Qin Hanzhen stared at the tall young man in front of him in a daze, but the young man smiled brightly: "Why does my cousin look at me and don't speak?"

Qin Hanzhen took a deep breath: "Cousin Zhao...... You've grown so much taller!"

Zhao Mo listened and smiled even brighter. Tomorrow will be dark and dark, but his smiling face seems to glow, which makes Qin Hanzhen unable to take his eyes off it even more.

Zhao Mo has not only grown taller, he has grown taller and stronger than when he was separated, and his appearance has grown a lot, he looks like an adult, but his eyebrows and eyes are still a little green and immature, which can show the appearance of a teenager.

He wore a neat bun, did not wear a crown, only inserted a simple black hosta, and wore a thick stone lapanine silk wool cloak, faintly revealing the blue and green brocade inside the cloak during the action, tall and long legs, wide shoulders and thin waist, full of a hanger. His complexion seems to be a lot darker, and his face is a little thin, but his black eyes are extremely bright, and at a glance, people feel a different kind of spirit. The words "Gu Pan Shenghui" suddenly flashed in Qin Hanzhen's mind, but he was embarrassed to say it, just one by one, and couldn't help but look at Zhao Mo's face.

Zhao Mo didn't know if he noticed Qin Hanzhen's gaze, anyway, he looked casual, with a smile on his face, smiling so happily, and from time to time gently asked Qin Hanzhen a few words and chatted about some family things.

His arrival at Yongjiahou Mansion today was beyond everyone's expectations. No one in the Qin family knew that he would go to Beijing, and I hadn't seen him mention it in his letter before, so Qin Hanzhen was still puzzled in his heart. Without waiting for her to ask, Zhou Xiangnian first diligently reported the situation he knew: "His Royal Highness the King of the County was summoned by the Holy Decree and specially went to Beijing for the New Year. This time, the prince of the county has made a contribution, maybe he can live in Beijing for a long time in the future, and he only left the palace after a while, and first went to the prince's mansion for a circle, and immediately went to our Hou Mansion. This is all the heart of the prince of the county to treat our lord and lady!"

These words have explained a lot of things, Qin Hanzhen suddenly realized, it must have been a sudden decree, Zhao Mo was in a hurry to go to Beijing, and he didn't have time to hand over a letter to inform him, right?

Qin Hanzhen was worried in his heart, Zhao Mo had already glanced at Zhou Xiangnian, secretly thinking that he was troublesome. Wouldn't he Zhao Mo himself say these words? He was about to talk to Cousin Qin about the current situation, but he asked this blind person to go first.

Zhou Xiangnian was accustomed to looking at people's eyes, and immediately noticed that Zhao Mo's gaze was different. Although he wondered in his heart, he didn't know what he had done wrong, but he still kept his mouth shut obediently.

Qin Bai and Niu's were also very surprised when they saw Zhao Mo. Just in time for dinner, Niu Shi hurriedly ordered the kitchen to cook a few more good dishes and send them over, and asked someone to warm some wine. On a cold day, drink some wine to warm up, Zhao Mo looks like a young man, not like he was a child before, and it doesn't hurt to drink some wine.

Qin Bai hurriedly pulled Zhao Mo to sit down and talk, and asked him why he suddenly entered Beijing, and Zhao Mo said one by one.

He has been doing agricultural experiments in Suning for several years, and he has really achieved results, and has developed a method for controlling saline-alkali land. Although the effect of this method is mediocre, and there is no guarantee that a lot of grain can be grown in the treated saline-alkali land, there are some harvests, which are much stronger than in the past, when the land could not grow grain at all. Moreover, he felt that this method could be further improved, and the grain output of the treated saline-alkali land would rise again. In addition, there are some suggestions given to him by Qin Hanzhen, and after experiments, he has also researched several crops that can be grown in saline-alkali land, including grain, medicinal herbs, trees, etc. Zhao Mo summarized these research results, wrote a detailed chapter, and sent them to Beijing when he sent the Wanshou Festival gift to Beijing, and submitted it to the imperial review.

Emperor Longyan Dayue also asked the officials who were good at farming in the household department to verify that Zhao Mo's experiment in Suning was really effective, and the method he offered was indeed useful for the treatment of saline-alkali land. The emperor immediately issued an order and summoned Zhao Mo to Beijing, first, because he had been a vassal for many years, and he should be allowed to return to Beijing to recuperate and be rewarded; second, the emperor felt that this child had grown up, had the ability, and had the heart of loyalty to the monarch and the people, and was a man who was willing to do practical things, so he summoned him to meet him, and if it was suitable, he would arrange a good errand for him, and it would also save him from continuing to nest in that small place in Suning County.

Zhao Mo actually arrived in the capital last night, and rode a fast horse all the way, but he didn't catch up with the time to close the city gate. There was no way, so he had to spend the night in his own small village, and only entered the city this morning. After entering the city, he first handed a sign to the palace, and the emperor summoned him to meet him early in the morning. The emperor and the crown prince, as well as two high-ranking officials of the household department, chatted with him for a long time, and even lunch was hastily solved. After the emperor finished speaking, the queen mother summoned him again. By the time I got out of the palace, the sun was already in the west.

Zhao Mo actually wanted to go directly to the Yongjiahou Mansion, but considering that he still had his father in Beijing, he didn't go to the palace, and he couldn't say anything about the etiquette, so he went to the Mansion of the Prince of Liao. Zhao Shuo, the prince of Liao, was not in the capital, and took his concubine to the hot spring Zhuangzi to avoid the cold. It is said that he has been more leisurely in the past two years, and he has not had many errands, and after entering the wax moon, he has nothing to do, so he took his youngest son to the hot springs. The house in Beijing is now taken care of by a housekeeper, and the little Wang family in the main room is quietly recuperating at home, and there is no power to feed him.

Zhao Mo went to his father's house, and he could only meet with Zhen Zhong, the housekeeper who stayed behind. Stepmother Xiao Wang's place, he didn't want to answer, Xiao Wang's also excused himself from illness and didn't accept his invitation, probably because he was too lazy to meet. Although Zhao Mo couldn't help but slander the Xiao Wang clan for a thousand years in his heart, in order not to let people hold the handle, he still paid all the salutes outside the gate of the main courtyard. Next, he stopped staying at his father's house and went directly to Yongjiahou's mansion. Facing Zhen Zhong, who wanted to arrange a house for him, he only prevaricated with the sentence "I still have to go to see the elders", in fact, not even a little luggage and an entourage were left, and they were all taken away.

Qin Bai had no intention of opposing his decision. Anyway, Zhao Shuo is not at home, and there is only one Xiao Wang left, who is that? Beware of killing the eldest son, but he is ruthless to Zhao Mo. Such a woman, why bother to ask Zhao Mo to pretend to be a filial son, and reluctantly live under the same roof with her?

It's just that this time is different from the past, Zhao Mo already has a prince on him, and he was summoned by the emperor to go to Beijing to receive a reward, I am afraid that it is inconvenient to continue to stay in the Yongjia Marquis Mansion like when he was a child.

When Qin Hanzhen heard this, he looked at Qin Bai with a blank eye: "Then where is Cousin Zhao going to live? He is in such a hurry to go to Beijing this time, and he hasn't prepared a place to live in advance, so he can't go to the inn, right? Even if he goes to the post station, it's not convenient." ”

Zhao Mo smiled and said, "Cousin doesn't have to worry about me, I've already thought about it." Before Fang came over, he had already asked his subordinates to take their luggage and go to the Liao Wangfu to settle down. ”

The Liao Wangfu refers to the palace in the capital of the Liao King, which was originally the residence of the Liao King when he was not a vassal in the past, and now it is basically used for the Liao King to live when he went to Beijing and Jin to see him. But since that year, the second son and the third son of King Liao had a scandal because of their marriage with the Wang family, and Xiao wanted to be the crown prince, and the family had not entered Beijing for several years. On the royal side, no one passed on their promotion. Therefore, in addition to the three festivals and two birthdays every year, when the Liao Wangfu needs to give gifts to Beijing and Jin, the messenger sent has to live in the Liao Wangfu for a month and a half, this palace is basically in a state of no owner, but it is just a hundred or so people guarding the house and doing some daily maintenance.

Zhao Mo is the eldest grandson of the Liao Wang, even if he doesn't care about his father Zhao Shuo's status as the son, he is also eligible to live in the Liao Wangfu. In the past, he may have been too lazy to move in because he was not valued by his father, and his father was not treated well by his grandfather, and he was not necessarily comfortable living in the Liao Wangfu. But now he has the title of county king, and in serious terms, he is higher than the second and third sons of King Liao, and he is the eldest grandson and the rightful heir. Even if the King of Liao, the step-concubine of the King of Liao, and the prince Zhao Shuoqi came in person, they did not have the confidence to refuse him to live in. He went to the Liao Palace, and he was the most powerful master of the entire palace, which person dared to give him a look again?

As soon as Qin Bai heard this, he said: "This is a good idea, it is a pity that there is a huge palace, and it is a pity that it is empty." Now that your grandfather's family is not in Beijing, you can live in it, and it will save a lot of trouble. If any of the subordinates are disobedient, you can only rectify it. You are now the dignified and real king of the county, and no one can give you grievances. ”

Zhao Mo smiled when he heard this: "Yes, I know it in my heart, uncle and grandfather can rest assured." ”

Qin Bai asked about Zhao Mo's life in Suning this year. When he passed through Suning last year, he had seen Zhao Mo's living environment and daily life, and he only felt that it was okay at the time, and it was not very hard, but now that he looked at this child, he felt as if he had lost some weight, and he was worried that he was too tired, so he couldn't help but ask a few more words.

Qin Bai also persuaded Zhao Mo: "You already have the title of county king, don't be too anxious about the merits." Wouldn't it be more stable to look at the fields for two more years, and when we are more sure in our hearts, and then report it? Now that we have survived like this, even those of us who are elders see it and feel distressed. ”

Qin Hanzhen hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? Is Cousin Zhao's complexion now much worse than when my grandfather saw him last year?" Cousin Zhao, what have you been doing this year?!"

Zhao Mo softened his expression: "It's okay, I really don't work too hard, those hard things have my own people to do, at most I just stare at the experimental field more, flip through more books, and ask people for advice, is it possible that I still need a county king to sell coolies? I am just a little darker and thinner than last year." It's dark because I've been getting more sun lately, but in the winter the sun is warm, so I can't stand the cold? As for me getting thinner, it's because I'm getting taller, and I'm taller, so I look thinner. Actually, I'm physically strong. There are not many other things in Suning, but the most skins, are you still worried that I will be short of meat to eat? The cooks in my county palace are also very skilled, and my cousin sends me a medicinal diet recipe from time to time. ”

Qin Hanzhen pursed his lips: "You said it, it doesn't matter." Now that you are in the capital, you have nothing to do and come to our house, let my grandmother prepare some soup for you, drink more, and nourish your body. If you raise it like this for a month, the first month is over, and you still look black and thin, I can believe your words!"

Zhao Mo smiled dumbly, but the smile on his face was warm. At this time, Mama Tiger came into the house and reported, "The wine and food are all ready." Master Hou, madam, is this the banquet?"

Niu Shi hurriedly said: "Of course it's time to start the banquet." Guanglu ate lunch in the palace, I don't know if I'm full, I've been hungry for a long time, hurry up and start eating!"