Standing at the door of the Xia family's old mansion, it was obviously less than two months, and everyone already felt like a world away.

The near-death of the labor camp, the warmth of the small courtyard in Nantian Lane, all the things in the past month or so have surged bit by bit, from the heart to the eyes, turning into tears, and then falling bit by bit.

Xia Mingxiong wiped a handful of tears with Xia Hengzhi, and at the same time, stepped forward, one by one, and pushed open the door of the mansion.

Lu Erhu really didn't dare to slack off, the house was cleaned and cleaned, restored to its original appearance as much as possible, and even added some furniture that was damaged due to the raid that day.

Xia Jingyun and the people of the Xia family don't have that kind of spiritual cleanliness, and they are not clothes and bedding, so they can use it when they are ready.

The first thing when they returned to the house, everyone came to the ancestral hall of their home under the leadership of Xia Mingxiong, and prayed incense on the ancestral tablet, telling about the return of the wanderer.

Thanks to today's people still believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, and thanks to the fact that Lu Erhu has not had time to dispose of this courtyard, these ancestral tablets are still well preserved, otherwise everyone would not have to worship if they want to.

After all this, before they had time to clean up the house, the chief who escorted them here came to report that many people had come outside, and they all said that they were old friends.

Although they all know what these "old friends" are, they don't want to criticize them too much.

So Xia Mingxiong and Xia Hengzhi just picked up the guests for a day, and lived this day to the fullest.

Among them, the world friend who ventured to visit them last night was given a thousand taels of silver to thank him.

With the help of the female dependents who came to visit, the ladies quickly cleaned up the inside and outside of the mansion.

In the evening, I called a table of noodles from the county and had a good meal together.

Busy until night.

Tonight, these non-commissioned officers have a spacious resting place, where they can bathe and rest for a good night.

Xia Jingyun sat in the original owner's room, looking at this small world, the memories of the past ten years of hard reading couldn't help but come to his heart, and he felt something strange in his heart, so he simply got up and walked around the courtyard.

As soon as he went out, he saw Xia Yunfei walking out of the opposite room.

The two brothers smiled at each other in tacit understanding, and then found a stone bench to sit down.

Xia Yunfei opened his mouth and said, "I see that you still have a melancholy between your eyebrows all day long. Now that everything is fine, what is there to worry about? ”

Xia Jingyun pursed his lips, "I still feel that something is not right, I always feel that I am thinking in the wrong direction, which leads to a lot of doubts that cannot be strung together." ”

"Or is it the matter of that Zheng Gongzi?"

"Hmm. It's so weird, there's no way to act like it didn't happen! ”

"Think slowly, protect yourself, sooner or later they will show their feet."

Xia Jingyun snorted, it could only be like this, and then the two chatted a few more words, Xia Yunfei patted him on the shoulder,

"Well, let's rest early, we have to rush back to Jiang'an tomorrow."

"Okay, big brother, you can rest early."

The two brothers said goodbye to each other, and then each lay down on the bed and looked at the sky.

There is nothing else to do now, otherwise it would be an embarrassing meeting in the canyon after saying goodnight to each other.

Xia Jingyun silently calculated, today is the sixth day of Concubine De's arrival, August 12, and tomorrow will be August 13.

Concubine De Niangniang's trip will only stay in Jiang'an for a total of ten days.

After the banquet on August 15, Concubine De reunited with her old father at home for another day, and then went to Surabaya Prefecture City to show off her royal prestige, and then left for Beijing.

Didn't Zheng Tianyu see that Concubine De has become his big backer now, and he didn't dare to act rashly anymore?

If you have to make a move, you have to wait for Concubine De Niangniang to leave, and after the guards of the army leave?

But where did I provoke him!

Big brother is now in the army, should I hire a guard?

The old servant beside the master, after training the eldest brother for half a month, trained a soldier who was valued by all the generals of the Wudang Army, it should be a good way to ask him, right?

With these chaotic thoughts spinning in his head, Xia Jingyun didn't know when he fell asleep.

After a good night's sleep and waking up the next day, Xia Jingyun was simply radiant and full of vitality.

To put it mildly, home seems to have a strange magic that can make people relax physically and mentally;

To put it simply, now that everything is complete, there is no need to worry about it, and naturally the mind recovers quickly.

Looking at the rest of the Xia family, they were all smiling, and the autumn colors outside were all a little spring.

After having breakfast with the family and chatting about things such as inviting maids and nursing homes, Xia Jingyun and Xia Yunfei said goodbye to their families and left with the team.

In Wanfu County, these things don't need to be worried about by the two juniors.

As for the future, I'll talk about it after the mother leaves.

On the return journey, there was no carriage and goods to drag down, everyone spurred the horses all the way, and took a break on the way, and it only took half a day to rush back to Jiang'an City.

Outside the city, Xia Yunfei took his team back to the Wudang Army barracks to resume his life, and Xia Jingyun took another team directly to Yunfu.

The guards in the palace now know him, and they came to Concubine De's courtyard unhindered.

The palace maid on duty went to report, and after a while, Feng Xiuyun came out, looked at him, and a smile subconsciously appeared on her beautiful face, "Niangniang said, let you wait in the main hall, she will come over later." ”

"Good!"

Xia Jingyun naturally knew the truth that the melon field and Li Xia couldn't fall into the mouth, nodded, turned around and went out, only to find that Feng Xiuyun also followed him and walked out.

"You don't have to go back?"

"I'm out on an errand."

Xia Jingyun is now that all the major matters have been solved, he is relaxed, he used to worry about it all day, but now he doesn't have to worry about it.

Smelling the faint fragrance wafting from his side, his heart was ape, and he smiled and teased: "Anyway, you are leaving, let's not spend two days before the moon, you are not afraid that next year, I will change my mind?" ”

Feng Xiuyun stood still, with the same determination as usual on her glamorous face, "I am willing to gamble and lose, and if I change my mind, I will be blind." ”

Xia Jingyun suddenly stretched out his hand and lightly scared her buttocks.

"Huh?" Feng Xiuyun hurriedly looked around, looking flustered and nervous.

"Don't be so nervous, tired." Xia Jingyun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't fail you." ”

Feng Xiuyun instantly broke the gong and blushed, "I won't tell you!" ”

Xia Jingyun sat in the main hall for a while, and soon waited for Concubine De.

Looking at Xia Jingyun who was in the dust, Concubine De smiled and said: "You too, don't go to freshen up, and there is no need to be so polite between us." ”

"It's not that I miss my sister's heart, I can't hold it!" Xia Jingyun smiled, then got up and thanked him, "Thanks to my sister's prestige, everything went well when I went back this time." ”

Concubine De waved her hand, "I didn't do anything, you just sat up straight by yourself, and you don't need to thank me." ”

"Hey, I had a lot of things before, and I ended everything at once, and I still feel a little uncomfortable!"

Concubine De smiled playfully, "Didn't you redeem a girl in the Qinglou?" Are you still afraid of loneliness? Do you want me to give Xiuyun a day off? ”

Ahem, I almost forgot that the high-ranking imperial concubine is also a young woman in essence, and she is a little cold and fierce when talking to people close to her.

Xia Jingyun laughed embarrassedly, "No, no, my sister is serious." ”

Concubine De smiled and glanced at him, and then restrained her expression, "Qiu Yu is coming soon, are you ready?" ”

Xia Jingyun snorted, "I will definitely live up to my sister's expectations." ”

Then the two chatted about some major affairs in the state and county, and Xia Jingyun knew that the anti-bandit operation pushed all the way by the Wudang Army had entered a critical stage, and in another month, it would be able to achieve all the success.

At the same time, money and food have been continuously transferred from outside, and the disaster relief and livelihood relief measures launched by various counties at the same time are also being promoted in an orderly manner.

In addition, many state officials were taken down because of corruption, and according to the emperor's order and the central opinion, Li Tianfeng, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who was announced by Concubine De to temporarily act as the state minister, after carefully listening to Concubine De's instructions, appointed temporary people one by one, and only after Concubine De returned to Beijing, he completed his appointment as a state minister, and these appointments would have no procedural problems and would be officially recognized by the empire.

These people will all be counted as people in the Defei family to some extent.

And because he saw Concubine De do such a big thing, it is even more predictable that the big people from all parties who will consider betting on Concubine De's ability are recognized.

Xia Jingyun couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Just this one thing, what a huge amount of political capital can be accumulated for my sister!" ”

Concubine De nodded slightly, and her stunning appearance was still not haggard, but her tone was a little tired, "But it is indeed tired, things from all directions have to be summarized here, plus people's hearts are ghostly, calculating every day, and being vigilant everywhere, this palace sometimes inevitably thinks, why live so hard!" ”

Xia Jingyun said softly: "We calculate many things, after all, in order not to count those three or two things. ”

Concubine De was stunned for a moment, and smiled.

Xia Jingyun looked up at Concubine De, "I hope that I can become someone that my sister can fully trust and rely on in the future." ”

Concubine De's heart warmed slightly, and she smiled at this man who liked her more and more, "Okay, that sister is waiting for that day." ”

After chatting with Concubine De, Xia Jingyun went to find Old Man Yun again.

Su Shidao knew that he was an eyesore here these days, so he went out to drink with his friends, and it happened that Xia Jingyun and Old Man Yun could talk about something alone.

He told him about the situation on the way, and then said solemnly: "Master, what kind of calculation do you say Zheng Tianyu is playing?" If you want to do it, yesterday and today are rare opportunities, why don't you do it, is it possible that you want to assassinate me in the city? Isn't that easier to expose? ”

Old Man Yun also looked serious, and said in a deep voice: "The key problem is that we don't know why the Zheng family kid wants to deal with you, and there is no way to prevent it. ”

Xia Jingyun said speechlessly: "But isn't it, I can't think of when I can provoke such a person, I can only wait for the other party to make a move, it's uncomfortable!" ”

Looking at Xia Jingyun scratching his ears and head there, with a sad face, Old Man Yun also comforted: "Don't think so much, this world is impermanent, and blessings and misfortunes depend on each other." ”

"It's like when you were framed and copied from your home, although it was pitiful, but because of this, you became an apprentice of an old man like me, and a righteous brother of my mother."

"Just like our county seat, if it wasn't for the county magistrate who forced the county lieutenant Shi to go out to suppress the bandits, the county lieutenant Shi would not have died so unlucky, and he would not have been replaced with a new county lieutenant, and now there would be no good situation in the county."

"Let's wait, take precautions, you will eventually show your feet."

Xia Jingyun had no choice but to nod.

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In Jiang'an City, in a small courtyard not far from Nantian Lane, a woman in green clothes was playing with pots of daisies and potted plants with the newly bought maidservant.

When there was a knock on the door, both of them looked at the door, their eyes full of alarm.

The handmaid was very faithful, for it was hard to find a master who returned the deed of sale to her as soon as she bought it, and who was still very kind to her.

So she took the initiative to step forward bravely and shouted through the door, "Who?" ”

A calm voice came from outside the door, "I'm Xia Jingyun's person." ”

The courtyard door opened, and there was a beautiful woman in palace clothes standing outside the door, with a beautiful face, a little coquettish in the coldness, and her eyes looked at them calmly.