Huo Wu's expression was also worried.

Although he already knew that Mrs. Huo of Nanshan Village was Mi Xin back then, and knew that the five houses of the Huo family were all adopted orphans in troubled times, not relatives of flesh and blood.

And their bloodline in these five rooms is also a little doubtful.

After all, Huo Bao's strength is greater, not the strength that is slightly greater than ordinary strong labor like himself and the tiger, but huge strength.

Everyone used to talk about the powerful men in the army, but Huo Wu, who has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, also understands that the kind of warriors in the army who can pull a stone and lift a hundred catties of stone piers will definitely not be like Xiaobao.

At present, the people who know the great power include the legendary Fifth Shuai, Huo Taiye, Deng Jian and Huo Bao.

Among them, Mrs. Huo is the nephew of the fifth handsome, and Deng Jian is the great-nephew of the fifth handsome's mother.

It is impossible to say that Xiaobao's bloodline has nothing to do with the fifth handsome.

I just don't know if my father, who is the fifth in the row, is the son of Mrs. Huo, or the fifth bloodline that Mrs. Huo brought back.

Now that Mrs. Huo is deceased, there is no way to know the answer.

If you are someone else, you know this, and even your ancestors don't know it, so you can't be depressed.

Huo Wu has a big heart and does not focus on blood kinship.

Even if he knew that the Huo family in Nanshan Village was not blood relatives, but after getting along for several lifetimes, they were all relatives in the same family, and he naturally regarded the other rooms as relatives in his heart.

After experiencing the famine and the epidemic, he left Huo Shun, a nephew, who naturally really loved him.

"Send a letter to your ninth uncle in August, asking him to send someone to Liaodong to have a look."

Huo Wudao: "Estimating the time, whether it is good news or bad news, it will be the same after the year." ”

The Chuzhou army also sent people to Liaodong again in August, but the two places were too far away, 3,000 miles away, and even if they hurried all the way, it would take three or four months to go back and forth.

Huo Bao is sure in his heart.

That "Ninth Uncle" is not an ordinary person, he has a big ship.

The brothers of the Zhang family can all have contacts with Goryeo, and it is not uncommon for the "ninth uncle" who has a sea ship and gallops on the sea to have contacts with Goryeo.

In that case, it would be much easier to go to Liaodong from the Goryeo Peninsula than to go to Liaodong through the capital.

"Your second brother has a hard life, he escaped the epidemic last year, and he escaped the soldiers and bandits this spring, so he won't easily fold outside......"

Seeing that his son didn't squeak, he was afraid that his son would be worried, Huo Wu comforted.

Huo Bao nodded, and also felt that Huo Shun could turn evil into good fortune on this trip.

If there is a mistake, it will not reach the point of annihilation, and there will be news sent back early.

Sometimes, no news is good news.

……

Deng Jian took his daughter back to Jinling on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, and he would stay in Jinling on the tenth day of the first month and then return to Yangzhou.

From the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month, and from the sixth to the ninth day of the first month, he will go to the military academy next door to train everyone for a few days, so that everyone can see the demeanor of this mountain chief.

Marshal Deng's house.

Mr. Deng has already prepared all the things for the New Year.

Master Deng used to clean up the land in Luzhou and help the Chuzhou army to tuntian, and he only returned to Jinling after a young year.

Although he is a businessman, he was also a landlord in Quyang before, and he has a lot of hands on managing land estates.

Luzhou is a granary, and in order to plough next year's spring, a lot of manpower has been arranged there, and there is Master Deng as the prime minister.

Although the preparations for the New Year were hurried and the time was not rich, Marshal Deng's mansion only had three of them, plus more than 20 servants, and they were ready quickly.

"Grandpa, grandpa!"

Seeing Master Deng, Xiuxiu couldn't help it and ran up.

The grandfather and grandson have been separated for more than a month, and it is time to go on a blind date.

In previous years, Master Deng had already picked up his baby granddaughter, but now he saw the granddaughter who looked like a little girl, looking like a big child, and he couldn't hold it anymore, so he touched her head lovingly.

"Daddy."

Although Deng Jian did not give a big salute, he also bowed down.

Master Deng held his little granddaughter with one hand and helped his son-in-law with the other: "Okay, good, just come back!" ”

The thirtieth day of the lunar month was Chinese New Year's Eve, and each family should have kept the New Year separately, but because Deng Jian returned, the Taiwei Mansion set up a table that night to catch the wind.

did not invite others, but the handsomes and their families.

There were three tables, Huo Wu, Deng Jian, Ma Zhai Master, Master Lin, Du Laoba, Feng Monk, Shui Jin, and Master Deng were seated.

Haw Par Brothers, Huo Bao, Niu Qing, Hou Xiaoming, Shi San, Lin Jin, and Lin Ping'an were seated.

The lady brought the child to the table.

Not seeing the foal, Deng Jian was a little surprised and said, "Where is the foal?" ”

Before Ma Juzi formed a separate army, he fought with Deng Jian, and he was also half a disciple of the Deng family.

The owner of the horse village said: "It's a little uncomfortable, let her rest at home." ”

Deng Jian is a person who has been married, not a reckless and ignorant young man, he didn't ask about any symptoms, but said: "I got a good knife in Yangzhou, just in line with the horse, turn around and let people send it over." ”

The owner of the horse village said enthusiastically: "That relationship is good, she is good when she turns around, let her go over to thank Deng Ye in person." ”

All the other people in the seat sent people to visit the sick, and vaguely knew that the foal was a daughter's illness, so they avoided mentioning it.

Old man Deng is old and refined, and when he saw everyone's attitude, he guessed that he would not leave, and said: "I have a few catties of bird's nest, which is an old friend who came back from Fujian, but it is neater than what I see on the market. ”

The owner of the horse village also sincerely thanked him, and the table was changed with a cup.

There is a table of teenagers next door, everyone is the same age, and they are all military cadets, but they are not strangers to each other.

Needless to say, the tiger and leopard brothers and Niu Qing are both in the back room of the Taiwei Mansion.

Lin Jin and Lin Ping'an also come and go often.

Hou Xiaoming was always kept for dinner before, and only Shi Sanshi participated in a small banquet for the first time, and he was a little restrained.

Huo Bao was on top of him, and when he saw this, he took a spring roll and went over: "This is a family banquet, there are no others, there is no need to be restrained!" ”

Shi San nodded gratefully, and also understood why Master Deng, a businessman, could sit at the same table with the marshals and be the head of the guests.

This is a family banquet in the Taiwei Mansion, which is about human affection, not humility.

Master Deng is Deng Jian's father-in-law, and he is higher than Zhu Shuai.

Looking at this table again, except for Hou Xiaoming and him, they are all the children of the leaders, and it is not bad to say that it is a family banquet.

……

Compared with the small banquet on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, the first day of the first month is a big feast.

It's just that the banquet in the Taiwei Mansion is not the Huo clan, nor the Jinling gentry, but the marshals and generals of the Chuzhou Army.

The generals of the Chuzhou army in Jinling, more than 1,000 households, all have seats, and the banquet is held for 60 tables.

Different from the previous banquet, the soldiers of the previous banquet were not familiar with each other, but this time they had the fate of classmates in the previous month, and they really broke the barriers.

In order to add to the fun, at Huo Bao's suggestion, Huo Wu made a lottery again.

One grand prize, one three-entry residence in the back street of Taiweifu.

Ten first prizes, one hundred taels of gold.

The second prize is 50 people, 100 taels of silver.

There are several third prizes, four pieces of cloth of various colors, and four boxes of fruit boxes.

Everyone rejoiced, and they all bowed to Lord Xie Taiwei.

When it comes to the lottery, they all grind their fists and palms, looking forward to drawing a grand prize.

The house in the back street is more than just a residence.

When the time comes, being neighbors with the marshals is a good thing that you can't ask for in eight lifetimes.

Not to mention the back house, it is the one hundred taels of gold, if you really want to touch it, it is enough to buy property in Jinling and settle your family.

……

Even a few tables on the child soldier's side, everyone was also very interested, and they were looking forward to the lottery.

"Hurry up, it's just two tables away, it's our turn to touch the prize!"

Zhu Qiang hurriedly beckoned everyone to get up.

There were a total of four tables on the child soldiers' side, three of which were thousands of households below, and one table was Hou Xiaoming, Qiu Wei, Li Yuan, Zhu Qiang, Shi San, Wu Yuan, Song Qianzhi and other small leaders.

Huo Bao and Liang Zhuang are now in the firearms battalion, hanging directly under the Taiwei Mansion, and they are no longer organized by the child soldiers, but have another seat.

There is also a Zhu Gang, who is still on duty in Lingshui.

When he spoke, it was the turn of the child soldier generals to come forward and draw lotteries.

Zhu Qiang sent those tables of thousands of households to the stage first, and two of them were really lucky, two of them were second-class, and the others were third-class.

Rao is like this, and everyone is also smiling.

The third-class general also has four pieces of cloth and four fruit boxes, and the gifts in the New Year are decent.

The two who smoked the second class laughed even more, and they were not annoyed when they were coaxed to invite guests, and made an appointment with their colleagues to go to the restaurant in a few days.

Then there is the lottery of Hou Xiaoming and Zhu Qiang.

Zhu Qiang blew in the palm of his hand, and muttered in his mouth: "Heavenly Spirit, Earth Spirit, the Quartet God of Wealth stops......"

As a result, the seven of them drew in turn, Hou Xiaoming was a second-class, Shi San was a first-class, and Zhu Qiang, who was sandwiched in the middle, was only given a third-class.

Zhu Qiang looked up and complained: "God of Wealth, I asked for it, your old man's eyes are a little unkind!" ”

It caused everyone to laugh.

Shi San's face was full of red light, with excitement.

Among the five or six hundred people, only ten won the first prize, how can you not be happy if you win the lottery?

He had fought a few battles before, but he was all assisted by the army, not the main general, and the seizures he received were limited.

This one hundred taels of gold is one thousand taels of silver, but it is not too little, you can buy a similar house in Jinling, just to take your family over.

Hou Xiaoming looked normal.

He is an orphan, and when he is full of food alone, the whole family is not hungry, so he does not have the same mind as Shi San to buy property.

The rest of Qiu Wei, Li Yuan, Wu Yuan, and Song Qianzhi are not bad for money, and they envy Shi San and Hou Xiaoming's good luck, but they are not jealous or uncomfortable.

It's just that it's rare to have good luck, and everyone has to get wet, chattering about treats.

Shi San discussed with Hou Xiaoming, so he generously agreed, and invited everyone to Wangjiang Tower for dinner tomorrow.

When Huo Bao came over, everyone was discussing whether to book the upstairs box of Wangjiang Tower, or directly book a boat seat.

"Qin Huai Fengyue, we have all heard of it, but we haven't seen it yet!"

Shi San was curious.

Li Yuandao: "There is one in our class, but he is a frequent visitor on the Qinhuai River, and he is the head of the way." We haven't been there, so don't show your cowardice anymore, it's a shame. ”

Zhu Qiang said: "It's the uncle who spends the money, who dares to give us a look?" ”

Wu Yuan said: "What's rare, it's just that there are more courtesans and dancers." ”

Song Qianzhi said: "On the Fengyue field, it is all pretending to be hypocritical, and there is nothing unusual. ”

When he said this, it attracted everyone's attention.

"How do you know that? Tell me about it, have you seen it behind our back? Zhu Qiang approached and asked.

Song Qianzhi shook his head and said: "Although I haven't seen it in person, there are often happy stories in the book......"