Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 548 Dongzhu
After finishing Marshal Yu's funeral, it's time for He Liu to arrange a happy event for his son.

One month later, the end of summer in the seventh year of Wanli.The He mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons.Yang Wan led dozens of warriors to decorate the He Mansion.

Little Hanjiao is holding a bunch of candied haws, running back and forth in the mansion like a little rabbit.

Bai Xiaoyan led a few tailors to make a wedding gown for He Shizhong in the hall.

In five days, the young lady of Xu Siye's family, Imperial College, was about to enter the He family's door.Xiangxiang embroidered a mandarin duck pillowcase under the big willow tree in the garden. This mandarin duck pillowcase was a meeting gift for her siblings.

He Liuduan sat in the hall, holding a teacup, drinking tea.

Bai Xiaoyan complained to him, "You know how to be a hands-off shopkeeper! You can drink tea in a leisurely way in the morning. Don't you know how to help me?"

He Liu smiled and said, "If Ma'am needs anything, just ask."

Bai Xiaoyan said: "Go to the Fuyun Tower in the west of the city and ask the more than 30 cooks who are preparing the wedding banquet, are they all ready? Are all the ingredients ready?"

He Liule came out of the mansion to seek peace.He said: "Follow Madam's order, I will go to Fuyun Tower right now."

As soon as he walked to the door, Xiao Hanjiao rushed onto Grandpa's back: "Grandpa, Grandpa, where are you going?"

He Liudao: "Go to Fuyun Tower and eat delicious food. Do you want to come with me?"

Xiao Hanjiao said: "Okay! Xiao Hanjiao is the best at eating delicious food!"

He Liu came to Fuyun Building with his grandson on his back.

Shopkeeper Qiu of Fuyun Building knew He Liu.He quickly greeted him: "Sixth Master, you are getting old."

He Liu asked: "Shopkeeper Qiu, have you prepared all the cooks, guys, and ingredients for my family's wedding banquet?"

Shopkeeper Qiu nodded hurriedly: "Everything is ready! Please look at the menu, Mr. Liu."

He Liu looked at the menu, and saw that there were more than 30 dishes such as steamed duck feet, stewed venison with dried shrimps, and sea cucumbers with green onions.

Shopkeeper Qiu said: "Master Liu, are you satisfied with this menu?"

He Liudao: "Flying in the sky, running in the ground, and swimming in the water, all of them are quite complete. Shopkeeper Qiu, don't worry about it. If the wedding banquet goes wrong, my tigress will swallow me alive. "

Shopkeeper Qiu said: "Oh! Our Fuyun Tower, even if we have the courage to eat bears' hearts and leopards, we don't dare to ruin the wedding banquet of He Liuye's family!"

Little Hanjiao ate his fingers and said, "Bear heart and leopard gall? Is it delicious? I've never eaten it! Grandpa, grandpa, I want to eat."

He Liu patted the head of Xiao Hanjiao and coaxed him: "Bears and leopards are only found in Liaodong. When you go back to Liaodong, ask your grandfather and father to eat."

He Liu turned his head and was about to leave Fuyun Tower.Inadvertently, he glanced at the second floor.

On the second floor of Fuyun Building, there are more than [-] private rooms.On weekdays, the second floor is like a cloud of customers.But today, the second floor was cloudless and very quiet.

He Liu pointed to the second floor and asked the shopkeeper Qiu, "What happened to your second floor?"

Shopkeeper Qiu replied: "There are a few distinguished guests who have reserved the second floor today."

Inquiring about news is one of Jin Yiwei's jobs.He Liu has been a Jinyiwei for 40 years, and has developed a habit of inquiring about everything.

He Liu asked: "Oh? Who are the distinguished guests? Are they relatives of the emperor or members of the Six Departments?"

Shopkeeper Qiu said: "They are all wearing casual clothes. I haven't seen them before, so I don't know their identities."

He Liu said to Xiao Hanjiao: "You wait here for grandpa. Grandpa is going upstairs to do something."

At the top of the stairs, a burly man stood.

This person, He Liu recognized, was a personal guard that Zhang Jing, Supervisor of Rituals, Bingbi often brought with him when he went out of the palace.

He Liu asked: "Why, your Eunuch Zhang is drinking upstairs?"

The guards also recognized He Liu.He replied: "Yes, Master Liu. Eunuch Zhang is drinking upstairs."

He Liudao: "Oh? I'll go up and have a look."

The guard stopped He Liu: "Master Liu, this...isn't it good?"

He Liu stretched out his hand, and pushed the guard away: "Go away! In this capital, there are not many people who dare to block my He Liu!"

He Liu went up to the second floor.All I could hear was the sound of toasts and cups coming from the private room of Chunzihao.

He walked to the door of the private room of Chunzihao, and pushed the door open!

I saw Zhang Jing and cabinet member Zhang Siwei sitting in the private room.

When the two saw He Liu, their faces were full of embarrassment.

He Liu smiled and said: "Eunuch Zhang, Mr. Zhang Ge, you are so elegant!"

After finishing speaking, he unceremoniously sat down beside Zhang Jing.

In fact, it is no secret that Zhang Jing and Zhang Siwei secretly formed an alliance.He Liu had known for a long time that the two had a close relationship.

In fact, Zhang Jing is really afraid of He Liu.When he thought of the fire that burned his outer house last winter, he felt terrified.He knew that the fire was most likely set by the guard in front of him, Mad Dog He Mad Dog.

Zhang Jing said tremblingly: "What a coincidence. Sixth Master He also came to Fuyunlou for a drink?"

Zhang Siwei hurriedly said from the side: "Master Liu, since you're here, why don't you have a few drinks with us."

But He Liu waved his hand: "Don't drink wine. Since there are only the three of us here and now. I have a word, I want to warn you two. It's better to act openly and aboveboard! Some people always look forward to this The mountain is higher than that mountain, and I always want to go further in the official position. Don't be too greedy. Out of ten officials who lose power, nine out of ten are because of greed!"

After saying this harsh word, before Zhang Jing and Zhang Siwei could respond, He Liu got up and walked out of the private room.

On the way home, He Liu thought to himself: Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao were also blind.To trust such two villains with ulterior motives.

Trust really is a comically good thing sometimes.Feng Bao has a three-pointed father-son affection for Zhang Jing, his godson.Zhang Juzheng believed that Zhang Siwei was an obedient subordinate.

This kind of funny goodwill will hurt Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao sooner or later.

Back at the He Mansion, Bai Xiaoyan asked, "Is everything ready at the Fuyun Building?"

He Liu replied: "Everything is ready, just wait for the big day."

At this time, Wang An, the steward of Kunning Palace, walked into He Liu's residence.

Wang An is now the Queen's confidant.He said: "He Liuye, the Queen Wang said that the whole family of the He family has worked for the imperial court and made great achievements. How can she not show it when He Shizhong got married? These are tributes from North Korea to our Daming. The emperor gave it to us. Empress Wang. Empress Wang has a decree to donate these things to Vice He Qianhu, and it should be regarded as a congratulatory gift for him."

After finishing speaking, several young eunuchs carried several large brocade boxes.

In one of the big brocade boxes, there was actually a Dongzhu the size of a pigeon egg.

He Liu stretched out his hand, picked up the oriental bead, and said, "It's unexpected that there is such a foreign object in the small country of North Korea."

Wang An said with a smile: "The queen said that no matter how precious the Dongzhu is, it is not as precious as your He family's utter loyalty to the court!"

Bai Xiaoyan knew how to be a human being, so she quickly gave Wang An a 500 tael bank note: "Please trouble Wang Gonggong to come to our house to deliver things in person, it's a small thing, it's not a respect."

Wang An was disrespectful: "My servant thanked Mrs. He for the reward."

After Wang An left, He Liu said to Bai Xiaoyan, "Queen Wang really misses our family. This pearl is priceless."

How could He Liu think that Empress Wang did something bad with good intentions.A few years later, Bai Xiaoyan was killed by this huge East Pearl!

(End of this chapter)