For the wedding of the eldest grandson of the Guogong Mansion, Huang Jiao and Xiao Ying are rewarded, and there is a certain etiquette for this kind of thing, and there is generally no need to bother with infinite bloody evolution. However, Huang Jiao took good care of the old man and rewarded him very richly, in addition to gold, silver and jewelry, the most eye-catching was a pair of blood jade pomegranates.

This pair of pomegranates is as big as a goose egg, originally two pieces of red blood jade shaped like pomegranates, after being carved and polished by skilled craftsmen, the pomegranates are open, revealing the pomegranate seeds inside. Pomegranate has many seeds, meaning many children and many blessings, and it is very auspicious to give it to the newlyweds.

Xiao Tong was very satisfied with the pair of blood jade pomegranates and the things given by the Queen Mother, and specially asked people to display these things for visitors to see. The guests were full of words, and many people's creations were stimulated and poems were written on the spot. Boasting of blood jade pomegranates is rare in the sky and hard to find on the earth.

If Song Zheng and Ming'er were here, they would definitely be unremittingly concerned about this pair of blood jade pomegranates. It turned out that this pair of blood jade pomegranates came from King Lu's Vault. Before Song Zheng first came to Jiangning, he asked Ming'er to go back to Songjiazhuang, took out three ordinary collections from the second part of King Lu's secret collection that he obtained, and exchanged them for thousands of taels of silver, including this blood jade pomegranate, which I don't know which official got it, and sent it to the palace as a tribute, and now it was given to Xiao Ting by Huang Jiao.

This pair of blood jade pomegranates made the Guogong Mansion harvest a lot of sycophants, and the sound was endless.

When the guests and hosts were happy, suddenly the housekeeper ran in and reported loudly, "Huang Yue, the imperial guard and the uncle of the country, sent someone to send a set of "gold generals and silver soldiers", and asked the grandfather of the country to smile. ”

"Golden Generals and Silver Soldiers"? What is this? Such a strange and special name immediately attracted people's attention.

Xiaotong, who was sitting on the Taishi chair and brushing his beard, was also stunned, and immediately asked, "What is 'Golden General and Silver Soldier'?" ”

The housekeeper hurriedly said, "According to the person who gave the gift, the so-called 'Golden Generals and Silver Soldiers' are a set. 'Golden General' is a statue of a general made of fifty taels of red gold, riding a jade horse. The 'Silver Soldiers' are made of silver to create ten soldiers, each weighing thirty-eight taels. ”

At this introduction, the guests were in an uproar. The material cost of this set of "gold generals and silver soldiers" is worth a thousand taels of silver. The things that were given to the Guogong Mansion must not be bad for manual work. Sometimes, the cost of manual work alone is more expensive than the material. Calculated in this way, isn't this set of "gold generals and silver soldiers" worth two thousand taels of silver?

Although two thousand taels of silver could not be compared with the royal reward, it was second to none among the guests. The key is that Xiaotong may have to "go out of the mountain" at the moment, so the intention of giving this set of gifts is also very ingenious. Considering Huang Yue's identity, some people speculated, could it be that the Prime Minister's Mansion supported the passage out of the mountain?

Of course, there are also people who know more about the Prime Minister's Mansion who feel very strange: with Daddy Huang Yuandu in front, Huang Yue generally does not mix with this kind of thing, not to mention that Huang Yuandu's gift has arrived before this, and the tattoo is eight hundred taels of silver. Why is the gift from my son more valuable than that from my father? Isn't it Xuanbin who takes the Lord?

In any case, the purchase of this set of "Golden Generals and Silver Soldiers" aroused people's great curiosity and asked to see it. Xiao Tong also smiled and ordered his subordinates to bring the gifts in.

A moment later, two servants brought in a red wooden box four feet high. The wooden box is tied with a red cloth band, and there is a copper lock on the side, and a red flower is tied directly above, and in the center of the flower is a key.

The wooden box looks quite heavy, and the family has a hard time carrying it. In the middle of the hall, the wooden box was carefully placed on the ground. Xiao Tong nodded, and the butler stepped forward, removed the key from the top of the box, and opened the copper lock on the side.

When the lid of the box was lifted, the butler's eyes first narrowed, and then they widened instantly, and his face changed from astonishment to anger to horror, and his whole face turned earthy yellow. The faces of the guests gathered in front of the box also changed dramatically, revealing disbelief.

The guests behind couldn't see it, and they crowded forward one after another, wanting to see the appearance of the "golden generals and silver soldiers". I didn't think that the butler would close the box with a loud voice, trembling all over, and for a while he stood there helplessly begging for a living.

Xiao Tong sat not far away, and due to his line of sight, he also couldn't see the contents of the box. However, just looking at the butler's face, he knew that something was wrong, and immediately did not even ask, and ordered the things to be carried down.

This unusual change aroused people's curiosity even more, and they asked what was in the box.

Despite the short time it took to open the box, some people still saw the contents of the box, and under the whispering of the people, the guests soon knew what kind of "gold generals and silver soldiers" were in the box, but eleven papier-mâché villains. The "golden general" is pasted with yellow paper, and the silver soldier is pasted with white paper. Not only that, but the crotch of the "Golden General" is not riding a jade horse, but a paper horse.

Sending paper people and paper horses on the day of great joy is really disgusting. When the old lady of the Guogong Mansion learned the truth, she fainted on the spot and was taken back to the bedroom......

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"The Guogong Mansion is happy, and Huang Lao is mourning." In just two days, the whole thing spread throughout Jiangning. Huang Yue, who was lying down and was shot, was furious, he had just returned from Kaifeng Mansion, and he didn't know what happy events the Guogong Mansion would do, let alone that someone would "give gifts" in his name. Huang Yue was furious, went directly to the Guogong Mansion, asked the housekeeper about the appearance of the person who gave the gift, and swore again and again to get the person who planted the bribe.

The government of Jiangning Mansion was like a great enemy, and mobilized officials to strictly investigate. It's a pity that there were too many people in the Guogong Mansion that day, and no one paid attention to where the giver of the gift had gone. For two whole days, I still couldn't find a clue.

Most people think that no matter how muddy Huang Yue is, he will not give "white gifts" when people are doing red things, and even the Guogong Mansion himself also said that there are villains who take the name of Huang Yue. However, the rich associations and political fluctuations that have arisen as a result of this incident are very large.

Huang Yuandu was also shocked by this incident at first. Such a blatant insult to the Guogong Mansion, how much hatred is this? However, when the perpetrator was delayed in bringing him to justice, he also reacted. After this incident, I am afraid that there will be no resistance to the upper position. People will take it for granted that this was instructed by Dong Lancheng or Qiao Zhenchuan, and they also pretended to be Huang Yue's great uncle. And Huang Yuandu himself is even more difficult to object, wouldn't that provide circumstantial evidence for Huang Yue to send paper people and paper horses?

"What a self-defiling plan to kill birds with one stone!" Huang Yuandu finally sighed and did not raise any objections to the superior.

With Huang Yuandu's rich experience in political fighting, he naturally thought that this might be a scandalous drama written and directed by the Guogong Mansion. In exchange for self-defilement for promotion, Xiaotong is so desperate, how can Huang Yuandu be defeated and injured twice?

On the eighteenth day of the twelfth month of the eleventh year of the Great Qi Dynasty, the old prince Xiaotong went out of the mountain again and served as a captain. At the same time, the various versions of the general's tenure finally settled: Yang Zhen served as the governor of Xijingguan, and Xiao Dingguo and Xin Qiji were the soldiers and horses on the right and left. Guan Bi served as the governor of Luoyang Pass, Gao Dingshan served as the governor of Tokyo Pass, and Qiao Zhenchuan was still the governor of Shandong Pass.

The most surprising thing is that Cong Kui, the former soldier and horse envoy on the right side of Shandong Road, served as the commander of the Jiangning City Guard Army and became the commander of the army defending Gyeonggi. Dong Lancheng was implicated in the redundant military problem, and he went into the wilderness, although it was said to be a "glorious retirement", but Dong Lancheng has indeed become a yellow flower of tomorrow.

Before the bones of the juniper were cold, the first round of cleaning had already begun.

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On the eighth day of the lunar month, Chengdu welcomed the first snow of this winter. Pieces of snowflakes were as light as flying flotsam, fluttering and sprinkling, writhing gracefully, falling on the treetop branches, and then being blown by the breeze, and then reluctantly falling to the ground.

Even though it snows in the south, it also has a charming color.

In the Purple Qi Garden, the door was open, and Song Zheng and Yuan Haowen sat in the hall, watching the snow scene.

"Yanshan snowflakes, as good as a seat?" Song Zheng asked. His words were playful, but there was not the slightest smile on his face.

"Although it is not as good as the seat, the flying flowers are six out, the thousand peaks are inlaid with jade, and the ten thousand pine hairpins are cloudy, and the scenery can be compared!" Yuan Haowen replied heartily while slanting at Song Zheng's face.

In the past eight days since the Qi army entered Chang'an and Xiao Hui died, Song Zheng has been saying that he is sick in Ziqiyuan and does not even go out. I used to want to go out but couldn't get it, but now I don't want to go out. During this period, whether it was Lang Bochuan or Lang Boyan, they all sent people to greet Song Zheng, but Song Zheng refused to meet, only when Yuan Hao asked, Song Zheng would chat with him for a while, and his mood was not high, often a few words, and he had nothing to say. The two had to sit for most of the day, and they didn't even know what Song Zheng was thinking when Yuan asked.

"Xiaolang," Yuan Haowen hesitated, "I will leave in two days, I'm afraid I won't be able to spend the New Year here with you." ”

Song Zheng turned his head blankly, looked at Yuan Hao and asked for a moment, Fang Dao, "Is Dajin going to make a contract with Shu?" ”

"Yes, before I came over this morning, the people from the Shu State Rite Room informed me that a few details would be discussed tomorrow, and it would be handed over to the Shu Emperor for sealing."

"Lang Zhengchun moved a lot faster this time." Song Zheng said lightly. Through the deployment of troops in Shu during this period of time, Song Zheng naturally understood in his heart that Lang Zhengchun really took a fancy to this place in Hanzhong. After the news of Xiao Jun's death came, Shu immediately took Liang Yiyue as his deputy commander, and all roads in northern Sichuan immediately accelerated their pace and marched to Yangzhou, Xingzhou and other places in the north.

It is said that Liang Yiyue, as a Western Xia official, is not qualified to be any deputy marshal for the Shu army. In fact, Liang Yi, the deputy marshal, is only nominal, and has no real power. Shu just used Liang Yiyue's prestige in Western Xia to make his army famous. With Liang Yiyue, the Shu army didn't have to pay attention to whether Li Xi was against it or not. What's more, Li Xi's main control areas are in Fengxiang Mansion and Qinzhou north of the Qinling Mountains, and Hanzhong can just take advantage of the void. It was really just a death of the juniper, and the Great Qi had not clearly stopped the western area, and the Shu army just occupied all of northern Sichuan and blocked the north gate.

Dajin will not come to deal with Shu in a short time, so it is reasonable for Shu to sign a peace treaty with Dajin, and the territories of the two countries are not bordering.

As for the Great Qi, although it is said that the Qi army will not advance westward for the time being, it is obviously not so easy to engage in "good-neighborliness and friendship" with the previous bad relations between Shu and Qi. As an envoy, Song Zheng was unable to leave Shu until the purpose of the envoy was achieved, because Shu did not explicitly refuse Daqi's request.