Chapter 110 Returning Home (Thanks to Book Friend 7987 for the monthly ticket)
Two days later, Ye Mingsheng led his troops and arrived at Dongxiang County at the scheduled time. He exchanged greetings with the captain and the county magistrate who were guarding Dongxiang County. After going through the necessary procedures, Ye Mingsheng entrusted his more than 400 men to Chen Yannian, asking him to help look after them for two days.

He himself took Ye Tie, Ye Dong and other Ye brothers with him, and headed towards Fengshan County with a small entourage. This time, Ye Mingsheng originally wanted to bring Pei Zhixiu with him and settle her there.

However, Pei Zhixiu said that she admired the prosperity of the Great Zhou and wanted to go to Luoan to take a look. For her small request, Ye Mingsheng would naturally not refuse it to the best of his ability. He let her continue to dress up as a man and pretend to be his personal soldier and stay in the barracks, but did not bring her to Fengshan County...
Because Dongxiang County is not far from Fengshan County, the distance between the two counties is only more than 60 miles. Ye Mingsheng and his group of six rode on horseback in just two hours and arrived at the gate of Fengshan County.

Looking at the city gate, Ye Mingsheng didn't think too much. He just wanted to take Ye Tie and others through the gate. In a society like the Great Zhou that values ​​officials, as a military officer of the Great Zhou imperial guards, he can have priority over other civilians and can enter the city gate directly without having to queue.

However, what surprised Ye Mingsheng was that the officers guarding the city gate did not seem to recognize him because of the imperial guards' bullfighting uniform he was wearing. The officers from Fengshan County who were guarding the city gate seemed to be so bold that they pulled out the chevaux de frise and blocked his way.

"Who are you? Are you rushing into the city on horseback? Are you trying to kill yourself?"

A dark-faced sturdy man who looked like the leader of the police officers glanced at the tall and fine horses that Ye Mingsheng and his companions were riding, a glimmer of greed flashed in his eyes, and he shouted loudly:

Ye Mingsheng was too lazy to respond to the man's shouting. He just waved his hand slightly, and Ye Tie, who was following behind him, immediately stepped forward. With Ye Mingsheng's support, he did not hesitate at all. Without saying anything, he directly whipped the black-faced strong man with a horsewhip, knocked him to the ground, and then cursed him fiercely:

"You are blind, Commander Ye of the Imperial Guards. You dare to stop me from going home?"

Caught off guard, the black-faced sturdy man who was hit by a horsewhip was about to curse and call on his brothers to surround and capture Ye Mingsheng and others, but he heard the words "Commander Ye of the Imperial Guards" and was stunned on the spot, not knowing what to do.

He had never been out of the area within a hundred miles of Fengshan County in his life. Although he didn't know how high an official the commander was, he knew from the storytellers in the city that the Imperial Guards were the emperor's personal army, and that a small official like him could never afford to offend...

He was just looking at these people riding tall horses. They were strangers and wealthy people. He just wanted to collect some toll money. He never thought that his momentary greed would bring him so much trouble.

Seeing this dark-faced burly man still blocking the road with a look of distraught, Ye Tie couldn't help but want to give him another hit with the whip. However, as soon as he raised his hand, the black-faced burly man finally recovered. While ordering other officers to let the road go, he kowtowed and begged Ye Mingsheng for mercy.

"Grandpa, please forgive me, I don't dare anymore..."

Ye Mingsheng didn't even want to look at this villain. He squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and took Ye Tie and others straight to the direction of Ye Mansion in the city.

After this insignificant episode, Ye Mingsheng and others soon stopped in front of a large house on the east side of the county town. On the plaque hanging on the house, it was clearly written - Ye Mansion, two bold and powerful characters.

"Master, we are home!" Looking at the gate of the mansion, the usually calm Ye Tie showed a touch of joy on his face. "Hmm," Ye Mingsheng replied casually, tidied up his imperial uniform, and then led his men to the gate of the mansion. Seeing Ye Mingsheng and others coming, Ye Ergou, the small doorman of the Ye Mansion, wanted to stop them, but when he walked over and saw Ye Mingsheng's face, he was stunned, then quickly knelt on the ground and shouted at the top of his voice:

"Master, you are back! Welcome back to the mansion!"

"reward!"

Although he didn't know who this little doorman was, seeing that he was quite smart, Ye Mingsheng glanced at him and gave a straightforward order. Ye Tie, who was following behind him, immediately took out a small piece of loose silver from his pocket and threw it over.

"Thank you, young master!" After taking the silver, a gleam of light suddenly appeared in Ye Ergou's small eyes, and he said happily.

Following Ye Ergou's shouting, the nanny, maids, and servants in the Ye family's mansion all knew the news of Ye Mingsheng's return. For a moment, the Ye mansion, which had been deserted for who knows how many years, suddenly became lively.

In response to the welcome and congratulations from the crowd, Ye Mingsheng, who was wealthy and had several thousand taels of silver on him, was not stingy. As long as you were sweet-mouthed and said a few auspicious words, he would just say "reward!" and would never let you say it in vain or be happy in vain...

Ye Mingsheng was very generous and didn't say how much the reward would be. However, Ye Tie, who followed behind him and was responsible for giving out the rewards, had a good grasp of the scale. Each person was given a few cents of silver, no more than one or two taels at most. This allowed Ye Mingsheng to save face now and not feel too painful afterwards.

Amid the congratulations of the crowd, Ye Mingsheng finally arrived at the main house of the three-story Ye Mansion, where an old lady with elegant clothes and neatly combed hair was looking at him with tears in her eyes.

"Mom, I'm back!" Seeing Cui appear in his memory, Ye Mingsheng took a deep breath and knelt down.

"I'm glad you're back. Get up, get up!" Cui wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with an excited expression and slowly helped Ye Mingsheng up.

Looking at Ye Mingsheng's face carefully, Cui showed a distressed expression on her face, and said in a kind tone: "How come you have lost so much weight again after not seeing you for a few years, Sheng'er, you must take care of yourself..."

"I am an unfilial son and I have made my mother worry!" Ye Mingsheng lowered his head, unconsciously getting involved in the emotion, and said with some shame:
During the years that the original owner was away as a soldier, he was either suppressing bandits, suppressing uprisings, or fighting against foreign races. Although his official position was promoted rapidly, from a small captain in charge of dozens of people to his current position as a seventh-rank commander, he rarely accompanied his family. During these years as an official away from home, he only came back to visit for a while three years ago.

(End of this chapter)