Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 336
At the end of the afternoon on the third day after the Zhaoren Hall discussion, a large number of Jinyi school captains wearing blue armor and holding knives, bows and short guns suddenly appeared at both ends of Yu'er Hutong in the west city of the capital.

These school captains cleared away all the irrelevant people around them in a very short period of time. Every house in the alley was also guarded by school captains holding swords, and some household servants in front of the house were also driven back to the house. Then under the reprimand of the captain, he closed the door of his house tightly, and there was no one else in the entire alley except Captain Jinyi.

Not long after that, two carriages without any obvious signs drove into the alley one after another. Dozens of guards wearing blue cloth robes and armors followed closely around and behind the latter carriage. At the two ends of the horse, there are figures of Tiqi patrolling back and forth.

After the two carriages entered the alley, Sun Yongsheng, a thousand households from the Qianhu Office of Jinyiwei West City, hurried forward with a few hundred households under his command, then turned around and led the carriages onwards.

The carriage did not travel for a long time in the relatively spacious alley, and it stopped in front of the gate of a mansion. Outside the gate, groups of school lieutenants were guarding the surroundings.

Luo Yangxing, who was dressed in blue casual clothes, opened the carriage and jumped out before the carriage came to a complete stop. Then he quickly walked towards the door of the second carriage.

After the second carriage came to a complete stop, Luo Yangxing stepped forward to open the compartment door, Wang Chengen quickly jumped down, and then pulled out a brocade stool from the carriage, Zhu Youjian, who was dressed in a tight blue tunic, bent down and stepped out of the carriage. Leaning on the brocade stool, he got out of the carriage, stood still, glanced at both sides, and then walked towards the gate with his hands behind his back.

The mansion in front of me is Sun Chuanting's new home in the capital, and the residence of Wang Yongguang, the former official minister.Wang Yongguang had been dismissed and returned home in the eighth year of Chongzhen. Last year, Zhu Youjian gave this house to Sun Chuanting, and arranged for Jin Yiwei to guard his family and moved into the new house in the capital from Daizhou.

The inner house of the Sun Mansion was filled with a happy atmosphere. Although it was not dark, the pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard were all hung with lit lanterns.Regardless of whether it was the master of the family or the servants, they all put on brand new clothes, shoes and socks, and their walking steps were extremely brisk, with smiles from the heart on everyone's faces.

In the kitchen on the side yard of the back house, several cooks are busy nervously, and the fires on several stoves are also burning vigorously; A maidservant wearing a skirt is waiting outside the kitchen. The cooks here have just put the dishes out of the pot. The maidservant outside will come in and pack them in a food box, and then carry the food box to the flower hall in the side yard. hurry to go.

On the top chair in the middle of the main room of the inner house, Sun Li, who combed her hair in a special topknot, wore fake temple flowers, and wore a golden embroidered cloud shoulder with six emerald green peacocks, decorated with gold beads and emeralds, and gold pendants on her ears, was sitting in front of her chest. , Sun Chuanting and his wife, Sun Liushi, who were dressed in a blue straight dress, knelt in front of her, and their sons and daughters, Sun Kedi and Sun Yan, knelt behind them.

"Today is the [-]th birthday of my mother, my son Chuanting, his wife and grandson Liu Shi, Zi Kedi, and Nv Yan'er, I wish my mother a happy spring in Yaochi and a happy birthday!"

After singing loudly, the happy Sun Chuanting family kowtowed three times to Mrs. Sun Li who was sitting on the chair.

"My son, get up quickly! Mrs. Liu, grandson, and granddaughter also get up quickly! With the blessing of my son, the old man has been bestowed with a second-rank body by the saint. This is the supreme glory of my grandson family! The saint's kindness to the sun family, Even if my grandson's family is smashed to pieces, it will be difficult to repay! From now on, my son needs to remember one thing, from now on, whatever the saints point out, is what my son wants! Don't worry about the rest!"

The radiant Sun Li sat on the top chair and urged Sun Chuanting earnestly.

I was able to wear the splendid attire of a woman of the second rank because of my son's honor. How could the old Sun's family have such glorious things as the imperial order of the second rank and the senior officials of the first rank at the same time?

Looking at her son, who is physically strong, Sun Li's heart is full of pride, and his eyes are also full of doting.

"Please rest assured, my lord, my son will definitely remember my mother's teachings, put the sacred heart and the public heart as the top priority in everything, and put aside personal interests to help my emperor create a great cause that will last forever! At this moment, I still need to ask my lord to sit down, My son has sent someone to hire Liu Wubing, a famous painter in the capital, to come here to paint a portrait of my mother for the descendants of my grandson to look up to! It may take a while, if my mother feels uncomfortable, I will tell others , and then paint after a break!"

Sun Chuanting replied after bowing and saluting.

"Okay, good, good! I wrote it down for my mother! My son will take Kedi to work elsewhere, as long as my mother is accompanied by Mrs. Liu and Yan'er!"

Mrs. Sun Li smiled and nodded in response. Sun Chuanting saluted and took his son Sun Kedi out of the main room, ready to go to the side yard to see how well the birthday banquet was prepared. Friends would bring their female relatives to visit, and the banquet in the inner house was for these family members we prepared.

This time his mother's [-]th birthday, Sun Chuanting didn't make a big deal of it, but invited a few friends from the same department who were still in Beijing to have a banquet.It was still early in the day, and the friends might have just returned home from duty, and it should be some time before they packed up and arrived at the Sun Mansion.

Sun Chuanting strolled with his hands behind his back, and when he was about to turn into the Moon Gate on one side, a maidservant from the Sun family trotted over in a hurry: "Young master, the butler of Sun outside the courtyard asked the maidservant to inform you that there are distinguished guests coming from outside the house. He said he came from the palace, so please hurry up to meet him, young master!"

Men other than the master are not allowed to enter the inner house of a rich family, even an old housekeeper like Sun Chengwen. If there is anything to do, it must be passed through the maid at the door of the inner house.

"A nobleman in the palace? Could it be that the Holy Majesty wants to invite me into the palace to have an audience? What's the rush?"

As Sun Chuanting thought about it, he involuntarily quickened his pace, and Sun Kedi, who was already there, followed behind his father.

After all, he is young at heart. Although he has come to Beijing to study in the Imperial College last year, he rarely has the opportunity to meet outsiders on weekdays, so Sun Kedi is very curious about all new things. He really wants to see who the nobleman from the palace is. look.

Sun Chuanting did not stop his son's move.He is already an adult, and it is time to follow behind him to see the world.

My son is smart and eager to learn, but his temperament is much smoother than himself. As long as he succeeds in the provincial and general examinations in the future, over time, his grades may not be much worse than his own.

Sun Chuanting and his son stepped out of the gate of the inner house and walked all the way. They just passed through the hall and entered the third main courtyard. They saw that the large courtyard was already full of blue-clothed warriors, and all the servants and maidservants in the mansion had disappeared. .

More than ten steps down the steps in front of the hall, a young man in a blue casual robe stood with his hands behind his back, looking at his father and son with a smile, and two middle-aged men with strange faces stood behind the young man, one on the left and one on the right. , They were all looking at themselves with curious eyes.

Sun Chuanting was stunned and immediately reacted. He raised the corner of his robe with one hand, stepped down the steps quickly and fell to his knees: "Your servant, Sun Chuanting, has come to see my emperor! I don't know that my emperor is coming, and I haven't had time to greet him. If there is a mistake, I ask the emperor to forgive me!"

Sun Kedi reacted quickly, and he had already followed down the steps and knelt behind his father: "My humble minister, Sun Kedi, will join our emperor!"

Sun Kedi, who was favored by his father, is now also the title of Jinyiwei Baihu, so there is no need to call himself a grassroots.

"Haha! You two, Sun Qing, get up, I am an unexpected guest today, so I don't blame you for being rude!"

Zhu Youjian walked slowly to Sun Chuanting and his son, smiled and gave his hands a hand, and Sun Chuanting and his son thanked him and stood up.

"I heard that there is a birthday celebration in Sun Qing's house, so I came here to ask for a cup of birthday wine! Hehe! Why didn't you invite me in to drink tea? I didn't come here empty-handed today! Hahaha!"

Zhu Youjian, who was in a good mood recently, made a rare joke about this important minister.

"Hehe! When I first saw my emperor coming in person, I lost my mind and lost my manners one after another! Your Majesty, please come in and have a rest and drink tea!"

Zhu Youjian's relaxed tone made Sun Chuanting and his son relax. Sun Chuanting smiled and asked Zhu Youjian to enter the room. Cheng Qianli, who had been not far from Zhu Youjian, took a few guards into the main room first.

Zhu Youjian stepped up the steps with his hands behind his back and walked into the house indifferently. Wang Chengen and Luo Yangxing followed closely behind. When they passed by Sun Chuanting, the two sides smiled and handed over each other.

　This book friend named Wu Xuefeng from Hengmei Gift Firm, may I ask if you are from Haining, Zhejiang?I stayed in Haining for a week around 2010. I remember that I was greeted by a boss with a name similar to yours. He ran a color printing factory.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)