Chapter 32 The scene of Chen's house
The originally quiet Liuhe Lane in Nancheng has been quiet since the recovery of Fuzhou, and most of them are also dignitaries who sit in a sedan chair, and the direction of these people is needless to say that they are naturally going to Chen Jingyun's house.
Since Chen Jingyun led the army to revolt and became the governor of Fujian, the people of Fuzhou City have been desperately inquiring about everything about Chen Jingyun, and many gentry and magnates want to visit Chen Jingyun, on the one hand, they want to understand the attitude of the military and political axes, and on the other hand, seeing that Fujian is about to change, there are not a few people who want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune. However, Chen Jingyun has been so busy these days, and he stays in the barracks all day long in his free time, and it is not so easy for outsiders to ask to see him.
Although Chen Jingyun did not warn Chen Yu and his family members to keep a low profile and not to make trouble, but although Chen Yu is a woman, he does not know anything, and after learning that Chen Jingyun became the governor, he instructed his family on the same day that he should not use the name of the governor to swagger and cheat outside, nor accept the property of the guests, although some people said that they did not dare a few days ago, but secretly received a lot of money from outsiders in the name of Chen Jingyun. After Chen Yu's family found out, he immediately handed over those people to the guards who were sent by Chen Jingyun to protect the safety of their families, and after the guards reported, Chen Cai was not polite and directly dealt with them according to the corruption of the officials, and rewarded each of them with a bullet.
With this deterrence, these people in the house were so frightened that they didn't dare to mess around again.
However, even if the people in the Chen Mansion no longer dare to accept money and the like, there is still an endless stream of people who come to the Chen Mansion, because there is no male owner in the house, and most of the ladies and ladies of the rich and powerful families who come are borrowing the name of chatting with the old lady Chen, and in fact, there are people who inquire about the news, intercede, and officials. In addition to these people in the back house, many people also sent competent housekeepers, shopkeepers and other principals, with a load of 'local products' or a bank cashier's check hidden in their arms to ask to see Chen Huiyang, the chief housekeeper of the Chen Mansion.
Chen Huiyang was personally warned by Chen Yu, and promised to send his second son to Chen Jingyun to listen to it. The future of his son and Chen Yu's warning also made Chen Huiyang not think about it, and he accepted the people who came to send money according to Chen Yu's instructions, it was really a local product and the like, and all the yellow and white things bank cashier's checks and the like were politely refused.
Although Chen Yu is an old woman, she understands very well that her son Chen Jingyun's current status is not simple, these people who come to send money may have any requirements or evil intentions, and if it is not good, it will have to make a big deal, and besides, the Chen family is not short of money, and his family is worth millions, so he can't ruin his son's reputation for that little money.
In this day, Chen Liuzi, the concierge of the Chen family, was holding Erlang's legs, holding a melon seed in his mouth and a cup of tea in his hand. Chen Liuzi is very beautiful these days, since his young master became the governor, these days there are people who come to the door to ask to see, ignorant directly to say to see the young master, meet this kind of person The six sons are too lazy to take care of it, even my young master can't figure it out there and come to see, at first glance it is not a material goods, and when you meet some sensible people who ask to see the old woman or the manager of Chen, the sixth son will also report with a kind word, and the process is naturally indispensable to the red envelope of the concierge.
The red envelope money of this porter is available all these years, regardless of the prime minister's house or the house of the rich man in the countryside, the porter is the most oily location, and it is also one of the best places to arrange domestic slaves. In order to prevent him, Chen Liuzi asked the old woman personally, and the old woman taught him that he couldn't cause trouble for the young master, but he didn't say that he wouldn't let him accept it. Therefore, Chen Liuzi did not take the initiative to speak, and those who gave red envelopes reported quickly, and those who did not give red envelopes inevitably struggled, and they have also gained a lot of benefits in the past few days.
Chen Liuzi, who was drinking tea, suddenly heard a shouting outside, and immediately became a little annoyed, and before the person went out, he muttered in his mouth: "Whose family is shouting outside, don't you know what kind of place this is?" ”
He muttered as he took two steps, then looked out, good! A lot of soldiers! Looking at this posture, there were at least twenty or thirty numbers, all of them carrying spears on their shoulders, pistols pinned to their waists, wearing leather military boots, and bowler hats. Chen Liuzi has been hanging out with the five or six guard soldiers who came to protect the Chen family for a long time these days, and he has also gained a lot of knowledge, knowing that ordinary soldiers of the National Army have long guns but no short guns, and the officers and those artillerymen have short guns but no long guns, and now there is only one kind of person in the whole Fuzhou city with all the long and short guns, that is, the guards of their own young master!
Seeing this group of people approaching quickly, Chen Liuzi immediately shrank and yelled: "The young master has returned home!" Then he rushed out, and he ran out to open the door.
Chen Liuzi is still young, and he is changing his voice, because the roaring sentence 'The young master has returned to the house' is a little hoarse, but this is still enough for the people in the house to hear, Chen Yu, who was meeting guests inside, heard that there was some noise outside, and before she could ask what happened, a little maid quickly stepped forward two steps and whispered: "Madam, the young master has returned to the house!" ”
"Jingyun is back?" Chen Yushi was also a little surprised when he heard it at first, and then his face showed joy.
Since the beginning of the uprising, Chen Jingyun has been busy with various things, and he has only returned twice, and each time he stayed for no more than an hour. Although Chen Yu wanted to see his son more, he knew that his son was busy and it was difficult to say anything to keep him, so when Chen Jingyun returned home this time, the smile on her face was instantly filled.
Outside the mansion, Chen Jingyun and the guards had just stepped into the deputies, and saw a bunch of people standing in the courtyard, and then when he saw himself coming in, he shouted in unison: "Young master!" ”
Chen Jingyun waved his hand, and didn't want to educate them not to be polite or anything, so he said directly: "It's all gone, why should you go!" ”
Hearing Chen Jingyun say this, the group of little maids didn't dare to stay, and they all dispersed, but Chen Liuzi turned around and came to Chen Jingyun's side: "Young master, Madam is already waiting for you!" ”
Chen Jingyun nodded, then turned to Chen Cai and said, "You go to the fourth uncle and ask him to arrange a delicious meal for the brothers!" Well, but don't drink! ”
"Xie Dudu is compassionate!" After Chen Cai finished speaking, he turned to the guards: "The governor said, I will arrange a good meal for the brothers, but you are not allowed to drink!" ”
It is reasonable not to drink alcohol when performing tasks, and to hear that there is a pair of delicious guards soldiers are full of joy, these days, their requirements for soldiers are actually quite simple, there is a full amount of money, there is a good meal, and occasionally a sips or two of wine is already very satisfied. However, in order to deliberately envelop them, Chen Jingyun often stayed with them to talk and joke, and often arranged a big meal for them, which was a full plate of chicken, duck and fish, and they could eat at will. Chen Jingyun's idea is very simple, in the era of no faith, to maintain the loyalty of his subordinates, he has to rely on favor, so that at the critical moment, there are Chinese characters in the guard who can stand up to block bullets for him. Sometimes Chen Jingyun felt that his ideas were quite despicable, but after thinking about it, he found that almost all the superiors were quite shameless.
Walking into the backyard, Chen Jingyun saw Chen Yu, who was standing in front of the door, and immediately took two steps forward, and said in his mouth: "The child has seen his mother!" "On one side, you have to kneel down and salute.
Chen Yu's place can make him really kneel, he directly stepped forward a few steps, supported Chen Jingyun, and at the same time had tears in his eyes with a smile on his face: "What are you doing with so many courtesies, and you are not a foreigner!" ”
After helping Chen Jingyun up, he took two steps back slightly, looked at Chen Jingyun carefully, and then said, "You don't eat well, you've lost weight!" ”
Hearing this, Chen Jingyun only felt a wonderful feeling welling up in his heart!
"The child is unfilial, which frightens the mother!" Chen Jingyun felt that the woman in front of him was a bit like his mother, really alike, they were all so old, the wrinkles on their faces were also a bunch of them, and the tone of her voice was full of concern, and for a while, it actually made Chen Jingyun a little dazed.
At this time, Chen Yu had already recovered, and said with a smile on his face: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" Come on in, don't sit outside! ”
After Chen Jingyun bought the threshold and went in, he found that there were still a lot of people in this side hall, in addition to the maids who were waiting around, there were several female guests, including a woman of about thirty, a woman of about forty years old, and then Mrs. Sun whom Chen Jingyun knew, and the maids who followed behind these three people.
After Chen Jingyun came in, these people also stood up and saluted one by one, talking about the public Chen Jingyun is naturally the governor, but at home, it is naturally like a discussion, so Chen Jingyun did not put on a stand like usual when he was in the military camp office, but greeted him cordially.
Because it was a female guest, Chen Jingyun didn't say much, and sat directly on the side, but Chen Jingyun was sitting here, and these female guests, including Mrs. Sun, didn't dare to speak, and Chen Jingyun also knew why, so he immediately sat down for a while and then withdrew. Obviously, as soon as Chen Jingyun came out, there was a burst of words inside, and vaguely Chen Jingyun also heard a few words from Lin Fu, and guessed that it might be his own relationship with Lin Fu.
However, this matter is related to the agreement between himself and Sun Daoren, and he promised not to regret his marriage for more than a dozen letters of persuasion. In addition to Yuan Fang's persuasion to surrender, today he has received a telegram saying that the second battalion of the 39th standard of Funing Mansion is also anyway, and Ma Cheng called back that he is preparing to storm the remaining battalion of the 39th standard, and it will not take a few days to completely fall into the control of the military and political axe along the northeast coast of Fujian.
There is also the north, the first battalion of his 38th standard, Zhuang Xianhe, also chose anyway, at present, Yanping Mansion and the first battalion of the 40th standard are facing each other, and said that Jianning's patrol battalion Xu Jingqing also sent people to appear near Yanping, and at present, Chen Jingyun has telegraphed Zhuang Xianhe to stick to Yanping, and wait for the arrival of the second brigade reinforcements, and be sure to hold Yanping, an important city in northern Fujian! Funing and Yanping both have news, but there has been no news from Xu Chongzhi's Shaowu Mansion, and the telegram has not been transmitted, Chen Jingyun guessed that something might have happened, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, and Shaowu Mansion was far away, so he could only wait for the Second Brigade to arrive in Yanping before making plans. Among so many new troops, there have been several battalions that have chosen to do it anyway, and Sun Daoren's persuasion letters still played a big role.
If you insist on repenting of your marriage, I am afraid it will be difficult. Forget it, let's go see the woman another day, if it's really unsatisfactory and your reputation will be damaged, you will have to ruin the marriage.
Chen Jingyun also returned to his courtyard while thinking about it, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard a surprise shout: "Young master!" ”
Chen Jingyun looked over and saw Luo Li standing in front of the door, looking at him with a face full of surprise!