marquis of jingan

Chapter 1420: The Young Marquis Returns to the North

Chapter 1420: The Young Marquis Returns to the North

Spring of the twenty-ninth year of Hongde.

After a freezing winter, the city of Yanjing finally welcomed the days of spring and blooming flowers, and the people who had been hibernating began to gradually become active.

At the gate of Chongwenmen, a young man in blue jumped off his horse and led the horse into Chongwenmen.

Chongwen Gate is one of the more important gates of Yanjing. After the nobleman stepped into Chongwen Gate, he couldn't help showing excitement on his face. He let out a long breath and said, "I'm finally back!"

Behind this noble young man, there was an attendant who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. He couldn't help showing his joy and said with a smile, "Young Master, why don't we just ride back home as soon as possible to make the master and his wife happy."

The young man shook his head and said, "My father issued a decree in his early years that horses are forbidden to run in the city. I dare not violate this taboo. Besides..."

He looked around and saw that the streets of Yandu city were bustling with people coming and going, and there were many voices of merchants hawking their wares, with accents from all over the place mixed together, making it extremely lively.

"Look, how can horses run in a place like this?"

Upon hearing this, the attendant also looked around and muttered, "Yanjing is indeed much more lively now than in previous years. There are more and more people. I heard that the land price has also increased several times. In the past, you could buy a house in Yanjing for a few thousand taels of silver, but now this piece of land in the east of the city costs 10,000 or 20,000 taels..."

"What are you talking about?"

The nobleman glanced back at him and scolded him with a smile: "Do you still want to buy a house in Yanjing?"

"I don't have that idea."

The follower shrank his head and dared not speak.

The master and servant walked one after the other towards the largest house in Yanjing City.

The two were very familiar with Yanjing City. After half an hour, they arrived in front of the Governor's Mansion. However, there were many people queuing up at the gate of the Governor's Mansion to see them. Seeing this, the master and servant curled their lips, walked around the front door, and came to the back door of the house.

The attendant strode forward and knocked hard on the back door several times. The back door quickly opened. The gatekeeper was a man in his thirties with a knife on his waist. After seeing the master and servant, he was stunned for a moment, then immediately bowed his head and saluted: "Young Marquis."

"No need to be polite."

There are many marquises in Yanjing City, but there is only one who is called Little Marquis in the Governor's Mansion.

That is Shen Yuan, the eldest son of Lord Jing'an Shen Yi, the Grand Tutor of Dachen, the Grand Secretary of Zhongji Palace, the Minister of War, the Governor-General of Northern Zhili, the Commander-in-Chief of Huai'an Army, and the Marquis of Jing'an Shen Yi!

In the summer of the 28th year of Hongde, this young marquis Shen Yuan was ordered to go south to Nanjing Jiankang to meet the emperor. After staying in Jiankang for more than half a year, he was finally able to return to the north and return to the city of Yanjing.

At this time, although there were only Shen Yuan and his servant in public, there were countless people following them secretly.

Some of them were secretly protected by the Internal Guards, while the other part were from the Dibao Division and the Shenhou Mansion.

Comparatively speaking, there may be even more people in the inner guards, because the inner guards are the ones who cannot bear to see anything happen to Shen Yuan.

After the young marquis entered the house, he soon saw his mother. Without saying a word, he knelt before his mother and bowed his head: "My son bows to my mother."

Although Madam Shen is nearly 40 years old this year, she has not suffered much for many years and has taken good care of herself, so she looks only in her early 30s. She stepped forward and helped her son up. After not seeing him for more than half a year, the wife of the Marquis, who could become the mistress of the North, couldn't help but shed tears in her eyes. She pulled her son's arm and complained, "When did you come back? You didn't even write a letter home in advance."

Shen Yuan scratched his head and said with a smile: "After receiving the imperial edict to leave Jiankang, I was delayed on the road for a while, wandering around, and I didn't know when I would be able to come back, so I didn't write to my mother..."

"Besides, I thought my father knew where I was..."

"Your father probably knows."

Lu Ruoxi scolded, "But he didn't tell your mother."

Shen Yuan scratched his head and asked, "Mom, where is my dad?"

"In the study."

The young marquis said quickly: "Then I will go to the study to ask for an audience..."

Lu Ruoxi shook her head slightly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you should go see your second mother, Sangsang and Ji'er first."

Shen Yuan was stunned and asked, "Mom, is there something wrong with Dad?"

"Ah."

Madam Shen said softly, "General Su has returned from overseas. He arrived in Jiankang a month ago. He just came back from Jiankang and is talking to your father in the study."

At this point, she glanced at Shen Yuan and said, "General Su left Jiankang two months later than you, but arrived two or three days earlier than you."

The young marquis was a little embarrassed and said, "I thought that I would travel around and broaden my horizons..."

"You're twenty-two."

Lu Ruoxi shook her head: "When your father was your age, he was already in Huai'an..."

Hearing her mumbling, the young marquis rolled his eyes and said, "Mother, I haven't seen Uncle Su for a long time. It's a good opportunity for me to go and pay my respects to Uncle Su. I'll tell you more about it later..."

After saying that, the young marquis ran to the door of Marquis Shen's study.

At the door of the study, Jiang Sheng's son Tian Chong was guarding. After seeing Shen Yuan, Tian Chong immediately stepped forward and bowed, looking somewhat happy.

"My Lord, you are back..."

Shen Yuan blinked at him and asked, "Can I report it?"

Tian Chong hesitated for a moment and said, "I...will try?"

"Go quickly, go quickly."

The young marquis patted Tian Chong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'll treat you to a drink tonight!"

Tian Chong responded with a smile, quickly walked back to the study door and knocked. Before he could say anything, the voice of Lord Shen was heard in the room.

"Let the monkey in. His voice can be heard from far away."

Upon hearing this, the young marquis immediately shrank his neck, entered the study carefully, and then knelt down in the study with a plop, bowed his head and saluted: "My son greets father, and greets Uncle Su."

General Su Dingsu, who was talking to Shen Yi at the moment, stood up immediately upon hearing this, walked to Shen Yuan, extended his hand to support Shen Yuan, and said with a smile, "Young Marquis, there is no need to be so polite."

Shen Yuan looked up, sized up Su Ding, and asked in surprise, "Uncle Su, why do you have so many white hairs?"

General Su shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "After being in Japan for three or four years, it is inevitable that you will look a little older. Unlike the Marquis, there is no difference from a few years ago."

Shen Yuan then raised his head and looked at his father, Lord Shen, the most powerful official of the time.

At this time, although ten years have passed, Mr. Shen is only thirty-nine years old, not yet forty.

It's the prime of life.

Ten years did not leave many traces on his face, at most a few crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and he grew a beard.

Ten years have passed, and Lord Shen's demeanor is very different from what he was ten years ago. If Shen Yi ten years ago was like an unparalleled sword, today, ten years later, Lord Shen is like a heavy sword without an edge, and no sharpness can be seen.

However, you can clearly feel the heaviness brought by Lord Shen.

Mr. Shen glanced at his son and said nothing. Instead, he turned his head to look at Su Ding and smiled, "Brother Anbang, let's stop talking here today. Come to my house later and we can have a drink together."

Su Ding bowed and said with a smile, "I obey your command."

After saying that, he turned around and patted Shen Yuan on the shoulder, then smiled and left Shen Yi's study.

After Su Ding left, Master Shen sat back in his seat, lowered his head to drink tea, then looked at his grown-up son and asked, "Is everything done?"

"done."

Shen Yuan lowered his head and said, "I have been to Jiangdu, my hometown, and I have already paid homage to my ancestors. For the past six months, I have been living in Jiankang, at my uncle's house, and have not caused any trouble..."

"No trouble?"

Lord Shen snorted, "Just from the letter your uncle sent to me, you beat more than a dozen people in Jiankang. Which of these people doesn't have a senior official in their family?"

"You beat up three of the prime minister's grandsons!"

Shen Yuan shrank his head, feeling a little guilty: "Dad, didn't you ask your son to be a little more extravagant in Jiankang..."

Mr. Shen's eyelids twitched, and he said in a muffled voice, "Let's not talk about Jiankang for now, let's just talk about what happened after you left Jiankang. You left Jiankang right after the Chinese New Year, and you took more than three months to travel a distance that could only take a month."

"What did you do on the way?"

Shen Yuan shrank his head and dared not speak.

"You've gone out to explore the world, haven't you?"

Shen Yuan scratched his head: "Dad, you..."

Master Shen glanced at his son and cursed, "The inner guards followed you and wiped out at least three villages for you!"

"Where is the girl from the Green Forest Road? Why didn't you bring her back to show your father?"

Shen Yuan's face turned pale and he dared not speak.

Mr. Shen sneered and said, "Your Uncle Xu was raised in Cangzhou for you, right?"

"Dad, please calm down."

The young marquis forced a smile on his face.

"Dad, His Majesty said that the Queen Mother is critically ill..."

"Ask you if you want to go to Jiankang..."

Upon hearing this, Lord Shen took a deep breath and glared at his son unhappily.

"I'm glad you still know that you need to deliver the message. If you travel around the world like me, I'd have to rely on you to deliver the message..."

"Dad, I have a letter for you..."

The young marquis lowered his head and cried out in grievance.

Mr. Shen sighed, stood up and walked to his son, reached out and touched his head, and asked, "What was the wind direction in Jiankang during the few months you lived in Jiankang?"

The young marquis became serious and said, "My uncle said that His Majesty mentioned moving the capital several times, but there was not much reaction in the court."

Shen Yi said "hmm" and asked again.

"How does His Majesty treat you?"

Shen Yuan blinked.

"Your Majesty treats his son very well...even better than he treats the other princes."

Mr. Shen asked again: "You don't have any contact with the prince?"

"of course not."

The young marquis shouted, "If I really had any dealings with the prince, my uncle would have beaten me to death without you having to tell me!"

Only then did Mr. Shen nod.

"You're a wise boy."

　It's a new volume. The reason for jumping to such a long time period is that many conflicts and plots will be concentrated in this time period. There is nothing much to write about in these ten years. This book will not have a bad ending. It will be finished well, so don't worry.

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(End of this chapter)