Outside the South Gate School in Anlu County, Heifu's brother, Gong Shi, stood here.

He was just thirty years old, more than seven feet tall, and his appearance was somewhat similar to that of Heifu, with a brown scarf wrapped around his head representing the duke's title, a sparse short beard on his lips, and a coarse brown coat, which was not very warm.

What is strange is that he has a thick freshly sewn winter coat in his hand, but he would rather shiver in the cold wind of October than wear it.

Although his family is a public servant and has 100 acres of land, because he held a funeral for his deceased father the year before last and treated his leg injury last year, he almost used up all his money, and now his life is very tight.

In winter, even the three brothers had to wear winter clothes in turn, and whoever went out would be allowed to put them on. This dress, every stitch and thread is sewn by the hands of A's mother, but no matter how cold it is, he is reluctant to wear it, he is afraid that he will be dusty along the way and stain the clothes.

At this moment, he rubbed his hands together and breathed, and was a little nervous in the pointing and whispering of the two county guards at the door......

He is an honest farmer who has always been reluctant to cause trouble or be the focus of conversation.

Fortunately, the person who went in to deliver the message did not let him wait too long, and after a while, he saw a figure trotting out of the school yard, and he waved at him from afar and shouted, "Uncle! ”

Uncle, is the title of the eldest brother in the family, Heifu came to him at a trot, and said sincerely: "Uncle, why are you here?" ”

"Of course, I came to send you winter clothes on my mother's orders, and my mother has been sewing clothes day and night these days, just for fear that you will freeze."

When he saw his younger brother, he smiled heartily, and his eyes swept to Heifu, but he found that he was already wearing a thick dress, and when he looked up, Heifu's hair bun also had the logo of the prince's brown scarf, which seemed to be true......

"Hey, I should have written a letter back to inform my mother and uncle." Hefu slapped his head, a little annoyed, and he explained:

"Something has happened these days, I have got some money, and I have already purchased clothes for my whole body, so I don't have to let my uncle send clothes all the way over, your legs and feet are inconvenient......"

Heifu is very ashamed, when he was serving in the military last year, he fell with a leg injury, and he has not recovered so far, and it is difficult to do farm work on weekdays, from Yunmengxiang to Anlu County fifty or sixty miles away, Heifu can't imagine how he came over.

"It's okay to let the shock come over, the uncle can take care of his mother at home."

As he spoke, Hefu took off his hot clothes, put them on his body without saying a word, and took the winter coat he had sent him from afar, and put it on, his face was full of joy.

"It's still my mother's clothes that are warm!"

He put his hand in his sleeve, felt the warmth, and smiled with satisfaction: "I am young and frizzy, I am afraid that he will make a mistake, let alone ......"

He cautiously glanced at the two county guards standing guard at the gate of the school, pulled Heifu aside, and asked in a low voice, "Even if it is not for the delivery of clothes, I will make a special trip to the county." Hef, tell Brother Wei well, what is going on these days? How did you get this dukedom! ”

It turned out that since he left home, he had heard rumors in three days.

At first, someone went back to the sunset and said that he saw Heifu being caught by a pavilion chief and taken to the county prison, and he wanted to eat a lawsuit!

This bad news frightened the whole family, but my mother didn't believe it, she didn't raise her head, and while fiddling with the machine in her hand, she said that my Heifu was an honest boy and would never break the law, and still sat on the couch and mended the winter clothes for Heifu.

However, on the second day, Li Zheng, who had a good holiday, came to the door aggressively and said a bunch of words sneeringly, making the whole family fall into an ice cave.

Li Zheng said that the county prison had sent a letter to Lizhong, asking if Heifu's place of origin, identity was true, and whether he had a criminal record? The implication is nothing more than that Heifu has been imprisoned, and this life is over, and the family will not have a few good days, and they will soon be punished for sitting together!

At this time, even the mother who believed in Heifu the most was anxious, and fell ill directly, and his wife held the child every day to wash her face with tears, and the third brother was shocked and suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, saying that everyone in the whole country was rumored that the middle brother was arrested for committing a crime, and what should I do if he was sentenced to sit together, or our whole family would escape overnight......

After his father died, he was the head of the family, and he couldn't mess around. It's good to say that it stabilized the panicked family members and let them calm down a little.

In those days, Li Zheng was preaching this matter everywhere in Lizhong, which made the neighbors look at the family with strange eyes, and they wanted to come to the county seat to inquire in person, but they were stopped by someone holding farm tools at the inner gate, for fear that he would run away......

Just a few days after the whole family was treated as a thief, in early October, the people who went to the county town to catch the market brought back diametrically opposite news.

"You have heard that the middle brother of the heartfelt family, Heifu, is in Huyang Pavilion with one enemy and three to capture the thief!"

"That's right, the whole county is spreading that the black man has beheaded the thief and made a great contribution!"

"I don't know what kind of reward this son will receive."

"It's time for the family to run this time."

Just when I was dizzy by these untrue news, and planned to go to the county town to ask Heifu in person no matter what, Li Zheng and Tian Dian (the small and medium-sized officials in charge of supervising farming) came to the door again.

Li Zheng had a black old face, but Tian Dian was smiling, he said that the county issued a document, and Heifu was worshiped as a public servant because of his work in capturing thieves. Now, the formalities on the county side have been completed, and they are ordered to come and demarcate a hundred acres of land and a vacant land for Heifu's family, and then build a house for Heifu himself......

At this point, the hearts of the whole family fell to the ground, and the mother picked up the needle and thread again, and began to brag about the deeds of the black husband to her peers, and the heartfelt wife also smiled, and the neighbors looked at them with disgust and disgust from wariness to envy......

A family of two dukes, this is something to celebrate, which means that the land of the family has doubled overnight!

So in the next few days, I was busy with Li Zheng and Tian Dian, trying to fight for a good piece of land for Heifu, and the house could be chosen closer to his old house, and when he was busy with all this, it was already mid-October.

I hurriedly took the winter clothes made by my mother, limped on the road, and walked for three whole days before I came to the county seat.

Although the matter had been figured out, he was a cautious man, and it always felt like a dream, and he had to ask Heifu himself to rest assured.

After hearing the explanation, Heifu asked anxiously, "Is my mother sick?" Is it heavy or not? Uncle, you are not at home, who will take care of her old man? ”

Although these days, there is no mention of carrying a cheap dad to block a gun for himself, but for his mother, Heifu loves him from the bottom of his heart, and secretly vows to honor her with the share of "Heifu".

Heartfelt relief: "Mother is worried about your illness, I learned that you are fine, you are already well, besides, your sister-in-law (sister-in-law) is also by her side, and your sister-in-law is also back, don't worry." ”

Only then did Heifu relax his heart, and at this time, another gust of cold wind blew, and even though the two brothers were wearing winter clothes, they still shivered.

He then said heartily: "Uncle, this matter is a long story, don't stand here, you and I go into the house and say." ”

Zhen also served in the army, and said hesitantly: "I'm afraid it's not easy for outsiders to enter the school." ”

"It's okay, I've already told General Chen Bai, he said that today he will rest for half a day, let my uncle enter if he wants, don't stay too long."

As he spoke, Heifu walked in and greeted the two county guards guarding the door familiarly.

Heartfelt even more surprised, in his impression, Heifu is a silent younger brother, only brute force, saying that he subdued the thief, sincerely believed, but how can Heifu talk to a hundred generals?

The more I walked into the schoolyard, the more surprised I was, because the county guards and guards in the schoolyard, whenever they saw Heifu, they would stop and greet him, and Heifu also returned the salute one by one, and it could be seen that his younger brother had a high reputation here.

I don't know what happened a few days ago, and now in the school grounds, the only one who has seen Heifu with a straight face is Jiashiyuanbai......

Surprised, he approached the house where the guards lived, and when they reached the door, a thin young man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks strode over.

"Little brother Ji Ying, I've seen my uncle!"

The thin monkey shouted at him, and then he didn't care about the mud on the ground, and fell down in a daze......