Hello Chang’an

Cui Lang smiled "hey": "It's the rule of not marrying outside the four major clans..."

Although the five major gentry clans have all suffered heavy losses in recent years, and in severe cases, like the Zheng family in Xingyang, their entire clans were separated or were bloodbathed by the rebel army. However, there are still too many people who insist on the principle of not marrying "common people", which is called "must". Preserve the noble bloodline.

For those aristocratic families who were hurt, this seemed to be the only way to resist and persevere.

Anyone in the clan who tries to disobey will be despised by them and become someone they will criticize in words and deeds, who will degenerate and tarnish the family tradition.

With this background, Cui Lang is now the head of the family, and he is bound to have to take into account a lot of things about marriage. He is afraid that the clan will make preemptive decisions, so he will inevitably have the idea of ​​changing the clan rules.

Seeing his mother and sister staring straight at him, Cui Lang hurriedly said: "...Didn't my mother just ask me to help my eldest brother plan? I am just thinking about my eldest brother's marriage!"

Lu looked at him: "But your eldest brother has been exterminated long ago and is no longer under the control of the Cui family."

Cui Tang: "Even if the eldest brother has not been exterminated, the clan has never been able to control the eldest brother."

Lu blinked: "Yes, then who will be controlled by the clan?"

Cui Tang raised his eyebrows: "Maybe he is the new head of the family."

"..." Cui Lang: "You two are singing the double act!"

Lu: "Tell me, which family do you want to marry?"

"It doesn't matter which family I want to marry..." Cui Lang dodged his eyes for a moment, stood there, moved his feet to the side, facing his mother and sister, put his hands behind his back, coughed lightly, and said, "It's important What’s more, our Cui family is destined to never go back to the past. Since we are going to have a new look, many of the old things from the past must be cleared away as soon as possible.”

"It's true that the new official has three fires when he takes office, but what's wrong with the first fire? Why do you focus on the wedding first?" Mrs. Lu looked at her son and exposed it mercilessly: "It seems that the master of the house has selfish motives. It’s very heavy.”

Cui Tang was still staring directly at his brother: "Brother has the woman he likes?"

Cui Lang blushed: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Cui Tang's eyes widened slightly in shock.

What surprised Cui Tang was not that his elder brother had someone he liked, but that he was as thick-skinned as his elder brother... and could actually blush.

Mrs. Lu had already raised her hand to signal the servant girl to close the door.

Cui Lang was frightened by this posture - how could he have the atmosphere of going to court to interrogate the prisoner!

"Right, wait!" Cui Lang was nervous, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly shouted out the door: "Yi Ke, bring me what you brought in!"

Yipot responded and walked in quickly, holding two small porcelain pots about the size of a palm in his hands. After saluting, at Cui Lang's signal, he sent them to Mrs. Lu.

Lu couldn't help but ask: "What is this?"

Cui Lang: "It's a cream used to apply on the face. It's cold in the north. Applying it can protect the skin from getting chapped!"

Cui Tang couldn't help but ask: "Brother, where did you get it?"

"...Miss Qiao gave it to me. She asked me to give it to my mother-in-law and you!"

Cui Tang was stunned—Miss Qiao?

Lu was also startled.

In this short gap, Cui Langchong winked at Yipot, took two steps back, and ran out.

Yipot bowed hastily and hurriedly ran to catch up with his husband.

"Hey!" Mrs. Lu stood up, but failed to stop her: "Why are you running? You're worthless!"

Mrs. Lu held a clay pot in her hand, glanced at it, and asked thoughtfully: "...Which Miss Qiao?"

Cui Tang pursed his lips and smiled: "It must be from Qiaoji Restaurant."

Mrs. Lu thought for a while and had an impression: "That girl from the Qiao family who suffers from eye disease?"

"What mother doesn't know is that Madam Qiao's eye disease has been cured long ago." Cui Tang knows more about the world of officials and ladies in the capital than his mother: "And I heard that Madam Qiao has also become a female doctor, and now she seems to be following Chang. Envoy around."

Mrs. Lu was surprised: "The eye disease was cured and you became a female doctor?"

Cui Tang nodded.

Lu frowned slightly: "Still following Chang Jie envoy in and out of the army?"

Cui Tang nodded again. The next moment, A Niang's eyebrows furrowed deeper and she said worriedly: "Then how can someone like your brother?"

Cui Tang: "..." Suddenly I felt that my brother's running was quite wise.

"Ms. Qiao, has she come to Taiyuan?" Lu said: "If she has come, I will go and see you... It would be great if you can help me!"

If there are not enough sons, mothers will come to make up for it.

Marriage has always depended on the character of the family members. Lu has no other self-confidence, but she firmly believes that she will be a very capable mother-in-law - especially after her unlucky husband no longer controls her.

Mrs. Lu wanted to facilitate this marriage from the bottom of her heart - it would be a great thing if the two could be happy and have a good relationship.

What she did not have, her children should have.

Besides, the daughter of Qiao Ji Restaurant... no matter what, it was her son who got lucky. If he had been the **** he used to be, how would he deserve it!

So, this is the right time.

Now that the opportunity is there, the rest is up to humans.

Seeing his mother's expression of joy and approval, Cui Tang nodded in agreement: "Then my daughter will go and inquire about it tomorrow."

"I inquired but couldn't find him..." Cui Lang ran all the way away in one breath. He guessed that his mother-in-law definitely wanted to see someone, so he muttered to himself: "Miss Qiao is busy and has never followed her to Taiyuan."

Speaking of which, he originally wanted to take this opportunity to let Miss Qiao meet his family members...but Miss Qiao told him that she was going to Fan Yang with the army.

Cui Lang came to Taiyuan with Chang Suining for important family affairs.

Chang Suining came with only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and was stationed outside Taiyuan City at this time. The remaining troops and horses were handed over to the command of Bai Hong and Tang Xing, and continued to the direction of Fan Yang to recover the city, and Kang Zhi also followed.

This march was divided into two groups. Chang Suining came for the Cui clan in Taiyuan and to pacify the inner pass of the pass. Among the army heading to Fan Yang, there were many soldiers wounded in battle, and many soldiers had difficulty adapting to the cold in the north and contracted the wind chill—

Qiao Yumian had been busy with this, so she chose to follow Fan Yang without hesitation.

She told Cui Lang that if she had one more doctor, she might be able to save a few more soldiers. As long as the military still needs her, she cannot abandon her responsibilities.

At that time, Cui Lang was stunned when he heard this, and the slight trace of disappointment in his heart was completely washed away, leaving a feeling of shame instead.

After that, I felt very proud.

He returned to his residence with Yourong Yan Cui Lang. After taking a bath, he sat in front of the mirror, scooped out a lump of milky white grease from the porcelain jar, put his index finger on his cheeks and forehead, and then carefully kneaded it evenly.

The sight of a pot makes me shiver.

Cui Lang looked in the mirror and asked himself happily: "Why does it smell so good? How do you make it?"

After saying that, he got up and hummed a little tune, lay down on the bed, rested his arms on his pillow, and closed his eyes contentedly. The next day, Cui Lang, who went to bed late, still got up early and ordered a pot, which was very surprising.

When he followed his husband out of the house, Yi Ke turned back and glanced at the bottle of ointment. He felt that Dr. Qiao's product was magical and had the effect of curing laziness.

Cui Lang went to discuss matters with his tribe.

Next, these Cui clan members will go to the states recovered by Chang Suining to take care of local affairs.

After occupying a city, garrisoning it with soldiers and horses is only the first step, and many heroes in troubled times often only stop at this step. If we talk about real governance, we need scribes to enter the scene, and ordinary rioters do not have this. A huge group of scribes served as support.

Therefore, after wars, order often breaks down and people are displaced. Although the winner wins a city, it rarely wins the hearts of the people.

This is also one of the reasons why Chang Suining rushed to Taiyuan in person. She must finalize the governance of various places as soon as possible.

There are hundreds of Cui clan members here, and many of them have a huge network of scribes. With their presence, the states in Hebei Province that have been trampled by Fan Yang's army have hope of quickly rebuilding order.

The children of the major noble clans have learned how to serve as officials and govern the world since childhood. This is their inherent advantage.

Even though the order of the gentry was overthrown, in just a few years, the gap between them and most of the poorer families could not be quickly narrowed. Large-scale changes in civil affairs, education and politics would take time to catch up.

Chang Suining had previously decided to work with Cui Jing to save the Zheng clan in Xingyang from being massacred, because he was worried that the Heluo culture would break down or even retreat, which would be a loss for the prosperity and the world.

The old act of throwing rocks into the water seems to be echoing today. Some members of the Zheng family in Xingyang who were in dire straits wrote to Taiyuan a month ago, with the intention of seeking help.

Cui Lang and others quickly finalized the distribution of clan members, and letters to various places were also sent out to Taiyuan one after another.

Those letters were either invitations or lobbying, and most of them were written by Cui Lang himself. With his name as the head of the "Taiyuan Cui family" and his sharp tongue, he praised his master Chang Jiushi in the letters and spared no effort to recruit talents. .

At this time, Chang Suining had already left Taiyuan Mansion and headed west.

Wei Shuyi and his imperial envoys escorted the coffin of Shuofang Jiedushi. After many hardships, they finally arrived at Guannai Road.

There were thousands of imperial troops when they left the capital, but now only 500 remain, more than half of which have been lost.

What they saw and experienced along the way made the remaining people feel miserable, but at the same time, they knew that entering the pass was where the real danger began.

What they will face directly is Shuofang's army, which is good at fighting and fierce but full of resentment towards the court.

Lingzhou, where the governor of the Guan Nei Dao is based, has a city wall defense line that is much higher than elsewhere, winding for more than a hundred miles, isolating the wind and sand, and also protecting the people in the pass.

In the wind and snow, the much thinner Wei Shuyi stepped out of the carriage, looked at the endless city wall in the distance, and then looked back at the coffin of Shuofang Jiedushi, with a complicated and sad look in his eyes.

The imperial army escorting the coffin settled in the post house outside Lingzhou.

Before they could enter the city to spread the message, nearly a thousand Shuofang cavalry braved the wind and snow and surrounded the entire post house with their swords drawn.

The Imperial Guards, who were exhausted to the extreme, were extremely panicked.

Wei Shuyi straightened his clothes and did not allow the Imperial Guards to draw their swords for a confrontation. He stepped forward and under the light of the opponent's swords, he saluted the leader and showed his identity.

The leader was a military general, wearing animal skin armor, with a knife on his thick waist, a messy beard on his face, and a pair of triangular eyes with slightly drooped corners, filled with ferocious aura.

He did not look at Wei Shuyi carefully, but said clearly: "Please hand over the envoy's coffin to us."

"That's right." Wei Shuyi said, "I'm about to **** Yue Jie's coffin into the city, so I can go with you."

The general slightly raised the dry and flaky corner of his mouth and sneered.

At this time, a voice sounded from behind the general: "No need!"

It was a young man about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a linen coat and a white silk tie on his forehead.

He stepped forward and stared at Wei Shuyi with red eyes: "My mother doesn't want to see you people! I will take my father home!"

"Master Yue Lang." Wei Shuyi knew the young man's identity, raised his hand with a look of shame, and bowed deeply.

Young Yue Chunyan looked at him with even more anger in his eyes: "No need to be so pretentious here!"

"My lord, please forgive me." Wei Shuyi straightened up, raised his hand again, and said, "Please allow me to enter the city and personally apologize to my wife and the generals."

"Apologise..." The young man clenched his fists: "What's the use of apologizing? How can I get my father back!"

The young man raised his hand and pointed at Wei Shuyi: "It was you who killed my father! My father was wounded in battle and spent half his life stationed in the north. Isn't that still loyal? Why do you have to force him to go to Beijing alone?!"

No one stopped the young man's venting and questioning. Following these words, the Shuofang soldiers behind him all turned red with grief and anger. Their eyes looked at Wei Shuyi with even more hatred, and for a moment they overflowed with murderous intent.

Wei Shuyi bowed again and straightened up. His eyes, which were usually filled with laughter and chatter, were also slightly red at this moment.

At this point, he had already seen that the husband of the Yue family had probably been instigated.

But he must enter Lingzhou City with the coffin today.

Apologizing is one of them. More importantly, he must see the wife of the Yue family and more generals who have the right to speak. Only then can he possibly calm down the anger of Shuofang's army.

Wei Shuyi knew very well that if he could not go today, he would not have another chance to speak. Later, there would be the possibility that someone would use this to accuse the imperial envoy of acting arrogantly, in order to incite Shuofang's army to rebel.

He couldn't just stay in this inn and make no sound, otherwise this trip would be in vain.

No matter what he did, it would be a big risk, but he could risk death, but it couldn't be worthless.

Facing the young man's accusations and even scoldings, Wei Shuyi never refuted even a word.

It wasn't until he saw the young man shed tears that he spoke at the right time: "That's why Yue Jiezhi cannot be allowed to die in vain, and the hero's soul cannot be allowed to rest under Jiuquan—"

"The imperial court has done something about Yue Jie Envoy, so Wei came here to apologize to the court." Wei Shuyi looked at the young man and said, "But the person who really deserves to be killed is not the murderer who killed Yue Jie Envoy?"

The general said angrily: "The murderer Wan Yantai is dead, what's the use of these empty words!"

"Although Wan Yantai, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, is dead, the mastermind behind it is still alive." Wei Shuyi still only looked at the young man and said: "The person who instigated Wan Yantai to commit the murder is none other than King Rong Li Yin."

Wei Shuyi's words made the Shuofang troops behind the young man change their expressions, and they exchanged uncertain looks.

Not every ordinary person has a keen sense of political conspiracy. They are stationed in the North, and the only news they received is that Yue Guang was killed in Beijing, and the perpetrator Wan Yantai was killed on the spot. The murderer was dead, so they naturally took everything into account. The anger was transferred to the court.

But this is just the perception of most ordinary sergeants.

When Yue Chunyan and the military commander named the leader heard this, they didn't have much surprise on their faces. Their positions and identities meant that what they heard and saw would be more comprehensive, and they naturally thought deeply about the possibility that Wan Yantai was acting for King Rong.

"So what if it's Prince Rong who instigates it... Prince Rong deserves to die, does that mean the court is innocent!"

After the young man finished speaking, he suddenly pulled out the long sword behind him, took a big step forward, and pointed at Wei Shuyi.

The sword pointed straight at Wei Shuyi's chest. Instead of hiding, Wei Shuyi took a step forward. (End of chapter)