Seeing this, Ning Wuxian also frowned, but he took the box first.

The iron box was not light, and when he took it, his arms sank down, and when he took it, Ning Weiguo had already cleaned up half of the table and came out, and he didn't drink any more wine, waiting to open the box.

"Second uncle, these iron boxes seem to be for the military, right?"

Ning Wuxian looked at the eldest aunt.

As the Yang family, who is also behind the gate, he is naturally very familiar with it, and nodded when he heard it.

"Yes, because the army is always on the move, and valuables are packed into an iron box."

Ning Yang recognized at a glance that the iron box sent by her husband and sons was the one they had brought with them when they used to go home.

In this way, the contents of the box must be something that is very important to them.

Ning Weiguo heard Ning Yang's answer, and the blush on his face became even thicker.

He didn't know much about the things in the barracks, and because of his own future, he was also a little negligent about his eldest son's daily life, so he didn't know that there was such a thing in this iron box.

Other words.

The inside of this iron box contained something more important than gold and silver.

Ning Wuxian picked up an iron box, saw that it didn't seem to have any place to unlock, and was about to ask the eldest aunt how to open it, when a long arm stretched out behind him and fished it out, and he heard a "click" sound behind him.

"Third brother, your hands are really fast enough, teach me how to drive?"

In line with the idea of having more skills and not pressing down, Ning Wuxian successfully learned the trick of using the seams to open these iron boxes with his bare hands.

When the iron box was opened, the contents inside, as Fang Cai had guessed, were indeed some gadgets.

The tin box sent by the uncle contained a palm-sized wooden knife, an envelope, a token, and things like folding fans and broken swords, and it was impossible to tell what they did.

Only the token, which was made of gold on the back, showed that it was worth a lot.

When I turned it over, I saw the word "Xie" engraved on it.

"This is the token of the Xie family in Jing'an City."

Ning Weiguo recognized this thing at a glance, and the wine was sobered up for three points.

Jing'an City Xie family.

It is second only to the Shen family, and there is a wealthy family of gate valves for nearly a thousand years.

Because its ancestral home is in the suburbs of Jing'an, it is called the Xie family of Jing'an City, unlike the Shen family, because the age of the fortune is too old, and the Shen family itself is deliberately hidden, the world only knows the wealth and nobility of the Shen family, and it is inconvenient to name the place.

Ning Weiguo touched the token and said with a nostalgic face: "I think that when the eldest brother was in the capital, he and Xie Changan, the current head of the Xie family, ate and lived together, and regarded him as a confidant. ”

If you don't have any contact, you will send the Xie family's token on purpose?

And looking at the color and style of this token, it seems to have been newly minted in recent years.

There is also a line of small words on it, "Patriarch Chang'an's Order".

Ning Weiguo obviously saw this line of small print, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Although the Xie family has not emerged in the officialdom in recent years, and there is a hidden edge, but Brother Xie's younger brother has held an important position in the six ministries, and has been a household waiter, a soldier in the military department, and now he is a secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Due to the fact that the previous prime minister formed a party for personal gain, he participated in the case of the struggle for the crown prince and was personally set up by the old emperor and killed in the palace, and there was no prime minister in Daxing for the time being.

The position of prime minister is very important, in addition to being the most trusted person of the old emperor, he also needs to be able to suppress the six Shangshu and the attendants.

For this reason, the younger brother of the Qin patriarch is likely to be the prime minister, and first go to the six ministries to find out the situation of each department, and finally coordinate and let the orders reach the subordinates.

Of course, this is just Ning Wuxian's personal speculation, and the specific situation is still known to the capital.

After all, judging from the temperament of the old emperor, it is impossible to make only a pre-selection plan.

He took a deep look at the token in the second uncle's hand, and thought that the eldest uncle had endured hardships and stood hard work in the military camp for many years, and he hadn't even won a serious position, but he was promoted this time and became the guard of an important county town, in charge of five hundred soldiers and horses, as long as he could do more practical things, such as protecting passing caravans or suppressing bandits, and getting commendations or meritorious deeds, it was a matter of time before he was promoted.

But before that, the uncle had been silent for so many years, and he didn't think about letting his former friends help.

"It's okay, the eldest brother handed over these tokens to you, and I thought the same, you went out, and you went to the capital where the dragon and the crouching tiger were hidden, and it was better to bring more life-saving things with you."

Ning Weiguo knew the weight of this token.

Some tokens, once borrowed, are not just simple tokens.

It is the final reliance left by the eldest brother's family.

Now that it is in the hands of Ning Wuxian, it is equivalent to entrusting his net worth and life to him.

Judging from this way, the other things in the iron box are also tokens left by the friends Ning Huxing made in the capital back then.

Ning Wuxian couldn't help but sigh: "Uncle and the three elder brothers, do you think I'm going to go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire?" ”

Since it was four iron boxes and they were sent together, the sound was similar.

Presumably, it is also a token of their old friends in the capital.

"It's okay, as the old saying goes, the poor are rich, these are your uncle's intentions, you can accept it."

When Ning Yang heard his words, he was afraid that he would not accept it, so he hurriedly spoke out to persuade him.

Not only did Ning Wuxian not intend to refuse, he also picked up the letter in the iron box.

On the fluttering letter, it should explain the origin of these tokens, but in his heart, the weight of this letter is heavy.

The burden on my body seems to be heavier.

But the good thing is.

Ning Wuxian glanced at the second uncle who was happily talking about the old things in the capital with Ning Wuxian, as well as the cousins who were chatting warmly, and smiled knowingly.

Fortunately, he still has these family members as companions, who can be his backing and can also be his forerunner.

Beijing, I'm coming!

……

On the eighth day of September, on the eve of the Chung Yeung Festival, one step has already stepped into the late autumn season.

This year's hot summer is unbearable in Jinling, and at this time it finally begins to get cooler.

In the morning, dawn dawned.

Behind several carriages was a row of ox-drawn carts, carrying 100,000 bottles of perfume that Zhou Jingxian had ordered some time ago, leaving from the west of Jinling City, driving onto the official road, and merging into the many students who were going to the capital.

The autumn breeze is blowing, blowing the smell of perfume.

Standing on the city tower and looking into the distance, Jiang Yan watched the carriage carrying the person he admired the most gradually turn into a small black dot in the traffic, getting farther and farther away, and becoming more and more blurred, his mood was both difficult to give up and excited.

"Mr. Ning's trip will definitely set off stormy waves in the capital, but I don't know when Mr. Ning will come back."

There is also Ning Sangongzi.

Jiang Yan thought of the token he had just given, and was quite worried that it would not be of any use.

It's not that the Jiang family is useless, but he feels that according to Ning Sangongzi's temperament, he will definitely not use it unless necessary.

But when he thought of Mr. Ning going to the capital, if there was such a necessary moment, he couldn't help but be even more worried.

"Mr. Ning, the King of Jin and the royal family only announced to the outside world that An Hou was missing and traveled, and did not report his death on the jade plate, but I am afraid that someone wants to find out about this matter, you have to be careful."