After the banquet was over and the guests had left, Qin Bai learned from Qin Zhonghai that Qin An had been tricked. He thanked his nephew for reminding his son, and was a little disappointed in his younger son.

At dinner, he said to Qin An: "The capital is not as good as Datong, and the people who will find you may not have good intentions." You should greet people, and don't talk too much about your barracks. General Ma was first in charge of the camp in western Beijing, he had always been stationed in Yulin and Datong for a long time, and he did not know much about the affairs in Beijing, so it was not easy to do something practical. You are the person he brought from Datong, don't trouble him. ”

Qin An was a little uneasy: "I really shouldn't have been distracted before, I was too careless." But...... That adult shouldn't have bad intentions. He also said that he was willing to help our general take care of the military department, and now the general is really worried about some things, if he can take care of the military department, it may be much easier. I also want to contribute to the general, not to be able to accomplish nothing but obey his orders and train for him. "He was a little aggrieved in his heart, he was wrong, but he was also kind.

Qin Bai sighed: "Don't think of your generals as too incompetent. He is a member of the Ma family, no matter what, there is an old general Ma protecting him. If he really needs to ask for help, are you afraid that he won't be able to find someone? The military department will not ignore the Ma family and make things difficult for him. The person who is talking to you today, although he is an official in the military department, is just a man of the fifth grade. Do you think General Ma Lao will not be as important as a five-grade Langzhong in the military department? General Ma really needs his help in the military department?"

Qin An also knew that he was stupid, so he honestly bowed his head and admitted his mistakes.

Qin Bai sighed: "Fortunately, your second brother stopped you from being tricked in time today, and the consequences are not serious." When you return to the barracks, you have to tell General Ma about this as soon as possible. Although you may want to be punished, if you can let General Ma know earlier that someone is eyeing him outside, then there may be a chance to make amends. General Ma won't blame you too much. "Seriously, Qin An has worked under General Ma for more than ten years, and the latter actually knows what kind of person he is, so he still brings him to the capital, so he naturally has his own reasons.

Qin An thought that he might be punished, and suddenly wilted. But Qin Bai's words are very reasonable, he is not a person who runs away from his mistakes because he is afraid of being punished, and even decided to go back early tomorrow morning and report the news to his boss in advance.

Xiao Feng couldn't help but show a disappointed expression when she heard her husband's words at the women's table. She is still pregnant, and childbirth is approaching, but her husband has been away from home for more than half a month, and finally came back, and said that he would leave early. She wanted to talk to him more, let him touch her belly, feel how lively the unborn child was, and then tell him what her daughter Qin Hanzhu had learned and made since she went to school, but there was only one night left, and it was probably too late to complete all her plans. She wanted to have a good conversation with him tomorrow during the day.

But she didn't say much. She has always been a virtuous woman who understands the general situation, and will not be a child who will stop her husband from doing the right thing. Compared to when she was in Datong, her life is much better now. Not only is there Huawu delicacies, but there are also many careful and diligent maids and women serving her, and there are skilled doctors who come to her every few days to diagnose her pulse of peace and prescribe medicinal food for her to nourish her body, and even Jinhuan, who has always liked to make trouble for her in secret, is under house arrest in the ear room, and is not allowed to go out, cannot block her, and cannot plot against her. She can live a stable life with peace of mind, she doesn't have to worry about housework, she just needs to eat, drink, sleep well, walk around the yard a few times a day, and take care of her body. In the past, life was much more difficult at the same time, and without Qin An's company, she persevered, let alone now?

But she still couldn't help but feel sad in her heart.

Qin Hanzhen sat opposite Xiao Feng and saw the latter's expression clearly. She thought about it for a while, and then raised her voice and said to Qin An on the other table: "Fifth Uncle must go back early? Isn't this matter urgent? What would happen if General Ma received the news a day later? Fifth Uncle rarely went home, and grandmother had been looking forward to you for a long time." Can't you just stay at home a little longer?"

Qin An was a little flattered when he saw that his niece was willing to talk to him: "Ah, actually...... It's not particularly urgent, it's just that I made a mistake and I have to make up for it as soon as possible. He looked at his mother Niu, his face guilty, "Next time I go home, I will definitely spend a few more days with my mother." ”

Niu Shi snorted: "I have counted on you to be home." You've been away from home for so many years, and you're living happily outside, where do you remember how your father and I would think about you at home? ”

Qin Anxin felt even more guilty.

He whispered to his father, "Actually, it's not so urgent, it's just ...... If that soldier is really uneasy and wants to talk from me, then maybe General Ma's plan has been leaked. He is now rectifying military discipline and checking the accounts of the army, and he has found that there are some problems in the accounts, which may be ...... It is related to a military attache of no low rank. That one is not without roots in the capital, and he has been in the camp in the west of Beijing for many years, and his prestige is not low. If he can't find tangible evidence and hit him with one blow, it will be even more difficult for General Ma to deal with him again in the future. It is difficult for him to say whether he has all the power of the Jingxi camp. My father and second brother had always said that there was something wrong with the soldier, and I thought about the military attaché's family history, and thought to myself that if it was really a spy sent by the adult's family, it would be impossible. ”

Qin Bai looked at his wife, daughter-in-law, and granddaughters at the next table, and said in a low voice: "If this is the case, if you go back early, it will startle the snake, and it will make people suspicious." According to the original plan, it would be okay to go back tomorrow night, and it would not be something that could be done in a day or two. It's just that after all, you are new to the city, and you don't have much foundation in Beijing, and the only one you can rely on is the Ma family. If you really want to attack a military attache with a prominent family, you need to be cautious. Jingzhong is not as good as Datong, and General Ma wants to deal with this matter alone, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. Sometimes it's not a shame to show a little weakness and ask the family for help. If you need to go up to heaven to hear, you can also come to me. ”

Qin An suddenly showed a reassuring smile: "Yes, father." Thank you father. ”

According to the original plan, he stayed at home for most of the day, and it was not until the sun went down the next day that he left the city gate with his luggage and retinue and returned to the military camp in Changping. Qin Zhonghai and Qin Shutao, as cousins, rode horses all the way out of the city, only to find that someone had been secretly watching Qin An's tip, but did not follow him to Changping. Qin Zhonghai felt that there must be something wrong here. It stands to reason that Qin An doesn't have anything special except that he is the youngest son of Yongjiahou, and it will attract the attention of others, so how could someone come to keep an eye on him? Qin Zhonghai remembered the person who wanted to talk to Qin An at the banquet yesterday, and suspected that this matter might be related to General Ma's actions in the camp in western Beijing, so he went to the third room to find the third uncle Qin Bai to talk.

The uncle and nephew chatted in the outer study for half an hour, and after Qin Zhonghai came out, he went home to talk to his younger brother. The next day, Qin Shutao took his wife and children back to Yue's house, returned to Chengenhou's mansion in the evening, and went to the outer study to see his brother, the brothers closed the door, and didn't know what to say in the house, and only opened the door for half an hour.

From that day on, the Cheng'en Hou Mansion and the Yongjia Hou Mansion sent letters to the latter's Zhuangzi in Changping every day. Then, every two or three days, there would also be a letter sent back from Changping Zhuangzi. At the same time, the number of contacts between the Ma family, the Min family, and the Qin family increased, and within a few days, even the Cai family of the Yunyang Hou Mansion joined in.

What small actions these companies are doing, Qin Hanzhen naturally doesn't know.

She recently received a drawing from Zhao Mo, which was the floor plan of the house in the north of the Yongjiahou Mansion that he had recently bought. This two-way and three-way house has been rented out for many years, and the state of preservation of the house is passable, but it is far from decent. Since Zhao Mo planned to live in this annex before his capital county palace was built, he must have renovated the house before moving in.

Luckily, his status was high enough, and now he was a celebrity in the clan, and the tenants didn't dare to mess with him, so he sent someone to compensate them for the rent, and they quickly moved out. The house was soon empty, and the housekeeper also got a reward, and returned to the lord's house in Baoding with the money from the sale of the house. Zhao Mo sent a craftsman to measure the house, and drew a picture for Qin Hanzhen to see, asking her if she had any ideas for the renovation plan?

Although Zhao Mo was renovating a pre-marital residence, since this mansion was regarded by him as an annex to the county king's mansion and a road to his future wife's maiden house, it meant that they would continue to use this property after marriage, and he naturally couldn't ignore Qin Hanzhen's opinion. I don't know if it's because he has been with Qin Han for a long time, but now he still respects Qin Hanzhen's wishes in these trivial matters.

Qin Hanzhen took the plan and looked at it carefully. She hadn't entered the house, at most she had heard the gossip that had been circulating among the people, and she knew what it was like when the former owner of the house, the old marquis's lieutenant, lived there.

The guerrilla general was from the grassroots, raised by a widowed mother, and respected his mother very much. When his mother was alive, as long as he was at home, no matter how busy he was, he would never forget to eat and talk with her. The house of two into three roads, sitting in the south and facing north, according to the east, middle and west three roads, the two in the middle of the road, the front is the place to receive guests, and the back is the main courtyard. This main courtyard has always been inhabited by the widowed mother of the guerrilla general, and even after her death and before the death of the guerrilla general, the owner has never changed. Because the widowed mother was accustomed to living in the countryside and loved to grow vegetables and raise chickens by herself, the guerrilla general even asked the widow to cultivate vegetable fields and build chicken sheds in the main courtyard.

The guerrilla general lived with his wife on the East Road. There are two courtyards on the east road, one large and one small, the big one is actually a small school field, and a row of houses were built along the root of the wall on the north side for the soldiers to live in. The south courtyard where the couple actually lived was narrow and a little damp, and it was said that it was because there was a culvert underground. That culvert is the water that leads out of the garden of Chengenhou's mansion, and it can't be blocked. The guerrilla general and his wife have lived in this courtyard for decades.

The two entrances on the west road were divided into four small courtyards, which were for the four sons of the guerrilla generals. The four sons all married wives and had children, which was very lively. Of course, these courtyards are now rented to people, and the tenants come from all over the world, with different living habits, and the house has not been renovated for many years, and the house is quite dilapidated. Zhao Mo has the intention of tearing down and rebuilding, but he has not yet made up his mind what he wants to build.

Qin Hanzhen looked at the drawing, hesitating in his heart.