Is the General's Mansion in front? Zhang, who was following closely behind Zeng Hua, asked.

"Yes, this was originally the mansion of King Shibao of Northern Zhao Leping, so I used it, but it was too big, so I divided it into three mansions and gave them to Wuzi and Mr. Jingluo respectively." Zeng Hua was in a very good mood and replied in a cheerful tone.

"It's not as grand as my stepfather's assassination." Zhang Yuanyuan commented.

"I've been fighting outside for a long time, and my wife doesn't know how to repair it, so it's a little dilapidated. I originally planned to build a new mansion in Longshouyuan, but the money and food I had accumulated in the past two years were used to repair Chang'an University Hall, Chang'an Public Works School, and Chang'an Theological Seminary. Zeng Hua was a little embarrassed, but he never took these things to heart.

||In a detached courtyard, so Zeng's house is also equivalent to his home.

Hearing Zeng Hua say this, Pu Kou, who was half the master, explained: "The general has several properties, and he has also accumulated a lot of money, and he is going to build a new mansion in Longshouyuan, but Guan Long is newly restored, and everything is waiting for the new, so he took all the money to repair the school." ”

Zhang showed a disapproving expression, isn't the general's money the money of Beifu? Can there be a difference between the two? Cao Yan knew it in his heart, but there was a look of admiration on his face, while Yan Feng was contemplative on the horse.

"Changrui, I know what you're thinking! Let me tell you, the money in the general's inner government is his personal money, and it is all earned by several industries in an open and honest manner, which is not the same thing as the money in the treasury of the local government in Beifu. Nor can they be confused. The money of the Inner Government is in the hands of the Lady and others, and is managed by the Inner Government Bureau; The money of the official treasury is in the hands of the degree branch department, which is the tax money and grain from various places, which is taken from the people and used for the people, all of which are used to build roads and bridges, schools and medical centers, disaster relief, and the food and salaries of officials and soldiers. ”

Yan Feng nodded thoughtfully. But Zhang nodded incomprehensibly. Cao Yan was attracted by an unusual situation in front of him.

"General. Why are there so many pillars in front of your house? Cao Yan asked curiously, and Zhang and Yan Feng turned their heads when they heard the sound.

"Pillars?" Zeng Hua and the others looked forward when they heard this, and saw that from Zengfu Gate to both sides of the street, there were three rows of "snow pillars" inside and outside, all of which were so straight and neat. Zeng Hua and Park took a closer look and immediately understood what was going on, but they didn't say anything.

When Zeng Hua and the others walked to the entrance of Zengfu Street. The outermost row of snow pillars suddenly moved, and a voice came: "Stop! In front of it is the Zhenbei General's Mansion, idlers immediately avoid it! ”

Zhang, Cao Yan and Yan Feng, who were still very puzzled just now, couldn't help but be stunned, and then they realized that these three rows of "snow pillars" were three rows of guards, they stood motionless in the wind and snow, and after a while, their bodies were full of snow.

Zeng Hua opened the fur curtain to protect his face, revealing his true face.

"I've seen the General!" The guard sergeant who drank the order saw it clearly. Hurriedly bent down and arched his hand. I saw him bend over. The snow fell from his body, revealing a fur-trimmed black armor and helmet, and two fur curtains protecting his neck and chin. A face flushed with excitement was revealed.

At this time, the "snow pillar" on the left side of the gate of the mansion heard the sound, and a person walked over with the heavy snow all over his body, walked up to Zeng Hua, took a closer look at Zeng Hua and Pu, and then bowed his hand and said: "Feng Biao, the commander of the first battalion of the left wing of the Guards Tiger Ben, has seen the general and the right long history!" ”

"Feng Biao, are you on duty today?" Zeng Hua asked kindly.

"General Hui, today is the subordinate on duty." Feng Biao replied loudly, but he could still hear a hint of his excitement.

"You don't have to tell the story, I want to surprise the inside." Zeng Hua continued.

"Yes, the Great General!" After Feng Biao finished speaking, Zeng Hua, who turned over and dismounted, came to the gate of the mansion, and then turned around and retreated to stand in his original position, continuing to be his stake, while the other "snow stakes" did not move, as if Zeng Hua and the others did not exist. Seeing this, Zhang and Cao Yan couldn't help but show a look of fanaticism and admiration, they had just heard that the guard army was the most elite army of the Zhenbei Army, but when they saw it today, it was better to meet if they were really famous!

"Knock knock", Zeng Hua knocked on the door lightly, and stood next to him, while Cao Yan behind him led Hot Wheels and Zhang He's own mount, standing quietly under the doorsteps, Pu and Yanfeng each led their respective mounts, standing beside them, and the accompanying escort cavalry stood neatly outside the street with their horses.

Yan Feng looked around first, except for those snow piles, the surroundings of Zeng's mansion were no different from the other mansions he had just passed by, they were all so calm and tranquil, and the two lanterns hanging on both sides of the mansion gate were shining orange in the wind and snow, and the lanterns at the doors of each house were the same, guiding the direction of home to the people returning home.

Looking at Zeng Hua, who continued to knock on his door lightly, Yan Feng couldn't help but sigh, and his eyes turned to Pu. Park seemed to understand Yan Feng's thoughts, and threw a faint smile.

After a while, there was finally an answer behind the door, "Wait a minute, I'll open the door right away!" "The people inside knew that there must be something important to knock on the door at this time, and ordinary people would not be able to enter the street at all.

The door was opened, and an old man in a fur hat showed half of his head, with a pair of slightly confused eyes, and tried to look at the knocker at the door.

"Big, big, big general!"

"It's me Fauber." Zeng Hua replied with a smile.

"The Great General is back! The Great General is back! Fu Bo opened the door suddenly, and then shouted loudly, almost jumping and jumping, Yan Feng, Zhang and Cao Yan really couldn't imagine that this old man still had such a loud voice.

After a while, the entire Zeng Mansion moved when he heard the sound, and the shouts spread from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard, which soon made the entire Zeng Mansion boil. Many figures were dangling in the courtyard, and after a while, dozens of male servants and maids poured out, and they were full of excitement and said to Zeng Huashi, who slowly walked into the courtyard: "I've seen the general!" ”

"Get up!" Zeng Hua replied with a smile.

"Zeng Cai has seen the general, and his subordinates have sent someone to the inner courtyard to report. The ladies should soon come out to greet the adults. A tall, slender man in his thirties in a brown leather robe saluted with joy on his face.

"Okay, good," Zeng Hua responded, then turned around and pointed to Pu and the others who followed in and said, "I won't talk about Mr. Su Chang, the rest are all guests, temporarily staying in Mr. Su Chang's courtyard, you can arrange it." Send people to clean up the three clean houses first. Then prepare hot water and hot meals for them to rest. ”

"Yes, the Great General!" ever

Answer.

"This is Zeng Cai, the governor of the Zeng Mansion. If you have any needs in the house, just look for him. Zeng Hua pointed to Zeng Cai and introduced to Yan Feng, Zhang, and Cao Yan.

At this time, the door of the inner courtyard was suddenly opened, and several beautiful women stood at the door, looking at Zeng Hua with surprise and joy, they were all speechless with excitement, but two pink-carved children came out of the middle and stood in front. Looking at the person in front of him, who was both familiar and strange. And a little boy who had just walked broke free from a woman's grasp, staggered out, and babbled beside his two brothers, looking at the stranger together.

"Park has seen the general's wife! I've seen all the ladies," Park hurriedly bent down and bowed his hand.

Zhang, Cao Yan, and Yan Feng, who came back to their senses, also hurriedly saluted: "I've seen the general's wife, I've seen all the ladies!" ”

Zeng Hua couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Su Chang is his own person, and Mr. Chang Rui, Shu Yi and Mr. Zizhang are not outsiders, so there is no need to be so polite." ”

With that, Zeng Hua stepped forward and picked up the third child. He stabbed her pink face with his beard. Zeng Hua's move immediately caused dissatisfaction among the children. She immediately raised her little hand and hit Zeng Hua twice in the face.

Zeng Hua couldn't help laughing: "The girl is like me, if you are unhappy, you will fight first!" Ha ha! ”

On the second day, Zeng Hua held a banquet in the lobby. Banquet Che Yin, Mao Muzhi, Hao Long, Luo You and other important ministers and celebrities, for themselves and Pu, Yan Feng, Zhang, Cao Yan to pick up the wind. The crowd was drinking and chatting happily with each other.

On the third day, Zhang was appointed as the right governor of the guard army and the commander of the Su Guards, and Cao Yan was also arranged to be familiar with the Su Guards for a period of time, and then went to the Bacheng Officer Academy to study for a period of time, and finally became an apprentice under Zhao Fu.

A few days later, the Chinese New Year's Eve of the eighth year of Yonghe was ushered in, and the hall of the inner courtyard of the Zeng Mansion was full of dishes, Fan Min, Zhenxiu, Princess Guiyang, Xu, and Yu sat around in new clothes, and the three children wore brand-new leather clothes and leather, jumping and jumping there, very happy.

Zeng Hua changed into a robe, sat at the front of the table, looked at the family with a smile in his eyes, the happiness on his face was self-evident, and he cooed.

The dishes on the table were all arranged by Zeng Hua himself, and several of them were personally cooked by him, basically according to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner he had eaten in another world before. There is a large pot of fragrant pig's head meat in the middle, surrounded by stir-fried beef, cumin mutton, stewed chicken with mushrooms, stir-fried duck, as well as fir-seed meat, roe deer meat, wild boar, venison, there is almost no tiger meat, and there is a pot of braised carp that Guanzhong does not like to eat, authentic Yellow River carp, which was sent from Hongnong County Kuaima.

After drinking a few glasses of water and wine, Fan Min and the other women's faces soon fluttered with two red glows, becoming more and more delicate and charming, and the eye waves like water flew on the table, flying towards the target Zeng Hua, and Zeng Hua's careful liver fluttered. These wives are not fuel-efficient lamps, Zeng Hua secretly rubbed his waist that was a little sore, and then forced himself to look at the already very pot-bellied Yu from the faces of these delicate wives, she will give birth in another twenty or thirty days, there should be no danger.

Who knew that Yu Shi met Zeng Hua's concerned eyes, and replied with an ambiguous look, which suddenly frightened Zeng Hua to the point that his hands and feet were weak.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Zeng Hua and his family gathered in front of the warm fireplace, talking and laughing around the rich pastries. The five women gathered together, not knowing what they were communicating, bursting into laughter from time to time, and their eyes glanced at Zeng Hua very ambiguously from time to time.

Zeng Hua was unmoved, just sat cross-legged on a high-end Persian carpet, surrounded by Zeng Wen, Zeng Min, and Zeng Hui, and watched Zeng Hua intently and listened to his story.

"It is said that a long time ago, at midnight of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the god Pangu held an axe in both hands, and with one axe, he split the chaotic world, and a part of the light Qing (yang) fluttered, rising and turning into a blue sky; The heavier part (the yin) gradually settled and became the earth, and because God opened the world at midnight, we had a new world on the first day of the new year. God Pangu spent fifteen days touring the five directions of the south, east, west, and north, and finally found that the world was too deserted, so on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he decided to use his body to create a real new world. That night, God took the form of mountains and rivers and all things on earth with his body, but he returned to heaven to continue to shelter and care for his people. Since then, we have gathered as a family every year on Chinese New Year's Eve to celebrate this groundbreaking festival until the 15th Shangyuan Festival. ”

"Thank God for giving us new clothes to wear and good things to eat on Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve!" Min said in a milky voice.

"No, the new clothes and good things were given by my father and mother, not by God." Zeng Wen hurriedly retorted.

Zeng Hui was sitting there, attacking a pile of muffins, and when he saw that the two brothers began to argue, he raised two pieces of muffins and smashed them at Zeng Wen and Zeng Min with "lightning speed", and after smashing them, he shouted confidently: "Eat!" Eat! ”

Listening to the incomplete pronunciation of the voice, and then looking at the young sister, Zeng Wen and Zeng Min were neither scolding nor scolding, so they had to carry forward the spirit of being a good man and not fighting with a woman, and turned his head and began to eat pastries.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zeng Hua and his five wives came to the Chang'an Temple with the mighty crowd, and because of their status, they could go to the temple for the first and very important week of the year.

At the end of the day, with the sound of a bell, the great temple, which had been a little noisy just now, suddenly became unusually quiet and solemn, and hundreds of thousands of people followed the bishop to begin to chant.

"Thank God for the heavens and the earth, for the sun and the moon, for all things, and for life. Whenever and wherever I am, I will remember your name, your grace, and may I bathe in your grace forever! ”

After the recitation, hundreds of thousands of people bowed their heads to the north, silently recited the prayer in their mouths, and bowed their heads for about half a bag of cigarettes, and after the ringing of a bell, everyone stood up again, and then all of them stood up.

After the crowd began to disperse, the fifteen-day celebration in Beifu began.

When the ninth year of Yonghe was celebrated in Beifu, in Lu County, Yanzhou, a figure riding a horse looked very lonely in the wind and snow, he raised his head and looked at the south blankly, his eyes were full of helplessness and disappointment. Finally, with a long sigh, he turned his horse back into the group that was staggering through the snow.