The maid of the red house
Chapter 93 Injury Parting Jia Baoyu Missing
Last time, I mentioned that the rebellion of the Ping'an State envoy involved the Xining Palace. Xue Yan remembered that the princess of Xining was Miss Zhen's family, but she did not expect that the Ping'an State envoy would have contacts with the Xining Palace. From this point of view, Emperor Changqian began to deal with it. Four kings and eight princes, traffic rebellion, what a serious crime, but the nine clans, she turned her head and saw Zhao Yun's face was normal, obviously she had expected it.
Zhao Yun took the things and turned around to hug Brother Qi.
Unexpectedly, Brother Qi was lying on the kang and was biting his fist. When he saw someone coming in, he immediately passed Zhao Yun, who came first, and stretched out his hand towards Yu Liansheng, babbling, Yu Liansheng often came, watching Brother Qi grow up. Big, very familiar, but he doesn't recognize Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun has two scars on his face, his complexion is dark, it is inevitable that he is a little strange and scared.
Yu Liansheng laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to hug Brother Qi, and said, "You have been in Ping'an Prefecture for a long time, Brother Qi didn't recognize you."
Brother Qi smiled happily in Liansheng's arms, and his eyes turned around on the red agate string on Liansheng's wrist. After a while, he stretched out his hand to grab it, and Yu Liansheng took off the agate string for him with a smile. Brother squinted his eyes to see, took the skewer and stuffed it into his mouth, but Xueyan snatched it away.
Zhao Yun's heart was sour, but he felt a little distressed. He looked at Xueyan and said, "When I'm not around, it's hard for you."
Xueyan handed the agate string to Xiaolan and don't ask Brother Qi to see it. It's like giving it back to Yu Liansheng when Liansheng left. After hearing Zhao Yun's words, her eyes turned red, and she said: "I often hear good news, and I only say You are safe and sound, I didn't expect you to come back with a whole body of injuries, our mother and son are living in the capital, how can we work harder than you?"
Yu Liansheng turned aside and said, "Although you have just returned to Beijing, you will be going to Xihai Yanzi after a few days. Sister, have you packed your luggage?"
Xueyan said: "It's already packed, let's go now?"
Knowing that Yu Liansheng was beside Emperor Changqian and what Emperor Changqian was thinking, Zhao Yun hurriedly asked, "Why did you go there as soon as you returned to Beijing?"
Yu Liansheng said with a smile: "September is better now, should we wait for winter to go? The roads are not easy to travel in winter, and Xihai Yanzi is seven or eight thousand miles away from the capital. I don't know how many months I have to walk. The plan for you to go directly to Xihai is that you captured the governor of Ping'an Prefecture alive and escorted him to Beijing, so you went to Beijing."
Xueyan nodded and said: "No, if I don't leave this month, I'm afraid it will be next year."
It's better to leave earlier, Zhou Hong triumphantly returned, Zhao Yun was also on the cusp of the storm, and as soon as Julien left before his death, people came to congratulate and give gifts. The Zhou family is even worse.
After all the entertainment, Xue Yan said wearily: "Our family is already like this, I don't know how General Zhou's mansion will be."
Zhao Yun staggered on the ground with Brother Qi bent over his waist, and said with a smile: "There must be a continuous stream of people. General Zhou has made great achievements in suppressing the rebellion this time, and he has reached the second level in one leap. He is already a second-rank loyal and brave man." General."
This was what Yu Liansheng said, and Xueyan knew it, and sighed: "Although you get promoted and get rich, you earned it with your lives."
Zhao Yun smiled.
Although Brother Qi has only been stubborn with Zhao Yun for half a day, he is already familiar with him, but he still likes Xueyan the most. He walked towards Xueyan with his calves, hugged her legs, raised his face and pouted, and said: "Hug and hug." !"
Xueyan picked him up, and suddenly heard a report from outside that someone had brought something.
Hearing this, Xueyan was taken aback, and only heard Zhao Yun say: "Let someone move in and hand it over to grandma."
Xueyan asked: "What is it?"
Zhao Yundao: "You also know that you can get a lot of things during the war. This time you got the mansion of the Jiedushi in Ping'an Prefecture, half of which was distributed to the common people, and half of the gold, silver and jewels were distributed to the soldiers. General Zhou and I only wanted some calligraphy and painting. There are more than a dozen boxes of solitary antiques."
Xueyan heard this, and immediately understood that it is not only easy for generals to be promoted, but also easy to get rich, that is, spoils of war. These courts don't care, let them do this. She once heard Sister Feng accidentally say that there are many things in the mansion. They were all treasures obtained by the two Dukes during the war. This time Zhou Hong and Zhao Yun put down the rebellion. I don’t know how many officials under the command of the Pingan Prefecture Jiedushi. Although ordinary soldiers don't get much, they are more than military pay.
Ask someone to bring it in, count the snow geese, there are eighteen big boxes, ask someone to open it, there are sixteen boxes of books, not many calligraphy, paintings and antiques. However, the last box was some large and small jewelry boxes, Xue Yan showed a smile on her face, because Zhao Yunji was concerned about her.
Brother Qi looked inside, pointed at the stationery box and babbled.
Zhao Yun smiled and said, "What did he see?"
Xueyan looked over and said with a smile: "You bring the coral carving pen holder to him."
After Zhao Yun heard this, he took it over, and Brother Qi hugged him immediately, grinning at him very happily, but he frowned, and said, "Why does Brother Qi prefer these bright things? First, brother-in-law's agate skewer." , now I want a coral pen holder again, don’t you just learn the temperament of Brother Bao from Rongguo Mansion?”
Xueyan glared at him when he heard the words, and said displeasedly: "How can our son learn from Second Master Bao? But children love bright colors, go out and ask, which family's children didn't come here like this? Second Master Bao is not alone I love red, as long as our brother Qi doesn’t like makeup hairpins, then it’s fine.” In fact, Baoyu only picked up makeup hairpins at the Zhou banquet because of its origin. Children like bright things.
Zhao Yundao: "So there is such a saying, as expected, all children like bright colors?"
Xueyan nodded and said: "You have never brought up children, so of course you don't know, it's always like this."
Zhao Yun immediately felt relieved.
Xueyan put Brother Qi into Zhao Yun's arms, and went to take care of things by herself, because she was leaving Beijing soon, she simply didn't pack anything else, she put them in the box, and only picked out a few novelty things and sent them to In Liansheng's house, he selected some stationery for Miaoyu, and some jewelry to send to the Zhao family's old house and the female family members of the Han family.
Seeing that she acted properly, Zhao Yun didn't talk too much, he just held Qi Geer to play in the house, Qi Geer spread his legs, riding on his neck, holding his hair with his small hands, smiling very happily.
The husband and wife were talking about their separation at night, and in the middle of the conversation, they saw Brother Qi rolling on the kang, as if he was very dissatisfied that Xueyan didn't hug him, but he was born too fat and couldn't turn over, lying on his back on the bed, The limbs are facing the sky, and they can't stop kicking.
Zhao Yun couldn't help but said: "Is this kid making trouble with you like this?"
Xueyan smiled and said: "When you are not around, thanks to his rambunctiousness, you stay at home for a few more days. Father and son see each other often, and they will get to know each other in a few days." Then, she walked over and leaned over to stare at Brother Qi. My brother flattened his mouth, with tears in his eyes.
Xueyan reached out and hugged him into her arms, sat back and continued to talk to Zhao Yun earlier, saying: "I have packed all my luggage, we will not return for a few years when we go, everything must be taken away, calligraphy and painting must be brought, big ones It doesn’t matter if the furniture can be disassembled, but the land at home has to be rented every year, and someone has to watch over it, what’s your idea?”
Zhao Yun sideways stared at Brother Qi with big eyes and small eyes, and said casually, "What's your idea?"
Xueyan thought for a while, and said: "I'll ask Mrs. Lin what she has in mind tomorrow. Our land is located in the north and the south, so we can't rent it in the West Sea and send it to the capital. However, if you have any ideas If you have an idea, you might as well say it and let’s discuss it together.”
Leaving Beijing is her wish, to avoid the many troubles in the capital, but after going thousands of miles, they are not alone, many affairs are not easy to take care of because of the distance, she is better, Zhuangzi does not have many houses, but Daiyu There are so many. In recent years, it is often said that the money is not used for nothing, and many houses, farms, and shops have been bought one after another. These incomes are not included in the public. She is not in the capital, so she must not be handed over to the Zhou family. .I don't know how other people cook in their hometown, so I'll ask tomorrow.
Zhao Yundao: "What's your idea? You are in charge of our family's affairs."
Xueyan said: "No matter what else, I have an idea, I don't know what you think."
Zhao Yun hurriedly asked what it was.
Xueyan pondered for a moment, then said: "The south is about the same distance from the capital and the West Sea, why not let the south send the land rent to the West Sea Yanzi, as for the area around the capital, Minger will ask Mrs. Lin how to deal with it, she also has a lot of them in the capital I have another idea. After we leave Beijing, we will take some of the land rent in the capital area to support poor students in the town. The private school is set up in our old house. Brother Hui is a widowed mother who takes care of him. The old house is dilapidated, we may not go back to live for a long time in the future, we might as well ask my sister-in-law to look after the house for us, not afraid that the students will damage the house at will, they also have a place to live, let's hire another scholar as a teacher, and the cost of a year is only a few dozen taels of silver , just supply some pens and paper, no more than 200 taels a year."
Now that Zhao Yun is promising, he has to do some practical things for the clan. In the future, whatever things Mr. Zhao, Mrs. Zhao, Sanfang and others do, will be taken care of by the clan.Besides, using the old house as a private school, it doesn't cost them much to just hire another teacher, and it can get a good reputation, so why not do it.Xueyan spent several months with those students, and couldn't bear them to give up their studies.
Zhao Yun's heart warmed, and he said: "That's a good thing, our family does not lack 200 taels of silver, but many children in the Yu clan and neighbors' families are like sending charcoal in the snow. Brother Hui has good character and studies very hard, saying Maybe we can provide him with good education, and in the future we will have one more talented scholar in our family."
Xueyan agreed with a smile, Zhao Hui and Hui's mother are both good-natured, and she is also willing to help and make a good relationship.
The next day, the Zhao family's old house in Bajing Town, the Han family and others got something, and they all invited their neighbors and clansmen to come to congratulate them. Zhao Yun is capable, seeing Brother Qi as a toddler, he smiled and praised Xue Yan as a good wife and mother, and took care of the family affairs properly when Zhao Yun was on the expedition.
Xueyan was humble, and said: "It's so easy to come here, I must return home with a lot of fun today."
Outside, Zhao Yun was greeting a group of male guests. When he talked about sponsoring the poor students of the clan to study, he didn't mention that they would leave the capital soon. Thanks guys."
Han Qingshan felt good, but Mr. Zhao frowned and glanced at Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun looked at the old patriarch Zhao without realizing it.
Zhao Hui was stunned when he heard what Zhao Yun said.
Since Zhao Yun moved into the capital, he had no way to ask for homework, but he devoted himself to studying, so he went to the clan to ask for advice. Hidden secrets, his mother was saving money, and said that she would send him to a private school next year, but he never expected that Zhao Yun would subsidize their studies.
Zhao Yun followed what Xueyan said, and finally said to Zhao Hui: "We are not in the old house, you and sister-in-law should take care of us, don't let anyone trample on the house."
Zhao Hui stood up, saluted solemnly, and said, "Uncle, don't worry."
Zhao Yun raised his hand to signal him to get up, then turned to look at the old patriarch Zhao and said, "When the time comes, the money will be handed over to the clan, please the patriarch be sure to use it on these students, and hire them a teacher as soon as possible, so they can work hard as soon as possible."
The old patriarch Zhao said with a smile: "I don't know which gentleman you have taken a fancy to?"
Zhao Yundao: "Although our family is not a poor village, it is just a town after all. It is not comparable to the capital and the county. Let alone a Jinshi, even a scholar, we can't easily invite a scholar. Why don't we invite a scholar to be a gentleman. I have been away from home for many years. I don’t know how many gentlemen there are, so the patriarch looked for them to invite them.”
The old patriarch Zhao frowned. Although there are several scholars in the town, they all study hard and want to be promoted, so there may not be suitable ones.
The rich man Jiang suddenly said: "Our family invited a scholar to teach Miao'er to study. Miao'er is also Master Zhao's disciple, and Brother Hui is his classmate. We had a good friendship in the past. Why don't we invite this gentleman from our family to teach the students? There is no need for Mr. Zhao to spend any more money, although our family is not doing well, it is not difficult for us to make a little effort, and please don't dislike it."
The old patriarch Zhao was overjoyed when he heard the words, he saved money to hire a husband, and was able to buy more pens and paper for the students.
Zhao Yun knew that rich man Jiang wanted to make friends with him, that the Jiang family was a good family anyway, and that Jiang Miao was his student, so he smiled and said, "If that's the case, then there will be Lao Jiang and the gentlemen in the family."
Rich Jiang laughed and said he didn't dare.
After drafting this matter, everyone unknowingly drank to their heart's content, and left one after another drunkenly at night.
Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao stayed here for one night, Xueyan went out and sent someone to clean up the room. When there was no one in the room, Mrs. Zhao rebuked Zhao Yun and said, "Why don't you discuss it with your grandpa for such a big idea?" Besides? Give Feng’er some reluctance, but think of outsiders. Although you are kind-hearted, but 200 taels a year, and 2000 taels in ten years, where do you get so much money? It’s not like officials and butchers get paid.”
Zhao Yun smiled lightly, and said: "The old man and the old lady sit at home, it is not difficult for the family, why should we bother?"
After hearing this, Mr. Zhao sighed. Mrs. Zhao was about to refute, but she saw the snow geese swaying in, helped the flower hairpin on her temples, and said: "It's getting late, the old man and the old lady are the third uncle. Third aunt go and rest first."
Seeing Xue Yan's brows and eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, with an aura that no one else could match, Mrs. Zhao had no choice but to hold back her words.
Xueyan didn't give them room to speak, and served attentively in front of them all the time at night. He only drove Zhao Yun to take Brother Qi, and after they had breakfast the next day, they asked someone to prepare a car to take them back. The old patriarch Zhao had drinks yesterday Too much, I didn't pay attention to it, and when I heard that Mr. Zhao's family stayed for one night, I immediately felt that something was wrong. When I saw Mr. Zhao and others coming back, I was relieved, and secretly decided to keep an eye on them, so as not to offend Zhao Yun and his wife. One, the middle school students of the family lost 200 taels of paper and pen money this year.
Another day later, Xue Yanfang went to Zhou's house by car. Because of Zhou Hongping's meritorious service in rebellion, he had already been promoted to the rank two loyal general. There was an endless stream of words, and Mrs. Zhou and Daiyu Zhou Yan's sister-in-law were so busy that they kept their feet on the ground.
Seeing this, Xueyan didn't mention her intention to come, but only congratulated Mrs. Zhou and Daiyu.
Seeing her, Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "Why didn't you bring Brother Qi?"
Most of the visitors today are relatives and friends of the Zhou family, and they also know that Zhao Yun has made a lot of contributions in suppressing the rebellion in Ping'an Prefecture, so they are kind to Xueyan. Hearing that Mrs. Zhou asked about Brother Qi, some of them might think of Yu Liansheng's treatment of this The nephews are really like the jewel in the eye, they all looked at Xueyan at the same time, and they all laughed and asked why they didn't bring them over to see them.
Because Mrs. Zhou had revealed earlier that she was going to choose a relative for her second son, when all the families came to congratulate, they all brought boys and girls to save the young girls from embarrassment.
Xueyan hurriedly said: "When our uncle comes back, I will put Brother Qi at home to accompany the uncle, so that father and son can be more intimate."
Mrs. Zhou laughed and said: "You are right, father and son should get along more. Brother Hong has lost a lot of weight, darkened, and suffered a lot of injuries. Your uncle is probably the same. Take a rest."
Xueyan nodded in agreement, looked up and saw Daiyu's eye circles were slightly red, and wanted to see Zhou Hongzhi's injury, so she cried a lot.
Daiyu was indeed very sad. Seeing Zhou Hong's wounds, although he had healed, there were many scars left on her body. She could tell at a glance that she had been worried these days. Crying for half the night, Zhou Hong was so flustered that it was hard for him to coax him. Now whenever someone mentions it, he feels sad for a long time.
Although both Zhou Hong and Zhao Yun were injured, compared with those soldiers who died in the battle, they came back alive and performed meritorious service, ten times stronger than those soldiers. Daiyu and Xueyan both knew this truth, but He didn't care about the merits of the two, but secretly rejoiced that the two returned safely, and decided to choose a good day to go to the temple to fulfill their vows.
Before entering the banquet, everyone went to the retreat place to change clothes and freshen up. Mrs. Zhou asked Zhou Yan to take the sisters there first, and then she led the way for the ladies. Daiyu went to Xueyan and saw that she had changed her clothes and was going Dressing up, she said: "There are a lot of people today, if you have anything to say in the evening, you can stay behind and we can talk about it."
Xue Yan got up and smiled, "Our business is not in a hurry, but I'm afraid General Zhou will leave Beijing for Xihai Yanzi in a few days."
Daiyu was slightly taken aback, and said, "We're going with you anyway, so don't worry about parting."
As he spoke, he held Xueyan's hand and said: "At the banquet, take a look at the daughter of the Imperial College's sacrifice to the wine king. Our wife has taken a fancy to her and is going to apply for employment for my second uncle. You will see me today too. See."
Xueyan was startled, and said: "Ms. Wang's family? My wife has seen each other for half a year. She must be very good, and she is also a match."
Guozijian Jijiu is in charge of the university's laws and teaching examinations, and is very noble among scholars. Zhou Yan wants to become an official through the imperial examination. It is very appropriate to marry such a Yue family. The matter was confiscated by the emperor, his father beheaded, and most of the family members were charged with crimes, either executed, exiled, or imprisoned. Wang Jijiu was young at the time, only 13 years old. Released from prison, guarding the family's sacrificial fields to live, suffering from the heat and cold of the world.
Although the Wang family suffered from such a catastrophe, the family was in decline, and many relatives and friends stayed away, but Wang Jijiu himself was very motivated. He was not exempted from the imperial examination qualifications. A scholar, the mother in the middle passed away and kept filial piety for three years, and then won the Juren at the age of 25, and won the first prize the next year. At that time, everyone in the capital was shocked.
Wang Jijiu's wife, An, was born in a noble family at that time. Now it has declined and has no power. At the beginning, she still had some power. She was Wang Jijiu's relative when she was 12 years old. The Wang family was in trouble, and the An family did not Retired, Wang Jijiu got married, An family took care of his mother-in-law, taught his children, he was well educated, well-versed in etiquette and righteousness, he was respected by Wang Jijiu, the husband and wife had been married for decades, they were amiable and never blushed .
After An entered the family, she gave birth to four sons in a row, the third son died young, the eldest son was awarded a Jinshi, and has already been released as an official. He has a very good friendship with Zhou Yan, and Mrs. Zhou is often seen. Although her appearance and talent are not as good as Daiyu, she is calm and peaceful, not a frivolous makeup.
The reason why Mrs. Zhou fell in love with Wang was not only because she believed in An's upbringing, but also because of her ancestors, Wang Jijiu was used to the cold eyes of the world when she was young. After becoming an official, she never formed cliques for personal gain. The future generations will not cause trouble, and the Wang family only has a clean name and no power. The family property of the ancestors has been confiscated, so the Wang family's dowry is not rich. After she entered the door, she couldn't overwhelm Daiyu.
An's Su admired the rules of the Zhou family, especially the rules of the Zhou family, especially those who have no sons and concubines. No matter how many daughters are willing to marry into their family, and the Zhou family is flourishing, Zhou Yan's character is good, and he has already been selected as a scholar. In the future, he will be like a father and brother. It should not be underestimated, even though it is difficult to gain power because of her father and brother, she is better than ordinary people, and Mrs. Zhou is kind, and she knows that Daiyu is not stingy, she is frank , the sisters-in-law will not be annoyed, so they are very willing.
Mrs. Zhou and An's hit it off right away, and they agreed to ask the official media to propose marriage after Zhou Hong's affairs were over.
Before going to the banquet, Mrs. Wang already knew her mother's plan, so she couldn't help being a little shy, her face would turn red whenever people scrutinized her, and she felt hot on her face when she saw Zhou Yan's narrow eyes.For people like the Zhou family, people like Zhou Yan, especially such mother-in-law, elder sister-in-law and sister-in-law, are all excellent, so she is naturally satisfied. I heard that there is also a wife of a first-rank official who wants to betroth her daughter to Zhou Yan. But Mrs. Zhou declined politely. Among them, the old lady of Li Guogong alienated Zhou's family because of this.
Xueyan took a good look at Mrs. Wang during the banquet, she was born with beautiful appearance and dignified manner, although her clothes and dress were not as good as those of the rich ladies sitting there, she was still calm and composed, and her words were very clever.She thought about the news about the origin of Wang Ji Restaurant, and secretly admired Mrs. Zhou's vision, she was really thoughtful.
When the crowd dispersed in the evening and the snow geese stayed behind, Mrs. Zhou said with a smile, "Let's talk in Hong's daughter-in-law's room."
Daiyu Fang apologized, took Xueyan over, and just sat down, she couldn't wait to ask: "You said we are going to leave in September, what did you say, Mr. Yu?"
Xueyan said Yu Liansheng's words once, and then ate tea in silence.
Daiyu pondered and said: "Everything has been packed, only the furniture and clothes are left unboxed. When the news comes, it will be easy to pack it up. What do you have to say when you come here?"
Xueyan talked about the farm, and Daiyu said: "I plan to do the same as you in the south. When I settle down on the West Sea, I will ask them to send it there directly. It is cheaper to go by sea anyway. As for the income in the capital area, I have already discussed with the master. My wife has discussed it, and the master and wife will take care of it for now, and I will give it to me when we return to Beijing." Daiyu took out the dowry money, and in recent years, most of the farms, shops and houses purchased are near the capital, and the income alone is [-] yuan a year. For the other two, if they were sent to the West Sea, it would be difficult to ensure safety on the way.
Zhou Yuan had spoken, Zhou Yuan was in charge of the account books, Mrs. Zhou kept the things, and ordered Zhuang Tian to turn all the money into silver and send it over.
Mrs. Zhou has always followed the rules of the family, and she is not greedy by nature. Although the income of the daughter-in-law in a year is more than that of her family, she never thought of subsidizing the family. Except for Daiyu's filial piety and the food for the poor and disaster relief several times, the mansion has never used her at all. Mrs. Zhou took a lot of things from her own to Daiyu, not to mention that Daiyu's farmland shops are all her companions. Cooking, there are account books, and the Sang family is watching.
Daiyu is devoted to the Zhou family. She knows that although Mrs. Zhou treats her better than her daughters, she is worse than other mother-in-laws. Don't be too harsh on this. No mother-in-law really treats her daughter-in-law like a daughter. She understands Mrs. Zhou's behavior, why should her family Calculate too much.
Xueyan frowned, and said: "Miss can entrust these things to the old lady for the time being, but I dare not entrust our family."
Daiyu knew what Zhao's old house and others were doing, she frowned and said, "Then what should I do?"
Xueyan thought for a while, then raised her brows, and said with a smile: "Since we can't entrust our old house, I can entrust it to my brother. Anyway, apart from a few houses, our family only has two farmlands, so it's not troublesome."
Daiyu clapped her hands and smiled, and said, "Yes, why did I forget the general manager?"
After Xueyan came back to discuss with Zhao Yun, she entrusted it to Yu Liansheng. After hearing this, he immediately agreed. Anyway, he has also bought several farmlands in recent years, and it is not troublesome to take care of them together with Xueyan.
On this day, Mrs. Zhou invited the official media to propose marriage at Wang Ji Restaurant, and Mrs. An immediately agreed. It was another happy event, and she was busy for a few days.
It was so easy to arrange the housework properly, Zhao Yun's grade had already come down, and Xueyan's obituary, clothes and decree were all up to the fifth grade. It was the first time for Xueyan to see her own Fengguan Xiapei, and she felt very novel. It's nothing more than Daiyu who has become a fifth-rank imperial order. Anyone who has contacts with the Huo family, the Lai family, the Tang family, the Xue family, etc. all come to congratulate her.
Suddenly they heard that there was a senior official in the house, and he was still the fifth grade. The Zhao family was overjoyed and rushed over to congratulate them. There were more people than last time. Before Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao proposed to live in Zhao Yun's house, Then Emperor Changqian ordered Zhou Hong to lead his troops to Yanzi, Xihai, and Zhao Yun to do the same.
Mr. Zhao said to Zhao Yun: "Since you don't live in the capital anymore, there must be someone to watch the house, do you have any ideas?"
Without saying a word, the old patriarch Zhao knew that they planned to live here with his family, and said: "Brother Yun has his own idea, why should we ask these questions? Don't disturb them to pack their things, the sage has decreed that they are going to the West Sea Coast .”
Zhao Yun smiled and said: "The old man asked for more information, so he dare not lie, because Manager Yu has already said that after we leave, this house will be rented to his friends to live in."
Hearing the word "General Manager Yu", Mr. Zhao sighed and stopped talking.
Daiyu and Xueyan had already made preparations, and they could leave immediately. Since they couldn't leave behind Zhou Yan's wedding wine, Daiyu first prepared a congratulatory gift, and took some calligraphy, painting and antiques for Zhou Yan to put in the betrothal gift. They also prepared some other things to send over, but because Zhou Hong led the army, there were infantry and cavalry, and they could not go by water, and it was very inconvenient for them to be accompanied by female relatives, so Liu Xianglian and Zhao Yun led a group of soldiers and servants to escort them by boat Go to Xihai Yanzi.
Zhou Hong took the first step, and the remaining female relatives such as Daiyu and Xueyan chose to travel on the twelfth day.
Zhao Yun and Xueyan went back to Bajing Town, because they sponsored the clansmen to study, and now they are returning to their hometown, and everyone in the town came to flatter them. The couple paid homage to the ancestral hall, and then went to the old house of the Zhao family to say goodbye to Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao.
The townspeople waited to see them off, and saw them off after they got into the car.
Xueyan had already bid farewell to the female relatives everywhere, and also went to Lai's house. Nanny Lai was old and didn't talk much, but Lai's daughter-in-law was very happy, and she asked a lot of words before she wiped her tears and sent her out.
When they set off, everything had already been moved to the boat. Zhao Yun, Xueyan and his wife took a boat together with their family and servants, Liu Xianglian and his wife took another boat, and Du Daiyu took a boat with the other two female relatives. Most of them are Daiyu's luggage, because there are so many soldiers and servants escorting them, it is needless to mention the safety of the journey.
Daiyu went to Sang's house and Rongguo's mansion to say goodbye, and when she heard that they had set off, Baoyu couldn't help sighing, and said: "This family is not married, and the people are not like people. The second sister is married, the third sister is married, and the fourth sister can't be found. , I only hope that sister Lin can stay in the capital for a long time, but I never thought that I would go to Xihaiyanzi with me, and I don't know if I can see my third sister."
Baochai felt sore, and said, "Who doesn't know that sister Lin is blessed. Wouldn't it be better to go with General Zhou than to live alone?"
Baoyu thought for a while, nodded and smiled, and said, "That's true. It's my sister who thinks through. I'm not as good as my sister."
Baochai said: "I also know the truth from the book. The second master should also read more books. Don't use these rouge creams. Let people see you and make fun of you. Our family is getting worse than before. Second master It’s more about making progress and taking on the responsibilities of the family.”
Baoyu listened to her repeated remonstrances, immediately put down his face, turned around and walked into the inner room, lying on the bed without speaking.
When Baochai saw this, she became more and more sad.
Early the next morning, Baochai went to Mrs. Wang's room to pay her respects. Because she had lost her mother for less than a year and was still wearing plain clothes, Mrs. Wang told her to rest in her room and not to come over. But Baochai still got up early every day when she followed her Come here to say hello, and then go back, but recently Mrs. Wang felt a little uncomfortable because of the ostentation of the Zhou family, Baochai observed her words and expressions, and flattered her.
Mrs. Wang heard this, with a smile on her face, and she left Baochai here for lunch.
Seeing this, Baochai flattered her even more. In the afternoon, she heard Mrs. Wang say, "My lord is going to be a filial piety soon. On the day I take off my clothes, I have to hold a banquet for guests. I will leave it to you to take care of it. Don't let outsiders see the joke."
Baochai fully agreed, and said with a smile: "My master will be able to return to the court after he has fulfilled his filial piety. Such a happy event should be a big deal."
Mrs. Wang sighed, and said: "I don't know what kind of job the master can get. The master's previous errands have been given to other officials. I can only see what the saint wants, and I will send another official to the master." The family sent Tanchun and relatives. , Emperor Changqian also rewarded him with something, and once he praised him, he only hoped that Emperor Changgan would give Long En an extra, or he would be promoted to Jiazheng.
Baochai said with a smile: "Our family has contributed to the country, so the saint will not forget the master."
Mrs. Wang listened to this and said, "I hope so."
Before she finished speaking, Ning Bi came over in a panic and said, "Ma'am, grandma, the second master is gone."
Mrs. Wang and Baochai turned pale with shock, and said, "Why is the second master missing? Don't you know that the second master is going out? Why are you serving in the room? The servant didn't follow?"
Ningbi cried and said: "Second Master is still working hard at home at noon. We went to eat with Second Master, but we heard that Second Master had gone out. When we asked the boys, they all said that Mingyan Shuangrui and other eight boys followed him. Now, Zimingyan and his wife kowtowed to his wife and grandma outside the door of the ceremony, saying that if he missed him, the second master disappeared, and he has been looking for it for half a day."
Mrs. Wang shouted: "Baoyu is gone, why don't you hurry up and send someone to look for it!"
Ningbi went out in a panic, and sent people to look for her.
In the evening, Baoyu was still not found. Mrs. Wang was so anxious that she burst into tears, and she had no time to punish Mingyan and her servants. When I got it back, Baoyu is timid and never spends the night outside, and I haven't seen him this time, so I don't know what I have suffered." Thinking that Xichun has not been found so far, Mrs. Wang is more and more worried about Baoyu, and she can't wait to go out to find him in person.
While Baochai sent someone to ask Sister Feng for help, she went back to the room to ask what happened.
As soon as she entered the door, Baochai saw a collar protruding from under the pillow. She went to pick it up and saw that it was Baoyu's collar, which was connected to the colorful and crystal-clear psychic jade.
Baochai's heart trembled, and she hurriedly asked Ying'er, "Second Lord, didn't you wear the jade today?" She clearly remembered that when she got up in the morning to tidy up Baoyu's clothes and crown, she put the collar and the psychic jade on Baoyu's neck with her own hands. Will put it under the pillow?
Ying'er came over and saw the psychic treasure, and said strangely: "The second master is still wearing it at noon."
Baochai flickered and almost fell, standing on the side of the kang table, not knowing what was in her mind, Yinger couldn't see it, so she hurried over to help her, Baochai said in a low voice, "Go and ask Sister Feng yourself, ask her Send people to find Baoyu, at least send more people, and find Baoyu back, not only I am grateful, but even my wife will remember her benefits."
After hearing this, Ying'er hurried over in person.
Sister Feng had already heard about Baoyu's disappearance, and she was puzzled. When she heard that Ying'er had come, she called over to ask questions. When she heard Baochai's words, Sister Feng smiled and said, "It's rare to hear your grandma call me elder sister. "
Ying'er blushed and bowed her head in silence.
Sister Feng waved her hand and said: "You have already sent several groups of people over, I know all of them, and the wife has already sent people back, you go back and tell your grandma."
Ying'er agreed, and went back to report to Baochai.
But Sister Feng said to Ping'er: "You said that Baoyu was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child. When she went out, ten or eight people followed her. Why did you lose him today?"
Ping'er had no choice but to say: "Second Master Bao has always been naughty, it's not that he hasn't played around."
At this time, Feng'er came over and said: "Just now I saw that the Shijia sent some women over to the wife's room, carrying twenty or thirty suitcases, flustered and pale, I don't know what happened. "
Sister Feng frowned and said, "Quickly go and find out what happened to the Shi family."
Feng'er agreed, and came back half a day after going out, and said quietly: "Grandma, I have already found out that the historian has been confiscated, and some things are stored with the wife, because the Xining Palace was confiscated and closed a few days ago. The crime was settled, and because of the involvement in the rebellion, the Nine Clans were exterminated, and the historians are not among the Nine Clans."
Sister Feng suddenly sat up, gritted her teeth and said: "At this moment, Madam took things from the Shi family?"
In the past, Sister Feng would not be afraid of these things. When Zhen's family ransacked the house, the things they sent were sent to Mrs. Wang's upper room. Mother Jia also knew, but now it is not the same as in the past. Sister Feng is afraid of breaking the law. .Thinking of this, Sister Feng just wanted to get up and try to persuade her, then she calmed down and ordered: "Go and invite the uncle to come and say that I have something important to discuss."
Zhao Yun took the things and turned around to hug Brother Qi.
Unexpectedly, Brother Qi was lying on the kang and was biting his fist. When he saw someone coming in, he immediately passed Zhao Yun, who came first, and stretched out his hand towards Yu Liansheng, babbling, Yu Liansheng often came, watching Brother Qi grow up. Big, very familiar, but he doesn't recognize Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun has two scars on his face, his complexion is dark, it is inevitable that he is a little strange and scared.
Yu Liansheng laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to hug Brother Qi, and said, "You have been in Ping'an Prefecture for a long time, Brother Qi didn't recognize you."
Brother Qi smiled happily in Liansheng's arms, and his eyes turned around on the red agate string on Liansheng's wrist. After a while, he stretched out his hand to grab it, and Yu Liansheng took off the agate string for him with a smile. Brother squinted his eyes to see, took the skewer and stuffed it into his mouth, but Xueyan snatched it away.
Zhao Yun's heart was sour, but he felt a little distressed. He looked at Xueyan and said, "When I'm not around, it's hard for you."
Xueyan handed the agate string to Xiaolan and don't ask Brother Qi to see it. It's like giving it back to Yu Liansheng when Liansheng left. After hearing Zhao Yun's words, her eyes turned red, and she said: "I often hear good news, and I only say You are safe and sound, I didn't expect you to come back with a whole body of injuries, our mother and son are living in the capital, how can we work harder than you?"
Yu Liansheng turned aside and said, "Although you have just returned to Beijing, you will be going to Xihai Yanzi after a few days. Sister, have you packed your luggage?"
Xueyan said: "It's already packed, let's go now?"
Knowing that Yu Liansheng was beside Emperor Changqian and what Emperor Changqian was thinking, Zhao Yun hurriedly asked, "Why did you go there as soon as you returned to Beijing?"
Yu Liansheng said with a smile: "September is better now, should we wait for winter to go? The roads are not easy to travel in winter, and Xihai Yanzi is seven or eight thousand miles away from the capital. I don't know how many months I have to walk. The plan for you to go directly to Xihai is that you captured the governor of Ping'an Prefecture alive and escorted him to Beijing, so you went to Beijing."
Xueyan nodded and said: "No, if I don't leave this month, I'm afraid it will be next year."
It's better to leave earlier, Zhou Hong triumphantly returned, Zhao Yun was also on the cusp of the storm, and as soon as Julien left before his death, people came to congratulate and give gifts. The Zhou family is even worse.
After all the entertainment, Xue Yan said wearily: "Our family is already like this, I don't know how General Zhou's mansion will be."
Zhao Yun staggered on the ground with Brother Qi bent over his waist, and said with a smile: "There must be a continuous stream of people. General Zhou has made great achievements in suppressing the rebellion this time, and he has reached the second level in one leap. He is already a second-rank loyal and brave man." General."
This was what Yu Liansheng said, and Xueyan knew it, and sighed: "Although you get promoted and get rich, you earned it with your lives."
Zhao Yun smiled.
Although Brother Qi has only been stubborn with Zhao Yun for half a day, he is already familiar with him, but he still likes Xueyan the most. He walked towards Xueyan with his calves, hugged her legs, raised his face and pouted, and said: "Hug and hug." !"
Xueyan picked him up, and suddenly heard a report from outside that someone had brought something.
Hearing this, Xueyan was taken aback, and only heard Zhao Yun say: "Let someone move in and hand it over to grandma."
Xueyan asked: "What is it?"
Zhao Yundao: "You also know that you can get a lot of things during the war. This time you got the mansion of the Jiedushi in Ping'an Prefecture, half of which was distributed to the common people, and half of the gold, silver and jewels were distributed to the soldiers. General Zhou and I only wanted some calligraphy and painting. There are more than a dozen boxes of solitary antiques."
Xueyan heard this, and immediately understood that it is not only easy for generals to be promoted, but also easy to get rich, that is, spoils of war. These courts don't care, let them do this. She once heard Sister Feng accidentally say that there are many things in the mansion. They were all treasures obtained by the two Dukes during the war. This time Zhou Hong and Zhao Yun put down the rebellion. I don’t know how many officials under the command of the Pingan Prefecture Jiedushi. Although ordinary soldiers don't get much, they are more than military pay.
Ask someone to bring it in, count the snow geese, there are eighteen big boxes, ask someone to open it, there are sixteen boxes of books, not many calligraphy, paintings and antiques. However, the last box was some large and small jewelry boxes, Xue Yan showed a smile on her face, because Zhao Yunji was concerned about her.
Brother Qi looked inside, pointed at the stationery box and babbled.
Zhao Yun smiled and said, "What did he see?"
Xueyan looked over and said with a smile: "You bring the coral carving pen holder to him."
After Zhao Yun heard this, he took it over, and Brother Qi hugged him immediately, grinning at him very happily, but he frowned, and said, "Why does Brother Qi prefer these bright things? First, brother-in-law's agate skewer." , now I want a coral pen holder again, don’t you just learn the temperament of Brother Bao from Rongguo Mansion?”
Xueyan glared at him when he heard the words, and said displeasedly: "How can our son learn from Second Master Bao? But children love bright colors, go out and ask, which family's children didn't come here like this? Second Master Bao is not alone I love red, as long as our brother Qi doesn’t like makeup hairpins, then it’s fine.” In fact, Baoyu only picked up makeup hairpins at the Zhou banquet because of its origin. Children like bright things.
Zhao Yundao: "So there is such a saying, as expected, all children like bright colors?"
Xueyan nodded and said: "You have never brought up children, so of course you don't know, it's always like this."
Zhao Yun immediately felt relieved.
Xueyan put Brother Qi into Zhao Yun's arms, and went to take care of things by herself, because she was leaving Beijing soon, she simply didn't pack anything else, she put them in the box, and only picked out a few novelty things and sent them to In Liansheng's house, he selected some stationery for Miaoyu, and some jewelry to send to the Zhao family's old house and the female family members of the Han family.
Seeing that she acted properly, Zhao Yun didn't talk too much, he just held Qi Geer to play in the house, Qi Geer spread his legs, riding on his neck, holding his hair with his small hands, smiling very happily.
The husband and wife were talking about their separation at night, and in the middle of the conversation, they saw Brother Qi rolling on the kang, as if he was very dissatisfied that Xueyan didn't hug him, but he was born too fat and couldn't turn over, lying on his back on the bed, The limbs are facing the sky, and they can't stop kicking.
Zhao Yun couldn't help but said: "Is this kid making trouble with you like this?"
Xueyan smiled and said: "When you are not around, thanks to his rambunctiousness, you stay at home for a few more days. Father and son see each other often, and they will get to know each other in a few days." Then, she walked over and leaned over to stare at Brother Qi. My brother flattened his mouth, with tears in his eyes.
Xueyan reached out and hugged him into her arms, sat back and continued to talk to Zhao Yun earlier, saying: "I have packed all my luggage, we will not return for a few years when we go, everything must be taken away, calligraphy and painting must be brought, big ones It doesn’t matter if the furniture can be disassembled, but the land at home has to be rented every year, and someone has to watch over it, what’s your idea?”
Zhao Yun sideways stared at Brother Qi with big eyes and small eyes, and said casually, "What's your idea?"
Xueyan thought for a while, and said: "I'll ask Mrs. Lin what she has in mind tomorrow. Our land is located in the north and the south, so we can't rent it in the West Sea and send it to the capital. However, if you have any ideas If you have an idea, you might as well say it and let’s discuss it together.”
Leaving Beijing is her wish, to avoid the many troubles in the capital, but after going thousands of miles, they are not alone, many affairs are not easy to take care of because of the distance, she is better, Zhuangzi does not have many houses, but Daiyu There are so many. In recent years, it is often said that the money is not used for nothing, and many houses, farms, and shops have been bought one after another. These incomes are not included in the public. She is not in the capital, so she must not be handed over to the Zhou family. .I don't know how other people cook in their hometown, so I'll ask tomorrow.
Zhao Yundao: "What's your idea? You are in charge of our family's affairs."
Xueyan said: "No matter what else, I have an idea, I don't know what you think."
Zhao Yun hurriedly asked what it was.
Xueyan pondered for a moment, then said: "The south is about the same distance from the capital and the West Sea, why not let the south send the land rent to the West Sea Yanzi, as for the area around the capital, Minger will ask Mrs. Lin how to deal with it, she also has a lot of them in the capital I have another idea. After we leave Beijing, we will take some of the land rent in the capital area to support poor students in the town. The private school is set up in our old house. Brother Hui is a widowed mother who takes care of him. The old house is dilapidated, we may not go back to live for a long time in the future, we might as well ask my sister-in-law to look after the house for us, not afraid that the students will damage the house at will, they also have a place to live, let's hire another scholar as a teacher, and the cost of a year is only a few dozen taels of silver , just supply some pens and paper, no more than 200 taels a year."
Now that Zhao Yun is promising, he has to do some practical things for the clan. In the future, whatever things Mr. Zhao, Mrs. Zhao, Sanfang and others do, will be taken care of by the clan.Besides, using the old house as a private school, it doesn't cost them much to just hire another teacher, and it can get a good reputation, so why not do it.Xueyan spent several months with those students, and couldn't bear them to give up their studies.
Zhao Yun's heart warmed, and he said: "That's a good thing, our family does not lack 200 taels of silver, but many children in the Yu clan and neighbors' families are like sending charcoal in the snow. Brother Hui has good character and studies very hard, saying Maybe we can provide him with good education, and in the future we will have one more talented scholar in our family."
Xueyan agreed with a smile, Zhao Hui and Hui's mother are both good-natured, and she is also willing to help and make a good relationship.
The next day, the Zhao family's old house in Bajing Town, the Han family and others got something, and they all invited their neighbors and clansmen to come to congratulate them. Zhao Yun is capable, seeing Brother Qi as a toddler, he smiled and praised Xue Yan as a good wife and mother, and took care of the family affairs properly when Zhao Yun was on the expedition.
Xueyan was humble, and said: "It's so easy to come here, I must return home with a lot of fun today."
Outside, Zhao Yun was greeting a group of male guests. When he talked about sponsoring the poor students of the clan to study, he didn't mention that they would leave the capital soon. Thanks guys."
Han Qingshan felt good, but Mr. Zhao frowned and glanced at Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun looked at the old patriarch Zhao without realizing it.
Zhao Hui was stunned when he heard what Zhao Yun said.
Since Zhao Yun moved into the capital, he had no way to ask for homework, but he devoted himself to studying, so he went to the clan to ask for advice. Hidden secrets, his mother was saving money, and said that she would send him to a private school next year, but he never expected that Zhao Yun would subsidize their studies.
Zhao Yun followed what Xueyan said, and finally said to Zhao Hui: "We are not in the old house, you and sister-in-law should take care of us, don't let anyone trample on the house."
Zhao Hui stood up, saluted solemnly, and said, "Uncle, don't worry."
Zhao Yun raised his hand to signal him to get up, then turned to look at the old patriarch Zhao and said, "When the time comes, the money will be handed over to the clan, please the patriarch be sure to use it on these students, and hire them a teacher as soon as possible, so they can work hard as soon as possible."
The old patriarch Zhao said with a smile: "I don't know which gentleman you have taken a fancy to?"
Zhao Yundao: "Although our family is not a poor village, it is just a town after all. It is not comparable to the capital and the county. Let alone a Jinshi, even a scholar, we can't easily invite a scholar. Why don't we invite a scholar to be a gentleman. I have been away from home for many years. I don’t know how many gentlemen there are, so the patriarch looked for them to invite them.”
The old patriarch Zhao frowned. Although there are several scholars in the town, they all study hard and want to be promoted, so there may not be suitable ones.
The rich man Jiang suddenly said: "Our family invited a scholar to teach Miao'er to study. Miao'er is also Master Zhao's disciple, and Brother Hui is his classmate. We had a good friendship in the past. Why don't we invite this gentleman from our family to teach the students? There is no need for Mr. Zhao to spend any more money, although our family is not doing well, it is not difficult for us to make a little effort, and please don't dislike it."
The old patriarch Zhao was overjoyed when he heard the words, he saved money to hire a husband, and was able to buy more pens and paper for the students.
Zhao Yun knew that rich man Jiang wanted to make friends with him, that the Jiang family was a good family anyway, and that Jiang Miao was his student, so he smiled and said, "If that's the case, then there will be Lao Jiang and the gentlemen in the family."
Rich Jiang laughed and said he didn't dare.
After drafting this matter, everyone unknowingly drank to their heart's content, and left one after another drunkenly at night.
Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao stayed here for one night, Xueyan went out and sent someone to clean up the room. When there was no one in the room, Mrs. Zhao rebuked Zhao Yun and said, "Why don't you discuss it with your grandpa for such a big idea?" Besides? Give Feng’er some reluctance, but think of outsiders. Although you are kind-hearted, but 200 taels a year, and 2000 taels in ten years, where do you get so much money? It’s not like officials and butchers get paid.”
Zhao Yun smiled lightly, and said: "The old man and the old lady sit at home, it is not difficult for the family, why should we bother?"
After hearing this, Mr. Zhao sighed. Mrs. Zhao was about to refute, but she saw the snow geese swaying in, helped the flower hairpin on her temples, and said: "It's getting late, the old man and the old lady are the third uncle. Third aunt go and rest first."
Seeing Xue Yan's brows and eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, with an aura that no one else could match, Mrs. Zhao had no choice but to hold back her words.
Xueyan didn't give them room to speak, and served attentively in front of them all the time at night. He only drove Zhao Yun to take Brother Qi, and after they had breakfast the next day, they asked someone to prepare a car to take them back. The old patriarch Zhao had drinks yesterday Too much, I didn't pay attention to it, and when I heard that Mr. Zhao's family stayed for one night, I immediately felt that something was wrong. When I saw Mr. Zhao and others coming back, I was relieved, and secretly decided to keep an eye on them, so as not to offend Zhao Yun and his wife. One, the middle school students of the family lost 200 taels of paper and pen money this year.
Another day later, Xue Yanfang went to Zhou's house by car. Because of Zhou Hongping's meritorious service in rebellion, he had already been promoted to the rank two loyal general. There was an endless stream of words, and Mrs. Zhou and Daiyu Zhou Yan's sister-in-law were so busy that they kept their feet on the ground.
Seeing this, Xueyan didn't mention her intention to come, but only congratulated Mrs. Zhou and Daiyu.
Seeing her, Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "Why didn't you bring Brother Qi?"
Most of the visitors today are relatives and friends of the Zhou family, and they also know that Zhao Yun has made a lot of contributions in suppressing the rebellion in Ping'an Prefecture, so they are kind to Xueyan. Hearing that Mrs. Zhou asked about Brother Qi, some of them might think of Yu Liansheng's treatment of this The nephews are really like the jewel in the eye, they all looked at Xueyan at the same time, and they all laughed and asked why they didn't bring them over to see them.
Because Mrs. Zhou had revealed earlier that she was going to choose a relative for her second son, when all the families came to congratulate, they all brought boys and girls to save the young girls from embarrassment.
Xueyan hurriedly said: "When our uncle comes back, I will put Brother Qi at home to accompany the uncle, so that father and son can be more intimate."
Mrs. Zhou laughed and said: "You are right, father and son should get along more. Brother Hong has lost a lot of weight, darkened, and suffered a lot of injuries. Your uncle is probably the same. Take a rest."
Xueyan nodded in agreement, looked up and saw Daiyu's eye circles were slightly red, and wanted to see Zhou Hongzhi's injury, so she cried a lot.
Daiyu was indeed very sad. Seeing Zhou Hong's wounds, although he had healed, there were many scars left on her body. She could tell at a glance that she had been worried these days. Crying for half the night, Zhou Hong was so flustered that it was hard for him to coax him. Now whenever someone mentions it, he feels sad for a long time.
Although both Zhou Hong and Zhao Yun were injured, compared with those soldiers who died in the battle, they came back alive and performed meritorious service, ten times stronger than those soldiers. Daiyu and Xueyan both knew this truth, but He didn't care about the merits of the two, but secretly rejoiced that the two returned safely, and decided to choose a good day to go to the temple to fulfill their vows.
Before entering the banquet, everyone went to the retreat place to change clothes and freshen up. Mrs. Zhou asked Zhou Yan to take the sisters there first, and then she led the way for the ladies. Daiyu went to Xueyan and saw that she had changed her clothes and was going Dressing up, she said: "There are a lot of people today, if you have anything to say in the evening, you can stay behind and we can talk about it."
Xue Yan got up and smiled, "Our business is not in a hurry, but I'm afraid General Zhou will leave Beijing for Xihai Yanzi in a few days."
Daiyu was slightly taken aback, and said, "We're going with you anyway, so don't worry about parting."
As he spoke, he held Xueyan's hand and said: "At the banquet, take a look at the daughter of the Imperial College's sacrifice to the wine king. Our wife has taken a fancy to her and is going to apply for employment for my second uncle. You will see me today too. See."
Xueyan was startled, and said: "Ms. Wang's family? My wife has seen each other for half a year. She must be very good, and she is also a match."
Guozijian Jijiu is in charge of the university's laws and teaching examinations, and is very noble among scholars. Zhou Yan wants to become an official through the imperial examination. It is very appropriate to marry such a Yue family. The matter was confiscated by the emperor, his father beheaded, and most of the family members were charged with crimes, either executed, exiled, or imprisoned. Wang Jijiu was young at the time, only 13 years old. Released from prison, guarding the family's sacrificial fields to live, suffering from the heat and cold of the world.
Although the Wang family suffered from such a catastrophe, the family was in decline, and many relatives and friends stayed away, but Wang Jijiu himself was very motivated. He was not exempted from the imperial examination qualifications. A scholar, the mother in the middle passed away and kept filial piety for three years, and then won the Juren at the age of 25, and won the first prize the next year. At that time, everyone in the capital was shocked.
Wang Jijiu's wife, An, was born in a noble family at that time. Now it has declined and has no power. At the beginning, she still had some power. She was Wang Jijiu's relative when she was 12 years old. The Wang family was in trouble, and the An family did not Retired, Wang Jijiu got married, An family took care of his mother-in-law, taught his children, he was well educated, well-versed in etiquette and righteousness, he was respected by Wang Jijiu, the husband and wife had been married for decades, they were amiable and never blushed .
After An entered the family, she gave birth to four sons in a row, the third son died young, the eldest son was awarded a Jinshi, and has already been released as an official. He has a very good friendship with Zhou Yan, and Mrs. Zhou is often seen. Although her appearance and talent are not as good as Daiyu, she is calm and peaceful, not a frivolous makeup.
The reason why Mrs. Zhou fell in love with Wang was not only because she believed in An's upbringing, but also because of her ancestors, Wang Jijiu was used to the cold eyes of the world when she was young. After becoming an official, she never formed cliques for personal gain. The future generations will not cause trouble, and the Wang family only has a clean name and no power. The family property of the ancestors has been confiscated, so the Wang family's dowry is not rich. After she entered the door, she couldn't overwhelm Daiyu.
An's Su admired the rules of the Zhou family, especially the rules of the Zhou family, especially those who have no sons and concubines. No matter how many daughters are willing to marry into their family, and the Zhou family is flourishing, Zhou Yan's character is good, and he has already been selected as a scholar. In the future, he will be like a father and brother. It should not be underestimated, even though it is difficult to gain power because of her father and brother, she is better than ordinary people, and Mrs. Zhou is kind, and she knows that Daiyu is not stingy, she is frank , the sisters-in-law will not be annoyed, so they are very willing.
Mrs. Zhou and An's hit it off right away, and they agreed to ask the official media to propose marriage after Zhou Hong's affairs were over.
Before going to the banquet, Mrs. Wang already knew her mother's plan, so she couldn't help being a little shy, her face would turn red whenever people scrutinized her, and she felt hot on her face when she saw Zhou Yan's narrow eyes.For people like the Zhou family, people like Zhou Yan, especially such mother-in-law, elder sister-in-law and sister-in-law, are all excellent, so she is naturally satisfied. I heard that there is also a wife of a first-rank official who wants to betroth her daughter to Zhou Yan. But Mrs. Zhou declined politely. Among them, the old lady of Li Guogong alienated Zhou's family because of this.
Xueyan took a good look at Mrs. Wang during the banquet, she was born with beautiful appearance and dignified manner, although her clothes and dress were not as good as those of the rich ladies sitting there, she was still calm and composed, and her words were very clever.She thought about the news about the origin of Wang Ji Restaurant, and secretly admired Mrs. Zhou's vision, she was really thoughtful.
When the crowd dispersed in the evening and the snow geese stayed behind, Mrs. Zhou said with a smile, "Let's talk in Hong's daughter-in-law's room."
Daiyu Fang apologized, took Xueyan over, and just sat down, she couldn't wait to ask: "You said we are going to leave in September, what did you say, Mr. Yu?"
Xueyan said Yu Liansheng's words once, and then ate tea in silence.
Daiyu pondered and said: "Everything has been packed, only the furniture and clothes are left unboxed. When the news comes, it will be easy to pack it up. What do you have to say when you come here?"
Xueyan talked about the farm, and Daiyu said: "I plan to do the same as you in the south. When I settle down on the West Sea, I will ask them to send it there directly. It is cheaper to go by sea anyway. As for the income in the capital area, I have already discussed with the master. My wife has discussed it, and the master and wife will take care of it for now, and I will give it to me when we return to Beijing." Daiyu took out the dowry money, and in recent years, most of the farms, shops and houses purchased are near the capital, and the income alone is [-] yuan a year. For the other two, if they were sent to the West Sea, it would be difficult to ensure safety on the way.
Zhou Yuan had spoken, Zhou Yuan was in charge of the account books, Mrs. Zhou kept the things, and ordered Zhuang Tian to turn all the money into silver and send it over.
Mrs. Zhou has always followed the rules of the family, and she is not greedy by nature. Although the income of the daughter-in-law in a year is more than that of her family, she never thought of subsidizing the family. Except for Daiyu's filial piety and the food for the poor and disaster relief several times, the mansion has never used her at all. Mrs. Zhou took a lot of things from her own to Daiyu, not to mention that Daiyu's farmland shops are all her companions. Cooking, there are account books, and the Sang family is watching.
Daiyu is devoted to the Zhou family. She knows that although Mrs. Zhou treats her better than her daughters, she is worse than other mother-in-laws. Don't be too harsh on this. No mother-in-law really treats her daughter-in-law like a daughter. She understands Mrs. Zhou's behavior, why should her family Calculate too much.
Xueyan frowned, and said: "Miss can entrust these things to the old lady for the time being, but I dare not entrust our family."
Daiyu knew what Zhao's old house and others were doing, she frowned and said, "Then what should I do?"
Xueyan thought for a while, then raised her brows, and said with a smile: "Since we can't entrust our old house, I can entrust it to my brother. Anyway, apart from a few houses, our family only has two farmlands, so it's not troublesome."
Daiyu clapped her hands and smiled, and said, "Yes, why did I forget the general manager?"
After Xueyan came back to discuss with Zhao Yun, she entrusted it to Yu Liansheng. After hearing this, he immediately agreed. Anyway, he has also bought several farmlands in recent years, and it is not troublesome to take care of them together with Xueyan.
On this day, Mrs. Zhou invited the official media to propose marriage at Wang Ji Restaurant, and Mrs. An immediately agreed. It was another happy event, and she was busy for a few days.
It was so easy to arrange the housework properly, Zhao Yun's grade had already come down, and Xueyan's obituary, clothes and decree were all up to the fifth grade. It was the first time for Xueyan to see her own Fengguan Xiapei, and she felt very novel. It's nothing more than Daiyu who has become a fifth-rank imperial order. Anyone who has contacts with the Huo family, the Lai family, the Tang family, the Xue family, etc. all come to congratulate her.
Suddenly they heard that there was a senior official in the house, and he was still the fifth grade. The Zhao family was overjoyed and rushed over to congratulate them. There were more people than last time. Before Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao proposed to live in Zhao Yun's house, Then Emperor Changqian ordered Zhou Hong to lead his troops to Yanzi, Xihai, and Zhao Yun to do the same.
Mr. Zhao said to Zhao Yun: "Since you don't live in the capital anymore, there must be someone to watch the house, do you have any ideas?"
Without saying a word, the old patriarch Zhao knew that they planned to live here with his family, and said: "Brother Yun has his own idea, why should we ask these questions? Don't disturb them to pack their things, the sage has decreed that they are going to the West Sea Coast .”
Zhao Yun smiled and said: "The old man asked for more information, so he dare not lie, because Manager Yu has already said that after we leave, this house will be rented to his friends to live in."
Hearing the word "General Manager Yu", Mr. Zhao sighed and stopped talking.
Daiyu and Xueyan had already made preparations, and they could leave immediately. Since they couldn't leave behind Zhou Yan's wedding wine, Daiyu first prepared a congratulatory gift, and took some calligraphy, painting and antiques for Zhou Yan to put in the betrothal gift. They also prepared some other things to send over, but because Zhou Hong led the army, there were infantry and cavalry, and they could not go by water, and it was very inconvenient for them to be accompanied by female relatives, so Liu Xianglian and Zhao Yun led a group of soldiers and servants to escort them by boat Go to Xihai Yanzi.
Zhou Hong took the first step, and the remaining female relatives such as Daiyu and Xueyan chose to travel on the twelfth day.
Zhao Yun and Xueyan went back to Bajing Town, because they sponsored the clansmen to study, and now they are returning to their hometown, and everyone in the town came to flatter them. The couple paid homage to the ancestral hall, and then went to the old house of the Zhao family to say goodbye to Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao.
The townspeople waited to see them off, and saw them off after they got into the car.
Xueyan had already bid farewell to the female relatives everywhere, and also went to Lai's house. Nanny Lai was old and didn't talk much, but Lai's daughter-in-law was very happy, and she asked a lot of words before she wiped her tears and sent her out.
When they set off, everything had already been moved to the boat. Zhao Yun, Xueyan and his wife took a boat together with their family and servants, Liu Xianglian and his wife took another boat, and Du Daiyu took a boat with the other two female relatives. Most of them are Daiyu's luggage, because there are so many soldiers and servants escorting them, it is needless to mention the safety of the journey.
Daiyu went to Sang's house and Rongguo's mansion to say goodbye, and when she heard that they had set off, Baoyu couldn't help sighing, and said: "This family is not married, and the people are not like people. The second sister is married, the third sister is married, and the fourth sister can't be found. , I only hope that sister Lin can stay in the capital for a long time, but I never thought that I would go to Xihaiyanzi with me, and I don't know if I can see my third sister."
Baochai felt sore, and said, "Who doesn't know that sister Lin is blessed. Wouldn't it be better to go with General Zhou than to live alone?"
Baoyu thought for a while, nodded and smiled, and said, "That's true. It's my sister who thinks through. I'm not as good as my sister."
Baochai said: "I also know the truth from the book. The second master should also read more books. Don't use these rouge creams. Let people see you and make fun of you. Our family is getting worse than before. Second master It’s more about making progress and taking on the responsibilities of the family.”
Baoyu listened to her repeated remonstrances, immediately put down his face, turned around and walked into the inner room, lying on the bed without speaking.
When Baochai saw this, she became more and more sad.
Early the next morning, Baochai went to Mrs. Wang's room to pay her respects. Because she had lost her mother for less than a year and was still wearing plain clothes, Mrs. Wang told her to rest in her room and not to come over. But Baochai still got up early every day when she followed her Come here to say hello, and then go back, but recently Mrs. Wang felt a little uncomfortable because of the ostentation of the Zhou family, Baochai observed her words and expressions, and flattered her.
Mrs. Wang heard this, with a smile on her face, and she left Baochai here for lunch.
Seeing this, Baochai flattered her even more. In the afternoon, she heard Mrs. Wang say, "My lord is going to be a filial piety soon. On the day I take off my clothes, I have to hold a banquet for guests. I will leave it to you to take care of it. Don't let outsiders see the joke."
Baochai fully agreed, and said with a smile: "My master will be able to return to the court after he has fulfilled his filial piety. Such a happy event should be a big deal."
Mrs. Wang sighed, and said: "I don't know what kind of job the master can get. The master's previous errands have been given to other officials. I can only see what the saint wants, and I will send another official to the master." The family sent Tanchun and relatives. , Emperor Changqian also rewarded him with something, and once he praised him, he only hoped that Emperor Changgan would give Long En an extra, or he would be promoted to Jiazheng.
Baochai said with a smile: "Our family has contributed to the country, so the saint will not forget the master."
Mrs. Wang listened to this and said, "I hope so."
Before she finished speaking, Ning Bi came over in a panic and said, "Ma'am, grandma, the second master is gone."
Mrs. Wang and Baochai turned pale with shock, and said, "Why is the second master missing? Don't you know that the second master is going out? Why are you serving in the room? The servant didn't follow?"
Ningbi cried and said: "Second Master is still working hard at home at noon. We went to eat with Second Master, but we heard that Second Master had gone out. When we asked the boys, they all said that Mingyan Shuangrui and other eight boys followed him. Now, Zimingyan and his wife kowtowed to his wife and grandma outside the door of the ceremony, saying that if he missed him, the second master disappeared, and he has been looking for it for half a day."
Mrs. Wang shouted: "Baoyu is gone, why don't you hurry up and send someone to look for it!"
Ningbi went out in a panic, and sent people to look for her.
In the evening, Baoyu was still not found. Mrs. Wang was so anxious that she burst into tears, and she had no time to punish Mingyan and her servants. When I got it back, Baoyu is timid and never spends the night outside, and I haven't seen him this time, so I don't know what I have suffered." Thinking that Xichun has not been found so far, Mrs. Wang is more and more worried about Baoyu, and she can't wait to go out to find him in person.
While Baochai sent someone to ask Sister Feng for help, she went back to the room to ask what happened.
As soon as she entered the door, Baochai saw a collar protruding from under the pillow. She went to pick it up and saw that it was Baoyu's collar, which was connected to the colorful and crystal-clear psychic jade.
Baochai's heart trembled, and she hurriedly asked Ying'er, "Second Lord, didn't you wear the jade today?" She clearly remembered that when she got up in the morning to tidy up Baoyu's clothes and crown, she put the collar and the psychic jade on Baoyu's neck with her own hands. Will put it under the pillow?
Ying'er came over and saw the psychic treasure, and said strangely: "The second master is still wearing it at noon."
Baochai flickered and almost fell, standing on the side of the kang table, not knowing what was in her mind, Yinger couldn't see it, so she hurried over to help her, Baochai said in a low voice, "Go and ask Sister Feng yourself, ask her Send people to find Baoyu, at least send more people, and find Baoyu back, not only I am grateful, but even my wife will remember her benefits."
After hearing this, Ying'er hurried over in person.
Sister Feng had already heard about Baoyu's disappearance, and she was puzzled. When she heard that Ying'er had come, she called over to ask questions. When she heard Baochai's words, Sister Feng smiled and said, "It's rare to hear your grandma call me elder sister. "
Ying'er blushed and bowed her head in silence.
Sister Feng waved her hand and said: "You have already sent several groups of people over, I know all of them, and the wife has already sent people back, you go back and tell your grandma."
Ying'er agreed, and went back to report to Baochai.
But Sister Feng said to Ping'er: "You said that Baoyu was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child. When she went out, ten or eight people followed her. Why did you lose him today?"
Ping'er had no choice but to say: "Second Master Bao has always been naughty, it's not that he hasn't played around."
At this time, Feng'er came over and said: "Just now I saw that the Shijia sent some women over to the wife's room, carrying twenty or thirty suitcases, flustered and pale, I don't know what happened. "
Sister Feng frowned and said, "Quickly go and find out what happened to the Shi family."
Feng'er agreed, and came back half a day after going out, and said quietly: "Grandma, I have already found out that the historian has been confiscated, and some things are stored with the wife, because the Xining Palace was confiscated and closed a few days ago. The crime was settled, and because of the involvement in the rebellion, the Nine Clans were exterminated, and the historians are not among the Nine Clans."
Sister Feng suddenly sat up, gritted her teeth and said: "At this moment, Madam took things from the Shi family?"
In the past, Sister Feng would not be afraid of these things. When Zhen's family ransacked the house, the things they sent were sent to Mrs. Wang's upper room. Mother Jia also knew, but now it is not the same as in the past. Sister Feng is afraid of breaking the law. .Thinking of this, Sister Feng just wanted to get up and try to persuade her, then she calmed down and ordered: "Go and invite the uncle to come and say that I have something important to discuss."
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