On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 246 Returning to Hebei
On the 12th day of the first lunar month in the 592th year of Kaihuang ([-] A.D.), at dawn, outside the Yan State Mansion.

The coffin had been firmly tied to a carriage, and the three concubines, Yuchi Chifan, Mu Xieli, and Miaorong, all brought their children into their carriages.

Cui Che, dressed in mourning, was still saying goodbye to Yang Lihua and Zhang Lihua.

"The two of you stay in Daxing for the time being, and then set off for Anping after you have stabilized your pregnancy."

Cui Che exhorted.

With tears in their eyes, the second daughter nodded reluctantly.

The three of them talked softly again, if not for many friends from the officialdom coming one after another, I'm afraid they would have to tell their hearts.

People who are well-informed basically know that Cui Che rejected Yang Jian's kindness in a hundred days, insisted on resigning from office and returning to his hometown, and keeping a filial piety for his grandmother for three years. Therefore, anyone with any friendship came to say goodbye to him.

Li Jing waited outside the crowd for a long time, and he stepped forward after everyone had left.

At this time the sky is already bright.

"After this farewell, I don't know when I will see you again. Maybe three years later, Duke Yan will return to the court, and Li will already be in the prefecture or county."

Li Jing was quite emotional.

Cui Che hugged him goodbye and said:
"If you care about it in your heart, even if the mountains and rivers are separated, and the world is far away, there will be a day when we will meet again."

"Ms. Li is looking forward to the happy date and reunion with Duke Yan."

After seeing off Li Jing, Cui Che saw that it was getting late, and after saying goodbye to Yang Lihua and Zhang Lihua, he stepped into the carriage, but he didn't realize that at the end, Yang Awu was always hiding in a corner, staring at him, but He dared not take a step forward.

Cui Che had to lift the curtains and watch the pregnant Yang Lihua and Zhang Lihua enter before ordering the coachman to set off.

Putting down the curtain, Cui Che looked at Fang Xuanling who was riding with him, and said helplessly:

"When the family encounters a change, you can't follow the old promise to conquer Xuanling and enter the court. You don't need to go with me. Although I resign, there are still many old things in the court, so you can still be an official."

The 14-year-old Fang Xuanling already has the appearance of an adult, he firmly said:

"After reading the books of Confucius and Mencius for so many years, I also know that loyal ministers do not serve two masters. Duke Yan wants to extend righteousness to the world, but now he is only temporarily dormant. How can I abandon my master?"

When Fang Xuanling was five years old, he followed his father Fang Yanqian to serve Cui Che, before the Bodhisattva slave was born.

In the past, no matter where he went to work, Cui Che would always bring Fang Xuanling with him. Since the age of 11, Fang Xuanling was allowed to sit in and discuss political affairs. No wonder he was willing to follow Cui Che to Hebei.

Hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Cui Che secretly rejoiced, but as he was bereaved, he must try his best to suppress the joy in his heart so as not to let it show outside.

He said seriously:

"You father and son have been loyal to me, and Cui will definitely live up to you in this life."

While Cui Che and others were transporting the coffin to the east, the two former Eastern and Western Turks Ke Dun Yu Wenfang and Ashina also drove away from Chang'an City in a carriage and joined Cui Che.

Yu Wenfang couldn't wait to have her daughter Cui Wenhui sent to her car.

Because Cui Che often ordered people to secretly take Cui Wenhui to Chang'an to relieve Yu Wenfang's pain of lovesickness.

Although the two-year-old Cui Wenhui didn't know that she was her biological mother, she didn't know how to recognize her, so she lay obediently in Yu Wenfang's arms and let her caress her.

Ashina, who was in the same car, saw this scene and was full of envy.

Due to the sensitive identities of Yu Wenfang and the Ashina family, the Ashina family is okay. Although they were born in exotic customs, there is no shortage of Hu Niang in Guanzhong. On the contrary, it is Yu Wenfang, who was famous in Guanzhong back then. He walked with Cui Che, but he was always secretive, even if he stayed in a hotel to rest, he had to wear a gauze hat.

The Bodhisattva slave vaguely guessed that it was nothing more than his father's outer room raised in another courtyard. He was not surprised, after all, when his father asked and answered questions in front of the emperor, he said "the minister is lustful", which can be said to be "reputed" by the capital.

According to etiquette, Bodhisattva slave does not need to observe mourning for three years like Cui Che. He only needs to mourn for his great-grandmother for five months. When the time comes, he will naturally have to go back to Weishui Academy to study.

Leaving Tongguan and coming to a ferry on the south bank of the Yellow River, the Bodhisattva slave took a look at Fang Xuanling who walked out of the carriage hand in hand with Cui Che. He always felt that in the eyes of his father, Fang Xuanling was his real son.

Along the way, the two ate at the same table and slept together on the same couch. It can be said that they were inseparable.

At this time, the ice and snow had melted, and the speed of changing boats was obviously much faster. On the 22nd of the first lunar month, Cui Che and his party arrived in Xiangzhou.

As soon as he set foot on the north bank of the Yellow River, Li Longcheng, the magistrate of Neihuang County (now Anyang, Henan Province), rushed to meet him.

Neihuang County belongs to Xiangzhou, eighty miles away from Yecheng.

After reporting himself to his family, Li Longcheng had a sad expression, weeping in front of the coffin, unknowingly thinking that he was the great-grandson of the Cui family.

Cui Che wondered:
"Could it be that Mr. Li County has an old relationship with Cui's grandmother."

Li Longcheng choked up and said:

"Duke Yan doesn't know something. The official is from Anping County. He is from the same town as Duke Yan. He has received kindness from Duke Yan's grandfather. Now that Mrs. Tai has passed away, the official is heartbroken and unable to control himself."

Cui Che suddenly realized that he didn't really think that Li Longcheng was sincerely mourning his grandmother, he believed that the other party was still targeting him.

But the so-called receiving Cui Jishu's kindness is probably not a lie.

Cui Jishu's deeds in his early years were absurd. In his later years, in order to gain a reputation, he was in a high position to reward literature and promote juniors. Perhaps this Li Longcheng, who is over forty, is one of the official juniors supported by Cui Jishu.

Li Longcheng welcomed Cui Che into Neihuang County, knowing that Cui Che was a filial person, he did not host a banquet for him, but the food and daily life of the people accompanying him were all arranged properly, obviously he put his heart into it.

Cui Che kept Li Longcheng's name in his heart, and the next day, after bidding farewell to the enthusiastic Neihuang county magistrate, Cui Che and his party continued to transport Feng's coffin to the north, and finally arrived in Yecheng at dusk.

In the second year of Daxiang in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (580 A.D.), after Yang Jian quelled the Yuchijiong rebellion, he ordered the city of Ye to be burned, Xiangzhou moved to Anyang, and all the people moved to Anyang city.

When the rule was stabilized, he no longer worried about the emergence of a central city in Hebei, so Yang Jian ordered the reconstruction of Yecheng.

In the tenth year of Emperor Kaihuang (590 A.D.), Yang Jian relocated Xiangzhou to Xinye City, and most of the people in Yecheng who had been relocated in the past returned to their original places.

However, the new Ye City cannot be compared with the former home of the Three Kingdoms and the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, regardless of its scale or prosperity.

The Cui family's old house in Yecheng was destroyed by a fire 12 years ago.

But the house was still there, and after Yecheng was rebuilt, Cui Che also sent people back to Hebei to rebuild a mansion in Yecheng.

The convoy drove into Yecheng, looking at the conspicuous logo of Yan Guo Mansion, on the avenue, all the pedestrians coming and going were paying attention.

"Duke Yan has returned to Hebei."

"It is said that he will mourn for his grandmother for three years."

"Worthy of being a son of a famous family, he strictly abides by the etiquette."

There are endless discussions on both sides of the street.

　Come back late, there are three chapters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)