Lao Zhu said that he would not give the body but was very honest, and the day after Ma Du returned home, Lao Zhu made a holy decree to Fangshan. Yuan Sheng took the bright yellow scroll and said to Ma Du mysteriously: "It's a great happy event, the lord didn't hurry up to burn incense and set up a bath and change clothes, and prepare to receive the order!" ”

Ma Du was overjoyed when he heard this, Lao Zhu still had a little conscience, and he was busy doing what Yuansheng said, and he was busy with three knocks and nine bows, but the result made him disappointed.

He held the holy decree and asked Yuansheng, "Isn't there any other reward for Yuansheng's father-in-law?" ”

Yuan Sheng said: "What else does the lord want, the emperor posthumously crowned his father as King Xu, which is already a great honor." ”

An empty title for a dead man can also be said to be a great honor, this business is really a million profits, if Lao Zhu is doing business, Shen Wansan will definitely have nothing to eat.

"Then can I change the plaque on the door to King Xu's Mansion?" There is no benefit, and it is a bit of a false name to scare people, and I think it's not bad.

Yuan Sheng said with a smile: "This slave doesn't know very well, but when you repair the tomb of King Xu, you must be able to engrave 'King Xu's tomb on the tombstone." ”

"Why do you want me to repair the tomb? Doesn't the imperial court give it repair? ”

"The emperor said that the matter of repairing the tomb of King Xu is handled by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, and you only need to pay the silver." Yuan Sheng lowered his voice and said: "Don't say that you don't have money, building a glass house for a livestock but not having money to build a mausoleum for King Xu is not very good for your reputation!" ”

Having said that, the silver for repairing the tomb has to be given even if it is not given. In this land, a person who does not pay attention to filial piety will be spurned no matter what era, and Ma Du has no choice but to hope that the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry will not build the tomb of the cheap father too luxuriously.

For this glass conservatory, Ma Du has endured too much criticism, and he wants to complain to Xiaobai. This guy disappeared before the Qinhuai River froze, and it took two days to come back, and it turned out that he was living alone and went to find a tenant, five cute finless porpoises.

Xiaobai is very generous not only does not charge rent, but also provides food to the tenants, and the six big guys have to provide more than 100 catties of fresh fish every day, which of course Ma Du pays for himself. Xiaobai is a conscienceless, this guy now eats and drinks every day and plays happily with new friends, ignoring Ma Du.

Approaching the end of the year, the academy is finally going to be on vacation, after Zhu Shengxun finished speaking, Ma Du stood on the high platform to tell the students about the precautions for the winter vacation, and most of the teachers in the later generations told the students to pay attention to traffic safety, not to set off firecrackers, remember to complete homework, etc.

Ma Du warned this group of unscrupulous people not to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, bully men and women, and commit evil, because after each holiday, the Soldier and Horse Command Department and Ying Tianfu Ya, who are in charge of Yingtian's security, often have bad records of some students.

When these bastards look for a guarantor, they don't look for their own parents, and they all write Ma Du's name without exception. Not only did he have to spend time, but he also had to spend money to invite the commander of the Soldiers and Horses Command Division and Ying Tian's prefect to drink and eat, which could be described as annoying.

Ma Du did not forget to instruct, "Don't forget, on the first day of the new year, I will go to your gentlemen's house to pay New Year's greetings." "These bastards shouldn't come empty-handed, they're going to have to charge some interest after a busy year.

Zhu Sheng looked at the students who rushed out of the academy with large bags and small bags with a smile, and said with a smile: "It's so good, it's so vibrant, the old man really envy them." ”

Ma Du bet that if Zhu Sheng often went to the soldiers and horses to command the envoys and Ying Tianfu leaders, he wouldn't say so, "Won't your old man go back to his hometown in Huizhou for the Chinese New Year this year?" ”

"I won't go back, there are no days off, the old man can't stand such a busy hurry, and the ancestral grave of the family has a child to sweep. By the way, your carriage will be used comfortably for me to lend, and the old man will enter the palace to face the holy resignation. ”

Ma Du smiled: "Aren't you just hanging an empty title of Hongwen Pavilion Bachelor now?" What else is there to say. ”

"You don't have to ask, if you don't quit now, you won't have a chance, the old man will write his resignation!"

Seeing Zhu Sheng turn around and enter the office, Luo Furen said to Ma Du, who was full of doubts: "Mr. Yunsheng is not going to resign, Bacheng is going to the emperor to ask for something." ”

Ma Du asked curiously, "What do you want?" Why don't you go to the emperor to ask for a copy? ”

Luo Furen shook his head and said: "The old man is not qualified, you have built a good house for the old man, and Humble Jing likes it very much." However, there is still a lack of a well in the yard, so you can quickly let people build it, remember that the edge of the well should be higher. ”

The only gentleman in the academy was Song Ke who returned to his hometown in Suzhou with his wife and children, and Ma Du hurriedly moved into the city with his family and occupied the mansion in the city. The eldest brother is too unkind, obviously he built a house in the countryside, and the city still occupies it and does not let go.

Ma Du moved into the city, one is for the excitement and the other is for the convenience of visiting the house, Song Shuang not only lost her own family but also brought the little woman in the family, she went out with an empty carriage every day, and the carriage must be full when she went home.

The rest of the time, Song Shuang either went to Xu Da's house to visit the door, or Mrs. Xu came to his house, and the two women were about to become conjoined babies. Ma Du can be sure that Xu Da is the same as him, and his recent married life must not be harmonious.

There is also Zhu Xiaosi who doesn't leave his house, obviously he lives very close to the palace, but he doesn't go back, and he also said that the palace has too many rules now, and it doesn't look like a home anymore, this kid will tell the truth.

Ever since Madu showed him the nunchucks, this guy has been obsessed with this kind of handsome weapon, and has been staying in the garden for the past few days, destroying the dead flowers and plants, and the dishes in the kitchen have disappeared a lot inexplicably, and the gardener and the cook at home are about to die.

Nunchucks are not so easy to use, Ma Du was blue and purple when he first practiced, even if Zhu Xiaosi was quite talented in martial arts, he would inevitably be hit a few times from time to time.

When Zhu Xiaosi grinned and covered her forehead, a low laugh sounded outside the garden, Xu Miaoyun hurriedly covered her mouth and hid behind the wall, feeling a hand pulling her girl's bun, she hurriedly turned her head and said like an adult: "My niece has seen Uncle Ma!" ”

Well-behaved, polite, lively and cute, such a little girl is the most likable, why is it cheap Zhu Xiaosi. Ma Du gave her the sugar gourd in his hand, "Why don't Miao Yun go and play with the four princes." ”

Miaoyun stuck out her little tongue, "The fourth prince looks so fierce, and his niece is afraid of him." He's too dark to see anything darker than his face. Miaoyun glanced at it again but suddenly retracted her head, and said with a red face: "It's really shameless!" The niece went to play with Aunt Xiaoyuer. ”

Ma Du tilted his head and took a look, and saw that Zhu Xiaosi was releasing water on the courtyard wall, and the strong water flow caused the soil on the courtyard wall to peel off, and Ma Du seemed to have found something darker than Zhu Xiaosi's face......

After about ten days of leisure, in a burst of bells, the Ming Dynasty ushered in its second year.