The maid of the red house

An actor like Jiang Yuhan, even if he redeemed himself and got rid of his citizenship, he still has an ambition, looking forward to leaving the actor's business and buying a few acres of land to be a farmer, but he can't stop the power of dignitaries.When he was in the Zhongshun Palace, others coveted him for being gentle and beautiful, but they did not dare to act rashly. Now that he has come out of the Zhongshun Palace, without the protection of the Zhongshun Palace, Xue Pan, Jia Baoyu, and Feng Ziying, who were friends with him, are waiting to die , Imprisonment, imprisonment, imprisonment, he is nothing more than mermaid.

Zijuan didn't speak directly to Daiyu and Xueyan, but just let out a long sigh.

From her point of view, Xiren treats Baochai and Baoyu from the beginning to the end, and they are dedicated to each other. It will not be a hindrance when it is young, but after a long time, Jiang Yuhan may not be as gentle and considerate to her as before. What Baoyu did, how could he tolerate his wife still remembering Baoyu in her eyes and heart.

Because of the love they grew up with since childhood, Zijuan also persuaded Xiren once before coming, but I don't know if she listened.

After dinner, there were only Daiyu, Xueyan, Yuanyang and others in the room. Zijuan explained the ins and outs of this passage, and sighed: "Not only Qi officials are involuntary, but even attackers can only be tortured by those people." The opera singer is allowed to be abused by others, let alone the opera singer's wife. No matter how bad she was in the past, it is really pitiful to end up with such a fate."

Xueyan was secretly surprised when she heard this.

She often had contacts with Prince Zhongshun's mansion, and knew that although Jiang Yuhan was an actress, she had ambition. She had sung operas for many years, won many rewards, and saved a lot of family property. Blessing is also the luck of attacking people, now it seems that this is not the case, Zijuan said it in a cryptic way, but Xueyan understands it, they are both at the mercy of others.

Daiyu frowned slightly, and said, "How could this be? Is there no way to avoid it?"

Zijuan sighed: "Avoid this one, and that one. Jiang Yuhan was born well and has a famous official name all over the world. I don't know how many people are thinking about it. They have moved several times to no avail. Grandma doesn't know. She was crying like a tearful person, full of pain and no place to complain, but she dared not tell Second Lord Bao, only that Guan Qi treated her very well and had enough food and clothing. The servants of the Rongguo Mansion issued At the time of the sale, she wanted to redeem Second Grandma Bao, but she asked our family to redeem it first, so she redeemed Musk Moon and sent it to Second Grandma Bao as a companion. Some merchants bought her, but no matter what they said, they couldn’t buy her.”

The Zhou family only bought Mrs. Xing and other masters, but did not buy servants. According to her mother-in-law, it is also a servant to be bought by others, but it is changed from one house to another, anyway. There is no fear of life, and at the same time, Zijuan is instructed not to rely on the power of the Zhou family to buy and sell by force, so Zijuan is helpless with Ping'er and others.

Daiyu recalled the bustle of the Rongguo Mansion back then, whether it was the master or the servants, everyone was unscrupulous and smiling like a flower, how could they have imagined that they would end up in such an end, and they would be separated from each other, and after all, as I said before, I couldn't do anything to them.

Xueyan asked: "Can my sister's family be redeemed?"

Zijuan hurriedly laughed and said: "You reminded me back then, and I also persuaded my parents to redeem themselves, but they were reluctant to part with the dignity of the house, but they refused, so I let it go. Now they regret it so much. When they ransacked the house, Because the family gave birth to a child, all the family property was confiscated, seventy-eight thousand taels were folded in, fortunately I married a house, and now they live in it."

Speaking of the fate of his parents, brother, sister-in-law and nephew, Zijuan suddenly said: "The Lai family has also been copied."

Xueyan was startled, and quickly asked: "I'm here, I don't know anything about the capital, dare to ask my sister, I don't know what happened to my grandmother and godfather and mother? Although grandmother and godfather are the children of the family, But Big Brother and Sister Xinrong were both released, and Sister Xinrong is in the capital, so there must be no problem?"

Zijuan said: "Don't worry, Mrs. Lai has redeemed Nanny Lai and Mrs. Lai's housekeeper and his wife. Their family's garden and family business were all recorded in Mr. Lai's name, so they were not confiscated. They confiscated the belongings under the names of Nanny Lai and Housekeeper Lai. There were 10,000+ taels, which also accounted for half of their family property. In addition, the Rongguo Mansion was defeated, and the Lai family who was attached to the Rongguo Mansion had no money. No matter how decent it is, now it’s just the word “safety.”

Lai everyone ended up better. Not only was the entire family of Lai Sheng's family in Ningguo Mansion raided, but the entire family was sold off.

Xueyan sighed: "How can there be eggs under the overturned nest, and it is their good fortune to be able to get the word "safety." Although the Lai family has always treated her with great dedication, she also knows that the money that the Lai family is greedy for ink comes from the Rongguo Mansion , from the Lin family.

Zijuan nodded. When she learned that 10,000+ taels of silver and other things were confiscated from Lai's house, she knew the origin. Rongguo Mansion built a grand view garden, and soon their family also had a garden. Most of the bricks, wood, tiles and stones were It was obtained from the construction of the Grand View Garden, and among the things copied out were a few belongings of the Lin family. It was presumably that when the Rongguo Mansion embezzled the property of the Lin family, they built a garden to display in it, or later when the pawn was changed, they got it from it, so she was very concerned about it. The Lai family also lost their previous admiration.

But Xueyan is the goddaughter of the Lai family, Zijuan can't say this in front of her.

Xueyan judged by appearance, but smiled and said: "If you have something to say, just say it, why bother to hide it? From my point of view, among the things confiscated from the Lai family, there must be some from the Rongguo Mansion, or some from our family." Also unknown."

Zijuan was stunned when he heard the words, and lost his voice: "How do you know?"

Xueyan smiled lightly and said: "Is there anything you can't guess? Although I am the goddaughter of the Lai family, I also know that they recognized me because they couldn't persuade the old lady at the beginning, and later on the girl married well, so they also have something to rely on They come and go, and Fang is getting closer. I understand their family's methods in my heart, but it's hard to say because they are outsiders. Needless to say, I know how much money the Lai family has made from Rongguo Mansion. Rongguo Mansion got our girl After all, what the Lai family got was not the girl's money."

She and Yu Liansheng are as close as biological brothers and sisters, but she has a little indifference to the Lai family. He is thorough in his actions and has close contacts, so it is always difficult to get close, and if he is in charge of his own family, he is not willing to have a servant like Lai Jia.In her heart, the Lai family has always been behind Daiyu, Zhao Yun, and Yu Liansheng.

After hearing these words, Zijuan said: "It turns out that you already have a debt in your heart."

Xueyan nodded and smiled, and said: "I am the goddaughter of the Lai family who has entered into a deed. After a few years, it is not a hypocrisy, even raising a cat or dog is still a matter of affection. What's more, we, now I heard that they are all Everyone is safe, I am relieved."

After finishing speaking, he asked: "The Lai family copied 10,000+, where is the Rongguo Mansion?"

Zijuan thought for a while, shook his head and sighed: "It is said that the mansion has already had enough food. I only said that the house raids did not bring much to the table. I don't think the mansion confiscated less than two or three million yuan of property. Most of them were the ladders in each house. The family business I saved up with the stewards, in the second wife's room alone, there are no less than 300 silver things, including our family, the Zhen family's, and the money and interest obtained from the one-year lawsuit, as well as the housekeeper's time. The oil and water scooped up, and the filial piety everywhere, are really astonishing, who would have thought that the wife is actually a rich man."

While talking, Zijuan sighed repeatedly. No one expected that the richest person in Jia's family was none other than Mrs. Wang.

Xueyan frowned and said, "Didn't the things in our house be returned to us?"

It stands to reason that none of the properties of the Lin family belonged to the Jia family, and should be returned. Although the rest of the Rongguo Mansion is not much, it is also quite a lot.

Zijuan shook her head and said: "It was all copied from Jia's house, how can we return it to us? It is Grandma Zhu's ladder. She said it was returned, and some officials exploited it. What Grandma holds is only three or four out of ten. Of the things in our house, most of the remaining useless ones are gifts from the imperial court and cannot be turned into pawns, otherwise, they would have already used them and sold them."

Daiyu interrupted and said: "If you put it in the treasury, you can put it in the treasury. It's mostly a gift from the emperor, but it's not. I don't want it to be returned to us. According to the rules, it was to be handed over to the court. It's just brother Lian." Relying on the power of the Zhen family, it was not handed over."

Xueyan nodded and said: "I think so too. If it is returned to the girl, the girl can either hand it over to the court, or use it to help the poor. It is very good. It is not necessary to leave it to the girl."

Zijuan laughed and said, "It's been a few years. Besides calling you grandma in front of outsiders, why do you still call me a girl in private? Now that grandma has given birth to a brother, it's time for you to change your name."

But Xueyan said: "I'm used to it, anyway, don't call me a girl in front of outsiders, you don't have to worry about me."

When everyone heard this, they all smiled.

Daiyu sighed softly, and said: "Don't talk about these things, let's talk about other things. Our second master is married, and the third master and the eldest girl are married? Believe me, I haven't opened it yet. I'll see it tonight. You Tell me first."

Zijuan cheered up, and said with a beaming smile: "Second Master is married. When I came, Second Mistress was already happy. It was not long after she got the family letter from grandpa and grandma. The eldest girl was also visiting her. Third Master planned to be like Second Master. , wait until you pass the exam to be a scholar, and the third master is a man, and the wife said there is no need to rush."

Turning to look at Xueyan, she said again: "Director Dai has retired and returned home, and now Director Yu is the chief eunuch in charge of the palace."

Daiyu and Xueyan were all delighted to hear the news she brought.

When I was young, when I asked Zijuan whether it was a boy or a girl, Zijuan smiled and replied that it was a boy named Wang Rui. Daiyu hurriedly asked him to come in to have a look, and gave a set of five gold pieces as a gift, and Xueyan gave it to him. A gold collar and a long life lock, Daiyu said with a smile: "It's good to have a baby. When I grow up tomorrow, I will call in to accompany my eldest brother."

The implication is that Wang Rui will follow his eldest brother in the future, either as a companion, or as a servant, or as a long-term follower.

Zicuckoo was grateful and thanked again and again.

At this time, Zhao Yun came to urge Xueyan to go home, Xueyan hurriedly got up and said goodbye, Daiyu smiled and said: "You are pregnant now, you can rest at home, I will go to your home to see you when I have time."

Xueyan smiled and agreed.

Back home, Xueyan opened Yu Liansheng's letters first. Like the letter she gave him, there were more than 20 letters. The letters also talked about some things in the capital and the news that she had been promoted again. He breathed a sigh of relief, Yu Liansheng was able to do such a thing in his 20s this year, and he finally felt relieved.

For a while, he ordered the girl to open the box. It was nothing more than silk and satin clothes, etc. Most of them were for Brother Qi.

Zhao Yun took the letter and read it, and said, "Pack up some clothes, shoes and socks for me in a while, I'm going out."

Xueyan put away the letter and asked, "How many days? Why did you go out suddenly?"

Zhao Yun replied: "General Shen sent General Zhou to investigate several other camps and asked General Zhou to form a new army. It is about a hundred miles away from here and very close to the coast, so I have to go out early in the morning. It will take about half a year or three. It will take a month to come back."

Xueyan was surprised: "Why did you go for so long? Three months is enough to train a group of brave soldiers."

Zhao Yun smiled lightly, but said nothing, there are some things in the army that he can't tell her.

However, Xue Yan instantly understood that since Mr. Fang Qian defected to Shen Rui, there was no room for two tigers in the army, and the strife became more and more fierce. He listened to Shen Rui's orders instead of fighting for power, he only cared about fighting.But Shen Rui didn't think so, probably because he couldn't tolerate the [-] troops brought by Zhou Hong's men. The military power of the [-] troops was in his hands, not Zhou Hong's, but these soldiers were all brought out by Zhou Hong Yes, they have fought together on the battlefield, even if Zhou Hong is not a first-rank general, the subordinate soldiers still listen to Zhou Hong, not him.

Shen Rui transferred Zhou Hong to train the new army. The new army was lazy, and all the transfer rights were in his hands. Zhou Hong was just a coach. As long as he sent Zhou Hong back with a paper order, Zhou Hong would have nothing. It is still under his own command, and secondly, in the few months when Zhou Hong is away, he can also break up and reorganize the [-] army and send others to take over.

Zhao Yun persuaded Zhou Hong to obey the military orders. Tiger talismans are often fake, and soldiers trust and admire superior commanders more than them. Especially people like Zhou Hong are born with a contemptuous demeanor that makes people believe.

Compared with winning the hearts and minds of military power, the latter is more useful.

Zhou Hong loves the battlefield, and he doesn't like the intrigues of the court. He would rather drink and eat meat with the soldiers than talk about romance with the dudes in the capital. Harmony is a big taboo in the military. Although the border has been stabilized recently, there are still hidden dangers. I would rather avoid it than confront it head-on.

When Xueyan wrote a letter to Yu Liansheng, she told him about this matter, saying that she would not accept the fate of the emperor outside. Shen Rui was afraid of Zhou Hong, so naturally she would not let people spread it into the capital, and Zhou Hong didn't bother At this point, Xueyan knew what Emperor Changqian was thinking. Although he didn't want Zhou Yuan, his son, civil servants and generals to join forces, he still didn't want Xihai Yanzi's army to make trouble and let outsiders take advantage of it.

The letter is written, but it is not easy to send it out for a while. Although there is a post station, it is not as cheap as sending it by yourself.

Xueyan sent someone to ask Xing Xiuyan, and heard that Xue Biao was planning to leave in August, so she put the family letter in the dowry to raise her baby at ease, and made two clothes and shoes for Yu Liansheng in her free time, and bought some western medicine and Western gadgets, they live along the West Sea, and they often see foreigners. When they want to buy Western medicine and Western gadgets, several foreign merchants personally deliver them to their door. Some of the Western medicines are rare in the capital, and Xueyan bought them. , intending to send it to Yu Liansheng along with the letter.

Afterwards, Xueyan continued to write down what she had seen and heard in Xihai Yanzi, and put them together with the letters so that Juliensheng could know.

Early this morning, she was walking in the courtyard with her waist supported. About half an hour later, she suddenly heard that Bao Qin was coming. The blonde hair and blue eyes, snow-skinned and jade-skinned, can be described as the beauty of the country, dressed in jewels, with a couplet on the forehead, making it even more beautiful.

It was not the first time Xueyan saw a foreigner, so it was not unusual. She just looked at Baoqin and asked, "What is this for?"

Baoqin laughed and said: "Her name is Alice. She wrote the poems I read in the Grand View Garden that year. She learned our language and read our Four Books and Five Classics. I thought I would never see her again, but I didn't expect to be able to see her this time." See you again, I will bring you here to meet you."

Alice said hello to Xueyan. They are doing business here, and they are very afraid of the soldiers guarding here, and they often give gifts.

Xueyan heard her fluent language, not as blunt as many foreigners, secretly admired, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Please come in and sit down, I have heard the name for a long time, and I met you today, it really deserves the reputation." Tea.

Alice went in and sat down, took a sip of tea, and praised first: "It smells so good, it's a tea I've never had before."

Xueyan pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "This is tribute tea, which is rare and rare. If you like it, I will bring you two bottles later." Although these tea leaves are paid as tribute, local officials always prepare tea leaves before paying tribute. Some generals were filial and guarding the local area, so Daiyu got a lot and gave her a lot.

Alice was overjoyed when she heard this, thanked her again and again, and then said with a smile: "Madam is so generous, I like it very much. Madam Liu said that Madam bought the goods we brought, so I begged Madam Liu to bring me to visit Madam."

Xueyan said: "There is such a thing, why, what I bought was brought by you?"

Alice nodded and said: "Yes, this time Mrs. Liu's elder brother also got goods from our family. We exchanged gold, precious stones, spices, ivory, feather satin, dorome, etc. for Mr. Xue's silk, tea and porcelain. , but the medicine is not selling well, and Mr. Xue doesn’t buy much, I heard that Madam bought a lot of our medicine, does Madam know the benefits of our medicine?”

After hearing this, Xueyan smiled and said, "As long as it can be used practically, it is naturally a good medicine. The cinchona cream you brought is very good, but the quantity is not much, and I plan to buy some more to give away." She is not They are all given away to others, and I keep some for myself, especially Jinji Nashuang.

Alice was very happy when she heard it, and said: "We still have some, and I brought them specially for Madam today. In addition, there are some things from our place, which are not respectable, Madam, please don't dislike them." gift list.

But what Alice presented was a chime bell, an ivory boat, four dorones, four feather satins, a box of precious stones, a box of foreign cigarettes, two boxes of cinchona cream, and four bottles of rose dew. These are extremely rare tributes in the capital, but because of the border trade, they are just ordinary things. For example, there are only two or three bolts of feather satin and feather yarn in the tribute palace, but the border officials get no less than a dozen. Their place is not expensive, so Alice gave it very generously. She had already inquired about it when she came. When I was in love with my family, I immediately prepared two gifts, the one for Daiyu was twice as thick as the one for Xueyan.

Alice is seven years older than Baoqin, and has experienced many things. During these days in the West Sea, she understands the relationship between the people of the Chinese dynasty. If they want to do business for a long time without being exploited and bullied, they must manage these characters well.

Xueyan couldn't refuse, and returned the gift the next day. The tribute tea, palace satin and official kiln porcelain were all top-grade ones out of a hundred, ten times better than what Alice's family exchanged with Xue Biao. After all, the goods bought by Xue Biao All are common folk.

Alice was amazed when she saw the gifts from Xueyan and Daiyu, and kept them like treasures. When she left, she reluctantly came over to say goodbye, and happened to meet Qi Geer playing in the yard, and immediately gave her a golden bicycle Give it to him, wind it up and tighten it, and the boat will be able to drive itself in the water. Brother Qi likes it very much.

Xueyan had seen such a self-propelled boat in Baoyu's Yihong Courtyard before, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

In the blink of an eye, it entered August, and Xueyan was about to give birth, so she took care of it more carefully, didn't go out easily, and invited the steady wife to stay at home, but because Zhao Yun hadn't come back yet, she felt a little depressed.

Xue Biao has lived at home for more than three months, and most of the goods have been sold to foreigners, especially silk, tea and porcelain. Several times the interest, after deducting all kinds of fees, taxes and silver, the gold and silver due to Baoqin and Xueyan will be sent over.

Xue Yan looked at the silver taels sent by Xue Biao, secretly dumbfounded, and made 4 taels of silver after coming and going. No wonder everyone said that doing business to make money is really a huge profit. Safety.

Xueyan thanked Xue Biao and asked him to bring the family letter he had given to Yu Liansheng to Beijing.

Xue Biao planned to take advantage of the backing of the Xihai Coast for a few more times in the past few years. Hearing this, he quickly agreed. When he set off, naturally some servants of the Zhou family brought Daiyu's family letter and gifts back to Beijing to honor Zhou Yuan and his wife.

After Xue Biao left, Xueyan thought about the use of the silver in his heart. Daiyu came over and said after hearing it: "It's just for nothing if we leave it anyway. We don't know how many years we've lived here. We'll take some out to set up some fertile land. Every year there will be money." Income, what can our family do with just a few taels of silver salary? It’s not enough to make two clothes, I’ve already sent someone to look at the land, and when I return to Beijing, I’ll convert it at the original price.”

Xueyan smiled and said: "What the girl said is, take half to buy land, and the other half to buy more foreign goods. The gems, spices and ivory brought by foreigners are all very good. Save them as a dowry for our sister in the future."

Daiyu looked at her belly and said, "Maybe she's about to give birth soon? How do you know it's a sister?"

Xueyan smiled and said: "It's just that this baby is not, and I can always give birth to a sister in the future."

Three days later, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, Xueyan gave birth in October, and she gave birth to a daughter safely. She was so happy that Daiyu kept saying that she had both sons and daughters.

At that time, Zhou Hong and Zhao Yun had not returned, and only their wives were having fun.

After Xueyan bought the land, she began to save dowry for her daughter and bought a lot of foreign goods, including chiming bells, gold, precious stones, ivory, spices, and all kinds of dormitory satin and feather yarns. Girls are born weaker than men Although she treats her children and grandchildren equally, she feels that it is better to give less money to her children and grandchildren so that they can earn their own money, and give more to her daughter so that she can get married with more confidence.

When Daiyu learned about it, she smiled and said, "Others are patriarchal, and they don't want you, but they do the opposite."

Xueyan said: "If girls can earn a career, why bother? If the children and grandchildren strive for success, if they don't leave them a family business, they can earn a share. If they give too much, life will be too extravagant and cause dissatisfaction. If you want to make progress, you can see it in the Rongguo Mansion, if you were poor people back then, you wouldn’t have reached this point.”

When Daiyu heard this, she thought it was true, and praised: "It's no wonder you have such insight, you should always teach your children and grandchildren to be stricter, we all saw what is called a gentleman, Ze Wu, and beheaded, we must not let our descendants repeat the same mistakes."

Since then, when teaching their children, both of them are poor children and rich and charming girls, and outsiders all call it strange.

Xue Biao went to Beijing as usual, and Zhou's servants broke up with him, and went to Zhou's house and Yu Liansheng to deliver letters and things, while Xue Biao packed things in his own shop, and other shops came to buy the goods he brought. , was very busy, and there was no time to visit Baochai and others. He only heard that Baoyu was released from prison and stopped asking.

But when he said that the letters and things were delivered to Yu Liansheng, Yu Liansheng opened them immediately and frowned.

Xueyan could guess what Emperor Changqian was thinking, so Yu Liansheng naturally understood better.

After receiving the letter, Yu Liansheng finished looking at the things, and picked out a few things that were rare even in the palace to honor Emperor Changqian.

Emperor Changqian gained a lot from rectifying the bureaucracy. All the honorable and noble families in the past have been wiped out. The power of the four kings has been taken back. The Xining Palace has been destroyed. He didn't dare to make friends anymore, besides the six Hachigongs, there were two other honest ones left, so Emperor Changqian took half a day's leisure to steal Fusheng, saw the filial things of Yu Liansheng, and asked, "Is there any western medicine? This Jinji Nashuang is only a little bit in the palace."

Yu Liansheng said with a smile: "The villain's sister brought them over from the West Sea. Although they are rare in the capital, the foreign merchants over there brought a lot of them, so the villain's sister bought more. some."

Emperor Changgan heard the sound clearly, and said, "Is there anything new on the West Coast?"

Yu Liansheng thought for a while and said, "There's nothing new about it. It's just that there are many foreigners over there, some with blond hair and blue eyes, and some with red hair and blue eyes. They are quite different from us. Foreigners admire the power of the Celestial Dynasty and learn from it." What about the Four Books and Five Classics?"

After hearing this, Emperor Changqian was very proud.

Yu Liansheng also talked about all kinds of interesting things about Xihaiyanzi. These snow geese also mentioned it in their letters, and gradually talked about the affairs in the army, but they didn't say it clearly. He said: "General Zhou is in charge of an army of one hundred thousand. Instructing General Zhou in the past also wanted to make the small border countries frightened, but there has been no war recently, General Zhou actually went to teach, and he couldn't come back for several months. The villain's sister-in-law didn't return for several months, so she wrote in the letter. Complaining to the villain, the villain thinks it is not appropriate, so I report to the master."

The affairs in the army should not be spread to the outside world. Zhao Yun did not tell Xueyan at the beginning. Xueyan knew the reason, so she only said in the letter how Mr. Fang Qian begged for a mandarin duck and could not turn to Shen's girl as a concubine, and then complained that Zhao Yun followed Zhou Hongyi went there for a few months and didn't come back.

Emperor Changqian frowned, and said: "Is this what you mean, the generals are at odds?"

Although Shen Rui is only a first-rank general, he is the commander sent by Emperor Changgan, but he is not called Grand Marshal.

Yu Liansheng said in a low voice: "The villain doesn't understand this, and the villain's sister didn't say anything in the letter. The villain vaguely thinks that's what it means. Otherwise, why did General Shen send General Zhou to train the new army? General Zhou What kind of person is he, patrolling the border, arranging soldiers, and preparing for war are the serious things to do, not to be a teacher."

Emperor Changgan said: "Where is the letter? You will tell the truth one by one according to what is said in the letter."

Yu Liansheng breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly told the truth.For the country and the people, he can't let the generals at Xihaiyanzi be at odds. If things go on like this, the army doesn't know who to listen to. At that time, when encountering enemy attacks, they must be headless flies and cannot work together.

Shen Rui only cared about his own prestige in the army, and by treating Zhou Hong like this, he definitely broke the taboo of Emperor Changqian.

After Emperor Changqian heard it, Longyan was furious, and said: "What is said in the letter is not very clear, you send a few people to go over quickly to find out, if it is true, then call Shen Rui back and order Zhou Hong In charge of everything along the West Sea.”

Yu Liansheng was startled, and hurriedly said, "Master, you want General Zhou to take charge of the military power? Mr. Zhou hasn't retired yet."

Emperor Changgan smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and said: "I have also figured it out in the past two years. I don't need to be suspicious, and I don't need to be suspicious. What's more, Zhou Yuan's family is all in the capital, and I am afraid that Zhou Hong will rebel in the West Sea. Is it going to happen? Zhou Hong’s marching and fighting are rare, so we can’t let Shen Rui suppress him, and send more people to monitor anyway, so that if there is any disturbance, we can get the news first.”

Yu Liansheng said with a smile, in this way, Zhou Hong will go further, and Zhao Yun will rise accordingly. At that time, Xueyan will follow her husband and wife, even if they are far away on the west coast, no one will press them down. Yu Liansheng was relieved.

Emperor Changqian had such a meaning, so Yu Liansheng immediately sent someone to investigate, but a letter from Xueyan could not be relied upon.

After taking care of this matter, it is already the end of the year, and the end of the year is busy, until after the Shangyuan Festival, Emperor Changqian gave Yu Liansheng two days off.

After Julien was born in the palace, he found it boring to be alone at home, so he took people out and walked in the downtown area. Yesterday, during the Lantern Festival, many lanterns had not been taken back, and the street market was still as bright as day and very lively.

Yu Liansheng ordered the little eunuch to buy a lantern, held it in his hand, and sighed: "I think when I didn't enter the palace, how could there be any lanterns to enjoy? I was young at that time, and I only hoped that one day I would be rich, and I would learn how to make money." People light lanterns during the Lantern Festival, but now that they have money, they don’t have the thoughts of those days.”

The little eunuch who followed him smiled and complimented: "The chief executive is doing big things, so naturally he doesn't care about these small things, let alone such lanterns. According to the chief executive's ability, he piled up ten eighths with gold. It’s also easy to come by.”

Julien gave a chuckle and said, "I don't care much about things made of gold."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly said: "Yesterday on the Lantern Festival, Zhou Guiren rewarded me with a glass hydrangea lantern. Remember, go back and pack it up. When Xue Biao returns to Xihai Yanzi, give it to Brother Qi."

The little lady listened, and hurriedly agreed, keeping it in mind.

Yu Liansheng went shopping again, and the little eunuch reminded: "Listen to the sound of clappers, it's already three o'clock, the chief executive should go back."

Julienson gathered the front of his cloak and nodded.

A young eunuch rushed back to the street first, and came back after a while, followed by a sedan chair.

Yu Liansheng went back in a sedan chair. On the way, he suddenly heard the sound of beatings and scolding, and hurriedly asked what happened.

The little eunuch went over and came back after a while, and said through the curtain: "It was a watchman who bumped into Master Jia's sedan chair in Jiayu Village, and the servants who followed him were beating the watchman."

Yu Liansheng remembered what Jia Yucun had done. He hated such ungrateful people the most in his life, so he lifted the curtain and got out of the sedan chair, and strode over. Long eyes, offended Lord Jia of Jia Yucun? Tell our family to take a look, and our family will avoid it tomorrow, so as not to be bumped into."

Hearing Juliensheng's shrill voice, the watchman who was beaten and vomiting blood suddenly raised his head and looked at him in a daze.

Feeling slightly surprised, Yu Liansheng picked up a lantern and approached. Before he could look at the watchman, he saw Jia Yucun come out of the sedan chair in a panic, bowed to Liansheng, and said, "Why is the old inner minister here?" As he spoke, he asked someone to move his sedan chair over to make way for Yu Liansheng's sedan chair.

Yu Liansheng glanced at him, smiled faintly, and said, "The sage gave our family a two-day holiday. Let's come out to watch the lantern festival."

Jia Yucun was very envious, and complimented: "After all, he is an old inner minister, and others don't have such dignity."

Yu Liansheng didn't think his flattery was helpful, and said: "Don't say such things, our family is just a eunuch, and we can't afford Mr. Jia's words like that. How did this beater offend Mrs. Jia? Our family listened to his beating The sound of clappers coming home, Mr. Jia, for the sake of telling our family the time, please forgive him."

Jia Yucun repeatedly said he didn't dare, and ordered his servants to let the watchman go.

When the guards and servants who were beating around the watchman dispersed, Julienson looked at the watchman in the dim light of the lantern, and saw that he was wrapped in an old and dirty felt cloak, his hair was disheveled, his face was haggard, and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He couldn't see his face, after seeing it, Yu Liansheng felt pity in his heart. When he didn't enter the palace, why didn't he let others bully him like this, so he told the little eunuch: "Take him to his house, take medicine and apply it to him. Also please take a look at the doctor, don't hurt your muscles."

The little eunuch agreed, and came over to the watchman and said, "It's your blessing that our head chief sympathizes with you, come with me."

The watchman took a look at Jia Yucun and followed him silently.

Jia Yucun gave way to Yu Liansheng with a smile, and when the sedan chair Yu Liansheng was sitting in walked away, Fang secretly spat.

When Yu Liansheng returned home, the first thing he did was to ask a doctor to treat the watchman's wounds, and then asked someone to bring some high-quality sore medicine, and said, "Ask someone to boil hot water and let him wash his face." Take a shower, and then take out the clothes I don't wear and change them for him."

The little eunuch was about to agree, but the watchman said in a hoarse voice: "Don't bother me anymore."

Hearing this, Yu Liansheng couldn't help but wonder, "Do you recognize me?"

He is now the Prime Minister of the Daming Palace, and almost no one calls him by his old title.

The watchman nodded slightly, and said: "Isn't Eunuch Yu the elder brother that Xueyan recognizes? In the past few years, when Eunuch Yu went to our house to look for Xueyan, I also met Eunuch Yu. It's just that we haven't seen each other for many years. So Eunuch Yu didn’t recognize it.”

After hearing this, Yu Liansheng hurriedly ordered someone to hold up the lamp and come to the watchman, looked at him carefully, and suddenly said, "Are you the second master Bao of Rongguo Mansion?"

The watchman nodded slowly, and said in shame: "I made Eunuch Yu laugh."

When Yu Liansheng heard this, he was secretly amazed, and hurriedly asked someone to prepare hot water and tea and fruit, and asked, "Second Master Bao was released from prison in August? How did you become a watchman? If I remember correctly In other words, the Zhou family has properly settled the people in the mansion, and the eldest wife and others in the mansion went south to return to their hometown, but Second Mistress Bao stayed in the capital and waited for the second master Bao to come out. , and it won’t make Second Master Bao have no food and clothing, how can Second Master Bao go to watch in the middle of the night?”

Yu Liansheng couldn't believe that a young man like Baoyu was willing to work as a watchman and walk at night.

Hearing what Yu Liansheng said, Baoyu sighed quietly, and said sadly: "It's hard to describe in one word. I will keep in mind Eunuch Yu's life-saving grace today. It's just that it's late at night, and I have to call the watch again. It's time to say goodbye."

Seeing that he insisted on this, Yu Liansheng didn't seem to be the rich and noble son of the past, he was thin and haggard, obviously suffered a lot, he could only sigh, but didn't force him to stay, he just handed him the sore medicine, and then sent him go out.

Baoyu stuffed the stick of sore medicine in his arms, and continued to walk through the streets and alleys.