Ye Shan thought it was the children who were back, so he quickly opened the door, but there were five or six people standing outside the door, one of them was a middle-aged man, and the rest were old people.
Several of them were wearing brocade gowns and hairpins on their heads. They looked like they were no ordinary people.
Ye Shan recognized two of them and regretted opening the door, but at this moment he could only ask loudly: "Excuse me, what are you doing knocking on the door?"
The middle-aged man frowned and responded, "The people sitting in the room are new ones. Marquis Ting? Report quickly, I have something to say."
Before Ye Shan could speak again, the Marquis who was only separated by a screen had already heard it and ordered: "Yeshan, let them in!"
Ye Shan stepped aside. After a few steps, those people came over one after another, walked around the screen, and saw the Marquis holding a fat girl in his arms and feeding her snacks.
Not only did the Marquis reach out his hand to take the crumbs, but he also wiped the fat girl's mouth with a handkerchief and gave her water. His fatherly look made everyone stunned.
After Jiayin had eaten and drank enough, she hugged her adoptive father's neck, rested on his shoulder, and watched the show honestly.
The old lady was a little nervous and wanted to hug Jianyin, but saw the Marquis shaking his head.
He pulled off his cloak and wrapped up the good news, then looked at everyone and asked without any politeness: "What do you want from me?" He
didn't mean to invite anyone to sit down and drink tea at all. The faces of those who came were not good-looking, and the middle-aged man didn't look good. The young man immediately asked: "Master Ye, is this how you treat guests?"
The Marquis raised his eyebrows: "Uninvited guests are not turned away for the sake of being an official in the same dynasty.
" The middle-aged man's face turned dark and he wanted to say more, but the Marquis asked directly: "Marquis Dingbei, aren't you supposed to be running around on the riverside defense line, working day and night to guard Jiangnan and Xindu? Why are you here now? "
The middle-aged man who just spoke was none other than Marquis Dingbei. Hearing this, he felt a little more embarrassed and guilty, and replied dryly: "Today is the Lantern Festival, can't I come back to rest for a day?"
Among them ? An old man had to speak at this moment, "The Marquis must also have heard that the fighting on the riverside is
really serious, right?" The Houye shook his head and replied calmly: "I haven't heard of it. If the fighting on the riverside is really serious, How can Marquis Dingbei have the heart to come back for the festival? Shouldn't he be on the alert and always be on guard against barbarians crossing the river?"
The old men were gagged, and Marquis Dingbei's expression was even more indescribable.
One of the old men couldn't bear it any longer, so he stepped forward to salute and persuaded in a low voice: "Master Marquis, at this time when the survival of the family and the country is at stake, you really shouldn't act out of emotion."
Master Hou nodded, as if he thought what he said made sense, "Yes. , You really shouldn't act out of emotion."
Several old men's eyes were full of surprise, and when they wanted to continue their efforts, Mr. Hou spoke first.
"I also know that I often act on my own initiative, so I plan to listen to the words of the elders in the future. The elders have said before that the Jiangbei defense line is impregnable. It really shouldn't be heavily guarded and waste national power, let alone lead troops to defend the enemy on the defensive line. In addition, the actual number is superfluous.
"Even the injury of this prince is his own fault. It is already a mercy of the court that he is not punished and demoted. Therefore, I will submit a memorial tomorrow, dismantle my troops and return to my fields, and I will no longer dictate to the Jiangbei defense line! "
The old men were slapped in the face, and they were so embarrassed that they almost cried.
They thought that there was a natural barrier and they gave up half of the country to the barbarians, so that the south of the Yangtze River would be safe. However,
Marquis Xinting reinforced the defense line in the north of the Yangtze River again and again. He kept asking for more troops and replacement of ordnance, and the food and military pay could not be postponed for a day.
He even led troops to search for surviving people in Jiangbei all year round, and had many battles with the barbarians. Whenever there were casualties, he also gave a pension of money.
They Without thinking about it for a moment, he took turns submitting memorials to complain to the emperor.
As a result, before the emperor could express his position, Marquis Xinting was injured and retreated.
They were completely satisfied, and the military pay, armaments, and rations began to shrink. As a result, the barbarians seemed to know the inside story and began to attack the defense line like crazy a year ago.
The people at the dock could no longer hold on, but Ding Beihou, an idiot who usually talked a lot of nonsense, was so frightened that he didn't even dare to go into battle when he really faced off against the barbarians!
Otherwise, they would not have the courage to admit their mistake and plead for mercy.
Jiayin saw the impatience in her adoptive father's expression and started to make a fuss.
"Look at the lanterns, Fu Niu wants to look at the lanterns!"
Sure enough, the Marquis immediately stood up and coaxed in a warm voice, "Okay, Niuniu, be good, I'll take you there now."
As he spoke, he went to help the old lady again.
The Marquis of Dingbei had been holding back his anger for a long time. Now when he saw Jiayin and the old lady wearing ordinary clothes, he directly blamed him: "Whose child is this? There are no rules like this. Let's talk about family and country." There is no room for you to interfere in such important matters!"
Jiayin, a two or three-year-old child, knows what important matters and rules of family and country he knows?
This is obviously an insinuation that the Marquis does not distinguish between public and private matters and does not worry about family and country affairs.
But before the Marquis could speak, the old lady got mad, "Who are you? Who gave you the right to scold my children! Does it have anything to do with whether my children have rules or not? Spring has not arrived yet, and the grass is not green yet. , where did you come from?"
"How dare you!" Dingbeihou didn't expect that an ordinary old lady could point at him and scold him, he was furious, "I am Dingbeihou, a dignified official of the court, you actually dare to insult me Me!"
The old lady stiffened her neck, not afraid, and yelled back: "What's wrong with you being the Marquis of Dingbei? Our family is not your slaves in the Marquis of Dingbei's mansion, and we don't live on your family's rice, so why should we listen? You are scolding our child! Besides, as the Marquis of Dingbei, why don't you act harshly on the barbarians because you are so powerful? What ability do you think you can do to a two-year-old child?!
"You dare to bully my granddaughter, I will punish you tomorrow." Carrying the coffin to complain to the emperor, I would rather run into death in front of the palace than let you Dingbeihou and become famous throughout Tianwu. At that time, let the whole Tianwu see that Dingbeihou pretends to be a grandson to the barbarians, but he is the uncle to the people of Tianwu!
"Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is a model in the world!"
The old lady was willing to go all out and said a series of words with a thunderbolt. The scolding made Marquis Dingbei's face turn purple and several old men were also dumbfounded.
No one expected this old lady to be so powerful in battle!
Marquis Dingbei was scolded and wanted to take action, but he glanced at Marquis Xinting and did not dare. He could only say forcefully: "I don't want you to be a shrew!"
After that, he shook his sleeves and turned his head. Just leave, as if he has saved the face he lost in this way.
The few old men had no choice but to look at each other, then quickly handed over their hands and left dejectedly.
The door closed and the calmness returned to before.
Jiayin's big eyes were shining, she clapped her little hands and applauded her grandma vigorously, "Grandma is awesome, grandma is so amazing!"
Mr. Hou also smiled and said, "Auntie scolded me so well!"
But the old lady's legs softened and she fell on her butt. Sitting on the stool, he trembled with his hands and tugged at the skirt of Mr. Hou's clothes, then said fearfully: "Master Hou, my aunt didn't cause you any trouble, right? Will the family be implicated? That's Mr. Hou. He was really angry just now. I couldn't hold it back for a moment..."
The Marquis was so funny that he quickly comforted the old lady, "Auntie, have you forgotten that I am also a Marquis, and the emperor is my cousin! Then the Marquis of Dingbei is just a showman, and he can't compare with the power and means. "Don't worry!"
The old lady breathed a sigh of relief, but she no longer had the energy to play, so she said, "You can take Fu Niu down to play. I'll just sit here and watch Jing'er."
"No, Fu Niu is accompanying grandma." Jiayin hugged the old lady and acted coquettishly, her heart filled with joy.