Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 273 Zhongjing Hou Mansion

Geng Jiechuan led Gu Tingye to the camp, invited him to sit down, and took out two small jars from the cabinet in the corner.

"Zhonghuai, it's a coincidence that you're here. I made two jars of good wine yesterday, so I won't ask anyone to pour water for you. You can drink some to quench your thirst." Geng Jiechuan smiled and handed over a jar.

Gu Tingye looked at the wine jar in front of him and said in shock: "Old Geng, this is a military camp. Do you dare to drink here and risk your life?"

"Huh."

Geng Jiechuan said indifferently: "Zhonghuai, I heard that in the western suburbs camp, the generals were drinking and gambling too much, and there were even prostitutes. I just drank some wine to quench my greed. What's the point? What a fuss.”

The training began in the past few days. Yuan Wenshao thought that these soldiers were randomly assigned from the original camp in the western suburbs. He was worried about any problems and asked the generals to live in the military camp.

Geng Jiechuan likes to drink, but these past few days have made him drunk.

In order to please Geng Jiechuan, one of his subordinates brought him several jars of wine.

Geng Jiechuan was a little scared at first, but his subordinate said that all the generals in the western suburbs camp were doing this. He thought that when he was in Yuzhou, he had been drinking in the army, and it was Zhao Zongquan who took the lead. He felt relieved instantly.

"Old Geng, you have to know that the government has restructured the western suburbs camp, and has repeatedly emphasized the need to enforce military discipline. If you are caught drinking in the army, your head will be lost if it is serious." Gu Tingye said seriously.

He really didn't know what to say about this idiot Lao Geng.

This is military training now, not marching and fighting. It is not a big deal to drink a little secretly in the army.

But you offended Yuan Wenshao and still dared to drink in the army. Aren't you making yourself uncomfortable?

"What's this? When I was in Yuzhou, I trained with the officials. The officials often treated us to drinks in the military camp. It's okay."

As he spoke, Geng Jiechuan stuffed a jar of wine into Gu Tingye's arms, opened the seal, and drank heavily.

Gu Tingye: "..."

Can that be the same?

The militiamen trained by the regiment were trained during their free time, and they had to go home to work during the busy farming season.

"Stop drinking."

Gu Tingye reached out and snatched the wine jar from Geng Jiechuan's hand.

"Zhong Huai, what are you doing!" Geng Jiechuan patted the spilled wine on his chest and looked at Gu Tingye dissatisfied.

Gu Tingye said with a cold face: "Do you know why I came to the rear army today? Uncle Shen Guo heard that you had offended Yuan Wenshao and asked me to intercede. You have offended your immediate superiors, and you still dare to show up in the military camp If you're drinking here, aren't you going to put your head under the knife and ax yourself?"

Geng Jiechuan curled his lips and said: "He is just lucky and has a lot of abilities. I don't believe he dares to do anything to me."

"Are you drunk and stupid? As long as someone exposes this matter, the officials will not be able to protect you!" Gu Tingye shouted.

Zhao Zongquan's emphasis on Yuzhou's confidants had already made the civil officials dissatisfied.

Once this incident spreads, Geng Jiechuan will inevitably be impeached by civilian officials, and there is no need for Yuan Wenshao to take action.

However, this idiot didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at all.

"Don't worry, I'm just drinking in my tent, there are people watching outside, everything will be fine."

Geng Jiechuan still disagreed, and Gu Tingye walked away angrily.

"Zhong Huai, don't leave, you haven't said why you came to me yet." Geng Jiechuan shouted.

Gu Tingye ignored him, gathered his soldiers, and left the rear army directly for the front army.

After the briefing, they were taken into the former military camp.

"Zhong Huai, Wen Shao's side..."

When Shen Congxing saw Gu Tingye coming in, he opened his mouth to ask Yuan Wenshao's reaction. Before he could finish speaking, he noticed that Gu Tingye's face was very ugly and asked, "What's wrong? Is it because Wen Shao doesn't agree?"

"No."

Gu Tingye shook his head and said: "I went to Erlang as my uncle said. Although he was a little angry, he still gave me face and promised not to do anything to Lao Geng. But I went to Lao Geng, I was going to tell him what my uncle had told me, but I found out that he was drinking in the army."

"what?"

Shen Congxing stood up in surprise and cursed: "Is this old Geng a pig? This is Bianjing, he thought he was in Yuzhou. Didn't you scold him?"

"I said it, but he couldn't listen at all. I'm worried that if the civil servants get caught, it will be in trouble." Gu Tingye said.

"No! I'll go over there." Shen Congxing said and was about to walk out.

Although the civil servants of the DPRK and China seem to support Zhao Zongquan now, it does not mean that they are all loyal to Zhao Zongquan.

It's just the general trend.

The civil servants were very dissatisfied with Zhao Zongquan's heavy use of Yuzhou confidants. If the drinking incident of Lao Geng's army was known to those civil servants at this time, the civil servants would definitely take advantage of it to make trouble.

"Uncle."

Gu Tingye stopped Shen Congxing and said, "If you go now, you will only make the matter bigger, and Lao Geng may not be able to listen. Now the only way to get him to calm down is to report it to the officials and let them reprimand him."

Although Lao Geng has many shortcomings, he is very loyal to Zhao Zongquan, otherwise Zhao Zongquan would not be able to reuse him.

Now only Zhao Zongquan comes forward to make Lao Geng calm down.

"Okay, I will go back to the city and report to the officials now." Shen Congxing said.

Shen Congxing saw Gu Tingye off, arranged things in the army, and then hurried back to the city on horseback.

All the way to the palace, after the briefing, I met Zhao Zongquan and told Zhao Zongquan about Lao Geng drinking in the army.

After Zhao Zongquan learned about it, he was so angry that he wanted to kill Lao Geng.

He restructured the western suburbs camp in order to completely control the military power.

The Queen Mother originally disagreed with this. Although the Queen Mother has agreed now, if the drinking incident among Lao Geng's army breaks out, who knows whether the Queen Mother will use it as an excuse.

Zhao Zongquan suppressed his anger and summoned Geng Jiechuan into the palace, where he cursed him vehemently.

Geng Jiechuan had never seen Zhao Zongquan so angry before, and he was so frightened that he did not dare to breathe.

"I tell you, if you dare to drink in the army again, you can go guard the city gate for me."

Zhao Zongquan cursed a lot, lost a lot of his anger, and said coldly.

"Yes, your Majesty, don't worry, I will never dare to do it again." Geng Jiechuan said quickly.

"I'm angry just looking at you, get out of here!" Zhao Zongquan said angrily.

"My minister retire."

Geng Jiechuan quickly bowed and retreated.

After leaving the palace, Geng Jiechuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Yuan Wenshao, you are playing tricks on me, just wait for me." Geng Jiechuan gritted his teeth and was filled with anger.

He didn't dare to ask the official who filed the complaint.

He didn't even think about Gu Tingye and Shen Congxing.

In his opinion, he had such a good relationship with Gu Tingye, Shen Congxing and the others that there was no way they could sue him.

Therefore, I feel that this matter was done by Yuan Wenshao.

……

Fuyan Palace

Zhu Neiguan quietly walked up to the Queen Mother, who was lying on the Arhat bed, and said softly: "The Queen Mother."

"explain."

The Queen Mother didn't open her eyes, and spoke with her mouth slightly opened.

"I just received the news that Geng Jiechuan, the deputy commander of the rear army, was drinking in the army and was summoned to the royal study by the official to reprimand him," Zhu Neiguan said.

The Queen Mother opened her eyes and wanted to stand up. Zhu Neiguan quickly helped the Queen Mother sit up. "Is this something that someone is impeaching or something?" the Queen Mother asked.

"Back to the Queen Mother, no one was impeaching her. Uncle Shen Guo went to see the officials before that. It was probably Uncle Shen who told the officials." Zhu Neiguan said.

"Oh."

The Queen Mother nodded, did not speak, and did not know what she was thinking.

"Empress Dowager, do you think we should arrange for someone to reveal this matter at court tomorrow morning?" Zhu Neiguan said.

The Queen Mother glanced at him and said: "Is there any evidence? Although the admonishment officer heard about the matter, but without evidence, there is nothing that can be done to him. This will make the officials suspicious of the people around them, which is meaningless."

She entered the palace as a teenager and lived in the palace for more than thirty years.

He and the late emperor were very tolerant towards the maids and eunuchs in the palace. Zhao Zongquan thought that it would be enough to replace those high-ranking female officials and eunuchs.

Little did they know that many eunuchs and maids in the palace were grateful for the kindness of the late emperor.

Some of the people promoted by Zhao Zongquan were still loyal to her.

The Geng Jiechuan incident was not impeached, which means that no one else knows about it yet.

If she asks someone to impeach her, Zhao Zongquan will definitely suspect that there is a mole around him.

Even if Geng Jiechuan can be dealt with and the hidden thread hidden around Zhao Zongquan is exposed, it is still not cost-effective.

"Then the old slave asked people to spread this matter?" Zhu Neiguan said.

The Queen Mother pondered for a while and said: "This is still inappropriate. Forget it, let's not worry about this matter for now. The most urgent task is to find out who else is connected with King Yan and avenge the late Emperor. As an official family, we want to How can there be such a good thing in the world if you are determined to make progress and want stability at the same time. Things that go against the party should also be investigated carefully."

"Back to the Queen Mother, we have found out a lot. Do you want to hand it over to Young Master Qi now?" Zhu Neiguan said.

"Don't worry, check again. Don't wait too long. It won't be good if the officials stop it." The Queen Mother said calmly.

After Zhao Zongquan ascended the throne, he ordered people to thoroughly investigate the rebels.

However, in order to calm down the matter as soon as possible, the investigation was not carried out very strictly and the matter was hastily settled.

This made the Queen Mother very dissatisfied, and she kept asking people to investigate people who were involved in the government and rebelled against the party.

Some time ago, Princess Pingning came to see her and asked her to help her son Qi Heng find a good job.

The Queen Mother arranged for Qi Heng to go to Jianyuan.

I am going to ask Qi Heng to report to the party and ask for a thorough investigation of the rebels.

Zhao Zongquan had no reason to refuse a thorough investigation of the traitor, but if the investigation lasted for a long time, Zhao Zongquan would have reason to stop it.

Therefore, she planned to wait until everything was found out before taking action.

"Yes." Zhu Neiguan responded.

……

In late April, Zheng Wu, the younger brother of Marquis Zhongjing, and Xiao Shen, the queen's sister, got married.

The Zhongjing Hou Mansion is the founding lord of the country, a loyal and good family for generations, and a first-class wealthy family in Bianjing.

She is marrying the younger sister of the current empress, so the marriage is naturally lively.

Yuan Wenshao came back from the military camp the day before, and went to the Zhongjing Hou Mansion with Hua Lan on the morning of the next day.

There are still two streets away from Zhongjinghou Mansion, and the road is blocked tightly.

Zhang An went to inquire about it, and came back and said that because there were too many guests today, the road was blocked, and the Zhongjing Marquis Mansion was arranging for people to clear it.

Hualan opened the curtain, looked outside, and said in surprise: "I heard that Mrs. Zhongjinghou is the most capable, and I thought I would ask her for advice on what to pay attention to when hosting a banquet later, but I didn't expect that there would be a traffic jam. .”

"I estimate that all the wealthy families from Bianjing will come over today. Even if they don't deal with the Zheng family, they still have to give face to the Shen family." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

Because the road was congested, the Zheng family sent many servants to bring tea and snacks to the guests who were stuck in the traffic jam, and expressed their apologies.

Hua Lan muttered: "I didn't expect there would be so much to talk about when hosting a banquet."

Yuan Wenshao saw that Hua Lan looked like he had learned the lesson and said speechlessly: "Don't worry, there won't be so many people at our housewarming party."

"What if this is just in case? It's my first time to hold a banquet. I have to consider all aspects. If I make any mistakes, I will be laughed at." Hua Lan said.

"Didn't I tell you to ask your mother for help?" Yuan Wenshao said.

"My mother can't help much. She has never hosted such a big banquet."

In the past, Earl Zhongqin's mansion was deprived of its title, and fell into decline after it was restored. Feng hosted the largest banquet, which was the time when Yuan Wenshao married her.

But at that time, Yuan Wenshao was just lucky enough to be granted the title of count without any foundation.

It's different now.

Yuan Wenshao was a marquis and a second-rank military commander.

This banquet is considered to be the birth of the eldest son, the ennoblement, promotion, and housewarming all rolled into one. There will definitely be a lot of people coming by then.

"and…"

Speaking of this, Hua Lan hesitated.

"And what?" Yuan Wenshao looked at Hua Lan strangely.

"A few days ago, my father-in-law took a concubine. I found out that I was pregnant not long ago. My mother was so angry that she wanted to clean up the concubine. She was scolded by my father-in-law. She was quarreling with him because of this. How could she be in the mood to help me with the banquet? ." Hua Lan whispered.

Yuan Wenshao frowned slightly and said, "When did it happen?"

His cheap father, who is over fifty, is still in full bloom.

Yuan Wenshao really didn't know whether to say he was getting stronger with age or that he was shameless.

"You have been in the military camp, and I didn't let anyone tell you. We are not even close to doing this kind of thing." Hua Lan said.

"Forget it, let them do it."

Indeed, this kind of thing is beyond the control of a junior like him.

After waiting for about half an hour, the road was cleared and the carriage slowly began to move forward.

Arriving at Zhongjinghou Mansion, Yuan Wenshao saw through the car window that the door of Zhongjinghou Mansion was open, with a red cloth hanging on the door and happy couplets on both sides.

When the carriage was stable, Yuan Wenshao got off the carriage first and helped Hua Lan out of the carriage.

Zhongjing Hou Zheng Wen and his wife, who were greeting guests at the door, quickly came over to greet them.

"Thank you very much for the visit of Lord Zhongyong. The road is congested and I am really sorry for the congestion of Lord Zhongyong and his wife." Zheng Wen apologized.

"Haha, it's normal for a big day to be lively." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"Thank you, Marquis Zhongjing, for your understanding. Please come in quickly." Zheng Wen said with a smile.

After exchanging a few words, Zheng Wen invited Yuan Wenshao and Yuan Wenshao into the house.

As soon as Yuan Wenshao and Yuan Wenshao entered the mansion, there was a maid and a young boy leading the way for them.

Hua Lan was led to the backyard because she was a female.

Yuan Wenshao walked inside under the leadership of the boy, looking around all the way.

As expected of an old lord, the mansion is high, spacious and peaceful, with small bridges, flowing water, hills and woods, and pleasant scenery.

The house is truly magnificent with its carved beams and painted pillars. Even the doors, windows and pillars are painted with gold.

After the renovation of my own house, it was even worse than the Zhongjing Hou Mansion.

(End of this chapter)