In late June, when the weather was hot in this season, Zhang Yue and others drove 30,000 war horses, stopped along the way, and walked slowly, not to mention, and more than 200 horses died of fever, which was a big loss, but fortunately, they finally set foot on the border of Gyeonggi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The long caravan of horses could not see the end, the hooves roared like thunder, stirring up the dust, and although the official road in the Gyeonggi area was wide, there were many villages and towns on both sides, and pedestrians avoided the roadside to watch. The people near the capital are not as good as the mountain and wild villagers, and the grand scene of the forbidden army going out is not unseen, but it is the first time that so many war horses have entered Beijing, and I don't know which Tibetan department has entered Beijing to pay tribute to horses.

The horses are indeed very miraculous, although there are all kinds of coat colors, but they look slender limbs, very tall, every two thousand empty horses form a team, in the middle there is a group of horse soldiers, wearing a dark mountain pattern armor, tied with a very peculiar big cow belt vest, six small iron spears stuck in the back, the belt is full of bows, crossbows, quivers and other equipment, and a waist knife with a long handle.

When the convoy came behind, the flag bearer of the escort held high had the name of the town, the surname of the marshal, and the tooth flag that opened the road, and the people in the suburbs of Beijing also knew that this was the marshal of Jingzhou Zhang who had entered Beijing.

But this is not over, there are also Pizhou Li Zi Shuai Banner, Qinzhou Zhang Zi Shuai Flag, Fengzhou He Zi Shuai Flag, and many military trumpets will flag the flag, walking for more than an hour, the dust raised is gone, paved on both sides of the official road, and the people who are idle to watch the excitement are discouraged.

"Report! War horses have the officials of the Taifu Temple to receive, led to the stable to settle, the official pavilion has the privy direct bachelor Bian Guiyan, Hongluqing Sun Yu, the inner temple straight horse Renyu led the civil and military officials to welcome, will be held for the marshals to hold a triumphant ceremony, in order to show meritorious service! Yang Xuanli, who was walking in front, came over and said.

"Got it! Keep going! Zhang Yue was also riding a horse at this time, the carriage next to him was actually empty, and in the latter carriage sat Shen Xuelian and Ge Wanqiu and three maidservants, and two were luggage and some local gifts brought back to Beijing. The team behind is Zhang Jianxiong and others.

Soon arrived at the receiving official pavilion, and saw two purple-robed officials leading a group of subordinate officials and forbidden soldiers with a guard of honor to block the way, bowing their heads and bowing their hands in unison in the melodious sound of bells and drums, and saluting from afar: "Congratulations to the soldiers of the Western Expedition for their meritorious service, their prestige in the border fortress, and the blessing of the national dynasty!" ”

Zhang Yue hurriedly waved his hand and stopped the carriage and horse team, turned over and dismounted, and waited for Zhang Jianxiong, Li Hui, He Jiyun, Xuan Chongwen and other generals to follow, and lined up together to return the salute.

After the ceremony, Bian Guiyan came over to welcome the generals to rest in the roadside pick-up pavilion, and the servants who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly served tea to the generals one by one. Bian Guiyan picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "The soldiers have worked hard all the way, and Captain Zhang brought back 30,000 war horses this time, which is not a small achievement!" ”

"It should be...... Fortunately, relying on the lives of the soldiers, how dare they take credit? Zhang Yue replied with a smile, picked up the teacup and drank it all, causing the servants on the side to quickly add tea to him.

"Good teacher Bian learned that the seizures in Songpan are still being counted, and due to the inconvenience of the road, 20,000 war horses can enter Beijing in the autumn." Zhang Jianxiong also smiled.

"Good! At this time, the horse army in Beijing can be expanded to 70,000 or 80,000 horsemen, but raising horses is too expensive for grain and forage, and the officials of the household department have to worry. Bian Guiyan laughed, and said: "The official family understands that you have a long journey all the way, and you can follow me to enter the city from Wanshengmen and Liangmen, but you don't have to meet you, you can go home first, or live in the Honglu Temple Pavilion Station, tomorrow morning, the official family will give a banquet in the Jinxiang Palace." ”

"Good! There is a bachelor of Laobian! Zhang Yue smiled, it would be much easier to go into the palace to meet now, I originally thought that the ceremony of triumph would have a very complicated process, and I didn't want it to be so simple.

In fact, this is to send high-ranking officials to hold a ceremony from Jane, Zhang Yue does not understand the ceremony of Wang Shi's triumph, and it is already very grand to go to Wanshengmen, according to the etiquette, you have to go to the front street of the West Corner Tower to the Royal Street, and then turn two back and forth in front of the imperial city, and now the hour is a little late, obviously not appropriate.

At the moment, accompanied by Bian Guiyan and others into the city, after crossing the Liangmen to the intersection of Kaifeng Fu Street, Zhang Yue said goodbye to Zhang Jianxiong, Li Hui and others. He Jiyun's home was on Jingmingfang, and he was supposed to go with Zhang Jianxiong and the others, but he was waiting aside, obviously having something to say.

"When the Western Expedition was outside, a certain lady salivated a son, and has never met so far, and when he is busy holding a family banquet, Brother Hualong can bring the virtuous helper to drink a glass of water and wine." Zhang Yue said goodbye to Bian Guiyan, sent Li Hui, Zhang Jianxiong and others away, and then turned back to invite He Jiyun.

"Huh...... Congratulations! Anyway, we went to Kansai together to take office, and this time we may be going back to Beijing to move to the town, right? may also have to go down to Huainan, can Yuan Zhen be prepared? He Jiyun received the decree after the war, and there was no new appointment, so of course he had doubts in his heart.

"It's very likely that you will move from Huainan to conquer Huainan, but what about me...... You know! Zhang Yue smiled meaningfully.

"That's it! There may be a will tomorrow morning, and we will meet again another day! He Jiyun smiled and arched his hand, turned around and walked to the carriage, at this time, the carriage door curtain was lifted in time, revealing a good-looking young girl, who should be his Xinna's concubine, Zhang Yue accidentally saw it, and immediately felt a little funny.

With the chariot and horse team all the way to Junyi Bridge on Bianhe Street, Zhang Yue asked Yang Xuanli to go to Bian Ji Mansion for a trip, and sent him the letters and gifts he brought, and then went to the old house of Zhouqiao, arranged for Shen Jingang to take half of his personal soldiers to live, go to Xiangguosi Bridge to say goodbye to Feng Qianhou, and then transfer to Nanjie to go home.

When I arrived at the front of the house, I found that the front door of the compound had changed greatly, the stone steps of the foundation had been widened, the two sacred beasts of the town house had been replaced with tall white marble stone carvings, and the gate had been repaired to be more luxurious and magnificent, and the top of the vermilion gate was hung with the plaque of "Yan'an County Mansion" with vermilion lacquer gold characters.

Zhang Yue was still in a daze, when he saw that the Zhu Gate was wide open, and Steward Meng and Zhang Tent came out with more than a dozen servants to greet him and assign the servants to carry luggage and sundries. Before Zhang Yue returned to the carriage, Shen Xuelian and Ge Wanqiu had already gotten out of the carriage and handed over the large package he was carrying.

"It's your first time in Tokyo, they'll help you move in with your luggage, and they should prepare the yard for you, go pack it up first, and come over together later." Zhang Yue admonished, and when he entered the courtyard, he saw his wife Fu Jinqiong and Bian Yu wearing collarless cardigan skirts, waiting to greet each other under the front door, Cheng Yachan and Yang Junping were standing behind holding hands, and they all saluted together.

"Go in and talk! What about our children? In their spare time, they made some small objects for them to play with. Zhang Yue waved his hand and said with a smile.

"But when you come back, he's still a little snooze, and the three of them are almost two years old, and they're already babbling!" Fu Jinqiong was slightly excited, but several women were there, and she was not good at showing it.

"Let's take a look!" Zhang Yue was excited and expectant, crossed the porch into the backyard, and went to the main hall inside, where he saw two servant women and the maidservants of the housekeeper, Qingzhu and Qiuxiang, who were playing with the three children on the straw mat on the floor.

"Yikes! Daddy is back! Hurry up and congratulate Daddy on his victorious return to the dynasty! The servant woman supported the little boy with the double bun to stand in a pretentious position, but unfortunately the child stared at the small drum of the straw mat, the little puppet tiger and other toys, and babbling did not cooperate at all.

"Is this our family? Why can't you speak? Zhang Yue was a little dumbfounded, the three children were all red-headed ropes with double buns, at first glance, they really couldn't distinguish between men and women, and they only knew by listening to their voices. The children of later generations can almost talk and learn to walk when they are more than a year old, but their own children are obviously not stable on their feet, this is a lack of calcium, and they need to drink milk.

"Yes! This is Pingniang's Xuan'er, this is Ah Wei, don't recognize you as a father! Fu Jinqiong pursed her lips and smiled beside her, her eyes a little weird.

"How could it be...... Don't give them all wrapped around the boy's double bun, it's ugly to death. The girl tied a ponytail at the back of her head, and the boy tied it in a bun so that they could consciously separate themselves. Zhang Yue said and put the package he brought back on the table, and the women all gathered around and looked at it curiously.

Inside are two chubby white fox fur and cloth sewn doll rabbits, made of a beautiful record, at first glance for the two daughters. There were also two small bows and arrows made of bamboo and ox tendon ropes, a horse chopping knife made of wood, and a knight with men and horses.

"It's like it! Don't buy it at the market, right? This rabbit stitched ...... It's still full of cotton! Fu Jinqiong picked one up and played with it in her hand, looking at Zhang Yue and smiling, but she was guessing in her heart who sewed it.

Just at this time, Shen Xuelian came over, standing at the door a little timidly, Fu Jinqiong understood at a glance that the dare was the doll rabbit sewn by this Shen lady, no wonder the stitches were sparse and uneven, and it was ugly to death.

"I thought I brought us a gift, but I didn't know that I forgot my mother when I had a child without conscience!" Bian Yu pouted beside him, complaining a little coquettishly, but his eyes were clearly joyful.

"How do you know you don't? Wait for the maidservants to move in, go back and see for yourself, close the door and steal the fun! Zhang Yue sat behind the table and said with a smile, seeing Cheng Yachan and Yang Junping teasing the child beside him, he lowered his eyebrows and glanced here from time to time, but it was not easy to come over to answer.

"Good! This is to send us away! Vier! We're going back, Daddy doesn't want you! As soon as Bian Yu said this, the women all laughed, and asked the servants and maids to go back to their own courtyards with their children in their arms.

When Fu Jinqiong saw that they were gone, she called Qingzhu to take the child out and show it to Zhang Yue, the little guy was asleep and was almost a year old. Fu Jinqiong smiled and asked, "What is the name of our child?" Have you thought about it? ”

"It's just a name, what else do you think? Let's call it Sheng! Zhang Sheng! It's still quite smooth, I hope this kid deserves this word! Zhang Yue said expectantly.

"Yo! The heart is quite high...... Tired! Go change for dinner and rest early! Fu Jinqiong smiled, thought about it and asked: "How long will I stay in Beijing this time, will I stay in Beijing to take office or ......" (to be continued.) )