Cub Nursery

The earth dragon turned over in the capital, and it was a miracle that no one died, and it was also a miracle that the common people spontaneously helped each other, which didn't make the court worry at all.

The emperor rewarded hundreds of officials, both civil and military, who were promoted and rewarded, and even those who were previously unknown and directly fell into the eyes of the emperor, there are countless of them.

So many people have benefited and gained the limelight, but the sum of all these people is not as good as Jia Qiugu alone.

"The number one scholar in the Golden Luan Palace, which the emperor personally wrote, later entered the Hanlin Academy and walked in front of the imperial court. Later, he entered the court and became a low-ranking official. He offended most of the court and became a joke in the mouths of all officials. joke."

"I feel that he is not able to support the wall with mud, and he has the ability to be a scholar, but it is a pity that he does not know how to govern the country."

"I don't know how to be flexible. I have been guarding the original Duke's Mansion for so many years. My parents are also old and I don't know how to marry myself. This noble man in the capital, that is, he is special. He has become an inevitable part of every banquet. A joke that was brought up."

"Look at Jia's mansion at the opposite door. There is a lady. Master Jia and Master Jia are all blooming early, and the juniors in the mansion can't count with one slap."

"Such a person, wouldn't his life be over?"

"Who would have thought? This is the biggest joke in the capital, a joke that has been told for so many years, a joke that even a low-level official dares to point out, what is it like now?"

"What is it like? I just saw the housekeeper of Zuo Xiang's family riding past, and I also saw a few servants of the general's family riding past. The carriage blocked over there is full of wives from rich families, and they must be bringing their families with them. Sister Miaoling and brother, it would be faster to ride a horse than to take a carriage. Who would have thought that this street could still have such a grand scene today? It actually blocked the whole street because of It was a joke that everyone laughed at back then."

The two men squatting against the wall with their hands in their hands talked vigorously, regardless of the people around them, their voices became louder and louder.

"There are people from the palace."

"Just now that is the servant of Master Shangshu's family, I recognize it."

"Wang family, Pei family, He family..."

"Xie family, Zhao family, Ruan family..."

"Stop talking, the adults we're waiting for are here."

The two men stood up at the same time, straightened their clothes neatly, walked quickly through the carriages without looking at the others, and went straight to the carriage closest to the road, and said respectfully: "Master Yan, we both serve you come to meet you."

"How do you get here?" Brother Dan poked his head out and looked curiously.

"There is a way." The man chuckled, and suddenly whistled.

Suddenly, many men appeared on this difficult-to-walk street, and everyone started working together, and miraculously they were able to run forward in the blocked carriage, while Yan Xun had an empty road in front of him, so he could go straight to Jia House gate.

Yan Xun lifted the curtain to look outside, and said clearly, "Is he from the palace?"

"Concubine Xian is looking for someone the emperor wants, and then she will follow Master Jia to Qiyuan County." Jing Feng said at night.

The carriage arrived at the gate of Jia's mansion unimpeded all the way, Yan Xun got off the carriage first, followed by Jing Fengye.The little cubs in the back all jumped down one by one carrying the gifts they had prepared, and stood behind Yan Xun in two rows.

The guard at the gate was very unfamiliar, but he recognized Yan Xun at a glance, and hurriedly shouted inside: "Master Yan is here!"

Inside, Jia Qiugu listened, and hurried out to meet him.

"Lord Jia." Yan Xun cupped his hands at Jia Qiugu and said with a smile, "Congratulations."

"Master Yan." Jia Qiugu hurriedly cupped his hands and led Yan Xun inside.

The whole Jia's mansion has a new look, there are many more servants, and you can see the brothers Jia Buzhen rushing by, the elder master Jia and the second master Jia are also accompanying the guests.

In the hall, Jia Qiugu gave up the main seat, Yan Xun was not polite, stepped forward and sat down, "The cubs brought you a gift."

"This is a detoxification pill. Although it can't cure all poisons, it can save your life." The flower tree cub opened the wooden box he brought.

"The third prince's handwritten letter. If Mr. Jia needs typhoid granules at that time, go directly to the medicine shop in Qiyuan County..."

"This is an organ that can run by itself."

"Flare gun."

"A salted sea fish can be eaten for a long time."

The cubs opened the wooden boxes they brought one by one, and told Jia Qiugu one by one what they had brought.

These gifts are not priceless treasures sent into the warehouse, nor are they gold, silver and jewelry. They are all things that the cubs have discussed for a long time, and they feel that Jia Qiugu can use them. , I am afraid that there is no one else in this world.

"Thank you, thank you very much." Jia Qiugu repeatedly cupped his hands at the cubs.

The little cubs hurriedly avoided, and ran back to stand behind Yan Xun.

There was a moment of silence in the hall, but people were still coming and going outside, and there were people everywhere.

The servant came in to deliver tea, and before leaving, he whispered something in Jia Qiugu's ear.Jia Qiugu's face instantly became extremely ugly, and his hands and feet began to tremble.

Yan Xun couldn't hear it, so he quickly pinched the back of Jing Fengye's hand.

"It's the Ruan family." Jing Fengye whispered.

Jia Qiugu hastily cupped his hands at Yan Xun again, "Master Yan, there are still some matters in the back house, I will excuse you first..."

"Lord Jia, if you need help with anything, you can tell me." Yan Xun smiled at Jia Qiugu and said, "It's not easy for you to get to where you are today, but don't make a mistake. Now the emperor's golden mouth You let it out and wait for you to be promoted to the cabinet in the future, you need to be careful in everything, if there is a slight mistake, it will be flattery."

Now that Jia Qiugu looks glamorous and shows off the limelight, all the wealthy and nobles in the capital want to have a relationship with Jia Qiugu, but once he is praised and killed, these gathered people will retreat immediately, not only disappear He disappeared without a trace, and maybe he would take the opportunity to add insult to injury.

"I regard Mr. Jia as one of my own, that's why I said these words, if it were someone else, not only would I not say these words, but I would not even come to the door." Yan Xun said, "If Mr. Jia has any difficulties, just speak up. "

Outside the hall, Da Shan and Tieniu had already rolled up their sleeves to help. Although they had no status, as the closest people to Yan Xun, almost everyone would give them some face.

Shen Shulang took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to help make the booklet. Brother Lian is exquisite, even if he has no identity, he can still talk and laugh with everyone.

There are so many people coming and going outside, how many of them are really thinking about Jia Qiugu?

Jia Qiugu remembered Jia Chen's message to him, "Master Jia, Madam is not kind when she comes back, if you can't stop it, then go to Master Yan for help."

"Master Yan." Jia Qiugu said with some shame, "Mr. Ruan brought her niece from her natal family and asked me to take her to Qiyuan County."

Before the words fell, the Ruan family, who had already been unable to restrain herself, brought a young girl into the door, seeing Yan Xun and the cubs there, she did not change her face, and said to Jia Qiugu: "You don't want to take her to the front to meet her?" Guest? My niece is both talented and beautiful, and her family background is good, so I will definitely not lose face to you. Besides, you are not young, and you have no one around you in these years, so I don’t know how many people laugh at you. Start a family and start a business, if you don’t start a family and start a business, you will be sick in the eyes of others.”

"Auntie." The elder sister looked at Jia Qiugu shyly.

Ruan said again: "When you go to Qiyuan County, you will give birth to a fat baby within a year and a half, and hold you two in three years. When the adults in the court know that you have married, it will be different. Previously I told you to go to Ruan's house to meet my sister, if you don't go, I will bring my sister here, so let's stay here today."

Before Jia Qiugu could speak, Ruan said again: "I asked the old lady, and the old lady also meant the same thing. All these years, no one has bothered you about your life's important affairs. Now I finally help you find the right one, and you can do it too. Don't delay."

"There are very few men your age who have not yet married, and you don't want to see who those unmarried men are. They are either blind or lame..."

"You are too old. If you don't start a family, you will be old and nothing."

"Sister, what are you still doing by my side? Why don't you go and serve Mrs. Jia?"

Jia Qiugu's face turned red, and he muttered: "This, this is not suitable... There are no three media and six hires, and there is no..."

"Those are trivial matters, and it won't be too late to deal with them when you come back from Qiyuan County." Ruan said with a smile, "OK, it's settled like this for today."

"I..." Jia Qiugu retreated abruptly, dodging the rushing sister, completely at a loss.

He has just learned how to deal with people, he has just won the hearts of the people, he has just won the approval of the emperor, he has just taken the first step in his career, and he has just learned how to treat people with sincerity...

But in the face of Ruan Shi who belittled him like this and called him worthless, he didn't know how to refute.Because everyone in the world is like this, they have to get married at a young age, start a family and start a business, otherwise they will become the target of public criticism and be inferior to others.

The sage books are also written in this way.

Even the court law stipulates that if you are too old to get married, you need to pay more food taxes.

But he had never seen the sister in front of him at all, he didn't know who she was, and he didn't know anything, so Ruan nodded his head to let him agree.

"Father, do you really want to get married when you are old?" During the stalemate, Brother Dan suddenly ran to Yan Xun's feet, looked up at Yan Xun with his small face, and asked loudly.

"Of course not." Yan Xun shook his head with a smile, "How can marriage only be based on age? The most important thing is whether it is suitable or not. Besides, Messi and Zhan Tu in our nursery school are already old, not only did they not get married , they are still cubs."

"General Wei is also getting old, and he is not married!" Dan Honghong shouted, "I have never heard anyone say that General Wei is sick, and look down on General Wei."

"General Yang only got married when he was over [-] years old. I haven't heard of anyone belittling General Yang. They say that General Yang is a young hero. He is a rare general who defends his family and country in border towns. Whoever can marry General Yang , but burned incense for eight lifetimes." Brother Dan put his little hand behind his back, touched his chin again, and said in a dignified manner, "Then Mr. Jia will rise to the top in the future, and he is also a noble person with a dignified face. Who belittled him?"

"What kind of sister or brother do you want to match Mrs. Jia?" Eggy Red ran up to the little cubs and asked, "Brothers, what do you say?"

The black and white cub touched his chin and said: "Master Jia is a descendant of the Duke's mansion, and is an official of the imperial court, and now he is even more in the heart of the emperor. Regardless of his background, he who is worthy of Mr. Jia must at least know the book and reason, and he cannot be regarded as a child without a word. In the face of outsiders, he will attack Mr. Jia."

The sharp claw cub said: "It doesn't matter how talented you are, at least if Master Jia is willing to do it."

As the cubs spoke to each other, Ruan Shi and sister's expressions became more and more ugly.

After the cubs finished speaking, Ruan said coldly: "This is the Jia family's housework, and outsiders are not allowed to interfere."

"We are not outsiders." Brother Dan made a face at Ruan, "We are all Mr. Jia's own people."

"After you said that, I suddenly remembered that there is a suitable one." Yan Xun suddenly said, "Brother Dan, you followed Messi to Song Feiliang's residence last time, did you hear that there is a sister..."

Back then, Brother Dan followed Messi to Song Feiliang's residence, and happened to meet the female family members of the Song residence, and they pinched their cheeks one by one, and received a large bag of gold nudes, silver nudes, purses, etc. Just got away, and before going out, the female family members of the Song Mansion prepared another half-carriage of gifts for Messi and Brother Dan to bring.

Coincidentally, Brother Dan accidentally heard a few older female family members gossiping, and even ran back to tell Yan Xun.

It's just that Yan Xun didn't think of Jia Qiugu for a while at that time, so he forgot about it. Now that he thinks about it, he feels that whatever he thinks is appropriate.

"My lord Jia, do you know sister Mei, the granddaughter of the Grand Duke?" Yan Xun said with a smile when he saw Jia Qiugu's puzzled face, "Sister Mei had troubles at that time, leading a group of sisters. When I went to a store in the shopping mall to give Xiaodan a bath, Yang Qiong broke in..."

It was a scene played by Baobao, Sister Mei and Yang Qiong. Later, because of such a joke, Yang Qiong justifiably went to the border town, and many people still talk about it.

"I know." Jia Qiugu remembered.

This Duke is still in good health. Although he is a noble, the juniors in the family are doing well. This sister Mei is especially famous, similar to Pei Yuer, Wang Zhener and other younger brothers, and often makes big disturbances.

"This sister Mei also has a sister who is a mother and a compatriot. She is quite old and doesn't understand women's red and female virtues. She loves to dance with spears and sticks. She is better than ordinary men." Yan Xun said, "All these years He didn't find a suitable man, and even threatened that he would never find a man in his life, and that he would die alone."

"My brother met Sister Qi, she gave my brother a lot of gold." Brother Dan hurriedly said.

When Baobao was investigating the case, he met Sister Qi and got a lot of gold. Later, when he was investigating the case, he also asked Sister Qi for help.

"I..." Jia Qiugu was a little dazed, not knowing what to do.

"Don't worry, if you want, I'll help you lead the thread. Whether or not the success is up to you." Yan Xun smiled, "Don't worry, the right one won't be so easy to meet, if not, then it's okay. No need to settle."

"According to Lord Yan's arrangement." Jia Qiugu hurriedly said.

In front of Ruan's face, Yan Xun and Jia Qiugu actually made such a decision.

The sister standing behind Ruan's face turned black, glanced at Yan Xun and the cubs from time to time, and then stared at Jia Qiugu with gritted teeth.

Ruan's face became even more ugly, and she said harshly: "Master Jia, now your house is all helped by the people I brought? If I take them all away, can you entertain these guests?"

"No rush." ​​Yan Xun said calmly, "As long as Master Jia nods, all the female relatives in Song Feiliang's residence can come to help, and the cubs can also take care of themselves."

"Master Yan, please help me!" Jia Qiugu hurriedly said.

Early this morning, Mrs. Ruan led someone to knock on the door, searched the house, and did not miss the storeroom. Now, although she helped entertain these people, the things in the storehouse are probably long gone. gone.

"You!" Ruan stood up abruptly, looking at Jia Qiugu in disbelief.

"Don't look, Mr. Jia is about to be forced to death by you." Brother Dan yelled at Ruan, "No matter what you say, Mr. Jia is an official of the imperial court. Now you are here to stir up wind and rain, so you are not afraid that the emperor will know? Don't think that Concubine Jia can help you with anything, she can't!"

"It's a pity." Dan Honghong shook her head at Ruan Shi, with regret on her face.

The smartest and most capable little prince is now also close to Jia Qiugu. If the Ruan family can really help Jia Qiugu this time, the little prince may help Ruan family for Jia Qiugu's sake, but no one can help him. Unexpectedly, Ruan Shi could not restrain herself so much, she not only offended Jia Qiugu, but also completely pushed the little prince away.

No matter how good the concubine Jia is in the palace, even if there are a hundred of them, she can't compare to the little prince alone, let alone the concubine Xian.

Dan Honghong often played with the little prince, so she naturally knew more. He looked at Ruan Shi with some disappointment, and reminded: "The more good deeds, the better will be rewarded."

"Hmph." Ruan snorted coldly, leading her sister away in disgrace.

Yan Xun also sighed and said: "Ordinary people are actually like this. If they are too old to get married, they will become the target of public criticism. Even if the family of the Duke is enlightened, sister Qi was forced to commit suicide several times. Fortunately, she found out early. Otherwise, it would be gone long ago. Dan Honghong, Brother Dan, you two go to the Song Mansion and ask Song Feiliang if you can ask Song Feiliang to help. I will personally go to the Duke's Mansion to ask, and if Sister Qi is willing, I will directly How does Master Jia feel about bringing her here?"

"Okay, everything is fine!" Jia Qiugu hurriedly said.

"You stay here to help receive the guests, if anyone asks, just say that we are all here to help Mrs. Jia." Yan Xun said again.

"Understood, my lord." The cubs hurriedly said in unison.

Outside, the Ruan family got angry and took all the servants of the Jia mansion on the opposite side away, only Jia Buzhen, Jia Chen and Jia Bujia secretly stayed and continued to help.

Dan Honghong and Dan's younger brother took out the little iron donkey from the carriage, and rode on to run outside at the same time.

Yan Xun got on his horse, went out through the back door with Jing Fengye, and went straight to the Duke's mansion.

Just when everyone was wondering why so many servants were withdrawn, and why the cubs helped Jia Qiugu receive the guests, Dan Honghong and Dan brother came back on a small iron donkey, followed by a group of ring fat swallows. A thin female family member of the Song family.

"It's the Song family. They are from a scholarly family, and all of them are talented women."

"Mrs. Song is here too. Could it be that she is helping Mrs. Jia to marry her? That's too much face."

"Master Yan is back!"

I don't know who suddenly yelled such a sentence, everyone looked over at the same time, and saw Yan Xun and Jing Fengye appearing from nowhere, and there was an extra man dressed in men's clothing behind him. My sister.

"This way." Yan Xun said to the sister behind him, "Last time, Xiaodan told me that someday I would invite you to the nursery school for dinner, thank you for taking care of Xiaodan."

"Master Xiaodan cares about me a lot." Sister Qi said sassyly, "Master Xiaodan even gave me good medicine, otherwise I would have a scar on my face."