"My minister Cui You, please come to your lord!"

Cui You, who looked gray-haired, was so excited that he rushed out of the yard like an old man in his seventies. He fell to the ground and kowtowed as soon as he went out... He didn't even look up, his forehead was covered with a hard bluestone pavement, and his shoulders were trembling violently.

"What kind of virtue is my master? I can actually work my lord to visit him in person."

He knelt on the ground with his knees, supported the ground with his hands, and his head pressed very low.

The people around him immediately exclaimed.

Fang Jie hurried over and helped Cui You up with both hands: "I had not been to Chang'an from Fan Gu to Chang'an, if I had not been to your care on the way, I would not have achieved what I have achieved today. Brother Ziheng and I always talked about that time, I felt particularly grateful."

"I'm afraid."

Cui You looked flushed and his excited lips were trembling: "I was just a slaughtering me back then, but I felt so grateful to you. I dare not take it. I know that my lord values ​​love and righteousness, so I have repeatedly warned him not to be complacent with his old feelings, and be trusted by the lord to be entrusted with important responsibilities, and repay his fate."

Fang Jie helped him and walked into the yard: "How old are Zhongzhen older than me? According to the truth, I want to call him brother, and you are naturally my elder. It is reasonable to call you uncle."

"How dare you?"

Cui You held Fang Jie's hand tightly, and she burst into tears: "I originally wanted to retire in Longyou, but Ziheng was filial, so I sent someone to travel thousands of miles to bring me from the northwest, saying that I would enjoy my old age in Chang'an. I only went to Beijing once in the first year of Tianyou, and I have never been to Chang'an again. I can have the enjoyment of today, and I will be given by the lord."

Seeing his sincere expression, how could he not be moved?

"Uncle is serious."

Fang Jie laughed and said, "I left Fan Gu that day, just a small soldier on the side. My uncle refused to abandon me and asked Ziheng to be friends with me. At that time, I thought that if I achieve something in the future, I will never let you father and son down."

The two of them walked and spoke while walking.

After entering the living room, Cui Zhongzhen hurriedly asked someone to have a tea: "I heard that my lord has been working hard in the Tai Chi Hall these days, and I have to come to visit my father so hard. I am very grateful."

"Don't be so polite, you and me still need to say this?"

Fang Jie helped Cui You sit down, then smiled and sat down: "Although there were more things, I didn't make any sense when I came back from Dongjiang, everything was not smooth, so I have been busy these days. On the first day of returning to Beijing, I knew my uncle was here and should have come to visit him immediately. I was just plagued by those trivial matters and couldn't have time."

"State affairs are the most important, state affairs are the most important."

Cui You said quickly from the side.

Fang Jie looked around and said, "I chose this house when I first entered Beijing. Now that my uncle has arrived, I naturally can't live here anymore. Looking back, I asked someone to choose a good place in the city and let the Ministry of Revenue allocate money to build a new house."

"I dare not accept it."

Cui Zhongzhen quickly stood up and leaned over and said, "The country is safe and has to be restored. The national treasury is not sufficient. How can we allocate funds to build a house for me? I will never accept it."

"Then let's leave my own account."

Fang Jie said: "In the past few years, if you hadn't helped me, I would not have achieved today. I have always helped my parents and not help them. If the guys in the Censorate say anything randomly, just ask Chen Xiaoru to send someone to check their background. Most of the censors who claim to be noble are really clean."

"Uncle, did everyone in the family bring this time?"

Fang answered the question.

Cui You nodded quickly: "There are no people at home. When I went to Beijing, I asked them. Those who were willing to follow would follow them. Those who were unwilling to follow would be given a sum of money to dismiss them."

Fang Jie turned around and ordered Chen Xiaoru to follow him: "After a while, ask how many people came, each of them gave me a red envelope of 100 taels of silver. Although the amount of silver is not much, it would be my little gift for the meeting. The war has just settled recently, and there is indeed some shortage in my hands. Even the silver that is full of goods is not circulated smoothly now."

"I thank you lord!"

Cui You and Cui Zhongzhen bowed their heads to thank each other at the same time.

"Originally, Xiang Qingniu wanted to come together. At that time, we went from northwest to Chang'an and were companions on the road, and we lived a very happy life."

Fang Jie smiled and said, "But he has been busy preparing for the wedding recently, so I didn't call him."

"I heard that when my uncle entered Beijing, there were only three carriages, and only one of the three carriages was loaded with daily necessities. I didn't expect that my uncle was so poor, and I felt uncomfortable. So I planned to make some more profitable deals from the world of goods, and count some of your dividends. Don't promote this matter... After all, people's words are terrifying."

Cui Zhongzhen quickly thanked him again, looking at his father with confusion from time to time. However, Cui You didn't look strange. But inadvertently, something intriguing in his eyes flashed away.

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...

Fang Jie ate dinner at Cui Zhongzhen's house, but he didn't let them spend extra money. He just simply copied a few dishes and bought almost aged wine from Liuji Shop on Dongshiliu Street. Originally, this Liuji Shop was not famous in Chang'an City, but who thought that in recent years, the war was in chaos and the business was not good, so the wine he had in the wine cellar was enough. Now Chang'an City has returned to peace, and his shop's business is getting more and more prosperous.

"To be honest, I never expected that Ziheng would achieve what he has today with his lord. At that time, I thought that he was not an official material, so I planned to let him study in the martial arts academy, so I could join the army. Who would have thought that he was not good at doing such a dirty thing and was driven out. Later, I spent all my family property and found a way out for him in the Northwest Army. In short, it has been seven or eight years."

Cui You sighed: "Actually, I am not old, but I have been worried over the years, and I am worried about the instability of the country, so I turned gray early."

"It'll be fine in the future."

Fang Jie glanced inadvertently and pretended not to see Cui You's hand retracting into his cuffs. The ring on his hand was absolutely extraordinary. I guess he was too anxious when he went out and forgot to pick it up. But a gentry on the ground had a valuable gadget on his hand. Cui You covered up this way and fell into a bad position.

When Cui You's hand stretched out again, the ring was gone.

"I should write to Brother Ziheng for hard life. I have sent him a lot of salary."

Fang Jie deliberately made a joke.

"How can you bother him in everything?"

Cui You said: "He has to work in the lord's army, so he naturally has to do things wholeheartedly. Once he is distracted by family affairs, he may delay his lord's affairs. Although my life is poor, he is better than ordinary families. Originally, there is a lot of land, and although the real estate in the northwest does not produce much food, he is still rich at least. However, after the war in Li Yuanshan, all the people under me can run away. Who is willing to farm?"

"First it was the father's adopted son, then it was the son's adopted father."

Fang Jie said in awe: "Father fights to protect children. Is it not for the sake of respecting elders? If a person does not have filial piety, he cannot do great things, nor can he accomplish great things."

"The lord is wise."

Cui You praised casually.

Fang Jie personally poured a glass of wine for Cui You. Cui You stood up and held the wine glass in his hands to thank him. Fang Jie glanced casually and found that Cui You's hand was very white and did not look like the hand of an old man. Moreover, this person's palm was very thick, without a calluse, but the palm lines were very heavy. Most people judged that this must be someone who had never done a good job, but Fang Jie knew that this was the hand of a practitioner.

Fang Jie did not test Cui You's cultivation, but just pretended not to care about anything.

"I can't drink too much. My health has been getting worse every day over the years. If you drink a little more, you will cough up blood."

When Fang Jie heard Cui You's words, he moved a little. So he followed Cui You's words and said, "How can that be done? I'll send someone to find a few doctors with more skillful means, and then look for the imperial doctors in the palace that year to treat you."

"No, no, this is an old problem."

Cui You refused.

Fang Jie turned around and ordered Chen Xiaoru: "Remember this matter and send someone to do it in the future."

Chen Xiaoru responded next to him.

"Uncle, I haven't had a good walk in Chang'an this time? Although there is no scenery in Chang'an City, it can make people feel broader after walking for a long time. Let Brother Ziheng rest for a while in a few days and take you around Chang'an City. I'm going to rectify military affairs recently, I'm afraid I'll have no time."

"oh?"

Cui You said oh, and hurriedly said, "Military and national affairs are the most important."

Cui Zhongzhen asked: "The lord wants to rectify military affairs?"

Fang Jie nodded and sighed slightly, "The troops brought back from Dongjiang this time include at least 50,000 new soldiers. These soldiers are from the Green Forest Road in Dongjiang and do not understand any rules. So I need to reorganize them. I am planning to look back and see where to transfer some people to bring these soldiers. In addition, there are tens of thousands of new soldiers in Zhuqueshan Camp that can be used, and they must be arranged and dispatched to the local area to maintain them."

Cui Zhongzhen said: "I am willing to share my worries for the lord."

"Let's talk about it."

Fang Jie did not respond, looked at Tianse and stood up and said, "After gathering today, I have a worry. There are still many things in the court that have not been dealt with, and I still have to hurry back."

Cui You and Cui Zhongzhen quickly stood up to see him off.

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...

Fang broke out of the gate of Cui Mansion and got on the carriage.

Chen Xiaoru drove the car himself.

"Did you see something wrong?"

Fang answered the question.

Chen Xiaoru thought about it and replied: "I didn't notice anything wrong at first, but I just felt that the atmosphere was a little abnormal. When the lord was at the table, I was thinking carefully about where this abnormality was. After leaving the gate, I suddenly realized... General Cui was too reserved today."

Fang Jie smiled and refused to comment.

Chen Xiaoru continued: "According to the truth, there are no outsiders today. General Cui and his lord are close friends. Instead, they should be more relaxed at home. However, General Cui looks a little nervous and is much more respectful and polite than usual. This is not normal, absolutely not normal."

“When will this reaction be?”

Fang Jie asked again.

Chen Xiaoru smiled and said, "When you say bad things about others... For example, when Yan Kuang and I were talking bad things about Nie Xiaoju, we suddenly found that Nie Xiaoju is coming... We will be very unnatural and will be more polite than before. We will say some of the concerns that we can't say on weekdays."

Fang Jie laughed: "You often talk bad things about Nie Xiaoju behind your back?"
Chapter completed!