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"Let's eat, let's eat!" Kong Yinfan called his family to eat, and then said, "Let no one guess. When we get to Datong, everything will be clear."
With that said, he picked up the kuaizi and picked up a piece of kuaizi fish meat and started eating.
Yellow River carp, the craftsmanship of a restaurant chef, how could he have eaten these things before.
He took a sip of wine, a mouthful of meat, and hummed an unknown tune.
"Eat less meat and leave some for your sister." The woman raised her hand and slapped her son Kong Shangyun on the head, and pushed the plate of mutton toward her daughter with her other hand.
Kong Shangyun watched the mutton in front of him being taken away, and licked the oil on his lips with a look of reluctance.
"Let brother eat, I'll eat the fish." Kong Yueqing looked at Kong Shangyun's eyes reluctant to part with the mutton on the plate, and pushed the mutton back.
When the woman saw it, she complained: "You, just go to your brother."
Although he was complaining, there was a smile on his lips.
Harmony between siblings is what she wants to see most.
Kong Yinfan's family stayed in Luoyang for two days, and then were escorted by Xing Yun, all the way to the bank of the Yellow River, while the cavalry led by Chen Wu returned to the city first.
When we arrived at the ferry, a ferry had already been prepared on the Yellow River.
Kong Yinfan's family and some of the guards took a ferry, and the remaining guards took a ferry alone, sailing to the other side one after the other.
The boat arrived on the other side, and a carriage was already waiting here.
He got back on the carriage and slowly left the ferry.
"Dad, do you have a lot of cows and horses there?" Kong Shangyun, who couldn't sit still, lay in front of the carriage window, stretched out his arm and pointed at a farmland in the distance and shouted loudly.
Kong Yinfan in the carriage looked in the direction of his son's finger.
In the fields on both sides of the road, in almost every other field there are farmers leading their animals to do farm work in the fields.
"Shanxi people are really rich, so many people have livestock at home." Kong Yinfan said with envy.
The number of livestock farming in a place can tell whether the local area is rich or not.
In the past, his biggest wish was to have an animal of his own.
Even in the hometown of saints, the work in the fields relies more on human labor. The families who can raise livestock are the men of the clan. The ordinary clan members cannot afford to raise livestock at all.
"Dad, when we arrive in Datong, will my brother-in-law give our family an animal?" Kong Shangyun looked away from the window and turned back to look at Kong Yinfan in the carriage.
Kong Yinfan looked outside the car and encouraged himself: "Don't worry, your brother-in-law will definitely give our family an animal."
An animal was a luxury for the poor. He believed that as long as he asked, with the power of his future son-in-law, he would not refuse an animal.
"Mr. Kong, the county seat is just ahead. Let's spend the night in the county seat tonight." Xing Yun personally ran over to inform Kong Yinfan.
The carriage followed the flow of people and slowly entered the county town.
"Dad, it's so lively!" Kong Shangyun was lying in front of the car window, looking around among the people on the street. Especially when he passed the stalls selling candied haws and snacks, he almost leaned out of the car window.
"Second son, come back, don't touch you." Kong Yinfan pulled Kong Shangyun back to the carriage and sat down, and said at the same time, "You can't lean out even if it's busy outside, how dangerous it is!"
"I know, Dad." Kong Shangyun agreed, still staring outside.
When Kong Yinfan saw that his son no longer stuck his head out of the car, he didn't care. As a child, he was naturally curious about everything he looked at and wanted to take a bite when he saw something delicious.
The carriage walked on the main street of the county town for a while and then stopped.
"Mr. Kong, we are here." Xing Yun came to the carriage and informed.
After hearing this, Kong Yinfan took his son Kong Shangyun and got out of the carriage.
When he looked up, he found that he was in front of a county government office. He asked Xing Yun, who was standing beside him, puzzled, "Why is this a county government office? Shouldn't I be staying in an inn or a post house?"
Along the way from Henan, their family basically stayed in inns or inns. They only stayed in Fuwang Palace once in Luoyang City.
However, he didn't think much about it at the time.
He thought that Fuwang Palace had been left vacant by bandits. There was no one there anyway, so he had no idea if he lived there secretly. In order to please his son-in-law, the governor of Henan allowed his family to live in it temporarily, but they only stayed there for two days.
Now that he was about to live in the county government office, he finally realized that something was wrong. Thinking back to the time when he lived in Fu Wang Palace, he felt that something was wrong even more.
"Before, it was not very safe in Henan, so it was not easy to live in a government office directly. Now that I am in Shanxi, it is my home. I will live in a government office all the way, and the rooms inside are already prepared." Xing Yun stood aside. explained.
Kong Yinfan hesitated.
Thinking that the other party had no reason to harm his family, and that his family had nothing to worry about, he nodded.
"The Sword Comes"
Kong Yinfan and his son were welcomed into the Yamen through the main entrance.
On the other side, Kong Yueqing's mother's carriage went directly to the side entrance of the Yamen's backyard, and was greeted into the courtyard by Nv Juan.
The person who welcomed Kong Yinfan and his son into the Yamen was the local county magistrate.
As he walked inside, he introduced the Yamen office space to Kong Yinfan and his son. Finally, he walked around the Yamen lobby before heading to the backyard.
Dinner was another warm reception.
After staying one night, the family hit the road again the next day.
Entering Shanxi, passing through Fenzhou and Taiyuan, and finally arriving at Yanmen Pass, known as the first pass in the world.
Along the way, Kong Yinfan became more and more dull.
Even though he was just an ordinary member of the Kong clan, he felt something was wrong.
No matter how high and powerful the future son-in-law is, it is impossible for their family to be warmly entertained by the local officials wherever they go, and they will either live in the yamen or the feudal palace.
It can be said that the Fuwang Palace was temporarily vacant because Henan had just been bandited, but the vassal palace in Shanxi had been passed down for at least several generations. Even if it was bandited, there would still be people from other vassal clans.
The small Fanwang Palace has never had an owner, and when the family lived in Jinwang Palace, they actually saw many people coming in and out of Jinwang Palace, just like going in and out of their own vegetable gardens.
If it weren't for the tall palaces in the Jin Palace and some similar buildings to the Fu Palace, he would have even doubted whether it was the Jin Palace.
"Mr. Kong, when we leave Yanmen Pass, we will reach the boundary of Datong." Xing Yun introduced Kong Yinfan.
Kong Yinfan opened the curtain on the carriage and looked in the direction of Yanmen Pass.
Although he is just an ordinary member of the Kong family, he has also heard of the gate of Yanmenguan, especially this place is often mentioned in some operas.
Nowadays, Yanmen Pass is no longer the old pass, but the danger of Yanmen Pass is still jaw-dropping after seeing it.
