marquis of jingan

Chapter 393 Favor and Communication

After spending the Lantern Festival with his family, the next morning, Shen Yi left Jiangdu with his wife, three maidservants, and Shen Ling and his wife, and rushed back to Jiankang.

Before parting, Shen Yi told his father, Shen Zhang, to pay attention to his health, and pulled Shen Heng aside to explain some things to him.

Mainly about scientific research.

Because this year, Shen Ling will start to take the county test. If everything goes well, he will be able to stand together with his elder brother Shen Yi in the court hall in the tenth year of Hongde two years later.

But Shen Yi told him not to worry.

Shen Yi's meaning is obvious. The fourth branch of the Shen family already has a Shen Yi, which is enough for their small family to not face any pressure for a long time.

In other words, for Shen Heng's exams, he doesn't have to sharpen his head and try his best to drill up like Shen Yi. He can take every exam calmly, because Shen Yi has already supported this family.

If Hongde misses for ten years, he can wait for Hongde for 13 years, Hongde for 16 years, or even Hongde for 19 years.

Shen Heng is 15 years old this year. Hearing this, he smiled at his elder brother and said, "Don't worry, brother, I'm not in a hurry at all. This year's candidates will be happy if they pass the exam, and happy if they don't."

Shen Yi nodded with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "That little girl from the Chen family works in our house. She washes and cooks for you on weekdays, but you can't treat her like the person she is. You should treat her well."

"Ah."

Shen Heng nodded and said, "Brother, I know what's going on in her family, so I won't bully her."

"I like to study, and when I have free time, I go back to the city to visit my father."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi paused, and continued: "Also, you are in the academy, so go to my father-in-law for a walk if you have nothing to do. He lives in the academy alone, so he will inevitably feel lonely."

"Walk around more with his old man. If you are selected as a student this year, you will also worship under Master Lu."

Shen Zhang has been in the capital all these years.Not very much at home, the two brothers depended on each other in Jiangdu, so Shen Heng listened to his elder brother in everything. Hearing this, he nodded quickly and said: "Brother, don't worry, go to Jiankang, I will often visit the head of the mountain."

Shen Yi doesn't talk much on weekdays, but when facing his younger brother, he can't help but talk more. After the two brothers talked for a long time, Shen Yi waved to his father and younger brother Saying goodbye, the carriage slowly boarded the official road and left Jiangdu.

At this moment, the heavy snow that fell years ago has already melted in sevens and eighties. Even though there is still some snow on the side of the road, there is no white on the official road at all, and the road is already easy to walk.

Shen Yi and his party had a total of three carriages. Because the official road was easy to travel, it only took a little more than three days along the way. By the afternoon of the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, they had already arrived at the city of Jiankang.

When he arrived at the gate of Jiankang City, Shen Yi signaled for the carriage to stop, and then he stood at the gate of the city and waited for a while, about tea time, and finally saw a few knights trailing behind them, also rushed to the city the door.

It was Zhao Ge and other internal guards who had been escorting them along the way these days.

Shen Yi stepped forward, bowed his hands to a few inner guards, and said sincerely: "These days, you guys have worked hard, and I'm really sorry that you couldn't go home for the New Year."

Among these few people, only Zhao Ge was familiar with Shen Yi. He jumped off his mount, smiled at Shen Yi, and said: "I am following orders, Shen Sizheng, you don't have to be polite."

Shen Yi asked: "This trip back to Jiankang, you big brothers are going to have a job?"

Zhao Ge nodded: "Most likely, we have to go back and report to the higher authorities for details."

"After the business trip, I invite everyone to invite Yuelou for a drink."

The inner guards looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't dare to speak, and the captain Zhao Ge shook his head and said: "Shen Sizheng, I'm waiting for the inner guards, it's not suitable to go too far with a civil servant like you." close."

"There is no need to be taboo about this."

Shen Yi smiled and said, "I'll go and tell Eunuch Gao, and I'll report it for you."

In fact, the leader of the inner guard is not Eunuch Gao, but the commander of the inner guard.

This commander is very mysterious. Shen Yi has never seen what he looks like so far, but only vaguely remembers that his surname is Xie.

Several inner guards bowed their hands to Shen Yi and saluted: "If that's the case, I will definitely bother Si Zheng when the time comes."

After some courtesies, Shen Yi parted ways with these inner guards, got into the carriage, and went all the way to Shen's house in Jiankang City.

At this moment, more than a dozen peach trees have been planted in the open space in the back garden of Shen's house, but because it is still winter, the peach trees have not sprouted yet, so they look a bit bare.

After returning home, Shen Yi greeted Shen Ling and his wife, and then accompanied Lu Ruoxi back to their bedroom.

Because no one lived in it for several months, there was a lot of dust in the house, and several maids began to clean up inside and out.

Shen Yi took his wife back to the bedroom, pulled his wife to sit down, and said with a smile: "When we got married in Jiangdu, I heard a lot of people gossip behind their backs, saying that Shen Qi didn't even have a decent house. He doesn't have much salary when he becomes an official, so Miss Lu's family must suffer for many years following him."

With that said, Shen Yi took out a wooden box from a hidden compartment at the head of the bed, and after opening the wooden box, a house deed inside was revealed. He put the house deed in front of Lu Ruoxi, and said with a smile: "How do they know, why are you so happy?" Husband still has a big mansion in Jiankang."

Lu Ruoxi took the wooden box.

She knew that the emperor rewarded Shen Yi for this house, otherwise she would not have allowed Shen Yi to plant peach trees in the yard.

Hearing what Shen Yi said, the newly married Mrs. Shen smiled lightly: "You don't take such a valuable thing with you, you just put it in this room, and you are not afraid of being stolen."

"What are you afraid of?"

Master Shen said in a spirited manner: "This is rewarded by the Son of Heaven. If anyone steals this house deed and takes it out to sue us, it is no different from seeking death."

Lu Ruoxi snorted softly: "You lost the emperor's reward, aren't you also looking for death?"

After the two brothers talked, Lu Ruoxi opened the door and walked out, turned her head and smiled at Shen Yi: "I'm going to find my sister-in-law, I won't talk to you anymore..."

A family of seven or eight people cleaned up for more than an hour, and finally cleaned the house, and the two maids were busy in the kitchen, preparing to make dinner for the evening.

And at this time, Ding Man also came to Shen's house, followed by four or five servants, and brought several bolts of high-quality silk, as well as chicken, duck and fish to Shen's house.

Ding Man couldn't speak. After putting down his things, he kowtowed to Shen Yi, then turned and left.

Although he didn't say anything, Shen Yi knew in his heart that this was Xu Fu's wish, it could be regarded as a "New Year's gift".

With these things, there is no need to go out to buy vegetables, and the maids are busy in the kitchen immediately.

But tonight, Shen Yi and his wife are not going to have dinner at home.

When the afternoon was approaching the evening, the young couple brought some gifts from Jiangdu, bought some on the street, and arrived at Zhao Shangshu's house in the evening.

The two of them have some relationship with Zhao Shangshu, and the engagement was presided over by Zhao Shangshu. Now that they are married, they will naturally come to kowtow to Zhao Shangshu.

However, because the new year has just started, and the imperial court has only been at work for two or three days, the beginning of the year and the end of each year are the busiest times for the household department. When Shen Yi arrived at the Zhao family in the dark, he waited until the meal time, but Zhao Shangshu was not there. go home after get off work.

If Zhao Shangshu doesn't come back, the Zhao family won't be able to serve dinner.

Mrs. Zhao simply dragged Lu Ruoxi to the back room to have some snacks and talk.

In this way, until it was completely dark, Zhao Shangshu's sedan chair landed at the door of his house, and Shen Yi and the two brothers of the Zhao family went to the door to greet him.

After Zhao Changping got out of the sedan chair, he immediately saw Shen Yi in front of him, and a smile soon appeared on his tired face.

"When did Ziheng come back?"

"Just arrived in the afternoon."

Shen Yi bowed his hands and saluted, and said with a smile: "I just came back, so I have the cheek to come to the uncle's house to eat."

(End of this chapter)