A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 171 Thunder, Rain and Dew Are All Your Grace
Li Shimin rewarded Wu Huaiyu with a box of moon balls, and took them back to worship the moon at night. After the moon god offered, the family members shared.

Xie En withdrew and went to Zhang Anan after leaving the hall.

Zhang Anan had been waiting for him a long time ago and even made a pot of tea.

The internal servant in a purple robe and jade belt sat on a five-legged couch with a large face, and his movements of making tea were very slow, like an old man in a teahouse.

But Huaiyu now knows that this guy is very fierce, because he was once honored as the sword master by the rivers and lakes.If the sword can be used to the point of being revered as a sword master, it means that this guy's swordsmanship is absolutely extraordinary.Fan Xuanfu once told him that Lao Zhang's sword had already killed more than a hundred people.

This guy usually wears a soft sword around his waist, which is unpredictable and unstoppable.And his former attendant, Suizheng, even used a seven-foot long horse-slaying sword. Fan Xuanfu's family also had one, which was two meters and three meters long, and Fan Xuanfu was not used to it.

"Is the house in Yongxingfang still satisfactory?" Zhang Anan asked.

"It would be perfect if the neighbor wasn't Wei Zheng."

Zhang Anan poured him a cup of tea, "That house was originally the other house of Lujiang King Li Yuan. It’s not big, but it costs a lot, many nobles in Chang’an have their eyes on this house, but His Majesty bestows it on you alone, it’s a great grace.”

Huaiyu quickly crossed his hands to the north to thank him.

"You raise another housewife in Yankangfang, does Xianji know?"

"I'm planning to discuss it with Lady Fan." Huaiyu whispered.

"It's normal for young people to be greedy and playful. It's just that you ignore the two palace servants that His Majesty rewarded you, and spend your time outside. Do you think that's okay?"

Huaiyu was silent.

"Is it too old, too ugly, or too uninteresting?"

"Or do you think it came from the palace?"

The more Zhang Ananda spoke, the more straightforward he said, "Young man, if you have such thoughts, it will be very dangerous."

"Thunderstorms and rain dews are all due to your kindness. You know, the higher your status is, the more you have to accept it."

Facing Zhang Anan, Huaiyu didn't hide it, and asked directly, "Did they tell Supervisor Zhang?"

"Hahaha, do you need them to tell you that you really think that others don't know what you are doing? This is Chang'an, and it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven. Everything cannot escape those eyes!"

Lao Zhang didn't lie to him either.

After verifying what he thought in his heart, Huaiyu was also a little helpless, yes, which emperor didn't have the desire to control?For Li Shimin to seize the throne in such a mutiny, there is still an overlord in the palace, so he probably has this desire even more.

Think about how after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he went out to scout everywhere, and even the courtiers whispered a few words to the concubine at night, and Lao Zhu could know it.

He, Wu Huaiyu, led the two palace servants home but did not sleep. Li Shimin knew that it was not surprising, but he was not sure whether it was the Gao sisters who reported it, or Li Shimin knew about it through other means.

He reckoned that at least one of the Gao sisters was an eyeliner in the palace.

"When you drive a cow or drive a horse, you have to put on a bridle, which is called a bridle, do you understand?"

Looking at Fan Xuanfu's face, it was also Li Shimin who appreciated this young man very much. Today, Lao Zhang made an exception and spoke very straightforwardly to Wu Huaiyu.

"Before I chose two Gao clans for you, and you didn't dislike them. Now that you have brought them back, you don't have to dislike them anymore. This is not a cat or a dog. It was rewarded by your majesty. Don't say that the two are just two years older than you. It’s not bad for a long one, even if it’s really not pretty, you can’t dislike it after you take it back..."

"Boy, you are quite appreciated now, but the more you are like this, the more you have to behave in a well-behaved manner, and the less you don't mess around."

"Go back, take the two of you quickly, and let them give birth to a son and a half for you, isn't it also a branch for your Wu family? It doesn't look good and you can't eat it. When the lights are turned off at night, you will be blinded. Not all the same?"

Huaiyu heard the old man's fierce words, and couldn't help but want to say, you eunuch, do you understand these things about men and women?

You should concentrate on studying your sword skills.

However, he also admitted that Lao Zhang's words were rough but practical. Is it as simple as two court ladies?It was a reward from the emperor, and it would be disloyal to the emperor to take it back and not to use it.

"Don't lose out on small things."

After drinking a pot of tea with Lao Zhang, my stomach was almost full.

"Let's go, I'll send you off."

Lao Zhang also brought Huaiyu two boxes of moon cakes, one for him and one for Fan Xuanfu.

"The younger generation was rude, I should send the moon tour to Supervisor Zhang."

"What is my status, and you can give gifts casually?" Lao Zhang chuckled, making Huai Yu ashamed, but to be serious, he shouldn't be drinking tea and chatting with Lao Zhang now.

It is not a trivial matter for foreign ministers to make friends with internal servants.

"Hahaha, you don't have to be afraid. Mrs. Fan is my righteous granddaughter, and you will soon be my righteous grandson-in-law. It's okay to sit and drink a pot of tea occasionally, of course, that's all."

Lao Zhang sent Huaiyu to the gate of the East Palace. Along the way, all the servants and guards silently watched the old and the young. Although no one greeted Lao Zhang on the way, these people looked at Wu Huaiyu with something more in their eyes, especially Those eunuchs in the palace.

It is the only one that eunuch Zhang can deliver to the palace gate in person.

In front of the palace gate, Lao Zhang called a small yellow gate and asked him to take Huaiyu to Yongxingfang to receive the house rewarded by the emperor.

The little eunuch was very respectful to Huaiyu along the way, because he claimed to be the godson of Zhang Anan's godson. The eunuchs in the palace lost their treasures and could not have children to carry on the family line, but the eunuchs in the palace also had families.

They rely on adopting their sons to inherit, and even senior eunuchs will secretly eat with the palace people.

Zhang Anan, an old eunuch from the four dynasties, Lord of Shangzhu Kingdom and Kaiguo County, needless to say his status in this palace, not only he has a bunch of godsons, but even countless godsons, he also has many godfathers who used to worship the same godfather Brother, and the old brothers of the same godfather.

The Zhang family's status in the palace is not low, and the eunuch's position is humble, but he is very clever.

It's just that he is obviously not mature enough, so he doesn't need Huaiyu's usual words. This guy kept talking all the way, and told Huaiyu a lot of various things in the palace, including some rumors. Interrupted him several times.

When he arrived at Yongxingfang, Huaiyu suddenly thought about it a little bit. This guy is so clever, he doesn't seem to have a big mouth. on purpose.

Deliberately revealing some secrets that are not considered confidential, the relationship between the two of them was brought closer in an instant, and even deliberately gave some handles, wouldn't that be a contract?
This reminded him of men's four big irons, carrying guns together, even the little eunuchs can't do that, but breaking some rules together has the same effect.

Yongxingfang is just to the east of the imperial city and belongs to Wannian County.

It is more than 800 meters long from north to south, nearly [-] meters wide from east to west, with an area equivalent to nearly [-] mu of Tang mu. It is a relatively large square.

It bounds the imperial city to the west, Yanximen Tonghuamen Street to the north, and Jingfengmen Street to the south.

The East Palace is on the northwest corner of it, whether you go to the East Palace or the Imperial City, it is very close.

In the morning, I can wake up one hour later than Huaiyuanfang.

This is a proper house in the Tang Dynasty.

There are several Dukes in this square, and there are also many officials of the third and fifth ranks. There are truly honorable people. Except for those Dukes whose mansions occupy a large area, the residences of other officials are not too big.

For example, Wei Zheng's house covers an area of ​​[-] mu, which is considered relatively large. It was specially rewarded by Li Jiancheng in order to win over this famous person under his door.Most of the houses of other officials are less than ten acres, or even four or five acres.

The mansion that the emperor bestowed upon Huaiyu was next to Wei Zheng's, and it was three acres larger than Wei Zheng's, covering an area of ​​more than ten thousand square meters.

The price of rice is high, and living is easy.

However, Wu Huaiyu owned a third house in Chang'an in just a few months, not counting the mansion behind the medicine shop in Qianjintang in Dongshi and the house in Liyuan Kanyuanzi in Xinchangfang in the south of the city.

"The land of this house is worth a lot of money. Li Yuan spent several years building it. The ten-acre house, the five-acre garden, and the three-acre pond have courtyards, gardens, water, halls, courtyards, bridges and boat," that little eunuch named Zhang Baoguo was full of envy when he entered the house.

House, West Garden, South Garden, North Court, Backyard, Huai Ting Court, Warehouse, Kitchen, Wine Store, Study Room, Binge, Warm Room, Stables,
There are even brothels.

The three-acre lotus pond has even built three small islands, built pavilions on the islands, and paved a road around the pond. There are even rockery from Taihu Lake transported from the south of the Yangtze River by the pond.

Flowers and trees are everywhere.

The part of the garden pool is very careful.

Huaiyu fell in love with this place immediately, it was like a paradise in a busy city.

Especially the bamboo forest with thousand poles, it feels very good.

I would rather eat without meat than live without bamboo.

It is hard to imagine that a garden like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River can be created in the northern Guanzhong inland like Chang'an.

That bamboo, that flower pond, that Taihu stone...
Li Yuan can't do anything, even if he makes a rebellion, he will be dumb, but he really enjoys it, and even this other courtyard is very tasteful for him.

It's a pity that this guy can't enjoy it anymore, it's cheaper for Wu Huaiyu.

"Is Erlang satisfied?"

"Satisfied, very satisfied."

Turning around, Huaiyu can only say that it must be a five-star praise.

He couldn't wait to pack his bags and move in.

When he went out, he happened to see Wei Zheng riding a donkey to go home from the Yamen. The Shangshu Zuo Cheng saw Huaiyu at the door of his house, and he was still a little puzzled.

It can't be to seek revenge on him.

"Wu Qianniu came to Yiguo's mansion?" Wei Zheng asked.

"Come and see the new house." Huaiyu said with a smile, he hated Wei Zheng quite a bit, but thinking of becoming a neighbor in the future, he still gave him a smile when he bowed his head and didn't see him when he looked up.

Wei Zheng looked towards his neighbor, "Wu Qianniu bought this house?"

"Your Majesty rewarded Wu Qianniu with this house today in order to reward him for his great contribution to defeating the Turkic conspiracy." Zhang Baoguo said beside him.

Wei Zheng looked at Wu Huaiyu, full of doubts.

"What conspiracy to defeat the Turkic?" He heard that Wu Huaiyu beat the Turkic envoy in Shangshu Province today, and he immediately wrote a bullet, impeaching Wu Huaiyu for all kinds of disrespectful and illegal behaviors, and even admonished the emperor not only not to punish Wu Huaiyu, but to reward him as a Turkic slave Let alone horses, let the emperor take back his order.

"Don't Wei Zuocheng know? The Turks want to assassinate Wu Qianniu, kidnap the officials of the Shenjifang Department, want to snatch the secrets of Zhangxinlei, and even plan to set fire and poison in Chang'an City, create chaos, rob the city gate, help Xieli attacked Chang'an City, fortunately Wu Qianniu found out their plot in time and made a great contribution..."

Wei Zheng was stunned on the spot.

I am afraid that my bullets have already reached the emperor's imperial case at this time...

"Wei Gong, we will be neighbors in the future, please take care of us in the future!" Wu Huai said politely to Wei Zheng.

(End of this chapter)