Half a month after Chen Qing's son was born, the New Year finally arrived. Every household was busy worshiping their ancestors, putting up peach charms, setting off firecrackers, and preparing Tusu wine. Housewives were roasting bacon and making vegetarian cakes. They were extremely busy.
It was the first New Year after a new life in Chen Qing's house, so it was extremely busy. Lu Xiu was still in confinement and had to stay in the room, but she was not absent either, strategizing in the room, directing Yu Lian and
Yu Ying ran errands to prepare the house for the New Year.
Lu Xiu also specially gave each servant a reward of three guan of money to thank them for their efforts in the past few months.
Like other families, Chen Qing's house was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations and was full of joy.
Today is New Year's Eve, and Lu Xiu has something on his mind. Everyone else is worshiping ancestors at home, but his husband has no idea of worshiping ancestors at all. When he asked his husband last night, he actually suggested placing a sign of heaven and earth.
Lu Xiu couldn't laugh or cry, but she was deeply worried. She was the granddaughter of the Prime Minister. How could she not know what it meant to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth? That was something only the emperor could do. How could her husband, as a minister, say something about offering sacrifices to heaven and earth?
At noon, Chen Qing returned home as usual. His son slept most of the time, only waking up for a while at noon every day, so Chen Qing would go home at noon every day.
Today, as usual, he changed his clothes and walked quietly to his wife's room.
In the room, the little one was lying next to his mother, sucking milk sweetly. When Lu Xiu saw her husband coming in, she smiled and said, "The little one is having lunch!"
"Daddy hasn't had lunch either!"
Chen Qing came forward with a smile, and Lu Xiu poked him on the forehead, "You can't speak properly in front of your son. If you haven't eaten, go to Aunt Wen. She will help you make arrangements."
Lu Xiu was about to call Yu Lian, but Chen Qing quickly held her mouth down and said, "Wait a moment, let me see my son."
Chen Qing held his chin and looked at his son's little face quietly. The little guy no longer had the same appearance as when he was born, and had completely turned into a beautiful baby. Although he was concentrating on sucking milk,
His dark eyes secretly glanced at his father beside him from time to time.
"Husband, you'd better prepare the spiritual tablets for sacrifice!"
Lu Xiu said softly to her husband: "Every household offers sacrifices. This is after all a sign of respect for the ancestors. If my husband feels that it is inconvenient to have too many spiritual tablets, then he should at least arrange for his parents' memorial tablets."
Chen Qing smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't want to do it before because I haven't worshiped my ancestors since I was a child, and my parents haven't worshiped them either. Of course, there must be a reason for this, but I don't know. But if we only arrange the spiritual places of my parents,
That’s fine.”
Seeing that her husband had compromised, Lu Xiu felt happy and said quickly: "It's New Year's Eve now. Husband, hurry up and write the spiritual tablet. I'll ask Aunt Wen to arrange the tribute."
After Lu Xiu finished speaking, he pulled the string next to him a few times. The bell rang outside. Yu Lian quickly walked into the back room. Lu Xiu ordered: "Go and invite Aunt Wen!"
Aunt Wen was the housekeeper, and Yu Lian ran away.
Seeing that his wife attached great importance to sacrifice, Chen Qing felt helpless and had to stand up and said: "Okay! I will write the spiritual tablet now."
He gently kissed his son's delicate little face and then hurried out.
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Just an hour later, the ceremony hall in Chen Qing's house was arranged in a small courtyard at the end of the back house. The incense candles were burning brightly, and tributes such as candies, pastries, and snacks were placed on the tribute table.
The niche was wrapped in red silk, with only two memorial tablets placed on it. One side was Chen Qing's father Chen Dayun in his previous life, and the other side was Chen Qing's mother Zhou Hui in his previous life.
Chen Qing took three sticks of incense, bowed to the spiritual throne, and inserted the incense into the incense burner.
At this time, Yu Lian also picked up three sticks of incense and bowed before her. She blushed and explained, "Madam asked me to offer three sticks of incense for her!"
Not to be outdone, Yu Ying also picked up three sticks of incense and said shamelessly: "I will also offer three sticks of incense to my grandfather and grandmother on behalf of the young master!"
"Okay, stop making excuses. If you want to burn incense, just burn it! Just remember not to let the incense candle go out."
Chen Qing shook his head, turned around and went out.
Chen Qing had to inspect the military camp in the afternoon. He led his soldiers out and rode slowly towards the military camp.
At this time, most of the shops were closed, and every household was busy with the New Year's Eve feast. Firecrackers sounded from time to time in the city. There were only children playing on the street, and the air was filled with a faint smell of gunpowder.
Running out of the city gate, the city was completely covered with ice and snow, with endless white snow in the distance. Chen Qing raised his head and took a deep breath of cold breath. The new year was finally coming.
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After the New Year, time flies by. In the blink of an eye, it is late January. There is already a hint of warmth in the air, and there are signs of thawing in the Wei River. Chengji County is indeed much warmer than Ganquan Fort. At this time, Ganquan Fort is still
There is no breath of spring in the ice and snow, but there is already a hint of spring in Chengji County. The most obvious thing is that the willow branches have turned green.
At noon, Yang Qi came to Xuechuan Restaurant again. He felt like a mirror. This was probably the last time he would do such a thing.
"Hey! Mr. Yang hasn't been here for a long time. Please come upstairs quickly!"
After telling Dou Qing about Xiao Heda's top secret information, Yang Qi came over less often. He explained to Dou Qing that it had been relatively dull recently and there was no Grade A information.
But today, he brought an extremely important piece of information. As soon as he sat down, Dou Qing hurried over.
"I heard that an important meeting was held in Jiedu Mansion this morning, and several governors came to Jiedu Mansion. What happened?"
"That's what you care about most!"
Yang Qi handed the two documents to Dou Qing, "These are the originals signed and sealed by the Jiedushi. No copies are allowed. I will smuggle them out while everyone is out for dinner at noon. You can quickly make a copy."
Dou Qing was so happy that he didn't have time to take a closer look, so he quickly asked two of his men to come in and copy. He stood aside and looked at it, and was secretly surprised. On the fifth day of February, General Chen Qing personally led an army of 20,000 to Longxi County, Lintao and Hehe.
All the state's troops were withdrawn to Longxi County, and Jiang Yanxian led 10,000 troops to stay in Chengji County.
Today is January 25th, which means that Cao Baozong only has ten days left to prepare.
Not long after, the two men finished copying the documents. Dou Qing checked them carefully to confirm that they were correct. Then he took out ten taels of silver and handed them to Yang Qi along with the two documents. He smiled and said: "I have been waiting for these two pieces of information."
Thank you very much!"
Yang Qi nodded, "The big shopkeeper will send it out as soon as possible, there are only ten days left."
"I know, I'll send someone away today!"
Yang Qi left in a hurry, and Dou Qing quickly copied another copy, stamped it with his own seal, and handed it to one of his subordinates.
"You rush to Lanzhou immediately and hand this information to General Cao. It is very important!"
The content of the two resolutions was too much for Eagle to write down, so he could only send someone to send the originals to Lanzhou.
The men collected the letters, got on their horses and left.
Dou Qing wrote another Eagle Letter message, 'On the fifth day of February, Chen Qing officially sent troops to Longxi County.'
At the same time, he sent people to the north bank of the Weihe River outside the city to deliver the letter eagle.
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In the internal affairs camp, Yang Qi handed over ten taels of silver to Wang Hao. Wang Hao said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief praised you for your performance in the past few months. These ten taels of silver will be used as an extra reward and will be given to you later.
We will arrange an official court with an area of one acre and promote you to be the chief minister!"
Yang Qi's nose felt sore and he quickly stood up and saluted, "Thank you, General, for taking care of me and protecting my family these past few months!"
Wang Hao smiled slightly and said: "The mission is officially over. We will close the net today and catch all the Xixia spies. But for safety reasons, you and your family will go to Qingshui County to live in seclusion for a month. When the Xixia war is over, you will come back and take office. Qingshui
A courtyard has been arranged over there in the county, and someone will send your family there, so you won't be afraid of the Xixia people's revenge on you."
Yang Qi was moved in his heart and saluted again: "General, you have considered it carefully. I am grateful for the humble position!"
"Go back to Jiedu Mansion first! Someone will contact you later."
Yang Qi bowed and left happily.
Wang Hao ordered: "Send the order to all the internal guards to assemble!"