Do you know that it starts with Meng Tong?

For a time, all the cars and horses on the street were parked aside. Both sides of the road were crowded with pedestrians, and heads were poked out of the watchtowers along the street.

The legend of Liu Yuan's achievement, the myth of Wenqu's birth, the meritorious service of establishing a prince and making decisions, the sensation of Chen Qingyi...

Wei Chen left too many deeds in Bianjing City. Even though nearly three years have passed, the officials and gentry in Bianjing have never forgotten him.

What really established Wei Chen's status in the hearts of the people in Bianjing was the vaccination method he promoted.

Two years later, the effectiveness of the vaccination method has been verified in Yuzhou, and it has gradually spread from Yuzhou to other parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Bianjing, as the center of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is no exception.

Thousands of people have been protected from acne because of vaccination, and the mortality rate of infants and young children has also been greatly reduced.

This alone is enough for the people to be grateful and worship Wei Chen. …

So, as soon as they saw Wei Chen hanging out his title plate, the people rushed to tell each other.

When the news came that Wei Chen had returned to Beijing, everyone rushed to catch a glimpse of Liu Yuanlang.

Wherever the Wei family's motorcade passed, officials, gentry and ordinary people all waved and applauded.

Wei Chen immediately asked the coachman to stop the carriage, opened the curtain and leaned out, smiled and bowed to the onlookers, and then sat back down.

The surging enthusiasm of the people of Bianjing deeply shocked everyone in the Wei family's motorcade.

Seeing this scene, Fang Yuan, the staff member who came to Beijing with Wei Chen, said in a daze: "No wonder Dong Weng was so low-key along the way. If he really arrogantly showed off his title and rushed on the road, he might not be able to reach Bianjing in a month!"

"Dong Weng was demoted from the capital for nearly three years.

Years ago, he still had such a high reputation in Beijing. For scholars of our generation to be able to serve as officials and reach the level of Dong Weng, we really have no regrets in dying! "

Another staff member, Wei Shuping, was quite emotional when he saw this, and recommended him to Wei Chen's Dali Temple Minister Wang Wenqing. Such a high reputation.

Thanks to the active avoidance of pedestrians on the road, the Wei family's motorcade finally passed through the most congested section of the street. Although the road ahead was still busy, it was finally able to pass without obstruction.

The motorcade passed through the streets and alleys, and when it was approaching Zhouqiao, several people from the team separated and rushed to Xuande Gate in the Imperial City to report for Wei Chen.

According to the rules, Wei Chen should make this trip in person, but the Tian family is not unkind. After all, Wei Chen has worked hard outside for several years, so Zhao Zhen will still give him this face.

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In the afternoon, the motorcade slowly drove into Jiying Lane. Under the attention of the neighbors, Wei Chen finally saw the long-lost gate of the house.

At the door of the Wei Mansion, stood a tall and thin young man wearing a small round hat, and behind him was a woman with a bun. It was Wei Ruyi's family whom Wei Chen had not seen for a long time.

Wei Ruyi is a little fatter than she was three years ago, but with her foundation there and a few pieces of gold and silver jewelry, she looks like a lady from a wealthy family.

Seeing Wei Chen lift the curtain and step out of the carriage, Wei Ruyi's face was filled with a joyful smile. She stepped forward to greet him and said excitedly: "Brother Chen, you are finally back. The whole family is looking forward to you!"

Wei Ruyi's eyes never left Wei Chen. She held Wei Chen's hands tightly and looked up and down, fearing that Wei Chen was missing a few ounces of meat.

"I'm sorry, nephew, I miss you so much."

Feeling Wei Ruyi's concern for him, Wei Chen couldn't help but feel warm and a little guilty in his heart.

Since he entered the official career, he has been busy with secular affairs and has never found a chance to return to Youyang to see Wei Ruyi and the others. He can only communicate through letters.

When Wei Chen returns to Beijing this time, he is going to marry Er Lan. Such a big event cannot be done without the Wei Ruyi family who raised Wei Chen.

Therefore, Wei Chen wrote a letter to his family in advance, urging him to invite Wei Ruyi and his family over from Youyang.

After exchanging pleasantries with Wei Ruyi, Wei Chen looked behind her and asked, "Where is my uncle?"

"I asked him to go hold a banquet." Wei Ruyi said with a smile: "You finally come back, of course you have to celebrate well."

"No need to go to such trouble, just ask my uncle to come back. We can just have a bite at home." Wei Chen said.

But he couldn't resist Wei Ruyi's persistence, so he had to let her go. This was also what his aunt and uncle wanted for him.

Wei Chen looked at the tall and thin boy next to Wei Ruyi and said with a smile: "We haven't seen each other for a few years, and our A Xu has grown into a big boy!"

This young man was naturally Zhang Xu. Although he had grown a lot in size and appearance over the years, his outline was still the same as before, so Wei Chen recognized him at a glance.

Zhang Xu was a little cautious when he saw Wei Chen at first, but when he heard Wei Chen's words, he immediately relaxed a lot. He stepped forward with a smile and grabbed Wei Chen's arm and said, "We haven't seen each other for so long, I thought Brother Chen wouldn't recognize me. Woolen cloth!"

"How can an elder brother not recognize his own younger brother?"

Wei Chen laughed and said immediately: "Aunt, A Xu, it's windy outside. Come on, let's go home and talk!"

With that said, Wei Chen supported Wei Ruyi with one hand and held Zhang Xu with the other, and strode into the home from the middle door side by side.

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Zhang Wedding House

When we arrived in front of the dripping eaves outside the main hall, the servants of the family were already standing outside the eaves waiting.

Wei Chen looked around and found that these servants were all familiar faces. It seemed that he had been away from home for more than two years, and Zhuang Jun had not hired any servants at home alone.

When Zhuang Jun was living in the small lakeside courtyard in Jiangning, there was only Uncle Fu around him. After moving to Bianjing to live with Wei Chen, the number of servants in the family was more than before. However, compared with other official families in the city, there were only a few servants. It is still extremely simple.

After all, both the master and the apprentice have indifferent temperaments and have never cared about luxury. Wei Chen came from a poor background in his past and present lives. Although he has made a lot of money from the wine shop business in this life, he has not developed the habit of eating, dressing, or even going to the toilet. The habit of serving others.

However, in the past, there were only two bachelors in the family, Wei Chen and Zhuang Jun. Of course, the master and apprentice could do as they pleased. But when Ru Lan and Ming Lan officially entered the family in the future, they could no longer be so casual.

Not to mention anything else, there are probably at least dozens of servant girls who Erlan came to marry from the Sheng family. Maybe Zhao Zhen will also give some servants, and the total number may be Hundreds of people.

In any case, the small courtyard where Wei Chen lives now cannot accommodate such a large number of people.

Even if they could really pretend, Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu would not agree to Wei Chen using this small courtyard as a wedding residence to send away their precious daughter.

The marriage of my daughter's family is only a once-in-a-lifetime event, so how can we be careless about the marriage?

It is still necessary to buy another spacious house.

Wei Chen had already been thinking about this matter when he was still in Yuzhou. Last year, he wrote a letter to someone of the same year who was working in the Kaifeng government office, asking him to help him pay attention to it.

In the officialdom, it is very common for Jinshi who are from the same year, from the same hometown, from the same family, and from the same subject to stay together in a Chinese-style group.

In the past six years, Tianyou has won a total of 1 Jinshi. Whether it is the original imperial examination results or the current promotion speed, Wei Chen is recognized as No. 300, and of course he has become the core and leader of these [-] people.

Helping to keep an eye on suitable houses in Bianjing City, this kind of trivial matter is nothing more than a simple task for officials working in the Kaifeng government office. Moreover, it can also make Wei Chen owe him a favor of a moderate amount, so why not do it? Woolen cloth?

Therefore, after Wei Chen's letter to the same year was sent to Bianjing, within two months, his wedding house was found. The same year even thoughtfully provided Wei Chen with several alternative houses.

Wei Ruyi arrived in Bianjing with her family in advance. The first thing she did was to invite Wang Ruofu to see the house together as Wei Chen's elder. Then she consulted Zhuang Jun for his opinion, and finally finalized the wedding house last month. down.

As soon as Wei Ruyi walked in, she happily introduced to Wei Chen the wedding house she had chosen for Wei Chen.

"That was the house passed down by Yongping Hou, the third son of King Qin Kanghui of the Taizu lineage. Later, the owner's family committed a crime, and the Kaifeng Mansion found an excuse to take the house back, and it has been idle ever since.

That house is quite big, with seven or eight acres of back garden alone, totaling sixteen acres!Eleven couplets before and after, one hundred and six rooms, fourteen and a half rooms, 21 rooms, seventeen buildings, and 120 nine crossings, four drapes, 22 nuggets..."

Among the official properties under the name of Kaifeng Mansion, a house as big as this is only thirty years old.

There are nine properties, and only two are for sale.It would be great if we were in Jiangning. We could afford a house twice as big. "

Wei Ruyi shook her head as she spoke, somewhat regretting that she didn't buy a bigger house.

Wei Chen could only smile bitterly when he heard this.

According to what Wei Ruyi said, the wedding house she bought for Wei Chen had seven or eight acres of back garden alone, and the total area was more than ten acres. This was already an exaggeration.

Of course there are bigger houses than this in Bianjing City, but they are all royal property!

That kind of house was reserved by the emperor to reward senior officials and ministers, and it was impossible to sell it to the outside world.

Besides, even if he really bought it, with Wei Chen's current level, he wouldn't dare to live in it!

Wei Chen smiled hurriedly and waved his hands: "Aunt, this house is already big enough. If it is bigger, it will lose its popularity. If you live there for a long time, you will easily get sick."

Wei Ruyi thought about it carefully and felt that what Wei Chen said made sense, so she stopped talking and turned to talk to Wei Chen about the renovation of the wedding house.

The house is big and big, but it has been idle for many years in the hands of the Kaifeng government office. Naturally, there are many messy problems.

According to the government's practice, as long as the house does not collapse, even if the rafters are rotten, no one will care.

Wei Ruyi had purchased many properties in Jiangning, and was mentally prepared for this. After buying the house, he personally took people to look at the house inside and out.

The main building of the house is made of precious wood, which is relatively well-preserved. There is no rot. At most, there is a little accumulation of dust and cobwebs, which is not a big problem.

However, the materials used in small corner rooms such as Baoxia are not so exquisite. In many places, even the dust on the ceiling has been soaked by the rain. A strong gust of wind can blow the house away. fall.

There is also the back garden, which has been in a state of decay because it has not been taken care of for a long time. It is overgrown with weeds and miscellaneous trees, and there may be some venomous snakes and insects in it.

All in all, it is not difficult to clear an area for getting married first, but if you want to live there for a long time in the future, you will definitely need to overhaul the entire house.

Wei Ruyi clasped her fingers and talked to Wei Chen about where the house needed to be repaired, where it needed to be demolished and rebuilt, where trenches needed to be dug, where flowers and trees needed to be transplanted...

All in all, it's very complicated.

Wei Chen's head was as big as a bucket after hearing this.

Moving is so troublesome!

Fortunately, his aides Wei Shuping and Fang Yuan were very helpful. One took out a book and recorded the place Wei Ruyi mentioned, while the other immediately calculated the cost of renovating the house.

As a result, Wei Chen felt at ease and became the hands-off shopkeeper. Seeing Wei Ruyi cast a dissatisfied look at him, he could only laugh twice.Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard footsteps.

Wei Chen looked up and saw an old man in the back hall, slowly walking to the front of the hall with the support of an old servant.

When Wei Chen saw the other party, his expression immediately became solemn and he almost couldn't help but shed tears.

When he left, the teacher was still healthy, with a rosy complexion and walking freely, but now he is showing signs of age visibly to the naked eye. Not only is his body hunched over, but his movements are no longer as flexible as before.

Wei Chen immediately strode forward, knelt down in front of Zhuang Jun, and said with red eyes: "This disciple is unfilial and has made the teacher suffer!"

"Just come back, get up quickly!"

Zhuang Jun leaned over and helped Wei Chen up. Looking at the most proud disciple in his life, his face was filled with relief.

"What you did in Yuzhou has been told to me by Zicheng and the others. As an official, you have benefited the whole country. You have done a good job and lived up to my expectations as a teacher!"

After many years of separation, Wei Chen looked at Zhuang Jun, who was smiling with tears in his eyes. He had mixed feelings in his heart. In addition to joy, he felt more sentimental. He felt that there were thousands of words stuck in his chest, but he didn't know where to start.

Although the teacher has been practicing Daoyin for many years and is in better health than his peers, he is still old after all. If he goes out to serve as an official in the future, the teacher will not be able to travel back and forth with him.

Now that he has finally returned to Bianjing, he must take this opportunity to fulfill his filial piety by his teacher's side.

Chapter 251 Family Dinner

In the small courtyard of the Wei family, Wei Chen told Zhuang Jun how he felt about leaving, and recounted his experience as an official in Yuzhou.

Although Zhuang Jun had already heard a rough idea of ​​these matters from Sheng Changbai, but Wei Chen, the person involved, said it himself, his feelings were naturally different.

Zhuang Jun worked as a staff member under Yongyi Hou Xu Pingjing in the first half of his life, and spent the second half of his life writing books and lecturing. He had no experience as a local official and did not know much about specific government affairs. At this time, he heard that Wei Chen would be in Yuzhou The policy measures are explained in detail, which is also quite rewarding.