Smoke rose from the houses of ordinary people, and most of the people at the dinner table talked about the fact that today's income was not bad, and this year's harvest was better than usual, perhaps ordinary people. People who will never be involved in court disputes for the rest of their lives, just living is already quite laborious, having nothing to do to tease their children, spending a long time in laughter, and having grandchildren when they are old can be regarded as a happy life.

But the family is different, the food and clothing on weekdays are already luxurious, and when it comes to the New Year's festival or their birthday, these are even more luxurious. Huai Ninghou is no exception.

People come and go in the streets and alleys, each has its own liveliness, today Huaining Houfu brought them together, and suddenly Huaining Houfu became the most interesting place in Quanzhou City. All kinds of entertainment in the south of the Yangtze River gather together, with folk flower drums and puppet shows...... The people on the stage are highly skilled, and the people off the stage applaud one after another. Most of the people who came to pay homage to the Marquis of Huaining today were local officials from Quanzhou, and people from other places came from Zhangzhou and Putian Xianyou, such as Lu Wei. However, he came to find Yu Jian, but Yu Jian brought his wife and children to Houfu today to celebrate his birthday, and he also brought him over by the way.

Due to the fact that there were too many people, Yu Jian and Lu Wei found a corner to sit down, the sun was burning hot, but fortunately there were a few big trees behind them, and the two of them looked at each other under the shade of greenery, and after a few words of greeting, their voices were muffled by the noisy noise next to them. The female envoys of Huaining Houfu squeezed around the courtyard with plates of snacks and fruits. Now I can only concentrate on listening to the flower drum, Yu Jian is very fond of this kind of folk entertainment, but those who are from big families are not very cold.

When the movement on the stage slowly disappeared, Shujin appeared in everyone's field of vision, and the officials in the audience looked at him. "The future Peng Shujin bothered to give a lord Yaxing, how could there be no birthday words for my father's birthday today, everyone here is a brilliant person, come, come up and say a few words."

Yu Cheng and Xiaolei watched from the rockery behind, Li Zhongming took the lead on stage, although his poetry has not yet reached the level of perfection, but it can also be said to be one of the rare talents among his peers. Huai Ninghou smiled very satisfied, and he said to the people beside him: "This little marquis of the brave and righteous Houfu is really a young talent, and he will become a great weapon in the future." While everyone was still reminiscing about Li Zhongming's birthday speech, Yu Rui stepped on the stone steps and jumped up, and he also wanted to give a poem to Huai Ninghou.

"In the Mid-Autumn Festival again, people who have gone through vicissitudes for a long time are not old, who enjoys the fairy peach in the world? The mainstay has no borders. ”

Xiao Lei and Yu Cheng were shocked, their brother didn't show his knowledge on weekdays, and it was still hard to believe it when it was suddenly revealed. Xiaolei pushed Yu Cheng and motioned for him to go up to add blessings to his father, but was stopped by his sister under the rockery. She wore a red brocade robe embroidered with a few cuckoos, so that she could see Peng Xue's haggard face.

"Xiaolei, Yu Cheng, what are you doing here, come with me to the church to pay respects to my father."

Yu Cheng and Xiaolei jumped off the rockery.

"You girl still doesn't look serious." Peng Xue patted her shoulder and sighed.

The excitement in this world didn't seem to have anything to do with Peng Xue, and she barely smiled in front of Huai Ninghou.

"Xue'er, you don't look very good, haven't you rested well lately?" Huai Ninghou asked.

Yuan Guogong didn't wait for Peng Xue to answer before he interjected: "What is Master Hou talking about, Peng Xue is very good in our Guogong Mansion, I treat him as my daughter, don't you believe me." ”

"I'm relieved to have Yuan Guogong's words" Huai Ninghou's trusting expression appeared on his face, but he was still muttering in his heart, I want to find a time to ask alone, or ask clearly.

"Daddy." Lei threw herself into her father's arms.

"The girl from Huaining Houfu is still coquettish when she is so old." Yong Yihou looked at this abrupt girl, the corners of her mouth rose up, and said jokingly.

Huai Ninghou touched Xiaolei's head: "This girl in my family is spoiled by me, and I don't know how to be polite, please forgive me." ”

As he spoke, a drizzle began to fall outside the house, and the rain gently hit the dishes full of delicacies. Sun rain – not surprising to those who are used to it. Yu Jian glanced at the air, and then said to Lu Wei beside him: "Lord Lu, come with me to meet Master Hou." This Lu Wei was demoted to Fujian with Yu Jian, but his luck was a little better than Yu Jian.

The people sitting in the hall were very puzzled when they saw Yu Jian walking in with a fresh face. Huai Ninghou motioned for them to sit down, and the fruit plates in front of them were numerous, and the tea presented by the female envoy was uncovered and fragrant, which was refreshing.

"Lord Yu, who is this?" Huai Ninghou asked.

Lu Wei got up from the stool and bowed to the Marquis of Huaining: "Master Hou, the subordinate official is Lu Wei, who serves in Xianyou. ”

Huai Ninghou glanced at him: "Sit down, sit down, Yu Jian's friend is Benhou's friend, you can be as you please." ”

After chatting, the sunset swayed down and spread in front of the courtyard gates. The golden bricks and tiles are intertwined and symbiotic with the lights.

The feast began.

Xiaolei took Yu Cheng to walk slowly on the gravel path, and the comfortable evening breeze was not impatient. Momiji followed them. This scene may seem familiar, but it just freezes time here.

"Lei'er, did you copy the scriptures to Master Hou?" Yu Cheng asked.

Since Yu Cheng entered her boudoir that night, Xiao Lei's heart has missed Yu Cheng like a worm crawling at night, and she misses her very much.

Xiao Lei's face turned red and said weakly: "I gave it, I gave it a long time ago." ”

Yu Cheng hurriedly took the robe in Hongye's hand and draped it on Xiao Lei's body: "Lei'er, are you catching a cold again?" ”

Momiji smiled from ear to ear: "The stupid son of the Yu family, my girl is shy." ”

Xiao Lei glanced at her: "I admit that my brother is a unique talent in the world, and you are not allowed to say that she is stupid." ”

"Okay~ The girl is not allowed to say that the red leaves are not allowed to say the red leaves."

Inadvertently, Yu Cheng and the others had already come to the front of the hospital, walked around the backyard and walked back, thinking that they were also hungry.

Yu Rui saw them from a distance and waved at them, Yu Cheng sat in the empty seat next to him, Xiao Lei and Yu Rui saluted and walked away.

"Daddy is still looking for you, and I thought you couldn't find your way."

"The younger sister of the Peng family has something to do with me, so I ......"

Yu Rui smiled evilly: "My brother understands, my brother is a blessed person, and he has to grasp it well." ”

Yu Cheng was speechless.

Yu Rui continued: "It's just that our family was demoted by the imperial court, and the Huaining Houfu family is a noble who has been favored by the emperor for generations, I'm afraid~ Don't end up like my brother, I'm not saying discouragement, you can decide for yourself." ”

Yu Cheng nodded: "My brother is right." ”

After three rounds of drinking, the people slowly dispersed, and the night was deep, Yu Jian walked towards Huaininghou with a wine glass.

"Master Hou, Xiaguan will give you a drink."

"Don't make up this set of hypocrisy, tell me something quickly, I don't know you yet, people who don't usually drink alcohol are drinking today."

Yu Jian put down the cup in his hand and said slowly: "I don't know if Master Hou heard that a few days ago, I searched for two thieves in Quanzhou City with great fanfare. ”

"Don't talk about me if you make such a big move, I'm afraid that everyone in Quanzhou City will know about it."

Yu Jian continued: "Then did the Hou Ye know Chen Anqing in Bianjing? ”

"I've never heard of it."

"He was the imperial historian of the imperial court, and his house was burned to death by fire. Leaving two daughters Yu to take them to the house to live, Hou Ye has seen it before I don't know if there is an impression, someone in Bianjing came to look for them, and the two guys came from Bianjing. After Yu Jian finished speaking, he quietly watched Huai Ninghou's reaction.

"If there is someone with such ability in Bianjing City...... Huai Ninghou fell into deep thought, and after a while, he spoke again: "I understand what you mean, you want me to help you investigate this case, but I'm afraid it's difficult, but my son Shujin will return to Beijing soon, you can let him inquire." ”

Yu Cheng picked up the wine glass he put down: "Master Hou, I respect you." ”

"It may not be able to help much, if it is found out that it is the heavenly family in the end, I can only stand by and watch."

"Master Hou is willing to share this trip to the troubled waters, Yu is already grateful, how dare he ask for more."

Huai Ninghou stared at Yu Jian curiously, and couldn't help but say, "This deceased Lord Chen has a relationship with you?" ”

"When Yu first arrived in Bianjing to take the exam, he was robbed of both silver, and I had to live under the bridge for two days and almost starved to death on the street, but fortunately I met Chen Anqing, who took me home to recuperate for a few days, it turned out that he was also preparing for the scientific examination, and we entered the government together and became officials in the same dynasty, so he is my benefactor and life-saving benefactor." Yu Jian couldn't help but shed a few tears when he talked about this past, after all, he was also an emotional person.

"Well, it's no wonder that Lord Yu is so concerned, then Peng will definitely do his best to find the culprit who killed Chen Anqing."

After the heavy topic, Yu Peng and the two chatted. The number of people who came to say goodbye gradually increased, and then there were fewer. Yu Jian also found that it was not early, so he also said goodbye to Huaininghou and went home.

The carriage was bumpy and swaying, and Yu Chengyu Rui was lying in the car and snoring, and he was tired of playing this day.

At this time, Lu Wei sat opposite Yu Jian, the two had not met since they were demoted to Fujian, although Yu Jian was very happy to have this old friend visited, but doubts still dominated, why did he run from Xianyou for no reason? Just to see me, that's definitely not the case. Yu Jian muttered for a long time and finally couldn't help asking, "Why is Brother Lu here?" ”

Lu Wei's face was full of smiles, he looked at Yu Jian in front of him, and said pretending to be profound: "Lord Yu, do you believe in fate?" ”

"Don't sell it, let's talk about it quickly." Yu Cheng said quickly.

"Brother Yu, I, Lu Wei, am going back to Beijing again."