At dusk, the surface of Taihu Lake is shrouded in a layer of mist, and everything becomes hazy, but the afterglow of the sunset puts a layer of golden color on this haze, showing a hazy beauty, and the breeze blows, bringing a light taste full of moisture, which also provokes the weeping branches of the lake willows to move gently. { 81 (

During this period of time, the official army in the Taihu Lake area to suppress the rebels, so the business of the nearby hotels has not been good, Changzhou Yixing Taihu Lake is no exception, although it is still early at this time, but there is no trace of pedestrians on the lakeside avenue, so the lake restaurant has also planned to close its doors.

A shopkeeper walked out of the store, was installing the door panel, just installed only a piece, only saw the sound of horses' hooves behind his head, stepping on the silence of dusk, looking back, only to see along the avenue of the lakeshore, came a group of people, there were more than 20 people, all riding horses, in the team, there were also three carts, it seemed to be coming towards the lakeside restaurant.

The guy was stunned for a moment, and said to himself: "The business has been very dull in the past two days, isn't there a big customer coming to the door today?" As he spoke, he removed the door panel that had just been installed.

Sure enough, the group stopped at the door of the restaurant, this guy was very clever, immediately put down the work in his hand, greeted the first knight, and said with a smile: "A few masters, it's not too early, if you haven't had dinner yet, then come to the small shop to eat and then hurry, five or six miles ahead is the inn, even if it's dark, the small shop will also send someone with torches to lead a few people over." ”

At this moment, I suddenly heard a woman's voice in the car say, "Zhang Cheng, is it you?" It's me who comes back. Before the words fell, the car door opened, and Ye Muxue led Langying down from the car.

The guy Zhang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and said happily: "It turns out that the eldest lady is back, so I'll go and tell Shopkeeper Liu." As he spoke, he ran towards the circle, shouting as he ran: "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, the eldest lady is back." ”

Yang Yan also got off the horse, looked up, and said with a smile: "Is this the restaurant you opened?" This place is so good! But why did it close so early? Could it be that as soon as you, the boss lady, left, the guys started to be lazy? ”

Ye Muxue smiled and said, "Look at what you said, I didn't pick such a person, there must be another reason, let's go first." With that, the two walked into the store side by side. Half of the people who followed the line followed, and the remaining half tied their horses outside, carrying things and getting out of the car.

As soon as they walked into the store, they saw that the shopkeepers, men, fire rooms, and maids in the store had all come out, but when they saw Ye Muxue, they were all stunned. Because when Ye Muxue left, she only took her daughter alone, but she came back after more than two months, but she brought back so many people, and the young man next to her, one by one, holding the two little hands of the shadow, whoever saw it, it was also a family of three. Therefore, everyone is thinking in their hearts: Could it be that in the more than two months since she went out, the eldest lady has found a master?

However, Shopkeeper Liu was old and sophisticated, so he reacted first, hurriedly greeted him, and said: "Big lady, you can be regarded as back, you have worked hard along the way!" Then he looked at Yang Yan and said, "This official is ......."

Ye Muxue smiled slightly, her face flushed slightly, glanced at Yang Yan, and said, "He is the biological father of Langying, I went out to find him this time." ”

Although everyone had already been mentally prepared, when they heard Ye Muxue say it in person, they were still shocked again, and they were all stunned. It was still the shopkeeper Liu who saw how much he had endured, so he immediately clasped his fists with both hands, saluted the two of them, and said, "Oh! Congratulations, the eldest lady and the official can reunite as a family this time, which is really gratifying. ”

Everyone else will also come to their senses immediately, and they all said: "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to the lady, congratulations to the officials." ”

Shopkeeper Liu said to everyone again: "Why don't you look at it, seeing the official and the eldest lady standing here, why don't you quickly invite the official and the eldest lady to go upstairs to sit and serve tea, and the things brought back by the eldest lady, go and help move in." ”

All the guys understood this, and they were about to go out to move things in a swarm, Ye Muxue had already smiled and said: "No need, shopkeeper Liu, someone has moved things, don't work for you guys, just make a place downstairs, just put it down for the time being, this time I will bring gifts to each of you, and I will give them to you in a while." But we haven't had dinner yet, so let's get the fire on in the kitchen and make a few of our best dishes. If you don't eat either, then do it together, and if we husband and wife come to do it, it will be counted in the store's public account. ”

When the guys heard this, they immediately burst into cheers, and they didn't need to be ordered by Shopkeeper Liu again, so they went to their respective jobs. And Shopkeeper Liu and his wife accompanied Yang Yan and Ye Muxue to the second floor, while Rongying was led by the two maids who had served Ye Muxue before to play. The group came to the second floor, Yang Yan and Ye Muxue sat at a large table in the middle, and Shopkeeper Liu and his wife stood aside to serve. While secretly looking at Yang Yan, he was estimating in his heart, who is this Yang Yan?

He looked at Yang Yan's facial features, which were not very outstanding, although the clothes were not shabby, but they were by no means luxurious, and they did not look like a rich or noble person or the son of an official eunuch. But just now I saw downstairs that there were more than 20 people in this group, but everyone rode horses, and even the chariots were drawn by horses. This is rare in the Great Song Dynasty, because the Great Song Dynasty lacked a place to produce horses, and the cart was still mainly pulled by ox power, and those who could drive twenty or thirty horses in one go could not do it for a wealthy family. Therefore, Shopkeeper Liu secretly thought, could it be that this official's family is selling livestock?

At this time, someone brought tea again. Shopkeeper Liu handed it to them with his own hands, and then asked, "I don't know the surname of the big official." ”

Yang Yan took the teacup and said with a smile: "My surname is Yang, shopkeeper Liu, don't stand, sit down and talk." ”

Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile: "Yang Daguan and the eldest lady are here, and we have a seat." ”

Ye Muxue said with a smile: "It's not polite to be polite, let you sit down, then sit down!" Didn't we all sit and talk together? ”

When Shopkeeper Liu heard this, he couldn't help but jump in his heart, "official" and "xianggong" are words handed down from the Tang Dynasty, the former refers to ordinary officials, and the latter refers to officials at the level of prime minister. After arriving in the Great Song Dynasty, the general encirclement referred to by the two words has been relaxed to a certain extent, for middle and lower-level officials, as well as adult men with a certain social status can be called "officials", and "Xianggong" is not dedicated to the prime minister, but can also be applied to other high-level officials, and there is no restriction on civil and military affairs.

This shopkeeper Liu was originally born as a teacher, and he was also a showman when he was young, so he understands the use of these titles. Therefore, although he was not sure what Yang Yan was doing, he thought that it would not be wrong to call him an "official". But just now he heard Ye Muxue call Yang Yan "Xianggong", he couldn't help but be startled, and he didn't know if Ye Muxue suddenly called it wrong.

It turned out that since the rebellion was quelled, with the return of several forbidden armies, the situation in Jiankang has gradually stabilized, and Zhao Chen has also begun to reward the meritorious heroes in this rebellion.

In this rebellion, Han Yanzhi has always followed Zhao Chen's side, commanding the war, and making great contributions, but he is already the prime minister, so the official position can not be higher, and he was crowned Shaobao, promoted to the title of Duke of Yongguo, and added the rank of Kaifu Yi and the three divisions. Li Xianzhong led the army to quell the rebellion, led the three towns of Xuande, Baoning, and Qingguo to make envoys, and added special advancement, prince and prince. Ling Xiang was promoted to the Xinyang Army Chengyi Envoy, the founder of the country, and his wife Huang Mingxia was the wife of Weijun. Yan Wei was promoted to the middle guard doctor, and the front of the palace was waiting. Other meritorious soldiers have also been sealed one by one.

In this rebellion, the whole army of the Shocking Yan Army played a considerable role, it can be said that if there was no Shocking Swallow Army's timely arrival and hard fighting, the result of this rebellion may be difficult to say, and the losses of the Shocking Swallow Army in this rebellion are also very large, among the more than 2,700 female soldiers, nearly 1,000 people were killed in battle. Therefore, the imperial court's reward for the Jingyan Army is also very high, not only allowing the Jingyan Army to recruit personnel, reinstate the establishment, but also give the Jingyan Army the task of guarding the palace, which can be said to be a very high honor.

Han Zhaojing and Zhang Wenzhu, the commanders of the Jingyan Army, were not only named Mrs. Jun, but also officially awarded them the rank of military general of the pro-guard doctor, and the other generals were also awarded different military general ranks and titles according to their rank in the army, even if they were ordinary soldiers, they also had their own rewards. In addition to the heavy mercy of the female soldiers who died in the battle, they were awarded the title of county lord and posthumously awarded the rank of military commander of Bao Yilang.

And Yang Yan was also promoted to one level because of his meritorious service in saving the driver, and was officially awarded the title of captain. According to the official system of the Great Song Dynasty, Taiwei is the highest official rank of a military general, and it is the second grade, which is one grade higher than that of the festival. Because Yang Yan's own official position is very high, it is impossible to be promoted several levels at once like a middle- and lower-level official. Moreover, he was named a lieutenant, although he was only promoted by one level, but he was the highest official rank of a military general, and then he was sealed upward, which was the "special advancement" or "opening of the palace and the three divisions" of the civil official rank. In addition, Yang Yan's food town was increased to 1,000 households, and the number of food seals was increased to 500 households. and gave Yang Yantian 20 yuan of property and 100,000 yuan of money at a time to compensate for the loss of the Yang family.

At the same time, among Yang Yan's wives and concubines, Tassel was named Mrs. Chenjun, Yan Rui, Lin Yinzi, and Lin Yanhong were all named ladies, Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru were both princesses, and they couldn't be sealed again, so they had to add a pair of children of Zhao Qianru. And the boy born by Zhao Yueru was given the name Yang Zaidao and was named the flying cavalry captain.

And Zhao Chen was assessed as the first hero of this quelling rebellion, Ye Muxue. If she hadn't come to report in advance, so that Zhao Chen and the others could be one step ahead of the rebels to prepare for prevention, the others might not even have a chance to remedy. And in the battle to defend the imperial city, Ye Muxue also fought side by side with others to resist the rebels, only for his military exploits, and he was not inferior to others. Therefore, Zhao Chen crowned her as the lady of Yueguo, becoming the person with the highest title except for the two princesses, and Ye Muxue's daughter Yang Rongying was also named the county lord of Jingshi.

And Yang Yan and Ye Muxue also officially held a wedding. However, because the two of them are not young, and Yijing has a daughter who is almost five years old, and Ye Muxue does not have a mother's family, and there is no need to marry and send off, so this wedding is very simple, just ask Yang Yizhong to officiate the marriage for the two, and do not invite any other guests. In the mansion, the lights were put up, the two worshipped heaven and earth, and the mansion celebrated for three days. However, although the wedding was simple, the specifications were not bad, the emperor, empress, queen mother and others all sent congratulatory gifts, and the palace also sent Cao An to congratulate him in person.

After the two got married, Ye Muxue planned to take Langying back to Huzhou, because she was very busy when she left, and she couldn't explain the reason to others, and now that Jiankang's matter is over, she should go back and deal with the affairs of the Lakeside Hotel. She has been with the shopkeepers in the restaurant for five or six years, and has accumulated a deep relationship, so she should always go back to say goodbye to everyone.

At this time, Wang Yan also returned to Jiankang Mansion from the front line, and Yang Yan's acting privy envoy could also step down, and now it was just leisure, and he also took pity on Ye Muxue for five or six years when he was alone with his children, and wanted to accompany their mother and daughter more, and planned to go back with them, and the other ladies were also very understanding of this, so no one objected.

So Yang Yan went to ask Zhao Chen for leave, and Zhao Chen had no objections. However, at this time, Cao Xun was leading the army to quell the remnants of the rebel forces in the Taihu Lake area, so Zhao Chen simply appointed Yang Yan as the minister of the Qincha of the West Road of Liangzhejiang, and was also in charge of the pacification affairs there, so that public and private affairs would not be delayed.

Yang Yan couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it. Fortunately, Cao Xun, who is now commanding the rebellion, is also Yang Yan's brother, and there is no obstacle for the two to work together.

Therefore, Yang Yan took Ye Muxue's mother and daughter to Changzhou to take office. It's just that Yang Yan has always disliked Zhang Yang, so he only brought more than 20 entourages, and he didn't go to the pavilion post when he arrived in Changzhou, so he went straight to the Panghu Hotel first. Shopkeeper Liu and his guys didn't know it, and they still regarded Yang Yan as an ordinary child of a rich family.

A few people chatted for a while, and the sky was completely dark, and at this moment, I only heard a gong sound from the Yanhu Avenue downstairs, and someone shouted "The old man travels, and passers-by avoid." Shopkeeper Liu was still thinking in his heart, is this the county lord on patrol? It's getting dark, and I'm going there. In fact, there were almost no pedestrians on the street at this time, but in order to show the majesty of the old man, the gong still made a loud noise, and the messenger who shouted the trumpet still shouted loudly.

After a while, a person came upstairs and said to Yang Yan: "My lord, Huang Jicheng, the governor of Changzhou, and Liu Bingnan, the governor of Yixing, are downstairs and ask to see your lord."

Yang Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly, these two people came really fast. However, this is basically expected, because although Yang Yan and his entourage are low-key, they did not deliberately conceal their itinerary, and showed official documents to the soldiers guarding the city when they entered Yixing County. After the soldiers defending the city saw the official document, they naturally let it go, but immediately notified Liu Zhixian.