Chapter 167: Oolong

March is a warm spring, and every day is sunny.

The Zhou family finally opened the door, transported out a cart of luggage, and was ready to embark on the road home.

The subordinates first carried a large amount of luggage out of the city, and stopped near the temple where the old man and the old lady Zhou rested, and then the masters of the Zhou family rode to the rendezvous. Of course, they can't slow down with these bulky luggage at their doorstep. Although there were still many large pieces of luggage left in the Zhou family's official residence, there were enough items with them. The Zhou family was already densely populated, and with the accompanying subordinates, there were almost 200 people in the group, and dozens of large and small carriages, and the speed was not fast in any case. The Zhou family itself is accustomed to being pampered, and naturally there is no idea of working hard, and it is good to be able to walk fifty or sixty miles a day. Fortunately, Baoding is only 300 miles away from Beiping City, and no matter how slow the Zhou family goes, it won't take a few days, otherwise this journey will go down, and some people in his family will have to fall.

Before the next person transported the luggage, for a long time, there was no movement at the gate of the Zhou family, only the door was open, and the porter and the housekeeper looked out from time to time.

The concierge of the neighbor also looked at his house from time to time. The neighbors have said goodbye to each other, the ceremony has been sent, and the feast has been eaten, and they are all curious about whether the Zhou family can make it today. There has been no movement for half a day, is it possible to push back another day?

The steward of Senator Liu's family was very insightful, and he felt that the Zhou family might be waiting for King Yan. Anyway, the two families are also relatives, if the Yan Wang couple can come to see each other off today, then the face of the Zhou family will be very big, who will dare to underestimate them in the future? !

However, the Yan Wang couple did not appear at the intersection for a long time. The head of the Yan Palace, who came the day before yesterday, gave him the ceremony given by King Yan and the parting gift that Princess Yan gave to Mrs. Wednesday - Mrs. Wednesday's maternal grandfather was the prince of the clan, and Princess Yan talked to her about family rites, and others had nothing to be picky about. Since the Yan Wangfu has already said that the Zhou family still wants the prince and princess to come in person, it is to have Long Wangshu! The words of the housekeeper of the Liu family reached the ears of the concierge of other people's families, and everyone discussed it privately and agreed very much.

When the sun was three poles, Xiao Gongzi of Yanwangfu came.

Although this son's surname is Xiao at the moment, in fact, the eunuchs of a certain rank know that he is actually a person surnamed Zhu, a serious clan bloodline, and the only seedling of the Yan Wang family! He made a marriage affair with the second girl of the Xie family next door to the Zhou family, and from time to time he would come to the door to please his parents-in-law and fiancée, and occasionally go out to play with his brother-in-law, and he was praised by everyone as a first-class son-in-law. It's just that in the past, he would only come in the evening, and I don't know why he came to the door in broad daylight today, is it difficult...... It was really sent by King Yan to see off the Zhou family?!

The Zhou family seemed to think the same way, so not long after Xiao Rui rode into the corner of this street, two brothers, Master Zhou and Master Tuesday, ran out of the gate of Zhou's house.

Xiao Rui looked stunned, looked up at Zhou Yazheng, an old acquaintance on the door, standing there with an embarrassed face, at a loss, looking like he was eager to find a crack in the ground to get into, and immediately understood what was going on.

Although he only came to pick up his fiancée to go out of the city for a spring outing today, it is not that he can't pretend to be a photo and round the scene for the Zhou family.

He dismounted with a smile, greeted the two masters of the Zhou family, and followed them into the gate of the Zhou family. When the door was closed, he revealed in his words that he was actually going to Xie's house as a guest, passing by here, and learned that the Zhou family was returning to their hometown today, so he specially came to say goodbye to his old friend Zhou Yazheng and wish him a smooth journey.

The Zhou family immediately understood that their own family had made a fuss, and Xiao Rui really didn't come to send them on the orders of King Yan. Besides, Xiao Rui has not yet disclosed his background, and he does not have the title of a child of the clan, so he entered the gate of the Zhou family as a guard, even if he really came to see him off on behalf of King Yan, he may not be much stronger than King Yan's mansion chief Shi.

The crowd was cold for a while. It was Zhou Yazheng who could finally come forward and greet Xiao Rui seriously.

They are not good friends, but when Xiao Rui's life experience was not exposed before, he was named as the son of the general of Zhuguo, and during his time in Beiping, he was once a member of the circle of high-ranking officials' children by Zhou Yazheng, and was invited to participate in several parties, drank tea, drank wine, had dinner together, and listened to music. As for prostituting X or something, Zhou Ya is a serious person, the elders in the family are not allowed, Xiao Rui has long been a belonging, and he has not participated, but at the same time, the children of the Beiping civil and military officials who have befriended them actually have such an entertainment project......

As the children of two high-ranking officials who are also clean and self-conscious, they once cherished each other, and they got together twice, Xiao Rui pulled General Xiao Yuan, and Zhou Yazheng pulled Huang Yan, which is also the reason why Xiao Rui and Huang Yan met. But that's how the relationship between the two ended. Xiao Rui and Yuan Xie were stationed in Kaipingwei for a long time at that time, Zhou Ya was about to study and prepare for the exam, and Huang Yan was busy with the official duties of Counselor Zhou Lao, and at the same time, he also had to study hard, and the opportunities to get together were very limited.

When the border battle began, Zhou and Huang officially began to prepare for the township exam, and the four of them no longer had time to meet. Xiao Yuan and the others stayed in Beiping City for a while after making military achievements, but when Zhou and Huang were most nervous about preparing for the exam, Zhou Yazheng didn't even go out, so Xiao Rui only met Huang Yan in a hurry at Xie's house. Later, he went to the capital for a few months before returning, Lord Zhou was seriously ill, Zhou Yazheng naturally did not have the leisure to go out to visit friends, let alone wait until he was filial piety or something. When Xiao Rui came to the door to offer condolences, although he was able to meet Zhou Yazheng, the identity of the former was different, and the latter could only follow the elders to greet him, where was there any opportunity to speak in private?

At this time, the Zhou family was about to leave Beiping City, and Zhou Yazheng, who was still a little restrained, let go a lot. He thanked Xiao Rui for being able to round the scene for the Zhou family today, and did not let the Zhou family show off in front of his neighbors, and then officially said goodbye to Xiao Rui as a friend. He heard that Xiao Rui was going to get married this year, but his family has filial piety and he wants to return to his hometown to guard the system, so it is impossible to come to congratulate him at that time, so he can only take advantage of the opportunity to meet now and say hello first.

He had prepared all the congratulatory gifts, and he had already asked the little servant to take them, but it was a calligraphy and painting drawn by himself, and there was a poem he wrote on it. It's a little too simple, but this is already doing his best, he can only ask Xiao Rui to bear with him.

Since the death of his grandfather, who valued him the most, Zhou Yazheng suddenly found that his speech at home was not as effective as before. His parents still doted on him, but they would not accept some of his suggestions. As the eldest son, my father has been suppressed by his grandfather and uncles for a long time, and he can't wait to experience what it's like to be the master of the house. Even her mother, Mrs. Zhou, made concessions, and Zhou Yazheng, as a son of man, was not stupid enough to offend her father's authority. But because of this, his status in the family was unconsciously lowered, and he couldn't do many things. It was impossible for him to spend money to buy any generous gifts for Xiao Rui, so he could only paint a work of his own as much as he could.

Master Zhou secretly regretted it beside him. Why didn't he think of sending a wedding gift in advance to the future prince of Yan Wangfu?! If you can't send it out "easily" when you see you off, but specially send someone from your hometown to send it over, it will seem like a loss of family, which is somewhat unlucky. Master Zhou secretly choked his wrists.

Xiao Rui accepted Zhou Yazheng's gift with a smile, said many words of thanks, and agreed with him - when he is full of filial piety and decides to go to the capital to take the exam, he must come to Beiping. Yanwangfu often sends boats to the south, and it is much safer to take the Wangfu's boat than to take a car south from Baoding.

Zhou Yazheng was moved to agree, but Master Zhou next to him showed a secretly happy expression.

Well, the relationship with Yanwangfu has not been broken, and after the Zhou family is filial, there is still a chance to make a comeback!