Chapter 49: Uncle and Nephew

The Zheng family sent Wang Xinghua away and ushered in the newly bought nineteen slaves. ？

Zheng Qingluan divided the people in turn. Zhou Hai made a long-term follower for Zheng Laosan, and her mother-in-law put it in the small kitchen in the inner courtyard. Two boys, one is eight years old and the other is five years old, and they are playmates for Hachi.

The old man was placed in the gatehouse, and his ten-year-old grandson Fudi followed back and forth. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Fu family serves the Qian family, and the younger daughter-in-law manages the kitchen of the outer courtyard, and it is also a decent errand to manage the meals of more than 20 people in the family. The eldest son takes care of the stables, and the younger son takes care of the fruit trees and fields in the garden. The eldest daughter of Changfang is sixteen years old, called Fu Tuan'er, and is in charge of sprinkling and sweeping. Son Fu Yuan'er, fifteen years old, is a little servant for San Lang. Futian is fourteen in the second room, and he is a small servant for Goro.

Bai Yun takes care of the pond, and his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law take care of the family's chickens, ducks, pigs, and other livestock. His son Bai Zhang followed Zheng Laosan and only served in the study of the outer courtyard.

The other two girls, Zhao Di and Magpie, gave Zheng Qingju.

Mama Fang nodded secretly, these three families all have to serve in front of the master, they can be described as three-legged, check and balance each other, don't think about dominance!

None of them are superfluous. It's true that none of this work is easy. Even Qian and Zheng Qingju, who felt that there were too many people at the beginning, had nothing to say.

When the affairs of the family are straightened out, the gifts to the clan will be sent down one by one.

Zheng Qingluan also gave some jade pendants and hostas in good condition to his brothers and sisters. He gave some rare tribute satin to the second and third rooms, and put them away, which was intended to be a dowry and dowry.

After all this uproar, the Zheng family's life finally got on track. Zheng Laosan took several children to study. Even Erlang and Wang Xinghua were required to read the annals of military history, and Zheng Qingju and Zheng Qingman were required to learn mathematics, not required to be proficient, but at least to understand. The second room Mei also came back from the provincial capital, and he and Zheng Lao Er wandered around the village every day, familiar with the clansmen. Qian assigned the work every day, checked around, and lived more and more comfortably.

Zheng Lao Da and Zheng Lao Wu are still recovering from their injuries and will not come out to jump for the time being. Several women in the family didn't dare to cause trouble, they were very afraid of Mei's whip in the second room, and even the old lady obediently retracted every time she saw Mei's smiling eyes. The Zheng family entered a rare period of peace.

And at this moment, the capital is surging.

Outside the capital, the vegetation in the early summer becomes more and more lush, completely blocking the sun's rays from the West Mountain. The mountain streams are small but numerous, criss-crossing along the mountain, a small waterfall can be seen in each line of dozens of steps, some are more than ten meters high, some are one or two meters high, so that this mountain forest immediately appears to have a little more aura.

In this mountain is located an exquisite Baiyun Temple, which is where the eldest princess of Jiangyang led her practice. It is said to be a Taoist temple, but it is just a name for nothing, it is just a courtyard built by the emperor for his sister, and everything in it is built according to the regulations of the princess's mansion. Because the eldest princess is quiet, no one dares to disturb her. In addition to the cries of birds and birds in the mountain, there is only the sound of gurgling water, and this eldest princess is the veritable 'king of the mountain' in the West Mountain.

In the quiet mountains and forests of the past, the birds and birds flew away.

The sound of footsteps made the mountains and forests more silent at this time.

"It's the first time you're here, right?" The one who spoke was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties, with a slender figure and a moon-white brocade robe, adding a bit of elegance and handsomeness to the man's majesty. He looked at the young man's gaze with a little softer, "Your mother's temperament is getting more and more left-handed now! Living alone in such a big mountain, I don't want to be disturbed." It's a good place, but it's a little colder. When you have time, come and stay with your mother for a few days, even if you are busy on weekdays, don't forget to come and go. He walked slowly through the woods, admiring the scenery with great interest, and did not care about the silence of the young man's cold face. "You don't know who you're with? ”

"Follow Grandpa!" the young man's voice was clear and pleasant, and his flat and straightforward tone made people choke.

"Nonsense. The middle-aged man had a tiger face, but there was a smile in his eyes, he liked to hear people say that Xiao Yunfeng's child was like their royal family. Besides, this child's words are not wrong, it is said that the former emperor also had such a cold temperament when he was young.

Xiao Yunfeng saw the smile in the emperor's uncle's eyes, and his heart was settled. It seems that Luan'er's judgment in the secret letter is correct, and it seems that it is better to get along with him as an uncle.

That's right! This middle-aged man is none other than the current saint Song Chengqian. Emperor Tai'an, who has reigned for ten years, is now ten years of Tai'an.

Xiao Yunfeng snorted and put his head aside arrogantly. It seems that he is still sulking about this forced visit.

"You kid!" Emperor Tai'an said guiltily and helplessly, "I don't blame your mother!

"Who is impatient to know what happened back then?" Xiao Yunfeng intercepted the words, and his eyes were red before Emperor Tai'an changed his face, "The change of dynasty, the winner is the king and the loser is Kou, there is nothing to blame." Can you still tell who is wrong and who is right? Is it necessary to distinguish between them?" He twisted his face awkwardly to the side, choking up a little, "I am only a few years old, and she cruelly doesn't want me, and she doesn't see my father! Is it so difficult to keep me around? Will my uncle lose a bowl of rice for me?"

"I'm the Xiao family, don't I have the blood of the Song family on my body!" He asked with red eyes, "My grandfather also said that I should be a general! Why did everything change in the next day! He also said that I colluded with the Tartars! Is there such a slanderous person? The Tartars and the Xiao family are already feuding, and the Song family and the Tartars are incompatible, and I am afraid that I am slow to collude with the Tartars!"

"Bastard!" Emperor Tai'an reprimanded, "What a dead or alive!

Seeing Emperor Tai'an's eyes widen, he immediately stopped, "Yes! I was wrong." Xiao Yunfeng bowed his head and obediently admitted his mistake.

"It's still a child's temperament!" Emperor Tai'an sighed, "Your mother has your mother's difficulties! I have been sending people to investigate the things of the past, but I still don't have a clue what went wrong." His face was a little embarrassed, "But it's really not my uncle's hand." ”

"I know this!" Xiao Yunfeng didn't hide it at all, when talking to an emperor, ten sentences mixed with a lie, all had to be carefully worded. So he simply told the truth, "My uncle's situation at that time would like to take advantage of the Xiao family, and then restrain the Xiao family, and even suppress the Xiao family and weaken the Xiao family." But Dudu will not destroy the Xiao family! The prestige of the Xiao family in the hearts of the people for a hundred years will not allow my uncle to take action against the Xiao family at such a time of crisis!" he looked at him calmly, "As a prince, standing in your position, what your uncle did at that time was not wrong. He looked at the king in front of him calmly, not afraid of his scrutiny.

He also smiled and said, "Maybe it was because I was young back then, but I was more able to look at this problem calmly." Fu sneered again, "As for the people behind the scenes, I'm afraid they are not ambitious." ”

Emperor Tai'an nodded, and patted Xiao Yunfeng's shoulder with relief, "Feng'er can think like this, uncle is very pleased." ”

Xiao Yunfeng couldn't see Emperor Tai'an's true thoughts, whether the other party believed it or not, and there was no way to verify how many layers he believed. But what does it matter? It's just an attitude.

I also know that the Xiao family was not calculated by you, but even if you calculated, you did take advantage of the Xiao family, but so what? I, the only seedling of the Xiao family, also have the blood of the Song family in my body, can I still seek revenge against my mother and uncle?

This is what Xiao Yunfeng wants to express to the emperor.

The two were silent for a few moments. It seems that they all want to figure out something from the other party's words and expressions.

"Just now that your grandfather said that you should be a general?" Emperor Tai'an broke the silence, "How about making your uncle a general?"

"Okay!" Xiao Yunfeng's face was flat, "I want to go back to Xiao Jiajun." ”

Emperor Tai'an's footsteps paused, his eyes were like a sharp sword, Xiao Yunfeng let him look at it expressionlessly, "Uncle! I want to go back to Xiao Jiajun! I must also go back to Xiao Jiajun!" This is to remind the emperor that the century-old inheritance of the Xiao family army is not a fraud, except for the Xiao family, there is really no one to command this behemoth.

Xiao Yunfeng didn't wait for the emperor to express his position, so he said bluntly, "You are my own uncle, and I will tell you the truth!" Xiao Jiajun, as soon as you hear this name, you will feel uncomfortable!" He didn't continue to walk forward, leaned on the thick tree pole on the side of the road, and saw that the entourage behind him was some distance away from here, and continued, "Xiao family, I'm the only one left." No matter how poor I am, I am also a descendant of the Xiao family, and I can't be sorry for the ancestors of the Xiao family. The only thing I can do is to correct the crooked path of the Xiao family. He looked at Emperor Tai'an's expressionless face, full of majesty, and said solemnly, "I will reform the Xiao family army!" There will be no Xiao family army in the future, only the 'Imperial Border Army'." ”

The word "Yu" has a bit of meaning!

The first is to defend against the emperor, and the other is to honor the emperor's actions and possessions. For example, the edict, the royal view, the royal gift, the royal driving pro-expedition.

The Imperial Border Army can be interpreted as an army to defend against foreign enemies, or it can be understood as an army owned by the emperor.

Emperor Tai'an added a smile to his face, "This title is kind of interesting!"

Xiao Yunfeng had no waves on his face, knowing that this seemingly homely negotiation was about to show his 'real guy', and it was absolutely impossible to just change his name. It's really 'no rabbit or eagle', Xiao Yunfeng doesn't care, if he were himself, I'm afraid he wouldn't agree so easily. He suggested very sincerely, "In the future, a specific position should be set up in the imperial border army." He explained in detail the main responsibilities of Zheng Qingluan's improved position of 'political commissar' to Emperor Tai'an. In a word, you sent a group of people to Xiao Jiajun to be stationed in Xiao Jiajun, to be responsible for ideological and political work, and to teach them not only to be patriotic, but also to be loyal to the monarch.

Emperor Tai'an's eyes lit up, "I can't see that your kid is still a strategist!"

This is not a good thing! A military general who is too strategic is the most taboo.

He blushed embarrassedly, and said, "My daughter-in-law said—"