The devil is coming

Chapter 392 The Imperial Heir
"Hey, isn't this Boss He?"
"Yes, it's really Boss He. Didn't he say that he sent a girl to get married?"
"Isn't that right? I've been away for almost half a year and this guy just came back. Could it be that Lao He's family was deceived?"
"Perhaps He Chu was deceived into becoming a turtle man. Otherwise, why would he come back?"
"Hey, Boss He, where is your sister-in-law?"
"Yes, Boss He, where is your sister-in-law? Why did you come back alone and dejected?"
He Chu was sitting on the carriage. The carriage was the same carriage that had carried his sister and brother-in-law to the capital. Now, he was driving it back.
Compared with half a year ago, the carriage was more broken and older, but the horse was fatter.
Now I am about to enter the city and prepare to go home. I have to go through an inspection at the gate of the city and there is a caravan ahead, so I have to wait for a while.
I heard someone making fun of me,
He Chu was not angry or arrogant,
I just pretended that I didn't hear the ridicule and sarcasm in these people's words.
Smiling and nodding,
Road:
"Ang, you're back."
Seeing Boss He's attitude, those individuals were too embarrassed to say anything. They just cupped their hands and greeted him again before heading into the city.
They were also some hawkers in the city, running small shops and selling some things. In the past, when He Chu went to the countryside to collect pigs, he would often go with them. After all, there was no deep hatred.
The caravan entered the city very slowly because the goods had to be counted and taxed. The tax officer led a group of tax collectors to inspect the goods carefully.
Earlier, there were actually no such rigorous tax collectors, and there were no dedicated tax collectors of this kind. They were only dispatched from Yanjing in the past few months.
After the caravan at the front completed the delivery, He Chu drove the carriage over. There was no cargo in the carriage and he was let go immediately.
He's Pork Shop is still there.
Because it was noon and the sun was strong, Old He simply closed the stall and sat in the room, shirtless, holding a cattail leaf fan in one hand and gnawing on a large piece of watermelon in the other.
Why not sit outside in the breeze and eat watermelon?
He was afraid that the children in the neighborhood would see him passing by and give him away for nothing, reluctant to part with him.
He Chu drove the carriage back. When Old He heard the noise, he quickly dropped the melon, opened the door, and ran out.
"Son!"
"Dad!"
He Chu ran to his father,
Unexpectedly, my father suddenly wielded a butcher knife.
He Chu screamed in fright and quickly stopped. Because he couldn't stop, the two of them bumped into each other.
"boom!"
"Ouch."
"Father, are you alright?"
"You are an unfilial son, you are an unfilial son!"
Old He fell down and twisted his waist. He Chu carried him into the house and tried to put him on the bed, but Old He refused. He still sat upright on the bench.
As a father, when facing his son, the most powerless time is actually when he is lying on the bed and looking at his son.
Therefore, in Lao Hetou's view, as long as he is still breathing, he must not lie in bed and talk to his son!
"Son of a bitch!"
"Dad, it's okay for you to scold me. I'm your son. It's natural for you to scold me, but don't scold yourself."
"..." Old Hetou.
He Chu reached out, took the half-eaten watermelon that his father had eaten earlier, brought it to his mouth, and continued to nibble.
Old He was relieved.
asked:
"What's going on? What's going on? Do you know that your father and I almost closed this shop several times and went to the capital to find you brothers and sisters!"
"Didn't I write a letter to dad?"
"Son of a bitch!"
"father."
"You write in your letter that this is good, that is good, that you eat well and sleep well, that your sister eats well and sleeps well, and you don't say a single thing about the things that really work!"
It was obviously his daughter who followed her son-in-law to her husband's house.
Who says the two families are far apart?
My daughter stupidly gave away her body first.
I can only lower my head first and ask my daughter to follow her to her husband's house. What's next?what's next?what's next?
It’s been half a year,
Apart from a few letters, everything is fine.
But what about the following process?
He Chu hesitated for a moment.
Looking at his father.
"Why are you frowning?"
"I didn't, Dad."
"Let me ask you, how are the conditions at your brother-in-law's family?"
"it is good."
Good is just one word.
Lao He pointed at his face,
asked:
"Better than ours?"
A pork shop may not look like much, but its income is not low. Moreover, Lao Hetou has also secretly purchased some land over the years.
He Chu blinked.
When Old He saw this,
Relax,
With a cold snort:
"Oh, don't think that all those who live in the capital are from wealthy families. Although your father and I have never been to the capital, we also know that living in the capital is not easy. People in the capital are distinguished in public, but eating and drinking are damn expensive. Maybe it’s just trying to make a fool of oneself and pretending to be fat, because he is so poor and elegant!”
"Brother-in-law's family really doesn't care about poverty."
"Aren't you poor and elegant? Haha, you are still not old enough and haven't seen enough people and things, so you can't be fooled by appearances."
"Dad, don't tell me, my son, I was really frightened at first."
Not so bad,
The first time I saw the eunuch in the palace,
It was the first time I saw the eunuch in the palace kneeling down to his brother-in-law.
The first time I saw the palace,
After that day,
He Chu was in a daze for the entire ten days, as if he was in a dream.
"Oh, let me tell you, we are a small family after all, and what we pay attention to are the regulations and rules for living. Besides, the head catcher, no, the little six son.
Xiaoliu Xiaoliu, you know, is he the sixth child in the family? "
He Chu nodded when he heard the words.
"Does he have five brothers above him?"
He Chu continued to nod.
"Is there any younger brother down there?"
"some."
"How's your sister?"
He Chu shook his head.
"No girl?"
"Like, no."
"That's right!"
Lao He slapped his thigh suddenly, which touched his waist, and he immediately took a breath of cold air.
"Dad, Dad, please slow down, please slow down, do you know this?"
"Nonsense, I guessed it!"
"Dad, you really guessed it!"
"Nonsense, I'm your father! There are so many brothers in his family. If the family property is divided among his six sons, how much will be left? He doesn't even have a sister, so he has no place to collect the dowry!"
"..." He Chu.
"So, you have to calm down and remember, your sister is not a high-ranking one, and we, the He family, never want to sell our daughter to a high-ranking one!"
"Gao Pan?"
"Why are we so high-spirited? Do we have no arms or legs, and can we still starve to death? Now I heard that there will be no more war, and our lives will definitely be better than before.
Please tell me more about this marriage in detail. Have you met their old man? "
He Chu shook his head.
"Didn't see it?"
"I haven't seen it, but the girl has."
"Did you let Sisi go to meet her parents-in-law alone?"
He Chu nodded.
Lao Hetou immediately raised his hand, but because of his back pain, he could not stand up.
He Chu immediately understood and put his head closer.
"Snapped!"
Lao He slapped his son on the head.
"You coward, don't tell people outside that you are a pig butcher. We pig butchers can't afford to disgrace you. You actually let your sister go to meet her parents-in-law alone. I asked your father to accompany you." Don't you know what it means?
I just asked you to support the show. If the two parents-in-law want to bully Sisi, you, the elder brother, have to go up and argue with her. It’s really outrageous. Just slap him on the forehead like your father did! "
"..." He Chu.
"Are his parents still there?"
Lao Hetou began to ask about his son-in-law's family affairs.
"Brother-in-law's mother is gone."
Concubine Min has been dead for many years.
"Hey, no mother-in-law?"
Lao Hetou was happy, not as good as his mother-in-law.
"Have."
"Hmm? Renewal?"
"No."
"His mother is a concubine?"
"Bad...almost."
The queen is the legitimate mother, and the other concubines are actually concubines, unless they are named imperial concubines.
"hiss………"
Lao Hetou took a breath of cold air.
The situation at my son-in-law's family is much worse than I thought.
"A straight mother-in-law is actually a concubine who gave birth to a child!"
"father………"
"Your father, I went to the Yamen to ask someone. He said that Xiao Liuzi seemed to have committed something, and the position of the arrester was no longer available. Tell me, is he just planning to escape back to the capital for refuge, and conveniently took our family home? Sisi was abducted?"
"father………"
"Straight bitch, you've got it, you've got it!"
Lao He was furious for the first time and continued to say to his son:
"That's all, that's all. Looking at the situation in his family, it may be difficult for him to live a rich and comfortable life. How about this? You go find your brother-in-law and ask him to come back. Let's spend some money to take care of the Yamen matter. Flatten it if you can.
If that doesn't work, let him come back and be my son-in-law.
You, the elder brother, can share the property of our Lao He family equally with him, and you can establish a written record. "
"Son-in-law who comes to your door..."
He Chu's expression was very exciting.
"By the way, you bastard, you've been staying in the capital for the past six months? If it weren't for the letters you get every once in a while, your father, I would have thought you were dead! What on earth are you doing in the capital?"
"Read books and learn to write."
Lao He was stunned for a moment, blinked, and asked:
"What are you doing?"
"Read a book and learn to write."
"You're a pig butcher, why are you so literate? Are you writing suicide notes for pigs?"
"My brother-in-law asked me to learn to read, so I learned it."
"You will do whatever he asks you to do? You are the eldest brother, how can you obey him in everything? If he asks you to break into the palace one day, will you still obediently do it?"
"Ah, um, good."
"You, you, you make me so angry!"
"father……"
"What kind of agreement is this? Why has this marriage been delayed until now and there is no news?"
"I'm back, aren't I? Dad, the wedding was postponed because of the war. Now it looks like we won't be able to fight, so you asked me to come back."
"You came back alone?"
"My brother-in-law is also back, but he will arrive tomorrow the day after me, and he will bring a betrothal gift."
"We'll be here tomorrow. Oh, where's your sister?"
"Sister and brother-in-law are back together."
"Yes, this is called observing etiquette."
"Dad, please close this shop."
"It's time to put it away. Let's finish the wedding first."
"Dad, what I mean is that you should close this shop."
"Turn it off? You don't have a fever, right? How can you say such nonsense?"
"Dad, turn it off."
"Why did you lock me up?"
"Go to the capital, come with us to the capital."
"What are you doing in the capital?"
"You, let him raise me? Can he afford it?"
"Forehead………"
"Besides, I only have the ability to kill pigs and sell their meat."
"My brother-in-law said that I can open a pork shop in the capital."
"Huh? Going to the capital to sell pork?"
"correct."
"You're in a panic, aren't you? Your father just told you that it's not easy to live in a big city. Plus, we're not familiar with the place. If your father and I go there, even if we go there to do our original jobs, only God knows whether we can start driving.
Besides, he asked me to go to the capital to sell pork, so I had to listen to him and see what he could do. Why didn't he let me enter the palace to deliver pork legs to His Majesty? "
"Dad, if you want to give it to me, you can also..."
"Don't say it, don't say it. You go out to the city tomorrow, no, in the afternoon, and pick up a pig. It will be used for the wedding. We will prepare this hard food by ourselves.
Don't say any more nonsense about going to the capital. Look what kind of ecstasy you were fed by that little six. I tell you, wait until you see that little thief tomorrow and see how I clean him up. He really thinks he belongs to my old He family. What's wrong with my daughter who has no one to marry? "
"Dad, there is something I want to tell you."
"Let the fart go."
"My sister, I have it"
"What's there?"
He Chu pointed to his stomach.
Lao Hetou's eyes immediately widened.
In a flash,
It seemed that my waist was no longer hurting and my legs were no longer sore. I immediately stood up and started rummaging through the boxes.
"Dad, what are you doing? What are you doing?"
"Pack up your things and go to the capital to sell pork!"
……
"Are you confirmed?"
"Back to Your Majesty, I have confirmed that Your Highness the Sixth Prince called the imperial physician from the palace to diagnose your pulse.
The Imperial Hospital first sent Dr. Luo. After Dr. Luo came back, he invited Dr. Zhu to go there.
It is indeed a happy pulse, and the pulse is stable. That daughter of the He family has good health and bones. "
After hearing this, Emperor Yan put down the fold in his hand and put his hands in front of him.
Wei Zhonghe took advantage of the situation and said:
"My servant congratulates your majesty and congratulates your majesty."
"Where are the Chengjue people?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Your Highness the Sixth Prince left the capital this morning with the daughter of the He family."
"Now that I've found out that I'm pregnant, I still dare to move around without permission."
"Your Majesty, His Highness the Sixth Prince should have gone to Nan'an County to recruit someone."
Previously, because the Marquis of Jingnan massacred the Chu army under Yupan City, the relationship between Yan and Chu was very tense, and a big battle might start at any time.
Therefore, the eldest prince's marriage was arranged quietly, while the wedding of the prince and the princess was postponed.
At present, there seems to be no sign of large-scale military use by the Chu people in a short period of time, so what needs to be done can be done.
At the same time, the woman has a baby in her belly. After all, she is pregnant with the emperor's heir. She cannot let her mother's name be unjust.
"Did you bring the betrothal gift?"
"Yes, His Highness the Sixth Prince sent someone to the Prince's Mansion to ask for it, because His Majesty originally ordered that His Highness the Prince would help with the betrothal gift."
Double pork ham!
"It's hard for him to remember."
I actually went to the prince to ask for pork legs.
"Did the prince give it to him?"
"The prince personally led his subordinates to help purchase the appropriate items."
Emperor Yan nodded after hearing this.
"The Secret Intelligence Department will send out people to protect us along the way, and then we will send out two imperial doctors from the imperial hospital to protect us along the way."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
immediately,
Emperor Yan picked up another brochure and flipped through it.
Road:
"As Ji Wujiang leads the five thousand Zhenbei Army to leave the capital, we will clear the trade routes as Cheng Jue said."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Wei Zhonghe."
"The slave is here."
"I'm going to be a grandpa."
……
"Your Highness, here are the details of the city's taxes for the past three months."
The tax officer delivered a brochure to Ji Chengjue's hands.
Ji Chengjue did not read it, but returned it to the tax official.
"There are complaints, right?"
The tax official smiled bitterly and said, "They say this is competing with the people for profit."
"If you don't fight with them, you will have to take it from the heads of the people."
The tax officer was obviously one of Ji Chengjue's people. Hearing this, he replied: "But, Your Highness, Nan'an County is fine. There are not many caravans, but many of the large caravans traveling in other places are backed by princes and nobles."
"It's okay. With Father here, they don't dare to complain or anything. However, these days, they are quite abiding by the rules, so even if I want to find a chicken to kill for the monkeys, I can't find it."
"Your Highness, it will be even more difficult if you have resentment in your heart."
"You don't have to worry about these. Gu has his own rules in his heart. It's a pity that the batch of talented shopkeepers in Gu's hands were all raided by the man named Zheng. I don't know what happened to Xue Customs. He acted like that. Wait, the rare items in those workshops haven’t been made yet.”
"Your Highness is waiting for help from Xue Customs?"
"Yes, and no, Dayan is so big that it only focuses on one place to eat. No matter how big the output is, it is not enough to eat. Gu's idea is that it starts from the desert in the west and ends at Xuehaiguan in the east, connecting Qian and Chu in sequence. , all merchants who enter our Yan territory will have to peel off a layer of their skin."
"Your Highness, I think this is a bit too radical."
"Hey, I've only heard of refugees rebelling because they had no food to eat, but I've never heard of merchants revolting because of heavy taxes. Who are they to blame if you don't blame them?
If the merchants of Qianchu feel that the tax is heavy, fine, let Qianchu join me, Dayan, and become my own family, and the tax will be light.
After Gu leaves, you will also be transferred out of Nan'an County and concentrate on helping Gu take care of the bank account. "
"Thank you for your support, Your Highness."
"It's done, go ahead. I have to come and give gifts to my father-in-law."
"My subordinates are here to wish His Highness a happy wedding. The young lady and old master Izumi will be happy if they know this."
"Ah."
Ji Chengjue left the teahouse wearing a long gown and pretending to be a scholar. However, because he had a good skin, he held a fan in his hand and a pendant tied around his waist, he really looked like a handsome young man. Son.
A carriage stopped in front, and a small convoy waited behind.
Outside the carriage, stood a man in black shirt.
"Oh, brother, you came to me right after you led the troops out of Beijing. Are you afraid that others won't know that you and I are together?"
Ji Wujiang smiled indifferently and said:
"Brother Wei is able to come back because of your fault. If we are not standing together, we are still together. What are you afraid of? Besides, I said that I am here to help you clear the trade route. If you don't show me where to go, brother Wei You can’t just lead your troops to a random place and kill them randomly, right?”
"Haha." Ji Chengjue nodded and said, "Brother, you are serious. It is natural for you and me to be brothers and sisters."
"Also, according to the rules, the elders of the family should take the lead when hiring you today. It is impossible for my father to come. As the eldest brother, it is also my duty to come forward to help you organize the job."
"Little brother, thank you, big brother. Come, please come here."
The daughter of the He family was sitting in the carriage, and she was pregnant. Ji Wujiang, the elder brother, could not enter the carriage, so the two brothers walked in front, followed by the carriage and the convoy carrying the bride price.
Because the number of pig hind legs in the betrothal gift was too large and "dazzling", it attracted the attention of many people in Nan'an County along the way.
It is impossible to see gold, silver, jewelry, emerald bead curtains, etc. in ordinary people's weddings. Pork is hard currency, and this team with the word "happy" on it can be said to be quite arrogant from the perspective of ordinary people.
Ji Chengjue has always felt it was a pity that his father was busy with state affairs and could not come in person. Otherwise, he would be extremely satisfied if he could stand here and look at the envious eyes of the people around him.
"You are quick to act, and you actually got it just like that. There is still no one among you and me. You are my father's first grandson.
They say kisses come from every other generation. Look at what your father has arranged for you this time. I’m a little bit surprised. "
Because the eldest prince had been in the military camp in his early years, and later had the task of marrying the barbarian tribe, he got married late, and there is still no news about the body of the barbarian princess.
The marriage between the prince and the princess has been delayed until now.
The third child is now useless.
The fourth and fifth sons are about the same age as Ji Chengjue, but they are not yet married.
As for the seventh child, his hair has not yet fully grown.
"Hey, speaking of which, brother, you really have to thank me for the baby who is still in his mother's belly. Without him, your release might not have gone so smoothly this time."
"Yes, yes, when the child is born, I will prepare a generous gift for him, but it is a coincidence."
"It's not a coincidence. I knew Sisi was pregnant half a month ago, but I delayed it for a while before I called the imperial doctor and notified my father when I sent the child."
"Are you even taking advantage of your unborn child?"
The eldest prince speaks very straightforwardly.
Ji Chengjue nodded and said: "He should. If it's a girl, she should treat her as my little cotton-padded jacket and help her father. If it's a boy, he should do something to fight for the position of the emperor's grandson now." what."
"Cheng Jue..."
"I know what brother wants to say. Don't worry, brother, I won't be like our father. It's boring to be like that.
By the way, brother, I received good news from Xue Customs a while ago. The dowry you sent me was a success. "
"I also know that Zheng Fan is also courageous. Counting the days, he should have dragged Ke Yanbu to fight in the snowy field just after he arrived."
"Well, by the way, brother, do you know what I'm thinking about now?"
"Thinking about what?"
"I'm wondering when the man surnamed Zheng will have a child. I hope he will have a girl. Mine is a boy. In this way, I can take advantage of him."
The eldest prince suddenly asked:
"What if it's a boy?"
"Then I won't follow my father's old ways."
"Chengjue, what do you mean?"
"It's not interesting. Well, brother, in front is my father-in-law's house, and standing next to him is my brother-in-law. He Chu, it's a coincidence that you are here. I originally thought that after this appointment, my brother-in-law would join me. You went, it's just the right time, you can take him away with you tomorrow, just keep it by your side for use, and you don't need to cultivate it, just see the blood and gain knowledge."
"can."
"Okay, I'm going to pay tribute to my father-in-law. Brother, you should also learn from this."
"Your father-in-law still doesn't know your identity?"
"I asked my uncle to go back and tell me in advance, but it seems he hasn't said anything yet."
said,
Ji Chengjue stretched out his hand and pointed forward at Lao He's head, and continued:
"Otherwise, my father-in-law wouldn't dare wait here with a kitchen knife in his hand for my hairy son-in-law."
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good night.
(End of this chapter)