"Yuanzhi, they are ......"

Fan Peilan, who wiped away her tears, was the first to wake up from surprise and asked with a puzzled face.

Shi Wei pushed Yu Guizhi forward and introduced with a smile: "Master, this is my long-lost cousin Guizhi, and this is Lian'er, my little niece. ”

Cousin? Niece?

This explanation shocked the female dependents even more.

They originally thought that Shi Wei was just accompanying the army to the south, just for official business, but how did they expect that the errand would come back with a cousin.

Such a miracle could not surprise them.

Shi Wei introduced Fan Peilan, Pan Zisu, Xiong Qingdai and other female dependents to Yu Guizhi one by one.

Guizhi, who was slightly restrained, pulled Lian'er and saluted Fan Peilan and the others one by one.

Fan Peilan came back from her surprise, and said with a polite smile: "It turned out to be Yuanzhi's cousin, then we will be our own family from now on, what are you polite, go back to the house and sit." ”

Fan Peilan is also used to seeing Shi Wei bring women back, not to mention that Shi Wei's relatives are still brought back now, and even as the hostess, she warmly called Yu Guizhi's mother and daughter.

When she was about to enter the house with Guizhi's mother and daughter, Shi Wei said: "Master is slow, there is another person." ”

The women were stunned again, and they all turned around.

Shi Wei walked back to the carriage and whispered a few words.

The curtain opened, and another woman came out of it.

The woman who came out in the end was naturally Lu Yuzhu.

Among the women, except for Pan Zisu, they all had seen Lu Yuzhu when they were in Jinling City, and now they saw that Shi Wei had brought her back, and they were all shocked.

"Yuanzhi, how can you bring this woman back!"

From among the female dependents, Xiong Qingdai was the first to shout, her tone full of displeasure.

Xiong Qingdai naturally will not forget the humiliation she suffered in front of Lu Mansion, so she has always had a grudge against this Lu Yuzhu, and it is reasonable to be angry at this time.

Fan Peilan also said curiously: "Yes, Yuanzhi, what the hell is going on?" ”

Fan Peilan also knew that Shi Wei was almost killed by that Lu Xuanming, although she didn't have a bad impression of this Miss Lu, but she didn't understand Shi Wei's intentions.

Shi Wei looked calm, and said with a smile: "On this street, is it a place to talk, let's go first, I'll talk to you slowly." ”

The ladies had no choice but to be suspicious, and they hugged Shi Wei first.

Shi Wei talked about how he met Guizhi's cousin before, and how his cousin took care of himself when he was young.

Of course, the ambiguous things between him and his cousin should be hidden.

Fan Peilan and the others couldn't help but sigh with emotion when they heard this, and they were mostly sympathetic to Gui Zhi's life experience.

Then, Shi Wei told Lu Yuzhu again, saying that her family was ruined and helpless, and he thought about it for the sake of the old acquaintance, so he brought her back together.

Regarding Lu Yuzhu's reason, it is naturally not as convincing as Guizhi.

When he just finished explaining, Xiong Qingdai was displeased: "There are more poor women in the world, Yuanzhi, it's not good for you to bring someone back, why do you want to bring back an enemy's daughter." ”

The women were silent, but looking at their expressions, it was obvious that Xiong Qingdai's questioning represented their common doubts.

Shi Wei's brows froze slightly.

With Shi Wei's current identity, and as the head of the family, who he wanted to bring back did not need to be questioned by anyone.

Qing Dai's questioning really made Shi Wei unhappy.

It's just that considering that Xiong Qingye is her right-hand man at the moment, although her sister is a little inappropriate in her words, Shi Wei is not good at teaching her a lesson openly.

Just when he was thinking about how to deal with it, Lu Yuzhu stood up and said quietly: "Master Shi, you don't have to be embarrassed for me, since I'm so unpopular, I'd better go with interest." ”

As she spoke, she lowered her head and walked out with a gloomy expression.

Shi Wei didn't have time to think about it, stepped forward to stop her, and resolutely said, "You are not allowed to go anywhere, just stay here." ”

Then, he looked around at the women again, and said with a straight face: "The things of the past, the fault was all in Lu Xuanming, and now that Lu Xuanming is dead, the old hatred and old hatred have long been written off." Miss Lu will live at home from now on, and I hope you will treat her well. ”

Shi Wei showed the majesty of being the head of the house, and his tone was unquestionable.

As soon as these words came out, Xiong Qingdai didn't dare to say more, so she had to pout unhappily.

The atmosphere in the hall immediately became a little tense.

At this time, Fan Peilan hurriedly smiled and said, "Yuanzhi, you just came back, you must be tired, so the master will order the next person to make dinner." Guizhi, Yuzhu, come with me to take a look at the room where you live, see if there is anything you need, just open your mouth, don't be polite. ”

Fan Peilan said and pulled the two into the inner courtyard.

Shi Wei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that he had such a general understanding of the teacher.

On the same day, under Fan Peilan's support, she quickly cleaned out a few clean and empty rooms for her cousin to settle down.

Shi Wei returned home, and before he had rested for a few days, the holy decree in the palace arrived, ordering Shi Wei to enter the palace to participate in the celebration banquet of Pingnan's victory.

In this battle of Pingnan, although Shi Wei did not directly participate in the relevant battles, his merits cannot be ignored.

In addition to leading the medical battalion and treating the soldiers, Shi Wei also sent an envoy to Jinling and successfully persuaded Li Yu to surrender.

Cao Bin, as the former commander of the army, naturally did not hide any of his exploits and truthfully reported them to the Son of Heaven.

So, the Son of Heaven rewarded meritorious deeds and promoted Shi Wei to the rank of Hanlin Medical Officer.

This position is already the highest position among the imperial doctors of the Song Dynasty, and he is in charge of the three major institutions under the Hanlin Medical Academy, namely the Shang Medicine Bureau, the Imperial Medicine Bureau and the Taiyi Bureau.

The rest of the generals, such as Cao Bin and Pan Mei, were also added to the ranks.

However, Shi Wei didn't care too much about the addition of officials to the knighthood, and he only cared about the second prince Zhao Dezhao.

As the nominal commander of this southern expedition, Zhao Dezhao sat in Hezhou and allocated grain and grass, although the actual merit was not too great, but in name he had the great merit of the governor's army and the annihilation of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Shi Wei originally thought that the Son of Heaven would take this opportunity to take advantage of the situation to establish Dezhao as the crown prince, but to his surprise, Dezhao was only named the king of martial arts in the end.

There is also a prince above the county king, which means that Dezhao's status is still one level lower than that of Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, and he is still not the legal heir to the throne.

Shi Weiluo was a little disappointed with Zhao Kuangyin's decision, but after thinking about it carefully, he still gained something.

He vaguely remembered that Zhao Dezhao in history was not crowned king until Zhao Kuangyin's death, but now he has been crowned the king of the county.

History has changed, and Shi Wei's efforts have not been in vain.

After the public celebration banquet in the palace, the Son of Heaven set up a private banquet and specially invited Cao Bin, Shi Wei and several other ministers with great merit.

Those who participated in this private banquet, in addition to Shi Wei, Cao Bin and several other heroes of the Southern Expedition, Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, Zhao Guangmei, the king of Qi, and Zhao Dezhao, the second prince, were also among them.

Soon after the banquet, Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said: "Shi Aiqing, this time you persuaded Li Yu to surrender and save Jinling City from destruction, which is really a great achievement. ”

The emperor gave the imperial wine, which was a great honor, and everyone present was envious.

The eunuch offered a cup of imperial wine, Shi Wei held the wine glass, bowed down and said: "The reason why the minister was able to persuade Li Yu to surrender was not to rely on His Majesty's mighty sky, but to respect Your Majesty with this cup of wine." ”

Zhao Kuangyin listened comfortably, so he laughed, raised his glass and drank with Shi Wei.

Seeing that Shi Wei was so favored, Zhao Guangyi, who sat down at the table, quietly revealed a little displeasure.

While Shi Wei was drinking to deal with it, his eyes were secretly observing Zhao Guangyi, and the subtle changes in his expression could not escape Shi Wei's eyes.

Zhao Guangyi's jealousy of Shi Wei was not surprising, he was surprised that a sneer quietly passed between Zhao Guangyi's eyebrows.

It was a chilling sneer.

Shi Wei suddenly realized that he had made great contributions now, and thanks to the importance of the Son of Heaven, Zhao Guangyi could not sit idly by and ignore it.

And Zhao Guangyi's sneer made Shi Wei feel that this King of Jin was already secretly planning something at the moment.

Three rounds of drinking.

Just as Shi Wei was secretly speculating, Zhao Guangyi slowly stood up from the banquet and walked to the front of the imperial steps.

Obviously, Zhao Guangyi had something to say, and the ministers present immediately quieted down.

Zhao Guangyi arched his hand to the Son of Heaven on the dragon throne and said: "Now that the Southern Tang Dynasty is pacified, and half of the south of the Yangtze River belongs to my Great Song Dynasty, when this is a joyous time, the younger brother does not dare to sweep the interest of the imperial brother, but it is a matter of the country, and the younger brother has some things to say." ”

Zhao Guangyi's tone and rhetoric were quite solemn, as if he was going to play something important.

The atmosphere in this hall immediately became tense.

Zhao Kuangyin looked indifferent, and only smiled: "Third brother, what do you have to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Zhao Guangyi coughed lightly, and then said loudly: "The emperor's brother has always governed the country with clear rewards and punishments, which is known to all subjects in the world. Zhao Pu was the prime minister before, it can be said that he worked hard and made great achievements, but the imperial brother was dismissed and released because of his private bribery, such a fair and selfless wise act, the ministers and the subjects of the world, are extremely respectful to the imperial brother. ”

Everyone thought that this King Jin was going to mention something important, but it was just a rehash of the old thing.

Shi Wei faintly felt a bad premonition.

When it came to Zhao Pu's matter, Zhao Kuangyin was also a little strange, but said with a smile: "The rewards and punishments are clear, justice and strictness are the foundation of the king, third brother, you have a good reputation." ”

At this time, Zhao Guangyi suddenly raised his voice an octave and said loudly: "The younger brother knows that the imperial brother governs the country according to the law, so now he has to risk the sin of sweeping the interest of the imperial brother and accusing a courtier present for taking bribes and disturbing the law and discipline." ”

Hearing this, everyone present was shocked.

Zhao Kuangyin's face also became solemn, and he asked with a sword eyebrow: "I don't know who you want to participate in the third brother?" ”

"That's him!"

Zhao Guangyi turned around suddenly, and the place where he raised his hand was Shi Wei.

(To be continued)