The snow is all over the sky, and the earth has already been covered with a layer of silver makeup, and the silver wrap looks extremely enchanting.

In the midst of the snowstorm, a convoy was slowly moving along the snow-covered official road.

In the four carriages, more than a dozen men on horseback, all wearing robes, long knives, and Fanyang felt hats, were distributed in front and back of the carriage.

In front of the carriage, on a well-ribbed yellow horse, Wang Chong wore a Fan Yang felt hat on his head, not wearing gloves like others, but with bare hands, and a pair of iron shovels wrapped in leather bags hung on one side of the horse's back, and cloth bags hung from his waist, draped in a certain dark color, which was made of black bear fur and was very warm.

"Third Master!" Yu Chuer came to Wang Chong's side from the front.

"How's it going?" Wang Zhong asked.

Yu Chu Erle turned the horse's head, walked side by side with Wang Chong, and said: "Five miles away is the post station!" ”

Wang Chong raised his eyes to look at the somewhat drowsy sky, and said with emotion: "It seems that there is no need to sleep in the wild tonight." ”

"Tell me to go down, speed up, get to the post station early, and eat hot soup and rice early!"

"No!" Yu Chuer gave up his hand to receive the order, and immediately hit the horse and drove quickly.

"Uncle, how long will it take for us to get to Tokyo?" Wang Xu next to him turned his head to look at Wang Chong and asked.

"Ten days and a half months!"

Wang Chong didn't dare to say too sure, if it was just him, he would travel lightly, hurry up, and he would be able to rush to Tokyo in five or six days, but now he is still with his family, this speed is naturally not fast.

When he came to Ludi, Wang Chong's mind unconsciously flashed memories of those decades in Maixiang Village, and the faces of Jiang Hongguo and several children also kept emerging, and he felt like he was revisiting his hometown.

"How long is it going to take?" Wang Xu drooped his face and said a little depressed.

Wang Chong glanced at him and said lightly: "You can't bear such a little hardship?" ”

Wang Xu only felt a chill in his back, and waved his hand again and again: "No, no!" ”

"Humph!" Wang Zhong snorted lightly: "Don't play tricks on me, you kid, be careful that I throw you into the scout team!" ”

"Huh?" Wang Xu's face became more and more ugly.

To say that Wang Xu's character is not bad, after all, since he can remember, he has often been taken by Wang Chong to teach him personally, but this kid is a little lazy and not self-motivated, but he can not have this thing of self-motivation, but he can't help but learn, after all, not having a sword in his hand and not having a sword are completely different things.

Although this kid was not very happy in his heart, he didn't dare to go against Wang Chong, after all, Wang Chong was not his mother, Wang Chong would not get used to him, and it was a real punishment to say that punishment!

"Uncle! I haven't been lazy lately! Wang Xu hurriedly explained.

"I know you're not lazy, otherwise do you think you can ride on a horse so leisurely?"

Wang Xu didn't dare to say anything more, so he turned his head to the side and concentrated on hurrying.

Wang Chongdao: "The terrain in Jingdong Road is complex, and there are many mountains and forests, so there are also many mountain bandits, entrenched in the mountains and forests, robbing past merchants, we are not many in number, and with family members are soft, it is the best target of these bandits." ”

"This is the New Year, don't those bandits and bandits want to celebrate the New Year?" Wang Xu asked.

Wang Chongdao: "Since they are bandits and bandits, they naturally do not produce, what they do is to pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers, if they don't loot, where will they get the money and food for the New Year?" ”

Wang Xu nodded as if he didn't understand: "Then why didn't the government send troops to suppress the bandits?" Instead, let them plunder? ”

"Exterminate a batch, and there will be a new batch, the wildfires will not be exhausted, and the spring breeze will blow and regenerate!" Bandits are forbidden at all times, as long as there is greed in people's hearts and they want to get something for nothing, there will be bandits.

Now they are bandits in the Wuthering Mountains, water thieves entrenched in waterways, and in the 20th century, they are bandits who rob with guns, and in the new century, they live by stealing, and it is not for nothing that they do the things of cutting off their children and grandchildren.

"In fact, among the bandits, not all of them are bad people, and some of them are forced to have no way out, so they can only go up the mountains and fall into the grass, but to survive."

"Isn't it peaceful and prosperous now? How can there be people who are forced to go up the mountain and fall into the grass? Wang Xu asked puzzled.

"If it was really a peaceful and prosperous era, there would not have been such a large-scale rebellion in Huaixi last year." Wang Chongdao.

Wang Xu was still puzzled: "Didn't my uncle say that it was the demons of the Maitreya Sect who bewitched the people, which led to the rebellion?" ”

Wang Zhong explained: "Of course, Maitreya is indispensable to add fuel to the fire, but if it weren't for the collusion between local officials and local bigwigs to exploit the people too ruthlessly, how could the people be easily bewitched? ”

"Unless it's those strongmen who are born to be brave and ruthless, otherwise, if they can live a peaceful life, who wants to pin their heads to their belts and do rebellious things."

"Just like you, if I hadn't forced you, would you be willing to study and practice martial arts?"

Wang Xu was a little embarrassed by Wang Chong, and hurriedly turned his head sideways, avoiding Wang Chong's gaze, and did not dare to look at him.

······

Although they hurried and hurried, they still couldn't get back to Bianjing before Chinese New Year's Eve.

When Wang Chong and his entourage arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, it was already the fifth day of the first month, and they did not return to Bianjing until the sixth day of the first month.

Hearing that Wang Chong and his party had arrived outside the house, Minglan and Wang Qian'er hurriedly rushed back to the county lord's mansion from the Sheng family.

"Sister-in-law! Brother Xu! ”

"Brother and sister!"

"Auntie!"

Wang Qian'er also hurriedly stepped forward to greet her mother and younger brother.

"You girl, you are too bold, a girl's family, fighting with others, is not afraid of losing your life!" The first meeting was not the situation of mother and son love that Wang Qian'er expected, but Wang Li's number.

"Ahh Wang Qian'er dragged Wang Li's hand and said coquettishly: "Isn't my daughter fine, and she was also named the county lord by the first emperor, how can it be regarded as a glorious ancestor, and it will add glory to our family's face!" ”

"That's your luck! Who can guarantee that you will have such luck next time! Wang Li said angrily.

"What does it mean to be lucky!" Wang Qian'er immediately defended: "I was sure that I couldn't succeed against the king, and I wanted to follow Second Uncle Gu to get some credit by the way, but I didn't think that I accidentally performed too well!" ”

"Humph!" Wang Li raised his hand and was about to correct Wang Qian'er's ears: "You are still reasonable!" ”

Wang Qian'er was as flexible as a monkey, and suddenly ran away, hid behind Minglan and justifiably defended: "Uncle said that if you don't take it, you will be blamed for it, and the situation was critical at that time, the official family and King Huan hid in our Zhuangzi, if it really became a matter of rebellion against the king, our family would also be implicated!" ”

Wang Li is also a knife mouth, although he is blaming Wang Qian'er, he is actually worried about Wang Qian'er's safety in his heart, afraid that she will be injured, and even more afraid that she will lose her life.

What Wang Li is most worried about is that this girl has swelled because of this incident, and she is arrogant, and she doesn't know how many catties and taels she has, and sooner or later she will get into trouble one day.

"Uncle said that he is not here, I am the pillar of the Wang family, and I definitely can't sit idly by in that situation at that time."

Seeing that the mother and daughter were getting more and more noisy, Minglan and Wang Xu hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade them, Wang Xu pulled Wang Qian'er, and Minglan pulled Wang Li's family, but they didn't want a woman to come out next to them, and they kept consoling Wang Li's family.

Minglan looked at the woman and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Sister Shulan?"

Shulan barely squeezed out a smile, "Sister Minglan!" ”

"Sister Shulan, this is?"

Minglan was a little confused, Wang Li and Wang Xu were just that, Shulan also came to Bianjing with her, and instead of going to the Sheng family, she followed straight to the county lord's mansion, isn't it······

I have to say that Minglan is indeed smart, and as soon as she saw Shulan appear in the county lord's mansion, she had a guess in her heart.

Shulan was a little embarrassed, after all, taking advantage of Minglan not to steal the house was really unspeakable, and the smile on her face was naturally a little reluctant.

Seeing this, Wang Li hurriedly pulled Minglan aside and explained, but by mistake Wang Qian'er escaped.

At the same time that Wang Qian'er next to her breathed a sigh of relief, on this side, listening to Wang Li's explanation, Minglan widened her eyes and looked at Shulan in disbelief.

Shulan was very embarrassed, only to feel swept away by Minglan gaze, and she felt uncomfortable.

"Sister Minglan! I'm sorry! I ······" Shulan wanted to explain, but when the words came to her lips, she didn't know how to speak, saying that she had fallen in love with Wang Chong since she was rescued from the bitter sea of the Sun family by Wang Chong?

Or how did he volunteer to take care of Wang Chong after Wang Chong was drunk, and then Wang Chong was hugged to the bed as a room, and he wanted to refuse to welcome him, and accompanied Wang Chong all night?

Minglan looked at Shulan, and after being shocked, she would soon regain her calm, after all, it is not ordinary for men in this world to have three wives and four concubines, and Minglan was already prepared in her heart, but Minglan didn't expect that the first one would be her cousin Shulan, but thinking of Shulan's unfortunate past, Minglan was able to understand Shulan's heart, walked up to Shulan and asked, "Do the eldest uncle and eldest aunt know about this?" ”

"The Lord has written a letter by hand, revealing the father and mother!" Shulan Road.

"In this case, my sister will stay at home first, and then go to Sheng's house another day to visit my grandmother and my father and mother!" Minglan quickly corrected her identity as a big lady.

"It's just that there are some things to say in front, my sister used to be Minglan 's cousin, but when she entered the Wang family, then Minglan is the eldest lady of the Wang family, if there is anything incomplete, I still need my sister to take care of it!"

Shulan saw that Minglan was not a concubine who refused to enter by herself, so she immediately breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said: "This is natural, sister in the future, no, in the future, the eldest lady will be the master of the house, and Shulan will listen to the arrangement of the eldest lady!" ”

This happened too suddenly, Rao is Minglan was also a little dazed for a while, but Shulan's attitude was not bad, and the Wang family was thin, Minglan was already ready to take a concubine for Wang Zhong in the future.

"What about the officials? Why don't you see officials? Minglan looked left and right, and she didn't see Wang Chong.

Only then did Wang Li say: "Uncle went to the Ministry of Officials!" Let's come back first! Guess the time, it's almost there! ”

Although it is now on annual leave, there are still people on duty in the yamen, although Wang Zhong has received an order to come back from Quanzhou, but it is inevitable that he will go to the yamen to hand over clearly as soon as possible.

Minglan nodded in understanding.

As soon as Wang Li's words fell, he heard footsteps outside, and then he saw Wang Chong, dressed in a dark color, walking briskly into the house.

"Official!"

"Uncle!"

Minglan and Wang Qian'er hurriedly greeted them and saluted.

Wang Chong took Minglan by the hand, walked straight to the main seat and sat down, and smiled at Minglan and said, "I haven't been in Tokyo for the past few months, and I'm so tired that the eldest lady is bothered!" ”

"What did the officials say!" Minglan responded with a smile.

Wang looked at Shulan next to him, and said again: "Shulan's matter, does the eldest lady know?" ”

"Just knew!" Minglan nodded.

Wang Zhong sighed, took Wang Li and Wang Qian'er away, leaving only him and Minglan before saying: "Shulan's matter is my fault, in fact, I didn't get drunk that night, I was just a little drunk, and even Chaolu was taken away by myself!" ”

Chaolu is Wang Chong's room, Jinling people, because of the family road, was sold to the son of the family by his parents, and transferred to the Wang family, because of his good appearance, he was favored by Wang Chong, first made Wang Chong's personal envoy, and then became a room.

Minglan looked at Wang Chong with some surprise, and asked puzzledly: "The official is not a lustful person, how can he ······?"

Wang Chongdao: "I know that Shulan is interested in me in her heart, and she is a person who has been divorced, even if she remarries, it is difficult to have a good marriage, so she pushes the boat with the water." ”

Minglan nodded: "Does Sister Shulan know?" ”

Wang Chongdao: "I have already told her afterwards, but with her temperament, I think I will take this matter on herself!" ”

"The officials have seen it thoroughly!" Minglan was a little angry, and gave Wang Chong a blank look.

Wang Chong walked closer, hugged Minglan in his arms, picked it up, and put it on his lap: "Actually, the lady has a wrong sentence!" ”

"What?" Minglan looked at Wang Zhong and asked.

Wang Chong also met Minglan with no heart and said: "The lady said that I am not a lustful person, this is not right, I am not wood and stone, how can I not be lustful, if I am really not lustful, how can I accept Shulan into the room!" ”

These words made Minglan roll her eyes again: "The official is happy, but he doesn't think about the concubine, Sister Shulan is my cousin, how should my sisters get along under the same roof in the future!" ”

"Naturally, it should be what it should be, the lady is the wife of the Wang family, the eldest lady of the house, and everything in the family in the future will naturally be the same as before, and the lady will be respected!"

Minglan said: "But if I have a conflict with Sister Shulan and go back to my parents' house in the future, and Sister Shulan sues my uncle and aunt, how should I face my uncle and aunt at that time, and how can I deal with myself in the Sheng family?" ”

Wang Zhong smiled and pecked lightly on Minglan face, and said: "The state has national laws, the family has family rules, and the big thing is no more than a reason, as long as the lady occupies the reason, what about the beak of others, my Wang family's own affairs, can they still do it on their behalf!" ”

Looking at Wang Chong's serious appearance, Minglan was angry and funny, and at the same time a little helpless.

(End of chapter)