On November 17, the 10th year of Hongde, before dawn, Jiang Sheng had already gotten up early and packed up various things.
Because today is the day that Mr. Shen is scheduled to return to Jiankang.
Jiang Sheng worked hard all morning, loading Shen Yi's luggage into a carriage and preparing to take it back to Jiankang.
Among Shen Yi's luggage, except for a small amount of clothing, most of the remaining items were books and documents, which filled more than half of the carriage.
These documents were accumulated by Shen Yi during almost two and a half years in Southeast. Basically everything Shen Yi handled was recorded in these documents.
After Jiang Sheng got up, he worked hard for almost an hour, and then with the help of several men, he packed up everything. After packing up, he came to the door of Shen Yi's room, coughed, and said: "Master, Everything is packed."
There was no movement in the room for a long time.
After a while, Mr. Shen's somewhat lazy voice came from inside.
"Today I suddenly remembered that I have something to do. Let's leave tomorrow."
Jiang Sheng stood at the door. After being stunned for a moment, he lowered his head and said, "Yes."
After he bowed his head slightly, he went back to arrange the people in Xingyuan.
At this time, under the quilt of Master Shen's bedroom, a woman with skin as white as snow was lying on the master. She looked up at Shen Yi with a somewhat disgusting look.
Shen Yi stretched out, glanced at Ye Chan in his arms, and asked, "Why do you suddenly want me to go to your house?"
Ye Chan hugged Shen Yi and felt a little aggrieved: "I am now yours, shouldn't you go to my house to see me?"
"It doesn't matter if you go."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said, "I'm afraid I'll embarrass you."
In this era, it is a great shame for a woman who has not left the concubine to become someone else's concubine. It is much more humiliating than being a concubine.
Secretly, everyone knows the relationship between Shen Yi and Ye Chan, which is okay, but if Shen Yi visits the Ye family in person, the Ye family will really lose all face.
Ye Chan glanced at Shen Yi cautiously and whispered: "Sir, please change into some inconspicuous clothes, and I will take you in through the back door."
"I didn't need to bother you, sir."
Ye Chan lowered her head and said: "It's my father. He insists on meeting the young master. He said he wants to see what kind of person he is..."
Shen Yi sat up from the bed, pulled off some clothes and put it on his body. He yawned and said, "I'll go see you later. Anyway, I'll leave tomorrow. I can go to the governor's office to talk to Cheng Futai in the afternoon..."
Seeing Shen Yi getting up, Ye Chan quickly got up from the bed and helped Shen Yi get dressed. She rummaged in the closet for a while and whispered: "Jiang Sheng and the others have put away all the clothes."
She took out a piece of black clothes and made gestures on Shen Yi.
"Young Master, are you wearing this?"
Shen Yi nodded, stood there and let Ye Chan help him get dressed and comb his hair. At around 4 o'clock, the two quietly left the Xingyuan and came to the vicinity of the Ye family mansion.
Mr. Shen waited for a while at the back door of the Ye family mansion, and Ye Chan led him into the backyard of the Ye family through the back door. Then Miss Ye led the way, going around and around, and then she took Shen Yi to an independent building. Upstairs.
Obviously, Ye Chan had already dismissed the servants. There was no one in the small building at this time. After she led Shen Yi to the second floor, she opened the door and turned to Shen Yi and said: "Sir, my father is inside... "
Shen Yi nodded and walked in.
This small building is not big, with only two rooms on the second floor. After Shen Yi entered the back room, he saw a middle-aged man lying on the bed.
The mouth and eyes are a little crooked.
It was widely rumored that Mr. Ye of the Ye family almost died from a sudden stroke. In fact, later the doctor came and diagnosed that Mr. Ye had suffered a stroke.
A crooked mouth and slanted eyes are the sequelae of a stroke.
And now, he has difficulty walking.
Therefore, he entrusted all the housework to his eldest daughter.
Although the Mr. Ye in front of him has a crooked mouth and eyes, his clothes are still very decent, and his hair and beard have been taken care of. There should be servants here to serve him.
After Shen Yi took a look at the Ye family master, he slightly cupped his hands and said, "Master Ye."
The middle-aged man's surname was Ye Zongping. He was also looking at Shen Yi at this time. After looking hard at Shen Yi for a while, Mr. Ye wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief and stared at Shen Yi for a while.
He struggled to speak.
"Shen...Shen..."
Shen Yi said helplessly: "Master Ye, just call me Shen Yi."
Although there is no relationship between Shen Yi and Ye Chan yet, Master Shen's attitude has been slightly lowered at this moment.
After all, if you sleep with someone else's daughter, you won't be able to put on official airs anymore.
Mr. Ye nodded slowly. He looked at Shen Yi again and tried his best to speak.
However, his speech is unclear now, and he speaks Fuzhou local dialect, which Shen Yi basically can't understand.
The word "Chan'er" can be vaguely heard.
Mr. Ye had already stood up. As he spoke, he bowed and saluted Shen Yi repeatedly, becoming more and more excited.
Shen Yi was a little confused and just turned sideways to avoid the etiquette. Ye Chan's eyes turned red when she heard this. She stepped forward and pulled her father's sleeves, crying: "Dad, my daughter is fine..."
Mr. Ye looked at Shen Yi and then at his woman. Finally he couldn't control his emotions, wiped his tears with his sleeves, sat on the bed and cried loudly.
Ye Chan also couldn't help crying.
Faced with this scene, Shen Yi wisely chose Hu Hai. He shook his head slightly, turned around and left the small building, and waited quietly downstairs.
After about a stick of incense, Ye Chan came down from upstairs. At this time, her eyes were already red. She lowered her head to Shen Yi and said, "Make the young master laugh."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and asked: "Ye...what did Uncle Ye just say to me?"
"I really can't understand."
Ye Chan was silent for a while, her eyes a little red: "Father, I ask you, Master, to treat me better in the future..."
Although Ye Chan used the word "please" for the sake of her father's face, Shen Yi was present just now, and the look of Master Ye just now clearly had nothing to do with "please", but "please" to Shen Yi.
Almost a humble plea.
Because Mr. Ye knew in his heart that his daughter would be in the hands of the young man in front of him for the rest of his life, even in this young man's thoughts.
Shen Yi was silent for a while, looked at Ye Chan, and sighed: "Just now you hugged each other and cried. It seems that Uncle Ye felt sorry for you."
Although the Ye family is engaged in business, they are also a noble family.
Ye Chan's younger brother is still studying. Among the same clan members of the Ye family, there is also the current magistrate. Although he is only a top three scholar, it is enough for the Ye family to join the ranks of the gentry.
In terms of family background alone, if Shen Yi had not been awarded Jinshi, the Ye family's family background would have been better than the Shen family's.
After all, in those days of the Shen family, only the eldest uncle Shen Hui was the county magistrate who became an official in the county.
But now, Ye Chan, the legitimate daughter of the Ye family, has been reduced to being the concubine for Shen Yi.
The big reason for all of this is because of Ye Zongping.
It's not because of the stroke or not, but the Ye family's affair with the Japanese a few years ago was done under the instruction of Ye Zongping. It can be said that Shen Yi was able to hold the Ye family's hand, basically all because of this Mr. Ye .
Mr. Ye almost single-handedly pushed his daughter into this situation. One can imagine the guilt he feels.
Thinking of Mr. Ye's heart-rending cry just now, Shen Yi felt quite emotional.
Ye Chan wiped her tears and choked up some: "My dad..."
"My father has been suffering a lot these past few years."
Shen Yi nodded silently and did not answer.
In his opinion, leaving aside Ye Chan, Ye Zongping's current situation can be regarded as a result of his own fault. After all, he was indeed a Japanese conspirator back then.
Living in regret for the rest of his life may not be a punishment for him.
After the two people had a conversation in the backyard of Ye's house, Ye Chan sent Shen Yi away from the back door of Ye's house. When Mr. Shen walked out of the back door of Ye's house, Ye Chan stopped him behind him.
Miss Ye gave Shen Yi a deep blessing and said in a faint tone: "Sir, I am waiting for you in Fuzhou..."
Shen Yi nodded silently, waved to Ye Ming subconsciously, and strode away with his hands behind his back.
At noon, he went to the governor's Yamen to have a meal, and in the afternoon he talked to Cheng Futai in the governor's Yamen for almost the entire afternoon.
In the evening, Shen Yi had another drink with Li Mu.
One day passed like this.
Early the next morning, Mr. Shen's motorcade gathered at the gate of the Apricot Garden. After Shen Yi boarded the carriage, the cavalry slowly left the Apricot Garden.
It is worth mentioning that Li Mu, the crown prince of Jin Dynasty, will return to Jiankang with Shen Yi this time.
Firstly, it was because the prince was probably homesick, and secondly, it was because Li Mu needed to avoid suspicion.
Shen Yi, the actual controller of the Coastal Capital Division, has left Southeast. It is not easy for him, the nominal commander of the Coastal Capital Division, to continue to stay.
There are plums in the melon field.
He has to avoid it to some extent, plus he really needs to go back to Jiankang to reunite with his family.
When Shen Yi's carriage left the city, the governor of Fujian and a group of officials from Fujian, the commander of the Fuzhou Guard Ling Su, and a group of generals from the Fuzhou Guard all sent him off. The Fujian officials, led by Cheng Tingzhi, sent four or five people off. The generals of the Fuzhou Guard escorted Shen Yi for nearly twenty miles, and then reluctantly parted with Shen Yi.
The carriage ran on the official road for more than an hour, and it was already afternoon. Everyone rested on the roadside. Because there was no village or shop in front of them, they could only eat a little dry food.
While eating pastries, the prince wandered up to Shen Yi and asked with a smile: "Zi Heng, should we go back to Jiankang directly, or go to Lin'an Mansion?"
Mr. Shen was stunned: "What are you going to Lin'an Mansion for?"
"you do not know."
Li Mu said with a smile: "A few days ago, Brother Yu met a young lady in Lin'an Mansion, but she is very charming..."
"Let's forget it."
Mr. Shen shook his head: "It's important to go back to Jiankang quickly. This trip..."
At this point, Shen Yi did not continue. He glanced in the direction of Jiankang, thousands of miles away, and sighed slightly in his heart.
"It's hard to predict good or bad fortune..."
I wrote this chapter mainly to flesh out the characters, not to write a novel...
Overseas, I recommend a new book by an old friend~