Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

far away,

In the cold night in the direction of Miyagi,

The sound of drums outside Xuande Gate gradually died down.

Amidst the noise of the guests, waiter and others,

Lighted lanterns hung on the cornices of the second and third floors of Pan Tower swayed in the wind.

The window lattice illuminated by the lantern is covered with white window paper.

The candlelight and the sound of silk, bamboo and wind music came out through the window paper.

In the elegant room,

Seeing Sheng Hong coming in,

Mr. Liu Fuming Liu hurried forward: "Brother Sheng, please sit over here."

As he spoke, Lord Liu glanced at the long sword in Dongrong's hand behind Sheng Hong in surprise.

Sheng Hong, who noticed Master Liu's eyes, smiled slightly.

Then Sheng Hong bowed his hands to Huangfuli who stood up from the main seat.

When he sat down, Sheng Hong took a special look at the servant behind Huangfuli, who also held a sword.

Huangfuli's father is now the Minister of Justice, and he was promoted this time when he returned to Beijing.

People entered the room one after another.

There were not many people attending this gathering, and they were all familiar with Huangfuli.

So when they saw Sheng Hong in the room, the officials looked at him curiously.

When the seats were full, the Huangfu family's attendants began to replace the candles, and soon the room became brighter.

Looking at the replaced candles, Sheng Hong cupped his hands and said:

"Brother Huangfu, is this a candle made of whale oil?"

Hearing Sheng Hong's words, Huangfuli nodded with a smile and said: "People from Shanda are well-informed and knowledgeable!"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

When other people in the room heard Sheng Hong's words, some of their eyes were filled with sudden realization.

"Before, a whale stranded on the beach of Mingzhou. Zhizhou ordered craftsmen to take the oil and make candles like these and bring them to the palace as tribute."

"Your Majesty gave my father a hundred flowers. My father knew about today's banquet, so he specially asked for it."

Liu Fuming, who was sitting in the second seat, raised his glass and said, "Come! Let's drink to my uncle who cares about us!"

After everyone finished drinking, someone said: "This man Shanda seems to have a kind face, but I don't know why."

"Sheng Shanda is my classmate and the same age. We have a close relationship. My mother is..."

After hearing that Sheng Hong was an in-law of Yongyi Hou Mansion, everyone looked at Sheng Hong differently.

Listening to Mr. Liu's introduction, Sheng Hong smiled and kept his attitude low.

His sincere eyes and two dimples quickly endeared him to others.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food,

Huangfuli, who was sitting on the throne, waved to the attendants on the side and whispered a few words,

Soon an eleven or twelve year old girl entered the private room.

A long case was also moved to the private room.

Seeing this scene, everyone present stopped talking and watched quietly.

"Appreciating swords should be paired with sword dancing!"

"Brother Liu, look at my newly found long sword!"

As Huangfuli raised his chin, the attendant behind him walked up to the girl holding a sword.

Liu Fuming raised his eyebrows unwilling to admit defeat.

On the side, Sheng Hong saw this young girl pull out a long sword weighing two to three kilograms and hold it flat.

There was a look of surprise in his eyes.

The rhythm of the music in the room became faster, and the girl in this scene also began to dance with the sword, her posture was very vigorous,

After dancing for a while, he stopped, put the sword into its sheath, and placed it among the tables.

Liu Fuming hurriedly asked someone to hand over his long sword.

After the second sword dance is finished,

Master Liu's long sword was placed in front,

Only then did Sheng Hong realize that this girl was actually one of the top sword appreciators.

Looking at his own sword at the top of the list, Mr. Liu looked at Huangfuli very proudly.

A few sword dances,

When they arrived at Sheng Hong, Master Liu's sword was still at the forefront.

When the girl took out the long sword from Dong Rong's hand, surprise flashed across her face.

A sword dance ends,

Master Liu looked at the sword dancing girl walking towards the end of the table holding a long sword, and looked at Sheng Hong proudly.

Then, I saw the girl moving the sword from the tail.

In the end, Sheng Hong was placed first.

After the arrangement was completed, the girl stood respectfully in the middle.

Master Liu: "Huh?"

Huangfuli looked at Master Liu with a smile on his face and said, "Go down!"

The girl bowed and left the room.

Others stood up one after another and gathered around several cases.

The first thing Mr. Liu went to get was not his own, but Sheng Hong's sword.

After looking at the large high-speed iron sword that was of excellent quality and weight, Mr. Liu said with bright eyes:

"Brother Sheng, I wonder where you bought this from? How much money did you spend on it?"

"It's so beautiful that it won't be able to bear three thousand guans, right?"

Huangfuli, who also came over, took the long sword and inspected it, then also looked at Sheng Hong.

Sheng Hong smiled and cupped his hands:

"Nothing, nothing"

Master Liu was a little uncomfortable and surprised when he heard that there were no three thousand strings.

He looked at the people around him and asked in surprise:

"What? It's less than three thousand strings?"

"That's??? Brother Sheng, please tell me!"

Sheng Hong said:

"It didn't cost any money, it was a gift from my son-in-law."

After saying that,

Sheng Hong narrowed his eyes: "Hehehehe."

The rest of the crowd:.

Looking at the dimples on Sheng Hong’s face,

Master Liu felt even more uncomfortable.

It seems that the envy I gained from Sheng Hong in the past years,

This time they were all returned in one fell swoop.

‘Thief bird boy’

Quyuan Street,

Chu Zhan held it on a tray, which was steaming.

The porcelain pot with gurgling soup ran towards the Xu family gate.

When he came to the small house next to the racecourse, Qingyun under the lantern at the door opened the door for him:

"Sir, the food is here."

The porcelain pot was placed on the table,

Taking a chicken foot from Xu Zaijing's hand, Chu Zhan thanked him and was about to leave the room.

"Tell Shu Bo that there are no more dishes and let him go back directly!"

"Yes, sir."

Only Xu Zaijing and Zhao Meifeng were left in the room.

Xu Zaijing filled a glass of wine for Zhaomeifeng and asked:

"What makes you so depressed?"

Zhao Meifeng glanced at Xu Zaijing and shook his head.

"can not say?"

Zhaomeifeng sighed and said:

"No, it's mainly because I feel uncomfortable."

on the table,

The porcelain pot on the small charcoal stove was still steaming, but the meat inside was gone.

There's not even a bottom left in the soup.

Several wine jars were leaning on the floor under the table.

Zhao Meifeng looked at the bright-eyed Xu Zaijing with drunken eyes.

After wiping away the remaining tears, he said:

"Brother Jing, I feel so miserable!"

Xu Zaijing picked up the wine glass and said, "Drink!"

The porcelain pot has been baked dry,

Xu Zaijing held the wine jar in his hand and drank sip after sip while listening to Zhaomeifeng's words.

"If Master hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known where Eldest Brother's family is!"

"Can"

"It's too late!"

"No more, can't be found!"

"The sky is unfair! That beastly family member in Zhao'e Peak lives so well, why?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Xu Zaijing handed the wine jar to Zhaomeifeng and patted him on the shoulder.

The senior brother Zhao Meifeng is talking about is Zhao Taifeng, the first disciple of Zhao Zilong, the head of the Imperial City Department.

I went to Bai Gao Country before, and the lady from Zhaotaifeng had just become pregnant and gave birth to a girl.

In the following ten years, the Imperial City Division was no longer in great importance, and its contact with Zhaotai Peak was also cut off.

Zhao Zilong even thought that his disciple had died somewhere unknown in Bai Gao Kingdom.

Fortunately, the girl had already left the court and married a junior official from the capital.

Zhaotaifeng's son-in-law also left Bianjing with his mother-in-law and wife because of a promotion change.

Until these two years,

The Zhou Dynasty's battles in the northwest all ended in victory, no matter how big or small. The border was even hundreds of miles closer to the Baigao Kingdom.

Tall city fortresses were built and stood on the border,

When Bai Gao's country was undergoing great changes and chaos, a secret letter was received from Da Zhou's fortress.

Zhaotaifeng, who had lost contact for a long time, had contact with Da Zhou again.

And the first thing sent was the information that Xu Zaijing obtained about the family members and burial ground of the surrendered general of Bai Gao Kingdom.

The information sent subsequently all showed that Zhaotaifeng's status in the Baigao Kingdom's Chuihuan Division was now astonishingly high.

And Zhao Meifeng, who had achieved meritorious service and was promoted, became the best candidate to find the descendants of his senior brother.

As a result, after checking in Yangzhou Mansion, I found that the junior official was robbered four or five years ago!

After going around in circles, Zhaomeifeng found the gang of gangsters that Xu Zaijing had captured in Chuzhou before.

When found,

It was repeatedly confirmed that Song Zhen, Wu Diao and other bandit leaders were being escorted to the execution ground.

The death cards with their names and crimes stuck high on their backs were pulled out and thrown aside.

His head was also pressed on the smelly wooden platform.

Some gangsters are still shouting that they will be a good man again after eighteen years.

The executioner raised his sword, and then Zhaomei Feng shouted to stop!

Some of these prisoners' crotches were wet. When they saw Zhaomeifeng, they thought they were surviving a catastrophe and were here to save them!

Then they were dragged aside by Zhaomeifeng and asked carefully,

In the end, we got a result: because the little official offended the salt dealer in Yangzhou Prefecture, he was paid to kill him!

They took over the matter, but the gangster who actually carried out the task was already dead.

It was in Chuzhou,

It was in the yard where Zhaomeifeng and Xu Zaijing first started fighting.

At that time, there was only one living person in that yard.

Then

The thief who just thought he could not die,

Zhao Meifeng carried them one by one to the execution platform, and he did it himself

Just now we died together, now we are waiting to die aside.

Watching each of his accomplices be beheaded by the red-eyed Zhaomeifeng, the fear of those behind was infinitely amplified.

In the end, it was the 'strategist' Wu Dui who had a good idea and said that he could get some information from the idle guy who knew that the gangsters were selling stolen goods.

The military advisor lived for an extra day and a half because the idle man recalled his thoughts under Zhaomei Feng's "kind" questioning.

At that time, the property was sold and a well-dressed little girl was sold.

After knowing the news, Zhaomeifeng became even more "kind" and used all the life-enhancing medicines that were as valuable as gold.

However, the idle man just repeated the three words "Mama Zhi" while wailing.

Who is this person? Because the lonely old woman who introduced him has passed away, I can't find out.

The 'strategist' was sent to the West by Zhaomeifeng.

Zhaomeifeng thought about going to the local government office to search for relevant records, but found nothing.

The subordinate staff in the government office also said that it might be a pseudonym.

After working hard for a long time, I finally got nothing.

Zhaomeifeng looked so haggard when he returned to Beijing after the heavy snowfall.

"How to explain to him?"

Zhao Meifeng, who seemed to be deliberately getting himself drunk, was chattering in a daze.

Listening to Zhao Meifeng's words, Xu Zaijing also sighed:

"Yeah, how to explain."

"Then has your father-in-law made a decision?"

After Xu Zaijing asked,

Zhaomeifeng said: "Tell me the truth!"

Xu Zaijing nodded.

Putting the wine jar in his hand on the table, Zhaomeifeng wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingers.

He was only seven or eight years old when he came to Master.

At that time, the Imperial City Division was using it properly.

Zhao Zilong was busy investigating the fact that the emperor had no heirs.

As a senior brother, Zhaotaifeng is more like a master and a father.

What a pity, God, something unexpected happened.

That year, the senior brother and sister-in-law suddenly disappeared from Zhaomeifeng's life.

It has been many years since there was any news again.

Zhaomeifeng was helped into the Xu family’s carriage.

Out of the gate,

When we came to Quyuan Street,

The officials from the Imperial City Department extinguished the heating fire at the roadside stall and came over.

Looking at Gao Yunqing and others who were also looking haggard,

Xu Zaijing sighed.

"Goro, boss, is he drunk?"

"Um."

"It's good to be drunk!"

Jiying Lane

Sheng Hong returned to Wei Ruixuan with the aroma of wine all over his body.

After changing clothes under Wang Ruofu's service,

Sitting on a chair in the hall and soaking his feet, the smile on Sheng Hong's face still did not dissipate.

"Madam, our family has found a good son-in-law!"

Wang Ruofu curled his lips and said:

"Hmph! Yes!"

Sheng Hong glanced at Wang Ruofu and smiled:

"You haven't seen the appearance of Brother Huangfu and Brother Liu tonight. It's been so many years, hahahaha!"

Wang Ruofu frowned and said, "Huangfu? Huangfu from the Minister of Justice?"

"Um!"

"Hey! Why don't you feel happy when I see you?"

Wang Ruofu:

"snort!"

"I'll give you something worth three to four thousand silver coins as soon as I ask for it. Of course I'm your good son-in-law!"

Sheng Hong narrowed his eyes and said:

"I said, as a wife, you won't be jealous of your husband because of this, right?"

Wang Ruofu shook his handkerchief and stared:

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Sheng Hong raised his finger and pointed at Wang Ruofu with a smile. When he was about to say something,

The colorful ring at the door said:

"My lord, the outer courtyard has sent word that a steward from Li Shangshu's family is here."

Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu were both stunned.

Sheng Hong quickly wiped his feet, put on his cotton boots, put on a brocade jacket and went to the front hall.

"I've met Manager Li."

"Mr. Shanda, I'm sorry to bother you because I'm visiting you at night."

Manager Li looked at the room and Sheng Hong said understandingly:

"Dongrong, look outside."

"Yes, my lord."

After a while, Dongrong nodded at the door and stepped back.

Then Manager Li said:

"Mr. Shanda, my master said that the promotions of several adults on Huainan East Road that you asked about before have changed."

Sheng Hong was stunned when he heard this:

"Ah? This is a sure thing, how could it be possible?"

Manager Li looked at Sheng Hong and said:

"The palace official came tonight and spoke to my master personally."

"My Lord asked me to tell Shanda people that not only these few, but also the officials who have served on Huainan East Road in the past ten years will have their promotions postponed."

Sheng Hong's eyes were full of confusion and he hurriedly said:

"What happened?"

"I don't know, my adults are also confused."

Sheng Hong continued: "Then me."

Manager Li nodded solemnly, which meant that Sheng Hong's promotion would also be postponed.

"I've told you, Lord Shanda, I'll take my leave first!"

"Thank you sir for me!"

After the person left, Sheng Hong pursed his lips in confusion, his eyes full of thoughts.

At this time, Fang’s mother came to the house and said:

"Master, the old lady asked what happened."

Sheng Hong said: "I'll go talk to my mother."

Shouantang,

The old lady, who had untied her hair and was ready to rest, was sitting on the Arhat chair with her clothes on her back.

After listening to Sheng Hong's words, the old lady shook her head and said:

"Just based on these few words, I really can't guess why!"

"Ru An, send someone to leave a message for the Yu family and invite the old lady of the Yu family to come and play tomorrow!"

Sheng Hong stood up and bowed: "Thank you, mother."

"You go and rest. There should be news tomorrow at court."

After Sheng Hong left Shou'an Hall,

In the room, the old lady said, "Auntie Kong is still at Duke Yan's house?"

"yes."

"Send me a letter too and ask!"