() "An angel has come to your house to deliver a message!" Xiao Wu's shout attracted everyone's attention.
"What angel?" Yan Yingyuan asked from above and started running down.
After running a few steps, I realized that I was patrolling the city. I turned back to the arrow tower and said, "Brother Qian, please help lead the team down. Something happened to my family. I have to rush back to take a look."
"No problem, go quickly." A slightly older voice replied.
Three steps became two steps, and finally he turned over and jumped sideways from the half-foot-high staircase to the ground. Without stopping at all, he ran to Xiao Wu.
When Xiao Wu was getting angry and ready to shout upwards, he found Yan Yingyuan running over and immediately praised: "Brother Yan, your skills are so fast!"
"Nonsense, tell me what happened to my family, what kind of angel?" Yan Yingyuan urged.
"The imperial envoy sent by the emperor has come to your house to deliver the imperial edict. You should go back and receive the edict. Ah, Brother Yan, wait for me, I will go back too."
Before Xiao Wu finished speaking, Yan Yingyuan ran away from him with a "swish" and headed straight for home. The remaining voice was left to Xiao Wu: "Take your time, I'll go back first."
Already."
Xiaowu was about to follow Yan Yingyuan back to watch the fun, when Xiaoqi at the city gate came over to gossip: "You said that the emperor's imperial envoy went to his house to deliver the decree? If not, Liheng would have just shot a Tatar to death!"
There was a hint of disbelief in the words, and there seemed to be a trace of jealousy hidden in them.
When Xiao Wu saw someone asking him about this matter, he didn't leave. He stopped and said, "How is it impossible? That angel was riding a tall horse, and there were two guards in royal robes accompanying him behind him. They were all majestic and not angry. Mr. County Lord
I personally accompanied him there."
Xiaowu didn't see the angel at all, he just started making nonsense based on his own imagination.
At this time, a group of passers-by had gathered around him and began to ask questions. How was it? Xiao Wu was a little crazy, and he became excited at the first sight. He expanded his rich imagination, coupled with the various operas and operas from the streets and alleys.
The things I heard in the play were mixed together, and a meaningless scene was vividly told to the group of people around me, and I completely forgot about my desire to watch the excitement.
Besides, Yan Yingyuan ran back to the alley of Wangcheng in nearly half the time that Xiao Wu did. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the alley, he found three horses standing there in front of his house, led by a government servant.
He hurriedly ran over without talking to the yamen servant. As he ran, he shouted: "Mother!"
The yamen servant at the door heard footsteps and looked up. As soon as he saw clearly that it was Yan Yingyuan, he rushed through the door with a gust of wind.
People in the room heard the movement and looked over. The man who rushed in from the door was about six feet (about 1.8 meters), with a long bow slung behind him, and the quiver exposed behind his back was larger than ordinary.
It's big, so there are naturally more arrows in it. The hands hang down from the waist, which are longer than ordinary people's hands. The face has a Chinese character and a heroic look.
As early as Yan Yingyuan called "Mother", his daughter-in-law stood up, and when he arrived in the courtyard, she had already greeted him. While helping him unload the bow and arrows, he said: "Mom is accompanying the angel in the hall, husband, go quickly
See you."
Yan Yingyuan quickly unloaded the bow and arrows and handed them to his wife, and then strode to the hall. With a quick glance, he understood the scene in the hall.
A eunuch sat at the top of the table, and his mother sat on the other side of the table to accompany him. Two royal guards sat beside the eunuch, and opposite them was the county's chief catcher.
At that moment, he called out "Mother." Then he didn't know how to address other people, and was stunned for a moment.
When he came in, everyone had already turned their attention to him. When the eunuch who passed the order saw him calling Mrs. Yan, he understood that this was probably Zhongxing Bo's future brother-in-law. He smiled and said to Mrs. Yan: "
Is this your master?"
Mrs. Yan nodded in agreement, and then remembered what she wanted to do, so she quickly asked her son to change clothes.
Now that everyone had arrived, the eunuch who delivered the edict no longer delayed. He signaled that he was ready to read out the edict, and the headman withdrew and waited for the three eunuchs to finish delivering the edict.
Yan Yingyuan was very fast and came back immediately, following his mother to listen to the imperial edict.
The meaning of the imperial edict is very easy to understand. It is probably because Emperor Chongzhen knew that the target was different after the announcement incident, so the writing method was also different, and the effect would be better.
From what Yan Yingyuan heard, the general meaning was: his sister had saved the emperor in the palace, so he granted his mother a seventh-grade imperial edict; her sister would also be given a marriage to Earl Zhongxing as his wife, and she is now back at home waiting to be married.
Yan Yingyuan thought of his sister who was elected to the palace since childhood, who stayed with him when he was a child, and who liked to let him push her on the swings. He thought he would never see his sister again, but in the end, his sister returned with honor and was returned to his mother.
Earning a seventh-grade imperial title, I remembered that because my sister was elected to the palace, I was exempted from all kinds of corvee. My sister has paid too much for the Yan family!
These thoughts passed by quickly. When the eunuch who delivered the order had finished delivering the order, he rushed forward to help his mother up and stepped forward to receive the order.
Mrs. Yan could no longer hold back her tears, and they were streaming down her cheeks. After receiving the imperial edict, the eunuch who delivered the decree said: "Congratulations to Mrs. Yan, it's such a happy day. Get ready quickly. They will be there at dusk."
Arrived."
According to Mrs. Yan's rank, she can only be called a Ruren, but she is the mother-in-law of the earl, and the earl is a super-first-class existence, so it is correct to call Mrs. Yan the old lady. Besides, the etiquette at the end has already been explained.
It's confusing, and I don't pay much attention to this title. Therefore, it is not surprising at all that the two Jinyi guards are listening to the title of the eunuch who delivers the order.
Mrs. Yan thanked the superiors profusely, and even took out a silver hairpin to give to the eunuch as a thank you gift. There was really no money at home.
The eunuch who passed the order dared to ask for Mrs. Yan's silver hairpin, but he quickly declined, and then excused himself to go to the county government office for business, so he took the two guards in royal robes to the door to meet the head catcher waiting there, and left first.
After the angel left, several people in the yard were crying and laughing. Even Yan Yingyuan shed tears of joy. On the contrary, the youngest one did not cry. He just looked at his father, then his mother, and then his little eyes.
Blinking with confusion.
When the angel outside walked out of the alley, the Yan family's neighbors immediately surrounded him, as well as the residents further down the alley. They ran over, filling the Yan family's small yard.
Soon, all kinds of congratulations and boasts sounded, mixed with the screams of children, and the small yard became lively.
Yan Yingyuan should be calmer, wake up from the great joy, and quickly arrange things to welcome the girl.
But I ran into another problem right away. I didn't bother to ask how many people were here in total. It's hard to arrange food and accommodation in this place. I didn't dare to chase the angel to find out.
Someone came up with an idea. If you could arrange a few rooms, eat, etc., go to a restaurant. If you didn’t have any money, everyone chipped in. The neighbors immediately donated generously, squeezing out the little money they had.
Come out a little bit and share this great joy.
When they were almost busy, it was already around 11:00 a.m.. Yan Yingyuan was asked to go to the south gate to pick up his sister, and the others stayed with Mrs. Yan at Yan's house.
During the whole process, Mrs. Yan basically did nothing. Her daughter-in-law and neighbors took care of all the work. She was accompanied by a few wives with whom she usually had a good relationship, chatting and laughing about things that happened when Yan Yingfang was a child.
Laugh and cry.
Yan Yingyuan rushed to the south gate quickly. Because he was one of the leaders of Minzhuang and had killed the Tatars when defending the city, the soldiers guarding the south gate also knew him. After hearing what he said, they also congratulated him.
Ichiban.
After Yan Yingyuan got permission, he ran to the city wall to take a look, and then ran back to the city gate to have a look, for fear of missing his sister.
For a while I thought about how tall the girl has grown and whether she is still as beautiful and smart as she was when she was a child. For a while I wondered what kind of person that brother-in-law was and whether he would be nice to the girl.
Yan Yingyuan waited for the arrival of his girl in such anxiety.
Besides, after Zhong Jinwei and his party finished their lunch, they no longer delayed, said goodbye to Liu Da and the shopkeeper and others, and rushed to Tongzhou.
On the road, we encountered several Ming troops roaring past from north to south without stopping at night. Zhong Jinwei and others did not step forward to stop them, but only stepped aside to let them pass first.
Because he was on his way, it was still early when he saw the city of Tongzhou. When Zhong Jinwei told Archi that he had seen Tongzhou, Archi couldn't sit still in the car anymore. He kept sticking his head out and looking at Tongzhou in the distance.