Winning every step of the Red Mansion

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"Han Qi! Stop with me!" Jia Hu was panting from running, and finally stopped and shouted.

"Yo? I'm going to make a mistake today! You don't even call me young master?" Han Qi stopped, turned around and looked at Jia Hu, who was a foot away from her, and shook her head, "But I just walked ten miles in a hurry. , Why can’t you keep up like this? If you really went to the desert, wouldn’t you be paralyzed if you had to march sixty miles a day?”

Jia Hu was panting from exhaustion, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "We have to ride a horse for sixty miles. Besides, I just said that I was tired from reading, so I should exercise to refresh my mind. Even if I keep fit, it's not as good as you said. Just run for ten miles."

"After all, you are young and have little experience. If war breaks out, who cares whether you have just read a book? Have you eaten? You are still marching with a wave of orders." Han Qi walked slowly to Jia Hu with her hands behind her back The side said again: "Looking at it today, your body is still weak. I'm afraid that if you really want to go to the frontier fortress, you won't be able to stand it for three or five days, and you will have to be called back."

"You are too contemptuous of people. I lost to you today, but my clothes are inconvenient. You can see that you can run happily in tight-fitting uniforms. I will compete with you tomorrow." Jia Hu paused and said: "Don't Seeing how lively you are talking today, I really wish I could go to the frontier tomorrow. If the prince knows about this, I guarantee that you won't even be able to leave the capital."

"I have my own idea. You don't have to worry about me. But you, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for you to leave Beijing and go to the frontier with me." Han Qi continued: "My ninth uncle is also good at leading troops. It would be good if I could follow him to see it this time. Even if it doesn’t work, it’s not a waste of time to see the beauty of the frontier and the exotic scenery.”

At this time, Jia Hu's anger was evened out, and he brushed off the floating dirt on his robe, "You are right, I'm afraid the Ninth Prince will not respond to you." Jia Hu straightened up and said, "There is another matter that I also don't understand. , Why do you think Princess Fangxian chose my sister as a companion?"

Han Qi pretended to be puzzled and said: "Your sister? Which sister are you?" After finishing speaking, she clapped her hands with a clear look on her face and said, "It's that one with big round eyes, a sweet smile, and a pair of dimples calling me The eldest sister of the frequent customer brother."

Jia Hu stared and said: "Although you are a young master, I naturally respect you. But if you criticize my sister, I won't hit you, and I can't control the itching of my fist. Anyway, this place is also a place where no one is around. Why don't you give it a try?"

Han Qi hurriedly waved her hand and said, "With a brother like you, how dare I dare. And I'm just telling the truth, so there's no objection." Seeing that Jia Hu was only making gestures, Han Qi hugged her shoulders and said with a smile : "Your Jia family is also strange. If other people have such a good job, they will not be happy. You have become suspicious."

"I didn't suspect it at first, but I remember it clearly. I just casually mentioned that the eldest sister is waiting for a year to be postponed. After that, you went around the palace and came back and said that you met Princess Fangxian that day. , and then my sister was ordered to be a companion. No matter how you think about it, it’s weird.”

"You have also read a lot of books for nothing. Don't you know that there is a saying that there is no coincidence in the world without a book? It is true that I met Princess Fangxian that day. She was reading Zhuangzi and there were a few things that I didn't understand, so I pointed her out. But that's it. As for Why did you choose your sister to accompany you later? Maybe it's because your Jia family has a good reputation now, and you are a military commander, maybe so." Mr. Han Qi explained.

Jia Hu looked at Han Qi, his eyes narrowed, his expression full of disbelief.Han Qi didn't mind, "Okay, okay, why do you bother to guess this? If I think it's good, it's a lot of freedom to read with me. I can go home every month. Besides, Fangxian has a good personality. If you are polite, it shouldn't be difficult to get along with. Your old lady is famous for loving her grandchildren. You rarely go home with me like this. I don't know how many complaints there will be behind my back. Don't know how to worry about it?"

"Don't talk nonsense, my old lady never criticizes others behind her back."

"Yes, yes, you are right."

"It's just that the old lady is old now, and my grandchildren want to be more filial, but now none of them are in front of me... Besides, my sister has a strong personality, and I'm afraid..."

"Hey, why did you run for a few miles today? You've become so sissy, and you're so smeared. Don't worry about your eldest sister. I see that she is sensible and clever. It's even better for her. You'd better think about how to find a reason to persuade your master and wife to go to the frontier with me. "

"Anyway, I have to wait to celebrate the old lady's birthday. I'm afraid the master and wife won't allow it, so it's better to cut it first and then play it."

"Yes yes yes, 24 Xiao Jin Sun."

The two talked and laughed, turned around and walked back.

"Tell me, how much can I bring if I lead the army now?"

"How much? Three or five?"

"Nonsense, I have more than ten followers!"

"Yeah, but now? Who can you see? The bare general, he left his soldiers and ran away alone."

"Hey, aren't you still following?"

"I don't know what to do. If I could run, I would have already run."

"Hey! You are talking nonsense to my army!"

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In the blink of an eye, it was Jiamu's birthday again, and Shi Fei'er also felt that she was in a good mood because several worries had been resolved.But after all, there are a lot of white things this year, so Shi Feier asked the mansion to move the birthday banquet to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and just do it together.

Although the original intention was to hold a family banquet, there were quite a few people from various prefectures who came to celebrate the birthday.Shi Feier was also busy thanking guests in the living room.Unknowingly, I have been busy for most of the day.

When she was free, she glanced at the gift lists of each mansion again, and Shi Feier stretched out her hand and pulled out the gift list of the Shi Mansion.I can't blame Shi Fei'er for noticing, this year the historian gave him extra rich gifts.It stands to reason that something happened this year, and this year is not Jia Mu's birthday, and more importantly, his identity has been exposed. Although it is a combination of birthday and gift, it is not reasonable to give such a generous gift.

Shi Fei'er became suspicious, and carefully read the gift list again.Most of them are occasional things, but they are thicker than usual, and there is only one item on the gift list that Shi Feier finds a little strange.The name of the gift is also special, it's called Tongqu.

The more Shi Feier looked at it, the more strange it became, so he ordered someone to find it.After a while, the servant girl came with a small box.Shi Feier took a look at the box, regardless of the usual decorations for birthday gifts, it was hollowed out with bats, and in the middle was the word "Shou" painted in gold.

Naturally, Shi Feier was careful, there should not be any messy things in this box.Besides, if it was sent from another mansion, it would be fine, but it was the Shi mansion, so I had to guard against it.

Shi Fei'er looked the box up and down, left, right, right, left, right, right, and right. With a handkerchief on his hand, he pushed the box directly from the table, and the box naturally fell to the ground with a "click".After all, it's made of wood, so it's solid, so if you drop it like this, it will only make a louder sound, but the box is fine.Shi Fei'er looked at it, then kicked it again, the box turned over twice to the corner of the wall, and with a "pop", the lid of the box opened.

"Old lady, are you okay?" Hearing the movement, Hu Po, the maid waiting outside the door, hurriedly opened her mouth.

"It's nothing, it's just that my hand slipped and the box fell." Shi Fei'er said, "There is nothing wrong with it."

Hearing what Jia Mu said, Amber felt relieved, and asked again: "Let Amber clean up for you."

"No, I dropped a box, I picked it up myself, you go to eat something before the banquet is over. This year's crabs are pretty good." Shi Feier persuaded in the room.

Amber is also well aware of Jia's mother's temperament, and she doesn't like to be served by others when she thinks about things, saying that it disturbs her thoughts.Seeing Shi Fu's congratulatory gift today, I'm afraid it will affect the old relationship again, so I don't enter the house to disturb.

So the box was safe, Shi Feier went up to the first two, held the box with a handkerchief and went back to the table and sat down.After all, I have read some martial arts novels and martial arts movies in this world.It is not uncommon for this box to hide poisonous arrows, poisonous powder and so on.So usually the protagonist will fall first unintentionally, so as to destroy the mechanism inside, and secondly, he can escape the catastrophe.After all, when he was in Shi's mansion last time, the old general Shi had already made a murderous move towards him. Although it was a bit too obvious for He Li to do a little trick, it's better to be careful.

But at present, it seems that this box is just an ordinary box, and there is no hidden weapon or poison powder hidden in it.As for the contents of the box, they are more ordinary.Just some childhood toys.Wooden figures, kittens, birds, puppies and other objects do not look expensive at all, just like toys used by ordinary people to coax children.

Shi Fei'er did know that this item was bought by General Shi when Jia's mother was young.Although it wasn't worth much, Mother Jia thought it was very fresh and interesting at the time, but General Shi was punished for it.

But what does General Shi mean by sending this thing?It's not just about recounting old feelings.Shi Fei'er held the small object with a handkerchief and carefully looked up and down one by one, but didn't see anything.At the end, Shi Fei'er became a little impatient, and threw a small wooden bird into the box, not intending to guess the charade, just do whatever you like, anyway, if you have the ability, come directly to Jia's mansion to find me.

Perhaps because of the force, the little wooden bird was thrown into the box and flicked again, landing on the lid of the box beside it.There seemed to be something wrong with that movement.Shi Feier took a look at the lid of the box, reached out to pick it up, and knocked on the door.

As expected, the lid of the box looked like a piece of wood, but it was actually hollow.Shi Feier took a closer look at the lid of the box, and found that there was a small slit on one side.If I hadn't accidentally discovered that it was hollow, I would never have thought that there would be articles here.

Shi Feier pulled out a hairpin with a thin foot from her head, probed into the gap, and found that she touched something, so she used the hairpin to pull it out forcefully, and sure enough, a corner of the envelope protruded from the gap.

What kind of situation is this?What is Shi Fu's plan?The play that was sung?Shi Feier couldn't help being stunned.