On the first day of October in the twenty-third year of Jingyuan, it was the day before Qian Yi left Beijing, and the Duke of Wu Mansion was still preserved, but the plaque of the Duke of Wu and the archway of the pillar stone of the country were demolished, and the entire Duke of Wu Mansion closed the door.

The population of Wu Mansion is not large, Qian Wei's parents, brother, and younger sister were all killed in the Northern Dynasty, Qian Wei has been leading troops abroad for a long time, and he is not a woman, so he has only one wife, and has two sons and a daughter, the eldest daughter married He Yuanye, the eldest son of He Cunxiao, the Duke of Fujian, and the youngest son Qian Jun did not join the army, but chose to follow the literature, and worshiped Su Ziyou, a literary master of the Southern Dynasties, as a teacher. Although Mrs. Qian and Qian Jun were not imprisoned, they were imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple, and His Majesty announced that he had pardoned Wu Guogong's family before returning to the mansion, and released them together with the 120 servants of Wu Guogong's mansion.

Since 15 days ago, the entire Wu Mansion is white, hanging white curtains, white sails, and white lanterns outside the door, and the mourning hall is arranged in the house, and the people of the whole house are all filial piety, although there is no sound of sorrow and joy, no crying comes out, and the Wu Mansion does not accept any people in the court to mourn, but there are still many important ministers in the court and the central government to park the carriage at the back door of the Wu Mansion, hurriedly enter the condolences, and then leave in a hurry.

Shangshu Ling Xie Xun with his family, Zhongshu Ling Cui Yan with his family, Chen Guogong Chen Qing with his family, as well as Jiuqing including the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wen Yanbo and other Jiuqing, as long as it is not Wang Dun, the prince's party has basically come, He Cunxiao, the Duke of Fujian, let his eldest son He Yuanye and his wife Qian Fang return to Beijing for funeral, and arrived in Beijing without a day ago, and He Yuanlang is inconvenient to take leave, so the Queen Mother in Jingren Palace authorized him to bring filial piety.

Today, a carriage was parked at the front entrance of the Duke of Wu's Mansion, accompanied by more than 20 people, but all of them were carrying hats and knives in their hands, all the way, the distance between this group of people, the pace was the same, all of them had a sense of solemnity, and the entire street in front of the Duke of Wu was under martial law by the Department of Internal Security in advance, so when the carriage went unimpeded to the front of the Duke of Wu's Mansion.

An old man in regular clothes got out of the car and walked to the front of the Wu Guogong Mansion to call the door, and after a while, Mrs. Qian, Qian Yi, Qian Jun, Qian Fang and He Yuanye took He Yuanye, and the entire Wu Guguo Mansion went out to greet them.

Mrs. Qian knelt down and said, "The criminal minister Qian Liu, together with his sons Qian Yi, Qian Jun, daughter Qian Fang, and son-in-law He Yuanye, greet the holy driver. ”

The old man who went to call the door was Lu Shen, and when he saw Mrs. Qian and the whole family wearing filial piety clothes come out to kneel to greet him, he hurriedly went up and helped him up: "Old lady, don't be like this, Your Majesty is here to worship the old man." ”

Mrs. Qian saluted and said: "Da Changshi, thank you, it's just that the old body and the whole family are all waiting for sin, and Your Majesty is here in person, I am really afraid." ”

At this time, I saw a middle-aged man lift the curtain and walk down.

The entire Wu Mansion and the accompanying guards all knelt down.

"Long live my emperor."

Emperor Jing sighed a little, raised his hand and said: "Don't kneel, get up, today I am here to see off my old friend, say a few words, old sister-in-law, you let them all get up." ”

Emperor Jing's old sister-in-law made Qian Liu's tears in his eyes, Liu was the daughter of Liu Tong, the first emperor's Zhongshu Ling, who married Qian Wei, a small Lang general from the Hanmen Army, and was once laughed at by the eunuchs and nobles of the Jiandu Dynasty, but Xiao Jingyuan, the fifth prince who was still young, had similar personalities to Qian Wei, and both of them had served in Jiangbei, so they often went to Qian Wei's house to eat, and often called Liu his sister-in-law, this old sister-in-law, made Liu's heart suddenly have a little warmth.

Emperor Jing looked at the deserted streets around him, looked at the plaques that had been removed and the archway that had been pushed to the house, and his face was a little ugly.

"Brother Qian's merits and demerits are determined, but I and Brother Qian's friendship and micro-end, I hindered the national law, and disregarded my personal feelings, this is my fault, who ordered it to be demolished."

Lu Shen came over and replied: "Your Majesty, Jing Zhao Yin is as strict as the order of the sea. ”

Emperor Jing smiled coldly, and there was a trace of murderous intent on his face: "Okay, a Jing Zhao Yin dares to demolish the archway of my imperial pen and pick up the plaque written by me, it is really okay, how can such a kingless, fatherless, ruthless and unrighteous person be my Jing Zhao Yin, Lu Shen invited him to be a guest in the Imperial Prison of the Internal Security Division, and I should check this Jing Zhao Yin who is so good at perceiving the holy will." ”

Lu Shen nodded and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Lu Shen waved his hand, and a commander of the Internal Security Division beside him rode away.

Emperor Jing came to the door of the Duke of Wu and said to Mrs. Qian: "Sister-in-law, let me go and put incense on the big brother and see him off." ”

Mrs. Qian nodded, and took her sons to accompany Emperor Jing into the mansion, the door of the Duke of Wu slowly closed, and more than 20 guards were under martial law outside the door.

Emperor Jing came to the mourning hall, because there was no body of Qian Wei, the Duke of Wu could only use a coffin to contain Qian Wei's clothes before his death, and Qian Wei's ranking was placed above the mourning hall, but the position of the name was blank.

Emperor Jing stepped forward and lit three incense sticks, bowed down to worship, raised his head and said: "The Qing family returned to the country with a weak crown, fought for the country for more than 40 years, and guarded the land of Jiangbei for the country for 30 years. ”

When Mrs. Qian heard this, she hurriedly knelt down with her children and thanked her: "Minister, thank you for Your Majesty's grace." ”

Emperor Jing raised his hand to let everyone get up, and then said to Qian Yi: "Yi'er, although you and I don't have the fate of Weng's son-in-law, I have always regarded you as a nephew, and I cherish it." ”

Qian Yi nodded expressionlessly and said, "Your Majesty, the minister understands." ”

Emperor Jing said to Lu Shen: "Lu Shen, bring the pen, Wu Guogong is a hero all his life, how can he not have a nickname after death, today I will personally give Wu Guogong a nickname!" ”

Mrs. Qian was suddenly very excited, and arranged for her subordinates to prepare the study, and Emperor Jing ordered someone to take the rank of Wu Guogong, and solemnly added the word "Wu Yi" in the blank position.

This is the first-class virtue of the military general, the Liang has been established for a hundred years, and there are only three people who have won this nickname.

Emperor Jing put down the pen in his hand, asked Lu Shen to put the god seat back in its place, and sighed sadly: "The Qing family is here to speak!" In the future, the history books should always remember the merits of the Qing family. ”

The whole Wu Guogong Mansion burst into tears.

Emperor Jing instructed Lu Shen on the side: "Lu Shen, after a hundred years, when the Duke of Wu Guo restores his title, let him enter the Jing Mausoleum and enjoy the Taimiao!" ”

Lu Shen nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Jing arranged everything and went with Lu Shen, although the carriage quietly left Xuanwu Street, but His Majesty personally went to the Wu Guogong Mansion to mourn and give the "Wu Yi" praise soon spread throughout the capital, plus Jingzhao Yin Yan Ruhai issued an edict, and was soon dismissed and exiled for taking bribes, so that those who originally wanted to make things difficult for Wu Guogong's family fell into the stone were timid, it turned out that the Wu Guogong Mansion was not decaying, and the holy family was still there.

That night, Mrs. Qian summoned all the subordinates of the Wu Guogong Mansion to gather, except for Qian Yi on the side, everyone was a little puzzled.

When all the people arrived, Mrs. Qian said to Qian Yi: "Yi'er, you can announce it." ”

Qian Yi nodded and came to the front, and said to everyone: "Tomorrow, I will go to Dingzhou to lead the army, all the young and strong men in the house, those who are willing to go to Dingzhou with the general, will set off with the general, and if they are not willing to go, one person will send a hundred taels of silver, so that you can start a family; All the female dependents, one of them will also send a hundred taels of silver to let you go home. ”

As soon as Qian Yi's words fell, everyone was surprised.

"Young master, we are willing to go to Dingzhou with you, we are born to be from the Duke of Wu's mansion, and death is the ghost of Duke Wu!"

"Yes, young master, give us more money, and we won't leave!"

"Young master, we don't want money, we have to follow you!"

Qian Yi nodded and said gratefully: "Qian Yi thanked you, you follow me, and you will take all the fame in the future, the eldest husband does not do the work of serving people, but wants to work vigorously, come to people, two hundred taels of settlement fee per person, don't shirk this money, go home tonight, leave the silver taels to your relatives, and gather outside the house tomorrow!" ”

"No!"

The maids were reluctant to leave.

"Young master, we have to stay and serve Madame, young master, don't drive us away!"

"Young master, let's not leave."

"Young master, we don't want money, we're willing to stay."

Qian Yi said: "If you are already married, you can stay, serve your mother, stay in the mourning hall, and the rest of the young family members will all return to their hometowns and start a family, the Wu Guogong Mansion does not exist now, we will close the mansion from tomorrow, and the mother and the second young master will move to Jiangdu, and there will only be a few old slaves of the Qian family left in this Guogong Mansion to take care of." ”

In the end, more than forty young maids grieved and received their own severance silver, two hundred taels each, which was enough for them to find a good family at home, buy a rich dowry, and buy ten acres of land.

When the arrangement was almost complete, Qian Yi instructed the housekeeper Qian Bo: "Uncle Qian, you are the old man next to my father, and Young Master Ben has something for you to do in person." ”

Qian Bo stepped forward and said, "Young Master, just give orders." ”

Qian Yi ordered someone to carry out a box and put it in the middle of the courtyard, and then said to Qian Bo: "My Wu Guogong Mansion, you should store silver, calligraphy and paintings, treasures, and granges, you can sell them all for cash, all the silver taels are used to compensate the soldiers of the Jingbei Army, a total of 53,531 soldiers who died in battle, each of them is 100 taels, if there is any surplus, open a porridge tent for the hungry people in Jiangdu, and help the people who fled from Wangbei City, at this time, you must do it well, do not leave any surplus money." ”

Qian Bo nodded tearfully: "Young master, the old slave knows." ”

Qian Yi made proper arrangements, came to his mother and knelt down: "Mother, the child will leave tomorrow, I am only here to be loyal to Your Majesty, to be loyal to the country, and to be filial to my father, if my father's shame is not washed away, the child will never return to the house, I hope that my mother, second brother, eldest sister, and brother-in-law will take care." ”