"Lift your head up and look into the distance, not just at what is in front of you, right! That's it. ”

On the horse farm in the back house, Zhang Huan was holding his son's immature waist and teaching him to ride a horse.

Zhang Huan's son Zhang Qi is only six years old this year, and he is the most playful and naughty time, but in front of his father, he is obedient and obedient, and he doesn't dare to be coquettish, no! He had only wanted to ride a pony and walk a dozen steps, but his father didn't feel sorry for him at all, and had already taught him for an hour.

Zhang Qi's eyes were red, she wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry, if her mother or Erniang were in front of him, he would have been crying earth-shattering.

Zhang Huan is busy with official duties and can't be with his son most of the time, but he has found that his son is starting to show a little sign of being spoiled, which is absolutely not good, if he becomes a gentleman, how will he inherit his inheritance in the future.

Zhang Huan suddenly realized that his son should begin to receive a systematic and strict education, and teaching him to ride a horse today is the first step.

"That's it! Tighten the reins. Zhang Huan's hand slowly loosened.

"Daddy, I'm afraid!" Suddenly, without his father's support, Zhang Qi became scared.

"Tighten the reins! When you fall down, you will practice for another hour. Zhang Huan roared without pity.

Zhang Qi's mouth pursed, and tears began to flow! Let's go! fell, but he kept biting his lip and didn't cry.

The pony starts to pick up speed, da-da! Raise your hooves and walk quickly. Zhang Qi was so frightened that he almost wanted to throw away the reins, but his father's roar made him even more afraid. He tugged at the reins, stiffened, and stared straight ahead as his father commanded. After a while, he felt that he would not fall, his courage gradually grew, his body softened, his feet clamped tightly around the horse's belly, and he began to shake the reins subconsciously.

"Drive! Drive! He shouted in a low voice, and the pony was psychic and began to run.

Zhang Huan's eyes were firmly fixed on his son, and he saw that his son had already begun to run on horseback. There was a relieved smile in his eyes, his son was smart second, the key was that he didn't throw away the reins and cry, which showed that he still had the potential to become a strong man.

Zhang Huan turned over and got on the horse. Slowly following his son, looking at him with a smile, about three laps, Zhang Huan looked at the sky, it was almost noon. It has been more than an hour, and it is time for him to rest for a while, Zhang Huan bent down and hugged his son on his horse at once, and said with a smile: "Take a ride on Daddy's horse and take a look." ”

Zhang Qizheng was full of interest, and when he heard about riding a big horse, he immediately lifted his spirits and grabbed a reins with his small hand. Shouting non-stop. Zhang Huan let go of the horse and walked slowly, feeling his son's small body riding in his arms. A loving heart rolled through his heart, and at this moment, he seemed to feel that his son had become one with himself. Just when Zhang Huan was teaching his son to ride a horse, in a room fifty steps away, Pei Ying and Cui Ning were staring nervously at their father and son, especially Pei Ying, she saw that Zhang Huan did not pity her son, her heart ached to death, and she wiped her tears, and when she saw that her son had shed tears, he couldn't help it anymore, "Qi'er." ”

shouted and was about to rush up, but was pulled by Cui Ning, "Sister, you can't go, as soon as you go, your efforts will be wasted." ”

Pei Ying stopped, of course she also knew that this was a father educating his son, and as a mother, she couldn't go in and get involved.

"Look, eldest sister, he seems to be able to ride a horse." Cui Ning was pleasantly surprised to find the change, Pei Ying also saw it, she saw her son start to run energetically, and couldn't help but burst into tears, "This stupid boy."

Her heart finally relaxed, so she pulled Cui Ning to sit down, Cui Ning left home for three years, and finally reconciled with her husband, which means that she will never have to look at Zhang Huan's gloomy face all day long in the future.

Pei Ying and Zhang Huan have been married for six years, and as their status gradually stabilizes, she is no longer worried about who will take away her husband, and now she is more concerned about Zhang Huan's future, which is not only her own future, but also her son's future. Lin Lei

"I'd like to talk to you about the ordinary." Pei Ying said with a slight smile.

In many years of life with Zhang Huan, Pei Ying has long known that Zhang Huan is actually a lustful man in his bones, but he has more self-control than ordinary people, he will not go to women at will, but if he meets a woman he likes, he will not hesitate to marry into the family, or out of political needs, he will also take care of public and private.

Pei Ying thinks that she is not a jealous woman, she can also abide by the etiquette system and let Zhang Huan marry all his wives and concubines, but she does not want to have a foreign woman around her, and her strange temper is secondary, the key is that most of the foreign women do not understand etiquette, do not know how to respect and inferiority, and do things as they want.

For example, the princess of the silver bottle, she has a strange temper, she has always been cold to herself, there is no distinction between the elder and the young, and she is always incompatible with the people in the house, she ran back to her father's tribe to live in anger at every turn, and actually wrote to her father to complain, which made Pei Ying very unhappy.

Fortunately, Zhang Huan also did not list her as a flat wife because of Cui Ning's matter, which made Pei Ying slightly relieved, but if Zhang Huan's other equal wife position was filled earlier, maybe there would be any Tubo princesses and Hui princesses entering the house.

This is not her Pei Ying's worries, not long ago, the envoy of Tubo came to Jincheng County to say what little princess to send to her husband and relatives, and the matter is still there!

Ping Ping is the most suitable candidate, she has no scheming, she is kind-hearted, and more importantly, her father and brother died for her husband, if she is not arranged well, I am afraid that the soldiers in the army will be dissatisfied.

Pei Ying thought about it for a long time, and she decided not to drag it out anymore.

"How likely do you think it is to go to illness peacefully?" Pei Ying threw stones first and asked for directions.

Cui Ning and Pingping have a good personal relationship, and of course she hopes that Pingping will enter the house. But she knew very well in her heart that the key to this matter was Ping Ping's own body. She sighed and said, "Eldest sister, it's better to talk about it in person." ”

"I see." Pei Ying smiled, she turned her head to look at the horse farm again, and saw that her husband was riding a horse with her son. Leisurely pacing in the racecourse.

"Alright, let's go! They're coming to an end. ”

The two walked over quickly, and Pei Ying smiled from afar: "Two guys, don't you want to have lunch?" ”

When Zhang Qi saw her mother coming, she shouted happily, "Mother! I can ride a horse. ”

"I know, my mother taught you to learn in the past, but you always refused, and you had to be honest if your father was fierce." Pei Ying smiled and hugged him down. slapped him lovingly on his little buttocks, "Wash your hands and go eat!" ”

"Let's eat!"

Zhang Qi happily jumped and jumped towards the room, but Cui Ning grabbed him and smiled: "Beware of slipping, Erniang will take you there." ”

I saw the two of them enter the house first. Zhang Huan pondered for a moment and said, "Madam, I want to invite a master for Qi'er, it's time for him to study." ”

Pei Ying pursed her lips and smiled: "Isn't Cui Ning a ready-made master?" The Chunlei School founded by her has opened a branch in Huangshui, and I heard that more than 100 girls have enrolled in school, and she has created a precedent for girls to enroll! "She's just as spoiled as you are. No way! Zhang Huan shook his head and rejected Pei Yingdi's suggestion, "You must ask for strict Confucianism, Li Fangbai of Longyou Academy is very good, I plan to ask him to be the enlightenment master of Qi'er." ”

Pei Ying was about to joke that Pingping was Qi'er's enlightenment master, but when the words came to her mouth, she bit it again, and the two talked while walking. Before he knew it, he entered the house.

Zhang Huan was hungry. went to the canteen first, but Pei Ying was not worried about her daughter. He went to his room to visit his daughter, and as soon as he entered the door, the maid in the room reported: "The nurse just took the young lady to the dining hall to find the lady." ”

At this time, Pei Ying glanced at it, but saw something like an invitation on the small table, she stepped forward to pick it up, isn't it just an invitation? But there was no payment on it.

"Who sent this?" Pei Ying asked strangely.

"It's a young orchid, and she says it's her master who gave her land."

"Young orchid?" Pei Ying was even more puzzled, she had never heard of letting a woman send an invitation, and it was a orchid, she looked at the invitation carefully, and found that it was not sealed, she hesitated, but slowly pulled the invitation out of the cover, and a faint fragrance suddenly came to her face.

When I opened it, there were only two lines of poetry written in it: "The bonus is easy to decay like Langyi, and the water flow is infinitely like nong's sorrow." ”

Pei Ying was taken aback, she looked at the payment below, and saw that it was Jing Niang.

Jing Niang? Pei Ying's brows furrowed, she seemed to have heard of this name, she thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered, isn't this the first strong woman in the capital, persuading the big proprietor of the farm? She, when did she hook up with her husband?

Pei Ying stood there in a daze, feeling bad in her heart.

After lunch, Zhang Huan took a carriage to the court, today is the 27th day of the lunar month, there are only three days left before the New Year, whether it is the court or the market, the atmosphere of the New Year is very strong, along the way every household is full of lights, many large families are cleaning the house, pedestrians on the road are also brightly dressed, and their faces are full of New Year's happiness.

Zhang Huan saw it in his eyes, and he also had a sense of accomplishment in his heart for the benefit of the people, if he didn't have his own millions of stone grains into Beijing, I am afraid that Chang'an should be full of gloom at this time.

"Governor, someone brought this." A personal soldier outside the car window handed in a note, the note was folded into a prism, which was the fixed letter of his intelligence agency, Zhang Huan smiled, and took the information apart, but he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

There was talk of Li Zhengji rebelling everywhere in the capital, and the source was unknown.

What's going on? Zhang Huan was deeply surprised, if there was any change on Shuo Fang's side, then there must be news from Longyou, but now it is very calm, indicating that Shuo Fang has no change, even if Li Zhengji resists the order and refuses to enter Beijing to report on his work, it is only after the New Year's Dynasty that he can draw conclusions, he really doesn't understand, except for himself and Pei Jun, who else knows that Li Zheng has a different heart, and Pei Jun still doesn't believe in it!

He began to realize that there was a third person dancing in Chang'an. Wei Ge is still Zhu, or Cui Xiaofu. Zhang Huan pondered for a moment, picked up the pen and inscribed four words on the slip of paper, thoroughly checking the source.

"Fang is ruthless."

"The subordinates are here!" Immediately there was a response outside the window.

Zhang Huan handed the note out, "Give it to Shopkeeper Hu." You stay behind to assist him in investigating the matter. ”

"Obey!" The voice disappeared, and Fang Wuru burst like a bubble.

The carriage turned a corner and slowly drove into the imperial city, since Pei Jun took power, the order of the imperial court has become very scattered, and it is common for some high-ranking officials not to go to the court all day long, and over time, an unspoken rule has been formed, and officials from the third rank and above can not be subject to the discipline of the imperial court. For example, Zhang Huan today, he only came to the court in the afternoon to have a look.

Perhaps because of the approaching New Year, the entire imperial city was deserted, and a horse-drawn carriage was occasionally seen passing leisurely on Chengtianmen Street. It is even more rare to see a figure in the yamen of various prefectures and Taiwan, and after distributing Lu rice yesterday, it is estimated that all officials have gone home to prepare for the New Year.

The carriage stopped at Shangshu Province, which did not occupy much territory in the imperial city, but it was another center of power in addition to the Zhongshu Province in the Daming Palace. Shangshu Province is heavily guarded around, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, a team of soldiers patrolling back and forth nearby, Zhang Huan got off the carriage in front of the Yamen of the military department, and suddenly heard someone calling him, he turned around, but it was Cui Yu.

Although Cui Yu has officially proposed to Pei Jun to resign from the post of squire in the military department. However, the approval of the ministry has not yet been forwarded. Cui Xiaofu's decree has not yet come down, so he is still a squire in the military department now.

"Zhang Shangshu. I wanted to wait for you to go to lunch with me, but you weren't there in the morning, so I had to go alone. Cui Yu stepped forward and smiled at Zhang Huan.

Zhang Huan hurriedly returned the salute and smiled: "I'm ashamed! It was the New Year, and people were slacking off, and this morning I taught my son to ride a horse at home. ”

"Huh! You should spend more time with your children, and when you want to spend time with them in the future, they won't need you anymore. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, there was no need to say many things, everyone knew it.

The two entered the military department together, the layout of the military department is a rectangle, a central axis runs through the middle, and the four major departments of the military department are distributed on both sides: the military department, the staff, the driving department, the treasury department, and there is a courtyard in the middle, flowers, trees, ponds, and fish, all available, which is used for officials to rest, Zhang Huan's study room is located in the innermost, next to the waiter's room, generally speaking, the study room is just a symbol, the military department does not care about the specific affairs of the department, most of the time the book is in the Daming Palace office, just listen to some major events every month, The specific affairs of the headquarters are the sole responsibility of the squire.

Cui Yu is just a military squire, his official identity is Zuo Xiangguo, and his status is noble, but Zuo Xiangguo has been hollowed out, and he prefers the military department squire with real power. The two sat down in Zhang Huan's study, the scholar served them fragrant tea, and Cui Yu took a sip of tea and said: "I heard that Pei Jun has signed the matter of Yuan Zai taking over as the squire of the military department, and now the ministry forwards it, and it is estimated that there will be an approval document tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”

Zhang Huan hurriedly bowed and thanked: "Thank you Cui Xiangguo for this matter." ”

Cui Yu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I heard that the Queen Mother intends to make Li Huai, the king of Jiyang County, the squire of the military department, but Pei Xiangguo deduced that this position has been determined by the military department, and it is inconvenient for him to interfere, do you understand the deep meaning of this?" ”

Zhang Huan secretly sneered, how could he not understand? Li Huai is the eldest son of Li Mao, the former king of longevity, and is a descendant of the royal family, Cui Xiaofu recommended him knowing that it was impossible, just to divide his relationship with the royal family, which is the same as the method she used to let Li Li come to Jincheng County to be an official, but Pei Jun pushed the boat down the river, undoubtedly adding a handful of oil to the fire, both of them wanted to fish in troubled waters!

"Anyway, I still want to thank Cui Xiangguo for his help in this matter."

Cui Yu glanced at Zhang Huan deeply, and said with a faint smile: "Don't thank me, if you want to thank you, thank your father-in-law." ”

The two chatted for a while, Cui Yu said goodbye and was about to leave, when he walked to the door, Zhang Huan suddenly remembered something, so he stopped Cui Yu, "Xiangguo, then Li Zheng is already going to report on his work?" ”

Cui Yu frowned and thought for a while: "I remember that at the end of November, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War had jointly issued a notice, ordering him to come to Beijing at the end of the year to report on his work, and the date of reporting was December 25, which has been two days, but there has been no movement, and he should not have come to Beijing yet." ”

"Then the deputy envoy of the other place can come to the Ministry of War to change the record?"

"The deputy envoy of Jiedu is Sang Ping, and there is no dereliction of duty, why should he change it?"

Cui Yu left, Zhang Huan fell into deep thought, Li Zheng had killed Sang Ping for the crime of stealing grain and did not report it, either he couldn't justify himself, or he already thought that there was no need to report, but no matter which point was a precursor to his possible rebellion, but Pei Jun was also indifferent, could it be that Pei Jun really couldn't control him? It shouldn't be, it is said that the last time Cui Yi went, Li Zheng was already sincerely afraid, everything was done according to what Pei Yi said, the matter was only more than a month apart, and it stands to reason that it would not get out of control, even if he killed Sang Ping and completely controlled the army, then what about Pei Jundi's actions?

He almost just ignored it, it was really weird, could it be that after his men shot the carrier pigeon last time, Pei Jun didn't know the news? No way! The carrier pigeon was just a quick letter, and there would be a formal and complete report afterwards, which had been seven or eight days, and he should have known anyway.

Also, who did the widely circulated news in Chang'an that Li Zheng was about to rebel? This is obviously forcing Li Zheng to have a showdown.

All kinds of strange phenomena made Zhang Huan puzzled, he thought for a while, and immediately wrote two letters, one was handed to Niu Monk and Yu but sent to Pei Jun, and the other ordered his soldiers to be sent to Hedong Restaurant, so that Hu Shopkeeper sent it to Jincheng County in the form of pigeon letters, asking He Lou Wuji to be ready at any time, once Li Zheng had any changes, he would immediately enter Huijun.