Jiangshan Yingqiluo

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Qing sat in the middle of the front hall and received New Year greetings from the servants of the mansion, while Li Quan stood below smiling and handing out red envelopes to everyone.After the crowd dispersed, Chun Yu, who had been late, ran up to them and paid New Year greetings to them one by one, then stretched out his hand and looked at everyone eagerly.

Because Chun Yu saved the general before, Shen Shen and his party completely accepted him, and the more they got along with him, the more they liked him, so when he did this action, not only was it not abrupt at all, but it made people feel very cute.

Shen Zhen smiled heartily, walked up to him first, and put the red envelope that had been prepared in his hand, "Xiao Chunyu, one year older, you must be sensible and well-behaved, and don't always be playful."

Afterwards, Chen Xiaozhou also presented a red envelope, saying: "Chun Yu wants to be healthy." Just after finishing speaking, Zhao Anzhong also handed over a red envelope, and said with a smile: "Chun Yu wants to study hard."

Chun Yu smiled cheerfully holding three red envelopes, then turned to look at Jiang Qing and Li Quan.

Li Quanqing coughed, slowly took out a red envelope from his bosom and handed it to him, said some cute words to him, and told him not to be greedy for food and fun.

Chunyu responded indiscriminately, but from the looks of it, it probably went in from the left ear and out from the right.

He put the four red envelopes into the small cloth bag he carried with him, walked slowly to Jiang Qing, blushed and gave a soft cry.

Jiang Qing seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and took out a thick red envelope from his arms, which was much thicker than those given to him by others.Chunyu happily took it and put it close to her body.

"Xiao Chunyu, don't you want to see how much lucky money you have taken?" Shen Shen leaned over and asked in a low voice.He, Xiaozhou, Anzhong, and Li Quan all put in twelve taels. What makes people more curious is how much the general put in, which should be quite a lot.

However, Chun Yu just shook his head, fastened the small cloth bag, and hurried back to the room.

Shen Chen, who hadn't expected this situation at all, looked frustrated and was made fun of by Chen Xiaozhou.

Several people had a conversation in the front hall, and Si Yan came in with a few greeting cards, saying that someone wanted to meet the general.Li Quan took the greeting card and saw that they were Sun Tiancheng, governor of Jinzhou, and Yang Qian, a wealthy family.

"Sun Tiancheng?" Jiang Qing frowned and asked, "How do I remember that the previous governor was called Liu Yun?"

Chen Xiaozhou took over the conversation and said: "It was indeed Liu Yun before, but a few years ago when he retired from his old age and returned to his hometown, the imperial court sent Sun Tiancheng over."

"General, do you want to see me then?" Li Quan asked again.

There is nothing wrong with a new official taking office to build a good relationship with his colleagues.Jiang Qing didn't like forming cliques, so he didn't hold a banquet for other officials after arriving in Jinzhou.

But since he wanted to gain a firm foothold in Jinzhou, it seemed that he had to do this superficial effort.The fact that Sun Tiancheng was able to deliver the post showed that he really wanted to make friends, and it would be fine to see each other.

And this merchant Yang Qian can make good use of it. After all, money is needed to support the army, and that little military salary is not enough.

Thinking of this, Jiang Qing said: "Please come in, and then ask the kitchen to open a banquet to entertain them."

Li Quan agreed and went out to meet them in person.

At the same time, Chun Yu was rolling back and forth on the bed, muttering "get rich, get rich", extremely excited.

While laughing, he hugged the quilt and rolled around a few more times before sitting up and happily preparing to open the red envelope.

The red envelopes of Shen Shen, Zhao Anzhong, Chen Xiaozhou, and Li Quan were all about the same size. Chun Yu first placed them in a row on the quilt, and then opened them one by one.

Ten taels, 20 taels, 30 taels, 40 taels!Chun Yu happily placed four ten taels of silver bills side by side, smiled for a while and then became distressed, biting his fingers and thinking about how to spend the money.Candied gourds are delicious, candy men are delicious, candies are delicious, there are so many things I want to eat.

Chunyu drooled while thinking about it, and finally realized that buying these things doesn't cost a lot, and 40 taels of silver can last a long time, so she became happy again.

After making up her mind, Chun Yu folded the four bank notes squarely and put them in her small pocket, ready to open the one given by Jiang Qing.

Jiang Qing's red envelopes are the thickest, bulging to the touch.Chun Yu was very much looking forward to it, and slowly opened it with a blushing little face, and saw a stack of one or two silver bills neatly placed inside, counting them, there were fifty in total.

It turned out that Jiang Qing knew that he liked to eat snacks, so he specially exchanged them for small coins so that he could take them out for use.

Chun Yu's face beamed with smiles, and she liked the adults more and more in her heart.

After New Year's greetings, it was the fifth day of the first lunar month to welcome the God of Wealth. Everyone in the mansion made preparations early, but news came from Youzhou that the Queen Mother had passed away.

The news came at a strange time.

The death of the Empress Dowager was a national tragedy, but the Holy Majesty kept it secret, and only asked the Ministry of Rites to inform all the officials, and let the fifth-rank officials outside Youzhou also come to Beijing to express their condolences.

Several people in Zhao Anzhong disagreed with Jiang Qing's going to Youzhou.

The current queen mother is not the birth mother of the Holy Majesty.She had nothing to do in her life, the late emperor took pity on her, and entrusted the still prince Sheng Shang to her upbringing.She has a gentle disposition and is humble in dealing with others. She raised the Holy One like a parent and child with all her heart, and the Holy One respected her very much.

Later, the first emperor passed away, and the position of the crown prince had not yet been appointed. The court was divided into several factions, and there was a lot of trouble.It was precisely because her mother's family was so powerful that she overcame all opinions that the Holy Majesty was put on the throne and became the Queen Mother.

The Holy Majesty has always been very filial, and all the officials in the court saw it, even Jiang Qing who was far away in Kongsang at that time knew it.

Why is it that the Empress Dowager has passed away, but the Holy Majesty has kept it a secret?No matter how you think about it, it's not right.

"General, you can't go to Youzhou." Zhao Anzhong frowned, his tone rare and tough.The current situation is so delicate, and this matter is very strange, it is impossible for him to agree with Jiang Qing to take this risk.

Chen Xiaozhou also disagreed.The news of going to Beijing to express condolences came directly from the Ministry of Rites, and even the spies he placed did not know about it until a few hours later, which shows that this matter is extremely confidential.

He has asked spies to investigate the inside information, but with little success, and there is no reliable news until now.

Jiang Qing knew in his heart that things would not be so simple.Condolence is probably just a name, and it may be fraudulent to gather all the officials of the fifth rank and above in Youzhou.

"The Empress Dowager passed away, and a national funeral should be held. But the Holy Majesty kept the matter so tight, there must be something inside. But now that the imperial decree has arrived, I can't disobey it. I must go to Youzhou."

"But......"

"It's nothing." Jiang Qing interrupted the other party's words, and continued: "I went to find my father this time. Shen Zhen, you go with me. Xiaozhou and Anzhong will still manage the camp on my behalf. Li Quan, you stay at the General's Mansion." After a pause, he continued: "I will come back safely. If...you follow the plan..."

These words sounded like they were confessing their last words. Everyone felt uncomfortable, but there was no better way.

The time is not yet ripe, even if you don't want to, you can only obey orders.

That night, Chun Yu, who knew that Jiang Qingming was leaving for Youzhou early, knocked on his door dragging a quilt.

Jiang Qing opened the door, and saw Chun Yu standing at the door shivering with his nose flushed from the cold.

"My lord..." The big eyes were full of water, Chun Yu's face was ready to cry, and his voice was a little hoarse.

Jiang Qing hurriedly turned to let him into the room, then put his cloak on him, and asked after a while: "Why don't you come to sleep so late?"

"Talk with you at night by candlelight."

Jiang Qing frowned and said, "What do you want to talk about at this late night?"

"You're going to Youzhou tomorrow..." Seeing that he was angry, Chun Yu felt a little timid in her heart, but she didn't want to back down, so she muttered, "You won't take me there..."

Jiang Qing couldn't laugh or cry, "Youzhou is not safe, you just stay in the mansion and don't run around."

Chunyu felt a little uncomfortable, he wanted to say that he was a goblin and was not afraid of danger, but he was afraid that Jiang Qing would drive him away, so he sulked there alone.

Jiang Qing rubbed his hair, seeing that he was really unhappy, thought for a while, and then said: "Forget it, let's talk by candlelight tonight."

Only then did Chun Yu frowned, spread her little quilt inside the bed, and got in.

Seeing this, Jiang Qing couldn't help laughing, bent down and blew out the surrounding lanterns, leaving only a small candle beside the bed.

However, there is no talk at night by candlelight. In just a short while, Chunyu has fallen asleep peacefully, her long eyelashes cast a thick shadow, fluttering slightly like the wings of a butterfly, her nose flutters slightly, and her small mouth slightly opens to reveal a small smile. Cut off the powder tongue.

Seeing him sleeping so soundly, Jiang Qing sighed, shook his head, turned over and blew out the last candle.

In the early morning of the next day, the window lattices were illuminated by the snow, making the room bright.

Jiang Qing opened his eyes, and found that his arms were heavy, looked down, and saw a sleeping face, and next to him, he saw a small quilt that was rolled into a ball.

Jiang Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and patted him on the back lightly, trying to make him turn around so that his arm could be pulled out from underneath.Chun Yu wrinkled her nose, twisted her small body, rubbed her head in his arms, smashed her mouth and continued her dream.

Jiang Qing looked at the little head on his chest, speechless, finally sighed silently, gently supported his head with one hand, pulled his arm out, and tiptoed to get up.

Hugging her arms and leaving suddenly, Chunyu let out a "huh", opened her eyes slightly, and saw a familiar figure in the haze.

His mind was in a daze, vaguely remembering that the lord was going to leave today, he kicked twice, and wanted to follow, but he heard a gentle voice in his ear, telling him not to open his eyes and continue to sleep.

A small flower quietly bloomed from the tip of the plum tree standing by the back window, and floated leisurely into Jiang Qing's arms.

No one found out.