Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

"Brother Zhang!"

"Master Cheng!"

"cousin!"

......

When the two sides met, everyone was very excited.

Deputy General Zhang looked at Cheng Wan and said with concern: "How is it? Is everything going well?"

"It went smoothly." Cheng Wan pulled Deputy General Zhang aside and whispered, "The late emperor compromised with the emperor for his son. Now that the late emperor is dead, the prince will succeed to the throne as the new emperor. The coronation ceremony will be on September 51st."

Deputy General Zhang took a few deep breaths and his hands were shaking with excitement.

He can’t escape the wealth and prosperity for the rest of his life!

"What official position did the emperor give you? What reward did he give you?"

Cheng Wan glanced at Deputy General Zhang and said in a dead voice, "The Emperor transferred me to the Ministry of Personnel and appointed me as the eighth-rank schoolmaster of the Ministry of Personnel."

Without rewards, I have no motivation to work.

"what?!"

Deputy General Zhang widened his eyes in shock, and quickly half-covered his mouth: "Really?!"

"Really? Besides, the emperor just assigned me a job, and I'm going back to Liangzhou to do it."

Deputy General Zhang looked at the exhausted Cheng Wan and remained silent.

Then he couldn't help but make a bitter face: "If you don't even get any reward, then those of us who are just trying to take credit for it will have no chance at all."

Cheng Wan patted Deputy General Zhang's arm, his voice full of vicissitudes: "We haven't handed in the gold and silver we got yet. After we hand them in, maybe the higher-ups will give us some money?"

Deputy General Zhang was silent again. After a while, he said with difficulty: "What if there is no money?"

Cheng Wan looked up and exchanged glances with Deputy General Zhang, and said woodenly, "Brother Zhang, we can't be too utilitarian. It is our honor to work for the emperor, and we should ask for nothing more."

Deputy General Zhang gave a smile that was uglier than crying: "You are right."

Cheng Wan took a deep breath, cheered himself up, and smiled at Deputy General Zhang: "Brother Zhang, let's say goodbye now. I hope everything will go smoothly for us in the future!"

Cheng Wan took Lin Gou Wa, Chen Changtong and Deputy General Zhang to say goodbye. The two groups separated, one heading north and the other to report to their superiors.

"You have made great contributions this time. The emperor has ordered you to be promoted to the fifth rank Mingwei General and awarded you a fifth rank official residence in the capital."

Zhang Jingwu, the former deputy general and now the powerful general, looked at the leader in disbelief: "General, did the emperor make a mistake? Did he give all the credit to me?"

But such a great contribution has been attributed to him, so it shouldn’t be just these rewards, right?

Zhang Jingwu is really hard to understand.

"How dare you! Do you think you can judge the emperor's actions?!"

"I know my mistake!"

Zhang Jingwu was so scared that he quickly knelt on one knee, but his brows were still tightly furrowed.

"Just accept the reward from the Emperor, and don't ask about anything else.

The one under you named Yin Chen was promoted to the seventh rank of Huaihua Zhonghou, and is still working under you.

As for the gold and silver, you can divide the rest among the others."

"Yes, the general will take your orders."

Although he received the expected reward, Zhang Jingwu was not happy at all. Instead, he felt an indescribable discomfort.

He even felt that it would be better not to receive these rewards, so that he could feel at peace with himself.

Cheng Wan didn’t know that Zhang Jingwu and others had received different levels of rewards, and he had no idea about the torment in Zhang Jingwu’s heart.

At this time, Cheng Wan had already forgotten about the reward. She just wanted to go back home quickly, eat the food made by the old lady and mother, and hug the old lady and mother and act coquettishly.

She really missed home.

But no matter how much I miss home, I still have to hurry on my way.

The sun rose and set, and Cheng Wan and his companions were getting closer and closer to Liangzhou. Every time they passed a place, they could hear the good news that Prince Rui had succeeded to the throne as the new emperor.

That was news that was spread to various places by special messengers through the post stations.

The speed of those messengers was much faster than that of Cheng Wan and others.

That day, Cheng Wan, who was on his way, suddenly found that they met a construction team who were building a cement road to the south.

Two months later, the construction team worked in sections and the total length of the cement road had been very long.

"Cousin, what are they doing? Are they repairing the road?"

Sitting in the front room of the carriage, Lin Gou Wa looked curiously at the laborers and the gray road surface, and asked Cheng Wan loudly.

"Yes, they are building a cement road. After the cement road is built, we won't have to worry about rain, and the carriages can run faster."

"So amazing!"

Lin Gou Wa was astonished, and then said: "So you Liangzhou actually have such good things, no wonder the Emperor Rui's army is so powerful!"

Cheng Wan blinked.

There doesn't seem to be a strong causal relationship between the two...

"Cousin, you are going to be an official in the capital in the future. Do my aunt and the others want to go to the capital with you?"

"It depends on their own wishes. If they want to stay in Liangzhou, they can stay in Liangzhou. If they want to go to the capital with me, they can go to the capital."

Having said that, Cheng Wan felt that Old Lady Lin and their small family would most likely choose to go to the capital with her. As for Cheng Erniu, Cheng Xiaogu and others, she was not sure.

After all, it is not easy to move to a new place and get familiar with the new environment.

Especially now, the Cheng family is living well in Liangzhou.

Lin Gou Wa scratched his head, feeling a little conflicted. If Old Lady Lin wanted to stay in Liangzhou, then he would definitely have to stay in Liangzhou too. But he really wanted to stay with this capable cousin.

It can not only improve your skills, but also broaden your horizons.

Cheng Wan didn't know about Lin Gou Wa's dilemma. She was calculating when she could reach Qinghua County and when she could return to Shuoyang City.

Their speed was not slow to begin with, and since they would be walking on the cement road, their speed would definitely be even faster. They should be able to reach Qinghua County around August 1st.

August 1st.

Cheng Wan began to count the days on his fingers. July passed one day at a time and finally August arrived.

Cheng Wan and others actually arrived in Qinghua County on August 1st.

"Almost there! We're almost home!"

Cheng Wan was excited when he suddenly found that the carriage had stopped.

"Master, the magistrate of Qinghua County."

Cheng Wan scratched his head in annoyance. In order to reduce unnecessary greetings and courtesies and hurry on their way, they had been staying in post stations along the way. Why were they "stopped" here?

Cheng Wan took a deep breath, smiled, lifted the curtain and got off the carriage.

There's nothing we can do about it, because she is a low-ranking official.

"Master Cheng! Long time no see!"

Shi Lishi smiled sincerely and took the initiative to greet Cheng Wan.

Cheng Wan quickly bowed to Shi Lishi and said, "Your humble servant greets you, Master Shi."

"Hey~" Shi Lishi said with a look of "you are too polite" and said, "Lord Cheng, you have worked so hard in escorting the grain to the front line. Today, we are passing through Qinghua, so I have to be the host, right?"

Cheng Wan was immediately touched: "I am just fulfilling my duty as a minister. I also want to have another chat with you, Master, but I am in a hurry to return to Shuoyang to do my work."

Cheng Wan pointed quickly at the carriage behind him and whispered, "Inside that sits Eunuch Miao, the disciple of Manager Chang!"