After all, Xiang Shiyuan is the prefect of Jiangning, and he is a member of the four grades of the shepherd guard, although he has the heart to tie up with Weichen, he is still quite reserved.

The officials below didn't have so many scruples, and when they saw Wei Chen and Xiang Shiyuan finish talking, they rushed forward and rushed to salute Wei Chen.

Among these people, there are not only a hundred miles of slaughter like Youyang Zhixian, but also a government official like Jiangning Tongzhi, and there is no need to say much about the energy in the local area.

Although Wei Chen was already a scholar, he didn't want to snub them, and greeted them cordially at the moment.

Zhang Ming and Zhang Xu followed Wei Chen, and they were introduced by Wei Chen, and they were familiar with each other in front of the officials of the two teams in Jiangning Mansion and Youyang County.

There are some things that Wei Chen doesn't need to say more, these shrewd officials naturally know it in their hearts.

It was because the officials treated Zhang Ming's father and son with great respect, and they did not slack off at all because of their businessman status.

Both father and son were so excited that their faces were a little red, these are valuable connections, which will be of great benefit to their future business in Hong Kong.

After such a set of processes, it was not too early, and Wei Chen proposed to go up the mountain to worship and sweep.

Whether it is an official who leans towards the government and the opposition or a wanderer, the first thing he does when he returns to his hometown is to pay homage to the ancestral tomb.

Wei Chen's return to his hometown this time was to worship his ancestors, and now that he has put forward a request to go up the mountain to worship and sweep, Xiang Shiyuan and others naturally have no reason to refuse.

Xiang Shiyuan and other officials went to the Wei ancestral hall to rest temporarily, while Wei Chen changed into light clothes, accompanied by the old patriarch and clan elders, and went up the mountain to sweep the tombs of his father Wei Zhaoming and mother Song Ying.

The mountain path in Weichen's memory has been more than doubled, and all of them have been tamped and paved with stone slabs, so that despite the light rain last night, the mountain path does not look muddy.

On the way up the mountain, the old patriarch and his neighbors were beside Wei Chen, and they talked a lot about Wei Chen's parents back then, and they were very emotional.

Wei Chen listened to everyone's words, and he also had a deeper impression of his parents who had never met before.

The hill behind Xiyin Village was no more than 100 meters high, and the group quickly reached their destination.

The tombs of Wei Ming Zhao and Song Ying have long been repaired, surrounded by pine and cypress, and Zhang Ming also specially arranged people to go up the mountain to worship and sweep after his career.

After the yellow sacrifice was announced, Wei Chen sent everyone away, stood alone in front of his parents' tomb for a long time, and only went down the mountain near noon, and went to the Wei clan ancestral hall with everyone.

Soon after going down the mountain, before arriving at the ancestral hall, I saw a stone archway with four pillars and eight feet in the distance.

Seeing this archway, the old patriarch and several Wei clan elders were full of pride.

Zhang Ming smiled and said to Wei Chen: "Brother Chen, this is set up for you by the imperial court, go and take a look." ”

Wei Chen nodded when he heard this, his pace quickened a little, and he walked to the near archway.

But see a stone tablet under the archway, on the book: "The civil official gets off the sedan chair through this, and the military attache dismounts here."

After seeing this domineering exposed stone stele, Wei Chen raised his head and looked down from above, but saw that the top of the plaque in the middle was the four big characters of "Six Yuan and the First", and two lines of small characters were written vertically: "God bless six years" and "Youyang Weichen".

There are also six plaques under it, which are written in turn: "Champion and First", "Huiyuan and First", "Xie Yuan and First", "Hospital Test Eucalyptus Head", "Government Test Eucalyptus Head", "County Test Eucalyptus Head".

This tall and magnificent archway is the highest glory of a scholar's life.

Six plaques stand side by side, and there are only two such arches in the world.

One is in front of you, and the other one is in the Liuyuan Fang in Youyang City.

That is Wei Chen's former residence in Youyang City, the former Xie Yuandi, three years ago has been officially upgraded to six yuan and the first fang, referred to as six yuan fang.

After Wei Chen even won the six yuan, this six yuan square became the place where the legendary Wenchang Emperor rolled up, and the feng shui was excellent.

The eunuchs and celebrities of Youyang and even Jiangning vied with each other to buy properties in Liuyuanfang, and now this Liuyuanfang has gradually become a prominent gathering place, and the price of real estate has soared several times before.

After the archway, it is the ancestral hall of the Wei family.

After returning to his hometown, Wei Chen wanted to feast in the township and give back to the clansmen, so he set up a rural banquet in the ancestral hall to invite the people of the village.

Under the control of Wei Ruyi, the inside and outside of the ancestral hall were very lively. The chef of the restaurant invited from Jiangning and the village woman who came to help were arranged in an orderly manner and were busy in full swing.

Next to the steamer, which is stacked higher than a person, the chef turns the pot and spoon, and the top of the flame stove rises, and after the squeaky boiling oil is put into the pot, there is a burst of fireworks in the world.

After Wei Chen settled Xiang Shiyuan and other officials, he sat in the ancestral hall and talked with the elders of the clan about the shortcomings of the family and the harvest of the fields, but he did not feel bored.

The old patriarch pulled the two juniors to Wei Chen to see him, and then introduced: "These are all the children of our Xiyin Wei clan, they all passed the government test last year, this time Brother Chen, you are back, I will call them to see the world." ”

Before they met, the two were only thirteen or fourteen years old, and they were already children, Wei Chen couldn't help but appreciate it, and immediately nodded a few words of praise, and taught the two of them their own methods of reading and seeking karma.

Outside the ancestral hall, more than a dozen children wearing open crotch pants did not dare to enter the door, so they quietly lay by the window and listened, listening with relish.

When the old patriarch saw this scene, he couldn't help but glance at several clan elders around him, and his eyes were full of relief.

At noon, Wei Ruyi gave an order, and the village women with quick hands and feet rolled up their sleeves and began to serve food.

Home-raised chickens and ducks, fresh aquatic products from the river caught in Jingxi, and steaming hot dishes were put on the table one after another.

As for the liquor, it is, of course, amber tribute.

The red lacquered wooden table in the ancestral hall was full of dishes, and the Wei clan people were all on the table regardless of age, and for a time the ancestral hall was full of people, and it was particularly lively.

After three rounds of drinking, Wei Chen toasted table by table, everyone smiled and admired, Brother Chen became such a big official, but he was not a little arrogant, and he still put us old folks in his heart.

When the banquet was almost over, the villagers were busy packing the remaining wine and food on the table home.

The people of the village are frugal, and the wine and food at the banquet must be taken home and stewed hot, and sometimes the family can eat it for several days.

When the villagers were busy, Wei Chen went to the house to play tea with Xiang Shiyuan, the prefect of Jiangning.

The two talked about kung fu for half an hour, and what they said was unknown to outsiders, but they saw the two of them coming out of the house together and talking happily.

Then Xiang Shiyuan said goodbye to Wei Chen, and Xu Ning, the county governor of Youyang, stayed for a while, but seeing that the sky was getting dark, he had to say goodbye and leave.

At night, Wei Chen slept in his ancestral house, and slept until he woke up naturally, sleeping very sweetly.

In the early morning of the next day, Wei Chen returned to Sheng's Yixue to visit Shi Kai and Lin Yan.

These two, one is Wei Chen's teacher, and the other is Wei Chen's scripture teacher, and they can be said to be deeply kind to Wei Chen.

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By the way, now Shi Kai is also a famous student, and was hired by Sheng Wei to return to Yixue as a teacher, specializing in teaching Mongolian children under the age of ten, and is a well-known Mongolian teacher in Jiangning Prefecture.

There is even a family of princes in Jiangning City, who sent their children to Yixue, and named Shi Kai to enlighten them.

Revisiting the old place, visiting the teacher, meeting the old classmates, and then socializing in the officialdom, so after five days in Youyang, Wei Chen finally took the ancestral tablet invited from the Wei ancestral hall and set off to return to Bianjing.

It was the middle of March.

The wedding date is approaching.