When it was almost dark, the main street of Chongyifang, which was originally very quiet, suddenly became lively. The clatter of the horseshoe on the bluestone slab, and the creaking of the iron-clad cart, alarmed the people on both sides of the street. People walked out of the door, standing inside and outside the courtyard walls, with reverence, envy, humility, jealousy, and many other mixed feelings, silently watching the huge motorcade pass by their homes. The convoy was very long, and the first car had stopped in front of the Yimen of the Ying County Uncle's mansion, but the tail of the convoy had not yet been seen behind. A piece of news quickly circulated in the neighborhood that this was Ying Bo's family members who had left in Yanshan and had come to Beijing; There were 117 carriages in total, of which the double-wheeled carriages accounted for almost 70 percent. The people who heard it gasped, and immediately they all smacked their tongues: "Obediently, how much money does this have to be?"

The person who delivered the news immediately corrected that more than a dozen of the Shuangyuan carriages belonged to the Yanshan Huo family.

Most of the people around who watched the excitement had only heard of the Huo family in Yixian County, which was famous all over the world by virtue of liquor, and the Huo family in Yanshan was really born. So everyone inquired, which is the Yanshan Huo family?

The vast majority of those asked shook their heads. No one has ever heard of a Huo family in Yanshan. In fact, if you don't count the nouveau riche of the Huo family in Yi County, Yan Shanwei doesn't seem to have any famous family. Of course, merchants are an exception. But Shang County's feudal country is in Ying County, even if his ancestral home is in Yi County, now he has to be corrected one by one, and there will only be Ying County Shang in the future.

At this time, some people who worked in the six departments pointed out to others with some pride that the Yanshan Huo family and the Yi County Huo family were actually one family, and they were a branch of the Yi County Huo family. However, unlike the Huo family in Yixian County, which sells liquor, the Huo family in Yanshan made their fortune because they were familiar with agricultural affairs, and the new agricultural tools and new practices that were tried and promoted in more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Gyeonggi last year actually came from the Huo family in Yanshan. Because the Yanshan Huo family presented new agricultural tools and new practices to the imperial court, the current Changfang Huo Shiqi is about to be crowned the founder of the country, and he will be enthroned as the fourth; The former residence of Peng Qu, the former Shaoqing of Dali Temple, which is being rebuilt and repaired in the front of the city, is the newly awarded Huo Shiqi's Guozi Mansion.

This news immediately caused a wave of discussion among people. Peng Qu was convicted, and he has already been degraded to Leizhou with a cane of eighty, this is his own fault, it is not surprising and not merciful! What makes people regret is Dong Quan, who left Beijing a few days ago. He was dragged down by Peng Qu and had to resign gloomily. Before leaving, many people went to see each other, Dong Quan smiled and chanted, "Thirty years of spring dreams of Jinghua, plum falls under the mountain overnight", and then boarded the car and roared away; People praised that Dong Xiangsheng was not arrogant and declining, and he was quite a Jin and Tang Dynasty......

Of course, Shang Cheng could not have heard these comments from people. He is basking in the joy of being reunited with his loved ones.

He had several large tables of good wine and food to entertain everyone. He and Uncle Seventeen were at the same table, Aunt Seventeen led the girls to sit at another table, Sang Aiai and Sang Xiu and real slaves, they were at the same table again. No matter how nondescript the scene may seem, everyone was happy. In this exciting moment of reunion, everyone drank a lot and talked a lot. Even the big girl and Pan'er, who don't drink much, are also very rare to drink two small cups of fruit wine. As a result, the faces of the two men immediately turned red as if they had been painted with rouge. Fortunately, everyone's faces were red, so it didn't cause any jokes.

Just as they were celebrating their reunion, the county mansion was bustling like a big gathering in the countryside.

Before Yue'er and Erya arrived, there were only a dozen guards and less than twenty servants in the huge county mansion, and there were few people and a large place, so it was inevitable that it would be very deserted. Now it's completely different. followed Yue'er and them to Beijing together, as well as their maids, as well as all the housekeepers, servants, servants, and their respective families who had in Yanzhou. In addition, Uncle Seventeen's mansion has not been renovated yet, and the knighthood has not been officially announced, and Aunt Seventeen's family also has to live in the county mansion temporarily, which is dozens of people one by one, of course, even if Uncle Seventeen wants to rent a house outside temporarily, Shang Cheng will not agree. At present, two or three hundred people suddenly poured in the empty mansion, and the place to live was enough, but the unloading frame car was commonly used to move boxes and cages, the maids went in and the rough women came out, and the servants carried the big wooden box with iron horns and panted to move to the warehouse, and the people shouted that the horses neighed and the grandmothers and grandmothers greeted the milk dolls who were jumping all over the yard, and most of the county Bofu was so noisy and lively that it was like the Lantern Festival more than ten days ago...... It took a long night to finally settle down the people.

Listening to the gong that had been struck nearly three times, Shang Chengcheng asked the seventeenth uncle and his two sisters to rest. My aunt and sisters have been on the road for more than 20 days, and what they need most now is to have a good rest; Besides, the days together will be long in the future, and some will have time to talk.

sent away Uncle Seventeen and them, but Shang Cheng didn't sleep right away.

He still has official business to do.

In the evening, the War Department sent several sealed files, which were about the military deployment of the northern guard towns this year, as well as the War Department's analysis and prediction of the possible military actions to be taken on the left and right flanks of the Tunji. The person from the military department also informed him that tomorrow he would go to the Prime Minister's Office to attend a very important military meeting, and the topic was related to the contents of these files......

By the time he had finished reading the files, the chickens had already crowed. He hurriedly lay down on the kang and planned to take a nap for a while. But he felt as if he had just climbed onto the kang, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he heard the guards on duty knocking on the door one by one.

By the time he swallowed the last bite of the bun and walked out of the door, the eastern sky had just revealed a hazy white, reflecting a blurred outline of the tall and low buildings from near and far. Today is the end of the month, there is no moon, and the dark canopy is scattered only a few not-so-bright stars. There were already pedestrians on the streets, and there were horses' hooves, wheels, and walkways everywhere, all of them were people who were getting up in the morning. Probably because a stranger had walked by, the old Xu family's guard dog barked twice across the street, and soon turned into a low wail, apparently from the porter's fists and kicks or wooden sticks.

He turned over and got on the horse, tugging at the reins to turn the horse around, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a carriage approaching the road, with a pole lantern hanging on the side of the canopy, on which were written two bold and vertical italics: "Zhenfu".

Is this a real man? What is this guy doing here in the dark when he doesn't go to the Imperial City?

He doubted in his heart, so he waited on the side of the road with his horse.

It was the real man sitting in the car. The squire of the military department poked his head out of the carriage, first scolded the horseman for not knowing the road, and then pretended to see Shang Cheng, and said in surprise: "Zida, you are also going to the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

Shang Cheng twisted his head and pretended not to hear Zhenxiang's words. What a strange question! He got up so early in the morning, didn't he go to the Prime Minister's office for a meeting, where else could he go? wanted to go to the Ministry of War to exercise his right to be a squire, but the Ministry of War didn't arrange a public party and a public case for him at all. Moreover, he was ordered to "recuperate" in Beijing in Shangzhu State, before the new Zhuangzi given by the Eastern Yuan Emperor was not granted, he had to go to the military department to report thirty miles away from the outer city of Beijing, otherwise, at least sixty court rods. In this situation, where else would he dare to go?

Zhen Qian said again: "Ah, isn't this General Duan? ”

Duan Sipi, who was riding on horseback, smiled and said, "What a big man." ”

"Is General Duan going to the Ministry of Rites now?" Zhen Xiang said. He shook his head and sighed, "General Duan is really a careful person......

"Ministry of Rites?" Shang Chengleng was stunned for a moment. Didn't you say that there was a military meeting in the Prime Minister's Office, why did it change to the Ministry of Rites again?

Duan Si reacted quickly, jumped off the horse with an "oops", and was about to pull out his feet to go home, but was stopped by Zhen Qian again. Zhen Qian asked him, "Do you know what documents and files you need to prepare when you go to the Ministry of Rites?" ”

Only then did Shang Cheng understand that he had made a special detour for a long time, and it turned out to be a matter of asking for a title for the two singers for himself. Oh, it's not a reminder from Zhenqian, he really forgot about it! He waited for Zhenqian to finish explaining his words to Duan Si, and then lightly let the horse get closer to the carriage, and whispered solemnly: "Lao Zhen, thank you." ”

Zhen Qian waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's a trivial matter, it's not worth worrying about." He also said, "Actually, I am also worried about the sky, and it is not a big obstacle to be one day earlier or one day later." However, everything is difficult and sinister, after all, it is not enough to be afraid, but I am afraid that the villain will be a hindrance and cause trouble. Saying that, he smiled, changed the topic and said, "Since you and I are both going to the Prime Minister's Office, it is better to go side by side, how about it?" ”

Shang Cheng arched his hand and said a rare sentence in the book: "How can I, a blind businessman in Yixian County, be invited by a real adult?" I wanted to say something more elegant, but after thinking about it for a few words, it seemed to be very unpleasant, and I finally added a sentence after holding it for a long time, "Dare not obey your fate!" ”

Zhenqian couldn't help but raise her head and laughed......