Chapter 63 New Year's Eve
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"How did Chang Yao die?"
Fang Xing felt a layer of sweat on his back.
Chang Yao is the regent officer of Shuntian Prefecture, which is equivalent to the president of the court of a municipality directly under the Central Government. This man usually looks strong and has never heard of him having hidden diseases.
Who could it be? Fang Xing had a headache, but he didn't see Xin Laoqi's strange expression.
"Young Master, after I heard this news, I went to the Chang family to inquire. But I heard that Chang Yao was fine in the morning that day, but he died after breakfast."
Fang Xing and Xin Laoqi looked at each other, "Is that the day you went to deliver the letter?"
“Yes, that morning.”
Fang Xing waved his hand and asked Xin Laoqi to go back, but he was proud of himself.
"I'm just letting a slander for a letter, which is not worse than Zhuge Liang!"
The letter was sent by Fang Xing to Xin Laoqi. His original intention was to hold Chang Yao back and make plans after handing over the assassins to Zhu Zhanji.
But who would have thought that Zhu Zhanji and the prince would return to Jinling? Fang Xing felt a little numb at that time, and now he became refreshed.
But how do you deal with those assassins?
Fang Xing scratched his head a little, but Jay Fang, who knew the news, came up with an idea.
"Young Master, no one can find out about selling them to those human traffickers."
Fang Xing asked, "What human traffickers? Where can they be sold?"
There was a ruthless look on Fang Jielun's face. If he had not been ruthless in the past three years of mourning, he would have been swallowed up by Fangjiazhuang long ago.
"Young master, I heard that there is a family that specializes in handling the private affairs of those wealthy families. After they buy the person, they will immediately add medicine and send it to the mine..."
Those wealthy families have some shameful things, so of course they must be cautious in handling people, so this has led to such a business.
Fang Xing was a little hesitant, but when he thought that those people came here with the goal of killing their lives, he finally agreed to this solution.
Jay Fang greeted Xin Laoqi and disappeared with his servants.
It is Jay Fang’s wish to not allow the thief to stay in the village for the New Year.
After Jielun left, Fang Xingfa was stunned for a long time until Xiaobai came to inform him that he was going to prepare for things to worship his ancestors, and then he shook his head and walked out of the study.
In the north, it is the first day of the first lunar month to worship ancestors. If the conditions are good, you have to prepare three animals, so you have to start preparing from today.
Fang Xing didn't understand, Zhang Shuhui was also a novice. After all, she found the feeling after Jay Fang came back.
"So tired!"
The dinner was very rich, because Fang Xing used to celebrate New Year's Eve, so although the dishes tonight were not dazzling, they were very realistic.
A copper pot was placed on the carbon stove, and the milky white soup base was steaming.
The square table in the middle was filled with meat and vegetables. Fang Xing picked up a few slices of mutton and greeted, "You two are too hurry up, these mutton slices are not delicious when they are old."
Zhang Shuhui and Xiaobai both picked up their favorite vegetables and put them in the pot. After blanching, they dipped them in seafood sauce and found it extremely delicious.
The slices of mutton entered his mouth, Fang Xing took a sip of wine, and looked at his wife and concubine who looked like Taohua on his face, and felt that he was a little drunk.
"Husband, it's not enough to just eat meat."
Zhang Shuhui picked up a piece of boiled soft potato slices and put them in Fang Xing’s bowl. Then she saw Xiaobai’s eyes were also eager, so she smiled and picked up a piece for her.
This is still a child who has not grown up!
After dinner, the whole family went to bed early.
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Early the next morning, before dawn, Fangjiazhuang was in full swing, and all households began to worship their ancestors.
Under the guidance of Fang Jielun, Fang Xing and Zhang Shuhui used three animals to worship their ancestors and cut straw paper. Finally, the ceremony was completed.
These three animals will be left for three days and then burned into ashes, which is probably the same as the paper money that I burned later, and I thought it would be delivered to my ancestors in this way.
Then when we arrived at the front yard, Fang Xing sat upright on the chair, led by Fang Jielun, and the merchants of Fangjiazhuang wished Fang Xing's home a happy new year.
Fang Xing nodded, called out to everyone, and then smiled and said, "I wish you all good luck in the New Year and a bumper harvest in the new year."
Then there were servants and maids, and this time even Zhang Shuhui was present.
After greetings to New Year, Zhang Shuhui took out the red envelopes she prepared last night and sent one for each person.
"Okay, I'm going to go out to pay New Year's greetings, and I'll bring you good things when I come back."
Fang Xing saw that Zhang Shuhui and Xiaobai were a little in a bad mood, so he asked them to sleep. As for whether they comply with the rules, he was the boss in this family, and everything he said was the rules.
The rule in the north is to greet New Year's Day on the first day of the New Year. When you meet elders on the street, you will kneel down on the street to greet New Year's Day.
Fortunately, Fang Xing only needed to go to the house, so he rode a big white horse and entered Peking City under the escort of Xin Laoqi.
Chen Xiao's family lives in the official district. Although he is not afraid of it now, after the capital moves to Peking Mansion, the land here will appreciate in value due to somersaults.
When he arrived at the gate, the gatekeeper saw that it was Fang Xing, and he didn't even need the New Year's greetings registration book, so he asked Fang Xing to take Xin Laoqi in and asked someone to lead the horse to feed the good food.
Fang Xing smiled, threw a silver slot directly over, and then took a big wooden box from Xin Laoqi's hand and carried it in with difficulty.
"Thank you Mr. Fang to reward!"
The concierge is also interested. Because today is the first day of the New Year, he has no taboos to collect rewards.
Fang Xing was familiar with the passage and arrived at the backyard. He happened to see Chen Xiao's mother, Ma, coming, and put the wooden box on the ground and bowed to pay New Year's greetings.
Ma was shocked by Fang Xing who suddenly appeared. After seeing it clearly, he pretended to be angry and said, "You kid don't come normally, so you are here to ask for rewards!"
Fang Xing smiled and straightened his body, he said with a gaze: "That's right, my aunt has prepared a big ingot for me?"
When Fang Xing heard what he said was interesting, even the maid who was holding Ma couldn't help but smile.
"You kid, hurry up and go in. Your uncle hasn't gone out yet!"
As the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, Chen Jiahui had to go to greet Shangguan today, so after seeing Fang Xing come in with a wooden box, he frowned and said, "What is that?"
Fang Xing pretended not to see Chen Xiao winking on the side, and opened the wooden box and showed off: "My nephew has prepared some food, which can be regarded as a filial piety to his uncle and aunt."
When Ma heard this, he took a look and ended up not knowing many things.
Fang Xing introduced: "This is foie gras sauce, which is the best thing to eat for picking steamed buns."
Damn! If people in the future know that Fang Xing used foie gras sauce to pick up steamed buns, they would probably despise it.
"This is a hairy crab. Steam it in water and dip it in ginger and vinegar to put it in wine. Even my aunt can eat it."
"This is a duck, and it's the best thing my uncle uses to serve wine."
"This is……"
Chen Jiahui and Ma were speechless, thinking about how to wake up where did they get the ingredients?
Ma was the first to wake up, and she smiled and said, "Okay, your uncle is not at home at noon, so let's have dinner together."
Chapter completed!