The Marquis of Bohai Mansion is not the largest mansion in the city of Bohai Mansion. The entire Bohai Province is located north of the Han River, before the Holy Ancestor, Bohai County was called Lelang County, and Bohai Province was named Hanyang because it was north of the Han River. After the Holy Ancestor, the county of Tianzhou was redivided, Lelang County was changed to Bohai County, and Hanyang was changed to Bohai Province, of course, there are still people who call it "Seoul" among the people!

The whole of Seoul is actually divided into two places, bounded by the Han River, with the Bohae Taesofu as the center point in the north, and the Bohae Houfu as the central point in the south. Since there are no city walls, the whole of Seoul looks a little messy, and except for the relatively orderly vicinity of Taeshou and Bohaehou, the rest of the area is freely developed by the people.

Seoul is surrounded by plains, but there are also a few hills dotted around. The most famous are Gyeongboksan in the north of the Yangtze River and Hengshan Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River. Both of these are now heavily garrisoned military fortifications, and there are some permanent fortifications on the hills.

Because of the existence of the Han River, Seoul's shipping industry is also quite developed, but it is limited to the eastern section of the Han River. Because there are two passable pontoon bridges on the Han River in the western section, there is a military port in the middle of the Han River, and there is a partial division of the Imperial Jiaolong Legion stationed all the year round, with one Imperial B-class battleship and two C-class warships guarding here to guard the pontoon bridge.

Seoul, which has entered the dark night, has gradually fallen silent. It's not like Luoyang, even at night there is still the bustling Qinhuai River for people to play, and the nightlife here is only near Gyeongbokgan and Hengshan, but the scale is much smaller than Luoyang.

However, tonight's Seoul is not destined to be calm so quickly, and the Bohai Hou Mansion under Hengshan Mountain is brightly lit tonight, and even the surrounding streets and houses are lit with oil lamps, which are as bright as stars. Thousands of people wearing white shirts, holding incense in their hands, and holding white flags stood south of the pontoon bridge, crying and shaking the sky.

The coffin coffin of Bohai Hou Shen Mu has returned to his hometown!

Among these thousands of people, except for the direct relatives of the Shen family, most of them are ordinary people. During his reign of more than 20 years, Bohai Marquis Shen Mu was still very sympathetic to the people's feelings and took care of the people's suffering. Although the national strength of the Han Empire is thriving, and the people have not experienced disasters for many years, but some of the hardships and hardships that were essential in the feudal era cannot be avoided, but Shen Mu will always lend a helping hand when the people around him need help the most, this alone is enough to get the love and respect of the people, no wonder so many people came to greet him when he returned to his hometown this time!

Every line of the coffin, there are always people crying and fainting on the ground, and when they finally reach the door of the house, some people are already crying silently, and they can hardly breathe. At the gate of the house, a middle-aged woman wearing a plain white filial piety dress and a cloak was already crying and collapsed on the ground, just pointing to the coffin and swallowing silently, her eyes with dark circles were full of ashes and despair...... Her hair is no longer black, but with repeated silver, her body is not slender, and she has the general puffiness of a rich and noble woman......

Shen Silan, who had been crying silently, took a few steps forward, supported the woman, and said in a choked voice: "Sister-in-law, people can't be resurrected after death, you must take care of your body!" ”

Over there, Shen Wu also walked quickly to the woman, knelt down with the corner of his robe, raised his hand and slapped himself several times, crying: "Second lady, the villain is useless!" The villain didn't protect the Hou Ye, please punish the villain!! ”

This woman is the second wife of the Marquis of Bohai, the mother of the prince Shen Yun, Shen Yuan! Her voice was already hoarse from crying, watching her husband's coffin stop outside the door of the house, but she couldn't stand up to greet her, just kept beating the floor tiles in front of the door of the house, and screamed: "Husband, husband!" We were separated a few months ago, but I don't want this parting to be forever, leaving only a cheap concubine, how do you let me live! ”

At this time, a middle-aged man in a black shirt walked out from behind the wide lintel of the Bohai Hou Mansion, glanced at Shen Yuan, who was crying in front of the door, and shouted at the Shen family who was carrying the coffin: "What are you doing in a daze?" The eldest lady is in a hurry, hurry up to the front of the lobby, the time to welcome the coffin is almost here! ”

Shen Wu glared at the man angrily, but didn't say anything, and Shen Silan helped Shen Yuan up and carried the coffin in.

Facing the gate of the Hou Mansion is a white marble shadow wall, on which are carved the four holy beasts guarding the four directions, but now they are all covered with white flags, and they are afraid that the holy beasts will collide with the heroic spirit of the Marquis of Bohai.

Behind the shadow wall is the lobby of the Hou Mansion, but when bypassing the shadow wall, a boy wearing a white crown, wearing filial piety clothes, wearing sackcloth and hemp rope is looking at the oncoming coffin at a loss, this little boy is only fourteen or fifteen years old at most, and there is a thick snot between his nose, it is the male born to the eldest lady, Shen Yun's half-brother Shen He!

Seeing Shen He's coffin dressed in linen and wearing filial piety to greet Shen Mu, Shen Silan's already angry face became even more ugly.

Since ancient times, only the son of the world can wear filial piety for his father, and the other sons can only wear filial piety. Today, the eldest malady of the Hou Mansion let Shen He stand here dressed like this, but did she deliberately demonstrate to us?

Shen Silan glared at Shen He hatefully, and immediately frightened him to shrink back, as if his mouth was about to cry, or just now the middle-aged man stepped forward quickly, lowered his head and whispered a few words in his ear before he comforted him, and then he asked Shen He to kneel down, make a five-body bow, and welcome Shen Mu's coffin into the lobby.

Shen Silan was indignant, and turned around to find Shen Fu and Shen Chong, two elders, to come out and administer justice, but was stopped by Shen Yuan's family.

"Little sister, don't!"

"But sister-in-law, that woman obviously wants to let that little cub inherit the title!" Shen Silan saw her sister-in-law's sad expression, and her heart couldn't help but soften.

"Alas, forget it, it's not a funeral gift anyway, it's just a reception!" Shen Yuan glanced at Shen Mu's coffin sadly, and sobbed, "Today, my husband goes home, I don't want him to have a spirit in the sky and not be at peace!" ”

Shen Silan frowned and stomped her feet: "Although the greeting is a small gift, I am afraid that the woman will have to inch in, in case the day of the funeral also makes the little cub wear linen and filial piety, wouldn't it be a big mess in the world?!" ”

Shen Yuan suppressed his low sobbing, and a resolute light suddenly shot out in his tearful eyes: "If she really dares to do this, I will fight for this life to make her have a hard time!" ”

Shen Silan's eyes lit up and said, "Okay, sister-in-law!" If she really dares to do this, I will bring the elders of the clan out to divorce her! Hmph, this world's etiquette system is not something she can stir up alone! ”

Shen Yuanshi flashed a hint of boldness, but said worriedly: "Little sister, when will my son come back?" ”

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, Yuan Rang will be able to go home tomorrow evening at the latest! It's just that before the day of the funeral, I hope that my sister-in-law will take care of his temperament, but I can't let him go out casually and mess around! Shen Silan instructed. She has been in contact with Shen Yun for a short time, and she doesn't know that Shen Yun is no longer the unscrupulous gentleman she was at the beginning, although she thinks he is a lot sensible on Su Chuan's side, but she still has to tell Shen Yuan. As the saying goes, "a loving mother has many defeated children", Shen Yun was so arrogant in the past, and it had nothing to do with her mother's connivance.

Shen Yuanshi nodded: "I naturally save it, but why don't I come back with my father's coffin, alas, it's too naughty, pity my husband......"

Saying that Shen Yuan was about to cry again, Shen Silan hurriedly comforted a few words, and then hurried to the front of the lobby to participate in the welcoming ceremony.

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Shen Yuan is a typical woman from a good family, following her father at home, marrying her husband, and her husband and her son, and keeping the three in mind; Women's morality, women's words, women's appearance, women's skills, the four virtues dare not or forget. Now that her husband has died, that son is her only sustenance, and it is no wonder that she remembers Shen Yun so much.

So what is Shen Yun doing now?

If Shen Yuan's family saw the current Shen Yun, it is estimated that he would really be angry and ignore the woman's appearance, break the precept of women's morality, and scold himself for having no women's skills in women's words!

Shen Yun was dressed in night clothes, holding a sharp knife and cutting a man's throat, blood splattered out, and the piercing red color made his hideous smile at the moment even more evil!

"Shizi, what should I do next?" Ouyang Fu took the sharp knife in Shen Yun's hand, took out a black cloth to wipe the blood stains off the knife, and said to Shen Yun while wiping.

Not only him, but even Shi Qian, Zhang Ji, and Bai Xiaosheng were around. The two men who were killed were the two brothers Hu Sizheng and Hu Siwen who snatched the head bag of the big thief.

After coming out of prison, Shen Yun said goodbye to Bai Hong and Pan Shi, of course, because he was in a hurry to return to Bohai Mansion to preside over his father's funeral. At the same time, he also asked Bai Hong for Ye Ja Hyun.

Bai Hong originally wanted to exchange Ye Ja Hyun for the head of the Great Thief Weasel, but now that the entire Goryeo Village is empty, his plan has failed. Bai Hong thought that Shen Yun had fallen in love with Ye Jaxuan's beauty, so he did a favor.

Of course, Bai Hong's thought was right. Shen Yun did fall in love with Ye Jaxuan's beauty, but this was not the only reason, more importantly, her identity--- she turned out to be Han! Not Goguryeo!

Ye Ja Hyun said that her father's surname is Ye Yuan. He was originally a wealthy son in Liaoxi County, Liaozhou, his mother's surname was Lan, and he married into the Ye family at the age of eighteen. But because Ye Yuan was not the eldest son, he moved to Dandong after the separation. Originally, life was not bad, but in a fire caused by Ye Lan's improper operation, Ye Yuan was burned to death, and only she and her mother escaped. Ye Ja Hyun was only six years old at the time. The Ye family believed that it was the Ye Lan clan that caused Ye Yuan's death, so they expelled her from the Ye family. In order to raise his daughter, Ye Lan moved to Bohai County to marry Goguryeo Dahuke.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Goguryeo people are actually Han Chinese, but they still call themselves Goguryeo inside. What's more, Ye Lan's family married as an unfortunate person, so he can't pick and choose. Of course, Ye Lan's marriage is also to be a wife--- Han woman swears to death that she will not marry a foreign race as a concubine!

When Ye Lan got married, Da Mu Yan was already twelve years old and was born to Da Huke's ex-wife. In other words, Ye Jaxuan and Da Mu Yan are not related by blood, they are just nominal brothers and sisters. But Ye Jaxuan's relationship with Da Mu Yan is still good, and Da Mu Yan has always loved his sister. So when Ye Ja Hyun heard that Da Mu Yan was "wronged" as a big thief, he followed the two brothers from the same village to Suchuan County to cry out for injustice.

These circumstances were also confirmed and verified by Shen Yun through Hu Sizheng and Hu Siwen.

Shi Qian said that these two people were hunters, so they had a good set of escape and anti-tracking. The officials of Suchuan County did not find any trace of them, and let them escape to the post station fifty miles away. However, it is clear that their level is still a notch behind the times.

After learning that Ye Jaxuan was Han, Shen Yun couldn't bear to coerce and lure her anymore, so he had to run here overnight to arrest two Koreans for questioning.

And this Hu family brother was also simply, after being caught in his sleep, he actually poured beans into a bamboo tube and told everything he knew. After saying that, Shen Yun also mercifully rewarded them with a whole corpse--- although Shen Yun had promised to let them go.

"Shizi, those Gaoli Qingzhuang are really going to Qingzhou County, and the leader seems to be called Cui Chenghao, should we go back and tell Master Pan now?" Ouyang Fu stomped his feet and asked.

It was past the beginning of autumn, and the temperature in Bohai County was already a little low at night, and they were still wearing a thin layer of night clothes, Ouyang Fu seemed to be a little unbearable.

Shen Yun pondered for a long time before he said, "No need, Master Pan already knows about these situations, even if you tell him, you can't help anything." Zhang Ji, you found a place to bury these two people. Time has changed, your legs and feet are fast, go to Luojin overnight! ”

Bai Xiaosheng said: "Shizi, do you want to contact Hou Kan and them?" ”

Shen Yun nodded: "Well, I agreed before that as long as Hou Kan found a nest, he would send someone to Luojin Port, and when you moved there, you just wanted to connect with them, even if Hou Kan didn't care, he was not rich, but be sure to bring O'Neill and Gong San back to me!" ”

Shi Qian clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Yes!" As he spoke, he jumped on a horse and disappeared into the night.

"Shizi, in my opinion, in fact, you don't have to go to Yuanshan at all!" Bai Xiaosheng said suddenly.

"Oh? What's your best idea? Shen Yun looked at this dog-headed military advisor happily.

Bai Xiaosheng said: "The method is not necessarily good, but it may be effective, as long as the prince pretends to be seriously injured at this moment, no one will force the prince to go to Yuanshan when he returns to the Hou Mansion!" ”

Ouyang Fu and Zhang Ji's eyes lit up at the same time, and Zhang Ji said: "Hey, this is a good way!" ”

Shen Yun thought for a while and said, "It's not good." When I come back this time, I must be recognized by everyone in the family, and then rightfully inherit the title of Marquis of Bohai. Besides, I have to have a good reason for being hurt! There's no reason for me to get hurt! ”

Bai Xiaosheng thought about it, and said with some annoyance: "Alas, Shi Laosan is not here, if he is here, it is easy to disguise an injury or something with his medical skills!" ”

Shen Yun patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, it's not a way for me to blindly escape!" If you come here, let it be! By the way, Bai Xiaosheng, you are very knowledgeable, can you tell me, according to the etiquette system, when will this funeral ceremony be held? I'll have to see how much time I have to set up! ”

Bai Xiaosheng lowered his head and counted for a long time before saying: "According to the etiquette system, the funeral must be performed within half a month after the ceremony, I calculated it, and it will be an auspicious day after seven days." The eldest mother is in a hurry to put the son to death, so she must have picked this day to let you go to Yuanshan! ”

Shen Yun nodded: "Seven days, it also takes seven days to walk the straight road from Bohai Mansion to Qingzhou County, adding up to fourteen days, if there is a delay on the road, it can be almost twenty days, and when the time comes, they should be able to return it." I should make good use of this time to get started! ”

Zhang Ji walked far away with the two corpses to bury, while Shen Yun walked back to the post station with Bai Xiaosheng and Ouyang Fu. The Shen family and Ye Jaxuan, who was being guarded, were here.

It is more of a small village than a post station, and there are more than a dozen families around, all of whom are ordinary people who beg for a living around this post station.

After the reform of the Holy Ancestor, the post station became the most basic transit point of the empire. Unlike other dynasties, the post stations were officially established by the imperial court, and many post stations in this era were still privately established. In addition to delivering news, there are many functions similar to modern post offices, such as the deposit and exchange of money for remote people, and the announcement of the latest news from the imperial court. Moreover, the fees of public post stations are higher than those of private post houses.

Of course, due to the level of science and technology, many post stations in remote places are jointly run by public and private people. The post staff here generally have a dual status and two salaries.

This post station called Suchuan Station in front of me is like this. The supervisor of the post station was called the post officer in the imperial court, and the ordinary staff were called the post officer. Of course, you call them shopkeepers and cousins to answer. This is the hallmark of public-private partnerships.

Shen Yun didn't want Ye Ja Hyun to know that he had dealt with her two "elder brothers", so he left her here to be taken care of by the family.

There are a few rooms in the inn, but they have long been filled by passing caravanserais. The group of them could only spend one night in a lobby similar to a wine shop and tea house. It was late at night, the lobby was very quiet, the shopkeeper had gone back to the room to rest, and only the cousin on duty at night dozed off with one hand on the counter. A few oil lamps flickered weakly in the corners of the wall, making it seem quiet.

Ye Ja Hyun was still curled up by the wall with that pitiful classic image, and more than a dozen family members were resting on their stomachs on several tables in front of her, and several of them were still staring at Ye Ja Hyun with their eyes open--- they were not peeking at each other, but watching them openly!

Shen Yun, Bai Xiaosheng, and Ouyang Fu walked in, and those few family members hurriedly got up and saluted, and Shen Yun hurriedly made gestures for them to sit down. At this time, he didn't want to disturb everyone's dreams, after all, they were tired all day.

Finding a place to sit down, Shen Yun watched Bai Xiaosheng and Ouyang Fu go to the counter and whispered to wake up the cousin, asking for some food, and the three of them huddled together to eat and drink.

Coming and going in a hurry, Shen Yun really hadn't looked at this post station carefully, so while eating, he looked around, and suddenly found a very familiar flag hanging on the wall behind the counter, but the light was dim, but he didn't look very carefully.

Bai Xiaosheng saw Shen Yun staring at that place for a long time, so he asked in a low voice, "What is the prince looking at?" ”

Shen Yun said: "Oh, it's nothing, it's just that the flag is a little familiar, but I can't see it in detail, and I can't remember where I've seen it!" ”

Ouyang swallowed the wine and said, "That's the Yan family's business flag, haven't you seen it in Luoyang?" ”

Shen Yun was stunned: "Why is the Yan family's business flag hanging here?" ”

Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile: "Most of the post stations in the empire are jointly operated with the Yan family, and this Suchuan post must be the same. So it's not a big deal to hang the Yanjia business flag! ”

Shen Yun was silent. Killing Shen Yun didn't believe that the Yan family didn't do anything like "collusion between officials and businessmen". There must be a backstage of the Yan family within this court, otherwise how could he be so closely connected with the court?

At this time, Shen Yun found that Ye Jaxuan on the side of the wall was looking at this side with pitiful eyes, and his slender neck seemed to squirm. Shen Yun was stunned, and beckoned to Ye Cixuan with a smile: "Are you hungry?" Come on, come and have a bite to eat! ”

Ye Jaxuan was stunned for a moment, stood up but hesitated, and then as if he had made up his mind, he walked straight over, sat at the table and didn't care about any etiquette, picked up the chopsticks and stuffed the vegetables into his mouth.

It has been said that any beautiful woman is the most ugly when she eats. However, Shen Yun disagrees at the moment, this Ye Jaxuan's gobbling up is indeed not good, but the natural and unpretentious coquettishness is like an old wine, which has come out of the bottle, mixed with her beautiful face, and does not look abrupt at all.

Ouyang Fu and Bai Xiaosheng saw Ye Cixuan sitting over, consciously put down the chopsticks, and walked to the other side to find a place to start resting.

At this time, a person walked from the backyard to the lobby, and walked straight towards the counter, as if he was looking for a cousin. Seeing that there were many people here and lights were still lit, I couldn't help but look over.

The lights were dim, and Shen Yun didn't take a closer look, but he felt that this person was a little slim, and he didn't seem to be a man. However, he didn't care about it, he only glanced at it and turned his head to Ye Cixuan and said, "You hesitated and refused to come over just now, why do you dare to come and eat my things now?" ”

Ye Cixuan took the dishes in his mouth, holding the dishes with chopsticks in one hand, but holding the wine jug in the other hand to pour himself wine, and said vaguely: "Anyway, I am your wife, and it is natural for a wife to eat her husband's things, what dare not!" But you, who were so rude to me just now, why have you become so gentle now? ”

Saying that, she stopped moving, and her bright eyes looked at Shen Yun like a child, which made Shen Yun stumble for a while.

At this moment, I suddenly heard an exclamation from the counter, but it was the dozing cousin, only to hear him say incoherently: "Ah, Dada, Miss, I didn't doze off on purpose, I was too tired to feed the horse during the day...... Don't go to the shopkeeper and sue me! Miss, I know it's wrong, hey, why are you crying? ”

Shen Yun Huoran turned around, but saw the oil lights on the counter flickering, dressed in moon-white travel, the beautiful Yan Ruyue stood in front of the lamp, the beautiful silhouette was revealing a trace of sadness at the moment, and there was a layer of water vapor in the bright eyes of the moon......

At this time, another person walked out of the backyard, slender and lovely, kept wiping his eyes, and said sleepily as he walked: "Sister Yan, why haven't you arrived yet?" I'm sleepy, I've been on the road for so many days, I'm going to Bohai Mansion tomorrow to find Shen Yuanrang, we should ...... Hey, Shen Yuanrang? Why are you here? ”

It is Duanping Princess Zhou Hui!