Zangfu is located in Jingkou, dozens of miles away from Kyoto Jiankang.

Jingkou was an important military fortress in the Eastern Jin Dynasty at that time, and the most famous and most effective soldiers of the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were stationed here.

The Beifu soldiers were originally a private army recruited by Prime Minister Xie An in response to the royal family's call and ordered his nephew Xie Xuan to resist Fu Jian's southern expedition in the north.

The battle of Weishui is obviously a turning point in the situation between the north and the south, the invincible Fu Jian because of this defeat, facing various pressures of internal and external troubles, the voices of the high-level accusations of Fu Jian within the Later Qin regime came and went, and the original Murong royal family was also ready to move, so Fu Jian was unable to use troops against Jiangdong anymore, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty ushered in a rare peaceful time.

The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden.

When the Eastern Jin Dynasty royal family was facing pressure from the north, the Xie family's Beifu soldiers could be said to be all the hopes of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Emperor Sima Yao, and this glory had reached its peak during the Battle of Weishui.

And when the political situation stabilized, Sima Yao was no longer worried about the attack of Fu Jian in the north for the time being, and the existence of the Beifu soldiers became redundant at this time.

It can be said that the Beifu soldiers are no longer the glory of the Xie family, but the jade of "the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty".

There are many important ministers in history, who hold great power and are extremely favored, but they rarely have a good death. Either he rebelled against himself, or because of his high merits, he was suspicious of the emperor, and he was given death and assassinated. Is it because they are not smart enough to know the truth of overdoing and retreating?

Not really.

Xie An is now on the cusp of this. He had reached the highest position after the Emperor, and what he did was no longer up to him. Those who are attached to him, those who have bad intentions towards him, those who covet his power, those who are afraid of his power, they will not be at ease because Xie An voluntarily handed over his power, on the contrary, as long as Xie An lives, he is a force that cannot be questioned.

Xie An and Sima Yao's friendship is not as good as the lifelong friendship between Wang Dao and Sima Rui, so one of them wants to retreat but can't retreat, and the other is suspicious but doesn't dare to seize power.

And the center of the contention, Jingkou, seems to be very calm.

In Jingkou, where Zang Mansion is located, it is still far from the camp of the soldiers of Xie Xuanbei Mansion in Jingkou. This is the same as the fact that military martial law areas in later generations are generally far away from residential areas, otherwise ordinary people don't know, a walk to a military base, a joke or a trivial matter, being shot as a military spy or something, can only consider themselves unlucky.

Zang Jun's position is Gong Cao, and the specific nature of this job can be summarized in two sentences: "The is the heart of selling white powder, and the money is from selling cabbage." ”

All the affairs in the government, big and small, are basically related to Gong Cao, he is actually a senior secretary and housekeeper who has to take care of everything, but he only takes the money of an eight-grade petty official.

Moreover, there is absolutely no room for promotion.

For such an official position, no one needs to ask him to do anything, so Zang Mansion is basically crowded, and almost no one comes to visit.

Therefore, he was a gatekeeper at the gate of Zangfu, so there was no reward to take.

Today is an exception, when the bejeweled Mrs. Wang entered the door, she gave Menzi a full purse, and there were eight coins of silver, and the Menzi was so happy that he was urinating, and the flattering smile on his face lasted for at least half an hour.

He didn't know that he was destined to have a future blessing today.

It didn't take long for the door to see a team of carriages running towards the gate of Zangfu, and the gatekeeper was so puzzled that he rubbed his eyes, yes, what day is today, there are guests in the house again.

This is a regular customer, it is Zheng Yan, the sister-in-law of the Zheng family, who is the main mother's mother.

Zheng Yan was sitting in the carriage, very worried in her heart.

She can be described as dressed today, wearing a purple silk embroidered peach blossom tuanshou jacket, a stone blue makeup satin skirt on the lower body, a delicate gilt lapis lazuli collar around the neck, a long coral pendant thrown off at will, a pair of gold silk inlaid butterfly hairpins on her head, compared with the previous simplicity, her dress today looks very precious and dazzling, there is a solemn momentum.

Opposite her sat an old man with his eyes closed, his long beard already gray, and he wore a gray gown that was very ordinary at that time, which looked unsightly at all, and would be immediately submerged if thrown into the crowd.

Compared with her hesitation, the old man's expression was indifferent, and he looked very calculated, and there was no trace of uneasiness.

This was a soothing thing for her, and she went over and over in her head what she should have said, and thought about how to deal with the unexpected. After combing through the cause and effect several times over and over again, she felt a little more sure, and her nervous emotions slowly calmed down.

The carriage stopped at the gate of Zang's mansion, and Zheng Yan finally straightened her skirt and got out of the carriage with the old man.

Menzi was not very excited, because this sister-in-law of the Zheng family only gave two coins of silver every time, but he still greeted him respectfully.

But Zheng Yan knew the way, so she went straight past him and walked towards the inner courtyard by herself.

The man secretly said "bad luck", and couldn't help but glance at Zheng Yan's back with resentment.

This really can't blame Zheng Yan for being stingy, her eyes were straight at this time, she was thinking about her heart, and she was too nervous to notice the person standing next to her, which made Xiao Zang Mansion contempt.

Fortunately, there were two maids behind her, one of whom saw the situation vividly, took out a purse and handed it over understandingly, and said, "Thank you, our girl will reward you." ”

The man took it, and there was already a lot of weight in his hand, so he was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

Zheng Yan had already walked to the second gate, and the mother-in-law on the door saw that it was someone from the Zheng family, and hurriedly rushed to inform the Zheng family.

Zheng Yan had already come back to her senses at this time, and hurriedly sealed a purse for the woman, and said pointedly: "Please also tell Mrs. Zang Jia, just say that I have something important to find her, please let me meet." ”

The mother-in-law is an old errand officer, and she knows the weight of the Zheng family in the heart of the housemother very well, and she checked the purse again, which is heavy, and she is afraid that she will have two taels of silver.

She then asserted herself: "The girl is too worried, since she is the mother and her own family, why is there so much hypocrisy? The old slave will take you in. ”

Zheng Yan didn't shirk either, and said with a smile: "Then thank you mom." ”

The atmosphere in the hall of the main courtyard was very strange at this time.

Just after the slave kowtowed and admitted this family business, the expression on Hagi Niang's face can be described as colorful and very good-looking.

It was obvious that she didn't want to do it.

No one knows what Liu Jinu thinks in his heart, but on his handsome face, his eyes as bright as starlight and moonlight have dimmed, and he droops his head, with a humble and pitiful look like a discarded puppy. It's just that his chin and lip line look very firm and resolute, and there is no sign of changing his words.

This kind of ignorant appearance fell in Hagi Niang's eyes, and she couldn't help but feel that he was very naïve.

In fact, this really can't be blamed Hagi Niang, Liu Jinu is only ten years old this year. Although babies in ancient swaddling clothes can be married, in Hagi Niang's view, the slave is still just a prospective junior high school student who has not graduated from elementary school and is at most in the preparatory class.

The ideological level of the two is not at the same level at all, let alone getting married.