In the early morning of the first day of the winter month, Ningrong Street is more deserted than in the past.

Since the third year of the Yuan Dynasty, the temperature in the northern provinces has been low, and since the beginning of winter, there have been two heavy snowfalls in the capital.

After a few days of sunny days, the morning sun on the first day of the new year did not appear for a long time, and the second dog of the gate of Rongguo Mansion rubbed his hands and said to Ni Er, a prodigal son who passed through the gate of the mansion, "This weather, I'm afraid it's going to snow. I don't know if my uncle and the third master will be able to come back today."

Ni Er looked up at the sky and opened the conversation.

"I heard from the steward of the Zhongshun Palace, this time is not only a customary hunt, but the court has invested a lot of money to have a vigorous competition. There are many vassals of the vassal states such as Warat, Tatar, Goryeo, and Wa, or envoys of the Khan, or princes of the kingdom. In terms of time, at least there will be another day or two."

"Oh, then I have to report to the old lady and prepare warm things in advance and send them to Iron Net Mountain."

Boom Boom Boom Boom ...... Syllable!

The two dogs slapped their thighs and were about to enter the door to report, but they heard the sound of horses' hooves and gongs at the corner of the street.

A team of Han generals had shiny armor on their bodies, guarding a scarlet-robed official of the Ministry of Rites on horseback.

The leading lieutenant came to the door of Rongguo Mansion first, dismounted and clenched his fists: "Hurry up and report to Mrs. Rongguo and Zhenggong, the holy decree has arrived!"

Yes?

The second dog was still a little confused, and subconsciously asked, "General, what holy decree?"

The lieutenant bowed his hand to the northwest: "Your Majesty's will, the pardon of the prince has a great contribution to the country, and the edict of the pardon of the prince is the marquis of Fengtian Yiyun to promote the sincerity of Xuanli Wuchen Rongguo, and the three generations of the lord have descended......

"Oops!"

The second dog almost didn't stand firm, Grandpa, my Jia family is about to develop!

With a clang, the two dogs rushed to the door in a hurry, and they didn't bother to rub their heads on the porch.

It happened that Jia Zheng planned to go to the household department to find some information about Zhejiang, and as soon as he arrived in the front yard, he saw the overjoyed Ergouzi.

Jia Zheng has always respected the rules, and he was about to scold: "Second ......"

Ergou ran to Jia Zheng, took a breath and shouted, "Second master, great joy, the eldest master has become a marquis!"

The incense case was laid out, and the old and young people at home knelt in front of the incense case.

The official of the Ministry of Rites opened the holy decree of the seven-colored dragon pattern jade shaft and preached loudly: "I have heard of Wen Anbang and Wu Dingguo, and the first important soldier of the armed forces is brave, and the second heavy weapon is advantageous. Qing dedicated the method of the military formation to manipulate the new army, and the divine soldiers with the might of a strong army, the merit is great, how can I not reward it? Feng Fengqing is the Marquis of Fengtian Yiyun to promote the sincerity of Xuanli Wuchen Rongguo, and he descended from the third generation of the lord and gave him special food...... Yin sealed a son into the country's prison and gave him a thousand taels of gold...... It is advisable to order the priest to choose a day, and prepare a gift ordination, and the Lord will carry it out, and the twenty-ninth day of the tenth month of the fifth year of the reign of the Lord."

Until she returned to Rongxi Hall and sat for a while, the old lady still hadn't come back to her senses.

She looked at the two decrees placed on the gilded tray and was stunned.

"The boss is a marquis......

"Yes, Mother......

The old man was also stunned, he couldn't help but feel envious, but he was more happy. Because there is still a shadow seal in the holy decree of the edict, only Jia Huan and Jia Lan in Rongguo Mansion have no official positions and seals, isn't this coming?

The old lady had all kinds of feelings in her heart, and muttered to herself: "Enhou, Enhou, the saint has finally given the promise of the moment......

Knock knock knock......

"Ancestor, Aunt Jin Se's side of Lin Bun came to report, Aunt Jin Se is afraid that she is going to give birth!"

Crash!

Not only the old lady, but also Jia Zheng was shocked.

According to the time, Jinse's delivery period should be more than ten days or so, but he doesn't want to start at this time.

The old lady hurriedly said to Jia Zheng, "You take my post and hurry to the Tai Hospital, and ask the imperial doctor to come."

"Mandarin Duck, Mandarin Duck ......"

The old lady didn't like Jin Se, the aunt of the Lin Mansion, very much, but she also knew what the fetus in Jin Se's womb represented.

She calmed down and beckoned the mandarin duck to come over and admonished, "Go and talk to Jia San, who was left behind in the front yard, and ask him to arrange for someone to leave for Iron Net Mountain immediately to take care of this matter."

Tell the boss and Miss Lin."

Xu is Jinse's life in Rongguo Mansion is comfortable, coupled with the Lin family and the old lady sent to take care of her, the imperial doctor just walked into the gate of Rongguo Mansion, someone came to report, Yuan You five o'clock on the first day of the winter month, the Lin family has a future.

Snow begins to fall in Gyeonggi at night on the first day of the winter month.

Fortunately, the snow is not big, and at the beginning of the third day of the winter month, the saint drove back to Beijing. After seven days of noise, Iron Net Mountain finally regained its calm.

Jia Yu wanted to listen to the order in front of the emperor, and the lord of pardon, who received an urgent letter from home, asked Jia Cong to lead the personal soldiers in the palace to escort Mrs. Xing, Yingchun, Daiyu and Qin Keqing back to Beijing first.

The horse's hooves galloped all the way through the mud, and just after the afternoon of the fourth day of the winter month, everyone finally stood at the gate of Rongguo Mansion.

"Third Master...... The villain greets his wife, the second girl, Miss Lin, and Grandma Rong."

Jia Cong threw the reins of the horse to Menzi and asked Ergouzi, "Is Fuzhong good?"

The second dog bowed down and said, "Everything is fine in the house, and the villain is about to ask Mrs. and Miss Lin for a happy seal." The eldest lord of our family has made the marquis, and the adults of the Ministry of Rites have come to the house to announce the decree, and the wife will be the wife of the prince in the future. There is also Miss Lin, the villain listened to the Mandarin Duck girl and said that Master Lin was born white and pure, and his eyebrows and eyes are very similar to his aunt."

In normal times, with Mrs. Xing's stingy nature, she would never take care of people who ask for money.

But the great joy of Mrs. Guohou made her heroic, and she actually took out a piece of silver weighing about five taels and threw it into the hands of Ergou.

"You're really clever, and Mrs. Ben will reward you with a big happy seal."

The second dog smiled happily and said goodbye: "Oh, the villain Mrs. Xie Guohou will reward ......"

Although Daiyu was anxious to see her newborn brother, she was also patient and asked Xue Yan to hand over a silver bill.

It's five taels again, and the two dogs are even happier, and the auspicious words haven't stopped.

Until a few people were welcomed into the house, Mrs. Xing led the girls and daughters-in-law to the inner courtyard, and Jia Cong called the two dogs to the study of the East Cross Courtyard and carefully inquired about the situation in the mansion and the capital in the past few days.

The second dog is well-informed, and after reporting the information he collected in detail, he spit out.

After a long period of fire, the cold on Jia Cong's body disappeared.

He held the teacup and drank it one by one, and glanced at the hesitant Ergou: "Say, what the hell is wrong with you, you are like a girl."

Ergouzi glanced at the door, and said mysteriously: "Third master, it's not a villain, it's Ni Erqiu who came to the villain, and he wants to come to the mansion to do things."

Ni Er?

This person lives near the west corridor, nicknamed Drunken King Kong, although he is a scoundrel, but because of people, he has the reputation of a righteous hero.

He is good friends with Jia Yun, although he never harms his neighbors on weekdays, but he has gathered a lot of splashes under his hands, and he often haunts Goolan Washe, and his reputation is not very good.

Jia Cong didn't respond directly, but asked suspiciously, "Why would he want to come to our house to do things? I remember that the second brother once said that Ni Er can collect a lot of money every month just for the peace silver of Goolan Washe, but he is much richer than him."

"Hey, the third master doesn't know, something happened to Ni Er's family......

Ergouzi smiled bitterly and began to explain the reason to Jia Cong in detail.

Ni Er's ancestor is actually one of the generals of the Jia family, otherwise how could a scoundrel be qualified to live in a place where nobles like Dashi Yongfang gather.

However, Ni Er's father went early, and his widowed mother relied on the support of his brothers in the army, and Han Hanxin raised Ni Er.

At the beginning, I thought that Ni Er would be allowed to enter the military camp to earn a living, and Ni Er, who didn't want to practice some kung fu, couldn't stand the rules and hardships of the army, so he actually pulled up the regiment and put away the peace silver in the southern city.

Ni Er, who was willing to fall, did not have a good reputation in Yongfang when he was a big man, but this person's maid was extremely filial, and the neighbors near the West Corridor slowly accepted the existence of a black person on Ningrong Street.

The north city is rich, and the south city is poor.

The Goolan Tile House in the south city is mixed, but if you can open the Goolan Tile House in the capital, there are all nobles in Beijing behind it, and at least there will be a Beijing official with six or seven grades.

Originally, Ni Er relied on the relationship between his ancestors and the generals of the Jia family to paste a military attache of the four-rank Beijing camp, but unexpectedly, this person was involved in corruption and was taken from his post and imprisoned, and Ni Er lost his backer.

This is not counting, I don't know why, on the street he was in charge of, a group of people suddenly came, it is said that a military attache from Datong not only beat Ni Er and others out, but also sent Ni Er to Daxing County.

Fortunately, Ni Er was not a reckless person, and when he saw that the situation was wrong, he slipped back to Ningrong Street directly, and did not dare to go out of the door for half a step for several days.

The brothers under Ren's command were arrested one by one and imprisoned in Daxing County, and Ni Er had no way at all.

His "drunken King Kong" sounded bluffing, but in the face of the county officials dressed in soap clothes, he didn't even have the slightest power to resist.

The people are the people, and the officials are the officials.

Even if the military attache from Datong is only a five-grade military attaché, he is still a helpless existence that he is unable to resist.

The day before yesterday, he got up early in the morning because he was worried that the brothers in prison were upset, and when he was talking to the two dogs in front of the Rongguo Mansion, he happened to meet the delegation of the Ministry of Rites who came to announce the decree.

Pardon the lord and marquis, Ning Rongjia's family can almost be said to be back to the peak. In addition to the British old man, the old man has become the only two military generals.

He remembered what his mother often said: "The three generations of our family have followed Ning Rong's second mansion to make a living, you don't have to go outside to meet your head and break the blood, isn't this a fool's job."

Ni Er is a scoundrel, but this person has a great advantage, that is, he is righteous enough.

The things that the brothers who followed him did not come to the table, but there was nothing harmful in their hands.

If that person is charged with being beheaded and exiled, what will happen to the families of these brothers?

The news of the pardon of the lord and the enthronement of the prince soon spread on Ningrong Street, and Ni Er, who had not slept all night, came to the door of Rongguo's mansion on the second day, and told Ergouzi what he had finished reading in his heart.

Ergouzi is familiar with Ni Erxiang and knows this person's heart. Thinking of filial piety, this is the only way to help the voice speak for it.

"Third master, the villain didn't just help him to tell you about this. Do you remember that the villain told you that there are many people under Ni Second-hand, almost all over the capital? Most of these people are deeply involved in the Goolan Washe, and they are the most well-informed. Most of the information collected by the villains comes from them......

Jia Cong seemed to think about it, staring into the eyes of the second dog: "You mean, take it for yourself?"

Ergouzi nodded and didn't say anything more.

There was silence in the study, and Jia Cong began to think about the gains and losses of this matter.

If it's just Ni Er, you will accept it. But from the request of the second dog's descendants, Ni Er obviously wanted Rongguofu to come forward to protect his brothers from prison.

The bullshit that a group of pranksters do on weekdays, even if they don't have to go to jail and cut off their heads, is also a bad reputation.

If you take it for your own use, you have to think about it carefully.

"Two dogs...... Forget it, I'll have to think about it."

Jia Cong didn't agree directly, and waved his hand at Ergouzi.

After the second dog retreated, he let Jia Shiyi, who was guarding the door, come in: "Uncle Eleven, do you think there is something wrong with this?"

Jia Shiyi smiled bitterly: "Actually, the Lord General had considered recruiting a group of people who were mixed with the Goulan Washer every day, but there were too many people staring at our family at that time, and the Lord General was worried that recruiting these people would give them an excuse to attack us, so he only set up some hidden stakes in Beicheng. Coincidentally, the military attache from Datong in Ni Er's mouth had already sent news a few days ago. This person's name is Sun Shaozu......

Crash!

Jia Shiyi's name made Jia Cong take aback, and he stood up abruptly and asked, "Who are you talking about?" Sun Shaozu?"

"It's Sun Shaozu, why is the little third master so surprised? This person shouldn't be known to the third master."

In Jia Shiyi's impression, Sun Shaozu's father had come to Rongguo Mansion once or twice, and Sun Shaozu was still breastfeeding at that time.

Moreover, the Sun family has been in Datong for decades, and there is almost no contact except for the occasional simple salute to contact friendship.

And after the death of his grandfather, who was originally from the old husband's old department, the Sun family kept filial piety for three years, and the original intermittent contact was almost broken.

Jia Cong coughed lightly twice, and found an excuse to cover it up: "I once heard my father say that our family has a lot of old departments in Datong, and there is a family surnamed Sun, didn't his old son die of illness, and suddenly heard that Sun Shaozu came to Beijing, and I was a little surprised."

This excuse...... Forget it, it's good that the little third master is happy.

Jia Shiyi nodded: "Sun Shaozu came to Beijing this time to report to the Ministry of War. By the way, he came to the palace a few days ago to send a prayer post, but that will punish the Lord by His Majesty to guard the palace gate, and this matter has been delayed until now."

Shameless, stinky!

Jia Cong hates two people very much, one is the white-eyed wolf Jia Hua Jia Yucun, and the other is Sun Shaozu, the Zhongshan wolf.

The sub-line of the mountain wolf, the ambition is rampant.

Golden boudoir willow, a load to sorghum.

With him in this life, the second sister will definitely marry a good man who loves her and loves her, and gives birth to two fat nephews, who give her a headache every day......

Zhongshan wolf Sun Shaozu, a knife is cheap for him, and he is cut into the palace to serve people!

Jia Cong was full of resentment, gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle Eleven, you send someone to check on this Sun Shaozu. Also, let someone tell Ni Er to come to the house tomorrow."

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