Yu Mansion

Yufu has 500 acres of fertile land, although it is not rich, but it is a scholarly family that has been handed down from generation to generation, the most important style of literature and etiquette, in the south of the county, there are two stone lions at the door, this is the style that everyone has.

A young man got out of the car at the door and handed a prayer note to the doorman.

When Menzi saw it, he was an acquaintance, and his attitude was very courteous, and he said, "Young Master Xiao, please come in, and I'll report it." ”

Sure enough, one person was in a hurry, and one person was introduced into the side hall of the door to entertain, and the tea was served, which was very thoughtful.

In a courtyard, a young man was reading, and suddenly he heard footsteps, and without raising his head, he asked slowly, "What's the matter, so flustered?"

"Young Master, Young Master Xiao wants to see you!" replied the servant.

"Why is the junior brother here?" Hearing this, the young man put down the teacup, touched his chin, and said to himself, "Does the teacher have any ideas?"

This young man is Tian Ji's first apprentice Yu Liangbo, and the person who came is the second apprentice Xiao Shaode.

Yu Liangbo was wearing civilian clothes, his expression was leisurely, with a ghostly light in his eyes, after listening to the servant's report, Yu Liangbo pondered for a while, then stood up and said, "I'll go!"

After taking a few steps, he turned back and said to the servant, "You will change your impatience later, and this is a big deal." ”

The servant hurriedly put on a smiling face and said, "Yes, yes, the small one must be changed!"

When I walked to the side hall, I saw it.

"Senior Brother Xiao, I didn't dare to believe it when I heard someone report it just now, I didn't expect it to be really Senior Brother, where did you come from?" Yu Liangbo walked over with a smile and said very enthusiastically.

Both of them are arching and saluting.

"The younger brother is from the master, and he has something to tell him. Xiao Shaode looked weak on the outside, and said with a smile.

"Oh, is it?" Glancing at Xiao Shaode deeply, Yu Liangbo's face showed a playful smile, and he said inwardly: "Then let's go inside and talk about it in detail...... How many of them are?"

He looked at the three guards who followed Xiao Shaode, the bearing of these three people was not ordinary servants.

"They are the people who escorted me over at home, and there have been some thieves on the road recently, senior brother should have heard of it, and it is not too safe to travel alone. Xiao Shaode said.

"Well, I've heard of it, but it's not a big deal!" Yu Liangbo shook his head and smiled, and then called a servant and asked him to call the three to rest.

And he and Xiao Shaode came to the back, sat down in a small hall, someone served tea, and the two of them were silent for a while, only drinking tea.

"Senior brother, are you still haunted?" Xiao Shaode asked.

"Well, somewhat, I know that the master is for my good, but I have some doubts. ”

"A few months ago, Wang Shoutian sent someone to ask for talents, but the master cut it off, but he didn't take it seriously, but his father had some opinions...... In the upper echelons, everyone knows that the handsome man has no children, and he has selected three nephews, one of whom must be adopted as a son, and he will be followed. ”

"Originally, the situation was confusing, but now everyone has seen some clues, and my father is very angry!" Yu Liangbo said leisurely.

Defeated in the previous life, the three brothers of the Wang family were the same, they avoided Zhengding County, and the tired old festival made them sick and went into battle, and the three of them were despised and had a very low evaluation.

Therefore, Tian Ji asked the two apprentices not to go out, and it was easy to achieve.

But at this time, Wang Shoutian turned defeat into victory and killed Chen Xiang, which was very conspicuous.

Wang Shoutian silently farmed and trained in the next half a year, but it fell into the eyes of people with a heart, and his evaluation was further improved.

Although there are still some inadequacies, they have come to the fore.

Therefore, Tian Ji blocked it without notice, and it rebounded.

Yu Mansion is a big family, no matter how much the status of master and apprentice is, it is not as big as the interests of the family, and besides, it is not Yu Liangbo's turn to speak in the family.

Although Wang Shoutian was lucky and made a contribution, it may not be his inheritance. Xiao Shaode hurriedly said, his family background is much smaller, and he is younger, correspondingly, there is a lot less rebound, and said justifiably.

"The news and knowledge of the junior brother are still a little less, if it is just like this, it is not enough to judge, but you see that in the past half a year, Wang Xuanzhi and Wang Zhongyi have been almost completely idle, do you know what this means?" Yu Liangbo asked.

Xiao Shaode is a smart person, and he suddenly changed color slightly.

Wang Xuanzhi and Wang Zhongyi are both nephews of the Wang family, even if there is a fixed number, it is impossible to do anything because of this, and the handsome is still not a royal family.

The best way is to be idle, on the one hand, silently, on the other hand, steaming, when the time comes, everyone will see the gap, and then kowtow, set the name, but also set the big thing.

If you want to go against the sky, you are really not afraid of such people.

Now the intention of the big handsome has gradually been figured out.

"Forget it, senior brother, what does the master mean by coming this time?"

"Li Chengye is said to have won the handsome at the same time, he is already engaged, and he will marry his righteous daughter on the fifteenth day of the New Year, and the master hopes that you and I will go to celebrate together. ”

"Is the Li family? The master chose the Li family? Although the Li family has some family background and some reputation, but it is only a county order, why does the master take a fancy to the Li family?" Yu Liangbo knocked on the table, thoughtful.

"What does Senior Brother mean?"

"Go, of course go, since the master has a request, I'm the first apprentice, why don't I go, anyway, it's just a celebration!" Yu Liangbo said a little unconcernedly.

Xiao Shaode opened his mouth to speak, thought about it, and closed it again.

Tian Ji's original implied meaning, he didn't believe that his senior brother couldn't see it, but Yu Liangbo obviously didn't have a submissive attitude on this.

But then again, this is not a trivial matter, it is a major matter related to the future of the family and even life and death, even if Tian Ji is a master, it is impossible to make a decision in this regard.

"By the way, I heard that Senior Brother Xue has already gone to Wang Shoutian. ”

"Senior brother, he's just an officer now!"

"Senior brother, Xue Yuan is just a villager, and he has no family background, he can be an official as soon as he goes, in fact, he is in charge of five hundred households, which is not trivial, it can be seen that Wang Shoutian attaches great importance to him. Yu Liangbo listened to Xiao Shaode's words, raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled slightly, and said: "Now that Jishui County is in good order, I think I'm afraid that the promotion will be between May next year." ”

May is the season for the winter wheat harvest.

"Senior brother!" Xiao Shaode couldn't help but interrupt the topic and said, "Since Senior Brother has agreed, then we will go together to celebrate on the fifteenth day." ”

Yu Liangbo listened, smiled faintly, and said, "Okay, then it's a word!"

At this moment, a housekeeper came in and said, "The master is very happy to know that Young Master Xiao is coming, please go with Young Master Xiao." ”

When they heard this, they bowed their hands to the butler, and followed him all the way, through several arches, around the long corridor, and into the main hall where the guests were visited.

There was a middle-aged man with a delicate face in the hall, drinking tea.

"Father!"

"Foolish nephew Xiao Shaode has seen Yu Shibo!" As soon as the two entered the door, they saluted respectfully.

Yu Zhao is very profound, calm, with a smile of inquiry, smiled and waved his hand to let the two children get up, stroked his long beard, stared at Xiao Shaode carefully, nodded and said: "I haven't seen you for half a year, my nephew is getting more and more extraordinary, Mr. Tian is really good at teaching!"

"The boy is so disdainful that he really doesn't dare to praise him like this. Xiao Shaode said: "This is the master's teaching, and it is also the point of Shibo." ”

Yu Zhao nodded, and said with a smile: "You and I have always been in a relationship, after the last time we met, after half a year, why didn't you come to the house to visit me?"

Xiao Shaode hurriedly smiled and said: "Please also ask Shibo to forgive me, the kid is weak and has recently contracted the cold, so he doesn't come to see him anymore." ”

"Hmm, the young man should eat more and move more, by the way, is the old lady in good health?" Yu Zhao asked with concern.

"My mother is fine!" Xiao Shaode replied respectfully.

In this way, after half an hour, Yu Zhao ended his politeness, and when he got to the point, he only heard him say: "What poems does Mr. Tian have written recently?"

Xiao Shaode replied respectfully: "Shibo, the master has been busy teaching recently, and there are no poems yet, and he knows that Li Cunyi of the county is a friend of the master, and his son is going to get married, and he is the righteous daughter of the handsome. ”

"What Mr. Tian said, how can I disobey lightly, it's just that I have something recently, so I can't go, so let's do it, Bo'er, you can go for me once!" Yu Zhao said calmly.

Yu Liangbo listened to it and had no choice but to respond.

It's okay to say goodbye to some more gossip and leave.

Halfway through the garden, catching a glimpse of Xiao Shaode's expression, Yu Liangbo said helplessly: "Senior brother, do you still have some prejudices against me? We are senior brothers who have studied together since childhood, but this matter is really important, and I can't make the decision." ”

"Thank you. After hearing this, Xiao Shaode still bowed his hand and thanked him.

"Forget it, as far as your temper is concerned, I have learned it, let's go together when the time comes!" was a little helpless by Xiao Shaode's temper, Yu Liangbo sent Xiao Shaode to the door.

bowed to each other, Xiao Shaode rode the ox cart and gradually moved away.

Almost at the same time, Xue Yuan, the younger brother of the two, was inspecting the newly built porridge shed.

At this time, these homeless people have all been washed, and they have simple coarse clothes to be distributed, and they are temporarily arranged in the open space, waiting for bowls of porridge.

The porridge was rich and sweet, and when these homeless people first came, the situation was extremely miserable, their clothes were ragged, they were weak and frail, and they were full of fear, but under the service of hot porridge, they slowly relieved their emotions.

"Let's build a house tomorrow, with some bricks and wood. Looking at these people waiting in front of the porridge shed, Xue Yuan's heart was very uncomfortable, half a year ago, although the Xue family was not in such a miserable state, it was almost the same.

Therefore, the situation in front of him often makes him have a special feeling.

At this time, at the city gate, I saw several ox carts, which were driven in, and the ox carts were loaded with farm tools.

"My lord, fortunately, I bought six ploughing cattle and a batch of farm tools this time. A little official came up and said.

Xue Yuan said in public with emotion: "With this batch of ploughing cattle and farm tools, the people will have a way to live, this is all the merit and grace of adults!"

After drinking the porridge, he took these people again, and when he went to the bulletin board outside the yamen, naturally someone told them all about the rules here, especially the future distribution and taxation of the fields.

These homeless people were silent, listening intently in the cold wind.