Chapter 428 Xu Fengnian visited Huang Nan, and Song Prefect is good at making a fuss.
The house of Song Yan, the prefect of Huang Nan County, is empty and sparse, with few servants and deserted. In fact, this house is one of the best high-rise and wealthy families in Huang Nan County. With Lord Song’s family and financial resources, it was impossible to move in at all. Not to mention buying, it was difficult to rent. It was just that it was a haunted house that no one dared to take over, and it fell into the hands of Lord Song, who was honest and honest. The head of the family was a veteran who retreated from the border and wanted to enjoy his grandchildren. He was once the right-hand man of General Yan Wenluan and Yan. He was a meritorious general who could drink with the King of Beiliang when he was young. For some reason, on a storm and snowy night, more than 70 people in the mansion were killed overnight. No matter women, children, young and old, they were cut off their heads with one knife, which was tragic and still a big unsolved case on Beiliang Road. Some say it was the actions of the Green Forest bandits, and some say it was the political enemies who were still serving in the border army of Northern Liang. No matter what, it was rumored that every snowy night, a house where women cry and ghosts were crying and weeping was vacant for many years. Later, Song Yan, who did not believe in ghosts and gods, became Princess Huang Nan. He did not hold any water and land temples or held an altar to hold a ceremony, so he moved into the mansion with his relatives. He had been peaceful these years.
Although Song Yan praised magic power, he had an nickname “Caigen Taoist”. The wife of the county magistrate died early, leaving behind a daughter named Song Huangmei, who rode a horse and whip in Huangnan County, carrying a knife and bow. She was extremely heroic and not inferior to the Beiliang Ranger. When Song Yan noticed that his daughter, who had always regarded smearing rouge as the top priority in the world, began to ask him for some money. Instead of buying bows and arrows, he secretly bought a lot of rouge and water. He ran into the mansion several times and his daughter’s face was not wiped clean. Song Yan knew that this daughter had a lover, and Song Yan was happy to see it and never exposed her daughter’s lame concealment again and again.
The bookstore of the prefect’s mansion is adjacent to the garden. Song Yan held a book and stood quietly at the window. In the garden, his daughter laughed and two maids who were sympathetic with sisters. His voice was particularly crisp. Song Yan, whose temples were slightly frosty, smiled slightly. His daughter deliberately spoke so loudly, not to let the young man who had stood outside the wall for more than half an hour.
Song Yan asked someone to explore the family background of the young man. He was from the bottom of the market and had a strong spirit. He defected to a sect that was not up or down in Huangnan County. He relied on fighting for life in several gang fights and became the direct disciple of a sect boss. He had been trained in human feelings for many years and was much higher than those rich and powerful children who were above the top in Huangnan County. Song Yan visited him intentionally or unintentionally in his spare time, and had a few casual conversations with this young man. He rarely made amazing words, spoke simple and had a good nature. Song Yan took a silent step back and let him go as he had a love relationship with his daughter. Song Yan himself is not a gentry family, but also originated from poor alleys, so he knows it is difficult for a poor family to have a reputation. However, if this person was a scholar, even if there was no hope of fame and fame, Song Yan would have invited him to the mansion long ago and recognized his father-in-law and son-in-law openly.However, Song Yan was not optimistic about a gang child who was licking blood from the edge of the knife, and at most he did not object. It would be too difficult for Song Yan to take the initiative to show his goodwill.
When Song Yan saw her daughter sneaking towards the courtyard wall, she did not forget to look around. It was obvious that she was too thin-skinned and afraid that her father would catch her. She also knew very well that her father was famous for his ability to see the bride and was not easy to fool him. Song Yan had to smile bitterly and return it to the bookshelf near the window.
Song Yan put the Legalist book “Five Worms” back on the original position of the bookshelf and sat back on the desk with a mountain of documents. There was a bronze incense burner on the desk, which was used to burn incense to refresh the spirit. Song Yan glanced at the two secret letters sent from the mansion of the military commander, expressionless, stretched out his fingers to touch the Taotie pattern on the bronze ware that symbolizes the exorcism of ghosts. Song Yan closed his eyes and felt the burning of his fingertips, and slowly shrank his hand.
He did not care about his mentor Li Gongde’s advice in his letter. On the contrary, Huangnan County’s amazing success this time was a sign of Song Yan’s self-establishment. As a lackey for the Li family, as Li Gongde ranked second, Song Yan rose with the water, but the fourth-rank prefect was already at the extreme. Now Beiliang has a change of dynasty. Song Yan knew that he had a bad impression of the King of Beiliang. If he didn’t do anything at this time, he would still not be able to go further in the officialdom for more than ten or twenty years. Step by step, step by step. Song Yan, who was in his prime, did not want to follow someone else’s butt to eat some leftovers, but now Song Yan is not sure whether the general of Lingzhou has the strength tolerate others and whether he has the courage to come to see him, the hard and smelly stone in the official pit.
While Song Yan was pondering, his daughter’s cry came from the garden outside the building. Song Yan had no choice but to stand up. This daughter is not a little virtuous, how can she marry a good family in the future? Song Yan did not respond, walked downstairs and walked into the back door of the garden. He saw that his mentor’s daughter Li Fuzhen actually rushed to Huangnan County, with a strange face beside him. With Song Yan’s old experience, he immediately guessed his identity: Guo Fufeng, a cold man who Li Fuzhen likes. Song Yan didn’t have much likes and dislikes about this person. Seeing his daughter Song Huangmei look at the man hard, Song Yan winked. Guo Fufeng was calm and bowed deeply to the prefect of Song respectfully. Song Yan nodded and smiled without saying anything. He really couldn’t be called enthusiastic and polite. Even if this person became the son-in-law of the master of the strategy in the future, Song Yan was not optimistic. Moreover, with Song Yan’s identity, even if Guo Fufeng became a step further in the future, it would take at least twenty years of hard work to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
Li Fuzhen held Song Huangmei, who was a few years younger than her, but she looked nervous. This was the first time she brought Guo Fufeng to her father’s disciple. Others were fine. Maybe she would sell her strategy to give her daughter a little face. Song Yan was known for being inhuman among the former disciples of Li, and was afraid that the prefect would issue an order to expel guests with a stern face. This time she rushed to Huangnan County to meet Uncle Song in secret. It was because her father had no choice. I wonder why Guo Fufeng got the rumor. After a long time of grinding with her, he said many touching words that were heartbroken. Only then did Li Fuzhen hesitate to take him with him.Get up and come to Song Mansion. She had a good relationship with Song Huangmei since childhood and always treated this girl as a sister. Prefect Song doting her daughter is well known to everyone, and this girl has a dark relationship with a Jianghu who has a better background than Guo Fufeng. This is also the key to Li Fuzhen’s courage to pluck Guo Fufeng’s official “revealed” in the Lingzhou officialdom. Just thinking about this, Li Fuzhen was a little sad and sad. When would she have to be so contemptuous, but seeing Uncle Song’s expression was calm, she did not speak ill at the least, Li Fuzhen felt a little relieved. The heartless Song Huangmei didn’t know why Sister Li’s palms were sweating. The group went to the house to sit around the fire. Song Huangmei used the excuse to shovel some charcoal to get back, and ran out of the house. Song Yan didn’t know that she was going to say goodbye to her lover, and she had to make a move to stand on the wall. Women were too old to stay, and they felt sorry for their parents in the world.
As soon as Song Yan sat down, he received several famous letters from the manager. They were all born to ask about the knowledge of governing the world and helping the people. In fact, they were just visiting him, the prefect, so that he could make a familiar face. Song Yan asked the manager to return the letter of the house, and also gave him a few books in the library. Those people were unable to see them, but they were also here to come and return with excitement, so they had to show off to their peers.
Song Yan handled this small matter casually and looked at Li Fuzhen and smiled, “Uncle Song’s salary is all used to buy books, and the family is almost out of stock. It is difficult to be big fish and meat here.”
Li Fuzhen has always been not good at socializing, but just smiled. Guo Fufeng was unwilling to be a foil and took the initiative to speak: “Collectors of all dynasties love books as their destiny, and believe in borrowing books as their wives. It is better to give them books directly, just like a romantic and famous scholar giving them beautiful concubines, which is said to be a beautiful story. The prefect is well aware of the samadhi.”
Song Yan looked calm and ignored him and did not agree. Guo Fufeng was also thick-skinned and didn’t feel the cold. Li Fuzhen, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, became a little restless again, fearing that Guo Fufeng would not know the rules and taboos of officialdom, which would annoy Song Yan, who was indifferent. Fortunately, Song Huangmei brought a basin of black charcoal at the right time to help her invisibly save the situation.
Song Huangmei talked freely at her home and frowned, “Dad, Tieya just told me that a few foreigners came to the street outside the wall, and it was a while since I was not leaving. What are you doing in the empty alley in the winter? Isn’t it a bad guy?”
Song Yan chuckled softly, “The road is facing the sky. Even if my father is the prefect, he can’t control the legs and feet of the pedestrians. Some people are happy to be frozen outside the wall. Even if they stay for a while, my father cannot use the official hat on his head to drive away people.”
Song Huangmei sucked the smell of his father’s words, and his face suddenly turned red, and he lowered his head to fiddle with the charcoal fire.
The mansion manager stood at the door, feeling a little panicked.
Song Yan got up and walked outside the house. After hearing the news, he remained silent. He turned around and said to Li Fuzhen that he was a little anxious and was plagued by official duties. Then he asked Song Huangmei to help greet the guests.
Wait for the prefect to walkHe left in a hurry and his steps gradually disappeared. Guo Fufeng lowered his head and reached out to roast the charcoal fire, his face slightly gloomy. He raised his head to see Li Fuzhen and the prefect’s daughter, two pretty faces with their own unique talents, whispered and said intimate boudoir secret words. Guo Fufeng quickly turned into a warm smile, and did not feel dissatisfied because of the negligence of the county magistrate.