Compared with Shen Yun's father Shen Mu, Fang Wei's image is much worse. He is not as plump and handsome as Shen Mu, his body is very thin, his beard reaches his chest, a little elegant, but he is mixed with gray and white, his back is also a little hunched, and the whole person looks a little obscene.

The only thing that is the same as Shen Mu is his equally shrewd and courageous eyes!

On the first day of returning to the Hou Mansion, Shen Yun had only had contact with Fang Wei at the banquet, and the banquet was also full of harmony. But early the next morning, Shen Yun was invited to the study by Fang Wei, and his mouth was such a confidential sentence.

It seemed that the night before, Fang Zuo and Fang Cheng had already told Fang Wei everything about it, and only one night later, Fang Wei had made a decision, this kind of courage was indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Of course, this is thinking from the position of Fang Fang. And from Shen Yun's point of view, he didn't know what the connection between Fang Wei and the White Tiger Cult was, let alone why Fang Wei suddenly said this to him.

"Uncle, there is no opinion on the little nephew of the White Tiger Cult to be exterminated, and if you need the help of the little nephew, just ask."

Shen Yun is self-aware, although he is the same marquis as Fang Wei, he is always his elder, he will not, and there is no need to discuss anything with himself. As a well-known marquis, he would tell Shen Yun this, he must have wanted something from him.

Sure enough, Fang Wei quickly said: "The virtuous nephew also knows that the old man has had some dealings with that Huang Zhenyuan before, and if you want to kill him, you must pass through the Huainan garrison, but there are some things, and the old man doesn't want them to know......"

Shen Yun frowned: "Uncle, you and I have always been in the same breath, sharing weal and woe, what uncle has to say, the little nephew will never shirk what he can." ”

"Okay, he deserves to be a good son of Brother Qingquan!" Fang Fu stroked his beard and smiled. "Actually, you don't need to be virtuous and nephew, as long as the virtuous nephew is willing to borrow that Hu Gong token and use it."

Shen Yun suddenly thought that Fang Wei might want to use the Hu Gong token to transfer a company of soldiers when the garrison was exterminating the White Tiger Cult, so that his own soldiers could rush in and do something to destroy the evidence. After weighing it, Shen Yun simply agreed.

Although Shen Yun's guess is not true, it is not far off. Fang Wei did have some things in Huang Zhenyuan's place, but the transfer of that company of soldiers was not for the so-called evidence, but to really kill Huang Zhenyuan - Fang Wei couldn't leave this alive.

The date of the operation was set for 20 February. That night, Shen Yun handed over the Hu Gong token to Fang Wei. Then he stayed in the room and continued to chat with Fang Renxu, and Fang Zhong was also in the audience.

It can be seen that Fang Zhong is happier, because his father, who loves him, has returned, and there are more opportunities to come to the Huainan Hou Mansion these days. Shen Yun also learned about it recently. Fang Zhong didn't live in the mansion before, and Fang Wei built another house for their mother and son outside the city. Not far from the Hou Mansion. It's only about half an hour on foot.

However, during this time, Fang Wei was obviously very busy, and he didn't have time to take care of his youngest son, and even put the matter of his upcoming joining the army behind.

After Fang Renxu learned that Fang Zhong was going to join the army, he was also quite excited, and also put forward a request that he could let Huainan Hou come forward as a guarantee and let him join the army with Fang Zhong.

Shen Yun listened strangely. This person Xu is already over twenty at a glance, "A big man, eighteen must join the army", why would he be an exception?

It turned out that Fang Zhong was from Yizhou. If he wants to join the army, he must first report back to the place where he is registered. Although the empire has a rule that "men must serve in the army at eighteen", it is impossible to control special cases like Fang Zhong. After the Holy Ancestor, the big men with a strong business atmosphere wandered around to do business, resulting in the inability to perform military service on time. So during the reign of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, the empire introduced the "armor protection military service" system. That is, those who are unable to perform military service in time in other places can ask local famous hotels as guarantees and apply for enlistment. At the same time, it is stipulated that men who are out on business and who are unable to return to their places of origin at the age of 18 to serve in the military shall serve in the military no later than the age of 22.

Such a provision is obviously very humane. Fang Renxu is already twenty years old this year, if he can't enlist in the army this year, he must go back to Yizhou next year at the latest, otherwise he will be targeted by the Imperial War Department, which is a crime.

Regarding Fang Renxu's request, Shen Yun patted his chest and assured that even if Huainan Hou refused to be a guarantor, he Bohai Hou was willing, and it was a big deal to go to Bohai to serve. It takes only five days from Huainan to Jinling, and it only takes five days to take a boat to Bohai, which is much closer than returning to Yizhou from here.

On the second day, Fang Wei and Fang Cheng still did not come back, but because they had already informed the Huainan garrison, it should not be difficult to exterminate the cult in a small county town, and Shen Yun did not worry about it. In the morning of the same day, he also called the people above to go fishing outside the city. But when he was about to leave the house when he was ready, he saw Fang Guiyun and Fang Zhong returning to the house one after the other, and Fang Guiyun, who was walking in front, was carrying a horse whip, and the expression on his little face was a bit gimmicky.

"What's wrong? Which son-in-law provoked our eldest lady again? Shen Yun took the fishing rod and returned to the cloud in a small manner.

Fang Guiyun didn't look at him, he glanced at him angrily, and said angrily: "I don't know what Huainan Mansion is doing, I originally said that I had a riding class to go to the suburbs today, but the city gate guards said that they were under martial law today and they were not allowed to go out of the city." I'm really angry, I think Yang Chengming is deliberately going against our Huainan Hou Mansion! ”

Shen Yun suddenly realized that Fengtai County was probably starting, otherwise he would not have let the Huainan Mansion have such an arrangement. Presumably the results will come soon. However, it is said that Yang Chengming deliberately went against the Huainan Hou Mansion, which may not be.

Shen Yun laughed and said, "As far as your Miss Fang has a big face, she is the head of a county, but she wants to go against you." ”

Fang Zhong in the back also said: "Yes, little sister, I think something may really happen, he, Yang Chengming, won't be under martial law specifically to oppose you, right?" ”

Fang Guiyun pouted, thought for a while, glared at Fang Zhong and said, "Brother Fang Zhong, are you also helping them bully me?!" ”

Wow, how did this little girl's head grow? Didn't you just talk about Yang Chengming's martial law, why did you suddenly get involved in bullying again?

Fang Zhong's face suddenly turned red and said, "No, no." Little sister, I'm just talking about things......"

"Hmph, I don't care. You're following them and bullying me. No, you have to ask Shen Yun to take me to Hongqing Tower for a meal!" Fang Guiyun glanced at Shen Yun. Fang Zhong said angrily.

Shen Yun suddenly smiled: "Come on, come on, don't tease you Brother Fang Zhong, don't you just want to drink?" I have to find those reasons. Really, I can't catch fish today anyway, so I'll treat you to a meal! But first, don't drink too much. You can only drink a tael at most! ”

Fang Guiyun immediately turned his anger into joy, jumped forward and handed the horse whip in his hand and the fishing rod in Shen Yun's hand to Menzi, grabbed Shen Yun's arm and shook it straight, and said with a smile: "I know that Bohai Hou is the most benevolent and righteous, how can drinking one or two be enough!" Two by two! ”

Shen Yun's eyes were dizzy. However, there is still a bottom line, and he said resolutely: "Just one or two, not one more drop!" ”

"Okay, okay, one or two, one or two, hurry up!" Fang Guiyun immediately asked someone to tie the carriage and go.

Shen Yun could only smile bitterly. This little girl is getting more and more shrewd. Now I said a good one or two, and waited until I arrived at Hongqing Building. It is estimated that it will be drunk for a pound. It's strange to say. Although this little girl is addicted to alcohol, the amount of alcohol is really good, and the wine is okay, and she will not get drunk and go crazy. Anyway, after drinking so many times, she lay down in Fang Zhong's arms when she was drunk, which was also worry-free.

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The layout of Huainan Hongqing Tower is roughly the same as that of the imperial capital. The difference is that the Hongqing Building here also provides accommodation, which is a hybrid of an inn and a restaurant. And the Hongqing Building in the imperial capital just provides wine and food at ridiculously high prices.

When Shen Yun and the four of them arrived, they hadn't approached the meal yet, and there were not many people in the lobby downstairs. There were only a few people sitting in twos and threes. The cousin also recognized the eldest lady of the Huainan Hou Mansion, and immediately stepped forward with a smile, preparing to take the four of them to the private room upstairs.

"No, let's drink in the lobby today, we always go to the private room, just the four of us, it's very boring. I don't understand why my male classmates like to go to private rooms for drinks so much! Fang Guiyun was the first to object, and then rushed to a seat on the edge of the lobby and sat down, for fear of being pulled up by Shen Yun and the others.

Shen Yun, Fang Renxu, and Fang Zhong all glanced at each other and smiled ambiguously, but they didn't say anything. Men like to go to private rooms, of course, not for drinking, but to invite good people or even prostitutes to accompany them. You can't be so unscrupulous in this lobby. When Fang Guiyun was here, how could the three of them do this? So she couldn't grasp the fun of men going to the private room.

Speaking of which, Fang Zhong and Fang Renxu are not moral gentlemen in this regard, and they have already learned about Fengyue. In fact, in the Han Dynasty, because men have to join the army at eighteen, their families generally marry them early and have children. Of course, even if some large families do not marry a wife, they will arrange concubines for their sons, so as not to cut off the incense if there is an accident after the son joins the army. It was Fang Cheng, who had also been baptized as a woman at the age of sixteen.

Although the Ministry of Rites has long advertised that it is hoped that both men and women will have children after the age of 18, the succession of ancestors is the top priority in the minds of the Han people, and the government cannot impose regulations, so as not to cause riots, which can only be imperceptibly affected. It's okay now, the empire is peaceful, and being a soldier is relatively harmless, just a kind of training for men. In addition, the rich families have also begun to advocate "late marriage and late childbearing" under the influence of the imperial court, so now the people will not get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen like before the Holy Ancestor. Generally, it will be sixteen or seventeen, or even eighteen or nineteen, and if you don't want to delay your children's future, it is not uncommon to delay it until twenty-five or sixteen.

The four of them asked for a few side dishes, plus two pots of wine, and then ate and drank.

Shen Yun saw that Fang Guiyun was about to pour wine without even taking a few sips of food, and hurriedly snatched her wine glass, and said: "The old rule, just drink a glass when you talk about something in the newspaper, don't do it like last time, you will get drunk without saying a few words, and lie straight into your brother Fang Zhong's arms." ”

Fang Guiyun pouted, looking dissatisfied, but he still said the news of the newspaper on the school list in exchange for wine.

Di Bao, that is, the official newspaper of the imperial court. After the founding of the country, the Holy Ancestor wanted to set up a newspaper, but because of the opposition of the old school and the limitations of technical conditions, the newspaper was not promoted on a large scale. After the Holy War of the Frontier, Emperor Shengzu adopted some methods to improve the disadvantages of the feudal era and the news was too closed. This is the list and the newspaper. The Holy Ancestor stipulated that every school in the country, including primary schools, must set up a discussion list, on which students can speak and talk. This is one of them. The second is that the government must post the imperial court newspaper that is distributed every three days on the discussion list, so that students can learn the latest news of the imperial court. In addition to the school, there are also private newspapers in the people, but the sources of big news mostly come from the official newspaper.

Of course, due to the means of communication, the news in the newspaper will be delayed. For example, the news that Fang Guiyun said today was that it happened seven days ago in the imperial capital, and this is still Huainan Mansion, which is closer to the imperial capital, if it is the southernmost Starfall City, the delay will be at least half a year!

With Fang Guiyun's narration, Shen Yun learned about the Xinzhou rebellion and the transfer of officials. However, at this time, the Xinzhou rebellion was not the biggest news, so the first article was not about the rebellion, but about the promotion of Dongfang Li, Feng Ji, Gongfu Xiao and others. Shen Yun immediately paid attention to the situation of Gongfu Xiao's promotion to the head of the household department, and frowned and pondered.

Fang Zhong and Fang Renxu didn't care much about these things, but they were quite interested in the Xinzhou rebellion, and asked Fang Guiyun about things from time to time. She knows what a girl knows. All the news is from the newspaper, and it is just a few sentences over and over again, and there is nothing new to say. However, I also remembered the names of Starwan, Merkdozan, and Silikotu.

Fang Zhong said in a deep voice: "If I can be transferred to the northwest after joining the army, I will definitely kill these thief chiefs." He turned his face and asked the pensive Shen Yun again, "Brother Yuanrang." How much credit do you think the heads of these three thief chieftains can deserve? Enough to be a marquis, isn't it? ”

Shen Yun didn't answer, but Fang Renxu smiled and said, "Eternal Death still wants to be a marquis?!" These three thief chieftains were the leaders of the traitors recognized by the imperial court. If you can kill it. The credit must be great, but it is estimated that it is still close to being crowned. A group of clowns jumping off the beam, I'm afraid that you won't be able to wait for eternal death to go to the battlefield and be pacified by the armies of Gansu and Su Prefectures! You're not the only one who wants their heads! ”

Fang Zhong thought about it for a while, and said dejectedly: "Alas, why can't I join the army earlier." Maybe we can catch up with this battle and get some credit! Phew, the rebels who can't stop killing, I just hope they can be stronger. Don't collapse so quickly......"

In fact, not only Fang Renxu and Fang Zhong thought so, when the battle of the Tarim River Valley did not take place, the people of the entire empire almost thought that Si Dawang and others could not last long, and the Han soldiers were invincible, and these people just added more credit to the Han army soldiers.

Shen Yun listened to Fang Zhong's words, but frowned and said, "Eternal Death, if you want to be a marquis in the future, you must remember that you should never underestimate your opponent." I always felt that this NSW rebellion would not be so simple. Didn't you listen to my little sister, the newspapers all announced that the three cities in the south of Dayue had been breached! Those rebels may not have much combat effectiveness at first, but if they can break through three cities in a row, this strength and morale will inevitably increase! And it can be seen from the fact that they were able to capture the city so quickly, and there are also rebellious soldiers in the army on Otsuki's side. With the addition of soldiers who have received military training from the Han Dynasty, these rebels are no longer a rabble! If Starwang and the others were smarter, with the traitors in these armies as the backbone, plus the weapons and supplies from Pishan, Xiye, Shule and other cities, they would soon be able to form a team with good combat strength...... What's more, when people are forced to be in a hurry, they will burst out with unimaginable abilities! ”

Fang Renxu is not a stupid person, he thought about it carefully and said: "What Brother Yuan Rang said is that it is said that dogs jump over the wall in a hurry, and rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention those rebels in Xinzhou. They would have rebelled because they saw that there was no hope of survival, and if the empire did not pay full attention to it at this time, I am afraid that they would be defeated! ”

When Fang Zhong heard this, he became excited, and said with a smile: "Really? Then I have to join the army as soon as possible and strive to be transferred to the northwest to quell the rebellion! ”

Shen Yun looked at him and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you are like this in front of us, you can't be like this in the army, to say that you are happy when you hear the war, if someone deliberately slanders you, you have a tendency to rebel, can you understand?" ”

Fang Zhong scratched his head: "Hehe, understand, Yuan let my brother rest assured, I just said this in front of you." ”

The three of them talked and laughed, but they didn't notice that Fang Guiyun next to him was drunk one after another, and now he was asleep on the table, still holding the wine glass in his hand, bubbles flying in his mouth, and muttering some words that he didn't understand at all.

Seeing her like that, Fang Zhong said helplessly: "Yes, it seems that today is going to end here again." Brother Yuanrang, Brother Renxu, I'll take my little sister back first, and then you can sit down. ”

Fang Renxu said: "I'll go back with you, how can I say that I am also a staff member of the Hou Mansion, and it is not good to see that the young lady does not send her back like this." ”

Shen Yun said: "Well, it's okay, you go back first, and I'll sit down for a while." ”

Fang Zhong and Fang Renxu took Fang Xiaomei back to the Hou Mansion, and Shen Yun drank by himself, which was also relaxed and comfortable. By the way, if you think about the official transfer you just heard, I think that the emperor's uncle is planning to do something against the rear party, but I don't know what kind of backlash it will cause? I just hope the rebound isn't too strong! In case it gets out of control, it will be cheaper for outsiders.

Eating and drinking like this, before I knew it, at noon, there were more people in Hongqing Building. When there are many people, the sound is inevitably noisy. Shen Yun suddenly felt a little bored, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly heard two people talking at the next table.

"Have you heard? Fengtai County is in trouble with bandits! A said.

"How do you know?" B asked curiously.

"Didn't my brother-in-law garrison in Huainan, he came back in the morning, and the blood on his body scared my mother-in-law a lot, and I only learned from him later that it was all the blood of the traitors."

Jia described vividly, "Obediently, don't you see, my brother-in-law's armor is full of red blood, which is terrifying, and the blood is almost soaked through the silk clothes inside." ”

"Isn't it? That's killed a lot of people! ”

"It's not, it is said that the officers have ordered the slaughter of the city, and the people in Fengtai County are dying!" A smacked his mouth, took a sip of wine, and continued: "But people are also very frightened, and when they get home, they are still clutching the bloody knife, and they can't even say a word, poor one." My mother-in-law has to take care of him, so won't she drive me out to eat! ”

Yi pouted and said, "You just blow it, tens of thousands of people in Fengtai County have been slaughtered?!" Are you a traitor from the Northwest?! ”

When A saw that B didn't believe him, he suddenly became anxious, put down his urgency and said: "It's true, I wasted my boss to break his fingers and take away his knife, but he came to his senses as soon as he woke up, threw himself into my arms and cried endlessly, and his mouth was still howling, and all he said was ......"

"What?"

A smashed a sip of wine, took a breath, pretended to be his brother-in-law's tone, and howled: "Evil, evil, forty thousand!" Forty thousand! I don't want to kill you, but those officials are forcing me with knives! Brother-in-law, you have to believe me, I really don't want to! That kid, that kid is only ten years old! ”

There was a loud bang, and a table was flipped to the ground.

Jia, who was still howling, was suddenly startled, and looked to the side, only to see a young man who was dressed rich and decent, but with a heavy evil aura on his face, rushed in front of him, and asked in a cold voice, "Are you telling the truth?" ”

The young man's momentum was very strong, his red eyes almost tore the armor to pieces, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak loudly, and stammered: "This son, I, I don't know, I just learned what my brother-in-law said...... I swear, I said it word for word, that's what he told me! ”

After speaking, the young man snorted heavily, and rushed out of Hongqing Building like a whirlwind, and the cousin thought that someone was going to eat the overlord meal, and was about to ask someone to chase it, but fortunately, there was another cousin with sharp eyes, and saw that there were two silver coins under the overturned table, so it was counted. (To be continued.) )