After eating and drinking, he sent Du San to Zhongbakou to take a boat.

Seeing Du San grinding and grinding, the big head said heartlessly: "Du San, you are so afraid of war, so afraid of death, why don't you go back to your hometown directly?" If you want to go back to your hometown directly, you can help me bring a letter to my hometown. ”

"Go back to your hometown directly, your turtle son is very light!"

"The legs are on you, you can go wherever you want, who can stop you?"

"If you go back like this, you will be fleeing from the battle, and you will be investigated by the imperial court! The imperial court will not easily kill the heads of civil officials, but it will not be soft to kill military attaches like me. ”

"You ran away, where did the court look for you?" The big head asked.

Du Sanchang sighed and said helplessly: "Your turtle son thinks I'm the same as you, you have no father, no mother-in-law, no baby, and the whole family is not hungry when you have enough to eat." But what about me, I have an old lady and a baby below, I really can run the monk can't run the temple, is it difficult to leave the old lady, mother-in-law and baby alone, find a place where no one recognizes me and hide? ”

"But ......"

"Don't be," Han Xiufeng didn't want the big head to sprinkle salt on Du San's wound again, and turned around and said, "You can send it here, hurry back to the camp, today's big characters haven't been written yet." ”

"I want to write big characters again......" Seeing Han Xiufeng's face, the big head didn't dare to say any more, so he turned his head back to the threshing floor stupidly.

Du San looked at the back of the big head, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Second brother, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I really envy the big head, not that he followed you to get promoted and make a fortune, but that he didn't know anything, and he didn't have to think about anything." He was glad to have meat to eat, silver to eat, and new clothes to wear, as if nothing had been done to make him sad. ”

Han Xiufeng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hearing what you said, I also envy him a little." ”

"Don't talk about him, get down to business. If Zhang Yiguo's turtle son reads the letter but doesn't help, I have to ask someone to bring you the letter, and I have to come to beg you, anyway, my brother can only rely on you now. ”

"You know, I'll help you figure it out."

Du San looked at the boatman who was untying the cable, thought about it and smiled again: "I'm still waiting to eat your wedding wine, if you don't take my affairs to heart, maybe your happy event hasn't been done yet, but you have to help me handle the funeral first." ”

"Eat my wine, big brother, what are you kidding?" Han Xiufeng was confused.

"That Ren Yu'er, you think I can't see it!" Du San said with a wicked smile.

"Where do you want to go, she's really my sister-in-law." Han Xiufeng looked at him suspiciously, and simply told the ins and outs of the matter.

Du San still didn't believe it, and asked with a smile: "Since it was the turtle son surnamed Su who made his own opinion, then why did you let Miss Ren stay." This melon field and plums, if not soon, will become true. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't want him to misunderstand, let alone be passed on by him to other fellow villagers, so he could only explain with a wry smile: "I also wanted her to go back at first, but after thinking about it, I still felt that it was inappropriate to let her go back, because not only for her sake, but also for her father's sake." ”

"What's there for her dad to worry about?"

"Of course there is, if you think about it, no matter what people say, they are also tribute students, and they are also alternate Confucian instructors. Regardless of whether Su Jueming made his own decision or not, Yu'er was sent to me by his father after all. Do you know what this means for a scholar, which means that he doesn't even want to lose face in order to be an official. If I let Yu'er go back like this, he will have no face to be. ”

"In order to ask for an official, I gave my daughter to you to be a child, but you didn't ask for it...... According to this, if it spreads, people will definitely laugh at him. ”

"So I can only let Yu'er stay, as for the melon fields and plums you said, the clear ones are self-purifying, and there will be no gossip after a long time. After all, I'm not just a girl with Yu'er, but also Cuihua. And Yu'er doesn't live with me, you have seen it these days, she comes in the morning, and she goes back before the sun sets, even if someone wants to chew her tongue, she can't open her mouth. ”

When others say this, Du San will not believe it.

When Han Xiufeng said this, Du San was convinced, and couldn't help but sigh: "Second brother, you are really devoted to your younger brother and sister. Brother is not as good as you, think about it, I can't stand your sister-in-law all these years. ”

"It's not too late to think of it now, let's go, if Zhang Yiguo doesn't help when you get to the Fairy Temple, you can quickly ask someone to bring me a letter, and I'll help you think of other ways."

"Okay, please."

Du San bowed his hand, jumped on the bow of the boat, put down his luggage and bowed down.

Han Xiufeng bowed in return, raised his head again and found that Du San suddenly became a little depressed, looking at his appearance of waving his arms to speak and stopping, Han Xiufeng was a little sad, and stood by the river for a while before turning around and returning to the threshing floor.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the front foot entered the small courtyard, Wang Ruhai's second son Wang Qianbu chased after him and presented two official documents. One is stamped with the seal of the Yunsi Yamen, and the other is stamped with the seal of the state yamen.

Yu'er, who was busy cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks with Cuihua, hurriedly went to the room to get a pair of scissors, Han Xiufeng took the scissors and cut open the letterbag, took out the official document from the letterbag and was about to read it, Yu Qinghuai and Wang Qianli came talking and laughing.

"Master Han, do you have official business?"

"I'm recuperating from my injuries, what official duties can I have." Han Xiufeng beckoned them to sit down, and said with a smile while holding up the letter: "This Changsheng and Zhang Guangcheng are fake public and private, and let the shop soldiers send them." ”

"What did you say?" Yu Qinghuai asked curiously.

"Changsheng's letter is a bit interesting, didn't Zhang Guangcheng and I investigate two batches of illicit salt in the first month, Xu Lequn, a salt merchant in Fu'anchang, was connected with one of the smugglers, and now he not only gathered a group of smugglers to defect to Yang Yizeng, the governor of Nanhe, but also investigated smugglers in the area of Shao Bo and Qingjiangpu."

"It's really interesting for smugglers to investigate illicit salt." Wang Qianli couldn't help but laugh.

Han Xiufeng looked at the letter and said with a smile: "What's more interesting is that as long as the case of selling illicit salt is under the control of the Yunsi Yamen, Yang Yizeng sent someone to the Yunsi Yamen, asking the Yunsi Yamen to send someone to Shao Boti for those illegal salt dealers who were captured by Xu Lequn. ”

"Let Ti go and mention it, what's your business?" Yu Qinghuai asked puzzled.

"I am now a deputy of transport, and the investigation of smugglers is under my control, and Lord Guo has gone to inspect various fields again, and Supervisor Yang has pushed this matter to me, saying that not only does he have no soldiers under him, but this matter is not under his control. Changsheng couldn't make up his mind, so he wrote to me and asked me what to do. ”

"Do you want a Shaw Boti then?"

"If you don't bring the prisoners back, not only will the river yamen no longer take our Yunsi in the eyes in the future, but even those states and counties will not send people to report this kind of thing to the Yunsi again. This is the same as Jiang Yan being ceded to Wu Yimu by Fang Shimei, the loser, once the fait accompli, the right to investigate and deal with it cannot be recovered. ”

Wang Qianli knew that the person surnamed Xu was not a good stubble, and reminded: "But Master Han, you have to recuperate now!" ”

"I'm sure I'm not going to go, but I can send someone." Han Xiufeng thought about it, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "Qinghuai, Qianli, why don't you two help me go?" ”

"What are we going to count, this person who is not right, surnamed Xu will definitely make it difficult."

"Master Han, it's not that we don't want to work for you, but we're worried that if we don't do this errand, we will miss your business."

"Lord Guo's seal has not been taken away, if you are willing to help with this, go to Taizhou to find Changsheng first, and let Changsheng find Lord Guo's friends to help you issue an official document to help you with the salt fishing camp affairs, this is not justified. As for that Xu Lequn, he doesn't dare to make things difficult for you now. ”

"Why doesn't he dare to make things difficult?" Yu Qinghuai asked subconsciously.

"Think about it, he has only defected to Yang Yizeng for a few days, and it is the time when Taoguang is obscure, and he will not dare to be arrogant if he is given a few guts. What's more, the two of you are not ordinary gentry, your top belt is the same as my top belt is given by the Holy God, even if Yang Yizeng sees you, he will shout Brother Yu and Brother Wang. ”

"But ......"

"It's nothing, it's not that you just want to go, but let you take the official document and take the soldiers, and let the big head and Ji Er Ji Er prepare for a while, and leave early tomorrow morning."

"And after mentioning people?"

"Take it to Taizhou and hand it over to Changsheng."

Yu Qinghuai was very thoughtful, and also wanted to go out to have a look, so he couldn't help but smile: "Since there is nothing to worry about, then I will go with Qianli." ”

To his surprise, Han Xiufeng suddenly changed his words: "Qinghuai, Qianli, the reason why I let you go is not only to ask you to help raise criminals, but also to ask the two of you to take this opportunity to help me see how many township warriors there are under Xu Lequn, whether those township warriors can fight, and then help me find out if Yang Yizeng really values him, and whether he will really use him!" ”

Yu Qinghuai reacted and hurriedly said, "I know, I will find out." ”

Wang Qianli also realized the importance of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, but it was not good to say much in front of Yu'er and Cuihua, looking at the second letter that Han Xiufeng picked up and asked, "What did Zhang Guangcheng say?" ”

"Two things, one is that Taizhou is now overcrowded, not only many fleeing businessmen and people, but also many officials. Yangzhou was occupied by bandits, the canal was blocked, and even if the checkpoints in Yangzhou Pass were not removed, they could not collect taxes, but the Yangzhou Customs superintendent, the assistant committee members and those tax collectors were still there. Now the Supervision Office has also moved to Yangzhou like the Transport Division, and those tax officials spend all day drinking and doing nothing. ”

Han Xiufeng looked at the letter, and then said: "Daoguang has been a scholar for twenty years, and Li Chenglin, who was appointed by Daoguang Ye as the first champion of the first class, also fled from Zhenjiang to Taizhou. Coincidentally, in the twenty-third year of Daoguang, he was sent to Guangxi to take the main examination of the government examination, and the Hong Tianwang in Jiangning City happened to go to the examination, but he was not admitted. If he is really admitted, then he will be the master of the bandit leader Hong Xiuquan. It's not funny if it's a coincidence. ”

"What a coincidence." Yu Qinghuai couldn't help but smile: "If he lets Hong Xiuquan be admitted to Xiucai at that time, the surname Hong will not rebel, and my Daqing Dynasty will not be tossed like this by the surname Hong!" ”

Han Xiufeng sighed lightly: "Even you think so, those princes and ministers in the capital probably think the same way." I bet Li Chenglin must have had a hard time sleeping in the past two years. ”

"He can't be blamed for that." Although Wang Qianli is only a prisoner who spends money donating, he is also a scholar, so he naturally wants to help the reader speak, he has not only heard of Li Chenglin, but also knows many things about Li Chenglin, and he actually said with a fluttering eyebrow: "If you want to talk about studying and testing your fame, this Master Li can be called a model for my generation." It is said that he was still a child when he was thirty years old, and then he was already a blockbuster if he did not ming, Daoguang 19 years of the government examination in the Xiucai, followed by the township examination, or by the kui (the top five in the township examination), a middle school to enter the Beijing examination, not only Chinese but also by Daoguang Ye hand-picked as the champion. From the government examination to being hand-picked as the champion, it was less than a year before and after, as the so-called '30 years of study, 8 months of development'! ”

"I've heard a little about this Master Li." Yu Qinghuai took over the conversation, looked at Han Xiufeng with a smile and said, "I heard that his ranking in the examination is not high, and the article in the palace examination is not the best." The reason why Daoguang Ye appointed him as the first champion of the first class was because of the great drought in Zhili that year, not only thousands of acres of land were not harvested, but even the people in the capital were almost out of water to eat. Seeing that this Master Li's name is Chenglin, the word rain man, all with rain, Daoguang Ye wants to be auspicious, and with a wave of the royal pen, the champion is him! ”

Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile and said, "And this strange thing!" ”

"Master Han, I am also hearsay, but then again, people can take the township test and can test the Chinese style, they must have real talent to learn."

"That's right.

"By the way, Master Han, didn't you just say that there is another matter?"

"Oh, almost." Han Xiufeng put down the letter and said with a wry smile: "Zhang Guangcheng said that his father has been sick again since we went back, and he has sent his family to Rugao to ask for Doctor Luo, I don't know if I can invite it, and I don't know if Doctor Luo can rejuvenate like last time after inviting Doctor Luo." ”

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