(Thanks to Dameng, Chubby, Xathena, Tongle Village, Zhao Wuxian 2014)

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On the twentieth day of the first month, a strange incident occurred in the upper echelons of Chang'an, and the son of Zhang, the young marquis of Fuping, who had been missing for nearly two years, suddenly appeared at the critical moment when his father died and his mother fell ill. What makes people sweat even more www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion is that at that time, the Hou Mansion family order was on the orders of the main mother, wanting to succeed his nephew and perform filial piety on behalf of his son. If this intention is realized, even if the young Marquis of Fuping returns, he will face unknowable variables. Fortunately, at the last moment, the appearance of the young marquis of Fuping brought everything back to square one.

The only thing that puzzles outsiders is that the young marquis of Fuping is still alive, why would his mother, Princess Jingwu, succeed his nephew in such a hurry? Didn't you think about how it would end if your son returned? However, with the emergence of the young marquis of Fuping, the succession ended without a problem, and such a situation did not happen after all. The doubts that exist in people's hearts quickly fade away with the passage of time.

Zhang Fang came back, even he didn't expect that he would return in such a timely manner, and if it was a little later, the situation would become difficult to manage. Many members of the Zhang clan, including the officials who came to mourn, may have thought that Princess Jingwu was overly sad and in a trance, and the matter of supporting the coffin for the funeral three days later, so they made this decision.

Only a few people know that it is not because of this, Zhang Fang is one of them.

Now, taking the place of his mother Princess Jingwu and kneeling in front of the coffin in the hall, it is Zhang Fang. From behind, he was straight, sitting like a clock, with a sincere attitude, and only by turning to the front could he see that he was looking intently at something he was playing with.

This is a copper seal the size of a later Kung Fu teacup, with a clotted black-brown blood stain on it, and the front of the seal is covered by bloodstains, but the text engraved on it is still clear and recognizable "Fuping Shizi".

It turns out that he has been enshrined and is an official son! It turns out that I have an identity certificate!

It was precisely because Princess Jingwu saw this bloody copper seal that she thought he had an accident and finally gave up her thoughts. In addition, the situation is pressing, and he has to rush to take in his nephew......

However, Zhang Fang can be sure that since the first time he opened his eyes and saw the sky of the Han Dynasty, he had never seen this copper seal. And he can also be sure that the blood on it is not his own. The most likely situation is that when the "Zhangfang" Gyro Mountain was attacked, the car was destroyed and people died, and when they were lucky to escape, this copper seal fell into the wreckage of the vehicle. The blood on it was either from the master, or from the servant, or simply from the horseman. Because the jackal was in charge at that time, gnawing on the corpse, Zhang Fang fled as soon as possible, and could not inspect the scene, so he did not find this significant copper seal.

Later, Zhang Fang returned to the scene of the incident, but the murderer's body was destroyed and disappeared, and there was no trace. So it can be made clear that this copper seal fell into the hands of Ju Xin, and then he sent this important object back to his employer in Chang'an to prove that he was not busy in vain. Such an inference is logical.

Now the question before Zhang Fang is: Who will return this copper seal? What is the purpose?

According to Steward Yang, the copper seal was returned by a servant of the Fuping Marquis Mansion. This servant lived in Ma Ling Bizhuang in Beidi County, and went out to do business with the steward of the house many times, so when he returned the copper seal, Steward Yang did not suspect him - because Zhang Fang's whereabouts were already outside the fortress, if there was an accident, it was reasonable for this servant to find out.

Needless to say, the whereabouts of this servant at the moment could not be found. But it seems that it is not difficult to guess the people behind him, who will fall into the hands of the copper seal that Ji Xin sent back to Chang'an? It's nothing more than that: either his master Wan Zhang, or Shi Rong, the eldest son of Shi, and the mastermind behind the fake public and private affairs, who bribed the inner servants to assassinate him in Yumen Pass.

So who will it be? What purpose do you want to achieve or can achieve by returning the copper seal at this juncture? Is it that Shi Dagongzi is a thief, or is Wan Zhang afraid that he will return when he learns that he will return, and he is afraid that he will settle accounts after the autumn and take risks? Or is it the unknown third person...... Or there is no third person at all, in fact, it is Wanzhang......

Zhang Fang didn't expect that when he returned to Chang'an, his body was comfortable, but he had a lot of troubles, but he turned his head into a mess. But he has a heavy filial piety in his body, and he can't go anywhere except for the mourning hall and residence. All these mysteries can only be buried in the heart and wait for the opportunity.

There was a deliberate relaxation behind him, but it was still difficult to hide the sound of heavy footsteps, the left foot was heavy on the ground, the right foot was slightly lighter, and they were all on tiptoe...... This gait Zhang Fang has heard more than ten times, and it is the exclusive gait of Zhang Jingchen, the commander of the Hou family.

Although Zhang Jingchen is also surnamed Zhang, he is not his own surname, he was the scholar of Zhang Bo, the Marquis of Fuping, and became a family commander in Fuping Gonghou Zhang temporarily, accompanied the growth of two generations of Fuping Marquis, and was old and loyal. Now, he is going to accompany the third generation of Fuping Marquis again. It's just that compared with the previous two generations of Fuping Marquis, Zhang Jingchen has a strange feeling, the young master in front of him, who he watched grow up, but lost contact for two years, suddenly became invisible, strange and unapproachable.

What has the young master experienced in the past two years? Zhang Jingchen had countless questions, but he knew that he might never know.

Zhang Jingchen bent down deeply: "Young master, a guest is coming." ”

With a turn of the palm, the copper seal entered the sleeve, put one foot on the ground, pressed the knee with one palm, and slowly stood up: "Have the people I brought back have been settled?" ”

"Young master, everything has been settled."

"Everyone, regardless of Han Hu, treat each other according to the specifications of the servants, and there must be no mistakes."

"Whoa."

Although he only returned home for only one day, Zhang Fang issued the command, as if he was in the army, calmly. And Zhang Jingchen also really felt the invisible pressure emanating from the young master, which was not inferior to the two generations of family heads.

If Zhang Fang hadn't experienced life and death outside the Saiwai and the 10,000-mile expedition more than a year ago, and had returned to Chang'an directly, he would never have such an aura, and he would have been counterpressed. It may be cultivated over time, but it will never be able to have such an invisible coercion on the first day.

For anyone, funeral is a great test of patience and physical strength, and Zhang Fang is not lacking in both. Singing, praying, and returning the salute, one by one, one by one, one by one, constantly repeated, numb and mechanical.

Zhang Fang had already seen his expression from the guests, as well as the clues he had learned in just one day and night, and knew that he had violated the taboo of this era. He rushed back in time and only saved the most critical game, and in the previous half a year, he failed to serve the decoction medicine in front of his father's sickbed, and sooner or later he could not escape the impeachment of the officials. Even more serious than that, the reputation is damaged! In the Han Dynasty, which was based on filial piety, this kind of damage was more serious than the destruction of stars in the "prison storm" in later generations.

Reputation is invisible, it can make or break people, and he must find a way to save this situation.

To sum up, Zhang Fang, who returned to Chang'an, faced many difficulties and crises, and was by no means weaker than when he was in a desperate situation in Donggeng Fengsui.

Fighting, everywhere, whether it is Chang'an, or outside the Saiwai. (To be continued.) )