The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Fan left the county office and walked towards the house without stopping.Pedestrians on the road saw Zhang Fan and greeted him with smiles.Zhang Fan was eager to go home, so he could only smile and nod, but his steps were not slow at all.

When he arrived in the east of the city, his home was almost there, and Zhang Fan could see the roof of his home from a long distance away.When I got closer, I saw a figure standing in front of my family, looking at something in this direction, not who is the mother I have been thinking about day and night!

For some unknown reason, Zhang Fan slowed down when he saw his mother.At this time, Mrs. Zhao also saw her son who had been away for many days. She hadn't seen Zhang Fan for so many days, and she still had to worry about his safety. Mrs. Zhao had a hard time these days.When Zhang Fan first entered the city, people in the city told her that Zhang Fan was back.He knew that Zhang Fan must have some things to do first, although Pan Pan was eager, but he had no other ideas.Seeing her baby appearing in front of her safe and sound now, she eagerly wanted to rush over to hug Zhang Fan tightly, but she didn't move either.

The mother and son were in such a situation, and Zhang Fan walked towards her step by step under his mother's gaze.He came to his mother, looked at her face, and couldn't say a word with so many words accumulated in his heart.The same was true for Mrs. Zhao, looking at her son who was so close, she was already in tears, but she couldn't speak.

Zhang Fan suddenly knelt down, kowtowed to his mother, and said in his mouth: "Mother, the child is not filial. He has been away from home for many days, let mother worry about it, and ask mother to punish him."

Zhang Fan's actions made Zhao Shi flustered, she felt sorry for Zhang Fan before it was too late, so she would not punish him.Quickly helped Zhang Fan up, and said in his mouth: "Get up quickly, it will be good when you are back, it will be good when you are back." Looking at the son in front of him, he found that apart from being thinner, he was in good spirits, so he was relieved Come.

Zhang Fan saw that Mrs. Zhao was only looking at himself, and attracted others to watch, he was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Mother, let's go inside, it's cold, don't freeze your body."

After hearing Zhang Fan's words, Mrs. Zhao came back to her senses, and said, "Yes, yes, mother. Hurry up and get in the house, it must be freezing in this weather!" Saying this, she hurriedly dragged Zhang Fan back to the house. to home.

Everything in the house is so familiar to Zhang Fan, the same clean and tidy, and the same warm feeling.Mrs. Zhao always kept the room in good order. Zhang Fan's room was very clean. A new quilt and a new silk dress were neatly placed on the new bed.And Zhang Fan's study is especially clean, everything is spotless.It seems that Mrs. Zhao still cares about Zhang Fan as always.

"Come and let mother take a good look!" Mrs. Zhao pulled Zhang Fan to sit down in the hall, looked at Zhang Fan carefully and said, "My son is thin, and he worked hard with the army abroad, did he encounter any danger?"

"Mother, isn't the baby all right?" Although Zhang Fan said so, Zhang Fan was really happy for his mother's concern, "I went out with the army, so why would I be in danger?" He was hacked and wounded by the Tartars, and even killed someone, let alone saying that he almost couldn't come back.

"Okay, okay, it's my mother's overthinking, just come back." Only then did Zhao completely let go of the burden in her heart, and said, "I have been worried since you left, lest something happen to you. Although I received a few days ago Your letter, but I just can't live in peace in my heart. Now that you're back, I'm relieved."

"The child is unfilial, and the tired mother cares about it." Zhang Fan was also very guilty.

"Don't talk about these things." Now that Zhang Fan has returned safely, Mrs. Zhao didn't want to bring up those unpleasant things again, and quickly changed the subject, saying, "You have been away for so many days and went out with the army. You must not be used to the dry food. They have lost a lot of weight. Today is the new year, I thought you would not come back, and I planned to be alone. Now that you are back, I have to buy some vegetables to comfort my family."

"Mother, don't be so troublesome, we can order whatever you want, as long as it is mother's cooking, children like it." Zhang Fan didn't want his mother to be too tired, so he said immediately.

"Then how can I do it?" Mother flatly refused, and was about to go out when she remembered something, turned around and said to Zhang Fan, "A few days ago, the county magistrate sent people to send a lot of silver taels and silks, saying that it was the imperial court. Rewarded to you, what's going on?"

Hearing this, Zhang Fan remembered that the eunuch Feng Bao had said that the emperor wanted to reward him with something, and said, "The emperor gave me something special."

"Emperor... Your Majesty?" Mrs. Zhao was taken aback. She was a woman from a common people's family. She had only heard in operas that the emperor rewarded meritorious civil servants and military generals. How could she have thought that such a thing would happen in her own home.

"Mother, it is the current emperor." As a person with a modern soul who has only lived in ancient times for a few months, Zhang Fan doesn't feel too much about the emperor. Seeing his mother's surprise, he reacted immediately and said immediately, " I went to Datong with the army, and Lord Qi Jiguang, who was in charge of exterminating the Tartars there, mentioned me when he delivered the victory report to the imperial court. The emperor saw that I had finally arrived at the imperial court, so he rewarded me with some special things, saying that he wanted to set an example for the scholars in the world , I am also ashamed of it!"

"This is really..." After listening to Zhang Fan's explanation, Mrs. Zhao knelt down and kowtowed towards the capital, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty..."

Zhang Fan was taken aback, he didn't expect his mother's reaction to be so violent, he hurried forward to help his mother up, thinking in his heart: "We must pay more attention in the future, forgetting how important the emperor's weight is to ordinary people at this time .”

Mrs. Zhao really thanked her a lot, so she gave up and said to Zhang Fan: "Those satin girls took some new clothes for you, and Fan'er went to put them on to see if they fit. Mom is going out. , I'll be back in a while." Saying that, he walked out.

"..." Zhang Fan watched helplessly as his mother left the house, and couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart.Returning to her room, she picked up the dress on her bed. Holding the silky silk is indeed a great pleasure, not to mention that this material was bestowed by the emperor, and the silk that can be used in the palace is even more extraordinary.Zhang Fan took off the old clothes that he had worn for many days and looked a bit shabby from riding horses and fighting the Tartars, and put on this new clothes. As expected, people depend on clothes. The bright clothes matched Zhang Fan's handsome face. On his face, there is a handsome young man.If you stand on the street, you will definitely attract the attention of those young girls.Zhang Fan couldn't see what he looked like, he just felt that the clothes fit him well.After walking a few steps in the room, I thought to myself: "In ancient China, clothes should be carefully dressed. Although those businessmen had a lot of money, they couldn't wear the clothes made of silk and satin. They could only spend their time at home. It seems that It's really 'everything is inferior, only reading is high'."

After tidying up, Zhang Fan came to his study and sat down, looking at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table in front of him, but this congenital thing emerged in his heart.Ever since he went to Ningxia Wei with Liu Jinquan, what Zhang Fan saw and heard along the way had a great influence on him.Those feelings that made Zhang Fan feel that he should become ruthless and eliminate hidden dangers before the crisis was discovered. Zhang Fan didn't know. In the era of advanced information in his previous life, what kind of truths didn't Zhang Fan hear?But what really made Zhang Fan feel that he should do this was what happened in just a few days.All the formal standards of Zhang Fan in this life and even in the previous life before rebirth were subtly changing without his being aware of it.Perhaps this is an opportunity, or perhaps, since Zhang Fan decided to enter the officialdom and embark on the road full of intrigues, these things will always appear in front of him in the future, and Zhang Fan never thought about these issues at that time , if it weren't for the changes these days, Zhang Fan would definitely suffer in the future.But now Zhang Fan really understands the truth, and he still can't use it freely, but it will be of great help to his future life.And these are what Zhang Fan will face in the future.Now Zhang Fan is just immersed in the sensory stimulation of what happened in those days.

Before he knew it, Zhang Fan fell asleep.When Mrs. Zhao returned home, she saw Zhang Fan lying asleep on the desk, and instead of waking him up, she brought him a thin window quilt and gently draped it over Zhang Fan's body, so as not to wake him up.

At dusk, Zhang Fan woke up.Looking at the setting sun outside the window, Zhang Fan realized that he had been asleep for several hours.Although the time was not long, Zhang Fan felt that his spirit was surprisingly good.Maybe I don't have the feeling of worry anytime and anywhere in the army, and I feel comfortable in the relaxed environment at home.

"Fan'er, you're awake." Mrs. Zhao pushed open the door of the study and found that Zhang Fan had woken up, and said to him, "Come and worship the Stove Lord with your mother, and then we can eat."

Zhang Fan followed Mrs. Zhao to worship the stove, he didn't know what to do, but fortunately, his mother was in front of him, so Zhang Fan would do whatever his mother did.After the worship, Zhang Fan washed his hands and came to the hall. His mother was already sitting at the table waiting for him. There were hot dishes on the table.Sitting down, Zhang Fan found that there was already a bowl full of rice on the table in front of him. After greeting his mother, Zhang Fan picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.

Although there were only mother and son, today was the day when Zhang Fan returned home safely, and since he was a child, Mrs. Zhao cooked a few more dishes, which Zhang Fan usually likes to eat.Although it is not a delicacy, Zhang Fan really likes the food cooked by his mother from the bottom of his heart.Mrs. Zhao didn't eat much, so she put down the bowls and chopsticks early, and watched Zhang Fan eat, with a smile unconsciously on his face.

"Fan'er, are you full? If you don't have enough, eat more, mother cooks a lot this time." Seeing Zhang Fan put down the bowl and chopsticks, Mrs. Zhao said.

"Mother, the baby is full." Zhang Fan said, seeing his mother was about to clean up the dishes, he added, "Mother, you can clean up later, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Mrs. Zhao stopped what she was doing and looked at Zhang Fan curiously.Ordinary Zhang Fan would not tell himself at this time even if something happened.

"It's like this..." Zhang Fan organized what he wanted to say in his mind, "That day, Lord Qi mentioned the boy in the report to the imperial court. Not only did the emperor give the boy some rewards, but Zhang Juzheng, a senior scholar in the cabinet, Mr. Zhang I read Haier’s article during the local examination and recommended Haier to go to the Imperial College.”

"Really! This is great!" Mrs. Zhao was very happy to hear the news.Although she was born in a common people's family, she has read some books and knows who a cabinet scholar is and where the Imperial College is.She was too happy for Zhang Fan to be favored by a scholar of the imperial court and recommend him to study in the Imperial College.

"It's just, mother, we're going to move to the capital." Zhang Fan murmured, she was a little afraid that her mother would disagree.

"Then move to the capital. Didn't the emperor reward you with 1000 taels of silver? These should be enough." Mrs. Zhao has the momentum of Meng's mother moving three times. In order for Zhang Fan to have a better environment to study, she will not care about something else.To her in Anhua County, there are only Zhang Fan's father's short memories of her and the hardships of raising Zhang Fan.

"..." Zhang Fan didn't expect his mother to agree so quickly and so simply, and he didn't know what to say with the few words he had prepared.

"When are you going?" Zhao asked again.

"Master Zhang will write to me next year." Zhang Fan replied.

"Then let's go next year. The Chinese New Year is almost here this year, so let's have a good time." Mrs. Zhao finished cleaning up the dishes.

Zhang Fan returned to the study, thought about it, and finally understood his mother's painstaking efforts.Bored, he picked up another book and read it until it was completely dark before going back to the house to rest.