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Chapter 263 Lao Chen is not worthy of this world
"It is the destiny of heaven and the emperor's system. He said: When a country encounters difficulties, loyal and good people must emerge. Today, Huaibei is being cleaned up. It is thanks to the former general Mingwei and the left-behind commander in Caizhou who are in charge of Chen. They are determined to shoulder the great responsibilities and never give up."

In the lobby of the Caizhou government office, Chen Jingyan led all the officials to lie down on the ground. When the eunuch who announced the decree read out Brother Chen's name, he couldn't help but be confused. Could it be that the angel brought two decrees today?
". He should be a model for the generals in the world. Now he is promoted to the third rank of General Yunhui, the Marquis of Fenglu An, and the governor of the city with thousands of households.
This is it. "

After the eunuch who announced the edict read all the contents of the imperial edict, he did not hear Chen Jingyan mentioned, and he had no intention of reading the second imperial edict.

In the lobby, all the officials were equally puzzled. It was not until Chen Chu and Zhang Chunxiao accompanied the angel to the back hall after receiving the order that a group of people gathered around and asked what was going on.

It's not surprising that Chen Chu won the title. After all, whether Huaibei is in chaos or peace at the moment can almost be determined by his words.

Many people even felt that the rewards were insufficient, so General Yunhui and Marquis Lu An were just empty names. Being a warrior marquis sounded quite impressive, but the title of Daqi was not valuable.

Man Daqi took a look at the eight governors in office, at least the marquis started.

The imperial court did not give real power to the governor, but only granted the title of marquis to those with thousands of households in the city, which was quite insincere.

The so-called 25 households in a food town will not be given a real seal. According to the rules, only [-]% will be given, and then each household will receive [-] yuan per month and receive it from the local government.

In other words, Chen Chu can receive an extra [-] yuan every month, which is enough for him.
"Bah! Lord Tutong, did the Marquis send them this little money?"

Jiang Shuquan, who had just been promoted to the commander of the Ningjiang Army, immediately cursed under his breath to express his position.

"Oh, the imperial court is so generous."

Yang Dalang snorted coldly, not hiding the sarcasm in his tone.

Compared to the military officers who spoke freely, most civil servants responded with silence. After all, the angel who announced the decree was still in the back hall of the government office.

"Dalang, stop saying a few words!"

Only Cai Yuan, the new chief official, dared to talk to Yang Dalang like this.

He can have such a transcendent status because of the special relationship between his daughter and Chen Chu, and the recognition of Cai Sanniang by Da Lang and others, so they regard Cai Yuan as half an elder.

After suppressing the general's clamor, Cai Yuan walked back to Chen Jingyan, glanced at his third brother who was a little distracted, and the eldest brother among the five golden flowers comforted him in a low voice: "Don't be anxious, maybe the appointment of Tongzhi is still to come."

Even at this time, Cai Yuan was not too worried about Chen Jingyan's promotion. He was very aware of the influence of his cheap son-in-law in Huaibei.

Although he did not have the name of Jiedu Envoy, Chen Chu actually had the title of Jiedushi Envoy.

Now that Shouzhou is in his hands, he has taken control of the capital of Yingzhou and brought Caizhou to Caizhou with "temporary exclusive power", even without letting Guo Tao'er lead his army back.

Stationed in Yingzhou is still Zhu Da's Jing'an Military Headquarters under the Caizhou Left Behind Division. Moreover, Chen Chu also supported a young man named Xin Qiji in Yingzhou to organize thousands of township warriors.
All of the above point to one reality: all the combatable soldiers in the three prefectures of Huaibei are under Chen Chu.

Therefore, it was impossible for Henan Road and the court to turn a deaf ear to his request.

Most of the people surrounding Chen Jingyan were the core members of the Tongshan Department. Listening to everyone's low-spirited comfort, Chen Jingyan gradually let go of his worries.
Perhaps, the appointment decree will come in a few days, right?
After a moment of burning incense, Chen Chu and Zhang Chunxiao walked out of the back hall side by side.

All the officials came forward to congratulate and said: "Congratulations to the general on being granted the title of Marquis."

There was not much joy on Chen Chu's face, and he was even a little unhappy. He forced out a smile, hugged everyone, and then pulled Zhang Chunxiao to Chen Jingyan's side.

Chen Jingyan guessed what news Chen Chu might have brought, and couldn't help but look at the latter nervously.

When Chen Chu saw his third brother like this, he kicked his ass in grief and yelled at Zhang Chunxiao angrily: "Master Zhang, tell me! I can't say it!"

"Hey~"

Zhang Chunxiao couldn't help but sigh, looked at Chen Chu, then at Chen Jingyan, and said helplessly: "Chen Tongzhi, the new prefect will take office in two days, your government office should make some preparations."

"Hiccup~"

Chen Jingyan opened his mouth, made a soft sound in his throat, and froze on the spot.

Zhang Chunxiao's voice was not loud, but everyone in the hall paid close attention to what he said.

There was an audible silence in the lobby. For three or four breaths, everyone seemed to have forgotten to even breathe. Then, almost at the same time, another burst of whispers came out.

Cai Yuan, who was also surprised, glanced at his sulky son-in-law, frowned, but still said politely: "Master Zhang, may I ask who the new prefect is?"

"The new magistrate is Mr. Sun Changhao, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, right Cao Si, Wai Lang."

As soon as Zhang Chunxiao finished speaking, Chen Jingyan, who had just fallen into a daze, suddenly asked loudly, "Who? Who is it?"

"Master Sun Changhao," Zhang Chunxiao confirmed again.

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Chen Jingyan's chest rose and fell rapidly. He wanted to say something but couldn't. A sense of betrayal and anger welled up in his heart, making him want to curse.

Because he shouted so loudly just now, all the officials in the hall were focused on him.

Chen Jingyan looked around, and everyone could only smile awkwardly when they saw him.

People just laughed awkwardly, but Chen Jingyan felt that others were laughing at him, as if he had stripped off his clothes and was being watched. I ate the celebration banquet, and I also gave him the lecture!
From now on, I will become a joke in Caizhou City!

The huge sense of shame made Chen Jingyan no longer care, and walked out of the lobby of the government office with his face covered.
"Master Chen~"

Chen Chu shouted softly and quickly chased after him.

Even if he couldn't become an official, he wouldn't be so rude. Ximen Gong asked doubtfully, "What's wrong with third brother?"

Cai Yuan, who was looking at Chen Chu's back thoughtfully, explained his doubts and said: "Sun Changhao is the sister-in-law of Wu Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice." "What's the matter?" He just came to Caizhou and asked about the affairs of each family's back house. Xu Bang, who didn't know much about it, asked.

"The third child and Wu Shangshu's second brother's family have already decided on their children's marriage." Cai Yuan added.

"Mommy!"

Ximen Gong, who finally understood what was going on, couldn't help but whispered: "Third brother, my family has robbed me of my peach!"

In the Four Seasons Garden of the government official residence, after Chen Jingyan ran back in embarrassment, he saw servants and maids hanging silk and colorful clothes everywhere in the corridor and beside the hanging flower door in the courtyard.

The news that Magistrate Chen was about to take office had already spread in the government office. Today, the eunuch who announced the arrival of the eunuch arrived, and everyone in the Four Seasons Garden felt that the official appointment had come.

The manager of the family took it upon himself to order his servants to arrange the arrangements in advance to celebrate the great occasion.

But when Chen Jingyan saw it, he was furious, "Who told you to arrange it like this! Damn it, fuck it now!"

Chen Jingyan usually maintains a gentle and elegant attitude at home, and rarely gets so angry.

The steward was so frightened that he quickly arranged for people to remove the colorful silk decorations.

This movement alarmed Wu Yifan, who had been living in the Chen family recently, and Tan, who was in the back house and was rearranging clothes. The two came over one after the other.

Wu Yifan was dressed in a moon-white brocade embroidered robe, with a white jade crown and an emerald hairpin on his head. He was handsome and handsome, but when he opened his mouth, a half-broken front tooth was revealed, which greatly disgraced the scenery.

"My nephew congratulates Uncle Shi on his promotion and wishes him great ambitions."

Wu Yifan still didn't know what was going on, but he was right to say a few auspicious words first.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jingyan, who was already angry, felt as if someone had grabbed his throat when he heard this. His face immediately turned red, and his eyes when he looked at Wu Yifan were even a bit cold.

Regardless of whether Wu Yifan knew in advance or not, it was his Wu family who took advantage of Lao Chen. From this, he remembered that during the time Wu Yifan came to Caizhou, Lao Chen and his wife let him live in their home and took good care of him. As if he were his biological son.

In order to seek justice for Wu Yifan, Lao Chen even had a disagreement with his fifth brother, but your Wu family treated me like this?
The more Chen Jingyan thought about it, the angrier he became, and he couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "Maozhi, when our family moves back to Xia Cuiyuan, please don't move with us."

"." Wu Yifan, who originally had a gentle smile on his face, couldn't help but be startled after hearing this.

Ms. Tan was equally astonished. The family had just moved into Four Seasons Garden from Summer Cui Garden a few days ago. Why would they want to move back again?

But what makes Tan even more dissatisfied is Lao Chen's attitude. I don't know what's going on. He's so angry. Maozhi is our future son-in-law. Why are you so angry at him for no reason?

"Husband, we moved to Four Seasons Garden and our things haven't been put away yet. How can we move them back again? Are we messing around so much?"

Mrs. Tan doted on her only daughter, but her husband's lukewarm attitude towards Wu Yifan made her worry that it would affect the couple's relationship in the future, so she showed her support for her son-in-law and showed it to Wu Yifan, "Besides, Mao Zhi He came to Caizhou and is not familiar with the place. If he doesn't live with our family, where can he live?"

Chen Jingyan, who was full of anger, could no longer suppress his anger when he saw that his wife was still speaking for outsiders. He raised his eyebrows and scolded in a low voice: "If you don't move, you will live here! I will move out myself." !”

After that, he turned around and strode out of the Four Seasons Garden.

But after walking out of the garden, Chen Jingyan looked around blankly, not knowing where to go. A feeling of self-pity for "a half-life wasted on a half-life dream" suddenly arose in his heart.

Speaking of which, Lao Chen can't be considered depressed or frustrated in the past year or so.

On the contrary, it can also be described as 'promoting success and making a lot of money'.

However, during Caizhou's transfer, everyone, including himself, had already regarded Caizhou's prefect as a treasure, and suddenly found out that his in-laws had stolen his home. This huge psychological gap was unbearable!

I even accepted the gift!
The world is not worth it!

While he was feeling sorry for himself, he saw Chen Chu striding towards them. Chen Jingyan felt that he was too embarrassed to see anyone at this moment, so he raised his sleeves to cover his face and was about to walk out.

However, Chen Chu stepped forward directly, grabbed Chen Jingyan, and said with a deep sense of regret, "Third brother! Something went wrong this time, but no matter you are the magistrate of Tongshan County or the magistrate of Caizhou, you will always be my younger brother. Third brother!"

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Chen Jingyan, who had already been tempered in the officialdom and had a hard heart, almost shed a few tears.

Seeing Chen Jingyan's mood swings, Chen Chu took his hand and said without thinking: "Let's go, third brother, go to my house, brother, let's have a few drinks with you!"

"Okay!" Chen Jingyan trembled with trembling lips, "Fortunately there are five brothers in the world who never abandon Brother Yu!"

"Third brother, what you said is serious! You and I have made an oath and drank blood wine. Third brother, once we are brothers, we will be brothers forever!"

"Lao Wu."

Chen Jingyan was filled with grief and held Chen Chu's hand tightly.

In this world, I am lucky to have such a loyal and loyal son like my fifth brother!
Shortly after the two of them left, the news that Chen Jingyan had not been promoted spread in the official residence.

Wu Yifan, who was feeling depressed, couldn't help but look overjoyed when the old servant he brought home told him in detail!
Sun Changhao is his uncle, and his aunt has been the closest to him since he was a child.
Seeing Wu Yifan's expression of joy, the old servant reminded him in a low voice: "Second Young Master, Aunt Sun has occupied Chen Tongzhi's position. Chen Tongzhi is afraid that he will blame us on the Wu family. Please don't show joy in his house these days, lest you offend Chen Tongzhi." "

"Ah."

Wu Yifan then suppressed his joy, and his mood, which had been depressed for several days due to the broken tooth, suddenly improved. Thinking that his uncle would soon be coming to Caizhou to serve as the chief official of the palace, he couldn't help but smile solemnly and whispered to himself. Said: "Uncle Chen Shi is not doing things smoothly. When uncle comes, let's see how I deal with those cheap officials."

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