Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

"Sister Hualan!"

Minglan's eyes suddenly lit up, and while shouting happily, she walked to Hualan's side. Xiaoxiaotao next to Minglan was just a little bit regretful that her girl didn't want the lantern that Qi Heng wanted to give, but now she He only followed Minglan Shale.

Rulan on the side happily looked at the cricket lantern in her hand. After hearing Minglan calling for someone, she also came close to her eldest sister.

Hua Lan looked at the three Landans and said:

"I saw that the lanterns outside the palace gate are particularly beautiful, so I bought a few more. I wanted to send someone to deliver them to you."

As Hua Lan spoke, Cuichan behind her took the other two lanterns from the hands of the servants beside her.

Looking at the three orchids happily holding lanterns with their eyes shining brightly, Qi Heng on the side smiled, and took a special look at Minglan who just said she was afraid of fire and didn't want a lantern.

At this time, Xu Zaizhang came to Hua Lan, followed by Xu Zaijing.

Seeing two classmates from the book school, Qi Heng called out politely,

Princess Pingning, who was chatting with the Wang family just now, was already preparing to leave when Qi Heng was about to send lanterns.

At this time, because of the arrival of the Xu family, the princess gave up the idea.

So Sheng Jiaerlang, Si Lan, Qi Heng, and Xu Zaijing were waiting at the front.

Princess Pingning and the eldest ladies of the Sheng and Xu families are in the middle.

Xu Minghua and other three heads of the family were at the end with their sons and sons,

The three families walked together on this busy and crowded road.

"By the way, madam, has the selection of Marquis Xu been decided?"

Hearing Princess Pingning's question, Mrs. Sun was slightly surprised and said, "What the princess said is that she just received His Majesty's decree."

Wang Ruofu looked at the two people talking with a surprised look on her face. She couldn't restrain her curiosity and concern for Hua Lan. She took advantage of the gap in talking and said: "Madam, what did the princess say?"

Sun opened her mouth to speak, but Princess Pingning patted her arm and motioned for her to say:

"Ms. Wang, the incident has not yet been reported. The Holy One has issued an order. Because the two countries in the north are not at peace, they say that more troops will be sent to the west and north. The person who will be responsible for commanding the newly established army will be Xu Hou. .”

Upon hearing this, Wang Ruofu blinked his eyes, digesting the news.

Behind them, Xu Minghua was also talking to Qi Guogong and Sheng Hong.

He also knew the emperor's will soon, and he was worried about the complicated affairs to come, and he also longed for the future of his family.

If things go well and they can make great contributions, then in the west and north of the entire Zhou Dynasty, the Yongyi Hou Xu family may become a military force that is slightly inferior to the Cao family and Zhang family and can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Gu family.

However, the Xinli Army has a large number of troops, and the news must not be hidden. In the future, it will also defend a section of the border, and the Xinli Army is likely to be taken care of by Bai Gao and Beiliao. If you are not careful, it will Will be defeated and die.

Because he knew these things, Xu Minghua made up his mind to choose soldiers according to his own wishes. It was inevitable that he would refuse some requests and offend some nobles.

"In the future, the Duke may need to mediate these matters."

After hearing Xu Minghua's last sentence, Qi Yiqiu said:

"This is a major military and state matter in the Great Zhou Dynasty. If there is any discord in it, it is my duty to help."

"At that time, I will host a banquet for the Duke of Yingying, the Marquis of Tuoxi, and the Marquis of Ningyuan. When the time comes, the Duke of the country will be invited to a banquet."

"I will be on call when the time comes."

Next to them, Sheng Hong's eyes became more and more confused as he listened. These things were not something that a junior official like him could know.

"Shengren"

"Xu Hou, please speak."

Shengjia

Shouantang

Sheng Hong sat on the chair and glanced at the old lady sitting on the Arhat bed with a low eyebrow.

The old lady had a serious look on her face.

Sheng Hong held the tea cup in his hand, and he felt more and more the majesty and dignity that the old lady had become since she returned to Bianjing.

This feeling was most obvious to him when he was a child. The only daughter of the Hou family, who was born in the top ranks of Bianjing, was full of nobility in every gesture.

Sheng Hong still remembers what happened when his mother died when he was a child and he was raised under the lap of the old lady. The old lady taught him how to burn incense during her free time.

Such a small and ugly piece of spice is actually worth dozens of times its weight in gold.

And these are just the things that the old lady does when she has nothing to do.

But later, with the help of the old lady, the Sheng family's big house gradually improved and gradually became richer. Sheng Hong also gradually grew up and got used to this wealthy life.

As Sheng Hong got older, he passed various imperial examinations. After he passed the examination and passed the imperial examination, he felt much less like this in the eyes of the old lady with sighs. Later, he married a daughter of the Wang family, and relied on With his relationship with the Yue family and his own ability, the ruling party has been steadily promoted.

The Yongyi Marquis Mansion in Bianjing also slowly declined. After Sheng Hongzhong became a Jinshi, it seemed that he had never seen the name of the Xu family of the Yongyi Marquis Mansion once or twice in the newspapers he read daily for many years.

Slowly and for some reason, he felt that the majesty and dignity in the old lady became smaller and smaller.

Until Sheng Hong went against the old lady's wishes and brought Lin Sushuang into the house. In addition to listening to the old lady's opinions on some major matters, Sheng Hong also

In fact, he is already the real master of the entire Sheng family. As a scholar, he also knows that good medicine is bitter in the mouth and good for the disease, and good advice is hard on the ears but good for the deeds. But...

It wasn't until what happened in recent years that the Yongyi Houfu, who had improved, began to take the initiative to show friendship to the old lady, and Sheng Hong gradually saw the extravagance of Bianjing's nobles again.

Especially with so many things happening in Yangzhou, the face of the Sheng family that he valued most was almost thrown to the ground and trampled on, and his eldest daughter was almost sent to the den of tigers and wolves. It was also because of the old lady that his family in Yangzhou Mansion Not only did he not suffer setbacks during the turmoil, he was promoted to Bianjing.

Being able to join the official department is partly due to his connections with the Yue family, but it cannot be said that the Xu family has not contributed. Sometimes those who compete know that Sheng Hong has such connections and there are powerful gods standing behind him, so they do not compete. .

In addition, the reason why Mrs. Sun of the Hou Mansion is so kind to Hua Lan is not trivial.

So during this period, Sheng Hong became more and more respectful to the old lady.

"well!"

The old lady frowned and sighed.

"Mother, cousin Xu's promotion is a happy event, why should you sigh?"

The old lady looked at the small table on the bed in front of her. There was a turtle shell and a few copper coins on it, and she said seriously:

"Soldiers are dangerous. Although your cousin has been promoted, good fortune and misfortune depend on him!"

"Hong'er, these days, the things you told me and the civil strife in the north show that there will never be peace in the north!"

"But, there are dangers, but there are also opportunities! Find time to bring a message to your cousin, and when he has some free time, come to my place and take a look."

Sheng Hong nodded quickly and said:

"What the mother said is that the son knows."

Mrs. Sheng said:

"In such a big event, there must be many opportunities for promotion. There are many people who know about our relationship with the Marquis Mansion. If anyone please bring it to your attention."

"Children will learn to inquire carefully and consider carefully."

"Okay. I can rest assured that you are above the officialdom. You should pay more attention to the civil affairs. If the Xu family can have a good future, it will not be harmful to Hua'er and our Sheng family."

"That's what mother said."

Seeing Sheng Hong leaving Shou'antang, the old lady let out a heavy breath:

"Everything will be fine!"

After saying that, the old lady got off the bed and came to the room where Minglan lived.

In the room, the beautiful lantern was still on beside the bed. When she came to the bedside, she looked at Ming Lan who was already asleep and Xiao Xiao Tao who was dozing off. The old lady did not ask Fang's mother to wake up Xiao Tao, but moved slightly. After waving his hands, he arrived at the Buddhist hall.

The scent of incense candles

After the Lantern Festival

Shengjia Book School starts again,

In the small courtyard of the lecture hall,

Qi Heng was wearing a cloak and standing at the door talking to Gu Tingye who had just entered the courtyard:

"Second uncle, the lanterns last night were very beautiful. How many did you buy?"

Gu Tingye looked at Qi Heng with dull eyes:

"Huh? Kite? What kind of kite?"

Qi Heng didn't know what to say.

Chang Bai in the lecture hall looked at Gu Tingye and shook his head with a smile. Sheng Changfeng, who was sitting in the third row behind Chang Bai, was in the same state.

Gu Tingye could still stand and talk, but Chang Feng was already lying on the table and snoring.

Xu Zaijing also entered the courtyard at this time and saw Gu Tingye who was talking to Qi Heng. After patting him, Gu Tingye actually walked forward, making Xu Zaijing look at his hands suspiciously.

When Gu Tingye turned around and saw the dark circles under his eyes and his lackluster state, Xu Zaijing knew clearly: the child had stayed up late to catch up on homework.

Everyone sat down and began some unfamiliar morning reading, and then there were two snoring sounds in the lecture hall.

After morning reading,

Zhuang Xuexue entered the lecture hall leisurely.

We haven’t seen each other for a month. Zhuang Xuexue seems to have gained some weight.

"Well, just hand in your homework these days."

Looking at the different states of everyone in the lecture hall, the scholar already knew in his mind which ones were really doing it and which ones were doing it in a hurry.

Taking the paper handed in by everyone,

The academic said: "Changbai, as before, the three of you will take the test of recitation."

On the other side of the three Lans, Ru Lan laughed when she saw Chang Feng hemming and hawing under the test, but Mo Lan didn't even look at Chang Feng.

Suddenly hearing the voice of Xu Zaijing's examination of Qi Heng, Mo Lan pretended to look at Qi Heng unintentionally. As Qi Heng recited the poem in a cadence, Mo Lan kept nodding.

After he finished memorizing it, Qi Heng smiled and whispered: "Brother Xie Jing reminded me."

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "You haven't put down your book these days, right?"

"Mother checks closely."

Feeling the gazes of Ru Lan and Mo Lan, Qi Heng didn't pay attention. He didn't know what he thought of. He looked towards Chang Feng behind him and glanced at Ming Lan.

He didn't feel Minglan looking at him just now.

Sure enough, Minglan was concentrating on practicing calligraphy.

Zhuang Xuexue in front of the lecture hall said at this time:

"Well, Miss Six's handwriting has improved a lot."

After hearing the scholar's compliment, Minglan quickly stood up and returned the compliment.

"Fifth girl, yes. It's not bad."

Ru Lan stood up with a smile and returned the greeting, then glanced at his brother Chang Bai. Chang Bai thought about Ru Lan's words and tilted his head to look away.

"Four girls, very good."

Mo Lan raised her chin and returned the salute gently.

"Changbai, these essays are very good and have their own insights."

"Zai Zhang, I don't know what the first four chapters are, but the later chapters are pretty good."

Looking at Xu Zaijing's thick pile of homework, Xuexue Zhuang nodded and said:

"Zai Jing, that's right. The question is clever and original. You can start preparing for the imperial examination."

"Qi Heng, that's good. It can be seen that he put his heart into it."

"Chang Feng, your sentences don't make sense!"

"Tingye, you broke the topic very cleverly. You are quite like your brother. That's it. Tsk."

Xuexue Zhuang shook his head

"The imperial examination is a major event in your life. If you don't care about it, it's better not to go to school."

Hearing the scholar's evaluation, the six boys also had different reactions.

The last sentence made Gu Tingye and Sheng Changfeng lower their heads.

Ru Lan and Mo Lan had a secret relationship with their elder brother. Ru Lan won a great victory and Mo Lan suffered a disastrous defeat.

Minglan looked at Xu Zaijing and Qi Heng with big eyes when they were being commented.

Yujia Medical Clinic,

Yu Huguang stood in front of Zhu Qinghu and the others with a proud look on his face, looking at the flattering expressions on their faces and said:

"What's wrong? Those heroes who yelled at me before because they were in pain, why are they smiling so brightly today?"

"hey-hey"

"There there"

"Brother Guang, it's because the brothers have blind eyes and don't recognize Mount Tai."

"When you drink and go whore, please do as you please. My salary for this month belongs to Brother Guang."

Zhu Qinghu also smiled and shook his head, looking at Yu Huguang who looked proud.

In a previous conflict with the Baigao Kingdom warriors, Zhu Qinghu's robes were injured and were treated by Yu Huguang and the orthopedic surgeon.

Yu Huguang was not only cruel to the thieves, but also to the men in the army. When he was treating them, he received a lot of scolding because of the pain.

But feeling the recovery of their body, combined with what they had seen and heard before, these people gradually understood Yu Huguang's superb medical skills.

Looking at them, Yu Huguang smiled slightly and said:

"Okay, I can't resist your hospitality, so let's go to Gao Le."

Pan Lou,

elegant room,

Zhuqinghu and Paoze felt that "people's hearts are sinister."

They looked at the delicacies on Yu Huguang's table, and then looked at the fresh fruits and vegetables in front of their tables. Everyone looked uncomfortable.

Then he looked at the beauty from Feiyuntai beside Yu Huguang, and then at the old lady who was serving them. Oh, the medical officer of the Yu family was not here. It wasn’t the old lady who was serving them to change and drink medicine.

Zhu Qinghu and the others were also served by beauties: not bad.

Zhu Qinghu and the several Pao Ze who had their arms hanging and their legs fixed nodded:

‘Brother Guang is very loyal and a good person. ’

A wicked smile flashed across Yu Huguang's lips.

If you are injured, avoid drinking and sex.

Naturally, I can’t drink wine.

Watching Yu Huguang drinking wine with the beauty from Feiyuntai,

A few men who were good drinkers swallowed their saliva countless times.

When the wine was full, Yu Huguang took the beauty directly to the small room next to the private room.

Listening to the commotion of men and women in the small room, Zhu Qinghu coughed uncomfortably.

A cough made Pao Ze, who was in the private room to smell the aroma of wine, retract his head and lick his lips;

The other hand that was about to get into someone else's clothes also quickly pulled out his hand.

"Brother Tiger, why do I want to beat him up again?"

"He doesn't even look at what his brothers are like, so why..."

Two quarters of an hour later, Yu Huguang walked out of it proudly.

The beauty from Feiyuntai next to him looked at him with admiration. Zhu Qinghu closed his eyes, turned his head to one side and whispered: "Thief bird!"

When everyone has enough water and food,

I limped downstairs and was helped downstairs. When Pan Lou said goodbye to each other, a beautiful maid from Feiyuntai came over.

Looking at a group of military men, the little maid bowed softly and took out a purse.

Congratulations to all the Tigers:

Birds!

No justice!

Why are you giving him money in return?

"Sir, Qianniang thanks you for your wonderful hand. In just a few strokes, she has been cured of her long-standing problem."

Everyone in Zhu Qinghu looked at Yu Huguang in surprise and shook his head: tsk tsk tsk.

"Ahem!"

Yu Huguang coughed a few times.

The little maid didn't understand what was going on, so she offered her purse to him.

"Thank you, Master, for curing her chronic abdominal pain!"

Yu Huguang took the purse and said calmly, "The symptoms of the five internal organs are extremely itchy, so just do it!"

After everyone separated, Zhu Qinghu followed Yu Huguang back to the hospital.

"Brother Guang, in addition to thanking you for coming this time, I also have an unkind invitation."

Yu Huguang motioned for him to continue, and said to the congratulatory tiger:

"Marquis Yongyi is about to leave for the north. I see that Brother Guang has excellent medical skills and would like to ask for some prescriptions for treating internal injuries and bone injuries."

Yu Huguang glanced at Zhu Qinghu and said with his eyes moving:

"Brother Zhu, do you think it would be good for me to become a medical officer in the army?"

Zhu Qinghu grabbed his hand at once and wanted to say a lot, but in the end he just said: "I feel reassured that you can come."

Yu Huguang smiled.

Di Jing, the imperial guard who was telling Zhang Huaiying how invincible she was in the Tianwu Army, received a message saying,

The person who sent the post was his former boss in the Tianwu Army: Zhu Qinghu.

Ten days after the Lantern Festival,

The emperor's will spread,

Various government offices in the Great Zhou Dynasty began to move around the emperor's will.

The most important among them is Xu Minghua, the Yong Yihou who has been determined by the Holy Will to command the army here.

The newly established army,

It represents countless promotion opportunities, so all the military officers and nobles in Bianjing are moving.

Quyuan Street suddenly became a little congested.

Naturally, more and more servants from all walks of life accompanied the master's family.

As the customers sat down one by one, Chu Zhan, the half-grown boy who was helping at the stall, bumped his heels on the back of his head.

And Xu Zaijing,

He is preparing for his upcoming county examination in February.