Chapter 161: The Shen Family

"Young master, my subordinates stepped forward to hand over the post!" Chen Yingren bowed to Yang Xiaoyu, took out the prepared post from his arms, and strode up the stone steps. Top Novel,

Chen Yingren was dressed in a flying fish suit, with an embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist, with a mighty face, he stepped forward and said to the slave of the Shen Mansion: "Tell the master of your mansion that Yang Qianhu is guarded by brocade clothes and come to worship the door.!" As he spoke, he handed the sticker in his hand to the house slave.

The house slave took the prayer post and hurriedly trotted in to present the worship post to the master of the Shen Mansion, Shen Mingda.

Shen Mingda opened the post and looked at it for a while, and suddenly realized on his face that it was his prospective son-in-law who came, and he hurriedly asked his wife to come over, and asked the house slave to invite Yang Xiaoyu in.

Yang Xiaoyu got the news and walked into the Shen Mansion with a high step, and Chen Yingren behind him took two horsemen with a large pile of gifts.

The house slave who led the way led Yang Xiaoyu to the outside of the hall of the Shen Mansion.

Yang Xiaoyu asked Chen Yingren and the others to wait outside, and he walked in by himself.

The hall of the Shen family is extraordinary, the atmosphere is spacious, the hall is decorated with Jiangnan mahogany furniture, and on both sides are standing maids dressed in green.

In the middle of the hall sat a middle-aged man of about forty years old, and next to him sat a woman of thirty-seven or eighteen years old.

The middle-aged man was dressed in a scribe's robe, with an elegant face, two eyebrows raised high, and a benevolent gaze, looking at Yang Xiaoyu who walked in, with a gentle smile on his face.

The woman is wearing a Jiangnan yellow dress, atmospheric and simple, with a touch of nobility invisibly, and her eyes looking at Yang Xiaoyu have a sense of looking at her son-in-law.

Yang Xiaoyu walked to the center of the hall, leaned over and bowed, "The little nephew has seen Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen!" ”

"Yang Xian's nephew is exempt, please take a seat!" Shen Mingda stretched out his hand and said with a smile.

Yang Xiaoyu was also polite, turned around and sat down.

Shen Mingda looked at Yang Xiaoyu dressed in a unicorn suit, invisibly exuding a faint elegance. A look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, and he asked with a smile, "How is Ling Zun lately?" ”

"My father is in good health, and Uncle Lao Shen is worried!"

Yang Xiaoyu knew that his identity had not been confirmed, so he took out Yang Yong's letter from his sleeve unhurriedly, stepped forward and handed it to Shen Mingda with both hands. said: "This is a letter from my father to Uncle Shen, please read Uncle Shen." ”

Shen Mingda took the letter, opened it and looked at it, and confirmed that it was Yang Yong's handwriting, which stated that Yang Xiaoyu was going to come to Yangzhou to take office, and asked Shen Mingda to take care of it, and said that he was entangled in official affairs and could not come to Yangzhou to meet with his brother for the time being, and wait for the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival. will leave to Yangzhou to discuss the marriage of the two children.

The Yang family has been the commander of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division for generations, which can be described as a family of generals, and after the meritorious service, the current commander Yang Yong is proficient in human feelings, and the Yang family is not only not weakened in his hands, but also more and more prosperous.

Shen Mingdaken agreed to marry his daughter to the Yang family, firstly, because he fell in love with the Yang family's family background, and secondly, because the Yang family had been passed down for several generations. His daughter married Yang Yong's son as his wife, and she was the future commander of the envoy's wife. It can be described as a glorious life.

Seeing Yang Xiaoyu this time, Shen Mingda was quite satisfied in his heart, his prospective son-in-law was a talent, compared to Jiangnan Feng. The son of a talented man is much stronger.

I just don't know how its writing is?

Shen Mingda set this meeting as a temptation, so he laughed loudly: "Yang Xian's nephew is a young talent." I want to be excellent in literature, but I don't know where the teacher is? ”

There are many literati in Jiangnan, and some civil officials often try their virtue with their literary talents, and in their opinion, they are outstanding in literature. The name of the talented man who can bear it.

Yang Xiaoyu is not good at writing, especially the poetry of this era, but although his predecessor was a gentleman, he also had two brushes.

Where did you learn from?

Yang Xiaoyu only remembered that he had studied in the academy for a few years, and as for the master who taught him, he did not remember his name at all.

However, this does not bother him!

Yang Xiaoyu replied: "Back to my uncle's words, my little nephew doesn't like poetry, but likes to dance with guns and sticks!" ”

This answer was beyond Shen Mingda's expectations, he saw Yang Xiaoyu's gentle face, thinking that he was outstanding in poetry, how could he be a martial artist? This made him somewhat regretful!

"Looking at the dress of the virtuous nephew, it seems that he is already a five-grade military attachΓ©!" Shen Mingda no longer planned to consider Yang Xiaoyu's poems to avoid Yang Xiaoyu's embarrassment, so his voice changed and he said with a smile.

"The little nephew is not good at civil and military, which makes my uncle laugh!" Yang Xiaoyu said politely.

The woman next to her saw Shen Mingda asking some inconsequential words, and hurriedly interjected and asked, "How many days has Yang Xian's nephew been in Yangzhou?" ”

When it comes to this topic, Yang Xiaoyu is embarrassed, he has been in Yangzhou for more than a month, but he has not come to visit, at this time people asked, he was difficult to answer for a while, after a while, he replied: "The little nephew has been in Yangzhou for more than 20 days, some time ago he was busy with official business, and he has not visited his uncle and aunt, please forgive me!" ”

Mrs. Shen was not dissatisfied with this matter, and continued to ask: "Yang Xian's nephew is a young high-ranking official, the future is bright, I don't know how I have been doing these days in Yangzhou?" ”

"With Uncle Lao's mother, the little nephew has been in Yangzhou for a while!" Yang Xiaoyu replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Mrs. Shen smiled and nodded, and when she was about to ask some more trivial matters, Shen Mingda next to her was dissatisfied with the shortcomings of his wife's parents, and said, "Yang Xian's nephew works in Jinyiwei?" ”

"Back to my uncle's words, the little nephew is working in Jinyiwei!"

The unicorn suit on Yang Xiaoyu's body can be worn except for the five officials of Jinyiwei, and other officials can only wear it if they are rewarded by the emperor, so there is no need to guess where he works, and he can think of it as Jinyiwei.

Shen Mingda nodded, some time ago he heard that a young man from Yangzhou Jinyi Wei Qianhu came to the Thousand Households, but he didn't care at first, thinking that it was a meritorious son who came here to serve.

Unexpectedly, it was his prospective son-in-law!

As for the recent events of Yangzhou Jinyi Wei Qianhu, he also heard about it, and the new Qianhu found out the cause of death of the former Qianhu Ren within a few days, and arrested the deputy Qianhu Li Ming, and sealed the Li family.

At the beginning, he was worried that such a powerful Jinyi guard would come to Yangzhou to serve, and he might not be able to get along with him in the future, and he also instructed his subordinates to avoid Jinyiwei, so as not to be caught, but now it seems that he is too worried.

"Nephew Yang Xian, it's time for lunch at this time, please go to the side hall to eat!" Shen Mingda looked at the sky and stood up with a smile and said.

Yang Xiaoyu really wanted to leave now, he didn't want to be stared at by his future mother-in-law all the time, Shen Mingda was the head of the family, he opened his mouth to stay for himself to eat, Yang Xiaoyu didn't want to refute other people's face, so he smiled and agreed.

In the Ming Dynasty, the ladies of the family were not allowed to eat at the same table with the guests.

Ordinary people don't pay so much attention to it.

The Shen family is strict, even if Mrs. Shen is reluctant, it is not good to openly violate the family rules.

When eating, there were only two people in the side hall, Shen Mingda and Yang Xiaoyu, and there were two maidservants serving on this side around.

Nothing else.

Yang Xiaoyu is not as rude as Jinyi Wei Tiqi when eating, he eats in a well-organized manner, giving people a rather peaceful feeling.

Shen Mingda ate very little, because it was in his own home, he ate and drank a small bowl of porridge, and then stopped his chopsticks.

The host had already put down the chopsticks, and Yang Xiaoyu was embarrassed to continue eating and drinking, he finished the last bite of soup, put down the chopsticks, and waited for Shen Mingda's later play.

Shen Mingda saw that Yang Xiaoyu was polite and not as rude as a martial artist, so he was somewhat comforted in his heart, and asked politely: "Yang Xian's nephew is now the master of the thousand households of Yangzhou Jinyiwei, and the old man is very relieved in his heart, but there is one thing I don't know whether to ask?" ”

In the Ming Dynasty, men over the age of forty could call themselves old husbands.

Besides, Shen Mingda just looked like he was in his forties, but only he knew how old he was.

Yang Xiaoyu glanced at Shen Mingda's face, his face was very good, there were no disasters in the past, there was no difficulty in the near future, and the future was bright, if there was anything bad, it was that Shen Mingda's migration palace was dark black, which was not conducive to traveling.

After Yang Xiaoyu made a judgment in his heart, he replied with a smile: "Uncle, please speak, the little nephew listens!" ”

"Yang Xian's nephew is so simple, and the old man asked bluntly, I heard that the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households Office has been expanding its staff recently, is there such a thing?" Shen Mingda asked with a smile on his face like a spring breeze. (To be continued......)