Chapter 1170 Meeting of the Chen Family

The mansion on this day was filled with a cheerful atmosphere because of the laughter of Ren Shen and Chen Jiaying. The harmony of the host family led to peace in the mansion.

The ancients said that self-cultivation, family harmony, governance of the country and peace of the world, after self-cultivation, it is the family harmony. If the family is not harmonious, it is difficult for the people to believe that you have the ability to govern the country and the world.

Taking advantage of the excuse that Chen Jiaying was tired and weak from dancing, Wu Yi almost hugged her and fed her mouthful by mouthful. The soft jade and warm fragrance were very interesting.

Chen Jiaying couldn't stand Wu Yi's insistence, so she also ate a few mouthfuls, but she saw that some servants were secretly making fun of her. She blushed and said weakly: "I just have a little unsteady steps, and I haven't reached the point where I need to be fed!" As she said that, she wanted to leave Wu Yi's arms.

"I said you are powerless, and you are powerless," Wu Yi glared, raised the rice spoon, and looked like he would be unhappy if you didn't eat. Chen Jiaying had to open her mouth and swallow the spoonful of rice.

Wu Yi turned to a happy expression and continued to feed her spoonful by spoonful, which made the maids behind him laugh. Wu Yi waved his hand and let them leave.

Although Chen Jiaying said she didn't want to, this was the first time Wu Yi was so gentle to her since she could remember. How could she not be pleased and moved? It was so dreamy that she was worried that she was trapped in a dream and couldn't extricate herself.

However, even if it was a dream, she hoped it would continue.

After dinner, Wu Yi took Chen Jiaying and four or five servants to play outside the city. Today's Liuchen County, because of the resources invested by King Yong, has long been far better than the original. It is the most prosperous city in a thousand miles. There is a constant flow of people on the road.

Since it is far out of the city, it is naturally not very fast to go out for fun. While Wu Yi was playing with Chen Jiaying, he also visited the people on the way.

The most important thing is to go to the Chen Family Villa outside the city and meet the head of the Chen Family, who is also Wu Yi's father-in-law. It is not the first time for Wu Yi to go there under the pretext of visiting relatives.

In the government office now, Wu Yi is already an idle person. In his own mansion, there are spies of King Yong everywhere, like a canary living in a cage. In this case, why not change a cage?

In fact, when Wu Yi left Liuchen County, a team of people was hanging not far behind him, protecting Wu Yi and monitoring him.

This is still the spies in the open, and there are no fewer spies in the dark. Maybe the groom who is driving Wu Yi now is the spy of King Yong.

However, the groom is unlikely, because Wu Yi knows that the groom is the channel sent by the Taoist sect to contact him. But others are not certain.

After driving for 20 miles, it was already a little dark because we were really traveling with Chen Jiaying all the way. Fortunately, we were close to the destination of this trip.

The road leaned against the mountain and was close to the river. There were wooden doors everywhere and bamboo courtyards in every house. The egrets sleeping on the sandbank had clear dreams and the cuckoos crying outside the willows had cold throats and tongues.

At the foot of the mountain, a group of people were waiting for Wu Yi. There were hundreds of them, all from the Chen family.

"The son-in-law is here!" When they saw Wu Yi's carriage, they came up one after another, armed with weapons and surrounded the carriage. There were no strong men here, but there were tigers, wolves, beasts and insects at night, so we had to be careful.

When we reached the mountainside, we saw a gatehouse. The gatehouse was a symbol of the wealth of a family. The so-called "family rank" meant this, so the gatehouses of famous and wealthy houses were very particular.

The gatehouse of the Chen family had only hanging lotus trunks and carved beams. It was not the top level, but you have to know that the Liu and Chen families did not even intend to build a gatehouse at the beginning.

With the expansion of Liuchen County, the Chen family has become quite prosperous in the process. With such wealth, there is no need to be surprised.

After passing the gatehouse, the head of the Chen family, who is Wu Yi's father-in-law, is called Chen Anda. He has been discharged from the hospital and is waiting. Wu Yi naturally takes Chen Jiaying to get off the car to greet him.

"My dear son-in-law, you have worked hard on the journey. Tea and food are ready!"

Since they are all family members, there is no excessive greeting. After a few words, they entered the main banquet and divided into several tables. With the arrival of Wu Yi, cold dishes and main dishes were served one after another.

Wu Yi is below Chen Anda, and Chen Jiaying sits beside Wu Yi. As for the other people at this table, they are all elders of the Chen family, in charge of the affairs of the various branches of the Chen family. In one table, except for Chen Jiaying, Wu Yi is the only junior.

The other younger generations of the Chen family sit at other tables.

Gold lacquer tables and black lacquer chairs. In front are five-colored high fruits, all newly decorated by skilled craftsmen. The second row had five small dishes, the third row had five plates of fruit, and the fourth row had five large plates of snacks. Everything was sweet and fragrant. Vegetarian soup with rice, steamed buns, and spicy food. They were not top-notch ingredients, but they were prepared with care.

During the meal, there were many people talking about nothing. The real secrets could not be discussed in a noisy environment, so they talked about some trivial matters.

If it weren't for the woman who served the dishes, who said, "It would be better if the adults had a son!", then there would be basically no unpleasant things during dinner.

After the meal, Wu Yi sprinkled some gold and silver to help the children of the Chen family study. As the confidant of King Yong, this little silver was just a drizzle, a small gift.

After the junior left, Chen Jiaying also knew that Wu Yi had to discuss some important content with his father, so she took the initiative to withdraw.

The group came to the main hall and sat down to drink tea. Behind the screen, there was a girl with a bun hanging down, holding a golden plate and a white jade cup, with fragrant tea emitting warm steam and exotic fruits exuding a faint fragrance. The man waved his colorful sleeves, and his hair was slender and long; he held the jade cup and served tea.

When all the irrelevant people left, an elder of the Chen family asked first: "Now the King of Yong is recruiting people to join the army, I wonder if we should join the army!"

Wu Yi took a sip of tea, and then said: "Join the army! Why not join the army? Since it is the matter presided over by the King of Yong, it won't be wrong to follow!"

The elders saw Wu Yi pretending to be stupid, so they pointed out: "But if you join the army now, I'm afraid you will have to fight with those small countries, which is a bit..."

In the final analysis, they just want to get military merits, but don't want to shed blood.

But, where in this world can such a good thing come from? Wu Yi is now an idle person, how can he guarantee military merits for them.

Wu Yi responded bluntly: "If the son is proficient in grammar, he will naturally take the imperial examination. If not, joining the army is also the right path. Since ancient times, all famous generals have come from mountains of corpses and seas of blood."

The elders looked at each other and took a step back and said: "I dare not expect such talents in the family. I just hope that the sons can keep their lives!"

"Yes, yes, the old man has only one son, who has no knowledge of literature. I am waiting for him to sweep the grave in the future!"

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