On the thirtieth day of the first year of Zhengde, except for ordinary people, there are not many people who can live well.

Under Liu Jin's obscenity, even the intimidation of not being able to do anything came out, and for a while, from the six departments to the six departments of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he had to hurry to list all the various matters that should be done next year. As for the official department, which is the head of the six departments, it is even more troublesome, and the political secretary must also list the corresponding to-do list and file it according to the judges, the prefectures and counties, etc. Therefore, this time, from top to bottom, few of them could be sealed before the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and the Ru Ministry was busy until Chinese New Year's Eve.

This day is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the Xu family in Xing'anbo Mansion, which used to be full of people, is also lively. Although Xu Liang is a large number of earls who have only been awarded the title at an old age, and his relatives have long stopped moving, but when the predecessor Xing'an Bo was not very proud, there were still three or four poor relatives in the family, not to mention that now the Xu family is proud of one family and two uncles. As early as the first few days of Layue, some elders of the Xu family clan said that the matter of worshipping ancestors should gather all the clan relatives, and they were verbose for a while, Xu Liangzheng was helpless, but he didn't want Xu Xun to agree after learning about it.

On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, the father and son returned home from the palace and learned that the Xu clan members were all gathered in the flower hall to wait, so Xu Liang instinctively frowned. He was a concubine back then, and he separated early, and he looked down on these elders and relatives who were used to taking advantage of the autumn wind. When he arrived at the flower hall with a tiger face, he saw a large number of old and young masters who were either brightly dressed or shabby, and they didn't know much when they looked at it, and they all got up to greet him, his face was even more ugly, and finally Xu Xun stepped forward quietly.

"It takes a lot of time in the palace, and you have been waiting for a long time."

Although the sound of a sentence was not loud, it immediately silenced the surrounding birds. Before the meeting, in addition to those who were similar in age to Xu Liang, they were people of their own generation, and there were two old men with white beards sitting on the first chair on the left and right of the car over there. Therefore, seeing that they found that the flower hall suddenly became quiet, and their faces were a little not so good-looking, Xu Xun gently reached out and put his hand on Xu Liang's arm.

helped Xu Liang to the main seat and sat down, and seeing that everyone was coaxing each other to return to their seats or sit or stand, Xu Xun said lightly: "The past two years have been eventful, and the Xu family has not worshiped the ancestors for many years before the death of my uncle and grandfather, and the ancestral hall god and many sacrificial vessels have to be busy cleaning them up, so I have not invited you." Today's Chinese New Year's Eve ancestor worship, it seems that all uncles, brothers, elders and juniors have arrived, and my father is the patriarch, and I have a few words to let me explain to you. ”

Xu Xun deliberately accentuated the word patriarch, and seeing that no one refuted it, even the two older generations did not interject even though they still had the same expressions, so he said word by word: "The titles of several generations have been passed down, the clan is big, and there are many people, so it is inevitable that there will be virtuous and unscrupulous." Dad is the patriarch who should help him, so naturally there will be no less, but he will not let go of his hands either! I heard that a few days ago, someone injured someone on the street, and when Shuntianfu asked about it, he reported my name and mixed it up lightly? I really didn't expect my insignificant name to become a golden sign now! ”

From a pawn who was at the mercy of others to the corner of the three-legged stand of the court, Xu Xun suddenly sank his face, and the flower hall was filled with a more awe-inspiring atmosphere than before. The old man who had been on the left for a long time coughed unnaturally and said, "Qilang, today is not only the day of worshipping ancestors in the New Year, but also the day of Chinese New Year's Eve celebration, these bad words ......"

Tao Hong behind him whispered a reminder that it was the third uncle, but Xu Xun didn't seem to hear it, raised his eyebrows and interrupted the words: "Bad scenery? How can the country be governed if the country is not peaceful? If the children of the Xu family are bullied by outsiders, it will be enough to report my name, but when bullying men and women, they report my name, I can't afford to lose this face! ”…,

His voice was full of violentness, coupled with his cold gaze towards a few people, many people in the flower hall were silent. Without waiting for any elders to jump out and speak, he said lightly: "As the old saying goes, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, if there is really an unscrupulous person in the family, I have to kill my relatives in righteousness!" I heard that many people have inquired about my affairs in Jinling back then, in fact, there is no need to ask, that Jinling dream was made by my government staff Tang Jieyuan, how I behave in Jinling, you can see it. Among the virtuous and capable relatives, I will never hesitate to help each other, even if it is to send a ride to the east wind in their future, but if it is unscrupulous......"

He paused for a moment and said coldly: "The laws of the imperial court are not fictitious! ”

A junior said this kind of thing in front of so many people, and the third uncle at the beginning suddenly had a long face, and he couldn't help but say in a deep voice for a while: "Qilang, what you said is inevitably a little biased. You are now a ...... of the sect."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xu Xunchong looking at him, with both ridicule and disdain in his eyes.

Thinking of this person who was so ruthless to the Changfang family when he was in Jinling, he was also ruthless in the political struggle in the court, and he didn't look like a fledgling teenager when he started a fight, and when he reached the back half of his mouth, he immediately swallowed back involuntarily.

Choked back the words of this third uncle, Xu Xun said unhurriedly: "What the third uncle said is right, since I am the son of the sect, I have the responsibility of teaching and restraint, otherwise how can I be worthy of the ancestors of the Xu family?" All in all, I, Xu Xun, have always done what I said, if you don't believe it, you can wait and see. It's not too early, Dad, will you take the lead in worshipping your ancestors? ”

Xu Liang thought to himself that if he faced such a group of bad relatives, he might get angry if he didn't agree with him, and when the time came, he would be caught by someone and it would be a big matter, and it would be a big deal. At this moment, seeing Xu Xun saying cruel words in public, although he really wanted to praise his son in person, he thought about it for the time being, stood up and nodded and walked ahead. When the father and son came out of the flower hall, some of the Xu children were busy coming out, and some of them were afraid to whisper.

"It's just a nouveau riche, so there is no one in your eyes!"

"If you can break out, you can talk like that! Be careful to listen to others, and when the time comes, the revenge will be unbearable. His reputation for recruiting talents is first-class, but his fierce methods are also first-class

"Third uncle, you think we should ...... now"

Although there were several middle-aged and young people around the third uncle, his face turned blue and white for a while, and the initial conviction that Xu Xun didn't dare to do to them as clan elders had long since disappeared, and even regretted that he listened to the words of Zhang Wenmian, a confidant of Gonggong Liu, and provoked the topic of ancestor worship, so he had no reason to eat this meal. At this moment, he could only force a dry cough and said: "Okay, let's go and worship the ancestors first, and if you have anything to say, I will talk about it after the ancestors!" ”

The ancestors of the Xu clan have always had only men and no women, and in the past, Xu Xun would have felt that this was a patriarchal rule, but on this occasion today, he was glad that Shen Yue did not have to come forward. Otherwise, I came to the ancestral hall to salute on a cold day, and then I had to entertain the ladies of those clans, and I don't know what the result was. Therefore, after cheering up and finishing the ritual one by one, he ordered to go down and hold a banquet in the flower halls on both sides of the main hall, but he helped Xu Liang into the second gate to change clothes.

"These things that are not enough to achieve and more than to fail, I feel a fire in my heart when I see them!"

Although it has been more than two years since he has been pampered, Xu Liang is still difficult to change his irritable temper when he encounters annoying people and hating things, and after scolding in a low voice at this moment, he said angrily: "You can't think of a way to prevent them from entering the house?" ”…,

"The ancestral hall is here, don't talk about them, even those clansmen who can't come and don't have five suits, they can also come with reason. Of course, I'm not afraid of impeachment, but I just think it's a hassle to just block it. Speaking of this, Xu Xun smiled

He said with a smile, "Dad, don't you understand me as a person?" I think that when I used those small methods in Taiping, the Xu family was because I couldn't fight them with my bare hands. But now, I'm too lazy to be with so many people. To get wet

My light, you can, as long as you are honest, or have a skill. If it's those who are lazy and lazy but have bad deeds...... I really don't mind killing my relatives in righteousness! ”

There are many relatives of the Xu family who came today, and the banquet opened eight tables, but this is because the female relatives did not come. In the face of the various delicacies on the table, the natural gobbling up of bad food and grabbing you and me even had some people in a hurry to put chopsticks on the one hand, while carefully hiding their heads down, until the cups and plates were messy when the little servants brought tea, and only then did people burp with satisfaction.

"How do you serve, it's not a girl, it's a little girl...... In the end, he is a nouveau riche, and he doesn't understand any rules......"

As soon as the man finished speaking, he found a tea tray beside him, and a small piece of paper was lying on it. He took it a little inexplicably, only to find that the side that had just been facing down was full of fly-headed letters. Only swept

At a glance, his face suddenly changed greatly, and when he looked around, he saw that many people had obtained the same thing as him, and for a while, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then hurriedly stood up.

"Everyone, I still have some things at home, I have to go back first!"

As he got up to take his leave, another twenty followed. Faced with this unbelievable situation, the third uncle suddenly frowned, and saw that someone handed him such a piece of paper again, he reached out to get it, but unexpectedly, a young man next to him rushed to reach out for it.

"Third uncle, let me take a look! What is it that has made so many people go all at once? ”

After the young man took it, he didn't take precautions, and read it out loud: "On the tenth day of the first month of March, twenty taels of silver will be released, and the Hukou Donglu family will take its eight-year-old daughter as a ...... On April 12, he released thirty taels of silver to pay off the gambling debts of the eldest grandson

The second one entered the ancestral house and one was a ...... "Just reading these two, he suddenly realized what this thing was. Seeing that the third uncle's face was pale, and the four were silent, he knew that he had made a big disaster, so he put down his things and grabbed them

He picked up his hat and said, "I still have something to do at home, so let's go first!" ”

was so troubled, and everyone knew what was going on for a while.

This third uncle is the most old-fashioned and upright person in the clan, no one expected that he was putting money in the seal, but more people were afraid that their ugly things would be exposed, and some people thought that Xu Xun and Gu Dayong of the Admiral Xichang were good friends, and I heard that Jinyiwei was also able to eat, and the idea of taking advantage of the autumn wind was suddenly gone. In less than a quarter of an hour, the huge place was clean.

Faced with this scene, Jin Liu, who came in with people to end up, suddenly grinned. He smiled, and Jin Hong next to him couldn't help but pull his shirt and asked, "Daddy, daddy, why are there just so many small pieces of paper, and everyone runs away?" ”

"Want to know if so?" Jin Liu was in a very good mood, and touched the little guy's head with a smile, and then said earnestly, "Let me tell you, the young master has grasped the weakness of these dog-like guys, and naturally plays people around!" is just such a good thing, and I still want to compete with the young master, eight lives earlier! ”

At the feast outside, Xu Xun and Xu Liang didn't even show their faces. At this time, in the bright room of Xu Liang's main room, there is a square table with black lacquer, and a family of three is happily sitting together, in the middle is a copper hot pot with a charcoal fire,..., on both sides are a variety of shabu-shabu, from tender red and fresh mutton pork, to green cabbage, radish and leek, to tofu vermicelli, and a plate of thinly cut fish fillets almost transparent. The most expensive of all is not fish, but it is

The rarest vegetables in those cold days. Except for some of them who were bought early and stored in the vegetable cellar, most of them were things that came out of the greenhouse at home.

Shen Yue is a double-body person, so she only ate some slices of meat and vegetables at the beginning, and ate a bowl of chicken noodle soup specially made in the kitchen, she could only watch the two of you compete with me in the hot pot and stretch out chopsticks to grab food. Looking at it, she couldn't help but laugh. Xu Xun was laughed at by her, but when he got to the mutton under the chopsticks, Xu Liangyan quickly snatched it away.

"Yue'er, what are you laughing at?"

"I'm thinking, if this baby is a big fat boy, it will be even more interesting if your grandfather eats like this when the time comes!"

Without waiting for Xu Liang to speak, Xu Xun waved his hand angrily and said: "What a big fat boy, this baby must give birth to a girl, and when you give birth to a son in the future, she can also discipline and discipline those younger brothers!" It is said that the daughter is the father's little padded jacket, where is it like a son, a force will only be naughty, don't you look at those unsuccessful men today, the Xu family's face has been lost to them! ”

Xu Xun suddenly threw out such a bunch of strange theories, and Xu Liang and Shen Yue were stunned when they heard it. After a long time, Xu Liangcai blew his beard and glared and said, "Stinky boy, you are also my son, aren't you quite talented?" ”

"That's Dad, you're lucky!" Xu Xun burst out with such a sentence without shame, and then said proudly, "Besides, if you have a daughter, you can teach her how to take care of the house in the future." You can pick up most of the burden in this family, and you can pick up most of the burden of disciplining your son, and you can also talk softly to make your elders happy, where can you find such a good deal? ”

"Okay, you kid, now you leak your mouth, why do you want a daughter, you obviously want a housekeeper?"

Xu Liang was finally amused by Xu Xun's words, turned the chopsticks and wanted to touch his head angrily, and the father and son made a fuss for a while before he said: "You have only been married for less than a year, and it doesn't matter if you have children and daughters." That's it

If you want to live a truly beautiful life, you have to give me a grandson, otherwise will this title be cheaper for outsiders? It's hard to return, although you beat them today, but the richer you are, the more people you covet, don't forget my title

Where did it come from! It's so easy for your mother to move back to the ancestral grave and be buried, do you still want to hand over the family business to others? ”

Speaking of this, Xu Xun also put away the smile on his face. He exhaled lightly, then looked at Shen Yue's already extremely obvious lower abdomen seriously, and then said: "Dad, Yue'er, when the spring flowers bloom in the first month, I'm afraid I will have to leave Beijing for a while."

I'll try to get back before Yue'er goes into labor, but if I can't ......"

"Where are you going?"

Xu Liang and Shen Yue had never heard of this before, and Shen Yue was the most nervous at this time, so he grabbed Xu Xun's hand. Xu Xun saw that Xu Liang was also staring at him, so he smiled and said, "It's not too far away, it's in the northwest, and it's not too far." I'm just worried that if something unexpected happens, I won't be able to come back. ”

Xu Liang and Shen Yue both know about Xu Xun's character of reporting good news and not bad news in everything, and they also hate it. Seeing that he looked like he was okay at this time, Xu Liang frowned and said in a deep voice, "You don't call me."

Diverge. If you don't make it clear to me today, even if you really want to leave at that time, do you believe that I, the father, will be blocked? Tell me clearly, where to go, how long, what to do? ”…,

Shen Yue was stunned when he saw Xu Xun, and swallowed the question on his lips, but he looked at Xu Xun with a smile. In the face of this pair of loved ones, Xu Xun really couldn't, and finally had to raise his hands and say, "Okay, I say, I."

That's it. After I was assassinated before, I once recruited two brothers from the Liu family in Wen'an, Bazhou. There are a lot of horse thieves in the southern part of the country, and the White Lotus Sect is also quite rampant. The land of is entrenched in such large and small forces

force, the slightest carelessness will provoke a big change. So, now I'm going to take the first step and get rid of these internal worries. ”

"You're going to suppress the bandits?"

Face Xu

With a solemn face, Xu Xun smiled and waved his hand and said, "Dad, don't worry, the son of a daughter can't sit down, and he can't talk about suppressing bandits." This time, I don't even plan to send out the officers and troops on the surface, at most it is just a small-scale operation.

However, since he knew that the White Saint Lord of the White Lotus Sect had made a heroic post to meet Bai Yangdian, it would be a pity to miss this opportunity. Of course, I won't go to this end in person, you must know that I am the number one person now, if I am not in the capital,

Naturally, everyone will find out about my whereabouts. Therefore, this is a plan to attack the west, and I will ask for an order to inspect the border defense from Xuanfu Datong to Yansui Ningxia in Gansu. As soon as I leave, the other side will meet in peace. ”

Seeing that Shen Yue bit his lip and didn't speak, as if he didn't believe his words, Xu Xun coughed lightly and said, "Really, I will go out with enough momentum this time, and I will never risk my life." Not only me, but also the Imperial Supervisor Palm Seal Zhang Gonggong, the Imperial Horse Supervisor Palm Seal Miao Gonggong, and the general Chen Xiong of the Zuoguan Hall are all going to go, plus Zhang Jun, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu Army, and Zhuang Jian, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu Army, and Yang Yiqing, the general system of the three sides of Yansui and Ningxia in Gansu, have an old friendship with me, and nothing can happen! ”

"You promise that the golden cicada will not come out of its shell halfway, such as when we go back to Nanjing this time, and quietly turn back without saying a word?"

Hearing Shen Yue's angry words, Xu Xun couldn't help but say helplessly: "Lady, why can't you trust me so much?" I promise that the golden cicada will never come out of its shell! ”

Xu Liang also immediately followed and asked: "Then you promise that you will not use troops like last time, volunteer to take less than a thousand partial teachers, and dare to kill behind the Tartars?" ”

"Daddy...... This kind of risky strategy can only be used once, and if I dare to use it twice, it is estimated that this life will be delivered to people! Xu Xun was already sweating profusely, and when he saw that the two of them were all looking at him with great suspicion, he immediately lamented that his credit was too poor, and he had to give a good guarantee. Until he made countless promises, almost worn out his mouth, but suddenly a cold snort came from the side.

"Don't promise so much! All in all, if you dare to risk yourself again this time...... When the child is born, I won't let you see it for a month! Shen Yue saw Xu Liang nodding approvingly, she softened her attitude, lowered her head and rubbed her abdomen, and said softly, "Even if it's just for the sake of the child, you must come back safely......

"Don't worry, your man is strong, he has traveled north and south for several years, who has suffered a loss for me......"

Using the rhetoric that is usually used to confuse those civil servants and military generals to coax his wife, Xu Xun is naturally also a good hand, and it is easy to coax the little girl to laugh, he saw that his father was glaring at him with an unkind face, and he couldn't help but salivate and smiled: "Dad, don't stare at me, I am panicked." I've already said that this time I'm not going to war, and it's not my turn to say it. I know that you are a young martial arts practitioner and have never been on the battlefield in your life, if it weren't for Yue'er, I would be happy to give you this errand......"

"You stinky boy, you actually made fun of your father!" Xu Liang scolded, and then sighed, "I'm old now, that ambition is long gone, and it doesn't matter if I can't go to the battlefield." Because of this, you kid give me a little leisure, don't let you Lao Tzu and I personally go into battle to save my son, that's really a play! ”

"Okay, I'll take it easy, and I'll never take risks!"

After swearing to agree, Xu Xun saw that the dishes on the table were almost swept away, so he called the girl to come in and clean up, and then went up to help Shen Yue get up. When everything was packed up, when the outside report came up, the banquet outside had been removed, Shen Yue ordered Ruyi to come in and ask for instructions after adding two percent of the reward to the top and bottom last year, Xu Xun couldn't help but stretch a big lazy waist, and then said to Ruyi with a smile: "Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, it's hard for them to entertain so many guests at home, now after cleaning up, order to hang up all the lights, prepare the firecrackers, and make it lively and lively tonight!" ”

After Ruyi agreed to go out, Xu Xun said to Shen Yue thoughtfully: "Ruyi, this girl seems to be not small, right?" ”

"Don't worry about it, I'll keep her for a few more months and find her in-laws!" Shen Yue wrinkled his nose, and then said with some wistfulness, "It's rare to spend a year, but I can't go to see the firecrackers later...... Remember to put more hangings for our children! ”

"Don't worry." Xu Xun nodded slightly, and immediately looked at the Damingjiao lamp that was gradually lit up outside, and said happily, "After today, it will be the second year of Zhengde!" ”

Volume 6 has two tigers in one mountain. ）