When Zu Juntian took Sima Yulou and Xie Weiran to see Zu Xun, he was working in the vegetable field in a corner of the Houfu Garden, wearing an ordinary blue cloth gown, with his trouser legs on his knees, squatting on the ground to water a melon vine.

When I saw a few people, I stood up with a smile, the old general's hair was all white, but his eyes still looked bright, his smile was very kind, and he did not have the courage of a general in the army, just like an ordinary old peasant.

Xie Weiran had seen him a few times in Beisai before, when his father was just a general under him, and the hero who was famous in Beisai that day, and the hero who made the Karasuma people fearful, is now dying, but every time his father mentions him over the years, his respect and love are still overflowing.

Xie Weiran stepped forward and knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times in a dignified manner, and said loudly: "Weiran kowtows to the old man on behalf of my father." After that, he knocked three more times, "I have seen the old man." ”

Zu Xun's calm expression had a touch of solemnity, he was silent for a moment, and said with a loud smile: "Okay, get up." ”

Xie Weiran stood up, looking at Zu Xun with both eyes, his expression was neither humble nor arrogant, but there was reverence and eagerness in his eyes.

Zu Xun nodded, his previous seriousness was not seen at all, and he smiled gently: "Come and sit." As he spoke, he took the lead and walked towards the stone table under the melon vines.

Sima Yu upstairs stepped forward to the junior ceremony, he often came to the ancestral house, Zu Xun has always treated him as close and easy-going as his own children, smiling without a little shelf, "I didn't go to your wedding a few days ago, today you came just in time, I got a few new jars of mulberry wine, this wine is not even in the palace, so it is cheap for you." ”

Sima Yulou said with a smile: "I heard that Sangluo has been drinking for a long time, so it's better for you to drink less." My brother-in-law brought you a cart of horse milk wine this time, you must have not tasted this famous wine in Beisai for many years. ”

Zu Xun listened to the great joy, a few years ago Anbian Hou Xie Kuang also ordered someone to send him horse milk wine to Beijing every summer, but Jianye is hotter than the climate of Beisai, once the temperature is too high, the fermentation of horse milk wine will be too much, the wine taste is sour, so it has to be transported by ice car, too manpower and financial resources. After two years, Zu Xun asked Xie Kuang not to send it again.

Mare's milk wine tastes sweet and mellow, often drink can also replenish blood and moisten dryness, it is very good for the body, Zu Xun must drink every day in the North Sai for several years, and it is a great pity that he can't drink it after returning to Beijing.

Zu Xun used to be the most wine lover, in recent years, when he is older, he drinks less, and turns to collect famous wine, in the wine cellar of the Zhongyi Mansion, the number of types of famous wine is not much better than that of the palace, sometimes even the emperor has to summon him into the palace, let him bring the treasure to drink in the past.

Hearing that Xie Weiran brought mare's milk wine, Zu Xun was overjoyed, and there was an ice cellar specially built in the house to store wine from the Western Regions, so he instructed Jun Guang, "You go and bring someone to carry the wine to the ice cellar, the wine can't stand the current weather." ”

Jun Guang agreed, Zu Xun asked about his parents, and Xie Weiran replied respectfully. Zu Xun chatted with him about the customs and customs of Beisai, and did not ask about military and political affairs at all.

After chatting for a while, Xie Weiran took the initiative to mention Zu Junguang, "Father heard that he has studied diligently in recent years, and he has not fallen behind in archery and horse riding, he is really a young talent, and he is also the same age as Yingran, so my father intentionally wants to marry Yingran to the second young master, I don't know what the old man wants." ”

Zu Xun looked at him, and asked instead of answering: "I heard that the Huan family also wants to marry your family?" ”

Sima Yulou and Zu Juntian both looked at Xie Weiran, wanting to see how he answered.

Xie Weiran smiled clearly, and did not answer directly, but talked about the government affairs of Beisai, "At the beginning of this year, Zhenguo Gong wrote to his father, saying that he wanted to move the Bingzhou Assassin Mansion from Jinyang to Beisai, and the Beisai Army would take over the military affairs of Bingzhou. ”

Hearing this, among the four people present, even Zu Juntian, who was not very familiar with political affairs, frowned.

Although Beisai belongs to the prefecture, the border garrison has always been under the military and political jurisdiction of the state government, but is directly under the Zhongshu Province and the military department. In doing so, the Duke of Zhenguo was obviously trying to win over Xie Kuang, the Marquis of Anbian, and intended to make the annexation of the state the same as the current Liangzhou, and implement the integration of military and government.

Zu Xun didn't say a word, and looked at Xie Weiran with blazing eyes.

Xie Weiran looked calm and continued: "Father replied to the Zhenguo Gong that he had resigned, and once he came to the barrier of the North Sai Nai country, the state capital was built here and was vulnerable to foreign invasion. Second, the affairs of the North Cypriot garrison are busy, and I am afraid that they will not have time to worry about merging military affairs. Zhen Guogong wrote a few more times to mention it, and then there was something wrong with Beisai, several horse farms were attacked by the Karasuma people one after another, and the losses were somewhat large, and after his father reported the situation to the imperial court, Zhen Guogong stopped mentioning the matter. ”

When Sima Yulou heard this, his expression moved slightly, and he looked up at Xie Weiran.

Zu Xun has been fighting in Beisai for many years, and he immediately heard the problem, and asked Xie Weiran: "You have been doing the border inspection in the past few years, right?" Since there is a military situation, how could your father let you go back to Beijing at this time? ”

Xie Weiran's eyes were bright, and he smiled: "In the past few years, the second brother and the third brother have been able to stand alone under the guidance of their father, the third brother is now in charge of the horse farm, and the second brother is in charge of patrolling when I am away." ”

Zu Xun's guess in his heart was confirmed, and he bowed his head slightly.

I'm afraid that there is another hidden reason for the attack on the racecourse, and there are frequent enemy attacks at the border pass of Beisai, and the imperial court naturally understands that Beisai is not suitable for the Assassin Shifu to be stationed in government, so Xie Kuang can use this to refuse the solicitation of Zhenguo Gong.

After Xie Weiran expressed his sincerity, he said: "My father dare not forget the grace of my husband's promotion of common sense, if my husband feels that this family business is not suitable, Weiran has no objection." ”

Although An Bianhou's family was unwilling to go along with Huan Ting's solicitation, and only wanted to marry the ancestral family, if the ancestral family agreed, it would offend the Huan family, but Xie Weiran and his father didn't want the grandfather to be embarrassed by this, so when Yunhui asked him yesterday, he didn't say it clearly.

Zu Xun was satisfied, and laughed, "The children's in-laws should have been mentioned by our male family, since your father is willing to marry his daughter to our family, how can we not be willing?" No matter how domineering Huan Ting is, he has to talk about the first come, first come, I will personally go to tell him about this, I want to see if he dares to rob my ancestral family. ”

Sima Yulou has been listening, and so far he has understood the attitudes of the two people, Anbianhou and Zhongyigong. Although Huan Ting has been in power in recent years, the military power is not all controlled by him alone, and even if the loyal and righteous Gongzu Xun is at home, his prestige in the army is still extremely high.

Anbian Hou is now in charge of nearly half of the country's soldiers and horses, if he falls out with Huan Ting because of this family matter, I am afraid that Huan Ting will find an excuse to divide his forces and transfer them to the hands of Wei Yuanhou in the northwest.

Sima Yulou thought about it, and now it was really not the time to tear his face with Huan Ting, so he said: "Listen to the meaning of Mrs. Huan, this family business should let Huan Mozhi look at each other, if the old man asks in person, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, it's better to let our juniors do it, so as not to make your old man and Zhenguo Gong unpleasant." ”

"This matter is the Huan family's bullying, the Xie family and our family's family affairs, why did he interfere sideways." Zu Juntian was not satisfied. (To be continued.) )