Since the founding of the Dayong Dynasty, the capital has been set in the capital, and since then, there has been an unwritten rule in these four or nine cities.

That is the division of the place of residence, the most central part of the capital is naturally the imperial palace, with the imperial palace as the central axis, divided into four areas: the east of the city, the west of the city, the south of the city, and the north of the city, and these four areas have many divisions.

Up to now, everyone in the capital knows one sentence, that is, the west is rich in the east, and the south is poor and the north is cheap.

In other words, most of the rulers lived in the west of the city, and the big merchants and landlords lived in the east of the city, the south was a slum, and the north was a pariah.

The Zhenguo General's Mansion is in the west of the city, not far from the imperial city, and the surrounding residents are also the homes of the ministers of the court, which is very quiet.

In the past few days, the Zhenguo General's Mansion has not been quiet at all, because of the separation of the family, two sons and a grandson are going to move out to live, and this person is coming and going, and it is very lively.

No, on this day, there was a car parked on the west corner gate of the house, and there was a strong man carrying boxes and cages and other things out to load the car, and another man in his thirties wearing cocoon silk pedaled on the car with one foot on the ground, and pulled his sleeves to direct people how to load the car.

When he spoke, he showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and his voice was even louder: "I said Zheng Xiaoliu, you should be faster, hey, where do you put that box?" Don't you see that there is no place to fit, hurry up and change the place, it is all valuable, if you fall and sell it, you can't afford to lose. ”

The man named Zheng Xiaoliu was a sturdy young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, and when he heard this, he quickly changed the box to another place, moved it again, and made sure that the box was firmly placed before giving up.

He wiped his sweat and smiled at the man: "Uncle Wang Lin, you see that this is okay." ”

Wang Lin nodded: "It's done." As he spoke, he commanded a few other people: "You guys should hurry up, but the third master said, tell us to move to the new house before noon, and if you miss the hour, you will wait to be punished." ”

But it turned out that this was the Yan family's three-room moving team.

When the moving was in full swing here, I saw a carriage coming not far away, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a little girl jumped out first, and then the girl helped a woman with a smile and a kind face, and a round appearance and figure to get out of the car.

The woman walked over and smiled at Wang Lin first: "The king is busy with affairs again." ”

Wang Lin smiled: "Sister Zhu is here." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he saw a mother-in-law come out of the corner gate, who was also in her thirties, with a long face and a dark green cotton dress, and she was very neatly tidy.

As soon as the mother-in-law came out, she smiled at the woman: "Sister Zhu is here, hurry up and invite inside." ”

"The sister of the Wang family has been waiting for a long time." It turned out that this mother-in-law was actually Wang Lin's sister-in-law, and she was also the son of the Yan Mansion, and now she is working in the old general's room, but she is also a decent person.

Mrs. Wang smiled, took Mrs. Zhu all the way in, crossed a courtyard, bypassed the shadow wall, and passed through a courtyard with five main rooms and three east and west wings along the verandahs on both sides, and came to a quiet place.

The courtyard is not very big, five main rooms with east and west wings, and there are ear rooms on both sides, there is a hugging building behind the building, and there is a garden behind the hugging building, and a few small pavilions and pavilions are also built in the garden.

As soon as Mrs. Zhu saw this place, she knew that this must be the residence of the old general of the Yan family, and when she looked up, she saw a flat forehead on the door, and three words were written on it, Qunying Courtyard.

She smiled, and said in her heart that she was really the character of an old general, even if she had such a name for her residence.

Mrs. Wang took Mrs. Zhu into the door, and invited the little maid in the courtyard to come in and pay her respects, and she accompanied Mrs. Wang to sit down on the wide wooden railing of the verandah.

After a while, the little guy came out and said with a smile: "The old man asked Sister Wang and Mother Zhu to go in." ”

Mrs. Zhu quickly stood up and straightened her clothes, and followed Mrs. Wang into the house.

As soon as she entered, Mrs. Zhu smelled a smell of fruit, and knew that there must be fruit in this house, and she didn't dare to speak, just waiting for the very dignified old general who was sitting on the main seat to speak.

Old General Yan glanced at Mrs. Zhu and smiled: "Sit down." ”

Where did Mrs. Zhu dare to sit down at the bottom of the head, she could only sit down carefully on the last seat, and half of her ass fell outside, which was more tiring than standing.

"So that the old general will know." Seeing that General Yan didn't speak for a long time, Mrs. Zhu couldn't hold it anymore at first, and said with a smile: "The eldest lady of the Li family has already agreed to this marriage, and her wife said to see when your mansion is free, and the two sides have changed the Geng post, so they will settle down for the family." ”

When General Yan heard this, his worries were gone, and he immediately laughed: "Sure enough? ”

Mrs. Zhu nodded: "This is natural, not to mention that the slave said that the matchmaker has not been able to do anything in recent years, it is a family like the old general's family, a character like a noble son, and which girl is not happy." ”

Although he also knew that there was no truth in the mouth of this matchmaker, the old general Yan was still happy, and finally the marriage of his grandson was completed, he also put his mind at ease, touched his beard, and the old general smiled very happily: "That Cheng, I really have to work for you, and you will go to Li's house to say a word in the future, just say that it will be an auspicious day in three days, just call her wife to come to the door, and the two families will change the Geng post, and then discuss the dowry." ”

"It's a good idea." Mrs. Zhu praised again: "The Li family is a cool character, and the old general is not dragging mud and water, according to the slave, this is the best." ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Zhu stood up: "The slave has to rush to Li's house to talk about this, so I will leave first." ”

General Yan waved his hand, and a girl had already stepped forward to send silver to Mrs. Zhu: "Mother Zhu is tired." ”

Mrs. Zhu pinched the purse, only felt that it was bulging, and she thought that there should be a lot of money to thank the matchmaker, and suddenly smiled more kindly: "It's not hard, it's not hard, it should be." ”

As soon as Mrs. Zhu left, General Yan called Mrs. Wang: "You go and talk to the eldest lady, just say that the Li family will come to the door to change the Geng post in three days, and tell her to prepare." ”

"Yes!" Wang Pozi didn't dare to say anything when she saw General Yan's face pulled down, and she bowed and withdrew.

General Yan bluffed a face, full of dissatisfaction with his son and daughter-in-law.

When the family was separated that day, he said that he wanted to give Chengyue a betrothal, because of his prestige, his son and daughter-in-law did not dare to object, but the two of them were still dissatisfied with Li Luan'er's background, and after they went back, they pretended to be sick, and they didn't say anything about going to Li's house to propose marriage.

At that time, General Yan was almost out of breath, and he just wanted to beat him with a horsewhip to get angry like his son did when he was young.

can think about the fact that his son is also an official and a family person, he can't be called faceless, and he can't be too stiff because his grandson and son are too stiff, so he can only endure this breath.

However, General Yan has always been a strong man, and he will not speak softly, let alone ask his son and daughter-in-law, nor will he ask Yan Chengyue to submit to softness, so he is angry that he invited the matchmaker to go to Li's house to propose marriage, and he is still using the fastest speed, he is also the temperament of an old child, and he intends to tell his son and daughter-in-law that there is no butcher like you, and Lao Tzu can also eat the hairy pig.

General Yan still thought that Yan Chengyue's marriage would not have twists and turns, but how did he know that Li Luan'er was really a cool person, and he was happy to respond.

When he thought about it, he understood more and more, it should be Li Luan'er who knew that the Yan family had split up, and she didn't have to look at her in-laws' faces after she got married, and she didn't have to care about the bad things of the Yan family, so this was what she should do.

It's just that thinking of his son and daughter-in-law, General Yan was worried again.

Mrs. Jin will come to the door in three days, if the old family is still angry, then the Yan family will be embarrassed by the future in-laws.

Moreover, Mrs. Jin has saved his life, if the old family is angry, how can the old general have the face to see his benefactor again in the future.

The more he thought about it, the more worried General Yan became, and he couldn't help but think of his old wife, if his wife was still there, where would he be asked to do this.

Alas! sighed, no matter how strong General Yan was, he had to give in to his son.

He called Wu Xuan and asked him to invite Yan Bao's family over.

After a while, Yan Baojia followed Wu Xuan into the door, and as soon as he entered, he saw General Yan's face full of sadness, and because of the sorrow, the wrinkles on his face became more and more obvious.

Yan Baojia felt sad for a while, bowed his head and whispered: "What did the father call his son to do?" ”

Old General Yan sighed: "Protecting the family, my father knows that you complain in your heart that I am too partial to Chengyue." ”

"My son doesn't dare." Yan Baojia hurriedly waved his hand, he couldn't afford this crime of resentment towards his elders.

"I also know that I am partial to Chengyue, but what do you ...... if Chengyue is like that child now? If I don't favor him, what will he do? The old general's face was full of sadness: "As an elder, you can't let go of the younger generation before you die, don't talk about Chengyue, just say that you now have children and daughters so old, don't you often worry about you as a father, you also raise children, and you also know that your children live to be 100 years old, and you often worry about this reason of ninety-nine." ”

When he said this, Yan Baojia also had a little tears: "Father ......"

The old general waved his hand: "Chengyue is also your son, don't you think about him, don't you want to think about him now, he is disabled, it is blocking his road to Qingyun, this child is no matter how hard he works, he can only follow a group of craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry in the future, and the road to the battlefield for the military generals is not successful, you say, he has such a body, such a talent, he can only be a six- or seven-grade petty official in his life, and in the future, he will see his younger brothers for the Wenwei martial arts scenery and progress, how should he be sad in his heart?" ”

"Father......" Yan Baojia only felt that his face was hot, the old general's words undoubtedly spoke to his heart, he couldn't help thinking, yes, Chengyue is not good, that is also his son, it is the eldest son who watched him born with endless hope, and now Chengyue is like that, he doesn't say that he cares more, on the contrary, he wants to suppress this child, how can he be a father like this.

Looking at the wound in the old general's eyes, Yan Baojia couldn't help but cry bitterly: "Father, it's the son's fault, every qiē is the son's fault, the son makes his father sad, he doesn't fulfill his responsibility as a son, he can't protect Chengyue, and he is not worthy of being a father." ”RS