Gangnam across March is the most beautiful time of the year.

After a light rain, the area is already full of vivid green. The peasants in the field are busy tending to the crops in the field, the businessmen in the shops are all in a hurry to play with the abacus and receive the guests diligently, the nobles and scholars who play in the spring are crowded with pavilions and pavilions, the lightboats on the Qinhuai River have removed the thick cotton curtains in winter, as if even the women leaning on the windows are more pretty, and the spring shirts that the pedestrians on the road have changed into are after the gloom of winter, so that the whole Jiangnan seems to be alive.

The death of Emperor Hongji was already last year, and from this year it was the first year of Zhengde, and everything entered a new node. Compared with the news of the war coming from time to time in the north, Jiangnan hardly felt the kind of iron hooves raging trouble, but the plan of the year lies in spring, and this kind of timing makes some people even more impatient - although the Jingcha of the Ministry of Officials has ended, the new spring inspection of Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, makes people have to face it cautiously. As for the people at the top, they are concerned about another matter.

The father and son of the Xu family are coming back!

The Yingtian Mansion on Fudong Street has now changed its owner. Yin Wuxiong, who is fair and upright, has passed away, and the current Yin Luheng of Yingtianfu is transferred from the post of political envoy of Zuobu in Guangdong. On the theory of the political envoy is from the second grade, Ying Tianfu Yin is the third grade, but everyone knows that the duties of the two capitals are rare, and Nanjing seems to be idle, but if there is really a fate, it is easier to turn into a six-ministry official than the political envoy, so Lu Heng is naturally full of joy when he takes office in Nanjing. However, Hongzhi took office in November of the seventeenth year, and now it has been almost a year and a half, and there has been no movement in the capital, but the impeachment has already been eaten once, and he is full of depression.

What do you say, when he was on the Hajj as the political envoy of Zuobu in Guangdong, he took his wealth and goods up and down the road, so that he was able to transfer from Guangdong to Nanjing...... It's also a skill to do a good job up and down, who will try to change it?

Therefore, at first, he didn't care much when he heard that Xu Liang and Xu Xun had returned to Nanjing, but a few of his cronies who had been promoted gradually reported that Fu Rongzheng had ordered someone to repair a courtyard in his house and planned to give it to the Xu family father and son, and that Xu Xu, the Nanjing garrison Wei Guogong, took the initiative to send a complete set of good cedar family items and all kinds of ornaments and playthings.

On this day, he ordered someone to invite Xu Yuan, who had never cared much about the experience department, and after routinely asking a few words about the affairs of the experience department, he asked with a smile: "I heard that Pingbei Bo and Xu experience are related to each other?" ”

Wu Xiong died of illness, and Xu Zhen lost a boss who appreciated him in Yingtianfu, and he couldn't help but be a little silent. However, with Xu Xun's success in the capital, he not only gained a firm foothold in the end, but also had two earls in the family, and Xu Xun, who was originally just a close friend of the Duke of Wei, got a lot of care from Xu, and the people who celebrated the New Year were far more than at the beginning, at least in the past, he sent the gifts to others, and never expected any return gifts. Not only that, but Fu Rong, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, also had a lot of kindness to him.

However, Xu finally knew how difficult it was for him to cross the threshold of civil officials and not entering the seventh grade, not only did he not publicize this, but also strictly ordered his subordinates not to use these relations to show off outside, and only diligently did his own internal affairs. Even so, for two consecutive years, the festival gifts brought by the capital still made him happy.

At this moment, Lu Heng's question, Xu Zhen couldn't help but cheer up, but he bowed cautiously and said: "Lord Huiyu, when Pingbei Bo had not recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, he called the sixth uncle of Xiaguan, but now Xiaguan never dares to climb relatives. "...,"Eh, what kind of relatives are this, I heard that Pingbei Bo also gives you gifts during the New Year's holidays, if it weren't for the fact that you are an elder, how could you be so kind?" Lu Heng said with a smile, without waiting for Xu Zhen to clear up, he said considerately, "This time he came to Nanjing by order, in addition to family affairs, but also for the completion of the tribute courtyard." In this way, I will give you ten days and half a month of leave, and you will accompany him for a long time. You have also participated in the accounts of this tribute court, so let him see what this money is used for. ”

Hearing Lu Heng say this, Xu Zhen didn't know that this Ying Tianfu Yin was deliberately showing goodwill, so he naturally didn't dare to refuse, and agreed repeatedly. Sitting with Lu Heng and talking for a while, he carefully coped with the other party's endless inquiries, and waited until he returned to the small side hall where the division belonged to him, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about the brand-new tribute courtyard, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Thinking that Xu Xun donated all the land left by his father to repair the Tribute Academy, and also pulled in the Duke of Wei Xu, Xu Yan was naturally unavoidable. However, after the entanglement of many interests, Xu Xun rose to the top, but the money was really all used on the tribute courtyard, so that the renovation of the tribute courtyard, which was often hastily done because the money could not be raised completely, was perfect for the first time.

It is said that twenty years in Hedong and twenty years in Hexi, but now it has only been two years, and the Xu family house in Taipingli has been completely ruined, and the prodigal son who was looked down on by everyone at the beginning has risen to the point that no one else can think of!

Although Xu Xun still occupies a room in the official mansion of Yingtianfu, his family has all moved to Xu Xun's former three-entry courtyard. He doesn't go back every day on weekdays, but he saw Lu Heng on this day, but when he was out of office in the evening, he took the car back to his home. After absentmindedly passing the homework of his two sons, he called the housekeeper Zhu Sihai.

"Do you know where the annex prepared by Gonggong Fu and Duke Wei is located?"

"It's at the Pearl Bridge on the banks of the Pearl River, and the little ones went to take a look." Zhu Sihai expected that Xu Zhen would ask about this, and quietly went to investigate, but at this time he answered like a fluent, "It is not far from the Guozijian, and it is also good to go to Gonggong Fu's garrison eunuch's mansion, but it is far away from the Taipingli side of the mansion, but it is better to be clean, and it was originally repaired often, so it didn't take much effort to arrange it this time." ”

Didn't spend a lot of work? Fu Rong's own health is not as good as before, Chen Lu almost personally threw himself there to design and clean up, and Xu also personally followed in the fun, this is not a lot of effort?

The corners of Xu Yu's mouth hooked slightly, but he didn't pierce this layer, after all, he didn't get to the point of talking to Zhu Sihai about this. After asking a few more words, he sent people down, but he held his chin and thought about it.

This time, Xu Xun easily went back to Nanjing, did he want to think of a way so that his eldest son Xu Shao could follow Xu Xun to the capital to experience the experience? It must be known that Xu Shao is only one year older than Xu Xun, and he became a relative before the examination, but in Nanzhili, which is full of talents, how long it will take to move from Xiucai to lifting people, but no one is sure, let alone the carp jumping over the dragon gate to ascend to the scientific examination in one fell swoop. And the youngest son Xu Bo has some talent in reading articles, and after a few years of enlightenment, he has memorized the four books and five classics, so he might as well find a gentleman. It's just that Xu Bo's nature is too jumpy, and his babbling temperament doesn't change, even if he has good talent.

Although he is not the patriarch now, he is the strongest branch of the Xu family, but if the descendants are not angry, not to mention that he is only a mere experience, even if he becomes Yingtianfu Yin in vain!

He was delirious thinking about it, and he didn't know how long it had been, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside. The next moment, Zhu Sihai rushed in without reporting. Before he could reprimand, Zhu Sihai hurriedly stepped forward, almost next to him and whispered, "Master, Seventh Young Master...... No, no, no, it's Pingbeibo who is here! Zhu Sihai instinctively took out his old name, and then hurriedly changed it. However, Xu Zhen didn't notice this language problem at all, and the whole person stayed there. He can be regarded as concerned about this matter, he only inquired about the news with Chen Lu two days ago, and learned that the ship had just arrived in Huai'an, and it had only been a few days, why had he suddenly arrived in Nanjing, and he had come directly to himself? After thinking about it, he couldn't figure it out, and he didn't care about thinking about it anymore, so he stood up and was about to rush out, but Zhu Sihai stopped him.

"Master, Uncle Pingbei only brought one Tao Hong, he just commanded, he didn't want to alarm too much, so the little one only told people that it was a nephew of the master's distant house, and he dared to lead people to the study and wait......"

"Okay, you've done a good job!"

Xu Yu woke up suddenly, immediately nodded at Zhu Sihai, and immediately followed him out quickly. When he arrived at the study room in the middle of the courtyard and entered the west wing, he saw Mao Ying, who was now his scholar, guarding the door, so he took a deep breath, but did not just go in, but quietly opened the door curtain a crack.

Through the layers of books filled with various books, he instinctively skipped Tao Hong, who was standing on the side, and vaguely saw the young man sitting on the chair with a leisurely face. After two years, the childishness that could still be glimpsed back then has completely disappeared, replaced by a depth that is difficult to see at a glance. He didn't pay attention to Mao Ying's expression because of his actions, tidied up his clothes, and then deliberately made some noise, and then opened the curtain and entered the door

"I just heard that my uncle's official ship has passed through Huai'an, and I don't want to arrive in Nanjing so soon!"

Xu Xun saw that as soon as Xu Yu entered the door, he quickly stepped up and raised his hand to worship, and immediately stood up and helped him quickly, but said with a smile: "The sixth uncle and I came to this set, do you want to torture me?" My father and my daughter-in-law made official ships, and I was young, so I got off the boat early and hurried over, just in time to enter the city just before the city gate closed today. I was hungry in a hurry, so I thought about going to Uncle Six's place for dinner. ”

Hearing that Xu Xun was so close, and his tone clearly indicated that the first stop after entering the city was his own place, Xu Xun only felt flattered, and hurriedly agreed, and actually went out to order Mao Ying in person.

When he turned around, he sat in the main seat under Xu Xun's repeated requests. After carefully talking to him for a long time, he heard something that he did not expect.

"Has the sixth uncle ever thought about making the Xu family in Taipingli a real famous family?" Clear