Chapter 846: The Evil Star Has Arrived

Seeing Du Juan's face full of disbelief, Zhang Jing sneered: "It was me last time, and this time I went directly to find the eldest uncle." You don't know, that Mrs. Wuding Hou is asking for her second son to marry Sister Yue this time. If it was Sister Tian, the eldest aunt would have refused directly, but after all, Sister Yue was a concubine, and she was asked to marry a concubine, so she hesitated, but she never agreed in person, only saying that she was young. After the others left, the eldest aunt and the fourth sister-in-law talked about it for a while. ”

As Zhang Jing said, if she just asked to marry Zhang Tian, Du Juan naturally knew that Mrs. Wang would never agree easily, but it was Zhang Yue who asked to marry, and the situation would be different. Even if Mrs. Wang refuses, I am afraid that Aunt Zhong will be a little tempted. Although today's Guo family is not as good as in the past, after all, it is the son of Houmen. But even if there is no problem with the Guo family, that family almost broke their heads for a title now, and can they have a good life when they marry in the future?

"Also, someone asked my mother in a roundabout way, saying how my marriage was decided, why do you have to pick a good family with both parents who have died, and who wants money but no money. is still a powerful mother, and she threw the words back coldly, saying that a good family background may not necessarily have a good character, and more money now may not necessarily have more money in the future. Twenty years in Hedong and twenty years in Hexi, marrying a daughter is for peace, and I would rather marry a person who knows the roots than be vain. Mother said it so well, if Aunt Zhong could hear this, she would definitely not agree to that marriage, I think that Mrs. Wuding Hou is very fake, with such a mother-in-law, how greasy and greasy! ”

"Not every girl in the world has a father like ours, and not every girl in the world has your brother!"

Du Juan smiled and scraped Zhang Jing's face with his fingers, then nodded and said, "Just to come in and talk to me about this?" After saying that, hurry back to the small council room, where the mothers and daughters-in-law are afraid that they are still waiting to report to you. There are many years ago, and the same is very cumbersome, so you have to check carefully. ”

"Sister-in-law!"

Coquettish to coquettish, grinding in front of Du Juan for a while, Zhang Jing didn't stay longer after all, and only blackmailed Du Juan to go out with him for a few days after the New Year. After receiving the promise, she went away satisfied. Naturally, she knew in her heart that as soon as this sister-in-law and her brother said that if they really found out that the second son of the Wuding Hou family had misconduct or something else, this marriage would not be possible. Zhang Yue is always her cousin, the little girl is timid, if she really has a wicked mother-in-law, will she be unlucky to die in the future?

Sending Zhang Jing away, Du Juan thought about it while doing things. Not long after, Cui's mother pinched the time, went out to the back door with the empty box and waited, and when she received the burden sent by Zhang Bu personally, she immediately turned around with both hands. Although she didn't know what kind of account book she had to send every day, and it was so important, she knew that Zhang Yue and Du Juan personally ordered that they must not be lazy, so even if they were acquaintances on the road, she only nodded slightly and didn't say much, until finally she sent the things to the main room safely.

At the end of the winter solstice holiday, as soon as Zhang Yue arrived at the Yamen Council, he resumed his busy days, and he was almost only able to go home for two or three days in ten years. On this day, he rarely returned home at the end of the day. When he entered the house, he took off his official clothes and changed into his usual clothes, and he heard Du Juan, who was personally wearing a coat for himself, whisper in his ear: "I'll see my father and mother later, come back early, I have something to tell you." ”

"As it happens, I have something to say to you."

Having said that, Zhang Yue, who rarely came back, stumbled on his mother Sun, nagged and told a lot, and his father Zhang Zhuo said little, even so, when he finally got out and returned to the house, it was already half an hour later. When he returned to the warm pavilion of the main house and sat down on the kang, he saw that Cui's mother had brought the girls down, and Du Juan was sitting opposite.

"Chengguo Gong is at home on vacation today, and the Marquis of Wuding went to the house to pay a visit, and gave two of his most beloved horses and an ancestral sword, plus four out-of-print ancient books. The two discussed in the study, no one knows what they said, only that Wu Dinghou lost his soul when he went out, and unfortunately stepped on the air when he got on the horse, and as a result, he broke his leg and went to the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army to take leave. Do you know this? ”

The five provinces and the military department are not under the same unit, but compared with the five provinces, over the years, it is the military department that has a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the world's generals. Some officials in the military department may not know about the five prefectures if they are on leave, but people at the level of the governors of the five prefectures are on leave, so naturally there is no reason why the military department is not unaware. Zhang Yue groaned slightly, and then asked: "I already know, but I haven't had time to think about it yet, since you specifically mentioned this, what do you think you have gained?" ”

"Mrs. Wudinghou also mentioned the marriage of her second son to the eldest aunt today, and she wants to settle Miss Yue. Coupled with the previous incident, it can be seen that Wudinghou should be weak-hearted. These days, Mrs. Wuding Marquis frequently walks around to climb family affairs, and the eldest son talks about the second son if she doesn't succeed, and it seems that she is looking forward to pulling someone into the family, but in the final analysis, the title of the Guo family is not stable, and Guo Xuan is not so bold to do other things. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yue didn't speak, Du Juan lowered his voice again: "The news sent by Zhang Bu today is that the Marquis of Wuding sent people to the grange outside the city yesterday on the grounds that the eldest son was violently ill. Wuding Hou Grange is not as good as at home, and the news is easier to inquire. It is said that the eldest prince was carried when he got out of the carriage, and he should have been beaten well. I've heard that this eldest prince doesn't have a good reputation, but I'm afraid that something will happen to him. ”

"That's interesting...... By the way, I'm going to go to Tongzhou in person tomorrow, and you listen to me......"

Since the capital was moved to Beiping, a canal running through the north and south has become the lifeblood of the entire Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, the sea ships are still transporting grain through a small opening, and most of the grain is still transported from the canal, and in a year, the grain from the south to the north is as high as 4 million stones. And because the Tonghui River built by the Yuan Dynasty has long been abandoned because of the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, so after the boat arrives at the Zhangjiawan Wharf in Tongzhou, it has to be transferred to the capital by land.

However, now that it is the freezing period of the canal, the situation of the boats and poles like forests is naturally not visible, and even the always lively Tongzhou City is more deserted than usual. Thanks to the blessing of the canal, the people in Tongzhou City are often tens of hundreds of years of generations of livelihood, living in the city are some of the slender men who pull boats on the canal, some are craftsmen and craftsmen who repair boats, some are coolies who load and unload goods on the wharf, and some are opening inns and restaurants, but there are not many who are serious about cultivating the fields.

In addition to the granary of the guard, there are three granaries in Tongzhou, among which the Tongji warehouse is dedicated to the transfer of grain, so Tongzhou is also the important place where the Jingwei is stationed, and there are a total of Tongzhou Wei, Tongzhou Left Guard, Tongzhou Right Guard, Dingbian Guard, Shenwu Guard, and five guards totaling more than 20,000 people. Among them, there are very few natives in the north, some are southerners who have moved the capital with them, and some have moved from other health centers, so some naturally like the life here, and some are not happy.

At this moment, at the gate of the north of Tongzhou, a hundred households of the Dingbian guard were waiting there with a few sergeants. At this time, the wind was strong, although it was waiting in the door of the city gate, but the cold wind still drilled into the collar cuffs, even if the group stomped their feet with their hands in their sleeves, but they still couldn't stand this cold and cold posture, and in the end the head of the city camp came out to greet him, and a few people went to the place with a brazier to warm up.

The head of the city camp sneezed a few times as soon as he saw the hundred households entering the door, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "On this cold day, even the merchants who do business in the south are comfortably spending the winter at home, and those officials in the capital are not enjoying themselves in the yamen, what are you doing here?" ”

"It's an errand sent down by Shangguan, saying that the people from Jiaolu have arrived, and the Jingshi has to send someone over to settle down. But since it's just me, and there are only a few of them, I don't expect it to be a big person, it's about the head of the Ministry of Rites or a member of the outsider, and the Ministry of War sent someone to accompany me. The weather is so cold, the batch of grain and grass to be escorted to the capital Lu Micang tomorrow is the top priority, for this few adults have been arguing for a while, delaying for a few days, maybe the Beijing master will have to urge this. ”

"Anyway, the anger can't get out of your head...... If you want to say that the first Zhang Shilang was assassinated, I thought that there would definitely be a big case, but it turned out that Jinyiwei was investigating, but he didn't make any moves. Having said that, I really want to investigate the impostor, let's ...... Tongzhou"

These words can only be said in private, impersonation...... Phew, if it weren't for the fact that this impostor was very likely to be a bad intention, the top would have investigated it like this? If you don't say anything else, let's just say that we set the border guards, and there are fewer people who eat vacancies? But have you heard that the martial arts school over there in Jingshi has begun to be built? This is a good thing for our hereditary military position, if the child can stand out, maybe he doesn't have to be a petty officer here, if he can show his face in the guard, he will have a future in the future! ”

The two heads muttered, and the sergeants below were huddled in front of the brazier to bake the fire. Although it is not as good as the carrot charcoal and silver bone charcoal used by the nobles without the slightest fireworks, in this cold day, it is enough to have charcoal for heating. They whispered to each other about the meat jokes in the brothels, and they snickered knowingly from time to time, and they didn't pay attention to their errands at all.

Just when everyone's cold bodies were hot and lazy and a little sleepy, a shout suddenly came from outside: "Head, people are coming, there are many people!" ”

When I heard that there were many people, the leaders of the city camp and the hundred households couldn't help but look at each other. The two hurriedly put on their coats and stood up, and the thousand households even went to the brazier and kicked up the two subordinates who were dozing off, and left the barracks with a few words. When they reached the doorway, they saw a few people who were beating their heads. However, at this moment, they had no intention of recognizing the faces of these people, because behind them, there were at least dozens of sergeants in red jackets.

Don't you say it's the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites, why are you so hugging each other?

For a while, not to mention that the hundred households were frightened, even the city guards looked at each other. It's just that although I don't know who is coming, but this pomp is like this, it is not an ordinary person, and the thousand households hurriedly stepped forward, and when he was still a few steps away from the horse in front, he finally saw the person who came clearly with a somewhat bad look. Looking at the young and gentle face, almost subconsciously, a name burst into my heart.

Isn't that the evil star? But what is he doing in Tongzhou? There's nothing big to alarm him here, is there?

Frightened, he didn't dare to delay, and he didn't care about the cold and hard bluestone ground at the gate of the city, so he knelt down directly on the ground, and said: "Qin He, a hundred border guards, meet your lord." ”

When he knelt, although the others behind him were confused, as long as they were not stupid, they all followed behind and knelt for a long time. Immediately, the man was only slightly stunned, and then thought that the other party recognized him, so he said lightly: "Get up." Our company is passing by here on a business trip, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

As soon as these words came out, Qin He couldn't help but be stunned. This young man looks less than thirty years old, and he is quite similar to the rumored person, but this self-proclaimed director is really unreasonable - you must know that Zhang Yue has been appointed to the military department, where does this department start? Moreover, people said that they had nothing to do with them on a business trip, so could it be that he was not the one he was ordered to wait here?

Thinking of this, Qin He had the courage to ask: "My lord, you are really not a ...... when you are ordered to wait here for the master of Jingshi."

"This division is the governor of Beizhenfu, and it will not be your turn to be ordered to greet you. Get your men and the garrison out of the way of the horses! ”

North Town Fuji!

These four words were not loud, but the people in front of the city gate heard them clearly, and when they saw the people who came to show their waist cards, a large number of people here no longer had any suspicions, and there were not a few people who were secretly frightened. Qin He didn't care about being annoyed and recognizing the wrong person, and he also recognized the wrong other evil star, so he hurriedly apologized, and then took his subordinates and the people guarding the city camp to move away and reject the horse. When the group passed the doorway and roared away, Qin He swallowed a mouthful of saliva. At this time, the leader of the garrison also moved.

"Why is it Jinyiwei?"

"You also heard, people are not the ones I want to welcome. That's the master of Dubei Town, maybe he will be the future Ti Shuai. ”

The two whispered for a while, and before they could get back into the warm room, there was a sudden shouting from another sergeant. When they both turned back in unison, they saw a dozen riders speeding towards the road where the snow had not yet melted. This time, Qin He didn't dare to be so reckless, he stepped forward quickly, and when the people approached and dismounted, he looked at the group for a while, and then stepped forward to see him.

In addition to the seven or eight people who looked like entourage, there were two officials who were dressed similarly - in Qin He's opinion, the officials of the six yamen seemed to be printed in the same mold, and they all spoke the same. The two of them were the same as the master who was in charge of the Fusi of Beizhen just now, they were also very young, but their tones were very polite, and one of them briefly asked Qin He's name and official position, and asked bluntly: "Fang Dudu, they have already arrived?" ”

"Yes, Governor Fang and his entourage have already arrived, and the accompanying sergeants and personnel have been settled. It was arranged by Lord Palm Print. ”

"Alright, I'll take us to the camp."