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"Yes, thanks to our family Xiaohan, as well as Chu Daxia and Han Gongzi, we can return safely. That day, we went to court......"
While talking to her about the trial process, Chen walked into the kitchen, put on an apron and began to wash rice and cook. Zhang also rolled up his sleeves to help wash and pick vegetables, and Hu, Zhao and Xiaoxue also came into the kitchen to help brush the pot and light the fire, and the small kitchen was suddenly crowded with people. Xiao Han also wanted to come in and help, but Chen didn't let her work because she was injured, and resolutely pushed her out.
She had no choice but to return to the hall and sit with her uncle and Han Guining and other guests. Han Guining has always wanted to find a chance to talk to her, but it is difficult to say it in front of so many people, and He Mu has been separated between him and Xiao Han intentionally or unintentionally, but he has turned a blind eye to his dissatisfied eyes.
Xiao Han listened to everyone's chat, and at the same time was thinking about Yixue, and didn't notice the interaction between the two.
There is a lot of strength in numbers, and after half an hour, the meal will be ready. Xiao Han and the others were already hungry, and thanks to Gao Lianlian, they didn't eat at noon.
When everyone sat down at the dinner table and saw a large pot of fragrant and golden braised pork placed there, as well as spicy pig's trotters, stir-fried pork scalp with sauerkraut, sour and hot potato shreds, scrambled eggs with leeks, braised eggplant, stir-fried cabbage, spicy cabbage, and steaming green onion egg soup, it was even more delicious.
Chen and Zhao served each of them a big bowl of rice, and no one bothered to speak, so they all buried their heads in eating. Everyone ate very well, except for Xiao Han, who was forbidden to eat spicy because of the wound on her neck, and she couldn't eat braised pork because there was soy sauce in it. This is simply a kind of torture for her, who has always been spicy and unhappy.
Draw a circle and curse her!" Xiao Han said viciously in his heart.
After the meal, Hu and the others said goodbye and went home, and Han Guining was also leaving, so he happened to send them in a carriage. Actually, he didn't want to leave, but he had no reason to stay here.
Lin Jincai's family got up to see them off, and when everyone got into the carriage, Han Guining walked up to Xiao Han and said in a low voice: "Xiao Han, I have something to tell you." ”
When Chen heard this, he hurriedly pulled everyone back to the house, and He Mu and Zhang also followed. Zhang looked at the calm expression on his son's face, and secretly wondered what he was thinking. Just now in the kitchen, she heard Chen's narration of the trial process, when she was stir-frying, she couldn't come back to her senses, if it wasn't for Chen's reminder of her, she wouldn't even notice that the vegetables were in the pot.
Xiao Han is so powerful, so capable, what should his son do. Also, it seems that Han Gongzi is a person with a lot of status. Although he didn't want to admit it, Zhang still had to say in good conscience that only Han Guining was worthy of such a smart and clever Lin Xiaohan.
Seeing that everyone was gone, Han Guining said in a low voice: "Xiao Han, I ...... about that letter."
Xiao Han saw that there seemed to be an embarrassed look on his face, so he said, "If you are embarrassed, don't say it." Anyway, I'm very grateful to you, and if it weren't for you, our family might have suffered a lot this time. ”
"No, it's not embarrassing. Han Guining hurriedly shook her head and denied it, for fear that she would misunderstand and get angry. After the events of the past two days, he felt more and more that Xiao Han was the woman he had determined in his life, so smart and brilliant that he was fascinated.
"I just don't know where to start. Actually, that letter is fake!" Han Guining plucked up the courage to say it.
"Huh, fake?" Xiao Han asked in surprise.
"It's not all fake, it's partly true and partly false. Han Guining scratched his head and said with a smile. He looked like a child who had done something wrong, looking at himself cautiously and flattering.
Such a handsome man showed an unknown but true side in front of him, Xiao Han's heart softened, and he asked softly: "What is going on, you say it slowly." ”
Han Guining took out the letter and showed it to her, and when she finished reading it, she explained: "The seal at the end of this letter is real, it was secretly given to me by a friend of mine from the past, and her father is the Dingyuan general of this dynasty. However, I made up the contents of the letter just to make my identity more mysterious and he couldn't guess what it meant. ”
Xiao Han didn't notice that he was talking about "she", not "him", and just asked, "So, you didn't come here on the emperor's orders to do business?"
Although it is a question, I already have the answer in my heart. No wonder he didn't take it out at first, and he didn't tell himself. It must have been prepared in advance, but he was not sure, and he had to take it out until Zhu Ming slandered Chu Zhao and wanted to rebel, he must have been sweating at that time, because he was still so calm. Fortunately, the seal was real, which frightened Zhu Ming and made him jealous, so he tilted the balance to his side. Thinking like this, her heart became softer and softer.
"Of course not, I just came here by chance and found the scenery to be fascinating. But I'm glad I made the right choice. Maybe there's something that attracts me here, or maybe it's just because of me. Do you say yes?" Han Guining saw that the misunderstanding was cleared, and his mood suddenly relaxed, and he returned to his true colors as a handsome son, and said these words affectionately.
"Who can tell the fate of this thing?" Xiao Han smiled and glanced at him, the indescribable charm and moving in his eyes stunned Han Guining.
Xiao Han covered his mouth and smiled, turned around and left. Han Guining stared blankly at his back, and only got into the carriage until Han Chun urged him.
Han Guining sat in a carriage with Chen Hanzhong and Chen Qingming, in order to avoid being dull and embarrassed, Chen Hanzhong found something to chat with Han Guining, but the latter was a little absent-minded, as if he had something on his mind. Seeing this, Chen Hanzhong stopped talking, closed his eyes and pretended to rest. Chen Qingming felt uncomfortable in his heart, there was a feeling of indescribability, as if he understood, but as if he didn't understand, he was entangled for a while, and he closed his eyes and rested.
In the other car sat Hu Shi, Zhao Shi and Xiaoxue. Although Zhao wanted to speak, he had to keep his mouth shut because Xiaoxue was beside him. Hu Shi is a person who knows what to expect, and as he gets older, he is becoming more and more calm, and he does not say anything.
There was nothing to say all the way, and before dark, Han Guining sent the Chen family to his home before returning to his home.
Chen boiled a large pot of water, and the whole family took a happy bath, washed away all the bad luck and exhaustion, and then climbed into bed satisfied.
It's still comfortable at home, Xiao Han hugged the soft quilt, next to the soft pillow, moaned comfortably, and soon fell asleep.
The next day, an unexpected guest came to the Lin family, who turned out to be the master of the county government.
Lin Jincai was taken aback when he saw his master coming, thinking that something had happened again.
"Don't panic, don't panic. Song is here to give you a silver ticket. After Gao Renhe went back yesterday, he ordered someone to send two thousand taels of silver tickets, which belonged to you, and the other one thousand and nine white taels were temporarily kept by the adults. No, early this morning, the county magistrate ordered me to invite Miss Lin to go to the county government to discuss the matter of running a righteous school. Song Zi praised.
"I shouldn't have bothered you today, but the lord said that I was afraid that it would delay the children's school, so the sooner the better. No, I'm going to bother you early in the morning. ”
Song Zizan's attitude today is very humble, and he still has a smile on his face. Think about what the old man said before going out, how could he not know the master's mind after following him for many years?
Xiao Han felt unhappy in his heart, he was just released from prison yesterday, and he came to urge him today, and he didn't even breathe. For what, isn't it for your own performance? It is conceivable that after this righteous study is completed, he must have taken all the credit for himself when he played the excerpt, and at most mentioned himself a small sum in it.
Xiao Han didn't want any credit, but he was unwilling to make wedding clothes for others, and paved the way for this annoying dog official in vain. The day before yesterday, if it weren't for Han Guining's clever plan in advance and taking out the letter at a critical moment, I am afraid that Chu Zhao would have been conspired against him, and I don't know who will kill this lawsuit.
Although he was unhappy, Xiao Han still kept a smile on his face, welcomed him in first, served tea, and then said embarrassedly: "Master Song, you also know that we just came back yesterday, and I am still injured, and my brain is still a little dizzy." I have an outline here, but I haven't figured out the specifics yet. In this way, after Master Song goes back, he will reply to the county magistrate first, and ask him to send someone to choose the address, and while building the school building, I will sort out my thoughts here and come up with a charter, and then I will send it to the county magistrate for review. What do you think?"
"This ...... But the county magistrate said that he wanted the girl to go over today, and the girl didn't go, so Song couldn't explain it. Song Zizan was embarrassed.
Xiao Han was unhappy: "Master Song also saw it yesterday, I was not lightly injured, I lost too much blood, and I am still dizzy at this moment." At least allow me two days off. If you are afraid that it will be difficult to explain, I will ask my brother to write you a note. ”
After speaking, regardless of whether he agreed or not, he raised his voice to prepare the pen and ink, and asked Lixia to write a text message according to his own meaning, handed it to Song Zizan, and said: "I'm afraid that the county magistrate is in a hurry at this time, and I won't keep you." I'll send you out, Master Song, go slowly!"
While motioning for Lin Jincai to come over and go to the gate with him, he said some kind words in his mouth, asking him to go back and say a few kind words in front of the county master, etc., without giving him a chance to speak.
Song Zizan didn't come back to his senses until he was sent to the carriage, and couldn't help but shake his head, this little girl is really powerful, and he really can't fight her. Fortunately, she wrote a letter, and fortunately she had an explanation, so that the adults would not blame herself.
"Xiao Han, is this good? Master Song won't be angry, right?" Lin Jincai said uneasily, "I'm afraid that he will speak ill of us in front of the county commander." ”
"Whatever, I'll sleep first, I'm so sleepy!" Xiao Han stretched and was about to go back to make up for sleep. She was woken up by Chu Liuxiang's bear child in the morning, and she hadn't slept enough. At this time, Chu Zhao took him out to play, and the house was quiet, and it was a good time to sleep.
However, Xiao Han is destined to not sleep well today, and people will come to the door one after another in the morning, all of whom are from a village to inquire about the lawsuit. Although Lin Jincai and Chen were impatient, they had to brace themselves to entertain them, and said some things over and over again. But the villagers who followed to see the trial process went back and said that Xiao Han was so powerful, it was like heaven and earth, so the neighbors' questions all started like this:
"I heard that Xiao Han said so at the time......"
"I heard that Xiao Han scolded that master for a bloody ......"
"I heard that Xiao Han was stabbed, is it serious?"
"I heard that the Gao family accompanied two thousand taels of silver, and Xiaohan has to use it to run a righteous school?"
In fact, the last sentence is the focus, and it is the topic they are most concerned about.
For some people, they can't get enough to eat, and it's even a matter of sending their children to school. At present, there is such a good opportunity for my children to go to school for free, and it will be too late to get close to the Lin family and establish a good relationship with the Lin family sooner. It must be known that this righteous study is for the whole county, and there are many monks and few porridges.
They still pondered in their hearts that this righteous study was run by Lin Xiaohan, and she was from Qinghe Village, so it was difficult for others to say, and the people of this village couldn't help but let them go. So I started to talk about running a volunteer school, asking when and where to do it, and how difficult it was to do it, whether I could let the children at home go, and so on.
As soon as you say a word, Lin Jincai was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he just said that he didn't know. Where are the villagers willing to believe it, saying that you don't know, then call your daughter out, this righteous study is what she said she wants to do, she always knows.
Xiao Han was so annoyed in the house that he wanted to go out. At this time, a calm voice came: "Fellow villagers, be quiet, my sister was injured yesterday, due to excessive blood loss, she is still dizzy at this time, and she is resting in the house." Please refrain from making loud noises so as not to wake her up. Regarding the matter of righteousness, first of all, it is decided by the prefectural magistrate, and even if my sister comes up with a way, it must be approved by the prefectural magistrate before it can be implemented. Today, the master of the county government also came to ask, but my sister is not in good health and has no energy to take care of this matter for the time being. But don't worry, in a few days, we will come up with a detailed solution. As long as there is a real problem at home, you can definitely let your children go to school. Now you should go back first, and when the method comes out and the prefectural magistrate approves it, I will go to the villages to inform everyone when the time comes. ”
When it came to this, Lixia also issued an eviction order, and there would be a request for the Lin family in the future, so they all got up one after another, and said with a smile that they would not disturb Xiaohan to rest and recuperate. He also said that if there is any good news, remember to inform them first, after all, it is a village, and they are all villagers, so they should help each other.
Xiao Han heard it in the house, and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, his brother has grown up, and it is time to take on the responsibility of the head of the family. I can worry less about it in the future, thinking, she rolled over and went back to sleep.
The next day, Han Guining came over and brought good news, Han Yue was back.
Xiao Han, who was lazily leaning on a chair basking in the sun, immediately came to his senses: "How is it?"
"Hehe, what's the matter?" Han Guining saw her eager expression and deliberately teased her, wanting to see her cute appearance of being angry and angry.
Xiao Han glanced at him with disgust: "Knowingly, I mean what happened to Tang Yun's slut." ”
Han Guining got her wish, so she stopped teasing her: "Don't worry, it's been delivered, it's the most famous in the capital, called 'Huamanlou'." Moreover, I asked Han Yue to give him a needle, and in this life, he can't be a man. Let him repent of his sins for the rest of the day. ”
Xiao Han was very satisfied when he heard this, but he was a little worried, after all, this Tang Yun was a scheming person, and his thoughts were deep, "Then what if he escapes, will he come back to take revenge on us?"
"Don't worry, I've told someone to watch him well, he can't escape. Han Guining said mysteriously, "Because, that's my territory." ”
Ah, Xiao Han covered his mouth in surprise. He actually opened a brothel/house, and it was **/house, does he have that hobby?
"What do you want?" Han Guining looked at him in surprise when he saw her...... 's expression, I don't understand what she thinks in her heart, she is angry and funny, but her face is a little feverish. God knows, he is so old, he is twenty years old, others have already had children at this age, but he is still a junior brother, and he has never even touched a woman.
In order to avoid her misunderstanding and serious consequences, I had to tell her the reason for the incident: three years ago, I traveled to Wuzhou, and once I was drinking in a hotel. But both of them were a little drunk, and as a result, there was no winner at that time. So the two made an appointment to compete again in three days.
Three days later, the two went as promised, but the man put forward a condition, saying that whoever loses will treat the other party as the eldest brother and follow each other for the rest of his life.
Han Guining didn't want to agree, but he was young and vigorous at the time, and he was provoked by the man, so he agreed impulsively.
As a result, the two of you went back and forth more than 100 times that day, and there was still no winner or loser. Both of them gave up and agreed to fight again the next day.
As a result, the next day, it was still difficult to distinguish between them. But as the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, and in the three confrontations between the two, there was a spark. The two who cherish each other are like in the old-fashioned story, worship heaven and earth, drink blood as an oath, and become brothers. Happiness and hardship are shared and so on. Han Guining is older, and he is the elder brother. Then when the righteous brother heard what happened to Han Guining, he was very angry, and said that he wanted to help the righteous brother avenge.
But Han Guining wanted to take revenge not only on that woman, but also on his indifferent and ruthless father. So they persuaded him, saying that this matter should be considered in the long run.
Because Han Guining was still traveling around at that time and had no fixed residence, the two separated.
At that time, the righteous brother said that since the elder brother wanted to take revenge, he would have to return to the capital sooner or later. I'll go to the capital first to buy some property for my brother, and then when my brother comes, I finally have a place to stay. As a result, he went to the capital, and half a year later I received a letter from him, but I didn't expect him to buy such an industry. ”
When Han Guining said this, he said with a wry smile: "I was very angry at the time, and I wrote to severely reprimand him, how can I learn from that prodigal/prodigal kid and do such a dirty thing, isn't it a shame for me?"