Chapter 248 Longtan
After Li Jinglong left, Chang Sen asked the servant who escorted Li Jinglong from Jingyun Court to the gate: "Li Jinglong talked to Li Tong in Jingyun Court for a long time, right?"
The servant said: "Yes, the third master. Mr. Li and the eldest mistress have been talking for a long time."
Chang Sen said to Chang Sheng: "Look, this kid Li Jinglong knows how to sneak into the camp."
Chang Sheng said: "Okay, after all, we are relatives now, so it's not good for others to hear. Besides, Li Jinglong is somewhat capable. There are so many heroes and generals now. How can he get a good position without doing some tricks?"
"Our brother has no ability to work in the camp and it is of no use, so don't laugh at him."
Chang Sen was very unconvinced after hearing Chang Sheng's words, but he also knew that Emperor Taizu had praised Li Jinglong when he was still there, and he could not compare with Li Jinglong, so he could only hold back his words.
Chang Sheng ignored him. Chang Sheng called Chang Jifeng aside, pulled him to his yard, and said: "Feng'er, I see that you were still very careful when eating lunch today, and you are not quite used to it yet.
At home."
Chang Sheng now asks Chang Jifeng how he feels today every day. If anyone dares to offend him, he will deal with it severely. To be honest, Chang Sheng has never cared so much about his son before.
Chang Jifeng said: "Second uncle, today I am having dinner with the emperor. I am sitting not far from the emperor again. I don't know what to do."
After Yunxi became the grandson of the emperor, he advocated the meal-sharing system, so all the noble families switched to the meal-sharing system. Although the Chang family is in charge today, the one sitting on the top is definitely Yunxi, and the one sitting below him on the left is
Chang Sheng, the one on the right is Chang Sen; the second on the left is Chang Jizong, the heir of Zheng Guogong, but the second on the right is Chang Jifeng. He is the eldest member of the Chang family, so although he is young, his position is the only one among the younger generation.
Second to Chang Jizong, the young woman was naturally separated by a screen.
Because Yunxi was not sure of his identity yet, he looked at Li Jinglong from time to time, which made him very nervous.
Chang Sheng smiled and said: "It's nothing. Jiyao and Jixu were at a loss when they ate with His Majesty for the first time. The food in front of them was almost untouched. It will be fine after a few times."
Chang Jifeng said: "Well, I know about the second uncle." But he didn't believe it too much. In his opinion, he was different from the brothers who grew up in the mansion. He was also different from the original brothers in the mansion.
If there is a gap, they won't play with him.
Although Chang Sheng was not very savvy, Chang Jifeng was still very young, and his face showed everything that was on his mind. Therefore, Chang Sheng could easily tell what Chang Jifeng was thinking.
Chang Sheng also knows that other children around the same age as Chang Jifeng don't like to play with him, although no one dares to bully him.
Chang Sheng thought for a moment and said, "When you were in Longtan Village, Jurong County, you had a good time playing with a neighbor's kid named Yu Jie, right?"
Chang Jifeng nodded and said, "Well, we always play together."
Chang Sheng said: "In a few days, you will be able to see him in the capital."
Chang Jifeng stopped and turned his head to look at Chang Sheng in surprise.
Chang Sheng said: "I ordered people to bring him to the capital to play with you. Don't worry, I don't treat him as a servant. I will find you a gentleman in the capital to teach you how to read."
"I've learned about the family next door to you. They want their children to study but don't have much money. They plan to send them to the family of a direct descendant in Qiantang County, Hangzhou to study."
"Now that I am paying for their children to study, they must be willing." Chang Sheng saw something wrong with Chang Jifeng's expression and quickly added what he said next.
Chang Jifeng knew that this was indeed the case in his neighbor's family. There were four boys in the family, the eldest of whom was nine years old. He had attended a private school for a year and his teacher said he was very smart, but the family had no money for him to continue studying.
So they discussed sending him to his family in Qiantang County. Now that he could come to the capital to study, they must have dreamed of it, even if they had another son to play with the young master of a wealthy family.
Chang Jifeng became a little happier because of this, and Chang Sheng felt relieved when he saw his expression. He had planned to wait until everything was settled before telling Chang Jifeng, but he couldn't help but tell him in advance. Now it seems
Come on, the effect is good.
Chang Sheng sent Chang Jifeng back to his yard, and then gave instructions to the servants in the yard before returning to his yard.
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In the northwest of Jurong County, Yingtian Prefecture, near the Yangtze River, there is a small village. Because there is a pool next to the village, and local legend has it that there is a dragon in the pool, the village was named Longtan Village.
The village is very small, but because of its important location on the north bank of the river, there is a Longtan Inspection Department here. When Zhu Yuanzhang was renovating roads across the country, he also opened a major road here.
In this way, many people passing by Jurong County will come here, which also brings some benefits to the local people.
There were several young men walking on the road now. One of them said to the other: "Fei Bin, are the clues really gone when we reach Longtan Village?"
The man named Fei Bin said: "Master Luo Qianhu, it is indeed true. The last clue is here."
The person known as Luo Fuqianhu said in a clear voice: "Then this is probably where the person who deceived the Duke of Zheng is located. The results are finally found out, and there is finally a possibility of an end."
Several other people also looked relieved.
They talked and laughed easily all the way to Longtan Village. When they were about five miles away from Longtan Village, Deputy Luo Qianhu said: "Be careful now, don't alert the thief, Zhang Ye, you go to the east of the village;
Cao Qiu, you go to the west side of the village; Xiaobai, you and Xiao Yang go to the north side of the village; Xiao Zhang, you wait at the south side. Fei Bin, you lead the way, we go in through the village gate."
The people who were called agreed one after another, and they were no longer as relaxed as before. They all concentrated on performing the task.
The remaining people continued to walk towards the village gate. But when they were less than two miles away from the village gate, Fei Bin suddenly said: "Look, there is a group of people walking towards the village. And they don't look like ordinary people."
The others squatted down and let the trees block their bodies, and then looked forward. They saw three or four young men coming from the north and walking towards the village.
His gait showed that he had been away from home for a long time, so he must not be an ordinary person.
Deputy Luo Qianhu said: "They are very likely to be thieves. But don't act rashly. If there are still people in the village, wouldn't it be just a warning? You must do your best. The guy can rely on the commander to make sure.
If he is familiar, he will be arrogant; we must let him know that people from the Jinyiwei family are not as good as people like him who became a monk halfway."
As soon as Deputy Luo Qianhu said this, everyone present nodded. They were all people whose fathers had been in Jinyiwei. It was normal for a commander to come down from above. They were used to it. But because this commander was from Beijing,
Being from a Wei background, it is convenient to transfer people, so many people from other guards were transferred to Jinyi Guard.
Of course they didn't dare to object, but secretly they were keeping a close eye on these newly transferred people, hoping that they would make more meritorious deeds and then the newly transferred people would make a fool of themselves.
In order to take full advantage of the situation, they waited until the first few people had entered the village before moving forward. Deputy Luo Qianhu assigned several more people to guard around the village before entering the village.
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In the village, the old couple of the Cao family were sitting in the yard chatting. They were old, their legs and feet were no longer flexible, and they had no children. They rented most of the family fields to relatives for cultivation, leaving only the farmland for themselves.
It is a small piece of land close to the village. Then the tribesmen are responsible for the clothing, food and other expenses of the old couple and taking care of them.
Even in the early Ming Dynasty, it was difficult to find Ueda in the capital city because they had no children, so relatives rushed to serve the old couple. Fortunately, after the old couple died, they obtained their fields, so the old couple lived a good life.
OK.
Aunt Cao said to her husband, Uncle Cao: "Hey, do you think Yun'er is living well in the capital? Why am I always worried?"
Uncle Cao said: "Okay, they are from a wealthy family in the capital. The clothes they wear are not even comparable to all our family's belongings. And the leader is just a servant, and the servants are like this.
The master doesn’t even mention it.”
"Yun'er, it's much better to follow your relatives than to follow us."
They were the Cao family who had raised Chang Jifeng for six years. Six years of raising him made them very affectionate towards Chang Jifeng.
Aunt Cao said: "Hey, if they weren't much better than us, then I wouldn't agree to them taking away Lun'er. But I've been thinking about it these days. Although this big family has good food and clothing, they might have other problems at home.
It’s about matters of the heart.”
"But they are a family after all, and their family is much better than ours, so it doesn't make sense to stop them from being picked up. However, I still want to know how Yun'er is doing now."
Uncle Cao was about to answer and comfort Aunt Cao, when Aunt Cao suddenly said: "Hey, look at that person, is he the one who picked up the lucky boy that day?"
Uncle Cao looked in the direction where Aunt Cao was looking and saw several people knocking on the door of the person next door to his house. He looked carefully and found that there was indeed a person who should be one of the people who took Chang Jifeng away.
At this time, Aunt Cao had already stood up and walked over. Uncle Cao did not stand up to ask. Since the other party had picked up the person, it was impossible to send him back, and there was no use asking.
After a while, Aunt Cao came back and whispered: "Yun'er's life is pretty good there..."
Next door to the Cao family, Li Xubin, the leader of the Chang family, said, "I've finally dealt with this guy. I don't know the questions he asked, so I can only make them up." Then he took a breath and shouted.
: "Is anyone home?"
At home, the owner of the house is entertaining guests. It is wrong to say they are guests, they are the family members. According to the parlance of this era, they are not considered guests.
The owner Yu Sheng said to another man: "You are younger than me, so I will call you fifth brother. How can you go out with a newborn child?"
His wife Chi also said: "I didn't say it, how could you go out with such a young child?"
The man's name was Yu Xu and he said: "I didn't bring him out. I was injured accidentally when I came from Qiantang for a study tour. My wife heard about it and rushed from Qiantang regardless of her pregnancy.
Lishui County. I nursed my injury for a few days before recovering. My wife also gave birth to the baby at a friend’s house in Lishui.”
"Although my injuries are not completely healed, I plan to go back to Qiantang. It's not far from Qiantang, so we plan to go back by boat to avoid the bumpy road."
Chi said: "It's not good to take a three-month-old child away from home. But since you want to go home, this is the only way."
Then she said to Yu Xu's wife Liu Shi: "Let me tell you my experience in taking care of children, so that you can save yourself troubles."
Ms. Liu smiled and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Mrs. Chi said: "What's the word thank you from my family?" She also wanted to send her eldest son to Qiantang to study, so naturally she wanted to please them.
Then the two sisters went down to the back room.
Then Yu Sheng and Yu Xu were about to continue talking when they heard someone say: "Is anyone at home?"
Yu Sheng bowed, walked to the door and opened it, then walked to the door of the courtyard and opened the door. Then he saw the four young men in front of him.
Yu Sheng was a little scared: 'What if they are robbers? There is nothing to rob at home, and his wife is not good-looking. But the wife of clan brother Yu Xu is pretty, so what if something goes wrong?
How can I explain it to my clan members? How can my eldest son go to Qiantang to study?...'
Just as his thoughts continued to wander, he saw a person's face. He felt that he had seen this person before. After thinking about it again, he remembered that this was the person who took Cao Yun away from Cao's house two months ago.
The man immediately felt relieved: 'Those people are from wealthy families, and they cannot come here specifically to rob their own homes.'
So he said to the man he had met: "What does the official want from me?" Although he knew that the other person was just a servant, he could not afford to offend him, so he called him an official.
Li Xubin said: "It seems that Brother Yu recognized where we come from. We are from the family that picked up the child next door to your house. Brother Yu, that's what I called you. I heard that your eldest son Yu Ci
He is good at reading, and his husband has praised him several times, but now your family has no money for him to study, right?"
Yu Sheng said: "That's true. What's wrong with the officials?"
Li Xubin said: "My master is willing to pay for your children to study. And not only your eldest son, but all the children can study. Are you willing?"
Yu Sheng immediately said happily: "Seriously?"
Li Xubin said: "Of course I take it seriously!"
Chapter completed!