When Ning Wuyan saw this, he also frowned, but he took the box first.
The iron box was so heavy that his arms sank when he took it. By the time he took it, Ning Weiguo had already cleared half of the table and came out. He stopped drinking and was waiting to open the box.
"Second uncle, these iron boxes seem to be used by the military, right?"
Ning Wuyan looked at his eldest aunt.
As members of the Yang family who are also generals, they are naturally very familiar with it and nodded when they heard the sound.
"Yes, because the army is always on the move, and valuable things will be put into an iron box."
Ning Yang recognized at a glance that the iron box sent by her husband and sons was the one they used to take with them when they returned home.
In this case, what is inside the box must be something very important to them.
When Ning Weiguo heard Ning Yang's answer, the blush on his face became even thicker.
He didn't know much about things in the military camp. Due to his own future, he had been somewhat neglectful of his eldest son's daily life. He didn't know that this iron box had such a saying.
In other words.
What is contained in this iron box is something more important than gold and silver.
Ning Wuyang picked up an iron box and saw that it didn't seem to have any place to unlock it. Just when he was about to ask his aunt how to open it, he stretched out a long arm from behind and fished it out, and heard a "click" from behind him.
"Third brother, your hands are really fast. Please teach me how to drive?"
In line with the idea of having more skills than being overwhelmed, Ning Wuhuang successfully learned the trick of using the cracks to open these iron boxes with his bare hands.
After the iron box was opened, the contents inside were indeed just gadgets as we had just guessed.
The iron box sent by the uncle contained a palm-sized wooden knife, an envelope, a token, as well as things like a folding fan and a broken sword. It was impossible to tell what their functions were.
Only the back of the token was made of gold, showing that it was of great value.
When I turned it over and looked at it, I saw the word "Thank you" engraved on it.
"This is the token of the Xie family in Jing'an City."
Ning Weiguo recognized this object at a glance and was sober from drinking.
The Xie family in Jing'an City.
It is a powerful family second only to the Shen family and has existed for nearly a thousand years.
Because its ancestral home is just outside Jing'an, it is called the Xie family of Jing'an City by the world. Unlike the Shen family, because the age of its fortune is too long, and the Shen family itself deliberately hides it, the world only knows the wealth and nobility of the Shen family. It is inconvenient to name the place.
Ning Weiguo touched the token and said with a nostalgic look on his face: "I remember that when my eldest brother was in the capital, I lived and ate with Xie Chang'an, the current head of the Xie family, and they were considered close friends. Later, my eldest brother moved to Jinling with him. , Xie Changan left the military camp and entered the court as a civilian official, and I have never heard of any contact between them."
Will you specially send the Xie family's token if you don't have any contact?
And looking at the color and style of the token, it looks like it was newly minted in the past few years.
There is also a line of small words on it: "Order of the Patriarch Chang'an".
Ning Weiguo obviously also saw this line of fine print and couldn't help but sigh.
"Although the Xie family has not emerged in the officialdom in recent years, and there is still a hidden edge, Brother Xie's younger brother has held an important position in the Six Ministries. He has served as the Minister of Household Affairs, the Minister of War, and now he is the Minister of Works. Minister, if I stay in the Ministry of Personnel or the Ministry of Punishment for a few more years, my future will be limitless."
Because the previous prime minister formed a party for personal gain and participated in the case of fighting for the heir apparent, the old emperor personally set a trap and executed him in the palace. Daxing did not have a prime minister for the time being.
The position of prime minister is of great importance. In addition to being the most trusted person of the old emperor, he also needs to be able to convince the six ministers and ministers.
For this reason, the brother of the Qin clan leader was probably the prime minister. He first went to the six departments to find out the situation of each department, and finally coordinated and let the orders reach his subordinates.
Of course, this is just Ning Wuyan's personal guess, and the specific situation will not be known until the capital.
After all, judging from the temperament of the old emperor, it was impossible to make only one pre-selection plan.
He took a deep look at the token in his second uncle's hand, thinking that his uncle had worked hard in the military camp for many years and had not even received a serious position. However, this time he was promoted and became the guard general of an important county. He is in charge of five hundred troops. As long as he can do more practical things, such as protecting passing caravans or suppressing bandits, and receive awards or meritorious deeds, he will be promoted sooner or later.
But before that, the uncle had been silent for so many years and never thought of asking his former friends to help.
"It's okay. Brother, I'm giving these tokens to you. I think the same thing as me. You're going out, and you're going to the capital city where dragons and tigers are hidden. It's better to bring more life-saving things with you."
Ning Weiguo knew the weight of this token.
Once some tokens are borrowed, they become more than just tokens.
It is the final support left by the eldest brother's family.
Now that it is in Ning Wuyan's hands, it is tantamount to entrusting his wealth and life to him.
Judging from this, the other things in the iron box are also tokens left by the friends Ning Huxing made in the capital.
Ning Wuyan couldn't help but sigh: "Uncle and my three brothers, do you think I'm going to go through mountains of swords and seas of fire?"
Since it was four iron boxes delivered together, the sound was about the same.
Presumably, it contained tokens from their old friends in the capital.
"It's okay. As the old saying goes, a poor family and a rich family are all what your uncles want. Just accept it."
When Ning Yang heard what he said, she was afraid that he would not accept it, so she hurriedly tried to persuade him.
Not only did Ning Wuyan not intend to refuse, he also picked up the letter in the iron box.
The light letter should have explained the origin of these tokens, but in his heart, the weight of this letter was heavy.
The burden on me seems to be heavier.
But the good thing is.
Ning Wuyan glanced at his second uncle who was happily talking to Ning Wuyu about old things in the capital, and his cousins who were chatting warmly, and smiled knowingly.
Fortunately, he still has these family members to accompany him, who can be his backing and can also be his vanguard.
Beijing, here I come!
…
On the eighth day of September, the eve of the Double Ninth Festival, we have already stepped into the late autumn season.
This year’s hot summer is unbearable in Jinling, and it’s finally starting to get cooler at this time.
In the morning, dawn breaks.
Several carriages were followed by a row of ox-drawn carts, carrying 100,000 bottles of perfume that Zhou Jingxian had ordered some time ago. They left the west of Jinling City and drove up the official road, joining the many students who were sparsely heading to the capital.
The autumn wind comes slowly, bringing with it the smell of perfume.
Standing on the city tower and looking far into the distance, Jiang Yan saw that the carriage carrying the person he admired the most gradually turned into a small black dot in the traffic, getting farther and farther away and becoming more and more blurry. It’s hard to let go, but also exciting.
"Mr. Ning's departure will definitely set off a huge storm in the capital, but I don't know when Mr. Ning will be able to come back."
And Third Young Master Ning.
Jiang Yan thought of the token he had just given and was worried that it would not be of any use.
It's not that the Jiang family is useless, but he feels that according to the temperament of Third Young Master Ning, he will not use it unless necessary.
But thinking about Mr. Ning going to the capital, if there was such a necessary moment, he couldn't help but become even more worried.
"Mr. Ning, the King of Jin and the royal family only announced that Anhou was missing and wandering around, and did not report his death on a jade plate. I'm afraid someone wants to get to the bottom of this matter. You should be careful."
