Han Xiufeng has never been on the shelf of the five-grade master, has never sat in an official sedan chair, does not use any honor guards when traveling, does not even wear official uniforms much, and usually does not go shopping, either staying in the small courtyard of the threshing floor to read, or going to the river behind Mingdao Academy to fish, so that many people think that he has not left.

Some of them got up early and saw him on the boat, thinking that he was going out on business, and directly thought that he would be back soon. There are many people who know, but no one dares to chew their tongues. So he took Pan Er, Datou and others to Shanghai, and it didn't make much waves in the town.

The construction site at the foot of Fengshan is still busy, the more than 200 officers and soldiers of the salt fishing camp are still practicing in the threshing floor, the children of the rich still go to study in the Mingdao Academy, and the children of the poor still go to the threshing floor to watch the excitement.

Yu Qinghuai was really not interested in playing chess, put down the chess pieces and asked, "Dean Gu, what did Chen Youdao say over there, when will you help the fourth master send him the silver?" ”

"You almost forgot if you didn't mention it, where is the silver?" Dean Gu looked up and asked.

"It's in the public box."

"Then take it and send it to him, save a busy time and forget it."

"Okay, I'll get it."

The four of them took the silver and greeted the neighbors all the way to Chen's house.

Chen Youdao has been living in a real seclusion for the past six months, not only does he not go to the street much, but even his wife and two sons don't show up much, and they don't dare to go to the threshing floor and the inspection department's yamen.

Dean Gu, Wang Qianli and others suddenly came to visit, Chen Youdao was startled, hurriedly welcomed everyone into the hall, and while signaling his wife to hurry up to make tea, he asked anxiously: "Dean Gu, Qianli, why do you have time to come to me today, is there something wrong?" ”

I haven't seen him for more than a month, Chen Youdao has a few more wrinkles on his forehead, and he looks even older. Dean Gu sighed secretly, and waited for Wang Qianli to put a bag of silver in front of him before he whispered: "Brother Chen, we took the liberty to come to the door because of the entrustment of Master Han. ”

As soon as he heard the three words of Master Han, Chen Youdao couldn't hold back any longer, and suddenly got up and asked, "Dean Gu, the third child of my family has been killed by him, and he still wants to kill them all?" ”

"Where do you want to go?" Dean Gu asked rhetorically, and said unhappily: "Who do you think of Master Han, can he care about you?" Not only did Master Han never think of embarrassing you, but he was worried that the eldest and second child of your family would be unfilial, and that you would be old and helpless if you lost your job in the academy, so he specially asked us to send you some silver to take care of your old age. ”

"The eldest and second child of my family are filial, and he is not my filial son and grandson, I don't need him to support the elderly!"

Wang Qianli was anxious: "Dean Chen, why are you getting older and more confused, why can't you listen to people's persuasion!" ”

"Chisato, sit down!" Dean Gu pulled Wang Qianli to sit down, turned his head and stared at Chen Youdao and said, "Brother Chen, don't be upset, the third child of your family is purely to blame, when he was locked by Master Han and taken into the yamen of the Inspection Division, the people in the town were all applauding. What's more, Master Han didn't give him a chance to atone for his crimes, but he was unlucky, so many people went to investigate the smuggled salt together, and they were fine, he was injured. ”

"Yes, Dean Chen, this is all fate, if he hadn't hurt the private lord at that time, maybe he would have reformed himself early or even mixed with an official position!" Yu Qinghuai echoed.

"You speak lightly, you must know that it is my son who is dead!"

"People are dead, is it useful to say this now? Besides, if you don't raise your godfather, the matter of the third child in your family, you can't escape the blame for being an old man! Curator Gu knocked on the table, and continued: "Let's put it this way, Master Han has never regretted locking your third child, he is the master of the people, and your third child died later, and he never wanted to go in his heart, let alone feel sorry for you Chen Youdao." ”

"Then why did he ask you to bring the silver?"

"Because no matter what, you Chen Youdao is also my Hai'an gentry, and then it's pitiful to see you lose your son when you are old."

"So I'm going to kneel and thank you?"

"No, Master Han has already left yesterday."

"He's gone?" Chen Youdao couldn't believe it was true.

"Gone, this trip probably won't come back. It's best if you can figure it out, and it's nothing if you can't. Dean Gu didn't want to entangle with a person who had lost his mind, so he got up and arched his hand, and walked out of the Chen family's courtyard without looking back.

……

Back at the Baojia Bureau, Dean Gu's heart was still empty, and he was about to ask Wang Qianli and Yu Qinghuai if they would like to go to the Fengshan construction site together, but Li Lime chased after him with a limp.

"Dean Gu, Dean Gu, my family Cuihua is sick......"

"If you're sick, hurry up and go to Langzhong to have a look, hurry up and grab medicine, what's the use of telling me?" Dean Gu asked with a smile.

Li Cripple looked at Wang Qianli and Yu Qinghuai on crutches, and said with an embarrassed expression: "Dean Gu, my family's Cuihua seems to be sick of the heart. ”

"Heart disease, what heart disease?"

"Lovesickness."

"Have you watched too many dramas, and you're still lovesick!"

"Dean Gu, I'm not afraid of your jokes, my family's cuihua seems to be really lovesick, she hasn't eaten a mouthful of food since she came back yesterday, her forehead is hot, she is delirious, she talks in her dreams, she talks in her dreams."

"What are you talking about?" Dean Gu asked.

She ...... She shouted the big head, shouted Master Han, she ......"

Wang Qianli reacted and couldn't help scolding: "Who can be blamed for this, you and your mother-in-law can only be blamed!" Who doesn't know that your family's Cuihua likes big heads, Yu Sangu was afraid that the big heads would be snatched away by your family's Cuihua, and even called all the cousins and cousins of her mother's family. As a result, you guys are good, and you just started to climb this high branch, and asked me to help you tell Master Han. Later, I heard that Mr. Han and the big head were going to Shanghai on an errand, and after the errand, they went directly back to their hometown in Sichuan from Shanghai. ”

"Sichuan is too far away, Master Wang, you also have a daughter, if your daughter marries so far, are you willing to do it?"

"If my daughter marries so far, I am reluctant, but I am reluctant because it will be difficult to see my daughter again in the future, and you and your mother-in-law are reluctant to worry that they will not be able to occupy the light of their daughter and son-in-law in the future!"

"Master Wang, look at what you said, isn't raising a child to prevent old age?"

"Okay, okay, you have a reason, anyway, Cuihua is your daughter and not mine, don't tell us about this, we can't control it."

Dean Gu finally figured out the ins and outs, and couldn't help but smile: "Cripple Li, you said that Cuihua is a heart disease, and since it is a heart disease, it must be treated with new medicine." It's really useless to tell us this, you better go back and persuade her, just talk about the future life, and go back to help her find a suitable one. ”

"Dean Gu, don't you know, this girl went to Master Han's place to cook for a few days, and her heart burned high. I want to marry an official and be an official's wife. You said that we are a small family, where can we help her find an official! ”

"There was a chance, but you and your mother-in-law disagreed, who can blame this?"

"I ...... Dean Gu, I ......"

"Don't tell me, yours, it's useless to tell us this."

……

At the same time, in a camp tent in the Jiangnan camp, Zhang Yuliang, the general manager of Qian, who was known as "Xiao Zhang" because he fought and did not want to die like Zhang Guoliang, was surrounding Zhou Tianshou, the capital of the security camp, together with the "tiger" Hu Songlin and "Little Tiger" Hu Kunyuan, discussing whether to send money to his hometown like the brothers outside.

Zhou Tianshou had just turned back from the front of the battle, and he didn't know what was happening in the camp, so he asked with a smile: "No kidding, do you give Du San the money you earned with your life?" ”

"Big brother, if Guang Dusan comes alone, we won't dare to hand over the silver to him, but he didn't come alone."

"I'll talk about the money remitted to my hometown later, but let's talk about how he came back?"

"Big brother, don't worry, he didn't run away from the battle, but the fellow villager who was the deputy of the two Huaiyun in Taizhou that Master Xue and Master Liu said a few days ago, not only recognized him, but also had a friendship with him. Seeing that Lei Yicheng was planning to let his brother from us attack the city, he was worried that he would die under the city of Yangzhou, so he thought of transferring him out of Lei Yicheng, and now he seems to be the general manager of the Qingshan Camp in Wolf Mountain Town. ”

"Then why don't he stay in the camp and come back?" Zhou Tianshou asked.

Xiaohu just went to inquire, and said happily: "I know, I heard Mr. Zhou from Jiangbei a few days ago say that the people in Qingshan Camp ran out as early as when the bandits committed Yangzhou . Du San now has neither a boss nor a subordinate, and he doesn't even have a camp. Anyway, no one cares about him, he can go wherever he wants now, and he can do whatever he wants. ”

"This turtle son is so lucky, he can meet a noble person when he comes to Jiangsu."

"Big brother, don't say it, he really met a nobleman!" Zhang Yuliang took over the conversation and said enviously: "That old man Han is amazing, not only the top belt is given by the emperor, but the official position is specially granted by the emperor, and before coming to Jiangsu, he also served as the director of our Chongqing Mansion in the capital hall. ”

"So Du San knew Master Han when he went to the capital to confess?"

"It should be." Zhang Yuliang nodded, and said: "When he came back this time, he not only had a letter from Master Han, but also brought Mr. Ledger of the Risheng Changtaizhou Branch. He said that as long as he handed over the money to him, he could help bring the money back to his hometown, and the family letter could also help carry it, but he had to pay for his feet. You didn't go out to see, but you will know that the camp has exploded at this time, and the brothers are all scraping together money, and a few book offices can't write letters with the help of them! You can't believe it when you say it, Du San's turtle son has really become a big celebrity in the camp now, I don't know how many brothers revolve around him! ”

"The ghost knows if he brought Mr. Rishengchang's bookkeeper, what if the silver is swept away by him?"

"He shouldn't have the guts."

"Big brother, there will be no fakes, I heard that not only Master Xue and Master Liu want to ask him to bring letters and silver to his hometown, but even Xiang Shuai plans to let him bring silver to his hometown!"

Du San is not only greedy for life and afraid of death, but also likes to take advantage of small advantages, Zhou Tianshou felt that it was unreliable to hand over the silver to Du San, but it was too difficult to think of going all the way to his hometown to carry letters and silver, so he couldn't just not allow the brothers to go to Du San, and muttered: "Don't worry, I'll ask Xiang Shuai, and I'll talk about this matter when I come back from Xiang Shuai." ”

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