Duanmu Fei looked down at the parchment drawing again, and the parchment paper that was more than three feet wide encapsulated the huge Hou Mansion.

Yuwen is really worthy of the previous dynasty's architectural masters, the layout of this Hou Mansion is regular and exquisite, with a row of back cover buildings to block the waist of the mansion and the back garden.

The mansion in front is composed of a number of quadrangle courtyards, solemn and elegant, the atmosphere is magnificent, the back garden is surrounded by water, the pavilion is winding, the deep and beautiful, its scenery can be described as opening and closing, eclectic.

Duanmufei just glanced at it, and saw that today's Hou Mansion is very different from the drawings, just from the place where she walked, there is not only a magnificent verandah in the mansion, but also some rockeries and pavilions.

Duanmu Fei looked out the window thoughtfully, and the green glazed tiles of a two-story building in the southwest were shining in the sun, shining a little dazzlingly.

Even if she didn't look at the drawings, Duanmufei could be sure that the building was not on the drawings she had at hand.

The Xuanwu Marquis Mansion has not been a little "tossed" over the years, I am afraid that it has spent a lot of silver, and now it has "lost" a full 16 million taels of silver at once......

However, Ji Lanzhou is a smart person and must have thought of this.

At this time, a burst of tea fragrance wafted in, and the maid held hot tea to serve tea to her master and guests.

Only good tea and books can't be disappointed, well, this study can be regarded as both.

Indeed, as Duanmu Fei thought, although the Ji family's accounts have been sorted out, this large amount of family wealth cannot be returned in a day or two.

These days, the emperor has been in a very good mood, so he ordered the military department and the household department to cooperate in this matter, and ordered him to exchange it for grain, grass, war horses, weapons, etc., as soon as he received the silver, and send it to the south to be supervised by the celebrants.

Because this matter is very important, involving the follow-up of eight million taels of silver, Duanmuxian was temporarily ordered to stay in Beijing this time and will not tour the south with the emperor.

Originally, Duanmuxian didn't go, and Duanmufei's granddaughter naturally couldn't go, but the emperor gave an extra holy decree to let Duanmufei follow Anping.

Duanmu Huan happily accepted the holy decree, and when she thought that she could go to Jiangnan, her eyebrows fluttered, and she happily continued to prepare her luggage.

Duanmu Xian was a little stunned after hearing the news, and he was even more speechless.

In Beijing, it's okay to occasionally let the four girls follow the eldest princess of Anping, but now when she goes out of Beijing, there is no elder in the family, but let the four girls follow Anping to the south of the Yangtze River, and it will be a few months to leave? !

My granddaughter hasn't married yet!

Besides, who can say for sure what will happen in the future, whether it will be married or not!

The emperor is really old and confused. Duanmu Xian thought a little rebelliously.

This trip to Jiangnan was a few months, and the more Duanmu Xian thought about it, the more he felt bad, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he wanted to beat Feng Yan well, so he found an opportunity to "encounter" Feng Yan at the door of Yunting Restaurant.

said it was a chance encounter, but in fact, Duanmuxian sent a small servant to call Feng Yan out of the restaurant.

"Grandfather." Feng Yan affectionately called Duanmu Xian, who showed most of his face from the window on the side of the carriage, and kept glancing at the carriage out of the corner of his eyes, wanting to see if there were "others" in the carriage.

Whenever he heard Feng Yan call his grandfather, Duanmu Xian would have a feeling that his cabbage was arched by a pig, and then a sentence appeared in his heart: Who is your grandfather!

The corners of Duanmu Xian's eyes twitched, and he deliberately put his fist to his lips and cleared his throat, "I just came out of the palace and happened to see you in the restaurant, so I asked you to come over and talk, didn't disturb you?" ”

Duanmu Xian looked at Feng Yan with a smile, and there was no apology in his words at all, or rather, anyone could hear that this was not "just right" at all.

Feng Yan thought about something else, Duanmuxian said that he came out of the palace, which means that Zhen Zhen must not be in the carriage.

He was a little disappointed, then refreshed his spirits, and said with a smile: "Don't bother." As he spoke, he took out two seal stones from his purse and handed them to Duanmu Xian diligently, "Grandfather, I got two frozen lights two days ago, ......

On Feng Yan's palm, there are two seal stones that are not as big as eggs, showing a translucent lamp yellow, with a delicate and pure texture, warm and soft, and a bright color.

Duanmuxian couldn't help but grab one of them and put it in the sun to enjoy it, the noon sun was warm and brilliant, and under the golden sun, the translucent light was as bright as a lamp.

"Wonderful." Duanmuxian couldn't help but praise it, and couldn't put it down.

This light freeze is the best in Qingtian stone, and bloodstone, Tianhuang stone is equally famous, not only the price is better than gold, but also the quality is elegant and easy to carve.

Duanmuxian looked at this piece of light jelly and couldn't help but think about what kind of seal button to carve according to the texture and shape of this piece of light jelly.

Feng Yan listened to Duanmu Xian's praise and straightened his chest triumphantly, he knew that Zhen Zhen would definitely like it.

Feng Yan continued: "I was planning to send someone to the house, but it happened to meet my grandfather, and the two lights were frozen on one side for my grandfather and the other for Zhen Zhen......"

As soon as he heard Feng Yan affectionately call his granddaughter's name, Duanmu Xian suddenly came back to his senses, and his heart was both useful and disgusted. This kid really knows the preferences of the four girls, so he will please the four girls, and he also knows how to please himself by the way.

There are so many eyes!

But this kid is so good at pleasing the four girls, this southern tour shouldn't bully his own four girls, right? …… No, it's good if your four girls don't bully people!!

Thinking about it, Duanmu Xian's feelings became more complicated, and a feeling of pride and pity vaguely rose: his four girls are a little fox who loves to pretend to be a white rabbit...... Does this stupid boy know?!

At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves from behind, accompanied by a nervous shout: "Commander Feng!" ”

It was a young man in his twenties, in a hurry, and before the horse could stop, he turned over and dismounted, hugged his fist at Feng Yan and said, "Commander Feng, there is a commotion at the noon gate......

Noon Gate. Duanmu Xian was stunned, subconsciously looked up at the sun hanging high in the blue sky, and said in his heart: Yes, today is the day when Ding Zhongqing and Mao Renhong were executed at the noon gate. If someone is making trouble, it is nine times out of ten that it is those military attaches of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

As Duanmuxian guessed, the young man continued: "Many military attachés ran to the noon gate, stopped the execution, and clamored for the criminal department to release them!" ”

Feng Yan frowned, feeling that these people were really blind, he was still thinking that he was about to leave for Jiangnan, so he wanted to ask Duanmu Xian, did Zhen Zhen lack anything......

"Ah Yan, since you have something, let's go quickly." Duanmu Xian casually dismissed Feng Yan.

Feng Yan responded, and handed another piece of light jelly in his hand to Duanmu Xian, "Grandfather, then I'll leave first, and I'll visit another day." ”

He solemnly bowed his hand and said goodbye, and then instructed the young man who came to report the news: "Jiang Chong, you take some people to the noon gate to maintain order." The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, as if he was smiling, calm and relaxed.

Soon, Feng Yan and Jiang Chong rode away one after the other.

Looking at the back of Feng Yan leaving, Duanmu Xian suddenly felt that something was wrong, and looked down at the two pieces of light freeze in his hand. No, did he accidentally become an envoy for that stinky boy of Feng Yan?

The corners of Duanmu Xian's mouth twitched, and he almost didn't throw the light in his hand towards Feng Yan, but he still held back. You can't gamble with such a good baby, can you?

"Let's go."

After Duanmuxian dropped the two words, the coachman waved his horsewhip and drove the carriage on, and at the same time, Feng Yan at the other end had already turned the corner at the intersection in front.

"Gotta ......"

Ben Xiao scattered his hooves, seemed to feel the good mood of his master, and ran happily, like a black wind shuttling through the streets of the capital.

Yunting Restaurant is not far from the noon gate, that is, four or five streets away, Feng Yan only took a cup of tea to arrive at the execution ground of the noon gate, Jiang Chong's hands and feet were not slow, and the people with seven or eight Wucheng soldiers and horses also arrived immediately.

The execution ground was noisy and noisy, with constant shouts and angry scolding, and ordinary people were not allowed to watch the execution at noon, but at this moment it seemed to be more lively than the vegetable market.

"We're not convinced! No one is allowed to be executed! ”

"Lord Ding and Lord Mao have been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and I don't know how much they have made for the imperial court, and now they have ended up beheaded, which is really chilling!"

"Jingzhao Mansion's sentence is too heavy, we have to find the emperor to plead!"

"That's right, we want to see the emperor, please call the shots!"

“……”

Five or six tall and sturdy generals surrounded the execution platform, all fierce and vicious, some stopped in front of the executioner, and some confronted the right attendant of the prison department.

Next to the executioner, Ding Zhongqing and Mao Renhong were kneeling on the ground in embarrassment, their hair scattered, and their bodies were slender, like old men in the twilight. After being imprisoned for more than 20 days, both of them were much thinner, wearing gray prison clothes, heavy shackles around their necks and hands, and the two planks clamped around their necks, so that they almost suffocated.

At this moment, a spark of hope appeared in the cloudy eyes of the two, no one wanted to die, especially to die so badly!

In the face of these aggressive generals, the right attendant of the Criminal Department had a headache and was a little overwhelmed, his forehead was already overflowing with beads of sweat, and he could only smile and say that he was also ordered to be sentenced.

The right attendant of the criminal department looked up at the sky, and saw that the hour of execution was about to pass, and his head was really big......

"Yo! What for?! If you dare to make trouble at noon, don't disperse quickly, disperse! Feng Yan rode his horse and casually reprimanded the guards brought by those generals, and the younger brothers behind him echoed one after another, driving away the onlookers with scabbards.

They had to make way for them.

A young man in a dark brocade robe came with seven or eight gentlemen riding horses, all of them in high spirits, and suddenly became the focus of the eyes of other people around him, and everyone had different expressions.

Ben Xiao stopped in front of the execution platform, Feng Yan turned over and dismounted lightly like a big peng spreading his wings, and then jumped briskly onto the execution platform, playing with a horse whip in his hand at will, unruly.

"What's going on?" Feng Yan glanced at the right attendant of the Criminal Department and the generals lightly, and without waiting for them to answer, he continued, "It's noisy, it's like a vegetable market!" Our Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is in charge of public security in Beijing, and you are making such a fuss at the Wumen Execution Ground, are you deliberately looking for trouble with our Five Cities Soldiers and Horses! ”

"That's right." Jiang Chong hurriedly agreed, "It's noon, and you won't let us have a good meal!" ”

"Commander Feng is serious." The right attendant of the Criminal Department twitched the corner of his eye, and bowed his hand politely to Feng Yan, although he rarely dealt with the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division on weekdays, he also knew a little about their duties and actions.

The responsibilities of the Five Cities Terracotta Division are cumbersome, and everything in Beijing is involved, but the responsibilities are not clear, whether you want to do it or not, it all depends on the mood of the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

It seems that this Feng Gongzi of the Anping Eldest Princess's Mansion is quite excited today!

Thinking about it, at this moment, the right attendant of the Criminal Department couldn't wait for someone to lend a hand, and hurriedly told these martial artists about blocking the execution one by one.

Feng Yan knocked the half-folded horse whip in his hand on the palm of his other hand, casually looked at the five or six generals, and said to the right attendant of the Criminal Department: "Ma Shilang, this is a person from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, let Wei Guogong come and take people away!" ”

He casually ordered his subordinates, then sat down on the Taishi chair beside him, dusted off his robe and said, "Don't worry, anyway, there is still some time before three o'clock in the afternoon, so it doesn't hurt for us to wait." ”

Jiang Chong and the others stood behind Feng Yan with knives on their shoulders, looking like "they just won't leave".

The cold sweat on Ma Shilang's forehead fell, wiped his forehead with his cuffs, and said in his heart: Of course you are fine, you have delayed the execution time, the emperor blames it, it is himself who is unlucky, but it is none of their business with the soldiers and horses of the five cities.

But now, Ma Shilang is also helpless, he can't really go to inform the emperor for them as these troublesome generals wish, right?

Ma Shilang had a splitting headache, and quietly recruited someone and asked him to go to the yamen of the criminal department and talk to the secretary of the criminal department.

The two of them left the noon gate one after the other, in a hurry, one went to the criminal department, the other went to the governor's mansion of the five armies, in fact, there was no need for Feng Yan to send someone to inform him, Geng Anhao also received the news as soon as possible, and he had already arrived at the noon gate without a cup of tea.

Feng Yan sat high, looked far away, and saw it from a distance, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.

He was afraid that the matter was not big enough, so he put down the teacup calmly, and said in a high-minded tone: "Grandpa Guo, you are here!" I know that Grandpa Guo is busy, but he should also control his subordinates, right? Don't always make trouble for our Five Cities Terracotta Division! ”

"......" Geng Anhao clenched his fists, suppressed the anger in his heart, didn't pay attention to Feng Yan, and didn't ask why Feng Yan was here, thinking: Feng Yan This guy really goes wherever he has something, just like a cat smelling fish.

Fang Feng Yan's call, and the other people around the execution ground naturally noticed Geng Anhao.

A series of scorching eyes all shot towards Geng Anhao, including Ma Shilang, the troublesome generals, several officials onlookers, and the forbidden troops guarding the surroundings...... and Ding Zhongqing and Mao Renhong kneeling on the ground.

Everyone looked different, some expectant, some hesitated, some sneered, some mocked, and some watched, most of them wanted to see how the young Wei Guogong would resolve the impasse in front of them.

For a moment, there was an eerie silence all around, as if even the wind had stopped and the sun was scorching.

Ding Zhongqing looked at Geng Anhao who was walking towards the execution table with a gloomy face, raised his head slightly, and the shackles on his body made a heavy collision sound, just such a simple action made him feel pain in his neck and wrists. The pain and humiliation reminded him that it was all reality.

It was Geng Anhao who was useless, and he would fall into this situation! If Geng Hai was still here, how could things have developed to this point!

Ding Zhongqing only felt as if he was trapped in a bottomless quagmire, and the more he struggled, the deeper he sank, and the cold muddy water had risen to his neck......

Under the scorching gaze of everyone, Geng Anhao strode onto the execution platform with a solemn face.

The five or six generals who came to make trouble hurriedly gave Geng Anhao a fist salute: "Grandpa Guo! ”

"Grandpa Guo, you can count it on!" One of the bearded middle-aged generals stepped forward and said in a strange manner, "I don't know that Grandpa Guo came here to help us?!" ”

Geng Anhao frowned, and could hear the unkindness in the other party's tone, as if hinting that if Geng Anhao was here to oppose them, it would be better to say a few words.

Geng Anhao endured the displeasure in his heart, and persuaded him with good words: "Huang Shiyang, my father knows that you are dissatisfied with the verdict, but it is not a way to make trouble here. ”

"The noon gate is the palace gate, the front of the palace gate is a quiet place, and if it continues to make trouble, it will only anger the emperor, if you are punished for the crime of forcing the palace, my father will not be able to save you!"

Listening to Geng Anhao's words, Ding Zhongqing's heart sank little by little, and the cold muddy water seemed to rise to the position of his chin......

Huang Shiyang pursed his lips disdainfully, "Grandpa Guo, are you just saving your brother like this?!" ”

"That's right!" Another tall and thin military general beside him also took two steps forward and said dissatisfiedly, "Ding Zhongqing and Mao Renhong are going to die, is Grandpa Guo going to let it go like this?" ”

"Since the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies can't help, can't we get justice for the two brothers?!"

Several other generals also said angrily, each more excited than the other, their faces and necks flushed.

When they said it, there was already a taste of anger in their words, but in Geng Anhao's ears, it was like they slapped him in the face one after another.

Everyone around looked in the direction of the torture platform, whispering to each other, although their voices could not reach Geng Anhui's ears, but it made him feel like a man's back.

Geng Anhao was annoyed and ashamed in his heart, and his thin lips pursed into a straight line.

After he heard the news, he specially rushed to the noon gate, and he had been here for a long time, bothering not to bother for their good, but Huang Shiyang and they were unmoved, and slapped him in the face in public!

It's just that I don't know what to say, I don't know how to lift!

Whether it's Ding Zhongqing or Huang Shiyang, they don't take themselves as the Guardian of the Motherland in their eyes!

Geng Anhao and Huang Shiyang confronted each other, and between their eyes, sparks were shining.

The noon sun was very poisonous, and the execution ground without any shelter was like a stove, and the people who roasted it were stuffy and uncomfortable. What can I do?

In contrast, Feng Yan, who was sitting on the Taishi chair, was still so leisurely and comfortable, slowly brushing off the tea leaves on the tea soup with the tea lid, as if he was watching a play.

Looking at Geng Anhao's face for a while blue and white, Feng Yan said with a stitch: "Grandpa Guo, why don't I look at you and don't even seem to be able to control the people below?" Listen to my advice, if you can't control your people, it's better to abdicate and let the virtuous get better! Feng Yan made no secret of the ridicule and contempt in his words.

Geng Anhao's face was extremely ugly, his face was hot, he knew that he had to stand up, he knew that he couldn't let others see the jokes of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Mansion of Weiguo, he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said in a commanding tone: "Huang Shiyang, don't make any more trouble, leave here immediately for this father!" Otherwise, don't blame my father for being merciless and dealing with it with military law! ”

Between the words, the displeasure in Geng Anhao's heart naturally revealed, and his expression was cold.

"......" Huang Shiyang and the others opened their eyes, feeling as if they had been splashed with a bucket of cold water on their heads, their hearts were cold, and the dissatisfaction in their hearts was even stronger.

"Bang dang!"

Ding Zhongqing raised his head again, the shackles on his body collided, his eyes were red and staring at Geng Anhao, who was a foot away, and his eyes were full of bloodshot like spider webs, describing him as hideous.

The cold, formless muddy water had risen to his lower lip, and as soon as he spoke, the foul water seemed to pour into his mouth......

However, Ding Zhongqing still spoke without hesitation, and shouted hoarsely:

"Geng Anhao, you're really useless! You only deserve to kneel down and lick the emperor's feet!! ”

"You can't even protect your own people, you are not worthy of being the Duke of Wei Guo at all, your father has a spirit in the sky, if you see you like this, I am afraid that I will want to kill you for the ancestors of your Geng family, so as not to insult the prestige of the Geng family for a hundred years!"

"Brother Huang, I understand your kind brother! What joy in life, what fear in death, twenty years later, another hero, let's be brothers in the next life! ”

"However, you have to open your eyes and see clearly, my fate today is your coming day, as soon as the Duke of the First Guard dies, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will be over!"

Ding Zhongqing described madness, with a poignant voice, with a kind of determination and madness to die.

Huang Shiyang and the others looked at Ding Zhongqing and remained motionless. In fact, what Ding Zhongqing said was really what they were afraid of.

Lips and teeth are cold.

Today is Ding Zhongqing and Mao Renhong, next time, when the guillotine knife is on their necks, will Geng Anhui be as timid as today, just to protect himself!

Huang Shiyang and the others had deep eyes, and their hearts were all heavy, as if they were pressing a small mountain.

Since Geng Hai's death, everything seems to have changed.

"It's over! It's all over! Sooner or later, we will all have to go down to accompany the first defense of the country! ”

Kneeling beside Ding Zhongqing, Mao Renhong also raised his head and shouted, his voice hoarse and rough, as if he had been ground by iron sandpaper.

The blue sky above was overcast at some point, and layers of dark clouds blocked the sun above, filling the sky, and the entire execution ground suddenly became a lot darker, and the thick clouds seemed to be about to fall at any time.

Except for Ding Zhongqing's voice, there was silence all around, and everyone looked at Ding Zhongqing and Geng Anhao.

"Enough!"

Geng Anhui interrupted Ding Zhongqing with a loud voice, and his heart rushed to his head with anger.

"Ding Zhongqing, you're embarrassed to talk about your father!" Geng Anhui raised his hand and pointed at Ding Zhongqing and said angrily, "When my father was alive, he trusted you and promoted you step by step from a six-rank thousand general manager to a second-grade commander and entrusted you with important tasks!" But how do you think about his kindness! As soon as my father left, you never took your father-in-law seriously! ”

The more Geng Anhui spoke, the more angry he became, and he had no reason at all, and he was worried, uneasy, panicked, and suspicious in his heart since the death of his father Geng Hai...... At this moment, it all turned into anger, and he just wanted to vent this anger, but he didn't notice a subtle change in the eyes of the other people around him.

Ma Shilang shook his head secretly, and said in his heart: This young Wei Guogong is still far away!

His dignified Duke Wei Guo, and the Grand Governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, actually went to confront and argue with a sinner who was about to be executed, and he really fell behind.

Originally, at this time, there should have been someone else to say this for Geng Anhao, and there should have been someone else to reprimand Ding Zhongqing for Geng Anhao...... Oh.

Ma Shilang's gaze inadvertently swept over the faces of Huang Shiyang and the others with different expressions, it was obvious that Geng Anhao had not been in power for a long time, and he had not really won the hearts of the people!

"It's so lively!" Feng Yan took out the pocket watch in his arms, leaned lazily on the back of the Taishi chair, and reminded with a smile, "Grandpa Guo, Ma Shilang, I see that the hour is almost up, and it is about to rain, is this something that should be done?" ”

As he said this, Ma Shilang began to have a headache again, and glanced at the leaky pot on the table. Indeed, it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time to be executed.

There was silence around again, and Ding Zhongqing and Mao Renhong only felt that their throats were spicy and dry, and their bodies were cold to the bones.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere became more solemn and tense.