The Zheng family has always had a tradition of receiving visitors.

The great grandfather served as Situ in the previous dynasty, when he was in his heyday, the house was known as the door of the three thousand, where there is a skill, not limited to literary talents, warriors, strange people, all come to refuse, and later, there is a door to kill people, and involved in a big murder, so that Luoyang Yin personally came to arrest people, only to converge.

Since then, not only have many disciples been dismissed, but later, Zheng's doorman system has also become stricter.

"Look at the tattered clothes on those people, I didn't expect that this volume of Jian Ce was wrapped in cloth and well protected. When Xin Yi took it before, he didn't take a closer look, and when he arrived at the post station in the evening, Zheng Sui asked her to send this simple policy to Balang Zheng Shen, and when she took it out, she wanted to wipe the bamboo slips clean, and then wrap them in a silk bag, so she noticed.

Zheng Sui held a jade-handled fan, sat on the bamboo couch near the window, and did not look back, "That little Langjun, look at it, he should be a reader, and he cherishes books." "Bamboo slips are rarely used in the home, and more books or silk are used.

I heard Xin Yi ask again: "Little lady, do you want to take a look at the content on the bamboo slip first?"

There was nothing to do at this station, Zheng Sui shook the fan lightly, and glanced back at Xin Yi, "It's okay, I'll take a look first." ”

Xin Yi took out the bag and tried it with a silk cloth before he stepped forward and handed it to Zheng Sui, and finally moved two lamps and candles south and put them in front of the bed.

Zheng Sui unfolded the bamboo slip under the lamp, his eyes suddenly froze, and he only saw a few lines of words on it, 'The husband holds the fire house under the accumulated salary, and sleeps on it.' The fire has not yet burned, because it is said to be safe, and it is now Zheng's. Why is this different? ’

This is from the former Han Jiayi's "Public Security Policy", the original words are: "The husband holds the fire house under the accumulated salary, and sleeps on it, the fire has not yet burned, because it is said to be safe, the current trend, why is it different'." It means that someone holds the fire and puts it under the pile of firewood, and sleeps on the firewood by himself, and the fire does not burn. I think this is tranquility, and the situation in the country today is different from this situation.

Only two words have been slightly changed,

I thought about it at the beginning. It's an exaggeration. There is even a suspicion of alarmism, all those who are eloquent and talented people do not like to throw out a gimmick, attract people's eyes, and then lead to righteousness, these people are either unrestrained or really talented.

Due to natural disasters. The Southland has not been very peaceful lately.

As the saying goes: the wind rises at the end of Qingping.

After a natural disaster, it often means a man-made disaster.

There are many displaced people everywhere. Privately, the Zheng family also received many displaced people.

At this moment, the sky is covered with clouds and the moon is hidden, and the starlight is scattered.

It's about to change, the house is extremely stuffy, and inadvertently, the south wind blows from the window and falls on his body, but Zheng Sui can't stop shivering.

Hopefully, this man is truly talented.

Zheng Sui's finger touched the last line of words on Jian Ce: Nankang Taoton.

After a long time, he shouted Xin Yi, "You go and talk to Hachiro, just say that I will keep this volume of Jian Ce, and I will directly transfer it to the fifth brother when I go back." ”

"Yui. Xin Yi hurriedly responded.

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For the next two days, the weather was still scorching.

Sitting in the carriage, even if the curtain was rolled up, Zheng Sui felt drenched in sweat and very hot, but fortunately, when he rushed back to Zheng's house at noon on the third day, he did not suffer from heat stroke.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard that Princess Guiyang returned home.

"Jiu Niang is back. "Get the news, Zheng Sui is very happy, she has not seen Jiuniang Zheng Qian for more than three years, in recent years, due to the increasingly strict policy of the vassal king in the south, she got married this time, Jiuniang could not come to participate, I didn't expect that Jiuniang could come back, it was really unexpected.

Back in Zhuhua Garden, just sat down, took the iced mung bean soup handed over by Liu Yuan, and took two sips, Zheng Sui breathed a long sigh of relief, and lay on the low table on the right, "It's still comfortable at home." ”

There were two pots of ice in the room, and the coolness instantly relieved the scorching heat brought from the outside.

Liu Yuan looked at Zheng Sui's hot face and blushed, and was particularly distressed, "This weather is not suitable for going out, noon is the hottest of the day, and even Tian Shelang, who grows crops, can't stand it, not to mention the little lady, how can she rush at noon and not find a shaded place to rest." As he spoke, he took a silk handkerchief soaked in well water and covered Zheng Sui's face.

"I'm not in a hurry to come back. Zheng Sui replied with a smile, leaned back slightly, and was served by Liu Yuan, "I'll rest for a while, Grandma asked people to prepare Lan soup, I want to take a bath, and I'll go to see the fifth brother later." "That Tao Dun, I want to let the fifth brother Zheng Wei see it.

"Lang Jun is not at home and has gone out. ”

"Where did you go?" Zheng Sui sat up straight all of a sudden.

"I heard Xie Niangzi say that I went to Luling a few days ago and has not returned. ”

Luling is the fief of Huanyu.

There are only ten days left before the wedding, and the fifth brother Zheng Wei went to Luling at this time, Zheng Sui couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, and asked, "What day did Jiuniang come back?"

"I came back five days ago, accompanied by the king of Guiyang, but the king of Guiyang did not enter the door and went to Jiankang instead. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Sui's expression instantly became serious, after the current saint usurped the throne and came to power, in addition to sending pawns to monitor the vassal kings in various places, even the right to mobilize the palace guards was also deprived, two years ago, the saint cleaned up the two brothers-in-law, but he was not soft at all, one died and one was injured, especially after the death of the king of Runan, the country was removed, and all the wives and concubines of the royal palace were filled into the harem, and in the past two years, the remaining six or seven uncles, or beaten or suppressed, have never stopped.

This is not a year, the vassal king entered Beijing, and even Zheng Sui could smell an unusual atmosphere.

After pondering for a long time, he closed his eyes slightly, "Send someone to take a look, Wen Weng is not at home, if he is at home, invite him to come to the garden." Since the fifth brother Zheng Wei is not there, then she has to find Wen Weng, Wen Weng is now old, and rarely goes out with the fifth brother Zheng Wei again, and most of the people who accompany her are Wen Yu and Fu Zhubo.

In the afternoon, Zheng Sui saw Wen Weng in Zhuhua Garden, explained the matter of Tao Dun, rested again, and woke up again It was dusk, and someone in Yuyin Courtyard had already come to spread the word, saying that dinner was placed in Yuyin Courtyard and invited her over.

Yuyin Courtyard is the residence of the fifth brother Zheng Wei and the fifth sister-in-law Xie Youlan.

As soon as Zheng Sui arrived at the door, he heard the cool voice of the fourth sister-in-law, Yin. “…… Today, Zen Master Zhiyong also asked me if my family would like to participate in the Guanyin Festival on the 19th. He left us a stigma incense, but because of the heat, I didn't want to go, so I refused directly, and when it came, he asked me to come back and ask the rest of the family if they were going. I sent someone to reply to him again, and I really couldn't refute his face, so I answered him. ”

"This pillar of incense. He didn't give us home, and it is estimated that he couldn't feel at ease, and during the Dragon Boat Festival, he received our family's annual offering. Fifth sister-in-law Xie Youlan's voice. It is a little immature in the clearness. "You send someone to ask the fourth room and the long room, see who wants to go, I can't leave with the seventh aunt, I definitely can't go. ”

While speaking, Zheng Sui got the maid's notice and entered the house, "I'm late." ”

"When I came back, I thought you wouldn't be home until tomorrow. Xie Youlan sat upright. He was dressed in neat coarse linen clothes, with a cloud bun on his head. There is a white silk flower inserted in the hair, there is no hairpin ring, at this moment, the face is smiling, and two deep pear vortices are revealed on the cheeks, showing a bit of affinity.

Zheng Sui called out to the fifth sister-in-law and replied: "I was in a hurry on the road, so I arrived home early." Then he turned to the right and shouted Jiu Niang, the fourth sister-in-law, looking at Jiu Niang, with a little joy in her voice, but looking at Jiu Niang's high hairpin, wide sleeves and shirt, her eyebrows are faint, and she is still so bright and shiny.

"Shangyang Temple is at the door of the house, why do you want to go near and far? Don't you think the weather is hot?" Jiuniang Zheng Qian opened her mouth to ask, looking up and down at Zheng Sui on the opposite side, she hadn't seen her for a few years, her face was becoming more and more outstanding, with a bun on her head, a peony hairpin, a gold wire inlaid with glass beads in her ears, an apricot red wide-sleeved collared Luo shirt, a one-sided concubine-colored shawl, and a silk shoe on her feet.

The appearance is beautiful, which can make the flowers ashamed, behave in a manner, but see the graceful posture.

"Master Namor, proficient in Buddhism and Taoism, I went to Xihua Temple to do a Dharma service, and I originally went to his name. Zheng Sui replied with a smile, Fang walked to the empty seat on the lower left head and sat down, Xun Niang and Chen Lang, as early as when she came in, she had already gotten up, Zheng Sui sat down, the two saluted, and then returned to the position, Xun Niang sat at the bottom of Zheng Sui, Chen Lang was held by the nurse, sitting on the right hand side of the fourth sister-in-law Yin.

Shangyang Temple, originally just a small Buddhist temple in Linru, later the Zheng family moved into Linru, relying on the Zheng family, it gradually flourished, before she came back today, Jiuniang and the fourth sister-in-law Yin went to Shangyang Temple to incense.

"Once upon a time, Shiro had proposed that Master Namor be left at Shangyang Temple, but Gorou was reluctant to open his mouth to keep him. ”

Xie Youlan glanced at the Yin family, and said with a smile: "Master Namor came out of Jianchu Temple to promote Buddhism. "If you can keep it, how can a small Shangyang Temple compare to the large-scale Jianchu Temple in Beijing.

Hearing this, Yin's heart understood, and he suddenly sneered, "I saw Shi Niang go out, and her complexion was better than before she went out." ”

Xie Youlan retracted her gaze, didn't pursue it further, and echoed, "I look at it too." When Zheng Sui entered the door, there was only an apricot-red shadow, which made her eyes light up, and she already noticed that something was different.

It was already dark outside, and the candles in the room were gradually brightening, Xie Youlan saw that it was not early, so she ordered to pass on the evening meal.

After a while, there were maidservants who came in with food one after another, one person and one food table, and the three-year-old Chen Lang, who did not need to be fed by the nurse, took the food to eat by himself, and was very quiet and orderly during the feeding process.

After dinner, they talked again, and everyone dispersed, but Zheng Sui let Xie Youlan stay.

I just saw that Mingyu walked in with a long wooden box in both hands, handed it to Xie Youlan, Xie Youlan took the box, and said softly: "Let people wait outside first, and then come in later." Then he got up, turned around and sat down on the side of the couch where Zheng Sui was, and sent out the servants who served in the room.

"Sister-in-law. Zheng Sui shouted, and Xie Youlan's sudden closeness made her a little uncomfortable.

"The dowry that your brother prepared for you, you take a look first, if there is anything missing, we will make up for it. Xie Youlan also realized this, took a step back imperceptibly, and then reached out to open the wooden box, which had three floors.

The first layer was a roll of silk silk, Xie Youlan took it out and handed it to Zheng Sui, "This is your dowry list, open it and take a look." ”

Zheng Sui hesitated slightly, opened the silk silk, and looked at them one by one.

First of all, the box curtains, the bamboo curtains, the table utensils, the red Luo bucket tent, the Luo shirt and skirt, and even the pearl and jade, Jiaoguang salmon and so on are among them, Xie Youlan recounted on the side.

"You brought about a hundred and eighty curtains from Xingyang. More than 480 were prepared at home, making a total of 666 box curtains, which were just box curtains brought from Xingyang. I need you to copy a list of objects, and I will also save a copy here. ”

Zheng Sui raised his head and bowed his head, "I'll go back later and ask Xin Yi to send the list over." ”

Of the 180 box curtains, 100 were given by the ancestral family outside Pingcheng, and 70 were given by the second room. There are also ten mouths, which were given by Siniang Zheng Fan.

"There are 50,000 copper coins and 5,000 books for the dowry. 2,000 stones of wheat, 2,000 stones of polished rice, 800 horses of silk, and 800 horses of silk. There are also 80 horses of cloud brocade. Speaking of this, Xie Youlan explained again, "At present, the copper coins in Nandi are as thin as paper and worthless, so they are given less, and the Yunjin workshop at home has only been given eighty horses not long after it was built. ”

"As for the dowryman. You've already brought five hundred people here, and you've only picked one hundred and fifty people here. Among them, there are 50 craftsmen, 40 tenant farmers, 30 weaver girls, 20 female musicians, 10 cooks, and four Zhuangzi, one in the suburbs of Jiankang, one in Luling, one in Linru, one in Xuzhou, and a total of 400 good fields around. ”

Xie Youlan said that she opened the second and third floors, and took out the title deed account book and the servant's deed, the Zheng family moved into Linru, and it was only six years, although she was in charge of the family for a short time, but she also saw that Zheng Sui's marriage this time can be described as pouring out the basket, and the fourth room was there, and the private had already made a fuss, and even the fourth lady Yin had muttered that in the future, the mother would follow the example of the tenth mother

It's just that Zheng Wei mentioned, "When the A family got married, from Pingcheng to Xingyang, along the way, the pedestrians who escorted the box curtain were more than 100 miles long. ”

"Cut the fertile land in half, and the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing and Linru will be temporarily hung in my name, and the family will send someone to take care of it, and the income will also go to the family. ”

Zheng Sui took out the land deeds and account books of these two places, there are not many good fields at home, but there are many people to feed, the day moved into Linru, the Zheng family purchased the mountain forest and field house, Xie Shangshu helped to win the imperial court policy is five years of tax exemption, and now it is the sixth year, the imperial court has always had the decree of officials occupying the field and shade households, although the number of households in the field and shade of the family is far more than the provisions of the decree, but at present, the Zheng family is only more than 20 officials in the south, and the highest official position is Zheng Hao, the uncle of the four rooms and seven years, and the Xiangzhou Thorn History of the fourth product was promoted years ago.

Because of the shallow foundation, even if the eighteenth uncle was unwilling to go out of office, after resigning as the prince of Guiyang, he also went to Jiankang to serve as a doctor of Guozi.

The existing fertile land population in the family was discarded, and the rest was falsely reported, and some were hung in the name of the deceased in-laws, in order to avoid the imperial court taxes.

It's just that Xie Youlan didn't take the two land deeds and account books, "This sister-in-law can't be the master, you have to ask your fifth brother." ”

"When Brother Ah comes back, I will tell Brother in person. Zheng Sui stretched out his hand and put the dowry list, the title deed account book, and the seal deed into the wooden box in turn, and put it back together, only the two title deeds and account books were not collected.

Xie Youlan didn't refuse, a smile curled up at the corner of her mouth, and when she saw Zheng Sui cover the wooden box, she turned her head and shouted outside, "Everyone come in." ”

In just a moment, there was a sound of skirts dragging on the ground, Zheng Sui raised his eyes and looked, two girls walked in from outside the door, about twelve or thirteen years old, in the prime of golden, the two of them had fair skin, delicate eyebrows and eyes, and looked very similar, they knew that they were twin sisters at first sight, Zheng Sui faintly guessed one or two in his heart.

Sure enough, I heard the fifth sister-in-law Xie Youlan beside me say: "These are the two sisters Ah Bi and Ah Qian, the concubines of the four-room thirteen Langjun, who gave it to you as a companion girl, and I have let the female teacher in the family teach the rules for half a year." ”

Although he had already known it in his heart, when he heard this, Zheng Sui's face still changed color for a long time, "Sister-in-law has prepared four people for me, and they will forget it." ”

"Xixi, the two of them, different from the slaves and maids, you take them to the Huan family first, and after two or three years, if you really don't feel the need, just send them back to the Zheng family. Xie Youlan looked at the good-looking Zheng Sui in front of her, and couldn't help but think of the amazing beauty of Jiuniang, and only hoped that Zheng Sui would have the blessing of Jiuniang Zheng Qian.

Xiao Zhang, the king of Guiyang, has always had a reputation for being violent and wanton, but it is very good for Jiu Niang, over the years, the couple has a deep love, not only only Jiu Niang in the palace, no other concubines, just say that this time the vassal king entered Beijing, obviously asked the couple to enter Beijing together, Guiyang Wangfu took the will, as soon as he turned around, Xiao Zhang sent Jiu Niang back to the Zheng family on the grounds that Jiu Niang was pregnant and unwell, and went to Kyoto Jiankang alone.

Zheng Sui rarely saw Xie Youlan's face full of seriousness, and the words in her mouth seemed to be unfinished.

But it can't be denied. (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you for the two peace charms of "Su Muai" !!!!! Huan Saburo will appear in the next chapter