Xu Erlang and Jin Niang went to Mao'er Hutong with San Lang.

There is a prestigious private school near Mao'er Hutong, although it is a private school, but its reputation is second only to Guozijian and the four major academies. At that time, Jin Niang's idea was very simple, that is, if the children had difficult questions, they could come here to find the gentlemen of the private school for advice. If it is to improve their knowledge, it is okay to live here for some time, so that they can study.

It's a pity that not long after the house was bought, Chang'an Changping was arranged by Xu Erlang to study at Yingtian Academy. There are classmates and friends in the academy who can debate with them, and there are gentlemen who answer their questions, and they can get satisfactory answers to their doubts in Yingtian Academy, so naturally they don't need to go to Mao'er Hutong to ask for advice.

It is also for this reason that the house was left vacant.

At that time, when Pian Pian helped Jin Niang manage the house, she also thought about renting out the house. After all, there are a lot of students who come to Mao'er Hutong to study, and some families feel sorry for their children and want to come to accompany them, so it is essential to choose a good residence. If this house is rented out, there will be a few hundred taels of silver a year, and these silver may seem to be a small amount, but it is always an income, which is better than leaving the house vacant and maintaining and repairing it every year.

Jin Niang knew that Pianpian's words made sense, but in the end she didn't agree. In her opinion, it is essential to leave a vacant house in the house, because it may come in handy at any time. Not to mention anything else, let's just say that Xu Erlang made a few friends in Shuozhou, they were not as talented as Xu Erlang, and they died in Qiuqiu or Chunqiu during the imperial examination. But the imperial examination is the only way for them to leap into the dragon gate and be reborn, so they will never give up.

Those people designated to go to Beijing to retake the exam, and when she and Xu Erlang went to other places, those people must be embarrassed to live in Xu's mansion. Then it would be fitting to arrange for them to settle in the house outside. Once it is clean, no one disturbs; Second, it also saves them from being uncomfortable.

Not to mention, after this house was vacant, it was really borrowed by several people. is like Wang Ke, like Zheng Shunming, and then there is Mr. Ming's own nephew who taught Xu Erlang when he was in Pingyang.

Wang Ke and Zheng Shunming are Xu Erlang's confidants and friends, and both of them have taken the exam for several years and have gained. The two of them took a scientific examination earlier than Qing'er, and Wang Ke was lucky to be on the list, but they were fellow jinshi. At that time, Xu Erlang was far away in Hezhou, and Suqian had been promoted to the Ministry of Officials, that is, Suqian made a law, and Wang Kecai did not sit on the cold bench all the time, but went out to a remote area to make a small county order.

Zheng Shunming successfully passed the autumn season, but fell off the list in the spring season. After he failed the list, he studied in the capital for a year. After receiving the news that his grandmother was critically ill, he immediately returned to Pingyang.

In addition to these two people, Xu Erlang's other confidant and friend is Xin Wei. His family was originally in Shuozhou City, and he was a famous family in Shuozhou. The children of the Xin family are all military generals, but because of his weak body, he changed to the imperial examination.

Xin Wei is the best one among the three, he is not only in the Jinshi, but also in the second class. Originally, Xin Wei intended to participate in the supplementary official examination to enter the Hanlin Academy, but the Xin family did not agree. I am worried that he will work too hard, and then he will be sick for a month or two too much; is also worried that if he enters the officialdom without the protection of his own family, something will happen.

In the end, Xin Wei compromised with his family and was arranged by them to return to Shuozhou to take up a post. Now he is also a six-grade official, which is very promising.

That's a big deal, and I'm going to get back on with that. Fortunately, this house has been vacant, otherwise it would be difficult for Chen Jiayu to move out.

Originally, this house was called "Xu Mansion", but now there is a plaque of "Chen Mansion" on the lintel.

There's a reason for that, too.

The reason is nothing more than that Xu Chong personally asked his second brother for this house. 's own brother, it's rare to open his mouth, Xu Erlang naturally has no reason to refuse. Xu Chong didn't want to occupy the house for nothing, he also proposed to exchange his Zhuangzi in Jinzhou. Although the Zhuangzi is not worth more than this house, its value is not much different. However, as Jin Niang said, it is rare to open your mouth as a brother, and Xu Erlang has no reason why she should not be. He also knew what San Lang's plan was for this house, and after discussing it with Jin Niang, he gave him the house.

And this house was obviously used by Xu Chong as a "prop" to express his heart, so he changed the plaque on the door. Jin Niang has no doubt that Xu Chong's dowry today has the title deed of this house.

She still knows a little bit about this brother, and she will definitely not be wrong about him.

Jin Niang quietly approached Xu Erlang and asked a few words, Xu Erlang didn't answer, but the corners of her lips curled slightly, obviously her guess was not wrong.

Jin Niang rolled her eyes, too lazy to say anything, just at this time Chen Jiaxu and Sun Shi went out of the door, Jin Niang quickly straightened her face and walked over with a smile.

Chen Jiaxu is really like what a few people in Chang'an said, his face is fair and delicate, and he really doesn't look like a martial artist, but he is really beautiful and shy like the scholar. And he looks very young, and he definitely doesn't look like a twenty-seven or eighteen person, but like he has just been crowned...... Should this be called a phrase "natural beauty"?

Like San Lang, in the past few years, he has been in the water division of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the whole person has become visible to the naked eye. It wasn't unreasonable for Qing'er to complain about him before, but San Lang really became a lot darker, and the uninhibited momentum on his body made him even rougher. On the other hand, Chen Jiaxu, whether it is skin or bones, is full of beauty. Seeing him is like seeing those girls and boys who grew up in the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, they are really beautiful, which makes people sigh.

Sun is also as Changping said, he is very tall and tall, and his appearance is only mediocre. But this woman is very sharp when she walks and talks, which makes people know at a glance that this is an open heart. When you come into contact with such a person, you don't have to hide it, and you don't have to worry about being stabbed in the back by her, but you can easily get into a mess with the people around you.

When Jin Niang quietly observed the couple, Chen Jiaxu and Sun also observed the few people in front of them as if they were nothing.

Xu Chong...... The man didn't know what to say about him. Ren is Chen Jiaxu wants to break his head, but he can't understand how Xu Chong fell in love with his sister.

Jiayu is good-looking, but because of her thin body, stuffy temperament, she doesn't like to talk, and she looks dull, so she only has three or four points of eight points in her appearance. She is much inferior to the Lingxiu girls who can be seen everywhere in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the marriage was delayed because of this.

It was also because he was not angry as a brother and couldn't support his sister that those widowers in the city dared to come to the door to propose marriage. After those people were beaten out by him, they also ruined his sister's reputation everywhere, so Jiayu was even more difficult to say goodbye.

Who knows, he just accidentally injured his leg, and was sent home by Xu Chong and a few robes in front of him, and his sister was suddenly asked for it...... Although this is inappropriate, but their own family knows their own affairs, and if the Chen family really marries the Xu family, it is obvious that they are high. Let's not talk about Xu Chong's own ability and ability, let's just say that he still has a powerful second brother above him, and most of them are Miss Qianjin marrying him. How could such a wishful son-in-law fall in love with Jiayu, who had a difficult marriage?

Chen Jiaxu has been worried about Xu Chong since he took Jiayu to Beijing. He was afraid that his sister would be mistreated, but he didn't want to receive Xu Chong's handwritten letter one day. Xu Chong arranged for someone to treat his legs, and also arranged for them to go to Beijing on a certain day to send Jiayu to marry as his mother's family.

Chen Jiaxu's head is still a little confused, especially when he sees the majestic, cold and elegant man in front of him, who is a little similar to Xu Chong, he is sincerely afraid and doesn't know what to say.

Just when he was nervously about saluting, Sun was full of surprise and had already talked to Jin Niang.

The Sun family is very generous, but she can be regarded as a restrained and polite woman, and soon her eyes were taken away from Jin Niang's distracting face.

She said "my good girl" in her heart, she only knew that it was where the nobles lived, but she didn't expect it to be the place where the gods lived. Looking at the couple in front of them, this appearance and temperament are a perfect match.

However, Sun is just a low-level woman in the end, and she is still a little weak in her heart towards Shang Jinniang, and she is not even so neat in speaking. Fortunately, Jin Niang was kind and kind, and Sun soon became less nervous.

The group entered the house, and Chen Jiayu came out to pay a visit and then returned to the back house. The three children of Sun and Chen Jiaxu also came out to recognize people, and after being given a meeting gift by Jinniang, they went out to play happily.

The dowry was brought in one by one, and the movement was too loud, and the rest of the guests in the house who followed the Beijing were also alarmed.

Jin Niang and Xu Erlang naturally met one by one, and everyone spoke together, and those people left in fear.

On this day, Jin Niang and a few people had lunch in Chen's Mansion before leaving.

The dowry has already been given, and Chen Jiayu will enter the door after three more ceremonies, so Xu Chong is dizzy, feeling that people are floating in the sky.

Jin Niang couldn't see his beautiful appearance, so she stabbed Xu Chong, "Jiayu didn't talk to you today, did you do something wrong again?" ”

Xu Chong felt a pain in his heart, and his heart was dripping blood. How did he do something wrong? What did the second sister-in-law say? Is he like that? What did he do that was not polite and polite, which made people criticize not a word?

Why can't it be Chen Jiayu who is making a fuss, why can't it be her? The second sister-in-law grabbed the basin on his head from the beginning, why did he make the second sister-in-law unpleasant again?

Xu Chong felt aggrieved, and his eyes motioned to the second brother, take care of your daughter-in-law, what are you talking about.

Xu Erlang pretended not to see it, and Gu Zi carried the teapot and poured a cup of warm tea for both of them.

Xu Chong's scalp was numb when she saw Jinniang, so she could only wipe her face angrily and say, "Second sister-in-law, you have too much to worry about." Jiayu doesn't talk to me, that's because she's reserved. Second sister-in-law, you don't look at what the occasion is today, but today we are going to hire, she is a girl's house, and she is about to go out, but you have to be embarrassed. It's right for her to ignore me, and if she takes the initiative to talk to me, she will inevitably be said that she is in a hurry to post upside down. There are enough rumors in the capital, and those people have no wind to stir up three-foot waves, Jiayu must be out of these considerations, so she didn't talk to me in a reserved way. ”

Xu Chong was crooked, but he hated that Jinniang was persuaded by him, and he actually felt that his words were very reasonable.

She hurriedly got rid of the sewage in her brain, but she couldn't be bewitched by San Lang anymore, this person was poisonous, she persuaded her in a few words, she was obviously going to stab him, how could she be persuaded by him. Hell yes.

On the way back, Jin Niang didn't say anything again, but Xu Chong and Xu Erlang talked about some things about the Jiangsu and Zhejiang water divisions.

Xu Chong didn't want to stay in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and felt bored. But just retreated to the capital, and he was unwilling. Those water bandits and pirates are real people, and if they don't subdue them, Xu Chong will respond like flies. Seeing that he has the intention to fight bandits, the people above him do nothing. Those people regard the bandits as monsters who brush up on grades, ready to brush wave after wave, as long as they can, without any regard for the comfort and interests of the people along the coast. Xu Chong knows these things well, but others are shallow and can't say anything about these things. This made him vomit blood, and he was often annoyed that he had to do something to make sure he didn't get angry to death.

At this time, Xu Chong especially misses his second brother's thunderous methods. He said to Xu Erlang, "It would be good if Your Majesty sent you to serve in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Water Division." When the time comes, our brothers will work together to kill and cripple those bandits, and they will not dare to go ashore again in their lifetimes. ”

Xu Erlang took it leisurely, "I am a civil official, and my majesty will not send me to serve as a sailor." ”

Hearing this, Xu Chong was even more resentful, "So it's our father's fault." Why did you stop insisting on it at that time? If the second brother you join the army in the end, not to mention the bandits in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is the Xiongnu in the northwest, and our brothers can also go to fight a dozen. ”

Xu Erlang looked up at Xu Chong, who was angry, with a little ridicule in his eyes. Jin Niang understood what it meant, and clearly said, it's not too late for 800 years to put the horse in hindsight? Where were you when your parents forced each other to die, why didn't you jump out and resist for him? Now I feel that it is inconvenient for him to abandon the article without help, why didn't he think of this stubble in the first place?

Xu Chong: ......

Don't talk about it.

The three of them returned to the mansion and went straight to Heyan Hall.

Mother Xu was concerned about this matter, and when she heard that it was going well, she happily recited a few words of Buddha. It's Xu's father, who didn't show up from beginning to end, so it can be seen that there is still a pimple in his heart.

If it weren't for Princess Rong'an, he wouldn't have been able to enter the door easily. But while he was thinking that Chen Jiayu was timely rain, he couldn't help but suspect that he had entered the trap set up by his brother.

This made Xu's father very entangled, so he naturally didn't have a good face for his two sons. Two sons want to see him? Is he the one who can see as much as he wants? His old man was busy, so he didn't see those two unfilial sons.

The next day, the unfilial son Xu Erlang received a letter of transfer from the officials of the imperial court, and he was appointed as the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. His Majesty Longen gave him a month to tidy up, and a month later he left for Jiangsu and Zhejiang to take up his post.

After hearing the news, Father Xu, who ran from the teahouse non-stop, his expression was stunned from the beginning.

Governor, it's the second grade!

The fourth grade and the second grade are the two dividing lines for officials. The fourth rank can be called the official who enters the stream, and the second rank is the member of the party. That's a real party member, and some can even be local emperors!