As soon as Ah Qing and Ah Yun heard that the fourth young grandmother of the Hong family had a doll in her belly, they were immediately very happy and smiled, after all, they had a very good relationship with the Hong family, and then they both stared at Zheng Qingchuan's face.Zheng Qingchuan asked in wonder: "Did you stick something on your face" Ah Qing shook his head and said: "Qiqi, do you have a doll" When Zheng Qingchuan heard this, his heart was shocked, and he almost ran away, and then bared his teeth and grinned, plucked up the courage and said: "I didn't" Ah Yun smiled, and asked with hope in his eyes: "When will there be" Zheng Qingchuan looked distressed and sighed: "When life is too peaceful, I don't know when it is." ”The three of them divided more than half of the candied fruits collected by the Su family, whether they were sour, sweet, or salty, and took them to the four young grandmothers of the Hong family, and also took bird's nest, dried lotus seeds and white fungus.As soon as they walked to the door of the fourth young grandmother's room, they heard that the fourth young grandmother was coquettish: "The Xianggong family wants to eat Sydney, they want to eat apples, they want to eat grapefruits, they want to eat oranges, you go and buy them" The fourth young master of the Hong family smiled bitterly and said: "How dare I go out, there is no fruit to sell in the Taoist temple" The fourth young grandmother: "You go to buy it, you go to buy it, I don't care" The fourth young master: "Eliminate the anger and eliminate the anger, wait until you return to the capital, I can ride you as a horse, what is this fruit" The fourth young grandmother: "But I want to eat it now, I can't bear it" The fourth young master: "Or, You close your eyes and think about it, follow the example of Wangmei to quench your thirst" Ah Qing finally couldn't help it and laughed out loud."
Fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law, I'm coming in" The fourth young grandmother's face turned red, she hesitated twice, coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "Ah Qing Ah Yun is coming in and don't eavesdrop anymore" Ah Qing, Ah Yun and Zheng Qingchuan walked in with a smile while holding the package and the small porcelain jar.The fourth young grandmother was sitting on the bed, it seemed that she was in a safe birth, she didn't get up, pinched Ah Qing and Ah Yun's cheeks, and greeted Zheng Qingchuan with a smile.The maid brought tea to Zheng Qingchuan.Ah Yun opened a small porcelain jar, handed it over, and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, you can taste this bayberry pickled in white sugar, I and Ah Qing used to make it ourselves, only brought two jars, and after eating one jar, only this little bit is left." ”"Oh, I made it myself, I'll taste it" As soon as the fourth young grandmother smelled the sour, the gluttonous insects immediately became active, and her face was eager to try.When the fourth young grandmother ate the sugar-pickled bayberry in her mouth, showing a satisfied expression, Zheng Qingchuan also expressed her concern, mainly asking her what else she wanted to eat, but Zheng Qingchuan was also powerless about the fourth young grandmother wanting to eat fruit very much.After all, at this time, if anyone wants to go outside to find fruit, it is to risk being eaten by wild beasts, and the fourth young grandmother sighed: "I used to recite poems and said: A branch of red apricot comes out of the wall."
I can't wait for a red apricot to come into the wall now, if there is a pomegranate, I will be satisfied" After coming out of the house of the fourth young grandmother, Aqing said: "Qiqi, the fourth sister-in-law really wants to eat the fruit and wants to get sick" Zheng Qingchuan wanted to say that the illness was because of the torture of morning sickness, but in the end he still did not refute.It's not just the fourth young grandmother of the Hong family, who doesn't want to eat fruit Ah Qing had a whim: "Qiqi, if we can train the birds to pick fruits, it would be great" Zheng Qingchuan heard this idea and couldn't help laughing.After a few days, people in the Taoist temple can be bold enough to dig up a small amount of bamboo shoots nearby and come back to cook.Because the fourth young grandmother couldn't eat fruit, she complained every day that her husband was useless, and everyone was used to hearing it, so she simply didn't hear it.Another half a month passed, on this day, outsiders came to the door of the Taoist temple again, and as soon as everyone knew that someone was coming, they were suddenly scared and sweating, but after Su Mu saw the faces of the outsiders clearly, he couldn't help but smile, and hurriedly opened the door, shouting: "Ayou, come in, Uncle Yao" The people outside the door were Zheng You and Imperial Doctor Yao, and the two of them were also leading many soldiers.Hong Zheng rushed over, hugged Zheng You, and laughed: "Come in and be careful of the beast" The people outside the door hurriedly came in and closed the door again, Zheng You asked what was going on with the beast.Hong Zhengchang danced and described the days of worry, and then his eyes lit up, and he asked happily: "Why are you here" Imperial Doctor Yao smiled: "The second son of the Zheng family is now the little general of the emperor's royal seal, and we won the rebels at the bottom of the mountain, so we have time to go up the mountain." ”Zheng You puffed up his chest, straightened his waist, and his face showed pride.Hong Zheng screamed, laughed again, was very envious, rushed up again and hugged Zheng You tightly, shouting: "Okay, you Ayou is here as a military attaché Haha Fortunately, you came and saved our lives" Zheng You patted him on the shoulder, made a gesture of comfort, and asked with a smile: "What about my seventh sister, Ah Qing Ah Yun" Ah Qing, Ah Yun and Zheng Qingchuan had already trotted over, and Mrs.
Yao was also very excited and hurriedly ran to reunite with Imperial Doctor Yao, and there was inevitably a situation with tears in her eyes.Everyone knew that they would be able to go down the mountain and go home tomorrow, so they were overjoyed and moved out of the wine jar, planning to have a drink Zheng You and his cousins to sit together and talk about the past six months.Zheng Qingchuan sat next to him and listened, only then did he know that the past half a year had been really eventful, in addition to fighting for the throne and fighting, there was also an earthquake in the capital, which partially collapsed the palace.Zheng You drank wine, ate meat, added a lot of bold spirit, and said with a smile: "My father used to be good friends with those princes, after the emperor ascended the throne, he reused those who supported him, and naturally snubbed those old courtiers who sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, my father didn't care about political affairs, and when he heard the emperor's summons, he went into the palace to accompany the emperor to play chess and paint, and my father and mother were worried that you would be bullied by the rebels in Shandong, so I took the opportunity to say to the emperor: The earthquake in the capital is because Mount Tai is unstable and is disturbed by the rebels."
As the saying goes, steady as Mount Tai, the emperors of all dynasties have gone to Mount Tai to worship, it can be seen that the importance of Mount Tai If the Mount Tai area is stable, it is beneficial to the capital to see the emperor have a look of approval, so he further persuaded the emperor to send troops to Shandong to quell the chaos.However, the soldiers in the capital were really insufficient, and a large part of them went to war with the enemy, and the remaining soldiers had to protect the safety of the capital and build palaces.He said for a while, stopped, raised his wine glass, and clinked glasses with Su Mu.Hong Zhengchang couldn't wait to ask: "What about later" Zheng You was busy chewing wild boar and didn't have time to answer.Imperial Physician Yao smiled and said: "General Zheng knew that you were in Shandong, so he was very anxious, so Mao recommended himself and asked to recruit some militia to catch the rebels, one is to share the emperor's worries, and the other is to save relatives."
The emperor read that the Zheng family was loyal, so he agreed, and when the soldiers and horses were ready, he made the second son of the Zheng family a little general, and I followed to lead the way. ”"It's a joyous event to celebrate," said the crowd, toasting and laughing together, and when they got drunk that night, they went to sleep, and the next morning, they couldn't wait to pack their things and prepare to go down the mountain.With the protection of the soldiers brought by Zheng You, everyone is much less afraid of wild beasts.Luckily, they went down the mountain without any wild beasts.When they arrived at the bottom of the mountain, they saw that many of the residents in the town had returned to their previous life of living and working in peace and contentment, some selling and some buying, and everyone immediately smiled and felt relieved.Zheng Qingchuan boasted: "Second brother, you won this battle and saved the people from fire and water, it's really amazing" Zheng You laughed, patted the top of Zheng Qingchuan's head, and said: "Seventh sister, you are dressed like this, like a village woman who raises pigs" Zheng Qingchuan retorted: "I have long stopped raising pigs, and I planted bean sprouts every day" Before everyone lived together in the Taoist temple, after a long time, they had feelings.Now, Su Mu and the others are about to go back to Beijing, and those croppers are all on foot to send them, reluctantly, waving their arms, and sending them for a mile before stopping.Carriages in groups, has galloped on the official road back to Beijing, although the road on both sides of the autumn is gloomy, but everyone with a happy mood, automatically take the sound of horses' hooves and wheels as a cheerful song blowing the wind of freedom, this mood is really wonderful Zheng You and Su Mu rode side by side, Zheng You asked: "Su Mu, do you have any plans to return to the imperial court, it should not be difficult to go back to the Hanlin Academy." ”Su Mu shook his head, to this day, he is not interested in being an official, but attaches more importance to the family around him, and asks instead of answering: "What happened to the Hong family" Yesterday Zheng You just replied hastily: The people of the Hong family are safe and sound, but what is the specific situation of the old lady Hong Zheng You did not say it before Zheng You sighed and replied: "For the current emperor, my grandfather has neither merit nor responsibility, so he was dismissed from the official position and went back to his hometown in Suzhou, and the four uncles also went to Suzhou.The Hong family's house in the capital was originally rewarded by the emperor, but it was also taken away by the emperor and re-rewarded to the meritorious ministers. ”Su Mu said: "The second grandfather may have expected this result a long time ago, it is not an accident.How is the health of him and his second grandmother" Zheng You said: "I was imprisoned by Prince Su in the palace for some days, and my health is a little bad. ”When Su Mu heard this, he hurriedly grabbed the reins, slowed down his horse's speed, and said: "I want to go to Suzhou first" Zheng You was taken aback and asked: "Do you all go to Suzhou, why don't you go back to Beijing first to see the emperor The emperor is now the time to recruit talents, at this time, it is easiest for you to look at me, there is no fame of Jinshi, and there is no fame of martial arts, so I relied on my own self-recommendation, shared worries for the emperor, and became an official Su Mu, don't you want to be an official, you are much more powerful than me, you will definitely be a bigger official, if your grandfather sees you and become an official again, he will definitely be happier" Su Mu thought for a moment and said: "My grandmother is not well, and the wife of the fourth cousin is pregnant, so it is not suitable to travel, let the female relatives go back to Beijing first, and I will go to Suzhou with the second cousin, the third cousin, and the fourth cousin to find the second grandfather first." ”Zheng You thought for a moment and asked: "What if the second cousin, third cousin and fourth cousin want to go back to Beijing to find a half-official position" Su Mu smiled happily: "Of course, if you follow their own wishes, I will go to Suzhou first." ”Zheng You muttered: "I was frightened by the beasts on the mountain, Su Mu is also confused now" He raised his right hand and only made a gesture, and the convoy quickly obeyed the command and stopped, and indeed had the demeanor of a general.Su Mu and Zheng You went to discuss with Hong Zhengchang and others, but Hong Zhengchang, the third young master and the fourth young master of the Hong family were all moved by the official matter, and they were very willing to go back to the capital with Zheng You, planning to go to Suzhou to visit Mrs.
Hong and other elders in a few days.After all, adding officials to the knighthood is a matter of honoring the ancestors and a way of filial piety, so after they made this decision, there was nothing to waver.At this point, the two sides parted ways, Su Mu, Zheng Qingchuan, A Qing and A Yun all went back to Suzhou to visit the elders of the Hong family.Mrs.
Su insisted on going back to Suzhou, saying that she had an old bone and wanted to return to her roots.Su Mu and Zheng Qingchuan saw that the old lady was in a hurry, so they could only follow the old man's wishes.Then, Zheng You went in the direction of the capital, and Su Mu and Zheng Qingchuan went to Jiangnan.In order to take care of Mrs.
Su, the speed of the carriage was deliberately slowed down, and later the boat took the waterway.Originally, it only took more than 20 days to travel, and it took 35 days to reach Suzhou.Fortunately, the country's army was fighting with the enemy on the northern border, and it could not affect Jiangnan.Zheng Qingchuan said: "Su Mu, look, it's so peaceful, it means that the emperor is a Ming monarch, don't you really want to be an official" Su Mu took her hand and said with a smile: "Things in the future, let's talk about it later" At this time, the autumn in the south of the Yangtze River is having a different scenery: