The Great General and His Little Scholars

Late at night, in the capital, at the mansion of General Liao Shan, a young servant hurried into a residence in the backyard.

"Young master, the general is back." The servant said to a ten-year-old boy in the room with a happy face.

The lights in the room were bright, and the young man's piercing black eyes reflected the light of stars.On a face full of childishness, two sword-shaped eyebrows pierced into the temples, and tightly pursed lips carried a natural prestige without anger.

She was dressed in emerald green clothes, which set off her small body even more tall and straight.Although he is still young, he already has a heroic appearance.This young son is Liao Shan's eldest son - Liao Mingsi.

"You're back? That's great." Liao Mingsi flicked the bottom of his robe, ran out of the house, and waved to the two servants who had been waiting under the eaves.The two servants hurriedly picked up the archery target standing beside them, and followed Liao Mingsi's footsteps.

"Where is father?"

"At Ma'am."

Liao Mingsi walked through the courtyard path familiarly, and came to an exquisite and elegant courtyard.The boy at the door saw Liao Mingsi running towards him, but he stretched out his hand uncharacteristically to block his way.

"My lord, I'm sorry, but the general and his wife have something important to say inside, and they ordered no one to disturb you."

Liao Mingsi frowned, and looked suspiciously into the yard.It was the heat of August, and the window of mother He Qing's room was open, and a corner of the living room could be seen.

The Liao family's family rules were very strict, since Liao Shan said no disturbance was allowed, Liao Mingsi did not dare to force his way in.But just when he was about to turn around and leave with a frustrated face, a small figure flashed by the window.

With just a glance, Liao Mingsi didn't see the child's face clearly, he just thought it was very small and strange.

Just when he was wondering, the child appeared by the window again, leaning on the edge of the window to look out, and saw Liao Mingsi poking his head out of the door.

Looking at each other, Liao Mingsi only felt a thump in his heart.

The men of the Liao family were already famously good-looking in the capital, and Liao Shan had the reputation of "Wu Pan'an" when he was young.Liao Mingsi himself, and even Liao Mingli, the family's worthless concubine younger brother, despite his young age, was already well-known in the capital for his handsome appearance.

Therefore, in the eyes of Liao Mingsi, it is rare to think who is better looking.

However, seeing this boy lying on the window at this moment, Liao Mingsi couldn't help being so surprised that he wanted to gasp.

The boy looked younger, at least two or three years younger than Liao Mingsi, so his face was still childish.The plump cheeks are like a peach full of honey juice, which makes people want to take a bite.

On that "peach", inlaid is a pair of eyes that are as black as black jade but as bright as crystal.His pupils gleamed under the night light, as if they could absorb the soul of a person.

The boy looked at Liao Mingsi, his plump red lips curled into a beautiful arc, and smiled at him.This smile made Liao Mingsi's three souls and seven souls seem to fly away from his body, and he stood there for a while, forgetting where he was.

"Mingsi, what are you doing here?" The sudden questioning from his father brought Liao Mingsi back from the state of trance.He suddenly realized that he was fascinated by seeing a boy, his face turned red for a while, and he said hesitantly: "Father, my son...the son is..."

Liao Shan looked at the servant who was following Liao Mingsi, his serious expression softened: "Is this your riding and archery result today?"

On the archery target in the servant's hand, ten arrows were neatly tied into the red heart.Liao Shan nodded and said appreciatively, "That's right, you work very hard. If you're at home, you don't have to worry about it as a father."

"Yes, father." Liao Mingsi replied, but became absent-minded.

After waiting for several hours, I wanted to show off to my father the result of hitting the red heart with ten arrows, but I don't know what happened, but now I don't have that kind of excitement.Just a pair of eyes, unable to resist glancing into the open window.

Seeing this, Liao Shan sighed softly, and said, "Originally, I planned to bring him to meet his family members tomorrow. Since you are coming tonight, let's meet first."

When Liao Mingsi heard this, his heart jumped wildly for no reason, he quickly straightened his clothes, followed Liao Shan respectfully, and walked into his mother's room.

"Mingsi, I heard that you performed very well in riding and archery today." He Qing immediately came up to Liao Mingsi when he saw him, held his son's hand affectionately, and did not forget to praise him in front of Liao Shan.

However, Liao Mingsi didn't have the energy to answer his mother's words at all, and only kept looking at the boy who was being held by a nanny as he walked over.

"Come on, Mingsi, I met your distant cousin—Jiang Tong." Liao Shan pointed to the boy and said to Liao Mingsi.

Jiang Tong walked up to Liao Mingsi, looked up at Liao Mingsi who was a head taller than him, with a shy smile on his powder-carved face, clasped his little hands together, and saluted respectfully: "Jiang Tong has seen my brother."

The cute movements and the sweet milk voice melted away the last piece of hardness in Liao Mingsi's heart.Almost at a loss, he replied, "Oh, see... seen... no... Jiang Tong?"

Looking at those jewel-like eyes so close, Liao Mingsi felt his heart hardly beat.It was as if even the whole person had plunged into the pool of water in those eyes and was completely submerged.

At this moment, Liao Shan's voice brought back Liao Mingsi who had lost his mind again.

"Ming Si, if someone asks, you can say that Jiang Tong is the child of your mother's distant cousin, have you made a note?"

Liao Shan's tone was very serious, Liao Mingsi didn't dare to neglect, quickly withdrew his mind, and said respectfully: "Yes, father, I made a note."

He raised his eyes to look at He Qing, but found that his mother's eyes seemed to avoid him.Liao Mingsi felt strange in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Which relative is it mother? The cousin in Binzhou whom I haven't met?"

"Oh, no, it's something else...you haven't heard of it." He Qing was perfunctory, and then said to the servant following Liao Mingsi: "Xing'an, it's getting late, you should serve the eldest son and go back to rest. Don't you still have class tomorrow morning?"

Xing'an hastily agreed, and Liao Mingsi couldn't say anything more.Glancing at Jiang Tong, he asked, "Where does Jiang Tong live?"

"Stay with me tonight, and I'll clean up the backyard tomorrow." He Qing replied while urging Liao Mingsi to go back and rest.

Liao Mingsi looked at Jiang Tong, who was half hidden behind the nanny, looking at him with twinkling eyes.

"You go to the family school tomorrow too." Liao Mingsi asked.

Jiang Tong nodded obediently: "Go, brother, see you tomorrow."

On the second day, at three quarters of the hour.An old gentleman in a gray robe and a beard walked slowly into the family school of the General's Mansion.

"Mr. Zhao." The book boy came forward nervously, and said to Mr. Zhao in a low voice: "The eldest son has come."

"What?!" Mr. Zhao was obviously very surprised.We must know that Liao Mingsi is famous for his love of riding and archery, not reading, and it is common for him to be half an hour late for the family school.If Liao Shan wasn't at home, he might miss classes.

Mr. Zhao has never seen such a punctual arrival as today.He was extremely surprised and hastened his steps to the podium, only to find that besides Liao Mingsi, there was actually a young man who was carved like a jade.

Liao Mingsi was sitting with his whole body facing the young master. When he saw Mr. Zhao coming in, he turned around and said, "Sir, this is my cousin named Jiang Tong. From today on, he will live in the mansion with me." Let's go to class together."

Mr. Zhao looked at Jiang Tong, and saw that he was very young, but very well-behaved.Unlike Liao Mingsi and Liao Mingli in the General's Mansion, one is that Zhang Yang doesn't like reading, and the other is that he doesn't do a proper job at all.

Mr. Zhao liked Jiang Tong in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Have you ever read books before, Mr. Biao?"

Jiang Tong respectfully replied: "Returning to my master's words, when I was at home, my mother taught the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic", and also read a few chapters of the Analects, but I didn't go deep into it."

Both Mr. Zhao and Liao Mingsi looked very surprised. Mr. Zhao continued to ask, "How old is Mr. Biao?"

"Mr. Hui, the disciple is a sheep, and he is seven years old this year."

Mr. Zhao couldn't help but glanced at Liao Mingsi: "Young Master, look at Young Master Biao, you are three years older than you are, but... oh!"

Liao Mingsi scratched his hair in embarrassment: "Sir, you can't say that, Jiang Tong's riding and archery is definitely not as good as mine. I will be a general in the future, and Jiang Tong can take the imperial examination. You, teach him well." Bar."

After the words fell, Liao Mingsi's complexion suddenly sank, and he said to Jiang Tong's back: "Son of the Liao family, even if you are late, you must walk in through the main entrance in a dignified way. If you want to punish him, you can beat him if you want to, but you are a little boy Like a thief, sneaking in through the side door, what a shame!"

Jiang Tong was taken aback, and turned his head to look behind him, only to see a boy about the same age as Liao Mingsi, slipping timidly from the small door to his seat.

As soon as Liao Mingsi said it, he froze there, not daring to sit down or make a sound.With only one pair of eyes, it wandered around Jiang Tong's body a few times.

"Ming Li, this is a distant cousin named Jiang Tong." Liao Mingsi said in a deep voice, "I still don't want to come over to see Li."

Then he said to Jiang Tong, "He is the second son of the Liao family, your second elder brother."

Jiang Tong hurriedly stood up, saluted respectfully, "Jiang Tong has seen the second brother."

Liao Mingli also returned the gift in embarrassment, and looked at Jiang Tong with his eyes: "The distant cousin? Is it the wife's relative that I mentioned earlier? It seems that I have never heard of it."

"It's nothing you've heard of." Liao Mingsi replied coldly.Liao Mingli dared not speak out, so he could only sit back in his seat resentfully.

At the same time, in the Heqing Courtyard, Aunt Zhu, the concubine, came in twisting her waist, saluted and said: "Madam's nephew is here, nothing else, send some silk, and make clothes for the child." Huan Lamei handed over the tray in her hand.

He Qing smiled and said: "It's just a distant relative, but it's costing my sister."

Aunt Zhu's slender eyes bent like the moon: "Where, it should have been." She changed the subject: "It's just that I have been in the door for so many years. Among the relatives of my sister's family, I have never heard of a surnamed Jiang. This suddenly Just send the child here, people will be a little caught off guard."

He Qing knew Aunt Zhu's disposition, so there must be something in her words.I didn't want to continue and wanted to change the topic.But Aunt Zhu lowered her voice quickly: "Sister, we are not outsiders. Just tell my sister the truth, is this child a general outside..."

He Qing's complexion immediately changed when he heard this, and he said sharply, "Stop talking nonsense!"