Yanjing City, which had been frozen for a whole winter, finally ushered in the days of spring and flowers blooming, and the people of Maodong gradually began to liven up.
At the entrance of Chongwen Gate, a young man in blue jumped off his horse and led the horse into Chongwen Gate.
Chongwen Gate is one of the more important portals in Yanjing. After this noble prince stepped into Chongwen Gate, his face couldn't help showing excitement. He took a deep breath and said, "I'm finally back!"
Behind this noble young master, there was an entourage following him. He looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old. His face could not help but be happy. He smiled and said: "Young Master, why don't we just ride home and go home as soon as possible?
Let the master and his wife be happy."
The young master shook his head and said, "My father has made it clear long ago that galloping horses are prohibited in the city. I don't dare to violate this taboo. Besides..."
He looked around and saw that the streets in Yandu City were bustling with people coming and going, and there were many voices of merchants hawking. The accents from different places were mixed together, making it extremely lively.
"Look, how can horses run in a place like this?"
After hearing this, the follower also looked around and muttered: "Yanjing is indeed much more lively now than in previous years. There are more and more people. I heard that land prices have also doubled several times. In the past few years,
You can buy a house in Yanjing with a thousand taels of silver, but now it costs ten to twenty thousand taels in the east part of the city..."
"What are you doing with all this?"
The noble prince glanced back at him and said with a smile: "Do you still want to buy a house in Yanjing?"
"I have no such idea."
The attendant shrank his head and did not dare to speak.
The master and servant walked one behind the other towards the largest house in Yanjing City.
The two of them were very familiar with Yanjing City. After half an hour, they arrived in front of the Governor's Mansion. However, at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, many people were queuing up to see them. When the master and servant saw this, they both curled their lips.
Bypassing the front door, we came to the back door of the house.
The attendant strode forward and knocked hard on the back door a few times. The back door opened quickly. The doorkeeper was a man in his thirties, with a knife at his waist. After seeing the master and servant, he was stunned at first.
Then he immediately lowered his head and clasped his fists in salute: "Little Marquis."
"No need to be polite."
There are many marquises in the city of Yanjing, but in this Governor's Mansion, there is only one who can be called a young marquis.
That is Chen Taibao, Grand Bachelor of Zhongji Palace, Secretary of the Ministry of War, Governor of Northern Zhili, and Commander-in-Chief of the Huai'an Army, Shen Yuan, the eldest son of Lord Shen Yi and Shen Hou!
In the summer of the 28th year of Hong De's reign, the young Marquis Shen Yuan was ordered to go south to Jiankang, Nanjing, to meet the Holy Spirit. After staying in Jiankang for more than half a year, he was finally able to return to the north and return to the city of Yanjing.
At this time, although publicly there were only master and servant Shen Yuan, but secretly, an unknown number of people were following them.
Some of them were secretly protected by people from the inner guard, and the other part were people from Di Baosi and Shenhou Mansion.
Comparatively speaking, there may be more people in the inner guard, because the inner guard is the least likely to see anything happen to Shen Yuan.
After the young Marquis entered the house, he quickly saw his mother. Without saying a word, he knelt down in front of her, bowed his head and kowtowed: "My child, kowtow to your mother."
Although Mrs. Shen is nearly forty this year, because she has not suffered much for many years and has taken good care of herself, she looks to be in her early thirties. She stepped forward and helped her son up, because most of the Unexpectedly, Mrs. Marquis, who could become the mistress of the north, couldn't help but blush. She took her son's arm and complained: "When did you come back? I don't know if I can send a letter to my family in advance."
Shen Yuan scratched his head and said with a smile: "After receiving the order to leave Jiankang, the child was delayed on the road for a while, walking around. He didn't know when he would be able to come back, so he never gave it to his mother. Letter…”
"Moreover, the child thought that the father knew the child's whereabouts..."
"Your father probably knows."
Lu Ruoxi said angrily: "But he didn't tell your mother."
Shen Yuan scratched his head and asked, "Mom, where is my father?"
"In the study."
The young Marquis said quickly: "Then the boy will go to the study to ask for an audience..."
Lu Ruoxi shook her head slightly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you'd better go and see your second mother, Sang Sang and Ji'er first."
Shen Yuan was stunned and asked: "Mom, is there something wrong with dad?"
"Um."
Mrs. Shen said softly: "General Su has returned from overseas. He arrived in Jiankang a month ago. He has just returned from Jiankang and is discussing things with your father in the study."
At this point, she glanced at Shen Yuan and said, "General Su left Jiankang two months later than you, but arrived two or three days earlier than you."
The young Marquis was a little embarrassed and said: "I think, I will gain experience by traveling around..."
"You are twenty-two years old."
Lu Ruoxi shook her head: "Your father was already in Huai'an at your age..."
Hearing her talk, the young Marquis rolled his eyes and said, "Mom, my son and Uncle Su may not have seen each other for a long time. I just happened to go to see Uncle Su. I'll tell you more about it later..."
After saying that, the young Marquis ran to the door of Lord Shen's study in a flash.
Jiang Sheng's son Tian Chong was guarding the door of the study. After seeing Shen Yuan, Tian Chong immediately stepped forward and bowed his head to salute, feeling a little happy.
"Young Master, you are back..."
Shen Yuan blinked at him and asked, "Can you inform me?"
Tian Chong hesitated for a moment and then said, "Shall I... go try?"
"Go quickly, go quickly."
The young Marquis patted Tian Chong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'll treat you to a drink tonight!"
Tian Chong responded with a smile, quickly walked back to the door of the study and knocked on the door. Before he could speak, the voice of Lord Shen came from the room.
"Let the hairy monkey come in. You can hear his voice from a long way away."
When the young Marquis heard this, he immediately curled up his neck and cautiously entered the study. Then he knelt down in the study with a plop, bowed his head and saluted: "My son pays homage to his father, and pays homage to Uncle Su."
General Su Dingsu, who was talking to Shen Yi at the moment, stood up quickly after hearing this, walked to Shen Yuan, stretched out his hand to support Shen Yuan, and said with a smile: "Young Master, there is no need to be so polite."
Shen Yuan raised his head, looked at Su Ding, and asked in surprise: "Why does Uncle Su have so many gray hairs?"
General Su shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Having been in Japan for three or four years, it is inevitable that I will become a bit older. Unlike the Marquis, I am no different from a few years ago."
Only then did Shen Yuan raise his head and look at his father, Lord Shen, who was the most outstanding minister in the court.
At this time, although ten years have passed, Mr. Shen is only thirty-nine years old this year, not yet forty years old.
In the prime of life.
Ten years have not left many marks on his face. At most, there are a few crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and then he grows a beard.
Ten years have passed, and the demeanor of Mr. Shen today is very different from that of himself ten years ago. If Shen Yi ten years ago was like a sharp sword unparalleled in the world, today, ten years later, Shen Yi The Marquis has become like a dark iron sword with no edge, and no sharp edge can be seen.
However, you can clearly feel the heaviness brought by Mr. Shen.
Mr. Shen glanced at his son and said nothing. Instead, he turned to look at Su Ding and said with a smile: "Brother Anbang, let's stop talking today. Later, you can come to my house and we can drink together." A drink."
Su Ding bowed and saluted, and said with a smile: "I will obey your orders."
After saying that, he turned around and patted Shen Yuan on the shoulder, then exited Shen Yi's study with a smile.
After Su Ding left, Mr. Shen sat back in his seat, lowered his head to drink tea, then looked at his grown-up son and asked, "Is everything done?"
"It's done."
Shen Yuan quickly lowered his head and said: "My child has already been to Jiangdu's hometown and paid homage to his ancestors' graves. For more than half a year, my child has been living in Jiankang at his uncle's house and has not caused any trouble..."
"No trouble?"
Lord Shen snorted: "In the letter your uncle sent to my father alone, you beat up more than a dozen people in Jiankang. Among these dozen people, which family does not have Da Jiuqing?"
"You beat three of the prime minister's grandsons!"
Shen Yuan shrank his head and felt a little guilty: "Dad, didn't you tell your son to be a dandy in Jiankang..."
Mr. Shen's eyelids twitched and he said in a dull voice: "Let's not talk about Jiankang for now. Let's just talk about what happened after you left Jiankang. You left Jiankang after the New Year. You walked three times in one month. More than a month.”
"What did you do on the road?"
Shen Yuan shrank his head and did not dare to speak.
"Going to explore the world, right?"
Shen Yuan scratched his head: "Dad, you..."
Mr. Shen glanced at his son and cursed: "My internal guards followed you and destroyed at least three villages for you!"
"Where's that girl on the green forest road? Why didn't you bring her back and show her to your father?"
Shen Yuan turned pale and did not dare to speak.
Mr. Shen sneered and said, "Your Uncle Xu raised him in Cangzhou for you, right?"
"Dad, please calm down."
A smile appeared on the young prince's face.
"Dad, Your Majesty said that the Queen Mother is critically ill..."
"I'm asking you if you want to go to Jiankang..."
Hearing this, Lord Shen took a deep breath and glared at his son angrily.
"Thankfully, you still know that you have to deliver the message. Traveling around like you, wandering around the world, if I rely on you to deliver the message..."
"Dad, my son has sent you a letter..."
The little Marquis lowered his head and cried out.
Mr. Shen sighed, stood up, walked to his son, reached out and touched his head, and asked: "How has the wind direction in Jiankang been in the past few months you have lived in Jiankang?"
The young Marquis became serious and said, "My uncle said that His Majesty mentioned moving the capital several times, but there was not much reaction from the court."
Shen Yi said "hmm" and asked again.
"How does His Majesty treat you?"
Shen Yuan blinked.
"Your Majesty treats his son very well...even better than he treats several princes."
Mr. Shen asked again: "You have no contact with the prince?"
"Of course not."
The young Marquis shouted: "If I really have any contact with the prince, my uncle will beat me to death without you having to tell me!"
Mr. Shen nodded.
"You're a wise boy."
This is a new volume. The reason why we have to jump to such a large time period is because many conflicts and plots will be concentrated in this time period. There is nothing to write in these ten years, so this book will not be unfinished. I will finish it well, don't worry.
Also, I would like to recommend a new book by an old friend. Friends who are interested can read it ~