Chapter 53: Hong Chengchou
Chen Jisheng handed over the post, Mao Wenlong took it casually and opened it and glanced at it, his face suddenly changed greatly, and at the place where the post was dropped, the dragon flew and the phoenix danced with three words 'Hong Chengchou'.
Mao Wenlong didn't care about explaining to Chen Jisheng, he immediately rushed into the courtyard, opened his throat and shouted: "Zi Yan come out quickly, your father is here." ”
Suddenly there was a movement of tables and chairs falling to the ground in the house, and I saw Hong Ziyan stumbling out with Chen Lan's support: "My father is here?" Where is it? ”
Mao Wenlong greeted him, raised the greeting post in his hand and said: "The greeting post I just received, the person is still outside the house, let's go, let's go to greet it together." ”
Hong Ziyan walked out with Mao Wenlong, and took the greeting note and looked at the name of the person who paid the money, and sure enough, it was her father's note. Now she had no doubts, and hurriedly ran out of the house.
"Daddy...... Daddy......"
Hong Ziyan immediately began to shout before she arrived at the door, and an ordinary carriage was parked outside the gate at this time, and there was no sign symbolizing the identity of the owner on the wheel.
Hearing Hong Ziyan's shout, the curtain of the car was gently lifted, and a majestic middle-aged man got out of the carriage steadily, looking up at Hong Ziyan who was rushing over, and a trace of love appeared on the middle-aged man's face.
"Daddy!"
Hong Ziyan rushed directly into the man's arms, and after calling out to her father, she couldn't cry anymore, crying so much that she wet the man's placket after a while.
Mao Wenlong, Chen Lan, and Chen Jisheng also arrived later, and saw Hong Ziyan crying in the arms of a scholar-like man.
Hong Chengchou was born in a scholarly family, and he has a literary atmosphere in him who reads scriptures and books, and unlike those rough generals, he can be described as a rare civil and military general.
Seeing that an outsider was arriving at this moment, he stretched out his hand and patted Hong Ziyan's northern part and said softly: "Okay, Yan'er, don't cry your nose, introduce your life-saving benefactor to Daddy." ”
"Hmm!"
Hong Ziyan stopped crying softly, wiped her tears and burst into laughter, and then turned around and pulled Chen Lan over first, and said, "Daddy, this is Sister Chen Lan, Sister Xiaolan is taking care of me these days." ”
Then, Hong Ziyan introduced her father to Chen Lan. Chen Lan bowed generously to Hong Chengchou and called him uncle.
Hong Chengchou smiled gently: "The little girl has caused you trouble, she came in a hurry today, she didn't bring anything with her, she will prepare a generous reward in the future, and I hope it is no wonder!" ”
After all, literati are literati, and this opening is crepe, which made Mao Wenlong on the side suddenly uncomfortable.
Chen Lan was flattered, and he didn't even dare to say it, the two of them were polite to me for a while before giving up.
Hong Ziyan looked at Mao Wenlong at this time, but she didn't know how to introduce it for a while. Although Mao Wenlong is also his woman, after all, she has not yet obtained her father's consent, so she naturally does not dare to say it frankly.
Mao Wenlong didn't see it, and when he saw Hong Ziyan's hesitant expression, he naturally understood what she was for. So he stepped forward to introduce himself: "Contemptible Liaodong Zuo Dudu, you must be Zi Yan's father, Counselor Hong!" ”
Hong Chengchou's official visit to the counselor at this time is one or two levels lower than Mao Wenlong's Zuo Dudu, so naturally there is no need to be low-voiced when they meet, but they put on a shelf.
As soon as Hong Chengchou heard that Mao Wenlong reported that he was the governor of the left capital, he immediately did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "Counselor Hancheng of Shaanxi has seen the governor of the left capital. ”
At this time, Hong Chengchou had already begun to wonder in his heart, he seemed to have heard of this Liaodong Zuo Governor, but he couldn't think of it for a while.
"Counselor Hong doesn't need to be polite, it's all his own family, come to the house, don't stand outside this door." Mao Wenlong saw that Hong Chengchou was thoughtful, and he didn't dare to put up any more shelves, so he politely invited him into the house.
Everyone then entered the mansion according to their words, and Chen Jisheng stayed behind to house Hong Chengchou's carriage and entourage.
In the main hall, everyone sat down in order, and Hong Chengchou knew after his daughter's narration that Mao Wenlong was his daughter's life-saving benefactor.
Hong Chengchou thanked Mao Wenlong again, but at the same time, he seemed to see that the relationship between his daughter and Mao Wenlong seemed to be unusual. Knowing that a daughter is like a father, Hong Ziyan's eyes are shining every time she looks at Mao Wenlong or mentions him.
Hong Ziyan's performance is so obvious, Hong Chengchou naturally sees something. Fortunately, Hong Chengchou's first impression of Mao Wenlong was not bad, but it was not so easy to be his son-in-law.
Looking at Mao Wenlong's young age, he worshiped the governor of Liaodong Zuodu, which is indeed much better than being a counselor in his thirties. But he Hong Chengchou's choice of son-in-law not only depends on how old the official is, but also on his character. So before he found out the details and character of Mao Wenlong, he wouldn't recognize this son-in-law.
In order to better understand Mao Wenlong, Hong Chengchou found an excuse to break his daughter. Chen Lan saw that Hong Ziyan wanted to arrange a room for his father to stay, so he volunteered to help.
Suddenly only Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou were left in the hall, and the two were relatively speechless. Neither of them was silent, but they looked at each other carefully in secret.
"Ahem...!"
After a long time, Mao Wenlong coughed lightly twice to break the silence, and said with a smile: "Uncle Hong, I don't know if Shaanxi is very chaotic now?" Will it affect Henan? ”
Hong Chengchou's face was straight, and he said politely: "As soon as this uncle said that Hong couldn't afford it, the governor was still ......." ”
Mao Wenlong didn't let Hong Chengchou finish speaking at all, and then interrupted with a smile: "Hey, why does uncle need to see outside." In fact, I won't tell you, I don't know the identity of this governor at the moment? ”
"What do you mean by that?" Hong Chengchou was slightly startled, he thought that Mao Wenlong was lying to him.
Pretending to be an official, if this crime is implemented, beheading is a trivial matter, and even the nine clans may be. Something like this is no joke at all.
Mao Wenlong explained unhurriedly: "Uncle, don't worry, I am actually Mao Wenlong, the chief military officer of Pingliao, the governor of the left capital. ”
"Mao Wenlong?"
Hong Chengchou was slightly stunned, silently recited, and then seemed to remember something, and his face changed slightly: "You are Mao Wenlong?" No way! ”
Soon after Inspector Yuan went to Liaodong to supervise the army, it was rumored that Mao Wenlong had been beheaded for committing twelve crimes. Afterwards, Inspector Yuan also sent a message to the emperor, and the emperor also issued an order to announce the whole army. You say you are Mao Wenlong, how is this possible? The more Hong Chengchou spoke, the more excited he became, and there was a murderous aura looming on his body.
Obviously, he didn't believe that the person in front of him was Mao Wenlong himself anyway, to say that the beheaded person could still sit here and talk to himself for a long time, isn't this a hell of a life?
Mao Wenlong was not in a hurry or impatient, and said gently: "That's why I'm here now, as for whether I was really beheaded to prove whether I was really Mao Wenlong, what's so difficult about it!" ”