On the street, a group of people came very conspicuously, and in front of them was a young man who did not look very old, carrying a stick on his shoulder. Behind him, followed by a young man who looked like he was in his twenties, with a wide and long strip of meat in one hand, two wine jars, and in the other hand, he was holding a rope, and looked behind the rope, and saw three people with blue noses and swollen faces who were tied together with ropes, strung together, and dragged forward by the young Langjun in front of him like pulling animals.

When he arrived in front of a high-gate compound, Xia Hongsheng stopped, turned around and motioned for Qi Yong to stop, and he stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Soon, he heard a squeak, and a small guy came out of it, Xia Hongsheng smiled at him, and said: "As soon as I was tired of reporting, I said that the man of Jingyang County, the right Yu Lin Wei folded and rushed to the captain Xia Hongsheng to come to meet the eldest grandson." ”

"Adults, please wait for a while, and the little ones will report to you." After that, the little guy turned around and ran behind, Xia Hongsheng was not in a hurry, but he was not worried that the eldest grandson Wuji would avoid him. Sure enough, I didn't wait long, I heard the door squeak open again, and a person in a gray robe came out of it, and when he came to Xia Hongsheng, he said with a smile: "Hehe, the old slave greets Lord Xia, the old slave is the housekeeper in the house, and he is here to take the master to see the master." ”

Speaking neither humbly nor arrogantly, standing there also looks a little magnanimous, the prime minister's door is a seven-grade official, this sentence is true.

Xia Hongsheng nodded and signaled to Qi Yong, and Qi Yong pulled the three people over and prepared to go in.

"Lord Xia...... This ......" The housekeeper's face changed slightly, his brows furrowed slightly, and he asked, "Forgive the old slave for being ignorant, what does Lord Xia mean by this?" ”

"Oh, I want to teach this housekeeper to know that I came to visit Uncle Changsun today, but I didn't expect to meet these three people on the way who pretended to be servants of the mansion and committed murder outside, so I sent my own soldiers to arrest them and handed them over to the mansion for disposal." Xia Hongsheng smiled. Said. As he spoke, he secretly looked at the butler's face.

"We are not from this eldest grandson's mansion!" The three men in the back shouted.

Xia Hongsheng frowned: "Didn't you just shout that you belong to the eldest grandson's family, and you still want to kill me?" Don't dare to admit it now? ”

"This ...... Lord Xia is afraid that he has misunderstood, and all the slaves in the family are under the control of the old slaves. But I really haven't seen these three faces! The housekeeper of the eldest grandson's family bowed to Xia Hongsheng and said.

Xia Hongsheng raised his eyebrows: "Oh? It seems that these three people are indeed pretending to be the servants of the eldest grandson's family. Dare to pretend to be someone from Uncle Changsun's family to commit murder in the streets, beat the people, and ruin the reputation of Uncle Changsun's family, I think you really don't want to live! ”

"I didn't pretend. My lord is the general of the right prison gate, not this eldest grandson's family! Those people were scared by Xia Hongsheng and Qi Yong, and when they saw that Xia Hongsheng's face was wrong, they hurriedly said.

Xia Hongsheng was stunned: "General of the Right Prison Gate? “

"Hehe, Lord Xia has not long entered the court, I'm afraid I don't know it yet, right? This position is one of the sixteen guards of the left and right guard official position, the guard has a left and right general, from the second rank, the left and right generals, and the third rank. There are two generals on the left and right, from the third grade. The housekeeper saw Xia Hongsheng's confusion, so he explained to Xia Hongsheng with a smile: "Now the general of the right prison gate of my dynasty is the eldest grandson Anye, speaking of which, he is also a relative of my master." ”

Xia Hongsheng listened to the housekeeper's explanation, but he was a little surprised, looking at the housekeeper's expression, although it was not too obvious, he could still see that he seemed to be quite disdainful of this eldest grandson Anye. Xia Hongsheng secretly guessed in his heart. Maybe the relationship between the eldest grandson Wuji and this relative of his is not very good.

By mistake, Xia Hongsheng suddenly rolled his eyes and said, "Haha, that's the case." It is also inconvenient for me to get involved in the family affairs of your house, since they are relatives, these people will be handed over to the eldest grandson and uncle to deal with, they bullied the old man on the street, in vain to buy the old man's 1,000 catties of fine charcoal for a mere fifty yuan, and after being refused, they beat the old man. It's really hateful, if I hadn't met him at that time, I'm afraid that old man would have been killed in the street by now. By the way, I brought something I made myself to give Uncle Eldest Sun a taste, this housekeeper, let's go in? ”

"Oh, it's the old slave, Lord Xia still asks for forgiveness. Inside please! When the housekeeper heard this, he quickly took a wrong step and invited Xia Hongsheng to enter the Changsun Mansion, and Qi Yong also took advantage of the situation to bring the three people into the Changsun Mansion.

Xia Hongsheng walked into the eldest grandson's mansion, arrived at the main hall, sat down and drank a cup of tea, and the eldest grandson Wuji appeared with the housekeeper. Xia Hongsheng knew that the housekeeper would definitely take the opportunity to tell the eldest grandson Wuji about the three people outside.

"The little nephew visited the eldest grandson, it was almost the New Year, and the little nephew personally concocted some bacon, which is very different from the taste of ordinary folk bacon, and it was used to taste fresh for the eldest grandson." Xia Hongsheng stepped forward very respectfully and said, "There are two jars of wine, one jar of liquor that the little nephew said last time, and I also brought it to the eldest grandson and uncle to taste." The other jar is a medicinal wine soaked in white wine, the eldest grandson can drink it, and it can also be used to smear the body, if the winter is cold, if the body is tired and painful, use the medicinal wine to smear and wipe, which can make the uncle much more comfortable. ”

"Hehe, Jingshi Xian's nephew has a heart." The eldest grandson Wuji said with a smile: "I have long heard that the virtuous nephew made a good meal, and now that he has sent something concocted by himself, the old man has to taste it." ”

Xia Hongsheng bowed his hand respectfully: "Uncle praised it." By the way, it is good to teach the uncle to know that on the way over, the little nephew saw a few evil slaves bullying the old man in the city, and wanted to buy the old man a thousand catties of good charcoal for a mere fifty yuan, but the old man did not allow it, so he insulted and beat him on the street, if he was not met by the little nephew, the old man would have been beaten to death on the street. The little nephew saw that the evil slaves were so hateful, so he went to teach them a lesson, and they shouted that they were from the eldest grandson's family, and the little nephew thought that they were pretending to be servants of the eldest grandson's uncle's family, and went out to ruin the uncle's reputation, so they were arrested. When they arrived at the door, they said that they were not from the uncle's family, but another eldest grandson's family, a servant from the family of the general of the right prison gate, but the little nephew made a mistake. ”

"It's okay, Sun Anye, the general of the right prison gate, is also related to the old man, and the virtuous nephew will leave the three of them, and the old man will deal with it." The eldest grandson Wuji stroked his beard and said.

Xia Hongsheng talked with the eldest grandson Wuji for a while, and when he talked, he thanked Duan Zhixuanlai in his heart. If it weren't for Duan Zhixuan's introduction as an uncle that day, I'm afraid that I wouldn't have been so easy to get in touch with the eldest grandson Wuji today. However, Xia Hongsheng is not a person who has not been mixed in this kind of scene, so he naturally doesn't really think that the eldest grandson Wuji will do anything to him, in officialdom, the most stable is always interests, and the most fragile is always relationships. In other words, as long as the interests do not change, the relationship maintained by interests is the most solid. Other than that, you can't take any other relationship too seriously.

Duan Zhixuan used his friendship with these people to pave a way for Xia Hongsheng, and it depended on whether Xia Hongsheng could grasp it. This was Duan Zhixuan's satisfaction with Xia Hongsheng's performance in the army, so he gave him an opportunity.

After talking for a while, Xia Hongsheng instructed the housekeeper how to cook the bacon to make it delicious, and then said goodbye and left. Since the eldest grandson Wuji's family has come, there is no reason for the other families not to visit, otherwise they will be favoring one over the other and falling behind.

After Xia Hongsheng left, in the main hall of the eldest grandson's mansion, a young man walked out, came to the side of the eldest grandson Wuji, and asked, "Father, why do you have to carry this burden for him?" ”

"Chong'er, do you know who he is?" The eldest grandson Wuji smiled, turned his head and asked.

Eldest Sun Chong nodded: "Of course the child knows, he is a man from Jingyang County, and the right feather Lin Wei is the commander of Xia Hongsheng." ”

"yes. This son is only thirteen years old this year, but his mind is so mature, and he is already in an important position, and now, the rebellion against Liang Shidu and the rebellion against South Vietnam are all in charge of this son Yili Cao. This son has a bright future ahead of him. Eldest Sun Wuji looked out the door with a smile: "Chong'er, you are not in Hongwen Pavilion now, but your friends are already extremely familiar with him, but you are already one step behind." In the future, you can associate with this son more. The eldest grandson Wuji pointed out to his son, and after speaking, he looked at the three people kneeling outside, and said to the housekeeper: "As for these three evil slaves, each fight a hundred and send them back to the eldest grandson Anye, and they said that they committed murder in the street and were beaten by the old man." ”

said that Xia Hongsheng ran all over the homes of the big guys introduced by Duan Zhixuan that day, which could be regarded as an official visit. Fortunately, in the other families, Xia Hongsheng has a good relationship with the juniors in their family, such as Li Yexu's family, Cheng Chumo's family, Yuchi Baolin's family, Duan Zhan's family, Wei Shuyu's family, etc., and after arriving, there are acquaintances who have a good relationship, which feels much easier than in the eldest grandson Wuji's family.

Each family sent exactly the same thing, and when the visit was over, it seemed that they would not be able to go back to Jingyang.

When he arrived at the house in Chang'an City, the 1,000 catties of charcoal had been transported back by the little guy brought by Qi Yong, Xia Hongsheng looked at the huge pile of charcoal and sighed. I bought so much, how can I use it up!

"Childe, it's cold outside, and the charcoal fire in the house has risen, go back to the house to warm up!" A maid said to Xia Hongsheng. Xia Hongsheng didn't allow his family to call him master, just let them all call him son-in-law.

Xia Hongsheng nodded, walked to the door, and smelled the sullen sour smell of the charcoal fire again.

Fan in front of his nose, this unpleasant smell of charcoal still does not disperse, suddenly, Xia Hongsheng's heart suddenly moved, something came to his mind, rubbed his hands, haha, not at this time, when will it be? ! (To be continued.) )