Chapter 221: The Thirty-Third Man
Wen Xiaoyu scalded the wine, fried the vegetables, sat quietly in front of the window, and waited for his man to come home for dinner.
Meng Yan found that there was a woman who was thinking about herself and thinking about herself, this is called living, and this is a home.
No wonder everyone likes the life of "wife, children, and hot kang", which is a harbor that makes men comfortable and don't want to leave.
Family!
"Haven't slept yet?"
"You're back?" As soon as he heard this familiar voice, Wen Xiaoyu immediately opened his eyes, rubbed them, and was about to get up and go to Meng Yan to take off his windbreaker.
"No, I'll do it myself!" There was a charcoal fire in the house, and the temperature was at least a dozen degrees higher than outside.
"The food is cold, shall I go and heat it up?"
"No, eat it cold, what about you, have you eaten?" Meng Yan rubbed his frozen stiff hand and asked.
"I've eaten it, I'm waiting for you to come back!" Smell the light rain road.
"When are you eating, you're hungry now, can you have two drinks with me?" Meng Yan said, "It's too cold outside. ”
Wen Xiaoyu nodded: "Caught the mouse?" ”
"The rat was not caught, but the rat nest was found, and I touched the melon along the vine to see if I could dig out the big mouse behind the scenes." Meng Yan stomped a sip of wine into his stomach, and a mouthful of hot taste went straight to his throat.
"Eat vegetables!" Wen Xiaoyu sandwiched a piece of meat and put it in the bowl in front of Meng Yan.
"I asked Lin Yi to clean up a room for you at home, find a time, and do the two of us." Meng Yan Road.
In this era, take concubines first. It is not uncommon for a wife to marry later.
"Let's wait for the eldest lady of the Guo family to pass the door first." Wen Xiaoyu shook his head and said.
"You women are hypocritical, what comes first, what comes after, what?" Meng Yan said, "Could it be that I, Meng Yan, will still fail you?" ”
"Since ancient times, I have been the first to be the first, I came from a humble background, and I can't rob Miss Guo's jackpot!" Smell the light rain road.
"You have already robbed it, is it too late to say this at this time?"
Wen Xiaoyu's cheeks flushed: "The rules are like this, Xiaoyu is not in a hurry." ”
"Grinding and chirping. It's all raw rice and cooked rice. Still pinched up? Meng Yan said, "Do you want me to give you a three-media six-appointment before you are willing to pass the door?" ”
"No, never. In this way, how can you save face for Lord Guo and Miss Guo? Wen Xiaoyu hurriedly shook his hand and said.
"That's all. The twenty-eighth of the lunar month passed the door. I'm celebrating the New Year at my house today, kowtow to my dad first! Meng Yan said.
"It's not good......"
"What's wrong, I'll talk about it over there. Let's not set up any banquets, just have a meal with our own family, worship heaven and earth, if you don't feel wronged, it's decided, how about it? Meng Yan said, "As for the dowry, you say, I'll do it." ”
"My dad is old-fashioned, he probably won't agree?"
"Where is Mr. Wen, I'll come." Meng Yan has a big package, although this Wen Dudrunk is a bit old-fashioned, but he is not pedantic, on the contrary, he knows how to be flexible.
"Just obey your husband's orders!" Wen Xiaoyu bowed his head slightly and said shyly.
"yes, okay."
Bang, Bang, the weather is dry, be careful of the candle......
"It's the third watch, Xiaoyu, we should also sleep." Meng Yan, who was full of wine and food, lazily picked up Wen Xiaoyu.
Continuing with the unfinished business......
Mingyufang, Guangji Temple.
"General, thanks to your foresight, you arranged for us to hide in Guangji Temple disguised as monks, otherwise we would have been discovered by the Jinyi Guard." Gemur exclaimed.
"This is the capital of the Ming people, Jinyiwei is the minions of the emperor, they are very familiar with the capital, no matter where we hide, it will be easy to be discovered, only this temple, they will not search lightly, and the monks generally do not go out, we will not be suspected if we hide here!" Nari Chi said with a smug smile.
"The general is worthy of His Royal Highness's Qianliju, if there is no general this time, we people will be in trouble!"
"Ming Ting's attitude is clearly to support the ungrateful man of Totok Buhua to confront His Highness, we stay, first, to get the "Desert Dragon Map", and secondly, to destroy the cooperation between Ming Court and Totok Buhua." Equator that day.
"General, how to destroy?" Golmud asked.
"Destroy the secret deal between Ming Court and Tokhtobu!" That day Chi smiled, "To put it simply, it is to cut off the smuggling channel between Totobuhua and the Ming Court." ”
"Smuggling channel?"
"Do you think that the Ming Court doesn't know that the border generals are secretly engaged in weapons smuggling transactions with Tokhtar?" Equator that day.
"They did it on purpose?"
"Yes, they deliberately indulged the border generals, or rather, these generals dared to do this because of the Ming Court's instructions, but they couldn't show it in front of people."
"Damn, Akito is so hateful!"
"I can't say that, they are doing this for themselves, but sooner or later they will pay the price for doing this, His Royal Highness King Huai is the male lord of the desert, and sooner or later he will dominate the desert and enter the Central Plains, just around the corner!" On that day, the fiery worship in the red eyes shone brightly.
"Golmud, have you found out, is it Uhak?"
"General, that's right, it's Uhack, he is now hiding in the mansion of Wang You, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works." Golmud Road.
"Uhak, hehe, good, good, Gemur, General Ben has a task for you to do!" Equator that day.
"General, please speak!"
"Tomorrow morning, you ...... like this"
"General, will Uhack believe it?" Gemur asked, surprised.
"Yes, he's alone now, and now the only person who knows where he's hiding is us is Maggie!" Equator that day.
"Gemur understood!"
"Go ahead, you must not show any flaws, Uhack is very cautious, otherwise he will die that night."
"Yes!"
Early the next morning, it was the ninth day of the lunar month.
After Meng Yan got up, he was freshening up.
"Son, I have something to tell you!"
"Wait below, I'll go down in a moment!" Meng Yan snorted. Wen Xiaoyu helped him tidy up his clothes and tie his belt.
"I boiled white fungus lotus seed soup and eat it together later?"
"Got it, how many?"
"Where's a big cauldron, what?"
"Give some to the brothers, the big guys are all hard!" Meng Yan Road.
"Good!"
"What's the matter, say?"
"It's nothing, it's just that Lord Niu sent someone to inform the adult in the morning that the Jin Mantang has been put back."
"What did you say?"
"I didn't say anything, just the yard where we found the rat nest. It's his annex. However, he rented it out half a year ago, and there is still a lease contract. Lin Tianxing said.
"What about the tenants, have you found them?"
"No, after this tenant rented the courtyard. Jin Mantang said he never saw him again. And the tenant paid three years' rent in one go. Therefore, he never sent anyone to see that courtyard again! ”
"This has been designed a long time ago, is there a record of the lease contract in the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion?" Meng Yan asked.
"Yes. It is true that someone rented this annex in Jinmantang half a year ago, and it is a Shanxi man named Deng Chunyang. Lin Tianxing said.
"No leakage, like the style of the East Factory!" Meng Yan smiled slightly, and ordered, "Send a sea fishing paperwork, this Deng Chunyang is wanted!" ”
"No."
"Slow, there will be brave men under the heavy reward, anyone who can provide clues to Deng Chunyang will be rewarded with ten taels of silver after confirmation, and those who are captured will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver!"
"No!"
"Brother Meng, Brother Meng......"
"Brother Wen, how do you know I'm here?" Seeing Wen Liangdong rushing to the backyard, Meng Yan asked in surprise.
"I went to the Craftsman Division first, and then went to Nanya, and then I knew that you were here!" Wen Liangdong, "You can make it easy for me to find it for a while!" ”
"Brother Wen, what happened to this anxious person?"
"Brother Meng, have you forgotten?"
"Alas, I really forgot, I'm going to enter the palace today to give the queen a follow-up visit!" Meng Yan patted his forehead and said.
"I knew you were in a hurry and forgot, no, Yu Xin and I are already here, and we will enter the palace together later!" Wen Liangdong said.
"Brother Wen, thank you, thank you so much, you saved my life!" Meng Yan held Wen Liangdong's hand and said gratefully.
"If you're really grateful to me, teach me a few more tricks of your disembowelment?" Wen Liangdong said.
"No problem, you wait for me, I'll explain, and I'll go with you!" Meng Yan agreed.
Kunning Palace in the Forbidden City.
"Judging from the pulse, the queen's body is a little better than before, Xiaochen still says the same thing, don't eat the medicine if you can, the key is to strengthen your own exercise, balanced nutrition, don't be picky, eat less raw and cold food, it's okay!"
"Since Bengong took Master Meng's medicine, and then followed Miss Yu to learn the health exercises, after practicing every day, I feel a lot more relaxed, and I eat more than before!" Queen Qian said happily.
"Niangniang's health is not only the blessing of the harem, but also the blessing of the people!" Wen Liangdong's sycophants followed.
"Life lies in sports, and there is nothing bad about exercising more often." Meng Yan can't learn from Wen Liangdong.
"This palace heard that Meng Aiqing was assassinated twice on the street within a month, who dared to assassinate the court officials so boldly?" Queen Qian asked with concern.
"It's all the troubles that the minister caused before, offended people, and Lao Niangniang cares!" Meng Yan Road.
"Minmin, Meng Aiqing is not a personal vendetta, he is for the sake of the court, and he is being hated by the enemy, but I didn't expect these people to be so rampant and do such a thing under my eyes and nose, I must find out these people, punish them well, and take this breath for Meng Aiqing!" Zhu Qizhen explained.
"I see, Your Majesty, Meng Aiqing is such a loyal and brave man, you should be rewarded more!" Queen Qian said.
"Minmin, since you have spoken, I can't refute your face, I gave Meng Aiqing the title of Fengzheng doctor before, if you give it again, the court will inevitably be dissatisfied." Zhu Qizhen thought for a moment and said, "In this way, in order to commend Meng Qing's loyalty and courage to protect the country, how about I confer on you as the captain of Zhaoxin?" ”
"Thank you, Holy Lord!" Meng Yan knelt down and thanked him.
In fact, for the official system of the Ming Dynasty, he is still a little unclear, he is a hereditary hundred households, is six products, plus Fengzheng doctor, is five products, extremely glorious, is a civil official rank, and now he is awarded a military attaché rank, is six grades of Zhaoxin Lieutenant!
It's very strange, right, in fact, every time you add a title, in addition to honor, there is also a substantial benefit, that is, to get an extra salary. (I guess, I didn't find out if that's the case)
One thing Meng Yan couldn't understand was that he was a military attaché, why did he add a civilian casual official to him, or a loose post of Wupin.
An official like him who straddles the civil and military worlds is still the first in today's Ming Dynasty. (To be continued......)