Except for the summer palace, the largest house in Yicheng is not the "square house" with square courtyards and no rounded corners. Even because of this kind of extreme architecture and family inheritance, Over the past nine hundred years, for a long period of time, the owner of this house and the surname it represents have been ridiculed by all kinds of people, openly and secretly.
But this kind of ridicule has completely disappeared in the past few decades, at least in Yongchang.
Because this house belongs to the Zhao family, Zhao Nanpeng, the prime minister of Yongchang County.
Before dawn on this day, many carriages of different styles had gathered in front of the gate of the governor's mansion, and even blocked the road in front of the mansion for a time.
The coachmen stayed quietly on the shaft of the carriage, not even daring to move their buttocks. The family members who were supposed to be waiting on the carriage instead got out of the carriage one by one and gathered under the eaves in front of the gate of the Juncheng's mansion. They were in groups, whispering to each other, and all of them looked solemn, as if the sky was about to fall.
In the mansion of the county magistrate, everything was as usual. The servants and maids started working from dark to dawn, and quietly delivered the rich and exquisite meals of fruits and vegetables into the square and huge hall like running water. In the restaurant.
There are already many people gathered in the restaurant, men, women, old and young, each sitting according to their own position, in an orderly manner, no one is talking to each other, everyone is sitting upright, without any desire for the little plump table in front of them.
The only thing that is a little different from the past is that the position at the top and in the middle, which belongs to Zhao Nanpeng, is still vacant. In the past, except for the occasional slight illness and the prefect's urgent move, this person would never be there at this time. To be absent.
After the meals were ready, the servants and maids quietly exited, and everyone waited quietly for a while before Zhao Nanpeng walked in from outside the hall. Compared to his usual seriousness, he even had a slight smile on his face today. , seemed to be in a good mood, he strode in, sat in his seat, smiled in front of everyone's attention, picked up the chopsticks, and took a bite of the food first.
So, people in the hall also moved their chopsticks one by one, and the only sound was the clink of chopsticks and bowls.
It didn't take long for the children to finish eating first. They put down their bowls and chopsticks, came to Zhao Nanpeng and bowed silently, then turned and left. Then the women and the older ones gradually left, until Zhao Nanpeng was the only one in the hall. At that time, he was still slowly picking up vegetables and eating them in a leisurely manner.
After the meal, it was already three o'clock in the morning.
Zhao Nanpeng went out, followed only by a cleanly dressed old servant. He came all the way to the door of the house and signaled the servants guarding here to open the door. He saw a group of people shouting and about to pour in. Before the servants could step aside, Zhao Nanpeng went out. Between him and the crowd, he smiled, waved his hands, and said, "Everyone, everyone!"
The people who had been waiting outside Fangzhai's door with dry mouths and anxious hearts stopped when they saw this, gathered around Zhao Nanpeng, and stared eagerly.
Zhao Nanpeng bowed his hands in all directions, "Zhao already knows clearly why you are here. Last night, a group of hundreds of people rode into Yicheng, disturbing the dreams of many people, but Zhao slept soundly. ," he held out a finger and said, "It's just a hundred Qingqi, what's the point?!"
He laughed loudly, then looked around and said, "Right now, we in Yongchang have some small problems. As everyone knows, Heyu City was conquered by Nanyi. These days, there are a lot of rumors outside, and some are even made up. It's unbelievable, but are all the people and defenders of Heyu City dead?" He stretched out his hand to point to the direction, and his tone became higher and higher, "In Weiming City, 20,000 to 30,000 Heyu City elites are holding firm. It is those who tricked Heyu City into The Nanyi beasts have been beaten back after several attempts to go north. In such a situation, do you think they are in danger?"
"The common people are frightened because of their ignorance. Please don't be like this." Zhao Nanpeng shook his head and pointed to the north. "Speaking of Lijun, many people must already know that Lijun has assembled tens of thousands of troops in Tongcang City. "I can say that this is true," he continued without waiting for everyone to react, "But I, Yongchang, have accumulated over nine hundred years, tens of thousands of elites, millions of people, and experts like clouds in Yicheng. If we have enough food, is it possible to leave the county?
Can it be easily opened with tens of thousands of troops? "
"What's more," he glanced at the people around him with a relaxed expression, "what's more, the battle between the princes will come after resisting the barbarians anyway. The prefect of Li County is a person who cherishes his reputation more than anything else. He was under this Yicheng. , Didn’t he make a choice once? At that time, Yicheng suffered a sudden disaster after the new defeat. In fact, it was much more difficult than it is now, but you must all know what the prefect of Li County did. "
Zhao Nanpeng saw someone in the crowd wanted to speak, so he raised his hand first, signaling the other person to listen to him first, "Finally, let's go back to the Hundred Cavalry. The Lord Prefect has already told me that the young lady was attacked by bad guys when she went north. , fled all the way to Tongcang City, and was rescued by the prefect of Lijun. The prefect of Lijun played a trick and sent a hundred Qingqi to send the young lady back. It was obviously for everyone to see. Such a trick is really childish! "
He snorted coldly, "As long as I, Yongchang, insist on resisting the barbarians, the governor of Li County will not dare to take advantage of others' danger. Otherwise, he will be the first person among the governors in the world to betray the human race. As long as I, Yongchang, no longer take it lightly. , it is impossible for the Nanyi people to go north again. When we regain our position and use the righteousness of the human race to invite the world's strongest coalition forces to go south to recover Heyu City, the Lijun army can only coerce them and use them for our use! "
Zhao Nanpeng looked at the people around him and suddenly smiled again, "So what are you worried about? Are you worried that the prefect and I will not be able to analyze this situation clearly? Or do you think we will be deceived by the prefect of Lijun's childish tactics?"
Everyone hurriedly waved their hands to express their disdain.
Zhao Nanpeng nodded, and chatted a few more times with several powerful talkers in the family. They were chatting and laughing. As usual, he stood in front of the gate, allaying everyone's worries one by one, and waited until the last guest was sent away. After leaving, he motioned to the old servant behind him to prepare the car.
The carriage came slowly, Zhao Nanpeng got on steadily, and the old servant acted as the driver, driving all the way to the county government office.
Under the watchful eyes of an unknown number of people, both openly and secretly, the carriage drove into the government office. Zhao Nanpeng entered his own spacious room as usual. Many officials were recruited inside and out, busy and busy. Until dark, the entire government office was empty, and the lights were still on in the room dedicated to Jun Cheng.
It is like a light that shines in everyone's heart, giving countless people a warm sense of security.
