Since the last time I returned to my hometown to worship my ancestors, although Feng Jinyuan's branch has not been cleared from the family tree, the old patriarch also said that it is best for everyone to stay away from each other until death. Even the grave of Feng Jinyuan's grandfather on the top of Fengqi Mountain can be removed if they want to.
You can move at any time. Feng Jinyuan thought that he would never go back in this life, let alone have any contact with the people in his hometown, but he didn't expect that the other party would come to his door today.
He groaned and said, "You were so full of words, but you didn't show any mercy when you drove us away. How dare you come to your door after a disaster today?"
The old lady was not very happy either. She was reprimanded by the clan leader in Fengtong County, which left her with an old face that had nowhere to go. Unexpectedly, things turned around, and today the Lao Feng family finally begged her.
"Who are all here?" the old lady asked He Zhong, "but the old patriarch came in person?"
He Zhong shook his head, "The old patriarch didn't come, but the second uncle and the third uncle came with a few children, a group of more than ten people!" He Zhong looked a little confused, "Old lady, there are more than ten people!"
The old lady didn't react for a moment, "What happened to more than ten people?"
Cheng Junman reminded from the side: "Since they have suffered a disaster, they have come to seek refuge with us, so they must stay. This will be fine in normal times. There is no shortage of more than a dozen people living in the house. But now we are
We are moving, the house over there is said to be very small."
The old lady slapped her forehead and said, "What should I do?"
Cheng Junmei said: "We can't let people wait at the door. Let's go out and take a look."
When someone comes from her hometown, the old lady will naturally go out to greet her. As soon as the old lady leaves, everyone has to follow. Except for Han, who is left behind with a big belly, the rest of the people in Feng Mansion go out in a hurry, even those who have already
The Ans who were released followed them out. The servants held up countless big umbrellas to protect the masters from the rain, but the rain was too heavy, and how could the big umbrellas cover them? Some umbrellas were not even covered.
By the time we got around the Peony Courtyard, the screen wall had already been blown away by the wind.
The group of people finally reached the concierge and saw more than a dozen people, including adults and children, standing outside. One child was still crying.
Feng Jinyuan took two quick steps and came to greet the two old men: "Second uncle, third uncle."
The two old men looked to be nearly sixty years old. They were in a mess from the rain, and their backs were a little bent. Their shoes were worn out all the way through the escaping. As soon as they saw Feng Jinyuan, the older one hurriedly said:
"I finally meet you. Many people died along the way. If I can't get back to the capital, I'm afraid I, an old man, will have to answer for it too."
The old lady glanced at him and asked with an indifferent expression: "Why are you so embarrassed?"
The man sighed and replied: "To be honest with my sister-in-law, the heavy rain in Fengwu County lasted for a month and finally caused a flash flood. The ancestral home was washed away. We tried our best to escape, but many people died.
people."
Feng Jinyuan asked him: "Where is the old patriarch?"
Upon hearing the question about the clan leader, the dozen or so people looked lonely, and even the crying child stopped crying.
The third uncle took over the words: "The old patriarch told us to flee to the capital and come to join you. He went up to Fengqi Mountain himself and said... that he wanted to die with his ancestors." He squatted down as he spoke.
, he knocked down the bundle that had been hanging in his arms and put it on the ground. When people saw it, the bundle contained a bunch of tablets. The third uncle continued: "These are the tablets of our ancestors. The patriarch said, you
It’s not easy for this branch to gain a foothold in Beijing. Although we are fleeing, we can’t cause trouble to our family. So what we mean is that if it’s convenient for our family to take us in, we’ll stay there. If it’s not convenient, we’ll look for another place to go.
.But I hope these tablets can stay here. After all, you have an ancestral hall, and no one can wrong the ancestors if they are wronged."
When the old lady heard this, her face became a little worried again. She came all the way to escape, how could she not accept her? If this word spread, who would the Feng family be? So she quickly said: "It's convenient! How is it possible?
It’s inconvenient! How many people can’t fit in such a big mansion!”
Cheng Junman also nodded and said: "It's raining so heavily outside, where can we go? Just stay, at least wait until the rain stops."
The old lady spoke to Cheng Junman, and Feng Jinyuan couldn't say anything else. Although he was lamenting in his heart, he still had to welcome everyone into the house.
As soon as the children heard that they could stay, they were all so happy that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Feng Jinyuan. Such a kowtow made Feng Jinyuan even more embarrassed to say that he would not stay, so everyone went back.
The hall of Peony Courtyard was crowded for a while.
Cheng Junman took the initiative to make arrangements: "Now there are a few vacant courtyards in the mansion. Kang Yirujia and Shen Yu can live there. There is no time to deal with the current situation, so just move in." At the same time, he ordered his servants.
"Hurry and boil hot water for the guests to bathe, and then prepare clean clothes." He said and looked at his second uncle: "It's raining heavily outside, so it's not possible to buy fabrics from a tailor. I can only find some clothes from the master to put on for you first.
Just don’t dislike me, uncles."
The second uncle quickly waved his hand: "I don't mind it, I don't mind it. It's a blessing to be able to stay here. Why should I choose new clothes? Besides, it's raining so heavily outside, it's best for everyone not to go out."
A child said: "When we came here, we saw someone fall into a mud ditch outside the city and couldn't get out. The carriage was stuck."
The old lady was a little worried when she heard that, "The floods in Fengtong County are serious?"
The second uncle nodded, "It's not just serious, the entire Fengtong County has been wiped out."
Feng Jinyuan was a little frightened. Fengtong County is not too small. Floods can destroy an entire county. What is happening outside? After all, he has been the prime minister for many years. He said that he does not care about the people or the world.
It's impossible, otherwise Emperor Tianwu wouldn't have kept him in the position of prime minister for so many years. Now that he heard that the disaster was so serious, Feng Jinyuan couldn't sit still, but this official rank had already been promoted to the fifth rank.
What can I do if I can't sit still anymore?
Seeing Cheng Junman methodically arranging the people coming from his hometown, Feng Jinyuan suddenly felt in a trance. He was thinking that if Chen Yu hadn't happened and the nieces of the two queens were at home as good housekeepers, he would still be a good wife.
Prime Minister, it would be great if you don’t have to move. When people come from your hometown, you don’t have to be as embarrassed as now. You can entertain them well and gain a good reputation with the outside world.
His regret was obvious on his face, and the old lady sneered when she saw it: "Now that you know you regret it, what did you do earlier? If you used your thoughts about Shen Yu against Ah Heng, our Feng family will have whatever they want now."
, anyone who goes out looks majestic from all sides.”
Unfortunately, Feng Jinyuan didn't realize this. In his opinion, all this was caused by Feng Yuheng, so he reminded the old lady: "If Feng Yuheng hadn't interfered with it, Chen Yu wouldn't have died!"
The old lady knew that she couldn't make sense to her son, so she simply stopped talking nonsense and said directly to him: "Go and take out the land deed. Although it's raining heavily, I guess Eunuch Zhang will still come.
When the time comes, we will make an exchange with him and let’s go over there and sort things out.”
Feng Jinyuan was most afraid of mentioning the land deed. When the old lady mentioned this, he didn't dare to look at her. He just turned around and looked at the heavy rain outside and murmured: "It's raining like this. Even if the land deed is changed, what can we do?"
Moving?"
This was telling the truth. The old lady also sighed and said: "I hope the palace will not rush us too hastily. At least we can wait until the rain subsides."
At this time, in the County Lord's Mansion, a man wearing a gold mask and a light purple gown was standing in Feng Yuheng's boudoir, shouting to the girl who was sitting on the table with her legs dangling and eating grapes: "Girls want to
Pay attention to your image, everyone is a lady from a small family, look at you!"
The person on the table quit: "What's wrong with me? Didn't you just do what I did to find you? From the day we met, I was able to move you out of the crack in the mountain with my two thin arms.
Do you know any Xiaojiabiyu who has this ability? Xiao Mingzi, don’t be too picky!"
The masked face hurried over and said in a flattering voice: "I'm not picky, I'm not picky. What I mean is that we are people with status after all, right? How can you peel grapes by yourself?"
The person on the table nodded, "If you talk like that, I'd love to hear it. Okay, you can peel it off for me!"
"What?" Someone twitched his lips, "What do you do with so many maids?"
"I let the maid do everything, so what do I want you for?" She stretched out her hand and hooked the person across from her by the neck, "Good boy, you're so sweet."
With this sentence, someone resignedly sat down next to her and silently peeled the grape skins.
When Wangchuan and Huangquan entered the house, they saw the two masters sitting side by side on the table, with their four legs dangling there. One was eating grapes and the other was peeling grapes. Her young lady even said:
"Xuan Tianming, it would be better if you could dig out the grape seeds for me."
The two girls had black lines on their faces, thinking that only Feng Yuheng would dare to do this, and only Feng Yuheng would dare to say this. If it were anyone else, it would depend on whether the Ninth Prince's whip would hit them.
Huang Quan took two quick steps, approached the two of them, and said, "The kitchen is already preparing dinner. Your Highness, please stay and eat together."
Xuan Tianming nodded and said matter-of-factly: "It's raining so heavily, I must stay for dinner." As he said that, he looked back out the window. There was a loud sound of rain coming through the half-open window, and he continued
He said: "If the rain doesn't stop, we can stay here for the night."
Feng Yuheng glared at him sideways: "Why don't you treat yourself as an outsider?"
Xuan Tianming moved closer to her: "We are not outsiders in the first place, and this is not the first time that we sleep together." Then he asked the two girls, "right?"
Wangchuan nodded, "Yes."
Feng Yuheng rolled her eyes at him and said nothing. It was raining so heavily outside, and Xuan Tianming took the risk to come out to see her. It was already dark after dinner, so how could she bear to drive him back again.
Seeing that Feng Yuheng had no objections, Wangchuan changed the topic and told her about the Feng Mansion. He also told her: "The news was sent by Mrs. Cheng." As for the Cheng sisters, the same thing happened.
Shengxuan still had some respect. After all, she was the Queen's niece, and she was still on Feng Yuheng's side. Wangchuan and Huangquan called them Mrs. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng.
Feng Yuheng asked her: "The disaster in Fengtong County is very serious?"
Xuan Tianming took over the words: "The terrain at the other end is low and it is a mountain city. Floods are not terrible, but mudslides are terrible. This year's Yuqin Tianjian said it is abnormal, and I am afraid it will suffer a lot of damage."
Feng Yuheng thought to herself for a while, then she raised her lips slightly and said, "Since Feng Jinyuan has changed from the township chief to the third fat man, we can't give him a stick in the head. I'm thinking about helping the poor!"