At the same time as the He family's feast was not sleeping, several fast horses were galloping on the official road, which was the good news team from Shaanxi to Juzhou. Due to the evacuation, the Liang family temporarily lived in Juzhou, when the team of the good news arrived at the Liang family in Chaoyi, only a few servants looked after the house, and the newspapers returned to Xi'an after begging for money, but the people of the Liang family did not dare to slack off, and several young and strong people rode fast horses to Juzhou......

After Liang Yuesong, who was far away in Xi'an, got the news of Zhongdi, after participating in the Luming banquet in his province, he did not delay for a moment, and rushed directly to Beijing in a carriage.

On the morning of the third day of the first month of September, He Zhiyuan and everyone got into the carriage and embarked on the journey home, there is a way that "it is good to return to the hometown if you become famous", these imperial examination sons are like arrows one by one, and they can't wait to put on their wings and fly back, and share the glory of ascending to the throne with their relatives at home.

On the tenth day of the first month of September, He Zhiyuan took a carriage and Yin Lifu to the gate of the north city of Juzhou, and the soldiers guarding the city stepped forward to interrogate. Yin Lifu stepped out of the carriage and said to the soldier stiffly: "This is Master He's carriage, don't hurry up and salute!" ”

The soldier arrogantly asked, "Which Master He?" ”

"Master Xinke Xie Yuanhe, you don't even know?"

As soon as the soldier heard that it was Xie Yuangong who had returned, he hurriedly kowtowed. He Zhiyuan poked his head out of the car and said to the soldier: "No courtesy, get up quickly!" "Now he's not used to being called master.

After thanking him, the soldier got up, and then shouted excitedly to the city: "Master Xie Yuangong He is back!" ”

This voice immediately attracted a crowd of onlookers, but these people just stood on both sides of the road and watched from a distance, and no one dared to come up and talk. He Zhiyuan did not get into the carriage again, but walked on foot on the streets of the city, and as far as his eyes could see, everyone bowed and bowed, and his attitude was very respectful, which made him embarrassed. So he hurriedly got into the carriage again and asked Yin Lifu, who was still walking: "Why do you say that the people on the street today are so restrained?" ”

Yin Lifu said with a smile: "I heard the old man say, the old man is the star in the sky, and you are Xie Yuan, my lord, then it has to be Wen Kuixing, who dares to approach." ”

"Nonsense." He Zhiyuan scolded with a smile: "There are Xie Yuan in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, when have you ever seen more than a dozen Wenkui stars in the sky?" ”

Yin Lifu thought about it, so he smiled and said, "It seems that the old people are talking nonsense." ”

When he returned home unimpeded, the first thing He Zhiyuan saw was a pair of brand-new gates, and the plaque above the door was replaced with the four big characters "Xie Yuan Mansion". He Zhiyuan knew that this was called a change of court, and from then on, their family would no longer be a civilian class, but an official master, seeing this, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head, but he also felt that it was really self-conscious.

But what's even more exaggerated is that Menzi has also changed to a new person! I saw a middle-aged man in a green coat and a small hat, standing at the door, and asked very professionally: "May I ask if this official has ever voted for a prayer post......

Yin Lifu scolded and said: "This is our lord's own home, do you want a post?!" ”

Only then did the doorman react, it turned out that the young master was back, so he quickly knelt down to say goodbye, and introduced himself, saying that he was the new porter, called Meng Laoliu.

He Zhiyuan jumped out of the car, called him up with a smile and said, "Old Meng, how long have you been here?" ”

"Back to the young master's words, two days." Meng Lao Liu hurriedly replied: "Our family is Xie Yuandi, and we want to change the courtyard, not only the doors and windows have been changed, but the gatehouse has to be changed, so I came." ”

At this time, the people inside also heard the news coming out, good guys, there were more than 20 people standing in the courtyard, most of them were fresh faces, and they all saluted him and said, "Welcome the young master home!" ”

He Zhiyuan saw that Yueji was also in the crowd, so he called Yueji out of the crowd and asked in a low voice, "Why are there so many people in the family?" ”

Yue Ji replied confidently: "Young master, our family is Xie Yuan's mansion, we need to match a few more people, Mrs. said that this is called decent." ”

He Zhiyuan's voice is small, but Yueji's voice is not small. As soon as Yueji's words were finished, those fresh faces said in a gossipy voice: "Young master, our family is Xie Yuandi, and it is not enough to have only one cook." ”

"Xie Yuandi can't live without a gardener."

Hearing this, He Zhiyuan was depressed for a while, this is just a three-entry mansion, and there is not even a garden, why do you want a gardener?

What is even more ridiculous is that a young woman actually said: "There is no shortage of wet nurses!" ”

He Zhiyuan said angrily: "Do you think there is milk in our family? ”

The young woman whispered: "Young master, you have become a parent, and the young grandmother is pregnant in October, so naturally there will be breastfeeding." ”

"By then, will you still have milk?" He Zhiyuan was defeated and asked weakly.

"You don't have to worry about this." The young woman said proudly: "I haven't conceived yet, I'm waiting for the young master to get married, and I will have another child, so as not to delay the little master's breastfeeding, the woman is thoughtful." ”

He Zhiyuan was so angry that his face turned green, and he endured it without having a seizure. After that, he called Yueji to the study and asked angrily, "This is all a good thing that my old lady did?" ”

Yueji whispered: "Since the young master won that Xie Yuan, there have been many people who have come to flatter, some have sent land products, some have sent shops, some have sent jewelry, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. There are also those who have broken down and settled down, and the two of them have come to devote themselves to the shadow of the servants, and in just a few days, they have filled the room. ”

"If you give it, you will take it?" He Zhiyuan leaned back on the chair and said angrily: "People will keep it when they come?" ”

"Madam said, the right to take it in first, and wait for the young master to come back." Yueji said with a tense face: "You can get rid of them all, we are in such a family, there are more than a dozen people who can be busy, but we can't raise so many idle people in vain." ”

He Zhiyuan was amused by her words, picked up the teacup and said, "What about my father?" Where did you go to Hejia Town again? ”

"How can it?" Seeing that the young master was noncommittal, Yue Ji said with a slight disappointment: "You are Xie Yuan now, and the master said that managing those workshops has lost our family's system." ”

He Zhiyuan frowned slightly, and said in his heart, could it be that I understand the yuan, and even my father can't go to the workshop? But instead of saying anything, he asked, "So where did he go?" ”

"Busy, just too busy." Yueji said empathetically: "First, I had a flowing water banquet for three days in a row, and then I and my wife were busy preparing for the wedding, so busy that our feet didn't touch the ground, and there was a big bubble on my mouth. ”

The matter of marriage was discussed with the Zhou family a long time ago, and after the autumn was over, the wedding would be prepared, and He Zhiyuan also knew. However, he only had more than 20 days to go to Beijing at home, and it was completely too late. So he said to Yueji: "Don't prepare, don't get married yet." ”

Yueji was startled when she heard this, and said in a lost voice: "Oh, it's not that you understand Yuan, you can't look at Miss Zhou!" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about! Net blind guess! He Zhiyuan scolded, and then explained: "I got the news that Yangzhou Lu Jie's case has been repeated, and I decided to go to Beijing in advance, and I will leave for Beijing at the end of the month." When the spring season is over, it's not too late to go home and get married! ”

Yueji was relieved when she heard this, but she still said: "The old lady has begun to prepare, and now it is not over, even if ordinary people encounter this kind of thing, it will inevitably make outsiders suspicious, not to mention ......"

"What's more, it's still the Xie Yuan family. Right? He Zhiyuan snatched a sentence from her, and then glared and said: "Don't talk about these two words in the future." ”

Yueji shrunk her neck and whispered: "I know, I won't say it in the future." ”

He Zhiyuan touched the teacup, it turned out to be empty, and said unhappily: "So many people are idle, but they still let Young Master Ben's tea bowl be empty, what's the use of raising so many people?" ”

Yueji knew that this was the young master who was taking advantage of the problem, so he volunteered and said, "I got rid of them all." ”

"But I can't get rid of them all." He Zhiyuan said: "Spread the word that my He family can't tolerate people, and leave five or six obedient ones first, and the rest will be sent some silver to be dismissed." ”

"Money?" Yueji's eyes widened and said, "They didn't do anything, they were too lazy to do it." ”

"That's a lot of nonsense!" He Zhiyuan scolded, and then said: "It's not for you to pay for the silver, why are you in a hurry?" Five taels of silver per person, go. ”

Seeing that Yueji was still grinding there, he frightened: "If you don't go, you can also take five taels of silver and leave." ”

Frightened, Yue Ji ran out......