Time first rewind to November of the fourth year of Yuanfeng, with the continuous advancement of the five-way army, the front of the good news is frequent.

But at this time, the Great Song Kingdom Tokyo Bianliang City, the imperial palace Song Shenzong has no intention of going to court today, staying alone in the Wende Palace, but always restless, he hopes that the front can soon come to the good news of conquering Lingzhou, but also worried that if the front is defeated, the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty in the surrounding countries will be greatly lost, and his prestige will also fall to the lowest point since he ascended the throne.

Because, not all the good news ahead. The main generals of the two armies of Huanqing Road and Jingyuan Road were not in harmony, and Gao Zunyu, who had high hopes for him, relied on the rights granted by himself to seize Liu Changzuo's military power.

As for whose fault it was, Song Shenzong was in the rear after all, and there was no way to know who was right and who was wrong. However, no matter what, changing generals before the battle is a taboo for soldiers, and Gao Zunyu has not considered it when he does this, but whoever makes him his hand-picked commander can only believe in his own judgment now.

It is now in the middle of winter, the weather is cold, the grain and grass are difficult to transport, the soldiers and horses of the five routes, except for the Xihe Road Li Xianbu, the other four armies have some signs of lack of grain and grass.

How could Song Shenzong be at ease.

"Gotta one!" Song Shenzong put his worries aside first, sat down and asked his mind, and asked to the side.

"The slave is here!" Shi Deyi, the most favored eunuch of Song Shenzong, had been standing outside the palace, and when he heard the call of the official, he hurriedly entered the palace, bowed down, and replied.

"What are the maids doing?"

There are quite a lot of sons, but now there are only the sixth son Zhao Fu and the eighth son Zhao Tong living in the world, and the notorious Zhao Ji will not be born until next year. It's a pity that Zhao Yan has suffered from blindness since he was a child. Therefore, Song Shenzong naturally put all his care on Zhao Maid, and as he got older, this expectation became higher and higher.

"Back to the official's house, the slave maid heard that His Royal Highness was still studying with the queen an hour ago, and he must still be there now!" Shi Deyi naturally knew the thoughts of the official family, so he naturally paid special attention to Zhao Maid's movements.

"How can this be done, the maid is still young now, and she should rest more. Pass the order down, let the maid go back to the dormitory to rest quickly, and you tell the imperial dining room to make more soup to replenish the body and send it to the maid. It was noon, Song Shenzong couldn't help frowning, he was such a precious son now, how could he not care about Zhao Maid? In the final analysis, Queen Xiang is not the maid's biological mother, and she may not take care of her too carefully.

"No! The slave and maid will do it immediately. As soon as Shi De agreed, he instructed his henchmen and eunuchs who were waiting on the side to immediately implement the emperor's orders in place.

"It's almost my birthday!"

"Yes! Your Majesty, Your Highness is already 6 years old. ”

"Oh, it's time to find a few masters for the maids! Does the prince still refuse to return to Beijing? Song Shenzong's thinking jumped a little, and he just said that he would find a few masters for Zhao Maid, but he suddenly asked about Wang Anshi's situation.

Wang Anshi is indeed highly respected, but he is not suitable to serve as Zhao Maid's teacher, which I am afraid the emperor himself knows.

"Yes, official."

"Alas! It's a bad match! Still so stubborn! "It's a big war, Song Shenzong needs a pillar to guard in Beijing, Sima Guang and those people can write books, and they can govern state affairs.

Saying this, it was naturally Song Shenzong who was complaining, and of course Shi Deyi didn't dare to take this stubble.

The master and the servant were silent for a while.

Shi Deyi was the first to speak: "Official, the slave and maid have a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Song Shenzong glanced at Shi Deyi unexpectedly, a little strange that this slave usually doesn't talk much, why did she change her temper today: "Say!" ”

"Your Highness usually studies very hard, but the slave and maid look lonely when they look alone!" As soon as Shi De lowered his head and finished saying this, cold sweat faintly broke out on his forehead.

"Yes!" Song Shenzong glanced at Shi Deyi deeply, ignored him, and said to himself, "It's time to find some companions for the maid." "When I was a child, I vividly remembered the scene of studying with many brothers, but unfortunately, there is only one son who can read now.

Sitting on the couch and thinking quietly for a while, Song Shenzong suddenly asked, "The prince's son-in-law can be in the capital!" ”

Wang Anshi gave birth to three daughters, one daughter died young, one daughter married Wu Anzhi, and one daughter married Cai Bian. Wu Anzhi's father, Wu Chong, did not support Wang Anshi's change of law, and Cai Bian was able to be Wang Anshi's son-in-law because he vigorously promoted the Qingmiao Law in Jiangyin County, which was appreciated by Wang Anshi, so Song Shenzong must have asked Cai Bian.

"Yes! The official family, the Cai brothers are all in the capital, Cai Bian is currently serving the imperial history, and his brother Cai Jing is currently living in the Lang, but now he is on the mission to Liao. "Wang Anshi's son-in-law is naturally the object of Si Shi's attention in charge of the imperial city.

"Oh! Is it? This brother is very well written! Proposed to transfer the servant Cai Bian as the living room and waiter, and the living room Cai Jing was also transferred to the living room after returning to China. By the way, by the way, you will inquire about it, and collect the character of all the children who are about the same age as the maid in the family of the minister above the fifth rank in Beijing and send it to me. ”

There are also many people in the royal family who are the same age as Zhao Maid, but Song Shenzong is such a son, can he rest assured that he will be placed next to those scheming royal families? Therefore, I plan to gather more children and grandchildren of ministers.

Companion reading, is the future work of these children, don't look at the current grade, but if the news comes out, I don't know how many people want to break their heads to get a position.

"No! However, Your Majesty, I have heard an interesting rumor here, I don't know ......" Shi Deyi just wanted to explain the official's orders to his subordinates, and suddenly thought of something, so he said.

"Say!" Song Shenzong was a little surprised, how could he feel that Shi Deyi was a little jumpy today, this is not like his usual personality! However, he did not object, but closed his eyes and waited quietly, wanting to hear how interesting this rumor was, so that Shi Deyi could find a way to spread it to the ears of the official family.

"I don't know, do you still remember the official family, Cai Bian's second son?"

"Hmmm! Is the child who was born three days earlier than the maid, and he is still alive? Song Shenzong thought about it for a while, he really remembered this kid.

The main reason is that the identity of this child is too special, not to mention that he is the closest one to Zhao Maid's birthday among the descendants of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and I remember that I hugged him in person. However, the child was born in poor health, and he never heard from him again, thinking that the child had died.

"Your Majesty, your memory is so good, you still remember it after so long!" Shi Deyi hasn't forgotten to pat his ass.

Cough! Song Shenzong coughed lightly, and Shi Deyi immediately stopped talking nonsense: "This rumor was passed back by Zhao Zhong, who was involved in the Bosi of Quanzhou City. The kid ......."

This kid is naturally Cai Dao, Shi Deyi said what he did in the Xinghua Army, even if Shi Deyi didn't add oil and vinegar, but the rumors were passed on by word of mouth, there will definitely be a place for implementation. However, even this is enough to attract enough attention from Song Shenzong.

Only then did Song Shenzong understand, no wonder Shi Deyi was so bold today, it turned out that he had just heard him ask about Cai Bian, so he told himself this rumor. After all, rumors are rumors, but if the truth can reach half of the rumors, then this child will be a good assistant to the maid in the future, even if he can't provide much help to himself. After listening to Shi Deyi, he paced back and forth in the hall for a long time.

"Shi Deyi, immediately Xuan Diqing's family will come to see me immediately." Song Shenzong made up his mind.

Di Qing's family refers to Di Qing's second son - Di Yong, the famous handsome pot of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, what Song Zhezong later said 'human appearance', you know, when Song Zhezong succeeded to the throne, Di Yong was already an uncle at that time.

"No!" As soon as Shi De agreed, he bowed down and finished the salute, and immediately came to the outside of the Wende Palace, while ordering people to summon Di Yong, and on the other hand, ordering the people of the Imperial City Division to immediately collect information about the minister's sons and nephews.

As the official of Dongtou, Di Yong has been on duty in the palace all these years, so he naturally came quickly.

Di Yong entered the Wende Hall and knelt down to salute.

Song Shenzong sat on the couch, waved his hand to signal Di Yong to get up, and said, "Di Qing's family, there is something you can do immediately." He obviously said the general situation of Cai Dao, and without waiting for Di Yong's reply, he ordered: "First, arrange proper people, go to the Cai family of the Xinghua Army to pass on the holy decree, and crown Cai Jing and Cai Bian's mother as the three ladies of the third grade." Second, bring the child back to the capital safely. ”

"No!" After listening to the official's orders, Di Yong agreed, but his eyes were full of doubts. For the sake of such a small child, can the official family make such a big fuss?

"What, Di Qing's family, do you have doubts in your heart, and want to ask if that child is worthy of me as a son of heaven to do this?" Song Shenzong saw Di Yong's confusion, and said with a smile, "Let's not talk about other things, just the matter of the Xinghua Army's two seasons of grain ripening, if there can be half of the rumored yield." This is auspicious! It is still the Xinghua Army Zhizhou who knows the matter, and he has not exalted this matter too much. Therefore, if this kid is really a lucky boy, it is very worthwhile to take great pains to bring him back to the capital! ”

Yes, if an acre of land can double the yield, it can feed as many people. Although the rumored yield of six or ten stones per mu is not credible, what if this is true? Di Yong can't imagine it at all, no wonder the official family attaches so much importance to it, if my family has such a golden baby, I have to provide it like an ancestor.

"Di Qing's family, we must arrange some safe people, after all, that child is still too young. However, let them set off as soon as possible and try to get back in the first month. Of course, everything is about the child's body. Song Shenzong was not at ease, and gave another heavy instruction.

"No!" Di Yong agreed, and was just about to turn around and leave, when he heard what the big eunuch said, and had to stop.

Shi Deyi walked up to Song Shenzong and asked in a low voice, "Official, is it safer to send a civil official?" After all, this is the delivery of the Holy Decree! ”

"Hmm!" Song Shenzong also knew that it was not very appropriate to do this, and after thinking about it for a few minutes, he still shook his head, sighed, and said, "Forget it, if you send civil officials, it will be too much of a delay!" If the civil officials insist on it, then the matter of reading the will will will be handed over to the Xinghua Military Governor, and the matter will be in a hurry! ”

Indeed, if you want to rush back in the first month, from today, it will only take two months, plus when you return, you have to take care of the child's body, so you have to travel day and night from the capital. But if you take a civil official on the road, then this errand will not be completed in any way. But why did the officials convene like this? Di Yong hid this question in his heart, sang a fat song, and turned around and left the Wende Palace.

So, in the afternoon of the same day, Di Yong let his own nephew, the third generation of Di Fu, the second son of his eldest brother Di Xuan, leave Beijing with nine good men in the forbidden army on fast horses.

The next day, Cai Bian put up lights outside the door of his mansion in the capital, and it was very lively inside and outside the door. Although the Zhongshu Sheren is only a five-rank official, he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he drafts edicts on weekdays, so he can naturally get in touch with many state secrets. It's just that the people of Cai's Mansion don't know that the third son, who is far away in his hometown of Xiaoci, Cai Dao, who is disgusted by the lord and his wife, is about to enter Beijing

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Turning back to the Cai Mansion in Xiaocili, a month later, as the Chinese New Year approached, the whole Xiaocili was filled with the joy of a bumper harvest.

At this time, it was still early, but Cai Dao did not feel a little sleepy at all.

It's not because of the influence of the nightmare just now, but after Laba, the pouring rain is endless, since that day, he has always felt a little restless, always feeling like something big is about to happen, but after studying it for a few days, he can't even figure it out.

Walk to the corner of the room, where there is a honeycomb coal stove, on which is a large iron kettle, and some white steam wafts slightly from the spout.

Lifting the big iron kettle, he walked to the table, took out the tea leaves, and brewed a light pot of tea.

Just sat down, leaned against the table with one hand on his chin, sipped sweet tea in the other, emptied his whole brain, didn't think about anything, didn't think about anything, just silently looked at the moon outside the window......

"Woad green, sugarcane sweet, rice ears pressed and bent waist, camellia fragrant distant mountains"

"The shrimp are big, the rabbits are round, the ducks are floating in the stream, and the family has a good year"

I don't know how long it took, the sky gradually brightened, and the neat and crisp sound of nursery rhymes came from the window

The sun rises in the east, smelling the chickens dancing. It tells the story of the Eastern Jin Dynasty ancestors' inspirational restoration of the Central Plains.

However, the boys and girls in front of them are more industrious. Before the rooster could make a report, they and they were busy.

There was a large open space in the middle of the house, very well groomed, and covered with a fine layer of sand. When the children came to the open space in the courtyard, most of them felt that they were standing in their usual position, and there was only one girl of seven or eight years old, standing trembling in place, looking at the skilled appearance of her companions around her, and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet.

Even if Cai Dao is a traverser, because he is too young, what he can do can only be practiced and change the people around him. The children in front of him are the little fish he rescued from the sea.

Boom...... Knock, three times there was a soft knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, a greeting voice came from outside the door, "Young Master, are you awake?" ”

"Wake up, are breakfast ready?" Cai Dao put down the teacup, stood up, moved a little, and replied.

"Young Master, Chen...... When the time comes, the dumplings are ...... Just get out of the pot. Speaking of eating, another stammered answer, and when it came to eating, a wave of excitement could be immediately heard in his voice.

"Got it, just leave your washing things outside the door, and I'll go out later!" There are still two moments to go, Cai Dao is not in a hurry, and plans to exercise in his room.

"Yes, young master!" The two outside the door responded in unison, but Cai Dao knew that the two fools did not leave.

Those two guys outside are the first two children who came into this world and saved.

The one who stammered was the eldest grandson of the fourth housekeeper Cai Xi - Cai Basket.

The first-born child is very cherished by all parents, and Cai Basket's father and mother are no exception. However, as he grew older, after he reached the age of three, everyone found that this child was actually a little stupid, he couldn't speak at the age of three, and the corners of his mouth often drooled and smirked.

Cai Xi's eldest son didn't think of a way, he spent a lot of money and quietly hired a well-known doctor in a foreign country. But after the doctor saw it, he didn't even accept the money, and just shook his head and left.

In ancient times, a natural fool was born with no cure, even if it was a disease. So, Cai Basket's father wanted to drown him secretly. After all, it's not a glorious thing for someone to give birth to a fool, and it's a waste of food.

At this time, just in time for Cai Xi to take Cai Dao back to his hometown. The one-year-old Cai Daoren is young, but he guessed this situation from Cai Basket's father's strange look, and when he saw Cai Basket, he kept holding on to his thighs.

So the three-year-old Cai Basket became the first follower of the one-year-old Cai Dao.

Modern people know that if a child is stupid, it is not meningitis caused by fever, but it is likely to be a genetic problem in the child. And Cai Xi's eldest son married his own cousin. At first, Cai Dao also thought so.

However, fortunately, later, Cai Dao found out that Cai Basket was not really a low-IQ child, he just had a disease that people in this era could not understand. In the words of later generations, he was born with autism.

In his previous life, Cai Dao was not a psychiatrist or a doctor or anything, just a small clerk. However, he has a small characteristic, that is, he likes to think about things and tinker with things when he has nothing to do. In addition, there is a child in the relative's family who happens to have this disease, so he happens to know some treatments that do not require medication.

After three or four years of getting along day and night, under the guidance of Cai Dao, Cai Basket was really cured without medicine.

Except for a little stuttering in his speech and a little slower than the average person, he is basically a normal person. Of course, the premise must be to be with someone you know. If he encounters a stranger, Cai Basket will still fall into self-isolation. Although there are so many shortcomings, Cai Basket still has a very outstanding advantage, the eight-year-old child now looks like a bear, tall and strong, and has so much strength that he can stand up to an adult.

Cai Basket also has a habit, that is, he likes to eat woad very much, as long as there is woad cabbage, he can even ignore the meat.

As for the other one, it is still Cai Xi's unlucky eldest son. This time, he gave birth to a second son, a premature baby, born like a little mouse. If you want to put the past aside, you won't be able to support it now.

It was Cai Dao who came forward to save Xiao Cai Ban, his mother was injured in premature birth, and the milk was insufficient, and finally relied on the goat's milk at home to revive him.

This kid was greedy when he was a child, like a hungry ghost who had been reborn, and ran to the kitchen to steal food when he had the opportunity. He is smarter than Cai Basket, and he is a little bit clever. However, in front of Cai Dao, it is often self-defeating.

Later, I heard that the eldest son of Cai Xi, the fourth housekeeper, was dissatisfied with his marriage, and gave birth to two 'crooked melons and cracked dates' one after another, and ran away from home in a fit of anger, and there has been no news in the past two years. The two children were born prematurely and their mothers were weak, and they died of illness in a fit of anger.

As for the names of these two little followers, they were all given by his grandfather.

Speaking of which, Cai's house is a scholarly family, and those who can be housekeepers are generally literate and hyphenated. But Cai Xi, this old guy, is an exception.

Fortunately, Cai Dao has the highest status in the family, so no one dares to give him a nickname. Anyway, there were no elders to take care of, so he called himself 'Cai Dao' and put the name of the future generations on his head.

That's it, Lao Cai Xi gave the two little grandsons the names Cai Basket and Cai Ban, as for why? Kitchen knives, cutting boards and baskets, how well matched!

Yuanfeng is looking forward to December of the fifth year, and in half a month, Cai Dao will be five years old.

Every time I arrived, Cai Fu would make a lot of dumplings, and these children who grew up in the south made Cai Dao develop the habit of eating dumplings.

You must know that it is not easy to obtain flour in the south, and Cai Dao tried to grow a season of winter wheat in his experimental field, and only then did he get a few hundred catties of flour. It's a pity that in this place of Fujian, many of them see heavy snow, without the moisture of snow water, and the yield of wheat grown is still good, but the flour that is ground always tastes worse and has no strength.

After the children finished their morning class, Cai Dao and them gathered in the restaurant, and the dumplings were still eaten together, which was delicious enough.

Just as the steaming dumplings had just come out of the pot and were about to be served to the children after a little cooling, the sound of Cai Lao Liu's broken voice came from outside the gate of Cai's mansion.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!"