Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 852

At this time, Han Xizai's expression became kind and kind, and he stroked his beard and said in a warm voice: "Your Majesty has high hopes for the students of Xiangfu College. In the future, officials of Xiangfu Kingdom will choose students from Xiangfu College. You must study hard and pass the time." For the first exam in a few days, you must not fall into my Han family's house."

"Grandson must study hard and try his best not to lose face to grandpa." Han Zixiu secretly groaned in his heart. Although he was smart since he was a child, he has not studied as hard compared to other classmates recently. Ordinary people may have been able to confess the past, but it is obviously not enough for the status of the grandson of the prime minister. Han Zixiu secretly guessed that his grandfather might be satisfied only if he made it into the top ten.

Han Xizai was preoccupied but did not notice Han Zixiu's lack of confidence, and finally said: "Zixiu, from now on, your monthly allowance will be doubled."

Han Zixiu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and after thanking Han Xizai again, he was sent away by Han Xizai.

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After Han Zixiu left, Han Xizai's expression turned gloomy, and he muttered to himself, "If you confess this matter to Your Majesty, His Majesty will not punish me, but the position of Prime Minister may not be guaranteed. Come, tell Han Zhong to come see me." .”

The Han family used to be the number one family in the Southern Tang Dynasty, rich in the world, and a large family inheriting nearly a hundred families. Although after the Southern Tang Dynasty was captured by the Song Dynasty, most of the Han family's wealth was acquired by the Song Dynasty court, but the wealth hidden in the folk is still It should not be underestimated. Since arriving in the northwest, over the past year or so, the business has already reopened. There are more than a dozen restaurants, teahouses, and brothels in Xiajing City alone, and they are all the most high-end types. It can be said that Han The family is still the wealthiest family among the ministers of the Xiangfu Kingdom.In the family, many sons who have been loyal to the Han family for three or four generations came to Xiangfu Kingdom with Han Xizai.This is far beyond the mansions of Li Junhao, Ma Wentao, Hu Sanguang and others.

Han Zhong, whom Han Xizai had sent for, was the most loyal and capable servant, and he could not be called a dead man for an exaggeration.After Han Xizai explained some things to Han Zhong, Han Zhong left the Han family, and went to his family's restaurant in Xiajing City to check the accounts as before.

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Since the founding of Xiangfu Kingdom, Xiajing has been prosperous day by day.A few days ago, although the war with the Liao Kingdom added some worry, depression and panic to the atmosphere, but since the victory, the streets have become more lively with crowds of people, among them there are many foreigners with different looks and strange clothes from the Western Regions Interspersed among them.

Meng Feiyang had just arrived and was not familiar with Xia Jing, so he took a long detour and finally arrived at Jiangnan Restaurant.

Walking into the restaurant, looking around, you can see that the hall is already full of various guests, among them there are some big-eating barbarians who have settled in Xiajing, and there are also some Dali businessmen with better skin.He knew that since Xiangfu Kingdom had defeated Song and Liao successively, it had risen in the northwest and became the veritable overlord of the Northwest. Moreover, Ye Chen paid more attention to the development of commerce and the development of business roads than Song and Liao, and constantly improved the status of merchants. .As a result, more and more businessmen from all over the world, especially from various forces in the Western Regions, came to Xiangfu Country. After the reputation of Xiangfu Academy became more and more famous, there were also more scholars or scholars who went to study.

Meng Feiyang lamented that Xiangfu Kingdom had only been established for a year, and it was already showing signs of prosperity. At the same time, seeing that there were too many customers in the restaurant, they didn't notice him. He stopped for a while, raised his legs and walked to the backyard.

In addition to the main building, this Jiangnan restaurant also has a backyard covering an area of ​​several acres.There are many separate courtyards in the courtyard, which are separated from each other and are mainly used for accommodation and rental.When he entered the backyard, he suddenly felt extremely quiet, and the noise outside seemed to have nothing to do with the inside.He saw a shop waiter walking outside with a basin of water, he hurriedly stopped, and asked, "Is anyone in Tianzi No. [-] room today?"

The waiter in the shop was stunned, and quickly replied: "There is someone." He didn't dare to ask any more questions, put the water away, and led Meng Feiyang to Tianzi No. [-] room.After a while, he arrived outside a secluded courtyard, and the waiter respectfully said: "Officer, this is it." After saying that, he left.

This is the first time for Meng Feiyang to come here, and he saw that the courtyard looks like a small farmhouse in the south of the Yangtze River, and the doors are all made of bamboo.A clump of bamboo is planted next to the door, and there is still white snow on it that has not yet melted from the heavy snow a few days ago.He coughed lightly and knocked on the door.Hearing the sound of "squeak", the door opened in response.A well-dressed man in his thirties stood by the door, looking at Meng Feiyang with astonishment in his eyes, and asked, "Who is this official looking for?"

"Someone inside told me to send something to the owner here."

The well-dressed man hurriedly saluted himself, and said: "I'm sorry, please come in." He led Meng Feiyang into the living room and sat down, and after serving tea to the maid, he said: "Please allow the villain to go and inform me." Meng Feiyang was indifferent Said: "You go." The man who pretended to be guilty again, and then withdrew.

Meng Feiyang was sitting there admiring the calligraphy and paintings in the room while drinking tea.Not long after, a person was seen coming out of the room.Meng Feiyang glanced over and found that he was not the person he wanted to see, so he couldn't help but groaned in his heart, and sat motionless in his seat.

It was none other than Han Zhong sent by Han Xizai.

Han Zhong turned a blind eye to Meng Feiyang's rudeness, saluted meticulously, and then said: "My master has an itchy body, and he couldn't come to see the guest in person, please forgive me.

A hint of sarcasm was drawn from the corner of Meng Feiyang's mouth, but he still didn't speak.

Han Zhong frowned, but remembering his master's explanation, he still respectfully said: "If you have anything to say, you can tell the villain, and the villain will report to my master when he returns."

Meng Feiyang got up suddenly, came to Han Zhong, patted the latter on the shoulder, then turned around and left.

Han Zhong was stunned, hurried to catch up, and said in a low voice: "If the villain is negligent, please forgive me, but if you have something to say, please tell the villain, and the villain will definitely tell you the words well." My master."

Meng Feiyang still didn't speak, and walked forward on his own. When Han Zhong thought of his errand, he became a little anxious, and said: "If you are worried that the villain will leak the secret, you don't have to worry. The villain is the son of three generations of the Han family. He is even more loyal to my master."

Meng Feiyang frowned, turned around and glanced at Han Zhong.Meng Feiyang's eyes were very ordinary, but Han Zhong, who was looking at him, felt as if someone had poured ice water on his head, and his heart was inexplicably chilled, and he didn't dare to say a word for a while.

After Meng Feiyang left for a while, Han Zhong slowly came back to his senses, and called out to the big man guarding the door of the restaurant in full costume, and said: "Our people follow!"

The well-dressed man said: "Master suddenly sent Boss Li over just now, and Boss Li followed him personally."

Han Zhong nodded and said, "That's good, that's good, Boss Li is very powerful, it's best to have him keep up."

As soon as the words fell, he ordered people to prepare horses and rushed to the Han residence.

Not long after leaving Jiangnan Restaurant, the wind blew up.Not long after, the wind became stronger and stronger, and when Fang walked halfway, it was snowing again.Han Zhong didn't wear a coir raincoat or a bamboo hat, so he had to let the snow fall on him like fluttering pear blossoms.But thanks to the snow, pedestrians on the road avoided one after another, and the road became much smoother.

When they arrived at the Han Mansion, the gatekeepers of the Han Mansion saw Han Zhong dismounted like a snowman, and hurriedly greeted him, while helping Han Zhong to dust off the snow, he said with a smile: "The master is in the study, let Guan Shi Han go to see him as soon as he comes back? "

Han Zhong nodded, and walked quickly to the Fuzhong study.

When he reached the door of the study, Han Zhong deliberately stepped heavily.Then I heard Han Xizai say in the room: "It's Han Zhong, come in!"

Han Zhong promised, quickly opened the door and walked in, then turned around and closed the door carefully, knelt down and said: "Please punish the master, the villain did not do what the master explained, and after seeing the villain, the man didn't say a word." say..."

Before he finished speaking, Han Zhong's face changed drastically, and then he spit out a mouthful of blood with a puff, and fell to the ground, motionless.

Han Xizai's expression changed in shock, but he was also very human. He didn't exclaim in surprise, took a deep breath, came to Han Zhong, put his hand under his nose, and found that Han Zhong was dead.

At this moment, someone hastily pushed open the door of the study, and jumped in. He also spat out a mouthful of blood, and remained motionless. Han Xizai's expression changed drastically, and he took a closer look.

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On December 24, the Palace of Government Affairs.

Ye Chen picked up the latest "Xiajing Express" and "Xiangfu News" and glanced at them casually, seeing their respective front page headlines, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

The headline on the front page of "Xiajing Express" is thick and black official script, with a line of headlines: "Loyalty and patriotism, condolences to the heroes!" ", while "Xiangfu News" is "Hall of Valor, Monument of Martyrs!" ".

Ye Chen picked up the newspaper, looked at it briefly, and couldn't help but nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction with the sensitivity shown by the newspapers hosted by Han Xizai and Ma Wentao.Condolences to heroic spirits are naturally publicized, but Ye Chen has been busy with other things recently, so he forgot to give instructions to Han Xizai and Ma Wentao about this matter, but these two are worthy of being the prime ministers he chose, and they have already been able to pass their usual few words. He judged his own thoughts and made arrangements.

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December 25th is the day when Xiangfu Kingdom's soldiers who died in the war with the Liao Kingdom were buried in peace. .

In the north of Xiajing City, a forest garden covering an area of ​​[-] mu has been turned into the Xiangfu National Martyrs Cemetery, and the center of the cemetery is the Hall of Martyrs.

(End of this chapter)