Fan Ze slowly approached, looking at the back that was not thin but definitely not fat, Fan Ze put his hand on his shoulder, this kind of action that a normal person would be frightened did not have the slightest effect on him, he did not react at all.

"Condolences." Fan Ze's voice was a little low.

In front of the thin-skinned coffin are the names of the people inside, "The Spiritual Seat of the Beloved Wife Zhang's Qi'er" and "The Spiritual Seat of the Beloved Son Li Zhe"

Hearing the word mourning, the man who had been keeping his head down finally raised his head for the first time.

"Thank you" was a rough and hoarse voice, and it was obvious that he had broken his throat by saying it for too long.

Fan Ze touched it for a long time and finally took out a small half pot of wine from his arms, sat on the ground like this, and handed the wine over, "No, do you want to drink?" ”

Zhang Yuanwai grinned, "Thank you." The dry lips were scary, and there was even skin and flesh rolling when they opened, but Fan Ze didn't care.

"Gu Dong Gu Dong" drank two big sips, and Zhang Yuanwai put down the wine jug, "You are also stingy, only give half a pot of wine to see off, and don't give some meat, you are stingy, don't blame me for not being with you." ”

Fan Ze didn't say anything, just watched him take a sip of wine and scold someone, and after a while, the wine was almost drunk, and Zhang Yuanwai was no longer scolding.

Zhang Yuanwai put down the wine jug, groped for a long time in his arms and didn't find anything, and suddenly laughed a little self-deprecatingly, "Originally, I saw that you are a good talker, and I wanted to give you some benefits to help you, but in the end, there is nothing worth taking." ”

"What's the busy, you say."

"Can you help me bring my wife's and children's coffins back to my hometown in Zhongshan, where I have a brother in life and death, although he has also declined, he will definitely be able to give you a good reward."

"Don't you want revenge?"

"If I honestly say I don't want to, can you help me?"

"I can't."

"Uhhh Hahahaha" Zhang Yuanwai laughed when he heard his words, a very rampant kind of laughter, "I really drank too much, drank too much." ”

"Do you want revenge?"

"Yes!"

"Do you know who made you look like this?"

"Yes."

"Tomorrow, your house will be ransacked by the rebels, and no one in it will be alive."

"Huh?" Zhang Yuanwai was stunned by his words.

"You know what I mean."

"You're not here..."Zhang Yuanwai took a closer look at the thirty-year-old man opposite, thin, with dark bags under his eyes caused by long-term drinking, and a sallow face, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a standard child of a family.

Fan Ze was uncomfortable by him, "Not all the children of the family are drunk all day long, and they don't all look like me, let alone look like me, they must be the children of the family, I think you have been nagged by your son for too long, and I think that all the children of the family in this world look like this, and they are all bad people." “

"Do you know Ji Heng?"

"It's barely a teacher."

"You're not lying to me?" Zhang Yuanwai's eyes had some light.

"What else do you have to lie to you?"

"That's right." Zhang Yuanwai smiled bitterly, "Do you still have wine, I want to drink." ”

Fan Ze touched his body and made sure that there was no wine, "Your family is so big, don't you have a wine cellar?" ”

"Yes, got it."

"Then you take it from the cellar."

"My legs are numb, I can't get up..."

Fan Ze laughed angrily at him, picked him up and sat against the pillar, and then asked where the sake cellar was, and went to make sake.

When he came back, he looked strange, "Your wine cellar has a lot of wine, but why did I rummage through the whole yard and find nothing to eat." ”

Zhang Yuanwai took the flask and continued to pour himself a few sips of wine, "It's not that group of guys who made it." ”

"This village isn't a backwood, can't you buy some? I think you have a lot of money. ”

"Of course, for now, there is still a lot of money, but what's the use."

Fan Ze's face was even more strange, "This is not a year of great calamity, what use do you say." ”

Zhang Yuanwai looked at Fan Ze and suddenly smiled, "Sit down, little brother, I'm going to keep a wake for my wife and children tonight, so I can only be here, can you rest for a while?" ”

"Ah, okay, let's talk."

"Although I don't know where you people came from, but since you say that kind of thing, a certain family will believe it again, and I will only have this rotten life left anyway." Zhang Yuanwai raised his hand again and took a sip of wine, "Do you know what I used to look like?" ”

"Hmm... I've heard of it, a big fat man. Fan Ze looked at Zhang Yuanwai, who was even a little thin now, and said very carefully.

"Hungry."

"What?"

"About a month ago, a young man came to visit me." Zhang Yuanwai fell into his own memories. "That's a very proud young man."

A month ago, Zhang Yuanwai's mansion.

"Please say goodbye, Runan Yingshang came to visit Zhang Yuanwai."

Menzi looked at this extraordinary young man and didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran in to tell the master of his house, Zhang Yuanwai, who was reading a book and drinking tea in the main hall, got the confession, although he hadn't heard of the name Yingshang, but thinking that his son was also working in Runan, he thought that he should be a friend of his son.

"Come in, please." Zhang Yuanwai put down the book and prepared to go out to greet him.

When he was halfway there, Menzi had already led Ying Sheng to appear, and at the same time, Ying Sheng saw Zhang Yuanwai who was coming, and he should also pay a visit first, "Little nephew Ying Shang has seen his uncle." ”

"Hurry up, hurry up." Zhang Yuanwai helped Ying Shang up, "Let's go, talk in the main hall." ”

"Uncle first, please."

Zhang Yuanwai walked into the main hall with Ying Shang, sat down and asked the housekeeper to serve tea and soup, and he was going to have a homely meal with him.

Ying Shang glanced at the book on the main table, and the corners of his mouth were untraceable, "I never thought that my uncle would still study hard, he is really a model for my generation." ”

Zhang Yuanwai was a little embarrassed to be praised, "Hey, I can't understand these things, but Zhe'er has to look at these things every day, and if you open and close your mouth, if you don't look at it much, I'm afraid that Zhe'er will come back and won't even know how to talk to him." ”

"Brother Ji Heng would be very moved if he knew this."

"That guy with no conscience will be moved." Although Zhang Yuanwai smiled on his face, he was still unforgiving, "The virtuous nephew is from Runan, do you know how that stinky boy is doing now?" ”

"Brother Ji Heng, it's been quiet lately." Ying Sheng showed a weird smile, but Zhang Yuanwai lowered his head and drank tea without seeing it.

"Quiet? It's good to be quiet, I said him a long time ago, it's too rigid and easy to break, don't be so irritable every day, hurt your body, hurt your liver and hurt your feelings, this stinky boy is finally sensible. ”

"If Ji Heng can listen to his uncle as soon as possible, how good it would be, and why should he suffer."

"Suffering?" Zhang Yuanwai was frightened by Ying Xiang's words, "What's wrong with Zhe'er, but what should you offend that shouldn't be offended?" Oh, I have long said that I don't want to be an official or go to Runan, oh yes, he is good now, but he has been sinned, has he been..."

Looking at Zhang Yuanwai, who was the same as the ants on the hot pot, "Uncle, don't panic, in a few days, Brother Ji Heng will be back." ”

"Zhe'er is coming back?" Zhang Yuanwai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it, "It's okay to come back, okay, I won't go out anymore, stay at home quietly, and don't go anywhere." ”

The two continued to talk for a few words, and Ying Sheng got up to say goodbye, Zhang Yuanwai wanted to send him, but he was also stopped by Ying Shang, and the gold and silver remuneration to Ying Sheng was also refused, and when Ying Sheng had disappeared, Zhang Yuanwai was still sighing, "Good boy." ”

Sure enough, a few days later, the old servant who followed Zhang Zhe came back, but this time he came back, dressed in white, with a tired and sad face.

After Zhang Yuanwai saw the old servant, he was so frightened that he trembled, "You... You.. What do you mean? ”

When the old servant saw Zhang Yuanwai, he couldn't help it, and suddenly knelt on the ground, crying, "Master, the young master is gone, the young master is gone." ”

Then Zhang Yuanwai felt that the world was spinning for a while, his eyes were dark, and he didn't know what was going on, and the rest of the people hurriedly carried him back to the room, and someone went to the city to find a doctor to treat him, but it was supposed to be an easy thing, but that day he couldn't do anything, and he found countless doctors in the medical hall, even if it was a foot doctor, and when he heard that it was Zhang Yuanwai of Zhuangzi outside the city, he didn't dare to accept the doctor, as if it was some kind of flood beast.

The next person returned home in despair, Zhang Yuanwai had not woken up yet, this scene made everyone even more panicked, or Zhang Yuanwai's wife finally stood up, and used the earthwork in the countryside to wake him up and calm people's hearts, but even Zhang Yuanwai, who woke up, seemed to be twenty years old in an instant, with no lust in his eyes and no strength in his body.

In desperation, Mrs. took action, and while taking care of Zhang Yuanwai personally, she found someone to find the old servant and asked what was going on.

"The head of the family, the young master was originally in Runan as a lieutenant to assist the full pet Taishou, but this year the full pet was transferred to Fancheng to prevent Guan Yu, and the full pet was too shou to promise the young master, and after going to Fancheng to settle down, he wrote to the King of Wei to ask for the young master to be transferred to Fancheng."

"Then, although Fancheng is not a good place, there is no war now." Madame looked at the old servant with a handful of snot and tears, and frowned, "Wipe away the tears and say it well." ”

"The young master has not waited for Fancheng's order, last month someone in Runan reported that the children of the first family forced Liang to be a prostitute, and the young master had assisted the man to arrest the lawbreakers, and when he heard about it, he rushed over and controlled several people in the case, and the bitter master cried in front of the young master about the evil deeds of the family, and the family was also very arrogant and insulted the young master many times, and finally the young master was angry and scolded him before he shut up."

"Then, he didn't do this kind of thing once or twice, could it be that this time the son of that family is the son of a big family?"

"That person is from a small family, and he is also a well-known prodigal son in Runan, and everyone knows the roots." The old servant explained, "It's just that after the young master brought them back and put them in prison, the newly appointed Runan Taishou summoned him to ask him about the process. ”

"He's just a lieutenant, and he doesn't act recklessly without obeying orders, even if he beats him, he is not wronged, but he is definitely not guilty of death."

"Exactly, the young master was already the best prepared to be reprimanded, but that Taishou was very kind, just inquired about it, and praised the young master for his righteousness, and invited the young master to try the family the next day."

Madame was still frowning, but Zhang Yuanwai, who was lying on the bed, had wide eyes and let out a miserable laugh.

"Sir, what's wrong with you?" Madame was startled by his sudden laughter, and hastened to stroke his back to smooth him.

"That idiot, I didn't know it when I was framed." Zhang Yuanwai laughed miserably for a long time and pounded the bed board hard.

The old servant also cried, "What the old man said is that the next day in the court, the son of the family who was only slightly injured was scarred and not miserable, and said that the young master extorted a confession by words and deeds, and colluded with the bitter master to frame himself." ”

Madame rolled her eyes and said, "But the bitter master retracted his confession on the spot?" Don't you doubt it? ”

The old servant shook his head, "The bitter master still bites his own family that was forced by the son of the family to die, and he also said a lot of evidence. ”

"Huh." But Madame didn't understand.

Zhang Yuanwai, who was sitting on the bed, had already opened his eyes, "There is a lot of evidence?" ”

"Exactly."

"Most of the witnesses are hookers, hawkers, and ruffians?"

"Yes."

Zhang Yuanwai took a deep breath and threw the pillow at hand, "Bastard, I asked you to follow the young master, what are you doing to eat, you have seen this kind of routine twenty years ago, and you don't say a word?" ”

The old servant knocked on the ground with his head, and cried even more sadly, "If the old servant is here, he will definitely not let the young master be so dangerous, but the old servant is not around." ”

"Where are you?" Madame didn't know what they were talking about, but she still asked.

It's just that this question was stopped by Zhang Yuanwai, "Okay, I know that it's not difficult to guess if I transfer you away, although you have been by Zhe'er's side and are not visible, but it is not difficult to find your shadow if you think about it carefully." ”

"Thank you for your understanding, but at that time, it was because the young master found out about another matter, which was related to the safety of Fancheng, so he asked the old servant to go to Fancheng in person, who knew that it was..." When he said this, the old servant began to weep bitterly again.

"Tell me the result, I want to know whose hands Zhe'er fell in the end."

"Both sides said that there was evidence, so they had no choice but to re-investigate the matter, and all the evidence and testimony provided by the bitter lord could also be found, but at the last moment, someone reported that the person had bought the witness, and the daughter who was sold to human traffickers was also found, but the daughter said that she was not the family of the bitter master."

"In the end, under the thorough investigation of the new Runan Taishou, all the evidence and testimony were overturned, and the bitter master was not forced to die at all, he was a remote son and nephew of the Runan Xie family who had never been to Runan County in the countryside, so no one knew him, and someone found out that this person once wanted to marry the sister of the Xie family as a concubine and was rejected by him, and the family also took the opportunity to find someone to make noise, saying that the young master and the Xie family collaborated to frame him."

"The new Taishou had no choice but to let people search the young master's residence, but it really made them find a lot of gold and silver, and a few letters, the evidence is conclusive, the young master is still the new Taishou is still heavily responsible, and when the old servant returns to Runan County, everything is a foregone conclusion, and I also begged many people to enter the prison to see the young master."

"Do you have anything to say about you, that stinky boy?"

When the old servant heard this, he immediately cried again, and after a long while, he continued, "No, when the old servant went, the young master had been tortured and unconscious, no matter how the old servant shouted, there was no response, but the jailer refused to find someone to treat him anyway, the old servant begged many people, but no one answered, and he went to ask the new Taishou to be kicked out, and no one was willing to see the friends before going to find the young master." ”

"Until a few days later, someone in the prison sent a message to ask the young lady to go and get the young master's body, and the young lady wore filial piety clothes to go, but the old slave waited at the prison gate for a long time and did not see the young lady come out, so he wanted to go and see, but he was not allowed to go in, and then asked to see the Taishou, but the cell boss said that the young lady had taken the young master away, but the old servant could no longer find them." After saying that, the old servant was so grieved that he almost fainted from crying.

"Hehe, that's amazing." Zhang Yuanwai leaned back, his eyes were no longer bright, and he didn't have the strength to comfort the old servant anymore, "Go down, have a good rest, this time it's no wonder you." ”

After the old servant left, the lady comforted her husband, although she was also very uncomfortable, but she knew that she could not collapse now, so she could only wait for Zhang Yuanwai to rest, and then arrange the affairs of the family to calm people's hearts.

But the slow lady found out that something was wrong.

Listening to the reports of the people below, Mrs. Zhang's brain hurt, "You said you can't buy rice grain?" ”

"Yes, I have been to all the grain shops and rice merchants in the city, and they all say that there is no rice grain." The next person looked embarrassed.

There are more than a dozen servants and miscellaneous servants in Zhang Yuanwai's family, and there are nearly 100 long-term and short-term workers to help his family farm, and the daily expenses are huge, although there is still a lot of food in the family, but it is still not enough for a long time, "Is there any food shortage disaster now, how can there be no food." ”

"The villain said the same thing, but they all said that there was no food, and they said that they wouldn't let the villain buy anything."

Just when Mrs. Zhang and her subordinates were in trouble, Zhang Yuanwai walked in step by step, and Mrs. saw it and hurriedly went over to help. "It's such a cold day, why did you come out."

After Zhang Yuanwai sat down, he looked at his subordinates, "What you encountered in the city, tell me again." ”

The subordinate had to say the matter again as it was, and his face was full of grievances.

"Let's go down." Zhang Yuanwai waved his hand to let him go down.

"Master, what's going on?"

"It's just that someone started to do it." Zhang Yuanwai felt a little chill in his body, "Tell all the long-term workers that they won't help for the time being, I won't accept this year's rent here, so I'll give it to them, and then there is... Forget it, it's fine. ”

After hearing it, Mrs. didn't say much and asked more and went down to pass the word, and then Zhang Yuanwai sat in the main hall alone in a daze, and after a while, he went to get the teacup, but he came across a book Jane, usually he looked at it if he was fine, although he didn't understand it, he still insisted.

Today, he still picked up the book, opened it and looked at it quietly, and slowly the booklet was soaked a lot.