Chapter 013: Can register for household registration
In the inner hall of Yang's mansion, Mu Guiying was still embroidering red peonies.
Thinking that my little monkey had grown into a big girl in the blink of an eye, and now I had to help her embroider her wedding dress, I suddenly felt a little old.
The feeling I had when I saved my husband at the foot of the mountain more than ten years ago is still vivid in my mind. Time flies in the blink of an eye, and now I think back to when I received the wedding dress from my mother.
Now it’s my turn to embroider for my daughter.
Thinking of this, I feel a little lonely.
When this person is in a bad mood, he starts to have wild thoughts.
She looked up and sighed. The Yang Mansion was very deserted now. Except for her eldest son, all the men had died. The old lady was the only one who could support this huge family temporarily.
But the old lady doesn’t have much time left.
If the old lady passes away, how long can the gate of the Yang Mansion remain in Bianjing City?
Mu Guiying knew that she was skilled in martial arts and good at leading troops, but when it came to current affairs and government policies, she didn't know much.
There are too many twists and turns in it, and a stubborn person cannot grasp it.
Now they can only hope that their eldest son Wen Guang can grow up to be a man in the Northwest Army, come back to take over the old lady's burden, and support the Yang family again.
Mu Guiying was worried and gradually lost the interest to embroider.
She looked up at the sky outside and was thinking about preparing dinner when she heard the faint sound of horse hooves outside.
Then he heard the voice of his youngest daughter Yang Jinhua: "Uncle Qi, close the door, and bring a few uncles to guard the door. If there are any guests, tell them that the Yang family has urgent matters to deal with and will not receive them for the time being."
"Yes." This was Lao Qi's calm and powerful voice.
Then Mu Guiying saw her daughter Yang Jinhua rushing in with an exquisite dark yellow wooden box in one hand and a blue bundle in the other.
"Light smoke and falling snow!"
Mu Guiying loved both weapons and red clothes, and she could tell what the wooden box was at a glance.
Where did my daughter get such rare cosmetics? This is a tribute!
Mu Guiying was just wondering if her daughter had gotten some top-quality cosmetics and wanted to show off behind closed doors, but she saw her daughter casually throwing "Light Smoke and Falling Snow" aside.
Bang.
The exquisite wooden box fell to the ground, the lid was opened, and some of the white and red powder inside was shaken out.
Mu Guiying blinked her beautiful peach blossom eyes, a little surprised...her daughter Yang Jinhua's eyebrows were inherited from her.
Yang Jinhua rushed to Mu Guiying, grabbed her sleeve with her left hand, and asked anxiously, "Mother, is the old lady in the room as usual?"
Mu Guiying nodded. She took out a silk scarf and wiped the sweat off her daughter's forehead: "I've already told you, don't be so impatient. You're a grown-up girl now."
"Mom, come on, let's go in together. The old lady's illness can be cured." Yang Jinhua took Mu Guiying's hand and walked into the inner room: "Don't stand there, Lu Xiaolang said that this thing has a time limit."
Mu Guiying understood immediately. She put down the embroidery in her hand, walked in quickly, and lowered her voice: "Did Lu Xiaolang really give you half of the elixir he made?"
"Yes."
When they entered the room, they saw the old lady leaning against the bed, talking to her maid Xiaotao.
Yang Jinhua immediately said, "Xiao Tao, please go out first. I have something to say to the old lady."
Xiaotao nodded, left the room, and closed the door behind her.
Mu Guiying closed all the windows on both sides.
In an instant, the room became dark.
"I don't like dark places." Old Lady She looked at the mother and daughter in front of the bed and said with a wry smile, "You two are like this, has something serious happened?"
Yang Jinhua didn't say anything, but just put the bag down from her right shoulder and slowly opened it.
Then... a glowing half of the Golden Ringo appeared in front of the three people.
In the dim room, all objects were covered with a faint golden light.
"It's incredible." Mu Guiying clicked her tongue with her beautiful eyes.
She had also seen many treasures from her master, Mother Lishan.
What about fist-sized luminous pearls, large pieces of colorful glass that reflect the rainbow under the light, and so on!
But this is the first time I have seen a translucent golden ringo that can glow.
She turned her head and looked at her daughter: "Jinhua, is this the elixir that Lu Xiaolang made?"
The old lady also looked at Yang Jinhua.
Holding the golden ringo in her hands, Yang Jinhua's pupils reflected a light golden light. "Yes, I saw with my own eyes how Lu Xiaolang refined the gold and ringo fruit. I also saw with my own eyes how he used half of the golden ringo to bring a girl who had already stepped into the gates of hell back to life."
Both Mu Guiying and the old lady looked quite shocked.
"Old lady, please eat." Yang Jinhua held up half of the golden ringo with both hands: "It will definitely cure the disease."
Old Lady She hesitated for a while, and finally took the Golden Ringo with both hands: "It shines brightly, it is obviously a divine object. It should have been left to Wen Guang, but the Yang family needs a pillar now. I have the audacity to take it for myself. I hope the ancestors of the Yang family will not blame me for wasting a gift from heaven."
"Of course not." Mu Guiying sat next to the old lady and smiled, "The ancestors all hope that you will live a long life, at least until Wen Guang can take on the important task."
Yang Jinhua nodded repeatedly.
"Then I will taste the elixir."
After saying this, Old Lady She put the golden apple to her mouth and ate it slowly.
The golden ringo became less and less, and finally went into the stomach of Old Lady She. After eating, the old lady closed her eyes, not speaking or moving.
"How do you feel, old lady?" Yang Jinhua, who was rather impatient, asked hastily.
Mu Guiying reached out and placed her hand on the old lady's right wrist, listening to her pulse.
After a few breaths, Mu Guiying smiled.
At this time, Old Lady She also opened her eyes and exhaled a long breath: "What a powerful elixir, it healed all the hidden injuries in my body in just a moment. There is even a divine power protecting my heart meridian. Oh no, this divine power is slowly dissipating, wait for me to refine it. Guiying, you help me protect the law outside the room, no one is allowed to disturb me."
The old lady immediately sat cross-legged.
"yes."
Mu Guiying let go of the old lady's wrist and asked Yang Jinhua to leave the room.
Closing the door behind her, Mu Guiying looked at her daughter and said, "It seems that Lu Xiaolang is really a master of magic, and he is not one of those fake Taoist monks in the palace who can only use mercury to make poison pills."
"Yes, yes, he is really amazing. He saved the dying girl." Yang Jinhua smiled happily, as if she was praised and felt proud.
Mu Guiying looked at her daughter's face, and finally shook her head helplessly, and asked: "Lu Xiaolang gave us such a big gift, did he have any instructions?"
"Just let us not spread the news about Jin Lingo."
Mu Guiying nodded: "It seems that it is not easy to refine the Golden Ringo. If it does not damage the magic power, it will probably shorten his life. If outsiders know about it, everyone will come to ask for medicine, and he probably can't bear it. This is a reasonable instruction. Any divine object will be accompanied by disasters. The so-called misfortune and blessing are interdependent, which is what it means."
Yang Jinhua frowned: "I hope Lu Xiaolang will be okay."
She was really a little worried.
"It should be fine. Those who are proficient in magic have strategies to avoid disaster and turn it into good fortune." Mu Guiying took her daughter's hand and comforted her, "Like my master, the Mother of Mount Li, she avoided cause and effect by retreating from the world, so you don't need to worry. If a disaster really happens, Lu Xiaolang can retreat into the mountains and forests. I don't think anyone will be able to find him."
Yang Jinhua breathed a sigh of relief.
It is said that the eldest son of the Cao family returned home.
Just as he was about to take a rest, he met his father Cao Yi coming back from outside.
When the father and son met, they sat down in the study and talked.
Cao Yi sat on a yellow pear wood chair and asked, "Where is You'er?"
"I went to play at Yao's house."
Cao Yi sighed helplessly: "You'er is very active by nature, can't calm down, and is prone to getting into trouble when running around. I heard that a few days ago, he was beaten up by the youngest daughter of the Yang family. Do you know what happened?"
"I already know. About half an hour ago, I pretended to be your father, brought my younger brother and 'Light Smoke and Falling Snow' as an apology, met the young lady of the Yang family, and asked her the reason." Cao Ping said helplessly: "It turned out that my younger brother gave the powder that Miss Huafang loved to use to the young lady of the Yang family."
Cao Yi was stunned for a moment, then laughed angrily and said, "You deserve to be beaten!"
Cao Ping also laughed and said, "The young lady of the Yang family has already accepted the apology and said that the matter has been exposed. Although she is a woman, she is very generous. It's a pity that she is a girl."
"None of the Yang family's women are good people." Cao Yi shook his head: "It's a pity that Old Lady She won't live long, at most three years, at most half a year."
Having said this, Cao Yi stroked the long beard on his chin and sighed repeatedly.
As we are all from a family of generals, we know that being a general is not easy.
Unfortunately, the generals did not dare to get too close to each other, and the civil officials kept a close eye on them, so it was difficult for them to huddle together for warmth.
Before this, General Di Qing was scolded by others, saying that only those who could be called out at the East Gate were real men, and that a warrior could not be a real man.
In the end, one of the general's subordinates was beheaded on the spot.
Di Qing was so angry that he left in shame .
From that day on, the generals dared not get too close to each other.
Cao Ping naturally knew that his family had a difficult life, and he also knew that the Yang family had a difficult life.
He thought for a while and said, "Dad, Old Lady She may be able to hold on for a long time!"
"What do you mean by that?" Cao Yi sat up straight subconsciously: "What news have you heard?"
"I'm not trying to find out." Cao Ping fanned his left palm with the fan in his right hand and said slowly, "Half an hour ago, I handed the apology to Miss Yang, and she received it with one hand."
Oh? Accepting the gift with one hand?
Cao Yi frowned. The Yang family was also a noble family, and it was impossible for them to make such a big mistake in the etiquette of interpersonal relationships.
Cao Ping continued, "I noticed that Miss Yang had been holding the blue bundle on her shoulder with her right hand, and she was holding it tightly. The things inside should be more important than so-called etiquette, and more important than others' ridicule behind her back."
"Anything else?" Cao Yi asked.
"I stared at the bundle for a long time, and found that there was a faint golden light coming out of it." Cao Ping's pretty face showed a smile: "I can be sure that it is definitely not the luster of gold or silver."
Cao Yi nodded slowly, "I heard that the servants of the Yang family have been asking for prescriptions, miracle doctors, etc. in and out of the city. If the health of Old Lady She has improved during this period, it is likely that she has made friends with a real alchemist or miracle doctor. Go and check who the Tianbo Yang Mansion has been closest to recently. Also, check what happened to the collapse on the low hill."
"Okay, Dad." Cao Ping bowed and left the study.
At this time, halfway up the hill, Lu Sen made many new wooden fences, and then dismantled the wooden fence on one side, expanding the area of the yard by nearly three hundred square meters.
Then he sat on the ground, gasping for breath.
Items placed in the space column or the equipment column are not weighted.
So Lu Sen didn't feel tired even if he held the longbow and shot several arrows in a row.
But the wooden fence felt heavy in his hands. Previously, the wooden fence was almost entirely supported by black pillars, and now Lu Sen could only do it himself.
Jin Lingqin wanted to help, but she was still small and her height was not even as tall as the wooden fence. Even though she was good at the work, her center of gravity would be unstable when lifting the wooden fence, and she would stumble, so her efficiency this time was far worse than Lu Sen's.
So after Lu Sen built the new wooden fence, he was exhausted like a dog.
He sat on the ground gasping for breath, and noticed someone outside the fence on the right out of the corner of his eye. He thought it was Heizhu coming back, but when he turned around, he saw it was Zhan Zhao in a red official uniform.
It was almost evening and some sunset clouds had appeared on the horizon. From Lu Sen's perspective, he could see that Zhan Zhao's red official uniform was set against the red sunset. With his tall and slender figure and his heroic and handsome face, he was truly a top-notch man in the world.
Lu Sen stood up, walked over, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Nice to meet you again, Captain Zhan, please come in and have a chat."
While talking, Lu Sen gave Zhan Zhao temporary access rights.
Zhan Zhao clasped his fists, shook his head and smiled, "You're welcome. I have important official duties to attend to, so I can't stay for long. I just happened to pass by here, and I remembered that I have something to tell you."
"Please say."
"Today, I heard from Prefect Bao that the government has discussed with the ministers and decided that starting from tomorrow, the household registration regulations of Bianjing City will be changed. As long as a migrant has lived in Bianjing City for three years and has neighbors or landlords to testify, he can go to Kaifeng Prefecture to apply for household registration. In addition, if you own a property in the inner and outer cities of Bianjing, you can also obtain household registration in Bianjing City."
"Really?" Lu Sen was a little surprised. This good news came at a perfect time.
"Last time, Xiao Lang said he wanted to apply for household registration, but I couldn't help him. This matter is like a thorn in my throat." Zhan Zhao clasped his fists and continued, "Beside the Bian River, I have an old house that has not been lived in for a long time. I plan to give it to Xiao Lang, so that he can be registered as a resident of Bianjing City."
Zhan Zhao really wanted to give an old house to Lu Sen and help him become a citizen.
Before, the Five Rats caused trouble in Tokyo, which made Zhan Zhao very anxious and overwhelmed.
The Five Rats haven't been seen causing any trouble these past two days. Upon further inquiry, it seems that Han Lao Er was injured and couldn't be treated, so the Five Rats all returned to Xiankong Island to ask for help in treating his injury .
I guess he won’t be able to come to Tokyo to cause trouble again within half a year.
Without the Five Rats in Bianjing City, Zhan Zhao suddenly felt much more relaxed.
As a constable who came from the underworld, Zhan Zhao knew how to repay favors. He thought it was too vulgar to repay favors with money, so he wanted to help the young man get his household registration.
Lu Sen waved his hand and said, "Although I have only been in Bianjing for two or three days, I know that every inch of land here is worth a lot of money. Even if the old house is sold, it will definitely fetch a hundred taels of silver."
Zhan Zhao shook his head: "It's just an old house that's worthless."
"Guard Zhan just said that if you own real estate in the outer city, you can also become a citizen?" Lu Sen naturally didn't believe it.
"Of course."
"Then does this hilltop count as real estate in the outer city of Bianjing?" Lu Sen asked.
"Of course it counts, but this is the land of the Tianbo Yang Mansion, and their ancestral temple is here." Zhan Zhao hurriedly advised: "Young man, you can't take the land for private use. Once the Yang family reports this to the authorities, the consequences will be disastrous. Not to mention the prefect Bao, the Yang family is a military family, and it's not easy to mess with them. "
Lu Sen smiled and took out the land deed from the system backpack: "It just so happens that the Yang family gave this piece of land to me."
Zhan Zhao was stunned, then shocked: "How could the Yang family give away the ancestral hall?"
