Journey after line, what a difficult journey. People and horses traveled from Chang'an on the second day of the lunar month, all the way through the Qinling Mountains across the Ba Mountain to the southwest, through Liang, Li, Ba, Lang, Zi and other dozens of prefectures and counties, through the mountains and valleys and streams, and finally arrived at the Yizhou City of Yizhou County, Jiannan Province, on the afternoon of the 22nd day of the sixth year of the lunar month.

This journey took twenty days, which Wang Yuan did not expect when he began to leave Beijing. The toss along the way also exhausted the Wang family and the accompanying soldiers and horses. Many people were not accustomed to the water and soil, and they were tired and cold, etc., and even the soldiers who originally belonged to Jiannan led by Zhao Qing fell dozens of them. Thankfully, there are plenty of state capitals along the route, plenty of places to stay and places to rest and recuperate, so the situation hasn't gotten any worse.

The name Yizhou County was actually abolished by the imperial court in the early years of Tianbao, but because it has been used for a long time, everyone has not been able to change it, in fact, the current Yizhou County should be called Shu County, which is the system after the change. But in fact, it's just a name change, and there is no difference between changing the soup and not the medicine.

In the afternoon, when the brigade arrived outside the east gate of Yizhou, a large number of officials had lined up at the gate of the city to greet them. All the officials in Yizhou also knew that Wang Yuan was sent to save the fire of the Nanzhao campaign, so they all came to see the savior sent by the left minister. But when they saw that it was a delicate, fair-skinned young man, many people were disappointed and secretly sighed that Zuo Xiang was child's play.

Xian Yu Zhongtong of course thinks differently from them, he knows that Wang Yuan is not a milky child, about Wang Yuan's deeds Xian Yu Zhongtong heard Yang Guozhong talk a lot, although Yang Guozhong said vaguely, but also vaguely revealed a few words about how Wang Yuan brought down Yang Shenjin. This one thing alone made Xian Yu Zhongtong almost drop his jaw, and he was in awe of Wang Yuan. So Xian Yu Zhongtong is still very enthusiastic about this savior who came to wipe his ass.

Under the warm welcome of Xian Yu Zhongtong, the brigade of soldiers and horses marched through the wide streets to the south of the city, and stopped in front of a grand compound. Xian Yu Zhongtong invited Wang Yuan to get off the horse, and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, please enter the house." ”

Wang Yuan looked at the magnificent mansion in front of him, but saw that the eaves of the tall gatehouse were tall, and the newly painted beast head Zhumen was majestic and domineering, and a huge plaque was hung on the door, with the words 'Shu Garden' written on it. On the wall of the tall blue brick courtyard are crawling leafless creeper vines, and from the top of the wall, you can see the tall trees in the courtyard, and you can faintly see the eaves of a building hidden among the treetops.

"Xian Yu Dashuai, this is your mansion?" Wang Yuan asked with a smile.

Xian Yu Zhongtong smiled and did not answer, turned around and ordered: "Come on, hang the plaque." ”

Seven or eight servants came out of nowhere, a few people carried a large plaque, and a few others carried ladders, ropes and other tools to hula and rush forward, two long ladders were erected, ropes hung the large plaque on the lintel above, ping pong banging, and hung this huge plaque upright.

"Brother Wang, please uncover the colored silk." Xian Yu Zhongtong handed the long hanging corner of the red silk covering the plaque to Wang Yuan, and said with a smile.

Wang Yuan seemed to understand a little in his heart, and stretched out his hand to pull the red silk, and the red silk slipped down, revealing several golden characters on the plaque. The plaque reads: Wang's mansion.

Xian Yu Zhongtong laughed and applauded, Wang Yuan saw that those four words looked like the plaque with four big characters hanging in front of his mansion in the capital, which was the plaque of the Wang family's mansion inscribed by Yan Zhenqing. It seems that this Xian Yu Zhongtong copied the plaque in front of his door in the capital, and returned to Yizhou to make this even larger plaque, that is, he was ready to send his house from the capital, which can be said to have been prepared for a long time.

Although he already understood his thoughts, Wang Yuan still pretended to be surprised and said, "This ...... What does this mean? ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong said with a smile: "Brother Wang, this is the house I specially prepared for my brother's family, that is, an ordinary courtyard with four entrances and eight openings. This 'Shu Garden' was originally my private residence, and I haven't lived here for almost five years. This time, Brother Wang brought his family to Jiannan to take up his post, and I thought that I would always do my best to be a landlord, so I ordered someone to tidy up the house, so that Brother Wang and his family could make do with it. If you are not satisfied, you can buy a new house in the future. ”

Everyone secretly smacked their tongues, this tone is really not small, the big mansion with four entrances and eight openings said that it was an ordinary mansion in his mouth, and the mansion with four entrances and eight openings was the scale of the prince's mansion. This Xian Yu Zhongtong is really scary.

Wang Yuan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "How dare you take this?" You can't make it unlike. ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong hurriedly said: "Brother Wang, if you can afford me Xian Yu Zhongtong, don't shirk it, don't worry that this house is not coming from the right way." I was a big businessman in Shu before I became an official, and this house was earned by me for a penny, clean and clean, and Tongsuo's money was built without deception. This time, you came to Jiannan to take on a great responsibility, and Zuo Xiang explained to me that I want to do a good job of logistics for you, except for military affairs, you can't be distracted in other aspects. In addition to my heart, this house is also my duty. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and scratched his head: "This ...... How embarrassing is that. ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong smiled, beckoned to the servant beside him, "Take it." ”

A servant came up with a tray with the title deeds of the house, all of which had been changed. Wang Yuan snorted a few times, Li Xin'er beside him made a look, and Huang Ying reached out to take the tray. Wang Yuan took his wives and concubines to express his gratitude to Xian Yu Zhongtong, and Xian Yu Zhongtong returned the gift with a smile.

"Brother Wang. Let's go into the house, I learned that you are coming in the afternoon, I specially invited our celebrity chef from Furong Building to come, and set up more than a dozen tables of banquets in the house for you to receive the wind and wash the dust. I didn't ask for your permission to set up a banquet in your house, so my brother won't blame me. Xian Yu Zhongtong said with a smile.

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "Where do you say it, Xian Yu Dashuai is so thoughtful, which makes me very moved." This banquet is when I thank Xian Yu for the enthusiasm of Dashuai. Since I am in my house, today I am the master, and I am rarely handsome! ”

The two walked up the steps side by side, and without waiting for the knock, the door opened by itself. Two servants bowed to greet them. Walking through the back of the door, the eyes suddenly opened, but saw a huge courtyard in front of me, blue bricks all over the ground, flower beds and fish ponds scattered, tall trees distributed in the courtyard east and west. More than a dozen tables of banquets were placed in the open space, and dozens of servants stood by with their hands down and listened to orders.

Everyone sat down to dine, Xian Yu Zhongtong was enthusiastic, and the officials of Yizhou were also very enthusiastic. Wang Yuan wanted to ask about the situation of the war, but Xian Yuzhongtong said: "Brother Wang has come from afar and needs to rest. Besides, tomorrow is the day of the twenty-third day of the lunar month to send the god of the stove, and a few days later is the first day, and there is no hurry at this time. In the past few days, Brother Wang has settled down and spent a reunion with his family. Don't worry, the fighting on the Quzhou front is still stable. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to go back to Yizhou. ”

Wang Yuan thought about it, he said that it was reasonable, anyway, he also planned to rush to the front line in Quzhou after the New Year, since the front line was safe, there was no hurry in these days. In the past few days, I can have a good understanding of the situation on the front line, which is also a very necessary thing to do, so I don't ask more.

After the banquet, while Huang San was carrying his luggage and settling down, Wang Yuan and everyone began to visit the mansion. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, this look suddenly surprised everyone with the luxury of this house. Wang Yuan and Liu Jun, who had seen the Lady of the State of Qin's mansion, were surprised by the luxury of this house. Although it is not as luxurious as the Lady of the Kingdom's mansion, the scale of the mansion is far more luxurious than Wang Yuan's mansion in the capital.

Many exquisite small courtyards, corridors, cornices, patios, and back gardens have also fallen. The small red three-story red building in the courtyard of the back house is the core building of this house. The whole building is extremely gorgeous, and although the decoration is a little too complicated and trivial, it can be seen that the artificial and financial resources and ingenuity spent on building this wooden building.

In these years, adobe and stone houses were the mainstream, two-story buildings were rare, and three-story wooden buildings were even rarer. It shows that the so-called ordinary old mansion in Xian Yu Zhongtong's mouth is actually not true, this should be Xian Yu Zhongtong's own proud mansion, for Wang Yuan, he is also open.

Standing on the upper floor, you can enjoy the picture of the surrounding city and the city, and you can even overlook the river outside the city and the mountains in the distance, which makes people very happy. Everyone was amazed and felt that this house was too expensive, and it seemed that it was a little inappropriate to accept such a valuable house. This mansion is worth tens of thousands of yuan, which is a huge amount of money.

Gongsun Lan said, "What's wrong? He gave it to Erlang because he asked Erlang, and we received it with peace of mind. Besides, do you think Jiro will give the house back? ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "My cousin still understands me, I am not a humble gentleman who refuses windfalls." You should each find a house you like to live in, and this will be our home from now on. Don't feel guilty, I'm here to save his life, and his life is worth more than this house. ”