and said: "The Jurchen Prince was indeed captured alive. Now the fourth sister is in the Ningguo Mansion. I used to go there often, so I can be considered a witness to the whole process."
It was necessary to bury the burden in advance. Later, the provincial prince heard that she often went to Ningguo Mansion and became suspicious again.
"My father-in-law also told me just now that he promised his fourth sister to Jia Ziyu." The king of Chu couldn't hide the joy in his eyes. There was a sigh on his face, and he said with emotion: "It's rare for the old lady to be so caring."
After just talking with Zhen Yingjia, the King of Chu had already figured out the previous defeat of Zhen Zhu, as well as the news that Mrs. Zhen had promised Zhen Xi to Jia Heng.
Well, he and Jia Ziyu are now considered brothers-in-law.
