A month ago, the county king's mansion received a letter from the second master. Ling Yuanhui was transferred to Zhenhai, Fujian Province three years ago. The three-year term has expired. This time I returned to Beijing to report on my work. Whether or not to continue to serve abroad in the future is up to the imperial court.

In mid-January, Ling Yuanhui returned to the capital with two charming aunts presented by local officials.

The old lady was very happy today, and was looking at the door, her little son had not seen her for three years, and now he was finally back. The old lady seemed to feel that her waist was much straighter than usual.

To say that this Second Master Ling is indeed the lifeblood of the old lady. After the old county king left home for so many years, the eldest son lived in the prince's mansion all the year round, and later went to the border pass. And this second child has been by the old lady's side since he was born, growing up, studying, and getting married, until the Li family became pregnant with Ayu. Second Master Ling went to the border pass.

Lao Wu once wrote a letter to her husband, expressing her thoughts and not wanting her son to go to the border. One is that he is reluctant to let his son leave him, and the other is that the border pass is too hard. But the old county king is very persistent. The people of the Ling family started in the army, and every child has to go to the army for several years of training.

Although the old county king is at the border pass, the old Wu family also thinks that the old county king only cares about the eldest son, and even Ling Erye himself thinks that his father doesn't care about him, but only cares about the eldest brother. Because after all, the eldest brother is the future heir of the county king's mansion. But what they don't know is that although the old county king is not in the capital, he has been asking his people to pay attention to his second son. Later, I heard that the second son and the second son of the emperor's eldest son's foreign family, the Marquis of Jingning, were very close, and the old county king was very worried. The county king's mansion must not participate in the royal battle for the crown. So the old county king hurriedly got his son to the border pass, and he was relieved to look at it.

As soon as he entered the door, Ling Yuanhui hugged the old lady and cried. insult

Yuanhui said to his mother with tears: "Mother, my son is not filial, and he can't be filial in front of him, it's really my son's." ”

The old lady glanced at King Ling Jun, as if she was so angry, and said to her second son, "Son, when you come back, your mother will have something to rely on." ”

The king of the county said calmly: "Mother, it is a happy thing for the second brother to come back, don't be like this, let the second brother settle down first and then talk." ”

The old lady stopped crying, and Second Master Ling visited the eldest brother and sister-in-law.

King Ling Jun patted Second Master Ling's shoulder and said with a smile: "Second brother, our brothers haven't seen each other for many years, so we will have a few drinks in a while." ”

Second Master Ling was also very happy: "Okay, big brother." I saw the girl standing next to the princess of the county again, and asked the eldest brother, "This is Ah Ning." It's all grown so tall. ”

Ah Ning bent down and saluted: "Ah Ning greets the second uncle, you have worked hard all the way." ”

Second Master Ling said with a smile: "When I get home and see my family, no matter how hard I work, it's gone." ”

At this time, the second wife brought her three daughters and two sons to meet Ling Erye, the two sons and daughter Ah Zhu were excitedly shouting Dad, Ah Ke and Ah Rong The two little concubines did not dare to be as casual as the concubines, but they also looked at their father with their eyes, hoping to get a caring look from their father.

Second Master Ling looked at the daughters one by one and nodded: "Well, they are all big girls." He patted his two sons on the shoulders again: "Yes, son, I haven't seen you for three years, I'm so tall, good son, haha." "The voice is loud and hearty.

Lee noticed that there were two charming women standing behind her husband. scolded in his heart: I can't change my lustful problem, and I took in two more foxes.

Ah Ke's mother, Aunt Yu, was given to Second Master Ling by the old Wu family. Second Master Ling was mixed with a group of sons and brothers in the capital, and his father was not at home, and the old Wu family couldn't suppress him, so he went to the Qinglou from time to time, and contracted two problems: drinking and lust. Aunt Yu was the most beautiful maid in the house, and she was taken by Second Master Ling, so she begged her mother to give him Yu. There are several other dormitories in the house. Later, after the Li family gave birth to Ah Yu, they sent away all those rooms. Ling Erye didn't say anything after he found out, anyway, there are beautiful women, and the old ones are still coming from the new. Later, when Ling Erye went to Luoyang to serve as Xuanfu's envoy Tongzhi, he accepted Ah Rong's aunt Qiu in the local area. Three years ago, I went to Zhenhai to take up a post, and I brought back two more.

Ling Erye is a typical ancient man, full of thoughts of three wives and four concubines. So a woman is nothing in his eyes. As for the eldest brother and the third brother, they are fools who can't enjoy it, how can a man not be romantic.

At dinner, Ling Yuanhang also rushed back from Xidaying. The uncle and nephew are another big deal. A banquet was served, and several men from the Ling family began to drink.

When he drank five or six minutes, King Ling Jun asked, "Second brother, when you exterminated the gang of bandits on Luoling Mountain, why didn't you leave a single person alive?"

Second Master Ling took a sip of the wine glass, and said angrily: "Big brother, how could I have thought that group of people would be so can't help fighting." Finally, he was left alive, but before I could ask, he died. However, even if you ask, you probably can't ask anything, and that group of people is outlaws. Besides, they sailed back to the capital at that time, but they brought a lot of things, so they didn't let these turtle grandchildren get hot.

Ling Yuanhang said, "But how can there be soldiers among those people?"

Ling Erye took another sip of wine and said to him with a smile: "Yuanhang, after some veterans are discharged from the army, the living conditions are not good, and they have stayed in the army by themselves. What kind of people among the bandits don't?"

Ling Yuanhang thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Maybe it's really a coincidence, let me catch up with a group of robbers who are not weak in kung fu." ”

Second Master Ling patted his nephew with a smile: "Boy, Second Uncle has avenged you." Don't think about it anymore. ”

Ling Yuanhang got up and filled Ling Erye with a cup: "Thank you, Second Uncle, nephew respects you." ”

Second Master Ling happily picked up the cup and drank it all.

King Ling Jun asked his brother: "Second brother, do you want to continue to serve outside when you come back this time, or do you want to be transferred back to the capital?"

Second Master Ling said, "Big brother, I really don't want to leave when I come back this time. You and Yuanhang have been transferred back to Kyori, and we are finally reunited, and I don't want our brothers to be separated again. But my evaluation in Zhenhai doesn't seem to be excellent, and I'm afraid that the emperor won't let me come back. ”

Second Master Ling was telling the truth. For the foreign appointment of the Beijing official. There are two situations in which the imperial court is generally not allowed to return to Beijing to take up posts. First, the evaluation is too good, and the people are not allowed to leave. First, the local evaluation is not good, and the conditions for transferring back to the capital are not enough. Ling Erye belongs to the second type.

King Ling looked at him, took a sip of wine, and didn't speak again.

Second Master Ling was a little embarrassed and said to the county king: "Big brother, if you want to talk to the emperor, with the relationship between the emperor and you." The emperor will definitely give you this face. Why don't you help my brother talk about it?"

The king thought for a while and said, "You can rest at home for a while." Take your time and look for opportunities. ”

After the banquet was dismissed, Ling Yuanhang returned to the study with his father.

Ling Yuanhang said to his father a little annoyed: "Father, why are you really so coincidental. Did you really run into bandits killing people and stealing goods?"

King Ling Jun said contemplatively: "There are too many coincidences, maybe it is not a coincidence. ”

King Ling Jun looked at his father: "Father, are you saying that there is a problem here?"

King Ling Jun closed his eyes and looked at his son: "It's hard to say, we can't say anything now, we can only wait." ”

Ling Yuanhang muttered: "Why didn't the second uncle leave a single living mouth?" ”

King Ling Jun didn't squeak.

Ling Erye returned to his courtyard and sat down in Li's room, Li is also a delicate beauty, and he deliberately dressed up today, which made Ling Erye's heart very excited, and he couldn't help but hug Li's warmth for a while. Afterwards, Li leaned on her husband's arms and said, "Second master, you see that you have brought back two beauties." How can our family have so much money for them? ”

Ling Erye said: "Their monthly money is all out of the public. For the New Year's holiday, you just need to fill in the dots. Besides, didn't the eldest brother and sister-in-law let you continue to manage the kitchen? The lady is so smart, can she still be stumped?"

Li sneered: "I'm in charge of the kitchen now, but I don't dare to make money like before." Now I can't let my sister-in-law grab my handle. Otherwise, I won't even be able to touch the kitchen door in the future. ”

Li remembered what He Linlang said to her that day. He Linlang returned the original account book to her that day and let her read it for herself, and when she finished reading it, she said to her: "Second brother and sister, look, you are too careless." unexpectedly let his subordinates take advantage of such loopholes and be greedy for so much money. I've taken care of the kitchen stewardship. In the future, this kitchen will still be under the management of the second brother and sister. But the second brother and sister should be more careful in the future, don't let people fool them. As for the previous account, it can't be filled, that's all. The second brother and sister will set up a new account book, and then come to me once a month to report the account. ”

I remember that when I opened the old account book handed over by my sister-in-law, I was scared and sweated, and I saw that all the problems in the old account book were drawn. An account book turns out to be a problem.

A lot of places have been checked. Sister-in-law, this is ordering herself. She was telling herself not to be greedy in the future.

Lee's face flushed, and he was speechless. The princess didn't look at her, so she served tea. Lee's gait came out unsteadily, and his whole body was already soaked with sweat. There was only one sentence in her mind: "My sister-in-law knows everything, and she has found out." Since that day, Lee has been very careful.

Li sighed and told her husband about the events of that day. She said distressedly: "It turns out that my mother always turns a blind eye. But since my sister-in-law took over the middle feed, we have to do things with our tails between our legs in the second room. The children are all older. A son is to marry a wife, and a daughter is to marry, and there is no need for money. and thy fortune is not high. ”

Second Master Ling smiled, his face became gloomy, and from his face, it would no longer be obvious that he was the man who was close to his eldest brother and nephew during the day. He rubbed his wife's smooth back and fell into deep thought.