The time is really not grinding, and I have lived in Luojia Manor for almost a month, and I have lived for a long time, and I am still a little reluctant to leave when I leave.

There was no carriage to sit on, Mao Jue rode back to his black-faced horse, standing at the intersection of the mountain, looking up frequently.

It's just that the one who came to see him off today, there was no beautiful proprietress there, and it was the fat man in green who greeted him in front of the Shen Mansion that day, the uncle in charge of the Luo family, in front of the horse, this guy was full of ingots embroidery and shook people's eyes, and bowed with an apologetic smile.

"Hey, General Mao, I'm really sorry, my eldest lady suddenly encountered some unexpected things, and I rushed to Suzhou overnight last night to deal with it, and I can't see you off in person, I'm really sorry!"

"Oh, it's okay, there are a lot of disturbances these days, I can't thank you in person, I will be a little regretful, when the eldest lady comes back, I also ask Mr. Luo to bring Mao's thanks, thank you!"

"General Mao is polite, don't dare to be! Don't dare to be! ”

dragged the horse's head out for more than a dozen steps, and the Luo family who saw them off had already gone back, Mao Jue couldn't help but turn his head, and suddenly a sour voice came from his side.

"If the young master is reluctant, go back to her! This young grandmother, the maid has also been practicing for a long time! ”

Women are selfish, not to mention that Mao Jue is the only one in the whole world from childhood to adulthood, turning her head to look at this girl and Qin Niang riding on the same horse, saying incorrectly, Mao Jue couldn't help but shake her head funny.

"People are just playing on the spot! Your young master is just a battlefield fighter, a rude warrior with no literature and ink, she is a scholarly lady, how can she fall in love with me? Let's go! ”

"The young master is talking nonsense!"

The small boots kept up with the horse's belly, and the girl was indignant and argued for Mao Jue.

"In the year of the weak crown, he served the country, and he killed the leader of the enemy country and fled in the wilderness, there are a few of us in the Ming Dynasty, and the one surnamed Luo has no eyes! If you like our young master, you have to line up from Tieshan City to the Yizhou City Management Brigade!"

"Where did you shoot the plain clothes?"

Listening to Mao Jue turning her head back and joking, this girl's little face suddenly turned red, and she shook her little fist shyly.

"The young master is the worst, and he is playing plain clothes again!"

…………

It's not that Luo Ning is unwilling to see him off, even if she is acting on the spot, she can worship very well in this last worship, something really happened in Luofu.

Click~

In the sound of the wood breaking, the pillars of the carriage shed with carved beams and painted walls were suddenly broken, and the carriage, which was thousands of taels, turned into a pile of rotten wood, but it seemed that he was particularly angry, and the sharp voice shouted in annoyance.

"Burn me!"

The corn liquor trafficked by Mao Jue became an accelerant, and several jars were splashed up, and a puff of black smoke suddenly rose up, not only the carriage, but also the beds and bedding in the west wing, basins and other things were turned out and thrown into the fire.

"What for! Who told you to burn it!"

The head was moving, but an extremely stern coquettish voice came suddenly, and the servants who were carrying it were suddenly frightened, and they stopped their hands and feet, carrying a feather fan in one hand, not at all as charming and dignified as usual, Luo Ning's little face was as cold as an ice cube, and he came out of the back garden angrily.

"I'll let them burn!"

However, the same extremely angry voice came from the other side of the carriage, a white robe, a neat scarf, and a somewhat creamy scholar's handsome face twisted with anger, and roared out.

This sound made all Luo Ning's anger disappear in an instant, full of consternation, and she covered her mouth a little helplessly.

"Brother, why are you back? Didn't you and Mr. Zhang Pu attend the Suzhou Tiger Hill Conference and talk about practical things? Why did you come back so soon? ”

"Can I not come back? No wonder my eldest sister supported me so much this time, it turned out that when I was away, you hid a martial arts eunuch at home! My Luo family's innocent house, you let me live with that bastard's used thing? Phew! Burn it for me!"

After scolding the subordinates, the scholar turned around angrily and roared at Luo Ning.

"Big sister! My Luo family is also a scholarly family! You collect that traitorous man at home so much, do you know what those fellow disciples say about you, me, and our Luo family? You're a woman! Is it okay to know a little politeness, righteousness, and shame? Don't ruin my Luo family's style anymore! ”

Zheng Duo had told Mao Jue before that there was only this pair of sisters and brothers left in the Luo family, but this younger brother Luo Zhen was obviously not as mature as his sister Luo Ning, and in his roar, those servants hurriedly carried things and threw them into the fire. Listening to the crackling of flames, Luo Ning's pretty face couldn't help shaking, and after a few seconds, he couldn't suppress the anger and grievances in his heart, and Luo Ning shouted with misery and trembling!

"You said that your eldest sister and I are shameless and corrupt the family style?"

"Brother! When will you be able to grow a little! ”

Pointing out the door with trembling arms, Luo Ning said excitedly.

"Yes! Dongjiang Mao Wenlong, who worshiped under Wei Zhongxian during the Apocalypse, but how many people in the world were not tied to Wei Gonggong at that time? Even if Yuan Chonghuan didn't also repair Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall? ”

"Yes! Your eldest sister broke you apart and entertained General Mao into the house, but I didn't do it for our Luo family? This year, silk has plummeted! After the Battle of the Daling River in Liaodong, the official army retreated back to Jinzhou, and the fur trade route in Liaodong was difficult to walk, do you know? In the entire Liao Town, only General Mao can get the northern goods, while accompanying outsiders, and on the other hand, he has to maintain this family, do you know how difficult it is for me? ”

After a pause, Luo Ning actually said a fair word for Mao Jue.

"Besides, this General Mao is not a vicious person, Jiang Nan smeared him, don't you know why? The Wu family is extremely vicious, and they are all careless of human life! He General Mao is so righteous and chivalrous, in comparison, what Mr. Qian do you admire, Mr. Zhang Pu, which one doesn't fancy the silver that our Luo family can give them? If our Luo family is broken one day, can they take a more look at us? ”

This serious remark, even a few old servants around him sighed, there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, although Luo Ning is not a widow, but a little woman is supporting a huge family business in this group of wolves in Jiangnan, how difficult it is, they still see it in their eyes. It's a pity that even the old servant sighed, but he didn't say anything, but made him even more angry, and shouted angrily.

"Eldest sister, you actually scolded me for being a eunuch?"

He flicked his sleeves away, and walked out of the manor, while the white-faced scholar was still roaring angrily.

"It's full of copper smell, and it's unbearable! Tacky! Good! You Luo Ning will live with a body of silver! It just so happened that Mr. Zhang Puzhang was going to start this first battle in Jiangnan, Chen Shilang, Lord Wu has already returned to Jiangnan, you will live yours after you, and I will live mine! We don't get along with each other!"

"Brother! Brother!"

Really panicked, extremely nervous, Luo Ning wiped the tears on her face, and hurriedly chased her out behind her, she was usually shrewd, but this time she was in a big mess, and she didn't notice the two important names in Luo Jin's words!

…………

Mao Wenlong's ancestor is a native of Taiping Town, Qiantang County, Hangzhou Prefecture, this Qiantang County, in fact, is Hangzhou Fucheng, before he thought that the Mao family had to go to the west inland, but according to the guidance of the guide, it was actually to go north to the sea, half a day's road, almost dozens of miles away from Haining.

Compared with the Luo family, the Mao family is really an inconspicuous countryman, at most a rich man, but he has long known that Mao Jue is going to come back to worship his ancestors, in the afternoon, a large group of Mao family members are waiting at the intersection, on the avenue, see Mao Jue's horse team, and someone thunderbolted a large string of firecrackers, the north produces thin people, this Jiangnan is really a special fat man, a smiling fat man with a gourd bun on the top of his head and a gourd is full of smiles and greeted him from a distance, and hugged his fist heavily in front of Mao Jue's horse.

"Mao Qingyuan, Mao Qingyuan, welcome General Mao!"

"Oh, if it's about seniority, Mao Wenlong Mao Shuai should be the villain's cousin, if General Mao can afford it, he will call the villain uncle, or call the villain Mao Qingyuan directly!"

"This can't be helped!"

This year, the official word for Da Mao Jue is a vivid and incisive experience, he couldn't cry or laugh, he quickly turned over and dismounted, and hurriedly bowed to the fat old man.

"Junior Mao Chengqi, meet the clan uncle!"

"Oh, General Mao is polite, please get up, the villain has already prepared a village banquet in the town, General Mao is here, please!"

"It's hard work!"

Not to mention, there is really a feeling of returning home, there are people from the Mao family who are clustered together, and even the trees are hung with red silk, and it really looks like a village banquet in later generations.

In these years, having officials is different, those juniors of the Mao family in their twenties have to pout outside, but Mao Jue can follow a group of old men from the Mao family into the ancestral hall to eat, and arrange the soldiers to the side, Mao Jue carried plain clothes and followed in with a smile.

Not to mention, although the Mao family is not so developed, there are many clansmen, even if there are more than ten clan elders, after taking a seat, this Mao Qingyuan was introduced one by one.

"General Xiao Mao, this is the uncle of the third room Mao Yuncai, this is the brother of the third room Mao Yunli, and this is the fourth room Mao Xiong'an......"

The gap between the rich and the poor in Jiangnan can be revealed here, in addition to his long house, three rooms, and four rooms are quite developed, dressed in silk clothes, and the rest of the branches and veins are wrapped in native cloth, and the crops are born, this time Mao Wenlong asked him to come, he wanted to choose a few family members with some ability, and went to Liaodong to help him, but this look, looking at the honest and even timid appearance, Mao Jue really shook his head secretly.

And this head hasn't been introduced yet, Wufang Mao Jiaolu, a skinny old man was already impatient to stand up first, nodding and greeting.

"This time, General Xiao Mao returned to his hometown, didn't he want to recruit some relatives, right? My family's eldest Lang Saburo has been practicing martial arts all year round, just to get ahead......, uh, to serve the country, you see, can I go to Liaodong with you, and give a guerrilla pawn to everything? ”

Just took a sip of water, Mao Jue almost didn't squirt out, the old guy's breath is really big enough, that is a fourth- or fifth-grade general, there are few in the entire Dongjiang, his son is Lu Bu reborn? Do you want such a high official when you come up?

But before he finished speaking, Sifang Mao Xiongan was already humming unhappily.

"Come on, old five, just your two stupid sons, they are stupid to pour a night pot for General Mao, and they are also guerrillas, and when Mao Weiye died in the second room, he asked your family to help make two chickens to sacrifice, and your old boy refused! At this time, you still want to cling to General Xiaomao as an official? You're beautiful!"

If a person ascends to heaven with a chicken and a dog, who doesn't want to rely on relationships? Mao Xiong'an's words were like rubbing Mao Jiaolu's lifeline, which made the old man collapse all of a sudden, and he opened his mouth angrily and scolded.

"How are you a turtle grandson? Mao Weiye in the second room just died, and your family robbed the house in the second room! Squeeze other people's orphans and widows out of the house, you still have the fucking face to sit here in front of General Xiaomao!"

"Isn't Lao Tzu also afraid of the outflow of ancestral property? Besides, the land of the second room is occupied by the long house, and the second room and the third room occupy the most, and your fifth child still picked up Miss Shen's dressing box, why don't you say it, I still have a face!"

"The idea wasn't up to Boss Mao back then!" Mao Laosi, who was dragged into the water, also became anxious, slapped the table and stared.

These guys, you say a word to me, this posture looks like it's going to be done directly, Mao Jue is confused when he listens, but he also heard a clue, dare to love the Mao family's several rooms are all made a fortune on the ruins of his second room. Think about it, his son Mao Wenlong lost his father at the age of nine, and there are so many branches of the Mao family, if one person helps out, why would Mao Jue's grandmother take a few children to live with her younger brother Shen Guangzuo? It's no wonder that Mao Wenlong has been out of the town of Dongjiang for so long, and now he wants to let him go back to his hometown to have a look, and in his heart, he has already developed some disgust for these relatives.

But after all, it was Mao Wenlong's kindness, Mao Jue helplessly stretched out his hand to persuade him to divert the topic and said: "Everyone! Don't be noisy! Don't be noisy! Our family doesn't speak two words, broken bones are still connected to tendons, uncle, grandfather, are you right? ”

"By the way, I heard this time that the eldest son of the uncle of the Changfang clan is a student of our Qiantang County, but he is the Wenqu star of our Mao family! Ben Jiang has been in Liaodong for a long time, and he has been famous for a long time, and he also asked the clan uncle to call Xiucai Gong to let Mao Mou see his style, right? ”

To tell the truth, the Ming Dynasty Xiucai is not worth much, although the ordinary people are considered to be scholars and eat official food, but this is the first level of the imperial examination, each county has a hundred to hundreds of people, at most they are officials, they can't be admitted without background, don't want to be an official in this life, under Mao Jue's hands, although there are not many Xiucai, there are also dozens of numbers.

But at the mention of this, Mao Qingyuan's fat old face was immediately full of pride, and he couldn't close his mouth and boasted.

"General Xiao Mao's eyes! The eldest of my family has been talented since he was a child, and there are dozens of families who study hard in a town, and he is in the sky, and he has been admitted to Xiucai, Mao An, why don't you call the eldest son? ”

A little guy turned around and ran, and he went out in a hurry, seeing him so proud, Mao Jue also had a sense of expectation, but after a while, the guy who came in with him was an old talent in his thirties.

The imperial examination is divided into four levels, the county court examination is called Xiucai, the government is to raise people, and the people can be directly appointed officials, and they are only seven, eight or nine local sesame officials, and they have a future if they get the Beijing Teacher Examination, and only those who are members have a future, and after doing it, they are the palace examination presided over by the emperor, with a population of more than 200 million in the Ming Dynasty, millions of scholars, and more than 1,000 students in more than 1,000 counties, and there are two or three hundred thousand people who have not yet been examined, and there is really no future, and I don't know what Mao Qingyuan has to boast about.

Hiding the disdain in his eyes, Mao Jue stood up and hugged his fists with a smile to save face.

"I've seen my cousin, in the ...... of Mao Jue"

"No introduction! Ben Childe knows who you are! Your father and son are first-class eunuchs and scum of the court!"

Before Mao Jue finished speaking, this old cousin in his thirties actually opened his mouth and scolded, his face was full of disdain, pointing at Mao Jue's nose, and this arrogant eyes shouted at the sky.

"You are waiting for this flamboyant and domineering martial artist, and his morals have deteriorated, and he didn't know how to restrain himself when he arrived in this hometown of Jiangnan Wenfen, and he actually did things to rob the people's daughters and corrupt the family style, how did our Mao family produce such a scum as you!"

"Father, you have to entertain such scum, don't call me, take your leave!"

After speaking, this old show just waved his sleeves and swaggered out of the ancestral hall door, and the faces of the old men of the Mao family suddenly became wonderful, gloating and looking at the Mao boss who had the corners of his mouth twitching.

Mao Jue's face was also frozen, no one was a two-skinned face, and others were just that, this family member still had a dismount, and before Mao Qingyuan could get around, he was already snorting in annoyance.

"The little nephew came from afar, and now I'm tired, so I won't accompany my uncles to dinner, and I will say goodbye!"

"General Mao, the villain has prepared a bedroom, please here!"

almost bared his teeth out without smiling, jumped high, and the four rooms of Mao Yuncai were overwhelmed and grabbed ahead......

(End of chapter)