Chapter 410: Happiness and ...... die

Because the governors of each capital have always led the troops with honors and nobles, and they are all close ministers of the emperor, every time they deal with the military department, those civilian officials of the military department come to the door. Therefore, no matter which officer of the Fourth Division of the Ministry of War, he was reluctant to run to the Governor's Mansion in his spare time, after all, no one was happy to look at people's faces. The Left Army Governor's Mansion has jurisdiction over Shandong, Liaodong, and Zhejiang, and is in charge of the affairs of the three divisions of the army, and its yamen is located in the Zuofu Hutong on the right side of the imperial city of Chang'an, next to the Zhongfu Hutong in front, and the Houfu Hutong and Qianfu Hutong in the back, and the six yamen on the left side of Chang'an are only separated by two imperial city walls.

Zhang Yue had been here several times before, so the sergeant guarding the gate naturally knew him and ordered someone to report it early. When he entered the courtyard, he happened to see a few people coming out of it, and the one who hit him was his second uncle Zhang You. This is a public occasion, so it is naturally difficult for each other to say anything, he retreated to the side and bowed, Zhang You nodded and passed, without asking him why he came here. Before coming to the main hall, Zhang Yue only waited for a while, and someone inside came out to invite him in.

Since the chaos of the Beijing division in Layue last year, in order to avoid embarrassment at both ends, Zhang Yue has never been to the Baoding Marquis Mansion, and he and Meng Ying have official correspondence on weekdays, and only sent it in person when his eldest brother-in-law Meng Jun left Beijing to go to Xuanfu. Although this time it was also an official business, it was really impossible to do official business, so he did not speak after submitting the official document.

Although she had expected this ending, seeing the black words on a white background, Meng Ying still couldn't help but lose her mind. He naturally hated this cousin who almost brought ruin to the Meng family, but now that he learned that the person was dead, he didn't feel relieved, but a little unspeakably bitter. When he was a child, he studied and practiced martial arts with Meng Xian, his eldest brother has always been better than him, and the brothers were quite close at that time, if you want to really talk about estrangement, it probably starts from when he inherits the title. But people die like lights out, what else is there to say now?

Squinting his eyes and looking at Zhang Yue, he only felt that his emotions were extremely complicated. Thinking that Meng Xian had planned to marry his daughter to him, he even had the idea of remarrying with other juniors of the Zhang family because of the lack of heirs in England, who knew that it was only three or four years of hard work, and everything had changed like that? In any case, the incident of two months was a thorn in the hearts of the two families after all.

"I know about it." Meng Ying put the paperwork on the table with an expressionless face, and then said lightly, "When you go back to tell Fang Shangshu, just say thank you for his thoughtfulness." ”

In addition to the report from the Ministry of War, the General Administration Department and the Right Army Governor's Office, which has jurisdiction over the Jiaozhi Division, also received a report on the battle of Jiaonan. Although it was sent to serve in front of the army, Meng Xian was the cousin of the Marquis of Baoding after all, and the paperwork was naturally played separately, so the news spread quickly, and the nobles who were good friends with the Meng family were not good at sending people to the Meng family in Fengsheng Hutong, so they simply sent the Yiyi directly to the Marquis of Baoding. Gu shook his head and sighed after learning about it, and ordered Gao Quan to go to the Baoding Marquis Mansion for a trip, and then went to the small Buddha Hall to recite the scriptures for an hour, but he didn't know whether to mourn goodbye or pray for his own family.

Because her father passed the customs safely, Zhu Ning, who put down the boulder in her heart, accompanied Zhu Hu around the city in the afternoon, and when she sent the people to the mansion for settlement, she got such a news as soon as she went out. Even if she was as open-minded as she was, she felt depressed at this time, and she didn't even go back to the palace, so she took a car all the way to the back door of Meng's house, and told her entourage to go up and knock on the door. If it was according to her heart, she should have entered through the gate openly and to pay a good sacrifice, but now her father is still guilty, and the turmoil in the Jingshi rebellion two months ago has not passed, she can't come by temperament, and she is afraid of causing trouble to the Meng family.

Suddenly, a girl dressed in a coarse cloth dress and wearing a white velvet flower on her head came out of the back door. Zhu Ning, who picked up the curtain, recognized that it was Cuimo, the girl next to Meng Min, and couldn't help but be surprised. As far as she knows, since Meng Xian was convicted, the people who were installed in the Meng family in the Anyang Mansion of King Zhao should have dispersed in a hurry, why is this girl still there? And knowing that it was her who came, Meng Min still sent such a girl out to meet her, could it be that she had already regarded her as a real confidant?

Seeing the empty alley at the back door, Cui Mo couldn't help but think of the food stalls and grocery stalls that used to be placed here, and the last time she saw her father in this lively and noisy place that evening. After only a moment of distraction, she came back to her senses, hurried to the front of the carriage, and bowed her knees.

"The slave and maid pay a visit to the lord of the county. The young lady wanted to come out to see it in person, but she was afraid that she would be seen and cause trouble to the county lord, and now the whole house is wearing linen and filial piety, so she sent a slave and maid out. ”

Knowing that the current Meng family must not make the slightest mistake, after Zhu Ning stared at Cui Mo for a long time, she still asked one more question: "Now that something like this has happened to the Meng family, are you still willing to stay here?" ”

Cuimo was shocked when she heard this, bit her lip lightly and raised her head: "Returning to the county lord, the slave maid has been exempted from the certificate since she came out of the Anyang Palace, and now she has signed the death deed in the Meng family." The slave maid has no father and mother now, she has no worries, she is a member of the Meng family in life, and she is a ghost of the Meng family in death, so she will naturally stay here for the rest of her life. ”

Zhu Ning was shocked, even if she didn't know what happened to this girl, she at least understood that Meng Min had a credible helper. beckoned Cui Mo to take a few steps forward, and she sighed softly: "It's me who suspects you wrong, it's not as good as your young lady's eyesight, when I didn't say that sentence just now, I'll apologize to you." It's not good for me to go to worship, this is a little bit of my heart, it is full of things that can be used, you can bring it to your young lady. ”

Even though he knew that this county lord had always been a good person, Cui Mo didn't expect Zhu Ning to apologize to him, so he didn't dare to say in a hurry. took the jade-colored ayako burden that was handed over, and she had to bend her knees to thank her. Because Zhu Ning asked Meng Min what she was going to do, she hesitated for a while, and finally told the truth: "After the master left, Miss guessed that most of them would end up like this, so she prepared things one after another, and the cost of this funeral should be enough." After the funeral, the young lady planned to dismiss the redundant family, sell the house, and move to Zhuangzi outside the city. Relying on this money and the family's hundreds of acres of land near Gyeonggi, there is a young lady who takes care of the housework and supervises several young masters, and when they are out of business, it is time to consider their marriage. ”

"Meng Tao and Meng Fan are not small, after three years of filial piety this time, her eldest sister is still ready to be in charge of the family?"

"The old man's original third-grade official's voucher has been pursued, and several young masters will be commoners in the future. The young lady said that the family could not always rely on the Hou of Baoding, and if the young masters were unproductive, the family would never be able to turn over. Since she is the eldest sister in the family, she has an unshirkable responsibility, and all she can do is to urge her brother to become a talent, and she has no time to think about the rest now. The slave didn't have anything else to think about anyway, and the young lady just followed what she did. ”

“……”

Even if he had a thousand words to say, Zhu Ning was so panicked at this moment that he couldn't speak for a long time. With a long breath, she finally reluctantly settled down, so she said to Cuimo: "I won't say anything else, you are so precious." Don't forget to send someone to send me a letter when you move somewhere, and if I can't come, I can still think of something. ”

After separating from Cuimo, the carriage drove away from the alley, but Zhu Ning didn't want to go back to the palace now, so he told the coachman to go around the city casually, while he sat in the car in a daze. Looking at the current situation, Meng Min seems to have given up on getting married, so what about her? She saw the relief in her eyes after her father came out of the palace, the heartfelt joy when she talked about her marriage, and the kind of eyebrows flying in her eyes when she mentioned the marriage...... Although you are the county lord, although the emperor's fourth uncle and her father both said that she can make her own decisions about marriage, but in such a narrow circle, can she still conjure up any tricks on it?

"County Lord, let's go to Daqingshou Temple!"

Suddenly, he heard this low sound outside the car, and Zhu Ning came back to his senses, opened the curtain of the car, and saw the red walls and green tiles in the temple. Unexpectedly, she remembered that Dao Yan had been the presiding officer here for many years, and now that the temple was being built more and more magnificently, Si Ren had passed away for a long time, so she couldn't help but stay there. She and Dao Yan didn't have much friendship, but she still remembered the few words that the old monk said casually. At that time, she first met Du Juan, and felt that the two had a good relationship, who knew that the old monk opened his mouth and said that they were not the same kind of people in their bones, Du Juan could be at ease with what happened, but she refused to go with the flow.

"Since you have arrived, it is fate, let's go in and have incense!"

Hearing the master's concise command, the coachman hurriedly pulled over. A maid in front got out of the car and helped Zhu Ning, and several guards gathered over and surrounded her into the door. Because he had not ordered it in advance, Qingshou Temple naturally did not know that there was a county lord with golden branches and jade leaves, and it was impossible to close the door to thank the guests, but only to see pilgrims full of people. When the group arrived at the Daxiong Treasure Hall, they saw cigarettes curling inside, and the voices of those prayers all poured up, some asked for well-being, some asked for a future, some asked for marriage, and some asked for heirs...... Zhu Ning saw that there were many people, so he only bowed outside the threshold of the main hall, and even heard a hesitant voice beside him.

"Ning...... Girl? ”

Zhu Ning was a little surprised by this stiff turn, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that it was a middle-aged woman dressed in plain clothes, accompanied by an elderly servant woman, who was vaguely familiar. After pondering for a while, she remembered that when she went to Zhang's house to see the old lady that day, she seemed to have caught a glimpse of such a woman, and soon guessed who it was, so she hurriedly bowed her head and called Mrs. Feng. The two sides were not familiar with each other, so they greeted each other politely, and Feng entered inside.

Seeing the emaciated figure mixed with a group of ordinary pilgrims, bowing deeply in front of the Buddha, Zhu Ning couldn't guess what the other party came to pray for in such a low-key manner. Once you become a wife, the husband is the heaven, and the son is the heaven. Like Princess Yongping, she lost her husband in her prime, and after her son Li Maofang was imprisoned in Xinei, how could that princess be old for 20 years?

Out of Daqingshou Temple, she ordered to go back to the palace with a smile, and the car stopped outside the Donghua Gate and just stopped and opened the curtain, a little eunuch greeted her, and helped her get out of the car, and whispered in his mouth: "County Lord, news has just come from Le'an Prefecture, His Royal Highness the Prince of Han...... It's up. ”