Chapter 98

Jiafu now has a big belly and can't move easily. She can't sleep well at night, not to mention that Pei You'an was not around for the past two nights, making it even more difficult to sleep. This night, I woke up from sleep, and I couldn't fall back to sleep after the fourth clock. I remembered him, but I didn't know how things were going in his city. I was tossing and turning on the bed when I suddenly heard a creaking and snow coming from outside the door. The sound of his footsteps was immediately recognized as him, and sure enough, the next moment he heard his voice calling out to him outside the door, he was overjoyed, sat up, put his clothes on his stomach and climbed out of bed, and put on his shoes to open the door for him. .

Pei You'an stomped the snow on his boots outside the door, and then he opened the curtain and bent over to enter. There was a fragrant and warm body in his arms. Jiafu ignored his coldness and threw himself into his arms. , hugged him, as if the two had been separated for a long time.

Pei You'an felt warm, but he was afraid that he would make her cold, and said, "I'm cold, lie down quickly."

Jiafu shook her head, released him, helped him take off his coat, pulled him to the stove, and sat down on him. Pei Youan hugged her and sat on his lap, and asked her what to eat and sleep for the past two days. Jiafu said that she was fine, When I asked him what happened, Pei You'an briefly talked to her, not saying a word about his own murder, but said, "Hu Liangcai has been placed under house arrest by me temporarily. When the defense was completed early last night, I sent a letter to Mr. Tang, the envoy of Jiedu in Longyou, please send someone to take charge of this task quickly."

The elder Tang, Jiedu envoy of Longyou, was the same generation as the father of the Duke of Wei, Pei Xian. The Duke of Wei respected him as his uncle in his early years, and Pei Youan called him his uncle. In the first year of the young emperor Chengning, when King Shun'an was regent, the old general Tang told his old age and returned to his hometown. A few years later, King Shun'an ascended the throne. With the demotion of a group of old court generals such as Dong Chengsuba, and walking, there was no time in the northwest. People, King Shun'an invited the old general, who was in his sixties at the time, out of the mountain. Although the old general was dissatisfied with King Shun'an seeking to usurp the throne, he couldn't bear the people on the frontier to be tortured, so he took the post of Jiedu of Longyou. Sitting in town until now, it is almost ancient, and still has not removed the armor.

A few months ago, the old man had a letter exchange with Pei You'an. Between the lines, there was a meaning of disarming again. He also comforted Pei You'an's experience. At the end of the letter, he said that he knew that Hu Liangcai was a fierce general, and he used to be a strong general. He has done credit for the court, but he is stubborn, and he is very happy with it. He is worried that he will greedily advance in the future. This side of the loess battlefield hero, if there is a crisis, can act cheaply, and everything should be the overall situation.

Pei You'an said it was an understatement, but Jiafu was still thrilled to hear it. But as long as it was what he did, no matter what he did, even the beheading, in Jia Fu's eyes, it was all right. In addition to worship, she worships.

She got into his arms, and Pei You'an hugged her back. The two kept warm for a moment. Jiafu remembered that he must have slept all night last night. He should be hungry and tired at the moment. some sleep.

Pei Youan said that he was going out, as if he remembered, and said again: "Cui Yinshui is here, and I was locked outside the gate. Wait for you to tell the girl, wrap him some hot food and ask him to take it and leave immediately, don't stay. Get him down!"

Jiafu was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect that Cui Yinshui, the most respectable little eunuch in the palace before Li Yuangui, would suddenly appear here at this time, and asked why.

"I said I'm here to serve you." Pei You'an said lightly.

Jiafu asked a few more questions, and after learning that Cui Yinshui was alone, she thought for a while.

Naturally, she didn't need Cui Yinshui's service, but the arrival of this eunuch must be the emperor's intention. Although I don't know what the emperor's intention is, since people are here, it's so icy and snowy outside, thinking that this little eunuch was polite to me in the past and helped her, I couldn't bear it, and said: "He may not be willing to come. In this kind of place, I think it's just an order. It's so cold outside. Anyway, let him come in and warm up first. I'll listen to you if you stay or not. You must be tired, so lie down and wait for your meal. ,I'm calling you."

Seeing that she was going to get dressed, Pei You'an hurriedly hugged her back and put it on the bed: "You are just soft-hearted. Forget it, let him come in first to keep warm. Just don't leave him behind."

Its daybreak.

He hadn't slept for two nights, ate something, took a bath, and was urged by Jiafu to lie down to sleep, but he asked her to sleep with her. The two of them slept for only an hour or two before they came from the city. People said that they had received news and found that the vanguard cavalry originally sent by the Hu people to Jianmen Pass had turned and seemed to be heading for the border. Li Rui and others urgently asked Pei Youan to go to discuss the matter.

Pei Youan woke up and got up immediately. Jiafu served him silently, put on his clothes, sent him out, leaned against the door, and watched his leaving back.

Pei You'an took a few steps, then turned back and whispered in her ear: "I will come back as soon as possible to accompany you and give birth to our baby."

He hugged her hard, then walked away quickly, and the figure gradually disappeared from sight.

Jiafu slowly returned to the house and sat there when she suddenly thought of Cui Yinshui and asked. Sandalwood said: "Didn't you tell him to come in and bake the fire in the morning? He didn't go in, he just ate a few mouthfuls of steamed buns, and is still kneeling outside the gate right now."

Jiafu frowned and asked Sandalwood to call someone in. After a while, she saw Cui Yinshui coming, her face was frozen like a radish hit by frost, the white and the inside were blue, and there was a layer of frost on her eyebrows and hair. , the two knees and trouser legs were covered with snow and ice. Seeing that the cold air had penetrated into it, the whole person shivered. When he entered the room, he saw Jiafu, the joints of his hands and feet were stiff, and he couldn't kneel down for a while, and the whole person was lying on the ground. It was like a popsicle, and even the tongue seemed to freeze, unable to speak.

Jiafu was startled, and hurriedly called Lao Ding and his wife to carry him down to warm up. After a while, Cui Yinshui finally regained some vitality, returned to Jiafu, knelt down, and kowtowed to her.

Jiafu said: "I don't need you to serve me here, and you don't need to kneel outside like that anymore, go back, see your godfather, say hello to him for me, and say we don't need to send you to serve here. ."

Cui Yinshui kept kowtowing: "I beg Madam, have pity on the poor slave. Before this trip, the godfather sent a message, saying that if he was driven back, the slave would not have to stay in the palace. The slave has no father or mother, and starts from the age of ten. If you enter the palace, you will become a crippled person, if you are driven out of the palace, the slaves will have no way to live..."

He said, snot and tears.

Knowing that he was exaggerating to gain sympathy, Jiafu frowned, "What do you want to do here suddenly? Is it really that simple to serve?"

Cui Yinshui immediately swore to the sky that if he had two hearts, he would be punished to be a eunuch in the next life. ." Saying that, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.

This place is remote, if it is not the official government, it would be difficult for ordinary people to communicate with people in the customs, not to mention Quanzhou, which is one south and one north. Also at the beginning of the year, after Jiafu arrived, Pei Youan inquired a lot, and finally found a wounded old man from Fujian in the city, gave money, and asked him to bring a letter of safety from Jiafu back to her parents' home. A year has passed. Although Jiafu believes that everything should be fine with her family, she sometimes thinks about it and misses it a little. She suddenly hears a letter from her family, she is overjoyed and hurriedly picks it up and opens it.

The letter was written by Mrs. Meng. She said that in April or May, she received a letter of safety from her. It was very comforting to know that everything she and her son-in-law had been doing well there. Reassure Jiafu, and told her and her son-in-law to take care of themselves and look forward to seeing each other soon.

At the end of the letter, she talked about her brother's marriage. It is said that when the son-in-law was beautiful, people in the family came to the house almost every day, and they wanted to marry, including local officials. At that time, it was almost dazzling. Menting was left out in the cold, and those who were interested in discussing relatives all changed their minds, and no one could see them anymore. She wanted to marry Yuzhu and entered the door. After this ups and downs, the old lady's mentality is now different from before. Seeing that Yuzhu is stable and capable, she has been here for more than a year, inside and out, and she has managed everything properly for herself, and knowing that her grandson wants to marry her as his wife, so she no longer opposes it. Originally, I wanted to write to Jiafu to tell Jiafu about this, but I was suffering from all over the world, and no one could take the letter with me. Just one day, someone came to the door by himself, saying that he was going outside the customs, and he could bring a letter to the Zhen family. Mrs. Meng was overjoyed and immediately. He picked up a pen and wrote a letter, and asked that person to take it, hoping to deliver it to Jiafu, so that she would not miss her family.

Jiafu read her mother's letter back and forth several times and was overjoyed.

Cui Yinshui secretly looked at Jiafu, seeing her excited face, hurriedly begging: "Although this servant was sent here to serve Madam, she knows that Madam is a first-class and good master, and this servant is willing to serve, please don't drive the servant back. ."

"Even if I really want to rush, I beg Madam to be pitiful, and wait until the spring is warm before rushing... It's really cold at the moment, and when the slave came, one of the frozen ears almost fell..."

Cui Yinshui grimaced.

Gave glanced at him. In this kind of weather, after all, I couldn't bear to force him to go on the road. After thinking for a while, he said: "Forget it, I'll talk about it after the winter. I'm not the palace here, you don't need to be cheap, just talk like us. You don't have to kneel every time, there are not so many rules. Remember, you must Honestly, if there is any kind of sloppy intestines, I can't do anything about you, my husband is amazing, you should know it too."

"Yes, yes, thank you ma'am!"

Cui Yinshui was overjoyed, and kowtowed to Jiafu again, and then happily backed out.

This eunuch Cui stayed like this for a while. He was unusually diligent, rushing to do things, and his mouth was sweet. Facing the fragrance of sandalwood, his elder sister and elder sister were full of mouthfuls. Within a long time, the two girls became familiar with him.

That night, Pei Youan sent someone back and sent a brief letter to Jiafu. The letter said that this war originated from Hu Liangcai's meticulous works were discovered by the Hu people. Made all preparations, prepared to attack Jianmenguan by surprise, intending to attack the east and west. According to the report of the spies, the Hu cavalry will arrive in a few days. He left for the border tonight, arranged for emergency evacuation of the people, and deployed defensive troops. There may be a war in the next few days, and she cannot return. She told her to stay at home without worrying about it.

When Jiafu read the letter, although there was nothing on her face, how could she not worry about it in her heart? was looking forward to his news every day, and finally, after he had been gone for seven or eight days, was convinced that after a few battles, yesterday on the banks of the Suye River, two hundred kilometers away from Suye City, Pei Youan personally led the soldiers, The war completely defeated the tens of thousands of cavalry attacked by the Hu people.

When the news spread to Suye City, the people cheered loudly. Despite the severe cold weather, many people brought food, food and clothing and spontaneously traveled dozens of miles away from the city to greet Pei You'an and the sergeant under his command.

The people in the stockyard were all delighted when they heard the news.

Jiafu received another brief letter from Pei You'an, saying that she would try to get back before dark.

Jiafu suppressed her excitement. She couldn't wait until it was dark. In the evening, she asked Sandalwood to help her, and slowly went to the gate of the stockyard, where she wanted to wait for him to come back. Halfway through, she suddenly felt a twitch in her stomach and her pants There was a stream of heat slowly pouring out from the bottom, and the person stood still, grabbed Sandalwood's hand tightly, and said slowly: "I'm about to give birth, help me go back."