On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 246 Return to Hebei

On the eleventh day of the first month of the twelfth year of Kaihuang's reign (AD 592), 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, also took their children and sat in their carriage.

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

"You two will stay in Daxing for now, wait until the pregnancy is stable, and then set off to Anping."

Cui Che warned.

The two girls had tears in their eyes and nodded reluctantly.

The three of them talked softly again, and if it weren't for the fact that many friends from the official circles came one after another, they would have had to talk to each other sincerely.

Well-informed people basically knew that Cui Che refused Yang Jian's offer of a hundred days of love and insisted on resigning and returning to his hometown to serve his grandmother for three years. Therefore, everyone who had some friendship came to say goodbye to him.

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

It was already getting bright at this time.

"After this farewell, I don't know when we will see each other again. Maybe three years later, when Duke Yan returns to the court, Li will already be serving as a prefecture and county official."

Li Jing was quite emotional.

Cui Che hugged him goodbye and said:

"If we are concerned about each other in our hearts, even if we are separated by mountains and rivers and the world is far away, we will eventually meet again."

"Li is eagerly looking forward to a good time and reunion with Duke Yan."

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

He didn't dare to take a step forward.

Cui Che had to open the curtains and look at the pregnant Yang Lihua and Zhang Lihua entering the door before ordering the coachman to set off.

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

"We have encountered changes in our family, and we cannot honor the old promise of conquering Xuanling. You don't need to accompany me. Although I resigned, there are still many old friends in the court, so I can still guarantee you to serve as an official."

Fourteen-year-old Fang Xuanling already looked a little like an adult. He said firmly:

"After reading the books of Confucius and Mencius for so many years, I also know that loyal ministers have nothing to do with the two masters. Duke Yan wants to do justice to the world, but now he is just dormant for a while. How can I abandon the master and leave."

When Fang Xuanling was five years old, he followed his father Fang Yanqian to serve Cui Che. The Bodhisattva slave was not yet born at that time.

In the past, Cui Che always took Fang Xuanling with him no matter where he went to serve. From the age of eleven, Fang Xuanling was allowed to attend and discuss political affairs. It is no wonder that he was willing to follow Cui Che to Hebei.

Hearing what Fang Xuanling said, Cui Che was secretly happy, but as he was bereaved, he had to try his best to suppress the joy in his heart and prevent it from being exposed.

He said seriously:

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

When Cui Che and others were carrying the coffin to the east, the two predecessors of the East and West Turks, Ke Dunyu Wenfang and Ashina, also left Chang'an City in a carriage and joined Cui Che.

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

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

Although two-year-old Cui Wenhui didn't know that this was her biological mother, she didn't know how to recognize her biological mother. 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 filled with envy.

Due to the sensitive status of Yu Wenfang and Ashina, Ashina is okay. Although she was born in an exotic style, there is no shortage of Hu Niang in Guanzhong. On the contrary, it is Yu Wenfang who became famous in Guanzhong back then, so it is inevitable that she will meet an old acquaintance. Although the two girls

He travels with Cui Che, but he is always mysterious. Even if he stays in a hotel to rest, he has to wear a gauze hat.

The Bodhisattva slave had a vague guess that his father kept him in an outer room of another courtyard. He was not surprised. After all, his father once asked a question in front of the emperor and said, "I am lustful", which can be said to be "famous" to the capital.

According to the etiquette, the 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.

After leaving Tongguan and arriving at a ferry on the south bank of the Yellow River, Bodhisattva Nuo glanced at Fang Xuanling who walked out of the carriage hand in hand with Cui Che. He always felt that in his father's eyes, Fang Xuanling was his biological son.

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

By this time, the ice and snow had melted, and the boat transfer was significantly 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 greet him.

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

After announcing his family status, Li Longcheng looked sad and cried in front of the coffin. Unknowingly, he thought he was the heir apparent of the Cui family.

Cui Che said doubtfully:

"Could Mr. Li County have an old relationship with Cui's grandmother?"

Li Longcheng choked and said:

"What Duke Yan doesn't know is that Xiaguan is from Anping County, the same hometown as Duke Yan, and he had received the kindness from Duke Yan's grandfather. Now that the wife has passed away, Xiaguan is heartbroken and can't help himself."

Cui Che suddenly realized that he didn't really think that Li Longcheng was sincerely mourning his grandmother. He believed that he was still here for him.

But the so-called kindness from Cui Jishu is probably not false.

Cui Jishu's behavior was absurd in his early years. In order to gain a reputation in his later years, he held a high position and rewarded literature and promoted underachievers. Perhaps Li Longcheng, who was over forty years old, was one of the official juniors promoted by Cui Jishu.

Li Longcheng welcomed Cui Che into Neihuang County. Knowing that Cui Che was a filial piety, Li Longcheng did not hold a banquet for him, but the food and daily life of everyone accompanying him was properly arranged, which was obviously thoughtful.

Cui Che kept Li Longcheng's name in mind. The next day, he said goodbye to the enthusiastic Magistrate of Neihuang County. Cui Che and his party continued to carry Feng's coffin northward, and finally arrived at Yecheng at dusk.

In the second year of the Elephant Period of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (AD 580), after Yang Jian put down the Yuchijun rebellion, he ordered the burning of Ye City, moved Xiangzhou to Anyang, and all the people moved to Anyang City.

After the rule was stable, Yang Jian no longer worried about the emergence of a central city in Hebei, and ordered the reconstruction of Yecheng.

In the 10th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign (590 AD), Yang Jian relocated the governance of Xiangzhou to Xin Ye City, and most of the people in Ye City who had been relocated in the past returned to their hometowns.

However, no matter the size or prosperity of the new Ye City, it cannot be compared with the former hometown of the Three Kingdoms and the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties.

The Cui family's old house in Yecheng was burned down in a fire twelve years ago.

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

The motorcade drove into Yecheng and looked at the conspicuous sign of Yan Guofu. On the road, all the pedestrians coming and going were paying attention.

"Gong Yan has returned to Hebei."

"It is said that he has to stay in mourning for his grandmother for three years."

"As expected of a member of a famous family, he abides by etiquette."

There was endless discussion on both sides of the street.

I'm late, there are still three chapters left.

(End of chapter)