Zhu Zhi heard the voices outside, stood up and opened the curtain covering the courtyard of Nuange, looked outside, and asked curiously: "Sister! Why did you and the princess come here?"
However, Xu Huai knew that Zhu Hang's eldest daughter, Zhu Duojin, had already left the cabinet and was married to Song Zhen, the son of Song Tingshan, the Minister of Household Affairs. After entering the city, before they rushed to Zhu's Mansion, they passed by the building occupying an area of an area at the west end of Zhu's Mansion.
At this time, Xu Huai also thought about the larger and more luxurious Song Residence, which princess the girl in Cuju costume was from.
The sister of Song Tingshan, the minister of household affairs, Song Zhan, and the aunt of Zhu Duojin and his wife were the second prince, King Jing Zhao Tuan's concubine, and the girl in Cuju costume was Zhao Yingyun, the daughter of King Jing.
Zhu Zhi, Zhu Duojin's mother is the daughter of Prince Shoulong, so she is Zhao Yingyun's cousin. They are both members of the clan. Zhao Yingyun must have been used to interacting with the Zhu Mansion and the Song Mansion. No wonder he brought two palace maids with him.
He went on a rampage in Zhu's house.
Xu Huai glanced outside the Nuan Pavilion and saw Zhu Duojin, a young woman in palace attire who was about 23 or 24 years old and had a slightly bulging belly. She was obviously pregnant.
In addition to Wang Xuan, Princess Jing's daughter Zhao Yingyun, and several other men and women ranging in age from sixteen to early twenties, there was also a young man in Confucian uniform who carefully supported Zhu Duojin. He must be Zhu Duojin's husband Song Can
.
All these people were standing in front of the verandah, looking over here.
Princess Jing's daughter Zhao Yingyun had just been looking around in the side courtyard wearing a Cuju dress. At this time, she changed into a jacket and wore a short snow-white fox fur coat. Although her appearance was slightly less beautiful than Wang Xuan's, she had a rounder snow-white face.
But very cute and charming.
This group of people probably didn't expect that there was someone in Nuan Gezi, and some of them felt embarrassed for their unscrupulous words just now - Wang Xuan had also just been bullied by Zhu Duojin, the eldest daughter of the Zhu family, and was embarrassed to come to Xu Huai immediately.
He just shrank back, sticking out his tongue and waving his little hand at Xu Huai.
"I heard that dad and you came back from Fuzhou. Why did you change your clothes and come here in a hurry? Where are dad and others?" Zhu Duojin stood in front of the verandah with his hands on his hips, looking around at the Nuan Pavilion, his voice was languid.
I asked Zhu Zhi lazily.
"Daddy has just been summoned to the palace." Zhu Tong came out of nowhere and replied.
"Is the situation in the north really so critical? Dad rushed back from Fuzhou and didn't even have time to drink hot tea? Officials know how to send honest people." Zhu Duojin complained.
Zhu Zhi knew that Xu Huai had no intention of making friends with the powerful people in the capital at this juncture, so he sent his brother-in-law Song Can and a young man in his early twenties to Nuange and introduced Xu Huai to them:
"Song Chen, Chen Pu, this is the Huaishan Yaksha Fox Xu Huai whom I often mentioned to you in my letters. Not to mention his many military exploits, Wang has reported to your husband and my father that my uncle can make a difference in Lanzhou.
Thanks to his help - General Wang Ju is Xu Huai's uncle. Before Wang was killed by that thief Cai Ting, when he was a general in Jingzhou, he had the reputation of hitting Jingyuan with an iron spear -
—Brother Wang Xian is the eldest son of General Wang, and Xin'an is a descendant of the Xu family in Tongbai Mountain. He is also a talented general in the army. This time, he came to Bianjing to prevent the capture of troops at the invitation of Prime Minister Wang Xian..."
Looking at the attire of Zhao Yingyun and others and what they said just now, Xu Huai guessed that they were probably invited by Zhu Duojin and Song Can to play Cuju at their house.
Judging from Zhu Duojin's demeanor just now, Xu Huai also knew that even though these people knew that Yunyan had fallen and Taiyuan was under siege, they didn't care at all, and it couldn't even stop them from being in the mood at this juncture.
Play a Cuju game to pass their leisurely and boring time.
Xu Huai didn't even have time to care about redressing the imperial edict. When he came to Bianjing, he was waiting to see Wang Zhen. He was really in no mood and had no time to greet them. He just sat there and looked at Zhu Xu and another person named Chen Pu.
The young man nodded and said, "That's polite!"
Xu Huai's posture certainly made everyone standing in front of the verandah extremely dissatisfied.
Princess Yingyun also shrugged at the people next to her, wishing she could yell at them: You see, what I just said is not an exaggeration at all.
Song Can was dissatisfied, but considering that the people in Nuan Pavilion were guests invited by his father-in-law and brother-in-law, he and the young man named Chen Pu smiled awkwardly and wanted to turn around and leave.
After the death of the old servant, the old lady was in the house, and Zhu Hang married the daughter of the county prince. This house had been in decline twenty years ago, and Zhu Hang could not speak in front of the old lady and the head of Ronngle County.
Good job - Zhu Duojin, as the daughter of the Zhu family, was influenced by her childhood and developed the same aggressive and domineering temperament as her mother, and she also bossed her two younger brothers around.
For Zhu Zhi's sake, others pinched their noses and tolerated their rudeness and contempt towards Xu Huai, but Zhu Duojin couldn't bear the anger, so he immediately yelled at Zhu Zhi:
"You are inviting some friends back to put on a big show in front of our Zhu family - when did the Zhu family's face get trampled on by a few rogue soldiers?"
Xu Huai said to Zhu Zhi, "When your father comes back from the palace, come and speak to me." After that, he stood up with a knife and said to Wang Xuan, "Wang Xuan, come with us. Don't follow them."
mixed together!"
When Xu Huai and Wang Ju stood up, they were a head taller than the slender Song Zhen. They were also strong and strong. The armor in their jackets had not been removed, making them look even more burly. When they stood up, they looked like a violent bear, fierce and ferocious.
There were too many kills, and there was a fierce look in his eyes.
Zhu Duojin, no matter how bossy he was, was immediately frightened by Xu Huai and did not even dare to take a breath. He stared blankly at Xu Huai, Wang Ju, Wang Xian, Xu Xin'an and others leaving proudly.
Although the Zhu Mansion is the family of her maternal uncle, Wang Xuan has no close affection for her aunt who is the daughter of a county king and her cousin Zhu Duojin. She even resents her grandfather being demoted to Tongbai Mountain and her uncle is not in Bianjing.
However, Zhu Mansion paid no attention to her family's affairs. At this time, when she heard Xu Huai calling her, he thought that a gust of wind followed behind her and left.
"Oh, so majestic,"
After Xu Huai and the others left, Zhu Duojin finally couldn't swallow his anger, and even more angrily, he pointed at Zhu Zhi with his crossed fingers and began to teach him a lesson.
"Are you inviting back guests, or are you inviting back our irritated masters? Do they have the guts to rebel in our Zhu Mansion? Drive them out of Zhu Mansion quickly... With their domineering behavior, Ting Heng said
They are all murderous thieves, and they are bold in everything they do. It is true, let alone these reckless men who have broken into Yingyun. If you have any evil intentions, can you bear the punishment?"
Zhu Zhi couldn't talk to his sister and left directly.
"Why, everyone turned against me? I saw that something was wrong, so it was a crime to say a few words? Zhu Tong, go find someone and drive those rough guys out. Don't cause any trouble?" Zhu Duojin
He pointed at Zhu Tong and said.
If it weren't for the past year's experience in Lanzhou, Zhu Tong would probably have a bigger temper than Zhu Duojin, but how could he dare to provoke Xu Huai at this time?
"I will have my own opinion on this matter when dad comes back from the palace. Sister, please be patient for a while," Zhu Tong said.
"Okay, are you really going to piss me off to death? Or am I no longer the daughter of the Zhu family if I marry the Song family? Now your wings have grown hard and you can't move around anymore. I'll go find my mother!"
Duo Jin was so angry that he stomped his feet and dragged his husband Song Can towards the courtyard.
When other people saw this scene, they also looked at each other.
No matter how young and inexperienced they were, they knew that this was the Zhu family's business. It was inconvenient for them to interfere with Jin Yun, so most of them dispersed separately. However, Zhao Yingyun was watching the fun and did not think it was a big deal, and followed him regardless of the pull of the maid around him.
Zhu Duojin walked towards the compound behind him.
Zhu Duojin dragged her husband Song Can and took Zhao Yingyun to the courtyard. Unexpectedly, there was a lot of excitement here. His mother, the head of Ronngle County, was scolding the slaves in the courtyard: "You are all grown up."
I'm so angry that I can't control you anymore..."
"Mother, who made you angry? You spend so much time scolding these slaves during the Chinese New Year?" Zhu Duojin came over, supported his mother in a sweet voice and asked, "It's such a cold day, you're not afraid of freezing yourself.
, hurry up and take a rest in the warm house! If these slaves do something that pleases my mother, just ask Aunt Zhao to deal with them severely, even skin them."
"He's not your father with a bad temper. This time he came back from Fuzhou and his temper got even worse." The head of Rongle County saw Zhao Yingyun walking in from behind and asked, "Yingyun, why didn't you send someone first when you came here?"
Come here and tell me - nothing has been prepared here, and you will be blamed by the palace for neglecting me!"
"I asked Sister Duojin to come over and play in the afternoon, so I don't want to be in the way - every time the girl does those polite things, Yingyun will be too frightened to come to the door in the future," Zhao Yingyun said.
"Come in quickly. If you get cold, we can't bear the blame from your father."
The Lord of Rongle County pulled Zhao Yingyun and walked into the Nuan Pavilion. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't help complaining to Zhu Duojin, who had not returned to his parents' home for several days.
"Your father came back from Fuzhou this time, and there were more than a hundred soldiers following him. I heard from the Xun family that these people were thieves who killed people and stole goods. They were evil-minded and ruthless. I asked your father to arrange for these people to be sent to Zhuangzi outside the city.
Here, you have to be careful of people's hearts and minds. I didn't say I didn't treat these people badly, but I also arranged for them to entertain them with good food and wine. Tell me, is your father an old fool? He even scolded me and said I didn't know.
Serious. He just came back from Fuzhou and suffered a lot along the way. I didn’t want to vent my anger on him, but I couldn’t accept it! I don’t know what happened to your father. Before entering the palace, he had a quarrel with your grandma. What do you mean?
It’s the Chinese New Year, what kind of crime did my Zhu family commit?”
When Zhu Duojin heard what her mother was doing, she became very angry and said, "I came here to see my mother to drive these soldiers out, but I don't know what kind of medicine Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong took wrongly. Look,
He watched these vulgar soldiers rush into Yingyun without reprimanding them - each of these men looked fierce and fierce, and ran rampant in the yard with swords and bows, and they did not shy away in front of Yingyun. In front of Yingyun alone,
For holding a knife, they can be taken to Kaifeng and put in jail for a few days——"
"Ah, it's not in my way," Zhao Yingyun hurriedly waved his hand, "That Xu Huai didn't recognize me at first, so it's not wrong."
"Yingyun has a kind-hearted temperament, but if we don't care about this, we are in the wrong!" Zhu Duojin, who was able to rely on her mother's influence, immediately became arrogant and shouted.
The Lord of Rongle County was worried that he couldn't find an excuse to attack. Hearing what his eldest daughter said, he immediately ordered: "Find Zhu Gui and ask him to find some soldiers to drive away the bad guys and guard the door. Don't let them have any trouble."
Opportunities come in, so as not to cause any trouble and regret!"
Zhu Mansion has always been the head of Rongle County giving orders.
After this order, dozens of soldiers rushed to the side courtyard to drive Xu Huai and others away.
Zhu Zhi came after hearing the news and could not dissuade him, so he could only accompany Xu Huai and others to live on the streets.
The Lord of Rongle County drove them away, feeling somewhat guilty, so he pestered Princess Yingyun to stay for a dinner, so that he could prove the crime of these reckless men's collision in front of Zhu Hang, leaving Zhu Hang speechless.
He asked his servants to put out a row of exquisite cakes and preserved fruits. As he was talking, he noticed that the sun was tilting. Suddenly he heard a noise in the front yard, and there seemed to be many people walking around. The Lord of Ronngle County walked out of the Nuan Pavilion and saw his second son Zhu Tong sneaking around.
He ducked towards the back house and asked, "What's going on over there at Xianyuntang? Where are you sneaking to?"
"Dad, Prime Minister Wang, and Prince Jing came to the house, and I..." Zhu Tong said with some stumble.
"Yingyun's father and Wang Xiang are here to visit. Why are you hiding? Yingyun happens to be here. Let's go together to salute Yingyun's father and Wang Xiang." said the head of Rongle County.
Zhu Tong did not dare to say that his father, Zhu Hang, came back to the house and asked where Xu Huai had gone. He had no choice but to follow the Rongle County Lord, Zhu Duojin, Song Can, Zhao Yingyun and others to Xianyuntang.
Entering the courtyard of Xianyuntang, the Lord of Rongle County came forward to salute King Jing Zhao Tuan and Wang Zhen. He scolded Zhu Hang and said: "Brother Wang and Prime Minister Wang are here, why didn't you send Lu Wenhu to come back first and say, okay?"
Do you want me to make preparations?"
"I bumped into Prince Jing temporarily," Zhu Hang explained, looked at Zhu Tong and asked, "Didn't I ask you to invite General Xu Huai and Wang Ju? Where is the person you invited?"
"You are talking about those reckless fools. They bumped into Yingyun and were rude and domineering. They told me to drive them out!" Zhao Yingyun, the head of Rongle County, said confidently as he pulled Zhao Yingyun over as a shield.
"You, you, you, you are really pissing me off." Zhu Hang was so angry that he stamped his feet and hurriedly approached King Jing Zhao Tuan.
Please come back, please!"
"Xu Huai asked his mother to drive them away. It seems that he and his brother went to the Mao Erhu mutton soup shop on Qian Street!" Zhu Tong said hurriedly at this time.
"Now that we know where the person has gone, let's go and invite him together," King Jing Zhao Tuan said, and immediately scolded Zhao Yingyun, "Come with me and go over to apologize to him - you are such a big person, tell me, what's the matter?
