In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Anqing Mansion, outside the gate of Huaining County.

The ancient and dilapidated city wall of Huaining County today is another flavor, the broken wall is covered with red and green, and a long string of big red firecrackers hangs down from the city, a festive color.

Originally, the lifeless city gate was already crowded at this time, and the people of the whole city gathered here, not only the people of Huaining City poured out of the city, but even the people of Anqing Mansion, which was hundreds of miles away, also came to join in the fun, and the flow of people gathered more and more, and they went along the road on both sides of the official road from the city gate, and discharged two teams of several miles.

The faces of the people were beaming with joy, and they all looked forward to it, and their eyes were full of pride and expectation.

At the top of the procession, a top official sedan chair came one after another, and it was the magistrates of Anqing Mansion and Huaining County.

When the people in the sedan chair stepped down at the sedan chair, the officials smiled and saluted.

"Yo, isn't this the Zhou Governor's Mansion, the lower officials are polite, why are you here today" Kong Rusong of Huaining Zhixian County saw that his boss had fallen into a sedan chair, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

According to the division of the administrative region of the Ming Dynasty, the world is divided into two capitals and thirteen divisions, of which the south is under the jurisdiction of eighteen provinces, Anqing Mansion is one of the provinces, and Anqing Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Huaining and other counties.

Zhou Shining, the prefect of Anqing, was born in Jinshi, tired of more than 20 years, well versed in the way of officialdom, more sleek, greedy for life and afraid of death, in the early years, Zhang Xianzhong led the peasant rebel army to break through the central capital Fengyang, burned the ancestral tomb of the Ming Emperor, 100,000 peasant army Chen Bing Anqing Mansion boundary, there are more than 500 miles away from the Anqing Mansion, the frightened Zhou Governor actually teamed up with Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Anqing, and ran to Nanjing overnight, and it was also called Gongwei Nanjing, which is also considered the life of Zhou Zhifu and others, Zhang Xianzhong did not attack Anqing Mansion, In Fengyang looted and went to Sichuan, at this time Zhou Zhifu and Liu Zeqing came back again under the banner of protecting the territory and the people, I don't know what the Ming court also praised the two of them fiercely in the Tang newspaper at that time, what can be peaceful and banditry, heavy damage to the thieves, escort Zhongdu, etc., really let these two people be beautiful for a while.

Zhou Zhifu put on a four-level step, handed a fake smile to the officials who came first, and said, "Huaining County doesn't need to be polite, this official is the prefect of Anqing, and before the courtesy, Huaining County has this character, not only the glory of Huaining County, but also the glory of my Anqing Mansion, ah!" Haha, everyone, at your own convenience"

Zhou Zhifu is not only full of officialdom, but also looks like he is in the palace, and after speaking, someone brought a chair, and he sat down generously.

Kong Zhixian retreated aside, and after a while, a few fast horses rolled in the dust, and people came to the front of the team, looked at the end of the official road, frowned, and then turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to the accompanying soldiers, and walked towards Zhou Zhifu with a big smile.

When the officials on both sides saw that it was him, they were all busy and bowed, but he didn't even pay attention, shook a jingling armor, and grinned and walked to Zhou Shining Zhou's prefect's mansion.

The person who came was none other than Liu Zeqing, the chief military officer of Anqing Mansion, who was also the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty who could be frightened and fled a few years ago from a distance of 500 miles, holding an army of 30,000 people, calling for wind and rain in the area of Anqing Mansion, and his eyes were empty.

Zhou Shining got up and arched his hand, "General Liu is busy with military affairs, how can he have time to come here?"

Liu Ze cleared his throat, "Isn't this inspecting Jiangbei military affairs, I heard that the champion prince returned to his hometown today, and he will work together in the future, so he stopped by to take a look, what's the matter, it hasn't arrived yet?" ”

This is the first martial champion since the founding of Emperor Hongwu, and just high school and actually awarded important positions in the army, fools can also see that this person's future future is unlimited, according to today's words, this is a character from a serious eight classics, but not Liu Zeqing who climbed up by various means can be compared, everyone in the Ming Dynasty knows the importance of military generals at this time, and it is very possible to ensure that this kid will enter the cabinet in the future, or be a provincial feudal official, and it is very possible to wait for this time.

"It's coming, it's coming" As soon as Liu Zeqing's words fell, a very good-looking girl squeezed out of the crowd, pointing to the dust raised on the official road in front of her, shouting and jumping excitedly, as if there was no one around.

The crowd became crowded, and one by one they craned their necks.

Everyone raised their eyes to look at each other, and finally came, only to see the flag in front of them, and the mighty sound came in the wind, and the momentum was like the triumph of the army.

Before Governor Zhou could stand up, he heard the girl who shouted just now waving her hand and shouting again, "Brother Lan Ping, Brother Lan Ping!"

Governor Zhou's face sank when he heard this, "Presumptuous, the name of the champion is also what you can call at will, what kind of system, left and right, coax away with me"

The girl who shouted was the eldest lady in Du Mansion that Wang Lanping had been in for seven or eight years, Du Ningning, born lively and active, liked to dance with the house all day long, and liked to take all the family Ding to swagger through the city in Huaining City, who called her father rich, her father's name was Du Ming, he was a well-known rich man in Anqing Mansion, and his family had countless fields, almost monopolizing the city's private grain industry, and it was precisely because of her rich background that the eldest lady's arrogant temper was bigger than her family's industry, Because of this, now that she is twenty years old, no one dares to come to the door to propose marriage, she has become an old girl, and she is worried about marrying a rich woman.

After Wang Lanping entered the Du Mansion nine years ago, because of his delicate appearance and ability to be civil and martial, he naturally had a very good personal relationship with Miss Du.

"Sins and sins, Governor Zhou, the little girl doesn't know the severity and offended the adult" Without waiting for the officials of the Governor of Zhou to step forward and drive away, Du Ming hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and pleaded for his daughter.

Zhou Shining looked at it, it turned out to be an old acquaintance, "Yo, it's Du Yuanwai, I have long heard that there is a flower and moon appearance in Du Mansion, but she is the daughter of a man's heart, and it is really worthy of the name when I see it today."

Du Ming has been in business all the year round, and almost all the officials in Anqing Mansion have friendships, and only by protecting officials and businessmen can they make a fortune, he took a step forward and smiled, "See you laugh and laugh, Ning Ning, don't retreat, don't mess around here"

Du Ningning pouted, hummed unevenly, and turned around, just in time to collide with the person who was rushing over behind him.

"Are you blind?" Du Ningning opened her mouth to come, and after she saw the person clearly, she immediately had a nasty expression on her face, "It's you, what are you doing?" ”

Bumped into Du Ningning is also a girl, the two are about the same age, but the dress is completely incomparable with Miss Du, the person who came said that it is almost better than calling Huazi, her name is Yun Niang, adjacent to Wang Lanping's family, the two have played since they were childhood sweethearts, and they are not inferior to Miss Du in terms of appearance, but people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, even if it is a small jasper, it is difficult to see her pure and beautiful.

Yun Niang helped an elderly lady, and when she saw the eldest lady of the Du family, how dare she speak, she was so frightened that she blushed and lowered her head.

However, Du Ningning didn't pay attention to Yun Niang at this time, because there was an old woman standing next to Yun Niang, she was Wang Lanping's Gaotang Zhao family.

"Auntie, you're here, Brother Lan Ping is back, come, look" Du Ningning pulled Yun Niang's hand away, snatched Mrs. Wang's arm and said with a smile.

Under Du Ningning's domineering arrogance, Yun Niang didn't dare to say a word, silently retreated into the crowd, and secretly glanced sideways at Zhuangyuanlang who was coming quickly from time to time, happy and afraid.

Or the old lady is careful, she saw Yun Niang's harm, smiled and nodded to her comfort, how to say that the old lady was also born in a big family, and she was also rich, but later the family fell in the middle of the road, this morning an official sent to her house to report the good news, and left a sum of money and new clothes.

Seeing that the mother of the champion was coming, Kong Rusong of Huaining Zhixian County hurriedly ran over to greet her and introduce her to Zhou Zhifu and Liu Zongbing.

When the officials heard this, they immediately felt like they had seen their own mother, and they all bowed their hands, smiling, and Zhou Zhifu even gave up his chair and helped the old lady to sit down.

Zhou Zhifu said to the old lady, "Ling Lang is in high school this time, when the imperial court is employing people, he will be the pillar of the country in the future, the old lady is really a good teacher, and she has made great contributions, she is an example for my mother in Anqing Mansion, and she should be courtesed by this house."

The old lady came over with strong winds and waves, and she also knew a little about the warmth and coldness of officialdom, and I thought that when my mother and son's family had no food to survive, who had ever asked these officials, it was really ten years of cold windows and no one asked, and once famous all over the world.

"I can't help it, I can't help it, I'm just an old woman, where should I know the etiquette of the lord of the house" The old lady is still very knowledgeable.

"Deserve it, the government decides, this, Kong Zhi County, Kong Zhi County"

Kong Rusong, who was standing on the side of Huaining Zhixian County, was an old master, who had been careful all his life, although he did not say that the wealthy party was also a loyal and diligent official, and when he heard the prefect call him, he was busy saying, "The next official is here"

Zhou Zhifu was full of righteousness, clearing his throat, "This, Mrs. Wang taught her son well, can be called my model of Anqing, for this government initiative, Huaining County should set up a mother's archway for the old lady, in order to show its virtue, in order to encourage future generations, you, see how"

Kong Rusong said, "My lord is high, and the officials will do it when they go back, and call on the rich businessmen of the city to donate together"

At this time, Du was busy squeezing over, stretching out two fingers, "Du is willing to donate two thousand taels of silver to build a mother card, I want to be the champion of the year to live in Du's house, Du saw at a glance that the champion is not in the pool, so he spared no expense to hire the world's famous teachers to help, today it is true, the champion of the princess returned to his hometown, and returned to Sangzi, Du is really pleased"

Du Ningning, who was on the side, was very disgusted when he saw his father's appearance, and said in his heart: Dad, you are too capable of pretending, I think that Brother Lan Ping almost didn't let you toss to death back then, and he patrolled the house day and night, not to mention that he had to do long-term work, Brother Lan Ping wanted to take the martial arts exam, and you still don't agree, this will be all yours, it's really hypocritical.

Du Yuanwai took the lead, the squires of the whole city immediately surged, blinking their eyes, the site selection of the archway was not a word, the project money has been made up of more than 10,000 taels, I want to come to this Huaining City is really a rich place.

Just when everyone touted the old lady's work, the champion of the princess has been getting closer and closer, with the order of Kong Zhi County, suddenly the drums shook the sky, firecrackers rang out, and the crowds surged, everyone wanted to see the demeanor of the world's first martial champion.