Nanjing Garrison Mansion is located on Datong Street within Tongji Men, and there were originally five mansions and six departments in all directions, but those places that were originally planned were completely stopped after only a few years of construction, and now they have already built neat mansions everywhere.

In the early years of Nanjing, it was Xianzong who established an official in Nanjing, and the son of heaven who ascended the throne did not have the bearing to respond to all calls, nor did he have any great talents, and he was able to ascend to the throne because the imperial brothers who were ranked before him were either dead or deposed for sin, and as a result, within two years of his accession to the throne, he encountered the stupid Tatars in the north. He tried his best to build five official offices and six departments in Nanjing in imitation of the capital, and set up a garrison post in Nanjing, and set up government guards in the area of Zhengyang Men and Tongji Men in Nanjing, leaving the left guard and the right guard of Jinwu, intending to move the capital. However, just halfway through the construction of these yamen, the army returned victoriously, followed by this emperor into a decade-long period of illness and good times, so that of the many yamen in the final plan, only the Nanjing garrison still stands in its original place.

Therefore, the real military power of today's Nanjing garrison is the Sanwei camp across the street. Although it is by no means a lot, this already includes half of the troops of the entire Nanjing. Therefore, even if the Nanjing Garrison Mansion is not a city, it is by no means a cold place. Since yesterday afternoon, the back men on the back street for servants to enter and exit have never been cut off, sending posts, sending vegetables and vegetables, and they have been busy until the morning.

The back men were quiet, but the front men were so busy that they fainted. Xu Yang has been in Nanjing for less than a year, and like the rest of the officials, he usually treats guests either in the Qinhuai River or in other places of smoke. But this time, when the old man in the lead saw the two cars stop in front of the men, nodding and bowing to greet him again, his back was inevitably sore, and he had to lower his head to hide his grinning expression.

After receiving a post handed over by his car relatives, he only glanced at it, and immediately changed to an extremely respectful expression, and knelt down and kowtowed to the other two men behind him, and waited for the command from the car, then stood up and stood with his hands down.

"Which guests have arrived?"

"Back to Mrs. Hui's words, Pingjiang Bo and Zhendong Hou Shizi have arrived. In addition, there are also Lord Wu of Jinling Prefect, Lord Lingfu of Shangyuan County, the third old lady and the eldest master of the Jiang family of the local wang family, the fourth young master of the Huang family who monopolizes forty percent of the silk supply in Jiangnan, and the old man Jing who is the chief shopkeeper of Ruisheng Bank Jiangnan with silver numbers all over the south of the Yangtze River, and the ...... who runs the jewelry business"

Chen Lan in the car listened carefully to this series of names, while writing them down, she gently pinched her fingers, and when the old man finished speaking, she found that in addition to the people mentioned by Steward Zheng yesterday, there were a few people who were brought to the Jiang family by Xiao Lang, the prince of Zhendong Hou Shizi, but the rest of the people had never heard of it before, and it was expected that it was Pingjiang Bo Fanghan or the team of Nanjing guarding Xu Yang.

glanced at the Jiang family, and saw that her mother-in-law was noncommittal, so she laughed lightly.

"I thought we came early, but I didn't expect to be left behind. It's okay" to lead the way. ”

As soon as these words came out, the old man was like a méng amnesty" and hurriedly led people to lead the way. The carriage entered the west corner, bypassed a large shadow wall and went up the road, and the strange eight walked around for a while, "Seeing that it was about to reach the second men, there were already servants in front of him who came out, and the old men hurriedly commanded the people to retreat." Chen Lan in the carriage felt that the carriage was slowing down, so he had to open the curtains a little and look out, only to see a hanging huāmen carved with the pattern of Fulu and Suki in front of him.

When the carriage stopped, Chen Lan, who got off the carriage first, saw at a glance a few NVs who were surrounded by people and came up. The person who was the leader was slightly older than the Jiang family, but he didn't look blessed, especially his face was too long, and those fat powders couldn't cover the fine lines, and his face was a little mean. The two young nv who supported her on the left and the right looked bright and lovely, and the slightly older one on the left was fair-skinned and slender, as if he was used to holding his head high, and there was a kind of intimidating arrogance between his eyebrows. And the one on the right is a goose egg face" with a silly smile on the corner of his mouth, and he has been looking at her curiously.

"But Mrs. Tai is here!"

As soon as Mrs. Xu's Lu came up, she greeted the Jiang family affectionately, and after seeing Chen Lan curtsied, she hurriedly lifted the person up, squinted her eyes and looked at it for a moment before smiling: "I have long heard of the reputation of the county lord of Haining" When I saw it today, it was really better than the rumors, and at first glance, it was not a superficial daughter raised by our people. ”

"Madame, don't blindly praise her, your two daughters have been nurtured since childhood, although they don't like to socialize, but I heard Chen Lan say that today's meeting is important, so naturally she decided to come over with her daughter-in-law fù regardless of her initial recovery from a serious illness, and at this time looking at these two Xu family sisters, she smiled again, "Only one has been robbed by the blessed person, and it is decided, and I don't know which blessed person's family will fall to the other."

"Mrs. Tai is right!" , Lu squinted at the two nv, and saw that the long nv just bowed his head respectfully, "and the second nv was shy, she knew that she couldn't count on them to say two humble words, so she had to smile and smile, "They just recognize two words, play the piano twice, and at most know a few poems that are not on the stage, where is there really anything to learn." As for what is blessed, if you want me to say, having a mother-in-law like Mrs. Tai is the most blessed. ”

The Lu family and the Jiang family talked and laughed freely, and Chen Lan couldn't make a sound on the side, but he had to pay attention to the buildings and grasses along the way. Seeing that most places have been changed in one way or another, and the backyard of the garrison mansion, which has always been inhabited by generals in the army, is decorated with a kind of sharp and sharp edge, she didn't feel a move in her heart. When she entered a hall, she swept around, and then smiled at Jiang's family: "Mother, can this room suit your taste?" "Good place. Jiang nodded lightly, and then asked Lu, "Just now when I walked along the road, I felt that the huāhuā in this inner courtyard seemed to have been rearranged, and many of the couplets in the house were also new. "How can my lord have such an interest, as for me, it is too late to deal with the guests, where can I take care of these." Reassigning manpower and painting and arranging are all the things that my family Yong'er picks. Speaking of this, Lu Shi looked at his parents, and there was a pride that could not be concealed between his eyebrows, and his words inevitably brought out a little bit, "Those couplets were all drafted by her, and they were all inscribed by her personally." The lord doesn't care about this, "I also think that letting my family write, it looks more cordial on weekdays, so I followed her, and said a word of philistine, and I also saved the need to invite foreign celebrities to polish the pen"

"It's all written by Sister Xiao? What a talent! Chen Lan raised his eyebrows, saw Sister Xu Daxiao smile at her, then lowered his head and didn't make a sound, then looked at the Lu family, "It is said that the general will be a tiger nv, and the Xu family can become a general nv." ”

"Whereever, it's just a few nonsense." Seeing that Chen Lan took the tea brought by the girl and brought it to the Jiang family, Lu knew that it should be done in moderation at this time, and when it turned to yesterday's matter, he was very grateful, "If you want to say that the county lord of Haining is famous." Well, at the beginning, the second son of my family was ignorant and was picked up, and as a result, he offended Lord Yang and the county lord, thanks to the two adults who forgave him a lot.

Yesterday, when he encountered such a sudden thing on the street, he could still distinguish it clearly, and he helped him regardless of his previous suspicions. If it weren't for this discernment, my second child's foolish goods would really have a bad reputation. ”

"Where is my credit, this is all Aunt Yun who went out with me." Chen Lan stretched out his finger and pointed at Aunt Yun on the side, and said with a smile, "Aunt Yun is the person specially left to me by the first queen, and I don't know how much she has helped me in the past year, otherwise how can I, who is young and knowledgeable, be so smooth?" ”

The Lu family knew that it was a mother of the Yang family who escorted those scoundrels over yesterday, and he also heard that they also went to the Jinling prefect's yamen after that. Seeing Chen Lan say this at this time, she immediately looked at Aunt Yun carefully. Seeing that Zhou Zheng was dressed plainly, standing there as if he had a different bearing from the rest of the decent servants, she couldn't help but envy Chen Lan even more for having such luck, and immediately stepped forward with a smile on her face to thank Aunt Yun.

Where is Aunt Yun willing to accept it, she retreats and is humble. On both sides, when you thanked me for letting go, Sister Xu Daxiao looked at this and that, and suddenly burst out laughing: "Mother, Aunt Yun and the county lord have the status of master and servant after all, you are still Mrs. Xie and the county lord of Haining." If you want me to say, you should call the second brother over, if he is not too arbitrary, how can anyone believe this? ”

When the Lu family heard this, she suddenly thanked Chen Lan repeatedly, and only when she talked about the second son, she said a little unnaturally: "I should have asked him to kowtow to Mrs. Tai and the county lord in person, but there were many guests outside, and the master asked him to help entertain him with his eldest brother, so I'm afraid I won't be free for a while." But today's NV family is only Mrs. and Mrs., there is no need to socialize too much, and it is cheap for us to talk. The rules in this place in Jiangnan are different from other places, and there are often people who talk about big things with men, but if you want me to say, male NVs are different after all, and those NV people are also supported by someone behind them, otherwise where can they really be alone? ”

At this moment, a mother's voice suddenly came from outside: "Madam, the lord has sent a message from there, saying that he has already transferred to the Houhuā Garden Water Pavilion to entertain guests, and I want to ask the county lord of Haining if he may take the time to take a trip" and waited for the county lord. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the room for a while. Sister Xu Daxiao looked at Chen Lan, who was indifferent, and suddenly bit her mouth.