After walking for a while, although it was still early, Yun Xi saw that Wen Yuan and the three of them were a little tired, turned his head and ordered the guards to drive the carriage over to go back, while he took his three sons to wait by the wall, looking around aimlessly.

Just looking at it like this, Yun Xi suddenly found that this road was a little familiar, and he hurriedly looked at it carefully, and saw the gate of a Li Fang not far away, pointed to it and said to Li Bo: "This is the Li Fang where the family of the Jinwu avant-garde soldiers lived?" ”

"Your Majesty, this workshop is the avant-garde workshop of Jingo." Although Li Bo himself is from the Yulin Left Guard, after all, he is also a senior guard, and he has also been to the house of the guards from the Kango avant-garde, so he knows it.

"No wonder I feel familiar." Yun Xi sighed and said. He thought of Chen Xing's home, where he had been there.

Li Bo has also been by his side for a long time, of course he knows the past, at this time, he saw Yun Xi sighing, and understood that he had thought of something unpleasant, and it happened that the carriage had already come, and immediately said: "The carriage has come over, please get on the carriage Your Majesty." ”

But Yunxi suddenly thought about it and said, "Let's park the carriage here first, and I will go into the workshop to take a look." ”

Li Bo was a little hesitant: the 'fang' where the soldiers' families lived was different from the other 'li', the houses and walls were very tightly built, and it was even more difficult for them to defend them, so he spoke out against it.

But Yun Xi didn't care much: "This is the residence of the family of the Jinwu avant-garde soldiers, is there still a guard soldier who wants to assassinate me?" ”

"But Wen Yuan and the others still stay here, and they don't have to go in." Just in case, Yun Xi still left the three children behind.

But Wen Qi clamored to go. He once heard his mother say that his grandfather was originally an official in Jinwu's avant-garde, and they also lived in Jinwu's avant-garde workshop before they married into the palace, so he wanted to go into the old mansion in the fang. Yun Xiyu couldn't help it, so he had to take him with him.

The room was the same as he had seen a few years ago, basically unchanged, and even though the walls of some of the houses were more dilapidated, he had never lived here and could not see it.

Yun Xi walked past the gate of the Xue family's original courtyard, stood for a while, and told Wen Qi that this was the residence of his eldest mother and mother. Wen Qi was very curious when he heard this, and wanted to go in and have a look, but Yun Xi looked at the gatekeeper and didn't want to make any trouble, so he didn't let him in, just took him away after a few glances.

'I remember that Yang Feng was also born in the Jinwu avant-garde, and although I rewarded him with a mansion on Hongwu Street, it has not yet been renovated, and he still lives in the old mansion of the Jinwu avant-garde, but I want to go and see him? ’

Or, go to Chen Xing's house and have a look. Speaking of which, I haven't been here again since Hongwu has been twenty-nine years old, and Chen Xing's son should also have this year, nine or ten? Yun Xi hesitated.

was hesitating, and suddenly heard Wen Qi say, "Hey, why are you here?" Yun Xi looked down and saw a few children playing with Wenqi on that commercial street just now.

When they heard Wen Qi's voice, they turned their heads and saw Wen Qi's face full of surprise, and one of the children said, "We are from this place, why aren't we here?" You shouldn't be from this place, how can you come in? "The gate of the guards is guarded, and ordinary people can't enter.

Wen Qi remembered what Yunxi said when he walked in, and said, "My father is a general of another guard, and he has acquaintances here, so he can come in." ”

As he was talking, a slightly louder-sounding voice came from the side: "Kecheng, why are you still here?" Daddy is looking for you, hurry back. ”

"Yes, Brother Yonghua." A child in the crowd who looked to be five or six years old said yes and walked up to the older child and was going back with him.

But I don't want to be at this moment, a voice came from behind them: "Stop." ”

Hearing this, the older boy stopped, turned his head to look in the direction from which the voice came, and saw a man about twenty-five or sixteen years old smiling at him and saying, "Your name is Chen Yonghua," and there were several hardcover men around him.

Hearing this, the child looked puzzled and asked, "Why does this adult know my name?" "He knows all the generals in Weili, this person is not usually a child of the noble family, why does he know his name? Their family has no contact with the military generals of other guards.

Sure enough, it was him. Yun Xi secretly said in his heart: "The person in front of him is really Chen Xing's son Chen Yonghua." ’

The younger child just now called him 'Brother Yonghua', that's it, maybe it's the same name, but he called the kid 'Kecheng' before, and it just so happened that he knew that Yang Feng's son was called Yang Kecheng, and Chen Yonghua was also a relative, if one person's name was a coincidence, it wouldn't be a coincidence that two people's names could match, right? So I asked and learned that he was really Chen Yonghua.

Yun Xi walked up to him, looked at him carefully, and saw that there was a little Chen Xing between his eyebrows, and couldn't help but think of the person who died for his own death, reached out and touched the top of his head, and said with a smile: "You are already so old, you were only a little over three years old when I saw you last time." ”

Somehow, Chen Yonghua was motionless as if he had been immobilized when Yun Xi came over, and let him look at him, until Yun Xi spoke, he felt quite surprised in his heart, and asked, "My lord, do you know your father or grandfather?" ”

"Of course I know your father, and I was very close to your father back then. My surname is Zhu, just call me Uncle Zhu. Yun Xi said this and asked, "How are you doing now?" ”

Chen Yonghua also somehow said very sincerely: "The family is fine, I heard my grandfather say that I have a hereditary commander's future, and I have a fortune in my account every month; Grandpa himself also has an official position in Weili and also has a share of money and food; At the beginning, it was said that the emperor rewarded our family with a lot of things and land, and these lands also produced every year, so the family lived a good life. ”

The Chen family's life is indeed good. Everyone knows that his father died to protect the emperor, although it has been six or seven years, but maybe one day they will remember to ask, and besides, there are relatives to take care of, and no one bullies their family.

Yun Xi looked at his face and probably didn't lie, his heart was a little wider, and he asked a few more questions, and Chen Yonghua answered them one by one.

Yun Xi was about to ask again, when suddenly a childish voice came from behind him: "Dad, who is this person?" Wen Qi was talking with those children, but when he saw that Yun Xi had been asking Chen Yonghua with him, he was curious, so he came over and asked.

"Qi'er, this is the son of a very good father back then, and he came to call Brother Yonghua." Yun Hee said to him.

The surrounding guards immediately gasped! A prince is called the guard's son eldest brother, even if this guard sacrificed his life for Yun Xi back then, this is too much. However, they immediately showed a happy look again: Chen Xing was also their predecessor, he died for the emperor, and the emperor took care of his descendants like this, which is enough to see that the emperor is very nostalgic and unkind.

Although Wenqi was educated by Yunxi just now, he still didn't have a deep concept of identity and status, so he heard this and said, "Brother Yonghua." ”

Chen Yonghua finally got rid of Yun Xi's momentum at this time, and when he heard Wen Qi call him eldest brother, he agreed: "This younger brother is good." ”

But as soon as the words fell, he felt cold all over. There's no wind now, why does it feel so cold?' There was something strange about him.

After agreeing to this sentence, he suddenly remembered the purpose of his coming this time, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Zhu, my nephew is going back with my cousin, is my uncle going to my house to sit or?" ”

"Uncle is still in trouble, so I won't go to your house. But Uncle gave you something. Yun Xi said, took out a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to him and said, "This jade pendant is for you, my uncle finally saw you once, and this should be a meeting gift for you." Chen Yonghua thanked him and took it.

He turned his head to look at Yang Kecheng again and asked, "You should be Yang Feng's son, right?" ”

"You know my dad too?" Yang Kecheng asked in a childish voice.

"Not only do I know your father, but I know you very well." Yun Xi smiled, then asked him a few more words, looked at him carefully, and asked Wen Qi and Chen Yonghua to salute each other before letting them go.

After that, Yun Xi had nothing to do in Jinwu's avant-garde workshop, so he walked out of the gate and got into the carriage to return to the palace.

On the carriage, Yun Xi asked Wen Yuan and the three of them, "What do you experience when you left the palace and came to the market today?" Wen Yao, you speak first. ”

"Dad, my son came out of the palace this time to walk on the street, and saw that ordinary people are busy every day, although they have food and clothing, they are not rich, and the court should treat ordinary people better." Wen Yao said.

Wen Yao's answer was decent, nothing outstanding, but it was not bad, Yun Xi nodded, and was about to ask Wen Yuan, when he suddenly remembered what he had been writing in a small notebook with a pencil when he was on the street, and asked: "Wen Yao, my father has been holding a notebook in his hand when he saw you walking around the street, what did he write down?" ”

"Dad, my son just made a note of how the people in the shops on this street were dressed and how they looked. Because yesterday the Mr. in the history class in the school talked about the "Three Kingdoms", talking about the third emperor of Eastern Wu when he was in power, he sent a minister surnamed Xue to envoy Shu Han, and this minister told the emperor of Eastern Wu after returning that because 'the wild people have vegetables', so he felt that the Shu Han court was very problematic, so the son looked at their complexions. ”

Wen Yao's words are actually problematic. You cite a court that was about to end at that time compared with the current Ming Dynasty, if it was in the court, this would be ill-intentioned, and it must have been drowned by the spitting stars of countless civil servants, and it was reasonable for Yun Xi to dismiss him on the spot. However, a seven or eight-year-old child is still his own son, Yun Xi praised it instead.

Then Wen Yuan said: "Dad, the son here has the same opinion as the eldest brother on the life of the people, and the court should treat the people better." ”

"In addition, the business in the son's bookstore is good, just a few people came to buy books at this time on the street, and this is a place where there are more soldiers in the guard, which shows that the literary style of the capital is now at its peak, which is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty."

"Not bad, not bad." Yun Xi smiled. Wenyuan was not only reading a book, but also noting down the people who came in and out of the store at that time, which can be said to be very good.

"Dad, my son sees that those children can't even afford such cheap things, it can be seen that ordinary people are still relatively poor, and the court should treat the people better." Wen Qi said.

However, as soon as Wen Qi finished speaking, he was slapped on the head by Yun Xi. "What you say is modeled after the words of the eldest brother and the second brother, right? I see that you were just playing on the street, but you are not as careful as your two brothers who are observing the lives of ordinary people. ”

Wen Qi smirked twice and didn't speak. Yun Xi said a few more words to him, and when he saw him like this, he could only stop talking. After all, Wen Qi is only six years old now, in fact, a reaction like him is normal, Wen Yao and Wen Yuan's practices are actually not things that normal children can do, but one of them is the eldest son, and he is taught by Baoqin all day long, and the other is the prince, and everyone subconsciously has higher requirements for him, and the teaching will be beyond the ordinary level, so it is more extraordinary; And Wenqi is neither the eldest son nor the prince, and there is no pressure, although he is the same age as Wenyuan, this kind of performance is normal.

Wen Qi laughed a few times, and when he saw Yun Xi skipped his matter, he asked again: "Dad, what is the identity of the person who asked me to call Brother Yonghua in Jinwu's avant-garde workshop just now?" I've called my eldest brother, why are the guards gasping sound? ”

"His father was a guard by his father's side, in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, that is, a year before Wenyao was born, three years before the two of you were born, my father led his troops to the north, and was attacked by the Mongols along the Great Wall, and his father died in battle to protect your father."

"Dad, let the third brother call a guard's child eldest brother, and the son thinks it's not appropriate." The older Wen Yao said: "Even if it is a guard who died to protect his father, he is only a guard, and his identity is different from that of the royal family after all, so the third brother calls his son the eldest brother a bit overstepping." ”

"According to common sense, your words are true, but not everything can be said according to common sense." Yun Xi immediately said, "What is the guard?" It is the one who protects you with his life when he is in danger when he goes out. In the palace, in addition to your parents, brothers and sisters, your most intimate people are the subordinates who grew up together since childhood and are often called; Outside the palace, it should be your subordinate. ”

"For such a caring person, it is impossible to overstate it. Father just asked Wenqi to salute Chen Yonghua, several guards looked at it, and after going back, they would also say it to other guards, so that all the guards knew that their father cared about the old feelings and treated those who sacrificed for their father very favorably, and they would inevitably be willing to die for their father in the future. ”

Saying this, he slowly glanced at Wen Yao and the others: "When you are old in the future, you will also have your own guards, so that they can follow you loyally." ”