After Zeng Wei returned to Zeng's mansion safely, the frightened Mrs. Wei personally made soft sheep soup cakes and a bowl of thickly fried ginger juice, watched her son eat and drink, and watched him fall asleep in the brocade.

In the main courtyard, in Zeng Bu's study, Zeng Ti was restoring to his father the process of finding his younger brother.

"So, the housekeeper of Guozixue, only knows that Shiro went to the direction of Dongshuimen in the middle of the night to save his relatives?"

"Yes father, when I found Shiro, he was indeed hiding from the water in the tree with the Yao siblings, and he was very embarrassed. Fortunately, the second sister-in-law Shen is a clever one, and she first shouted hello to me for help, and fortunately, this woman was the first to take the lead with her divorced husband and Cai Xuezheng from Taixue. In this way, there are many people, and there are elder men, gathering together to avoid danger, Shiro is indeed not very eye-catching. The two forbidden soldiers are both rough men of Mu Ne, and they don't have much involvement in research, and their son has already taken care of them. ”

Zeng Bu sighed and looked at the eldest son in front of him, who also had a slight frost on his sideburns.

From the tossing and turning of the night to the present, Zeng Ti was full of tiredness, but the relief of bringing his younger brother home safely, and the state of still breathing a sigh of relief and carefully and respectfully answering his father's questions, in an instant, made Zeng Bu's heart seem to be pinched.

This eldest son, when he was in his prime, had just been regarded as a traitor by the New Party because of his opposition to the "City Change Law", and was exiled by Emperor Shenzong as a victim of political dealings.

The year of the weak crown should be the most critical time for the son of the minister, and it is a very starting point for doing some articles, but Zeng Ti was delayed by his father at that time.

was also delayed by his father, as well as Zeng Ti's marriage.

Zeng Bu asked for his son to marry Wang Anshi's niece in the clan, and he himself knew that such a marriage was more for the benefit of his father, in order to stabilize the nepotism between his father and Wang Anshi.

No, because he was a pawn of Emperor Shenzong, there was an irreparable rift in the relationship between Zeng Bu and Wang Anshi, and Wang was reluctant to be a prince, and he finally lost power.

When the current official Zhao Xu was in power, and Zeng Bu finally took charge of the Privy Council, in order to dispel the suspicion of the official family, he deliberately went against the grain with Zhang Dan, Cai Jing and others, and did not seek important positions for the Zeng family.

After 20 years of stumbling, the eldest son Zeng Ti saw that it was difficult to have a big future in his career.

But he was still a filial, obedient, efficient eldest son with excellent emotional management.

Even if his wife and concubine are not in harmony, even if his only son has entered a state of madness, Zeng Ti is still conscientiously playing the role of the steward of Zeng's mansion and the executor of his father's requirements.

Zeng Bu originally did not talk to Zeng Ti about the incense revealed by Zhang Shangyi. People's hearts are faint, Zeng Bu always has a secret worry, I am afraid that for the younger brother who occupies the advantage of age and style, Zeng Ti will have complicated feelings.

But now that it's all ironclad, what else is there to hide, the only one who can discuss things around him is this eldest son.

"Your younger brother is undoubtedly thinking about the Yao family."

When Zeng Ti heard this, he first fell silent.

I really can't hear my father's words. But the father has always been like this. When Ke'er was found to be raising a boy outside, her father was not furious.

Zeng Ti pondered for a moment, but decided to honestly say the true opinion in his heart.

He did have some grudge against Zeng Wei because Ke'er was closer to his little uncle. But for some reason, when I saw my younger brother and the Yao clan today, holding the trunk of a tree to avoid the flood, although they were embarrassed but looked peaceful, Zeng Ti was a little happy.

Zeng Ti secretly thought, perhaps, he remembered the heartbeat when he and Yun Niang met for the first time at the gate of the Yushitai.

Ordinary people, hearts made of meat, they know the beauty of mutual affection, how can they hate people and laugh at others?

Moreover, the man was the younger brother of a fellow mother.

"Father," Zeng Ti said calmly, "Last night, when I learned that the Bianhe River broke the embankment and Shiro was in the south of the city, did my father only think that if Shiro could go home safely, everything would be fine?" ”

Zeng Bu's eyes flashed with kindness.

"Da Lang, you are a kind person."

"My son is ashamed," Zeng Ti said, "When the Yao family came to my house that day, Ke'er fell ill and almost killed her, my son thought that she might as well die in the Bianhe ......River."

"Da Lang," Zeng Bu interrupted him, "It's different, the Yao family has no blood with you, whether you are close to her or not, good or evil, varies depending on the situation, and it is understandable." But Ke'er and Shiro, one is your own son, and the other is your own brother, and you take action and speak out to defend them, which is the foundation of humanity. I would rather have a son of a saint than a son who is nothing more than a son of blood. ”

Zeng Ti felt relieved.

Not only because he handed in the answer sheet "correctly", but also because, it sounded, the father seemed to be talking about the private affairs of his younger brother and Yao, as if he was only talking about a standing of the Privy Council, and there were indeed no mood swings.

"Father, son has the courage to speak, don't force Shiro first, watch for a while. If he really likes that woman, my family will always have a way to make a fuss about Yao's identity, turn around, and marry a concubine, it may not be too difficult. ”

Zeng Bu nodded: "Shiro's room has a new person, as long as it is not a wife, you and your mother will discuss it for him." But that's a later story, and it's not about it that we need to think about at the moment. ”

Zeng Ti has served his father for many years, and he already knows his father's speech habits well.

"Father, the responsibility for reporting the Gyeonggi disaster lies with the Privy Council, which is headed by my father. Before the official family was in power, there was a criminal prison department in Kaifeng Prefecture to manage the dredging of the Gyeonggi River and related water affairs, but the official family was in charge of the government, and the yamen, which was quite handy when the Empress Dowager Xuanren was in power, was abolished by Zhang Dan. ”

Zeng Bu remained silent: "Go on." ”

"Now the person who governs the water administration of Gyeonggi is the water supervisor of Nadu. The son went out to look for Shiro today, and heard wails along the way, some scolded the officials of the capital water supervisor for not working, some scolded the transfer department for obviously taking care of this matter, and even knew that Ding Dianguo was the doorway, saying that this catastrophe was caused by the forced diversion of the Yellow River to the east and the diversion of the Yellow River into Bian. In all this, the people in the market did not dare to scold that person directly, but those mouths and pens of the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Imperial Court should have had a chance. ”

The corners of Zeng Bu's mouth twitched slightly: "You have long left Taiwan, you really don't understand current affairs, Zhang Xianggong is so powerful, now I am only afraid that the crows of Yushitai will sing a few words of praise for him, let alone impeach him because of the flood?" ”

Zeng Ti's words and expression added three points of humility: "What my father said is very true, but my father must not forget that there are two other people, who may be useful." ”

"Who?"

"The first is Su Yi, his father Su Shi and uncle Su Zhe, both of whom were degraded because they tried their best to oppose Zhang Dan's return to the east of the river and the diversion of Huang into Bian."

"What about the second one?"

"Shangyi Bureau Zhang."