Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 161
The sun at noon in July is scorching the earth, the leaves hang weakly on the branches, trembling gently with the breeze, only Cicada is singing tirelessly, and only a group of people are rushing on the wide Jinjing Avenue—— —Dozens of cavalry followed closely behind a young general in a nine-python five-claw robe and a sapphire crown, escorting several carriages and galloping wildly under the scorching sun, except for the leading general. The riding skills of other sergeants outside are really bad enough, they are only able to ride horses, not even riding skills at all.

The young general reached out his hand to wipe the sweat dripping from his face, took off his top hat, and revealed a scarred face. He looked up at the sky, and cursed with some dissatisfaction: "Damn, hurry up!" , if the time is delayed, I will take your skin off." This person is Yinzuo's former personal guard captain and Liu Yao, who is now a general of the Fujian Navy.

Liu Yao was very anxious at the moment, seeing that it was already noon, and there was still a long way to go to the capital, if he missed his master's eldest son's catch-up week and his first son's full moon wine, even if the master didn't blame him, He felt sorry for himself, but Liu Yao didn't move no matter how anxious he was, not to mention that his followers were all southerners, and their equestrian skills were terrible. I can't even lift it up.

Since October of the 35th year of Kangxi, Liu Yao has not seen Yinzuo for almost two years. This time, taking advantage of the opportunity of returning to Beijing to report on his work, he originally planned to leave earlier, so as to catch up with the birth of his master's son-in-law, but before leaving I received a letter from Yinzuo asking him to go to Shanghai to pick up someone, so I had to go to Shanghai on a navy warship. After picking up the guy, I changed to a tank boat and bumped all the way to Tianjinwei last night. It's early in the morning today. So I dispatched some horses and carriages from Tianjin Weiyi Station and rushed to the capital with all my might, but I was afraid that the time would be delayed, so I was so anxious that I was furious.

Among those carriages, except one was a gift from Liu Yao and Lao Tzu Liu Shuangcheng, the other three were grassroots people whom Liu Yao didn't know. All lost on the road, he rushed straight to the capital by himself, but he could only think about it, those people were the ones Yinzuo told him to pick up, and if he gave Liu Yao ten courages, he would not dare to do so, he had no choice but to Being able to urge his subordinates to speed up, the brigade rolled up smoke and dust and rushed towards the capital.

Busy, busy, busy! Yinzuo is very busy today. The eldest son Hongli is one year old and has to catch the week. Thank you, the courtiers came to congratulate me again, and I have to socialize for one or two, and I have to arrange a family banquet for the evening, although there are sisters Qiao, Liu Quan and other housekeepers to help, but there are still many things for Yinzuo to nod and make a decision It was so loud that it made Yinzuo dizzy and dizzy. It was finally at the end of the day that he could take a breather, have lunch, and think about his thoughts by the way.

Since the old man returned to Beijing in early February of the 37th year of Kangxi and accepted all the errands in the hands of his elder brothers, all the adult elder brothers took turns to run errands in other places. Du Yinzuo was left alone and never sent any errands.Since February, there has been a change of personnel in the court, and Mr. Kangxi has appointed several new talents. The most notable one is Zhang Tingyu, the son of Zhang Ying, the former Minister of Industry, who has only been a second-class Jinshi for more than a year. Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Officials, was immediately promoted to the rank of Shuji because his words were in harmony with the holy will, and then he was promoted to the cabinet bachelor. Unique, even worse than the original Gao Shiqi.

In June of the 37th year of Kangxi, Yin Zuo's Zhengfu Jin Lanyue'er was pregnant for eleven months before giving birth to Lin'er. Today is the day of the full moon, and the Holy One named him Hongyang. Although the imperial edict did not mention letting this son It is the words of Wang Shizi, but there is such a meaning in the words.According to common sense, the eldest son should naturally be the prince's son, but the Qing Dynasty has never been interested in the succession of the eldest son. Most of the Qing emperors were not the eldest son, but took the sage as emperor, but it was Yinzuo's turn But there are some troubles - the mother of the eldest son Hongli is Han, while the mother of the first son, Lan Yueer, was born in the three banners, so there is something to worry about here. Dier still attaches great importance to bloodlines.

Yinzuo has always been indifferent to things like the separation of Manchu and Han. As a time traveler, he naturally knows that everyone is descended from Yan and Huang. There is not much difference, besides, he himself was also a Han Chinese in his previous life, and he had no ethnic prejudice at all in his heart. Nervous, no, while having lunch, discussing this matter with the two counselors Wu and Lin, unexpectedly, the two counselors who always have the same opinion have diametrically opposite views on this matter.

Lin Xuanyi has always been a Confucian child, and he was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, it is a code of etiquette for a legitimate son to be a son, and the Holy One also intends to make this son a son. If you don't obey, I'm afraid it will hurt things."

"Brother Li He's words are absurd. I have always occupied great positions with virtuous people. This has been the case since Taizong. The position of the son is very important and should not be taken lightly. Now that the sons are not grown up, the prince is not like a son in vain. The position is waiting for the future." Wu Sidao said slowly, shaking the feather fan.

"That being said, it is difficult to violate the holy will, and it would not be good if it affects the prince's plan." Although Lin Xuanyi's words were tactful, he still insisted on making Hongyang his son.

"Your son is wise, but if there is a slight mistake, what should we do?" Wu Sidao said disapprovingly.

"Okay, okay." Yinzuo looked at the disagreement between Wu and Lin, fearing that they would have a conflict, he waved his hand to stop the argument between Wu and Lin, and said with a smile: "After this matter Let's talk again, it won't be too late to decide when the two little guys are older, hehe, in the future, it may be uncertain how many sons the king will have. Do as Mr. Wu wants."

Yinzuo doesn't have any deep friendship with the courtiers, but there are quite a few people who come to give gifts, but Yinzuo's rule has always been to accept gift slips but not to accept gifts, keep the gift slips sent, and please move things back. Everyone treats everyone equally, even if The servants of his own family also handle it normally. Although it is a bit unreasonable, it also has a reputation of innocence. The difference is that the servants of his own family can participate in the family banquet, and those courtiers will pass it out after enjoying a cup of tea.However, Yin Zuo accepted the gift from the elder brothers with a smile. He was not polite to the rich brothers Yin Zuo, and accepted all the gifts. According to Yin Zuo's words: Those are people's fat and people's anointing, but they are in vain, and Yushitai has nothing to say.

At the time of the unitary hour, all the elder brothers in Beijing came, except for the crown prince, the boss who was out of Beijing on business, and the fourth son, everyone else was present. Cheerful, full of an atmosphere of brotherhood, until the third quarter of the unitary hour, when they were full of wine and food, they dispersed.Yin Zuo sent off his brothers, and turned around to order the family banquet to begin.

The slaves of Yin Zuo's sect are few among the elder brothers, but there are as many as three to forty people. Those who are far away like Liu Shuangcheng, Haida, Guo Pu, Liu Changning, etc. have not been able to come, and those who are close can come. There are a lot of writers including Cheng Tianming, the new magistrate of Datong, Shanxi, Lin Chengbin, the magistrate of Taiyuan, Shanxi, He Lin of Daotai in Jining, Shandong, and Chen Qi, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry. Among the generals are Li Ke, Liang Size, Deng Ming, etc. There are officials and foreign officials, but one thing they have in common is that they are all young people, who are not lacking in literary and military skills. They rarely meet each other, but taking advantage of this opportunity, they can be regarded as getting acquainted with each other.Since it was a family banquet, there were not so many rules. The big guys opened up to chat, and even the two little bastards Li Wei and Zhou Yongcheng gathered on the table and drank wine.

Yinzuo looked at the young talents in Manhuating, and he was very happy in his heart. These people were all selected by him, and they were all his future team members. Although the current positions are not high, they will be in the future. They can all come in handy, not to mention how beautiful they are, and laughingly having a drink with the gang of servants under him. After drinking for three rounds, it finally came to the most important program tonight-the appearance of the eldest son and the appearance of the eldest son.

First, Lan Yue'er embraced the little Hongyang who had just reached the full moon, accompanied by four or five maids and old mothers, and let the big guy see the majesty of the son-in-law. Etiquette is a great gift to see the son.Lan Yue'er was happy, but Yin Zuo couldn't help frowning, but it was hard to say anything on such occasions, so she just smiled faintly.Little Hongyang didn't recognize his life, he looked left and right with his big eyes, occasionally waved his small fists, and made a hoarse sound a few times, as if he was greeting a big guy, but his appearance was very cute.While laughing and fussing, Liu Yao rushed in sweating profusely. Seeing Yinzuo knelt down on the ground, he said with a smile: "Master, it's better to come early than to come early. Hey, the servant finally arrived in time."

Haha, the little demon is here. This kid has been an official for several years, and he still has the virtue of a playful smile.Yinzuo smiled and said, "You are late, and you will be punished with three bowls of wine."

"Succeed, the slave is thirsty, or the master knows the slave's heart best, bring the wine, let's drink three jars of it first." Liu Yao said with a playful smile.

"Let's go, the master's wine doesn't cost money, but there are three jars when you come here, you are beautiful." Yinzuo laughed and cursed, and waved Liu Yao to take a seat.Among the officials present, Li Ke has the highest official rank, he is already the second rank, and then he is the third rank of Liu Yao. The position next to Zuo, Liu Yao was not too polite, he punched Li Ke with a smile and said: "Stinky boy, the official position is bigger than us, and he is promising."

Although Li Ke has always been serious, but it was for outsiders, so there is nothing he dared to say when he saw his old boss, and he replied with a smile: "Well, haven't you come up to meet me, sir?"

"Cut, brat, bullying our official boy, I will force you down soon." Liu Yao pretended to be resentful and said, which immediately aroused the laughter of the whole room.

As soon as Lan Yueer left with Xiao Hongyang in her arms, Qiu Ju came out leading Xiao Hongli. This little guy was just able to walk, and he was not allowed to be hugged. Even Qiu Ju couldn't do it. He had to walk by himself. Walking was also very steady, seeing strangers in the room at this moment, but there was no expression on his face, a pair of big eyes turned around, found Yin Zuo, broke away from Qiu Ju's hand, and trotted He rushed over, shouting indistinctly: "Ride, ride."

ride?What are you riding?Isn't it just riding Yinzuo, who made Yinzuo always put this little guy on his neck, and became the little guy's driver, but they were all playing in their own inner courtyard. Now, face is still important.Yin Zuo lifted the little guy up, and said with a smile: "Come on, Dad will show you some new toys, which one do you like?" The little guy looked at Yin Zuo without saying a word, but his face was thoughtful After a while, he smiled and nodded.

The servants had already prepared the things to catch the week, so they set up a big table outside the flower hall, covered it with a piece of red cloth, and covered it with knives, scissors, bows, pens, books, thread, money, abacus, perfume, and rouge. Such things and several kinds of pastries and fruits.These are all common things, the only difference from the folks is that there is a small seal on the red cloth.Yin Zuo put Xiao Hongli on the long table with a smile, pointed to the things on the red cloth and said: "Go, see what you like, just take it."

The little guy stood on the table and looked back at Yin Zuo, his eyes were full of confusion.Yinzuo smiled and said: "Go, daddy said, take whatever you like." Xiao Hongli didn't say a word, took small steps, walked towards the red cloth, looked at this, and then looked at that, and there was nothing wrong. Picking up any item, the people in the room were very curious and didn't make a sound, just wanting to see what the eldest son of the king was going to take.

Xiao Hongli thought for a while, and finally bent down, gathered all kinds of things into a pile with a pair of small hands, and hugged them in his arms with a smile, but his hands were too small to hold them, so he simply sat on the pile of things He was so happy, that kind of complacency made everyone in the room fall down with laughter.

Damn, this kid is really greedy, he doesn't want to lose anything, motherfucker, he's a big kid.Yin Zuo shook his head with a smile, but he was not very satisfied in his heart - he wanted everything, and in the end he either got it all or got nothing, but the chances of the latter were much higher, this brat has too much heart However, if you don't have the ability and your heart is high, I'm afraid it will be nothing in the end.Yinzuo secretly made up his mind to discipline this little guy strictly. If he can become a talent, it is good, but if he doesn't, he will die early to fight for the son.

While everyone was laughing, Liu Yao quietly walked up to Yinzuo, and said in a low voice, "Master, the people you want to pick up have arrived, and the slaves have arranged them all in the house in Xiaochuanzi Hutong."

Yin Zuo's spirit was lifted, he smiled and said: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, I will leave the guards there tonight to you, and I will go tomorrow morning."

Liu Yao said in a low voice: "Yes, the slave obeys orders." Without asking who those people were, he retreated to the side on his own.

That's right, the little demon has come out of experience, he knows what he should ask and what he shouldn't know, um, he's promising, and it's worth all the hard work we put into cultivating him.Yin Zuo was very satisfied with Liu Yao's progress, secretly thinking about how to give Liu Yao another title.

As the saying goes, when some people are happy, others are worried. Right now, Lan Yueer and Qiu Ju are very happy, but Chunlan is secretly sad. The same Fujin, just because Qiu Ju gave birth to a son, and she gave birth to a daughter , the excitement lost her share, and she ate a few glasses of wine with a forced face and a smile at the banquet in the backyard, had a good time with Lan Yueer and Qiu Ju, and found an excuse to go back to the room with Princess Yixue in her arms , looking at the little princess who had already fallen asleep in her arms, weeping secretly, she was so sad, and asked the maids to wait for her to freshen up, and was about to rest early, when she heard the voices of the maids from the door: "My lord coming."

"Ah?" Chunlan was busy adjusting her clothes, and Yinzuo had already strode in when she was flustered, and said with a smile: "Chunlan, where is my little princess? It's her birthday today."

Yinzuo drank a little too much, and his voice was a little higher, waking up the sleeping little Yixue. The little guy let go of his voice and burst into tears. Suddenly, the whole room was busy, and Yinzuo looked embarrassed. Scratching her head, she took out a string of pearls from her bosom and brought it to the little girl's side, coaxing: "Be good, little Xue'er, daddy brought you a birthday present, look, do you like it?" The little girl was crying happily, He didn't pay attention to Yin Zuo at all, which made Yin Zuo a little uncomfortable.

To be honest, Yin Zuo doesn't value boys and girls very much. Now there are two sons, and only one daughter. He originally planned to celebrate the little princess's birthday, but in this era, women have no status and have no relationship with their sons. At the same time, for the birthday gift, Yin Zuo didn't want to be criticized, so he had to let it go, but he didn't forget his daughter's birthday in his heart, and prepared a gift early, intending to give the little guy a surprise, but the little guy didn't appreciate it , Yinzuo didn't do anything, so he had to put Pearl down with a smirk, and walked away with some embarrassment.Chunlan felt sore in her heart, looking at the bright moonlight outside the window, she shed tears silently...

(End of this chapter)