At the beginning of December of the seventh year of Yongle, the holy driver returned to the south.

Meng was ordered to accompany him, and before leaving, he rushed to the mansion that Meng Qingyi placed in the city to bid farewell to his mother and brother.

After being promoted to the commander of the Beijing Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Meng Qingyi purchased a three-entry house in Daxing County and moved his family. Because the owner of the house was a thousand households in Yanjun, the house was built in strict accordance with the regulations, and it can be moved in with simple repairs.

Three halls and seven frames, the doors are not painted, the door is iron ring, and the beam is pink and blue.

The courtyard wall faces the street, and there is no plaque hanging on the main entrance, and it is a bare horizontal strip of wood.

Leave a stone road between the shadow wall and the front hall, and leave 50 steps from the front hall to the second hall. The back house is mainly simple, there are no pavilions and ponds, flowers and trees, and the corridors and windows are unpretentious.

The owner of the house is surnamed Wu, and he has been transferred to the Fusi of Weibei Town, Jinyi, and is still a thousand households, working under the command of Yang Duo. Because his parents are no longer there, and he only has his wife, young children, and children around him, he plans to sell the house in Beijing at a price and resettle in Nanjing.

Because it is an official residence, it is a little old, and it is a big expense to repair and rebuild. The high official position is not good, the low official position is not used, the ordinary people are unwilling to spend more money, and the Chinese have not been able to find suitable buyers.

The house that others don't like, but Meng Qingyi likes it at a glance, but he is a little hesitant about the price. Money in hand is limited, and if you buy a house, you will be stretched thin to repair the house.

There is silver in the house, but Meng Qingyi does not plan to use it.

After ten years away from home, the old mother, wife and daughter are all supported by brothers. When he came back from the grassland, he regained his household registration and got an official position, all relying on his brothers. Now I want to buy a house, support my mother, settle my family, and move my brother's money, how can I justify it?

Twelve Lang didn't care, he also had a fever on his face.

After returning home, Meng Qingyi discussed with Meng Zhang's family, and Meng Zhang's turned over the cabinets and found the copper coins and treasure notes and a few silver ingots accumulated in the past ten years, all of which were received in the box and given to Meng Qingyi.

"The silver ingots and copper coins were given by the mother, and the treasure money was the husband's money. It's not enough, and the rice saved in the granary, which is sold by someone else, should be able to make up enough. ”

"Xiuniang," Meng Qingyi hesitated, "Don't let my mother know about this, I don't want Twelve Lang to worry about it, thinking that I have a relationship with him." ”

"Husband, a concubine is not an unreasonable person." Meng Zhang said, "When the elder brother is not there, the husband is the eldest son in the family, supporting his mother, buying a family business, and supporting himself, how can he bother his brother in everything." ”

Meng Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief and was relieved, "Our family has today, and we are all Tolai Twelve. I don't have much ability, I can't help Twelve, but I can't bring him tired. Everything is shy and depends on my brother, what have I become? ”

"Don't worry, husband, even if my mother knows, she can understand."

"This year, I will buy a house and have less home. By the next year, I will personally lead people to the fields and find a few good lambs to raise, and there will be a surplus at home. After a pause, Meng Qingyi straightened his expression, "There is one more thing, during the New Year's holidays, the fifth sister comes back and asks a few more words, how the son-in-law behaves, I know that I can't stand someone fanning the flames on the side." If you dare to make trouble in the name of Twelve Lang, you will really cause trouble, and I will not let it go first! ”

Meng Zhang nodded.

The couple decided to buy a house, and Meng Qingyi went to the grain store several times to sell the accumulated Lu rice in batches.

Meng Xu learned of this and sent two ingots of silver.

Meng Zhang politely refused, but Meng Wang asked her to accept it.

"Take it, in the future, you and Jiulang will have a child, let him honor your sister-in-law."

On the day of the transaction, the homeowner, Wu Qianhu, learned that the buyer was Xingningbo's brother, and took the initiative to reduce the house price a lot.

"A certain person was born in Yanshan Zuowei, and when Jing was martyred, he was under the command of his uncle. I knew that I was a conductor, so why bother. ”

Meng Qingyi shook his head, "One thing is one thing, if my brother is here, it will be like this." ”

Wu Qianhu couldn't help it, so he had to accept the silver money. When I turned around, I took over the cost of repairing the house. Meng Qingyi knew that he couldn't be "polite" anymore, so he simply invited Wu Qianhu to the restaurant to have a drink, which was regarded as making this friend.

Meng Qingyi thought that he owed Wu Qianhu a favor, and he felt a little unhappy in his heart.

As everyone knows, after he was helped into the ox cart by his family, Wu Qianhu, who should have been drunk, pushed away the family members who were helping him, wiped his face, and did not have the slightest drunken look.

"A thousand households?"

"Said that Lao Tzu was fierce in his natal year, hey!" Wu Qianhu clenched his big fists, "Let's go, go and dismantle the stall of that god stick!" ”

Today, he sold Meng to command a favor, and on his day, Xing Ningbo Bo learned about it, so why worry about the official career.

Fierce year?

This kind of ferocity, others can't ask for it!

It is not only Wu Qianhu who is at the head of good luck.

The deed was completed, the house was repaired, Meng Qingyi asked Yin Yang Sheng to look good at the days, and the whole family moved into Daxing County. I don't want to move into a new house on the front foot, but I will receive the will of the Son of Heaven on the back foot.

After reading the holy decree, the eunuch took the red envelope and said to Meng Qingyi with a smile: "Commander Meng risked his life and returned from the desert to bring back important military information and help the army to conquer the Tatars, which has made great contributions." Now that we have to be made an earl, our family is brave and a little happy. ”

"Father-in-law is polite."

Sending people away, Meng Qingyi held the holy decree, still seemed to be stepping on the clouds, which was extremely unreal.

Taking two deep breaths, he knew very well that the so-called risking death and reporting the military situation were all excuses, and the real reason why he was knighted was still on Twelve Lang. The imperial court has more than 100,000 troops out of the fortress, and Twelve Lang will go out with the army, and he will definitely make great contributions. Otherwise, the Son of Heaven would not have given his family a knighthood.

After thinking about it, Meng Qingyi gave Meng Wang's family, and asked his wife to tell his daughter and son-in-law, and asked Meng Xu's family to send a letter to Meng Sanjie's husband's family.

The two sons-in-law of the Meng family are both kind-hearted people, and it is not that no one in the family is tempted, but they also have to weigh carefully, in case they annoy Meng Qingyi, how to end up.

Meng is in a high position, so he may not have time to pay attention to them. Meng Qingyi is holding the official title of the commander of the Beijing Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, although he doesn't care about things, he can't clean up a few people. He doesn't even need to do anything, as long as he shows - out - something meaning, someone will do it for him.

In the hands of the surname Meng, there can still be a bit of kinship. fell into the hands of the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and if they didn't die, they had to peel off their skins.

I heard that Xing Ningbo has a relationship with the two leaders and eunuchs of the Beijing Firearms Bureau, and his relationship with Jinyiwei is also quite good.

In Mengjiatun, the patriarch and the clan elders repeatedly told the clansmen not to save their crooked hearts, otherwise, Meng Guangxiao, Meng Guangshun and others will be a lesson from the past.

After a few beatings, the honest ones are more honest, and the dishonest ones can only rest their minds.

Many Meng's children devote themselves to studying, work hard to practice martial arts, Yongle seven years, there are three people who passed the hospital examination, two people were admitted to the Daning martial arts school, and the clansmen of Quantun paid money together to rebuild the ancestral hall and pay tribute to the ancestors. Because of the mistakes of Meng Guangxiao and others, the haze gathered above the heads of the Meng clan has begun to dissipate.

Driven by the Meng clan, the villagers of Tongli studied and practiced martial arts, and the county government reported to the township for its education. In the next year's township test, there will be three lifters in Daxing County, and two of them are Meng's children.

At the moment, no one could predict how the Meng clan would prosper. Even the people of the Meng clan did not dare to assert that their own children would definitely be able to get ahead and be as good as Twelve Lang. Only time will tell.

On the day of Meng Wang's farewell, a heavy snow fell in Shuntianfu.

Under the wind and snow, Meng rushed to Meng Qingyi's house in Daxing County.

There is still no plaque hanging on the black door, according to the system, Meng Qingyi was awarded the third-class uncle, and the "uncle's house" plaque can be hung on the door. However, the third-class uncle is different from the first-class uncle, there is no hereditary, and there is no downgraded lord, and Meng Qingyi will have a son in the future, and he will still be white. In this way, it is reasonable not to hang a plaque.

This kind of title system, to put it bluntly, is the difference between an iron rice bowl and a contract worker.

They are all uncles and marquises, but their treatment and status are very different. To put it mildly, Meng's first-class uncle is a cut above the gold content of the duke who can't attack the lord. It's just that Uncle Meng is destined to have no heir, and whether he is hereditary or not, it doesn't make much difference to him. It's Meng Qingyi, the third-class earl who can't attack the knight, is obviously better, at least not so eye-catching.

Meng dismounted in front of the main gate, and the door immediately flew to report to Meng Qingyi.

Soon, the main door was wide open, and Meng Qingyi, who was dressed in a round-necked blue cloth cotton robe, came out of the door.

"Such a heavy snow, come in!"

Compared with a year ago, Meng Qingyi has changed greatly.

The gloomy color between the eyebrows gradually dissipated, and the injured leg improved, as long as you don't run and jump, it is not much different from ordinary people.

The emaciated cheeks turned bloody, the white hair on the sideburns became thin, and the slightly hunched back began to straighten. In Meng's eyes, he couldn't help but secretly say, this is what a man in the prime of life should look like.

The two of them walked straight through the front hall and walked to the back house.

Seeing Meng Wang's family, Meng knelt down and kowtowed.

"Hurry up." Meng Wang hurriedly pulled Meng up, his tentacles were cold, and he immediately asked people to send a few more braziers, "Why is it so cold, you should add more clothes." ”

"Mother, I'm fine." Meng took off his cloak, sat down at the table, picked up a cup of hot tea, and said with a smile, "Brother Jiu, don't be busy, I have something to say to my mother and Brother Jiu." Let them go down first. ”

Meng Qingyi waved away from his family, and when the door was closed, Meng Wang's family still stuffed a hand stove for Meng, "Hold it." ”

Rubbing the delicate pattern on the stove, Meng couldn't laugh. Looks like this is for female dependents, right?

Meng Wang said: "Our family is not so particular. Your sister-in-law uses it well, and I use it conveniently. Hold! ”

Helplessly, my mother and brother's heart can't be disappointed.

Holding the hand stove, the cold fingers gradually warmed up, Meng breathed a sigh of relief and spoke; "I came here to say goodbye to my mother and brother. When the Son of Heaven returned to Luan, I was ordered to accompany him. ”

"Leaving soon?" Meng Wang said, "When can I come back?" ”

"I can't say for sure." Avoiding the departure date of the holy car, Meng Dao, "However, after all, the son is the guard of Daning and will live in Beijing for a long time." If there is nothing to do in the court, he will probably be able to come back in the next year. ”

"After a year?" Meng Wangshi sighed, "I thought that this year would be good, you came back from the battlefield, your ninth brother bought the next family business, the third sister just added a boy, and the family can celebrate the New Year together." ”

"Mother," Meng's nose was a little sour, "there are still long days ahead." ”

"Yes, I thought it was bad." Meng Wangshi smiled, "It's cold, I made you two jackets, and I was thinking about when to send them to you, and it happened that you came and brought them back together." ”

"Yes."

The mother and son gossiped a few words, and finally got back to the point.

"There's one more thing I want to discuss with my mother and brother.

"What?" Seeing Meng Wang's sudden stern expression, Meng Wang's family immediately became nervous, "Could it be that you want to go out to fight again?" ”

"It's not." Meng hurriedly comforted Meng Wang's family, and when her face improved, she continued, "It's about the iron coupon given by the Son of Heaven, and I can't make the decision alone, so I discussed it with my mother and brother." ”

"Iron coupons?"

"Exactly. When I returned to Nanjing this time, I wanted to hand over the iron coupons to the Son of Heaven. ”

After the words fell, Meng carefully observed Meng Wangshi and Meng Qingyi, and saw that there was nothing but surprise in their expressions, and his hanging heart finally let go.

"Twelve Lang," Meng Qingyi said with a straight face, "Brother Jiu is a rough man, he doesn't know how to talk about big truths, and he doesn't understand those in the court, but Brother Jiu knows that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger." You do so with great thought. It's that you won't be an official in the future, it's a big deal to go back to your hometown and farm with Brother Jiu. Brother Jiu has the strength to farm and raise sheep, and our brothers always have enough to eat. ”

"Ninth Brother ......"

At first, Meng was very moved, listened and listened, but began to feel that something was wrong.

He only said that he would return the iron coupons, but he didn't say that he was going to resign, right?

Farming and raising sheep to eat well...... Well, he admits that he is a sincere person.

"Mother, Brother Jiu, the matter is undecided, and the reason cannot be described in detail. But please rest assured that returning the iron coupons will definitely outweigh the disadvantages. ”

Having said that, neither Meng Wang nor Meng Qingyi asked again.

Meng Wangshi personally went to pick up the jacket, Meng Qingyi was busy telling Meng that when he traveled far away in winter, he must protect his hands and feet and wear more.

"I knew that the two wolf skins you sent back should have been left behind and made you a pair of thick boots."

Meng listened with a smile, and the warmth spread from his chest, and soon flowed to his limbs.

It's nice to have a family that cares.

The parting was imminent, Meng took the initiative to stay for dinner, and accompanied Meng Wang's to talk.

Meng Wang's family wanted to keep him staying, but before the time of the lamp, he listened to the porter to report, and Dingguo Gong personally came to pick up people.

"Grandpa Guo is outside."

Menzi's face was pale, and his hands and feet were stiff.

It is said that the Duke of Dingguo is a god of killing, and he can see it today, and it is really worthy of his name. Just glanced at it, it was like a knife had been scraped on the scalp, and I couldn't wait to run away immediately, at least five miles away.

Looking at his son who got up and was about to leave, Meng Wangshi suddenly felt sad.

Is it really the water spilled by the married child?

Shen Xuan was invited to the main hall by Meng Qingyi, but he said that he wanted to meet Meng Wang's family, and his words made Meng Qingyi's liver ache.

"As a half-son, you should meet your mother-in-law, and please ask your brother to lead the way."

The long body is jade, the scarlet robe and jade belt, the sable cloak, the extravagance of the whole body, but also full of evil spirit, even if the tone is gentle, it also makes people's backs cold.

Meng Qingyi was puzzled, why did Twelve Lang find such a thing?

After meeting Meng Wang's family, Shen Xuan took Meng back to his house.

Meng was very surprised that Shen Xuan did not ride a horse, but rode with him.

The north wind is howling, the snow is getting heavier, and there are few pedestrians on the road.

There was a thick mattress in the car booth, and Meng was holding the stove, still feeling cold, and sneezed a few times in succession.

Grandpa Guo couldn't stand it anymore, so he scooped the person into his arms, wrapped the cloak, and patted his big hand, "Don't move." ”

Meng was warm, but his heart was a little awkward.

The carriage, again in this position, reminded him of a very un-and-harmonic word.

X-Quake.

"Grandpa Guo, is that ......" a different posture?

"Not cold?" Shen Xuan raised his eyebrows.

“…… Cold. ”

"Then be honest."

Uncle Meng burst into tears.

Simply broke the jar and broke it, his heart was horizontal, and his arms were wrapped, Uncle Meng said, how many discordant and harmonious things have been done, isn't it just not harmonious-harmonious-a little bit? We're not afraid!

Shen Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, his arms were strong, he held Meng's waist, and his warm breath brushed through, and he could feel the trembling under his palm.

Uncle Meng continued to be sideways, raised his head, and said that he was not afraid, but he was not afraid!

Grandpa Guo fixed for two seconds, endured a few endurances, but in the end he couldn't hold back, buried his head in Meng's neck, and laughed lowly.

Meng gritted his teeth, "...... Funny? ”

Grandpa Guo raised his head, his thumb brushed the corner of Meng's lips, the depths of his black eyes overflowed with endless bright colors, his head turned sideways, and his lips brushed Meng's ears, "If Twelve Lang wants, Xuan is willing to follow." ”

Rumble!

Meng Sanhua gathers Ding, Ten Thousand Buddhas Dynasty.

Can you go XX again? Yes?!

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Members of Zheng He's fleet were entering the city.

The gold, silver, gems, coral pearls in the team are not unusual, and the exotic beasts are even more eye-catching.

Two animals that looked like sheep, not sheep, not camels, and two aliens with brown and red complexions and head-plug-feathers, concentrated the most eyes.

Cute appearance, peculiar appearance, quiet character. If Meng had been there, he would have exclaimed.

These two animals are clearly the famous XXX god-beasts in later generations, alpacas!